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" A VIOLIN MACHINEI’“
, By Means of His Invention a Seattle Man
Says He Makes Them All Perfect.
There is a violin maker in this city
who has an altogether new theory in re-
gard to this instrument, and one so new
that it is totally at variance with the
general impression. It is that there is
no accident or luck in the superior tone
of a violin, but that they can be made
of a given tone one after the other with
perfect assurance. It has been asserted
that a good, honest violin maker may
turn out 50 specimens of his best work,
and yet only a few of these prove to be
first-class instruments. The history of
famous masters in the art would seem
to bear out this assertion. - -
. H. IV. Oakes, who has been making
violins in this city for 18 months, and
elsewhere for nearly twice as many
years, brushes all this away like a moldy
cobweb, and says he can insure a first-
class instrument every time, and that
there is no secret» about it.
“The trouble about all the makers is
that they do all their work by rule of
thumb and by the eye. I make mine by
mathematical rules. Once having at-
tained a certain perfection‘I can dupli-
cate that result .with mathematical ac-
curacy.”
“And. the tone ?”
“The tone follows as a matter of
course. It must. Now, there used to be
secrets in the art, of course. It was long
before anyone could turn out an instru-
‘ment that could compete with the old
Cremonas. First, they thought the se—
cret of the latter’s superiority lay in the
varnish, and many years were spent in
attempts to find out that secret. They
found it out at last, or rather, that it was
no secret. They discovered that the
cabinet makers of Cremona used the
same varnish as Stradivari used. Then
they thought the secret must be in the
wood, and for some time they pinned
their confidence to that. They took ex-
traordinary pains to get just such re-
sonance and letter tone, and even took
the wood from a fine violin and put it
with other wood, but with all their ef-
forts they made as many failures as suc-
cesses.
“Now, Stradivari used the same ma-
terial for the whole of the 800 violins he
made, and yet the good violins were the
accident. Only 50 of all he made turned
out to be good instruments, and yet
you call him a master.”
“Are there any violins comparable
with these 50 '2”
.“Certainly. “'ithin the last 50 years
just as good violins have been made as
have ever been made.”
“But age has something to do with
tone?”
“Undoubtedly, provided the violin is
played on. It mightdie a century, and
if not used would not improve at all.
Tiolins are like every hing else in the
world; they have their birth, their
growth, maturity and decline. I would
say that at about 75 a violin would be at
its best. I know that after 100 years
they begin to lose their power, and
finally become comparatively worth-
less so far as tone is fi?()l".('l‘l‘ll€(l.”
"And how, in ma: . .U' Instrument.
are you so confident what its tone will
be, Mr. Cakes ‘3"
“By this little machine here,” he re-
]Ilied‘f’pointing to a machine that had
the appearance of a little turning lathe.
“If you'.take one of my violins and mark
it into small squares, you will find the
thickness corresponds in each cor-
responding square. This machine will
show the dilferenc , if it is only’the
thickness of a piece of gold leaf. I
spent 20 years studying the defects of
I iolins and how'to remedy them before
I made one. Then I got down to mathe.
matical nicety and I made this machine
to insure it. . I \
"Why, here is a shop violin, costing
$1.50, that I have worked on for experi-
ment, Because of its correction of tone
it is now worth from $50 to $100."
"How many violins could you make'm
a year?” '
“I could make about one first—class
one a month; say ten in the course of a
year, and if I disposed of that number
in Seattle I should be contented and
happy.”
"If they should all prove to be good?”
was hazarded. ,
“There is no if. They would be mathe-
matically perfect, and the tone would
speak for itself, straight to the heart of
those who know music.”—Seattie Post-
l’utelligencer.
. , . Freak Reptile.
' One of the most interesting creations
of nature is the luminous ccntiped, a
curious combination of lizard, snake
and natural electric light plant. It is
about 11/; inches long, its body being
covered with short hairs. Its body is
very narrow and appears to be in sec-
tions. Inconsequence of this peculiar
formation the creature appears to move
sideways, except when frightened,
Then the natural electric light, plant
feature appears, and with an almost
instantaneous wavelike motion, begin-
ning at the tail. the color of the rep-
”~-
tile changes from orange to a greenish
phosphorescent shade. Then, spark-
ling like a tiny streak of green light,
the creature darts away to a place of
.Icfugc. When one of the pair is in
search of its mate the color grows: a
bright yellow, but at will the centipetl
can resume its darker color, and then.
if lying close to the grain of a piece of
wood, is hardly noticeable—N. Y. J our-
nal. ' - .
He Got the Job.
The youth was an applicant for a
place in a Montague street railroad
magnate’s office where his principal
duty would be to ward off by evasive
answers the hordes who daily haunt
the place.
“Where have you been employed?”
queried the magnate.
“Here and there,” responded the ap-
p1icant,.airily.
“Humph! Doing what?”
“Oh, this and that,” was the guarded
reply. _
“You’ll do,” said the magnate, admir-r
'ingly, and the youth now beeupies a
desk near the door of the outer office
and dispenses his peculiarly definite an-
swers with great liberality to all
comers—N. Y. Sun.
A BATCH OF BIG FISH STORIES.
It is reported that the petrified re-~
mains of a whale, 80 feet in length, have
been found in the hills north of Loni-I
poo, a dozen miles or so back from the
sea, in Santa Barbara county, Cal.
A 20-pound togue. the biggest fish ever
known to have been caught: in Moose-
head Lake, Me, was hooked by a guide
a few days ago. It measured three feet
four inches in length, and is thought
to be the largest specimen of the trout
family evercaught in Maine.
An unusually large octopus, with eight
arms, 'cach measuring a little less than
six feet in. length, was lillltll at Ala—
meda, Cal., a few days ago. The fish
fastened its tentacles on a boat which
a fisherman was rowing in the harbor.
The man rowed «his boat ashore, the fish
still clinging to it, and killed the octopus
with an car.
A. devil-fish, measuring'lffl/2 feet from
the tip of one of its eight. arms to the ’
tip of another and ten feet from the
top of its head to the tip of its longest
arm, was killcdin the channel at Santa
Jarbarav, Cal., by two boys a few days
ago. It was the largest devil fish ever
caught in those waters.
HUNG IN MIDAIR.
[he Perilous Plight of a Soldier in Chi-
nese Thibet.
.An amusing story is told of the Eng- ‘
lish officer who determined to enter
Chinese Thibet hy stratagen. He man-
aged to cross the frontier at night, and
so escaped the guard.
On the following day, however, while
the officer was journeying deeper into
Thibct, the Thibetan soldiers overtook
him, and informed him that as the
country was unsafe because of rob-
bers, they would go with him in order
to protect him, to which arrangement
the traveler was compelled to agree.
In a few hours they came to a river,
which was crossed by a rope bridge.
The Thibetans passed over first, in or-
der to show that the bridge was safe,
'and then the official got into the noose
and was pulled along by the Thibetans,
Suddenly, however, they ceased pull-
ing, and left the Englishman hanging
in midair above the rushing torrent.
In vain the officer shouted 'to the
Thibetans to pull. They merely smoked
and nodded their heads. The hours
passed, and still the officer hung above
the torrent. At last the Thibetans
agreed to pull him back if he would
leave Tibet immediately. This, of
course, he was compelled to do, and
took his departure from the forbidden
land. _
Old-Time Accomplishments.
The following extract from the Bid-
deford Times gives us an idea of the ac-
complishments of our grandmothers in
household arts, of importance in every
girl’s education:
Mrs. Ann Emery, of Saco, died at the
advanced age of 93 years. When ‘she
was married, in 1825, her accomplish-
ments were stated as follows: She
could cook all kinds of food in an ex-
pert manner; sew and knit, spin and
weave cloth, make her own clothes from
cloth made with her own hands, make
butter and cheese, make soap and tin-
der,—-this was long before the days of
friction matches—dip candle, sing and
dance.” '
All excepting the two last were con-
sidered indispensable requisites in be-
ginning the married life and when to
these were added the two last, the bride
was regarded as very highly accom-
plished.
Quit the Pipe.
The death of Janet Livingstone,
younger sister of the explorer, recalls
a story concerning the future doctor‘s
father. One day David bro ght home
the news that a heavy duty was to be
put on tobacco. Neil Livingstone—who
was not a. rich man—was just lighting
his pipe as the news was broken. He
put it down unlit. “‘If we have got to
give it up,” he said, “we may as well ,
begin now.” He never smoked again.
For
Throat
And Lung
TrcIIbIes, Take
" - YER’S
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‘ Cherry Pectoral
Received .
Highest Awards,
At World’s, Fair.
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When in Doubt, ask for Ayer’s 1.4113.
BRIDGEPORT,
The o o o .,
Domolkiead
@ompany. ‘
PICNIC WEEK
AT THE
TOILET COUNTER.
Various and popular Extracts in
bulk. Wholesale prices for retail
quantities. A week of sweet per-
fume—fragrance let loose.
Edward Pinaud’s French odors,
35c. an oz.
ROGER & GALLET’S-
VERA VIOLETTA, 650. oz.
VIOLET’I‘E DE PARME, 55c.
BANQUET DES AMOURS, 60c.
AU CHYPRE, 600.
AI.’ IRIS BLANC, 600.
PEAU D’EspAcNE, 650.
Colgate's triple extracts, all odors,
19c. an oz. Young’s crab apple
blossom, 38c. an oz. Also various
other perfumes, French and Ameri-
can.
. Bring your bottle and let us fill it;
take advantage of this week’s prices
and have it refilled now.
SPECIAL.
Special prices on Body Brussels
Carpets for one week. No distinc-
tion in price on account of pattern.
Earlier the selection larger the variety
to choose from. One of the finest
chances ever offered. I
Look out for the bargains in'the
Upholstery department this week.
Some of them like this: A lot of Silk-
ines, from 1 to 10 yd. lengths, for 6c.
a yard. One lot of' curtain Scrim.
50. a yard. One lot Sash Muslin,
slightly soiled, 170. a yard. Beauti-
ful g chenille Table Covers, 92 cents.
3 Covers, 42 cents.‘
Nottingham lace Curtains worth
$2, for $1.29.
Another step forward in the Dress
Lining field—RAINBOW PERCALINES.
So much handsomer than cheap
Cnina silks that Metropolitan dress—
mikers now use them as foundations
to distinctly bring out the new grena-
digie and canvas weaves. Shades to
match every color in dress goods.
They also make a good lining for
sofa pillows, foundations for lace bed
sets, and fancy work generally; all the
efiects of silk at about one—quarter
cost—”’0 cents a yar , There's an
improved tone to about everything this
Season. '
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- for demand and 34.87%@4.88 for 60 days.
K
IN SENATE AND HOUSE.
Senator Palmer Compliments Secretary
Carllsle—Mr. Pickler Chagrined.
WASHINGTON, May 8. —In the senate to-
day Mr. Gallinger (Rep, N. H.) presented
a resolution calling on the secretary of
agriculture to report immediately the rea-
son for the'delay in distributing seeds. It
was agreed to without comment or di-
vision.
. The resolution for a bond investigation
.vllas then taken up, Mr. Hill, who rs.
talned the floor, yielding temporarily to
Mr. Palmer (Dem., 1113.) in a speech op-
posing the resolution.
“I oppose this resolution, said Mr.
Palmer, “because I regard it as an illegit-
imate means of procuring material ' to
affect and inflame the public mind.”
The senator went on to say that-he did
not suppose any senator, except possibly
the senator from South Dakota (Petti-
grew), questioned the integrity of the sec-
retary of the treasury. The secretary’s
judgment, perhaps, might be disputed,
the correctness of his acts might be ques-
tioned, but there was no question of. in-
tegrity involved. Mr. Palmer reviewed
the platform utterances o the parties, cit-
ing the old adage, “The or—ld do move.”
Mr. Palmer said the country had’ moved
since the platform declarations of 1892,
and it was evident that the financial
planks made at Minneapolis and Chicago
would not satisfy the people in the' com-
ing elections. In mentioning Mr. Cleve-
land’s return to the White House in 1893
Mr Palmer said the president had called
to his aid “that able statesman, that pure
and honest man, J. G. Carlisle.”
In the house Mr. Pickler (Rep., S. D.).
chairman of the committee on invalid
pensions, who was defeated last night
when the house refused to stand by him
and'continue’the legislative day for the
purpose of clearing the calendar of. private
pension bills, brought business to a. stand.
still today by objecting to the approval of
the journal without a quorum. After
much delay the journal was approved, 174
to O, and some routine business was trans-
acted.
The speaker appointed Messrs. Boutelle
(Rep., Ma), Robinson (Ben, Pa.) and
Cummings (Dem., N. Y.) conferees on the
naval appropriation bill.
Mr. Stone (Rep, Pa.) secured unani-
mous consent for a bill to amend the act
creating the circuit court of appeals while
Mr. Pickler’s attention was temporarily
diverted. He rushed up the aisle and at-
tempted to interpose an objection.
“Too late,” drawled the speaker good
naturedly. “The chair twice put the re-
quest while the attention of the gentleman
was providentlally diverted ” Laughter
greeted the speaker’s sally and Mr. Pick-
ler’s chagrin. '
One Day’s Government Receipts.
WASHINGTON, May 8.—-National bank
notes received for redemption, $244,471; ~
government receipts from internal reve-
nue, $470,313; customs, $427,946; miscel-
laneous, $107,655.
Gold Engagements For Paris.
NEW YORK. May 8.-—No definite engage-
ments of gold for shipment to Paris have
yet been announced, but. it is expected
that Lazard Freres will ship from $750,000
to $1,000, 000 and L. Von Hoffman & Co.
from $500,000 to $750,000 in gold coin by
Saturday's steamer. .
The llIethodist Woman Question.
CLEVELAND, May 8.—By a vote of 425
to 98 the general Methodist Episcopal con-
ference adopted the report of the commie
tea on eligibility and refers the woman
question back to the churches to be voted
on again.
A Student’s Suicide.
NORTHFIELD. Mass, May 8.—-Herhert
S. Crowell, aged 21, of Brattleboro, a stu-
dent at Mount Hermon, shot himself
through the heart while temporarily in-
sane and died instantly.
Aubrey Beardsley \Vell Again.
LONDON, May S.—-Mr. Aubrey Beards-
ley, the Edglish artist who was reported
to be very ill in Brussels, has recovered
his health and has resumed his work in
London.
Fatal Riding SchoOl Fire.
BERLIN, May 8‘.——The riding school at-
- tached to the University of Heidelberg was
burned last night, and 2 women, 2 chil-
dren and :27 horses were burncdto death.
Suicide of an Ear-Missionary.
HAMILTON, N. Y., May 8.—David
Smith, a retired missionary. committed
suicide by hanging today.
The “Feather.
Generally fair; warmer; variable Winds.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.
NEW YORK. May 7.-—Money on call nominally
2@25ré per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 4lé@
5% per cent. Sterling exchange firmer, with
actual business in bankers’ bills at 84.88%m.b9
Post-
ed rates. $4.88}§@4.89 and $4.89lé@4.90. Com-
mercial bills. $4.87. Silver certificates, 6854a}
6834c; no sales. Bar silver, 67350. Mexic’an
dollars, 53%(5. Government bonds easier for
the new 43: others steady. State bonds dull.
Railroad bonds lower.
Closing prices:
Atchison ........ .. 14%
Bur. & Quincy.... 7956
C., C., C. & St. L.. 84%
Chesapeake & 0.. 16%
Chicago Gas...... 68%
Cordage ......
Cotton OIL. . .. . . .. 1458'
Del. & Hudson.. . .127
Distillers’ Trust...
Erie ..... . .......... 1456
General Electric.. 34%
Hocking Valleyf. . 18
New England..... 48
N. J. Central. . . . . .10555
North American.. 5%
Northern Pacific" 1%
Do. pref........... 1%
N. Y. Central..... 97%
Omaha............ 43
Ontario & West.. 14%
Pacific Mail....... 26%
Reading” . . . . .z. . . . 11%
Rock Island.. ..... 72
Silver Bullion... ..‘ 68
Lockawanna. ..... 161% St. Paul........... “7%
Lake Shore ........ 149% Sugar Refining. . . 23
Lead .............. 25% Texas Pacific...... 8%
Union Pacific..... 7%
\Vabash pref...... 17%
Western Union... 85
Louisville & Nash 50
Missouri Pacific.. 25%
Northwestern . . . .105
General Markets. ' ,
NEW YORK. May 7.—FLOUR—State and
western steady with wheat: city mills patents.
[email protected]: winter patents. [email protected]; city mills
clears. 34.10 (234.20: winter straights. [email protected].
WHEAT—No. 2 red opened easier. but turned
strong on chinch bug and hot weather reports
from, the southwest: May, 687/6@68%c.; J une, 69
@59%c. .
CORN—No. 2 quiet. but firmer with wheat:
June. ailém J uly. 35%@36 1-160.
OATS—No. 2 firmer; May, 24%@24%c.; track.
white, state, 24% $250.
~ PORK—Dull; old to new mess. $9@10: fam-
ily. $10.5OZIIII.
LARD—Dull; prime western. steam. $5.05,
nominal. ,
BUTTE B—Steady: state dairy, 10@15}éc.;
state creameI-y. 114; 16c.
CHEESE-Steady: 5@9§4c.:
small. 4%@10c.
EGGS—Steady: srme and Pennsylvania, 10%.
@1lc.; weatern. 7@h%c.
SUGAR—Raw quiet. land steady: fair refin-
ing. 396d; centrifugal. at test. 45.43.; refined
quiet: crushed. 6c.; powdered, 5%c. ~
TURPE NTINE—Dull; 2844(6u29c.
MOLASSEh—Steady: New Orleans. 29®37c.
RICE—Steady; domestic. 3%@uc.; Japan, 43
4%c. ' .
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, WHAT IT MEANS. ]
Norwalkls Learning it. Learning It
Fast—Proof Not Lacklnz
Everybody hasit.
That Tired Feeling.
Don’t know what it means.
Keeps you awake at night.
Destroys daily comfort. .
Wearies the body. Worries the mind.
You would shake it-ofi.
You would be healthful and strong.
So you can. . .
If you go at it right.
First. learn what it means.
Some say it's bad blood.
Others say it’s a lazy liver.
They’re all wrong.
Tired feeling means tired Kidneys.
Just as lame back means Lame Kid-
neys.
And backache means kidney ache.
How do we know it?
Because Doan’s Kidney Pills cure it.
And they are for kidneys only.
How can we prove it? .
Because Norwalk people say so.
Here is a case in point. '
Mrs. White wife of A. U. White the
batter, Address No. 47 River street.
Mr. White says. “My wife took Doan’a
Kidney Pills.” '
“Took them for backache."
"Found them just as represented.”
“Is much improved.”
"Doan’s Kidney Pills did the work. ”
“Got them at Hale’s drug store.”
Doan’ Kidney Pills are for sale by all
dealers; price 50 cents, or mailed by
Foster-Mhburn 00.. Buffalo, N. J.,
sole agents for the United States.
For Itching Piles, irritation of the
genitals, or itching in any part of the
body, Dean’s Ointment is worth its
welgbt In gold. No matter how long-
standing the txouble, Doan’s Ointment
will not fail to give instant relief.
rUBIIIsH BATHS
[FOR
Malaria, Rheumatism, IIeuralagia,
AT
llr. Shepard’s Sanitarium.
A skilled Masseuse and Electrician in
attendance in the Ladies’ Department.
Chas. H. Shepard, M. D.‘,
81 and 83 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS.
BROOKLYN, N. v.
A short walk from the Brooklyn end of
the Bridge and Fulton Ferry.
DAVID .W. RAYMOND
Funeral DIIIIIII and Ellllallllfll‘.
. «Jam I"
39 Washington Strict South Norwalk
Rosidenée. Manackemo Hotel.‘
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will consult their own inter-
ests by giving us a. call.
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Gutter ‘
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Can raise a, fearful racket
and make the neighbors
feel they wish thewhole
outfit] I
" noises are forever hushed.
A (3.001) PIANO.
. SkilllullyManipulaled,
was where such
calls forth our music-10v;
ing spirits and bids them
worShip the manwho first
invented the [wonderful
instrument.
Schleicher Pianos .
Are Known
THE- WORLD OVER.
Have you ever tried one? ,
Come and see our works. .
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