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a Great Artist Enraeed.

Alma Tadema has told story of the
fate of two unsuccessful pictures of
his student days. One of them was re-
turned unsold by the committee OF the
Brussels exhibition in 1859 The sub
iect was a house on fire, with people
rescuing the victims. The artists fell
low students were asked into Alma
Tademas studio and. were invited to
Jump through the canvas, the owner
Of it leading the way by leaping head
first through the oily flames.
The other unsuccessful effort was
large sized square picture that came
back again and again to its creators
easel until at last it was cut out OF
its frame and given to an old woman
to use as a table cover.
The picture was praised by at least
one person who appreciated its excel
lence. so Alma-Tadema used to de-
clare, for the old woman was wont to
remark that it was much better than
those common oilcloth things that al
ways let the water through, as the pic
ture of -Tadema's making was q
good thick one, with plenty OF paint
on Indianapolis Journal
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A sharn swirdIer

A fashionable young lady once drove
up in a handsome carriage to private
lunatic asylum situated a few miles
from Paris and requested to see the
proprietor. Her wish being acceded to,
she informed the doctor that she de-
sired to place her husband under his
care to see If a cruel mania under
which he labored-viz, "that he had
lost large quantity of jewels'-could
not be removed. After some hesita
ton the doctor consented, and the lady
drove away directly to a jewelers. in
Paris and selected jewels to the value
of several thousand francs and re-
quested one of the shopmen to go with
her in her carriage to procure the
money for the goods she had taken.
She drove with him to the asylum, and,
arriving there, he was shown into a
room. The lady then sought the doc
tor, told him of the arrival of her hus-
band and, getting into her carriage,
again drove away. The rest may be
Imagined, but the poor fellow was con-
fined several days before 1t was found
they both had been "sold." The lady
was never heard of after.
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Waoner,s Portrait.

When Wagner was in England super
vising the first production of his operas,
the music enthusiasts commissioned
the artist Herkomer to paint the mu-
sician's portrait but Wagner was dash
ing about in such state of frenzy that
he repealed impatiently every attempt
to get him to give a sitting" Still,
Herkomer stuck to him like limpet,
fed with him, walked and talked with
him, watched him conduct his orches-
ira, write music and read books. At
last, when every attempt to secure a
sitting" had failed, Herkomer rose
early one morning, painted with fren-
zied speed all day, spent short night
in restless sleep, rose early again and
painted furiously, till on the second
evening he sat down exhausted-but
with his picture finished. Wagner was
called in and threw up his hands in
amazement "Ahr' he cried. won
derfulI That is exactly how would
like to look if could"
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The First Hello Girl.

They were seated around table
in a well known cafe, and the CONVEX
sation had turned upon the develop
ment of the flying machine and other
fruits Of the inventive genius Of the
day.
'"Tut, tutw exclaimed a solemn faced.
lantern jawed member of the party
What of 1t? The old folks were not
so slow Look at the telephone. claim
ed as modern invention. Why. say.
it's the oldest on record"
You better see your doctor What's
the matter with your asked another
"Oh. | mean it" said the solemn
faced man. Telephone service dates
back to the garden Of Eden-that's
where it originated. The gardens
call was PSI Apple"
Then he lodged the remnant of a
sandwich. reached for his hat and was
gone.-New York Globe.
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The Mighty Amazon.

The estimated length of the Amazon
from its source In the Andes to where
It debouches In a mouth forty miles
wide into the Atlantic is 1900 miles.
The story is told of wrecked vessel
which was drifting, with her crew on
board suffering intense torment for
lack of. fresh water, which entered the
mouth of the Amazon and the suffer
ers could have had fresh water sim
ply by putting a bucket over the side,
but did not know where they were I'M
tn they got In sight Of the land. This
mighty river, up which the tide goes
400 miles, Is known in the upper part
Of It's course near the Andes as the
Maranon, then In the middle course,
from Tabatinga to the mouth Of its
chief affluent, the Rio Negro, as the
eolimoes, while for the rest Of its
course its name is Amazonas or Anna
Kon. A thousand miles from the sea
It Is four miles in width Vast and Of
ten impossible forests line most Of its
banks
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Among the genilIses none perhaps
was stranger than the poet Baudelaire,
who dyed his hair green, tried to stran-
gle his father-ln-law, used opium, to-
bacco and wine to excess and enjoyed
perverted olfactory sensations. my
soul scars upon perfumes as the souls
of other men soar upon music" he
wrote But what pleased him, strange
ly, were odors of putrefaction, vile
smells which other men abhorred and
the stenches of disease which made
others sick. And yet his poetry is
among the most passionately musical
of the literature of France. He was
exceedingly superstitious, believing he
would not succeed in an undertaking
unless he left a house first with the
left foot, and would count the number
of gas jets along the streets, the num-
bers of cabs and numbers of doors
Adding these figures In his mind. he
would consider the result an omen
multiples Of three good, multiples Of
seven reassuring, while his bad num-
Der was seventeen. Curiously, once he
was thrown out of a cab, the figures Of
which he added and found amounted
to seventeen.
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Not only do the observations we have
scanned lead US to the conclusion that
Mars at this moment is inhabited, but
they land us at the further one that
these denizens are of an order whose
acquaintance was worth the making.
Whether we ever shall come to con-
verse with them in any more instant
way is a question upon which science
at present has no data to decide More
Important to us is the fact that they
exist. made all the more interesting
by their precedence of US in the path
of evolution. Their presence certainly
Gusts US from any unique or self cen
tered position in the solar system, but
so with the world did the Copernican
system the Ptolemaic, and the world
survived this deposing change. So
may man. To all who have cosmo-
planetary breadth Of view it cannot
but be pregnant to contemplate extra
mundane life and to realize that we
have warrant for believing that such
life now inhabits the planet Mars
Professor Lowell in Century.
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erfafned at dinner he was asked by

tertafned at dinner he was asked by
his hostess to perform on the piano,
and on refusing and again being
asked he stalked to the piano and
after dashing of short but brilliant
composition he hurried from the room,
saying as he went: There. madam! ]
have paid for my dinnerw
On similar occasion, after a dinner
party, he was pressed by his host to
play. Not being in the mood, however,
he refused; but, no doubt thinking that
genius needed urging, his host insisted.
The musician then walked to the piano
and, turning his back to the keyboard.
favored the company with one of the
popular airs-Mary Hamilton Talbot
In New York Tribune.
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While In Samoa Robert Louis Steven
son and his wife in a great measure
did as the Romans did-that is to say
as the Samoans did. 1t was Louis
custom to lie abed late of morning
and spend the remainder of the time
under a tree on the hill clad in light
pa1amas, the dress of the native ka-
naka. With his wife it was the same.
Stays were unknown to her and curl
ing iron a dim recollection of shady
past. 1t was while Stevenson and his
wife were living at Apia, in Samoa,
that Mr.. Haywood was appointed con-
sui there for this country. Shortly
after his arrival In the country he ar
ranged for a reception to the English,
German and American residents of the
country that they might meet him In
his official capacity and he them as
'scitizens of Samoa" OF course an in
vitation was sent Robert Louis Steven
son and his wife. Two days before the
date of the function Mr.. Haywood was
surprised to receive note from Mr..
Stevenson sent by courier. The note
read as follows:
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson and Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson accept Consul Hey
woods invitation with pleasure and as
sure him that they viii be present on the
evening Of the sd if by that time Mrs.
Stevenson finds her other Shoe Ever
thine, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
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Check Your Passion,

An old man was once walking with
a little boy. They came across four
shrubs. The old man said to his youth
full companion:
"Pull up the least one"
He obeyed with ease.
"Now the next"
He obeyed, but it did not come 50
easily.
"And the third"
1t took all his strength to move its
roots, but he succeeded.
"Now the fourth"
In vain the Lad put forth all his
strength. He only made the leaves
tremble. He could not move the roots.
They had gone strongly into the earth,
and no effort could dislodge them.
Then the wise old man said to the
ardent youth:
"This, my son, is just what happens
with our passions. When they are
young and weak one may by little
watchfulness over self and the help OF
little self denial easily tear them mp,
but If we let them cast their roots
deep into our souls there Is no human
power can uproot them. For this rea-
son, my child, watch well over the first
movements of your soul and study by
acts Of virtue to keep your passions
weil In check"
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John Hawtrey was one of England's
famous whipping sehoolmasters At
Elton in autumn the small boys used
to buy chestnuts and roast them in a
shovel over the fire. One day boy
named f., who was a great favorite of
Hawtrey's, had lot of chestnuts and
as a special favor was allowed to make
use of the pupil room fire while the
boys were all studying. Hawtrey was
going in and out of the room while
we were working, and on one occasion,
coming in rather quietly he caught
sight of f. kneeling over the fire ar
ranging his chestnuts. The boys posi-
ton was irresistible to any lover Of the
art of chastisement. Not seeing his
face and supposing it was one of the
other boys stealing the chestnuts, John
Hawtrey quietly took his cane from
his desk and, creeping forward on tip
toe, gave the wretched. f. a most ire
mendous whack. TheYboy jumped up
with a yell, his hands claEped behind
him. Then the tutor saw who he was
and said, embracing him:
''Oh, my poor boy! am so sorry!
/ thought it was another boy stealing
your chestnuts."
We, of course, were all delighted and
roared with Iaughter.-London Graphic.
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Only little cold in the head may be
the beginning Of an obstinate case of
Nasal Catarrh. Drive out the invader
with Ely's Cream Balm applied straight
to the infamed stuffed up air passages
Price SOC. If you prefer to use an atomizer,
ask for Liquid Cream Balm. 1t has all
the good qualities of the solid form of this
remedy and will rid you of catarrh or hay
fever. No cocaine to breed dreadful
habit. No mercury to dry out the secre-
ton. Price 75c., with spraying tube.
All druggists, or mailed by Ely Bros, Sc
Warren Street, New York.
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The InsufferabIe Anticipation.

A young Scotch emigrant was
brought before the magistrate of a
Nova Scotia court, charged with hav-
ing deserted his work on certain
farm without giving due notice to his
employer When asked what he had
to say in his defense, he replied, ''Weel,
they gied me nout but brakeshaw to
eat" Bradshaw, it may be explained,
is the flesh of animals which have died
natural death. How was thatF'
asked the magistrate "Weel, it was
this way. Ye ken, the auld coo deed
an we ate it. the auld steg (gander)
deed an we ate it, the auld 500 sow
deed an we ate it, the auld bubbleJock
deed an we ate it. Then the old wo-
man deed-an' | left"-Bellman.
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CAUGHT the General.

One of the regular army officers tells
a story of how the old stringent army
regulations once went against General
Scott. One wet afternoon that soldier
was caught in the rain in Washing
ton. He was in full uniform and was
well known, so. no cab being near, he
borrowed an umbrella. Arriving at
his hotel, an underoficer approached
him and calmly remarked:
General. you will consider yourself
under arrest for eight days for carry
ing an umbrella while in full uni
FORM
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Tha Ar+;s+;e Poison.

Passing by other drugs, each Of
which has its own way Of making peo-
pie crazy, we come to what may be
truly termed the artistic poison. This
is, says DR.. William Fl. Thomson in
Everybody's Magazine, the mescal but
ton, which. grows on low cactus in
the valley of the Rio Grande and for
tunately is scarce and hard to get.
Chewing this button causes the most
gorgeously colored scenes to appear be-
fore the entranced vision, far surpass-
ing, according to descriptions, the most
magnificent sunsets. 1t would seem to
be the drug for landscape painters,
but unfortunately, whatever other
things drugs do, they never increase
efficiency. 1t was first discovered
among the Kiowa tribe Of Indians.
who used it in their religious rites till
missionaries induced the government
to remove the Indians from where they
could get it
The man who saves when he has
little is called stingy. He that saves
when he has much is said to be ju
dicious. Chicago Record-Herald.
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,mnostor and.Malefactor.

Carlyle used to tell Of an old Scotch
woman who. speaking to her family,
said: There's twa sons. bath dom
weei In Glasgie. Tane's an impostor.
and fithers q malefactor." 1t was
found that she meant 'upholsterer
end manufacturer"
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INDIcEsTToN.S RECORD

qIndigestion is making an awful record
as a cause of sudden deaths. 1t 10 beat
ing heart-failure in its CHASTITY harvest.
QYou read in the papers daily Of sppar-
entity healthy and even robust men being
suddenly attacked with acute indigestion
after enjoying hearty meal, and of their
dying in many cases before q physician
could be called in.
QThis should be a warning TO you who
suffer with regular or periodical attacks
Of indigestion. If these unfortunate VIC
tina Of acute indigestion had taken a
small dose of Green's August Flower be-
fore or after their meals they would not
have fallen prey to such sudden seizures.
qAugust Flower prevents indigestion by
creating good digestion. 1t also regulates
the liver, puriies the blood and tones up
the entire system in natural way.
qTwo sizes, a5c and 7sc. All druggists.
FOR eALR BY
ALLEYS PHARMACY
PRIGKTTT 8 PEAR ACY
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No Cause to Be Discouraged.

Mr.. Youngpop-My little girl is near
~ two years old and hasn't learned to
talk yet Mr.. Henpeckke-Don't let
that worry you. My wife says she
didn't begin to talk until she was near
~ three, and now
Philadelphia Record.
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Mhu kellu nidnn sIeen.

zone night | went in late to Father
Dempsey's hotel Every bed was full,
and there were 200 men sleeping on
the floor of the recreation room. Each
one of them had a newspaper under
him to keep off the dust of the floor.
/ pointed to one little Irishman and re-
marked that he did not seem to be
resting we'll
"'What's your name, my manT Fa-
Their Dempsey asked him.
"'Thomas Kelly, your reverence
"'You don't seem to be resting well,
Mr.. Kelly
"Tll get to sleep after awhile, your
reverence, he answered.
81 don't believe you will unless
you change your bed. You're sleeping
on a WestIiche Post answered Father
Dempsey" st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
LIGHTNING and Thunder.
Nv counting the number of seconds
in the interval between lightning and
thunder it is possible to figure approx
mately how far from the observer Is
the scene Of the storm. Sound travels
100 feet a second, so multiply the
number of seconds by 1,10O which will
give the distance in feet from the point
where the lightning flashed For ex-
annie. if ten seconds have elapsed the
distance away will be 1000 feet. or
little over two miles. 1t might be add
ed that, as light and lightning travel
SO much faster than sound, If one sur
wives after hearing the crashing peal
he can be sure he is safe. Remem-
brance Of this will dissipate terror.
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Ais solinitude.

as 1t fact that your nother-in-law
threw herself out of the third story
window and you did nothing to re-
strain herr"
excuse me, went to the first story
to catch her, but she had already
passed. "-Diavolo Rosa.
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Not Written.

How do you write 'hornT" asked
the teacher of small boy at the black
board.
"a horn isn't written at ALL" an
swered the little fellow. tits bowed"
Exchange.
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Like a Bicycle.

"What does the doctor say Is the
matter with Mirandy"
'He says she has pneumatic tenden-
cies and that she is threatened with
spiral trouble. "-Baltimore American.
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The Maroon Monster.

Friend suppose you run down a
great many people? Motorist-Well,
sometimes | run them up. Friend
Run them up? Motorist-Yes; last
night ran two men up a tree.-Chi-
caRO News
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Riches.

1t is not what we have, but what we
can do without, that makes us rich.
Socrates. seeing a large loaf of valu-
ables pass one day, exclaimed, Il am
most happy, for there are so many
things that do not want!
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Not SURPRISED.

Skipper am Unfortunately sensitive
to uncongenial surroundings, SO much
so that the very sight of some people
will give me nervous shudder. Chip
perch, well, there are very few Of us
that do not shrink from meeting our
creditors
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No Hitch.

"How did the wedding come of to-
day."
without a hitch"
"Glad to hear it."
81 said without a hitch. The bride
backed out at the last minute"
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A CHANGE.

Mrs. Larkin-I want little money
today, Fred. Mr.. Lin very glad of
that. Mrs. L. (surprised)-Wh are
you glad? Mr. because generally
you want a good deal.
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Good Intentions.

1.-THE question is as to the intent of
the law"
'sThats easy. The intent Of the law
is to make business for the lawyers. y
Syracuse Herald
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.Be0ufEs5 Your Home
Burr MSIntosh-H
NoRthLY
.BeausIxv Your Home
a.Rckoriaf RhsysckiaI-

Pictorial Ra0SckaS
'TEIE MOST BEAUTIFUL MAGAZINE
IN TfiE WORLD"
and the one magazine that is different
from all others. 1t contains so or
more superb pictures monthly exquisitely
printed with fine art tone ink, many of
the pages being in colors. The magazine
is bound with silk cord but in such
manner that it may be easily taken apart
and
The Pictures Framed
There Is enough good reading matter to
make the magazine the most attractive
periodical published.
Ask your newsdealer for the current
number. If he does not handle it, send
us his name and address with Jour name
and address for sample copy. Regular
price rs cents. Mention this paper and
address
BURR McINTOSF1 MONTHLY
4 West Ind Street New York City
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Ancient Fashion Jarson.


Boston dialect for kids buds. House
wife.
Ancient Fashion Jargen.
The language Of the fashion plate
and the woman's paper is sufficiently
appalling to the mere man even In
these days of emancipated and, we
may presume, more grammatical wom-
anhood; but, according to an extract
from fashion journal of 1887, the jar
gon of those days was even more as
founding. This is how the paper de-
scribed the dress of certain Nile. D.
at the opera:
"She appeared in dress of 'stified
sighs,' ornamented with 'superfuous
regrets the bodice cut in perfect
candor' point and trimmed with in
discreet complaints Her hair was
dressed in sustained sentiments with
a headdress Of sustained conquest,
ornamented with several 'iyaways'
and 'downcast eye ribbons, and her
collar was 'beggar on horseback color
No doubt all these marvellous terms
conveyed some meaning to the fash
ionable woman of the days when
French society danced on the edge OF
the volcano Of 1889, but to their de-
scendants of today they have abso-
lutely no meaning.
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Here ia Relief for women.

Mother Gray, a nurse in New York, dis
covered an aromatic, pleasant herb cure for
women's Ills called AUSTRALIAN LEAF.
1t is the only certain regulator. Cures
female weaknesses and backache. kidney,
bladder and urinary troubles. At all drug
gists or by mail, 50 cents. Sample FREE.
Address, The Mother Gray Co., LIE Roy, N.
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"Habiliments For Infants" is q sign
In a clothing store in Boston. A west
ern visitor, seeing it, stopped In amaze
ment.
"What does that mean?" he asked his
better acquainted fellow westerner.
sThatT' said the other. "Oh, that Is
Boston dialect for kids duds."-House-
wife.