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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28
coRBErT AND MlrcnELL not CAST DOWN

Police Superintendent Mu:tay's action in regard to the
prize tights place Madison Square Garden has
caused great OF talk among people VINO tihr p's'ie
in that Kind Of thing The principals and their friends
were fearful at that Mr. Mmisy- action meant no
fight but now change has over their way Of THINK.
ing.
Crbctt and Mitchell take CHEEKY view OF ilr case.
and say that sarTinP-nstch VII take pace - ar
ranged. Corbctt singuarly unlike other, Of his KIND
and strangely out ~ place among p|'hPh"f'
and men Of thier Ill., AftDr converting with the call
forna pgIlst yesterday club man SAID 'Nhy. lac j. u
gentleman. You would never taIe HIM u De- pfi$--
lighter
II believe that tie match will be allowed u take Ma q
a. Advertised" ,ad COrbcu last night. TN" match VIII
not come within Mr.. MufAys estimate Of either TAX" or
prize fight The contest simply six ro'd' ioi 'rl'i''
,Gc points am that Mitchell cannot defeat me ~
six rounds and would prefer friends To wait whether
can finish the Engll-hm9h In the stipulated number oi
rounds not
Corbctt is who look Of ordinary Size Ia
street dress but ~ boxing co'tun" he /, n0nLain of
muscular force and activity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28

Youngstown, ohio. Dec. 80 tspcciaD.-" Mike DE
gan OF New Castle Penn. and Mike FarIaher, Of
this place. met this afternoon in ring just outside
the city limits. with crowd Of 200 spectators In at
tendance. The ring was pitched In AN open hcld.
and though the air freezing, each Jumped INTO
the arena atred only I'm trunks and shoes and wearing
skn.tight gloves Farraher drew first blood, and from
The opening round had the best Of the fight cutting
Dugan badly about the face, without receiving
scratch Just as time called for the seventh
round the police appeared and the crowd scattered
in all directions several young clerks vaung II high
rail fence to avoid the clutches Of the Ofccro. Dugan
and Farrahar broke for swamp and attempted to
reach strip OF woods but were caught and brought
to the city and placed In the police station. Far"r
fought in the trunks worn bv Dempsey when he Was
killed at ROckawav Beach IN the light with ">wipr,
the News boy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28
Real estate.
The DUTY of Trustees.

I'll the trustee can get nothing better 5hln CAREFUL
though fsllbe opinion 20 protect his title he shoud ke
IT, II Is better nothing, though the court says or
Instance In Peers V. Celcy, II BaNan I'll, line cours
can never sanction proposition that the party can pro-
tec himself by showing he had received bad COUNSEL
however eminent the PERSON who gave IT, III the
trustee however can get corporation 70 provide learned
legal opinion and provide with il bond to pay for the
consequences II any in IT, or II newly dis.
covered facts maze it worthless ward aud no Jury VIII
excu.e iim II he does not do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28

Exchange closed Christmas Day and saturday
The refined market ruled dull through the broken WeeH
ending unchanged at 0.i5 cents per gsloh III ouIrs
bulk NewYOrk and ut go cents III DaIIr
fhulk 800 cents Ia philadelphia snd Baltimore. ttuuc
W r,c vas unchanged at 20 cents per g1llOn, and In
hulk a, b 20 cents. Refined in cases was ~ cents
Nauhtha $50 cents per gallon =, .-...,o,.
The foreign markets were quiet ana steady % ~
ebowinp mo- rhaurr ~ l5sd rs francs per 100 kOs AZ
sntw.rp 6 20 marks pei 30 koS at Brmcn and ..
q I'D per lmycri, gallon at London
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28
THE PETROLEUM MARKET.

NEWS FROM THE FIELD AND RANGE OF Pi'ICi~>'
The year in petroleum circles d,1w' to close without
any material chlnce the situation Speculation showed
dulne.. the and there l. no apparent
prospect OF a revival business The rehned markets
drag along particular feature, although steady
tone ha, preserved for the last two weeks ana e
foreign situation fresh tendency to"aF weakness
Tho outward OF petroleum * stll behind that OF
year and nothing short OF ali agreement between -
Russian and American oil interest. Is likely T. revive
activity in our foreign trade In the hrla lnr
production and consumption continues on the recon.
scale The pipe line glres as already ypoFtsd pot
to Of net -LOcks this month Oh <OouI
1000 O00 barrels. Thus December VIII probably c0e mr
year with ot excess Of runs over deliveries Of I b
Visible supply In 1891 Of between 100000 ana OVooooo
The Incomplete pipe for the first three week
In December show daily average OF lO8e3l borfet,
DteemeT 1880 soo9z 1889 aud 50 80 barrels sis
s Ref%ss H As a.efe s'yS
barrels in december $780, s7O7s barrels IN 1889 ard
90 in 1885 The charters have averaged $40 barrel
in 1889 and 80 900 barrels In December. 1888 me pipe
line figures December " - Charters to the 23d) IN
elusive were ~ follows: r
fS ys1aa sT pr day S5S5 1856 Sso ;55c
ae9 Of the B"sE.ye Bg %s oSS sas aS
report from December to % IA as foiowH t,oss
Runs Deliveries. deliveries
Average per day.-......... 33,c2o 4o'OlS i'io'
until morning only foui days to the business
MEEK and hi, IN 'f sndd 70 s d;eO dayopt
news. and IN consequence fluctuations were extremely
The speculation los. tn. ,ights on G, s orc
lost only trnIng ground. The closing was stup" anu
Th rsnge Of prices and the dealings in National
Transit certificates az the Stock Exchange ana tne h
sodated Stock and Petroleum Exchange Tor ue i2S' wv
*. a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28
REAL ESTATE.
BUSINESS AT TIE EXCHANGE, >

Nrw.YorN saturday December 70
The total realized AZ "a" FN'naige ana Aucton
Room auction lily real cstat' for me week
ending today Wys 300 80.
LIST or AUCTIONS.
For the present week ending with saturday. January y
the following auctions announced u b. hed ., the Ia
change and Auction Room:
TO-DAY (MoNDAY). DECEMBER -.
Foreclosure sale plot OF land, iON7O. aud 1-ory nat
Nos 06t and 0Gj Madi>DnaNc 81. II ~ on cvl--t'
rot l9NiO0 and l-story dwelling NO 30 West oJth-st
II :, 33o II W VI shave.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20.
Foreclosure sale MO: If and o. 2Nei .jNG2 Gx551,
Of Hamilton Place ~ II Of i2ist lot, llOAloo' am
story dwelling No 1874 Wc-t ijJb-st, 3s26 y u
Gth.svc .o 4N00 anl 5tory Nat, No jl1 Bo9ieyari
"a "a OF SSth-st lot Is MOO No of' snJoninS
eboVc plot Of land 3jNl75. and 1>ty hats Nos 10 !"
1870 3ith-st, OF LcNingtOn-aNri DoI OF Anas
1893 IOx4O1x227 sXjtS7, bounded by sthavc. Mccomts
Dam Road. l53d aud ljith St. auction sale, 5: -oN
history buildings Nos il4 u 4lS West ioh-ss
: :}520 n OF Gth-aNe.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBFE 80.
Force o,ut sale lo, 25xl0O, OF Washington ave 70
~ n Of 15ith.st lot 2JNlpD Of WaHAngtOhsNe ~ ~
OF Ijithst plot land, 60N20GNioN irreg ness FOR
and Gh.st lot, Nos II and 49, on hndlsy msl
lot 2JNlOJ.J aud 5-tOiy DuIdlbg, NO oio
West G9th-st, :. 275 r. " " llth-aNc.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 81.
Foreclosure sale plot OF land, jM.-x6Ixl9Io: ana
and right title and interest, land under water Past RIVER
lot 25xlOO.l and 5story oparnent.house, NO % Wess
ll2th.-t, n =, l2j IL " OF L"nOX-aIc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28
,orrox v,RKrTs-By TELEGRAPH.

t.I.vc,on De. .5.-Co,ton- Holiday. Net and gros.
r-r.lpt, so 1913, 2e3 bales WrokyN It
and receipts, - 25l bales exports TO Greet BRIT
:. i5 bales: 10 Continent 33j7 bales cOaswis", $50
lnl,,. .,lr.. 5oI3 taIr- spinner 1873 btr-.
Na,innph Dee. % otton-IIolfay. Net and gross
3J11 blles stock. l3l $40 bales. NeeAlN.
~, and gross receipts 81 So bales ehpm"nts 1883
b,lD- port. the Continent, 100 bales c01st"Se
Al lnln.. .Alr, ~ hAlrs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28
LOOKING FOR NEW ATHLETIC GROUNDS.

The Xavier Athletic club intends 10 abandon itN grounds
al hi nftht and fairOad-aSr., -
they are not large the membership u
the club. be made 10 secure IA" old Man
haitian Athletic club grounds az Eghty.siNh-t ana Eighth
ave. the Cherry Diamond Club, since It has secured
Manhattan Field Tor the old ground. they can
probably secured by the kalirrr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28

REDUCED RATES FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW
YEARS HOLIDAYS VIA ROYAL BLUE LINE.
Special excursion tickets will be sold from New
York, Newark and Elizabeth 10 Trenton Philadelphia
and points south 10 Baltimore and Washington
Tickets will be good to 20 December % u Jan. lst
and 10 return until January 4, inclusive.
station In New WORK. Central Railroad of -Jer.
sev fOof of Liberty. st.. North River. -.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28

day with about 1000 cars. Minneapolis had 40 this
morning for the forty-eight hours UNA.
Cincinnati, Dec. 26-Flour barely STEADY. "h ht
hrmer No red; 92ha9ic. Recelpts 2''o bsh mp sn,p
zoe No . MIXED. 8t+dS4'.c. Ry" steady no :. o5e'
Pork dull ~ 50dsS -. Lard nominal: - JO1Sp ~
Bulk meat. and bacon steady Whisky quiet sales.
O36 bbls finished goods basis " is Butff DarcIy
steady. Eggs dull Zoe. Cheese quiet unchanged
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28
KILLED OY 4 RrNAWAY ClBLE on.

IT. Paul, Mimi, Dec. PA dispatch 10 THE
Pioneer Press from Butte, Mont. says: some I'M
known person released the brakes cable car from
which the gIipcar had been detached last midnight,
causing The to go down heavy grade at lightning
speed and Jump the track William Cunningham. a
miner. was killed. +. G. Cameron and Daniel Nc
Donals were injured. the latter fatally
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28

RECORDED MORTGAGES.
Harlow Ellen NJ, to a Walker 9jth.st. oth-avs.
year. $50 -. $780,, ,..x
Kane Thomas. 10 Fmgrant Industrial savings Banks
" : 3d.aye, 79h-st. | wear. $4,000. -
Schnciner Eml. r W, to Ash 233 and 30 Delanccy'
It. year &l2 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28

RECORDED REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS-N y ClIf
Iahst M 900 west Nina Rost to r IIerzog s2, $50
9jth-st, "a = 300 H. COlumbus.3Nr, 1ONlOO'oj
Alexander Walker n T. W Harlow 900. =. 49,
Delanecy.st, No o35 Mark Ash to T. j. M .o<
dor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28

Il. II. GOODMAN. General Passenger Agent.
Al EDITERRANEAN LINZ s.,s,..
New.York to Genoa II less than Eleven Days
SORDDEU rkCHEk LLOYD > 8. Co.
DIiiECT ROUTE 40 SOUTH or FRANCE.
RIVIERA. AND ITALY.
Touching Gibraltar IN land passengers to spain.
Avoiding the Northern lttudes OF Atlantic. the Channel
Cros .inl and Long X. Il. Rides
DEPARTURES:
Eu,a, "a, Ian. ., 2 pm. Vera Sat. Feb 81, pm
W,Sr, SAT Ian IS pm Fulda Sa;.. Mar. 12. PIN.
Tulds sat. Feb, . pm Vera Sat Apr: 2 2 pm
Close ceYnections for EGYPT BY NoRDDEuTSCHER
LLOYD STEAMERS NOV. aud every fortnlgh. there
.tter from GENOA 10 lSMAlLIA.
s'''' W OELRICHS & CO, Bowling Green.
~ HORT ROUTE TO LONDON.
- NONDDEUTSCIIEE Lloyd MAIL ). S.
NEW.YORK. Southampton. rRiMNN.
Steamer. sail from piers foot Of 2tst.. HODOhen
FAST EXPRESS STEAMERS: 40
IihTTL Tue Drc29. , PM lSAALE Tue Jan: ly am
tLBE Tue, Jal. II 2 pmlE lDER, Iue.'Jan. 20 ! pm
First cabin $40 and upward, berth second CABIN so
a berth storage at low rate ,,
oLIVICIiS & CO.. > Bowling Green
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28
Ocean Steamers.
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY Company
~ ROYAL NAIL STEAMSHIP LINE.

SllUU ~IktWHtto'
CANADIAN PACIFIc} RAILWAY Wy ,iS GHonpnny''
from Sl vlliNNc6 ANR }.h hAn B. &. to ~
IS JAhhy K i SaYs Eoso'
Sl"i 500 Miles 81 H. sN ;d;fio', EaS,t.:
Intended aG%f' ., i1$ from v.SseaSr q che nav
E EME $ O. Of 5 jARlS
= y EN sKIySE 2E EvERErr FR Hsi
de9 g, f H;5,ars China and ia s'P Iaa h;
v 'Acka2S tLIb s ATS Ms az i$at&Sy
roqJoS c5a> Jisk,on;% M Mon, R Ds 3 ;s p. M
YMnXSFE aG and w. PEI So om
An nrscas. passenger aesonmeda,i0n:
i I";r''n'' ' %& i'G gTSbSEE fP's '
T. a EoER Gen,l AT. G s fr.t Linz. 30 Broadway.
EUlON LINE; sr.vrvs
FoE Ess SstfH i:T s. R., loot = k@ss{o
W NfThG .,.. rncsdat January j. s9
4 saSay a 1snG2f$ So p a
' S SSff III iat 6 low
UAMy ,RG, AME I8 PACKET t. 7 &C., Co.
; j. bs$;s + Is
fE,s,ST.y S.a2.Sn Ds.j E1SHSsR CO.
TYMAN LINE, U. S. and Roys! Mail Steamers.
pE ErtsEENsr&&%aSS &SD Jau.y J. % 30 a.
$y S SE f TtSIG %tS%dasy i fa.v 3
per q ADJ as'n@s dh n.tgsns t, F -tsu4
md Of ZEE SFcS 81 EER wh ra5
EOSS General agents. Rowing Green " Y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28
WHITE STAR LINE.

White otGt DUN, loot OF " esI IV.IIS'
cabin these steamers, $50 ana stV' s,sooi
rates $50 upward according 70 steamer AM locao OK
pr Excursion ticket, on favorable terms $500
from or Oid Country. so No 30 Boadway' new
York Philadelphia 0nice 406 Wanut.st; -,
~ II. MAITLAND KERSEY, Agent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28
6otrls
Ocean Steamers.
TOURS.

4 TROPICAL TOURS.
Novel and interesting trips to the beautiful issn
Island Of Jamaica and the oldwCrd towns VI ~
Spanish MAN, occupying two weeks longer. W os
ATLAS LINE STEAMERS. ABOUT
FIVE DOLLARS A DAY
derays all necessary expenses OF visit &c Jamaica Hau
Nicaragua and Costa Rca. Only FIRST Ssoih
lassenRefs For illustrated pamphlet address
PIN. FORWoOD CO.. Agents "A Safest Newfora.
or TlIOS. COOK & SONS. 26l and 90 Broad way:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-28
CUNARD LINE.

CO NAhD LINE.
n. 10 LIVERPOOL. Ma o. EENsToWN,
JAr~l 80 q. IN GaIIl1 Jan % y NE
rothnia Jah g. u. ltrura. Ian 80, ;5O D. -
Umbria Jan. lG. a. m. Aurania heo. o. /, III.
From pier 49, North River. foot OF CiarAson,s ,,
Cabin passage go and upward second s.om; so.
low rates. For freight and passage apply At the COM
panys ottce. No. 30 Wiling Iseen New YORK; ,
' VERNON II. BROWN h CO. General Agents
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-12-03
THE ANCIENT RHINOCEROS.
Fossil Remains of These Ancient Forms
Carry Us Back Many Years.

Fossil Remains of These Ancient Forms
Carry Us Back Many Years.
1t is very interesting to look at the
pictures of the world in the long past
ages that geology presents to our imag-
nation. We see that there was time
when even the polar regions must have
bloomed with many of the splendid and
varied forms of life that now adorn the
tropics.
The fossil remains of these ancient
forms, preserved in the bosom of the
rocks, carry us back perhaps millions of
years in the earth's history, and show
clearly what wonderful revolutions the
surface of the globe has undergone since
the first plants and the first animals APP
peared upon it.
Who would think of meeting a rhi-
noceros nowadays on the prairies of
northwestern Canada, unless, per-
chance, travelling menagerie should
pass that way?
Yet at one time, as recent discoveries
prove, a creature closely resembling
the rhinoceros of India and Africa
dwelt in that now comparatively cold,
snowy and barren region.
Remains of these extinct ancestors of
an animal that in our day thrives only
in the tangled tropical forests and I'M
der the hot equatorial sun have been
found buried in the Canadian rocks,
where now the cold blasts of winter
blow over treeless plains aud sweep the
TANKS of ice-encrusted mountains.
The rhinoceros of that remote age
was no less formidable beast than it's
descendants, for the skull of one of the
skeletons discovered is three feet long,
while some of its teeth are four inches
across.
The fossil remains sof many other
forms of animals have lately been found
there, including extinct species of the
horse. the deer and the turtle
In some PARKWAY time perpetual sum-
mer must have reigned in regions where
ice and snow now prevail for large
part of the year, or else animals that
to-day love only the sun must have been
Injured to more rigorous climate.
Geology has evidently only Just be-
gun to unfold the wondrous story of the
worlds history Youths Companion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-12-03

PITH AND POINT.

| Literary success is less a question
Fields Washington.
"A button on your shirt is worth
two down the back of your neck
Richmond Recorder.
1t is astonishing how debts will ex-
pand after being contracted. - Bing-
hamton Republican.
Mans wishes are not all wants. He
does not need half as much as he prays
for.-Galveston News.
| We have noticed that the longer a
mans mustache is the more fond he is
of milk and soup.-Atchison Globe.
1t is noticeable that people who
search for gas leak with candle in
variably find it.-Boston Transcript.
The time comes when some men
leave father and mother and cleave I'M
TO their uncle.-Binghamton Leader.
Your friends may not know much,
but they know what they would do if
they We're in yonr place.-Atchison
Globe.
-"You look all broken up" "Natur-
ally; Just been dividing myself among
forty girls at a seaside hotel liar
per's Bazaar.
The peacock may not be inclined to
/ gossip, but he loves to spread highly
colored tail about the neighborhood.-
Elmira Gazette.
This is the season of the year when
the young man goes TO his funeral and
pills his gun over the fence after him.
Columbus Post.
! Photographers are never progress
i've. They always impress you with
the idea that You must not move
Richmond Recorder.
Inheritance. Mrs. Gadd - "Does
your boy take after you or his father"
Mrs. Gabb-"He takes after his father.
You never can believe a word he says"
/ 1t is all right to advise man to
turn a thing over in his mind before
acting if he has mind bigger than the
thing to be turned over.-N. o. Plea
yune.
my love is like the red, red rose"
sang he. Then you can not have
me, - said she. 1.-The red, red rose fades
in less than three days. "-Harper's
1 Bazaar.
If you have piece of unpleasant
news TO divulge, tell it TO your domes-
tic first. She has the reputation, you
know, of breaking things gently. Yon-
kers Statesman.
Easily Remedied. - First Tot -
what do you think? Mrs, Smiths new
baby hasn't any teeth" Second Tot
.'Oh, WELL that's nothing. It's pa is a
dentist. democrats Magazine.
Jenkins lin the theater)-- why
do you weep? The acting is certainly
not SO touching" Timkins-"E Excuse
me. am bewailing the money paid
to come n."-Demorest's Magazine.
What brings you here?" the
needle asked the pin when they met in
the ash barrel. oh they said | was
crooked, and threw me out. But how
does it happen you are here?" I'm
broker'-N. Y. Herald.
First Politician-''The fact is, one
half the stories that one hears during
the campaign are base falsehoods. "
Second Ditto-"You refer, of course, to
the stories the other side tells | agree
with you. boston Transcript.
II was dweadfully angwy, assurah
you, when that gweat, coarse fellah
had the audacity to put me on a level
with the monkey at the ZOO" "Yes, :"
replied Miss Ringlets, Il can imagine
such a comparison would put you be-
side yourself. Mr.. Dudelets. = Balti-
more American.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-12-03

1t isn't any fun TO be stamp clerk at
the post office, but the limited variety
of art les at their disposal makes the
position rather easy, particularly since
the information bureau has been in
operation. Occasionally a funny man
or a crank is on duty inside the win
dow. That's the kind who was at one
of the windows yesterday when a
nervous individual, who was in hur-
ry, approached just ahead of me on the
line. lie laid down two pennies and
said nothing. 1t would be presumed,
without very great stretch of the
imagination under the circumstances.
that he wanted two-cent stamp but
this clerk made no move.
"Well?" said the man after a mo-
ment.
"Well?" echoed the clerk, ''what'll
you have?'
"A two-cent stamp, confound it.
What'd you suppose | wanted; two
sticks of candy or a two-cent whistler
What had been intended for sarcas-
tic smile on the face of the funny clerk
quickly changed to sickly grin. He
tossed out stamp and retired into his
shelL-N. Y. Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-12-03

a street railway man recently te-
lated his experience of rising FROM
poverty to fame. and the first visit he
made in Pittsburgh: II had been
working as a clerk in Chicago" lac
said. 'and started for New York,
When got to Pittsburgh my mone,1
ran out concluded to beat my way
over the Pennsylvania railroad, but
did not take into consideration the
strict discipline that was then in force
on the road IL was inst after the
Pennsylvania Legislature had passed a
law for the punishment of tramps, and
at the same time the railroad officials
gave orders that no one should be
allowed to ride on freight trains. For
some reason the brakemen all thought
/ was a spotter and would not listen 10
my appeals At Altoona | got dis.
gusted at being kicked off the trains
and concluded to foot il the rest of the
way 1t took me just twenty-three
DAYS. | had to sweep the Trenton
bridge to pay my toll. and God only
knows how / got enough 10 eat go
over the road frequently now, but al
ways in a palace car, and nothing gives
me greater pleasure than to look at the
old landmarks Dispatch.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-12-03
IRISH BARDS.
Predecessors of Tom Moore and Their i
Exalted Positions.

Predecessors of Tom Moore and Their
Exalted Positions.
Under the names of FLEA and Fear
Dana. bards were found in Ireland from
the earliest periods of its history to the
year 1888, when Carolan died, who
seemed to have been born to render the
termination of his order brilliant.
Every chief lord was called Allah
Radah, or Doctor of Poetry, and he re-
tanned thirty of the inferior note. They
were free from all taxation, and were
allowed to wear the same color robes as
the kings.
DIR. Ledwith, an ingenious critic and
antiquarian, has observed with respect
to the musical composition of the Irish
bards, That the Incompatible skill
allowed to the Irish music could never
be predicated of unlearned, extern
poraneous bardic airs, that it implies a
knowledge of the diagram and an exact
division of the harmonic intervals"
Giraldus Cambrensis in A. d. 1885
gives a striking account of Irish music
of that period
'The attention of this people to
musical instruments | find worthy of
commentator, in which skill is beyond
in comparison, superior to that of any
nation | have seen. For in these the
meditation is not slow and solemn, as
in the instruments of Britain, to which
we are accustomed, but the sounds are
precipitate, vet at the same time sweet
and pleasing"
Speaking of the Gaelic language, Miss
Carusi, the famous harpist, says the
constant occurrence of broad vowels in
it mades it quite as well adapted for
singing Is Italian. Gaelic poetry is also
beautifully suited to singing, and has a
swing and rhythm about it most mu'
steal.
"To keep their great heritage. the
Irish should learn their national songs
in Gaelic" she says. Boston Globe.