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Show A Wonderful Shoe Miapcil Violin. The Talis Figaro announces the sale rf one of the most curious violins known to the music fanciers of the world. It is now on exhibition in Paris, where tho American tourist 'can tako a peep at it fvr a few centimes. It formerly le-longed le-longed to Iigiinini, the great violinist, und at first sight, merely presents the appearance of h misshapen wooden shoe, lis history in curious. During tho win-tor win-tor of IXi ragjinini was living in a maison de saute called Lcs .N'eothermes, 4- litHM'le hi Victoria. One day a large box was brought here by the Normandy diligence, on opening which ho found Inclosed two inner boxes, find, wrapped carefully in several folds of tissue paper, a wooden shoe and a letter stating that the writer, having heard much of tho wonderful genius of tho violinist, 1 begged, as a proof of his devotion to ; music, that I'aganini would play in public pub-lic on the oddly constructed instrument inclosed. At first Paganini felt this to be an impertinent im-pertinent satire, and mentioned tho facts, with some show of temper, to his friend, tho Chevalier do I lurid p. The latter took this hoe to a violinmaker, who converted it info a remarkably ewoet toned instrument. Paganini was pressed to try the shoe violin in public, j lie not only did so, but performed upon ' it some of his most difticult fantasias, ! which facts, in the handwriting of tho ; violinist, are now to 1x3 seen on the curious curi-ous violin. |