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CHAT ABOUT FAMOUS MINSTRELS.
SM.-KpMlllnir slorliH Ihst droit Old Jfolod
Rlurnt Cork Men of To-day.
‘•Negro minstrels uro born, not made,”
wid n retired disciple of the burnt cork pro
fession ton Mail and Express writer. The
old artist took a strong puff from the cigar
between his lingers, meditated a few sec
onds, and continued: “Hut.jokes nremnde
that live longer tlinn minstrels, and cause
thousands to lnugh years after the authors
•re buried and forgotten.”
t "Is negro minstrelsy on the decline?”
"Not a bit of it. Comedy proper, opera
bouffc, high tragedy, melodrama and spec
tacular amusements may pall upon the
public, hut genuine negro minstrelsy never
loses its fascinating popularity. The press
■lay have humorous paragraphs about the
ancient jokes negro minstrels get off', but
•U the same audiences laugh at them and
are highly entertained. Wnatis the secret?
Simply this: It is not the joke that creates
laughter, it is the manner in which it is
told. A common, half-way nmateur in the
business might relate an incident that
roally had fun in it, without causing any
body to smile. But a true artist of the
Charley Backus type could tell it so as to
•Ur up a cyclone of laughter.”
" You knew Backus, then ?”
" I should say I did. I have laughed at
bis antics and funny way of saying things
until my sides were sore. He related the
■ame gag every night for five and six
years with as much freshness and anima
tion ns when he first told it. He used to
oome on the stage at the Comedy theatre
with ragged trousers on. Birch would
proceed to catechise him. and finally, in
•peaking of his tutterSj call them ‘coupons
not yet detached.’ This usually brought
down the house. One of the amusing
things done by the old California Minstrels
was the duel. Backus would strut forward
•Dd say, ‘Hark ! the village bell tolls one.’
A big cow bell would ring out five times.
In parting from hissecond to stand opposite
his adversary Backus would utter these
Words: ‘if 1 fall, Alonzo, tell my father,
the duke, that I leave to him my estates in
Switzerland.’ I)nn Bryant, one of the
brightest negro comedians, use to write
comic sketches for the San Francisco Min-
•trels. One was called School, and gave a
fine opportunity for Backus and Birch to
be ftinny. Ah! but I know many first-
•lass minstrels and the jokes that fill up
their repertoire.”
“Who is the funniest minstrel you
know ?”
“1 think Wilson, of Barlow and Wilson,
takes the cake. Natural fun bubbles out
of him like water out of a geyser. For ten
or fifteen years he has exhibited his funny
qualities through one channel, bis cele
brated song, Waltz Me Again. Between
the verses of this song he gets off some of
his best hits. Whenever he runs
out of something to say he
asks the orchestra to waltz him
again, and cavorts around like a wild
giraffe. Although blacked up he does not
attempt the negro vernacular, but talks
rapidly in a pianissimo key. I have seen
him entertain an audience for halfan hour,
and finally beg off from the repeated
encores. One of his encore songs was (lit
Thee Uone Girl. The chorus ended, ‘But
the girl wouldn’t get thee gone.’ Barlow,
his partner, was a lawyer in Louisville
before he followed the burnt cork profes
sion. He has pathos in his nature and can
act the old negro truetolife. He has made
more money os a minstrel than he
would as u lawyer. There are
many queer ones in tho profession.
There is Cool Burgess. He is nearly six
feet four inches high, has a back as broad
as a church, and his voice can be heard a
mile or more. A fog horn would blush if
Qool Burgess should yell alongside of it.
Ho is what wo call a stalwart. One of liis
great acts is to chew scenery and eat soap
to get up a froth. When he does a song
and daneo the noise is simply deafening.
Oool is a corker though, and an old-timer.
“Thatcher’s style is good. He can tell a
story with inimitable suavity and graco.
The cold that he caught at the soap-bubble
festival generally catches on and tickles
bis audience. ‘Yes, I have a fearful cold.
At the festival I stood in a draught.’ The
Interlocutor naively asks: ‘What
draught?’ ‘They had beer on draught
and 1 stood in it all the evening.’ Another
one he usually gets off’goes well with the
womenfolk: ‘If I was a woman I never
would marry. No, I would not; I wouldn’t
go near a man, nor walk on the same side
of the street.’ A puuse. ‘Yes, and I
would raise my children up tho same way.’
I have seen women in an audience who
failed to see the joke until some minutes
had elapsed. When it dawned upon them
they gave way to laughter. Thatcher,
Primrose and West have grown wealthy
and have considerable real estate
in various cities. Billy Itice is ’way
up in his profession. Like Wilson,
he is naturally funny and can’t help it.
Who that has seen him in that farce, Slo-
uumb, where he gives away a cigar every
time his listener laughs, can fail to appre
ciate his talent. Billy is fat, and cuts a
ludicrous figure in a short jacket and a
small Derby bat. llis repertoire is ex
tended. Bob Slnvin is an eccentric com
edy negro minstrel. llis humor is quaint,
but never fails to catch on. I le is capable
of entertaining an audience all by himself
for an hour, llis very looks are provoca
tive of mirth. When the chestnut bells
came out, not many months ago.
Slaviu hung a gong on his breast,
under his long linen duster. The
picnic in the play caused a terrible
panic among the’mokes.' One burly ne
gro, foaming with rage, advances on the
jjtagu and calls Slavi n a coward. The only
answer he gave was two louud rings on his
ohestnut gong. It brought down the house.
McNisli has a specialty called Fun and Si
lence that is unique in its way. He cannot
be successfully imitated, because there are
few who have his wonderful athletic quali
ties. He is one of the greatest athletes or
acrobats in tho world. There is atnuso-
ment in the way he shows bis feats that
lilts him above theordinary acrobat. John
son frequent ly perpetrates a laughable gag.
Borne of them may have been veterans
ages ago, but anyhow they still
have life in them. He tells that
of the dead fireman who had engraved
upon his tombstone the epitaph : ‘Gone to
his last tire.’ He fairly brims over with
animation when ho starts out with tho re
mark that his ‘brother is part Irish, al
though they bad the same English parents.
His brother had a cork leg.’ Francis Wil
son, the comedian at the Casino, was once
a promising negro minstrel. He could
punctuate his songs, too, in the approved
style of turning flip-flaps, lie was ambi
tious and wanted to climb the ladder of
fame. 1 am told he began in comic opera
on a salary of slo a week. He now gets
fJOO and $300 a week. There is a fascina
tion about burnt cork that, as a rule,
keeps an artist in that line all bis life.
Wilson was an exception. Johnny Wild up
at llarrigan’s is a finished negro person-
ator. Tony Hart could not excel him in
that line. Wild can play to perfection the
high-toned city negro, who struts about in
affluence for a time, and then, for lack of
means, gets upon bis uppers. Barry Max
well made some little reputation acting as
a darkey in various plays. Hughey Dough-
erty, who has a striking appearance, was
accounted a star in Haverly s mastodons.
Hughey has a mouth that can stretch al
most from ear to ear. It is a peculiar fact
that those ministrels who draw the picture
of a negro true to life, who speak the ver
nacular perfect, do not make as great suc
cesses as real funny men. I could give an
extended list of successful artists in the
minstrel line, but those 1 have mentioned
are well known. There are others well
known, too, and many who are superan
nuated.”
"Do you see much change in perform
ances within the past few years?”
“No; everything, even to the jokes and
gags, is conducted very much in the same
style as a quarter of a century ago. If there
is any chnnge that I particularly notice, It
Is the absence of an attempt to portray any
renl scenes from negro life. Broad bur
lesque is given without any attempt what
ever to imitate the darkey's lingo. An
European who has never seen a negro
could not form a correct idea of the man
ners, conversation and traits oftliatrace
by witnessing u negro minstrel perform
ance. The proposed revival of negro min
strelsy in this city at tho old stand once
occupied by the famous California min
strels shows that burnt cork artists are
still appreciated.”
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COLUMBUS, GML.
roll NAI.K.
Building Lot and Dwelling on northun^t earner
of Eleventh street and Fifth avenue.
21 l*<»r Old. 111 voNtment.
Four Quarter acre lots, three 2 room Dwellings
and one .'i room Dwelling. Price $800. Renting
for $16 per month.
No. 265, the best located Build*
ing Lot in the city of Columbus,
Next south of Mrs. Griffin’s resi
dence, No. 1542 Third avenue.
Three Rose Hill Rosidenoea-
$1250, $1800, $2000.
Two Wynn ton Residence*—
$1800, $3000.
llwelllngN For Kent from October Ini.
Wynnton Residence of Mrs Elizabeth Howard,
next to Mr. W. G. Woolfolk, 8 rooms. $16
No 821 Third avenue, one story brick, 5 rooms,
water workH and good well.
No. 1216 Fourth avenue, 6 rooms, on hill; splen
did well; very healthy.
No 808 Second avenue. 5 rooms, water works,
next to Mr. R. W. Ledsinger.
No SOB Eleventh street, mxt west of Judge Poa.
2 story, 6 rooms. Will be painted and
repaired.
No 1221 Fourth avenue, next to Mr. Win. W.
Bussey, 2 story.
No 1421 Second avenue, opposite Mr. J. 8. Gar
ret,5 rooms,2d door above Judpe Ingram
No 1022 First avenue, 6 rooms, opposite east of
the market. Suitable for boarding house
Rose Hill now Residence of Mr. Harm, stable,
etc. $15.
No 1315 Third avenue. 2 story. 6 rooms, next to
Mr. Homer Howard.
No 1132 Third avenue, 6 rooms, waterworks and
hath room; next north Mr. A. m. Bran
non.
No 13-14 Third avenue, corner west of Mrs.
Rowe’s residence, 9 rooms, water worki
and hath loom.
No 313 Tenth street, now occupied by Mr. W
H. Hi lute, 2 story, 6 rooms, bath room
and water works.
NtorcM For Unit from October ImI,
Broad Street Stores Nos. 1204 and 1208.
Stores at Webster corner, formerly occupied
by John W Sanders. Will rent low to first-clasf
tenants and lit up to suit the business.
Brown House Hotel, 27 guest chambers, op
posite Rankin House. If it is conducted properly
will prove a gold mine. Business is inoreasiny
every day.
LAXDIiOKBN.
HTATE OF UEORUIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
PROCLAMATION.
I G^bVhENKY D 6 McDAm o EL. id9tate
Wiiebbaz, The General Assembly, nt its lust
session passed the following Acts, to-wit:
"An Act to amend the Constitution ol tho BtaU
of Georgia by striking therefrom paragraph 16.
Section 7, Article 3.” _ , .
Sec. I. fle it enacted by the General Assembly
of the Stale of Georgia,and it is hereby enacted b,
the authority of the same, that tho Constitutloa
of this suite be amended by striking therefrom
paragraph lfl of section seven (7), article three (3>,
which reads os follows, to-wit: 1‘ariyrraph XV.-
All special or local bills shall originate in the
House of Representatives. The Speaker of the
House of Representatives shall, within five day.
from the organization of the Oeneral Assembly,
appoint a committee, consisting of one from each
Congressional District, whoso duty it shall be te
consider and consolidate all special and local
bills on tho same subject, and report tbs same te
tho House; and no spocud or local bill shall be
read or considered by the House until the same
hus been reported by the committee, unless by a
two-thirds vote: and no bill shall be considered
or reported to the House by said committee, un-
lean tno Home shall have been laid before it with*
hi fifteen days after the organizaiton of the Gen
eral Assembly, except by a two-thirds vote.
Sec. II. Be ft Anther enacted, That whenever
the above proposed amendment to the Constitu
tion shall be agreed to by two-thirds of tho mem*
here elected to each of tho two Houses of the
General Assembly, the Governor shall, and he it
hereby authorized and instructed to cause said
amendment to bo published in at least two news
papers in each congressional District in this Stats
for the period of two months noxt preceding the
time of holding the next general election.
See. III. Bo it further enacted, That the above
proposed amendment shall be submitted for rati
flcation or rejection to the electors of this State at
the next general election to be held alter publi
cation, as provided for in the second section of
this Act, in the several election districts in thu
State, at which election every pe rson shall be en
titled to vote who is entitled to vote for mem
bers of the General Assembly. All persons
voting at said election in favor of adopting the
proposed amendment to the constitution shall
write, or have printed on their ballots the words,
“For ratification of the amendment striking par
agraph 15 of section 7, article 3, from the constitu
tion-, and all persons opposed to the udontion ol
the aforesaid proposed amendment shall write,
or have printed on their ballots the words,
“Against ratification of the amendment striking
paragraph 1ft ol section 7. article 3, from the oon
sti Union.” _
Sec. IV. Be it further enacted. That the Gov
ernor be, and lie is hereby authorized and direct'
ed to provided for the submission of the amend
ment proposed in the first section of tkisActto a
vote of the
tion of tho ~- „
article 13, and by this Act, and if ratified, the Gov
ernor shall, when he ascertains such ratification
from the Secretary of State, to whom the returns
shall be referred iu the same manner as in case*
of election for members of the General Assembly,
to count and ascertain the result, issue his procla
mation for the period of thirty days announcing
such result and declaring the amendment rati-
Sec. V. Be it ftirther enacted, That all laws and
parts of laws in contlict with this Act be, and th*
same are hereby repealed.
Approved September 24, 1885.
“An Act to amend the bust sentence of Article
7, SecUon 1, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of
Section I. Be it enacted by tho General Assem
bly of the State of Georgia, That the lastsentonc*-
of article 7, section 1. paragraph 1 of the Constitu
tion of 1877 be, and the same is hereby amended
by adding thereto at the end of said sentence th*
following words, “And to make suitable provision
. __ have been
. sothatsaid
sentence when so amended shall read as follows
"To supply the soldiers who lost a limb or limbi
in the military service of the confederate Statef
with suitable artificial limbs during life, and U
make suitable provisions for such con federate? sol
diers as may have been permanently injured in
such service.”
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That if thb
amendment shall be agreed to by two-thirds of
the members elected to each of the two Houses
the same shall be entered on their journals with
tlie ayes and nays taken thereon; and the Gov
ernor shall cause said amendment to be published
in one or more newspapers in each congressional
district for 2 months previous to the next general
election; and the same shall be submitted to th#
people at the next general election; and the legal
voters at said next generul election shall have in
scribed or printed on their tickets the words
"ratification” or “non-ratification,” as they may
choose to vote; and if a majority of the voter*,
qualified to vote for members of the General As
sembly, voting thereon, shall vote iu favor of rati
fication, then this amendment shall become $
part of said article 7, section 1, paragraph 1 of th*
constitution of the state, and the Governor shall
make proclamation thereof.
Sec. III. Beit further enacted, That all lawn
and parts of laws militating against the provis
ions of this Act be, and the some are hereby r*
pealed.
Approved October 19, 1885. >
Now, therefore, I, Henry D. McDaniel, Gov
ernor of said State,do issue thi
hereby declaring that the
amendments are submitted to tlie qual
of the State, at the general election to be held or-
Wednesday, October 6, 1880, for ratification or re
jection of said amendments (or either of them) at
provided iu said Acts respectively.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Ex
ecutive Department, this 3lst day of July, 1886.
HENRY D. McDANIEL, Governor.
BALL'S
, &c., attend to repairs and give carefi
supervision to all property in my charge. With
an experience of 13 years, l can serve you to ad
vantage.
TENANT**.
Call and sec my list. If I have not tho pi act
you wish, I will file your order free of charge and
till as soon as possible.
JOHN BLACKMAR,
se wed tYi tP_ Real Estate Agent.
J.C.REEDY,
Real Estate Agent.
No. 10 Twelfth Ntreet, Coluuibiu, iia.
FOR HALF.
$1800. One vacant Lot, W acre, on First avenue,
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets.
6000. Corner Sixth avenue and Eighth street, M
acre lot, two Store Houses, Wagon Yard,
and several out-houses. Terms easy.
1600. Quarter acre lot on upper Second avenue,
4 room House.
800. Quarter acre lot, 4 room House, upper
Second avenue.
1500. Quarter acre lot, 5 room House, up town.
Second avenue.
2000. Quarter acre lot, 8 room Hnu«e, 2 room
kitchen, well of good water and watei
works. First avenue.
3000, Quarter acre, 6 room House, kitchen and
out-house, cow and horse house, high and
dry, with water works attached, on Fourth
avenue, between 13th and 14th streets.
Six Houses and Lots in Girard, 150 yards
from lowei oridge, cheap.
One Store House and Lot in Chipley.
350 Cush. Three 2 room Houses and Lots in
city. Terms easy.
1250. Twenty acres land, 6 room'House, in Beall-
wood.
1250. Flight acres land, 5 room House, in Linn-
wood.
3000. Thirty-five acres land in Wynnton, two
miles from city, 5 room House, 2 room
kitchen, 2 servant houses.
300 or 400 acres fine farm land near the city for
sale or exchange. Several other farms for sole.
For Kent from October, 1st.
$25 00. Six room House on lower Brood street.
15 00. Four room House and kitchen on corner
of First avenue and Seventh street.
16 00. Four room House on Second avenue, be
tween Sixth and Seventh streets.
12 60. Four room House, 2 room kitchen, corner
of Fourth avenue and Eighth street.
10 00. Four room House and kitchen, Fourth
avenue, between Seventh and Eighth Sts.
12 00. Four room House on upper Second Ave.H
10 00. Four room House on upper Second Ave.B
To liitnilUmlz.
Any property placed in my hands for sale or
rent will have prompt attention. I do not trou
ble a man to death, or try to get other agents
property out of their hands, but do a square and
legitimate business.
«T. O. REEDY,
Real Estate Agent, No.io i2th St.
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Savannah News and Augusta Chronicle are re
quested to publish this notice once a week for
two weeks, and to send their bills to this office..
Z. D. HARRISON,
Clerk Supreme Court of Georgia.
In Re. The Eagle and Phenix Mauufacluring
Company. Petition to amend Charter.
^TATE OF GEORGIA - MUSCOGEE COUNTY:.
To the Honorable Superior Court of said
Count? : The petition of the Eagle and Phenix
Manufacturing Company respectfully shows,.
That it is a corporation of said state, located ana
doing business in said county, and its principal
office and place of doing bus ness is in Columbus,
in -aid county.
That the original charter and act of incorpora
tion was granted by the General As- embly of
said State by ail Act entit ed ‘ An Act to incorpo
rate the Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Com
pany of Columbus Georgia,” which act was ap
proved 10th of March, 1SGG.
That said Act of Incorporation did rot pre vide
for the election ol more than live Directors, nor
has there been any change in the lawt respecting
said corporation.
That the corporators named in said Act did or
ganize said company, and that the capital stock
o said company has been increased to one mill
ion two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, all of
which has been paid in.
That the object of said corporation was the
manufacture and sale oi cotton ami woolen
goods, and said company still carry on such busi
ness in said county.
That at the last annua 1 meeting of the stock
holders of said company it was resolved by said
stockholders that application should be made to
alter and amend the charter of said company, so
as to provide that the stockholders should, at the
annual elections, choose nine directors among
said stockholders instead of five, as provided by
said charter.
Wherefore, your petitioner prays that an order
may be passed at the next November term of said
Court declaring said petition granted, and that
the Fourth Section of said Act shall be so altered
and amended as that the same sha 1 read as fol
lows:
Sec. IV. That there shall be an annual meeting-
of the stockholders of said corporation at such-
time and place as the corporation may provide by
its by-laws for the purpose of electing nine directs
ors, and that the time of holding the first meeting
of the directors under the said first election shall
be fixed by said directors, or a majority of them,
and the said directors chosen at said election, or
at the annual election to be afterwards held,shall,
as soon as may be utter subsequent elections,
chose out of their numberia president,and in case
of the death, resignation or removal of the presi
dent or any directors, such vacancy or vacancies
muy be filled for the remainder of the year where
in they may happen by the said remaining r ireeb-
ors, or n majority of them may appoint a presi
dent pro tom., who shall exercise such powers
and iunctions as the by-laws of said corporation
may provide.
PEABODY, BRANNON & BATTLE,
, Petitioners’ Attorneys.
Filed and recorded in the Clerk’s office of the
Superior Court of said county this lsthdny of Sep
tember, 1886. GEO Y, POND,
sep21 oaw 4w Clerk S. C M. C., Ga.
CHAPPELL'S SCHOOL
For Girls and Young Ladies
Opens on Monday, September 27th, 1886,
Number of pupils strictly limited. Satisfaction
guaranteed to every patron.
Terms. $75 a year, payable in installments of
$25 in advance.
For full particulars address
J. HARRIS CHAPPELL,
sepl4 eodlra Columhus, Ga.
Catherine E. Jones | Libe , for Djvorce Qrder
James w! Jones. ) 10 Perfect Service.
TT appearing to the Court by the return of the
-L Sheriff that the defendant cannot be found in
the county of Muscogee, and it further appearing
that said defendant does not reside in the state
of Georgia;
It is ordered by the Court that service be per
fected on said defendant by publishing this or
der twice a month for two months before the
November term, 1886, of this court, in the Colum
bus Enquirer-Sun, a public gazette of this state.
June 7.1886. J. T. WILLIS,
THOS. W. GRIMES, Judge S. C. 6. 0.
Attorney for Libellant.
A true extract from the minutes of Muscogee
Superior Court at ita May term. 1886, on June 7th.
1886. GEO. Y. POND.
augll 2tam2in Clerk S. C. M. C., Ga.