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STRUGGLES OF AN ARTIST
How William M , Ohaso Painted His First
Baccefsaful Picture ,
POVERTY AS A SPUR TO ENERGY
From n Shop Htore In liullniui I" "
Mtuillo In AIM lorh HiiriM-Hi
Achli-vccl O IT .Many
Olinlnvlrn.
From Fifteenth street , facing Livingston
Place , there Is ono of the prettiest views In
all New York. To the north are the red
brick buildings of ttio Religious Society of
Friends and beyond the old stone Church of
8t. Gtorge. In an Imposing old style house
commanding this view lives the famous
artist , William M. Chase , and in his draw
ing room I talked with him the other day
regarding Mi early struggles and his first
successful picture.
The walls of the parlors are hung with
many ot the paintings which made Mr.
Chase's working rooms In the- old Studio
building , In Tenth street , the show place
of Now York for nearly twenty years. There
In the portrait of Carroll Beckwlth , the
Lady In White , and beautiful Mrs. Chasu
watching her children at play In the broad
hall ot the summer house In the Shlnnecook
hills.
"Whatever success I may have attained , "
eald Mr. Chase , "comes from my lovu of
art for art's sake only. I always wanted to
bo an artist , and I came to bo one this
AUTOGRAPH PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM M. CHASE.
way : My father owned a general store In
Wllllamsburg , Ind. You know what a gen
eral store Is. Ho Itept everything and sold
to farmers and village people. "
"When I was about 10 ho went up to
Indianapolis and started the largest shoe
store In that city. Ono part of It was
separated from the rest and devoted to
women. It was carpeted. It was the first
woman's shoo store In the west. Ono day
my fattier carao to mo and said : 'William ,
you have spoiled wrapping paper enough
here. Put on your hat nnd come with me.
I'm going to take you up to Hays. '
"On our way to the artist's rooms ho
explained to mo regretfully how sorry he
felt that his endeavors to make n business
man of me had failed ; that he hadn't much
hope or faith In my art predilections , but
was 'willing ' to glvo mo a chance , and lie
thought that a sttnllo was a bettor place
for that chance than a shoo store , nnd
thus I began my studies with U. F. Hays ,
the artist , In his studio next to the old
postofll'ce.
.Sot o Copr UiiMrruvliiK" .
"Mr. Hays set me to work copying things
svhlch wore of no earthly ndvantngo to mo as
an art student. For Instance , he had me
copy In oil a steel engraving of ono ot
Hosji Honheur's pictures. After I bed bcun
with him a year or so , however , ho did dome
mo a genuine son-Ice. Ho advised my
father to send mo to New York.
"I came to this city with several letters
of Intrpductlon to wholesale shoo dealers ,
who were requested to keep a kindly watch
over nu < , and another letter to the late J. 0.
Eaton , a western artist , who had attained
considerable * reputation In the metropolis. I
wentinto Mr. Eaton's studio , and upon hla
advice I entered the National Academy ot
Design. When I was 20 years old my father
failed In business. Ho might have taken
advantage of the bankruptcy law and caved
n respectable fortune. Hut It was an hon
est failure. He regretted very much that
ho could not continue supporting me , and bo
wondered what use I could make of my art
training. I didn't know exactly what to do.
"I gave the matter considerable thought.
I had ono year's experience In the shoe busi
ness , nnd I had learned to sell a woman n
pair ot shoes two sizes too Email for her.
I was very successful In that , and I had
made up my mind that 'If ' 1t came to the
worst I would go Into a shoe store ns a
clerk. Dut fortunately I didn't have to. I
laid the matter before Mr. Eaton , nnd ho
dvlsed me to paint flowers nnd fruits , In
which line of work I had been moderately
successful. Through his Inlluenco I was
able to sell some of these. There are n
number of them now up around Yonkers ,
which I would like to recall. I was so suc
cessful that by Christmas I had saved up
enough money to go to St. Louis , where
my father had re-established himself In
business , and I decided , after looking over
the field to open u studio In that city.
"Now In every large city that I have ever
been in there are one or more men who feel
a personal Interest In art. They are naturar
art patrons. I met tuo such men In St.
Louis. One of them was named Hodges and
the other was Samuel Dodd. They were
Imth very wealthy. Ono day I overheard
them talking In my studio about me.
" 'What do you think we had better do ?
eald Mr. Hodges.
" 'Send him abroad , ' answered Mr. Dodd.
" 'We'll get commissions for him to be
executed on the other side , and we will have
the money advanced to him for his studies. '
"When this plan was laid before me I
very willingly gave up my studio and went
to Munich , where I entered the academy of
which the great I'llotl was the director ,
took with me several hundred dolfurs and I
filled every commission according to prom
ise. The most expensive commission was for
D. A. Cole , ono of the best known collectors
in the west , Ho had advanced J150 , The
picture I painted for him Is now in the
Wldener collection in Philadelphia. If I had
to do It over again I would not do It for ten
times that mu < h.
"After entering the academy I had a
pretty hard time of It. I foresaw that my
money would be spent long before I bad ac
quired the requisite training , nnd try as
hard as I might I could not celt my work to
the local den I cm. I had been more or less
of a revolutionist In the school. I had ob
jected to painting pictures to order , and It
was not the way of the master.
llotMi in Ilrfiul uiiil Cln-cxi' .
"At last I got down to bread and cheese.
IJvcn my canvas nnd my palntn wcro sup
plied by my fellow students. I had been In
Munich two years and a half. I bad worked
bard and conscientiously. I bad re
ceived , It Is true , the highest medal given by
the academy In each class , but I had been
severercriticised by the teachers for my
Independence ! and the dealers would have
nothing to do with me. 1 know what de
spair means. "
The nrtlst rose to his feet , walked across
the room and looked out of the window
where tlio mold was bringing home his child
fiom their morning walk.
"It was the turning point In my life. I
don't know how much longer I could have
kept up the struggle. I was fortunate In
having secured quarters with some people
who had confidence in me sufficient confi
dence to let mo owe them two years' rent-
but I could not have held out very much
longer , and I knew It. It was then that I
painted my first successful picture. It
came about this way : I painted a study of
a woman In black dressed In a riding habit.
It now hangs In ttio reception room of the
Union League club In this city. 1 sold It
for $300. It was bought by S. P. Avery ,
and now belongs to the club. It was not
the money that I got from this picture ,
though , that brought me success , because j
I did not sell It until several months after
ward. I took the canvas to Pllotl and
asked him what he thought of it. He looked
at It , and then hu said : 'Mr. Cliase , I want
you to ipalnt the portraits of my children.
[ will advance you one-half of the price
before you begin work. '
Within a day everybody In Munich art
circles knew that the great painter had com
missioned mo to paint the portraits of his
children. My reputation was made. The deal-
era who had refused to notice mo crowded
my studio and asked for paintings , studies ,
anything that I had. The seal of approval
tiad been set by the highest authority of
his day. I had money Pllotl's money
and I was Independent , so I told these dealers -
ers 'No , ' to go away , to let mo alone , that
I would have nothing to do with them. I
paid my rent. I walked on air. The whole
worM looked bright. There was sunlight
everywhere.
Slory of nil Kxcluinge.
"I won't tell you how I painted these
portraits or what has become of them , for
that haa nothing to do with the matter wo
are talking about. A curious sequel , how
ever , to this llttlo siege of the Bavarian art
dealers came to pass only last month. Let
mo tell you about It. One of the dealers
had In his store a portrait of a girl smoking
a pipe , by Wllholm Lelbl , oven at that time
a famous painter. I enjoyed studying this
picture more than almost any other In
Munich , and It occurred to mo that so long
as my work was In demand I would exchange
some of my pictures for It , so that I toulii
study it at my leisure In , my own studio.
I gave three studies of heads In exchange
for It.
"Now at the Stuart art sale last year ono
of Llebl'g pictures sold for $15,000. About
a month ago the art dealer who arranged
the trade In Munich more than twenty years
ago wrote to "mo asking whether I still had
this picture , and , If so , whether I would
sell It. I replied that I had It nnd did not
care to dispose of U. In answer to tlili
I received a letter asking mo to put my
own price upon the canvas. This was n
different matter. So I wrote to my old-
time friends , telling them that It they
would send their agent to me with $2,000 I
would part with the picture , never thinking-
that my offer would be accepted. Dut they
cabled their acceptance and they've got ths
picture now , and I don't know whether to
be sorry or glad. "
"How did Pllotl happen to ask you to
paint his children's portraits ? I thought
you said ho was a severe critic ot yours , " I
suggested.
Jin < ColiunliuM Turn 111 * Hack.
"It was not wholly my study ot the
'Woman In lllack , ' as I afterward learned ,
because , although the great painter was a
very harsh critic , he had a rather high Idea
ot my ability , which I possibly did not de
serve. I'll glvo you an Illustration. I
told you how I resented the method of
manufacturing pictures , employed In the
academy , of my desire for 'Independence , and
all that. This happened a month ur BO be
fore I received my commission. I had all
the sensitive Independence that goes with
unrecognized ability and grinding poverty.
I resented almost everything. That was my
mood. One day the master said to me that
he wanted competitive compositions from
the pupils , and ho bad selected the subject
of Columbus before the council because
there were a number of Americans In the
academy. Now , I knew how Pllotl wanted
those compositions to bo made. I knew
where he would place Columbus and where
ho would put tfio members ot the council ,
but I determined 'that If I were compelled
to paint It I would follow my own ideas.
Two days before the tlmo for submitting the
compositions arrived some of my fellow
pupils asked mo what I was doing with Co
lumbus. I told them ' '
nothing , 'You'd bet
ter do something , ' said one ot them , 'The
chief expects something very important
rom you. ' 1 laughed. They Instated , ami'I
lore nn n Joke than anything pl e I laid out
ny composition. 1 i.ild to one of tlio young
men , 'There li no authorized portialt of
Columbus , Is there ? ' No one knew of nny.
So , ' I continued , 'I'll paint the back of tha
Iscovcror , and I won't put him In one cor-
cr of the picture , but In tlio center. ' Ami
o I did. I mnde him face the council tit
position that I knew would not entirely
lease the chief. The more I worked"nt tlio
ulng the more interested I became , and be-
ere I had been painting nn hour 1 was en
grossed In It. After I had finished It I Inld
to one sltle nnd thought no
nero about It. Ilut I finally entered It
1th t/io other compositions. To my In-
cnso stirplso It received the medal. As
eon ns the award was announced I'llotl
iamo to me , Indignation written In every
Ino of his face.
face.A
A Loutl llonr.
" 'It's an outrage , ' ho said. 'I don't tin-
crstond how the committee came to give
ou that medal. You don't deserve It. The
dea of making so lad a use of so great a
ubjoct ! Now , th's la what you want to
lo. Put Columbus oven on one side , paint
a side view of him. Do It this way , ' nn-1
IB Illustrated with his expressive gestures
iow the figure wnc to bo drawn. 'Now ,
don't paint on your little canvas. I'll glvo
ou a studio that three men have now.
' 11 turn them all out. You cau have It
ly yourself. Then we'll put a canvas
lilrty feet wide and I want you to paint
his plcturo this way. In , one , In two years ,
you will have produced a painting. If I
lave any Influence with jour government
t will bo In Washington. It will bo In the
apltol. It will make you famous. '
"Of course 1 was pleased. I was more ,
was touched. Ilut I didn't have money
nough to work one or two years , or even
no or two months longer , and I told him
o frankly.
" 'You don't need money , ' said Pllotl , 'tho
, cadcmy , the government will pay your ex-
icnsea , will hire jour studio , glvo you your
lalnts , buy you your canvas , engage you
our model. "
"I thanked him , but I went back to my
studio and resumed my single canvases and
lied to reach the heart of Munich art
dealers. This will show you how the mns-
er regarded mo even before I had sub-
nUtcd1 the picture that gave mo my first
uccessful order. While I was painting the
portraits of the children , Pllotl asked mo
tow I was getting along with my Columbus
ilcture. I had not begun It. I never had
my Intention of beginning It , and I didn't
tnow exactly -what to say lo him. Sud-
lenly au Inspiration came to mo.
" 'Do you think , Herr Director , ' said I ,
that Munich Is the place to paint thla plc-
.uro In. Isn't Salamanca a better place ? '
" 'Quito right , ' returned the master. 'Of
Bourse. Como to think of It , your models
lero are all Bavarians. You want Span-
ards for models. Walt until you go to
ialaraanca. Do It there. '
"Ttiat is the last I ever heard of my
Columbus composition. But I have the
original among my paintings in my studio
now. "
Ilnlc for Sncce * in Art.
"What la your rule for success in act ? "
asked.
"Years ago , " said Mr. Chase , as ho led
mo to the front window and pointed to the
rees In the park and the half withered
; rass , "I thought that Nature was master.
Now I know different. Art transcends
N'ature. Ono must paint what Is behind
.ho eye of the artist. As I paint , and I levee
o paint , there Is somebody standing by
my shoulder Mho says to me , 'Don't paint
that , ' or 'paint that , ' and I follow these
directions. I almost see this somebody. It
s conscience personified. It speaks to mo.
It directs me. Eevery day I paint whenever
t Is possible , "whether It bo well done or
jadly done. I paint If I have to scratch It
out the next morning. I work because I
can't help working. I love work. "
"And your best picture , Mr. Chase ? " I
suggested.
"My best picture ? In my studio there is
an empty canvas. My best picture Is painted
; here. It's In my mind. I am always paint
ing my best picture. I am always at work
on It. It I only could paint the pictures I
aavo In here " and the artist touched his
forehead. "I don't suppose , though , that I
ever shall. My best plcturo is still un-
palnted , ami I hope the tlmo will never
come when I shall look at that canvas and
say , 'There Is my best picture. ' "
GOSSIP AI10UT NOTED PEOPLB.
. For forty years Vermont was represented
In the United States senate by four men
Solomon , . Foot , Jacob S. Morrlll. George F.
Edmunds < vnd Justin S. Morrill. The Green
mountain state , by 'the way , has given nu
merous distinguished sons to the nation ,
among others , Stephen A. Douglas to Illi
nois , Matthew H. Carpenter to Wisconsin
and Thaddeus Stevens to Pennsylvania.
No public man ever kept his documents
In ' tnoro scrupulous order than Gladstone
and his biographer , John Morley , is reaping
the advantage , for lie finds everything so
ready to his hand that ho Is able to begin
the actual writing at onco. Ho has set him-
a limit of three years for -the task , but
may complete It In two. No reserve of any
kind has < been Imposed upon , him by the
family.
Speaker Heed , when told last summer that
Congressman Dlngley was very fond of
Mark Twain and the American humorlsta
generally , made answer : "Why , when
Dlngley woe a young fellow , he preferred
sitting up nights reading the latest treasury
report to holding a pretty girl on his knee.
Isn'.t that so. Dlngley ? " "Well. " replied .
the author of the tariff bill. "I leave that to
Mrs. Dlngley. "
Colonel George Parmeleo Webster , who
died a few days ngo In Now York , cast the
deciding vote In the Kentucky legislature
at the beginning of the civil -war. which
kept that state ire the union. Ho was the
last to vote on the motion to iccede and the
vote when U came to him stood atie. - . He
was a native of Connecticut , hut went to
Kentucky .when . a young man and settled In
Now York after the , war. He was a lawyer. a
Paymaster General Stanton will soon bo .
placed upon the retired list of the army ,
having reached the * so limit. Hard as a
hickory nut and at the came time gentle as a ]
woman , there la nothing of the tin soldier a
about this veteran , nvhose department Is 0
perhaps freer from , red tape than any other
In Washington. It ha been said of Genera'
Stantoa that "flunkies do not flourish
around him , and his latchstrlng a long one
always hangs outside. "
One day aome years ago a carpenter pre '
sented himself to the late Dr. Jenner of
London , who remarked that his disease hat
made great progress and ho should have
seen him eooner. "I've been waiting to
eeo you three years , elr. " was the astonish
ing reply. "Why , my man. " exclaimed
Jenner. "couldn't you afford to come ? '
"Ob , yes. " answered the carpenter , "but I
could not get a gold guinea piece anywhere
and I heard you would take nothing less. ' '
Until very recently Mayor Sllaa D. Drake
of Elizabeth , N. J. , had no middle name
merely the letter. After Dewey's victory
ho decided to appropriate the admiral's
name to himself and ho notified the nava
hero of his intention. He has Just received
a pleasant note In reply , the hero of Manila
expressing pleasure at the compliment pale
him by the New Jersey official. The ad
mlral adds : "It may Interest you to know
that I bad a cousin , now dead , named Slla
Drake Flagg. "
CLEVER TRICK FUR PARLORS
Mysteries nnd Sleighl-of-IIand Based oil
Scientific Principles ,
BLOWING EGGS FROM GLASS TO GLASS
ClinnliiK mill tntiTt-MltiK Trick * with
I'lanlx , DiuioliiK Water llnlilrn
anil Air I'rrsMiiri Wyn-
trry with SmoUr.
A verx Interesting experiment to work
out during the performance U one based
upon the action of chemicals. About an
lour Is required for this ; to It could bo
ommenccd Just before the entertainment ,
and the things left to stand aa part ot
ho outfit on the table. Take three medium
Izeil leaves from a red cabbage nnd strip
hem to pieces , nnd put them In a clean
earthen dish and pour a pint of boiling
voter over them. As coon ns the water Is
cool , transfer It all to a pretty glass bowl
nnd set that on the magic table. The water
will be of a rich blue In an hour. At the
amo tlmo take four clean wine glasses
and put six drops of common vinegar in one ,
Ix drops of baking soda dissolved In water
n the second , and six drops of alum solu-
lon in the third. The fourth Is to bo left
empty. No ono would notice the small
quantity of liquid In these glasses.
When yoi. are ready to use them you say
omethlng like this : "You see three empty
glasses. I shall pour this blue liquid Into
hem. They will , nt my command , change
heir color. This ( taking the empty one )
shall remain blue. This ono shall turn red
taking the one with the vinegar ) , this shall
jecome green ( taking the ono with the soda )
and this ono shall take on royal purple.
The alum makes purple. ) This Is very ef-
ectlve , as well as pretty ,
Air I'roKNtire.
A boiled egg boiled for fear ot accident
lornry for tlio defense on a point of Iknti
flcntlon , the wltnens having testified that
ho hail never seen the prisoner ex opt on
the day of the nsjuiilt and one day n year
before.
"You say , " ealil the Attorney , "th.1t you
had only seen the prisoner once before the
allrRid assault ? "
"Yec , Kir. "
"How long before ? "
"A lectio uppcrds of n year. "
"You never had ecru the man before that
time ? "
"No , sir. "
"Where did you see him the first time ? "
"Ho come to my house one day mid
stopped for a drink ot water. I passed the
time of day with him nnd we talked for u
matter of flvo minutes , I rhould say. "
"How did ho look then ? "
" 'Bout like ho did the day of the scrap. "
"Describe his appearance nt the tlmo jou
claim to have first seen him. "
"Ho hid on a giny Jeans suit of do's , cow
leather boots , with his pants stuck In 'em ,
black hat and had a black and white dog. "
"How does It happen you remember to
distinctly ? "
" 1 don't have much else on my mind , 1
reckon. "
"Isn't It n fart that If this Is the man you
say It If , ho 1ms changed considerably be
tween the tlmo jou saw him and the day
you say you saw him assault the plaintiff ? "
"Some , " hesitated the witness , trying to
think.
"Ah , " exclaimed the attorney , "you admit
there was some change In him ? "
"Yes , sir ; I reckon there was. "
"Will you state to the court exactly what
change you observed ? Ilemember , you are
on your oath. "
"Well , your honor , " said the witness with
great deliberation , "tlio last time I seen
him ho had n yaller dog. "
The constitution adopted by the state of
North Carolina In 1S6S abolished courts of
equity , giving the superior courts Jurisdic
tion of all matters , legal nnd equitable , and
the power to determine them In the eamo
Bitlt. Shortly afterwards ex-Judgo B. was
employed by a countryman to bring suit
DANCING-
DOLL
JUMPING E.G& ,
OPGROWN
GROWN IN
Is put , largo end downward , In a wine class.
Another glass like It Is stood an Inch dis
tant. The performer must blow forcibly
down In the side nearest him of the glass
with tlio egg , and It will Jump out and Into
the other one. Better try this two or three
times privately to malto euro of distance
and force required.
Air pressure may bo used as the basis
for the "dancing waterbaby , " This Is easily
made , and Is very comical. A clear glass
milk jar should bo filled with water up to
an Ir.ch from the top. A small walnut has
the m at taken out and the shell fastened
together with sealing wax , so that It Is
watertight. At the lower end a small hole
Is to be mado. Two threads arc fastened to
the shell by wax , and these arc tle-d to the
head of a small wooden doll. A bullet Is
fastened to a string around the waist and
hings down a trlflo below the feet. The
hole In the nutshell Is right over the doll's
head. When this Is done put the doll down
Into the water , and the water must reach
to about an Inch from the top , when all
IB In. A pleco of bladder Is to bo firmly
tied over the mouth. This should be wet
first , as that makes It more pliable , and no
air must enter. When this Is dry the baby
js ready to dance for you. You press the
cover with ono finger , and that causes a
corresponding pressure of air upon the nut ,
which is then tilled with water , and that
makes It heavier , so that It rises and falls
with each pressure of the finger.
Myatcrlous Smoke- .
A puzzling trick In chemistry Is to take a
very transparent glass goblet with four
drops of hydrochloric acid In the bottom and
a saucer where the bottom has Just been
dipped In ammonia. Cover the glass tightly
with the saucer and step away , declaring
that you will cause the smoke from a
cigarette to pass Inside the glass. The glass
will slowly flll with fumes of smoke. It Is
the union of these two volatile liquids which
forms the white fumes.
If one wonts to do a really remarkable
thing let him get a handful of lettuce seed
and soak them over night In alcohol. Then
have a flower pot or box not over six Inches
deep. In the bottom strew two Inches of
well mixed loam or florist's soli. At the be
ginning of the evening's performance the
Kli |
lad Ebould show this box of soil and tell
them that before the audience leaves he Is
going to show them aome of his farming.
He then takes his seeds , and after putting In
the box two Inches more of eoll , composed
of : one part loam and one part of quicklime ,
he scatters his lettuce seeds all over the top
and then sifts a llttlo moro loam , very flno
and thinly over the seeds. Then he waters
the whole and stands It directly In the light.
In ten minutes the seeds burst , In twenty
there arc two leaves and at the end of an
hour , If kept sprinkled a couple of tlucs , the
lettuce leaves will have attained the size of
quarter ot a dollar and ought to bo numer
ous enough to make the whole top ijreeu.
TO1,1 OUT OF COUKT.
"I was recently making out a deed for a
man , " Bald a Detroit lawyer to the Free
Press man , "and all went swimming till I
turned to him and asked his wife's name.
'Oh , yes , of course. Wife's name. Very
necessary , to be sure , ' and It was plain to
be seen that ho was sparring for time , while
making every effort to bring his memory
Into play. Ho had a rush of brood to the
face , looked sorely troubled and finally
turned his back on me while he looked out
the window , as though relief wcro to
bo found there. 'Wouldn't that beat you , '
ho exclaimed , as ho turned slowly back ,
'I'll bo blowed if I can recall her name.
You see they used to call her "Pet" when
the was a girl at homo and that was her
name with mo up to two years after our
marriage , when I began calling her " .Mam
ma. " I couldn't tell } ou her name If It
were a capital offense not to know It.
S'poso It wouldn't do to Just call her "Pet"
In" the deed ? ' It wouldn't , GO ho hurried
away and In an hour was back with his
wife's furl name on a slip of paper. "
The witness In an assault and battery
case , relates the Washington Star , was be
ing dragged around the stand by the at-
agalnst his own brother for n trivial bum.
The Judge ndvlsed his client to attempt to
compromise the matter , on the ground that
It was too trivial to bring Into court , espe
cially considering the relationship of the
parties. "Toll your brother , " said the
judge , "that he ought to consider the cir
cumstances and settle , according to equity
and right. " His advtco was followed cheer
fully , but the countryman returned the next
day nnd reported that his efforts to compro
mise had been without avail. "What did
your brother say ? " asked Judge 13. "Why ,
Jcdge , " said his client , scratching his head ,
"ho said d -eaqulty ! thar warut no filch
thing as aqulty no mo , which the now con-
Eocutlon done killed eaqulty dead as Hec
tor ! " "You go back nnd tell your foolish
brother , " said Judge B , slowly and softly ,
"that when he gets Into the court house he
will find that 'eaqul-ty' lacks a good deal of
being dead. Furthermore ( hero his voice
dropped to a whisper ) , ho has gone and
cursed 'eaqulty , ' nnd If the Judge finds 'It
out your brother will have to go to Jail for
contempt of court ! Tell him that the best
thing for him to do is to compromise nnd
keep awny from the court house for flvo or
six years. " The compromise went through.
In the case of Slate asalnet Johnson , SO I > a.
Ann. 904 , the Indictment charged 'the ' defend
ant with stealing "a pair of pants" and the
supreme court of Louisiana held that "the
word 'pants' sufficiently describes a thing
which may be the subject of larceny. " Per
haps the court based its reasoning on the
ground that the person from whom the gar-
rn < ; nt was purloined was a "gent" and took
judicial notlco of the fact that "gents wear
pants. "
In an Interesting and witty paper read
by the Hon. Russell Smith Taft of the Ver
mont supreme court , at the last annual
meeting of the Bar association ot that state ,
the learned Judge cited a most admirable
sentence Imposed upon a man convicted of
Illegal fishing. It reads thus : "Your coun
sel think you are Innocent , and the court
think you are Innocent , but a Jury of your
peers , In possession of what common sense
they possess , and It seems , to us to have
been very little , think you are guilty , and
wo must Impose sentence upon you , which
IB that you bo placed In solitary confinement
on the south hank of the South Pond for one
day , and as that day was yesterday , If you
have any legitimate business , go about It. "
In a Kentucky pollco court some years ago
the judge was a mild tempered old physician
while the constable was a Iloanerges , ful !
of the Importance of his function , who had
an artificial leg like a hitching post or saw-
log. During the 'trial ' of a suit for tuition
by a school teacher against a red-headed
ono-cyed patron of his school the parties
got "into a fight , but that was of short du
ration. The constable bore down upon them
with his Etlck of timber smltlnc the floor
like a lightning pile driver , while ho yellec
to the defendant. "Sit down , you you led-
headcd , one-eyed son of a. gun. " The court
said , "That's right , Sir. Constable , keep or
der In the court. "
No s'ueh constable seems to have been
present iu the Illinois court in which the
justice made the following entry on his
docket : "Tho file was willingly fit in view
of the justice. "
In the case of Dover vs. Danville. 53 Vt
183. says Law Notes , the plaintiff sued to
recover for Injuries sustained bv reason o
a defective highway. As a consequence o
the Injury she was prematurely dcllverei
of twin living children , whldi shortly af
terward died. Orlevlng ceaselessly over her
loss the plaintiff sought surcease ot sorrov
In ahcdvy _ claim for damages , strongly urg
ing 'her continuing anguish of mind 03 i
ground therefor. The court , however , fullee
to dee any mode whereby such damaces
could bo estimated , and said : "If like
Rachul she wept for her children and wouli
not bo comforted , a question of contlnulne
damage Is presented , too delicate to bt
weighed by any scales which the law has
jot Invented. "
If the pangs of dlsprlzed love can bo
alleviated In n law court why ntiaulc
IlactifJ's eyes not bo dried with the nil
sufficient greenback ?
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for Enfantc and ChicSren. ?
The Kind You Me Always Bought
BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF
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A Good Husband.
ST. PAUL , Minn. , Jan. 28.
My wife used two boll'cs ' of
Wine of Caului while we lived
at Toledo , Ohio , and it cured
her diseases cntirdy. She has
a friend here who needs it.
Please , send a book for her.
GUST. LENING.
It is a husband's duty to do all he can to preserve hij wife's
health. Mis happiness as well as hers depends so much upon
it. Many women suffer month in and month out because their
natural modesty keeps them from telling their troubles to a doc
tor , and they dislike to visit drug stores and ask for ( he proper
medicine. A good husband can help his wife in such emer
gencies. He can go to the drug store and buy Wine of Cardui
for her , nnd she can take it at home.
When a woman is weak and sick , the trouble is almost
always with the organj that make her a woman. They arc so
closely allied to the fibres of her life that trouble there means
trouble all over her body. Wine of Cardui corrects end cures
all female troubles. No matter
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For oiHIco In rmjs rciiulrlnz epo.
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marvelous restorer of strength.
Drug Stores Sell Largo Bottle * at Ql.OO.
The Bee's souvenir editions together
contain a complete history of the great
enterprise , illustrated with beautiful
half-tone engravings. We have a few
copies left of the
( June 1st )
Pso Jubilee Editions
They contain pictures of the Grand
Court , the illumination , the build-
* f ings , the midway , all the officers , the
directors , the Indian camp and sham
battles , McKinley , his cabinet , the
heros of the war all about the Peace
Jubilee all about the Exposition.