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The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05
Unauthentio Portraits of Franklin.

1t seems the height of absurdity to
look upon the so called ''Sumner Por-
trait Of Franklin at Twenty" belonging
to Harvard university, as an authentic
portrait. Where did Franklin, who was
grubbing for funds to carry him home
at the time this picture is supposed to
have been painted, get the money for
the purple and fine linen" in which he
is arrayed, let alone to pay the artist
for his work? Aside from franklin S cir
cumstances being against it's authentic
'ity, his Autobiography" is silent upon
SO important a subject as this portrait,
and its history is purely mythical.
Another picture that has no better
claim to be considered likeness of Ben
jamin Franklin hangs in the Metropoli-
tan Museum of Art and was painted by
Stephen Elmer, an English still life
painter. There is nothing to show that
1t was given the name Of Franklin until
1924, when plate engraved by Ryder
and published in 1882, as 1.-THE Politi-
cian,' was relettered and issued with
the name of Franklin.
The last picture to be mentioned in
this expurgatorial list is of the first i'm
portance as work of art Itwas paint
ed by Thomas Gainsborough and is in
the collection of the Marquis of Lands
downe, but it is clearly not Benjamin
Franklin. 1t is, in my opinion, the por-
trait Of Governor William Franklin. -
Charles Henry Hart in Mcclure Maga-
Zina
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05
He Ment Well.

1t happens occasionally that pupil will
swear by his teacher, but, sad to say,
such cases are all too rare. The boy who
carries out his teachers wishes both at
school and outside, is an exception to the
general rule, more's the pity.
A certain lady in ore of the lower
grade public school rooms recently gave
her class some excellent lessons 10 polite
ness, telling the children among other
things that young gentlemen-these were
young gentlemen of very tender years
always tip or raise the hat to lady &C.
gu .intances, or to elderly gentlemen who
recognize them upon the streets.
One little fellow took it all in, and re.
solved in his little breast that his dear
teachers instruction should be carried
out to the very letter. On his way home
that afternoon came his first opportunity
He met an elderly gentleman who nodded
to him and, presto off went the little
chaps hat.
But there he stuck. His dear teacher
had said nothing about the disposition OF
the bat after it was taken off. He was
sure she hadn't mentioned putting it on
again. So the innocent little fellow
trudged all the way home with bis hat in
bis hand.
His head may have been cool, but
his heart was right, and his conscience
certainly told him that he had done the
best he knew Cle0eEand Plain
Dealer.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05
The Preacher Hedges.

am told story of an itinerant
Georgia preacher. who had one horse and
large family. was SO confident of
Bryan's election that he said to one of
the members of the congregation, says
the Dalton, Ca, Argus:
II don't bet, an amt agoin' ter bet,
but if anybody would jest make believe
that they wagered hoss agin that air
creeter o. mine that Bryan won't be
siected,s and then keep their counsel about
it, it would be all right with me. and I'd
Jest consider-belween me an him-that
my horse wuz stakes agin his'n."
'ssss'All right, brother" said the member,
"we'll jest look at it in that light, and If
Mckinley is elected pll have two horses
and you Rqpals@
ut was CO." but the following Sun
day the congregation was amazed to see
the preacher tramping to town, where he
arrived wayworn and mud .spattered and
mounting the platform straightway began
preaching against the evils of betting.
+ "Yes," he cried, there are men in this
here congregation SO lost ter right an
jestfce that they woqid bet agin the one
hoss 9f poor man, take IL from him and
alak6 HIM walk ter glory fer the balance
of his days! If such a man is in the hear
ing O. my voice to-day, let him tremble!
He. can't take that election boss ter
Heaven with him. If he could tide it
l4alsDssfn 'tha pesfl8 gates the Angel
Gabriel would boiler 'Whoap awhile the
tremblin' wretch dismounted, he would
hear these words like the knell % doom,
'Whar did you git that boss p"
After the sermon and the benediction
some one took the parson by the arm and
led him out in the grove, and handed
him bride (and there was a horse con-
nected with it) and said:
Here's yer darned old boss! Pray fer
me on the way homeW
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05
The First Steam Power.

The power of steam was known to
Hero of Alexandria, who exhibited what
seems from the description to have been
small steam engine to Ptolemy Phila-
delphus and his court about 150 B. c.
Pliny describes small boat, built by a
magician" of Rome, which moved by
means of wheel, "driven by pot Of
hot water.' Watts invention of ro-
tary steam engine was patented i'll 1863.
The first railway locomotive was built
by Trevithick in 1904. The first prac-
tical locomotive was perfected by Ste
phenson in 1929. AS early as 1907 Denys
Papin built model of a steamboat,
which was destroyed by mob of boat
men. The first practical steamboat was
built by William Symington in 1902.
In 1903 Robert Fulton, in connection
with Chancellor Livingston, built
steamboat which was tried on the Seine.
In 1907 the Clermont began trips from
New York to Albany.
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Gagged.
BY GRACE DEMO L1ToHFIELD.

1t was born behind bars, but 1t knew 1t had
wings,
And it felt God had meant 1t for happier
things.
And it sang of the joys that 1t never had
KNOWN
OF fetterless flights over helds flower
strown.
OF the green of the forest and gold of the
wheat,
OF the thrill in the tree-bough touched by
its feet,
OF the feel of a lily-leaf brushed by its
breast,
And the splash of a raindrop caught on its
crest;
1t sang of the beauty. the rapture of flying.
The palpitant air to its heartbeats replying,
Naught over, naught under, save limitless
blue
And the music of wing-strokes, rhythmic
and true.
1t sang, and men said that its song was
good;
But not one understood
Then they brought in wildbird, entrapped
in snare,
And day and a night held it prisoner there.
And night and day, unbelieving, dis
traaght,
With impossible fate for its freedom it
fought,
Though it bled at the breast blindly beating
AS If strength of desire si.Guld force way to
the stars.
And men pitied and said: 1t was free its life
long,
Who could bid 1t endure but day of such
wrong7
And they flung wide the doors, and the bird,
flashing through,
Swept away like leaf in a gale from their
view.
Then the other. behind the closed bars of
its fate,
Once again sang its heart out, its need,
co-create
Of the Broad and the Boundless. In pas
sionate song
1t besought men to right for one day Its
life's wrong;
To bestow for day or for one only hour
The leave to make proof of its God-given
power;
For one hour only to float on free wings
In the world where its soul lived, the world
OF best things,
OF commensurate effort and gain, of desire
Unlinked from despair, mounting higher
ana higher
Till lost in attainment, the world of clear
visions,
True measures, high aims, and untrammeled
decisions,
The world God had made it for. So It's song
rose,
Ecstatic, tumultuous, thrilled with wild
woes
And delicious complainings, until the last
note Va Eaa-
Broke off in an exquisite cry in its throat.
And men listened, and said that the song
was good;
But not one un derstood. ---
The Independent.
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Why They Didn't Like Him.

"Well, my little boy. did you have a
nice time coasting this afternoon?"
"No'm," said Mother Price's little boy,
"nos very"
"Why uot?" she asked in surprise.
''Why, mother, the boys won't play
with me; they don't treat me right"
"Do you treat them right, HarryP"
"I-I don't treat them at ALL" he said
hesitaitngly.
The next time Henry took his sled and
went off to the hill his mother put on her
bonnet and followed.
There were good many people at the
coastiug place, and Mrs. Price stood
back. Presently she saw her little boy
go off up the hill alone dragging his sled.
"Who is that little boy?"- she asked
some children near her who were resting
and knocking the snow off their clothes.
"That? Oh, that is Harry Price" they
answered; but they had no idea that they
were talking to his mother.
"Why don't he play with the rest OF
you, instead of going off to himselfp''
asked the lady.
"Oh, don't know; he don't play nice,
somehow
"What's the matter?"
"Why, he always wants to have his
own way"
"Don't you all want to have your, oEn
way?"
"Yes'm," said the little girl, buttoning
up her coat and getting ready to start off
with her sled-''yes'n 'nssbut. youasasswe 70
all give up some times. =.
That evening Mrs. Piads tod her iittfs
boy about her secret visit to the play
ground. 81 wanted to latsyou look at
yourself with their eyes, Henry" she
said, "and now that you know what is
the matter with Harry Price. and why
the boys and girls don't like him, I am
sure you can mend matters"
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05
A LAD WITHOUT GUILE.

How Grant Impressed His Comrades as a
West Point Cadet.
"He was a lad without guile" testi-
fies General Longstreet. "Inever heard
him utter profane or vulgar word. He
was boy of good native ability, al
though by no means hard student. So
perfect was his sense Of honor that, in
the numerous cabals which were often
formed, his name was never mentioned,
for he never did anything which could
be subject for criticism or reproach. He
soon became the most daring horseman
in the academy" He had a way of
solving problems out of rule by the ap-
plication of good, hard sense, and Rufus
Ingalls, ends by saying: when our
school days were over, if the average
opinion of the members of the class had
been taken, every one would have said:
There is Sam Grant. He is splendid
fellow, a good, honest man, against
whom nothing can be said and from
whom everything may be expected >"
One Of the keenest observers in his
class, for year his roommate, perceived
more in him than his instructors. "He
had the most scrupulous regard for
truth. He never held his word light.
He never said an untruthfu1 word even
in jest.
'He was reflective mind and at
times very reticent and somber. Some
thing seemed working deep down in his
thoughts-things he knew as littlS,about
as we. There would be days, even
weeks, at a time when he would be 81
lent and somber-not morose. He was
cheerful man, and yet he had these
moments when he seemed to feel some
premonition Of great future-wonder-
ing what he was to do and what he was
to become. He was moved by very sim
cere motive to join the Dialectic society,
which was the only literary society we
had. I did not belong, but Grant Joined
while we were roommates, with the
aim to improve in his manner of ex-
pressing himself. ."-McClure's.
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Household Words. ="

Don't forget TO order load of coal sent
up, right away.
Oh, mamma, Willie's pinohing me.
Come on to your dinner before every.
thing gets cold.
Say, Howard. amt you boys up yet?
Yes, dear, $40 will do. but $15 would
be better.
Where's that half dollar gave you last
weeka
But, my dearsh, you sh' know / bad
engashement at th' Office till sho late
COUNT poshibly come.
Good gracious, how much money do
you want anyhow"
No, shan't have any young men COM
ing to see you until you are out of school.
30 there.
Oh, papa, make Dick quit calling me
names.
Oi'm sorry, mem, but Or'll have to be
LAWN yez, the day, mem.
Now ! lay me down to sleep.
Lemme be.
Come, now, it's time for you young
ones to be in bed.
No. you can't have any more cake.
Who the deuce carried off that paper.
Did anybody see my hats
D that collar huttons-N r Sun.
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GEMS.

Those can conquer who think they can.
Take care of what you are and what
you do will take care Of itself.
An error gracefully acknowledged is q
victory won.
Temperance and labor are the two best
physicians of men.
A man that studieth revenge keepeth
his own wounds green, which otherwise
would heal and do we'll.
To all eternity no tone can be so sweet,
as where the mans heart with God in
union doth beat.
We are never made 30 ridiculous by the
qualities we have, as by those we effect
to have.
You find yourself refreshed by the
presence of cheerful people. Why not
make earnest effort to confer that plea.
ure on others.
Because selfishness may flourish side by
side with such virtues as industry, tenn.
perance and love of family, is why it is
peculiarly the besetting sin of good peo.
pie.
Manhood begins when we have in any
way made truce with necessity; but
begun joyfully and hopefully only when
We have reconciled ourselves to necessity.
II good manners are not practiced at
home, but are allowed to lie by until
occasion cali upon their wearer to assume
them, they are sure to be bad fit when
donned
Griefs-are like the beings that endure
them-the little ones are the most clam.
orous and nosiy-those of the older
growth and greater magnitude, are gen.
orally tranquil, and sometimes silent.
Every attempt to make others happy,
every sin left behind, every temptation
trampled under foot, every step forward
In the cause of what is good, is q step
nearer to heaven.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05
"Didn't Jimmy tell you9" she muir.

Didn't Jimmy tell youP" she muir
INJURED.
"You know Jimmy never tells any
thing. He did say You weren't well.
But have you been very i'll, dears'
The women had withdrawn, and he
seated himself upon the bed.
Joseph. you might have sent me one
little line p
"Wh-whats l don't quite compre-
hend. A line ?'
"Yes; it wouldn't have hurt you to
write q line."
Henrietta, l wrote to you every day,
and sometimes twice day."
They stared at each other.
"But I never gat solitary letter." she
said presently. II sent to every delivery
went myself until I became ill. Mr..
Framwell said there was nothing from
you. 1t nearly killed me, Joseph"
However" he muttered, "they couldn't
have all Observation-Disclosures Ihave
1t Wait; I'll be back in twenty min.
utes," and the gentleman fairly ran out
of the room.
He laughed all the way down stairs,
and she heard his ha, ha, has between
his shouts for Jimmy to bring back the
trap. In few minutes they ratified out
of the grounds, and within the time men,
toned they ratified back again.
Mr.. Allestree tore breathless up the
stairs, bursting boy fashion into his wife'a
room. He carried package of letters,
which he spread out in q circle on the
bed. There we're fourteen of them, and
every one was addressed to Miss Henri
eta Shower.
For short space nothing was said,
and then the two aged lovers began to
laugh. and they laughed until they cried.
Joseph" she said, "its very funny,
very, but it was almost the death of me.
How did you come to do it ?"
"Why, Henrietta, love, when once got
out of your dear, familiar presence, the
old days came back completely. You
were little Retta Shower, and"
Joseph Allestree blushed; he did not
often quote poetry
'And our two and forty years
Seemed a mist that rolled away"
-PsGrson's Weekly.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
SONG.
ABSOLUTELY PURE

woAld that my love were lily fair
AndI would that were sunbeam bold,
Still tobe dressing her flowery hair
All day long with my airy gold.
Or would that she were the dew that lies
In tn rose and 1 the rose tree were,
To fold my red leaves over her eyes
And make my sweetness part of her.
Would / were breeze that is where it will
And she leaf in some lonely place.
How would cling to her, sing to her, till
She gathered me up in her green embrace.
Or would that she were fawn so gay
And within some lowly bed
Where oft her silvery feet would stray
And dimple the turf above me spread.
Nay, leave tn sunbeam the light that's his
And leave the lily her airy gold,
And give me my maiden, just as she is,
To kiss and sing to- to keep and holdi
New York Ledger.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05

There is not hospital in the United States
or anywhere else which was not built by peo-
pie who believe in the deity of the Jesus
Christ.-Interior.
Not quite right, brother, not quite.
Mount Sinai hospital, in this city, is a
very good hospital. If you ever get in
jured in this city, you could go to a
worse place than Mount Sinai hospital.
Then Rabbi Gottheil would call upon
you, and wouldn't he have you some
what at a disadvantage Christian
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05
There Is No,n,nx SO sooa.

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The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05

For more than hundred years the
Shakers have bee studying the remedial
properties of plants. They have made
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achievement was made last year. 1t is a
cordial that contains already digested
food and is digester Of food. 1t is
effective in removing distress after eat
ing, and creates an appetite for more food
so that eating becomes pleasure. Pale,
thin people become plump and healthy
under its use. 1t arrests the wasting of
consumption.
There never has been such step for
ward in the cure of indigestion as this
Shaker Cordial. Your druggist will be
glad to give you a little book descriptive
of the product.
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ELY BROTHERS,
Two Tempting Offers. !"

A man who keeps a clothing store in
Chicago, has this Advertisement, which
he has displayed in several newspapers:
"We agree to give all our customers fit" I"
A patent medicine dealer who caught
sight of the ad. inserted another notice
beneath it as follows: "I will cure those
fits cheap as dirt.'
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05
A Discreet Estimate.

'Papa," said young Mrs. Hunker,
won't you please give George and me
$40, 0OO?'
What do you want that much money
for?''
"We want to build $5, 900 house. :"
Harlem Life
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05
A Spirited Interview.

"And you asked her father for her
hand?"
"Yes."
"Was he violentP"
"Very. He said must be an idiot to
think of such thing"
"What did you reply?"
81 told him that of course, he knew
his own family better than did, but that
] was willing to take my chances. ~
Washington Star.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05

A wise man will make more oppor-
tunities than he finds.
Children, hope you peeled the apples
before eating them9" "Yes, mother
dear" "What have you done with the
peelings?" so. we ate them after"
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps relates that
once, when Longfellow was visiting her
at her Gloucester home, she pointed out
to him the reef of Norman's Woe and
was surprised to find that, although he
had wrecked the schooner Hesperus on
it, he had never before seen it.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05
Growth of English.

The growth of the English language,
during the present century has BEEN
without parallel in the history Of any
tongue. The commercial associations Of
the English and American people with
all the nations Of the earth have brought
contributions from every CLINE to enrich
our mother tongue, and the result Isl
that there are words in common use IN
the English language from every known
language on the face Of the earth.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05

Pedestrian Ito footpad)-Money or
my life, is it? I was wondering how ]
was going to live through this week.
Now won't have to. Very kind of you.
Shoot aWay.-BOston TRANSCRIPT
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05
Salt a Luxury In Africa.

The greatest of all luxuries in central
Africa is salt. To say that a man eats
salt with his victuals is the same as say
ing that he is rich man. Mungo Park
says, "The long continued use of vegeta-
BILE food creates so painful longing for
salt that no words can sufficiently de-
scribe it. Chicago Tribune
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-05

He who thinks to entertain the work
with tales about his hard luck has queer
ideas of what constitutes amusement -
Milwaukee journal.