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The Wingham Times, 1908-02-27, Page 2THE WINGIIAI TIMES, FEBRUARY 27, MS $ A SAVINGS is the .best investment for idle funds. It offers absolute safety, and pays interest four times a year. Nes WINGHAM BRANCH C, P. SMITH, AGENT. THE C1A.NADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE BEAD OFFICE, TORONTO ESTABLISIIED 1867 B. E. WALKER, President ALEX. LAIRD, General Manager A. H. IRELAND, Superintendent of Branches Paid-up Capital, $10,000,000 Rest, - 5,000,000 Total Assets, - 113,000,000 ' BANK MONEY ORDERS ISSUED AT TNG 11 -LOWING RATES s $5 and under 3 cents Over $5 and not exceeding $10 6 cents " $10 " " $30 10 cents 87 " $30 " " $50 15 cents These Orders are payable at par at any office in Canada of a Chartered Bank ' (Yukon excepted), and at the principal banking points in the United States. They are negotiable at $4.90 to the £ sterling in Great Britain and Ireland. They form an excellent method of remitting small sums of money with safety and at small cost, and may be obtained without delay at any office of the Bank WINGHAM BRANCH - A. E, SMITH, MANAGER. DOMINION BARK HEAD OFFICE : TORONTO. Capital paid up, Reserve Fund and Undivided profits Total Assets, our $3,848,000 $5,068,000 48,000,000 WINCHAM BRANCH. Farmers' Notes discounted. Drafts sold on all points in Canada, the United States and Europe. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT -Interest allowed on deposits of $1 and upwards, and added to priuoipal quarterly- end of March, June, September and Decem- ber each year. D. T. HEPBURN, Manager. R. Vanstone, Solicitor. There aro people who know that they can sing, and people who know they oan't, then there are others. The less you know about the devil the more he isn't pleased. 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For all home baking -no flour, milled only from spring wheat, can compare with a BLENDED FLOUR. Look for this trademark bag or barrel on every b of flour you buy. Take no other. rt M. adt irs Ontario' 8 OCARto OFFICIAL turttresw LABEL ft FATHER OFTHE VIOLIN Gaspar da Salo, Who Fashioned the First Instrument. THE PRIZE OLE BULL DREW. How a Gaspar da Salo Maaterpiece Was Secured by a Vienna Collector and How It Passed Into the Hands Qf the Gifted Man. From Norway, In the year of our Lord 1524 in the little Lombard town of Salo, on the pic- turesque Lego di Garda, wrs born the man who fashioned the first violin. His real name was Carpal- Bertolotti, but he was and is coinwonly known as Gaspar da Salo, after his native city, which caused a marble bust of this most distinguished of its sons to be executed by the Italian sculptor Za- neltl and placed in the stairway of its city hall. Of his youth and apprenticeship we kuow nothing. No doubt he learned the art of viol and lute making at Brescia, where he came in touch with master lutiers like Zanetto, Virchi and Montichiarl. At all events, we first hear of him as established at Brescia as a viol and vio- lin maker, Time has smoothed away all knowledge of the real man, wheth- er he was industrious or idle, generous or ungenerous, happy or unhappy, wise or unwise, married or single. That he made viols, tenors, basses and violins we know. That his violins are the first authentic specimens of the violin mak- er's art in existence or of which there is authentic record is also certain. So bis title to the distinction of being the first violin maker can hardly be ques- CARTERS IVE!TTL. PILO. Sick IIeadach ; and relieve all the troubles inci- dent to a bplrnta ,9t1to of t .e nyetrm, retch as Dizziness, Nausea, 1)row3tu4•3$ 1)tetrt.a3 after eating., Pala In the 8 to .. 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IPA Small Dm Imall Pace and so also was Mendelssohn. One day we were all dining together. We were having a splendid time. During the dinner came an immense letter with a seal, an official document. Sala Mendelssohn: 'Use no ceremony. Open your letter.' , What an awful seal!' cried Liszt. 'With your permission,' tinned. I said I, and I opened the letter. It was 'However, about the year 1812 a from Rhehazek's son, for the collector claim wak put forward that a certain was dead. His father had said that Gaspar Duiffpruggcar was the inventor ,the violin should be offered to me at of the violin. The story ran that this ' the price he had mentioned. 1 told Gaspar Duiffpruggcar was born in the Liszt and Mendelssohn about the Tyrol in 1400, that he established him- price. You man from Norway, you self at Lutier, in Bologna (famous for are crazy,' said Liszt. 'Unheard of ex- its. sausages), that in 1515 he was sum- moned to Paris by Francis L and ap- pointed "royal instrument maker" and that he was the friend and intimate of Leonardo da Vinci, who painted the backs of some of his violins. Soon after this account of Duiifprugg- felt sure that the prize was mine. Odes car and his violins was published I . inally the bridge was of boxwood, three violins which were alleged to be ' with the genuine work of Duiffpruggcar made their appearance, with labels dated 1510 to 1518. It is now settled that these violins were fraudulent, made by some skill- ful French 'utter, possibly Vuillaume. Moreover, it is now known that Duiff- prug•ry§.•ar was a German, born in Ba- varia in 1514. and that his real name was Tieffenbrucker. He was never in Italy, and the story of his relations with Francis I. and Leonardo da Vinci is a fabrication. It is now established that he settled in Lyons, France, about 1550 and died there about 1570 or 1571. The only evideuce which in any wise supports or gives -.color to the claim that Duiffpruggcar ever made a violin Is a picture by Pierre Worliriot, dated 1302, now in the National library at Paris. This picture is a portrait of Duiffpruggcar at the age of forty-eight, in which he is represented with a long, flowing beard standing behind a pile of stringed instruments, among which appear two rude violins. Gaspar da Salo was making violins at Brescia at this time, 1562, so the picture falls far short of proving that the Italian Gas- par was anticipated by the man from Bavaria. But what weighs almost conclusively against Duiffpruggcar's claim is the fact that the art of violin making in France does not claim him as its an- cestor for the first French violin mak- travagance, which ouly a fiddler is ca- pable of!' exclaimed Mendelssohn. 'Have you ever played on it? Have you ever tried it?' they both inquired. 'Never,' I answered, 'for it cannot be played on at all just now.' "I never was happier than when I ers of whom we have authentic record and of whose work we possess genu- ine specimens learned their art in Italy and copied from Brescian and Cremo- nese models. On the other hand, from the seed planted by Gaspar da Salo a great tree has grown, and to him the world of music owes an incalculable debt of gratitude. Gaspar da Salo died at Brescia April 14, 1600, and was buried in the old church of San Giuseppe. Unfortunately Da Salo's violins have become exceedingly rare. Perhaps not more than a dozen are in existence. The general characteristics of his in- struments are large pattern, large f f holes, protruding corners and a dark brown varnish. The tone is full and even. Among them perhaps the finest, and at any rate the best known, is the one known as the "treasury violin," the head of which was sculptured by Ben- venuto Cellini. The last owner of this violin was the celebrated Norwegian Violinist, Ole Bull. flow it came into his possession may bestaltold in his own words: "Well, in 1839 .]L gave sixteen con- certs at Vienna, and then Rhehazek was the great violin collector. I saw at his house this violin for the first time. I went just wild over it. 'Will you sell it?' I asked. 'Yes,' was the reply, 'for one-quarter of all Vienna! Now, Rhehazek was really as poor as & church mouse. Though lie had no 'end of money put out in the most vale - able instruments, he never sold any of MOM unless forced by hunger. I in- :sifted n'sifted Rhehazek to my conceits. I wanted to buy the violin so much that I made him some tempting offers. One bay he said to me, 'Se0 here, Ole Bull, It I do sell the violin you shall have the reference at 4,000 ducats.' 'Agreedr 1 cried, though I knewl it was a blg alum. 1 "That. Violin tame strolling, or play- , rather, through my brain for some 'vears. It was In 1841. I was in Lehi- . sifting , concerts,.,,;ylazt :Wad tberbj. two fishes carved ou it -that was the zodiacal sign of my birthday, Febru- ary -which was a good sign. Oh, the good times that violin and I have had! As to its history, Rhehazek told me that In 1S09, when Innspruck was tak- en by the French, the soldiers sacked the town. This violin had been placed in the Innsprucic museum by Cardinal Aldobrandi at the close,of the six- teenth century. A French soldier loot- ed it and ,sold it to Rhehazek for a trifle. This is the same violin that I played on when I first came to the United States in the Park theater. That was Evacuation day, 1843. I went to the Astor House and made a joke -I am quite capable of doing such things. It was the day when John Bull went out and Ole Bull came in. I remember that the very first concert one of my strings broke, and I had to work out my piece on the three strings, and it was supposed I did it on pur- pose." • This violin is now the property of the city of Bergen, Norway, Ole Bull's birthplace, which has honored his memory with a magnificent monument. THE WOMAN AT HOME A HINT. [Chicago News 3 I love little children, So ebarming and sweet, Their eyes flashing sunlight, The sound of their feet, I'm fond of the yonbgaters, But still, for all that, It's no sign that I want them To sit on ley hat. I'll fondle the bal;ies And jog on my knee The rosy -lipped elllldren, Whoever they be. But still tlioagb neve All the babies so cute. I don't want their finger -marks Left on my suit. My heart is a playground, Where children may run; I want all the toddlers To revel in fun. But though my heart beats For each sturdy pomp; chap, 1 don't want an ink well Spilled into my lap. NOW [Charles R. S sinner, in New Yoik San.] If yon have hard work to do, Do it now. To -day the skies are clear and bine, Tomorrow olonds may come in view, Yesterday is now for you; Do it now. If.you have a song to sing, Sing it now. Let the tones of gladnFas ring Olear as song of bird in spring. Let every day some music bring; Sing it now. If you have kind words to say, Say them now. To•morrow may not come your way, Do a kindness while you may; Loved ones will not always stay; Say them now. If you have a smile to show, Show it now. Make hearty happy, roses grow, Let the friends around you know The love yon have before they go; Show it now. There is no more satisfactory method of oleacing pewter than with Eno, dry whiting made into a paste with spirits of turpentine Getting every discolored part bright is only a question of time ant friction, but possessors of old pewter may be reminded that their treasures will be most admired when not too bright. 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Office, No. 64. Mill, No 44, 6.4,41140•411•44•441414eeeAeeel. eeeeeeee440.414/11eee41.eee4e4464be t N•••••®•••••••••eesee••• •esesSSesseecesesseelesea ! • • •1 • • • ••• - • ! •r i below + Mrs. Brown keeps a boarding house. Around the table sat hie wife; Mrs. Andrews, the village milliner; Mr. Blank, the baker; Mr. Jordan, a carpen- ter; and Mr. Hadley, a flour, feed and lumber merchant. Mr Brown took ten dollars out of his pocket and handed it to Mrs. Brown with the remark that there was $10 towards the $20 he had promised her. Mrs. Brown handed the bill to Mrs. Andrews, the milliner, say- ing, "That pays for my new bonnet," Mrs. Andrews in turn passed 11 to Mr. Jordan, remarking it would pay for the carpenter work he had done for her. Mr. Jordan then handed it Mr. Hadley, requesting his reoeipted bill for flour, feed and lumber. Mr. Hadley gave the bill back to Mr. Brown, saying that pays $10 on my board." Mr. Brown again passed it to Mrs. Brown, saying that be had now paid her the $20 he had promised her. She in turn paid Mr. Black to settle her bread and pastry account. Mr. Black handed it to Mr. Hadley, asking credit for the amens on his flour bill. Mr. Hadley again handed it to Mr. Brown with the remark that it settled for that month's board, where- upon Mr. Brown put it back in his pooket, observing that he had not stip- posed a greenback would go baok so far. But suppose Mrs. Brown had sent to a mail order house for her new bonnet, then the $20 would have gone cut of town and never come back. The moral: Spend your money at home, • • • • 0 8 a a • • • • • • e • • 3- . + -"r There is a change not merely in the style of writing store news, but in the general estimation of the adveitiser as to the value of newspaper advertising. The advertiser today is not content merely to see his firm's name in the paper; he must see results, and that speedily. 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