Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-12
THE CREMONA SECRET.
THE LONG HIDDEN MYSTERY %
srRAoIvARiuS DISCOVERIES.
Breaking to Pieces . $500 vlolin>Ths
Whole Secret Concealed In the WooA
Of Which the Instrument
Was Made.
Now York Telegram.1

The Cincinnati Courier, which d the oe.
eAial organ Of the College Of Music in sha1
city has recently published an interesting
statement a to the discovery Of ths long.
lost secret OF making the Cremons violin
The statement Is to the effect that the sscrse
Of the swestne = and power Of the Cr0mono
lies in the wood Of which tho violin h mAda,
and that two violins have besn made In
Cincinnati which in svsr5 respect arc fully
equal to the best specimens Of the work Of
Amai Stradivarias or any other Of the cels-
brated makers
A representative Of The Telegram who b
much interested in the violin clipped the ar
ticle from the Cincinnati paper and forwarded
1t, with q short note, to a violin connoisseur
of this city who prides himself upon q
valuable u collection Of rare instruments -
can be found in the country. A few days
later the connOisss ur wrote 70 this corrs-
spondent, requestln3 him to call and spend
an evening with hin at his residence, near
Madison square.
The article had been carefully rad and
considered by the enthusiastic collector.
ut is a true statement in the main," s.9
be: but should like to make an addition
% it that may prove interesting NOT only to
the alleged discoserer, but TO all Others who
have speculated upon it.
~You know the professor Of tho violin IN
the Cincinnati College Of Musici Well,
some years ugU be was bead master Of the
<ioliD school Of the Lipsic conservatory.
He bad been Ioug time among tho snthusi-
astic searchers after the lost secret and ha6
studied the various Instruments in hib own
c0ilsc tion aud In thoss Of hi friends with
the assiduity Of mouomaniac One day -
made proposition to ono Of his friends thaS
for the moment was astounding IL Ws1
that they should take . Ssradiyarius
to piecsa After long dslibsfation md
at the expense VI many tsars end
heart pangs, the two friends bsokD
up the sweettoned treasure who's
woodrous voice would never gladden.
mortal ear again; and tho sweet secret vas
theirA 1t lay simply in the wood OF which
tho instrument was made. II was that q Q
balsam pine that grow in Italy in former
days. but bad disappeared. On removing 70
Cincinnati the professor fell IN with an in
strument-maker who had made . study oe
our American woods, and who. On exAmiD.
ing the jagged pieces Of the ruined Ssrsdt-
varius, said at once: Why, this h American
wood; II not, We have somsthing % nsariy
like it that there il no difIsrsnce between ths
two. This is identical IN weight ssxsufs.
and grain, with our balsam pine. which
grows In abundance to the north of u&'
SWELL, It was not long before . rsquidtioa
was made upon the land Of the north for Q
subsection Of . balsam pine srea 1t IVES
carefully and tenderly Awn into slsba, and
thess were cured with an earnest attentioa
that had never been bestowed upon pine
slabs before-at least in this country. Two
Il - T. ~ -
after having been tested. they were played
upon by the professor, In pTeseucs Of . Hum-
bsr OF tho most critical connoisseurs in Gin
pare them with CremonaA Tho compart
son resulted in the unanimous verdict Of The
critics that the American-mads snsrt amentD
wsrs fully as sweet and pure in iona . the
Crsmonas, but inferior in power. This IN
fsriority, however, all believed, would b
nc iceabls no longer whom the nav inssru
ments wers advantaged by time and usA
~The beautiful violin which tia profsssR
persuaded his friend to destroy bod
market value Of $500. But what b thAs
to the value Of the discovery, which b %
nuhly aided his friend to maker
Up to this point the writer bad intsrjectsd
10 remark to interrupt the dow of hiD
friends interesting talk.
But" said be, sad NO other efforts In tho
same direction bssn made to discover tho
secretp
"Dossns," said the connoisseur. but thsro
has bssu no sacrifice made. 1t Is not svsfy
violin-lover who will destroy $500 hand
ful OF delight just to crafty hisnd's
fancy"
To mitigate Snow Blindnea
rExchanreI
Upou one occasion, relates Col Napoleon
Crosby, Of Georgia, his company was forced
to march for several days over the un
broken snow. and his eyes became % weak
and infamed that he blackensd his whole
face with SCOT to counteract the brilliant
reflection from The snow. h says Of course,
it was failure, bat be persisted that il wAe
q great relief, and IN less than Q day the
whole company presented an unbfoksn linz
Of b2nckened faces and syslidA
Oranges ffon Ralsstina
Chicago Tribunal
3Holy" oranges from Palestine ars smoaR
the delicacies Of the New York marksS
They arc bright yellow, shaped like Q giny.
flower apple. and the skin b medium TN
The flavor n rich but they ars mot N svr.a