lilmjl THECHARMOFGOLD Under Keeley's Magic Touch It DriYes Away tlie Taste for Alcohol EXPEEIEKOE OF A PATIENT Who Gave the New Remedy for Dip somania an Intelligent Test IT IS AN HEROIC TREATMENT. "Violent Results Succeeded by a Feelinjj-of Lninriotis Ease. "WILL POWER AXD A PERMAXEXT CUKE turi? roa the dispatch. i As one of the many men who hava pissed, through the Keeley treatment for the ban ishment of the drink habit, with the result of raining cure, though still remaining ad dicted to the habit of writing for the press (both periodically and regularly) I feel it my duty to push my pen, once at least, npoa this subject of wide and widening interest of earnest and increasing inquiry. My mental attitude in regard to the cure is, I think, a conservative one, though the reader may be impressed to the contrary, when.after constraining myself to the forego ing statement,! say in the same sentence that I am convinced the cure is the greatest of man's miracles in modern times and that is equivalent tocaving in all time. If any reader is disposed to criticise these apparently somewhat conflicting statements let him remember that the whole rum sub ject inclusive of the cure is full of apparent paradoxes of startling strangeness, and that there is no subject on earth, every day thrust conspicuously before the people for their study and understanding on which such general, widespread and absolute igno rance prevails. If I am convicted, or even suspected or charged, with the smallest frac tion of this iguorance, I can only say "a thousand thanks, kind friends; I appreciate the compliment," Doesn't Care to earn Any More. I have learned something of drink by 20 years' travel (and -several of tra vail) with it, and now that It has bumped me up against the Keeley cure and I have found a good chance to quit sliding down hill in its slippery, se ductive company, and to stop and stay on firm ground with good friends, I don't care to go back along the road to learn any thing about it that I may have missed. My case was one cf long standing, involving at different periods alcoholism, or regular drinking, and dipsomania or periodical drinking, and the two in conjunction pinnacles of periodical excess built upon an extended elevated plateau as it were of regular artificial alcoholic elation wjth, of course, both deep pitfalls and depressed plains occasionally intervening. I selected as the place for undergoing treatment the Pittsburg Institute, 3811 Fifth avenue, and I took to Dr. W. J. Esteij, who is in charge, a robust anpetite for alcohol surrounded by a slight and frayed fringe, so to speak, of a once strong constitution, and not much in addition to this but a quite resolute will to hold my self, if possible, in a condition receptive to the treatment and to profit by it to the ut most grain, so far as it lay within my power. will add one thing more in regard to my especial case, for its prssible value to some nho may read this story, and then hare done, I hope, with the personal jJronoua. Not the Rrsult of Spree. My resolution to take the treatment had been long in forming, but once formed was never abandoned, and though the carrying out of the purpose was considerably de layed, the Snal step was taken unquickened by the sting of an immediate incentive in the form of any physical suffering or men tal revulsion following an indulgence. I had not tasted liquor for SO days prior to beginning my course at the institute, nor did I at any time during treatment, a mere smell of some extra good whisky, in the third week, informing me much to my as tonishment that I didn't really care to let the stuff further invade mr improved old time "copper lined," but now, perhaps, gold lined department of the interior. In this respect entering upou treat ment without presenting any immediate cllects of drink not at all in my usual spirits a condition which I can claim no credit for whatever, but state simply as a fact, I found that I was a rare, thousrh not urijue example. Among about 40 men undergoing treatment all but two (aud several men addicted to drugs) had begun while more or less under the influence of liquor, varying all the way between very little and very much, and in most cases the effect was the painful secondary one, while in some it was the ternfio third degree of torture which had spurred the resolution of the sufferer to take the decisive step. meets In ths Two Cases. The effect of the treatment is dissimilar in the two kinds of cases. In that of the man who comes with no immediate drink eflect to be cured, the sickness caused is usually slight, but the various discomforts experi enced are probably longer continued than in the other cases. The man who has no acute case of disease, no immediately taken liquor, with which the medicine is to" engage in combat and to eliminate from the system, gets the full force of the treatment upon the chronio disease with no waste of Inn valuable, three or four weeks time (paid for at $25 per week, besides board aud perhaps extras) while the medicine is employed in relieving him of his acute disease bis im mediate "load." The removal of this load causes quite a sensation aud it undoubtedly hasatherapeu tic effect through the strong impression it makes upon the mind of the patient. Verv likely this fully compensates for the loss of time devoted to the acute condition, and in many cases I know the men tal effect produced is exceedingly salutary. There is quite a popular notion aiuoDg patients that the surety of the cure is de pendent upon aud, in very close proportion to, the violence of the sickness and t'lat there is no cure whatever vitnout it. This is, of course, superficial reasoning, illogical and unphysiological, but perhaps comlort ing to many whom retching made wretched. Bichloride of Gold or of Mud. As to the method of treatment it is not necessary to say much at this time because it has been so often described. Every pa tient on entering the institute is given a bottle of medicine, and instructed in the matter of taking it (or if be needs assist ance it is administered to him). He is to take a teaspoouful, or a drachm, in two ounces of water everv two hours during the day and evening while awake, and at 8 A. i, 12 p. ., 5 r. M. and 7:30 P. M. he is to present himself in the treatment room for his hypodermic injection, or "shot," as it is popularly called. In addition to this the patient is given whisky, if he needs or demands it, and if his nerves are in bad condition from recent excess is "let down easy." There are, of course, adjuncts of the treatment to meet individual peculiari ties, as the giving of sleeping medicine, etc. The giving of the hypodermics to 40 men occupies about ten minutes. The patients, each with the left shirt sleeve rolled up and n ith a slit cut in the undershirt, march in single file by the physician and his assistants, and each in turn receives a puncture from the syringe and "shot" of liquid which looks like diluted raspberry vinegar, but isn't. Its a very potent medi cine, whatever it is, and probably within it liea the secret of Dr. Keeley'e cure. It makes the throat very dry in a few seconds, and in general effect is a powerful supporter. The patient, who has a penchant for medicine and mysteries, will speculate much as to this ruddy fluid, but after awhile his curiosity will subside as his satis faction with the result grows upon him. He will find himself becoming entirely indiffer ent as to whether it is the bichloride of gold or bichloride -of mud, so long as it does its wort Speculation As to Drngn. A physician who has paid much attention to remedies for alcoholism tells me that the remedy consists of the gold, as claimed, and of the nitrate oftrychnia,"with other agents. The latter has" been much used openly by a number of eminent medical men, who have administered it hypoder mically as an antidotal remedy for acute alcoholism, aud with marked effect. The bottle medicine, each succeeding bottle of which is stronger than its predecessor, every patient supposes to contain gentian ui uuc tuiug, uuu nil boou uecnme con vinced that it is a wonderful all-around tonic. Somewhere in the medication, sup posedly in that taken by mouth, is some thing which produces an enlargement of the pupils of the eyes, which causes tem porary impairment of the sight not usually lasting more than a week, but suf ficient in degree to make necessary the wearing of glasses. One of the peculiar and interesting ef fects of the treatment is that whioh is seen in the shut-ofl of the whisky supply. The patient who has to use whisky for a few days or hours after coming in realizes after a greater or less time that the medicine he is taking and whisky are bitter enemies, bound to fight and cause commotion when ever they come into contact, and the medi cine is tho stronger one of the two. After he has allowed his stomach to be used as the arena or "ring" for one or more of these set tos of vigorous slugging he begins to think that he has other and better uses for that stomach, and if he forgets it his stomach will remind him of it Given suf ficient time a good stomach (or a bad one) will teach even the poorest brain that it is not well to continue drinking whisky. If a man has no brain at all and does not recog nize the situation it s, all the same, lor the medicine and the stomach will shut off the influx automatically just about as do the automatio valves vou have seen, which reg ulated by a float in the tank, shut off the inflow of water when the tank is nearly full. The Period of Recuperation. From the time a man is able to cease leas ing his stomach like a farmer's barn, for a prize fight (or the time when he is com pelled, in some cases), he begins to get well to eat and get natural sleep and build up generally. The treatment is unquestionably a her culean and heroic one. It needs a blow such as Thor could bestow or Vulcan or Tubal Cain, to "bruise the head of the serpent," and that this has been devised in the system which is to make a world's word of the name of an obscure country doctor, is very quickly made evident to all who undergo it. Supposing that a man takes fonr weeks' treatment, as I believe a majority do, he gets at the rate of four hypodermics per die.ii, a total of 112, if the general rule as to medicine thus administered holds good,equal in effect to four times the amount ii iaen oy siomacn, anu wiin aosoiuie cer tainty that the effect cannot be lost. Of the other medicine he takes seven or eight doses per day, or a total in four weeks of 200 doses or more. Of course the mere amount means nothing if the ingredients are not right, but of that a man has proof in the general and final effect. He is constantly aware that a very large amount of business is being trans acted within his corporate limits. The Luxuriously Lazr Period. The general effects, after those of the first few days, which are usually of a disagree able nature, one feels to be salutary and soothing and restful. In the preponderance of cases there is a period of indisposition to exertion, but not anv accomDanvin? feelin? of inability. The patient feels that he I could do anything he desired, but he de- I sires to do nothing, It is a luxuriously I uzy sensation. "My feelings just now," said a friend in dreamy tones, "remind me of the passage in the 'Lotos Enters' where it says, 'And after they had traveled a long time they came finally into a land where it was al ways afternoon.' Yes, its always afternoon noon now and " and be let his cigar go out and went to sleep with his eyes wide open, seeing strange Eights in the gas flame, which translormed the asbestos in the grate into the Golden Fleece. This, too, passes awav like the less pleas ant sensations which preceded it, and there comes a lew days alter the treatment has ceased the most pronounced sense of benefit in the whole series of quickly succeeding sensatory impressions, and this one an abid ing one a satisnea leeiing ol renovation aud rehabilitation. Of what does the cure consist? What is the condition? It is one of restored nervous equilibrium and conse quent mental equipoise the condition trom which men of peculiar temperament are somehow strayed away and to which they have sought'blindly and frantically and vainly a return. Tub Result of the Treatment. The best conservative statement of the cure as I think the majority experience it is that one feels placed in an attitude to ward alcohol such as be occupied before ever tasting it, and plus that feeling a sense of relief trom the physical ills which came from its abuse. I do not believe the appe tite will return unless invited and encour aged and the wise man will not a second time make welcome so undesirable a guest. The day may come when will must sup plement the work of the Keeley cure in dictating refusal of mere temptation, not resistance to appetite, and when that day comes I believe the majority of Keeley graduates will be found equal to the emer gency. The gold cure for alcoholism and dipso mania (which alike constitute plain drunk enness), does two things of immense value, instead of one, for the victim of drink. It emancipates the man who conscientiously takes the treatment from a most horrible thraldom, and it lifts a load of obloquy from him by demonstrating that the thing from which he suffered was a disease. Drunkenness is unquestionably both a vice aud a disease in a majority of the worst cases a vice first, a disease later is the usual rule, but a disease from the very first in many instances, according to the opinion of a majority of the students of the complex subject among laymen and physician- The Consciousness That It's Disease. To the man who has gone on for years striving with all his strength to abstain from drink, knowing that any drink means for him inevitable excess, and excess means inexorably extremest physical and mental torture that man can endure, but who still drinks, bearing in addition to all other stingo, the unkindest one of all the accusa tion of acquaintances and even of friends thatx he can abstain and will not the authoritative word of the physician who says, "I know you cannot; you are the victim of a disease," comes as the biggest comfort that he has ever experienced since the days of his childhood. And then comes the logi cal sequence disease is often curable; he may be cured. The cure is under taken; it is effectual (but alas not in all cases, lor human science and skill are not yet absolute Lords of Life and Death),and he goes forth released from his terrible condi tion. And this very release effected purely by medical means, demonstrates that that .condition was disease. To the man who has gone on for years drinking excessivtly, usually against his will, who has sought to stop, but in vain, the cure is much; but the demonstration that it was a disease which possessed him is perhaps even more. Upon him a boundless two-fold benison has descended and wrapped him round abqut. To his lips arises as the fit voice of his new found hope the lofty sentiment of Hyperion: "Look not mournfully into the past it comes not back again; wisely improve the present it is thine; go forth without fear and with a manly heart to meet the shadowy future." M. THE HEIR TO-BRAZIL. Princess Isabella Has the Blood Claim bat Pedro Augustus WAS OLBDOM PEDRO'S FAY0RITE. A Dark Conspiracy May Explain te Mys tery of Parnelrs Life. TOE HOME OP SIR WALTER RALEIGH If Pl rwKii'TEir yon tr dispatch.! The interest in Brazil's political affair extends all over the world. The fact that a dictator has been appointed to preserve the government is unquestionable proof that the re public is not mov ing along as well as it should. The interest manifested comprehends the possibility of a resumption of a monarchial form of government, as well as the indi vidual who maybe called upon to as- Pedro Augvztiu. cend the throne. As to ex-Dom Pedro, the exiled emperor, he is really out of the question altogether, if we believe the correspondents haying personal intercourse with him in his adopted home in France. They declare him to be unfit to undergo the rigors of a trip across the ocean, to say nothing of ac cepting the cares of directing the affairs of a country torn asunder as Brazil is to-day. Leaving the good old fellow ont of the case his son-in-law, Count D'Eu, has been mentioned aa a possible candidate, but he really has no chance. In Brazil the scion of the Orleanist house would not have the following of a corporal's guard to back him up in his pretensions. Personally he is an idle, shiftless individual who would not if successful understand his position. The one who, according to the law of succession, should have the best claim is D'Eu's wife, the Princess Isabella, eldest daughter of Dom Pedro, but, as she made herself gen erally obnoxious to the Brazilians during her regency, it 'a hardly likely her claims would be given an instant's consideration by the most confirmed royalists. The finger of fate points to Prince Pedro Augustus, the 26-year-old grandson of Pedro IX, who, curiously enough, is said to be expected in Brazil within a few days. To a Brazilian with republican ideas the appearance of this young man on the scene at the present time is well calculated to provoke alarm. He is not by right the suc cessor to the crown. As previously stated, to Isabella belongs the throne, and after her, her eldest son, but right there Is the circumstance that seems to. stand in the way;' it is purely a matter of sen timent, but sentiment will often win in such cases, where right has no chance at all. Isabella, the eldest daughter of the Emperor married, in 1863, but, had no offspring for 12 years. In the mean time, her younger sister wedded a Prit.ce of the House of Saxe-Coburg aud had a son the Prince Pedro Augustus spoken of In 1866. As time went on this boy became the especial favorite of his grandfather and was generally looked upon as the crown-prince, since the oldest child had failed to supply an heir. However, Isabella gave birth to a son in 1875, who, is by right of succession the heir, but, in the event of a restoration there is no telling what liberties may be taken with the law. past bees the home of Sir John Pope Hen uessy, the Irish statesman and scholar, who died recently. The latter left his widow in rather poor circumstances, and she is com pelled to sell the old place. In 'the garden are the great yew trees under which the celebrated navigator smoked his first tobacco and watched the culti vation of the potatoes whioh he had brought from ths New World. Kearlv all the books in the library aro of the times of Queen Elizabeth and James L, the owners of the place since Raleigh's time having taken good care of these as well as the other articles, such as engraving, oil paint ings, seals, etc., which the famous traveler had brought together. Those having an espeoial craving for historical relics ought to find enough material in the old Raleigh homestead to last them during the balance of their lives. The Explanation or a Title. It is announced that the Marquis of Dufferin has been made a Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, taking the place made vacant by the death of the Earl Granville. What are the cinque ports? Cinque means five, and the ports so designated were orig inally Dover, Hastings, Hytbe, Bomney and Sandwich, formed into a union and so called at the instance of William the Con querer, who hoped by this arrangement to make more secure his defenses on the coasts facing France. Two others Wincheliea and Bye were afterward added. To control and govern this jurisdiction, lord wardens were appointed, whose seat of administration was at Dover Castle. The office embraceJ in its earlier history quite important privileges, uniting the functions of lord lieutenant, admiral, high sheriff and other duties, but these powers have gradual ly been abolished, until the office to-day amounts to practically nothing but the name and the salary that goes with it. IT I USE OF THE OEfiAN. The King of instruments ?o Longer Confined to Church Work. IT IS A MIGHTY ORCHESTRA FJCues Tbat Are Id FrofreM. It is said we are' threatened with another ,visit of "la grippe." There are many per sons who consider epidemics a sort of visita tion of divine providence. If this were true, divine providence is a rather busy quantity at present and of exceedingly diverse methods. If we are to have the influenza as a punishment for our misdeeds, our faults must i be of the trivial- order, inasmuch as "at various places on the earth's surface, much more dangerous plagues than the one threatening us are in progress. In the early months of last summer cholera broke out along the Arabian shore of the Bed Sea; steadily advanced northward and is now raging in the vicinity of Damascus. During its prevalence at Mecca between 12,000 and 15,000 fell victims, and if that rate has been kept up in the meantime the mortality has been enormous. In China the same disease has been epidemio for the last three months and at last accounts was spreading worse than ever. In Brazil and other countries on the Eastern Coast of South America yel low fever has been carrying off the people for the past six months. In Russia differ ent contagious maladies have beeu reported, especially in the districts affected by the famine. It would be better for all of us if the "Di vine Providence" idea were dropped and more attention paid to sanitary improve ment The "Lord helps those who help themselves" is the sort of theology that goes farthest in our day. An Interesting Historical Belle. In the good old days the man of money gathered about him high class works of the artist and artisan. Wealth was lavished in the stimulation of the arts and sciences. How different in these late days. Instead of aiding progress, the individual who as sumes the position of a patron, still goes in for arts of hundreds of years ago. The older or cruder the antiques, or the more general the tone of past ages that can be made to pervade the surroundings, the bet ter he is satisfied and the bigger prices he will pay. But there is nothing to be gained in trying to deflect popular taste from its channel until it is ready tor the change, and that is one reason why I do not hesitate to chronicle the fact that an excellent Better Suspend Judgment on FarnelL I will not .dare assert that the late Charles Stewart Parnell was a saiut, but day by day the belief de v e 1 o p s in my mind that he was not the bad man so many would have us believe. I would not bo sur prised if it were proven eventually that the famous Irishman was the victim of a huge conspiracy. If on takes the trouble to look over his .affairs many rea sons may be found Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood. favoring such a theory. Both politically and socially he was the object of malicious envy and enmity. Among his followers even were men who would be benefited by his downfall His opponents seized with avidity the opportunity to put him out of the fight, for Parnell restored meant com-. paratively easy sailing, while his presence pratically Insured destruction. Among his relatives were any number of individuals who considered him a menace to the future prospects. This animosity aroso mainly through his relationship to Mrs. O'Shea, not only before, but after his marriage. How, this came about was as follows: Mrs. O'Shea had an ancient maiden aunt by the name of Martha Wood, who was very weatbly. This old lady was infatuated with Mrs. O'Shea, allowing her an income of $15,000 during life and bequeathing her the entire estate at her death, to be kept In trust for the O'Shea children. This estate was valued at about $1,000,000. Now, in the old lady's first wills the other relatives were provided for, but they, like many more in this world who do not think the possessors of wealth hare a right to dispose of it as they choose, were not satisfied with ths favoritism shown Mrs. O Shea. Miss Wood, learning this, disinherited them altogether. Among the dissatisfied parties ara quite a number who stand high in Knglish social circles. The undoubted leader is a brother, General Sir Evelyn Wood,commandant at Aldershot.with an in come of about $10,000 a year from the War Office-and some, other pickings, who. not satisfied with that, covet more of Martha Wood's million than he bad been allowed. Then there is Charles Page Wood, another brother; Mrs. Steel, a sister, who has writ ten in her time several clever but decidedly bold novels; Lady Bartlett-Lennard, anoth er sister, and a host of others, among the famous Mrs. Annie Besant. who is a oousin of Mrs. O'Shea. I am of the opinion that at the coming trial the English courts will not permit the relatives to do as they please with a testament made by a perfeotly sane person. I also believe that the mystery whioh surrounds Parn ell's last years and which he, in his pride, refused to make clear will be brought to light. Until then it would be best to make no estimate of his character. Interesting Little Boumanlm. The King of Boumania has visited Ber lin and been received with usual honors. It is stated unofficially, that he has joined tho Triple Alliance and is in Germany to re ceive instructions as to what course to pur sue in case of war. His country is so situ ated that with even his small army he could very effectually hinder Russia's advance into Hungary. The Roumanian monarch has really no interest at stake, beyond re gaining control of Bessarabia, which is at firesent under the wing of Russia. This ittle country on the Roumanian frontier has changed hands so often in the last 300 years that it can hardly be considered of any particular nationality; besides it has from the same cause gathered together what may be considered the most confirmed "rag-and-bob-tailed" population in the world. Its 1,400,000 inhabitants, dwelling in an' area of 18,000 square miles, are Russians, Poles, Walachians, Moldavians, Bulgar ians, Greeks, Armenians, Hebrews, Ger mans and Tartars In nearly equal numbers, seasoned with a sprinkling of Gypsies. It is a most desirable territory, flat and fertile, but requires development and cultivation. The raising of fine cattle is the chief in dustry at present, which would be easily superseded by agriculture if the people would undertake it. Upon Which to Interpret the Grandest Thought of the Hasten. QUESTIONS IMPORTANT TO PITTSBURG ,3 fljgl Sir TTaUtr Ealetgh'a Boiue. opportunity is offered the relic hunter in ''Myrtle Grove," the home of Sir Walter Raleigh at Youghal, Ii eland, which has re cently been placed on the market by the present owner. The other reason is that when it comes to relics associated with his torical events or famous individuals I be lieve it is really a duty to preserve them for educational purposes. So long as we have the associations our knowledge of East events is to some extent clear. If we ad the geographical data our ancient his tories would be more definite. It seems odd that such an interesting place as Raleigh's old home should require a common place advertisement to dispose of it Are there no Englishmen with suf ficient reverence for bis meindry to suggest the preservation of his abiding place for future generations? It has for some time A Chip or the Old Block. Miss Rachel Sherman, daughter of the lata General, is a type of womanhood of which America should be proud. Al though diffi dent as to her own ability, re cent contribu tions to the literature of the day, particular ly the memoirs of. her father, give token of unquestionable Saehd Sherman. power. In her own personality she is said to be a rather odd compound of wisdom and childlike simplicity. She 'will lead in a girlish romp; use fencing foils with dexterity, or ride a horse like an Arab, and then return to her boudoir to study history, biography, or read ! one or .Thackeray s novels, me oniy nction she enjoys. She is besides a thorough mu sician, a clever artist, but only her most in timate friends know that she possesses these talents. To others she appears to be what might be termed "an every-day girl." Miss Sherman is desenbed as being of graceful figure and medium height; lux uriant hair of a beautiful auburp tint; pale, clear complexion and eves of deep, dark gray. This paragon will be married next January to Dr. Paul Thorndike. Wilkie. rwErmtK tob th ptsrATCK. A wonderful change has been wrought within the last half century in organ build ing and organ playing. From the cumber some and therefore clumsy mechanical ap pliances found in the organs built by our forefathers to the light and rapidly moving organ of to-day is certainly a scientific and artistlo step which was not in the horoscope of the past. Besides, the departure from the exclusively monastical and chnrchly use of the instrument which was born, bap tized and confirmed beneath the vaulted arches of the sanctuary, where its voice Was consecrated to give utterance only to com positions of solemn and severely profound movements, to the modern adaptation of the most fanciful, sensational and astonish ing orchestral effects, would have veritably startled the old masters of organ music The organ, like all other important de vices, has passed through a series of evolu tionary unfoldings. When the organ first made its appearance it was a crude affair, simply consisting of eight pipes and the same number of keys. These keys, which operated the pallets or valves, were broad levers, and were manipulated by the "fist," rather than fingers. The performer, how ever, did not enjoy the proud distinction of organist, but whs dubbed the not very euphoneous name of organ beater. The musio which emanated from such a primi tive device would be something similar to Gregorian chants played on the bells of Trinity Church. No Longer Confined to Church Moslo. When we consider the modern organ with its thousands of speaking pipes of different and various characteristic timbre; its per fect network of trackers, leading from the three or four banks of keys, also from the pedal board; the almost bewildering rows upon rows of stops or registers which con trol the vast plantation of pipes in their different sections; its hundreds of pallets or valves; its spacious bellows ana feeders; its numerous conductors which supply the wind in "wholesale" quantities to the dif ferent wind chests j its swell operating levers and pedals, and its multitude array of composition pedals, knobs and other me chanical accessories, one is apt to be amazed at this wonderful piece of mechanism. But some one may ask: "What is its nse in such a complicated form?" Is its legiti mate and only place still in the ecclesiastical edifice? Nol for it has parsed from the or gan capable only of slow and solemn speech to an instrument capable ot producing tne most modern orchestral secular music, not only in technical dexterity and clear articu lation, but in the various coloring and char acteristic timbre of the orchestral strings, wood. wind, brass, eta The strictly organ music, as understood by those of the old school musicians, contains very little scope for orchestral effects, hence the above ques tion is not out of place. An Urohestra With One Performer. The modern organ is a" mechanical or chestia, the performance of which is con centrated in one performer. This orches tral instrument, therefore, stands ready to produce all qualities and quantities of tonal coloring and all forms ot music, even those which have been cast in strictly or chestral molds, such as the svmphonie and overture, In addition to ihe legitimate organ musio known as preludes, postluda fugues, etc., etc. But should there be any distinguishing: features between the use of this orchestral organ in the church and in the concert hall? Xes, most decidedly. The church, and especially these wings known as the Evan gelical Protestant demoninations, afford little opportunity for a' display of the orchestral possibilities of the organ. Apart from a short prelude and postlude, the organ is used in the simple work of accompanying not very elaborate pieces, such as anthems and chants, which are sung by the choir, tlso the congregational hymn singing. Thus the organist is very much handi capped in his desire to make the instru ment speak out in the musical language if the great masters. And again, should the organist select things of a high order, he will soon find his work as objectionable as the too technical and scholarly sermoniz ing of the preacher, as they both would be "shooting over the heads of the congrega tion," Displaying Its Fall Powers. But cannot the organist use the magnifi cent orchestral organ effectively, even in keeping with the appreciation ot the con gregation? Yes, for in the simpler melo dies, even those hallowed with age, he can so colqr, phrase and paraphrase them as to satisfy even a devotional desire and cause the spirit of worship to hover around the sanctuary. Even if such pieces of music as '"Jerusalem the Golden," or "Come ye Disconsolate," were played artistically, but of course with devotional feeling, it would be no more of a prostitution of the powers of the king of instruments than is the singing of "Home, Sweet Home," or "Old Folks at Home," by such great artists as Patti or Kilsson, a prostitution of their vocal powers. The chief point in all performances, where the audience is mostly composed of persons who are not connois seurs inmusical art, is to render that kind of inspiring musio that will touch the sym pathy and responsive chords in the heart. The church is not necessarily a place where people are to be instructed in musiral matters; musio must be an auxiliary to the worshipful service, and not the chief feat ure. Therefore the effective use of tho modern organ in the church service is to make it utter the things which will be understood and which are conducive to the spiritual welfare and interest of the congre gation, preparing the mind and soul for a reception of religious thought and feeling. Use of Concert Organ. A few days ago the following questions were propounded: "For what purpose is a concert organ and its manipulator?" "Is the establishment of such an institution for the sole purposo of simply entertaining the general public with such musio as the ma jority of untutored musio lovers are capable of enjoying, or is it for the purpose of ar tistically presenting to those who have a aesire lor tne ciassio tone-pictures wmen the great chord painters have thrown up on the musical canvas, which needs study to obtain the full benefit of their purport? The concert organ is intended as a means of delineating true musical art and should take the place (in its absence) of a well balanced orchestra, as it should be an edu cator of musical esthetics and not simply as an entertaining institution whereby common-place and so-called popular mnsio is dispensed to. those who are attracted by the lower order of things musical. In a word. the work of the concert organist with the orchestral organ should be as a well-ordered picture gallery, exhibiting the skillful work of true artists. hen will the digni fied grand organ reveal its greatest possi bilities, manifesting to the mind of its in tellectual listeners that it is absolutely the monarch of all the musical instruments. BlMEOH 3EI. NEW AJiYKBTJSEXZSTS. B nnni "IjW . . R .'.iQuoO'SauARrrEcroN (hound floor) The various factories already built at Ellwood will employ 1,500 peo ple, and more to follow. . THE DERWENT FOUNDRY COMPANY Have just completed contracts to immediately start a stove and light castings foundry at Ellwood. All this is because ELLWOOD'S SITUATION FOR BUSINESS IS UNSURPASSED. On two Trunk Lines (b?aoO and another coming in, affording com petitive freight rates, through shipments, no switching charges, no transfei charges. Ellwood has coal, fire clay, glass-sandbnilding stone, limestone,-nal ural gas, electric lights, water power. The 160 houses built within the year (average value $ 1,800) are all taken, and over 100 applications in advance for houses to rent so buy and build at Ellwood; you can make 20 per cent a year at present prices. Wanted More houses for the employes that will be at Ellwood within six weeks. TCEFTeBKEjiPTC53HnK?EK5Ci s-3-i55Sti,iS!'- ""fr''' Beautiful. .26m P.5TEVENiN rtfyecpec SSSISSISK ssV S3J tH AB fasB 1 issH sssB 21 m ' a3safaBwraag: -,1.,.. 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