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If you are not already a JOURNAL subscriber that is all you will have to pay us for the SemUWeeltlg Journal from now until January 1. 1895, if you will at the same time pay a year’s subscription in advance to the Tribune. The Semi-Weekly Journal is the greatest paper in the west, pub lished Tuesday and Friday, giving two complete papers each week, with markets and telegraphic news of the world. Send in your orders at once to the TRIBUNE.. DO YOU REmD THE Hie* TRIBUNE? The Leading Weekly in West ern Nebraska. $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. THE FENCING BELLES OF BOSTON. The Boston girl more graceful grows. Her blood in healthier ho&rt beats flows. Because the arts of foil she knows. Dressed in becoming fencing clothes. Her broadsword ready for her foes. With the new exercise she glows. Far from the envious eyes of beaux. A mask upon her pretty nose. She blushes like a sweet June rose. —Boston Transcript. THAT PICTURE. During five or six years Marcel had worked at that famous painting which he affirmed should represent the cross ing of the Red sea. and for five or six years this masterpiece of color had been obstinately refused by the jury at the annual salon. So, from force of habit in going and coming so often from the studio to the musee and front the musee to the studio, the picture knew the road so well that, if one had set it on wheels, it would have been able to go all alone to the Louvre. Marcel, who had ten times repainted and rearranged this canvas from top to bottom, attributed to a personal hostil ity of the members of the jury against himself the ostracism which rejected it annually from the Square salon, and in his idle moments he had com posed in honor of the Cerberuses of the institute a little dictionary of curses with some illustrations of a savage fe rocity. This collection, which had be come celebrated, had obtained in the studios and at the School cf the Fine Arts the popular success which is at tached to the immortal complaint of Jean Belin, painter in ordinary to the grand sultan of Turkey. All the daub ers of Paris had a copy of it in their memory. for a long tune JVlarcel was not dis couraged by the determined rejections which lie received at each annual ex hibition. He was comfortably settled in the opinion that his picture was, in its least proportions, the long sought for pendant to the "Marriage Feast at Cana, ” that gigantic masterpiece whose brilliant splendor the dust of three cen turies has not been able to tarnish. So, every year at the epoch of the salon, Marcel sent his picture to be examined by the jury. Only—in order fo throw the examiners off the scant and to try to baffle them in their preconceived de termination to exclude it, which preju dice they seemed to have against the "Crossing of the Red Sea"—without changing anything in the general com position of the painting, he modified certain details and changed the title of his picture. Thus, one year it came before the jury under the name of "The Crossing of the Rubicon. " But Pha raoh, badly disguised under Caesar's mantle, was instantly recognized and re jected with all the honors due him. The following year Marcel threw upon the foreground of his canvas a lay er of white paint to represent snow, planted a tree in one corner, and dress ing up an Egyptian in the uniform of the imperial guard of France he bap tized his picture "The Crossing of the Beresina." The jury, which had rub bed up its spectacles that day upon the tails of its green palmed coats—on official occasions the members of toe institute wear dress coats having green palms embroidered on the lapels and collars—was not duped by this new ruse. It recognized perfectly the obsti nate canvas, especially by a lug devil of a many colored horse that pranced about on top of a wave of the Red sea. The dressing of this hoise served Mar cel for all his experiments in coloring, and in his everyday speech he called it “ a synoptical tableau of fine tones, ” be cause it reproduced all the most varied combinations of color with their plays of light and shade. But once more, unmoved by this fine detail, the jury had not black balls enough to fully ex press their feelings in rejecting "The Crossing of the Beresina.” "Very well, ” said Marcel, "I’ll wait! Next year 1 shall send it again under the title of the ‘Passage des Panora mas. ’ ” A tew days later, and wher, Macrel had already forgotten terrible threats of vengeance he had uttered against his persecutors, he received a visit from Father Medicis. Thus the bohemians had nicknamed a Jew named Solomon, who at that epoch was well known to all members of artistic and literary Bo hemia, with whom he was in perpetual relations. Pere Medicis did business in all sorts of bric-a-brac. He sold com plete sets of furniture at from 12 francs up to 3,000. He bought everything and knew how to sell it again at a profit. The exchange bank of M. Proudhon was a very little affair compared to the system applied by Medicis. who pos sessed the genius of traffic to a degree never before attained by even the most able of his fellow believers. His shop, which was situated in the Place du Carrousel, was a fairyland where one found everything to be desired. All the products of nature, all the creations of art, all that comes forth from the bowels of the earth andol genius, Med icis made of it an object of negotiation. His business touched everything, ab solutely everything that exists; he dealt even in the ideal. Medicis bought ideas in order to exploit them himself or to sell tbem again. Known to all the litterateurs and all the artists, an intimate of the palette and a familiar friend of the writing desk, he was the Asmodeus of the art. He would sell you some cigars for the plot of a novel, some slippers for a sonnet, some fresh fish for paradoxes; he chatted ‘‘by the hour” with writers whose business it was to relate in the newspapers the scandal of society; he would procure you places in the galleries of the house of parliament and invitations to private soirees: he lodged by the night, the week or the mouth the wandering daub ers who paid him in copies of the works of Flavius Josephus. On entering th:; home of the bohe mians. with that intelligent air which' distinguished him, the Jew divine 1 that he had arrived at a propitious mo - ment. In fact, the four friends found themselves at that moment met in coun cil and under the presidency of a fero cious appetite they were discussing the grave question of bread and meat. It was on a Sunday, and the end of the month! Fatal day and sinister date! The entrance of Medicis was therefore greeted with n joyous chorus, for they knew that the Jew was too miserly ol his time to spend it in visits of mere politeness. Therefore his presence al ways announced an affair ot business. "M. Marcvl,” said Medicis. ‘‘I have come here solely to make your fortune. That is to say, I’ve come to offer you a superb chance to enter the artistic world. Art, as you well know, M. Marcel, is au arid road of which glory is the oasis. ’' ‘‘Pere Medicis,” said Marcel, on the hot coals of impatience, "in the name of 50 per cent, you venerated patron saint, lie brief!” “This is the affair,” said Medicis. “A wealthy lover of paintings who is making a collection of pictures destined to make the tour of Europe has order ed me to procure for him a series ot re markable works. I have come to offer you an entrance into that gallery of art. In a word, I have come to buy your ‘Crossing of the Red Sea.’ ” “Cash?” said Marcel. “Cash,” responded the Jew. making the orchestra in his breeches pocket play a lively tune. “Goon, Medicis,” said Marcel, dis playing his painting. “I wish to leave to yourself the honor of fixing the price of this work, which is beyond all price. ” me Jew placed on the table oO crowns in beautiful new silver pieces. “Go on,” said Marcel; “that is only the advance guard. ’ ’ “M. Marcel,” said Medicis, "you well know I shall add nothing. Reflect! Fifty crowns. That makes 150 trancs. That’s a sum, that is!” “A feeble sum. ” replied the artist. “ Why, kr.ow that my first word is al ways my last, merely in the robe of my Pharaoh there are 50 crowns’ worth of cobalt. Pay me at least the material. Equalize those piles, lound up the fig ures, and I will call you Leo X.” “Here's my last word,” said the Jew. “I’ll not add a sou more, but 1 offer a dinner to all of you, various wines at your own discretion, and at the dessert I’ll pay m gold.” “Does any gentleman wish to make any further bid?” yelled Colline, rap ping three times with his fist on tin table. “Going, going, gone!” “Agreed,” said Marcel. “I will send for the picture tomor row,” said the Jew. ‘Now let us start, gentlemen; the table is laid.” The four friends descended thestairs, singing the chorus from “Les Hugue nots,” “A table, a table!” Eight days after that feast Marcel learned in what gallery his picture had taken its place. While walking through the Faubourg Saint Honore he stopped in the midst of a group that was gaz ing with curiosity at the banging of a sign over a shop. That sign was none other than Marcel’s famous picture, sold by Medicis to a dealer in provi sions. Only, the “Crossing of the Red Sea” had once more suffered a modifi cation and bore a new title. Some one had added to it a steamboat and had called it, "At the Port of Marseilles.” A flattering ovation arose among the loungers when they discovered the painting. So Marcel turned away, de lighted by this triumph, and murmur ed,“The voiceof the people is the voice of God!”—Boston Transcript. Politeness Pays. **I have often heard my uncle,” said the nephew of a noted lawyer who died lately, “dwell upon the fact that he owed much of his success in life to a habit of invariable politeness, without any element of todyism, which had been instilled into his nature by the teachings of a wise mother. His first start in his profession came through an old scrubwoman who was employed about the house where he boarded when a yonng man. One morning he passed out as she was scrubbing the front steps, and he saluted her politely, as usual. She stopped him. ‘They tell me ye are a lawyer,’she said. ‘Yes.’ ‘Well, I know a poor widdv woman that wants a lawyer, and if you will give me your address I’ll tell her.’ The ‘poor widdy’ proved to be the chief heir to a large estate in Delaware coun ty. My uncle became her attorney and trustee of her children, recovered her interest in the estate and derived a good income from its management for many years.”—Philadelphia Record. Koaming Chinese Tribes. In the plains on the western borders of the Chinese empire, in the very heart of Asia, there live roaming tribes who seldom visit towns, except it may be in the way of trade. They dwell in tents which they pitch wherever they may happen for the moment to be wan dering or working. The tent used by some of the roving Mongolian folk is made of felt and is usually low, small and pointed toward the top. Tne wood en door frame is no higher than half a window frame in our houses, hut the tent, although not equal to the wants of a large family, is 6nug and comfortable enough in summer, but cold in winter. —Western Mail. Sell* Worthies* Securities. There is an individual in New York who makes a good living by dealing in securities which have a purely specula tive value, and which, in many cases, are known to be worthless. He buys these cheap for cash and sells them to men who go into fraudulent bankrupt cies and want to make a showing of as sets to their creditors. He has been making money in it for years and has had a share in filling out the schedules of a great many bankrupts who have taken advantage of lii9 sagacity in sup plying them with collateral.—New York Letter. I DELIGHTFULLY ROMANTIC. A Stage Belt! lip aiul a Maid Carried Off by a Good Looking Had Man. A romantic case of kidnaping occurred the other day in the country back of Mazatlun. The stage between Rosario and Mazatlau, which left the former place, stopped at 1 a. in. the next day at Agua Caliente. where another passenger, a young and pretty girl, was taken on. She was Carlotta Newman, daughter of a poor blind woman living at Mazatlan. There were two other passengers, a man and a woman. The stage left Agua Caliente at 2 a. m. and had gone only a couple of leagues when the driver suddenly reined up at a call from the roadside, where four men on horseback sat coolly pointing re volvers at his head. There was no de mand for coin, and from the quiet man ner of the highwaymen the driver could draw no idea of the nature of their de mands. While one man held a gun pointed at the driver and another at tended the horses the others dismounted, stepped to the end of the coacli and courteously requested the young lady to come out. The girl re lognized the larger man, a magnificent looking fellow, as Jose Valdez, her rejected lover, and di vining the plot she begged the passengers to save her. Valdez warned them to do nothing, and as they had no firearms they dared not protest against the ac tions of the bold robbers. Alter urging Miss Newman to come out without avail, Valdez and his com panion laid hold of her and carried her to the horses, placing her upon one and tying her to the saddle. The girl’s shrieks and tears had no effect either in hurrying the men or arousing their anger. When they were again mounted and ready to leave, Valdez turned to the driver and said calmly, “Go, friend, and excuse me for molesting you.” The drive, lost no time in accepting the permission, and the agitated passen gers inside did not breathe easily until they saw the party, with the girl in the center, gal lop over a hill. The driver and passengers reported the matter on arriving at Mazatlan and gave the names of Librado and Bernardo Valdez and Rufino Zatarain as the accomplices of Jose Valdez, the first two being his cousins. Valdez is a dare devil and spendthrift, and though of good family bears a very bad reputation. He was rejected by Miss Newman, who is a highly respected girl of American birth. The prefect of the district of Concordia, in which Agna Ca liente is s’tuated, has charge of a party of rurales searching for Valdez, and strong efforts are being made to capture the villain. His hiding place is unknown. News of her daughter's capture pros trated the mother in Mazatlan.—San Diego Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. — A THURIFER GUILD. English Clergymen Agitated Over the Question of Incense llurning. Two subjects are at present greatly ex- j ercising the minds of mauy clergymen of the Church of England—one is the j startling falling off in their incomes ow ing to the long continued and increasing agricultural depression, and the other is j the use of incense in churches. The lat- ! ter is always a prominent topic of cler- : ical discussion about Christmas time, but this year it seems to create more in- : terest than usual, owing to the growing : prevalence of the practice. There are now so many servers, aco- ! lytes and other altar assistants engaged j in lighting and swinging thurifers in the j churches of England that they seriously 1 propose to form themselves into a guild j or society for the promotion of incense : burning. The name suggested for it is j the “Thurifer Guild.” One of its objects will be a study of the history of the prac tice and the best manner of manufactur ing orthodox and sweet smelling incense : in an expeditious and economic manner. —London Telegraph. The Congo Railroad. The opening of the first section of the Congo railroad passed almost unnoticed in this country, chiefly because it is due to Belgian enterprise. But for all that, British traders already realize the vast possibilities involved and are actively preparing to obtain a share of the new trade. The road at present extends from Matadi to Kenge, and thence will he pushed as rapidly as possible to Stanley j pool. The list of freight charges has 1 been published in the chief European j ports, and two British and one German ; steamship line have made Matadi a port , of call. It is confidently predicted that a Congo boom is about to commence, and that King Leopold will soon be within measurable distance of reward for his courage and patience.—London Letter. The Singer Family Abroad. It is extraordinary how the Singer j family has managed to mix itself up with j the aristocracy of France. With noth ing but a huge fortune and a large stock i of eccentricity the original old Singer married no less than 10 women, cover ing a wide range of position and charac ter. He numbered his descendants by the score, and these it is who have man aged to ally themselves with some of the proudest families in Europe. At the re cent wedding of Mrs. Winnaretta Singer in Paris to Prince Melchior de Polignac there was a great gathering of the Singer clans, and they bore such names as Rochefoucauld, Decazes. Murat, Modena and Dudley.—Cholly Knickerbocker in New York Recorder. An Old Goose. It is positively asserted that a promi nent farmer living near Ellicott City, Md., has in his possession a goose which has attained the rather astonishing age of 36 years. The bird was purchased by its present owner in 1880, and was then 23 years old. It is as sprightly now, it is stated, as any of the flock, and there is nothing in its appearance to indicate such an advanced age. 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