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THE UNION TIMES. UNION, S. C. Til K N KWS. At Latonia, Texan, firo destroyed sixteen business houses. The loss is estimated at $100,000. Tho football season opened on the 1st of October, and from now on tho gridiron beeomts the ceutor of interest in tho world of sport. Chairman Buck, of the Georgia State Republican party, lias issued u circular ordering the negroes to voto tho Populist ticket in tho State election. Iu August the Republicans offered to fuse iu Georgia, but Tom Watson refused. A recent order which has been completed by tho Chattauooga, Tenu., Foundry and Pipe Works was for the Mexican Central Railroad. Tho order comprised thirty-three carloads. 1 A special from Atlanta, Ga., says: It is estimated that Tom Watsou, Popllliuf nnmliiliifn f*\*? tr?on tivoairlnnf n-ill 'withdraw from tho ticket in disgust. Beuj. Harrison ban agreed to make two speeches under the auspice.* of tho National committee on his way homo from New York to Iudiaoapolis. Ono is to be delivered, at Richmond, Ya., tho second in Charleston, \V. Va. Capt. Reuben r*. Kolb and Col. P. G. Bowman, of Alabama, have deserted Watson and will stump tho State for tho Bryan and Sewall electoral ticket. Mr. Bryan up to date has made 205 speeches in 172 towns and cities of 22 States, and has already traveled, sinco his nomination for President, 8,022 miles, so said the New York World of Tuesday morui'jg. John W. V ickay. the California millionaire, ha? contracted with M. Muldoon, of Louisville, Kv., for a $100,<K)0 mausoleum, to be erected over the grave of his son in Greenwood Cemetery. New York. August Gilchrist, a prominentyoung man of Courtland, Ala., was shot and instantly killed by Miss Annie Ruflin, of Sardis, Miss. Miss Ruflin, Gilchrist and a party of friends had been out in the wcods shooting with target pistols and tho killing was accidental. ionn ? anamnitcr, ol i'liilndelpbia, Pa., Lbs purchased the lease aud stock of Hiltou, Hughes A* Co., of XewYork, (originally A. T. Stewart A* Co.), which firm recently closed its doors. The price paid is said to bo S'-,000,000. Tho prisoners in the Maryville, (Ivy.,) jail have formed a "Good Order" society. A dispatch from Bombay says the drought continues in northern and central India whoro there has been no rain for many weeks. The crops in those sections have utterly faded and Ijf' 'again riots have Oiourred in many places as tho result of tho scarcity of cereals. POOR ARMKXIANS. Refugees Trying to Reach Oui Shores. There exists a condition of ofTairs in Marseilles, France, at present which seeuis to be u disgrace to Europe and to tho Armenian Association generally throughout the world. Substituting upon government, municipal or private charity there, are 500 unfortunate Armenians who have succeeded in escaping from the bloody massacres at Constantinople and who were, one and all. buoyed up hy the hope of landing here, of being able eventually, to reach the United States. Weeks have already elapsed and nothing definite appears to have been done for their relief, much less towards llnding them homes, by any of the many associations for the relief ?<f suite ring Armenians organized in England or America. They vre homeless, nearly all are iienniless. ninny nr? enduring tin- pangs of hunger and y<*t nobody seems willing to guide this band of refugees to some place where they eail Ikjgin life anew and under more promising circumstances. Large amounts of money have been raised In the past for the relief of destitute Armenians in Armenia, hut the situation of the latter is not a whit worse than that of the half6tarving people here, if us bad. what is haii> in new *onu. The arrival of the Constantinople Armenian refugees et Marseilles 011 their way to this country, raises iui interesting question as t< whether there will no any ohjoetions raised totheir landing Intliis country on account oj j the immigration laws, ofllcials of Arnien- j ian societies in New York do not bellovo tin ! United states will be any less hospitable in I this respect titan countries of Europe i which received them with open aims. ' J. J. ltooney secretary of tlio l'hiladel- j phia Armenian Association of New York and clialrman of the exeeutive committee, said: "1 do not believe there will be | any trouble about the landing of Armenian refugees in tliis country on of Imtni- j gration laws. They are i y no means pan- I jwrs. As a mutter of fact, the Armenians art1 u very industrious race and I doubt greatly if the Marseilles refugees, i.i ad their distress, could he classified as paupers. There art , in France and England many we,l-to-do Armenians as tli -re are in the United States, ami if tile Marseilles refugees should decidr to come here I am sure they would not bo burred out for any reason." til et mvft hi i x't.ii>ki>. The ofllcials Jit Washii gton say: "If Armenians iire destitute, as reported, and hav? to be assisted to the United Sfate?. under immigration laws they must l.e exchnh ,1 hiij1 not permitted o land. Look on the Itrlgln Mil" el" Things. Worry adds years to a woman's life, nntl worrying is a li:i 1 ?ir whieh should l?o guarded .-ma Inst hy anyone who has n natural teiidetiey t<? it. It ! ? often notieed that people who worry have really no reason for it, hut they j fret themselves ahoiit tin* merest I tritlcs. and even litul topics to worry whi'li there is apparently only eriuse I'm reJoielti?. Kvoryoji". espeeiall.v tin yoiiuir, sliouhl eultivate Jookimr <?a the l>rikht side of thiturs, for If this U dene it is wonderful how d'ffiwnt ev. a real troubles seem. Aft -r all. every eloinl has a silver lininir. hasti't It V "Xow, 1II< inor. (V"!I we.j'i 1"t) potiteh and the weight u.m.'e on tli ha : i: 11? '.< registers .'.utt pouudr. Where d! I 'hat other 17u pounds < nine frotaV' "J'iMm Js" new Yoi'V. 1 tliiuli." -J.ifo. Down the meadow, down the meadow, See her where she rocs! Surely never Imps in Yeddo 1> Tripped it upon fleeter toes! 'j i llnik! how jolly!?"Mo'lie, MoM'.e," jV Cornea the call from fur away; | And the answer?girlish folly? "Mollie'a making hay." Just the picture for a sonnet ' To be writ upon? Roguish face within a bonnet. iiiu'UMi iroiii nil* ;ir<M*iii >1111. Not a shred of melancholy In the whole sweet summer day; r Skies ft blur of blue, anil Mollic? *', Mollie making hay 1 By my faith, ere Ions a farmer Every swain will is'. With so lovable a charmer, (Joins In for husbandry. Ere another lover Irssmple Where my eager heart would sway, (Mollie's set me an example!) I'll bo making hay. ?Detroit Free Press. AN OLD STORY. "It Is of no use!" said Mary desperately. "I eaii't think of a single thing to nay." She sat nnd frowned gloomily, biting the end of her penholder. Now and thon she ran her hand distractedly through her hair. This was a trick of here when thinking hard, nnd. as a mlo, jthe result was mora startling than pleasing. "It Is of no user she said ngnin, but this time with a different inflection. "I mustn't sit here nad give way to laziness like this. If 1 don't write a tale we ean't pay tho grocer's hill! I must and will l>egln, only?what on earth am I to say T Mary's brain was fertile enough, and her busy fancy generally delighted In spinning love stories and tho like. In the early days of her scribbling she hail been greatly laughed at by Iter mother and sisters, but when welcome little checks began to come in return for bulky envelopes sent through tho post the toue of the family altered and Mary had tor some time been regarded as a person of importance. -*? Perhaps they overrated her powers. IV>r they had come to the conclusion that Mary could do almost anything* Mary's lioad was hx.'.rod u]>nn as a lunik upon which an nnlimltotl amount of modest demands oouhl l>e drawn, and the girl now and then felt a tritie overwhelmed hh she realized what was expected of her. "Oh, Mary must write a tale!" her mother would say easily. when an additional expense was suggested. So the faney of the moment would be indulged In, and Mary would shut herself up In the litt.le room she ealled her own, whence lu due time she would emerge tired but triumphant. On this particular morning, however, she racked her brains in vain. She tried her hardest to think of some slender framework upon which to hong the usual inild love-making, but the more she tried to woo "the muse," the more olxstinately did the said muse refuse to respond to her advances. "I feel exactly as if a wet sponge had be?n p.ossM over iny brain," she thought, despairingly. "There dm'sn't ??ein a single idea lefl." then a gentle rap came at the door. "Come in." said Mary, impatiently. Slieueverllkixlto be interrupted when *h" was trying to work, and just now sh? felt more than usually cross. Her face relaxed a little, however, wlu'ii she saw her visitor. "Von. .loh 1 thought it was Jenny. * .yonderej whtilevcr she wanted -v>?V "I'oor Jenny," i? 1 the iinvi'omvr, la ti.it hill.?. \Voor Mary, I think." rejoined Mary, dolefully. "Why, w.iatever is the matter?" ashed John ltedmoml. taking a scat, aid r\h?etit1y preparing t? make himself as eouifotlabl :ts circumstances permitted. He looked very strong ami capable as lie siniloii down upon Mary, uiil the jrirl was conscious of a distinct fiellri^ of relief, liiou^ii si c hardly knew its source. "Well." said Mary. "I fee' worried D?1 bothered Voi, know, .1 din. how lure h all our folks have ^ <f i:i the way of looking io me for help in merit- i oy mutters':" "Yes 1 know." replied .loli.u. wit!? a rt^'jer curious i?sil?o-r! n. "! like to (1 > M." s.i.,1 Mary <|ti!ekly. 'It mak"s me very alad and happy to do it. 1 should iiol say a voi d aboil' it to anybody but you. but you already know these details. You are such an in iiuale friend of tlit* family, aren't you V* very intimate friend of the fata'".r." < ( hoc.l I he voine- man irravelv ".\:i 1 iirvhiT lias ?" *n t !< 1 you lmw v ii was for sue tt> tarn :t low jj.nir.ils, h;i;v.i r . lit'':" "s ny oft";.." sisi iM'fil ill" yotisii? man :;;..i!n. v. '.tli tlir .> '.iih- ura\ ity. "WVli. .'? !:i .** s.siil .M.'ti.v, lil'iin^a pair of Vt'S". ar'itvl vy% it Iris, !ht ncivals full < ' ...iit i'.v a:.'l ?l >:ii:iy. " 1 ai.i liiiio.i ;;! i i 1 I "a-i't l.' fp ?ni tlolsiir ii." ,-v* !ial sraUi'-i i 1'ii.i!; . jji'iisly. "1 t-.i.-'t I...-, of % 'iy ala j," .vaiil Mary, the tears brimming up Into her eyee. "I have sat here tbts morning for nearly an hour, and not a single idea has come to me. And?I didn't dare to tell mother and the girls?my hist story was rejected. It was such a blow, for I had been counting on tlio money to buy Jenny's summer dress. She was ruther cross when 1 told her she must wait a while louger." ** ' "My dear little soul," said the young iiu^n, "you are overworked. That is tne simple explanation of the whole matter." The kindness of his tone seemed to altogether break down Mary's composure, for, after a momentary struggle for calmness, she dropped her head Into her hands and cried heartily. John Redmond's face presented ft curious study, so many were the emotions that passed rapidly over it. Ho made an involuntary movement toward the little weeping llgure. but the next moment cheeked himself anil ivnlti'il quietly until Mary herself spoki. "I don't know whatever you will think of mo," she said rather shamefueedly, as she wiped her eyes. "I don't know what made ine do it. But I am so much obliged to you for letting lue "have it out.' I am better now." "To be sure you do," said John, with a frieudly and rather tender laugh. "I have always understood that a 'good cry' was a great luxury to young ladles." "For pity's sake don't call me ?? 'young lady, " cried Mary, with an assumption of her usually energetic manner. "I do hate that phrase." "Just as you please." returned John, easily. "What shall Itcall you? Novelist? Journalist?" "Neither one nor the other," said Mary, (lushing a little, a shade of her late despondency again falling upon her. "I am nothing in the world but a writer of penny love stories, and losing even the small amount of capability required for that." "That is nonsense," exclaimed John, now speaking earnestly. "As I said before, you are overworked. You have Ihsmi doing too much. Your braiu needs rest, ami it ought to have oue, Mary." "Well, it can't. Just at present." said Mary, shaking her. head very decidedly. "There is Jenny's new dress and the grocer's bill. 1 shall know no peace until those two things are off my mind." John was silent for a minute, but he looked troubled. "If I could just get an idea." said Mary, more hopefully, "I think I could work it out. 1 seem to have used up everything! I have written about lost heirs and lost wills?about the heiress who pretended to be poor and the adventuress who pretended to be rich. I have told about the man who express' ed the utmost detestation of 'the neif woman* and ended by falling madly id* love with one. I have related the hy tory of the girl who determined to ha vd a 'career' and finally gave up all torn love. Those tilings are all worn oui John! They have become so feebV that I am ashamed to press the ikJ things into further service." P T/?hn ctttiloil "They art' far from dying, Mary. They are full of vitality yet." "Well, somebody else may have them." saiil Mary, returning the smile. "At least, for a while. I may be glad to fall back 011 them some day. but Just now I should like something fresh. All sorts of queer things are eonstantly happening in real life if I could only get to hear them. John, haven't you an idea of any kind? or some little tiling that lias come within your own experience? Anything that holds a tiny spice of romance, you know." John looked at her a moment and seemed Inclined to speak. Then his mind apparently altered and he shook his head. "<>h!" cried Mary disappointedly, "that Is t??? bail. You look exactly as if you bad an idea." "Well." said John slowly, "a faint glimmering did seem to come to me, but I am afraid you will think it silly." "Do tell me!" exclaimed Mary. "I shall he so grateful." "And I don't know that it is particularly new." went on John in the same doubtful way. "Well, never mind." said Mary, in a businesslike way. "A great deal depends on the treatment of a subject. Sometimes a very hackneyed theme can be made to sound quite fresh. I have iioti<*ed it in several instances, ilii on. John." She tlxed her eyes on him expectantly. and a smile dawned hi the young woman's eyes as he looked at her. "Is It hunt irons;" asked Mary itino ...... : If .. . ..1 ...II . "I don't know." answered John, relapsing into ;rr:ivit,v. "That entirely depends t;p?.n ln?w t! >* regard it. Things appeal so Si>"" 11J1 \ to dilTorout tain-Is. don't tii y'/" "Tin-y do." rejoim I Mary nromptly. "fto;.i?*:inn's I have writt.-n things winch I thought wi'i't' funny, latt other people ?'iitir.'Jy failed to sc.- tinand on iIn- o'her hum! 1 have been l.tttgncd ,;t f >; sentou. .< wliich were ponnc 1 with jM-rf.s't seriousness. ltnt to pr-wond with tin subject in hand. I' wish you would i?"::in. John, for the time !s trotting oti. a.id I snail he inis arable unless 1 succeed in making .1 ^ii h| start this morning." "There is a lot in making a good start, isn't there"/" as'. --! .inhti, with evident anxiety. "Oh! a vjreat deal." said Mary. "It is often the most diihcult tiling possible to start, t Mice fairly begun the work Is comparatively easy, heeattse one thing seems to lead to another." "1 see!" replied John, reflectively. Then a long silenc.- fell between them. "|i> go on!" said Mary, impatiently, at last. "Well, the fart is. .Mary. I" with nipiisni.* on tin- pronoun "liinl .1 (iiUii-ulry in sl.ivtinu. I tliink I no on i: ;h. >u!>.|o.*t wen- only llOtfllll." I.e. in1!;! you out," said Mary, with an air of resignation. "Tliere la a girl lu It, I suppose." ' "Oh, yes!" returned John, very decidedly. "There Is a girl In It; and an uncommonly nice girl, too." "Oood gracious!" said Mary. "It Is all easy enough. Describe me her appearance, character and surroundings. Tell me what she did. and how she did It. Then explain where the man comes In?for there Is a man in It, I suppose':" "Oh, yes!" said-John, as decidedly as before. "There !s a man In it." "Well, what about him?" asked Mary. "Dear me. John! I might as well invent a thing myself, and have done with It, if you can't tell me straight off." "I'll tell }*ou!" said John, with the air of a man determined to make the plunge. "Only?Mary?promise me one thing. Don't laugh at my story." "Can't I laugh if it is funnyV" rejoined Mary. * !? 7,?lin 'Woll i?v. actly. Er?In fact, I don't know how It will strike you. I meant, don't laugh at my clumsy way of telling it." "Of course not." replied Mary, kindly. "And I'm sure I'm very much obliged to you, John, for taking all this trouble." "Well." began John, "this girl?the girt'I am thinking of, you know?lived at home with her mother and sisters. The father had died some years before. leaving Just enough money to supply their bare wants, but no more." "1 quite understand," said Mary In a tone which had a good deal of "fellow feeling" in It. "So. of course," went on John, "life was more or less of a struggle with them. Itut. happily, one of the girls? this special girl 1 began to talk about ?developed quite a talent for?for " "For what?" said Mary rather sharply. "For painting." returned John quickly. "She used to paint quite lovely little things and sell them to the shops.* "Yes," said Mary, "but when does the romance come In. John?" "I am coming to that," replied John. "Give me time, Mary." "Oil. of course," said Mary, amiably. So after a pause John went on ugaln. "Years before, when these girls were quite little, their father had shown a great kindness to an almost friendless boy." Mary started and a faint color crept Into her cheeks; but John took no heed and his voice became lirmer and clearer. "To the action of that good man the boy owed whatever success came to him In after life. lie never forgot this and he often wondered how lie could best repay the debt he owed." John paused, but Mary did not speak. "And as the time went on he found t'10 debt Increased rather than diminished. For though his first benefactor had passed away, he had left kindly hearts behind him. And as the boy grew into manhood he prized more and more the welcome he ever received from those good women and felt that in the whole world there was no spot so dear to him as the one they called home." Again John paused, but Mary madu no effort to break the silence. "lie loved them all." said John. "hut"?hero a now tenderness oroj>t into his voioo?"ho learned at last that for one of them ho hail the love which a man only gives to one woman in the world. She was not, I think, unite understood hy her mother and sisters, much as they eared for her. She had a talent whleh she was glad to turn to useful account, hut the others hardly realized that the task which was generally a pleasure might at times hecome very hard and wearisome. They thought it wtis play for her to sit down nod paint. So sometimes her heart failed her a little." Mary's face was very white now, hut the color rushed suddenly hack into It as John gently took her hand into his own. "This young man loved her, Maryloved her more deurly that I can quite tell yon. Put he waited a long time before he dared to speak to her. He knew how much depended upon her in the home, and lie felt ho had no right to take her away until Ills jmsUlon would enable him to offer comfort to her and to those dear to her. It often seemed a weary while, and his heart often ached. But the time came at last. The time when he felt free to speak." lie paused, and for a few minutes there was between them a deep silence. Then his hand clasped hers more fervently. and lie siid "M iry!" As if Irresistibly compelled, she looked into his eyes. And in that moment a full knowledge of what she had never before even truessed swept over her. She knew the sweetest oi' all earthly things that she loved, ntul was hr!ived. "Voti \\ei-: quite rltfiit. dearest." said belli a while later. "The iliilieulty lies in inal.inu a start. Ilve-ytiling eotnes quite easily afterward." "The story is very Imeki.eyeC." w'.iisjH'red Mary. "Hut. oil. .r./hiil" with a half-mlsehlevnus, wholly tender look "Isn't it wottderfnl how anything so old can be so lab-restin-z'.'"?u<(>n;h>n Society. " Me Sow it. To appreciate tlmrouitkly what It means to play to an empty house t -ays the New York Evening Sum one must travel to Ilrooklyn to attend a Wednesday matinee. At stieh a performanee of ".lohti-a 1 treanis." ;i seho >1 yirl sat In an orchestra chair and there was a you tut man in the front row of the haleotiy. The scene is the deck of a yacht, and as Henry Miller emerged from the esthln and mi zed Into the empty i;nlf hefore him. lie spoke his tlrst line: "Tin* s".*i is purple; have yon, too. iiofieed itV" An instant later a voice e:nne from tiie baleony: "Weil. I don't know about t)c> hol.v down-stairs, hut 1 can see it a!! rl^ht.'-* I PLAYING THE PIANO. NEW AND INTERESTING THBORY IS ADVANCED. Prominent Instructor Sqjth the Study of Auntottiy, Physiology and Knowledge of Acoustics Is Ncccssury for a Thorough Mastery of tlic Piunofortc. Hints to Pinnints. II. A. Kelso, of Ilandel Ilall, Chicago, presents a new theory of piano playing based upon principles of anatomy, physiology, acoustics and psychology, and in an exhaustive article which he has j>ul>lislied on the subject undertakes to show how piano playing may be reduced to a scientific basis. He advises the study of anatomy, that the teacher may learn to develop a good "piano hand" of physiology that we may learn the fundamental causes which operate in velocity playing. We learn, he says, to avoid and success fuliy ttvnt weeping siucwn and musician's cramp. By the understanding and application of the laws governing muscle innervation we learn to control and husband the indent force termed nervous energy. Misdirected nerve energy causes physical disease and disorders nature's fint rnal arrangements; sickness is the result. Misdirected nerve energy makes sickly piano players and unhealthy music is the result. Extracts from his article follow: Better modes of developing the power of memorizing anil of preserving untouched the pupil's individuality, are the result of psychological study. That we should study acoustics "goes without saying," as we cannot know too much of MOVEMENT IN STACCATO OCTAVE PI.AYINO, NO. 1. sound. I'edal management, tonal coloring and the science of harmony are all better understood through a knowledge of the properties of acoustics. A knowledge of the anatomy of the hand, wrist, fore and upper arm gives the student gmitcr facility in individual muscular control. In consequence of the control thus gained. the whole arm Itecomc* more expressive. A crisply-leggiero effect can liest be produced by energizing the muscles of the upper arm and those of the lingers, while relaxing the wrist muscles. This is a very important point, and is simply the application of the mechanical principle of the resistance being equal to the force of the blow. Tho on tor side of tho hand is naturally weaker than the inner side, yet it is just as essential a factor in playing. The melody nnd fundamental buss notes are most frequently played with the weakest lingers; hence the necessity of building up the outer region of the hand. A development of the pronator muscles in the forearm renders possible a good jntsition of tin* hand for playing octaves. ariH-ggios, scales, chords and trills with the fourth and liftli lingers. Rolling octave playing is dependent upon a separatist control of the supinator and pronator muscles from those of the fingers. S;>oed requires tin- shortening of the latent period of the muscle, and this can be accomplished only by taking up the slack of the tendons. The principal muscle concerned in producing a crisply staccato effect with linger action is the extensor, as upon this muscle depends the brevity of tone, jtv elevating the wrist, curving the second linger, and depressing it at the knuckle joint, the finger is in the best possible position for producing the effect. The physiology of velocity playing is n subject of great interest to the practical piano teacher. In some persons rapidity of movement is natural, the muscular tissue is very Irritable and exercises of spot*! do not demand great effort. In others the muscles, although energetic, obey the orders of the will with considerable slowness. A great exjMMiditure of nervous energy is necessary to obtain a rapid movement. Illustrations of them* differences may 1m* noticed in the gymnasium, in fencing, boxing, rowing, walking, and in piano playing, I'tltiger is authority for flic statement that when a nerve is stimulated by action of the will or otherwise, the stimulus received by the nerve increases in intensify as 1; reaches the muscle. Tho three attributes of tone are force, pitch and quality. Force is dependent upon the amplitude of the vibrations. 1'itch is dependent upon the vibrational number flie greater tin* iiuiiiImt the high or tho piteh. r rom these f:irts wo doduet principles of study which nro practicable to an intelligent sIikIoiii of pin no playing. Tho overtones of toiios souioUhI in the nppor resistors are of such groat vibrational number Hint tin- ? ::r fails to establish a <lofii i!o pitoli f<>r thorn. Then, again, tlio waves of such tones are so short that they vanish almost immediately after sounding: therefore the pedal, which permit*'. Ho- tone to lie re enforeed. ""V...' v\ MOVI'.Mr.NT IX Si \fC\m OCTAVE I'l.AVIXii, Xll. 'J. may lie use I in<>re freely in the upper register than in the middle or lower. < Mie tone sustained Uy the pedal in the middle is equal in intensity to about four in the upper register. It is |s>ssiMo t>y u delicate manipulation of I lie pedal to <?l ?!iterate the discordant Iiariiioiiios in the upper, without losiu;: an oriMti point in the lower reirister. which sometimes of necessity must he sustained hy the pe?lal. A point which is of ?-?; ti :i 1 import a nee with the manner of striking is that of the manner of leaving the keys, for upon thi? hinyes the entire system of legato octave play in y. \Vi<!e skips, sucli as a hass note ami its chord, am) broad intervals either in tlie accompaniment or tnch dy. may Inmade to sound lt?'a t j v.it'.i -lit the Use of the pedal, by releasing the finger from the 5 key slowly, thus damping the tone grad- |k ually. Many beautiful effects may be w produced by this use of the pedal. 1| A11 movements of the body ure either B' natural, habitual or hereditary. In cer- ? tain states of consciousness we bring into I play certain muscles just as naturally as I water seeks its lowest level. It is for this || reason that a pupil is sometimes taught II to play a passage with widely differing || movements of the hand xiud arm by dif- I ferent teachers. Thus it not iufrexjueutly j happens that an instructor scatters I broadcast over the lund, through his pu- |l pils, pcculiur mannerisms which he in- | herited from his ancestors. It may readily Ik' seen that this is radically wrong, and that such would not be the ense were nil ? teaching Imsed on philosophic principles. In playing the piano habits will neces- , sarily Ik* formed, and movements based on the natural laws of expression of the , body are more easily acquired, and, when acquired, enable us to express musical thoughts more clearly und more forcibly than habits formed at hap hazard. Technic. as applied to piano playing, is the imwcr to mnuionl thnni?h(j 'I'hlo 1 involve* not only the ability to play tho \ I proper notes with correct lingers, but re- i quires such control of the muscles ami | nerves that all gradations of tonal color- I ing may lie expressed. Piano playing has , I been compared to an electric current?th j musical thought emanates from the brain, passes through the nerves which move the muscles to be used, the linger strikes the key, the hammer strikes a wire, which \ in its turn produces a tone, the ear conveys the tone back to the brnin, thus completing the circuit. Weak or slug- I gish muscles, therefore, not readily yield- f' ing themselves to the nervous stimulus (lowing from the brain, will break the circuit. and the musical phrase will fall short _ of the ideal conception. In piano playing tho purely mental in- . tellectual pit rase linds its expression in the circumscribed movements of the tin- P'] gers and hand, using the knuckles or wrist as the center of motion. Passages from j Bach's "Fugues and Inventions" admirably illustrate this statement. An emotional phrase demands more freedom of ^ t_ movement, which the firmness of the el1h?w?the emotional center?and length of the forearm readily supply. Climaxes and passionate outbursts of musical feeling demand the added strength and wider swing through space of the entire arm from the vital center of the shoulder. From a technical standimiut I classify all music under five general heads?oc- 1 taves, chords, arpeggios, scales and em- 1 Itcllishmcnts?and these are again snlHlivided. Octaves are of five varieties, namely, legato, staccato, broken, interlocking and deceptive. Chords are either broken or solid. In order to play an arIK'gglo properly it must l?o taught in tei| It or twelve different ways, and the pupil ' will then understand how to correctly practice all ari>eggios. I usually teach ' J the principles of ariteggios before at- +--K, (( iiiiitiinr ki**i1i*? fits flu* iiiiiri?m?'tit ?s .,f t hi* arm, wrist and lingers are v?*ry much the 1 same in both, and am more easily compre- I *1 bended in the former than in the latter. Under the head of cmlKdlisliments I in- V ' I chide all varieties of trill^ mordents and I iippogia turns. x I considty- the wrist the " -ihnf_ ^ confer- IaCthe energvMrf^i, a-y.. / V forearm. It is i<i|H>^Mi^p*"\ . J nerv- V . a 1 o'.is stimulus from the brain t?7*ne properly conduct oil to the finger' tips when the ^B! many tendons that pass through the wrist Hi are tense. Almost every pupil beginning the study of the piano lias some mieoti '//'* i MOVKMKXT IX STACCATO OCTAVK IT.AYIXO, NO. It. scions mannerism or trick peculiar to himself of using the agents of expression. Before eradicating these had habits and building up those which tire correct, a M' certain condition of passivity or relaxation must be achieved, just as the potters' clay must Is- rendered soft and plastic before it can he modeled into the desired forms. 1 find for this purpose the Delsarioan exercises known as relaxing or devitalizing of inestimable value to the ' beginner and advanced student alike. We can utter so many words with one breath, and when that is exhausted we must draw upon the reservoir?the air? for another supply. Wo can play a rapi I succession of notes with a given supply of nerve energy, and when that is exhausted we must draw upon the reservoir the lira in for another supply. This necessity of our physical nature is the .1.1.11.... .....i xt o? 1--1-- ? .fw: injtiiiiii. <iini 11 iii?* ?< >,ii;.ii.v rifearring inclination to build up tin- waste is unheeded. health and strength will ho impaired. !><? not wait until a sensation ni' weariness is felt before renewing the energy, as we should no more play with exhausted strength than sisaik with oxhausted breath. While conscious technie kills expression, the very core of the true system of technieal expression is ctnbodiisl in Hamlet's advice to the players, "Suit the action to the word," whieh. freely adapted, may be made to read. "Suit the teehnieal interpretation to the tnusieai tlumglit." t 'npyrighn d. I-'einlntne Fancies in (iloves. For walking, traveling ami general outing v. eiir. fotir hook or lint ton gloves are eorroet in glace or pique kid. the latter being heavier than the usual ilressetl kid. These are in tan. brown and gray shinies. Chamois gloves in white are very stylish for wear with cotton or phi tic cos! unies, ami as they wash mid than easily are not expensive. Itlack gloves are well favored in Paris with light toilettes trimmed in black, but here they are chiefly noticed with mourning gowns, or with evening gowns of black and some brilliant contrast. White anil ficelle, very pal? si raw, suede are the fashionable evening colors for full dress, with pearlgray. lavender ami pule tan following. White glitee and suede gloves in four hooks or buttons, plain or stitched on' ilie imick Willi iil.u K. art' worn for vis- ' liinic. concerts. driving, etc. There Is much favor shown to such frlovos in white glace or dressed kid with liook fastenings. After white tin* tan and Itrown shades are favored.?Ladies' I ionic Journal. ;