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An iron Cupid was dedicated in the temple, and appeared suspended, as if without any other support than magnetism. Hipponax was a distinguished poet of Ephesus, of such strong satire that he was obliged to flee from his native town ; whereupon (two sculptors set up an image of him, in which they overdid his naturally deformed appearance, but they were so severely satirised by the poet that they hanged themselves in despair. Trajan presented doors to the temple, which exhibited the Battles of the Giants—Jupiter with his thunderbolts, Neptune with his trident, Apollo with his arrows, and in the lower part the giants fighting with dragons, throwing rocks with their hands, and looking up with maddened eyes. Of the school of painting more is known. Evenor, called the Prince of Painters, flourished here. He was succeeded by his son and pupil, Parrhasius, who styled himself the King of Painters, and wore a crown of gold and robe of purple. Apelles was also a native of Ephesus, Among the artists connected with the sehool of Ephesus were Zeuxis, Idseus, Ephorus, the master of Apelles, Theodorus, Ktesikles, Timarete, a female artist, Timanthes, Nikias, Euphranor, Kalliphon, of Sarnos. Parrhasius and Appelles wrote on painting, so that, with their own and other writings on archi tecture, Ephesus had a library of art. Zeuxis and Parrhasius had hero their famous contest, in which the grapes of Zeuxis were plucked at by a bird, but, as Zeuxis owned, Parrhasius went beyond, for, he said, “ Zeuxis has beguiled birds, but Parrhasius, Zeuxis.” Zeuxis is said to have died from having painted the portrait of a funny old woman, the look of which was so laughable that he laughed himself to death. Parrhasius greatly contributed to the Temple. Apelles, who flourished in the next generation, was much more modest, and he would only put his name to three pic tures. He painted the portrait of Alexander the Great, holding a thunderbolt, in the Temple of Diana, for which he received twenty talents, or £3,875. The fingers seemed to stand out, and the thunderbolt to be outside the painting. All these works were executed in four colours only. It was said of this picture that there were two Alexanders—the one begotten of Philip, and he was invincible, and the other painted by Apelles, and he was inimitable. Arian says that when Alexander had this portrait taken by Apelles, and came to look at it, he did not praise it so much as the picture deserved, but, on his horse being brought in, it began to neigh at the horse represented in the painting as if it also was a real one: “ It is clear, O King,” said Apelles, “ your horse is a better judge of painting than you are.” Cicero speaks of the painting as the most valuable object in the Temple, from which it was stolen by the infamous Verres. Apelles painted Diana in the midst of a choir of virgins; Mega- byzus, the high priest of Diana Ephesia, in his state robes ; and Klitus, on horseback, equipped for war, and asking for his helmet, presented to him by an attendant. It was at Ephesus the incident of “Ne sutor ultra crepidam ” took place. Nikias, pupil of Antidotus, executed the painting of the Sepulchre of Megabyzus. Timarete, the daughter of Nikon, painted a Diana for the Temple, which, in the time of Pliny, was one of the oldest panel paintings known. Kalliphon, of Samos, had two fine paintings in the Temple, one described as Discord raising the battle at the ships of the Greeks, and the other supposed to be women binding on the armour of Patrocles. Ktesikles, a painter, not receiving from Queen Stratonikc such a reception as he considered himself entitled to, painted her romping with a fisherman, for whom, according to common report, she had a strong liking. After showing this picture in the harbour of Ephesus, he at once set sail and got off. The queen would not, however, allow - the removal of the painting, the likeness of the two figures being admirably done, (Pliny, Nat. Hist., xxxv. 40). There were likewise at Ephesus schools of modelling, which produced the coins of Ephesus and the neighbouring cities ; of silversmiths’ work connected with the shrine of Diana, and of which M entor was a famous master; and of pottery. A large collection of framed photographs of Ephesus and the Seven Churches, contributed by Mr. Alexander Svoboda, reached round the room. ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH, NEW SHILDON, DURHAM. The memorial stone of a new district church at Shildon was recently laid by the Rev. Horatio Spurrier, Rector of Shildon. The building is designed in the early decorated style of Gothic architecture of the French type, and comprises nave, chancel, vestry and organ chamber, w - ith tower and spire at the north side. Provision is made for future enlargement by the erec tion of a south aisle, the arches for which are turned in the wall so as to be easily broken out. The west front has a door way in the centre with a single light window on each side, and a large wheel in the window in the gable. The sides have each a range of two light tracery headed windows divided by but tresses. The cast end is terminated by a circular apse in which are inserted three single light windows divided by buttresses. The tower is square, and forms a porch in the lower story, with ringing chamber, and clock chamber over. The upper stage is octagonal in plan, having four elegant windows with gables over them in the cardinal faces ; very effective broaches rising into the other four faces. The spire will rise to a height of 100 feet, and from the commanding position of the site will be seen from a great distance all round. All the church walls are faced with pitchfaced wall stone from Waskerley Quarries, and the dressings are of Brusslcton stone. Internally the church will be finished in strict accordance with ecclesiastical usage, having fine open roof, low open seats, passages, and chancel paved with Mosaic tiles, handsome stone pulpit and font, oak reading desk, illuminated iron and brass altar rails, &c. All the woodwork will be stained oak colour, the windows will be filled with cathedral tinted glass. The church will be warmed on Haden’s system of warm air; the lighting will bo by gas standards in the nave. The church has been designed by Mr. Prichett, F.R.I., B.A., of Darlington, under whose superintendence it is being erected. The contractor is Mr. Borrowdale, of Darlington. The contract is about £2,000, and the total cost, including fencing, lighting, warming, architect’s commission, and furnishing, is expected to be about £2,500. The site has been presented by the Earl of Eldon. 1’assbxghr Communication on Railways. — An experiment was recently tried on the North Eastern Railway, in connection with the means of communication by passengers on railways with the driver or guard of the train in which they may be travelling. One objection to the cord and gong employed on some lines is that, while it answers all the purposes required as between guard and engine driver, it is defective as regards the passengers; because the cord is extremely difficult of access, inasmuch as it necessitates the opening of the car riage door, and the person lying lengthways on the floor of the com partment, in order to get hold of it. It is also very difficult to apply, even after it has been reached, in consequence of the necessarily great friction. The improved arrangement is this :—A cord, carried along the top of the carriages, is attached at the engine end to the whistle of the engine, and, at the rear of the train, to an ordinary gong in the guard’s van. The eord is carried along the top of the train immedi ately above the door of each compartment, within easy reach of the passengers* hand ; and the slightest pull upon the cord will sound the engine-driver’s whistle at one end of the train, and also an alarm in the guard’s van at the other. At the same time, an indicator, placed outside the carriage, comes down and shows to the guard the compart ment from which the signal has been given. The cord is carried along upon small pulleys; hence, there is very little friction. In the old arrangement the cord was continuous from one end of the train to the other. But in the present arrangement each carriage has its own length of cord, which is easily attached to, or detached from, the remainder, and by this means a train can be easily lengthened or shortened. There are other advantages of detail, which will readily suggest themselves to every one who has paid the slightest atiention to the working of railways. The apparatus was tried on a very long and heavy market train, consisting of thirteen carriages and guards’ vans; so that the cord had to be carried along an extreme length. Two of the carriages, also, had not been fitted with pulleys, so that there was nothing to carry the cord along the top of these carriages, and the friction was, consequently, greater than it would have been had the carriages been provided with pulleys. This experiment, however, was perfectly successful, the apparatus answering its purpose most efficiently. No sooner was a pull given upon the cord forward than the whistle sounded; or if the pull ■was directed towards the rear of the train, a white flag (the signal agreed upon) displayed at the window of the guard’s van showed that the gong there had been sounded, and that the guard was upon the alert. Or, again, if the pull was even, and given in both directions, the ap pearance of the flag, and the sounding of the engine-driver’s whistle, showed that the alarm had been given simultaneously at each end of the train. The experiment was frequently repeated, and, on the train arriving in the Central Station, the indicators were examined, and showed every compartment from which the apparatus had been used.