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POULTRY FOOD, LICE KILLER,
INSECT POWDER AND SPRAY
PUMPS AT HOLIDAYS.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

been worn almost threadbare. yet IL Is lihPoS-
sible to reread them without an emotion Vi re-
nexed astonishment over the senseieSShesS VI
the contemporaries who might have SInooehe"
his path and on the contrary, were soitietlii'eS
ready TO go far out of their way in order 10 OuI-
den him and even cause him humiliation 1here
was for example that precious ArchDlshoP o.
s,aIzburg who was for time his patron ne
compelled the poor young composer TO take ms
meals in the kitchen with the servants Al
half-past eleven" writes Mozart. I'VE SIT down
to dinner At the table are seated his ernlrence
two footrnen, the procurator. the pastry COOK
two men cooks and your humble servant Ao'o
bcnc: the foot1nen occupy the seats OF honor L
take precedence of the cooks Since he bore
the affront thus good naturediy the Archbishop
tried another mode Of breaking his spirit Or
dering him to appear at the house Oh Prince
Califzin. he arranged to have the servants show
the musician in through the back door ana con-
duct him to the orchestral platform Mozart
mt to scorn the waiting fiunkies. and as the
vindictiye prelate continued his policy Of per-
secution the sorely tried youth finally decided to
resign The Archbishop. after pouring upon him
a food Of Yituperation. gave him his freedom
but this had to be ratified in official form Mo-
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

to its dramatic aspects. The result is a gosSipy'
not at all weighty, but really very sympathetlc
study 1t represents a man-enveioped IN the
glamour of his stupendous work, but never
turned thereby into the incomprehensiole deInl-
god so dear to the heart of the sentmentalst
There is a saying of Mozart's on the theoreti-
cal writings of the Abbe VogIer which points to
the nature of his own genius. You may PROB
ably learn mathematics in his book" he said.
..b,,t music never!" Not from any book.
whether written by Vogler a greater. could
Mozart himself have learned music Melody is
the very essence of music he once said to the
tenor Kelly Il would fan compare a man
capable of inventing one to a thoroughDreu
horse; the mere contrapuntist is nothing more
than a hired hack which one can procure when
in need of his services" He knew we'll enough
the value Of hard work mo one has exerted
themselves more than 1 have to learn he told
Kucbarz land L can truly say there IS not
composer of any renown whose scores have not
diligently studied" Rossini. in a well remen-
bored tribute says of him that 'he is the only
one possessed of as much science as genius and
of as much genius as science But Nj "hder
adopts the right tone in treating Mozart as
abave all things the magiCally gifted soul. the
man whose genius expressed itself as it were in
his very breathing. Music uttered itself through
him The story of his childhood is indeed as
M.
,nusica! precOCity may well have caused old
Ieopod Mozart his father. to stand aghast- 1t
is impossible altogether to regret the career
upon which ne promptly launched. the
career of an infant prodigy. He gravltated
toward it inevitably and with the best Will IN
the world Even his comrades games were OF
little interest to him. says n. Wilder. unless
his favorite art could be merged into them Ii.
for example, he wanted to take his playthings
from one room to another. the removal was per
formed TO the humming accompaniment Of
march tune the beating Of drum. and with
puffed out cheeks he would interpolate the
sounds of a trumpet" If those early tours
were on the whole, bad for his health, they
must also have been of service to him, stimu
Iating his extraordinary intelligence. and keep
ing him in that current of life and feeling which
was after ALL essential to the free development
of his powers.
However limpidly and sunnily beautiful the
art of Mozart may be, there is no denying that
it proceeded out of fevered conditions and that
he exercised it with kind of tense passion
There is almost tragic contrast between his
work and his life. the former so consummate
and the latter torn and fretted by untoward
circumstances. The tales of his hardships have
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
MOZART.
Il Picturesque Study of His Per
sonality.

MOZART. The Story of His Life as Man ana
Artist According TO Authentic documents ana
other Sources. BY Victor Wilder. Translated
by L. L.ebich. with a comprehensive bloh-
osraphy of Mozart literature. both English ana
foreign, and a list of his compositions Mth
twenty three portraits, facsimiles. etc In two
volumes. 1sTnc. PIP X. 221; yin 2i. imported
by Charles ScTlbneT'S Sons.
We take or music seriously in these wen IN
structed days, every musical bograPher abound5
in technical knowledge. and the purveyor OF
mere anecdote is gravely frowned upon Never
theless the lay reader, to whom Don Giovanni
Is merely source of exquisite joy and not a
theme for PROFESSIONAL dvagations. may well De
directed to the pages of NJ Wilder's book on the
composer This vivacious Frenchman Is well
aware of Mozarts significance as musician.
but he likes to think of him as human being
to remember all the amusing or pathetic stories
that have been told about him, and to outline
his crowded. brief career with an attentive eye
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
THE POET.

BY c. GARNETT AFTER PUSHKIN.
Thou shalt not poet, prize the peoples love.
The noise of their applause will quickly dle;
Then shalt thou hear the judgment OF the Iool
And chilling laughter from the multitude
But stand thou firm. untroubled and austere;
Thou art a king and kings must live alone
Thine own free spirit calls to thee; pass on,
Make nerfect the fair blossom of thy dreams,
Nor ask for praises of achievement won
Praise lives within; it's thou that art the Judge
And thine the striCtest judgment of them all
Art tho1, content? Then leave the herd to howl:
Leave them to spit upon thine altar fires
And on the dancing incense Of thy shrine
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

zart went to present the papers, and the follow
ing scene ensued:
He found Count Arco. who had been apprized OF
his visit awaiting in the antechamber surrounded
zart's testimony had his Instructions be-
forehand and was but the doce instrument OF ms
his master Count ArcO began by recapatulatlns
emily common property at the Salzburg court
Finding infamous language unayaliing, he snaiched
was nervously fdgeting: then suddenly remeInber-
ing the Preetaied treatment and Do, beoFe o, Mo- Of
HEAVIER and altogether dscreditabie to gentleman
he kicked him out of the room
1t seems almost incredible that an episode
morstrous as this could have occurred only
about one hundred and twenty-five years ago.
The wickedness of it was aggravated by the nat
ure of the situation in which musician as
such was bound to find himself at that time He
could gain only a precarious existence when de-
tached from official patron and engaged in
selling his writings here and there "The piracy
of literature and art" notes NJ Wilder. was
considered to be quite legitimate business. If
q tradesrnan came across a piece of music to
his liking he took possession of it and published
it without any regard for its composer
After the successful performance Of the Ent-
fuhrung aus den Serail," Mozart was lucky
enough to receive a request from a Viennese
publisher for an arrangement of the opera for
piano and voice. In the middle of his execu-
ton of the task the composer saw good fortune
once more slip from his grasp Pirated editions
of the score appeared simultaneously in Augs-
burg and Mainz, ard Toricella. the Viennese
publisher declined to publish Pupils brought
Mozart a little money. but it was very little,
and one winces at the thought of his having
had to undertake such uninspirins labor What
he had to bear from publishers is well illustrated
by this anecdote:
One of these, Hofmeister in generous mood,
had placed three ducats in his hand and
had said: Compose in a simpler and more popular
style / will print no more OF your compositions
nor will I give you another kreutzer- Mozart
quietly answered: Then, my good sir, 1 must
needs resign myself to die Of starvation!
This encounter, which drove him. as he had
been driven before, to borrow money in order to
keep body and soul together dates from a period
hardly more than year before his death Yet
nothins, could quench his ardor. nothing but
death itself could put period to the enthuSi-
asrn and the energy by which he was possessed.
Read him his passion for operatic compost
ton. MY strongest and most ardent DESIRE
he says lis to write for the theatre: un-
ceasingIy obsessed by the idea The moment
set foot in playhouse or hear any talk on the
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
A LOVABLE POET4STER.
The Character and Daily Walk OF C0ET
Friend HqDIey-
From The London Saturday Review.

From The London Saturday Review as 70
Southey, borrowing an appropriate srvs scp ut
sion from Angus Diarrnid ground officer 0a 5 nm ms
Earl of Breadalbane'S estate OF Edinanz -,
(.hOeyer he might bel. says that HayIey va 'i
person of '-incoherent TRANSACTIONS and IL SUI p0
little sad to find that this most amiahle Of erte
was quite unable to live with hts wife Ser nj
was very fond OF him and very proud Of d m ia
writes to him for verses for the Bath EEt
vase, and when he wins her an "aert I'D
wreath of myrtle. goes wild with deigh-tE "a
prizeI A priZet my dearest HOtSpurs And IL ult
very frStP'-and gets late for dinner hez}rsle D
she had 10 go and show her spOils TO MeInt -
Alas she was subject TO sudden fluctuations ~
spirits extreme irritability and reStieSzS5
and we find her saying 10 him with AZ fhhi
innocent naTyete that proved that she Sutran
only from painful ennui, You were oncs ctArowI
most agreeable man in the world but you = to ks.
have lost all your talents To which he rE1s..,
replied. L believe, my dear. you speak somstk.sNN
the truth: yet il seems rather hard to 4 ID ke
it from you" 1t appears. in fact. TO have Z AZ th
the limit, and they separated amicaby VIZ IN an
to each other frequently and for the most by Noe
cordially though the poor bard is somsuz a.,
driven into beginning a letter Ny greyUE =
irritable EliZar' pa a
Hayey was an outdoor man: rose tas ani di
would have Said) at D, had shower bath II Sgt
a few sOnnets and epitaphS, and then Ee. large 6
building or gardening (he made OF his hers IN. -,
tary Eartham little Eden which Gib5on = |
ferred to Sheffield Park and riding He Esf
bold but most disastrous rider. Never z nj ira
took, in modern slang. many tosSes. Il Dortant
1Fa
Hs eyes HTTe "e.A H dnl y - - de wi
Johnson. COwper's Johnny OF Norfolk" y 90 uHlh
speakS) rode with il horseback Y an got
awkward operation considering the high-spr eo-rse
animals that composed his stud and the .
stitutiOnal malady in his hip joint which u
dtiOn to his weight and his never riding y
out military spurs. reduced % his dansa
falling to a certainty when he opened rs
breIla without due pTecautiOn-" The editor Ga
once riding by his side on the stony 5ea- go
BOgnOr. when. the wind suddenly reYeT~ls
umbrella he unfOlded it. his horse "
single plunge. pitched him on his head u - A.
stant-" ''On another occasion ne vas ~
into the air the Downs at the preeS '-f1y o
ment when an interesting friend whom tna Z n he
just left, being apprehensive OF Thst far bis
happen. was anxiousiy viewing nm ~ ro-.-fhe -
window through a telescope" On yet sss,. -
occasion his horse fell and his nean y: CO."
perpendcuIariy very large I'M - - a. afte
the road. But he was a stranger y sf- r,
cheered his groom by saying I Ieei = -If bss s.
neck was broken: but you shall see a r .
my horse, and as il viii not be rrsnt y s = nd
our friends with this bloody visage' We VI"
homo"
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

Efforts are being made in England TO pur-
chase the cottage at NetEer StoWey once occll-
pied by Coeridge. Il memorial OF the poet,
where personal relics may be preserved and
pilgrims may pay their respects as at the
shrincS of Wordsworth, Burns. Carlyle, Milton
and Shakespeare. At a meeting recently held
at Kensingt0n Palace several men of letters
spoke in support of the scheme. Mr.. Ernest
Hartley Coleriiisp rcfrIT'ed to his grandfather'S
spending his first night in the cottage on De
cemhrr 81 11Ai. and soon afterWard writing: ::
"Our house is better than expected. Before
our door Il clear brock runs. with very soft
nater In the back yacd there is Il nice we'll
pf fine spring wafer. We have a very pretty
garden" friend visiting the poet in 1891
incrlt ions in i letter that the window OF his
room has no opening. '5ut a pane Of glass Is
made to slide in and out by piece of wire.
The garden was Coleridges delight. Str0llinS
In il In, was wont TO refresh his eyes with the
distant view Of the green ramparts Of StoWey
rastlr At this cottage he wrote The Ancient
Marincr" and his grandson notes that the loud
hassoon" spoken of in that poem was in those
Iays recent acquisition OF the choir of StoWey
Church Mr. Andrew Lang By the way, re
marked at the meeting that on his death he
would leave these Instructions: NO flowers
No Life and Letters No memorial" He was
pregtired he said TO execute himself ia favor
of 4 CoIeridse cottage but distinguished
persons often lived in many places, they ought
10 lay down rule. 'Oae man. one cottage.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
Gg,e Neso;l1orss Crib E)atttJ ata1ts E
SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1908.

When the June number of "Harper's Maga-
zine" appeared, marking the fifty-eighth ami
versary of that periodical, We cordially well
coined the cover if wore, the old cover which
had come to be beloved in countless households
for many years Mr. Alden. writing in the
August number notes that he has received let
ters from readers in every part of the country,
rimplering us to permanently resume the old
cover" He attributes these to sentiment, to a
'homeIike feeling Of attachment and loyalty"
He is right, of course, but we wonder if some
Of his correspondents may not also have been
influenced consciously or unconsciously, by the
intrinsic excellence of the cover in question.
1t is as we have said before, of sedate, simple,
and graceful design. Some Of its successors,
Elaborate schemes in color, have no doubt been
Sandstone S2d they are not to be regretted.
But, when all is said, have they really been
,ny better than the cover they displaced? Mr.
Alden used the old cover for his July number,
md he promises to use it again. He cannot use
it too often. 1t has so happened that the prin-
cipal magazines, "Harper's," "Scribner's" and
'9The Century" had designed for them years ago
what might be described as standard covers
They have all adopted the policy of frequent
change, to very good purpose, but we venture
to assert that they always give a pleasant mo-
ment TO their old friends when. upon occasion,
they return Ia their earlier and simpler garb.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

There has just been held in Paris an Inter
national Congress against Pornography,' at
tended by delegates from eighty-four associa-
tions formed elsewhere in Europe, and there
were. of course, many French participants
'TLe Author reports that NJ. Georges Lecomte,
president of the S0cietG des Gems de LettreS,
protested in the name Of the immense majority
of French writer's. against the abject porno-
graphic publications which had nothing IN COM
mon with French literature and which were
read very much less by the French than by for
rfgners" He complained of the foreign pub
fishers who issue in Paris books in their own
language which. in their own country, they
would not be allowed to circulate, and he said
that a proposal had been submitted to the Min
lister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister OF
EducHtion asking that the manufacturers of
base literature should be compelled to print
their names in full on their books and papers.
The idea is excellent, but what is especially
gratifying is just the fact that this congress
shoald have been organized 1t is we'll to speak
ont on this subject OF course there be those
who are always ready to heave a brick at the
Epeaker An English clergyman who took upon
himself to protest in public against an indecent
book the other day was promptly called to task
by more than one stat t2smanlike journalist He
was told that his remarks only served to adyer-
tise the obnoxious stuff He was perhaps fortu-
nate III not being denounced as a prude. The
defenders of vicious literature are never hap
pier than when they are lOftily accusing the
clean minded critic of prOvincialism, illiberality
and on.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
EIGHT FRENCHMEN KILLED
Fifty Others Wounded in Desperate
Conflict With Moors.


Paris, Feb. 4.-Eight Frenchmen
were killed and fifty wounded in a
desperate conflict which the French
forces in Morocco have had with ma.
tives just south of Kasbah Der Rohid.
Word of this engagement was received
here from General d'Amade, the com.
handing general in Morocco, who re.
ports that French column, command
ed by Colonel Boutegourd, was sud.
denly attacked by a vast horde of
Arabs while marching to the south
for the purpose of Furnishing the
Chaouia tribesmen. The combat opened
at midday. Thousands of Moors
seemed to- spring out of the hills and
sought to surround the French col
umn. A fierce fight followed, which
lasted two hours, the enemy finally
retiring with heavy loss. Meanwhile
the French column was reinforced by
two companies of infantry and bat
terry of artillery commanded by Lieu,
tenant Colonel Brollard and after the
Arabs had been driven off the com
bined forces returned to kasbah Der
Robid. ~,
The dead include Lieutenant Rich
ard of the Third African chasseurs,
for privates of the foreign legion, two
chasseurs and one sharpshooter. Lieu
tenant Colonel Passard was among
those wounded. 1t is believed that the
tribesmen who opposed the French
soldiers included the Mozambas as
well as the Chaouias.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
MINNESOTA BOY A HERO.
Gave Up His Life to Save His Little
Brother and Sister.

Northome, Mimi, Feb. 4-Clifford
Cook, farmers son, gave his life in
the rescue of his little brother and sis
ter from a fire that destroyed their
farm home.
Awakened by the heat and noise of
the flames and the suffocating smoke,
the lad with thought only for the 9th
ers in the home, dashed to the bed of
the children, who a few moments
later would have persisted. Selling
the little ones he CROPPED his way to
a window and dropped his precious
burden to the ground But it was too
late for him to make the leap to safe
ty. Or perhaps he had turned back
again In an attempt to save his
parents. He was overcome and was
cremated.
Mrs. Cook jumped from the window
of the upper floor and was badly cut
by glass about the face, hands and
limbs.
Mr. Cook attempted to enter the
building and was terribly burned about
the face and hands. Both parents are
In a precarious condition.
The two youngest children, who
were thrown out of the window by
their brother, were only slightly in
jured.
Mr.. Cook is manager here for the
Stone-Cook Lumber company His
farm is mile from Northome.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
DEATH OF JOSEPH LA DUO
WeIi-Known Resident Of Belgrade
Carried orr BY Cancer.

Joseph LaDuc, an aged and well
known resident of Belgrade township
died in this city at $3.50 o'clock yester-
day afternoon, of cancer of the stom-
ach. He was born at Brandon, VT, and
was eighty-three years of age. He
moved to Belgrade township in 1864,
and continued to reside there ever
since. His wife died Dec. ii last, but
he is survived by four sons and two
daughters; John and Philip, Mrs.
Trask and Mrs. Goodrich of Belgrade
township, William of Herman, and HI.
d. of Portland, Oregon. The deceased
was highly respected by all.
Funeral services will be held at
the Congregational church in Belgrade
at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
and the interment will be made there.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
TALKS ON NATIONAL ISSUES
w. ]. Bryan Compares Rooseveit's
Policies With Those Of Democrats.

Reading, Pa, Feb. 4.--William ].
Bryan, at an informal RECEPTION at his
hotel, discussed national issues and
compared the policies of President
Roosevelt with those endorsed by the
Democrats.
president Roosevelt" he said, zen.
dorses the position of the Democrats
on the regulation of railroads, sup.
preston of trusts, the income tax and
arbitration, but he does not endorse
the Democratic position on the cleo
tion of United States senators by the
people or the use of jury in cases OF
contempt, where contempt is CON-
mitted outside the courts, or the Demo.
cratic position on imperialism. While
he recommends a revision of tariff, he
puts 1t off until after election. The
position of the Democrats is that tariff
revision should begin at once OH trust
made articles.
1.-The radical differences between the
Democrats and Roosevelt is that he
advocates the national incorporation
of railroads, which the Democrats OBJ
iect to on the ground that it deprives
the states of their control over COM
mercial interests.
Public ownership" Mr.. Bryan de-
clared, 'is not question and will not
be until people are given regulations
which they regard as sufficient test,
I don't believe the railroads will resist
effective legislation and l am in favor
of proceeding rapidly to test the ques-
ton by the passage of measures au-
thorizing the interstate commerce
commission to ascertain the value of
railroads and the amount of their
watered stock, and to make reduc-
ton of rates where extortionate."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
FIFTEEN MEN PERISH
Drowned While Leaving Burn
ing Vessel in a Boat.
REST OF THE CREW SAVED
Waters Edge Off the Nova Scotian
White Star Liner Cymric.

Halifax, n. S., Feb An the midst
of a wild blizzard the steamer st.
Cuthbert was burned to the waters
edge off the Nova Scotian coast. Fiji
teen members of the crew were
drowned by the swapping of small
boat in which they attempted to leave
the vessel after fire had broken out.
The other thirty-seven members of
the crew, including the captain, were
rescued by the White Star liner
Cymric. After taking off the survivors
the Cymric abandoned the burning
steamer and proceeded to Boston.
News Of the destruction of the St.
Cuthbert was received here in wire
less message from Captain Finch of
the Cymric. The message read:
'The steamer st. Cuthbert was
abandoned afire off the Nova Scotian
coast. The Cymric stood by for nine
hours during a strong gale, heavy seas
and snow squall. Lifeboat in charge
of chief officer making three perilous
trips rescued thirty-seven members of
the crew, including the captain. Sew
eral members of the crew severely
burned and injured.
Fifteen of the crew were drowned
Sunday attempting to leave the yes.
sci. Their boat was swamped by a
heavy sea.
''Sea-cocks left open on st. Cuth-
bert, which will probably sink within
twelve hours. 1t is now dangerous
derelict lying in the path of New York
and European vessels
The ST. Cuthbert was owned by the
British and Foreign Steamship COM
pany of Liverpool and was a compare
lively new vessel having been built
In 1904 at Newcastle, Eng. Her reg
lister was 1854 tons.