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The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
SUCCESS III OPERA,

Method and Training fire Absolu: ely { Necessary for Progress.
 Method and training are absolutely necessary to a singers success. l am no believer in a natural voice." A shepherdess may sing so sweetly as to enchGnt her hearers, but she lacks that method which, to my mind, is essential to the professional vocalist. I am believer in the old Italian school and think it is tho only true one. My belief in it is, perhaps, due to the fact that both my teachers, Lamperti and Errani, use only this method. No singer can hope to preserve her voice without an immense amount of self-denial. Great care should be taken as to diet and reg ularity of hours, particularly the latter, writes Agnes Huntington in Kate Fields Washington. Without constant vigilance in these respects, should not have been able to sing for three hun dred and forty-six consecutive perform ances in Paul Jones' without ex- cessive fatigue, or without injuring the quality or strength of my voice. As Lamperti has often said, every throat stilo NOlCC Ndtles, IO two Cdn D6 ndIlQl6Q in exactly the same way. He is very particular not to develop the head tones until the latter part Of the second year. To pupil who wishes to advance more rapidly he answers that the head tones are not 'ripe enough" to work with, and to use them before they are ready would take from them their sweetness and beauty, and also weaken their powers of endurance.
 It is as difficult to resist trying, and patiently to wait for the moment to come when permission is given to use notes you feel you possess, as 1t is to realize the irrcparable damage one may do by insisting upon singing exercises and arias that call into use these un- trained tones. But, so far as my short experience goes, there is only one method, the old Italian, that will en- able singer to make the greatest use of every note in her voice with the least tax upon it. Lamperti insists that singer who possesses a correct method of using the voice can sing effectively and without harm, even when suffering from cold or when in deep grief. have done the former, but am convinced that I could never ac- complish the latter.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
SELFISH BRITONS.
They Are the Only People Who Do Not
 Assist Their Race.

They Are the Only People Who Do Not
 Assist Their Race.
 It is a peculiar fact, well known and frequently commented upon by emigra- tion officials, that the English immi- grants who land in New York are the only ones who, if they are in want or trouble, are not looked after by their countrymen, affirms the New York Star. The Castle Garden Mission and the Irish Immigration Society have a watchful eye and helping hand for every Irish man, woman or child who steps ashore at the barge office. The German Immigrant Society is active in behalf of the newcomers from the Fatherland, and, like the French so- ciety and the Italian home organiza- tion, have offices on State street, from which they carefully watch their in- coming countrymen. The Hebrew Charity Association never lets one of the faith leave the pier without know ing his condition and destination, whether he comes from far-off Poland or the nearer continental countries, But the English immigrant must go to strangers for help or welcome. The wealthy English organization, the So- ciety of St. George, pays no attention to immigrants, and, indeed, I believe makes it point in their bylaws to have nothing to de with newcomers, though watchful enough of the inter- ests of English residents of the city.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
A GEM CALENDAR.
When to Give Away Precious StOaes and
 What They signify.

When to Give Away Precious Stoaes and
 What T'lcy Signify.
 From time inmemorial, says the Phil a1elphia Times, gems of all sorts have had their mystic significance and their appropriate times anl seasons for adoration and presentation. The breast plate of the Jewish high priest had its oracular gems, which were called the ''u.'irn and thummim." The enchanter, Appollonius Tyanaous, wore special rings for magical purposes, with appro- priate geEns for each day of the week in order to command the particular spirit for each day.
 The Hermetic brethren had certain rules in relation to the power of precious stones to bring good or evil fortune through the planetary affinity of certain days. They imagined that certain gems were produced through the operation of the planets working secretly in the telluric body. They ap- portio1ed the stones for each day as follows:
 Sunday is devoted to ali yellow gems, like the topaz, in order to draw down prOl5lJlCCS 1lU1cDceS ana avert the an tagonistic efforts of the spirits through its ruler and name-giver-the sun.
 Monday. pearls and white stones, not diamonds, should be worn or presented, because this is the moon day.
 Tuesday, the day of Mars, suggests ru3ies and all stones of a fiery luster.
 Wednesday is the day for turquoises, sapphires and all precious stones which reflect the blue vault of heaven.
 Thursday, being the day of Thor, or divine sacrifice, demands amethysts and all decp-colored and sanguine-tinted stones.
 Friday, the day of Venus, has its ap- propriate emeralds, and reigns over all the varieties of the imperial, yet sinister cOlOr-graen,
 Saturday. devoted to Saturn, the old est of tEe gods, claims as its distinctive talisman the queen Of precious stones, the diamond, which is produced from the back of Sat, or Saturn, the origin of all visible things.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
TALLEYRAND's AuDACirY.

4 Contem2ora-y's Anecdote of the Fa- . mouS Diplomat.
 M. de Beugnot, a contemporary of Talleyrand's and superintendent of po- lice at the time of the Prussian occupa- tion of Paris, relates the following anecdote of Talleyrand, an incident in which he, himself, played no incon- spicuous part:
 ''M. de Talleyrand," says M, de Beug- not, lon hearing that the Prussian army intended to blow up the bridge of Jena, and knowing that on these occa- sions no time was to be lost, ordered me to find Marshal Butcher, wherever he might be, and to use the strongest language in my vocabulary on the part of the King and his government in order to induce the marshal to give such peremptory orders as would prevent the threatened outrage.
 "'Shal I say said l, that the King will have himself carried to the bridge and be blown up with it?'
 "'Not precisely; people will not be- heve us quite so heroic; but say some thing strong-very strong
 O4l | NSnI OO NllSSQNSI Ol1C IldTSNdl, who was easily to be found, in cer- tain gambling house in the Palais Royal. Though by no means delighted at being disturbed in his only amuse- ment, the marshal, on being assured that the name of the bridge was to be- altered, gave the necessary orders for stopping its destruction.
 "When l returned, and gave an ac- count of my mission, NJ. de Talleyrand said, spontaneously:
 "'Well, now I think that we may profit by your idea of this morning, You remember the King threatened to be carried to the bridge, and was pre- pared to be blown up with it. It will make good newspaper article.'
 II profted by the hint. The anecdote appeared in all the papers, and the King received the compliments made to him upon it with his accustomed affa- bility and assurance
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
The Indians Gratitude.

You have heard of the never-dying gratitude of the Indian. writes Teresa II. Dean in the Chicago Herald, of how they never forget favor, We'll, they never do forget favor. If one is unfortunate enough to give one of them a cigarette-if they love nothing else they love cigarettes-in the morning, from that time until the sun sets he re- turns every half hour for more, He not only comes back himself, but he brings with him all the other members of the misjudged tribe that chance to be in the neighhorbood. As beggars they are most supreme, The pride that their admirers trot out as symbolic of their nobility never interferes with their pleading for pennies, nickels, dimes, to- bacco or any thing else. And pride never causes them to hesitate in help- ing themselves if their entreaties are ignored.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
Packages by Electricity.

What is termed telpherage, or the con- veyanee of parcels by electricity along lines of wire placed overhead. is little known in this country beyond the stage of experiment, In South America g line has been constructed one hundred and eighty-six miles long, which will place Buenos Ayres and Montevideo in communication. Across the La Plata there is a swing for the wires of nine teen miles, and the initial start for the journey is afforded by two towers two hundred and seventy feet in height It is intended to dispatch letter boxes be- tween the two cities at intervals of two hours
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
\ Birds Travels.

A newspaper paragraph telling of curious place chosen by robin for its nest reminds MT. Richard Dean that few years ago, when acting as one of the judges ct the summer show of the Reading (Pa.) Horticultural Society, he found in one of the large cone-shaped lycopodS submitted for competition a robins nest with four eggs. The plants had been brought by road for several miles, and they were not taken back again until late in the evening. MT. Dean says: ''I was glad to learn after wards that the henbird returned to the nest when the plant vas placed in its position in the greenhouse and hatched oUt her young in due course. The par ent birds were able D pass in and out O. the greenhouse at pleasure.'
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
Lueubrious PlaybiIls.

Playbills nowadays are occasionally turned to strange uses. The margins of the programme of one of the most popular suburban pantomime houses near London were found to be illus trated with woodcut picture of a funeral procession approaching the gates of Q cemetery. Beneath this in conspicuous type was an advertisement announcing that ''Messrs. - and - furnish funerals to suit all classes in town and country on economic princi- ples. This jarring note upon the festive spirit of the occasion concluded with the lugubrious words; "Lead, oak, or elm coffins, plumes, velvet pals and every descriptions of fitting of superior classes
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
BURDETTE's PHILOSOPHY. '
He Reveals the Secret of Preserving Per
 petuaI Youth.

He Reveals the Secret of Preserving Per
 petuaI Youth.
 Robert J. Burtlette is a sunny and wholesome philosopher, in whose hu- nor there is no lurking asp. In the Ladies Home Journal he takes up the role Of Solomon about where Solomon left off in Ecclesiastes, and tells us how to live, so that when we arc old all will not be vanity and vexation of spirit, But listen to the preacher.
 ''Some people carefully disguise the fact that they are growing old, but coat of paint on an old house merely makes it look smart; it doesn't keep the riclzety old stairway from cracking, and it won't straighten up the window frame that's gone a little askew as the house settles. You can-or at least the man from whom bought my last horse can fix up an old horse of seventeen years to look like frislzy colt of three or four, and to act it, too, for about fifteen minutes. But it won't last. There are times when 8 woman who is walking along that pleasant decade of her pill grima@e between the fortieth S,d fiftieth milestones, feels inspired to run, and leap, and dance, and sing, and re- new her youth in various ways, but the spirit is cvaneScent, and the fashion of it passeth away, and she sayeth of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?' And she looketh upon the men singers and the women sing CTS, and the delights of the sons of men, and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no profit to her in that sort of thing.
 "'But,' says you, can not one be young hearted after forty?' Yea. be- loved, after sixty or seventy. Down to the days of white-haircd old age the heart may glow with tenderness, and the quiet warmth Of the June sunshine of years ago stored away in it's cham bers as ages ago the sun stored its heat and light away in the forest of the earth, to dance and glearn and glow in merry flames and summer warmth upon the coal-fcd Eearths to-day. For this reason, Omy young readers, rejoice in the days of your youth, when the light is sweet and it Is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold the sun; let your hearts cheer for you in these days of sunshine and nights of starlight, and remove anger from thy heart, and put away evil from t,ly fcsh,' remembering the days of darkness, for they shall be r1anyp And the freight that will come to glow upon the hearth and dance ia warmth and tenderness upon the walls of your heart's chambers in those days will be the light you are storing away now. Be happy and light hearted, then: but be the house of your mirth as pure as @ temple, and your laughter sicless as the songs of birds; i'll all your miTth a2d dancing eXalt wis dom: and, indeed. she shall bring thee to honor and give to thine head an ornament Of grace: then shall the years of thy life be many and thy heart be ever yCTlnp"
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
DANGEROUS COASTING.
A Breathless Dash Down tho Slope of a
 Glacier.

 A Breathless Dash Down tho Slope of Glacier.
 Tobogganning on a glacier is sport which might daunt any but an ad- venturous soul. Evidently it is an ex- perience never to be matched or for gotten. A descent over part of the Silvretta glacier, which lies nearly ten thousand feet above the level of the sea, and is for the most part smooth and free from the dangers common to glaciers, is described by Miss Margaret Symonds in the Pall Mall Budget:
 ''Herr Guier had for long time en- tcrtained the plan of tobogganning over large portion of the glacier. As the the autumn advanced, and the surface of the glacier grew smooth, he urged me to join the expedition, and con- sented willingly, tobogganning being my favorite sport. Four toboggans had to be carried up the four thousand feet, and the march was, of course, slow and laborious,
 ''At half-past four we reached the club hut, tiny stone edifice with two rooms, a table, an iron stove and hay to sleep on. Soon afterwaTd the glacier was in shadow. Darkness fell sudden ly. It was 8 wonderful world of snow and stars upon which we gazed before we went to sleep.
 ''At three o'clock in the morning we were aroused, and continued our march for fully an hour and a half up over the snow-felds, stopping about every forty yards to place a stick in the snow, which should guide US on our downward course. Finally we reached the top of the glacier. and after some delay Chris tian ana took our seats and started slowly forward over the first gentle in- cline. Cutler followed with my friend.
 Smooth and very slow at first; then on 2 sudden my toboggan glided more easily, then bounded forward. I real ized that l was on the verge of the great rounded summit of the Silvretta pass. Below me Icy the billowy sea of intending white; beyond that again broken bits Of moraine; then glimpses of the vcrdurous Prattigau. surmounted by innuncrable ranGes ending in Todi and the whole Bernese Oberland. Then followed the most breathless flight I have ever flown.
 up dashed the fresh snow into my face, filling my eyes, my eyelids, my mouth and nostrils, and clustering itself in upon my chest. All power of con- trolling my headlong course had van ished. For 8 second all consciousness of danger forsool1 me. I was seized with the intoxication of movement, and hurled forward with closed eyes and lungs cholsed by the driving snow, which rose in a cloud before me.
 "When recovered my senses it was to find myself launched forth upon gentler slope. and many metres to the left Of tho assigned course. A few feet in front Of me l became aware of an old sc2r Of crevasse. It was neck or nothing. and I had TO energy to stop. I shot across it, and stcered out upon an even plain Of ice. I had descended through the sunlight, in the space of five minutes, tract of snow-feld which it had taken us more than an hour to climb at dawn"
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
SCALPED INDIANS. :,
They Are Regarded as 'Bad Medicine"
 by Their Tribes.

They Are Regarded as "Bad Medicine"
 by Their Tribes.
 i. A young squaw fleeing from the ad- vansing Sioux reached the inclosure pursued by half a score of painted dew Ills, their hands already reeking with Pawnee gore, writes New York Tribune correspondent. Seeing escape impossible, she fell flat on the ground | and pulled her blanket over her head to lose sight of the descending blow. It came from tomahawk that glanced off her skull without penetrating it. The whites were within a few rods, firing as they ran, and one of the Sioux braves fell, shot dead, beside the pros trate woman. Another, however, jerked the blanket from her bleeding head, and with haste born of fear cut around and cruelty lifted her scalp, she conscious all the time, but never utter ing sound. The savage fled with his bloody trophy to rejoin his comrades. The troops came to the rescue of the sad ly outnumbered Pawnees, and together they succeeded in putting the Sioux to rout. When the panic subsided the wounded Squaw was borne to the mis- sion hospital and her injuries dressed. In spite of the scalping she bade fair to recover. Strange to relate, however, her friends showed great reluctance to her receiving medical treatment, clainl- ing that according to all Indian precept and example scalped person should be dead, and her recovery would only 1s-- A-1 | A-s1 woman acquiesced in this opinion, and expressed perfect willingness to be sac- rifced to the ancient customs. The next morning the squaw's cot was empty and the patient nowhere to be found.
 Two days later some troopers hunt ing stray horse on the river bank, miles away, were startled to hear groans coming from neighboring thicl<et. Thinking that some wounded Sioux had been abandoned to die, they cautiously approached. There, buried all but her face in the drifting sand, was the scalped squaw, still alive and conscious. They dug her out and brought her back to the mission, thor oughly cured of her willingness to die. She told how she had been stolen from the hospital by her own family and buried by the river bank. She now wanted to live, and close watch was kept to prevent her being again offered as victim to savage superstition. Once afterward, when walking in the yard, she was spirited away by the Pawnees and hidden in tepee, that when night fell she might be buried more securely. Again she was restored to the mission, and, upon strong threats of military vengeance should any thing occur to her in future, the poor creature was allowed by her tribe to live out the remainder of her days,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
Renernlnnt Nrnnarchs.

Duke Charles of Bavaria and his noble wife spend the greater part of their time in caring for the sick and dis tressed. Both are thoroughly trained oculists, and the Duke has established, at his own expense, large hospital in iD'ssss'E'sas!!.ia, in which the eye depart nent is cfen to all peer patients, with cut charge. Inc Duchess is his most valuable assistant and takes part in the silillIui operatiozs, for which he is so famous. She also visits patients at their homcs and often stays to nurse them herself.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
Dlgerent El,nds of NTen.

A philosopher who has plumbed the depths of science may, nevertheless, seem very ignorant in general society. He may be chemist, but the chemical afinities" are not subjects for drawing room chat. There are celebrities, how ever, who add to thorough knowledge of one field of study familiar ac- quaintance with almost every topic dis cussed by the thinking world. It is de- lightful to meet with such men.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
Red Tape in France.

It took a village in the department of Drome, France, two years to get per mission from the Government at Paris to introduce water supply. The mat ter was passed about from one official to another and samples of water had to be analysed, the council of health con- suited, and various other requisites att tended to, all of which took a good deal of time.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
Handel ard His P,,l,lisher.

Welsh, the musical publisher of Ren- aldo, made q, 800 by publishing the airs of the opera. and Handel. who possessed 8 considerable vein of dry hunor, re- marked on this: My dear sir. as it is only right that we should be on in equal footing, yca shall compose the next opera. and will sell it.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-05-28
CATTLE BRANDS.

Ear marks: Clean split from root to point left car, upperbit in right ear Wattle (varuga) on Jaw, under mouth. C on left jaw (cheek> bulls C on left cheek only. Flooded stock c on left cheek and c on left ribs.
 HENRY HUNING Post office: Show Low Arizona Range: Show Low creek, Silver creek. Laguna Ortega and Laguna Salada
 Horse brand C C. left shoulder,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-11-14

n UDWIG DUPLACE, Tetuan 3 1ireg ;om-
stones, mercancfas secas, fabrca do llcores
&agentes de los vapores de Sobrinos de her
Companies de Seguros Marftimas de 1 lcen-
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-11-14
Ia VERnAn OE Los VtNos

Con toda exactitud y, porque el fundador y
socio conanditario de esta casa hace peraonai.
mente las compras presencia los aualisis, pode-
mos asegurar que son puros, legftimos = de los
mejores de su cIase en- Espana, los vinos de Tal-
depends, N0U0rrG, G0licaa, O0stilLa blancol y
Puerto de Santa Mario, que ofrecemos constante-
mente nuestros favorecedores s, .il s.55|1 %,
Hay tambien excelente VINO 1Medoo y Saimt
Julien a pesos docena de botellas grandes. 5,
Sobrin0 do LaiNa " o. ..z
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-11-14
Sc vende

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Laurent, s tomos. Curse compleso de matend.
tlcas POI. Ch. tomberousse, tomos, lana otra
posici6n International de Paris de 1873. / voln
men. Para lnfornes en- las oioinaa da la Co
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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-11-14

mOCHOA HERMANOS Tetuan Is. Comi
siones, giros a!macen de povisiones de toda'
0Wprocedencia agentes del vapor costanero EN-
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-11-14

A ENTINI Co, San Francsco38, Joyerla,
surtido de todo generC de objetos de utlidad,
@wfan tasia, ImpOrtacOnes drecta cOnstantes.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-11-14

AA ROMAN y Co, Cruz Z, Quincal 'e' ia, 4csa,
Z cristalerfa, cemento, etc, etc.,
W Mayor menOr,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-11-14
Glasses Do Dibujo y Pintura
PARA sENORITAs

!. Dirijidas por don Francisco vilarrasa. ua.
lie de San Francisco ndmero 90, bajos.
PkEClOS 80 mensuales las de pintura,
$z-oo las de nbu,o, De 8 a 8 dela tarde.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-11-14

nRATO TINAUD, San Jose IL, Joyeria ca
An sa de prestamos,
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-11-14

@ARGARIDA y Co, Luna 81, lmac6l de
MI muebles &c todas classes y tornes dos, tilt ma
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-11-14

RINLAY Y BKOTHERS, Marina, Casa de glros
comisones, compra y venta de mercaderias en-
u general, San JustO 2 .&a*4
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-11-14

eza ELK BOADA.-Agencia Martina Comercia
kx Tingado del Muele Marina.-Puerto- Rico, Ca
Il sa fundada en- 1879.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-11-14
Falcon Y Rola

CALLE DE LA FORTALEZA No Al
La agencia de estos senores Sc encarga de
toda clase dc asuntos judiciales, notariales =
administrators de esta Capital Y de la Isla
preoios m0dioos y eonyenoionalea,