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Show LITHOGRAPHERS' STONE. - It Is Found Mostly1 in the Kingdom of llararla. ' 1 The territory in and around thii village of Solnhofen, in the Kingdom of Eavaria, forms the world's chief supply of lithographic stones, says United' States Consul Weber, stationed at Nuremberg, says the' Cincinnati I Enquirer. The litho stones found, .in j France,' near Mbntpelier, cannotom-pare cannotom-pare with the solnhofen stones. Litljo- I graphic stone is nothing but a com- (fi RUTH AND W. J., JUNIOR, pact and homogeneous limestone, and the villages of Solnhofen, Moernstheim and Langenaltheim, with a population of about 3,000 inhabitants, lie right in the center of such limestone strata. These cover an area of about ten acres, of which the greater part has not yet been worked. The statement which is given out from time to time, mostly from interested parties," that the supply of Solnhofen stones is rapidly rap-idly diminishing is therefore absolutely absolute-ly without foundation. These stones will not be exhausted for the next 200 years at least. Rumors of newly discovered dis-covered litho-stone beds in other countries coun-tries have so far proved to be untrue, or the stones found have turned out to be of little use. Nowadays, I hear, litho-stones must be of excellent quality qual-ity in order to satisfy the requirements of the art. Many stones found at Solnhofen Soln-hofen are laid aside as not coming up to the standard. These are sold to builders and are used for paving floors, etc. A scarcity, therefore, of superior lithographic stones, if it should ever arise, would have the effect of bringing bring-ing into the market inferior stones. It is interesting to note that the stones liere do - not lie deep In the ground. In fact, only the earth and some rock have to be removed as a I rule. The stones lie in layers and . MISS GRACE BRYAN. (Aged 8.) have simply to be taken carefully from the earth. The bulk of the ground beneath be-neath which the litho-stones lie belongs be-longs to the communities of Solnhofen and Moernsheim, and therefore such gemeindeburger (homestead owner) ot these communities has a share in tha ground. j |
