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Bearing Another's Sin.

My heroine. whom we will call Mar
garet, was slim, fair girl of IL, shy
and retiring to excess. She lived with
a young married couple, Mr.. and Mrs.
Field, and was treated by them as one
of the family.
One evening Mrs. Field was out
driving with friend, and as they were
passing Mrs. Smiths house, a SLAM
derous report that was current in the
neighborhood concerning this Mrs,
Smith came into Mrs. Fields mind,
and she carelessly repeated it to her
friend in the ordinary conversational
tone. Mrs. Smith happened to be out
in her garden, and owing to the late
ness of the hour, and to the shrubbery,
she was not seen by the ladies in the
carriage. She overheard a greater
part of what they were saying. Boiling
with anger, she sent word early the
next morning to Mr.. Field that his
wife had spread an evil story about
her, and that she intended to have the
matter taken TO court
The first thing Margaret heard on
coming from her room that morning
was the bitter sobbing of Mrs. Field.
She inquired the cause, and was over
whelmed to learn the direful effects
that would follow if Mrs. Smith per-
sisted In her determination TO take the
affair TO court, for Mr.. Field was al
ready heavily in debt, having gone into
an extensive business, and if he were
forced to 90 to law about this difficulty
his prospects might be ruined.
IL. Il A..
the rescue. AS it was late in the even
ing she said Mrs. Smith had probably
only recognized the horse and carriage
and not Mrs. Field, and that she, Mar
garet, would bear the burden, and say
it was she who had uttered the SANDER.
If the matter should then be carried to
the court there was no one In the world
but herself to suffer and, although the
thought Of staining her fair reputation
was very bitter, she was determined to
take the blame upon herself sooner
than see her friends suffer so greatly.
At first they would not hear of it,
but she finally succeeded in having her
own way, and then DOMINIC hat,
started at once for Mrs. Smiths home.
She explained to that lady that she
and not Mrs. Field was the one to bear
the blame, but that she was very sorry,
and that the report should go no fur
Their, as far as lay in her power to pre-
vent it, and at last begged the lady to
forgive and to forget. And Mrs. Smith
did so, finding it was only Margaret,
instead of Mrs. Field, for whom she
had always entertained violent dis
like.-Philddelphia Press.
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much interested in telegraphy, and |
had circular letter of Introduction
from Sir James Anderson, the man
aging director of the Eastern EXten-
sion Telegraph Company, | determin-
ed to pay these exiled electricians a
visit. And then / learned that twelve
years ago an operator had shot tiger
that had come on the veranda and
looked in at the window while he was
at work, and that three months ago
another had been killed in more or
thodox way. So when the next
steamer of the Messageries Maritimes
picked up her pilot at q. m, off Cape
st. James, l tumbled with my things
into his boat and rowed ashore as the
ships sidelights disappeared in the
distance and the lighthouse began to
grow pale in the sunrise.
Next morning an Annamite hunter
who had been sent out by Mr.. Lang
don, the Superintendent of the sta
ton, to look for tracks, returned and
reported that he had built "mirador,
and we were to make our first attempt
that evening. At 5 80 that afternoon
we started, Mitt chat was his name or
nickname) walking and running ahead,
and L following him on a pony. We
were on small rising ground, dotted
with bushes, in the middle of rough
tangle of forest and brushwood. i
looked for the "mirador," and, not
finding it, l yelled an inquiry into
bIitt's ear (for he was tone deaf. He
pointed to tree fifty yards away, and
j saw how L .rvelously he had con-
cealed it. He had chosen two slim
trees growing four feet apart; behind
these he had planted two bamboos at
the other corners of the square, and
then he had led two or three thickly
leaved creepers from the ground and
wound them in and around and over a
little platform and roof, till he had
made a perfect nest of live foliage. The
floor was about twenty feet from the
ground, and it looked perilously
fragile to hold two men. But it was a
masterpiece of hunting-craft. In re-
spouse to peculiar cry from Mitt, two
natives appeared with little black pig
slung on pole, yelling Justify. The
"mirador" Tor "mechan, as / BELIEVED ii
is called in India overlooked slight
depression in which an oblong pond
had been constructed for the buffaloes
TO wallow in, as the ugly brutes car
not work unless they are allowed tC
soak themselves two or three times q
day. By the side of this Master Piggy
was securely fastened, neck and heels
to his infinite disgust. Then the two
natives took themselves off with theil
pole, Mitt gave me leg up" into the
@mirador," which shook and swayed as
We climbed gingerly in, and We ar
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How lie. Conceals Himself.

Those who have seen animals only in
a menagerie can have little idea how
differently they appear in their native
forests. The giraffe, for example,
eludes observation to degree almost
incredible, as is shown by the follow
ing:
When we come to the giraffe, we
cannot at first understand that the size,
height, and bold coloring that make il
so conspicuous on open ground should
become its most effectual means of
concealment when among trees. The
animal feeds mostly upon the leaves of
a species of acacia called by the
Beers "kameeldorn, or giraffe-thorn
stretching its long neck among the
branches, and with its 1.-THE, slender
tongue plucking the pendent leaves
from the twigs.
When it is standing among the
acacias, ii can with difficulty be distin-
guished from them, its long slender
legs resembling the trunk, and the
head and neck being lost among the
branches; while the spots, which are
so conspicuous in the open country,
harmonic so faithfully with the broken
patches of light and shade thrown by
the leaves, that even the huge body is
indistingaishable at little distance.
Not even the native hunters, with their
highly trained vision, can decide
whether little clump Of three or four
acacias be tenanted by the giraffe or
whether it be empty. Even tele-
scope or a field-glas will fail to ascer-
tain the presence of the giraffe.
The anaconda, also, can lie unseen
in the forest, the beautiful diamond
shaped patterns of the body resembling
the lichens, mosses, and heckipgs of
light and shade upon the tree-trunks.
So close is the resemblance that a man
has been known to seat himself upon
the body of a gorged and sleeping ana
conda, mistaking it for the object which
it simulated Similarly, the spotted
jaguar of the New World, and the
leopard in the Old World, are practi-
cally invisible among the branches Of
trees, and depend on this fact for their
ability to capture the wary and active
MONKEYS.
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der we pecped through our peep-holes.
A moment later blood-curdling
scream broke the stiffness, followed 10y
yell after yell of utter terror. 1t was
the wretched pig who had woke to find
himself in the clutches of the tiger,
and the effect on nerves strained In
silence TO their utmost tension was
electrical. 1 shall never forget that
moment. The tiger was there before
me, he had the pig in his grasp, in an
other second he would probably be
gone. And could sec nothing, abso-
lutely nothing. Ii was pitch dark in
the depression where he was
standing, and L might as well
have fired with my eyes shut.
Stare as would, could not
distinguish the least thing at which to
aim. And all the time the pig was
yelling loud enough to wake the dead.
Suddenly i saw the same black shadow
pass up the little incline for dozen
yards. The pigs screams dropped in
TO long howl. Ny heart sank. Had
the tiger gone? No, for an instant af
terward the shadow shot down the
slope again and the yells broke out
afresh. The situation was agonizing.
/ could hardly resist the temptation to
fire both barrels at random into the
darkness. Do see something? Yes,
the black mass of the pig, spinning
head over heels on his ropes like
butterfly on a pin. And just above him
very pale faint curved line of white.
II is the white horseshoe of the tigers
CHI est, and the inside of his forelegs, as
he has turned for moment in my
direction. Now or never. A last glance
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upon their work as drudgery. but n grateful

y
variation from the days lessons.
Next tho novice ascends TO the Ecole des
Arts Decoratifs. This Is a sort OF artistic
high school TO which flock apprentices and
schoolboys, art students and artisans from
all parts of the city 10 the number OF 700.
Here the facilities. grade OF instruction.
and standard of excellence are greatly
advanced. Prominent artists give instruc-
ton in modelling. drawing. and designing
Next in this series OF Government insti-
tutions comes the Ecole DIES BeauX Arts.
This celebrated school. with its forty pro-
fessors and 1.500 students in the various
departments Of painting, sculpture, archi-
lecture. and engraving. is too well known
10 require more than n mention. To its
famed ateliers and lecture-rooms the young
talent OF france, thoroughly grounded in
the elementary studies from long practice
I'm the subordinate chools. passes in ever
incre asing numbers. Apprentices from the
studios of old masters" pensioners from
provincial art schools corresponding to the
ARTS Decoratifs," already mentioned.
skilled workers from that institution. am
bilious foreigners. bemedaled and bewil-
dered. all huddle together in that monas-
terry. and. gazing upon the work OF their
predecessors who have toiled their six.
seven. eight. and ten years. even, acknowl-
edge themselves hut beginners. and set
themselves once more to learning the A, T.,
OF art.
Governmental generosity does not stop
here. even. There remains one more step.
Not content with equipping the greatest
art school in the world. with making the
position OF professor there such an honor
that world-famous masters compete like
school boys for the distinction. and throw
ing all this open gratuitously to the youth
OF their own and foreign lands. they estab-
lished. many years ago, the "PriX de
Rome" This is a competition open to
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ranged ourselves for our long watch.
A soft cap instead of the big sun helmet,
the bottle of cold tea, and the flask put
handy, half dozen cartridges laid out,
the rifle loaded and cooked THE rest
is silence" Till 10 30 we sat like two
stone Buddhas. Then five wild pigs
came trotting down to the wafer to
drink, which was an intensely welcome
break in the monqtony. At IL 80 Mitt
made signs TO me to 60 to sleep for a
while and he would watch. At II 80
he woke me, and immediately fell back
i'm his turn fast asleep. The rest, and
the consciousness that had no longer
the sharp eyes of my companion to rely
upon, made me doubly attentive, and L
watched every twig.
Suddenly, in perfect silence and with
out the slightest warning, big black
object flashed by the far side of the
little pool. 1t was like the swoop past
of an owl in the starlight, like the
shadow of passing bird, utterly noise
less and instantieeous. Every nerve
in my body was athrill, every muscle
stiff with excitement Slowly / put
out my left hand and grasped my
sleeping companion hard by the leg.
uf - made the slightest noise we were
lost. Like trained hunter he awoke
and lifted himself into a sitting posi-.
zion without sound. Rife to shout
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nothing OF the sweetness OF true home life.
their only God the wooden or bronze hon
Lieu Of besotted priesthood. which they
soon recognize as an ingenious contriy-
ance for extorting their money and con-
trolling their women-poor fellows. truly
they know not what they do" II barbar-
Gus lands can be more benghted / must
d spairngly widen yet again my belief in
the possibilities OF human degradation.
And so they make what they can. Poetic
subjects are very often turned into prose.
Sentiment becomes cold and inane. or.
worse still. lewd and suggestive of all that
is debasing. Those are sweeping charges.
and there are happily many notable excep-
tions-painters OF real sentiment like Mes
son. Maignan, and Adam. and sculptors OF
high character and nobility OF purpose.
OF these true artists shall have something
TO say In succeeding articles.
dorado TAFT.
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THE GENIUS OF THE ToMBis occupied by It's
ST. MARCEAU. clucking. chatter
ing. much pulled up setting hen--of gigan-
&c proportions. it's true. aud masculine
persuasion, but just as certainly setting
men," with all OF the strut and importance
IF that amiable bird when the success OF its
incubation or the merits OF its precious
brood are called in question. Here our
artistlives and dreams and works; imagines
himself inspired perhaps. la oriag with
'everish ardor. only 10 be called an ass for
hat his chief visible occupation seems 20
b rolling cigarettes, and yet he wakes up
some morning TO find himself famousl II
a strange game. and has its tragedies as
well as its droll side.
Not less astounding TO the American vis-
itor In Paris than the amount of artistic
work. and everybodys familiarity with this
work. is the extraordinary opportunity az
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cine, playing pussy wants a corner in
every little square and coign OF vantage on
The boulevards, he comes upon these
superb products of France S living sculptors.
If attracted rather by the brilliant canvas.
The Louvre again offers, without money
md without price, her feast OF beauty.
Miles OF galleries, acres OF pictures, many
Of them masterpieces of inestimable value.
What an ecstatlc despair the true art lover
eels in this presencel To him the Salon
Care is "A kind OF holy of holes. 10 be en-
tered with reverence. When at length he
unwillingly leaves these heirlooms OF the
past, he crosses one OF the many bridges
spanning the Seine, and soon finds himself
"a the Gallery OF Luxembourg. where an
other choice display OF paintings and
I the salon: the works of living French
masters, while yet young some have here
Duilded unto themselves the monument of
mperishable fame.
1t is at the renowned Salon Itself. how
yer. that one begins TO gain some idea OF
he immense creative activity OF the
'rcnch artists. You climb the grand stair
way and enter the first great hall. Look
right or left, and as far as eye can see.
mems vista OF portals and color-laden
Ealls. Your catalogue contains the num-
oers and titles Of over four thousand paint
ings.
Before beginning this delightful. exhaust
ng round step out for "a moment on to this
.alery, from which you can see the great
arden beneath. Here. as in a gigantic
greenhouse. turf and flowers and singing
,irds lend their charm TO wilderness OF
tatuary-One thousand pieces, none of
chem having ever been seen here before.
nd next year. new parterres and decora-
ions and one thousand more works OF
iculpture that is. SO many admitted, and
perhaps greater number left out in the
old" Evidently some one has been at
a Iva mn
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every French artist under 30 years of age,
which sends each year 10 Rome the fortu-
after a long and searching series of eXami-
nations, snail have proven himself most
worthy OF thie great hounty. Once in the
eternal city. the pensioner is freed for the
space of three years from every care be-
yond that Of executing certain original
works. He is provided with studio and
lodgings I'm the Villa Medicis. and. with an
ample supply of money and keeper" he
can lead, during those three blissiul years,
the artists ideal life.
God forbid that our nation should ever
reach that state Of moral rottenness and
emptiness which is revealed at every step
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in Paris. IL shows itself equally in French
art and literature; worse still, though inev-
itably. in French life and hons relations.
But the moral tendency OF art l. one
thing; its technical strength quite another.
Let us first endeavor TO find wherein lies
the strength" OF French sculpture. We find
among the French sculptors OF the day two
distinct tendencies at work leaving their
impress on all products of the chisel
The vigor OF French sculpture is better
illustrated than described. The reader IS,
therefore. referred 10 the accompanying
cuts.
As closely as are bound together in life
our snirifunl and physical natures, so close
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-10-02
Accounted For.

Husband saw quite an unusual
sight on the train tonight, my dear.
Tie brakeman actually assisted
woman to carry out her bundles when
the train stopped.
Wife-How nice of himl And was
it an old lady?
Husband-Oh, no; it was a very
nrattv Girl
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ly are united In
every work of art
the two elements oil
purpose and form.
Having shown In
which OF these lies
the superiority OF
French art. { is
hardly necessary TO
point out the weak
ness in French
sculpture. IL there
is in m o q e r n
French sculpture "A
s { urd y strength,
such as the word
has not seen since
the terrible Michael
n g W O q god-like
figures from { h q
solid stone without
compass or model.
tn ere Is on the
other hand as glar-
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modelling. etc. In many of these. besides a
lali equipment OF casts and other paraDher-
nal a, even models iDr lie-class work are
employed. thus many gamin OF 10 or IL
has acquired facility with tho charcoal or
clay that our enthusiastic students OF ma
ture years might well regard with envy.
These young students never seem 20 look
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~ y al II III =
Where do they
all come from =?
Who supports this
bohemian army OF
,rtists2 AS TO the
support, no earthly
being. / fancy, can
answer; but II you
Nv i'll How IN o
across { h g river
lonce more into the
classic q quarter
|Montparnasse, o r
ION the other side.
Tp into the swell
region OF the Pare
)MonceauN, you will
Ri n d court yards.
klleys. and streets
full of little studios
arranged side b V
side. like nests in
some great hem
icoon. And each one
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An Eve to Business.

A couple of burglars had just ran
sacked lawyers house. The legal
light was aroused by the midnight ma
rauders, and just as they were about
to leave his room he handed them q
pasteboard.
My card" he said. eff YOU are
caught by the police you may want
counsel. Judge.
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TO the average
personally con-
Quoted" tourist the
IN os I remarkable
feature OF French
art is its quantity.
BE he aesthetic or
not. the American
sojourner In Paris
Is invariably aston
.ished at the num-
Der OF paintings
u n d sculptures
(which that city
contains and is
ever producing. II
lat all Interested in
sculpture. he will
begin at the Louvre
and do homage 10
the incompal able
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THE LONG AGO.


Si-sn the rosy dny is dying.
And the night comes on apnce,
And the evening y iids are signing
With a wild enchanting grnce,
OFT before nv memOry's vision
Pass the forms / used 10 know
Faces dear and voices tender
OF the Long Ago.
Faces that ne viOlets cover
On n far and lonely tomb,
Lips unkissed by friend on lover
Smile and speak from out the gloom.
But too soon the dream has faded,
Like sweet music In its flow;
They are gone-the loved the cherished
OF the Long Ago.
ROCK ELM, Wis.
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A Little Caution.

Jakey-I vas goin' to tell you q
shoke, fadder. Der vas
Mr.. Orpenheimer (excitedly) Don't
YOU tell no SMOKES here, Jakey. Der
vas two customers in der store, and if
dcy laugh de new suits Won't last till
dey get to der oor.-Omahd Repubti-
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glorious Winged Victory" Then. after
aging his respects TO the cold majesty OF
lther classic creatures. he will turn TO
puiet's writhing. striding. pouting god
lesses and heroes. and to Jean Goulon's
lymphs of the graceful limbs. with all their
numerous descendants. firing OF the mu-
seum he may wander through that fair city.
md everywhere, perched on cornices, built
nto facades, dabbling their cold toes in the
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THERE is burden of care in getting
riches-fear in keeping them; tempta-
ton in using them; guilt in abusing
them; and burden of account at last
to be given up concerning them.
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DIR. HAMMOND says that drinking
water chills the solar-plexus. What
makes the statement more deplorable
is the fact that hundreds of thousands
of wa'er-drinkers never before knew
that they had n solar-plexus. Such
startling information is calculated to
PEI lea Us.
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much oftheir work. STUDENTS WORK.
Il their art licentious? Neiy often, yes,
and honestly so; because many Of them
believe license the chief end OF existence,
and its expression the eliminating flower
o. art. -c'est la nature" they say 1T is
nature and therefore right.
Can they put soul into their work? Alas.
they have no souls themselves. Conceived
I'm iniquty, raised in corruption-to will
fully paraphrase the Scriptures-knowing
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orded all classes for thorough art educa-
ION. Beginning at the little night drawing
schools OF the various ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
he young Partisan ascertains at an early
&c whether he has the gift or no. / call
hem little schools. but most OF the twenty
wards OF the city support elementary
hoois with accommodations for several
scores OF pupils. wherein all the simple
branches OF an art education are taught;
Tse-hand and mechanical drawing, clay
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lRT SCHOOLS OF PARIS.


auses of It's Superiority Over That of
Other Nations-Art schools I'm Paris for
the Masses, and the Results ON National
Character.
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MY FIRST TIGER.
A Thrilling Adventure in Cochin
China.

Z the entrance to
the river of Saigon,
the French capital
of Cochin China,
a n d forty m il e s
from the city, there
is a lonely telegraph
station, where the
cable from
II n g X on 6 and
and the
French ca bic { o
L o Il quin, touch
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OF TWO EVILS.

.Ah, false, tickle woman. he savagely said,
Il hoped once that you d be my wife
And now find out that you are going to wed
An old brute that eats pie with knife"
/ think il is all for the best Willie dear"
lAnd she let Just one tear slowly fall
"lor II married you, my poor boy. 1 fear
That there would be no pie ut all
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-04

Note the change that has been made
this week in the advertisement, headed
Wood Wanted.
The ..Deestrick SkeWI' is to be pro-
duced at Springfield. What's the mat
ter with trying it in New Ulml
st. Peter is considering an offer from
the Westinghouse Company to put in
an electric light plant and the Herald,
IN commenting thereon, says that it is
desired to improve upon the system
used in New Ulm. Right here, the
Herald needs to be told that i. can't be
done. We've got the very best and
latest.
Farmers will find that Salvation Oil
IS sure remedy for frosted feet. All
druggists keep it. 1t is sold for 225
cents 8 bottle.