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Year: 1876

Lucy II. Hooper writes from Paris:
Does any lover of art, in an ecstacy be-
fore some fine painting representing
Eve, Venus, or some undraped nymph,
ever question himself respecting the
probable fate of the model from whose
living beauty the artist has won the
charm of his picture? Chance has re-
Gently made me acquainted with the
history of one of those radiant originals
whose graces have been immortalized
by art, When visiting the studio of the
celebrated artist Lefebre recently, |
paused in admiration before the origi-
nal sketch of that exquisite image of
pure and girlish loveliness, the "Chloe,"
that was one of the gems of the last
salon, and that in Photographic repro
duction has proved so immensely popu-
lar.


"The model who sat to me for that
picture" said NJ. Lefebre, "was but
seventeen years of age; and so eXquis-
ite was her form in outline and proper
ton, that l was scarcely obliged to alter
or to idealize single line. She sat to
me during the entire winter, and in the
spring | quilted Paris to travel through
Holland and Belgium. On my return |
found that the poor young creature was
dead. She was girl of more refine
ment and elevation of sentiment than is
usually to be found among persons of
her position, and being in the hands of
a gang of low confederates, they had
attempted to force her into a way of
life from which her soul revolted.
Thus driven to despair, the poor
child poisoned herself by washing
phosphorus from friction matches, and
then swallowing the decoction. She
was taken to the hospital, where she
died in few hours; and as her un-
natural relatives refused to claim the
body, it was handed over to the doctors
of the establishment for dissection.
Had l been in Paris,n added the artist,
in tone of deep feeling, 81 could have
saved her from that last indignity, at
least.n t 5stf tHtFf


Such was the final destination of that
fair and exquisite form which, repro
duced with that chaste idealization
of all painters of the nude, remains one
of the most refined and delicate of all
modern representations of the female
form divine"


The trade of a model in Iaris is a
hourishing and lucrative one. Many of
the women engaged in it are perfectly
virtuous, being always accompanied by
mother or sister when they go to sit,
and being treated with the utmost re-
spect by the artists who employ them.
Year: 1876

ECONOMY OF HEAT IN HOUsEs.-tor
a number of years the writer has used,
for warming three rooms, single heat
inc stove, the heat from which passed
into two drums. One of these drums Is
placed in a room adjoining that con-
tanning the stove, and the other is up
stairs in a room above the second one.
For several weeks experiments have
been made bv observations with ther-
mometers, which prove that the inter
mediate drum, or that between the
stove and last one, heats the room from
six to twelve degrees hotter, (accordinS
to the wind than the stove can heat,
though both rooms are of the same size,
and the drum is somewhat smaller than
the stove. The room up stairs, fully 30
feet distant from the fire, Is made quite
comfortable, for a sleeping room,
throughout the entire winter. These
facts are only stated to show what an
immense amount of calOric is wasted by
our system of heating with stoves, the
pipe from which passes into chimney or
directly into the open air. Fuel, and
consequently expense, is not only saved
by the use of sheet-iron drums, but the
house is more comfortably and COM
pletely warmed, not only with less fuel,
but with no trouble of making and keep
ing up fires, carrying in wood or coal
and carrying out ashes, and cleaning up
the dirt caused by doing so.-CoT. HcSt-
ern Farm journal.
Year: 1876

Most of the celebrated painters will
engage fine model for months, or even
for years, so difficult is it to discover
one that at all approaches the ideal of
the painter. They receive from five to
twenty francs day for their services


according to their beauty and celebrity,
those who are capable of posing for the
entire figure receiving, of course, the
highest pay. A romantic but painful
story connected with one of these models
was recently related to me by an Ameri-
can artist of distinction.


A few months ago there appeared in
that capacity, in the art circles of Paris,
young English girl not yet fifteen, so
perfectly and radiantly beautiful that
her services were eagerly engaged for
months ahead at the rate of fifteen
francs day. She was under the charge
OF an an old Italian woman, and was a
thoroughly maize and childlike little
creature, delighted to pose for the Eng
hsh and American artists, because they
spoke her language, and far more inter-
ested in the cakes and sugar-plums that
were literally bestowed upon her than
in the money she was making, or in the
degradation of her position. One of her
own countrymen, by dint of questioning
her, drew from her the story of her en-
trance into her questionable and peril
Gus career. She was the daughter of a
small shOpkeeper in London. Her par
ents were very poor, and the Italian
woman had offered to bring the girl to
Paris, to feed and clothe her, and to pay
her parents one shilling a day for her
services, avering that she was to sit in
Italian peasant costume to the French
artists as blond caratadind. Instead of
keeping her contract, the wretched Ital-
ian had hired out the poor child as
a model for the entire figure, and was
reaping rich harvest from her services.
The Englishman laid the case at once
before the authorities, and the Italian
was arrested, tried for that grave of
fense which is known in France as de-
de mineur, and convicted.
The lovely model-girl was placed in
convent to be educated, and will proba-
bly, become a respectable and decent
member of society.
Year: 1876

If civilized people were ever to lapse
into the worship of animals, the COW
would certainly be their chief goddess.
What fountain of blessing is Cow!
She is the mother of beef, the source of
butter, the original cause of cheese, to
say nothing of shoe-horns, hair-combs,
and upper leather. A gentle, amiable,
ever yielding creature, who has no Joy
in her family affairs which she does not
share with man. We rob her of her
children, that we may rob her of her
milk, and we only care for her that the
robbery may be perpetuated.-House-
hold Words.
Year: 1876

CAPTAIN JINKs isn't dead yet. A
Mexican army officer has Just shown his
appreciation of the humorous as well as
the practical, by sentencing to military
service a :radesman who had the effront
cry 20 dun him for payment of bill.
Year: 1876

IL speaking of the rebel war claims Mr.
Bemis said, at the mass meeting in Steuben
county They want us to pay for the
use of battle fields on which we licked them,
and their impudence goes to far as to de-
maad rent for backgrounds on which they
licked US
Year: 1876

DR. II. r. Helmbold, Of ''buchu" no
toriety, who has for a year or more been
restrained of his liberty on the ground that
he was insane, aud who recently escaped
again from the Pennsylvania Asylum, has
turned up in New York. He was discover
ed at hotel, penniless, dirty and careworn;
but instead of being promptly returned to
his old quarters, he has obtained the certi-
fcates of several physicians in that city that
he is a sane man, and on the strength of
these he has commenced suit for. the re
coyery of his property in order that he may
establish himself in business in that city.
This is altogether n strange turn. Mean
time his wife has commenced a suit for a
divorce based on the fact that he is insane,
and there seems to be no good reason why
she should not obtain it.
Year: 1876

our soundings showed day after day,
while was there, that the process
of filling in was going in at an aston
ishing rate. So that along both sides
seaward of the jetties there is solid
embankment forming, and it is now
for long space up to or nearly level
with the jetty tops. We sounded for
1000 feet on the west side, where
there had been at the beginning l2l to
Il feet of water; and i'm most places it
was solidly up to within six to four
teen inches within the top,-Ne'c Or
leans 2imcS.
Year: 1876

A man who cheats in short measure
is measureless rogue. Ifin whisky,
then he is q rogue in spirit. If by
faisifying his accounts, then he is an
unaccountable rogue. If he gives q
bad title to the land, then he is rogue
indeed. If he gives short measure in
wheat, then he is rogue In grain.
Year: 1876

Never be idle. If your hands cannot
be usetully employed attend tc the cul-
tiva,ion OF your mind.


Always speak the truth.


Keep good company or none.


Make few promises.


Live up to your engagements.


Keep your own secrets if you ever
have any.
When you speak to a person look
him in the face.


Good company and good conrersa-
ton are the very sinews Of virtue.


Good character is above all things
else.


Never listen to a loose or idle con-
versation.
Your character cannot be essentially
injured only by your own acts.


If any one speak evil of you let your
life be SO yirtuous that none will believe
him.


Drink no Intoxicating liquors.
Ever live, mistortunes excepted, with
in your income.


When you retire to bed think over
what you have done during the day.
Never speak lightly of religion.
Make no haste to be rich if you would
prosper.


Small and steady gains give compc-
tency with tranquility to the mind.
Never play at any kind of game,
Avoid temptation through fear that
you may not withstand it.


Earn your money before you spend
it.


Never run in debt unless you see a
way to get out again.


Never borrow if You can possibly
avoid it.


Be Just before you are generous.


Keep yourself innocent if you would
be happy.
Save when You are young to spend
when YOU are old.


Never think what you do Tor religion
is time or money misSpeut.
Read some portions OF the Bible eve
ry day.


Then try to lead a holy life, young
man.
Year: 1876

THINGS THAT LAsr.-Let Us now look
at those things that will "never wear
out


| have often heard a poor, blind girl
sweetly sing, "Kind words vii! never
die" All! we believe that these are
among the things that will never wear
out. And we are told in Gods own
book to be kind one to another, tender
hearted, forgiving one another.


The Word of the Lord will rever
wear out Though the grass shall with
er and the flowers fade away, the Word
of the Lord endureth foreye: Peter j,
"a, 25.


The life of the righteous will never
wear out. They will live in the world
to come, as God shall live; but the
death OF the wicked will last forever.


The joys of the kingdom of heaven
will never wear cut. The people OF
this world soon die; but the enjoyments
Of that world will never end.


The crown Of glory will never wear
out. The crown of the winner in the
Olympic games soon faded; the crowns
OF kings soon wear out: but the crown
of glory will never fade away. Peter V,
4.


The new song will never wear out.
We hear sometimes, that some of our
tunes are worn threadbare; but that will
never be said of the new song.


Which will you choose? The lasting
or that which wastes away? The
things of time or eternity? Will you
choose wealth, honor and fame, or the
JOYS of heaven aud eternal life. the
crown of glory and "the new song ?"


May God enable us to make wise
choice, and with Joshua, may we choose
to serve the Lord.
Year: 1876

So MANY HYpocRIrEs.-A Sabbath
School teacher was couversing with one
of his pupils on the subject of personal
religion. In answer to an inquiry, the
young man gave as reason why he
did not embrace religion, that there
were so many hypocritical professors,
Then he added the names OF persons
prominent in social position and in the
church, who had been guilty of great
dishonesty and other vices.


"What profession do you intend 10 fol.
low, my young trieud?


"The mercantile"


"But there are so many dishonest
and over-reaching merchants, is it not
wonder that you chose such call
ing!"


THAT is one reason why / intend to
prove that there can be honest mer-
chants


And will you not, for the same rea-
son, choose religious life, if only to
prove that there can be one consistent
Christian?


How many are like this young man,
making the sins of professors an excuse
for not embracing religion. One would
think, to reasonable mind, the reverse
would be the case. For if there be so
few real Christians, there is the more
reason that you should become one, and
your classmate become one, and so on.
Year: 1876

An exciting scene was witnessed in
New Orleans courtroom the other day,
the leading actors Of which were
mother and her child, and a charitable
lady. Some FIVE months ago, Mr..
Charles Astelle picked out of the street
a half-naked aud half.starved little girl
of about seven years of age. This lit
tie waif of humanity was seemingly
drifting about the city, without friends
or home.


She was kindly cared for by Mrs. AS
telle. and became warmly attached to
her and her family. About three months
ago the mother OF The waif came to the
surface aud visited the child. AT first
she was satisfied to allow her to remain
in the nome she had found, but as time
passed on she desired the possession OF
the child.


| Mrs. Astelle raised no objections fur
ther than to advise that the child he al
lowed to remain where she was. The
mother was inexorable aud determined
to have her. In this she was foiled, as
the child refused to 90 with the mother,
and the mother was not strong enough
to take her by force.


AS d last resort. the mother, Pauline
Grayies, applied for writ Of habeas
corpus for her child, Cecile. During
the hearing of the case in court, last
week, the child broke out into violent
sobbing, and with tears streaming from
her ewes, begged the Judge, in piteous
tones, not to give her to her mother.


The little one, through her tears. said
that her mother drank whisky and beat
her, and that she was afraid of her.
The Judges sympathies were with the
child, but he felt that he must obey the
law, and so decided that the mother
should have her child.


The child sprang from her chair and
fled screaming with terror to the Judge.
She grasped his arm and c!ung to him.
sobbng, begging, pleading that he
would protect her.


The Judge could stand it no longer
His humanity overbalanced his respect
for the law, and reversed his decision,
and commanded the child to be placed
in the charge of the young lady who
brought into court.
Year: 1876

To MAKE A HORSE TAKE on FLESH
There are sundry condition powders
and tonics which are often fed TO horses
and produce an increase Of flesh; but
they must be kept up or the horses will
run down, and in the end they all do in
jury. Regular feeding, faithful groom
ing, change OF diet, salt always ac"essl-
BILE, exercise even if it be hard work,
with sufficient rests, pure water, pure
air in the stabls, comfort with quiet,
will cause almost any horse properly
fed to lay on flesh, it not to become tat.
a writer in an exchange paper says
truly:


Many good horses devour large
quantities of grain and hay, and
still continue thin and poor. The food
eaten is not properly assimilated. II
the usual feed has been unground grain
and hay, nothing but change will
effect a desirable alteration i'll the APP
pearance Of tue animal In case oil
meal cannot be obtained readily, min
ole bushel OF flax seed with buShcl
of barley, one of oats and another bush
el OF Indian corn, and let it be ground
into fine meal. This will be fair pro
portion for all his feed. Or the meal OF
barley, oats and corn, in equal quantities
may he first procured and one-tourth
part of the oil cake mingled with it,
when the meal is sprinkled on cut feed.
Feed two or three quarts of the mixture
three times daily, mingled with peck
of cut hay and straw. lfthe horse will
eat that amount greedily, let the quan-
THY be gradually increased until he will
eat four or six quarts at every feeding
three times day. SO long as the ami
NAL will eat this allowance, the quanti-
ty may be increased a little every day.
But avoid the practice Of allowing a
horse to stand by rack well filled with
hay. In order TO tatten horse that
has run down in the flesh, the groom
should be very particular to feed the
animal no more than he will eat up
clean and lick the manger for more.
Year: 1876

The BLESSED OyEs.-Blessed are
they that are blind, for they shall see
10 ghosts


Blessed are they that are dead, for
they shall never lend any money, or lis
ten TO tedious stories


Blessed are they that are afraid of
thnnder, for they shall hesitate TO get
married.


Blessed are they that are ignorant,
for they are happy 10 the thought that
they know everything.


blessed is he that is ugly 10 form aud
feature, for the gals sha'nt modest bin.


Blessed are they that expect nothing,
for they shall not be disappointed.


Blessed are they that don't advertise,
for they shall very rarely be troubled
with customers.
Year: 1876

SHE MEANT BUsINEss.-They have
some queer girls over in Colorado.
One of them who resides in the Cache
la Poudre valley had been receiving the
attentions Of young man for about a
year, but becoming impatient at bis
failure to bring matters to a crisis, she
resolved to ascertain his Intentions
When he next called she took him
gently by the ear, led him to a seat, and
said


"Nobby, you've bin foolin' round
this claim fur mighty near a year, an
hev never yit SHOT off yer mouth on the
marryin biz I've cottoned to yer on
the square clean through, an hev stood
off every other galloot that has tried
ter chip in an now l want yer to come
down to biziness or leave the raBche.
Ell yer on the marry an want a paid
thatll stick rite to We till We pass in yer
checks and the good Lord calls ye over
the range, just squeal an we'll hitch /;
but ef that amt yer game, draw out
and give some other teller show fur
his pile. He sang.
Year: 1876

1t has been discovered that the same
kind of coloring matter which pelsons
the striped stockings is also used to col
OF bad whiskey. In both cases II goes
to the legs and ruins the understand
Year: 1876

Somebody has invented corset laces
which are made of elastic, and covered
with cotton or silk, and allow lady to
breathe with comfort, even though she
is drawn in to the size Of a pencil.
Year: 1876

1t is common TO speak of the oppressed
debtof, but in most cases debt is volun-
tary thing. Few men incur it from neces-
sity. In the great majority of cases, men
who cannot pay their debts, especially
young men, might have been able to do SO
If they had not wasted their means. A
very small percentage Of debtors habitual-
ly cut down their expenditures to the low
est possible point. Indeed, they would
generally be considered "mean" if they
did so. The economies necessary for
man of small means to keep out of debt are
very petty in amount and in character.
They are inevitably annoying and irk-
some, and the strain on the will is con-
stant. 1t is quite easy to regard them as
contemplate. But they are in reality the
reverse of that. They are essentially noble,
and they add to, instead Of detracting FROM,
the dignity of the man who is capable of
them. The old law was based ON this fact,
and punished and degraded the man who
would not deny himself to pay his debts.-
N. Y. Times.
Year: 1876

foolish little maiden bought foolish little bonnet,
with ribbon and feather and bit OF lace upon it
And that the other maidcns OF the little town might


know it,
She thought she'd go to meeting the next Sunday just


to show 1t.
But though the little bonnet scarcely larger than


dime,
The getting Of it settled proved 10 be the work Of


time;
So when twas fairly tied all the bells had stopped


their ringing,
And when she came to meeting, enough the folks


were singing.
So this foolish little maiden stood and waited st the


door,
And she shook her rufiss cut behind aud smoothcd


them down before.
"HallelujAh Hallelujahv y sang the choir above her


head
"Hardly knew you! Hardly knew you!" were the


words she thought they said.
This made the little maiden feel so very very cross
That she gave her little mouth twist her little head
Atots;
For she thought the very hymn they sung was all
about her bonnet,


upon it.
And she would not wait to listen to the sermon the
prayer,
But pattered down the slcut street and hurried up
the stair,
Till she reached her little bureau, and in a bandbo1
II
Had hidden safe from critics eye her foolish little
bonnet.
Which proves, my little mAidens, that each Of you
will find
In every sabbath service hut echo Of your mind,
And that the little head that's hlled with silly little
airs


prayers.
Year: 1876

AsTRoNoMIcAL.-On the 25th there will
be an annular eclipse OF the sun, which
will be visible in New England as par
tial eclipse. 1t will commence at flly-six
minutes after three in the afternoon, and
end at forty-seven minutes after Eve.


The planet Venus will be a conspicuous
object iD the western sky, increasing in
brightness and continuing longer above
the horizon throughout the month. She
passes the meridian between two and three
O'Clock in the afternoon, and is bright
enough to he seen at that time in the iull
daylight. On the 29th, she will be in con-
junction with the planet Mars.


The approach OF these two planets may
be easily traced, although the light Of Mars
is comparatively faint on account of his
great distance. This will be the third note
worthy conjunction between the planets
that has occurred within few months
the brilliant conjunction between Mars
and Saturn that took place in November,
and attracted so much attention; that be-
tween Venus and Saturn in January; and
the third will take place between Venus
and Mars on the 29lh.


Jupiter continues to be leading object
in the morning sky, slowly vending his
tortuous way through the constellation
Scorpio, and coming to the meridian about
four o'clock. He is still near the star Beta
Scorpii, but will recede from it till The l7th,
when he will again approach the star, be-
ing very near it on The 3ls,. There is now
fine opportunity for contrasting the plan
ct and the red star Antares in its vicinity,
while the whole cluster with its bright
planetary guest is sight we'll worth anti
cipating the dawn 10 behold. Mercury is
under favorable conditions for observation
from the 10th TO the 18th as the morning
star, and on the 18th is in conjunction with
Saturn, now also morning star. On the
Goth will occur the vernal equinox, when
equal day and night reigns over the globe,
and the season of spring in reality makes
its welcome adyent.-Prouidence Journal.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Owen Whistler and his young
bride, soon after their wedding at Cir.
cleyille, o., yesterday morning, boarded
the accommodation train ON the C. d
NJ. V. r. r. for this city on the inevitable
honey moon trip. Being absorbed in tho
magic presence OF his new-found treas-
ure, together with the. contemplation Vi
the pleasant scenery along the route, he


was perfectly oblivious OF the startling


fact that his well.flled pocketbo0k,


which was loaded for the benefit of c0r-


morant hotel keepers, had fallen from
its place Of concealment and lay prone
upon the floor. But such was the fact.
The happy Whistler did not know his
loss until the Henrie house was reached
last night. When he did find that seyera
hundred dollars of his hard earned cash
was gone his despair was complete.
With a faint hope that he might ba
able to see the pocket-book laying around


loose in the neighborhood OF the depot


he rushed down there; and when no
was happily disappointed by having lt
placed in his hands by the conductor,
VINO had received it from some honess
passenger who picked it up in the car,


he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.


He survived the shock, hOwevers and


this morning the bridal pair started ON


the first train for indianapolis, the fe-
male partner OF the firm carrying the
funds.