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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31
PETER MARES MINIATURES
-
Gallery Of Beauty Gathered by the~Late
Millionaire Gallant Of New
York..

The death in New York last week of
Peter Marie has brought into prominent
public notice his charming artistic eccen-
tricity that has resulted in a remarkable
collection Of portraits Of American wo-
men. Mr.. Marie who was millionaire
bachelor belonged to an old French fam
lily that has been prominent in social and
business life since 1880.
Though bachelor, he was devotee Of
beauty, and accumulated rare collec-
ton Of portraits and miniatures Of the
handsomest women OF the day, calling
his collection 1.-The Gallery Of Beauty"
So discriminating was he in his selections
that it came to be an honor for woman
to be represented in this array, and
so courteous was his gentle insistence
that 1t is said that no woman ever re-
fused him her picture,
Among the $50 portraits laid on ivory
and on metal by the most sllilful minia-
ture painters Of Europe and America, Mr..
Marie had most of the women of beauty
and social distinction in New York who
lived in his time. He began his collec-
ton many years ago, and was stimulated
not only by the friendship which existed
between the subjects; their families and
himself, but by a naturally artistic tenn
permanent He was a liberal pa ron Of the
miniature painting. He was familiar
with all the collections Of Europe and was
usually represented at sales Of miniatures
abroad. s"ts.:l - ~ ..'
The gems of his collection were not
gathered in that way, however, but were
painted at his own direction and after
style set by himself He sent abroad
photographs of the subjects and engaged
the talented painters Of the old world
to make the miniatures. Frequently he
caused duplicates to be made, and at the
same time that he added a beautiy's pic
ture to his walls he presented to her an
ivory likeness Of herself. ~.
He did not seek merely a lot of por-
traits Of celebrities to fill up the exquisite
Chippendalecase in which he kept many
Of them, but made a true art gallery of
rarely interesting subjects. On this side
of the water his collection is unrivaled,
and it is doubtful if there is such another
anywhere. In the framing. and ARA nge-
ment Of his miniatures Mr.. Marie showed
the same superb taste that he exhibited in
the other details, and his house came to
be one Of the most interesting spots in
New York :.
More than a hundred of the miniatures
were done by F. Pallet, one Of the most
famous of the Paris followers of this art.
Among these are portraits Of Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, Mrs. Astor, Mrs. Livingston,
Ame1ie Rives, the Marquis de Mores, Mrs.
Jerome Bonaparte, Mrs. Colgate, Mrs.
Henry Clews, Jr. formerly Mrs. Freddie
Gebhardt), and others.
A few years asozhe reproduced many
of the finer examples of his Gallery of
Beauty in book which he called "A
Book Of Beauty and which he dis
tributed among the women whose faces
adorned his collection.
Mr. Marie was a member of the Nation
al Academy Of Design and the Ameri-
can Fine Arts Academy. His fIends,
who realize the priceless value Of his
! 1ninizatures, hope to see them preserved al
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31
A MOTHER SQUIRREL
How She Rescued Her Baby After Bad Fall
and Restored It to the Nest

1t is not often one has an opportunity to
witness the affection Of the animals Of the woods
for their young to observe the unerring in
stinct with which they are endowed. A CORE
spondent Of the New Orleans Times Democrat
gives to us the following pretty tale illustrating
their charace tristics:
II was very much amused and very much in
structed recently said man who lives in the
country, "by the antics of mother squirrel in
my section, and while have grown up, as
might say, among squirrels and cypress knees
it was q revelation to me. The squirrel had
nestled in low, dumpy. cypress, close to the
Of or fee Ra e
mother squirrel happened to be in the tree at
the time. although had no occasion to notice
either the old squirrel her young until some
thing tragical happened in the family In some
way one Of the little fellows scrambled over
ioohiHs the af kssaha
around in great agony and totally unable to get
its feet The mother squirrel rushed down
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31
New York Tribune.

"Crisf1eld. a little settlement on the
coast, is the center OF the trade to-day -
said the man from Maryland. They have
constructed ponds In the marshes near
the sea where the terrapin are stored, ac-
cording to size, until the orders come
They were never too plentiful in Mary
land. Long before the war the legisla-
ture passed a law prohibiting slave own
ers from feeding terrapin to their blacks
more than twice a week. Our fathers
did not think that their sons and daugh-
ters would be paying for the luxury at
the rate Of 500 dozen. but they felt
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31

out: you fellows been talking about
this terrapin, haven't your Ever hunt
real turtles down on the Florida keys?'
They knew he had a fish story, and the
only thing to do was to let him tell it and
get it over as soon as possible.
II put In a winter down on the Long
Key he began, land you may not be-
lieve it, but I captured a big green turtle
single handed on the outer reef. When
first suggested 1t, the guides and fisher
men and beachcombers took a good laugh
at my expense. Can you stay down half
an hour3 drawled one of them IF you
Can you're q. dandy, and you may get
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31

Mrs. Lou Davis, "a Institute Place, Flat s,
Chicago, ILL.,, says: 1872.
.:~c august "a, 1901.
"For the good of others I wish to testify to the
merits Of your wonderful medicine, Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. p,
e. was certainly in very bad condition. suf-
fered terribly with a continual backache and head
ache. had peurisy in my right side, bearing down
pains, and those dizzy sinking faintng spells, was
nervous, peevish and Respondent. !.
g. II was advised to try your medicine, and was
greatly surprised at the benefit derived from its
use. am now entirely cured of these ailments, and
consequently feel and look like entirely new per-
son. H..
II shall always be pleased to influence suffering
women to try your Vegetable Compound. It has
done wonders for me, and I am very thankful p
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31
DIAM0ND.BACK IERRAPINS
They Becoming Unique
Not Enjoyable Experiences Capturing Big TurtlesKepng
Them in Corral Until Wanted for tho Table.

mined to try.
Turtle meat is .beefstealk for the peo-
pie OF the Keys, and the laying season is
harvest time. The turtles come out OF
the sea in the brilliant tropical moonlight,
crawl over a strip Of sandy beach, lay
their eggs and return to the water by a
different route. The negroes lie In wait
for them and make the capture by turn
ing the big loggerheads upon their backs.
It demands a. certain skill, or the hunter
IS liable to find himself sprawling on the
sand, rubbing blow from a mighty flip
per. Anyway. they get forty or. fifty OF
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31
LOGICALLY PUT.
,a 1rI~n

Judge.
This explained the superintendent OF the
hospital for infants, sis the collie ward
All unused the visitor. "Cramped quar-
tiers, ~
But. great grief. the superintendent instead
of smiling, went into a of facts and figures
and tried to get donation from the visitor to
enlarge the ward.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31

that the supply would not be equal to the
demand after the cultivated terrapin taste
spread to other states. There are several
reasons for the passing Of the diamond
back. It is principally due to tho destruo-
ton Of the eggs which the females stow
away In the mud. The crows are the
chief offenders In the destruction of the
eEgs, and there seems to be way Of
protecting them except by the use Of in
oubators."
They had passed with more or less re-
greet to the next course by this time, when
the man on the left of the epicure broke
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31

hams Vege-
table Com
pound. I am
now enjoying
better health
thanI ever did.
It seemed to
me that T had
no strength at
all. I could
hardly ! drag
about. / was
upam all over.
II began to
fe Ell better
after taking
the first dose,
and am now
like a new
wo m a n. I
know that if
other suffering
women would
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31
the side Of the cypress like streak and almos
In instant she hz the side of her off

the side Of the cypress like a streak, and almost
In an instant she was by the side Of her Off
spring. She took in the situation at a. glance
and" set to work to- get the youngster back in
the nest; She switched the body around and
teeth just Under the smaller portion Of the bacs
its arms around the mothers body and after she
had made sure that the hold was good she
started cautiously back to the nest, She reached
nest and craw1ed in herself and saw more
of the distressed mother of the youngster.
I was very much impressed with the gentleness
and skill she displayed in handling the injured
baby squirrel, and really it was an inspiring
Scene.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31

Mrs. Frances Stafford, 243 East Hath Street,
New York, N.Y.. says:
1t affords me great pleasure to tell you of the
benefit | have derived from taking Lydia E. Pink
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

New York Press.
Being good Is awful lonesome job.
Buy a friends horse and be sold by man.
silent tongue makes sweet music for the
soul
condition - ~
After woman has trumned her partners ace,
she says, with q sweet smile: 1T is always
easy to play we'll when you hold the cards.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31
THE USUAL SUBSTITUTE

THE USUAL SUBSTITUTE.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
THE Judge earnestly requested the public to
suspend judgment during the trial.
"And did they?'
"No; they suspended the accused from the
nearest tree" = g..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-31

a collection, either in a public gallery or
in the house of an appreciative friend and
art lover. b -
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tlruHn cut from the top oi the hill the
turkey caught the breeze, apparently with
out effort. He few over the ravine and
came down a quarter of mile away as
naturally Az though he was flying on his
own wings, both OF which had been nearly
stripped OF feathers before the canvas
wings were attached
Human intelligence" said Scrogham
to the friends who witnessed the expert
ment, will suggest the effort for self
preservation that the turkey employs
through instinct; and just as that intelli-
gence IL higher than mere instinct, so will
be the success of the machine when con-
troiled by the mind Of man"
Some question about this arose in the
| minds Of those who heard him, but none
Of them controverted the point, and Scrog-
ham az once began on the larger machine.
with which he himself was to fly.
The apparatus with which he expected
to fly consisted Of two wings, made Of
heavy canvas, doubled and pasted tightly
together. These fitted over each shouldsT
and stretched some distance beyond the
finger tips when the arms were outstretched,
They were connected with ropes running
| from the extreme points across the back j,
where they passed through system Of
pulleys and passed down the back OF the
legs and were made fast to the feet. By
this arrangement he expected to take the
effort OF wor king the wings largely from
tIio dIliS anu pun IL On tHe Icel, ara H'
expected to walk through the air az though
on the ground, the raising and straightan-
ing out of the lower limbs assisting the
arms in raising and lowering the wings,
the body being in nearly erect position
| when passing through the air
Scrogham attended the Methodist church
at Nashville on Sunday. After the ser
vice he told some Of his friends that he
intended to fly over the city that night,
as he was sure that his machine had az
last been perfected so that there would
be no danger of falling He was per-
suaded to make public announcement OF
his intended flight, and did 80 as the people
came out of the church.
"Tll he carrying a lantern" he said and
you'll know it's me when you see the light
Thought I'd better tell you / was coming
30 none Of you'll shoot at me
meditated trip before night. and a crowd
gathered upon the streets and waited
patiently for the hour for Scroghams
appearance He had said he would be
along about 8 o clock,
The time passed When he failed to
appear at 0 tho people began to deride
the idea Of man flying in the air Some
Of the church members, though they had
stood for two hours waiting for the sight,
questioned II a voyage of any kind would
be prosperous when 1t was begun on the
Sabbath, and this class soon settled down
to the conviction that whatever might
have been the result on a week day, it was
sure to end in failure on Sunday. AT 10
o'clock number OF citizens went to Scrog-
hams house, but were told that he had left
home with his machine early in the even
ing.
Taking their way to Weed Patch Hill they
found the inventor living on the rocks at
the bottom of the vine, his wings doubled
up under him, his right leg and right arm
broken and his side crushed in, He was
| Il s..,l.
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Now, how are we TO Judge? The mat ter
must he decided quickly; the woman can t
wait for the long process of inquiry that
would establish her credit to certainty
Such slender information AZ she is able to
give us and we are able to verify in the
necessary limit OF time might easily be mis-
leading.
IL think that in such cases 1t Is the face
and the manner that count most in the
decision. And, of course the womau's
dress is factor, too. II our observation
tells US that she is probably what she ga VS.
she is. II her bearing is confident her clot hes
In good taste, her Jewelry not too profuse,
wants, indorses her check over to ,ls and
departs with the money in hand
Experience has proved that We can
afford TO do business on this basis, 80 we
keep on doing it. The checks that come
back unsatisfied are figured in with the
other ordinary losses, and when the whole
account is reckoned up, the good 10 lar
out weighs the b ID that there ia AZ much
profit in this kind OF trade as In any o her.
That's only one way in which wa have
10 depend on nap judgment There are
people living rlgn here in town whose
credit is just as problemaic4l an that Of
the transient shoppers from the South
and Yves men and women whose amount
and sources OF income are not s,Iscertible
of proof, and who may be either the most
responsible or the most irresponsible of
Gus. omers.
we can learn, of course, whether thew
pay for their current living, but that is not
conclusive The man who keeps square
with the market and the grocery doesn't
necessarily pay his dry goods bill
"Its the easiest thing in the world for
people to le, their department store &C.
coun ge' way beyond their intentions.
Manv person who thinks he has had $50
wor h Of goods charged In month finds
that he has really run up an account of
500 Then II he has only $50 on hand to
meet il the question arises, will he Gun tail
his outgo and make good on the OF her
fifty, or will he continue TO spend more
THIN he hrs and default on he whole hing?
There again the department store IL
taking chances, and there again the ex-
ternal evidences of character are import
ant factors In the credit mans judgment
people sometimes ask me whether
l make differences from person =
clothes. and my answer ia that I Judge
from the face and the manner. but usually
find an honest face and frank manner
in partnership with honest clothes
Honest clothes? Does that seem whim-
si,a' Well there Is such thing IA honest
apparel, and dishonest. too.
THE man whose voice rings true and
VINO looks you fair in the eve ID likely to
be well dressed The same orderly habit
that regulates hi, business affairs gov erns
his raiment. When he needs a new gar
mept his forehandedness has enabled him
TO buy it, He preserves the same pro-
portion in dress as in other matters. Good
character, good sense and good taste usu-
ally dwell pndsr ona Jacket
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WINGS he COULDN'T FLY WITH,
THOUGH THEY WORKED WELL
on 4 HEN AND 4 TURKEY.
MIR. Scrogham Of Brown County can't See
Yet Why They Failed 10 Garry Him
when He Struck Out From the Hill
LANDED ut the Bottom. but Maybe
Twas the Pulieys That Caused All.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. l0.--The ale Of
Darius Green and his flying machine"
had a counterpart in the hills of Brown
county last Sunday night. This was not
simple country boy. though, but a
man who had taken course In mechanics
at the State university, and who. notwith-
standing the unfortunate issue OF his en-
terprise, when he was most confident OF
success, still believes that It Is possible TO
fy with his invention and asserts that
his failure to redeem his promise TO the
nee ple of Nashville was due more 10 his
own carelessness than to any fault In the
construct ion OF his machine.
II he ever gets we'll again, he says, he'll
try again. and he will surely fly next time.
Charles Scrogham has long been known
TO the people Of Brown county a. man
of intelligence and refinement. He u one
of the few in that section who can boast
of az much college education az course In
mechanics can bestow. He is 3: years old
and for several years has lived on farm
near Weed Patch Hill, the highest point In
the county.
Scroghams farm lies TO the west of the hill.
For years he has spent the winter work
ing on various contrivances which he has
used successfully on his farm, one OF these
being a contrivance for bringing water
from distant spring to his house through
system of pipes SO arranged that they act
some what on the principle Of the siphon.
perimeni with Kites. He soon convinced
himself that he could make machine
with which he could fly. Model after
model he const ructsd. only to abandon all
bit he persevered with the energy Of the
true inventor, and during the summer
reached such measure of success that
he believed the longed-for goal was at
tanned. All OF his experiments with the
machine appeared TO justify his enthusiasm.
for, according TO witnesses. it was undoul &
were pract icallv sirippcd Of their wings and
had " t'p u'o} emo T. 81 lo-e
His frs, experiment was with large
hen He clipped all the feathers from
her wings ad justed a small machine to
her body, took her to the top of Weed Patch
Hill and threw her out into the air. She
fell rapidly at first. but caught herself,
scared over the tops OF the trees in
the ravine below, and disappeared on the
other side. When Scrogham and those
who had Witnessed the flight went 10 look
for the hen she was nowhere to be found
The inventor believes that she rose from
the ground and continued her course,
thus demonstrating the utility OF the de-
vice with which she was supplied.
Two weeks ago a similar experiment
was tried with the largest turkey gobbler
on the farm, and II was a complete success.
The inventor not only recovered the bird
but also the machine which was unframed
by the brief trip through the air. When
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The VALUE OF A GOOD FRONT
CREDIT MAN TELLS HOW he
SIZES UP 4 STRANGER.
Think of Casting 5000 Worth Of Checks
Every Day for Folks You Don't Know
Department stores Take Chances on
The say.SO OF Their Nindreaders.

Suppose ii was your business, day in and
day out, year in and year out, to pass upon
the trustworthiness of folks who wanted
to buy things without paying for them
without paying cash, that is to say. Sup
pose that a steady stream OF such people
were passing before you all day long ret all
buyers, whose financial standing and habits
il would be pretty difficult to determine
with any approach to accuracy-how would
YOU size EN- up?
Would you judge largely by their clothes?
Would you permit yourself to be guided
by their manners' Would you join the
physiognomists and try to read their
faces?
And il you did all of these things,
having cooked all these Impressions up
together and removed the scum, would
you be likely to get the clear essence Of
20. X" or IN. g." in mos cases?
In every big department store there are
keen-witted man and a keen-witted
assistant who sit III an once marked
department of Accounts" and large
part OF their time is spent in just
this kind OF chemistry. 1t must be that
In vast majority of cases they are correct
in their deductions; o herwise the sys-
tenn wouldn't be pursued.
This being true, they surely may be re-
garded AZ among the best OF the lightning
calculators Of human character,
we have to judge largely by appear
ances in many cases said one of these
credit experts few days ago. For ex-
ample, one OF the commonest Transactions
in our business is the cashirp Of checks