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THE ARTISTS.

SAINTS on horseback are rather rare. The Bohemians have lately set up in Prague an equestrian statue to St. Wenzeslaus, who was duke of Bohe- mia, and was put to death in 941
 IT will cost million drachmas to put the Parthenon, the Temple of Thesus, and the other monuments in Athens damaged by last years earthquake in a safe condition. An appeal for help will be sent out to all countries.
 FRANCISCO PoDEsT1, the famous Italian painter, died recently in Rome Among his best known works are "The Siege of Ancona by Barbarossa, ' Francesca di Rimini, and ''The Judg- ment of Paris" He was also clever sculptor
 ALMA TADEMA spends about four months on one of his more finished pictures. To one that he thinks likely to be masterpiece he is willing to give as many years, as was the case with the one recently painted for Berlin patron. This painting the artist packed for shipment with the greatest care with his own hands.
 HE Societe Rationale des Artistes. the seceders from the Salon in the Champs Elysees to the Champs de Mars, of which Puvis de Chavannes is president, has ac- cepted the invitation to exhibit at Der lin next May at the Universal Art ex- hlbltlon. The association of the old salon, over which Leon Bonnat pre- sides, has refused.
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PADS AND RANCHES.

EMPEROR WILLIAM has another fad. He is studying telegraphy.
 "lNFLuENzA'D" is creeping into use in England, and Le Figaro prints .in- huenze."
 A QUEER collection craze has sprung up in Paris for ''bil cts de faire part. ; the formal announcements of births. betrothals, marriages and deaths. The Bibliotheque Rationale has been col iecting them for some time past.
 MRS. JOHN JACOB AsroR may be said to have the athletic fever. She rides horses-this probably being her favor lte sport. Thea she rides the bicycle. going often when home for a morpinr spln over the fine roads of the park.
 MRS. THEODORE HAvEMEYER, wife of the wealthy sugar king, is a queen of extravaganza. She is fond of flowers She buys lavisbly, and has spent as much as six hundred dollars for a great basket of orchids She also shows great ingenuity in devisino schemes for spending money
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SOUTHERN GLEANINGs
Wiped Out by Fire.

The handsome Phelps building at Greenville. Miss, was totally destroyed by fire few nights ago, which ap parently originated in the working room of Mr. J. c. Covert, photographer. who occupies several of the second story rooms. Mrs. Inge occupied two upstairs rooms as millinery estab- lishment, and lost everything, while the other rooms on the second floor were used as offices of Lakin $ Yerger. attorneys. They lost valuable libra- ", their accounts, etc The Southern Express occupied one of the handsome store rooms on the ground floor, and Messrs. Torran & Nelns, dealers in ladies' fine goods, the other. The South ern Express saved almost everything, while much of the stock of Torran & Nelms was saved.
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Ohio Colony in Georgia.

The Ohio colony which has located at Slatham, small town a few miles from Athens, Ga, is rapidly growing. MT. O. s. Hayes, an old G. A. R. man, the chief mover of the project, says that the town is to be controlled by ex- Union soldiers, and that building for G. A. R. post will be erected soon. A number of large orchards and vine- yards have been set out.
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Her Neck Was Broken.

The people of Yanceburg, Ky, are wrought up over brutal murder com mitted in Lewis county recently. Mrs. Mary Carnes, wife of John Carnes, died of heart disease, it was alleged, and was buried. Subsequently the body was exhumed by the coroner and an inquest was held. It was found that the woman;s neck had been broken. Carnes and his mother, Harriett Carnes, aged 76 years, were arrested and charged with murder, No one save the two people arrested and two small children were present when the woman died.
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Assault to Murder Charged.

The grand jury at Nashville, Tenn, has returned an indictment against Frank Smith, state superintendent of public instruction, charging him with an assault with intent to commit mur- der upon State Senator R. R. Butler. Smith assaulted Senator Butler a few weeks ago with a hickory stick, in- dicting severe injuries.
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THE general opinion was expressed at the treasury department on the 2d, that the rise in the price of silver is speculative rather than real, and that what is real in the movement is to be attributed to the prospects that the Chinese indemnity will be paid in sill yer, rather than to any belief that the position of silver will be improved by the monetary conference, even should such conference be held
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On Historic Gronnd.

On the historic site of the old capitol of Georgia in Atlanta, Venable Bros, the great granite firm that owns Stone mountain, will erect within the five months intervening before the opening of the Cotton States exposition a mag nificent granite hotel, ten stories high. This is one of the finest sites in the city.
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Fiorida Murderer T.vached.

William Rawles, colored, was found guilty at Jacksonville by a eoroner's jury of the murder of Mr. Raul, a small shopkeeper. The prisoner was guarded while awaiting the train for Gainesville, where the regular trial should have taken place. A mob soon gathered, overpowered the guards and lynched Rawles. The presumption is that Rawles murdered Raul for a small amount of money that the latter was carrying home after the days business.
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BIg shipn.;...l of Cotton.

A Yazoo & Mississippi Valley freight train pulled out of Memphis, Tenn, the other morning for New Orleans with the largest shipment of cotton that ever left Memphis. It consisted of 1o,521 bales, all billed through to Liverpool. The largest previous ship ment was 6,l75 bales.
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In Behalf of the Daughters.

John Dozier and others have entered suit for half interest in the Houston & East Texas road, which runs from Houston, Tex, to Logansport, La. The suit is entered for the daughters of Paul Bremond, the claim being that the road was built with money belong ing to their mother E. L. Jemison, of New York, is president of the road. The Union Trust O. of New York is made party to the suit. The road is worth several million dollars
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UNITED STATES CONSUL TINeLE at Brunswick, Germany, in letter re- gently received at the state depart ment suggests that American packers turn their attention to furnishing the German market with horse meat, which he says is used in the larger cities in equal quantities with beef and mutton, on account of the high price of the latter commodities.
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An Irish Neg,ro at Large.

The Washington (D. @ police the other day received the following tele- gram Richmond, Tex, regarding rare ethnological specimen who is at large:
 All officers look out for and arrest one Scotty Ryan, an Irish negro; has Irish brogue very perceptible; weight about l75 pounds; had on small crush hat and brogan shoes; 30 years old; glnger-cake color. Will pay for him in any
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MR. A. J. BALFoUR, NJ. P, in an ad league in London, on the 3d, said that the time was not far distant when men of all parties would agree to introduce into international transactions some medium of exchange less hurtful to industry than the present absurd sys- tenn
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TIE public debt statement, issued on the 2d shows net increase in the debt during March, less cash in the treasury, of SIS, 32o, 105. Total cash in the treasury, $797, 237, 5s9.
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ON the 1st B treaty of peace was signed in the City of Mexico, be- tween Secretary Mariscal and the min ister from Guatemala, thus ayerting the threatened war.
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A DISPATCH from Shanghai, on the 1st, said it was reported in that city that the conditions of peace imposed by Japan were that China shall pay 100000, 900 yen indemnity and cede For mosa and southern Manchuria; Japan to hold guarantees pending the pay ment of indemnity and the settlement of the boundaries.
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THE statement of the associated banks of New York city for the week changes: Reserve, decrease, $733, ,05o; loans, decrease, $2,12s, 800; specie, in- crease, S4s5, 300; legal tenders, de- crease, $a, ,S93, 300; deposits, decrease, S4,os7, ,ooo, circulation, increase, $529,- 800.
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A DISPATCH from Tolxio, on the 31st, said that Koyama, the young Japanese who shot Li Hung Chang. the Chinese viceroy, had been sentenced to impris- onment for life at hard labor.
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Interstate Military Drill.

President Cleveland and the mem bers of his cabinet and the governors of all the states and their staffs have been invited to be present at the big drill at Memphis, Tenn, in May
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ONE HUNDRED employees of the Gleye- land (o.l Ship Building Go. went out on strike on the 5th The company proposed to pay the old hands S2. 37 and new men $a. 25 per day. The strike was for $s.5 per day rate The strikers were employed in the boiler making department.
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THE eastern and central portions of the state of Kansas were visited, on the 31st, by copious rains. The rains were very warm, but were closely fol lowed by a blizzard which caused much apprehension for the safety of the fruit crop, especially peaches and apricots. The rains left the soil in good condition for spring work, which was already we'll under way
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Loved Her Retter rhan Llfe

Robert Smith, young man of promi' hence, committed suicide at Glade Springs, Ga, because the girl he hao eourted for four years did not love hlln.
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New Spinning and Knitting Mill.

A large spinning and knitting mlll will be erected near Weldon, N. C. ls will give employment to 400 or oOo hands. Northern capital is interestea'
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THE supreme court of Iowa, in an opinion filed on the 2d, sustained the constitutionality of the state statute for the regulation of the liquor traffic familiarly known as the mulct law.
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IN Wayne county, on Whites creek, 20 miles south of Central City, ". Va, slide in the mountain near the bed of the creek has exposed large quantities of shining metal, supposed to be sil- yer. Much excitement prevails throughout the section owing to the discovery.
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THE presidents family left the White House after luncheon, on the Ed, and took up their residence at Woodley, their suburban home, where they were joined by the president later in he af- ternOon.
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THE Licking county (o) building for the insane was burned before day light on the morning of the 2d. Jen- ney Jacoby, an insane patient, gave the alarm, thus saving thirty inmates from death. The origin of the fire is not known.
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EMILE ZoLA was, on the 1st, elected president of the Paris Societe des Gems de Lettres.
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To Ston Work.

A resolution was adopted by tne Tennessee house to stop work on ens new penitentiary, and to stop the pas of the architects and contractors.
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4 Small Woman.

There appeared at Key West, Fla, for the first time the other day very small woman. She Is Miss Isabella Finder, of Spanish Wells, in the Ba- hama islands. She is 8 years old, 36 inches tall and weighs less than 50 pounds. Her physical development is perfect. She is on visit to cousin here, Gen. ;" Abe Sawyer, who is 31 years old, fl inches tall and weighs 55 I1OuudS
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Fonnd Dead After 2 Lone search.

The dead body of John Phillips, the 5-year-old son of James Phillips, was found in Fall creek. near Blountville, Tenn, few days since, after a con- tinuous search of two weeks. The boy was drowned March 21 and from the hour he was missing up to the time his body was found the entire community was engaged in the search.
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THE anti-cigarette ordinance in Law renee, Kas.. went into effect recently, and no cigarettes can now be pur- chased in that city The ordinance imposes a fine of $5 to $25 for each violation.
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ON the Sd, there was filed in the United States court in Chicago a suit to recover in the neighborhood of S1,- 000,00 from Nelson Morris and Joseph E. Greenhut, this being the sum- it is alleged in the bill the stockholders of the Whisky trust were mulcted of by Irregularities in a slop contract be- tween the trust and Mr. Morris. and in which it is further alleged that Presi- dent Greenhut was profit-sharer to the extent of one-seventh.
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WILLIAM LAyERY, aged s5, who said his home was in the asylum of the Lit tie Sisters of the Poor, loaded down with yards of brass chain, his coat and hat fairly covered with cheap gew- gaws, lugged a heavy bag filled with brass castings up the White House portico, on the 1st. and asked if the president was still buying gold for the treasury He claimed to have job lot of the precious metal, which he was willing to let go at par. In his pocket he had lump of glass, for which he waited the modest sum of 315. .000. .OO0
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THE CAT.

Lovers of "the harmless, necessary cat'
will welcome this book. by Rush s. Huide-
koper, Md, Il physician and expert veteri-
nary of New York. The volume is designed
as guide to the classifcations and varie-
ties of cats and treatise on their care, the
diseases to which they are subject and their
treatment.
1t is little curious that, considering the
universally and popularity of these pets,
there has not been written long since just
such a book on cats as this which DIR.
Huidekoper has just put out. In his eff
forts to compile photography of the sub
iect the doctor has only been able to find
ten books to include therein, and of these
nearly half treat of the animal from a
purely scientific standpoint.
The present volume will doubtless fill
real want, and cat fanciers will find it a
very reliable and complete compendium of
knowledge pertaining to the selection. care
and comfort of any sort of tabby. New
York: D. Appleton & Co. For sale by
William Doxey, San Francisco
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STUDIES OF MEN.

These studies of some of the most famous
men and women OF our times were origin
ally contributed by George W. Smalley,
the well-known London letter-writer, to
the New York Tribune. Now gathered in
book form, they constitute a valuable col
lection of pen sketches of prominent per-
sonages.
Mr.. Smalley has had unusual opportuni-
ties for meeting public characters, and he
has the true newspaper workers apprecia-
ton of what people want to know about
men and women. Necessarily many of
his studies have to do with personal expe-
rience, but he is delightfully."- free from
egotism and is in no way concerned to
give us study of Smalley en- passent.
His has been a most catholic acquaintance.
Cardinal Newman, Lord Granville, Bal
four, Parnell, Spurgeon, Tennyson, Bis
marck, Professor Tyndall, Sir Edward
Burne-Jones and Mrs. Humphry Ward are
some of the people to whom he introduc g
us, and his introductions are fraught with
pleasantness. Some of his analyses are
exceedingly good. Of Cardinal Newman
he says, in concluding that Study" II
am almost tempted to cali him a great
journalist, SO fragmentary was his writing
so strictly did it answer the appeal, Give
us day by day our daily bread; so accu-
rately adapted was it to the necessities of
the particular occasion ON which he
wrote"
OF Tennyson he tells number of capital
stories that have since the first publication
of these letters in the Tribune been widely
copied hut which are well worth having in
this permanent form. One of the most in
teresting studies in the book concerns the
German Emperor and his army. Mr..
Smalley had the good fortune to be present
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SAILING IN FAIR WEATHER AND
FOUL,

This is a particularly timely issue in a
library of sport which the publishers of
Outing intend issuing. The author is Cap
tain A. ]. Kenealy, well-known New
York yachtsman, and his little book treats
exhaustiveIy of yachting tor the benefit OF
the amateur.
Captain Kenealy is devout believer in
the catboat as handy craft for the anna
teur sailor. He meets the objections to
this form of rig with strong arguments, and
his chapter on the choice of boat is full
of useful suggestions and pointers to the
would-be yachtsman. Nevertheless he does
not overlook the fact that there are other
craft of sterling qualities, and what he has
to say of the yawl and the amount of
pleasure to be found in the stern OF good
yawl with stiff breeze on is enough to set
the amateur sailors nerves atingle
There is great deal of useful
information in the book regarding
the management of boat in every sort Of
weather, the fitting out for cruise, laying
up for the winter, and seamanship in gen.
eral, and the volume is condensed sum-
mary of everything that the amateur needs
to know for successful cruising in most
waters. The book is amply illustrated
with pictures and diagrams that serve fur
Their to illuminate Captain Kenealy's COM
prehensive text. New York: The Outing
Publishing COmpany.1
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saries or Injuries of life to be had in the
market, and it could not depreciate.
So easily as this is the most difficult
problem OF civilization settled in Aristopia.
The author has put forth this book as, he
says, to show what might have occurred if
the current of events had been turned at a
critical point by some man with sufficient
virtue and mental power, combined with
the power which some fortunate material
circumstances might have given him.
In a word, his book is an attempt to
show what might have been possible had
the impossible happened.
This is no time for such push-pin play
as this book INDUCES in. The world is to-
day thoroughly in earnest in its endeavor
to read Alright the puzzling riddle of our
civilization. One does not gather grapes
from thorns, nor figs from thistles-nor
can any sane man believe that an ideal
commonwealth, or, indeed any common
wealth worthy of the name, could grow
from settlement, the basic principle of
which was anti-social, anti-republican.
Judged by literary standards, Mr. Hal
ford'S work is very poor. He especially
fails to give Us any sense of the time with
which he deals. He has simply telescoped
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Joseph Conrad, he has succeeded in giving
US decidedly unpleasant and apparently
entirely aimless tale. Almayer is white
man of Dutch boer parentage, who allows
himself to be bought by clustering sea
captain to marry full-blooded Malay
girl whom the captain has adopted. With
his half-savage wife Almayer settles on the
east coast of Borneo and becomes white
native" The old sea captain disappears.
Almayer is weak, shiftless, inane. His
affairs go to destruction. He lives in an
incomplete ruin of house which he has
built, and which occasional traders
have dubbed "Almayer's Folly" His
Malay wife is half witch. half fiend and
he has one daughter, whom he adores.
Almayer becomes mixed up with Malay
pirate in certain questionable transactions
His daughter, who under her half-breed
skin is savage at heart, fails in love with
the Malay and runs away with him. When
he is about to be arrested for his share in
the pirates misdeeds, Almayer discovers
that his daughter is gone, and becomes
crazy. There is good deal of movem ent
and adventure in the book, but it is full of
intrigue, of squalor and degradation, and
from first to last there is not a genuine
clean, decent man or woman in the story.
New York: Macmillan e. Co. For sale
by William Doxey, San Francisco. Price
81 251
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LITTLE KNIGHTS AND LADIES.

Margaret E. Sangster has dedicated this
volume of verse for children to the Chill
dren's Order of the Round Table, the great
circle of youthful readers who have gath
cred about Harper's weekly paper for
young people. The verses are intended
for children's reading. The different
poems have in nearly every instance a
story to tell. They are simple, unaffected
little verses - sometimes musical. often
pathetic, and always tender, sympathetic
and wholesome. They are adapted to the
childish understanding without ever being
silly or sacrificing the artistic unities to
the exigencies of rhyme. Mrs. Sangster
has a real fellowship with children. She
writes as though she loves them and under
stands them. If, as scientists are wont to
tell us in these days, the coming genera
ton is always of more Importance
than the present, then the most
important literature of the day is that
intended for the perusal of the coming
generation. Such fools as can may write
our grown-up books without doing
irremediable mischief, but the books read
by the children should be written by wise
and true men and women. Mrs. Sangster
has written much tender and sympathetic
verse for men and women. She is pre-
eminently a singer for the people, but in
bringing out these poems for children she
might well have echoed what Lucy Lar
com said years ago:
am sure that would rather
Could 1 merit so fine thing
Be the poet OF little children
Than the laureate OF a king.
New York: Harper & Brothers For sale
by Payot. Upham IL Co., San Francisco
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lists of Californian writer's, but it can only
find its way there under a very liberal in
depreciation of the word Californian.
1t seems almost pity that this particu-
lar selection should be made The book
is so very small that certain poems to
which, in all probability, Realf himself
would have attached little weight are
given undue prominence. This is apt to
be the case with very small collections of
verse. About the only things among the
selections worthy of preservation are the
sonnets, upon which, so far as this collec-
ton is concerned, Realf's reputation must
rest. Here and there, among the other
poems, gem-like lines flash out, but the
setting is often most commonplace. The
vein OF poetry running through the verse
is an exceedingly thin one. What the
poets maturer powers might have pro-
ouced one cannot, of course, say, but GER
tainly such of his work as is now Access
sible would not seem to justify the recent
attempts to bring his name into promi-
nence.
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expressed his argument in the form of a
dialogue and has illustrated the most
effective points in it by pictures, some of
which are designed with no little force and
skill as political cartoons.
The controversy between bimetallism
and recommendation has been so thor
oughly beaten over during the last four
years and has been treated in so many
different ways by SO many people that
even the versatile author of "Ragnarok'
and the "Great Cryptogram" has been able
to add nothing to it in the way of novel
arguments or new facts. He has put into
his argument, however, much of that
wealth of imagery, aptness of illustrative
anecdote and eloquence of style for which
he is noted. Though the theme is old,
therefore, the book will be found inter
esting because of the vigor with which it
presents the case for free silver and ar
raigns the gold standard as an injury to
the productive classes of the country.
1t is to be regretted that the merits of
the work are marred by the violence with