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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15
ract any attention, and might have been

tract any attention. and might have been
excluded had il not been for his friends.
He painted a great variety of subjects,
but all OF them had in them some element
OF pomp and show. Dandies, lolling about
in elegant clothes, or ladies sim pering be-
fore anticipated cOurtiers. All these were
full OF brilliant color and Clearly executed
SO that they sold rapidly. In this way he
was able TO entertain sumptuously and
surround himself with the wealthy and in
fuential people of the day.
But all this time his powers were devel-
oping so slowly his friends scarcely nc
tired il. His pictures were all of the same
class and of about an even degree of merit.
He never did anything worse than his last
picture, nor did he do anything so brilliant
as to attract the attention of critics. The
quality of his work could always be counted
upon.
But in 1853. when he was nearly so years
of age, a change came. In that year he
joined the army, and followed it through
several campaigns. The result was that
his next picture in the Salon was a sur
prise. The minute, elaborate detail that
he had studied for so many years now
came to good advantage. He was able 10
paint the uniform OF soldier with mar
yelous exactness and bring out every but
ton and tassel on the trapping of a horse.
He not only painted the objects, but he
soft and pulpY, and brass and silver he'll
NETS glstened with wonderful polish.
The picture showed all the pomp and
glory of war. The poetry and romance
were not for Meissonnier. To him dead
and dying men had no attraction; but q
cavalcade of horses. with elegantly dressed
riders. we're an inspiration. He showed
them at their best, either before the bat
tie. when filled with hope and eXpectati on.
or after they had achieved victory. And
the way he painted them has never been
equaled.
While be stuck to these subjects his
work was always good, but whenever he
departed from them the work was always
disappointing. And yet his greatest work is
a scene of strife, and the action is consid-
cred to be the finest ever depicted on can
vas. The picture is entitled THE Quar-
REL" aud has been reproduced in different
ways until it is known all over the world
1t is great work. and its production cost
a human life,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15

comforts of the verv best New York hotel,
with the luxuries of the tropics thrown in
The population of Para is little more
than 10000. It's narrow streets are laid out
on the usual checker-Do plan, and are
paved with square blocks of stone. soft
ferruginous pedra canga ('annstone). which
is ground down by the wheels to fine red
dust, and is apt to be extremely annoying
But they are well lighted by electricity,
and tramcars Of both broad and narrow
gauge run in all directions, even to suburbs
three or four miles distant, where they end
in the woody jungles. There are churches
and plazas by the score-the former with
square towers, red-tlled roofs ana uninter-
esting interiors, the latter painless and
overgrown with rank grass, for the public
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15
ChiIdreu'S Teeth.

watch the way your children shut
their teeth" says New York dentist
"The lower jaw should close inside or at
least even with the upper. Many do this
naturally. many more must be taught, and
the sooner the easier There is no fact in
artistic dentistry more important than
this. To retain the true facial lines is one
of the chief efforts of the profession in its
present Advancement, and this shutting
under is great art preseryative. A fore.
runner of advancing age is the heavy
lower jaw, which settles more and more Is
the muscles of the face weaken and relax
with years-a tendency which is long de-
ferred If the Jaw Is traineu TO De heia oack
if the teeth close together properly.
Watch your children and yourselves. aud
if you have been shutting your teeth the
wrong way for forty years begin to-day to
reform. "-Ex.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15

Possibly no painter has ever lived whose
work came so near to pleasing everybody.
His work was of such technical strength
that he was beyond the criticism Of artists,
and at the same time he selected such sub
jects and painted them in such a way that
the poorest peasant could see the beauty
in them. No peculiar, deep. artistic
nature or cultivation was required to ap-
preciate the work of MeisSonn;er. 1t was
so true to nature that all could under
stand it. There are no such titles as Noe
turne." "Symphony in GRAY" or "Conso-
lation" among his works. Everything he
painted could be thoroughly appreciated
without any stretch of the imagination.
Frenchmen love to talk about their
artists and are always willing to listen to
the praise OF the different men. But no
matter how much any other painter might
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15

Meissoner was always hard on his
models and very cranky if they did not
pose to suit him. However, he paid them
we'll, and never had trouble in securing
people to pose When painting The
Quarrel" be used strong young man for
the principal figure on the left-the one
with whom the others are struggling. The
head is thrown to one side, bringing into
prominence all the muscles of the neck.
To get this effect a strap was fastened
around the mans chin and passed up
around his jaw. The ends were fastened
to the wall. By straining on the strap the
muscles were brought out in a most start
ling manner, and MeissUnier was happy.
The model could only pose few min utes
at time, so the work was very slow. The
rest OF the picture was all finished. but
Meissonnier was not satisfied with the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15

squares of Para. unlike those of any other
South American city. are not used by the
promenading popuIace. But the many
beautiful ''estradas," or avenues of trees
towering palms and wide-s spreading mango
trees-are better than any parks. One of
the finest of these is the Estrada de Sac
Jose, where for several miles two rows of
royal palms. the stateliest of their tribe,
join their feathery tops overhead. 1t is
Impossible 10 convey in words an idea of
this living arborescent gallery, which is
worth coming all the way to Brazil to see
The palms have an average height Of sixty
feet, an average diameter al the base of
three feet, and every trunk has grown as
straight as by plumb line, firm and
smooth as though carved in stone. While
the gigantic bodies are motionless, their
feathery arms high overhead are in a per.
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was in the way of his own work, for
which he was always we'll paid. Being
full of vanity there was no surer road to
his esteem than hattery. In fact, if the
matter is properly considered vanity was
his only real fault and all the others hung
around it.
But it is only right. considering the great
works MeissonDier has given to the world
to overlook his shortcomings, except where
they show themselves in his artistic deveI-
opment. But they do in some way 10
almost all of his pictures.
Meissonnier was blessed with long life
aud saw the realization of his fondest
hopes. When he died he had attained all
that he desired-fame and wealth. Could
he have attained these by not painting so
we'll there is little dou bt but that he would
have done so. But he was practical and
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15
Para at the Mouth of the
-
River Amazon.
WHERE THE RUBBER GROWS.
Pecufiarities of Architecture and
:. Dress-Life Under the Equator.
Snakes as Household Pets.

:. Santa Maria de Belem do Giao Para"
is situated on the southern shore of the
southern mouth of the Amazon, about
eighty miles above the ocean, 1876 miles
sonth Of New Y ork and 2276 miles north
OF Rio de Janeiro. Il is the northernmost
part: of Brazil at which our steamers call,
as Santos is their southern terminus; and
between the two parts of the same enor-
nous country stretches distance Of near
:ly. 1900 miles. Nowadays nobody has time
to.mention the full name of this celebrated
rubber emporium. which the outer world
mas shortened to Para pronounced Pah-
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not forget his love of show. He had one
of the finest saddle horses in Paris, and
whenever he rode went 70 ''the Bois" at
the time the crowd was largest. When he
rode in carriage he bad the top put down
so that the world could see him. He
never for one moment forgot himself in
this respect.
Few students ever got any criticism
from Meissnnnier. He had no time for
that unless he was wonderfully we'll paid
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15
SHE LET 1T RUN
And Wasted the Water on One of
the Trains.

Prolonged railway travelling is so tedious to
most people that any little diversion is well
coined and made the most Of An instance OF
such sort is an absent minded performance
on the part Of an elderly lady, which must have
beguiled at least half an hour for the other pas
sengers The day was warm and dusty and
she was seized with thirst. at one END Of the
car was water cooler and 10 il the lady went.
She took The Gun in her hand, turned the
faucet and stood waiting. The Ice wa Ell filed
the catch pan ana ran over and soon was cool
ing the crOss-ties. Still the woman stood hold
ing The empty cup. Finally trainman stepped
up to her.
LADY" said he. not impolitely, lido you
know what you are doiDg?"
ME? Certainly / do"
well, why are you running all the water
OF ?''
The passengers evidently felt pity for such
ignorance.
"Why." said she, Pm letting it run till it
gets cOo"-Cleveland Plalndeaer.
Tuberoses came from Ceylon to Europe
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be praised the listener had but one reply:
But Meissonnier is the best man for u.s."
The great painter was dead to the peo-
pie as a painter, and the fact seems some
what strange, considering his disposition.
He had no particular love for the people
and had most exalted opinion of him self.
In fact. he was in disposition just exactly
as he pain ted-close and exactiDg. He
had a great love for show and the good
things of this world. and nobody was as
good as himself. All that he did for art
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15
DID EXACT WORK.
Character of the Artist
MeissOnnier.
HE PAINTED AS HE LIVED.
Story of the Man Who Rose to the
Highest Pinnacle of
Art.

If ever an artist was worshiped by the
people OF France 1t was Ernest Meis-
sonnier. He was not worshiped for his
personality. for few of the people knew
him except oy sight, but for his painting.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-15

A third set OF teeth is now coming
through the gums of Wesley Free Of Paw
ling, Pa. He is 40 years old.
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Tuberoses came from Ceylon to Europe
in 1850.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-27
NOTABIES OF THE DAY.

Kaiser Wilhelm is a man of restless
activity. 1t is figured that during the
last wear he has Travelled Il distance OF
1880 miles.
Andrew Lang. although he has at
tanned an extraordinary level OF high
work has never written q great DOCK
He was born in 1911.
For over thirty years the archbishop
of Canterbury has prohibited the delivery
of letters, on Sunday at his country house,
as he will never trouble his mind by read
ing one on the seventh day
IT is not perhaps generally known
that Mr. Balfour is a very rich man. his
family have long been wealthy land
owners in Scotland, and at the present
time he owns good zeal OF Naluaple
property in London.
Alexander Dumas proposes tax
unon diners out for the benefit of the
moor This is an idea which IS worthy OF
careful consideration. for it would in most
cases affect the people who can best at
ford to bear the burden OF taxation.
Nine. Camot, the wife of the late
French president, is very fond OF horses,
. taste which was fully shared by her
husband. who had Il preference Tor those
Of American breed, and used to import
them from the states.
Mime. Pherore Langrana. an East In
dian lady, is attracting mucn attenllcn III
London as a singer. She is pupil OF
Sims Reeves, and her specially IS the per-
known she is the first Indian woman to
attain distinction as public singer.
Bishop Balsley of Kibe Denmark, is
said TO be the best paid author in the
world. and all because he has written an
exceedingly popular religious. book called
"Iuthers Little Catechism A curious
critic has calculated that one single verse
of the Lords Prayer. Give us this day
onr daily bread" accompanied by the ex-
, un, remark, Pray for that only
which YOU need" has been worth $1,000
70 the bishop.
-Embassador Bayard is to pay visit
- tho Earl of Leyen and Melville at the
ia+ter's estate of Glenfereners. Dunphail.
Wairnshire. Scotland He will sail for the
United States early in October.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-27
MUSIC OF THE WIRES.

oh, have you heard it in the street
the strange new music. weird and sweet,
OF myriad wires singing:
Great croSS-rreed poles stand. mile on mile
A curhstone forest. lndian-fie
With heavenly murmurs ringing.
see them fra my window high
Each fretted pole against the sky,
Stands like a giant cello.
With mighty string and keys aloft-
Titanic yiolS. sweet and soft.
By age and use grown mellow.
Hark lis the harp of a thousand strings!
Win vast Eolian murmuringS,
The mighty poles are riven.
No Sweeter tabled Memnon sings,
imam these rude, gaunt. unSightly things,
Thrilling with tones of heaven.
marvel as | pass them by
Great sturdy maStS that could defy
The tercest gales of ocean.
And 10, they tremble all astir
They culver at the Utmost core.
Reed-like. with tender motion.
Mondrous. the singing street At night
Inc velvet darkness pierced by light
From lamps electric streaming.
A web of countless wires on high.
Drawn dimiy on the clear black sky
Where frosty stars are cleaning.
THOSE phantom lines ruled on the sky.
The score of the great symphony
OF human life me Seemeth.
Writ on the wires are hopes and fears
Set 70 the music of the spheres
Whereof the poet dreameth.
Boston Transcript.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-27
IN 4 PREDICAMENT.
Experiences of a Man Up Tree-Why
He Did Not Come Down.


1t was during the progress of the picnic
given II Jurnigans grove by the Metho-
dist Saba th-school of Hawville, Okla
homa.
Alkali Ike, who sings bass in the choir.
and Miss Lille Cusack, the soprano had
wandered short distance from the scene
of the festivities and seated themselves
foot of tall tree.
The gallant's arm had strayed around
the maiden's slender waist and fingered
there. apparently to the profound salts
faction of both persons. and Isaac had
asked. for the 10th time:
Does 90 love me. Lillie:'
Course l do replied the maid, snug
Cling closer to him. II love you gooder
than any-Oh, mercy! / DO believe there
is some kind of a horrid animal up in this
tree!'
"WeIl soon seer' remarked Ike, grimly,
at the same time drawing his revolver
and firing q few shots into the foliage
above. IN stir the varnint up a little,
anyhow.
At that instant reproachful voice was
heard proceeding from the canopy Of
leaves above their heads:
How long, oh Lord? How long?'
what the dev-- That is. who are
YOU: demanded Ike.
All that remains of Hercules T.
Smith, was the reply Il was in swim
ming before the picnickers came, and q
cow ate up the most of my clothes before
l noticed her. l chased her through a
blackberry tangle and then stray dog,
that appeared to be mad, chased me back
again. Then the coming of the Sabbath
school drove me up this tree, and here I
have been ever since, with q hornets
nest on one bough and a snake on another.
And now you are trying to finish the job
hy assasSinating me-
"Why didn't you come down before?'
"Well. you see. | happened to be en-
gagged myself to Miss Cusack, whom you
are hugging.'-L:fe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-27
MUSIC HATH CHARMS.
1t Will Cure the Blues as Well as Soothe
the Savage Breast.

the savage breast.
When YOU are very tired and utterly
respondent, when you want to cry your
heart out and the tears will not come
do not go home and lie fiat on your back
or take exercise or tea or indulge in
cheerful conversation with the hope of
getting rested and happy. Sometimes
these remedies work, but quite often they
don't Try instead the never-failing
cure that was yours in the good old days
coming dark you crept into your mothers
arms and heard her sing a lullaby.
Probably you cannot creep into her
arms now. You are rather too big. and
she is miles away, and that is one reason
why you are sad. But YOU can hear
music. and the cares that infest the day
will fold their tents and depart even
as Longfellow says. Music will soothe
you as nothing else will. Go to some
friend who plays or sings, and make her
play or sing to you
Have the lights turned low or put out
Lie down on the divan with your head
among the pillows and listen. Do not
Make her avoid classical selections.
Make her play all the simple. old ballads
that you like. Make here play old-faSh-
toned hymns. By and by tears will be
trickling down your cheeks, which you
will mop silently with your handkerchief
A DIG lump VIII come llllo your InfOdt as
the music means. Gould you come back
to me. Douglass The fact that you new
er had a Douglass or anyone else to call
back will not lessen your grief. You will
feel your heart breaking over annie
Jaurie:' you will sob over The Queens
Maries." There will be q perfect rain of
tears when the music drifts into the sweet
Sunday strains. You will be dimly con-
scious that crying spoils your complexion,
but you may solace yourself even then
by the thought that tears will not prove
so destructive of beauty as the drawn,
strained look of one who cannot cry.
When it is all over and you have cried
silently until you can cry no more, you
will be surprised to find how cheerful you
are growing. You will soon want some
thing to eat-tears are great appetizers-
and then you will go to bed and sleep a
cheerful. healthy sleep. In the morning
the tiredness will be gone.-New York
World.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-27
AN OLD SEyENTY-FOUR


l am am nothing now but. shattered old bulk
win not even a sail or mast
Ldlu up IN the dock to rot and to s1lk
,ri ana 70 Drag Of the days that are past
ln1ie Is only one gun, an old cracked one
Ihat is left me here on nv deck.
FROM Which hot shot il the days that are
l fired from this shattered old WRECK
Despoiled and bereft and with nothing left
. am kept here. who knows why.
Save to tell the old tales till my memory
Of the glorious days gone by
~ the battles | fought. of the din of war,
VI the times of peace. of the voyages far
lhto many sea and cline
1HaL l made III the good old Well-rigged
When life was without a care
AND IN my strength and prime
Now. far away to the tropic~ isles
where me loVe-birds of Paradise fash
through the air.
And the years long summer sleeps lingering
And the deep blue heaven smiles
Now, to the North. where the cebergs high
dopple all flashing against the sky,
VI INTO the seas at their bases flashing
Splitting. fall with a sudden crashing
And the White gulls startled fly
You may laugh if you choose, and scorn
Those good old sailing days
1Ou may boast of your steam and yOul.
wheels and your screws
And all your new tangled ways:
But for beauty and grace YOU must take
second place,
However your use you praise
All, yes: for Drawer and gallanter sight
On the ocean you never will find
Than an old three-master its canvas white
All rounded out to the wind
Not hammering, painting along the sea
With Il ceaSeleSS SplaShing and noise
But almost flying, bending. careening
Now up erect. now sideways leaning.
With an ever-shifting poise.
All. that was sailing. all. that was living,
How we went in those days. now We
WENT
The winds from heaven their impulse Civ
ing.
And we joying in what they sent.
How played with the storm and laughed
with the tempest.
AS under their pressure we bent
The wild seas leaping. and rushing and
sweeping
Over our decks and sides:
Our sharp Prov lifting high up, and cleav-
The dark-blue pillows before it heaving,
AS over them bravely il rides;
Or downward STOPPING and into them
AS greenly they yawned beneath
Into their deep black cavernS scoopinc
With a foam-bone in its teeth
While above at the masthead flying free
And playing with the wind,
Streamed the good old flag, and after US
sweeping
Came the following gulls, their orbed
wings dipping
In the foam-fringed edge of the pillows up-
leaping
In the rustling wake behind.
w. w. Story in Blackwood's Magazine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-27
PRICES OF GRAIN.
They May Decl,ne on The Completion of
Sireria's Railroad.

Siteria'S Railroad.
United States Consul General Jonas,
at st. Petersburg, IN a report to the de-
partment of state, points to the fact that
the early completion Of the Siberian rail
road is likely to have a depressing effect
upon the prices of grain throughout the
world. No reliable estimate can be
formed of the probable export of Siberian
grain to Europe by this road, and one
rough estimate placing it at G,0O0,O0O
bushels for the West Siberian section is
regarded as decidedly too low.
Moreover, the completion OF the road is
expected to greatly stimulate the planting
of grain in the black soil belt, famous for
it's fertility In 1889 the Siberian govern
ments produced a surplus of 3O,0OO,OOo
bushels Of grain. To lessen the depress-
ing effect upon the local st. Petersburg
market of the expected thrush of Sibe-
rian wheat, new outlet is being pro
vided by line of railroad from Perm,
already connected with Western Siberia,
to Kotlas, on the Dvina river. offering
an easy way to Archangel on the White
sea, whence the wheat can be exported
to other European countries
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-27
"HaiI to the Chief

This is half the title of an old song. The
balance is. ''Who in triumph advances.
The public. the press and the medical pro-
fesSion chant this refrain as especially ap-
plicabe to Hostetters Stomach Bitters
chief among American remedies and pre-
ventives for malaria, constipation, dyspep-
STA, liver complaint, nervousness unquiet
sleep, rheumatic twinges, and the troubles
incident to advanced age 1t is also univer-
sally recognized as reliable tonic and appe-
tier AS family medicine particularly
suitable to emergencies it has equG1!
The nervous the feeble seek it's aid and tbs
happiest results follow. The convalesceI@
the aged and the infirm derive infinite bene-
fit from it's use. Against the influences of
impure air, bad water. unaccustomed food
overwork and exposure it is a genuine pre-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-27
QUIET COWBOYS.
The Wild Desperadoes Have All Been
Killed.

The Wild Desperadoes Have All Been
"Thc cowboy of the story writer's, if
hc ever existed, is practically extinct"
Saws A. r. Frenzell of Texas to u De
troit Free Press man.
Il nave been among them under all
circumstances. and as Il rule they differ
Int little from farm hands elsewhere.
They wear sombreros as protection
from the sun. and these give them pict-
uresQuc appearance, but, beyond pistol
and Il knife in their belt. made neces-
sarv by the nature of their work. there
is nothing Notwithstanding about them
When they go to town. rs they seldom
do. most of them perform their errands
and ~ home as mcekly as a farmer III
Ohio.
a few Of them will get drunk. but you
can find much wilder characters in a.
city than You can among these much
men of TIE plains. They
usually drink quietly and 90 70 sleep III a
hair. remain there until morning and 90
home There have been cases where men
have tcrroriZed Western towns. and they
are invariably reported as cowboys. when.
as matter Of fact, they seldom, if ever,
are"