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GENTLE INFLUENCES. 
Violet’s, in the leafiest shade. 
By their odors are betrayed; 
Soft winds, over flower holds blown, 
By their fragrant breath are known; 
Dew, by freshened leaves compressed, 
W ets unseen Barlli’s si umbering breast: 
Rills from out the bleak hill-side, 
Swell to rivers deep and wide; 
Rivers flowing fast and free. 
Widen to the boundleeBsea. 
All great, things that move the Earth, 
To gentle issues owe their birth ; 
And soft influence still is best. 
Bringing cotufort, love and rest; 
Sweet domestic love is strong— 
I.eads to right and warns from wrong; 
Kindly whispers mightier prove, 
And to lofl ier actions move; 
Thau the fretful voice of scorn. 
Of contempt and anger born. 
— Chamber’s Journal. 
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HINTS ON PIANOFORTE PRACTICE. 
It Is not sufficiently understood by people In 
general that the basis of all excellence In piano 
playing is mechanical skill. This, however, cor- 
slsts not merely In flexibility but in power, and 
in the t .ucli; Ann, delicate, or sympathetic, as 
occasion may require. 
Without It the simplest scale passage Is Indis¬ 
tinct, and the melody which should be smooth 
and do wing Is only a succession of detached sounds. 
Without It the pianist can Impart no soul to his 
playing. Spiritualists say that their medium 
must undergo certain training before they are ca¬ 
pable of receiving and conveying communications 
from the spirit world; so It Is only through the 
well-trained Ungers that, the pianist’s emotions 
caube transmuted. For, while the most superb 
technique Is a servant, It Is, nevertheless, a ser¬ 
vant bearing the closest relation to the master ; 
the relation or flesh to spirit, its services are In¬ 
valuable, and not to be. dispensed with. 
A proper development of the hands Is not, as 
some imagine, to he obtained by the practice of 
pieces only. The student who coniines himself to 
pieces encouuters numerous mechanical difficul¬ 
ties for which he has not been prepared by pre¬ 
vious training. He is as unable to overcome them 
as the man without any gymnastic training is 
unable to perform difficult athletic feats ; aiul in 
neither case are strength and agiuty gained by 
the attempts made, 
Our piano student, discouraged when he per¬ 
ceives his most assiduous pract loe t o be unavailing 
except to a limited extent, because his method is 
Imperfect, falls Into the habit of skipping difficult 
passages o%of rushing through them in a slovenly 
rnaauer. He *■ goes through ’’ a great many more 
pieces Ln this superficial way than he would if he 
gave them thorough, conscientious study; and by 
so dolug it la obvious that the eyes are trained 
while tbe fingers are not Herein we find an an¬ 
swer to the question to oiten asked, *• V\ by can I 
read mu&ie mat I cannot play r’ 
Whatever may be the degree of mechanical skill 
desired, It can bo obtained only by the careful and 
diligent practice of scale, live finger exercises, and 
other technical studies. These aie neither more 
nor less lbai> Unger gymnastics, and are subject to 
the laws that govern all physical exercise. As 
swinging Indian clubs in a listless, ahuless man¬ 
ner will never strengthen and develop the body, 
so Unger gymnastics cannot be beneficial unless 
properly practised. A correct position Is ihe hrst 
thing to be considered. Let the performer sit be¬ 
fore me middle of the key-board, ar. such a dis¬ 
tance from it that the arms may move freely In 
either direction. The elbows should be a trifle 
lower than the surface or the key-board, their tips 
being a Utile nearer the keys than the shoulders. 
The w rlsts must be on a level with the hands and 
arms, me hands quiet. The fingers must move 
from t he knuckles, which are to be kept ln a natu¬ 
ral position on a level with the back of the hand. 
The fore part of the fingers should be gently 
rounded so that the fleshy tips strike the keys (the 
nails must be short), Tue thumb should also be 
moved by the Joint connecting It with the hand, 
and It la by no means to be allowed to hang down 
or to rest upon me key-board ; on the. contrary, its 
tips must be kept slightly above the level of the 
black keys, from which position It should airlke. 
A natural and easy pusiilon, both of the person 
and the hand, Is essential to a good style of play¬ 
ing. 
The finger gymnastics should be practiced first 
with each hand separately, very slowly and ln 
strict time. The fingers must be raised as high as 
possible before striking each key, aDd brought 
down with energy. The thumb should strike with 
a little Ras, the third and lourth fingers with a 
little more foice than tue hrst and second fingers. 
Each finger, utter striking, Is to he fitted at the 
Instant that the next succeeding finger strikes Its 
key; so that me successive tones may not run 
ltuo each other or be separated by the slightest 
gap- 
Exercises for wrist-practice Bhould be played by 
slightly raising the hands from the wrists. If ex¬ 
ercises lor the fingers are played from me wrists, 
aud those for the wrists are played from me el- 
bo-vs, It Is plain that they cannot strengthen and 
develop ure parts for which they are Intended. 
Gy uina&Ue oxen : lor tfie fingers and fiands 
suouid be taken .; ..oioualy as any other; undue 
practice of t.» ca. a studies weakens the muscles 
they uie tiCclgne . to strengthen. After a correct 
pjaltiu.L n , been acquired, and considerable 
strcugtU utid flexibility nave been gained, the slow 
practice of linger gymnastics may be varied, but 
not supplanted, by more rapid practice. 
It is a mistaken Idea that because a person has 
never performed bucU manual labor, or because 
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hands are naturally well adapted to the piano, no 
special training is necessary. At the same time 
we admit that the amount of such training de¬ 
pends somewhat upon the formation of hands; 
breadth Is more essential than length. But, under 
the most ravorable conditions, one must, for two 
years, devote at least half an hour dally to finger 
gymnastics. In order to play with ease moderately 
difficult music. 
By that time the student wlU realize the neces¬ 
sity of continuing such practice If he wishes to 
retain the skill he has acquired. 
Once we heard some one playing five-finger ex¬ 
ercises. Although they were or the simplest kind 
we knew that the pianist’s touch was that of no 
mean performer. Upon Inquiry we learned that 
the player was a lady who had studied mus’o se v . 
eral years in Europe, and was a successful teacher; 
yet Bhe had not practiced flve-flDger exercises, 
hut was taking lessons on them from an eminent 
master. 
On telling our teacher (who had taught (n the 
Paris Conservatory of Music) that we still prac¬ 
ticed " Platdy's Technical Studies, ” the best ar¬ 
rangement of scales and five-finger exercises ex¬ 
tant. and the one universally used in the European 
conservatories, he replied, “ Ah, there is material 
for a lifetime In Plaldy.” lie used to hold up to us, 
as an example, a musician who dally played all of 
Cramer’s eighty-four Etudes, which are both diffi¬ 
cult and long. U’e give these few Instances, out 
of many, to show the Importance attachod by well- 
trained musicians to the continuance of technical 
studies, even after great skill has been attained. 
Well trained musicians, however, are rather the 
exception than the rule. The performances of tne 
average amateur pianist prove that ln this day 
and generation technical studies for the piano are 
ln no danger of receiving undue attention. 
Correspondent. 
Queen Marohekita Is one of the moat skillful 
sewing women ln Italy. 
It Is reported that Miss Emma Thursby, the 
American vocalist, will marry a German noble¬ 
man of great wealth. 
Mas. Margaret Fox Kane, one of the orig¬ 
inal spirit-rapping Fox girls of Rochester, N. Y., 
Is still living, but 13 not a spiritualist. 
Mas. Jessie Fkkmont has organized classes ln 
history among the grown-up sons and daughters 
of poor settlers ln Arizona. 
Mrss Kirkland, or Chicago, has finished a 
statuette of John McCullough as Virginias. She 
took advantage of rugged John’s absence from 
the country. 
Mms Roberta Walcott Hubbard, the daughter 
of Mr. Gardiner G. Hubbard, of Washlugion, 
whose marriage to Mr. Charles James Bell, of 
Leeds, England, has been announced, Is the third 
of the family who has married a foreigner, 
Anbie Myrtle, a Raclue, Wls„ girl, Jumped 
the rope 102 times, Injuring her brain and other 
internal oigans so that she suffered terribly, and 
on Thursday she died. Mary Faber, another Ra¬ 
cine girl, is very sick from the same cauoe. 
The marriage of Miss Minnie Evarls to Mr. 
Tweed Is announced to take place early la June, 
according to the airangementa made before the 
departure of ex-Secretary and Mrs Evarts for 
Paris. The wedding will be a quiet one at the 
family home in Windsor, vt,, where a married 
sister of Miss Evarts lives. It is the Intention of 
the bride and groom Immediately after the wed¬ 
ding to sail lor Europe, and join the parents and 
slbtersor the former in Paris. Mias Evarts left 
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COEBESPONDENT’S COENEK. 
Will you give me recipe for dying seal brown, 
also, directions for giving It a new appearance 
after dying 7 by so doing you will greaty oblige a 
warm advocate of your most valuable paper. I 
enclose a sample of goods I wish to dye. 
A Rural Friend. 
P. S. Will you give recipe for slivering fluid 
for brass or tin? 
Ahs.-Leamon’s Aniline Dye which can he ob¬ 
tained m many colors we think will answer your 
purpose entirely. For silvering, we quote the 
following: 
“ silvering Powder.— 1. Nitrate of silver, 30 
grains; common salt, 30 grains; cream tartar, 200 
grains. Mix. Moisten with water and rub on the 
article with wash leather. Gives a white silvery 
appearance to brass, copper, etc. 
2 Novakokntor Plate Renovator.— Add com¬ 
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sliver has all been precipitated. Wash the White 
precipitate or chloride of silver and add a strong 
solution of hyposulphite or soda until the white 
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liquid with pipe-clay which has been finely pow¬ 
dered and thoroughly washed. 
3 . 1 oz. of nllrate of silver divided ln I quart of 
rain or distilled water. When thoroughly dis¬ 
solved, add a lew crystals of hyposulphite 01 soda, 
which wifi at first form a brown precipitate, hut 
which redlssolves if sufficient hyposulphite has 
been employed. The solution may be used by 
simply dipping a sponge ln It, and rubbing It over 
the article to he coated. A solution of gold may 
he made and used ln the same manner, 
4 . Silvering Amalgam —A coating 0 ! sliver, 
heavier than can be obtained by tbe above, may 
be given by the foltowi ng process: Precipitate 
sliver from Ua solution ln nitric acid by means of 
copper. Take of this powder q cz; common 
salt, 2 cz.; sal ammoniac, 2 oz ; and conoalve 
sublimate, I drachm. Make Into a paste with wa¬ 
ter. Having carefully cleaned the copper surface 
that is to be plated, boll It In a solution ot lartur 
and alum, rub It with the above paste, heat red 
hot and then polish.” 
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