Circus Bands. CONSUMPTIVE musicians have no place in a circus brass band. The player of an instrument who would travel around the country in the uniform of the "Greatest Show on Earth" must have leather lungs and a good constitution, as well as musical ability; for it is music that makes the circus go, and as the circus is going pretty much all the time, so must it be with the music. There is all the difference in the world between Concert Pieces FOR Mandolin Club. Arranged for First and Second Mandolins, circus music and a symphony concert; but the Waltz Andalusia. leader of a circus band has to be just as much of an artist in his way as the leader of a symphony orchestra. Carl Clair, a composer of many songs that have met with popular favor, has for a long time had charge of the big military band that travels with the Barnum & Bailey show. He has forty-five musicians; and they are all paid well, because of the amount of work they have to do. Mr. Clair said that in making up his band this year he had over five hundred excellent musicians to choose from. Good salaries and the opportunity to travel seem to overcome any scruples which the men have against the arduous duties. "The music has to be arranged with special care to each act," said Mr. Clair, speaking of his work. "All the trained animals are particularly sensitive to music; and so accustomed have they become to the correct pauses and drum signals, that if there should be any delay in giving them, ARR. BY ROMERO. Intermezzo from "Rusticana," .50|| March Terpsichore ARR. BY ROMERO. In Old Madrid ARR. BY ROMERO. Serenade by Metra . La Paloma .. ARR. BY ROMERO. ARR. BY ROMERO. ARR. BY ROMERO. ARR. BY ROMERO. ARR. BY ROMERO. Send for full list of this edition. We have a large variety of choice Mandolin and Guitar Music. the animals would simply wait for them. Take, monthly magazine devoted to instrumental music. for instance, the entrance of the great herd of elephants. It is preceded by a blare of music from the band. If the music were omitted, the keepers would have to drive the beasts in with their prods. "We have to change the musical program in the main several times each season, for the reason that the performers become tired of the same old tunes, and get listless. I make it my business to pick up all the popular airs of the season, and arrange them for the band before we start out. Lively dance-music, particularly polkas, is needed all through the show. "We have to do more than double the work of an ordinary band. We have, when on the road, to play for the parade in the morning. We have to give a concert for a half-hour in front of the tent in the afternoon and evening before the performance. Then we have to play continuously during both performances. I select young men for the band; as they do not feel the strain so much as old men, and are quicker in making the many changes in uniform required of them. "Aerial performers are very captious about the music we furnish them. They nearly all want a slow, dreamy waltz while flying through the air. They want the pauses made clear and distinct, as it is largely from them that they take their cues LABORS for two individuals—the farmer, and the man who has an honest article to sell to him at an honest price. That our efforts are being appreciated is attested by our daily increasing power. We go almost everywhere, but we cover Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, while making their mid-air leaps. I know many and Indian Territory thoroughly. of them who will stop in the middle of their act if there is any hitch in the music. "Heavy grand marches, played as slow as It is the only paper which covers the great Southwestern Empire thoroughly, completely, entirely. It has the respect of the people. They buy it, and pay for it because they believe in it. We want their patronage, but we must have their respect. 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He marched with the musicians, halted with them, listened knowingly to their performances, and after the parade disappeared, to return promptly at parade time the next day. Gradually the musicians became attached to this devoted listener. They named him Parade, and one or another of them always invited him to dinner. He accepted the invitation, and was THE NEW YORK FARMER as its name indicates, is primarily a paper for New York farmers. It is a weekly journal of the farmers, for the farmers and largely by the farmers of the country, and it has been so since 1881, when it was established. POINTS IN ITS FAVOR. It aims to give its readers a valuable epitome of the various departments of agriculture, covering all phases. Agricultural news generally is carefully condensed and supplied. Market reports are complete and reliable. Reading for the children and for the fireside generally is furnished amply. Its editorial policy may be summed up as follows: It is always frank and fearless in the expression of opinions. "A spade is called a spade." It was the pioneer in the warfare on the drugging and adulteration of food products—a warfare which is now bearing fruit. It is a determined foe to any legislation tending to the compulsory use of tuberculin in our dairy cattle. It proposes to continue its warfare on the iniquitous game laws of this and other States until relief is obtained. a pleasant guest. It was discovered that after dinner he always attended the theatre, where he seated himself calmly in the corner of the orchestra, and listened critically to the music. If a new piece was played he noticed it instantly, and paid the strictest attention. If the piece had fine, melodious passages, he showed his joy to the best of his doggish ability; but if the piece was ordinary and uninteresting, he yawned, stared about the theatre, and unmistakably expressed his disapproval. The Pittsburg Despatch is responsible for the following: Dogs have most acute ears in detecting differences in the quality of sound," said a musician recently. "I have at home a large Newfoundland that is a great lover of music. No matter in what portion of the house he may be, he always comes to me when I begin to play, lying close to the piano. "I have an old organ. It is one of those instruments with many stops and but few qualities. I think I have been able, after much endeavor, to distinguish two different qualities of tone in all the long row of stops; but my dog made it apparent to me that my ears were not as acute as his. I play for variety upon the organ, notwithstanding its being antiquated; and my dog seems to enjoy this as much as the piano, all except one stop. "Whenever I pull that stop out he rises to his feet suddenly, and commences to bark and growl at me in a most vicious manner, sometimes biting at the organ. Now, to my ear that stop makes no difference in the sound of the organ. I have tried hard to detect the distinctive quality which aggravates the dog's nature, but without success. have tried to fool the old fellow by commencing the tune upon one stop, and suddenly pulling out the obnoxious one. He never fails to detect this, though the sound to me is just the same." I RUMOR says that Mme. Patti has written both words and music of a romantic one-act opera that will be first presented at her Welsh castle. |