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PICTURES OF CHRIST.
History or Some OF the Earlier Pictures.

nv. H. IngerSoH in Harper'S Magazine
Years ago the writer saw picture with this
inscription: The only true likeness of our
Saviour taken from one carved on an emerald,
by command OF TiberiuS Cesar and given from
the treasury Of ConstantinOple by the Emperor
of the Turks to Pope Innocent VIII, for the
redemption of his brother, taken captive by the
Christians"
Further search discovered the same picture
associated with different incidents, and led to
a study of the pictorial conceptions of our Lord
in sacred art.
In the time of Christ superstition had sup
pressed all pictorial Jewish art even in por-
traiture, and though skillful and ingenious in
ali else, no Jew dared to paint portrait and
no strict one would even allow his own to be
painted for fear of a violation of the second
commandment. Portraiture was therefore al
most exclusively in heather hands, and con-
summate as was Greek art in painting the faces
and forms OF men, it had small scope i'll that
little Syrian province of the Roman world,
where n painter was an outcast.
The first pictures Of Christ were probably the
work Of some of His own disciples, and gradu-
ally, as those who loved Him desired to see His
face with the eye OF sense, the less scrupnlous
GnOstics, with ther ruder form of Greek art,
repeated again and again some prototype well
known to them, but unknown to US.
Very early in Christian history-as early,
indeed as we have any history outside of the
gospels there was some well-known IDEAL aud
many copies, though varying among them
selves, distributed among tbs Oriental churches
i'll Asia and Africa, not always the same in
every detail, but so uniform in general that
they were distinguished at sight. The earliest
known historical mention of such works,
though only incidental, is made by Tertulian
(born in A. ID. 1G0), who criticises 4 picture Of
Jesus as Incorrect" and wanting in resem-
blance." This implies that there was a correct
type, which true picture should resemble.
Nothing better illustrates the number and an
tiquity of such pictures than the fact that the
earliest ecclesiastical historian, Eusebius, in
$40, speaks Of them as very plenty, and some
of them already very ancient, aud associated
with traditions Of miraculous origin. Angus
tine, in the next century, speaks of "a variety
of numberless pictures, and alludes to some of
them as ancient.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from practice, hav-
ing had placed in his hands by an East India
missionary the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of
Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and
all throat and Lung Affections also positive
and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all
Nervous Complaints, after having tested its won
derful curative powers in thousands of cases, has
felt it his duty to make it known to his suffer
ing fellows. Actuated by this motive and n
desire to relieve human suffering, l will send
free of charge, to all who desire it, this recipe
in German, French OF English, with full direc-
tions for preparing and using. Sent by mail
by addressing with stamp, naming this paper
w. A. MOVES, 149 POper's Block Rochester, ~ Y.
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WAITING FOR HIS WIFE.
A Philosophic Observer Consoles Nervous Hus-
band Until Train Arrives.

Detroit Free Press1
If you are standing around railroad depot
about the time some train is expected in you
needn't look twice to identify the man who is
down there to welcome his wife. She has been
away three weeks but the time seems ike
three months to him. He was never so glad in
his life as at the thought that she is rolling to-
ward him as fast as steam can travel.
There was such man at the foot of Brush
street Saturday. lie expected his wife on the
Michigan Southern train. he rushed up and
down to see II the train was on time Then he
rushed out and engaged a hack. Then he
promenaded up and down and wiped his brow,
and he was still at 1t when man who had been
across the road to wet his whistle with old rum
came sloucnlng back and inquired;
expecting someone, en-"
e5, sir.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22
SHAM M MING.


How Some Men We're Caught in Their Own Trap.
[Dauid Her in Harper's Magazinel
"Men will sham any complaint nowadays to
avoid their work." said our worthy skipper, as
he sat at the head of the breakfast table on our
first day out. 81 had fellow once who pre-
tended to have lamed himself when we were
ABOUT half way out to Calcutta; and be did it
so well that nobody ever suspected him bit,
till one night there was false alarm of fire,
and the way that lame man few up the ladder
would have astonshed an acrobat"
"Well," said L, you remember that story of
the Irishman who went about Dublin with
Pity the poor blind on a board around his
neck, and made quite good trade of it, till at
last one of the people who used to give to him
met him in by-street, stepping along like
prize pedestrian.
"'You old humbug!' cried he, you see as
we'll as l do
"'Sure, thin,' says Paddy, looking down at
the blind board that he carried, they've
hung the wrong boord on me to day by mistake
It's deaf and dumb l am u"
"Well, l once saw something almost rs good
as that myself" said my Iight-hand neighbor,
Professor T, when 1 was a visit to my
friend DR. l., in the east OF France. There
was a great conscription going on just then for
the Crimean war; and l. had to test the re-
cruits as they came in, to see whether they
were fit for service.
NOW among theSe 1eUOWS tnefe was one
fine, sturdy Auvergnat, just the stuff for a SOL
dier, if he hadn't unuckily been stone deaf
So he said at least, and it certainly appeared to
be true, for all the tests that they applied to
him couldn't make him give any sign of hear
ing bit. fully believed his case to be genu-
inc; but I could see by the twinkle in Dr.
Is eye that he didn't.
"'Thatll do, my man. said L to him at
last in low voice. You're too deaf to be of
any Use to u.s. You can go
Instantly the recruit, forgetting himself in
his gloe at having got Off SO easily, sprang to-
ward the door like a cat
"'Not so fast my fine fellow shouted the
recruiting officer; if you can hear hai, you're
not too deaf for the army. You're a mighty
cunning rogue. but this time we've caught you
in your own trap"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22
A Sufficient Reason.

Visitor from out of town addressing the
SCHOOL, the year 1925, my dear young
friends, several boys walked from Salem to Bos-
ton and back, distance of 30 miles, to hear
Daniel Webster speak. If there were no rail-
roads or means Of transportation to-day, would
the boys Of the present generation undertake
such journey, do you think?
Small Boy (after long silence)-No, sir.
Visitor-Ah, and why?
Small Boy-Bccausc Mr. Webster is dead.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22
A Careless Cook.

Customer Ito restaurant proprietor)-I find
this piece of shoe string in my soup, sir.
Proprietor-Shoe string, sir? (To waiter)--
Here you get this gentleman another plate of
soup and tell the cook to strain it, (To Gus
toner, apologetically) cook has strict
orders to strain the soup, sir. before serving
but sometimes she forgets, and then there is
ALWAYS dissatisfaction
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22
Army Contract Surgeons.

In the House Mir. Milliken introduced the
following bill for the relief of contract Surgeons
of the late war:
Re enacted by The Senate and House Of represent
atiUcS Df the United States Of AlIericd an Congress
assembled That the provisions and benefits of Sec
ton OF Chapter 81 OF the laws OF the Second Session
OF Ssh Congress be extended so to embrace and
include contract Surgeons of the late war
There seems to be no good reason why the
bill introduced by Dir. Milliken for contract
Surgeons should not pass. We learn from the
Surgeon Generals Office that there were 1000
contract Surgeons in the service of the United
States army during the late war. They per-
formed the same duties in hospitals and in the
field and were subject to the same military dis
cipline rs the commissioned officers of the Meai-
Cal Department. Therefore we can see no reason
why all acts Of Congress relating TO extra pay,
bounty or pensions, etc. for officers and soldiers
should not also embrace contract Surgeons of
the late war Mr.. Milliken is the first Member
to introduce any measure of this kind, and it
will probably pass.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22
Accurate information.

Wife-Mrs. Smith is an awfully sloyenly
woman. She leaves everything to the servants,
and her three children just run wild It's a
shame
Husband-How do you know this, my dear
Wfe-How do know it all 2 Am / not over
there half the timer
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22
A Suggestion.

Member of the Shallspere (reading) "The
sixth age shifts unto the lean and slippered
pantalo0n-"
Another Member "a young woman of hot air
culture): i would suggest, ladies, that for
"pantaloon " the word trousers" be substi-
tuted, as less Objectionable and more in har-
mony with the present age.
This suggestion was unanimously adopted.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22
MRS. sHERWOOD's POEMS.

We have on hand still a number of copies of
Mrs. Sherwoods exquisite lyrics, which we will
sell, handsomely bound, for the small sum of
81, or elegantly decorated in blue and gold for
81 so
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22
Watches the Gas Bills.
[Sprinafeld Union

IopT IHWtetU CHFUH'I
Love is blind, but not SO blind but that it can
see when the parlor gas is burning too freely.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22
A BUST OF GRANT.
The Only One Taken
From Life.
"A SUPERB LIKENESS"

The likeness Of Gen. Grant which has received ths
highest concentrations from the family of the dead
hero well rs of every intimate friend living and
of all the soldiers who knew the great Commander il
bust by Carl terhardt, Of the very first of American
scpt0rS He studied the General carefully for weeks
and verified his studies with q cast of the face taken
halfh0ur after death. The bU5ts produced
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22
FINE PICTURES
Grant, Sherman, Sheridan
and Logan
For Subscribers to The National
Tribune.

We have received many inquiries from our readers
where they could obtain good portraits Of the old
commanders for their oGrl0rS Post rooms tha; havo
decided 10 publish tine portraits that would be
artiCsy equal TO the finest pictures made by one,
and yet sell at price which would place them within the
reach o. all. " nGye published orso f-LOZn, Grant
Sherman and Sheridan They all magnificent like
ne1ses d have received the phatic Endorsement
of the Iniies and intimate friends. u guarantee them
to give entire satisfaction 70 every admrer of those dis
;inguished soldiers. They Ill siZe-lSx2i inches
and printed fine plate paper. Yery much inferior
pictures have usually said at 81 and is very indeed
that anything approaching Them goodness has been
offered TO the people low cents But viii fur
nish them To subscribers to THE NATIONAL TEIRUNE
the following very low figures:
ANY of the port cents.
The whole tCIr 10 enc address "
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.- -
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ures given above.
The pictures will be sent inclosed in q heavy paste
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Dcs condition.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22
How Not TO be Happy, Though Eich.

No doubt Jay Gould has lots of fun. 1t is
said he sat in the Office of hotel in Jackson
vile and played with his fingers for two hours.
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STILL ANOTHER OFFER.

Any who is at present subscriber to the paper snd
will send subscriber viii receive postage paid any
of the pictures that he choose II he SeldS two
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he choose and three subscribers We WIZ
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them for This Is chance OF gettng theSe
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22
SAVING THE NATION.
The Story of the War Retold for Our
Boys and Girls.
IXXVI.
BY "CARLFTON."

FcorYRreHrED.-ALL RIGHTS REsERvED.I
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THE GREAT PLAN.

In the Burnet House in Cincinnati, on the
20th and 2lgt Of March, 1864, Gen. Grant, with
map OF the Southern States spread upon q
table. unlolds the great plan which he has
thought out The Mississippi is open to
navigation, but there is a large rebel force
in Arkansas There is large amount
of cotton i'll the Red River country which
Spectators would like to get hold Of Per-
baps it would not be easy to prove that the
expedition on its way up the Red River at that
moment was planned by set of cotton specula-
tors, but there is little doubt of the fact. Gen.
Banks, with large force, accompanied by the
gunboats, was on the way toward Little Rock.
Gen. GRAFT did not believe that it was wise
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22


The current issue of the K, mote is a number
of unusual interest. The illustrations COM
prise double-pagc supplement-, depicting the
principal tableau in Delioess ballet of" Sylvia"
and other appropriate subjects. The regular
departments are replete with timely informa-
tion. Mr. Frederic Archer reviews "The Mar
riage of Jeanette" Sylvia" and "The Little
Tycoon" In the Literary Keynotcs Mr.. L.
Delaney PiersOn writes Interestingly about
new books and their authors, the article being
accompanied by handsome woodcut.
"Choice Humor for Reading aud Recitation
and young Folks Speaker" compiled re-
spectivey by Charles c. Shoemaker and Mrs.
J. w. Shoemaker, and published by the Ma
tional School of Elocutioh and Oratory, Phila-
delphia are pleasant volumes for young people,
containing a great variety of humorous Sc
lections suitable for school and home readings
and recitations. Sold in Washington by Bal
lantyne.
No % of Ogiluie's Popular Reading brings, like
all its predecessors, q budget of excellent read
ing. 1t contains this month "a Broken We'd
ding Ring" by the author of Dora Thorne;
"The Wrong Man.; 1.-THE Love of Her Life;
"What Was Her Secret?" Bachelor Brown;
"His Heart of Oak" and other interesting
reading matter.
NeD Masic-"Pay the Boys the Honest Dol
lar" Song and chorus. By John H. Sarchet,
18th o. V. L., and published by him at Cam
bridge, o. Price so cents.
J. b. Lippincott Company, Of Philadelphia.
have recently published The Popular Family
Atlas of the World" containing "a maps. 1t
is a very neat and handy volume, well suited
for home and office USE We notice that they
offer to send it to any address on receipt Of 30
cents. 1t is the cheapest work of its kind that
xpnh have
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-22

To The Boys and Girls ofthe United States:
We come to the Spring of 1864. The Army OF
the Potomac, under Gen. Meade, was encamped
along the Rapidaa; the Army of the West, at
Chattanooga. The Mississippi was open once
more for the passage Of steamboats, from st.
Louis TO New Orleans. Both sides were pre-
pairing for the final struggle. From the be-
gjnni1p of the war the operations Of the armies
had been directed from Washington chiefly by
Gen Hallec1. The time had come for change.
Out of ali the Generals one had achieved snc-
cess far beyond others-Gen. Grant who had
never lost a battle. President Lincoln had
never seen him, but he believed in him.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-07-14
A
A MOTHERS AWFUL CRIME.
She Kills One Of Her Children, Attempts
the Life Of Another, and Com
mits Suicide.
Princeton Ind snecial

lFilncet0n Inu.p special
A horrible murder and suicide was COM
mitted on a farm about five miles northeast
OF this place. Asa Turpin, with his wife,
Theresa Turpin, and four children, two of
them by a former wife, lived in q small
frame house near what is known as Sew
ems Bridge. Mr.. Turpin is a young
farmer In moderate circumstances and has
always provided well for his family, and
all outward appearances the family was a
contented one. This morning. after the
family had eaten breakfast and Mr.. Turpin
had gone to his work abont a QUARTER
OF q mile away and the Oldest stepdaughter
had been sent blackberrying, Mrs. Turpin
told the youngest s~tepdaughter to carry
some food to the hogs. Mrs. Tnrpin then
took a razor and almost severed her seven
year-old daughters head from her body,
and placed the body on a bed. Sha then
took her one-year-old child and hanged it
until she Thought il was dead, and placed
the body on the bed with the other. She then
wentto the barn and, climbing into the hay
loft. hanged herself from one Of the raft
eis. The little stepdaughter came back
from her errand, and. finding the bodies of
the children in the bed, gave the alarm. The
youngest child when found vet showed
signs of life, and is still alive. Mrs. Tur-
Pin LEFT a letter in which she said that no
one was to blame for the deed but herself;
that her husband had always treated her
well and provided we'll for the family; that
the devil had been after her for two
months, and that she was unable to get
away from him; that for the last two weeks
she had been planning the deed, and bad
finally worked herself up to committing it.
b closed by sskirg her husband 10 for
give her, and place trust in Jesus. She
also gave directions for the bulial Of the
bodies.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-07-14
CORA PEARL DEAD.

h Famous C0urtesan's Life Ended In
Paris-A C~heckcrcd Career Closed.
A Paris dispatch the death OF
Com Pearl, the famous courtesan, and SAYS
that she died poor, her recent memoirs
having a poor sale.
She was an English woman, born in enc
OF the outlying districts of London about
fifty years ago. Her real name was En-
incline Crouch. In the heyaay times of the
Second Empire she went to Paris. From
then until Sedan she was-excepting scarce
the Einpress-ab about the best-knoWn woman
in France. Cora led a score of mobiles of
the Empire a I retty dance, rs we'll as some
princes of royal blood. She had q
splendid villa. called Beausejour, on
the banks OF the Loire, one of the love-
lest spo;s in France. To enumerate the
guests she used to entertain here would
sound like n 81 apter from the "Almanach
de Gotha.' There is good hun.ing in the
country around ths re, and Cora used to
join her guests in that 81 orr. She under
stood horses and dogs and was a capital
shot. She paid per onal attention TO the
breeding CT hunting-dogs, and one Of the
fayorite strains now in vogue in france
originated in her kennels. The last adj
mirer who occupied this villa with her was
a very wealthy young man, son of a Paris
naoney-king. He spent more than 50, OOO.-
600 on her. Finding himself ruined, he
appealed 10 her to restore him q small por-
ton Of this wealth. enough to give him a
decent start in life. She refused, where
upon he tried to blow his brains out. The
shooting vas done in Cora's boudoir, and
the poor fool fell at her feet seriously
wounded. BEAST" she cried, "do you
take this for the abattoir? See how you
have spoiled my pretty carpet with yonr
nasty bloOd!'
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-07-14
The Baby Stare.

The other day a Herald man got ifto 4
Madison street car, and three young ladies
who sat opposite where he took his seat
suddenly ceased their chatter and began to
look in the most ludicrously interpretive
way. Their big eyes sGared straight ahead;
they looked hard at the Herald man, yet
with moi a CLEAN Of intelligence. Puppies
OF eight weeks, children OF three months,
and semi daft folks often have that kind OF
stare. The Herald man got nervous, and
when he decently could, pulled n cigar
from his pocket and went to the rear seats.
what is that, for c. sake?" he asked OF
an acquaintance, in petulance, as he flashed
a match. THAT" said the fly young man,
lis what the girls call the baby stare
Haven't you seen it yet? 1t is the latest
fad out. II takes nerve to do it, but the
average girl is schooling herself. Her idea
is to open her eyes wide, direct them
straight at you and then look just as unre-
ceptive Of outward impressions as babies
do. It's o great snap, but l don't think it
will last. Mighty few girls can continue
long enough the look OF idiocy known rs
the baby stare "-Chicago Herald.