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Show Stories of the Great Tamagno. Tho death of Slgnor Tamngno has biougbt forth some cm Ions stories of the great tenor, vouched lor by his Impresario. It would appear that, despite de-spite the enormous sums he earned b) his voice ihe singer was pnrtlculnrli miserly. On one occasion, while living liv-ing in a hotel in Moscow, he noticed that fresh candles were supplied to hi in dally, whether the old ones were burned down or not Inquiring the leusou for ihts. lie lo'irnt that the can die ends were the perquisites of the waiters Thereupon he himself began in collect Ihe caudles, and on leaving the hotel he distributed (he ends In lieu of tlp. An another occasion, this time In llerlin. he had two poached eggs and a bottle of mineral water for I supper, and added to the latter a bottle bot-tle of wine, pioduced from his pocket, which he had contrived to annex nt a banquet gUen In his honor In Prague two days before. |