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point there is a sharp, clear space of sunlight and here the tumbrel, and the oxen, and the wings of the cherubim are faintly defined against the sky.

Of the same character is the picture of God creating light.  Doubtless many people will object to the representation of the Almighty as an old man with a long beard; but the artist will probably reply (and with reason, we think that he merely represents the figurative God of the sacred text, whose mouth, and nostrils, and eyes are frequently spoken of by the prophets.

One of the most effective drawings, as a composition, is entitled "Scene du Deluge."  A solitary pinnacle of rock juts up from the great waste of waters, and on the summit of this rock stands a tiger, which bears its cub in its mouth and stretches upward its great strong neck to save its young.  In the other details of the picture M. Doré follows his many predecessors.

Of the melo-dramatic and weak figure-subject, "Samuel slaying Agag" is an example; and there are others that are almost rendered ludicrous by the expressionless and impossible faces of the women.  Furthermore, M. Doré has occasionally suffered at the hands of his wood cutter; but indeed it is rather a matter of surprise that, so many different cutters have been employed, he has not suffered more.

Of those pictures which include a great variety of detail, and are eminently satisfactory, we may mention the "Passage of the Jordan;" "Abraham and his Flocks entering Canaan;" and "Pharoah's Host in the Red Sea," though in the last M. Doré has boldly broken away from any literal facts about the Red Sea, and represents the ocean-bed as of immense depth, and the waves as mountain-high.
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A SON ROBS HIS MOTHER OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. - An unusual and unnatural crime was committed in Cohoes, New York, on Tuesday evening - a young man named Fairbanks robbing his mother of $300 in money and a $2,200 check on the Cohoes Bank.  The son is about seventeen years of age and has the reputation of being fast.  About half-past six o'clock he obtained from his mother the sum of twenty-five cents for the purpose of visiting the entertainment given by the Fakir of Ava.  In a little while he returned, and requested twenty-five cents more.  Mrs. Fairbanks took out her portmonnaie, and was in the act of complying with his request, when he grabbed the pocket-book, with the remark, "This is what I want," made his escape from the house, and has not been seen since.
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THE COURTS.
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SATURDAY, October 28.
Orphans' Court.
[Judge Purcell]