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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07
Death came swiftly TO those who sat for their portraits before Hans XII
the soul, the inner life. All, l succeeded but too we'll" But he

method of color combination.
Meeting him Il few days later he told me
; excitedly that one of his models, n mendi-
can. of fifty or sixty. had died that morning.
and when 1 refused to see anything cN-
trao.dinary in this. he added. but Marie
is dead also"
who is Marie""
The baby with the waxen face and soul
full blue eyes whose portrait you admired
so much the other day. The same happened
to Father Martin, the poor beggarman. with
the remarkable head of gray locks that
hangs over my writing desk"
Died Because He
! Painted Them.
/ failed to see any connection between the
incidents at that time. but soon became
aware that a black shadow was settling
Upon Kinnow's mind. Il shadow that deep
! encd as time went on. The artist. l noticed,
had an Unborn laundering for mysticism.
and the accidents of natural death above
mentioned had accentCated and intensified
this unhappy trait. The child and beggar-
man having died shortly after he put their
features on canvas. he conceived the NOR
bid idea that in some way he was RESPONSE
bic for their deaths, and nothing would do
but to start in and investigate the records
Of other persons who had given him sit
tings. The further he got In his Xamiaa-
| lions, the more convinced did he become
that his brush vas fatal to all whom it
commemorated. The landlady. for instance.
! q young woman in excellent heath. with
| several children, who allowed him to pay
| off his debt in canvas and colors, had died
crddeplv from nnelmonia after he had
| moved from the house.
He inquired for another client. the butch
er.
Herr Braun is dead. didn't you know
that?"
Kinnow's head was swimming. The beg
gar. the baby. the landlady. the butcher
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"a gentleman in a red flannel shirt rose
in the midst Of the audience and exclaimed
in an impressive bass voice: oh, %thunder!
Miss Allendale CAM sing for green apples!'
THE manager, who had started to leave
the stage, halted and turned. An ugly light
flashed from the eye which swept the au-
dience and finally rested on the face Of the
i~nterrupter. Raising one shoulder higher
than the other. letting one hand drift sig
n%iflcantly toward his hip-pocket, and thrust
ing his neither jaw forward in a savage
he observed with a deliberateness
which emphasized every syllable: Never
theless and Notwithstanding, Miss BERTHE
Allendale will sing Down in the Valley.''
And she did. So, likewise. nevertheless
and Notwithstanding, the Senate schedules
will stand"
Civil Service Incidents.
Mr.. Vest never has had any love for civil
service reform. He used to be on most
friendly terms with Gentleman George"
Pendleton of Ohio till Mr.. Pendleton intro
duced the bill which is now the Federal
civii-service law. Vest read, the bill the
morning 1t appeared In print. and remarked.
to somo one that now would be q good time
to ale q claim for Pendleton's desk, which
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-07
Senate's Three Most Noted Wits.

WRITTEN o THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
me United States Senate has seldom
numbered III lis membership three men
t"aose wit WIS keener than that Of Vest of
missouri, Chandler CT New Hampshire and
-,oicott Of Colorado. They lave served
t.ne'r last term together-Chandler and VOL
te''t having failed O. re-election-but. never
f.1e'css' stofies of their brillisncy are still
peny told In Washington.
-hese three men, from three widely vari-
sAA SECTIONS of the Union, have some quail
"es IN nm One OF these is their wit
NJ aptness at sharp repartee. But Vests
wiz "nIe Ii mag sting ut times. is never
mean; Chambers has ct all times a tinge
" bitterness. and has much of human vani-
~ remind IL: Wclcott's is of a rougher
kxuaHiy than is that of the other two, out
. IS nevertheless, effective. All are good
Is'ory-teliers; but the husnor Of Vest is most
seseo to that display.
N. Vests stories derive an extra piquan-
from the Senator's crisp and distinct
knclation OF each word. and his high
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all died within a short time after sitting for
him. His brush had been to them like an
executioner's AK.
Brush Killed a
BALLET Dancer.
AS he was going home that afternoon to
res: and think. he passed the small rocco
palace where Fraulein Dina s, the ballet
dancer. lived. Kinnow had sent her portrait
from his studio to the annual picture eX-
hibit only a few days before. On the door
was an enormous crepe bow. and in the
house all curtains We're drawn.
kinnow was half crazed when he rushed
to my studio to tell the story. He cursed his
Notwithstanding" art. and l myself was so
surprised by the array of undeniablc facts
that l had no words to diSpeli his me!an-
choly conclusions.
We began an investigation the same
night. kinnow's assurances that the five
persons were apparently in good health
when they sat for him were corroborated by
the family and friends of the deceased. and
all had died rather suddenly some time after
their portraits had been finished.
Though l still continued to hold up to
ridicule the very idea of the thing, Il feeling
of horror crept over me wren, Il few days
later. 1 read in the Nachrichtcn that Lieut.
enant Count D-hof had broken his neck
on the race track, for the Count was one of
kinnow's latest customers. Being out of
town for 4 couple of days. the young artist
was spared this piece of distressing news;
l was rejoicing over the fact, when Munich
society received a severe shock by the an
nouncement that Doctor L.. Il well-known
art connoisseur and collector. had been run
over and killed by an electric car. 1 hap
pened to be at Kinnow's studio when an ac-
quaintance of ours dropped in and brought
the tidings.
"Air. quick. let's go out!" cried Kinnow.
When we were a.one he said: II left so
abruptly to prevent that fellow So-and-So
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Special Correspondence Of The Sunday Republic.
Munich, March @.-Hans Einnow, the por-
~trattist, IS dead. The doctor who made the
autopsy q week ago said he died of a broker
heart, s~uperinduced by grief and anxiety,
but Hans's friends do not agree with this
view. They maintain that his bush and
palette had killed him. and 4 discovery
in the deceased artists rooms seems to bear
out their surmise. queer as it is.
Hidden away on the uppermost shelf of a
d!sused closet was found u portrait of Hans
Kinnow which. according to the date on the
frame. was done some time in December
last. Kinnow had painted 1t from the refiec-
lion OF. his face In Il mirror.
His friends say that the curse that at
tacbea to all his work had come true once
more and for the last time. A customer OF
his own, he died like all his customers have
died, after he finished painting their like
nesses.
Here Is the weird story as a friend of the
dead man gave it to your correspondent:
The Friends Story
of His Beginning.
first met Hans kinnow some ten years
sgo at the Munich painters academy. We
were both poor boys then. and the Bohe-
mianism OF penury and enthusiasm cement
ed Q hearty friendship between US that
death alone could sever.
lnnow's decided talent for coloring was
equal to his diligence; he was one OF the
hardest workers In his class, and his prog
Fess was remarkable. but like other poor
artists, he had to take to portraiture as a
means for making q living when he got
through with his studies.
. 6Ven In this make-sh.ft vocation adopted
solely to pave the way to better things.
Annow'e genius shcne forth brightly. From
painting his landlady to wipe out a threat
eplng board bill, and from winning money
and larrels among parvenuc house-owpers,
bakers. butchers and brewers the young
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In love with a young scar1stress. who lived
| in the rear of the a~partment-house where
his studio was located. This girl was always
sitting at 4 window that locked out upon
his OWN: thus their acquaintance COM
menced. Soon they became more m
One day when I went to his rooms she
was sitting for her portrait. She was q
beautiful girl, graceful and ladylike, but
something In her appearance. particularly
her almost transparent white skin, en-
livened by big. soft eyes. told Of silent suf-
ferinss. She struck me as a consumptive.
Last November she died and Kinnow was
convinced that he. not any disease or COM
plication of diseases, was responsible for
her death.
Here is the letter he wrote me about the
sad affair:
Gretchen was lying on the battlefield @
Iif,. when I bounced upon her. I. the raven.
who had already tasted so much blood. I sat
on the breast OF the dying girl. my neck
stretched. beak pointed toward her beautiful
eyes-those eyes that were her Joy. her pride.
Give me one more hour. only one hour"
begged Gretchen.
II will not" croaked L. raising my beak.
Then a nameless pain shot through
Gre,chen's poor head-a pain much moro In
tense than that which her wasting lungs had
caused her. Blood ran from the hollows Of
her eyes. darkness enveloped her-ths OBJ
security Of death.
Kinnow was little seen after the death
of his intended: connoisseurs and art deal
ers who had given him orders for work
waited in vain for their pictures. The last
months of his life he seems to have spenf
in painting his own portrait. After It was
done he daubed 1t over. Then he lay down
and died.
Herr Seeger will restore Hans Kinnow's
portrait. He says it's a masterpiece-the
best ne ever painted.
Copyright. 1901. by Henry ". Fischer.
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Wierd Theory of
This Agent of Death.

Becoming more ard more excited. he con-
tinucd: Yes. ! am the Painter o. Death.
the death-bTinging painter. OE his wander
ings through the world the King of Terrors
| stops at Munich every little while and by
| soma Inyst riGus s;ratGScm coTpels his vie
tins. marked for carly demise. to so to my
studio and arrange to have their portraits
painted.
There must be some caballstic connection
between death ard myself. but l won't act
as his messenger any more. 1t would be
criminal in me 10 accept further orders for
portraits CT to hire Il odeis for my studies.
They must all die, and i CannOt SO on play
ing at murder"
l mentioned several of Kinnow's custom
ers who up to then had escaped the curse.
though, in the meantime. they have also
died.
Exceptions only prove the rule cried
Kinnow. land. besides. who says that they
viii. not die to-day or tomorrow. in u week
or month?'
One day, about nine months ago, 1 found
Kinno" in Il more composed frame of mind.
He said:
Il have been studying up my case and
have come to the conclusion that it's wrong
to portray human beings. especially after
the method pursued by me-, which 1 falsely
held to be that Of the true artist. As you
know. l never YVES content with placing
merely the outward features en- canvas. l
strove to photograph the soul. the inner
life. All. / succeeded but too we'll. The
soul and mind of feilow-beings that 1
sought for fed their earthly abode after
communicating with mine, and after | bru-
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=, +.,ly revealed their identity in colors, II
li.hts and shades All the people that l
robbed Of their souls are dead. How could
they survive. anyhow?
Gives Money to Charity
and Becomes IN Artisan.
II am turning over a new leaf" he
continued: II have thrown UP the whoie
business. Hereafter / shall paint flowers
and ornaments u%nly-on porcelain. Let me
cxpIain: After Tomorrow l will be a hand
IN the royal porcelain factory. l have just
secured a position as decorator"
l was durlfounded. And your ideals.
your ambition to become a great history
cainter?" l exclaimed.
II would rather shovel dirt for one mark
fifty Il day than murder people by painting
their portraits at Il hundred marks a day.
replied Einnow. with terrible earnestness-
Continuing. he Informed me that he had
turned his "blood money over to charity.
by which act lie hoped TO regain his peace Of
mind. With blood money he meant the
modest competency acquired by portrait
painting.
1 made a last effort to save Kinnow from
himself. Rather than give up entirely.
turn to landscape painting" 1 said; "you
have some talent in that direction"
And carry death and destruction to
whole villages, forests. mountains and
fields. bring over them fire. cloudbursts.
hailstorrns. avalanches? No, no! 1 have
done enough mischief in this world" cried
Kinnow. II won't try again"
My unhappy friend took the train for
Mcissen the same evening and we didn't
see anything Of him TO- several months.
Suddenly he turned Up IN Munich again.
Il couldn't stand the monotony of the
thing: the race horse won't do for the
tinl,er's wagon" was all the comment he
made on his change of plans. and. turning
to me. he added that he would follow my
advice and go In for landscape painting.
Death OF His Fiancee and
His GrewSOme Letter.
When next I saw Kinnow, he had fallen
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artist rose to the distinction of receiving
orders from ladies' Of fashion and of gen.
tlemen who had achieved high honors in
the service of the State. of science AMI
Of literature.
For Il time Munich art circles were alive
with the gossip of Einnow's successes. The
Minister of Cult had pronounced his color
disposition remarkable" several of the
older masters had spoken encouragingly Of
his attention to detail. but. as Il matter of
fact, the real Charm of Kinnow's portraits
was neither of the one nor the other kind.
His artistic temperament showed best in
his ability to portray the soul as wei! rs
the physical features e his subjects. He
seemed to possess the faculty of looking
into a mans. woElaa's or child's heart and
brain. and of photosraphing his impressions
of the inner life he had witnessed.
This, in time, gave him an enviable repu-
tation among thinking people. yet he
neither attained. nor sought for. wide popu-
iarity.
With success came material welfare. hut
remembering the hard school through
which he had passed, Kinnowe was careful
with his money and saved one-half Of his
earnings for the grand tour of Italy and
France he was contemplating.
Painted Heads
of Sufferers.
About two years ago I began to notice in
Kinnow's studio sketches and halt-finished
portraits of persons who, being in very
moderate. or even poor circumstances, could
not afford 10 pay his price for painting their
likenesses. There were pictures Of bedridden
people. beggars and little delicate babies, all
remarkable for an aspect Of suffering on
their conferences. asked kinnow what he
meant by throwing away his time on such
subjects. He seemed not to like the ques-
ton. but finally said he painted these peo-
pie because they interested him and be-
cause he was trying on them some new
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from taking notice of the work / was en-
gagged In. Thinl: cf it. ! was putting the
finishing touches to LIS portrait. Now III
continued, do you Still maintain that is
accident. rot fate, or some accursoi occult
power, that cuts short the lifeline ii every
pers0n l Neas!re to lortLay"'
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dayShe was SITTING for her portrait. Last N0yembr she died.
had fallen in lovevitha young seanstress.. One days

or great and mben alike felt hebHMt He tried h his ahbw MEE| kw wrong MnNnmH a |@
shes HmMap mnd the aMhm grill hd She aA :.. kMnw Emwh Am hs p@H dm@th m@n
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tally revealed their identity in colors. IL
! lirhts and shades All the people that l
robbed OF their souls are dead. How ccuil
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-07
One Of theEngineer,.

bridge Oh western railroad hat
been washed away and it was neces.
sary to replace it with temporary
structure. The chief engineer and his
staff were ordered in hot haste to the
place. drafting room was established
Ill the nearby station, and the scene
became one of great activity. Two DAYS
later came the general manager to add
more pressure to the already tense Sit
uation. Alighting from his private
car he encountered the master bridge
builder The latter was type evolved
by the railroad situation of the last
generation--heavy handed, hard of
head, with some knowledge of books
and vast experience. John" said
the manager, and the words uuiyered
with energy. Il want this job rushed.
Every hours delay costs the company
money. Have you got the engineer s
plans for the new bridge?" Colonel"
said the old man (the engineer student
will learn early in his career that tho
general manager of railroad never
ranks lower than eoloneD-"C Colonel.
don't know whether the engineer has
got the picture drawed yet or not. but
the bridge is up, and the trains are
passing over it.'-Montreal Herald and
Star.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-07

A story is told of an English clergy
man who owed his appointment to a
rich living to a lucky pun. He was
tutor to the son of nobleman and
had not long taken orders when he at
tended the funeral of the rector of the
parish in which the nobleman's seat
was situated. The father of his pupil
was patron of the living and was also
present at the funeral OF the deceased
rector There was a young clergyman
present also whose grief was so de-
monstrative that the noble patron was
much affected by the sight and asked
If the young man was son of the de-
ceased gentleman. ooh, dear no. nv
lord-no relation at ALL said the tn
tor. "No relation exclaimed the no.
bleman in surprised tone. None
my lord; he is the curate and ! .hink
he is not weeping for the dead, but TO,
the living His lordship, who was
something of a WIT and a cynic him.
self, was SO delighted with the Dor
mot that he conferred the living upor
the ready punster.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-07
BREAKS FORCE OF THE WAVES.
Mattresses Strung Together to Pro-
tect Ocean Beaches.

Mattresses are Strung Together to Pro-
tect Ocean Beaches.
At many of the favorite seaside sum-
mer resorts in this country the beaches
are from time to time ravaged by wild
storms, and hitherto no adequate
method Of protecting them against
such onslaughts has been discovered.
AS result the cottagers may awake
any morning and find that the pleasant
strand on which they strolled during
the previous evening has, during the
night, been eaten away by the hungry
waves. Now, however, an ingenious
inventor has devised a method for the
protection of such beaches, method
which, he is confident, will prove eff
fective. 1t consists of number of
mattresses, which are formed of fibrous
material and which are held together
by means of warps and bars. The mat
tresses, thus connected, are laid on the
beach, the warps and bars being placed
in such manner that the long, lib-
rous covering is kept stiff and immov-
able. AS further safeguard, however.
stronger fastenings are placed here
and there, and by means of these the
mattresses are anchored firmly to the
beach. The mattresses are arranged
1engthwise IN the direction OF the cur
rent, and the warps and bars are ar
ranged dagonally. The object is to
break the force of the waves and pre-
vent them from wreaking their full
fury on the beach. Experiments, it is
said, prove that a protection of this
kind is useful for such a purpose.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-07
Dangerous Fuel Escapes Inspection.

Dangerous Fuel Escapes Inspections.
1t seems anomalous that gasoline and
naphtha launches should be exempt
from inspection when the agent used
for power or fuel is much more dan
gerOus than either steam or gunpow-
der. Within certain limits, gasoline
is safe enough, but those in charge Of
1t do not know or understand how
narrow the limits are. Gunpowder will
only explode by actual contact with
fire, but gasoline, in evaporation or ex-
posed, renders the air itself infiamma-
BILE for many yards around, and needs
only the presence OF fire to explode
violently. Within few days. launch
was taken to the oil works FOR a sup
ply of naphtha; those in charge of the
operation filled the tank too full, and.
as consequence naphtha ran all over
the bottom of the boat Regardless of
this, some one in the boat lighted a
match. when the usual result followed.
and the man will probably die, the YES
sci itself being destroyed. Yacht own
ers should not take every one who pre-
sents himself, pretending to know the
nature OF these volatile fluids; men
say they understand that they must
use great care, without in the least
comprehending the nature OF the care.
That naphtha flooded yacht was not fit
to use for many hours, or until every
vestlge Of tue naphtha had been re-
moved.-Chicago Journal
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-07
CHARLES F. HUCKINS.
Hunters Hot Springs.

You can spend a week at the famous
resort for So. The local ticket agent
at Forsyth will issue coupon ticket
good for a round trip to Hunters Hot
Springs, and board and lodging at the
hotel for one week; bathing privileges
included.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-07
N: p:
Lunch Counter
ChlS. Richter, Prop.
NNNNNN
Recently refurnished with all con-
veniencies for catering to the
wants Of the hungry public
Lunches at all hours.
Lunches at all hours.
STOCK BRANDS.

One cut, with brand engraved on same. one
year. ...................$5 90
Each additional cut with brand, same owner
q
Each additional brand in straight letters or
l 90
Each additional brand character or con.
nected letters, requiring engraved block. 49,. 90
Each brand giving location on brand on ami.
NAL. or ear marks, or both, one year ~ 90
All descriptive matter in addition to name of
company. address. range and brands, extra.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-07
VILLA NJ CHERRY.

Other brands-Horses same d
as small cut on right shoulder.
Cattle brand same as small cut
on both shoulders.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-07-23

IL is probably true that almost every
man has in him certain qualities
which would draw some woman TO
him, but it is difficult to frame a
statement in general terms OF what
Women Like in Men" This is TIA
task which a very well-known au-
thor, under the non-de-plune OF Raj
ford Pyke, has undertaken 10 the Cos
mopolitan for July in clever essay,
which proves him TO have made
woman the ssuDject Of thorough OBJ
servatIon and comprehensive study.
1.-THE foreign girl" gays the author,
"marries the man with whom she will
be happy, the American marries the
man without whom she will be un-
happy"