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Tho Virtues of the Violin,
lu power, volume and variety of
* and, the organ is justly entitled to
beoallelthe king of musical instrn
ments. Bat in two important point*
it yields to the violin and to the other
members of the violin tribe—the viola,
the violoncello and the double bass
When someone asked Mozart to state
what was requisite to constitute a good
pianofjrto player, he toncbed his fin
gers. his forehead and his breast, there
by indicating that the pianoforte plsy
er needs biaiu, feeling and dexterity oi
hand. Now, given the feeling, the pi
ano is naturally so cold an instrument
that even the most skillful pet formers
on it find a diffioulty in throwing all
the feeling of whioh they areoonsoious
into their playiDg. The violin, on the
other hand, is a warm and sympa
thetic instrument, and readily respond*
to the mood of the pet former. In oth
er words, the connection between the
performer and the instrument is more
intimate in the case of the violin and
its congeners than in that of any other
instrument. Next, all other instm
mfnts lack the power of ‘‘singing." In
this respect, the piano, the harp, the
gnitar, and its first cousin, the banjo,
are notably deficient; since, rightly
counidt-red, they are merely instru
ments of percussion, and caauot even
sustain the notes whioh they omit
Ihe flute, the organ, and all other
wind instruments, ou the other hand,
do posses this sostenento capacity
But they cannot, like the human voice,
till in, ho to speak, the gaps in the gu
tout, But ate there any gaps in the
gamui? Mont undoubtedly there aie
enorrnous gaps. The octave at pr -
eni in use among all civilized nation.*-
comprises but thirteen distinct sounds,
all told. But iu the scale constructed
by ecintiHt6--He!mholtz and others
and hence called the Philosophical
Scale or Gamut, the number of dis
tinct sounds is 6even'een; aod
this gives bat a very faint idea of the
almost innumerable degree of tone, dis
tinguishable by an acute ear, between,
saj middle C and its Now,
the human voice can render all these
shades of sound, and so also can th< j
violin tribe. The music produced od
these instruments may, therefore, most
aptly be termined “linked sweetness
long drawn out.”
The monument committee of the
Pickett Association of Richmond, v a.,
have submitted a plan for the propos
ed monument to the late Gen. George
E. Pickett in that city. The hexago
nal design is recommended. The en
tire height of the shaft will be about
eighteen feet, with six rustic columns
and six bronze plates for inscriptions,
one for Gen Pickett, one for each ol
the four brigades and one tor the ai
tillery.
The following curious sentence con
tains all the letters of the alphabet;
“A quick brown fox jumps over the
j’izv dog." It is good for use in
the copj’ hook, because the writer is
thus able to practice on ast-lhe charac
ters from a to z.
N*; r y all of the Tinted States Sen
ators a< large men, their average
v e : ght running close to 180 pounds.
Tho manner of bathing is considered
a luxury and the pnblio bath houses
are the most used by people in moder
ate circumstances. These bath houses
are to be found on every other block,
and there are first, second and third
class ones, so there is no excuse for on
cleanliness in Paris. They are always
very nicely kept, and the service is ex
A bower of palms and flow
ere greets yon as yon enter, and the
whole appearance of the plaos is invit
ing. In the first class establishments
the waiting rooms and bath rooms are
rery handsome. Yon take your bath
ticket at the door for a plain or bran
bath with towels; a peignoir is always
extra, and so is the lining of the tabs
with a sheet. Yon can purchase soaps,
combs and brushes, perfumery and all
toilet articles at a counter in the wait
iDg room. Yoa are allowed a half
hour in your bath room, and a bell
rings in your room to warn you it is
time to vacate when the regulation
hour is reached. Of late years all
apartment houses are being nnilt with
bath rooms, and no donbt the public
bath houses will in time be entirely
given over to the poorer classes.
Street car travel in Maoilla: The
ears have three compartments; the mid
<He one, having cushioned seats, is call
ed first class, and the one at each end,
which has no seats, is second class.
They are open at all sides and are
rough, clumsily constructed and poorly
painted concerns, carrying a conductor
and a driver, who keeps a police wbis
tie between bin teeth and blows it in
o‘ssan‘ly from one end of the line to
the other. Two little Australian pon
ies pull each car and they go at a fair
rate of speed.
Sometimes these ponies, which are
not much larger than Joe Emmett’s
big dog, and are quite remarkably in
tclligent, take a notion to balk. Then
the driver gets down, puts his whistle
iu his pocket and, with the assistance
of the condutor, drags them along the
track until they get ashamed of them
selves and are ready to declare the
strike off. The driver and conductor
climb into the car again, the former re
sumes his shrill whistling an 1 the car
oontinuea its journey. But, of course,
none but the natives and very poor
foreigners who have no social standing
ever think of riding ia a street car.
A little six year-old girl in Cincin
nati named Emma Byers has a pair of
eyes that are a wonder. In her right
eye is a perfect form of a doll baby,
handsomely dressed and with beauti
ful features. In her left eye is a min-
iature cresent. In spite of this her
sight is excellent. The child is alto
gether very pretty, and the parents ex
pect. in time, to make a fortune by ex
hibiting her.
The results of the survey and last
census of India are that the area of the
Peninsula of Hindostan is 1,382,624
square milej, and the population 253,-
891,821. Although immense tracts of
oountry are annually cultivated, ac
cording to the most recent survey 10,-
000,000 acres of land, suitable forcul
tiv-tion, havß not as yet been plowed.
At the same time, 120,001,000 of acres
are returned as waste land.— [PuDlic
Opinion. I
Criminal biology is new develop
mmt of eoience, but one of eminent
value. The New York Academy of
An ; hropology sends out the following
questions: 1. What categories of
criminals may we distinguish? And
what are the fundamental characters,
physical and psychical, which they die
play? 2. Is there a general biopath
ical constitution which predisposes its
subject to the commission of crime?
How does it originate, and what form
does it assume? 3. What is the prop
er classification of human actions, baa
ed on the affections which give rise to
them? What efTct does the education
of the moral natnre have upon the pas
sions, and indirectly upon crime? 4.
Does the number of suicides stand in
inverse ratio to the number of homi
oides? 5. Epilepsy and moral insani
ty in prisons and insane asylums A
number of other questions are followed
by others under the title of criminal
sociology. “We cannot too highly
value the method of study of crime
which begins with the study of the
criminal himself.”
Jesse Lisle of Cocke, Tennessee, is
110 years old, and has documents to
it. in boyhood he worked on a
fatm # For forty-five years he was a
Baptist preacher, but is now farming
again. He is hale and hearty, does
not wear spectacles, and will not torn
over his property to his children for
fear they will squander it. The last
winter he cleared two acres of virgin
forest without assistance. He says he
remembers when his father came home
from the revolutionary war, his feet
bleeding from a long tramp and almost
famished for food. —[Pittsburg Gazette
With regard to American cotton, the
quantities are very badly distributed.
In fact, Liverpool and Havre have
now 300.000 hales from America less
than they had at the same period a
year ago. But the requirements are
great and certainly more pressing than
last yea*, consequently, by the first of
August Europe ought to have not on
ly those 300,000 bales, but, also, 300,-
000 bales more than had been shipped
from the 21st of April to the 31st of
August 1887. This being the case, i t
is said that it is probable the Ameri
cans will maintain their prices on the
different markets, even if the news of
the crops were favorable, as its first
bales cannot appear in the market be
fore September or October.
Quaint and Curious.
The Congressional library building
at Washington will ooTer 11,000 square
foet, more than two and a half acres.
A petrified snake ten feet long, with
horns, has been dug up at Guanada,
Col. It will bo sent to the Smithson
ian institution.
An Illinois boy has two immense
Cochin China roosters whioh he hitch
es to a small wagon and compels to
draw him about.
A gas well was struck at Zeuia,
Ind., the other day which has a flow
of 14,000,000 cubic feet. The flame is
seventy five feet high.
Mr. Bland of Montgomery county,
Ga., is in his 84th year. He culti
vates his own farm, and moves about
with the agility of one just nearing the
meridian of life.
There is an old gentleman living in
Athens, Ga. vtho has a musket that bis
grandfather carried in the revolution
ary war. It is an old fashioned gnn
with flint and steel.
A gentleman living at Buckingham
Court House, Ta., preserves a highly
prized relic of Stonewall Jackson t
sleeTe that was cut from the Confed-
erate leader’s coat by his surgeons
when he was shot.
The fastest reootd ever made be
tween Sandy Hook, N. Y., and the
Golden Gate, Cal., was aohieved by
the famons clipper Davy Crockett,
whose time was eighty-four days. The
distance is said by sea captains to be
fully 17,000 miles.
The Vienna Journals announce as a
fact, that a peasant who has just died
at Biehsch, in Moravia, had attained
the remarkable ageot 142 years.
For dyspepsia and Liver Complaint
you have a printed guarantee on each
bottle of Shiloh’s Vitalizer. It always
cures. For sale by W. B Mason.
Shiloh’s Cough and Consumption
Cure is sold by us on a guarantee. It
cures Consumption. W. B Mason,
Homer.
Itch, Mange and Scratches of every
kind on human or animals cared in 30
minutes by Woolfonl’s Sanitary Lotion
This never fails. Sold by Hardman
& Sharp D uirgists. Harmony Grove.
Lrgal Notices,
Georgia. } Whereas R J. Dyar
Banks Co.,[ administrator of
Thos. P. House, late of said county,
dec’d,, has applied to me in terms of
the law for letters of (Remission from
said administration. This is there
fore to cite and admonish all concern
ed, to show cause at the regular term
of the court of Ordinary of said county
to be held on the Ist Monday iu Aug.
next, why said discharge should not
he granted. Given under my hand
and official signature, April 27, 1888.
3m T. F.Jlill, Ordinary.
Georgia, Banks County.—J. H.
Brooks, administrator of F. F. A.
Ritch, deceased, has in due form ap
plied to the undersigned for leare to
sell the lauds belonging to the estate
of said deceased, and said application
will be heard on the Ist Monday ia
July next; 4th day of June 1888.
6 4t T. F. Hill, Ordinary.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors,
All persons haring demands against
the estate of F. F. A. Pitch, late ot
Banks county, deceased, are hereby no
tified to render in tbeir demands to
the undersigned according to law, and
all persons indebted to said estate ars
required to make immediate payment.
June 2nd, 1888. J. H. Brooks,
Administrator
6 6w of F. F. A. Pitch, deceased.
Georgia, Banks County.—To all
whom it may concern; W. P. Ray,
guardiaa of A. C. Anderson, applies
to me for letters of dismission from said
guardianship, and 1 will pass upon his
application on the Ist Monday in Sep
tember next at my office in Homer, in
said county. Given under my hand
and official signature, May 31st, 1888.
T. F. Hill, Ordinary.