IF THEY WOULD ONLY THINK.
Failure In I.Ho nml llimlncM Avoided
Tliroiicli Cure fill Mctllttttloii.
John Dunluun, tho wholusiilo grocer,
was Indulging in reminiscence a day or
two ago, and lie mndo some interesting
comments on tho methods of credit in
vogne at tho present time. Mr. Dunham
has been a merchant in Minneaolis for
'thirty-thrco years, thirteen of which
"wero spent in St. Anthony as a retailer.
'Ho deplored tho want of system among
merchants in extending credit, and said
too many merchants failed to keep post
ed about tho conditions around them, or
the markets in short, they didn't think
or read. And then ho related a story
told him by .1. 13. Bassett, tho veteran
lumberman, in illustration of tho point.
'People don't think, and that's why
o many aro poor,' said IJr. Baasett.
"Do you know it takes brains to pile
lumber or shovel dirt? There's a right
way to do it.'
"And then ho told this story: Ho vis
ited his lumber yard a year or two ago
and found two men piling boards. A
load had been dumped ill tho alley, and
this was to lw put in a pi'. It was tho
manner in which tho work was being
dono that attracted Air. Bassett'fl atten
tion. Ho observed that ono of tho men
picked up a board, carried it to tho pile
and dropped it on tho ground. Then tho
other man picked it up and placed it on
the pile. Mr. Bnssctt called tho two
men to him, and they sat down on tho
pile.
" 'Did you ever think, you two men?'
ihenuked.
"Tho men wero a littlo puzzled at tho
query. 'Don't you mon over think of
improving your lot in life? Don't you
over think about it':' ho asked.
"The men weren't positive that they
v:r did think, .and Mr. Bassett said:
'Well, I thought bo when I Haw you
piling thoso boards. It takes two of you
to do ono man's work: did you know
that? Now. instead of dropping that
board on tho ground anil picking it up
.gain, can't you drop tho bo;ird right on
tho pile where it belongs? Both of you
can carry them from tho pile, and the job
will bo dono in about half tho time.'
"That littlo talk of Mr. Bassett's set
tho men to thinking, and ho told mo not
long ago. as tho incident whs recalled,
that they aro now two of tho best calcu
lators in his employ.
"It is so with merchants, city or coun-
rtry. They sell goods without thinking.
Ib tho customer responsible? Will there
bo any crop? How much had tho man
ought to have? These questions aro
never thought of, and before long fail
nro 'follows. I kept a retail grocery
storo in St. Anthony for thirteen yearn
and never lost but $250 by bad credit,
and ono year 1 sold $!)5,000 worth of
goods. That shows what can bo done,
I estimate that l' per cent, of tho gro
ceries bought, wholesale and retail, are
mover paid for." Minneapolis Journal.
ltur Aineilemi Stones.
Tho United States is fast becoming a
land of precious stones. Diamonds havo
been found in Georgia. Pearls aro now
being pielced up in Wisconsin, and Uncle
Sam is making arrangements for an in--voice
of some of them for his collection.
"Thero aro some beautiful turquoises in
tho rases which were broutrht by Mai.
Powell from New Mexico, and these aro
quite as lino as tho blue turquoises which
tho government has from Persia. Of
less expensive stones tho beryls aro very
beautiful, and there is a piece of aqua
marino from J'ortland. Mo., which is as
big an your list and vh oh shines like a
diamond.
Thero is an amethyst which is won
derfully beautiful. It was found in
North Carolina and is Btipposed to havo
been used by tho men of prehistoric
times. It was originally in tho shape of
a turtle, hut Profosoor Clarko tells mo
that it wasspoiled in tho cutting. There
aro also oriental amethysts, and tho
amethysts from Brazil show all tho
changes of that stono from a light pink
'to a dark purple. Pittsburg Dispatch.
A New Way of AtlvrrlUliiK.
One of tho most outrageous methods
of attracting public attention ever adopt
ed was put in oporation tho other day in
Brooklyn. A colored man and woman,
both well dressed, wero walking down
Fulton street, when tho woman suddenly
turned upon tho man like a tigress, and
began blinking him by tho collar and
scolding him. The man meekly tried to
atop her. A crowd boon gathered. Then
tho woman lot go of tho man and thoy
both walked quickly away. As fooii as
this crowd had disiwrsed tho woman be
gan to shako her consort again and gath
ered another crowd, and this scene was
repeated at almost overy corner along
that busy thoroughfare.
Between tho man's shoulders was a
placard pasted to his overcoat advocat
ing tho use of some new nostrum. But
tho crowd was slow to understand
whether tho woman was really abusing
the "sandwich" man or not. No police
man camo in sight, though tho scene was
unpleasantly well acted, and tho crowds
obstructed pedestrians considerably,
.Now York Tribune. "
l-unklng fur Mstca.
A Bea captain called at a villago inn
and asked tho landlady, a young widow:
"Do you know whero I can got a mate?
I havo lost my mate."
"I am very sorry for you, Mr. ,"
ho wild, smiling. "I want a mato, too,
and cannot get one. As wo aro in tho
tsamo Ksitiou I'll tell you what I'll do;
if you'll bo iniuo I will bo yours!"
JJu closed with tho bargain, and tho
widow keeping her word ho is now sup
plied with two mates. London Tlt-Blts,
11m 437 Loiter 'ruin Jlvr Ilutbuml.
Col. Clark 8. Edwards, of Bethel,
while in tho army during tho rebellion,
wrote liruue to his wife '157 letters, which
wk saved, and most of them aro in ex
,Mmoi now. They giva very good his
tory of tho war. -r-Port kind (Me.) Argus.
ifry W. Whitney, who euccctxlod
Mwh Mitchell us professor of aatro-nomy
t Yriw college, advocates tho study of
utauM for Kills, with tho oxpnas object
ftffidflttw intf j Mr Hiotloual.(iHturv,
NEW YORK BOY CIIOIRS.
MOST OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCHES
NOW EMPLOY THEM.
Knoiigli Hoy Am Hiinl to Secure Count
Irrn Ui'lii-urmild Nrcosiurjr Ilcforc tlio
Triilni-il Clinlr I Itrmly to Sins Ac
Cfptulil fJrriiinn IJoyi Preferred.
Boy choirs aro now an established
featuro of worship in n majority of Epis
copal churches in this city: but few
lneinbcru of congregations havo any
knowledgo of tho work of tho choir be
yond that gained as listeners. Tho search
for singers, the teachers' rehearsals and
tho many hindrances to tho successful
maintenance of a vested choir aro till out
of sight.
Beforo I ho existence of a general de
mand for boys with good voices, an or
ganist was often besieged by applicants
and had only to make his choice. How
different tho conditions aro today every
organist, with tho possible exception of
thoso of Trinty parish, can attest. Trin
ity has at command tho parish bchools
from which, much after tho English sys
tem, tho choirmaster may select his
voices and maintain a supplementary
choir.
Not so fortunate, however, are most
choirmasters. They aro obliged to de
pend on such sources as advertisements
in tho newspapers, both English and
Gorman; tho Sunday schools of tho par
ish and tho publio schools, and tho offer
of a commission to any boy securing a
satisfactory chorister. Tho first named
is perhaps the most successful method,
and many good voices havo been ob
tained by it; but no one of tho nbovo is a
sure method of recuperating tho oVer
changing personnel of tho choir, and
many organists probably appr-rciato tho
feelings of tho choirmaster of ono of tho
largest' Episcopal churches in Now York,
who, wh.'ii asked in what manner he
provided for vacancies in his choir, re
plied that ho "trusted to luck."
CllOIIt SCHOOLS.
If church services demanded a dtiilj
choral services choir schools sutii as ex
ist abroad would bo necessary, and
thoso interested hopo that in timo such
institutions will bo maintained in this
country.
Tho lack of matprial for boIo voices
has prompted tho organists of some
prominent churches, such nsSt. George's,
St. Mary tho Virgin's, All Angels, and
St. Ignathnt', to employ female voices in
this capacity, and oven as auxiliary
chorus singers, and tho future will
doubtless seo many other churches com
pelled to adopt this expedient, which
can certainly tw defended on musical if
not on ecclesiastical grounds.
Tho most successful choirs in Now
York number about thirty-fivo voices,
viz., sixteen trebles, fivo altos, seven
tenors and eight bassos, and although
authorities differ somowhat tho best re
sults appear to bo obtained when tho
parts aro divided in about ihis propor
tion. Voices vary greatly in quality and
carrying power, which makes it difficult
to givo a definite law covering overy
caso, but sonio adult voices aro a neces
sity. Tho number of rehearsals varies ac
cording to the stylo of musio rendered
and tho ability of tho choir to read
musio readily. In few churches aro the
rehearsals for boys less frequent than
twico weekly, and in many cases Indi
vidual lessons aro given in addition.
Mnny listeners express wondor at tho
facility with which tho littlo choristers
render florid passages: but except in
rare instances theso results aro accom
plished by hard and patient labor on tho
part of both instructor and pupil.
OintMAN HOYS IN DEMAND.
Boys of German parentage are greatly
in demand, thoy seeming to possess bet
tor voices than Aniorican lads, and in ad
dition a musical instinct, which is a
great help to proficiency m their art.
Boys aro available for choir work be
tween tho ages of 0 and 10. At an
earlier ago than I) they do not possess
sufficient intelligence to bo of service.
and oxcept in rare cases their voices do ,
not last after tho sixteenth year.
For a timo lwforo their voices ar en
tirely lost boys aro sometimes avallablo
for tho alto parts tho upper register
being useless but this is a great injustice
to tho chorister, as tho valuo of his voice
in aftor years is by this courao seriously
depreciated.
Boys' voices havo two registers, tho
"thick" and "thin." In tho first tho
vocal chords vibrato in tholr wholo thick
ness and in tho latter only tho thin edges
of tho chords are employed.
Tho sweet, birdliko quality of tho
trained chorister is duo to tho uso of tho
higher register or head tones rather than
to constant practice, as is generally sup
'totsctl. An untrained lxy will sing naturally
In tho thick register, producing a hard,
disagreeable tone, and his voice will
wear out long before tho alloted period.
In addition to tho Unto liko titubro
when tho thin register Is employed, tho
compass of the volco is extended up to
G and A above tho staff without effort,
notes which would bo impossible for tho
untrained boy to deliver.
In nearly all tho snrpliced choirs boys
aro paid a salary which varies from $1.30
to $10 monthly for chorus work, and
from $13 to $30 a month for soloists. Ex
ceptional voices command corresponding
salaries.
A system of fines for tardiness, ab
sence and misbehavior is generally en
forced as tho mobt satisfactory method
of maintaining discipline, and it is prob
able that tho augelio couutnuanco of tho
average choir boy is nourished by tho
prospect of tho salary which this course
will preserve iutact, Now York World.
Klio Knew,
An up town teacher asked a girl how
mnny bones tboro wero in her body, nnd
tho glib girl uelirly swalbweil her chow
tig gum lu her hasto to answer S08.
"Wrongl Thero uro only M7," said tho
teacher. "Yos'in," was tho triumphant
rMpoRsot "hut I swallowed a Huh boil
toiwy'Philadtiphla Uocord.
ACROSS THE. WAY-
"nave you no friend nciww the way?"
My little city darling said;
"And when there cornea a rnlny day.
Can't you look out. nnd nod your head
To some one else. as 1 can do
To Will and Krcd and baby SuJ
I beard you tell mamma today
You had no friend across tho way."
"But t uavo frienuWdear friends. I cried.
With quick, remorseful thought of home.
"A band of brothers. side by side.
To creet mo If I fjo or como
How dear they nre. I cannot say!
Nor how it cheers mo day by day
To seo ocroHn tho valley far.
How str. njr and beautiful they arel
"And you tihoutd see tho robcn they wcarj
Their mantle thick and toft of green.
Then rainbow tinted, yet more fair.
Or ermine wraps with silver sheen.
But yet I thlnlc I love them best
When, all in somber shadows drcst.
Their broken ran l;s in silence lie
IJencath the solemn midnight sky.
"Sometimes a misty curtain drawn
Uctwccn us bides these friends from me:
Dut when at sunset it is gone,
Dear child, how fair the sight 1 seel
For whero tho nearer ranks divide.
The gates of glory open wide;
And lot In that unearthly light
Tho farther hills transfigured quite;
While yet another and another
Tecps o'er tho shoulder of Ills brother,
And smiles (hrough rosy mist and seems to say,
'Heaven lies beyond lis such a littlo way.'
"Such friends nro nice," sho softly said.
"For any ono as old as you;
And when I'm old and you aro dead.
Perhaps I'll ho nnd seo them too.
But now I'd rather watch to two
Children ocroaa tho street from me;
And nod to "'111, nnd play peep-bo
With cunning littlo baby Sue.'
Susan II. Ludlmn in Harper's Bazar
Two Doctors.
Almost overy one has mado his jest
about tho proneness of doctors to dis
agree, tho one prescribing exactly an
opposito course from that ordered by an
other: but not every ono has had an op
portunity to conduct such an experiment
as was mado by the late Baron Lutz,
formerly prime minister of Bavaria.
The baron was once severely wounded
in battle in both legs. The wound in
ono leg was much like that in the other,
It struck him that here was a chance to
study tho ways of tho surgical profession
and beguilo tho long hours of his con
valescence. He accordingly called in
ono doctor and gave him qhargo of his
right leg, but told him nothing about
the wound in the other, and then called
in another surgeon for his left leg, keep
ing him similarly in ignorance about tho
wounded right leg
The doctors adopted a very different
method of treatment, but both wont 's
healed at about the same timo. When
the baron's legs were quite well ho de
rived a great deal of amusement from
gotting tho doctors together and mysti
fying them with questions about tho
way each had treated "his leg." Youth's
Companion.
Curious Old Indian Signs.
About five miles above Morven is n
mystery which the people of that com
munity cannot explain. In a hummock
near the river are two complete circles,
ono 00 and the other 110 feet in diameter,
the smaller circle insido tho larger.
Tho circles, which aro much liko thoso
left by a circus performance, aro com
pletely barren of vegetation of all kinds.
Theso circles have been thero since tho
recollection of the oldest citizen, and
none know how or when they camo
thero. It must bo that they are Indian
signs, relics of by gone days, when tho
savago warrior was lord of all ho sur
veyed. Macon (Ga.) Telegraph.
Klcli Ii y nl 1 11 p Indians.
Thero are scores of Indians on tho
reservation worth from $50,000 to $250,
000 each, and when tho reservation is
thrown open by congress, as it will be
in a very few years, thero will bo in
I'ierco county a dozen or two of tho
richest Indiaus in tho United States.
Following aro tho names of somo of tho
wealthy Indians:
Mrs. Joseph Douetto. a full blooded
Indian widow, with $250,000: Chris
Laughlot, a widower, with 120 acres and
SGO.OOO; Joo Coates, 100 acres and $80,
000, and tho Coates family, worth $128,
000, aro somo of tho richest. Puget
Sound News.
Hebrew Choirs.
In such of tho Llobrow synagogues of
this town as employ paid choirs many of
tho 8inger3 nro Christians who nro totally
unacquainted with tho llobrow touguo
ami alphabet By way of aid to such
members of the-clioir hymn books aro
printed in Roman letters. Tho lan
guage however, is llobrow, mid tho
singers really sing what to them is non
senso verso. Musically, howevor th
result is fino and the choirs of several
synagogues nro famous. Now York Let
tor.
Tomuto PoUoultig,
A singular disease has just been called
to notice by a prominent physician. It
In iL fnrm of recession of tho sums of tho
superior molars, which is said to bo duo
to tho uso of tomatoes as food. Ureat
sensitiveness is manifested aloug tho lino
of recession, similar to that of an ox
posed uerve. Tho only remedy has been
found to bo abstinence from tomatoes.
If tho disease continues tho teeth fall
out; not usually moro than ono boing
lost In a season. Now York Couimorciai
Advertiser.
Wiuliluctoil' Thuiiknglvlint.
Tho first Thanksgiving proclamation
of Washington as president of tho Uuited
States was made in New York on Oct 3,
1780, sotting apart Thursday, Nov. 20, of
that year, "to bo devoted by tho peoplo
I of theso states to tho service or tliat great
1 and glorious being who is tho author of
1 all tho good that is, that was, or that
) will bo," Exchange,
Tho most Interesting featuro of Mr.
Gladstono'a faco Is his eyes. Thoy aro
described na of a "apleudld, Hashing,
dark brown color." They Bhow his lire
and genius, and givo his faco an ever
changing expression.
Mexico la called a republic, but as a
jnatter of fact It is governed by an
oligarchy of landlords. Sotuo of thuMt
men own vtut domains, ono powiug
0,000,000 ucfM of laud.
PRODUCING AN OPERA.
MANAGER ARONSON TELLS HOW IT
IS DONE AT THE CASINO.
The Preparation Takes Many Weeks How
the I'nrts Are Ciwt-IIow the, Clionis I
Divided ami Coslimiri! Plans for Scen
ery nnd Music Mnny Itrhoursals
To the uninformed tho placing of an
opera upon the stage may 6ecni a com
paratively trifling matter, but it is
really a laborious undertakin,','. involving
months of preparation. As soon as 1
have decided what my next production
is to bo my scene painter, stage manager
and musical conductor are called into
consultation. Tho painter immediately
constructs the models of the scenery
called for, while the others and myself
begin onr consideration of the score.
Playing over tho music, we decide upon
the proper allotment of tho principal
roles. This gentleman for the tenor,
that ono for tho bass: this lady for the
soprano, that one for tho contralto, and
so on through tho minor characters and
into tho chorus. Instances frequently
occur in which it is necessary to employ
a double chorus, such ;is where, withont
sufficient delay to tvermit a change of
costume, oiie contingent of young ladies
appear in ono scene as peasants and in
tho next as sailors.
Having assigned tho characters and
selected tho chorus, I havo tho music of
tho parts hektographed and a copy given
to each of the sopranos, tenors, con
traltos, bassos and so on. Tho drill of
theso people is continued until the vari
ous parts are fairly grounded by the
conductor, after which ho turns them
over to an assistant, who continues the
task until those who have tho least 6ense
of time and tnno havo thoroughly ac
quired a kndwledgo of the music.
nrJixiNO tiie cuoitus.
Of course it is desirable that a chor
inter should bo a trained musician to
start with: but sometimes a conductor
finds it less difficult to teach one who is
entirely ignorant of music, from the
fact that such a ono nsnally works in
dustriously, learning his task perfectly,
and rarely thereafter deviating from a
true rendering. The feminine portion
af a chorus is mainly selected for the
voice and appearance.
The voico is the primary consideration
among tho masculine members, but we
do make a point of assigning tho charac
ters of soldiers to men of tall stature,
aud those of civilians and peasants to
persons of ordinary height.
While the chorus is pursuing its labors
with tho assistant tho conductor devotes
his attention to tho principals, and after
each person lias had individual rehears
ing tho duos and trios are brought to
gether and rehearsed until they have
mastered everything.
At about this period we usually call a
rehearsal to decide upon tho positions,
entrances and exits, arranging what is
technically known as the "business" of
the opera and forming effective and pict
uresque groupings of tho characters and
chorus. When this has been perfected
wo rehcarso the opera as a whole, and
by this means tho principals learn where
their music occurs in tho action of the
play and the choruses discover where
their work fits in.
So we go on until the construction of
tho opera is completed and all its com
ponent parts aro dovetailed together, as
ono may say.
As I consider tho orchestra a most im
portant factor of tho success of any
1 opera, forming tho basis upon which
1 tho whole fabric is built, this depart
ment demands and receives my par
ticular attention. I havo tho members,
of mine brought together about midway
in tho preparation for a now production.
FINAL ItEIHUhSALS.
While all this has been going on Uie
sceno painter has Ijecn busy in his de
partment, tho property men havo been
preparing tho appointments, tho car
penters havo do vised tho mechnnical
contrivances, and tho gas eugiucer has
arranged for tho proper distribution of
tho lights and tho colored mediums or
glasses by means of which ho can pro
duco certain desired effects. The cos
tumers, wig makers and boot makers
havo taken tho measurements of prin
cipals and chorus,
A week before the date of a produc
tion I order a dress rehearsal, so that
each partaker can bo individually in
spected, aud changes that aro ndvisablo
can bo made at once. A good deal of
discretion aud good judgment is neces
sary to a manager in distributing tho
various parts to persons who will effect
ively fill them. Physical fitness must
bo considered.
Thus, women of elegance, dignity and
reposo of manner should bo selected to
represent court ladies, while arch,
ninuant littlo bodies do nicely for wait
resses and peasants, aud young ladies of
! not too feminine proportions aro given a
cuanco to wear a uouuiut ami hum-,
If It can bo arranged on the night just
previous to a new work being brought
out, wo givo a full dress rehearsal, in
tending it to bo in every department
equivalent to a first night's perform
ance, and wo oxert every effort to enable
tho artists to havo an unbroken rest on
tho day of production. Such In brief is
tho modus operandi of bringing out nn
oiwra. Rudolph A ninson in Kato Field's
Washington.
A ruinous Duck Hunter.
Ono famous duck hunter in Havre de
Grace is William II. Dobson, who has a
record that is unsurpassod in tho history
of tho river. His enthusiastic ndtnirers
contend that as a duck shot his equal
doed not exist, nnd his reputation is
world wide. Mr. Dobson has a record
of 020 ducks killed in ono day. Uo
performed this feat in 18S-1, nnd It has
never lweu qualed. Ho is n nativo of
Havre do Uraco, and is now about 60
years of age. Duck shooting has been
his delight riuco boyhood, and it is said
that he will lie in a bink for nn entire
day without n murmur, with 11 quick
cyo and ready hand for each victim that
cornea within range of hU gun. Ho rarely
wUwca a shot Baltimore Suu.
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