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liza hall and | had the privilege of as
sisting at the rehearsals often passed
hours listening 10 their long discussions on
harmonies. fugues, SCALES and chords.
One night Gluck played for the first
time a portion of his Iphigenia, and on
another Bach enchanted us by perform
ance of his delighted Preludes Bach,
somehow or another, took a fancy to me,
He had observed the marked attention
with which listened to the remarks Of
the different composers and to their music.
He asked me my name, and who my
father was, and growing bold, | related not
only all about myself, but also the story of
my friend in blue.
IAN organ no one can play upon!
exclaimed the great composer. We'll
that singular
But | am sure you can.
sWhy y?'
Because | am certain that the man
who made the organ is a great musician
although he cannot play upon it himself,
and thoroughly understood what he was
about when he attempted to mend 1t. He
plays the violin like an angel. =
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.'But no one can play upon it.
Zone day someone will, and them
"Well, we will say no more about 1t.
Come. supper is ready, and he led the
way indoors.
Next morning the Man in Blue was
missing. We were sorry for his disap-
pearance, but soon forgot all about him,
the festival being at hand Gluck had
promised to come, and we were anxious to
know with whom he would stay. Then
Bach arrived. and soon after GTaun, whose
genius alone inspired his lovely melodies,
and with him came those inseparable
friends, Furch and Hasse. From Ham
burg came Gassmann and Telemann Few
of you, | dare say, have ever heard of
these composers, and yet, believe me, you
are more familiar with their melodies than
you imagine Many Of the popular tunes
YOU now admire heard in my youth fresh
from the brain of their original composers,
and free from the twirls and shakes clum-
sily added to disguise their true origin.
These illustrious persons were as simple
and transformations in manner as it is pos
sible to be- They assembled in St. Ceci-
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Beze struck few cords, and it sounded
better than ever The day 1rTived iuv thc
first public hearing Of the renovated iu-
s,rument, the mayor and al the village
was present. and Berc himself did no, faa
to appear attircd in his usual blue Blue
i his color. He made some yow 90 ether
years ago to the Virgin never TO wear any
other than her culurs-blue aud white /
tell YOU he Is crazy. Bn, to return to the
organ When the oFgani-; began to play
upon it, devil Of sound would 1t produce.
except when he pulled the new .top cut
OF went the organ whoo' whee, and then
it >et to squeaking and whi.tliug Ike uad
The eirls began TO laugh, the mayor 70
swear. and the pastor r-wrll he hecamr
frantic, poor man Beze i, 4 fool. an
idiot. He has ruined the organ. cried
everyone. And soon, amid the deTision
Of the congregation your friend left Ihe
church Strange to say. sincc that day
We have never seen the creature, but our
organ Is completely spoilt and reniaiuS a.
silent as the tomb
Thu, spoke Merchan, Krebs. | could
hear 10 more. but hurried out to console
our poor friend | found him sitting all
forlorn under an apple tree, his face turned
toward the setting sun All. my good
young friend, he cried. do you see yon
little cloud which obscures the spleniur Of
the sun ? So the words Of foolish man
may tarnish the fame Of genius
But replied see the little elou d
has already vanished aud the sun is all the
brighter for the contrast.
He smiled. The clouds that hang
over my tarnished name will have TO pass
away soon, or it will be too late. That
organ reconstructed has soul within it,
All my life have worked hard to lodge
NV ideal of music within the compass Of a
single instrument. | have done this The
soul is there, but | know not how TO play
upon the organ, and in their blind rage
they will not allow me TO explain the
mechanism Of the instrument to them.
Oh! that could find Sebastian Bach !
He would awaken the soul Of music that
lies asleep in my organ aud prove to the
world that Beze is neither mad nor an i'm
postor.
Nv father took no notice Of what krebs
had said, and when he Joined US in the
garden he entreated Beze to play to him
as usual in the open air. The Man in
Blue played a number Of national and sim
pie melodies in such a pathetic manner
that several times saw my fathers 5 eyes
ill with tears At last, he said, ''My
friend, though your organ is failure,
your music is Heavenly. Stay with me,
1 pray you, yet awhile. >
/ "My organ is not failure; it is the one
triumph of my life.
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man. be said. YOU have more difficult
instrument there than you think Hand
it to me and viii play in soar stead. p
mechanically gave him Fortunate
and he at once commenced his perform
ance. Never had | heard such playing
before. The instrument seemed 20 receive
from his bow a soul capable Of expressing
every emotion.
should have mentioned that We we're
on the eve Of our grand annual musical
festival at which some Of the greatest
musicians Of Germany had announced their
intention of attending Ny father, natur
ally concluding thai our guest was some
celebrated maestro who had arrived incog
uito, FASTENED to thank him for the favor
he had conferred upon Us and also 20 offer
him his hospitality during hls stay in the
town. The Man in Blue at first refused,
then hesitated and finally accepted our
pressing invitation.
We paid him every attention, and by
his gentle manners and delightful talent
he soon won our affection. But every at
tempt to lind out who he was aud whence
he came proved vain; he took no notice Of
our hints, aud not one Of Us dared ask him
the questions direct He set himself to
work to teach me a great many things con-
eerning the violin, aud to this curious man
owe many of my subsequent and greatest
triumphs.
If stranger happened to pay Us visit,
our new friend would Immediately take
refuge in the garden He liked to be
alone with Karl, myself aud Fortunate
One day merchant named krebbs came
on some matter of business he had to
transact with my father and stumbled
upon the Man in Blue, who was making
good his escape The poor violinist on
seeing Merchant Krebbs turned as pale as
death, and, covered with confusion, tot
tered to a bench. hiding his face in his
hands
"Well, declare, said Krebbs to my
father, you are an odd man to receive
that creature into your family. Why, ]
thought he was in prison or in lunatiC
asylum, or drowned or run over
''Do you know him, then p asked my
father with illdisguised curiosity.
Know him! OF course | do. Hu
name is Beze and he is By trade a carpen'
ter. But, bless you, he's as mad as a
March hare. Some time ago our church
organ was struck by lightning. Beze came
| forward at once and proposed to mend 1t,
provided the parish furnish him the ma
/ terials As he was known for a good mu-
sician and clever workman, our pastor
granted his request To work went he
and shaved night and day for at least siS
weeks. At last the organ was mended,
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His Chum Was Dead.


\ uewsboy sat on the curbstone crying,
when pedestrian halted and laid his hand
on the youngster shoulder
What wrong, sonny ?"
Il ain your sonny.
Well what 5 wrong my boy?
Ain your boy, either.
Lost cents in the gutter q
Nav, l ain't-oh, oh, oh! Me
chum' 5 dead
''Oh that's another thing. How did
he happen to die +?
Ruined over
Cheer up, You can find another
chum.
You wouldn't talk that way if you
knowed Dick He was the best friend
ever had There warn't nothing Dick
wouldn done for me. An now he's
d-d dead. I'm wishin' l was, too
Look here, said the man, ''go and
sell your papers and take some poor little
ragged boy and be ehum to him. Itn
help you and do him good.
Pshaw, mister, where there boy
wot' 20 around nights with me an be
cold au hungry an outen doors, and sleep
ON the eroun' like Dick An he wouldn'
tech bite till I d had ennf He were
Christian, Dick were,
Then YOU can feel that he's all right
if he was such faithful friend and good
boy
Boy! Dick a boy? Lord! Dick
warn a good for nothing human boy,
mister-Diek were dog.
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As ucg ~ I,F a.kcl Grsan-
I hs~i,a,ei ani hung ms bead did
%, iarc .ay Trs ana yc. / eould aog
say No.
"Srak gP u.y bay aIsay, seI 'be
truth
He play, better than YEN. ihiak.
III. bu, then be alwsy- play~ aui ia the
woods. aad ma-.c sounds better there ;hao
in a room
Trrg-S5 It does.
NV masters, sud at last, after
.o,ne hesitation, ..vil any Of you ia YOUR
charity try the organ, The village : not
Tar distant Yoa viii thereby help this
poor man
IL viii % myself. ausscred Bach.
next Sanday Bu, say nothing about it
to anyone. only To your friend in order to
insuse his pTcseucr in the church.
| gladly promised to carry cut the Illus
iriou- composer request,
On leaving the st Cecilia hall that
evening", was Friiay--to my surprise
almost the first person | met WAS the Man
in Blue. Hidden ia the court yard q" the
hall. he had been listening 10 the music,
and was in state of nervous excitement
and enthusiasm which quite alarmed inc
Al FIRST hesitated tn tell OF Bach ; inten-
ton. but at last did so. He received the
news In a manner lutle expected Tie
made no demonstration, but followed m,
in silence until we were IN a lonely part OF
the town little square. IN the center OF
which grew two or three trees Here ht
paused. aud falling an his knees, prayed
earnestly The moon shone down upon
his uplifted face, and II seemed almos
beautiful. 50 great was the expression II
bore Of earnest devotion and gratitude
When he had finished his prayer, he en-
braced me in silence and we parted.
Sunday arrived, and at an early houl
| started for the village church. As
crossed the little field in front of it, saw
advancing from the opposite side severa
Of the professors, and among them Bach
By-and-by. as it got noised about that
some of the celebrities were in the church,
it filed up to excess. Presently Bach
assembled the organ loft How my heart
beat, Mass began. At the "kYre
the hitherto mute instrument for the first
time waited forth such heavenly sweetness
that the congregation was thrilled as if by
the music of angels As the mass ad.
yanced the more marvellous became the
harmony. The "Agnus was 50 plain
tive that | saw tears In the eyes OF Gluck,
who stood by me, and the "Sanctus
sounded so triumphantly that it required
but little imagination 10 believe the Cher.
ubim and Seraphim were indeed singing
their jubilant song Of praise, Holy,
Holy Is the Lord God of Sabsoth "
But where was the Man in Blue
Standing by the altar, with his face turned
towards his organ His expression wa:
one of supreme happine IS and peace Ills
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geleft s,turp.
THE MAN In BLUE.
Richard p.rer. in casselr. Naga.Ine.

am the youngest son Of the l3 chill
dren of Burgermeister Kraus, of Bingen,
and his wife Frau Maria Ny father
adored music, and we were taught to play
on some instrument or other, or else To
sing, and, by my faith hold we did
considerable credit to our musical educa-
ton. When | was l6 my father presented
me with fine old ''Cremona, which |
ehristeued Fortunate, and which event
ually became my life long friend and com
panion.
Nothing gave me greater pleasure than
to take my dear violin into the woods and
there, by the murmuring brook, beneath
the rustling trees, dreamily improvise new
melodies and vary old ones. 30 greatly
did my father delight in our accomplish
ments that he organized an amateur con
cert every Thursday afternoon. at which
at least quarter Of the town assisted to
admire or critieise about as much music as
could be crowded into "a three hour per
formance. divided into two equal parts by
a tray of light refreshments handed round
by Karl and myself.
One fine autumn afternoon, just as our
first sonata was concluded, very singular
looking individual entered the concert
room. He was as thin and pale as an APP
partition and entirely dressed in shabby
garments of light blue corduroy. His
well-worn knee breeches were blue, his
Jacket was blue, his vest was blue, and the
huge cravat that fastened his great Happlng
shirt collar was also of varied and faded
shades of blue. He had a big hooked
nose, thin, hungry looking jaws and the
only redeeming features that he possessed
were his dark and into .igent eyes, and
these were hidden by pair of blue spec
tacIes. His long, untrimmed hair was a
ginger red. and his beard, verify believe,
had never been cut since it first began to
grow.
He did not attempt to apologize for his
intrusion, but without looking TO the night
or to the left made straight for vacant
seat and began to pay marked attention to
the music. 1t was my turn to play, but
| was so confused, so utterly dumfounded
by the appearance of this strange creature
that when | struck my violin with the
bow my hand trembled so that | could not
produce single note. Again and again
tried and at last was about to give it uT
in despair when the man in blue rose from
his seat sad came straight to me. "Young
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sycetacle> had fallen from his beautiful but
nearly sisbtless ewes. and tears Of joy were
ruuuin. down hi, suuken cheeks. His
hamcly features seemed traus6sured
When divine service was over, the con
.rrcatiou passed round into the porch to
-,s the grra. composers. Long hive
Bach, Hail. Glack the, cried a,
they recognized these popular men But
Bach held aloof Lead me, he cried
Ito that man of genius who has so won
dcrfully improved the king of iustru-
ments
Master, cried he is in the
church And so We re entered the sa-
cred edi6ce together. followed BY Graun.
| led them to the Man in Blue. What q
change had come over him. He had col
lap-ed on a bench, and the pal!Jr Of death
vas on his brow When he perceived Us,
he endeayored TO rise
''Ahl excuse me, my masters. | re-
ceiye YOU very poorly, but | am not well;
the joy has killed me, am dying Of
sheer happiness.
They raised him between them while |
ran for the priest, shutting the church
/ door a | went out, to prevent intrusion.
/ Master, am dying-play to me, he
/ begged. Bach, seeing that mortal aid was
vain. left Us aud went up TO the organ
/ lof,. Solemuly he played as he had never
/ done before. The priest came, and Grauu
and knclt down whilst the Man in Blue
received the last Sacrament When this
/ pior> act was accomplished, we came nearer
10 him. lie took M hand, and Grauu
rested his head upon his own breast.
SolemuIy the music stole through the 81
lent church, solemuly the sunlight streamed
through the stained windows, and the An.
eel Of Death stood within the temple Of
/ God.
Il am very happy, mumured the
diving man, '-sinee Bach plays to me on
my organ and Graun allows rae to rest my
dying head on his bosom.
Turning to me, he said gently, God
bless thee, my child; tell them am neither
mad nor an impostor. My organ had a
soul
Graun bent over him and kissed his
brow, and with an exquisite look Of graft
tude for this act of sympathy and respect
he died and the Angel of Death winged
his way back to Heaven, bearing the soul
of the poor Man in Blue to God
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Chronology of a Great Man.

From the Smart Set.
Infancy-Baby.
Chidhood-Willy.
At sehool-Jonesy.
In the office-Bill.
At the bar-William Writ Jones, Esq.
During the war-Corporal Jones.
After the war-Gen, William W. Jones.
On the stump-"0ur distinguished fell
ow-citizen
In Congress-Representative William
w. Jones
After the landslide -Ex- Congressman
Jones.
''Taken care Of u. S. Consul w.
W. Jones.
For his bread and butter-''Our eleva-
tor man.
Pensioned-No l, 935, 610.
Superannuated-O Bill Jones.
In the obituary column-'A once -fa-
nous soldier and politician. -
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Vaseline stains are about as obstinate as
any to remove from clothing. If the
stained garment is fine it is worth while to
90 to the trouble Of cleansing it with ether.
Saturate the spots with the ether and
spread smoothly on a clean surface. Cover
tightly with bowl to prevent too rapid
evaporation. Ether will remove many
grease stains, but it should be used with
all possible caution.
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Humility is the virtue all preach, none
practice, and yet everybody is content to
hear
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1t seems peculiar that most women want
to live long, but they have no desire to be
old.
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Some people complain that it's hard to
be poor, and to others it S dead easy
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The man who tries to please everybody
generally has a contempt for himself.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-10
PROOF OF CONSPIRACY.
Illinois Attorney General Sends De.
tectives to the Coal Mines.

CHICAGO, Jan. g. = To determine
whether a conspiracy has existed to force
up the price of coal Judge Willard Nc
Evan tonight, on the petition of States
Attorney Dineen, summoned a venire of
,seventy-five men, of whom twenty-three
will be selected for a special grand jury
tomorrow morning. Forty witnesses
were named in subpenaes given to the
Sheriff to serve.
Small dealers are not the mark at
which the States Attorney aims While
the names on the list of witnesses are
withheld, it is known that they are those
Of mine-owners and wholesale dealers in
coal
Attorney General Hamlin left Spring
field tonight for Chicago and will con-
duct the investigation. He took with him
evidence which he asserts will show that
a conspiracy exists by which the price of
coal on the Chicago and other markets
is kept up. The Attorney General recent
ly engaged the service of competent men,
whom he sent to the mines along the Chi
cago and Alton road and also other eoal-
producing regions, and the reports which
they have made convinced Hamln that
the market was being controlled by GER
tain dealers and operators.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-10

one Of the city funds to engage in the
coal business. The Council had already
Appropriated, $4,000, but City Controller
Blades cOntehds that it is impossible to
take money from the city treasury for
this purpose without n legislative en-
abling act. Both Mayor Maybury and
Controller Blades were criticized by the
Aldermen at to-day's Council meeting for
what was styled red tape" and delay in
starting the city's coal yard.
1t is proposed by the city government
10 supply coal TO the residents at cost
prices The business will be conducted
en- a large scale and viii be continued
as long as the famine keeps the price
Of fuel at a figure that works hardship
upon the poor. The action of the Council
Is rebuke TO the coal dealers, who are
alleged to have formed a combination to
maintain high prices. Owing to the action
of the city, some of these dealers viii be
subjected to heavy losses. Great efforts
were made by the dealers combine to
prevent the city going into the coal busi-
ness
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-10
HONOR MEMORY
Of DEAD RULER
Thousands Visit Tomb
of Victor Emmanuel
II in Pantheon.
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary OF
Italian Kings Death Is
Loyalty Observed.

ROME, Jan. s-The twenty-hfth ami
versary Of the death Of King Victor
Emmanuel II was observed to-day by
pilgrimage to his tomb In the Pantheon.
The procession was two miles In length
and 80, 900 persons participated in II, IN
cluding delegations from all the provinces
and a thousand veterans Of the war or
independence with whom the King, Victor
Emmanuel III, shook hands Hundreds OF
wreaths were laid on the tomb.
The city was dressed with becraped
flags. The outside Of the Pantheon was
hung with black draperies. edged with
silver, and the interior OF the building wa 3
covered with black hangings having gold
and silver borders and with trophies ~
national flags The tomb was hanked by
two altars. on which were lighted candles
Veterans including General Surr. aid de
camp Of the late monarch, stood guard
around the sarcOphagus. On reaching the
Pantheon the procession filed past the
Kings tomb and each delegation, headed
by flags, placed wreaths on or near the
sarcophagus. the standard. bearers dip
ping their flags as the floral offerings
were deposited A striking wreath was
presented by the national committee. 1t
bore the words Padre Della Patria'
The Senate, the Chamber Of Deputies. the
provincial and municipal bodies, the navy
and army and the Italian communities
abroad were fully represented A detach-
ment OF Garibaldian veterans. the old SOL
diers displaying numerous medals, was
enthusiastically cheered.
The King and Queen attended a mass
celebrated at the Pantheon before the ar
rival Of the procession
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-10
ANXIoUSLY AWAIT REPORT
ON RECIPROCITY TREATY
Michigan Beet Sugar Interests Con-
fer but Do Not Decide on Line
of Action

WASHINGTON. Jan. g-W. S. Hum
phrey, H. H. Hatch and James G. Nc
Pherson. representing the beet sugar in
terests of Michigan, held conference to-
day at the committee room of Senator
Burrows for the purpose of deciding on
a course Of action with reference to the
Cuban reciprocity treaty After the meet
ing they announced that they had de-
cided to await until after the Committee
on Foreign Relations should make its re-
port on the treaty before deciding on
line Of action. They expressed them
selves In somewhat skeptical terms as to
the possibility of securing any substantial
guarantee that there would be no reduc-
ton for the next five years bevond the
20 per cent provided by the treaty, saw
ing that their principal fear lay in the
operation of the clause which protects
Cuban sugar to the extent of 20 per cent
over all other sugars. They said they
had made no canvass of the Senate