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Newspaper Page Texto0ooooooooocx:xvocxxooooo ; THE COLOR VALUE i u llllllC BY EMIL SAUER. " : - My first musical instruction was de rived lrom iny mother, who wu a. dis cdple and aa exponent of the DW school, She began :!julal training with me when I was hut fife yearn old. hut finding this ageJ to tender, after jme time, aj lowed tw additional years to pass, again taking the nutter uo in earnest, with me at the ace of even. In .7, when sixteen, I began studying- with NlcoUl Rubinstein, with whom 1 continued until his death in and for two years, viz.. in 1W4 and J, I was a pupil ot IiszU lax spite of statements otherwise, X was never a, pupil of Anton Rubinstein, although I was in close personal rela tions with him. met hi.n frequently, and knew - him well. Two brothers could hot cffer greater contrasts. An ten was of congenial disposition and with much Intensity of re s in would play a plec of music thirty .-times and each time show a variation accord ing to his mood, while Nicolal was ie rTectlve and in ptayin a ! sonata, or other composition showed not the slfgbtest variation, no matter how fre quently repeated" the execution might be. Uniformity characterized his scores, and B never knvv him to play a wrens; note. " A fine dtHnction existect wiween the two. and brothers though they were a chicken and a pigeon were not mere unlike than tney. .Nfrolia. was exceedingly wide in his musical ac cuaintanco and range, and he antici pated and played everything in Mos cow long before the music became known In Germany. , The reputation it Nicolla Rubinstein was very great and In some respects he undoubtedly was the greatest musician Of the century. It was counted an honor to have p'-ay-ed with him. as most of the best art eta did. Nlcolla Rubinstein stands , ;er haps as the chief apostle of the"school of pisnism which signifies the a'jsoiute and mechanical rendering of a mmical score exactly as the eorrrpeser has wrlten it down, but which does not now continue in favor and in whose doctrine I personally no longer believe. Pianism is thus made quite too nar row. Anton, on the contrary. Is to be call ed the great interpreter cf music He rendered -the written scot e as it appeal ed tc him. His Mas not of necessity .the composer's conception, but th-J musical expression that - cam from and through Anton's keyboard was his interpretation of It. Tht; interj. re st Ion might vaiy with the rendering of another artist Just as in diumatlc art thef conception of; one might diner from that f another actor. Thus arises the flexibility and variety in. the ren dering; c-f an old favcrite like Schu "bett's Ei Iking," or a Chof-in bailid. due to the diverse lnierp. etailon "of various interpreters. Thought, Imag ination nnd feeling are great musical elements, and from my standpoint m rntii who has sixteen hours of iailv practice and who is perfect as to tech nic, hut who lacks soul, is not as gcod a musician as one whore piartlie is limited to one hour a day .'n i whose technical finish Is less pel feet, but who Is free from ht may be ia lM musi cal slavishness. I may truly say that I have found nn Inspiration In art that has gn.tly aided my music, snd that th le Is not .n arigallery In. Jil Ku-uo- that I - have not seen and that 1 lo not ov. 3 Dflit-ve that I havcc learned moe frpm painting and the study of it ihtt is cf benefit to me than I d rived even from Kicolla Rubinstein, g eat as I my debt to him. " . . Few artists are equally s;od as to color and form; and the chief present lack Is color. A muMician.-rnun like wise hare experience bafo.t he can teach; snd a pianist, to cinvfy n.u.J cai IrteirtKnce to an andjct.ce, n.ut have a thousand unconld. red attri butes. An untraveled player will not. for example, play as will ine w..o ha seen, and known th wot hi. Mu k U the .srsnd profession tAst .includes love, bate, pathos, grandeu J, subomiiy. with heie and there a flsh of col jr. a dash tf hutiorvaid the small nl.les that go to make up tht hamonLu w hole. Music should not he ob.e.tive but rather subjective. , ; ' There seems to re ever to be a hr-rrje-ny between art and o ut e, and I worship at '-the shrine of VelistiKes, who appeals to me as the greatest of painters, especially In the matter of color: and the two that come aft t hhut In the order of merit are Titian and Rembrandt. Vehtsqucs f teachts me much. Whicn I look at one t-f h.s t lc turec, as I have done in Madi Id. and see there ten : thousand sluices of bl k " anl gray, he shows me us nothing rlN can the fosstbllities of color tLgnifl canes and gradation, and it thus be comes possible for me to apply some thing of the same! color grxdes to mu sic, and in tk Interpretation of It to give to music a color value that it were impossible to ahtiln othe. wl. Music does not slgnJry mere sound: the moment you go lieyond the beauti ful In its rendering it becomes pound ing, tnd the charm Is weakened If not aitogether lost. It is not needful si- ways to give to pianissimo and forte fthelr full contrasting strength: but it U Important that the ; n usl- ai pic ture which you create should be in as perfect harmony as one of Whistler's paintings, while something thould al ways be left In musk.' td the Imamn ation. I have played in small Ruisiaa hara'ets before the most Ignorant Peasants and have fwund there a mu sical appreciation that compares fa vorably with that of the mo-t cnutjie.l Aroericaa and European auoUncs. the di Terence being thatv th would not be able to th.. 1IL.1 .1 . . . umu ui music, while la the el her m "aUoa enlgh, be tmn. ence f 1.? . ma,s Innu- wel? im'..,,l.ar.kt " " - InLt vi Tt'd.Arartc,k Jockey know? Instrument as a , ml..! k! .h,u rse, and there 2 between f im"r : ? it i - AZ Z Vt r,ano nd RIf. whole Tnrnet-LI ' ' lh whole program before rac as I rity.but the veryXmusicai . www" I Jfh future Anvrlcan musical out look appears, to meruit of hope find encouragement. Tbr Oyer-critical te- Hod fortunately has ; not ywt been recbe.l, and 1 hope It never wU but then Is abundant ' apprec&tkm for -good music, well Interpreted iM exe, 'euted. The only tMnr that I regret is '. the advertising methods that am te requisite here, as I cam not for a: tistlc controversy nor to cUIm superi ority over any. but only to Interpret far a in m lies the music that I lov and for which :.I live. Emil Sauer. In New York Independent. GOES TC A MLLEUM. The Original Central . Fadfic ' L:os tive Now at Stanford. .The "Ccvernor Stanford.? the or:gi- ' nal locomotiv? cf thr Central Pacific, never more will draw a. train over th LraysL The veteran steam-hair has been retired from acdve service, but, ' .ilthougn nearly forty years old a npe old age for a locomotive is still Se t tlned to serve a use-ful .but orohahlr less act!v" purpose. The "Governor Stanford" has been presented to the ! Iceland Stanford Jr. University by Mi a. Stanford, and w 111 be given a position in the university museum as i an Interesting souvenir of early lail- road days In California. A few weeks ago the directors of the Central Paciiic pasted a .resolution giving the engine to Mrs. Stanford, she having made known her desire to obtain the ma chine for the- purpose aforesaid. The locomotive had laid aside for some time as unserviceable, but wh. n the resolution passed, was put in abate In the Southern Paciiic shops, and a few days ao, under her own steam, mads what will probably be her last journey. goljg to Palo- Alto, i The "Governor Stanford" was known 'originally as "Number 1." Hers had been an eventful history. The locomo tive is an eight-wheel engine, with cyl inders 18x22. and wu built by R. Nor ris & Sons, of Philadelphia. It was placed In service March 19.' 1S63, on what was then known as the Sacra- , mento Valley Railroad. The line then extended only to Auburn. A point of particular interest U that the engine wai brought tc California "around the Horn, the total cost reaching about J 25.000. Old Number Mi particularly well known to Newtrn H. I-V-bUt, as sistant general manager of the S-'ou h rrn Pacific company. Mr. Foster was , form-rly aod'tor of motive power for of all the work done by the engines. Arcther of the old engines, somewhat similar to th ' Number 1" Is the "C. P. Huntington." This ergine H stiU in s-rvice. with a compressed ail paint fyrayir.g outfit, painting bridges, tun nels, depots, etc., on the wenern divis ion of thse Southern Pacific THE STUDENT AND THE TRAIN. What the Stout Man Le.irncd About the Work of Railroading. An evening train on the South SLle elevated bumped along in a jerky man rr. and the stout passenger who had been complaining of the -system of heating suddenly hit his head against the window pane back of him. ' "What's the matter?" he demanded of the guard who Opened the door to call out 'Steenth street. "What's the matter of what" "What makes these cars go along as If they were running over a corduroy road, and vhy do they stop with a Jolt that knocks the fillings out of a man's teeth'" i'Oh, a student's aboard." answered the guard, ns he looked down on tt-. stout passenger ith a pairon'zlns; sir. "A Miu leot Explain your meaning." The passenger's tone Indicated that he would not hesltnte to report the em ploye for impertinence. "Why, a student is a fellow who "is learning how to run a train. Did you think I meant one of tho?e dudes down at the University of Chicago?" Just then the student - "brouRhf the cars to a standstill with a suddenn-as that knocked the passenger's hat over ore eye. and male him say something with an exclamation point at the end of it. RECENT IN VENTI -'NS. For use on cigar boxes a box lid and tag5 support is termed oc a pi-ve of metal rfnt to clamp the end of the box close to the lid. with an extension bent at right anslea, to engage the cover when open aod hold a price ticket. ; For use in polLhlng knives a handy devioe Is formed of two l!at nw-ce of nsterlal. having polished cushions on their opposing faces, the upper mem ber being pivoted oil the lower to ad mit the knife blade between the two. - A portU.Je fumigating device lor pu rifying small rocm hat an oil stove set in the bottom of a eating, with the liquid for fumigating contained In a receptacle at the top, with pipes over the name to vaporize the liquid. A combined spigot and bung borer has been iiatented by a Virginian for ue- in barrels, a spigot of ordinary shape having an MUgt-r fixed on th end which enters the bam-i, allowing the hole to b instantly clow-d with the rauo-t without r .-moving the borer. ; A New Yorker has desianed an im- t-roved rlcycle saddle, in which a Sat pring bar Is clamiied In vertical po- f sitlon on Ifte uot, with. an independent circular pad mounted at eaith end -f i the bar, the pads blng adJast ible tc form a seat fitting any rldej .Chicago News. A LESSON IN DENTAL PHYSIOL OGY. . It Is told lue absolutey true that a teacher in one of the city schools was laboring with a clais In el-mental phyfloljgy once upon a ca. and tbe subject of the lessott t. t. eth. says a writei in the Wahinaton Post, She had explained to them all akout the itmixinrv h r twxtm .v. manent teeth ot childhcod, snd the wisdom teeth of ilper yar. Cnspids. canines, bicuspids. Incisors and L.oUrs. through the entire last. "A nd now. children," said she. -a hat teeta do we get last of a'lV An in telUgent hoy oa th, right raised his hand. I k now. teacher.- he piped. -False teeth." . ILLINGr TO rL2Li:AiSlJ, their burrows as rabbits and rats do, , - . . , , (neither do kingfishers) nor the. stormy G07, GEEK'S roSKIOS OS THE - JUS W OEDHi MJt TH15GS. ,v He faron the Betentioii of the PbU : ipplnes and the Proposed JlicAracos Canal. - (FrojjiJDailj April lth.) , Jn response to a telegraph c request, rom one of the large daUy papers on the Atlantic coast, as to his poa:tt0u on the Nicaragua canal and the W I wallan and Philippine islands. Govern- or Oeer yesteraay wireo um iuuo response, stating his position, which, fact. Davenport Graham says that will, doubtless, be endorsed by the ma- tne recount is very correct; though X Jorlty of-the people of 0egon and tin MW heard the cooing noise by day. Pacific Northwest: jr often did In the evening. It Is rath- "The people of Oregon are In favor er a purring noise. When its nest is of retaining the Philippine islands for opened up, the bird is ustiaLy found several reasons, but chiefly because it cowering a few inches away from Its will speedily enlarge -the- market for egg.' This hot ami stuffy atmosphere many of our staple products and espec- may aid the hatching of the ergs; but tally that for our wheat and lu.nber. there is no doubt that it brings it-to "In proportion as they pass under the being other and very undesirable inHuence of modern civilization,' which" forms of life. The nests and burrows will rapidly follow in "the wake of f sand martins are full of meat un American occupation, will the demand pleasant insects, and those of the for and consumption of the products kingfisher are nearly, as bad- Spectat of Amerit-jui farms and .forests increase or. Since these results ate very much to be def lred from both an industrial and a commercial point of view, our people are practically unanimous In favor of raisins' the American Cag for ail time, over the territory secured largely by the blood cf many of our volunw.er toi diers. " "If there are those among us who think they cannot be patriotic citizens without standing on a platform opi-os- lng the republican party, they wJl le found next year declaiming loudly against 'Iinperialistn.' Otherwise we are In favor of expansion. The Nicaragua canal should be speedily built for the reason that it would shorten the route between th-i producers and consumers of nearly ev- ery product of civilised natioi.s, and especially between the coasts cf - our own country. "The American citizen living on the Paciiic coast, or any other coast, who- is opposed to this jrreat enterprise has been born too late by a full haif'cen-J tury. The people of Oregon are in fa- vor of the Nicaragua canal and the so- . called policy of expansion, because they take an intelligent view of the possi hilities of this great country, and hav.j unbounded faith in the strength of our government to wisely use the Hawaiian and Phil'pplne islands, as not only ne cesrary hut indispensable stepping stones to that vast f eld of undeve:oped con-.merce that lies beyond the g.eat ocean." fBUDDIST SHRINE IN NEW YORK. A very beautiful Fuddist shrine has Just been Imported by one of the load ing Japanese art shops of New Y'rk. It was male more than 200 yta s tigo for the private temple on the estate of a noble marquis of Kioto, and until the present time has been the hereditary amtly shrine. it U stand 7 feet high. Is r feet wide and is enclosed in a very fin old, bltck lacauer case, mountea ana Douna in gold-plated bras. On the outride doors are the silver inli id crests of the family from which it was purchased. The interior represents the court of O-den. a Umple at YamaH-Riro. which x" ayrac... was built during the Twelfth Century, These two pa.r- the s-rne or whnt is called the Fuiwara period cl of read. rs ple who care more of ancient art. and In the construction e1nr.,nIn reading than aW of the shrine the style and finish h-, PJ""1 ' th'7f',re b "uf served at that period have been rellg- of the"Mail- has chiefly hit the -rel-louslv fcUowed jegraph," nnd the proprietors cf the Carvings and panels are entirely seriously considered a rer covered with gold licquer and richly ' toa,fIp","3r Te ornamented with mothea-rf-pearl in- l1"" ' tU.?m ,,U Rl,w..y ."."Vf'.,0" laid. Forming a gateway In front of "rely Jh,e "Trtegraph s Initiative, the shrine is a canopy of overhmslng cheerfully says "the pub ic may clouds exquisitely carved from one now V forward to a meat Interest Piece of wood, w hich has been finished Umt pio ongcl content of capital with gold lacquer. iftd enterprise. The reason there Shrines are found In every house - ha heen no flrst-claKia Sunday paper hold In Japan, and1 the richness of London hitherto is th slmost ln thei furnlthings is only limited by the rurmountable dlfflcultles of distnbu .lth of th. householder. Thes "on nnd sale. If these two papers shrines are for the purpose of dvo- Uone to the splrlU of ancestors, oioers wm xonow sun. iw p:or. TheM devotions are held twice a day tor" of the "Oronlcle- already pun without fail, and if the family is very devout three times a day. The several denominations of the Buddhist religion have their own- pub-1 shrines, deiM a ted as lavishly as ' the purses of the worshipers will al- low. In memory ot their ancestor a These shrines are built by donations and the priests ' and attendants- are supported by the gifts of the people. The richest and finest temple In Jap- an was Hon Gauji, in Kioto, which was destroyed by fire CO years ago. It was rebuilt in greater mngniflcence about three years ago. and Is intecaed to be the finest and most beautiful in the country. During the FuJIwara period the Jap- anese were so proud of their private produced by forcing air through a sys shrines that they dressed poorly, keut tm of pipes' colled ov r the firtn their houses as plain as porsible,' so and then discharging it into the thaw that they might, have as beautiful and lng chamber. decorative places of devr-tlon as the To Automatically imllcste when a balance of their purses would permit, clock needs wlndlmrs tonthe.1 bar is Gatherings of relatives and. fri.nda attached to the winding shaft to rl&e for sn hour's devotion on Certain days as the clock unwinds, n Kver beinsr of remembrance, such as annlvera- jries of death, marriages or bliths. to oe rcMiowea oy a reast, were at mt time looked forward to as most iropor- tant events. The two religions of Jar an. Bud- dhism and BMntoism. are entirely dif- erent in the decorations of thlr tern- plea. Temples and shrixes dedicated to Buddha are very elaborate and beautiful. Those devoted to the wor ship of Shinto are very Plain and or dinary. ' ;. . COOING TO THEIR EGGS. The stormy petrels near last above the Atlantic surre on the islets near loruk nnd the Hebrides. - There above the rock on certain islands. In a black buttery soli, in which they fcurrow like little winged mice, and on It nest- of caea pink lay one white egg. As this desertion of the regions of light and air by birds is something c-uutie thi . natural course of their lives. It leads octal to various odd and unexpected social - .-.. u". ,-i vwiciiw eagerry. - Amonr the latter U a serious one, the Tiat. Willie J" asked the teacher! difficulty of keeping the underground benignly? eacner Miv'r'-i' ltJ An mm-" was tha unexnect usually very hot. Sand-martins, for ed reply.-Tlt-Blta. . - ..til.. ' ! elrels when they make their own our- sa : t. rows, and do not creep iew cmnas tween piles of stones or rocks. Evi dence of the high temperature of this lt ebJuxber" where the young pet It Is axe hatched is seen la a -very pret ty popular belief In the Outer Hebri des. . : -r v r The people say that they hatch their eggs, not by sitting cn them, but by titting- near them, at a disUcce of sis ir.fh between them and the cpenlnz of burrow. Then the petreU arn their heads toward the eggs, and eJO- at them day and night, and so -hatch them with th. ir song." This, wbjcn sounds like a fable of the East 'Atlantic wm. nas reauy a oasis in "WALES LOSES THE LEAD. The ritnee No Longer Sets the Fash ions in Men's Clothes. The Prince of Wales no I.nger the leader of English fashion! Impossible I i Rut It Is true. Not long ago a t mporiry flurry in the dudedom of England was caused by the appearance of the prince, the "arbiter elegantiarum," in avery gay biocadcd silk evening" lrea waistcoat. Heretofore it has been the . rule in London society tl-at an example tet by the Prince of Wal-s his len immedi ately followed by the drtssy men of Lmdon. i Rut the diessy men cf London didn't take to the brocaded wa Is a oaf, and ; the London Fashion, the organ of diessy men, commented in caustic fashion upon this fact, Soon after the prince abandoned his gaudy waistcoat and meky followed the prevailing fashion, tho simple ; WPite vest of an Eng lei gentleman of that date. The next experiment was a mere modest one. When P. ince Alfred of Coburg, son of the Duke of Ed nburg, died, the Prince of Wales went Into mourning. In most respects his dress wss cor rect, a'ter the mode of the time, but he wore. Instead of black kid, from time Immemorial held appropriate for such occasions, black suede g'oves as the sable trappings of his woe. Again the swells fa'led to follow, the lead of the rrince. the "first gentleman of Europe," nnd again the prince was forced to abandon his position. jB it true, after all, that tie. time is past when one man. even if he be U prince, can d'etate fashions to all mankind? New York World.. j jaVAL LONDON SUNDAY NEWS- PAPER. London !i much amused over the ri valry between the "Daily Mail" and the "Daily Telegraph" concerning apiear to succeed in their Venture ish a popular Sunday paper called Lloyd's News. with a circulation of considerably over a million cor ies. RECENT INVENTIONS. To transform wagons Into sleighs a Matsachusetts man has designed sleigh which has a beam placed paral lel with the axle of a wagon, with a recess in the face Into which the axle fts when the wt.eels are removed. !lh means for twrcurely holding it in place. : Ihe latest earSh-thawIng apparatus for mining purpose permits the user to stand Inst le the chamber and Veep warm while he works, the heat being Pivcted at the end of th bar to rn when the bar Is drawn up hiah enough to ciear it. oropting an Indicator into view, A Minnesota Inventor has patented a device by which the leui can te reg- ulated and formed Into even rows In the mouth, adjustable rings bt-tn cUumted around the teeth and Joined by a screw-threaded rod. which i turned to move the teeth graduaKy m to poniHtn. . . . An Improved lamp has been design ed which needs no rhlmney to prevent a draft from blowing - the Mime, a clock mechanism in the base dilvin? a fsn wheel to force air through oissa- s"es kii ringed aronnd the wli-k tube, the rorces draft protecting the flame fr mi do awrents-of alr-Chicago News. ;ilr THE CARDS "Now children, said t the Sunday school teacher, "can v-.u tn f greater power than a king? "Yea ma'am" t-rtA . moi. v SKIII-ANNUAL BEPOET C0D5TT TBEISUBEE ACCOUNTS FOB JlAEIOX'd F1H1SCES. Statement Sbows Beeelpts and Ex - penditnreg In Tarioaj yunds for : tne Past felx Montbs. (From Dally April lKh.) County Treasurer A. L. Downing was Um first ot Marion county's ofiio ers. who are by Uw required tv sub mit semi-annual reports, to complete his statement for the six months end ing March list. He filed the sam? with County Cleric W. W. Halt and the same will soon be offldaliy published, together with reports of County Clerk Hall and Sheriff Durbin coveting the same period. " Treasurer i?ownlngs report for the six mcnths ending March Slat is as follows: j . GENERAL FUND. Receipts To amount on hand from last report..... .... ..... .... . ..$ 44.W To amounts tecelved from the sheriff and assessor on tax collections J3.t2S.73 To fees from clerk.. XlN-5 To fees from recorder 1,451.00 To liquor licenses from K. " Rchcitt. et al ... ....... Sa3r) 190.S5 To &i8urance from O. P. Ter rell ... : To miscellaneous licences ficm County Clerk W. W. HH, et al..... ..... ... .... ........ 326-53 Total . ...... ....... W?,S5i Disbursements -. Py amount paid out on county warrants ?7.$iX6i toy aniouut of intereet paid on county warrants.... ... .... 2,919. S3 By balance on hand.... ........ l,f&5.70 Total. ... - ..........13255.29 SCHOOL FUND. Receipts To amount on hand from last report.. .. .. ...... a. To amounts received from the iherirf and aaie.ssor on tax collections. ....... J 1,083.45 To amount of fines received from N. J. ludah.. L... 20.00 To amount of fines rece.ved from J. M. Eakew 10.00 Total .... $14,711.31 ; Disbursements ' By amount paid out on schrol superintendent's warrants. ,5 20 By balance on band.. 12,759.11 Total.. ., .. .. :...SXt.714.3l SPECIAL CITY AND DI3RICT FUND Receipts Ccsh on hand from last report. $ 206.74 Received from sheriff and all other sources.. .. .. .. .. .... 15,115.24 Total .. .. . $15,301.8 Ulsbui sements Paid to several cities and dis tricts... ....15,1S2.:4 Balance on hand. 19.74 Tcial . .. .. .. .. .. ....J15.351.98 INDIGENT SOLDIER FUND. 'Receipt Cash on hand last report.... ....iuS.89- Recoived from tax colU-ctions... 221.72 Total '. .. J730.C2 Disbursements Paid out on Indigent sold.cr war rants.. i. ,. .. i .i'.-UM Balance on hand 171.13 .Total..... .. .... .. .. 17.10.52 INSTITUTE Ft.ND. Cash on hand last report.... .$2(1.00 Received from county sup-rin-tendent.. 24.00 Cash on hand March 31st. .162.00 THE PASSING OF THE NIGHTCAP. Catairhal Troubles of Americans Largely Due to Its Abandonment. "If. the American people would only put cn nightcaps when they go to 'bed there would not be nearly so manv cases of catarrhal trotfbl a there are now, said a Chicag-o physician. He continued: "It Is well known that -ts a nation the percentage of catarrhal complaints Is greater among ns than In anv other nation lr. the world, and that there are more cases among men than among women. The reason for l,d"ZTT?T iVA rb eC nlghlcaps and the habit of snn king tne open air. v omen, it. tney smoKe at sli, do not do so in the open air, and if they do not wear nightcaps -they are In a measure protected by thtlr heavier heads of hair. Men, on th.; contrary, habitually wear their . hair close cut. are careless about the tem-erature of the rooms In which thev sleer.. and fJTlL l "':r. ."1" r." gin by nightcapping all our children and Induce them to keep up the habit n later years, within a g-neraton or i. ritmrr v. vwraa mrw t: VVIUPI BUI CI . rare dsease In the United States. . I "Englishmen and the J people of the . continent know an American by-.-two 1 things his liberality with money ind his habit of hawking and spiting. They cannot understand the i.e..- . arrh is ar unusual complaint abroad. But nightcaps are not. They are recognised part of the nltfht tilet throughout Europe, ard to this Is due tbe freedom of the people there from a distressing complaint. "Who ever sees a nightcap In this country? But in England It so much a matter of com that its great writ er, Dickens, frequentlj tr.enUond it in order to give the proper touch of real isnato bis creations. RELATIVE DURATION. "Now. W?l ie JenkinV said the mas ter, how many seeoals .rrake a min- ntef- - .. . , . ; - --. , "Male or female t Mle or female what do you manr .. There is a Wg difference. When father ssvs hell ha ns-n In a mlnnu It takes him sixty seconds; but sister's minutes are about 00 seconds. Tit- Bits, i . WndThat .t th. ti"- 'l"r": considerable Is evidenced by the expe-. and .that at tne very time when nature , , , h,, ts at its lowest ebb and can do the II "1 n I'i'ZTSn J??. n.. ..,, T, " . ' In one such case, found that after J - least to protect Itself. If we would be- rt . . , . BETOND. There's a farcy some lean to and mv . m . w That, when this life is ended be?. New work for the soul in another stat Where It strives and geta wslrt S loses and wins; Where the strong and the weak, tv- I .t-a Repeat In Urge what they practwi in small. Through life after life in unUiajt, Cnly the scale's to be hansel tlur, I t : -; ..: , Tet I hardly know. When .a soul txa . . scei... " ' By the! neans of Evil that good U best. And, through earth and :ts nolsr, n , is neaven s aerene When our faith in the same bar stood the test Vij the child grown man. yen burs the rod, - The use of labor ate surely done: There remalneth a iet for the peop,i ' of God; ' v Acd I have had troubles erough, tot one. " Robert Browning. NEWSPAPER .MEN, IX FRANCE. The Law by Which They Are Put lute niton. In France the law cf ls1 article C, puts tho ptlmary rcsponeibility for all that appesre in a newspaper on th gerant. or registered manager, and, la default of the gerant, successively on the writer, the printer ai.d the vendor, says the Nineteenth Century. Whea a gerant is 'forlhcon.ini, the . 'vritfr, the edltois, and the nri trietors cat only fee proceeded agalntt as sccora ili -en, if th-.-y can be showru to hart taken any active part in the pubUca tlon, but. e xcept In the c.nse of a' wilt er signing his ntme to an aitlole. l:kt M. Zola, this responsibility la laig lj illusory, owing to '.he tlliticu tl s st proof. In praci, the propiletort o( the iaper. for whose prtf t it is con. ductitl, and udo.i whom the heaviest responsibility ought to fall, escape aQ eriminal liability and can only be mi lt liable for damages if the prosecutor can find 'and sue them, n matter la which the law afiords bin: no assist ance. : - Many papers keep a lame foant, described as a irc'ureur a priwn, wUom one duty It is to be fined nl rent tc prison. M Cruppi, In a work to be referred to later, decrll-s the good humor nith which he uii lci t iks the discharge of thU dut), wh.l; th responsible editor, the writer, if th article be umlgned, and the pioprl?tcr stand about unconcernedly, aid tht haggard and anxious air of the pro cureitr marka him put uoinisiak.il.lj as the real criminal. Tn-se provlioia, adopted by a l-.g-Ula ture in which jour nAlts had suvit jKjweifiJ rnfiu.ii', are tightly desenbed by M. Cruppi as "nte "rite d.-stlnee a couyrlr ! ss vrais refaonsitlljtes." and untiiui th greatest blot on tl.c leKilation of 1nL LETTER FROM MARY ANDERSON. Former Actress Writes tc FrH nd of Her Domestic Life irt Ejiglnd. The following are extracts' from a ktrer r--eived in Louisville. Kv. re- cenUv by Mrs. R, M. K-lly, Mho vklth hei husband was ore of the cn liest frirnds. of Mary Anderson The foimer tragedy queen sigm herself "Mamie," end gives sme pleasant gorslp of her husbiind, cb'ld and family life. Phe wiIIi-k:" . "Court Farm. Broadway. "Wore -iter rhlre My :ar ld FiV-Hd: - So na.iy thanks f.r your sweet, kind hter. Surely you are blessed in your chil dren. "Juliet Is in the convent In Knsinjc tor. square, almost opposite to Thick eray's house, wh.'te he wroe 'Vshlty Fair. She is very happy. Blanche Is not going on the stage. She Is very beautiful and has a lovly voice, but I lore she will n.-t le lemp'ed to the acting stage eve Blanche end Juliet are sisters of Mrs. De Navarro ) I et over to AinerW-a again my first pll? image will betc- rry glrlrno-J nome. and now I shall love to tee you all and Introduce my adored and .ador able Tony to you He grows more charming and loving as the years r on. . "My little boy I new 2 years old, and so clever foi his age. Hit nirse Is German, and he speaks German and English lr. his pretty, piattllng wsy. S5:"'ta wonderfull affectionate, but hs ih na fc wilj c( lron ' HEATING BY ANIMAL HFJtT. TLn considering the problem of h -at-Ing the large department stores whirh LV-' 7t 4r L! " 'h f-viV ,n e tL1rTy. .n. wo.r, itho nutny cutomers whe come I ch esta-blUhmenta That tM the thermometor at tbe lre-slrg point no other heat was need d to keen the . -i-- it. in P'ce warm. Cassler's Magazine. BEDOUIN ARABS DWELL Df ' BLACK TENTS. , ' , Tn tents of the Bedouin Arabs at usually black. Thev are made ot G're1 fat hair cloth. ' LANDS. PATENTS. PENSIONS AND CLAIMS. Washington Law and . Claims Conv pany. Rooms and 7. 472 Louistsas s venue, N. W Wasritngton, wui. w very reasonable terms itosecute ta claims, including mineral lands aa mines, applications for patents and pen sions, and all other claims before con gress, the District of Columbia courts, the several government departments, the court of daUns. and the suprem court of tbe United States. The company will also aid Uwyera at a distance, in preparing their esses fee- the supreme court of -the . Unites atates. and for a small considers will furnish corespondents informatwe concerning matters In Washington t" rJiv mav desire to know. Serd ror eularm. . , JOHN O. SLATER. President. "no wrttkva please mentkm this psP . . . m. in. via m uy 111 Hi:-w,iin, f f 4.