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q name OF worldwide repute simply OF
account of the factory there that pro
duces the most beautiful porcelain T.
the world. The Sevres vases, urps, din
ner sets. small objects and bisque figure
since the time of Louis XIV have bee
the favorite gifts Of the succeeding mon
archs and presidents of the French re
public. whenever an occasion occurs that
demands regal present worthy OF a
leading nation. From this factory come
the coronation gift of France TO kim
Georgia wonderful bisque group.
The design and execution were in
trusted only to the most competent Of
the small army of artists employed by
the factory. The group which repre-
sents the arts and muses. is about a var j.
and half high, and connoisseurs pro
nounce this work of art one of the finest
pieces of bIsque that ever has been
made. When Alfonso XIII of Spain wa.
married he was given a complete Sevres
dinner set by the French nation.
On the occasion OF the King and Queen
last summer they We're presented with
q beautiful Sevres fish set. Col. Roo C.
Welt, on his triumphal tour through Eu-
rope after his expIora lions in Africa
was the recipient Of three gorgeous
Seyres pieces. and his daughter LA
PIinceSse Alice" was honored with "A
tea service at the time OF her marriage
Since lT6O no royal marriage has taken
among its bridal gifts 4 priceless piece Of
SevTes, ana there is important uu-
scum IN the world that has not an ex-
ample of this high art from the factory
a. SevTeS on the narrow. winding river
that divides Paris into two halves
One Is apt to associate the word factory
with unattracuye buildings, grimy work
men and belching smoke from soaring
steeple.ike chkAneys, but how utterly in
exact is this picture IL applied to the
Immense buildings that are used in the
production of the Seyres porcelain. The
factory and museum at the edge of
the park Of st. Cloud. Luxuriant foliage
and CONTINUOUS beds of Towering plants
are incIosed within the factory grounds
behind q nigh iron fence, the gate of
which is only opened at special time
Tor the visitor. The first building one
sees entering is that which is devoted
10 pottery of the past and present, the
library and the offices of the directors
The nag OF the French republic is con-
spicuous over the main door, while at
each side is round plaque, one with
the significant inscription, Founded at
Vincennes in li40," and the other stating
that the factory was removed to Sevres
In 1855.
1t was. then. In 174o that the Dubois
brothers founded this factory at Vim
eeDnes The produce of the pottery at
that time was confined 10 soft porcelain,
but these early specimens were quickly
recognized as works of art, and soon the
reputation of the almost unknown Du-
oois brothers was made. and their wares
we're In much demand. This speedy rec
ignition was helped undoubtedly by the
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Speaker IN letter which was not made
public until last month
The mere study and rejection I give 70
this question: wrote Melville to Reed.
the more conv need am that the de-
struction Of the Msin. was due TO an In
ternal EXPLOSION. The court OF in
quiry pursued It's Investigate n with a full
knowledge OF he goat Importance and
terri bic res pousihih Y that -estel upon the
ind Vidual members Add tional hgnt.
h -wEver. has been 'rrnrN uDnn the 4ues-
ton during the ''aSt 'hren wears that
one is justified ~ now differing tn the
members of the court as To the cause or
the acc dent"
The following ABSTRACTS % the admrai's
chief argum hts IN 'iponr' OF his theory
ire now Of timely 'n'e'as'
II Spain was pio-ting hostile action
her warship Wis you'd not have
been at the time % the explosion en-
route to New YORK. where we could
easily have bottled her UP o. disabled
her. As a matter OF fact Span real
lied that she was our inferin' - a sea
power. this be e proved by ofii"iai cor
respondence written prior to the Maine
catastrophe.
The inner harbor of Havana. where
the Maine |; Y was probably not med
as this would have been suparH iaus
Spanish mines W9ula beNt G... .#l-
hned 10 he rerrov, nraf sT the taTtcr
where hostile shps could h3ve been
destroyed much maf. strsls rif
icre they could 8pUr"a. b l1e ,ftE Tie
SpaniarGs great mllii-r er- r,-.s
would not moreover nave CraaH- -Ad
The docks and public bg it.n1 rE
here by exploding q powerful pa in
he inner h5Eoo!. AMI care l.E.a- Of
such a m, SsIV- mime E- w.GL. -e
been needed to desiras the 4 ine 81 MI
nave been sure 40 attract tre .tt .#. a1
Of persons who. after IT, war would
have been glad to inform IN 5Ar ta1n
unpopular Weyler and his regime.
Had the Maine been destroyed by such
an explosion from without there would
have ben an instantaneous flood of wa
ter into her magazines. thus preventing
their explosion. Indeed. If high explo-
sives within vessel could be set off by
shocks from without, modern battleships,
which are repeatedly humping into reefs,
wharves and one another. would be more
dangerous to their own crews than TO
any one else.
The explo sion in shallow harbor.
like Havana, Of d mine sufficient to
destroy the Ma me would. in Admiral
Melville's opinion, have thrown up
great volumes Of water, which was not
the case.
tragedy of 1898 attribute the Names
DIES, ruction to the work of an anarchist
d fanatic or a dissruntled sailor And
others have argued that her anlmuni-
ton when brought suddenly from q
wintry climate to the summer heat Of
Havana exploded by spontaneous COM
bustiop.
Will the skeleton Of the crumbled
1evia.han reveal its secret after Il has
been aug out or Havana herbor mud?
Or has the coroner delayed his inquest
too lonc?
Will the next few weeks see the So
luton of the worlds most battling
maritime mystery?
Copyright, 1911, by John Elfreth watkins.D
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interest of King Louis XIV, who assisted
the Dubois brothers by granting SUBJ
sidy. At first the porcelain went under
the name Of 'Porcelaine de France" or
"Fieux-Sevres.' and these early produc-
tons are eagerly coveted today by anna
teur and professional collectors
So keen was Louis XV's interest in the
manufacture of this ware that he de-
veloped an ambition TO become the sole
owner, and this change occurred in 1850
From that period down to the present
IT has been the property of the govern
ment of France.
The Sevres porcelain in 17e0 had a hard
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man. Baking clay and making vessels
was an art Of the savage as well as of
civilized man. Clay, mixed with sand
and wet with water can be nodded into
almost any desirable shape. as every boy
is now taught in his early days Of school
life. Baking is the next step necessary
to expel the water and solidify the sand
and clay. and then one has a compact
substance ready for the decorator. To
watch the process of development of the
chalky white clay at the Sevres factory
to its final completion-a pliable, doughty
mass transformed into a hard. durable
thing Of beauty-is a never-to-b for
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the tub Of material becomes purely waste
matter. and a new mixture replaces it.
In the modelling and decorating each
workman has his design before him as a
constant guide. In the Sevres bisque
there is no enamel. and with the excep-
ton of a few isolated cases it has never
been decorated in colors With the por-
celain the plate, vase or other object is
dipped in a tub Of wa!ery, white fluid
and Immediately after this the covered
surface hardens. In bisque one baking
only is required, while in porcelain three
firings are necessary.
In the hall where the bisuue is modelled
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gotten experience. These big buildings
con ain inner shr'nes that tie tourist
never sees, and 1t is rarely indeed that
the profane eyes of an outsider ever
penetrate the mysterious holy Of HOLES
where certain parts of the work are
done.
detail. In the room where the clay mix
ture Is prepared a workman sits before
large, round board which is constantly
revolved by some hidden mechanism. He
takes a handful of the mixture from d
large tub and sets it on this revolving
board. then with his hands claspirg 1t
lightly he rolls 1t between his palms
This procedure is necessary to ascertain
II by an accident any foreign substance
is in the material. II SO. the sensitive
touch Of the workman soon detects it and
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fight for supremacy, and 1t was nearly
eclipsed by the hard porcelain that was
manufactures in Dresden, and which
was fast gaining in public favor How
ever. "A timely discovery Of a deposit OF
kaolin near Limoges enabled the French
men to compete on even terms. and
eventually to outStrip the efforts Of the
rival factory in Dresden When the
chemist Macquer submitted the first Sue
cessful specimens of hard porcelain
Sevres ware to the Academic des Sciences
In 1859. every French citizen from the
king down to the sculiery maid felt that
the honor of France was saved. The
Seyres porcelain would no longer have a
dangerous competitor in the Dresden
china
The history of pottery II 1t could be
written would be as old as the history of
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curiosit.es has been scattered throughout
Europe and has enriched the treasures Of
many q museum.
Comtesse Dubarry, who succeeded Nine
de Pompadour as the kings favofite, had
only superficial knowledge of art, but
the Sevres factory being a pet hobby of
Louis XIV. she assumed an interest that
she did not possess, and welded an in
fuence for it's advancement simply to
cater to the kings tastes. The Comtesse
Dubarrys vaiuat on OF vase or a figure
was based only on what it would fetch in
money. The artistic worth was beyond
her comprehension: hence, at this period
some OF the largest and most imposing
vases were produced
Marie Antoinette, in her favoritc char
acter OF milkmaid, part that she SO often
played when sojourning at Versailles,
where she deserted the grandeur OF the
palace for the modest quarters OF the
TT aI0u otde-rd tn sS..--~oe fa"ros - 10
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WHOLE alton Now
w Awaits the Result of

WHOLE Nation Now
f" Awaits the Result of
the Inquest in Havana Har-
Dor - Tragedy Cloaked in
Mystery From the Start
Consul General Lee and
the Anonymous Letter
The Mysterious Witness Be-
fore the Court of Inquiry
Varying Testimony of Spies
New Evidence Coming to
Light in Recent Months
Considerable Evidence Either
That the Cubans Exploded
Her or That She Blew Her
self Up VIII Inquest In
Havana Show That Our Ven
geance on the Dons Was Too
Swift
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vengeance Is justified

vengeance Is justified: or will that lusty
battlecry Remember the Mainer' come
re-echoing down the ages to haunt US and
remind US of vengeance too swift7
Its temper cooled by thirteen years of
reflection. the nation which convicted and
punished Spain for the tragedy Of mid
February. 'aS, now awaits IN suspense
to learn whether Spain was. after all.
but the victim of circumstantial evidence.
After generating the Names own off,
cers and crew of negligence and conclud-
ing that she was blown up by a subma-
rine mine that caused partial explosion
of two or more of her forward magazines,
the court OF inquiry which sifted the mys-
terry declared itself unable to obtain evil
dence fixing the responsibility for the
destruction of the Maine upon any per-
son or persons.
What appears astonishing In these days
of government spies and federal detective
bureaus is the paucity of evidence, except
tlat of a technical character, gathered in
Havana during the days succeeding the
catastrophe
Soon after the explosion Consul General
lee. at Havana. received an anonymous
letter written in Spanish and signed "A
FRIEND" 1t gave details of a conspiracy
between certain merchants of Havana
and three desperadoes-two harbor thieves
and a skilled diver-to blow up the Maine
Details as 10 where the trio had pro-
cured their equipment, where they had
hidden their boat and the names of their
hackers were given, as was tn pr ce
which they We're to be paid for the job
$1,000 in advance and $4,000 after their
work had been accomplished.
Before dawn of the day of the catas-
trophe the trio sneaked out into the har-
Dor, where the diver did the work to
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one gets the impression of entering a
hospital where the pati"nts are IN all de-
grees of CT adolescence frcm divers opera
items. These figures and groups are al
ways done from the model of a fine sculp-
tor, and in many cases they are taken
from the original Of a really great one.
Artists are employed to touch up or We
accent to every piece before 1t enters
the oven.
The similarity to a hospital ward is sug
gested by the rows of figures that have
arms in props, heads In supports or backs
with braces. A beautiful female figure
involuntarily arouses sympathy. There It
stands, apparently a victim of the sur
geons knife but the perfectly modelled
limbs and outstretched hand are only sup
ported by props to insure a safe journey
through the terrible heat that is to come
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ILL the mystery
OF the Maine" be
solved by tho in
quest now to be
held In Havana
harbor7
Will this official
post = mortem ex-
animation prove
that our vengeance
upon the kingdom
Of the dons was
justified - II ever
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with the possible exception of the German
empire, a Sevres centeTpiece generally oc-
cupies conspicuous place on the ban
quet table. The ravishing porcelain or
bisque groups are chefs-d' oevre, and are
often most elaborate creations on a really
large scale when one considers their use
as table appointments Sevres dinner
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make her a porcelain pail in which to
skim the milk. This milk pail, which has
reverted to the factory, Is of cream white
porcelain and god. 1t is very simple in
decoration. the only ornament being q
goats head of gold on each side of the
handle. Empress Josephine Marie
Louise, Empress Eugenie-all have sim
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beautiful in the fine arts And she di-
and patron zing artists. Not content with
the rule of CT tic, she set herself to study
the rudiments Of art, and the chronicles
of the time tell US that she succeeded in
learning to draw and engrave really we'll
Her magnificent collection of art and
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Correspondence of The star.
PARIS. July 13, 1911.

h I w Z Z y the
wooded hills Of
Meudon and st.
Cloud-those per-
pendicular fields
of green that ap-
pear as a m. ghty
protecting arm to
the little towns
nesting at their
feet-lies the viii
lage Of Sevres
which has becom
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.HURIALOFT The.
MANENCTIMS
HAVANA

you for the first time the name of the
man who blew up the Maine. He is. or
was, Jose Zavaldo. He was electrician at
MORO Castle. 1t was he who threw the
switch which set off the powerful mine
that destroyed the ship and sent 207
lives into eternity in a flash. Zavaldo
was afterward shot by order of Gen.
Blanco. We even got piece of the cable
that led from the mine to the room IN
Moro Castle. That piece of cable Is now
in the Navy Department at Washington.
Attempts of several military and naval
officers in. Washington to repud ate capt.
Brady's statement have lately drawn fire
from Francis Atwater OF Meridan, Conn,
who was editing a newspaper at havana
at the time the Maine was blown up.
According to Mr.. Atwater, detective
assigned to the mystery had traced the
crime to this same Zavaldo, who was not
shot, but poisoned and one Of whose &C
completes stood ready to confess full de-
tails of the plot. The War Department
was notified at the time OF this mans
Willingness to lay bare the mystery, &C
cording to the editor. but apparently took
no action.
And this controversy between Brady
and Atwater upon the one side and the
army and naval officers upon the other
has drawn a cross-fire from one j. G.
Crowley OF Aberdeen. Wash. who is al
legged to have been spy in the employ
of the Cuban government.
According to him. Zavaldo. whose name
he prefers to spell 'Seavaldo," did not
actually blow up the Maine. although
he was one Of the principal cOnspirators
in the plot
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Two exquisite dinner services are now
being made at the Sevres factory which
in color and design are totally different.
One Is an order from the King Of Siam.
Tho decoration for his china is a solid
hcroer OF the rich, deep blue Of theJt
wonderful quality of color In which this
factory eAoe.s. Over this is q tracing OF
threa6Iike gold heavily put on. In the
center o. each plate is the coat of arms
The other set Is for the ambassador Of
Span, This service abounds with the
gayety Of the spanish colors-bright reds
and yeliows. The center of this service
else has the ooas of ar ns as an individual
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Jose Seavaldo.' says Mr.. Crowley,
was an electrician soldier in the Spanish
army. some say navy, but to the best in
formation OF our spies he was of the sig
nal corps of the army. He had much
to do with the connecting Of the mines
in the harbor of Havana. which the
Americans. assisted by the native Cubans
in Havana, succeeded in cutting, thus
foiling the first attempt to blow up the
Maine.
"Seavaldo did prepare and connect the
wire to the torpedo which destroyed the
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service is also most often In demand at
these formal affairs where beauty and
elegance Of an ensemble are to be main.
tanned.
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Judicial Sale.

by virtue OF decree of the Circuit Court
OF Calhoun County West Virginia, rem
dered att Apnl term, 1911, in the chan
Gerry cause of the Spencer Grocery Com.
pany corporation, against j. A. buck
and Others; the undersigned, who was by
said decree appointed commissioner for
that purpose. will on Tuesday, the
2ISt day Of November, L0I1
pller for sale at public auction to tie high
est bidder at the front door of the Court
house OF said county the real estate by said
decree directed to be sold, to wit: tract
OF ll09-lO acres of land situate nn the Lit
tie kanawha River in Sheridan district
Calhoun County, West Virginia, between
LemuclS Run and Annamoriah Creek
which Is the residue Of three parcels aogre.
eating l75 acres, Subject however. to an
abatement OF 4G G-l0 aeres) which gos
conveyed to John A. Buck and Malulno
Buck 10y }. z Knight and vile by deed
laied an the 9Th day OF April, 1902. which
Is of record In the Clerks Office Of the
County court Of Calhoun county in Decd
Book No. IS at page $50, and which is
subject to further abatement of7l-2 acres
conveyed by the said John A. Buck and
Mahuida Buck to Nancy A. Bunner and
Others, leaving as the residue lis o.1O
acres to be sold.
II, however, the debt decreed in said
canse in favor Of the Consolidated Timber
Company shall be paid al or before ibe
said sale, then only the undivided one.
half interest OF the said John a. Buck in
the said real estate will be offered for sale.
TERMS Of SALE One third the purchase
money cash in hand on day Of sale and the
residue upon credit Of one and two year.
taking from the purchase rs notes or bonds
with good security, bclring interest from
day Of sale.
JIM BASuLroN, Commissioner
&c. G. Starcher Clerk Of the Circpi,
Court Of Calhoun Coacty, West Virginia
do hereby certify that a bond IN the penal
ty of 100000 has been filed with me bv
the SAID commissioner as required by the
said Decree
Q. Z. Stdrcber Clerk.
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Prospects for 1912.

Counting Arizona and New
Mexico there will be 513 votes in
the electoral college which will
elect the president of the United
States in 1912. According to the
usual method of figuring, it. is
safe to count as surely Demo
cratic the following states: Ala
bama IL, Arkansas 9, Florida 6,
Georgia "a, Kentucky 13, Louisi-
ana 10. Maryland 8, Mississippi
10, Missouri Is, North Carolina
IL, Oklahoma 10, South Carolina
9, Tennessee IL, Texas 20, Virgin
la IL, Total ITS.
States that have strong Demo-
cratic leaning and may be reason
ably depended on are: Colorado
8, Arizona 8, New Mexico 3.
Total II, This gives a total Dem.
ocratic strength of 1877, leaving
70 to be obtained from the doubt.
full states.
Leaving out all other states
that went Democratic in 1910 we
find three states which will give
the Democratic candidates the
necessary votes. They are New
York 45, Ohio "a, Indiana Is,
Total "a. Grand Total 271.
Under the new apportionment
it will require 266 electoral votes
to elect so these figures show a
safe majority,
Suppose. on the other hand,
the Democratic party should de-
eide to make its fight for the
west. 1t would be necessary to
carry Wisconsin 13, Iowa 13,
Kansas 10, Nebraska 8, Califor-
mia Ii, Montana, A, North Da-
kota 5, South Dakota 5, Oregon
5, Wyoming 3, Total 70,
With the exception of South
Dakota all these have Republi-
can governors, and the Demo-
Gratis do not control the congress,
sional delegation in a single
state. From The Centralia
(Illinois) Democrat.