The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1883-12-27

find that they are quite as ,iiy
ceived as the public general y. who.
to do them justice, make no rlai"
The painter Gerome, to revenge hin
self for the refusal of the fir t picture
which he sent to the salon, borrowed
Il VI lasquez of the late Baron Pour
tales. and, submitting it to the jury
of the following year, had the salts
faction Of seeing il rejected too. Rosa
BUnheur. twho. by the way. is l>In5
dangerously ILL., once detected 'rg-
cry owing to- the breath of ""'""
animals blowing, being rendered With
!, transparency which She sad WAS
better t,aan any work of her owr.
Even sucl incidents as these, do rot
offer the critic IL luuphole of Escape !;
for tie connoisseur IN lanting is the
most dogmatic of all beings. With
his tints AMI CHA oscuri. Lis subtle
effects. lie is worse than an old tin1r
chess player, the most arbitrary ami
unpleasant of the hnmin species.
This is of course not intended as aib
indictment against all art criucs. lut
Only againat the puseHrs. 1t was one
OF these VINO. SCI ne m ow IN "a bird-
suffer shop, lointed out Ia a friend
how inartistically the stntfihg had
been done. At this moment the bird
gravcly winked. f-e happened to be
Il live owl.
At the Military museum there is
what is considered very fine display
of fire arms ETC.. and the usher who ex-
planned everything. related the origin
of the expression "taIring the ad-
miral.' 1t seems that when Lord
Nelson's body was sent to England.
it was pat in Il cIsh OF spirits. AMI the
sailors not knowing what il contained
tapped the barrel aud drank almost
all the Liquor. u small quantity only
remaining when they reached Eng
land. There is small bottle. Che
only drop left believ'l exliibite;; 1T
the museum, being in the ctse alo";;
with the adlnirais 5 cooked hat, sword.
etc.
Another famous expression that
originated with Nelson, WIS due
simply ton defect or rather delic:el-
cy in the signal code of tie Navy.
At the battle of Trafalgar the admiral
gave the order to telegraph 10 the
whole feet Nelson expects every
man to do his duty to-day 1t WIS
found that the woid Nelson" would
require six sets Of flags 10 he display
e,i in succession. This caused delay.
when :, Young officer looking over the
signal code. found that England
could be sent up with hut one flag,
Snd suggested that the land be SUBJ
stituted for the man, which was ac-
cordingly done. and England expects
| every man 10 do his duty This
eloquent touch which thrilled all
Britain TO the heart, was due 10 u
deficiency in the sIgnal-coGe.
| General Jackson originated sem
| tence which became the rallying cry
of the Federal army during the late
war. In 1882 the followers of John
| c. Calhoun, issued invitations for I!
| banquet on the birth day of Jefferson,
/ because they were angry at the marks
OF love andsaffect;on displayed by the
people on Washingtons birth day.
neral.Jackson when invited to at.
tend remarked TO Il friend. that the
hanqaet was not so much to cele hrate
| Jefferson ) memory, rs it was 10
glorify Calhoun. and his pet hobby of
/ nuilification, and declined to attend
and in courteous note of refusal beg
! ged leave according to custom. 10
| send Il toast. 1t was 1.-The Fedora!
Union, 1t must and shall be rrcsery-
ed" The toast having been ut by
| the President, could Eot he ignored.
1t was read and the shouts of laughter
| with which it WAS received showed
| that the President grim joke WAS
appreciated.
10 -.dge by the kilograms from tie
United States, an Enslishman would
judge that nothing happens in that
country but disasters. crimes, and
stock exchange panics. Then gales,
fires, murders, strikes, and financial
crises formthe whole cablegram news.
One who did not know. might imagine
that there WAS nothing else of the
dolngS and sayings 10 report. 1t is
but little wonder that the English
generally are SO poorly informed
about America. When such stuff is
sent over to educate them with, it is
Lot Il matter of surprise that they III.
agiEe every inhahitant of the United
States. carries Il bowie-knife. tnotliing
personal. dear Mr.. Editor, ,inthe bowiel
and Il six-shooter, and that i; Journey
in railway train is lis unsafe as !.
Sicilian walking tour.
London is to be treated 10 vision
of sprigItly, pc ite L1tta this week at
the Opera ComiqnP. This is not the
little favoriteS debut here. where she
is nearly as we'll kuo VII an! liked as
1T home. What about that rumor 10
he effect that she returned to the
United States several months aga anil
WAS married in Washington City to :.
gentleman whose name was not men,
toned and returned immediately to
Europe with him, it WAS So reported
in the papers here. but in Il vague
uncertain sort of way. 1t was not
like Lotta to act in such mysterious
manner, but Il wa III in love will do
many strange things.
Emily Suldene is also here and ap-
peared in her original part of Drogan
in Genevieve de Brabtnt, her mouth
still retains all of the qualities for
which it was noted in years gone by.
and it grows no smaller ami thank
Heaven no larger.
A curious Will case las been on
trial here for several days. in which
the plaintiff asks TO have set aside, on
the grounds OF fraud compromise
agreed to with the deftndentS in u
P.obate court suit. The pllnliif is
the natural son Of the testator, who.
according to his statent Mt, he h.l
good grounds for believing was tn
make him his chief har. Instead of
this he WAS willed only 5000. whii,
the bulk of the estate, amounting {,
sixty thousand ppun,ls was bee lpaih-
IL In ~ hn r.l
ton OF the testator. The Will making
this disposition WAS sheet of white
paper, and not written but only signed
by the testatrr. The genuineness of
the will does not seem to have been al
fist disputed. nj cumprnmi.e WAS
come to 10y whio.l the defendant took