The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-07

which she divided among the chartt-
able institutions of the city. In the
ninety-three concerts given by Jenny
| Lind, under Mr. Barnum s manage
ment, the proceeds were $712, 161
| Jenny Iind's portion being $176,675,
charitable purposes. All day long
strangers who came as claimants
| upon her liberality. would flock to
| her apartments and none went away
without a gift
These stories, told of her by Sarah
| *. Bolton, author of Famous Types
of Womanhood, may be of interest.
They, at least, will give the reader
a deeper insight into the sweet sing
| ers heart.
One night, a girl, plainly dressed,
came to the ticket office, and lay
ing down three dollars, said: There
goes half q months wages; but
must hear Jenny LindH
The agent told the singer of the cir
cumstance. She asked: Would you
| know the girl again ?" He saids he
would. Here, placing a twenty dol
lar gold piece in his hand. "Give her
that with my best compliments"
| While in Havana. she saw one day
a crippled Italian, who had come to
see Mr.. Barnum, passing out the
| gate. He had lost the use of his left
side by paralysis, and unable to earn
| a living, gained a partial support
through his dog. which turned a spin
ming wheel, and performed other
: tricks. Jenny Lind was interested in
! him and gave him five hundred dol
lars. The Italian called to leave q
basket of fruit with his thanks. Mr.
| Barnum' he said Il should like so
much to have the lady see my dog
| turn a wheel; it is very nice; he can
| spin very good. Shall l bring the dog
and wheel for herr"
Mr. Barnum replied that she would
| be too busy to see his dog.
He told the incident to Jenny Lind,
who said: poor man, let him come:
it is all the good creature can do for
me. 1t will make him so happy"
When she saw from her window
the Italian coming, with his wheel
and dog, she FASTENED down stairs to
meet him, saying: This is very kind
of you TO come with your dog. Fol-
low me. l will carry the wheel up
stairs
For an hour she devoted herself to
the happy cripple. She petted his
dog and sang for the Italian and
finally carried his wheel down TO the
door for him. To him she was more
than the greatest singer in the world
she was an angel sent directly from
heaven to cheer his hopeless life.
| think it was Genin, the halter
who paid the six hundred and fifty
dollars for a ticket, to Jenny Linds
first concert. His make of Jenny
Lind hats had a great run and his
high-priced ticket turned out TO be
good investment after all.
Jenny Lind married Otto Gold
schmidt and two children son and
daughter-blessed their union. After
leaving America she sang all over Eu-
rope and Great Britain, and sang for
the last time in 1888. She died in
1887, November the End.
Yes, we had Jenny Linds in our
little singing school under the hick
DRY, at Miss Harriets school house,
and having never heard the real Jen- |
ny Lind, the remembrance of their
sweet songs is very dear to me-
When one is in a great strait, and |
human help is impossible, he is |
mighty apt to pray a little, however |
awkward praying RAY he with him.
A great many people say they can't |
pray---don't know how to word
prayer" In our churches | find that
hardly one, out Of ten men. is willing |
to lead prayer Sam Jones said
any man who can go to a neighbol
ana ask the loan of grubbing hoe |
one desires; and, it stands to reason
that any person who desires to be
better, or have the world made bet
ter, can ask for those things. And |
it also stands to reason that rlen dc
not ask for these things because they
do not desire them. We act upon
the principle that praying is only ne
cessary when one gets i'm a hard place
/ don't know how better to enforce |
hi n 70 foil ctr
Up in the hill country of North
Carolina, in a section that had beer
dug all over. by gold prospectors,
lived a certain man who was a great
fox hunter; and. being a hard work
or, and not willing to lose the time
by hunting in the day, he generally
had his fox chases at night. He
knew the woods and how the foxes
generally run; SO, he followed the
logs on foot. Yes, he thought he
knew so well where every pit was
hat, however exciting the race might
become he would be sure to avoid 2
tumble into one. Some of them were
very deep-some not more than three
0r four feet; but he knew where they
III were.
The race had become exciting, and
The fox was making his doublngs SC
rapidly that our hunter had lost his
cckoHlilSS, ana, 50, goIIiS DIT Iul
speed he stumbled into a pit; but, a.
he hit against the opposite side, he
happened to catch q swinging limb
t was too timber to pull out by, bui
t held his weight and kept him from
falling. He had no idea how deer
the pit was and he thought the limt
vas the only thing that prevented his
being dashed into q jelly. He trieC
20 pull out but each attempt was
vain, and left him more and more eX
laueted Then it was, he began t.
pray, and although he might not have
)een used to the business he prayed
I'll right. He knew what he wanted
md he asked the Lord to save hin
rom death-from a horrible destruc
ion, in that deep, dark pit. He made
| sight of promises of what he would