Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-08-20
MANY PICTURES
To Be AUCT|0NED
MANY Of THE ARE VALUABLE
CDfiEss Oh MASTER.
PIECES

PARIS. Aug i1-The Immense
collection Of pictures. many Of them
copies Of famous canyasses. which
nov cucumber the cellars and gar
rets Of the Louvre Galleries. are soon
10 be- sold az public auction.
These pictures have been accum
nlating for over century. and II Il
doubtful n even the Louvre author
tiles themselves know what is there.
Most Of them are copies OF old mas
ters which we're made by artists In
the course % their study. and then
abandoned Many a picture Of value
may be- discovered under the dust u
years Doubtless number 90 them
we're executed by artists who afte--
wards became famous The sale will.
at any rate. afford amateurs ~ OPP
poi tunity Of obtaining copies OF their
fayorite picture az comparatively
low price Lovers Of the lost Joe
onde" will have the choice Of more
than a hundred copies.
Some days ago a group OF visitors.
passing through the Army Museum
IA les lnyalldes. examined the glass
case in which the personal relies OF
the great Nepolian are displayed
To their honor. they saw three
holes Ia the skirt OF the celebrated
grey Oyercoat Spared by the bullet
and she'll. the famous and legendary
garment is in imminent danger Of 90
structiOn by the memorable domestic
moth. The gallant general who IS In
charge of the museum was al once
advised and measures have been tax
en- 10 make the eyistance Of moths
In the precious ease possible
One million Eipsies. with neither
home nor country. move across Eu-
rope every year from east 10 west
with the beginning OF the summer.
Nowhere are they wanted every
where are they eyed askance. but
still every year they wander. and the
authorities Of the countries they
cross dread their coming and are re-
lieyed when they 20.
There Is always trouble at the from
tiers Here the wanderers are stop
ped, questioned. aud often lmprison-
ed as warrants But there Is moth |
ing 10 do but finally let them 10.
and they invariably return the next
year. An effort 10 aid aud protect
these gipsies. and incidentally the per
picked authorities. Us being made bv
a Swiss clergyman. n. Ecuyer. lie
has organized a society. one of the
purposes OF which Is 10 instruct the
gipsies in the Christian religion. for
these uomads are all pagans The
success of Mr. Ecuyers efforts. how
ever, is considered very uncertain.
The levels of the various glaciers
OF Switzerland are slowly subsiding.
In other words. these hugh. slow
moving rivers Of ice and snow are
gradually drying up for the reason
that their volume Is yearly decrcas-
ing In futuc years they undoubt-
eddy will prevent an appearance
considerably different from what
they DO today
The gradual substance OF these |
Ice fields Is established by stats. |
tics which the Swiss Alpine Club has
compiled from observance OF some ]
ihiriy-two OF the most important
glaciers These figures show that
the greatest Swiss glacier. the Al
ebsch, subsidized ~ feet In 1912 de- |
spite the exceptionally cold wealth
l3l2er % feet In 1911. aud - feet
In 1910 The "Ronegletscher" sub
sided 80 feet in 1912. 30 feet In 1glil
md 90 feet in 1910 The two
Grinndlewald" glaciers increased
by 50 feet during 1879. but had ~.
l30 feet the year before.
Since 1898 these two glaciers have
over 1000 feet.
Recent happenings In Bulgaria
have brought out the story OF an in
.erView ten years ago between the
present king OF Bulgaria and a
French diplomat. who told Ferdinand
his fortune from a pack of cards
With remarkable accuracy.
In 1903 the story goes the late
v. Mancini was secretary Of the
French legation az Sofia. one night
II a reception az the palace the pres
mt king, then merely Prince Ferdi-
iand, called him into little study
md asked him 10 read the future
VI Manici asked for pack oil
ards, and after certain manipula-
ions. said / see your influence
md your power ceaslessly growing.
other rulers listen to your voice
four armies become more aud more
ormidable. The year 1879 stands
'ut boye all others Your fortune
n that year will be- meteoric."
So ! must wait TOR nine years
tho Prince. ihoughtmlly.
but tell me. what do you see IN
grnaf