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NUMBER 43.
ART NOTES.

The American painter, Healy, has finished
portraits of ex-President Thiers and Embas-
sador Washburne.
A curious discovery has lately been made
concerning the famed Venus of Milo. Dur
ing the siege of Paris the statue wa. envel-
oped in plaster and hidden away in cellar
of the Louvre. The Venus was originally in
two parts. These were separate when it
was found, and it is thought that it has not
been properly placed together, and that il
leans too far forward. The effect is in
creased, also. by a mistake with regard to
the right foot. The Greeks placed their
statues on uneven ground. The original
position of the Venus must have been on an
inclined plane, as if looking up hill. When
the statue was put up at the Louvre, the
notion of the persons who had it in charge
was that the foot should rest upon horizon
tai surface. This threw the body too much
forward. Mr.. RavaiSson, who has made
these discoveries, placed two models in plas-
ter side by side, one perfect imitation of
the actual Venus and the other in the posi-
ton which he imagineS was the true one.
and his version is the hest. The goddess
stands erect, and the figure Is said to he
more majestic.
Kaulbach, the most celebratel German
painter of his time, died ON the 9Th inst, at
his home in Munich. lie wasa Westphalian
by birth and Dlsseldorfer in his artist
training. Ills best known works are the
so-called cartoons, representing historical
subjects upon a scale of great magnitude.
The Battle of the Huns one of the mo-t
celebrated of these. is in the Munich gallery,
and immense freSeoes of his. representing
epochs in the history of the world, adorn
the grand staircase of the museum at Berlin.
kaulbach has also illustrated Shakespeare
and portions of the Scriptures, and Of the
works of Goethe and Schiller. To his per
severance and influence the Munich school
of art owes no small degree Of its present
prominence. His age was 90.
San Francisco claims that its Art Associa-
tion has now collection of casts superior to
any other in the United States. save one in
New York, and has probably better
library than any other art society in the
New World.
Who would imagine that GuidO-painter
of Eece llomos and of Saints-was 80 addic-
ted to gambling and 50 grossly extravagant
that he was always in debt. and used often
to sell his time by the hour t. picture-deal-
ers, who stood over him, watch in hand, to
see that he did not cheat them. and carried
away the saints he had manufactured, wet
from the easel. three hours helm. often long
enough to create saint
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In the House ON the lIIh, the currency
bill being under discussion. Mr.. Speer OF
Pennsy ylyania, said he held in his hand the
report "f the comptroller of currency which
! showed that Mr. Poland of Vermont, ant
Mr.. Hamilton of New Jersey, were pre--
Dents OF national banks, and the Con.r.s-
sional Directory showed that Mr. Phelps of
New Jersey, was II director in several ma
tiOnal banks. lie made n point of order,
that the gentlemen. under the rulr-, had
not right To vote on this amendment,
which affected national banks in which they
personally were Interested He desired to
say that he named IA'i>e gentlemen IN no
personal sense. hut the representatives
of u class aud hcrau>s tee had, in their
cases. authentic evidence.
Mr.. Batter of Massachusetts -.ii this
was point Of order ot Il good deal .; con
sequence; he argued thar the numher To
~hom tn, rule applied did hot change the
operation any more than II hut two or three
were interested.
MIR f.. X. lloar OF Na~sachu-ett- asked
how this proposition tfered from the pro-
position Z" tax gold watches and silver
plate
Mr. Dawes OF Massachusetts said the
rulings had been that if a member belong
ed tn a class, he was permitted To- vote. A
holder Of bank stock had no more personal
interest in this than S manufacturer had in
taxing imported goods
The Speaker said the question wen; back
Ofthe rules and was somew hat deeper than
the rules If the House should say that one
hundred and iorty-hye members who came
here owning shares of national bank stock
could not vote there could he no legislation
on this subject at all. Ii had always been
held that when member belonged 10 a
general class of citizens he bad a right to
vote. In the ease Of sitting member
voting ON matter affecting his own ssat
there was an obvious Imprupriety in his
voting, a. it was an individual interest but
when man did not stand distinct from a
class the uniform ruling of the Congress of
the United States and the British parliament
had permitted them to vote. In 1871, in the
British parliament, un bill repeating the
sale of commissions, there were many Off
GERS members of parliament, and point OF
order was raised, but not sustained be-
cause they belonged to class. Slice
he had occupied the chair there had been
bills granting bounty, while they had
the honor Of having ON the floor many 9TH
GERS whn had distinguished themselves IN
the field 'iu shared that bounty. lie
therefore refused IT, sustain the PUNT Of
order
Mr. Holman, u. Indiana, appealed from
the decision Of the chair. hut, a. usual,
Speaker Blaine mss Sustained. one hGn-
dred and nInety-thIer members voting to
to table the sIpea and nine IN the mega
tive
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hand: He bumped his head against other
barrels, scratched his knees on the floor. and
was bombarded in the face and neck and un-
der his coat tail by the fierce stream. But
he 'roud find that faucet. lie beat the
cement surface with his fist, and PRAYED. and
howied, and screamed, and wept. But he
wouldn't go after light The flying ale
got into his throat and choked him, and into
his nose and made him sneeze. 1t ran from
his ewes and his ears, and down his neck and
face from his hair. But he wouldn't give
up. And down there on his knees in the
dark and flying liquid, he stayed like an
honest and honorable citizen until he had
found that faucet, and jammed it into the
barrel. Then he felt his way up stairs, and
appeared to his family with a want of con-
gruity in'his appearance that was painful to
behold. The blood from scratch over the
eye had mingled with the necks of foam and
trlckling ale and these in turn were loader
with dust and cobwebs His hair and cloth
ing were saturated, and one eve was COM
pletely closed while the other glared upon
the, horror stricken family in unconscio
ierocity. But he had found that faucet, and
and she would have found it if he had stayed
down there until Canada had frozen over
we think he said Canadal. Then he went
up stairs and got into bed.
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The New York Times gives this serious
and significant warning to some of the Re
publican Senators:
The action of the Senate is, moreover,
deeply disgraceiul to the party in power and
to the country. Ii il in defiance ui pledges
the most binding that government 0r a
party can give. The promise has been
made over and over again that we will pay
our demand notes as sOun "a We can, and,
instead. the Senate votes 10 issue more OF
them. The action ct the Senate is openly
hostile tu 1t. Every effort To quality the
hostility failed Not the iaintest shadow
of provision 10 pay the notes authorized
was tolerated The majority set out to add
to the irredeemabio promises of the govern
ment and 1t would accept nothing else
Constitutional restraints. the ubliyation Of
the most explicit pledges embodied in the
statute, and repeated in the platforms Of
both parties, the dictates of prudence and
the demands of consistency and honor-all
were set aside in the Wild and ignorant
pursuit of the illusory benefits of paper
money.
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T,-, l.,.o,,- o7,ce di-nnti,, obout a rro-
,,o.cJ now ,.,,,c,-,rd one remarked .I.u
,e,,- IN. L1r;cJ IN lint ,,~,pn5 os Ion, =. I
live - ..What an obstinate man =" said the
other. ..If my life Is spared will" "
..,.,,,-.,-,,,.,, ,,,,i,,, %, , ,-or5o, i,
the vicinity orBoston. in which were several
marble statues. exclaimed Just see what
a waste, Here, no less than six scarecrows
in this ten-foot patch. and any of them
would keep the crows from a five acre lot
This Is what Punch calls vinous logic
Respectable PatrnlroLar (rouscd from his
slumbers at three \. NJ. by repeated knock
inr at his door) Well what is it? EbrioS1 5 &:
W hatSh the time! HesPead'fe FacnDrohr =
W hat do you mean to say you 'Ve got me
out Of bed at tins time o night to ask .rch
a foolish question as that? Police police :
EDf,oSHS Wei, hang It, governor thi') -
y"n We got my "atch
At prayer meeting in the northern part
OF Maine the pastor remarked thai II any
present had relatives and trends IN distant
lands, prayer would he offered IN their be
half. Then uprose slmple-looking ndlyi-
dual and said 81 would ike You to pray Tor
my brother lie went away two weeks ago
and maven I heard from him since don I
know Just where he Is, but You needn pray
below Bangor
\ lady asked veteran which rifle carried
the maximum distance The old chap an
swered. The MIME, num-
, D,t.b Co,cros.non remarked ..Vep
vas eI,ct.d tb7ucbt I wonIJ find dem ali
Solomons dorr bcTe bnt cnund dere vos
some rs nick fools here as mineselc'
\ clergyman Of Springfield. who has
lad labi' ol adding "ah to many OF ms
words iolu' On recent sunday oi those
VINO had been Drought up on the Lord ;
side-ah-
speaker celebrating ashington birth
day, who was little Mustered at being sud
denly called to his feet to respond to the hrst
toast, commenced his remarks by saying
Washington was great and good man,
Mr.. President. am sorry he cannot be
with Us ON tins occasion
IN old iarmer employed son of Erin to
work Tor hlm on his farm. Pat was con-
stantly mlsplaclng the end boards in the
eart-the front board behind and the tail
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WOMEN IN PoLIrIcs. 1t would -esm as
though natures decree had gone forth AS
solemn warning to women to keep our of
politics. in the sad case Of the lament ed
Mrs. Badger, who committed suicide few
weeks ago, while laboring under temporary
insanity. For the testimony of those to
whom she was near and dear, and Com
petcnt to judge, is that. had she kept ont of
politics, Mr.. Badger would not to-day be
called upon to mourn over the sad way OF
that noble woman's death. The evidence
in the case goes to show that the excitement.
the result of the discussion OF the question
of the eligibility of women to the Office of
school COMMITTEES. told - upon her tempera-
ment that it made her believe that she
would become insane. and ~ she
goes to sad and melancholy end
The gentle sex should take heed lest
they become too ambitious for fame
and reputation bat who can say that Mrs.
B.dger's ease is the only one that will occur
In the nineteenth century? An all-wi-e
Providence has already destined woman for
a sphere better suited 10 her nature than
politics They should h.ware of such an
end us politics may ler,d them to, and be-
lieyc that women ARE better OF out of poll
ties than in Boston Cor. NJ. iBans Ad-
rerfiser.
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ALMOST CESTESARiaS. - On the 9Th
inst, the oldest citizen of Orwell. Mr..
Rufus Whitmore, died at the advanced age
of 95 years 10 months and Is days. lie was
born at the foot of Mount Monadnock, in
the town of Jaffrey, N. II. In l792, at the
age Of IA. he came to Vermont, and has
lived in this State ever since, although he
has resided in ten different towns, viz:
Chester. Salisbury ,Starksboro. W hitting, CO.
shen. Leicester, Brandon. Chittenden, Pits
ford, and for the last 25 years in Orwell
Mr.. Whitmore's father served two years
and eight months in the war of the Revold-
tion. and he himself served six months in
the war Of 1912, in a regiment stationed at
Swanton, and WAS q pensioner. He was
eleven years old when Washington Was in-
augurated President Of the United States.
His first vote for President Was for the re-
election Of John Adams. His father lived
TO b oe years Of age and his grsndfsshsr
6 years. the united ages Of the three.
grandfather, father and son hsins $50 ysars
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AGRICULTURAL DEMAGoGUEs.-We believe
the farmers of the West are earnest. honest
men, with real grievance. But it Is not
one that can be corrected by imitation, or
the Jobs in canals. river Improvements and
railroad building that INSCRIPTIONS dema-
gogues are starting under cover Of the
Grange movement. Ii seems very merit
orious thing for members of Congress to
pass such and such measures to enable farm
ers to move the crops, OF to purchase a canal
IN the interest Of cheap transportation. etc.
but as shown in the case of the Louisville
and Portland Canal affair, exposed by MIR.
Wheeler on the floor of Congress, but which.
even after the exposure, was supported by
many Of these Western members. abe reno
dies are not such as sound policy or COM
mon honesty would approve Oydens6urg
Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-04-24

CoxRoY'S INTERNAL MACuNF.-Out in
Toledo, Ohio. the other day, well-known
citizen received a box which upon being
opened, exploded 1t was an Internal
machine sent him by an enemy. OF course
everybody has been sorry since then. and
the impression prevails that this kind of
thing is becoming too common. Mr.. Con
roy. of Toledo, received another one last
week. The express comnany brought to his
house small wooden box. and he knew Mt
a first glance that it was an internal
machine lie carried it ont in the most
gingerly manner to the yard and placed it
on the bottom of an inverted basket and
laid a train of powder about Il hundred wards
to the door OF the kitchen. Then Conrov
lit a match in the kitchen, and after light
ing the train he lodged in quickly and
closed the door. The whole family stood at
the window to see the Internal machine ex-
plode. 1t did 50 with terrific violence, and
the next moment there was ring at the
door bell. 1t was the postman. lie brought
a letter from Mrs. Conroy's aunt. .informing
her that she had Just sent her box fall of
jars of raspberry jam and mince meat. In
an agony of dread Conroy rushed out to the
scene of the explosion. He found minee
meat and fragments Of glass living around
the yard, while raspberry jam was smeared
all over the door of the wood house. The
manner in which Mrs c. carried on about
her aunt's preserves is said to be dreadful
bat Conroy maintains dignifed silence. 1t
pains him to hear the slightest reference to
raspberry jam and mince meat Mar
Adeier
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a Country Sabbath.

Now soars the lark in heavens eyes
through leatt crypt now steals the str am.
With shallow dimple sword biafr -lear.
And ghmpses OF divine surpris-.
Heavens Golden Ere and air o. blre
are dr uped abvut the how-ry N...c
Within her holy bosom furlsi
The sun has druGk the r1se's dew
The landscape all around i. lair
But this remains the heart and gem
With stealing strean, and graceful stem.
And sunlit park, and sweet plrterrr.
The vista fascinates my gaze;
linger in blessed trance,
See in dream the waters glance,
And things that are the food Of praise.
In many an English cottage round
Japonica, glory, glOws
Her raby-colOred sister blows,
And purple pansies gem the ground.
The first lahurnum droops her eurls.
And mingles with the lilac's locks.
Ger golden meadows browse the f0cks
The o-ehard-blossom types sweet girls.
The sweet-hrier sheds its heavenly breath
pass the wallhower's rich perfume;
And chesuut with its tint-freaked plume
. world 10 hanish dreams OF death
The scent % flower, the song OF bird,
The lace of leaf, the q ght OF heaven,
Are vital with q mystic leaven
We have soul Tor, not a word
Unless It he-the breath of God
Which also breathes in y0n church boil.
II breaks on me with what a spell
Across the May embroidered sod
Earth. clothed with Sabbath, thou art far
We two upon each other act
The Sabbath sleeps the tiawery tract,
And liner seems 10 make the air
-Chambfr's JJsrHBl.
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~ VI io'N" All Noil
i"oN \ hALp-iiLApkD PARTY
| Washington Correspondence Of the Pittsbur.
Lead"-
Sothern has national reputation as {
practical Joker as well as an actor, but
never have learned to what an extent doe
ne carry his passion Tor practical joking un
tii a.. h'S last week 5 engagement at the Nation
al Theatre here. 1t appears that joking /
passion with hun. Ills daily Joke Is a'
necessary aS the morning appetizer iCr the
average man. Opon the stage, even during
the incidents oi an act before the audience
ne Is continually playing ms Jokes. here Is
an example In one ol the acts OF Our
american cousin, young lady VINO was
playing one ol the prominent parts oi the
play stood little back during one scene,
and as she was to come forward during the
aet' oothern passed her, ana SAID IN WINS
t;r+ :; .,,,,,; ,;,,, -, 'TLo ,.,,,r,. 1od- ,,..,
1'"
distracted NJ the intelligence, and clutchng
at her skirt clunr to If convulSiyely until
7ic Hau Hh "ppoItuhlty "i Steplnhs pcniiu
4 fiat when She discovered that 1t was only
another one of Sothern's iokes.
~ =, e. ,.u
ana Sothern that evening seemed 80 iuil oil a
breezy humor tAat II eouiu oh,y ma vent IN
some sort oil praeuoai JOKE: In the 'aIV oi
'le plaY was very peau'iIui young h'uy,
Nho l. very sensitive upon Tue S"plee' o'
adi'irsrS- 0otherh' Nleh he S''ine on III l'ie
second act' noticed 'alu-helueu d. oiu gentle
man IN the second row lroh' ii'crA"y ee-
''HrinS lhe lace oi 'he young "ctI'SS ,I win
Il uou'l5-natreleu oleI" 5l'SS' iicie wa
100 S''u a 'ilance l'r loAei y IL" mo-
ments alter hi' conceFing the ldea box
was pTouSul "c'illu ,'ie NoeiieS u5 one o. 'ie
"Sii't>- IL WIS i"l tic S"unS l"ly ii''' ~,
ed above 1t was a beautiful box ana ilied
win exquisite rIengh D'h-o9hS, ~ nrs'
SAe was very Iugn l'e'i9eu WIN ''ie lIesJiil,
n"' rs Se ie',u 'lS i'p'' i''i'e iiS IL ,eI
CheeA9 n,''l.''i, anu sue itII'y S'IiHteu ''ei
leet Win lhl'5h'lioh' Inc no'c WIS Is
follows
LOVELY Vlsrov; love YOU adore YOU, Look
for me, the bald headed party second seat to the
@ "a ~ IoH'' ,.,, en-, "u Ri Nm se .4' my yrdt5er
mean have it from her by Inheritance BE mine,
love yol maaly aa "iq3@sr .ta m no eai.l
saw VII Viii ' yo 10 nine, ar II So pIeased drop yopI
handkerohicfat the end Of the scene.
f"'E DEVOTED AnNiRER.
This note 80 discounted the young lady
from the unusual experience OF having 50
vigorous an admirer, and 50 bold a one dur
Ing her presence upon the stage, that she
missed several OF her cues IN the succeeding
scene. She was going to send the box and
note back to the lald-headcd party, but her
friends discouraged her, saying it was better
not to notice it at all. Fancy the feelings
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VOL. XLvII. NEW SERIES. VOL. Xxx.

no longer a nonegardian dotard, but n full
veined, fiery youth, who gave her kiss for
kiss.
How the transformation was wrought
nave no idea, but there is one before our very
eyes. The music grew soft and passionate,
the chorus of the old women came out, and
with strange Phallic songs and dances bore
the two away-a bridal pair. l never ex-
pect again to behold sight so wonderful
as that whole transformation. which, | may
mention, my learned Jesuit friend, to whom
described it, regards as piece of pure
symbolism. His explanation is too long and
to learned to quote, but he connects the
ceremony with the world-old myth of Venus
and AdoniS- and claims that it is all form
Of sun worship.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Stanley, the Africanus. writes to Lon
don paper that he brought home Living
stone diary, extending from 1866 to 1872
written out with great copiousness, some
times with his own blood for ink. 1t Is
the record of six years and over 5000 miles
travel. DIR. Livingstone kept his great
map, and Stanley hopes it will come home
with his remains. The diary is sealed
nd',on deposit in a Glasgow bank, where il
was TO remain till the doctors return. 1t
is to be hoped that it will now be edited
and brought out.
For marching with the Stars and Stripes
at their head, battalion of Atlanta militia
was requested to withdraw from a Georgia
military. parade.
DR.. Edward Curtis, high medical authori-
ty, writes letter to the New York Tribune
which attracts much attention, and is likely
to provoke discussion, asserting that alcohol
is not poisonous to the human system when
taken moderately, hut is easily digested, and
acts as food that instead of being mere
stimulant it gives actual strength. and re-
pairs the wasted tissues. These results, he
claims, have been obtained by the latest
physiological inquiries. DIR. Wm. A. Ham
mond concurs in Dr. Curtis's views, and
considers alcohol an accessory TO food.
Out Of the total population of thirty-six
millions, the last French census shows to-
tai Of thirteen millions who can neither read
nor write
In St. Loai~ everybody is considerate. and
therefore daily paper remarks, :" Two
gentlemen and a lady left for the penitenti-
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LooEtxc At THE Orllrs SIDE or TniN,..-
Lamb ha. left Il, plentv of hints scattered
M and down his works for n. +, nut him
together and make ont n portrait with toler-
able comulcteneSs. The truth j.. he says. he
rave himself too little concern about what
he uttered. and in whose presence lac uttered
some of the most random thing. .t was hit
or miss with him. and certainly more often
hi: than mis-. lie tells us that be- was
a handle of urciudices. made un of liking,
and di-likings. He couldn't Ike an people
alike. and he thought truth was prcciou.-
net To- bc wasted upon everybody. In pre-
cnce of a certain kind of character nothinr
delighted Lamb more thanin giving the full
est scope to his own piquant uceularitie~
Nothing he liked better than % catch up
some great piece OF solemn foolerv. or imuo--
-ible common sense. and wbirl il of ii- feet
in the mcrriest maze and madle>t dance of
contradiction. you're Il matter of fact
man. said he Il IN matter of lie man
It's odd II We two can't make some fun ="
and of he went making some most comical
mental caperS possible. But he doesn't blum
der into his best wittieisms. lie secs
straight and right enough. for all the aurar-
ent obiauitv OF hi, vision Ii was with the
mind of Lamb As it is with the lightning
zirzac is its direct line for shifting. Zigzae
wa. Lambs lavorite way. have sometimes
Thought the only man who could have drawn
a line in the least parallel with Lambs mem
tai motion was the American Thorcan on
lv Thoreau would have done it 50 seriously
von might not have seen any likenes-. Il
was characteristic of Lamb that he ALWAYS
Looked at the other side Of tbinos fr,r, child
hood upward. When, as n child. walking
in churchyarl with his sister Mary. PAS
ing over the tombStoneS and finding 80 much
prai.e layished on the dcuarted Lamb looked
up and innoccntly asked. Where do they
bury all the naughty people - In this way
he has word Of humorous compassion for
man who had stolen sheen. but was taken
prisoner and his sheep taken too. Thus. as
Lamb puts it. the poor fellow lost hi, first.
last and only hope ola mutton pie. That
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The only proper thing for New Workers to
do is to go to Delmonico's. lie takes orders
for one, two, or FIVE hundred guests. lie
furnishes every blessed thing-fddles, sup
per, waiting maids and invitations. lie
takes it all off your mind and you only have
to dress like any other guest and 60 to your
own party, and you know it's your own
party, and especially when you go to pay
the bill.