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known of the man confirms the opin-
ion that, not unlike some fighting men
of his day and since, John Paul Jones
was something of a dandy. Certainly
he was favorite in Paris in that cir
Gle of imperial society which gave fire.
quent employment to artists and sculp-
tors. That the skull of the body re-
covered from an abandoned grave
yard in Paris by Gen. Horace Porter,
American ambassador to France, cor
responded to the precise measure.
ments of Houdn's bust of John Paul
Jones was accepted as the final proof
of Identification. Houdn was an eX-
ceptionally painstaking sculptor and
copy of his bust of Jones which
stands in the Office of the Secretary
of the Navy at Washington is cOnsid-
cred most probably true likeness.
One Of the best pictures in the col
lection is an engraving by Carl Gutten
burg from a drawing by c. J. Notte,
a French artist. This rather reflects
the favorable opinion which the
French had of Commodore Jones. for
it depicts a fairly young but deter
mined looking officer, standing behind
the shot-riddied rail Of the Bon
Homme Richard, with a sword swing
ing easily in his right hand, while his
left rests upon the butt of one of
half dozen pistols in his belt. The
legend Of this picture says:
John Paul Jones. Commodore in
the Service Of the United States of
America, as he appeared in the en-
gagement of the twenty-third of Sep
tember, 1873, against Commodore
Pearson. His vessel mounted forty
guns. The English ship Scraps, for
ty-five guns, had, moreover, the ad-
vantage in caliber and range. Com
modore P. Jones entangled his ship
with the bowsprit Of the enemy and
continued the engagement side by side
for two hours and three-quarters. The
action lasted three hours and and one
quarter. The Bon Homme Richard
sank the next day"
TON" Ochiltree, OF mellow men,
ory, during one of his sojourns in
Paris. in 1888 picked up an old print
of John Paul Jones, which is now
much priced in the collection OF the
Navy department. 1t potrays a bluff
sea captain type, far removed from
either conception that he was des-
perate buccaneer or naval dandy.
The figure is that of man probably
forty-five years old. which is some
what further advanced in age than
Jones was at the time he commanded
the Bon Homme Richard, attired in
seafarirlg dress, including, wide. loose
flowing trousers. He rests the point
OF a cutlass upon the rail of the ship
and the legend under this picture tells
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Visiting Grave of ELI"

and his sacred office. cursed that r"c-
tor for his criminal ignorance.
Great hcavens'' said. You
ought 10 he ashamed of yourself. In
your care have teen placed the ashes
of one Of tn" foremost men in the
whole history Of English letters. And
you don't know where they are, They
have made iour chTchyard and your
parish distinguished all the world
over, | have come 5000 miles TO visit
Charles Lambs grave. and you, the
rector of the church, don't know where
it is, You ought to be heartily
ashamed of yourself. And | turned
upon my heel and left him standing
there speechl,ss and cOuiuundcd
Half an hour after the above Incl
dent occurred, and while Hutton was
cropping around the graveyard in tho
twilight the rector came TO him, hat
in hand. apoloeiZcd most humbly for
his ignorance (which he had corrected
in the meantimel and conducted him
to the grave Of the immortal Ella,
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Lamentable Want Of Tact

particle OF tact would have pretended
to be glad To see me whether IT vas
perfectly convenient or not, brt do
you know. she just said, I'm sorry,
Mrs. CalIip"r. hut it is Just the hour OF
the childrcn'S luncheon, and shall
hav" TO ask yOu to excuse me, though
I'd be very glad 10 have You rest here.
AS if | needed any rest, | rose i'm
moGiatcly. of course, and started
away. but ! did say with Il great deal
of dignity that | couldn't tell when l
should be able to come again. ! gave
her another chance, but all she said
was that she was sorry il happened
so
All the way home I've been think
ing how few people there ar" who
have had the benefit of such hOTc
training as ! had as IA girl. and I've
been trying TO make allowance for
that woman: but when | think OF tho
hour spent in he drcssmak"r's stuff
fy waiting room, it certainly is hard
work youths Companion.
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Rouqh on Americans,

Andrew Carnegie tells this as one O.
his experiences at Skibo. Soon ai,'
he had bought Skibo there was a cl
Gus exhibiting in the neighborhood .
the castle, and one of the main Il
fractions was an. orang-Outang. on
night the orang-outang got out. f.
over the cliff, and was killed. In Nh
morning two of the keepers lookir
over the grounds ran across the bo.
Of the dead orang-outarg One l
them scratched his head and sal#
He amt no Ilander. that's surr
The other said: He amt no Lowlaur
er, they amt got so much hair r
en- After awhile one CT them pr
posed to the other as follows:
I'll go up to the kirk and see n
parson, and you go up to Mr.. CarEeg
and see if any of his American sen'r
is missing. New York Times.
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FOR NIAGARA
] IENSE VOLUME OF WATER
DIVERTED FROM FALLS.
C-nmerciaI Enterprises are Making
Heavy Drains on This Famous Show
F.ace-Its Tremendous Electrical
p5Her the lntucement.

|iagara Falls, August THE
me of water being diverted
.... the historic Niagara Falls is
..uing such proportions that the
.ule of the State are trying to pass
which will prevent the possible
pr practical wiping out of this
me natural spectacle.
E4ter sufficient to develop nearly
hundred thousand horsepower
Iuuously. twenty-four hours per
for Industrial purposes, is now
taken from the river above the
and further developments re-
ing more water are contemplated.
nrObably the largest user of the
tricity produced by the waters Of
mighty river is the concern which
he five or six thousand degree
~ of the electric furnace brings
rn and coke into unwilling union,
rpby producing what is known as
..um Carbide.
0ry calcium carbide is lifeless as
much broken rock. but in contact
.r's abundantly the gas ACetylene.
light resulting from the ignition
tnetyIene is the nearest approach
-. uulieht known.
ucse facts, though of compare
Iy recent discovery We're soon
ed by men with an eye TO the com
nial possibilities and today cal
20 carbide is being shipped every
re and used for dispellirg dark
in buildings of all descriptions,
v the ordinary barn of the farmer
re country villa of the wealthy, as
as for lighting the streets Of a
.an number of towns. Acetylcnc
" be easily and chcaply installed,
the manufacture and sale of
a ylene generators has become Q
ness of recognized standing. has
q Imed large proportions and ls
s..alily growing.
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sired to return the plate. He pro.
posed not only to restore his share
of the prize but to purchase the shaIe
owned by his crew for the purpose Of
giving it back TO the Selkirks. Lord
and Lady Selkirk were much surpriseI
to get this letter, which regretted the
fortune which caused him to make an
expedition against their home. Lord
Selkirk wrote reply, but not know
ing how to get it to Jones, sought the
counsel of Lord de Spencer, postmast-
er general of England.
Lord de Spencer was evidently not
much impressed by the favorable
tendency of the Selkrks toward
Jones, for he returned the letter to
Lord Sellirk with the remark:
Il cannot help doubling. in the sit
uation | am in, the propriety of my
forwarding a letter to such a rascal
and rebel as this Jones. A letter di-
rected to him, of course, must be
opened at the rostofiice"
The foregoing extracts from letters,
| copies of which were recently obtained
| for the navy department by the Amer
! lean embassy at London, shows the
view taken of Jones by nearly all the
people of England. but it also shows
| that the persons with whom he came
| in contact We're disposed to recognize
| the virtues which he possessed and
| TO acknowledge the firer sensibilities
of his character. 1t would undoubt,
edly have been a great pleasure to
Jones, who knew the bitterness of feel
| ing against him in England. TO have
! received the letter which Lord Sci
Kirk wrote, but which Lord de Spen-
Ger prevented from reaching its des-
| tiratiOn.-Ncw York Herald
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The late Samuel Colcord Bartlett
when president of Dartmouth college,
was not exactly enthusiastic over ath-
letics, but was, nevertheless, often
pretty well informed when the stu
dents thought him Indifferent.
At the time when the following Incl
dent is said TO have occurred, the
baseball team was composed of hard
hitting but rather slow and clumsy
players, who had lost several close
games at home by slow and stupid
base running.
One night, the president, nervous
and tired, finding himself unable to
sleep, quietly drew on his clothes and
started for a short walk across the
campus, in the hope of quieting his
nerves. Now it happened that about
the same time a couple of students
who had been assisting classmate in
celebrating his birthday star.sd to re
tIrn to their rooms.
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us that it is Capt. Paul Jones, from
an original drawing taken from the
life. on board the Scraps, published
London, Oct. %, 1873" The date is
less than a month after he captured
the Scraps, and if it was really drawn
On that ship may be considered posi-
bly, an accurate portrayal of the great
American naval commander in the
hour of his greatest victory
The picture in which John Paul
Jones is shown boarding the Scraps
from his own victorious but riddled
and sinking Bon Homme Richard is a
thoroughly heroic conception, but the
features and figure of the victor bear
little resemblance to other portraits
and drawings. This picture. which
is by A. l.. Stephens, is somewhat
more recent than most of the items
in the collection.
Chappels original painting of Jones
has often been called the George
Washington picture because of the re-
semblance of it to a well known por-
trait Of the Father of his Country,
whom Jones. incidentally. knew We'll
they both having lived in Virginia
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Older the BETTER

Yes said the old man to h
young visitor. Il am proud of II
girls, and would like to see them con
fortably married; and as I have ma
a little money they will not go pc
niless to their husbands. There
Mary, 25 years old, and a really goo
girl. | shall give her 81 900 when 81
marries. Then comes Bet. who wou
see 80 again. and | shall give hD
$4,000. And the man who takes ELI
who is 40, will have $4,000 Wi
her"
The young man reflected a nome
and then inquired:
you haven't one about So haN
you?"-Judge.
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Were Stealing Second Base

Tee Ole campus was used as a bali
ground, and the sight of the three
bases, cleaning white in the moon
light, suggested 10 one of the happy
youths The brilliant idea of stealing"
second base and carrying it home.
They succeeded in dctaching it, and
were pursuing a triumphant though
tOrtuOus course across the campus,
when who should appear but "OId
PrcX.' There was no escape. The
old gentleman sternly accosted them
and demanded what they were doing.
Wv well, sir, 70 t-tclI the
trut:,' stammered they, I'VE were.
stealing second base"
President Bartlett bowed with
cour'ly grace, gave a preliminary
barking cough and exclaimed:
"Ah. gentlemen pardon me I-br
-br- didn't know there was any
body in college who could steal sec
ond base. Br-br- Good night gen
,lemcn."
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-11
BhBY'S INSTINCT
Shows He Knew What Food to Stick

Forwarding a photo of splendid!y
handsome and healthy young boy. a
happy mother writes from an Ohio
town:
The enclosed picture shows my A.
year-old Grape-Nuts boy.
Since he was 2 years old he has
eaten nothing but Grape-Nuts He
demands and gets this food three
times day. This may seem rather
unusual, but he does not care for any
thing else after he has eaten his
Grape Nuts, which he uses with milk
or cream, and then he is through with
his meal. Even on Thanksgiving day
he refused turkey and all the good
things that make up that great din
ner, and ate his dish of Grape-Nuts
and cream with the best results and
none Of the evils that the other fool
Ish members II the family expert
snced.
He is never sick, has beautiful
complexion, and is considered very
handsome boy. May the Postum Com
oany prosper and long continue to fur
HlSh their wholesome food" Name
given by Postum Co. Battle Creek,
Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
)ook. The Road to Wellyillc," in ev.
try pkg.
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In this picture Jones is standing /
a dignfied pose, his left hand slight
ly outstretched from the body an
cIasping a telescope.
And now turning over the picture
in this collection is found mes
startling creation in boldest black an'
white. Paul Jones, the Pirate i
the legend, but it is unnecessary, fOi
the dashing, bearded figure wears a
uniform emblazoned with skull and
crossbones. A CORY cutlass in one
hand. smoking pistol in the other,
he is the incarnation of all that is
demoniac in fances of piracy, while
the idea is helped out by portrayal in
the background of his men ruthlessly
cutting down the brave tars of Old
England. This picture is an engraving
published by A. Park. of London, and
is apparently very old, as is another
old English print. apparently only a
trial proof copy. 1t shows Jones with
demure side whiskers and immense
hat of the style later affected by ;ta-
poleon, with tassels pendent from each
side. The crownins glory of this uni
form is a pair of striped trousers,
which give sort of Uncle Sam at
mosphere.
A head and shoulders engraving
also from an unknown source, shows
Jones as a mild and sedate appearing
man, with white hair (or is it white
wig?), who, one would think, might
pass for a substitute merchant in the
colonies.
Very old and deemed very good by
students of John Paul Jones lore is
an engraving from a drawing by Va
rim, a French artist. This shows in
Jones countenance something of the
shrewdness and humor he inherited
from his Scotch ancestry. 1t is a
quzzical but the same time a pleas
ing countenance.
With curly hair and chubby face
Chapman endowed his portrait of
Jones, which was engraved by act of
Congress.
OF the thousands in the British
Isles who thought harshly of Jones.
Lord and Lady Selkirk, whose country
seat still stands at Dumfries, Scotland,
we're about the only persons of quail
ity and discernment who came in
touch with the American naval COM
mander. 1t was on April 90, 177S.
that the American privateer Ranger
put into St. Mary's isle and sent an
armed party to surround the house of
the Sclkirks. demand their plate and
capture Lord Selkirk if possible. He
was not at home, SO the party took
the plate.
When Jones arrived later at Brest
he wrote to Lady Selkirk that he de-
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With Men Of Prominence

from his seat. took II in his hands and
looked al il for a long time without "A
word. What it meant TO him we can
imagine. The whole awful, awful bus
mess came back to him. The mad
dead brother; the martyred, murdered
president. Still. without word, h.
put it back in its place. and it seemed
to me as he did so that he kissed II
with his fingers. ! have seen him IN
that room look at il silently over his
pipe many and many time. But he
never touched il or spoke of il again,
even to me. What he thought OF it
heaven only knows
Hutton tells as follows Of meeting
Rudyard Kipling at "A luncheon gwen
TO the latter by Richard Watson Gil
der: Another engagement made me-
late. and ! entered the room as tho
party was breaking up. | was intro
dUced to Mr.. kipling. with whom ! eX-
changed the traditional few formal
words. and we driitod apart; but a
moment or two afterward he placed
himself on the arm of chair in which
| was sitting and said. I didn't real
iZo. Hutton, when met you moment
ago who You were. Dear old Woicptt
Ralestier. Your friend and mine, uicn
so hard an. so many times to bring III
together in London and elsewhere, ana.
now he is gone, and | cant under
stand it all He died SO suddenly ana
so far away: We had 50 much to say
to each other and now ! haV" got to
waH so long before | can say it.
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In Laurence Iiutton's Talks in a
Library he tells of dinner he gave
TO Sir Henry Irving: AN unexpected
guest at that dinner was Mr.. Clemens.
He would certainly have been invited
had his presence in the city been
known. He had arrived from Hart
ford late in the afternoon, had discOv-
cred from the gossip at the club that
the Huttons We're having a rather un-
usual dinner party. was told, who We're
to be present and decided that it was
too good thing to lose. SO he dressed
hurriedly, walked in without ceremony
just as the feast began, drew up a
chair by the side of his hostess, helped
himself to her oysters and for the rest
of the evening was the life of the par
ty, one enthusiastic admirer of his con
Tossing. over the coffee and cigars,
that he would give half he possessed
if he were intimate enough with Mark
Twain to have him drop in at his
house in the same delightfully."- original
and Mark Twainy manner
Hutton and Edwin Booth were the
closest of friends Hutton possessed
one of the best collections in exist
ence of death masks, and ii was while
Booth was examining this that most
impressive incident occurred. Says
Hutton: Il shall never forget the first
time he saw the Lincoln mask. He
asked. innocently enough, whose it
was. And when | told him my heart
for a moment cCasing 10 beat, he rose
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-11
Money Lost by Lightning.

WWinS a thunderstorm at larry
n, New York, a fash of lightning
peculiar freak. Louis DeDlasto,
Italian. was sitting under his piazza
Valley street, counting his money,
paratCry to a trip to Italy. 4 terri,
flash of lightning nearly blinded
. and when he recovered his sight
pocket book and money were miss
The lightning had struck the
kct book and burned the money,
.. yet Debiasto's hands were not
% sCorched.
here was about 5000 in th" pocket
... representing many years hard
..rh. Debiaslo was daZcd for til" bal
re of the afternoon.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-11
PAUL JONES :LLyIZ LIIH1ZIyIi
>S0LH1 -EER(CLO

had to be repeated four times bofurs
he was declared dead. The eXrIMa
ton made was that the criminal Wa+
very thin and his body was a poor
conductor, and also that his hair WI
thick and oily. 1t has been suggest.
by physicians who have Wines
these executions that very man"
criminals who have been electrOcuf,l
might be restored if proper eforr-
were made Immediately The suia
death in any case is believed to iu
due to the post-mortem examina'ivT
which is at once made, and not to tn"
shock
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As thstledown. light a.ld inpot"ut,
Compared with our navy now,
The wind tossed Hanger with John Pan'
Jones,
Tho soul of her helm to bow.
Drifting DER oceans meadows Er,on.
SkimmiuG its hills SO high
But We will blossom, swore JONES. |
Wcrn.
"Iuto thistles, by ana by"
pause and p"ndor-'twas John Paul
Jones
Planted til" seed that rTcwt
Into the very knives that moved
His dOwulilic canvas flew.
See at Whit"haven the flames leap rcd;
At Belfast I.uugh th" Drake $ in,n dead
The Bon lIuInmc Richard on fiambpr-
Ough Head
"IIayc you struck they cry from the
Scraps.
From sinking vessel mad" to foe
Mas ever a braY"r rcturt than this,
Surrendered" Jones thuudeTcd. 'Surron-
d"rrd? No
! am just heEinuiuT to fight
ElaN" deeds were done tnat night!
But seed Of sea or earth
TO bloom and grow
Must h" laid low
TO rise to greater worth.
Tho Rangers guns long ceased to roar.
The Son llominc Richard nights no more.
The Grain
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EleCtrccutlon,

The present failure Of electrocution
is causing considerable comment. DIFF
ferent cOnvictS require a different
number of volts to produce the same
results. One convict received l .150
volts and recovered. and then he re-
ceived 1900 volts without fatal eff
feet. Recently a condemned man re-
ceivcd a shock of ! 700 volts. which
was continued for thirty seconds,
without causing death. This numbeI
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-11
Sports of Fish.

For twenty years fish OF many varie-
ties have been kept i'll aquaria by +.
Davis Of London and his observations
have convinced him-contrary to com
mon belief-that fish sleep, though
only in darkness. ArtichCial light
awakens them. He finds also that fish
have their play or sports, like other
creatures.
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Immortal John Paul Jones

That ruled the main
Ecplmc dust again
In an unmarked grave
l'rgOUd tn" wave
Nut his soul. that ne."r
Feared to Do or dare,
1t slept not there
But rose In our navy everywhere!
Ills prophecy
iululltd We see.
Behold our yIriln ships,
Amor i. hfisiliut llIrht
~ a fi,'u Of tlislio.z from 1I'-t!' DOWN
Grown t,uIll" ia might
And to-day.
From far away
out Of the past.
win home hound U"uuIut from the MASK
Flung to the gales,
The her" sails.
Mid the fame leap ana the smoke ,toua
rolled
From suiuting cannon manifold
Ancient N'--,,ls Wt hrHulu,
From EuriaId's coasts
They sal! rs ghosts.
From frances -hurO
They glide once mon
Friend and fur
OF the long ago
In honor of John Paul Jones
Appearing on the s,A.
iIr sails thus. after many y year,
TO prove his pruuhcrE.
-lIownId CLINTON Dickinson In N'w
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-22
THE ASSESSMENT BOARD REPRESENTATIVES, OF CORPORA TTONS WE'RE AT CAPITOL. They Appeared Before State Onicers and Argued as to Valuations
 Pew Raises Were

The State Board of Assessment, whose duty 1t is to fix the values of railroads telephones and telegraphs, operated in Alabama, was in session from 10 o'clock yesterday morning until 5:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon when 1t completed its labors and adjourned.
 The Board consists of the Governor, the Auditor, the Secretary of State, the Attorney General and the Treasurer The meeting was held in the ofice of the State Auditor and Judge John T. Cook acted as Secretary.
 When the meeting adjourned Judge Cook said it would be several days be- fore the amended lists Of property val nations would be completed.
 There were some natural increases ir property values." said Judge Cook, and in few other cases raises were made. On the whole, however, few changes were made in the properties as compared with previous assess ments."
 Representatives of corporations who appeared before the Board during the day were as follows: Alfred M. Tun- stall of Greensboro, for the Southern Railway; W. c. Cochrane of Tusca- loosa, Vice-President of the Tombigbee Valley Railway and the CarroIlton Short Line; R. T. Booth of St. Louis, Tax Agent or the Frisco Route; R. E [. Steiner of Montgomery, for the Sea- board Air Line. the Central of Georgia Railway and the American Bell Tele- phone and Telegraph Company; J. B. Jones and George w. Jones, for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com pany; w. w. Kent of Chattanooga, General Manager of the Chattanooga Southern Railway; J. c. Rich of Mo- bile, for the Mobile. Jackson and Kan sas City Railroad Company; s. A. Dun can of Atlanta, Ga. Assistant General Superintendent of the Postal Telegraph Company; P. E. Murray of Atlanta, As- sistant Superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company; Jones G. Moore of Birmingham, President of the Birmingham Southern Railroad Com pany; Judge J. M. Chiffon and c. J. Jo- seph, for the Atlantic Coast Line, and J. F. Fleetwood, Superintendent of the Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad Company.
 Each of these corporation represent atives was given a patient hearing by the Board before decision was reached as to it's tax valuation.