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GUSTAVE DORE.
The Greatest Attraction That London Pos
sessed For the French Artist.

The Greatest Attraction That London Pos
sessed For the French Artist.
wanted Jerrold to induce Doro to visit
the Black country and make some studios
of the great night scenes, the lights of the
nineteenth century beacon fires, and at one
time hoped to have made proposal for
him to contribute few special pages to
the first provincial illustrated paper, but
other engagements drew him from Eng
land, though obtained for The Illustrated
Midland News one or two sketches from
his pencil. Crossing the Channel was
the best of them, far more finished in de-
tail than any other. 1t was a scene Of that
kind of helpless physical misery from
which even Nelson himself occasionally
suffered at sea. Dore drew from both OBJ
servation and feeling. The vessel is roll
ing, the sea chopping, you realize this on
a first glance ut the picture, and there are
evidences Of distress that are grim rather
than humorous. Nevertheless Doro fire.
quently came to England. How often
other illustrious Frenchmcn would visit
u.s. but for that silver streak of the poet,
that dirty water of the realist
Ono Of Dorc's favorite haunts was the
Geological gardens. He was as fond of
strolling from one cage to another and
watching the animals as Landseer was.
l don't suppose these two habitues of the
gardens ever met. Landseor immortali2ed
his studies at the ZOO in his models of tho
king of bcsts that adorn Trafalgar square.
Friends Of Dore used to say that on arriv-
ing in London he would take cab and
rush off TO the zoo before he went to his
hotel. Exaggeration is useful in empha-
sizing fact. Dore frequently went to the
mcnagerie in Regents park before he
called on his human friends. There is a
powerful touch of satire in one of his Lon
don pictures of the monkey house, with
the visitors to the gardens seen from tho
interior Of the cage.-Joseph Hatton in
IdleP.
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A SMART YANKEE TRICK.
1t Suggested a Scheme That Might L
Enective In HattIe.

1t Suggested a Scheme That Might Be
Effective In Battle.
"Thero was a matter that forgot and
which 1 meant to suggest to our war de-
partment before l returned to Georgia. ;"
The speaker was Evan Howell of Atlanta,
publisher of The Constitution.
"The idea was suggested to me, A." he said
to writer for the Washington Star, "by
She trick Of n smart Yankee which ex-
perienced during the war. Some of our
men surprised bunch of Yankee raiders
one day. The raiders saw us coming q
half mile away. They were in the front
yard Of n big plantation house at the
time and the moment they noted us
streaming round bend in the pike they
leaped for their horses One of them, the
tricky Yank 1 mentioned stopped and
picked up a bee gum, one of a dozen
standing in the yard, and swung it up to
his shoulder. Then he climbed into the
saddle Every jump Of his horse jolted a
handful Of indignant bees out of the hive,
and it looked rs if they never budgod, but
stood right still in the air wondering what
had happened. And when we got up to
them the bees seemed to lay their troubles
to us and pitched into us like rabid dogs
Not one of our cavalry ever got farther
than the first bee. The whole outfit came
streaming back and lit into us and our
horses and made it so hot we had to turn
and fly. That's what they did; just sim
ply stung us plumb out Of the country,
and the Yanks got away.
"NOw, l wasn't thinking Of suggesting
bees as an adjunct to our military but re-
membering my bee experience that day in
north Georgia I was wondering why we
couldn't avail ourselves Of the aid of ami
mails moro than we do in n battle My
idea was to organize dog regiment, say
of thousand dogs. I'd get good big stag
hounds and cross them with the shepherd
dog to get intelligence. I'd take 1000 Of
these and put 100 men with them, giving
each man charge of ten dogs. I'd train
them to know the enemy by dummies
fixed up in the hostile uniform. 1t could
be done, this last part, in week. And
I'd take this dog regiment into battle with
me. They be easy to feed and easy to han
die. I'd guarantee to whip anything but
infantry with my dog regiments Cavalry
wouldn't last q moment with 'em. They d
stampede the best cavalry brigade that
ever heard u buglc. OF course these 100
men would have to be mounted. With the
men in the saddle and their half stag
hound, half shepherd dog cohorts they'd
sweep battlefield and stir up an enemy S
line like nest of hornets AS for nrtil-
lcry, these dogs would ovcrrun battery
like q torrent
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Mr. Brown Felt Something.

Mr.. James Brown, living two miles
from Dahlonega, Ga, had thrilling ad-
venture one night recently while out fish
ing. He was over on the Chestatee river in
company with Mr.. John McGee's sons,
among the laurels and rock cliffs, travel
ing dim path near the river, when the
light went out. The moon had long before
set behind the western hills, and tho night
was very dark, and none Of the party had
any matches. They were well acquainted
with the path, but it was too dark to
travel, and they feared falling of of high
cliff of rocks that was close by.
Mr.. Brown was in front and got down
on his hands and knees and commenced
cropping his way in the dark, placing out
first one hand and then the other so as to
enable him to discover the precipice should
he loose his way. While feeling his way In
this manner his hand struck live object.
He jumped back as quick as possible, and
in less than a minute u rattlesnake was
heard singing down the cliff few feet be-
low. Mr.. Brown had placed his hands on
the snake and it fell down u portion of
the cliff while coiling .-Atlnnta Constitu-
tiOD
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NEW Works. NAME
Not So Bad as 1t Would Have Been Hat
YOrhs Old Names Survived.

AOThb Olu Names survived.
Now that New York's name is under
discussion, it is well &c be thankful that
the contraction of old York's original
Eurewic took place before the qualifying
"New" was added, for If York is bad
New Eurewic would be unbearable.
York's still earlier name of Eboracum
would have gone no better with 'New,"
and her Celtic name of Caer Ebroo would
have been even worse than any Of the
others with third clement preixcd.
The syllable "wic, which has almost
disappeared in the contraction of Eurewic
to York, is rather the Saxon vic, mean
ing an abiding place, than the Danish
vic meaning q station for ships-surely
an appropriate sufiix for so great seaport
as the chief commercial city of the new
world.
New York is really not worse off, how
ever in the matter of it's name than u
good many other cities are or haze been.
York. with or without the New, is better
than Midtown, which is no unfair trans
lation of Lutetia, the ancient Roman name
for Paris, bestowed upon the city Of the
PARISH because of its mud houses. Lon
don, by the way, takes its name from the
fortified hill of the Brltons where st.
Paul's cathedral now stands. Dublin is q
name conccaling two unattractive syllables
meaning the black pool, and Liverpool is
literally the pool OF the living creatures,
so called because wild fowl abOunded upon
tho waters Of pool near the site of the
city. Brussels is conjcctured to mean
either swamp or thicket, and Rome may
be merely the early Latin equivalent Of
the cross roads, from the fact that local
lines of travel met at the Forum. Berlin
is conjeCturcd to mean the short lake.
Other guGssers take it as the free and open
place. the river island and the marshy
spot.
Names that are commonly accepted as
of but single word often contain phrase
of whole sentence. COnstantinople and
Valparaiso arc familiar examples. Per-
nambuco sounds well to English ears, but
means the mouth of hell. Cairo, which
has been mistaken by European ignorance
for tho namo of the city, is really cor
ruption of its descriptive title so to speak,
El Kahirah, the victorious. The true
name of the city is Misr. Bombay is only
the Portuguese Bona Bahia, good bay, Il
modest enough name for an oriental city,
since the names of such usually mean a
great deal that it pretcntious or splendid.
1spahan, for example, is the half of the
world Astrakhan, the city of the star;
Bagdad, the garden of justice. Copenhagen
is merely the merchants hGrbor. The con-
cealed ''news" in foreign city names are
legion, as Novgorod, Ncustadt, Neufchatel,
and even Naples.-New York Sun.
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A Queer Race,

Many queer incidents are to be met
with at the public institutions in this
city, says the Philadelphia Record. The
one that has attracted the most attention
from a scientific standpoint for some time
past was a race for life or death between o
wee black atolA of humanity and white
one just as small. At one of tho foun-
ding hospitals up town the other day a
colOrod male child and white male child,
exactly the same age and weighing the
same to the fraction Of an ounce, were re-
ceived at the same time. They were both
suffering from the same ailment, which
appeared to be rather lack of strength than
disease. The pulse and temperature were
the same, and they were placed in the in
cubatOrs at the same time. Here was o
capital chance to make n test Of the sta
nina in the two races, and the doctors en-
tered into the affair rs heartily as if the
little ones were their own. 1t was O close
call for either one at first, but finally the
pickaninny seemed to grow stronger. Then
the white baby forged ahead, but finally
gave way to the colored one. The white
youngstor never seemed to give up heart.
He even looked hopeful, while the black
one appeared to view a continuation of tho
contest as useless. One day the colored
baby gave up the struggle and, died, but
the white youngster took turn for the
better and now looks as if he would live
out mans Biblical allotment of years.
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HAVE YOU BEEN
ABROAD &?

If so, a complete illustration of
your trip is almost a necessity, and
the arrangement of the album is
simplitied by following your route
exactly as you travelled, interspers-
ing the paintings and sculptures
which have made an impression on
your mind9 in their proper places.
If you did not have time to pur-
chase photographs while away, or
if you wish to fill in pictures or
views which you were unable to Sc
cure, we can be of great assistance
to you. If you will send us an out
line of your journey, we will send a
selection of photographs to you on
approval, covering the chief points
of interest in each city visited.
The cabinet size, costing $3.50 a
dozen, may be obtained, but a larger
size may be had in most cases, if
desired, at $500 per dozen.
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Mrs. Dugan's Cold Feet,

Mrs. Sam Dugan, wife of q farmer of
Georgetown, o., had an experience with a
huge blacksnake that she will not soon, If
ever, forget. For several mornings past on
awakening her feet felt icy, as If some
thing cold had been laid against them, but
as upon investigation she found nothing
the matter was dismissed from her mind.
This morning, however the circumstance
was indelibly impressed upon her memory.
Upon turning the mattress in making the
bed she was Mortified to discover an i'm
mense blacksnake coiled up on the springs.
She hastily summoned her husband, who
appeared armed with u club ready for the
fray. The snake showed fight, and ter
rife struggle ensued. Mr.. Dugan was
finally victorious. The snake measured
five feet in length. Enquirer.
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A Postofnce Romance,

Greenville Louis j. Temploton, mem
Der of the British parliament who was
making a tour of America, visited Bing-
hamton several weeks ago. While at the
postoflice to have money order cashed he
met Miss Estella Vessel, the clerk, and it
was CASE of love at sight. He sought n
friend and secured an introduction. His
visits to the government building were
frequent. His attentions were rewarded,
and they were married last week. Satur-
day the couple sailed for Europe, and after
a short tour of the continent they will re-
side on Mr.. Tompleton's estate at Broad
lands, England. The wedding was quiet
one and caused much surprise.
journal
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TALES OF THE TIMES.
How the Minister Managed So That Hi
Discourse Should BE Uninterrupted.

How the Minister Managed So That HiN
Discourse Should BE Uninterrupted.
The minister of congregation in an
agricultural district was greatly annoyed
Sunday after Sunday by the unruly con.
duct of the junior members of his flock,
When any one of the younger representa-
tives of the gentler sex got weary of the
evening service, she would invariably rise
and go out. A moment later her admirer
would seizo his hat and sheepishly follow
her. To such an extent would this course
of action prevail that by the time the dis
course was finished only the old people re-
manned for the conclusion of the service.
Mr.. Jones concealed his chagrin for several
weeks, but at last he firmly resolved to
act. A youth grew drowsy one Sunday
evening, and picking up his hat stepped
into the aisle. But the minister's keen
eye was upon him, and to the culprit's dis
may he stopped short in his sermon.
young man, said he, "the girl who
went out last is not the one you wish to
walk home with. When she goes, 1 will
let you know at once. Please sit down.
After this when a young woman goes out
1 will call on the proper young man to
take care of her"
The minister resumed his discourse.
There was much tittering and considerable
anger but his sermons were not interrupt
ed again.-Hartford Times.
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Queer Legislation.

One Of the most remarkable bills of the
session which became law was one which
made it unlawful for imbeciles or insane
or feeble minded persons or those who are
deaf or blind to assume or maintain mari
tai relations. After exompting the blind,
deaf and dumb from the operation Of the
law the bill was passed and became chap
ter 1925 Of the public acts.
In looking it over later it was discovered
that it would apply to persons already
married provided they became afflicted
with any Of the troubles enumerated in
the bill. On the last day Of the session o
supplementary bill was passed to remedy
this blunder, so that the law will not ap-
ply to persons already legally married.
Hartford Timos.
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1919.

man nrmly.
"But he is one of the best men in the
whole county," argued the friend.
81 amt doubtin that at all, only 1 can
vote fer him."
"Why noty"
Cause l won't vote fer no man under
them circumstances.
"Undcr what circumstancesY' inquired
the friend in the greatest establishment,
for up to that time no circumstance"
had appeared in the campaign.
"Why, wantin two offices at once, like
he does" explained tho kicker. "Im
willin to vote fer him fer super, but I'll be
derned eff I'm goin to vote fer him fer vi
sor, and you can tell him so eff you want to. "
Thereupon the friend OF the candidate
organized an individual educational cam
paign, and by delicate diplomacy brought
the old man up to the trough in good
shape-New York Sun.
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A Battle scnrred Cabin.

An interesting exhibit to be sent to the
Atlanta exposition by the women of Cobb
county, Ga, is the celebrated "battlo
SCARED cabin" from the battlefield of
Kenesaw Mountain. 1t is n plain log
cabin about 90 feet square and was situat-
ed just behind the Confederate breast
works. 1t offered good mark for some
of Sherman's batteries and was bored in
every part with shells and pepperod with
bullets, but did not take fire. There are
over 30 clean holes through its walls made
by Federal shells, and many hundreds of
bullets are buried in the logs. The cabin
is to be taken down and rebuilt in the ex-
position grounds.-New York Sun.
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One Of the best men in Stafford county,
Va, was running for supervisor there,
and, as usual when a really good man runs
for office, there was vigorous opposition
to him. Some of it was expected, but when
one ignorant but influential old fellow
came out against the candidate the friends
of both parties were surprised, and one Of
the candidates supporters Immediately
went to see the old man.
'Is it actually true that you are against
our man for supervisors" asked the friend
when he had led up to the point.
"In course 1 am, responded the old
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ARE YOU LITERARY IM
YOUR TASTES L?

If so make an album of yonr ia
vorite authors. Use first the por-
trait of an author, then his home if
obtainable, and let these be fol-
lowed by illustrations of his works.
Scott, Shakespeare, Burns, Dickens
and many others may be treated in
this way, making most interest
ing collection. We also publish
full sets of illustrations for books
on art and travel, such as "The
Marble Faun," 'Ben Hur," Gro
mola," Corinne," Grimm's "Life of
Michael Angelo" Taine's "Italy,"
and a host of others.
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The So Called Natural Singer.

The question as to whether or not people
can become good singers naturally, by
which is meant without professional in
struction, is one often raised, writes Fred
eric Peakes in The Ladies' Home Journal
There are undoubtedly instances of persons
of natural genius learning to sing-that
is, to produce the singing voice properly,
to vocalize perfectly and to sing with that
most artistic essence, good STYLE from
imitation of others and by their own en-
erGies and practice. But these cases are
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do YOU WISH TO STUDY 7FHIE
OLD MASTERS?

We can supply you with photo
graphs of all the leading works in
the famous European galleries.
These are arranged chronologically
in our catalogue, and are also di-
vided into schools. Portraits of
the artists themselves are often
procurable. and these, with three
or four of their leading works gives
one a good insight into the style
and treatment of subjects by the
different schools..S5
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EITCHBURG RAILROAD-Hoosac Tunnel
l. Route On and after July LIST, 1895, trains
will run as follows:

EITCHBURG RAILROAD-Hoosac Tunnel
L. Route. On and after July list, 1895, trains
will run as follows:
LEAVE BENNINGTON VIA. BENNISGTON,& RUTLAND
RAILWAY.
Leave Bennington 80, arrive Troy at 9 20 m.
New York 2 20 m, HOOsick Falls 81, North
Adams 3d. Greenfield II o. m, Fitchburg 80,
Boston 3 lOp m, MechanicYille 0 % Saratoga
10 10 u M.
Leave Bennington IL 40 m, arrive in Troy ~
New York 90, loosick Falls 80, North Adams
2 - Greenfield 81. Fitchburg So, Boston %
pm.
l.eaye Bennington 8 q p. M. arrive in Troy
40. New York 80 p, m.
Leave Bennington Is, arrive Troy So. Hoo
sick Falls IA, North Adams co. Mechancville
6 46, Saratoga 80 p m.
Leave Bennington u Is m, arrive Troy 2 10,
New York As m. Leave Bennington for the
north II IS $50, 10 IN. 40, 10 pm.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT BENNINGTON.
Via Bennington and Rutland Railway:
&c a m, from New York, Albany and Troy.
9 81 m. from New York, Albany, Troy, Hoo
sick Falls North Adams Saratoga and Mechan-
icville,
$40 y m, from New York, Albany and Troy.
4 81 p. m. from TroI and New York.
3S p IN. from Albany. Troy, HOOsicli Falls, No
Adams Boston and Saratoga. Arrive from
the north Is, 8 81 a m. / 10, 3 So and 5 40 m.
j. Il. WATSON, Gen'l Pass Ag't.
G. A. NIMMO, Boston.
Genr Western Passenger Agen', Troy.
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unusual. The average "natural'-so
called-singer is less pleasing as q per-
former than his trained fellow, and he is
never an artist. To be artistic in accom-
plishment should be the goal for which
every student Of every art should strive.
The finished mountaineering finished
in its sense of completion, perfection-is
the artistic performance, and its rarity
speaks volumes for the lack Of continued
application III humanity.
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SUN COOKING.
The Chemical Action of tho Orb's Rays
Ruined the Food.

Ruined the Food.
Speaking of primitive methods of heat
Ing it is undoubtedly a fact that man in
early ages used bones to some extent as
fuel, mixing them with pieces of wood
Bones contain much fatty matter and
small ones burn readily.
In the desert regions of Arizona, where
there is no vegetation worth mentioning,
the Indians dig up for fuel the enormously
developed roots of various plants. Pine
cones make a fine kindling and are util-
lied for that purpose all over Europe, par
ticularly in the Black Forest and other
parts of Germany.
The attention of many scientific men
has long been engaged in trying to devise
some sort Of apparatus for employing the
suns rays as fuel. One of the more noted
experimenters il, this line is Professor Ed
ward Sylvester Morse. Mirrors are most
commonly used to concentrate the rays Of
the solar orb for this purpose.
In one instance, not long ago, success
was obtained in an attempt to cook goose
by the sun stove. Unfortunately, ut the
conclusion of the operation it was found
that the bird was spoiled, being rendered
unfit for food by the chemical action of the
suns rays. This, of course, might be
avoided by shutting up the articles to DO
cooked in closed ovens But the objection
TO the sun stove thus far found insupera-
bic is its necessary elaborateness and con-
sequent great cost.
Alcohol is an ideal fuel. 1t gives great
heat and its combustion is perfect, without
smoke or other solid residuum. In burn
ing it resolves itself into water and car
bonic gas OF course 1t is too expensive
for common use, but chemistry may yet
discover way of producing it ut a small
fraction Of its present cost.-Boston Tray
allcP
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Hypothetical Trolley Tunnels.

The trolley car party is as popular in
Baltimore as in other cities, but it re-
manned for Baltimore wit to invent an at
tractive novelty for the trolley ride. Last
week party of 40, comprising q due pro-
portion Of gay youths and maidens proper
ly chaporoned, started for ride to Glyn-
don. On the return trip a member sudden
ly left his seat and had o long whispered
consultation with the motorman, whose
subject he refused to divulge to his curious
companions, although, stimulated by the
mischieyous twinkle in his eye they piled
him with questions. On merrily went tho
Car till all at once the motorman sung OUT
"At the top of this hill look out for the
tunnel"
The mystifled members Of the party
looked at him and one another In amaze
ment, for no tunnel could they remember
on the road But when the top Of the hill
was reached they shot into quick dark
ness, for the motorman had turned off the
electric lights. A peal of laughter rose as
the joke was seized, and then all over tho
Car arose sounds Of an osculatory nature
which the perplexed chaperons could not
locate, but were paci1ed when told tho
girls were only kissing their hands in def
erence to tunnel customs. Six tunnels
were passed, and finally the motorman
cried out:
Last tunnel before we reach the city,
and the tunnels were unanimously voted
the best part Of the jolly ride.-Baltimore
American.