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# Vincent van Gogh suicide note

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Vincent van Gogh was an influential artist during the nineteenth century. Widely believed to have been struggling with depression and insanity, he went out to a nearby field and shot himself in the chest, before stumbling back to his house where his brother Theo cared for him for two days, before he finally died. Although he had sent a letter to Theo only three days earlier, he was carrying another letter to his brother on his person at the time of his suicide, largely seen as a suicide note.
My dear brother,
Thanks for your kind letter and for the 50-fr. note in contained.
There are many things I should like to write you about, but I feel it useless. I hope you have found those worthy gentlemen favorably disposed toward you.
Your reassuring me as to the peacefulness of your household was hardly worth the trouble, I think, having seen the weal and woe of it for myself. And I quite agree with you that rearing a boy on a fourth floor is a hell of a job for you as well as for Jo.
Since the thing that matters most is going well, why should I say more about things of less importance? My word, before we have a chance to talk business more collectedly, we shall probably have a long way to go.
The other painters, whatever they think, instinctively keep themselves at a distance from discussions about the actual trade.
Well, the truth is, we can only make our pictures speak. But yet, my dear brother, there is this that I have always told you, and I repeat it once more with all the earnestness that can be expressed by the effort of a mind diligently fixed on trying to do as well as possible - I tell you again that I shall always consider you to be something more than a simple dealer in Corots, that through my mediation you have your part in the actual production of some canvases, which will retain their calm even in the catastrophe.
For this is what we have got to, and this is all or at least the main thing I can have to tell you at a moment of comparative crisis. At a moment when things are very strained between dealers in pictures of dead artists, and living artists.
Well, my own work, I am risking my life for it and my reason has half foundered because of it--that's all right--but you are not among the dealers in men as far as I know, and you can still choose your side, I think, acting with humanity, but que veux-tu?
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# Vincent van Gogh letters to Theo

* 28 May 1888
* 18 August 1877
* 15 November 1878
# Who's Who in the Far East/KENG, Dr. Lim Boon

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​ KENG, Dr. Lim Boon (SINGAPORE), M. B., C.M., Edin.; Doctor of Medicine; b. l869 Educ:.: Raffles Institution, Singapore; Edinburgh University; Cambridge University; Queen's Scholar, Straits Settlements, 1887-1891. Fellow of Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh; member of Legislative Council, 1895-1903; J.P.; member Corr. de Hoc. de Med. de Ghand; Municipal Commissioner of town of Singapore; member of Chinese Advisory Board; Member of Council of M. lava Branch of British Medical Association; Representative of British Medical Association on Committee of Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, and lecturer on Materia Medica and Therapeutics at School. 'Publications: Editor of "Straits Chinese Magazine ". Address: The Dispensary, Singapore, Straits Settlements.
# Who's Who in the Far East/KENT, Percy Horace Braund

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​ KENT, Percy Horace Braund (TIEN TSIN), Barrister-at-Law; b. Sept. 11, 1876; m. 1901, Anna Mary, y. d. of late Rev. Henry Kingdon Simcox, of Harborne House, sometime Rector of Eweline, Oxon. Educ.: Rugby; Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Club: National Liberal, Whitehall. Address: Tientsin, North China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/KER, William Pollock

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​ KER, William Pollock (NANKING), H.B.M. Consul. Appointed Student Interpreter in China, July 26, 1888; 1st class Assistant, Sept. 27, 1897; acting Consul at Soochow, 1897 to 1898; acting Vice-Consul at Shanghai, 1898 to 1899; employed as Assistant in Chinese Secretary's Office, Peking, 1899; promoted Vice-Consul at Pagoda Island, Feb. 24, 1900; was at Peking during siege, 1900; acting Consul at Wuhu, 1901 to 1902; promoted Consul at Wuhu, April 5, 1902; called to Bar at Middle Temple, June 24, 1903; Consul at Nanking, 1906. Decorations: China Medal and Clasp. Address: H.B.M. Consulate, Nanking, China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/KAWAMURA, General Baron

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​ KAWAMURA, General Baron (TOKYO), Commander of Tokyo Ganison; b. Feb., 1850, in Kagoshima. Commanded Biigade in the Chiuc-Japanese War; Commander of the Fmt Aimy Division (Tokyo); created Baron, 1896; led Himeji Division in Russo-Japanese War, and later appointed Commander of Aimy which formed Extreme right in. the Battle of Mukden; appointed Commander of Tokyo Ganison, 1906 Address: Tokyo, Japan.
# Who's Who in the Far East/KAYA, Prince

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​ KAYA, Prince (ISE), Lord Guandian of the Imperial Shrine at Ise; b. June 1, 1867; m. Nov., 1892, Princess Yoshiko, e. d. of Marqins Daigo. Address: Ise, Japan.
# Who's Who in the Far East/KENNEDY, Henry Albert

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​ KENNEDY, Henry Albert (ULU SELANGOR), Federated Malay States Civil Service; b. June 27, 1877. Passed in Law and Malay; acting District Officer, Kuala Kubu, 1902; acting assistant Secretary to Resident of Selangor, 1903-1904; acting assistant Distiict Officer, Kuala Knbu, 1904; acting assistant District Officer, Ulu Selangor, 1906. Address: Uln Selangor, Federated Malay States.
# Who's Who in the Far East/KENNY, William Eyre

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​ KENNY, William Eyre (EUALA LUMPUR), A.M.I.C.E.; E..cntive Kngineer; b. Aug. 15, 1867. Public Works Department and Artillery, New Zealand, 188C-90; Siuvey Department and Public Works Department, Sarawak, 1891-4; Superintendent of Works, Province Wtllesley, acting Deputy Colonial Kngineer and Surveyor General, 1895; duty in Singapore, 1893-1902; acting State Engineer, Selangor, 1903; Executive Engineer, Public Works Depai tment, Kuala Lumpur, 1906. Address: Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Federated Malay States.
# Who's Who in the Far East/KENNY, William Joseph

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​ KENNY, William Joseph (MANILA), F.R.G.S.; n.B.M. Ccnsul-General for Philippine Islands; b. Aug. 29, 1859, at Kilkenny, e. s. of Patrick ​Joseph Kenny, J.P., Kingsmeadow House, Waterford, and Elizabeth Williams, Drumleigh. Educ..: Christian Brothers' School, Waterford; French College, Blackrock; Germany; Senior Scholarship, Blackrock College. Appointed Student Interpreter in Japan, 1880; Registrar and Interpreter of H.M.'s Court for Japan, until 1895; Vice-Consul, Tokyo, 1896; Barrister Gray's Inn, 1896; Consul for Hakodate and Niigata, and Consul for Tainan, Formosa, 1896; H.M.'s acting Commissioner and Consul-General for the Hawaiian Islands at Honolulu, 1898; present post, since 1902. Recreations: Sports, exploration. Address: British Consulate General, Manila; and Kingsmeadow House, Wateiford, Ireland.
# Who's Who in the Far East/KENT, Maurice Morton

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​ KENT, Maurice Morton (BATANG PADANG), Federated Malay States Civil Service; b. July 24, 1867. Assistant Surveyor, Straits Settlements, 1886-89; Surveyor on Lahuk River, British North Borneo, 1889-1891; Acting District Surveyor, Batang Padang, 1898. Address: Batang Padang, Perak, Federated Malay States.
# Who's Who in the Far East/KAWASAKI, Hachemon

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​ KAWASAKI, Hachemon (TOKYO), Banker; b. Dec., 1834, at Hitachi. Founded the Kawasaki Bank, one of the leading family banks of Tokyo. A fltlnxs: Tokyo, Japan.
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# Who's Who in the Far East/SHAW, Harry Redfearn

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​ SHAW, Harry Redfearn (KUALA LUMPUR) F.R.G.S.; Superintendent of Revenue Surveys; b. May 20. 1863. Boundary Division Surveyor, Great Britain, 1880; Mining Surveyor. Perak, 1893; District Surveyor. Perak. 1893; Superintendent of Revenue Surveyor, Selangor, 1900, Address: Kuala Lumpur, Selangor Federated Malay States.
# Who's Who in the Far East/SHELFORD. Hon. William Heard

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​ SHELFORD, Hon. William Heard (SINGAPORE), Merchant; partner of Paterson, Simons and Co.; b. Dec. 1, 1868; in. Jan. 27, 1904, Maud Ethel, d. of C. Movley, of Co. Waterford. Educ.: Clifton College. Chairman, Chamber of Commerce, 1905 06; Member, Tanjong Pagar Dock Board; acting M.L.C., 1905; appointed unofficial member of the L.C. March, 1906. Clubs: Singapore; Sports, London. Address: Broadfields, Singapore, Straits Settlements.
# Who's Who in the Far East/SHELLIM, E.

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​ SHELLIM, E. (HONGKONG), Merchant; Manager, David Sassoon and Co., Ltd.: Director of Hongkong and Shanghai Bank; resident in Colony several years. Club: Hongkong. Address: Peak Road, Hongkong.
# Who's Who in the Far East/SHIBATA, Kamon

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​ SHIBATA, Kamon (TOKYO), Chief Secretary of Cabinet; b. 1861, at Kanazawa. Educ.: Tokyo Univ. Appointed Councillor of Home Office, 1886: Secretary of Cabinet, 1889; Director of Local Adm. Bureau, Home Office, 1895; transferred to present post,-1903. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
# Who's Who in the Far East/SHEFFIELD. Rev. Develloz

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​ SHEFFIELD, Rev. Develloz (TUNGCHOW), ​D.D.; Missionary of American Board; b. Aug. 13, 1841; m. 1869. Educ.: Auburn Theol. Seminary. Enlisted as volunteer in Northern Army in American Civil War, 1861, and served two years; Principal of High Sch. Castile, N.Y; studied theology at Auburn Theol. Seminary; joined North China Mission of A.B., C.F.M.; at present Presdt., North China Union College of Liberal Arts. Publications: Works iu Chinese on Universal History; Church History; Theology; Ethics and Political Economy. Address: Tengchow, near Peking, North China.
# Who's Who in the Far East/SHENG HSUAN-HUAI

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​ SHENG HSUAN-HUAI (PEKING), Director, Imperial Bank of China; native of Kiangsu. Taotai, Chefoo, July, 1886; Director of Chinese Telegraph Administration; has supreme control of China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co.; Customs Taotai, Tientsin, June, 1892; apptd. Minister of 4th rank and Administrator-General of the Lu-Han and Southern Railways, Oct., 1896; sub-Director, Court of Sacrificial Worship, Nov., 1896; do., Grand Court of Revision, Dec., 1897; Vice-Director, Imperial Clan Court, June, 1901; jun. Guardian of Heir Apparent, Dec., 1. 1; sen. Vice-President, Board of Works, Feb., 1902; sen. Comm. for Treaty Revision, 1902; Director, Imperial Bank of China, 1905; granted privilege riding on horseback within " Forbidden Vermillion City," 1905.
# Who's Who in the Far East/SHEPPARD, Dr. Walter Sidney

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​ SHEPPARD, Dr. Walter Sidney (PROVINCE WELLESLY), B.A., M.B., B. Ch., Cantab; Surgeon, Colonial Service; b. Feb. 27, 1871; m. Edith, d. Lionel Hearsey, g. d. Sir Richard Hearsey. Educ.: Christ's College, Cambridge; Charing Cross Hosp. Held posts of House Physician and Res. Obstetric Physician, Charing Cross Hosp., 1895-96; appointed Civil Surgeon in charge of H.M. troops N.E. District, England, 1897-98; special plague Medical Office India, 1898-99; Colonial Surgeon, Straits Settlements, since 1900; sent on special service to ​Sultanate of Brunei, Aug., 1904. Club: Singapore. Address: Butterworth, Province We11es1ey, Straits Settlements.
# Who's Who in the Far East/SHEN CHIA-TEN

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​ SHEN CHIA-TEN (PEKING), Senior Vice-President, Board of Punishments; native of Chekiang; metrop graduate. T'ung-Wung Tao, Chihli, June, 1900; Judge, Shansi, Sept., 1900; Director, Banqueting Court, Aug., 1901; jun. Vice-President, Board of Punishments, Nov., 1901; senior, do., Feb., 1902.
# Who's Who in the Far East/SHEWAN, Robert Gordon

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​ SHEWAN, Robert Gordon ( HONGKONG), Merchant;.senior partner in the firm Shewan, Tomes and Co.; b. 1880. Arrived in Hongkong.in.1881; was connected with the now defunct firm of Russell and Co., then one of the largest mercantile firms in East; subsequently took over the business of the firm and founded the existing establishment of Shewan, Tomes and Co.; was elected a member of the Legislative Council in the interests of the. Chamber of Commerce in 1902 and sat until April, 1906, when resigned in order to go abroad; is a director in several local companies. Clubs: Hongkong; Jockey, and most sporting clubs. Address: St. George's Building, the Praya, Hongkong.
# Who's Who in the Far East/SHIH-HSU

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​ SHIH-HSU (PEKING), Grand Secretary; native of Manchuria. Director of Imperial Armoury, March, 1895; Comptroller of the Household, July, 1890; Sub-Chancellor, Grand Secretariat, Nov., 1899; junior Vice-Preadt. Board of Works, Feb., 1900; Presdt. Mongolian Superintendency, Feb., 1901; Presdt., Board of Ceremonies, March, 1901; Lieut.-General, I Ma in Red Banner Corps, spring. 1901; Presdt., Board of Civil Office. Oct., 1903; Vice-Comm., Peking Octroi, Sept., 1904; Asst. Grand Secretary, Nov., 1904; Grand See. July, 1905.
# Violets and Other Tales/Paul to Virginia (Fin de Siecle)

PAUL TO VIRGINIA.
FIN DE SIECLE.
I really must confess, my dear,  I cannot help but love you, For of all girls I ever knew,  There's none I place above you; But then you know it's rather hard,  To dangle aimless at your skirt, And watch your every movement so,  For I am jealous, and you're a flirt.
There's half a score of fellows round,  You smile at every one, And as I think to pride myself for basking in the sun Of your sweet smiles, you laugh at me,  And treat me like a lump of dirt, Until I wish that I were dead,  For I am jealous, and you're a flirt.
I'm sorry that I've ever known  Your loveliness entrancing, Or ever saw your laughing eyes,  With girlish mischief dancing; Tis agony supreme and rare To see your slender waist a-girt With other fellows' arms, you see,  For I am jealous, and you're a flirt.
Now, girlie, if you'll promise me,  To never, never treat me mean, I'll show you in a little while,  The best sweetheart you've ever seen; You do not seem to know or care,  How often you've my feelings hurt, While flying round with other boys,  For I am jealous, and you're a flirt.
# Violets and Other Tales/The Idler

THE IDLER.
An idle lingerer on the wayside's road, He gathers up his work and yawns away; A little longer, ere the tiresome load Shall be reduced to ashes or to clay.
No matter if the world has marched along, And scorned his slowness as it quickly passed; No matter, if amid the busy throng, He greets some face, infantile at the last.
His mission? Well, there is but one, And if it is a mission he knows it, nay, To be a happy idler, to lounge and sun, And dreaming, pass his long-drawn days away.
So dreams he on, his happy life to pass Content, without ambitions painful sighs, Until the sands run down into the glass; He smiles—content—unmoved and dies.
And yet, with all the pity that you feel For this poor mothling of that flame, the world; Are you the better for your desperate deal, When you, like him, into infinitude are hurled?
# Violets and Other Tales/Love and the Butterfly

LOVE AND THE BUTTERFLY.
I heard a merry voice one day And glancing at my side, Fair Love, all breathless, flushed with play, A butterfly did ride. "Whither away, oh sportive boy?" I asked, he tossed his head; Laughing aloud for purest joy, And past me swiftly sped.
Next day I heard a plaintive cry And Love crept in my arms; Weeping he held the butterfly, Devoid of all its charms. Sweet words of comfort, whispered I Into his dainty ears, But Love still hugged the butterfly, And bathed its wounds with tears.
# Violets and Other Tales/Preface

PREFACE.
These fugitive pieces are launched upon the tide of public opinion to sink or swim upon their merit. They will float for a while, but whether they will reach the haven of popularity depends upon their enduring qualities. Some will surely perish, many will reach some port, but time alone will tell if any shall successfully breast the ocean of thought and plant its standard upon the summit of fame.
When one enters the domain of authorship, she places herself at the mercy of critics. Were she as sure of being commended by the best and most intelligent of her readers, as she is sure of being condemned by the worst and most ignorant, there would still be a thrill of pleasure in all criticism, for the satisfaction of having received the praise of the first would compensate for the harshness of the latter. Just criticism is wholesome and never wounds the sensibilities of the true author, for it saves her from the danger of an excess of pride which is the greatest foe to individual progress, while it spurs her on to loftier flights and nobler deeds. A poor writer is bad, but a poor critic is worse, therefore, unjust criticism should never ruffle the temper of its victim. The author of these pages belongs to that type of the "brave new woman who scorns to sigh," but feels that she has something to say, and says it to the best of her ability, and leaves the verdict in the hands of the public. She gives to the reader her best thoughts and leaves him to accept or reject as merit may manifest itself. No author is under contract to please her readers at all times, nor can she hope to control the sentiments of all of them at any time, therefore, the obligation is reciprocal, for the fame she receives is due to the pleasure she affords.
The author of these fugitive pieces is young, just on the threshold of life, and with the daring audacity of youth makes assertions and gives decisions which she may reverse as time mellows her opinions, and the realities of life force aside the theories of youth, and prosy facts obscure the memory of that happy time when the heart overflowing with----
 "The joy  Of young ideas painted on the mind,  In the warm glowing colors Fancy spreads  On objects, not yet known, when all is new,  And all is lovely."
There is much in this book that is good; much that is crude; some that is poor: but all give that assurance of something great and noble when the bud of promise, now unfolding its petals in the morning glow of light, will have matured into that fuller growth of blossoming flower ere the noonday sun passes its zenith. May the hope thus engendered by this first attempt reach its fruition, and may the energy displayed by one so young meet the reward it merits from an approving public.
 SYLVANIE F. WILLIAMS.
# Violets and Other Tales/New Year's Day

NEW YEAR'S DAY.
The poor old year died hard; for all the earth lay cold  And bare beneath the wintry sky; While grey clouds scurried madly to the west,  And hid the chill young moon from mortal sight. Deep, dying groans the aged year breathed forth,  In soughing winds that wailed a requiem sad In dull crescendo through the mournful air.
The new year now is welcomed noisily  With din and song and shout and clanging bell, And all the glare and blare of fiery fun. Sing high the welcome to the New Year's morn!  Le roi est mort. Vive, vive le roi! cry out, And hail the new-born king of coming days.
Alas! the day is spent and eve draws nigh; The king's first subject dies—for naught, And wasted moments by the hundred score  Of past years rise like spectres grim To warn, that these days may not idly glide away. Oh, New Year, youth of promise fair!  What dost thou hold for me? An aching heart? Or eyes burnt blind by unshed tears? Or stabs,  More keen because unseen? Nay, nay, dear youth, I've had surfeit  Of sorrow's feast. The monarch dead Did rule me with an iron hand. Be thou a friend,  A tender, loving king—and let me know The ripe, full sweetness of a happy year.
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# Weird Tales/Volume 2/Issue 1/Caterpillar Army Halts Train

Caterpillar Army Halts Train
A GIGANTIC army of caterpillars, after devastating many orchards in Oregon, crawled upon the railroad tracks and delayed the Albany-Newport train for one hour and twenty-five minutes. The horde of insects drove one man from his home, destroyed all vegetation in the path, and then began eating the needles from fir trees and the bark from other trees. The caterpillars were more than an inch deep on the railroad tracks, and the trainmen exhausted their sand supply in trying to pass over them.
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# Weird Tales/Volume 2/Issue 1/American Has 1,500,000 Dope Fiends

American Has 1,500,000 Dope Fiends
ACCORDING to the reports of narcotic inspectors, one person in every seventy-three in the United States today is a drug addict. Each addict, it is said, fastens the drug habit on three normal persons during his life. It is declared there are 1,500,00 persons in America who cannot exist without their daily or hourly "shots" of dope, and who are rapidly sinking into a state of horror.
This work was published before January 1, 1929 and is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the public domain in the United States as well as countries and areas where the copyright terms of anonymous or pseudonymous works are 95 years or less since publication.
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