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Swan caught the wonderful moods of this
subtle actress and received a liberal edu-
cation from her friendship. Even the
close association of hostess and guest
never made her seem commonplace or
other than a mystic intelligence. She
greatly admired the beautiful boy and
used laughingly to explain:
You are too old to adopt and too
Young to marry!
This money for the FIVE portraits. earn
cd by hard, unremitting labor, made it
possible for this little ploughboy of the
western world to realize the dreams of
his lifetime. and visit Greece and Egypt.
Egypt and all of Europe he found in
tellectually interesting, but Greece one
long ecstasy. II was when he was study
ing with the Athenian sculptor. Thomas
Thermopolis, that he became enamored
of dancing as a perfect expression OF
certain ideals. He first danced at a fete
promoted by this Greek sculptor.
From that time on dancing was to be
the passion of his life Nazimova dis
approved of his going on the stage. be-
leving that he would find 1t sordid and
dsillusioning; but he can find no other
medium of expression SO satisfactory.
Last summer he gave interpretative
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dancing in Newport and in New Yoi
drawing rooms. and the two vocation.
dancing and painting. may be pursued
simultaneously.
Il have no illusions left. he told me.
regarding fame or ambition. or great
ness. or perfect happiness. The hest
that any of us can do Is to express our
selves and our ideals through the me-
dunn which is most natural TO US.
Il used to say that painting was rs
PRESENTATION OF the soul hut that
preston was little offensive. as is the
naturalness Of walt Whitman. and
perhaps We can best word r. thar on-
paintings are the calculations OF II.
soul l Just paint % get it out of my
system. and l dance 10 express those
subtle emotions and hidden meanings
which help us to feel that life ts SOM
how good and beautiful. and pass tho
news along.
The writer had noticed that many of
his paintings were of young boys rather
than of women He feels that masculine
symmetry and beauty has been neglected
in the American workaday world. The
past has accentuated brute strength and
mastery and the characteristics OF TIE
and until the desirability of these brutisn
qualities be abolished the world at large
will frown upon any cultivation OF love-
Illness in manhood.
''Of course have been maligned and
abused and prosecuted" Mr.. Swan SAD.
cheerfulIy. but the only thing ! really
want TO impress upon people is that
am not abnormal or eccentric Why
should one he regarded as freak be-
cause he admires the beautiful"
He is remarkably beautiful Although
below medium height and somewhat
slender. he is nodded in perfect pro
portions. His face is exquisite as =
chiseled by Phidias for the youthful
Apollo. The features are clearly cut as
a cameo, the eyes blue and expressive.
the hair soft and waving, of a pale
brown, the brows direct and earnest and
the face glowing with the sunrise color.
1t is not merely the regularity of line
that attracts. but the spiritual glow
which animates every moment. and yet
he is strangely impersonal There is no
vanity or conscious bid for admiration.
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peculiar phraseology employed they are
reproduced in full. AS mark Of respect
to the death Of the first President the
two inside pages of this little paper are
draped in mourning, after the old-time
custom Of inverted column rules. and be-
tween these heavy black lines are record
cd the events referred to.
WASHINGTON ENTOMBED.
George Town. Dec. ~.
''On Wednesday last, the mortal part
of WASHINGTON the Great, the father
Of his country and the friend Of man, was
consigned to the tomb. with solemn hon
ors and funeral pomp
"A multitude of persons assembled from
many miles around, at Mount Vernon. the
choice abode and last residence of the
illustrious chief. There were the groves,
the spacious avenues, the beautiful and
sublime scene. the noble mansion. but.
alas, the august inhabitant was now no
more. The great soul was gone. his
mortal part was there indeed: but ali.
how affecting! how awful the spectacle
of such worth and greatness thus TO NOR
tai eyes fallen! Yes, fallen. fallen.
In the long and lofty portico, where
oft the Hero walked in all his glory now
lay the shrouded corpse. The countenance.
still composed and serene. seemed to de-
press the dignity Of the spirit which lately
dwelt in that lifeless form. There those
factor Of his country took an Impressive
farewell view.
Is i
ION the ornament at the head of the
coffin was inscribed: SURGE AID JU-
DICIUM; about the middle Of the coffin.
GLORIA DEO, and on the silver plate:
GENERAL
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Departed this life on the 14th December.
1890. Et. IS.
firing minute guns awoke afresh our
solemn sorrow-the corps was moyed-a
band of music with mournful melody
melted the soul into all the tenderness OF
woe.
..The procession was formed and moved
on in the following order:
Cavalry. infantry. guard, music and
clergy.
The Generals horse. with his saddle,
holsters and pistols.
"Pallbearers-Cols. Simms, Ramsay
Payne, Gilpin. Marsteller and Little.
'.Mourners, Masonic brethren and citi-
zens.
when the procession had arrived a,
the bottom OF the elevated lawn on the
banks of the Potomac where the family
vault is placed. the cavalry halted. the
infantry marched toward the Mount and
formed their lines-the clergy, the Ma
sonic brothers and the citizens descended
to the vault and the funeral service oil
the church was performed. The firing
was repeated from the vessel in the river
and the sounds echoed from The woods
and hills around.
Three general discharges UN lie iufan.
Ia, u cdNai.! and eleven y.et-s :. 4.
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chldhoGd He cherished an absolute and
definite conviction that in a previous in
carnation he bad been Greek.
when l went to Greece" he said. 81
had a different feeling from anything
| have ever experienced before or since.
! felt a complete realization of my
being indigenous to that soil.
The scenes. the people, the air 7
breathed We're wholly familiar. 1 had
come into my own. After many silent
centuries Greece had drawn me back
again to her warm bosom Although I
loved Egypt and found many enthusi
asms in the spirit of art and beauty in
the old world. no other country had
this effect upon me-
1t is necessary for me to impress upon
the skeptical that there is nothing
mystical or uncanny or abnormal
about the young painter. although it
will be impossible to convert the plain.
commercial, unpoetical American bust
ness man to any liberation of male
beauty, or to convince him that one
whose entire life Is spent in the ex-
preston of beauty through dancing
and painting is other than effeminate
and contemplate. There are so many
followers of art and music who lose
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prisoners, besides a great number OF
killed. At this place there were l,4Oc
Russians wounded. and 600 at Mullen.
The French army of the Rhine, about
the Sth of October. defeated the Aus
TRANS with the loss of 5000 killed and
wounded Their loss, 1000.
Two Spanish frisates. bound from the
Havana, having on board upward of 3d.
100000 besides merchandise. were taken
October 10 by four British friSates and
safely carried into Plymouth.
The British frigate Lutine of thirty
nine guns was lost October Q, on the
banks of the outer Fly Island passage:
she had on board near half a million
tE2OO 600. Was insured and was bound
for the Texel She was to have proceed
ed to Hamburg, TO clear the CONNER
ciaI failures in that city. The crew per-
ished, except two"
In the list of unclaimed letters in this
small town there are forty-seven names.
a large part of which were being held
for want of postage. This was in the
good old days when it cost nothing to
send a letter. the expense being charged
up to the receiver, at prices determined
by the weight and distance carried Many
were the letters that remained in the Of
fee for weeks unclaimed while the owner
was securing the needed funds to get
possession of this c. o. d. piece of mail.
Ten of the sixteen columns are devoted
to advertising which includes wide va
riety of classification One full column
is occupied with ten notices of sheriff 5
sales" ten inches is given over to three
enterpris;ng merchants of the town an
nouncing their wares and Offering them
cheap for cash or produce. Another col
umn is filled with legal notices. mort
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There Paul Swan
and Other Beauty-Lov-
ing Souls May Work
Out Artistic Ideals and
Do the Household
Tasks = No Place for
the Luxurious and
Lazy Born in Ne
braska, Paul Swan Be-
lieves He Was a
Greek in a Previous
Incarnation = A Few
Facts About I his
Youth, Who Has Been
Dubbed "the Most
Beautiful Man in the
World"
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their poise. degenerate or fly off at
outrageous tangents that practical
person with a sense of humor may be
excused, perhaps, for being a bit in
tolerant of the artistic tribe: but if
we have an open mind it certainly is
of great interest to meet a spirit of
light and joy in this prosaic world.
Our colony is to be no Liberty Hall
no place for the idle and foppish, for
the vain and sensual" he went on. ITO
be Greek is not only to cultivate beauty
and harmony. but to love strength. pu-
rity and efficiency. We will have
classes in athletics and dancing. not
the more violent, but those which de-
velop grace and symmetry. The re-
ciprocation of daily labor will bring
about a modest, democratic spirit. and
our studies in architectural and munich
pal beauty will encourage civic re-
sponsibility' Surely not the words or
sentiments of a weakling.
The boy who struggled from the
farmlands of the west to the Chicago
Art Institute finally landed with $40 in
his pocket within the inhospitable
gates Of Manhattan. The turning point
of his life was reached when he first
heard Nazimova play Ibsen.
"She was the most fascinating per-
son in the world" he said. "and still
is the most marvellous personality"
His one burning desire was to paint
the Russian genius. BoyiShly he
wrote her, begging for photograph
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other countries, who have been most
celebrated and exalted by fame. The
attributes and decorations of royalty
could only have served to eclipse the
majesty of those virtues. which made
him, from being a modest citizen, 4
more resplendant luminary. Misfortune,
had he lived could hereafter have sullied
his glory only with those superficial
minds, who. believing that character and
actions are marked by success alone
rarely deserves to enjoy 1t. Malice couid
never blast his honor, and envy made
him a singular exception to her universal
rule. For himself he had lived enough,
to life and to glory. For his fcllow-citl-
Zens, If their prayers could have been
answered he would have been immortal.
For me his departure is at a most IN
fortunate moment. Trusting. however.
in the wise and righteous dominions OF
Providence over passions of men. and
the result of their councils and actions
as well as over their lives, nothing re-
mains for me but humble resignation.
His example is now complete, and it
will teach wisdom and virtue to mag1s-
trates, citizens and men, not only In the
present age, but in future generations
as long as our history shall be read If
a Trajan found a Pliny. a Marcus Aure-
Illus can never want biographers. eulo-
9' = JOHN ADAMS"
The space devoted to foreign news IN
this little paper is decidedly greater in
proportion to its size than Is now given
to this class of news by larger journals
A few extracts from English newspapers.
together with dates, are here given. me
reader may see something of the WONDER
full advance made in the TRANSMISSION OF
news over or underneath the waters
1,
To the person of this generation who IS
now. able to read his Liverpool market
quotations two or three hours Garner tidil
the hour indicated in the DISPATCH tne
patience of our forefathers who quletly
waited ten weeks for news from the
fatherland must have been lar greater
than is now exercised by the average
American citizen Among the items ap-
pearing in this issue are:
..Strasburgh. Oct 9, 1899. Official Bull
letin of the Gen. Staff of the Army
London, October "a, 1893. Evacuation
of Holland" :,
British Packet Princess Charlotte, from
Falmouth
A summary is given of the foreign news
KINGSTON. January 4. 1900.
The limits of our paper are 100 narrow
this week for the great variety OF Tor
eign news received by the last mails We
shall, however. lay before our readers
short but comprehensive summary.
French official accounts under the
Bern head of October state that on the
4th the Austro- Russians were defeated
with the loss of several thousand killed,
wounded and taken.
on hc IN II" u.s. "-i Gssians w"Er
al.
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Marvellous Coincidence.

From the Strand Magazine.
A party of skaters were once progress
ing at considerable speed down a certain
frozen river in Canada when to the hor-
ror of his companions one of the party
was seen to skate straight into a hole in
the ice Before he could stop himself he
had fallen through II. and the sharp edge
of the ice cut his head clean of his
shoulders The speed at which he was
going however, caused his head to skim
along the top of the ice while the rest Of
his body travelled at an equal speed be-
meath it, until by a stroke of good luck
the severed portions met at another hole
farther down. and Joined so exactly that
The unfortunate man came out of has ac-
.de.r with uothins wo'se than severe
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in order that he might express his in
depreciation Of the great actress in the
unanswered. Doubtless Nazimova's
waste basket was filled with thousands
of similar outpourings of youthful ef-
fusions.
and went to see her play several different
characters Although very poor. he ex
ecuted a life size oil painting and pre-
scented 1t to her. He sent the mammoth
package by express to her theater and
by mail a modest note of explanation.
He was asked to come to the theater.
and Immediately by the expressions OF
awe and respect of the doorman he re-
allied that at last he had triumphed. He
was led through the dark theater in back
Of the stage, where the entire cast was
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doubIy so to be received by him thus
unconventionally. We see them on the
stage nowadays, the Russian dancers
and all the other interpreters of the ele-
mental and do not blush at the diminu-
tive leopard skin as costume, but to
meet them in their homes. clad in scant
silken garments, their bare feet incased
in sandals Is bit overwhelming.
II was. however. only a moment after
taking the cold plunge that the writer
emerged in the sunlight of his sweet
young personality. for Paul Swan Is the
incarnation of youth and eternal spring.
In the parance of the world he is
twenty-five years old, but in terms of
eternity he is every day a newly created
spirit. Beauty has no age or sex. and
his is of the pagan god Pan, sparkyins
and ephemeral
About my Greek colony" he re-
peated. Yes, it is about to become a
realized ideal. | have actually pur-
chased a beautiful wooded tract of
land in the Adirondacks in Warren
county. II is seven miles from a rail-
road, tha nearest station being pic
turesque village.
1T is wonderful timber land, and We
have a huge barn. which can be divided
up into numerous living rooms and
studios Strangely enough. there seems
TO be spot in America where beauty
loving souls and people doing creative.
artistic work can meet on a plane of
simple domestic and democratic living.
There are the conventional Chautau-
quas. the high-brow Institutions, the
classes and lectures and pedagogical
communities but there are no centers of
simplicity where workers who are sin
core can mold art conditions and create
ideals for the nation.
II want this to be a sort Of clearing
house where problems of identifying
American cities can be thrashed out.
where unappreciated talent can be
directed and developed as to be brought
10 the notice of the buyers Of the coun-
try. Yet we especially discourage the
commercial craftsmen who work only
for money. We do not want the noun
tain home TO be merely resting place
for the husting writer's and painters
who are pausing a moment TO be lazy
before getting their second wind to race
madly onward in quest of fortune and
fame
"A sort Of And no one shall work
for money and no one shall work for
fame but each. on his separate star,
shall paint the things as he sees them.
for the good of things as they are?
the writer suggested
Exactly he said. enthusiastically.
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Falls Church. Woman Owns Interesting Relic of journalism i'm America

tilIery which lined the banks Of the Po-
tomac back of the vault paid the last
tribute to the entombed commander-in-
chief of the armies of the United States
an dto the departed Nero.
THE sun now setting. Alas! the
son of glory was set forever No, the
name of WASHINGTON. the American
President and general, will triumph over
DEATH! The unclouded brightness of his
glory will illuminate the future agcs!'
About half of the first page is taken up
with the proceedings in Congress at its
opening session. December 10, 1889. This
includes an address to the President by
representatives from both branches Of
Congress which were delivered at the
Presidents house. After which the Pres
ident made the following reply:
Gentlemen OF the House of Represen-
tatives: This very respectful address
from the representatives of the people of
the United States at their first assembly.
after a fresh election under the strong
impression of the public opinion and ma
tional sense, at this interesting and sin
gular crisis Of our public affairs, has ex-
cited my sensibility and receives my sin
cere and grateful Acknowledgements.
AS long as we can maintain with har-
mony and affection the honor Of our
country, consistently with its peace, ex-
terally and internally, while that is at
tainable, or in war when that becomes
necessary-asserts its real independence
and sovereignty and support the constitu-
tional energies and dignity of its gov
ernment-we may be perfectly sure under
the smiles of DIVINE PROVIDENCE
that we shall effectually promote and ex-
tend our national interest and happiness.
The applause of the Senate and House
of Representatives. so justly bestowed
upon the volunteers and militia for their
Jealous and active cooperation with the
judicial power. which has restored order
and submission to the laws. as it comes
with peculiar weight from the legislature
cannot fail to have an extensive and per-
manent effect for the support of govern
ment upon all those ingenious minds who
receive delight from the approving and
animating voice of their country.
JOHN ADAMS
Then follows the resolution Of respect
Of the Senate addressed to the President
and the latter's reply to the same.
To President of the United States:
The Senate of the United States respect
fully takes leave, sir to express to you
their deep regret for the loss their coun-
try has sustained in the death Of Gen
George Washington. This event, SO die
tressing to all our fellow citizens must be
peculiarly heavy to you. who have long
been associated with him in deeds of pa :
triotisn- Permit u spr. 70 'n'ns.e o'.r
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IL E-N A<AsAb eAo
studio like a daz-
cling ray of sun
shine-clad in a
c o m bination o (
kim ono a n d
pa1amae. ... .......
1t was sufficient
ly startling to be-
hold for the first
time the most
beautiful man in
the world" but
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original copy OF the Ulster County Ca
zette, published weekly by Samuel Freer
& Son, in the then village of Kingston,
y. Y. town of less than a thousand In
habitants. situated on the banks of the
hudson about a hundred miles above New
York. The copy bears the date OF Janu-
ary 4. 1900. and IS therefore more than III
ears of age. II IS four-column folio,
measuring eleven by eighteen inches, Is
printed on rag paper, and although it has
PASSED through more than a century Of
time and has been handed down to the
fourth generation. is stir in a good state
of preservation. Within these sixteen
short columns is to be found recorded
some of the most interesting history of
the early days of the nation, and because
OF the importance of the news contained.
together with the fact that 1t records the
first state papers relating to the death Of
one who stood foremost in our country's
history, Is due the fact that this little
publication has been so carefully pre-
served and is now SO highly priced by
the owner.
tam as to the name OF the Person to
whom this paper was originally mailed.
out is certain it has been handed down
from parent to child through these many
years. To the lover OF antique and the
seeker after relics of our country's early
settlers this publication is an intensely
interesting document One OF the frs,
things to arrest the attention OF the read.
er Is the great length OF time elapsing
between occurrence" and publication. "
This viii be seen at glance by observ-
ins the dates attached to certain official
papers and news items appearing below
Among the more interesting articles ap-
pearins in this issue not only to the reader
OF that time. but of equal interest to the
patriotic reader OF the present Is the
account of the services preceding the
entomoment of the body OF the country
most beloved President. also the officia
correspondence between President Ad
ans and the Congress OF the United
States. On account of their interest Il
Amer!S an readers. their pre5il! anu lii.
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NE of the most in
teresting as well
as instructive relics
of country journal
ism in the United
States is to be
found in the copy
of a little country
newspaper, n o W
owned by Mrs. j.
c. Williams Of Fails
Church. Va. ...
This paper is an