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PDBLIHHED WEEKLY AT
IUKA, - - MISSISSIPPI.
There is no other country in the
world where the business of farming is
so prt&table, according to skill and cap
ital invested, as the United States.
"Advertising ,1s to business,” says
Macaulay, "what steam is to machinery,
the grand propelling power.” And the
way to advertise is to get your an
nouncement printed in your homo
Paper- T _
There is no placo where the ups and
downs of life occur more rapidly than in
Washington, and as a result the pawn
brokers of the capital arc all wealthy.
The house occupied by Secretary Vilas
was built by a pawnbroker.
In America wo have been treated
pretty extensively to the sight of college
students serving as waiters at the sum
mer hotols, but in London impecunious
undergraduates, in cap and gown, have
appeared on the street as "sandwich
men,” carrying nbout advertisements.
Instruction in the use of tools is about
to be introduced in all the primary
schools of France. It has already been
introduced in many, and has been suc
cessfully tried at such schools in Man
chester in England. It is found that '
the use of tools furnishes an agreeablo I
relaxation. Apprenticeship schools,
WHICH are tne next mgncsi. graue, are
taking the place of the old apprentice
ship system in Germany, France and
Switzerland.
Gruyerc cheese, which has been made
by the farmers of jura, Switzerland,
ander a system by which each in turn
made a cheese of the milk of the whole 1
community given to him every day, is 1 1
sow made in a factory to which all the ]
farmers take their milk, and the pro- ,
Juct of which is common property in- '
stead of each cheese being the individ- ’
aal property of the man who made it. f
This makes the cheese moro uniform t
and of better quality, and increases tho
farmer’s profits. v i
A Canadian surveying party which is *
exploring the country adjacent to Alaska (
finds that a great deal of open grassy !
country exists along the streaths tribu
tary to the Yukon. No areas of frozen 1
twamps, such as are to be met with in
the interior of Alaska, have been dis- I
on the Yukon River (which must he
near the jasteru boundary of Alaska),
Is believed to contain more or less gold
in placer deposits. This would con
ititute a gold-bearing region fully 500
miles in length by an indefinite width.
Wild geese hunters are having fine
iport on Dakota prairies. A sportsman
writes from Newark, Dakota, that he
frequently sees flocks of gees e extending
over acres, giving the ground an ap- ^
pearanceof being covered by an immenso ]
mow bank. A good way to approach
them is by a horse and wagon; as tho ■
birds cannot see a man in a wagon they '•
will not rise until the horse is very
near. By urging the horse into a hard
run, the hunter is carried directly under 1
the birds by the time they are fairly up
in the air. Ho then hangs away with
telling results.
The Bishop of London has recently,
made public some iateresting statistics
on the religious life of the- great city.
According to, his figures, the average
number of communicants at communion
services of tho established church was
47,714. At Easter tho number rose to
09,000. The average attendance at Sun
day morning services was 200,890; at
ouuuay evvuiug Dorvun»
London is a remarkably church-going
city, but this exhibit shows that it has
about four million inhabitants who
don’t attend the services of the estab
lished church, and that those who do
constitute only about one-ninth of tho
population._
An autograph collector says that of
the1 Presidential autograph letters, those
of Andrew Jackson aro the rarest and
costliest. This is because he seldom
wrote letters; never when he could help
it. The filet that his letters wero often
both written and signed by proxy is
known to collectors, and a paper of this
■art recently sold for $3. A full genu
ine letter is worth from $25 upward.
Washington’s autograph letters come
next in value and rareness. Next come
■ the letters of Zachary Taylor, who wrote
a bad band and bad letter. They aro
worth from $15 to $25. Lincoln’s let
ten come next in rareness, and range
from $12 to $80.. Grant's aro high
priced; not because rare, but be-jauso
they are Grant’s; Arthur’s letters are
scarce. They haven’t had time to find
their way into the hands of strangers.
Twenty years from now they will bo
commoner.
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Work in the steel rail department of
Springfield, Ilf., Iron Company has
_n suspended, throwing 000 men out
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
A FEW ITEMS OF SOI TIIERN INTER
EST IAKFDM.V (TLI.ED.
The Condensed News liy Mail, Win
And Otherwise.
The Hot H/ont newspaper of Anniston,
Ala., has been sold to vV. Jl. Edmonds,
of Baltimore, Md.
James ('. Clark, late president of the
Illinois Central road, has been appointed
by President Duncan, general manager of
the Mobile A Ohio Railroad to succeed T.
M. R. Taleott, resigned.
The City Council of Columbus, Ga.,
adopted a resolution requesting the mayor
to call a mass meeting of citizens at an
early date, to take action on a proposed
Exposition. The motion was received
with enthusiasm.
On the Lynchburg & Durham Railway,
a colored man named Terry was thawing
dynamite for blasting, when it caught
fire. Terry ran from the shanty and was
thirty feet away when the explosion oc
curred, which demolished the house. One
large splinter was driven through Terry’s
head, killing him instantly.
Dr. F. T\ Gary, president of the South
Carolina shite board of health, and one
of tlie most prominent physicians in South
Carolina, died at his home in Abbeville.
He was a brother of the late Gen. Martin
W. Gary, of Edgefield, and Hon. W. 1.
Gary, of Augusta. His death was caused
by paralysis.
A sensation was caused at Asheville,
N. C., by tin1 announcement of the post
master that the postoffice was robbed of
over £800. On opening the safe in the
morning the postmaster found the two
drawers which contained the money
broken open. The safe had I icon closed
and locked again. The rear door of the
office had been unlocked.
Greenville county, S. C., by over 2,000
majority, voted a subscription of £20,000
to the stock of the Knoxville, Carolina
& Western Railroad. This subscription,
with £400,000 previously subscribed by
Knox and Sevier counties, in Tennessee,
md Haywood and Transylvania counties,
n North Carolina, completes the sum re
juiml to finish the road from Knoxville
o Port Royal.
Henry Wise, a farmer was frozen to
leath near Austin, Tex. While he was
eturning home with a team and while
Tossing a muddy bottom he fell out of
tis wagon, burying his head and shoul
lers in the mud, in which position he
ras found. His mules were also frozen
till' while standing in the mud beside
Vise’s body. This is the first death by
reezing which ever occurred in that sec
ion of country.
A serious accident occurred on the Al
bania Great Southern road between
ippes and Livingston, Ala. A big land
lide took place in a deep cut, completely
overing the track. No. 1 limited ex
iresss, which is the fastest train in the
kmth, ran into the earth and rocks
vhieh had accumulated on the track, and
wo passenger coaches were thrown from
he track and turned completely over.
Sixteen persons were hurt, some of
them seriously. Later intelligence says a I
freight tAWL of eighteen cars, was |
caught bj^Wr slide" and the cars badly '
demolished. Efforts were made all day*
to clear the track, hut late in the evening
another slide took place.
The Ministers’ and Deacons’ Institute
was organized at Albany, Ga., by the
several colored Missionary Baptist asso
ciations in session there. The object is
the improvement of the ministry. The
officers elected are as follows: Rev. R.
R. Watson, president; Rev. W. W. War
ren, vice-president; Win. H. Dempsey,,
secretary; Rev. D. A. Moseley, treasurer.
Meetings will be held monthly tit which
he conduct of the several ministers will
>c discussed, and if any corrections are
lecessiry they will he made. Efforts
vill be put forth for the reformation of
irring brethren without publicity if pos
ible. It is thought that this corrective
issociat'oa will be beneficial.
SENEIIAll NEWS NOTES CAREFULLY
COMPILED.
In Interesting Bmiget of General News
For The Week.
Lord Stanley, of Preston, England, has
accepted the governor-geueralsliip of
Canada, and will at once relieve the Mar
quis of Lowusdowuo.
The British’ steamer Newcastle City,
Capt. Thornton, which sailed from New
castle, England, with an assorted cargo
for New York, foundered off the New
England eoa~t near Nantucket. The
crew was > iv ed.
The t ate convention of the prohibit
ionist party held in Topeka, Kansas, was
attended by piohibitionists from all parts
of the state. It was decided to begin a
vigorous campaign and to put a full state
ticket in (lie field.
A desperate fight between C'nt holies
and Orangemen occurred in the v.llageof
Ivtllyliurn, near JNOoxstown, un.am.
Stones, brie!:*, revolvers, etc., were free
ly used. The house of a priest was com
pletely wrecked, and windows and other
houses were smashed.
Aguadilla. a small port of Porto Kieo,
lias suffered like Baracou by a huge wave.
Fifty-three houses were swept away
The wave destroyed the solid masonry in
the cemetery, and eleven bodies were
washed out to sea and lost. Many ves
sels were storm-bound. The wave, like
the one at Bnraeoa, was due to a norther.
M. I). Babcock, inventor of tlie cele
brated lire extinguishing apparatus, died
at the alms ltou.se in San Francisco, Cal.,
aged 10 years. At one time he was in
receipt of $150,000 per year royalty on
his machines, but after selling the patent
rights his money was soon spent, ami for
some years lie wandered about in a desti
tute condition.
A new scheme has just developed in
regard to the title of No Man’s Land.
The national council at Talequah lias ap
pointed a committee to press the claim of
the Cherokees to that part of Indian
Territory, on the attention of Congress.
'The c laim is liased on the treaties of 1828
and 1880, and the patent of 182!). signet!
by President Yuli Buren. It is alleged
that the title has never lapsed, and that it
is clear as that which holds the territory
around Talequah.
Pabumsktehib and peltry stand first
I among wrap trimmings.
IN OKATIIS K.llllKA) K.^
FcnrI'iiI ICnilroail Uiuiiifr** of lhr Paul
WrrcV In Several Plare^A
Tho most disastrous collision {Sot ovor
occurred on the Cincinnati Southern j
. hoad, took place one mile north of
worn wood, Ky. Limited i.\ I tress No. ‘J 1
ran into limited express No. 1, which left
vSiuimiati, between tunnels 7 and 8, dc :
inolisinng both engines, throwing every
t ar from the track on train No. 2 except
the two sleepers, and killing the follow I
jng persons outright: l.ec Withrow, i
baggage master on No. I; I,, (allan.
baggage master on No. 2; M. I!. Powell,
Baltimore & Ohio express im ssenger on
> ; n Michael, of train No.
tclls 11 story that would make the blood
run cold in the veins of the strongest
man. He was running down grade at a
rate of sixty miles an hour and did not
sec No. 1 approaching his train until it 1
was about fifty feet away, and without
'topping t > reverse his engine or turn on
the air, lie fell out of the cal. window
and lauded in a lot of bushes and finally
dropped in a mud hole. One of his an
kles was badly hurt by the fall. No 1 !
w as running up grade at the rate of thir
ty-five miles |kt hour. Sam Bennett was
the conductor on this train, and on meet
ing (’onductoi Schrum, said: ‘•What
does this meanSchrum replied, 'I had
orders to run to Somerset regardless of
No. 1, and here is my order." On taking
it from his pocket he discovered his mis
take. for it ordered him to run to Summit, i
1 he dreadful discovery was too much for
lK,or Schrum. and lie has lost his mind.
Ihree different times he succeeded
in getting away from his friends,
w ho were watching him at Somerset, Ky., ; ’
and started for the* woods. The accident
occurred between tunnels 7 and 8, one
hundred and seventy-four miles from !
Cincinnati. Both are curve tunnels, and 1
there is a distance of 200 feet between 1
them. Tile greater portion of this is a 1
fill, the valley being between sixty and 1
°ne hundred feet deep, i he sides of the
fill are very steep. Had either train been
two seconds sooner the crash would have '
taken place in one of the tunnels. The :l
north bound train was a light one owing : ]'
to delays on other roads entering Chnttu- '
nooga. It was what train men call a 11
“jumped up” train, formed at Chat a- "
nooga. There was, at the time of the j *'
accident, but one person in the smoker, 1
and that was the “butcher boy,” who j !l
was badly hurt. The responsibility of i *'
the accident seems to rest with the con- 1
ductor and engineer of the north boon I n
train, and yet their mist ike was one that s!
was quite natural under tie circum- *'
stances. A fast Chicago express on the 11
New York,Pennsylvania A Ol ; Uiilro.ul, "
consisting of two slecpe s am, live day "
coaches, collided with a freight train n
consisting of two engines and sixty cars, 111
three miles from Meadville, Pa. Five rt
persons were killed outright, among
whom was one passenger; thirteen others r‘
were wounded; nine of them
fatally. Following are names of ^
the killed, so far as ascertained: j p
William George, engineer, and Ilumes, ' |
fireman, of the leading freight engine. E. P
P. Swan and Arthur Irwin, engineer and rl
fireman of the Chicago ■ express. Both
traiusepresent a terrible scene of destine- ’
tion. When the collision occurred thu 8
fast express was making up lost time and. B
going at the top speed. The I;
said to rest with the freight train, who *
were running on the express train’s time. (
and Chicago sixteen passengers. Among
the wounded1 are: Joseph Boynton, of '
Meadville, express agent, seriously hurt
and is delirious; Phillip Faulk, of San 1
Francisco, right arm fractured; S. A. 1
Malone, of Salamanca, N. Y., right leg t
broken; Adolph Baser, of Cincinnati,
both Jcgs crushed. The wreck was caused '
by the freight engineers leaving Mead- '
ville in advance of their orders. The 41
night [express train for Milwaukee that 11
leaves Chicago over the Chicago, Mil- 41
waukee & St. Paul, smashed into a '
freight train at Shermerville, Illinois, J
during a blinding snow storm. The on- 1
gine and mail car of the passenger train
were derailed, together with several v
freight cars, making a wreck and giving 44
passengers a severe shaking up. No ”
lives were iust, nut j^u^iucui jjuliu woo
hurt seriously anil a fireman, name uu- 1
known, probably fatally. Another dis
astrous and fatal wreck occurred on '
the liue of the Chicago & Atlantic rail- 1
road, six miles from Kontz, Indiana, near 1
the crossing of the Louisville, New Al
bany & Chicago’, and the Chicago , & '
Indiana coal railroads, at Wildors, Ind.,
by the collision of two sections of the
fast stock trains going cast. The engin- *
eer of the rear section was unable to see
the first section on account of a snow
storm and his engine went crashing into
the rear car, demolishing the engine and
caboose. The rear breakman was burned
to a crisp.
POPE I.KO'X .lllllll.EE.
Tlie Grandest Demonstration Ever Made
la the Oily of Home.
The pontifical mass at Rome, Italy, in
commemoration of the Pope's Jubilee,
was a great success. Sixty thousand nil
mission tickets had been issued, and the
cathedral was packed. The Pope entered
at 8.J10 a. m., followed by the cardinals
in procession, llis holiness was received
with loud and long continued shouts of
“long live the Pope.” Tin; music of the
mass was deeply impressive, anil many
poisons in the audience were affected.
The Pope blessed all present, and left the
cathedral at 11 a. in., the whole audience
expressing its joy by clapping hands,
waving hats anil handkerchiefs, and en
thusiastic acclamations. Forty-eight
cardinals and :>28 archbishops and bish
ops were present at mass, and it is esti
mated there were thiity thousand persons
in the audience. The Pope prayed for a
long time iu his private chapel, and then
received the homage of the court of car
dinals in the Bala jjucnle; While assum
ing the sacredotal vestments the Pope
was overcome with emotion, and fainted,
and strong salts were administered, and
lie soon returned to consciousness. He
then ascended the gustatoriul, and was
borne on the shoulders of the sediari, at
tended by cardinals, into the cathedral.
Just before lie was fully vested for the
altar, he again fainted, remaining un
conscious a few minutes. Mass occupied
twenty-eight minutes. After pronounc
ing tlic benediction the Pope again seated
himself in the gustatoriul chair, and was
borne completely around the altar to the
capelin del sucramento, when he offered
up the prayer of thanksgiving. During
the ceremony the Pope wore the triple
crown presented to him by the Emperor
William. 1
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SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
(H It HROWTH III It I Ml THE YEA It
.11 ST ENDED.
Krnturky hi'nil* !W<* list s.ii!: Alnlnimn
null 'I’rn iiokoit In I Inn 1 ng i’Iomi*—Aln
limiiii iiIh'hil in Itnilwny ImprovrnirnIh.
The year 1887, so far as the South is
concerned, was, in many respects, the
most remark able year in its history, as more
was accomplished for tin; progress and
prosperity of the whole South than ever
before in the same length of time.
From Maryland to Texas, progress was
remarkable, covering almost the entire
range of industry, and there is scarcely a
line of manufacturing or mining business
in the whole number of new enterprises
reported during 1NS7, that is not more
than twice as large as in 188(5. Of the
fourteen Southern states there are only
four in which the capital invested in new
nterprises was not double the amount in
vested the year before.
The amount of capital, including capi- I
al stock of incorporated companies
•rganized in 1887, was:
Unhand.$ 47,983,00(1
Uknnsas. 84,466,000 j
Inrida. 2.986,001!
teorgia... 15,361,000 !
xcnnii'kv. . 60.058,u« i
.imisdim. 8,2t8.<XXt j
Maryland. 15,187,(XXI
Mississippi. 4.751,(XXI |
N'lirtli Carolina . 9.767.0X1
knith Carolina. 895,00(1
Ponnessec. 85,861,(XXI
Txas. 16,CX\(XX1
'irginia. :9,35WW
Vest Virginia. S.2rXv(XX'
Total.8 366.398,006
gainst #129,220,000 in 188(5. In in'IIoh
nanufacturing there has been great
i city and seventy-seven new mills hive
ieen projected, many of them ls ing now
mler construction, which is the largest
umber of new mills ever reported in one '
• ».r. uiumi mins mv rcpi'inHi im'
ig largely over sold (heir product a ]
ml many old mills are being enlarged to f
leet the demand for their goods, The '
lereasing diversification of > uthem in *
ustries is illustrated in the bu t that M- s
bama alone secured, during the y< nr, the
icaiion of live large ear building plants *
vo at Decatur and one each at llirming s
im, Anniston and Gadsden. The A unis *
>n works will cost $1,000,000. q^iplov s
000 mechanics and will turn out twenty
miplete cars a day, from freight to pas
tiger. parlor and sleeping cars, the cn- 1
re work, from making wheels to the e
iholster lig, to be done in these shops. -
ae of the ear plants at Decatur is being a
dlt by the Louisville A Nashville rail
ad. and the other will be large works, *|
iw at ITbana, Ohio, which arc to be r
moved to Decatur. D
A tabulated statement shows the prog- J1
ms of industrial development in 1887 in ^
labamn, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
rntucky, Louisiana. Mississippi, North 1
irolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, 1
was, Virginia and West Virginia, as ®
Hows: Agricultural implement facto- ^
*s, 22; breweries, 5; bridge works, 8;
r works, 23; cotton and woolen mills, *
17; electric, light works, 98; flour and ^
•ist mills, 177; foundries and machine
lops, 184;. blast) funfcices, 73; gas cura
anics, 57 ; glass works, 17; ice factories, 1
0; mines and quarries. 504; natural gas
ompanit#, 115; oil mills, 45; pipe, works, (
; potteries, 12; railroad companies, 292;
oiling mills, stamp mil Is and smelters, 43;
steel plants, 10;Street railways, 152; water
mrk,s,640; 135; wood working establish
ments, miscellaneous, 804. There were or
anized:
In Alabama—7 agricultural implement
orks, 4 bridge works, 8 ear works, 18
Diton and woolen mills, 47 foundries j
iid machine shops, 33 blast furnaces, 43 ,
lining and quarrying companies, 17 nnt- j
ral gas companies, 2 pipe works, 41 rail
>ad companies, 10 electric light works,
1)4 wood working establishments and I
52 miscellaneous industries. (
In Arkansas—4 car works, 7 cotton and
•ooleu mills, 2 blast furnaces, 82 mines
Lid quarries, 40 railroad companies and
5 stamp mills and smelters. In the last
amed branch, Arkansas also takes first
lace.
In Florida—9 tobacco factories, 4 cot
on and woolen mills, 32 railroad compa
ies, 11 water works, 42 wood working
stablishments.
In Georgia—7 agricultural implement
forks, 24 cotton and woolen mills, 10
dust furnace companies, 2 glass works,
18 mines and quarries, 38 railroads, 22
treet railways and 92 wood working es
ablishmonts.
In Kentucky—4 cottou and woolen
...-lie A l.loof fnrniu-1's 35 mines and
(uarrics, 34 natural gas companies, 3 tool
works, (1 water works and 42 wood work
ng establishments.
In Louisiana—3 cotton and woolen
nills, 1 blast furnace, 9 mines and quar
ries, (i oil mills, 9 distilleries, 8 potteries,
1 rice mills, 5 sugar mills and 25 wood
working establishments.
In Mississippi—3 cotton and woolen
nills, 1 blast furnace, 4 mines and quar
ries, 3 railroads, 15 wood working estab
lisluncnts and 23 miscellaneous.
In North Carolina—12 carriage and
wagon works, 27 cigar and tobacco facto
ries. 20 cotton and woolen mills (the state
calling in this branch), 81 flour and grist
nills, 13 ice factories, 33 mines and quar
•ios, 13 railroads, 9 street railways and
17 wood working establishments.
In South Carolina—21 cotton and
woolen mills, 10 mines and quarries, 8
water works, 1 rice mill, 0 railroads and
I4 wood working establishments.
In Texas—3 car works, 2 car wheel
works, 19 cotton and woolen mills, 20
■bi-trie light works, 51 flour and grist
nills (Texas leading the South in this
(ranch), 29 foundries and machine shops,
17 ice factories, 41 mines and quarries, 9
latural gas companies, 7 oil mills, 37 rail
ways, 80 water works, 27 wood working
,‘stablishments.
The year 1887 has surpassed all other
pears in the extent of railway mileage
^instructed in the South. From a table,
published by the Railway Age, showing
the number of lines of mileage laid in the
South, the following is extracted:
State: Lines. Miles.
(Vest Virginia. 3 53
Virginia..4 04
S'orth Carolina.10 184
South Carolina. 7 104
Georgia...'. 3 231
h'lori'la.10 193
Vlahama.15 515
Mississippi.5 99
Louisiana ... .4 05
rennessee...10 68
Kentucky...,.......*8 188
GOTHAMS CHURCH MUSIC.
BINDERS AND THEIR SALARIES
IN NEW YORK,
Prices Ttocofyoil by Good Chorus
Soloists— Tho Chorus Singers Not
Paid—Singing at the Cat hedral.
It is difficult to learn what salaries arc
paid to individual well-known singers
in New York church choirs, says the
Sun. The singers themselves are gener
ally unwilling to name any figure, and
when they di) it can not always be dc
depended upon ns correct. The tempta
tion to exaggeration is great, involving,
as it does, the singer’s musical reputa
tion and opportunities of securing future
good engagements. For soloists $1,500
is a very la'go remuneration. A leading
organist in this city said he did not
think a dozen singers in the city received
as much, and none more. Emma Tliurs
by probably received the largest salary
ever paid to a choir singer. This was
said to he $0,000. Musical people look
dubious when this figure is mentioned,
and say it is probably overstated Uv $500.
Tho majority of soloists earn k.a tho
neighborhood of $!,000. A considera
ble number get $1,000. A very much
larger number receive $800. A singer’s
actual ineomo is often some hundreds
larger that his salary. It is a favorite
device of those who know their services
are appreciated, to (tdl some friend in
the congregation that they are going to
leave because the salary is insufficient.
This is told in confidence, hut of course
it is widely circulated, as is in
tended. The result often follows
ihat some wealthy member of the con
r rogation, who particularly enjoys the
aorK of that particular singer, takes an
•ar \ opportunity of seeing the singer and
ivj, ng the truth of the report. The singer
•i it her admits nor denies it, hut leaves the
repression that it is so. Tho wealthy
nember of the congregation then oilers
■eatident ally a certain considerable sum
>er year if tho singer will remain. 'The
in ter considers for soine days, and at
An.vtU rvlIl’/ofdhHv OiUKiIIiIm 4 Iflnn t)in
a mo singer will catch half a dozen in the
atne congregation. Thus it is that many
heir singers will tell an inquirer that
liov get $i,00() or $0,50.* from such and
aeii a church, it may be perfectly
me, but it by no means represents their
»ia lies.
Chorus singers generally receive notli
lg. People with good voices are only
io willing to exchange their services for
le benefit of instruction and practice,
ow and then, however, a voice specially
iapted to chorus work is paid; $401* is
large remuneration. In the male choirs
ttle if any money is paid out. St.
rands Xavier’s does not follow this rule,
at this church is an exception in having
choir of able male soloists. Organist
runo Klein has for his quartet Messrs.
reuCebia, Franzel, Xaberti, and Wciu
ch, all capable and well-knoYvn singers,
hey receive liberal salaries. But the
laneel choir of boys costs little. The'
atholic and some Episcopal churches re
mit their chancel choirs from the orphan
lylums of their churches, and require
irvices of the boys as a part of their
uty.
Most of the choir directors say that no
articular class of solo voice commands
ligher salaries than others, and they also 1
igrce that good voices of all registers
ire equally hard to obtain. Organist A. I
El. Mcssiter, of Trinity, however, says
hat s&pranos are the most valuablo
■catures of a choir from a financial point
if view. Musically, of course, one part
n harmony is as important ns another,
dr. Mcssiter says that $800 is good pay
’or a soloist as salaries run, and that
many capable singers arc content to get
illicit less, some salaries being as Ioyv as
f:!00. He thinks the supply is vastly in
ixccss of the demand, inasmuch ns an
idvcrtiscment asking for one singer will
irocure from sixty to seventy responses.
1'here is no reason, therefore, why the
:hurches should not have the very best
meal talent at their disposal.
In this city there is room for every
und of musical ability, as every sort of
;hoir is here represented. The best
■xamplo of complete church music
irobably in the country is fouud at the
■athedral. There are two choirs there,
the general church choir of mixed
voices and the chancel choir. The
church choir consists of a quintet and a
chorus. Miss Eflie Stewart has been the
soprano since last May. She took the
place of Mmc. Martinis, a Peruvian lady
once under Mapleson’s management.
Mine. Martinis held the place seven years.
She has now married and returned to her
home m Lima. Miss Stewart is a
Cleveland lady, well known upon the
concert stage of Cleveland, Chicago and
Boston. Miss Marie Grocbl has
recently taken Mrs. Catherine Ford’s
place as alto. bhe is from Balti
more, and, like Miss Stewart,
won laurels upon the concert stage
before settling here, ller forte has been
oratorio music. Charles Kaiser, the
tenor, is an able musician. He was for
years a pupil of Stockhausen, in Frank
fort. His voice is clear, llcxiblo and
light, materially differing from that of
his predecessor, Charles Turner, who was
a tenor robusto in every sense. ' Charles
Steinbacli, the baritone, is the only mem
ber of the choir w ho has been in the
cathedral sinco its dedication. lie is
the only one who engages in other busi
ness during the week. His voice is a
high baritone and very telling. Henry
Schwicardi, the basso, was formerly
known in German opera. He has been
at the cathedral five years.
There are usually about fifty in the
chorus at the cathedral. Very few re
ceive salaries.
It docs not require distinguished
musical knowledge to hold a place in the
church chorus. A good voice and a fair
knowledge of reading is sufficient. For
the soloist, though, the exactions are
severe. The singer must be able to
render a difficult piece of music at sight,
and remember it after one rehearsal. He
must not only remember it, but be so
much at home in the mechanical matter
of notes and time as to bend his whole
soul to the proper emotional rendering
of the music. The ground covered by
tho quintet at the cathedral is extensive.
Mozart, Hajdn, Beethoven, Gounod,
Bossini, Cherubini and, in fact, all tho
masters of oratorio and sacred music
form the basis. These are covered in all
their works. The same selection is sel
iom sung twice a year.
Thought once awakened docs not
■gain slumber.
9
WISE WORDS.
Custom doth make dotards of Hi A
Humor doth double like the voice and
echo.
No thralls like them that inward
bondage have.
The education of life perfects the
thinking mind, but depraves the frivo
lous.
The beam of the benevolent eye giveth
value to the bounty which the hand
dispenses.
No life can ho utterly miserable that
is brightened by the laughter and love
of one little child.
The forms required by good breeding,
or prescribed by authority, are to bo
observed in social or official life.
Great effects come of industry and
perseverance; for audacity doth almost
bind and mate the weaker sort of mind.
Hypocrisy is much more eligible than
open infidelity and vice; it wears the
livery of religion, and is cautious of
giving scandal.
Consult with him that is wise and of
sound judgment, and seek to be in
structed by one better than thyself,
rather than to follow thine own inven
tions.
Hew people recover from the neglect
or obloquy of their contcmporaiics. The
public will hardly be at the pains to try
the same cause twice over, or does not
like to reverse its own sentence, at least
when on the unfavorable side.
A Gifted Puzzler.
Gilbert Stuart, the painter, was a rare
humorist. Once, while lie was traveling
in a crowded stage-coacli in England,
his companions, curious to know the
man who amused them by his witty
remarks, questioned him closely. In
those days gentlemen wore powdered
hair tied in queues, and ladies built upon
their heads pomatumed top knots.
Stuart gravely replied to his first ques
tioner: "I §paictimcs dress ladies’ and
gentlemen’s hair.”
“You are a hair-dresser, then?” said
011c of the company.
“What! Do you take me fora bar
uei . caciuuucu oiuun, iu u bunuus
tone.
“I beg your pardon, but I inferred aa
much from what you said. May I ask
what, then, you are?”
“Why, I sometimes brush a gentle
man’s coat or hat, or adjust cravats.”
“Oh, then you arc valet to some noble
man. ”
“Indeed, I am not! I am not a ser
vant; though, to be sure, I make coats
and waistcoats lor gentlemen.”
“Oh, you are a tailor.”
“Tailor! Do I look like one? I as
sure you that 1 never handled a ‘goose’
that was not roasted.”
“What are you, then ?” asked half a
dozen voices; for by this time all were
laughing uproariously.
“I’ll tell you,” said Stuart. “What I
have said is literally true. 1 dress hair,
brush hats and coals, adjust a cravat,
and make coats, waistcoats and breeches,
and brush also boots anil shoes.”
“Ha! ha! A boot and shoe maker,
after all!”
“Guess again, gentlemen. I never
handled boot or shoe save for my own
feet. Yet I-Have wdd. i*.,txne.”
“We may as well give up guessing^'
said one of tlio company.
“Now, gentlemen,” said Ftuart, tak
ing a pinch of snuff, “1 11 not play the
fool with you any longer. Upon my
word of honor, I get my living by mak
ing faces.” And he then so screwed his
countenance that the stage-coach shook
with laughter.
“There, just as I thought!” exclaimed
one, “the gentleman is a comedian.”
“I never was on the stage, and Iscldom
sec the inside of a play-house,” answered
Stuart.
The myst'lied ccmpany looked at each
other with astonishment.. Just then the
stage-coach stopped at the place where
Stuart was to get off.
‘•Gcntlen-cn,” said he, “you will find
that all I have said of my various em
ployments is included iu these few words:
I am a portrait painter. If you will call
at my studio in London I shall be ready
to brush you a coat or hat, dress your
hair, supply you with a wig of any
fashion, accommouutc you with coats or
shoe*, give you ruffles or cravats, and
make faces for you.”
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Rich Colored Men.
With the exception of New OrleanB,
Philadelphia has more rich negroes than
any other city. About $3,500,000 is re
puted to be the combined wealth of the
sable citizens of the Quaker City. Al
though the leading and most prosperous
vocation is that of catering, there is a pros
perous class of coal merchants, real estate
dealers, Hour merchants, second-hand
furniture dealers and dealers in china
ware. One real estate dealer, John
McKee, is said to be the owner of 400
hou.-cs, besides property elsewhere.
William Still, author of ‘‘The Under
ground Ruilroa 1,” is a coal merchantmen
a very extensive scale, llisconl yard is
said to be the large-t in America. He is
the owner of a number of coal cars, a
large amount of real estate, is a stock
holder in the Nation newspaper, being
i one of the originators, and is the posses
j sor of a fat bank account. He began
business on a capital of $3. There are
! tw'i) men worth $100,000 each, one worth
$00,000, two worth $50,000, one $45,000,
five $40,000, seven $35,000, thirteen
$20,000, seven $15,000, nineteen $10,000
i and twenty-two $5,000 each. There are
a great many who are worth between
$1,000 and $5,000 each.—St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
A Curious Nurse.
In India, where the elephant is treated
i by his mahout almost as one of the
i family, the grateful animal makes a re
j turn for the kindness shown it by volttn- •
j tarily taking care of the baby. It will
patiently permit itself to he mauled by
| its little charge, and will show great
j solicitude when the child cries. Some
j times the elephant will become so at
tached to its baby friend as to insist
upon its (onstant presence. Such a case
is known where the elephant went so fayt
as to refuse to eat except in the presence
of its little friend. Its attachment was
so genuine that thcchild’s parents would
not hesitate to leave the baby in the
elephant’s care, knowing that it could
have no more faithful nurse,* And the
kindly monster never belied the trust
reposed in it.—St. Nicholas. 6