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SHE LISTENED WITH ALL HER SOUL. should be played
 But" said the musician, who was standing now before the instrument, you have not the music. Do you play by ear:"
 Upon hearing these words the broth CT ran to his sisters side and took her hand. while she replied in a sad voice:
 Look at me, sir-you who are so fortunate as to have your sight. am blind"
 There was moment of painful si- lence.
 ''Ah, my child" said the musician, God aff1icts in this life those he wish es to glorify in the next world. l also have heavy cross to bear. and some times I am tempted to curse my fate, but l always have at my side a divine comforter-music, Let it console us now What you were playing few moments ago is not unknown to me. May play it now?"
 Without waiting for d reply he seat ed himself before the old harpsicord. At the sound of the first few notes the blind girl trembled with joy. Had not the good Father Christmas grant ed her prayer?
 Under the touch of master, light and heavenly as it was, under the stress of that divine inspiration, the ~Il pathetic. An, how it throbbed. sang. wept, laughed and sighed by turns. Yes. yes. it was the same that she had heard a year ago at the bedside of her dying auns. As the volume Of music reverberated through the hum- ble room an ecstatic glow lighted the girls features. With clasped hands. with parted lips and with her poor sightless eyes raised toward heaven she listened with all her soul-as q saint might listen to the sincing of invisible angels.
 The player also vas trsnS!iSured. His face no longer bore the b!:t," .nd somber eysres.;aa ,hs. w- a"H"ed there before he began to play. The fire of enthusiasm now blaEed iii his eyes; powerful emotion aSitate' his lips. Framed in the waving tcr"ents of his long hair. his face was that of < master of human thought.
 lie ceased p.ayi:is rpon a final ria- jeetic chord; then he bowed his head, and his eyes gazed yacantly into space. His thoughts were no longer of this earth. The inspiring power of his owl music had overwhelmed bis soul and marked his pale features with the traits of genius. Suddenly, in burst of violence. he arose and ran to the window and opened it wide to the wintry air.
 The moon upon its course reigned
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A EFORE the young master of
 S-Sh the humble cottage had rccov H W cred from lis astonishment
 the eldee of the two strangers approached him and said
 Excuse our informal entrance, my master. My friend and l are two very poor but enthusiastic musicians. We were passing through the street when we were attracted by the sound of your piano and could not resist OUT desire to become acquainted with the artist, the unknown brother or sister, who is concealed in this remote sub urb"
 Alas, sir,' replied the young man. we are not artists, but only humble working people. Our life is very hard one, but my sister sometimes brightens 1t with fugitive ray of sun shine by playing, as she did this even ing, some melodies that she has learn ed"
 The younger of the two visitors now approached Alice. She trcmbed visi- bly, when he touched her lightly on the shoulder and said in gentle voice:
 "You like that music, my childY'
 "Oh, yes" she murmured. 'sI love it-I cherish it! It is sublime! Only
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and traced upon the distant heights a great white line which formed the horizon and of that deep blue sky now unrutled by wind or marrcd by cloud.
 70 night" murmured the musician as he leaned with his elbows on the window sll-"O myster'ogS moon, you are my friend. | understand every &lg you say to lle. l he Ies- son ef 9A-f.-.tatiUn yGu tea il IIe tllis evenin% l shall never for&st! G5ve me inspiration Descend gpon mG with all the train of your ma. a.estc anyl silent &plendors in order that l may be able to speak of you and disclose your immortal beauty to that poor child who has never known you.'
 The two spectators of that strange scene remained mute. awed and fasci- mated by the exaltation of the young musician. He returned to the piano, near which Alice was sitting, lost ill deep revcrie He took her hand and said:
 My child, you do not know the ap pearance of the clear, soft night. which draws over the heavens it's i:2'- peril Il .lt.e, dJ1ed HitA >iittcfin2 .;t5;.'s; y0l do not knnN. E,lat the Leu i4...i I '9.,G .43Deel= =&s.!S te 5,9a pf3,=z. so.:l5 ;:G tse:t1:rn heor;s that low s:asjt2:t:N 'fs& s3rs.7W. M, Ne !, l aA4 :.g tp lall you all that"
 She was almost on her tnecs bc- foee him. He resumed his place ;,t t,lt plano and i,iaXed.
 What he played no faciii:y of $tty!% no artiliee Of language, can eyer c. prcs.:. There are certain musical works which seize upon tha sGul soothe it, soften it or agitate it. Lsca chord. each note, causes thG vibl'a5iC5l within us of some hitherto uRlfaGf,,.a sense Our sentimental personality j deliciously or terribly awakened. Fin"t ly the last note dies away. We ra- turn to ourselves, we try to analy.o what we have so vividly experienced, and we quickly perceive that it is a.. impossible task. So the devotees of the occult sciences pretend that music is the language of the spirit world.
 When the musician had finished he looked around him. The blind girl, motionless and transfgured, seemed to be in heaven. In one corner the boy, to whom this humble home Ie longed, was weeping freely, his head between his hands. Master JoachiC was standing behind his companion with his enormous mouth open in amaZement and lis eyes fixed on tha musician in absolute surprise. The young man smiled, softly closed the piano approached the blind girl and kissed her on the forehead, then Wli3- pered to the old o9ganist:
 Come and do not make noise.'
 Silently they gained the door and disappeared
 moment later the young artisan
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".
 ~ HAT night when the poor mu-
 sician returned to his humble
 attic ill the Platz Roemer his
 bitterness of spirit had van ished. He kindled his meager fire. lighted his lamp and throughout the night covered with his accustomed scrawl many of those long white sheets of paper lined with black which had aroused 50 much suspicion in the minds of the good women of the neighborhood. When the pale winters sun again shone upon his window the composer. overcome by fatigue. was sleeping with his head resting upon hs scattered sheets, but before he fell asleep he had finished his work, which he called in memory of that eventful night '.rhe Moonlight Sonata
 Today that sonata Is considered one of the most sublime creations of hu- man genius. The young man who on that Christmas eve played the role of consoling angel to the blind girl was called Ludwig Beethoven.
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DO! ," EXCLAIMED THE KAPELI-sIETsTFR ummate their windows as an invita- pn ana welcome to the passersby. pa, above all, monseigneur's treas er dld not forget to pay me my sal ". Come, comrade. Let us go,'
 Suddenly he ceased speaking, and his unt features assumed a sympathetic pression. When he resumed his eech it was in gentle and tender he:
 An, you are suffering as always, my or grand genius!"
 Then the young man arose brusnuelv Vagely wiped away a tear that was prsing, down his cheek and exclaim-
 ln violent manner:
 'oh' De quiet! hate the world! Its easures are to me like SO many Fnsts or knife. l hate the human ee; l nate myself! Genius, did you
 les, Ii that is to be the victim
 every torture and every sorrow: to ee oneself the subject of insult. sus- |plclon and public indifference; to hear fnuhser. tnlrst and disease knock at |aone's door: to feel that all the s,,blimo |Folces, all the vast Inspirations of ones neart and brain. are stifled by the cold- |ness of death; if it is to be a recl,sa And pariah. then, indeed am . genius. But come. These walls tha aient witnesses of my despair, give me &he horrors" -o Inen with unaffected tenderness and paternal solicitude the old oreanis+ ,. 70. moyed his greatcoat and placed if oyar Fhe shoulders of his friend Rnt tho young man scarcely realized the act Fl kindness, so absorbed was he in his own meditations. - -''s They left the house and walked slow. ay' arm n arm, through the narrow streets, which now were thickly car. peted with snow. The old orpanist selected the route. kept watchful eve on ms companion and even tried with nis own eyes full of tears, to bring a smile to the face of his young friend whose features under the pale light of ehe stars looked unusually somher snd mysterious. as If in harmony win the
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ing suddenly. in the middle of
 a phrase; then she remained
 motionless and appeared to be absorbed in a reverie. while her fineees skimmed mechanically over the keyboard; finally she uttered deep sigh, and moment later. with ges- tare sf despair, she closed the old harpsichOnd and rested upon her el- bows with her face between her hands.
 Little sister. why do you not play :! It does me good to hear you"
 The speaker was young man with an honest but unusually serious coun. tenance. Seated before table cov- cred with little pots and brushes and under the Night of large lamp. he was co}oring those fantastic little animals and grotesQue dwarfs cut in wood which are the triumph of the Nurem- berg workshops.
 "You like to hear me play, my poor Fritz" replied the girl. because you have heard no one else, but I despair and grie~e when think how far am from my ideal Never. no, never. will produce with these feeble and awk- ward fingers the celestial and sublime melody that soothed and charmed me on sJhristmas eve year ago.
 Al she spoke thus. leaning against
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FA HE young girl had ceased play ing suddenly. in the middle of phrase; then she remained
 mofiOnloco and annaornd tO
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is sovereign mistress vi tAe ees=s.-, sky, and the scene which fl iiin1aInaa was Of extraordinary beauty aou Re-
 pose From that height tbc view eus- braced the entire city of Bonn, which climbs Hsaaa along the h5ti=- int@- oracd hy igs sparkling river u.H hid
 den by it's coat of ice. Thare 0as soFac- thns fantastic in thp vast #uHo- bility of the landscape, ill she s,.iliHg contrast of tine immaculatc snow which covered the city like 2 .hroua
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LITTLE SISTER. WHY DO YOU NOT PLAY?' trude's neiShbor was youAg musician, mysterious and eccentric, who was on the verge of being d6possassed by his landlord because he WAS too poor to pay his rent and for the additional req son that he disturbed the sleep of his neighbors by loud and unimeay up roars similar to that which regaled your ears"
 Do not say that dear Fritz, even in fun, or you will offend me. The strange musician whom heard that night was one of those angels sent tc earth by God and known to us by the name of genius"
 She remained silent for moment
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@ BOUT 10o years aeo 'neio ""S
 EA very poor young man who
 X lodged in the attic of an old = dilapidated house ill the Platz poamer. in the city of Bonn, Germany. He was so sensitive of hia poverty athat he would not appear on the street in the daytime. fearing that strangers would scoff at his soiled linen and tat +ored clothes. The neighbors declared, and with reasonable cause, that the man was demented, for his gray eyes plittered with q strange light beneath his nale and massive forehead. HIS lone hair fell ia disordered masses about his emaciated cheeks. The set exnression of his thin lips betokened the bitterness of his life. and the deal- or in wax tapers who lodged in the adjoining room asserted that the vo,1ng man passed his days and nights furiously playing upon an old plano and covering great sheets of white pa per with incomprehensible scraWis. Whenever he ventured upon the street the housewives ran to their doorStep5 to see him pass by. and the e-..!CTal scoffed at him. No one knew his name or profession, whence he came or whither he went. He had only one friend, who called every evening at sunset. The latter was person well known in the city of Bonn. He vas the tall, gaunt drunkard, Joachim Fuescher, organist of the cathedral and kapell-meister for monseigneur the bishop
 One Christmas eve Master Joachim. warmly ensconced in his antiquated greatcoat, climbed the rickety stairs and without knocking entered the at tic of his friend just at the beginning of the winter twilight. He found the young man sitting at the window, gag ing sadly at the fantastically carved gables, the turrets and spires of the ancient city. over which the snow had spread a shroud of uniform and gilt tering whiteness.
 "Ho, ho.s' exclaimed the kapell- . meister as he slapped the young man on the shoulder What do I see? What do you mean? Do you wish to Ebe forever damned? Come! No black Butterflies on Christmas eve! Look EThe city is clothed in it's wedding gar &ments, the church bells are pealing merrily, and already, in anticipation of midnight, the streets are odorous with
 he flavor of Mayence ham and greasy
 ritters. Very soon the taverns will
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@ BOUT 10o years ago there was A very poor young man who FV lodged in the attic of an old dilapidated house in the Plstz
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c. P. GOULD Practical Surveyor

All kinds of surveying. relocating of lost or obliterated corners Es- establishments of lines. Subdivisions of real estate. The laying out and dividing up of lands in any shape.
 c. P. COULD,
 Noble Lake. Ark.
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raised his head and said, "Ah, how strange, Alice. they are not here"
 "It was an angel, my brother Ee has flown away, but am sure he will return"
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 JOE KRUMPNER

OVE MWOA1 1sA1As
 . Wholesale Dealer In . SCRAP IRON, METALS. RAGS, | : OLD COTTON, BONES. HIDES : . No Railroad Goods. ! = am pulling dropped stock 1or . . everybody. Speak loud for am ' . hard of hearing. Pays full price. . . 502 B. End. Ave. Old Phone 950. :
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-08
STOCK MARKET

Trading in local securities was brisk yesterday,
but changes were few. Associated oil was high
er, rising to $50.25, and Alaska packers was
frmer at $90s while Honokaa sugar received a
lower bid of $3.50.
The Comstocks took turn for the better and
several of the leaders advanced. There was some
activity in Union, but the market in the main
quiet
The southern Nevadas were dull and without
much feature. Belmont advanced from 50. 30 to
So go and Goldfeld Consolidated from SIS .3712 to
$S.521s There a few buying orders for
these stocks. Round Mountain declined from soc
TO 43c and West End from CSC to 65c.
The Pacific wharf and storage company has
levied an assessment of 81 per share, delinquent
June %.
The mines of the Tonopah district shipped ore
of an estimated value of $1I4.650 to the mills
last week. The Tonopah mining company sent
3 $50 TONS the Belmont 1850 tons Montana
1,051 tons West End 160 tons and Tonopah Ex-
tension S75 tons.
Bullion tax returns from the Pittsburg Silver
Peak gold mining company for the quarter ending
March 81, 1910, show Al 030 tons of ore mined
giving gross yield of $195, ,237; cost of extrac-
tion, $64 S33; transportation, $20,515; reduction
$102, 80; net yield, S7.263; tax. $214.2S. Tail
ings, 3.0S7 tons; gross yield. $13.531; reduction
$6,174; net yield. $7,357; tax $217.O6. Total tax
for quarter, S431
For the same period the Florence -Goldfeld min
ing company reported 1856 tons produced; gross
yield Sf3T 1872 cost of extracting S71 ole; trans
portation $14 524; reduction, $50, ,S44; net YIELD
$11. 1.776: tax. $34741.
The Crown Point output last week was nearly
400 cars of ore the 200 level yielding 313 cars
from stope No 1, assaying $5.36 to the ton-
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-08
Hide.. TnlIo,r. MooI ami Hnn.

Hops are more active. with inquiries from
the east. Growers. however. are not inclined to
sell. Local handlers say that the crop wiz
not be large expected. as the hot spell
OF week ago nipped the ends OF the vines
Prices are unchanged.
Wool continues neglected and nominal.
Hides weak, though there Is no further
decline.
Hides-CuIls and brands sell about 15d1c
under quotations; heavy salted steers. 12c; light
medium, lie; light, 10c; cowhides, 10c for
heavy. 1Oc for light; stays, Sc: salted kip.
lie; salted veal, 151sc; salted calf, 16c; dry
hides, zoe: dry kip. 1sc; dry calf. 24c; sheep
skins shearlings, 2564Oc each; short wool so
-a75c; medium. s5cG$l; long wool; s1a1 so:
lambs. 25660c; hOrsehides. salt. $225d3 for
large and $I.5002 for medium. 75cd$1 for
small and 2565Oc for colts; horsehides dry. S26e
225 for large and 1902 for medium. 5Oc6sl
for small and 2505Oc for colts; goatskins. prime
angora. T5c@S1; large hair goats. S5e; medium,
20625c: small 5d15c.
Tsllow-No. 1 rendered, 5061kc; No. 2. 495e;
grease. 2621hc.
Wooi-Spring clip: San Joaquin years staple.
12015c: do months. 7d14c; northern, 14617c
Hops-California, 1201se for crop OF 1900;
Oregons, 12@1sc per ID; crop Of 1910 2@16c
Der lD.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-08
MARKET NEWS SPECIALLY REPORTED
DISORDERLY DAY
ON WALL STREET

n EW YORK. June THE
IN stock market greeted the
= news of an agreement on the
rate dispute between the govern
ment authorities and the railroad
executives with a spasmodic re-
covery of the declines of several
days past. The excess of specu-
lative operations for the decline
based on that conference was
demonstrated beyond dispute.
The demand from uncovered
shorts was. so urgent and impera-
tive as to cause an opening jump
in prices rarely equaled for wild
ness and disorder.
When the first scramble of the
bears to cover shorts was over
there ensued a more conservative
view of the situation. and 1T was
not until the end of the day that
prices rose again to the best.
The difficulty of appraising the
news grew out of the stress laid
in the previous speculation on the
immense Importance to the rail-
roads of the increased freight
rates, which the government was
opposing This Generalization in
stocks caused by the injunction
against a small percentage of the
proposed increases contrasted
with the violent rebound on the
postponement by the railroads of
all proposed increases and their
voluntary submission to the pro-
visions of the pending railroad
law constituted a seeming anom-
ally.
The explanation came partly
from the fact of the greatly ex-
tended short interest, which was
forced to buy stocks, but which
hoped to do so at a further de-
cline.
, Negotiations, it was said, for
the sale of s15,OOO,OOO of Michi-
gan Central bonds in Paris, which
had been suspended, would be re-
sumed, and this assertion was of
more effect on sentiment than
yesterdays news of the sale of
s25,0OO.0O0 of Southern Pacific
bonds in Germany in spite of the
rate injunction.
The unsettled tone which inter
vened after the opening jump was
much emphasized by the natural
tendency to realize profits on so
considerable a rebound. This set
Ting proceeded to such lengths,
especially in st. Paul, as to arouse
suspicion of renewed liquida-
tion on account of an important
capitalistic group.
The agreement made by the
railroad executives to leave the
rate increases to the operations
of the new railroad law shifted
attention TO the progress of that
measure.
Bonds were irregular. Total
sales (par value), S2,76S,0O0.
United States bonds were un-
changed on call.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-08
Potatoes, onions and Vegetables

Receipts of summer vegetables are large and
steadily increasing and prices for most descrip-
tions gradually weakening Tomatoes are
coming forward freely and small packages of
the Merced article are in Oversupply and weak
as to values at the moment. Marysville eucum-
bers, too, are In large supply and their cheap
is checking sales of dollhouse and natural
growth lots from other districts. There is a
good market for peas green corn. summer squash
and peppers, while rhubarb and eggplant are
dragging at unsustained rates. Asparagus Is
steady. with the Gamers keeping the market
closely cleaned up from day TO day String
beans of good quality scarce and in demand
at high figures, while the market Is overloaded
with poor stock, which is hard TO move at any
thing like satisfactory prices Choice to fancy
offerings of new potatoes are In good request
and the onion market is firm active buying
here and In the river districts.
Potatoes-Per box. 40GS5c; in sacks, 75cQ$1
per ctl old crop Burbanks nominal.
Onions (per ctl)-New red. $1.4041.60 per
sack; new yellow, $1.65 per ctl-
egetables-Asparagus 50c@S1.J0 per box;
tomatoes, 506S5c per box for Merced and $16
1.25 per crate for Mexican; green peas. 25
41.50 per sack; string beans. 46Sc per lb;
wax beans. 3@6c per Ib; summer squash. so
@75c for small and $1-25@1.50 for large
boxes; eggplant, 6Gse per ID; green peppers, 10
@15c per lb garlic, 4@41zc per ID for new; cab
bage, 50@60c per ctl; cucumbers, S5cMS1 per
box for Marysville; cauli1Ower 4005Oc per
dozen; turnips Zoe per sack: carrots. T5e per
sack: rhubarb. 60@T5c per box for ordinary and
S0@e0c for fancy; green corn. $264 per sack
for Alameda and s1G1.5o for Winters.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-08
GenernI Mrrchandi.e

Bags-Grain bags. 54s05Sc. June-July deliv-
cry San Quentin bags, 0Ae; wool bags. &c for
S1s ib and SIC for 4 10; fleece twine. Sc per ID.
Coal-PennsyIYania anthracite egg. S16 per
ton; wellington. 50; New Wellington, 50: Coos
hav 81: Australian hOuse-Richmond, etc So
Peiaw Main 50; Stanford Richmond 50; Cumber-
land SIS IN bulk and $3.50 IN sacks: Welsh
anthracite. $15; coke, Sl6 per ton in bulk and
0fI-Ouotations are for barrels Iinseed. a5c
per gallon for boiled and 93c for raw; cases. Sc
more: castor oil in cases. No. I. Tic; Bakers
AA S1.1T6119s China nut. cases. 6Of77Oc per
gal: cOcoanut oil. in barrels. 7755 aisle 'fOr XXX
75G7S15c for No and T21S q 76c for No 2 ac-
eording to quantity: extra bleached winter sperm
OIL soc; natural winter sperm oil, soc: natural
whale oil. soc. extra winter strained lard oil ST.
pure neatsfOot oil, Toe: No. / neatsfoot OIL soc:
herring OIL 4Oc; salmon OIL 35e; boiled nsh oil.
35c: paint oil. Soc
Coal OIL. Gasoline, etc.-Water white iron
bbls or drums 915e 100 deg OIL iron bbls or
drums, lie: special do. 111zc; pearl oil in cases
1613c; astral, 1615c; star. 1655c; extra star
191ac: Elaine. 2613c; eocene. 191Sc: red crown
and motor gasoline, In bulk lee, in cases 23c:
engine dfstillate. in drums 755c cases 7c more:
S6 deg. gasoline. In bulk 30c In cases 371Lc.
varnish makers and painters naphtha in bfT3b.
lie in cases 1S1Ac.
Turpentine-S1c per gallon in cases and T4csK,
bulk. drums and iron barrels
Rosin (per bbl OF $50 lbs)-E, $50: =. $3.50:
6. $S.O5; Fl. SS-15; l. SS %.
Red and White Lead-Red. 81S69c: white
S1a dS&tc per ID.
Pacific COdfsh-The Union fish eompanv auotes
as follows: Bundles. small. whole. 70 il bales
4tec; cases regular, large whole 100 ID boxes
$500; cases. extra. 100 ID boxes, So cases, easts