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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-05-31

crowd the ola man broke lis mind
by telling him ne desired to ask OF
him q special favor. The old man
relieved both his own ana The
preachers trouble by asking him
TO please write him d love letter
20 woman, telling him he was
not much on paper himself but
that he knew that he, the preach
er. was and knew how to put
plenty Of love and poetry in it.
This is the only time our preacher
felt himself unable to do Justice
to the subject.
Bro. Lane has this year two
fine churches in Pike county.
The writer heard some one re-
mark lately, "Oh! you know ev-
erybody can t get Lane though
many would like to have him.
He is still running by the old
field notes that he knows so well
how to find. Bro. Lane has been
and may be yet the president Of
Eastfork College and has many
other duties laid on him besides
those Of a preacher; but Jesus is
his great attractive orb, and to
lead and point sinners to him, and
teach them to delight to dwell in
his royal presence. Nearly any
preacher can preach. He learns
this from colleges; but God alone
imparts the power that teaches
Christians, learns them to abide
under the shadow Of the AL
mighty. and 10 pant for his courts
as the hart panteth for the water
brooks.
Religion, to be anything, must
be q spiritual thing. Mere disci-
pline, as imposed by churches,
never leads a wanderer back to
God. Love must rule for Cod is
heaven and heaven is love.
Mr.. Lane seems to possess the
knowledge and power to steer his
churches safely among the hid
den rocks and shoals, so danger
Gus to Christians who run on but
Iittle prayer, and who are famil.
lar with s.ormy conferences. Dis
cipline is not q mere hangman's 5
whip to hold the victim in order
while getting him to the scaffold,
but is mild judicious laxative to
keep a church or army straight.
Converted people need but lit
tie work, to keep them in the mar
row path that leads to life, butt
where undevotional men hold
church views, then the people
mourn, as they ever do where the
are in power.
Bro. Lane has the capacity to
hold his members in place by
bands of love and thus keep down
strife and discord. The writer
had the pleasure once of living
for Two years under his pastoral |
care, and knows whereof he |
speaks.
The conference bridge is by far
the most difficult one to cross in
the Baptist church. The pulpit |
bridge is one requiring delicacy |
Of strategy, but the danger point
lies under the other bridge. Hap
py the man who can conduct his |
people over this bridge far more |
dangerous than the one Horatio |
held against the Tuscan army, or
the one Napoleon 5 tri- colors |
swept over when Lodi's bridge !
was won.
MEMO
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-05-31
ORGANIZE A LEAGUE.

! would be pleasant and
profitable plan for the farmers OF
every neighborhood in the coun-
ty to organize a league which
would include their families
electing such officers as should
be thought necessary. Once in
each quarter, at such time and
place as would be found most
convenient, the league should
holl an all day meeting, where
the members could discuss the
work at hand at that particular
season. Each one should COM
municate anything Of interes.
which may come under his OBJ
scrvation in the preparation or
soils, mixing and saving fertil-
izers, the kinds Of fertilizers best
suited for certain soils and crops,
varieties Of seed used and the
method Of culture. The care OF
animals and comparative value
OF different breeds should be dis.
cussed, as also should plans for
farm bdildinra and all kinds ol
farm implements. At the proper
season, members should compare
notes as TO tho most satisfactory
way Of harvesting and storing
crops and Of marketing. BY co.
operation at planting time, it
could be SO arranged that local
markets would not be flooded
with any one product, and this
would tend TO make prices better.
AT these meetings there should
be basket dinner, which the
ladies would make their especia,
care. Let them beautify the
board with their best linen and
daintiest embroidery, with guam
titles Of fruit and lovely flower
in season. Let each contribute
her most notable culinary
achievements and be willing 10
share her recipes with Others.
while the choicest cheese and
butter and jellies, jams ana
pickles should be very much in
evidence. While the brethren
are discussing matters in their
own peculiar province, let the
sisters also compare notes about
their children, poultry, flowers
and gardens. The young folks
may plan for pleasant gatherings,
and the children frolic, as healthy
country boys and girls always
do. A yearly fair with suitable
premiums for farm products and
animals would add the zest of
competition and encourage a
beneficial and friendly rivalry
This subject is open for discus
sion. Let the matter be talked
up. Farmer Boy in Pearl River
News.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-05-31
"cLIP, Is FUNNY.
THE CLEVER PICAYuNE WRITER
TELLS ATLANTA PEOPLE ABOUT
MISSISSIPPI.

AHAlto "a ALBANIA ftpii.E ABOUT
MISSISSIPPI.
II. =. Weiss, of New Orleans,
better known as "Clip, the
bright writer for the New Orleans
Picayune, is in the city renewing
old acquaintances and making
many new ones, says the Atlanta
Constitution. He was the center
Of attraction while sitting in the
lobby Of the Kimball yesterday.
lie smoked and talked. Incl
dentally il may be said that his
auditors laughed. Anything he
says is funny, and his face al
ways wears that judicial aspect
that suggests peace with the
world and an Of the inhabitants
thereof.
Ever been here before,
"Glip?" asked a friend.
"Oh, yes, don't you remem-
bcr?'' he replied. 80 was here
during the exposition and took
the first prize for being the hand
soonest man IN the South, but
policeman made me put it back
DO you know that this place
impre7seS me more than any
place have seen since my visit
here2 Everything seems 10 de-
note prosperity and those sky
scrapers would look well in New
York-or Brandon, Miss"
Where is Brandon, Miss. 2"
inquired Charley Warren, with
an air Of deep disgust.
"Clip' assumed an air Of in
iured innocence, let his cigar fall
from his lips, saying he was go
ing 10 have az incendiary fire
without any insurance Is remind
him Of Brandon, and proceeded
THE state Of Mississippi il
divided into three parts-North
Mississippi, South Mississippi
and Brandon. Brandon Is the
place that is furnishing the gov
ernor, congressman, circuit judge
district attorney and Journalist
"Say,' he interjected, "ev-
erybody in this town seems to be
in hurry, and upon being told
that the business Of the city de-
manded activity, he added:
THAT is bad. never allow
anything to worry me. All / \
want is my victuals and clothes.
My victuals don't agree with me
anyway; my clothes never did fit
mo and my ivory masticators
don Z match by a sound money
majority. Now speaking OF wor-
rying, the people over in my
country are not even worrying
over yellow fever"
"What do people take for yell
low fever over in your country?
asked the cigar peddler from
Chicago.
"The Mobile & Ohio railroad,
replied "Clip," and in the laugh (
that followed some one suggested \
that it was time the Chicago man /
said something.
Everyone seemed interested in 4
Mississippi politics and "Clip'
responded to a number Of queries 1
at once: "You can just shut
your eyes and guess at the next
selection for governor and sena-
tor. live in Alabama, work for
Louisiana and am related to the
state Of Mississippi and the Bap-
tist church by marriage.
Tomorrow morning" he said,
! am going TO leave Atlanta with
happy reeollections Of Atlanta |
people. = lie praised the people
Of Atlanta for their hospitality,
and as the party broke up for
he solemnly chanted a
bit of original verse TO the admir-
ing throng.
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the son, Who dwelt With man
thifty three and one-halt years
on earth lIe then turn.d the
management over % the Holy
Spiat who now guides aud directs
a.l taa work leading ;o fedemp.
tion Taat lie now supogyjses
ALL tle works of grace, ana fully
represents the Lord OF glory who
came below togive himself a vol
untary sacrifice for us and re-
deem us from the curse ot the
law, that Christ and his sacrifice
was the only one thing that could
have redeemed a dying world,
and made a way passable whence
the gates Of salvation were OPEN
ed for our deliverance.
Whatever is not OF faith II ain,
and we can only receive faith
through the Spirit. The Spirit
teaches man that he is sinner.
lie showed the power Of com.
pressed air and how it would be
used as great power factor in
moving things, and how cheap
and plentiful it was, and as air.
an unseen agent. draws machin-
cry, so the Spirit uses the
preacher,
The wages Of sin is death, out
the gift Of Goa il eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
lie stated there were no Chris
tians without good works, that
all men could be saved but that
all men would not be saved. No
sin 50 great as unbelief. but he
said Christians were all good,
just like basket cf gold dollars,
each one as good as another.
This gold dollar sentiment this
writer could not endorse. We
could not all tell when we we're
made Christians, but we all could
know we were under condemna-
ton, and that we cannot escape
ii we neglect 20 great Il salvation.
Preachers are not here to teach
men that they are sinners. They
know this already.
He stressed belief very strong
ly. but like most others did not
well describe belief and all the
ground it covers.
Now TO be saved d man must
believe with his heart unto God.
lie must indeed have that belief
that makes man a new creature.
The whole summum bonum Of
Christianity rests in one thing. |
Is the man converted? Has he |
received the Spirit touch that
quickens into life? The destruc-
ton Of the earnal mind marks the |
passage into the new life without
this and its accompanying fruits,
we cannot claim that we are re-
generated.
The sermon was q good clear
deduction from the Word OF God, /
and was interesting to an who de-
sired salvation. TO be Chris
tan, one must let the Spirit take
possession Of his soul and control |
all the avenues oi his heart. He
must cease to follow iniquitv and /
be no hipshotten man, but one
whose steps are all even, and one
willing to abide by the truth in all
things. Christians mustnot fear
or suppress truth, and should T
ever be willing to "let justice be
done though the heavens should |
fall.
The present is Nr. Thomas
third year in the Osyka pastorate.
MEMO.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-05-31

A party of Americans who
landed on the Island of Negros to
repair a cable, were ambushed
by natives, and Capt. Tilley OF
the signal corps is missing.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-05-31

Miss Ethel Roberts has return
ed from a visit to New Orleans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-02

tho ocualIv familiar Itch weiss NIGHT was SOIL
as bedeuten" Is n German song, having the
| characteristics OF a folk-song The Germans
have a more explicit classification thoush -
followed only by scientific writer's on the SUI
fects A song like "LOreey' (the one last ie
farred tor is not n yolkslied, because IL ~ VI
known artistic orgn-Heine wrote the "oruS
and Silcher the music; but it has all other CHAR
acteristics of the volkslied, and Is therefore
.evolksthiimliches Lied; L e.. song Ike the
song Of the folk
In the study Of national and folk music INC
nurnose Of the student should be TO discover
and II possible. account for the elements wrlcn
difrerentiate the creations Of one race people or
tribe from those Of another. This done in the
case Of the folk songs and dances OF people, IL
will be possible to describe the Distinguishing
characteristics Of a national school or compost
ton. Some of these elements will be found
elusive appreciation Of them being more iiat-
ter Of feeling than of material analysis
Certain peoples are predisposed toward the
minor mode: and in many cases explanations
for the fact car be found in the geographical
climatic and political conditions under "hich
the people have lived in the past or are living
now. AS general rule it will be found that
the peoples Of high ATTITUDES use the minor h'oue
rather than the major Thus Carl EngeiS STUDY
of one hundred songs from each or twenty Two
European countries disclosed that Of the SIX
most predominantly minor countries Of Europe
five were the most northern ones, his figures
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-02

rich his shelves with n beloved volume. could
you not and might you not cast your charac
ters in a mould little more abstract ana aci-
demic dear Mrs. Pennyman had Already, aino o,iS
your other work, a taste Of what mean, anu
pitch the incidents. do not say In any strohseI,
but in a slightly more emphatic, key-aS II VIZ
an episode from one OF the old lso-caiieu) noNelS
of adventure? | fear you VIII not anu sup
pose | must sighngy admit you to be right'
And yet. when | see as it were, book OF ron,
Jones handled with your exquisite pIeciSioh aiii
shot through with those sideghts OF reheI Ision
IN which you excel relinquish the GEAR 'i'ioi
, i'm regret Think upon II. ,,.,,,
There are few of Mr.. James's readers VINO VIII
not re-Ceho Stevensons adjuration
Captah Mahan's Life Of Nelson is to have
a companion volume in the shape of SIR HerDert
Maxwelrs Life Of Wellington Inc author
has gathered together a good deal OF new ma
teraI about the Duke much of it being de-
rived fran Lord Salisbury.
DR.. Brandes. in his new book on losen' quotes
this expression of his friends favorite theory
that oppression was one of the best Things TOT
the human Russia was under discussion;
"a splendid country" ne said with smile
think OF all the grand oppression they have
How do you mean
"Only think of all the glorious love OF liberty
II engenders. Russia is one OF the Few coun-
tries i'm the world where men Stlil love hDerty'
and make sacrifices for it. That is why she
holds so high place in poetry and art -. :,
IF all these good things come of oppression
4
knOut-are YOU an admirer of that, too? sup
pose you were a Russian. should your little boy
there" pointing TO his half-grown son, nave
the knout?" Ibscn sat silent for a moment
with an inscrutable expression, and then an
swcred laughing. "He shouldn't get the knout;
he should give it,"
"The whole of Ibsen." continues DR.. Brandes'
els in this humorous subterfuge. In his dramas
he is continually giving his generation the
knOut."
1.-THE Choate Jest Book" announced in Lon
don had actually been printed to the number
OF two thousand copies AS the publisher mas
decided not to bring out the volume, these
copies will now he only 50 much waste paper.
lie undertook the publication, If we may be
3icvc THE Chronicle" under the impression that
it had been duly authorized. He was i'll him
self while it was going through the press. ana
lis firm happened to refer to the American Am
bassadOr for a new portrait as irontisplece II
was then learned that Mr. Choatc took objection
TO the volume. and at once the resolution was
made not TO issue it.
Mr. Richard Whitcing, the author Of mo
John Street" is a writer Of leaders for 1.-The
London Daily News" The success Of his new
book has been great that he has been called
upon to republish his previous story. The ISL
and" Few people bought this book when it was
first published. now there are no copies to be
found and the public is crying for them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-02
MUSICAL LITERATURE.
I.
NATIONAL. AND FOLK-MUsIC-AN OUT
LINE OF sTUDY-FOLKSONG IN
ETHNOLOGY, HISTORY AND ART
TYPES AND THEIR PER-
SISTENCY - BRITTANY
AND FINLAND -
BIBLIOGRAPHT.

The branch of music study outside of the
practical toward which more attention mas Deeh
directed OF late years than any other IS that OIL
National and folk music. Interest IN this
branch. which is comparatively new and there
fore difficult Of access. has been stimulated
greatly by the differentiation Of music among
different schools to which have been given ma
tional examinations. At the beginning OF the
nineteenth century there was little tax OF
schools Of composition except as applied 10 the
opera. and here in the popular mind at least
the distinction was one Of language more imam
anything else. The Importance which the desig-
nation has acquired since IS traceabe TO thr
circumstance that q number of composers VINO
have achieved a dominant command or the at
tention of the world have spoken in a musical
idiom derived from the simple songs and dances
OF the folk to which the composers belong.
Ever since the beginning Of the Romantic
movement the influence of folk music has been
manifest, but never in the degree that IS ZEN
now. Haydn. Beethoven and Schubert made
use Of Hungarian melodies, but none OF them
thought Of handling the characteristic elements
Of those melodies in sJch manner as to make
them the vital parts of the compositions III
which they were introduced. Chopin laid the
the prince Of transcrbers, made the melodies
Of Hungary native TO the pianoforte. CHOPIN
was most national in the mazurka and polo
naise and List through n mistaken impression
as to the origin of the music of his country
men sang the melodies Of the Magyar in the
vcrnacular Of the Ubiquitous gypsy The use OF
national idoms in the highest forms was IN
spircd by Gade Mendelssohn was his first
model and it is more than likely that the Heb
rides" overture suggested that employment OF
local color in melody. harmony and inspiration
which makes Gade's overture "Nachkldnge an
Ossian" so truly a bardic echo 1t was Gade
who put into the symphony what Chopin List
and others had put into pianoforte music, and
however mild the infusion may be compared
with the symphonic decoctions Of nationalism
to which we are accustomed now, it ought not
to be forgotten that Gade is the Legitimate pre-
decessor Of Grieg Smetana, Dvorak, Tschai-
kowsky Rimsky- KOrsakOw and their interest
ing tribe who have irritated so much interest
il the subject Of national music among the ANA
tours Of to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-02

That geographical and climatic conditions are
not the only determining factors in the choice
Of NODES is evident from the case Of Russia,
which extends over nearly thirty degrees Of lati-
tude and has 50 great a variety Of climate that
the statement that the mean temperature varies
from 81 degrees Fahrenheit at Archangel TO 5S
degrees at Kutas. in the Caucasus. conveys
only an imperfect notion Of the climatic varia-
bility Of the country The minor mode is, how
ever. dominant even in the Ukraine. Here there
is a fruitful field Of study open to the inyestSa-
tor. and the need of extending the critical view
far beyond the merely musical territory IS en-
forced at once The study of folk and national
music becomes "A part of ethnology and history
Of which more anon.
Other elements easier Of analysis and exact
definition are rhythmical and ntervallic
Sources of rhythmical peculiarities may be
sought for in the dances which are native to the
different peoples and also their Languages
These elements enter directly into the making
of all national schools of composition which are
fased upon folksong. such as the scandinavian
Polish. Russian, Bohemian and Hungarian Dut
there is another point Of view from when the
study Of folk and national music is interesting
to the student, even fascinating, and when may
one day lift it to the dignity of branch OF the
science of ethnology. The study of folksongs
may one day help in the determination Of racial
relations and even origins the investigation OF
ancient religions and the comparative study or
obsolete social customs. It's efficiency in TINS
direction is surely as great as that of any other
department OF folklore.
There will be occasions enough hereafter.
when separate subdivisions Of the general sub
icct now under discussion are taken up tc
point out bearings Of this kind. but few
specific features may be introduced here in
illustration if for no other reason than that the
special study Of Breton and Finnish music and
the music Of the sidewalk games of European
and American children is not contemplated in
this series. Music is a wonderful cOnservator.
one reason for this is that it is the most potent
Of all memory helps Another is that among
primitive peoples all over the world music be
came associated with religious worship at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-02

To the task which The Tribune has set for it.
self. Of directing attention to the milestones
along this path. the present article is in the ma
ture Of a prologue or introductiOn-and has the
purpose to point out wherein the value Of the
study Of national and folk song may be said to
lie The terms are loosely used in common
speech and also in the books. 1t will be well
to attempt a differentiation and definition. Let
i. be understood that throughout the articles in
this series the term folk music, including its two
subdivisions fOksOng and fOkdance, will be
used to designate that body Of music which has
grown up in the different peoples Of the world.
as. spontaneous utterance. without the in
nuence Of conscious art and as an expression or
a peoples feelings These songs, so far. at least.
as their history is traCeable. are born not
made" Practically they conform 10 the axiom
laid down by Grimm. when he said that the
folksong "composes itself" They give voice
to the joys. sorrows aspirations Of a people
rather than an individual and they are there
fore correctly described to be the fruit Of the
creative capacity Of people instead of the
product Of a single creator In this severely
scientific sense it will be impossible TO allow
the use Of the term folksong to any poem and
tune the authorship Of which is known. For
this class Of compositions place has been made
be described briefly as music Of more or less
artistic origin. in which the sentiments Of folk
music and their characteristic mode of express
sion are preserved.
In this class there is room 10 consider the
popular song II the day the political and ma
tiOnal songs Of the different peoples. and even
the compositions in the larger forms of cham
Der music. overture. suite. symphony etc. The
characteristic mode Of expression can be traced
10 the music which the people created for
themselves. Reference to familiar examples
Of each class may help TO an understanding.
Most of the songs sung in slavery by the negroes
Of the South i'm our own country are true folk
songs bat Stephen G. Fosters minstrel songs.
such as "Old Folks at Home" My Old Ken
lucky Home and "Massa's in de Cold cold
Ground are examples Of National American
music. because they reproduce elements from
body of fulk-song which is American in i'm
mediate origin. no matter how foreign some OF
its elements may be. 20 Tannenbaum," the
melody Of which s used for Maryland, My
Maryland" as we'll the college song "Lau-
riger Horatius," Is a German foksong, whiIs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-02

Captah Mahan's Life of Nelson Is TO nave
n compauIon volume in the shape of Sir Herbert
Maxwelrs Life Of wellington The author
has gathered together a good deal OF new ma
tera about the Duke. much Oi IL belng oe-
rived fran Lord Salisbury.