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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-03-09

daily visit TO the gallery. As his grand.
mothers songs and stories inspired his
earliest fancy. the girl student awokc in
his imagination new and more irnpas-
stoned sensations. which, alas. were des-
tined to sad and somber eclipse. One
day the girl did not appear. The next
day brought her not. Canova was incon.
solable Weeks passed. lie was almost
heartbrolsen, when to his JOY the friend
reappeared. and he looked for the girl
Then as suddenly as the flush of hope had
come into his face he noticed that the
friend was attired In mourning and
that she was alone. Canova now found
courage enough to speak. Where was
her companion? "Julia il dead." was
the agonized reply, the bitterness Of
which was an abiding tonic to the cloy-
ing sweetness Of success- The dream
Of that first love must have brought q
human influence into Canova's work
that has helped 10 give q lasting fame.
Critics mention that after certain pc
Rod The did not adhere to the severe
simplicity of tho antique. but rather
took pains to mitigate 1t by peculiar
grace and lovclincss Of his own, such a.
characterized his group Of Cupid and
Psyche" To what extent that episode
Of the gallery in Rome moulded the
fancy and imagination Of the sculptor
in his departure from the severity of
the classic who shall say? Many things
in a mans life so to the making or
marring Of his work. Under the divine
hand the world owes the consolation
and delight Of Canova's art firstly to
the care OF his grandmother and the
gentle forbearance and love Of his
grandfather. But for his love Of the
girl in the Roman gallery and the
pathos Of it. the cold austerity Of the
classic school might have frozen the
hottest and most human impulses Of
sculptor who gave to Europe tho
noblest examples of the art ofsculpture.
This story points its own moral
May | add word to II? There was q
years Academy. of Handel Us an infant
in is nightgown playing upon an old
harps hicord in the middle of the night
His father had been so annoyed by the
boys strumming that he had banished
the instrument to a garnet or loft,
VIII ither the child had climbed to exer-
else its genius for music. How often
may the impulse of genius be crushed
out by ignorant or unappreciative par
ents- A principle of education among
the Jcsuits is to study the natural idi-
osyncrasics of their pupils. Parents
should do the same in regard to their
children. With the example of those
two old people who brought up Can
ova as lesson. venture To appeal to
fathers and mothers to study well the
characters and impulses OF their chill
dren. 1t should be remembered that
it is among the children of to-day that
the future great ones Of the earth are
to be found: and who shall say In
which family The swan for the time
being is hidden beneath the unfamiliar
feathers Of 'thc ugly duckling?"
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~ krsat that MS master OfHcred ~ adOpt
him and give him his name; he pro-
POSED indeed that he should TO his son
and heir; but the lad preferred 10 keep
ms own name and his independence,
while at the same time showing his
gratitude to his master and friend. The
boy grew To manhood. not robust phys
ically, but the greatest sculptor Of Italy.
ills name lives on the imperishable roll
81 fame; IL Is Antonio Canova. the POI
tency Of which has made his patron,
falicri. illustrious. and helped To keep
green the work and memory OF his
master, Torctto the elder.
II seems necessary TO a full estimate
Of the beautiful and the true that genius
should suffer; that there should be
some deep sorrow in its life. In Cano-
vas case il Is pathetic love story.
When he was studying at the Academy
Of Fine Arts in Rome beautiful girl
entered the gallery with female
friend. They came every day for
long time. The girl was student.
closing. when she returned to accom-
pany her home. The girl occupied her
time in drawing from the antique; and
Canova at his work stole many an adj
miring glance at the young artist lie
would have spoken to her had he not
come 70 love her. Her beauty was Of
that delicate and refined character that
could not fail to appeal 10 the heart
and fancy of the young sculptor Once
he heard her praise his work. and her
words were music to him. He wor-
SHIPPED the girl at distance. continu-
ally making up his mind to declare his
passion. but not daring to do SC lest he
should proven. her from making her
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The man wanted . pension for
wound received in the service and one
day he applied for it. That IL TO say,
he was discovered by claim agent and
the claim agent took him before an ex-
aminer.
Whats this pension for?" asked the
examiner. For wounds received in
the service?"
'Of course" said the agent with .
flourish.
I'm the line Of duty?"
Certainly"
The examiner looked over the records
: few moments
.Why," he exclaimed. 1.-THE record
shows this man was shot while running
away in the face of the enemy Doyou
call that in the line OF duty?"
The agent was stumped, but the sp-
plicant was ready.
"You bet it was" he said. They
was shootin' plum at me with intent TO
kill, and wasn't II my duty to git away
IL | could?"
The case was held for adjustment
Detroit Free Press
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universe have been changed and effects
now precede their causeA Such n do
Tense as this is something worse than
silence. Mr.. Harrison has uninten-
tionally furnished an argument TO
prove that sometimes, at least, an cx-
president had better be a political deaf
mute Louisville Courier-Jonrnal.
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The vote by which the McCreary
resolution was adopted in the house
1T to 75-probably represents very
fairly the sentiment Of the country on
tho course Of the present administra-
tion and OF that which preceded il In
relation 10 the Hawaiian business. 1t
was a party vote. to be sure, and there
il, no doubt, a disproportionatc repre-
sentation Of the democratic party OF
the country in the housc at present
but the division among the people on
his occasion Is not along the party
inc. and We have no doubt that IL the
Jingle issue could be put to a popular
yotc, after fair discussion. the course
II the Cleveland administration would
be sustained by fully the ratio Of III
to IS There never was a question
seriously disputed upon which the mer-
its were 10 clearly on ono side. and all
the posing and pretending Of the poll.
ticians in congress would fail to upset
the plain common oenss and sense Of
right Of the people q the United
EtatoA IN. Y. TimoA
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ply when he suggests that curiosity
about genius and its personality has
grown TO such pitch that we are in
clined to take more interest in the man
than in his works. 1t is possible that
ne intends this view to apply only to
those who in these days of the triumph
81 the personal paragraph in journal
Ism prefer 10 read. say. what has been
written about Goethe than TO study his
dramatic poem of Faust. But to my
mind there is no branch of literature
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objects lie did not rebuke them nor
try to dissuade them, but he promised
just what they asked" Mr.. Stevens
will need three more columns in the
salmon region journal he conducts 10
meet that concise statement Of his
duty and his violation Of it-Chica 60
Herald.
--Somc impressive truths were ut
tered by Gov. Mckinley at the Lincol
day banquet in Columbus lie told the
truth when he said 1.-The people are
tired of this tariff-tinkering. bond-issu-
ing, debt-increasing. treasury-dcplet-
ing, business paralyzing and wage-re-
ducing" work. They are weary Of IL.
Maj McKinley's swindling tariff law
made tariff tinkering necessity. His
party made the issue of bonds and the
increasing Of debt necessary by its de-
p'etion Of the treasury. 1t paralyzed
business and reduced wages by trade
restrictions and heavy burdcns.-St
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The chief soloists in the repub-
lican chorus have now been heard.
The keynote is sounded. Reed, Har-
rison and Mckinley have lifted up
their voices, and Tray. Blanche and
Sweetheart know the concert pitch to
which their cries must be attuned
When the hubbub Of the chorus has
subsidized consideration should be given
to few facts that arc relevant and i'm.
portant The Wilson bill will be
passed. Industry will revive and pros
perity will return under il Wider
markets will demand enlarged produc-
ton. and this in turn will increase the
employment of labor.-N. Y. World
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DIE most astute
of modern phi
losophcrs seems
rather 10 dis
count biogra-
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-19

young man attended a nearby village
academy, and there, too, he was
marked pupil. The last day there was
not called commencement either, but it
was marked by CLOSING exercises, in
which he took a prominent part.
From the academy he went to one of
the smaller colleges, and there he led
his classes, as before, taking so many
honors every year that if he had not
of character he would have been posi-
lively unpopular. From college he went
to q medical school i'll New York or
Philadelphia, I forget which, and when
he had finished his professional course
there he was again figure at COM
mencement day-his fourth, but not his
last, for then he sailed across the ocean
and studied under foreign masters of
medicine, where he went through his
fifth and final commencement day.
The period between his first and last
appearance at closing exercises was
about Is years, all of which time he
was subjected to the most elaborate and
conscientious training. H. learned all
the things that were in the books that
he studied. He could and can yet, for
his memory is remarkable, answer al
most any question that may be found be-
tween their covers. But somehow he has
not been q successful man notwithstand-
ing all his schooling. Something is the
matter. When he has a patient, which
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hope was the success of q daring dag
nosis- As he emerged into the sunlight
an intimate friend might have thought,
from his crestfallen expression, that he
had met with a severe defeat.
However, this did not prevent him
from calling on some of his fellow ply
sicians, and that afternoon council of
grave and dignified men stood around
the bedside of poor Annette. If it had
cost the artist anything, that little con-
sultation in the back sitting room would
have proved an expensive luxury. But
fortunately for him DR.. Lamar was his
friend, and there was sufficient interest
in the case to make these wise and high
ly paid individuals in black coats think
it worth their while to have hand in
it for their own information.
While they were present the artist
and his sister were excluded from the
room When the meeting was over, La
mar called them in. They found the
physician rubbing his hands in a state
of unmistakablc citation. In fact, his
spirits were SO high that they somewhat
obscured his vision. He did not seem to
notice Miss Maxey's presence, and when
Julian asked him how the case stood he
burst out with an enthusiasm which
would have done credit to the artist
himself.
Il was right! was right! They have
agreed with me eXactlyi'
Miss Maxey suddenly burst into tears
and left the room.
''She is overjoyedr' cried Maxey.
Unfortunately, no, said the ply
stefan, biting his lip in vexation. 81
ought to have known better I told her
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CHAPTER VII.
MAXEY MAKES A BEGINNING.

MAXEY MAKES A BEGINNING.
Maxey read the letter in the fading
light by the window, while tho messen-
ger who had brought the note to his
rooms waited, cap in hand 1t was as
follows:
HOSPITAL, Dec. 80, 1884.
The girl has spoken. Her name is Dye. Her
father lives in Flood street LAMAR
Short, epigrammatic, to the point
"There will be no answer" said
Maxey.
He heard the door close behind the
retiring messenger and began to pace
the floor, his hair erect and his necktie
askew, while his impatient thoughts
travelled over the wide range of POSSIBLE
tiles which the information in the doc
tors letter seemed to open before him.
Surely now he was on the verge of the
most important revelations, and yet he
hesitated for the moment how to act in
the emergency.
1t was a question to him whether it
were better at once to intrust this mat
ter to those whose business it was to in
vestigate crime or to attempt that in
vestigation by himself, alone and I'M
aided
perience and educated acuteness of q
craftsman plying his vocation. In the
second case there would be the native
shrewdness of a novice whose heart was
fired with an enthusiasm, and whose
mind was stimulated by an interest, for
the intensity Of which Maxey himself
was sometimes, in the rare moments
when he INDUCED in self examination,
at q loss to account.
While the artist was still debating
with himself this problem Miss Maxey
came in. She cried out almost before
she opened the door:
"Oh, Julian, have you heard from the
hospital?''
II have. Annette has spoken. She
has told her fathers name"
Miss Maxey uttered a glad cry and
somewhat astonished her brother by i'm
pulsively throwing her arms about his
neck and kissis;5 him.
81 am so glad could cry" she ex-
claimed. 'She will get wei, Julian.
She will get well in spite of everythingl
Tell me the rest at once Who pushed
her from the road? Why did he do iti
Why didn't her father answer the ad-
VerU1Somont!
my dear sister, you forget that she
must still be very sick girl 1t is a
terrible operation to survive. DR.. La
mar told me something about it. Ughl
They have to go into the very brain it
self
Miss Maxey shuddered.
Don't, Julian-please don'tP'
Forgive me. I forgot your sensitive
ness. Let us come to other things.
want to know what you think about
certain matter that has been troubling
me. Shall 1 put this new clew in the
hands of the police, or shall undertake
to investigate it by myself?''
by yourself, in the name of all that
leads to success. How many times have
we been to the police? And what have
they done for usf Julian, we have tried
them. We knew what they can de-
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this morning that if my diagnosis was
correct the disease was necessarily fatal
You must tell her, Maxey, that made
a mistake thought so at the time, but
[ find l was mistaken. There is one
chance i'll thousand that by submitting
to dangerous operation which will be
very likely to either kill or cure her the
patient will recover. Without that oper-
alton she is doomed to suffering and
death. -
"What all alternativer' cried Maxey,
aghast.
81 am sorry it is not in my power to
offer You a better one, but in the present
state Of science cannot. There is a re-
lentless substance, no bigger than the
end Of my little finger, remorselessly
eating its way into her brain. If it is al
lowed to go on unchecked, it will do it's
fatal work. The only way to check it is
to remove it. That is rare and danger
GUS experiment, which we read of indeed
in old books, such us Sir Ashley Cooper's
compilations of so years ago, but so
rarely resorted to in practice that l did
not know until today it was successful
~ accomplished very recently in Eng
land There is scarcely precedent to
that operation. Now you understand the
case. 1t remains for you to say whether
the patient shall go to the hospital and
be operated upon or remain here and
die
would the operation, if successful,
restore her to her mind and memory"
questioned MaEey eagerly.
''It does not follow at all. The very
matter that has confused and baffled all
our calculations so long is the complex
ity of the symptoms. Beside the epilepti-
form symptoms arising from the tumor,
which, by the way, must have been we'll
along i'll its dangerous work before the
accident at the beach road, there are the
psychical results of a curious mental
disturbance. Perhaps the mental trou-
BILE was the consequence of the fright
and would have been soon conquered but
for the work of the tumor. All this is
conjecture The possible result remains
to be seen. Shall l go on or not?"
Two hours later Maxey gave his reply:
go on. -
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Gin view of the fact that he does not
live here, - returned MaXey sharply, 81
don't see what difference it makes to
you"
Nobody of that name lives here,
true enough, but there are two rooms
let out i'll that name ON my upper floor.
That is why asked"
"Oh, that is why you asked? Very
well, sir. Let me see the landlord at
once, and pray tell him that my bust
ness is pressing.
The sly man surveyed Maxey with in,
creasing curiosity and answered in a
confidential tone: ''Well, sir, you see
the landlord. What can do for you?'
isn't there place where 1 can speak
to you privately without fear of being
overheard?'
''To be sure there isl" exclaimed the
sly man, with great alacrity. "Come
right in. -
In minute or two Maxey was closet
ed in an unpretentious parlor with the
landlord The artist began by taking a
card from his pocket and passing it across
the center table. The sly man seized
upon it with avidity and devoured it.
ooh, yes. Maxey, artist. Happy to
meet you, Mr.. Maxey. Ny name is Bel
fry
''Mr. Belfry," said Maxey, after q
momentary deliberation, during which
he had keenly scrutinized the landlord s
face, 81 come here on important bust
ness, and business which is quite as pri-
vate and confidential between you and
me as it is important desire informa-
ton, and for it I shall pay literally"
Evidently the artist had made f.
icitous beginning. There was no mis-
taking the radiance that lighted up the
sly man S face at the mention of the last
essential detail
"Oh, don't mention it, sir! IF can
be of any service to you, Belfry is your
man.
''Thank you. Now will be explicit.
want to know all about this ledger of
yours who calls himself Dye, every pos
sible detail connected with him, but !
do not want him to know that have
made any inquiries concerning him. !
desire to keep my interest in this matter
entirely to myself.
The sly mans face visibly elongated
at this announcement.
''In the first place" went ON the
artist, "who is Mr.. Dyer
MAY be blessed if wouldn't give
trifie to know that myself. But judg-
ing from what I have seen Of him and
Of the people who inquire after him, he
is pretty curious and mysterious sort
of individual
"What do you mean by the people
who inquire after himp''
The habitual sly look became shade
slyer.
"Well, you, for instance. There has
been nobody else to speak Of, with one
exception, which doesn't matter. and
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are about them. They are young. They
are satisfied with the fact that they have
finished the first great task of life. They
are full of enthusiasm.
To be sure, they sometimes think they
can do much greater things than they
afterward find themselves capable Of
They have vanquished the theories and
the ologies, and it shall go hard with
them, they think, if in the battle of life
they cannot best their fellow humans
who have not been educated, or who were
so unfortunate as to be born too early to
enjoy tho superior advantages of present
educational methods But if they had
not enthusiasm and tho conviction that
the world is their oyster, that all they
have to do is to knock at success door
and it will open to them, it would be
better if they had not graduated at all.
The shining rewards of this world are
not for the likes of those that are afraid
to knock at the door. Indeed the grad
yates confidence in himself must be
sufficient to give him strength to ham,
mer down the door if it does not open
at his tapping, and if the gibes of the
paragrapher and tho caricaturist were
really to weaken that self confidence it
were better that they were taken out
into the midalo of the sea and dropped
therein with heavy weights about their
necks
To some persons commencement day
comes many times. My friend DR.. We
rawyze is such a man. AS the name
have given him indicates, he is full Of
lore Of many sorts, although he has not
large practice. The first commence
ment day in his experience came when
he left the country school in an interior
state where he studied the three RS 1t
was not called commencement day. 1t
was simply the ''last day., and with
half dozen overgrown farmers lads
and as many country girls he spoke o
piece on that occasion. He was regarded
as boy of unusual promise, for he could
do all the sums in the arithmetic, and
he was the only scholar that had ever
studied physiology in that school His
teacher frankly confessed that he knew
much less about the subject than did
the boy and predicted for him q bril-
liant professional career. After that the
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| LUCKY DOGS WHO SIT ON THE PLATFORM.
tic training. Possibly in that case you
are not conscious of having suffered be-
cause of the lack, though that is unlike
| ly, for most men and women who are
not graduates go through life regret
ting the fact. If successful, they are sat-
isfed that they would have been more
successful had they been college bred.
If unsuccessful, they are apt to be seized
of the idea that it is because of lack of
education.
If you are college professor or tutor
or any sort of schoolteacher, or if you
are young and still undergoing educa-
tional treatment, commencement means
"the last day of school" If you are
about to begin college life, commence
ment day marks the end of your en-
trance examination and brings relief. 1t
is also a day which you will devote
mainly to those lucky dogs who have
finished the years of work that lie before
you, are so immensely popular with the
ladies and maybe sit up on the plat
form with the professors who have dom
mated them SO long, but who will dom
mate them no more.
If you arc lover, and your fiancee is
sweet girl graduate, it means that you
may have to bankrupt yourself buying
flowers for her and her dearest friends.
If you are father, and your daughter
is one of the white robed graduates, you
are probably waiting for the bills for
the filmy fabrics she is to wear on the
great day to come in. If you are q sweet
girl graduate yourself-well, what does
commencement day mean to a sweet
girl graduate?
Sometimes nowadays it means just
what it does to a young man-the end
of training and the beginning Of
struggle with the world for a living,
for wealth, for fame or Period of
earnest effort for the accomplishment of
some good among ones fellows. The
time for the considering of the sweet
girl graduate as frivolous little thing,
with q mind devoted to powder puffs
and beau catching solely, some folks tell
US, is q thing Of the dead and buried
past Yet there is something rather at
tractive about just that sort Of graduate,
after all.
If you are newspaper paragrapher
that is, one sOrt-you are sharpening
your pencil with ghoulish glee, you are
going about with knitted brows and ~
ing awake O. nights trying to think of
some sarcastic thing to write about the
graduates, sweet girl and otherwise. 1t
seems to you that of all persons in the
world who ought to be made to get off
the earth without unnecessary delay or
ever appearing in your sight the grad
uate is that person. You havo a COM
rade in crime-the artist Oh the comic
papers; but, bless you the graduates are
not half so much bothered about you
and your friend, the caricaturist, as you