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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-02-05

town when il was announced that
Melba and Campanari and Salignac
would appear in opera at the Carnegie
hall. The Carnegie is a sumptuous
enough place. but the stage is merely
a concert stage, and the drop curtain,
scenery, wings and stage settings had
to be improvised on the spur OF the
moment, and they certainly were queer
enough. But all The theatres were
engaged and it was the Carnegie or
nothing. The drop curtain was
wonderful affair. The ceiling Of the
hall is high and vsulted SO the cur
tain had to be swung from the dome
by ropes. When 1t assembled 1t wob-
bled sideways quite as rapidly as it
wobbled upward. and it required the
must tender and prolonged wOcing ON
the part OF the stage manager to in
duce it to descend at all. The ropes
with which it was hung were con-
cealed with laurel garlands, and as the
curtain was coming down the laurel
leaves literally rained down upon the
singers, who were grouped smiling at
the front Of the prosceniUm. The
stage settings were even more anus
ing. The opera was Rossini's ''Bar-
Der OF Seville but you would never
have known it had anything TODD
with Spain by glancing at the stage.
Bartolo's home was furnished like a
modern nat, and he sat down in re-
volving desk chair to be shaved. OF
course all these things gave a hope
lessly amateurish, parlor-theatrical ef-
feet to the whole performance and l
was unable to take anything or any
body very seriously.
As in ii Troyatore the Barber of
Seville begins with eerenade, ''EccO
Ridente in Cielo, the most beautiful
aria in the opera. And NJ. Salignac
sang it well. though he has an incli-
nation toward inopportunc falsetto.
He is such very conventional tenor.
that Salignac. There is not one Of
the charming old grand opera p.anner
isms which he lacks: the stilted walk,
the fiorid gestures. the elaborate atti-
tudes, he has them all.
or course the feature Of dominant
interest was the appearance OF Nine.
Melba in opera buffa. Her reception
was really very funny. Her appear
ance on the balcony in the first act
was cut because Of the exceedingly
unstable nature OF the balcony. The
balcony in the Chicago Auditorium
fell down with Melba several years
ago and almost precipitated her into
Romeo's arms, 50 it behooves her to
beware of them She did not appear.
until the fifth scene, where you re-
member she enters alone to begin the
famous chamber solo, dear unto the
hearts of all coloratura sopranos Well,
it seems that the audience had not
read the iibrettos carefully enough, for
when she stepped upon the stage not
sound Of applause or recognition was
heard. She was made up like Calve
brunette which disguised her effect
uaIly. and 1 fancy most people thought
she was only maid who had come in
to dust the furniture and incidentally
70 throw a little light upon her mis-
trcas' love Affairs. Many time and
oft have heard Mclba, but l never
b fore saw her get a reception like
that. 1t must have been an expert
ence for her, must have reminded her
Of The days that are long forgot, when
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-02-05
The Passing Show.
VILLA GATHER.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ee4e>>e>e eee>eo4o><
umph and all the rest of it. OF course
as sOO.i as she began singing the ia
miliar Sun Voca POGO Fa- the audi
ence realized that she must be tn.
lady whose name figured in large typ,
at the top OF the programme. and die
it's Christian duty. The papers mex
morning apologized by saying thai
1.-The great diva entered so quietly
that she was not at first recognized
Pray did they expect the great diva
to enter uttering war-whOops or turn
ing handsprings?
But to return to TN Noca." What
a song it is, that brilliant, snowy
glittering melody, with its wonderful
opportunities for vocal display, is en-
tire lack Of any emotional quality
deeper than the prima dOnna's de
light IN her own powers. And it wa.
sung as just one voice in all this worlC
can sing it. One upon another tho.
came, each sweeter than the last
those round, full, unclOuded tones
those notes OF silver, shaken from hel
throat as lightly as the water drops
from sea gullis wing when it file.
sunward in the golden dawn. o, thu
fawless perfection of her method, the
magnificent certainty OF her execu-
ton. One could travel the earth OveI
without finding another organ of such
exquisite mechanism: it is a thing
apart and unique. Perhaps were one
even to search among the celestial
chOirs one would not find such an.
other. Nature so seldom exerts her.
self to do her best.
To hear Melba as Rosina is not al
together satisfactory. 1t does net
sufficiently test all the wonderful re-
sources OF that voice, does not call out
all these transcendent miracles of
tone that delight, dazzle, exalt, and
finally exhaust one. Yet in some re-
spects the part is better adapted TO
her than almost any other. She can
do in light semi-comedy part what
she never does i'm heavy satisfy.
Her limitations of Calve are painfully
yet she does, after a man.
ner, act the part, and it is the only
one l ever saw her act. As Juliette,
as Desdcmcna. as Valentine, as Mar
guerite, it was always the same expe-
rience: always that perfect, soulless
voice, always that futile cOlorless stage
emotion which does not even deceive
the singer herself, always the bitter
disappointment OF seeing her catch at
the stars and miss them, and always
the recurring question as to ''what
shall it profit man if he gain the
whole world and lose, ETC." 1t is the
old story; she has the voice for grand
opera and the temperament for opera
buffa, one OF Gods sublime misfits.
1t is no wonder that when her old
teacher out in Melbourne went over to
Paris to hear her in one Of her great
triumphs. he bowed his head and said,
.'Ah, my poor child, if Icould but have
given you SOUL" How strange that
one who has 50 much should yet lack
that thing holier than all, that thing
which alone gives art a right to De.
Afterthe tumultuous applause which
followed her solo in the lesson scene
it was Massenet's ia Sevellina," by
the way-she sat down at the piano
that was on the stage quite informally
and sang that tender little Romance
Of TOsti's. playing her own accompani
vnopt Che WaS i'll fbaf pinbf apc
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-02-05

japanese has been living in cabinO
the mOuntain-side out in joaquin
Millers country. ''where the flowers
are like trees, and the trees touch with
heaven" and this is the second volume
of poetry he has sent into the world
from his solitude. While NOguchi is
by no means great poet in the large,
complicated modern sense of the word.
he has more true inspiration. more
melody from within than many a
greater man. He is one of the fervid
singers, who sang when poetry was a
passion merely, not an art. There is a
long stretch of time between such
verses as are written i'm the Occident
today and such simple, spontaneous.
unStudied songs as YOne NOguchrs.
These verses are so naive, so fragile,
SO entirely the children of an hour and
"A mood, like the songs Of the unknown
Hebrew pet who wrote the so-called
books Of SolOman. They are conspjc-
uOusly Oriental. The hurrying OF the
clouds toward the western horizon. he
describes as
"A glorious troop
Othe unsMferine souls Of gods
Marching On with BATTLE-GROUND
Against the Unknown Castle Of Hell.''
Could anything be more suggestive
Of simple, joyous indulgence OF the
imagination. such as we find in JaDan-
csc carving or painting? We nave
Over-elabOrated everything in the
west; we have made whist SO difficult
that few Of us can play it. wine SO
good that few of US can afforu to drink
it, poetry so difficult that few of MS
can read it. We must make science
even Of recreation and kill all the nov
Of it. But here is poet who has NOT
tried to be profound He sings he.
cause the sun shines, because the roses
bloom. because there is love and
laughter in the world. He has the
full measure Of oriental melancholy.
and that warm languor OF the sDirit
found in lands of perpetual high noon.
. Come" says the. young poet. .sbuy
my tears, for have sucked them FINN
the breasts Of Truth"
PITTsBURG, Pa.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-02-05

A few months ago second volume
of verse by Yone Noguchi made its
appearance. For seine time this young
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03
Busy shipyards Again.

As In 1889 under the Harrison regime.
so now the return of the Republican
Party to power in the nation is Sgnalized
by a notable revival of American ship
building.
At Bath. in Maine. where this historic
industry has been suffering for two or
three years past with something very near
Ia lySiS. there is IL brisk resumption
of activity. A New Bedford whaling
merchant who lately visited the city 10
place an order for a new steam whaler
for the Arctic declared. after tour of
the busy yards Your shipbuilders in
Bath have too much work on hand, and
ii looks as If | shall not be ahle 10 get my
craft built here. one builder reports
that ne has been compelled to refuse the
contract for a three-masted schooner.
Three north end yards at Bath. il is said,
are under engagements to construct
fleet Of seventeen vessels. including two
steamers These are exclusive of the
great steel sailing ship which the Hon.
Arthur Sewall has in hand aud the steel
cargo steamer for the foreign trade
which the Bath Iron Works are building.
Taken in connection with the prosperous
outlook on the Delaware ~ where the
Cramps are laying the keels for several
new West India liners and the other
yards ar" well employed. all this is de-
cidedly encouraging to the friends of
American sedborne commerce. More per
hapS. than any other of our important IN
terests the American merchant marine
has felt the uplift of restored Republican
SUPREMACY.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03

this chapter is in parts of a very high
order. and clothes both profound and
independent treatment of the problem
of evil and an inspiring sermon for the
practical life.
The style of the book is clear and
forcible throughout and often very
way in which the simple objects and
homely truths of daily life are used to
illustrate the more abstruse truths Of
philosophy. This gives it a vivid and
personal quality that is wholly admir-
able. 1t has a quality of dash ana
raciness that makes it good reading
and makes one want to quote ii 10
others. practical Idealsm" is 4
strong. original work, dealing with
familiar facts and familiar problems in
a way that will give it permanent
place among the great philosophical
works of the period.
Other members of Bowdoins faculty
than the honored president, have been
active of late in literary way. Prof.
Mcdonald has just complied Il volume
of important American historical doe
uments; Prof. Johnson has published
a very pretty volume filled With grace
full verses on nature art love and
other topics: and DR.. Mason, the col
lese preacher. has published a volume
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03
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(zz!|22E2 iiEE't1l 'ae!aaEv t3
In forming estimates Of men
The wise remember that
The largest vacuum may be
Beneath the biggest hat.

Cleveland Leader.
INV wife Is yerv co,sidara.o
said the yo,lup narrIed 49,, a Si me,
afraid my rest was being intnrr,',,.', was
much and last week she bought a bnreI3r
alarm.
Docs II make difference?'
Yes instead Of getting up To SOC
meme, t'' Ter there are burglars IN the house
get up 10 see whether the alarm Is set
Mr.. s." exclaimed an indignant hus.
band. you are no gentleman .? nus
What makes you think that?"
My wife called at your house vester.
day, didn't she?'
Yes. and was very welcome ~.
Ano as she drove away she heard you
ny ny ~ Fonr VIE tnat she mad mouth
''h - q hoIsf coiidr'
" ~ man an J Saih was that she
had horse of a mouse color"
she-Dld you bring me that complerior
powder? '''pieAl22h
He-Er-my dear. It slipped NV mar
DRY entirely
no YET before we were married
l"u sara my lace was one no man could
forget.
..N, hair il yctti,,,, ,,,i,1 -.
remain so as long as / live anu WIN
We'll, you know. dear. Won can e1,,a,,.
make 1t remain blonde as long as You
aye!
johnson wants to borrow some monay
81 mo 10 you Know oh,
him. ''"o"e
II know him as wei AS do ,.o,, r
wouldn't let him have a cent ''
Nm. No.. 80 -.
Though wintry skies crnw ei,ro,.
And shout with GLE Just Wi, am a.
our basehtu tI,,b 49, ' vi ana see
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,,si,. '''' Winter WHO'S hoWled dis
CO -, ..t
,.,.G ''''' '"'i''i 10 MI he NUT
!, IL duo 70 tho i,,.ou..
state. that he had made tho re,,ar III -; 70
cheerfully. Being a dentist VIII, sh iu.ts
he not? '''u'u
~
ing nm ~ iast ..,bas ~ ine tutor, look
me ~ - 49,, aN 'i i poem reminds
rorl, loo n.binb ,,.'s hileM VINO mad
for him. ''' 'iiidH
Indeed" the poet exclaimed ..rIou. :,
that?" ny" =
Its feet are not mates
- -,
woman ~ ,ha ta,a, tne excited Chicago
, ""ii'"I u ihe teIephone exchange. my
..Enr,t.l 80 d !, piice.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03
VOICES OF the PRESS.
A Denver Banquet.

Social amenities are different in
Denver and the banquet of the Nation
al Stock Growers at the Denver stock
yards presented many features which
would have impressed visitors from
the exhausted East as positively novel.
one hundred young men of the best
Colorado families had prepared to
serve as walters Among the guests
were a few troops Of cavalry and a
couple Of thousand gentlemen who have.
Travelled extensively over the West
and have never paid a cent for 1t.
These tourists had been saving up APP
petite and whetting it on the Colorado
breezes for days.
FIFTY thousand people came. The 80
clety young men who were to have ser
we'd allowed the consomme to grow cold
before they brought il on the table
The tourists grew impatient and tried
to hasten things by throwing truffics
and pioVer over their heads to their
hungry companions in the rear They
borrowed the cavalrymens sabers.
broke them into convenient lengths.
and sliced off large portions of bear
meat, antelope ard elk The cooks re-
sisted. and the tourists sliced the
cooks.
Several hundred thirsty policemen
charged the beer tanks, preached
them. poured the amber fluid over tho
ground and increased the feVerish eX
citemont of those who didn't get any
The cavalry charged the tables and
overturned them. The entrees fell into
the mud. and the society young men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03
NeWsy Gleaninqs.

me following is a recent state paper
from the Rrierwell. KY, justice court:
Tnis here decision handed down by
MS homer. Justice Green, witnessed by
his Bailift, Thommas Jenkins, and at
tornes, and may God have Mercy on
our Solos,
Honey dripping down a lightning rod
is the latest novelty reported from In
dependence, Mo. The rod is on the
spire of the courthouse. and passes
through a big brass ball. into which
bees have made their way, and where
they have hived.
In a recent test of floor material the
most durable turned out to be a tile
made of rubber. An English earthen
tile comes next. Vermont marble, flag
stone, granolith. marble mosaic. yellow
pine, oak. Oregon pine and teak came
in the order named.
The highest wheat yield per acre for
Iowa during the year was twenty BUSH
els, in Black Hawk. Clinton, Bremen.
Fremont. Monona and Polk counties.
The highest corn yield was thirty-five
bushels, in Benton Black Hawk, &C.
dar, Clayton and Clinton counties.
Dealers in human hair recall the in
structive fact that the panic of 1881
suddenly stimulated the trade among
the French-Caaadians The hardships
of that period drove the women to SELL
ing their hair, and considerable quanti-
ties We're sent to the United States.
The lasto the late Hyman Montagu's
coins have just been sold in London,
the whole collection bringing in over
S210.000. considerably more than was
paid for the coins by Mr.. Montagu. al
though he began to collect only ten
years ago. The sales were spread over
two years. and it took the auctioneers
- working days to dispose of the coins
The board of managers of the Central
Presbyterian church of Hamilton, ont.
has just passed a resolution indorslng
Sunday street cars, declaring. among
other things. that they are great con-
venience to churchgoers and that the
evils so extravagantly predicted by the
opponents of Sunday cars are conspicu-
Gus in Hamilton only by their absence.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03

Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott in his ser
the condition of the country if religion
was abolished. He said that We Were
undoubtedly growing more temporal
and earthly. and continued This is
seen in the philosophy of agnosticism.
which has come into existence in this
century; in the tendency among relis-
ious people to eliminate the supernat-
ural. or, | should prefer to call it the
superhuman. element from religion; IN
the tendency to question the value of
prayer. of religious service and the
Sabbath day. Imagine the whole
American people left without belief IN
God or the future with nothing in life
beyond the present and all relics of
faith gone What would happen? In
the first place, the institutions of re-
ligion would be swept away; the Sab
bath would he merely a holiday. not
even invested With The sacrcdness of
the Fourth of July: the Bible gone
With Sunday; the pulpit a platform;
the sermon a lecture; music a concert
and prayer an aspiration. With the
Bible and the church. the great fun
damental principles of right and
wrong would go too. In their place we
would have empirical rules. and con
science would degenerate into a skill
full guess as to rules Of conduct
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03

As if its others troubles were not
enough Texas is now afflicted in a new
manner. A drummer. said to be tn
living image of VIM. J. Bryan has been
impersonating the boy orator to the
guileess natives there. He has gotten
the famous Bryan smile down chilly.
and his speeches from the rear plat
forms of the train were the equal Of
any ever sprung by the Nebraskan
youth. He had his fun, and the good
people were just as WELL if not better.
off than if the great and only original
Bryan had soWn his seeds of falsehood
and fallacy among them
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03

1t Robert +. Peary. who recently lee
tured in Maine. stated at the time that
he was then engaged in revising the
proofs of his book. which. he said would
be published in February. 1t will be in
two volumes and will be d strict conden-
sation of matter. The appearance of the
book this month will be awaited with
much interest In answer to Il remark
about the public interest in the minute
details of Arctic exploration trips the
matter of supplies and various other
features. he said if he did not intend to
go north again he would give all those
facts i'll the interest of science. but they
belonged to him and he is going back.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03

The officers of the Maine were recent
ly entertained at Havana with a bun
fight. This really appears to be about
all the active fighting that has been
done of late in that portion of Cuba.
The Spanish troops are dying off quite
rapidly from exposure and neglect, ANA
willing to get rid of them in this way.
Every day serves to give new empha
sis to the hopelessness of the Spanish
cause in Cuba
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03

oxford Democrat: There are a few
of us that can be thankful we are no,
candidates for postmaster. 1t is rela-
ted on the authority Of man who was
black balled by the Liars club. that a
couple of candidates for Postmaster
Farrars salary recently got into 50
warm discussion over the matter
that they shut a cats tail into a
door and paid no attention to the ami
mails walls of agony. Verify feeling is
intense over this postoffice matter--es-
pecially the cats feelings. for in addi-
ton to the harm done to her tail, just
think of the poor beast being obliged
to stay there and listen to the debate,
Here's work for the society with the
long name
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03

In our editorial of yesterday calling
attention 10 the fact that the A. sena-
tors who voted for The Teller resolu-
ton represent only Il small minority
of the American people, no less tina"
is of them coming FROM silver states
with a total population Of 663.393. We
ing - were from Southern states. Such
a combination is far fr I'm repres lta-
tive of the people of this country in
any of their vital interests.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03
JOHN u. LONG.

Portland Press Weare 50 accustomed
to the modern facilities for getting
about that we take them as a matter
of course. and ii is only when they are
suddenly cut off, as they We're yester-
day that we realize how indispensa-
BE they really are To US. Let the block
AIDE of yesterday continue for week
and our market would be bare al mauE
of the necessarics of life. and there
would he privation and want in conse
Quence In these times we rely almost
entirely upon railroads to bring to Us
the necessities of life. A blockade like
that Of yesterday gives US a glimps.
of the helpless condition we should h.
i'll if suddenly and for some time be d.
priVed of their assistance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03

The solid Republican vote in the
House against the Teller resolution
again proves to the country that this
is the party to which it must look in
the future. as it has in the past. to
maintain its financial honor and integ
rity. The party in the House made d
work in crushing the Teller resolution,
working as a harmonious unit, restores
business confidence at home and COM
mands the respect of foreign nations.
Speaker Reeds ringing No" was
more eloquent than any two hours
speech could possibly be.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03

A constitutional amendment provid
ing for the apportionment of United
States States Senator's upon the basis of
population, could derive powerful argu-
ments from the passage of the Teller
free silver men in a decided minority
in the upper branch of Congress.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03

a devotee of Christian Science says
it is making rapid strides in Maine and
that its votaries now number about
2.00G in the State. with branch churches
in most of the cities and many of the
large towns, and this, when nine years
ago it was hardly known in the State
Many have joined the main church in
Boston. In its membership is included
all classes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03

The naughty girls OF Iowa Univer-
sity are in disgrace on account of a
hazing scrape. 1t is commonly sup
riculum is reserved especially for
young men. but the new girl of the
West is evidently determined to have
all the educational advantages of her
hrnl her
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03

Washington has just seen its first
snow storm of the winter. 1t was pre-
coded by a frost that nipped that
poisonous flower, the Teller resolution,
in the bIl1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03

There is a world of commentary upon
the condition of affairs in the city If
Havana in the fact that the state de
partment considers no news from Con-
sui General Lee to be good news.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-03
An Up..o-D Service.


The success of the Associated Press in
keeping Il wire through the storm OF to-
day is something to he marveled at
The report received i'm this office today
came from New York sent from there 4 o
Montreal thence TO St. John. n. B..
and from there to the Maine papers as
far west as Biddeford. Part of the wires
were Canadian Pacific wires secured for
the emergency while others were Asso-
ciated Press wires leased from the Postal
Trlpuraph COmpanV