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The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17

sphinx is the dark figure of woman with
Hgnt shlnlng around the child hidden IN
her shawl. In the distance are tents and
the suggestion of caravan, halting for
the night. The daylight pours pitilessly
upon this great, fat, dark night, depriy-
ing it of whatever depth and mystery it
may have possessed in the painters studio.
Inc Era OF Christianity. as represented by
the very small figure of the Virgin, is
rather overwhelmed by the savage mys-
terry OF the colossal Sphinx, which, even
with the disadvantage of the harsh light,
seems to be admirably painted.
1here are yards and yards oil paintings;
now ana then the attention is attracted
and held. Carlton Chapman has tiny
canvas painted with Photographic fidelity.
Ihe Casino at tNarragansett" CLEANS with
the sharp brightness of gay dresses, the
smart trappings of grooms and horses
and carts. Walter Shirlaw has the con-
ventlonal Holland canvas, soberly painted
In dull grays and browns, woman and
chllu with the inevitabl sabots like water
buckets in the foreground.
There is remarkable battle scene called
Into the Fight" by Thomas Trego.
1t Is apparently bloodless, except for the
color OF the horses, these astonishing AMI
mals having turned deep crimson, with
ieroclty perhaps. or the effect OF reflection
from the pools of gore the artist has not
painted.
Next to it is landscape like Diaz, SO
fresh, so vivid. painted with such force and
vlSor.. 1t is called a Landscape with
Cars, and the artist is Frederick b. Will
nams. The sky is swept with clouds, the
deep, wet, green earth has wide shadow,
In the single CLEAN OF sunlight the trans
inquired little train of cars flashes like
rocket, with puff of smoke and burst of
sudden light and color.
Theodore Robinson's large canvas of q
woman sewing under the trees gives one a
saddened pleasure. The color is so quiet,
SO calm, the pleasant green trees drop
little faint shadows ike leaves upon the
woman's dropping head and shoulders.
IL is very peaceful under these sheltering
trees.
There is "Primeval Forest" by Ed
ward Moran. 1t is very prlmeval. The
only animal yet created is apparently a
very tiny bear, hung like an Examiner
badge on one of the great, smooth bowl
ders. The discovery of the bear in this
most complacent and not at all terrifying
forest gives one quite little surprise. like
solving picture puZZie-find the only ami
NAL in this picture.
A most interesting portrait is that by
Benoni Irwin OF the author James Lane
Allen-the man who has written so many
charming Southern stories. 1t is very
virile and dignified canvas, as Mr.. I:win'
portraits of men invariably are.
There is big unfinished illustration,
"Founders OF State" at which poor Tom
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glance from the surrounding shores
whether or not he has the best hshlng-
ground.
"If the shores are high and rugged 1t
indicates that the water is deep and cold.
The shells do not attain the greatest size
there. Besides this it is hard on the
divers in going so deep for them.
where the shores are low and recedlng
and the water warm there are to be found
the finest shells and the biggest pearls.
Il ship my shells to London in my own
vessels. The shells are used for scores OF
different purposes now and there is
greater demand for them each year. They
go to London in my vessels by hundreds
of tons.
1.-THE pearls are marketed in London and
Paris mainly. The catch each year runs,
roughly speaking, from $4,000 worth up
to almost i've times that. There is a con-
stantly growing demand for them. have
been in the business long enough to ascer-
tain that for certainty.
ut is because Of this that / am now try
ing TO make pearls and shells by my farm,
which l have established and stocked by
portion of what l have caught"
Mr.. Clark will be here only for a few
days. He intends visiting the notable
fisheries of the Old World and will spend
some time in New York, London and other
Cities
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-17
THE MAGYARS,
A Race That Is Rapidly Increasing in
Population.


Population.
In copnection with the approaching Mil
lennium Exhibition Professor Vamberv of
the Puda-Pesth University delivered a lee
ture here last night on the origin and de-
velopment of the Magyar race, to which
he has for many years devoted special
study. The lecture-hall was densely
crowded and the keenest interest was man.
ifested in the professors discourse.
Professor Vambery began by stating that
there was scarcity of trustworthy histori-
cal evidence relative to the earliest origin
OF the Hungarian nation. All that was
known on the subject has been derived
from Byzantine and an Arab writer.
According to them. the Magyars were q
tribe OF Turkish nomads, who, being
driven from their own territory by
the encrOachments of their more
powerful countrymen. wandered westward
and entered Hungary by way of
the Lower Danube in response to an
invitation OF King Arnulph of Bavaria,
who needed their military assistance
against the Slav King OF Moravia For
nearly century the Magyars settled in
Hungary continued their primitive mode
of life as warlike nomads, undertaking
periodical raids to all parts of Europe and
capturing numerous prisoners; these they
employed in agricultural pursuits, while
the Magyars themselves remained the
dominant race. Toward the close of
the tenth century the Magyars embraced
Christianity, and, blending in one political
body the various clinical elements which
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KICKING TREES.

Lumb bermen Must Know Them and
How to Keep From Being Kicked.
Very few who have never witnessed the
method of numbering N our forests realize
the danger, with its accompanying fascina-
ton, the hard rugged work, with its
health-giving results, or the enjoyment to
be found in camp life in the solitary
woods, miles from civilization.
The danger from flying linn bs or "kick-
ing" tree as it falls, lodges or strikes upon
a stump or across log and swings around
or flies back with terrible force is not no.
ticed by the lumbermen if they are lucky
enough to dodge successfully. Another
danger that people little realize is that
of the teamsters who haul the logs
from the stump to the main road. Much
of the timber is cut up on the mountain
sides, which are so steep that horse team
can scarcely climb UP. At the top logs
measuring from thirty to fifty feet in
length are loaded upon one sled and are
dragged down the mountain. In places
the road goes down so steep that
the ends Of the logs are above the
horses hips. The logs with the sled
tip town, and away they go down the
mountain as fast as the horses can go, with
the teamster hanging to the reins and
keeping his balance upon the logs as they
thrash and roll around beneath his feet.
Occasionally the teamster emits a ter
rife yell that would put a Co.
manche Indian to shame, to warn
his brother teamsters that he is COM
ing, so they can get out of the way. They
drive into turnout, and the loaded team
spins past them. 1t is seldom that horse
loses his footing; if he does the team is
sluiced down the mountain. Occasionally
they go against tree, and sometimes
both of the horses are killed, but they gen.
orally come out all right, with few
scratches.
With the advent of the railroad and in
vention of wood pulp, the uses of the
spruce tree have been changed or enlarged,
and so lar as Byron, Me-, is concerned the
manner of getting it from the forest to the
market has changed. The logs are now
loaded onto cars in the forest and hauled
TO the very mill doors, where they are
converted into pulp and paper. During
the present winter logs have been hauled
to the Rumford Falls Paper Company's
mill, converted into paper, shipped to dis
tant cities, where it is used by some of the
leading daily papers, printed, returned
and read by the camps crew where
the lumber was cut within a fort
night from the time the tree was cut
in the forest. Such is the effect OF
the progress of civilization upon this
branch OF business. Even now in remote
sections where railroads have not reached,
one year is reckoned on to get the lum Der
to market, and it sometimes takes two
years to run the lumber out of the stream
to the main river.-Rumford Falls Times.
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Hovenden was at work just before his
death.
A very simple and effective canvas Is
that called Louise" by Louis Paul Des-
sar. Everything is painted in a gray mon
otone very delicately-the grayish white
cap. the grayiish blue apron, against the
stove are little deeper gray. The whole
study, which is for an illustration, is al
most black and white, but its effect Is dis
tlnctly one OF color. The picture which
has won the first Hallgarten prize is called
I'm Studio" by Mary Brewster Hazel
ton.
The julius Hallgarten prizes-s3oO, $500
and $100-are given for the three best
pictures painted in the United States by
American citizens under &c years of age.
The Thomas B. Clarke prize tS300) is
given for the best figure composition. with
out limit of age.
The Norman Dodge prize $4,000 is given
for the best picture painted IN the United
States by woman, without limitation OF
age. Mrs. Mary Curtis Richardson and
Miss Clara McChespey OF San Francisco
nave secured this prize at different ex-
hibitions.
The Lotus Club fund is a fund of $1,000,
subscribed annually by members OF the
Lotus Club, for one or more paintings to
be purchased at the annual exhibition OF
the National Academy of Design.
The winner of the first Hallgarten prize,
Miss Mary Brewster Hazleton, may con-
gratulate herself. Her canvas is very sur
prising-very surprisingly commonplace.
There is neither vitality nor grace in the
poses. The artist is working for an audi
ence. She is looking neither at her pic
ture nor at her model, whose pose is very
much that of an antique Venus, nor al her
guest, who is staring steadily at nothing
at all. The wall is not fiat, and the color
lacks any distinction. However, she has
won the Hallgarten prize; that is some
thing to have accomplished.
There is portrait of Professor Theodore
Dwight OF Columbia College by ID. Hunt
ington which is iull of character. The be-
nevclent old head is painted almost with
tenderness, and is very simple and pleas
ant in color.
Next to it is picture called 1.-THE Pri-
vate Rehearsal, apparently rehearsal of
artlc ulated dolls with great deal of care
expended on the painting of buttons and
embroidery.
John S. Sargent has portrait of Gar
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dered, with how little regard for the ap-
proval OF the crowd. And then a small
and unpretentious canvas by the same
artist hangs in the opposite corner. Two
little Dutch figures in doorway, a boy
and a girl in grays and browns, window
in the background has bright yellow
shade and the two heads are modelled
against it so simply, with so much feeling
and naivete.
Poor Theodore Robinson, who died on
the I'd OF April, has five. landscapes,
crowned with the laurel wreath which
tells US that he, at least, has arrived" !"
To live for ten years on the verge of the
grave, to go on working to the very last
for one canvas bears a date of this
very spring-not to show by a touch
too little the ideal of the task
to which he had set himself
here we have the modern soldier, brave,
cheerful, genial and as Indifferent to the
terrors OF the transition from this world to
the next as though il meant simply walk
across the street. There is not one som Der
Canvas. everywhere the light prevails-the
figures of the women folding the linen on
the grass, the spotted hillsides of Yer
! mont, full of the human interest of log
cabins rs and field aud path; the Little
Mill" which has a beautiful quality OF
actual technique rather d fferent from the
vivid, rather woolly use of paint Mr.. Rob-
inson preferred (alas, for the past tense D.
All OF these are painted with the cheerful
sunlight penetrating every corner.
And as We are telling of heroes, there is
little dark head by Thomas Hovenden.
Every one will remember the thrill ol
horror and painful admiration with which
the death of poor Tom Hovenden was
greeted. A fine close to so interesting a
career! Hovenden hurled himself in front
of train in order to save child, and was
himself crushed to death-a more heroic
but hardly drawer end than that of poor
Robinson.
j. Ii. Twachtman is another hero He
has painted a canvas of Waterfalls u
boldly attacking a subject worn to q
chrome in the past and sacred to cheaI
gold frames and red plush bindings. The
waterfall has been resurrected. How
freshly he has painted it, with what mod
ern feeling; what spark of beautifu
color!
Mlllard Metcaif is the winner of the
| Webb prize. The annual Webb prize oi
$500 is given for the best landscape
painted by an American artist under 4C
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1t is not possible to even touch upon
each canvas in so delightful An exhibition
there is Dewing refined almost out of
existence, painted in laze upon glaze; a
portrait by Frances Houston distinguished
in pose, woman In pale green, the face
blooming against a great tapestry flower
behind her. Mrs. MacMonnies, wife of the
sculptor, has two decorative fgures-The
Breeze and Diana. The Breeze is draped
figure swaying against background Of
soft blue. The folds of the drapery have
sculptured force, With fine, free move
ment. Robert Reid has nude all in q
simmer of light and Spring all in a
rainbow of color.
Mrs. Kenyon Cox has her small son
Leonard drawn as Kenyon Cox himself
might draw it. with infinite care and
study, with great delicacy, with very little
tenderness.
Little God Pan," by Will Sur, would
make charming illustration; but is an
artificial study, with false purple shadows
which suggest the necessity OF condemn
ing the Little God Pam to sojourn in
the leper settlement in Molokai.
All in all it is an exhibition to be proud
OF; if it recalls foreign masters it is only
Initiative at a respectful distance, as all
modern work suggests the influence of the
few men who have made their i'm pres
upon the time-Mapet dead. Whistler and
Monet living.
In the academy we breathe little more
freely. We may descend from the heights.
Here are all the familiar faces-the thick,
oily, dark landscape of fifty years ago; the
neurological figure as smooth as porce-
lain painting, with immense long.lashed
eyes, tiny mouth and a yearning ex-
preston: the Spanish Beauty or the Greek
Slave, as you will. One or two small
sparkling landscapes hung high seem to
defy the hanging committee to do their
worst They shine in delightful contrast
to large and heavy studies of landscapes
hung beneath them.
The first canvas to greet the unwarv
visitor is the rather gloomy production
entitled "The Two Great Eras," by that
extremely clever young San Franciscan,
Eric Pape. 1t bears the legend: ..The
people that walked in darkness have
seen great light. They that dwell in the
land of the shadow of DEATH" etc.
1t is an enormous canvas-Night in
Egypt, the great Sphinx, silent, gigantic
and impressive, with the pyramids in van
ishing perspective. At the foot of the
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had become residents in Hungary, con-
stituted the Hungarian nation. For
centuries the Magyar minority continued
to rule over the non Magyar majority by
sheer force of their warlike and governing
characteristics. By the aid of their liberal
institutions and the hospitality which
they extended to foreigners they succeeded
in maintaining their supremacy through
all vicissitudes. From the Asiatic nom adj s
the present Hungarian nation descended.
Professor Vambery then went on to say
that Hungary had invariably formed an
insurmountabe barrier against the bar.
barism of the East. Had it not been for
the stubborn resistance offered by the
Christian armies of Hungary to the inroads
of Turkish hordes, the progress and
civilization OF Western and Central
Europe would have been retarded for
hundreds of years. Indeed, it could
be said that Hungary acted as the
consequence of its being in perpetual
readiness for war the intellectual condition
of the country had remained behind. Dur
ing the past two centuries this had been
remedied, and in all respects the progress
and development of the nation had been
remarkable. At the beginning of the
present century the Magyar popu-
about 100000. To-day it exceeds
100000. There is scarcely any trace
left of his Asiatic extraction in the modern
Magyar. He still retains, however, those
liberal, generous and chivalrous traits
which assisted him in conquering the va
riops non. Magyar elements of the country,
and which have given him that e1traordi-
nary absorptions by means of which a
mere handful of Asiatic wanderers have
gradually grown into a powerful nation
which is about to celebrate the one thou
sandth anniversary of its existence.-Lon-
don Times.
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THE BIG IF.

If things that have not. had really
The ring of the real coin:
If potatoes, for instance, were mealy,
And beefsteak was all tenderloin.
If goatmeat was southdown mutton,
And butchers had civilized souls,
II collars were easy to button
And buttons were glued in their holes.
If women's tongues were not waggy,
And sweet little babes never cried;
II trousers never got baggy
And shoestrings would always stay tied.
If money was made by talking,
And never man was rogue:
If distance did not mean walking,
And carfares ere not in vogue.
If cross words were not reproaches,
And kisses ne'er meant to betray;
II mosquitoes were only cockroaches,
And Jersey a fit place 10 stay.
If your frowns, dearest Maud, were caresses,
Each pout but the seal of kiss;
If you ever had quite enough dresses
oh, then, wouldn living be bliss!
New York Sun
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- PRING has come to New York.
Not the fresh. green, exuberant
~ spring of California, but spring
~ that is timid and deprecating.
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A horse can draw on the worst kind Of
earth road about four times as much as he
can carry on his back. On good macad.
amized road he can pull ten times as
much, on wooden road twenty-five times
as much and on railway fifty-eight times
as much.
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A curious barometer is used in Germany
and Switzerland. 1t is jar of water with
a frog and a little stepladder In it. When
on the steps rainstorm will soon occur
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-29
WILLIAMSBURG.
The Good TempIars-Aiumni Assoc
citation Executive Committee.

WILLIAMSBURG. VA. January a.
cial)-Surprise Lodge, No. 6Sl, indie
pendent order Of Good Templars, last
night elected the following officers for
the term commencing next Monday night:
Past Chief Templar, John II. Seymour;
chief Templar. Thomas NJ. Burke; Vice
Templar, Miss Fannie VI. Bowen; Super
intendent Of Juvenile Templars, Mrs.
Charles Edward Bishop; Secretary. Frede-
rick c. Davis: Financial Secretary. VI. r.
Burke; Treasurer. Mrs. Lewis $. VIII
liams: Chaplain, s. G. Graham: Marshal,
A. Texas Cloves: Guard. Miss Lizzie
Charles. Sentinel. Henry Graves. Assist
ant Sentinel, Miss Carrie Donnegan;
Deputy Marshal. Mss Kate Maup.n. This
lodge has upon its rolls 10 members, and
1T every meeting there are several appll-
cants for admission.
Mr. william G.. Jones, Of Gil east Leigh
street. Richmond. and president Of the
Alumni Association OF William and Mary
College. has directed that the Executive
Committee Of the society meet In the
college library February Sth. al u ~. to
choose an alumni orator and arrange for
the next annual banquet Of the society.
Sheriff NJ. r.. Harrell and Treasurer OF
me College II. +. Smith. returned this
evening from Richmond Sheriff Harrell
paid into the State Treasury the money
collected from the sureties OF the late
Treasurer Dawson.
Mr. Bathurst ID. Peachy has been in
Richmond for some time on important
business
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-29
THE LAW LIBRARY.
4 Suggestion rs 20 Making More
RnOm.

Bowling Green. Va, January "a. 1886.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch
For the first time last week. was
in the new state Library building, and /
was much pleased with the arrangement
plan, and location OF most Of the offices;
but there was one thing which is, In
my opinion. q just subject for criticism
and that is the law library" 10 IS too
small and cramped; 10 is TOO crowded,
and there IS not enough room for COM
fort. There Is not tabie-room for more
than half-dozen lawyers to work 90
one time. and then the Light daylight
is very defective
Cannot the Dispatch call the attention
of the Library Committee or proper au-
thorites to This matter? This library
could be enlarged with great ease by
extending it west. and utilizing the end
Of the pcture-gailery. These pictures
could be moved into the other part OF
the picture-gallery without much crowd
Ing. and even. n need be, they could
be hung In the halls and passage-ways
OF the building. 7 think something ought
10 be done In the line Indicated.
Respectfully, y. c. MONCURE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-29
4 HEAVY sLEET.
Great Damage 10 Fruit-Trees-New
Hail Route.


Hail Route.
MONTEREY, VA. January &.-(Spe-
cial)-Thc heaviest and most destructive
sleet for years fell last Friday and satur-
day. The timber presented beautiful
appearance, with millions Of sparkling
pendants hanging from droOpins branches.
The shade-trees along Main street droop-
ca so low as 10 necessitate a stoop ON
the part Of the early pedestrians on Sa-
turday morning.
Fruit-trees were greatly injured. espe-
clally cherry-trees. nearly every one in Inc
village being either entirely destroyed
or badly damaged. Standing In the street
in the stiffness Of the morning the crash
Of falling limbs and trees on the noun
tains. cas- and west. was heard al the
shortest intervals, and the morning was
one long to be remembered. Public roads
were DISTRACTED by fallen timber and the
telephone-line from Monterrey was dam
aged 10 considerable extent.
A new mail route from Hghtown 70
Meadow Dale has been established, with
4 post-ofiice at the residence Of County
Treasurer !. 4. Jones. The new ONCE
bears the name OF Wier. This line Is the
shortest IN the county
Charles Lewis. the young negro who
so dangerously wounded John 4. Chest
nut Christmas night at a dance on Back
creek has been apprehended by Deputy
Sheriff r X. Burns Of Pocahontas cOun-
-. and is now In Jail at Warrington. W.
Va. Lewis Will be brought 20 Highland
in few days
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-29
Lirht policc-Court Docket.

Little OF importance occurred IN the
Police Court yesterlay morning.
The case Of Major Jones alias Arthur
Gray. charged with being a suspicious
character and fugitive from justice FROM
the state OF North Carolina, was con-
tinhed until February 9Th, % await evil
dence.
For emptins to commit larceny ana
then cOncea.ing himself In O. Donati :
bar-ro0n,. Robert Jackson (colOred) was
required TO give security Tor 500 o. 70
serve six months In Jail
The case of George O.. BraNton. charged
with stealing pants from Mrs ". Barker
was dismissed, as the charge could not
b. su.fa-nel