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SOME ARTISTIC GEMS.
A Grand Collection of Taintings, the
Masterpieces of the
GREATEST OP FBEKCH ARTISTS.
The Dethroned Copper King's Famous
Gallery to be Dismantled.
SOME HCTEEES WITH HISTORIES
COBBESrONTJEXCE OF THE PISPATCH.3
A B. I S. June 5.
The sale of the
celebrated collec
tion of paintings by
modern and old
masters, and of
water colors and
drawings formed by
M. Secretan, e x
President of the
copper syndicate,
begins here in Paris,
the first of next
month. Not since
the dispersal of the
celebrated San Don
ate gallery has there
been teen in Paris such a dispersion of
valuable pictures as will be witnessed at
this auction. That memorable event occurred
in 1863, in the gallery where aow stands
the Theater 'Nouveautes, in the Boulevard
desltaliens, and the total proceeds amounted
to as much as 5900,000. Such a thing had
never been seen belore, and it was thought
that the like would not happen again at
lest in this century. Indeed, no one then
would have dared assert that in less than SO
years another sale would take place which
would yield at least twice that amount of
money.
'Xhe celebrated art critic, M. Albert
"Wolff, tells a good story on himself apropos
of the San Donato sale. In DemidofFs collec
tion was a little water color, not much
larger than a man's hand, representing
Rouen in the twilight. "Wolff had about
300 francs saved up, he took it all out of
the bank, attended the sale recularly, and
finally the water color was brought for
ward. "Two thousand francs," sang out my con-
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The Kist, by Meitsonier.
frere, and, being much younger than he is
now, he thought he was producing quite an
effect, and he had, too, for everybody turned
round to look at him.
"The reserve price of this water color by
Bonnington," said the auctioneer, with a
pitving smile on poor Wolff, "is 25,000
francs," and it sold for 7,000 above those
figures.
THE SECEETA2T COLLECTION
Is one that will be talked of long after it has
ceased to exist, and though the auctioneer
may knock down canvasses one after an
other, he cannot so easily dispel the remem
brance of the gallery which Secretan formed
In the Eue Moncev. It is a splendid man
sion, that in which tie ex-President of the
Copper syndicate lives, and there in the
heart of Paris, surrounded by a large park,
he gentleman who from nothing grew to be
a millionaire 20 times over, sat and contem
plated the works of the greatest masters in
his leisure moments.
He was only a few years, as time goes,
making his collection, and it is held to be
worth as much as 10.000,000 or 12,000,000
in round numbers. Everyone has heard of
it, and yet very few know what pictures he
really owned. The best modern and several
ancient masters are well represented. I
should have to mention Eobbema, Peter de
Hooghe, Franz Hals, Rusdael, Rembrandt,
Van Dyck, Metzu, Velasquez, Holbein,
Gerard Dow, Ostade, Van de Meer de Delft
and Teniers, if I told you ol the ancient
masters, and all of them, are worth more
than the mere printing of their names. The
art of the Netherlands shines in this collec
tion in all its majesty; and, though that
time has forever vanished when a Dutch
Admiral boasted he wonld sail up the river
Thames with a broom lastened to the top
mast of his vessel, the unperishable elory
of the nation is recoguized in the genius of
ve master painters, some of whom I have
just recorded. The "Interior Holiandaise"
of Peter de Hooghe attracts and fascinates
with its radiancy. The "Man "With the
Cane," by Franz Hals is that of a person
well satisfied with himself, and is in the
master's highest expression. None of De
Keyser's works elsewhere are superior to
his portraits in this collection. The "Man
in Armour," by Eembrandt is simply
marvelous, and this with the "Horses ot
Stad-holder," by Paul Potter, the "Inter
rupted Game," by Ostade, and "The Five
Senses," by David Teniers, all once formed
a part of the celebrated San Donato gallery,
and were consecrated works of art long be
fore they entered into the mansion of the
Rue Moncey.
FAMOUS OLD MASTERS.
Indeed, grand art of the ancient school is
well revealed in Secretan's collection, and
those who love the old masters will be able
at this coming sale to possess themselves of
important works, if they feel like paying
for them. Nor can less be said ol the
French painters of this century and those
artists whom Amerieans most admire are
represented admirably. There is a Jules
Dupre canvas to be sold which possesses
such great power that eminent critics de
clare it renders him the equal of the great
est landscape painters of all times. And
there are Corots, Milletts, works by Rous
seau, Diar, Delacroix, Troyon and De
champs. "When Corot was less known and
less liked than now he grieved some, be
cause our people beyond the ocean did not
appreciate his works, but once when Albert
"Wolff was growling because the Americans
were buying everything the illustrious
painter said:
"Don't take umbrage at the leaving of so
many beautiful objects lor America even if
tuey are painiea ny oiuer amsis. a is
made to be seen and spread about, and do
you count for nothing the honor foreigners
do us in appropriating our works? Let
them go on, and don't be alarmed by so
little. There will always remain glory
enough in France, and it will never be
forgotten."
In this collection is the famous "Starting
for the Race at Rome," by Gerricault, and
there is a masterly-canvas, "Xhe Coalman's
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Hut" by Rousseau; also, another of his
most beautiful works, "The Farm in the
Wood." Modern masters have great ad
miration tor Rousseau, and Piaz and Corot
used to speak of him with much veneration.
In the ensemble that Secretan had bo care
fully collected is a matchless masterpiece
which expresses the religious idea by
the silent prayer ot two humble
beings in the midst of grand and
beautitil poetry of nature wrapped in the
mystery of twilfght, over which there will
undoubtedly be a mighty strnggle for its
final possession. This work is called the
"Angelus," and Millet painted it. "When
ever one sees this canvasone renders homage
to the memory of a man little known when
alive, and who is no.w recognized as greatest
among ereat artists. America was the first
to do justice to Millet's genius, and it was
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THE SLINGEB,
Mr. William Hunt, his pupil, who first
drew the attention ol Mr. Qaincy Shaw, of
Boston, to an art which France was then
disdaining.
A MUCH-SOUGHT PAESTI1TG.
Perhaps two-thirds of all the works that
Millet ever painted are in the United States,
and I believe there are more than 30 pict
ures by this grand artist inMr. Shaw's gal
lery. But no American ever .succeeded in
securing the "Angelus," although one gen
tleman ouce offered 5100,000 for it. "If he
can afford to give that much for Millet's
masterpiece, I can afford lso to keep it,"
said Secretan, little dreaming that in so
short a time it and all his other treasures
would he sold under the auctioneer's
hammer.
Daubigny's broad style, powerful coloring
and insight into nature are well revealed in
the painting "The Return of the Flock;"
Decamps has several works, and his "Ex
pert Monkeys" and "The Bull Dog and
Scotch Terriers" are both marvels. Troyon
always imparts brilliancy to art galleries,
and his animals and landscapes are repre
sented in some of their best qualities.
The graceful, classic work of Ingres is
finely shown by his "GEdipus and the
Sphynx," and the "Marriage in the Church
at Delft" is one of Isabey's best canvasses.
Fortuny, the illustrious Spaniard, has
works here of that sort that give joy always.
And then we have some SO pictures by Mes
sonier. the most important of which was
bousht for 500,000. There is no need of mv )
saying anvthing about this great man's art,
an art which does not derive'its only value
from drawing and painting for the psyco
logical study of his figures also f leases us.
The "Cuirassiers" (1805) appeared for the
first time at the Universal Exposition of
1878, and in the regiment drawn up in long
file the amateur knows not which to admire
most, the variety in the movement of the
horses or the different attitudes of the sol
diers. OTHER EEMAEKABLE TVOBKS.
I find, in looking back over what I have
just written, that I forgot to mention Cour
bet, Fromentin and Thomas Couture. The
"Roe-cover" is said to be Conrbet's princi
pal work, and in it the marvelous talent of
the colorist shines forth splendidly. More
than a quarter of a century ago this paint
ing appeared at the Salon, and even his
most inveterate detractors were compelled to
admire it. Fromentin's "Hawking" is
justly celebrated, and so, too, is his
"China Pass," both of them being much
liked by connoiseurs. The "Ballad
Singer" by Couture, an excellent painting,
must complete my hurried sketch of this
collection.
The catalogue that has been got out is a
worthy representative of such a remarkable
collection. Each canvas has been repro
duced in it by photogravure, and I wish it
were possible to give them a more extended
notice. I cannot even relate the many
pleasant anecdotes which have been told of
this, that, and the other work, and some of
which have passed through so many hands.
Perhaps I should say that some of the pic
tures are on exhibition at the World's Show
over in the Champs de Mars, and will only
be delivered to the buyer after it is over.
One of Fortuny's pieces once adorned the
ceiling of a house in the Champs Elysees,
where lived the Qneen of Spain; and "The
Biblis" is the last canvas that Corot ever
painted.
Actatenrs, that is to say, persons who un
derstand art, and will most likely be bid
ders at this sale, are of opinion that the pic
tures are going to letch top prtces. "It all
depends on the Americans," so they say.
"if your compatriots make their usual strug
gle to get possession there is going to be
some high bidding, as there are rich con
noisseurs now in Paris who don't intend
that these masterpieces shall leave Europe
if they can help it." Henby Hayitie.
Knew When He Had Enough.
Fllegende lilatter.l
"You are looking for novels or for poems
perhaps Goethe or Sbiller? " asked the
book store clerk.
"Oh, no poems. My son writes them
every day at home."
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A Dc-rlilon of Labor.
Uoston Herald. 1
"Tife I wish you would push "this baby
carriage a little way.
Husband Well, I will, if you carry the
babv.
A Balcony Scene.
-az.N,
She No, Billy, I can't come down to
night I ain't been good, an' I ain't goin'
to get any supper, an' I'm got to get licked
an' go to bed! Zie,
Cj? ,5s.
TOMBS OF THE CZAR&
A Description of the Place Where All the
Sovereign", or Russia 1.1c.
Harpers' Magazine. 1
The Cathedral of St Peter and St. Paul
in the Fortress is remarkable for the ele
gance and height of its gilt spire, which
was designed by Balles, a Dutch architect,
in the middle of the last century. In this
church, beneath the floor, are buried all the
sovereigns of Russia since the foundation of
St. Petersburg, with the exception of Peter
IL, who died and was interred at Moscow.
The side aisles are entirely taken up with
white marble tombs, making the sites of the
graves, each adorned with a gold cross.gold
BT A. DECAMPS.
corners, and splendid funeral accessories,
and imbedded in palm trees, growing
plants, and flowers that bloom sadly in the
iaint white light of innumerable burning
tapers and lamps.
The walls and pillars of this church are
covered with military trophies, standards,
flags, keys of lortresses, shields, and battle
axes captured 'from vanquisher-foes, while
the sanctuary is sumptuously adorned with
pictures and icons set in gilded architectu
ral framework gorgeously decorated in ro
coco style. The tombs are guarded by subal
tern officers belonging to the- garrison of the
Fortress, and are constantly visited, espe
cially the tombs of Alexander IL, by the
faithful. We saw men, women, and chil
dren of all classes, mujiks, common sol
diers, and dashing generals, thread their
way between the palm trees to the martyred
Emperor's tomb, kiss the cross on the
marble slab, fall on their knees, and offer
a prayer.
WHEN THE DEAF CAN HEAE.
It Seems Thry Understand Conversation'
While Riding on the Cars.
"Why is it that deaf persons who cannot
hear ordinary conversation anywhere else
can hear the most casual and low-toned re
marks when they are riding in railroad
cars? It is said to be a fact that the deaf
person can converse easily while riding in a
herdicovera rough pavement A lawyer
relates that he was riding down Seneca
street the other evening when a deaf client
with whom it is an agony to talk got
aboard and sat down beside him, wearing a
very friendly air.
"I'm in for it nowt" groaned the limb of
the law in a stage-aside.
"I wish to heaven this fellow wouldn't in
sist upon making my life miserable."
"Never fear, I won't bother you any
more," exclaimed the deaf man.
The attorney says that the next day his
client closed up his business and now em
ploys another firm. Can a deaf man hear
better on a rattling vehicle, or does the
speaker raise his voice involuntarily.
A Cynical Epitaph.
From the Boston Transcript.!
The significant epitaphs do not all belong
to the past age. Here is one from a grave
stone not yet very old, in a cemetery in the
town of Randolph, which has a whole vol
ume in a few words:
JONA. MANN,
BOKN Dec. 7. 1786, DIED APBIL 23. 1873.
HIS TKUTIIFTJLNF.SS NO "ONE DOOBTED. HE
WAS VEEY POOR, CONSEQUENTLY
NOT KESPECTED.
An Enir Way to Slake Money.
N orris town Herald.
A Chicago "Professor" advertises that he
"will take the most bashful man in the
world and give him nerve to get up and
speat before an audience of 2,000 people"
The' professor would accumulate, more
wealth if he -would take the most "nervy"
man in the world and give him the power to
draw an audience of 2,000 people to speak
f before.
PITTSBURG, STESfDAT, TONE 23, 1889.
'A TUREEN FAT0RITE.
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"The Life and Death of the One Rep
tile Thai is Popular.
CATCHING THE SNAPPING TURTLE
A Profitable Summer Occupation for Camp
ing Out Parties.
THE PB0PEE MODE 40F PEOCEDDEE
rwwTTsitroB tot dispatch.
FEW persons in the
cities who are In the
habit of partaking in
season of that delicacy
placarded in the res
taurants as turtle soup
are acquainted with
the habits of this won
derful reptile, or the
mthods by which they
-are captured and put
'on the market, form
ins in the hot months
agreeable occupation
and also recreation
for hundreds of iron
and gljss workers, who
being idle this time of the year, pitch their
tents on the bank ot some picturesque
stream or small lake and let the long sum
mer day3 glide quickly into the past. There
are quite a number of methods of capturing
the snapping turtle. , The most simple and
success I ul way is to secure a number of
stout lines, about 15 or 20 feet in length,
tie to the end of your line a chunk of raw
meat about the size of a butternut, throw the
bait out the full length of your line, fasten
the other end to a stake, which should be
securely driven in the ground.
The lines may be set from 25 to 50 yards
apart, or closer if fishing in a mill dam or
small pond, where tbey abound in great
numbers. Sometimes a small stick is tied on
with the meat. The snapper takes hold of
the bait and deliberately bolts it stick and
all. Then you have htm. Xou make a tour
of your lines every two or three hours, or
oftener if they are biting rapidly, and by
gently pulling on the line-you will soon find
whether tfiere is anvthing at the other end
or not. If your line feels heavy, and a
gentle tugging, you will slowly tow your
catch toward shore, where he will come just
like a piece of driftwood.
You will be. careful not to pull him to the
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surface of the water, as he might disgorge
the bait and escape. When you have brought
him quite close to the shore reach your hand
down under the water, catch him by the tail
and draw him up on the bank, being careful
to keep out of range of his powerful jaws.
OBJECTIONS TO HOOKS.
This method of fishing for turtfe without
hooks is far superior to the night line with
staging and hooks, as you are relieved of
the disagreeable duty of taking the hook
out of his mouth, as about the only way to
remove the hook is to cut the head off and
split it open with a hatchet That is sup
posing he is booked in the mouth. If he
has swallowed the hook nothing but a com-
Elete autopsy will recover it. With the no
ook method your bait can be used again,
thereby saving a vast amount of time and
labor.
Country people as a rule do not appre
ciate the succulent qualities of the snapper,
and when turtle soup is suggested they
shrug their shoulders with an "Ugh! the
nasty things; I don't see how you can eat
A iS-Pound Snapper.
them." For this reason they rarely ever ob
ject to fishing for them in their private duck
ponds, where they are in fact regarded as a
great nuisance, being very mischievous
among the young ducks' and goslings, which
they will snap by the leg and pulling them
nndertbe water" paddle to the bottom and
feast at their leisure, chuckling at the
stupidity of the old goose who no doubt
sails along, her neck arched with pride,
thinking how much better her goslings can
dive than some of her neighbors.
A farmer ouce told me that he observed a
commotion and heard a great quack
ing among his ducks one day and
upon investigating found a large
drake struggling frantically to rise
out of the water, but was fast being pulled
under when the man plunged in and dragged
the duck ashore, the snapper still holding
on With a death grip, and even then refused
to let go until beaten off with a club. Con
trasted with tbe country people's aversion
lo the turtle, we have the great love of
them as an article of diet by city people and
especially those who make a business of
camping'out every summer.
I have visited camps when they were so
eager to secure turtle that they would buyj
chickens from the farmers to bait the lines
with, a piece of idiocy the denizens of the
rural districts never will be able to under
stand. One of the most characteristic
qualities about turtle sonp is that you do
not tire of it as yon will of fish and other
fame. The soft shell turtle is not fished
for now, although they were formerly much
sought after, but the snapper or hard shell
are now considered far superior in flavor.
The turtle, like other hihernating reptiles,
crawls down in the mud. and sleeps through
the winter, awakening with the croaking of
the frogs in the spring. Their eggs are
round and covered with a hard shell and are
laid in a hole which they 'dig in the sand
hatchingxut in about six weeks.
Their growth is very slow. They are be
coming scarce in some localities, and if no
law is passed for their protection they will
soon become so rare as to no longer be a
source of aheap food. A restaurateur told
me he had a great many in' his cellar last
fall, and some of them secreted themselves be
hind boxes and barrels, and were not missed,
bat were found this spring in as good con
dition as when put in in the fall, they hav
ing slept the winter through just as serene
ly as though at the bottom of a mill dam.
Snapper fishing cannot be dignified as sport,
as the pot is always the end in view.
There is an absence of the electrifying
thrill with which game fish are captured. The
turtle is slow, sluggish, pulls in like a dull
weight. There is no darting this way and
that, now curving the spine and holding
vith his broad side backing water, and
fighting like a tartar, as does the black bass.
Snappers are pugnacious fighters.and this
bull dog quality is made the most of by
some camping parties, or rather those mem-
Capturing a Drake.
bers who care to indulge in such cruel
amusement.
nr THE MARKET.
The first snappers brought to market are
worth from 8 to 10 cents per pound, but in
July and August great numbers are caught
and they drop to 5 cents, always being sold
alive, the weight being from 8 to 28
pounds. Good wages can be made
in their capture, as camping parties near
the mill dams on the edge of Lawrence and
Butler counties, have brought to market as
much as 1,200 pounds in one week.
Some kinds of tortoise are herbiverous,
but the snappers' food consists of small fish,
crabs and frogs. '
Festndinata is the name adopted by
Agassiz, embracing the reptiles known as
tortoises and turtles. They are the highest
of their class, approaching the lower or
aquatic birds In form, mode of existence
and in some points of structure. The head
has wonderful mobility on the neck, which
is fnrnished with powerful muscles, by the
contraction ot which they can withdraw the
head under the shell out of sight, or thrust
it out with great rapidity and to a surpris
ing distance. The upper jaw always shuts
over the lower and both are covered with a
horny sheath. The jaws are powerful, and
once" having closed them upon a stick a
strong man can with difficulty pull it from
them, and even when decapitated they will
snap at a stick and hold so tight that you
can scarcely shake it off.
Their vitality is something amazing. They
can exist a long time without food, and ac
cording to Itede's experiment live for 23
days after decapitation. Agassiz divides
them into four families: Thallasites, or ma
rine turtles, which grow to enormous size;
Fotamites, or river tortoise; Elodites, or
marsh tortoise; Chelydroida;, or snapping
turtle.
LONG LIVES.
Turtles live over a century and in geologic
lore reach far into antiquity. They first
appeared, according to Agassiz, in the
oolitic period, when neither genuine birds
nor mammals were in existence. The so
called tortoise footprints found in tbe new
red sandstone and devonian strata are
thought by some to have been made by
crustaceans. Impressions of their shields
first occur in the jura limestone. The
largest remains of a turtle ever found was
that of a marine which -measured 20 feet
across the shell.
F. E. Malone, a geologist of note, while
on a geological trip through the West in
1885, wrote me a letter in which be gave an
account of some wonderful fossils discovered
by him in the bottom of what was supposed
to have once been a vast sea. He said:
"One impressive scene-which shall not soon
be forgotten was the bad lands of Dakota.
You eater between lofty towers of clay; the
ground at your feet is parched and dry.
The wind bowls mournfully as if chanting
a requiem lor the forgotten dead whose
bones protrude from the walls everywhere.
You turn your eyes upward and from the
base to the apex of every spire you see
skulls and ribs and vertebrae of extinct
animals and replies.
"rhora vnn twhywiva Mia oVnll nf 41i I
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three-horned tertiary elephant: near it are
extinct species of the horse and camel; you
turn your eyes toward the ground and
move on. You tumble over the shell of a
turtle that, would weigh a ton. xou ex
amine it. "Then you perceive the immense
orifice through which its head once pro
truded. You can trace the divisions of the
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Turtle Soup.
bony plates that formed its shield. A little
further on you find the passages blocked up
with these fossil turtles. You slip, and
slide, and climb over them, and when at
last yon behold the ponderous petrified
jaws of these monsters you thank nature
that they have been dead for several hun
dred thousand years." J. "W. A.
THE STORAGE OF STEAM.
A New War of Utilizing it for Running
Street Cars. )
Boston Poit.1
A new method of storing steam to be util
ized and controlled for motive power of- any
description is especially adapted for pro
pelling street cars, either surface or ele
vated. It is asserted that good speed can
be attained without the usual noise, smoke,
cinders and escape ot steam. Very little
fire is required, as the exhausted steam is
saved and condensed in the boiler, using the
same water continually. Any danger of
explosion is averted by the boiler not be
coming heated by water passing through
tubes as by the ordinary method. The
steam reservoir is capable of resisting a
pressure of 1,000 ponnds to the inch, but
will hardly ever carry more than 200 to 300
pounds of steam.
From this new and simple process are de
rived the following valuable features of the
new motor: Absolute safety, great economy
in running expenses, and such simplicity ot
construction and handling that it can be
run by any man of common ordinary sense.
Its safety is due not to tSe skill of the driver
but to the principle on which it is built.
The weight is so evenly distributed on four
wheels that it can run on an ordinary street
car track. It is at all times under the full
control of the driver, and the car can be
stopped in a space within its own length.
Detentions br blockades or other causes do
CHIPPA PASS, BY
not occasion any loss of power. The motor
has sufficient power to easily pull one or
more cars, and mount heavy .grades. It can
run backward as easily as forward. A
speed of 15 miles per hour can be attained,
and the rate of locomotion is entirely under
the control of the driver,
FACTS AB0DT BABIES.
Akin to' the Lower Animals When the First
Conselonsoess Appears.
Boston Herald.l
In the course of ,a lecture delivered in
New York the other day a distinguished
female physician said that the inability of
a baby to hold up its head was not due to
the weakness of the neck, but to the lack of
development of its willpower. The act of
standing was instinctive and iniative, while
facial expression and gesture were due
almost wholly to imitation.
. A baby's smile, she said, was the most
misunderstood thing in infancr. A real
smile must have an idea behind it, which is
so often seen on aTery young baby's face,
was without an idea and was" due to the easy
condition of the stomach or to some other
physical satisfaction. The smile with an
idea does not appear earlier than the fourth
week. So, too, with the crying of a baby.
The contortion of the features is due to
physical causes. A baby sheds no tears,
because the lacorymal glands are not de
veloped for several weeks after birth. The
chief pleasure of all children is to change
from one condition to another by their own
efforts. This is the beginning of the devel
opment of the will power, and is often at
tested in what has been called the "impera
tive intention of tears." This is not dis
closed until after the second or third month.
A baby tests everything by its mouth, its
sense of taste being the surest and most re
liable guide it has. The attention of all
young children is difficult to attract and
they must attain considerable age before
they begin to notice. Then colors and
sounds are most potential. Fear has been
known to be manifested by a baby only three
weeks old, and, in all cases, the sensa'tiou is
produced by sound more than by sight
Children of luxurious and carefully guarded
home3are almost wholly without fear, but
the children of poor and exposed parents
always manifest it. Jealousy and sympa
thy begin to manifest themselves in the
second year. Guriosity also begins to de
velop here and proves to be a self-feeder
throughout childhood. A little later the ego
begins to appear, and the baby has the
first consciousness of itself. The ego first
appears as a muscular sense, and the infant
gradually learns to distinguish itself from
surrounding objects. It is first the hand
that is distinguished, and then the foot, and
finally the whole body. Memory does not
appear before the child is 2 years of age.
All the reasoning of children is primitive
and elementary 2nd develops slowly. Darwin
noticed an association of ideas in the mind
of his child when it was only 5 months of
age. The lecturer related experiences of
babies with the first view of mirrors, and
showed that ther actions under the new
conditions yere similar to those of anthro
poid apes and dogs under like conditions.
A MAN AND A TDEKEI.
Tho Question as to the Difference Between
Them Floored the Crowd.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.;
There was a jolly little group about a
table in a down-town cafe last night shak
ing dice for the lemonade. The man who
threw the lowest number had to pay for the
lemonade and tell a story. All at the table
had been "stuck" but one gentleman, who
is noted for his keenness of repartee. The
gentlemen who had been "stuck" told noth
ing, but aged anecdotes and antique tales.
Not a new story had been recited; and they
were all chestnuts. When the gentleman
noted for repartee had been "stuck" there
was applause, a call for drinks and a de
mand for a newstory. "I can tell a story,"
said the gentleman, as he ordered the proper
thine, "but I'll ask you a conundrum."
"Go ahead," he was told. "Well," he went
on, "what is the difference between a turkey
and a man?"
This odd conundrum floored the crowd.
The questioner was appealed to for an
answer. "The difference between a turkey
and a man," he explained, as he rose to
leave, "is that a turkey isn't stuffed with
chestnuts until it's dead." The crowd com
prehended. THE AGE OF JUABYELS.
The Time May Corao When We Will Travel
200 9Iiles Fer Hoar.
Philadelphia Enquirer.
In view of the almost incredible progress
of the last two generations it is not the best
judgment which pronounces the post elec
tric system of transportation the dream of
an inventive maniac. There is a freshness
about .the proposition that we shall yet send
letters across the continent between the
dawns of successive days that takes the
average breath away, and the suggestion
that passengers are to be rushed through
space at tbe rate of 200 miles per hour is apt
to alarm the apprehensive. But tbe propo
sition is not beyond tne limits of possibility
lor all that.
A few days ago an experimental train
upon a railroad in this State made a run of
90 odd miles in about 60 minutes, some por
tion of the journey being at the rate of
nearly two miles per minute. If steam can
accomplish such marvelous results as this,
why may not that greater power, electricity,
eclipse this stupendous record? The truth
is that we live in a phenomenal age. All
the ancient faiths concerning the develop
ment of material things are being rudely
jostled by the pushing shoulders of
science. It is no longer the dream
of a visionary that we shall converse
with persons a thousand miles away.
Marked progress has been made toward
solving tbe problem of aerial navigation,
and although it is yet impossible to predict
the ultimate outcome, it is not insanity to
EUO. TEOMENTrH.
believe that air ships mayyet be run counter
to the winds. The turning of a key illumi
nates a populous city and new explosives
shatter in an instant obstacles which were
deemed immovable. There are. improve
ments to the telegraph which would have
astounded Horse had he lived to see them.
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AT HOLLYHOCK HALL
Twenty-Fonr Hours in a Typical
English Country Mansion.
WAKENED BY THE SONGS OP BIRDS.
Tennis and Billiards, Flirtation and Tea,
Dress and Sinner.
STORX-TEhLIKG IK TUB SMOKKfS B00X
iwmrrgji tob tot dispatch.!
Let us take a typical English country
house, and'ehristen it Hollyhock Hall. Let
us people it with a race of Hollyhocks, who
dwelt within its walls since the pre-historio
period when the Divinity created little
apples. Let us imagine H at present great,
hospitable and cheerful, under the genial
rule of one Reginald Hollyhock, Esq., J. P.
and D. L.
"We are not early birds in Hollyhock Hall,
except during the winter months, when the
fox hunting necessitates rising in time to
enjoy a hasty breakfast. But in summer we
are especially lazy. It is so pleasant to lis
in bed listening to the birds twittering in
the elms; to lie half asleep half awake, in
that state so beautifully described bySe
Maistre in his "Voyage Autour de ma
Cbambre." Breakfast is popularly sup
posed to begin at 9 A. ai., bnt the 'Squire
himself is the only one down in time, and he
has to help himself to the good things.
By and by others begin to saunter down
the great oak stairs, the men for the most
part in knee breeches and shooting jackets
the women daintily attired in morning
gowns. About 10 o'clock the table is near
ly fall, and the matronly form of Mrs.
Hollyhock presides among the glittering
urns at the head. Breakfast is the most
unrestrained meal, and I think this is prin
cipally due to the absence of servants.
Except when summoned to replenish the
hot-water urn, no servant puts in an ap
pearance. If there is any carving, the
young men do it themselves. Then, too,
the plans of the day are canvassed at break
fast. Consider the awful importance of
such a subject as this. Reggie and Harry
are going over to Little Humplingham to
play a ridiculous cricket match with
country bumpkins, when they are wanted
so badly to finish a tennis match with Mab
and Captain Silvertopl
JIOESING'S PLEASUBE3.
If the weather is cool there is a great mus
tering of hacks outside the hall door, and a
pleasant canter through the park and along
the smooth white roads. Sometimes there is
a picnic to some ruined abbey or disman
tled castle, and this includes lunch. If not,
tennis takes the place and fills np the cap
between noon and luncheon. In most
houses luncheon is about 2 p. si that is to
say, tbe gong sends forth its inharmonious
summons abont that hour. A few people
from the surrounding honses the curate or
rector an odd subaltern wbo has driven in
bis dogcart from Great Dumpliogham, the
county town these are the usual additions'
to the lunch tabfe.
After lunch the ardent spirits continue
their tennis the elderly individuals aid
digestion by a stroll through the gardens, or
a quiet game of billiards. If itrain3we
play billiards all the afternoon. (Then there
is a period of flirtation. The tenni3 players
grow tired, the billiards begin to weary.
Those who have been perched in the library
come forth to court an appetite, and are
caught in the toils of beauty. There are so
many places to hide in about Hollyhock:
Hall. A hammock in the shrubbery, hidden
from prying eyes; a funny old rustic seat
down by the lake; a teahouse, pagoda-built,
Dutch tiled,domineering over the firs on the
hillside; a great umbrella-shaped copper
beach in tbe home park all these are, for
the time, so many temples of Venus.
rrvE o'clock tea.
Five o'efock strikes from the big time
piece over tbe stables and sounds a knell to
flirtation. It is tea time.
Tailor-made dresses whisk into sight from
unsuspected nooks and corners. White
flannel pants and many colored "blazers"
flash through the leaves. "Where all was si
lence all is now noise and merriment. The
student has acquired an appetite; the subal
tern is ferociously in love. Here are young
Bawdon fresh from Sandhurst and Miss
Cicely Hollyhock. They have been whis
pering by the tennis court ever since lunch
eon; and now he is thinking how deeply he
loves her, while she she is wondering what
she will wear at dinner.
Afternoon tea passes off insipidly enough.
It is tbe roll-call of propriety, after the de
licious relaxation we have enjoyed One
always gets near the wrong people in the
small drawing room; and the old maids, wbo
have been asleep all the afternoon, come
down at 5 o'clock with their pug dogs, and
tell.us all about the mission labors on the
west coast of Africa, We are heartily glad
to get to our rooms, and have a read over
some naughty French novel, and a leisurely
dress for dinner.
Then down the lamplit halls into the
large drawing room, all ablaze with light,
where we meet the sylphs of the morning,
transformed into angels by the delicious
creations ot Madame Elise, or some other of
the great London modistes. A few mo
ments' chat ensues. One is introduced to a
red-faced Squire, who is "our High Sheriff,"
and to a slim, languid masher, wbo is "our
M. P.", He bows to Mrs. High Sheriff and
tbe Misses High Sheriff, and nods familiar
ly to young hopeful, heretofore met with at
cricket matches. Then dinner is announced,
and we all pair off, after the manner of the
animals in Noah's ark. Dinner is delicious,
for the Squire's coos is a eood one, and the
Squire's wines are not to be excelled. Soup,
fish, entrees, joints,all appearand disappear.
The ministering footmen glide hither and
thither, murmuring sweet alternatives the
light flashes upon the silver and glows o'a
the great bank of flowers.
THE -WIHE FLASHES GAILY
in the glass, and shows itself unwisely be
neath the lashes of many a sage's eye.
There be stolen glances beneath the flowers,
and pretty signals of distress from those
who have gotten neglectful or tiresome
neighbors. Then the mysterious summons
of the hostess is passed from eye to eye, and
as if beneath the wand of a wizard, 'beauty
rises and is gone.
So we settle down to our wine. The old
fogies disenss the conduct of the Ministry
and abuse the operation of the poor-laws.
The yonnger ones recount their big cricket
scores and chat over tbe prospect of grouse.
Just when the politics grows somewhat too
heated, and the youngsters are slipping out
one by one, the Squire rises, and every one
adjourns to the drawing rooms. Music,
charades, tableaux vivants fill up the re
mainder of the evening until bed time.
But, bless you, bed time is only a name,
for us men folk. There is a certain apart
ment on the ground floor sacred from noise
and battle, an apartment where cushioned
seats run round the oak walls, an apartment
where brandy and soda is ever to be found.
Here are the billiard tables, and here the
balls will rattle over the green cloth, the
pipes of the onlookers will puff forth smoke
wreaths, and the raillery and fun flow even
faster than the drink, till 2 o'clock booms
from the stables, and sleep reigns supreme
through neij corner of Hollyhock Hall.
PEBEOEI5E QTJILL.
A Belle of tbe Fast.
Urate's Magazine.!
Rev. Longg'race (at the table, discours
ingly) The ancients were very fond of
fowls. The custom was to catch them at
sunset
Johnnv (looking np from a tongh drum
stick) Not all of 'em wnz caught, Mr,
Preacher, Ibis is one wot got away.
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