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1'HB SUNDAY 0BKG0N1AN, POitl'LAKB, J0LY3 15, 1900. WASHINGTON TIMBER Amount Standing is Estimated at 114,778,000,000 Feet OVEIfc TWICE AS MUCH IN OREGON Forest Fire Ha-ro Destroyed 40,000,- 000,000 Feet, Causing a. Loss at $20,000,000. Lest "Winter the work of collecting crulelneB and preparing detailed esti mates of standing timber was completed for the Btate of Washington, and the results are presented In a monograph re cently published by the United States Geological Survey, together with maps showing the classification of lands and tho distribution of timber. Henry Gan nett, under whose supervision the report was prepared, says that, with the excep tion of the redwood forests of California, the forests of Western Washington are among the densest, heaviest and mont continuous In the United States. Except for a few prairie openings, and where removed by nre ana tne ax, tney rormer- ly covered the country as a thick mantle i from a line high up on the Cascade Rai g- westward to the shores of the Pacific. In all this region, only the Olympics rear a few summits above the forest?. Not only , are the forests dense overhead, but the undergrowth Is dense and tangled be- neatn. xne trees are large, reacmng iz to 15 feet In diameter, and 250 Yeet In height, with clear trunks for 100 or more feet. The timber Is mainly red or yel.ow fir, mingled with spruce, hemlock and cedar. The amount of standing timber In Washington has long been a matter of In terest, and many wild guesses have been hazarded. As usual In such cases, most of them hae becn far above the truth. With no data on which to base an esti mate, the tendency Is to exaggerate. Al together, crulsings of more than 2,000.060 acres have been collected by Mr. Gan nett. They are scattered widely over the state, and represent thoroughly well the stand of timber under all the different conditions of ralnfallf temperature, soil, slope exposure, relief and altitude. From these data, the total amount of standing timber in the state, under the Washing ton lumbering practice, is estimated at 114;778.000,000 feet, board measure. Of this amount, more than nine-tenths, or 103. 504,000,000 feet, is west of the crest of the Cascade Range, the remainder 11 274,000, 000 feet being upon Its eastern slope, and In the northern and eastern portions of the state. This total Is less than half that estimated as standing In Oregon, which Mr. Gannett explains by the fol lowing considerations: "First The area of merchantable tim ber is by no means go great In Washing ton as In Oregon. Whllo the wooded areas do not differ materially, that of Oregon being 54,900 square miles, and that( of Washington 47,700 square miles, a much larger proportion of the wooded area of Oregon is occupied by timber of mer chantable size and species. For Instance, the Cascade Range in Washington is much broader than in Oregon, and at much greater altitude, thus cutting out on this account a larger part of the wood ed area. The Olympic Mountains also subtract another large part of the wooded area. "Second The lumber Industry of Wash ington has been, especially In recent years, much more Important than in Ore gon, and consequently a larger area has been cut over. In 1890 the cut of Wash ington was double that of Oregon. "Third Although the Coast Ranges of Oregon have suffered greatly from fires, the state as a whole, and especially the western portion of it. has not ruffcred by any means as severely from this source as has Washington, probably owing to the fact that lumbering has not becn as active." Washington Is naturally divided Into two parts, which differ from each other widely In respect to timber growth. The line of division Is the crest of the Cas cade Range, running from the north to the south line of the state. West of it the country is heavily forested, or was before lumbering operations began. In this part of the state the areas naturallv devoid of timber are few and small, and altogether trifling In proportion to the total area. East of it the land Is mainly without timber, and where timber exists it Is sparse and Its quality Is Inferior. Moreover, there is a great difference In and species. West of the Cascade Range the prevailing species, which forms nearly two-thirds of the entire forest. Is red or yellow fir. This, with cedar, hemlock and spruce, composes the entire forest. Fir Is found In almost all parts of this region, and throughout the Sound Valley little of any 6thcr species is found, the forests being almost pure fir. East of the Cascade Range the forest consists mainly of pine, principally yellow pine, though In the northeast corner of the state a little white pine Is intermingled. Red fir Is found scattered through the pine for ests in considerable proportion, and In the northeastern part of the state larch is abundant Small proportions of hem lock and cedar .are also found, and a trifling amount of spruce and oak. Quantity of Standing Timber. The following table gives the stand of timber of the species recognized by the lumbermen, with the percentage which each bears to the total amount: Pcrct Species Feet. of total. Red flr CS.3SR 421.000 60 Cedar 16.3W.453.000 14 Hemlock 4 848.259.000 13 Pine G5S6.520.O00 6 Spruce 6.419.215.000 5 Larch 2,078.601.000 2 White flr 24.550.000 Oak 3,700.000 The table given below shows the es timated amount of merchantable timber in each county, as at present estimated by lumbermen. If It were cut un der the practice which prevails at pres ent, these figures represent a close ap proximation to the amount which would be realized. There Is no question, how over, that as-'in the case of the Eastern white pine, a much larger amount will ultimately be realized, for several rea sons; First, the standard will certainly be lowered, so that Instead of utilizing only one-third of the tree, two-thirds may be used, And many small trees now de stroyed by fires In the culled areas will be cut; second, species not now used may come into tho market; third, areas ttow considered Inaccessible will serve as sources of supply; fourth, the new growth on cut and burned areas will reach merchantable size long before the old ..growth Is exhausted. In illustration of the difference between the supply as" viewed by the Washington lumbermen and the actual amount, the figures given In a report on the western part of the Washington reserve are cited. Under Washington practice the Government agent found but 400,000,000 feet, consisting of red fir. In that area. But under 4hc Minnesota practice, by which the con tents of all species is estimated, without regard to accessibility, not less than 14, 400.000,000 feet of timber was found. This Is, of course, an extreme case, but is probably paralleled throughout the Cas cade Range and In the Olympics. The estimate by counties follows: County Feet. Asotin 81,000,000 Chehalis 18.579.000.000 Clallam 9.O72.O00.000 Clark 2.342,000.000 Columbia 243,000.090 Cowlitz , 5.216.000,000 Touglas 31,000,003 Ferry ,. L667.000.000 Garfield 170 000.000 Island 430,000,000 Jefferson 4,230,000,000 IClng 7.614.000.000 Kitsap LU1.O0O.C00 XHUtM ..... 1,260,000,000 Klickitat ......' 74S.000.C0O Lewis 8,SSG,000000 Lincoln 14,000,000 Mason 2,091,000.000 Okanogan 2.665.000,000 Pacific 7.812,000,000 Pierce .. 6,520.000,000 Skagit e. 10,352,000.000 Skamania 4,661.000,000 Snohomish 7,705,000,000 Spokane 765,000.000 Stevens : 2,702,000.000 Thurston 2,787,000,000 Wahkiakum 2,974,000,000 Walla Walla 5,000.000 Whatcom l,34CrOOO,000 Whitman ;000,000 Taklma 83r,000.000 Total U4.77S.O00.000 The stand Is heaviest In Skagit County, where It averages 2S.O00 feet, board meas ure, per acre. The next heaviest Is In Wahkiakum County, where the average Is ,27,000 feet to the acre. In Western Wash ington the average stand is ib,vm reet and In Eastern Washington only 1230 feet. Enormous Loss by Fire. The entire area of Washington Is 68S0 square miles. Of this 23,165 square miles are -covered with merchantable timber, or SC per cent of its- area. Only one half of the wooded area of the state Is regarded as containing merchantable tim ber under present lumbering practice. The area of the 19 counties of Western Wash ington Is 24.90C square mile. Of this area but little more than one-third, or K530 yquqre miles, Is regarded as con- tn, an of roZi ,,,unrc mlles has rlrtjv becn i05eed: and a much greater rrt -U square miles, of merchantable tb, nas DePn burned, besides an area of TC0 rquaro mjies n the mountains not containing merchantable timber. In other -org.,, out of an area of 15,858 square jnp,,., formerly covered with merchantable Umber. 20 per cent, or one-fifth, has been cut; 27i per cent has been destroyed by fire, and the remainder. oi per cent, is jstlll covered with standing timber. In this enMro area there are only $33 square mite which are naturally timberless. Assuming that the logged area con talnrd on an Average the same amount of timber per acre as Is still standing In other areas. It appears that since lumber ing begun In this region there has been cut from It 3S.O0O.OO0.COO feet Making the same asrumptlon regarding the burned area, it appars that there has been de stroyed by fire, without the least benefit to the world, the enormous amount of 40.000,000000 feet of lumber. Mr. Gan nett says: "Anyone who has passed the late Sum mer and early Fall in Washington real izes the enormous destruction which takes place annually at this Feason. There are fires everywhere, and for weeks at a time the smoke from them lies as dense as the fog on the New Englnnd coast These are impressive facts. In less than a gen eration more than two-fifths of the tim ber In one of the richest timber regions on this continent has been destroyed, and of that destruction more than half has been caused by fire. Nearly two years' supply of lumber for the United States has thus becn destroyed. As suming that the timber thus destroyed would, if standing now, have a value of 75 cents per thousand feet it appears that not less than 53-VO0,QX worth has gone up in smoke a dead loss to the people of the state." Distribution of the Species. In Eastern Washington, out of an en tire area of 41,925 square miles, only 14 lzi square miles are now covered with mer chantable timber, or only one-third of the area. Of the area at one time tim bered, 13S5 square miles have been cut over and 244 square miles have becn burnt The figures present a strong con trast with the figures of Western Wash ington, both in respect to cut and burnt areas.. The reason for this Is that In the eastern part of tho state the cut-, ting Is done for local consumption only, and never for export, and In these open, sparse forests of yellow pine, fires do not run freelj or cause much damage. The distribution of the different species recognized as lumber In Washington fol lows, a few definite and simple laws. On the west shore of Puget Sound the for est is practically pure flr. Southward as far as the Columbia River, throughout the vallev of the eastern slope of the Cascade Range, more than three-fourths of the forest is composed of this species. ) The proportion diminishes as the Pacific ' Coast is approached, and on the coast and In an area or belt extending from 10 to 25 miles Inland, there Is practically no red flr to be found. On the east coast of Puret Sound and southward, between one-half and three-fourth of the forest Is composed of fir. The proportion In creases somewhat away from Puget Sound, but at an altitude of 3000 feet in the Cascade Range the fir disappears. The distribution of spruce Is equally characteristic There is practically no spruce on tho Cascade Range or on Its eastern slope. It Is more abundant Im mediately upon the Pacific Coast and diminishes thence Inland. Of cedar there Is scarcely any to be found on the lslrnds and tho west coast of Puget Sound, and but very little In the valley to the southward. It Increases westward towards the coast and reaches a maximum Immediately upon the coast The east coast of Puget Sound contains a large proportion of cedar, ranging from one-fourth to one-half of the forests, and that proportion dlm""lshcs cj one as cends the Cascades. Hemlock is almost entirely want ing on both shores of Puget Sound and in the valley to the south. It Increases westward and forms a noticeable propor tion of the forests In the Coast Range and In the northwestern part of the Olympic Peninsula. It Increases also as one as cends the Cascades, its habitat extend ing nearly to timber line. CLASSICS OF CONFUCIUS. Chinese Scholars Could Reproduce Them From Memory. D. Z. Sheffield, in writing of "Tho Civ ilization of China" In the July Forum, says: "It is said that when the first Em-j peror of the Ch'in dynasty two centuries before Christ attempted to destroy the classical literature, the scholars restored it from their memories. Certainly the scholars of any city" In China could now rewrite the leading classics from memory. Not only are Confucian scholars satu rated with these writings, but the more striking sayings have passed down into .the common speech, bo. that those who are 'blind with their eyes open (the un educated) are constantly quoting them, without thought of their origin. The common speech is loaded with proverbs that reflect the thoughts of tho an cients. "Scholars competing :for honors must present in their essays the traditional in terpretation of the doctrines of the sages. If they should presume to set forth views of their own not in harmony with this Interpretation, they would be stripped by the public examiner of honors already conferred and would be excluded from competing for literary distinction. Thus the educational system of China has not served to lead men's minds Into new lines of thought or Into fresh fields of Investigation; rather has It served to confine the thoughts of each generation of scholars within the limits of 'ancient in struction,' and to stifle independent thought .and Inquiry." Dick Turpin'a Home Sold. English auctioneers have just sold by auction at long Sutton, a house which was at one time the home of Dick Tur- pln. The interesting part of the prem ises whs what the auctioneers termed "cellarago," reached by means of an old stone staircase. Dick's famous steed. Black Bess, had to descend these steps and proceed along a passage to a com fortable underground stable. According to well-authenticated ac counts, the stable, which is whitewashed and partitioned off, as for the accom modation of a horse, is today in the con dition left by Dick. The property brought $1500, being bought by a local draper, who Intends o tear f. down. MONSTER 'SAENGERFEST TWEKTT THOUSAND SINGERS MET EC "brookltW, 2f. Y. Competition for Emperor's Prize End in a. Tie Ill-Feelinsr Ea- creadered Other Itowrs. Interest fn the National Saengerfest of 20,000 singers, which closed its meetings at Brooklyn, N. T., July fi, centered chiefly in the competition for Emperor William's prize a silver statue of a mediaeval Minnesinger more than a foot high, standing on a bronze pedestal. On the sides cf the pedestal are a bos relief of th Kaiser, the German and American flags, and the arms of Prussia, the wholo being valued at about 110,000. The Kaiser prize song, "Iaa Deutsche Lied," which was composed by Peter Fassbaender, a Swiss composer, is not difficult says the Brooklyn Eagle. It has no rapid passages to test the evenness with which the slng- VblRE&$ sP5K " K'jMTir Jp 3mt ffjgtfKffijL. JSk Sirs. H. H. A. Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney, of Boston. Is doing the moat ambitious work of American women composers. Her "Jubilate for the Dedication of the Women's Building at the Columbian Exposition." was indeed a tort of clarion note of discoery and of triumph. After examining It. says Rupert Hushes, it seems impossible to oppose anything but bigotry to the acknowledgment that women can write great music. Since that time Mrs. Beach has written a number of largo orchestral compositions that show erudition and ambition, rfcther than Inspiration. Her piano works are remarkable chiefly for gymnastics, for the Investigation of harmonic possibilities, and the bringing te- light of strange, new tone-colors. But some of ber songs show touches of thrilling power, delicacy and cheer. ers kept up to the beat nor any Intervals whrch were laid as a snare to the voice the unwary singers whose pitch is not u101" strong point It Is a tender and sentimental rhapsody on German song In which beauty of phrasing, clearness of enunciation and the ability to shade down to a pianissimo so fine that it sounded llke the wind murmuring through the leaves of a forest were the principal re quirements. All the societies had tho qualifications to a greater degree than was to be expected, and the general av erage of the singing was high. Pitch was the rock upon which more singers split than any other, and when any rendering had been especially smooth and true, one could hear doubts expressed as to wheth er there were not professionals among the ranks of the singers. There was no general consensus of opinion as to the prize winners, although It was conceded everywhere that the Junger Maennerchor, of Philadelphia, then heard for the first time at this festival, sang beautifully. The merits of Brooklyn's Arlon and Saengerbund were more familiar to the audience. a.nd for that reason, perhaps, created leas comment The closeness of the singing was shown when the judges came to compare their markings and found that the Arion, of Brooklyn, under Arthur Claassen, tied with the Junger Maennerchor. of Philadelphia. The prizo therefore was awarded to both, each be ing allowed to keep it a year and a half, when It will again be offered three years hence at the next Saengerfest, which will meet in Baltimore. Meanwhile the Brooklyn Saengerbund (a close competitor) is feeling very sore because of Its defeat and. making no bones of Its feelings, has publicly entered a protest attacking the justice of the de cision in the award of a second prize, which It claims to have earned, and more over declares that It this protest is not heeded, the matter will be carried Into court for settlement The most picturesque spectacle of the entire Saengerfest Is said to have been tho chorus of children. About ttOT of these were banked solidly into space. As most of them were dressed In white, the great mass of young life looked not unlike a hillside in Winter time, with the black or warm color of the earth showing here and there through the snow. The sudden change In this huge study In animated black and white came during the sing ing of "The Red, White and Blue." It was then, at a signal, that there appeared above the embankment of black and white, a fluttering but solid mass or na tional colors. Every one of the 4000 and more children had an American flag, and at the right moment these flags appeared and were waved from side to side in time to the song, so that the great space oc cupied by the little singers became a fluttering, vibrating mass of the Notional colors, while every voice fairly shouted the chorus of the inspiring old air. And the audience cheered with a will, seed ing up a tumult of "bravos." hand-clapping and shouts that was like tne roar of a great cataract Tho tremendous male chorus of 4000 voices under the leadership of Arthur Claasen was in splendid shape, and sang In a way which aroused the greatest de gree of enthusiasm expressed during any session of the Satngerfest Probably few, If any, members of the audience have ever before heard such, grand choral ef fects. LOCAL MUSICAL HAFPEIflSGS. Gleanings of Sews Gathered From the Home Field. "he First Presbyterian Church choir fo -xt season will consist of Mrs. Albert C hidon. soprano; Mrs. Amcdee M. Smitr contralto Mr. Harry W. Hogue, tenor: Mr. M. L. Bowman, bass, and Mr. Edgar E. Coursen, organist and choir director Mr. Hogue wjjl be the only new mem ber. Mrs. Sheldon and Mr. Bowman will enter on their second year; Mrs. Smith on her third year, and Mr. Coursen on his Hth year. Tfco Unitarian choir wll take ta vaca- tlon from August 1 to September L Mrs. H. O'Reilly, however, will continue her work all Summer, A Portland man whose home used to be In Madison, Wis., where Ota. Bull lived, tells the following story concerning tho great violinist: His pretty young wife was determined to give an evening company in her beautiful home to some of her friends, and had set her heart upon hav Ing her husband play for them. He hap pened, at the time to be In New York City filling an engagement, but that made no difference. She sent him off a tele gram that she knew would bring him to her. It had the desired effect, the train bringing him home just in time for the entertainment In which he, according to her plan, was to take such an active part. An she met him at the door ho asked beathlessly for the cause of this alarming summons. She explained. "And for this," he replied, with a look of withering scorn, you made me cancel an engagement break my contract with my manager, and lose J1200 to boot" With that he stamped upstairs and locked him self In hla room, where he remained In visiblo to family and guests alike for the entire evening. KTftnngh Is TTott a Baritone. Those who have heard the boy soprano, Blatchford Kavanagh, who created such a seneatlon a few years ago by his beau tiful voice, will be Interested in his ap pearance In Denver quite recently. The "Boy Pattl." as he was often called, was obliged to retire from the concert stage when he reached the time of thi "change of voice." and returned in 1S?0 as a baritone, facing an ordeal such as never fell to the lot of any other singer, as those remembering the tones of the boy's "angelic voice" expected to hear again the sam thrilling tones, forgetting that the boy had become a man. It Is said that Kavanagh's baritone is now as beautiful as was his soprano, retaining the sweetness and depth of feeling which won for him so many admirers as a boy. He belongs to a concert organization known as "Roney's Boys." They are boys whose voices have been discovered and trained by the noted organist and choir director of Chicago. Henry B. Roney, who has been Kavanagh's only teacher. The boys ages aro from 10 to 13 years. Vfolnhle Music Halls. One of the most conspicuous buildings of tho great group which Is now being erected at Buffalo for the Pan-American Exposition, will be devoted to music, and will be known officially as the Temple of Music The building, when completed, will occupy a plot of ground 150 feet square. It will be octagonal in shape, with octagonal pavilions at each corner. The auditorium will seat 1200 persons, and tho restaurants and pavilions will accommo date 1C00 additional. It will contain a great organ, with four manuals and with about 50 speaking stops. Since the erection of Boston's new "Music Hall," on Huntington avenue, that fashionable "Back Bay" street Is likely to become the center of musical culture in the "Hub." A large studio building Is soon to be erected In the vi cinity of the new music hall, and it Is announced that Chickering & Sons- are about to erect a fine structure on the avenue, to be known as "Chickering Hall," which will contain an Ideal audi torium for chamber music concerts, recit als, etc The New York Chickering Hall, which has been a center of musical activity In that metropolis for years, is now aban doned, and wilf probaly bo torn down to make way for an office building. Praixe From FadererWl. According to the Chicago Qhronlcle. Paderewskl considers the Boston Sym phony Orchestra the finest orchestra in the world. Toole Chances to Save Client. A quick-witted and daring Western liwyer once saved a guilty client from sure conviction on a charge of poisoning. It was proved that the poisonlng had been done by means of certain cakes, a portion of which was produced in court. When the counsel for the prisoner had finished his speech, he said: "And these, gentlemen of the jury, are some of the alleged poisoned cakes. We declare to you. gentlemen of the jury, that theso are not poisoned cakes. They are as harmless cakes as.ever were made, and. In order,, gentlemen of tho jury, to show you that these cakes are not pois oned, I will eat one cf them right here In your presence.." And he did eat one. He took good care, however, to leave the room at the earl iest opportunity and to make a bee-line for an adjoining room, where he hid an emetic In readiness for an antidote. But the Jury never heard about the emetic or the antidote until tho lawyer's client had been acquitted. Unidentified Exchange. EXCURSION TO BONNEVILLE Take O. R. & N. special train from Union Depqt Sunday, at 9:30 A. M.. for Bonneville picnic grounds. Special at traction: Adglc and her lions; vaudeville performance; specialties. Refreshments to be had on the grounds. Fare, Kr cents, roupd trip. FAMOUS MUSIC HATERS POETS, GENERALS, AUTHORS, LACK. EfG THE MUSICAL SENSE. Gossipy Stories of Grant, Napoleon, Macaalay, Andrevr Lang, Max Mueller and Others. Andrew Lang has told us that most poets and literary men hate music, and quotes old Samuel Johnson as calling it "the least disagreeable of noises." The clever Scotchman frankly admits he dis likes music extremely and declares It Is not like swearing, "a great off-set to conversation." He confesses he can bear a song if the words are good and au dlblo. and he Is touched by Gregorian things, much as a dog howls when he hears the piano. But what Irritates Lang most is the fact that music Is the only art thit thrusts Itself upon a man. You need not look at pictures, or statues, fie contends; you need not read poetry, if you "hate poetry and painting." like George JX In fact the majority of peo ple dislike poetry. "Now," continues "An drew of the brindle hair," "music Is like a poet who Insists on reading his works aloud; there Is often no. escape from it" If the truth Is to be told, and It Is a melancholy fact, men of genius have too often been entirely devoid of any taste for music, many of them being tone-deaf, as some people are color-blind. Cunning ham Moffet has carefully collated for Music some of the manifestations of this Idiosyncrasy In men of strong Intel lectual fiber; and while he docs not by any means confine himself to the adverse side of the question.) it cannot be denied but that the musically defective greatly predominate in his category. Emerson, for example, had a poor ear. and his voice, though musical enough In talking, was useless in singing. Worse Thnn a Battle to Grant. Another American, but a man of ac tion and the very antithesis of Emerson. General Grant showed a most decided dislike to music He positively detested It In any and every form. The story Is told that this curious trait caused him much suffering while In Trance as the guest of Marshal MacMahon. then Presi dent of the French Republic. The Mar shal repeatedly placed the Presidential box at the Grand Opera House at the American General disposal, and etiquette prevented the latter from declining the proffered courtesy. He could not stay away, but what he endured. It Is said. In the cause of politeness on such occa sions can only be understood by those who knew him Intimately. He would sit passively, his face as stecnly set as in battle, enduring what to him was real suffering throughout an opera; not a mus cle of his face would change or betray him, but afterward he would confess to a friend the realltv of the sufferings he nad undergone. His dislike for music also caused him real inconvenience when In society. Those who knew of It took care that wherever the General was there should be neither singing nor piano play ing, but in many Instances his host and hostess were unacquainted with this pe culiarity, and amateur vocalists and pian ists would Insist on performing for his benefit His answer to. "What shall I sing?" or "What shall I play to you. General?' In such cases was the discour aging one, "Something short" The absence of the musical ear, medical experts tell us. Is of a cerebral and not an Intellectual order. On that particular side some men are not developed; upon another they may be very highly trained. "I would give the world," said Catherine II. of Russia. 'to be able to appreciate and love music, but I try In vain. For me it is noise, and nothing but noise." Napoleon Bonaparte complained that music troubled his nerves, and he is said to have known ohly one tune, which he hummed as he jumped Into his carriage for his last great campaign in Belgium. "Malbroek s'en va-l-en guerre, mlraton, ton, ton, ton. talne." He was shrewd enough, however, to understand the ad vantages to be derived from It from a mil itary point of view. He. therefore, gave orders to the bands of different regiments to play every day in front of the hospi tals to soothe and encourage the wound ed. Napoleon in also tolerated music with difficulty. Gambetta and Victor Hugo. It Is said Gambetta was deficient In this respect, and the story runs that he once urged Rossini, when some delicious music was Impending, to come Into the next room and take a hand at billiards, so little he cared himself for melody. Victor Hugo had to be coaxed by the com poser who desired to put his lines In mu sic "Are not my verses," he querulously contended, "sufficiently harmonious to stand without the assistance of disagree able noise?" Theophile Gautler declnred that of all noises, music was the dearest and. Beaumarchals is responsible for the famous phrase: "The stuff that Isn't worth writing Is good enough to sing." Fontenella used to say that there were three things In this world he could never understand, namely, gambling, women and music Turning to the English, Charles Lamb has told us all about his musical capaci ties, or Incapacities. In his essay on "Ears." He was apparently destitute of what Is called a taste for music, and an opera was to him merely a maxe of sound, In which he almost lost his wits. Macaulay cared very llttl for It, and remembered it less. Writing In his Jour nal for June 14. 1S5I. In giving an account of a dinner at Windsor Castle that he at tended, he says: "The band covered the talk with a succession of fonorous tunes. The Campbells Are Coming" was ona." To this his biographer and nephew. Sir George Otto Trevelyan,- adds In a foot note: "This Is the nly authentic Instance on record of Macauiay's having ' known one tune from another." Dean Stanley had absolutely no ear for music; he really detested It as, much as General Grant did, and fled from It wn ia h'e could. Only Jenny Llnrt Could Move Him. Professor Max Mueller, In a recently published book, quotes him as saying to Jenny Llnd. after she had sung Handefn "I Know That My Redeemer Llvcth '. 'You know I dislike music: I don't know what people mean by admiring It I am, very stupid tone-deaf, as others are color-blind. But" he added, with some warmth, "tonight, when from a distance I heard you singing that song, I had an Inkling of what people mean by music. Something came over me which I had never felt before; or. yes, I had felt It once before in my life." Jenny Llnd was all attention. "Some years ago." ho con tinued, "I was at Vienna, and one even lncr there was a tattoo before the palace, performed by 400 drummers. I felt shaken, and tonight, while listening to your mu sic, thejsame feeling came over me I felt deeply moved." "Dear man," she adlrd. "I know he meant It, and a more honest compliment I never received In all my life." Dr. Thomas Arnold, ot Rugby, was also entirely lacking In musical taste. Speak ing of this defect h enys: "I can .io more remedy It than I could make my mind mathematical, or than somo othr men could enter Into the deep delight with which I look at a jrood anemone or wood sorrel." Charles Klngsley belonged to the same class; he liked music because "t wa "such a fine vent or the feelings." Byron had no ear tor music and Rose til' found the art "cool unto the sense of pain." Shelley had a voice. It is said, like a peacock s, and Tennyson had only verbal musl In him. Sir Humphrey Davie had a fine perception of tho beautiful in na ture, but had so poor an ear for sound that he could not even catch the simple air of the British national anthem, lie was also deficient n time; for, while . member of the volunteer corps, he cojild neex keep Mep. 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