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TIII'J ' NOltKOU ! WEEKLY NEWs-JOl'HNAL KHII-AY KEDU'AHY 2f. . 1909 Luisa Tetrazzini Introductory Skclcli of ( lie Career of tlic Famous Italian Prima Donna Who Is llic Author of "Talks on Singing. " W-UISA THTUAH/INI , the most fa- mons Italian coloratura sopra jL s no of the day , declares that she began to sing before HIO ! learned - od to talk , tier parents wore notjmu- Hlcul , but her elder sister , now the wife of the eminent conductor Oloo- finite t'umpunlnl. was a public singer of established reputation , and her HUC- cess roused her young sister's ambi tion to become a great artist. Her parents ents- were well to do , her father hav ing a large army furnishing Htoro In Florence , iui.1 they did not encourage her In her determination to become u prlma donna. One prlma donna , mild her father , was enough for any family. Lulsn did not agree with him. If one prlma donna Is good , she argued , why Would not two bo bettor ? So she ne\or desisted from her importunity until Hhe was permitted to become a pupil of Professor Coeclioraul , vocal In- fitructor at the Lyeoo. At this time she had committed to memory more than n dozen grand opera roles , and at the end of six months the professor con fessed that he could do nothing more for her voice ; that she was ready for a career. She made her bow to the Florentine opera going public , one of the most critical In Italy , as Ino7 In Meyerbeer's "L'Afrlcnlno. " and her success was so pronounced that she was engaged at a salary of $100 a month , a phenomenal beginning for a young singer. Queen Murgliorltu was present on the occa sion and complimented her highly and prophesied for her a great career. She asked the trembling debutante how old ehu was. and In tlio embarrassment ol oy .r-.K > Ler SIMB. lilJIS.V TinUAZZINI. the moment Lulsa made herself sh r\ years older than she really was. This Is one noteworthy instance In which i public singer failed to discount hoi ago. ago.Fame Fame came speedily , but for a loiif ; time it was confined to Europe am Latin America. She sang seven sea BOIIS In St. Petersburg , three In Mexi co , two in Madrid , four In Buenos Aires and oven on tlio Pacific coast o America before she appeared In Nov York. She had sung Luc-la more thai 200 times before her llrst iippuaninci nt Coven t Ciardon. ami the twenty cur tain calls she received on that occaslm came as the greatest surprise of he : career. She had begun to believe tha she could never bo appreciated bj English peaking audiences , and tin ovation almost overcame hor. It was by the merest c-linuce tha Mine. Tetrazzini over came to the Man hattan Opera House In Now York The diva's own account of her engage jucnt Is as follows : "I was lu London , and for a wonde I hod a week , a wet week , on in ; hands. You know people will do any thing In a wet week In London. "There were contracts from all ovc the continent and South America pond Ing. There was much discussion nat urally In regard to settlements and nr rangements of one kind and another. "Suddenly , just like that" she make a butterfly gesture "M. Ilammerstoh came , and Just like that" a dupllcat gesture "I made up my mind that would come hero. If his offer to m had been seven days later I should no have signed , and If I had not I shouli undoubtedly never have come , for : contract that 1 might have signed t go elsewhere would probably hav boon for a number of years. " Voice exports confess that they ar not aide to solve the mystery of Mine Tetrazzini's wonderful management o her breathing. 'It Is perfectly natural , " she says "I breathe low down with the din phragm. not. us some do , high up li the upper part of the chost. I alway bold some breath In reserve for th crosi-ondoos. employing only what I absolutely necessary , and 1 renew th breath wherever It Is easiest. "In breathing 1 find , as In other matters tors pertaining to singing , that as on goes on and practices , 110 matter hov long one may have boon singing , thor are constantly new surprises awnitinj ono. You may have boon accustoms for years to tnko n note In n cortali way , and after a long whllo you dls cover that , while it is a very good waj / there Is a hotter. " More Effective. Father ( angrily-If ) my son marrlc that adventuress I shall cut him ol absolutely , and yon can toll him si Legal Advisor I know a better pla than that tell the girl. Exchange. Talks on I. Breath Control The Foundation of Singing. By LUISA TETRAZZINI COPYRIGHT. 1900. HY AMfniCAN PKF-SS ASSOCIATION la only one way to sing | CHKKB ' , and that Is to King i naturally , easily , comfortably. [ The height of vocal art IH to I have no apparent method , but to be i I able to sing with jicrfoet facility from ! one end of thi' voice to the other , emit ting nil the notes clearly and yet with power and having each note of the Hcale sound the same In quality and tonal beauty as the ones before and after. There are many methods which lead to the goal of natural Hinging that Is to say , the production of the voice with ease , beauty and with perfect control. Some of the greatest teachers In the world reach this point apparently by diverging roads. Around the art of Hinging there has boon formed a cult which Includes nn entire Jargon of words meaning one tiling to the singer and another tiling to the re.st of the world and which very often doesn't mean the same thing to two singers of different schools. / In those talks with you 1 am going to try to use tlio simplest words , and the fiMv Idioms which 1 will have to take from my own language 1 will translate to you as clearly as 1 can , so that there can bo no misunderstanding. Certainly the highest art and a life time of work and study are necessary to acquire an easy emission of tone. There arc quantities of wonderful natural voices , particularly among young people of Switzerland and Italy , and the American voice is especially noted for ItH purity and the beauty of its tone In the high registers. But those naturally untrained voices soon break or fall if they are used much unless the singer supplements the nat ural , Cod given vocal gifts with n conscious understanding of how the vocal apparatus should lie used. The singer must have some knowl edge of his or- her anatomical struc ture , particularly the structure of the throat , inoutli and face , with Its resonant cavities , which are so .neces sary for the right production of the voice , Ilosides that , the lungs and dia phragm and tlio whole breathing ap paratus must be understood , because the foundation of singing Is breathing and breath control. A s Inrer must be able to rely on his breath , just as he relics upon the solidi ty of the ground beneath his feet. A shaky , uncontrolled breath Is like a rii-koly foundation on which nothing can lie built , and until that foundation has boon developed and strengthened the would be singer need expect no satisfactory results. From the girls to whom I am talk ing especially I must now ask a sacri fice the singer cannot wear tight cor sets and should not wear corsets of any kind which come up higher than tlio lowest rib. In other words , the corset must be nothing but a bolt , but with as much .1 hip length as the wearer finds con venient and necessary. In order to Insure proper breathing capacity It is understood that the cloihlnr mil U bo .absolutely loose nrmnul t'lo ' ch st and also across the lower pnrt of the back , for one should bronthe with the back of the lungs as well as with the front. In my years of study and work I have developed my own breathing ca pacity until 1 am somewhat the de spair of tlio fashionable modiste , but 1 have a diaphragm and n breath on which I can rely at all times. In learning to breathe it is well to think of tlio lungs as empty sacks , into which the nlr Is dropping like a weight , so that you think first of fill ing the bottom of your lungs , then the middle part , ami so on until no more nlr can bo Inhaled. Inhale short breaths through the nose. This , of course , is only an ex ercise for bronth development. Now begin to inhale from the bottom of tbo lungs first ? Exhale slowly and feel as If you wore pushing the air against your chest. If you can got this sensation later when singing it will help you very greatly to got control of the breath and to avoid sending too much breath through the vocal chords. The breath must be sent out In an even , steady flow. You will notice when yon begin to sing , if you watcli yourself very care fully , that , first , you will try to inhale too much air ; secondly , you will cither force it all out nt once , making a breathy noto. or In trying to control the tlow of air by tlio diaphragm you will suddenly cease to send it forth nt all and will bo making the sound by pressure from the throat. There must never be any pressure from tlio throat. The sound must bo made from the continued flow of air. You must learn to control this tlow of nlr. so that no muscular notion of the throiit can shut It off. Open tlio throat wide and start your note by tin- pressure breath. The phys ical sensation should bo llrst an effort on the part of tlio diaphragm to press the air up against the chest box. then the sensation of a perfectly open throat , and. lastly , the sensation that the air Is passing freely Into the cav ities of the hoad. The quantity of sound Is controlled by the breath. In diminishing tlio tone the opening of the throat remains the same. Only the quantity of breath given forth is diminished. That ia done by the dia phragm unisclei. "Fllore la voce , " to spin the volca from a tiny little thread Into n breadth of Hound and then diminish again. Is one of tin1 most beautiful effects In singing. It Is accomplished by the control of tjie breath , and Its perfect accomplish ment moans the complete mastery of the greatest dllllculty In learning to sing. 1 think one of the best exorcises for learning to control the voice by first getting control of the breath Is to stand erect In n well ventilated roomer or out of doors and slowly snuff In nlr through the nostrils , Inhaling In little puffs , as If you were smelling some thing. Take Just n little bit of air at a time and fool as If you were filling the very bottom of your lungs and also the back of your lungs. When you have the sensation of be ing full up to the neck retain the air for n few seconds and then very slow ly send it out In little puffs again. This is a splendid exercise , but 1 want to warn you not to practice any breathing oxcrclso to such an extent that you make your heart beat fast or fed like strangling. Overo.xorolslng the lungs is as bad as not exorcising them enough , and the results are often harmful. I.Ike everything else In singing , you want to learn this gradually. Never neglect it , because It Is the very foun dation of your art. But don't try to develop a diaphragm expansion of five Inches In two weeks. Indeed , it is not the expansion that you are working for. I have noticed tills one peculiarity about young singers If they have an enormous development of the dia phragm they think they should bo able to sing , no matter what happens. A girl came to see me once whose figure was really entirely out of proportion , the lower part of the lungs having boon pressed out quite beyond even ar tistic lines. "You see , madam , " she exclaimed , " 1 have studied breathing. Why , I have such a strong diaphragm I can move the piano with It ! " And she did go right up to my piano and , pushing on this strong diaphragm of hers , moved the piano a fraction of an Inch from Its place. 1 was quite aghast. 1 hud never met such nn athletic singer. When 1 asked her to let me hear her voice , however , a tiny stream of contralto sound Is sued from those powerful lungs. She had developed her breathing ca pacity , but when she sang she hold her breath back. J have noticed that a grout many people do this , and it is one of the things that must bo overcome In tlio very beginning of the study of singing. Certain young singers take In an enormous breath , stiffening every mus cle In order to hold the air , thus de priving their muscles of all elasticity. They will then shut off the throat and lot only the smallest fraction of nlr escape , just enough to make a sound. Too much inbreathing and too violent an effort nt inhaling will not help the singer at all. People have said that they cannot see when I bivathe. Well , they cer tainly cannot say that 1 am ever short Df breath oven if I do try to breathe Invisibly. When I breathe 1 scarcely draw my diaphragm in nt all , but I feel the air fill my lungs , and I feel aiy upper ribs expand. In singing 1 always feel as If I wore forcing my breath against my chest , nnd. Just as lu the exorcises according to Delsurte you will find the chest loads In all physical movements , so In singing you should fool this firm sup port of the chest of the highest as well as the lowest notes. I have soon pupils trying to master the art of breathing holding thorn- solves as rigidly as drum majors. Now. tills rigidity of the spinal col umn will In no way help you In the omission-of tone , nor will It Increase the breath control. In fact , I don't oven think It would help you to stand up straight , although It would certain ly give ouo n stiff appearance and one far removed from grace. A singer should stand freely nnd easily nnd should feel as If the chest were loading , but should not feel con strained or stiff In any part of the ribs or lungs. From the minute the singer starts to omit n tone the supply of breath must bo emitted stoadlly from the chamber of air in the lungs. It must never be hold back once. The Immediate pressure of the air should lie felt more against the chest. I know of n great many singers who when they come to very difficult pas sages put tbolr hands on their chests , focusing their attention on tills one part of the mechanism of singing. The nudlonce of course thinks the prlmn donna's hand is raised to her heart , when , us a matter of fact , the prlmu donna , with n dlfllcult bit of singing before * hor. is thinking of her technique nnd the foundation of tha technique breath control. Tills fooling of Ringing against the chest with the " weight of air pressing up against It "is known as "breath support - port , " and In Italian we have oven n better word , "apogglo. " which is breatl prop. The diaphragm In English may be called the bellows of the lungs , bin the npoggio Is the deep breath regu lated by the diaphragm. The attack of the sound must come from the apogglo. or breath prop. In attacking the very highest notes It is essential , nnd no singer can really get the high notes or vocal flexibility or strength of tone without the attack coining from this scat of respiration. In practicing the trill or staccato tones the pressure of the breath must 1)C felt oven before the Hound Is hoard The beautiful , clear , boll-like tones that die away Into n soft piano tire tones struck on the npoggio and con trolled by the steady soft pressure of the breath , omitted through u perfect ly open throat , over n low tongue and resounding In the cavities of the mouth or head. Never for n moment slug without this npoggio. this breath prop. Its de velopment and Its constant use mean the restoration of sick or fatigued voices and ( lie prolonging of all one's vocal powers Into what is wrongly called old age. TETRAZZIiJI VERSUS MELBA. How the Former Came , Sang and Con quered In London , Maria flay , the Spanish prlmn ilonnn , tiad a clash with Mellm In London two years ago. Then Melba "ruled the roost" at Covent Garden , and ( lay's Spanish pride was stung , Esteeming herself to bo quite as good an artist as Mellm , with .Spanish resentment she swore to be revenged. Having known Tctraxzlnl In Spain and South America , she told the Covent Garden syndicate that Tetnr/.zlnl was a far liner artist than Mellm and that if she were presented there she would make a sensation. Believing that Guy was actuated by dislike of Melbn and. furthermore , fearing to do anything calculated to antagonize that diva , the syndicate re fused to have Tetrazzlnl's voice tested. Gay was not to bo ballled. She went to the organizers of Hie autumn popu lar season of opera at Covent Garden and advised them that If they wanted to create n furore by securing a really big star they ought to engage Luisa TetrazInl. ; : These gentlemen agreed to do so , thinking that if Tetrazzini was only one-tenth part as good a star as Guy pictured her she would be cheap at the salary she asked. Tetrazzlul came , sang and conquered , and Maria Gay prides herself on being the means of introducing to London what she calls "a real great artist. " After bearing Melba and Tetrazzini sing the same night at n gala perform ance of opera the music experts de clared that Melba had the purer , even- er voice , but that Tetrazzini , while vo cally slightly Inferior , was artistically pre-eminent ; that she had the musical soul. TETRAZZINI AS A BABY. She Sang Little Songs In Her Cradle Days. Speaking of her art and how she came to follow her natural Inclination. Mine. Totraz/.lui said recently : "All of my family were naturally mu sical , and I cannot remember when I could not slug , or at least when 1 did not try. My mother always told me that I 'learned to slug little songs in my cradle before 1 learned to talk. "But with all this natural inclina tion I missed very narrowly turning my attention to serious effort In this direction. As 1 have said , my elder sister was a singer , and my parents thought that one successful singer in tub family was quite all that was pos sible. So I did not do more than fol low my natural Inclination for the sake of amusement until eleven years ago. "Then I sought out , much against the wishes of my relatives , a grand old maestro , SIgnor Cocchoranl. That was after I bad moved to Milan. First I took lessons for three months. Then I discontinued my studios and engaged for a time in dramatic singing in Milan. After n time I went back to Coecherani and took lessons for three months again. Then Cocchcraul told me that he could not teach me any more. " Tetrazzini's Great Triumph. The nigh' Lulsa Tetra/.zlnl first ap peared at Covent Garden , London , lit tle had been done to herald her com ing. To the management she was Just a good singer who would please , and so they advertised her. But when she came upon the stage , a perfect stran ger to bgr audience. It was immediate ly felt that she \vas a prlma donna far out of the ordinary. And when she had finished singing she got encore after encore , and an she emerged from the stage door she found the whole audience awaiting to greet her. Men and women of fashion the as- sembjngo was for the most part , but In their enthusiasm they had trans formed themselves Into a plain mob , and nothing would satisfy them ex cept that the horses should be taken out of the singer's carriage and that they should draw It through the streets to her hotel. Tetrazzini's husband tried to dis suade the crowd , and for his pains he sustained n fracture of ono of his arms and had to stand idly by while the audience carried out Its purpose and drueged the carriage off to Mine. Tetnizzlui's hotel. That was Just the beginning of the sensation. From that time forward the Covent Garden was jammed "to Its capacity when she sang. A Cheerful .Greeting. Augustus Hello , old man ! now are you and how are your people and nil tU.it sort of silly rot ? London Globe. A good conscience Is to the mind what health Is to the body. Addlson. Country Folk Are Tender With Birds , Itonl country folk are very tender lu their dealings with the birds that live- near them. In the course of my ex perience extending over many years , I have never known a case of wanton cruelty occur In regard to wild birds. The laboring man , whoso work so of ten lies far from the haunts of men , seeks companionship with the birds. Of those none Is more friendly than the robin , which Is sure to appear , however lonely tUe place. CornhlU Magazine. LAFOLLETTE AND PENROSE TILT Stormy Debate Precedes Pass age ot Postottlce HEPBURN HITS HOUSE RULES Declares Speaker Has Been Made a Tyrant Dill Codifying and Amend Ing Penal Laws Is Passed Fortifi cations Appropriation Measure Up. Washington , Feb. ID. The postoMUu bill , earning appropriations ol $ L'3J , OuU.UUU , .v'as passed by thu senate1 after u stormy debate , during which Senator Penroau , In charge of thu measure , made an angry assault upun Senator LaFollette , who liad entered ' into a general criticism of the senate | I committees becausu of what ho termed their unwarranted delay In reporting , great appropriation bills. LaFollettu declared thu senate had permitted a glut of Important legislation to be dis posed of in haste during the last days I ] of congress , and had suggested that It ; would bo no calamity if these bills ' could not bo acted upon In the regular ' ecsslon , saying that a reorganization of committees would allow the special session to consider them and other important legislation. I Responding In angry tones , Penrosu declared LaFollette's criticisms sound ed more like the arguments "made b.v a vendor of a patent medicine from thn tail door of a cart in a village ofVis cousin , " than those of a'senator of the United States. The colloquy was ren dered almost tragic by the fiery atti tude assumed by the senator from Pennsylvania as he denounced the senator from Wisconsin , who stood quietly at his place on the other side of the chamber staring back at his big antagonist. Fortifications BUI In the House. The controversy over the legislative appropriation bill In connection with j the much discussed salary of the secretary - rotary of state Involving the eligibility ! of Senator Knox for the otllco was Bottled In the house of representatives when the bill was sent to conference ! I and the committee authorized to consider - ' sider the salary provisions as It in dis- | agreement. This gives the committee 1 power to reduce the pay from $ lli.UOO to $8,000 , its former figure. The He publicans were caught napping when a resolution by Fitzgerald was adopted disagreeing to the senate amendments creating the olllces of under secretary and fourth assistant secretary of state | The bfll codifying and amending the penal laws of the United States was paused and the fortifications appropria tion bill discussed. Vigorous attacks on the house rules were made by Hub- bard and Hepburn ( la. ) . The latter asserted that members had betrayed their trust and prostrated themselves ( at the feet of the speaker , who , he eald , had been made a tyrant. i _ _ _ _ ' MOVE. IN HOUSEji ] RAISE MAINE Committee Will Include Item for Com mission to Investigate Feasibility. Washington , Feb. J9. The house committee on npprop.iations is to in clude in the sunury jivil bill an Item looking toward the ultimate raising of the battleship Maine , the wreck of i which still remains in Havana har bor. The subcommittee which is pro- j paring the bill ha- = decided to insert a clause which provides for n commis sion which will be directed to investi gate the condition of the weck and determine the feasibility and cost of raising it. Stringent Liquor Law In Kansas. Topuka , Feb. 19. What is probably the most stringent legislation enacted i in any state in the union to prevent ' the sale of Intoxicating liquors was passed by the house. The bill had al ready passed the senate. The bill ah- Bolutdy prohibits the issuance of per mits to druggists to sell liquor and in connection with the prohibition law in is absolutely prohibitive INDIAN AMUCKJN CINCINNATI Fatally Stabs Two Perions and Seri ously Cuts Another. Cincinnati , Feb. 22. With an ear splitting warwhoop , an unidentllled Navajo Indian war chief ran amuck In the Union station here and before lie could be overpowered he had fatal ly stabbed and cut Mrs. Anna Devord of Huntinglon , W. Va. , and' Mnx Mey ers of Cincinnati and seriously wound ed Joseph 1) . Gordon of Cambridge , 111. The Indiana , with four Sioux war chiefs from Kansas , had alighted from a crowded tialn. As the passen gers alighted from the train the In dian , with a warning yell , drew a long dagger and started through the crowd , slashing right and left. Mrs. Devord was nearest to the In dian , walking up the platform with a child in her arms. Before she could heed th * warning cry raised by pas- ongors the Indian hnd burled the dag ger In her back and then slashed her across the body and arms. Disregarding the insensible form of hits victim , the Indian next attacked Meyers. As Meyers fell to tlio station platform the Indian ran toward Gor don. As the Indian's blade pene trated the clothing of the victim and entered the llesh , passengers and sta tion attaches , who had stood rooted In their tracks with horror , made a con certed rush on the madman. The dag ger was knocked from Ills hand and he was taken In charge by the police On the train the Indian , who hnd been to Washington to see the secre tarof the Interior was noticed byte to be brooding and sullen , HUSTON DOG SHOW TONIGHT Some of Country's Best Known Ca nines Placed on Exhibition. UoHton , Fob. L'i.1. Tim lout of tlio throe great dog shows of tlio oust was opened here today. Although the Hus ton show IH not us large as the Now York and Philadelphia exhibitions , it Is of great Interest to lovers ot thu canine. The show will last four days. Some of the best known luilinaht In tlio coun try are on exhibition , and' visitors are expected from ninny states. Tlio pros ! out Is the twenty Ill'th annual bench ' show of the New ICnglnnd Ki'imol club PIN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH IS ON TONIGHT Best Men of New York and Cleveland to Roll in Brooklyn , I Now York , Feb. 22. The oponlni : g mes In the match between the bowl ing champions of Now York and Cleveland - land , O. , will be rolled on tlio Grand Central alloys In Brooklyn tirnlght , and the popularity of the alley uitmu in New York is showing itself In the In terest taken In the match. Jimmy Smith , the Now York champion , is to meet l onls Frnnz , the bobl bowlar of the Ohio city , In a home and homo uAirnnnionl. Thirty games are to lm rolled , the first fifteen In Brooklyn tonight - ' night and the other fifteen In Clove- 1 I u ml on Marcli 12. Franz has been champion of Cleve land for three years. Ho Is as good 1 u bowler when working in a team as in singles , as ho proved lately when i ho and Charley Gilbert won an Intercity - ' city match rolled against Will Flonuer and Gus Sleolo , two o ! Chicago's best men on the alloys. Cleveland bowleis are enthusiastic about Franz's ability , ! declaring that be will prove himself I the best bowler of America. A num ber of them have come on here to see him roll against Smith. The latter U generally considered the best bowler of the metropolis. In a recent work out in preparation for tonight's match he rolled an average of nine games of , 231 ! , beginning with a 300 score. It IB 1 reported that he has done even bettor. The match Is lor $000 a side , in addi tion to a share of the gate receipts. J , EDWARD BRITT AGAIN , He Fights Johnny Summers in London Ring Tonight , London , Feb. 2. Patriotic American sports in London will celebrate Wash ington's birthday by going to see Jimmy Brill. the Cnlltornlu light weight , fight Johnny Summers , the Englishman , at the National Sporting club that Is , if they have the price , for the National Sporting club IB ono of the ancient Institutions of the Brit ish capital and admission within its doors comes high. The Yankees here are sure , of course , that Britt will make Summers' seconds ends throw up the sponge , but there may IJH u surprise coming to them. Summers is a clever , hardy little scrapper who has whipped some good Americans nnd Britishers , and he may take Brltt's ineusme tonight. The fight is scheduled to go twenty rounds for a piir&o of $1,000 , in addition to a side bet of $500. _ severe Eartn OUUI.KS in Alicante , Spain , Feb. ! ' > . Severe earthquake shocks were experienced throughout the whole district of ICIche The most serious disturbance , which came while the people weie assembled at mass in the village church , caused a panic among the congregation , who rushed to th" doors , throwing down I and trampling under foot a score or more ol women and children , Houses rocked and swayed. Emperor Ferdinand Visits Czar. St. Petersburg , Fob 22. Emperor Ferdinand ot Bulgaila arrived bore on an Imperial train , which brought him from the frontier He accompanied Grand Duke Constantine In a carriage to the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul , whither Emperor Nicholas had proceeded a short time before. Spitzbergen Conference. London , Fob. 22. The conference of the powers in reference to the con trol of Spitsbergen has now been defi nitely fixed to meet in Christianla , on Feb. 25. Delegates will attend from America , Great Britain , Germany , France. RusRhiiJSwedonanjl Norway ULTIMATUM ToTlERCE COMPANY Must Sever Relations With Standard or Quit Missouri , Jefferson City , Mo. , Feb. 2U. Attor ney General Major declared that the relations ot the Waters-Pierce Oil company and thu Standard Oil torn puny must be severed If the Waters- Pierce company expects to do business In Mlssouil , unless the supreme u.uit holds that the Waters-Pierce company has compiled with its order and unk'h.s the court modifies the judgment ol the Standard Oil company , which is already ousted He contends that the Waters-Pierce- company has not complied with the order and decree ot the supreme court. Attorneys In Calhoun Case Clash. San Francisco. Feb. 20. Hi-culling the attempted assassination of lu i Novembei , Finncis J. Honey charged that Henry Ach. attorney for Abraham' Huef , the convicted political boss , know of the intention of Morris Huua to shoot the prosecutor The ncniha- tion was fiuug nt the attorneys for thu defense during a heated exchange The session resumed its calmness aft er JudgeLawlor l.ail threatened the belligerent attorneys with imprison meat , A ulngle seat in the jury re mains to be filled. Notice to Bridge Contractors. Public notleo Is hereby given that uoulod bids will bo received by tint board of county e.omnlsalonei-K : 03 Madison county , Nebraska , for thu furnishing of nil the nooosmtr > nui- torlals ami labor for the erection aiu ( complelloii of the following brldKoH. or so many thereof an sdmll be ordoioil built by llio itald county eommls. slouers during the year beginning March 110 , I1HH ) , and ending March W. HMO : Ouo lli-fool roadway , 70-foot spaia til eel brlilgo with lubiilar piers , IUTOHII nattlo creek , near .loliii Praiinci-'w farm In Schoolcraft precinct. And such other bridges of like eiusn as above1 , ranging In spans from Ml * lo Sn feet , as necessity or emergency iiia.N roqulro lo bo ordoroil by wild boaid of county commissioners , with. In I lie period heroin specified. One lii-foot roadway , pile ami ntiin > ; - er bridge , npirixlmaloly | ( ! ia feet long , near .John Ilraun's farm lu Illglilaiidt precinct. All such olhor bridges of like cliiKfi as the bridge last described , us IIOCOH- sltj or eniorgency may roqulro to bo ordered by Haiti county commlsHlonerw within the period heroin specified At the Hiinit ) lime and place as bore * In specified bids will also bo received ! by said county commlsHloiiors for ia yearly contract for the repair of all ) bridges and approaches to bridgets wnleh may bo ordered ropalreil and maintained by said county commission ers during the period above spei-llletf , All such bridges and parts of brldgoK to bo built In accordance with | > lanu and specifications heietofore adopted ny said county commissioners a mil now on Illo In tfie office of county clerk of said county at Madison. Ne braska. No bid will be considered nnli s it Is accompanied by a certified elude for fc..000. , payable to the count > eicrk of Madison county , Nebraska , which shall be forfeited lo the countnt ulndison in case the successful Indtlc r refuses to enter Into a contract If the same shall bo awarded to him. Such c' eck must be under separate covrr that II may bo examined and verified by the county dork prior to the opening I of said bids. j The party receiving the coninu-r. ' will be lequirod to give a good and I sufficient bond in such amount as tlu I said county commissioners may ! designate , conditioned for the faith ful performance of said contract Bl < l and checks will be received at any time prior to 12 O'clock , noon , off Mnrcn in , lIOi ! ! , by the county cleric of Madison county at Madison. Ne braska , and said bids will bo opein tl art tne commissioners' office at Madison , Nebraska , a ! 1 o'clock p. m. , on Murrln HO , lilOIl. All bids shall bo nia.li' ou bidding shoots prepared and furnNluol by the said county clerk on applica tion. The commissioners reserve the rlglnt to reject any and all of said bids. Pone by order of the county com missioners of Madison county , at Madison , Nebraska , this 18th daoff February , 190 ! ) . / George E. Richardson. County Clerk. What has become of tlio old-fash ioned idea that ' preachers' sons wen/ the worst boys In the neighborhood ? There Is more Catarrh In tliln sprtloiB- < > r the country tlmn nil other diseases * put together , nml until thu liit , tow i yoar.s was supposuel to l > o Incurable ( or a fn > at tniiiiy years doctors pro- nounrod u , , | , rcll ] diseases niul tin scribed lornl remedies , nnd Ity rein Htiinlly railing to cure with local tr < MU- niont. pronounced it liicurulm' . Science Ims jiroven pntiirrh to ho n POII- Htlliitlonn ! dl.si-iiBc and therefore re quires constitutional treatment. Ilnll'H future ) ) Pure , manufactured l > \ F J Phoney i Co. Toledo. Ohio. Is the only constitutional cme on tlm market It . Is taken Internally in done.s from IP j 1 drops to a tensjinonfii ] . It acts dl rpctly on the blood nnd mucous surfaces - faces of the system. They offer ono | hundred dollars for any ease It falls to euro Send for clrciilnr and testlmon- Address F J. Cheney & Co. . Toledo- . Ohio. Sold liv drupstTO | Take Hull's Furnllt I'.ii. tr > r tmt Ion HEALTH W'VEM'NT ' ' Viavi , the home treatment for dis eases of nerves and mucous membrane- . Send for printed matter. E. J. Hutcheson , Mgr. 416 South Fourth Street. RUSHES RATES ARE RIGHT FRANK DE1STLE ENGRAVER AND ELECTROTYPER 6O YEARS' EXPERIENCE -j-3 &c. 'If U.I ] tlt qnli-ltty iu ) > 'tt > i , ! f'l Ill-r u < > | ! 1VI > N ! > ) ! > H l > r < ' -MMIkUI.I.-H Ilium Hi rii-ilyr i i. < > n I'utrnui rnt ft . 'it. < 'll < - it nimr iiuiiiiim , I'aiciiis tnki'ii , i t'U. IX-CClvj iolic tha Scientific Jlntericait. 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