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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31
A CELESTIAL SONG.
Chinese Music and Mslody-yvood. String
and Brass Instruments.
Especial Correspondence

Chinese MusIc and B1Slody-EVOOds StftBy
and Brass Instruments.
Especial Correspondence
Los ANGELES, Aug. 1.-"There are
only five notes in our scale of music, y
said Lue Tow, dealer in Chinese music
al instruments. 1--WE don't use the
notes corresponding to the fourth and
seventh in the American scale, and we
claim that there are eight distinct sounds
in nature. We have instruments to
represent these sounds, but have only
five notes. That may seem queer to
you Americans, and we may naturally
wonder why it does. They are: The
sounds of skin, of which we make the
drum; cymbals are made OF stone; nels'
of metal; horns, of baked earth: Iutes,
of silk: violins, castanets and vibrating
Instruments, of wood; flutes. of BAN boo.
and mouth organs of the gourd. Inc
sound of skin has eight notatlons, and
we have a drum for each, with different
kinds of barrels, long or short or full,
and some of these are struck with the
right hand and drawn to the left and
some with the left hand and drawn to
the right.
Lue Tow took down q banjo and be-
gan plunkety PUNK which would have
been a melody had not the two most
natural notes been omitted. The drum of
the banjo is of skin, soaked in pure water
after being tanned, which gives it a
sweet and mellow sound. The drum is
about the size of closed hand. The
board is about feet long, with two six
inch keys at the end. The Chinese VIC
lin and guitar are noted for their large
keys and small bridge, the reverse from
the American instrument. The drum of
the guitar is as round as a turtle, which
in some cases it is made to represent.
They have musical instruments in the
shape of various animals, birds, ETC., and
adorn them with carvings, silken tassels,
ribbons and canopies of silk of all colors,
designed to please the eye as well as the
ear-of their own race. The violin,
which is about foot and a half long,
is played by placing the bow underneath
the strings There are no quick or
lengthy strokes. The motion is slow and
apparently uniform, the fingers of the
left hand manipulating the strings into
what they deem music-a harsh, squeak
ing sound. For my entertainment Lue
Tow sawed out an ancient love song, the
motif of which, he said, was the giving
of Celestial maiden in marriage to q
prince, who carried her far from home,
beyond the great walls of China. She
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31
SLING SLEEVE NEeL1aEE AND GIRLS DRESS

SLING SLEEVE NEGIIGEE AND GIRLS DRESS.
One of the cleverest ideas in the way
of such gown was mode colored pom
gee, with piece Of half inch MANILA
rope sewn into the skirt in 'over and
over stitches, the holes it goes through
being buttonholed firmly. This makes
a very cdd but effective trimming, and
it is placed about four inches from the
bottom, so that it appears to be hemmed
from the outside. The neck is cut to
come down to where the shoulders and
neck join and straight across. The pom
gee is gathered at the neck, and from
there it falls to the waist line, but across
the breast are the fiat rows of ribbon
woven in the pongee The ribbon is
rush green. The sash ribbon is the same,
with iridescent spangles sewn along ir-
regularly.
The distinction of this negligee con-
sists in the sling sleeves, which are made
of Algerian silk in its barbaric stripes
of color, in which green, yellow and
pink predominant. In the back there is a
vatican of the pongee silk, with Topped
MANILA rope, forming sort of breloque,
and with ends fringed out quarter of
a yard and interningled with floselle
of green, yellow and pink.
Itseems that, as the few pattern gowns
arrived from abroad now show, the ber-
thas or bretelle capes are to be more ex-
aggerated than ever. saw one made OF
iridescent silk, blue and red, making
rich purple in it's shades, and there were
stiffened bretelles that stood out at least
is inches from the neck to the widest
part. The skirt was plain empire, with
a ribbon ruff1e at the knee and one at
the bottom in the same shades, and no
where did the skirt touch the ground,
and it stood out like bell.
A black silk warp henrietta had plain
tailor finish skirt, with shell plating of
the sarfh elegant material. This shell
plating is very fine, and when well made
is one of the prettiest trimmings ever
devised where neat work shows. There
were three rows of the shell plaitings
eight inches apart, bringing the upper one
"a inches from the bottom. The waist
had enormous bretelles stiffened to stand
out like wings, and in front one Tapped
over the other in fchu style and fasten-
ed under rosette. The gigot sleeves
were enormous at the top.
A very handsome gown was received
last week by one of the large houses, and
it is model on which many others
will be built It was of pale heliotrope
faille, with deep founce Of white NOUS
seine de sole, with a heading of the
same, fastened by a double edge box
plating of a darker shade of heliotrope
Around the waist and around the neck
are other plaitings of the silk muslin.
The upper sleeves are of shot surah, pur-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31
A Tremendous Shaking Up.

This is what every system afflicted with chils
and fever, bilious remittent, or any other form
OF malarial disease undergoes periodically
Not only is malaria terrible in itself-it is the
breeder OF an infnity OF bodily ailments,
Specifics used for it's prevention. and rem9V removal
prove, in the vast majority of case useless les
for every other purpose than to- mitigate
disease and stave off its attacks. They are are
sure with the average treatmentt to return atlea
awhile The sufferer may change his locatio d?
to healthier one, but the complaint, Wnicn y
in his blood is not thus lightly got rio OF, a,io
returns after the wonted Interval, of egarai
DEBILITY Of the system are the offspring OF mala.
ria. Cure the originating cause an St asert
future physical injury with Hest Stoae a
Bitters e eft ts ass rheumatism and nd
gestion.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31
oregon,s Giant Salmon.

In the Oregon booth in the Fisheries
building at the worlds fair during the
past few days there has been on exhibi-
tion a giant salmon from the Columbia
river. This beauty, which is probably
the largest salmon ever taken from the
waters of the west, is ffty-four inches
long, forty inches around and weighs
eighty-two pounds. He is encased in
the center Of solid cake Of perfectly
clear ice in which he was frozen be-
fore leaving the coast.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31
Live Stock Points.

When at the head of the announcem emit
Of horse sale you see the words, "Sals
without reserve, no combination. no by
bidding, absolute closing out" and when
at the end of the announcement you read
the name of dead sure reliable horse
selling firm, then you can safely attend
and bid on the animals you want. But
the reliable firms name at the end is in
dipensable.
One of the great trotting events of the
country this year will be the union meet
ing of the New York Driving club and
the Charter Oak Driving Park associa-
ton of Hartford in the fall. The races
will come off at New York from Aug.
20 to Sept. 4. The stakes are heavy. In
the free for all 2:14 trotting match the
winner will receive a purse OF $o,oo0.
Over $40, 900 have been offered IN prizes
for the winners, in classes ranging from
s:l4 to S:SO'in time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31
Japanese Temple for chicago.

A Washington dispatch says that
Secretary Carlisle has instructed the
collector at Chicago to release from
customs Jurisdiction the temple on the
wooded island at jackson park, which
has been presented by the emperor Of
Japan to the city Of Chicago. This ac-
ton was necessary to enable the park
commissioners of Chicago to accept the
proposition of the Japanese emperor,
who desired that the temple, which, is
the feature of the Japanese exhibit at
the exposition, should be permanently
located at South park for its ornamen-
tation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31


became homesick, and thus expressed
her grief. The words are bad enough,
but on hearing the music did not won
der at her Illness:
NV kinsfolk have given me away
Into foreign land,
To the chieftain of the Usun.
He dwells in miserable hut
Covered with skins.
His food is flesh, and milk is his drink.
When think of my home,
Then long to be wild goose.
That might fly away into my fatherland
The musical notes are written in col
u1nns, and the words are written be-
tween the parallel columns and read
from right to left, but this is an old
time song, so familiar to the household
that neither music nor words are neces-
sary, being picked up by all beginners
like the .sBy, Baby, By in the tree top.
The flute is made Of bamboo, the most
musical of all substances, and it serves
as the "key," or "pitch,' for the tuning
of all other Instruments They are sim
liar in make to our own flutes, only that
the enbouchere is in the middle instead
of at the end. The successive sounds OF
their flute serve as the basis of their
musical scale. The flute is bound with
silk between the apertures, SO as to pre-
serve the wood from cracking, also to
sweeten the sound.
The Chinese cymbals are not strictly
cymbals, in that they are not clashed
together, but struck with a drumstick
as drum. They are of various sizes,
each having a different note, and are
arranged on frame from 3 or to Is
and played as we play dulcimer. When
one gets out of tune, piece is Clipped
off the end or sliced off the back. These
stones are valued according to their
tone. which is given to them by expo
sure to the sun and the peculiar varia-
lions of the atmosphere in certain dis
tricts in China where they are found.
Another wooden instrument Is life
size tiger in crouching position. It is
called the tiger, or on. 1t has n teeth
sticking out of it's back It is stated by
my informant that formerly the wooden
| teeth were melodious, and that by strlk-
ing the tiger on the head he would pitch
tune, but during the last Thousand
years the art of making teeth with
melody has been lost, and the practice is
now to scrape the animals back with a
! metal stick.
For more than 1900 years the Chinese
have known the fourth and seventh
notes and must know that the insertion
Of these notes would complete the octave
| and render their music sweeter, yet they
have refrained from using them. The
only assigned reasons are that the two
| omitted notes are the hardest in the sew
ell to remember. and with them five is a
magical number to which everything
conference.-the five points of the COM
pass, east, north, south. west, center.
| j. W. ScANLAND
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31
becomes candied and dry. Keep in a
glass jar. Use instead OF raisins in cake
it gives daintily-favored fruit cake.
.RHopoDENDRoNs.
A List of Hardy Varieties and How to
Treat Them.

A List of Rardy Varieties and How to
Treat Them.
Some folks have an idea that rhododen-
irons are not hardy and hesitate to plant
them. Others have planted some that
failed to thrive, and they are disappoint-
ed, and SO on. The editor of Gardening
SAYS there are cases where the rhododen-
dron is imperfectly understood. Some
rhododendrons are perfectly hardy. 9th
ers again come from the mountainous
regions of tropical countries and are not
hardy here, and there is host of inter-
mediate forms.
The proper thing to do, then, is to find
out which varieties are perfectly hardy
here and confine our selection to these
sorts. Our hardy varieties are the de-
scendants of our own r. Catawbiense.
The authority mentioned recommends
as an excellent list Of tried hardy sorts
Album grandiforum, Album elegans,
Abraham Lincoln, BERTHE Parsons, BIZ
color, Candidissimum, Delicatissimum,
Everestianum, General Grant, Grandi-
forum, Purpureum crispum, Crispum
and Roseum elegans.
How should we treat rhododendrons in
gardens? Mr.. Falconer advises: Give
them shelter from sweeping winds and
good, well drained but moist earth to
grow in and don't try to cultivate them
in lime charged soil. Don't plant them
beside large, coarse growing trees whose
roots would rob the shrubs.
We plant rhododendrons at any time
from August till May, providing the
ground is fairly moist After planting
we mulch the ground with old forest
hee leaves with sprinlling of sedge
over them to keep the leaves from blow
ing away. 1t matters little whether the
shrubs face east, west, north or south,
providing the sweep of the wind through
them is broken by rising ground, build
ings or bushes.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31

pie and gold, and there are double plalt-
ings around the arms and around the
neck, the latter being placed ON the wide
bertha, which is cut on half circle, SO
that it falls into rich folds and to Jabot
point.
The Turkish women are adopts IN
making fine trimming. Some like beads;
others like pears with leaves sewn in OF
the dress material or some other con-
trasting material. 1t is quilted up. They
also make trimming of black silk or
dark blsqe that represents fight of swal-
lows, and this is set as a border upon the
edges of their outer garments. l expect
that some enterprising dressmaker will
soon have the beading OF other similar
garmtaTe mSae fet fine dresses.
OLIVE HARPER.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31

NORWEGIAN BUILDING AT JACKSON PARK.
young Norseman who was doing some
work there was named Left Ericsson.
AS they had a Christopher Columbus
of that name, who they insist discov-
cred America, who knows but this man
may be a linea1 descendant. The flag
of Norway floats from the upper turret
of the building.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31
Forcing Plant Growth by Electricity

Forcing Plant Growth by Electricity.
Experiments have been made in France
in tho forcing of plant growth by cleo
tricity. An apparatus is used consisting
of high pole set in the middle of the
field, at the top of which is a sort of cop
per broom with fine branches This is
connected by steel wire with network
of steel wires buried at a sufficient depth
below the surface. At a trial in 1891 the
crop upon field of potatoes was nearly
doubled, or was about 139 pounds on the
wired plat to about IA pounds on the
plats without wires. In 1892 it was test
ed upon spinach and other crops with
similar results, Whether it is likely to
become of practical use or only a sclen-
tific toy remains to be seen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31
NoRWAY,s BUILDING.

One of the nfost Unique Structures at
jackson Park.
One of the quaintest and most fas-
cinating of the foreign buildings at the
worlds fair grounds is that of Norway,
which is built in the style of architec-
ts1re Of the old Morse days, and looks
like bird, or boat, or pagoda, with
it's funny decorations like wooden
birds. It is constructed of Norway
pine, was built in the land OF the mid
night sun, and brought over here
piecemeal. Oddly enough blonde
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31
A worlds Fair Excursion.

A novel worlds fair excursion passed
through Delaware county, gnd., the
other day, en- route from Cincinnati to
Chicago. 1t consisted of a party of five
young men in covered wagon. I'm
derneath the vehicle tramped five dogs.
On the wagon was inscribed:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31
In God we trust;
Chicago or bustl

The excursionists seemed happy, and
expect to sell the dogs for enough to
pay the expenses of the party.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31
The Japanese Anemones.

This distinct and beautiful species
ought to be represented in every flower
garden Being at their best during the
late summer and autumn months, when
the beds and borders most need replen-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31
A CLUSTER OF JAPANESE ANEMoNEs.

CLUSTER OF JAPANESE AN5MONES.
lshine and attractive blooms are rare,
the Japanese anemones are doubly val
liable. They are neat and compact in
habit, are hardy and flower freely when
given deep, rich soil.
These plants may be effectively grown
as pot plant and in lines or masses in
beds or mixed borders, though perhaps
they appear to greater advantage when
grown in groups.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31
EARLY FALL STYLES.
Charming Woman Habited in a
Graceful Negligee.

A Clever Idea-Comfcrtable and Attractive
Frocks-Nice Attire For Little Giris--A
Very Handsome Model Fall Gown-Fine
Turkish Trimming.
Especial Correspondence
NEW York, July 27.--Perhaps won-
an is never more charming than when
habited in a graceful negligee. By that
is not meant those bulgy, shapeless night
gown shaped wrappers that give wom-
an almost elephantine proportions, but
neat, trim shape, fitting and outlining
the figure and depending for its negligee
effect upon vatican back and gathered
front fastened down under ribbon
whose floating ends always look SO wom-
snish and dainty.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-31

Do you want to know what is going on in the
woTld-Take the PRESS.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-01

ripe they must be topped and carried to
the factory as soon as possible.
Arrived at the factory, the wagon or
car loads are weighed, tared, and as
soon as q sample basket for analysis
has been selected, the roots are stored
In sheds constructed for that purpose.
The latter are V-shaped and connect
with the sugar-house by means of con-
Quits through which moderate flow OF
water carries the beets Into these they
tumble hour after hour, day in and day
out, almost necessarily, for beet
sugar mill must never flag during its
necessarily short season-say one hum
dred days run each year. The hapless
beets are borne along to their doom
like so many hogs to a Chicago slaugh-
house; on, on they go, in mad con-
fusion, as they are driven down
the length of the canals; through
the factory wall they pass, are
caught by wheel and hurried with
out ceremony into a huge gutter,
where revolving arms speed them
along, and-minus stones, dirt, ETC.
delivers them to spiral, which in turn
carries them to the washer proper. This
is an immense barrel, with sides per-
forated, in which they are VIII rled round
and round until they disappear beyond
the farther edge, only to reappear bob
bing along over a set of great whale
bone brushes; then, with the last ves-
tige OF dirt removed, they leave the
washhouse and enter the factory proper.
Without a moments rest they are caught
in the buckets of an elevator and taken
to the top OF the house, where they fall
pell-mell into the receiver of an auto
matte scale. When this is full it holds
LOO pounds. 1t registers the number
of the weighing and then precipitates
its bulky load into the slicer. A hand
on the lever, and the great mass sinks
like melting snow, until. after the lapse
Of several moments, nothing is left but
few chips dancing and coquetting with
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-01
The Penalty of Heediessness.

The army stood in the presence Of
death, silent with horror.
The condemned man, pale but reso-
Lutte, had taken his place beside the
coffin which was to hold his mortal
clay, facing the firing squad. He
was a handsome soldier, and it wrung
the hearts of his comrades to see him
about to meet a dishonorable end.
The culprit was speaking. His
voice was clear and firm, and his
words reached every ear in that great
concourse.
"My friends"
Already there was many fearful
eye riveted upon that beloved figure.
Il die the victim of my own care
lessness. Once my prospects were as
bright as yours. | had been com.
mended for my bravery"
A murmur of approval ran through
the troops.
"And the scars upon my body at
test my devotion to the cause. | have
been declared a good soldier, but one
day, in fit of unaccountable heed
lessness-"
His head sank upon his breast.
81 passed within four miles Of a
superior officer and did not touch my
hat. My fate is just one and
make no complaint"
They were sorry to see him shot,
but they appreciated the necessity Of
maintaining discipline. Detroit Tri.
bune.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-01
Delay of Mails.

One curious cause of delay in the
delivery of mail in inclement seasons
is not generally understood. Itresults
from the fact that mail is assorted
for delivery, or "thrown" as they say
in the business, on the trains. Two
men cover a certain line of road and
one is supposed to be at one end when
the other is ready to start from the
opposite end. If one gets caught in
a snow storm or by accident the other
goes out as usual and both get on one
end. The consequence is that when
the next train is ready there is no
railway mail clerk for the run and
mail is not sent out.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-01

OF the latter. that they can
distinguish "a vegetable TASTE" are
giving too much credit to their
tongue and too little to their magma
ton. Europe floods US with 1t In a raw
state; 1t reaches the great Eastern re-
fineries. where also comes raw sugar
from the cane countries. These two
are inseparably combined, and the mix
ture goes forth as refined sugar, far and
near; and refined sugar 1t is, nothing
more nor less. Nothing is distinguished,
as there ie nothing to distinguish; SO it
must not be thought for moment that
there is any sailing under false co,ors.
Only this-that honor should be given
where honor Ia due. Up to the present
time the cane has received In the
popular mind the credit OF being the
original source OF all this product; but
now that the sugar beet is struggling for
supremacy In American soil, Its part In
sweetening the worlds coffee can no
longer remain unacknowledged.
The amelioration OF the sugar beet Is
a business In itself and would require a
volume to discuss It thoroughly. In
this country 1t Is as yet quite undevel-
oped, but In Europe has very long been
carried out on the most scientific and
elaborate scale. Having secured seed
that bids fair to produce large yield
of sugar, the grains, which resemble or
binary beet seeds In size and also In
point OF containing severa germs, are
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-04-01
PerflOus Fishing.

Dynamite-fshing = the killing Of
fish by exploding dynamite bombs I'M
der or upon the water, and then gath
ering the stunned or killed fish which
are brought to the surface-is so gen.
orally condemned that there will not
be much sympathy for the human
performer in the following tragedy,
recorded in some Of the English news
papers:
A man in Bideford, in the south
western part of England, had dog
which he had carefully trained to
bring to him whatever he had thrown
into the water. Early one morning
this man went out to a pond near his
place, carrying with him a dynamite
bomb, with which he intended to
make haul" of the trout in the
pond. He lighted the fuse, and threw
the bomb into the water.
Unluckily he had either failed to
notice or else had forgotten that his
dog followed him. On the instant
the dog sprang into the water, swan
to the floating bomb, seized it and
brought.it ashore, to place it at his
masters feet.
The man tried to command the dog
to drop the terrible object, but the
animal showed the excellence of his
training by clinging to it and rapidly
pproaching the shore.
Then the lazy fisherman took to his
heels. The dog came ashore. and fol-
lowed him at more rapid rate than
the man could run, the dynamite still
in its mouth and the fuse burning.
1t was wild race for a high wall
not far away. The dog gained every
instant. The man was in despair,
for he knew the bomb would explode
presently with murderous force. He
reached the wall, and scrambled over
it just in time, for at that instant, as
the dog came to the foot of the wall,
the dynamite exploded.
The unfortunate dog was blown to
atoms, but the man escaped with
severe shaking up and disposition
to fish in the future with hook and
line