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The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
Another Contest Probable.

Fred Wigstrand has been appoint ed surveyor of Polk county by the governor, and contest is probable It was certified to the governor that S NJ. Imoe. who was elected last September. does not appear on the records as having paid his poll tax for 1903, and under the constitution no person shall be elected to an of flee unless he is a qualified elector To be a qualified elector the poll tax must be paid
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
Argenta Forbidden to Soldiers.

An order has been issued by Capt. Shaw of Company E, 3Oth infantry, stationed at Fort Roots. near Little Rock, to his company, prohibiting them from entering the city of Ar genta The order not only applies to making purchases in the city but to passing through that city en route to Little Rock. which is located across the river. The reason given is that the police of Argenta are ar resting soldiers on the slightest charges, catching them as they come from the free bridge after having been to Little Rock and assessing heavy fines. Any soldier found en- tering the city limits of Argenta here after will be tried at the post for disobedience of orders.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
County and City May rioht

There is probability of an open conflict at Little Rock between the city and county authorities over the right to lay street railway track over the free bridge, built by the county. which spans the Arkansas river at that point. County Judge Coffman says he will not allow the cars on the bridge, but the city authorities claim that he has nothing to do with the matter. and say they will go ahead as soon as an injunction suit now pending is disposed of
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
Cotton Slump Caused Losses.

The recent slump of SIP bale in the price of cotton is estimated to have cost Arkansas operators more than $2000,000 The farmers were not seriously hurt, as about three fourths of the entire crop had been sold, but the country bankers and merchants were the ones who caught try banks have been loaning money on cotton on basis of cents, when the price was 10 cents. The bottom dropped out of the market and the price went to seven and half cents which squeezed the banks unless they had been wise enough to call for ad- ditional margins before the drop.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
Dates of Arkansas Races.

The Western Jockey club at it's an nual meeting held in Chicago allotted dates for race meetings in Arkansas as follows:
 Hot Springs Jockey Club. January [ to February II, thirty-one days
 Oaklawn Jockey Club, Hot Springs February 13 to March IS, thirty days
 Arkansas Jockey Club. Little Rock March 20 to March 9, six days
 The Monday after the Little Rock meeting closes, the Memphis meeting will open
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
State Capitol Work Stopped Aqain.

Lack of water at the Batesville quarry almost completely tied up the work of getting out the stone for the state capitol last week, and the work on the capitol had to again be stop ped. The entire force of thirty-seyen stone cutters was laid off December 2. and the only work continued was the laying of the small amount of stone already cut. Now that the drouth Is over it is expected that plenty of stone will be received again.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
MO- 12.

The greatest show man this country has produced once said that the American peo- pie loved to be humbugged, and there Is abundant evil denee to prove that Mr. Barnum was an excellent judge of human nature. There are many people, with as many schemes, who are constantly humbugging the people; all are d dctri- ment to the public, but none are so perniciously detri- mental as the self-styled weather prophets. General ly the average fraud is prac- tced upon a comparatively few. whereas the so-called
 long range forecasters prac- ticc their arts upon the en- tire public. The basis of all
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
Stranger Shot.

A stranger named Roberts, was shot and killed at Oakleaf. Hot Spring county, by Jesse F. Pratt, Jr. The killing was unknown to the sheriff until Pratt was brought to Malvern by ex-Sheriff Morehead two days later. Pratt refused to make any statement further than that the killing was in sef-defense.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
Vaccination Cannot be Forced.

Attorney General Murphy has giv- en the Hot Springs school board an opinion that a rule providing that no pupil shall be received in school un- less he or she can present satisfac- tory evidence of vaccination. cannot be enforced except when smallpox is epidemic He holds that such au- thority is only authorized when dan ger actually exists.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
Negro With Gun Caused Excitement

Henry Franks, Pine Bluff negro gam. bier, caused much excitement by his actions with Winchester and brace of pistols. He had a grudge against Jim Moore, negro deputy constable. and had sworn to kill him. He found Moore in restaurant and fired at him. Policeman Carson saw the negro fire and gave chase Franks took refuge behind some boxes and bat tie ensued, which resulted in Franks again running and hiding himself in a row of negro shanties, making his escape.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
Republican Committee Will Meet

Chairman H. l.. Remmel of the re- issued a call for a meeting of the state executive committee. to be held in Little Rock December 29, to make recommendations for the office of United States district attorney and Little Rock district. as well as for a number of postoffices.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
Filled Two Vacancies.

Two vacancies caused by the per. sons elected to the offices failing to filled by appointment by Gov. Davis last week l.. E. Bowling was ap pointed tax assessor of Hampstead county. vice Captain R. A. Boyett, who though elected in September, failed to get his commission in the sixty days legal time. A contest Is probable. Y. F.. Goodwin was ap pointed treasurer of Union county, c. c. Hill, the person elected thereto not having made the proper settle ments as required by the statutes and certified to the governor by the clerk of the county.
The Forrest City times., 1904-12-09
Arkansas Internal Revenue Collections

The report of the internal revenue service for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1904. shows that the aggregate revenue collections in Arkansas for the year were s116,125.54. There were seven illicit distilleries seized and destroyed and seven arresta made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-28

dusum. nferius). and (deprimatur). a de-
preston: (ceeriter or cito), an Ecceleration OF
the movement; (trahere or tenere). (expectan)
and (medocriter). retardation: etc. These marks
OF expression again modified by other marks.
such as b tbone) and (vade). Under the cir
cumstances, It is not To be marvelled at that In
the palmy days OF the GrcGorian chant n singer
required ten years to learn to sing the whole
liturgy.
1t Is also easy 10 understand how Il came about
that In spite or the strenuous effort diver
genre ana variety crept into the chants. The
memory can be relied to preserve essential
principles IN code of laws or the names and
deeds Of popular heroes but texts. whether verbal
or musical 40 matter how hallowed by official
sanction command. proof against the
insidous attacks az popular tendencies or racial or
Individual incliuatonS. To guard against change
there must Ec an unmistakahle era phc record and
even this cannot avail against national taste The
successors OF Gregory the Great in the papal chair
sent out singers from Rome and armed them with
books containing the Roman use; but In spite OF
everything portions OF the CiaIic service found
their way into the liturgy, and II has been practi-
cally Frinkish since the eleventh century The
translteraton of the nculnes into the symbols of
the clearer and more exact stan notation. which I'm
its latest form is stil in did obvlate the
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vised printed in l5s2 1857 ISIS and 1911
and somebody in authority must have thought that
by 'purging' the existing chants "superfluous
cretions' and "barbarisIus had been abolished and
return made to the ancient and revered manner.
The Gradual published in 1614-'I5. called the
Medicean. after the press which issued H. the
basis OF the official book compiled by a commission
appointed by Pope Plus IN FOR the purpose OF
vising the old service and fixing melodies 20 the
offices which had been introduced since the seven
teenth century. The work OF this commission
established the form OF the melodies. and also laid
down the principles OF the Gregorian chant las
they were embodied after the Council OF Trent
the council whose labors IN behalf OF church music
were crowned b. Palestrina's "Nissa PapR Mar
celia"
Meanwhile the industr!ously Studious and indie
fatigabIe Benedictines continued their investiga-
tons into the old codces and published the results.
which naturally We're brought 10 the attention OF
Plus IN The Pope expressed appreciation OF
them. but placed the stamp % authority upon the
edition OF IturgIcal books made by his commits
sion and printed by Pustet IN RegensburS Rats
hon). 10 whom the Holy See granted monopoly
OF printing which expired three years In 1873
Plus IN recommended the Ratsbon books 20 all
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garded possessing that peculiar sanctity with
which Plus y seems disposed to invest them. The
reformatory efforts found their elimination when
the artistic music OF the Church. the music COM
posed by PaIestrina and In his style. which the
Pope's Motu PropriO of last November commended.
reached : = height Gregory XII requested Pales-
trina TO undertake a revision of the nturgical
books. - do away with the superiuous accretions
10 abolish the barbarisms and confused passages,
that Gods might be reverentIy inteIIigibly
and devOutly praised" In lis revision he las
far possible to purge, improve and remodel"
the chants. Palestriua prepared the Gradual under
the instructions with the help OF his pupil Gudett
but a complete edition of the turgical books under
his eve not finished. Later the work was con-
tnued by his successors, AnerO and Francesca
Soriano whose revision of the Gradual was printed
I'm I6i415. Meanwhile. books containing the re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-28
SUG4RED THE EGGS

Admiral Dewey nodded toward tall man
with military carriage.
That gentleman he said. fought CALAMITY
I'm Cuba against the Spaniards But it is about
his eating. not his lighting. that / am gong 20
tell you
He was quartered in certain Cuban village
and at mess he complained bitterly every day
about the Cuban cooking.
Sugar" he would cxclaiyn; they sugar every
thing! l can't stand this constant sUgar diet
Finally he said: III eat nothing but boiled
eggs hereafter. They can't sugar them.
But young officer came in To mess at The
next meal very early. and taking the salt cut OF
the others salt Cruet he tlled II up with sugar.
When the older man arrived he ordered, sure
enough, boiled eggs. lie opened them WIN
gloomy cOmplacency, and sprinkled over them
plenty of the doctOred salt.
AT the first mouthful he turned purple.
'Sugared. susared, he exclaimed. and rushed
from the table
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Wight. England. but that will not interfere wit \
their work the Vatican books. In fact thad
work has long been done. and the results are opa
to the scrutiny OF the world in publications of th
service books. and especially in the "Paleographa
Musicale"-that monumental work which bids fais
TO run through decades enough TO wear out the eul
durance OF its most patient subscriber unless Il
be the Holy See itself
And now to the differences between the or
cial chant that will soon be superseded and thaa
which is to take it's place. These differences ar.
too many to discuss in any particular. II will
be enough for the present purpose 10 present a
single object lesson in concrete modern notation.
and leave II TO the reader. after what has kaa,
said about the ancient chant and its performanc.
TO imagine the kind Of training which will be ner.
essary 70 make the new form (which Is the re-
stored ancient form with its "superhuous accra
tons OF which it was ''purged' brourb,
back TO honor practicable to priest and cborfsi
ter. and acceptable 10 the faithful As an az
ample l select the same excerpt parts Of which.
have already been presented in neumatic and
Gregoria1 notation II is the beginning OF the
gradual ad tertiam nissan In die Nativita,is
Domini" beginning ''Viderunt omnes" Par.
LamoiLotte gives ten versions OF this gradual in
an appendix 10 his facsimile OF the St Gall Ms "a
AID In the study OF musical notation The follow
Ing version. In modern notation
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De 1nis - ter "a

IS from the Graduate RomanUm." printed az
RatisbOn Here we see an Instance Of the abbre-
Walton which has been mentionsd-the delisiou %
several long fourishes syllables. both long and
short. accented and unacCented. which 10 timid
lay critic appear be very much Ike the bar
harisms'' condemned by Gregory Nil Perhaps
Il may be permitted TO ask in the same spirit OF
timidity II II Is altogether consistent to declare
does Plus y. that music must be secondary and
subordinate 10 the text and then restore these
melisrnsT To insist the injunction 'the Iiturg.-
cal text must be sung it is in the books with
out alteration or Inversion (transpOsiton0 %
words, without breaking of syuables and aIways
in manner intelligibIe TO the faithful" and vet
string out the last syIlables Of "oulnes' and
terra IN the fashion Illustrated In the first ver-
sion OF the chant? The example is a modest ore
and Unsought. I reopen my BenedictIne Gradua,
and find flourish OF thirty-Six notes on the frs;
syllable OF "macula,'' a few pages later ffty-twc
notes on the third syllable OF ''Iabordtls' and
ffty-six on the last syllable Of "csritate." Is Latin
TO be read in this manner in the Church hence
forth? Il f X
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5AEY ENIGMA.

London correspondence OF The Philadelphia NoFA
American
Chelsea WOrKhOuse hGrbOrs boy. fair skinneu
and light haired whose nationality has. up 70 '~7
present. completely baGfled the officials. . "a
Previously to being sent to the workho}se tAe ~
was charged at the Westminster Police court Ni'"
wandering without visible means OF SunsLStrllOv
and Il then stated that during the week ne W.
under remand he did not utter a word ana. -
though he spoken 20 in six different rams ''A'
ha showed sign OF recognition ,-
IL has since been found that the lad can SpsS,,N.
but his speech is stranger than mis- silence I"7
Ia bber Of "A monkey is more iutrlligible.
Several written questions were put To nm ,,
day. trnderneSt IN the words, What is yoIF E' -.,
and age he without hesitation, lehlSIi -
Watcuk fourteen Thus he appeared 10 uh'9'
stand English rs. IA st
What country We're YOU born in me '"' ."
wrote "FIirlulntyints 80, +i,,,
How do you like scrubhinS% tthe occuplt''"'
the boy had just been engaged I'M "per"1 ae'''"'
was the written reply ..,,--,:,T
He was then asked again in writiEg - W W., ~.
YOU like penny? tlis answer was ofivl' - 4,
His identity shows every prospect OF Ieul d h,-
riddle. He has been by medical men ~ ~ -.
lnguists but hitherto il has been lInpoSSlutS -
account for him in any way. Since MS u.s. hsy,a
appeared In the papers numberless ptople, 10 .s,s
called who say they have lost bows OF ABOUT nls -
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These symbols. based undoubtedly the accent
marks OF the classical Latin language. did not
determine the !ntervallc relationship of tones
They indicated groupings OF notes ascending and
descending. being Is might be said. graphic
representations OF the progress OF the voice In
singing and melodies. They also provided hints
as 10 the manner Of performance. The quiIisma in
the third line OF the mnemonc table for In
stance. pictured shake or trill and It is certain
that other reiinemens of expression were suggested
by other signs At any rate il is hard to under
stand why many symbols should have been
needed 10 record the melodies merely. with their
small! compass and little variety. \ staff OF four
lines. two CIefts and three kinds Of notes suffice
to-day. There thirty-seven symbols in tho
mnemonic table Schubiger In his treatise the
singing school at ST. Gall ('De S;lngerschule ST.
,ialIeus'p. tabulates and explains twenty-eight
ucumCs. kieule a Benedctine educator of to-day
uses modern equivalents for eleven OF them TO in
dictate mclodc prOgressioDs. and enumerates half
"A dozen others signs for such vocal embellish-
ments the appogGatura triH. portamento
yihrato. etc. and these also serve all tho pur-
poses Of PothIer and Thierry. the French writer's
on the subject. Some time after the neumes had
come into use. letters and other marks were added
o the symbols aids to expression. tradition
ascri5lng them 10 a singer. Romanus. sent out by
the Pope. at the request OF Charlemagne. TO teach
the Franks how to sing IN tho Roman fashion
He fcl STICK at ST. Gall. remained there and
tabushed tho singing school for which the old
monastery has ever since been famous He Is said
20 have invented the system OF expressive signs
which are called Romantic Letters in his honor
because he found the task OF teaching the Franks
with their natural uncouth vocal manner difficult
Thus IA (altusl. Gevare) (sersum). and &
tEradatim). indicated an elevation OF the voice:
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tho world for the express purpose Of obtaining
uniformity of use. though he did make them
OBLIGATORY Leo XIII confirmed the acts of Plus
TX i'm 1855 and appointed u commission which again
laid down principles for the chant and determined
that the three forms of notes which had been used
in the Medicean edition OF the seventeenth century
tcorresp ondng to the whole. half and quarter notes
OF modern secular musicl should suffice IN record
ing the chants. The three forms may be seen in
the excerpt from a modern gradual printed above
The decree of 1883 seems to have been called out
By the action of Benedictine Congress for Lit
urgical Music. held In Arezzo in August. lsS2
which attacked the authenticity OF the typical edl-
ton and asked for Il version OF the chants based
on scientific and archaeological principles. Now the
Benedctlnes have triumphed The Ratlsbon books
are TO he superseded by set which. II - more
than likely will embody the Benedtctine version
in all its completeness. Among the instructions
OF Plus In his Motu Propro of April .. 1904. are
the following passages;
The melodies of the Church known as Gregorian
shall be restored in their integrity ana purity ac-
cording to the most ancient codiceS out at the
same time special account VIII he taken also OF
legitimate tradition as contained III tne eoaiees OF
the different centuries. and of the practical use of
the modern liturgy.
Renedict and in recognition of the work done by
the BenedIctine monks for the restoration OF the
genuine melodies of the Roman Church. BY the
members OF the French Congregation and OF the
Ing OF the parts of this publication a. the now
typical edition.. which contains the Chlnt ne M
trusted particularly to the monks OF the French
CONGREGATION and 10 tho Monastery OF Solesmes.
The monks OF Solesmes now the monks OF
marlborough (Hantl and AppuldurcoHbe isle OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-28

Wallack's Theatre reopens Thursday night.
September /. with George AIDES comedy. The
County Chairman There will be practically the
cast as seen last season. with Maciyn Ar
buckle as Jim Hacker. A new addition 20 the cast
is Miss Frances Ring, OF the younger leading
women OF the day. best remembered with Chauncey
Ocott and William Gillette. who will make her first
appearance In the comedy the heroine. Lucy
Rlgby.
The regular season OF the Empire Theatre viii
begin Monday evening. September 9. with lts
customary opening attraction. John Drew. This
year Mr.. Drew will appear in the comedy The
Duke Of killicrankie." written by Captain Robert
Marshall. the author Of the Second in Command &"
"A Royal Family His Excellency the Governor"
The season Of the Harlem Opera House will begin
with a special Labor Day matinee on Monday Sep
TENDER o. The opening bill viii be Mrs Frances
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-28
Hodgson Burnetts play THE Little Princess" with
Miss Leonie Darmon as Sara Crewe

todgson Burnetts play THE Little Princess with
MISS l~eonie Darmon as Sara Crewe
charles Frohman will continue William Collier I'm
The Dictator on Monday night AT the Criterion
Theatre when the house opens for It's regular
season Mr.. Collier will remain the Criterion for
olily tnree weeks, There will he natinees Wednes-
cry and Saturday, with a special matinee Monday
The Manhattan Beach Theatre will have this
week Nixon Zimmerman production The
Suolers, beginning tomorrow night to be fol-
lowed Labor Day by Miss Bob White" which
VIII play one day performances only at the theatre
uus ending the season at this playhouse
snanhon Band %tll give matinee and evening
Inc attraction AT the evening concert WhiIa t,iif
fOrmances - - "'ti P't
The Grand Opera House viii enter upoo IN.
first tull week Of the season with Mondays Der
Torrance of the Williams & Walker comnanv
IN the new In Dahomey" Tire first ponuIar
Prlced matinee OF the season Will be given nest
Eighty people used in tbs production Of
Thou Shalt Not XII" ~ The Third Avenue
Theatre this week. beginning August % Eeodfrr
the cast Is Miss Virginia Drew Trescott
The Bijou Theatre viii be ready 20 open Monda,
evening september 49, with '5ir. Wix OF Wiekhan.
The engagement Of Charlotte Townsend completes
the cast OF The speilbinder" "A comedy BY Her
bert Hall Winslow and Charles Dickson. which will
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difficulties of Interpretation bring about uni
formity. Everywhere cathedrals and closters con-
tinued their local uses and vocal manners. BY the
thirteenth century the Gregoran melodes-thev
had been called Gre goran for about two hundred
years. hut not longer--whlch NJ. Gevaert holds had
become OrientaIy uxuriant under the Greek popes
had become so overladen with ornament that nm
attempt was made to abbreyiate them as the ntur-
glcnl texts themselves had been abbreviated. so
that the sacred office might lie less protracted
Evidently the melodies not at that time re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-28

Madeline scrfSner teacher OF society Miss Lillian Bsyer
Martha Young soverness. who runs the ACADEMY;
Miss Helen MarCOtt
Lonely sREonss The Three Mss Ms 5 EG2 s GslSe
BrIsss Sprouts ROsehuds Mss Christine Cook
The Belasco Theatre opens next Saturday night
with Miss Henrietta crOsman and the same com
pany which helped her with the Belasco play.
Sweet Kitty Bellairs'' last season This second
season OF Miss Crosman in Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Is positively limited David Warheld is announced