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6 Ittisccllunn. History of a Wooden Shoe. Towards the end of September, 1832, it was announced amongst the artistic circles of Paris that Nicolo Paganini had fallen se riously ill, at the conclusion of a grand con cert given by the illustrious violinist. He was attacked by a low intermittent fever, which refused to yield to the remedies em ployed, and even gave rise to apprehension for his life. Paganini, whose leanness was already al most spectral, now seemed to have his frail existence suspended by a thread, which the slightest shock might sever. The physic ians unanimously ordered solitude, abso lute repose, and a strict regimen as to diet In order to carry out these prescriptions, Paganini removed to the Villa Lutetiana, in Faubourg Poissonniers. This excellent es tablishment which no longer exists, was in tended exclusively for the reception and cure of wealthy invalids. A spacious com fortable house stood in a large, park-like garden, where each patient could ramble at. will, and enjoy either solitude or society at his choice. A great charm of this house was that every one lived just as he or she pleased: in the evening either retiring to the solitude of his apartment, or joining in the games, music, and conversation held in the drawing-room. Paganini naturally be longed to those who preferred parsing the evenings in quietness and retirement. — There was plenty of gossip about him in the drawing room ; three or four censorious old maids fell on him tooth and nail. “Ladies,” began one, “have you seen this great musician ? He salutes no one, and never speaks a word. He takes his bowl of soup in an arbor in the garden, and then hastens away if any one approaches. What an oddity he must be !” 1 “That’s part of bis malady,” said another; “people say that there is some terrible mys tery about his life; some love-story, I im agine.” “Not at all,” added a third; “Paganini is a miser; there’s no mystery about that Do you remember that concert which was organiz ’d in favor of the famlies w r ho had suffered from the inundation at St. Etienne ? The great violinist refused to take part in it because he would have had to play gratuitously. Depend upon it he fears that were he to mix in our society he might be asked for similar favors.” Paganini guessed pretty well how ho was regarded by his fellow-boarders, but, like Gallio of old, he cared for none of these things. Hi health became gradually bet ter, vet in tho whole house ho never ex changed a word with any one except Ni cette. This was the housemaid who at tended on him; a cheerful, innocent coun try-girl, whose gay prattle, when she served his meals, often availed to dispel the cloud which habitually darkened the brows of Paganini. One morning Nicette presented herself with a sad, drooping countenance, and serv ed breakfast without uttering a word. The musician, who was amusing himself with carving a piece of ivory for the handle of a dagger, noticed the change in the young girl, and questioned her upon it. “What’s the matter, my child ? You look sad; your eyes are red ; some misfortunes has belallen you, Nicctte !” “Oh, yes! sir.” “Would it he indiscreet to ask you what it is ?” “No sir, not precisely ; but ” Paganiui fixed his large black eyes on the girl’s troubled countenance. “Come,” he said, “I see how it is. After having made you a thousand promises lie has quitted you, and you no longer have any ti dings of him.” “Ah! poor fellow ! he has quitted me certainly, but it was not his fault!” “How is that ?” “Because in the conscription he drew a bad number, and he has been sent away with a great long gun on his shoulder,and I shall never see him again,” sobbed poor Nicette, and she buried her face in her white apron. “But, Nicette, could you not purchase a substitute for him The girl, withdrawing her apron, smiled sadlj through her tears. “Monsieur is jesting,” she said : “how could I ever buy a substitute “Does it cost very dear?” “This year men are tremendously dear on account of the report that there is going to be a war. Fifteen hundred francs is the lowest price.” The musioian pressed Nicette’s little plump hand between his long sallow fingers, as he said: “If that’s all, my girl, don’t cry; we’ll see what can be done.” Then taking out his pocket-book, he wrote on a blank leaf:— “Mem. To see about giving a concert for the benefit of Nicette.” A month passed on; winter arrived, and Paganini’s physician said to him: “My dear sir, you must not venture out doors again until after the month of March.” “To hear is to obey,” replied the musi cian. During the winter a comparative degree of health returned to Paganini. Having no longer the pleasant, shady arbors of the garden as a refuge, he began gradually to linger a little in the drawing room. After dinner he used to throw himself on a sofa of crimson velvet, and pass half an hour in turning over a volume of engravings, or in sipping a glass of sugared water flavored with orange flowers. The old ladies of the society goseipped on about him and his odd ways, but he affected not to hear, and cer tainly did uot heed them. Christmas-eve approached. On the an niversary of the birth of Our Lord, a cus tom exists in France, very dear to its juven ile inhabitants. A wooden shoe is placed at the corner of the hearth, and a beneficent fairy is supposed to come down the chimney laden with various presents and dainties with which he fills it. It is calculated that one year with another the Christmas wooden shoe enriches the trade of Paris with two million francs. On the morning of the 24th December four of Paganini’s female critics were in consultation together. “It will be for this evening,” said one. “Yes, for this evening; that’s settled,” replied another. After dinner Paganini was, according to his custom, seated on the drawing room sofa sipping his eou sucree, when an unusual noi»e was heard in the corridor. Presently Nicette entered, and announced that a porter had arrived with a ease, directed to Signor Paganini. “I don’t expect any case,” said he “but 1 suppose he had better bring it in.” Accordingly, a stout porter entered, bear ing a good sized deal box, on which, besides the address, were the words, “Fragile, with care.” Paganini examined it with some curiosity, and having paid the messenger, proceeded to open the lid. His long, thin, but extremely muscular fingers accomplished this task without difficulty, and the compa ny whose curiosity caused them somewhat to transgress the bounds of good manners, crowded around in order to see the contents of the box. The musician first drew cut a large packet, enveloped in strong brown paper, and se cured with several seals. Having opened this, a second, and then a third envelope ap peared; and at length the curious eyes of twenty persons were regaled with a gigantic wooden shoe, carved out of of a pieceof ash, and almost large enough to serve for a child’s cradle. Bursts of laughter hailed this dis covery. “Ah !” said Paganini, “a wooden shoe. I can guess tolerably well who has sent it. Some of these excellent ladies wish to com pare me to a child who always expects pres ents and never gives any. Well ! be it so. We will see if we cannot find some method of making this shoe worth its weight in gold.” So saying, and scarcely saluting the com pany, Paganini withdrew to his own apart ment, carrying with him the case and its contents. During three days he did not reappear in the drawing-room; Nicette informed the company that he worked from morning till night with carpenter’s tools. In fact, the musician whose hands were wondrously flexible and dexterous in other things besides violin playing, had fashioned a perfect and sonorous instrument out of the clumsy wood en shoe. Having enriched it with one sil ver string, his work was complete. Next day a public notice appeared that, on New Year’s Eve, Paganini would give a concert in the large hall of the Villa Lutetiana.— The gveat master announced that lie would play ten Dieces, five on a violiu, five on a wooden shoe. The price of the tickets was fixed at twenty francs each. Os these only one hundred were issued, and it is needless to add that they were immediately pur chased by the elite of the beau monde , who, during several months, had missed the pleasure of hearing Paganini. The appoint ed evening arrived ; the hall, furnished with comfortable chairs, was prepared and light ed for the occasion, elegant equipages were stationed along the Faubourg Poissonniere, and expectation was on tip toe to know what the announcement respecting the wooden shoe could possibly mean. At length Paganini appeared, smiling, with every appearance of reuewed health, and on his favorite violin played some strains, which never failed to transport his auditors to the seventh heaven of delight. Then he seized the shoe, which, in its new guise of a violin, still preserved somewhat of its pristine form, and, his whole being lighted up with enthusiasm, he commenced one of those wondrous improvisations which captivated the souls of his hearers. This one represented first the departure of a con script, the tears, the wailing ot his betrothed, then his stormy life in the camp, and on the field of battle, and finally, his return, accompanied by triumph and rejoicing. A merry peal of wedding-bells completed the musical drama. Long and loud were the thunders of applause; even the old ladies who disliked Paganini could not refrain from clapping, and boquets, thrown by fair and jeweled hands, fell at the feet of the musician. In a corner of the hall, next to the door, Nicette was weeping bitterly; the symphony of the conscript had gone straight to her heart. At the end of the concert the receipts were counted, they amounted to two thousand francs. “Here, Nicette,’’ said Paganini, “youhave five hundred francs over the sum required to purchase a substitute : they will pay your bridegroom’s travelling expenses.” Then, after a pause, he continued, “But you will want something herewith to begin housekeeping. Take this shoe-violin or this violin-shoe, and sell it for your dowry.” Nicette did so, and received from a rich amateur six thousand francs for Paganini’s wooden shoe. 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Remarkably characterised By vivacity and variety in the selections, and by clearness in the directions' and the rules that they contain ; they have added to the reading exercises of our classes that interest ami de light which properly belong to them and which we consider essential to rapid improvement It has been my privilege to examine F.utler’s Gram mar, and lam free to state that I consider it one of the very best Grammars that we have. Following the same g-neral plan as Bullions it is, in many points, decidedly superior to that work. If. el assured that after a fair trial of Butler, nearly all of those teachers who are now using Bulliuii’s vvoulo permanently sub stitute Butler. The handsome and intelligib'e style in which the house of Jno. P. M ron & Cos. get up their School Books, constitutes no small recommendation to the r adoption. JNO.M BONN ELL, President. PROF SMITH’S OPINION OF THE ARITHMETIC. A striking feature of Towne’s Arithmetic, is that rt contains no supeifluisies. Most cf the Arithmetics are cumber and with l-uany thing- which the pupils never earn, and are never ex pected to learn. Prof. Towne has studiid<o densa tmn aud brevity in the enunciation of rules d> fi itions and principles, and he has shown this st Idom if ever, at the expense cf clearness. Percentage with it-; ap plications, is presented in a manner new and origi nal, but very cleai and satisfactory The chapter on Ratio and Proportion is an excel ent one. Wo ven ture to say that it is inferior to the corresponding part of no work in u e in this country. Upon the wk le. we think that this hook is en: iti and to. place in the first rank of Arithmetics, and we at all r j .ice to hear ofits general.:ntroduction into our -eh ols. O. W S IIT 11, Prof. Math. W. F. College. PROF. POLHILL’S TESTIMONY. Orange Street School, ) Macon, Ga., July 20th, 1866. j It gives ire great pleasure to recommend to all in structors of youth, the whole Series <fGo •< roll’s Readers, edited by Noble But er A. M. Ila ve used all of them in my school sin e 1858. and that iln-m fet ter adapted to the u-e of ehools, than a y books 'hat I have used during an experience of fourteen years as a teacher The chief recommendation of these Books, is the easy gradation ol the senes from number on**, to six, by wnich the pupil is led almost imperceptibly, f < m the simp!e-t less, ns, to reading from the r.e-t English Classics. To learn to read rapidly and well. t,.e pupil must, read understanding!y, and for this purpose these Books excel all others that I have used. BENI. M. POL MILL. REV HOSIER HBNDF.E LVTE PRESIDENT OF G*:EEXBBORO COL LEGE, ADDS HIS TESTIMONY FOR THESE BOOKS. Y cng Ladies’ Academy, ) Macon, Ga., July 21-t, 1860\ j It affords me p'easure to eo" mend such Cooks as are adapted to me wants of our school-, at. the i res ent time. Asa teaci er of Young Ladas or twenty years, it wou’d have saved mo much labor t > have had. what I now regard as treasures, in ‘ the Prim try and Practical English Grammar,” and the s ries of School Readers (Goodrich’s first to sixth) .edited by Noble Butler, A. M Toese books are severa lv suited co the puipos s intended. Th • Grammars fi i a place ursuppl eu before. T e Sixth Read r alone, or in connection with Bronson’s Elocution, canno' fail to faci itaje th * plans of instruction in this dt ligi.tfut and beautiful art. , I have just examined and am delighted with the Arithmetic and Algebra, by Pr f. Towne, and shall in troduce tt em at once into mv school HOMER HENDEF. Our Agent for the Slate cf Georgia, is Rev. A. R. 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