Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1889 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

— The following story is told about the beginning of Gound’s parents aid not at all fancy his taking up music.— They took counsel on the subject with the head master of the school which their sou attended, with the followi»g result: “Your son become a minuter? Never, sir,” replied the master. “He has a decided aptitude for Latin and Greek.” The »ext day master Charlie was called in M. Poirson’s study. “Well, sir, they tell me you’ve been caught writing music.” “Oh, ves, I want to be a musician. “You a musician? WT y, that’s no proses sion at all. But here is some paper and a pen Write me a new air on the words from Joseph ‘Scarcely merged from infancy.’ Then we shall see what you can do,” said the professor, delighted at the cleverness of his device. It was the noon recess. Before the bell rang to resume studies Gounod was back with his page black with crochets and quavers. “What, already!” said the professor. “Well, sing it Gounod sat down to the piano and sang, and tears soon began to gather in the head master’s eyes. H i embraced his pupil and exclaimed: “Ma toi! let them say what they please, you shall study music.—Al bany Express.

The Ohio election may be interesting this year, Last year the total vote was 841,941, of which, the Cincinnati Enquirer says, Harrison lacked 9,833 of a majority, the Prohibition candidate getting 24, 356, the laber eandidate 3,496 and 1,580 scattering. Nearly all of these votes, it says, will go to the Democratic party this year. And, in addition, there will be 200,000 k new voters who are tired of a war that was finished twenty-five years ago. Foraker’s defeat would be a national benefit.

Mr. Dozier, of St. Louie, the baker, has been rolling the Frencn bread as a sweet morse 1 under his tongue ever since he arrived in Paris, and wondering “how in thunder they make it bo crisp and put that glaze on it.” “1 went into a akery to-day and found out all about it,” lie exclaimed yesterday, his face oeaming with happiness; “and I’ll make bread just like it in America. It is simply a matter of allow ing a spray to fall upon the dough as it goes into the oven

In The House of a Rich Japanese. The wealthy Japanese make no display either in the architecture of their houses or in the way of furnishing, their pride is in the delicacy of their mats and the richness of the satin cushions. The chief room in the house of a rich Japanese is thus described: ‘The salon was 25 feet long by 15 wide. At one end, in the corner, was a small raised platform in a little niche and on on it a fine Imari vase three feet high, holding flowering branches of the cherry tree. Behind, upon the wall hung a very valuable hut very ugly kakamo of a god. Twelve blue satin foutons lay in two rows upon the floor and three standing lamps stood in a line between. A folding screen was placed to protect us from draught —and that was the entire furniture of the millionaire’s drawing room. The ‘mats’ upon the floor were of whitest and finest straw. The screen was a gorgeous one, with a battle scene painted upon a gold background.” The Japanese keep their bric-a-brac in fireproof buildings, to be taken one at a time and admired, and then replaced by another.

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