The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-01-09


and sculptors were ready to decorate
the ceiling of this gigantic room it
was discovered that TO erect a scaf-
fold that would permit tho workers
TO reach every portion Of the ceiling
would be an enormous task If carried
out on ordinary lines. Mr.. Green,
the experimenting engineer devised
II scaffold for this purpose which is
very simple and considered quite an
advance in the art. IL consists OF
two long steel beams arranged in the
form Of triangle with n base OF ten
feet. AT its apex it rotates upon n
vertical bolt supported ut the top OF
tile dome. The lower end of this
frame rests on wheels which run on
circular track which is supported up
on ledge formed around the dome
at the base Of the curved OF hemis-
pherical ceiling. On this frame,
platforms are built which enable the
artists to reach any portion Of the
ceiling directly above the frame, and
AS the frame may be easily rotated
every portion Of the ceiling may be
reached. From the base Of the tri
angular frame series Of platforms
hang down distance of forty feet,
and those enable the artists TO reach
the capitals Of the tremendous pillars
which support the dome. This scaf
fold is so nicely mounted that one
man with rope and and an ordinary
bloc k-and.taekle can readily swing 1t
around, and it is 80 accurately built
that with it was easy 10 determine
with mathematical accuracy the
structural exactness of the dome.
The interior of the dome IL being richly
and profnsely decorated in stuccO, aud in
relief are buds, flowers aud cherubs, be-
sides two paintings by Edwin II. Blash-
field.
1t is Interesting to note that nearly all
of the decorating, painting and sculpture
l,e7nlh aalatial structure is tho work Of
,I'F & tS aEts.s I has iregnoaty 0eS''
/ Hme. 80. = ssESI..i. 81. SsSs.'na-an a.,
!, said that the United Sfffes ens Mo- idSeisi
artists capable OF properly decorating ON
y great public buildings, but ii " now
. shown that we have the best talcns in tb,
I world In that line of art In fnct tins
;, whole building IL an everlasting monu
ment tn American genius and art. IL /,
the most beautiful building OF the kind
ever built, aud IL is larger than tho Ga-
nous Alexandriene Library Of Egypt and
the British Museum of London.
~
VIII he hold outf That is theone.tion
that IN agitating the minds Oft mem
n Ina Nj ~ % Al
Their learned brother, Justice Field II,
now eighty years Of age and IL feeble i'm
body. He has been on the bench a third
OF u century and Is without u donht una
Die to stand the strain Of going on the err
cut or hearing an important case. He
does not seemed inclined to give up, and
mis- associates do not care to take the re.
- sn"r@sting that he retir,5
~, II 'ioi n Younger Ingn. E6
u l...-''vf'f tiIat he will not retire as Yong ns
Mr.. Cleveland is in office. and It il felt
that perhaps le will voluntarily retire
when Mr.. Mckinley is president. mr:
fle!d ana tho president are on friendly
terms now, aud he may give him a cbnuce
to appoint his successor at the Last mo
mcnt, -
bill was introduced into the house
list before the adjournment Gor tho holt-
day season recess which in of Considerable
interest TO inventors because Of Ihe pre-
cedent 1t sets. The bin was jntrodnced
by Mr.. Baker of New Hampshire and
provides that the government shall ex.
pend 900 upon the development Of az
rial navigation, Twenty thousand dollars
~ to be placed at the disposal of Prof
Langley to enable him TO continue his OK
periinonts In aerial navigation and 10
construct one or two more of his nepr.
J.st
James s. Cowdcn of Virginia to enablo
HIM to continue hs cxperim onts in aerial
navigation; and $4,000 for the war de-
partment for the purpose OF experimenting
along ths same line with - view OF don't.
ing the hying machine for war PURPOSES
IL lspresumed that the war department.
viii experiment with any machine sub.
mlttcd 10 1t which seems practicable.
This Is move iu the right direction
1t provides a substantial reward TO ihe
inventor and insures him sute means
for testing his invention, IL is hoped
tfat this bill will be followed by Others
apprOpriaftng snbstPntial sums Of money
Tor the purpose OF rewarding inventors
along other lines. If this Is done, and IL
Is laid before the inventors that the yalue
of "a patont largely depends upon the man
ner IN which IL is haudl ed before The
Patent office, they will not rnsh with
thcir cases and their money to so called
| patent attorneys who offer 10 do their
work cheap and who also offer to uiyo
away prizes for tile best invention bronght
to their office.
The Cleyeland's last New Years rcccp-
Confined On page
81.