The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-09

upon her with an eye of compassion
"Alas !" thought l, ''what would you saw
poor Annah Wunderlich, were you aware
that millions of ferocious microscop5c
beasts are bent upon your destruction
while you are TRANQUILITY drinking cup Of
tea?"
"Why do you look at me so STRANGELY.
Theodore?" she suddenly asked, nervo9sly'
80, for no reason-none at all !" | stau1-
mered.
eyes, see that you think me i'll TODAY.
look i'll, do | not?"
81 can not deny it. You are very male
l will wager that you have received some
new music"
"You are right. I received Yesterday
the opera Of The Great Darius sublime
work, al
81 was certain of it. You have passed
the night at the piano, enraptured."
She became crimson. "What am T tn
understand by this, sir? Have no longer
the rightY'-
Certainly. Ihave said nothing to the
contrary. But it is ridiculousl You are
running your nervous system. You''--
NERVOUS system? You are demented.
You do not know what you are talking
about"
"For Heaven sake, be calm, aunt! Anger
excites electricity, which produces, in its
turn, insects by the millions"
"Insects!" she CRIED springing from her
seat; "insects! Have you ever perceived
! insects upon my person? Wretch, how
dare you? Insects? Louise! Katel! show
monsieur the door,"
"But, aunt
GO! Col | disinherit youn
! She shrieked, she suffered, her cap fell
of-altogether it was frightful. *
"Come, come" exclaimed, rising from
my seat, edo not let us quarrel. The deuce
take it, aunt, l was not referring to such
i insaots &c et,1,1,pcal / III IN
of the milleped, the coleopteran, the para
stein short, to the innumerable multi
| tude Of little monsters who are lodged in
your body, and are gnawing into it.p
At these words, Aunt Wunderlich fell
back upon the sofa, with arms extended,
head fallen forward upon her bosom, and
| her face so pale that the rouge on her
cheeks looked like a blood stain.
With a single bound [ reach Selsam's
hotel Arriving there, was as white as &
! corpse.
MY friend" I exclaimed, breathlessly,
''the crisis is reached"
| There 1 stopped, transfxed with aston
ishment. A large company had assembled
under Selsam's roof. There was NJ. the
| Conservator of the Archaeological Museum,
| Daniel Bremen, wearing a powdered wig
and maroon coat; his face was round, his
eyes level with his forehead, like afrog's;
he held at his mouth a gigantic bag pipe,
in the use of which he seemed to be in
| StruCting the others. There was also pres
ent NJ. the Precentor, Christian Holfer,
with an opera hat, seated in an arm chair,
with his long legs lost to sight under the
table. His long, bOny fingers were playing
| with the keys of another strengthening
Instrument formed like tube. So alb
sorbed was he in the examination of this
that he did not even raise his eyes as l
entered the room. NM. Kasper Marbach
| "a director of st. GATHERINGS HospitaD and
| RebstOCk (dean of the Faculty of Bellies
Lettres) each attired in black with white
neck-tjes, were also of the company, the
one armed with an immense bronze plate,
the other fenced in by species of kettle
| drum
! These grave persOnages, seated around
| the candelabra, some with inflated cheeks,
| others with drum sticks raised in the air,
| all with serious faces. impressed me as so
grotesque that [ stood transfixed, like one
in dream. Selsam, without arising,
gravely assigned me a chair, and NJ. the
| Conservation of the Museum continued his
| explanations.
"This, gentlemen, "said he, sis the famous
| 6usCat{bja of the Swiss; its power Of sound
| is tremendous; it can prolong an echo until
| it resounds above the breaking of the bill
| lows. If NJ. the Counselor Theodore
wishes TO try it, doubt not he can draw
from it magnificent sounds"
| He handed me the pipes, with an air of
solemnity, and then addressing himself to
M. Kasper Marbach:
'Your drum, sir, is the most admirable
of its kind; it is the krabo of the Egyp-
tians and Abyssinians. The jugglers have
recourse to it to make serpents and baya-
! deres dance"
"And those?" inquired Marbach, waving
alternately to his right and left hand.
all fine! You can not fail to
succeed"
"And as for NJ. the Dean, he has
/ but to give a blow from time to
on his plate, the famous tam tam,
the lugubrious sounds of which re-
semble the knell of the great bell
of our cathedral. The effect, under any
circumstances, would be grand but in the
silence of a night it will be superb"
"Do you understand everything, gentle
menu"
"Perfectly"
every well, we can 60"
Gone moment" said the Doctor. SIT will
be necessary to advise Theodore Of our de-
termination" Then addressing himself to
me:
my dear friend, the case of your
worthy aunt demanded a powerful
remedy After giving the matter care
full deliberation, a brilliant idea eu-
lightened me. What is her trouble:
| Nervous ostration-debility, resulting
/
What action does such case demand:
The most radical is to combine in the same
treatment the principal of Hippocrates-
| COntrdrtn COntrariiS Curantur'-and that of
our immortal SimiLid Sin1ili-
bus cWFdRtlw. What is there more unlike
the insipid and sentimental music of our
opera than the wild, fantastic music of the
| Hebrews, the Caribs and the Abyssinians?
| Nothing. So | borrow their instruments, |
execute an air of the Hottentots in the
presence of your respected aunt, and the
principle COntrd1iG cOntrdriis is satisfied.
On the other hand, what more closely re-
sembles music than music? Nothing
Hence the principle SuniliG SinsjlibuS is also
| satisfied.
The idea appeared to me sublime. "Sel-
SAM" | exclaimed, "you are a genius
Hippocrates has established the thesis and
Hahnemann the antithesis of medicine; but
you have just created the synthesis 1t is
a wonderful discoveryw
Eyes, | am well aware of that" said he
"but allow me to finish. l laid the matter
before NJ. the Conservation of the Museum
| of Travels, who not only consented to LEND
me the tam tam, the busca- tbia, the kdrdbC
of his collection, but kindly volunteered
his cooperation by offering to play tn,
fife himself, which completes our harmonic
improvisation in a most happy manner p
| bowed profoundly TO NJ the CONSERVATION
in recognition of my deep gratitude. HI
appeared touched, and said:
an. the Counselor, l am happy to he o
service to you, as well as to Lady Annah