Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-09-02

less. The Russian lodging house people
in return, seemed to regard us wit
amazement and pity because we did nc
possess these things and declined to pur
chase them Their idea must have bee
that we were accustomed to sleep il
our clothes, like their own peasants.
In scme cases they were willing t
provide the bed furnishings for con
sideration, but they regarded one tcwe
aweek and one change of linen montl
as ample.
/ TURNER. TIE ARTIST. -
Some Unfattering Pen Portraits of tn,
Great Master of Landscape.
On the whole, the portraits of Turner
in after life cannot be said to be salts
factory or convincing. Turner's wa.
doubtless battling face, full CT charac
ter, which was difficult to seize without
| caricaturs, showing little of the fine
spirit and poetical feeling which were
| displayed in his works and becoming
coarser and redder as he advanced in
ife-a face that rejected all attempts
those who tried.
None Of the written descriptions Of
him is very attractive: ga red Jewish
face, with staring blush gray eyes, the
smallest and dirtiest hands on record
his complexion was very coarse and
weather beaten; his cuticle that of a
stagecoachman or an old man-of-war's 8
boatswain this, according to Thorn
bury, was the impression he made on
''less enthusiastic friends" Turner
had fine, intelligent eyes, dark blue or
mazarine, - said Mr.. Trimmer, his old
friend; ''but, as it is said of Swift's,
they were heavy rather than animat-
ed" Leslie writes: "There was, in
eact, nothing elegant in his appearance
full of Elegance as he was IN art He
might nave been taken for the captain
Of river steamer at hrsv sight, Int a
second would tind far more in his face
than belongs to any ordinary mind -
Unfortunately no artist has recorded
that second" sight Mr.. Watts, if he
had tried, might have done SC, but who
elDea Como Monkhouss in Scribner's.
VIZ, vs. Her
The Foezarshire lsif5s m remqtsr:
day were wontto 20 weeiy to greet
Dundee, not 20 great then, to teaf1y,
but too we'll. and ride away home. not
in every case very flt for the saddle.
The road ran eastward for some miles
on a height above the Tay, o steep
grassy slope down to the Firth. One of
the old gentlemen (thcy were gentle
men) rolled off his hnrse and rolled
away down the declivity. The water at
the edge was only o few inches deep at
that season Of the tide, and there he
lay. By and by somc one remarked
that the laird's saddle was empty,
though his horse was trotting on with
the others. So the party turned back,
looking for the missing man, and ex-
claiming: "Faar are ye, Balnawiggin?
Faar are YEP" At length a voice was
heard, coming from far below. ''The
Lord knows faar I am. But I Gamma be
in hell, for here's water!"
Magazine.
Outing tells about camp cookery, in
cluding the cook. The genuine camp
cook is an artist in his way. The musi-
clan makes men hear things entrancing.
and the painter brings tears to the eyes
if inspired. The camp cook genius by
the very way in which he does his work,
makes men hungry.
"The camp cook" says the writer,
"should take pride in the artistic ham
ding Of his utensils, particularly in the
ability to keep half a dozen things going
at once. He must keep already cooked
things hot, and cook the uncooked things
meantime. To do this he has got to un-
derstand the kinds of fire to have,
whether large Oh small blaze, hot ashes
or redhot embers. He should also know
how to get the most work at the least
expenditure of labor from his comrades.
Something many cooks are lacking in
is the way to keep camp dishes clean for
cooking. An unwashed apple saucepan
will serve to fry trout in and give them
a pleasant taste, but an unwashed fish
spider will scarcely serve to cook apple
sauce in. In other words, the cook should
know when and what to- wash. y
Professional Pains.
''Is there any particular nervous COM
plant connected with your profession?"
asked the cheerful idiot of the riheman.
''There is the tennis arm, the bicycle
face and the baseball arm, and I thought
there might be something Of the sort
among you gunners.
"No," said the rifleman; nothing Of
the Sort"
''It is very queer" said the cheerful
idiot thoughtfully. IT didn't suppose
you could hit the target without taking
sharpshooting pains. - Indianapolis
Journal.
sumcient Proof
'sWe have been married only a year,
Lizzie, yet you no longer dress to please
mep'
"That is because you no longer love
me, Harold"
''Prove itl''
Glove is blind. detroit Free Press.
There are many SO credulous of evil
that they will receive suspicious and
impressions against persons whom they
don't know from a person whom they
do know-an authority good for moth
1ng.-Hare.
ssBulls" Not Irish.
Those who are not Irishmen some
times trespass on Irish property. A
French cure, preaching about sudden
death, said, ''Thus it is with us-we go
to bed well and get up stone dead"
An old French lawyer, writing Of an
estate he had just bought, added,
"There is q chapel upon it in which