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Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-25

Zndcznd Geese sekrstdrzy grcp z,cta
sko,cych ma z'cyczoj rysyfania picnic,
fzy ga ,cstepne, Odzndki iLp. od no
'ych cztonk6io prey ,oysefaniu dplika-
~. Jesto z,cyczqj niepraktyczny
Rdedd grupa ~z,oiqzko,ca (dop6ki su-
pendopdnq ME jes0 ma kredyt 70 biz.
re Rzqdu Centralnego. Wo6ec tego
'ekretdrze z opfdtq tcstepnego "a noocych
sfonk6w pocinni sic cstrzyma6 do
pity, dop6ki ME otrzymajq rachunku
cd sehretarza jeneralnego. Ny o ni-
ezem ME ~zdpomniemy, PREY r~ypisytea-
niu cyrkuldrza - o to o6dtcy niema.
Gdy gas sekretdrz otrzymd cd mas cyr-
kuidrz Il rdchunkiem) 1 gdy sac pre-
tond, ze rdchunek ten zgddzd sic zjego
ksiqzkami, po,cinien przesfat ma rece
tdsyera Zm. ". z. tyle, lie ten rachu-
mex "ykazuje ami mniej, ami ,ciecej.
Gdy zapronadzimy ten porzqdek ras
no zarsze, miejscd mice ME 6edq te
pozOrns niedoktddnoSci. kt6re toielu
'eh-retar=om gr,p spat ME pozralajq,
a nam przez TO oszczedzicie pdno,cie
,risle czasu. - SEKR. JENERALNr.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-25
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yowie 'nismi rubrykami do kwitowanii
snoszonych op}at, Nv ~,srczasoe na "a
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Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-25

""h ouOnny bV IL ho Jasnoy nocy, . Dezksztaftnycn
wiatr podnosil dym duszace wyziewy spslsni.ny. Me sostsio
MIC: ami wegls, ami kolks, ami znaku, ma ktorym-by oko motna IA
trzymac.
Kwadranspo POI godzny, go,podsrz tego pogorrelsks stall pstr.si.
Przetsri dionis oczy, myslal, ze majsczy, re sui, .e zmora go trapi.
Me; przytomny by}, to, 90 miai pr.ed sobs, ME rniknie. ale costa.
ME, " blaskaoh ognis, W oblio1u siohca. Rozpscz, jak owisk,
powoli sic wbijals W mozg Osuwaly sic zmeczone nogi. Usiadl
oistko ma kamieniu, ktory znowu, jsk pred roksm, stsnowii plot,
glove wIF " donie cie.ko jeknsi.
Bote, Bozei com ia OF zawinil?
Msrgss jakby zrozumisi Dol, podszedi do niego !, skomlso lizai
po rekaoh. Msrek podniosi oczy, wstsl:
- gdriea moi ST. MsrgasH - spytai - prueoie syjsP
Pies W odpowiedzi zswr6cil do sasoianks. Prowsdz} psna.
IdsO IA MIN, Marek, doszedl do ohsty Grsla, jut bsz nsmyslu o
tworryi fortke. Ma skruyp wrot, W Obaoie sic .srusrsno, ktos wy
szedi nsprzsciw MENU.
Ko tsmf - spytai cioho CLOS R,giss, dziwnis zmienieny.
ia odPowiedzisl pc swojemu, ,pokojute.
Zksd idzieszf
Il pogorzeli. Zdrowiscie wszysoyf
Me, synku, Oral umiers - suepnai starry przes iy.
Umiers? Co mu tskisgoP
Rstowsi obate, wpsds pod belki, potukl sic popsrzyi.
Trzeoi dzie6 dogoryws, tyIko 90 plsbsn odjsobat CbodzI
Wesali. w izdebce pod swietym obrazkiem suutny chtopsk
letsl, o1y W rausch, zmieniony do niepozoanis. Mad MIN We izsoh
sedzisfs Marta z parma Aneta, dslej kilku koeg6w 2 sasoiaoka.
Dziwna zeosi Prrez cate .ycie kukssz sksr,yi sic smuci};
tersz wobec smierci TAX blizkisj, pomimo cisrpisnis, leasi cichy
usmiechai sic.
Marta kleors&a obok posi4nis, reke wsunels mu pod glove,
ikanie rosdzierslo jej piersi A on sic usmieohsi przez swe rany 1
trad przedsmiertny, jskby go dopiero teras MO ME bolsio ME smu.
OHIO.
(Cisg dalssy nastspD.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
Exit Tompkins.

Tompkins is one Of those gentlemen
of kind disposition who are ever on
the outlook for a chance to improve
their neighbors' mind. Seeing man,
apparently country fellow, sitting on
the fence, regarding the telegraph
wires carefully, Tompkins approached
and said:
watching the wires, eh?"
Eyes"
"Waiting to see a message go by,
eh?"
Eyes, sir" the man replied, smiling.
Then TOmpkins spoke kindly to him
and explained the mystery Of the cleo
trio current, and that the messages
were invisible, and finished up with:
"Now you know something about it."
Then, as he was going away, he said,
by the way, what do you work at?'
me and my mate over yonder are
telegraph workers, and we've just fin.
ished putting up new WIRE"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
WRECK OF A WORK OF ART.
Statue of Agnes Gilkerson Is Demol
iahed.

Statue of Agnes Gilkerson Is Demol-
ished.
The costly marble statue of Agnes
Gilkerson, for years an object of in
terest on the lawn of the Hezekiah B.
Smiths mansion at Smithville, N. j.,
was broken into thousands Of pieces
the other day. The wreckage Of this
remarkable work Of art was then cast
In Rancocas Greek, and the testimo-
NAL to Congressman HeZekiah b.
Smiths folly went out of sight forever.
The story of Smith and Agnes Gilker-
son is one of extraordinary romance
and wrong, and, when first made pub
lie, stirred the whole country. The
man had deserted his rightful family
at Woodstock, VT, and made a new
home at Smithville with the woman of
his infatuation. He became a million
aire manufacturer. creating a great In
dustrial plant in the out of the way re-
treat he had selected. He also went to
Congress and grew to be political fig
ure in the State, Agnes Gilkerson,
known to those who knew Smith then
as his wife, pushing him onward and
upward. He would doubtless have
won higher political honors, but his
past became known. When the woman
died the inconsolable and aged manu-
facturer had statue Of her made in
Italy and placed it on his front lawn,
where he could see it always.
Captain Elton Smith, one Of the man.
ufacturer's surviving children, recently
come into the great property of his
father, and one Of his first acts was to
order the statue of Agnes Gilkerson
destroyed, so 1t should never more
plague him or his. A dozen stalwart
men armed with sledges and axes sent
the white statue crashing to the ground
and hammered the marble fiercely I'M
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

were the names of men living in the
next street; while, If the talk be of
painting, Zeuxis and Pausias and APPEL
les and number of others figure with
equal prominence and familiarity as
the writers descant on the superiority
Of ancient art to modern and prove, to
their own satisfaction, that the painters
Of our own time ought to be painting
fences instead of faces, and that the
sculptors would better be employed In
breaking macadam than In chiseling
marble.
Ideals are well enough in their way
IN fact, the world, without them, would
probably not amount to much; but In
sounding their praises 1t is well to re-
member that it Is quite possible not
only for every age to have it's own, but
also that those Of succeeding age may
De decided improvement on such as
have gone before. Owen Meredith says
somewhere in LUCILLE:
A dwarf on dead giants shoulders sees
Than the live giants eyesight availed to
explore.
The saying is just as true now as
when he stole 1t from George Sands
novel and made 1t as much his own as
he could by putting 1t in rhyme and
meter. Artistically, the painters of the
present day stand on the shoulders of
those who have gone before them, and
are able to create models of their own.
Particularly is this the case in the
matter of female beauty. Every age
and country has it's own standards or
Ideals In this matter, and what would
be considered a perfect type in one
might be regarded as deficient in an
ether. so that dogmatic ruling on the
subject, while 1t might be satisfactory
10 some, might also be extremely dis
tasteful to others. The belle Of Da-
honey would hardly shine In Paris,
while the most beautiful Chinese WON
an would not come up to European
IDEAS, YET these ladies are doubtless
very beautiful In the eyes of the gal
lants of their respective countries, how
ever much their charms might lack OF
satisfying the aesthetic tastes Of the
beaux Of other lands. But among the
rCaucasian races there has been gen.
crsl consensus Of artistic opinion as TO
what constitutes female beauty. Reg
MARTY Of features, without undue
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
1.sOO Years After Death.

Whenever the pick used by one of
the excavators at Pompeii gives forth
a hollow sound upon striking the great
bed Of lava, care Is Immediately taken
to open the cavity that Is known to be
near. Into this liquid plaster Of Paris
Is poured. The cavity serves as a
mould and the plaster soon hardens.
When the lava has been removed the
statue obtained usually proves to be
that of a woman or man in the agoniz-
ing commissions Of death, the limbs
contorted and the features drawn out
of shape just as they were when he or
she was overtaken by the flood of red
hot lava somewhere about eighteen
hundred years ago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

established ideals Of their own. In 50
doing, they have freed themselves, not
only from the thralldom of the ancient
art rules, but also from the almost
equally rigorous bondage Of the Re-
naissance art The present age, in art
as in almost everything else, has brok-
en- away, to no inconsiderable extent,
from the domination of its predecessors,
and the artists have created for them
selves new ideals, which appeal more
strongly than those Of former times to
the public taste, because they are more
truthful to nature than their predeces-
sors. One touch Of nature in art, as in
poetry or fiction, makes the whole
world kin, and in this fact may be
found an explanation Of the popularity
Of such paintings as THE Angelus."
Where the whole modern artistic
world has taken the same course, COM
PARSONS would be invidious, but illus
trations of the peculiarly modern style
may easily be observed, not only in
such pictures as those left by Millet,
but also In "Now Are the Days Of
Roses" by Bernard; "At the Feast" by
Leon Fortunski; "Traumerei" and
Song by Konrad Kiefel: "The Water
Carrier" by Blaas; and ."The Flower
Girl" by Edmund de Phry. There are
hundreds of others, but the striking In
dividuality Of the art of the present day
may be as well exhibited by one ex-
ample as by a dozen or a hundred and
these Illustrations are typical Of the
whole.
The cause of the remarkable differ
ence is not difficult to find. The artists
Of our time have a vivid apprehension
of the fact that the closer the approx
nation of art to nature, the truer be-
comes the picture as an art work, aid
also as glimpse Of one phase Of life.
In ''Traumerel," for instance, there is
the suggestion, not only Of a charming
face and figure, but also of train of
reflection and "Reminiscences. 1t Is a
beautiful picture also suggestive, and
the bcholder feels certain that behind it
lies whole romance, a three-volume
novel, with plot, Incidents and denoue-
ment complete. SO also round the
water Carrier" and the "Flower Girl"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

Ew YoRKs State capitol building h. than othe.
America finished OF
SO
building costing OF
building,
without
disappeared built houses magnificent design
kings
Of
something with
ito
of
to building
with
style of archte s evidence
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
The Year.

The, countries and nations of the
world. with few exceptions, begin the
year with January 1, but that this sys-
tenn Is arbitrary and based upon MOTH
ing in particular does not even need to
be proved. The ancient Egyptians,
Chaldeans, Persians, Syrians. Phoeni-
clans and Carthaginians each began
their year with the autumnal equinox,
or about September %. Among the
Greeks the beginning of the year was
at the time of the winter solsticc dc wn
to 80 b. c., when the "Metonic cycle"
was introduced, after which the new
year began on June %. In England
from the time Of the 14th century until
1852, the legal and ecclesiastical rear
began on Msrch %.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17


Mrs. Bryan, slowly. II was very young
then-hardly 10 when he first proposed.
We never quarreled. thought every
thing of him as friend-he was so
kind 1 couldn't help liking him that
way-and suppose | should have had
him If he hadn't thought so much of
me. The more he showed that he liked
me the less l cared for him-I thought
he was too soft" she explained, illus
trating the perversity of feminine hui
mainly the wcAld over.
NOW, Mr.. Bryan never showed that
he cared for me. Instead, he was as in
different as Mr.. Fair was kind and af-
fectionate, and in fact it was because
he acted so Indifferent l made up my
mind l would have him. Well. / got
him." she continued, by way of COM
parison.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

prominence On the part Of any one.
plumpnees Of face and form, medium
height. all parts OF the body In just and
proper proportion. color and expression.
are regarded as the main points Of
beauty, and while some. OF these have
received scrupnlous attention from the
ancient scolptors when doing ideal
work, one has been notably neglected.
Ancient portrait busts are full OF ex-
PRECISION, and, In this connection, Y Is
singular fact that there Is compare
lively little difference In the type OF
countenance between the women OF the
time Of the Caesars and the women Of
our own age. When they were repre-
sentin9 In marble or bronze the fec
lures Of living women, the ancient
sculptors were true to life, but the mo-
ment they departed from the copy set
before them and attempted to idealize
they became meaningless. There Is not
an atom of expression In the face OF
Venus as 1t has come down to US In in
Vulnerable statues and busts; the fea-
lures are irreproachable, but the face is
that of doll, and the same lack of ex-
preston Is observable In the Junos the
Minervas, the MUSES., the Graces, and
other ideal female faces which the
Greek and Roman sculptors preserved
for us In bronze and marble. In seek
ing to avoid positiveness Of expression,
as in portraits, they lost all, and pre-
scented regular features. but nothing
more. While the ancient portrait busts
are. therefore, admirable, the ancient
ideal statues are largely destitute, Of
character. OF the truthfulness Of the
busts we know nothing, and, indeed, 1t
is remarkable to notice how greatly the
portrait busts Of the same man differ
from each other. There are ten or
twelve busts of julius Caesar, for in
stance, each so different from all the
others that 1t would be impossible to
identify them as belonging to the same
man, and the same popularity may be
noticed In the case Of several other
celebrities Of that age.
The sculptors Of our own day are still,
to some extent, fettered by the tradi-
lions Of the ancient art canons, but the
painters have burst their bonds and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

Army Of the Potomac from Bull Run
to Cold Harbor, where he was wound
ed. His rank on entering the army was
that of captain of volunteers, and when
he retired it was brigadier general. His
brave service through the civil war
won for him the appointment Of lieu
tenant colonel in the regular army and
he was sent West to guard the frontier.
His promotions came regularly until in
1888 he was appointed brigadier gener-
al, commanding the department Of the
Platte. He took an active part in the
Sioux campaign of $4,000, at Pine
Ridge Agency, South Dakota.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17


Joy and Peace.-Iove, Joy and peace
are the things that make mans life
Possession of those three make hin.
most like Christie. f. Hughes, Y. M.
@. A., New York City.
Wives.-He who in the choice Of q
wife Is governed only by his fancy
must not be surprised II he find a Phh-
istIne in his arms.-Rev. NJ. @. Peters.
Independent New York City.
The Higher Law.-There Is higher
law in the world than the law OF might
Right Is might God Is more than ma
ture, spirit Is more than body.-Rabbi
d. Phillipson, Hebrew, Cincinnati, %.
Gods Purpose = Remember this
truth, that no intrigue, no conspiracy,
no artful design, no unbelief, can pre-
vent the successful issue OF the pur-
poses Of God.-Rev. DIR. Lee, PresDy-
terrain, Cincinnati, o.
Pulpit and Press-When pulpit and
press are united In regenerating society
the evils which now threaten us Will
be studied and understood and their
sources will be cut off.-Rev. Il. X. Mil
Ter, Congregationalist, Chicago, Ill.
The Future.-The hope of life after
the grave has been through all ages
humanity's hope. 1t has often been
| disproved, or thought to be diSproved,
but has ever come forth from the or
deal purified and pregnant. - Rev.
George ID. Baker, Presbyterian, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Divine Right.-There Is a divine right
| of government but no divine right or
kings. In human laws virtue. as the
people understand it, Is rewarded and
| vice punished. No country Furnishes
what 1t declares to be right.-Rev. DIR.
Gullette, Methodist, Cincinnati, o.
| The New Theology.-The ministry
Of the future must be Of the independ-
emit sort, and the new theology Will
embrace all creeds united under one
grand church, the state that shall be-
lieve in the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man.-Rey. Thomas
Dixon, Independent, New York City.
| Natural Religion.-Christiani is the
] only completely natural religion-tfat
Is to say, the only not unnatural one,
the one which not only falls into the
J line and order with all that is revealed
| of the constitution of the universe, but
itself adds to the content Of that reve-
lation.-Rev. +. B. Vrooman, Independ-
emit, Chicago, Ill.
Evolution.-There are three gaps In
the theory of evolution that have never
been bridged over They are the orig
In Of matter, the origin of life and the
origin Of man in his higher nature. At
this point revelation introduces the idea
of creation, which explains all.-Rev.
NJ. d. Edwards, Presbyterian, st. Paul,
| MINI.
Infidelity .-Infidelity is indirectly the
most fruitful cause of dishonesty, po-
htical corruption and lawlessness. The
man who persistently casts doubt upon
| God and his word Is the most subtle
enemy to peace. 1 arraign such men
and women as the enemies Of order and
prosperity.-Rev.J Johnston Myers, Bap-
fist, Chicago, III.
Obstacles.-The great obstacle Of HUI
man progress at the present time Is to
be found in spots where Christianity Is
unknown or imperative, where ignor-
ance, hatred, greed, selfishness and
lawless lust prevail, and if that which
Is now restricted should ever become
common the direst results would fol-
low.-Rev. John Cuckson, Unitarian,
Boston, Mass.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

Hindoo hero, opened his walls Of wrath
upon them is putting it mildly. He
said the congress was a humbug and
the women were insincere. "You build
fine churches" he said, "but merely
through vanity. You go to church to
display your clothes. The religious
motive is lacking. You put fine or
gans in the churches, and the aim Is to
have the best and biggest organ, in or
der to draw the biggest crowd. These
things are not so in India. Whatever
is done by the Hindus Is done in the
spirit of religion and without the de-
sire to show Off"
1t is safe to say that it will be long
time before the women Of the congress
again take up a wandering Oriental,
however picturesque his garb may be.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
Novel Love Letters.

1t is well known, says contempo-
rary, that, when the petals Of the
great Laurel Magnolia are touched.
however lightly, the result is n bror;s
spot, which develops In few hours.
The fact Is taken advantage Of by the
South American lover, who pulls a
magnolia flower, and on one of its pure
white petals writes motto or message
with sharp pointed pencil. Then
he sends the flower, the young lady
puts 1t I'm a vase of water, and In three
or four hours the message written on
the leaf becomes perfectly visible, and
remains so.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
WOULDN'T MARRY !. O. FAIR


How the California Senator Got the
Mitten I'm His Youth.
Because he loved SO, ardently, for
which reason she thought him "too
soft" Miss Lizzie Hardin refused
James O.. Fair to marry Thomas
Bryan. That was years and years ago
before the great bonanza days on the
ComstOck lode, when Senator Fair was
plain "Jim" Fair and both were young.
Indeed, Lizzie was only 10 years old
and Jim" had but recently reached
his majority. Mrs. Bryan Is a widow
now and still lives on the old farm in
the Sonoma valley, California. She
was asked about her acquaintance with
Mr.. Fair and how he came to propose
marriage She said:
Eyes, he wanted to marry me-" said
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
DistreaainR.

Genial old Izaak Walton himself had
not keener fisherman's instinct than
was possessed by old Zimn Skillings
who fourished in Western State a
good many years ago. One day, ZimrI
took his rod and line and "wums," ms
he called them, and started of for a
four days fishing trip.
He had been gone but one day when
his poor old wife died Unexpectedly
and a neighbor FASTENED off in pursuit
OF Zlmri. He was found silently blu,
profoundly happy, with his line cast in
the Cinnamon River. He turned pale
and was at first speechless with emo
ton when told of his loss.
Its too bad, Zimri," said the sympa.
thetic neighbor; whereupon ZimrI
found voice enough to say:
wal, I sh'd say so-with the pic-rel
bltin' ez l amt seen 'em bite fer a
Year, And he gulped down another
sob.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
HINDOO CYNIC HERE.
Declares that the Women of the West
Are Savaxes.

Declares that the Women of the West
Are savaxes.
1.-THE women of the West are saw
ages. Will you tell me what is the diff
ference between an Indian who puts
war feathers in his hair and a woman
who puts feathers and flowers in her
hat?"
These words fell like bombshell on
the recent woman's congress at San
Francisco, says the Examiner, where
their author had been coddled and
lionized with the admiring Difference
which impressionable women are prone
to pay to handsome young men who
wear a strange garb and an air of ro-
nance and mystery.
To say that the women were startled
when Bramacharin Bobha bhiskshu, the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
In France.

French children do not hang up their
stockings on Christmas eve, but place
their shoes side by side on the hearth.
This custom is followed in other coun-
tries. In Norway and Sweden the
shoes of the entire family are polished
and set In a row, not so much in expec-
tation Of gifts ms to express the hope
that the family may walk together In
peace and happiness through the year
that Ia to come.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17

Williams was called upon recently to
write the draft Of proposed, constitu-
tional amendment to the lottery and
gambling laws of New Jersey. BY
changing the word prohibited" to
provided" she altered the intent Of
the whole law, and the mistake was
not noticed until after the amendment
had been passed upon by the Senate
and become a law, and an extra ses-
sion Of the Legislature must be called
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
MISTAKE OF A TYPEWRITER.
She Nullified New Jersey Law by
an Error in Transcribing.

an Error In Transcribing.
The typewriter girl" has been held
responsible so long for all kinds of err
rors. either grave or ludicrous, that the
imputation is no longer meant as a re-
Election upon the ability, but only a
little pleasantly at her expense. But
Miss Margaret Williams, of Trenton,
N. j., recently made an error in tran
scribing which is both grave and lu-
dicrous, and is by no means a pleas
antry to those concerned. She has the
unique distinction Of being the first
typewriter" who, by the mistake of
a single word, could bring about the
notification of a law or the recalling
of a session Of the Legislature. Miss
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-17
A BRAVE GENERAL PROMOTED.
John X. Brooke, Who Won His Spurs
in the Civil War.

The promotion of Gen. John X.
Brooke to major generalship, placing
him third in rank in the army of the
United States, was deserved recogni-
ton of valor and faithfulness. Gen.
Brooke is one of the ablest and most
popular commanders in the army. He
entered the military service as a vol
unteer in 1861, when he was % years
old, and was with Hancock's gallant
corps through all the hard fights of the