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VIEW roRx,s AMATEUR ORCHESTRAL
A Suggested Field or UaeruIness ir . Union
Could he ARRANGED Among Them.

A Suggested Field or UaeruIness ir . Union
Could He Arranged Among Them.
Al enthusiastic member of an amateur or
cbestra was talking to a SUN reporter OF the
work done by such organizations and the posi-
bility of their greater usefulness II a union of
some kind could be arranged among them.
There are." he said. more than twenty
amateur orchestras In this city. The larg asst
contains about eighty men and l think tho
smallest counts thirty members. Many Of them
arc amateurs In name only; merely because
they do not belong to the Musical Union does
not make them in reality amateurs. That for
mality would be the affair OF only q few mo-
ments. Their skill has come from years of prao-
tice. II some union Of these orchcstras could
be formed 1t seems to me that something like
tho proposed permanent orchestra might
BIO formed, or at all events an organiza-
ton would result that would have q dis
tinct value In the musical life OF tho
city. If this organization should make a
speciality of performing only the works
OF young authors 1t would accomplish a great
deal. That alone would justify its existence.
for the reluctance of tho regular orchestras to
perform new works by native writer's is we'll
Known. Those organizations are dependent on
public support and can AFFORD TO put on their
programmes only standard works. One of the
amateur orchestras gave a concert in Chicken
ing Hall one night last woek. Tho building was
TANNED. That was only one orchestra out of
the twenty. and a COMFORT which represented
them all could put before n public which any
young composer might be glad TO reach those OF
his works that some well'informed committee
should select.
! really fine players. AT present they play only
for the amusement OF their friends and for them,
! selves. A professional leader might be engaged
for the public concert or concerts, IL that were
found necessary. There is ono, thing OF which
any composer who intrusted his work TO tho
society might be assured. 1t would certainly be
prepared properly. No professional Organize
ton gives the same time and care to its re-
hearsals that these amateurs do. and am
certein that out OF the lot there might he
made an organization which would prove itself
worthy OF the serious attention OF New fork's
musical public. The expenses or IL would bo
slight. All the players would volunteer. ana
under the circumstances there would probably
be little difficulty in finding a hall for its per-
formances. Whatever expenses there were,
moreover, tho confined orchestra would DO
willing to bear"
In tho objection that, in a city which enjoyed 80
much fine professional nIusic. as New York, no
amateur efforts would be likely TO receive seri-
Gus attention.
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Tho Ola Guide BEARD.

Front the Boston courier.
where country roads diverGe with graceful aAGlO
To SKIRT yhe wood or perfume laden field.
Above the climbing vines and wild flowers tangso
The gray old guide posts fingers are revealed,
Whose letters times soft touch has half concealed.
To dusty wanderers 1t speaks in pity;
1t marks the pleasure seekers nearing goal'
1t counts the weary miles to the far cttyI
Il names old towns where nature holds control
Or points the way where oceans surges roll
And aged men. this thoroughfaro freQuentinG,
Bear semblanco to this weatherbeaten sign;
Times tabulated miles they seem presenting;
Mid natures bowers they point down life's decli4As
Their placid faces coming night divine.
Some stranger It's. observing. speaks most ofss1.
or mellow marks upon the sign boards face.
And strangers, too. nrst note the lines that soften
The visage OF a lifelong friend with grace.
So subtly done we failed the change to trace.
Submitting to earth's edict of succession,
This landmark gray will fall meath timo's vast trend
And gentle. aged faces make confession
These last desSents on toward lifo's ocean tondi
Each calmly rests and waits its Missions end.
ARTHUR HowARD HALA-
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Tho Love or Woman.
Does woman have Q head
To love with,
Or
To think WITH
Is she compelled to calculate
why n wherefore
For her love.
And It demonstrate
By O rule.
As one sots figures thus and 20
To reach rcsuits7
Why has she heart
If IL IL not
To lead her soul
Through gentler ways than reasons arof
A heart throb Is to her
As m~easureless as Heaven.
And why should che
Let finite thought
Essay to put a limit on
The infinite?
Her head she thinks with;
It's with her heart that she forgots,
And in forgetfulness there 10
That love that makes
A woman what she il:
Gods dearest gift to all the woFidi
w. J. LArProN.
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Tho Way OF n Maid.

From tho Sydney BulIstta-
She was Q maid of notions strange
Concerning man.
Her fanciss took a goodly range.
As woman's oan.
She said she loved an oyo Sf gray
My own are blue.
would ! could in any way
Have changed their hue.
Tho sort OF hair that pleased her best
Was brown. she said.
Which caused me oft supreme unrest
Ny own Is red
Her taste In nose" was aQuiIiDoI
oh, cruel rub
II vulgar pariance ono like mine
Is termed 0 enub!
She liked . stately man and tall
Alas my fate
Has blessed mo with . stature email
Not 1--WE feet eight
She dotted on a nguro slim;
Without a dolbt
/ could not satisfy that whim-
For an stout
And, knowing this, how could I dare
"a boor like mel
To AJAX that maid her life to share
My wife to boz
And yet ! did ~egregious ass
must contest
popped the question-and. alasi
She answered, "Yesl"
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VOTES OF THE opERt IN EUROPE.
opere;ta singers at the vienna Opern-LiveiS
italian Performances

-
opere,tn Singer. n, the Vienna O,.r,-u,ye,y
""''"" performance"
Vienna has always drawn on the operetta
stage Tor singers Tor tho Imperial Opera House.
Tho most notable instance of success in that
aireotion was the case OF Amaiia Matorna' VINO
began her career IN vienna as a singer in one OF
tho ~operetta theatres. Frau Seidlmaier, now
O.. ri""o "'.n,
opera was a popular singer IN comic OPERA and
Is emembered we'll in New York. where she APP
peared as Fraulein OYepev Horr Scbro,dtcr
80 ~ ."Na n.o." ~ no ~. ."INn
at the Vienna Opera. was q singer of Strauss,
Milloecker and Suppe before no Joined the com.
pany at the Opera and became ono of the most
valued members Now another singer who has
been for several years well liked on the comic
opera stage mas maae ms oeout ut the opera.
appearing rs Darid in Die Meistersinger. 1t
49," a. -" w -
ton to that OF the other successful seceders
,ineine mr. the Tbeater an der wien will 90 into
.
to his age now than tho frivolous atmos-
phero of tho home of operetta. Van Dyck.
as a result Of tho row preliminary to-
the production Of Leoncavallo's "Boheme,"
will retire from the Vienna Opera entirely. and
q 4. nronhesJ,5 th.t ho viii n.ver ho h.ard
" ID prophesloo tnat nc VIII never oe hoard
there again. Herr Schmedcs, who was formerly
n b~nritone continued TO prove the efficacy of
-. - -
mis- cnango OF voice by appearing with success
in various leading tenor roles. A Vienna i'm
pressrio has engaged the Carl Theatre for n
months season OF Italian opera, and Marcella
Sembrich will be tho star of the organization.
She returns next week tn Berlip for n final CON.
s. =. eAs On ."... p%un n"ai oon,
cert ana the seats In the great philharmonic
the date Of the concert was announced.
sb. vii, annssr tam tim"s in Vienna
and it is said that the sum of $4,000 will be
paid to the artist for her app earances there.
Berlin has lately accepted for production a new
opera, 1.-THE Pilot" composed by J. Urich. The
work was sung several years ago at q private
49, " 80
theatre IN Berlin ana tho composer IS responsl.
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From the Trton Factory.
Jasper Adkins. the wrestler.
Use l TO 10 from town to town,
Vainly searching for . mar
Who couldn't throw him down.
4 delusion. bleak foreboding.
Had ranked in his brain;
He felt like he must throw somebody.
Else he'd miss the heaven-bound train.
From California's golden shore
To the rocky hills OF Maine.
He wrestled over eleven States
In sunshine and in rain.
He tackled our crowd last Sunday,
The scrubs OF Screamsryille town.
n what they gave him was . plenty
For the last cuss Of US throwed him d0WA.
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From The 81. Louis Republic

A u widow. whose husband died two
years has opened u barber shop. and her
sign rd Miss Boyd. Barber
Asket ~ she called herself Miss" sho
naIvclN Lplicd thut she had good business
reasonst lat men sccmci TO prefer 10 ho shaved
aud I'd suri tlizcd y by an unmarried ,w9mani
they seem To hesitate at having their hair ctG
by a woman whose husband might come in and
otIcr tO,1tirnd to the customer himself.
~ M, SIGN REID Mrs persons who aaw it
would cS, to ind my husband here ready 10
wait on them. A woman barber who is single
seems TO DO more attractive than ono who -
married" said Mrs, Boyd
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The American Fruit Microbo.
Tho scientist. Herr Rhine Won Rhono.
His eyes like ebon Jewels shone,
For after wondrous toll. at last,
He'd caught the Yankee microbe fast.
And in the microscopic Geld
Its awfuiness stood full revealed.
Quick to the Ka!ser's court he went.
His brows with mighty wisdom bent
"Your Majesty" spake Rhino Won Rhono,
"a danger menaces your throne,
To ordinary eyes unseen,
And therefore OF q graver mien."
scorn kindled. then. the Kaisor's eye.
1.-THE powers of Europe I defy;
Asia and Africa thrown in.
and my throne arc bound 20 win."
"'Tis from America the foe
Threatens your power to overthrow"
And loud and long young William laughed.
"von Rhone. you've gone completely daft.
We'll, next you'll tell me that a worm
Will send Its l~egions, or Q germ"
"Good SIRE" the scientist cried out,
"That's what I've como to talk about.
Long. weary. foodless days and nights
searched ana searched; my soul delights
To tell your Majesty my search
Was true and good! for on its perch
or plum and apple I could see
The microbe, sire, of Liberty!
Ny praise-horn I'm not here to toot;
But let your subjects eat the fruit
With that most yessty germ the fates
Have sent from the United States
Well. you can see what It has done
For every Yankee mothers son
Each one would think he ought to rule.
Now am I sage or AM I fool?"
Brief space the Kaisor's eye-beam quaied.
Brief space his kingly forehead paied-
eel dub you Prince. great Rhine Won Rhone.
For service rendered to my throne.
And quicki bring me my good quill pen;
An edict goes that ne'er again,
Howe'er Americans may whine.
Shall ever pass through port of mine
Let all the crowned heads follow suit
Their Freedom-germ infested fruit"
d. PHELPS DAWSON.
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Arm Blown on while Fishing.

James Winninger had his right arm blown on
while fishing Will dynamite in sullivan county.
winninger was fatally injured by a large piece
of the bono of his arm being blown into his
abdomen.
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B0rEIVenesG


From London Figaro.
They loved each other well, thoy sworo.
Aud so TO wedthey wildly hoped;
Wherefore Il wasn't long before
They laughed at locksniths and eloped.
Her pa ~forgave. aS papas do;
Her mamma. too. tor2ave and blessed;
His ma and pc forgave them. too,
And brotheIs, sisters-ail the rest.
And only two could not forgive;
They've not forgiven to this day,
And won't as long as e'er they live
They can't forgive themselves. they say.
AAHsrs LTS1l
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fpou,rer viii mad an lode 10 an Eolus Harp"i IN
the works Of the Rev. William. Mason, Vol. l., page
HI Gondon, 1910, with n footnote describing the
inventioh OF the instrument by the Jesuit, Kirchner,
a century before, and ita recent, rediscovery in Eng.
land by n Mr.. Oswald. see also Thomsons Castle OF
Incidence l., H., and sootts LAY of the Last Min.
strol,' Canto l., II. 3dl-t2. HENRY A. BEERS.
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Referring TO the inquiry of c. L. N. In tho Notes
and Queries department of THE Sun OF Feb. ga as to
the sirnincance of the winged Globe" I under
stand the globe to represent creation, the wings pro-
lection and swiftness, and the asp wisdom.
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dos. The address of tho committee is lo4 Temple
Court. Beokman street.
have seen 1T stated that the debt of the United
States. less the sinking fund. was s9I6. zoe. lie, or
sSa "a s 'ss e! s ispi nr ss saf fh pr 'e esp dSss T Fl ca ! sSsD %ss
does not include the various State debts. which should
psrison. Can YOU give the HsIres or the reespectiVs
countries. which viii exhibit their relation as to in.
debtednessp INQUIRER.
In the case Of Canada as we'll a. OF the United States
the per capita debt is based solely on tho national
debt; neither the State debts of the United States
nor the provincial debts OF the Dominion are included.
In 1890 the per capita debt OF tho United States was
els. 81; that VI she Dominion OF Canada was $50. 43.
We quote these figures from tho ohncial Statistical
Abstract OF sho Unitea States. and the Statistical
Year Book OF Canada The state debts amounted in
1896 to $500. sol .e27; the provincial debts In 1890 to
0so. 92s. lS2.
Jews 10 il possible that the lights rom New YORK
city can DO seen against tho sky at night twenty ;nve
lola is not Q Jew. The lights OF the city. or rather,
tho dull glow that they make. can DO seen at . dis
tanoe OF twenty nve miles west, or north. or east, or
south.
Kindly inform me Of the o.,Tn Of and the reason
large Industrial enterprises OF the day. REApER.
In 1889 tho directors and controllers OF a large
number Interpretations inter in the production,
refining. and carrying OF coal oil made an agreement
by which they placed their stock In those corpora.
tions In the hands Of nine persons as trustees, who
thus obtained complete control of theAe corporations.
This Is the INST recorded instance OF q commercial
trust; rs II was precisely like an ordinary equitable
trust. II received the name OF trust Other trusts
have bean formed on similar lines; so the name has
come into common use. 10
Roman.-In Roman notation. 1897 Is expressed
thus: MDCCCCXCvH.
r. Y. Kolb.-You can see the plans at the onioe OF
the Park Department.
T..E FdrreIL-Ambiguity 10 a rhetorical fault,
though sometimes Il Is excuSable.
Reddsr.-It iS proper to say "the Rev. Sheldon
Jackson. d. D." The title Reverend Is given to cIer.
gymsn as q matter OF courtesy TO Indicate their cleri.
cal character. The letters I'D. D." indicate that tho
person to whose name they are amxed is a doctor In
divinity. As . rule. . d D." is also a Reverend"
but the rule is not without exceptions. DR.. Strong,
editor OF MccIntock a strong's Encyclopaedia OF
Biblical Literature" wGI . doctor in divinity. but
not . clergymsA
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4 The biennial sessions project. II adopted by the
present Legislature and ratified by next years and
sanctioned BY the voters in November, 1890, would
not 20 into eject until Jan. 1, 1900.
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new Rnbl,eassuas.

COMMENTS OF
Admirably
written, N
the chain of more
Or less exciting
events is handled
with notable tact
and sire 9Th
- the dra-
matte effects are
enforced, y
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The Celebrity.
By WINSTON CHURCHILL.
Cloth, l2mo. Price, $780,.

THE PRESS:
come smoothly
and legitimately
from the play of
character which
goes on inceS-'
sanity. The men
and women seem
portrayed from
life. THE NeW
York Tribune.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13

The withdrawal of Roger ouarles Nnis from the
contest for United States Senator in Texas his term
expires on March 4, 1900 makes easier. probably,
the race OF Gov. Culberson to succeed him. Culber-
sons term expires Jan. lie, 1899.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
EreediuC Stock.

Good breeding stock-that from
which the future layers are to come-is
the Foundation Of success. In saving
breeding stock for next year keep the
old turkeys. geese and ducks and also
hens that have done good service. 1t is
possible that they have fallen behind
those that are young, but it is a rule
that ths strongest young stock is pro-
cured from the matured birds. The hum
dreds Of chicks that fall by the ,wayside
and perish from no apparent cause are
the offspring of pullets. This breeding
from the younger stock every year is de-
stroying the turkeys. With geese the
fault is not so frequent, ais old geese are
not salAble in market, the young ones
only being sold, and the result is that
geese give less trouble in raising them
than airy other class Of poultry. At the
present day there is too much reliance
placed IN young ducks for breeding pur-
poses, and the fact is being brought out
that ths losses Of ducklings are increas-
ing every year. When the old dacks
only are used and breeders will select
The best and most vigorous for breeding
purposes, the difficulty Of weak off
spring will be overcome. Farm and
Fireside.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
rhe Two Hundred Egg Hen.

Can we produce hens that will lay
200 eggs per annum? Without doubt
How? By scientific breeding, as for a
good lutter cow or good mixer, as
for trotting or high jumping horse.
Experiments have been made to increase
the number Of rows of corn on the cob
with Success. The same method is ap-
plicable to poultry breeding. WesWill
start with hen that lays 120 eggs.
Some Of her chicks will lay, say, SO
per year. From these we will pick out
layers, and so on till 200 or betteEsare
the result At the: same time itss:fsEst
as essential to breed our males from
prolific layers as it is the females In
fact, it is more so. If we look after the
breeding of the females only we will in
troduce On the male side blood which is
lacking in proficiency and thus check
every attempt at progress. 1t is just as
essential that the male should be from
a hen which laid 175 eggs and from a
male that was bred from hen that laid
$50 eggs as it is that the hen was from
one that laid IT'S eggs and whose moth
er laid $50 eggs.
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Senator Linasay's Luxur1es.

eff had plenty of money to do with
as I wished, said Senator Lindsay Of
Kentucky to party of friends, .'I'd
have music played at all Of my meals
and get cigars made at $50 hundred.
Those are two luxuries I would most
surely indulge myself in. I'd have the
music played by small orchestra, say
q horn and two or three violins and o
flute and a bass viol, and I'd have it
play soft, harmonious airs while I ate,
and now and then I'd have some vocal
music given by colored voices. There's
peculiar harmony in negro's singing
tone. I'd have 'em sing such things as
sWhen the Watermelon Hangs Upon
the Vine That's a song calculated to
inspire the most sluggard appetite. /
remember hearing it once on Missis-
sippi river boat. A lot Of us were
aboard, and in the party was Hooker OF
Mississippi. There we're some darkies
aboard who played instrumental music
with banjos, guitars and fiddle. !
asked 'em if they ever sung. and they
said they did sometimes. Well, they
struck up When the Watermelon Hangs
Upon the Vine Hooker had never
heard it before, and it nearly set him
crazy. Washington Star.
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Converted by a Handshake.

Here is good story Of the Right
Rev. Thomas Underwood Dudley.
The bishop had gone to Beattyville,
and the place was rough and desolate.
A rough looking man came up to him.
"They tell me you re from Virginia, "
said the man.
eyes. y
"They tell me you fought with the
rebels.
eyes
"Give me your hand, pard. My
names Bill Dclan, an I'm blacksmith
down here.''
"Bill," said the bishop, "I'm proud
to meet you
That night Bill Dolan went to the
service and heard the bishop preach,
and he went afterward too.
Twelve years later the bishop went
to Beattyyille once more. 1t was sun
set. He was met by the towns clergy
man. "Bishop, Bill Dolan died yester-
day, and before he died I baptized
him. said the minister. SIN his last
words he told me to tell the bishop that
he loved him.
sThat, . said the bishop, twas in
sissl5sa9ns1 deed s9ngIns''i'nF louisville o0'-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
nu,I,aaine The Teeth.

It is curious to what an extent the
mutilation Of teeth goes on among saw
age nations, and even among certain
civilized people. such as the japanese.
With them girl is never married with
out first staining her teeth black with q
repulsive kind Of varnisn, and the Gus
tom is especially adhered to among
members of the richer classes.
On the west coast Of Africa large
proportion Of the teeth are deliberately
broken when children reach certain
age Both in the new world and the old
the custom exists of extracting the two
front teeth of domestic servants. In
Peru the custom has existed from time
immemorial and used tu be a sign Of
slavery in the days of incas. This is al
so the custom on the Kongo and among
the Hottentots. Teeth are stained in
various colors among the Malays.
A bright red and bright blue are
not uncommon, and bright green is
produced with the aid Of arsenic and
lemon juice. Livingstone related that
among the Kafhrs q child with a prom
inent upper jaw was looked upon as a
monster and Immediately killed. On
the upper Nile the negroes have all
their best teeth extracted in order to de-
stroy their value in the slave market
and to make it not worth while for the
slave traders to carry them of.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
Chic Dogs.

The chic dogs of Paris form we'll
known colony and are recognized by the
public as quickly and with as much
Difference almost as crack horses are on
the field. Whenever Kiki-a beautiful
white and silver gray caniche-appears,
all Paris knows he belongs to the
Countess Mailly-Nosle, whose fayorite
he is, and in the same way fine dark
chestnut dog of the same variety is rec
ognized as Count de Reilhac's constants
companion. The Orleans princesses
adore toy terriers and small bulldogs,
while the Duchess of Chartres will look
at no dogs but her black and tar terrier.
The Rothschilds-as family-have
the greatest love and admiration for
dogs in general, owning great number
and sparing no pains for their comfort.
Baroness Alphonso de Rothschild
shows off her family of yellow terriers
with greatest delight, whereas Nathan
iel de Rothschild's s pride is centered in
his butterfly dog-a microscopic red and
white creature, with long, peculiar ears
resembling a butterhy's wings. Arthur
de Rothschild's S preference is for grif.
fons, but his son, Gustave, takes no In
terest in any but great, fine Danish
mastiffs. The beautiful American Nine.
Ferdinand Biscnoffsheimes' favorite is
surly, fighting wolf dog, but whose
affection and gentleness to his mistress
and her friends are eadearing.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
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shaking Hens Lay at Will.

The North Dakota experiment station
has we'll appointed poultry farm with
which some interesting experiments
have teen made, and the following is a
report of one Of them: "That food has
as much to do with the egg production
as it has with beef or butter there is but
little question We placed two pens of
fowls under exactly the same cordi-
tions as far as the temperature, roon
and care were concerned, but fed them
with an entirely different object IL
view. One pen we wished for breeding
purposes and did not want them to lay
until the breeding season opened. so that
we can get more steady egg production
than if they were made to lay during
the entire winter.