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any monument now standing. Also, that
each design should provide for mausoleum,
a sarcophagus, memorial hall and an OBJ
servatory to be reached by an elevator. And,
finally, that the monument should not cost
in excess of S500,OO0, and that each designer
should file specifications to show the cost of
the monument he proposed.
1t is scarcely necessary to add that designs
have been slow in coming in, but the com
mttee has a report to make at last. The
main committee named as a subcommittee
of experts Messrs. N. De Brun, James Rem
wick, Professor w. II. Ware, Of Columbia
college, James E. Ware, George b. Post, and
Professor S. Wolf, Of the New York college.
They were TO select the best five out of the
designs submitted, and for these prizes were
to be paid Of 1850, 81, 900, $500, $500 and
500 respectively. or course the usual pro
vision was made for sealed and numbered en-
velopes, that the experts might not know the
designer in any case The expert committee,
working without pay, has had long and
rather laborious task in selecting the best five
designs, and does not seem any too well
pleased with the ''catch."
There were sixty-six designs submitted, each
with motto, and the one selected for first
prize bears the simple motto "1S22," the year
of Grants birth. The design is for a monu-
ment 2l5 feet high and 1875 feet square at the
base, the summit crowned with an immense
funeral urn, and the estimated cost is S476,-
COO The second prize is awarded to the de-
sign bearing the motto LET Us Have Peace. F"
Its dimensions are almost the same as those
of the first described Both these are ex-
tremely ornate at the base, and are open to
the criticism that the great extension below
may detract somewhat from the effect of the
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many exiles from Port au Prince, transients
and malcontents generally. The basis prin-
ciple Of Hayti law is that "a white man has
no rights that "a Haytian is bound torespect,"
and as the agents of the company differed
from the employees in color, language end re-
ligion 1t is easy to see how, when dispute
rose about work hours and wages, - soon ran
into trace fight"
The underlying trouble is admirably set
forth by Froude in his late account of his
travels there thus: 1.-THE Americans have no
particular right in Hayti and are as little
liked as we (English) are, but they are feared,
and they do not allow any business OF seri.
Gus kind to go on in these waters without
knowing what it is about. Hayti is the most
ridiculous caricature of civilization in the
whole world. Doubtless the whites are not
disinterested witnesses, for they are treated
as they once treated the blacks. They can
own no freehold property, and exist only on
tolerance. They are called white trash
Black dukes and marquses drive over them
ON the street and swear at them, and they
consider it an invasion of the natural order
OF things No one can tell the future fate of
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BEETHOVEN. court musicians
lived till his noted grandson was old enough
to remember him, and was always regarded
by the latter as the founder Of the family.
His son Johann made failure early in life
and became drunkard; his wife was a lady
of high character and long kept the family
in sort of respectable condition. Their son,
Ludwig Won Beethoven, was born in the old
house IN the Bonnestrasse, Dec. H. ITO. As
long as the good old grandfather lived the
family did not want and the boys musical
ability was allowed to develop in Q natural
thoven died, Johann became possessed with
the idea that his son was to be musical
prodgy"-the young Mozarts had lately as
tonished the world-and at the age OF five
Ludwig was driven by threats and punish
ment to cruel tasks. 1t Unsupported that when
the father came home at midnight from his
place in the theatrical orchestra he some
times took the little fellow from his bed and
made him toll over the piano till daylight.
In short he had apparently destroyed the
chids spontaneous love OF music when wiser
persons got control and after rest Ludwigs
L. Irnt revived.
At the age of 10 he published three sonatas,
and soon after obtained place in the cleo
tors choir; then the elector died. the choir
was dissolved, and Ludwig had to toll for
years as teacher to help his mother support
the family and earn enough to finish his edu-
cation. In 1857 he reached Vienna and
played before Mozart, who was much pleased
and said TO the bystanders: PAY heed 10
this youth-much will one day be said about
him in the world" He had but just started
in his new career when the fatal illness of his
mother called him home, and he was again
compelled to a long service at teaching and
other work which he disliked. He won, how
ever, some fame and means ut Bonn, and in
1872 left it never to return Thenceforward
Vienna was his home.
He was destined TO many more troubles.
He refused to accept the prevailing canons of
music and insisted ON developing methods of
his own. In consequence he won his way
only by most intense labor and native genus,
and in 1913 produced the first of his noted
works-the "Trios for Piano, Violin and
Cello" Haydn was present at the first per-
Torrance and condemned the Trio in c.
minor. Beethoven emphatically insisted that
1t was the best of ALL and it is now so regard
ed. Haydn objected to Its publication, de-
claring that the public would not understand
it; Beethoven vehemently declared that il it
was not published the others should not be,
so they remained unpublished for years
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er, remaining there until the war broke out
He entered the army and served for three
years as an officer, being in charge of the
river and railway transportation of troops
and stores between Galena and the south. He
entered in 1864 the State Savings association
Of st. Louis, which afterwards became tho
State Bank Of ST. Louis, and Of which he is
now president. Mr. Parsons is a man Of me-
dunn height, has blue eyes, and his hair and
mustache are perfectly white He has a
clear, although not very strong, voice, and
makes an excellent presiding officer.
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iesign which secured the first prize, and the
divisions will be rs follows: The vault, or
mausoleum, will be below ground; above this
the central hall, then the sarcophagus, and
the memorial hall above all.
The committee also announce -. they ex-
pect to have all things ready for laying the
corner stone during the Worlds fair in 1892
They certainly do not intend TO be hurried, or
10 give out their plans any faster than is nec-
sssary. Meanwhile the public impatience has
found vent in suggestions for giving the re-
mains Of the great commander final resting
place at Washington or West Point, and a
movement has been inaugurated looking to
the action by the Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie, as an organization, towards erecting the
monument Now that active progress is re-
ported and date set, II is probable public
Impotence will subside.
AS might have been expected, the report Of
the committee at once renewed the old dis
russion as to the proper burial place Of Gen.
Grant There seemed to be special reasons
why West Point or Washington city should
be chosen. Galena as his last residence be-
lore he became president had some claims,
and st. Louis as his residence early in
his military career asserted her rights.
chicago also claimed right to sue
reed TO the claims of Galena if the
latter should be thought too small
place All these pleas were set aside on one
ground-that it was probably the desire Of
Cen Grant, and certainly that of his family,
that his remains should lie in New York, and
that the great city should lead in erecting
his monument.
Nevertheless, many other places have hast
ened to honor his memory in marble, and as
they have one by one done so the criticism of
New York's 'unaccountable slowness" has
increased. On the l4th Of last month, at
Kan, a noble statue Of the
great leader was unveiled under the direc-
ton of Gen. Wesley Merritt, and in the pres
ence of many thousand people, representing
vi sections of the country. The statue is of
sronze, nine feet in height, and standing on
4 granite block five feet square, which in
turn rests upon a base seven feet square.
In the north and south sides Of the pedestal
beautiful has reliefs are inserted. One pre-
sents the general on horseback at the battle
Of the Wilderness, overlooking the scene Of
carnage. The statue represents him as he
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BEETHOVEN'S MEMORIAL.
THE HOUSE WHERE HE WAS BORN
TO BE RENEWED AS A SHRINE.

He Lived a sorrowful Life, but Has Mopu-
ments in Many Places Hk Fathers
Tyranny-His Disappointment, sickness,
Deafness and Death--His Genius.
Beethoven's birthplace is to be restored to
It's original conditon-that is, II the designs
Of the musicians OF Bonn are seconded. He
was born In a queer, tall and narrow old
house in Bonnestrasse, a quarter of Bonn on
the Rhine, and a committee Of citizens OF
that place have sent appeals to his admirers
throughout the world to contribute toward
q complete restoration Of the old house. To
this end concert will be held In Steinway
ball, New York city, in December and 9TH
srs In other cities of the United States. 1t is
designed to make the old house sort OF
monument to the great musician and mu-
seum Of objects connected with his life or
various renditions Of his music The society
organised for the purpose comprises many
eminent Germans, Prince Bismarck and
Count Won Moltke being members.
Beethovens life was, a few intervals ex-
cepted, almost indescribably sad, which may
perhaps partially account for the depth and
mournful intensity of much Of his music. A
believer In blind fate would say he was
doomed from his birth, for whenever he Sue
ceeded In escaping from some intolerable evil
he soon fell under another affection, which
in turn became intolerable; and a singular
feature of the case was that each affection
came just at that era in his life when it could
produce the greatest disappointment. At
the age when freedom and sport are boys
imperative needs, he was deprived Of both
and cruelty overworked when he was to
have gone away to complete his studies, his
nother's poverty compelled him to drudg-
Dry he hated, and finally, when a career was
open to him, i'll health made him miserable,
and when he had succeeded at last in pro-
ducing great work, deafness deprived him
of all capacity Of enjoyment.
His family was originally Belgian, and the
name is supposed to have been derived from
beet" root, and "hof," garden. In 1860
one "Beethof," or, in other words, one of the
old family Of "root gardeners" left his native
village near Louvain and located in Antwerp,
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stood in his military cloak, order book In
hand, just before writing the noted order to
Sherman, of May 4, 1864. On one side is a
panel covered with the names of the battles
In which the general took part from Palo
Alto to Appomattox, and on the fourth is the
usual inscription concerning the donors and
objects of the monument.
Many other places have erected fitting me-
MORALS, but this at Leavenworth is of spe-
cial interest because the location is that of
the principal military post of the country
and because of the eminent men, Federal and
Confederate soldiers, who took part in the
ceremonies. Loredo Taft, who designed the
statue, is, in peculiar sense, young coun-
tryman of the hero, as he was born April %,
1860, in Elmwood, Ills. Addresses were made
by Gen. Merritt, Gen. Charles w. Blair,
Senator ingalls, and Hon. George r. Peck,
and the occasion was honored by the presence
of Governor Marmaduke, of Missouri with
his staff, the mayor and officials of Kansas
City, and many eminent men Of Kansas and
adiacent states Gen. McCook, of the post,
was conspicuous figure.
This monument also possesses some historic
interest, as it was the first projected after the
generals death, the movement for its erec-
ton beginning in Kansas City while the illus
trious dead still lay in state. The feeling
seemed to be spontaneous in the west that
Fort I4eavenworth was the proper place.
Next to West Point, it is the most noted post
in the country. Near it is now being COM
pleted the Soldiers home for disabled vet
Grams of the west The location is peculiarly
fine, the space for the view most ample. But
though the first projected, this was the second
completed in the west, that ct st. Louis being
unveiled first.
The feelings of the American people of all
parties and sections now toward Gen. Grant
were admirably expressed in the Grafton Of
Hon. George r. Peck, in these words:
81 would not take from that noble life one
little flaw through which the real bright
ness of his character shines more plain. Vic
tory is sweet to a soldiers heart. When Lee
surrendered, the measure of success, so far as
that can go, was heaped and crowded for U.
s. Grant. He had won for all time the fame
of a great general But he was something
more than great general when that hour
babe the weary soldiers he had fought SO
long back to their farms and cotton fields,
and build up their broken fortunes in the
peace he had won for them and for US all
1t was an act such as poets love-
"When they sing of Arthur and the table
round, or of the tabled Cid, whose gentle
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"mausoleum" or massive tomb-using those
words in the popular and not the artistic
sense The committee awarded the prize for
the general beauty Of the design, but declared
against the extended facade, retaining only
the central monument, as the whole bore q
rather close resemblance to the tomb of Vic
tor Emmanuel in Milan.
The design which received the fifth prize is
more like what people generally understand
by monument, its height and extreme SIM
plicity making it very imposing. Itprovides
for a monument 100 feet square ct the base,
and above that perfectly plain, quadrangle
lar shaft rising TO height of 2S5 feet and
surmounted by the Goddess of Liberty and
attendant figures. II is probable, however,
that the monument will follow generally the
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and mind of earlier
days, His father
was Lewis b. Par
sons, of Buffalo, N.
", the founder of
Parsons college at
Fairfield, la. He Is
in every sense a self
made man. He be-
gan his business
life as a clerk in
the Bank of Attica,
Buffalo, but after a
few years moved to
Keokuk, Ia, where
he began business
as n priyate hank
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THE MONUMENT TO GRANT.
MANY DESIGNS SUBMITTED AND A
DATE SET AT LAST.

Tho Best Five Designs and the Fries Paid
Therefor--Thc Monument To BE a Modi-
hcation OF the Best Design Corner
Stone To BE Laid In 1892.
when the Grant Monument association,
some two years ago. asked for designs to be
submitted it imposed some rather hard con-
ditions. 1t was required that the designs
should be purely original" which was ex-
planned to mean that they should portray
monuments representing as little as possible
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where he prospered
and gave his family
"A good education.
One grandson had
: W Give children,
and the third one,
Ludwig, gain e d
such repute as a
musician that he
was called to Bonn
and to the court Of
the elector Of Co.
logne, G g m G n S
August. He rose
high n m ong the
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hands bound up the
wounds his o wn
rig hit ar m had
made. Whatever
it meant to Others,
to Grant Appomat-
tox m Q ant only
peace. Some bios
SONS from the ia
nous apple tr ee
dropped into t b g
I'D commanders
heart and filled it
with the sweetness
of the spring. But
why dwell on these
thingsl The great
lea der is at rest.
H ow widely diff
used have been his
acts and his exam
pie. In quiet wales,
in thronging cities
and out upon the
utterplost landmen
speak of Grant and
find In his very
name omens of Sc
~.,rsty aud paaca
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President of the Bankers Association.

President OF the Bahkers AssOC1atlOn.
Charles Parsons, of st. Louis, who was re-
Gently reelected president of the American
Bankers association at the convention held
at Kansas City, is a New Yorker by birth.
He was born in Homer, Cortland county,
N. Y, in 1924, but notwithstanding his 65
years of age, retains all tho vigor of body
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The armies he led-vanishing now with the
vanishing years-share his fame This statue
and all the monuments grateful people
raised to him attest equally the every day
heroism of the common soldier"
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upper column. Against this it is urged that
the monument will stand on such height
above the Hudson that specific allowance
must be made for that in calculating the gen
eral effect
The third prize was given to the design
bearing the motto Sword and Laurel" This
may be called an alternative or double de-
sign--that is, the upper section could be
eliminated and the monument, thus left lower
but massive, be crowned with an equestrian
statue II the latter alternative be adopted
the monument will be but III feet high
though 10 feet square at the base
The design which secured the fourth prize
bears the motto sour Country" and is ex-
tremely elaborate, having facade 600 feet
long, in the center of which is an equestrian
statue and a cupola. A structure after this
design would have more Of the appearance Of
what people generally understand by .
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Appropriately Named.

hPpTUPTf1tUfy
"Pa, what is blanket mortgageP asked
Johnny Cumso.
at is one which keeps man warm work
ing to pay it," replied Cumso. New York
Sun.
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Thereafter his triumphs were rapid He
was favorite in the most cultured society
and appeared very happy, when suddenly his
digestion failed. For three years he suffered
distressing roaring in the head,n and
finally, In 1sOl-2 the promising young must
clan and composer became perfectly deaf
OF all possible Affections the worst had come.
While vast audiences were thrilled by his
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the black republic, but the present order of
things cannot last in an island so close under
the American shores. II the Americans for
bid any other power to interfere they will
have TO interfere themselves"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-18
BRIGHT BITS.

Cart. ANsoN coaching his players in game
OF ball at the base Of the great Egyptian pyra-
midl-Forty centuries are looking down on you,
williamson Bang the stufing out of err
Chicago Tribune.
WILLIE PoPINJAY-My father gives me 81
month for going to school. What does your
father give your
Johnny Dumpsey painfully -Lickins for not
getting higher marks .-B"iington Free Press.
GUs-Why do You stop, Jack, and pat that
Jack-Why, to make friends with him, to be
sure. l am always friendly TO these tough
looking dogs You can tell to whom they may
belong.
Jack-True, safe pan.-Life
Col. X is a brilliant orator, but thoroughly
egotiStic man. Two OF his friends we're talking
about him the other day.
WELL" said Jones, ''whenI die l want him
to deliver an eulogy over the remains"
That's all right; but it wou't be an eulogy;
it will be an Ilogy. Washington Critic.
HUSBAND ION his return from the ofice)-You
are looking tired tonight, dear
Wife-Yes, anu tired Mother is coming TO-
morrow and tie cook is on one of her tantrums.
She does try me so.
Husband-Well, if your mother is coming so
soon aud the cook bothers you, why don't you
discharge her:-Ttnle.
Miss RIcHAHDUGLY with a sigh)-Then you
love me, count!
Count Castagno fervently)-Lova you? My
Coda, yesal
Bobby nnder sofa)-Chestnutsl
Count (his old commercial instincts overcom-
ing him)-Fiva Ceuta pint; how mucha you
wanta?-TOiCn Topics.
DoILY-Have you heard how Sadie is getting
along?
Moliy-She's better. She's taking seven diff
ferenr patent medicines.
Dolly-Mercy on us! And are they all doing
her good?
Moliy-No; only one is.
Dolly-Then why doesn't she leave off the
others?
Moly-She's afraid to. She doesn't know
which one it is.-IolCD Topics.
A FATAL .-Cvllan-What do you
think of the new dynamite cruiser, the Vesu-
vius?
Naval Officer (dnbiously)-WeI, she's pretty
Civilian testily(-why, what's the matter
with her?
Naval Officer-The cruiser is swift enough
and all that sort of thing, but | give you my
word as gentleman that her dancing accom-
modatons are simply wretched, shamefuly
inadequate. -Loa1eH Citizen.
WHY SHE LOVED HIS PREACHING-one Sun
day as a certain Scottish minister was returning
homeward, he was accosted by an old woman,
who said:
''Oh, sir, well do like the day that you
preach"
The minister was aware that he was not very
popular, and he answered:
my good woman am glad to hear it, There
are too few like you. And why do you like the
day when preach %
"Oh, sir, she replied when you preach l
always get good seat."-The Ledger.
VERY KIND-Miss Smith to her friend Miss
Barr, who has made her debut at musical en-
tertainment) And you succeeded splendidly, of
course
Miss Barr-Yes. got along pretty we'll, but
/ was considerably disconnected when somebody
in the audience remarked that left my voice
behind me.
THAT was awfuly rude"
huf he was hty
somebody else, who said, Nonsense she never
had any That was very kind, don't you know,
and l plucked up courage Immediately. -
Boston Transcript.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-18
Seeking Signs.

The Philadelphia Press thinks 1t has
found signs of a revival of the Wing party
in the south. The only sign it mentions,
however, is an article in the Chronicle, of
Augusta, in which the Presidents inaugural
address is approved in pretty strong terms
The Press should not forget that the
Chronicle advocates the doctrine of pro-
lection about as strongly as any of the
northern republican journals. In the ar
ticie alluded to, however, it went a little
farther on the republican line than protec-
ton, though not so far as to justify the
Press in saying that holding such opinions
as these it will be impossible for the Chron-
icie, and those that agree with it, to remain
inside the Democratic party"
1t is safe to say that the Chronicle is not
yet ready to leave the party to which it has
given such an active and earnest support
for so many years. The Press, however, is
very positive that it cannot remain in that
party. Perhaps it will undertake to show
the Press how it can continue to hold the
opinions which have attracted the attenti on
Of, and made joyful, its republican contem-
porary of Philadelphia, and yet consistently
retain its membership in the Democratic
rarity