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Critical and crucial occasions seem to
have been the order of Mr.. Chambers
life, and many are the interesting Incl
dents, the episodes, and coup d'etats that
viii some day be narrated of him in care
full detail. Whatever have been the picis-
STUDIES OF his changefuI and tireless ca
reer. he has always acted up 10 clearly
defined theory, to well-conceived princi-
pie and policy. Quick. impulslve. he.
nevertheless, is safely self possessed. self
poised. and self-conroled. He can be
sarcastic, facetiously so, but nobody is
quicker 10 forgive and forget an injury.
Philosophy, as well as the courage of
pronounced conviction, finds place in him.
There is positively no tar on his heel;
else his enemies would long ago have
scented it, and risen to demolish him
The fact is that he never was whipped.
or If whipped, he didn't know it, nor did
it retard his progress. He makes sure
of his premises then goes vigorously
ahead, letting the chips fly where they
will. II with you he Is kind, buoyant,
resOurceful adviser and helper. if against
you. he's a host. with all the accessO-
Ties, auxillaries, and surprises Of hot bat
tie. He hates crime, SHES at imposition.
pretension. deceit. sham He has much
charity, making generous allowance for
necessities, circumstances, and conditions.
He has been associated with nearly all
the great minds of two generations, and
has an acquaintance said 10 be wider
than that of any other living individual
His "reminiscences. if from his own pun
gent pen would be more entertaining
than any novel.
As illustrative of his integrity might
be cited his scoTching investigation, as
chairman Of the Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections, of Senator Clark
Of Montana, when Clark's fabulous
wealth was available in the case which
cost him his seat in the Senate, although
he was subsequently returned Rather
than face a caustic report prepared by
Senator Chandler he resigned. and then
sought and obtained an appointment from
the acting governor Of Montana.
This multiphase public man, Chandler
has delivered eUlOgiums in the Senate,
and mastery orations elsewhere, worthy
10 be classed with the late John j IN
gals superb tribute 10 the memory Of
Senator Der" Hill. Excerpts from
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Hotel Hoffman

Up-to-date in all its appointments. Hot
and cold baths. Located in the beautiful
Shenandoah Valley: pure mountain wa
ter; finest driving in the country; good
health-giving air; picturesque scenery;
historical points, both Of the Revolution
airy and civil wars. First-class livery at
tached. For terms apply early to
]. W. HOLTZAIAN.
Woodstock Va.
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IN THE BEAUTIFUL
SHENANDOAH VALLEY

are supplied with all the delicacies Of the
season. and guests are made both happy
and comfortable True Southern hOspi-
tality is encountered constantly. The
visitor falls IN love with the people and
the country Immediately. once "A visitor
be Is regularly "a visitor. Compared with
the cost OF a vacation AZ the seashorer
the summer may be spent in the SheHan-
doah Valley for a yeritable trihe.
Residents Of Washington, Baltimore
and Philadelphia have come TO realize the
advantages offered here Tor d really COM
Portable outing, and each summer finds
the number OF sDjourners largely in
creased.
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MAKE VIRGINIA BEACH YOUR EXPOSITION HOME


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CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

June IT, 1855 he became first assistant secEe-
taEy Of the treasury on November 60 1867. re-
signed the latter place 10 resume the practice
OF his profession. During the next thirteen
years although occupying no Official position,
except that Il a member Of the constitutional
convention Of New Hampshire in 1876. he con-
tinued to take 4 leading rart IN local and ma
ti0nal politics. He a delegate from his
State 20 the Republican national convention in
ls6S. and secretary q the national committee
from that time until 1916 Ia the latter year
he successfully advocated the claims II the
Hayes electors IN Florida before the canyassing
board a the State, and subsequently was one
Of the counsel 10 prepare the case submitted hg
the Republican side 10 the electoral canmis-
sion. He afterwsrd became an especially out
spoken opponent u the Southern policy Of the
Hayes administration. In 1856 he was again
a delegate 70 the Republican national conren-
ton, and served as a member Of the committee
on credentials, in which place he was iuhuen-
tlal IN securing the report in favor Of district
representa- ton. which was adopTed by the con-
Venti0p- During the next following campaign
he was a member Of the national committee
On March .. 1881. he was nominated fer
United States solicitor general but the Senate
refused 20 confirm his appointment the vote
being really upon party lines. In that year he
was again a member Of the New Hampshire
legislature On April p lSs3. President Arthur
appointed him Secretary Of the Navy; he served
until March 7. 1885, Among the important
measures carried out by hun were the snnpli
hostion and reduction Of the unwieldy navy
yard establishment the limitation Of the num-
Der Of annual appointments 10 the actual needs
Of the naval service. the discontinuance Of the
extrsvagaut policy Il repairing worthless YES
sells. and the beginning OF modern navy IN
the construction Of the new cruisers The Of
ganization and successful voyage Of the Greoly
relief expedition in 1854 were largely due to
his personal efforts. He was elected TO the
United States Senate June H. 1857. to I'LL an
uneXpired term. which ended March g. l5S9
was reelected June 49, 1883; again reelected
in January, 1885, serving fourteen years in the
Senate. till March g. 1901 Began serving as
president Of the Spanish treaty claims commits
sion March g. 1901. He was the leader in the
New Hampshire state constitutional convention
u 1902
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MT. JACKS ON. VA.

Several large brick buildings admirably adapted TOR
sauat0rum. favoraby located IL town cCuld he
suitably arranged tor the purpose. ut. Jackson, Va,
Is in tho most picturesque section Of the Shenandoah
VALLEY and has many advantages, making II de-
Sr Foi particulars, apply TO DIR. }. i. IRII'-
LETT, Mt Jackson, Va.
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poor pores-more than thirty-four thousand
sextillions of them-Of air?
Search the pages Of history and where
90 you IND a record OF any one who attained
10 greatness wearing an ~overcoat? Did
Alexander an Overcoat?
Did Charlemagne wear one? Did i'm
Perial C@sa wear one? Did any Of the
Roman emperorB wear Overcoats3
No, no. The pages of history deny Il.
And l am going about the world to-day
trying to convince people OF the error Of
their ways
The president made a sweeping motion
OF his long arms to draw the crowd closer
about him.
Il have a weighty secret to tell YOU"
he whispered. do you know why Methu-
selah lived to be $50 years Oldl MOP Never
thought Of IL. did your
1T a because ne didn't wear an over
coat. III live that long because I don't
wear an overcoat. You'll live that long Il
you don't wear an O~verCOat.'
A beatific expression came over the face
of the president. the expression OF an al
TRUST who feels he is accomplishing an
unselfish mission TO humanity. The crowd
about him hardly knew what to think.
Suddenly a voice war heard.
There he is it said, and a big man ran
UP in company with one Of the station at
tendants.
"sir. your train is about leaving said
the big man to the president.
d not disturb me now. secretary" was
the reply.
But you will be late for the international
convention in New York" insisted the big
man.
The president looked undecided.
Tell them TO hold the train for me-"
he said with an air OF finality.
"They have already held It for half an
hour" replied the big man,
Il must not DO late for the convention"
murmured the president.
He decided then. Hastilye exactinR a
promise from each of his hearrs never
TO wear an Overcoat ne hurried away with
the big man, who smiled at the crowd from
behind the shoulder Of the International
president Of the Association for the Sup
preston OF O~vercoats.
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OFF WITH YOUR OYERCOAT!
METHUSELAH DIDN'T WEAR ONE:
WHY SHOULD your


N'aN ANVOss DoJ~ e. NC PFCnAucut VI
the International Association for the Sup
preston Of Overcoats passed through this
city to-day en- route for New York, where
he will preside over the worlds convention
OF the organization.
He is a very tall. very thin man. His
face is Of the Ratchet variety, very narrow,
with a sharp nose. But this narrow face
is o~vershadowed. capped as 1t were. by q
massive brow n overhanging dome which
gives the whole head the appearance Of
a giant acorn.
He stopped at the union station here
while waiting for his train. In a double
visOred English travelling cap md a light
tan colored cape. with his long. lank form
and his solemn Ratchet face. he attracted
considerable attention.
That the president believes in proselyting
and propagandizing at all times and in all
places was shown by his work done in the
brief time OF his stop here. He approached
a man. evidently a rancher. who wore a
long heavy bearskin overcoat.
e." said the president. speaking very
slowly. and eying the fur coat with evident
d~isfavOr. -am the president Of the Interna-
tiOnal Association for the Suppression Of
Overcoats."
~ NIA,OA dullNbEGu Wd6 W sur pIltcu
TO make any response and the presidents
eye wandered TO the garments Of those
who had gathered around him.
Foolish. foolish humanity" he unused.
while the shadow OF a smile budded on his
cadaverous face. the smile OF one who views
the fOibles OF the weak.
Young man. why do you torture your
self with that clumsy garment" he resumed.
"Do you not know chat there are Ia2, 900
pores upon the human body Do you not
realize that each Of these Is a small pair
Of lungs through which fresh air is supplied
TO the SYSTEM Are you not war that by
wearing that garment you are slowly sulfo-
eating yourself TO DEATH"
The president paused with lips firmly
pressed together and dxed the rancher
with a stern and questioning eye. The
mar looked undecided and finally gave
an uneasy laugh. The president raised a
hand az II TO ward on a blow.
ID not, do not laugh at matters OF 80
great weight he pleaded. Your life hangs
in the balance. The great organization of
which am the head Ia seeking TO bring
the people out OF darkness
ours 450.S ? sol persons who clothe them
solves every year with this abOmination.
Do you know what those Overcoats cost?
Allow $40 each. which is low. and 10 figures
80. l2e. 537. $40.
-Ah. ! see you quail before my figures.
Truth when aid bare is sometimes startling,
astounding. appalling.
But these figures refer merely TO the
original cost OF the overcoat. Who shall
figure the cost OF the doctors bills brought
on by poor, ignorant humanity suffooating
inside OF ovorcoats and depriving their
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MAKING OYER PHOTOGRAPHS
WONDERS ACCOWPLISHED WITH
OLD PICTURES.
Unsatisfactory Llkcnesses OF Dead Persons
Turned Into Living Portraits 10y a Few
Photographers NJ Great sktn and
Pa~tIence-Csst Runs From s Ia $3.50

The making over Of Photographic. az it
may be described. has opened up a distinct
teld OF photography. but a field with walk
that only the born artist can climb.
, To get down to facts: A man lost his
wife after many years of happy iourneying
through life together. He had no salts
factory picture Of her. The nearest was a
photograph of days long gone by.
She wore a hat and veil. and her hair was
arranged in a fashion long discarded by
her. The problem was to make the picture
the dead of woman look as the husband last
remembered her.
The hat must go, for il was out OF date.
and the veil too. since that Obscured the
all important face. Then there was the
hair. which was Town over the forehead
when it should be arranged high.
The photographer did take OFF the hat
and veil and remove the hair from the fore
head, arranging it just as the husband said
she last wore il. When the husband saw
the completed photograph considerably
enlarged he snid nothing. but burst into
tears. What greater tribute could any
artist ask?
Even in this age when everybody seems
photographed to- death there are no end Of
cases in which a family finds itself lacking
~ 4ChN HiNNAA' " a N'NANRtI VIII lNAU.
Thus a little child died with no record Of
her pretty face excepting three small cheap
photographs that had been taken by a
street photographer.
None was good. though each had some
redeeming feature. and the parents we're
in despair. Nevertheless. the photographer
went ahead and merging into one plate
the designated good points of the three
photographs made such a resemblance to
the original that whom the parents got up
enough courage to look at (which was not
until after a long struggle tears and silence
were again the tribute to the skill Of the
photographer.
In another instance the photograph OF a
dead son that was most liked by his parents
was seriously marred by the eyes. It was
one Of a group Of three. in the first place,
and then the bright sun had caused him to
Snuint. Moreover. he wore a cap which
: threw q shadow across his face.
To eliminate the two other figures was
easy enough. but to make the eyes normal
and after removing the cap 20 supply the
hair as il was in life was a task calling for
endless pains. IL was done, and done IN
the satisfaction OF those most concerned
In the result.
Again, a fire raised havoc with a room
in a dwelling house. In the debris that
] found its way into the ash barrel was a
! daRuerreotype. A menber Of the family
saw II and rescued IL.
With the case charred 10 ashes and the
daguerreotype turned blu by the heat
and seemingly beyond recognition the rest
Tof me family " .reforfeconsignins II 70 the
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ash barrel. But the man who rescued it
was not willing to discard it until he knew
what a photographer could d o
The daguerreotype was taken to the
photographer and a complete restoration
Of it made by repeated reproductions. the
final result being. Of course. a photo
graphic print. 1t was a group daguerreo-
type about ten inches wide and probably
one OF the largest ever made. with half a
dozen figures, one Of which was almost
beyond recognition excepting to the trained
Eyes Of a photographer. Thus a valuable
relic has been preserved for all time.
To take another instance. a mother died
leaving only an oil painting OF herself. In
lfe this had seemed satisfactory enough
to the children, or perhaps they had been
indifferent to the faults Of the painting.
When the mother died each one Of these
faults stood out.
1t was undoubtedly a good painting.
but it was not a Satisfying likeness. This
feature was not right. and this. and this.
and so on.
A photographer who was asked to repro
duce the painting as IL was said he could
remedy the faults. By frequent consulta-
ton with the family he worked out the
faults one by one. including a defect in the
pose Of which the family had been conscious
but which they had not been able to define
until. by repeated questioning. the photog-
rapher was able to zee what the trouble was
and pointed il out.
Plate after plate was made until finally
the family had something that was all the
painting was not. The photograph Of the
painting and the print from the worked
over plate when laid side by aide showed
at a glance what was the trouble; the one
was a conventional portrait. more or less
localized. the other was a likeness. Event
ually the artist corrected some Of the faults
~of his painting by the very photograph that
had been made from il.
Drapery may as a rule be easily painted
in where only a minor change is required.
Thus in many an old daguerreotype Of a
mother and her baby the mothers hand IL
grossly out OF focus and in reproducing the
picture II is not difficult to work the hand
altogether and work in the drapery. But
when IL comes to reproducing a consider
able surface OF such a fabric "a velvet there
is a good test OF skill. Yet this has been
done with complete success.
A photographer once asked a yoman
Wiz hAu hINdhS5u - y oitthhk WIN Mn
TO bring over her full black velvet evening
gown for one OF the poses. She brought
over only the waist. Nevertheless, the full
length picture was taken with the velvet
waist and the skirt of the gown that she
wore.
Nothing daunted the photographer
worked ON that plate and others made from
il until the skirt was Of black velvet, cOrre-
spending absolutely in texture and color
with the waist. Even a photographer
would not dream that the picture had been
dOCtored.
A particularly good bit OF work was ac-
complished with a little snapshot OF a woman
whose head rose only a little way above some
lattice work. The photograph was hardly
more than two inches square and possessed
no artistic beauty. though there was a good
profile Of the woman's head.
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exception. are II possible In a worse condi-
ton than the original.
The painting by Antonio de Glaxiate
which formerly adorned one oG the halls
of the Ospedals Maggiore and was subse-
quently removed to the refractory has
hardly the outline of the figures visible
and only a few faint patches Of color. The
copy by Marco d'OggianO, one OF the
masters ~favorlte pupils. has been con-
sidersbly dsrkened by age. while that by
Ccsare Magnis n still further damaged.
The copy by Andrea SOlari. although also
in a mad state OF preservation. IL perhaps
the only one that will survive the original
and serve TO reproduce to future genera
ions the emotions expressed by the muster
in his representation OF the little band
gathered around the sacred table.
IL may DO asked what the Italian Fine
Arts Department has done to preserve this
celebrated fresco. the copies Of II and the
building which contains them. Santa Maria
dele Grazie In an abbey church OF h
fifteenth century, still retaining the Gothic
nave OF the original structure and having a
choir. transept and dome by Bramante.
Unfortunately nothing was o n until 1892.
and very little since then.
Tn church and monastery belonged TO the
Dominican order. which was under the
powerful protection at Ludovico II Moro.
The church contains paintings by Blu
giardini. CaravaRgio. Luini and other
celebrated artists, besides Sresooes by
Ferrari and Fiammingo. while the convent
was noted for its two cloisters. rich in
marble sculptures and frescoed walls.
where the life OF st. Dominic was painted.
and adorned with graceful columns and
succeed ceilings.
Toward the end of the eighteenth oen-
fury the monastery was suppressed and
il shared the fate OF similar buildings in
Italy. being converted into a cavalry bar
rack. Naturally enough h place was
cleaned in true military fashion.
Every wall was w~hitewashed until the
slightest trace Of the rrescoss was re-
moved, Gothic windows were squared and
rendered smaller and fitted with ordinary
and. iron gratings. Nay was
stored in the upper rooms of the convent.
horses stabbed in the lower ones while
troopers were taught TO ride in the cloisters.
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beantfut wife oE Duke Ladovico n Moro,
WIN died in 1901 and was PrOyisionally
buried here while Crs;oforo Solar was
working OF her monument. This he never
completed owing 10 THE deieat OR u Moro
~ Novara in 1850 and his subsequent death
in a French dungeon.
Recently the buildings which rose around
the church and shut ON its Wow have been
demolished hy the Milan municipality and
new wide streets have been opened in their
place, II IL now intended to turn some Of
the monastery halls into a library.
SiRnOr BeltTami's work is no doubt praise
WORTHY. With hardly any aid from the
State he has succeeded in restoring a RF-
teenth century building and arTesting its
ruin, but meanwhile the fresco OF Leo
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from rae FraRkhn FdDorife.
Mhen the Confederacy fell 1 s~urrendersd
a. shreveport. La, and was absolutely psnni-
less. q stranger In n strange land. among a
strange people, =" said Harvey ID. Wade. Known
x EVERYDAY 70 simpson county and ono OF
Lne leading and most beloved men Oh FranS-
IN. In order to satisfy q KnaWIng annefife
so'd me only coat then possesssd. receiy-
n ms fn1rsior Lw2 silver, half dollars. with
Inc thought struck me that as the wr.at
esnse Tor which had fought had failed NJ
making q desirable Citizen in the AND on nv
pmtn. ana concluding that II I could get homo
Dy ne AID OF only so cents I could also arrlvs
Without using IL 4 determined 70 make tks
SSn n reached Franklin With the hnii
1oiIer ~ my pocket. and In an effort 10 xsS a
start in tho world I underwent some &C.,
Zying sSperIences. but at no time during the
TIs sr !. lou o. my poverty and distress aid
wnlcn came 70 me by. the sale Of my lasf eoat
. time when desolstion M Despair s,rs
a. .shsy possessions Of q Confederats sol-
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10 visitors 90 "The Last supper toward
The restoration og the monastery.
After fifteen years Of patient and careful
work. often interrupted when sightseers
were scarce and their contributions in en-
trance fees diminished. tho church. olOistars
and monastery OF Santa Maria dele Giraffe
have gradually been restored. The dome
Of the church has been repaired and
strengthened, n IN masonry put ND
during the seventeenth century for the same
purpose and which married the beauty OF
the entire building has been removed.
The smaller ~cloister. called ChiOstrino,
has returned to its original graoefuIness,
and an upper story, which was built in the
sixteenth century and completely Rid the
higher pOrtioo has been removed. The