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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-11-02
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Piano duet. ............ Misses Robst
Vocal Solo ...M Miss Beatrice Burk
Recitation. Miss Blanche Dessmeier
Violin Selection. Miss Lillian Spafford
Vocal Solo. ......... Henry Conkey
Piano Solo. -.........-.. Irene Brusel
A one-act comedy entitled, The
Trouble at Satterlee's." Will follow and
the cast will be made up entirely of
young ladies in the guild and is as
follows:
Dorothy ........ Miss Margaret Prest
Alice .........M Miss Helen Robst
Mildred. ........ Miss Marjorie Robst
Bertha ........ Miss Beatrice Burk
Marion .......M Miss Grace Bell
Miss Ophelia Satterlee, lady prin-
cipal of seminary. Miss Beck
Kathleen, an irish maid in the semi
nary .. Miss Martha Spencer
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

three times in a of seventy-nine nights
and the receipts ranged from S1.S43 on the opening
night and 81 SS4 on the closing, down &c 1856 on the
twenty-ninth night.
But neither Phillips nor Garcia was the first TO
present operatic version Of BeauuarChais's
comedy 20 the American people. French operas by
Rousseau, Monsigny, Dalayrac and Gretry, which
may be said TO have composed tie staple OF the
opera houses Of Europe In The lat decades OF the
eighteenth century. were known also IN the con-
temporaneous theatres Of Charleston. Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York. In 1924 the last three
or these cities enjoyed AN opera in acts"
the text by Conan, entitled. The Spanish Bar
Der; or The Futile Precaution." Nothing is said In
the announcements OF this opera touching the au-
thorshlp Of the music, but It seems TO be In
evitable conclusion that It was Paisiello's CON-
posed for ST Petersburg about 1880 There
German BARRIERS in existence at the time
posed by Benda CFriedrioh Ludwig Elsperger and
Schulz, but they d!d not enjoy large popularity in
their own country and Isouard's Barber was
not Yet written. Paisiellos opera, the contrary,
was extremely popular throughout Europe. True.
called It The Barber of Seville not The
Spanish Barber but ColTnans subtitle, The Fu-
tile Precaution'' came from ths original French
title. Rossni also adopted r and purposely avoid
ed the chief title set by Beaunarchais and used by
his way Thereby hangs a tale OF the composition
and first failure of his opera which must nov
relate
On December &C. 1915, the first day Of the car
niveI season, RossnI produced his opera ''Torvedo
Dorlska' at the Teatro Argentina, IN Rome,
and at the same time signed contract with Ce-
sarini the inlpresario Of the theatre, have the
first act Of a second opera ready tle Goth day
OF the following January. For this opera Rossinf
was TO receive 400 Roman scudi (the equivalent of
about $4,000 after the first three performances.
which he was TO conduct seated st the pianoforte
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
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With these four measures the likeness begins ano
ends veniaI offence. H IL be an offence 81 all
Composers were not held to strict and scruPu-
IOus an accountability touching meiOdic meun and
ttum century ago they now yet thers
was then a thOusandfoId meIodc inventtve-
ness Another case OF convey ance' by Rossim
has also been pointed out: the air OF the duenna
in the third act beginning IN vecchiottO cerca
rloglie'' is said be that OF a song which FsoS-
sin heard a Russian lady sing in Rome have
searched much in Russian song literature ard
failed find ths alleged original To finish the
story: the notary summoned by BartOlo arrives on
the scene. but is persuaded by Figaro 20 draw Up
an attestation of marriage agreement between
Count AImaviva and Rosius and BartOlo. finding at
the last that all his precautions have been in vain
comforted little by the gift Og his wards
dover, which the Count relinquisheS. gives his
blessing to the lovers.
I have told the story OF 'Il BsrhieTe III Sivlgha
as It appears in the book 1t has grown to be the
custom to omit IN performance several OF the met
dents which essential 10 the development ana
understanding of the plot. Some daysoon 1t IS %
be hoped-managers, singers and public viii awake
30 q realization that, In the old operas ll
which beautiful singing is supposed to be the he-sI
and end-aI, the action ought TO be kept coherent
In that happy day Rossinis effervescent lyrical
arrangement OF Beaumarchais's vivaeiOus coIueu9
Will be restored to It's sights II. p Il
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
DULUTH's AERIAL FERRY.

Minnesota Point is narrow strip Of land stretch-
ing across the entrance to the haTbor OF the CITY
OF Duluth. For many years the Point vas a sreal
obstruction 90 the shipping. uecessitatnS rcuhU-
about course and considerable delay in docking ths
boats. and finally the municipality cut a ean1i
through this neck where 1t joined the malntahu'
But there were numerous residents on Mnnesot@
Point who were now made islanders. and 70 0bVl..
ate their difficulty the city maintained a score =.
rowboatS TO carry these people to and from u
city. A steam ferry service was next ehlp.oSe
when the number of passengers had increased oe,
this proved be too slow and too eSpenslNe - -
operate. novel scheme was sussestec-aN
aerial ferry.
Duluth's aerial ferry an immediate suCSssss'
and since its completion has run without htsa-
II consists OF "a slender bridge 1Ss feet high. =.
above the tallest masts of any ship that may -
passing through the canal. and from this oIIaS.
is suspended The floor of the car = oaEs1 ,1
six feet above the ground and little highef. ela
that above the water level, and the whole = 80
tached TO metal rods which hang from wheels IL
run on a track upon the bridge overhead -
ferry is operated by electricity and the trip acro
the canal is made IN little more than one minete
The car Is 80 long by 81 feet wide and ean ~
comnodate about two hundred passengers. 49,.
trips made every hour between in the s-s 10
ing and midnight, and two trips each hour kns"
after-Harpers Weekly.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

IN the orchestra, then the custom He
seems to have agreed to take any libretto sub
mitted by the impressrio and approved by the pub
lie censor; but there indications that Sterbini
who TO write the Nbretto. had already sug-
gested remodeIling OF PaisieIlo's Barber" In
order to expedite the work OF composition it was
provided In the contract that Rossini was TO take
lodgings with a singer named Zanboni to whom
the honor fell OF being the original Of the town
factotum In Rossinis opera. Some say that Ros-
sni completed the score In thirteen days; some in
fifteen. Castil- Blaze says it month, but the
truth IS that the work consumed less than half
that period. Donizetti. asked If he believed that
Rossini had really written the score In thirteen
days, IS reported to have replied. no doubt with
malicious twinkle in his eyes at is very possible;
he is so lazy. Pasiello stiu alive, and go
vas at least the memory OF his opera, so Rossini.
as q precautionary measure, thought It wise 20
spike If possible the guns of an apprehended op-
position So he addressed letter 20 the vener-
able composer asking leave TO make use OF the
subject He got permission and then wrote pref
ace to his libretto (or had SerbinI write it for
hi1n), in which. while nsttering his predecessor.
he nevertheless contrived to indicate that he con-
sidered the opera of that venerable musician old
fashioned undramatic and outdated. "Beaumar-
chafss comedy. entitled The Barber Of Seville,
or the Useless Precaution, he wrote. is presented
at Rome in the form of comic dsama under the
title OF 'Almaviva. ossa Iinutile Precauzione,
in order that the public may be fully convinced OF
the sentiments of respect and veneration by which
the author OF the music of this drama is animated
with regard TO the celebrated Paisiello, who has
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

time when the renowned Paisiello wrote his work.
I have told the story Of the fasco made by Ros-
sinrs opera on It's first production at the Argen-
tine Theatre February .. 1916, in an extended
preface TO the vocal score of I'll Barbiere," pub
lished in 1890 by G. Schirmer. and quotation
from that preface will serve here quite we'll as
paraphrase; I quote with avowal OF graft
tide for tho privilege TO the publishers)
Paisiello gave his consent to the use Of the sub
Ject, believing that the opera OF his young rlyaI
20 friend in Rome, asking him to do all In MS
power to compass a hasco FOR the opera The
the whstlers Of Italy, Castl-Blaze, seemed TO
have made a rendezvous at the Teatro Argentina
Their malicious intentions were helped along By
accidents at the outset OF the performance. De-
taiIs or the stoTy nave osell preseTTeo 1qs us IN
an account written by SlEnora Giorg1-Hgnettl.
who sang the part OF Rosina on the memorable
NIT him to sing Spanish song, to his own accom-
paninent OIL a guitar under Rosina's balcony IN
eo eoor S 5 Urged a Rbon to n start hs long,
Garcia found that he had forgotten 10 tune his
the waiting public. \ string broke and new
one was drawn UP amid the filters of the specta-
tors; ne sons s uIa oe p,Sae S i aLsiotS, eT,, 40
after him Boisterous laughter broke out when
Largo al tactotuIl was lost IN the dn. Another
howl Of delighted dersion went up when Rosinas s
voice was heard singing within; %segui saro,
Och segul cosi ttontnue, my dear continue
thus. The audience continued thus. The rep
that she was first heard IN a trfning phrase IN
stead Cf an aria caused disappointment. The duet
Eisses. shrleks and shouts The cavatina Una
POGO IA got triple round OF applause,
compliment to the personality Of the singer rather
than to the music. after bowing 10 the public.
Ciore r ghetti: but for her y.ou would not havo
had occasion to rise from your chair The tur-
finale vas mere dumb show When the curtain
fe Rossint faced the mob, shrugged his shoulders
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

metal king OF the forest stands looking discon-
soately at the saloon across the way, with not so
| much as a gurgle issuing from the parched depths
Of his rusted larnyx. Yet Just behind the lion. be-
| meath the grateful shadow OF a wooden shed, the
| streetcar horses hourly washed down and re-
! oeive much water they please from wooden
tubs filed to supply their needs
at Peck Slip one finds the green barrel OF the
Eociety for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals
awaiting the tired and thirsty beasts and the
svtdity with which the driver descends from his
seat delugng face, hair and throat from the hose
while the horse In drinking his fill from the tub.
suggests to the mind Of the plying passerby that
o society for the prevention OF cruelty TO human
animals might not be altogether out OF order.
A horse passing along Burling slip can on the
corner obtain a drink without going into saloon
for g. but not his master. Formerly drinking
fountain for man stood this site but for nearly
two years a slate In the sidewalk has marked the
, spot whers the good OF this fountain has been
inferred with IT'S bones" The evil that It did con-
sisted In its leaking at the wrong time. getting
frozen too early in the winter or interfering with
the legitimate sale OF other liquors in the vicin
ity.
The same sad tale is repeated at the end OF Wall
street There. too, puriing stream used to ripple
forth from the spout OF the now unsightly fount
which to-day q resting place for the
owner OF the lemonade cart which perches by the
curb. And, quite npropos, Just across the way is
pair Of swinging Doors. behind which may be
bought almost any ale but Adams 70 wet the half
baked Adams apple
At Old Slip and South street is the ghost Of
forme. drinking fountain. the horse side OF which
s stiii active. but the end OF which Is merely
a sad reminder OF a usefulness long departed.
Here. willis his team stands diagonally across the
crowded thoroughfars partial barrier TO passing
yshiolsk. the driver enters the nearby portals and
tsppers his thirst with something stronger than
wnter.
After his painting tramp along the burning pave
nsats of South street. II the nearcher is by this
Tins literally driven 10 drink" ne saunters into
shs little public preserve Of Jssnnstte Park here
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

trough. into which water is continually flowing: ct
Rutgers slip there two OF these. Ar Pike slip,
too the beast may find tho flowing bowl at one OF
the iron fountains OF tho city, but around on the
other side. where once fer the stream flowed
freely, is but shattered suggestion Of what e1-
isted earlier.
A. the foot Of the street which bears the
Of Roosevelt tho mighty hunter himself would
have long trek 60 End a single drinking fopntsia
for man. ny careful hunting hs might stalk the
iron Hon On tie fountain IN ts nIidals OF tie street
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
The original Figaro,

already treated tie subject under It's primitive
title Himself invited TO undertake this difficult
task. the maestro Gioachino Rossni, in order 20
avoid the reproach Of entering rashly into rivalry
with the Immortal author who preceded him, ex-
pressIy required that The Barber OF Seville
should be entirely versifed anew, and also that
new situations should he added for the musical
pieces which. moreover. required by the mod
eru theatrical TASTE entirely changed since tho
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

AT PIKE SLIP THE BEAST MAY FIND
THE FLOWING BOWL. BUT FOR
MAN THERE is, ON THE OTHER
SIDE. ONLY A SHATTERED sUG-
GEsTIoN OF WHAT ONCE WAS.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

CORNER OF OLD SLIP AND SOUTH
STREET, HAUNTED BY THE HoL-
LOW GHOST OF WHAT USED TO
BE A DRINKING FOUNTAIN FOR
MAN.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
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Zis-t, Kit t, pIx-ao. pa 80, s0ahe-
ze@Hs-.5=EE1E@.
eA- no ton fu sou

which is a slightly varied form Of four measures
from Sinon's song In the first part of The Sea-
sons:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-19
Dayton Visited BY $3s. 900 Fire

Saturday afternoon at o'clock the
people of Dayton were startled by an
alarm of fire and in a few minutes
nearly every resident Of the town was
rushing toward the Court House, from
which IL dense smoke was issuing, the
fire having started in the attic in the
front part of the building. While a
large number of citizens made q. de-
termined fight against the blaze with
the Inadequate fire fighting facilities,
scores of men and women started to
save the books and other documents in
the several county Offices and the Of
ficers report that everything in that
line was saved A brisk wind was
blowing ut the time and it was seen
that the building, which was of brick
was doomed and the fire fighters bent
their efforts to confne the fire to the
Court House building, in which they
were successful. The walls remained
intact and seemed to have withstood
the heat in good shape. The interior
of the structure was totally destroyed.
The building was valued at about
$40, 600 OH which there was IN. insur-
ance of $40. 000
For several weeks Judge Langan has
been hearing the case of Mcleod VS..
Miller 81 Lux, but the fire will not
interfere with the trial which was re-
sumed in the Odd Fellows Hall this
morning. Virginia Chronicle
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-19
A Deliberate Murder

The preliminary examination of
Frank l.. Peart, for the killing of Frank
Read, on the streets of Mazuma, in
front Of the Palace saloon last Wednes-
day. was begun Friday. There We're
several eye witnesses to the shooting
who say the act was deliberate, and
not preceded by any conversation be.
tween the two men. The feeling is
strong against Peart, and at his pre-
urinary he was doubly guarded to
prevent lymching. Peart was married
last fall to Il daughter of Assemblyman
McCaffety. Read, who was killed, was
held in high regard in the district.
Read, it is said, held Peart's note for
$3.50, money which was loaned the
latter, and bad demanded payment,
which. being refused, legal proceedings
We're instituted and Peart's wages
garnishcd. This led to Peart's becom-
ing very angry. and on the day of the
shooting he walked out of saloon in
Mazuna and encountered Read walk
ing up the street toward Seven
Thoughts. He immediately pulled his
gun and shot Read through the heart,
completing the bloody work by beating
the fatally wounded man over the
head with hi : gun.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-19
Must Show Up Rate Books

The state railroad commission will
have vice-president and general man
ager, A. Christensen. of Wells Fargo &
Co., Oh the carpet Thursday to show
cause why express rates in Nevada
should not be materially reduced.
This will be the first time, with one
exception, that the Wells Fargo Com
pany has ever had question raised as
to its right to charge all the traffic will
bear on business within this state and
the notice to come in and show up was
a shock, to say the least.
Nevada has paid many thousands of
dollars into the Golfers of this company.
There are some who are unkind enough
to say that all this money has been
pure CRATE added to the regular trans
portation facilities and that the service
rendered by express companies should
be given by the railroad itself without
extra charge, simply as a fulfillment of
its duty az public utility
With this prnmise, it is easy to see
where the express company will get off
in this state shonld that line be follow
ed us the reason for the inquiry. 1t is
not too much to predict that the time
will come when the railroads will give
the same service express companies do
without an extra charge for that SER
vice. Such system will wipe out u
heavy fax now paid by shippers of New
ada and the shippers of every other
state in the Union.-Carson Appeal
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-19
"BuStInu" the Trust

Look here. Bill" exclaimed tho
first citizen. this orator porson 10
bitter enough HOW on the subject OF
trusts, but. as everybody in this coun.
~ knows, he was at ono time a good
!"al Interested in one of them"
sure. asScntcd the other, "but
inst consider what he did when he
hwokc 10 the cnOrmity Of the thinpr
Didn't he do his level best to bust that
'rnst? He sold it every one of his far.
tories for twice what II was worth "
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-19
PATRIOTS AND PATRIOTS

AT the present time the republican
and Independent newspapers of the
north are rejoicing over the transfer of
Elihu Root from the cabinet to the
Senate, and lauding him as Il patriot of
the highest and noblest type. But the
fact that the same class of newspapers
continue to lambast Senator Foraker
and are apparently determined to cast
him into outer darkness OH the ground
that he is Il corporation lawyer, is some
what shocking to the American sense
of justice and fair play.
There is no man in the country who
has longer or perhaps Il more unscru-
pulous record as trust lawyer than
Elihu Root. Senator Foraker's service
to the corporations pales into insig-
niticance compared to that of Root. who
FOR more than 20 years has been on the
pay roll OF some of the most powerful
trusts domiciled in New York and
whose fertile brain prepared the plans
under which Il number of the greatest
feats OF financial bucaneering this
country has ever known were success
fully accomplished.
All things considered, it is quite
absurd as well as contemplate for the
guardians Of public morals to continue
10 smite Senator Foraker when he is
down, and hail Root aS the dcliverer of
the people from the hands of the trust
maSnatcs and looters. The truth is.
his greatest achievements in professional
and political life have been the selling
out of the people, and to that purpose
ne may he depended on TO devote him
SeIt when he takes his seat in the senate.
Therefore to denounce Foraker while
pralsing Root is to strain ut Il gnat and
swallow Il camel. New Orleans Daily
States.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-19
Ancient Trees.

pIaHlllah cocoanut aims live from
'oo to 700 years, and the Arabs assert
nat the date palm frequently reaches
me age OF 200 TO 800 years. WalIan's
oak, near Paisley. Scotland. is known
10 be more than 700 years old and
mere are eight olive trees on the
Mount Of Olives, near Jerusalem
which were known to have been flour.
IShing in 1899. The Vows at Fountain
NDbcy, Yorkshire. were old trees
when, in 1892. the abbey was built
ana redwood at Mariposa grove.
ailfornia, is manifold centenarian.
.'aobab trees Of Africa have been com.
Pnted to be more than 5000 years cid,
and the dcciduous cypress at Chapul.
cpec Is considered tu be of q sin
GTeater age. humboldt said that the
Dracacna DracO. nj Oiotava. ON flo
Feneriffe. was one of the oldest in.
habitants Of The Garth.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-19
Business Locals.

Misunderstanding hens, inquire mt
this Office
Lost-Small silver purse, finder please
leave at this Office and get reward.
Furnished rooms, cozy and comforta-
BILE, to rent. Inquire of Mrs Kennedy. =.
For Rent-Room in the harrington
Building over the drug store. Enquire
of H S. Taber.
Lost--A black Elastic belt with cut
steel Deeds and cut steel buckle. Finder
please leave at this office, and get re-
ward
Save those natural teeth, thereby re-
tain your facial expression. DR.. GILL;
land ''the dentist" Office over the Drug
Store. Elko
There will be mass held in the room
of the Elko Athletic Club by Father
Collins Sunday morning at 9:3O o'clock.
Everybody is invited to attend.
The Presbyterian church will take
orders for flowers for Memorial Day
through Mr.. Lambert Henderson. We
order fresh flowers direct from Ogden.
Shoes repaired by IL first-class shoe
maker and work done OH the shortest
possible notice. Bring on your shoe re-
pairing everybody. A. L. MAUK, The
Shoe Man.
Our best So and Sc cabinet photos
reduced to $3.50 until June LIST. Now
is the time to bring the babie to the
big Tent Gallery, opposite the Court
House, johnson photographer.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-19
MilkI Milk!

From May 1, 1909, I will furnish
milk as follows: One quart per day for
one month, $3.50; gallon per day for
one month, $3.50; one gallon per day
for one month, $3.50; from five gallons
up per day 20 ceuts u gallon.
EUGENE l.. CIPRIANI.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-19
WARNING

All persons are hereby warned not to
fish, hunt or trespass upon either of
my ranches, above and below Carlin,
under penalty of prosecution to the
limit.
THOS. GRIFFIN,
Carlin, Nevada, May 4, 1909.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-19
Draying Business.

Chris Eshleman has started a draying
business. He is prepared to do all kinds
OF hauling, delivering freight and all
other business in the draying line. Prices
reasonable and strict attention given to
all orders. Office at the Old Lumber
Office.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-19
Mechanical Laws.

The same mechanical laws that gov.
"rn the heavenly bodies as shown bv
Calico. govern the action of the bu.
man heart and. for aught any one
fpo"s, every part of the body, even
the mind itself.-Dcscartes.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-05-19
Choice Of Terms.

Mr.. Smieg must be very rich and
Influential" remarked the stranger in
the town.
What makes you think SOP"
II hear people referring to him "A
a very conservative citizen instead Of
calling him Il back number"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-02-10
THREE INMATES PERISH
Orphans Home at Battle Creek, Mich,
Destroyed by Fire.

Battle Creek, Mich, Feb. 6.-The
Haskell Memorial home, three and
half story brick orphanage located
on the western boundary of this city,
was destroyed by fire. Three of the
thirty-seven little inmates were miss
ing when the roll was counted after
the fire.
In the panic that ensued when the
children were awakened by the first
alarm seven little girls jumped from a
third story window, but it is not
thought that any of them were fatally
hurt. James Armstrong, twelve years
old, made hero of himself by stand.
ing on a shed under the windows
from which the girls had to jump,
directing them how to make their fall
as easy as possible and actually catch
ing two of the smaller girls In his
arms. Mrs. r. s. Owen, who, with
her husband, was In charge of the in.
stitution, fought her way down the
main stairway while 1t was a mass of
flames, carrying a six-weeks-old babe
In her arms and two small children
elinging to her skirts.