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ROYCOIT BY GROCERS.
They Withhold Trade from Department
Stores with Grocery Aunexc-.

Several proprietors of big department stores
n year or more ago set aside considerable space
for the sale OF groceries. This cut into the
profits of the retail dealers SO seriously that
they called a mass meeting. They had heard
rumors of dreadful inroads made on the bust.
ness of retailers in many lines, and of small
proprietors being crowded out of business. The
Grocers did not intend to stand that sort of
thing IL they could prevent IT by agitation.
But they found that agitation did not help
them. In fact, 1t helped their oppo-
nents In trade through the articles writ
That tho retail Rrocers have been quietly with.
holding their trade from the big department
stores for some time is evident from an ad YER
declared that groceries are not to be sold by II.
The store IN question Is in the thickly settled
about six groceries on every block. At there are
enough .grocers' families TO make their trade an
object, 1t IL regarded as wise to appease them.
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York would give. me a wider field, and my
Judgment was right. A week after / went for
the summer 10 my ~favorits hunting grounds at
Ellsworth. Conn. During the week I remained
in New York ] was highly complimented by all
my friends and aouuaintanoes on the success ]
had achieved in n short time. II seemed TO mo
that l had become the town talk among
artists, managers. and operatic agents: 40
much 80. in fact, that | received offers
from Jacob Grau and Max Strakosch
not to accept any engagement for the following
season OF 1S6o-6l until / heard from them. As
] knew very we'll that they had been good to
me l kept my promises to them. and for over
six years ] worked part Of my timo for each
one, with whom l learned my business thor
oughly. My intimate friendship with Jacob
Grau and Max Strakosch lasted until they died.
Jacob Grnu especially thought that l was tho
most successful advance agent In the profess
sion. ana when in 1868 ! left him on account of
heinx engaged Mt n higher salary by Parepa
Rosa he told my, wifo that in, losing mo, he
felt that he had lost his right shoulder.
He. was not very far from the truth.
him, he lost n fortune of over $40. 900, that he
had made with Ristori. by leasing and redeco-
rating the Fourteenth Street Theatre. Ristori.
her husband. and / begged him not to take that
unfortunate theatre, but he would not listen to
us, and left Havana In q hurry TO get the lease,
having heard that Rateman. who had been sue
cessful there with Nine. Tost6 In LA Grande
Duchcsse," wanted II. believe this was the real
cause OF GrRu's death. and during his Illness of
almost four years he virtually acknowledged to
that II was.
This is a truthful narrative of how l became
manager. DIEGO DE Nlvo.
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struggle 70 be cordial. I'm reel glad yuh
come, Why, Doug; you're IRE swtSl red in ahe
tits hot work 'cIlihmbin' the NIL" said her
,.s sTs ii j. 49, ;s;;si said g Lily B I Ii, ssaya!yE; L. . MIN
'Merr Gfiri sG1% '"a'f' NY i0'R0' 10 say
pines;, and Doug Hodges STOOD looking down
upon her, gloa!ing over her beauty.
Ashe 50 stood. Minerals eyes went 70 his, face
only; but later. with something else that sent
the sM SloSd away w from 4 her pIaia face, .,,, NJ,
Blunt. There's a fire n the settin' room.
ba I1lS Belle si1sS sa s. a .s s'ap Ds,. ct Mip a6S' M S'S . low
can you p Mjsb the 4 o ,PF5Ss Banner qu'"kstop''"
well, | can - I've lust learned it,
"Minervy can play Angel Voices in tho
Might" announced Mrs. Blunt proud as any
ner.' It's full OF little grace notes. Yuh can't
''oh. yes said Lilly Belle, pleasantly. II
could play IL three years ago"
She sat down ~ the organ and commenced to
plHy something Light AM merry: She played
It's dignity. Doug Hodges st0od with his arms
folded observing ner intently. Minerva stood
breathed noiselessly; her lips we're parted.
Mrs. BunI watched all three impartially,
Doug Hodges gave her a frowning look one
thar asked with the impatience OF a ton years
ter Schottlsche" was finished. She put her
hand on her chest and, still coughing, slipped
out OF the room.
Hor mother gloomed after her for a moments:
then she arose and followed her.
The Christmas dinner was eaten solemnly at
3 O'Clock. There was a thick soup. made OF
canned oysters, with little rings o. butter
floating on top. There were two big roasted
chickens with sage dressing. A dome OF mashed
potato with q pool of melted butter In its sunk.
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The Waiting Passenger Has His Fortuae
Told by the Weighing Machine.


Told by the Weighing Machine.
a man who was walking around in the wait
ing room OF n railroad station waiting for the
opening of the doors, saw over a rather elabor-
rate weighing machine II sign which said: 1t
gives you music, tells your fortune, and prints
your weight. all for . cents" The man stepped
up on the platform, and, following the direo-
tions contained in another sign attached to the
machine. dropped n nickle into tho slot.
Instantly the band began TO play. but the
man found ufterward that he could not recall
the tune. In fact, he had never known what
tune IT played he had heen so Interested In his
weight-and his fortune Presently the music
ceased and out from II little spout. into a little
receptacle on tho out side OF the machine where
II could he reached, popped Il little card. UpoA
one side Of this card the man read this:
Preserve for future reference. Dec, l2, 1890.
l6l ma"
And upon the other side he read his fortune,
Your friends are legion,
Your enemiss few.
But beware OF tho one
W-ko10aOUAAaGanee iSAsw.
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then rather lonely, having been denud-
ed by the devastations of war of all
out-houses, fences and shrubbery. 1t
was usually called the Lacey House,"
l think we may denominate 1t at this
time as a reserve hospital, for here
were to be found many articles of food
and medicine that the excellently or
ganized field hospital could not fur
nish. Here was that already famous
little woman. Mrs. John Harris, with
her assistants, Mrs. Mary w. Lee and
Mrs. Beck. Mrs. Harris was officially
recognized in the medical branch as the
secretary and agent OF the Ladies' Aid
Society Of Philadelphia; but to us in
the army she was known as a mother
ly woman of exhaustless sympathy and
wonderful resources. On Sundays,
think usually in the forenoon. and
week day evenings, she gathered man9
soldiers into one Of her large rooms
for prayer and worship. AS often as
possible, when she by note or verbal
message commanded me, l went thith-
err to participate in the exercises: and
she honored me by calling the oft re-
current assembly Gen. Towards
prayer meeting" But 1t was really
hers, and she should have named it, in
Presbyterian nomenclature, 1.-THE Har-
ris Assembly" A little before this,
when Mrs. Harris. then at Washington
resting after her tireless labors among
the sick and wounded on the peninsula,
heard of our dreadful defeat at Fred
ericksburg, she fastened to the front
to do all that lay in her power for the
hundreds Of poor fellows that were too
badly hurt or too i'll to be carried away.
Her favorite field OF labor was in the
field hospitals of the Sixth Corps. To
tine suffering there she carried constant
sheer and welcome-reliefs of every
sort, sent by the generous women OF
Philadelphia. Her beaming face w@6
a Blessing and a benediction to every
lonely and despairing heart in the hos
pital she visited.
One OF the ablest Presbyterian
clergymcn now in ordination was a
private soldier. l believe in Maryland
regiment. He was then rather a rois-
tering young fellow. A soldier COM
rade OF pronounced piety and correct
life strongly urged him to go to Mrs.
Harris meetings. The result was his
conversion: and as soon as the war
ceased he studied for the ministry.
Thus Mrs. Harris leaven was in
ceased
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at haphazard. Technic, as applied to
piano 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-
TONS admirably illustrate this state
ment. An emotional phrase demands
more freedom of movement, which the
firmness OF the elbow-the emotional
center-and length of the forearm read
lily supply. Clinaxes 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.
1t 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
ters or from various combinations of
the vital, mental or emotional cen.ers
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. a subject which has heretofore
been misty, and formulates thoroughly
the principles Of all varieties OF touch.
l 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 Graduating these
bad habits and building up those which
are correct, a certain condition OF pas
siyity or relaxation must be achieved.
Just as the potters' clay must be rem
dered soft and plastic before it can be
modelled into the desired forms. I find
for this purpose the Delsartean exer'
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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 II the regularly recurring inclina-
ton to build up the waste is UNDECIDED.
health and strength will be impaired.
Do not wait until sensation of w,ari-
ness is felt before renewing the energy.
as we should no more play with ex-
hausted strength than speak with ex-
hausted breath.
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intervals either in the Accompaniment
or melody. may be made to sound le-
cato without the use of the pedal. BY
releasing the finger from the key slow.
~. 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, hab!tual 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. 1t
Is Tor this reason that a pupil is some
times taught to play a 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
MS ancestors. 1t may readily be seen
that this is radically wrong, and that
such would not be the case were all
teaching based on philosophic 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 forcibly than habits formed
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he has Just married. She haa 49,
bright children who came In Q :1ys-
terious way. Mary Weldon, wheeo
Esther was hoodwinksdvouto fAis pFeD.
erty. also has two children. 1chwein-
furth's sister n also one Of the lead
ers, and there are other chIldren.
Schweinfurth bears . remarkable ~
semblance to the generally accepted
picture Of tho Savior. His eyes are
brown. his complexion freshly tint
cd. He wears q flowing auburn beard,
similar to that ascribed to the One 10
pretends to personate. His hair ID
brushed back from forehead indicate
ing intellectual force. He dresses n
the height of fashion, and almost any
afternoon hnds him in the streets q
Rockford, attired like . fashion plate.
his hands daintily gioved and . glossy
silk hat ON his golden locks. He -
driven to town by coachman behind
40 nne team - can be found In TIE
county. There has always been .
strong feeling against him and his doc
trine here. but there has been no lead.
er to inaugurate the expulsion move
ment.
Not few women have left the place
in disgust, and later exposed him. but
he has been clever enough to cover -
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ed. would always brighten as they saw
her come. with kind word and sym
pathizing tear, with sunshine behind 1t.
and just the needed soup, tea. bread or
socks or other requisite garments in
her hands! Her entrance was q home
reminder, a Joy. q blessing. She could
write and get on more letters In a
given time than a stenographer, and
SO linked hundreds OF soldiers with
their cherished homes. No gallant Of
ficer from Maine closed up the four
years. service with better record than
Sadie Sampson. After the war. now a
widow, she put In operation and kept
up as long as needed an asylum for the
orphans Of soldiers near her home in
Bath. She commanded universal love
and respect among all classes where
she labOred. After time she became
the soldiers efficient friend at the great
pension Office in Washington. There
was no official there who could more
promptly get wrong righted than this
unselfish. intelligent, ardent worker.
Her usefulness has been SO great that
she has been kept in the Office, in spite
of radical changes OF administration.
When I organized my brigade at
Camp California, the winter Of 1s6l-62
pitched about four miles in front Alex
andSia, my own headquarter tents were
near the Sixty-first New York Regi-
ment. Francis .. Barlow. then appa-
rently but youth. was the lieutenant
colonel. Very soon after We went into
camp his wife took room at Mr.. Rich
ards house. situated near my brigade
Mrs. Barlow was woman of culture
and full Of patriotic sentiment. She
at frs. gave informal receptions to the
friends OF her husband, and added
much to the social life Of that winter
in camp, whilst Mcclellan and John
ston, many miles asunder, were watch
ing each other and waiting for the
spring and more passable roads. Mrs.
Barlow was a truly brave woman. She
kept always near the front and was
quickly on hand to nurse her gallant
husband, who. soon promoted to gen.
eral. was pretty sure to be wounded
in every engagement.
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The secret in making angels food
lies in the baking OF 1t. Slit one cup
OF -four and one teaspoonful Of cream
of tartar several times through . tine
sieve. Beat the whites Of nine eggs to
a stiff froth and to them add one cup
and a half Of sifted granulated sugar:
mix carefully into this stirring con-
stantly, the sifted -four. and add one
teaspoonful of extract Of vanilla. Pour
this batter into an ungreased pan and
bake in a slow oven for IS minutes.
When baked, turn the pan upside down
on something that will admit Of the air
passing under it. and allJw it to stand
until the cake falls from the tin. Ice
with white icing. Be careful In maxi
ing this cake to have all the fngre'li.
ents as light as possible.
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On the goth Of September. 1S3S, n
English officer residing in the neigh
borhood of Calcutta. saw a quantity
Of live fish descend In q smart shower
Of rain. They were about three iAches
In length and all Of one kind. Some,
falling on hard ground, were killed:
some, which fell on soft grass. CON.
tinued to live. 1.-The most strange hing
which struck me in connection with
this event." said the oficer. was that
the fish did not fall helter-skelter,
everywhere, or here and there: thsH
fell in straight line. not more than =
cubit In BREADTH" Shortly after this
event, at q village near Allahabad,
5000 or 1000 fish were found on the
ground, of a well known species, and
about span in length, but all dead
and dry. The instances are more nt,-
merOus than most observers would
suppose OF animals falling to tho
ground In the manner Of rain. Not only
fish, but frogs, insects and even rats.
have fallen at different times. The ap-
parent phenomenon Is probably due 10
the action OF a whirlwind or water
spout, which sucking up colonies OF
these small creatures into the air. car
ries them to a distance and deposits
them, as trees and even human beings
have been similarly carried and depos-
tied by the force OF great hUrricane.
Superstitious folk readily attribute
such extraordinary occurrences to SUI
pernatural agencies. but the scientific
explanation is undoubtedly the correct
one.
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What Mrs Harris brought to the from,

What Mrs. Harris brought to the front
after several Of our bloody engage.
ments Is exemplified in one OF her let
tiers from the Peninsula-a letter writ.
ten In June. 1862, Just after the battle
of Fair Oaks. speak feelingly, for ]
was myself recorded among the wound.
ed. The steamer Vanderbilt, lying at
the dock. was about to take the dis.
abled from the white House Land.
Ing" Va. Mrs. Harris writes: when
we went aboard the first cry we met
was for tea and bread. For Gods sake
give us bread came from wounded
soldiers. Others. shot in the face or
neck, begged for liquid food. With
feelings Of a mixed character. shame.
Indignation and sorrow blending. we
turned away to see what resources we
could muster to meet the demand. A
box OF tea. barrel Of cornmeal, sun
dry parcels Of dried fruits, a few crack
ers, ginger cakes, dried rusk and Jars
of jellies and pickles were seized upon.
Soldiers and contrabands were i'm
pressed into service. All the cooking
arrangements of three families were
appropriated (by permission). and coon
three pounds Of tea were boiling, and
many gallons Of Cruel blubbering. In
the meantime. twenty five loaves Of
bread-all we could buy-were cut into
slices and jellied: pickles were put in
readiness, and in an incredibly short
time We went back to our poor sur
ferers."
The graphic account Of the way the
wounded men received the relief thus
speedily brought would I'LL a chapter.
Many had been several days without a
particle Of nourishment. In delirium
some took Mrs Harris for mother, for
sister. or other precious friend, aud
died In the happy thought that their
own sweet home had actually come to
them--and indeed the spirit of home
was there.
From my own state. Mrs. s. 8. Samp-
son. the wife Of the Northumberland
of my regiment, went out with her hus-
band In the beginning Of the war. What
Mrs. Harris did for the ladies OF Phila-
delphia, Mrs. Sampson did for the lad
les Of Maine. She devoted her whole
time and talents to the interests OF our
soldiers. At first she aided the sick
and the overworked by writing letters
for them. and after the first battle by
assiduous labors. night and day, in
hospitals. She was a swift and CHEEKY
worker: the faces Of the men In a field
hospital. or in the rooms of house
appropriated for the sick and wound
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furth Is the head. Rockford people say
he has a right to exercise paternal au-
thority over most OF the children, all
Of whom bear striking resemblance
to him.
The members Of the church triumph
antly dignity the place by calling II
Mount Zion. and claim that the rela-
ton Of brother and sister is maintained
between men and women, even BY
those who were married before they
entered the place.
One Of the first requisites of admis
sion to the faith Is that all earthly pos-
sessions must be turned over TO
Schweinfurth. on the superstition that
they will no longer be needed, he pro-
viding living and home for his fol-
lowers.
The angels come and go from all
parts OF the country. and many happy
homes have been wrecked by his in
Huence. The oldest and most faithful
among the female belie.cers in the
heaven ia Mrs. Aurora futile. whom
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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-
plishel only by taking up the slack
of the tendons. The principal muscle
concerned in producing a crisply stac-
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
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.
lustrations Of these differences may be
noticed in the gymnasium, in fencing,
boxing. rowing. walking and in piano
playing. Pfluger is authority for the
statement that when a nerve is slim
ulated by action of the will or other
wise. the stimulus received by the
nerve increases in intensity as it
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
nigher 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 a definite pitch
LOT them. Then. again. the waves Of
sucn tones are SO short that they van
ism 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 deli
cate manipulation of the pedal to oblit-
crate the discordant harmonIee in the
upper. without losing an organ point in
me lower register. which sometimes of
necessity must be sustained by the
pedal.
point which is of equal Importance
VIA the manner of striking is that of
.ne manner OF leaving the keys. for
.pon this hinges the entire system Of
sA'o octave playing. Wide skips, such
pass note and it's chord. and broad