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THE AMERIOUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER- WEDNESDAY, MAI 6, 1891.
SEW YORK BOY CHOIRS,
most of the episcopal churches
NOW EMPLOY THEM.
EnotffV » u r* Aro Hord to Somira—t'ODBt-
( itunali KfMiury Urforo the
Trainril Ckofr Ii'fUady to Sing A«v
c , P ubly—Gerraon Bo;i Preferred.
Boy choirs are now an established
feature of worship in a majority of Epis-
conal churches in this city; but few
members of congregations have any
knowledge of the work of the choir be
yond that gained as listeners. The search
for singers, the teachers’ rehearsals and
the many hindrances to the successful
maintenance of a vetted choir are allont
of sight
Before the existence of a general de
mand for boys with good voices, an or
ganist was often bfdeged by applicants
and bad only to make his choice. How
different the conditions are today every
organist, with the passible exception of
those of Trinty.parjah, can Attest Trin
ity has at command the parish schools
from which, mnch after the English sys
tem, the choirmaster may select his
voices and maintain a supplementary
choir.
Not so fortunate, however, are most
choirmasters. They are obliged to de
pend on such sources aa advertisements
in the newspapers, both English and
German;Sqnday achool. of the par
ish and the public schools, and the offer
of a commjsfftniio hWf JjW. *«««!»» a
saa*£ac*oi7l®g9Wi named
faperhapathajjMatinrtiircliitliod,
and many; 0*4 jrofceei'fcevs been ob
tained by it; hot no one of the above is a
son method of reeppomring the ever-
ehanging personnel of the choir, and
many organists probably appreciate th»
feelings of the choirmaster of one of the
largest Episcopal churches in New York,
who, when asked in what manner he
provided for vacancies in his choir, re
plied that be "tnuted to lock.”
coon SCHOOLS.
If church services demanded a daily
choral services choir schools such ns ex
ist abroad would be necessary, and
thosa interested hope that in time snch
Institutions will he maintained in this
country.
The lack of materia! for solo voices
has prompted the organists of some
prominentchnrehes, snch asSt. George’s,
8L Mary the Virgin's, All Angels, and
8t. Ignatius’, to employ femalo voicesdn
this capacity, and even as auxiliary
chorus singers, and the future will
doubtless see many other churches com
pelled to adopt this expedient, which
can certainly he defended on musical if
not on ecclesiastical grounds.
The most successful choirs in New
York number about thirty-five voices,
viz., sixteen treble*, five altos, seven
tenors and eight bassos, and although
authorities differ somewhat the best re
sults appear to be obtained when the
parts are divided in about this propor
tion.
Voices vary greatly in quality and
carrying power, which makes it difficult
to give a definite law covering every
case, bnt some adult voices are a neces
sity.
The number of rehearsals varies ac
cording to the style of mnaio rendered
and the ability of the choir to read
tnnsio readily. In few churches arq the
rehearsals for boys less frequent. than
twice weekly, and in many cases inch-
vidnal lessons are given in addition.
Many listeners express wonder at the
facility with which the, little choristers
render florid passages; bnt except in
rare instances these results are accom
plished by hard and patient labor on the
part of both Instructor and pnpil.
GERMAN BOYS IN DEMAND.
Boys of German parentage arc greatly
in demand, they seeming to possets bet
ter voices than American lids, and in ad
dition a musical instinct, which is a
great help to proficiency in their art
Boys are available for choir work be
tween the ages of'9 and 18. At an
earlier age than 9 they donotpomeaa
sufficient intelligence to bo of service,
and except in rare cases their voices do
not last after the sixteenth year.
For a time before their voices art en
tirely lost boys are sometimes available
for the alto parts—the aimer register
being useless—but thislaagrest injustice
to the chorister, aa the value of his voice
in after years is by this course seriously
depreciated.
Boys’ voices have two registers, the
"thick” and “thfa." Ia the' first the
vocal chords vibrate in their whole thick
ness and in the latter only the thin edges
of the chords aro employ*!.
The sweet, UrfiBke^mality of the
tnijeil chorister is'dbe to the use of the
higher register or head tonto rather than
to^isUnt practice, aa UgenMfiy gup-
An untrained boy willaing naturally
in the thick register, .producing a hard,
disagreeable tone, and hi* voice will
wrer out long.belora' theuUloted period.
In addition to thoifluto' Kk* timbre
when thb thin register is employed, 1 the
compass of the voice la extended up to
G and A above the staff without effort,
notes which would be impoerible for the
entrained boy to deliver.
In nearly all the snrpUced choirs boys
are paid a salary which varies from $1.60
™ I 10 monthly for' chores work,’ and
from $15 to $60 a month for aolobts. Ex
ceptional voices command corresponding
A system pf fines for tardiness, ab-
wnce and misbehavior is generally en-
tbreed as tbs moat satisfactory method
°f maintaining discipline, and it is prob-
•blo that the angelic countenance of the
average choir boy is nourished by the
Prnpect of the aalanr Which this oourab
wU1 preserve intact—New York World.
cumuli, ami lieu it:,.
Tile importance of climatology it grad-
nsily becoming recognized. No one can
doubt that of the' many factors which
contribute to helper binder physical well
being, a very large share must be at
tributed to climate, understood in its
widest sense—i. o., to those conditions
of atmosphere and soil which are con
stantly operating upon us by day and by
night. The air wo breathe, its temper
ature, hnmidity, pressure and purity,
the amount of sunshine wo receive, the
character of the winds to which we are
exposed, the nature of the soil on which
wo reside, ail these factors have a po
tent influence upon the organism in
health, and still more potent influence
upon it in its more unstable and sensi
tive condition when the subject of dis
ease.
While fe w will care to question inch
obvious considerations, climatology is
still comparatively neglected, and does
not yet rank where it will probably
some day stand—via., alongside hygiene
and dietetics. The reason for this com
parative neglect ia probably the vague
ness which has hitherto for the most part
surrounded-this subject, and the paucity
of accurate and definite data relating to
It. It is also nnfortnnate that the avail
able information ia-so often obtainable
only from interested persons,- whose
natural bias in favor of certain localities
will often, in spits of the most upright
intentions, lend a more or lees unreal
coloring to their Statements.—New York
Ledger.
Curious People.
It doesn’t take mnch to attrectacrowd
ia New York. Let two gamins start
across Fourteenth, street on a run any
afternoon, and before they have gone a
block there will bejUmndred people at
their heels, all running. No one but the
boys know whst’s up, but the crowd
rushes thither without any. inquiring.
Let a mao stop on a corner in plain view
and gbgp intently at the sky, and in ten
minutes fifty or more people will have
gathered about him and directed their
gaze heavenward. Only New Yorkers
would do this. Curiosity is the common
failing. I. witnessed a noteworthy inci
dent of this character the other evening.
It was at the corner of Sixth avenue and
Fourteenth street.
A man halted at the foot of the ele
vated station and pointed his umbrella
toward the rear of the corner house.
He did it to demonstrate the extent of
New Yorkeis’ curiosity. He stood there
half a minute, when a second man halt
ed. Then » third stopped, and within
five minntes the street was blocked and
the street cars couldn't move. Several
policemen were there, too. and all gaz
ing at the rear wail. Some one said
thieves were climbing over the roofs,
and other stories equally ridiculous were
bruited about. Fnlly 800 people stood
there, not knowing why they did so.
was half an honr before the streets were
cleared.—New York Star.
■4 > ChMS| I
“IT
STARTED
WITH
A
COLD."
DOCTOR
ACKERS
ENGLISH
SBS
■IT tastes Goon,
NOTHING SUCCEEDS
LIKE SUCCESS.
VH. RADAH’S
CROBE
KILLER
MOn TRULY AM CORRECTLY CALLED
Hi 8fatnt Medicine In thllbitt
A WONDERFUL TONIC
AND BLOOD PURIFIER
AUfOST fflUCTMW CUSIS
Of bopelcee sad apparently incurable disease,
ere constantly being mads. It la
tbs Impossible, by curing i
SOU NOT KSAPT01HT zzpictahofs.
Vote people are celng cured by Microbe
Killer than by ell other medicines combined.
FLEETWOOD A RUSSELL, Sole Agents
for Sumtercouuty. july22-dlyr
Cigarette Smoking Increasing.
"The laws against cigarette smoking,'
said a member of one of the largest firms
that manufacture that article, "which
forbid their sale to minors and call, in
New. York at least, for the immediate
arrest of every yontli under sixteen who
is caught smoking them in publio places,
have not had the slightest effect on the
cigarette market. Despite these laws
and the thnnderings of the medical pres*
the cigarette business has grown steadily,
and the entire output pf v>e factories to
day is fully one-third greater than that
of two years age. Even if the laws
against the cigarette smoking minor
were strictly enforced, which' they are
not, it would not at all inflnence the
trndfc
'The reason is found in the fact that
the average little boy who affects the
taper wrapped weed has only a very Uni
ted capital at his command. A* he buys
only the cheapest brands the big deaims
wont waste time in selling to him. He
rarely invests in a whole package, and
denis almost entirely with those queer
little shops in side streets where cigar
ettes are sold in broken lots at the rate
of two for a penny. A* you can easily
see, the entire suppression of this branch
of the business is not liable to exercise
An Odd Occupation.
There is a Uttle guild of men face
tiously called "The Early Birds.” They
rise in the summer before the sparrows,
and though they do not go to work
themselves it is their vocation to can
other people to work. On dark winter
mornings they are out before the mow-
birds are awake. They have regular
routes, and every morning between 4
and 8 o’clock they atop at houses, ring
door bells and tell people it’s time to get
up. Their clients are batchers, barten-
Sho Knew*
An up town teacher asked a girl how
■•“y bonce there were Id her body, and
“J glib girl nearly Bwailowed her cliew-
gum In her haste to answer 208.
Wrong! There are only 207,” said tho
teacher. "Yes’m,” was the triumphant
response; “bnt 1 swallowed a fish bona
Philadelphia Record.
den, car driven, twtourant keepers and
car oondneton, men who have to go to
week very early imthamofeiing; and to
whom it is a serious matter to be fifteen
minntes or half air hour late.
Some of them Mflythipli bare from
fifteen to twenty customers. They get
from twenty-five to ififtye*nf*'Aweek
from each. The bartenden usually pay
half a dollar a week tor Bring
The fact that their business is a success
ful one shows that they are mart relia
ble and effective than an alarm clock.
Their day's work is finished in two
hours.—New York Journal.
Church Ventilation.
We wish som^bodj would give us a
few practical views as to tbs ventilation
of churches. By the time a religious
service on Sunday ia half through the
church often' becomes so hot the air so
impure and the heoren so sleepy that
Uttle good ia dona by tho sermon. Wo For sale by I
wish architects were half as solicitous Americas, »*■
UPnMR MOL, Frepririsrt,
Doubts, (jppMl’i Stock* tWAHHftHi ttb
For sale by the DAVENPORT DRUG
COMPANY, Americas, Os.
T. S. GLOVER
Has Just opened no at Watts' corner
with a choice clock of
Fane;: and: Familf; Groceries
And herewith asks s share of the public
patronage. Connected la a neat and
ooajr Bar* where
Ai tout Wm. Liquon, Bw and Cgtrs
Cm. be found. When yon need me come
tndeeeme.
T. S. GLOVER
A Certain Core for Dyspepsia.
There Is perbaps no disease, so prevalent as
Eg
lenceJdttinlatalnthehmdTwu!
heaviness or rlddinmmrimmm|
Or. Holt'* Dyspeptic Elixir Company!
fioritm par bottle. Moxtxxoxa, Ox
THE LITTLE SEWING MACHINE HAH
orrzRs roa sals
SEWING MACHINES S; MOTORS
For all Machines on easy terms, and can
supply Ibe best
'» UIIO)
FOR All MACHINES.
Special attention given to repairing
email Machinery. • Orders by malt will i
selva promut attention.
IffiRF
wish architects were half as solid tone
about ventilation as they are about the
tarn Of an arch or tho groove of a pillar.
—Chi'Atinn Inquirer.
A It tally. Truly Martyr.
Dr. Eisen—You nre getting near sight
ed, madam. Yon should wear glasses.
Mrs. Gidet-Oh, doctor! My noso is
too ornali to hold eye glasses, and specte-
8m are so Tory unbecoming What
shall I do?—Puck.
S.AM ROUTE.
Local and Through Schedule in Effect April
1891.
Mix'd.
Daily Ex.
Sunday,
Passengr
Sunday
Only
■No. !•. 1
MailAEx
■PiUJyj
6 41
• 4S
6 60
ill
T 10 pi
6 20 ft i
8 28 F
8 39
• 46 F
863
8 60
■ 06
• 13 F
626
942
■ 63
10 62
7 26pm
2 12 pm
No*
to—*ng*r
Dally.
7 00 pm
7 12 F
762
T 87 F
8 11
827
842
663
6 66
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6 10
T 60
ii 00 pn
12 49 F
1 00 am
726
4 45ftm
627
650
6 02 F
660
6 43 F
664
7 24 F
7 82 F
7 89 F
746
TMF
• OOF
8 01 F
8 15 ft m
WESTERN DIVISION.
STATION*.
Lv....Omaha Arr.
.. Lours Iff Junction..
Irvin
....a..Lumpkin
StoB
...ft—tom
WiM
Jennings
......... fiftltsr
New Point
Littlejohn
At.... Americas ...Lr.
No. 1.
Mail.
Dally.
SoTT
Pass'ng’r Mixed.
Sunday Dally Ex.
only
9 60 p m n 59 a m
8 27 F
760
7 87 F
727
7 19
706
6 66F
6 62F
6 46 F
• 41
• 85F
6 28 F
6 26F
• 15 p I
12 55 pi
10 87
10 00
9 47
EASTERN OIVISIOI.
STATIONS.
....Lv..,.
..Gatewood
Bnntlnctou
Desoto
Cobb
Mil la Ex.
Dally.
?sr
;sr
T 29
t7 22
664
6 48F
6 87
• 20
607
666
!S
8 IT
517
6 02
4 61
446
IN
422
li oopm
.6 06 pm
8(4
3 23
306
3 00
If
210 1264
2 04 am
1 66ft
7 40pm
1165
16 26
866
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• 32
818
807
7 64
745
780
7 13
lit
846am
616pm
IV
6 Cl F
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207
167
146
166
126
1 29
1 04
-12 54
12 41 F
12 40pa
7 35 an
F—Flag Station.
W. X. MARSHALL*
Gen’l Supt
E. S. GOODMAN,
Qe&'l Paso. Agt.
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF GEORGIA
SoutDweatem Division.
Correct Sohednle, No. 22, in Effeot'April 12,1891
SAVANNAH fit WESTERN DIVISION
Schedule No. 10, taktnf effect Apr. ltth, INI.
No. A Between Savannah and Blrmln(bainJ No. A
Dally. vis Americue, Dally.
TAOpm Leave Savannah Arrive TAOpm
■ .... Lyon- • UOam
Americue,
Buena Vista,
Arrive Columbus, Leave
150am
523pm
Daily.
Fas«enger
No. 6
Dally.
Fast Nall
EAST BOUND.
No. 6
Xany
Past Nall
pH,
3:83am
618 •*
• 89 ••
1060 M
5Kpm
286pm
418 '♦
A 66 ••
1090 M
016am
68i "
a r.' r^rtvamr lv.
“ Atlanta "
" Angnata “
" Bavannah "
108pm
1118am
7B:
910pm
trip m
if:
i8‘-”
No. 7
Dally
Passenger
wS 1 ’*
442am
7 85am
No. g
i aS p - m
ll-s
WEST BOUND.
Lv. America. At.
\ r ' «« “
•• Montgomery Lv.
No. 6
A
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t“S3
Doily
Piwvnge,
825a m
Ors
NoTY
“tt-
15S p - m
i0Mpm
4E.ni
TUam
TXam
BoT5
Daily
TlPF
25S “
640 •
TO PLORfDA.
^Th?a, ^
:
M Jacksonville ••
No. 6
g6»y
78 «r
No. 8
1ST
w 1
Solid Train, with Sleaploz Can Bata fan Savannah and Birmingham.
For fortbar Information ralatlva to tlckate, Mhedalet, boat route* etc. ate., apply to
A. T. MAXWELL, AganL J. C. McKENZIB, Bnp’t, E.T. CHARLTON,Oen. Poos. Ag*t.
Americue. Os. Hmtlhvllte, Oa. Savannah.G*«
D. H. BYTHE WOOD, Dlvlelon Pom. Az’t., Columbua, Oa.
D- D. CURRAN, Bnp’t, Oolnmbu*. Oa. J. C. BHAW.Trav, (bus. Ag’L, Savannah Oa.
PASSENGER SCHEDULE
SBWANEE ElVEE BOCTE TO FLOBIDA,
Taking Effect March TV, I SOI. Etaadsrd Tims, 90tk Meridian.
UoThfl hoBfH:
QOtNO BOUTH,
I U p mil in a i
?io 6 gg|tla:i
Bs9|
rir;
10®.
tvT
10 Mam
ifija®
depart from anion depots la Msoon andPalaUca andf.adF.
'C^*nseilo n o nertb^boand and son lb bonnd !e mods In Mtcon with trains of Central
, ’o»nenSpks..nger AgenL
KEBBYBUBNB7C.T. and P. A. Na sit Mntberry»«.
JAMES MENZIES, Bouthesxtern Agent, * West Bay BL, JackeonTUle, Flo.
■ ■ t .Union Depot.
SCHOFIELD’S IRON WORKS,
. . FOUNDRY AND HACinNE SHOP. i i ..
THE
FURNISH THE LATEST
PAPERS
NOVELS,
MA8AZINES
Fashion Plates.
Will receive subscriptions
for any paper or
oubication.
ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
PLACE.
Mardre’s Book Store.
Americus News Go.
FcbA-iy • •
S. A. M. ROUTE.
Smomli, Americas & Montgomery R'y.
TIME TA1ILE
Taking Kffeet April 19,1891.
TS5- ft m.lvo.... .inrininghaTn.
10 00 ! ' r ^
10 27 ,
2 15 p in
iSp.
Ivo Ilirtningham arri 7 00 p m
lve...sChUderabnrK.....lve 6 05
lTO.......0ylacauiEa Ive 4 40
he *0pell£ft ,lve 1 25
arr Columlmn...
Ive Columbua.
arr Kllaviita.
Ive • KUavilla.
arr AmericwK..
ive. Amrrlciia Ive H oo
4 30 ft in !v«....s.. .ll.yona Ive 1 Oft
arr Savannah.....* Arr 7 40 j
Charleston arr
11 45 am
it 20 *
9 06
X BO
8 20
ft 10 * in
2 1ft p m
tetw'iTtobhtifiunery and Americuff, via Opeffka
Ive Montgorae^ ....arrl 7 1ft p m
Ive Opelika arrl 1 os
arr America* ......lve t 9 2» a hi
Mont go in »*ry find Aiudrirua, via I'ulon
• Spnnga and Coinmbm,
7 40 am lve.....Si5«Ugam«y.....arrj 7 06 pm
3 60 1rt...... Colnmbua...... arrll 20
If 69 If arr Amnrirus Ivf| ft 20
ltfftw’n Montgomery and~Americn» t 'via Eufaula
7 40 a m lvnT... .Montgomery.... -arr 7 oft p m
1106 Ive Eulanla .......Ive 4 07
12 jo pm Ive Albany arr ir
280 arr America* Ivc 11
between Amerlcna and Jaokiionvllle, via Helena
|7 00 pm;lre Amerinso
118 ft mllve
0 10 UUT Brunawick
766 |arr..... Jackaonvllln
.arr 8 00am
; 3 fift am
s It 00 pm
jweat* and at Amerfcus for
(irmtngham and all points In the Northwest.
• Mead Buttons.
Sleeping cars between Columbus and Savan-
Fassengem from Charleston destined to polnta
west of Bovannab, change car* at C. 6c 8. June-
^.MARSHALL, X. B. GOODMAN,
Oen. Saperintendent, Otn. Pace. Agent.
America., Oa. Americua, Oa.
»M. CAROLAN, 8. E. Faae. Agt,
gavaanah.Oa. K. A. SMITH,
M. d. Mo -
Americux, Oa.
JKO. T. ARGO, C. B. A.,
Ameriena, Oa.
O. H. SMITH, O. E. Am
New York, N.Y.
Wot gala by the I
COMPANY, America*, Go.
DRUG
J. S. SCHOFIELD’S SONS A CO., l’rop’re.
Manufacturer» of Steam Undine*, Iioilere, Cotton Preneon an<l General
Machinery, Cotton Ginn, Cane Millx and Saw Milla. Dealers in Mill and
Machinists’ Supplies. Special Attention to Repair Work.
dAw+T-teM. MACON, GEORGIA,
East Tennessee,
Virginia and
Georgia R’y
• System.
-B THE ONLY—
Sbortand DirectLineto the ffortb, East or
This lino Is conceded to be tho best equipped
anil runs the flucst Pullman Sleeping Cars in
the South.
• Elegant Pullman Sleeping Cars, between
Jacksonville and Cincinnati,
Titusville and Cincinnati,
HrunsvJck and Louisville,
Chattanooga and Washington,
Memphis and Now York,
Philadelphia and New Oilcans,
Chattauooga and Mobile,
Atlanta and Chattanooga,
Without Change.
For any information srtrtr—
RKNN, Oea. Fa—. and Hek*t Aft
Knoxville. Twm
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