1897 



THE AyrEUICAN DEE KEEPER. 



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lignt i,a5 u.^ .- .vvi iroul irs suiuniii; acn 

 whistles a lively air to elevate his 

 drooping spirits, and the teamster, as 

 the ciacu cf hl^ whiij rings among the 

 rocks, starts fiom his seat as if a spirit 

 spoke, so strauge are the associations 

 connected w.ih Monumeut mouutaiu. — 

 New York I'Tews 



DrevF on Sight. 



Commercial law terms are not entire- 

 ly safe at tui times. John E. Watrons, 

 deputy United btates marshal for the 

 southern district of Kansas, sends in 

 this story : 



Mart Hoover years ago, when Kansas 

 was not the cultivated commonwealth 

 it has since Lecome, had sent a consign- 

 ment of orn to a commission merchant 

 in Kansas City. Th« merchant tele- 

 graphed, telliiig the consignor: "Your 

 credit is $2? 40. Draw on me at sight. " 



But Hoover Was mad. He had ex- 

 pected his money, and none came. He 

 felt he had been duped, and he treasured 

 np the grievance. One time, about six 

 weeks later, the commission man came 

 to Hoover's town, got out of the bus 

 and started to walk down street. Hoo- 

 ver saw him and instantly drew his re- 

 volver and tired. His eye was fairly 

 good. The bullet cut away the mer- 

 chant's necktie and unfastened his col- 

 lar. 



Then Hoover put up his gun. 



"That's expensive shootin, " said he, 

 "tut I reckon jou're as sorry as I am. " 



"What do you mean?" demanded the 

 town constable, arresting the gun man. 



"He told me to," said Hoover, sur- 

 prised. 



"Told you to?" demanded the white 

 oheeked city man. "I never did any- 

 thing of the kind. " 



"You did." said Hoover, and draw- 

 ing out the telegram he read: 



" 'Draw ri] me at sight.' 



"I done it," said he. — Chicago Post. 



Ho-w a Great Canvas Was Moved. 



The moving of a painting from a 

 pavilion of the city of Paris in the 

 Champs Eh sees to the Auteuil gallery 

 offered a very difficult problem lo the 

 Paris city authr rities. The painting, by 

 M. Roll, rnpresenting the celebration 

 of July 14, i^ 32 feet long by 23 feet 

 high and with the massive franjc 

 weighs over 2,200 pounds. It was im 



possible to move the p^inring in the 

 i.rdinary way, by takinj:^ the canvas off 

 ttie frame and rolling it, for the paint- 

 ing, being varnished, it would probably 

 liave cracked in several places It was 

 >herefore decided to move the canvas 

 liud frame as a whole. After much de- 

 liberation a special eliariot was con- 

 structed over two of the floats which 

 were used in the Mardi Gras procession. 

 The city engineer, with eight laborers, 

 proceeded to the pavilion ajd the paint- 

 ing was carried by eight men, eight- 

 others bracing the upper part of the pic-; 

 ture to keep it in an upright position" 

 until it was deposited in the chariot. It' 

 was finally got out without accident 

 and slid upon greased planks upon the 

 chariot. Arrived at the Gallerie d'Au- 

 teuil, the picture was similarly carried 

 to its new quarters. The painting is 

 one of the largest in existence and was 

 painted by order of the French govern- 

 ment in 1880 to perpetuate the memory 

 of the first national holiday of the third 

 republic. — Paris Letter'. 



Jena's Celebration. 



The University of .Jena this year cele- 

 brates its three hundreid and fiftieth an- 

 niversary. It was founded in 1547 by 

 Prince Johann Friedrich, who, having 

 lost his own University of Wittenberg, 

 Vogether with his personal liberty, at 

 fhe battle of Muhlberg, took the firit 

 iteps toward the foundation of Jena. 

 Its first professor was Melanchthon, Lu- 

 ther's friend, but he resigned the same 

 fear in consequence of religious dissen- 

 sions. The first score of students came 

 from Wittenberg, and their numbers 

 grew so fast that their manifestations 

 of joy when, a few years afterward, 

 their prince was liberated were enough 

 to precipitate a first class town and 

 jown riot. As a consequence the towns- 

 folk refused to narbor the students any 

 longer, and it took the intercession of 

 the prince fo appease them. 



The Oflfender. 



"you ought to have been firmer in 

 your discipline when the boy was little. 

 Spare the rod, and you spoil the child." 



"I know it, and if I had it to do over 

 again I'd club his indulgent old grand- 

 father black and blue." — Chicago Trib- 

 une. 



