S A / Iacter.
^Opportunity
A “Tyipe.”
^ai^. ./ary, says the Bos
ton Globe'. V, /retimes it may be
$10,000 for a portrait, then again it
may be $2,500. He alone knows
what guides him in this respect. It is
said that he derives so much personal
satisfaction from the painting of
some portraits that he will not
charge pearly as much as he will for
others. This was true of the famous
Wertheimer portrait. Wertheimer,
a famous London art dealer, expected
to pay $10,000 for his portrait, but
Sarent’s bill, it is said, was made out
i for $2,500, a fact which pleased the
I business acumen of the Hebrew—he
L^H^^Ctrred a bargain. Wertheimer
H never could understand the smiles of
I the public who knew him, when they
W saw his portrait. These people
thought they saw in the portrait of
this man a commercial type laid bare,
ft looked to them like the Wert
heimer who had sold Count Boni
Castellano a lot of bric-a-brac and
. _ icd Countess Anna Gould Castel
lano for the bill. The countess was
not pleased with this transaction
However, Wertheimer was pleased
with his portrait—it was a bargain.
Perhaps Sargent took some pleas
ure in depicting a type, a character
through this portrait. One thing b
certain, he paints beyond the “skir
deep” beauty and expression of hi;
sitters, and where the character ha;
v aTrarrMd-rHra^WM’fihiLQ.ut .ail ,7fr
~ latent beauty and portrayed the very
soul, almost, of +he person. As an ex
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president of Bryn Mawr college a few
jk years ago is an excellent one. It is
^ more than a mere portrait; it depicts
a splendid type of the American, mid
dle-aged cultivated woman. It.
stands securely in a gallery as such
in much the same manner that a Van
dyke portrait would unquestionably
stand for a type of royal beauty in
his age.
Sargent sometimes has made ene
mies of his sitters because of his con
scientious effort to portray charac
ter. There is a story of a Boston
beauty, some years ago, who, when
she received her portrait from Sar
gent, took it to her room, studied it
for awhile, recognized the fact that
tire artist had laid bare her true char
acter on the canvas, and in a moment
of fury cut out the face and destroyed
it. She did not want that peculiar
nature of hers staring her in the face
from the walls of her room all the
time.
ANCIENT ALE TESTING.
The Old-Time Method in England
Was Certainly Picturesque.
Here is a story of aneTbnt ale test
ing, and it is told by the Philadelphia
ltecord: “The antiquary took a slip
from his glass of ale. Then he
smacked his lips. lie held the bev
erage up to the light, admiring its
clear color. ‘This ale,’ he said, ‘is
pure. In the proving of it the ale
tester of the jxist would not have
stuck fast to his bench.’ The old
man chuckled. Then he resumed:
•Of course you don’t know what I
mean. Well, let me tell you that in
England and Scotland a couple of
hundred years ago ale was tested for
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had no sugar in it , it was regarded as
unimpeachable. The official ale
_ tester wore leather breeches. He
•* would enter an inn unexpectedly,
draw a glass of ale, pour it on a wood
en bench and then sit down in the
little puddle he had made. There
he would sit for 30 minutes by the
clock. He would converse, he would
smoke, he would drink with all who
asked him to, but he would be very
^"'"TareTltf hot to change his position in
an v wav. At the end of the half hour
he would make as if to rise, and this
was the test of the ale; for, if the ale
was impure, if it had sugar in it, the
te-tcr’s leather breeches would stick
fast to the bench, but if there was no
sugar in the liquor no cohesion would
be present.’ ”
Sea Birds Congregate There.
The cliff where more sea birds are
said to build their nests than any
other place in the world is on the
coast of Norway. It is 1,000 feet high
and goes by the name of Svocrliolt
Jdubben. Kittiwakes have built theii
nests of rush and seaweed for ages
in innumerable quantities. The nests
remain from year to year on thenar
— row shelves of the cliff side, being
repaired, like rooks’ no*ts. for each
coining season, and added to until
they hang into space. Whim a tour
ist comes to inspect this colony 3
gun is usually let off, whereupon sc
many birds rise that the whole-sky
for the moment is darkened.
WHY THE BILL WAS KILLED.
The Speech That Buried a Piece of
Progressive Legislation.
“When I was in the legislature,"
said a gentleman from Mississippi to
a New Orleans Times-Democrat re
porter, “we sometimes conducted
progressive legislation under difficul
ties, and often a really meritorious
measure died a-borning on account of
the cant and sophistry of some gem
tleman from the ‘sticks.’ When 1
was in the lower branch, some years
ago, 1 introduced a bill exempting all
money from taxation which was,
loaned at a rate of interest less than!
six per cent. The house was strictly
a body of farmers at that time am/
many of them were paying as much ?/
18 per cent, for money with which tb
make their crop. So it would seem
to an outsider that my bill woind
have a fair chance to pass, particu
larly as it was favorably reported/by
the committee to which it had been
referred. But an old farmer from
back in the woods killed it dead as a
door nail. In a speech on the sub
ject he said: ‘What’s the use to pass
any fool bill like that? When 1 wuz
making my canvas 1 had to borrow
$150—and I had to put up two good
mules and a wagon to get it, besides
I had to pay 11 per cent, interest.
Now, don’t you know, Mr. Speaker,
nobody ain't goin’ to lend no money
at six per cent. whenjJxbTt'ifrf^et 11
per cent ? 1 mo^hat we lay thatfool
bill otj flic table and get to work 'tyn
«t something that will do the people
some good.’ And that is exactly
what they did. Some time after this
I twitted the old fellow about his op
position to my bill. ‘Why, durn ct,
feller,’ he said, in a bantering, laugh
ing way, ‘if that bill had passed I
know six men in my county who’d
borrowed money jest to run against
me. Don’t believe in encouragin’
young fellers in borrowin’money an’
gettin’ mixed up in politics.’ All of
which shows how things sometimes
(ro in a legislative hodv.”
SOUSA'S CLEVER WAY.
The Great “March King” Dodged the
Society Bugbear.
Mainly About People tells of the
way Sousa cleverly got the better of
the hostess who was trying to “work”
him: “Sousa makes not only music
wherever he goes, but friends also,
and many of these have a way of in
viting him to their houses when he
wants to rest in his hotel. The
‘March King,' though by no means
ancient, was, nevertheless, not born
yesterday, and he is quite able to
distinguish among his would-be
hosts and hostesses those who want
him for the pleasure of his company
and those who desire his presence as
a celebrity. In one of the towns he
lately met a lady with a large reputa
tion for worrying celebrities of all
kinds to attend her dinners and ‘at
homes.’ She sent him a pressing in
vitation to sup at her house after the
performance, but it got to Sousa’s
ears that she had issued invitations to
her neighbors ‘to meet Mr. John
Philip Sousa’—an exhibition of‘pre
viousness’ not to be tolerated even by
an American—and he declined po
litely and with thanks. Having
counted on Sousa’s acceptance and
held his name out to her friends as
bait, the lady was much disturbed on
receiving his note, and wrote back to
him with dpsiierate solicitude. ‘T am
terribly sorry to have your card say
ing you cannot come, but I still hope
for the pleasure of your company.’
To this the poor lady received the
following terrifying answer: ‘Dear
Madam—I have given your kind
message to my company, but I regret
to say that only 15 of them will be
able to accept your invitation, the
rest of them having appointments to
keep elsewhere. Yours truly, John
Philip Sousa.’ ”_
VALUE OF THE SIESTA.
What Happens When One Takes a
Nap in the Afternoon.
The need for the light slumber
robe or coverlet thrown over a per
son when lying down during the
day, even in a warm room, is ex
plained, says the New York Sun, by
the reduced circulation of the blood
when the body is in a recumbent pos
ture.
When one lies down the heart espe
cially is eased temporarily of its reg
ular work. The body depends for
warmth on the vigor of the circula
tion. and as the blood Hows so much
more slowly through the veins when
one is lying down, the missing
warmth must be made up by extra
covering.
This temporary respite of the
heart’s action also accounts for the
wholesomcness of the siesta, or for
the benefit derived from the half
hour’s lying down without sleep,
which so many nervous or high
strung people find recuperative
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THE “H OR MET VS XEiST” AT SHILOH.
Find Gen. W. H. I,. Wallace.
Gen. Grant had said that the battle of Shiloh, fought on April 6 and 7,
1862, was the fiercest conflict of the civil war in the west, and probably the
fiercest conflict between the forces of the north and south in either the east or
west. Of the fearful carnage that occurred there the worst was probably in
what the confederates had named “The Hornet’s Nest.” This consisted of a
wood in the center, with thick undergrowth, flanked on either side by open
fields. Of the heavy underbrush in this part of the battlefield of Shiloh,there
was scarcely a shrub or brush that was not pierced by one or more bullets. It
was in this underbrush that Gen. W. H. L. Wallace was mortally wounded
during the afternoon of the first day’s fight.
THIS AND THAT.
But one-fifth the population and
one-eleventh the area of Turkey is
in Europe.
Speaking generally, wild crea
tures inhabiting hot countries are
more savage than those of cold or
temperate countries.
Many Swiss manufacturers of
watches and silks are moving across
the line into Germany to save tariff
charges and to secure cheaper labor
The average daily consumption ol
water per head of population in
American cities is about 80 gallons.
In Europe it varies from 3 in Brest and
11 in Venice, to 202 in Marseilles,
and 26-1 in Borne.
The Paris Figaro has ascertained
that of 764 widowers 636 married
again before the end of the year oi
mourning. Widows are not allowed
to marry before the expiration
of nine months, but nine-tenths oi
them marry again in the tenth
month.
Sweden has proportionately more
forest than any other European coun
try; it covers about two-fifths of the
territory. The percentage of foresi
in other countries is: Bussia, 32
Austria, 30; Germany, 23; Norway
21; Switzerland, 20; France, 18
Italy, 14; Spain, 13; Denmark, 6
Great Britain, 4.
A strange spindly plant with nod
ding little flowers was sent from tin
city of Mexico to the Madrid botan
ical garden in 1784, and, being new
to the botanists, was named Dahlia
after Dahl, a Swedish botanist. Flor
ists soon noticed the great possibility
of variation in the flower in color anc
size, but it was rare in Europe unti!
Humboldt brought from Mexico £
quantity of the seed.
NESTING HABITS OF BIRDS.
Comparatively Few Mate for Life
Some Pair for a Season.
Why do all those birds which paii
for life always return to their ole
nesting places? This is one of those
curiosities of natural history, says tin
Illustrated (London) Sporting anc
Dramatic News, which no one has ye
explained satisfactorily. Our wile
birds are divided into three classes sc
far as matrimonial arrangements an
concerned. Those which become
partners for life form much the
smallest of these, three classes, anc
there are several of them whose con
stancy to their spouses is open t<
grave doubt. Then we have those
birds which marry in the spring anc
remain constant to each other so Ion <
as their young arc dependent upoi
them. When these young have gom
off to get their own living their par
cuts separate, and do not mate agaii
next year. They have had enougl
of each other’s society, and prefe:
the chdrm of novelty. Three-fourth:
of our wild birds belong to this class
who make promiscuous marriages ev
ery spring. Then we have the Brig
ham Youngs of the bird world, a
represented by the house sparrow
who keeps up various branch estab
lishments in addition totheaneestra
home. This polygamous class is ;
small one, but it is more numerou
than the casual observer would sup
pose.
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IDENTIFIES PASSENGERS.
Automatic Mechanism Invented for
Use on Railway Trains.
An automatic mechanism which is
intended to register the number and
class of passengers of a car, the dis
tance ridden by each, the approxi
mate time and place of ingress and
egress of each, identifying the con
ductor, car, trip, day or night, noting
the hour or minute of the day or
night and the approximate location
of the car, in order to obtain a true
automatic register or record of the
trip and the number of passengers
carried independently of the coop
eration and beyond the control of the
conductor, is an invention for which
Frederick W. Brooks, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., has obtained a patent, says the
Scientific American. The apparatus
takes its records in such a manner
that they may be used as lantern
slides and projected on a screen. An
automatic mechanism controls elec
tric circuits and connections to oper
ate a camera electrically, at such in
tervals or distances apart as may be
desired by and in consequence of the
revolution of the car wheels. The
mechanism is arranged in such a
manner that the intervals can be
changed or adjusted at will. The
camera is so adjusted as to photo
graph the interior or part of in
terior of the car, the platform or plat
, forms and side running boards, and
any and all passengers that may com©
within its field. The camera is so
connected with the electrical appli
ances of the car as to cut off objec
tionable or conflicting lights. The
connections are all protected. The
parts of the invention may be briefly
summed up as follows: First, a de
vice connected with and operated
by the revolution of a wheel or axle
of the car and an electrical connec
tion by which the operations of the
camera and registers and the dis
tance between such operations are
actuated and controlled; second, an
electriic current from any available
source, preferably a battery, either
primary or storage, situated in such
part of the car as may be deemed
convenient and connected by con
ductors with the above device, by
which the circuit or circuits are
opened or closed, the opening and
closing of the electric currents being
arranged to operate the camera or
cameras, the registers, and the light
ing and de-lighting of the car; third,
1 a method for automatically lighting
the car in such portions as are de
sired and means for shutting off con
: dieting or objectionable lights.
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Washington’s Map.
i The original map made by George
i Washington in 1775 of the ]ai*3s on
■ the great Kanawha river, West Yir
;» ginia, granted to him by the British
, government in 1763 for his services
■ in the Braddoek expedition, is now in
■ possession of the library of congress,
s says the National Geographic Maga
, zine. The map is about two by five
. feet, and is entirely in the handwrit
1 ing of Washington. The margin is
i filled with notes, also in Washing
; ton’s handwriting, describing the
. boundary marks set by Washington
and different features of the tract.
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