The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 25, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY 25, NOVEMBER 1897. THURSDAY JOEN 15 Sir’!iéVLLKVEL:S, Pmpri;tor. Addr s All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. d Thni-d streets, San Francisco Main 1863, PUBLICATION OFFIC Mar; Telephon EDITORIAL ROOMS 517 Clay street M 1874. DAILY AND SUNDAY) is served by wns for 15 cents a week. s THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL carriers in this nd s iing month 65 cer THE WEEKLY CALL.. ...One year, by mail, $1.50 OAKLAND OFFICE Fastern Representative, DAVID ALLEN. NEW YORK OFFICE ..Room 188, World Building WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFIC C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. Montgomery street, corner s street; oven until 9 19:30 o’clock. SW. corr 9o'clock. 2518 Mission street; open h street; open until 9 o 05 :30 o’clock. NW. corner Twenty-second open tiil 9 ....... Riggs House BRANCH OFFIC! 9:30) A open until 0 o'clock. 615 ¢ Sixteenth and lock until I 9 o'clock THANKSGIVING DAY. {CULIAR to America and unique among its institutions sgiving festival we celebrate to-day. Ours is re there is complets separa- is the only one that for sucn al religious observ- e as Witheut the intrusion of any quest on of secta- rian creed or ritual, cur people to-day. each family inits own will s to the Most High for the prosperity of the land and rejoice in the blessings Providence has bestowed an earth wh the only nation of church te, und yet ¢ m vides pr wnr a nation T on us. The celebration of the day is a survival of the religious fervor of the Puritan founders of the New England States. It livea the r society that gave birth to it, because it is in barmony with the spirit of the American people of all sections of the Ur nd affords a means for tha public expression of sentiments that are common to all our people nc matter from what race they have descended or to what church or school of philosophy they belong. These sentiments t the results of conventional teach- ing nor are they the outcome of a merely periunctory celebra- y are inevitable conciusions of serious medi- ons as a people and as a nation, and tio the tation upon our cor are in 1 by the cc sciousness that a power mightier than oned the United States into a t'zin 1ts bizhest development, and stiny that we may rightly expect man exerts | nd where huma has so direc at fu nat.onal li develc sent to be accomplished under the :nstitutions t exists to-day. tion of the peop'e of the United Statesis to that of the peopie of any other land a contrast rather than a r republic The socia comparison. than the co h stage of our society is in its degree better responding stace in the most cultured and for- Europe. So widesprea te people of dare the blessings of life y and so generally are they enjoyed that it is correctness no classes exist among Great are to be found, it 1s true, but the rees by which these differences are attained are so sligh; venues 10 wealth are so open to all who have ability it is not possible to draw anywhere through our social organism a dividing line that will mark a genuine dis_ lass or caste. The freedom enjoyed under our political system, taken in connection with the f e and 1 our coun caid with us. rences of wealt. tinction of tility of our soil, the vast extent of our the beneficence of our climate, enables the American to be, In 2 completer sense than the citizen of any other land, the seli-made maker of his fortunes and master of his destiny. Itis his to think, to plan, to labor, to earn ana to save; his to fashion the legisiation of his country and to deter- mine the course the nation shall pursue in all great issues- These powers, growing by use and exercise, are rapidly devel- oping the American into a manner of man who wili beas superior to other races as his country is superior to other lands. resources Conscious of these things we celebrate this religious festival in bad years ss in good, in hard times as in times of prosperity. We did not fail the feast, the song or the sermon during the de_ pression of labor and industry, any more then we will fail them It wever, that our rejoicing to-day wiil be fuller and mcre merry than in the years of stagnation. The laborer now has work and wages, the merchant has trade, the manufacturer has profit from his mill and the capitalist from his investment. now. s certain, b In the homes of the great mass of the people ell peace and plenty, and in their hearts and handsisan abundant and generous charity for all who nesd help. Itisa Thanksgiving day made joyous by present good and radiant by hope. May all our people find in it happiness and good cheer- WHERE NO THANKS ARISE. X this land observance of Thankseiving day is more than an le form. Itistrue thatnot ali is peace, and that pros- perity does not have unbroken sway. It 1s true that here and there the idle hand reaches out vainly for work, and that murmurs of discontent may be heard. Yet in the main the nation-thrives, industry secures adequate reward, and in ‘the hearts of the people there is a deep and abiding confidence that the institutions they love are permanent, the officials at the head of affairs worthy of trust, and the Governmeat destined to be the model by which older civilizations may learn how to govern and be governed. But to exult in prosperity without a thought of peopie near our doors upon whom the heavy hand of tyranny rests would be selfish. In Hawaii usurpers hold power, wrested from the natives without warrant or recompense, and they intend to give the islands, which is their 1ll-got booty, over to this coun™ try. They make no plea of justice. They do not consult the wishes of those who have been despoiled, and who against the threatened additional wrong raise a chorus of protest. By not beeding the cry this great and growing country, this land of the free, will become a party to an evil deed out of which no good can come. 3 And Cuba. Crushed, bleeding, yet brave as she waves a defiant machete and shouts for liberty; what soul so calloused or #o satisfied that the call of the dying heroes is notan appeal? Who, proud of independence, but would rejoice to see the valorous island threw off the hated chain that galls it? Per haps in the future Cuba may have a Thanksgiving day. Per- haps a land now desolate may bloom again, and the graves that dot it serve then only to reca!l where men fought and died rather than be in the thralidom of a dishonored crown, the puppets of a decayed and withering monarchy. It is not always for the citizen to say what shall be the policy of the administration, but to his opinion and the privilege of expressing it there is no bar. The citizens of the United States want Cuba set free, They glory in the valor that struggles there, as once struggled their own forefathers. They would if they could hasten the dawning of a brighter time for Cuba. They wonld be glad to do something to hasten the coming of & Thanksgiving day there. Yet they are helpless, Klaughter, rapine, starvation, stalk the once fair fields un- checked, and but that there is a braverv which violence can- not overthrow nor diplomacy subdue, but for a sublime faith in justice and their own sirength, well might the Cubans throw down their arms and declare themselves forsagen of God and men. While there seems to be no wa, in which to interfere with the doctors who have a babit of killing young women who cail upon them for advice, the women might reasonably be sup- posed to be expected in time to lose in some degree tbat touch- g confidence which induces them o be led so calmly to the slaughter. And it is not a very glorious death either. Somebody is trying to cast aspersions upon the veracity of the late Mr. Blanther. A COMICAL DEFENSE. F the attempt to uncover the operations of the political com- I bination which rules Santa Ciara County was not a sub- ject demanding the most serious consideration it might be said that the termination of the first act in the reform move- ment is excruciatingly funny. The charge preferred was that when a Grand Jury attempted to find an indictment against a politician belonging to the ring for withholding public money Superior Judge Lorigan entered the jury-room and forbade its members to present the bill on the ground that to do so would be contrary to his instructions and would in some way *‘stul- tify”” him. The answer to this grave accusation by the parties charged may be formulated thus: Judge Lorigan vindicates himself by calling the grand juror whom he suspscted of giv- ing the information to THE CALL a ‘‘scoundrel” and a ““cur”’; as a further refutation of the charge and for the pur- pose of clearing the *‘ gang ” generally he directs the Grand Jury to report ‘‘ immediately ’; then in order to prove to the public that the combination is composed entirely of angels he promptly discharges the jury. The answer of the combine as a body to the allegation that they are corrupting the county politics and misappropri- ating the public funds is that the proprietor of THE CALL has some hidden motive for attacking certain persons among its members, Is it possible to conceive of a more ridiculous justi- fication than this? Evidently it is believed at San Jose that the chief sin of political corruption consists in its discovery. Once prove that the discoverer is governed by an ignoble motive and the case is dismissed. There is one thing, however, which the San Jose political ring overlooks in its comical defense. It is not counting upon the overwhelming public sentiment which is gathering in Santa Cliara County for its overthrow. The motives of THE CALL in exposing its operations can have no possible influence upon the result which is certain to follow. we are anxious to blight the political aspirations of somebody, or to mold the politics of the State in the interest of somebody else, neither fact would be relevant to the charges which have been preferred against Judge Lorigan and his followers. The glaring factremains to stare the people of Santa Clara in the face that one of their trusted judicial officers has deliber” ately interfered to suppress an indictment for embezzling pub- lic money, and when exposed has discharged the Grand Jury without explanation. Can such an affair as this be coughed down? We think not. Some one has remarked the circumstance that there is a sense of morality among mankind which, even amid the most squalid corruption, rises to overwhelm those who live on the products of vice and crime. Whenever in the world there ex” ists a wrong this force ullimately appears to sweep it away- Everybody pays tribute to political morality. The bosses laud it in their platforms and the politicians exhort it in their speeches; conventions nominate men whom they believe to be honest, because to choose bad men means the defeat of *‘the ticket”’; everywhere and on every side the right is constantly struggling to prevail. We are safe, therefore, in asserting that even in ring-ridden Santa Clara County political purity will ultimately prevail. After this the “gang” cannot continue torule. The scene in Judge Lorizan’s court on Monday must necessarily open the eyes of the people. They must now see that not only is the ring “‘devouring revenue, degrading the public conscience, discouraging business interests and driving away the best kind of citizens,” but it is actually invading the temples of justice and prostituting the ermine to its base uses. It will be impossible for the subjects of this scandal to survive the pub lic wrath to come, and they may as well make ready for the slaughter. Grand Juror Carroll has merely fired the train. The real explosion will follow in due time. THE TRAGEDY AT DIXON. (< , the jury, find tuat Louis Belew and Susie Belew chme to their deaths irom arsenic poisor adminis- tered by a person or persons to the jury unknown.’” That verdict returned after thirly minutes’ deliberation by the jury at the Coroner’s inquest plsces the Dixon tragedy in the category of mysterious crimes, and leaves in the public mind a fear that the perpetrators of the poisoning may never be brouht to Justice. Thut the death of these two young people was the result of murder and not of suicide or accident is as certain as anything can be where the full truth is not known. By whom, bowever, could such a murder have been committed? The brother and sister were in moderate circums.ances, and had no enemies be- yond those caused by the little antagonisms that are generated from time to time in small communities where every man’s affairs 1n some respect affect those of another and conflicts of interest are continually arising. Such antagonisms do not lead to murder except where they affect minds so horribly depraved and vicious as to be almost insane. What person iu the narrow circle of the acquaintance of the two viciims could haveso hated them as to poison them# Popular suspicion has fallen to a greater or a less extent upon a brother of the two victims and upou a lover of the girl, It is evident from the verdict of the Coroners jury that in neither case were these suspicions sufficiently well founded to justify a charge against either of them. It is to be hoped nothing will arise to change this verdict. The crime is in itself horrible enough without having borror piled on horror by the discovery that these two voung lives were destroyed by any one who was bound to them by the ties of brother or iover. The old maxim that the surest way to discover the author of a crime is to seek out the man who is to profit by it most is subject to many exceptions. Criminal literature abounds with many instances of crimes committed simply for the sake of crime. A striking illustration of this is now under considera- tion in the courts at Paris in the case of a murderer named Vacher. This wretch is reported as having said at his examin- ation that as the people he killed were poor he could not be ac- cused of murder for the sake of money, and as he had no ac- quaintance with any of them it is clear he conid not have been moved by any personal animosity. “Now,” said he to the Judge, “no man acts witbout a motive, and since I had no per- sonal motive it is an unavoidable conclusion that in killing these people I was directed by the hand of God.” There may be no such depraved monster at or near Dixon as this ¥rench murderer who killed without motive, but a crimi- nal to some extent like him has evidently done the deed that bas sent Louis and Susie Belew to death. Justice should not halt in her search until that wreich has been discovered anda prought to punishment. The case is at present classed as a mystery, but it should not long remain so. While there is naturally a repugnance to mentioning the people who provose to get married in a cage of lions, because mention gives them advertising and tends to promote a scheme that the authorities should stop if there isa possibility of doing 80, yet it seems necessary. In this blessed day of injunctions it is strange that a man and woman cannot be enjoined from making fools of themselves, or a: least doing so in public. However, if the pair must be permitted to proceed, it can be hoped that the lions will resent the intrusion tooth and nail. If those beasts let the occasion pass without a bite of bride or green and succulent groom thbeir intelligence has been over- rated. —_—— The problem of what women holding office shail do with their husbands has arisen to con{ront the vanguard of the new fémininity. That it is a serious matter the husband in the case will doubtless admit. Just by way of suggestion, how would it do to give the old man an allowance, a latchkey, an admoni- tion to be good and let him shiit for himseli? As to the chil- dren, there are plenty of asylums. — Perhaps the Health Board would not b2 unwise to listen to the discharged internes. That distinguished body may be sure that other pecple are listening, and that the public is taking the liberty to formuliate its own vardict. Even if it were true thag | | FEREONAL Dr. W. W. Thompson of Modesto is at the Grana. Clarke J. Lee, s merchant ot Quincy, is at the Russ, Jobn L. Truslin and wife of Vallejo ara at the Balawin. R. M. Strause, a mining man of Arizons, is at the Grand. 8. G. Little, a banker of Dixon, Cal, is regis- tered at the Russ H. Albert of Ryde, Sacramento County, Is at the Cosmopolitan. H. Lawrence and wiie of Sacramento are at the Cusmopolitan., F. W. Covey, manager of the Palo Alto stock farm, is at the Grand. Milton Besse, Sheriff of S8anta Cruz County, 1s a guest of the Grand. Attorney John D. Sproule and wife of Chico are guests of the Paiace. Buperior Judge Mannon and wife of Ukiah are registered at the Lick. De Witt Clary, a prominent young attorney of Stocktou, is at the Lick. W. T. Toby, a lumberman of Carson Vailey, is registered at the Palace. E.J. G. Bryant and wife of Kilauea Kauei, H.I, are at the Occidental. Charles Thuruburn, a mining man of Tut- tletown, is at the Pleasanton. George C. Graves, a prominent land-owner of San Andreas, isat the Russ. J. Hasmacker, president of an Oakdale bank, is registered at the Pleasanton. A. C. Liviugston of Sonora, Tuolumne County, is at the Cosmopolitan. Mrs. La Pour and three children of Bakers- field are at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Mrs. J. R. Jackson, wife of a prominent Fresno merchant, is at the Baldwin, John Sparks, one of the largest eattle-own- ers of Nevad 1, has rooms at the Palace. Mrs. W. Maxwell of Honolulu, accompanied by her two children, is regisiered at the Occi- dental. Professor Edward H. Griggs of Stanford Uni- versity took apartments at tue Grand last evening. P. A. Buell, a well-known railroad man and lumber merchant ot Stockton, is registered at the Grand. Reginald Truman of Kiswich, Cal.,, an offi- cial of the Iron Mountain Mining Com pany, is st the Palace. < L. A. Loomis, president of the Ilwaco Rail- way and Navigation Company, wife and daughter, are at the Russ. Assistant State Controller W. W. Douglass arrived iu the city yesterday afternoon and will stay at the Grand during his v sit. C. M. Edgeil, wife and ¢hild returned from Surbibiton, England, and are at the Occiden- tal. Mr. Edgell is a prominent farmer of Sul- sun, . Burns, manager of the Paso Robles Hotel, accompnnied by his wife, arrived in the city | last evening and took apartments at the Cali- iornia. Charies Drake, a prominent merchant of Tucson, Ariz., accompanied by his wife, ar- rived in the city yesterday snd took spart- ments at the Palace. F. F. Timmous, owner of a stable of thor- oughbreds, and a well-known racing man, ar- rived from Kansas City yesterday afternoon and ook apartments at the Baldwin. Percy Sage, advance agent of the Louls James Company, is at the Baldwin. Ina few weeks the celebrated actor he represents will arrive in the city ana will play at the Colum- | bia. CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—At the Plaza, M. Duffy; Murray Hill, W. Babeock; Albemarle, Mr. and Mrs. W, C. Ralstou; St. Denis, Mr. and Mrs. A. Cowan; Grsnd Unton, W. E. shultz; Imjerial. G. A. Knight: Manhattun, A. McBean. California—Broadway Central, Mrs. Hildebrand; Astor, Mrs. Kenneally; Gil- sey, F. Beaudry. H. W.Grantey left the Piaza and saiied on the St. Louis for Southampton. CALIFORNI N> IN CHICAGO. CHICAGY, Nov. 24.— t the Great Northern— Robert Hector and wlie, San Francisco; at the Wellington—Mi-s F. & Frown, Los Angeles; at the Auditorium—Mrs. H. W. Strong, Los Au- geles; at the Auditorium Annex—M C. Dun- kin and wife, Pasadens; at the Palmer—V. S McClatehy, Sacramento. CALIFORN AN3 N WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. —H. Banning of Los Angeles is at the Raleigh Hotel. A.J. Bell of San Jose is at the Rigzs House. THANKSGIVING. A king rode forth one summer’s day And ali ‘he peasants by the way Bald to t_emselves How great are we— The kiug rides out that we may see. A housewife with her bu-y broom Biushed dust and crumbs from out her room; A sparrow puff-d himseit and =ald: This dame was mads om+ ® me bread. 3 ARco MORROW in Womaukind, FLASH:S OF FUN. Cholly—Would you iike to own a little don- key, Miss Geraldine? Miss Geraldine—Oan! Cholly, this is so unex- pected. Yes!—Paildelphia Call. ¥irst Nurse—I'm efraid I can’t come with Fou to-morrow. Second Nurse—Why not? “Well, I do-’t like to leave the baby with its mother.”—Brooklyn Life. “What pretty illuminated eards!’ exclaimed one woman. “That one withthe motto, ‘Hon- esty is the best poliey,’ is especinlly nice.” “Yes,” replied the other. *I brought them from Europe, and the best of it is I got them through, with a lot ot other things, without paying & cent of duty.”’—Washingtlon Star. “‘Football has not yet reached its climax.” “What makes you think that?"” “We have never had a ‘Napoleon of the gridiron.’ "—Cleveland Leader. “I wish,” observed the farmer, “that I could get that bicycle girls’ parade to ride around this way!” It was expensive to hire men, and of course the corn bad to be shocked.—New York Press. REFLECTION . OF A BACHELOR. New York Press. After a while the women will zet up a movement to have a curfew rung for the men. The reason why most ald bachelors have never married is because they have never asked any girl. When a girl can’t judge a man by the com- pany he keeps sae judges him by the creases in his trousers, There may be such a thing as a man con- vinced against his will, but there never was a woman convinced any wiy atall. - A -INGER’S COLD. The Bookman. A striking example of Charles Dickens' chivalrous regard for an absent friend is re- called by Dean Farrar. Mr. Sims Reeves had been announced to sing at 8 small public dinner at which Dickens presided, and, as hlgpened not infrequently, Mr. Sims Reeves had something the matter With his throat, and was unsble to attend. Dickens an- nounced this, end the announcement was re- ceived with 'a general laugh of Ingredul:ty. This mnde Dickens very angry.and he rose manfully to the defense of the delingnent. My friend, Mr. Sums Reeves,” he said quietiy, “regrets his inability to fuifill his cngage- meul, owing,” he added with caustic severity, ‘o an unfortunately amusing and hignly facetious cold. THE COLL:GIAN'S RETORT. Recollections of Aubrey de Vere. Members oi the class i: Cambridge had been rather flippant in regard to some pom- pous authority and a Fellow was euloglzing bim. Said he: “You are probably ignorant, young gentle- men, that the venerable person of whom you have been spenking with such levity is one ol the profoundest scholars of our age—indeed, it may be doubted whether any man of our sge hns bathed more aeepl& in the sacred fountains ot aptiquity.” “Or come updrier, sir,” was the reply of an undergraduate. Low's horehound cough syrup for coughs and colds, price 10c, 417 Sansome st. ¥ MUSIC AND MUSICIANS, Miss Imozene Comer is a native of Los An- geles and inherited her musical temperament from her mother, who was n church and con- cert singer for more than twenty years. Miss Comer is cousidered unique in her line and commands one of the highest salaries given on any concert platform. Atthe age of 13 she began the work, which was even then consid- ered unusuel. This broedened with yearsand experience until it reached its present stage, and brought her fame in public and honors from the hands of individuals. She sang all over the country and at Washington wasa social rage for several weeks, wnen she ap- pesr-d at social griherings in the homes of the English, French, Jupanese and Chinese embassadors. Handsome photographs, in- scribed in the familiar handwriting of these dignitaries, are smong her cherished posses- sions, But it is to the people Miss Comer ap- peals in the songs, every line of which she in- terprets with dramatic skill, and itis from them she receives the reputation which Costs the managers sodearly. She hes mrde the reputation of many song-writers and increased purposed giving an entertainment, which I hoped they would all patronize. However, unfortunately for me, somebody mentioned the little scheme to my father, and be, furious at my clandestine enterprise, begged every one of his acqueintance to upho!d his parental authority by ignoring the performance. But even then I wasn’t disheartened, and when the day came I drove off to the hall, and at the hour announced for the commencement of my concert stepped on the platform — to fiud myself face to face with an audience of two. And nobody else came.” From Rome it is telegraphed that Signora Verdi, wife of the celebrated composer, Gul- seppi Verdi, now in his efghty-ourth year, is deed. The death of this lad i) oubt- ediy be a severe blow to the vencrzble com- poser. She was Verd('s secord wife, formerly Mme. Streproni. It was whie she was singing Abigai: in Verdi's opera “Nabucco,” at Milan, thirty-five years ago, that the great composer fell inlove with her. The romance of the courtship was continued in married life, and o 00° ,00°°0 °°'°°’e° %9 ) E COMER. the fame of others, and for that reason is daily importuned to look over the latest works of the various publishing houses. *‘Aiter the Ball” received herlips, and its composer, Charles K. Harris, was $75,000 richer from the impetus she gave to its popularity. It was almosi the first thing he had written. *A Pack of Cards” she made a favorite years ago, and she stiliin- cludes it1n her repertory, because her public likesit. *Tase Back Your Gold,” “Those Wed- ding Bells Sheil Not Ring Out” and many others are among the favorites Miss Comer sings, and & new seng has just been finished for her by M. F. Rosenfeld, who has ca.led it “Till Judgment Day” and dedicated it to the policemen of this country. These songs are re- served for the pubiic. Iu private she sings and plays high-class music. Miss Comer’s voice is a rich, vibrant contralto, with phe- nomenal low notes. The French critie, M. Francisque Sarcey (cailed “Unc.e”), speaking to the musicians of the present day says in the Temps: You have for long enough scored our backs under the pretext of Wagnerism with your schol- astic music. Wagner again] There is always in those of his cperas which I have heard some parts which are so beautiful, s0 moving, s0 powerful, that I forgive the rest, during which I writhe with weariness. But the music of the so-cailed Wagnerian school would be terrible if one did not sleep through a good deal of it. Oh, how weil I have slept throuzh the interminabie dusis of the mas- ter! At the opera Ernest Reyer occupies a fauteuil in front of mine and st first perform- ances he obligingly says to me: “You can sleep at your emse. Iwill pull your sieeve when there 1s something you ought to listen 10.” Well, there are times when he lets me sleep from onme end of tne evening to the other. [never sleep at the “Lucia di Lam- mermoor” nor at the “*Barber ot Seville.” The otherday I was ut the Opera-Comique when the “Dame Blanche” wasagain putou. house was full. Iassure youI did not sieen atall—no one slept, either in the orchestra or in the boxes. Thus it is with us. lots of people who like a melody to have a be- ginning and an ead, but the musicians do not iry to please us. Tney despise us. Oh.itls outrageous! Since they will give us notning new which is,l0 our taste we must go back to the “Dame Blanche,” *“The Barber of Sevilie” and to “Lucia.” The Menestrel has the following item: *Ob cyciism, here is one of thy blessingsl A | mechanic of Hambourg has just invented a combination of bicycle and music-box which he calls the troubadour. The musical addition takes up very little room end is placed in frontof the bicyele. It contains seven pieces upon metailic plaques which can be changed at will. The inventor has already manu- factured a stock of 500 pleces, which appears sufficient for the present. There is & cy- ciometer under the guise ¢f a metronome which regulates the movement in which the plece ought to be played, but the eyclist can- not go beyond the velocity of fiiteen kilo- meters an hour without injuring the mechan- ism. This speed is certaiuly sufficient, even for an allegro furioso. The police of Ham- bourg have already exam:ined the musical bicycle from the point of view of any dansers which might result to the public, and have made uo difficulties. The invenior now dresms of constructing musical bicyeles which shall form an orchesira. Each wheel will have a box containing only the imitaiion of one insirument, When the soclety meets to ride together their movements will be reg- ulated by the cyc.ometer-metronome 10 an identical mathematical speed which will give the ides of an orchesira. To produce u symphony of Beethoven just by pedaling— whate drenm! Besides, it will make the dogs howl the whole length of the route, ior dogs love not music.” This nation’s immense musical collection is soon to become accessible to the people for the first time in its existence. Within the past few weeks the whole coliection, which has been steadily growing for the past half century, has been removed to the new library of Congress, where a special department will be given up to it and it will before long be made avallable to the public. Its burialin the Capitol has been so complete that there was 1o possibiilty of getting at any of its con- tents. ‘The collection comprises 166,000 sepa- rete compositions, without counting bound volumes of music. Among the latter are Euglish madngals, Scoteh, Irish and Welsh bullads, folk songs of Scandinavia, Chinese and Hindoo music. The opening of this vest collection of music to the public will afford musicians opportunities hitherto unknown. During e conversation a little while ago Mme. Melba gave an interesting account of her first appearance in public; *I was quite a young girl in Australia,” she said, “‘when, notwithstanding the persistent discourage- ment of my father, wio was averse to a singer’s career for me,Iengaged a hall and sent round a notice to ail my iriends thatI its first public hearing from | The | There are | Verdi was devoted to his wife. Verdi’s first wife aied in 1840 and within two months he iost both his children. These sorrows laid a | heavy hand on the composer. He went into | | solitude and xnnounced that he had retired | from life. But in a short time his love for | | active work returned and he was seen once | | more in pub.ic. | | seven towns disputed the clory of having { been the birthplace of Hcmer Athough not | so numerous, there are three which dispute | | the honor of having given birth to Pergolesi. | These three towns are Casoria, Pergoia snd | Jesi. It has now been settled that it was at Jest, January 3, 1710. that the melodious | author of the “Statat Mater” and of the | | “Serva Padrons’’ was born; that is why on | the initiative of the Journal la Bilancia a commi tee has just been appointed at Jes: for the purpose of raising by means of an fnterna- tional subseription a monument to the iilus- trious composer who died 50 young after hav- ing written such delicious chefs d’cenvre. This committee, which has already com- menced the work, consists of many weln known names, A vigorous and far-reaching move is being | inaugurated in the interest of American musi- | cal composition and native resident artists by an organization receutly incorporated as | “The American Patriotic Musical League.” | The object o! the society is a naturalization of { music in the various forms ofjactivity. Fred- | erick Grant G.eason is presidentana Winfield Blake secretary. Many of the most prominent musicians in the country are among the in- | | dorsers of the movement, The headquarters | of the league are at Carnegie Hall, New Yark city. Leopold Gogow:ky, recently returned from Europe, says that the influence of advanced methods is making itself widely felt abroad, | and, while old methods sti 1 prevail to some | extent, a new era 1s dawning. He considers | the orchestral parts of foreign operas abroad much finer than the vocal features, and says that European audiences are less severe in their criticlams than those of America, and are much more demonstrative, thus making artistic success much easier than in this country. Professor McDowell is one of those who clsim that, with the exceptiono the violin and organ, the study of any musical instru mentcan be carried on toan exalted degree of proficiency in this country. Emma Eames Story has been invited by Frau | Wagner to sing Eva and Sieglinde at the Bay- | reuth festival in 1899, Among other reforms, M. Mahler, the new director of the Vienna Opers, has ordered that people arriving late shall not take their places | during the playing of the overture. The first two acts of “‘Sapho” are being re- | hearsed, and M. Cavalho hoves o producs the | whole opera on November 30. | Edlouard Grieg, the Norwegian composer, went to London to conductsome of his works, but on arriving there was 5o ill that hie has had to defer his intentions. The Society G. Verd: at Venice is preparing | Masseneci’s oratorio, “‘Eve,"” unaer the direc- | tor M. F. do Guarneri, professor of the violin rvatory of that city. at the co: NOTES A.OUT NOTABLES. | Sir Morell Mackenzie's medical library is to be sold at auction {u London. Alphonse Daudet isa candidate for the late Duke of Aumale’s seat in the French Academy. Ibsen has decided to abandon Norway, and is going to Berlin to atiend the celebrations in commemoration of his birthday. Thereafter he will hve iu Germany. John Swinton, an associate editor of the New York Sun for many years, has retired from the | staff of that paper. Mr. Swinton hails from Haddingtonshire, Englana. Bonaparte’s house at Longwood, St. Helena, is now a barn; the room he died 1n is a stable, and where the imperial body ley in state may be found & machine for grinding corn. At a meeting of the Archmological Society ot Hawick it was resolved to ercct a tablet on the house at Haggisha, in which Robert Puter- son, the prototype of Sir Walter Scot's “0id Morality,” was born in 1715. John Magee, aged 29 years and president of the Fall Brook Railroad, is the youngest American to hold such a position. Besides be. ing hesad of a railroad operating several hun- dred miles of track, he is president of the Fall Brook Coal Company of Autrim, Pa., succeed . ing his late iather, General Magee of Waikins, N.Y.,in both capacities. He employs thou sands of men and manipulates capital amounting to over $5,000, 000. THE OLD M~N’S THANKSGIVING. 1 move my arm-chair to the door that fronts the avtum: wold, Andgaze upon the stately trees, proud in their garb of zold: ‘Thequail her broid is calling where the brooklet runs away To find the sea, a ‘Thankssiviog day. nature smiles this glad The years have tcucked my hair with gray; bUl still above me flics 7ihe fairsst Hag that fla szure s 1 watch It in its beauty «s it floats "twixt sea anp sea, From every lofiy mountaintop over p op'e timy tree. s iis folds agaiust No war within our bord s, we cau all rej ice to- day pr ace with all the a shing spry Our navies rid- i1 +very sea, cur honor is as true 28 when was first bap iz.d n bood the uid Ked, Woite and B ue! At nations far beyond the [ thank the loving Father, he who wa:ches over s 01 our iand bestowed f10m mountain that were bountiful trom fur Dakota's plain To where pines of 3 old Penobscot rushes ’'neath the aine. the I scem to catch the echoes of an anthem in the South, olden oriole in some grim cannon’s mouth: And the iaurel an | the cedar and the branching chestnut tree Grow side by side, where once were pitched the tents of Grunt and Lee. I hear no more the battie drums that beat in m; hood's da For site by s Blue #nd Gray: Togetber they are marchirg to the destiny of fame, And esch onecrowns with deathless wreath our country’s noble name. le, fore’er at peace, are standing 1 dream of coming ages which our nation lovel wil erown With mighty trlumphs which to her shall give a new renown: 7 Until in consc.ous wonder every country ’neath the sun shall_ring with lofty plaudits for the land of Washiugton, We're marchinz on to greater things, as vessfls sweep the sea: And eacn Thanksgiving fills our hearts % blessings yet to be. America is d ved, if 10 God w e only true, 10 be the favored uation’ neath the canopy of blue Then let the be'’s a'l ring to-day throughout our cherished clime: 3 Let oid ad young with pride rejoice this glad Thanksgiving time; peans rise from mora to eve and nothing come 0 mar ‘The peace ' bat ru es our happy land beueath the stripe aud stur. Let The winds blow through the autumn boughs; me- thinks I hear a tread. A merry augh and a liitle hand 1s laid upon my head; And sort lips touch my is what they say: ‘I'vecome o kiss you. grandpe, dear, a thankful kiss to-day.” wrinkled cheek, and this My eyesgrow mi twine; 1 cannot see the meadow and the woodland's 0 ven line: My old, 0 d hear: beats faster, as it bubbles o'er with bl ss, And silently I'm thankfui for the sweet Than ks- giving kiss. T. C. HARBAUGH in New York Ledger. ¥ &s my arms about the wee one ANSWERS TO CORRe>FONDENTS. LAWRENCE R1 The average temperature ear rounc 40 4 into a warmer climate you wou'd have to ascend the St. Lawrence River. SULLIVAN-KILRAIN—S. V., Sierra Valley, Cal. John L. Sullivan did not break hisarm in the fight with Jake Kilrain. vh ch took place at Richburg, miss., July 8, 1889. He broke bis leftarm in s draw fight witn Patsy Cardiff 1o gate money at Minueapolis Jenuary 18, 18! Suliivan and Kiirain met but once in the ring. «PHRYNE'—N. Y., City. The poem entitled “Phryne” appeared in the Argonautof June THE f. B., City. Outario the at 5,1803 In reply to the query it was located v Mr-. B. G. Greufell of Modesto and Ids B. Meluukin of Hanford, who will accept ihe thanks of this departmex: for having ussisied & correspondent in & search for & pOeM 1oL iu- dexed. BirrHs—I. X. L., Hollister, Cal. The law of the State of California says “all physicians and professional midwives must keep a regis ter of the time of each birth at which they a tend professionally, the sex, race and co’or ot the cuild und the name and residence « parenis.” They mus: file n qu rterly re of such register wiih the County Kecord and if no physicien or midwiie attend the birth the pare:'s musi muke the report o the County Recorder. INTEGRITY—M. C. M, City. It certainly is al- lowab e to speak of the integrity of the earth as well as to speak of the integrity of an em- pire, ior in that sense the word integrity refers {o the state of being entire or compiete, If you wish to refer to the diepersion of things Which car never be co.lected or restored, then the use of dissipation would be correct. Wuile itis notimoroper to say, ““Jonn Jones builded a house,” it is antiqunied. It would not be proper to say, ‘I unbeiieve him.” Two BurLps—A. 8., City. In the game of casino suou d s player build upacard toa certain denomination and his o ponent de- ciine to bu:ld it up higher, he, the first player, may not alter his buld, but must take it with a card of the same denomination; he is, how- ever, at liberty to make nnother ‘build, either of the same or of &uy other denomination, or he may pair or combine nny other cards be- fore aking up his first build, but ne mu-c comply with one of these conditions before playing a card which wi.l do either, HEENAN-SAYERS FIGHT—Subseriber, City The great internationai fignt between John C. Heenan, the “Benicia Boy,” and Tom Sayers took place at 4 v’ciock on the morning of the 17th of Aprii, 1860, in Farnsborough, near Alderstot, England. Tne first account of this event was received in San Francisco on the night of the 8th of Ma not received until the 16th. The news came by Pony Express. Taey were paclent peoplo in San Francisco, who thirty-seven years sgo could wait & month lor n:ws of 50 iuportant an event. From this it sppears that tne men fought thirty-seven rounus, but neither was the victor, ior the crowd rushed into the ring and tne ce coming up, put & stop to tho fignt. Each man was awarded a champio suip belt, but &s Heenan’s was never paid { he was forc:d to return 1t. The fight laste wo hours and eight mirut — CALIFORNIA glace fruits, 50c | but full details were . Townsend's.* St GUILLET Thanksgiving mince pies. 905 Lar- kin. Te . SPECIAL Information dal.y to manufacturars, pusiness houses and public men by the Pros | Citpping Bureau (Alien's), 510 Montgomery. - e Plankington—I uunderstand that you had to £0 10 law about that property that was left you. Have you a smart Iswyer? Bloomfie/d—You bet I have. property now.—Busion Traveller. 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