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Injustice to Vvonsn Artists.

Another attempt 10 being made to exclude
women students from the Royal Academy art
schools OH the grounds that women who pass
the test OF the competitive examination ON en-
terlng do not distinguish the mselVes afterward
1t seems that women have alway- been denied
admit ance to the life class and the constant
remonstranoe made by them against being de-
barred from the most important part OF the
course Of instruction has brought about a
schools altogel her on the grounds that despite
tho lact that they succeed equally vii men In
pass ing the preliminary test they do not do mer-
lures bring higher prices than those OF any lly-
g artist and Miss Thompson,s strong battle
iandscapes. MIS-. Jopiila's portraits. Mrs. RAGS
nude figures, Rg we'll as tho work oi Mrs.
Harris. Mies Muirie, and Miss YounRman. are
stAtemynts made by men against the pfoduc-
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SAYS GRAYITAzIoN DOES IT.
a Remarkable Clock that 10 Said to Go
without Winding.
From tie Fresno Republican,

from TIE Fresno Repuohcdn
L. G. Farrer, watch maker, has invented
one Of the most peculiar clocks OF the nine
dial suspended from The ceiling. and ali the
parts OF 1t that are visible are the two hands.
tho pivot upon which they swing and the dial.
pers n In 1000 who passes 1t has the fantest
Idea that 1t is the most ingenious de. ice OF the
9, injury. Alanv clocks with G.ass dials have
the works Of watch as their motive power: but
this clock has no motive power that is visible.
Mr.. farrer worHed on The invention for six
years before he succeeded in per- recting 1t. He
alleges that the only motive rover is the gray.
O1 Of the earth and @ the cs Ss viii
tmperfection is that II loses from four to five
minutes day by the friction OF the hands on
the pivot. and. therefore, the hands require to
He showed q reporter yesterday something
about the way the clock worked. When the
han Q pointed to a quarter past Mr.. Farrer
caught hold Of them. brought them together.
the winder, OF a wheel OF fortune. Alter oscll-
latinR until the momentum had been over
come, the hour hand and the minute hand re-
still marking the correct time. A, 20 he aid
sonnet hing still more remarkable He slipped
the minute hand OF the pivot and laid il on
the counter. At the end ~ six minutes he re-
When 1t came to rest it settled at the right
place. twenty-six minutes past o'clock.
The hands are OF tin and q O. hollow. and per-
tfeectly balanced on the pivot NJ. Farrer says
but II puzzles the spectator to account for the
power that raises them alter they reach $3.50.
All Kinds OF theories are atoat TO account for
are filed with fluids OF different denslties that
orerco % the gravitation Of the earth whom the
hands reach that point. But Mr.. Farrer keeps
s ana ysr he
not the motive power,
The sun., 1890-01-05
Gsn. TOrreSt'S Last and Lucky OIO.
From ne Fl0rtd0 NmeS- UntoM

Speaking Of Con. Forrest, the cavalry hero
than any other one eoIdier on either side he
returned to Memphis, afier the surrender with
his wife. and with only single $40 bill in his
pocket Mrs; Forrest WAS a lady Of the most
quiet, amiable Christian virtues. and the only
person, by the way. who had any con rol OF the
cowizard oTi Of the .ad,ile" while In "a passion
word. would calm L. most temI estuous moodA
Sitting alone together the night Of their re-
turn to Memphis Gen. Forrest said: Mary I
know you are strict church member. and
have always opnosed cards. Bnt this $40 is all
house Wen, You consent to my going, out to-
In vain the good woman protested. It was q
sin in the sight Of God she said. and sin could
not finally prosper. He went found the party
he va e, ted: and beGsn ,he game Tho cards
grew SO large that, he cot his beaver on the
floor beside him aud used II as a, depository.
tile. bent his bead down and placed the hat
Sx ssSnxs Ha IT, hs retaining ss s TRr TSnHS II c e
Mrs; Forssests M lap: saying: Merry. ,eeount II"
which gave him good start In life.
The sun., 1890-01-05
THE PENTECosr BAND.
Some OF It's Members Under q Cloud for
Plotting to Ruin Young Girls.

SOme OF It's Members Under y Cloud for
Plotting to Ruin YounG Girls.
LoVNGToN, ILL.,, Jan. 4.-The Pentecost
Band rival in noisy religious sense. OF the
Salvation Army. has been in town for several
weeks. The members have held nightly meet.
ings and parades with drums and cymbals.
Several young persons have become converts
to this peculiar method Of spreading religion.
The band would not have been disturbed II
some OF the male members had not begun
plotting the downfall Of two young girls.
On last saturday May WbitemRn and Edna
Million were decoyed from homo by two
warriors In the PentecoSt Army. posse sent
out In pursuit Of the runaways brought back
the girls. but this morning N iss Million. who is
o comely girl. and the daughter OF 4 prominent
citlzon, returned to her lover. who 10 camped
somewhere In the woods. Two bEothers Of the
truant are now looking for her. The action of
the Pentecost Band almost creared riot here
on saturdsy; the members heipg hooted and
missing girl is found there viii be bloodshed,
as the excitement Is intensely bitter.
The sun., 1890-01-05
Captured . Cowboy.

An amusing Incident is reported from
Union avenue yesterday which Illustrates the
deRrneracy OF the cowboy and what q little
man may accomplish II he has his nerve with
him. About ocl lock In the afternoon Sam
Frank was sitting In front OF his place Of busi-
years OF age and weighs l05 pounds. He was
evidently ieeling unusually frisky yesterday,
and. casting mis- eye down the street. he noticed
Q cowboy APPROACHING The stranger was ak
feet tall. weighed at least 70 pounds. and was
clad In full cowboy reRalia, consisting OF
for wear. a blue hirt, which was tucked under
his pants al the waist around which was belt
holding two murder0us: looking re, oll ers.
The guns were stuck into the strangers
leather belt. giving hi Inn the appearanre Of q
walking arsenal. Corduroy pants aud high
topped boots completed the cowboys Quilt.
AS The native OF the plains swaggere past the
little man the after suddenly 4 oil the apple at
him striking him sharply In tho left ear. The
cowboy turned toward hls assailant. who
volvers. snatohed them from the astonished
strangers belt.
~, :" Didn't l warn you never to como to Kansas
Clty again carrying concealed weapmnS%
angrily asked Frank. Il am United States
ommeer; Come with m you are my prisoner"
parently thoroughly scared cowboy allowed
himself to be led into a saloon and to be cast
In a back room which his captor announced
was cell. A few minutes later whrn search
found. He had escaped down St. Louis avenue
through window. A strange feature OF the
story Is that the cowboy WAS peTle tly sober
having Just arrived In tho city The revo vers
areo Colt and Smith x Wesson manufacture
and of 45-callbre. Tho owner may recover his
successfully carried out the great practical
poke OF tho season.
The sun., 1890-01-05
Reed wOra Out wI,h tho GAvel.
hom As PS.IaIslpAta Ledger

No one looking at the massive frame Of
Speaker heed would imagine that his exercise
OF tue gavpi In maintaining order would have
any effect 90 his muscular organization. But
II does, all the sHLpe. lew days ago, iD riding
from the CaIitol in street car with the Speak
er, in eply 10 my question he said:
Il don't know whether will gr home during
tho recess, | feel too tired to do anything, and
have strong craving for rest and quiet and q
bottle OF arntca. fou will be surprised per
the Ravel has made all the muscles OF my
right arm painful. Il has given them an exer-
else 10 which hey have not been accustomed
But 1t ls great privilege TO- pound with that
eavel, and guess can stand II as long As the
House can, til Il does seem ridioHlous for
sirument so small and light not only makes me
tired, but sore" and, the burly ,hpeaker
tn % VINO knew him AZ bordering on the I'm.
probable and tho absurd.
The sun., 1890-01-05
NEWS FROM TIE HoRsr WORLD.

H1]Joh, E. Mcdonald has determined to sell
BIZ Barnes, Spring Eagle. Brac Ban. and
other mem bers Of his string. They are In good
condition now and ready TO race.
Mr. Charles GrYen, President OF the Am erican
Troting Association. says there is no truth in
the rumor that the National and American
TrottinR Associations will consolidate.
Mr. Morris says that there are about 800
horses at the new Westchester track. The
principal stables are those OF Capt. Sam Brown,
d; T. Pulsiier Charles Reed, i, V. snedeker.
William Walker. Theodore Winter. James
Gray. and John CamubelL
In an interview George Smith {" Pittsburgh
Phil ~. said: Jockey Garrison intends go
ing to England, and will remain there per-
panently. and would hereaf or cut a llgure In
Derby at Chicago"
Charles Marvin, the famous driver. will bring
a mosr formidable stable OF trotters from Calf
fornia to the Eastern circuit Of 1890. In II will
be Suuol AMI Palo Al,o and a half dozen won-
derIul colts. one. an Eeclioneer lilly. as fast as
Sunol and, possible. q yearling able to beat
2:3O on an Eas ern, track. Orr Hickok. too,
is coming Fast will q strong stable. in which
Will be Adonis. .2;l4 the, Wonderful pacing
trot ers. John Goldsmlth will be oily to come
with Margaret l.. Direct Gold Loaf. and. per-
hRps, btamboul.
The sun., 1890-01-05
From TIE ST louis Republtl

Ten years ago this present month in De-
cember 1879, a remarkable character died in
Paris. He was known all over France and the
greater part Of all Europe as !" The Learned
HunchDack." He was very wealthy. and sDent
a mint Of money In the last fifty years Of his
life. travelling In ell Directions making re-
rem. 1t was In the milder ror ions Of Europe
that he found the misfortune the most prev
alent Spain supplied the greater number
and In q clrcumscrihed locality. at The foot
there wv was ph one humpbs"eed person D to every very
thirteen inhaotaaIs hey wele also found
Loire In France. The little humpbacked staus-
tician came 10 the conc usion that there was
one humpba k in each 1000 Inhabitants, or
an aggregate Of l.UOD00D against the estimated
thousand millions OF the entire earth.
After the death of this eccentric individual
his heirs found ln place Of Will Q voluminous
manuscript OF 1000 pages, all concerning
humps. The last page although 1t said no b.
ing about the disposition of property. express
ed the authors Wish to have hump oil marble
raised over his grave, with this Inscriptions
" Here lies q humpbark who had u TASTE for
humps. and who knew more about them than
any other humpback."
The sun., 1890-01-05
HOW WOMEN ACT IN JAIL.
QuoeR Doviaes BY which They Sock to
Crafty Native Vanity.


Compusion is the woman convict's drop Of
bitterness The complete modification Of that
harmless sort Of vanity which f1lls 30 much OF
eHoma9's lite makes her durance doubly vile.
ALI her dpe feathers are saorificed ruth!eSsly.
Her HAIR, which she has apostolic authority
for regarding as an ornament, 10 shorn of Its
to her: W and the face which has gazed with per
feet paAsivensss, almost to rouse country's
admiration. and the tongue that has been mute
Judge. are raised 10 plead pathetiqaily with the
holder OF the scissors. while the corridors
q sperinG pity % ss the mex, I Fable shears gather
their harvest OF curs. But .prtng returns and
the hair rrnews itself. and the girls grumele
them with no hairpins.
One woman. whose hair continued to be sus-
Weeks of inca cerStion. was va an "bjsct Of some @
won,ierment. even TO the chaplain, until she
explained to him tn confidence that she allowed
her broth to grow cOol, aid then skinned of
the fat to glitter In her crown OF g 0ry. Another
Rirl certa My roug5d. and rouge tells effect ualy
was the enVious Indignation OF her sisters In
eeryitude against lrivollty so unattainable,
but greater sill. nerhans, was me CURIOSITY to
Irivolity could be attained. At length 1t was
discovered that the red threads woven among
when drawn out and chewsd. yell the bloom
yearned after by the eheek OF beauty.
nds it poasbe 10 "sa aSS SdV douSe one
OF her underskirtS and present the ,ascina-
tiOns OF crinoletto Is 80 comic that it hRs heen
known to wiring q smile from the Rravest
among men-e prison chaplain, And woman
without o looking glass! Only the austerest
and ssverest orders Of nuns renounce that.
And perhaps It Is the female prisoners most
oppressive penance for the relief oi which she
punishment-a task the more q meal the less.
BY an accident which she declares che will re-
gret for a, lifetime. she has broken q window.
The hole is there. sure enough: but where is
the detached glass2 Days afte this Il is found
concealed In corner Of her cell. and behind a
silver. Aud all for What2 TherevRrs no male
hearts to break, and few male ewes to see-only
those Of governor. chaplain. and doctor.
The sun., 1890-01-05
nom tha San lrancl,oo cAronicLl.

E'V"F W. H'E'' T't'"0'SV" 0'''V'1Sst-
POMONA, Dec. 29.-1he death OF man who
was among the bodest mining spectators In
San Francisco In 1875 and I7B took nlace ia a
little farmhouse near CucamongA this after
noon. II was hat OF Daniel q. Barton. He
made over So 0000 In four years In San Fran
cisco and died with only q few hundred d liars.
In his days OF prosperity ha spent one season
Vanderbilt, he tpemt over SsO.O6o in three
months. He Was In Euro o two years and re.
turned to America q bankrupt
Barton never had heart enough to return to
the scenes OF hi former prosperity In San
Francisco. and alter short and uneVentiul
eIs Sna career 10 sSn Sose ne Moved t9
became no dsRnstd d with the world that he
meyer went away from homo more than 4 few
miles and never expended any moh0y on dress
or pI99snTe during the last seven years OF his
LIE. he has relatives In Santa lara county Gnd
was nrst cousin Of Banker Ralston.
The sun., 1890-01-05

NORWAY, Me-. Jan. 4-Henry Kilgore was
driving his express sleigh here on Christmas
Day. whom suddenly his horse broke through
the rotten covering OF an ancient we'll and dis
appeared. The well is seventeen feet deep and
contained eleven feet OF water. Holding the
lines the driver was able to keep the horses
he d out Of the water and thus save him from
drowning til help arrived. Ilrst. The fire en-
gine was brought forth and the well pumped
dry. Then 1t was recoected that this only
put the nor deeper In the WELL After a while
u wise person among the twelve hundred or
more asse bled suggested that u hose should
be attached 10 a hydrant and the we filled up
again. This done. the horse was easily toated
10 the top OF the well aud lifted out.
The sun., 1890-01-05
FRANCE AFRAID OF oNE-Acr P1AE
harmless Little Drama InterdIeted mt
the Coincide Francaise.

AarAiess Little Drama Interdicted mt
the COnedIe Franchise.
Although nearly twenty years have passed
slncS the Commune reigned in Paris the
french are still 80 sensitive on the subject that
tIe authorities refuse to allow the production
aaone-aOt play dealing with an incident of
mat time. The play was called Tho Pater."
snd was written by Francis Coppee. the we'll
NnoWn writer and member OF the Academy, 1t
SHsubmitIed to the committee OF readers for
itSUomedie FranGaIse and by them accepted.
passed successfully through all The var tous
I,Innotssequent ordeals through which a play
Eust 20 before IL finally appears at that
productI0s GIos9 Sad ana 6d.r the rep@rations for
$LuI rehearsals oi the artists. when the Gov
nment interfered and interdicted il. Tho
SftiStse Wbo q N ne theatre were anraged. the
play. We're In despair. aud everybody was
ho passion over tho affair except Copl6e,
DIV ~ ,nd nit1ed that he was thunderstruck and
IT, uoTo une failure a to have his play produced at
HaSwSomedle Francaise dashed ono OF the am-
6JD 6tJ0ns Of mis- HE, but assumed An air OF dis
Mani shaas, has sarcastic at the expense OF Govern
srdarI asrI,hhouhctd ,ho that II the Minister by whose
Son.d ne bte, play was forbidden expected that he
WSionp pring me author 10 his feet to ask a re-
SSsfftest mistake Of his lifo.
IN ,bS Ss, sn,n Tre well that they will not sec me
Oh' non chamber S6S Of tho Miniser! he said.
cerSSIr' '9r others. but for myself. ueyer, aud Be
fhs niaNa iInal shall not begin now"
hished bay according to the sketch OF II fur.
ma S,otyn ~ Hs author; seems harmless enough.
Paris dyriInsS, u i9ld 10 Belleyille, a secion OF
1risSt curing the days Of the Commune.
dster Ias 1si, been KILLED by tho Communists. His
interest," bStTld atSas tG 6y MS death is filed with the
s6s sOws sSS that she will revenge herself sbnnid
aeeInR eom1NSe nave opportunity, As she talks a
hon the snIa nnisl enters and begs lor shelter
VOmRn IsoiIulers who are pursuing him. Tha
md The Iss,stes Issinns between revenge and mercy
oi the SortiHfnes Of the pay is in the depletion
comnuanies5,c uaie5cy wins. and she throws o over G the the
colder bupsttsn tne iwh gown OF her dead SNother as
sYot YSe Is sss here let us have himiI5 INK " oom'
N9pSn: R% Ru%SceiLvlnE ainE Yourself" replies the
NIa iaiis aii0'eF wi'hdraws at once and t6e 6USi cur
bSMIIS,MsSid that Coppee b.s ro0o,,,., oa.,.
Sssels SS the Drodpetion oi lis oLs Sisca IRON
eIths failure nat u would be poor sonsoIStloa
tfAAsaISS 0 W nave It put on at the Comedie
The sun., 1890-01-05
QUEER GUAsHOT WOUNDS
Remarkable Stories About Men Who were
Shot on tho Battlefield.


9 Pron, the Atlanta Constitution
Capt. Tip Harrison's office at the Capitol
u the room whore the veterans OF the late war
arc wont to conRregate. When several OF the
Old soldiers who heal about them the scars OF
many battles meet. reminiscenCes OF the great
struggle are In order. and some OF the stories
told are very thrilling. Yesterday the subject
HndsT hS discussion was the TemaFkapie manner
cred and were wounded again. Capt. Tip Har-
Iison 10 responsible for the following:
Rsai@snt.S said Capt. Tip, " was one Of the he
most remarkable men ever knew. He was a
slender. cadayerous-looking man; with ,appar-
what would have killed dozen ordinary men.
and 10 alive to-day: In the early part, OF the
SSl at Struck % the H breast bone % and Shattered IT, IL
On inch Of his spine between two ribs. After q
fSGsined his regiment At the battle Of Mon.
accasie Creek he was again wounded the ball
entering between the corresp nding ribs on the
same hole that the first ball entered at. The
aeeopd shot must have taken the passage in
going In the opposite direction. He was in
prison With me later. and appeared to suffer no
The case si Of Sergeant B. F. Outright. who is
BOW on the Atlanta police force. WAS cited as
another remarkable instance. Sergeant Curt;
5Gn was wounded II ip the right arm the Rsll
muscles were badly larerated and when he re-
covered he found that though he had pc feet
pse oil bis hand, he could not lit his arm above
his head. He was not disabled from using his
weapons however, and returned to his COM
lany. Later In the war. at tho battle o. VIM
chester. he was shot in exactly the same place.
except that the ball traversed his arm In the
opposite direction. When the Inflammation
eHbsided he found. TO his surprise. that the
guinness Of his muscles had a most entirely
alAappeared. and he was soon able to use his
arm as well ae ever.
Lieut., Leath was another man with q re-
Markaoie experience. He was leading his
men into battle when he received the order to
ehafge The noise Of the guns and the shrieks
oi the wounded made 1t necessary for him to
eiSe his orders at the top OF his voice. He mad
nts mouth wide omen. calling out the word
SnarRe. when silver from a shell struck him
ln me cheek. 1t passed through his mouth
Without touching single tooth and came out
u9t9ugh the other cheek, leaving on each side
n n DIS head cash a. clean as II cut by a razor
1ne wound berame inaAmed. and Leath. who
yaS at tue time near his home, was given
keaye OF absence for two or three days When
~ rode up to his mothers house his head was
ued up with bandRges
Ihe old lady rushed out when she saw him
yoa wounded?"
RtiRht through the head" he replied.
a. nls mother. thinking the wound must be
!4A, sent Tor q doctor without waiting for ex-
ean9tions When the medical man arrived he
ehearty meal.
The sun., 1890-01-05

q half she Wns totally submsrred; the rest ef
the time only poEtion Of her conping tower
ity from storage batteries worked psrfectiv .
nifty miles was naviFated without reducing the
power OF the batteries enough to mako any dif-
tila!ion very essential detail OF submarine
boat was perfect, the crew being subjected TO
ecarCely any discomfort In point OF speed no
thorough test seems yet to have been made
but on recent trials the vessel IL said to have
made seven miles an hour. with half power.
Ihts would mean but about ten miles an hour
for too speed, which is rather Glow. even for q
su marine boat The essential problem OF
which can undoubtedly easily be gained onoe
the other difficulties are out OF the way,
The sun., 1890-01-05

FOm ne San rraact,co ArOna4L


The Grand Duke Constantine. the most tall
ented hnd clever member OF tho imperial fam
lily ~ Rumanon was wont to lisconcert prO-y
bores who were presented T. him Tor the first
by an elastic cord, and as soon as ever his in
teIlocutor had EN- mbarked on some Long winded
porceptIble tWirch, which had the effect Of
sending the syeR ass reboundina uD TO his eye
where II remained fixed. without aIy RppRrout
gaze fxedly through the eyeglass at the un:
fortuna o speaker: lust as though nothing had
was generally to disconcert completely the new
preBentee. Whose Ut erances were cut short. not
only by the manner In which the moDocis Ap-
own accord. but also by this fact that his lmpe.
rial hlYhneES seemed totally unmOVOd thereby.
The sun., 1890-01-05
Does Man Require q Ground Connecticut
From he 81 louis RepllbLte


"Do you see these large copper brads In
the sole OF my shoe ~ asked n gentleman as he
held NJ to view the sole of one OF his shoes
On being assured In the affirmative he sal :
To those simple brAds alone | attribute my
present good health. For years l was an n
valid. subject to Dyspepsia, neuralgia head
elled The country over In search ut health. In
travelling cut West among the Indian tribes,
was struck with their remarkable health.
and especially their exemption IRON the
mAladies that afitct me anu also wit h the fact
that tue strongest and healthiest went bare
footed Rltogel lhrr.
| sought an on Nplanation OF the matter, and
bycontin inued observation and study was hna ly
led to he conclusion that the aches and pains
TO which rtvili2ed man IL heir are owing 10 the
manner In which We insulate our bodies from
~ demonstrating that ele trlcity ia the vitRiz-
In constituent Of our bodies. and tnnt this
globe OF ours is a mighty battery. continually
generating and dlscha ging ele"tri ity Now.
1 reasoned. II his was correct the secret
OF the Indians health was in his bare feet,
which eXDosed his ole b 'dy TO the YitalIl-
ing influence n the electrical earth currents:
Whte my IL health WAS attributed to my feet
be nR insulated from hese currents. Acting on
this hypothesis sought TO re- tore the broken
connection by lnse ting these brHds In the so rs
OF my shoes. and the result, l must say, was
astonishing. My fost, which formerly were
moist; my health began shortly TO improve,
and In few months was entirely relieved OF
alt my pains and have ever since enjoyed good
health. IL ts very simple thing and easily
athtclOd a. WAB,"
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men fell overheard in their effort to exceed
others In cheering. shouting. and otherwise
ss o.
with praises OF the boat. pupctuated with
Viva Peral |" much as In other times they had
,. The tests Of the new boat still continue but
there Is no longer any doubt in Spanish minds,
OF her success. and others like her are 70 bO
The pictures here are reproduced from
sketches made at the time OF her first success
full trial, three weeks ago. One was taken
when The vessel was submerged. vii n only her
flag and coming tower em2ininR above water,
looking like 6 buoy or signal Of some sort. In
the other the essel Is shown as she appears
when floating on the surface.