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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16

The Chinese as Nation delight in
what appeals to the senses-vvid color,
original form and striking sound.
Their music, therefore, is characterized
by little OF the spiritual. To them SEN
suous delight in tone is great attrac-
ton. They base all sciences on music,
and at oho time the purity of its pre-
valling type was considered to be the
test oil the virtues of the rcigning mon
arch. Even to-day the Imperial Board
ut Pekin still keeps u close watch over
new compositions, in order, as far as pos.
sible, to preserve the style OF the ancient
music. The music of the Chinese, like
their language, is written in vcrticlc
rows OF characters from right to left.
The modern Chinese have n special sign
for nearly every note in their mclodic
system. There is said to be curious
resemblance between some Scotch and
Chinese airs. Among the instruments
of this Nation in the Stcarns collection
are to yuc kin, the soma and the ur-hean.
The yuc-kin, or the moon guitar, has
four strings which are tuned in pairs at
the interval of Il fifth. The soma is n
tavoritc instrument among the common
people, especially ut marriage entertain
rnents and funerals. 1t has an excep-
tionai shrill and piercing sound. The
ur-heen, or two strinecd violin, has II
head covered with snake skin. The
bow is of bamboo and horsehair, while
the strings are tuned at an interval OF
fifth.
The average European who has had
the opportunity of listening to Japan
csc orchestra may smile at the idea Of
their music having any real value In
Japanese civiiiz ition, as in Chinese, mu.
sic has for centuries been one of the
chief factors. 1t takes a prominent
place in all ceremonies, religious AMI
secular, and plays u no less important
part in private life. Street bands are as
numerous us in China and the use of
musical instruments, among the people in
general, is much more universal. The
Japanese writes his music in the same
manner as the Chinese. He cares little
whether the sounds to which he listens
are produced by wood, skin or clay. 1t
is enough for him ii they are pleasing 10
the ear. He divides his instruments in
to classes, perfect and imperfect. Per-
feet instruments are used for sacred
music; all other are imperfect. Among
the string instruments in the Stearns
collection are the koto. The name is
applied to large family of instruments,
varying greatly in size, construction and
the number of strings, from the summa-
koto, with the single string, to the sono-
koto, which has thirteen. The koAin
is violin. This instrument has four
strings of gut and is played with long
horsehair bow. The instrument is held
perpendicular IN the left hand, the neck
uppermost and the body resting on the
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16

CNiiiLcu people 10 prOuucc - ga
moving melody. The Instruments are
hung around the walls and are properly
labeled. Frederick X. Stearns, who is
an excellent musician, being President
OF the Detroit Musical Society, naturally
takes great interest in these instru-
ments, and il is even limited by some of
his intimate friends that he has become
proficient upon score or so of them,
such as the kermangeh, the 2umbry. the
derbonka and other well-known instru-
mcnts. Tho sweet sounds that are pro-
duccd from some of these instruments
are not always of ravishing character,
so that when the aifable President of the
Detroit Musical Society is asked to play
solo on some extremely curious looking
contrivancc he generally is so consideratc
as to give only short selection, which
fully imprcsscs his visitor with the re-
markablc qualities of the instrument.
1t goes without saying that most OK
traordinary variations of sound may be
produced on these instruments which
were devised by the Chinese, indians,
Mongolians, Africans, Japanese and
many other people who have not pro-
duced Instruments that are in use in the
best regulated orchestras. Even Wae-
ner who was notable for having all kinds
of instruments and plenty OF them in
his orchestras would pause appalled, be-
fore band OF musicians armed with the
instruments seen i'll the Stearns collec-
ton, and it is doubtful if even he could
so orchestratc as to provide for such an
emergency.
A careful study of the instruments
seen here would constitute q liberal
education in n certain phase of musical
matters. While the Chinaman makes of
his music matter of science, and an
agency for moral improvement, with the
lindoo it is pre-cmlnently thing of the
emotions. 1t has been asserted that
Hindoo music has nothing which CORE.
spends exactly to what we cell musical
measure, but that instead it is charac.
terized by certain rhythm incapable of
being brought under the laws of mus;-
cal time. There are two systems
of music in vogue in India at the pres
ent day, the karnatik, or southern sys.
TEN; and the Ilindustani, or northern
The latter is chiefly in the hands of the
Mohammedan professors, who appear TO
have borrowed from the Arabian and
Persian systems. The Karnatik is more
melodious and possesses fewer traces of
foreign innovation. Even in the differ
ent provinces, the style of music varies
widely; and the character OF melody,
no less clearly than the dialect in which
1t is sung, will serve to indicate to
which part of India it belongs Many
of the Hindoo songs are beautiful, bvth
as to poetry and melody. The drum of
India has the body of wood, the heads
OF skin and is tightly braccd with cords.
The soorsringa or string Instrument has
the body of dark wood and is pear
shaped. The handle is inlaid with ivory
and it has eight wire strings with a
bridge of ivory. 1t is played with a
small plectrum. The tamboura is made
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16
Ths Oldest Public School Teacl, ,r

Miss Clara F. Whiting, OF New Yor.;
City, has probably taught longer in the
public SCHOOLS than any other person
living. Miss Whiting is seventy six
years old, aud until the beginning of the
fall term she had taught continuously
Tor ii:ty-scvcn yclrs. Before she retired
she was principal of the female depart.
meat Of Grammcv School No. II. Sat
is still in good health and is lookine
forward to Il long season Of case and rest.
Miss Whiting says, "I began here il
New York before there were any public
schools. That was before the present
system was established. The Quaker.
started what was known rs the poo
schools But so thorough aud con.
scientious arc these people in Whatever
they undertake that these schools were
soon much better than the pay schools.
Parents were not slow to see this, and
they wantc.l to send their children, but
they hcSitltci on account of their bcinq
charity schools. So petition was SEM
to the Legislature to charter the schools,
levy a small tax on property owners anc
inauguratc regular system of public
instruction. This was the beginning Of
the public school system. I began here
in New York in the charity schools, and
1T was not many months before 1 became
principal. remember 1 was nineteen
in january and | became principal in
February. have held the position
ever since, and in practically the same
school, though it has had in that time
three different buildings. "-BostoI
Transcript.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16
Nerve Exercise

An original treatment OF certain nor.
vous complaints has been worked out By
Dr. Caarcot, of Paris. Observing that
long rides by rail or carriage, especially
with much shaking and jolting, gave re.
lief to patients afflicted with shaking
palsy, he has successfully tried to pro.
duce the same effect by the use OF ar
electrically osclllated GUAR. To the
healthy person the motion from side to
side in this chair is far from pleasant.
but after quarter of an hour of it the
pltcnt feels like another individual, and
is ready for good nights sleep
Various other nervous disorders yield &c
this treatment, which seams to be an i'm.
provement over the tuning forks and vi
Grating rods before tried for neuralgia,
etc. For nervous headaches student OF
DE-. Cnarcot has employed vibrating
helmet, in which little clecrric mntol
vibrates strips of steel at the rate OF 6Gu
times minute, the effect being TO in.
duce lassitude and sleepincss. Trenton
N. J.) American.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16

clears bar five feet high. His flying
leaps include Il chair placed on Il table /;
series of eight chairs, making an OBJ
stacle nineteen feet long, and a horse
standing seventeen hands, which he
clears with his aukies tied. The more
sensational feats mentioned by the Pail
Mall Budget consists of jump over
three chairs backward; q mmp over a
chair ON to the face of Il man lying at
its foot, and off again, without injury to
the man, and flying leap over water. in
the course OF which the champion Just
skins the top of tue water without vet
ting more than the soles of his shoes.
Darby concludes with n splendid bound
ovcra six-foot gate studded at the top
with vicious looking spikes.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16

lap. The bow is grasped with the right
hand, in such a manner that the hairs
may be frightened or loosened at pleas.
uIe, between The fourth and fifth fingers.
In spite of this awkward method of
bowling, it is said to produce remarkably
sonorous tones. This instrument has re.
ceived the hearty praise of European
writers. Its superiority over the Chinese
violin must be admitted. In the musical
academy at japan the musical commits
sion has recommended that with the
piano and organ, the koto and kokin
should have place in the curriculum of
the institute and in ordinary school in
struction. Experiments for Improving
its construction have already been made,
and by substituting a soundingboard OF
lkiri wood for the customary catskin, a
much finer quality of tone is produced.
The music of Corea is undoubtedly
| founded on that of China. 1t seems to
have varied little in character since the
early days. OF harmony the Corenl,
knows nothing. His favorite jnstr:-
ment is the carionet, which is said to
have shrill and piercing sound. 1t is
the constant companion of the Coreans.
indoors and out, and nothing is mole
common than to see one of them start
ing out for stroll with his instrument
under his arm. He will gather around
him crowd of eager listeners in short
space of time. This instrument is always
played for solo purposes, for the excel
lent reason that if used in concerted
music its tones would hopelessly drown
those OF all the rest of the band. Music
is popular with all classes of the Cor.
cans.
The Arabs have always been of po-
etical temperament, but their music de-
veloped slowly. In the eighth and ninth
centuries Bagdad was the great musical
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16
A Cow Which Eat, Chickens.

Daniel Bush, nem Houcksvillc, West.
minister County, Md, is the owner of q
COW that bids fair to rival tie bovine iu
the State of Washington that feeds on
hops and yields beer instead of milk.
says the Baltimore American. Mr.. Bush's
COW, contrary TO the natural habit OF the
genus, has developed cirnivorou, pro.
penslties aud is displaying fondnes.
Tor spring chickens rs an article OF diet.
Her owner was until recently possessed
OF u fine lot Of the fcathcred bipcd,.
which were kept in coopj, PROB bly as a
measure OF protection against the pecu.
liar appetite OF the COW. In spite of hi,
precaution, however, the milk giving
animal recently succeeded in making a
feast OF a number Of the fowls She &C.
com?lished her purpose by breaking the
coop with head aul horns, and then dc.
li6cratcly dcvouriny the poultry, feather:
and all. The first coop attacked con.
tanned eleven iinc broilcrs, which were
speedily transferred, feathers aud all, to
the nav of the quadrupcd, and might
have been regarded rs a good, square
meal for even hungry COW. But the
appetite of Mr.. Bush's COW was not easily
satisfied, and she promptly demolished
another coop and gobble1 up seven more
bipcds. 1t is needless to remark thai
steps were Immediately taken to guard
the remaining poultry from similar fate
and since the occurrence related the
ruminant animal has been com PEELED tc
chew the cud of disappointment and
wait another opportunity. Some curiou;
people are anxious to know what of.
lecs diet OF spring chicken is likely to
have on the tactical fluid of the animal.
Some Of them read the story of the
Washington COW eating hops aud yield.
ing beer instead of milk, and they i'm,
aginc that the least Mr.. Bush's milkct
can do, under the circumstances, is u
supply him with a first class article OF
chicken soup.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16
Why We Need Two Ears.

Sound travels by waves, radiating
from central point of disturbance, Just
as waves radiate when q stone is thrown
into still water. So far as the hearing
of each individual is concerned these
waves move in n direct line from the
cause of the disturbances to the ear.
This being the case, the impact fssgreat-
er in the ear nearest the sound. Now,
a person who has totally lost the hearing
OF one car cannot locate the direction of
a noise to save his life, even when the
center of disturbance is quite near.
Blind persons learn to estimate distances
in surprisingly brief period after los
ing their sight, but experts on diseases
of the ear say that persons who are
wholly deaf in one ear can never learn
the direction from which sound comes.
Brandon Banner.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16
Cutting OF lie Liver.

1t is only very recently that the dis.
covery was made that considerable por-
ton of the liver may be safely removed,
and the first case of removal OF tumor
from this organ occurre only four years
ago, while only twenty such cases have
yet been reported. In these cases seven.
teen patients recovered, two died, and
in one the result was not stated. A
striking fact is that sixteen out of nine
teen OF the :umors were in women. A
medical writer states that the chief OBJ.
stacle to progress in liver surgery is a
diagnosis, nearly all of these cases oil
tumor having been incorrectly diagnosed.
Teen ION N. J) American.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16

centre of the world, however, and theirs
the Persian singers flocked in crowds TO
the court OF the caliphs. Poets and
musicians were well-rewarded. Singing
is at present popular with all classes.
Although respectable Moslems rarely per-
form instrumental music, they are foa&
of listening to it. Orchestra performs
ances are common, both in public and
private. The; instruments principally
used are the Nay, tho Kemangeh, the
Tamboara, the Oud, the Kanoon and the
santir. Sometimes the Darabukkeh is
added. For the music which is per-
formed in the public cafes, the Nay
usually suffces. The place of honor is
given to string instruments. This bears
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16

Fahrenheit, aud to which temperature i
goes in the process OF manufacture into
boots and shoes, a change takes place 10
Its adhesive substance which on coolins
docs not recover the primitive propertiei
OF caoutchouc, aud the rubber once
made up can never be remadc success.
fully. "-Washington Star.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16
u song OF love.

o hills, in glory lean
Aud battle your brows in light;
Ovelvet valleys, soft between.
D-eam gently to tho night
For she that said ~ love" and sho
Hath given all that to mel
o birds, with thrilling threats,
Cad let your music be;
Drivers, where tho splendor floats,
F.ow singing to the sea!
For she hath said ~ love" and she
Hath made that love a crown for me,
o world, grown green to greet
The joy that comes apace;
Your roses for her footsteps SWEEP
Your sunshine for her facoi
For she hath said ~ love" and she
Hath made that love heaven for me!
Frank l.. Stanton
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16

minded citizen, has given most valuable
collection OF articles to the art museum
his home is veritablc museum OF rare
and costly treasures, notable among
which is the large assortment of musical
instruments which he has gathered with
discernment Mr.. Wilson, Secretary of
the Bureau OF Music, of the Worlds
Columbian Exposition, who was shown
the collection ON the occasion of his re-
cent visit here, was charmed with tho
instruments which fairly represent the
progress of music, showing the barbaric
conception Of sweet sounds as we'll as the
later manifestations on the part of half
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16
King Of All The Jumners.

The management of theatre in
London has secured new attraction in
the person OF Joseph Darby, the champion
jumper Of the world and holder of the
champion belt. Mr.. Darby clears six
chairs at n bound, his only spring off
being from y brick standing end up. In
similar way he jumps from brick
over n chair on to Il second brick, and
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16
AFTER THE WEDDING.
EY EMMA A. OPPER.

l was over. The COM
pany had gone. Sev-
eral miles away sped
the train on which the
bridal couple had dc.
parted. Miss Angc-
line Briggs was Mrs.
Lyman Ryder, and
Dir. Lyman Ryder was
presumably the hap
piest of men.
Angcline's mother,
who was practical,
was sorting out tho
borrowed dishes. her
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16

witness to an advanced stage of musiak
development; SUCH, indeed, as is only Is
be expected among a.people with whom
poetry and song are rs highly esteemed
as among the followers of Mohammond.
Detroit Free Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-16
PROGRESS In MUSIC.
l NOTABLE COLLECTION OF
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Some of Them Arc TuncfuI and
Others Decidedly Barbaric-
They May be Exhibited at
the Worlds FAIR.

S interesting a collection
Of musical instruments
as can be found any
where, says the Detroit
Free Press, is that
gathered by Frederick
Stea rms during his OK
tensive travels and
which adorns the music
room i'll the family
sresidencc on Lafayette
avenue. Although Mr..
Stearns, with the great
generosity of a public
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-18
RREAKEAsr BUDGET.

The gigantic bald eagles OF Duncan's
Mills, near Cazadero,, CAL, have been
making it very lively for certain kinds
OF live stock and fowls in that vicinity.
Pigs, full-grown Shanghai chickens and
even calves have been carried away in
the talcns OF these great birds. All the
sportsmen Of the vicinity are keeping
their rifles loaded for the big eagles.
A young Mr.. Wickham, OF Kahoka,
No., was recently blowing in a field
near the city when bolt OF lightning
struck the cultivator and shattered it to
pieces. Mr.. Wickham came to his
senses some time later and found his
horses still III a dazed condition from
the effects Of the shock. Man and
horses soon recovered and tho cult.
vator was run in for repairs.
An English scientist has made cal.
culation about the time it will take to
gil tho world with oil the people it will
hold. Tho present population Of the
81 lobe is about ,497, 100000, and he es.
Inmates that the maximum OF the in.
habitants that can be sustained on the
entire land surface is 1924, 000, 900, and
that this figure will be reached A. D.
2072.
The Winchester Arms company at
New Haven has bored an artesian we'll
1900 feet deep. 1t is tho deepest hole
in the United States, the nearest to it
being well in West Virginia. AT the
depth OF 1000 feet it was found neces.
sary to use dynamite to blast through a
hard stratum of rock.
Mrs. George D. Johnson, OF Hartford,
gave birth four weeks ago to a child that
weighed only twenty-five ounces. II
lived until last Sunday and did not gain
any weight. The infant was fully dc.
veloped and Of perfect form.
Miss Nina Cromwell, of detroit, is the
fortunate owner OF a Bible that was
once owned by her ancestor, Oliver
Cromwell. II is known to be more than
300 years old, and it is valued by biblio.
maniacs at $1,000.
Saratoga, Kan, has $4,000 opera.
house, but only the music OF insects is
ever heard there.
The inct that three newspaper offices
in Kansas have been demolished by
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-18
WHEELING DAILY INTELLIGENOER MONDAY, JULY Is 1882

they could with little or no extensions and as
few and Inexpensive repairs Is possible. But
economy brought means In good time. me
country In 40 RwOke TO simultaneous demands
oil over II for Iron 10 build new roads, 70 repair
old ones, to furnish new car equipment anu so
on. All the American mills aud furnaces were
not able 10 supply this sudden demand, nor WAS
tho stock on hand in England. Hence prices
rose enormously for q short peHodi and then
dropped back HgHin. Speculation helped the
furry. All this led 10 Importation Everyone
who was in the irun bus inCSE al the period Con-
gressnAu Bynum talks about Will bear witness
10 the abnormal, feyeflsh. fuctuatlnE and
speculative condition which essentially dtSIln.
Ruished the trade in 10 and so.
Following upon the extraordinary demand OF
that time came the extraordinary American In;
.VeStmenH OF capital III new Iron and steel
works. and In extension Of the old ones. 10 sup
ply that demand. For CongTe ',mAn Byrnm 10
argue now that because the stock on hand and
facilities for manufacture In I0-SO were 80 In.
adequate 10 the sudden demand then, therefore II
Is u good thing for American industry always
70 have foreign iron and steel coming IN, has
the true inConsequential ring Of free trade TAI
lacy. In $50 the English article did not
displace American iron. Our home mills could
not then turn out enough 70 meet the SUDDEN
demand. But our Mills have since been multi
plied ten fold, aud are now more than equal 10
the demand; md every pound OF foreign iron
or steel sold here now Is a pound taken from
the product which Americans could turn out,
and cause Of loss In place Of an evidence OIL q
healthy state OF things III the trade.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-18
pemocrats ana Eree silver.

The Register calls attention to the fact
that free coinage bill passed Republic
can senate and was defeated in Demo-
cratic house of representatives. In this
the Regisr is guilty Of dishopesty-an
attempt to deceive unthinking readers.
It will not dare print the vote on tho
silver bill in detail. Here is tho vote
in the senate; For free coinage II Re-
publicans and Is Democrats; against
free coinage 81 Republicans and z
Democrats. 1t will be seen that far
greater proportion of Democratic sena-
tors favored FREQ silver than Republi-
cans.
But in the house the difference was
more marked than in the senate.
There, led by Messrs. Reed and Bur-
rows, the Republicans presented an
even solder front than they did when
the measure was up earlier in TIE ses-
sion. Fit.y.six Republicans voted
against free silver and eight for 1t.
Ono hundred and twenty-eisht Demo-
Gratis and Farmers Alliance men voted
for free silver and 9s against it. In
other words, twelve per cent OF the Re
publicans in tho house of represents
tiycs were in favor OF the bill as re-
ported, and ftty.soven per cent ofthe
Democrats; eighty-eiSht per cent Of the
Republicans and forty.three per cent of
the Democrats we're opposed to ii.
The Democratic minority was helpless
without the aid OF the practically solid
Republican vote to aid them. 1t was
gall and NORWOOD to the Democrats
that the Republicans should be in a po-
sition to mako their own terms and
take the leading part in the defeat Of
FREQ silver, but they could not help it;
and 80 i.rosulted. To the Republican
members is due the defeat OF free coin-
age, for this session, at least.
The speeches that were made just
before the vote was taken on the ques-