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IN DESPAIR. u to see Vesuvius in pectacle at um” i‘ Lble grandeur. TN glow that normal" crater, is now ex- yid tongue 'of lid“. 3 almost like trail' the heavens and 19' Lisite effect in th‘ 0. _A- merging everything ring the vegetation .hough fire has pam- Iormous quantity of I out of the crater. rang valley, a doe]! lie several inches distance down tho main and on the ad- YARDS WIDE. in the fearful out. 72, Director Ha]. I! almost certain . of the anul pho- atreams threatened opnlated districts in rtility of the soil is the best parts (on! gardened. But on. fertility, the num- '--vâ€" one subt "ram 9" by great outmm‘ . near the crater u of half a milo,in a principal stream .3 wide. Those, as :ho mountain aide, to smaller streams. .t the rate of forty (ginningâ€"t0 d?! “P. me in despair. all part§_ 0‘ Euro? don’t L! c. Una great I." [own certainly Will it is diverted from isten to boil)? 1 mountain is one ol tLE OF GOLD. curiously an“: ‘ Of the annnal want ObIOrvatol-y nave: . -"J muuo u: tWO Fm [he loops, or hmdholda, often ”On On the reins of track or ran! horses are ”manly made of lighter my)" * cm are patent handholda mad? 01 metal. The wooden buttons 80111001308 ."19!) reins. used as handholda, at". W ”1 pairs, one button on each put ”‘99 3 stem with a. thread cut on §t '1‘“ was through tho rain and 19 "Wed into the other button of the h” on the opposite side, than of a double harness about ti!- teen feet. For business. harnons rein- m made of leather, tanned blank; the reins of carriage harness no made of Meet-colored leather. Rains require to be very stout. Mid they are almost alwqa of steer hide. the leather of which traces are 111860.: these, however, being of more than1 a. thickness. Occastonally lines for H0 Fro-I tho Sta-tent of lather-A Word Aha!" landholdu. The reins of a set of single humans In each about 13 foot in length; I: is said that men who never drink, note or stay out late at night live to wipe old age. Perhaps that'l their punishment. Whenever some husbeude and wives Igreo it is to the effect that they made 1 carious mistake in marrying. There are but few female lawyers. A woman would rather lay down the law to one man than practice it in It sometimes happens that it takes a quake: longer to clear his throat than It does to clear the hall. fifiome men are too stubborn to to. knowledge the corn until you step on mi: toes. Beer is said to be tattenl’ng, but too .0611 of it will make a man loanâ€" minst something. Actors always like to tread the bards. but it's a deadly insult tonsk them how the walking in. Some man’s idea of making a night dit is their inability to remember mything the next morning. fiver-y man known how a wife should to waged, but few are able to do it. All the world’s a; prize ring, and all the men and women merely wrappers. A wise man baits his book with in- .mry, but a tool baits his with im- pertinence. wfint fvw wives who drive their hug. ands to drink have to use Whips. Poets are bornâ€"therefore their uh gators should be held responsiblq, A good dinne; often transforms a. bitter memory mto a. pleasant torso- A9 the wig is heat the limb in in. dined to go broke later. ‘ dude often turns. feminino had. 4,“; in the wrong (inaction. imarant wise man is log. n- “$353131: an educated fool. “b Time is caught by the tail more 1;... ”may than by the foralock. -. Some women .speak‘ little to mgr. Wt and but little to his mind. 3 ms unreliability vary titan t8. ”cow his féff- 1..-}- ..1... .:-L 3.. L 7 mm “mamas. F mm'tbomfli “Chm ‘1»:30 5;, “No.” “'3 hotter tin- it." ”if, harder to an. a penny “In !_.-I3-u1“- g.â€" .11.-.. They deck themselves; out 9, and than tumble to- WretchOd being will dance half an hour with my win 811's through the tongue. th form themselves into a are then new", together by 8 "‘ threaded with cord. They by the arms; and 1M1. In... Lne arms and look “3'0 a wire when ready for the thuugh‘t that the victims cou.~+iderahl y bâ€"eioféhand: sullen. dazed expression ‘oughout, but sometimes .int. 3 d are with great lght '1 and again. HARNESS REINS. of Gallsmiflu in Bengal, w“Awt:â€"tviiet"pre¢mnt time the band at a British infantry regiment consists of e banana-tor. one urgeent. one cor- pore] or lance sergeant. twenty priv- A the entity who were in the majority in nearly every regiment. Kneller Hall. near the famous town of Hounslow, Mid- dlesex. was chosen as suitable for the school. The latter was not designat- * ed as a first training-school for musi- cians. but to give thorough instruct tion to such members of regimental bands as showed special capacity. At the present time no man is eligible for the important place of handma- ter unless he has studied at the SCHOOL OF MUSIC. and has gained the necesnry diploma. ‘Lâ€" L-..) .1 .. When it was decided to organize the regimental bands of the British army, and to train the musicians who were to serve in them. one of the first ob- jects desired was to do away with the foreign bandmaatera (and bandsmen The year 1867 marks the dividing line between the new and the old in British military bands. In that year labill was passed providing that bands- men should be recruited as soldiers, should be enlisted on the same terms, should be regularly drilled, and serve in the ranks on emergency. In 1857 also the Royal Military School of Mu- sic was founded by the Duke of Cam- bridge. the commander-in-chief of the British army. This establishment is unique and deserves to be described in some detail. once did much to bring victory to British arms. end that the music which would seem uncouth and ridi- culous at the present day. was just as inspiring to the armies of Marl-l borough and Wolfe es the cultured1 performances under trained bandmes- ters of the present time. THE FANTASTIC COSTUMES. which the baudsmen wore in the time of Pepys, and the queer instruments which they played. 3 soldier of to-day could hardly find anything but the ridiculous. ’And yet it must be re- membered that these bands more than The names of the instruments used in the old days make quaint reading to-day. There were, besides the fires, bugle. and drums used at the present time. links, pommers, horns, brass horns. cremornes, jingling johnnies, an organization of comparatively re- cent growth. The first bands were to the fashionable regiments. Their expenses were defrayed by the officers. ‘and the uniforms of the musicians 'were entirely different from those of the regiments. Of course, the more1 wealthy the officers and the more fashionable the regiment, the more gorgeous were the uniforms of the band. and Pepys describes the musi- cians of the Life Guards as "rich with embroidery, velvet, cloth of gold and silver." In England. altlx in almost as old as regimental band as runs originally used in the ser- rellglon. instruments of brass cymbals and tambourines. £635» a! although military music 6 arts of war as in the It: is indeed, probable s. and stringed instru- the army itself, the now understood is ’ comparatively re- Bursa. Parllla Chlixtoru A return relating .to mortality in the French army. in tune of peace, of course. has just been published by the Journd Officiel. It covers the period between tmtsd 189'llinclusive. It gm. annm percentage of deaths for the first three years m‘ 8.88 per thousand. in the next two 10.” per thaw-ad. Between 1877 Na mum Bro-o Quinta. Niece. All Du M "(and the now it it ml. to One. In. Everyone must remember Kipling's story. “The Rout of the White Hus- sars.” In it he speaks of the great veneration felt by every man in the regiment for the old drum horse which the colonel wanted shot. The drum horse plays an important part in the bands of many regiments. It is usually some veteran of many wars and occupies somewhat the same place in the affections of _the men as the The bandmaster receives five shil- lings a day as a warrant officer. with seventy pounds a year added from the band funds. Besides this he takes his proportion of the earnings from priv- ate engagements, which are divided among the members of the band acâ€" cording to their rank. The governor provides for the instruments. but the other expenses, which are heavy, come out of the pockets of the officers. Very few of the! bandmasters have ever been made commissioned officers. Lieut. Dan Godfrey. of the Coldstream Guards. recently received this honor, and there is a movement on foot to give all the bandmasters commissions. ‘Vhether the officers of the British army. which is about the most conser- vative organization in the world. would consent to receive these addi- tional companions at their mess with- out protest cannot be said. for performing at public and private entertainments. The British bands are parts of the regular regiments. and 'the bandmaster and his men are ab- solutely at the orders of the com- manding officer. There was a case about two years ago in which one of the celebrated regimental bands was guilty of some slight infraction of discipline. It was only by the most abject apologies that the bundmaster and musicians were not all court-mar- txaled. FRENCH ARMY MORTALITY. . rt'a vuu Jul-5WD UILLIUHIL 36160- tlons. . It is on the evenings when the band ‘3 not expected to play for the offic- ers that the opportunities of the band- master and his men are found. Some of the crack regiments. such as the Grenadier Guards. possess bands whlch are famous all over the United Kins- dam. and EARN LARGE SUMS A Catholic church. two schoolmasters and ten professors. besides numerous l structed in all instruments used in military bands. harmony, counterpoint orchestration. conducting. and, in short. everything necessary for a ful- ly equipped bandmaster to know. From two to three years is the ordin- ary course. and at the end of his term the student is thoroughly examined. and if found efficient earns a diploma and usually remains at Kneller Hall as a teacher until there is a vacancy for a bandmaster. W'hen he reaches this position his work is. as has been said by no means light. but he is generally able to make o'clock there is individual practice. and from 10 o’clock until noon. full. fencerted practice. After dinner there is practice again. and once or twice in the week the band is expected toplay at the officers’ mess. Of course. 0}! any special occasion elaborate music 13 Provided. and in great reviews and 10 was A coy) m one my. . but the reward. if . . is propor- tionate. When he enters the S and increased em- olurnents which the place gives. and! £10881ny 3 commission in after years} given by the handmaster. After they 8 for .sogne of the American regâ€"infgnt. I pggq this examina- fronounced it e 1 disease. end preterlbed ocnl remedies. and by constently telling to cure with locnl treetment. pronounced i In- curable. Bolenoe lune proven essnvrh to be 0 constitutionel disenee and therefore requires oonstitntionnl treatment. 311’: Courrh Cure. manufactured by . J. Cheney I: 00.. Toledo. Ohio, III the only oonstitntlo s1 cure on the market. It is taken lntrrnnl y in doses frol- 310 drops too teeepoontul. It sets directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the eytten. 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