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A scuIptor's Sitters i.

successful sculptor gets much
amusement out of the sitters whose
busts he molds-especially those of
strong originality. Carlyle. after much
persuasion, was persuaded To sit for
his bust to Sir Ldgar BochIn. the sculp-
tor royal to the English court. iii
give you twenty-five minutes to make
what you can of me-" said he one day,
storming in at the door of Boehm's
studio. lie stood there, watch in hand,
while Sir Edgar manipulated the damp
clay. Scarcely had the minute hand
pointed To the appointed moment for
sitter's departure when the sculptor
pushed his clay aside. But Carlyle
had been drawn on to talk and to for
get; SO insisted upon giving the sculp-
tor another two-and-tweuty minutes.
lie returned to the studio on another
day to be studied at the artists leisure.
Lord Stratford de Rcdcliffc, who so
long ruled at Constantinople as the
British minister, had Il passionate tenn
per. After sitting to Sir Edgar for his
bust, he visited the studio To inspect II.
lie did not like il, and. knitting his
overhanging brows into n great frOwn,
he shouted out: why, you have me
look like a badtempered mani
Youths Companion
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THE EARLY OWL.

An owl once lived in q hollow tree,
And lie was aS wise As wise could be;
The branch OF learning Re didu know
Could scarce on the tree OF knowledge grew:
He knew the tree from branch TO root.
And an owl like that can afford TO hoot
And he hooted-untii. alas one day
lie CHANGED To hear, in a casual way,
An insignificant little bird
Make use OF term he had never heard.
He was flying TO bed in the dawning light
When he heard her singing with all her might:
'Hurray! Murray for the early worm"
Dear me. said the owl, what a singular
term,
would look il up If ii weren't 50 late:
l must rise a dusk to Investigate.
Early 10 bed and early TO rise
Make an owl healthy, ana suealthy and ~isei'
So ne slept like an honest owl I'll day,
And rose in the early twilight gray,
And went 10 worl; in the dus.Sy light
To look FOR the early worm all night.
He searched rhc country for miles around.
but the early worm was not TO be found:
SO he went TO bed in the dawniag light
And looked for the worm" az ,in next night.
And again. and again, ana again. ana again.
He sought and he sought, but AL In vain,
Till he must have looked for year and day
For the early worm in the twilight gray.
Al last in despair he gave up the search
Ani was heard To remark. n slt on his
perch
BY the side OF his nest in the hollow tree:
The thing Is rs plain as night 20 me
Nothing can shake my conviction tirm,
There's no such thing Us the early worm"
Oliver Herrord. in St. Nicholas
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MY CHUM JACK.

! have = chi ~ ihat slick, by rGr.
IN fair or cloudy weather,
And Hh hon from books ana iS-ks I'm free
Nee always seen together.
Whe= my playEafcs give me the shake
a At sit down and gruuhle:
{ cal for Jack, and We two make
\ -Irne Al rOugh-and tumble
Jacl; : not now. and never was
FOR beauty celebrated.
BUt Handsome j. as handsome does,
My copy-boolS once stated.
And though som" folks uIay criticise
My chuHI in form and feature
one !oo}, into his honest ewes
ProclaiIus q faithful creature.
No slave could my commands atteud.
Were ! a sovereign royal.
~ does thls stauIch aud honest friend
This subject true and loyal;
And when We r. rambling Wood and Held
fear no hostile stranger.
For Jack would die before he'd yield
defending me from danger
In pond and stream We swim and wade,
Until my anxious mother
FrOwrs ana declares that she's afraid
Some day wc'll urOEu each other
AHI when nv trou "r~' legs are vel,
And Jacks coat saturated,
Nv father say, when home We get:
Two vAg4GOE1s well mated
Now. do you want 20 seq mv ohums
Just wait Il a .lfu s-cBua:
III whistle Tor him, aBd h-'ll come
Almost before you've Tec,1aacd-
See. here lac j., With Wagging tail
And bark ~ ssluiItioa.
OF al The chums that never fail
4 dog beats all creation,
p 4. E0s-ett iu Golden DAYS
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ABSURD APPEARANCES.
4 Point Where Many show Decided
Lack OF Taste.

Lack OF iaNte.
seldom have men or women the
faculty Of grasping all the details of
their own appearance. Were the
ability to do this less rare we should
not be amused and panied. as the case
may be, by absurd vsgaries in the way
Of dress.
A small. thin man will put on q high
hat under the impression that il makes
him look taller, while in reality IL
only makes him pr esent the appearance
OF pair of scissors under q thin BILE.
A tall, thin woman will wear q hat
in itself becoming. but which. taking
her height and slenderness into the
question. gives her all the appearance
of a church spire.
Her stout sister, who has a round.
broad face, affects headgcar resem-
bling IA turban as closely as the fashion
will permit, an I, in consequence. seems
To lose several inches OF her height.
This principle runs through the ques-
tion OF manner quite as much as that Of
dress.
The elephantine woman adopts the
kittenish ways which are laughable in
one Of her appearance.
The diminutfve man drops his voice
with great exertlon into heavy bass
and assumes a ma aiestic carriage that is
suitable for nothing short of six feet.
But in nothing is this lack Of taste
To call il by no harsher nnme-more
noticeable than in the selection of
songs made by the average amateur
singer.
Imagine a young woman whose gen.
eral appearance indicates the most
robust health beseeching her hearers
To lay her among the daisies" or 4
fragile youth announcing in weak.
piping tenor: Thy sentinel l amr'
such things are never forgotten, and AT
the end of n decade every one Of that
audience, should they meet these per-
formers. will remember the unfortu-
nate evening VIXEN they sang these in
congruous songs and the absurd figure
they cut in doing it.-lankee Blade
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ftEST.


LONGER stretch The shadows,
4 -.Ill!ec i-.lis The Light,
Softly EiT,iS are singing
Nc-isrrs Ior the night
CriCiscts IN the meadow
Z --.r..iGI AVS 81 lose,
F'iIc-Ii!y1 in The distance
Planning high above.
HCrnCward plodS the toiler,
- o-kiGgtiInc i past.
Weary limbs arc aching
.sgs-I.ug comes a LIST
- hum OF Insects
iIliIng all the air,
Sl,,yy SQUADS uut eng
Nectar Tor our care.
Dccrer grows The darkness
l-al,nr'- roar J. dead:
Happy GOW N de INLAND
SIriNtrS for their bread
Brcezos in lhe tr-e-tops
MGrIuur SOlI and los,
SU.:-GG, TINE iS uCCtiug.
Harvest S0oa must 90.
Rosy liI;S Of sunrise
TrraI.iGR eastern sky:
H-Stcu to tny duty,
Heavens rest is nigh.
W \. EuI4t. ia Ohio Farmer
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European Customs.

Women are not permitted |" sit in the
body of the Temple church Of London,
because many hundreds of years ago th''
seats were reserved for the monlIiah
knights. for whom the church was
erected. Another story, illustrating the
tenacity OF custom in European com
munities, Is that of the sentinel AT i
certain point in public garden in
London. Nobody knew why he was
stationed at that particular point until
some one, delving in old records. dis
covered that generations before a sen
tinel had been placed there To warn
people of :. newly-painted bench. Even
European birds seem tenacious of prcce-
dent. Migratory birds do not cross the
Mediterranean at its narrowest point,
but an examination has proved that the
point 1T which many do cross was NJ
one time the narrowest pat of the sea.
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A New T.. for k.nE.ro0s.

new branch OF the morocco busi-
ness in this country has been the tan
ming and preparing 81 kangaroo skins.
some ten years ago kangaroos were
one of the pests of Australia. The Aus
tralians were at their wits end 10 de-
wise ways Of getting rid Of them. They
hunted and shot kangaroos, but two
seemed To spring up where one was
killed. Some bright genius, a. an ex-
pertinent. sent a small consignment OF
skins To this country. They were
tanned. and found n ready market.
More were called for. Kangaroo-skin
became fashionable, and il is said that
the factories of America now use one
million kangaroo-skins yearly. The
price of the skins in Australia has gone
up from twenty five cents TO "A dollar -
pound. -Harper's Young People.
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There is such u difference" said
man on the piazza at a ClarcmDnt tea a
few days ago, lin the way Il woman
mounts or dcScendS from 4 coach or
drag. There is 4 certain skill about il
which comes only from considerable
practice. \ woman in America scarce
ly gets enough experience To acquire
this, bat Iaany American women who
have Goa -hcl a great deal in Europe
show this s-h ooling a. once She should
U.S. only one hand to touch the coach
and The other should rest on the shoul-
der OF the groom or the gentleman who
is assisting her. Above all, she should
show and know no fear. n condition of
confidence that is rarely acquired eN-
cept after many mounts"
He was an old merchant who de-
voted much time to his advertising.
John" said his wife, what do yor
want put on your tombstone? ''oh,
he answered, lit isn't important what
the text is so long as it gets good space
and is well displayed Washington
Star.
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Nova Scotia was discovered by
Cabot, l495. The country was visited
by Nerrazzani, 1924, and was named
Acadia. II was settled in 1922 by the
Scotch under Sir William Alexander, in
the reign of James ]. OF England, from
whom il received the name of Nova
Scotia. Since its first settlement Nova
Scotia has more than once changed
proprictors. and was not confirmed 10
England till the peace Of Utrecht, in
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St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-13
A GREAT DAY.

1t deserves TO be repeated, because it
is noteworthy fact. that the most inter
esting feature OF the Minneapolis con-
vention was the audience. 1t was a
characteristic Western American crowd,
with no stomach for humbuggery, ,chock-
full OF good nature and patience. no
respectors of names or persons, enthu-
SiaStic, keenly appreciative of the COM
ical, careful that everybody should re-
ceive fair play, out to have good time,
aud bound to have it. When Mr.. Nc
kINLEY or Senator WoLCoTT spoke,
they listened quietly except for their
cheers. because, rightly or wrongly,
they felt that they were face to face
with sincerity, the higher seriousness,
and the force of deep feeling. But 1t
was delicious to hear them guy even the
great CHA UNCEV when he undertook to
interpret Mr.. BLAINE'S letter to Gen.
GARFIELD as all Endorsement of the
present administration. They saw in
an instant that this was arrant nonsense
and they howled deIiSiyely, without any
hesitation, SO that the foremost of living
orators might know that they were onto
him. Another beautiful episode was
the WILLIAM HENRY EUSTIS perform
ance. EUsTIs had as many voices as
cat has lives. and when one gave out he
fiShed another up from his belly, or
trousers pocket, or boot legs, and
started over again with renewed vlgOr.
The effort was very absurd, but 1t was
not half as amusing as the behavior OF
the audience. At first they were puZ-
Zled. and every man looked at his neigh
Dor with Il gaze of QuiZZical wonder.
Then suddenly they grasped the situa-
tion and giggled because they had been
fooled. Finally, great. overwhelming
chorus of outlaws swept through the
house as a reward for what was 10
doubt intended for the greatest effort of
its authors life. Neither EUSTIS nor
the Paderewski-haired boy from Wis
c0nSin, nor the taWny-bearded WyO-
ming TancherO has any reason to be
ashamed of himself. They did not de-
ceive anybody. and they were the occa-
sion for lots of fun. When EUSTIS got
through the crowd rose in mass and
shouted for BLAINE through more than
twenty minutes. But this Outburst was
not in response to the artificial and pre-
tentiouS oratorY which had been vol
leyed at them. A gOOd-lOOking woman,
with white umbrella, standing behind
the presiding officers chair, had sig
nailed to them that now was the mo-
ment to do what they could for the man
from Maine. They answered with a
will. Where she led, and as long as
she led they followed. She was Yam
kee girl, and they admired her pluck
and spirit. Their applause was as much
for her as it was for Mr.. BLAINE. She
moved them as no stately periods could.
1t was great day for the country.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-13
"SOUAB POLITICS. q"

On the very day that HARRISON was
nominated the organs of the CLARK
SONS at Des Moines insisted that there
was 10 possibility of the reelection of
the president in November without the
votes of both New York and Indiana.
The claim that he could pull through
without these states the paper Stig-
matized as merely SQUAD politics"
Precisely the meaning of that term is
not given in the political leXicOns, but
the DeS MOines sheet does not believe
that those states arc at all probable to
go to HARRISON. Four years ago In
diana was against him. as shown by
the remarkably accurate poll made
up to the eve of the election. Then
a barrel of small bills was shipped into
the state, and under the direction of the
DUDLEYs was made TO turn the scale
by the meager plurality of 1900. Now
the Australian system is in operation
there, and the Democrats have been
rolling up maiOrities of 10000 or more.
The most intense haters of the Indiana
man at Minneapolis came from his own
state, and they know that they would
net be forgiven in case of his election.
Of course. the Iowa organ will be forced
by its position to count in Indiana and
New York now. but it will be half
hearted work, and its opinions before
the nomination Will be taken as its real
judgment.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-13
COLLEGE SOCIETIES.

Last week very distressing event
occurred at Yale university. AS part
of the initiation ceremonies in junior
society a young man named RUSTIN,
from Omaha, was required TO run along
one of the public streets blindfoIded
and pursued by crowd of upper class
men. He was fast sprinter, got ahead
of his followers. and before they could
warn him had impaled himself on the
pole of a wagon standing by the
roadside. A few hours later he died in
great agony. Nothing can be said to
add to the horror of these facts. They
speak for themse Ives. But the denun-
citation of undergr aduate methods and
the criticism of the university authOri-
ties which have appeared in the
public press because of them seem
to the GLOBE little unfair.
In general, the performances which
in this case resulted so seriously are
innOceht'an harmless enough. Moth
ing is further from the minds of those
who participate in them than to do
any injury, and fatal consequences are
so rare that they cannot be said TO be
dangerous in themselves. A few years
ago similar accident happened in the
midwinter games at the Yale gymna-
stun. A young fellow named OLIVER
DYER, the son of the. editor Of the New
York Ledger. was one of the contest
ants in the middleweight boxing match.
His antagonist at the very outset struck
him perfectly fair blow, but he was
unprepared to receive it, and fell over
under its force. In his descent he
struck his head against some obstruc-
ton, and was carried out to die immedi-
ately afterwards. The college faculty
was petitioned and urged to pre-
vent recurrence of such a catas-
trophe by forbidding the use of boxing
gloves by undergraduates. and it is true
that, had there been such rule at the
time, and had it been enforced, young
DYER would not have been killed. But on
the other hand sparring is manly sport,
and it is seldom that any one is hurt by
it. 1t might just as we'll be argued that
no one should be allowed to skate, OF
swim ar sau boat, or shoot a gnn ha-
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Will REMEMBER THEM

The HARRISON vote on the ballot at
Minneapolis was larger than really ex-
pected by the managers of that side.
The reason was indicated in the earlier
remark of the colored delegate from the
South, who had been Instructed for
HARRISON, but hesitated whether to
vote for him or BLAINE: Il do not
want to get left" 1t was known to the
delegates generally before the vote that
there were enough votes certain TO nom-
mate HARRISON, and this caused the
rush from the South to get Oh his ice
wagon, as Ton REED amended the usual
phrase. Nor were the men who wanted
TO be III on the ground floor. altogether
from the South. They remembered
that HARRISON has shown an alert men,
ory, and knew that if he were elected
again, having nc further use for the
party, he would administer cold COM
fort to those who went on the record
against him. They meant to be on the
winning side. whatever it was. These
jumpers, looking for the things to come,
comprised most of the delegates from
the South. They would have been
found in any other camp that gave them
assurances of success. Their work is
done. They can contribute nothing
toward the success of the ticket. But
they Will have their rewards in the i'm
probable event of HARRIsoN's election.
The fellows who voted against him may
get buttered words, but little else.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-13

retribution. The suggestion was veri-
fied'bl the convention on its first ballot.
Providence has marked out BENJAMIN
SCOTT HARRISON for dose of the
unpleasant medicine which he and his
grandSire. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
administered respectively 10 GROVER
CLEvEIiAND and MARTIN VAN buren,.
Ii is Tor is to be- one of the most striking
instances in history of the workings
of the laws of retribution. The
trite Byr0nic assertion that "time
at last sets all thing even" is here
to be vindicated with grim. and sar-
dOnic completeness. The punishment
not only fits the otfense. but is identical
with it. The HARRISON dynasty is to
furnish a defeated Second-term candl-
date tn join the two over whose van
quished forms it stepped to greatness.
1t is poetic justice, with. a practi-
cal benefit III it for the country.
1t will remove from the country the in
cubus OF Republican party misrule, and
it will give renewed assurance that
there is divinity which shapes poiit-
zeal ends, however rough-hewn they
may be.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-13
MINNEAPOLIS PLATFORM.

On the whole, 1t is most miscellane-
Gus and non-eyplosive platform, intend
ed rather for a defensive than all ag-
gressive campaign.-New York Times.
New York World: The Bland legal
tender, free-inhation note would meet
the requirements Of the Republican res
olution. For it would have the 'pur-
chasing and debt-paying power" of any
other dollar. In trying to placate the
voters of the silver and initiation states
and at the same time not to offend the
friends OF honest money the Republi-
can platform-makers have left their
party liable to fall between two very
wIdely-se parated stools.
1t is inconceivable that the Republi-
can national convention should attempt
SO ludicrouS a solution of the silver
question, except under the fear of los
ing the fifteen electoral votes of the
Rocky mountain mining camps. Prob
ably the Republican leaders anticipate
that the Democratic convention at Chi
cago will go still further III bidding for
silver votes, and that nothing is to be
mine owners of Colorado and Nevada.
There is no doubt much reason for this
hOpe.-Philadelphia Record.
The silver resolution is ''straddle''
in all its features except one. and in
that one it is bad. The resolution re-
quires that ali dollars shall be of equal
goodness, but does not say that they
shall be of equal intrinsic goodness. A
silver dollar that is kept good by treas
ury redemption. although worth only
67 cents by the crucible tests, answers
all the requirements of the resolution.
But the unmistakably bad feature of
the resolution is that which seeks to
forbid presidential veto of any silver
bill that congress may pasS.-New York
Evening Post.
The resolution asking that the
Nicaragua canal be built under gov
ernment control is a weakness iIi
the platform. The giving OF ma
tional aspect to the enterprise would
be fiagrant mistake in view of
the evidence of jobbery in the immense
amount of money desired by the pro-
m0ters over and above the expert engi-
neerS' estimate of its cost. This canal
is essentially matter for private enter
prise. and the Republican party would
have done far more wisely if for this
resolution it had substituted one de-
manding the prompt and unceasing i'm
proyement of internal Waterways
PittSburg Dispatch.
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human life. So without palliatng at all
the unhappy features of this latest ac-
edent, tlte GLOBE is inclined to believe
that the abolition of college secret So
cietieS is not demanded in consequence
of it. They are, Oh the whole, pleasant
institutions, much enjoyed by their
members, and the source of many de-
lightful friendships and experiences.
Untimely deaths of young men will
continue to take place from time to
time, whether they exist or not, because
young men from their temperament will
take chances which now aud then turn
ont to be very serious in their nature.