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110 I dktif: es i' A THE DAILY AMERICAN NASHVILLE TAIIMSDAY MOHNING MARCH 11 1886 OlOW ft Cht Amtrican PUBLINH ED RTKRT MORNING 1USICAL EDUCATION Bight "feeding and the Cu Rive tion of the Ear telephoned to and they inetructed the judges to obey the law At the Fifteenth Precinct a party of comely matrons and maidens led by Dr Alice Stockholm President of the 1Voman's Rights Club demanded that their names should be put upon the roll They met with the same refusal and they retired without argument Ott log Cozier Chard and Streets ABOUT BOOKS ed history is delayed only by the steel engravings the last of which we are as slued will so on be ready These illustra What a Nashville PubliahhIg tions are one hundred and seventeen in House Ilan Done the number presenting excellent portraits of the following villcers anti privates: Past Year Lieut-Gens li Forrcet Alex Stew art Leonidas Polk Maj-Gens Frank Noticeable Improvement in the Character Cheatham Bate It Cleburne of Oar Home Literatare John Brown Brig-Gens John Adarns Otho Strahl Robert Hatton George WGt rdon A Vaughn I Th Proeont System of nolody and Bar- mony Ms Fruit of Rducatioa and Rot the Result of Physiological Organisation Lan or 11117ISCRIPTIOL DAILY ay Ina (postage paid) os et the office tatartably in A VALUABLZ FIND Maly Sender' omitted 1 olaYear 02 00 One year S10 SO gni months 0 00 Sts 5 Three atonthZ7 I 00 Three months 2 65 Cam noulh 1 00 Om month-- 1 00 WSZKLY Arrest of a Crook In Chicago Who Has Prot loos Stenos Worth Thoussads Soorstod on His Proon Cute Aoo March police made an arrest yesterday which resulted in the by the avowed friends of the memo-tire who voted for and adopted the amandment Tug AMICRICAN was dealing with the blown action of the United States Senate and not with Senator Plumb nor the supposed motives which lurked in the hidden receeses of his mind As the friends of the measure could not have been actuated by any such deadly purpose to the bill as the Banner attributes to the Senator from Kansas in offering his amendment it must be that they were prevailed upon to adopt It by the reasons and argumeeta which he openly urged upon the floor These reasons as he gave them were to give the Government the right to supervise the text books used in pub-tic schools Mr Plumb stated the "Government should not permit such books (as the school history he held in his hand) to be used" Upon this statement and the argument in support of it the amendment was adopted Tv 701 01110 legior SI 00 1 InOntli 50 2E hire To The American In the absence of a "Musical Journal" a medium by which discussions of toueical matters can reach the public ear I beg you will allow space in your valuable and widely circulated journal for the following extracts from authoritative sources They may be useful in enlightening many of your readers on the subject of musical education It is an established g- A With all her rapid advancement late years in no respect has Nashvill gone forward more enterprisingly Om in her publishing interests These hay kept pace with the increase of he schools and collegea rather the one ha promoted the other and both in thi auxiliary relation have grown with Nash ville's general growth until sbe is no the intellectual center as she is des tined soon to become the commercia and manufacturing emporium of tht Southwest No one who attentiveli watches the course of events as thei In ve er B8 te of l'almer Marcus Wright- Wm A le Quarles Pieston Smith 1Vm 11 Jack mon Cols Rogers Adolphus Ileinrnan Randall McGavockJoel A Battle IV to A Forbes Jas Bailey Michael INIageveney Jr Baxter Smith Duckworth Holman Buford Morgan 18 John Gooch Dudley Frayser Alfred Robb John Dawson Paul Anderson Taylor Majors rson 11 Cheney Carter s- Roy IN' Crook Daniel Wright Ilickmon Johnson Henry Bate Bledsoe Clay Captains Frazer Beard Smith Irby Saint Clair Morgan Lew Clark Thomas Gibson 11 McCaw 5tunline kilLn31111 IV 11 VLIAAIII finding of an unexpected treasure and will probably lead V) important develop ments For some time past they have been looking for one James Ryan who is described as a variety actor pettrl thief etc Yesterday evening he wit4 In the city the delivery of TN has been tranaltured to Kr 'Wharton Allen who Will furnish tho Daily in the city at 1100 per Month or2ic per week and by horseback carriers Within a radius of dye miles from the Courthouse OD the Gallatia Porter Vaughn Nolene and Franklin turnpikes at $IM per month Or Mc per week Newsdealer' are requested to notify us of the number desired for each day of the week and are 'spaded to make their orders liberal enough to mess ell demands Addrean THE AHEM-CAN sahville Tom Remit by Roney Order Bank Check or Reg Mimed Lotter I fact (by the highest authority on musics matters) that music should be regarde( as one of the highest intellectual poweis that the stutly of art and of music A1 the perfection of art must form an essen tial part of any true education' whicl all must admit or confess it to be ono a Ls is affect our city will insist that this clai ley Thomas Thoma8 Cox THURSDAY MORNING MARCH I 1 4 i io 't i 1 i' i 1 1 'I 1 't 1 "A tux for the abolition of primogeniture hai been 1ntroduce4 in the English House of Commons with every probability of its passage British sentiment continues to move steadily away from the time-honored laws I and traditions which have fostered and preserved the power of rank Ind class a rested as he was leaving a pawn shop in company with a well dressed young man who said his name was Chula Monell Both men were taken to the Ilarrison-street station and searched Nothing of note was found on Ryan Mooch had a new gold watch in his pocket and exhibited such marked signs of uneminess over the searching process that he was literally stripped to the skin For defense against the in- 4 clement weather he wore three under-le shirts and between two of them had secured a pouch containing $83 in gold coin After removing all of Monell's clothing the officers found tied around his body a small sack made of a silk handkerchief which was filled with a rich lot of diamonds sapphires and other precious stones Some of ttess gems were set in new gold bands but mostof them were loose When asked to explain how these vala uables came into his possession Monell made several contradictory statement First he claimed to have bought them ba New York then he said he wal an actor and had purchased them at various times from brother professionals who were in hard 'Mk and finally that he se-I cured them at a bargain in San Francisco from a man who had just arrived from Australia The police found that Mona had pawned a new gold chain worth $60 for VI From this and the fact that the setting of the jewels found on Monell's person were new the police argue that the whole lot was stolen from some iewelry store Several dealers in precious stones were called in to appraise the "find" and placed the value at ir3500 to $4000 Monell is about 27 years old wears a small dark mustache and uses his tongue with remarkable fluency Both men have been held to await the result of an investigation which will be instituted OUR press dispatcheb mention a Mr De imaa and Judge Wallace of California as probable successors to the late Sen ator Miller by the appointment of Gov St anemia of tfiat State Another 'name Las been mentioned In the same of George Hearst proprietor of a Democratic paper the Examiner a mining millionaire who was defeated for the United States senatorship two years ago Jamea Flood is also spoken I I i I I THE WARRIOR ItIVRII IIRI1ROVEME1IT A Washington special to the Mobile Register says the Board of United States Engineers which met last month at Tuscaloosa have reported in favor of the Government improvement of the Warrior River above Tuscaloosa so as to secure free and ample navigation The plan proposed contemplates locks and dams sufficient to pass a tug boat with a tow of two barges The Board recommend the immediate completion of the work The Register has information from other reliable sources that there will be appropriated to this work the sum of $75000 which with the $50000 appropriated by act of July 5 1884 will give $125000 with which to commence this great work Maj Damrell estimates that it will cost $245000 to open navigation as far as Daniel's Creek whiclk is fifteen miles above Tuscaloosa Beginning the work necessairly at the Tuscaloosa shoals the amount now in hand and to be appropriated in the bill which is being prepared by the River and Harbor Committee will open up the Warrior to working coal seams This is the beginning of a movement which will ultimately make Mobile the chief coaling harbor on the American coast Its importance to the industrial development of the the commerce of the whole country has not been over estimated we confidently believe by the enthusiastic believers in a great industial future for the Gulf section It will not only make Mobile a great fuel market but the fuel economy to result will make it a very attractive point for manufacturers to be greatly stimulated of course by the realization of the promise of Isthmian transit by ocean canals '8 It a a 1 A LION'S BIN WITH TILL-TALI UAL A correspondent of a local contempoo rary over the signature of "Working man" gives utterance to political send: menta that do not seem to harmonize with the views advanced by those authorized to speak for the organization known as the Knighta of Labor This writer refers to the efforts of the ma' twit) party in Tennessee to bring about harmony of action among its members as "trimming the lash of the party whip" lie intimates that unless a radical change in the platform of the Demo: critic party is made "the organization of a new party will become necessary" This is followed by the assertion that "the vatit majority of thinking people must concede that Democratic success means a continuation of dull business high taxes low poverty and possibly starvation in the near futore" Then follows this statement: The President occasionally throws a fat office to a hungry brigadier and once in a while gives a workingman a country postoftice at the enormous palmy of fifty dollars per linnUM but the great body of the people are suffering and thou ands of idle men are here with no emplpyment Under the smooth surface of public opinion which the political bosees have declared is so enrapturing to the eye that a "tacit agreement" has been made not to disturb it slumbers a tempest that if once amused the dulcet notes of the double harmonican tuned even to the nwietest melody will not be able to allay until blth the old parties slumber in their graves along with the dead issues of a dead put The significant feature of these utterances is the obvious antagonism of their author to the Democratic party from which the inference is almost unavoidable that be is a Republican masquerading in the overalls of a workingman Do the antecedents and the past and present membership of the Democratic party justify the antagonism of workingmen? Has it not always been the party of the people consistently and unvaryingly opposed to Monopolies and the money power in politics Demos the to has never been false to the significance of its nomenclature What is there in the Democratic platform a radical change of which is demanded by workingmen? Is it this first clause in the Democratic national platform upon which Cleveland was "We believe that labor is best rewarded where it is freest and enlightened" and "should therefore be fostered and cherished or is it this third plank in the national platform: "We demand in behalf of the Democracy freedom for American labor by reducing taxes?" or this conclusion: "The necessaryreduction in taxation can and must be effected with out depriving American labor of the ability to compete successfully with foreign It is but fair to add that the Republican platform was equally pronounced in favor of the American laborer The necessity for a new party therefore unless radical changes of platforms are made affecting the interests of the laboring classes is not apparent Moreover it is not really desired by the workingmen if Master Workman Powderly of the Knights of Labor organization is authorized to speak for that class in its organized capacity That gentleman upon being shown Tuesday a published statement that the Knights of Labor of Illinois had formed a political party under the auspices of the i Order declared it untrue and said that if such a thing is attempted by any district or local or State assembly of the 4 Knights of Labor the charter of the 1 body will be recalled Said Mr Powderly "The Order cannot be turned into a political party While reform in'politics is sought for it must not come at the ex- I pense of the Order No district local or 1 State assembly has it in its power to de- I dare itself a political machine for any purpose" 1 The "workingman" therefore who wishes to found a new party in this State in the interests of workingmen is out of order Why should the working- 1 men wish to array against themselves the party numerically the strongest in 1 Tennessee? The scheme is so illogical that it betrays its Republican inspire- eon Did Not Write the Letter TORONTO ONT March 10--Arch- bishop Lynch has published a card do flying the authenticity of the letter said to have been addressed to Lord Montague by Cardinal Manning in which the latter expressed sentiments of regret at having joined the Catholic Church The card incltides the following addressed by the Cardinal to the Very Rev Dean Harris of St Catherines Oat: "You are perfectly right in believing that the letter imputed to me was not only never written by me but contradicted every conviction of my intellect and every sentiment of my heart Five and thirty years of peaceful and thankful Catholic life have set a seal to my faith in the only church of God I would ask you to be so kind as to show this letter to my dear friend the Archbishop of Toronto with my kindest regards You are at liberty to make whatever 1150 you will of these words Believe me "Yours very faithfully "HENRY "Cardinal of Westminster" 41 A DISPUTI SS old SS the FrancoTrusr elan war has just been settled between I Germany and Belgium While this ii war was waging Germany seized a num- bet of Belgian railway cars which hap- pened to be in her territories for the t' nurpose of transporting troops and sup plies Afterthe close of hostilities the cars were retained and payment refused' After long litigation and negotiation the matter has finally been settled by the -payment of about one fourth the value of the pmperty seized A Nom plan for conferring the beneC1 fits of a university education upon the poorer classes has been started in En gland This plan is to establish a circu riding system of teaching the teachers to be selected from among the graduates of the universities Whenever any community shall sign a sufficient num ber of pupils who upon payment of a small sum are willing to undertake the it prescribed course of studies its reel-lc dente will be entitled to instruction un(ler the Examinations will be held and degrees conferred THE Washington special to the Phila delphia Times probably from its astute and observant editor Col McClure says the blunder of the Senate' present con' test with the President is the greater be taut "no good can possibly come to the party that inaugurates it and a good deal of harm is probable To talk a i month or two and then pass resolutions declaring the President has done wrong la the most that can come of it Nobody will pay any attention to the constitu tional discussion nhte days after it has been on and nobody will read a single 1 speech made On the subject In the meantime President Cleveland's plain statement will have been read and 'digested everywhere and will continue to have the upper bold OR the public mied As for the suspensions over which the con hoverer has grown theBenate's resolves will not restore a single man If the President is compelled to send in new nominations be will be making two blades of political gram grow where only one grew is he will n6t be responsible for the rejection and will get the credit for two appointments where otherwise he would have had but one The longer this is kept up on him the stronger be will grow and the weaker the Senate will become before the I it pl pl es fu to th lo fit Pa Rio Tit to of col be an PI de bo de an thi teo tal pa de I too de i wi be apt tin me evo for tro wil Pro no bia ono res get wit Otif the the A Votes from the of pre-eminence for her is at all extravae gent Her lately acquirea facilities in the book-making art have made her a formidable rival of the more select Northern and Eastern puhliebers in deed in some important features our home books and periodicals far excel any from abroad even those from infallible Boston But as Southern Methodieni is now somewhat before the public for as it view of its quadrennial operatiens which close with the General Conference in Richmond next May we desire to notice the character and scope of a few of the latest lames from its book press in this city We take only the leading volumes put upon the market the pest year Some of these are under nommational others altogether non-reli0 gioue i First on the Hat in order of merit aa well of time is Bishop McTyeire's "Hietory of Methodiein" It enjoys the rare distinction of being the only histoi ry of the Church by a Southerner Ev3 ery page reveals the hand of a master word-builder and faithful historian He discuses the great subject of theChurch's Disruption and its concomitant issues in a spirit of utter impartiality and with an argumentative power that car- ties conviction to every unbiased mind The work as a whole is justly esteemed a classic by the educated of all Chrisr tian sects into whose hands it has gone The author and the communion he rep resents are signally honored in the fact that this history has won such high favor within a twelve-month "Studies Supplementary" is al corn- panion volume to "Studies in thti Forty Days Between Our Lord's Resurrection and Ascension" by that eminent savant Dr Andrew A Lipscomb While these studies haze inestimable value in their central purpose--the characterization of the woria's Savior in his supernatural being and the effect of his appearances during that period upon his disciples-they captivate the reader by their exquisite ideal forms constituting as they do in their touches of true art so many divine pictures and statues fine glimpses of Raphael's and Angelo's creations showing unmIstakable affinity of genius between and our author These volumes were the result of Dr Lips-comb's affectionate interest in his young student friends whose name is legion in the Southland They are peculiarly adapted to that class of readers but they will be found a source of the highest enjoyment mad profit to all who can appreciate ripe scholarship unaffected goodness and masterful ideality as embodied in chaste and pleasing literary structure "Initial Life" by Leo Rosser of Virginia and "The Old and New Man" by Dr Anson West of Alabama have each a distinctively metaphysical trend and their respective themes are ably elucidated The only authorized volume of Rev Sam Jones' sermons which was issued to meet the pcpular demand that developed immediately after his campaign in Nashville last summer has reached a sale of more than thirty thousand copies and is likely to extend to fifty thousand before another series is printed This phenomenal success of the book is characteristic of the irrepressible evangelist A very large special edition was sold in Canada A revised and enlarged edition of the "Life of Dr Summers" by Dr Fitzgerald has met with a glad reception and a good sale as was to have been expected "Centenary Cameos" a singularly fine grouping of elect Methodist personages is the latest production of this entertaining writer who excels in this department of biography The 'Hand-book of Logic" by Prof John Tigert of Vanderbilt Faculty has proved most timely for the teachers and students of that intricate but all- important science Although but a few months out of pion it has been adopted as a text-book by a score of the principal collegiate institutions and already the increasing demand has rendered a second edition necessary Prof Tigert presents 1 in attractive style a concise body of logical doctrines including modern ad- ditions with numerous practical exercises His method has been commended by some of the most distinguished educators in the land which gives him high I prestige as a young author Ile is to be i congratulated "Around the World" is a profusely illustrated and most readable book of travel by John Gorman associate I editor of the Talbotton (Ga) New Era Aside from its sprightly descriptions of foreign scenes and Incidents and its I thentic history of people and their in- stitutions it Is specially valuable on account of the narrator's careful intelli- I gent study and presentation of the tea culture and other farming and industrial operations in the East Mr Gorman is not only a large-hearted 1 Christian gentleman but a gay bachelor a and is so smitten with the self-sacrificing lady missionaries in China that he will dolaate a large share of the profits ariaing from sales of his book to the support of the work in which these ladies are en- i gaged He confidently expects to die-pose of 10000 copies of this book in a Georgia alone Another edition of Dr Bar- rison's "Living Christ" having been i called for since the somewhat acrid re- ception given it by certain of the breth- ren be has responded by adaing to very interesting chapters This work is In Dr Harrison's best vein although as he states it was written while he was 'passing through the deep waters of affliction" It is well known that the it world's richest heritage im the empire of mind has been the outgrowth of these sacred conditions of bereavement it What is perhaps destined to prove the crowning excellence of Dr Harrison's literary labor is a volume now in press a which he entitles "The High-churchman a Disarmed: a Defense of Our Methodist Fsthers" It is an historical work cover- a Jag matters of greatest moment both to religionists and secularists and will a "make a stir" when it is forthcoming II "Military Annals of Tennessee" by I Dr Lindsley has been noticed by a the press of the State from time to time The appearance of this anxiously await e- a tr tr Ls I II 8 I I it it a of Me appearance of this annlOoOly twattp 1 Thomas Bransford James Irwin Rumen John Lawler Wm Garrett Martin Chatham Coffee Thomas Perkins Jr Boone Carnee Marshall John Nor1- ton Porter First Lieutenants Win McMurray A Blackburn Polk Johnson James Cockle rill Lieutenants Coekrill Brown Wilson Debit ney Collier John A Powell Joseph Sevier Livinsgton Black Winston Geo Cowan Jno Eaton Sergeant-Major Mee Farland SurgeonO Grant Jos Plunkett Joel Hall Chaplain Quintard Assistant Adjutant General WmB Munford Adjutants Thom-it as Joel A Battle Jr Thomas Harvey Mathes Geo Guild John I) Iluhn Ensign Gibbs Sergeant Newton Cannon Corporal Robert Coles man Privates Geo Wharton Mos reau Estes Thos Estes Henry Ramage Albert Fall Jos Campo- bell (these six privates form the fronds-piece group) John Slayden Harry Gordon Wm McNamee A Nub-ken Thos Turley Jas Clary Jas Fentress A Collier Young Maclin Martin Wm Sanford One of the best books of its class ever published here is just nearing collude- I sermons and addresses of Bishop Geo Pierce and of his father Dr Lovick Pierce edited by Dr A 1 Haygood himself an author of celebrity 1 in and out of his Church He thus speaks of the Pierces: "It is not the language of exaggeration to say that not 1 many greater preachers have appeared in Methodist history Possibly future times may develop as great or greater preachers but two such men will appear no more the conditions of life that made them what they were are gone for- ever" Still another rare volume will soon adorn the book-shelves and will thence quickly find its way to libraries and center-tables This is the life and writings of the late Bishop Linus Parker by Dr Galloway editor of the New Orleans Christian Advocate It is on a somewhat unique not so ponderous a work as that of the Georgians it is true yet replete with a fund of philosophy and criticism remarkable for its charming variety and its sprightliness of tone The biography by Dr Galloway is eminently faithful to the subject He wields a most grace- ful pen In the collocation of the Beth- op's writings he has evinced well-nigh 1 faultless taste Altogether he seems to have been the right man for this undertaking Bishop MeTyeire has supplied the introduction which is a character- I istic performance bold just and timed- ble throughout For example this is a timely rebuke he administers to those guilty of the sin' of electioneering for office in the church: "It is poseible that rt the history of simony and of the corrupt practices of State churches might die- 1' close the origin of that question in the past It remains a proper ti question still for the possible evils it r' suggests or guards against A preacher of excellent standing thus addressed an- 11 other in whose friendshipand judgment 131 he confided: 'I have been written and spoken to by several persons about my t1 election to the episcopacy What shall I The answer was: 'Do nothing As you fear God and love the church t1 and seek the path of is the path of right along as no General Conference were approaching (1 doing nothing of purpose to promote your election and on the other hand t1 doing notking of purpose to prevent it A soldier may not maim himself to keep lc from being detailed or drafted for any 131 service Ambition self-seeking and Cl intrigue are entitled to no position in the church Hold an even scale and 5 1 then you can conscientiously accept the 0 result of the balances and of the ballots If you are thus elected expect official al grace for official usefulness and without scruple answer the question that meets tr you on the threshold: 'Are you per- 1( suaded that you are truly called to this P' ministration according to the will of our al Lord Jesus Christ?" of the books enumerated the histories t( are octavos the others duo decimos 3 ranging from three hundred to eight or gl nine hundred pages each Many small- d' er volumes of great merit and popular- ity which cannot be mentioned here 1 have been added to the catalogue of this house and its business activity the en- al suing year promises to equal that of the tt past In the Sunday-school department n1 the showing is even better than else- tt where in the house Nearly four mil- Fe lion periodicals besides song books and 113 other requisites have been printed and n1 distributed Prof McIntosh's song book "New Life" has reached the enor- Cr mous sale of seven hundred thousand copies lie has just supplemented it sc with "New Life No 2" said to be his nr very beat collection which it is predict- In ed will have as great a run as the first 1 ta What we have said of these eublica- 1 ce tions is not fulsome meaningless praise tc but candid richly deserved commendation Their defects are so trivial that th it were hypercritical to point them out Iv The approved quality of this work literary typographical and otherwise is CU due to the skill energy intelligence and 1 BU faithfulness of all specially engaged in I nr its production Such a fortunate union I ne of well-directed effort is about the only be capital that can be safely relied upon in t41' the publishing business tal While the million people of the Meth- odist Church South whose institution 133' the Publishing House is have been 1 grandly loyal to that interest sustaining through the gloomy crisis horn 1873 to the favorable reaction in 1878 and thenceforward fostering and encouraging n( with unparalleled liberality Dr Mc- at Perrin's providential continuance in health and at the head of its affairs with able coadjutors and advisers has marked happy conjuncture of circumatanceg th All have wrought well but like the I or name of the architect cut deep in the eternal granite of the Alex- A andrum Pharos and which long oat-lived the plaster-graven name of Ptolemyx the king Dr McIerrin's el name will survive as the chief architect th the better fortunes of the Publishing Si a I it on for in of the one the to Lake and The jlouae 11 superfluous waste of energy an excresence on the otherwise well balanced and compact plan of creation oi in plain English the Almighty Architect's one mistake No on can question that earnest study expand the mental capacities liberalizes tht judgment and strengthens the moral fac ultiee and that the power of art dependi upon the ability of the student to real ize it and if one would make study a success muAt realize that success is nothing more that doing what is done well without the thought of fame Trusting that the remarks and the following extracts will have a tendency to awaken an in proper culture of the voice and music as a science and art is the prayer of your humble servant BLACK It has been mown conclusively by scientists such as Tyndall and Helmholtz that our present system of melody i and harmony not of necessity the result of our physiological organization but to a very great extent the fruit of education every step of which can be clearly traced and linked to the preceding one and that it is necessary for those who devote themselves to the art of music to pursue a course of development in accordance with that followed by art itself It is therefore necessary to cultivate the ear and the eye in such a manner that the musical chirography may be translated without the mechanical contrivance in the shape of an instrument with keys of ivory and wood The piano is one of the means which contributes more than any other towards making a person unmusical From childhood tip it is: not the tone or interval designated by the characters called notes which is made the principal object of attention but the mechanical action of pressing down certain keys Instead of causing the player before producing the tone by the mechanism of the instrument to have a mental perception of it the latter is made dependent upon the former So it happens that of the innumerable students of the piano the most brilliant can form no idea how a composition sounds without resorting to what becomes in their hands pous arinus Not that I underrate the great service which that instrument does to every musician for it is the universal medium by which the public can be familiariaed with the great masters but when abused or used in the wrong direction it becomes an enemy to the proper cultivation of our facaltiesand am fully convinced that through singing and through the use of the vocal organs the gall nature meet be developed In order to sing or hum a certain tone is necessary to have a mental perception of it We have not a piece of ivory or wood to press down and then passively accept the result of this or that tone before- we reproduce it So far as the gift of tone memory by which a so-called "absolute" pitch is retained may be vouchsafed to few only yet there is but little doubt that if from childhood up an attempt were made to impress upon the mind the names of the tones as they are heard almost every one could acquire that faculty Even men of such wonderful talent as Schuman recognized the necessity of cultivating the ear in this direction for in his 'Advice to Young 3Insicians" he says: "The cultivation of the ear is of the greatest importance Endeavor easily to distinguish each tone and key Find out the exact notes sounded by the bell the glass the cuckoo" Waving however the matter of "absolute pitch" every one who practices an instrument of fixed tones should not neglect in a systematic way to study and familiarize himself with all the intricacies of the musical scale both in their melodic and relations it is only by patient unremEting application that the required results can be attained as in everyday life the ear is not exercised in discerning musical tones and their relationships while the eye is trained every moment to distinguish colors measure distanees the ear deals mostly with confused' sounds and has not much occasion to compare tones their musical significance Music unlike architecture painting and sculpture has no prototype in nature "The musical system le the result education and I would impress upon minds of students in music the necessity of counteracting the pernicious influence with which instruments must need exert unless the musical nature is developed at the same time by less mechanical means" Penfield said: "Whenever I have a scholar who comes to me from schools where singing is taught by note I find invariably something definite and tangible to work upon I find a perception more or less clear of all the scale tones and of relative tune In singing must have a mental conception of tone before he CM sing it Not so with tones on the key board In fact many who become reasonably prodcient in piano playing seem to have to such tone conception and therdore never can sing sad such pretense can never accomplish great things at the key board" The first thing to be done le teach people to sing then let them lessons on keyed instruments Sight reading should underlie the whole system Women Sultroglats Attempt to Vote CHICAGO March 10--An interesting feature of the registration under the new city election law yesterday was the attempt of several members of the En glewood's Women's Suffrage Association the Woman's Eighth Club to have their names entered upon the books in order that they might vote election day first attempt was made by Mies Dr Adeline A Rowe in company with Miss Bassett 78 years old who had voted in Minneapolis and Mensacbusette in school elections and Mrs Felton Together they walked to the polling place of Sixteenth Precinct and stated their The election commissioners were ir Is le Is 1- a I- 11 1- 1 ES idreo The election commistgom 1 i I 111 try '1 1 4 1 RICHMOND VA March 10---The telegram from Wheeling Va published on Saturday the Oth inst announcing that Col Vincent A Witcher had been lynched in Wayne County that State for the murder of his wile is wholly without foundation The Whig of this city to-day publishes the following card from Col Witoher himself: "Danville Va Moral 8 18A6--To the Richmond Whig Richmond: The tole 1 gram in your paper of the 7th inst from Wheeling IV Va dated the 6th instint reference to myself is wholly false and( its author a malicious slanderer A Wircniza" The telegram was extensively pub-- I lished in Virginiapapers of Sunday the 7th inst and wmfirst see by Col Wit- 1 cher himself that day He is now a reel-) dent of Pittsylvania County where he has been living with his wife for past two year and has not been in thsy West Virginia durifik that period I An Important Lino Diisppearo ST Louis March 10--An important factor of the evidence in the case of II Brooks alias Maxwell the alleged murderer of Chas Arthur Preller has disappeared and diligent search is being made for it The lost link in the chain 4 of evidence against Brooks is the chamois money belt whish Preller wore about his body just previous to his death and which was afterwards found in one of Maxwell's trunks The belt had been cut from the body and the shape-of the incision corresponded exactly to the shape of a pair of scissors also found among Maweirs possessions All aorta to recover the lost have thus far been fruitless IT is ridiculous to say that because private letters to the President are placed for the sake of convenience in the departments that they become ipso facto public documents As Mr Cleveland aptly and sarcastically says there is no magic in departmental files which can work ouch a change If the President should see fit to deposit hi love-letters in the departments is there any man idiot enough to contend that it would thereby become a public documtnt and that the Senate would have a right to enjoy their perusal? And yet the very reaaon why it would not applies to the letters now asked for by the Senate viz: that they are private papers which concern nobody but Mr Cleveland It is true that they have a reference to duties which Mr Cleveland is to discharge in his official capacity but it is equally true that this is exclusively his business and that it does not in any manner concern the Senate Looking at it in a common sena() view common sense people would be apt to say that a letter referring to an act pertaining exclusively to the person to whom the letter is addressed for wlkich he is responsible to nobody and which concerns no one except him is a private letter Il it is not a correct definition of a private letter would impart interesting information to the public SENATOR SHERMAN when he prematurely sprung a debate in the Senate some days ago in regard to the action of the President in withholding from the Senate the papers which are now the subject of the controversy with the President used the following language: If he should give any reason for withholding a example because it is marked "oonfidential" I should not objf et If there are papers not meant for the public eye and he should choose to withhold them as a matter of confidence I should say that that was a cabe perhaps for the exercise of discretion It seems that the President in the message which he subsequently sent to the Senate has done his best to satisfy Senator Sherman He has given very emphatic reasons for withholding the papers and among them the very reasons which Mr Sherman has declared would be satisfactory to his mind viz that they are "confidential" and "not meant for the public eye" In other words they are private papers Of course the President is to be the judge as to whether or not they are private it would destroy their privacy if he were not If Senator Sherman bad been able to restrain his impatience to jump on the President until after the coming of the message that part of his speech perhaps would not have been uttered Nineteen of the thirty-four tura of the grant Monument Association met yesterday and perfected an organization Ex-President Arthur was made chairman Joseph Morgan treasurer and Greiner rieeretary TUB BLAIR BILL Tax AMERICAN in its yesterday's issue made a specious and misleading argument against the Blair Bill by dwelling upon the objectionable amendment Offered by Senator Plumb providing that text books nsed in the schools in the State" be submitted to the Secretary of the Interior for his approval Tii AMEMCAN billed to state that Mr Plumb's amendment was promptly rejected and failed also to inform it readers that Mr Plumb persistently voted with the opponents of the bill on almost every question brought up The truth is Mr Plumb was like THE AMERICAN opposing the bill and the proposed amendment which THE AMERICAN harps upon wets evidently offered by the brae Republican Senator from Kansas for the purpose of obstructing the final passage of the Banner Tax AMERICAN stated the exact facts in tegard to the Plumb amendment and atitted them so plainly that there is not the slightest excuse for the Banner's assertion that its statement was specious and misleading It is the Banner's statement that is specious and misleading in the extreme Tex Axzerczit did fail to state that the amendment was entirely rejected because such a statement would not have been the truth What THE Amioucze did it is the whole truth plainly this: This amendment so far as It made the State's right to the fund depend noon the filing of such list of books and their approval was rejected but on being afterward rebewed was adopted so far as to require such list to be filed without in terms making it a condition upon which the-money should be paid This statement will not mislead any man who can understand the Engjish language but a statement which refers to the rejection of the amendment without any allusion to its subsequent renewal and partial adoption may well be characterized as "specious and misleading" The Banner's statement that "Mr Plumb voted with the opponents of the bill on nearly every question brought up" and that his amendment was intended to obstruct the passage of the bill is equally specious and has no possible bearing upon the argument Whether Mr Plumb had any occult object hostile to the bill we have no means -of knowing We have no such definite knowledge as our esteemed contempors On! if I only bid her complexion Why it Is easily obtained Use Pozzont's Pow der For sale by all druggists and fancy goods dealers 7111y Pow kicy 4 A IETTEICIAL SWINGING ELEMENT A Washington special intimating that the Republicans are arranging for active work looking to the Senatorial election in Tennessee by the next General Miserably says: Tbe Demoends bays a legisladve majority of tb rty-two in Tennessee by the last election but the Republicans think there is an element la that butte which can be ewung over to their side They have more than half the ninety seven counties in their hands now and are said to contemplate an energetic move to capture the Leginlature What is this element which is on the swing? Probably the reported niving bore so confidently counted upon is 'a mere rehash of the information given to the Philadelphii Press by Mr Robert Porter upon the alleged authority of persons connected with the railway interests of the State It will be remembered that Mt Porter assured the Republican readers of the Presa that "proper management and the right men to the front will make Tennessee a Republican State and send men to Washington who will not vote every time against the interest of the State" Ills waa very emphatically denied by Mr Porter's alleged litho ity and Mr Porter so far as we have seen bas never explained in manner to relieve himself of the Implied charge of misrepresentation for partisan effect We have no doubt the Republicans will maize "an energetic move to capture the LeUzdure" but we are aware of no ale- Dfl the Democratic party carried la the WOI Ben T1 thir the that side Leal awii beri the Per per! tere NEW AEVERTIMEMENTS EXCIUSI011 to Calierma DAISY ROUTE: Mott leinie of Pneumonia Prrrancuo March 10--Pneumonia has become epidemic at McKeesport Within the last few days more than a dozen residents of the borough have fallen victims to its ravages and physicians attribute it to natural gas One of them said: "I have no doubt that natural gas is responsible not only for pneumonia but for many other diseases of the respiratory organs It is a great convenience but as it is burned now the grates are almost clooed up and no provision made for ventilation The result Is the atmosphere of the entire house not only becomes very dry but is not only INCOME very ary but To California and Texas Points via Memphis Little Rock Railroad Through cap route and )ijk through Emigrant Sleeper and Wagner's Roulet Sleepers from Little Rock through to California Points with solid train from Little Rock to 4 El Paso Excursion round trip rates good for idz months from Nashville to San Francisco Ind California Cities SOL From Ms line of the Railroad coupon stations $9415 1 1 'Pickets on sale Natoli 15 16 and 17 On sale daily from Nashville first-class to San Imo chino 642 Emigrant 132 For general bformation address a LIAllit 8 Passenger Ageot cud ROGIERS IthohoiLle Tama 1 1 'MILLER 13 Agent 'Mitll 11r Limo lock 4tk 1 AQUI ALEA vitiated by the product of combustion" Considerable sickness la this city heel been traced to the same source and quite a number of people are talking of dismuthluing the use of gas discontinuing WO use of gait I 7 1)07's pocket which can be swung ry has of the mysterious operations' of "Ix IC11 proper management and the the Senator's mind but we feel justified I Ilia is probably Mr For- i in the assurance that 'if he had any Buell 1 chestnut warmed Over object in view it not shared chestnut warmed over In view It Iran nos shared I 4 oE.