VmSKM r " ;-3c jr-t 3,-" V-SP-s DISPATCH,, "SUITDAT, JTJIiT ' 5, 'W 10 THE PITTSBURG 189L - t mercial prestige has gone down. The recent failure of the great house of Kussell & Co., which for 70ycars maintained the dignity of American commerce in the East, is a notable event, and might well awaken grave reflections when we recall the other Amer ican houses that have fallen, and that Chinese trade which was the basis of the fortunes of an Astor and a Girard. It means, I am afraid, that Chinese merchants have learned "Western methods, and beaten, us. Facts About the Missionaries. The missionarv, however, stands on a-dif-fcrent footing. Much is "written abonthim in eulogy and censure. We are told that he goes from hamlet to hamlet with the Keif-denial of Xavier taking his life in his hands. "We are told that he is an ignorant jnischicf worker doing more harm than pood. Neither estimate is correct. The rhetoric of the missionary conference as it sings about Greenland's icy mountains must be accepted with the reserve due to en thusiasm. 2fo one, however, can know the missionary in China without seeing how much sincerity and self-abnegation is given to his work. In manv cascs, and especially when the medical missionaries havebad a chance, the religions results are gratifying. The difficulty in missionary effort ib the iinpoibility of reaching the intelligent claret., the inen of authority, the ruler of ihe small communes. It is not so much the faith of Chri't as the r-ubtleties of faith, not so much a relig ion as a creed, that i presented by the nrii Fionary to the Chinese It. takes so many fornix "that even if the mind of the China man were receptive, and not suspicious, its presentation would be sttended with em barr.isnients not found among other races, e ven a people as ad anccd as the Japanese. Christ is brought to the Chinese in various forms. He comes as presented bv our Meth odist friends and by Presbyterian friends. In the American field of labor, as 1 remem ber it in Peking, there are four different bodies. A certain amount of harmony, as far advanced at least at to make them v ork iu common, has been attained, but no Chinese convert can go iar without discov ering a difiereuc in church discipline, if not iu doctrines. The English have tneir speciii :niioas. Even if English and American Protectants were homogeneous there remain other potent Christian agen eii's. "Wehaiethe Kussian and the Cath olic missions. Tiic Chinaman is asked by the Ku-si:in to accept Christ according to the rites of the Greek, and by the French according to those of the .Latin Church, the f-pecial difference to the Chiuese mind be ing the manner in whicli the figure of our Sat ior is arranged on the crucifix. Fohlio Hid In Religion's Cloak. Moreo er, and thi 1 always fancied was an obstacle to our American friends, is the fact that behind the Russian and the Catho lic propaganda are political aims. The am bition of" Eussia has ever been a problem for Chinese statesmen. And when the polity of the Kussian empire is considered, and it is remembered that this aggressive, warlike power has for thousands ot miles a frontier line contiguous to China; that Kus faia continually presses upon China by what 1 might call the process of crumbling and attrition, we can well understand the dread of China, its fear for its independence, and lion difficult it is not to see the sword of the Cos-sack beneath the cross of the archimandrite- If the Chinaman were learned in Uuian, and I might add French, history, he v. ould have known that the cross as synonymous with the sword, that it was among the pastimes of earlier Popes to diMde neatnen lands among obedient Jongs, and that the power which gave the Pacific islands to faithful princes might in Asia be invoked to wider spoliation. The Catholic missions embody a spirit o intense and sincere proselj tisnC The priest jroes among the people. He adopts fheir customs, wears their dress, eats their food, learns their language, enters into their hab its becomes Chinese in all but his creed. If he cannot teach the faith in a cathedral he will be content with a hut. This arouses antagonism. An influence so silent and un-bf-cn. which permeates rather than flows, is more to be leared than the frank, ostenta tious methods of the American and Angli can Churches. Apprehensions are -awakened and rumors spread. One impossible story follows another, and among a sensitive, cred ulous pc ople soon finds acceptance. Take the massacre in Tientsin in 1S 1, an inexpli cable outbreak, causing the death of priests, nuns, consular and diplomatic officials, the tacking of churches and religious houses. All Caused by raise Keports. It was sad in its consequences to those who suflered as well as the Chinese them selves, for France exacted a swift retri bution. Yet it was only a panic no special dislike to foreigners or foreign creeds, but an ignorant multitude suddedly, as it were, losing its head. The common people had whispered themselves into the belief that Pinters of Charity kidnaped Chinese chil dren, that behind sealed convent walls terrible things were done; that Chinese chil dren were put to death, their eyes taken out and used for medicines; that religion v. as a screen for cruelty and sin. "With a wise government, with good "temper on the pirt of the consular officers, with prudence :uid a careful observance by them of the antecedent symptoms of popular discontent, these terrible suspicions could have been re moved, and even the most ignorant of the Chinese assured of the gentleness, the beauty and the beneficence of the religious influences they were persuading themselves to dread. The priests rested upon their consular representatives, the consuls upon Chinese authorities, and as authorities had a contempt for the missionary work, a con ttmpt w hich I am afraid was not allayed by their intercourse with the mercantile and official foreigners, they gave no heed, until superstition and fear flamed into massacre and rapine. When it became my duty to study the re lations between the Chinese and the mis sionaries, the Tientsin massacre, as it was called, w as an hapressh e lesson. In any event, and under the best circumstances, as I used to say to missionary friends, those who follow the cross must at times bear the cross There is no special dislike on the part of the Chinese to missions. I say Fpeciai dislikes, because wq may as well un derstand, as a fact underlying intercourse between the Chinese and the foreigner, that they are averse to everything alien, that we areto them an inferior' race, and that if by Foruc decree of the Emperor a wall as high ji Ararat could be built between China and the Christian world, it would be the most jiopular edict of his reign. The Progress of Uio Orient. We entered China by battering in the door, and Japan by threats to batter. "What we found were not Indians, or Africans, or c en the gentle and skilled Aztecs, whose fatels among the mournful problems of our latest civilization, but a subtle, ingenious, Sifted race, with a religion, a liter ature, a philosophy, a code of laws, rites and ceremonies, with artistic methods iu a condition of exquisite development. "We found thatthey had already anticipated, in a rude fashion, some of the wonderful dis coveries of the secrets of nature, which we claim as the glory of our "Western genius. in essential arts ana ine means oi living they had nothing to learn. Their agricul tural processes were rude but efficient, more advanced than those among the peas ants ot Ireland and Spain. They needed nothing trom the outside world. Slore than any nation China contains within itself the j-esourccs of empire. Their religion, re pellent to those lumiliar with the gospel as preached from the Mount, had its own beauty and tendernexs, and whenever -accepted in their completeness the teachincs of Confucious would, so far as go'od and evil ' were concerned, not De iar benind those wno tallowed Jesus of Xarareth. The Chinaman is a merchant and has the faculty of knowing values and how to acquire values. I am aware that this is among the governing qualities of the gifted Hebrew race. I think I am right in my observation that China is the only country in which a Hebrew never thrived. "-He there encountered a mercantile intellect superior to his own. "When, therefore, the Chinaman csiue to apply the mercantile standard to the new civilization, to see his moral as well (in material profit and lots account what was tho result? China had giveif the world hilkaud tea, and the world was happier. It lad received cotton goods and opium concaooojiwnica-coiua ue-maaerm-Ehan tung as cheaply as in Manchester, and opium the curse of the race. The China man's studies bad opened his eyes to the fact that opium had been forced upon him by the arms of Great Britain, that the rulers of the Indian Empire might balance "the budget of that vast dependency. Opium the National Curse.. I could not, without apparent extrava- fance, make clear the bitterness of Chinese eeling upon the opium question. Chinese statesmen, in their many conversations, never referred to it but as men who had been bitterly wronged. "We know," they would say, "what opium means to our people. "We know that it is the only habit which has become a national vice. Tocco they accept in a gentle form, alcohol tKsy dislike. They have no knowledgeof the fatal poisona which are called indulgences in European lands. "We issue degrees degrading officials and punishing others who give way to opium. "We would to-morrow tax it or drive it out of the empire, bnt how can we do so? It would be war again, as it was war before. And you call this your new faith. You say you come to teach us how to be good, to be better in this life and happier in the life to come. Those are beautiful words, and we listen to them. "When we have heard you speak and ask what you bring, wc see only opium." America is not respensible for opium, although there was a time when tho influ ence ot an American Minister, if it had been iselv directed, might have given our coun try a" better record thau that which it was compelled to endure until the admirable treaty of Mr. Trescot and Mr. Angelh But except among the discerning classes, the Chinese mind nas never been trained to dis tinguish between the various species of for eigners. They are alike to him. Their presence has but one meaning. Opium is the curse of their empire. They must in dure it as the penalty of a humiliating war. So long as Christianity and opium are synonymous terms, there will be misunder standing. Until the opium problem is set tled with honor and dignity, and this terri ble vice does not come as a part of our holy religion Amcrican,and especially missionary influence, must suffer lrom the bitterness felt toward an evil which China accepts and resents as among the consequences of Chris tian civilization. Joiix Eusselt, Young. A 'SftTJIEE'S INTERESTED LENIENCY. He Allows a Prisoner to Go Scot FreeTor-' rear of losing a Debt. Ml. Kisco, 2f. Y., July 4. This usually quiet village is in a turmoil. A terrible crime has been committed, and the perpe trator has escaped. He did not wa.it for the law. Neither did the citizens. They or ganized a lynching party, provided inci dentally with tar and feathers as well as a rope. He got away to Connecticut In tins he was assisted "by the dereliction of a Justice of the Peace, and feeling runs high in the villageagainst him. "Wright Eckert is a farmer, living on the outskirts of the town. He was charged with criminal as sault and admitted Mb guilt. Eckert was arraigned, when the Justice, despite the evi dence and the prisoner's confession, allowed him to go, as 'he needed a day to decide." Eckert at once left town. The news of the result of the case spread rapidU among the indignant residents of the village, and a number of them organized into a Vigilance committee. One barrel of tar and two bags of feathers were procured, besides a good strong rope and a convenient post in tne center oi tne village wnicn was selected in case it was needed. The party then started for Eckert's house, which is within a short distance of the railroad sta tion. They broke in the door. Mrs. Eck ert begged that thev would spare her and her children. She denied that her husband was in the house. It is said that Eckert is in Bridgeport. Some went so far to-day as to assert that the action of the justice was due to the faot that Eckert owed him a bill of ?20, and that he was afraid to lock the prisoner up for fear he would not get his money. Lawyer Adams not only acted as counsel for the town, but also for the prisoner It was due in a great measure to his action that the prisoner was allowed to-escape. A CUEIOTJS TRADITION. The Name of Lyon Stricken From tbe Dec laration of Independence. Bali. Gkoukd, Ga., July 4 There is a curious tradition in the Lyon family, of this place. Captain P. H. Lyon says that the first of the family to come to this coun try were four brothers, one of whom was his great-grandfather. They settled in Vir ginia and Xorth Carolina. "When the strug gle with Great Britain for liberty came at last one of them became very prom inent and was honored by his fellow citizens sending him as a delegate to the Continen tal Congress. "While in Congress the independence of this country was declared and the Declara tion of Independence was signed, he being one of the signers. It seems that he was an enthusiastic rebel in his hatred toward the mother country, and very anxious that that power be crushed at once. About the end of the disastrous campaign of 1776 he became so exasperated at what he termed "Washington's vacillating policy and weak methods of dealing with the enemy that he made a very bitter attack in Congreps on the Commander in Chief. In a few days came the brilliant victories at Trenton and Princeton. This success of our arms put Delegate Lyon in a.bad box. "Washington's friends, smarting under the scoring they had re ceived, determined on revenge. The test of loyalty to the colonial cause was, "Are you loyal to "Washington?" and, of course, as he was not, he was in for it. A motion was made to expel him from the congress, and after a strong debate was carried. Sot only was he expelled, but his name was erased from thej Declaration of Inde pendence. Curious, was it not? And, if true, still more curious that his tory does not mention the incident ! WHISKY SP0HS A WEDDING. Tbe Bridegroom Comes Intoxicated and Is Ordered Out by His Betrothed. New York, July 4. Mrs. Agnes North, a young and pretty widow, the daughter of Francis J. Oakcs, a wealthy resident of the Steinway section of Long Island City, was to have been married Tuesday afternoon to Samuel Bell. The bride was ready at the appointed hour and tbe minister was waiting, but the bf ldegroom tailed to appear. A messenger was sent to his residence, but he was not at home. The minister-and assembled guests began to get anxious and the unfortunate young woman's family had about decided to inform the guests of Mr. Bell's failure to be on hand, when the missing bridegroom entered. The person he met first was Mr. Oakes, who at once saw he was in no condition to act as a principal at a wedding. Mr. Oakes frowned with indignation and ordered the young man from the house. Bell started in to argue the matter with his intended father-in-law. The discussion was becoming heated and the guests, who had crowded into the hallway, were leartul that -Mr. (Jakes would throw tho young man out, when there was a rustle of skirts on the stairs and Mrs. North appeared. "Without a moment's hesi tation she pointed a gloved hand toward the front door. "Leave the house," she com manded, "and never let me see you again." Without demurring, Bell followed her in structions. As the door closed upon the form of her intended husband the young woman swooned and had to be carried to her room. Those tearing the City Can obtain information as to rates and ac commodations of many resort hotels, inns and cottages by applying at The DisrATCH business office As a summer drink Iron City Beer fctands first. Telephone; 1186. Blaine, GROUP OF GRATES In Which lie a Family Famous in Western Pennsylvania History. TOMBS OF THE BEACKENRIDGES. Important literary Work of the Elder Judge and His Talented Son. TH&OIilKHOMESTEAD NEAR TARENTUM tWBITTEX POB THE DISPATCH. HERE is an inter eating group of graves just within the gates of Pros pect Cemetery at Tarentum. The names u p o n t h e stones "are those of a family celebrated in the history of "Western Pennsylvania, and the epitaphs beneath them are of the same classic character which made the literary works of fwo members of this family aa en during as the marble that marks their last resting places. Upon one of the tombstones is this in scription: "Henry Marie Brackenridge traveler, author and jurist Departed this life January 18, 1871, aged 83 years and 10 months. A man of honor, truth and merit. A friend to those in adversity." Buried b.cside the Judge is his wife Caro line, who passed away in 1852. At the very foot of her grave is another mound of earth marked by a tombstone of exactly the same size, the inscription carved in the marble in identically the same style of lettering as the Judge's and his wife's. It reads as follows: Tomb of a Faithful Servant. "Leah Orbison, a faithful servant in the Brackenridge family for over 36 years, de parted this life March 10, 1869, aged about 76 years. Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.' " Leah Orbison was a colored woman, and she often remarked that when she died she wanted to be buried at the feet of her old "missus," whom she fairly worshiped. And there she rests to-day. Not only did Judge Brackenridge outlive his wife nearly 20 years, but he buried his son while he himself was still hale and hearty. The sen's grave is on the left of the father's tomb, and the inscription on the stone reads: KEXJAXIK 3HORGAI? EIIACKESEIDOE, Died 1862, aged S3 years. Such graves as bis are pilgrim shrines; Shrines to no code or creed confined, Tbe Delphian vales, the Palestines, The Nuoleus of the Mind. Back of B. M. Brackenridge's tomb are. two other graves, one marked thus: "Ed ward Stiernen, M. D., chemist, botanist and mineralogist; died March 27, 1868." Mrs. The Brackenridge Homestead. Stiernen is interred alongside the doctor, and only a year and a,, half ago their daughter was laid to rest beside the grave of B. M. Brackenridge. first Foreign Woman Naturalized. Dr. Stiernen was a cultivated German, who came direct from Bremen to take the position of chief chemist in the soda works located near the Brackenridce homestead. Benjamin M Brackenridge wooed and won the daughter, Cornelia, and married her. She was one of the first foreign women to be naturalized in the United States. Her husband dying so soon, and an immense estate coming into possession of herself and children at the death of Judge Bracken ridge, she became noted as one" of the keen est business women in Allegheny county. She was indeed a blessing to the community in which she lived, and no woman in the valley of the Allegheny was loved quite so much as Mrs. B. M. Brackenridge. Her son, Henry M. Brackenridge, is now the proprietor of the old estate. One other grave in the Brackenridge lot is marked by a beautiful piece of sculpture. It is the tomb of Mrs. Cornelia McKelvy, the daughter of Mrs. B. M. Brackenridge, who died in 1882. Her husband, J. Erastus Mc Kelvy, is a prominent member of the Pitts burg bar. In the center of this group of tombs arises a plain marble shaft, upon which is cut the names of all those interred in the lot. A circular hedge row of pine in closes the sacred plot of ground. Judge Hugh Henry Brackenridge. But the head of this familv is not buried here. That was the famous Judge Hugh Henry Brackenridge. His connection with the great "Whisky Insurrection, and his magnificent career as a lawyer and a writer, has familiarized his name to all students of the country's history west of the Alle ghenies. It is only with his literary work that this article will deal, and in that con nection it is worth while stating that the first efforts of his pen were so vigorous as to inaugurate in Pennsylvania the once-popular custom of attempting. to horsewhip an editor. In 1776 Judge Brackenridge was editor of the United litotes Magazine, at Phila delphia. He had written some severe strict ures of the celebrated Lighthorse Harry 'Lee, and censured him for his course toward George "Washington. General Lee, in a rage, called at the office in company with some of his aids, with the intention of as saulting the editor. He knocked at the door, while Brackenridge, looking out of the upper story window, inquired what was wanting. "Come down," said Lee, "and I'll give you as good a horse-whipping as any rascal ever received." "Excuse me, General," replied Bracken ridge, "I would not go down lor two such favors." The Old Homestead StlU Stands. Much of the private library and manu scripts of Judge H. H. Brackenridge de scended to his son, Judge Henry Marie Brackenridge, whose grave at Tarentum is described above. H. M. Brackenridge came into possession of the large estate still held by the family above Tarentum, and his old homestead, built nearly 70 years ago, still stands on the shore of the river, and is occupied by the great grandson of the original Judge, one of the best-known business men in the valley. , Judge Henry H. Brackenridge was also a distinguished literateur, and one day last week I was privileged to spend an after noon in the library left by the two most polished writers Allegheny county ever produced. H. M. Brackenridge devoted much o his literary labors to reproducing the best works of his father, with notes, ex planations and additions. Perhaps the most taking thing that H. H. Brackenridge ever wrote was a book entitled "Modern Chivalry." He had passed through the scourge of public opinion, in ihe "Whisky Insurrection, and he had dealt with treacherous politicians of that early day. "Modern Chivalry" appeared two years after the great insurrection of the Monon gahela valley, and in its pages are dis covered many traces of those troubled times. "What Prompted the Book. "His object," 6ayslhc son, "was to write something that would indoctrinate the peo- ple themselves on the. subject of jtovern-. !! - - - - ment, and correct those errors into which their almost boundless state of freedom would be apt to lead them. Dry disserta tions line those of Montesquieu and others would do for the learned, but would not be read by one in ten thousand of the people. He at first thought of a form like Butler's 'Hudibras, but concluding that this would not be so likely to be read as prose, he de termined to try the plan of Gervantes in his 'Don Quixote.' His hero, Captain Farrago, is no mad mac, however, but eim plv an eccentric" This book came out in a period when the literature of America was vouns. In writing it Brackenridge had another object in view, and that was to estaoiisn a styie. He sacrificed the sense of the story he was writing for the sake of language. He pro posed to make "Modern Chivalry" a model of good writing, and he dared critics of that period in this language: "It is true Homer has been criticised by Zoilus and Aristotle, but the one contented himself with point ing out defects, the other beauties. But Zoilus has been censured, Aristotle praised, because in a model there can be no defect. Censure Would Be Abinrd. "I have no objections therefore to any praise that may be given to this work, but to censure it or blame must appear absurd; because it cannot be doubted but that it will peTfeotly.answer the end proposed. If it," . In the Brackenridge Burial around. hereafter any author of snpereminent abili ties should choose to give this style of mine a body, and make it the covering to some work of sense, as you would wrap fine silk round a beautiful form, so that there may be not only vestment but life in the object, I have no objections." , Other of Judge H. H. Brackenridge's books included, "Adventures of Major O'Beagan," "Law Miscellanies," and almost countless contributions to magazines and newspapers of a century ago. His most valuable contribution, however, to history was the volume "Incidents of the "Whisky Insurrection," published in 1795. But in 1852 Judge H. M. Brackenridge published the best work on that bitter episode in our local history which we have at the present day. It was a most complete history of the insurrection written up impartially, and many of the more rabid statements and strictures were stricken out of the first Judge Brackenridge's book. Historic and Narrative Work. The second Judge Brackenridge also wrote a history of the "War of 1812, which is one of the most reliable records extant. He was secretary of the Government com mission which made a voyage of explora tion to South America on the frigate Con gress, and in 1822 his interesting narrative of this voyage was published by an English house, and was extensively read in America. "Louisiana" was the-title-of another per fectly written volume of H. M.'s travels. , The present occupants of 'the old Brack enridge mansion still have the desk on which the literary productions of H. M. Brackenridge were indited. The library contains autograph copies of nearly all the two Judges' books, many of which are penciled on the margin by the last Judge as to interpretations and definitions.' The grounds surrounding the mansion are hand some, and within such a comfortable retreat one can readily understand, the source of inspiration and leisure back of the polished diction of a Brackenridge. L. E. Stottel. A OEEAT DETERIORATION. Comparative Iot5 of 823,000,000 in the Treasury last Month. "Washington, July 4. The form of the debt statement has been changed so often, and this newest form adopted by Secretary Poster is so puzzling, that Uncle Sam would need to be an expert accountant to get any thing like a clear idea of the appalling rapidity with which he is running behind in his financial position. Fortunately, how ever, a very fair idea of the current de terioration can be obtained by an analysis of the national receipts and expenditures of last month in comparison with those for June, 1890. "With a reduction of 25,915,042 in revenue and an increase of 518,986,720 in expendi tures, the month shows a deterioration of $24,601,762. In June, 1890, the revenue ex ceeded the expenditures by no less a sum than 522,905,508. Last month the expendi tures exceeded ijjg Revenue by $1,996,253. ON THE STLVEB QUESTION. The London News Thinks Good American Crops Will Stave It Offi London, July 4. The JVra, in its finan cial article to-day, gives the opinion of a leading American financier visiting Lon don, to the effect that the prospective large crops and good prices in America will so enlarge business that there need be no fear of an early lapse to silver as a standard. The Neics coincides with this opinion, and says that this view is proved by the in creased prices of grain and cotton in America. SECOND EXCURSION TO ATLANTIC. CITT Via the Picturesque B. & O. K. K. On Thursday, July 16, 1891, via "Washing ton, D. C, Baltimore and Philadelphia. Excursion tickets for the round trip ten dollars (flO), tickets good for ten days, and good to stop at "Washington City returning. Special trains, with Pullman parlor and sleeping cars and day coaches, will leave B. & O. depot, Pittsburg, at 8:1C a. si. and 950 P. 31. For detailed information ad dress or apply to E. D. Smith, Division-Passenger Agent, Pittsburg, Pa. Of Interest to Mothers. The success of Mrs. Annie M. Beam, of McKeesport, Pa., in the treatment of diarrhoea in her children will undoubtedly be of interest to manv mothers. She says: "I spent several weeks in Johnstown, Pa., after the great flood, on account of my hus band being employed there. "We had sev eral children with us, two of whom took the diarrhoea very badly. I got some of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Bemedy from Bev. Mr. Chapman. It cured both of them. I know of several other cases where it was equally successful. I think it cannot be excelled, and cheerfully recom mend it." wsu Those Leaving the City Can obtain information as to rates and. ac commodations of many resort hotels, inns and cottages by applying at The Dispatch business office. Iron City Beer builds up trade. "Wher ever placed sold. Telephone, 1180. Blaine. r - t - ' . THE MUSIC WORLD. A Glorious Fourth Eecails How-ihe Youngest Nation Has Made PBOGEESS IN THE YOUNGEST ART. World's-Fair Plans, Mascagni at Berlin and Clarence Eddy Here. SOME GENERAL SEWS AND COMMENT Yesterday was at least a major "Fourth," if, indeed, it cannot be properly called augmented in comparison with previous celebrations. Out at the new Schenley .park, which the newer bridge makes so easily accessible, there was music galore, sandwiched in among the speeches, the sports and the fireworks. Four bands were scheduled for the whole day in the various sections of the big pleasure ground. In the morning's formal programme every other number was given to the May Festival chorus or the Great "Western Band. Only about one-third of Mr. Better's singers turned out, but they sang sweetly the good, old national tunes that expressed the senti ment of the day more completely than the most eloquently spoken words could possi bly do. The glorification of our free institutions and their founders and of our great material progress formed, of course, the dominant strain in the speeches. The gifted orators seemed to know, .however, that in music the "Fourth" is onlv the sub-dominant, and therefore said less about our advancement in this and the other arts. Maybe that was wise. The fine arts are the product of a nation's maturity and we are too younga people to be able to court a comparison with our older brothers as to our absolute achievements in this depart ment. Nevertheless, even in the youngest of the arts this youngest of the great nations has advanced with longer strides "than any other, albeit she has not yet got quite so far along. "We have already produced some com- Eosers of whom we need not be ashamed, uch names as Paine, Bristow and Buck, among the elders, and MacDowell and Chodwick, among the younger men, occur instantly to mind. Musical writers like Thayer, Apthorp, Merz and Kreh bill stand to our credit. Our ar tists, especially the singers, now occupy a large share of the world's atten tion. The field of musical education is be ing more and better cultivated, until now our teachers rank with the best masters of Europe for most purposes. Among the steady stream of foreign musicians and ar tists attracted hither by the round dollars in which we so liberally express our mu sical appreciation, we have kept for our own ctlnll mun na SaiiII Tlinmiio Tamvnnnl. Zerrahn, Bummel and Joseffy, and our next season will find Xaver and Philip Scharwenka, Jadassohn and Adolph Brodsky among other famous musi cians. The quality and quantity of musi cal activity are constantly increasing, and throughout it all runs more and more the trend toward distinctively American charac teristics. Even such a hasty generalization as the foregoing paragraph shows clearly the exis tance of a musical culture altogether mar vellous in a nation which in less than six-score years has established its independence of foreign rule, confirmed its stability against internal attack, and made good its dominion over the boundless natural resources of this great, new continent. Under such condi tions the mere struggle for existence as a people and as individuals would seem tb be enough, the creation of our entire material civilization much more than enough, to occupy that brief space of history leaving all that we have gained in music and kindred lines, which can only flourish after all these other things have been done, to be accounted 'as just that much beyond all reasonable expectation. Music at the Columbian Exposition. This connection is an appropriate one for considering the plan's for the musical feat ures of the World's Fair, which should be a worthy celebration and exemplification of all that has been accomplished on the conti nent whose discovery 400 years ago is to be then commemorated. The opportunity is a great one for musical America, and many suggestions have been made. The ideas ad vanced by Mr. S. G. 'Pratt, indorsed by the authority of Mr. Theodore Thomas, under whose actual direction the music at the fair will be, are thus spoken of by Chicago Presto: Mr. Pratt's prinoipal suggestion is that singers should be brought irom each State to torm a national choral union and that each State should have its own choral organization complete and intact, the Gov ernor of the State to be the honorary Presi dent. He does not think it advisable to em ploy celebrated solo singers for the occa sion. Mr. Pratt further advises that a national chorus once formed should be maintained and great festivals of the same character as those which he proposes should be ntvon at the World's Fair, be held trienniaily or decenni ally. This, at first sight, seems to be a for midable proposition, but as the plan for the chorus at the Fair develops, it is possible that a permanent chorus of this kind will not be so difficult to organize and maintain as it seems. There is great need in the United States. for the organization and main tainance of choral organizations, which have a powerful influence on the national character, and it is quite possible that the organization of a chorus lor -the World's Fair will give an impetus to choral singing In the United States. Then the Boston Herald says: Of the many rumors that have flown eastward from Chi cago relative to the plans for the World's Fair In 1893 none was more interesting to the student of national artistic development than that concerning the scheme lor a mus ical competition. The plan has not yet been fully settled upon nor even discussed in de tail, but in a general way it is safe to say that prizes of some sutneient amount of money will bo offered for several musical compositions of different kinds, two for instrumentali works, a symphony and a suite, and two for choral, and oratorio and some lighter work, like a cantata. Though there is plenty of time for completing arrangements for suit able musical features, these" two ideas, which all will recognize as of first importance, are of a nature that de- mands action at once. Such a choral scheme cannot be organized in a day; it needs all the time that can be had. The same is true of the competition. There must be plenty of time for the composers to learn of the offer and then ample time for the best work to be done. Drafts on the Muse are not generally honored on sight; the best works have to wait for the spirit to move. Good MuIc Need Not Be Hard. Dr. George F. Boot, addressing the gradu ating class of a Chicago conservatory, made a needed plea for simple music, music suited to the appreciation of all. Here is a frag ment that goes to the root of the matter : "Bnt," it may be said, "we wish to give good music, not trash." So you should, but there aro two things to be said on that sub ject; first, there i3 the true and genuine, and the crude, untasteful and incorrect, at every frade, from the simplest to the most difficult, 'here Is as much "trash" at the Wagner grade as at the lowest Not that Wagner has given us trash I hold him to be true and genuine. Second, that which is true and genuine on every grade is tho "good music" tbe other is the trash, be it difficult or simple. Tho phrase "good music" Is much used to designate music of some difficulty, and "trash" is often Indiscriminately applied to all simple music This Is a grave error which it ought not to be difficult to see. And yet untold numbers of people are con tinually deterred from musical pleasures and benefits because of this same grave error, thinking that great difficulties have to be overcome before anything truly good in the performance or in the appreciation of music can be attained. Rustic Chivalry Seen in Berlin. A personal letter from Mr. Ethelbert Kevin, dated at Berlin June 16, contains thc'followingf interesting comments-on 4he little opera thai just now has all Europe by the ears: The musical Interest of the week hae been centered in Angelo Neumann's production of "Cavalleria Eusticana," by Xae young Italian composer, Mascagni. Perhaps it Is unfair to criticise so unique a creation on one hearing, but one cannot help being Impressed and lmnressions aro some times Interesting. The whole tone of this curious one act music-drama is morbid and far-fetched. There is very little musical purity In it; a great deal of sensation, and still more- of beautiful, rich and wonderful instrumentation. The work strikes one as being Immature; the composer gives promise of much greater and more musical music. It Is to tho musician well worth a hearing, but the lover of music had better save his ducats and go to hear the "Barber of Bagdad," by Cornelius. Mascagni deserves no end of praise and encouragement for his invention and hit. orchestral construction, but there is nothing that one can take away and enjoy after ward. When music loses that power, it has lost much; it deals essentially with our emotions, and emotions for the moment are not nearly so wholesome and nourishing as emotions that bear thought, that improve and help in time. I hear Bote & Bock have paid 40,000 marks for the publishing rights lor Germany and Austria. I can't conoeive of anvthinc more dreary than a pianoforte potpourri of "Cav alleria Busticana," and 1 hope Bote & Bock will como out ahead financially. . A Midsummer Organ Kecltal. The new organ of the Fourth Avenue Baptist Churcli a three-manual instru ment, exceptionally complete, which cost in the neighborhood of 8,000 will be form ally inaugurated by a recital next Thursday evening. The organist will be Mr. Clar ence Eddy, who has probably "opened" more organs than any other man in the country, and who needs no commendation to the local public. From Chicago also comes the assistant singer, Miss Christine Nielson, a young contralto of much repute in the West. The following programme will be observed: 1. (a) Chromatic Fantasle ind Fugue. Thlelo (b) Andantlno Chauvet (c) Caprlcclo Lemalgre taj iTtiaue to otno Vlsconti" uieason (Arranged by Clarence Eddy.l (bl 1 ants le on the Portuguese Hymn bl I (New) wl. ..Grison (Dedicated to f?larenci Edd- ce Eddv.l .........v s. Ana, "Awake,.Satumla," (Sem Miss CThrlstlne Xielson. "Awake,.8atumia, '' (Semele)....HandeJ 4. Orcrtnre.0 "William Tell" (By request.) Bosslnl (Arranged by Dudley Back.) 5. (a) Romance, KveningStar." lTnni,Miior (U) Pilgrim's Chorus. JTannhaenser. -. .'Wagner (Arranged by Clarence Eddy.) 6. Songs: (a) Ich tlroll Nlcl Schumann (b) The Birch Tree 1 Brf (o)Good Mornlngf -.uneg Miss Christine Melson. 7. (a) March of the Magi Kings ) (bj Tocatta In G major. ..Dubois S. ia Harvest Home (new) ametnew) .Splnuey '. by S. B. Whitney). ...Handel it Reached My Heart". .Jordan (bi Largo(Arr, the Song That I ong in las Christine Ktellon War March of tbe Priests (Athalle) . 2it endelssobn (Arranged by W. T. Best.) Crotchets and Quavers. The Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm, has had a medal struck in memoriamof Jenny llnd. Xicode's symphonic poem, "Ode to the Sea," for orchestra with chorus, was recently given at the Berlin Philharmonic concerts. It is considered one of the great productions oi tne year. The Brooklyn Choral Society will enlarge Its chorus of 800 to 500, and will give three concerts in tho Brooklyn Tabernacle next winter. Mr. Mortimer Wlske remains as conductor of the society. Marie Hittxr-Goetze, the favorite con tralto of the Metropolitan Opera House last season, has come back from Europe to sin? at the Newark and. Milwaukee festivals and a few other concerts this month. It is reported that Montegriffo has been engaged by Charles E. Locke as leading tenor of the Emma Juch Grand Opera Com pany. Locke's perseverance Is great. But then he probably has now nothing to lose; he is a burglar-proof Locke, and, being poor, he seems determined to ho always with us. Mascaoni has finished his new comic opera on the subject of "L'Ami Fritz" of Erck-mann-Chatrian. The work has been com pleted in less than two months. The new opera contains three acts; its title ls"Suzel," and we are told it breathes the perfume of lore and. Is replete with fine sentiments. At the last concert given by the Philhar monic Society in Stockholm Adolph Jensen's oratorio, "Jephtha and His Daughter," with orchestral accompaniments: Salnt-Saens' Bvmphonicf poem, "Phaeton," and Grieg's "Olav Tryggvason," for solos, chorus and orchestra were performed. The conductor of the society is Mr. Andreas Hallen. Teresa Carreso made a phenomenal suc cess with E. A. MacDonell's D minor piano Concerto at the recent meeting of the Tone Artists' 8ooiety in Berlin. Suoh critics as Ehrllch, Tappert and OttoLessmnnn praised enthusiastically tne brilliant playing and unqualifiedly indorsed the Concerto as being one of the important works of its class pub lished lately. Carreno has had great success everywhere with It on the Continent. At the Handel Festival Just held at Crystal Palace, London, the chorus consisted of 750, sopranos, 693 tenors and 790 bassos, a total of over 3,000 singers. The band numbered 560 executants, made up of 111 first violins, 106 seconds, 65 violas, 11 violoncellos, 61 double basses, 13 flutes, 9 clarionets, H oboes, 12 bassoons, 3 aouoie oassoons, iu nnrns, 7 trumpets and cornets, 9 trombones, 3 tubas, 3 kettledrums, 1 grosscaisso and a great organ in the skillful hands or A. J. Eyre, or ganist, to accompany. August Manus was the conductor. The London correspondent of the American Art Journal, speaking of the Carl Bosa Com pany's poor balance sheet this year, says: "Miss Zelie de Lussan, for example, now re ceives a salary of $600 per week, a larger sum than has ever before been paid to an artist on tour In English opera. The expenses are, however, save as to Miss de Lussan, now to be cut down." That speaks well for our American singer and serves to show more over, how hard a place to fill is that which the lamented Carl Bosa created for himself. According to the London Lancet, music possesses distinct medical properties, acting as a tonio to the nerves and "refreshing the vascularity of every organ." There are not a few organs about this town, however, whose "vascularity" seems to get worse the more you try to treat them musically. Even a big allopathic dose of oil doesn't cure them, and the Test-cure only makes them worse. Music committees need to be told that noth ing but heroic surgical treatment, constantly applied by a skilled organ doctor, can keep a fine instrument in good health and the organist in good temper. Ore of tho most interesting parts of Mr. Wilson's "Tear Book" is the excellent index, because it shows at a glance the comparative popularity in America of various composers. Some of the Americans, like Paine, Foote, Buck, McDowell and Chadwick, have a good showing. It is encouraging to see Bach with 18 entries, but the fact that Franz has only five indicates the weakest point of our mu sical culture the shameful neglect of Ger man Ziieder.ln our concert halls. The most striking lesson given by the index, however, is a most utter disappearance of Italian music. Bell tin, Donizetti, Eossinl and Verdi together have only 29 entries, whilo Wagner alone has 183. Sew York Post. The cable dispatch recently printed in a morning cotomporary purporting to give the list of Mr. Abbey's engagements for his season of Italian opera was an utter ab surdity on its face. Neither Mr. Abbey nor any other manager would think of engaging Scalchi, Trebclli and Giulia Bavogli, three contraltos of acknowledged first rank. Neither would he engage the two baritones, Lasalle and Maurel. The company given in the dispatch referred to would make it an absolute certainty that the plucky lm- Eresario would meet with ruin. Mme. Al anl's American agent announces that she has signed a contract with Mr. Abbey. This makes it look probable that tho list fur nished by the Associated Press w as correct. It comprised tho names of Albani, Emma Karnes and Melba, Capoul, and the De Bezke brothers. 2Vp York Times. Mr. no ward Pew, the genial press agent for Gilmorc's Band, writes Tbe Dispatch in a jubilant strain, not altogether without reason, as follows: "Tho popularity of Mr. P. S. Gilmore has just been again demon strated in Now York by his making a great success of the promenade concerts in tho Madison Square Garden, a place which seats from 12,000 to 15,000 people. The Strauss Orchestra was there last summer when the garden company lost an enormous amount of money. Similar concerts were attempted by the Seldl Orchestra, Cuppa's Band, etc., with disastrous results. Gilmore, in his usual enthusiastic way, has made his season of a month a conspicuous success, which drew to a close on Thursday evening, with a sort of Jubilee concert. On Saturday, his band opened its fourteenth consecutive sea son at Manhattan Beach, where it will re main uunng tne summer, ana go to tuc ot. Louis Exposition again in September, which imbeth"aigatheasOTiattatcity." , COST OF COMFORTS Are less in Philadelphia Than in Any Other large City. HOW THE MIDDLE CLASS LIVES. Mating the Dollars Beach in Table Service and in Dress. A CHEAP WAT TO SPEND THE SUMMER CwniTTEi ron the oispatch.J Philadelphia is delightfully peculiar in its artistic homes, its tabic service, and its good taste in dres;. Persons coming from other cities observe and contrast the quiet, modest, refined homes of the Quaker me tropolis with those of the wide-awake, bustling cities of the "West. Philadelphia is considered slow and away behind in many particulars, but not when her firesides are in consideration. Then she is far to the front. The residences of the wealthy are es pecially beautiful. Jioney combined with culture makes them paradises. But the thousands of dwellings, whose owners have only modest bonk accounts if they have any at all are the ones where the pecu liarity of seeming luxury is the most no ticeable. It is the pride of almost every family here to have its habitation tastefully furnished and it is done with remarkably small ontlay. Good Judgment, patience to wait for bargains, and an eye for what is ap propriate, accomplish what cash minus the taste could not. Houses and Landlord. The houses are, as a general thine, more conveniently constructed than those of other communities. It is common now, I believe, to find in Pittsburg dwellings built on the "Philadelphia plan." And an excellent lan it is, too. The owners of tenement louses here keep their property in good re pair, which cannot be said of all landlords and agents in the Gas City. If a room re quires repapering or brightening up with paint; if a few boards are needed on the garden fence, or a leaking pipe is to be mended one does not need here in Philadelphia to lose sleep of nights wondering how it is going to be done, or what influence can be Drought to bear on the owner to get the work done. A note to the agent is usually all that is .necessary. The experience of persons living in rented houses in Philadel phia is that landlords are human. Pnts, too, are comparatively lower than in almost any other large city. In furnishing dwell ings where enconomy must be taken into account, instead of carpet on the floor art squares and rugs of good quality and har monious colors are chiefly used. Host bed rooms are found with The Floors Oiled and Stained. This is less expensive than to carpet the rooms, and besides is fashionable and in good taste. In moving rugs and art squares give less trouble, and are always sure to fit in the new house, one fact that alone ought to recommend them to all who are not for tunate enough to be freeholders. Good fur niture can be bought very reasonably, if one knows how to buy; and with odd bits of bric-a-brac that con be picked up at bargain prices, tasty little pieces of needle work, which require an idea of the beautiful rather than an outlay of dollars, the modest home is completed. Many families of this city whose total revenue is not equal to the income of many of the mill workers and mechanics of Pitts burg serve their meals in a style that even a fastidious millionaire might envy. There is no great variety of food, but they have the secret of serving. To illustrate this: A family living in the northern part of the city consisting of six persons, including one servant, spends on an average s a week on its table, and it is marvelous how well the meals ore cooked and served. . Require Intelligence and Attention. This lady makes her table a study. She does her own marketing and buys to the best advantage, which cannot be done un less given personal' attention. Her dinners are served in courses. The one servant, who is a Swedish girl, has among other things been taught to wait on the table. "While visiting this home for a few days I took a rough estimate of the three meals for one day. Here is the menu: BREAKFAST. Oatmeal and cream. Broiled salt mackerel, with tomato sauce. Browned potatoes. Bread and butter. Coffee. LU3CHEOJT. Cream chipped beef. Sliced tomatoes. Hot biscuits. Preserves. Iced tea, with lemon. Vegetable soup IV. Deviled clams. Grilliade. Bice and green corn. Salad. Crackers and cheese. Nuts and raisins. Coffee. The total expense for these three meals for that day was about SI 25 and she said that was tne usual cost, with a change of menu. Importance of the DUhes. Another thing that impressed me was her variety of pretty little .inexpensive dishes. The secret of it all is, that this particular lady has taste; whether natural or acquired I do not know. It certainly is an enviable faculty that could be, I thins, attained if women earnestly and conscientiously desired to reach perfection in the delightful art of serving. Two recipes can be reproduced with benefit. First the deviled clams, which though plentiful here are, I am afraid, much dearer in Pittsburg. This is because Pittsburg people regard them as luxuries. The quantity lor six persons would require 10 cents worth of clams. Drain the clams, but save the liquor. Chop them very fine, put them in the liquor and let them come to the boiling point and skim. Have ready an ounce of butter and one heaping tablespoonful of flour; add to the clams, leaving them boil for a minute or two. Then add five tablespoonsful of milk and a little parsley chopped fine. Season well with pepper. Leave the whole boil just a minute. Have six large clamshells ready and fill them with the mixture. Crumb bread over the top.neaping it on, and brown in a quick oven. The Grillaide is a peculiar dish of the French in the South, and when properly cooked is very nice. Three veal steaks, half a dozen ripe to matoes, medium size; one small onion, some sprigs of Jparsley and two tablespoonsful of butter. Have the frying pan perfectly hot before putting the butter in, as the success of all French dishes lies in having the grease absolutely "boiling hot when the meat is put in. Cut the steaks in good-sized pieces and place them in the hot grease until they are a rich brown on both sides. This will take but a few minutes. Have the tomatoes peeled and cnt in small pieces and the cnion chopped fine. Lift the meat from the pan, then put in the tomatoes and onion, a little TAN SHOE SALE & SPECIAL DRIVE, HALF PRICE. ?i TAN OXFORDS, v TAN BOOTS, "f; TAN SPRING HEELS. ,- . Russett and Tan Goods in all Shades. ;- Laird's Retail Stores, 406, 408, 410 MARKET ENTIRE 2EJW STOCK. parsley, salt to tasto and some 'finely chopped red peppers. Stir well fora Jew minutes, then place the partly-cooked veal In with It, add a pint of boiling water, cover closely and setback where It will simmer slowly a half hour or more. Serve on a heated dish garnished with crisp spngs of parsley. , Getting Good-Value In Calico. Philadelphia women dress well. How to dress is as much on art as how to furnish a house or serve a dinner. The wives and daughters of men here with only moderate salaries, with few exceptions, are neatly and fashionably attired. The seem to know better how to get the worth of their money when investing in drygoods than any women I have ever met. The city being exception ally clean a garment can befworn a Ion time, so that the best quality of goods is oftener bought than the cheaper grades. It pays in the end. A partly soiled dress or suit is not disposed of as half-wom gar ments usually are, but the scourer gets a chance at them and when they leave his hands they are nearly equal to new; so fir as appearances go they are new garment. But this is not the end of them. After a season's wear they are sent to the dyer. The proprietor of a large scouring and d ving es tablishment said the other day that it was a marked peculiarity of Philadelphians that they had their wearing apparel of every de scription cleaned and pressed twice and per haps three times during one season. liven when not much soiled the steam scouring gives a fresh, new appearance to what other wise would have a scuffed, worn look. -Quaker City Tastes Aro Subdued. " "Women in the Quaker City do not -o to the extremes in dress. They do not attract attention "by eccentricity in attire. After living in Philadelphia a few years one un consciously dresses in a more subdued stylo than i3 prevalent in other cities. It may be the old Quaker influence still surviving in this giddy age. This fact was brought to my mind by a lamily of Kew Yorkers who a lew years ago removed to Philadelphia. Two young ladies in the family from their style of attire caused no little comment They dressed in the extreme of the latest style. Their heavy bangs were fluflVtoau alarming degree, their hats big and flaring, while their wasp-like waist and broad shoulders were out of all nroDortion. Thr appeared from head to toe like animated lashion plates, a hat was too vears ago. I saw the same pair of cirls on Broad utreot yesterday and they were subdued and mod est, model Philadelphia girl & Summering at Five a "Week. Xearly everyone is preparing to get out of town for the summer. "When the hot term comes even the homes of the moder ately well-to-do that I have described will be closed. Surely they cannot afford to go to the shore, mountains or springs. This is a question of economy that must be studied, so they select from the countless advertise ments in the daily papers a farm house where summer boarders are token at very reasonable rates, say 55 a week, and there they spend the hot months. You think this a pretty tale, perhaps, but there are several scores of Pittsburg's female school teachers who annually pass the heated vacation in the mountains' of Fayette and Somerset counties, and their board per week is less than the amount I have given. The outfit for an outing of thU kind costs but little, and the enjoyment h greater often than that obtainable at the fashionable resorts. They come home with renewed vigor, whereas society people can boast of a good time only at the expense of real recreation. Kn Daeusg. UYIHO A SECOND UEE. alary Vennum Takes Up a Life "Where An other Laid It Down. " . Abilene, Kan., July 4. The strange case of a Northwestern Kansas girl is at tracting much attention. Her life will be studied at the summer meeting of the English Psychical Society. She is Mary . "Vennum, a resident of Rawlins county, and it is believed she has lived two lives. The Vennum family lived near a family named Kof The latter had a daughter about the age of Mary, who died of epilepsy. 3Iary Vennum was also subject to this disease. ' ' V' "While she was suflering from an attack the Kofis called on her and were startled to ' see how closely she resembled their daugh ter. After many hours of suflering JIary came out of her fit, and, although she was not changed in feature, she seemed entirely changed in mind. To all intents and purposes she became Mary KofF. "Where the lattcr's life was broken off she took it up, and she was al lowed to go and live with the Kofis, her family hoping it would cure her. She was perfectly content in her new home, and from the moment sheJstepped inside the door seemed laminar with the household. Though she had never1 visited the house be fore she seemed to recognize the belongings of the dead girl as her own. On one occa sion she ran through the house saying: "Jlother, where is my pink cape?" ""What do you mean?" asked Mrs. Koff, and then she remembered that her daughter had had a pink calico cape, which she wore before she died. Again she inquired: "Where is Gyp? I waat to see him. I am afraid he has not been properly cared for." Gyp had been the favorite dog of Mary Koff, and had been dead for six years. His name had never been mentioned before Mary Vennum, and Mrs. Koff does not re member having ever spoken of him sinca their acquaintance with the Vennunis. A Maenncrchor Entertained. The Gebhardt Maennerchor was enter tained last night at the beautiful home of "W. J. Golder, in Clifton Park, Allegheny. The evening was spent very pleasantly. Refreshments were served and the guests enjoyed a display of fireworks furnished by Mr. Gclder. Blaine. WHY DON'T; ;, YOU GO TO ' Kensington ? See third page. .. Jy54- ST.. 433 WOOD ST. Je25-xwTi. at raj W?&-
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