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Who became one Ot th most eminent
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He gave to the world
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the Superior of ell ointmems,
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i these are our $2.00 and
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Fancy Waist l'utteins at
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HIGH GRADE VARNISHES,
LEAD AND OIL, COLORS
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TELLTALE HCTUItES.
PAINTINGS THAT HAVE DONE THE
WORK OF DETECTIVES.
In.tntipre Whore the (nulla of an
Artist line l.rd tn thr Cnnfmelnn nf
a Criminal A I'ortrnlt and a Stolen
Dlnmnnd Pendnnt.
An nrtlst who liml suddenly heroine
almost famous liy his proiluctlon nf a
pnliithiK cxlillilted at tho ltoynl mini
piny wns 0110 diiy enlleil upon by a
111:1 11 whose visit was produellvc of tho
most extraordinary and undreamt of
consequences.
The picture represented a lonely
stretch of bench, upon which the sea
was hcntiiiK in lonjr, creamy rollers. In
tho forenroiinil, bending over n dead
body, was n limn with tt wild expres
sion oil his fuce ami witli a naked
knife In his hand. A ship's bout, evi
dently Just benched, was also In tho
picture, and by the sldo of the mur
dered mini was a huif of Hold. The pic
ture portrayed the ml vent of two cast
aways upon a friendly shore. The one
bud murdered tho other so that the
treasure inlidit bo his.
The painter's visitor was a crny lialr
tl, wild eyed mnn.
"In heaven's nnnie, sir," he gasped
out, "how did you learn tho dreadful
story that you painted? I see you know
ull. I murdered my niato lilll to fret
tho money that was his. I throw his
body Into the sen. I don't know what
Impulse led me to the Acndemy. The
first thins I saw was your picture rep
resenting the scone that took place 30
years ntto."
Needless to sny, the picture had been
the outcome of ImaKimitlon. Vet mur
der will out, and the RUllty conscience
of the inn 11 who liml killed his comrade
for lust of (fold had convinced him that
the pnlntliiR wag no coincidence, but
was Indeed tho nctunl portrayal of a
dastardly and unwitnessed crime.
There Is probably no picture better
known In KiiRlnnd than "Tho Doctor,"
by Mr. Luke Fildcs, yet there are prob
ably very few people aware of the fact
that that selfsame masterpiece was
the means of brlnKlne; to light the per
petration of a crime that would other
wise never have been known.
A certain doctor In a large town com
mAtod suicide, and anions his pnpers
was a letter which ran as follows: "I
have today seen Luke Flldos' 'Doctor.'
The picture represents a medical man
watching by the bedside of a child. It
lias so haunted me that I ara going to
take away my own worthless life and
make a confession at the same time.
When Arthur's" his brother's "boy
died, I came Into money that my dead
brother had settled on him. lie died
as all the world thought of acute pneu
monia. Tot his life might have been
saved had 1 acted, as Flldes' 'Doctor Is
so evidently doing, with the use of all
the skill that lay In my power. I has
tened the boy's end and so got the
money. I can bear It no more."
A well known artist was commission
ed to paint the portrait of a lady In ex
alted circles, who bonsted the posses
sion of a most unique Jewel in the
form of a pendant. The lndy was very
anxious that this heirloom should be
.Included In her portrait The artist, of
course, complied with her recpicst.
Shortly after the pnlnting had been
completed a daring burglary was per
petrated, with the result that the lady
lost her heirloom, mid no trace of the
thief or thieves was forthcoming.
Tears passed by, and the lndy gave up
all hope of ever seeing the precious
heirloom again.
Now, it so happened that the nrtlst
who had painted the portrait of the
lady mentioned luid occasion to travel
In India.
In the course of his waudertngs be
came to Hombay and, ns every visitor
to that place does, strolled through tho
native bnziuir.
Suddenly bis attention was riveted
by a piece of Jewelry In n Jeweler's
shop that seemed familiar to him. It
was a diamond and ruby pendant
Where had he seen It before? He ran
sacked bis brain, but could not remem
ber. He returned to his hotel and hap
pened to take from bis portfolio a
sketch of the portrait he bad made
yenrs ago of the lady wltb the pendant.
In a moment the enigma was solved.
The piece of Jewelry he had seen was
the peculiar pendant that bis fair sitter
bad been so anxious be should Include
In his portrait.
He hurried off to the chief of police,
and told that worthy what he suspect
ed, namely, that the bazaar he had vis
ited contained the long lost Jewel of
the English lady. Inquiries were at
once vet on foot with extraordinary re
sults. Tbe Jeweler In the bazaar con
fessed to having given years ago a
quite Insignificant sum for the Jewel,
which be hud bought from a stubleman
in tbe employ of a neighboring rajah.
Tbe stableman was sought for, and
turned out to be none other ttiun a fa
mous English cracksman, who bad ap
parently turned honest, but who,
nevertheless, confessed to having been
the tblef of tbe Jewel that had been
so miraculously discovered. Pearson's
Weekly.
A Sarprlae to Him,
"UaO yon beard that Oily Mike bad
been Incarcerated?" ,
"No. I didn't even ' knots' b wos
Head." Indianapolis Newt.
IT STAGGERED THEM.
Kmploreee In a Drnartmeai Star
Were ttaeed by fl.OOO Bilk,
There was ono division of one of the
largest department stores along Blxth
avenue that suspended business for
half an hour one day last week. A
womiin bought some handkerchiefs
and a pair of towels. The clerk footed
her bill, 40 cents, and the woman laid
a paper bill on the counter.
The clerk, n girl, looked at It hastily.
It rend XX). 8I10 liml never seen a
thiiusiind ilnlhir bill before In her life,
id tho niiia.euient It caused mado her
..peei-hless. With her mouth open In
wonder she made out the check, show
ing that 4!) cents was to be taken out
of $1,1)110. The girl who acts us cashier
fell buck In her chair w hen she saw the
bill. She didn't have change for It,
and after gazing at It In wondering ad
miration for a moment she rushed out
to liml tho manager. lie asked for tbe
customer who had offered It, nnd the
girl led tho way to where the woman
w ns uniting. The clerk hnd recovered
from her surprise enough to point out
the customer.
The manager said, "Madam, what
did you buy?"
Tho woman named over the small
articles.
"What did yon give the clerk?"
"I gave her a dollar bill."
"No; you gave her this, nnd It is
worthless," the manager said sternly.
rersplnitlon stood out on the wom
an's face as she looked In wonder at
the bill. She tlshod a dollar out of a
handling she rallied and paid. Ity that
time she had figured out nil explana
tion. She has a son attending a busi
ness college, where they hare mock
transai'tlous In business anil paper to
look as much like money us the coun
terfeiting laws of the country will per
mit are used. Tho clerks had been so
stunned by the big figures that they
did not see that It wns not money at
nil, but a fako bill. New York Herald.
CULINARY CAPERS.
If parsley Im wrapped up In a piece of
wet cheoKccli.th.lt can be kept for some
time.
Nutmeg Is much used by the Italians
when cohaIiiv: spinach, as It Is said to
bring out the flavor of tllS vegetuble.
Two or three leavM ftsrn u rose gera
nium milled to crali apple Jelly while It
Is cooking will, It Is said, Impart a de
licious flavor.
A pinch of powdered ginger added to
cruulieriies In cooking will bring out
tho flavor. They should not be stewed
to a Jam, but kept separate, looking
more like candled cherries.
For a vegetablo purco either young
turnip tops or oven young fresh nettle
tops are recommended. They are cook
ed In the Name way boiled rubbed
through u sieve and added to creum.
Salsify (oyster plant) is excellent If
soaked In vinegar and water, then
dipped In oil, sliced and boated In white
sauce. Hake In shells, having sprinkled
grated cheese and bread crumbs over
tho top.
Italian ilii ed peas ure popular still In
Great Hrltain under the fuuiillar name
of peas pudding. The vegetable Is
soaked overnight, thou boiled, rubbed
through u sieve and sent to the table
with the addition of u little thick
creum.
SI.e of Propellers.
"The biiinll size of the screw," Bays a
holler milker, "Is not due to tbe percep
tion or any Inventor of Its greater ef
fect us compared wltb a larger one, but
purely to accident. When I first engag
ed in the machinery business, screws
for steamers wore mado ns largo as
possible, It being tho theory that tbe
Ei-enter tbe diameter the higher the
speed. A vessel was placed on Lake
Erlo with a screw so large that It was
deemed best to cast each blado In two
parts and then weld them together.
During u storm ull these blades of the
propeller broke nt the welding, reduc
ing the diameter by more than two
thirds. "To tho surprise of the captain the
vessel shot forward at a speed such aa
had never been attained before. Engl
neors then experimented with smaller
propellers and discovered that they
were much more effective than large
ones. Had It not been for that accident
we might have gone on using largo
blado screws to the present day."
To Mik. a Glass Cutter.
A glass cutter can easily be made
with an ordinary mapping pen and a
small piece of carborundum, or carbide
of silicon. Cut off a part of the nib to
form a small tube. Fit a crystal or
part of one of carborundum Into the
tube, take It out again and dip one end
lu seccotlne or any other cemeut and
replace It. Next wind a piece of fine
wire tightly around tbe tube and part
of the handle and fix It in a notch cut
In the latter. Tut It aside for a day to
allow tho content to burden. A glass
cutter niudu thus will do Its work as
well as the expensive dluniond and a
great deal better than the ordinary
wheel cutter.
Borne people who talk a great deal
about admiring art should show some
evidence of It In their clothes. Atchi
son Globe.
1 Gold coin loses 1 per eent of Its
weight In SO years, silver the saide
mount In 10 year.
Weeded a Chain,
A story Is being told about a German
who has n hotel far down town. An
artist one of those barroom artists
who make pictures on mirrors with
Bonn called on tho German tho other
day nnd naked for some work. "Well,"
the German snld, "you might pnlnt a
brown bear on my sign. How much
would you chnrgo to do It?" "Two dol
lars," the artist answered. Thereupon
the contract was mnde, nnd tho bear
was painted.
At the end of the Job tho nrtlst snld,
"Don't you want mo to pnlnt n chain
on the bear?" "Would yon chargo ex
tra for that?" said the German. "Tes.
That would cost l extra." "Then I
enn't nfford to have It done." The nrt
lst departed. That night It rnlned. nnd.
In, In the morning tho bear had vanish
ed from the sign! The rain bad washed
It nwny.
The German sent for the painter at
once. "My boar." ho said reproachful
ly. "Is gone." The . other nnswered,
"Well, I wanted to put n chain on It,
didn't I?" The German then handed
out f:l. f- for tho pnlnting of another
bear, the third for a chain to make the
picture permnnent.
The chained boar now remains upon
the sign Impervious to tho weather.
Philadelphia llecord.
A Terrible Talker,
A well known Milwaukee lawyer
with n weakness for long stories was
a visitor nt Madison "once upon a
time," ns the story books put it.
He saw upon tho register of the Tnk
hotel the name of Colonel Gabriel
Itouck of Oshkosh and decided thnt ho
was In duty bound to call upon that
Nestor of tho Wisconsin bar, especially
as they had both occupied tho position
of grand master of the grand lodge of
Wisconsin Masons.
lie called on Mr. Itouck In his room
In the hotel nnd found the Oshkoshlnn
In his shirt sleeves, yawning. He be
gan on Masonry. First he gave bis
views of the brotherhood, from the
building of Solomon's temple "without
sound of tool or Iron" down to dnte,
and then ho started In on tho chnptor.
Finally, startled by an extra yawn, be
broke off his story with:
"Well, Gabe, as I have beou appoint
ed trustee for the Asylum For the Deaf
nnd Dumb I think 1 bad better go to
bed. I have to take an early train for
Janesvllle."
"For land's sake! Is It possible that
you are going to lenrn to talk with
your hands too?" camo the blunt reply
from the old lawyer. Milwaukee Senti
nel. Which of Ten Kyee Crlesf
It seems a positively absurd question
to ask, "Which of your eyes cries?"
In an everyday, common or garden
cry It Is well known that salt tears
make their appearance nnd rush away
down tho face seemingly as fast from
ono as from the other, whichever tho
"other" muy be, but If careful note Is
mado, more especially wltb emotional
people. It will be found that ono of the
eyes has a special emotional teudency
and often opens tho tenr vatvo before
Its companion has decided upon the un
happy event.
Probably the best method of discov
ering the emotional eye Is to ntteud a
pathetic Bfago play and when tho weep
ing period comes along look out for
tear No. 1.
The writer attended such a piece re
cently aud was somewhat astonished
to find that all bis grief camo from the
right eye.
Whether the solution to the problem
Is to lie found In tho fact that bo was
leaning ou his right arm must and enn
only bo decided by an expert
Information Deelred.
Tbe rural postofllce Is the bureau of
general Information no less so In Geor
gia than In Vermont, and the Atlanta
Constitution reports a conversation pre
cipitated by an old darky who ap
proached the 'vllluge postmaster and
said:
"Any letters for me?"
"No."
"Any postal cards?" JS.f
"No." 7" ', .
"Is my paper come?"
"No."
"Got any almanacs?"
"No."
"Well, does you know anybody what
wants to buy a live alligator?"
Sliding- to Happiness.
Old Lady Aud so you expect to get
married when you grow up?
Little Girl Of course. Everybody
gets married. I won't say "no" like
Aunt Lucy did and be an old maid. No,
Indeed.
"Perhaps you won't like those who
ask you."
"Ob, yes, I will. I feel sure that
when a real nice little boy I mean
man comes to ask me to get married
I'll be so happy I won't wait to run
down stairs to meet him. I'll just slide
down the balusters."
Of Two Evils the Lesser.
Papa-Dldn't I tell you, Willie, If I
caught you playing with Tommy Jink
again I would wblp you? .
Willie Yes, sir.
Papa Then wby were you playing
wltb him?
Willie Well, I got louesomer than I
thought a lickln would hurt, ao I just
went over and played with him; that's
why. Detroit Free Press.
CARD PLAYERS' CRAMP.
What One Happened to an Old Faro
Dealer's Hand.
"Were you ever paralysed?" said tbe
old tinier.
"No, and may the" began the other.
"Well, you see thnt tight band? It
looks pretty good and strong and It Is,
but for about three days once It was
dernier than n frostbitten tomato plant.
"You know of course that I used to
make my living pluylng cards, chiefly
dealing bank. There wasn't a day I
didn't deal bank or In other games six
to eight hours n day. Many a time I
have dealt or played longer.
"One night I was dealing bank. It
wns a good, big game. All nt once
when I went to slip a card this old
right refused to work. I looked nt It
and the lingers were kind of twisted
Inward and tho hand from tho wrist
wns bent downward.
"This stopped the deal for me, and I
told tho lookout 'to got busy,' for the
players were getting a little 'queered.'
He took my place, and I watched the
bets.
"I rubbed my right, but It wouldn't
straighten out aud It kept this way
until the next day, and then I went to
a doctor. He didn't know mo as well
as you do, but the first question he
asked was:
" 'Deal cards a great deal, don't you?'
" 'Yes.'
" 'Do you deal with an elbow move
ment or with finger and wrist move
ment?" " 'Why, I don't work my elbow.'
" 'That explains It. You have card
players paralysis.'
"This hit me center, and I showed It,
but the doctor was good and snld:
" 'Now, dou't get flurried. I'll
straighten you up. Just quit dealing
awhile, nnd I'll give your hand a few
doses of electricity, and you'll bo all
right.'
"He did It, and In about three days
my hand was straight as a string. But
I haven't dealt so much since. There's
ninny an old timer whose dealing hand
hns quit hlin. And you say you were
never paralyzed?"
"No."
"Well, you oln't played cards much."
Louisville Times.
THE KUKLUX KLAN.
Where Bad How the Famous Hodr
Was Ors.alicd.
When the civil war ended, the little
town of Pulaski, Tenn., welcomed a
band of young men who, though tbey
were veterans of bard fought fields,
were for the most part no older than
the mass of college students. In the
general poverty, the exhaustion, the
lack of heart, naturally prevalent
throughout tbe beaten south, young
men bad more leisure than was good
for them.
A southern country town, even In tbe
halcyon days before the war, was not
a particularly lively place, and Pulaski
In 180U was doubtless rather tame to
fellows wbo had seen Pickett charge
at Gettysburg or galloped over the
country wltb Morgan aud Wheeler. A
group of them assembled In a law office
one evening In May, 1800, were discuss
ing ways and means of having a live
lier time. Some one suggested a club
or society. An organization wltb no
very definite alms was effected, and at
a second meeting, a week later, names
were proposed and discussed. Some
one pronounced tbe Greek word kuklos,
meaning circle.
From kuklos to kukjux was an easy
transition whoever consults a glossary
of college boys' slang will not find It
strange and klan followed kuklux as
naturally as "dumpty" follows "hump
ty." That the name meant nothing
whatever was a recommendation, and
one can fancy what sort of badinage
would have followed a suggestion that
In six years a committee of congress
would devote 13 volumes to the history
of the movement that began tn a Pu
laski law office and migrated later to a
deserted and half ruined bouse on the
outskirts of the village. Atlantic
Monthly.
Fields of lalt.
At Salton, tn southern California, ex
ists a basin of land between 200 and
200 feet below sea level. About 1,000
acres of the depressed area are cov
ered with a deposit of salt which 0. F.
lloldcn describes In The Scientific
American as one of the sights of Cali
fornia. Tbe salt Is first thrown Into
ridges by a peculiarly shaped plow,
drawn by a dummy engine with ca
bles, aud then Is plied Into conical
heaps before being carried to the dry
ing bouse and crushing mill. Tbe ex
panse looks like a field of snow. About
2,000 tons of salt are removed each
year, but the supply Is perennially re
newed by the deposits of salt springs
which flow into tbe basin. In June the
temperature of tbe air reaches 150 de
grees, and only Indian workmen can
withstand the heat and glare.
TtaroOTlaar Mice.
How many people know that tbe cus
tom of throwing rice at a weddln
symbolizes not the expression of goo
luck, but It Is a metaphorical flight 0
arrows shot at tbe bridegroom. In uu
civilized uges most nations were accus
tomed to tbe forcible capture of a bride
by her lover, aud the attempts on tbe
part of ber male relatives to prevent
her husband from carrying ber away 1
typified by a volley of rice Instead ol
more fatal missiles.
Shrewd Thievery.
"Americans who go nbroad must ex
pect to bo robbed right and loft," said
a young mnn who recently returned .
rrom n nrier Europcnn tour, "une ex-
peels to be held up for nil sorts of tips,
but when tbn beggars follow you home
you can't help feeling a sort of ndmlrn-
tlon for their Ingenuity.
"I went over on ono of the Ited StHr
line boats, nnd the first thing I did on ,
landing nt Antwerp was to go to the
cable office nnd send a message to my
mother announcing my safo arrival. I
pntd tho toll nnd thought no more
about It until I got home, when among
my mall I found a letter from the Ant
werp operator, addressed In core of my
tnothcr, saying that through on error
he hnd not charged mo enough for my
cablegram scut on such and such a
date, that ho bad been obliged to pay
the difference out of his own pocket,
nnd as his salary was very smnll and
he had n largo family nnd nil that sort
of thing ho felt sure I would rclmburso
blm.
"The amount was a trifling ono, nnd
I did send hi in n foreign money order.
I have since learned from experienced
travelers that I had been mado the
victim of n systematic form of robbery
nnd that scarcely a cablegram Is sent
from the other sldo unless It Is of a
business nature that Is not followed
by some such plea from the European
operator."
Hold the Fort.
In October, 1804, Allatoona pass, .a
uouie in tne mountains ot ueorgia, was
guarded by General Corse, with l.fiOO
men. It was a strong, strategic point,
aud, moreover, 1,500,000 rations were
stored thero. Frcslch, the southern '
general, with 0,000 men, attacked the
garrison and drove tho defenders Info
n small fort 011 the crest of the bill.
The battle was fierce. The northern
soldiers fell In such numbers tbat fur
ther fighting seemed folly.
Hut ono of Corse's officers caught
sight of a wblto slgnnl flag fluttering
lu the breeze on the top of the Kene
saw mountain, across the valley, 15
miles away. The signal was answered,
nnd then came the Inspiring message
from mountain to mountain: "Hold
tho fort I nm coining. W. T. Sher
man." Cheer after cheer went up, and,
though hopelessly reduced tn numbers,
thev did hold the fort for hours nntll
the advanco guard of Sherman's nrniy
came to their relief. Six years later
P. I'. Itllss, the evangelist, heard tho
story In all Its vivid detail from a sol-. :
dler friend and then wrote tbo words
nnd music of his famous hymn, Pres
byterian. Hear the PopplasT Point. . .
"Mary," said her father, "you have ;
been keeping company with tha
Mitchell fellow for more than a year ,
now. This courtship must come to rt,
termination." '. : '
"Oh, father, how can you talk so?
He Is, oh, so swcot and nice!"
11 A 111" Inil ilia nn1 fnthoi. a.nl.'n.l
his eyebrows. "Sweet and nice, c'b?;
Has be proposed?" i
"Well, father, not exactly." And the
girl hung ber head and fingered the
drapery of her dress. 'Tie hasn't fx-
actly proposed; but, then, last evening
when we were out walking we passed
by a nice little house, nnd ho said,
'That's the kind of cottage I'm going to
live in some day,' and I said, Ycs,' and'
then bo glanced at me and squeezed
my hand. Then, Just as we got by, I
glanced bock at tho cottage, and and
I squeezed bis hand!" ;
"Oh, ah. I see!" said her father.'
"Well, we'll try him another week or'
two." London Answers. '
taalnt Hannibal Hamlla.
To tbe day of bis death Hannibal
Hamlin was a figure that men would'
turn and look at a second time on tbo
street His tall form, which In old-'
ago was but slightly bent, was alwriy's
clothed In the old fashioned black
swallowtail suit, and be always wore,
a tall silk bat, generally a "back nuui-
ber," tilted slightly back on bis bead.'
For years be was famous as a min
who never wore an overcont, and to
bis death be never burdened himself
with that, to blm, unnecessary gar
ment except on tbe most severely cold
days. For a half century be never
changed the stylo of bis clothes. He
walked wltb a swinging gait and LM
so many friends and acquaintances tt,
whom be bad to bow that a smile seem
ed to be ever on bis face.
Tlarer's Make Believe Erea. .
Mr. Beddnrd of tbe London Zoologi
cal society culls attention to a pecul
iarity of the ears of tigers which be
tbluks may be classed under tho bead
of "protective markings." On the back
of each ear Is a very bright white spot,
and when the ears are directed for
ward these spots are conspicuous front
the front Mr. Beddard suggests that
when tbe tiger Is. sleeping In tbe dim,
light of a cave or thicket the spots on
Its ears may appear to an enemy, look
ing tn, as tbe gleam of Its watchful
eyes, and thus save tbe sleeper from ail
unexpected attack. .
HI. Tralnlaar.
"How did Spudkiua get his appoint
meut as brigadier general? I never
knew that h; was connected wttb the
army."
"Ob. yes: by marriage. His brother-in-law
Is a United States senator."-.
Town and Country. "