unaltered is the great hall, with its statues, its portraits, and its costly stained glass windows. — London Chronicle.
Greco-Buddhist Sculpture in Turkestan. — Dr. M. A. Stein, leader of the Indian Government Mission to Eastern Turkestan, has made important archæological discoveries in Chinese Turkestan. On the site of an ancient village in a desert northward of the Niya River he obtained a rich yield of antiquities illustrating everyday life seventeen centuries ago, showing the predominant influence of Greco-Buddhist art and including records written on wooden tablets in the Kharoshto script. At Miram he found nearly a thousand Tibetan records. Many most interesting art remains were discovered in a ruined Buddhist shrine, including colossal stucco reliefs closely related to the Greco-Buddhist sculpture of the first centuries of the Christian era.
That Greek art and the Buddhist religion met at some period of history and left traces of their combination has been known for some time through the bas reliefs at Gandara. These sculptures, in almost the best Greek style, are representations of the Buddha and his disciples, and the Oriental mysticism grafted on the realism of the Greeks resulted in productions of fascinating delicacy and refinement, recalling in some respects the work of the sculptors of the early Italian Renaissance. It would appear from Dr. Stein’s discoveries that Greek art reached the Buddhistic Orient through Bactria and Turkestan.
The region in which Dr. Stein has been working for some years was once watered by the river Nya, which now loses itself in the sands. The ancient legend that the entire region, with its great cities and millions of inhabitants, was overwhelmed by sand, seems to receive support from the recent discoveries. The Kharoshto characters inscribed on the objects found by Dr. Stein were in use under the Indo- Scythian Princes of the first two centuries of the Christian era. The civilization of which the traces are now being found is one of the greatest puzzles remaining to historians. — N. Y. Times.
The Subterranean Dwellings of Northern Africa. — Fuller details have been received of the remarkable trip across the Sahara, from Tripoli to Lake Chad, by Hans Vischer, formerly belonging to the missionary staff in Northern Nigeria. He left Tripoli in July, accompanied by a number of Mecca pilgrims from Northern Nigeria. He succeeded in bringing ten of them with their families right through the sandy wastes of the Sahara. In the mountains of Gharian he found people living in subterranean dwellings. Through entrances ten yards long and one yard wide he came upon a square courtyard which was in reality a great hole open to the sky. Upon this all the rooms and stables converged. The rooms were very dark, and there were no windows, but cleanliness prevailed. Round the courtyard was a wall protecting the dwelling underneath. — N. Y. Evening Post.
New York’s and Other Debts. — The total bonded debt of the United States is only $925, 000, 000, and that of New York City is already more than half that of the national government. At the present rate of increase the metropolis will have the larger indebtedness in five years. The total debts of all the States in the Union amount only to $234314, 190, less than half that of the single city of New York. The total State, county and city indebtedness of the entire United States is less than three times that of the city of millionaires. The great military powers of the world are much concerned over China and her debt, and yet China has borrowed only $613, 000, 000, against $500, 000, 000 for New York City. The entire Dominion of Canada owes only $271, 000, 000, about equal to New York’s increase in four years. Yet with all this stupendous debt the average citizen of Manhattan never gave the matter a second thought when he saw the official figures. — New Broadway Magazine.
The Prince Edward Island Tunnel. — Engineers’ estimates on the cost of a tunnel under Northumberland Strait to maintain uninterrupted communication between Prince Edward Island and the mainland, are in the hands of the provincial and Dominion Parliaments. The figures vary from $9, 000, 000 to $40, 000, 000. The proposed tunnel would be seven and a half miles long, and would reach a depth of 150 feet under low-water level. The proposed line of the tunnel is from Cape Tomentine in New Brunswick to Cape Traverse, P. E. I., — Exchange.
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In the public mind “Standard” and Sanitation are synonymous terms. Whenever you specify “Standard”
Porcelain Enameled Fixtures for Residence, Hotel or Apartment House you are assuring the owner that he will receive what he recognizes as the best in the way of sanitary equipment.
Standard Porcelain Enameled Sink, with Apron all around, Enameled Sink Legs with Wall Supports, Nickel-plated Strainer, Fuller adjustable Flange Bibbs and “p” Trap with Waste and Vent to Wall with or without Bibbs and Trap.
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Greco-Buddhist Sculpture in Turkestan. — Dr. M. A. Stein, leader of the Indian Government Mission to Eastern Turkestan, has made important archæological discoveries in Chinese Turkestan. On the site of an ancient village in a desert northward of the Niya River he obtained a rich yield of antiquities illustrating everyday life seventeen centuries ago, showing the predominant influence of Greco-Buddhist art and including records written on wooden tablets in the Kharoshto script. At Miram he found nearly a thousand Tibetan records. Many most interesting art remains were discovered in a ruined Buddhist shrine, including colossal stucco reliefs closely related to the Greco-Buddhist sculpture of the first centuries of the Christian era.
That Greek art and the Buddhist religion met at some period of history and left traces of their combination has been known for some time through the bas reliefs at Gandara. These sculptures, in almost the best Greek style, are representations of the Buddha and his disciples, and the Oriental mysticism grafted on the realism of the Greeks resulted in productions of fascinating delicacy and refinement, recalling in some respects the work of the sculptors of the early Italian Renaissance. It would appear from Dr. Stein’s discoveries that Greek art reached the Buddhistic Orient through Bactria and Turkestan.
The region in which Dr. Stein has been working for some years was once watered by the river Nya, which now loses itself in the sands. The ancient legend that the entire region, with its great cities and millions of inhabitants, was overwhelmed by sand, seems to receive support from the recent discoveries. The Kharoshto characters inscribed on the objects found by Dr. Stein were in use under the Indo- Scythian Princes of the first two centuries of the Christian era. The civilization of which the traces are now being found is one of the greatest puzzles remaining to historians. — N. Y. Times.
The Subterranean Dwellings of Northern Africa. — Fuller details have been received of the remarkable trip across the Sahara, from Tripoli to Lake Chad, by Hans Vischer, formerly belonging to the missionary staff in Northern Nigeria. He left Tripoli in July, accompanied by a number of Mecca pilgrims from Northern Nigeria. He succeeded in bringing ten of them with their families right through the sandy wastes of the Sahara. In the mountains of Gharian he found people living in subterranean dwellings. Through entrances ten yards long and one yard wide he came upon a square courtyard which was in reality a great hole open to the sky. Upon this all the rooms and stables converged. The rooms were very dark, and there were no windows, but cleanliness prevailed. Round the courtyard was a wall protecting the dwelling underneath. — N. Y. Evening Post.
New York’s and Other Debts. — The total bonded debt of the United States is only $925, 000, 000, and that of New York City is already more than half that of the national government. At the present rate of increase the metropolis will have the larger indebtedness in five years. The total debts of all the States in the Union amount only to $234314, 190, less than half that of the single city of New York. The total State, county and city indebtedness of the entire United States is less than three times that of the city of millionaires. The great military powers of the world are much concerned over China and her debt, and yet China has borrowed only $613, 000, 000, against $500, 000, 000 for New York City. The entire Dominion of Canada owes only $271, 000, 000, about equal to New York’s increase in four years. Yet with all this stupendous debt the average citizen of Manhattan never gave the matter a second thought when he saw the official figures. — New Broadway Magazine.
The Prince Edward Island Tunnel. — Engineers’ estimates on the cost of a tunnel under Northumberland Strait to maintain uninterrupted communication between Prince Edward Island and the mainland, are in the hands of the provincial and Dominion Parliaments. The figures vary from $9, 000, 000 to $40, 000, 000. The proposed tunnel would be seven and a half miles long, and would reach a depth of 150 feet under low-water level. The proposed line of the tunnel is from Cape Tomentine in New Brunswick to Cape Traverse, P. E. I., — Exchange.
Houseowners
Know what
Standard
Stands for
In the public mind “Standard” and Sanitation are synonymous terms. Whenever you specify “Standard”
Porcelain Enameled Fixtures for Residence, Hotel or Apartment House you are assuring the owner that he will receive what he recognizes as the best in the way of sanitary equipment.
Standard Porcelain Enameled Sink, with Apron all around, Enameled Sink Legs with Wall Supports, Nickel-plated Strainer, Fuller adjustable Flange Bibbs and “p” Trap with Waste and Vent to Wall with or without Bibbs and Trap.
PITTSBURGH. PA., U. S. A.