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The morning call., 1892-08-14

building extension in the towns of Corrie,
Brodlck and Lamlash. Hence people who
enjoy nature are grateful to his Grace,
although they may curse the miseries of
their lodgings and the tOrments of Highland
heas. always numerous in Celtic cottages.
Soon after passing the Pladda light on
the southern end of Arran, and leaving it
far to the west. the Aisa Craig looms up
the gigantic rock it is. As it is on the
direct route from Belfast TO Glasgow, this
phenomenon in rock structure has acquired
ihe title OF "Paddy's Milestone" Fifty
miles oil II suggests a small haycock bObbing
up on the horizon. but when steamer is
alongside of it., the substantially of the
rock is evident All around it there is a
deep sea. The nearest Ayrshire coast Is 10
miles distant; and the nearest point of
Arran is double that distance. It rises
steeply out OF the sea TO q height OF 100
feet. There is hardly foothold for goat
on its surface, but there are few goats
which do succeed in nibbling a living off
scanty herbage above the wall of cliffs which
engirt the rocket, and at one point where
is a small beach Of debris, lighthouse
CLEANS forth its friendly advice to mariners.
The Craig IS the happy home OF millions of
seafowl. including the gannet, or solan
goose only known on two or three other
rock lets. The putin. the diver, the cormo-
rant The discharge of small cannon
brings out these birds In q cloud which
darkens the sky, and pretty sight il is to
watch the myriad flock wheeling in alarm
over the dark blue waters. TugboatS in
waiting Tor Atlantic vessels have excellent
shelter in the lee of this rock from whatever
quarter the wind may blow or however
rough the sea may be.
Land is in sight all the way down the
Firth, and there is something to talk about
besides yarns OF the sea, and TO gaze at be-
sides shimmering. weltering water, gliding
from form to form without stability. The
Point of Ayre. the northernmest land of the
Isle OF Man. famous in the record of ship
wrecks. gives the visitor his first impression
of the little kingdom no is about to study,
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Gudges) Clerk of the Rolls, Water Baiiiff,
Receiver General, ArchdeaeOn and the
Vicar General. The House of Keys CON
sists of "a members elected by household
suffrage in the towns and by ownership and
tenancy qualification in the country dis
triets. Under recent act the franchise
has been given to women. Until lately the
House of Keys, which sits for seyen years.
was Self-elected, but it is now chosen by
popular suffrage. The revenue of the
island, mostly derived from customs duties,
is over 10000 year and all but 910.000
which goes to the Imperial Government is
expended on the island itself There are
thus no grievances left to ineubate strife
with the mother country. The Governor, it
may be men toned, has very autocratic
powers when he chooses to exert them. He
may by gubernatorIal command prevent
from landing or eXpel all tramps, peddiers,
or human nuisances OF any description.
Only recently he exiied a whole colony OF
organ-grlnders and their monkeys. Hence
whatever other noises Douglas has the
organ-grinderS' contribution is omitted.
The Isle of Man raises more agricultural
produce than it can consume, thanks to
mild climate and the Industry of Its inhabi-
tants. 1t thus obliges England with wheat
and barley and fat stock, and it relieves
Ireland OF some Of its lean stock. But for
eggs and poultry there is abundant demand
in the towns of the island, especially during
summer. The fisheries are important and
empty 1000 or 5000 men. Herring, cod and
mackerel are the staples of the catch.
DECAY MACKART.
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at the COnSeryatoire deserve criticism.
and reform is a necessity. A celebrated
musician has just told me that a cOnServa-
tory of music should be 4 school for pro-
lessons and virtn1sos. Skill in execution
and knowledge OF music are distinct and
apart. but these competitions confuse them.
Suppose Mozart could not sing a scale,
would be receive prize?"
For the piano there should be a class
trained in execution, another class trained
for profession. and the same reform should
he applied 10 singing, tragedy and com edy.
Each year pupils are crowned, and often
the crown Is one OF thorns; no pupil can
make any engagement without permi ssiOn
from the director, and these who receive
prizes are ind obligation 10 make their de-
butts at the Opera, Opera Cemique or Theatre
Francais, if their services be claimed by
managers Of these subventioned thea
tiers. The Opera and Opera ComiQue
pay the first year $500, the second
$1,000 and the third year S120. The Thea
tie Franeais and the Odeon Theater pay
$3.50 the FIRST. $3.50 the second aud 500 the
third year, mere piitanee, but the pupil
nlnst, Ia some way, compensate for a gratu-
itous education. Those who study compo-
sitiOn compete each year for the grand prix,
a pension OF $500 year for five years, but
during these FIVE years the winner must
study in Itay. These long years OF study
give him right 70 the production Of one of
his own compositions NJ the Opera or Opera
COmjque.
or course, at the Conservatoire all ranks
of society are represented, for il is consid-
cred q badge of honor 10 be admitted.
There are found soldiers orphans, daugh-
tiers OF 1amilEeS who have seen better days
on the same footing with their humber
companions. for art is a leyeler and the Con-
servatore n true republic. Many promi-
nent French actresses once lived in the
porters lodge, and many, many students,
whom we see laden with rolls of music or
bulky volumes Of Moliere, giving them an
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rises almost perpendicularly to a height
of 700 feet. At Spanish Head, near
the Calf the cliffs are very i'm
pressive. The pGint is supposed TO take
its name from wrecked vessels OF the Span
lsh Armada, and If any of the invaders did
go ashore at this spot their fate must have
been horrible. 1t is from Spain that the
Manx cat Is supposed to have come. The
ManX cat has no tail. not even the rudi-
ment of a veFtebra. 1t is a handsome cat
otherwise. but without tail it is unfinished
There ue, however, other cats with tails on
the island. and feiines may be seen in all
stages OF caudal development so that this
popularity of the Manx tom and tabby NAV
In time disappear under the operation of the
law OF natural selection.
The Isle of Man, although almost desti-
tnte o. literature beyond few songs in the
Manx Gaelic, has history both eventful
and turbulent. The Druids held sway long
ago. The Welsh kings governed for a time.
and then the Scandinavlans had rule for
centuries, and many Rnnic monuments at
test their presence. When Norway lost
hold through disasters in Scotland the
Scotch, under Alexander III, got possession
In the thirteenth century. Edward / of
England, IN 1890, put the island under his
protection. The English kings granted the
Island TO various fayorites until, at the COM
mencement of the fifteenth century, il was
handed over to Sir john Stanley, an
cestor of the Earl of Derby, in return
Tor cast of falcons at the men-
aIch's coronation. During the Parliament
tary wars Lord Fairfax had possession, but
at the restoration the Stanleys were REIN
stated. The Derby family died oat and the
Island passed 10 the Duke of Athol as tn q
descendant of one of the Stanleys in the
female line. The British Parliament event.
ualiy extinguished NIL the rights of the Duke
OF Aihol by giving him compensation to the
extent of half a million sterling, and the
magnificent dueai residence built at the
commencement OF this century. Castle
Mona. Is now public resort Through all
these changes the island has preserved It's
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million dollars. It's sort Of taboo. you
know. or al least has some religious sguifi-
eance TO the islanders.
Ut was found off Maiea in so fathoms of
water, but even that is no great depth for
native diver.
Il have seen Kanakas make schooners
last IN so and 80 fathoms, W here the bottom
was too hard and rocky 10 hold the anchor.
/ hey go down with rope and tie il around
the rocks. and the " ater is so clear you can
see every move they make"
Cook has an excellent collection of pho
tographs, all taken on the islands bv Nine
HoaTe, the French photographer. One of
these, be explained to THE CALL man,
represented the champion prize-fgh of
the islands. The beach-c0mbers aud other
white people call him the John H. Sullivan
OF Tahiti. La the photograph he Is one of a
party OF three fish-spearers. He stands up
right IN the boat, with spear raised, as fine
specimen of the athlete as any modern
nation could produce.
OF his prOwess with naked fists The annals
OF Tahiti are replete. In his own world his
fame is as broad as that of the Boston
bruiser in America.
'Ralatea is an island south OF Tahiti"
said Cook, showing his listeners the photo
graph Of high, bald moCntain that seems
to be entirely inaccessible from the beach.
Inat mountain has made Raiatea i'm
pregnabe. Time and again the French
have tried to capture that town aud lay it
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ana his eyes g.eam with pleasure when he
makes acquaintance with Ramsey, hand
somely bnilt town with a noble background
OF Dill and wood. But there is still more
enchantnent IN Douglas for those who are
fond OF cities and the excitement OF gad-
about pleasure. Douglas is now the prin-
eipal town of the island, and has been built
IN the most fascinating way in terraces
around fine sweep of a sandy bay ad-
mirably suited for bathing. The old town
OF Douglas at the commencement of this
century. must have been only dirty vii
lage, reekiDg with vile odors and existing by
little more than smuggling. 1t has now at
least 10000 inhabitants, and when visitors
swarm it may have $4,000 or 5000 inhabi-
tants. The town exists on visitors. Al
most every house along every street well
comes the boarder. the l0dger, the traveller.
and during the height of the season Douglas
is much more gay and r0llieking than Os-
tend, Trouylile or Schaeyeningen, perhaps
because there Is more license to do as you
please. A quiet man would almost be
urlVen INTO an Insane aSyl by the noises
that go on during the night ia this festive
watering place. but the fun and frolic are
mostly IN harmless way, and a large num-
per OF people appear to enjoy the hustle
and excitement. Douglas is, in fact.
species Of Scarborough for the whole king
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and il
may be pronounced the most lively water
Ing place under the sovereignty of Queen
Victoria. although Brighton, with over
100000 permanent population, has all Lon
don behind II as support
One other town in the Isle Of Man ia a
place of importance and has more history in
its archives than either Douglas or Ramsey.
Peel, on the west coast. has castle which
dates back to the twelfth century The
castle is now in ruin and the grounds are
resorted to for pleasure. Enough of the
castellated masonry. the ancient chapel, the
towers and outer walls remain to interest
the curious. The castle overlooks a fine
harbOI, in which during the herring season
float several hundred tight and trim fishing
smacks, decked over, two-masted, carrying
crews OF six or eight men, and capable of
going on fishing cruise all round
the British Isles, and some of them
even 10 Newfoundland. The enterprise
shown by these hardy Celtic fisher
men, who have long enjoyed the benefits
OF self-government. almost proves to dem-
onstratiOn that had the Irish people around
Cork and Baltimore enjoyed similar rights
and freedom as to trade and customs du-
ties they too would have been prosperous
and progressive, quite Independently of the
Baroness Burdett-C0utts or any other phil
anthropic patron. The harbor Of Peel dur
ing the herring season is as fine q subject
for the marine painter as he could select
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SELF GOVERNMENT.
HOW me FAR Students at VaSSar Manage
to Keep Order.

AT Nassar College the system of self-goy
eminent introduced three years ago seems
TO have solved great difficulty. In build
ing where 800 or 400 students are living to-
gether a certain amount of law aud order
must be enforced. If this be done through
facuity and teachers it is impossible to avoid
certain boarding-school element. utterly
Out oil place in college and characterized
DIV midnight spreads, darkened transoms
anu rules broken for the mere fun Of break
Ing them. AT Nassar committee of
SIX students. who are chosen hy the
students themselves, keeps general order,
ana ehiorces the three great and only rules
OF the college, /. e., that every student shall
take a nxed amount OF daily exercise, attend
chapel, and be in bed by 10 o'clock. The
chairman OF the committee is elected every
year from the senior class, and on her rests
the main responsibility her tact and reso-
thtehess largely determine the success or
1ailure of the system for that year She
must rigldly keep the rules herself She
must nave the courage TO talk to Individual
transgresS0rs, and even to address the whole
BODY oil students on the subject of their
shortcomings. Above all, she must ipeak
as one of them. not as one over them. That
gifi can d1 all this and yet be as truly
popular as any girl in college has been well
proved during the last few years.
ms system OF lf-government has made
=, S0'-Nu IiahSc III tic atmosphere OF the
college. The students are put upon their
honor TO keep tie laws. Nobody watches
them TO see IL they do or not, for the COM
mltiee lnterferes only when the breach is
quite apparent A feeling has grown ND
that 1t is bad form, IL not rather fresh" to
be Gisorderly. Midnight seances exist only
In DIM memory and In newspap per para
graphs: In fact, the college is growing
up. . Ot course there are, and ALWAYS will
be, girls to whom being put on their honor
means nothinS-girls who abuse their free
dom. and, al times, make the system seem
almost failure. On the whole, however,
no one can doubt that self-goyernment is a
success. and has proved that girls may be
none the worse for greater liberty.
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side of 90 years and reputed to be worth
somewhere near S1,000,o00, all made in
racing.
The accompanying picture of Mr.. Dwyer
was taken a day or two before the Brook
lyn handicap was run, while he was standing
in front of Longstreet's stall In his Graves
end stable quarters. As bis picture shows
he is dreSsy and neat in appearance.
At times Mr.. Dwyer has been known to
bet as high as $4,000 on one race. and
commission Of $1,000 or $4,000 is quito an
ordinary matter with him. Unlike pitts
burg Phil" Dave johnson and other big
piungers. he prefers to bet his money on
horse at odds of to rather than at 10 to /.
and, therefore. he has the reputation of be-
ing "cinch" better.
So far this season he has won and lost
several fortunes, but at the present time ne
is trif1e out on the game. thing quite
unusual with him, Many of his losses have
been made at Brighton Beach. and on one
day he is credited with having left S25,000
in the bookmakers' hands during the after
Moons sport. With his splendid stable and
facilities for getting the best information
regarding horses, he will not be long in
getting 100000 or so from the pencilers.
and at the end of the season he will probably
be much richer man than he was when
Longstreet tailed 10 win the Brooklyn
handicap on Nav 16 last
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our this help Stevenson would have been
wrecked, sure. No TWO men eou.d have
taken a schooner over those reefs.
Yes; lived in the Islands four wears:
was trader there" continued Walter Cook,
Who at present is the host of The Avenue
House in Oakland.
heres money TO be made in the Islands
Tadihg with the natives fer shells and
copra. And talking of shells reminds me
OF the time when new trader brought out
q While diver, with helmet. lifeline and a
full outfit for deep-sea diving.
That white diver, with all his para
phernalia, made just one plunge in 90
1athomS of water. They hauled him up
more dead than alive. Then they Put
natives TO work.
Sixty fathoms of water is nothing for a
kanaka. He just swims down like a fish.
lie takes bag with him and when he
comes up that bag is full of shells.
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tie and lives at kneesworth House, South
Kensington. lie is also keeniy interested
in Mrs. Mayhriek, and is as sympathetic as
his talented young wife.
Both the Drs. Densmore are advocates of
a natural food" theory. In their case il
does not happen TO be vegetarianism that is
the cause espoused. bat nonstarch diet.
Fruit and nuts, say the young American
doctor and her husband. were the food on
which primitive man waxed lusty There
Tore, let modern man and modern woman
eat fruit and nuts. However, they admit
that since the conditions of modern man
differ somewhat from those of his remote
ancestors, the Savages, a Slight difference i'm
food Is allowable. Therefore, a flesh diet is
also permitted. The only thing insisted
npon is that starch foods are injurious.
Nuts. meat and fruit, but no potatoes or
bread, such Is the food DR.. and Mrs Deus-
more think will build UP q new race Of
giants.
The new food sect has an organ in which
its views are set forth with great clearness.
Ii Is called Natural Food. and states that il
is devoted 20 health and the higher life"
La this DIR. Helen Densmore has a depart
ment consisting Of notes on the subject to
which she and her husband are devoted.
She manages them remarkably well, too,
and in at least two issues of the paper has
devoted most of her space 10 the case of
Mrs. MAVERICK
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THE FRENCH CONSERVATOIRE
The Leading Institution in The World Of
Art.
Division Of Studies and Critical Examinations.
The Famous Director of the
School.
Correspondence of THE MORNING CALI

Monsieur Ambrose Thomas, director OF
the "Conservatoire de Musique ct de
Defamation" is so i'll he il unable to pre-
side over the public examinations. The
Minister of Fine Arts has appointed in his
place Charles Goanod for opera comique,
Jules Massenet for vocal music and piano,
and Alexandra Dumas for tragedy and
comedy.
Next week will be a great week 10 the
artistic world of Paris. Aspirants for fame
have dreamed Of debut at the Theatre
Francais or Grand Opera. aud toiiers Tor
daily bread have hoped for n prize that
would tighten their labors. All look for
ward TO success, bu: few are able to pass the
severe ordeal Of the ConseTvatoire. this
great national institution founded by Baron
de Breteuil in 1884.
French Republicans do not really believe
in the protection of art, and many would
like 10 see the COnseryatoire abolished.
"Why should there be school for piansts,
vocalists, comedians and tragedans, more
than for poets and journalists? There are
too many actors and musicians now. Why
encourage more?"
Without the ConServatoire theatrical art
would perish, but the methods OF teaching
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pastebOard or stiff card FIVE inches long and
two wide, an ash stick three feet long and
a piece OF stout string constitute ali
the material that is necessary Whit.
lie your pine stick perfectly straight
and round. little larger in diameter than
d ear pencil. Nlfh small saw cut in one
end slit about five inches deep. Into this
SIT insert the piece of card, first cutting it
The shape shown In picture. Tack il on
with two or three brads, clincbing them ON
The other side to insure firmness Wien
this is done land not befnre) balance tho
dart on yonr knife-blade to find the center
of gravity aud at the point where it bal
ances cut notch slantiBR In the direction of
the point away from the card end
III you cut this notch in the center. or near
the end, The dart will not work. must be
just where u balances. Be sure Won ger this
n"ieh right, for on it depends the success of
the toy. Va
The dart being finished, the next thing is
To construct The lash to throw IL with. A
piece Of ash or some springy wood is better
Ior tnis purpose, but pine or spruce will do.
Gut ibis about three feet long and the diam
eter of a whip-handle. so you can hold IL
comfortably in the hand, yet thin and
spnngy. tapering toward the end. To the
small end OF this stick fasten a piece of
stout string about two feet long. and at the
other end OF the string tie knot
TO shoot the dart hold il with The left
hand near the tail or paper end, holding the
whip in the right. Throw the string over
the dart and draw it through The roieh until
II catches on the knot. Then. with n rapid
upward motion, switch the whip into the
air, letting go the dart at the same time
The dart will leave the string and soar high
into the air.
The lighter the dart is made and the more
springy the whip the higher the minie-dart
VIII fly. lie correct in your aim and YOU
may learn TO hit the mark as well as did
the oldtine slingers. But be careful not To
break windows or "smash things in your
training for sharpshooiers, for / do not
like 10 have the minie-dart from which /
have derived so much enjoyment set down
by worried housewives as nuisance"
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air of great importance, have swept the
stairs or cleaned the windows of Paris
apartment-hOuses.
The entrance TO the Paris Conservatoire
Is in the Rue du Fauhourg PoiSsoniere, but
the house occupies the space bounded by
the rues BergeTe. COBservatoire and Sainte
Cerile. TIE building contains concert
hall, theater and many classroOms. In
tie library there are about 10000 volumes
OF music, and the museum of modern and
ancient instruments is unique.
As have said, the Minister of Fine Arts
has general control OF the Conservatoire,
but the chief officer is called a director
Besides, there are secretaries, librarians
and more than seventy professors. OF
these professors only i've receive $500 a
year. NJ. Msssenet is among those who
receive a large stipend. Officially, the pro-
feSsOrs are divided into two elasses-the in
cumbents, who receive from $500 to $500 a
year. and the fellows. who never have more
than $780, In comparison with the tutors
the latter are paid enormously, for the
tutors never receive anything.
They have no official position, but are
chosen by the director for period of three
years, term indefinitely renewed, until.
after twelve, fifteen or eighteen years OF
unremunerated service. thev become fel-
lows, with 500 a year. The consequence
of this system is that these tutors insist on
numerous rehearsals, and frequent lessons
for the pupils, and for all of these they are
paid. Some repetiteurs or tutors arrange