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The Grenada gazette., 1886-01-30
THREE COMPOSERS.
difference in the Dispositions of Auber,
Spontini and I;erIiOz.

Spontini and Beri0z.
Auoer was sometimes surprised al
the grandeur of his fame. He was
modesty itself, and it is rather amus.
ing to compare him to another compos-
er, contemporary ofhis, Spontini, who
at dress rehearsal Of one of his operas
Il believe II was "Olympia") appear
cd at the desk in grand costume. coy-
cred with all the decorations he was
favored with. Approaching his desk
slowly and majestically, he elevated
the baton, fixed his eagle eyes on the
full orchestra and chorus. and spoke as
follows: "Gcntlemcn, the work which
| we are going to have the honor of per-
forming is masterpiece. Now thenr'
Auber seemed to be always providing
for rainy day. He perpetually
noted down motives. Then. when he
had an opera to write, he took
his sketch books and there chose
among the thousands of notes what
he wanted. He used to say that the
difficulty for him was not to get mill
ions, but to know properly how to
spend them or use them. So long as
Ihere IS question Of musical notes.
That may be so, but if there should be
question of bank notes, it always
seems to me the case is the reverse
much greater difficulty how to accu-
muIate millions than to spend them. |
II Is clear that with 50 many operas
pouring in from his ever ready pen he
occupied q great number of singers,
and he had always something soothing
to say, even when lie was not particu-
larry pleased; for instance, of Riconier,
who used to sing with a downright
false intonation, he said: "Rico,lier
sings between the keys OF the piano"
Bcrioz did not use such kid gloves
when he had something to say against
! singer. He wrote about Duprez.
whose perpetual cciats he rDir broke at
asst even his steel org3n. although he
'ad for thirteen years iyrlnniaed over
he opera withoo' anybody daring to
ay what oyeryboi, was limiting: "Du-
rez shouts SO thai il hurts the chest
the audience. u Temple Bar
The Grenada gazette., 1886-01-30
WRITING MATERIALS,
Those Used by the Prophet Ezekiel and
the Historians of the Calipbs.

Those Used by the Prophet Ezekiel and
the Historians of the Caliphs.
When the prophet Ezekiel was com.
manded to write about the city of Jeru.
salem, he was compelled to write his &C.
count or smooth tiles and we find frag-
ments of such tiles to this day. The
heaps of broken pots and crockery of
all sorts, which are so abundant in all
Eastern towns, prove that bits of smooth
stone or tiles We're constantly used for
this spurpose. The Island of Elephantne,
on the Nile, is said to have furnished
more than hundred such specimens.
One OF these is a soldiers leave of abb
sence, scribbled on a fragment of an
old vase. How little those scribes and
accountants imagined the interest with
which their descesdants would one day
treasure their rough notes! Still
qualnter were the writing materials of
the ancient Arabs, who, before the
time of Mohammed, used to carve their
annals on the shoulder-blades of sheep.
The "sheep-chronicles' were strung
together. and thus preserved. After
awhile sleeps bones were replaced by
sleeps skin, and the manufacture of
parchment was brought to such perfec
ton as to place it among the refine
ments of art. We hear of vellums that
were tinted yellow, others white.
Others were dyed of a rich purple; and
the writing thereon was in golden ink,
with gold borders and many colored
decorations. These precious manu-
scripts were dhointed with the oil of
cedar to preserve them from moths.
We hear of one such in which the
1ame OF Mohammed is adorned with
yarlands oftulips and carnations paint
ID in vivid colors. Still more precious
vas the silky paper of the Persians,
powdered with gold and silver dust.
Vhereon were painted rare illumina-
IONS; while the book was perfumed
With altar of roses or essence of sandal
wood Of the demand for writing ma
erals, one may form some faint notion
rom the vast manuscript libraries of
Which records have been preserved, as
aving been collected by the Caliphs
9th OF the East and the West, the for
ner in Ragdad, the latterin Andalnsia,
,here there were eighty great public
brarles, besides that vast one at Cor
ova' We also hear Of private libraries,
lch as that of a physician who de.
lined an invitation from the Sultan Of !
okhara' because the carriage of his
ooks would have required four hun I
red camels.-- - Chicago Interior.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-01-30
RICH JEWElRY.
Lace Pins and Scarf Pins Of Extra ordinary
Beauty.

Lsce Pins and Scarf Pins Of Extra ordinary
Beauty.
Words can be but poor renderings of
the new jewels and their forms A
pure pale moon-stone, arranged for a
pendant, is an inch and half long by
one inch wide. This shows two profile
heads cut in cameo of Night and Morn
ing of intricate work. A star CLEANS
over each head. Another magnificent
pendant is an Egyptian womans head,
in high cameo relief of Brazilian topaz,
rich, warm brown, crowned with
rubies and diamonds; from the throat
depends the Nile key of the same pre-
cious stones, with a large pearl pend
ant. A still larger pearl is set above
the jeweled crown. and above this are
ornaments of rubies and diamonds of
minute size; from each side of this de-
scends two curving lines of gold, paved
with similar gems, completing the su-
perb head-dress. A charming pin for the
hair is large wild rose of pale pink
enamel with pistils of diamonds, the
petals curved inwards and bordered
with closely set dew drops of sparkling
diamonds. The swallows homeward
fly is exemplitied in several small
swallows on the wing, composed of
diamonds of graduated size to suit the
shape of body, wings and tail, forsak-
ing branch of finest diamonds. A
lace-pin, among others equally superb,
is straight, narrow bar, having in the
center perfect emerald of over ten
carats; on each side of this gem is a
large diamond; at each end of the bar |
is white pearl and one of gray; the
price of this is eight thousand dollars
Marvellous prices are paid for colored
diamonds. There is a pendant COM
posed altogether of diamonds rose
pink, blue, white and brown; the tints
are not deep but pelfect For fourteen
thousand dollars one may have large
pendant unsurpassed in fneness of
workmanship. 1t consists of three Curl
ously curved leaves, the veins made of
fine diamonds, and in each leaf is set a
pure white, large pearl, q rose-tinted
pearl and lustrous black pearl with
shifting greenish hues. This is attached
to fine chain of gold and platina.
The new scarf-pins for men are in
of Egyptian scaraheii, in
onyx OF rich, red cream, black or gray
with layers of pink, dark green or
white, black or brown, in shaded
stratas. A head of Minerva has four
layers-the dark gray ground, light
face, black helmet and bust, and the
crest over the helmet gray. The glypto-
graphic art has arrived at the highest
1egfee of perfection, and the contrasts
If color wrought as to add harmony
md expression to the subject. These
carf-pins cost twenty dollars, and are
he newest of the styles. For pendant
o gentleman's chain are superb sill
'ery moon-stones, also rich sardonyx
ntaglio of Centaur and Orpheus with s
ARP suspended in gold frame q
ieorgtana H. s. Hull, IN Good House.
eeping, 4;
The Grenada gazette., 1886-01-30
BLlNDFOlD.
4 Chinese Play and Game-S0ne Very
Similar to Some American Games.

4 Chinese Play and Game-Song Very
Similar to Some American Games.
"Loy Vow, bright, red-cheeked
little Chinese girl, "blinded" her eyes,
and the rest of the players fell into line
with their hands held open in cup
shape behind them, while Wong Hay
circled around the line lightly touching
the open hands as she passed, and
grooming in peculiar Chinese sing
song tone the following little game
song, much as American children sing:
"Tread, tread the green grass" or
"Green gravel, green gravel, how green
the grass grows"
| "Cone msidens al and stand In line.
Put back your fiowerl,ke hands to mine
| The pledge now it flies, flies away
To the Eastern land-the land Of day.
'Ts the lantern feast! Ninth moon com.
mands!
Now, msidens. lift your aowsr.liks
hands,
To 10y Vow, whom they now called
"Hide- -Your-Eyes", Wong Hay now
sang
Come thunder.shower with oil your
power.
And oven this four-fngered flower"
Meantime, as she sang. she had drop
ped into one of the hands the little
pledge-a thimble or some little keep
sake selected for the occasion, much as
American children use button in a
similar game At the words: "Maidens,
lift your golden-tiower hands," as it is
literally translated, all the hands were
raised high above their heads, but
closely shut, so that none could tell
who held the little pledge.
At the words addressed to Hide
Your-Eyes", 10y Vow came out from
the shed, and, using a long stick as If it
were a wand, pointed to the one whom
she suspected of having the little
pledge.
She was not successful, however, for
the hands opened and nothing was
found there. So she had to try it all
over; while Wong Hay walked about
again, and sang the little oriental mel
ody.
The second time, she looked yery
closely into the faces of her Chinese
playfellows, and she saw so funny a
look on Qui Fah's that she Immediate
y pointed her out. Qui Fah's hands,
we're opened amid much laughter and
nerriment, and there was the sought
or keepsake! Then they changed
places, and Qui Fab became Hide
Ella Sterling Cummins,
" ST. Nicholas.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-01-30
Another Kind of Gunpowder,

A French chemist has brought for
ward new method of manufacturing
gnnpowdcr The requisite quantity OF
sulphur is dissolved in sulphide of car.
hon, and this solution is then mixed
with the carbon, which, instead OF
charcoal, as in other modes of powder
making. Is cotton or some other cellu-
lose fibre, which is reduced to an i'm
palpablc powder. To this mixture is
finally added the proper quantity of
saturated solution of saltpeter. The
compound Is now evaporated and the
crystalizaton broken up, or is evap.
GRATED in a vacuum. M Y. Herald
The Grenada gazette., 1886-01-30


The domcstication of amin als ho,
been accomplished under the most adj.
verse conditions on the Marshall
Islands. The vegetation of these
islands is very limited; of springs and
running water there are absolutely
none, the people depending on rain
water caught in the hollows Of the
rocks; the native fauna are only a
small lizard, land and water crabs and
a few wild pigeons. Yet in spite of
these unfavorable circumstances. pigs,
dogs, fowls, ducks, cats and rats have
been introduced with success. -Cht.
cago Tribune.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-01-30
A SHREWD PRISONER.


How He Planned an Escape by Core,
spending by Means OF Hair.
A correspondence with hair was
once attempted between Il notorious
Parlsian thief in durance vile and his
comrades outside. A letter was sent
TO the prisoner from his sweetheart,
containing merely lock of hair
wrapped in the leaf of book. The
Jailor did not consider the souvenir
important enough to be delivered, but
in few days there came similar in
closure, and yet another. This aroused
suspicion, and the Governor took the
matter in hand. He examined the
leaf OF the book; it was that of a com.
mon novel, twenty-six lines on a page
Then he studied the hair and noticed
the small quantity of the gift. Count
ing the hairs he found them of UNEQUAL
length and twenty-six in number, the
same as the lines on the page. Struck
with the coincidence, he laid the hairs
along the lines on the page which they
respectively reached, beginning at the
top with the smallest hair. After some
trouble he found that the end of each
h"lr pointed to different letter, and
that these letters combined formed a
slang sentence, which informed the
prisoner that his friends were on the
watch, and at the next time he left the
prison to be examined an attempt
would be made to rescue him. The
Governor made his plans accordingly. |
The attempt was made, but the res
cners fell into their own trap,-London
It'd, Bits.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-01-30
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
WISHING.

One day lonesome hickory.nut,
At the top of waving tree.
Remarked: I'D like to live in q shell,
Like clam, beneath the sea"
and just at that time clam observed.
Way down in the tossing sea:
"Td love to dwell in hickory-nut
At the top Of a lofty tree"
Thus both of them wished, and wished
and wished,
TIL they turned green. yellow and blue;
And that, in truth, Is just about what
Mere wishing Is likely to do.
--Harper's Young Pe0plA.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-01-30

Paris Figaro says that a Yankee
maker OF sewing-machines has offered
Nine. Patti one thousand dollars for
each appearance. in addition to her
regular salary. il she will cit AZ one Of
his sewing-machines, instead of 1t the
traditional spinning-whesl, while sing.
iag ths king " Thulsn.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-01-30

BY the death of Mrs. Nancy Green
of San Francisco, the city of Belfast
Me, receives the $4,000 for public
library bequeathed in 1s49 by her
brother, Nathan Wilson, an officer Of
fhe navy, and A native Of Belfast,
The Grenada gazette., 1886-01-30

The British Burmah railroads re.
turned six per cent. dividends last year,
and have paid good interest since the
day they were opened,
The Grenada gazette., 1886-01-30

AS soon as boy learns to whistle,
n ne feels that he has really begun to
I'VE.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
NEW YORK NOTES.
How the Thrifty Salvini Enforced the Candl Q
Bond to the Letter.

How the Thrifty Salvini Enforced the Candl o
Bond to the Letter.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW YORK, May 22.-The charge by Charles
A. Chizzola against the tragedan Salvini, that
he tricked him out of hundred and forty dol
lars worth of candles during the tour OF this
country, and carried them away to Italy, was not
joke, and the facts are as follows: 1t is custom
ary in Italy in engaging an actor to stipulate in
the contract exactly what shall be done on both
sides. The dressing rooms of theaters in that
country are rarely supplied with gas, and SO
provision is commonly made in the bargain that
a certain number of candles shall be provided by
the manager This item was in the contract
drawn up between Savina and Chizzola
for the American season. and they
were to be the best quality of wax
tapers costing about % cents each. Four
were to be given to the actor every night that he
acted. Chizzola says that he paid small heed TO
the matter because he knew that gas would be
found in all the theaters into which he would put
his star, and he had no idea that the candles
would be exacted when not required for imme-
date use. The son of Salvini, Alexander Sal
vipi, holds. on the contrary, that the candles
were as much in the bond as the cash. and that
they were properly exacted according to the let
ter of the bond. Salvini did get his four can
dies per night, and he packed them carefully
away in trunk. They have gone to Italy along
with his other effects.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
THE DIXEY DINNER.

Twenty-Five Dollars Per Capita Collected
for Spread that Cost 81.
special to the Indianapolis Journal
New YORK, May 22-An amusing scandal has
arisen from the advertising dinner given to Hen
ry E. Dixey, the burlesque actor, on the night
before his departure for Europe. The excite
ment is confined to that small portion of society
which laps over the stage on one side and fash
ionabe life on the other, but 1t is intense never.
theless, and it serves to illustrate a curious
phase of city experience in abouttown circles.
The Dixey banquet was announced in the adver-
tising columns of the newspapers, and by placard
in clubs and hotels, with tickets sale at $25;
and the promise was made by Dixey and his
immediate following that the feast should be
quite unprecedented in luxury and oddity. The
realization was ludicrously unsatisfactory. A
hundred and ten men sat down at the tables in
the hall at Delmonicos restaurant. The room
was fairly decorated with flowers, and there was
music, but it was made by members of the or
chestra that Dixey had employed. The viands
of the meal could have been bought separately
from the bills of fare in the public restaurant
at cost per person, allowing for a choice of the
costliest article in each course. for an aggregate
of SO. go Not single unique dish was in the
menu There was, first. raw oysters; second,
vegetable or lobster soup; third, salmon and po-
tatoes; fourth, roast beef and somatoes: fifth.
veal outlets or chicken, with peas, rice or
beans; sixth, roast snipe, with lettuce seventh,
Madeira pudding and cake; eighth, cof
fee and three cigars. The wines consisted of
ordinary table claret and sauternes in plenty,
and champagne in moderation. Delmonico
is accustomed to serve such a dinner
for five to seven dollars per head
to assemblages of hundred more. He de-
clines to tell what he got on this OCCASION but 1t
is impossible that. including music decorations
and all, the expense could have risen above $40
for every person present What became of the
$l5 of clear proft2 That is the question asked
by those who paid the ridiculous price, and
charges are recklessly made concerning it. In
vestigation indicates that there was no Doodle.
after all, for anybody to pocket Less than half
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
A Scene at Theodore Aliens.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
NEW YORK, May 22-When the police made a
raid on Theodore Aliens Mabille Garden. which
is one of the wickedest and foulest resorts in
town. they found the hall crowded by a variety
Of men. from the typical East Side tough to the
polite seeker after curosities, but the girls who
formed full half of the assemblage were slat-
terms of most unattractive stamp. A slug
ging match was in progress on the roped and
staked platform, and the two bruisers had ex-
hausted themselves by several rounds of vigor-
GUS boxing. The tops Of the tables were slop-
ped with beer, and the sawdust on the floor was
saturated with the same liquid 1t was past
midnight. and drunkenness had generally set in.
B-awny walters went rapidly to and fro. com
manding rather than asking the crowd to order
drinks. The scene was thoroughly vile and re-
pulsive in familiar ways But there was one
novelty. In one corner music was being made
on piano. and the player was the author of
that popular and touching ballad, "A Violet
from Mothers Grave"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
BURCHARD'S PHRASE.

The Reverend Gentleman Tells the Facts
About "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion"
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
New YORK, May 22.-Owing to the many and
diverse accounts of the circumstances of the
famous utterance, Rum, Romanism and rebel
lion," by the Rev. DIR. Samuel D. Burchard, it
seemed to your correspondent desirable to OBJ
tain the undoubted facts from the gentleman
language, but he gives these particulars: ''The
assemblage was one of the clergy of New York,
so many of them as favored Mr.. Blaine in the
canvass. went there without any pre-arrange-
ment with anybody, and not knowing that I
should be called on to speak. That there was a
plot to injure the candidate is preposterous. The
demonstration took place in the Fifth-avenue
Hotel. No deis.ite prog ramme had been mado
out The Rev. DR.. King was the practical head
of it. He asked me then and the re to make the
speech to Mr.. Blaine. Probably he was actuated
by the fact that was the Oldest mini ster
way, and could bestow only a few
minutes thought on the subject. AS the parlor
was overcrowded it was decided to meet Mr..
Blaine in the more commodious corridor. The
staircase was used as a sort of PLATFORM Mr..
Blaine and the speakers standing about half way
up. While spoke I stood one step lower than
he did. and of course he was present during the
whole of my brief address. He had the air and
pose of listening, but of course he may possibly
have had his mind on what he was himself going
to say Neither he nor any body else at the time in
timated that had blundered or done any damage.
These are the simple facts about regrettable
thing"
DR.. Burchard is out Of the active ministry,
having resigned the Presbyterian pastorate that
he held before this occurrelce and he has also
retired from the presidency of the female SEM
mary of which he was the head. He spends
some of his time in writing, and he has prepared
several papers on the relations of Romanism
and Professionalism, but he says they are not at
all political in their nature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

Experiments Looking to Applying the Instru-
ment to Practical Uses.

Experiments Looking to Applying the Instru-
ment to Practical Uses.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
WASHINGTON May @ Some electricians in
this city have been at work for several months
to perfect phonograph which car be used with
such accuracy as to be an aid in reporting, with
precision, the proceedings of courts and public
assemblies. 1t is said that state of perfection
has already been attained which will warrant
the introduction of this instrument in courts OF
justice. When the phonograph is pereected. IL
will be great assistance 10 stenoeraphic report
ers in ono way, and great rival and hindrancs
in another way. One of the machines can be
taken in court, for instance, and all OF the pro.
ceedings will be recorded by it At the close Of
the day it can be taken to room, and gauecd
10 talk at any rate OF speed-at thirty worda .
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
HIrCHcocK,s BEANERY.

A Boycott Raised and o Famous Eating
House Again Filled with Customers.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW YORK. May ga ludicrous boycott is
oyer Oliver Hitchcock's coffee and cake saloon
is thronged again after week Of lonesomness.
This is an historic establishment In the days
when literary bohemianism was an interesting
element in New York journalism, and George
Arnold, Artemus Ward, He'd House, N. G. Shep-
pard, aud other bummers of genius preferred
idleness and catch-fare to work and comfort.
Hitchcock's restaurant was their favorite eating
house at night. Ten cents would buy cup of
good coffee and three biscuits hot from griddle,
and dime more would bring a plate of pork
or corned beef and beans, while pie
and crullers were correspondingly cheap
OF late years the customers have
been the mechanical employees of the night
printing Offices, car-drivers and conductors. and
news men waiting for their stocks of the morn
ing papers. Hitchcock got rich. retired from
business in favor of his son. bought fast horse,
and set out to enjoy himself as a man of leisure;
but he didn't like SPORT and longed to get back
into the big basement, and within year he was
there as before, with white apron on, nlling
the shouted orders for Coffee an three" "Once
on the huck, pie" and Brown the dough again"
ne strike OF employees on the Inlro avenue rail-
road is over, far the running of cars is con-
cerned, the places of the strikers having been
filled, but the receipts of the company are depre-
ciated through the efforts of the trades unions
to divert travel tor parallel roads. Hitch
cock started from his uptown residence
to go to the restaurant in Park Row. AS he was
about to board Third-avenue car, striker re-
quested him to go to Second or Fourth avenue
instead. He replied that he would ride as he
pleased and at the same timo told his interlocutor
to to the place of eternal torment for the wicked
This was reported to the mechanics, who were
accustomed to eat in the coffee and cake saloon,
and they boycotted the concern effectually.
Heaps of dough remained uncooked, great
rounds of beef nodded on the counter. and pie
crust advanced from original sogginess to ined-
ible dessication. But it is all over now. Hitch
cock has apologized, and promised to ride no
more On Third-avenue car. Moreover he has
set apart tonight for the offended but now ap-
peased customers to eat and drink gratis, and
the famous restaurant is full of hilaritv.