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Jobbing Trade.
CANNED GOODS.

~
s191.4o. Peaches~standard S-pound. si.75a
200; 3-pound seconds, $1.2501 CO.; 2-pound stand
ard, $l.3O01.4O. Corn-Revere ST. 10; McMurrav,
$l.1O01.2o; Yarmouth, $1.3o. Biackberries
Two-pound, 80@9Oc; raspberries, 2-pound, SI.1C
95.2 20; pineapple, sts an 22pound, slice
tiers, 1-pound, full weight. S1.OO01.O5
light, 55365c; 2 pound, full, $1.SO01.95; light;
$l.O50l.2O; string beans, 85095c; Lima beans,
small, $202.25 Holsters $~1.9502.O5; red cherries;
s0090c; gooseberries, 90095ci Strawberries, $1.4O
01.oO.
Anthracite, $6.5O06.75 ~ ton: Pittsburg. 49, rs %
ton: Blossburg or Piedmont. S. ~ ton; RAYMOND City,
1915 ~ ton; Winifrede, $50 y ton; block. $2.7 5
p ton; %blocknut. 1926 y ton; Jackson. SO. % y ton;
nellsville coke, 1oc ~ bu; gas coke, &c " on. or 50. %
p load; crushed coke, loo ~ bu, or $3.50 p load.
DRUGS
Alcohol, S2.1202.2 20; asafmtida, 2503Oc; alum, 4
05c; camphor, 25030c; cochineal, 80 D55c; chloro-
form, $4,000; copperas, brls., SO 03. so; cream tar
tar, pure. 40042c; indigo, 8Oc0Sl; licorice, Calab.,
genuine, 30040c; magnesia, carb, 2-oz., 25035c;
morphine P. g. W., y ounce. IS. Is 03. %; madden,
12614c; oil. castor, y gal, $l.5O0I.55: oil, berga-
mot, y fb, So. 5002.75; opium, &404.25 quinine,
P. & W.. y ounce, 95c0$l; balsam copsiba, 500
Coo: soap, CASTLE. FRI. 12Ol6c; soda, bicarb. 4la0
&c; salts, EPSON. 405c; sulphur -four. 406c; salt
peter, 802Oc; turpentine, 42045c; glycerine, goa
22c; iodide potass, $303.25 bromide potass., 40
45c; chlorate potash, 2o022c; borax, 12o15c; Gin.
chonidia. 20O25c.
OTLs-Linssed oil, raw, 44047c " gallon; boiled.
48049c; coal oil, legal test l0014e; bank, 60@
Csc: best straits. 65c; Labrador, Coo; West Virginia
lubricating, 20030c; miners. 65c. Lard Oils-No.
l, 58O65c; do, extra, 6SO72loe.
WHITE LEAD-Pure, 6l4c; lower grades, 4O5c.
DRY GOODS.
TIcKINGs-Amoskeag AGA, 12l2c; Conestoga BF,
Lie; Conestoga extra. 13iac; Conestoga Gold Medal
13lac; Conestoga GOA. I1Loc; Conestoga AA, &c; Con
estoga X, Sc; Pearl River, l21ac; Lewiston 36-inch.
14Lac; Lewiston 32-inch, 12l9c; Lewiston 30.inch,
11l2c; Pals OBO, 32-inch, 13iac; Methuen AA
12loc; Oakland A. 6Lac; Swift River, 6 York 80.
inch, II lac; York 30-inch, 10l2c.
BLEAcHED Observation-Disclosures "A, 74c; Balloy
& Son, &c; Chestnut Hill, 5lac; Cabot4-4, 6loc; Chap
man Y. 5a4c; Dwight Star S, SAC; Fruit of the Loom
SAc; Lonsdale. sc; Linwood, 7l9c: Masonville. Sc
New York Mills, 10l2c; Our Own, 5ac; Pepperell 81
zoe; Peppereu 10-4, 22c; Hills, 7lsci Hope, 7c
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NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
Yesterdays Quotations on Produce at the
Two Great Centers.

Two Great Centers.
NEW ORK Nov. 3O.-Flour-Receipts SO. O93
his; exports. 1854 brls, 16, 9S4 sacks. Dull and
weak. Sales, II, 500 bis; common to good extra
Western and State at $3.4O03 90; good to choice
extra Western ana State at So. 9505.50 common TO
good extra Ohio. $3.4o05.65 ; common to choice ex.
ira st. Louis, $3.4O05.50; patent Minnesota extra,
good prime, $505.5o.
~Wheat-Receipts, 101 $50 bu; exports, SO, 2 bu.
Spot, i20 lac higher, but options opened quiet, de-
pressed, aud l401ac lower; later ruled stronger
and advanced 1'0ls4c, closing firm. Sales. 72S. 600
0u futures, $4,000 bu spot; No. 2 spring.
94c: ungraded red, T6090c: No. 2 red. nominal,
S3@93lec elevator; No. white, 97c; No. ? red,
Ing at 92stc: January, 93i9095c, closing at 94sac;
February, 958 d967sc. closing at 96asc; March
9709S4c. closing at 9S14c; April, 99leca$1 .OOas,
closing at ST. 003sc; May, 81 .00la0 al 025s, closing at
July, $~1.O30l.O4
C~orn-Spot lower and fairly active; options iaD7sc
better. closing with a slight reaction. Receipts. 205,
400 bu; exports. 81. TAG bu; sales, 1,704.O00 bu
52056c; No. 3. ~45le046c; steamer. 49Q49ia, in
elevator. 50hse afoat; No. 2. 54la055c in elevator,
56056sse ahoat, 53la053$ic, C. f. and l.; yellow,
65lac; ungraded white Western. 4sc: No. Q, Ncvem.
Der. 644055c: December. 1888 Q544c. closing at
sage; January, ~5O05O5sc, closing at 5Oasc: Febru-
airy. 49049l4c. closing at 49c; May. ~4ale04Sl2c.
closing at 1890.
Oats higher and moderately active; receipts. 133,-
white Western. 39043e.
Hay steady. demand fair.
~Codee-Higher and fairly active: sales. ga. 600 bags:
December, 6.5006.55c; January, $500; February,
6.s506.90ei August 7.0oc; September. 7.O5c.
Sugar steady; refined, quiet; off A ~63.l6U64c.
Molasses quiet. Rice firm with fair inquiry. Petro-
sum frmi united closed SSSsc; refined, slec. Tallow
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GRAIN AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Statement Showing the Quantity of Grain In
Sight and in Store.

CHICAGO, Nov. 30.-The following figures, taken
from the official statement of the Board of Trade, to
be posted on Change tomorrow, show the amount of
grain in sight in the United States and Canada, on
Saturday, Nov. %, with the amount of increase or
decrease:
Wheat, SIS, 539, 1913 bu, an increase of l, 272, 1874 bu;
corn, 1872, 229 Blu, an increase of $50. 1873 bu: oats.
2,34S, 72S, a decrease of 1872, 20S bu; rye. sos 500
bu, an increase of ga, 1897 blu; barley, 1886 124, an
increase of 223, 235 bu.
The proportion of this in store in Chicago on the
date named was:
Wheat, Is, 773, 21s Blu: corn, 4O7. $40 bu; Oats,
95, 3O1 blu; rye, POS. 9O9 bu; barley, 1913. Ut bu.
The stock at New York is: Wheat, 1910, O96 bu;
c9 512,499 bp; oats ,4o9,27l bu; barley, 166,-
121 O34 hu
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Cotton.

NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-Cotton-The Post, in its
cotton review, says: Future deliveries are weak,
and declined 4-10O06-1O0c. The third call showed
a light recovery, 100 bales of December sold at 9.4lc
100 bales of January, at 9.4Sc: 100 bales of Feb,
ruary, 9.49c; 100 bales of August, 10. O9c. Futures
closed steady, 6-1OO0S-100c lower han Saturday"
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 80. Cotton quiet: net re-.
cerpts, 2S, 2O7 bales; gross receipts, %, 2S8 bales;
exports to Great Britain, 5 1898 bales; exports to
France, 500 bales; sales, 5000 bales; stock on
hand. 299, 462 bales.
81. LOUIS, Nov. ~3O.-Cotton dull and unchanged;
middling, &c: sales, 800 bales; receipts. 1855 bales:
hipmen 5,631 bales; stock on hand, 81, O66
bales.
MEMPHIS, Nov. ~3O.-Cotton quiet: niddling.
stock on hand. 100, $50 bales; sales, 8, $50 bales.
GALVESTON. Nov. 3O.-Cotton dull; net and
gross receipts, 15,9O6 bales; exports 20 Great Britain,
4,322 bales; stock on hand, 105, 293 bales.
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DO NOT BE DECEIVED

Hypocrisy is the compliment vice pays to virtu,
Imitation is the compliment failure pays to success.
The ame-not the characterize Benson's Capeins
Plasters is initiated by INSCRIPTIONS parties, who
make and try TO sell plasters variously called "Capsi-
cin,' ''Capsicum," "Capsicine.' "Capucin" ~plasters,
with the manifest intention to ID deceive. So cunningiy.
and boldly is this done that careless people are doubt
place of the genuine! Happily the number who fol-
how this vocation decreases every year through the re-
fusal of reputable dealers to handle the imitation
goods; meanwhile be cautious. In the middle OF tina
genuine is cut or poroused the word 'Capcine, and.
on the face cloth is the 'Three Seals trademark
Ask for Benson's-then examine. One Benson ) Il.
worth a dozen of any other kind.
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unchanged Coffee dull; Rio cargoes, common to
prime. 7094c. Rice frmer; Louisiana. 31ea5Ac.
Bran hrlner, at S2L2c. Sugar steady with a fair demand.
Moiasses in fair demand; better grades active.
BALTIMORE. Nov. O.-wheat-Western steady;
No. 2 winter red, spot, SIC; December, s7408sc;
January. .9Oi209lc; February. 327s0934c. Corn
January, 46ls0465sc; February, 46 d46Iac: steamer,
4Ic. Oats strong; Western white. 3703Sc; Western
mixed 35036c.. Provisions steady. Mess pork
1925 Lard. refined, 7lac. Eggs steady at "a d25c.
Gof1ee quiet: Rio cargoes, ordinary to fair, 7140Sl4c.
Receipts-Flour, 4 293 brls; wheat, 80, 900 ou; corn.
54, 900 bu; oats. 1000 bu: rye. 3 600 bu. Ship
~ments-Flour. 3, $50 brls; corn, los, 900 bu.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 3O.-F1our very dull. Wheat
hrm; cash, S4l2c January, S5lsc; May, 91Ac.
Corn steady; No. 2, 42c; Oats firm, No. 2, 2e7ec.
PROVISIONS higher; mess pork, cash, old, 1887;
new; $9.S7. Lard-Prime steam, cash or December
6:lOc; January, .6.17lec. Butter steady; dairy,
easy at I9D20c. R~eceipts-Flour 10. 500 brls;
wheat, 1913 Blu: barley, 80, 725 bu. Shipments
fiour, 1S.o39 brls; wheat, none; barley, IL, $50 bu.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 3O.-Cotton firm; middling,
9isc. Grain steady. Wheat-No. 2 long-berry,
95c; No. 2 red, 33c. Corn-No. 2 mixed, Acc; No.
2 white, 47c. oats-New No. 2 mixed, Bic. Pro-
sides, 6.25c: shoulders nominal. Bulk ~meats-Clear-
rib sides. 5.15c; clear sides. 5.4Oc: shoulders, 4c:
Mess pork $1,000. Hams-SugarcuIed, 10c. Lard
Choice leaf. 7Ac.
TOLEDO, Nov. 3O.-wheat opened active and
frmer, closing quiet; cash or December, Csc; Janu
airy; 9414c; February, 95ls May, 99Aac bid. Corn
0uIi; cash or december. 4Oc; May. o94c bid. Oats
firm; cash, Sic bid; May, 331ac bid. Clover seed
quiet; cash or December, $3.50; January. $5.571s;
February, $5.65. Receipts-Wheat. 5000 bu: corn.
1000 bu. Shipments-Whoat, 1000 bu; corn, H.
600 bu.
LIVERPOOL. Nov. ~3O.-Cotton steady, with a fair
demand. Sales, 10000 bales, including 900 for
speculation and export, and 8,4O0 bales American.
Breadstuffs = Wheat quiet and unchanged. Corn
quiet but steady at unchanged prices.
KANSAS CITY. Nov. 3O.-Wheat steady; cash,
&c bid, 69c asked; December, 6S34c; January. TIA
Otis May. ~Sol20S1c. Corn quiet: cash, 26$4c
asked; November, 265sc; May, 2934c bid. Oats-No
bids.
DETROIT. Nov. 3O.-Wheat steady; No. l white.
9llec cash; Ole December; 81 SIC January; CSC May;
No. 2 red, 924c cash; 941sc December; "a lac Janu.
airy; S9l4c May. Receipts, $3.50 bu. Corn, 3914c.
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Foreign Stock and Money Markets.

LONDON. Nov. 800 p. M.-Government bonds
-Consols, 100 1916 for money and 100 1916 fer
account. United States bonds, tours, 1271e; four
And-a-halfs, 1853. Railroad bonds-AAtntic & Great
Western frsts, 1888; Atlantic g. Great Western
seconds, 1884; Canadian Pacific, 15S1e; Erie, 126;
Erie seconds, 91ss; Illinois Central, 14112; Mexican
ordinary, 241e; st. Paul common, 98ls; New York
Central, 1914; Pennsylvania. 1868; Reading, 112.
The arr cunt of bullion withdrawn from the Bank of
England on balance to-day was 9l4G, 000.
PARIS, Nov. 30.-Three per centrentes. 79f, 9712c
LOr account.
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Real Estate Transfers.


Instruments fled for record in the Recorders Office
of Marion county. Indiana, for the twentyfourh hours
ending at 5 o'clock, P. M, Nov. 30, 1885, as fur
nished by Elliott g. Butler, abstracters of titles, room
No. 3, Etna Building:
S. K. Fletcher, administrator, to Hiram
d. Harris, lot 1863 in E.. T., s. K. and
A. K. Fletcher's Woodlawn suburb to
Indianapolis $4,000
Robert w. Jones to Jane Jones, guardian.
ct al, part of the northeast quarter of
section IL, township 16 north, range 3
east, containing 10 1900 acres. $500. 90
John M. Castor and wife to Isaac n. Van.
Vorhis ct al. lot 6 and part of lot z in
the indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad
Company's subdivision, ETC., all in In
dianapolhs, 10000
Anton ~Sehildmeier and wife to Emma
Hoffman, part of lot 3 in Frazee's subdi-
vision Of outlot 3. in Indianapolis. $4,000
Eliza A. Cleaver and husband to Benton
Il. Tolin ct al, part of the southwest
quarter of section IL, township Id
north, range 4 400. 90
William Wallace, receiver, to Emma II.
McKiernan, lot 40 IN Clifford Place ad-
dition to indianapolis. $500
Franklin Il. Coffin and wife to Henrietta
Hubbard, lots 10, II, IL and 13 in
Vajen's South Brookside addition to
Indianapolis. 0UO.OO
George w. Christ and wife to Clara NJ.
Christ, lots 81 and 80 in block 40 in
John G. Buttons North indianapolis adj
| William c. Smith ct al. to Anna M. Chan.
der. lots l and 2 in block Yin North
side addition 60 indianapolis -----..--. 1000
+. Nj. Churchman ct al. to Charles l..
Clark, lot 1 in block 159, in Bright
wood lou.UO
Sarah J. Capito to James NJ. Fades, part
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Coffee.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 3O.-Cofee-rerular first.
400 reis per 100 kilos; good second, $500 reis.
Receipts during the week. 119, 900 bags; purchases for
the United States AZ 900 bags; clearances for the
United States. 45, 600 bags; stock, 521 600 bags.
SANTOS. Nov. 3O.-Coffee-Receipts during the
week, 81, 600 bags; purchases for the United States,
1000 bags: clearances for the United States, none;
stock, $50 600 bags.
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, Nov. - has been no general
activity in the market, still moderate orders and like
selections have taken a fair quantity of goods. Agree.
ably to announcement, the Rodman Manufactur.
ing Company, on Dec. l, will make the price of Hum.
boldt 38 cents, and ST. Nicholas doeskins 80 cents.
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SupRy,I uOSbly UuICHcF SFdUeS ana OF OnlVfdlr OualtV.
Market about the same as Saturday. All sold.
Export ..--..-.. So. 2O05.6 go
Good to choice OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 4.5OO5 90
Fair to medium hippers.....-..... 1886 %
Common shippers and feeders .-........ 3.3503S5
Stockers, common to good...--......--.. 20
Good to choice 3.2503.75
Good to choice cows 800 O3. so
Common to fair cows and heifers-...-.. 1.7502.75
Veals, common to o 80
Bulls. good to choice 2.6O03. %
Bulls, common to medium. 1.750240
Mixers. common to good .-..--...-....2 5 .OO so. 90
HoGs-Receipts, $500; shipments, 1850. DUAL
ity fair. Market opened slow at a shade decline and
ruled quiet to the close. All sold.
Heavy packing and shipping. So. so 90
Light and mixed packing 3.6OO3. 70
Pigs and common ghts---------.--.. 8. O03.5O
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts, 600; shipments, $50.
Quality generally common. Market barely steady.
About all sold.
Good to choice s. 90 0S. 80
Common to medium grades. 2.OOa2.75
Culls, per 5O01.OO
Lambs. common to good..----.--.---.- 3.O003. 90
Bucks, per 2.O003. 90
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of lot IS in Greer e. Walters, commits
sionerss, subdivision Of part of outiot
10l, in indianapolis 2,050.0O
Frank Van Camp to Mary A. jackson. lot
69 in Bright. Powell & Ellis's subditis-
ion of outlet 155, in Indianapois...... 100000
Conveyances. ~. consideration. $50. O95.o 90
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LIVE STOCK.
Cattle in Light Supply, and Only Fair In Quail
ity-Hogs a Shade Lower in Price.

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 80.
CATTLE-Receipts, 100; shipments, 1OO. Light
supply, mostly butcher grades and of only fair quality.
Market about the same as Saturdav Auco1
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Prime clover, $5@5.50 " ou; prime timothy, 2 a
200 y bu; extra clean blue grass, $1.25O1.5O ~ bu;
top, 75cD$1 ~ bu; orchard grass. 1925 02.75
p bu. owing to quality; German millet, $1O1.25 ~
bu; common, ST; ~buckwheat, 500S0c.
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Tho highest education OF women: Dora
consulting o play.bill l-"on fancy, AS
You Like 1t Is BY Shakespeare" -LOndOn
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THE .sECltEr MAIL"
mysterious system of Carrying News In
.lf,.r ri ASia. uH I

Mysterious System OF Carrying news IN
&eg York TrBuaG
Anglo.Indlans, and all who have lived
in Asistic countries, are aware that the
natives have means Of conveying news
which. at important iunctures enables
them to torestaIl the Government. THUS
throughout the Indian mutiny the intClli-
gence Of all the important events, such as
battles, capturesot cities, massacres and
Investments, was in possession Of the ba-
zaars usually hours and frequently days
before Il reached the authorities,
and this Notwithstanding the fact
that the latter had often taken
special measures to insure the quickest
Transmission possible. And It is also well
well known that this "se9ret mail' Is 80
trustworthy that the natives invariably
nj upon itiwith implicit confidence, spec.
Is,ISting, for example, to the full extent Of
Their fortunes. How the news ts sent
however, has never been discovered, OF
at least no explanation comprehensive OF
credible BY. the average Western mind haa
beeIi reached. The London Spectator OF q
recent date discusses this question ut much
length, and suggests the employment by
| the Asiatics OF carefully laid "dawks," Of
stages, This no doubt has the appearance
Eofa common sense explanation, but the
difficulty about 1t Is that no European
during the whole time Hindostaa ~
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THE TRAIN BoY,s APPLE.
How 1t Dlftsred From tho orchard Apple Of
II as Years Ago.

How It Differed From tho Orchard Apple Of
ae Years Ago.
r. J. Bartate u ne BrOokin EAGLE.
Thought the appleoff the train boy.
Ibit it with great difficulty and little
Joy, sing hey, the leathery fungus that It
was. handed It back to the boy and told
him to keep 1t; he might want to kill a
dog with some day. The boy, with the ma:
tive Independence ofhis class, said that l
didn't know good apple when I got one.
He opined, indeed, and very opinely, too,
in loud tone, OF expression, for the bene-
Ct Of the whole car, that when I had any
orchard fruit at homeI RECALLED myself
like q prince, on dried apples.
did not smite the boy nor upbraid
him with hard aud singing words. More,
indeed, in sorrow than in anger told
him did know what good apple was,
and KNEW where they used 10 grow, and
moreover, II he would bring me one now,
my entire bank account, with all the her
editimcnte, protests and overdrafts there
unto appertaining, should be his. The
only good apples OF the world, lineal de.
scendents OF The golden stock Of Hesperi-
dies, used to grow, 25 or thirty years ago,
on an old farm three or four miles out OF
Peoria, ILL.,, on the Mount Holly road. !
told the boy they were not always q fair
apple to look upon in their youth, when
1'loved them best. They were hard on
one side and green on the other. They
were gnarly all the way round and sour
all the way through. There was more
heartache and sorrow and deepseated,
gnawing remorse and heartfelt sorrow and
honest penitence in one Of those apples.
after you had eaten a peck OF them in the
same afternoon, than there Is now in a
whole green watermelon.
Nevertheless, USED TO into that orchard
at s a, M, eat apples to 1880 and then
feel hungry fur a Big dinner. vi
And told the boy II he would bring
me one Of those app!esnow, with the same
old taste and flavor that it had quarter
Of u century gone by, with the same old
smell OF the clover and apple blossoms
lingering about It, the came old idle
hreeZes that kissed my boyish cheeks in
the long, delightful, truant, summer after
moons; with the whistle of the bob-white
over the stubble field beyond the COW, pas
ture with the murmur OF the brook that
went singing over the white pc bibles at the
foot of the orchard hill; with the music OF
the bees humming and buzztpg about in
the sweet red clover tops; bring them to
me with the old, well-remembered and
peculiarly ipungtnt flavor Of the buggy
whip which frequently seasoned those APP
ples-bscause no boy could always get
over the iencein time-I told him l would
gladly, gladly, gladly give him $50 for just
one ample.
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TOken Of DC Erea. appreciation j have Of you.
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SILENT PIANOS.

Mute Instruments that Reduce the Strain
Upon tho Players Sense of Hearing.
Ntv York Sun.
Joseffy, the pianist, practices hours
daily. upona dumb piano, and Won Bulow
carries one with him in his travels to keep
up his practice, and List is said 10 use
one assiduously. The objectofsubstituting
silent instrument, which is said to be
growing in favor with musicians, is to
subordinate the sense Of hearing in prac-
tice, and to protect the player from the
nervous fatigue produced by the use Of
that sense, .at the same timo that the
senses OF sight and touch are employed.
A skilled musician said recently, that the
exhaustion from practicing upon piano
was greater than most people imagined.
He doubted whether street payer was
as much exhausted by a days labor as a
man who is obliged to practice all the
afternoon. He favored the use OF piano
that made no noise. He heard 9 physician
say that the nervous headaches OF young
women in musical Conservatives were
largely duo to the din Of practice, and it
was often thought that this noise impair
ed the musical sense. The mute piano
makes. the performer depend upon hiseye
and his touch, aud entorces more atten-
ton 10 the score, so that, he will be able
10 get notion OF the music upon slight
reading.
There are somo mute pianos in New
York and several in Boston. The first one
sent to this country came from Weimar;s
and after the model Of this one Others
were constructed. Themute piano has q
full keyboard, and has the appearance Of
an ordinary plane, but there Is neither
sounding board nor strings within the In.
strument. The keys are weighted with
lead, and provided with springs which
cause them to quickly go back TO their
places when touched. The tension may
be regulated so as to correspond with the
piano to be used for playing the music
With sounds, Then the touch need not be
livaried, and the sounding piano need not
| be used except to correct errors in the
shading OF notes. 1t Is further claimed
that 1t Is economy TO use q mute piano, as
an expert will play havoc with good
piano In two or three years hard practice.
The muscular and nervous strength re-
euired in modern exhibition piano play
Ing is surprisingly great. Carreno, with
Ia very small hand can crush the fingers Of
a strong man without moving her arm.
This power comes from long practice,
which to the devotee Is limited only by
endurance, and 1t is expected that the
mute piano will increase practice, and ac-
oordingly develop more brilliant and dit-
lcult piano playing. The instruments are
inexpensive, but are made only when
ordered. A piano manufacturer Gays that
they should not cost over SIS or $50, as
one can easily be made out Of q castof in
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