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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-21
PROMISES OF ELECTRICAL ERA.
Advancement That Will Open Natures
Heart to Man.

Fire made man master of the mole
cule; electricity makes him master of
the atom and opens natures heart
Fire melted sand to glass and pre-
pared the path for a telescope for Gal.
ileo, a camera for Daguerre, a micro
scope for Pasteur, engines for Watt,
Stephenson. Parsons and De Laval;
all the streams of lead and iron, cop
per and zinc ever smelted from their
ores, all the acids, oils and alcohols.
But all these electricity can do, do
it better than flame, and greater works
than these, tasks beyond the power of
fire. The electrical era is only dawn
ing. There are motors and dynamos,
heaters and lamps, chemical dividers
and batteries. The larger the field Of
electricity the cheaper it will become
and the bigger will be the demand.
When there are not only telephones
in every house, but sewing machine
motors, fans, smoothing irons, ehafing
dishes and the like, electricity will be-
gin to mean as much for man to-day
as. long ago, did the first kindling Of
fire with slowly won arts of furnace
and lamp, oven and smelter, crucible
and still. Thus saith prophet Of
electricity.
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astride of a horse. Generations of
fox-hunting fathers had given him a
heritage of horsemanship which the
years he had spent upon the sea
could not eradicate. Not only was
he an expert rider, but he was thor
oughly familiar with what could be
got out of a horse. He>knew how to
ride him to the best advantage, when
to spare him and when to press him.
He had but one desire, to ride down
Strathgate and wrest Ellen from his
hands. He had no doubt that the
three were headed for Portsmouth.
As if to. punish him for his misuse
of noble steed who responded gal
lantly to every incentive of whip,
spur, voice and appeal his master
brought to bear, Sailor had the bad
luck to cast a shoe. A few leaps and
he went instantly lame. With a bit
ter curse Darlington dismounted and
examined the horse. The poor beast
stood painting and exhausted, his
TANKS heaving, his heart beating, his
head dropping The groom had been
distanced and left behind. Caring
ton was alone with lame horse miles.
apparently, from posting station or
a blacksmith's shop. There was moth
ing to do but wait. He sat down by
the roadside, his eyes strained back
ward in the direction whence he had
come, looking for the groom. After
half an hour or so of delay, which
fretted him beyond measure, he dis
covered the fellow leisurely trotting
over a hill. Aroused by the halloos
OF his master. the boy suddenly
ouickened his pace and soon drew rein
beside him.
What do you mean" cried Car
rington. furiously. by loafing along
in that way? l told you to keep VI
with me-
MY lud,r said the boy. touching his
hat and dismounting, mo man on
earth could keep up with you without
killing his horse. and there are few
horses. even II killed, that'd be equal
to Sailor, sir. 'Tisn't in this mare,
know. She was in distress several
miles back. and l pulled her up. II
hadn't. she wouldn't be here"
There was sense in what the boy
said, and Darlington could not but &C
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"a breaker of fresh water and may
hap some hard bread"
Good" said Seton, treasured that
the fugitives were not starving at any
rate. Now, 1 want to get TO Ports
mouth, and I want to go by sea-"
He judged that since Darlington
was probably headed in that direction,
by land, it would be best for him to
follow directly upon the course of
the fugitives which he had so luckily
run down.
"That1l be easy enough, your hon
or" said the sailor, there's other
boats in the harbor"
There's Will Hawkes. boat yonder.
VIII amt abroad to-day, bein down
with a spell of fever"
Every good" said Seton. Go and
see him, tell him that Sir Charles
Seton wants to charter his boat for a
run to Portsmouth. Are you free to
take charge of herr"
THAT / am, master"
"Set about it at once" said Seton,
while l arrange to leave my horse
at the tavern. BY the way, what's
your name?"
"Whibley, sir. John whitley, at
yer honor's service"
whitley was as good as his prom
Use. A half an hour found Sir Charles
afioat in a small lugger with whitley
for captain and two boys. the own
ers son and another that he had
picked up, for a crew.
you said this was a fast boat!
Sir Charles remarked to his sailing
master.
"Ay, ay. sir. With wind like this
and indeed there was a ripping
breeze blowing up the channel-"we
ought to reel off between 10 and IL
knots an hour"
Spare nothing" said Seton, IAN
extra guinea apiece to the three OF
you if you overhaul the other boat
Beg your pardon, sir" said Whib-
ley after moments thought, but
bein's as they've took my boat, l
should like to know how, If faint too
bold, who or what them parties is
you're chasin'?'
1.-TWO women" returned Seton,
bravely.
Hum" said whitley under his
breath, i've knowed of man chasin
one woman half round the world, but
I've never heard OLGA lover chasin'
two"
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CHAPTER vIII.-continued.

The ground was somewhat soft in
the shadow and footprints were dis
cernible in the low spot where the
carriage had fallen. There were
marks of woman's shoe and mans,
albeit a man of small feet, by the
side of the carriage door and other
marks around the horses. From the
trampling and hoof marks Seton con-
cluded that the horses must have stood
quiet for some time. He surmised that
the inmates of the carriage had taken
advantage of the stop to get out and
go ahead while Strathgate lay stunned.
After a final search Of the interior
of the carriage in which he was re-
warded by finding tiny bowknot of
scarlet ribbon which he thought he
recognized as one that had trimmed
Mistress Debbie's gown, for it was
color she affected, and which he
tucked carefully away in his pocket
An hour from the carriage he came
upon bay coach horse struggling by
the wayside, with certain portions of
harness draggiSy from him. Here was
another mystery. If there had been
two horses, where was the other?
Why was he abandoned in the high
road not a soul being near? The
horse permitted him to get close
enough to enable him to see that the
traces which dangled from his sides
had been severed by knife. There
could be no doubt that this was one
of Carringtons coach horses.
There was no reason on earth, If
they had started out on two, for aban-
doning one.
He galloped down the road and in
a few minutes came to little fishing
village. Some of the fishermen had
gone off for the days work in their
boats, but one grizzled sailor was
modify pacing up and down the little
wharf. Refining his horse in on the
shore, Seton hailed him.
my man." he said, have you seen
anything of two or three people, two
women and a man inquiring for boat
this morning?"
mo" growled the man, but l had
a boat at this wharf, the best boat
in the haven, and when l come down
this morning at five O'Clock she was
gone"
"Gone!" cried Seton, dismounting
from his horse in his excitement.
What do you mean?"
Just what say, your honor" re-
turned the man. "She was tied right
there"-he pointed to one of the
spiles-"and when 1 got up was the
first man down here at the wharf, she
was gone"
WAS there any message-any clew
any sign?"
"Naught but this" returned the sail
or. pulling out of his pocket handful
Of shining guineas.
Here was proof positive to Seton.
well, my friend, 1 don't see that
YOU have anything to complain of"
"How's that, slr?" queried the sailor.
Certainly the boat was hardly
worth more than eve gulneas."
Now. want to know how far it is
from here to Portsmouth"
"a matter of between 80 and 40
leagues. dependin' on the wind" said
the man.
Would your boat be big enough to
make that distance?'
Lord love yer honor she's big
enough TO go to France"
But could a woman handle herr
III she knowed the sea and a boat
"a child could do It."
was there any provision aboard7'
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CHAPTER TX,
The Hard Riding of Lord Darlington

The Hard Riding OF Lord CarrIngloH'
Lord Carrington's best horse was
named Sailor. He was a magnificent
black, built for speed, but not with
out great powers of endurance. Like
all Englishmen, my lord was a IA
nous horseman, although he followed
the sea for livelihood. He was
case in contradiction to the ancient
adage that a sailor is never so much
out of his element as when he is
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Farmers Drain Land.-The owners
of Hampden township lowlands along
the Neosho river have been taking
steps of late looking toward concen-
trated action in the matter of drain
Ing their land. A meeting was held
in Wolfe Creek school house which
was addressed by e. n. Connal on
Drainage" and by Surveyor J. l.
Fleming. The meeting was well at
tended and another meeting will be
held soon..
Savage Can't Escape Justice. = 1t
has been learend that the plans Of
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the postal authorities make the IS
cape Of Charles Savage. tho negro
held for robbing the mail pouch oil
$4,000 at Kansas City Mo-. from 4
long term in prison almost an i'm.
possibility. II Savage escapes sen
tence on the charge Of the big theft
he will at once be arrested for pilfer
ing ether registered packages in Kan
sas after the train crosses the state
line. The authorities hold each pack
age opened constitutes a separate Of.
Tense and they say they will try Saw.
age on each one.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-17

wicker chair, i'll which after his lob
ster dinner MIR. Morgan sits and en-
joys good cigar. Sometimes he seeks
one of the corners of the veranada.
which extends around three sides OF
the house. and plays solitaire.
Long iron piers have been built
far out into the sea to enable the
fisher, EN- to catch the big bass
some Of them weighing 80 pounds
which are usually abundant at this
point.
TAFT OR BRYAN.
Handsome large pictures of both can
didates on sale by the Deseret News.
Call and sec them. only lOc 10
..Ne,ysn subscribers 10 all others 2oc.
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ARMY BANDS VS..
MUSICAL UNIONS.

TqHE secretary Of war does not
agree with the contention of the
Federation OF American Must
clans that army bands shall be
forbidden to compete with civilian
bands on any and all occasions. The
following Washington special to tho
Leavenworth Times gives the attitude
Of the department in detail and 1t will
be read with interest by all local mem
bers of the musical union as affecting
their relations with the regimental band
stationed at Fort Douglass:
Following close on a decision which
prohibited army bands playing In COM
petition with local bands, the war de-
partnent yesterday sent out a circular
which will affect union musicians who
have been fighting against army bands.
Under the decision made public ycster-
day army band. may compete with
civilian musicians, under certain limita-
tons
In the circular. the war department
interprets the law passed at the last
session of Congress. which forbids army
bands playing in competition with ci-
that the word musician" in the law is
taken to mean q professional musician
who follows music as a profession, and
not as 81 side issue. Only professional
musicians who make their living by
their music alone are to be considered.
This will practically remove all re-
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strictions from the employment of
army bands from Fort Sam Houston
at san Antonio civilian affairs. as pl4,c-
tically all the members of the must
clans union follow other trades and
professions. Th. war department also
holds that civilian band protesting
against the employment OF an army
pand must demonstrate that that they
are competent musicians, as otherwise
there can be no competition Follow
ing are the three important points COW
cred in the circular:
1t has been decided that army bands
ana members thereof can play outside
the military post when satisfactory as
Surances are given tho commanding
oti1cer by persons employing the band,
that there are no local organizations or.
musicians who desire to compete for
the employment.
II they have not the requisite abili-
" 1t Is evident they cannot compete. as
army bandsmen are excellent musicians
and devote their entire time to music.
Musicians unions are dismgardcd
and civilian musicians must, as indl-
Viduals or as bands or orchestras. show
they have the necessary organizations
and ability. and that they are nlusci-
ans in the proper sense OF the word;
that is, they must continuously be en-
ployed as such, and not follow the pro-
fesslnn as secondary occupation
This includes most musicians in San
Antonio, and few will have the right
TO protest against the employment of
the bands from the post
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as chamber music becomes more APP
II eciated and understood. The new or
Canizationought to make a good record
for itself on the local musical stage.
Tha Commercial club. through it's
music committee, of which j. j. Nc
ClelIan chairman, will give its an
@nuel musicale OH the evening of Tues
day, Oct. %. Manager Harris of the
club has given the chairman carte
blanche to get the best there is and ne
is arranging a program on which VIII
appear Misses Edna Conn and Eulla
Evans. Willard Weihe, M. j. Brines,
Fred Smith, Willard Flashman Horace
S. FL sign. Fred Graham, Prof. Nc
Cle!iall and the stringed quintet OF
the Salt Lake Symphony orchestra.
Two Utah musicians We're on the
p1ogram of the first OF the regular
Saturday afternoon recitals at the New
England conservatory of music, Bos-
ton on, Oct g. These We're Mr.. Irving
Snow or Salt Lake City and MISS
Florence Jepperson of Provo. IT was
Interesting as demonstrating the prog
ress made by westerners in music that
on this opening program Of a New
England institution, every performer
hailed from west Of the Alleghenies,
and ali but one from west of the
prairlc states. Mr.. snow. who has been
u student in the pianoforte department.
OF the New England conservatory,
gave an Interpretation of Beethoven's
s"Sonata." OPP. y, No. 2, and made a
favorable impression by reason of his
good technical grasp. Miss Jeppcrson
sang beautifully the song 'Panis An
geIicus," OF the French composer
Cesar Franck, whose deeply religious
music has increasing vogue each year
among the younger American musi-
nc
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SPENCER CLAWsoN, JR..

Piano instruction..
Tupil of Marie Prentncr and 'rheodacoire
Leschetizky of Vienna. Studio o''-'
Tcmpleton Bldg. Bell phone oloi'
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M0RGAN's BUNGAL 0W.

or all tho many clubllouscs at New
port. the least known and most I'M
pretentious outside and inside is the
Gravesend Fishing club, owned by j.
p. Morgan. 1t is IL small wooden
house one story high, painted red and
about five miles out on the ocean
drive.
Mr.. Morgan owns a stretch on tne
ocean front, with plenty of rocks upon
it, and uses it simply for lobster
feasts He rarely spends more than
three or four days there each year and
these are generally about the end Of
July or the beginning of August.
A special lobsterman and fisherman
is employed by Mr.. Morgan The
traps are placed in parts of the sea
which arc not frequented By the COM
mercial fishermen, consequently the
largest and choicest Holsters are
caught by this expert deep sea cater
en- The natives say that for several
weeks before the arrival OF Mr.. Nor
gan the feeding grounds of the lob
sters are stocked by dropping down
big supply of certain food stuffs cal
culated to attract and draw the crus-
taceans toward the Morgan traps.
After a batch has been caught tho
Holsters are placed in large sub
merged crate and sunk in a nearby
inlet, where they are generously fed
and kept in prime condition. Here
they feed and swim around the bot
tom until they are taken out for Mr..
Morgan's table.
When the Corsair leaves fulf sup
ply of Holsters is taken out of the
crate and put aboard the yacht At
the clubhouse the Holsters are pre-
pared and served by two colored cooks
fom Baltimore, man and Wife.
These are kept from June to October,
while the lobsterman and fisherman
is an all-year-round employe. Thus,
for the opportunity of enjoying his
favorite lobster feasts for II few days
out of the year. 1t costs Mr.. Morgan
about $4,000 for salaries, maintenance,
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THE AKER FAMILY.

In tho last days of the Republic
there was no family which was more
distinguished than tho Alser family.
4 In the first decade OF the twentieth cen
fury, hardly paper or magazine but
had some reference to one or the other
of them. The most distinguished OF
them were Muck r. Aker. Nature T.
Akcr, and Rebate L. Aker. 1t is not
clear now what the relationship of
these three was. although it is known
that they were closely connected. Many
of the best authorities believe them
to have been brothers, but it is hardly
lively that three men of such diverse
character could have been the SONS of
one fathecr.
1t seems more likely that Rebate r..
Aker was the son or POSSIBLY the
brother of For 1Aker. VINO was
principal commemorative at that time
There are authorities who deny this
relationship strenuously and insist that
For Aker belonged to collateral and nc
insignificant branch of the Aker family
of which Trouble NJ. Aker was by far
the ablest representatiye
doubt that he was closely connected
with certain Confessman by the
name of No-Pass Robert b. Aker, a
resident of the bridegroom district,
then known as Brooklyn.
There are come genealogists who be-
lieve they have traced the family back
as far as the First American Revolu..
descendants from II famous religious
man who was called @. y. Aker. who
came to this country and settled first
in Pennsylvania. but this averment is
substantiatted on pathological grounds
only.
Rebate n. Aker was immensely
wealthy, and history tells of a bitter
feud between him and his followers.
and the followers of one Trust B. R. E.
Aker distant cousin.
Both Nature T. Aker and Muck r.
Aker were noted for their literary abili-
ties and their vivid imaginations, al
though their work lay along different
the study OF biology and animal life,
the latter attending solely to poliscal
and social nomena.-Lippincott.
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etc. or perhaps $500 for each feast.
Soon after the Corsair anchors in
Newport harbor a telephone message
from the New York Watch club is
sent to Gravcsend announcing the
masters arrival, and then the attend
ants get busy, for they know just.
what will be wanted. Very often
Mr.. Morgan goes direct from his watch
to his red painted clubhouse. where
fine, lucious specimens OF the Rhode
island Holsters are awaiting him.
The clubhouse has one long main
apartment, which is used as dining
ana lounging room. and two other
small bedrooms opening Off 1t. These
have simple cottage furniture and beds.
All the end of the dining room Is an
old fashioned fireplace, In which on
damp and stormy days a roaring wood
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er intercourse and Righteousness. the.
conventional has elected the national,
fashion has not silamed or slenced
the old airs of Spain-those 'howlings
of Tarshish.'"
Richard Strauss has completed his
new opera. "Elektra. 10 a. Berlin
journalist who visited him at C;armisch.
Bavaria, he said that the score was.
already in print, and that he was busy
correcting the proofs. He explained
THAT the orchestral score would be III
the same style as that OF "Saiolne,"
and that the text is almost verbatim
that of Hofmannthal's play. II look
on 'Elektra' as the personiiication of
revenge: and as the goddess of revenge
] have characterized her unsteady,
making the part ono for what is called
a hoch-dramatischci singer II is not
yet decided who viii assume it at the
first performance in tho Dresden Hof-
thcater, although Gcneralnusikdircctor
Schuch, who will conduct II. has
been to see me twice at my villa. :.
1t is because OF IA feeling of gratitude
that have decided to let Dresden pro-
ducc 'Elektra' first, for this institution
was the first which dared to stage my
opera 'Feucrsnot.' and to comply with
all the artistic demands made by my
'Salome.' In January, 1909. 'Elek-
| ira will be given in Dresden, i'm Feb
| ruary at the Royal opera in Berlin UNI
der Leo Blcch''
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mann, a. j. Bruneau, j. j. Bartch, L.
e. Eddy, &. Bush, e. Bush.
Misses Florence and Mary O'Ncil will
sing Lahoshs Ave Maria" ut tolnor--
cathedral.
Mr.. Held has been notified by the
adjudicators of the recent band contest
at Albuquerque that his band rating in
that contest has been fixed at
6o5- 700; 95 for general ensemble
work. and 100 points each for attack,
tune, solo playing, phrasing and ex-
preston. With such q record as this,
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SH4ARPS and FLATS

The late Pablo Sarasate, in spite of
frequent visits to England, never spoke
a language of that country, nor, in fact,
even added to his stock of about 20
words. His usual language was
French, and he dropped into his ma
tive Spanish only when strongly moved.
One of Whistler's most characteristic
portraits was that of Sarasate, which
America now possesses. 1t represents
the violinist with the dark hair which
OF late years turned to silvery gray.
Sarasate never affected the cult of the
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MUSICIANS DIRECTORY
LUELLA FERRIN SHARP.

Soprano.
Pupil of Nine. Katherine Won kfenner.
New York.
Teacher of GARCIA METHOD.
Studio 1857 South State st.
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SSSsSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSsSSSsSS
against the many bands that We're
brought to Albuquerque, MI Held
would fain be content. Before leav-
ing Salt Lake, he had Walter Sims
drill the reed section, and A. S. Zim-
norman drill the brass winds so thor
2oughly that the players could almost
play their parts in the entire program
with their eyes shut.
a quintet has been organized from
the members of the Salt Lake SYM
phony orchestra. viz, Mr.. Midg!ey:
frs wolf; Mr. Gronemann, second
violin; Mr.. Press, viola; Mr.. Jorgensen,
&C sic: j. j. Mcclellan, piano. The or
Csr.ization is meeting every morning,
in Prof. McClellans studio, where
they are playing quintets BY
Pach. Dvorak, Schumann, Schu-
bert, Beethoven. Sinding and st. Saens.
Stringed quartets and quintats are be-
coming more popular in this country,
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Tank haired musician, but his full
locks always gave him a distinguished
appearance.

Tank haired musician, but his full
locks always gave him a distinguished
appearance.
MIR. Leonard Liebling contributes this
capital story: ON certain occasion
a young man asked Mozart to tell him
how to compose. The gentle Wolf
gang Amadeus made answer that the
questioner was too young to be think
Ing OF such a serious occupation. But
you We're much younger when YOU be-
gam protested the aspirant. ,Ah. yes
that is true Mozart said with a smile;
but then. you sec. i did not ask any
body how to compose"
The death of Sarasate has onct, more
raised the question: why has Spain
done so little for music compared with
Italy," Evidently the African infu
ence WAS too strong to be overcome
On that point Ford wrote. so years ago
that good music, whether harmonious
or scientific, vocal or instrumental. Is
seldom heard in this land. notwith
standing the eternal stunning and
singing that goes on there" But. he
adds. Let none despise the genuine
songs and Instruments of the PENN
sula. IS. The sad tunes of these orr
entail ditties are still effective, in spite
OF their antiquity. .. and the simplest
are by far the most ancient. Ornate
melody is Il modern invention from
Italy; and although in lands of great