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The National tribune., 1892-07-21
He Had More Patience Than Most Men.

The London Netrs gives this interesting ver-
sion of Henrik Ibsen's courtship: When he fell
In love with the beautiful daughter of Pastor
Ihoresen how to make known the fact 10 her
troubled him for weeks. At last he resolved to
write to her. He would come and fetch his
answer the same afternoon at D. Did the lady
accept him she would be at home"; otherwise
not. At 3 o'clock ne presented himself, and
the maid asked him to go into the best room.
lie was very hopeful. and was glad to have
time to collect himself before he met the lady.
But when he had waited half an hour awful
doubts began TO assa.l him. After an hour had
passed he imagined the letter had not reached
the young lady. some fatal mistake was max
Ing fool Of him. Still he waited ON. After
two honrs he began to be ashamed of himself.
She would learn that he had sat two hours in
that deserted house and would laugh at him.
AT last he jumped up in rage and ran to the
door. Ho was opening it when loud peal of
laughter arrested him. He turned and saw the
isir head of his adored emerge from under the
sofa. Her mouth was Laughing, but her eyes
were filled with tears. "Oh, you dear. good
fellow, to wait all this while," she said. az
wanted to see how many minutes lovers pa
tlence lasts. How hard the floor isl Now help
me to get oat, and then we will talk" In less
than week the marriage was arranged.
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
Driving Two Kings.

ldTpSTS IOtng Henl5e.!
The King OF Denmark and his second SON.
the King of Greece, were out for a walk last
Summer, and went farther than they had in
tended; dinner-time was close at hand, and
they were tired. Just in the nick of time up
came cart driven by an old peasant. They
hailed the man, asked him to give them lift,
and were soon seated upon some sacks in the
cart
In reply to King Christians inquiry, the
man said he was going to the Castle Of Fre-
densborg to try and sell the two bags of carrots
upon which they were sitting. After pause
the King of Greece asked the man, do you
know us?" to which the peasant made answer:
How should /? have never seen you"
well" said King George, 81 will tell you,
so that you may know in future. You are
driving the King of Denmark and the King Of
Greece"
The peasant roared with laughter at what he
considered TO be good joke, and, not to be
behindhand, proclaimed himself to be Freder-
lex VII. who had been dead some years.
The man laughed and chuckled at the Joke
until the castle was in sight, the two monarchs
sitting silent in the cart; but when the SOL
diers on guard saluted the Kings and paid the
usual honors, the scene changed. The two
however, thanked him cordially for
the ride, and 10 minutes afterwards the man
was on his way back, his two sacks of carrots
having been purchased at a most unexpected
price.
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
A Practical Joking Rtrd

The blue jay" says bird sharp, "is the
most persistent practical joker in the fcathcred
Kingdom. He will conceal himself in a clumu
OF leaves near the spot where small birds are
accustomed to gather, and when they arc en-
joying themselves in their own fashion. will
suddenly frighten them almost to death by
screaming out like a hawk OF course thew
scatter in every direction, and when they do SO
the mischievons rascal gives vent to a cackIe
that sounds very much like a laugh. If he
confined his pranks to such jokes rs this, how.
ever, he would not be such bad neighbor to
birds smaller than himself, but when he amuses
himself by breaking the eggs in their nests
and tearing the young to pieces will, his bill
he becomes pestilent nuisance and they often
combine their forces to drive him out of the
neiehborhood. They do not always succeed,
for hc is as full Of fight as of mischief. but
severe conflict teaches him that they too have
their rights, and this induces him to mend his
manners"
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and hands being set in place. you have q
ghostly sight indeed. No creature was over 30
pale as this one. That same genius wLo a
short time ago copied eyes aud skin must now
restore them on the countenance and skin of
the new cresture. Even the wig maker should
be no fool, or there will be the mischief 10 nav,
These two artists the portrait painter and the
wig-maker. have it in their power 10 give sue
cess or failure TO the whole enterprise.
So they are usually paid by the day and
compelled 10 keep at it until the proper effects
are attained. Few persons realize how easy it
Is 10 render an object of this class ridiculous by
just little bit Of color or by the pose of wig.
The last one TO lay hands on the new crea
tion is the costnmer. who must inspect every
part Of the dress and wig and color. Mrs.
Grundy is his perpetual enemy. She is forever
saying, Don't you see that those trowsers arc
wrong side out, or the dagger is On the wrong
side, or toe tnrban is around the waist or the
mecicine-bag Is mistaken for q tobacco. pouch.
or tie child's head is resting on shrine in.
stead of pillowf
This is al! right, for it keeps his wits shar-
rened. She may be continually wrong; all
tne same he is ever on the gui rire for her.
sae caught him only short time ago mapping
at the National Museum. sending man out 70
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
How 1t Feels to Fall a Mile.

Delos E. Goldsmith, the only survivor OF
those who assembled in the iil-fated balloon Mt
Boston on the Fourth of July, is % years old,
fond OF athletics, and is an expert yachtman
aud swimmer. He went up as newspaper re-
porter, intending to write up his sensations.
He told the story of the trip as he lay on a
cot in the hospital after the terrible fall of over
a mile, as he is still suffering from nervous
shock. He said:
When the balloon rose in the air the sun
was declining and the scene from the car was
beautiful. We all anticipated an enjoyable
trip. AT first it seemed as ii the balloon wond
take a westerly course but strong wind from
the west suddenly arose and swept it toward
South Boston. It was soon evident that VIC
were heading for the harbor. II was then
that Prof Rogers said that we would land or
Thompson's Island. To fail Of this we ali
knew meant to be carried to sea- The Profes-
sor seemed to realize this and became trife
nervous.
He pulled the escape valve cord. but it re-
fused to work. 1t now became question Of
life or death. Again and again lie pulled.
For moment the hinge mass shook aud quiy-
cred. Soon our position became ancnmfor.a-
bic because of the odor of the gas. TO miti-
gate this the hold on the cord was relaxed. To
our amazement the valve refused to close.
Suddenly noise overhead caused US to look
up. There was small rent in the balloon,
which, as the gas escaped, Increased to yard.
At first slowly, then like an arrow the balloon
descended.
In this awful descent 1t occurred to me
that two carrier pigeons were in the bottom of
the car. With one wrench / pulled the cover
from the cage. and they wcre free. A moment
later we struck the water. 1t seemed as if /
went 10 feet below tie surface. / knew we
would have to swim, and before we struck the
water had thrown my coat away. had not
time to remove my shoes, but willie in the
water 1 lay on my back and removed them.
Then / became tangled up in the netting.
When We came up wriggled free and jumped
out of the basket. The land seemed far away,
though / am told it was only 500 yards. All
this time heard Prof Rogers behind me and
supposed he, too, was swimming for the shore.
i felt sick at the stomach as swan, from the
effects Of breathing the gas. and If l had not
been picked up quick would have given out.
Whether Prof. Rogers died from the effects
Of the gas or from his fall / don't know. He
was near me all the timc until he sank in my
wake"
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| "I don't like it." said Jarvis refectiveIy.
| "She is as beautiful and bewitcbing as you
painted her, and more so. I'd rather lie right
down at her feet and surrender"
"And be laughed at for your pains? No,
my dear boy. do just as / tell you. and the
most captivating of girls is yours. Watch her
| for day or two, and you'll agree with me that
| my plan is the only one that can succeed"
| Jarvis watched her. He saw her deliberately
draw young Forrest Burney into proposal
and then treat him with a measureless con-
tempt that sent the young fellow away heart
! broken. If Jarvis had not been let into the
secret of Florence's lack of faith in men he
| would have called her heartless. As it was, he
| understood that her heart was exceedingly
| active and was feeding on its own fires. He
decided that Mrs. Soden's plan of campaign
was wise one.
"Set thief to catch a thief" he mused
at isn't fair. Mrs. Chasby Soden is an old
| campaigner. She's up to every move on
the board. Pity that daughter Of hers, my
estimable cousin, isn't man. The mater
would have had her married long ago. But
the Craven girl has got the whole field to her
self, and now that we're alone, Jarvis, we may
as well admit that she deserves it. She's the
first girl I've ever seen that I'd like to own.
And I'm going to do it."
The next day Jarvis Murray treated Florence
Craven with deliberate indifference all day.
He took the trouble to keep within sound of
her voice and sight of her eyes, so as to let her
see that he was Indifferent She tried several
times to draw him into conversation but he
answered in monosyllables and turned to speak
to another girl. That night one Of the full
dress hops took place. Right in the middle of
it Jarvis Murray shouldered his way through
the crowd of moths around Florence and said:
1.-The next is our waltz believe"
You can't put the assurance of his manner
on paper.
az think not" she said.
You are mistaken" he replied, lifting her
dance card. The dance was not taken. He
calmly wrote his name, and showed it to her.
3" You see it is my dance"
At that moment the music began, and before
Florence could recover her breath he had her
floating over the floor.
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Mr.. Murray" she said angrily, "your inn
| pudence -
My what?" he asked, looking intently
into her eyes.
He knew how to look very hard. He had
| once looked mutiny out of countenance
Your impudence." she began again, but he
interrupted her.
man would dare anything for you" he
said. Her face flushed and her eyes sparkled.
Jarvis Murray waltzed like a feather weight
angel. He did not say another word to her till
the end of the dance Then he said:
Have you another dance left?"
She had She had been saving it for pur-
pose; not this purpose, but she thought now
she would let the other one 60 Do you know
what Jarvis did? He put his name down for
that dance and went upstairs to bed. She did
not see him till the next day. She was weak
enough to take him to task for not appearing
to claim his dance. He told her no was sorry
she had missed him, and assured her it should
never occur again. That made her SO angry
she would not speak to him again. Then Jar
Wis Murray turned his attention to making
himself agreeable to the ladies'. Ie knew how
to do it, too. He had two dozen ideas in as
many seconds, aud everyone of his ideas was
fruitful in pleasure to the women. All sought
Florence, of course. she wouldn't speak to
him, SO she was left out of his plans She sat
around tho hotel all the afternoon with thres
her to the best of their ability, whila the other
girls went out sailing with Murray and had
glorious time. Somehow or other her fsyorite
sport palled on her that afternoon, and, of
course. she blamed it all on Murray He met
her face to face in the corridor as she was
going to her room to dress for dinner She was
going to pass him in dignifed silence. but i,e
stopped and held out his hand
Wont you forgive me?" he said, looking
hard at her.
When he looked like that you would have
thought that his soul was leaking out of his
eyes
Since you are SO humble" she said, "I
will; but think you were very rude"
So do /, he said, touching his lips to the
tips of her fingers with manner almost reyer-
entail.
He passed on. leaving her fustered and
elated. The man had acted as if he thought
her female deity. After that he went on all
the evening making things pleasant for all the |
other girls and leaving her out. 1t was enough |
to exasperate saint. Florence was not a saint. |
and when she retired to her room for the night |
she was about as thoroughly vexed woman as |
ever lived. She actually broke down and had |
q good old-fashioned cry.
:" I'll fix him." she said. "Pllnot allow him |
to treat me in that style. The first attempt he |
makes at impudence tomorrow ends our ac-
Quaintance"
Da' oi s"o "orfow no was nOt Impuuent.
That was because he had carefully observed her
face when she left the drawing. room the pre-
yious night. No. he was anything but impu-
lent. lie devoted himself to her for the whole |
lay. He never left her side. Bathing and
sailing and driying-he was with her in them
Ill. and no woman could have asked for moro
respectful. yet tender. attention.
"Vanquished at last" exclaimed Florence
when she had gained the seclu.
ion OF her apartment that night
But he refused to stay yanquished. The next
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daughter she astonished that damp-powde
young lady with a spontaneous kiss.
That night Florence Craven made dis
covery. She discovered that she was anxious
She called it Interested" But she was anxi
Gus to know what Murray meant. Up to th
present time she had been unable to tell Th
| man was a puzzle to her and she wished t.
solve him. The question was, how was it to b,
| done? Sometimes she thought he loved her
| When he looked at her with the soul-leakins
look she could have sworn il. But she remem
bered that she had no faith in men. So why
should she believe in him? But still she'd
| like to know. She decided that the only plan
was to do something desperate.
| The next day she went in bathing just
as everyone else was going out. Murray stood
on the end of the pier and watched her dive
] Oft. She was an expert swimmer. She swan
straight out from the shore, anu when she was
| ID Or so yards from the end OF the pier turned
| over On her back and foated like nymph.
Murray started to walk away. Then she threw
up her arms. uttered scream, and went down.
or course Murray bit. He wasn't going to
stand by and see her drown. He must have
cleared 20 feet in his flying dive off the pier.
He WAS at her side in q few seconds
''i'm all right now" she said, painting. "It
was just Nomentary cramp."
YOU'RE not all right, and you're coming
ashore with me. F!ost"
She foated. and with one arm under her he
swatn toward the pier with her.
What made you jump in after me?" she
said.
"Do you think I'd SOS anything happen to
you while the breath of life was in my nos
trils?"
A great thrill of joy swept through Florence.
1t was the first time great thrill of Joy had
been caused in her By man since the era of
tall. handsome, strong. ct ee:era. She did not
iLay Ans nr6 ~. t. r. L
She escaped from him US soon as possible when
she reached the shore. That night Mrs Chasby
Soden played her right bower. She watched
until she saw Florence sitting on the veranda
just outside the window. Then she went up
to one of the old Mons, who was sitting just
inside the same window. and said:
Do yOu know / do believe that Jarvis has
and he was holding her hand and talking pas.
sionately to her. stole away. aud they didn't
see me-"
Florence did not know just how she got out
OF her chair but she was some distance away
from that window when she recovered her self
control. Then she stood still aud cIasped her
hands. Great Heaven! Why did she feel that
whether Jarvis Murray proposed to Nellie So
den or not. At that momont the miscreant
came to her.
I've been looking for you," he said.
/ don't believe yoa," aae answered.
He calmly took possession of her arm and |
walked away with it. Size tried to free her |
self.
Don't be riiicu!ous." he said
81 won't stand it," she exciaimed. "You |
are insuaersbiy iupudsns You treat me as if |
we're yoas property"
After putting You oIs of the water feel a |
SORT q! personal lis ssrast in you."
Yen fian's ,':ii us out Of the water" she
answered. i.s's', her o.au.ai balance "There
VAS Eot ais5 .ihs .1e matter with me at ALL"
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
A West Point Story.
IHarpsr's Yolno PsopIs. |

IIuF UHAV
Two plain, ordinary citizens visited Wess
Point for the first time, and we're deeply inter-
ested in the blithesome cadet. With the assur-
ance that they were on Government ground,
and that they were finite parts of the same Gov
ernment they went where thay pleased, and
were not interrupted. As the day wared, how
ever, they drew nigh forbidden ground-a plot
sacred to the embryo Generals. As they stepped
across line, ignorant of the awful trespass, q
mild youth with spotless uniform and heavy
musket ran up.
"No citizens allowed here" said the sentry,
The citizens turned sadly away.
al feel like the sunset gun," remarked one.
The sentry stopped to listen.
"Why?" inquired the other citizen.
because I've just been fred OFF," was ths
answer; and, to the citizens delight, the sentry
smiled,
The National tribune., 1892-07-21

II you come to the Encampment wittout a
supply Of THE NATIONAL TRIRITNE
Portrait Cards il wH be a great disoppoiat-
nent to yoar comrades. They all mant rour
picture to take home NTH them TO look at in
after years rhcs they are thinking and talking
about you.
The National tribune., 1892-07-21

PosISG AS A MODEL FOR THR NINE Jour-
NESMEN.
many feet from the camera, and is careful to
include in his picture an ivory rule or some
other object where the exact length IS known.
He also takes his victim full fsce and in profile.
After this preliminary exploration comes
the portrait painter with his wonderful eye for
color and gets the complexion of tie face and
of the body as exactly as possible. He copies
the hue of the eyes and the shade of the hair
Rnd notes the texture OF the skin. The an
thropometer is Row invoked 10 measure stat
nre, girth, length of limbs, and of other parts
of the body. This he must do with great care.
as viii appear further on. The poor creature
who has been put through these preliminary
processes must be paid for his patience aud dis
missed
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MAKER FIXED HIM.
mache, fac SMILES of his heads and hands and
naked feet
While the deft artist is forming the exposed
parts his companion, the upholsterer. scarcely
less ingenious, builds mp the bodies and limbs.
As these VIII not be exposed his purpose is to
bring out the effect OF the costume. And with
all the resources of the upholsterer and cabinet
maker, assisted by the blacksmith, he creates
his torso. He cannot make a mud man and
set him against the fence to dry The clothes
would not go on. He cannot, for instance, put
the shirt on the figure as you don yours He
has TO put the figure into the shirt. He must
make his man so that he can unjoint the arms
and legs and feet, slide the garments down over
the hmbless trunk, and then restore the limbs
IL such good shape that they may be posed in
life-like manner, holding a spear sewing
garment, or pointing to something in the dis
tance.
In short, he must, on a frame of wood, build
out a human form in excelsior, and make pro-
vision for adding limbs as desired. You might
ask. Why net cast the whole thing in plaster?
This would nocessitate cutting, and perhaps
totally detroying, beautiful costumes. The en-
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journeymen that make men, women, and chill
dren for Chicago.
First journeyman-the Ethnographer.
Second journeyman-th Anthropomoter.
Third journeyman-the Photographer.
Fourth journeyman-th Modeer.
Fifth journeyman-the Uphosterer.
Sixth journeymau-the Blacksmith.
Seventh journeymau-the Painter.
Eighth journeyman-tb Wig
Ninth journeyman-the Costnmer.
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
An Insinuating Liver.

Boston Courier.
Sageman-By the way, Ranter didn't perform
in the play last evening. Is he sick /?
Seeker-So hear.
Ssgeman-What do they say is the matter
with him?
Seeksr-They tell me that the doctor says
his liver won't act.
Sagemau-What a relief it would be to his
profession if Ranter would consent to be gov
erned by that hepatic examplei
The National tribune., 1892-07-21

ONE people would
have said it was Flor
ence Craven's own
fault that she had lost
her faith in man. Per-
haps some people would
have been right, and
perhaps they wonld
not. However, that
has nothing to do with
this story. The fact is
what concerns us, and
the fact is that Flor
ence Craven did not
believe in men. She
did not believe much
in women, either, but
that also has nothing
to do with this story.
When Florence was
Is years old she had
ideals. Every woman
has ideals when she is
young, just as children
have mumps. The girls
usually get over their
ideals just as success
The National tribune., 1892-07-21

Erety eOmrads maats his portrait on his
card, that has friends and comrades may hare
it as Hcmento Of him. See NATIONAL
TRIBUEETS portrait-card advertisement in
another column.
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
An Awful Risk.

Chicago Neus- Record
Casper Corker-Say. Gull : If was goin' Ca
kill meself. I'd take morphine.
Jonas Deadbeat-Don't you never do it.
Casper Corker-Why not?
Jonas Deadbeat-A friend o. mine did "A
onct, an they found i'm an walked i'm eighs
hours to bring i'm toI
The National tribune., 1892-07-21

PosISG FOR DRESSED FrGUIK, NSSANMM
HEAD. HANDS, AND FEET TO BE MIMI
NAKED. NSEN%
The next step is very important \NsAN
one, the pose, the grouping, the atti- AVN
tudes Of the figures. You know il IN ~
would not do TO have naked Eski- IL
mos escaping from croeodiles in the 4
Arctic Sea, nor Africans spearing
seals al their breathingboies through e. 1zz
the ice on the Congo nor Chinese
women carrying their children in
pappoose frames nor Navajo women
eating rats. We must suit the action
70 the man and the man 10 the action.
There is where the ethnologist comes Ia, who
has TO scour the earth and make himself
familiar with the various peoples, their charac-
teristic activities and ways He must make up
his mind now the figures shall stand, and look,
and hold their hands, and be posed with relation
30 the whole group before another thing can be
done. Indeed, he has to furnish the motive
for al the rest Of the journeymen.
We are now ready to go to work in earnest
we Natures journeymen. Therefore you may
get barrel of modelers clay. q barrel of good
plaster Of Paris besides shelac aud porpoise
oil. These are for the parts Of the body TO be
exposed. Then some good pine studding, inch
boards, excelsior, bnrlaps wrapping twine.
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AFTER THE UPH JLsTERER HAS TRIED HIS
HAND.
tire process OF Nature is to be reversed. For
example. she makes men and they ciothe them.
selves afterwards, without having to be un-
jointed.
But Natures journeymen get the clothes first
and then have to fsbricate jointed men to
adapt them to the clothes. The oid.fashioned
way of stuf,ing animal skins and human cloth
ing to prepare geological specimens or lay.
figures of men is superseded by the much more