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The morning call., 1892-03-13

portrait; the priest dying at the woman's
leet Is rather Anselme; the national guard
expiring In the foreground is Henri Reg
nault Melssonier was very anxious that
THIS picture should be engraved and become
popular with the people. Another pictura
represents a woman in church knpelinc
before an icon and still another. pat
tente, or soldier staI ding before q closed
door, his hand on his sword biIt. while his
face expresses the torture of jealousy. In
one corner Is portrait OF the painter him.
sell IN water cosors; in another portrait
OF Theirs on his deathbed Then an ex
duisite landscape and the ruins of the
IuIleries Just after the Commune. Besides.
there are sketches and portraits IN pro-
Iusion; In fact catalogue would be neces-
sary 10 enumerate all that is found in Meis-
sonier's studio.
Nine. Meissonier would like to have car
rled out an often expressed wish of her hus-
band by making of the painters house a
Mrissoner Museum. where could be seen
the work of a French artist in the nineteenth
century. As in Antwerp. where is the
Piantin Museum, SO in Paris, where would
be museum with the favorite furniture.
objects of art, MISUNDERSTANDING that
has been OF interest TO one of the greatest
among French painters But as Nine
Meissonier only inherited nne-fOurth of the
property and the remaining three-fourths
belonged to the children by the first wife
lawsuit became an absolute necessity. Nine
MISSIONER then asked that the pictures and
works of art be sold. while the children
wished them to be divided. The court de-
cided In favor Of the children, and now the
question is, how can the works of Meis-
sonier be valued so that just division NAV
be nader Will 1t be possible to say that a
collection Of wax models are equivalent in
value to another collection OF drawings on
canvas? And then a picture that repre-
sents smaller financial value may also rep
resent souvenirs that make it very dear to
one or more CT the heirs.
But the sad fact remains that we are not
to have the Meissonier Museum as planned
BY the artists widow; we have all dreamed
Of seeing the Messonier house the prop
erty OF the state. The architecture is similar
to that introduced into Spain by the Moors,
ana The courtyard Is framed by elevated
eolonnades, Greary in the daytime, but on
bright starry evening most poetical. At the
lett, under the vault that precedes the court
yard, is a long, broad vestibule with low
ceiling AID AT the end right-angIed stair
case. AT the top of this staircase Is the
great oaken door of the studio, and on the
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walls Of the staircase there is not a trace of
the decoration found in the entrance to
fashionable studios. There are few bronzes
and carved seat. but no rich draperies, no
bric-a-brac. The studio is vast, and COM
prises at best one-third of the house.
The cathedral was the name always
given to this studio. and / remember once
there visiting Messonier and finding him
seated near large window busily engaged
on very small picture. His voice was very
loud and every word accumulated. He was
dissatisfied with the world, and took no
trouble to hide his discomfort. His great
sorrow seemed to be that he had enriched
others ana not himself Looking around at
his prlnceiy dwelling with its rare old Dutch
and Venetian lanterns, its carved stair
case, its marvellous tapestries, its wonders.
brought from China and Japan, he ex-
claimed:
Il am not rich. but certainly am not
poor. have home. but those who sign
masterpieces should be as we'll lodged as
those who buy them"
Once Meissonier told mo the story of his
life. life of struggle against difficulties.
More than fifty years ago, for am nearly
80 years old, five artists Of various tempera-
ments formed a labor association, by means
OF which privations shared became gayety
and courage multiplied by themselves five
times These artists were Steinheil,
Trimolet, Daubigny, Godfrey Dechaume
and myself. Steinheil became the cele-
DRAFTED stained-glass painter, Trimolet a
designer, Daubgny an admirable landscape
painter. and Godfrey Dechaume a great
sculptor. We five formed the association
in this way: Four worked one year paint
ing fans. boxes. making models for clocks.
etc. while the fifth. at the expense of his
comrades, consecrated himself to a work of
art During twelve months the fortunate
one was not obliged to trouble himself
about his rent. was not obliged to think OF
his grocer's bill-he had only to cultivate
his artistic talents.
"For five years this sacrifice Of four for
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THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR.
Something bout the Immense Tunnels
which Pierce thu Wall.

which Pierce thu Wall.
Rehoboth Sunday Ii srHld.
The rock is the most remarkable object at
Gibraltar. 1t is impossible to describe the
effect produced on the mind by the sight Of
those immense tunnels. crossing each other
in all directions. bifurcating again and
again, sometimes lit up. sometimes wrapped
In the deepest darkness. forming an mex
tTleable network OF galleries and passages
a confused labyrinth, the way out of which
could be found by no one who did not DOS
sesS the cue Of Ariadne.
The slopes by which we assembled were
smooth and wide. better than some high
roads iraversed all day long by passengers
frequently We came upon enormous heaps
OF cannon balls providently stored in case of
need. or we found an embrasure in the liv-
Ing rock through which gun was pointed
as though ready 10 begin work on the SPOT
surrounded by all the necessary ammuni-
ton.
Sometimes the darkness was so dense that
i scarcely dared move my feet for fear Of
falling over one or other OF those iron mon
sters, and on more than one occasion / was
forced to strike match to find my way
through those gloomy caverns, while
found myself nearly always tagging behind
my guide. who. knowing the way and being
more active on his legs, kept going ahead
till he reached the next loophole, when he
waited for me.
NJ iaot NO iCaOuCu u SpOb WitcEt the pas
sage was barred by thick timbers, and
where my guide told me we could go no
further, as this was the reserve part OF the
fortress, where excavations are still being
made TO continue the enormous trench
This place, he added. was closed to all
outsiders. and even the officers of the Eng
lish army not actually on duty at the works
are scarcely allowed TO see ii. l had, there
fore, TO resign myself TO forego the sight of
the greatest part of that mysterious cavern
and approached the n earest loophole-the
highest we had yet passed-to admire the
delicious view and breathe fresh air to
which Ii gave access.
From the cursory examination which.
considering the precautions necessary there.
was all | was able 10 make Of the immense
fortress. L gathered that it is an impreg-
nable position, which, bristling with cannon
and pierced with lOOp-holeS looking into
every direction from which an enemy could
cOuceivably come, makes il simply impossi-
bic for an army To seize IL by force.
To get possession of Gibraltar | have not
the slightest doubt that 1t would first be
necessary to annihilate ii.
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THEY LOVED WOMEN.

Gases Similar to the One That Resulted
in the Memphis Tragedy.
The Buffalo Courier recalls the fact that
the case of Miss Mitchell who killed Miss
Ward because the latter refused to marry
her is not wholly unprecedented. In Octo-
Der, 1873, Miss Lily Duer shot and MORALLY
wounded Miss Eella Hearn at Pocomoke
City; Md. They had been warm friends.
and strange stories were told of Miss Duer's
love Tor Miss Hearn and desire TO marry
her. 1t was asserted that one of Miss
Duer's letters to the girl she murdered main
talned that two women had a right to
marry as though one of them was man.
Much was said at the time of Miss Duer's
masculine bearing and her dislike for some
feminine occupations. She was convicted
OF granddaughter and let off with fine of
$500. There is Scottish story CT Miss
Macpherson Grant and a Miss Temple, who
entered into an agreement never TO marry,
but to live together until death. But Miss
Temple weakened and married, and when a
year or so later, in 1876, Miss Grant died
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one lasted. and each artist had his turn.
Then L married Stenheirs sister and was
excluded from the association. .You are
married and you ought not to work for u.s.
SAID the others. This association had the
best results. To 1t we certainly owe Stein.
heifs paintings In the Sante Chapelle. the
wonderful windows of Strasbourg and the
landscapes OF Daubigny. AS for myself !
illustrated for Crumer, the Chaumiere In
dienne, and for each large woodcut 7
received 40 francs, for the smaller ones %
francs. MY days were passed at the Bib
llotheQue Rationale, looking over eneray-
ings, studying India from documents. and
my nights were spent in making drawings.
We had determined to force the doors and
conquer the future"
ne TACT that neissonier has left so MANY
canyases In his studio proves him 10 have
Deen artistlcally true. Never did he allow
picture TO leave his easel if he considered
IL hacking In the smallest detail. All those
VINO wish to paint would have found in The
MeisSonler Museum not professor of art
put professor of drawing. So MANY
legends have been related concerning the
great artist, so many histories concerning
MS pictures, that his widows idea in de-
stroyng the legends by throwing open the
doors OF his house to the public can be well
understood. And we, curious about art and
artists, would have liked an opportunity for
observation ana comparison. Alas! alas !
Nothing but the dream remains!
BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR.
Paris, February 81.
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she left her properts, amounting to $500 600
TO go to distant kinsfolk, although she had
previously made a will bequeathing it to
Miss Temple. A still more famous case
was that of Lady Eleanor Butler, sister of
the Earl of Ormonde, and Miss Sarah Pom
sonny. cousin of NiScount DuncannOn.
In 1765 these two young women letired 10
gether from society; in fact "eloped" to the
vale OF LiangOlien, in Wales, where thew
passed the remainder of their lives. They
became famous, and their home was a place
OF pilgrimage for sentimental travellers.
one ef their visitors was Auaa Seward. the
euioglst of Major Andre. She kept IN q
correspondence with the "Recluses" and
wrote queer poetry about them. LADY
Eleanor died in 1929, in her nintieth wear.
ana her eompanion two years later Lady
Eleanor and Miss Grant are described in
the two stories as excellent horsewnn,an
ana somewhat mannsh, their companions
as pen slve and girIish
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A Coutenarian's Lifo Slowly Ebb,nr.

Aunt Betsy Mckay, who is nearly log
years OF age. Is critically III at her home in
Taylorsville. Ky. Until now all her facuI-
ties have remained unimpaired. and last
Sunday was the first time In many months
that she missed attending church. She al
ways went 10 church with her son. now
In his eighty-second year. She was
born June 4, 1856, in Nelson County, be-
tween Fairfield and Bardstown. This was
two years after Nelson, the fourth county
in the State. was formed fiom jefferson,
one Of the original counties, and six years
before Kentucky was admitted to the sister
hood Of States. She married Uriah Mckay
in 1905 and nine children were born to
them. All the children survive, except
Nancy, who died shortly after her
marriage. There are now living thirty.
four grandchildren. fifty-four great-grand-
children and fifteen at-great-grand-
children. making 1l2 living descendants.
She lived not very far from pigeons
Roost," and remembers all the horrible de-
tails Of the massacre by the Indians at that
point, in which Fighting Billy Collins"
was conspicuous actor. She remembers
well the first steamboat on the Ohio River,
la 1871 aud read its name. Robert Fulton,
as 1t passed Madison.
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Not Enough Men or Wolves In Okla
homa to Drive Her From Her Claim.
Guthrie Special.
Miss Alice Waterman came to town this
week TO buy supplies for her ranch, where
she has been spending the winter and
where she promises to spend the next three
years until she has completed the require
ments of the law necessary to establish her
full title to the claim which she obtained in
the rush last year. Miss Waterman tells of
many thrilling incidents which happened to
her while she was attempting to hold
down the claim. and says while she had had
some trouble with her visitors she does not
think that the worst Inhabitants Of the Ter
ritory are wolves, for she has had expert
prefers the former.
She says that she had three adventures
with savage wolves, but she was successful
In keeping them out of her cabin all night
by tho use of a little judgment and nerve.
and when daylight came they fled to the
woods and lett her alone. She had been at
tackled three times also by men. who tried
TO take advantage of her helpless condition
to rob her not only of her stock, but her
home and possibly more. She said she had
defended herself with a shotgun, and had
the men persisted she would probably have
the blood OF brute on her hands She
stood them off all one night and supposed
taat when daylight came they would leave
but they did not, and IL was only the for.
tunate coming Of some men that drove the
rascals of. She says she will have that
claim, and that there are not enough men
and wolves in the Territory to drive her
from IL.
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ties and let her do as she was pleased to do.
She came and went, trotting about the
streets, and the neighbors said simply:
There goes Mrs. Posse; or ''She's an odd
one, wonder what her history p" But no
one ever found out that, and a few days
ago the grip attacked her and she died
among her singing birds. She was So years
old.
AT her funeral on Saturday Mrs. Posses
home was filled with neighbors, and every
one whispered to his neighbor, ''She was a
good woman, but she was queer" The
clergyman who preached her funeral
eulogy also said, "She was good woman"
though the whistling and chattering of Der
many birds in the sunny parlor almost
drowned his words. A small train of
mourners followed her body to the burial
yard In the outskirts of town, and her his
tory-whatever 1t was-was buried with
her. That she had money In the pocket of
her old-fashioned gown when she trudged
into Rockville thirty years ago no one
doubts; but how much property she had,
whence she came, and whether her
name was Hodpodski, are Ques-
tons that have not been answered.
What name shall be placed on her grave
stone, Hodpodski or Mrs. Posse? Her tiny
cottage is now closed and neighbor feeds
the canares. Possibly she left papers in
her old bureau telling her story
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ROMANCE OF A POCKET PIECE.
1t Is Only Worth Ten Cents, but 1t Cost
It's Possessor 500.


New York Mail and Express
do you see this coin?" INQUIRED real
estate man who has been connected with
the Astor family for years, as he exhibited
dime bearing the date of 1921. 81 do not
think a greenback has been circulated that
could buy that piece from me. With the
exception OF three days it has been in my
possession for just fifty years.
My mother gave il TO me as a pocket
piece half century ago. L have always
regarded 1T as a sort of mascot. You notice
/ carry 1t in this pocket with lot OF other
coins. 1t may surprise you to understand
how manage to keep from spending it in
mistake for an ordinary piece OF silver. Ii
you could not appreciate how fondly 1 have
become attached To ii you might realize how
utterly impossible it would be for me 10
pass IL unawares. L did 1t once, though,
and that little mistake cost me three of the
hardest days work ever put in in my life
In addition TO the anxiety and loss of time /
had 20 pay 500 before i could get Ii back.
1T was during the time that the l.
roads charged 10-cent fares. gave it up in
q moment OF RbsentmIndness, and / made
a tour of b alf dozen hotels at which had
called that day before l struck the right
track. rushed off to the treasurer of the
railroad, told him of my loss, and |
honestly believe he thought me a sure case
for the asylum. II would be like looking
iOE mcclure III nhNStdck, ne said, as TO Try
10 find that coin In the thousands of curious
'wherewithaP collected daily by the COM
pany.
The returns for to-day have been de-
posted in the bank, / believe. though 1t may
be possible that il is retained
That's what the treasurer said 20 me-
"What did | do then?
Il offered reward Of 500 to any of the
treaSureT's assistants who found and re-
turned the pocket charm to me. l then
wen; to the bank with letter from the
treasurer and made the same offer.
The bank refused TO interest itself In
the matter, and there | was in q pretty
pickle. L finally abandoned the hunt as
hopeless, thinking that | was the most I'M
fortunate wretch in the world. for, though
1t may seem incredible. | loved that coin as
dear friend. | went home as mournful as
lone widow from the funeral of her late
husband. Sorrow was turned TO joy the
next morning, when / received commune
cation from the L. treasurer announcing
that the coin had been found. L literally
lew 10 the Office of the company. Sure
enough, there was my old friend. MY de-
light knew no bounds. L gave another dime
for the prOdigal and then drew check on
my bank for the reward. The treasurer
refused to accept it, saying that the search
had been no trouble to him. He gave me
the name of his assistant who had recoy
cred the piece, ana L subsequently sent the
check TO him. IL was promptly returned
with thanks | wrote back saving that |
insisted upon the man accepting the check
1t was then accepted. / have not lost tine
gem since, but II l ever do | will search
high and low for 1t. Ii Is worth only 100
mills to anybody else, but money cannot
story OF the best friend l have on this
earth
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wrenehei Ont of shape.

Joints enlarged and contorted by rheumatism
among the penalties for allowing this obstinate
malady to gain full Roadway. Always is it danger
from its liability to attack the vitals-Invar.
ably is IT agonizng. Hostetter's Stomach Bt.ers
has in nothing more clearly asserted its supremacy
to the ordinary remedies for this alady than In its
power TO expei the rheumatic virus completely
from the blood. 1t is safe, too, while coichieum
veratrum and mineral poisons prescribed for 1T are
not The efficacy OF the Btters as cleanser OF the
circulation is also conspicuously shown where tho
poison OF miasma infects the vital fluid. where
ii IL contaminated with bile. Constipation dys
pepsIa ia grippe" kidney and bladder trouble
nervousness and debility also removed by it,
The ccnvaleseing and the aged and infirm derive
much benefit from Its use. Ii
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years ago when he went to Tientsin "A the
American Consul. where he so ably repre-
sented his Government aud made nu merous
friends both for himself aud his country.
Among the associations OF which Mr.. BrOm-
ley is member is the Masons. and being a
Knight Templar. he took great interest in
the conclave that convened I'm San Fran
cisco several years ago. The local x nights
and their wives compiimented the newly
appointed American Consul by giving him
banquet. just before his departure for
China, which was most pretentious affair
and where the Consul made one of his
famous humorous speeches. Soon after his
return from China. Mr. Bromley had the
misfortune to lose his wife. an estimahle
lady. who had been an invalid for eighteen
years. The seventy-fifth birthday of
uncle George" which transpires shortly.
is to be duly celebrated by the Bohemians
OF which he is an honored member and one
of the foremost when ''low links" is on
hand.
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A H0USEFUL OF CkNARIES.
The Remarkable Character Who Recently
Died at Rockville.
YORK SIM


Years ago queer little old woman
Tudged into the town of Rockville, among
the Connecticut hills. and she easily became
acquainted with few people who pleased
her. She said that her name was Hodpod-
ski-just that and nothing more; but the
Yankee tongue was unable to grapple with
Hodpodski successfully, and her neighbors
called her Mrs. Posse" ever after.
twenty-five years ago Mrs. Posse built
near Nancy l.. keeney's home, on Prospect
street. atiny cottage that was more like
bird-cage than a house, and she filled its
rooms with canarIes that sang all day so
shriliy that the windOw-panes jipgled.
She dwelt alone in her bird-cage, and for
weeks had nothing to d. with other
people. She was extremely odd, they
said. and they let her alone. In the house
everything was kept so clean it glistened.
AT the rear of the house was a little garden
in which she had vegetables and old-fash-
Toned posles. and she tended them faith
fully. Birds are good enough company
for me- she said once to friend
whom she liked; "they don't make no
trouble like folks" There were few peo-
pie In her street she fancied, and she was
fond of doing them kindnesses and helping
them when they were in trouble.
After while people got used to her oddi-
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"UNVI CVIUIOs
inCs. paintings ON wood and on canvas.
Besides, there are models of horses and of
men in uniform, showing us Meissonier in
a new light. that of sculptor.
There are two sketches of the ike and
Amateurs d'Estampes. a series Of Venetian
views and sketch representing the
defense of Paris in 1901. In the center
woman in mourning. drared with a lions
skin, sharpens her sword on the country's
altar. Above her head the national flag,
rent by ball and shell, floats In the wind.
AT the left artillerymen are firing on the
enemy. and on the right the wounded are
borne away. Each figure is an historical
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always provided themselves with thick
glass masks to protect their eyes from flying
pieces OF glass which were most sure to start
OF tonr of the room whenever a drop of
the dangerous stuff was exposed.
Farafay once narrowly escaped death as
result of making an experiment with two
drops of the yellow, oily agent of death
which he had dropped into small silver
thimble prior to making all experiment, aud
at another time had his table ruined and
the glars mask on his face broken into bits
by less than one grain of it. In 1888, as
above limited, DR.. Gattermann of Coffin
gen. germany. succeeded in Analysing the
mysterious compound. 1t is the only
known substance that viii instantly ex-
piooe upon coming in contact with bright
peain or light, whether the beam be from
an electric lamp or the SIM