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At the time when Greece was the
empire of the world a celebrated pot
ter who lived in Corinth moulded a
vase. He carried the vase to Thebes,
in which city the great painter Ap
peles was then sojourning, and there
upon induced him to paint upon the
vase the portrait of a woman, the
most beautiful in all Greece. The pot
ter returned to Corinth and cast his
vase in a seething furnace, whence it
came forth virtually imperishable, a
piasterpiece of classic pottery. The
potter believed that the painting of
Appeles would never fade and he
called it “The Amaranthine Vase.”
For several months the potter ex
hibited his vase in his shop. One day
a great noble came to the potter and
offered a sum that meant wealth and
happiness for all his days. The vase
was sold.
In the year 146 B. C., the Roman
Consul Mummius, at the head of his
legions, entered Corinth. After put
ting the men to death and selling the
women and children into slavery he
plundered the city of its precious
treasures —among them the vase. For
■ many years this gem of the potter’s
art remained in Rome and was shown
in the palaces of successive emperors.
Finally the vase fell into the hands
of the family of the Medici and after
several centuries was removed to
Paris, where it took its place among
the treasures of the Louvre. In the
reign of Louis XIV. it was stolen from
the palace and sold to an ignorant
dealer in bric-a-brac. Bought by an
English nobleman it crossed the chan
nel and proved the delight of several
generations of ceramic hunte.?s.
George Chalmers was a struggling
young artist. His struggle was not
only for home and to gain the young
girl he loved as his wife, but for the
bare necessities of life. One evening
as he was going to his studio—the gar
ret of one of the better sort of tene
ments on the east side of New York —
he was attracted by a notice advertis
ing the sale of artists’ materials,
which appeared in the sooty window
of a dingy junk shop. He went inside,
and while overhauling a lot of brushes |
and paints his eye fell on a startling
bit of coloring, that gleamed from a
pile of bric-a-brac in one corner of the
shop. Going over to the nondescript
heap of rubbish he leaned down and
saw a face about the size of a silver
dollar enameled on the surface of a
vase.
A tremor went through the young ;
artist’s frame; his eyes grew wide
with amazement. “Surely that was
the work of a great master!” With a
trembling hand he reached down into
the heap of rubbish and, exercising all
the care he could, he disengaged it
from the mass of broken china and
chips of iron and brought it out into
the light. He trembled all over as the
conviction seized him that he had dis
covered a treasure of enormous value. ;
A sharp bargain with the owner and !
he hurried out into the street and was j
soon in his shabby little studio. Dis- i
placing a bust of the Venus de Milo,
which had occupied a bracket on the
wall, he carefully dusted off his vase
and gave it the mast commanding
place in his studio.
Long into the night he sat before
the vase and studied the transcendent- ■
ally beautiful coloring of the face.
The following day found the young i
artist working away with all the en- I
thusiasm of genius. Day followed day
and still the almost inspired young 1
man stuck to his canvas. What he
had eaten for a week would not have
made a hearty meal. In an hour’s
time he would have given the finish
ing touches to his work of art.
He did not hear the heavy creak of
advancing footsteps on the stairs, nor
did he see the three rough-looking
men and the landlord advance into the
room. The landlord spoke and bran
dished a paper in his hands. The
young man was oblivious —his dream
had deadened all his senses.
One of the men stepped forward,
and, raising his arm with a mocking
laugh, dashed the vase-model from its
bracket, sending it crashing in a thou
sand pieces to the floor. Gerge Chal
mers woke to the present. He looked
at his vase, an impossible broken
mass on the rough board floor. He
looked at the landlord and the two
men, and his eyes shone with the
grief that comes with a broken heart.
He closed his eyes and sank back in
his chair.
On the following day the name
"George Chalmers” appeared on one
of the sudden death slips to become a
part of the dry, voluminous records of
the coroner's office.
together Too Liberal,
„ r H , I : d days of iland composition*
J Pinter Known from New York to
v-andp”^ iCISCO aS “ Pllgrim ” Hazlett
and ;t U ° a PeMsy lvania toT-n
a ' <^ e ,^, itor of weekly for
can nut v ♦ Said the edltor - “I
an p bt jon to work, but I'm afraid
an offerc™"? 1 money -” “ Mak e me
rieht / SSld the PiI S r im. “All
i j= ht - I can give you two meals a
office o^th^ 0 ? 86 ’ 3OU Can Sleep in 016 '
unite on this and tui
nf i , c ’ dnu I take care
of jour laundry. Then if vou need
tobacco get it a .oss the street at the
STorprv
US And lUey run an accoun * with
Set a can bre " J ' o “ ca ”
Beside? rn wh<!n <™ sou like,
week h ? y J '°’ four dol,ars »
IS tLat satisfactory?” “Gosh”
said the Pilgrim, after repeating \he
I g et s ‘ raight “ “iis, “It
tour donaJs ‘.' What *> l «« "“h the !
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| MARRYING MY PA OFF I
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They say I'll be in love some day.
But I don't know. Pa was in love
once but he’s 3
married now. But
it wasn’t pa’s
fault he got mar
ried. Pa’s awful
handsome. Any
man that’s hand
some and a wid
ower and has
plenty of money
has a pretty hard
time to keep from
getting married.
And, then, he
tried to blame it
on me—he said I
needed a home
and some one to
look after me, and
all that sort of
rot.
Pa and I lived
in a hotel —and
his “girl” lived in
a flat across the
street. He and I always took a walk
after dinner. But when he got ready
that evening I told him I was tired and
that he’d better get Miss Jane —that
was his “girl”—and take her out for a
walk. He patted me on the shoulder
and said he was sorry I didn’t feel
like going, and that’s the last I saw of
him that evening.
But after that he began going to
Miss Jane’s every evening. I got tired
of staying alone so I began going with
him. I guess this wasn’t very satis
factory to him —but I liked it pretty
well. One evening he gave me a quar
ter — (bet he thought it was a nickel)
—and told me I’d better go over to the
hotel.
Pa always said I had a good head
for business, so after that I made him
this proposition: I’d go back to the
hotel:
At nine o’clock for 25 cents.
At ten o’clock for 15 cents.
At eleven o’clock for ten cents.
I made 25 cents pretty nearly every
night that way.
Then one night they went out
walking and left me at Miss Jane’s. 1
guess they had a falling out, because
they hadn’t been gone long before they
came back. Pa opened the door and
let Miss Jane in and then went away.
This sort of surprised Miss Jane —she
thought he was coming in. She began
to bawl.
Then came the most disgusting part
of all. Pa came back! And, to make
matters worse, he said he had come
after me—me —me that had been able
to go home alone every night for the
last month. That made me sick. So I
just told him to come along and
grabbed up my hat and started for the
door. But he didn’t seem to want to ■
come, so I went back and sat down. I
But you bet your boots he didn’t get a;
chance to make up with Miss Jane, i
She sat off in a corner reading a pa
per, and pretty soon he grabbed up
his hat and told me we were going
over to the hotel. After I got into bed
pa said he’d forgotten something over
at Miss Jane’s, so he went back after
it. It took him an hour to find it,
'whatever it was.
The next day he began talking
again about the home question.
“I think Miss Maud would be nice,”
said I. Miss Maud was one of his
lady friends. “How would you like
her, pa?”
“Oh, fairly well,” said he. “But
can’t you think of some one else?”
“Well —how about Miss Harriette —
and she’s rich, too.”
“Money isn’t everytihng. Miss Jane
thinks a lot of you, my boy.”'
“Does she?” said I.
“Yes; she says you’re the nicest
little fellow she knows.”
“Where do you come in at, pa?”
“Oh —a —that —that’s different.”
“Well,” said I; I thought I’d say
something to please pa for once —“But
do you think she'd have you?”
“Oh, of course,” said pa.
“Have you popped the question,
pop?”
“N-no, my son.”
“Well, you’d better get busy.”
Pa left me in a hurry. The last 1
saw of him he was flying across the
street toward Miss Jane’s. He didn’t
show up for dinner that evening, so
about seven I went over to Miss
Jane's.
When I came into the room Miss
Jane was as red as a beet. They both
looked awful happy.
Gas in Ozark Trees.
Prof. J. A. Ferguson of the Penn
sylvania State college reports a curi
ous phenomenon connected with the
cutting of hardwood trees in the Ozark
mountains. Cavities near the base of
found to contain
tho Ffegg an* _ cut in-
ejas; When these' csvfH&
Liy nak the cutters of the
the. gas escayy? with a whistling
, sound, showing ir-to be under pres
surgf. aiNS lighted it wfii burn with
. a '’hint Jiame. The ■etdes of the
' cavities coutalning’ gaf\ are case ®
darkened and look as though seared
with a hoT.jron. Jhe pop.
of the district-.is \fhat these U a
connected through tjieir roots ' 1
subterranean j9Tppfy of natural is
and the Land on' thpy grow >
valued accordingly Ati exa,»nina>tidft
of the gas collected' front a \cottofl l ‘
wood tree was made b/ Prof.
of the University of Kansas,'and It
found to be substantially .the
same as natural gas, with .the addi-
non of some free hydrogen. Prof,
jerguson believes, however, that this
nF S +i? S Protect of decomposition
of the heartwooffi of the trees.
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| “0, SUCH A MISTAKE” |
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It all began by the Modern-Apollo
falling in love. He had done it 50
times or more, in
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people!
It was late in the season, when
the lovely-woman appeared upon the
scene. The Modern-Apollo was be
coming weary of his many flirtations.
Even looking handsme, and saying:
“Aw,” was losing it’s charm. He was
in fact, quite insufferably bored, and
growing too languid, even, for love
making! The Lovely-woman dawned
upon him by gas-light, at the ball.
That was the beginning. She was
quite “uncommonly thoroughbred,
don’t cher know?” and she hung upon
his arms, and his words, and used her
eyes and her dazzling smile —for the
rest of the season!
It was all quite natural to the
Modern-Apollo. All the girls did that.
He was “so tewibly fascinating, deah
boy!'
He had done this some thing 20
times a season. He had done it care
lessly, or eagerly, or gayly, or soberly,
or passionately, or masterfully—any
way to suit the subject—but he had
never before done it in earnest!
The Modern-Apollo thought it over
one night in his room. He had de
clined a most select punch party for
that purpose! The fellows winked and
said he was “hard hit!”
The Modern-Apollo heard, and his
resolve strengthened. He pitied the
other men, sincerely, but they could
not all expect to have a glossy beard
and a melting glance!
When his mind was made up, he
became more devoted than ever, and
the Lovely-woman seemed to enjoy it.
At least she was the gayest of the
gay, and always ready for a moonlight
row, or a daylight walk or ride, or,
best of all, a twilight tete-a-tete. The
shadows which a semi-gloom gave to
her eyes were simply intoxicating. It
took all the Modern-Apollo’s long
practice and experience not to voice
his love, on occasions like this; but
he succeeded manfully.
The season waned, and the Love
ly-woman seemed lovelier than ever.
There was a ball at the hotel.
There was a crush, or, as the fellows
said a “jam.” “Everybody”—compre
hensive term —was there, and “every
body” was elegantly arayed—the
Modern-Apollo was in a state of ex
hilaration.
It was no hard matter to find a se
cluded nook, on a balcony. The Love
ly-woman had a fondness for nooks —
especially balconies! The music was
quite melting—and so was she! The
orchestra played “Come to Me, Love,
in the Gloaming,” and the Modern-
Apollo murmured that it was appro
priate, and —several things.
The Lovely-woman listened coldly,
even drew away from him, with a
dignified gesture. He grew frightened!
He went down upon his knees!
There was a step nearby, and the
Lovely-woman sprang up eagerly:
“Oh, such a mistake!” she cried.
“How it could have happened! So
sorry!”
Approaching, was a bald-headed
man with a military mustache and a
distinguished air. She took a step to
ward this individual.
“What an opportune arrival! Al
low me —my husband, the colonel —•
just came down today.”
The Lovely-woman tucked her hand
confidingly into the arm of the new
comer. That personage bowed with a
condescension that was maddening.
The Modern-Apollo made them a
sweeping salute.
“Most happy —pon my -word!” said
' he.
He walked away with dignity, but
all too slowly! He heard the distin
guished person murmur a question,
. ,d the voice of the Lovely-woman
iioE ted back harmoniously, as she
moved off. • ■<
1 —eo giaa you
j 1 was a widow! ! ! 1 do oelieVe d l6
idiot frying to propose!"
The Modeni-Apollo sought toe ball
's room, and offered himself to, and was
■ accepted by five of the “pretty dears,
j in the next hour!
A Little Thing Like That.
If you are sufficiently talented look
in your glass, comb your hair and
held a candle in one hand, all at once.
You must be alone, too. If lucky,
vou’ll see your true love’s face over
, ur shoulder.
Pleasures of the Rich.
1 ' Van Million is back from Eu-
,< -he so tickled about?"
r °"Wha't & v smuggled in two paxik
«<« t 4»h« . ’garettes.”
ages i of fo. t6i^ft
as many different
ways—but he had
never before done
it in earnest. That
was the differ
ence!
The Modern-
Apollo was what
he called “stun
ning, don’t cher
know,” and he
wore patent leath
er shoes, and a
magnificent beard.
The fellows said
he was “too
deucedly good-t
looking!” and the
girls called him
“too sweet for
anything!*’ The
Modern-A polio
thought them all
the most delight
fully observing
Famous Speakers.
From Church Tidings.
Dr. G. Campbell Morgan is a tech
nical expounder of marvelous gifts.
After running the gamut, however,
of the Bible manuscripts and inter
preting after the shadings of all
languages in which it is written,
we plain people can be happy, as it
all narrows down and ends with the
St. James version our mothers and
fathers loved and handed down to
us.
DR. NG POOU CHEW.
The “John*’ Chinaman, as he calls
himself, is the livest wire yet heard.
As he portrayed the history of his
people, laughter and tears were in
great evidence.
That China must pay 60 per cent
of her entire revenue and keepa mil
lion of men in the field to defend
herself from Christian nations, was
a mystery to his people. . That Eng
land at the Cannon’s Mouth would
force opium upon them to destroy
the nation, for many could not be
understood.
China had two awful problems—
opium and foot-binding.' The first
would end by law in eight years,
the second was already abolished.
But the United States had two,
whisky and the hobble-skirt which
it would not put down.
The United States alohe gave hope
to China. The fourteen millions re
turned to China by U. S. exacted by
the powers, would never be effaced
from the memory of his nation.
He prayed that the flag of the U.
S. might wave triumphantly for
ever and that China’s greatest hope
was to become Americanized.
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lime Table No. 12, Dec. 18, 1913.
LEAVE GAINESVILLE
No. I—dailyl—daily 9.35 a. m
No. 3 —daily 4.50 p. m
No. 11 —Daily except Sunday 2.30 p. m
ARRIVE GAINESVILLE
No. 2 —Daily 9.30 a. m
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