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with joy upon his face.
'-My brother" he cried, ''hast thou
finished thy picture? The Lord Bish-
Op returns this way from Frienze to-
day, and will arrive in the afternoon.
He is certain to wish to see it; and
dOubtles he will reward thee, my son,
according to thy DESERTS
Yes" said Giovanni, quietly, ''it is
finished
The abOot departed jOyfully, too full
of his preparations for his guests re-
ceptiOn to glance at the canvas. But
Giovanni stared at it dismally.
''He will know it." he murmured;
''he cannot but recognize it,
1t would be so easy to alter the face.
\ few dabs of paint would at least
Obliterate the mole. Yet as poor Clio
vanni looked at his work he knew it
was impossible
81 will nOt!'' he cried, raising his
hands. Thus was Judas, and no
otherwise. | will not do it!''
In the afternoon the Lord Bishop
came over the hills with a numerous
retinue. When he had washed and
he expressed wish to see the picture
Many of the brethren, proud of Fra
GiOvanni's skill, accompanied him.
Like bees, they clustered about the
canvas, leaving, however a space
wherein the good abbot and his guest
might move.
The Lord Bishop of Perugia looked
long and steadily at the picture Then
he turned his eyes toward Giovanni,
who stood beside it, sick with fear
There could be no doubt now whom
Judas resembled. Not one of the
monks could miss the likeness when
the model stood before them They
fell to whispering together, marvelling
that they had not seen it before And
ever as he looked the Bishops scOwl
increased, and with the scow1 the re-
Semblance grew stronger
Thou hast wrought well,'' he said
at last, turning toward Giovanni.
Thou hast well employed the talent
that hath been granted upon thee.
Indeed, indeed" he went on, punning
with vicious pleasantly, :" thou hast
not hidden it in a napkin. Therefore,
as | did prOphesy to thee thou shalt
surely meet with thy reward-nOt in
gold or silver, my brother, but in a
manner fitting to the work which you
have accomplished and the zeal with
which you accomplished it. Myself
and your good Abbot will confer upon
the matter
He turned and left the room, follow
ed by the Abbot and the whispering
monks, and once more Giovanni was
left alone with his picture.
That same evening in the chapter
house, Brother Giovanni received his
reward, and in good measure A
couple of sturdy brethren stripped him
and, placing him face downward upon
the floor, laid on him Justify with a
raw cowhide until he beloved again.
Ninety for a month the process was
repeated; so that long afterward the
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Brother Giovanni's Reward

BY J. SACKVTLUE MARTIN.

of the monastery chapel. His palette
and his brushes lay idly beside him
while he stared at the painting with
eyes that did not see it, being far be-
yOnd in visions of glory, of which lie
had caught but faint reflection. Yet
that reflection was very beautiful
Here was set out the crucifiXiOn of
Our Lord in a manner feeling enough
to convert both Turk and Saracen.
The good brothers eyes wandered
from the infinite tenderness of the
central figure to the two thieves cruel
fed on either hand; thence to the
group of weeping women about the
foot of the cross: and then to Il few
strongly drawn lines in charcoal i'll
the left hand corner of the painting,
which showed where the work was
still incomplete.
Although but Il humble monk, Clio
by the Abbot and the brethren of the
little monastery of Santa CasciOne.
These held it firm as an article of
faith that none other in all Italy could
paint as he could. 1t was useless to
speak to them of Firenze and of Bot
ticelli; equally useless to talk of Rome
and of Raphael. They were simple
men who had not seen these things.
Neither did they wish to see them;
for had they not GiOvanni's works.
and it was beyond question that these
were beyond compare.
All things considered, Giovanni
might havebeen excused had he been
puffed up with his fame. 1t was the
more merit to him, therefore, that he
showed no sign of being SO. He was
ever the samoa simple, kindly,
brown-eyed man, somewhat inclined to
stoutness through much sitting at his
work. of little use in the practical af-
fairs of life. and so fOrgetful of his
comfort that at times it was necessary
to drag him from his canvas to the
refectory for his frugal meals.
As his eyes travelled downward in
to the unfinished corner of the picture
his face took on an expression of dis
tress, and he awOke from his day
dream with a murmur.
ALAS! l can never do it!' he cried.
'What do | know of such men, or
whom can | take as my model? Nay,
but to find him / should have 10 go
forth into the world and into the abode
of thieves and murdererS. And how
can | do that? The picture will never
be finished. any more than it will be
finished when his lordship comes to
see it this afternoon
His distress was deep indeed: for
only that very morning the Abbot
PaOlO had called him to his own apart
ment after mathis and he had informed
him that the Lord Bishop of Perugia
was passing through the monastery on
his way to FirenZe bringing letters
from the Holy Father himself to LO-
renZO de Medici. and to his guest.
GaIeazzO Sforzi. Duke Of Milan.
.It is useless he sighed: II cannot
do it," He gathered his brushes slow
ly together. and went to the refectOry
for his midday meal.
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craft. my brother and do not misuse
the talent that hath been vOuchsafed
to you. SO shall you surely meet with
your reward mot in silver or gold, as
do the artists of the world but in a
manner fitting the work you shall ac-
cOmplish and prOpOrtiOnate to the zeal
with which you do it,
| He raised his fingers once more i'm
henediction and departed with his
companions, leaving Giovanni stand
| ing staring after him. The DOOR
brothers head was spinning with
| frightful thoughts. He had made no
progress with his Judas, because, be-
ing surrounded solely by men Of faith
and holy living, he had had no model
Well, was not the Lord Bishop a
holy man?. and yet that nose, those
shifty, blue eyes, that hideOus mole!
If these were not proper to IscariOt,
then what features could fit him?
With shudder he hid his face i'm his
hands to shut out the vision. Then.
finging his brushes down, he fed to
his cell and shut himself i'm to struggle
against temptation.
In the clear light of a summer even
ing, the Lord Bishop and his train
set out for Frienze. From the win
dow Of his cell Brother Giovanni
watched them depart Far on into the
mi, hn
plank that formed his couch At mid
night he could bear it no longer. and.
seizing a horn lantern, he hurried
guiltily from his cell to the painting
room. Desperately he worked by the
feeble rays of the lantern until the
face of IscariOt stood out hideousIy,
with pale sandy hair and shifting
eyes. and Il mole upon his chin. AL
most he feared TO look upon it himself.
1t was lfke-hOrribly like.. With
shudder. he dashed his brush at the
face and Obliterated all that he had
done.
During the next few days. Brother
Giovanni went about the monastery
pale and preOccupied. The great work
made 10 progress, for he could not
touch it. He was Obsessed by a vision
of the Bishops face. He knew now
that no other Judas was possible for
him; he knew that he would have to
paint it. and he trembled at the knOwl-
edge.
On the fifth day he could keep away
no longer. He fell to his work with
feverish eagerness. One thing, and
one thing only. he would do. He
would replace the scanty hair with
thick and matted red locks Possibly
that would be a sufficient disguise.
And he would leave out the mole, too
if he could. He worked as a starv-
ing man eats without stopping; and
Judas grew hideOusly once more upon
the canvas.
The good Abbot PaOlo watched him
with perpleXity.
ut reminds me- he said vaguely,
scratching his head, 1T reminds me of
some One-yet of whom i cannot tell
The brethren thought the same.
They gathered in little groups before
the picture. endeavoring to recall
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green lawn of the courtyard. He
stood at the window looking out at it
vaguely, busted rather with his
thoughts than with the scene before
him, so that he started as Il procession
of monks. headed by the Abbot and a
richly dressed stranger, came across
the grass in the direction of his room
One glance at the magnificent ecclesi-
asticsm of the visitors garb told him
that this could be no other than the
Lord Bishop of Perugia, a powerful
prince of the church and on terms of
intimacy with the Pope himself.
He rose and bowed low as the cor
tege entered his room. When he rails
ed his eyes again to the Bishops face,
it were a vision sent to him from hea-
ven itself.
Yet it was scarcely a prepOSSeSSing
cOuntenance. The Lord Bishop was
immensely tail. Beside him, the stout,
rubicund vissage of the Abbot PaOlo
gave one the impression of buffOOn
On's head was bald, save for a scanty
ring of sandy hair encircling his ton
sure. His eyes were pale blue and
shifty, save when they fixed them
selves on some definite object, in
which case they were apt to look Il
trifie malignant. Above them, the
long. shaggy eyebrows were of the
same sandy color as his hair. His
nose WAS large and fieshy, and his lips
shut tightly together like a steel trap,
parted in one place alone by IL pro-
jecting yellow tooth. Upon the left
hand side of the face, just below his
mouth, Il large mole disfgured his
chin, giving rise to half a dozen strong
sandy hairs. Brother Giovanni stared
at him as though he were unable to
remove his eyes.
''Ay," said the Lord Bishop, raising
his jewelled fingers by way of bene-
dictiOn. 80 this is the picture?"
He gaZed at it steadily and made the
sign of the cross upon his breast.
You have wrought well, my BROTHER"
he said, fixing his eyes sternly upon
Giovanni. Yours is indeed Il wonder
full talent, and it behOOves you to see
that you use it worthily. Such art is
in itself Il religion. Yet tell me-" he
continued. scanning the picture mar
rOwly, what figure do you propose
placing here where you have left the
canvas imperfect?'
IF it pleases your lordship," stam-
mered Fra Giovanni, nervOusly. lit
was my intention to depict here the
accused IscariOt chafferng with the
Jews for his pieces of silver. He shall
be shown holding out his hand while
he glances furtively over his shoulder
at the cross, as though fearing that
he should meet with miraculous de
.ItructiOn."
1T is well thought Of said the
Bishop, gravely, "A striking conception,
indeed. Wherefore is it not yet finish
ell. as is the rest of the picture?''
'Alas, my Iord!' said Giovanni,
there were difficulties in the way.
Yet now | may promise that it shall
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Moral: Even in the days before
commercial competition, Art for Arts
sake did not always pay.-The Sketch.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-10
REV. FRAZER WELL LIKED
Richmond Minister breaches His
First Sermon as Pastor of the
New Castle Church..

The New Castle Courier in report
ing the first sermon of the Rev. DIV
er NJ Frazer, who has taken up his
duties as pastor in that city, says:
REV. Oliver NJ. Frazer. of Rich
mond, who recently accepted the call
of the local Friends congregation,
preached his initial regular sermon
here Sunday morning. His text was
The Truth Shall Make You Free"
and large congregation heard the
new pastor Rev. Frazer made a
good impression on his auditors and
he starts out with splendid prospects
of success.
For the time being Rev. Frazer
will continue to reside at Richmond,
where he is taking a special course
at Earlham. Later he expects TO
move his family here and take up a
permanent residence"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-10
Trust to Nature.

A great many Americans, both men
and women. are thin. pale and puny. with
treated their stomachs by hasty eating
Oh too much eating. by consuming alco-
hoiic beverages, or by too close confne-
nent 10 home, office or factory. and in
their earlier mistakes. The muscles in
many such people. in fact in every weary,
thin and thin looded person. do theiF
fatigue comes early, is extreme and lafts
long. The demand for nutritive all is
ahead of the supply. To insure p1ffect
health every. tissue. bone. merry and
tain materials and return to certain
stomach for the work of taklk up from
the food what is necessary o(nake good,
f for the dss G remedy We There ssr.ss
roots known to the IIdians of this
country before the adve of the whites
which later came to u knowledge. of
rapas s aaa nG ior she snrs
These are found TO safe and vet GER
tain in their cleansing and invigorating
These are: GJd6 Seal root, Queens
root, Stone root fBloodroot. Mandrake
root. Then thqt/ is Black Cherrybark
The medicinal I'll hciples residing in these
native roofs WI III extracted with glyc-
crime as a solveT make the most reliable
and efficient stomach tonic and liver in
vigorator, when combined in just the
right proportions, as in Or: Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. Where there
is bankrupt vitality such as nervous
exhaustion. bad nutrition and thin
blood. the body acquires vigor and the
nerves. blood and all the tissues feel tho
favora BILE effect of this sovereign remedy.
Although some physicians have been
aware of the high medicinal value of the
above mentioned plants, yet few have
used pure glyeerine as a solvent and
usually the doctors prescriptions called
for the ingredients in varying amounts,
tpifh alcohol
The rGolden Medical Discovery is .
scientific preparation compounded Of the
glyceric extracts of the above mentioned
vegetable ingredients and contains no
alcohol or harmful hahit-forming drugs.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-10
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. Will Gaar spent yesterday in
indianapolis.
Mrs. Omer Hollingsworth and Mrs.
Fred Carr are visiting in Chicago.
Frank Railsback, Oliver Miller and
Joel Railsback left yesterday for Cali
fornia.
Mrs Lille Beck has gone to Ash
vile, n. c. to spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank limerick have
returned to their home in Indianapo-
lis.
Mrs Grace Ross who has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs A. G. Compton
has returned TO her home in Chicago.
Mrs William Haughton of Spring
Grove will go to Indianapolis tomor-
row to visit friends for few days.
! Mrs. Luella Murphy of Logansport
is the guest of Mrs E. Judy of South
9th street.
Bert Hollowell of Indianapolis is
guest at Earlham.
Mrs. A. A Turner and Miss Eva
Turner have returned from Cincinna-
ii.
William McGreevy has returned to
Cleveland after a visit with relatives
in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Eliason of
Cambridge have returned home after
visit with DR.. and Mrs. Mann. !
Mrs. Frank Lackay has gone to Chi
cago for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Kepler will
go to Kansas City this evening for al,
few weeks visit with friends and rela-
tiyes.
Miss Anna Benner OF Boston was
in the City yesterday.
Mrs. F. NJ Brown has gone to-
Eaton to visit with friends and rela-
Mr.. Samuel Gaar was at Indianapo-
lis yesterday.
Miss Mary Owens of Connersville
is visiting in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ancell Dwiggins of
Fountain City were the guests of
friends here yesterday.
Mrs. Ryan and Miss Evans who
have been the guests of Mrs. Chas.
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greet to see her departure. The fol-
lowing were present: Misses Elsie
Stanley, Nellie Burton, Nettie Cook,
Tillie Brinker, Kate Flesh, Rose
Brinker, Bertha Vessel and Hilda
Ellis, Clarence Tilson, Thos. Rully,
Roy Berry, Maurice White, Granville
Hurst and Frank Cook Music was
furnished by Miss Elsie Stanley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Reinheimer. of
New Paris, entertained at dinner Sun
day The guests were Mrs. John
Moss and Miss Carolyn Moss, Misses
Anna and Mary Coyne of this city.
EK%
The History Club will meet this aft
ernoon instead of Saturday at the Ii
brary at 2:30 o'clock.
X x x
The Missionary Society of White
water Quarterly Meeting will hold an
open meeting this evening at the
home of the Misses Norman on
South 18th street. The Rev. A. T.
Ware will give an address on The
Congo Free State"
X
Mrs. Kinnert and Mrs. Cummings
will be the hostesses for social to be
given Friday afternoon from "a at
the home of Mrs. Cummings, 240
Richmond avenue. A music pro-
gram will be given and refreshments
will be served
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Daily win en-
terrain the members of the Larkin
Whist club Thursday evening at their
home on South 18th street.
X x X
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Mann entertained
at dinner the past week in honor q
several out of town guests In the
company were Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Eliason and Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Eli
ason of East Germantown; Mr. and
Mrs Winfield Eliason of Cambridge
City and DR.. and Mrs. l.. S. Mann.
X X x
Miss May Bliss gave a box party to
1.-The Embassy Ball. the past week
in honor of Miss Alma Burke Jordon,
her bridal party and a few friends
After the matinee the guests were ia
ken to the Columbia Club, where a
luncheon was given. The round ia
bic was adorned with yellow roses
and lighted with yellow tapers. The
favors were clusters of yellow rose
buds.-Indianapolis Star.
xX
st. Paul's Guild will meet this aft
ernoon at the Parish House. A
large attendance is desired
X *
Mrs. Samuel Mather entertained
the Spring Grove Sewing Circle at her
home yesterday afternoon. The aft
ernoon was spent at needlework and
luncheon was served. The next meet
ing will be in two weeks with Mrs
Aleck Reid, north of the city.
x x
The Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary Society of the First Eng
fish Lutheran church will meet this
afternoon with Mrs. Gus Meyer at her
home on East Main street The
me citing will be called at $50 o'clock
and all the members are requested to
be present, as much important bust
ness will come before the meeting.
X * x
The members of the Aftermath held
their first meeting of the club at the
home of Miss Nina Norman on South
10th street yesterday afternoon. There
was a large number of the members
present at the meeting. The subject
under discussion was French Art"
and several very interesting discus
sions were heard. Prof Walter Da-
Wis spoke on the Qualities of the
French People and was a source of
delight to the club members, as it
contained much valuable material.
The next meeting of the club will be
held at the home of Mrs. Frances Hi
att on North B street.
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LECTURE WAS PLEASING.
Mrs. L. 3. Cleveland Spoke to Women
of City at Parish House Yester-
day Afternoon.

A good audience greeted Mrs. L.
B. Cleveland at the Parish Home yes
terday afternoon where she spoke to
the ladies of the city on health and
beauty. Mrs. Cleveland dealt with
the causes of i'll health. Her lecture
was very interesting and she was pre-
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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-10

Pierson have returned to their home
in Cincinnati.
Fred Friedgree has returned from
a visit at Connersville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Miller of Cleye-
land are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Theo~
dore Newman of North 10th street.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Barker and Mr..
and Mrs. B. f. Andstad who have
been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Ryan have returned TO New Cas-
tie.
Miss Sophia Pepper of SConnersville
was in the city YESTERDAY.
Mrs. L. H. Bun1an has gone to
Lincoln, Neb.
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bers should hold prices to a discount
OF 80 and 10 per cent from the October
book list price for double strength
window glass and to 90 and 10 on sin
gle strength. During the past summer
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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-10
COMPLAINT OF FLORISTS
EXPRESS RATES ARE HIGH
American Florists File Complaint
Against the Express Companies
With Interstate Commerce Com
mission.

4 Washington, CoI. FLOWERS are
expensive in New York, and the Soci-
ETY. of American Florists and Orna-
mental Hortieulturists indicates that
part of this expense at least is due
to the excessive charges of the ex-
press companies in transporting the
flowers. In complaint filed with the
interstate commerce commission the
society says that it's members ship
large quantities OF flowers from points
In New Jersey and Pennsylvania to
New York by the United States Elk
press company. 1t is charged in the
complaint that the defendant company
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flowers since last May; that the in
crease is unreasonable and nearly
rUinouS to rhe trade
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-10
involves cos,Lsnd Grants.

Washington, Oct. 9.-The supreme
court of the United States extended
for so days the time heretofore grant
ed for pleading the case of the state
of Kansas versus the United States
and others, and authorized the defend
ants to file a demurrer The case in
wolves the large coal land grants to
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail
road company, concerning which
much was said at the last session OF
congress.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-10
Mass Cer.cIishcd Streetcsr.

Ottawa. Ont, Oct. g. The front
wall of the Gilmore hotel, which was
recently destroyed by fire, fell on 2
passing streetcar and completely de
molished it. Three passengers in the
car were badly injured. Alexander
Potvin, foreman of the fire depart
ment, is believed to be fatally hurt
The motorman had his legs broken
and the conductor was also injured.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-10
Lawyer Kills Himself.

Stamford, Conn. Oct. 9.-Nathaniel
R. Hart, prominent lawyer, was
found dead in his Office. having shot
himself. Mr. Hart formerly was as.
sistant United States district attorney
apd was abou, So years old