The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24

successive cloanings. Recognizable ono
dry in q specially favorable light. thsy
may not he visible again for weeks.
Then thsre are the Withdrawing sig-
natures. Every collector knows how often
accidental strokes and cracks will sAntA-
lixinGly suggest q signature. though u
can never he made definite. On the other
hand, there have been romarkAbls CASES
OF such marks after careful study rSsol-
wing themselves into q fAmOos name.
Occasionally the painters name
very conspicuous. for example IN ma
phael's -SpoaAliziO' at Milan Proud OF
having surpassed bis master. the young
gcniuS wrote on q fEiezs in tho very csn1Se
~ the canvas Raphael UrbinAs.
Reynolds hardly ever signed his uork:
but when completing the Por1nh OF
Nrs. Siddons ~ the Tragic Muss ne wroUo
his name large on tho gold embroadery
Of her dreas unable 10 resist the tempsA-
ton. a. he said. 'Of sending my name TO
poSterity on the hem OF your garment.
OF unsigned paintings the DassstdsTfeT
Z'iiVrO tells an amusing story which
may interest picture buyers. Achen-
bach. the German artist, enjoyed vogue
about ten years ago. A certain collector
had bought from an art dealer Q s<ascape
represented a. n genuine Achenbach-
Afterward IL was pronounced 20 %
copy. The buyer brought an action
against the dealer. Who turned the tAhaes
by declaring that his picture was genuine
and the other was a copy.
Achenbach himself was summoned
10y the courts to tell which Vas which.
Amazed at the absolute similarity Of the
two paintings. lie gA1ed &C them for long
time. inspected them closely front and
back. shifted them. and then frankly adj
mitted that he could not tell which was the
original and which the copy.
From Obudu. ON the borders OF the
Munchi country in southern Nigeria.
comes news of the siege there OF hve
Englisamen and - few native troops
by cannibal hordes.
The Munchis are almost the only Nj
geriAn tribe not subcued ny the British
advance They are tall. powerful savages
and fight with poisoned srrOws. q long
native sword and n kind Of chisel knife
strapped 20 the back % the right hand.
The be-ieged Englishmen are District
Commissioner Weld. DIR. MckinnOn. Capt.
Lang. Lieut. Graham and Color Ser
,sant Henderson. They have with them
a company Of the Southern Niserian
Rifles and two Maxim guns. The Munchis |
have been attacking them spasmOdiCally |
for three months past. Recently the
British were reinforced by another |
company of native troop.
One of the severert attacks was made
- EAk ggh
the Munchis tried 20 rush the station. |
but were finally beaten on at ni@htfan |
IN February rs. During the fourtsen
days the troops had practically no rest.
Thrae-auarterS Of the company were
IN outpost duty around the station. and
the whole company wore under arms
,very day from $50 A. ". til an hour
after dark. One officer sat up every
night and the rest slept in their siOths@.
A Few days ago the Munchis tried
lgain TO heat the camp, and now they
ire waiting for any small party that
ventures out % the station. A few men
Who ventured out under Lieut.. Graham
were nearly cut on and had q severe
light before they got hack to safety. Il
II IL expected that an expedition will
,av. 10 he sent out To deal with these
,annibals. IA the position 81 the friendly
ribes on the border is precarious and
he troops defending the station are
Unable 10 cope with raids at a distance.
From full reports 81 the Venice murder
rial Il seems that the notorious Countess
Iarnowska stands a fairly good chance
& being Ist OF easily by the court. 60
,ccially now that the medical experts
ave disagreed a. Co the actual cause
4 Count Komarowki's death. la Tar
lowskas Italian counsel proclAims that
ier apparent Indifference during the