TEN DIE IN RACE WAFT.
I
Arc Run Down by Mob of
"Whites for Plotting : Revenue.
A war of extermination is on between
the whites and negroes in Little River
County in the extreme southwest corner
of Arkansas , and seven of the latter ard
known to be dead. Many other negroes
arc missing.
The wholesale lynching is the result of
the murder of .Tames A. Stockton , a
planter , last Saturday by a big negro call
ed "General" Duckett. After hiding foi
soiuo time Duckett gave himself up and
was being taken toward Richmond , the
county seat , when he was taken by a-mot
and lynched. He confessed to a carefully
laid plan by the negroes to precipitate a
race war , and told of many whites who
were marked for execution. It was learn
ed from Duckett that there were twcnty-
tbree negroes in the plot , and their names
were given. Several parties of white men
started out to execute speedy vengeance
on the plotters. The negroes became
panic-stricken and Hod in all directions.
Willis Boyd , G. C. Reed and Minor Wil
son , three negroes , were taken from an
oflicer and lynched near Silver City , in
Yazoo County , Miss. They were the ring
leaders in a race encounter at the Mid
night plantation. After being shot to
death their bodies were cut down anil
thrown into the Yazoo river.
FEAR WAR IN SAMOA.
Differences of Three Powcra Have
Reached an Acute Stage.
Differences between the three powers
in Control at Samoa have reached such
an acute stage that repudiation of the
Berlin treaty is more than probable. De
spite the unanimous testimony of the rep
resi'iilatives of the United States ami
Great Britain , the German Government
continues to uphold the course of Consul
Rose at Apia. If the present agreement
i.s overthrown there is little likelihood of
ii new understanding and the islands will
be at the mercy of whichever party can
muster the greatest strength.
Recent events at Apia have made the
strain more dangerous. Admiral Kautz ,
with the approval of the British authori
ties , has sustained the actions of Chief
Justice Chambers. The American naval
commander called a meeting of all offi
cials for March 17 , and , although no news
has been received since that date , many
express the fear that serious results fol
lowed the conference. Should this be the
case the Germans will undoubtedly at
tempt to hold the Americans responsible
the Berlin theory being that unanimous
action is necessary under the treaty pro
visions.
AVAILABLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN.
Uradsirect's Shows Chances During
the Past Week.
Special cable and telegraphic dispatches
to Bradstreet's indicate the following
changes in the available supply of grain
last Saturday , as compared with the pre
ceding Saturday :
Wheat Bushels.
United States and Canada , east of the
Kocky Mountains , increase 17,000
Liverpool Corn Tr.ide News , afloat
1 for and in Europe , increase 300.00C
Total supply , increase 317,000
Corn. United States'and Canada , east
of the Rocky Mountains , increase..530,000
Oats. United States and Canada , east
of the Kocky Mountains , increase..567,000
Among the more important decreases re
ported to Bradstreet's not given in the of
ficial visible supply statement are those of
292,000 bushels at Galveston and 200.00G
bushels at northwestern interior elevators
The principal increases are those of 174-
, 000 bushels at Ontario and Manitoba stor
age points. The aggregate stock of wheat
held at Portland , Ore. , and Tacoma and
Seattle , Wash. , decreased 277,000 bushels
during the week.
TESTIMONY IS CUMULATIVE.
Board of Inquiry Goes Back to New
York with 1 ntercstins : Information.
The members of the Government in
quiry finished their labors in Chicago and
Jeft for Xew York. The testimony of
Gov. Theodore Roosevelt will be received , I
after which the court will proceed to Gov o
i 3 ernor's Island. The evidence brought h
forth on their last in
day Chicago was ? S ]
largely cumulative in its character , con V
sisting mainly of criticisms of the canned Vtl
beef and refrigerator beef from soldiers
who ate it and watched its effects in } 3
Cuba and Porto Rico. David Fleisch- ii
maun , a bellboy in the Morrison hotel , iiP :
.told of a visit to the stock yards in com a :
pany of an unknown man whose purpose ei
lie supposed to be an experiment in the eib ;
matter of preserving beef by chemical W
treatment. Clark Marshall , the provision tl
specialist , whose testimony was expected
to be sensational , threw no additional
light on the question , his evidence being
principally the expression of opinion thai
canned beef as now put on the market is
totally unfit for human food.
be
STATEMENT OF FOREIGN TRADE. tv
tli
tliO
February Report Issued by the Bureau O
of Statistics. tli
The February statement of the imports ed
and exports of the United States , issued se
by the bureau of statistics , shows as fol pc
lows : Imports of merchandise during Fob pcw
ruary. 1899 , ? GO,2GO,032 , of which $28- w
07-1,179 was free of duty ; increase over CE
February , 1S98 , about $7,180,000. Ex dc
ports of merchandise , $93,884,149 ; de dcw
crease , 81,000,000. Imports of gold , $3- w
348,5)00 ) ; decrease $1.000,000. Exports of ar
gold , $324,840 ; decease $700,000. Imports firth
ports of silver , $1,427,027 ; decrease $038- T <
000. Exports of silver , $4,502,190 ; in th
crease $800,000. a
ro
FATAL FIRE AT MEMPHIS. th
Wi
Four Persons Suffocated and Three on ;
Others Seriously Injured. th
In a fire -which
broke out in a boarding su
house at Memphis four people lost their suBi
lives and several were seriously injured. th
, The origin of the fire is not known. It dri
. -was the second fire in the same building i
during the night , and it is thought the ne
earlier blaze was not entirely extinguish neKi
ed. The fire was a remarkably rapid one , otl
and had made considerable headway by ro <
the time the firemen arrived on the scene. thief
TO HURRY VOLUNTEERS HOME.
Plans to Get Them Away from CuTja of
by April 25. tie
Adjutant General Corbin has under . <
taken to get all the volunteers out of
tin
.Cuba by April 25 , and arrangements are tin
now being perfected with that end in
.vievr. This is fully two weeks within the 1
limit of May 10 set by the President be sei
fore he left for the South. The proportions to
tions of the undertaking may be realized (
.when it is remembered that twenty-three till
regiments must be transported by sea to isi
United States ports within a month. me
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X.
AN ANCIENT PROVERB REVERSED.
The $3,000,000 Bird in the Bush Is Worth to Gomez More than the Bird of
Uncertain Value in Hand. .
j
WEALTHY CHICAGOAN SHOT.
Affray Takes Place in the Cafe of the
Auditorium Annex.
In a crowded dining room of the Audi
torium Annex in Chicago , where there
were nearly 100 guests , most of them
women , H. II. Hammond shot John T.
Shayne Tuesday afternoon. Three shots
were fired , two of which took effect-
Hammond made no attempt to escape , but
surrendered to the house detective and
was locked up. Both men are well known
in Chicago , Shayne being the head of the
firm of John T. Shayne & Co. , furriers.
Hammond is a merchant tailor at 189 Wabash -
bash avenue.
Jealousy of a peculiar nature was the
passion that led Harry Hammond to
wreak vengeance on John T. Shayne. Mr.
Shayiie was dining with the divorced wife
3f Hammond and two other ladies. Since
lier divorce Mrs. Hammond had been re
ceiving the attentions of Shayne , who is
i widower , and it was alleged they were
soon to be married. It is not apparent
: hat Hammond grieved over the loss of
lis wife by divorce ; in fact , he made no
effort to prevent her securing one.
At the commencement of the shooting
; he ladies with Mr. Shayne fled to the
) alm gallery at the end of the room. Mrs.
JOHX T. SHAYXE.
lammond had .seemed to fear trouble on
bserving Hammond enter the cafe , and
ad cautioned her companions not t
peak to him. After the first shot the
ictim of Hammond's rage dropped nude
10 table.
A panic reigned in the hotel immediate
' . Guests ran into the lobbies scream
ig for assistance , and waiters sough
laces of safety on the second floor. The
ssailaut started to leave the room by the
ntrance to the lobby , but was confronted
y the head waiter and chief clerk. He
as led unresisting to the private otlice of
ic Annex , and taken into custody.
WOMEN PERISH IN A FIRE.
laze in an Omaha Business Block
Deals Death and Injuries.
As a result of what was at first said to
j an explosion of a gasoline stove nearly
vo score women were imprisoned in the
tird story of the Patterson block at
tnaha. Thirteen of the women leaped to
le stone pavement below. One was kill-
l instantly and all the others more or less
jriously injured , and a number are ex-
cted to die. The plight of the victims
as witnessed by thousands of people ,
ho were unable to render aid. The wom-
L were forced to jump or be burned to
atb.
The victims are all members of the
omen's branch of the Royal Neighbors
id of the Maccabees , and at the time the
e broke out were in session in Labor
einple , which occupies the top story of
e building. The explosion occurred in
closet under the stairway leading to the
om occupied by the women , and from
e first their escape from that direction
as cut off. A fire escape was available
the opposite side of the building , but
e only woman who had presence of mind
fflcient to reach that point was Mrs.
rosins , and she fainted from excitement
e moment she reached the ladder and
opped the full distance ,
rhe victims are all more or less promi-
nt , most of them being members of the
nights of the Maccabees , as well as the
tier orders. They were in the lodge
om at their secret work when cries from
e street attracted their attention.
of Current Events ,
Hie President has approved the plans
Adjt. Gen. Corbin for the reorganiza-
n of the army.
Dn rainy days Gov. Roosevelt stHl dons
old sombrero which he wore at San-
go and San Juan.
Manufacturers at Bangor , Me. , are
iding canoes of birch bark and canvas
China- Japan and Palestine.
3uban newspapers urge the natives to
: n banditti because Ihe United States
jiving the island aa economical govern-
ut ,
GERALD LAPINER FOUND.
Kidnaped Child Imprisoned in nn
Ohio Farmhouse.
A clever country girl'solved the mys
tery. Chicago police were quick to take
her advice after almost a year's fruitless
work. Then the
sheriff of Lake
County , Ohio , ar
rested the alleged
ibductors of Gerald
Lapiuer on a farm
two miles west of
Paiuesville and re
stored the long-lost
child to his mother.
The prisoners are
John Collins and
ours. Aim ingersoll.
LAPIXER. rpne boy had been
kept carefully locked up for ten months in
a little out-of-the-way farm house. No
motive has been discovered yet to have
induced the woman to lure the child from
his home , 4835 Prairie avenue , Chicago ,
last Memorial Day.
Louis Lapiner and his wife , after offer
ing rewards and following clews all over
the lake States , had almost given up hope
of ever finding the youngest of their three
boys. It seemed a "Charley Ross case
Xo. 2. " Detectives all over the country
abandoned the chase , and little Gerald ,
once so prominent because of his strange
disappearance , had been well-nigh forgot
ten.
ten.The
The real discoverer of the lost child was
Miss O. C. Ferris. Miss Ferris saw the
child by accident as she passed the win
dow of the farm house kitchen. He was
tied to the table , crying lustily. As no
one came to his relief she knocked at the
door until she
convinced herself no one
else was in the house. Then she tried to
open the door , but it was locked. All the
windows were bolted , an unusual thing in
that part of the country.
Next day she set inquiries afoot and ;
found that an old man and a mysterious
woman had gone to live in the farm house
months before. Her instinct told her it
was a case of kidnaping. She went home
and racked her brain to think of some
case of abduction she had read about in
the newspapers. The only one she could
remember was that of little Gerald Lap
iuer. She sought her brother and they
wrote to Chicago , and baby Lapiner was
found.
WINTER WHEAT IS DAMAGED.
-
Peculiar Weather Conditions Are .Re
sponsible for This.
I
That the winter wheat sown last fall
under the most favorable condition has
been seriously damaged by the peculiar
weather conditions which have prevailed
is shown by reports from all the winter
wheat producing States. The estimates
as to the damage vary in a marked de
gree , some States reporting almost a total y
loss , while others report that the croi :
will be of fair size , but of a poor quality.
Ohio , judging from the reports , appears V
to have suffered less than other States ,
while the conditions in Illinois are un
favorable , to say the least. Favorable tl
weather from now on may change all this ,
however. Apprehension , rather than se
rious damage , has been caused on the Pa- tl
r-ific coast by lack of moisture , but it is is
believed that at the proper time the "West 2 (
tt-ill come forward with her regular crop. n :
Winter wheat was sown last fall under
Qi
very generally favorable conditions.
There was abundant moisture over the IsW
svhole belt , with excess in but limitde dis W
tricts. Cc
Opportunity for carefully prepar
ing the seed bed was ample and the crop tl
ivent into the ground in excellent shape. ti. .
Ihe only complaint came from some dis-
; ricts in the central valleys , where there
ivns an excess of moisture , which delayed
seeding and finally resulted in the seed
joiug into a soil that was too wet at-a pi
late later than is considered desirable. sa
On the Pacific coast seeding was de- to
ayed by the absence of the usual fall and 2E
; arly winter rains. To this review of tile QC
general character of the season little can tb
je added in the way of definite statement SE
> f the actual effect the
on crop. Ap- to
) arently all conditions have been favor- fo
ible to serious and widespread injury ,
ind that such has been the result is the th
ipiuion of at least three-fourths of the th
ocal observers upon whose data this se go
ies of crop reviews is based. fln
a
Go Bang , a wire-haired fox terrier , the
iroperty of a prominent New Yorker , en-
oys the distinction of carrying on his life
a
he highest insurance a dog ever had. He
aay take additional pride that the pfe- w <
aium paid is unprecedented. So valuable n *
3 Go Bang that when an insurance com- SI
iany demanded § 500 for a $3,000 policy
or a year the owner paid it without a
aurninr. sp
The Canadian Government has decided Tl
D construct a telegraph line to connect pr
lie Yukon territory with British Colum on
la.
POWER THAT IS NEGLECTED.
Steam Supplants Wind and Water as
Power for Mechanical Application.
There was a time in human existence
.vhen the power which either the wind
5r flowing water or animal force fur
nished ground the wheat into flour
which made all the bread consumed
Cor human support and gave impulse
to such rude mechanical appliances as
were employed in the manufacture of
such fabrics and utensils as were then
necessary for man's comfort. That
r/as prior to the age of steam ; and we
'Jo not require to go back many gener
ations to reach that point in human
history. In many European countries
tvind and water still constitute the
2hief sources of power for mechanical
application. Switzerland and Holland
have no other natural source of power ,
as both are destitute of fuel. The for
mer has always used the rapid descent
of its Alpiue streams as the motive
power of the old-fashioned , but pictur
esque , water wheels , which formerly
drove the machinery of its various in
dustries. Now the same drainage is |
being utilized more completely in an
other way for the generation of elec
tric power , that may be transmitted
for use to points where it is impossible
to convey any other form of motive
power.
Through this evolution in the pro
duction of motive power from the Al
pine streams the ascent of the Jung-
frau one of the highest and most in
accessible peaks of the Swiss Alps by
mechanical means , has been made pos
sible ; and , In the course of a few years ,
the tourist in Switzerland will be able
to reach the summit of the mountain
in a comfortable railroad car propelled
by power created by the force of flow
ing water at a point in the valley many
thousands of feet below the elevation
of the peak. Thus this little land ,
which derives immense revenues from
mountain sightseers and healthseekers ,
has been able through one of the cheap
est and commonest forces in nature to
overcome , among other things , the
perils of Alpine climbing , and make it
possible for all who can afford to pay
the cost of transportation to ascend
into the high altitudes reached by its
more elevated mountain peaks.
The little kingdom of Holland , which
has recently been much in evidence in
the public mind , through the corona-
lion of the young queen , Wilhelmina ,
and which embraces _ aii acreage of
something like 110,000 acres , was cre
ated and has since been preserved from
Inundation solely through the agency
of the wind , which sweeps over its
shores and keeps the appliances used
in lifting the water from its drainage
canals in constant motion. If the plan i
3f reclaiming the Zuyder Zee from the i
sea is carried out a plan which Dutch
jngineers have declared to be feasible 1
ind one which will add a large area of j
irable land to the kingdom the mo- ]
: ive power generated by wind will con-
jtitute an important factor in making
i success of the enterprise. San Fran-
; isco Chronicle.
THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN.
Back-Handed "Ways of Doing : Things
in Japan.
E. H. House used to live in Japan ,
ind In the St. Nicholas he mentions
ome of the peculiar customs of that
slaud at the antipodes.
"Were you upside down , uucle , when
rou lived there ? " demanded Dick. "I t :
vas like everybody else in that region , tr
) ick. When I stood up my feet were r
urced toward the earth's center , and t
ou might call my position upside 1s
lown , if you compared it with the way 1"N
a which we are standing here. But "Ns
hat was only ray bodily attitude. I s
id not follow all the Eastern ideas n
hat were contrary to my experience , h
f I went riding , I did not beautify my
teed by putting on his tail and ears
ags of bright-colored brocade , such as
re hanging in yonder corner ; nor did
mount from the right side of the
erse , which was formerly considered
lie proper way in Japan. The ordi- n
ary. lanterns and umbrellas of that n
ountry are made of paper , like those
ou see in this room ; but I preferred ti
lass for the one , and silk for the other tiS ]
-though I can't tell
exactly why. g
riien I rowed my boat on the river , 01
pulled the oars , instead of pushing Is
lern , with a peculiar twist , as the Ise :
apanese do. If I happened to sneeze ,
did not feel bound to tap myself on tl
le shoulder immediately after , which tlSf
the invariable rule among them. In Sfsi
? lebrating the Fourth of July I set off sia ]
ly rockets and Roman candles at a
ight , though in that country daylight le
considered more suitable for fire- er
orks as it also is for theatrical per- erb (
> rmances. In building me a house , st
le workmen began with the fouuda- 1)1
ou , not with the roof. "
IK
PI
Has Her Money Lisundered.
"The demand for new bills for shop- vr
ng is on the increase among women , " bi
id a local bank teller , "and is getting
be a nuisance. A great many wom- be
L won't handle any currency that is beTl
> t absolutely fresh and crisp , and in th
e North all the banks that make a pi
leclalty of catering to women's cus- Pi
m keep a supply constantly on hand th
r that particular purpose. Sometimes sti
e bills are hard to get , especially is
ese of certain denominations , and ox
ld is unpopular on account of the th
inger of confusing the $2.50 coin with di ;
bright penny. ca
"It is not generally known , but bills pe
n be washed and ironed as easily as CO
pocket handkerchief. A wealthy so :
Dman of my acquaintance has all her
oney laundered before she uses It.
le turns the notes over to her maid , cir
lie washes them thoroughly in hot afi
iter vrith ordinary soap suds and
reads them out on a table to dry. j th3
) en she dampens them slightly and
esses them with a medium hot
loothing iron. If the bill is not frayJ J as
this process will make it as bright j ca ;
and crisp as when it first left the treas
ury. It la astonishing how dirty money
gets. If one could see the water in
which a dozen commonly circulated
j bills were washed It would give them a
i permanent aversion to the trade of
teller. " New Orleans Times-Democrat.
MISSSELDEN'S FROG FARM.
When She Made $1,500 the First Sea
son Neighbors Quit Lauchinsr
One of the sights of Friendship , N. J. ,
is the frog farm of Miss Mona Selden.
Miss Selden was a school teacher in
New York a few years ago. Ill health
forced her to resign and caused her to
take up a unique occupation. Miss Sel-
deu visited a market one day and saw
dozens of frogs' legs on sale. She found
they were high-priced and immediately
got the idea that she could make money
raising frogs.
The country around Friendship i&
dotted with marshes and small ponds
that during the spring and summer are
full of frogs of all sizes. This land was
considered of little value , and when
Miss Selden offered one of the owners
$2 an acre for twenty acres of the wet
test and boggiest of it , he jumped at
the chance to sell.
The first thing Miss Selden did to her
property was to fence it In , and when
her purpose became known to the
neighbors they sat in the village stores
at night and cracked jokes at her ex
pense.
It was late in the season when Miss
Selden finished the job of fencing , and
she spent the winter in reading every
thing she could get hold of that told
about frogs , and when she wasn't read
ing she was out in a barn shooting at a
mark with a target rifle. When spring
came and the frog season opened the
former school teacher could hit a bulls-
eye at sixty paces , and she went to
shooting frogs on her preserves and
shipping them to New York. The first
season she cleared $1,500.
Then those who had laughed at her
went to shooting frogs and sold them to
her , while she shipped them to New
York at a nice profit. That was five
years ago. She has since made from
$ 000 to $4,000 a year in the business ,
New York Herald.
HUSTLING TIMES.
People "Who Keep a HooJtotit After
Those Gone Before.
Few persons probably realize how
much business is transacted in connec
tion with those who have gone to their
final rest. It would seem the proper
thing that Nirvana should come with
death , so far as business with the dead
person is concerned. But it is not so ,
md never has been. Yet in these mod
ern times of competition and the evolv
ing of schemes to make money death
sets in motion machinery of business
that awaits the visit of the pale rider to
[ jive it impetus. The records of the
Probate- Court are the source of information
mation for the agents of various en
terprises. The solicitors of bond coin-
mnies , ready to become surety for ex-
jcutors , administrators , guardians and
: rustees , watch those records. Em
ployes of legal advertising mediums
oore over them to get the names of at-
; orueys , appointees of the court , and
ieek them to solicit the advertising that
mist be done under the law. But
strangest of all to seek that source of
nformation is the maker of grave
stones. Yes , an agent is at work in
hat direction , and it is related that lie
jets considerable business. He makes
tote of the attorney and administrator ,
he names of the widow or bereaved
iiisband or children , and in due time
eeks them and solicits their trade.
Vith his catalouge of his business he
hews what can be furnished to perpet-
iate the memory of the loved one who
ias paid the debt of nature.
CHARCOAL.
( lack Lead and Diamonds Have the
Same Chemical Properties.
With the single exception of the yel-
> w metal gold there Is probably
othiug in nature around which hu-
lan interest centers itself more strong-
r than around diamonds. The scien-
st , hoAvever , in spite of the fact that
pecimens to operate upon cost § 25 per
rain , regards the sparkling crystals
C carbon with critical eyes , and in his tl
iboratory , in the cause of science , he
speriments with these brilliant ob-
> cts with just as much interest as if ti :
ley were so many crystals of common tJ
lit , sulphur or alum. No one would tl
tln
ippose , judging from their outward n
ipearance or physical properties , that
lump of charcoal , a piece of black
ad and a diamond had any relation to
ich other , and yet it has been proved ui
jyond dispute that their chemical con- tltl
itution is identical. They are sim- tlsi
y three distinct modifications of the sioi
) n-metallic element , carbon. To oi
eve this relationship many queer ex-
? riments have been made with these ntw
iluable crystals. They have been w
irnt both in the air and in oxygen ro
is , the resulting carbonic acid gas tii
> ing carefully collected and weighed , st
lie favorite experiment for proving ic
e constitution of the diamond Is to in
ace a weighed quantity in a small th
atinuin saucer , which Is inserted in thW
e porcelain tube of a specially con W ;
flicted miniature furnace. The tube Stau
heated strongly , and a stream of au
ygen gas allowed to pass through it ,
e products of the combustion of the
iniond being collected In bulbs of
ustic potash. The diamond disap- in
ars , but the potash bulbs increase , inwi
rrespondingly in weight by the ab-
rption of the resulting carbonic acid , de
sn
JVe wonder that some patent mediu
le doesn't advertise that the -writer , ' yo
ter taking a bottle , had such a good an
petite she was not afraid to sit
irteen at a table.
.bu
[ f man's death
a attracts attention is
much as three days , lits greatness to
anot be doubted , - i
STAGE FRIGHT.
Veteran Actors , Orators ami ItfnaicLii a
Frequently SulTerwith It.
. The nervousness known as "trema , "
r stage fright , is not confined to the
/tyro / ; on the contrary , it attacks expe
rienced artists. Even orators , accus
tomed to "a sea of upturned faces , "
have been known to stand on the plat
form with trembling knees. The ner
vousness often stimulates the speaker.
iWhy , , Canning , " said a friend to the
rwlt and orator , as he was about to
speak on an important question before
the House of Commons , "your hands
nre cold and clammy. You're nervous. * '
| 'Am I ? Then f shall make a good
Speech , " he answered. He did. The
( Musical Courier tells of great rnusi-
'cians who have suffered from trema :
Treina makes one man tremble , an
other perspire , the third has a head
ache , the fourth a thirst. Its most fear
ful manifestation chiefly among the
jslrings Is detected In the nervous
Itrembling of the bow in long , sustained
itones.
There Is , perhaps no violinist who
does not suffer from it. Master Joachim
does pretty often. A violinist in Berlin
, he lives now in Australia had it not
'only in his hands , but also in his legs ,
so that -when he stood ou the platform
he felt pushed forward by some invis
ible power without being able to check
it. But pianists , singers and Instru
mentalists all suffer similarly. Some ;
have It in the fingers that run away
.with them ; others in the throat ; others
In the lips.
Rubiusteiu suffered very much from
this nervousness. It went so far that
when he once had to play in a concert ,
at the very moment of his appearance
jhe vanished from the artists' room and
'
'could not be found again. The concert
had to go on without him.
Alfred Gruriing , the brilliant Vienna
pianist , on the days of his concerts
used to make plans for his future he
will settle down in some village , he
will teach the village youth the first
piiuciples of piano-playing. The rest
of his lime he will pass in digging pota-
.toes and fattening ducks , and thus lead
u quiet existence tbat cannot try the
nerves. He will never give any more
concerts. To-day is the last time.
Then if the concert is unusually suc
cessful , and he has no other concert for
the next throe days , he feels himself
the most unfortunate man hi the world.
Among great singers Joliaun Beck , of
Vienna , the baritone of baritones , was
severely attacked. Down to his last
years , every evening and before every
appearance , he stood , quivering like an
aspen leaf , in the wings , and crossed
himself ten times before he entered the
stage. Aloys Audor. the tenor , died
mad. The nervous stage fright had no
little to do with this tragic fate.
LIFE IN THE DEEP SEA.
Investigation No\v Being : 3Iade on
the \Yest Coast of Ireland.
An expedition left London a short
time ago the object of which was to
Investigate a most important problem
regarding the distribution of life in the
soa. It used to be believed that the
ocean depths were tenautless. and that
all lifo was confined to the shallow
surface belt ; but this idea had to be
abandoned even before the Challenger
went 011 her memorable voyage of
scientific research. Next the idea was
mooted that tin * oceanic fauna was
confined to the surface and bottom
belts , separated by an intermediatu
zone of barrenness. During the Chal
lenger expedition it was found that if
the depth at which the surface nets
tvere towed was increased now animals
ivere inclosed in their meshes , an ob
servation which pointed to the proba
bility of life at all depths. The investi
gations now in progress are designed
o settle this important point.
The Oceana , fitted with deep-sea
fear and every modern appliance , is at
vork oft' the west coast of Ireland. It
vas intended that extended obser'a-
ioiis should be made with a chain of !
ow nets , the length of which would
! * gradually increased until a depth
f 2,000 fathoms was reached. Ex-
eriments were also devised Avith nets
f a. self opening and closing nature ,
o that samples of life at different
epths could thus be secured. It was
lir-o intended to conduct experiments
rirh a deep-sea trawl. The expedi-
on was fitted out at the expense of
le Royal ( Geographical Society and
le Drapers * and FNhniougers * conipa-
k.s. Chambers * Journal.
Something About Flower Odors.
My perfumer tells nie that musk is to
any constitutions slow poison hence-
ie danger of cheap perfumes. Music is !
ic basis of them all. It must be ,
ace it has so great u quality of fixing ;
: her odors. A very little of the scenC
ibstancc gees a long way. is fixed with
usk. Do you know u grain of musK ?
as weighed , then left exposed in a *
ioin for live years. Throughout that
tne the odor was almost insuffcrably
roug in the place , yet at the end of
the weight of the musk had not di-
iulshcd a particle. But that is beside
e mark. What I set out to say was :
ware of the flower or the substance
hose scent gives a sense of oppres-
3ii. Nature is a pretty safe guide ,
id the smothering is her danger sig-
Thought They Needed Reform.
A. West African on a visit to England
connection with u missionary society
is shown a collection of photographs.
Hiat is this ? " he asked ; gazing woa1
ringly at one of them. "That is a
apshot taken during a scrimmage at
Rugby foot-ball . " "
game. "But has
ur church no missionaries to send
long these people ? " he demanded.
1
Che people generally hate an "agont , "
t it is rare you find an "agent" who
not doing well. So it doesn't seem
make much difference "when ft'
unpopular- I