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Birmingham state herald., 1896-08-01
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Cincinnati.

Cincinnati O., July 31.-F1our was quiet; winter patents, $S.4OqS.75, spring patents, $3.55n3S5
 Wheat was steady; No.l3 red track, 59c. Corn was quiet and duh; No. mixed, S61a6I27c; Mo- 2Mhite track, 2712c.
 Oats were firm; No.s2 white track. 25c.
 Pork was steady; clear back, SS.25. Lard was steady; kettle lard, SS.50n3.75; prime steam, $300
 Bacon was steady-Loose shoulders, $4.0O; short rib sides, s4.12h; short clear sides, Dry salted meats were strong-Shoulders, 8 50iI3.55 short rib sides, $262ls@3.s0; short clear sides, $3.S7l5Q399
 Whisky $122 s.
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New Orleans, July S1.-Sugar was quiet; white, 11-16ftS 15-16c; yellow 7-l6uSs4cs seconds, 2 7-16G3ssc.
 Refined sugar was strong; powdered ana ana cut loaf, 5c; standard granulated, u-l0c 1, confeetioners' A, 9-16c
 Molasses was dull centrifugal, according to grade, 3W9c. "a Rice was steady; fancy, 5A@5Ac; fair 4Q Flour-Patents, $5.45Q3.65 extra fancy, s. 15a3.25.
 Corn-No. 2 mixed, 34d35c No. white, sacked 35m36c: yellow 35c.4, oo,5 Oats-No. 2 western, 251aG26c; choice, 26ls 6p27c. >ees4
 Bran, 5Oc, Hay1Prime, S14OO917.0e; choice. $1s.0o.
 Pork, $7.371am7.75.
 Dry salted meats-zshoulders. s4;25; short clear sides $3 STE GD4.00; short rib sides, 4.25 Bacon-Shoulders nominal; short clear sides, .s4.25; short rib sides, %.25; . Lard-Compound, St0O; pure, S4.25.
 Coffee-Rio, fair, 16lzc; good ordinary 14lhc; common, .12lsc; Mexican good, l7%c; fair, 17Ac.
 Cotton seed oil--Strictly prime, crude, in bulk, 16G1T1ae; strictly prime crude, Ill bar rels. 19ql91sc Refined, 24a25c.
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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12
Some HumOrs Of Marriage.

Scarcely a week passes without bring
ing news Of some couple who have
found it necessary to emigrate EN-
porarily generally into Wisconsin, but
sometimes into Indiana, in order to get
married.
1t is n of the curiosities of the law
that In one and the same place-here in
Illinois, for example-it arrays all sorts
of difficulties about the process Of get
ting married, while leaving the way to
getting unmarried comparatively unob-
structed.
Beofre a youthful couple who sign
profoundly for an opportunity to be-
come disenchanted with each other can
enter upon the Disseminating process
they must, if Of less than a certain age,
get the consent of their parents and
comply with certain conditions about
license or banns, and all this at the cost
of some money and trouble and embar-
rassment. It's all we'll enough. The
law ought to stand guard over mar
riageS. only it might well axe more
pains TO see that they are prudent. 1t
does nothing in that way now. But 1t
pays so much regard to the prejudices
and obstinacy Of certain people who are
not directly concerned at all as to drive
the industry out of the State into COM
munities where the theory seems to be
that marriage concerns nobody but the
contracting pair.
The oldest part of the whole affair IS
tlat parents should persist in the obSO-
lete notion that they have a right to
say something about it. They ought to
have learned by this time that there are
some things which we can do for others
and some things which each one of us
can do for himself or herself alone.
They ought to have found out that it
is no more possible for them to choose
or reject Il wife or a husband for their
son or daughter than it is possible for
them to digest the dinner that son or
daughter may eat.
As 70 having their consent asked or
being consulted about the matter in adj
vance. why-thats preposterous. They
should be grateful if they learn about
it in time to provide for themselves
proper wedding garments.-Chicag0
Chronicle.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12

MA@apltvSS&s
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Home Remedies.


A liniment made of ammonia, SWEEP
oil and laudanum equal parts is good
for bruised surfaces, or for tightnesS of
the chest. Another for lameness and
for rheumatism is made Of the whites
Of two eggs, two tablespoOnfuls Of Spir-
It's Of %turpentine, two tablespoonfuls of
vinegar. Before using either Of these
1t should be we'll shaken.
~Turpentine is an excellent family rem
edy. AS an inhalation it Is soothing ia
bronchitis, pneumonia, coughs and any
lung trouble. Rubbed on the chest 1t
will ease the pain of aching lungs.
For burns the application of pure lard
mixed to a paste with flour will be
found healing, and will prevent any
a from the injured part. The same
is true of raw potato grated and applied
on a cloth, the cloth being neXt the gar
ment, the raw potato with It's juice be-
ing on the injured flesh. It must be
removed as soon as dried, but it's action
is marvellous in severe burns.
Children suffer from earache when
may be cured by the fumes of chlOro-
form. To apply it make a FUNNEL Of
paper, drop into it a bit Of cotton sat-
urated with the chlOroform. Press the
cotton in by blowing into the large end
of the funnel. The application of a
hop bag heated will often ease the pain.
The simpler the home remedies the
better. They are quite as ef1icacious
and are safer. Salt, lemons, hot water
form a pharmacopOeia complete enough
for use without the doctors directions,
except in accidents and Group. The
curative effects of salt have never been
known as they should be.
Sore and inf1amed eyes are relieved
by bathing with salt and water. Sore
throat yields to a gargle Of the same.
The most obstinate cases Of constipa-
ton can be absolutely cured by the per-
sistent use Of half a teaspoonful Of salt
in a glass of water taken just before
going to bed, or the first thing in the
morning. Constipation is one Of the
cOmmOnest evils.
Baths of salt and cold water will
rouse a sluggish skin to action and will
cure cold feet. Salt used occasionally
IS a good dentifrice and keeps the teeth
free from tartar. Salt and water used
on the hair now and then stops its com.
ing out.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12

was quite alone, the pianist might nour
ior,n MS soul through his finger tins.
anu CIV much better renditions of the
works ne sought to interpret than no
would when consciously PLAYING for
erect, but he would not ba wiu;no 70
'rv' No orchestra, no body of singers
would be willing to 20 through their
performance behind a curtain. unseeinc
anu unseen, and yet, theoretically tbis
ugh 10 De the most satisfactory meth
va ol rendering a musical work. for. in
III" case the singers and players would
De undisturbed by the sight Of the sea
Oh races before them, and the audience
could enjoy the music without having
thelr attention called away by the per-
sonality of the performers. No more
nan the singers and players, however.
would the audience be satisfied with tho
screen and curtain arrangement. for
the people who gather at q concert
want TO see how the chorus looks. and
Wnether its members are as old and
wa ~ tiC Slduu opera chorus,
ana what sort Of person the prima DON
M aSsoluta is, and what she has on.
and how 1t fits, and how manym men are
in the male chorus, and how wide they
can open their mouths. Even a theater
crowd, in a place of entertainment
where the music is merely subordinate
and incidental to the main attraction.
want to see the orchestra, gaze upon
the BALD back Of the leaders bald head.
watch the facial commissions of the
man whose business it is to pierce the
atmosphere with the upper notes Of the
pic"olo, and sympathize with the man
who extracts dying groans from the
double bass. SO the posing business
seems to be quite satisfactory to both
artists and their audiences, and so long
as each party is content. it is not easy to
see why any n else has a right to COM
plain.
OF musical folk. the most competent
posers for effect are the artists of the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12

lyric drama. Posing is their business,
and not in%frequently they devote more
attention to their attitudes than to their
music, as reckoning that any deficiency
in the latter will be cOndOned by the
audience on account of proficiency in
the former. They have abundant facili-
ties for exercising all their gifts in this
direction, and the only criticism that
can be Justly made On their efforts is
that they fall into regulation attitudes.
which are in accordance with the tradi-
lions of the stage, and have been in use
so long that they have come to be n
sidered Indispensable to the proper rem
dition of the part. Nobody, for in
stance, ever saw an actor play the
heavy villain without bending his legs
at a sharp angle and walking about on
the stage as though afflicted with
chronic ~anchylosis OF the knee joints,
for crooked knee joints and heavy vii
lainy 90 together, and the former nat
urally suggest the latter. SO, no one
over saw a lover and his sweetheart on
the lyric stage wind up an amorou
duet without leaning against a c 9TH
OF. the hands of the heroine claSped IN
an attitude Of wild despair. while the
hero throws one arm around her cling
inc form and extends the other II MD
air. while the twain Jointly emit a
| screech that makes you Involuntary
| feel for your scalp. 1t is not madness;
| if is merely attitudiniZing. and h clos
| er they lean together and the more ear
Diercing the concluding yell the more
ardent is the expression of their INDY
| ING affection and the greater their de-
testation of the deep-dyed villain with
his much-Dent knees.
Next in posing ability to the operate
| artists come the pianists. they 90 not
| O niov the same facilities for posing. be-
cause. being confined by h nature OF
their art to one spot. they cannot capel
| about the stage and transfiX the audi
| ence with establishment at their aDillty
m turn round on their toes a dozen
| times without once falling down, but
| they make the most Of their opportunl-
ties. under all the circumstances, really
do very well, and from their initial
trinle bows to the boxes and parquet to
their Exit. Right" furnish their pat
rons with a very passable show. Lady
n,anists are always expected 20 furnish
a preliminary entertainment with theli
gloves. which, after spending half an
bonr in pulling OF in the dressing room
require five minutes to pull OH a1tel
being seated at the piano. The gentle
men of this profession, no. wearing
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12

admiration of all beholding small boys,
who feel that to be a drum major is
greater than to be a king. Every street
band is properly gagged by the drum
major, and the bigger this parsonage.
the taller his mighty hat, the longer
his big-headed cane and the more tricks
he can do with it without letting it fall
the better the band. He is strictly or
namental, for his cane keeps no time,
and after its first p%remonitory iab into
the atmosphere as a signal for the band
to turn itself loose on the public, o
of the players pay him the slightest at
tention. But for this fact he cares moth
ing. as it is generally understood that
he owns, in fee simple, not only the
band, but also the whole parade which
it p~recedes: that. in fact, the public
demonstration has been arranged in
his honor. and especially that he may
allow the glorieS of his uniform to
gladden. the eyes of his fellow-men.
Compared with the drum major. the
artist who comes before the public with
IN -Amati or Stradivarius under his
arm is a mere tritier in the art of pos
ing. He does his best, it is true, stands
first on one foot. then on the other.
while he delicately tunes his Tyre. so 10
speak. and waits for the piano man to
get up steam, and then gracefully
sways back and forth as he tortures his
unfortunate instrument into emitting
shrieks of agony. but his opportunities
are limited, and unless he breaks a
string. thus gaining a chance to show
what a variety OF squeaks he can COM
pei the others to utter, he is at a dis
count. Even the cornet man is better
off than he, for the professional whose
interest and pleasure it is to stuff wind
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12

einite answer is not easy to give, says
he ST. Louis GlObe-Democrat. Music,
cc0rding to the most highly inspired
poets. is a heavenly gift, appealing
irectly 10 the soul, while the striking
i attitudes is an earthly acquisition,
aimed through much practice and ap-
ealing to nothing in particular, unless
may be in an indirect way to the
|OcletbookS of the behOlders. 1t is
ute possible that at some time in the
|ist0ry of the divine art, men and wom-
b played and sang without posing
b such a way as to attract more atten-
lon BY their attitudes than by their
fusic, but that day, If it ever existed,
Jas long gone by. and music at present
as much a matter Of pose as of tone,
|nd appeals in many cases quite as
frongly to the eye as to the ear. 1t is
ulte possible that this fact may have
Gown out of the conscious superiority
pat every musician and singer feels in
fsard TO all other persons. no matter
what class, rank Or condition-the
Feling that n divinely endowed with
r. gift of music should take prece-
|tnce Of all others of the human race.
for does this feeling demand, as a pre-
|Ous condition, much of an endow-
Fent' for 1t may sometimes be Observ-
among musical folk that the less
fey know about music the more con-
|Hued they are apt to be about their at
Fnment in this direction. as the lead
u soprano in Il volunteer church choir
Fleh gives herself more airs than Patti.
kNd The old darby who fiddles for all
" danceS in a country n~eighbOrhood
pl l~lfrequently regards his own mu-
Nai attainments as more profound
ran those of Paganini.
leaving the quantity and quality OF
r1Si'al knowledge and skill out Of the
1eSuon for the time being, however,
y ATTITUDES struck by musical people
+ Inherent lines furnish a curious and
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12

make it right, while the pianist cheer
fully tackles the boSSing of the job.
OF course, they always push it too far,
and then pull it back too far, so that a
good deal of careful manipulation is re-
CURED to place it exactly right: but the
pianist does not object to working over
time, the audience is always patient,
for they know perfectly well what to
expect, and that it is quite impossible
for the artist t. play until his instru-
ment has been successfully established
over a certain crack in the floor, and
the Matebeles have nothing to say
about It, so everybody Is satisfied. Con-
finement to the piano stool after the
manual and pedal performance has ac-
tually begun does not limit, though it
| hampers, the posing Of the performer.
Before actually beginning the program
he may run over the keys, and then
| give the stool a hitch as the stage sailor
does his pantaloOns; during thoughtful.
tender passages he may lift his eyes
heavenward. as though gazing into in
finite vacuity, so that the women in the
audience may see how intense is his
inspiration, and during the Scherzo he
may sway bacs and forth, throw his
coat tails about and kick under the
piano as though driving out an imagin-
airy canine which had taken refuge
there, and all these gyrations will be
regarded as the outward and visible
| signs Of an inward and musical genius.
They are looked for by the audience,
who have made up their minds to en-
dure them as placidly as possible,
knowing hat they are absolutely essen
tial to the proper rendition of a piano
| composition, whether Nocturne by the
dreamy Chopin. Moonlight Sonata by
the rugged Beethoven, or R%hapsodie
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12

HOngrOiSe by the lncOmprenenSlDle
ListZ.
The director of a musical organiZa-
ton, no matter of what grade. has OPP
| %portunities for posing somewhat supe-
rior to those of the pianist and some
| what inferior 70 those of the operate
hero. and is allowed liberties not per-
| mitted to either of the others. 1t is I'M
derstood that he is always TO keep the
audience waiting for five minutes after
the last struggling fiddler has struggled
in. taken his seat and tuned his lddle.
This is the directors privilege and he
avails himself OF it TO the uttermOst.
He takes it for granted that the public
will be sufficiently entertained by lis
tening to the tone as given out by the
| clarionet man. and Immediately sue
ceeded by Scrapings and blowings in
every kew that Bach discovered for the
well-tempered clavichoN, so he relies
on the rest of the orchestra to furnish
the fun for a reasonable, sometimes an
unreasonable. time. then enters with a
strut as dignified as that of a turkey
gobbler and as imposing as that of a
peacock, hears with satisfaction he
thunder of applause given by a tired
audience glad of any change, and with
%deprecatory bow calmly appropriateS
TO himself the credit due the entire or
ganization.
The drum major is commonly regard
ed as a caricature of the orchestra d.
rector, but this is a mistake. He is an
institution of himself, the darling of the
street, the envy OF the policeman, the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12

into an E fat cornet is able to diStOrt
his face, roll up his forehead into laps
and assume an expression Of intense
agony that never fails to excite the
sympathy of all behOlderS. His rival
in this form Of spectacular entertain
ment is the man with the big horn, who
makes faces, not from choice, but OF
necessity; for the labor of filling so
enormous a receptacle with air and
keeping it full is so great as to draw
drops Of perspiration from even the
baldest and most poreless Uranium. OF
all the list he poses least in a conscious
way, but most uncOnSciouSly. He a
not time to think of posing, for If he
did his horn would get empty and sur
cease from it's labors. The man who
nightly thumps a drum on the street as
a means of grace, the blind man who
uses an accordion in his efforts to At
tract the attention Of the charitable and
induce them to pay him to stop. may
pose in a humble way, and frequently
do so. but the big horn blower has both
hands and his mouth full. and. though
%innocently a spectacle. is, unconscious
ly, an object of sympathetic regard.
He might pose if he could, but he can
lot. He alone. of the whole musical
fraternity. makes no conscious effort to
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12

Much of the food given to animals is
wasted in the careless maLAer in which
it is handled, hay being thrown into
loose racks or narrow trOughs, or even
on the floor of the stalls in eXces of
the actual requirements. a portion be-
ing trampled. A saving "A also be
made in grinding the grain during the
winter when labor is not 50 high, and
IT will consequently be more digestible.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12

"eeulngly interesting subject OF
TuS' as going to show that the musi-
art OF the present day is felt and ac-
'"iedged to be as much a matter OF
as or melody or harmony. TEa'
statement is true is readily su--
p,loie OF proof. No artist would w.
ing TO play or sing behind a C !
an audience in front. 1t is possi
1''' persuading himself under such { -
N4s'ahces by a sort of legal fiction, =.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12

gloves ION entering, do a little stage
business with the piano. No matter
where It is placed, it rs always a little
too far one way OF the other, and the
services of the two uniformed Mate
beles appertaining to the establishment
must be brought into reQuisition to
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12

Mrs. Mamma-If Lord FOrgivus asks
YOU to marry him, tell him to speak 10
me. Ethel-Yes, mamma-but II he
doesn't? Mrs. Mamma-Then tell him
that l want to speak to him.-Truth.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12
An Art of Itself.

t,-oc-ly why musical performers
In fccl it their duty to attitudinize
..o1l as to play Or sing Is one of those
ions problems presented by the COM
r,.r If our civilization to which a
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12
Naming Babies in Russia.

In Russia the CheremiSs shakes the
baby till it cries, and then repeats a
string of names to L till it chooses one
Itself by easing lis tears.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12
%0V MUSICIANS POSE
ASSUMED BY DEv-
.-reS OF THE DIVINE ART.

|ttitudiniz'ns as a Part of the Bnsi-
The Musical Director and the
7 -. N~sior-The Pianist and the
[rornct Player.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12

attract public attention. though he de-
serves more than even the drum major,
for without a big horn the largest or.
chestra would be a thing unbalanced
and out Of joint.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-12

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