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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-08-01
THE SENEY COLLECTION.
REPRESENTATIVE PICTURES OF
VARIOUS SCHOOLS.

AMONG THE ARTISTS ARE DurRH, Bou0uER-
EAU, KNAUs. MuNKAcsY. PAsiSi AND
BouoBToS-oNE HUNDRED PICTURES
IN ALL.
ANR. GEORGE /. sENEY OF New
Vl York has long been known 10 the
public, not only as a judicious collector OF
paintings, but as a man OF great gener-
osity, willing to forego his own pleasure
and risk his valuable possessions for the
sake OF putting before the people the best
art OF his time.
AT the request OF a member OF the board
OF trustees Mr.. Seney kindly consented to
loan hundred OF his best pictures TO the
Detroit Museum Of Art for It's frst exhi-
bition, choosing himself those he thought
most desirable FOR such an occasion. Half
OF the number selected are good examples
OF the French school. Here can be studied,
almost without break, the development
OF the first great artistic evolution OF this
century in Partisan evolution which gave
us the renowned group OF 1880 so aptly
called the "Pleiades" Of French art, Del
acrolx, Rousseau, Diaz, Corot, Barge, Nil
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-08-01

ceiyed from the Art Loan association, be-
sides the painting "OEnone," by Frank ID.
Mlllet aud the painting sent by Pope Leo
XIII.
On Oct. IS, 1885, certain residents OF
Jefferson avenue proposed 20 give TO the
association for a Site the Brady property
on the corner Of Jefferson avenue and
hastings street. The offer was gladly
accepted. In response TO a request for
designs 53 sketches were sent ia; those OF
James BalfOur OF Hamilton, Ont, were
selected. A. o. Elmer Of Cincinnati,
was awarded second prize, and Macomb.
Dull x Hannah OF Philadelphia third prize,
Dawson & Anderson OF Toledo were the
contractors.
JENNIE NJ. SMITH.
snf.I
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-08-01

We want art to follow beaten path,
and when a manner has pleased an entire
generation IL cries: "Giye us this; nothing
else Is goodl' Misfortune then 20 inno-
vatorsl They must succumb, or sustain a
hard struggle until their cry OF revolt be-
comes In Its turn tyranny which crushes
or combats other aud equally desirable
innoyations.-I George Sand.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-08-01
KERAmos.


Art "a tho child Of Nature; yes
Her darling child. IN whom we trace
The features of the mothers face.
Her aspect and herattltude;
All her majestic lovellnoss
Chastened aud softencd and subdued
Into a more attractive grace.
And with a human sense lmbued
He n the greatest artist. then.
whether Of pencil OF Of pen,
Who follows Nature. Never maR
As artist or as artisan.
Pursuing his own fantasies,
Can touch the human heart or please
Or satisfy our nobler needs.
As he who sets his willing feet
In Natures footprints. light and fest
And follows fearless when she leads.
--LsnQfsiisn
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-08-01

The men OF genius touch the universal.
Their words and works throb in unison
with the great ebb and flow Of things.
They write and work for all races and for
all time. Il Ingsrscll.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-08-01


taught him Mediocre and conventional
landscape painting; he went TO Italy and
returned TO Ind his future confreres
already in rebellion against the schools,
and his own tranch OF art, landscape
painting, in fashionable disfavor. Corot
cared nothing br all this; he had no par
ticular need TO work for bread, and as for
his work he neiher could nor would paint
but what his soul saw through his eyes
He seemed 70 paint the poetry Of nature
on his canvass, and he was as Wolf calls
him, "the artis Of the dawn and evening,
the painter OF he serenity OF nature"
His figures evei seem part OF nature, and
often completetather than lessen the Inn
preston of peaieful solitude.
Amaster ofhs art, "Papap Corot. AZ he
came 70 be callsd, was leader among his
fellows, marky as much by his generos-
ity NJ his gcnnA In receipt Of an annual
income OF to, francs from the paternal
estate, he nev' orhed sou of IL, but
let II accumul ~ hls nephows, aud
out OF the sumvwhiel he received, when
his genius had 'orcdi reluctant way
into the pockesu v th rich, Others always
proated more ihas himself Although he
did turn o.. sbne pictures that showed
evidence OF haste, iwaA because his good
nature was not prootaganst the impor-
tunitics Of purchascrspnd not because he
longed for msncy. hortly before his
own death he gave lQ00 francs 10
friend TO pay yearly \ensiou OF 1000
francs TO the WIDOW OF Mllet. who was
thereby relieves from the bcssure Of pov-
erty. lie was even know 20 mn che
mortgage on tls house OF \ostIle critic:
and what moe could mardoY Tulv
might Jules Drore say when vorot was
dead: "Thc plae OF the artisl NAV be
filed with dinlalty, but never tat OF the
man,
Less happll, eircumstanccd win re-
spect 10 worldly affairs was the second
figure OF this rorp. Born In poverts M
1916, reared In ent, living IN obscufty
and neglect lcar Francois Millet died
after struggling 30years for fame, just a.
Il was within his grasp, just As fortune
was about 10 pourgolden showers upon
him, and the only one OF all
his circle Who net the melancholy
fate of having onl posthumous fame.
y A . young man even when . stu
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-08-01

dent In the ateller OF Paul Delarochs, NIL
let was austere In manner, ever on the
search for truth, for the soul OF what he
saw. Simple In his own habits, when he
determined TO paint II was not the gay
and brilliant but the humble and lowly.
He retreated to Barbazon In the Fontain-
bleu forest, and there among his
peasants he became all but q
peasant himself. And, indeed, he
could scarcely do otherwise for the grippe
OF poverty was hard upon him, and bread
was scarce for the numerous mouths OF
his family. At this time he fancled him
self rich II he could sell two designs a
week for 25 francs each. "The Cleaners"
he sold for about twelve dollars and five
thousand times that sum would not buy IL
now. But society did not approve his
peasants, bowed with tod and rough
ened by exposure; the terrible, hopeless,
yet heavenly patience Of devotion OF "The
Angelus" frightened them; they wanted
their peasants decked in gay attire, lead
Ing about immaculate sheep. The salon
finally admitted his works, but they were
not admired, nevertheless he worked on,
content with the approval of Rousseau
and the little colony OF Barbazon artists
One Of Millet's small canyases, "The
Sheep Fold" best expresses his genius
IL shows In small compass the effect OF
vastness and gives the impression OF the
immensity OF space, though depicting but
n field. Millet was the Burns OF painters,
the elevator Of the lowly 10 spiritual dig
nifty.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

a,,out . dozen notices like the follow.
;nc. and before church hour went
around to all the churches and gave e,
COW TO each sexton to be handed the
preacher to be read before the congre-
cations:
No the Benevolent Of this Congregation: ~.
There are now being guarded " cars ~ ~. III
depot In this place some 200 snow-b0und fegs y
prisoners, They are out Of food. Those WIG 40
are able are invited to contribute portion o.
their abundance to relieve the hunger Of these
men. COMPANY ~, so In A1D' u;
After dinner I went out to the depot
to see the effect Of this notice. Men,
women and children came with baskets
full, and think some Of these rebels
had better dinner that day than they
had ever enjoyed before.
Il was 8 week from New Years day
before / was able to get home. II was
the worst storm and coolest day IN
history. L saw whole train loads OF
hogs frozen to death. Trains were
abandoned, and business generally
suspended for nearly alweek.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

provided for by the surgeon, and we
marched on, discussing the bad fate Of
our comrade, as some believed he would
die. But, toward night, much to our.
surprise, our comrade returned to his
place in the ranks, telling us how
deathly sick he was at first; how when
he fell back the surgeon put him into
an ambulance and dosed him with
whisky; that he lay In the ambulance
all the afternoon, sleeping off the influ-
ence Of the liquor, and that when he
awoke he was we'll as ever. All were
pleased at the good luck Of our COM
rade when, suddenly, our funny man,
Pete, clapped his hand to the back Of
his neck, staggered few steps, and
then fell out Of the ranks, inquirinR
how far twas to an ambulance, saying,
II have been bit BY spider" The
other boys. said, @Pete, that won't do.
# "a spider should bite you, you
wouldn't know it, for it would kill the
spider" J. X. NJ.
Seventy eighth Illinois.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

@The average infantry volunteer, i
says, had q vague notion that shara
shooters, to be used for the purpose
crawling up behind trees and KILN
the rebel Generals, were principal
needed. Nearly every man who ed
listed at this juncture intended to con
meet himself with that branch Of tH
service, and to use in that connected
some fantastic combination Of tell
scopic sights and breech- loadin
rifles Those who expected to hav
the Offices when the regiment was d
gained exhibited . Colt revolvin
rifle, representing that this arm woul
be used BY this regiment. At Bento
Barracks slouchY-l oking man, viii
out insignia Of rank other than 9 ro
Of gilt buttons, appeared. This vi
Brigadier General w. y Sherman
who, Nth his lack offuss and featl
ers, who bestrode no war horse an
beloved no commands: scarce came q
to the ideal standard Of the romanti
volunteers. It was rumored he va
crazy. This same lunatic," Capital
Croker says, @the Fifty-fifth followe
to the end of the war. AT this plsc
the regiment received q lot Of miserl
BILE old guns, smost dangerous ct th
breech, " and, as Captain Croker add
with quiet satire, Colonies Stuart an
Malmborg and some other officers hs
their sabers ground 80 as to be pr
pared for future emergencies.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24
am haunted by tls pitiful,. imploring'

am haunted by ely pitiful, imploring'
look of that poor, innocent dying bird,
and feelings Of dssp remorse come
over me- whenever sec . robin. 4
would be willing tchake great sacri-
fees to be made guilNess Of Che wan
ton murder of that poor innocent bird. ;"
The General makes special plea for
that sweetest Of ell American song
sters, the ill-named catrSird. But as
for the English sparrow, be says with
righteous wrath: xiii HIN wherever
you find him, in season and ont Of sea-
son. He has never been knpwn to do
any good, and is of no rise Give him
no quarter, but 60 for him 8 you
would for any other thief
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

the enemy away. There was swamp,
thickly grown with small trees and
bushes, through which the troops had
to march. There seemed to be some
hesitancy about entering the swamp.
A sergeant said, Colonel. / can take
those men through there, and he did
80. Colonel Rusk and several other
officers, hall an hour after the enemy
had been scattered, were riding past q
farm house, when they discovered some
of the soldiers doing lively work in the
way of capturing poultry. The lady
Of the house rushed up to Rusk and
asked, e1citedly:
. Are these your men, Colonel?n
aThey are, madam.
well, I wish you would tell them
not to steal my chickens
" Madame, your chickens are perfect
u safe. The sergeant over there is in
charge Of these men. and he will allow
no plundering. Why, madame, that
sergeant is Q Methodist minister. and
would not permit anything Of the kind
to.be done.
The lady threw up her hands and
said, "a Methodist minister! Oh.
Lord, ] shan't have chicken left.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

er received an honorable discharg)
He was the funny man Of the COMP
ny. without trying to be %. On oa
occasion the regiment was being tran
ported somewhere BY rail, and son
OF the boys had managed toS beco9
possessed Of o canteen Of whisk3|
which was being mysteriously pass91
around. Pete's eyes discovered l
and, assuming an air Of innocence, /
called out, Boys, will yon please
pass that water over this wsy f The
were some who thought he VS. g !
nocentg as he looked, and they pu]]
posely managed to hare the cantes1
passed to him, expecting % note, p
surprise when he came to drink 4
took the canteen, wiped tho top ny
his sleeve. and took several good svs3
lows, which he undoubtedly rslishe1]
and then, suddenly taking the csntesa
from his mouth. he passed il baca
saying. aNow, look here, boys, ths99
deprecating behavior If had not PEI
quick to discover what it was, I mg1]
have taken full swaller. 2
j. K. NJ, ).
Seventy eighth lln0'"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

SENATOR EvARrs rides to the Capt.
tol in one Of the long red herdic
coaches that pass within block or two
Of his home The drivers all know the
Senator. and stop the coach as soon as
his shirt-collar heaves in sight. The
Senator then goes up the vehicle as far
as he can get from the door, which
move, Of course, brings him near to the
ticketrbox. In that position he plays
amateur conductor with much grace
and amisbility puts five coppers in
for the Irish ladies with large baskets,
asks Change or tickets q Of gentle
men who pass up silver dollars, and,
for his own part. always prudently in
vests in tickets, instead of recklessly
putting five cents in the box.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

The restoration Of the old brick
church at Smithfeld, w., supposed to
be the Oldest church in Virginia, is
nearly done. The church was built in
1852, and used continuously for two
centuries. Among the materials used
in the restoration were 1000 bricks
which were originally used in the Bay
Church, and passed through several
hands after the edifice was taken down.
Some Of them have served in the walls
of q farmhouse kitchen, and others
were in the walls Of a burying ground.
Among the twenty-one stained-glass
memorial windows will be one of Poca-
hontas. one Of Col John Parker, and
one of the Earl of Macclesfield.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

The Norwalk Record says that when
Gen. Sherman was invited to attend
the installation of Col. Anderson as
National Chaplain he declined, saying
with vehemence: sJust put yourself
in my place. Imagine yourself chased
up by crowd who stare at you and
boiler you, and then you can appre-
ciate the situation. I sometimes feel
as If I'd like to strangle some Of these
sMarching-thro'. Georgia singers. You
see those fingers? Well, I've entirely
lost the use Of them shaking hands.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

BAvAR1AN horses are celebrated for
their general worthlessness. A dealer
sold one to German officer during
the Franco-Prussian war, and war
ranted him to be . good war-horse.
The soldier came back afterward in q
towering passion, and said he had been
swindled. aAnd how?" said the deal
Ell. sWhy, there's not bit O go in
him, and yet you warranted him as q
good war-horse. aYes, did; and, by
George! he is good war-horse; he'd
sooner die than rum"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

ONE Of the rarest of wild animals, a
white deer: was killed few days ago
near Snowshoe Mountain, Clinton
County, Pennsylvania, by Prothonotary
Mann, Of Sunbury. It was nearly
pure white, and one Of the largest does
ever killed in the region. But three
white deer were ever killed before in
this part Of the State. Old hunters
generally believe in the backwoods' SUI
perstition that to kill white deer fore
bodies evil to its slayer. and all who
have heard Of Prothonotary Mann's
deliberate defiance of the superstition
are aghast at his temerity, and proph-
esy all sorts of bad luck for him. He
will have the magnificent skin of the
animal stuffed and mounted.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

4 s .
A GHOST that has been for several
months soaring the engineers at a GER
tain trestle on q railroad near Atlanta
was found q few days ago lying uncon-
scious and nearly frozen to death in a
pool Of water near the spot. She had
neither shoes nor stockings and few
other clothes, and was evidently de-
mented, although she could talk ration
ally on some subjects. She seemed to
be of good birth and had evidences Of
refinement about her. She said she
was Annie Garrett and had taken to
the woods because she was Disguised
with the world and lacked the courage
to commit suicide. A hole was found
dug out beneath the trestle, and in
that she had lived.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

PRESIDENT GEORGE B. ROBERTS, Of
the Pennsylvania Railr Dad, is some
thing Of novelty in the business
world. He is said to be very careful
to avoid anything that even looks like
profting personally by the inside in
formation which his responsible Office
forces upon him. When it was pro-
posed to build the Schuylkill Valley
Branch of the Pennsylvania, Mr.. Rob-
erts objected to having it pass through
his farm, lest it should be said that he
directed the selection of the right Of
way SO as to enhance the value of his
real estate.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24
BERI1x viii soon be the most brill

BERLIN will soon be the most brill
iantly illuminated city in Europe. The
electric light is being fitted all along
the Inter den Linden, and the Leip-
ziger strasse, which is upward Of mile
in length, is already illuminated
throughout by electricity, which is to
be introduced into all the principal
streets and squares.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

IN speaking OF bNaZafQ6, says the
Chicago Tribune. even the scientific
signal-service man is accustomed to
say that the Manitoba" wave is COM
ing, and this has been SO often reiter-
ated that many people have at last
come to believe that billiards. are home
products Of that section Of the Cana
dian Dominion. Manitoba, however,
can hardly carry off the credit Of rails
ing the wind in this extraordinary man
ner. The origin and operation Of the
billiards. and their Partially for Da-
kota, Western Minnesota, Iowa. Kan
sas, and Nebraska and the territory
even farther south are worth at least q
little theorizing. Why is it that east
Of the Mississippi River they arc only
felt with diminished force, and east Of
the Ohio line, for instance, that is, in
the Central States. New York, and
New England, hardly at all? The re-
ply seems to be simple one. The
southern part Of British America, from
Labrador west to the upper shores Of
Lake Superior, is travelled by what is
known as the Lsurentian, and at the
extreme west the Huronian Mountains,
composed in reality of an enormous
rock formation, the Oldest yet discov-
cred, with no shells or fossils 20 tell
us its age or what time it lifted it's
great wall above the waters. It's the
Oldest sedimentary rock found on the
globe. The thickness of it's beds has
been estimated at 80, 900 feet. It rises
in hills and mountains 1000 feet high,
and on the gorges of the Saguenay
forms sheer cliffs 1900 feet high.
It makes solid, everlast-
ing rock barrier; no wind, be
it blizzard or tornado, can pass. It
shelters all the country to the south Of
it from the icy blasts sweeping down
from the Arctic regions. At it's vest
ern limit they may strike against it and
defect like water meeting an obstacle,
and in Wisconsin, Eastern Minnesota.
Michigan, and Illinois they may be felt
with diminished force. West Of that
limit, however, there is no break. Be
tween line from that point north and
south and the Rockies and Sierras.
which guard all to the west Of them.
stretches one vast unbroken plateau
from the polar regions straight south
to the Gulf Of Mexico. Along that
plateau Boreas, starting from the pole.
finds no obstruction in his path. He
comes down with a rush, sweeping
everything before him, chilling and
freezing everything he encounters, and
planting his snow, sleet,iand ice evan
on the shores, of the far-off Gulf at
Mexico. The more favored regions
south Of these gigantic mountains 81
rock interposing their friendly barrier
know little Of the terrors of these bitter
Arctic currents, which carry death and
destruction along with them to the
jewellers on the plain. Manitoba il
only mid-station the road from the
pole to the Gulf. It is not the home
Of the blizzard.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24

The strength Of the Russisp troops
assembled ready for action Is The west
ern provinces toward the endl Of De
cember is reported by q Germ}n mill
tary paper as follows: In the f}st line,
close to the frontier, there ares tationed
eight army corps, one each Riga,
Loono. Plotsk Lomsha. Petroh& War
saw. Ivangorod Lublin, Rovno sh&omir,
Kief Meskibooshye. and KishsneA The
second line is made up Of thres Corps,
one each ct Prallystok Minsk 1ther-
aingoo Orel, and Karkof Poltava. The
third line consists 81 i've CORPS, ons,
each at Revel Novgorod, Petersburg,
Moscow, Jouslav, and Kazen Scratch
Each Of these sixteen corps co1nts a.
500 men, or, altogether, M2, COO men.
There are further nine divisions Of cav
airy on q complete war footing and re-
ceiying already war pay, close upon the
frontiers toward Germany and Austria,
namely, one each at Kovn{, Wilma,
Lomsha, Alexandrova. and Tchen-
stockof, looking toward Germany, and
at Lublin, Samostye. Dubno, and
Kief looking toward Austria The four
divisions stationed at Romny, Tchov-
goyyef, Jelisavetqrad, and Kishenef,
can be transported to the frontier in 8
few days. These thirteen divisions
count :, 900 horses each, d, altogether,
$4,000. Each division is supplied with
two batteries. The whole force con-
sists, therefore, of $4,000 men, of
which eight corps and nine divisions Of
horse, or $50, 900 foot and 80, 400 horse
form the first line. Railroads with
double tracks connect the second and
third lines with the first that is, they
can be moved forward so rapidly that
they can he in the encanpment Of the
first line multaneously, almost with
the forward movement of the latter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24
That Cold New Years.
by j. <. Magic.

AN there be q SOL
der who was exposed
to the rigors of that
fcold New Years Day
lof 1864 who will ever
forget it? I had been
made happy with q
thirty-day furlough,
and was on my way
from my regiment,
then camped at Ross