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Let us look now at some OF the multitudin-
GUS Examples Of men OF genius who, through
out their lives, or at some period OF them.
have been subject to hallucinations or insanity.
Aside from the instances which are examined
by the author in detail. and to which We shall
refer. he prints a list OF men Of genius In whom
insanity has shown itself In recent timos Tho
list includes Farini. Brougham. SOuthey.
Govone. Gounod. Gutzkow. Monge. Fourcroy.
Cowper Rocchia. Ricci. Feniciu. EnGel. Pergo-
lese. Batjusckoff. Marger. william Collins.
Techner H0lderen. Won der West, Gallo.
Spedslieri. Bellingsri. Salieri. Johannes Mol
Ter. Lenz. Barbara. Fuseli. Petermann. the
carioatunst Cham. Poo. aud Uhlrich. Among
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No, Evea . Drop for His s,o~aeh'. sake.
From he Phiiad,'yhia Pr,.'

Tho late Bishop Doane, q New Jersey was
board was lined with brandy. wine. Hc., On
one occasion the Rev. Mr.. Perkins Of the Sons
pouring out glass OF vino. desired him 10
drink with him.
Cant do 4. Bishop. Wine is a mocker."
NO. Strong drink is raging"
by this ime the bishop. hecnming excited.
remarked TO Mr. Perkins. You'll pass the de-
canter to the gentleman next to you"
mo, Bishop. can't do thnt. Woe unto him
that putteth tue bottle to his neighbVss ups,"
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effect said varro: "7ristes Philosophi ct sere,i'
Even the impossible Goethe confessed that
every increase OF knowledge was an increase
OF sorrow. and that In oil his life he could not
recall more than four pleasant week s.
Tho list OF grent men who have committed
suicide is almost endless 1t opens with
the names Of Zeno. HeGesippus. Cleanthes.
Lucretius. Lucan, and reaches to Chattcrton,
Give. Crsech, Blount. Hayden. and David.
Domenichlno was FED to commit suicide bytho
contempt OF rival; Spagnoletto by the
abduction OF his daughter: Nourit bv the
success OF Dupre: Gros could not survive
thedecadence OF his genius. Chateaubrian,l.
Cowper. Rousseau. and Lamartine on several
occasions nearly put an end to their lives.
Burns wrote that his constitution had from
the outset been blasted with deep. incurable
taint Of melanchola which poisoned his ex-
istence. Schiller passed through n period OF
melancholy which caused him to be suspected
OF insanity. Dupuytren thought of suicide
even when he had reached tho acme Of his
fame. Cavour was only saved from suicide BY
devoted friends: he twice attempted to kill
himself. Lessmann. the humorous writer,
hanged himself In 1888 during an attack OF
melancholia. SO died also the composer Of
" Masaniello." Fischer. Romilly, Hugh Miller.
Provost -Paradol Kleist. who died with his mis-.
tTesS. auu MrJlullt. VIII uToWHeu nlmSelf Win
his daughter. 9.
Rossini. in 1S4s. because he had paid littlo
too much for house. became really insane
and took it into his head that he was reduced
to extreme penury so that lie must beg. Tho
great painter Van Leyden believed himself
poisoned and during his latter years never
rose from his bed Mozart was convinced that
the Italians wished to poison him. Moliere
had numerous attacks Of melanchoia. Vol
taire was hypochondriacal. Tho poet Gray
was OF a gloomy and extremely reserved char
acter. Zimmerman was afraid sometimes Of
dying Of hunger. sometimes OF being ar
rested: he actually died OF voluntary star
vation. the result OF fixed idcn that
he had no money to pay for food.
Chopin. during the last years of his lifo. was
beset by a melancholy which went as far as
insanity. Ono day George Sand and her son.
being late in returning from walk. Chopin
hogan to imagine and finally believed that
they were dead; then he saw himself dead.
drowned in q lake. and drops Of frozen water
fell upon his breast. They were simply drops
ofrain falling on him from roof. but he could
not be made to believe this even when George
Sand pointed it out. j. S. Mill was seized dur
ing the autumn OF 1926 with an attack of in
sanity. which he has himself described.
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The present blographer OF Elizabeth is far
from considering her an admirable type OF
womanhood and even among female sovsr-
eigns he would incline to place Isabella OF
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In Iombroso's opinion. this diseased apathy.
this incapacity for sympathy. which furnishes
genius with breastplate against many as
saults. explains how 1t happens that n remark
able longevity is exhibited by men of genius
in spite OF their hyper9sthesla in other direc.
tions. Ho has noted this capacity for long life
in 134 cases out OF 144. Hippocrates. for in
stance. died at l03 Sophocles. Humboldt. Fon-
tenelle. Brougham. Xenophon. Cato the Elder.
Michel Angelo. Petrarch. -Bettineli. died at
90: Passeroni. Auber. Manzoni. Xavier de
Maistre at 30; Hobbies at 81: Dandolo at 81 /:
Titan Mt 90: Cassidorus and Mile. Scuddry
at o.; Viennet and Dlogenes at 81: yoltaire.
Franklin. Watt. John OF Bologna. Vincent de
Paul, Baroccio Young. Talleyrand. Raspail,
Grimm. Herschel. Metastasio at "a: Victor
Hugo. Donatello. Goethe. Wellington at 81;
Nngarcli. Metternich. Theodore do Beza.
Lsmarck HALEY at 50; Bentham, Newton. st.
Bernard de Menthon. Bodmer. Luini. scarpu.
Bonpland. Chiabrera. Carafa, Goldoni at
81: Theirs. Kant. Maffei. Amyot. Vile
main. Wieland. Littr6 at 80; Anacreon,
Mercatori viviani Button. Palmerston. Casti.
]. Bernouilli. Plnei at ~; Galileo. Euler.
Schegel. Beranger. Louis XIV. Corneile.
Cesarotti at 7s: Herodotus. Rossini Cardan.
Michclet Boileau. Garibaldi. Archimedes. Pal
siello. saint Augustine at rs; Tacitus and l
Disraeli ut rs: Perieles at 20; Thucydides ut
ts. On the other hand. Lombroso enumerates
ton great pen Of genius who died before the
sge ot ". VIZ: Asphsel Pico de IA Mrsndola.
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or course in any life OF Elizabeth one hears q
good deal about Mary. Queen Of Scots Mr..
Rcssiy dismiases as unworthy OF belief the
charge Of adultery with Rizzio. who was
about &oubie bsr age. and he considers that
the loss Of suoh an adviser as the Italian
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-06-15

Never use turpentine to take the pain
or your hands, but always use kerosene.
said a pretty and energetic fady who pile.
the brush most vigorously albeit in :
very u.ilitc'ian fashion PAINTING r..
boats '.0ing ali ;hr necesy..l, ~, lola
rerovatioos. ami no. uisdaining even tc
varnish her own village cart when II
needs 1t. "Turpentine roughens the hands
excessively" she continued, but kero-
sene, on the contrary keeps them beauti-
fully soft and white. For your brushes
you should always keep II small keg of the
oil ready, and pat them in it directly.
until you are ready to wash them. II
quite ruins your brushes to let them get
dry with the paint on New York Trib-
une
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-06-15
THREE eENERSIoN8 OF FLlRTEgs.

your guantanamo, Of golden locks,
hlrted with through sun and shade.
tlrted with your mother, dear,
In many moonlight masquerade;
And now you're sitting by my side
Win gauzy tresses waving wide,
winsome maid
The flying summers have not wooed
dlmple from that bright young brow,
But when net your mother first
She smiled as your are smiling now.
Lake yours the form, the face as fair,
Vowed to keep her lock Of hair
And kept the vow.
One hand held-a captive small
In mute reYolt-was mine misplaced
Perhaps observe, say "perhaps'0
1t girdled some ones fairy waist
Such complications, It's averred,
Might chance nay, don't be vexed
| erred
In point of taste,
only meant to "illustrate,"
Or, as ii were, rehearse the scene
Which fancy, lingering on the past,
Recalls with you, my dainty queen :.
All, yes! time changes, as you'd say
Blanched boards should not be- quite SO
gay,
But hearts are charmed from growing gray
With Sweet Sixteen.
II. Cholmondeley-pen in Temple Bar.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-06-15

At Stonhan, Colo. n station on the Chey.
enne branch Of the Burlington, there is a
straight track of eight miles. where trains
meet half way for the side track II took
some new engineers long time to get used
to It, for at first they would slow up their
trains long before they were near the on
coming trains, which at first seemed 80
near.-Denver News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-19
DECREASE OF DRUNKENNESS.

Statistics Showing n Failing on In the
Consumption of Ardent spirits.
The statistical abstract Of the United
States for the last fiscal year shows a
consumption of SO, 100, $50 gallons of
ardent spirits in 1878 against OIL. 157, 56s
in the year 1891. But the population in
1873 was about ~, 900, 900, and in 1891 il
was near $4,000. 900. The government
statistician gives the per capita con-
sumption of this class Of intoxicants az
l.5o in 1878, and at LA gallons in 1891.
This Is not great decrease, but it is =
decrease.
In the same period the consumption
of wines was more than doubled, it be.
ing IL, es4. e6l gallons in 1873. and 29.-
600, 900 in 1890, of which $4,000, 900 were
of domestic manufacture. The use Of
imported wines has undergone consid.
cradle decrease, the importations being
rather more than 1000, 1000 gallons
when the population stood at about a.
600, 900, and only a little more than 81
900, 900 now that the population is con-
siderably in excess of 81, 600, 900.
But the consumption of ale, beer and
other malt liquors has progressed by
leaps and bounds, it being 294, 95S, 1877
gallons in 1878, and OF, 479, 76l in 1891.
This comes very near to being billion.
In 1873 the per capita consumption Of
malt liquors was OIL gallons, and in
1891 it was 1928.
To resume, the per capita CONSUME
ton of ardent spirits, the most danger
Gus form Of intoxicants, has slightly
decreased in sixteen years of our his
tory. That of wine, which in its do
nestle form is rather stimulant than
an intoxicant, has increased. though
very slightly. That of malt liquors.
principally beer, has increased vastly.
-Cbicauo Intcr Ocean
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-19
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
ONLY A GLASS OF WINE.

Only glass of wine, sparkling, rosy and bright;
Only glass OF wine, shimmering in the light;
Only glass OF wine, held in dainty hand;
Only smoudering fire swift to flames IN
famed
Only glass OF wine, raise It high In the air.
Scan its ruby depths, smile in the face so fair;
List while the glasses click. gaze in the tender
eyes;
Watch while the glowing wine spreads his car
mine dyes.
Merrily laugh and jest quick the wine glass
drain;
How the liquid fire flies to heart and brain.
Whisper tender word, touch her lips with
thine.
But-this is not love, only glass OF wine.
Only ruined life, only broken heart:
Only wound so deep twill never cease to
smart;
Only drunkard's grave. only a mothers tears
Tell the story now, mark the wasted years.
Only glass OF wine, tits but q trhing thing,
Yet in its limpid glow turks the serpent's sting;
Only glass OF wine, only merry hour
Only cup OF rue, only a trampled flower
Only the first false step, only woman's smile:
Only the folly OF youth, idle hours beguile;
Only this, no more. yet we peace resign
When we yield to the spell of only glass OF
wine
-Cornela wessen Boydeu, in Good Housekeep.
ing
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ators reason, but the members Of the
less august body do not see it in that
light.
When an appropriation bill passes
the house its friends are jubilant, taking
great credit to themselves for obtaining
this result and debating long accounts,
generally remarkable for the frequency
OF the pronoun 81" to the various
newspaper men, who are expected to
puff them in the papers which they
represent. But the bill is even vet far
from being law. 1t must run the
gauntlet of the senate and be subjected
to many amendments which the sem
ators in their alleged superior judg.
ment are always ready to make. In the
present congress, where a majority of
the members of the senate and house
are of opposite political creeds, every
important bill is changed and modified
from its original form.
When the clerk of the house brings
the enrolled bill over to the senate. and
announces that the house has passed it,
the measure is referred to the senate
committee on appropriations for their
action. In this committee it is subject
to the same delay as in the correspond.
ing committee of the house. When,
however, its order is reached, the com.
mittee takes it up, goes carefully over
every item, hears testimony from inter
ested parties, and finally makes its re-
port, which is usually amendatory OF
the bill; whereupon by unanimous con.
sent it is generally taken up for imme-
date consideration, instead of lying at
the foot Of the calendar behind all OF
the unimportant bills. The considcra.
ton of each appropriation bill in the
greatest deliberative body on earth
usually takes several days, and some
times weeks. Each item and amend.
mcnt must be read and explained by
Chairman Allison just as though it were
separate bill One by one these
amendments are gone over, some being
rejected and others retained, until the
entire bill has been overhauled. OF
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-19
WASH!NGTON'S CLOTHES.
A Letter to His Tailor Gives some Of H.
Measurements.

measurements.
The gentleman who brought forward
the following communication had no,
only the original letter in his posses.
sion, but was also the <owner of the
measure, composed of stiff paper care
fully sewn together, and with the marks
written upon 1t in the generals hand.
writing. 1t was sent to the tailor
through Washington's agent, presum-
ably Cary & Co, merchants" 1t is
aotable for the same exactitude and
precision as the more important matters
which the general had connection with.
and it is inculculable as giving the abso.
ute condition of his physique in the
gear of its date;
VIRGINIA, 18th April, I7eS-Mr Lawrence:
Sc pleased to send me gcnteele suite Of cloaths.
made OF supernne broad cloth, handsomely
chosen should have incloscd YOU my meas.
are, but, in general way, they are so badly
Caken here, that am convinced it would be of
title service; would have you, therefore, take
measure Of gentleman who wears well made
cloaths OF the following size, towit Six feet
high, and proportionabiy made; II anything
rather slender than thick for a person OF that
Eighth, with pretty long arms and thighs Yoa
will take care to make the brooches longer than
those yousent me last, and would have you
keep the measure OF the cloaths yoa now MAKE
by you, and II any alteration is required in M
next it shall be pointed out. Mr. Cary viii
pay your bill ! am, sir, your very obciieEt,
humble servant GEORGE WASHINGTON.
"Note-For your further government and
knowledge o; my size, have sent the inclosed,
and You must observe Vt from We coat end %
No. and No 3 is We size over We breast and
We hips. No ,, over the belly and No iround
We arm, and from We brooches end. To No a. IS
for waist band: b, thick OF the hip; C. upper
button hole; d. knee band: e, for length %
breeches
Therefore, il You take measure Of person
about 6 feet high Of this bigness, ! think You
can't go amiss you must take notice that the
fnclosed IS the exact size, withou, any allow
anee for scans, &c
GEORGE WASHISGroN
80 Mr. Charles Lawrcpce.
"Tay or, il old Fish street London"
As Washington was thirtv-one in
.165, his height as he states it, viz, six
feet, Is apparently at variance with the
popular belief that ne was six feet two
inches; but it may be that some pecu-
liarity. either OF his length of limb or
his body. caused him to tell his tailor to
measure a gentleman OF only six feet
assured that by some slight difference
on his part from other men. he may
have exactly the corrected difference.
He was so correct in all his directions
that this Seerss the only calculation of
the discrepancy. -Sartorial Art Jour
nal.
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course, this gives unlimited opportu.
mites for speech making by senators
whose interests lie with the ad option or
rejection of some item or amendment.
Upon the question of the final passage
of the bill, the vote of every senator is
recorded upon the journal so that their
constituents and the country at large
may know exactly how they stand on
the question of government expendi.
lures. After the bill has passed the
senate it is taken to the house, which is
informed that the senate has added GER
tain amendments TO their original meas
ure. Then a committee of conference
on the disagreeing votes of the
two houses is appointed by the speaker
and the vice president. The committee
consists of three senators and three
representatives. These committees
usually meet in the room of the senate
committee on appropriations, and if the
walls of that handsome apartment
could speak they would have many in
terasting tales TO relate. The first day
OF two no conclusions are arrived at,
neither side being willing to yield an
item. After awhile, however as the
days of the session draw to a close, they
begin to show signs of coming to an
amicable settlement and generally
agree upon a course of action that will
be satisfactory to their respective houses.
Occasionally, however, neither side
shows the slightest inclination of a COM
promise and after reasonable length
Of time this fact is reported in the sem
ate and house. Then a new conference
is ordered, and the bill is finally agreed
upon.
This year the work of passing appropri-
alton bills has been so delayed that it
was found necessary to pass joint reso-
luton extending the appropriations of
the past year. Otherwise the govern
ment would have been in bad fix, the
fiscal year having expired June 30,
leaving no money available in the
treasury without congressional action.
Considering the number of amend
ments to appropriation bills which
come from the senate, it is wonderful
how few mistakes are made in the en-
rollment of them. There are sometimes
as many as nine hundred amendments
and each must be numbered and put in
its correct place. Once in great while
mistake is made. Several years age
when the legislative, executive and
judicial bill came back from tie senate
with many amendments tackled IN to it,
the enrolling clerk of the house neg
lected to put in certain figures connected
with an amendment The consequence
was that prominent government Off
cial found that the title of his Office APP
peared in the bill, but that no money
appeared to be appropriated for the ex.
pense OF that office. He had to wait
until the next fiscal year for his salary
But such mistakes are rare, and when ii
is understood that the enrolling clerk
of the house has the work Of fixing ur
all the appropriation bills Ia rule pro
viding that all bills shall be enrolled In
the house from whence they originated
it is rather surprising that more mis-.
takes do not occur. The aggregate APP
preparations for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1893, are, in roind numbers
$500, 100000. There are over sixtce..
thousand items in these bills.
SMITH d. FRY.
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sion and consideration. Over the pas.
sage of some Of them, however, there
Is occasionally bitter fight; notably
on the river and harbor, Legislative, and
post office bills. When the river and
harbor bill comes up for consideration,
there are always some members who
want large appropriations for improve
ments on comparatively unimportant
streams in their sections. This of
course, necessitates more or less argu-
ment and great deal of time is lost in
this manner. 1t is the same way with
the post Office Appropriation bill Some
member from the rural districts wants
the privileges of free delivery of mails
extended to its constituency, and argues
the point at length.
Bitter warfare is always raging
between the members of the SEN
ate and house over the provisions
of the legislative, executive and
judicial bill. One of the principal
items of disagreement is the appropria-
ton for the salaries of the clerks of
senator's. The members of that very
select body assert their right to private
secretaries, to be paid out Of the
revenues of the government. The rep
rescntatives at the other end of the
capitol, while not denying that their
senatorial colleagues should be provided
with secretaries, insist that they should
also enjoy the same privilege. AS there
are over three hundred members Of the
lower house, and as their clerks would
each receive six dollars a dav, that pro
vision would be a rather costly piece OF
legislation, especially in long session.
of congress This V the way the sen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-08-19
DREW THE LINE AT THE SALOON.
The Parsons Conscience Placed a seem
ingly successful Campaign In Jeopardy.

The Parsons Conscience Placed a seem
ingly successful Campaign In Jeopardy.
In the church social, pulpit and era nd
Army post Parson Chase will be all
right campaigning. There he need fear
no pitfalls or embarrassmcnts attend
ing seeming discourtcsy in refusing to
respond TO invitations of friends. The
Lord will care for him then. but it is
when he takes shy with the boys that
dangers will surround him. An in
stance OF this kind was related the
other day. The governor fell in with a
half dozen COMRADES, one of whom was
boss of the jag that had possession of
the crowd. First one and then the
other insisted on the parson drinking
10 success, but the parson refused
But you can take a settler, COVER
nor" said a comrade.
mo, thank you; dor 'tdrink seltzer,"
replied Comrade Ira j.
Take cigar then"
"But don't smoke
Take it to Blu Roberts"
"But he does not smoke" said the
parson, sliding away.
well, If yoa don't drink or smoke
will you please name your favorite vice
and we will get it for you"
'tientlemen," said the parson mourn
fully, Il am preacher of the gospel as
governor. AMI while not perfect in the
eyes of the Lord and BIN Roberts,
cannot stretch my conscience any more
than have done in running for Office
On free whisky platform. must
iraw the line on being seen in "A sa-
loon. indianapolis Sentinel
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Of drink, on the ~csy day on which he
was to have been married and in front
of his brides house, was guilty of such
monstrous behavior that the marriage
was broken off and the Acquaintance
ended.
II was in a kindred form of sensual
slavery that Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
the father of Hartley, and Thomas de
Quincy, 1.-The opium eater" were long
entangled, though happily it did not
altogether destroy their powers. But
there is hardly any department of cul-
ture in which the record of some man
of genius who might have left a splen.
aid name and done splendid service to
humanity has not been dimmed by the
fatal words: destroyed by drink. ~
Prof Rlaikie