davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-14
PART CATALOGUE or THIS DAYS TUESDAY
SALE, AT 10 O'CLOCK.


harness three days are given to test warisntees
fAAf oAAISHE SALE. AT % 10 SH5s ocLoek SaS "OASDAD
ROAM rRorTING GELDING. 1874 HANDS HIGH 9
s ss % any aSy a s oi
FlsesvoOd; ahalf mile l:i5, and repeated, AZ i
true IN ali harness Single Harness. nearly new, and
ROAD WAGON. in good order built BY J. B. Brew
BAY S HoksE. Eo speE6 Il ' BY RyNDER's ABERDEEN
years old can troi now in s minutes: warranted
GRAY ffasiH f il ea
safe family horse; afraid Of anything; warranted
II
that
PAIR BIAc& cxRRAGE e HohsE m HANDS HIGH
and sn ssa sas IN IL
LANpxgLETa aoop IA As NEW, ha. pole and shafts.
HAM psoMR BAY BAY MARE. MARE ALL BLACK POINTS, ls,s
snasS 9S' aSsr o has
bottom and endurance; warranted sound and kind
BAY MARE; i51s HANDS HIGH, years old; not afraid
VERY HANDSOME soRREL HORSE. l51 hands high.
u years old; has been used by ladies and children
ey yas a.o and csss io sS @ ds Syns ps
VERY sn srYs na d nFrE ns M dRXY Soc CART HORSE
is game and handy driver; fast traveller extra hno
saddle horse: warranted sound and kind and true in
VERY HANDSOME BAY MAKE: issN hands hi.h. o years
drive, warranted kind true in all harness.
MAHoGAMY BAY dI GELDING i31s hands high, year.
perfectly gentle and reliable warranted kind and
BLACK MAEE is HANDS HIGH 4 old As;
HANDSOME BLACK GELDrNG lsk hands high, years
cid extrn driver not afraid Of elevated railroad
safe family horse; warranted kind and in ali
CHESTNUT rRorrING MARE, sired by Young Webster.
old; fine rosdstsr trottsd tits summer IN 's is
as fast now as ever is snfe for one to drive ut
nd nd true in all harm
YER! Risaas SiSE i BLACK sr4p1sa, ,s HANDS HIGH
and Kind and true in ali harness ''N'N
.rss h ssssa sound
CALIFORNIA GOAT, HARNESS so; goat we'll
srv12sH IsGfeH soppv1 MARE ;, p,xns r,au 49,.
:$ ii
TOP sIDR Ai5R'ss EAs a. ROAD WAGON BY sevsll.
ss
sound ana kind and true il all harness.
spaa s
Hss ,s '.ns. '.aaa
as ODD can b driven sy rd
q" and
raatod kind and true in all harness; single harness
RocKAWASs EXTHSsoN To rsss'Sn sop side
Road Wagons double and single Harness. &c. 'p'"
SALE COMNENCES At Ia frC.i0CK
49, o.- -. =. ~ y 0--oo
UCT1ON HOUSE OF ARCH. JOHNSTON.
AN =, -o-n '''' "'"' 0"'''''''' p'''0
iOLDEST ESTABLISHED AND MOST REI,IABIE
HOUSE IN THE CITY
iRECuIAR SAFES or uoRSEs Ann n cAppIAcES
EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. AT 10 O'CLOCK
"a h1urs three Gays fa on horses sound
IdiS DAi IOESDaO Al ~ OCLOCk
FAMILY ESTABLISHMENT returned from the
= couLtry-Elegant team black Horses, 15k hands 6
and years old kind and true in all harness free from
ot rairoao OF else anu war
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-14

At III BARCLAY ST PARoLE CLUB ORDERS
~ received AID books Hanan aud Courtney boat
race, Oct. l6. HACkETT DE LACY.
TURF COMMISSION OFFICE. 13 WEST 2STH
hst-Iianlan and Courtney boat race, Thursday Octo
ber 10; orders received; tickets, IS. CRIDGE x co.
I)OOK OPEN ON GUBERNATORIAL CONTEST AND
Don Hanan aud Courtney Race. McCLOUD MAHO-
NEY. Alliance Club. 1873 Broadway New York.
IIANLAN AND COURTNEY BOAT RACE.-ORDERS
lreceved No Barclay II. and ~ 2>th st. Tickets 81
aud So Books Dixie and Brock and all
events. w. LOWELL
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-14
THE TURF.

A -GENTLEMEN's DRIVING PARK FORMERLY
.fleetwood Meeting; October % 20 80 and 81
Entries close this evening. IL o'clock at the Brewer
House, broadway and 2Sth and At tho track
For particulars, sec wilkes Spirit and bills.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-14
HORSES. CARRIAGES. &c.

NOR sALg-LIGHr. DOUBLE CONCORD TOf
wagon platform springs nearly Dos West 18th 81
E'oR sALE-NEw AND SECOND HAND DOWN
town single Trucks, Express and top Grocery Wagons;
cheap. No. 42i 10Th av.. 34th 81.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15

Has the rich man ever stopped to
consider that there are no baggage-cars
on the road to Philadelphia
Chronicle Herald.
1t is said shad lives but one year.
1t is almost incredible that he can de-
velop such a wilderness of bones in so
brief iime.-Boston Transcript.
Two pretty girls were going along
the other day when the extra blonde
one said, laughingly, to the other: "Oh,
| don't think much of him! he was
little too sissy, and he parted his hair
sissy"
"A little boy, whose little sister has
man how her hair came to be so red.
"Oh!" said the little fellow, 4" she went
out last summer when the sun was so
hot. "-EiDlird Advertiser.
An artist went to his allepathic
doctor for remedy for cold which
kept his wife at home. "Paiat your
wife's back with IODINE" was the in
junction. In the evening the artist set
to work. His artistic fancy got the bet
Ter OI ulIu. ne Sketcneu ldnuSCdpc
with river in the foreground, noun
tains in the background, and introduced
bits of still life. "Have you not fin
ished?" said the wife impatiently.
"Yes," he replied, "one-half minute
more to put my name and send for the
Trainer"
Teacher (who is trying to explain
the meaning of repentance)-"Suppose
a bad boy were to steal an orange, and
his good mother should catch him with
it, and take him by the hand gently and
tell him how wicked it is, and how very,
very grieved she was, don't you think
now that the little boy ought tie feel sor-
ry?" Chronic Sunday-school scholar
"Yessum." T.-'sAnd why, Marina
duke?" C. S. "Cause" t.
"Because what, Marmy'" C. S. S.
"Hump! cause why, he hadn't ct the
or'nge befo' his ma caught him and
tuck it away fun him. ''-Louisrille
COurier-JOurnaL.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15
Living I'm France.

The manner of living in France is
much the same as in the South of our
own country. The early meal, which
takes the place of our breakfast, con-
sists only of roll and cup of coffee or
chocolate. The second breakfast, as it
is called, is much like our dinner, and
their dinner, which is eaten between five
and eight O'Clock, never consists of less
than five courses, and often of more.
Wine is an indispensable article with the
Frenchman. Be he young or old, rich
or poor, he must have his wine. The
favorite kind seems to be claret, which
may be purchased at the exceedingly
reasonable price of fifteen cents per bot
tie. Holding the fact in mind that a
dinner in Paris is no dinner at all with
out its accompanying bottle of wine, we
are surprised to find so little intemper-
ance here. Even on New Years Day,
the day of the year in this country, the
city was perfectly orderly and quiet,
notwithstanding the crowds of pleasure
seekers who thronged the streets from
early in the morning until late at night.
Giving the French people all due credit
for their orderly conduct in general, we
can not but deplore their utter disregard
OF the Sabbath. They seem to have no
idea that there is a commandment, "Re-
member the Sabbath day." etc. Stores
are open, and people are making pur-
chases the same as on week days; and
any Sunday, by glancing across the
street, we may see family seated at q
window engaged. and seemingly very
much interested, in card playing, for It
seems to be their regular Sunday after
noon recreation.-Cor. Paterson Press.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15
Science and Industry.

-Graphite in large quantities has
been discovered near Winnebago, MINI.
twenty-five gallons of water to l2s
gallons of sulphuric acid will dissolve
bones for fertilizing.
An Elgin Ui.) canning concern
has contracted for the product of ] 800
acres of corn for the coming season.
The total crop of ice gathered from
the Hudson River this winter is esti-
mated a. 5000, 200 tons, taking no ac-
CONT of what is stacked outside of the
houses.
In the northern oil field of Pennsyl-
vania fuel is scarce. Patent oil-burners
have been invented, and in several fac
tories and refineries oil is entirely used
for fuel. and coal and wood are abol-
ished.
A prominent industry among the
farmers of France and Italy is the pro-
duciion of roses for the manufacture of
perfumes. The manufacturers in one
district use 100000 pounds of rose
leaves per year.
The Maine Beet-sugar Company at
Portland have decided &c increase their
capital for another year. Farmers in
the vicinity are going into beet-raising
more extensively, and the business
promises to become an established one.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15
Haps and Mishaps,

John Bolen, while cutting a tree
near Cicero, Ind, was struck on the
head by a falling limb, crushing his
skull and killing him almost instantly.
An old lady named Mary Demp-
stead, of Racine, Wis, was severely
burned by the explosion of a kerosene
can, which she had left on the stoye.
Her injuries were supposed to be fatal.
A little daughter of Albert Thomp-
son, named Gertie, aged about 5 wears,
OF Hudson, o., fell in a CRATE fire and
was burned TO death. The child was in
the care of its grandmother at the time
of the accident.
AT Salem. Ind, boy named Lin
sey was hit on his wrist with rnler
while playing with another boy. Some
days after the wrist began to swell and
finally modification set in and the bow
died.
Near Richfield, O., Joe Churchill,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.

Walt Whitman has improved IN
health and expects to lecture.
-O'Donovsn, the sculptor, is model
ing a hfe-sizc medallion head Of Bayard
Taylor for the Society of American Ar
lists.
III. II :" Mrs. Helen Hunt Jack
son. the poetess, who married wealthy
miner of Colorado Springs, has one
room which is entirely ornamented with
Japanese fans.
Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, the
daughter Of Nathaniel Hawthorne, has
completed her hrst novel, and II Will soon
be printed as scriai IN the Boston Co'd-
rIer.
-Bayard Taylor's translation OF
"Faust," in the opinion Of the Saturday
Rerte,D, is lone of the most remarkable
feats of translation achieved in any
modern language"
The poems OF the late Richard
Reslf. with biographical sketch by
Col. X. j. Hinton, will be published
some time during the spring. The work
is intended for the benefit of Realf's
child.
Mr.. Bret Harte and his recent lee.
ture have both pleased the Londoners
The ALaer,eu,a calls him ga true artist.
possessing rare mastery eyer language.
skilled TO express ideas. pathetic or gro.
tesqne."
Father Tom Burke and the history
an Froude were very warm enemies on
paper, but are personal friends, and
when Father Tom was in England
Froude insisted on making the distin-
guished Irishman his guest.
,o,n n c. s.;,,ot..s.
oonn ". ',aAc' Is saiu W oe suiier,hg
iioiii chrome ineiancnolIa' CAUSED " ms
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15

apple Tart.-Stew some pippin ap-
pies till soft, say about large ones;
cook them in as little water as possible.
Make the sauce as sweet as liked, and
stir in ! cup of butter; put in the sugar
and butter when the apples are taken
from the fire. Line deep plates with
soft crust, and put in the mixture. Crate
lemon-peel and loaf-sugar on the top.
Bake till very light brown.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15

h "A Baltimore tea merchant, thinks
fhat the cultivation Of the teaplant in
Georgia is perfectly practicable, and he
offers d pound for the leaves shipped
to his firm (Messrs. Martin, Gillet &
Co., Baltimore) the firm engaging TO
do the curing and preparation till the
producers are fairly on their feet.
Several cotton factories are to be
erected at Mobile, Alabama, because Of
the advantages presented at that point.
One cotton mill at Columbus, Georgia.
affords employment to 1900 hands. A
recent report Of its condition states that
its assets are S2,82S, 600; liabilities, ST.
247, 600, surplus, 1851, 900. This is
not an exceptional case.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15

much, and is of somewhat taciturn
mood. though very sociables when he
sees thar conversation is expected of
him.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15

Previous to 1921 the tobacco ship
ped from this country amounted to S.
900 pounds, and since 1890, 5000, 900
pounds have been exported.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15

School and Church.
The average age of the Congrega-
tional ministers who died during the
past three years was &C years, months
and "a days.
The study of the Irish language is
vigorously prosecuted in New York and
Brooklyn. The classes, comprising
both sexes, meet two or three times each
week.
According to DIR. Hepworth, the
Roman Catholic Church takes the best
care of its clergy. If man isn't good
in one position, it puts him in another.
The next best is the Dutch Reformed.
The Catholic Bishop of Montreal
has issued circular forbidding ladies
to belong 10 church choirs after the LIST
of June next. Many of the churches
have anticipated the order by dismissing
lady singers.
DR.. David Murray, the American
gentleman who has had charge of the
cause of education for the last five years
in Japan, has received from the En-
peror decoration of merit and present
OF money.
AS the result of IL years. work in
Texas, Northern Methodists now count
4,207 members, 2, 467 probationers, S08
local and 22l travelling preachers, la
churches, and 177 unday-schools, with
1857 scholars.
wealthy men in New York have pledged
szoo,oVo toward Inc endowment OF
new coIeee Ior coioreo youth IN tnat
eity, the speciai opject OF wnich snould
p ne N in the s s'' ''' 'A' '''''e'
Bishop Whittle, OF Virginia, has in
structed his clergy to remove all
decorations on festival occasions, and
dispense with altar garments, and to
otherwise tone down the services of the
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15

Foreign Notes.
"A Berlin baker was lately impris-
oned for making a gingerbread carica-
ture of Bismarck.
AT last accounts Adelina Patti was
in Rome in precarious state of health,
and able to walk only with difficulty
A national bank is to be started in
Egypt, of which the Right Hon Robert
Lowe, formerly in Mr.. Gladstone's Cab
met, is to be Chairman
The Glasgow Bank relief fund has
reached 81, $50, 900, sum unprecedent-
ed in charitable annals. Lady Burdett
Coutts gave $1,000.
"A Tirnova correspondent of the
London Times says that the name of Mr.
Gladstone is heard frequently there as
one of the probable candidates for the
throne of Bulgaria.
-Frankfort-on-the-M Main has popu-
latiOn of about i00, 1000, and out of that
number 100 citizens are worth from
"a, 100000 to S5,000,00O, and at least
$50 are worth at least 81, 600, 200.
-Thirty-five hundred dollars is the
amount of the bill sent in by Lord Bea-
cons6eld to England for medical at
tendance at Berlin, whittier his London
doctor went to attend him.
London Truth, speaking of Lord
Beaconsfield, says that old men are, as
a rule, thoroughly selfish, and that the
aspiration of the most aged statesmen is
Sc A flor mo tho dolruo >,
The Countess de Trobriand, who is
an American, is also very patriotic. At
her recent reception in Paris she fur
nished her refreshment table exclusively
with American viands.
"A lady in Hungary has the distaff
used by Marie Antoinette in spinning
during her imprisonment. 1t is of wood
and ivory inlaid with silver, and still
bears the hemp left upon it by the i'll
fated Queen on the eve of her execution.
The fund raised in Germany as a
memorial of the Emperor's escape
amounts to over $500, 900. 1t is to form
the basis of national insurance insti-
tuition for the laboring classes and poor,
of wpich the Prince Imperial is named
"Hlgh PROTECTOR"
The Municipal Council of Paris,
which is radical in its republicapism, is
gradually changing the names of streets
which have been called after prominent
Bonaparists. The Rue de Morny is
henceforth to be the Rue Pierre Char
ron. The Place du Chateau d'Eau is
to become the Place de Ia Republique,
and statue Of the Republic is to adorn
it.
M. Grevy, the new French Presi-
dent, is keen sportsman and an able
agriculturist. In his native Jura he
climbs the hills for game, and strolls
about the valleys admiring his vines, his
cattle, and his fields of maize. Part of
a large tobacco plantation used to be-
long to him until the Government,
bought it; and this may account for his
fondness for the weed. He smokes
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-15

lad aged IL years, while playing with
afoy pistol, on his way home from
school shot b mself through the he 'rt,
killing himself inst sntly. ,,is dead body
was found BY party passing by.
AT Waynesvllle, H., as DIR. Hitch
cock, young physician, was going
down a back flight of stairs, having in
his hand coal-bucket, hen his feet
slipped upon the cy steps, throwing
him down and breaking his skull, from
tn. effects of which he died in a short
time
-Justus Gonther, of Fort Dodge,
Iowa, recently went ia the woods to
cnop. In telling tree it in some way
caught bis foot and actually wrenched
that member off just above the ankle.
The leg was amputated close to the
knee, but the unfortunate man died the
following morning.
AT Amboy, Lee County, H., during
the celebration of Washington's birth
day, young man aged IS years, son Of
Nathaniel Woodland, prominent law
yer, was instantly killed by the acct
dental discharge of shotgun, which
went off in the hands of a young man
named Charles Waters.
Mrs. Colson, wife of M. ID. F.
Colson, of Dresden, Texas, to amuse
her little sick daughter Annie, gave her
an old rusty pistol to play with. Annie
tried in vain to snap it. Her mother
then, thinking it unloaded, seized the
weapon, and laughingly saying: 81
will shoot ANNIE" she placed the muZ-
gle to her daughters head, and pulling
the trigger, fired. The ball entered
Annie's forehead, instantly killing her.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-30
COAST CLIPPINGS.

News Notes Cleaned ron variOus
Sources.
Leadville has now over forty ore-pro-
ducing mines.
The increase In Wyoming sheep this year
is eighty per cent.
Aparty Of ESQ new Mormons arrived at
Salt Lake a few days go.
The Deadwood press favor the organiza-
ton OF a new Territory for the Black Hills.
1t il reported at Ashland Oregon, that
a 81 900 nugget had been picked mp on
Silver Greek.
The low price that copper is bringing
has caused q suspension Of underground
work on the Newton copper mine. Amador
county.
A twenty stamp mill. to be erected at
the Contention mine on the San Pedro
River. Arizona, has been contracted for in
San Francisco.
The Gond Templars of California are do
ing considerable work throughout the
State. The new lodges recently instituted
are progressing well.
The Ontario mine, Utah, has net missed
a daily shipment of ore for two wears, ex-
cept at the time Of the fire and during nee
ssary stoppages OF the mill for repairs.
The Denver " News" estimates that fifty
thousand people will come into Colorado
before the present season closes. with the
intention Of becoming permanent resi-
dents.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-30
NEVADA NEWS.

Items of Interest Called from State
Exchanges.
Winnemucca is shipping large quantities
Of wool.
Heavy shipments Of cattle are made
daily from Winnemucca.
The appeal" ? that white men and
women in Carson visit opium dens.
1t is estimated that the Battle Mountain
wool clip will amount to 1000 0 pounds.
Temperance is at a low ebb in Tnscarora,
and an effort to organize . temperance So
ciety has failed.
The powder scare has extended to Pr
oche, and henceforth the article is to be
kept out Of town.
The Carson Appeal reads the Enter
prise a lecture" because it abuses Gorham,
aid intimates that the Republicanism Of
the Enterprise" is not Of the soundest.
The ssTimes-R Review has been shown
specimens of ore from the southeast drift
Of the Diana mine. which contained native,
ruby aud antimonial silver in considerable
quantities.
According to the statement OF q Tusca-
Koran, made to the Tunes Review" Yam
kee Fork is no place for workingmen, and
it will be two years before it can be devel-
oped into a good camp. Men are leaving
the place by hundreds.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-30
SOY

Charley Knight is recovering from a
severe attack Of pneumonia.
Mr. Con Riley il once more among us,
looking after his mining interests.
Hon. Thomas Robinson, Of Newark. was
in town yesterday.
Mr.. r. P. Mcdaniel and wife are en-
route from Boston to Eureka.
Mr.. A. skillman, Of this paper, has been
quite i'll for a couple Of days.
Captain Foley is in from Secret Canyon.
viewing the wonders Of the metropolis.
Mr. and Mrs. F. o. swensson are in Bo-
nanza City.
Mr.. W. p. Haskell. who has been con-
fined TO his room for some time with rheu-
matirm, was out yesterday.
j. b.. a brother Of James T. and J. A.
Maflewson. arrived from the East on Mon
day evening and passed on to Hamilton
yesterday.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-30

An audience. not so large as might have
been expected. but intelligent, refined and
appreciative, greeted Miss Shirley last
night. This young lady proved that the
encomiums Of 1.-The Eastern press we're all
deserved. aud her reading of choice selec-
tions from ~favorite authors were admirably
rendered. and showed she was a thorough
elocutionist. Her facial c~ontortions and
limitations of several characters was truly
laughable, and she evidently possesses all
the requisites OF = successful actress.
There will be a complete change of pro-
gramme this evening. and those who did
should attend.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-07-30

Scraps from the Notebook Of the
semtiners Reporter.
Stocks took another tumble yesterday.
Senator Jones, Of Nevada, 10 at Leadville.
The weekly letter list will be found else
where.
House to rent on Mob Hill. See adver-
tisement.
Belcher has levied an assessment Of 81
per share.
The present heated term is sure to bring
thunder showers.
The first brick on the new theatre build
ing we're laid yesterday.
Considerable money will change hands
over the result Of the foot race on Ruby
Hill on Sunday.
The new house for the Hooks and
Knicks is underway. aud DimOck 10 push
ing the work forward vigorously.
Uncle Billy Walker is looking around
for a suitable location, and will soon open
another chop stand.
Tonight will be Miss Shirley's last ap-
pearauce, and those who wish to enjoy q
literary treat should attend.
The singing Of the Mette children on
Saturday night has been praised by all
who attended the concert.
Ed. Ryan. as will be seen by our adver-
Using columns. has severed his connection
with the chop stand in Jack Perry's saloon.
Professor Stewart says ore bodies invari-
ably occur Under depressions on the sur
face.
Governor Kinkead and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Adams are both absent from the
State.
The Relief Committee generously contri-
buted $50 toward d.frayiDg the expenses
Of Edwards funeral
The Virginia "Chronicle' asks for in
formation concerning he Whereabouts Of
Coll Deans three b~onaDzas.
Ned Parker draws large crowds nightly,
and disposes of pens and gre enbacks to the
fortune-seeking multitude.
The DAILY Exchange claims that the
suit Of the Richmond was brought about
by the fact that the Albion had struck a
large body of ore.
No meeting Of the County Commission
ers will be held before Monday next. when
they will hold their regular monthly meet
ing.
Hon. Thomas Wren manifests a good
deal 1T interest in the building Of the new
theatre, and makes q daily visit Of inspec-
ton.
A slight shower Of rain yesterday caused
people TO o anxion ly toward Prospect
Mountain, aud predictions OF a flood were
freely made.
The Den Thompson troupe will be the
next candidates for public favor. They
will give three performances the middle Of