SCllAXTON TKIBTJNE SATURDAY PmOTIXIXG, FEBRUARY 23, 1895.
THE
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Of and About
In perhaps no other direction has
'American literature been so unsatis
factory as In that of music. There
has been, to be sure, no lack of scrappy
encyclopedias with little smatterings of
biography In them, treating In almost
luuicrous corn-ienesa, ul iuo uvew uuu
works of the great composers. Of text
books, too, there has been an ull-suf-llclent
quantity and variety. Hut for
the reader of moderate means and of
only ordinary scholarship, there has,
until recently, been available a sur
prisingly small number of books of ac
curate and yet not pedantic authority,
dealing fairly and satisfactorily with
the careers of tho master musicians
and Illumining their pages with ade
quate Selections from the published
works of these eminent manipulators
of tone. It gives us pleasure, therefore,
to welcome from the presses of the J.
H. Millet company, of Boston, the
prospectus und specimen parts of a
serial work of unusual merit and prom
ise, called "Famous Composers and
Their Works;" for the examination of
It which has been permitted us con
vinces us that It will bring Into many
families an amount of Instruction, en
tertainment and delight hitherto, from
necessity, absent from those homes.
The plan of this desirable enterprise
is, as Its publishers explain, three-fold;
being Jlrst to i;lvo concise and authen
tic biographies of the famous compos
ers whose works are already familiar
to the world; second, to give descrip
tions of the works of these composers
from which muy be formed an Intelli
gent estimate of their genius, their In
fluence on each other und their posi
tion In musical history; und third, to
give a series of essays on the develop
ment and cultivation of the principal
forms of musical art In Italy, Ger
many, France, England, America and
other countries. The scuptggftf the work
may be comprehended when It Is said
that there will be 960 large quarto
pages of 1lndsomo letter press, 4i)
equal pages of clearly printed music
and many portraits, both old and new.
Of the biographies there will be one of
the Flemish composer, I,ussi; twelve of
Italian, composers, Including Husslni.
Bellini and Verdi; twenty-one of the
riermun, including, of course. Handel,
Hadyn. Mozart. Beethoven. Schubert,
Mendelssohn, Schumann, Meyerbeer,
Strauss. Brahms and Wagner; fourteer
of the French, including Auber, Halevy,
Berlioz. Saint Saens, Massenet and
Gounod; five of the great Slavic com
posers, namely Chopin. Dvorak, Glin
ka, Rubinstein and Tsehaikowsky : one
nf the Hungarian, Liszt; one ot the
Norwegian, Urleg; one of Gade, the
Dane, and nine of the English, Includ
ing Field, Balfe, Sullivan and Macken
zie. Seven essays are announced: one
on the Notherland masters and the de
velopment of the counterpoint; one on
music in Italy from Palestiina to Verdi;
one on music In Germany from Bach to
"Wagner; one oij music In France from
LulJy to Gounod; one on music In Itus-sia,-
Norway. Denmark, Poland and
Hungary'; one ort music In England
from the Sixteenth century to the pres
enttlme. and one on music In America
during the present century. Among
the contributors of these essays and bi
ographies are Adolphe Jullen, Arthur
Pougin and Dr. Philipp Spitta, of Euro
pean renown: and Mrs. ole Hull. Henry
T. Flnck. Professor John Fiske, Arthur
Footo, Philip Hale, W. J. Henderson.
H. E. Krehbiel, Leo It. Lewis, Howard
M. TIcknor, George I. Upton and Hen
Jamln E. Woolf. each renowned In this
country for critical acumen. The edit
ing of this Immense mass of materials
has been entrusted to John Knowli s
Paine, professor of music nt Harvard,
while the eminent conductor, Theodore
Thomas, will edit the selections of
music and Karl Klauer, the illustra
tions, of which many are copied direct
ly from private collections In Europe.
V'e have summarized the promis
sory features of this work nt consider
able length In order the more clearly to
bring Its obvious merits before our
reader. Assuming that the parts to
follow shall equal those which we have
been privileged to examine, It needs no
extended argument to convince on
that here, at last, Is a work combining
honesty of scholarship with a sufficient
popularity of method to bring It down
to the level nt the American family of
average culture and Income. Me
chanically, the parts before us are of
exquisite design, with type beautiful to
the eye and clearly read; and, with sub
stantial white paper not skimped at the
margins. The publication of such a
work In serial form Insures an accept
able distribution of Its cost und also en
ables the render to digest the Intelli
gence conveyed In It without peril of
foundering. We have here spoken prin
cipally of the scope of this admirably
conceived work. It shall be our aim
upon another occasion to have some
thing to sny of the manner In which
this prospectus Is being realized.
In the flood of new books elicited by
tha now raging Napoleonic, revival ap
pears a particularly handsome folio
compilation called "Napoleon's Mar
shals" (published by Lorlllard Hpenc?r,
New York). The compiler, William S.
.Walsh, has selected the best of the ar
ticles and Illustrations that recently
.'formed n Napoleonic serial In Mr. Spen
cer's "Illustrated American," and has
grouped these In- a manner tending to
materially enhance their value. The
portraits and battle scene photogra
vures In this volume are particularly
Interesting nnd valuable; and the let
ter press, If not especially comprehen
sive or Judicial In tone, Is nt least vivid
nnd effective. Napoleon In his perlho
llan Is described with moderate accuracy,-
but very readable Is Mr.
Walsh's chnpter on Napoleon In defeat.
He pictures; to us; In sharp, bold
Strokes, the Innate Selfishness and al
most superstitious fatalism of the
democratic emperor when, after Water
loo, he flees, sullenly to Paris, nil hough
he had still the nucleus of a mngnlfl
, cent army, apathetically hesitates to
' solicit In person new subsidies from the
Deputies, and after a season of fairly
.imbecile dllly dallying, makes the su
ipremc mistake of throwing himself, a
volutary prisoner, Into the hands of his
inveterate enemies, the English. Na-
tinlenn In ilnntlno blM irrnfliinl vlcltllntr
to a constitutional disease which be
numbed his mind and seemed even to
rteal frorh him, by insldlus degrees,
i that Inordinate self reliance which was
at the .root of all his world-wldo am
. tiltlon are described aulto clearly In
this chapter; while Its narration of the
Corsica conquerors last hours, on
bleak St. Helena, goaded as they were
by the almost Incomprehensible mean
ness and puBllanimlty, ot his British
the
Some of the Latest Volumes
To Issue from the Press.
keepers, is dramatic yet within bounds
of truth. There are fourteen chapters
devoted to the fourteen most prominent
companlons-ln-HrniH of this unequalled
military adventurer; und those few
which we have had opportunity to
peruse are In the main accurate. Judg
ing from the accepted standards of
comparison, und Invariably Interesting.
For ono who wishes to rend of Napoleon
and his times In epitome, "Napoleon's
Marshals" will prove a moat deslrublo
possession,
The first number of a new periodical
reaches us from the publishers, Dodd,
Mead & Co., New York, and compels a
cordial welcome by the unexpected
merit of Its contents. It 1b culled "The
l'.ookmun," In Imitation of the Eng
lish magazine of this name, with which,
by the by, it is closely allied; It promises
to appear monthly, and It asks the
reader to pay for It only 15 cents per
copy. The editor of the English edi
tion". Dr. Hobertsou Nlcoll. will con
tribute of his skill to this Americanized
cousin-monthly, and its cisatlantic con
ductors will be Professor Harry Thurs
ton Peck, of Columbia college, and
James MacArthur. The Bookman us
plres to be the busy man's literary Jour
nal. It will Introduce new writers to
their uilmirlng readers; purvey well
written current gossip of the study, the
printing otilce and the book-shop; pub
lish signed reviews, by eminent critics,
of the leading books of the month; con
tain vivacious London and Paris corre
spondence relating to books and book
producers; give what may be called
market reports of the tratllc In books;
supply a department showing Just what
books have been published during the
month, where published und at what
price; und finally act as a general bu
reau of Interesting Information for
those who want to know what kind of
literary goods to produce and also for
those who may wish to learn what kind
of such goods to purchase In order to
be abreast of the times. For a first
issue, the February Bookman realizes
theso aims uncommonly well. The
enumeration of its contents In detail
would occupy more space than Is al
lotted, but it may be said without exag
geration that every one of Its seventy
two neatly printed pages bears a mes
sage of Interest to the lover of good
literature. An eight-page supplement
in mcmorium of Robert Louis Steven
son, und containing tributes in verse
and prose by notable contemporaries,
betokens the publishers' enterprise and
likewise their appreciation of what
Journalists call the "news value" of
events.
ACTIIOR3 AND PCP.LISHEHS:
M. llurthelemy St. Ililalre, who will be
9u next August, has just completed his
biography of Victor Cousin.
Elbrldge S. Brooks has been secured ns
editorial adviser of the newly organized
Lotlirop Publishing company.
It Is understood that Colonel Sheridan,
brother of General 1'htllp II. Sheridan, is
to write a, biography of. the general.
Francis Coppe will probably visit this
country before long, to deliver a course
of lectures on French llteruture, with
readings from his own poems.
The Scrihners will soon Issue a uniform
library edition of the more popular prose
work:! of Hubert Louts Stevenson. The set
will number sixteen volumes, comprising
romances, short stories and essays, and
will be published at n reasonable price
to meet a popular demand.
A shilling glossary to the dialect em
ployed in S. H. Crockett's books haH been
issued In London. Andrew Lung remarks
in the Dally News; "The picture of nn
Kmrli-'h sovellst sitting Hndly down to a
romance, with a dictionary In his hand.
Illustrates the energy and solemnity of
our race."
.Mr. Ilowells has a fondness for naming
his novels with n phrase from Shakes
p. are and everybody will recall, as ex
umples of it, "A Counterfeit Present
ment," "I'ndlscovered Country." "A Mod
ern ln"tanre" and "A Woman's Heasou."
In his two-part story which begins In
"Serlbner's" for March he refrns to this
habit, nnd names It "A Circle In the
Water," from the phrase "Glory Is like a
circle In the water, etc. The question
which lie asks and answers In this story
Is, If fnnifi ends "by broad spreading," do
not Infamy and shame end also?
According to the Publishers' Weekly,
the recorded number of books Issued in
this country In 1WU wns 4,4sl, Including
new editions of old works ami "imprint
editions of Knglish books. Compared
with the record of IMI.1, this shows a de
crease of C.n; In fact, the number Is smnll-
er than In any other year since p;s9. Tho
t'ritlc's record shows no such discrepancy
between Hie two years. The number of
publications received for review In 1X113
was 2..1I!'; In Ml Is was 2.317. a difference
of only two. The number of publications
noticed In 1X81 was less by three than tho
number noticed In 1MM.
The American Authors' guild was Incor
porated on Feb. 1. Its purpose Is to pro
mote a professional spirit among authors
tn advise them as to their literary prop.
ertv. to settle dispute between them nnd
to advance tho Interests nf American au
thors nnd literature. The trustees are
Jnnv-s Grant Wilson, Julia Ward llnwv
.Moses Colt Tyler, Albert Mathews, Cra
ven L. B-'tts, Titus Munson Coan, Thomas
W. Hlgglnson, itW'hnrd II. Stoddard,
Louise Chandler Moulton. Ellen Hardin
Walworth, I diver Thome Miller. Elisabeth
Akers Allen, Cynthln Cleveland. New
land Maynnrd and Edwin II. Shannon.
Here Is nn Interesting piece of lltera-y
I ws from Life:
Trlby's Hen Molted with,
The Green Carnation's red,
The Duchess wn too Indiscreet.
And Sherlock Holmes Is dead!
4 - -
In Ills lotirth Year,
rmtn tlin Cleveland Plain Dealer.
I'ncle Gabe walked around the stalwart
football player with hii air of critical curi
osity; ho looked him up nnd down lis he
uuo . i ' ... ..
certulnly Hoes iicvciop em mosi puwm
(aii.iitlt, n fine vrmiiir man"
"Man? Mnndy, Professor Hunter told me
hlsself t tnai loners in ins luiii in jrri
Talk about your oatnieul porrldgel"
The Hay of Small Things.
No novels now, but novelettes;
Cigars give place to cigarettes.
Titanic, "suns" to twinkling "stars,"
Pictures to sketches, "pomes" to "pars,"
Bonnets to things Ilka housemaids' caps,
Banquets to tidbits, books to scraps,
And three volume novels to "short
stories,"
Olbbon-llke length nnd epic glories,
Like mammoths and cave bears, aro cone,
Earth brings not bock the mastodon,
The microbe takes Its place. They kill US
Not by a giant, but bacillus.
Monsters, huge dragons, Ialdly worms.
We fear no more. 'Tls unseen "germs"
That lloor us In our life's full pride.
We want a "Jack the Germicide,"
And not the giant killer now.
Behemoth and the big bow-wow
Are gone; for aught not smart and little
We do not car one Jot or tittle.
Punch.
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.
Butte. Mont., Feb. 18. In tho word
"Butte," If you will give to the first
vowel you stumble on, Its long sound
and pny no attentlun whatever to the
final one, you will pronounce the word
according to western Ideas and usage.
The final vowel, if It bus any mission
at all. Is accredited to tho eye, not to
tho ear.
If the effete east supposes the name
to be a contraction of the word "beau
tiful," It Is much mistaken. Nothing
suggests "The Beautiful City" to the
observing tourist, less than does the
city of Butte Itself. And yet In the
lungunge of the hour, "She's a 'beaut' "
In many respects. The name Is derived
tron tho abrupt conical hills upon
which the city sits, "and from her
throne of buttes, rules the copper
world." In which she reminds out' of
Imperial Borne, for what transpires ut
Butte In copper mining and smelting
sways its market In the world's groat
centers.
The Greatest Mining Camp.
When you meet the Buttlte for the
first time on his copper throne, nnd
wish to be complimentary, you don't
say, us ot other tuwiun "What a beau
tiful city you have here," for you know
that would be too transparent, he
would say you were "Joshing." Nor
do you go Into ecstasies over Its health
ful conditions. You couldn't do It with
a straight face, at the same time trying
to clear your throat and lungs of the
ull-pervndlng smelter smoke. What
you do It to look the citizen confidently
In the eye and remark: "This is cer
tainly the greatest mining camp on
earth." That settles your welcome;
you can come right along over to Shaw's
or around to the California, nnd say
what It will be, and he will have some
of the same, und your debut In society
Is made.
It Is the greatest of mining camps.
No doubt Ot that. Besides the rich
mines of gold und silver in the dis
trict, of which she Is the center, these
hills, among which Butte lies, are veri
table mountains of copper, and, though
copper Is cheap, only G or 8 cents a
pound, the millions of pounds mined
per month by half a dozen big com
panies makes Butte the largest pro
ducer In the world, nnd the business of
a large majority of her folks Is to mine
and smelt this copper, and apparently
Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson, of Now
York, was one of the recent speakers nt
the National Woman's council now In ses
sion ut Washington und we gather from
the reports of the Washington papers
that sho put lire Into her dellveranco.
Her subject was the nttltuile of the lead
ing religious denominations toward wo
man's growing service 111 the churches.
She handled tho subject vigorously, and
trained a steady tire of sarcasm on thu
men who aro supposed to constitute tho
church, and, who. while Inspiring women
to Increased efforts towurd sustaining ihe
church, are yot unwilling to accord her a
voice In its management. "Woman's right
to labor Is encouraged In every way
among the Baptists," she said, "who do
not, however, admit her right to ordinate.
Tho Quakers alone have been broad In
their recognition of woman; thev have
recognized her simply as one with man In
church Interests und church power. The
Salvation Army has attested, us only that
oragnlzatlon has. the usefulness of Its
women members. TheCathollc church had
appreciated very early and appropriated
to Its own ends the faithful attention of
woman." The trouble was, she said, that
women hail accepted at tlrst from the
church what they hail accepted In social
life, tho leadership of man. When a wo
man confessed her sins to man she practi
cally acknowledged his nearness to God as
greater than her own. She spoke at
length of the great amount of work wo
men do for the church. They were en
gaged In "crazy quilt consecration and pin
cushion piety to supply the appetites of
ever-yawning treasuries, clamoring In
their never ceasing needs of funds." If
women absented themselves from the con
gregations, she said, the churches would
have to close for luck of I'se. and the
clergymen would bo compelled to work
for their dolly bread. And yet she Is sub
ject to ecclesiastical Judgment und sub
mlts"io It."
This recalls a famous sarcasm of Inger
ROll, who somewhat more coarsely thnn
Mrs. Dickinson asserted that "If It wasn't
for the women who cook chicken for the
preachers and 'sew petticoats for the
heathen, the church door would be per
manently closed In twenty-four hours."
There Is truth In both assertions, but It
does not strike me us Involving any re
flection on either the churches or the wo
men. One Is moved to a.-.k Mrs. Dickin
son what under the sun she would have
tho decent woman do, If not to go to
church, conduct church fairs and perform
those varied little ministrations of charity
and benevolence for which only woman's
Innnto graclousness and tact and ready
sympathies are adequate? Suppose these
avenues of beneficent employment were
closed to her. Suppose that Instead of
paying heed to the thousand nnd one lit
tle details Hint go to make up the great
bufk of Christian evangelization and sen
lar philanthropy details, by the way, for
the cure of which not one mull III a hun
dred Is qualified she should suddenly tuka
(RANT'S MODFSTY. .
Incidents of Ills Reception and Olio Given
hy l.i Hung Cluing
From tho Youth's Companion,
One of the most arduous duties Im
posed upon General Grant ufter his re
tirement from the presidency was that
of nt tendance upon public receptions nt
which ho was expected to shake hands
with thousands nf people. One of these
receptions look place In the legislative
halls of the capltol nt Albany, where ho
was accompanied by the governor of
fhe state and other iducluls. Hour after
hour Ihe line of eager, curious faces
passed before the grent, silent soldier.
The sightseers Jostled against one an
other, and pressed forward Impatiently
for their turn In shaking his outstretch
ed hand and peering Into his Impassive
face.
A wenrlsome ceremonial to those who
stood In line and crept Up Inch by Inch
to the place of honor, It wns Intoler
ably fatiguing to the general with his
strained arm and pallid, expressionless
face. At last the curiosity of the throng
seemed to have been satisfied. The
crowds had thinned out. The files wre
broken nnd feebly recruited with strag
glers. General Grant, who had patient
ly kept his plnce for many hours, turned
aside to the governor with an air of
hesitation und doubt.
"Do you not think," he asked, "that
they mi nt be very tired by this time,
and glad to huv a chunce to rest them
selves?" It was a simple Illustration of' the
characteristic modesty of the man. lie
had stood there until he was fairly
faint from fatigue, exposing himself to
vigorous attack from every fresh pair
of armB, but 'he was not conscious nf
his own discomfort. Ills only thought
was that the sightseers must be very
tired, and that It would be a mercy
to t'hem to bring the reception to a close.
Markedly different Is the story which
Colonel Grant has told ot Ills father'!
Greatest Mining Camp on
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to gamble away the money gained in
doing bo.
Ilutte Is a Smoky City.
The copper smelters bury tho town
beneath a cloud ot strong sulphurous
smoke, so thick at times that one can
not see across the street, a smoke that
smarts the eyes, rasps the throat, kills
grass 'and shrubbery, and is very de
pressing to the stranger, a depression
not at all relieved by the surrounding
natural scenery, which you recognize ut
once as having been copied from Dore's
Illustrations of Dante's Inferno.
1 asked a physician about the effects
of smelter smoke on the human frame,
and he said, ."Oh, It's good when you
get used to It. We have no throat
diseases here: no use for anti-toxin."
He did not tell mo what they do have,
and I concluded to smother my curiosi
ty, rather than to stay long enough to
get used to It, und find out.
But even admitting that the smoke
makes them Immortal, Just think of
living In a town without a blade of
gruss, without a tree, as bald as the
pictures of Bill Nye. Wouldn't you
rather have un occasional sore throat,
and take your chances of eventual dis
solution If you could have a sprig of
something green with It?
No wonder men seek the excitement
of gambling In such depressing en
vironments. "The money that he's got In bonds or car
ries to Invest,
Don't llgger with a codger who has lived
a life out West."
Sumo Western Amusements.
If you're working nights you gamble
in the day time. It you're on a duy
shift the dealers are expecting you to
drop In after supper. They are always
ready and waiting for you. Certain
forms ot gambling are licensed. They
include lotteries, faro, keno, roulette
and certain forms of poker. Previous
to 1887 you would have found any kind
of game, running from "strap guine"
and "thimble rig" to "chuck luck" and
"blue Jay," but in that year the legisla
tors, Just assuming the gravity of state
hood, called the representative gam
blers before them in high und virtuous
council; hud them explain their games
In detail; pretended they had never seen
them before, and finally separated tho
Bheep from the goats. I mean they dis
tinguished, by a solemn act, the "sure
thing" games, the swindles, from the
Saturday ReflectflooSo
It Into her mind to seek recreation nnd
pastime In the mainly selfish pursuits
thut men follow; In loafing on street cor
ners, swapping questionable stories III Ihe
club room, corner grocery or theater lob
by, indulging In the fascinations of tha
great Amerlcun gume of druw pok"r
played at a ten-cent limit, or parading the
thoroughfares with nn eye cuquettlslily
oMn for masculine admiration and a sense,
of honor none too keen to resent tho In
evitable accosting. Wherein, we should
like to know, would society profit? Sub
tract the church from society as at pres
ent constituted, and the picture Just drawn
would be a. very modest hint of the conse
quences of such subtraction upon the hab
its und inoruls of womankind. To be sure,
there Is the alternative of "going In" heav
ily for Intulleotuultly; for getting up
Browning societies with their minimum of
sense to un astounding maximum of sheer
Idiocy; or for a spurt Into theosophy, spir
itism, or even politics. Hut with due re
spect to Mrs. Dickinson It Is probably true
ul this time that none of these ephemeral
vagaries of the fermenting New Woman
would long suffice as a substitute for the
rational and normal Interest which Eve's
true daughter Instinctively takes In the
liner works of charity, religion und bene
volence. Mrs. Dickinson's remarks, as re
ported In tho cited extract, Impress me ns
having been dictated by a very narrow
comprehension of the problem under con
sideration. I notice that nt the last meeting of the
Wyoming Ministerial District association
Itev. Dr. Floyd, of this city, read a paper
advocating the removal of the time limit
from the Itinerary system In vogue umong
the pastors of tho Methodist Episcopal
church. The newspuper report by mci'is
of which this Information wusgulncd adds:
"He took strong ground In his advocacy
for tho removal of the time limit, claiming
that all good would come to the church
and the pustor by the abolition of the pres
ent limit and by making the pastor's stay
Indefinite. The paper brought out an onl
inuted discussion In which the ministers
present showed themrfclves somewhat di
vided on the question with a majority In
favor of the essayist's position." There Is
very little doubt that the tendency Is
away from the Itinerary system, a fact
well Illustrated when the general confer
ence which met, I think, at Omaha raised
tho time limit from three years to live.
This Is one of the natural resells of the
growth of city congregations In numbers,
wealth und will It be too severe to add?
selfishness. From a strictly secular point
of view, It Is evident that a congregation
which learns to appreciate and to admire
a good pnstor feels -that It has-a certain
right to retain him In Its pulpit as long as
It pleases; Just as It would have to retain
a good Janitor, a good organist or a good
servant of sny other kind. Nor Is Its
right to be easily denied, from a worldly
standpoint.
Hut whnt was the animating motive be
reception by LI Hung Cluing In China
when he wns making a Journey around
the world. The viceroy received him
with ostentatious cordiality, and
still tied him by saying pompously:
"Wo are the two greatest men In ihe
world. 1 am one of them. You ore the
other. You put down the American re
bellion. I put down the Tuepplng re
bellion. It Is well that we have met."
LI Hung Chang sortly stroked his
hnnds and smiled with conscious pride
ns he greeted his distinguished Amer
ican visitor. He was generous enough
to divide honors with his guest, but his
words nnd niunner denoted sympathetic
appreciation of the fact thut It wns a
supreme moment In human history
when the genius of the east and the
genius of the west mot In peace and
good will. What the viceroy did not
comprehend was his visitor's character
as the moot modest and unassuming of
men. The two generuls could hardly
have been more unlike If they hud been
burn on different planets.
Tho Origin of Colors.
It Is the manner In which dlfferont colors
are absorbed or reflected by a body that
Its color Is due. If white light falls upon
a red rose bush the red alone Is reflected
from the flower, the other colors being
absorbed. The green leaves, on the other
hand, absorb the red entirely, and reflect
nearly all the green light. A rose In
green light or a leaf In red light would
appear absolutely bluek, for in each ruse
the light which the object can reflect Is
absent.
Qnoofjho Rarest of Coins.
The confederate silver half-dollnr Is
reckoned as one of tho rarest of American
coins. Only four of such coins were
struck. The confederate stiver half-dollar
bears the dale of IWil, and was struck at
the mint at New Orleans Just before that
Institution wns closed by the federal
troops. It has the Goddess of Liberty on
one side, and a stalk of cane, one of cot-
Inft. nnd !h alars anil bar nt ilu
racy. In a coat ot arms on ths other sldo,
Earth.
scientific games, licensing; the latter
provided they were conducted In public
rooms, unlocked and open to the street.
They do some big gambling In Butte.
Thoro are men who don't weaken In the
face of a fifty thousand dollar bet. One
of the sights of the town Is "the man
who broke tho bank at Monte Carlo."
Ho 1h proprietor of a very large mer
cantile business here, and they really
say ho did do something of the kind.
I saw signs In several places about
the streets reading "Five cent limit
here." I said, "Well! This Is reaching
down for a fellows small change." 1
did not think It of Butte, and was on
the point of condemning In harsh terms
this universal gambling when I was In
formed that the signs were put up by
the street car company; that one could
ride for G cents to thut point, but must
pay 10 beyond It.
Tho I'rovuleneo of Gambling.
To show, however, that "the world do
move," and Montana with it, I quote
here nn Item from a newspaper report
of the legislative proceedings In this
present session of 1XM. Note what it
says of the extent of gambling In Butte:
Paschal, of Silver Bow, said 11 wis a
step In the right, direction. He referred
to whole business blocks' In Ilutte that
were given up to gambling, and men who
had drawn their checks at the mines ami
gambled it all away before even paying
their board bills. He favored the bill i'H
one step toward stopping gambling. Al
rtersou and Von To he I opposed the bill on
tho ground that If there was to be gam
bling It should be as public us possible.
Cunningham opposed It on the same
ground. Isdell and Hray fuvored It and
Booth opposed H, and without arriving at
any decision the committee arose and re
ported progress and the house adjourned.
That was a bill to prohibit gambling
on ground floors. If they send It up
stairs this session perhaps they will
put It to sleep altogether next time.
Butte Is the most populous city In ihe
state. She claims 25,000 Inhabitants; has
good hotels; well built business houses;
schools, churches ami hospitals; has
lots of push nnd energy, and a rapidly
developing coiintrS, of which she Is the
acknowledged center and market, in
conclusion 1 admit her claim to the
title of the "Greatest mining camp on
earth," und state my profound belief
that she has a big future before, as
well us behind, her.
A Scrantoli Pilgrim.
hind the establishment of the itinerary
system among the pastors of the Method
ist church? Was It not to combat this
self same spirit of worldllness, to resist
the upgrowth, In new congregations, of
that complacent feeling of selfishness,
consequent upon Increased size and
wealth, which so often blinds the eyes of
Its possessor to the needs of others? If it
bo conceded that each congregation Is a
luw unto Itself, In the sense In which
each family Is generally so regarded,
then It follows that that congrega
tion ought to exercise the right to
retain or dismiss its pastor at will. But
does not this Identical Idea have a ten
dency to transform that congregation, to
some extent, Into a close corporation, a
kind of spiritual club as It were, with re
stricted benefits and narrowed moral re
sponsibility? We undersand these to be
the reasons why the Itinerary system was
originally established. Have those rea
sons lost force during the century which
has Intervened? Is there not, even at this
late day, something In the commission of
the Methodist pastor which puts him In a
position of Independence from the moral
localisms of his charge; something that
enables him to address himself to the live
work of his calling without fear lest plain
speaking cause a drop In pew rent und a
letter of dismissal from displeased trus
tees? Why are many Protestant churches
llko beads dropiied from the string? Is It
not because they have no strong link of
union, one with another, and no central
authority adequate to the bending of local
congregations to a common purpose?
To one who endeavors to look upon these
prolilems without bias. It seems sometimes
as If there were grave danger lest the
spiritual energy of our modern churches
were slowly succumbing to the sleekness
anil sloth of temporal success. Perhaps It
Is the radicalism of youth which inclines
us to favor Imperialistic measures of con
gregational government; but that radical
ism Is at least based on an honest desire
for the Increused usefulness of religious
activity In ameliorating the hard condi
tions of contemporary life. It occurs to
us, ut limes maybe through a mistaken
view of things that there Is getting to be
mom concern, among our Protestant
churches, for the well-clad forty who are
comfortably saved than there Is for tho
nigged sixty who know Christianity only
as a thing which finds them and leave's
them in squalor nnd growing want. We
look to the church to teach the tine truth
of a real democracy, and do we not see It,
Instead, bending its knee and dolling Its
hat to the wealth and tho aristocracy of
the day? If the time limit In the Itlnerarv
system In vogue In the Methodist church
will tend, In ever so slight a degree, to re
call the Protestant world to Its duty to
ward the meek, the poor, and the unfortu
nate; If It will cause It, In ever so small a
measure, to add vitality nnd pertinency
to Its ministrations among the "lost
sheep," we should view Its aholltlon with
extreme regret. ' , .
AN ASTUTE CIXLSTIAL.
lie May Not llnvo been Accurute, but lie
Observed l ogic,
A clever girl, who would make a sen
sation In society If fate had been a little
mure kind to her In a material way,
says) the Chicago Times, lives on a side
street and Is a constant source of
amusement and Joy to her little circle
of frlendii. This girl has brains and
good looks, and, what Is! better, origin
ality, but she Is compelled very often
to walk because she Jms no car fare.
Sim amuses herself with all sorts of
things thut other girls seldom think of.
Her latest exploit Is a class of China
men, Into whose wooden heads she Is
endeavoring to Inject a faint Idea of
the limitations of .the Knglish Ian
gunge and Incidentally the Christian
religion.
In her class, on n recent Stniday, she
wns giving Chlng Pol an object lesson
on the wonderful creations of God.
"See, Chlng," she said, "see this beau
tiful rose. God made this rose. Ho
mude It to look pretty and smell sweet.
God made all things, Chlng. He made
you and .he made me. Now tell me,
Chlng, who mnde the rose?"
Chlng grinned and said, "God, lie
mnkee lose."
"Thnt's right, Chlng. Now, why did
ho make the rose?"
"He tnakee lose to look plctty nnd
smellee sweet."
"That's right, who made you, Chlng?"
"God mnkee me," replied Chlng. "Ho
tnakee tne to look plctty 'and smellee
sweet",
Sho Is endeavoring to teach the China
men a few other things, but will let
personal slmllcB with the rose rest for
awhile.
I'or a Now Stnto Uank,
Switzerland Is about to establish a state
bank at Berne which will have the exclu
sive right to Issue bank notes. Tho capital
Is fixed at HK.ouo.ooo frans, the Swiss con
federation making Itself responsible tor
liabilities.
Things of interest
To Fair Readers.
The latest prank of the New Woman
Is to take to boxing gloves. Nearly
every week-day afternoon the favored
visitor to a certain aristocratic gym
nasium on Fifth avenue. New York,
may, unless our Informant Is drawing
the long bow, see clever boxing bouts
between the splrltuelle young sports In
knickerbockers, who are, members of
the organization. Not many days ugo
a ten-round "go" between two of the
must expert girls resulted In a clean
knock-out. A member of the gymna
sium, who found the secret too much
to keep, gives detuils of the bout, but
refuses to say more than that the con
testants were named Maud und Kthel
respectively. The former Is the daugh
ter of a wealthy citizen, whose father
was a lavish entertainer In Galway
long years ago, until, like many others
of his class, lie found himself ruined.
Kthel's ancestors huve been American
almost since the days of the Pilgrim
fathers. Kor the first four rounds
neither fair boxer gained much advant
age, although there were several rat
tling exchanges. In the fifth Maud se
cured first knock-down, and there fid
lowed thivu rounds devoted to unevent
ful rallies. The ninth round was dis
tinguished by some clever work in tha
way of feints, ducks und counters, both
contestants being pretty well winded
at thu quavering cull of time from a
member who was so excited that she
hud almost lost her voice. When the
flushed and panting, but plucky girls
fuced euch other for the last round the
first effort made was a splendid
straight-arm punch, which sent Kthel
reeling fur a moment. A new member
of tender years quietly fainted in a
corner Just as Kthel recovered herself
quickly In time to duck another beauty
aimed for the chin. Before Maud could
get herself back Into position Kthel
landed twice, and her adversary at once
became exceedingly groggy. Kthel,
though puffing like a grampus herself,
was quick to see her uppoi 'ty. and
with a smart uppercut sent . Maud
to the floor In a bunuh, fuiriy knocked
out. The vanquished maid was carried
to a dressing-room, where she soon re
covered. Then all the girls, after hav
ing a good cry together, went home
Kutislled thut they had a lovely time
and eager for the next bout.
To Improve One's Looks.
Vanity furnishes the inspiration for
many of the Inventions of the patent
office. One of these Is a mask of very
thin rubber, designed to be worn on
the face at night. It causes profuse
perspiration, which washes Impurities
out of the skin and makes the com
plexion clearer. Sun tan is quickly re
moved, so it Is claimed. Another de
vice, for producing dimples, according
to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette,
Is a woman's idea. It Is a wire mask,
likewise to put on when going to bed.
By an arrangement of screws, pencils
of wood, very blunt, are made to press
upon the cheeks and chin at the points
where dimples are desired. Uncomfort
able? AVhy, of course. But, as the
French say, it is worth while to suffer
for beauty's sake. False busts, hips
and calves are made of rubber, to be
blown out like balloons, and In many
other styles, while the young lady of
build hopelessly skeletonesque may pro
cure a complete stuffed Jacket, which
fills out her form at every point to the
extent requisite for counterfeiting de
sirable embonpoint. If one is so un
fortunate as to lack a nose he can ob
tain a false one of papier mache, art
fully enameled to imitate the skin. One
kind of imitation proboscis Is attached
to a spectacle frame, so that the owner
puts on his counterfeit nasal organ In
adjusting his glasses. Masculine van
ity Is concerned In the genesis of about
eighty patents for various kinds of
mustache guards. One such Is a gold
Plata with a spring, which may be fast
ened to any drinking vessel at a mo
ment's notice. Another Is specially de
signed for beer glasses. A tube con
necting with It goes down deep Into
the beer, so that the mustached drinker
Is able to avoid the foam.
Takes a Hath in Public.
Godiva In ebony Is the spectacle to
which travelers are annuully treated
In Madagascar, during the progress of
ttv Malagasy national festival, which
extends from Nov. 22 to Jan. 10. One
of the features of this event Is the royal
bath which the queen takes in public,
In the grent palace. This august func
tion Is performed In one of the sacred
corners of the hall. In u silver vessel,
the dusky personification of feminine
sovereignty being screened from view
by "lambag." held by her attendants.
Amid the firing of cannon and the Joy
ous shouts ot her humble subjects, her
majesty then passes along tho balcony,
and from n horn In her hand sprinkles
the crowd with the water she has Just
been using for her ablutions, exclaim
ing nt the same time, "Masinn, alio!"
II nm purified.) This sprinkling Is said
to typify nn abundance of rain during
the coming year. To be absent from
the ceremony would be to Incur the
royal displeasure, so that the French
plenipotentiary minister himself, M. lu
My re de Vllers, who Is now again on
his way to Mndngascar, had to sub
mit himself, In isstl, to this strange or
deal. Kvery wife, also, must be with
her husband at the time, or It Is con
sidered that she is as good ns divorced.
Preparing for tho Sen Shore.
Kvery manicurist nowadays Is also a
pedlcurlst. Not a few stylish young
women pny ns much attention to dress
ing their toe nulls ns their linger nails.
A manicurist told a New York Herald
man all about It the other day. "It Is
all duo to sea-bathing," she said. "The
woman who hns a pretty foot Is not
averse to exposing It, even to mascu
line scrutiny, when she can do so with
out Incurring the censure of those fickle
power that from time to time pre
scribe whnt constitutes propriety ac
cording to the shifting usages of so
ciety. The beach offers superb oppor
tunities Tor thedlsplay of pedal charms.
It Is not alone fondness for Bait water
that makes pretty girls go sea-bathing.
You may have noticed thnt many of
them seem more partial to the sand
than to the water whep. In bathing
costume. A pretty foot as well as
a pretty face Is a 'cheering sight to
see,' and the pretty foot Is something
that can be cultivated. There Is one
thing that Is fatal to a pretty foot, and
that Is a tight shoe. Much of my work
consists of overcoming the deformities
thus created. It takes time, but It can
bo done. There is nothing Immodest in
the Idea ot a woman showing her feet
sans shoes and stockings, and since it
Involves the abandonment of tight
shoes nnd consequent freedom from
corns and other evils that tight shoes
Latest Fads, Fashions and Foibles
Discerned Among the Gentler Sex.
entail I think It Is something that
should be encouraged."
Women Who Wear Sweaters.
The latest article of wearing apparel
that woman has wrested from her op
pressor is the "sweater." Tho "sweat
er" has its sensible sldo, says the San
Francisco Examiner, and it Is this:
You will find It almost Impossible to
catch cold In one, for It does Just what
the man's "sweaters" do, "absorbs the
moisture." What It does Is to keep one
dry and warm, Impervious to draughts
and chill ufter a spin and a hard pull
up some hill or ulurig shady driveways.
It Is the easiest thing in the world to
get a deadly cold. The easiest way to
sow the seeds of pnoumuniu is to cool
off tho way the average young woman
does ufter her dance or tennis set. Tha
garments come in soft mouse colors or
browns, and, best of all, In white. They
aro particularly fetching In white, with
their huge rolling collars clumped
about the neck in Imitation of a man's
athletic outfit. As for comfort, that Is
the main feuture of the sweater. It Is
loose, and yet It does not give the
figure the sluuchy look that some loose
affairs might, because it has so much
"body." The sweater costs only about
$4 or , and It will be cheaper as soon
as it comes to be so universally worn
that no alterations have to be made to
fit Individual cases, and when It Is a9
common a thing for a woman to wear
one as a young man. It is made of the
finest and softest of wool, of course, for
that price and is without a flaw. And
the best of It Is thut one need not wear
a wrap if one have a sweater; it la
warm when the weather is cool, and
when the atmosphere is stifling It
keeps out the heat.
OUR CLEAN JUDICIARY,
A Trio of Jurists That Are Conspicuous la
Many Ways.
From the Carbondale Anthracite.
Judge Gunster Is nearing the end ot
his Jlrst term on the bench. He is a
ripe scholar outside of the law, and in
his profession a devoted student and
conscientious Judge. In th ranks oj
the state Judiciary he has earned a
place at the head of the list, and when,
the litigation, upon which ha passed,
has been taken to the highest Judicial
tribunal of the state, he has rarely been
reversed. In an ex cathedra capacity,
his splendid citizenship and manly in
tegrity exemplify the most genuine type
of American manhood, and the people
of Lackawanna may well feel proud
that Buch a man as he Bits in Judg
ment on questions requiring Judicial ad
justment. Judge Archbald is In the beginning
of his second term on the bench. The
fact of his return to the bench, which
he had dignified and adorned by his
ability and deportment. Is of Itself a
high commentary on his Judicial merits
and Individual character. He, too, has
found his way to the- head of the Ju
diciary of the state, and has been prom
inently and deservedly mentioned for a
seat on the supreme bench. The mem
bers ot the bar in Lackawanna and
Luzerne counties highly respect hl3
eminent abllitj'. and there is no doubt
that he will some day take his place
among our supreme Judges. He is an
able scholar, a clean and upright cit
izen, and In the excellence ot his char
acter, is fittingly described in the words
of Hamlet:
Rightly to be great.
Is not to stir without argument,
HuJ greatly tofind quarrel In a straw,
Vhen honor's at the stake.
Judge Edwards Is the youngest mem
ber of our Judicial triumvirate; but
while youthful as a Judge, he is well
matured as a scholar, a lawyer and a
man. He ascended the bench through
a brilliant legal career, and today is tha
promise of on of the leading Judges
of the country. Judge Kdwards has)
a wealth of learning, and a versatility
of literary accomplishments that aro
so happily blended as to make him a,
signal exception among the Judiciary;
of the state. An ablo advocate, a keen
pleader, and an expeditious reasonen
are qualities in which he excelled be
fore ascending the bench, and when-tot
these are added a well balanced ami
Judicial mind, we believe it is not tea
much to say thnt in Judge Edwards)
Lackawanna county has the promlseiofi
a famous Judge, and the profession oil
the law one of Its most brilliant expo
nents. With a Judiciary ot this kind
we can well say that the youngest coun
ty In the state has reason to be proud o
her Judiciary, and we trust it shall
never fall below Its present high stand-
ard, nnd always deport Itself 80 that
It will add strength to tho remark, "Tli
bench at least must be kept clean."
A M'COSU RKM1MSCLNSE.
An Amusing Incident of Ills Morning
stroll in tho Campus.
Up to the time of his last sickness It
was Dr. McCosh's dally practice to
take a walk each morning, and during'
his stroll he never neglected to ealute
each student -he -met and exchange a
few pleasant words. Tho doctor, of
course, could not remember all of the
men In the great institution, but ha
never neglected to make some solicitous
Inquiries of each student he greeted. An
8S man, whom the venerable doctor!
knew only us a student of the Institu
tion, was one morning accosted by tho
president on the campus, between tha
old chnpel nnd Nassau hall.
"Good morning, young man," said the;
doctor, his face beaming with delight.
"Good morning," doctor."
"And how are you this morning?"
"Very well, doctor."
"And Is your mother well?"
"Very well, doctor."
"And how is your father?"
"He's been dead five years, doctor.''
"How sad!" said tho doctor, as ha
moved nlong.
Five minutes later the same student
wns again encountered by tho doctor,
who failed to recognize him, and greet
ed him ns warmly us he did only a few
minutes before.
"Good morning, young man."
"Good morning, doctor."
"How's your health this morning?
"Very well indeed, doctor."
"Have you heard from home lately.
How Is your mother?"
"She's very well, doctor,"
"And your father, how Is he?' 1 :
"He's still dead, doctor." , !
Moths Dislike Green Moods.
It Is a common belief among women
that the moth will not aWaek any green
material, end many of them make it a
point to buy stuffs of green dye whenever
the color Is not Incompatible with the pur
poso for which the material Is Intended.
Green dyes often contain arsenic, and
that may account for the antipathy of
the moth to the color.