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Gilpin observer., 1906-07-12

Phil Smith has put In new line OF
up-to. date mems shoes and miners boots,
which he will dispose Of at reasonable
prices. Drop in and see the very latest
styles. Shoe repairing neatly and
promptly done.
Gilpin observer., 1906-07-12
For Sale.

A young milch COW. Mrs. Thos. Rich
ards, Nevadaville.
Gilpin observer., 1906-07-12

NoTK-Ihere are many mixtures, made in imitation
OF good baking powders, which the prudent will
avoid: They may be known by their price, being
sold for ten to twenty-five cents pound, or a cent
an ounce. They are made with alum, interfere with
the healthfulness of the food
Gilpin observer., 1906-07-12

Strawberries and fresh fruits Of oil
kinds at Hawley's.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

the artists 70 whom the girl Queen sat in France
fail to show her as anything but plain? Their
own limitations. according TO Mr.. Lang. supply
the answer:
These limitations hedged them in when they at
tempted the portraits Of other beautiful women:
as OF Marguerite dc ValOls the wife OF Henri OF
Navarro Their practice. the practice Of Francois
C'l0uet called Janet and the rest. was TO make an
accurate map of the features of the sitter IN a
crslyOn sketch often Of high technical eXcellenCe'
and then apparently as Tule without more SIT
tings TO paint portraits in oil. or miniatures from
the mans These paintings were, as a rule. con-
srfenfousIv hard: cOuScientiOuSly minute were tne
details OF DRESS lace and jewels. but V1Vacity ana
charm Of expression were naturally lost
Would that Leonardo had been alive in the
reign OF Francis II instead Of In the days OF
the little Kings grandfather. We can imagine
how the great Italian would have painted those
heavy lidded eyes. that faint smile that might
have been Mona Iisa's own
A portrait OF Mary new TO most OF us is a
wax medallion in the BTeslau Museum 1t be-
longs TO the period of her youth in France and
has an attractive air of giFIish simplicity. innO
cence and dignity The pose is graceful and
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

there is an expression Of melancholy about the
pretty mouth. In this she has at least the look
of youth Another portrait. not very we'll known.
is the miniature owned by the Duke of Port
land, the picture Of quantity hooded lady in
shades of white. Mr.. Lang calls it a symphony
in cream and miIk.-delicate garments ivory
white, lawn white and ermine." Another pOr-
trait. undoubtedly genuine. which MIR Lang pub
fishes for the first time. is also owned by the
Duke of Portland. IL is a cameo of the Queen,
cut in cOrnelian, and set in rich frame Of gold
fligree and Jewels. It a gift to the wretched
weakling. that Duke of Norfolk whom Mary.
prisoner in England and struggling for liberty.
had consented TO marry The profile that OF the
mature woman strongly suggests the profile of
the girl in the wax medallion at Breslau-
The best portrait of Mary in her later years.
Mr.. Lang thinks. is one set in a reliquary owned
by Lady Milford. This represents the Queen at
about forty years of age Her eyes therein are
brown and so is her hair-false, of course for 1t
was about this time that she told BeaI that
though she was not old in years she found her
self old in body and her hair was gray She
wears in this miniature a black cap, black ear
rings and round her neck a prOfusi0n of black
ornaments. MIR. Lang mentions cone barbaric
effort of a Scots primitif- Mary with her baby
in her arms: il was found in walled-up chamber
Of Enrol Castle and must have been of 1566-'67-"
Inc piece merely sample OK popular
imagery" Unless the Queen had with her in
Scotland the French painter. Jehan de Court,
there was no likeness of her done during her
reign in that country. Scotland. IL is almost
certain, had no native portrait painters about
that time. 1t is possible that Jehan de Court
was at HOlyrOOd and that the Leven and
Melville portrait painted then by him
The chapter this portrait and it's re-
lations to the Queens jewels is as ingenious
as it is entertaining. II might be suggested 10
the author that he does not make the best of his
identification of the tour (the jeweIled frame
work of the rufD in the portrait with the "tOur''
of the Inventory. It is possible that the fun
number of pearl eatFedelr might be found il the
back OF the sitter were visible. Mr Lang, il
must not be forgotten. advances reasons for his
beliefs. which other writer's on the subject
are not always found doing His list of thirteen
portraits. originals or copies from originals. is
effectively supported
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
WHO FIRST DID DRAW.
FROM PROPERTIUs Rv~

FROM PHOPERTIUS. BIT G
Who first did draw young Lave A c,n.
what sSlll had he, He knew how viii
Are lovers ways. and what a Fous
Their small desires 10 bring about
Wings. too. he added CunningIv
And made the little god 90 ~.
Knowing the fate We lovers moan
This way and that at random bI0zu
Wisely Loves arrows. wisely, ton.
The culver az his hack. he drew
Who wounds before We know him us,,
A wound that's past all surgery.
Me this same child with all his stir-,
Doth haunt; but sure he's lost his 49,
For he'll not fly me nor viii rest
From the invasion Of my breast.
Hence. gOdling. in so scared a hears
What Joy TO lOdge2 Feather YOUR dar4
On some fresh fOeman more YOUR paa-
This but my shade YOU harass here.
Which shade destroyed. whom win Won s.
To praise my lady To your mind
Her little hand. her eyes Ike sloes
And how she delicately gOes2
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

and witchery. In the sidelOng look. the elusive
suggestion of a smile. there is a glimpse of the
poets 'fairest and most cruel Queen earth"
This is a disputed portrait. but we believe that
Mr. Lang has effectualy disposed Of his adver-
saries in the matter. One of the arguments in
favor of it's authenticity is to be found in the
ornaments portrayed by the artist; these are
jewels which know from documentary evil
dence Mary possessed. The resemblance to other
portraits known to be genuine is also to be
noted; and we may add that it is not unreasOn-
able to regard as of some Importance resem-
blance to portraits of the Queens mother, Mary
of Guise.
It is amazing, as Mr. Lang points out, that so
few genuine portraits of Queen Mary exist; yet
there are enough of them, he thinks to provide
a pictorial history of her from 1852, when she
was in her tenth year, to 15S4-S6. the years
before her death He does not say that these
are all painted from the life, but he cOnceives
that not a few miniatures and portraits are
pretty closely affiliated to designs from the life
perhaps to drawings in crayons. now no longer
to be traced" The majority of the Queens pOr-
traits. real or imaginary. far from testifying
to the charms with which she is credited. The
drawings made in France were meant TO repre-
sent very young girl but they picture in reality
a round faced, stupid woman. with trace OF
fascination or vivacity in her expression. Not
in these can We recognize the golden-haired
young bride of the Dauphin. LOOKING as Bran
tome says. ga hundred times more lovely than
a goddess from heaven, as she went to her we'd
ding that morning full of brave majesty" Her
hair indeed of a rich and glorious gold. if we
may trust the evidence Of the tress in the possess
sion of Ian Hamilton; her snowy skin rivalled
the white garments and the pearls she loved to
wear BrantOme has left poetic description
Of f1ocf nI,o foa @I,o
grand deNiI blanc which so short a time after her
wedding she wore for the poor young Dauphin.
There was a special bewitchment in the curve of
the heavy lids above the beautiful red-brown
eyes-"the sidelOng look Mr Lang calls il
Even the poorest of the portraits show those
sweet languid eyelids. She tall and graceful
always. and it is remembered that she had
lovely hands, $50 finely fashioned" says our
old French chronicler. that those of Aurora
herself could not surpass them"
Why. with 50 much beauty TO inspire them. did
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

An these portraits he deela-.u
selisame face at various period. e-.a .''ssat -
papC,' ,n'D'y.lou. s,'.,,. years Of life press..-
uuceo IN MS volume. came In - l'lt N,
year. This is the Freshaela po-,-,.. s''il'' d,
" was bought from ~. ~
~ = sSllLi1.nan. deceased who 4, 'elrassrr,.
oeseeIl0int N the FEMME ETo - - ieeIrl -
AI.ufSS~es; SneFim Of N0rtharnrs,--'5,- - Auls.- b
lll@ gti.eisii 0uty. was present ~ VT---te o. ?
AZ FotheTIusay The famfIv S.c---lAs i1tf-- Z
presenter 0y Mary to The Si6-5o,l tLlt II ~
ClunS,O. out There IS no reason - ny D. -
Sll.1l. nlS nave procured the 0ies.- - Allr,-
neg attendants, and the Queen ee--e. lflll cr, !
aeI own portrait. as appears fro-- S--l.l lls-,
tofieS ~ lAnanoI- TIE face h - ia-e1l -.
liiDurllul beauty. was-efI and f-,--s - llle ~
I9lr- me F1sset hair, the high b-,-- 49, but -
~ cnln are all n accordance vrr - IN, -
Ihe volume. we must add. ia ~.
humOT-witness the passages de.l,--- -''a,-
false portraits OF Mary. The mvfbic., .''l 9
heautihcations. pTettifed al third b,-,.' "a
eighteenth and nineteenth centurio. - "
and Mr.. Lang attends to them vim ~ ~
istiC liVelineSS- -is
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
Gbe NeasaoDork gribagma
SUNDAY, JULY s. 1906
BY RICHARD LOvELACE.

TE,e Second Part Of Thomas Hardy's Napo-
loensc drama, '~The Dynasts," has been welcomed
Nv a few faithful admirers of the noEellSts
genius with an outburst of the same curious
blend of enthusiasm and apology that greeted
Part I. They are in truth, Obliged to exercise
not a little ingenuity in writing of this turgld
and prosaic stuff poetry. They dilate upon
the magnificence of his idea its lofty conception,
the sense of impending destiny with which II IS
sIlrcharged 1t may be impressive-to those who
like it-but il is not poetry. 1t does not even
deserve the description. brilliant. bold, bad
writing" which an Englishman gave the other
day of George Meredith's intellectual, impress
sionistic' verse. Mr. Hardy'S writing. so far as
this book is concerned is bold and bad enough,
but it is not brilliant. Why should man who
is master of prose wreak himself on what is
at best only a stimulation of poetic drama? 1t
is a mystery painful to those who jOyfully ac-
knowledge his greatness in his own field. His
wrOngheadedneSs is a match for that of Brown
ing to whom an acquaintance once said: What
your admirers wish, of whom l may claim to
have been one of the earliest, is that you should
give us some more lyrics ''Lyrics!" answered
the poet. IL could give you buckets OF them,
but they are not worth the trouble
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

Charges of plagiarism are sometimes both
true and untrue That is to say the undOubted
plagiarism may be innocent so far intention
goes and the perpetratOr thereof quite uncOn-
sciOuS of having drawn, not upon inspiration,
but from some cell of memory which had per-
haps been locked for half a lifetime cOrre-
spOndent asks if some episodes of plagiarism
might not be explained by the theory of "an-
cestral memory referred to in this column not
long ago "If" he says "a truthful person de-
clareS that he never read the thing he is aC
cused of plagiarizing, might not his statement,
in consideration of the ancestral memory idea,
be received respectfully instead of with
sneer?' Thackeray's daughter once described
an experience which, while it cannot be called
an affair of plagiarism might be used test
of this interesting theory. The first part of her
novel founded on the story of Angelica Kaufman
she had been obliged to send in a hurry to the
magazine in which it was to be published seri-
ulIy. 1T was not until she had done So she
told Grant Duff, that she discovered that her
heroine had really lived at Venice and had
really been transported thence to England by
great English lady. Further, she had made
Angelica connected with the family of Il DIR.
Starr at Elton, otherwise Dr. Thackeray con-
nectiOn of her own, and had imagined an at
tachment to have sprung UP on the part of one
of his seven daughters to Zucchi, the artist, who
afterward married Angelica. She discovered
that it all perfectly true, and that Miss
Kitty Thackeray was supposed to have died for
love of him." Was it, in fact an inherited
memory. a flash of reminiSCence'' in the blood,
that Anne Thackeray put into the early chap
ters of her nOvelg
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
THE DEATH OF PIERROT.
d OI.IVE CONsTANA.

PierrOt. PieFrOt. at first they said you SLEPT
And then they told me you would never Wa-s
] dared not Think watched the Vnite
break.
The yellow lamps go Out-I have not wepG
Love, will you never look at me again
With those rain-COlOTed. heavY-liddeB EYES
Closed now forever PieFTOt was it wise
To love so madly. since we loved in vaiRI
Blue as blue fame Is the great sky above.
The earth Is wonderful and glad and green
But shut the sunlight out. for / have Seen
F'orgetfulnesS upon the face OF lOVe4
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
MARY STUART.
Mr.. Lang's Taluable Study of Her
Portraits.

PORTRAITS AND JEWELS OF MARY STUART
nv Andrew Lang. svO. PIP. lW- The Macmillan
Company
Was Mary Stuart beautiful as well as be-
witching?-it is a question which TO the end OF
time will interest mankind. Mr.. Lang has in
this volume offered answer more satisfactory
than any to be found elsewhere. He has eN-
amined every available portrait, has considered
each with reference to the other portraits and
in the light of the Queens inventories of jewels;
and he has reached conclusions which no student
can afford to disregard He has. moreover. pro
vided in the frOntiSpiece-a reproduction or the
painting owned by the Earl of Leven and Mel
viIIe-a vision of Mary which actually has beauty
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

The publication of elaborate work ON the
Splendid Marciana Library Of Venice marks the
anniversary of the removal of its riches to a
resting place where they will be safe from all
the enemies of precious books and manuscripts.
Napoleon, whose fOndness for literature was not
of a kind calculated to deter him from meddling
with the noble collections of books which he
found in conquered countries, could not let the
Marciana alone. He ordered it out of the build
ing which SansOvinO designed for it, transferring
it to .cramped quarters in the ducal palace.
There, in rooms ill adapted in every way for
the care and use of the books, they stayed for
ninety-twO years. 1.-The books" says Mime.
Alethea Wiel, "stOOd two and even three deep
On the Shelves and it can hardly be said whether
the student who asked for an out of the way,
unknown work or the official who was expected
to find it were the more to be pitied" The indf-
ference of the AuStrianS was cruel as the
rutheSSneSS of the French; and it must be admit
ted that it has taken a strangely long time for
Italy to move in the matter. One energetic man,
Dr. MOrpurgO carried it through "in the teeth
of untold opposition" and now, housed in the
palace which was once the Mint, the great
library is again at the disposition of scholars.
Careless writer's sometimes assume that the
books which Petrarch meant TO leave to Venice
"fOr the perpetual comfort of the clever and
noble men of the city, are included in the treas
ures of the Marciana This, of course, is not
the case The books of the poet were scattered
and lost, and Venice never prOfited by his benef-
icenCe.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-07-31
UNCONGENIAL FLOWERS.
Mignonette and Roses, For Instance,
VIII Not Mix.

VIII Not Mix.
The florist fr0wned as he took up an
order for table decoration. THAT
will never do" he muttered. After
calling up the customer and suggest
ing change, he told his new clerk a
few things.
You must never take an order that
calls for mixture of mignonette and
roses" he said. "A centerpiece of
those two flowers wouldn't last half
through the luncheon. They simply
wilt one another. l don't know why,
but they can't get along together.
1T is true of many flowers. Pansies
for instance, last twice as long if they
are not combined with any other flow
err, and the same may be saHi of vio-
let's. JoEquils and daffodils, on the
other hand, seem to get new lease
of life if you combine considerable
green with them. Carnations will go
all to pieces Il you combine them with
roses, although the roses do not seem
to be affected.
1T is more striking in combinations
of green with flowers. If you try to
use an entirely different type of fo-
liage from what the flower is used to.
1t won't last so long So / never put
feathery foliage with lilies of the val
ley, for you know its natural foliage
is thick leaf. never use thick leaves
with carnations. for their foliage is of
the feathery type. 1t isn't as though
the flowers fought, but they seem to
grieve at being misunderstood New
York Press.
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Two coins clinked together give so
good an imitation Of the robins metal
lie note that this device has long been
employed in England to attract the
welcome "harbinger of spring" For
merly male robins were shared by the
clinking of two copper pennies near a
dummy bird. The dummy was perched
on twig smeared with bird lime, and
cock robin, attracted by the sound and
suspecting a rival, flew at him with
blood in his eye. This is in violation of
the bird laws in the Alited States, and
no one who lives Gre robins make
their home in confidence is likely to
give the odd trick so unpleasant a
finale. The clilking coppers serve a
much more agreeable purpose as a
means of rendering cock robin socia-
hlp
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LACE BARK TREES.
the Beautiful and servicenbIe Dress
Materials They Yield.

The beautiful and servicenble Dress
Materials They Yield.
There are in all about half dozen
lace bark trees In the world, so called
because the inner bark yields natural
lace in ready made sheet form, which
can be made up in serviceable articles
of apparel. Only four of these curious
species OF trees are of much practical
value. Tourists who have STOPPED at
Hawaii or Samoa may recall the lace
bark clothing of the natives clothing
of a neat brown color when new, of re-
marlzable strength and of fragrant
odor, like freshly cured tobacco leaf.
The native tapa cloth. as it is called,
is made from the bark of the Bruso-
Meta papirifera, but 1t is not usually
Included among the real lace bark
trees. In it's natural state the real lace
bark is of a delicate cream white tint.
1t is probably kind of fibrous pith.
When the outer bark is removed II can
be unfolded and unwound In one seam
less piece, having surface of little
more than Il square yard Washing
and sun bleaching give it dazzling
white appearance. The fabric is airily
light. 1t is used in the West Indies for
mantillas, cravats. collars, window cur
tains-in a word, for every purpose
that ordinary lace is used. In making
up shawls, wells and the like it is Gus
tomary to piece two sheets Of lace
bark. together. Delicate and apparently
weak as it is in single mesh. bit of
lace bark if rolled into thin string
will all but resist human strength to
break it.-New York World.
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The Inn. of old England.

Efforts We're continually being made
in England to keep down the number
Of Inns. In the reign of Edward l..
there were only three In the whole of
London. Even In 1862 no more than
forty were legally permitted In the me-
tropolis, now spreading out its bound
aries on every side. York might have
eight. Norwich, Exeter and Cambridge
four, Bristol six and Oxford three.
These regulations must have been set
at naught III a very wholesale manner,
for half century later there were 400
''honses Of calr in that part of London
known as the City and no fewer than
twenty-four clustered round covent
Garden. In medieval Oxford 1t was
ruled that no "yictualer' was eligible
for the office Of mayor, and this term
included an innkeepcr.
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THE REAL VALUE.


Few Great Books.
Young people must every now and
then hear 1t said or see II written that
all the real value In literature can be
put upon small sheIf-that is to say,
the really important part OF all that Is
written Is contained In very few
good books, all the rest being either
unimportant or different ways Of say
ing the same things that have been
said before. The statement. Of course,
Is not true If II be taken literally.
There are certainly many hundreds.
perhaps thousands, Of books that con-
tain original thoughts or experiences
that are truly valuable; but, generally
speaking, the best part Of all that has
been written Is to be found Ia a few
volumes. - understand how this is
possible we must remember that near
" all rules are the same as other and
simpler rules. In arithmetic, for ex-
ample, the whole science consists OF
only four simple ways Of treating num-
bers. We can add, subtract, multiply
and divide. and that Is all we can do
to numbers The rest Of the book IL
only the working out Of these four
rules; thus all Of the arithmetic could
easily be put into little page that
one could carry ia the vest pocket
All behavior, all right living, Is also
set forth Ia few simple laws These
Illustrations will show what Is meant
by saying that all literature Is contain
ed la few great books. The Bible
and the works Of a few famous poets
and essayists contain all human wis
dom. and these are within the reach OF
every purse-St Nicholas
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THE WARLlKE MOROS.


tSkner right In3n Eat.
An inosdinate military conceit Is d
dominant quality of the Moro. TO him
there is but one measure OF defeat-te
w.t. humiliation. IL beaten, he ex
poets nothing less; If he meets less, he
has saved the day. perhaps won vie
tory They are all of one profession
arms As children their first toys are
wooden arms. their first instruction the
play of the sword and the spear. What,
ever else as men they may be-priest
farmer, robber, pirate. merchant. law.
yer-they are always, first. soldiers.
For young man to lose his crccse
means to lose his right to marry. and
it is the desire of all to die creese in
hand. In fear of loss they sleep on
these precious arms or with them tied
to the body. For the same reason their
cannon are kept dashed to timbers in
their houses.
Firearms, indeed, are their main dam
ger with civilized people. IL they see
the opportunity thereby to secure such
arms, Moros can never resist the temp
tation to rob and murder. To get them
they will risk all. lose all and never
whimper. 70 them without the best
arms death Were preferable Major II.
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