Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 June 1894 — Page 4

NOW IS YOUR chance. 31L SIC OF TH E VIOLIN.

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change* in prices; all goat ohl price. Five cents off $1.00 purchase. l{ cents <>tl 7'> cent purchase, 2 cents off'50 cent purchase. 1 cent off 25 cent purchase, anil paying ca*h for rnv coupon Ixaiks when purchase)! will give you 5 p)-r cent off. making a $5.00 hook fur #1.75, a $10.00 hiKik for $!<.50. All accounts that are not settled at proper time within .‘M) ■ lays will he dosed or settled by note. Dry Goods, Notions Boots & Shoes Unbleached muslin 5, ti, 7 and Sets, bleached “ ... .0, 7, 8 and 0 cts. Prints 5. 6 and 7 cts. Gingham* 5. 0 and 7 cts.

Half-wool dress goods

double width 25 cts. I Pins, two paper* for 5 cts. Cambric 5 eta. Linen collars. 10 cts. Cuffs, per pair. .20 cts. Ladies’ Shoe* $1.25, $1.75. $2.on, $2.50 slipper- $1.10. $1.25, f 1.50 Children’* Shoe* 50 cts, HO ct* and yI Stiff HaU $1 and $ 1.50 Soft Hats 5i i and 75 eta. Stanley Caps 25 cts. i

Groceries.

25 lbs. patent flour 50 cts. j 25 lb*. Vaudalia, Hig Four or Mansfield dour .... 40 cts. Bacon* 10 and 11 cts. I Ham 12'.j and 14cts Eggs 10 eta. Ifutter 15 cts. Lion. Arhuckle’s, Crystal and X. X. X. X. coffee. 25 cts. Beat roasted coffee in bulk 80 eta Sugar 20 to 24 lbs .$1 j Sirup in pails 50 cts. Sorghum .00 eta. Jelley “ 45cts. W hite Fish, II hooped pails 40 cts. Crackers, four lbs. 25 cts. John Riley, South <JreencH*tle.

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PECULIARITIES OF A FAMOUS AND WONDERFUL INSTRUMENT. A CoiinoiftHcur Who Has* Ma<le a I>i»«*oTrry. S»i ifiilar Fart*. Which Master* «»f and Art Hava? Not Sol\**d Fcttera From Ole Hull and Ilcinrnyi. [Special Correspondence.] Nnw X'okk. May 17.—Thirteen miles from New York, on the line of the Northern Railroad of N'-^.Jersey, in a little hamh't consisting of not more thr.n 20 houses, lives a man who has found something which has been sought after for over 800 years. His treasure is merely a sound, or, more properly speaking, an appliance the use of which will produce a certain quality of sound the secret of which the makers of violins from the days of Gaspard di Salo to the present time have lieen searching. His name is William Henry Brady. Pioneer Violin Maker*. The V>est authorities unite in stating that the violiu reached its present form about 1540. Since that time it is acknowledged to hold the first rank among musical instruments not only on account of the beauty and (quality of its tone, its variety of expression of light and shade, hut. also on account of its ability beneath the touch of a master hand to express the deepest and tenderest emotions. Gaspard di Salo, who from 1550 to 1612 worked with unceasing enthusiasm to bring the instrument to its highest state of perfection, may lie called the pioneer in the history of violin making. In his work may be traced the gradual development upon which his followers built their reputations. After him came Andrea Amati, the founder of the Cremonese school, his brother Nicceilo, and his sons Antonio and Hieronymus. The name of Guarneri is probably familiar to every pos-

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MR. BRADY AT WORK, sessor of a violin throughout the world. Contemporary with Guarneri was the great Antonio Stradivarius, whose fame has been sung alike by poet, artist and musician. Of an example of this great master's skill Longfellow wrote: A marvel of the lutint’s art. Perfect in each mlnuteiit part. And in it* hollow chamber thus The maker from w ho*e hands it came Had written hi* unrivaled name — “Antonin* Stradivarius. Curious Caik*. These are some of the names revered by violin lovers, and whose productions are prized not only by musicians for their superior musical qualities, but by these connoisseurs who love violins for their beauty of form only. There is something almost supernatural about a violin. At least that is what violin makers have held from the days of its early development to the present time. It is well known that in comparison to the great number of violins turned out by the old masters only a few were considered worthy of Iteing known as products of their skill. It was all on account of a lack of that peculiarly elusive quality of tone which was so necessary to distinguish the violin from the “fiddle.” The old makers found the Riuite difficulty to conteud with which frets the modern violiu builder. Two violius may be made from the same materials and by the same hand, and one will possess all the qualifications of a first class instrument, while the other will be so inferior its to be worthy only of a place iu the category of “fiddles.” To still further illustrate: A slab of perfectly seasoned Swiss sycamore may be split in half and one half taken for the back of one violin and the other half used for the back of another instrument. The bellies of the two instruments may be fashioned from opposite halves of a slab of seasoned Swiss pine. This rule may be followed throughout in the construction of all of the 58 separate parts of it violin. The completed instruments may have been calipered to within it hairbreadth of each other and lie identical its to form and dimensions, and yet upon the application of the bow one will be found to lie worth $500 and the other $5. ()nc has the tone; the other has not. Why this should l>e is a secret too profound for scientists or philosophers to fathom. A ConnolHiwur. I found Mr. Brady in his little workshop at Palisades Park, Bergen county, N. J., among his beloved violins. He was surrounded by instruments of all sorts and conditions, from the common shop fiddle to a delicately modeled and highly prized Cremona. The old Cremona was there to bo u*od as a standard of excellence which would be reached by the cheap violins before they passed from under his magic ninnipulations. “Sometimes, ” he said, “I can hardly realize that it has Ix-en left for me to invent the simple device which, had it boon known 300 years ago, would have spared the old makers many hitter disappointments. Here it is. It isn’t much to look at, is it?” and the old gentleman took up a little piece of metal of js culiar form and weighing loss than an ounce troy. It appeared to be made of bell metal, ami as he balanced it upon the tips of his fingers and struck it lightly with a pencil it gave out a sound rather like a toy cymbal. "The principle is well known,” con*

tinned the inventor. "It is that of th» sounding board of a piano. That was not difficult to think out; but, bless you, there was a great deal besides the principle to discover Is-fore it could be applied to the violin. , “It tixik years of study to teach me that form had a great deal to do with it I found that the simple insertion of a sounding board between the belly and back of a violin would increase the i volume of tone, but at the sacrifice of its sweetness and purity. This would never do. I worked for five years experimenting with different forms of sounding boards lief ore I began to get some of the results I sought. I found that one form would add greatly to the power, purity and resonance of the E and A strings, while the G and I strings were rendered flat and screechy. I lost many nights’ sleep trying to figure out how to get the best of that obstinate piece of ' catgut. It is needless to go into partic- ! ulars further. I subdued that refractory i G string at last, and now listen to this. ” The Correct Soun<1. Taking up one of several violins, i which, from their freedom from spot or blemish, showed plainly that they had but recently been under the touch of the ! varnish brush, Mr. Brady screwed the i keys one way or another until the instrument was in tune. Then, picking up a bow, he drew it with a sweep of his arm across the strings. The result was magical. It was as if the very air in the little shop quivered in response to the volume of a sound which issued from the violin. Mr. Brady is no mean performer, and his years of experience have taught him a series of exercises which besf serve to test the capabilities of the instrument. For five minutes he drew from the violiu such sounds as could only have proceeded from a very superior instrument. By striking the E string with the finger a sound was produced which carried like the sound of a bell and died away with the same reverbatory undulations. Mr. Brady laid it down almost reluctantly as he said: “If you should tell a hundred musicians that that fiddle was one of a dozen which cost me less than $12 for the lot, not one of them but would laugh in your face. But it’s the truth. Strung up and varnished, that grade of fiddle soils in the shops for about $2.50, and that is too much for some of them. Thr Sounding Itoard, "Experience has taught me just where to fix the sounding hoard so that the sound wavt as they play back and forth between the belly and hack of the violin are caught up by it and magnified and strengthened. The acoustic properties of the instrument an* augmented, and the bell metal imparts a softness as well <ts iin added strength to the tone. “I am well aware of the prejudice which has long existed against the use of metal in the construction of violins. “Those who profess to be posted will hold up their hands in holy horror at the idea <>f metal touching the instrument. I shared the prejudice for many years until I found that as the violin itself owed its tone value to its peculiar form, so a metal plate, if of the proper form, was the only material which would give the much desired singing quality of tone. ” Mr. Brady then played his old <’remoua, and it was impossible to distinguish between the two instruments in the matter of power and purity of tone. I went the next day with the old gentleman to a dealer in Maiden lane, where a $500 Amati was fur sale. We tisik along the $3 fiddle and smuggled it into the shop. The dealer took the Amati, which was a well preserved specimen of the great maker’s skill, from its envelope of soft silken wrappings and laid it tenderly upon the counter. I asked the “professor’’to test the instrument. He did so and drew front it its very heart. Then, picking up the $2 fiddle, Mr. Brady played the same exercises which he had used to test the capabilities of the Amati. The dealer listened with open mouthed astonishment until the “professor” had finished. Then he asked to see the fiddle which had not only equaled but in some respects surpassed the valuable Amati, not only in power and resonance, but in sweetness and purity of tone as well. A I’llzxleil Itraler. He asked to examine the instrument, and his astonishment was increased tenfold when he found that, it belonged to the genus fiddle. Not even the purfling on the back was real, but was merely a streak of dark paint in imitation of the inlaid wood which is vouchsafed to the most ordinary make of cheap violins. Through the sound holes he caught the silver glint of the sounding hoard, hut before he could examine it further the “professor” gently took it from him and replaced it in its ease. We left the dealer with the dazed, wondering look still upon his face. Mr. Brady has in his possession something which he prizes next to his wonderful discovery. It is an autograph letter from Ole Bull, written after he had been persuaded to examine one of Mr. Brady’s earlier attempts at improving fiddles. Even then his efforts were bearing fruit, as was proved by the great Norwegian violinist testifying that the discovery was remarkable and imparted to the commonest fiddle a tone onlyfound in the high grade instruments. Another one of Mr. Brady's treasures is an unsolicited letter from Edward Remenyi, the great Hungarian violinist and the acknowledged successor of Ole Bnll. Remenyi marvels at the discovery and declares that it will “do away with all fiddles. ” Mr. Brady has no idea of ever turning his discovery to any pecuniary account. He seems satisfied to know that j he has his treasure safe in his keeping I and has repulsed the advances made by I capitalists who have recently learned of 1 his discovery. To ure his own words, "I have forever done away with ‘fid dies,’ and that is enough for me.” W. C. Pratt.

Hlval riayem (Juarrel and One Is Felled With a Hat. Mobile. Ala.. June 2.—In a Southern league ball game yesterday Jantzen. Savannah's catcher, gave little Billy York. Mobile's center fielder, the shoulder at the homeplate on a close play. After j some words York, who weighs only about 125 pounds, lost his head completely and picked tip a bat. Before the big catcner knew what he was about York swung heavily with the stick and gave Jantzen a whack on the knee, following it up with a blow on the left side of the head that felled Jantzen to the ground and rendered him unconscious. Left Fielder Clark of the Savannah team ran in, picked up a bat and made for York, but was pulled off. Y'ork was arrested and gave Isuid. CIVIL WAR BRLAKS OUT. Supporter* of ex-I’remier StanibuloflT of Hufiri .Make an Attack. London, June 2.—A dispatch to The Telegram from Belgrade, Servia. says: The following telegram has been received from Sofia: ‘‘Ex-Premier Stambuloff and the ministers which formed his cabinet an- under arrest. Civil war has broken out. Two batallions of troops have rebelled and demanded the reinstatement of Stain buioff. They have been joined by the gendarmes in an attack on the troops who have declared for Prince Ferdinand.'’ H«*r Own Heath. Pittsburg, June 2.—Bessie Kendricks, 34 years old, a member of the “Crystal Slipper” Opera company, died suddenly here yesterday. It is believed she was the wife of Frank J. Raichell of Chicago, i Death was the result of a criminal operation jierformed by herselt. Fart of a Pleaiture Farty Drowned. Buffalo, la.. June 2.—By the capsiz- [ ing of a sailing boat yesterday afternoon a pleasure party of several persons were thrown into tiie Mississippi. Mrs. H. j Hoppes anil her two children were i drowned. The others were saved with | difficulty. Strike Quickly Won. St. Louis, June 2.—The 1,500 union j carpenters who went out yesterday to secure an adjustment of wages, returned i to work today. The rate of 85 cents an hour demanded was conceded by con-

tractors.

Great strike Nearing; an Kn<l. M( Kkesport. Pa.. June *2.—Represen* tatives of the National tube works and its thousands of striking employes are today engaged in arbitration of differences and are in a fair way to effect a

settlement.

WellH-Fargo Forger Sentenced. St. Louis, June 2.—J. S. Breeding, the young forger who flooded the country with bogus Wells-Fargo money orders. pleaded guilty in the criminal court and was sentenced for three and a half years,

Today** l-ocai Market*.

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Jordan’s poultry house.i

Hens ", Springs, choice I'ocks, ytniiiK and colls Cocks, old Turkeys, hens, choice fat Turkeys, youna. choice fat Turkeys, old linns

Ducks 4'4 Geese, choico f. f. Slbs and over 25 Geese, pluisked 2n

Kinr*. fresh, subject to himibliitr * Butter, fresh roll f>

“Old Colony" Poultry House.

The Old Colony poultry house, as depicted in The Poultry World, is a building 24 by 12 feet. There are thri'e divisions, making four rooms inside. The

E "E *0 Mjcf i EXTKRIOR OF POULTRY HOUSE, first room is used for the young birds the next for Silver Spangled Hamburg*, next for Golden Penciled Haniburgs and the next White Cochins. Over the door is a pigeon roost The building has a hard pine floor. Frc vent ion of Fotato might. A writer in western Iowa states that he has tested the matter and finds that potato blight is more prevalent in fields where the rows rnn east and west than if they are laid north and south, as the rays of the sun cannot penetrate the thick foliage of the potato plants when the drills are east and west, nor do the vines dry as easily after a shower. He believes that plenty of sunlight is one of the best preventives of blight, to secure which the drills should run north and south. onk pkick for all. Fine granulated sugar, 21 lb* $1.(K) A Miagar, 22 lbs ] .oil XC sugar. 25 lbs l .tHj Soap, gin** and star. 7 bars. .25c Best syrup molasses per gallon 25*' Coffee. Lion, NX XX and Crystal 23'., e The best 30c coffee for 27 1 .,c Best flour, per sack 37'.'c < 'raekers. per lb 5,. 3 cans Best Corn 25c 3 lbs ginger snaps 25c 8oda per lb. 71.,. W hite tlsh, three hoops. ;iue We give you ten cents off on a dollar of dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, etc. .!. SUDRANSKI. 175-Ot Corner Main and Ohio Sts.

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We are the sole agents for the above line of Stoves and I have a full line on exhibition. H. S. RENICK St CO, : ; : EAST SIDE. : : :

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I ITU i: TO F.LKCTKIi LIGHT HIDDEKS ! Si'ii!|ir<i|i(isals will be received by the Common Council of the city of (trccncastie, Ind., up to 7 o'clock p m . Tuesday. July 10th, IHili. for llirhtink the streets of said city by

electricity as follows:

Lights to run all night, Philadelphia moonlight schedule, with pro rata compensation for lighting on any night when notified by

said city.

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rudders may hid on cltber or both of the above proposition* for the tonus of three and

live years.

Rids may he made on a basis of «5 minimum and Inn maximum 'JUKI candle power are lights to he located at points in said city desig-

nated by the ( ommon i ouucil.

Said eily will also require from 12to25twcnt.\ candle power Incandescent Ilghls, which may he ineludisl In bids. Kach proposal shall he for the price of each light per annum. A eerlilied cheek of $50or a hood with freehold security must he included with each hid, the same to be turf el tod If the hid is accept isl and the formal contract is not signed within

thirty days.

ISiddei'.K must state in their hid the earliest date when | hey can begin light Ing under I heir

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Tile t ninmim Council of t he city of Greeneastle. Ind., reserves the right to reject am and all_Idds. ARTHUR TIIKuop, 17tt-12t i ity i Ivl. Engineer. i.reencastlc, Ind . May 31. 1*14

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A Keinoval. The tlrst das* shot* shop of the city is operated by Thomas O’Connell, who is now located m Nelson block 1st door south id W.H. Burke’s grocery on Vine street. Cheapest and best work in the city ; repairing a specialty. 172-tf \ll the Fart* Here. The Banner Times received tojday the full sets of “Sheep's World's Fair Photographed.” All the parts front one to thirty-two now ready at our counting room. | See coupon in another column .if

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