Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 105, 30 May 1908 — Page 7

PAG E SEVEN. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Wanted, For Sale, For Rent, Lost, Found, Miscellaneous, Ledge Notice, Cards off Thanks, Obituaries, etc., 1 CENT A WORD. Situations Wanted, are Free. Tlie Market Place of Richmond for buyer or seller. A trial vi!i convince vcu thni Palladium Classified 7 INSERTIONS FCR TOE PRICE OF 3.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIU3I AND SUX-TELEGKA3I, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1908.

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WANTED Work to do; cooking, baking or general housework; 2j S. 19th. 30-3t WANTED Immediately, two salesmen or saleswomen to represent the best known illustrated weekly. Ask for Mr. Nelson, Arlington Hotel: 30-1 1 WANTED To buy an electric call phone 2277 or 107C. fan ; 30-2t WANTED Stoves to" store for the season; also lawn mowers to clean, sharpen and repair, called for and delivered, 50c. W F. Brown, 10:!0 Main. Phone 1778. 30-2t WANTEEToTetT-goodjmsture for cattle or horses; O. E. Fulghum, Phone 3136. 29-3t WANTED Men to Learn barber trade; will equip shop for you or The Markets No market reports today, account Memorial Day. Chicaflo. CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. (By Corrbll and Thompson, Brokers, Eaton. O.l Chicago, May 2!. Wheat. Open. High. Low. Close. May loo 111 lo; nou July imk N!V!8 IHH Sept 87Ts SSVH 87 87 Corn. Open. Hign. Low. Close. May Slia 82' i 7Si. 80 July 07 wv, H71.4 Sept 05 K VA t Oats. Open. High. Low. Close. May rmH o; r.iu, ra July 4714 47 -it; 4;i Sept 381, .iS' i 37 'A' Pork. Open. High. Low. Close. July .. .$13.(W $13.77 ?13.;2 $i:?.70 Sept .. . 13.;M) 14.07 13.(W 13.05 Lard. Open. High. Low. Closa. July . . . $R.4." ?S.ri7 ,S!.4r $S.."2 Sept . . . 8.C5 8.7."i 8.(;." 8.70 Ribs. Open. High. Low. Clos-i. July . . . $7.3.-; $7.4o $7.32 $7.42 Sept . . . 7.M 7.70 7.7.7 7.1)2 U. S. YARDS, CHICAGO. Chicago, May 29. Hogs, receipts 17,000, steady, left over 7.S65. Cattle 3,200, strong. Sheep 7.000, steady. Hogs Close. Light $31. "Sift $5.50 Mixed 5.20 $3' 5.57 Heavy o.Wffp 5.55 Rough 5.10 5.25 CHICAGO GRAIN RECEIPTS. Today. Last Wk. Last Yr. Wheat 2S 27 53 Corn 337 Oats 153 Estimates Wheat, 11. Corn, 157. Oats, 90. NORTHWEST RECEIPTS. Today. Last Wk. Last Yr. Minn ....120 123 313 Duluth ' . . 36 42 123 LIVERPOOL. Wheat 'Open -Vi lower; 1:30, unchanged; close - lower. Corn Open, unchanged; 1:30, unchanged; close, unchanged. Indianapolis Grain. Indianapolis, May 29. vVheat. 96 Corn, 70. Oats, 53. Rye, SI. Timothy, $12.00. Indianapolis Market. INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK. HOGS. Heat heavies $5.55 jT Good to choice 5.43 Jj' BEEF STEERS. Good to choice heifers.... 6.35 'fMedium to good steers . . 6.33 TChoice to fancy yearlings 5. 00 if BUTCHER CATTLE. Choice to fancy heifers. .. o.Ootff Good to choice heifers .... 4.30(f? VEAL CALVES. Good to choice 3.00?? Fair to good 2.00 S1 STOCK CATTLE. Good to h'vy fleshy feed'rs 6.255? Fair to good feeders 4.75 Good to choice stocn?rs 3.50 Jf Common to fair heifers . . 4.00 SHEEP. Choice lambs 5.23f Best yearlings 5.00 'a 5.65 5.60 6.75 6.75 5.73 0.00 4.:vi 6.50 5.25 5.50 5.00 4.50 4.65 5.50 5.25 Richmond Hay Market. (Omar G. Yv'helan.) Timothy Hay (ba'ed) $12.00 Timothy Hay (loose) ...$10.00011.00 Clover hay (baled) 510 Clover Hay 1 loose) $9.00 Mixed Hay 10.00 Straw (per ton) 5.00 Corn (per bu) 65c to 6Sc Oats (per bu.) 47 to 50c Richmond. CATTLK. (Paid by Richmond Abattoir.) Best hogs, average 200 to 250 lbs 5.30

furnish positions, few weeks completes, constant practice, careful Instructions, tools given. Saturday wages diplomas granted, write for catalogue. Moier Barber Col.'egt. Cincinnati. O. tf WANTED Work around lawn or will tend to horses. Apply 4.';1-. N. !th. j:-3t WANTED Work to do; cooking, baking or general housework. '2 N. Uah. JfM'.t

WANTED -Cook and second girl. 1U North 13th street. 2S-7t WANTEI' Washings, street. 41' 4 N. 14th 2S-3t WANTED Shoes to repair, workneatly done at Up-to-date Shoe Repairing Shop, 920 Main street. 23-7t WANTED See Morehead for profes Good to heavy packers.... S.lO'o' 5.25 Common and rough 3.50 r 4.50 Steers, corn fed o.lor 5. S3 Heifers 4.Vrfi' 5.10 Fat cows 3.0o,i! 4.35 Hulls 3.tKHVr 4.10 Calves B.OOli 5.25 Lambs 5.25 5.50 PRICES FOR POULTRY. (Paid by Bee Hive Grocery.) Young chickens, dressed, per lb..lSc Old chickens, per lb 12'a to 15c Turkeys, per lb ISc Ducks, per lb 13c COUNTRY PRODUCE. (Paid by Bee Hive.) Creamery butter, per lb 24c. Country butter, per lb 15c Eggs, rer doz 14c. Richmond Grain Market. (Richmond Roller Mills) Wheat (per bu.) ..96c Corn (per bu) 70c Oats, (per bu.) 47c Rye, (per bu.) 70c Bran (per ton) $26.00 Middlings (per ton) $28.00 Richmond Seed Market. (Runjre & Co.) Clover Seed (per bu) $10.00 Timothy (per bu) $2.00 Toledo Grain. Toledo, May 29. Oats 54!,4. Wheat 94. Corn, 771--Clover (October) $S.55. Alsike $13.50. Rye, 83 V2. Pittsburg Livestock. Pittsburg, May 29. Cattle Receipts light; steady. Prime and extra. $7.H down. Common and fair, $0.3(7 $0.4 Veal, $7.25 down. Hogs Receipts 12 loads. Hogo. ?5.75 down. Sheep and lambs, receipts light. Sheep, S4.V3 down. Spring lambs, $7.50 down. Cincinnati Livestock. Cincinnati. May 29. Hogs Receipts 1,961, steady. Butchers, $5.65 Si 3. SO. Pigs. $3.35 4.60. Cattle Receipts 271, steady. Shippers, $5.6r6.50. Veal, $5.006.25. Sheep and Lambs Rect's 100 steady. Sheep, $3.35 (d 5.10. Lambs, $6.107.60. East Buffalo Livestock. East Buffalo. May 29. Cattle Receipts 200; steady. Veal Receipts 2.000; $5.65 down. Sheep and lambs Receipts S00. Sheep, $5.00 down. Lambs, $6.25. Hogs Receipts 9.000. Mixed and yorkers, $5. SO, down. Pigs. S3.4.3 down. A LIFE OF THE ROOFS. Gardens Flourish on the Housetops of Florence, Italy. There still exists in Italian cities a life of the roofs that is distinct and characteristic and of which the mere foreigner and tourist is entirely unaware. Particularly is this the case in Florence. Mount to the top floor of one of these grim, big palaces standing In some gloomy, sunless street, often approached by a stern, forbidding doorway and dark, steep stairs, and you will hold your breath with wonder at the surprise that awaits you. for here before your eyes stretches an unfamiliar city, a red and green city of wide expanse and varying altitudes, a city no less architecturally beautiful than the one you have left blow and enlivened, too, most unexpectedly by verdure In the very heart of the city, on its topmost apex, there Is no trace of grime. The air is pure and wholesome. Indeed, its breezes are charged with no small suggestion of sea and mountain breath. As for the smoke one would expect to And hanging above the roofs of a densely populated city. It Is conspicuous by its absence, and only at the hour of meals does some faint blue column rise for the briefest space Into the atmosphere. Helen Zlmmern'8 "A Florentine Roof Garden" In Century.

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FOR SALE, FOR SALE Fire and accident insurance. R. L. Moore, at McCain Realty Co., 1316. 23 N. Oth street. Phone 30-2t FOR SALE Kodak in perfect condiEVANS AGREES WITH CHARGES Says Reuterdahl Is Correct In Some of His Views on Ships of Navy. ARMOR BELT IS TOO LOW. AMERICAN SHIPS ARE INADEQUATE TO COMBAT WITH TORPEDO ATTACK AND FLYING BRIDGES UNNECESSARY. Washington, D. C, May .m Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, ex-commander in chief o fthe Atlantic battleship fleet on the cruise around South America, in a report published as a senate document, emphasizes in several particulars criticisms made by Henry Reuterdahl in a magazine article on "The Needs of Our Navy." Both Admiral Evans and Reuterdahl believe that efficiency will be increased by increasing the present height of the deck, and on the question of width of the main armor belt their positions are much the same. Admiral Evans says on this point that it appears that better protection might have been afforded had these belts been placed originally about six inches to one foot higher. He also supports the position of Reuterdahl on the point of the inadequacy of the defense of American ships against torpedo attack. Flying Bridges Unnecessary. Discussing needed improvements, Admiral Evans says that homogenity of the various units of the fleet is especially desirable, especially as regards coal consumption and steaming radius. All flying bridges and after bridges. Evans says, are unnecessary except on flagships. Conning towers, he adds .are not suitable, and should be replaced by a new design recommended by Naval Constructor Robinson, who made the trip around South America with the fleet and upon whose report Evans' criticisms are based. The present fire control masts, Evans says, are not well adapted to their uses and should be changed in structure. The searchlights, he maintains, should be placed in different locations and the funnels should be shortened. The use of inturnlng screws he believes is an error. Ammunition hoists are too low to supply the amount of ammunition required by modern rapidity of firins. Disagrees as to Freeboard. The board of construction has considered the report of Constructor Robinson and the comments of Evans, and reports that it finds itself in general agreement with a large majority of the suggestions. The board disagrees with Evans on the Question of freeboard and also on the height of the broadside guns. The' board stands pat on the question of the location of the main armor belt and makes this comment: The distribution of armored protection on battle ships, like so many other questions relating to battle ship design, is necessarily a compromise, an dthe fundamental principles governing such distribution which have been heretofore observed, are, in the opinion of the board, entirely sound and should be adhered to in the future. The board concurs in the recommendation for the elimination of j bridges and other unnecessary top j hamper. It admits that the criticism j of Evans is just on the question of fire i control masts and says experiments are in progress to determine the efficiency of elevated towers for fire control stations and also for the best arrangement, of bulkheads for giving efficient protection to a ship's hull against torpedo attacks. The Twllixfct Of Life. The tnnscles of the stomach in oki afi-e re cot as strong or active as in youth and in consequence old people are very subject to constipation and Indigestion. Many seldom have a bowel movement without artificial aid. Mary also. hav3 unpleasant eructations of gas from tne stomach after eating:. All this can be avoided by the ose of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin which permanently regulates the bowels so that passages come naturally, and so strengthens the stomach that food is digested without discomfort. LrruKffists aeU ix at SO emats Of l

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FOR SALE Go-cart, 434 S. 13th. 30-3t FOR SALE Cheap, driving mare, work-horse: call mornings or evenings; 622 N. 13th. 30-2t FOR SALE -Cement blocks and ce"ment bricks; three big lots full of sand, about two blocks north of Country club. Henry H. Heck. 2!t-''t FOR SALE Small" far mTi e a r " c i'tj" ' pecially adapted for dairy and poultry. Address "Bargain," care of Palladium. 27-7t FOR SALE Turtles at Muey's, corner South II and Liberty avenue. 26-7t FOR SALE $6.00 Mission lamp for $4.50, while they last; for electric TRACTION ROW MAY AT LAST BE Business Men and the Board Of Works in Conference This Afternoon on the Question. FEW CLAUSES MAY BE DROPPED FROM ORDINANCE Those Pertaining to Transfers And the Use of North Twentieth Street for Freight Cars, Cause of Fight. A conference of members of the board of public works, representatives of the business men of the city and officers of the Commercial club was held at the board of public works office this afternoon. The meeting was called for the purpose of discussing matters in regard to the interurban and traction controversy which has involved the city for several months. It is believed a plan which includes a compromise measure has been agreed upon. The matter probably will come before the city council Monday night. It is believed the city will offer to abolish the clauses relating to general transfers and also permit the use of the North Twentieth street line for freight cars. The company will be forced to secure a franchise satisfactory to the interest of the city. A Remarkable Church. At Stivlchall. near Coventry, England, there is a unique place of worship. In 1810 John Green, a stonemason of a strongly religious turn of mind, laid the first stone of the edifice, and seven years later be completed the building. In all that time be had assistance from no one, doing all the work with his own hands until tho church was ready for its interior fittings. Wooden and even brick buildings erected by one or two men are not uncommon, but this is the only structure in England and probably ia the world of which every stone was laid by one man. The building accommodates quite a large congregation, and the church derives a considerable revenue from the contributions of sightseers who are drawn to the place through curiosity. The Equinox Storm Fable. The United States weather bureau has denied that the coming of the equinox brings with it a storm. The belief, it Bays, that the old fashioned people put In this theory is all misplaced. Any big storm that happens to occur within a week or two of the time that the sun is crossing the line, say the weather men, is diguifled by the name of "equinoctial storm." when, as a matter, of fact, there is generally some atmospheric disturbance every week or two, and those that occur about the time of the equinox are Just taking their turn and are not the result of the crossing of the sun. A Fine Pair. "What do you think of the two candidates?" asked one elector of another during a recent contest. "What do I think of them?' was the reply. "Well, when I look at them I'm thankful only one of them can get in." London Telegraph. Through Her Head. "Bugby gets out of all patienee with his wife. He says she can't get a thing through her head." "That's funny. He told me every- ; tr.ing he said to her went in one ear I and cut of the other." Hct Water. Hyker Troubled with indigestion, eh? You should drink a cup of hot water every morning. Pyker I do. but they call it coffee at my boarding house. London Express. The collection of coins and medals In the British museum consists of over 250,000 specimen-

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FOR SALE A car load of horses every Saturday and Monday at Gus Taube's barn. u-tf FoiTsTCTrott"tRAT5i dence. Easy terms. Phone "2."S. FOR SALE City real est-tu. field, Keliey Block. I'orterIMf LOST. LOST Thursday afternoon, grass side on North l'ith and North F. to 12th up North 12th to Owen's farm. Finder please notify McDarhy. Palladium carrier, r 1 North l'ith. ".-.'t LOST Paper box containing cloihins off moving van from Cambridge City to Richmond; finder return to this office or 59 S. 17th street; reward. 29-2t A FAM00S0LD MART Christie's of London, Most Noted of Ail Sales Rooms. KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD A Place Rich In Memories of Reynolds, Garrick, Gainsborough and Lord Chesterfield Fake Art Treasures. Romances of the Auction Room. Since James Christie and his friends Sir Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick and Thomas Gainsborough received Lord Chesterfield in Pall Mall as he descended from his coach and six the ! most precious things that money can buy have changed hands in the famous rooms that bear Christie's name. In those days Christie took great pains to attract only the "elect," and the cards of visitors were carefully scrutinized by liveried flunkies at the door, for here was an exclusive club where men of rank and fashion often gathered to exchange courtesies and the gossip of court and camp, quite apart from mere bidding for great estates and palaces of many nations, jewels of princes and plate of great j families, pictures and porcelain, statuary and curios. Who does not remember the sale of Gainsborough's "Duch ess of Devonshire" when Lord Dudley wired a bid of $50,000 from Paris, but was beaten by Agnew, the dealer? And then came the dramatic theft and the equally dramatic recovery of the portrait years afterward in this country. It is a place of beautiful things, of discreet hush, of subdued mystery. Almost every great work of art In the world that comes Into the market finds its way there. Long before 17G6 Christie's was a going concern, none too flourishing, be it said, for has not James Christie himself left it on record that his good friend David Garrick tided him over a bankruptcy with a loan of $50,000? The priced catalogues of the house have been and are the standard record of values In works of art for the last 200 years. They show extraordinary fluctuations. Thus in 1755 a copy of the Rembrandt etching "Christ Healing the Sick" sold for only $35, whereas In 1&87.. at the Duke of Buccleuch's sale, an Inferior example brought no less than $0,500. Art collections worth $10,000,000 and upward have frequently been offered for sale in these classic rooms. On such occasions emperors and kings, with men of wealth from every nation, commission the greatest of experts to go to criticise and bid for treasures which may not come under the hammer again in generations. The value of property knocked down under the old cracked Ivory hammer that Dr. Johnson and Goldsmith must have handled baffles all calculation. A curious record was the $75,000 paid in 1SS3 for the Dudley Raphael "The Three Graces," which measures only seven inches square. Of course this was extraordinary, yet enormous prices have been paid at Christie's for pictures, as everybody knows. Another record in Its day was the $73,700 paid for Iloppner's three-quarter length portrait of Louisa, Lady Manners, afterward Countess of Dysart. And then there was the famous jeweled cup of rock crystal, which brought the enormous sum of $81,375 at the Gabbltas sale. Amazing prices have also been recorded for porcelain. In a recent season the art worlds of London and Paris were startled by a Sevres vase bringing $21,000 proof positive that the pate tendre. the plaything of Louis the Well Beloved, the Pompadour and Du Barry, retains all its fascination for the collector. Rarely indeed have fakes been offered at Christie's, yet a few classic eases are on record. Some years ago art loving capitals were startled by the announcement that four superb gallery pictures by Constable and two by Turner were to be offered for sale in Christie's rooms, "the property of a private gentleman and never before exhibited." It was certainly an event. The vender's name was withheld, bet this Is a common occurrence, seeing that very exalted personages, indeed, not to say the occupants of thrones, frequently send works of art to these famous galleries. Pressed on the subject, however, Christie's gave out that the seller was a "well known connoisseur of high social rank." Oa the day of tie sale all the art critics, collectors and dealers of note from London to Moscow and from Stockholm to Msdrid assembled before the pictures, chattering excitedly in many tongnes. . Xciajr TVt were toPOHlng. these xo r-

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FOR RENT Five roon:s. 4U Third: a!s ho:s. 2:;.; Randolph street ; r North sth stroot. ;:i-2t FOR RENT Fnuv r.Km ctif.au- i:i rin-' location; olrctrie lights, st1 n:e quick; Al H. Hunt. "0 2t FOR RENT Nt w doubi ho,:.-.-, six rooms to earl) side, with all convenient ts. Inquire C S. '.''h st. -v-2t FOR RENT Furnished rooms. aitoffice rooms, with s'eam heat and bath, at The Grand, for gents only. FOR RENT- Two furnished rooms with bath. 1H N 12th. :-::t F( R REN r--lusices9rooiat ' ancCaU Ft. Wayr.3 Ave. See Alforrts. Lti tl. PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY geous'caifvases, five feet wide and hlgu in proportion. The four Constables formed a series of superb English landscapes, while the two Turners were classical subjects, said to be of the "middle period" of the master. But about them all there was a certain "I know not what." as tho French say, that baffled the keen critics. Round all six appeared to hover a curious kinship, certain peculiarities of touch and coloring, "as if," in the words of a Paris dealer. "Turner had worked on j Constable's pictures and Constable on Turner's." Tho faces of the experts were a droll study as their first admiration gavej place to helpless bewilderment. One or two they might have swallowed, but six! Before long a Viennese artist made himself heard above the hubbub by pointing out that the pictures were largely painted with very modern pigments fashionable, newly Invented colors unknown in the days of Turner and Constable. The excitement grew greater. This was surely an unlucky flip if the collection were forgeries. There was yet another test, however. A cunnlftS Venetian -dealer rears xjisVlously had given the art world a bint in testing an authentic example of Guardi. He would take a pin and try to stick it into the fattest and most unctuously pasted part of the picture. "If It sticks in." the dealer said, "It Is new paint, but try it on a real Guardi, and you might as well try to force a pin into a china plate." The moment that hint was remembered It was acted upon. One of the Constables was tested and proved to be a veritable pincushion. The uthorities of Christie's at once closed their doors and posted a notice abandoning the sale. The history of the forgeries leaked out afterward. They had belonged to a rich and eccentric collector, Joseph Gillott, a millionaire manufacturer of steel pens of Birmingham, who afterward left the London National gallery a magnificent series of real treasvres. In his latter years, however, the old man bad fallen Into the dutches of an unscrupulous dealer whose exploits had long been notorious. Both the Turners and the Constables bad been manufactured under this man's direction by a needy but exceedingly clever artist and then sold to the aged and credulous amateur for $500,000. When later some doubts were cast upon their genuineness Gillott was greatly trou bled and resolved to give them the public test of auction at Christie's. Aftei the dramatic fiasco their owner contemptuously packed tnena off into a warehouse, which three months later was burned to the ground, and then, strangely enough, it turned out thai Gillott had Insured bis "masterpieces' for the entire sum he bad paid for them, so by a curious turn of the wheel of fortune be was not a penny the loser. But there have not been half a dozen such cases at Christie's during a century of sales. And. by the way, jsst inside the so perb pillared portico on King street St. James', one will see a picture of the courtly old dandy. Christie himself, tall and distinguished, in silk knee breeches, with low shoes and buckles blue silk coat and delicate lace ruffles, with full wig and horn spectacles, af befitted his association with aristocratic cognoscenti. Chesterfield was his patron then. a he had been Dr. Johnson's. The great arbiter of elegance, although retlrer! from public life, was renowned all ovei Europe as a connoisseur, and when oli' Christie pleaded with him to lend hi aegis to a great sale the stately coac! and six emblazoned with the Chester field arms would soon be at the doo The rooms were then in Pall Ma Liveried servants cleared a way f Chesterfield and escorted him to thronelike seat oa a dais, where a t of commendation might be seen all and have Its due effect on the tv The French revolution was the wind that blew fortune toward Chi tie's. In 1732 many fugitives fr France, Italy and Holland made t r: way to London and on arrival fou their Sight had been so precipitate ti; they were actually embarrassed : ready money. And that meant a an of pictures and curios, furcltnre. je' els and plate. It was-ln this way th. the BrirUii aristocracy became po sessed of Ma.e of the loveliest work of art the world holds. During the London season, fron April to the end of June. Christk palatial staircase and salons ar thronged with men and women of ran and fashion from half a dozen nation In 1S&3 the oi place was practicall rebuilt both iriside and oat. The prii cipal sales room, a lofty and elegant cx tagonal apartment, is a copy of onbuilt in the A derail by Adam. An

MISCELLANEOUS. IHILl) A HOFSE Thompsons Agt tu y Consummated three building loans in two das. 3-Klt PROMPT Merchants' Delivery; cull phon.' lOl. Conkey-Monnincer Drug Co. 2,"-7t

FINANCIAL. MONKV LOANED -Lew rates, easy terms. Thompson's loan and nil estate agency Wide stairs. 710 Main street.. Bond's automatic phone No 2t'S. 1-wei-thurs frl-sat-tt LAUNDRY. We can halp make yen nappy honestly wa caD. Richmond Steara Laurdry. tne auctic.ieer roMPutn is one ue used ver a century ami a half ago in the old rooms. In Itself a work of art ol great value. It is a superb specimen ol Chippendale's own work. The old Christie family has quite died out of the hof.se. which at present is run by men of high hoclai rank and vast experience. Sales are held three or four times a week. From the earliest days Saturday has been reserved for great pictures. Viewing the galleries before a sale begins one will see leading men In statecraft and society, princes and princesses of royal blood, merchants of great wealth and influence and Tlsltlng Americans as well at agents actlug for cultured countrymen. Each sale furnishes some little romance of the art world. Every picture seems to have a history. Here, hung In a grand light lu the big salon, li the "Family of Darius." which Paul Teronese painted during his convalescence from an illness in an Italian villa and left behind as a graceful token ol favors and kindnesses received from bis host More than $08,000 was paid for this picture in Christie's rooms one Saturday afternoon as It hung in the midst of other paintings from ancient country houses and faded palaces of many lands. One wonders whether the shades of the artists hang about this abode of romance. Did George Morland see his little "Dancing Dogs." which h was glad to paint for $75 in bard times, find a buyer at $27,000? Did grim Sir Henry Raeburn hear J. Pierpont Morgan bidding $45,675 for that charming portrait of his wife In whits and brown? Or did starving John Iloppner, born to grinding poverty in sordid Whiteehapel. see a pair of bis portraits go for $49,935? These things are part of the romance of Christie's. W. G. Fitx-Gerald In Nw York Tribune. Study at Hems. "Maud graduated from your cooking school last spring, didn't she? "Yes, but she's going to take a postgraduate course next falL" "Going back to the same school again?" "Oh. no! She's to be married to poor young maa." Catholic Standard And -Times. . MOTHER PROTECTS LITTLEMUGHTER Shoots and Kills New York Dernon. New York, May 30. Mrs. Theresa Phillips shot and killed Thomas Maroon a vacant lot In Ashford street where she claims Maro attempted to assault her four year old daughter. She laid in ambush for him on his way to his work. Maro is aged forty-nln. DIFFERENCES ARE NOW ALL SETTLED. Terre Haute, Ind., May 30. Two months to a day after the first joint conference the Indiana miners and operators signed the wage contract for two years. It is an old contract with but two changes, one imposing a fine on the mine boss for closing down in violation of the provision for the arbitration of disputes, and the other placing more obligations on the operators for the safe delivery' o the miner of powder sold to him by the operator. ANOTHER GRAFTER HAS BEEN YANKED UP. Indianapolis, Ind., May 30. Charles Ryse, a dealer in road supplies was arrested by Sheriff Clay on a grand jury indictment as the result of the recent graft nrvestigations. Ryse Is charged with presenting false and fraudulent claims to Marion county, changing the figures in the bill after the same had been marked "O K" by the district road superintendent. The Great Blood Purifier. Ft sal by Leo H. Fihe, T. F. McDonald and W. H. Sudnoff.

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