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f 1 s % la i j salisbury n c thursday october 8 1891 v0 ] ,-•:■: iii series 0 and children ._,.-.-.,.- • ■carto^cnrescoll<%con*apaflon . ., sour htomaeh diarrhoea kructation f - ' .:-..; ■„'.■•;., uid promotes dl gresti in without injurious medication , ,,. . . ,, . onnnitproal and " for bcvi t:;1 years t hato rocommendm and shall always contiuueto ..,, || . t h e do so as itbaa invariably produced beneficial hodonotkeepcastoria results edwin f pardeb m d t l d winthrop 125th succt tivd 7:h avo :-. 77 murray street new york ; h h 1 v jl o n flp pflct or lllm ? 7 wliat it means , | . - • ai 22.50 . iv wliat ! at co.75 : lhrcc years ■•• actual cost si 50 75 o 7 1 a i -*' a ... icount head in same he loser and you make it ii you -• '- ••.'■" : ' : '• ■'■'? 0j 3 jm . i lift wo rv ■i 1 t i pi i 1 o ( nr ■' '■f stnr.k oi jdiliiub ujjaj jj&lkcou uujvja v 1 mil ciimmgclllo to bo found in t 7 io state 8ae j ■fkiulbleo i buy in r quantities rir^ct from factories and will givo low prices write ! : v catalogue mid prices ■. . l satisfactory bews 9 charlotte n c uhl : for handling and '"•;.- ■■:. ' ason i would now a gain respect lort enl xw ted to me promising to coal you may want at the lowest i.i . ;-. itain advantage of the lowest sum l at on ' .! > () ii ordei s remember of screened coal including de for gi . heaters etc ho fin ' grade of blacksmith _ j allen brown ile works stc ; numents tcniustongs c >! ; ','.'.: \?& to arrive in a few days i guarantee ■i in ever n ■[>• ■: am lusitivtl will not ijc undersold c^r-ciuid 4 monuments of all kiv.iv a specialty c b webb i'i.mi'i;i::t u meul ion lln .'. ::.--.-. .. • :-' written for the watchman the year of ninety-two when looking over history's page great tiling jij pc;i r to view but greater tiling will be recorded in the year ot ninety-two the country train now has started with few stops it will go through it will land in washington k'ify in the year of ninety-two the conductor is a farmer ami knows the work to do fk will gnidc them safr.ly to the city in lie year of ninety-two all men upon this laborers train arc ilrc-i.-.-'l in gray aud blue and tin \ 11 tread the streets ol the capitol in the year of uinety-two — giias 1 davis ( orinoco n c i ionic orchestras and ensembles we have now arrived at an age in this country when we should be stir ring the parents of ame;icu younu and old to an active consideration of the matter of daily rehearsing ensem ble l»y the fireside by means of this influence persis ted in from decade to decade have the true love and appreciation of goyd music been instilled into the mind and soul of the german people liy thin influence can we quickly draw our selves out of tlit mire of promiscuous appreciation and out of the quicksands of perverted taste vvhere can we witness a prettier an i mated picture than to look in upon a family gathered after the labors of the day to render sonic ot the easier cham ber music of the masters — a daughter at the piano a little lei low agitating the violin a robust chap merjceuvering the violoncello a rosy cheeked girl pouting prettily upon the hute the hither sawing upon the double bass and the mother encouraging either by her presence or by performing upon the viola so much for the piclure now let us proceed to a method of practice in order to obtain t his result the first move in the program is tl.e encouragement of the earnest study "\ stringed instruments we have had the piano banged from early morn to evening lato and it is high time that the violin family had a fair show in the race for artistic development it is a bright and encouraging sig nificance that the fair ex i.re making rapid strides into the orchestral arena and they bid fair to hold their own many of hie timid iimil theiratteutioii to the strings while some of the more courageous are taking up the reed and br.iss the over nice fear that thvir facial expression may become disar ranged but 1 have yet to see a face j that lias been disfigured or made less 1 kissable by he practice of windinstrn meiits the royalty f europe are iaking up orchestral instruments the countess of radnor has an orchestra of 1 die many of whom have the title of honorable before their names a tew weeks ago in detroit a brass band f ladies headed a company and it wax reported to me that they exe cuted their work in tin is lied style the czar of the liiissias queen vic toria and members ot her family ivince henry of prussia empress of japan and ueen of lioumauia have i heir favorite instruments i believe ' you have an orchestra entirely of la | dies in your ciiy the expense for instruction upon orchestral instruments is moderate aud the benefits to be derived from a better status physical mental and moral health and happiness yield an enormous interest in countrv towns meetings could be held from iioum to ' to house or a moderate sized hall fitted , for occupation small groups of the musically inclined can begin with haydu's duos trios and then march i on by degrees to a rendition of works of other masters quartets quintets i octets c a class of works that ran iy receive a hearing outside of our larger cities familiarize our young folks with works of this class and we will quickly arrive at a high state of musi cal civilization when a thomas suidl | or nikisch will always play to over flowing houses i wish to reiterate that here is a rich held for our young ladies to explore and develop indeed ladies orchestras private and ill a few cases public are becoming ijuite the fad ' at the pres ent time and are bound to become i more so in the future schools of music and conservatories should give encouragement to pupils to join an or i chestra which body must be a regular department of every well organized school of music h'ice of oberlin ; dana of u arren ohio tlacobsohu of chicogo • laus and chadwick of liogfon are doing good work in this line i am doing j what i can at i>e pauw with an or chestra of about forty-five will prob ably increase this number to fifty and lift y-five the coming season the suc cess is very encouraging and the stim ulating influence upon the public very marked what a charming picture is pre sented to us upon an advent of an am j ateur orchestra of course portions i of the rehearsals and concerts are rather rasping to delicate nerves ; but | this is a great advance upon ihe tym panic snap und crash of the amateur brass bund then again there is some thing ever so much to the advantage from an artistic point of view and ed j oration in an orchestra in the f u j hire ll.e great adjunct in our oiu.sieal education will be the ntmateur semi professionnl and symphony orchestra james havtilton howe de pauw university indiana i how t sharpen a screwdriver the screwdriver h found not only in the tool cdi'.-st of every mechanic but ill most houses and in uot a few offices [| ranks with the hammer,the saw and axe in general utility and y.l very few persons know anything about how it should be sharpened so us to do iis work most efficiently that is with the least expenditure of power and the least injury to the heads of screws iii driving a screw into the wood the force used to press the screwdriver against the head of the screw tends tto aid the latter in penetrating the weod but when we attempt to extract a screw every pound of pressure th it we afply tvnus to render it m»re difficiiji to get the screw out it therefore becomes very important that the screwdriver should be s foi iiieil t hat it may be kept in the ntck of the screw bv lie exertion of tile very least degree of force for if it has any tendency to slip out we can keep it in place only by applying pres sure in vvhjch case we can run great fi^.k of injuring the nick and rendering it impossible to draw the screw if we examine a screwdrivi r in the condition in which it is ordinarily found we shall find that it presents a section in which i he sides of i he wedge in which all screwdrivers terminate are curved wit i convi >: sides outward now the effect of thus curving the sides of this wedge is to render it great ly obtuse moreover when we turn the screw [ driver the tendency to slip out of the i nick is just in proportion to theobtuse ness or bltintness of the wedge and therefore this form is the very worst that can be chosen in the hands of most gwoil workmen therefore we find that the screwdriver ends in a wedgp ol which the sides are perfectly straight ! this is a very good form but it is not equal to a form in v hit !> the sidi s of the wedge are curves 1 , but with the concave sales turned outward in this way we lessen the obtuseiu-s-i id the wedge at i lie ext renie point and produce a ! uj'iiscrew whii h m y be kept in the nick u the lea •; p issible pn?ssure end wise to urind a s rewdriver into this : <• l ■111 101 111 ir is ii cessary t 1 use a very small i griuilstonc and m my of i lie arl ificial st n s found in markt-t answer admira ' b y mosl mechanics would find ir to i lien advantage to keep iin oi thefe sm ill grindstones for the pui'pose and ■it could be run iii the lathe with very i little i rouble tech iiologist care of v<.'mi'.<l<-ra(os georgia's confederate pension vstrm under which disabled veterans received frui u 2 to 2o per mouth according to the disability is highly creditable to the state but it should accept and maintain the home neat 1 this city in order to complete the good work it will be of interest to review the situation in other sout hern st ii virginia led in the movement and es tablished a confederate home at liich mond for the support of which the stale expend 10,000 a year pensions to the amount of 5,000 annually are also paid alabama has no home but pays 123,000 a year in pensions arkansas has a home at little rock built by private subscription supported by state aid florida lias no home but pays 630 000 a year to disabled confederates | who have resided in the state fifteen years mississippi is without a home but ■has made liberal provision for her indi gent and disabled confederates missouri pays no p msions but a movement is on fool lo raise 8100,000 to endow a home wit liout si ate aid maryland has a homecosling $ 1-0.000 near b'altii;:ore aided by the state to the extent of 810,000 annually louisiana has a home near new or leans and the stale grants it 10,000 a year north carolina not only pays pen sions but has appropriated >'! l,000 for a home s ut!i curoljnn pays about 8u 000 iji pensions but has no home texeas lias a liomeestal 1 s'u'd by sub scriplion it costs sij u k)a year tennessee ii s e->t jl.'s'i-d a home at the ol i home oi andr w jackson the llf»rniitag i the state having given 475 acres of land and rl i :; > for impr v >■- incuts in 188 ( j tiie le^isl it ure in is'jl appropriated s25,o(x fora building and 5,000 a year for its support and in n - ditioii 00,000 or sn much thereof as may be necess iry for expenditure au uuallv in pen lions which range i n 1 50 to 25 per month it is tho ighl 2-3,1 1 » per year will cover the pen lion list of all the southern state kentucky alone has made no provision for her ex joufederates — atlanta ( lostitution it shouid be in evcrj iidu^o j ]!. wilson 371 clay st sharpsburg [> a . t says lie will nol be wiihoul dr kin-v new discovery for coiisuinpti«»n coughs an<l colds thill ii cured his ui.'e who had been tiireatcned with i'neii inonia after an attack 1 l11 grippe when various other remedies ami sevi ral pi siciaus lisul done lier no good uob ert barber of cooksport i'a , claims dr ki ;;•;'> n;-w disco erv has clone him iuon srootl than anything h u ever used for lung trouble nothing like ii frte trial hoi ik's at kluttz au 1 <'••'- drug uiv large butt 5u^1 a:..i 51.00 the hitslkiuds got dinner h there is absnlutcly no need of hav ing a bad cook said the master ot the house somewhat dictatorial ly with a good uatured albeit lofty pity for fem inine incompetence he andhis friend had kvii listening with languid inter est to a conversation between their re spective wives on the ever fertile theme of servants now i do uo t pretend to know anything he went on but 1 am sure i coul i train any biddy and i vvnture t > say that tom here and i could serve up a perfectly well cooked palatable dinner with bo other aid than our common sense and general knowledge of cooking which was ob tained during our camping out expedi tions i jiiiuk you women make ul togethor too much fuss over such mat ters the whole affair is so simple and oasy j have often thought the same thing joined in the gracelesa tom it ought to be easy enough to teach a woman to be a good cook 1 his wife turned upon him with a stare of amazement ll efc tu brute 1 she ex claimed laughing but 1 tell you what it is amy she said suddenly to her friend let us challenge these men to produce t he dinner they seem to think is such an easy matter t concoct and prove their assert ions 1 tiio husband nothing loth con sented to the trial and it was finally agreed that the next evening's dinner should be the proof of the argument cook was made happy by a couple t theatre tickets and a holiday and the two men took possession of the kitchen early in the afternoon and at the re gular hour the undeniably excellent little rep.ist was served neither of the cooks however made his appearance so the ladies sat down togei her to disenss the following menu a delicious clear clam soup smelt clone done to a i urn with a s.iuce tar tare chicken disosse with a cream sauce wilh vy young jrreen peas aud new potatoes and some delightful lit tle birds blanketed with thin slices of pork accompanied by a salid with mayonnaise dressing ( the sauce tartare by the way for the h'sh was the same lire-sin with capers and cut up cu cumber pickles there is no desert ma'aiii said the giggling waitress the gentlemen say they are all done i '■'■','- the dinner however had been a distinct success and quite ready to confess themselves vanquished the young wives finding that their hus bands did not put in an appearance descended to the lower regions in search of them there they found the eoncpierers each extended on a eouj»le of kitchen chairs perfectly limp and too uitt rly played out 1 even to boast of their victory i never had a back ache before in my life groaned one and how it does hurt our tri umph has cost us dear 1 whimpered the other l i feel like going straight to bed u no we could not touch a bit of dinner they prjtested in chorus amy what do you puy your cook ?" asked the now humbled master of the house only twenty dollars !" make it thirty forty fifty anything 1 con sider her cheap at any price we have concluded that to serve up three oo substantial meals a day a woman must uot only be a genius but an an gi 1 will never say another word il r ain-f a conic as long as i live ! amen iidded tom solemnly the above being an exact account of a dinner cooked by the aforesaid grum blers may interest our young house keepers although ihe victory gained seemed a very doubtful one the re sult however was eminently satisfac tory inasmuch as the ladies frankly acknowledged that an intelligent knowledge of what should be could create wonders and the masculine mind was made to realize some of the labors and discouragements of the cook new york tribune eli perkins on bill nyc von are a lawyer as well as an ed itor i said yes he replied i practiced law for about a year but he added with out changing i muscle nobody knew ■much about it 1 kept it wry quiet i have been a justice of the peace in laramie for six years 1 did you ever marry anyone 1 i asked ••' | ii ye ; i married my wife and afh«r that i u i to ia irry others and then try them for other off.-nces one il iy ! asked 3ir nye how ho kept his teeth so white oh that's e;isy v he said ill teeth will remain white it they arc properly hiken care of ( f course i never ; hot drinks always brush my i teeth morning and evening avoid ail whati ver and all hough 1 am p ,;■■y \ .- i - old 1113 leel ii ar ■iis u >" 1 as ever and thai is all you do to preserve your i th is i 1 i asked l yes sir that's all barring per haps the fact i liat 1 put them in a r"i:iss of soft water nights euczdea's arnica salve the best salve in the world for cuts r r ,;,- , sores sail rheum fev r sores tetter l'liapped ilaiids chilblains coma and all skin eruptions and posi tiveiv '-' ! r - 1 ' il '-- or l " !'■'>' '' '! iuri1 - . ! ,- irutiriiutcetl to give perfecl sjitisl iction ur*ino:iey-refumlc«l price 2o ueutd pet box for sale by t f kiuttz v <',,. children cr for pitcher's casters will von reply mr editor tl i is a illil us i hear - . • sub-tiv.isury on september i-t 1 i thought i would > : \ a few • i suppose our goveri loan i at one per ceut all lin path j person wanted who c hi i security this loan to hv paid i:i one yejir or fifty years or al . i'f the person it rrow i - : i | per money to i • a i . \ | all debts and taxe or cusl lues is j it not proper to loan to each iudi instead of loaning to banker ■class legislation aud really in • unconstitutional to accoqiukjdate (', ., | backwoodsman could n»t i niissioners at each county seal i pointed to discharge tin iluti w as i the safety of each loan as banks now do who ze tl the loans ;.; i cent profit t thems ivc .. the inters ts ■. i t all the money of our natii furnished l>y t and under its coucrol as we 11 . post offices aud oui could t not be do and as ssifely w oul i not i now crushed down with nsorl liij,'h rates of in ten-si all country shake off their - stand up as men freed fi form of slaver ? \\ ould not the iutere ■" at cent fully compensate i for each and every expi use in siu-h loaus for lhe welfare i : whole icoplc insj ... the money to bank - - . . : '. hem to le-loan t the pe ple to i own private ad van : .\ the banker have ihns { ..-. as a i had all of thesi iu right that each i . alike in this matter in i lie i . i thj tmil of exchange i ■liii^h rale of inh rest w i ( ! i':;i plow oi the i u tli 1 mechanic i ■■; ■: law if you test il bj i iw : > will a cold or paper doll ir | i any soil reproduce a iik ! lij an in creasi ify u <■■a il by tin i i rod is it ii"t roudt'iiin ■: r j ii')t "_ r ivf l h v iii n y upon u lend liiy victuals on incre se take not usury iior more i thon gavest this is ii awl is uninisfca about believer i no \ call in reason and suit in fi ires thai can hundred do hire at six pei interest compouuil d i r fifty j nually amounts to 1,8 : . i per cent to§4,g9();and . per cent to 1 1 7 ! : but we a smaller sum to show ii the manner possible how unreasonable a id unjust is the fearful p i i'er ol one dollar at 0 per cut !■>.:,. years with interest adiled to i p il at the ml of each year am to$340 at s per cent g2,a per cent to 13,s09 at 12 per cent lo 85,075 at is percent !->■■.;'" at 24 t cent to 82.551,7 1-lij from a pr>or single doll ir ; .:•. ! i cannot do less than condemn it ! ; un just and unnatural are nol i who are most deeply interest 1 taiiriiij money t one p actual cost of loaning it al hundred to each singl s pel . would from self interest oppose it after our late war when money was plentiful and w heat -^^ a busl would tike less wheat to pay our na tional debt than to pay it now wheat bringing a market ai '- i c bushel if pork was 40 dollars a barrel no one was - ■; could eat it three times a laljorers were ■51 • ; • lav ■to-day one i thousand men in i go hungry ii it coiil i be sold at sj a barrel a - this subjeel of mo one for discussion 1 shall i ■■. hear from all that are iuti to answer each cj iesl ion 0 a c.i airfield n c a drunken cow sonifdayh ag • who i'ves at i'asadena to see one of his ijest < ■•■■flit v i in in froi . i animal 1 iy there in , ■. j ub i ions of eve . i i i veterin not diagu ise i ■- . i w.is sent for to . i 1 was some time in co did mi the cow .. .- i , a i . • ■. tiau an in - ■v >- foiili i i i . * - ui i • . this si : . .' •■■! ■; . and stems had fei ■■!:.. ■a state of intoxication i progress p p p ma . ■• r ....'. i i • ■- - ■: . i . . ■- . - - . . . i - . ■iii ■' ■■. 1 . ,-■■.: - ■■■■■■'' '' '' .' ■a cowiirdlj government 1 ! ■'. t . » ■i ip k i-i i mi n -• - we • - ' jton , _• w>r ■iiltiv.ucil f.miilx of dr d mi . _•. on the train ui w convi r-;nu r i l his l|:;j.ilil . in employe in ii tl his < i lio . . i ! < f >| «»-- 1 m aceoutit ■f i>ur fa • ■•• new pai \\ ':" i all mi : irm mortjpi - _' ; i . . i in other di - ; in i • iri ; . c l is ient ■i y j • . ■. in:i i " i ' ;■publish ' us ... iareto ■■. , . • i oh c irtli ! ! iiti ame in • . they are i • . ; ■. . .• iii ■i damn a>;v fl nat fsict ivill '.' ■yun(e<l inn vvi ■ij ■• viiil orphan • virtuous iiil 11 1 m ill it one i ■) on will be wanted ; . jr ik deferred i . i • manhood and your pi • ( i iiii pureil ■few ii . ilric in your • -.■-. i u ' !•• of action i ' r mo ■will have con ■: 1 ctric bitters minp so well kno m • . i « i ho j.i ri.il ■•! electric l.:l i i>i in«l it l . i h;it i chiimed ! ■e sof li er will n iim ■■l*iii i an«l other affections i uod malaria from well i euro 1 i cure <•!' head . i i.n try l'ii it kluttz & < i ■will ii cotlon n . • rii sin ops i ■1 itnd . . tin - itifol ■i !!.■• • ! m veil i has fur the ■■hiiilj • . many ■froi prc ■e of - !•-.!' i vo'j . - i . ' no 1 ! fav : 11 cl it if ■one dol t benefit ould pivn ». . : a\o\y . in all rprise y u h to know liow !> iv dollar ar uct-ded t i no 40
Object Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1891-10-08 |
Month | 10 |
Day | 08 |
Year | 1891 |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 49 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was |
Creator | J. J. Bruner and T. K. Bruner |
Date Digital | 2008-12-29 |
Publisher | J. J. Bruner and T. K. Bruner |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The October 8, 1891 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601552664 |
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Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1891-10-08 |
Month | 10 |
Day | 08 |
Year | 1891 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 5469518 Bytes |
FileName | sacw17_18911008-img00001.jp2 |
Date Digital | 12/29/2008 8:11:04 AM |
Publisher | Hamilton C. Jones |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | An archive of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
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f 1 s % la i j salisbury n c thursday october 8 1891 v0 ] ,-•:■: iii series 0 and children ._,.-.-.,.- • ■carto^cnrescoll<%con*apaflon . ., sour htomaeh diarrhoea kructation f - ' .:-..; ■„'.■•;., uid promotes dl gresti in without injurious medication , ,,. . . ,, . onnnitproal and " for bcvi t:;1 years t hato rocommendm and shall always contiuueto ..,, || . t h e do so as itbaa invariably produced beneficial hodonotkeepcastoria results edwin f pardeb m d t l d winthrop 125th succt tivd 7:h avo :-. 77 murray street new york ; h h 1 v jl o n flp pflct or lllm ? 7 wliat it means , | . - • ai 22.50 . iv wliat ! at co.75 : lhrcc years ■•• actual cost si 50 75 o 7 1 a i -*' a ... icount head in same he loser and you make it ii you -• '- ••.'■" : ' : '• ■'■'? 0j 3 jm . i lift wo rv ■i 1 t i pi i 1 o ( nr ■' '■f stnr.k oi jdiliiub ujjaj jj&lkcou uujvja v 1 mil ciimmgclllo to bo found in t 7 io state 8ae j ■fkiulbleo i buy in r quantities rir^ct from factories and will givo low prices write ! : v catalogue mid prices ■. . l satisfactory bews 9 charlotte n c uhl : for handling and '"•;.- ■■:. ' ason i would now a gain respect lort enl xw ted to me promising to coal you may want at the lowest i.i . ;-. itain advantage of the lowest sum l at on ' .! > () ii ordei s remember of screened coal including de for gi . heaters etc ho fin ' grade of blacksmith _ j allen brown ile works stc ; numents tcniustongs c >! ; ','.'.: \?& to arrive in a few days i guarantee ■i in ever n ■[>• ■: am lusitivtl will not ijc undersold c^r-ciuid 4 monuments of all kiv.iv a specialty c b webb i'i.mi'i;i::t u meul ion lln .'. ::.--.-. .. • :-' written for the watchman the year of ninety-two when looking over history's page great tiling jij pc;i r to view but greater tiling will be recorded in the year ot ninety-two the country train now has started with few stops it will go through it will land in washington k'ify in the year of ninety-two the conductor is a farmer ami knows the work to do fk will gnidc them safr.ly to the city in lie year of ninety-two all men upon this laborers train arc ilrc-i.-.-'l in gray aud blue and tin \ 11 tread the streets ol the capitol in the year of uinety-two — giias 1 davis ( orinoco n c i ionic orchestras and ensembles we have now arrived at an age in this country when we should be stir ring the parents of ame;icu younu and old to an active consideration of the matter of daily rehearsing ensem ble l»y the fireside by means of this influence persis ted in from decade to decade have the true love and appreciation of goyd music been instilled into the mind and soul of the german people liy thin influence can we quickly draw our selves out of tlit mire of promiscuous appreciation and out of the quicksands of perverted taste vvhere can we witness a prettier an i mated picture than to look in upon a family gathered after the labors of the day to render sonic ot the easier cham ber music of the masters — a daughter at the piano a little lei low agitating the violin a robust chap merjceuvering the violoncello a rosy cheeked girl pouting prettily upon the hute the hither sawing upon the double bass and the mother encouraging either by her presence or by performing upon the viola so much for the piclure now let us proceed to a method of practice in order to obtain t his result the first move in the program is tl.e encouragement of the earnest study "\ stringed instruments we have had the piano banged from early morn to evening lato and it is high time that the violin family had a fair show in the race for artistic development it is a bright and encouraging sig nificance that the fair ex i.re making rapid strides into the orchestral arena and they bid fair to hold their own many of hie timid iimil theiratteutioii to the strings while some of the more courageous are taking up the reed and br.iss the over nice fear that thvir facial expression may become disar ranged but 1 have yet to see a face j that lias been disfigured or made less 1 kissable by he practice of windinstrn meiits the royalty f europe are iaking up orchestral instruments the countess of radnor has an orchestra of 1 die many of whom have the title of honorable before their names a tew weeks ago in detroit a brass band f ladies headed a company and it wax reported to me that they exe cuted their work in tin is lied style the czar of the liiissias queen vic toria and members ot her family ivince henry of prussia empress of japan and ueen of lioumauia have i heir favorite instruments i believe ' you have an orchestra entirely of la | dies in your ciiy the expense for instruction upon orchestral instruments is moderate aud the benefits to be derived from a better status physical mental and moral health and happiness yield an enormous interest in countrv towns meetings could be held from iioum to ' to house or a moderate sized hall fitted , for occupation small groups of the musically inclined can begin with haydu's duos trios and then march i on by degrees to a rendition of works of other masters quartets quintets i octets c a class of works that ran iy receive a hearing outside of our larger cities familiarize our young folks with works of this class and we will quickly arrive at a high state of musi cal civilization when a thomas suidl | or nikisch will always play to over flowing houses i wish to reiterate that here is a rich held for our young ladies to explore and develop indeed ladies orchestras private and ill a few cases public are becoming ijuite the fad ' at the pres ent time and are bound to become i more so in the future schools of music and conservatories should give encouragement to pupils to join an or i chestra which body must be a regular department of every well organized school of music h'ice of oberlin ; dana of u arren ohio tlacobsohu of chicogo • laus and chadwick of liogfon are doing good work in this line i am doing j what i can at i>e pauw with an or chestra of about forty-five will prob ably increase this number to fifty and lift y-five the coming season the suc cess is very encouraging and the stim ulating influence upon the public very marked what a charming picture is pre sented to us upon an advent of an am j ateur orchestra of course portions i of the rehearsals and concerts are rather rasping to delicate nerves ; but | this is a great advance upon ihe tym panic snap und crash of the amateur brass bund then again there is some thing ever so much to the advantage from an artistic point of view and ed j oration in an orchestra in the f u j hire ll.e great adjunct in our oiu.sieal education will be the ntmateur semi professionnl and symphony orchestra james havtilton howe de pauw university indiana i how t sharpen a screwdriver the screwdriver h found not only in the tool cdi'.-st of every mechanic but ill most houses and in uot a few offices [| ranks with the hammer,the saw and axe in general utility and y.l very few persons know anything about how it should be sharpened so us to do iis work most efficiently that is with the least expenditure of power and the least injury to the heads of screws iii driving a screw into the wood the force used to press the screwdriver against the head of the screw tends tto aid the latter in penetrating the weod but when we attempt to extract a screw every pound of pressure th it we afply tvnus to render it m»re difficiiji to get the screw out it therefore becomes very important that the screwdriver should be s foi iiieil t hat it may be kept in the ntck of the screw bv lie exertion of tile very least degree of force for if it has any tendency to slip out we can keep it in place only by applying pres sure in vvhjch case we can run great fi^.k of injuring the nick and rendering it impossible to draw the screw if we examine a screwdrivi r in the condition in which it is ordinarily found we shall find that it presents a section in which i he sides of i he wedge in which all screwdrivers terminate are curved wit i convi >: sides outward now the effect of thus curving the sides of this wedge is to render it great ly obtuse moreover when we turn the screw [ driver the tendency to slip out of the i nick is just in proportion to theobtuse ness or bltintness of the wedge and therefore this form is the very worst that can be chosen in the hands of most gwoil workmen therefore we find that the screwdriver ends in a wedgp ol which the sides are perfectly straight ! this is a very good form but it is not equal to a form in v hit !> the sidi s of the wedge are curves 1 , but with the concave sales turned outward in this way we lessen the obtuseiu-s-i id the wedge at i lie ext renie point and produce a ! uj'iiscrew whii h m y be kept in the nick u the lea •; p issible pn?ssure end wise to urind a s rewdriver into this : <• l ■111 101 111 ir is ii cessary t 1 use a very small i griuilstonc and m my of i lie arl ificial st n s found in markt-t answer admira ' b y mosl mechanics would find ir to i lien advantage to keep iin oi thefe sm ill grindstones for the pui'pose and ■it could be run iii the lathe with very i little i rouble tech iiologist care of v<.'mi'. |