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A MlceIess Island.

There is a small island named Papa
Little that lies in ST. Magnus bay,
on the west side of Shetland 1t gets
its name in contradistinction to Papa
Stour, or the Big Papa, another island
in the same bay. Both names are of
Morse origin, and signify Priest Is
lands. from the fact that they were
colonized by the Irish Catholics who
first introduced Christianity. There
was solitary croft on this island at
one time, but all that now remains Is
ruined homestead, for the place is
used purely for grazing purposes. A
striking feature OF the isle is the fact
that no mice can live there; and on
various occasions to test the truth of
this, mice have been caught and
slipped on the isle, but so uncongenial
dad its soil prove to their existence
that in a short time they were dead
There are instances of crofters on the
mainland. when troubled with mice,
going the length of fetching earth
from this isle and sprinkling it on the
ground before building their stacks.
This is said to have had the desired
effect in all cases.
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Did Not Recognize Mrs Carnegie.

A good story is now going the
rounds in the fashionable circles of
Europe anent the recent experience
of Mrs. Andrew Carnegie with a lead
ing Partisan modiste. Mrs. Carnegie
is noted for the refined simplicity of
her gowns. On this occasion she paid
a visit to the establishment of one OF
the greatest of Partisan counturieres,
to which one of her titled English
friends had recommended her as be-
ing the place OF all others where she
could get the elegant simplicity she
SO much admires. The quiet lady
dressed in brown was not recognized
as the wife of Americas great iron
king as she entered the reception
room, and it is far from her nature
to announce her prominence. So the
great master glanced at her, and with
thousand regrets was sorry that it
would be some months before he could
find time to attend to madame's wants.
This soon reached the ear of Lady -,
who at once wrote to monsieur in re-
gard to the incident. Many and humble
were the apologies, but the great Am
erican lady has been ever since thor
oughly convinced that a certain mas
ter will never make a gown for her
no matter how elegantly simple his
designs.
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population were there. doubling the at
tendance at Wagner and Symphony
concerts At the Buffalo Exposition
and in every other city in the United
States and Canada where Brooke's
band has played, 80 per cent of the re-
quests for music have been for the
rag-time selections.
Mr. Brooke's standing as a compo-
ser of popular music has given him a
voice to be heard on the subject. Es-
pecially is his opinion valuable when
1t is considered that not one bar of
ragtime music occurs in his compost
tons, and that while he does not de-
fend it, he makes 1t plain that ragtime
music is with the people for all time.
Mrs. James l.. Blair, a society leader
of ST. Louis, declared in a public ad-
dress last spring that the Missouri me-
tropolis Is .ragtime" city, and in the
following talk the bandmaster agrees
with her as to all cities being in the
category.
"Ragtime," said Mr.. Brooke, lis now
the most generally mooted OF all
themes among musicians, but why
such a subject should threaten to dis
rupt the Chicago Federation Of Musi-
clans is rather difficult to understand
when considered from an intelligent
and unprejudiced standpoint.
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Call it what you will, and rag
time is as good as any other noise"
says Thomas Preston Brooke This
'ragtime' existed centuries before our
time, and it will go on for centuries to
come after we have been forgotten"
agtime," its origin, its status, its
merits and dement's. and it's chances
for perpetuation have been worrying
musicians with long hair and the pub
lie having long purses ever since a
popular song writer a few years ago
claimed to have invented" it's rhythm.
At Denver last June the American
Federation OF Musicians at it's annual
convention passed resolution con-
demning ragtime and recommending
that its members cease playing it. In
like measure the Dancing Teachers as
sociation Of America and the National
Music Teachers association are de-
clared against it and pledged to dis
courage the use OF ragtime in every
manner possible.
But against ali Of this. Brooke's Chi
.ago Marine Band at the Cincinnati
Geological Gardens last season gave
'ragtime concerts" every Wednesday
evening, and in spite of Cincinnati's
reputation as a musical city, these con-
certs drew from IL 900 to $4,000 people
to them every evening. At these con-
certs the best elements OF Cincinnau's
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shoulder; the characteristic features
are life-like. though enlarged to heroic
proportions. The deepiy-set eyes, gaZ-
ing from beneath the broad forehead,
seem completely averted from worldly
things The general expression is that
of great composer listening to the
uotes that are sounding in his brain
The fingers of the left hand rest. with
the whole Of the forearm. on the arm
OF the chair. while those of the
slightly raised right seem to be in in
voluntary motion, as if they were
striking the notes that are impressing
themselves upon the ear of the mind.
Each of the four side walls OF the
pedestal is ornamented with Roman
arch resting on pillars. On the steps
of the foundation. in front. stands the
form of a knight and minnesinger.
who, harp in hand. is gazing up in
homage to the master--it is the form
of Wolfram Won Eschen bach, whose
poetic lineameats Wagner has. both in
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bury (still best known by his thirty
years public life name of Sir John
Lubbock, and Lord Walsingham. Al
though Oliver had five SONS, there is
not a single surviving Cromwell in
the male line, though anyone who con-
suits a peerage under the names of
the aforesaid noblemen will find his
dc Scendants through the female line.
to say nothing of divers untitled pos
terity, frequent enough.
In these days of smallpox epidemic
in London there is gloomy interest
in noting that the two eldest sons Of
the protector died Of that disease
Robert, the first born, boy of II, at
Felsted school, aud Oliver. his second.
a cornet in Earl Bedfords horse. few
days after he came of age, in 1644."-
London Chronicle
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PIPE NOT ALWAYS CHEAP.
Many Rich Men Prefer 1t to Cigar and

Many Rich Men Prefer 1t to Cigar and
Pay Big Prices for Tobacco
Some men smoke a pipe for the
sake of economy. because they can't
afford good cigar, and other men in
dulge in the meerschaum and briar be-
cause they claim it is the only way to
get the full enjoyment out of tobacco
The question of economy doesn't enter
into the scheme Of the latter class.
A Walnut street manufacturer OF
Turkish cigarettes sells, at $3.50 a
pound, considerable quantity Of i'm
portedsmoking tobacco. His customers
are connoisseurs and they are men who
can amply afford to pay this exorbi-
tant price and say the goods are worth
it. Some of them, to be sure, make it
last longer by mixing it with Virginia
long cut. for the Turkish tobacco is
exceedingly pungent and a little Of it
will flavor an equal quantity Of the
cheaper weed.
A novice who was pricing this tobac-
co the other day. expressed some sur
prise that it should be so expensive.
That isn't expensive" replied the to-
bacconist. according to the Philadel-
phia Record There are Turkish to-
baccos that, with the duty added,
would cost as much as $50 a pound in
this country
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ARE WORSE THAN ooATs.
ewo Meanoa h PhilsAslphia Zoo Are
Expert Butters.


ewo Me.mo. h PhiisAslphia Zoo Are
Expert Buffers.
Resembling thuds in rapid success
sion greet the ears of visitors to the
COOS antelope house. Bang! comes a
crashing report, and an instant later
an equally deafening souSd assaults
the ear and makes the building hum.
New arrivals hasten to a rear inclos-
ure from which the racket issues. This
is the mouff1on pen.
Tine mouffion Is an animal closely re-
sem bling the sheep in appearance.
but it has a pair of curved horns of 4
size and strength that dwarf the head
piece of the biggest of rams. Corsica,
the land OF vendettas. is the home of
the mouff1on, and 1t appears as if two
of the species at the zoo are imbued
with the warning mania that has made
their birthplace famous. From the
moment they first saw each other a
vendetta was instituted.
To prevent the animals from bat
tering each other to fragments a stout
wooden partition separates them. This
has only added zest to the feud, and
each takes a turn at picking out the
exact spot on the fence behind which
the enemy is supposed to lurk and
precipitateS himself against it. 1t fire.
quently happens that both animals
strike the fence head on at the same
instant, and the report is awe-inspir-
ing.
AS the partition is of stout oak
planks and the animals are gifted by
nature with an armorplate headpiece,
says the Philadelphia Record, the only
damage that has resulted so far has
been the shattering of Keeper Geiger's
nerves.
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Ra6fi1ne'' M11,sic E~xisfed d
Centuries Be FORE Our Time.

Ao1 0m0N -dH66t1H Il thO1o0zy 80
of many Of the heather rnoao. q RI
the 'juber,' buck. and wing aaa u
the old plantation darby, and no 00f0.
inspiring ragtime was ever playoA to-
that which he patted with HIS hap1G
shuffied with his feet. or plunko1 g
his rudely constructed banjo.
"All the oldtime .fiddlefs' were rna-
time performers. The backwo0dss
player who sat perched ON : barrel
in corner at 'cOrn-huSkiAg bee.
who held his fiddle ut his elbow and
his bow at half-mast, played the Ar
kansaw Traveller and up Duck Creek
in a style that would put to shame
many of the fellows who claim 70 have
originated what they are pleased to
call ragtime.'
'Drummers have played nothing hut
ragtime since the invention Of the
drum. The bass drum is now used
only to punctuate or emphasize the
heavy beats or pulse of the music. but
in the original 'sheepskin band that
has furnished martial music for our
soldiers in times of war for centuries
the bass drummer used stick in eAch
hand and helped out the ragtime
rhythm Of the snare drum.
who has not stood on curbstone.
watching passing parade, and noticed
how YEARLY the men in line plodded
along to the monotonous 1-1-1-2-3 Of
the bass drum? But when the snare
drums broke into their merry ragtime
beats of TAFT tat-a-tat how tho
marchers Immediately braced up and
walked with buoyant, elastic stepe
According to good authority tho
sense of rhythm is greater by 80 per
cent than either the sense Of harmony
or melody. Consequently, any march
with strong rhythmic accent, or
ragtime song with its intensified
rhythm, appeals more intensely t.
greater mankind.
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Monument 80 SG2a6r2er
10 BE Erected i1, Berlin

The successful designer of the Rich
ard Wagner monument in Berlin, in
the second competition, was Prof. Gus
tav Eberlein. But owing to sugges-
tions of the memorial committee, as
we'll as OF the emperor himself, who
takes a warm interest in the monu-
ment scheme, certain changes, aiming
ut a greater simplicity of the whole
composition, have been carried out
By the artist. The new model which
he has submitted has received the
unconditional approval of both en-
peror and committee, and so this colos-
sAl monument is now to be completed
In Carrara marble.
Tho statue of the master will riss
from triangular foundation. Wag-
ner will appear sitting in broad
armchair. The figure itself is draped
by cloak, which has fallen from the
shoulders and covers the lower part
OF the leSs. The proudly raised head
is turned somewhat toward the left
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came from the East to test a mino
for silver. found no silver, and re-
ported back unfavorably to his COM
pany. The company sold the mine for
a song, and the rough. uneducated in
dividual who bought it made q million
working it for copper. '.Once another
man and 1 started wooden mill in
a town near the sea-" he said, '.and.
being told that the river which flowed
by the mill was SO near the bay that
1t was salt, we bought the big quantity
Of water needed in the factory from
the town plant Our bill for the first
month was enormous. / went to the
water board and objected. They in
formed me that they had me ION the
hip and wouldn't come down on their
rates. Going back to the mill. looked
sadly at the river. Suddenly = thought
struck me. / got bucket. dipped Il
into the water. pulled it up and tasted
it. 1t was fresh. / hunted IN ~
partner and told him to kick mA. He
did,,
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some disease, supposed to be smallpox.
and the gratitude of the Umatillas was
with him until he left. Tom-a-Top-Po
was great chief among the Umatillas.
A year or two ago. before the present
feebleneSs came on Pe-Tow-Yo, she
would talk quite freely through an in
terpreter with those who asked fo-
Lewis and Clark "reminiscences. Now
the visitors are tabooed.
The old squaw's tent is located be-
tween the agency school and the reser-
vation agency. 1t is hung with can
W6s and cloaks of various kinds to
kcep>in warmth. Pe-Tow-Yo does not
often home out now, though when the
sun shines warmly she may be seen
taking sSp bath in front. At inter
walls she hobbies with the aid of a stout
stick a few yards away to pick up a
piece of wood.
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DESCENDANTS OF CROMWELL.
Among Them Are Two Marquises, Eight
Earls and Three Barons.

Among Them Are Two Marquises, Eight
Earls aud Three Barons.
With reference to the statement.
Even families with Cromwell's blood
are not likely to resent the omission of
Cromwelfs portraits from the New
gallery ] was curious" writes a cor
respondent, Ito find out how many
descendants OF his were of such prom
lnence In the world as to give some
value to their resentment, suppose they
did resent, at the omission of his por-
trait from the New gallery. I was
surprised to find that mere were no
less than thirteen peers at present who
are descended from the great protect
or. They all seem to come through
his fourth daughter. Frances, who
married for her second husband Sir
John Russell, by whom she had five
children.
Among these peers descended from
Frances Cromwell there are two mar
qtdsea-N Northampton and Ripon; eight
ear1e--sthe earls of Chichester and Clar-
enden. lcar1 Cowper the Earls Of Darn
hey. LUtton, Morley, Rothes and Skel-
;naersdAle: and Barons Ampthiii. Ave-
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out was practically impossible. and
pixies with bone heads were used as
an aid to progression. and of these,
again. examples are exhibited. The
bone skate must have had it's disad-
vantages and SO wooden skates shod
with fiat strips of iron came into be-
ing. cumbrous enough to our eyes. but
still used by children in northern Nor
way. From these the evolution of the
bladed skate was comparatively sim
pie matter. and with the ..elp of the
exhibits their growth to the latest
development, such as Herr Salchow's
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! word and in music. magnificently ex-
word and in music, so magnificentiy
! expressed On the right side we see a
| second creation of the great composer,
Tannhauser. in the dress of pilgrim.
| Despairing, burned with a curse he
lies there in a state Of collapse. about
| to die. resting the staff which he holds
in his raised right hand upon the up
Permost step. 1t is proposed to chiseI,
| in the surface beneath the arch the
relief figure of Elizabeth
| In front of the left side of the pedes-
tai is seen the group formed OF the
dead Siegfred and of Brunhilde. who,
supporting his head, sorrows for her
beloved. shaken as she is by the most
poignant grief. The fiat slab beneath
the arch on this side is to receive the
relief figure of Parsival holding the
Holy Grail in his hand. In the rear \
more vivacions group will have its
place-one of the Rhein daughters.
who. as if borne onward by the flood.
floats toward Alberich. who is making
his escape with the stolen Rheingold.
and whom she vainly tries to hold by
selling his beard.
The heart and soul OF this monument
enterprise has been from the beginning
Commercial Councillor Leichner, who
has always cherished a passionate ad-
mtration for the personality and the
work of Wagner. He was himself
originally an opera singer, and, while
changing his life work, he has always
remained true TO the stage and to
music. The greatest lights of the
theatrical world, celebrated professors.
famous men in science and literature
gather at his hospitable residence
That his love for art and enthusiasm
for Wagner are not merely platonic
but genuine. he has shown in practical
ways again and again and it is to his
generous gift of $4,000 that the reten-
ton in Germany of the Wagner Mu-
scum at Eisen bach is due.
1t is also he to whom Germany is in
debted more than to any other for the
suitable monument to Wagner in Ber-
lin. Leichner himself gave 5000 to-
ward the project. besides calling meet
ings in furtherance OF the scheme not
only in Germany, but also in many
centers of German life abroad. He was
president of the monument committee,
and not only entertained its members
in fine style when they came together
in Berlin, but gave eloquent expression
to his views and feelings on the occa-
sion. The name of Leichner is thus
inseparably associated with the Wag-
ner monument.
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steel skate with jagged toe for pir-
Quoting. or the long racing skate. may
be easily traced
mere are also some good examples
OF the strange and wonderful inven-
tions of enthusiasts. There is, for.
instance. skate with a spring in the
heel, used by Mr.. Hicks. a fast skater
in his day: there is also a wonderful
and complicated instrument with
springs between the footstock and the
blade, apparently for counteracting
the Earring experienced while travelling
over rough ice.
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london Exposition >Sbot,s
Evolution offbe Skate.

Ono Of the most interesting sections
1T the exhibit of the National Skating
assneiation in London is that which is
devoted to the evolution of the skate
itself To the figure skater OF to-day
who IL accustomed to the fine steel
blades ground to an exact radius. the
medieval bone skate dug up near Moor
fields appears to be of particularly
inefacient design. These skates. of
which several are on view. were made
from the cannon bone of a horse or
COW. and are the earliest skates known
For q skater who wore them to strike
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SOUAW OF GREAT AGE.
Old Indian Woman who Can Remember
Lewis and Clark.

Ola woman VINO San hem en- Der
Lewis and Clark.
On the Umatilla Indian reservati on
lives the Oldest woman in the West.
Pe-Tow-Yo is her name and she is an
Umatilla squaw. Possessed still of
considerable vitality. this relic of past
generations promises to exist for years
yet
When Capt Gray in the ship Column
bia discovered the mouth of the Co.
lumbia river in 1893, Pe-Tow-Yo was
three years old. When George Wash
ington's death occurred she was a
blushing Indian maiden of nine. When
the Louisiana Purchase of 1903 was
made from France she was a grown
indian woman of thirteen. The events
of the Lewis and Clark expedition of
1906 are still fresh in her memory, for
Pe-Tow-Yo was then in the full bloom
of fifteen.
When Lewis and Clark. the In
trepid wanderers, were in this section
ninety-six years ago, pe-Tow-Yo was
with her father, Tom-a-Top-Po, on the
chores of the Columbia, In the Wallula
district. Here Clark. The great medi-
sins man." healed 'sssz-a-Top-Po OF
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Il have often been asked Why do
you play SO much ragtime at your
concerts?' and l always reply that rag
time music is what is most demanded,
and that my mission Is to please
to educate-the masses. It is not q
crime to acknowledge that you enjoy
ragtime. All the old masters wrote
ragtime, and that great poet and wiz
ard of harmony. Richard Wagner, was
a postmaster at it. 1t is well-known
fact that the themes for many OF our
most popular ragtime songs were
taken bodily from his operas.
Il have always delighted in strong
contrasts-from the sublime to the RI
diculous, if YOU like-and I invariably
follow "Tannhauser" or "Leonore''
overtures with some little street song
melody or ragtime march. 1t frequent
ly happens that two persons will sit
side by side at one OF my concerts, one
a lover Of 'high-class' music the other
with desire only for the ragtime
piece. By bringing the extremes in
close contrast the grand old oyertures
seem grander and the street song
sweeter and more enhancing.
Why should any conductor refuse
10 pay iluSlC WHICH causes SO muCR
harmless pleasure?
'Ragtime is not fad. as many have
declared, and it will not die out 1t
pleases the God-given sense OF rhythm
and will endure as long as the world
shall stand. Call it what you will
ragtime is as good as any other name
it existed centuries before our time
and it will go on for centuries to come
after we have been forgotten"
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s.nsto., rirlm.p and spoon.r.

Senator Tillman is not as good in
q monologue as in debate. He is like
piece of flint that needs the contact
with steel to make the sparks fly. In
the senate the steel upon which TILL
man flashes the most frequently is Sen
ltor Spooner The two men love to
clash and yet there are no two sen,
Ators who like each other better.
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time existed in the lower animals long
before the advent of man. 1t is sim
ply rhythm. or intensified rhythm, and
| have frequently observed animals
keeping time to music having a strong.
marked rhythm.
Rhythm is the skeleton on which
all music is hung, and if you will strip
the so-called modern ragtime of its
melodies you will have the music that
has been in vogue since the beginning
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Real Name of "Mme. Marche,f,"

Nine Marchesi's real name is Nine
la Marquise Di Castrone. March
Isl" is simply the Italian word for
narquise, but she is SO well known
by it that few in America at least
know her real name. Her husband is
picturesque type of the old school no.
5leman. He is greatly liked by all
who know him, his manners are SO at.
table and pleasing.
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There's no fool like do old fool.
s. Porter Of San Francisco o is rSasy e
agree. He came to tell the story at
the Hoffman House because some sQne
else had told of skilled assaysr wpo
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when Vino L. Upset

In Italy there is a curious supersti-
ton that there is something lucky
about wine that is upset by guest.
and that every one at table should
promptly dip his fingers in the faowing
liquid. A well-known singer explained
this custom the other evening, says
the London Chronicle, when he was
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Jcelands Luck,

Up to the present Iceland has been
without Geographic communication
with the outer world, partly owing &c
the disinclination of the Danish gov
eminent to provide the necessary
funds. The Icelandic Althing has vot
ed sum of $4,000 for the purpose
but as the Northern Telegraphic COM
pany refuses to law a cable with subsi
dies from foreign powers the projec
has not resulted in anything tangible
The Marconi syndicate has approache,
the government with view to the
establishment Of wireless telegraph
between the Shetlands and the Farce
islands