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Lisle was the guest at the table of this family. The
baron's resources had been so greatly reduced by the
necessities and calamities of war that nothing better
A JUST TRIBUTE TO MERIT.
than garrison bread and a few slices of ham could be
HE new scale Kimball piano, manufactured by provided for dinner. Dietrich smiled sadly at his friend,
the W. W. Kimball Company, of Chicago, is and lamenting the scantiness of his fare, declared that
growing so rapidly in popular favor as to tax he would bring forth the last remaining bottle of Rhine
the immense resources of the manufacturers to supply wine in his cellar if he thought it would help to inspire
the demand. Among schools for higher education, De Lisle in the composition of a patriotic song. The
Waterman Hall stands high for thorough work in all ladies signified their approval, and the baron sent for
branches, music included. The Living Church is per- the last bottle of wine the house could boast of. After
mitted to reproduce the following letter, showing how dinner De Lisle returned to his solitary chamber, and in
a fit of enthusiasm (with which the wine must have had
the Kimball piano is appreciated there :—
little enough to do), composed the words and music of
WATERMAN HALL,
the song which have immortalized his name. The fol-
REV. B. F. FLEETWOOD, S. T. D., Rector.
lowing morning he hastened with it to his friend Die-
trich, in whose house it was sung for the first time,
SYCAMORE, I I I . , Sept. 24, 1889.
exciting great enthusiasm. A few days afterward it was
W. W. KIMBALL CO.
publicly performed in Strasburg, and ten days later was
DEAR SIRS : The four new Kimball pianos which
sung at a public banquet at Marseilles with so much
you furnished for our Diocesan School for Girls have
effect that it was printed at once and distributed among
given good satisfaction.
the troops just starting for Paris. They entered the
We supposed we had made ample provision for our capital singing their new hymn, which they had called
needs, but the school has met with double the patron- "Chant des Marseillais," and soon the tune was known
age anticipated, and we want you to send us at once throughout every part of France. De Lisle's claim to
three more of the same kind. This is the best assur- the authorship was at one time disputed, but the truth
ance we can give you of our satisfaction with the of the slory here given regarding the origin of the
instruments, and of your fair dealing with us.
" Marseillaise " has long since been proved beyond a
Yours truly,
doubt.—N. Y. Mail and Express.
THE W. W. KIMBALL COMPANY'S PIANOS.
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B. F. FLEETWOOD.
v
—The Living Church.
WOLFF, HERRICK & CO.
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HARLES REINWARTH. the veteran manufac-
turer of piano-forte covered strings, dealer in
THE NEW AND SUCCESSFUL MUSIC HOUSE OF MUSKE-
GON, MICH.
music wire, and inventor and patentee of the
famous duplex string covering machines, whose place
NE of the most solid and prosperous cities in the of business is at No. 356 and 358 Second avenue
State of Michigan is the city of Muskegon, and (between Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets),
among Muskegon's most popular and energetic N. Y., is enjoying an unusually good trade.
business houses is that of Wolff, Herrick & Co., dealers
Mr Reinwarth is a veritable old-timer in his special
in pianos, organs, and musical merchandise. Though lines of business, having been actively engaged in them
established so recently as last year, the success attain- for more than thirty years. He has built up an
ed by this firm has been extraordinary. They carry a enormous trade with the very foremost piano-manufac-
line of very reliable pianos and organs, including the turing firms, by whom the value of his work is keenly
Steinway & Sons, Bradbury, Everett, Miller, Haines appreciated. Before coming to the United States he
Bros., Hallet & Davis, Ivers & Pond, and Krakauer pi- devoted much time and thought to a study of the vari-
anos, and the Story & Clark and United States organs. ous branches of piano construction, and having con-
Further, they have a magnificent stock of stringed, stantly enlarged and developed his knowledge of that
reed, and other instruments, and of sheet music and art he is thoroughly versed in everything pertaining
musical publications. The warerooms measure 24x130 to it. In his own special sphere of piano-string
feet, and are most handsomely appointed. Mr. Wolff manufacture he is unsurpassed, as may be readily
directs the concern, his partners, Messrs. Herrick & inferred from the magnitude of his business (the largest
Nelson, being residents of Grand Rapids, Mich., and of its kind in the United States), and the high standing
comprising the well-known music firm of Geo. D. Her- of the many houses who have had the great good for-
rick & Co. All three are conscientious and high-minded tune to avail themselves of his prolonged experience
gentlemen, genial in manner, and absolutely accurate in and ripened knowledge.
business methods. The continuous prosperity of this
Mr. Reinwarth's sixty years sit lightly upon him. A
notable house is assured.
glance at his strikingly handsome face and erect figure
impresses one with the conviction that he is, to all
intents and purposes, still in the heyday of youth. If
THE MARSEILLAISE.
we except the whiteness of his flowing beard, his pres-
ence is indicative of astonishing vigor. Every feature
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE SONG WAS WRITTEN
teems with brightness, and the face and figure are those
BY DE LISLE.
of a man capable of defying Father Time for many a
F all the airs which deserve to be termed national long year to come.
A Russian by birth, Mr. Reinwarth came to the New
that of the French " Marseillaise" is, without
doubt, the most lively and exciting. The sound World many years ago. During his long residence
and the words of it make the blood tingle in men's here he has won, by his strict integrity and his honor-
veins, and whole armies and assemblages in France able dealings, the unfeigned respect of all with whom
have sung it with eyes weeping and burning, with hearts he has come in contact.
defiant of "death, despot and devil." Owing to its elec-
trifying power the singing of " The Marseillaise" has
often been prohibited by the French authorities. Even
STATIONERY JOKES.
in times of peace and quietness it is impossible to listen
SHEET-MUSIC, as a matter of course, should be sung
to its animating strains without experiencing a certain
thrill, and its effects on an impetuous people, like the by the quire.— Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
French, in the troublous times of the past may be easily
A GRKAT deal of music used on brass band instru-
imagined. Considering the extraordinary part which ments is printed on note paper—Gilmore's is said to be
the " Marseillaise " has played in the affairs of France, gilt edged and very toney.
we might not unreasonably expect that the words and
air had emanated from some genius who had bestowed
much labor and care on their production. And yet, as
PATENTS AND INVENTIONS.
the story goes, both words and music were written in
one night, without any previous sketching out or after
Music leaf turner, No. 411,431, Frymire & Derr.
elaboration. The author and composer, Rougetde Lisle,
Reed organ stop action, No. 411,453, J. Lane.
was an officer of engineers, who had formerly been a
teacher of music. He was greatly admired among his
Veneer, No. 411,634, E. H. Balmforth.
acquaintances for his poetical and musical gifts, and was
Music holder, No. 411,987, B. Guy.
especially intimate with Baron Dietrich, the Mayor of
Strasburg. One evening during the spring of 1792, De
Piano agraffe, No. 411,934, E. G. Schlucher.
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MUNDERHOUT & NICHOLS, Montgomery. Ala., W. J.
Munderhout, dead.
C. H. MOSHER, Columbia City, Ind., judgment, $45.
JAMKS HALL & Co., Baltimore, Md., partially burned
out; loss about $500, said to be fully covered by in-
surance.
GRANVILLE WOOD & SON, Pipe Organ Co., North-
ville, Mich., sold out.
E. J. WHITE, Red Oak, la., chattel mortgage, $207.
LYON & HEALY, Chicago, 111.,dissolved.
C. C. YOUNG, Ellsworth, Me., gave chattel mortgage,
$f)OO.
S. J. CLEMENT, Eden, Maine., mortgaged real estate,
$500.
CARRIR St C. B. TAYLOR, Centreville, la., judgment,
$2,347.
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