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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-13

'Of course we can't let him do It.
but 1t would be sport" said Subway
Smith. ''Think of cakewalk between
policemen and laundresses!"
Il always feel devilish the moment
get mask on" said vanderpool, land
you know, by Jovc. I haven't felt that
way for years."
THAT settles it. then" said DeMille.
Monty would call it Off himself IL he
knew how it@would affect Reggie"
Monty returned with the anounce-
ment that the mayor of the town would
declare holiday IL the American could
see his way to pay for the repairs on
the marie roof. A circus which was
travelling in the neighborhood was
guaranteed expenses IL it would stop
over and occupy the square in front
Of the Hotel dc Vile. Brewster's ell
thusiasm was such that no one could
resist helping him, and for nearly a
week his friends were occupied in su-
perintending the erection of triumphal
arches and encouraging the shopkeep-
ers to do their best. Although the
scheme had been conceived in the spir.
1t OF lark, 1t was not so received by
the townspeople. They were quite Sc
rious in the matter The railroad Of
ficials sent advertisements broadcast,
and the local cure called to thank
Brewster for resurrecting, as it were,
the obscure saint. The expression Of
his gratitude was so mingled with fiat
terry and appeal that Monty could not
overlook the hint that new altar piece
had long been needed
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-13

Peggy was constrained to say as they
went to supper.
Il wish had taken your advice" he
said gloomily.
And missed the fortune you have
Won? How foolish of you, Monty! You
We're loser by several thousand COL
lars fhen,' she objected. with whimsical
inconsistency.
"But, Peggy" he said quietly. looking
deep into her eyes, "it would have won
me your respect"
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tTo BE CONTINUED
The Wiz

The wig is older than civilization. for
the savage used one to make him more
formidable on the field of battle. The
French revolution killed the article as
a piece or headgcar. Before the gulllo-
tine fell In France the wigs which
adorned the heads OF its victims cost
$loo to 5000. The costly decoration lin
gercd long time on official heads in
England. So recently as 1853 Acch-
bishop Sumner found it necessary to
wear one at the marriage Of tho prIn-
cess royal.
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CHAPTER XXI.

TNHE peacefulness Of fairyland
was something which Brewster
could not afford to continue,
Il and with Bertier he was soon
planning to invade 1t. The automobile
which he was obliged to order for the
mysterious marquise put other ideas
into his head. 1t seemed at once alb
solutely necessary to give coaching
party In Italy, and, as coaches of the
right kind We're hard to find there and
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CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XNI.
n n ONTY'S situation was desper-
wi ate. Only little more than
$4,000 had been spent on the
y - clrniNnl nd no L.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-13
CHAPTER Xxx.

.HE great day finally arrived,
and no carnival could have been
more successful The morning
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-21

confer splendor upon its activities. It has all
the appearance OF an indispensable institution.
possessing a truly national significance AS time
goes on, however, and the great men die of, the
merely economic aspect of the scheme comes
more Into the foreground, and, though our au-
thors evade difficult situation by bringing the
story down only as far as $780, it is matter
of common knowledge that the Academy has
never been such a centre OF inspiration as goes
to create a school. 1t would be interesting TO
that would carry US far afield. and. In fairness
to the book in hand. we must note that 1t does
not pretend to be an addition to the critical his
tory Of British art: it is rather designed as
compendium of facts relating to the earlier years
of the Academy As such it has the value Of a
careful work of reference The Instrument
which fixes the laws Of the institution is repro
duced in an appendix; lists of Academicians and
Associates are given. with one of officers, pro-
fessors and honorary members. and other useful
documents are printed, including a catalogue
with prices paid of the works purchased under
the terms of the Chantrey Request There are
number Of excellent illustrations.
Books about miniatures would to be in
demand. 1t is not very long since we had
occasion to notice an admirable work the
subject in two lavishly illustrated volumes by
Mr.. ]. F. Foster. That followed by an i'm
posing publication likewise in two fOlios, by Dr.
G. c. Williamson, who later brought out an
edition of his text in popular form. Now we have
still another volume miniatures, written by
MIR. Dudley Heath for THE Connoisseurs LII
brary.- the series edited by MIR. Cyril Daven-
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port. In which we have already welcomed mono
graphs on mezzotints and porcelains Mr.. Heath
Ia an enthusiastic but careful writer. He pays
more than usual attention to the nluminators
who from the eleventh century to the fifteenth
did much work foreshadowing the achievements
Of Holbein and his followers. The field was
worth exploration, especially in France and In
the Low Countries. and Mr.. Heath has gone over
it. If not infinitely, at any rate with enough
zeal to give his chapters on this phase Of his
subject an uncommonly readable and instructive
character. In dealing with the English school
which, Of course occupies the bulk Of his book
he has nothing that is new to tell US but he
gives his material a certain freshness by con-
Meeting It more closely than Is CUSTOMARY In
treatises OF the sort with the broader develop
ments Of painting Mr.. Heath rightly refuses to
regard the miniaturtst working In nidafr
without any reference to the painters Of mural
decorations and easel pictures He seeks to ex-
hlblt his masters as representatives OF a phase
OF art, rather than OF an Isolated form Of
artistic activity incidentally. with the aid of
biography and anecdote. he brings out the social
significance OF the miniaturists which Is too
OFTEN left to be taken for granted. In brief this
book, which IS as serviceable a guide as the
collector could desire, is also an exceptinnaJIv
clever piece of historical writing. Its fIlustra-
lions are mostly in photogravure or coIIotype
but number of them are well executed in colors
and all have the merit of being made the same
size as the original miniatures This is an alto
gether worthy contribution to a valuable series
NJ Mauclair's "Auguste Rodin" would be a
better book If IT had been written more dlspas-
sionately. The brilliant gifts of the French
sculptor are obvious. but it is mistake to take
them as the gifts of a towering genius. When
M Mauclair says Of the Eternal Idol" that 1t
will be "the glory of thought in modern scujp,
ure' he merely provokes wonder as to what In
the world he is driving at; and though we may
accept his assertion that the nude is to Robin
whole language" we cannot help feeling that
he overestimates the Potentially of that Ian
guage as Rodin uses It There are some good
sayings In the book. as that Rodin is kent
within the bounds of the normal and protected
from the audacties of his strange and troubled
imagination. by his tmperturba6Le technical Ger
Idtf'y and by his admiration for some few
masters" and M Mauclair performs good ser
vice In calculating his masters Indebtedness to
the antique and to nature But the book as a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-21
THE SEA CAPTAIN.

Gerald Gould. IN The Spectator.
I am IN love with the sea, but do not trUs4
her yet:
The TAN ships she has slain are III to forget
Their sails were white In the morning tnez
maSts were split BY noon;
The sun has them perish. and the stArA
and the moon
AS a man loves a woman, so love the sea.
And even as my desire Of her is her desire OF n5
When We meet after parting. put away
regret,
Like lover joined with lover; but do not truss
her yet
For fierce she Is, and strange, and her love -
kin to hate;
She must Slay whom she desires; she WIN draw
soon or late
Down into the darkness and silenca the placs
of drowned men,
Having her arms about ma And shan truz4
her then
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-21

royal charter. Two hundred and eleven names
were on the roIlcal. among them those OF Reyn-
olds, Gainsborough and West Three years
later, after having passed through further dis
cords. the society reorganized itself. and OBJ
tanned a lease of life as the Royal Academy
of Arts.
It's history is, Of course, largely embodied In
the biographies of its members and the volume
before is filled in great measure by sketches
Of those individuals, some of them famous and
more of them obscure. Obviously the authors
have much to tell which we have heard before
At the same time they contrfve to Introduce
certain amount Of information which bears upon
the Academy as an institution and upon its ad-
ministrative methods. They lay stress upon the
exercise OF the royal prerogative> King George
III took a very lively interest In what he
called my academy" For example he under
took to supply any deficiencies between the re
ceipts derived from the exhibitions and the ex-
penditures incurred on the schools, charitable
donations to artists, etc, out Of his own privy
purse, and actually did so to the amount of
e, 116 Is 11%d up to the year 1850, when the
last payment was made the financial independ-
ence of the Academy beginning from the fol-
lowing year" Even after the Academy had be-
gun to pay its own way the King kept an eye
on its finances, and exerted his authority to for
bid expenditures which he did not approve
These matters OF money would not be so much
worth mentioning II 1t were not that the Royal
Academy has always been an essentially prac-
teal institution. The authors Of this work de-
scribe not so much source of ideas as a species
OF corporation. to which it has ever been i'm
pOrtant for the British artist to belong as a
matter of prestige One looks In vain in the
record for any clearly formulated artistic prin-
ciples- Although, especially In more modern
times, a
have illustrated certain level of workmanship
which every one recognizes as peculiar to Bur
lngton House, 1t cannot be said that the off,
cial art there represented has the meaning which
attaches to official art say. in France
This is the weak point in the otherwise i'm
posing fabric which Messrs- Hodgson and Eaton
describe. No one who reads their pages with
attention can fan to perceive that the Academy
has been. IN its way. conspicuous in the life
of the country as the Bank of England; but ON
the other hand, could wen assert that II
has been fructifying element tn the purely
artistic growth OF the nation AT the beginning
With men Hks Reynolds and Gainsborough 10
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THE LARK.

From The Pan Mall Gazette
A black east wind and the shy unkfnd and IA
sun away,
But the lark above Is singing or love fn TIA 60
wild way.
And were you but here. oh my only dear. would
ever mind
The dusty road and the frozen sod and ths blAex
east Wind7
There's scarce blade for TO hide lovers bed ard
the brown bride coy,
Whose eyes will follow By HIN hollow hx
soaring joy.
o dear and true. II clasped but you. should
fear. heart warm,
The snow In the wind and the sky unktnd and
the muttering storm1
The dafrodu Is out on the HIN. and the lambs. q
score,
Are listening. Hark to the bridegroom tarkt Bun
he comes more
And would you return then should not mourn
In your fond embrace.
The sun away and the skies az gray and ths
snow IN my fAca
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Illustrations. Svo. PIP. xix. al Imported by
Charles Scribners Sons.
MINIATURES BY Dudley Heath. 4to pp. xl. 30
G. p. Putnams Sons
AUGUSTA ROBIN. THE MAN, HIS IDEAS, HIS
WORKS. BY Camille Mauclair. Translated by
Clenentina Black. With forty plates. Alto. PIP.
Xxx 147. i. +. Dutton & Co
The famous institution commemorated by the
late J. E. Hodgson and MT Fred A Eaton,
with the aid of Mr.. G. d. Leslie, had its origin
in a kind of accident. There was a good deal
of talk in the London of the eighteenth CEN
fury about establishing some more or less Off
cal art society. but nothing of consequence was
achieved until a certain exhibition, organized
for the benefit of the Founding Hospital, proved
a financial success. The example was too good
to be lost. That charitable exhibition in Great
Coram-st," say our authors, was the germ of
the Royal Academy" The artists who got to-
gether in 1850 and held exhibition with the
idea of making some profit out of the venture
broke up into two parties in the following year,
and then had two shows, but it not long
before the larger of these groups had the
court recognition which, in those days, was of
peculiar Importance. They formed themselves
into the Incorporated Society OF Artists of Great
Britain In 1765. and received In that year g
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-21
NEW 1RT BOOKS.
The Royal academy, Miniatures and
Other Themes.

THE ROYAL. ACADEMY AND ITS MEMBERS
1868 1890 By the late j. E Hodgson, r A. and
illustrations. Svo pp xix. AL Imported by
Charles Scribner's Sons
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-20
RAILROADS WILL BE GOOD
Officers of western Lines Promise
Each Othcr to Obey Interstate
Commerce and FIkins LAW.

CHICAGO. Dec. l9-ENecutive officers of
all western railroads at meeting here TO-
day entered into an agreement with view
to compelling n strict adherence to the pro-
visions OF the interstate commerce and Elk
ins laws. Every road bound itself to in
form the Interstate Commerce commission
Of any Illegal acts on the part of any road.
In order to keep in close touch with the
situation IL was agreed that the roads
should appoint a committee to represent the
various western freight associations and TO
canvass the situation from time to time
and to report violations of the law. IL was
the duty of this committee TO furnish evil
dence in the event of an investigation.
1t was the general opinion at the meet
ing that since the law had abrogated the
penitentiary clause and substituted a fine
against railroads violating the law. railroad
men should no longer feel a delicacy in CIV
ing information regarding infractions of
the law. Through todays action It is ex-
pected to stop the payments of rebates and
all devices for giving preference, ~ snipl
pere.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-20
Fair wednesday and colder IN North
west Portion. Thursdny Fair.
BOMB THROWN INTO OFFICE
Headquarters of New York Iron Assoc
citation Employers Partially
Wrecked.

NEW YORK. Dec. ia bomb was hurled
tonight through ono Of the front windows OF
the Allied Iron association office at East
Fourteenth street. II landed in a room
used for telephone purposes and exploding
wrecked the place. Several employees were
in adjoining room. but were only
stunned by the explosion. Only fragments
of the missile could be picked up in tho
wrecked room and no one could be found
who the person who had thrown it,
The Allied Iron association was formed
recently when the structural iron workers
declared strike against tho contracting
firm OF Post & McCord. Its offices have
been used as bureau for tho employment
Of nonunion men to take tho places Of the
strikers.
About ten days ago notice was served on
all union structural iron workers in the
city that on and after that date no iron
workers would he employed by the con-
tracing firms Of New York except through
the association agency in East Fourteenth
street. Post & McCord are the contractors
for the Altman building at Thlrty-fourth
street and Fifth avenue. where an explosion
Of dynamite today killed three men and in
jurcd a number of others.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-20
NO POWER TO DISMISS CADETS
Attorney General Moody Says Alleged
Hazers Are Entitled 10 Trial by
Court-MartiaI.

WASHINGTON. Dec. l9.-Secretary Bon
aparte has found that he has no power to
dismiss Midshipmen Cofin and Vandeveer,
charged with hazing and completely in haz-
ing Midshpman Kimbrough. This infor-
nation was conveyed to him today by At
torney General Moody a few days ago
Secretary BonaDarte submitted to the at
torney general the abstract question as to
whether a cadet must be tried by court
martial as condition precedent TO his dis
missal from the academy He did not
name the two midshipmen above referred
to- but he did state that a case had re-
Gently arisen at the academy wherein two
midshipmen had hazed another Today the
attorney general told the secretary that
right of the secretary TO dismiss a mid
shipman and he promised 10 supply an
opinion in full legal form within a short
time.
1t is now the duty OF Admiral Sands,
superintendent of the academy. to order
Coffin and Nandeveer before a court martial
under the terms of an act OF 1874 and If
they are convicted OF hazing they must be
dismissed from the academy. He will be
instructed 10 this effect as soon as the
attorney generals formal opinion is re-
ceived at the Navy department Secretary
Bonaparte is seeking legislative authority
to make dismissals in such cases. but such
legislation would not be retroactive or al
feet the two midshipmsn.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-20
LAND GRABBERS CONVICTED
w. T.. HorsnelI and Royal ID. stearns
of st. Paul. Mimi, Given Jail
Sentences and Fines.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 19.-The jury in the
United States court which has been trying
w. r. Horsnel and Royal b. Stearns of st.
Paul for frauds in connection with South
Dakota lands, late this afternoon brought
in verdict of guilty against both men.
Shortly after the jury returned its verdict
both defendants were sentenced by Judge
Amidon The two aged defendants wcpt
bitterly when sentences were pronounced.
The sentences were preceded by motions
for new trials and arrest of judgment
which were overruled.
Stoarns was sentenced to one year and
six months in the Minnesota state prison at
saltwater and to pay fine OF 81 1000. Hors-
nell was sentenced to six months i'm the
Ramsey county Jail and to pay Il fine OF $50.
Bonds in the sum OF $500 for Stearns and
5000 for Horsnell were fixed. The men
were given into the custody of the United
States marshal.
A writ Of error will be applied for tomor-
row.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-20
WASHINGTON LIFE AFFAIRS
President Tntlock Te-tiRcs Before the
New York Committee on Conn
pany's Methods.

NEW YORK. Dec la.-An inquiry into
the affairs Of the Washington Life 1nsur-
ance company was begun ny the legislative
Insurance investigating committee when
John c.. Tatlock president Of the company,
was called TO the witness stand. Mr. Tat
lock was elected I'm December 1904. after
an examination OF the company by the
state insurance department which resulted
in a reorganization Of the management "
tho company. Mr. Tatlock receives a SAL
airy of s20OOO
He detailed q number Of reforms that had
been instituted since this reorganiz "a tion,
among them the abulishing Of cash sur
render value in policies and the elimina-
ton Of the loan feature. He expressed
somewhat of different sentiment from
other life insurance officials. in that his
experience had been that only about 5 per
cent of the loans were ever paid up and
that a loan was but "A deferred surrender
of a policy. He viewed life insurance as
such and not as an investment.
According to the witness S60,O0o in sd-
vances to agents had been placed on the
books of the company thus far this year.
These he explained. were legacy from
the former management No contributions
for political purposes had ever been made
ness had been able to learn, and the only
thing in the nature of legislative work was
a retainer to W. s. Walker. who the wit
ness thought. was q Chicago newspaper
man, This retainer was paid from 1891
until Mr.. Tatlock took the presidency. when
It was cut off Walker wrote special stories
upon insurance and on insurance measures
that would be pending in western legisla-
lures. Immediately after the first of the
present year at the recommendation of the
finance committee. a great deal of the COM
panys holdings I'm bonds and mortgages on
real estate were closed out and the funds
invested in negotiable securities. In q
great many of these transactions the SC.
curities were purchased through A. A. Ryan
; d Bro. who are sons of Thomas f. Ryan
! About S41O0.oO0 has been invested in securi
| ties since January last. The company had
never gone into a syndicate until this year
/ Since January It has been in six.
! Previous to calling Mr.. Tatlock Presi
! dent H p. Townsley of the Life Associa
4 tion OF America was called to complete his
testimony. which was interrupted by ad
] journment yesterday. He receives a sal
airy of $1,000 a year. He said that 5000
! voted to him and Eugene Van Schaick fol
organizing the company had come unde
the observation OF the insurance depart
ment and that the attorney general haC
notified them that It would have TO be paiC
| back. Mr.. Townsley detailed how the as
socation controls the Bankers Life In
surance company which is under a vot
ing trust The Knickerboclser Investmen
company owns a majority Of the trus
voting certificates OF the Bankers Life
which are pledged TO the Manhattan
Bonding and Underwriting company whic
Townsley and Van schaick organized an
of which they are directors.
When the committee adjourned Presi
dent Tatloek of the Washington Life wa
on the stand ThessSssions will be re
sumed tomorrow.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-20
PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE
Accident In New York City Results I'm
Death of One Man and Injury
of Forty Persons.

NEW YORK. Dec. 19.--In one of the most
extraordinary accidents known to American
railroading. two heavily loaded passenger
trains came together on the elevated
tracks of the New York Central & Hudson
River railroad near One Hundred and Tenth
street in Harlem. One man, j. w. Knapp
of New Rochelle, was killed and forty per
sons were more or less seriously injured.
Both Of the colliding trains were east
bound and had left the Grand Central
station at Forty second street within a
few minutes Of each other. One was a
Stamford local on the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad, which COM
pany uses the New York Central tracks.
The other train was the Pougkeepse eX-
press of the Central. Rushing along on
parallel tracks. the two trains suddenly
came together. The local was switched
from the third track on to the fourth and
in an instant the engine of the express had
crashed into the day coach following the
smoking of the local.
The tracks ut the point of the collision
are about thirty feet in the air. This
made the work OF rescue difficult and lent
materially to the terror of the passengers,
most OF whom were residents of nearby
points in Connecticut and New York state
who had come TO the city on holiday shop
ping tours. Fire apparatus from several
stations was summoned and many persons
were rescued by means of ladders placed
against the structures. Serious injuries be-
| fell most Of those in the car demolished
| by the Poughkeepsie express.
/ John d. Horn, engineer OF the express
/ train, was arrested tonight on the charge
/ of manslaughter and was later released on
/ bail.
| No one on the POughkeepse train so far
| as can be learned, was hurt