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POPULAR SONGS THAT
ARE ALWAYS POPULAR.
Vorls Music Drnl<-r> Tell of
Sungs That Are in Urenteat Deninnil.
From the New York Press.
What is "popular" music. From the
viewpoint of the music dealer it is not
necessarily the modern "coon song,"
the sentimental ballad reeking with
the slang of the day, the "two-step"
or the catchy piano "piece.”
These perky productions all have
their day. For a month, perhaps,
they will sell in enormous quantities.
'Then comes a lull. Publishers say
they can "hear" it coming a week
before it arrives. Then there is a
sudden and decided easing up of the
presses which have been turning out
reams of sheet music night and day
for the few short weeks which usually
define the limit of existence of a mod
ern “hit."
On the other hand, there is a class of
"stuff"—to use the ordinary trade
terms—most of it written long ago,
which is staple and is always in de
mand. The head of one of the larg
est music stores in Broadway, whose
daily work enables him to keep his
finger on the popular pulse, not only
In New York but all over the country,
so far as the consumption of sheet
music is concerned, says few modern
"hits" live longer than a few months.
"We sell Hiawatha,’ 'Bedelia, and
‘Blue Bell’ in great quantities, because
there is a call for such pieces while
their vogue lasts,’ 'said he, "but the
bulk of our trade is In the old suc
cesses which were played by the pa
rents and grandparents of the young
folk who are learning music to-day.
You must not suppose that because a
new composition Is played by all the
bands, theater orchestras and street
musicians until you are tired of hear
ing them, to say nothing of their be-'
Ihg also in the repertoire of all the
private pianists who care more for
tinkling melody than solid musical
■worth, that the old songs and Instru
mental pieces are neglected. We in the
business know better than that.
“You must remember there are hun
dreds of thousands of piano teachers
in the United States. This includes
professionals and non-professionals.
Most of these instructors w'ant what
we call ‘teaching pieces.’ The modern
popular stuff is of little use to them,
and they frown upon it when they
chance to find it in the hands of their
pupils. They know of other composi
tions, melodious and pleasing, that also
contain the scales, the arpeggios the
chromatic runs the trills and other
decorative passages, to play which
with even passable smoothness means
much assiduous practice and conse
quent progress by the student. It is
these the teacher favors.
"Two of the best teaching pieces are
‘The Robin’s Return' and 'Moonlight
on the Hudson.’ The ’Return’ has
been netting for Its composer, Leander
Fisher, about $5,000 a year for the last
ten years. Before that it was not so
successful. Although copyrighted in
1870 it did not seem to make much
impression for a decade. Then it took
a jump, ‘and to-day we, in this one
store, handle about 400 copies a week.
For a piece nearly a quarter of a cen
tury ago, that, it not so bad. Music
copyrights run for forty-two years, so
Mr. Fisher or his heirs may count
on receiving a great deal more money
in royalties before the piece becomes
public property. ‘Moonlight on the
Hudson’ is by G. D. Wilson. It is not
quite so good a seller as the ’Return,’
but comes next, according to my ex
perience.
"Some of the real old timers are
still holding their own. There Is 'The
Maiden’s Prayer,' for Instance. It is
a showy piece, and has good practice
In octaves and runs, but does not call
for extraordinary skill. It is in the
fourth grade. The ’Return’ ‘and ‘Hud
son’ are In the fifth. There Is a
steady sale for the Prayer.’ although
it is several generations old. Its com
poser, Badarzeka, was gathered to his
fathers long ago. I suppose the secret
of the popularity of this piece lies in
the fact that it is usually effective,
considering that a player of very or
dinary capacity can interpret it.
" ‘Silvery Waves,’ is another old in.
strumental piece that does not drop
out. There is more execution demand
ed in playing the ‘Waves’ than In the
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’Prayer.’ Some of the runs, especial
ly in arpeggios, make the careless pupil
'sit up,’ I tell you. A good ’Silvery
Waves,' player can tackle most of the
other showy pieces you are likely to
find in the repertoire of a maiden in
her teens. ‘Monastery Bells’ is old,
but still sells. Like the ’Waves,’ this
piece makes some demand upon the
skill of the executant. But it is catchy
enough to be worth the trouble.
“Of course, every piano student must
play 'Home, Sweet Home,’ with Varia
tions. Grobe's arrangement is the one
most liked by teachers. They seem
to find in It the requisite amount of
difficulty for their pupils as well as
the melodious quality essential for a
really desirable teaching piece. You
cannot make a young girl study a com
position that has not something worth
while in the way of a ’tune.’ Teach
ers all realize that fact.
"All of E. W. Nevln's compositions
are big sellers, with ‘Narcissus’ leading.
Among other popular pieces, none of
them new, are 'Love’s Caprice,’ a tnor
ceau charaeteristique, which is 'a very
large seller. ’Hearts and Flowers,’ by
Theo. M. Tobani, is a favorite with
orchestras as well os for the piano 'at
home, as are all the battle pieces, such
as the 'Battle of Bull Run,’ ‘Battle of
Gettysburg,' and others commemorat
ing battles of this country. We sell
some of the famous old ’Battle of
Prague,’ but not rrfany. It is perhaps
the best of all the instrumental battle
compositions, but it is old fashioned
and does not excite sympathy in this
country on account of its foreign sub
ject and origin. Patriotism is a pow
erful factor in the music trade.
"Talking about patriotism, there is
alw'ays a steady and large demand for
instrumental arrangements of ‘The
Star-Spangled Banner,’ as well as for
the song, while ‘Yankee Doodle,’
‘America,’ ’Hall Columbia’ and ‘Dixie’
are called for every day in quantities.
By the way, ’Dixie’ is something that
we have to keep in large supply per
petually. While some of our custom
ers are Southerners, you would be sur
prised to know how many Northern
people buy ’Dixie’ simply because it is
melodious.”
A JAPAXKSE HERO.
One Example of the Spirit That Is
Actuating the Soldiers of Japan.
From Oscar King Davis’s “Japanese
Devotion and Courage" in the No
vember Century.
Sanko Takano, sergeant major, spec
ial duty, belongs to the Second Com
pany, Second Cavalry Regiment, Sec
ond division. On a dark night in
early April, soon after his regiment
had reached the Y.tlu river, he and
Dance Corporal Shinobu Watanabe
were sent out with a third man to as
certain the width and depth of the
main stream of the river, where it
flows between two large islands oppo
site Wiju. They crossed the first chan
nel in a boat which the sergeant major
and the corporal left on the first island
in charge of the third man. Then the
two worked across the island to the
main stream. The Russians occupied
a little village on the opposite side,
directly across from the place where
Takano and Whtanabe struck the river.
Takano saw that it would be very
difficult to get across without attract
ing their attention. Ice was running
in the river, and the water was bit
terly cold. Takano thought that If
he tried to swim he would surely arouse
the Russians. So he determined to
walk across on the bottom of the river,
rising occasionally for breath! They
had a coil of light rope with them. Ta
kano took off his uniform and fas
tened one e/id of the line to his body.
Then he picked up a stone to help hlin
keep on the bottom, and w*aded in,
leaving the lance corporal to hold the
rope by which he was to be dragged
back whenever he gave a signal of two
sharp pulls.
Pounded by the ice and chilled to
the marrow by the cold water. Taka
no struggled on. The water rose over
his head, but the heavy stone he car
ried him to keep on the bot
tom. Now toe could walk a little fas
ter. for he was free from the batter
ing ice; but as he neared the center
of the stream the current grew
swifter and swifter, until, if it had
not been for the stone ha carried, it
would have swept him down. He
grew numb from the cold, and It took
all his strength, stout swimmer as
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS* WEDNESDAY.NOVEMBER 9. 1904.
■ill is
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Discovery Has Been Made
by Prof. Benson.
No Drugs Used, but Cure Is Made by
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in Lungs.
The Georgia State Tuberculosis Con
vention which convened in Macon, Ga„
Oct. 18, agreed that tuberculosis could
be cured and a committee was organ
ized to devise means of stamping out
this disease. The committee is com
posed of prominent physicians from
every part of the state. It seems that
the sentiments of the Georgia conven
tion are the same as those of the In
ternational Tuberculosis Congress,
which convened in St. Louis in the
early part of the month. While the
Georgia convention said nothing per
taining to the Beneonizer System, the
action of the international congress
placed great stress upon it.
It seems that there have been many
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by the use of the Bensonizer System.
This treatment is anew one and when
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tuberculosis germ. It stands to reason
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Prof. Benson, who discovered this sys
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While the medical fraternity is slow
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he was, to rise to the surface and
stay there long enough to breathe.
Yet he dared not drop the weight,
for he knew he could not get down
to the bottom again. So he worked,
with Watanabe paying out the rope,
until he felt the bottom rising and
knew he was beyond the middle of
the stream. Almost senseless, Taka
no stumbled along, striving to carry
out the letter of his orders and reach
the opposite bank. But not even
Japanese nature could stand such a
test, and Watanabe, waiting on the
bank, felt the long, steady pull on the
rope that told him Takano had lost
consciousness. With all his might
the corporal hauled in the line, and
soon had the unconscious sergeant
major out of the water.
A brisk rubbing and the contents of
his flask finally revived Takano. who
got into his warm, dry uniform again
and started back with the corporal
across the island. But when they
reached the place where them had left
the boat, it was gone. The third
man, concluding that they had been
captured by the Russians, had started
back. There was nothing for it but
to swim, so in the two men plunged.
The floating ice hammered them and
the cold water numbed them, so that
they could not make headway against
the current and were carried down
stream. But fortune had not desert
ed them, and they drifted against the
boat in which their comrade was
trying to scull back to shore. He,
too, had been swept down stream by
the swift water and the ice which
hindered his sculling. He hauled
them in. and soon they were landed on
the Wiju side, to be commended by
their captain for showing the real
spirit of Yamato Damashil.
OPENING A NKW WORLD.
Microscope May Make It Possible to
See Even the Theoretical Molecule.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The microscope has been improved
recently by a simple invention to such
an extent that it seems probable par
ticles the size of the theoretical mole
cule may he rendered visible. The ad
dition to the microscope that accom
plishes this wonderful visual achieve
ment is based on a simple and well
known principle. Every one has ob
served that a beam of sunlight in a
darkened room renders visible the
motes in the air that are too small
to be perceived under ordinary con
dition*. Two European savants, Sied
entopf and Zsigmondy, worked out a
micruscqpe attachment which would
collect light Into a concentrated beam
and then throw It in a horizontal di
rection across the field of vision and
at right angles to the line of vision
through the microscope. The result
ing transformation in the field Is in
credible. Astronomer* are fond of tell
ing of the million of etare visible
through their powerful Instruments
which are not visible to the nuked eye,
and still countless other millions that
are too faint to affect the retina of the
eye, but which are strong enough to
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scope by a horlsontal beam of concen
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the same Impression s* the astronomer
receives when looking through his most
powerful Instruments.
Millions of particles beyond the
range of the microscope .as It has been
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with an Intense brllllency. The In
creased range of vision opens a mar
velous field of possibility. It has al
ready given birth to anew science
known as "iliramlmsnApy." Indicat
ing the hitherto unkuow n world of In
finitesimal minutiae H means that a
new agent of research has been placed
in the ltd lid* of the chemist and bac
teriologist. The uitrsmicroscope Is ss
powerful that chemical ahaugse lovlsi-
ble to the eye, or the microscope, are
rendered apparent, and the actions of
putrefactive bacteria, may be studied
With comparative ease. Large complex
molecules, such as occur wlthprotelds,
potato starch, etc., are rendered visi
ble.
The early experiments with this new
microscope indicated that it was
adapted to use only with liquids, and
studies of glycogen, proteids, etc., of
great exactitude were reported. Re
cently it has been found that the focal
illumination is particularly adapted to
the study of living organisms, such as
bacteria. It is claimed that micro
organisms one-fourth of a mlcromilll
metre In size can be readily distin
guished in form without tedious pre
liminary incubation, staining or other
processes.
Practically all the work with the
ultra-microscope has been done abroad.
In applying the method to proteid so
lutions glittering moving particles are
observed which vary in number with
the concentration or strength of the
solution.
These particles are believed to be
protein molecules or molecular groups.
Several German investigators conceiv
ed the idea of diluting the solution un
der observation until a minimum
number, say three or four, of these
glittering particles could be observed
at any one time 'within a given field
of vision. The amount of dilution
gives a quantitative value of their de
termination. and this has been desig
of course, with different substances
all the way from 250 to 800,000. In
other cases, horse-serum, which had
been subjected to the action of an
electric current showed a dilution
value of 7,000,000.
As an example of how studies in di
gestion and similar chemical combina
tions may be carried out the follow
ing abstract is quoted: “Twenty cubic
centimetres of fat-free milk, diluted
with distilled water to 100 cubic cen
timetres, had an ultra-value of 750,000,
and showed large particles and parti
cles which were smaller and less glit
tering. Treated with a tenth gram
of pepsin and four-tenth gram of a
25 per cent, hydrochloric acid, this
quantity of fat-free milk had an ul
tra-value of 500,000 after standing in
the incubating closet two hours and
an ultra-value of 750.000 after stand
ing twenty-four hours. This remark
able increase in the number of visible
particles was confirmed by control ex
periments. After standing sixty-two
hours the value decreased to 250,000
and none of the large particles was
observed.” In a diastase solution the
glycogen particles were visible in a
dilution of one to 3,000,000. and had a
size of about one 600,000 th of a milli
meter. or less than 24 ten-milllnths of
an inch. This enables the medical In
vestigator to observe albumins in so
lution with the certainty of the quan
titative determination of sugar by the
polarization method, one of the most
sensitive and delicate determinations
known to physical science. The de
termination of the form of bacteria
without staining or culture media con
stitutes an enormous advance, as it
not only expedites such work, allow
ing the determinations to be made in
stantly, but it permits the observer to
watch the effect of bactericidal and
antiseptic substances and electric cur
rents on micro-organisms.
A CRUEL, TEST OP LOVE.
Plan of a Chicago Girl to Sound Her
A lltanred’N Loyalty.
From the Providence Journal.
“Better is a dinner of herbs where
'love Is than a stalled ox ‘and hatred
therewith.” It is a Chicago girl who
has found out that mere than, even
when in love, prefers the stalled ox.
Miss Sarah Hart, who is being sued
by Mr. John Gregson for SSOO worth of
presents, has told in court how she
tested the temper of the plaintiff and
found It lacking in sweetness. The two
avere afftanced, and Mr. Gregson seems
to have been generous; but Miss Hart
knew that however warmly men may
woo their qualities as husbands are
another matter. “I had queer ideas
on marriage,” she said, and so she en
deavored to provide against future
disillusion. When she had other
friends present on the occasion of his
visits he was not unnaturally somewhat
exasperated. The man whose eyes are
on the Beloved Object resents the gaze
of others. He bears, like the Turk,
no brother near the throne. He will
not endure that other lips and other
hearts their tale of love should tell.
Even an amiable lover might Justly
have resented Miss Hart’s conduct in
this particular; nor might she have
endured similar conduct if the cases
had been reversed. Perhaps if Mr.
Gregson had been shrewd he would
have gone philandering elsewhere. But
he did not; he simply left the house in
a huff.
But Miss Hart had one more refine
ment of cruelty in store for him. She
devised another test of his patience
before she permitted fond love to grow
cold. She invited him to dinner, and
she cooked the meal herself and cook
ed it badly. This was more than mas
culine flesh and blood could be expect
ed to stand. Women will often half
starve themselves without compunc
tion; if there is no man in the house
they think it makes little difference
what they eat. Such a mistake is not
often made by the other sex. Men
believe with Burton that “cooking is
become an art, a noble science,” and
that "cooks are gentlemen.” Con
versely, ladies ought to know how to
cook. Miss H’art knew, but she pre
tended to the contrary. By her own
account Mr. Gregson behaved extreme
ly well In a difficult position. “He
didn’t say much about the soup. I
later learned that he was expecting
better things. The meat wasn’t ex
actly to his liking, but he still had
hopes of the salad. When that tfeme
and he tasted it his expression was
dark. But he still thought that he
dessert might be the redeeming fea
ture. 1 *
Can any woman lay her hand upon
her heart and affirm that Mr. Gregson
did not behave so far like a perfect
gentleman? He was enduring a cres
cendo of misery. The three essentials
of dinner are soup, salad and coffee.
Two of these had turned out 111, and
even the meat was as apples of Sodom.
He must have recalled John Taylor's
saying, “God sends meat and the devil
sends cooks.” But he politely refrained
from quoting It. Nor did he observe
that he could live without love, or ask,
"What is passion but pining?" or put
the query: "Where is the man that
can live without dining?” Yet he
might have reminded his tantalising
hostess of these elemental truths: and
she, if she had been wise, would have
understood the hopeless nature of her
experiment.
All human history attests
That happiness for man—the hungry
sinner!—
Since Eve ate apples, much depends
on dinner.
But possibly “Don Juan” la regarded
in Chicago as Improper reading for
the fair sex. However this may be,
Mies Hart took neither Byron’s advice
nor any one’e else; she went her will
ful way with fatal result*. When It
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came <to the dessert her John arose In
wrath and told her some home truths.
A 10-year-old girl, he said, would have
beaten her a mile In cooking.
Surely the test was not a fair one,
and Mr. Gregson has a right to receive
back his presents. There is hardly a
man living who would endure a bad
dinner, however much in love he might
be. Did not even the love-lorn Swain
of Solomon’s Song ask to be stayed
with flagons and comforted with ap
ples? “Pate oannot harm me—l have
dined to-day.” Such should be the un
spoken thought of him who rises "se
renely full” from the dinner table. But
had soup and worse salad and a dessert
that is unspeakable—what passionate
pilgrim can pay his devoirs at such a
shrine? Miss Hart’s experiment was
clearly illegal; it comes under the head
of cruel and unusual punishments. A
student In casuistry would be puzzled
to account for her desire to keep Mr.
Gregson's gifts after treating him so
abominably. His failure in patience
was a small fault compared with her
fiendish Ingenuity in tormenting him.
TOWNS FOR MEN ONLY.
Some of Them Are In This Country,
and All Are Desperate and
Reckless Communities.
From London Tid Bits.
Women outnumber men in our own
country, and it is a common complaint
in many British towns that "there are
no men.” In watering places like
Bournemouth and Torquay the num
ber of women residents so greatly ex
ceeds that of men that there is very
real ground for this complaint. Yet
within thirty miles of Torquay stands
a town, complete with hallway station,
post, telegraph and shops, which,
though not exclusively Inhabited by
men, has yet fully ten times as many
male as female residents. This is
GEN. KAULBARS AND A SCENE TYPICAL
OF DAILY SKIRMISHES AT THE FRONT
AN AFFAIR OF OUTPOSTS. V. Hl* V J|l
Prineetown, 1,400 feet above the sea on
the ridge of Dartmoor. While the
town, proper has but 300 to 400 Inhabi
tants, of whom rather less than hVilf
are womeu, there are nearly 1,000 con
victs. all me. to say nothin* of a
large number of warders, a compara
tively small proportion of whom are
married.
With the exception of one or two
temporary vlllkges, built of tin or can
vas, in which are housed navvies en
gaged on new waterworks and rail
ways, there are no towns or villages
In these islands in which women do
not find a home. Elsewhere, however,
(here are several such curious settle
ments.
One is to be found In Utah, surely
the last part of the world where one
would expect to see a city without
women. Its name Is fiunnyslde, and
,it Is inhabited by some 400 men who
'work In the new collieries recently es
tablished there. Most of the men are
married, yet on no account are they
permitted io bring their wives Into th
village. This banishment of the fair
sex Is not due to any freaklshnesa on
the part of employers or men. Tic
reason Is a purely business one, Thre
la some hitch In the company's title
to the 1.906 acres on which the village
and mines sre situated. The law of
the ststa of Utah permits famine*
Miusttlng rights on the claimed lands,
and the company (ears that tf the men
shewed to bring Uittfr better
halves to hunnyside claims might b
established to their cabins as perma
nent places of abode.
On the borders between China and
Russia in Asia, almost due south of
Lake Baikal, is a goodsized town
known as Maimatehin, which is ex
clusively inhabited by men. The place
has a considerable trade, qnd is also
a military outpost. An old law for
bids Chinese women to live in this ter
ritory. Indeed, they may not pass the
great wall of Kalkan or enter Mon
golia at all.
“The Prison of Ten Thousand” Is the
name given by the wandering Arabs
of the districts across Jordan to the
fortress monastery of Mar Saba on
the Dead sea. Not many years ago
there were actually 10,000 monks liv
ing In this grim and mournful retreat,
and even to-day there are more than
1,000 .left. The monastery is one of
the oldest In the world, having been
founded some 1,300 years ago by Eu
thymlus, who lived there In a cave dug
in the rocky wall of the Kedron rav
ine. The fair Empress Eudoxia form
ed a romantic attachment for this
stern anchorite, and built near by a
tower which still exists, from which
she might watch him at a distance
for, true to his vows, Euthymius ut
terly refused ever to see or speak to
a woman.
Now the tower Is inhabited by a
watchman, who keeps constant guard
against the incursions of prowling
Arabs. Twice during the past cen
tury the place has been raided by
hordes from the desert. The monks
who live there to-day are the most rig
orous of any in the Greek Church. They
pass their lives in everlasting penance,
with no hope of pleasure and no cheer
ful Incident. Many of them go mad
from the horror and desolation of their
surroundings. No woman Is permitted
to come within sight of Mar Saba.
News came recently of the burning
of Montana City, a goodsized place in
the state of Montana, which once held
over 5,000 Inhabitants. For two whole
days the fire raged, until the whole
SIM. HA RON HAVUBAJUb
place was reduced to ashes. Small
wonder that the conflagration was un
checked, for all the Inhabitants left In
the place were about 100 Chinamen,
who livecl by working the tailings of
the once valuable mines. It is said
that for many years a woman had not
been seen in the once prosperous town.
Another far Western settlement
which Is composed exclusively of men Is
Excelsior City, situated in a wild, rug
ged stretch of country on the Mexi
can edge of Southern California. This,
too, was once a mining town and has
many fine buildings, but the ore gave
out and it was deserted. Gradually it
became a resort for escaped criminals
and outlaws, who are practically all
men. There are said to be 300 Of them
In all, murderers and desperadoes ev
ery one. But as there is no port or
railway anywhere near they are en
tirely isolated and practically prison
ers. They "do no harm to any one, and
are, therefore, let alone.
You will not find Midi marked on the
charts. It is, Indeed, practically un
known to civilization, and yet it is on
the shores of that highway of civiliza
tion, the Red sea. It is the home of
pirates and slavers, a regular nest of
criminals. The place is inhabited al
most entirely by men; for the sheik
who holds absolute rule there only
permits a very few of his best war
riors to marry. Midi pays no tribute
to the Turkish government, and, as
It lies at the far end of a long, narrow,
muddy harbor, Inaccessible to war ves
sels, It seems probable that it may
pursue its lawless career, unchecked for
many years to come.
—“George,” said Mrs. Doveklns, "I
wish you'd tell me something." “What
is It, love?” “If It’s always such a se
rious thing when one army turns an
other flnak—and It seems that they
are always bound, to try to do It—why
do they have flanks?”—Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.