The morning call., 1894-02-05

Nj llei, Ernest Parton and Sargent. The
selected works now form part OF perma-
neDt collection. When the list of aca-
uenlclans is scanned it is body with
some claims to catholicity. Herkomer
was porn In Bavaria and passed his boy
MOOD In the United States, Poynter was
porn IN Paris, Calderon in Poitiers, Dob
son IN Ham burg. Yeames at Taganrog,
russia; Alma Tadema in Holland. Val
PIlnseps Zone of whose works is at the
Midwinter FaiL and StanhOpe Forbes in
inula. Sargent was born IN Florence In
1906. but that does not entltle him TO be
claimed as all Italian. The advantage of
being an academician is great TO the per-
son honored. He is ''hung on the line"
ana can send in eight pictures, which must
De accepted. His pictures rise in value
Immediately, and if he paints strongly
year Dy year the prices may advance TO
zen times the average OF the days vi
struggle for recognition.
Elisee Reclus, the geographer, whose
books are known in every civilized country,
mas alter forty-three years of labor brought
his work on general geography to a con-
clusion, and beyond revising it he cam
hardly have energy left for another heavy
task. Side by side with his practical
scientific labor the geographer has nursed
the strangest conceptions of the best
VI SONCiHmCBt nus
anarchist theories lie declares himself
an interna.ionalist. living without legal
1ronter or positive laws, zone who recog-
nlZeS no DOrderland save that OF The H.
mite anu no laws except those OF liberty.
he would like to see all the game pre-
serves OF the rich converted Into tiliabie
SOIL Tor the employment and settlement OF
the masses, and appears to think that no
occupation Is so envable as that OF Gull
tivating the soil. For the pleasure of
leading happy life in the fields he would
even throw bOOk-writDg TO the winds.
As there is still a good deal OF soil IN
touched in America and elsewhere he can
crafty his taste without much ado. NJ.
Reclus has an intimate knowledge OF the
earth's history, but he does not appear to
be au fat with the proclivities Of its in
ha0ltaDts. People crowd into cities and
endure miseries innumerable because they
do not like rural life and what is to them
desolate mon0tony.
The advocate of cheap. uniform inter-
national postage, Mr.. Hennike Heaton,
has undertaken a much tougher job than
postal reform when he looks hopefully
for codifcatlon and uniformity of the
marriage and divorce laws throughout the
British Empire, and eventually throughout
the world. During his travels around the
globe recently he found that woman is
entitled in Thibet to three husbands, and
that In ConstantinOple man may have
twenty wives. 1t is possible in Melbourne
to release a man from the marriage bond
II his wife gets drunk three times or neg
ects her household duties. Incompatible
ity OF temper Is sufficient reason ter di-
vorce in some States OF the Union. but
Japan is the most advanced Of all. the
husband being there allowed his freedom
II his wife talks too much. According TO
Mr.. HeatOn the fear of this penalty is not
great in the land of the Mikado, laxative
ness being the cOmmonest cause of d.
vOrce. Had Mr.. Eeaton continued mis-
travels be might have discovered hun
dred other curious conditions OF marriage
and separation, but TO bring the world 10
one mind on the subject is about as hope
less as 10 render it all of one speech. The
United States once had uniform bank
ruptcy law. 1t might succeed in having
uniform marriage and divorce laws.
Lord Sackville. who was Minister at
Washington 1SS1-8S. and was given his
passports in connection with a memorable
letter-wriiiDg incident, has such a delight
full country seat near Sevenoaks that some
may wonder he should have found pleasure
in stumpng about the world as a diplo-
matisf. But he only succeeded 10 the title
in 1888. kpole House was once the seat of
the Dukes of Dorset. and was also a coun-
try seat Of the ArchbiShops of Canterbury.
The architecture is EliZabethan, and
portions of the interior have been little
altered since the commencement of the
seventeenth century. BeacOnsfield made
use of the knOle in his novel Lothian as
Vauxe. There are fine gardens and the
wooded park is five miles in circumference. :
All around the country is beautiful.
"a x
ment to the Emperor William l of Ger
many at cost of S275.O The true
monument of the man is in his life's work,
and however grand one In stone may be
it cannot emblazou his fame IN any
brighter Furnishing than it has. How
ever, Germany insists upon this glorifica-
ton and pretty row Is going on as 10
whether meaningless classical figures shall
adorn the monument as minor dignitaries,
or whether Bismarck, MoItke, Won Room
and others shall be presented as they de-
serve TO be if the Emperor is honored. Ii
Justice were done there should be few
private soldiers added. 1t is absurd to fiat
ter monarchS by the adulatlon that they
personify the might and greatness of a
nation. They o2ly share In what the
nation does.
Medical men in Vienna are said to have
d
study. A lady of ~ is suffering from
what they term diastolic musical heart.
The heart keeps up succession of must
cal sounds, very shrill in pitch. and these
are SO distressing to the owner of the
heart that she is almost driven distracted,
and keeps her ears stuffed Wi tn wadding
to deaden the ceaseless serenade as much
as she can. AS 1t were, she carries her
own musical box around, playing a mo-
notonous air of its own composition.
People who are driven wild by hearing
AFTER the Balp' a score of times day
may imagine the agony of this afflicted
lady, who cannot stop the music without
stopping her life.
Edward Webster, stepson of Theodore
Conkling of New York. has been missing
in Paris since New Years eve. He was
on his way from school to spend the holt
days with some one, and 1t is supposed he
has been spirited away for ransom. This
is not very creditable superstition. as the
youth at 10 years of age is six feet two
inches In height An American boy of
that age and stature is uncOm monty diff
cult to bottle down by any process short of