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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-08-14

herd and his family testified to the excel
lence of the richly-browned turkey, juicy
and unctuous, tie mashed potatoes and
gravy, the golden-hued pies, and the
yellow batter pudding, with its rich sauce
to say nothing Of light, fiaky rolls and
fresh butter. ..rH ..f-,aH.
And when, after dinner, Lysander
stepped into the dining-room for pitch
er Of water, he could not help observing
the contrast between Huldah's satin
smooth braids, and snowy neck-rutfie,
aud Olympia's tawny ribbons and frowzy
hair. - i "..".l
"Olympia," said Miss Catherine, a
couple Of weeks later, as she took folded
paper from the bureau drawer, 6 here's a
present I've got for you-a new dress J
It's basket cloth. And there's some blue
trimmings and silk buttons for you. And
-and, Olympia, shan't need you any
longer, for my brother is going to be mar
ried tomorrow to Miss Huldah Rush,
and she's powerful good housekeeper
you know"
"Just what I thought" said Mrs.
Jones, when her daughter appeared with
her bundle of clothes. {" You allus was
lazy and slovenly, an allas will be, |
reckon"
" I'm sorry went there now" grum-
bled Olympia. Its all that plaguey old
maids fault, | know ~
And it was Miss GATHERINGS manage
ment that saved her brother from that
snare but he never suspected it of course.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-08-14
NUMBER 32.

lVKGETINE viii cleanse Scrofula a1d all
Sfrofula humor from the system.
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HOODS sARsAPARILLA

Is sold by all druggists. Price 81. or six
large bottles for s5. Prepared only lyC. L
HOOD g. co, Apothecaries. Lowell. Mass.
L. Use HOODS To0TH-PowDEE.
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SUR TEYOR.
East Sumner, Maine.

Having purchased a new surveyors Transit !
sn prepared 10 do all kinds OF Surveying. he
tracing old lines a spec lAIty.
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Dinner was on the table at precisely
twelve o'clock, and the Rev. Mr.. Shep-
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BiIiousness, Sick Headache.

"N' FpG&K i. WHITMAN.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21

From one of the largest and
best Paris houses we have some
splendid lots of Dress Goods,
all told about two. hundred full
pieces, that were not ready for
delivery until long after the
time, and on account thereof
we're reduced twenty-five per
cent. all around.
This makes some famous
bargains:
A41-inch All-Wool Illuminated
Beige, 45c.
A 43-inch All-wool Crepe
Beige, soc. Far under
value.
A 45-inch Cashmere Beige
Coo. Far under value.
A 42-inch All-wool Check, soc.
Far under value.
A 42-inch All-wool Albatross,
Coo. Far under value.
A 42-inch All-wool Albatross,
75c. Far under value.
The following lots are very
desirable:
A 4o-inch All-wool French
Shooda, soc.
A 42-inch All-wool French
Shooda, 75c.
A 42-inch All-wool Pins Head
Check, 6oc.
A gil ch Nuns Yelling
(creams), CSC.
The steady increase of our
Dress Goods Department must
be owing to the constant watch
to keep our prices the lowest.
We could not afford to cut off
dress patterns and take them
back, as our rules compel, when
others sold at lower rates, so we
are on the alert all the time to
protect ourselves by marking
the lowest figures going.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21
the school instruction has done somethinR
to advance musical tasfA. q p

the school instruction has done som6thinR
to advance musical taste. 81 "
But, on the other hand, it is very fal
from the truth, that the ability has be-
come general to sing accurately by note
any but the simplest music, even among
the more musical of the students in these
schools. It is equally doubtful whether
the wider dissemination of musical taste
ia to any considerable extent related
to the public school instruction in music.
"Tbere is, however, more serious
question which deserves to be considered.
1t ia, whether tie exercise of singing as
commonly conducted in the public schools
is not positively harmful to the voice
and destructive to future ability to sing
artistically.
Briefly mentioned, the faults of cur
rent instruction are these : Everything is
sacrificed to a knowledge of musical no
tation. The voice is developed only in
respect to power, and this, unfortunately,
in way which must be entirely undone
whenever the study of artistic singing is
begun. Instead of soft, pleasant, expires.
sive voices, ono hears in school almost
universally hard, shouty tone. unsymIa-
thetic and inexpre ssive. This tone is
produced by an improper action Of the
throat which absolutely prevents the pro-
ductiOn of an emotional tone. In this
way is formed a bad habit which must be
entirely undone before expression can be
acquired. Singing thus conducted is not
even a healthful exercise, for it engenders
vocal habits which react unfavOrably upon
the throat.
=" Nor do tho musical textbooks exhibit
real progressivenees toward higher aud
nobier ideas. How far this is the case
will appear as soon as VIC compare the
singing books with the ordinary school
readers. In the latter tho child begins
with the easy words and very simple
thoughts. From this he is lead to longer
words. more involved sentences, and more
mature ideas. The progress does not stop
short of Shakespeare and Milton. Instead
of such a progressive course in music. the
pupil is held to the lower grade. Even
where the difficulties of music reading arc
gradually increased, the musical ideas are
not correspondingly raised.
All of these short comings finally re-
duce themselves to two, namely: IgIOr-
ance of or indifference to the physiological
relation between singing and the vocal
organs; and second, apathy with regard to
all kinds OF musical relations beyond the
simplest and most obvious.
''This state of things, which prevails
for the most part throughout the country,
is to he accounted for or, at least, has
been influenced by two or ithree circum
stances. The music teachers are chosen
mainly for their knowledge of notation
and tho sight reading of music. They
are generally earnest, practical teachers,
with perhaps a turn for music, but with
no systematized training in the physiology
of tho vocal organs, and without practical
with tue technic of vocal
culture. They are precentor like singers,
with loud, unsympathetic voices, aud
with low grade Of musical ideas."
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21

!. Linen Sheetings, oH yds.
wide, value 9oc., now Csc. ;
value SI.oo, now 75c.; value
$I.2o, now S5c.
IS inch Pillow Linen, 37Hc.
54-inch Pillow Linen, soc.
4o-inch Butchers Linen, 22c.
4-4Drawer Linen, IS, %, IS,
28 and SIC.
Fine Cream Damask, SI.o5
reduced to ST.
Table Cloths, p HxoH, oHx3,
2H x4H, 2Hx5 yards.
A Towel, 22x43 inches, weigh
half a pound, o5c.
A Damask Towel, 23x4S
inches, good and heavy, price
now at first hands, 37Hc, our
price. SIC.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21
POPULAR MUSIC.
Singing IN tho Public Schools.

Sib8Ius III tn0 EuOIlC SCHOOLS.
Theodore Thomas indorses, in the June
Century. William L. TOmlins' views "On
the Training OF Children's Voices" by
way Of introducing them to the readers of
the Century, and Mr.. Tomlins says in part
when the study of singing was first in
reduced into the public schools of Bos.
Ton, the most utopian anticipations were
indulged in with regard to TIE degree and
value of the musical culture that would
hen become the acquisition ofevery child.
Two advantages, in particular, were count
cd upon: That fluent singing by note
would then become common, and that a
foundation would be laid for a genuine
appreciation Of good music. To some
extent these expectations have been real.
'zeu. "A certain very moderate knowl-
e'ee OF musical notation has become gen.
erai among the younger people-not only
OF that city but of almost all the other
cities throughout the country. for into
nearly all Of them music has been intro.
duced. Even this moderate facility in
reading music has served as a means Of
enlarg'ng the pupils practical acquaintance
with musical literature, and to that extent
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21

Children's and Misses Trim
med Hats, ready to put on. for
$3.50, $1.75 and s., and up
wards. These come from our
own work rooms.
Ladies' Rough-and-R
Bonnets and Hats, all colors
and black, for Csc.
173 dozen sprays Of fine flow
ers at Csc a spray for millinery
and corsage. These are about
half price.
There is a new counter for
9 and I2c. Satin and Gros Grain
Ribbons, of which we have all
COlors.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21

A magnificent lot of newly
imported Lyons Black Grena-
dimes, warranted all silk. The
designs are rich and beautiful.
Two qualities, $1.25 and $3.50,
which is said to be less than half
of the cost of importation. Be-
fore the goods reached the
counters twenty dresses were
sold by the sample piece that
customers saw in passing. We
have some other Black Goods
at half price.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21

Ladies' English Solid-color Bril-
liant Lisle Hose, soc.
Ladies' Colored Hose, 1o!c.,
hitherto CSC. j
Ladies' Long Balbriggan
French foot, ooc., hitherto
SIC. #
Ladies Fancy Hose, a fifty cent
quality for 25c. /
Mems full regular made, Ger
man) Brown mixed, I2!c.
Mems English Striped, full reg
ular made, I8c. !
Children's full regular made, at
IS, 20. 80, 35c., worth
double.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21

The new Waukenphast Shoe
is about the best thing yet that
has been done for men, if CON-
fort for the feet is considered.
Only hrst-class workmen can
make them, and, as yet, we have
not been able to make sufficient
quantities to get the price lower
than 81; but this is a dollar less
than, we are told, is asked else
where.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21

20 inch Black Satin Parasol,
lined in various colors, ten gilt
ribs, handsome natural stick,
Spanishlace trimmed. Price, $3.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21

kfREfS OtAAHOOAL. l.llNeN0Es,
I The most reliable and suresf cure for
Headaehe. Dyspepsia, Indigestion. Heartburn,
~ PIeath and ali diseases arising from q
0ieotGefod stomach. Price sc. per Box,
manaoIe. Prepared ard sold by
ANDkEW q. PREY, DRUGGIST.
7F7r'7- = Z. Orange St, Cor. Christian,
Lancaster, IA
Drugs, Chemicals, etc, always on han,; st
tho most reasonable prices. a.1-ly.!Aw
flNssO SMALL HAND.MADE HAVANA
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21

Some lots of Buttons and
Dress Trimmings at nominal
prices as long as they last.
New importations OF Paris But
tons open.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21

IS yard Lengths of Summer
Silks, 35 to Csc.
Glace Changeable Silk, CSC.
New India Silks, black
grounds, small white figures.
very handsome, at $3.50.
A fair Black Silk is going
now for 75c., and quite a good
one for a Dollar.
fyou will pay $3.50, we have
a quality of the Bcllon make
that we recommend, and will
ask you to recommend after
wearingit. =.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21

The Madras, Nottingham
Antique and Tambourd Cur
tains are in usual abundance.
Furniture coverings begin at
I23c, a yard, and some of our
Cretonne are the cheapest we
ever had.
Handsome Antique Curtains,
$3.50 per pair.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21

Four styles Gentlemen's Sus-
penders, made in our
workrooms at Oak Hall.
IS, IS, 40 and 50.
Balbriggan Underwear, sic !;
used to be soc. Good
Night Shirt, 75c.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21

RAk0AlNS IN WATOHEs, CLOCK.
- Chains, Rings Spectacles, &C. Repairing
ti0n. LOUIS WEBER, No. lt9& N Orth Qneen
street -RoMember name and Snumber Df
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-21

SAmOEL h. PRiUE. ATTORNEY, AAs
- aomoved MS Ofice nom 56 North Duke
nteiy LEY IN hsar "f Court Honss, Longs New
""s D1z-ttd
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-21
The Cost of War.

A glance at isolated facts will show
the waste and the desolation, the suf-
fering, the determination of war.
When Napoleon's army marched up
toward Moscow they burned every
house for $50 miles. Our Revolution
ary war cost the English government
s680,0O0,000. The wars growing out
of the French revolution cost England
$3,0O0.0O0,0O0. Christendom has paid
in twenty-five years $15,000.0C0,000
for battle. Those were the TWEEN y
two years, I think, ending in 1920 or
thereabout. The exorbitant and ex-
hausting taxes Of Great Britain and
the United States are for the most
part resultant from conflicts. When
we complain about our taxes we
charge the fault upon this administra-
tion or that administration, upon this
line of policy or upon that line Of
policy, but it is a simple fact that to-
day we are paying for the shot and
the shell, and the ambulances, and the
cavalry horses, and the batteries. and
the exploded fortresses, and the broken
bones, and the digging of the grave
trenches, and for four years of ma
tional martyrdom. Edmund Burke
estimated that the nations of this
world had expended S35,000,000,-
600 in war, but he did his
ciphering before our great
American and European wars were
plunged into. He never dreamed that
in this land, in the latter part of this
century, in four years we should ex-
pend in battle s3.OO0,0O0,OO0. But
what was all this waste of treasure
when compared with the waste of
human life? The story is appalling
beyond everything. In one battle
under julius Caesar 100000 fell.
Under Xerxes in one campaign 5,000,-
600 were slain; under Gengis Khan, at
Herat, 100000 were slain; at Nishar,
1,747,000 were slain; at the siege of
Ostend, 10000; at Acre, 100000; at
the siege of Troy 1,816,O00 fell. The
Tartar and African war cost 108,000,-
600 lives. The wars against the Turks
and the Saraeens cost 180, ,O00,0 900 lives.
Add to all these the million who fell
or expired in hospital in our own con-
Hict. 1t might seem to some a small
addition, but vast addition it seems
to me, because it comes SO near our
own hearts. Then take the fact that
thirty-fve times the present popula-
ton of the earth have fallen in battle.
Looking on these things, am | not
right in charging you, to pray every
day of your lives that the Lord will
hasten on the day when war shall
cease? Enough the tears; enough the
blood enough the bereavement;
enough the martyrdom. -TGlmage.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-21
Wealthy CoIored People.

The Washington correspondent of
the Boston Trareller furnishes the fol-
lowing interesting information regard
ing the wealthy colored men of the
country:
The richest man of color in America
is probably Aristide Marie, of New
Orleans. He was large slave-owner
before the war, and his income from
the rents of his property in New
Orleans is not less than $4,000 year.
Besides this he has large personal
estate, consisting of first-elass securi-
ties. Mr.. Marie is a man of fine ac-
complishments graduate of one Of
the best institutions of France, and
lives abroad about half of each year.
B. F. Joubert, of Louisiana, is another
colored gentleman of handsome for
tune, also former slave-owner, though
he, as well as Mr.. Marie, have always
been free. He is SO nearly white that
one would scarcely take him to be
co.ored, while Mr. Marie is very de-
cided brown. The Dumas's pere ct fils
Of New Orleans are very rich Cover
nor Pinchbeck is also very well off,
with perhaps s25O,000. There are half
a dozen others who are worth from
100000 to 100000 each. In New
York, I know of at least dozen
colored men who have from 100000
to $500,000 each. There are two who
are physicians whose professional in
comes are$25, 900 year. Mr.. Roselle,
a barber in Williamsburg, N. Y,
recently died, leaving nearly $500,000.
Henry Thomas, for years head waiter
at the Grand Union hotel at Saratoga
and the Metropolitan hotel in New
York is worth s150,000. DR.. Mac
donald, of New York, is worth 5000,
900, and Mrs. Gloster, of Brooklyn, is
the wealthiest of them all, her fortune
being estimated at S1,000000. John
Tenycke is worth s500,000. The
wealthiest colored planter in America
died year or two ago. His name
was Ben Montgomery. He began life
as the body servant of General Joe
Davis, brother of Jefferson Davis.
Ben Montgomery owned "the Hurri-
canes estate, formerly the property
of Joe and Jefferson Davis, in Claiborn
county, Miss. In 1868 he bought it of
these gentlemen, giving them 100000
sor it, without the slaves of course.
There are three great cotton planta-
tions in this estate-Palmyra, Briar-
fields, and another the, name Of which
cannot now recall. His crop used to
be 1900 bales of cotton a year, beside
corn and other products. Ben Mont
gomery's credit was as high as that of
any planter in Mississippi, and he had
the goodwill and respect of all his
neighbors. Ex-senator Bruce, at
present the register of the treasury, is
also a very successful planter in Missis-
sippi, and owns two very large and
valuable plantations in Coahoma and
Bolivar counties. Miss. He is worth
at least 100000, and does not owe
cent.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-21
PAYMENT in Advance,

The elder Herschel was a man of
kindly disposition but, like most per-
sons who have risen out of early diff
culties, he was extremely careful, it is
related, of money, and became wealthy.
A traditional anecdote of his domestic
life, however, shows that he could be
good-humoredly generous on occasions.
An old servant named Betsy was with
him at the time of constructing his
telescope, and his first act on discover
ing the planet Uranus was to give her
a guinea, adding:
"You shall have five guineas, Betsy,
when discover another
The poor woman accepted the
promise in all seriousness, and great
was her interest in all her masters
subsequent labors. Planets, however.
even by Herschel, are not to be dis
covered every day, and Betsy's hopes
were long deferred. One day Herschel
received friend to whom he had previ-
ously told his story, with the excla-
nation:
"I have paid my five guineas n
"What |" exclaimed the friend, "haye
we to rejoice over another great dis
covery?"
"No," replied the astronomer, with
good-humored smile, II have simply
paid poor Betsy in advance. You see,"
he added, as his visitor appeared
puzzled, al often pursue these re
searches long after the poor woman
has retired to rest. How is Betsy to
know that 1 do not discover new
planets clandestinsly and keep from
her the knowledge, with mean deter
mination to save my money? Better
to pay at once better to pay at once"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-21
An INGENIOUS Clock.

An ingenious clock has been com
pleted by poor Jewish matchmaker
in Russia, after two years of hard
laLor. at certain hours of the day it
PLAYS the national anthem and gives a
mimic representation of the coronation
ceremony. When the hour arrives two
doors fly open. disclosing a model Of
the Cathedral Of the Assumption at
Moscow, where the czars are crowned.
Then the gates Of the cathedral swing
back, and within appears the metro
politan of Moscow, surrounded by dig
nitaries of the church in gorgeous
robes. The emperor and empress enter
and are sprinkled with holy water !;
thereupon the emperor takes a golden
crown from the metropolitan and
places it on his own head, and second
crown on the head of the empress, and
the doors Of the cathedral close. The
maker Of this ingenious toy presented
it to their imperial majesties imlnedi-
ately after ths coronation ceremonies,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-21
Hints for Hot Weather.

l. We advise our readers, in the first
place, to procure for use during the hot
season suitable supply Of thin cloth
ing. This can be obtained at any of
the clothing stores or tailors' shops
and is much cooler and more comfort
able in summer than the thick wooden
goods worn during the cold weather.
2. A straw hat during the warm
weather is an invaluable thing. Such
hats can be got at all prices, and are
vastly superior for summer wear than
heavy silk hats or beavers. A cabbage
leaf should always be worn in the
crown of the hat.
8. Thin stockings and low shoes are
more comfortable than heavy wooden
socks and high boots.
f. The practice of riding in the mid
die Of the day on the box seat of a
wagon without any protection from
the sun is dangerous, and should be
avoided.
S. On retiring at night open the
windows and throw the blankets off
the bed; blankets never make the
sleeper cool.
6. 1t is a poor plan to sit.in a draft;
the cold air checks the perspiration.
Colds are frequently caught in this
way.
z. Always be patient. Remember
that, however oppressive the day, the
weather must change, and that some
time it must become cooler. BY merely
waiting you must sooner or later be
come cool.
s. Do not engage in street fights
These, beside having deteriorating
moral effect, raise the temperature Of
the body, and should never be INDUCED
in in summer.
8. When it rains, even during warm
weather, the best plan is to come in.
TO- This is our hot weather article.
We advise every reader to cut it out
and preserve 1t for reference. We may
be unable TO return to the subject
again, and by simply pasting it inside
| his hat he can have it always at hand.
Nesc FORK Erening Post.