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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-06
The Ofnclai.' Word For II 4,

Toronto. Ont. Oct. 5.-The Canadian
Pacific officials believe the telegraphers
strike is nearly at an end. The chief
difficulty In the way OF hlllng the vacant
places with men Is the hostility OF out
siders to tho men replacing the strikers.
Between Montreal and Toronto rs special
coustabes are distributed TO protect the
Company's now employees. Trains are
moving on fairly good time to-day.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-06
GOLDEN
OPPORTUNITY

We Need More Room for our holiday
display. To make room we must sell
lots OF goods. We must make induce
ments. We are prepared to do so.
Make note OF what we intend to do.
Commencing Monday. Oct. 5th. we will
make large reductions on all lines OF
goods. 1t is ! splendid opportunity to
get fine piece of Jewelry at low
price. The former price remains on
each article, but you can have them at
the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-06
He Found What He Went After.

Lawrence. Kan, oct. 5.-Prot. L. l..
Dyche. the companion OF Peary In his
Arctic expedition. was heard from to-
day ia a lsttcr received by his wife,
written under date OF Aug %. at
Cooks Inlet In it the explorer states
Re had found the coveted specimens
desired for the state university and
that h. was well and would be home
in early October.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-06

Denver. Oct. 5.-The largest lccomo-
tive ever seen In the West and one OF
the largest In the United States. made
a trial run from Denver 20 Pueblo to-
day. hauling IS cars. II is calculated
that this engine can run Is miles an
hour. Another ot the same pattern -
being built. When both are in use
the rurrlnE time between Denver and
Pueblo may be reduced TO a mile u
minute
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-06
REDUCED PRICES:

75c Lace Pins, for. so
sl.00 Lace Pins. for. r........ 80
$500 Lace Pins, for. r......... 1.25
$500 Ladies' Sterling Belts. LIS
We have large stock Of very fine
goods and will make similar induce
ments on all lines. look will con-
vince you and cost you nothing.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-06
Festival of Mountain and Plain.

Denver, Oct 5-The Leavy arrivals to-
day indicate that there will be nearly
10000 visitors In the city during the an
nual carnival, the Festival OF Mountain
and Plain, which will open tomorrow
afternoon with the great Pageant OF
ProEress.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-10-06

Wichita. Kan. Oct. 5.-Wichita division
OF 'tA, order of Railway Te.cgraphsrs.
one OF the largest divisions OF the order
In America, met tonight in special ses-
sion and voted funds to aid the Canadian
operators on strike
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

hot, and for some days after It re-
tanned a peculiar fiery appearance, In
the equatorial regions the tail was de-
scribed as resembling a stream Of fire
from. furnace.
This comet was visible in Bologna,
Italy, at noon, being then only 10000
miles distant from the sun and tray
cling at a speed Of $3.50 miles per sec
ond. 1t follows therefore. that in
twelve minutes 1t must have passed
over space equal to the distance be-
tween the earth and the moon.
In the latter part Of February the
comet was seen at Conception, South
America. 1t was visible from Brazil
ON March 1, and on the 9Th of the same
month was plainly apparent in the lati-
tude of New York. From that date
until the close of the month It pre-
sented a most beautiful appearance
every clear evening. So brilliant, in
fact, was the comet Of 1943 that on
many evenings during the month of
March 1t cast bright light upon the
harbor of New York.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22
AN AMERICAN VICTORY.
The Value of Our Cars Demonstrated
on an English Railroad.

The Value of Our Cars Demonstrated
on an English Railroad.
The special attraction which the
Great Northern Railroad of England
offers this season is complete train
Of eight long and heavy cars built upon
the lines Of the typical American car,
and furnished with all the various de-
tails Of equipment which characterizes
an express passenger train in this
country. How wide a departure has
been made from the common English
practice may be judged from the fol-
lowing particulars The train is made
up Of eight cars of an average length
of 67 feet, their weight being not far
from forty tons. This is more than
double the length and weight Of the
standard English six-wheeled coach.
The cars are carried on siX-wheeled
trucks. The Railway World Engllsh)
in describing the train says: "The
train forms compact whole, as the
separate carriages are joined by the
patent Gould combined vestibule, au-
tomato coupler, buffer and continuous
platform, the side buffers and screw
up couplings being abandoned in favor
Of appliances which have long been
used in America. In fact, the train
indicates throughout the triumph OF
American IDEAS" The cars are fitted
with the raised clere-story roof, patent
torpedo ventilators, double gas lights,
Gould's steam heating apparatus, to-
gether with electric calls from each
compartment. The English preference
for privacy is shown in the retention Of
the compartment division Of most Of
the cars, there being only one third
class open car, with doors at each end
and a passage down the center. The
rest Of the cars are called composite
corridor carriages" and each contains
three first-class and four third-class
compartments, a baggage room and
lavatories for each class. There is
also large baggage car with six
wheeled trucks. The total length of
the train is $50 feet, and it will carry
about 300 passengers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22
YOUNG PEOPLE AT WORK.

A centenarian Christian Endeavorer
is reported. He is one hundred years
young, truly.
Nineteen floating societies Of Christ
ian Endeavor have been formed in New
South Wales.
DR.. Clark will attend the Irish Ma
tional convention at Belfast, October
IL. From there he will go to France.
A party of South Dakota Endeavor-
ers drove one hundred and ten miles
in wagon to the last state conVen-
ton.
German Christian Endeavorers are
planning organized work to extend the
movement among German-speaking
peoples.
A college committee" to interest the
young people in higher education, is
the latest suggestion to Christian En-
deavor societies.
The departure of three Christian En-
deavor missionary volunteers for the
foreign field was reported one week
during September.
The famous Grace Baptist Temple,
of Philadelphia, Rev. Russell H. Con-
wells church, contains eleven Christ
ian Endeavor societies.
Baltimore Christian Endeavorers
sent 564 children from the slums OF
the city out into the country for two
weeks each during the summer.
"The tenth legion" Of the New York
city Christian Endeavor Union com
prises all the local Endeavorers who
give a tenth of their income to God.
A Germantown, Pa, Christian En-
deavor society visited a Philadelphia
rescue mission where were present 1Ve
hundred persons, and each EndeaVorer
did personal work.
Each of the more than one thousand
prisoners In Iowa prisons receives at
the holiday season written greeting
and bunch of flowers from the Christ
ian Endeavor societies Of the state.
The Presbyterian Mission Home in
San Francisco, for Chinese girls that
have been rescued from the slavery OF
Chinatown, contains two Christian En-
deavor sicieties, young peoples and
a Junior.
Seventy-five thousand bouquets OF
flowers were sent to the Chicago Flow
er Mission this year by Iowa Christian
Endeavor societies. One Junior So
ciety alone within four months sent
twelve hundred bouquets.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

pinator and pronator muscles from
those Of the fingers. Speed requires
the shortening Of the latent period of
the muscle, and this can be accom-
plished only by taking up the slack
of the tendons. The principal muscle
concerned in producing crisply STAG
cato effect with finger action is the ex-
tensor, as upon this muscle depends
the brevity of tone. BY elevating the
wrist, curving the second. finger and
depressing it at the knuckle-joint, the
finger is in the best possible position
for producing the effect.
The physiology Of velocity playing is
a subject of great interest to the prac-
teal piano teacher. In some persons
rapidity of movement Is natural, the
muscular tissue is very irritable and
exercises Of speed do not demand great
effort. In others the muscles, although
energetic, obey the orders Of the will
with considerable slowness. A great
expenditure Of nervous energy is neces-
sary to obtain a rapid movement. H.
Illustrations of these differences may be
noticed in the gymnasium, in fencing,
boxing, rowing, walking and in piano
playing. Phuger is authority for the
statement that when nerve is slim
ulated by action Of the will or other
wise. the stimulus received by the
nerve increases in intensity as 1t
reaches the muscle.
The three attributes Of tone are force,
pitch and quality. Force Is dependent
upon the amplitude Of the vibrations,
Pitch is dependent upon the vibration
al number-the greater the number the
higher the pitch. From these facts we
deduct principles Of study which are
practicable to an intelligent student of
piano playing. The overtones of tones
sounded in the upper registers are of
such great vibrational number that the
ear fails to establish definite pitch
for them. Then, again, the waves of
such tones are so short that they van
lsh almost Immediately after sounding;
therefore the pedal, which permits the
tone to be REINFORCED, may be used
more freely in the upper register than
in the middle or lower. One tone sus-
tanned by the pedal in the middle is
equal in intensity to about four in the
upper register. 1t is possible by a deli
cate manipulation of the pedal to oblit-
crate the discordant harmonies in the
upper, without losing an organ point in
the lower register, which sometimes Of
necessity must be sustained by the
pedal.
A point which is Of equal Importance
with tho manner of striking is that of
the manner of leaving the keys, for
upon this hinges the entire system of
legato octave playing Wide skips, such
as bass note and it's chord, and broad
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22
FLO. 4 MOVEMENT IN STACCATO
OCTAVE PLAYING.

at haphazard. Technic, as applied to
plano playing, is the power to express
musical thoughts. This involves not
only the ability to play the proper
notes with correct fingers, but requires
such control Of the muscles and nerves
that all gradations Of tonal coloring
may be expressed. Piano playing has
been compared to an electric current
the musical thought emanates from the
brain; passes through the nerves which
move the muscles to be used, the finger
strikes the key, the hammer strikes a
wire, which in its turn produces tone,
the ear conveys the tone back to the
brain, thus completing the circuit.
Weak or sluggish muscles, therefore,
not readily yielding themselves to the
nervous stimulus flowing from the
brain, will break the circuit, and the
musical phrase will fall short Of the
musical conception.
In piano playing the purely mental
intellectual phrase finds Its expression
in the circumscribed movements of the
fingers and hand, using the knuckles or
wrist as the center Of motion. Pas
sages from Bach's "Fugues' and Inven-
lions" admirably illustrate this state
ment. An emotional phrase demands
more freedom of movement, which the
firmnees Of the elbow-the emotional
center-and length Of the forearm read
lily supply. Climaxes and passionate
outbursts Of musical feeling demand
the added strength and wider swing
through space Of the entire arm from
the vital center Of the shoulder.
It Is not always necessary that such
broad gestures from the shoulder as are
used in oratory should be used in piano
playing, as the energy can be brought
from the shoulder, the vital center, al
SO from the mental or emotional CEN
tiers or from various combinations Of
the vital, mental or emotional centers
without tearing passion to tatters."
This knowledge Of the psychological
divisions of the arm gives clear and ex-
act reasons for the use Of the upper,
forearm, wrist and fingers in piano
playing, subject which has heretofore
been misty, and formulates thoroughly
the principles Of all varieties OF touch.
consider the wrist the distributing
center Of the energy Of the upper and
forearm. 1t is impossible for the nerv-
GUS stimulus from the brain to be prop
erly conducted to the finger tips when
the many tendons that pass through
the wrist are tense. Almost every pupil
beginning the study Of the piano has
some unconscious mannerism or trick
peculiar to himself Of using the agents
of expression. Before eradicating these
bad habits and building up those which
are correct, a certain condition of pas
sivity or relaxation must be achieved,
Just as the potters' clay must be rem
dered soft and plastic before 1t can be
modelled into the desired forms. / find
for this purpose the Delsartean exer-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

feet undertakes to show how piano
playing may be reduced to a scientific
basis. He advises the study Of an
atomy, that the teacher may learn to
develop a good piano hand" of physi-
ology that we may learn the fundamen-
tai causes which operate in velocity
playing We learn, he says, to avoid
and successfully treat weeping sinews
and musicians camp. BY the under
standing and application OF the laws
governing muscle innovation we learn
to control and husband the potent force
termed nervous energy. Misdirected
nerve energy makes sickly piano play
ers and unhealthy music Is the result.
Extracts from his article follow;
Better modes of developing the pow
err Of memorizing and of preserving
untouched the pupils individuality
are the result Of peychical study. That
we should study acoustics "goes with
out saying" as we cannot know too
much of sound. Pedal management,
tonal coloring and the science Of har-
mony are all better understood through
knowledge Of the properties OF
acoustics. A knowledge of the an
atomy of the hand, wrist, fore and up
per arm gives the student greater ia
cility In Individual muscular control.
In consequence of the control thus
gained, the whole arm becomes more
expressive. A crisply-legglero effect
can best be produced by energizing the
muscles of the upper arm and those OF
the fingers, while relaxing the wrist
muscles. This is very important
point, and is simply the application OF
the mechanical principle Of the resist
ance being equal to the force of the
blow.
A development Of the pronator mus
cles in the forearm renders possible
a good position of the hand for playing
octaves, arpeggios, scales, chords and
trills with the fourth and fifth fingers.
Rolling octave playing is dependent
upon a separated control Of the SUI
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

intervals either in the accompaniment
or melody, may be made TO sound le-
8ato without the use VI the pedal, by
releasing the finger from tho key slow
ly, thus damping the tone gradually.
Many beautiful effects may be produced
by this use OF the pedal.
All movements Of the body are either
natural, habitual or hereditary. In GER
tain states OF consciousness We bring
into play certain muscles just As natu-
rally as water seeks It's lowest level. II
Is for this reason that pupil Is some
times taught to play passage with
widely differing movements OF the
hand and arm by different teachers.
Thus 1t not infrequently happens that
an instructor scatters broadcast over
the land, through his pupils, peculiar
mannerisms which he inherited from
his ancestors. II may readily be seen
that this Is radically wrong, and that
such would not be the case were all
teaching based on philosophlc princi-
pies.
In playing the piano habits will nee
essarily be formed, and movements
based on the natural laws Of expression
Of the body are more easily acquired,
and when acquired enable us to ex-
press musical thoughts more clearly
and more forclbly than habits formed
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
King Corn.

If the people OF Kansas owe or ac-
knowledge allegiance to any crowned
head, 1t should in all loyalty be yield
ed to King Corn, the premier poten-
tate OF the prairies and their prosper.
lily. He 1t Is who, instead Of eXacting
tithes from their incomes, has from
his own wonderful, ,nexhaustible
treasure-house OF soil and sunshine
poured annually for q quarter OF q
century into their laps an unceaslng
golden stream of from $1,000, 900 to
$52, 900, 900, aggregating in that time
more than $50, 900, 000-a ransom for
an empire. This, too, was its actual
value as raw material in the cribs of
It's producers, before its later CONVEX.
sion into Irish bacon, Boston wafiies,
or Kentucky Mountain Dew" sum
two and one-half times greater than
the States total assessed valuation.
In no year of our history has the value
of any other crop, however high its
price, approached that of corn, how
ever low its price, in the same year.
In many years it has balanced evenly
against all the other marvellous crops
we raised Honor where honor is duel
Hail to King Kansas CornI Long live
the King. f. ID. Coburn.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

cises known as relaxing Or devitalizing
of inestimable value to the beginner
and advanced student alike.
We can utter so many words with
one breath, and when that is exhausted
we must draw upon the reservoir-the
air-for another supply. We can play
a rapid succession of notes with a
given supply of nerve energy, and
when that is exhausted we must draw
upon the reservoir--the brain-for an
other supply. This necessity of our
physical nature is the basis of rhythm.
and il the regularly recurring inclina-
ton to build up the waste is unheeded,
health and strength will be impaired.
Do not wait until sensation Of weari-
ness is felt Before renewing the energy,
as we should no more play with ex-
hausted strength than speak with ex-
hausted breath:
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

Fay Templeton is again before the
public-as least she personally has dis
appeared, but her affairs are again be-
lore the public. She was playing in
hiee's new burlesque, Excelsior, Jr.,
in Montreal, Can, and 1t is supposed
that she has gone to Europe, her com
panion being man named Brown who
is said to be a nephew of John Wanna
makers. Rice is making every en-
deavor to discover her whereabouts as
is also her aunt, Mrs Adams of New
York, but not the slightest clue has
been found.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

There is terrific scandal in New
York at present over the manner in
which certain hospitals are run. 1t is
openly claimed that certain well known
hospitals frequently refuse to receive
padly injured patients-that is, such
whose cases appear desperate-because
they wish to keep their death-rate as
low as possible. An investigation will
probably take place, and it is believed
that serious mismanagement, if not
worse, will be developed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

Among the common offenders in the
cell at Jefferson market police court IN
New York, Albert Weber, the former
millionaire piano-forte manufacturer,
spent several hours waiting for some
one to come and pay a IS fine. He
was fined for assaulting workman
IN his factory, and by some accident
none of his friends were at hand when
his case came up and he himself had
not the required sum in his pocket.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

Stephen Crane, the novelist, appears
as a witness in New York police court
to testify to the orderly conduct Of
Dora Clark, who was arrested as a
street walker. His evidence secured
her discharge, but she protested that
the police were prosecuting her. Cranes
friends state that in risking his own
reputation by thus appearing he was
performing what he considers to be a
"knightly" act Of justice to an Cd
pressed woman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

The Chicago police have raided GER
tain gambling house in which they
found a wheel so cleverly controlled
by compressed air device that there
was not the slightest chance of a play
er's winning, as the man in control Of
she wheel could stop 1t on any number
he desired. Doubtless there are plenty
more such Sure thing" wheels In
guileless Chicago.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

When Gen. Scott was asked his au-
fhority for spelling wagon with two
gs, he said that the spelling was on the
authority of Winfield Scott, command
er of the armies of the United States
OF America. When the officials of the
bureau of engraving and printing are
criticized for spelling tranquility with
one !, on the face of the recently issued
one-dollar silver certificates, they reply
that in quoting from the constitution
they followed the spelling of the origin
al document; and in view of this au-
thority it is not worth while to hoard
for future premiums one dollar silver
certificates of the issue of 1896.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

It is said that Vienna physicians
have traced cases Of tuberculosis and
other contagious diseases to the use
of public telephones, and the sugges-
ton is made that sponge with solu-
ton of carbolic acid be kept in every
station for a daily cleaning of the ap-
paratus.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

HE fact that anoth-
or comet-in fact,
three comets--is ap-
preaching the earth
at a speed Of a
million miles an
hour has brought
up some very inter-
esting facts about
these fery-tailed
bodies. One Of
these comets is ex-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

Three Cubans are to be garroted by
order of Gen. Weyler, and the COM
mander's private secretary is doubtless
preparing a glowing description Of this
great Spanish victory, in which the
enemy will be totally extermlnated
with small loss to the Spanish troops.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

The arrest in New York of counter
Leiters Knapp and Scott has lead to a
very interesting and important discov-
cry on the part of the United States
secret service officials. 1t appears that
this gang had in their employ large
number of their spurious half and quar-
Ter dollars. 1t is believed that this dis
covery will lead to the unearthing of
very elaborate system in which a num-
Der of street car men have been mixed
up for years. 1t is a very clever
scheme, for few persons would ever
think Of examining coin given in
change on car, as to its genuinenssa
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

/ There is man in Memphis with
enough charges against him to put
him in Jail for LAPS years. He is evil
IDENTIFY one Of those individuals with
a mania for telling every one he meets
why the country Is going to the dogs
II 1t doesn't fall in line with his
views.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

A Chicago man Is said to have died
Of Joy, but the health authorities are
not fearing an epidemic on that ac-
count.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

The Englewood, ILL.,, policeman who
killed mad dog with a shovel is prob
ably a graduate from the Holmes cas-
tie school for sleuths.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22
Chicago Lottery


del Hall, Chicago,
presents a new the
, DRY Of plano play
ing based upon
principles Of ana
tony, physiology,
acoustics and psy-
chology, and in an
exhaustive article
which he has pub
lished on the sub
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

Lies that are alleged with truth are
seldom dangerous.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-10-22

No we'll balanced man ever has big
head.