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The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Second Session In Chicago of the
National Comm ssionere.
George n. pavi. Chosen a. director. Gen,
eral-chatrmen of Committees An
noancesi.-A Triple site for
the Exposition.
TnE mo anow.

CHICAGO, Sept 30. AT the meeting
OF the Worlds Columbian Exposition
yesterday George Il Davis, OF this city,
was elected diroctor-general Of the ex.
position.
President Palmer announced u list Of
twenty-one standing committees. ree
chairmen are as follows;
Judiciary, rules aud hy.inwa william Lind
say, Commissioner at-larRe; tariffs and trans
portation, v. u. Grdner Virginia; foreign ~
fairs, chauueey NJ Dcpew, New York, Tine arts
A, q, Bullock, Commissioner at large, Aclenec.
history, literature and education, q.
v. Tousey, Minnesota; agriculture
w. ]. buchanan, Iowa. live stock, ]. L. Mitch.
ell Wisconsin, horticulture aud Horticulture
w. Forsyth California, finance, Charles H.
Jones, Missouri auditing, T, " aaryin, I'm.
dinna; ceremonies j. y, Adams Arkansas;
classification, g. II, Deere. Illinois; manu-.
features, L. nratnerd Counectient com.
merce l. Lowndes Maryland; mines
and mining Y ]. v. slSin. Colorado; fisheries
and fish culture, A, r. lixby, Maine; oleetrioi,
| ~ aud electrical appliances, q, G, Sims. Rhode
Island. forestry aud lumber J, W. ST. Clair.
| West Virginia; Machinery William Rilehie
Ohios worlds congresses, j w. Woodside,
Pennsylvania; printing, C. X, Holiday, Jrs
Kansas,
CHtcAGo, Sept ss.-Tho South Park
commissioners yesterday decided TO
give to the worlds fair people the use
OF Washington Park for the great ex.
position. This action will give the
worlds fair officials the use OF Jackson
Park. the Midway Plalsanee, Washing.
ton Park. OF ~ least large portion
thereof, and the Lake Front The
Lake Front will have two or throe
handsome buildings on II containing
such exhibits as will be particularly
attractive at night, but the commission
is almost unanimous in Its desire for a
ma jor portion OF tho fair at the south.
ern end of the sita.
James A. Mckenzie, OF Kentucky,
was elected viee-chairmau of the exec.
utive committee at salary OF 5000.
CHICAGO Sept. a4,--The Columbian
National Commission yesterday for
mally accepted the Lake Front and
South Park site, completed by Wash.
ington Park, and adjourned ill Novem-
| her Is
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27
HEAVY Loss eY FIRE.
Three FeArths or the City of Coon,
tho fsthmua OF Panama IsurnaI,

Three FeArths or the City Of Coon, on
tho isthmus OF Panama, Isurnet.
COLON, Sept ga fire which broke
out here yesterday morning caused
heavy loss. mall about $50 buildings
were destroyed. including the post
Office, the agencies OF all the steamship
companies, every business house of
importance on Front street and all the
hotels
The total loss is estimated az about
81, 800, 600 The loss of the Panama
railway alone is calculated at 500. 900.
The cause OF the Are has not yet been
ascertained.
[Colon, or Asplnwall. IS seaport in the
United States Of Colombia on the Asiatic side
OF the Isthmus Of Panama, forty.seven miles
from Panama. The harbor IL nm excellent one,
and is the landing place for several lines Of
steamships, the mails being transported across
the isthmus AZ that point. The railroad con
Meeting Colon aud Panama WIS built in 1855,
being the outgrowth Of the California gold ex-
eitement The exports Of the town are chiefly
tropical fruits. The population is about 5000,
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27
FOR CoNoREss.
Candidates sominatea by variou. District
Conventions.

me following were the Congressional
nominations on Thursday: Ohio. First
district b. Storer (Dem. !; Second. John
A. Caldwell rep renominated. Iow.
Fourth district, IL. Sweeney tRep.l
renominated- Missouri, Eighth ais.
trict, p O Malley Dem. j. ]. J. o,Neill
GDem. Indiana. Seventh district. j.
=. w. Billingsley tRep) J. Tennessee.
sixth district, j. e. Washington Dem. u
samuel Watson (Dem.l. MARYLAND.
Sixth district, William McCratg tDem. !.
virginia, Ninth district q. T. Mills,
lRepl }. Colorado, Hosea Townser;
(Rep.) renominated. Illinois, Sc.venth
district, J. w. Blee (Dem. }. C,ew Hann.
s sp First district =, A. Tageart
Rep. New Jerscsy second district.
'a aeSs Duchan en- rep renominated.
ne io'p wing were the Congressional
s"ni"' ..ieAs on Friday: Illinois, Fifth
u u ..se6 Rev. h. r. Farmilue (Pro. }.
Wisconsin, Second district d. c. Van
BFant (Repl. South Carolina, Second
district ueorge o. Tillman (Dem.) re-
nominated, New York, Second district,
j. M. Jones tPro J; Third, +. q. Smith
(Pro. J; Fourth, A. L. Martin (Pro.).
Congressional nominations on Satnr-
day were as follows. Illinois, Second
district, Lawrence McGann dem. J.
South Carolina, First district. w. d.
Crum tRepl. New Jersey, Sixth dis
triet f. M. Condit (Rep).
The Congressional nominations on
Monday were as follows: Pennsylvania,
| Seventeenth district, s. p Wolyerton
| (Dem.l. Connecticut. Second district
c. Nj. Whitmore (Rep.). New Jersey,
Third district John Kean. Jr. rep J;
Sixth, Thomas ID. English Dem. J.
Louisiana, Sixth district s. M. Robin.
son (Dem.) renominated
The Congressional nominations on
Tuesday were: Florida, First district, j,
Z. A. Davidson (Rep.). Michigan. Fifth
district, James A. Fox tRep); Eighth,
Henry Nj. Youmans tDem.). Mime.
sofa. Fifth district, A. j. Whiteman
| tDem.,. Missouri, Ninth district,
Thomas ]. Prosser (Rep). Nebraska,
First district. w. J. Cornell
tRep.l. Ohio, Eleventh district
ID. W. c. Loudon tRep1; Sew.
enteenth, A. ]. Pierson (Dem. J.
Wisconsin, Sixth district. L. NJ. Miller
/ (Dem.l. Pennsylvania. Twenty-ffth
district, T. w. Phillips tRep.1; Twenty
seventh, c. w. Stone (Rep). Con
necticut. First district, William Il.
Slmonds Rep reuominated; Second,
C. NJ. Whittemore (Pro.). Massachu
sets, Third district, Edward l.. Pierce
| (Rep.l; Fifth, James A. Fox (Rep.i.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

by tho tube, 50 Ii tho gentle brushing Of
tho tiny point on tho waxen cylinder,
which is magnliied into a roar with 90.
oasional snaps OF torpedoea when the
delicate point strikes chunk Of duat
that ono would just notice II IL blow in.
to ono'a eye.
Over at tho oflluc OF tho Chicago Con.
trial Phonograph they have stacks and
stacks OF the wax cylinders put up In
paper boxes and tondcriy rolled In cot
ton. Probably the most interesting OF
alltheso Ii a record OF ST. Thomas
chimes They played the hymn tune,
narRl thc sound Of holy voices
In the jangling, crashing manner which
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27


what tho side-show man used 10 call
''Ala smale sem OF daime, tain oonts,"
enc may put rubber nozzle In each
car and hear cappa's band play tho
latest waits just as naturally as II one
were In Central park New York, on
Sunday afternoon In the sweet summer
time
'lnbi Bub," goes the big bass drum,
anu "oom, ooom, 0om-poum-poom-
poom,' remarks tho big bass horn that
curls around the neck OF tho fat Tonton
who sits In tho far corner The elario.
nets melodiousiy Shrek aud tho French
horns COO their long, cloyIng, sweet
notes, which mako ono think they arc
clumsiiy making believe TO be pigeons.
There Is something so silly about the
French horn. You hear the piecolo
skating round on tho disEy heights Of
eight or ten levcr lines above tho staff
and you hear the E-tiat cornct. 80 vain,
no conceited. 50 daBhing, 40 look.at.me,
crowding itself 20 tho fore, you hear
tyou can always soel the tenor-drummcr
playing away with his eyo bent on his
music. book with as much interest 80 n
his score was not o string OF nutes all
ON one space, instead of being strung all
over tho staff like the othor fellows
Alas, you can not 500 Sig, Cappa In
all his glory, but shut your eyes and
In fancy you arc In tho midst Of the
crowd in Central Park, and only little
way down tho walk arc the hideoua
statues Of Walter Scott and Shake
spearo and n little way beyond you In
tho beautiful lake with lts swan.like
hloaaure.hoata. Tho full band IL play.
ing. and think Of II, every twana Of tho
cornet, every thump Of the drum, avery
| trill and bit OF Torture Of the olRrionot
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

WAsnN0Tos. sept. 81. Exports OF
merchandise during August aggre-
gate In value 50, 03U, 65t, against s59. :
7s1. ssf In August, 1852. Merchandise
exports during the last twelve months
aggregated In value ss5o. 1871, $50. against
s7g2, 1914 during the corresponding
pre- vious twelve mon tha Imports OF
merchandise during August aggre.
gated SOL. ZOO. $50. against ss5. 0B7 .1Is in
August 1880; and for the Last twelve
months s7gi. 40 COS. against 1854. 40. ts4
during the preceding twelve months
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

WAsnfseToS. Sept. 20 The Census
Once announces the population Of the
following cities and towns.
Michigan ~Apena Il @ss increase bl03s, Bay
City 27y68. increase q t33 Cheb0YRan 6stt
increase aWb LudiHgton 7.4y, increase 3,BG
Manistee Is79a Increase s.hs9' West Bay eity
IL. $40. increase 65i3; Flint. psi5, increase l..
4a9s Pontiac. 69t4 increase /, i3t, Port Huron
~ SO, Increase a.B5B
Wisconsin. Ksaosha s.b99. Increase i,490
Nils nskac 2Oi. TO- increase Es5ss. Racine H.
0Se. increase 4,gi; wsekssha a.sl9 increase
: ma: Beioit. ggss Increase / 40 Janessllie
i1Gsi, increase lob; Madison, 1879 increase
&DesA
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27
THE PEOPLES PARTY.
A New Political Organization in Indian
The Ticket Nominated

A New Political Organization In Indiana
The Ticket Nominated
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept 24-The
Peoples party was organized in this
city yesterday and the following ticket
nominated:
Secretary OF State. Leroy Templeton, of
Benton County; Auditor Of State, James
M. johnson, OF Daviess County; Treasurer.
Isaiah N. Miller 81 Grant County; Al
tornc y General, William Patterson, OF In
disnapolis; Clerk OF the Supreme Court.
Benjamin y. Street OF Gibson County ,
superintendent Of Public Instruction, William
Whitney. OF Delaware County; geoIogist T.. s.
Pope. Of Indianapolis; 6tatistician. John w.
ShoclxIey, Of Henry County.
The platform favors the abolition OF
National banks, unlimited coinage Of
silver. denounces alien ownership OF
land, demands more economy In State
affairs, and favors the State furnishing
school-books at cost TO townships and
free TO pupils.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

wAsHsxsrox. Sept as-The receipts
OF the Patent ONCE during the last
fiscal year were sl.s47, 2n3 and the ex-
penditures sl.0si. 17a The number OF
applications received for patents, in.
Guiding reissues, designs. trade marks
and labels, was 70. 40. The number OF
patents granted was ~. 4aa The bal
ance TO the credit Of the ONCE is g, 100,
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27
toNoRs no oREELEY.


UnyaIlIng Of the New York Tribune's
static Of ITS Founded.
NEW YoRK, Sept 22.--The Tribune's
statue OF Horace Greeley was unvailed
with simple ceremonies ON SataF-
day. cololonel John Hay represented
the Tribune as master of ceremonies:
Miss Gabrielle Greeley, an own daughter
of Horace Greeley. anyaiIed the statue;
G. NJ. Depew delivered an address and
Bishop Potter pronounced the benedic-
ton at the close Of the ceremonies
Many prominent persons, including city
officials, business and newspaper men
and others, were present
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27
thanslur Places.

In railroad car packed full, gen
tlefnan who bad got = seat facing the
engine asks his 0ppoaite ncighbof 20
change seats with him. Tho stranger
puts himself 10 considerable inoOnyenr
ienea 10 taako the change. which he
does with tho greatest sffability. FIN
ally they are nicely settled
siYou prefer riding isaekwards7" says
tho smiling and obiig4ng stranger.
''It's not that; bat 10 case on COLL.
sion man IL not liable 10 b bruised mp
20 very much unless be II In the position
vDu occupy nos. s-~Fsxas Alftsngs.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27
lIntled flsef aa Abfsa.

BfooMBuHe, Pa. sept ~ "a ear
rage In which we're Patrick coanort0n
and bis daughter Mary. aged Is years.
vent over q precipice near this place
sunday and plunged into 3 rayins
seventy feet deep 10th father end
daughter weFe instantly killed.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

II hear you hays said that I WAS seni
70 the penitantiars ios forgery. Mon J
waat yon 70 eosracs that.
'sYess said IT, And III mako cor.
feesion when yoa proye was wroas.
II can prove IL. sir.
.'sFhen snail be happy ~ fenaedy sns
error and apolowize ~ we'll. Bring svF.
wafd pour prof.
~it waan't fpsgerys u TAs perjury. :.
Ugake.s Maexxlao.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27
End OF = FamiIy Yeaa.

cHIcAoo, sept "a George n. Kess.
Ter. q clerk in General John c. Blacks
Office. shot bis brosher-in-law. Alfred
Riehnsr. 1t state and Polk streets IL
8 o'clock Monday evening. and at 12:2i
O'Clock the victim died. The murder
WAS the result Of . family feud Of Pears
standing.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

WASHINGTON. Sept 24--A dangerous
counterfeit on the two-ioliar silver cer-
tiEcate IL in circulation In the words:
Register Of the Treasury in the e0nn.
terfeit the - In Register Il not
dotted. neither Is there > period after
the word Treasury" In the genuine
there are both.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27
E4'aasiIsa='
FIRE PLAYS HAVOC.
Two Towns Ia Michigan Nearly Ruined
by Flames.

by Flames.
WHITEHALL Mich, Sept 90 The
largest Are which has occurred here
since 1851 broke out early in the morn.
ing. The principal business portion Of
the town Is swept away and about
thirty dwellings, have been de-
stroyed. The hre started near Tho barn
of man nhtned Mcars and swept hall
mile through the village.
Souru HAVEN, Mich, Sept go "A
considerable portion Of the village OF
South Haven was destroyed by an in.
cendiary fire which was discovered
about midnight Thursday night
Eleven buildings were burned. Tho
loss Is about $40, 900. Insurance light.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

/ cn1cAao. Sept "a Michael Hage
Rerty. who WAS 20 seriously wounded in
d pistol duel with dim connsrson last
SATURDAY night. 6ied ~ 10 o'elocI Jos
terday morning. Connerton - i'm.
proving. the PHYSICIANS say, and will
live unless. ~ in the case Of Iiaggarty.
blood poisoning sets In.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27
RESULTS OF A CLouD.suRsT.


River Near Evansville. Ark.
EVANSVILLE, Ark. Sept 90 Two fam.
lilies OF gypsies, numbering nine persons,
camped on the ford Of the creek about a
mile north OF here Tuesday. During
the night II Is supposed they were
struck BY cloud-bufst as Friday the
bodies Of six Of them who had been
drowned we're recovered. Those drowned
were Dinah George ard three children
and Hannah Jones and child The men
saved themselves and one child by
elinging TO some trees. The men say
they own q farm near Kansas City.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

BghsY. sept. 81 - The village OF
RnfhI, 10 the canton Of ~ Gail. IL Oh
Brs. Tire hundred hoaaes have al
ready been destroyed. The iOAs o. Oiae
life il reported All She people WisasA
a.oases bate t0en burned Ass 10 aestl-
tate condition.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

CE4xroNygxtK, Wis. sppE "a Mss-
hfe Hess#HsIsh. Is pears cid. wbo haa
lived with tbs family 81 Leafs de-
sAne, . farmer residing msns miles
southwest of here. has been arrested
charged with barnisg Mr fevsns's
harm. IL IL also charged that she haa
made many attempts 10 poison shs fam.
fly 81 her employer.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

ATHENS, O., Sept. - - Messrs G H.
Peters a Son. who are engaged in the
shipment Of produce, made sale 70 .
Eew York fsrm Saturday Of 1890 cssea
or I50, 00o dozen eggs Tor considerations
Of a2n 20.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

NEw T0aK. sept ~ This bustnass
failures durina the last seven days nam
Asar ia - compared with IsS last week
and eo9 fhe week presb0as 70 tkn LAST
FOR The corresponding week u last rear
tie figures weFs ~
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

Fonr smTu Ark. Sept % During
fieFcc storm In the BOSTON mountains
aparty OF ten Turks who we're travel
ing south with lot Of dancing bears,
lodged in creek bottom in one Of the
gulches The heavy storm caused .
torrent in the ravine and seven Of the
men and ali the bears we're drowned
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27
wrala- ssFfeelers s,unfsas

AfRAsr. N n. sept ~ Thomas L
cA'Eh Arshnr Bnefs and John Reid. the
taKee men WHO attempted 70 wreck
trains on the New York CcntKal railway
Bear thls city. have made . lsalI confess
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27
ROBBED AND MURDERED.
Outrageous Crime by -Four Masked Rob
bers at Logan. %.

beers at Logan. q.
COLUMBUS, o., Sept. "a. "A special to
the Dispatch from Logan. O.. says that
fonrsmasked robbers entered the house
OF John Krimm. All aged farmer
living near tibsonville, Hooking Coun-
to, struck him and his aged wife
with blunt instrument, robbed the
house and escaped. The old man died
from his injuries No clew has been
obtained that Is Likely to lead TO the
identity Ell the robbers
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

wAsnIs6ros, sept 5A-Tha issus n
standard silver dollars FROM the mint
daring the week past was !, isLezL The
issne during the same week last year
ssssz 0fa la
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

HERE Ia always
some new scheme
on foot 10 decoy
q mans salary
from It's home in
tho right hand
pock ct. I b .
latest Is an Edi-
son photograph
In tho south west
corn or OF III o
Palmer House,
where, says the
Chicago Tribune,
by payi nE over
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

NEW YoKK. sept VI n large sam Of
money has been raised in this ctr for
ne felies o. Mrz. John c. Fscmoat said
2 = II Impoverished c1rrn sastanrrs IN
Can Frnuessco,
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

wKsrruwT, Wis., Sept - = The dsasa
OF ArN Elizaietb IhompsOn. Of this
pInne. al ths ags 81 fes pears 10 naon ths
ard n days. occurred ysststaay.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27
EDIsON'S PHoNoGRAPH.
What Ono Dan Hoar for tho small
Sum of a Dime.

The Toncs of Evsry instruments In a
Large Orchestra Distinguished Easily
Future Generations May Hear Patti
sing and GIasistons SPEAK.
The Minneapolis observer., 1890-09-27

L1rrGK gacg. Ark. sept. "a = Iiorzes
MereeT > beY n years ED. Nhet and
killed his father heFe bwnals@ 81 q whip
plng rs fatass gAsn him
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
Vanity that Kills.

Overweening egotism is as potent a
cause of suicide as any other. More
than one couple have died in each others
arms with the desire and belief that
their m will go down to posterity
with the same fame that fingers yer
the tomb of Abelard and Heloise, and
young men have exhausted their brains
to concoct letters that should create q
sensation over their ashes. Irecall one
youth who left a long letter to say that
he blew his brains out because he could
not wait for natural death to reveal to
him the mysteries Of the next world;
another who argued on page after page
to demonstrate his right to make away
with himself, and more than one couple
who arranged their simultaneous exit
with as much care as if they were on
the stage with the world for an audi
enc. A wretched vanity, but does not
the wisest of men say that all is vanity
with us poor mortals?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
Gen. Crooks Romance.

The story of the courtship of the
late Gen. Crook is romantic. Early in
the war Crook, then a Captain, was
stopping at the Queen City Hotel, Cum
berland, Nd. He was there assisting
Gen. Kelly in organizing regiments and
defending the State of West Virginia
from invasion. Gen. Kelly was at the
same hotel. The proprietor of the
house was John Daily, who was also
proprietor of Glade's hotel, at Oakland,
Md, a famous resort. Nh. Daily had
two daughters, the eldest of whom,
Miss Mary, was a charming and pretty
girl. She had Southern s%ympathies,
for her mother was q member of a nota-
BILE old Virginia family who lived at
Moorfeld.
During Crooks stay at the hotel he
was much attracted by the young lady,
but she was a spirited girl, and refused
to be gracious to the Yankee, although
at heart she liked him.
The eldest of Boniface Daily's chill
dren was a son James, who was devoted
to the cause of the C%onfederacy. He
took offense at the persistent and open
attentions of Crook to his sister, and
finally organized a band of about fifty
young and fiaring spirits like himself,
and saw that they were we'll mounted
and armed. When everything was
ready about a dozen of Daily's band
crept into the hotel after midnight,
seized Gen. Kelly and Capt. Crook,
gagged them, and in a few moments
they were all on their road to Richmond.
The Federal lines were passed without
detection, and the prisoners were safely
landed in the Confederate capital. At
forwards they were exchanged.
Crook went into active service and
was badly wounded. He was sent to
Oakland with other wounded officers,
and singularly enough was quartered at
Glade's Hotel. Miss Mary then showed
her true feelings, and nursed her broth
er's late captive through what was at
one time thought to be o fatal illness.
When he recovered he proposed, but
was refused, her political sentiment be-
ing still in the ascendant. Twice after
that the conquercr Of Cochez and Ger
onimo attacked the fair fortress, and at
last it surrendred. The General has
been happy i'll his married life.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
Tie Graceful Minuet.

The minuet which Strauss is about to
introduce to the partial exclusion of his
own waltz was the first ball dance
which had q really worldwide popular
ity, according to the Berliner Borse,l-
Courier. 1t is o slow, digniied dance,
an appropriate product of the time and
place of its birth. It is very old. When
Don Juan d'Austria went incognito from
Brussels to Paris nothing he saw dur
ing his famous trip excited his admira-
ton half so much as the grace with
which the beautiful Margaret of Bur
g,lndy danced the minuet. Other beaus
and titled handles Of the same period
also put in writing flattering illusions
to the beauties of this dance. Never
theless, it is exceedingly doubtful that
the minnet Of those times was the
original model Of the minuet of to-day.
The minuet, which very recently has
appeared in the Partisan salons, was in
vented by the French ballet master,
Gardel, or rather was evolved by him
from a much older dance for the cele-
bration Of the marriage Of King Louis
NV. "Mimuet Of the Queen" is the
title which the gallant Gardel gave to
his new dance in honor Of Marie An
~toinette. The figures of a dance Of the
time OF Louis NV, were utilized by
Garlel as the basis Of his new minuet.
The old dance, with which every court
ball OF Louis XIV, was opened: con-
sisted mostly therein that the gentleman
and lady faced each other, moved a few
steps forward and backward in time
with dignitied and sonorous music,
bowed deeply, and returned to their
places.
This dance was called the "sBraule."
It was succeeded by the gayotte, in
which the gentleman kissed the
boquet of flowers, and with a deep bow
handed it to his partner" From this
gavotte Gardel derived the minuet.
The famous dancing master, Pecourt,
introduced an important innovation by
changing the s figure into the z figure,
which is still danced. The minuet is
the only dance which preserves the
courtly dignity of the old regime, and
therefore has ever been regarded as the
most aristocratic of dances. The most
popular OF minuet music is from the first
finale OF Mozart's Don Juan" This
music is the model Of all other music to
which the minnet has been danced Of
late wears.