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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-15

Elegant assortment of Sewing
Lamps at Wood & Viser's. 1l,l5,d,tf
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-15

What about that thanksgiving din
ner? Adams & Neblett can fill the
order correctly. NIL diff
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-15

Extra fine celery and oysters a.
Young Il Beachs. Send in your or
ders. nl4dlt
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-15

TraveliuF men will find it to thei
interest 20 order their meals at Louis
Michel's res b'urant on Second street,
n11,dlW
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-15

Epicures will find just what they
want at Louis Michel's restaurant on
Second street. NIL, div
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-15

Buy Xmas gifts now and save
money, at T, A. Thomas Drug Co.
nl5,d, w&s, wifi.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-15

In getting up your menu for thanks
giving dinner send your order to
Adams & Neblett. nil diff
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-15

Import Maccaroni at Adams & Neb-
lett's. NIL diff
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-15
is CENTS PER WEEK.

Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
Trains leave Clarksvllle as follows:
SOUTH.
NO.IOI, FAST MAIL, ~ r. M
No.lO3, Fast Express, daily. \. 7:l4 A.
NORTH
No.l02, Fast Express, dailv~........ $40 P. N
No.l0is Fast Ma b;So A.
ELKToN ACCOMMODATION.
Arrives a. m
D6phrbS p III
cLAeKsgILLE AND PRINCETON.
Mail and TxpIess Arrives ...9:l0 a. m.
Mail and ExIiless Leaves ......4;8O p. M
Mixed train arrives. ....6:O5 p. M.
Mixed JrhlN lHNVes.-,... 40 u III
anrsusazz
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-15

Novelties IN dry goods at Bloch
Bros. s20,d,tf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12

''The small square piano in Mr.. Steinerts col
lection was made by Johann Christoff Ezekiel in
1888. 1t is very interesting from the style of
it's hampers, which are not actuated by the
keys. but by stops at the sides of the
cases 1t has two stops. the forte or loud
made by raising the hampers, and the piano or
soft, called the celeste. that il operated bv
moving tongues Of leather between the ham,
mer and the strings.
THE SMALL UPRIGHT PIANO.
''The small upright piano has four and half
octaves. 1t has its forte and piano stops moved
by knee levers, method that followed that of
the hand stops and preceded the pedal. This
instrument is Of what is known as the Charles
+. Friederici pattern. and dates from about
1850. You notice that the KEY board projects
from the side Of the case. 1t has but one stop,
forte, which raises the hampers from the
wires by knob attached at the left end of the
board
There is one instrument in this collection
that seems to me particularly interesting, for
1t carries us directly to the scenes and times
OF one of the masters of music / mean the
concert grand. five octaves, of the Mozart
period. made by Anton Walter. This is true
copy Of the Stein grand and also of the Mozart
grand in the MOzarteum at Salzburg. and
made by Walter. who in the end became the
favorite maker for Mozart. Walter, however,
was really an imtator of Stein
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12

''The old clavichord in this collection as you
can see, has four and half octaves. 1t was
made by Seuffert in 176l. There is an older
one In the collection, but its date and history
are not quite so sure. In this one. you see, the
natural keys of dark wood the chromatic
Keys being of ivory. There are two brass
wires to each note. and on more
than half Of the wires two notes are
struck on each. OF keyed instruments,
chronologically speaking. the clavlchOrd is as
surediy the most ancient. Ii seems to have
followed the monochOrd and preceded the
spinet- virginia. and harpsichord. The system
of striking more than one note on the same
string dates from 1920 to 1925. The early his
tory of the clavichOrd taken in connection with
that OF the chrUmatic key board previous to the
fifteenth century rests in profound obscurity.
The action of keyed instrument lis the
technical name for that part of the mechanism
That transmits the pressure on the key to the
blow on the hammer. The action OF the claw
chord Is the simplest imaginable. The key
bears at its inner end short stout pieces Of
brass wire with the upper ends fattened
and of such length that when the kew
Is pressed down these pieces of brass, or
tangents as they are called. will strike and
elevate the wires slightly. but when the kew is
released the tangent will drop below out of
contact with the wire. These cangents act as a
hammer TO vlbrate the wires and as a bridge
80 arranged that the wires between them and
the nxed bridge at the end shall have the cor
rect length to make the note required To
prevent that portion o. the wire on the left side
OF the tangent from sounding il is made silent
DIV wearing In and out between the two wires
tape or narrow band of cloth This not only
dampens the wire at the length of the tangent
but when the wire is dropped the entire wire is
sllenced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12
FROM LYRE TO PIANO.
Footsteps That Mark the Triumphal
March of Music.
SPINNET AND HARPSICHORD.
An Interesting Collection I'm the Mu.
seum-Genesis Of the Concert Grand
Instruments Played BY Mozart and
Beethoven.

POLIO struck his Tyre; so the bards
JHE Of old say. But it ia more than prob
HNtable he tvanged the strings or
lin vplucked them. 1t is doubtful if he
lstruck them as does the hammer in a
modern piano. As soon. however. as it was
found that sweet strains could be produced by
striking the taut strings of a musical instru-
ment then was the genesis Of the upright and
the concert grand. From that time on the
evolution OF the piano has been gradual one.
To q son of Erin is ascribed the definition OF
piano as a .harp put in box and played by
machine"
But the unintentional wit was only partially
right for q harp is picked while the strings OF
Q piano in its present form are struck In order
to make the desired sound. 1t is generally
thought that the earliest form OF instruments
in which tine strings are sounded by being
struck instead Of being plucked or rubbed, as
in the case OF q violin. is represented In
sculpture picture of procession found upon
an Assyrian monument dating back 10 the
sixth century before Christ.
1t would seem that the development OF the
modern instrument so much enjoyed and so fire.
uuentlv abused can be traced from this Assy-
rian ducimer-like instrument down through
the progressive stages marked by the harp. dull
elmer monochord. clavichord. virginia. harpsl-
chord to the piano forte (Which could play both
loud and soft. and then to the many improve
ments and Celebrations of the latter.
THE DULCIMER
has been regarded as the true prototype Of
the piano. the key board of the latter being
borrowed from the organ. There is record
Of kew board as early as the sixth century.
and when the monochord had made its appear
ance it was an easy matter to add other strings
and the clavichord was developed. This is the
story as told at least by students and musicians
who have chosen to delve into the ancient his
tory Of musical instruments.
A collection that has recently been placed in
the National Museum for exhibition is likely to
arouse considerable interest in the history of
the development of the modern piano. 1t Is
collection of musical instruments that is of
nature to please the casual observer. to amuse
the curious and 10 instruct the student 1t is
placed at the museum for exhibition for few
years or until its owner desires it to be shown
at the worlds fair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12
ASBESTOS AND ITS USES.
A Queer Mineral That Srrves Not a
Few Vegetable Uses.

m ERE is a towel that is never washed
zf&M and yet is always kept clean" said
kchemist to a STAB reporter, handing to
him at the same time what appeared to
~"<skJ the eye and touch to be nothing more
nor less than an ordinary piece of coarse cot
ton toweling.
was the natural query.
This kind" replied the man of science.
going over to the corner of his laboratory and
stuffing the towel into a small stove that was
burning brightly there for chemical purposes.
Il understand" said the visitor You never
use such towel more than once"
You are very much mistaken there" re-
sponded the chemist II use such towels
almost forever and they almost never wear
out"
With that he lifted off the lid of the stove
again and took out the towel with the tongs,
dipping it in cold water and then handing il
once more to the newspaper man.
Why" exclaimed the latter. sit is not even
injured. What Is it made OFF,
1T is made of rock" answered the chemist;
but a very peculiar kind of rock-so peculiar
indeed that the ancients supposed the stuff of
which this towel is woven to be of a vegetable
nature. They used to wrap bodies that were
to be burned in cloths made OF the same fax
like substance in order to keep the ashes from
being lost among the charred wood OF the
funeral pyre. Also they used it for napkins
and for lamp wicks."
but what is it called?"
You have often heard of it under the name
of asbestos though very few people appar-
entity have any notion to what il really lie.
Enormous deposits of it exist in Canada and
elsewhere. 1t is a form of a very hard rock
called hornblende and is found in strata OF a
fbrous consistency readily Invisible into silky
strands resembling fax. This likeness has
given it the name of earth fax You can see
for yourself from this towel how much it looks
like a vegetable fabric when woven. An as
bestos towel may be used for pretty nearly the
same purposes as an ordinary towel. and, when
1t is dirty. all you have to do is to throw il
into the fire and rake it out after little while
perfec ly clean"
lis asbestos used for any other purposes in
these days?"
''Oh, yes. 1t is employed for roofing mate
rial, boiler felting, paper stock, and in the
mixing of freproof paints for stage scenery.
Also clothes for firemen and gloves to handle
red-hot iron with are made of il. Sometimes
the mineral is found in thin sheets of inter-
laced fbers, known mountain leather.
Elsewhere it is not infrequently procured in
thick sheets. and in that condition is called
mountain cork"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12
Mrs. Paran Stevens Diamonds Lost.

Reports come from Newport of an extensive
diamond robbery from the villa of Mrs. Paran
Stevens. Saturday last Mrs. Stevens missed
from her jewel case pair of diamond brace
lets valued by her at sl6,0O0. There had been
no evidence of break into The house by
thieves and the servants were at once cues
toned closely. 1t is not known whether other
diamonds have been taken or not, but the
large figure placed upon the value Of the booty
indicates that such is the case. Mrs Stevens
is now in New York, and it is said that she has
been losing diamonds for the past six months.
She claims that the aggregate loss will be
S40, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12

In the exhibit there are three claviehords,
harp, six square pianos, one small upright,
two concert grands. two violins. three violas,
two lutes and two 'cellos. They have been de-
posted by their owner Mr.. Morris Steinert Of
New Haven. Conn, who has every reason to be
proud of his antique collection. Mr.. Hawley Of
the National Museum said to STAR
reporter recently that he regards
it as particularly valuable. because it
illustrates so much Of the development of the
piano. 1.-The monochord," said Mr.. Hawley to a
STAR reporter WAS a long instrument with a
single string stretched across two fixed
bridges, with a movable bridge in between
which gave the pitch. This instrument was
commonly used in churches to initiate singers
into the mysteries of the eight tones.
Ii was afterward found to be more
convenient to do away with movable
bridges. and at the points to put in
fixed bridges raised by an apparatus resem-
bling the Keys of an organ. Then the strings
were struck and the desired notes came forth.
The invention of the clavichord thus came
about. This in turn was followed by the square
piano, of which it was the prototype.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12
RAILROADS.
{ !HEsArrAkE AND OHIO RAILWAY.
Schedule IN Eject MAy II

Trains leave Union pspO. Oh ana streets. lo.sf
s SosiSlk daily Arrive st Old Point st 10 pm
IL "a am. C,ncinasri EIprvs. daily 20 station. In
v ..t,hnlt. West NiryinA. Kentucky and cinc.nnsu.
III 10 , Pm. p ~ vesiiSuIe Limited daily. sona
f a.IsS %. Z S is Ss:Ssi. s:sS..
omce; Sl3 fennsylvania avenue
r,o., Hw FULLER
- General Passenger AGENT
RALfihokL AND OHIO RAILROAD.
Leave washington from station corner % New yers-y
For Chicago ana s SaTas. .ss ;,rssS
pTf For a che ia $50 an ~ expires. SO Rm
daily. 80 aud ii 30 p M ~" in'i-nsp0is snprss
For hst.6Grr and Cleveland s,pss-. daily Q 30 =
For d lexington and points in tho Shenandoah y.ll.s.
For Mnchester and way stations. t5.sop.m
Tor Luray. 80 30 and q 40 pm.
30 g 90 IS amsss So 81 $50 III ~ S ssS Is 90
SD ,ns s n, ann, lsie 81 ESQ Is minutes.
%Enpts.9 $50. 500 6i5 go S:I6 o "a 81 :: AZ &
80 sS s so am o Pm na 90 SUNDAYS ss n 100 "a
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FOR Way stations between Washington and B.l,,-
di. 80 Pm; sundays 80 am. 90 3 rs. s:3S
Lrsins leave Baltimore for Washington week DAY.
10 70 and NV po'.s 10. 20, 800 so 20. 80
50. 90 4i3 s.oU t 20 90 ID io 90 2iS so
$50 ~ ~ X H. 10 and "a 90 sundays
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S S;o s S sS am. isOS $50 P$ S su anass
,s fG 5 s'n a. the Metropolitan Branch to so
tioSo am Il iS 20 and foE e, Pne'rAi station. only
For h s;ss,S.r and Way s..tions - IS pm
i99S9o' n 90 am. II 90. $500 '5.S5. fs.SS
For Boyd's and intermediate stations, - .oopm.
Ghuren tram leaves Washington on sunday ils
For fgSderick 8 so, s. 80 $3.50. iii 80 sIa.
81 iiSi $50 - 80 pm
Trans arrive from Chicsgo daily i / a. a m ana
am and 200 pm from nils6urs Z 10 am $50
NEw YORK AND PHILADELPHIA DIVISION
Ay 20 a 49s. ITO, 10 90. .lg 90 am. '2'So,
Day trains sleeping Oar on the y on Sp en-
s5 ;. .n S' IS SO a
Tor Newark, Del, Wilmington and Chester, q .O5,
III. ~ an l2;oo noon. zoo 400 ola aud
,,, For Intermediate points between baltimore and
pm
irsD. an ns.'. Ssr 5e!a fer oSS.s1ins.S
Tram. leave Philadelphis for Washington. .4:sA
%: :B2 pm.
10. Boston $50 pm. with Pullman Buffet Sleep
ing car running through TO Boston without change
va fouThkee sic Bridge landing passengers in und
NJ. station boston
. For Atlantic City. .o5 and 10 an. 200 noon.
sundays ,O5 Am, IL noon and 10 :3Opm
FOR BAY RIDGE.
q Week days. 9: 10 am. 80. 4 80 pm. sundayx
Leave Bag Rlase, week days, 80. 8 80 IN. sun.
days. $500. 900 pm.
fEhcept sunday. Daily. ssunday only.
Baggage called for and checked from hotels and
oences by Union Transfer Company on orders left .t
ticket ofnces 0ly and 1881 Penn ave, and at depot
CHAs. U. SOUL, Gen. Pass. Agent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12
ICE CREAM SODA FOR TWO.
Drawn in the Highest Style Of the Art
Stolen Candy.

WO RATHER giddy-
looking young women
in light summer gowns
and many ribbons
floated airily into a con-
fectioner's shop on F
street yesterday and,
folding their parasols.
awaited the leisure Of
the graceful youth with
the striking necktie who
was one Of the operator
at the soda water coun-
ter.
Lets wait for him, ="
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12

is . small instrument The key board
has a black, natural case Of ebony and
chromatic KEYS of ivory. The action is
is that of Stein or tn. yiennese action. 1t has
two actions. the forte, made by raising all the
hampers, and the soft or celeste made by slid
ing piece Of cloth between the hammers and
the strings. These hampers are acted upon
by knee levers, system that antedated the
pedals.
FAMILY OF PIANO MAKERS.
''The Stems were undoubtedly family Of
piano makers. The family consisted of the
father Johann Andreas. his two sons. Matthaus
Andreas and Frederick. and daughter Maria
who was really the most famous of the group
She afterward married Streicher and herself
made pianos under the name of Nanette
Streicher, nee Stein.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12
Strange Stories From Armenia.

According to advices received at Constanti-
nople a number of Armenian peasants at Ala
kiles who failed to pay their taxes were burned
alive by Turkish zap.iehs.
The authorities of Trebizond have sent
$4,000 cases of paraiiinc to Dersim for the pur-
pose of firing extensive dense forest which
is likely to serve as a refuge for Armenians if
pursued by Turkish troops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12

'~sxt in chronological order comes the
ha,psichord. This follows the clavichor d and
preosdes the piano. 1t differs from the latter
in that the strings are picked or plucked with
short pieces OF quilts instead of being struck
by a blow from the hammer. There are some
spinets and harpsichords in this country. but
they are not many. The one most known to
people in this city is the one that was given to
Nellie Gusts by Gen. Washington and that is
still to be seen at Mount Vernon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12

THE SUBJECT OF THE PROPER FooD for infanes A
that claims the attention Of all The best food
for an infant, whether sick well, Is that which
closely resembles mothers milk. Mellin's Food
use by simply dssoiving il in hot water and milk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12

sxrrLNo DOWN IN wAsHINaroN-THE THRIFT OF
wKsrHRN crTIEs-A PERFECT cLIMATE-RIvALRy
OF SEATTLE AND rAooMA-THE INDIAN PoPu-
LATIoN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12
HE Is A GOOD BOY NOW.
The Prince of Wales and What He Will
Do as q Ruler.

INTERESTING GOSSIP FROM KuRoPH-DrvoRcEs
IN KNaLAND-EDUcATED woMEN-Ex-NINIs-
TER wEsr-EMPERoR WILLIAM ON HIS TRAv-
ELs-HELIaoLAND.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12

James Mcmahon, an employe at Armour's
packing house, Chicago, died Thursday from
the effects Of the heat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12
Educating the Girls.

From the Chicago Herald.
An eminent French writer has said: "when
you educate a boy you perhaps educate man;
but when you educate a girl you are laying the
foundation for the education of family" He
might have added that to this end the physical
training was Of equal Importance with the
mental.
In these days the subject OF the physical
training OF young men is occupying much at
full of interest. The fault is that the needs of
both sexes in this respect are not equally con-
sidered.
An erect figure, an organism in which the
processes of life may 20 on without the cease
less dlscord of functions at war with each other
because Of abnormal relations-in short, the
added advantages which q fine physical ad-
justment gives to Its possessor-are as neces-
sary TO one sex as the other and for the same
reasons.
II physical education and consequent ini-
provement are things to be desired il is not
that number OF individuals, as result of
this training, shall be able to perform certain
feats of strength or agility; but in its broadcast
sense 1t Is for the improvement Of the race,
and the race cannot materially advance, ply
slcaily. intellectually or morally, unless the
two factors which constitute the. race share
equally in whatever tends to its greater
perfection. Therefore, IL In consequence Of
proper physical training men can do more work,
1--we longer and transmit to posterity share Of
this improved condition women also should be
so trained that they can do more work, live
longer and contribute to the higher possibili-
ties of the race by experimenting instead of
thwarting the promise which has been presup-
posed IN the higher development of men.
Rev. David Evans, preacher Of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, died in Baltimore yes
terday from paralysis. He was local preacher
for ifty-ive years
Sir Ambrose Shea, governor general Of the
bshsmss- and Lady Shea were passengers on
the steamer Cienfuegos which arrived at New
York yesterday from Havana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12

''The Beethoven concert grand in this collec-
ton is an example of the work of Madame
Streicher. 1t was made in Vienna in 1916 and
has six and half octaves. The keys have
white naturals and black chromatics. The
piano has five stops that are moved by pedals
Maria Stein, known as Nanette. was. as l
have said the daughter ofJohannAndreas Stein
the founder of the German pianoforte making
She WAS natural musician and when still
small girl played before Mozart. who said that
Notwithstanding her evident faults. she had the
making of great musician. Her natural tai
ents piano maker. however, were so OBJ
viOus that her father initiated her into the de-
tails of his art, and upon his death she carried
on the business in company with her brother,
Matthaus Andreas Stein. After her marriage
to Johann Streicher she moved to Vienna, and
in 1902 dissolved the partnership with her
brother. Stein of Augsburg afterward became
famous as pianoforte builder.
"Nanette Streicher is described as being an en-
ergetic and capable business woman, and in ad-
dition to her excellent qualities piano maker
she Is said to have been a woman of general
cultivation and a model wife and mother Her
name has always been closely connected with
that OF Beethoven 1t is we'll known that she
did much to help him in his domestic arrange
ments. that she lightened the burden of his
labors, and even went TO the length Of looking
after his bodily health.
PLAYED BY BEETHOVEN
'This particular instrument in this interest
ing collection was one that Madame Streicher
loaned to Beethoven for his concerts when away
from home. He not only enjoyed playing on
this instrument then. but Madame Streicher
kept 1t at the disposal Of the great master when
ever he felt like using it. In a letter that
Beethoven wrote to Madame Streicher he said:
Perhaps you do not know though have not
always had one Of your pianos. that since 1909
1 have invariably preferred yours
This piano. the favOrite of the great Beeth-
oven. bears the name 'Streicher, Vienna upon
the name board, but on the sounding board
is to be seen the inscription, .Nanette Stein,
Vein
80 1 think you will agree with me when I
say that this collection is one of exceptional
interest to musicians and all lovers Of music. {"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12
cE FAMILY SUPPLIES.

REST CREAMERY BUTTER 2oc PER LIB BIB.
- lots only 10 Good CigarszJc; lbs. Best Cheese
5oc.; Quart Bottle sweet CatAwba VINE, 25c., Big
Bottle Risky. 25c Big bot ClAret 25c Pure Black
berry Wine for medicinal use.
jyil-lm. O'HARE's. l245 9TH stnw.
4 UTZ BROS, CELEBRATED PICKLES AND Ia
~ BILE Sauce Of all kinds he had bottles ksesor
barrels by applying TO their sole agents. A. DEPUEk
sON. SIS 10 SO A. ~ my 7-:,ln