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am about to become a composer OF
music. l am going TO hang graceful fes-
toons and garlands of poesy upon an
elaborate and in tricate lattice work of har-
monized melody, and then announce my
sell as the artist who designed the whole
beautiful creation. That is, am going 10
DO so II among NY numerous kind, gener-
GUS ana wealthy aCquaintances | ccn
manage 10 raise the small sum OF 81 So
II can beg, tOrrow or steal $45 more
am gong to have that same song OF mine
pubhshe /, with my name printed on the
title page in the biggest kind of letters
over the assertion ;hat | am the "author
aud composer OF The outfit. Then I
am straiG htway going TO become famous
That Is. as famous as 1000 copies OF this
flower Of my genius scattered iudiciouslv
among my fellow mortols c. n make me.
Now, l am well aware that there are
many who know me who, with that frank
-disagreeableness which is one of the pre-
negatives of friendship, real or assumed.
will receive this information with scorn.
Stuff and nonsenseT they will say, or
words TO that effect. How can you write
songs when you don't know enough about
verse to write obituary poetry even? And
don't know one note from another anu
can't sing any more than a .mud-turt'e e
and cam tell Old Hundred flom Yankee
Doodle unless the words go with The
tuner
How? Listen while l tell YOU. And
any one else may do likewise, provided he
or she has the cash TO spare and can find
any one of the half dozen places in this
city where there is an animated music. box
that will grind out Original music" for
any one who will put in the slot" nick
els enough to start his mental machinery
and keep il going until the order is filed.
During the past few days | have had a
great awakening. Formerly l believed
everything that any body told me. When
my friends told me of their social. literary
or artistic successes L swallowed The in.
formation as a toad swallows flies, and like
him 5linked appreciatiyely afterward. I
believed people wrote everything 10 which
their names were signed believed even
ths Governors wrote their own Thanks.
giving roclamations instead of depend.
ing on syndicate. But now l know that
tergiversaiion fiourishes in the land and
that deception is the rule of the hour
and | won't credit that any body ever did
anything that he or she claims to
have done unless ] am shown an affidavit
10 that effect. sworn to before some we'll
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he coughed acknowledgements his 'direc-
tion.'
Would it not pay him better to write
and publish songs himself, than TO part
with all the right and title to them for SO
small sunni Surprising some of them
should make "hlt," would he not feel
that he had in n way been defrauded OF
his due? But the m usical man shook his
head. Birds in the hand" are what he
is looking for, and dealing in futures
has no charms for his eminently practical
mind.
There is always risk ia publishing, "
ne SAID, "and even the best of songs may
fall quite fiat. A professional could not
afford TO experimentalize constantly, but
the ladies and gentlemen who wish TO
publish song or piecs of instrumental
music, Just, perhaps, 20 show that they
are capab bic Of doing something credita Bile
In those lines. do not mind the small ex-
pense incurred and do not fret if their
productions fail to become popular. o.
course we arrangers do our best, but
sometimes" - here lie glanced involun-
tariy mt the small roll of paper in my
hand-'the material brought Us is very
unpromising."
At the next place which l visited I
found calow youth with football hair
already in pos ession seated at piano play
ing and singing one of his own compost
Iions," while the professor hung over him
with an anxious and perturbed counte-
nance though when the ordeal was over
he affected to have discerned much of
promise in the performance.
1T needs pruning and poIishi per-
haps," he said, turning over the sheet OF
defacet music paper ihoughtfulIv, 'but." "
with burst of real honesty, II am sure
you will be pleased with it afterward."
OF course he would be. He VAS pleased
with it already, even in its raw state, and
imagine the pleasure he would have in
presenting copies 10 his young lady
henceforth speak of him il awed tones as
being $50 taleniell'
Money is no object in such q case and
by the pleased expression on the profess
or's face when he emerged from the
private room into which they retired to
arrange mercenary details. 1 knew that
a new star was soon to arise in the musi-
cal firmament.
My composition, of which | was in
truth By no means proud, met with ten
tative favor here also. He "caught The
air" which l hummed. and interpreted it
most sweetly. and encouraged me to have
it put into definite and payable form.
He, too, loved lucre better than re-
nown, and thought it no. harm for his
customers to shine in borrowed plumes.
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known notary public.
When Music, heavenly maid" becomes
Janus-iaced, and aid and a bets imposlors
in obtaining praise which is not their due
it is time 10 join the ranks OF the doubt
ers, and l have done so.
heard the tale first as in a dream. Ii
was vague, nebulous and evasive, bu;
search and inquiry condensed it into
something substantial and certain. l
found several dealers in musical wares
who make quite a satisfactory addition 10
the sunny side OF their ledgers by bring
ing together persons who wish to have the
credit OF te.ng wise in the ways of music
ana are not, and these who are, and do
not care a snap for the credit, if they gel
paid for the work they DO N the prem
ises, and / found some of the music cai
men" themselves.
l prov ded mvsef with some verses as
bad as even l could possibly string to-
gether, and sought audience with one OF
Apollo's followers wDo calls himself an
"arranger" OF music, but will. IN reality,
give your musical jackkniie a new b.ade
and handle if you wish him TO.
lie was 4 hands some man. with a sort OF
melancholy Thad ieus Of w arsaw-like ex-
| preston at which l did not wonder con-
/ sidering his avocation, and it was quite
evident that both as Il musician and
man he Lad "-een be ter DAYS" He
| looked a trife more melancholy rs he
! read over my song words, and his gloom
! increase when L told him that [ had not
been able 20 write out the melody in
which l wished to set them.
Couli play it? He waved me TO the
piano but | confessed ny inability 10 ex.
press my soul's music through the me-
dim of 1.-The beautiful cold keys"
l could sing it, then? 1 confessed to
being rather of failure vocally, but I
would try 10 hum II, and dii.
The poor man listened at:entively and
struck chord now and then which didn',
| by any accident happen to fit with the
note l was attempting. He looked a trifle
tired and careWorn as l proceeded with
my alleged tune, but he did not interrupt
me. be only sighed deeply when paused
and looked at him for commendation.
He thought he "grasped the idea" he
said. which was Certainly more than l did.
1t was something like this, and he played
heavenly strain which 1 had never even
dreamed OF, but he was afraid. Ii was too
bad, since the sentiments were so good.
that the words would need remodeliur.
The meter was a trif1e uncertain and some
oi the rhy mes were scarcely satisfactory,
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dome ofthe vault, with his arms opening to
humanity. The head, OF a superior beauty,
breathes genIleness and a mysterious
mai Y. From the chin to the crown 1t
measures SIX feet and half. 1t is fifty
feet from hand to hand of the immense
configuration, and the single phalange
OF little finger cannot be covered by the
fullest stretching of the human hand.
In this work Tissot has essayed to re-
vive the religious art of the ByZantines,
whom he regards as The masters Of deco
ration. He was aided throughout by the
counsel and encouragement OF NJ. Sertil-
lange, the first of critics in art subjects of
this class in creating human visage in
which would be combined The strongest
expression of Intelligence, OF tenderness
and of beauty.
What the thousands of visitors admire
in the figure, perhaps without suepa acting
1t, Is the SYM bolic idea conveyed by each
lone and feature. The mouth is partly
open, 10 signify the spiritual word OF God
the lips slightly in the shadow sym bolIze
the mystery of the communications; the
severity OF the profoundly inter1ogating g
eyes is softened by a vague, mercifuI
smile; the supple nostrils express sensi-
tiveness; their width and tineness, power.
As to the vestments, so nobly draped,
they are ranged, conform bly, 10 history,
CT three pieces Of the seamless tunic of
dark red; the linen robe, called the Geba,
OF immaculate white held at the waist by
a girdle, and outside all proudly thrown
over the left shoulder is the white wooden
mantel of the rophets. The ground work
is azure, illuminated by rays of gold.
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erable Pontiff had examined it and passed
upon it iavorabiy, and not one ever re-
ceived such approval unless it presented
that view OF his Holiness which he de-
sired The world at large to take of him.
Did any reader, asks the New York
Herald, which presents the rortrait here
reproduced, ever see, anywhere IN the
world, a portrait of Leo XIII in spec
tacies? Yet he is rarely, if ever, without
them, save when sleeping. He wears a
heavy, antiqua'ed pair, made of silver
AID having powerful lenses. Who ever
saw Leo XIII depicted as bent with age
and showing his remarkable face in the
truth OF its extraordinary pailor? Yet here
il is.
NJ. Benziger, who, by the way, Is a
member of the Roman Catholic family of
that name which for many generations
has been the foremost of Roman Catholic
publishers, was asked how he came to
paint portrait of the Pope as he is 81
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-12
WHAT is A MUGWUMP ?

Mugwumpis the name given TO small group
Of people who are emuently respectable, but
who are very much impressed with their own
superiority, and who imagine they have a
monoroly of political virtue. They are so sure
that they are better than their party, and than
any party, that they use most OF their talents
in depreciating other peoples efforts. They
came into existence in England with the
reform bill movement Q866). as what John
Bright called "Adullamttes." They deserted
from the really progres i've political party and
joined the Tories 10 defeat the extension OF
the suffrage. In this country they came
into existence In 1884 as deserters from the
Republican party to Cleveland They deserted
nomina ly for personal reasons against Mr.
Blaine, but really 10 oppose protection Since
then they have been cons picuous as fault
finders of everything constructive and Amer
lean and of every body who showed any eyi-
dences OF political or iniustrial success
They are usually in elligeat and active. bu :
seldom "the most helpful men in the c9un-
try" They are consuiutionally distrusters of
human nature, and are nearly ALWAYS founa
on the negative side of all really wholesomAI
flesh-and- blooi movements III public AFFAIR."
There are many active, helpful pioneers ~
social reform who sometimes ally themselves
with Mugwump movements because OF the in.
difference of the old parties, but such men
seldom possess the characte ristic Murwump
traits.
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was at large audience" he said. There
were many present and the Pope spoke
long with each person in turn. l stood in
the background, moving little here and
there as my unconscious model moved, to
preserve the same point of view. You see
[ am tail and can ses nicely over peoples
heads"
But" interrupted the correspondent,
did not tie officials see what you were
doing?"
"Oh, yes; certainly they did After
ward several of them wanted my sketch
and begged for it. But made that sketch
for myself alone and 1 not part with
it. And the result is the little painting
which hangs there on the WALL"
WAS it merely pencil sketch that
you made or did you use colorf" he was
asked.
II had taken a small pocket color-6 box
and pad with me to the Vatican and it
was these l used to such good purpose, {"
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was his reply.
II rememb we'll his first words as my
name was announced Benziger. VOLTA un
nom qui some bier au VaticanI 1t was
then, kneeling al the feet Uf this supreme
head of the church, clasping those eyed
hands which the faithful believe may lock-
and unlock the gates of life. tha: I re-
solved to secure, if possible, a truthful
likeness of the wonderful face before me.
Il have given him the flush he had on
that warm summer day, and the red back
ground made by cardinals robe. And 1
have tried to give his smile, that fin SOU
rire, so unli&e fhat of his Holiness pre-.
decessor, Plus TX"
A few reproductions of NJ. Benziger's
painting have been made. One bangs in
the study of NJ. Bonnat, under whom the
young artist studied. Others are possessed
by the King of Portugal, the Com tesse de
Pari~, Mgr. Ferrata, papaI nuncio to
France.
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FOOTBALL.
CLARA DOUGLASS,

once attempted TO play football. That
Is the reason speak with a cute little So
through the space where my teeth used to
ce-and frankly admit that if "a thing of
beauty Is Joy forever" come very near
oelhg an eternal sorrow. Ah, the first
game entered l play with ali the en-
'huslasm Oh tyro-the zeal of BEGIN
ner. gained glory but / lost most of my
ePIuermis, and when the left taekle
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but all tina; could be arranged if ] cared to
pay fIr II. The price he named would
have been no.oostacle 10 one really in pur-
suit Cf undeseEved reputation, but l told
him that | should have to think about t,
and then l sounded HIM as 10 his ideas on
The question OF ethics involved.
Did he think it right for me to hire him
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to work over my words and music and
then have the result published as my owl
composition2 Certainly he did. If l
bought and paid for his work it was mine,
TO do what liked with; l could publish
II or burn it for all he cared. 1t wa. a
comm thing to do, and many of the
songs now on The market were written
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issot's Great Painting.

church decorative art. 1t is a work Of the
greatest merit as well as being one of curl
Gus interest The design is that of Christ,
as seen above the waist, rising into the
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-12

The painting by James Tissot COM
p!eted in the absidal vault of-the Domin-
can chapel in the Faubourg Saint Honore,
Paris, is a colossal innovation in modern
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-12

TramT-Gu IS where I'm goin' to sleep
to-nighlP
Hayseed-Can't do it. Where?
Tramp-1 amt no good at guessin'.
either.
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There is said to be a movement on foot
mong the occupants of murierers row
to form society OF San Quentin pioneers.
The record-union., 1897-03-03
sAgcGcGnGbop sgg @SeeSGpeSso'
u ~ 19s6>1q1> ~ p >1SGl
: HALE BROS. & co.
EXTRA VALUES
IN NEW GOODS.

They will be found on
our counters to-day, and
you'll most always find
values that exceed our
claims.
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Evening Session.

The special urgency file for the even
ing was not as faithfully carried out as
on previous evenings, though all the
bills were brought to the third reading
stage and some were passed. The air
in the Assembly Chamber was vile, the
members heated and apparently wear
led, and disorder reIgned supreme.
AS a consequence an earlier adjourn
ment was taken than at previous even
ing sessions.
Anderson's A. 3. 5S4, to provide for
work on streets in cities, was on sec
ond reading, when Cutter moved to
strike out the enacting clause The
motion was carried and the bill killed.
Guys 204, relating to compensation
Of County Recorders in counties where
their compensation is fees instead of
salary, was passed; also 1339, relative to
the disqualification of jurors; Sims
6.}2, for the organization and manage
ment of county fire insurance COM
panies, and Mead's 144, providing for
the security of claims of material men,
mechanics or labOrers employed by
contractors on public work
The House adjourned at 10 p. m.
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and comprehensive system of land
transfer. That we have such a system
under the present conditions is not
true; anybody will bear me out in
this statement" said the speaker,
who has ever made a transfer of the
most simple kind
Valentine then gave in detail the
complicated method of transfer in
vogue with some of it's possibilities, and
in contrast detailed the more straight
forward method under the Bulla Act.
He spoke of the support given the bill
by intelligent people and by the press,
mentioning the Sacramento Record
Union" the Los Angeles Times the
San Francisco News Letter." the "Ex-
aminer'' and other leading journals.
To the question as to whether this
method if made a law would be obliga-
tory upon those who were satisfied
with the status Of their titles, his reply
was that there would be no such OBJ
legation, but that the simpler method
of this Act would gradually win it's
way
Hill and Toland opposed the bill,
Hills ground being that if the owner
cover. Valentine showed how almost
impossible fraud would be under the
protection afforded by the measure.
The bill was passed, but Toland gave
notice Of a motion to reconsider.
THE ROCK CRUSHER.
Pursuant to his notice of Monday,
Anderson moved to reconsider the vote
by which Doty's S. B. 81, the bill to
regulate the rock-crushing plant at
Folsom had been passed on Monday.
On the motion to reconsider the same
old fight was renewed, and there being
but little over a quorum OF members
present the motion was carried The
reconsideration of the bill was made a
special order for to-day after the read
ing of the journal
Wright's A. B. 327, to compel the
construction of depots, side tracks, etc,
by transportation companies, was
passed against lively opposition, and
Cutter gave notice of a motion to re
consider
S. B. 519, relating to the absence of
certain officers from the State, was
read second time and ordered engrossed
and to third reading.
GOVERNORS APPROVAL.
A message from the Governor an
nounced his approval of A. b. 40, Dib-
ble's pledge bill" prohibiting the ex-
action of pledges from candidates and
the giving Of the same: also of A. b.
49, amending the Code of Civil Pro-
cedure relating TO summons.
The House took a recess until 1870
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and it remains to determine if it is
such a natural and intrinsic one as is
sanctioned by law.
Social phenomena can be observed
and the study of sociology can be con-
Quoted to advantage, and with profit
in isolated communities as we'll as in
the great cities. That such studies can
be prosecuted to greater advantage
in the latter than in the former is
readily admitted, but in providing for
official investigation of this aspect of
society where shall we draw the line?
Not surely where this bill attempts to
draw it.
THE conclusion is unavoidable that
this bill provides for the appointment
of an officer in certain counties or
cities and counties for a purpose or
object common to all counties; and for
the purpose of providing for an officer
in certain counties or cities and coun-
ties the result of whose laborS is to
be used for the benefit of the entire
State in the furtherance of common
purpose, it attempts a classification
which is not provided in the Constitu-
ton, and is not such natural or in
it attempts a classification which is
purely arbitrary does not change it's
character. Every special law classi-
fies, unless applied to named individu
ais and hence by this logic no limita-
tion is imposed upon the power Of the
Legislature by the numerous consti
tutional provisions against special and
local laws.
Section ) of Article XII of the Con-
stitution provides that the Legislature
shall provide by general or uniform
laws for the election or appointment of
certain county officers, and such other
county officers as the public convent
ence may require. This bill provides for
the appointment of county officer
which we will presume the public con-
Venience requires, but in making such
provision ignores the established and
legal classification in proportion to
population, authorized by the Consti-
tuition, and provides a novel and ar
bitrary one not sanctioned by law. 1t
is further defective in that it delegates
to three county officers the authority
conferred upon the Legislature by the
Constitution. They are to determine
when the contingency exists, and are
then to appoint the officer.
Another objection is the indefinite
tenure of office provided for the spe-
cialist. His appointment is to continue
for the same period of time that the
teachers in the primary and grammar
grades are now appointed This is not
sufficiently definite, and might under
our system of employing such teachers
be incapable of determination. The
purpose sought to have been accom-
rlished by this bill is most worthy
one. Statistics of the character there
in provided for would be of the
highest advantage to all students
of social problems. 1t would lead to
better understanding of the causes
which underlie the evils which affiict
society and burden the State, would
enlighten the aw-making power and
enable it to correct social ills by re-
moving the causes which produce
them"
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SAN FRANCISCO STOCK MARKET.

San Francisco, March ID
Morning Session-Belcher, 20019c; b & b.
72c; Bullion, lie; c c V, 81 rs; Confidence,
soc; G & c, 35c; II e n, 81; Mexican, soc !;
Ophir, 15c Overman, &c; Savage, 3lc; s
Nevada, 29d28c; Y Jacket, 23c.
Afternoon Session-Ophir, 72Q71c; Mexi-
can, 29c; G & c. 3Sc; B & b, 72c; c Y,
81 65; Savage, 3l0t30c; Chollar, sec; Potos,
26d25c; Belcher, 1Sc; Confidence, 90c; Seq
Belcher, SC; Overman, &c; Caledonia, 10c
Occidental, 4c; Andes, 10c n O & G, &c
Closing Quotations-Alta, 4c; Alpha Con,
DC; Andes, l0c: Belcher 19c; Z & Il, 72c; ;
Bullion, lie; Caledonia, &c; Challenge 36c;
Chollar. SIC: Confidence. S9c; c V, 81 60;
Con Imperial, 1c; c Point, 1Sc; G & G, 32c: :
ii & n CSC; Julia, 4c: kentuck, 1c: Mexi-
can, 20c; Ophir, Tic; Overman, Sc: Potosi,
33c; Savage, 31c; S Nevada, 27c; Silver Hill,
1c: Union, 30c; Utah, SC; Y Jacket 25c
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and Wolfe-27
Noes-Beard Braunhart, Gillett, Hol-
ioway, Jones, Langford, La Rue, Ma
honey, Pedlar, Smith, Stratton and
Mithington-12
q. M. Hitchcock, editor of the
World-Herald' of Omaha, was pres
ent and addressed the Senate in the in
terest of the Trans Mississippi Exposi-
ton to be held in Omaha during the
coming season.
AT HOO O'Clock. on motion of Bulla,
the Senate adjourned to 10 o'clock this
morning.
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CLOTHING VALUES
HARD TO MATCH.

The new Spring stock so
far as received is fop-nOtch
for materials, cut, trim
nings, etc, and the close
prices they're III a r k t q
make them exceptional
values.
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Eastern Grain MarkeSt.

New York March ID
WHEAT-May, size; July, 79ac; Sep
tember, nc.
Chicago March I'd.
WHEAT-March, 74Mc; May, 755sc; July,
72TLc. SeDtember T1xc
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-12

IaiIa Rookh and the Silver Tip group,
owned by the Monte Cristo Gold and Cop
per Mining Company
In the Goat Lake camp near by are sev-
eral properties on which a large amount
OF prospecting and development has been
done during the last six years.
Fifteen miles down the road from Monte
C-tsto is SfIverton In this district are
many claims that promised big returns IN
the near future. for much development
has been done. Perhaps the best known
is the Is" The owners OF the - COM
ple.ea only short s!rne ago a trAm"ay
from the mine 70 the railroad at cost OF
about 80 90 They have hundreds of tons
of ore on the dump and were Just ready 10
begin shipping in large quantities IN me
same district are the Big Bear. inoe-
pendenee. Helena, 81. Louis groups al
we'll known.
The abandonment az the Monte Crssto
road Is a hard blow 20 the owners OF al
these properties Last season. ocsore iae
Klond.ke excitement struck the Woria.
there was a great boom In the saiyerson
district Prominent mining men OF Spo-
gana and British Columbia investigated
the camp and reported Without dissent
ing voice thai IL would prove 20 h@ one o.
tie richest districts In tas county,