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Tbe New Year opened brightly, and
Monday was an exceptionally tantalizing
day, and was thoroughly enjoyed by the
young people, being the last of the holi
days. The foot ball game called out many
of society's buds, and two brave young
men escorted some half dozen bright-eyed
debutantes, who heartily cheered for Sa
vannah at each advantage gained by
ber team. One of the spectators in the
grand stand was so fascinated by a pair
of black eyes behind a barbed-wiro-like
veil that he was indifferent as to which
side were tbe deeper in the mud, or
nearer the desired goal. The
pair of black eyes makes her debut
next winter, and has already
one admirer, who insists that
she has a sweet disposition, judged by tbe
curves of her mouth. Monday there was
a pause in the rapid whirl of society.
There are not so many people in the
world, but that the untimely withdrawal
of one, from the noisy turmoil, is felt by
many. And when the angel of death
visited a borne full of happiness and took
away a young wife and mother, the voice
of society was hushed in sympathetic
silence. Even those who slightly knew
young Mrs. Campbell Wylly, admired her
lor her sweet, gentle face, her womanly
bearing and her lovable disposition,
which spoke through her soulful eves.
Mr. Gibbs Gardiner, of the Augusta
Evening News, from time to time produces
some poetic digressions, which are doubt
less prophetic that he will not long tarry
as local editor on the staff, but will bo
soaring higher in the realms of journal
ism. "The Flower of Truth" is among
his recent productions. The following is
one of its stanzas:
• My flower, though not so gaudy.
So ravlshingly bright.
Can illumine with its loveliness
And All my soul with light;
Can make of earth a heaven,
My being till with calm.
By the wltch'ry of Its presence
And the magic of its halm.
The fourth german of the season was
danced at the Guards' armory last Tues
day evening. The dancing began much
earlier than usual, and by 9 o'clock the
hall was comfortably filled with dancers.
Avery pretty and artistic effect was
created by the incidental "blending of
colors of the gowns worn by the attrac
tive array of young women. Savannah
has long since redeemed its reputation in
regard to the looks of the girls, and an
impartial observer remarked the very
pretty and well dressed women that one
meets in Savannah. The figures
led by Mr. Randolph Ander
son, showed to advantage the bouquet of
colors, lilacs of the same blending, pinks
on the same tone, and a generous sprinkl
ing of white, which acted as a bas-relief
to the shades and tints. A symphony in
pale green, with a touch of "pink and a
furry edge on the skirt, was particularly
’admired. A combination of blue silk
velvet and pale yellow crejie lisse and
ribbon was worthy an artist's taste.
Mr. Anderson led a varied german
and is a most successful leader. The
chaperones were Mrs. J. J. Wilder,Mrs. T.
M. Cunningham, Mrs. John Nishet and
Mrs J. F. Minis. Several visitors were
in attendance and several faces were
missed, who had engagements to attend,
but who paused In pleasure’s march, to
feel the weight of sorrow’s hand. Among
those present, besides the usual attend
ant*. were: Miss Brown, of Scotland,
Miss Haines, .of Boston, Miss Coville,
of New Bedford; Miss ilinford. of
Bainbridge, Miss Forbs, of Virginia, Miss
Elise Huger, Miss Elizabeth Haskell,
Miss Cbeves West, Miss Mamie Roberts,
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Owens, Messrs.
Haskell, of Columbia, Mr. Walter
Jervey, of Atlanta and Mr. G. W. Win
thorpe, of Boston.
Invitations are out to the marriage of
Miss Nellie Belle Parish and Mr. Davis
Freemau on Wednesday evening. Jan. 17,
at 8 o’clock, at the residence of the bride's
father, Park avenue, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Baldwin enter
tained on their naptha launch the Dixie
last Monday with a run to Warsaw and
a few hours spent on the beach. The
Dixie is one of the fastest launches on the
river, and is very complete in its appoint
ments. The guests on board were: Miss
Lily Hill, Miss Nellie Baldwin, Miss Page
Wilder, Mr. George Gadsden, Mr. Leo
pold Alexander and Mr. Julian Hart
ridge.
Miss Grace Coville, of New Bedford,
Mass.. who has been visiting Miss Maud
Heyward, returned to her home yester
day, to the regret of the many friends she
made while in the city.
Miss Carrie Cohen, of Augusta, is vis
iting ber aunt, Mrs. T. S. Wayne, on
South Broad street.
Mr. Martin Dunbar was a guest during
the holidays of Mr. Harold Eve, in Au
gusta.
Miss Helen Hardee left last Wednesday
for California. She accompanies her
brother.Mr. Herbert Hardee.who isgoing
on the advice of his physician for the ben
efit of his health.
Mr. Harry Kinehley has returned to
the city, after a visit of a few days to his
mother and sister in Augusta.
The university students have returned
to Athens, after spending the holidays at
home. Among those who returned last
week were Messrs. Ryals. Osborne, But
ler. Cook, Richmond and Shea rouse.
ladies' card club was entertained
by Miss Ruthie Stewart last week, and a
very charming hostess she was. attired in
a fresh, fleecy organdie, with a suggestion
of blue in it. which made it exceedingly
becoming to the fair wearer. Several
members were absent, and so there were
several guests of the club The
prize, a rare piece of glass, in
the popular design, was won by Miss
Florence McAlpin; others present were
Mrs. H. D. Stevens, Mrs. Walter Curtis,
Mrs John Howkins. Miss Edward Frost,
Mrs. Cofer. Mrs. Charles Ellis. Jr., Mrs.
M. M. Stewart. Mrs. T. M. Cunningham,
Jr., Miss Cosens, Miss Mollie Johnston,
Miss Porbs, of Virginia, Miss Elizabeth
D. Johnson. Miss Gulie Harrison, Miss
Maud T)oma, Miss Leila Hill, Miss
Evelyn Hartridge, Miss Carrie Cohen, of
Augusta, and Mrs. George Woodfin.
The reception given by Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Haskell to their daughter. Miss
Elizabeth Gordon Haskell, was postponed
from last Monday evening until last Fri
day evening, when the hospitable doors
were opened to many friends and
guests. Ihe house was artistically
decorated with red and white camelias.
potted plants and palms. At the foot of
the steps, was an inviting bower, large
enough for two. and above it written,
“limited to five minutes.” It is needless
to say, this was a popular retreat, and
never vacant. Mrs. Haskell was attired
in a gown of black silk and black lace.
Miss Haskell wore a heavy, white corded
silk and lace, Mrs. George W. Owens, Jr.,
wore her wedding gown of white satin
and Miss Elise Huger was becomingly
gowndß in white muslin do soie, over
white satin brocade. Mr. and Mrs.
Owens and Miss Elise Huger assisted in
receiving. The reception was a very
largo one. and a most successful social
event. • Among the guests were Miss Co
ville, of Massachusetts, Miss Binford, of
Bainbridge, Miss Dearing, of Jackson
ville. Miss Forbes, of Fredericksburg, Va .
Mr. Tessmar, of Paris, Mr. William Has
kell, of Atlanta, Mr. Trenchard.of Prince
ton, Mr. Preston Haskell, of Birming
ham, Mr. Walter Jervey. of Atlanta, and
Mr. John Haskell, of Atlanta.
Miss Nellie Rankin entertained last
Friday evening. Those present were
Miss Clara Bell Axson. Miss Una Huger.
Miss Jennie Bryan, Miss Georgia Edmons
tou. Miss Corinne Mac kail, Miss Bonds
and Miss Emma Huger.
The german last Monday evening, given
by the Harmonie Club, was one of the
week’s most enjoyable and successful
social affairs. The germau was led by
Mr. Alfred Fantl, who Is a popular leader.
Cobb's orchestra furnished the music.
The refreshments were abundant and de
licious, and the dancing lasted until
an early hour of the next morning.
Among those present were Miss Mazie
Ferst, Miss Mamie Engel, Milts Bertha
Rosenheim; Miss Rosenbaum, of Rich
mond, Va.; Miss Ruthie Kavton, Miss
Ida Meinhard, Miss May Waxelbaum,
Miss Dolly Dub, Miss Birdie Kayton, Miss
Helen Smith, Miss Hattie Hecht. Mr.
Adolf Sondheimer, Mr. Edward Frank,
Mr. M. Hymes, Mr. Alfred Fantl, Mr.
Mose S. Guckenheimer. Mr. N. H. Solo
mon. Mr. I. Kalmon, Mr. Oscar Kulman,
Mr. Walter Lilienthal, Mr. Joe Dreyer,
Mr. Gus Kayton, Mr. Adolf Leflfier, Mr.
Herman Mayers, Mr. A. S. Eichberg, and
Mr. Max Solomon.
Capt. and Mrs. Von Nyvenheim, of Nor
folk, Va. have returned to the city and
will spend the winter at Thunderbolt.
Invitations are out to the full dress ball
given at the Ponce de Loon. St. Augus
tine, Fla., next Wednesday, Jan. 10, at 9
o’clock.
Master Andrew Scheiling Goebel enter
tained during the holidays at aChristmas
tree party, and a delightful evening was
spent. Among those present were the
Misses Edith Thomas. Bergliot and Veva
Dahl, Hazel Letnpek, Helen Blun, Grace
Schaefer, Edith Kock, Anna Pottinger,
Marie Wilsey, Flossie Mahn. Laura Cox,
Masters William Jensen. Nils Dahl, Wal
ter Blun, George Launey, Theodore and
Willie Pottinger, John Gaynor Connolly,
Carl and Brant Schaefer, Willie Jones
and Jimmie Bolshaw.
Miss Aimulette Stubbs entertained
wit* dancing last Friday evening, and
later the “animal” game was played for
prizes. ... Avery amusing and entertaining
evening was enjoyed by the young people.
There was a tie for the first prize, a silver
locket, which fell to Miss Mary Haines;
and the booby prize, a silver clasp for an
umbrella, fell to Miss Annie Butler.
The charity ball will be the largest
event of the society record of the coming
week, and Wednesday evening, at the
Guards’ armory will be a galaxy of lovely
women and manly men. Two motives
prompt one to attend this ball; a helping
hand is given to charity and a
society event scored. The ball is given
under the auspices of the managers of
the Louisa Porter Home, and they always
insure a success of what they undertake,
if skillful management can make it so.
There was a very Dretty wedding at the
Cathedral at 5 o’clock last Wednesday
afternoon, and many admiring friends
witnessed the marriage of Miss Hattie
Wilkins and Mr. Emil C. Schwarz. Mr.
August Schwarz acted as best man and
Miss Annie Russell as maid of honor.
Mr. W. K. Leaken entertained a few of
his friends at a theater party last Thurs
day evening, to see Marie Wainwright.
After the theater followed a supper at the
Oglethorpe Club. The guests were Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Tucker. Mr. and Airs. W.
L. Wilson. Miss Ruthie Stewart. Miss
Edith O’Driscoll, Miss Virginia Cunning
ham. Miss Florence McAlpine, Mr.
Wright Hunter, Mr. W. H. Schley, Air.
H. W. Johnson.
Miss Hattie Saussy is visiting Miss
Cadda Stone at Wilmington island.
Mrs. William Campbell, formerly of
Savannah, now of Florida, passed through
the city on Friday on her way to Balti
more and Virginia on a visit to her rela
tives.
Air. Andres Moynelo left last night for
Pant-ops academy, Virginia, where he is a
student.
Little Ruby Powell entertained most
delightfully last New Year's day, with a
Christmas tree for her little friends.
Miss Elizabeth Me Laws, who has been
on a visit to the north and west, has re
turned borne.
Air. and Mrs. W. H. Powell entertained
most charmingly last Tuesday evening in
compliment to their guest. Miss Roughen.
Mr. Frederick Saussy. who has been
spending the holidays at home, has re
turued to Oxford.
Miss Guthman who has been one of the
most popular visiting young ladies, has
returned to Atlanta and was missed at
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JAN YAK Y 7, 1894.
the New Year german given by the Har
monie club.
Miss I-ettie Lawrence, of Marietta, is
visiting Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Colding.
Mr. and Mrs. L G. Haas left last week
for Atlanta.
Miss Sallie Hobby, of Sylvanla. Is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. U. H McLawg.
Mrs Horace Remshart entertained
during the past week.
Miss Mary Moss, of Griffin, is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. I). Y. Dancy.
Miss Nellie Jones has returned to con
verse college, Spartanburg.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. O’Byrne enter
tained at cards last Tuesday evening, in
compliment of their guest, Miss Johnson,
of New York.
Miss Alice and Mis* Meta Heyward, of
Grahatnville, S. C.. are visiting Air. and
Mrs. T. P. Ravenel.
Mrs. T. R. Mills and Miss Bessie Mills,
of Griffin, are visiting Mrs. George L.
Cope.
Miss Juliet C. Johnson, of New York, is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. A. O'Byrne.
Miss Alice Remshart has returned to
Converse collge, Spartanburg.
Avery pretty german was danced last
Monday evening at Masonic hall. The
costumes were particularly noticeable for
their becoming effect. Those present
were Miss Viva Hart.v, Miss Kate
Sweeny. Miss Tena Kennedy, Miss Mul
larky, of Augusta, Miss Maggie Murphy,
Miss May Murphy. Miss Katie Brady,
Miss Sallie Black, Miss Goinm, Miss Bes
sie Hanley, Miss Mamie Golden, Miss
Emma Connor. Miss Nannie Golden. Miss
Mamie Tuberdy. Miss Lucille Desbouil
lons. Miss May Ronan. Miss Bessie G&lla
her, Messrs. Herbert. Flannery, Sullivan,
Jr., Prof. John M. Black, Messrs. Han
ley. Paiuier, Grady, Harty, Kehoe, Mul
herin. Kelly, Tuberdy, Halligan, Black
and Walsh.
Mrs. Lou Jossey, of Forsyth, Ga., is
visiting her niece, Mrs. Leander Butler,
on York street.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. West entertained
most delightfully last Friday evening.
Among those present were Miss Georgia
Howard, Miss Thomas, <Misses Virginia
and Lillian Hamilton, Miss Baldwin,
Miss Mamie Lovell, Misses Emmie ana
Susie Jaudon, Miss Alice Delanoy and
Misses liomare, of Atlanta; Mr. Ingiesby,
Mr. Charles West, Mr. Coney. Mr.
Powell, Mr. Thomas Purse, Mr. William
Train, Mr. D. G. Purse, Jr., Mr. Murchi
son Thomas and others.
Miss Dora Muhlberg has returned
home from New York and has as guests
Miss Eulalie Brown and Miss Etta
Patoski, who will spend the winter with
her at her home on Jones street.
LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS.
They Know How to Warn One
’Another of Danger.
From Forest and Stream.
During the past fall, while hunting
with rifle for squirrels in the heavy tim
ber, I have at different times noticed
that both birds and mammals seem to
have several ways of warning others,
not only of their own kind, but also
of different species, of the presence of
a supposed common enemy. In fact, the
practice might be called the warning
system of animated nature.
As an illustration suppose the hunter
to be going stealthily 1 through the woods
or quietly seated upon a stump or fallen
tree, and while there to be seen, as he is al
most sure to be, by some of the sharp-eyed
little wood folks. Now suppose the little
thing has before been giving out some
notes or sounds peculiar to its species. All
at once those sounds will be changed to
others having a different cadence from
those at first given, or as the hunter has
discovered the sounds may quickly cease,
or even if the little thing was quiet before
some sharp note of danger will often
take the place of its stillness, and other
mammals and birds in the immediate
vicinity will understand the warning and
take up the signals, until nearly every
animate thing for quite a distance
around will be apprised of the danger.
Then for a while they will act with the
utmost discretion until confidence is
restored, when the wood life will resume
its normal ways until some movement of
the hunter again produces the same
phenomenon. How far beyond the
commencing point these danger signals
are kept up or extended, one may be unable
to discover, but I should judge by what I
have observed that they extend in all
directions beyond gunshot distance.
Should any one, either with or without
a gun, while in the woods where wild
life is plenty, take note of this system
of cautionary cnes he would find it very
interesting and instructive.
Among the causes that lead to tbe
detection by animals of a person when
still hunting there is one that he seldom
or ever thinks about, which is the effect
the sight of his shadow has upon them,
especially when the sun is low. No mat
ter how stealthily one may be going along
or how carefully he may be concealed
behind a tree, or even be seated, his long
telltale shadow when lightly moving
may be a greater cause of the non-appear
ance of game than he is aware of.
Still another cause, which, of course,
cannot be obviated much, is the appear
ance of tbe face and hands in contrast
with the clothes of the gunner or with
surrounding objects. That often attracts
the attenion of animals, but more espec
ially is their attention attracted by the
movements of the hands while manipulat
ing the gun. One cannot help but notice,
should he occasionally take a look behind
him, when quiet in the woods, how near
squirrels and other aniiflals will come up
to him from that direction, while in tront
he will see none of them, thus showing
conclusively that the contrast made by
the face and with surrounding objects
has more to do with making the hunt
other than a successful one than many
gunners are aware of
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The English rival to the Eiffel tewer at
Wembley park will probably be completed
by the end of next year. Wembley park lies
between Neasilon and Harrow The tower
has a general resemblance to that of Eiffel,
hut is more pointed and slender. The total
height is I 150 feet—lTS feel higher than the
Eiffel tower. Its weight will be 7.500 ton*
wh.cb is less than that of tbe Eiffel tower.
The four legs wbi.h support It are founded In
concrete to the depth of 75 feet, and stand
300 feet apart. The satire work is of steel.
MILLIONS ISLAND.
Loads of Gold and Jewels Sunk by
Pirates.
Before the Memory of Men Now Liv
ing a Shaft 100 Feet Deep Was
Made. Which Connects With an Un
derground Tunnel, Where the
Precious Things Were Placed in
Wooden Boxes It Is Now Thor
oughly Feasible to Explore This
Shaft and Secure the Riches.
From the Chicago Times.
Ottowa. Ontario, Dec. 31.—Much fiction
has been written concerning the great
sums of money and vast quantity of jewels
buried by pirates some 2UO years ago
somewhere along the Atlantic coast. But
the following account of buried treasure
has to do only with facts, as stated by
men now living aud who had a hand in
them or as was told by men now dead:
That a shaft about thirteen feet in diame
ter and 100 feet deep was sunk on Oak
Island. In Mahone bay, Nova Scotia, before
the memory of gny now living; that this
shaft was connected by an underground
tunnel with the open ocean, about 305
feet distant: that at the bottom of this
shaft were placed large wooden boxes, in
which were precious metals and jewels;
that many attempts have been made,
without success, to obtain this treasure;
that it is reasonably certain the treasure
is large, because so great a trouble would
never have been taken to conceal any
small sum; that it is now entirely feasi
ble to thoroughly explore this shaft and
recover the treasure still located therein.
Oak Island is situated near the head of
Mahone bay. Nova Scotia. A narrow
channel separates it from the mainland,
at that point known as the western shore,
and four miles from the town of Chester.
The island is about a mile in length and
half a mile broad. The formation is a
very hard, rough clay. The eastern end
was originally covered with oak timber,
several groves of which still remain.
There are
OVER 300 ISLANDS IN THE BAT.
At the close of the last century this
part of the country was very sparsely
populated, and the island in question was
without an inhabitant. In 1795 throe
men—Smith, McGinnis and Vaughn—
visited the island, and while rambling
over the eastern part of it came to a spot
of which the unusual and strange con
ditions at once eagaged their attention.
Mr. Vaughn himself, who was only a lad
of 16 at this time, subsequently
related these facts to Robert Creel
man, who still lives at Upper
Stewiacke, N. S., and who was afterward
the manager of a company formed
to recover the treasure. It had every ap
pearance of having been cleared many
years before. Red clover and other plants
foreign to the soil were growing. Near
the center stood a large oak tree with
marks and figures on the trunk. One of
the lower and larger branches of this had
been sawed off, and projected directly
over the center of a deep circular de
pression in tbe land about thirteen feet in
diamoter. These and other "signs”
shortly after led the three men named to
commence work. After digging a few
feet they found that they were working
in a well-defined shaft, the wallsof which
were so hard and solid that in some
places old pick marks could be seen, and
within these walls the earth was so loose
that picks were not required. On reach
ing a depth of ten feet they came to a
covering of oak plank. They kept on
digging until a depth of thirty feet was
reached, finding marks at each tea feet.
Here the work.
PROVED TOO HFAVT FQK THEM.
and owing to the fact that superstitious
beliefs were in full force in that part of
the country they were unable to get help
and were forced to abandon it. After
seven years Dr. Gynds, of Truro, visited
the island, interviewed the three men,
and on his return to Truro organized a
company.
Among those interested at that time
were Coil. Robert Archibald, Sheriff Har
ris and Capt. David Archibald. They
made an excavation to the depth of
ninety-five feet, marks being found every
ten feet. The ninety foot mark was a flat
stone about three feet long and sixteen
inches wide. On it marks or characters
had been cut. Afterward it was placed
in the Jamb of a fireplace in Mr. Smith’s
house, and while there was viewed by
thousands of people. Many years after
ward it was taken out of the chimney and
taken to Halifax to have, if possible, the
characters disciphered. One expert gave
his reading of the inscription
as follows; "Ten feet below are £2,000,-
000 buried.” We give this statement for
what it is worth. It was Saturday night
when they reached the depth of ninety
five feet, and when they returned Mon
day morning the shaft wa3 found to be
full of water within twenty-five or thirty
feet from the top. They tried bailing ft
out, but the task proved utterly hope
less. They then sank anew shaft a few
feet from the old or money pit and went
to a depth of HO feet, and then they be
gan to tunnel under, when suddenly the
water burst in upon them and they es
caped with their lives and a fine drench
ing. This disaster practically ended the
operations of this company, sin 1849 a sec
ond attempt was made. Dr. Gynds and
Mr. Vaughn were still alive and gave
much valuable information.
They sunk a shaft on the site of the old
money pit, which had been filled up, and
struck water at eighty-six feet. They,
also, tried bailing it out and were forced
to abandon it. Shortly after men with
boring apparatus of a very primitive de
scription were sent to the island. J. B.
McCully, of Truro, who is still living and
tells these facts, was manager. A plat
form was rigged in the “money pit” thirty
feet below the surface and just above the
water. The boring started, and we sub
mit a verbatim statement of the manager:
The platform was struck at ninety nine
feet. After going through five inches of
spruce the auger dropped twelve inches,
then through four inches of oak, then it
went through twenty-two inches of metal
in jiieces, but the auger failed to take any
of it in except three links resembling an
ancient watch chain.
It then went through eight inches of
oak, supposed to be the bottom of one
chest and the top of the next; then twen
ty-two inches of metal as before: then
four Inches of oak and six inches of
spruce: then into clay seven feet with
out striking anything else. Iu the next
boring they struck the platform at nineyt
eight feet; then a fall of eighteen inches,
when the auger came into contact with,
as supposed, the side of the cisk, as the
auger revolving close to the side of the
cask gave a jerky and irregular motion.
The auger brought up several splinters
of oak and a brown, fibrous substance
LIKE THE HCSK OF A COCOANt’T.
Nothing more was done until 1850,
when anew shaft was sunk ten feet
from the money pit to a depth of 109 feet,
and while tunneling to the money pit the
water burst in and they fled for their
lives, and in twenty minutes there was
forty-five feet of water in the new pit.
They used the two-horse gins for a week,
night and day, with the old result. At
this time they made the discovery that
the water was salt and rose and fell with
the tides. The idea of an artificial chan
nel suggested itself and they searched the
shore, and building a cofferdam at a sus
picious spot, they found the sand and
beach gravel replaced by rocks and on re
moving them they found five well-con
structed drains converging into oue main
channel. A high tide carried the dam
away and they went in some distance
from the shore to sink a shaft and strike
the channel, as they could not afford to
rebuild the dam.
The firat pit missed the channel, but on
digging the second one they encountered
a large bowlder at a depth of thirty-five
feet, which, when pried up, was followed
by a rush of water which tilled tbe pit to
tide level. They tried driving spiles, but
as the appliances at baud were very crude
the effort was a failure. Shortly after
another shaft was sunk on the south side
of the money pit to tbe depth of 118 feet
and they tunneled directly under the
money pit. and while at dinner a tremen
dous crash was heard. Rushing
back they found that the bottom
of the money pit had fallen into the
new shaft, and thus another failure was
added to the rest. A syndicate of Hali
fax capitalists combined with the old
company and another attempt was made
and another failure scored. And now a
Boston company has secured a lease of
the island, and they intend to bring in the
aid of scientific apparatus. A skilled
engineer has surveyed it, and pronounces
the task an easy one. it looks as if the
buried treasure of Capt. Kidd or some
other sea robber was soon to be* brought
to light to enrich the treasure seekers of
this nineteenth eenturv.
FORTUNES IN VOICES.
Prices Paid Singers in Former Times
and Nowadays.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The philosopher's stone—that dream of
the old chemists—takes many forms now
adays, but none more beautiful than that
of the voice of the great singer—a truly
potent spell to open the gold mines of the
earth ! The amounts that have been paid
to the famous sopranos, tenors, eontrai
toes and bases that have appeared from
time to time above the musical horizon,
sound weil-nigh fabulous, says Chambers'
Journal, and are not a little interesting to
consider. To go back to the early days of
the last century, and to the early days of
the Italian opera, in this country, Airs.
Catharine Totts, its first lady interpreter
in England, claimed high salaries at the
theater in Lincoln's Inn Fields. She
drew considerably over £6OO for a season ;
and at one time she was singing for 20
guineas a night—high terms in ISOS.
At the same {heater, twenty-six years
later, the great singer Farineili, during
the three years he spent in London,
though his salary was but £1,500 a season,
earned at least £5,000 yearly, for at but
one of his numerous appearances at court
the Prince of Wales gave him a fine
wrought gold snuffbox, richly set with
diamonds and rubies, in which was in
closed a pair of diamond knee-buckles, as
also a purse of 100 guineas, Later in life
he accepted an engagement at the court
of Spain, at a salary of 50,000 francs
(about £1.979) per annum.
Two years after Farineili had left Lon
don, the other great singer of the time,
Caffarelli, appeared at the King's
Theater, but did not fulfill the expecta
tions he had raised, though at Venice he
received £3BO and a benefit of £335 for a
season of three months—higher terms
than had previously been paid to any
singer.
In 1768 Gabrielli, one of the most beauti
ful of women and magnificent of sopranos,
demanued 5,000 ducats salary from Cath
erine 11. of Russia. The empress objected
that it was larger than the pay of a field
marshal. “Then let your field marshal
sing for you,” retorted Gabrielli. as Caffa
relli had replied before under like circum
stances.
That phenomenal soprano, Agujari, was
in 1775 paid £IOO a night for two songs at
the London Pantheon conceats—an im
mense salary those days. About thirty
years later Catalani was receiving some
£B.OOO, for the season in Portugal, and in
1806 she came to London for a promise of
£2,000 for the season, from September
15th to August, 1807, with a further, sum
£IOO to defray the cost of her journey to
London, and one ben; fit night free of ex
pense. Asa fact, however, she drew
from the King's Theater in the Haymar
ket £5.000, including benefits, and her to
tal profits in 1807, with concerts and pro
vincial tours, were £16.700. She once re
ceived 200 guineas for singing “God Save
the King,” and “Kule Britanna,” and for
her services at one festival she was paid
£2,000. Her charities, however, were in
numerable, and it is estimated that she
earned at least |<2,000,000 francs at con
certs for such purposes alone. As an in
stance of her reckless extravagance, it is
stated that the cost of beer for her ser
vants for a single year amounted to £lO3.
Melibran was engaged by Mr. Alfred
Bunn for nineteen nights at £125 per
night, payable in advance! Singing at
Drury Lane, in English opera in 1833, she
received 80.000 francs (£8,200) for forty
representations, with two benefits, which
produced not less than 50,000 francs
(£2,000). Two years later, at the opera
in London, she drew £2,175 for twenty
four appearances. Such sums were paid
to her at the English provincial festivals
as had never before been heard of; and
at La Scala she received nearly £IB,OOO
for 185 performances.
In 1838 Mario was offered £6O a month
for his first appearance, though this was,
of course, largely the result of his roman
tic history. Alboni’s salary at Covent
Garden in 1847 was raised from £SOO to
to £2,000 the day after her first appear
ance, singing as she was against Jenny
Lind at the opposition house. Sontag
was paid £6,000 for a season of six mouths
at her majesty's theater in 1840.
Kubini, who began his career at thir
teen years of age by singing, for 5 francs,
an air in anew drama by Lambert, made
immense sums in later life, realizing
£2,000 pounds at one concert in St.
Petersourg. Unlike Mario and Mara,
who both died in comparative poverty.
Kubini saved large sums and left behind
him one of the largest fortunes ever
amassed on the operatic stage.
Jenuy Lind was naturally paid enor
mous sums in the course of iier triumph
ant career During a tonr of two years
through the state, commenced in 1850,
she made £20,000, gaining a husband as
well.
These pecuniary traditions are ade
quately preserved by at least two present
day singers, to whom a hundred or two
for a concert is an ordinary sum—Madame
Patti and Madame Albani. It is current
knowledge that the usual terms of the
former are £MX) per concert in London,
and £4OO pounds in the provinces; and it
was announced the other day that for a
prosjiective tour in tho states, during
which she is to give about forty-five per
formances—some at the Chicago exhibi
tion—she will receive £10,500, or £SOO
per concert, pins all traveling expenses.
Madame Patti lately refused an offer of a
tour in Brazil at the remuneration of
£1,200 a night.
Fairly handsome salaries are paid also
to leading artists of the Vienna opera.
The florin is just now worth about one
shilling and three-pence, and Herr Win
kalnian, a tenor, who appeared in Ixmdon
in German opera some years ago, is paid
26.000 florins (£1,625) for a season of nine
months. M. Van Dyke gets about 24,000
florins; but he sings only seven months
ih the year in Austria. Frau Materna,
who is soon to retire, to be replaced by
Frau Kiaisky, gets the same, amount for
the w-hole year; and Frau Schiuger, the
dramatis soprano, receives 20,000 florins
per annum. The tenors thus get more
than the sopranos.
Before leaving the subject of singers’
salaries, it were curious to mention the
remuneration received some years ago by
Mme. Zolie, of the Theater Lyrique, at
Paris, while singing at a concert in the
Society islands, in the course of a tour
round the world. She was to sing an air
from "Norma" and a few other songs,
and bargained for a third of the receipts.
She fouud that her share consisted of
three pigs, twenty-three turkeys, forty
four chickens, 5,000 coeoanuts and a eon
siderabie quantity of bauanas, lemons
and oranges.
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