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Show 1 ' a. jH DRILLING A ROCK. H Any DSTlatlnn Mean n Uroken TV-lit if H a Malninl Hand. ll For rhythmic and unerring rinrcty of H motion, commend mo to threo sturdy jH fellows boring a nole In a piece of rock. : Mnybe you have never watched ledge- iH men drilling rock, so that yon rntmot H exactly realize the physical shltj uco . atfB cssary to do this thing, the lon.t prac- H tlce of hand and eyu required f It. H One man cits upon the rock which It H being drilled, and holds with his hnntlfi H between his knees, the rill wbkh In H to pierce the rock. Two companions H stand nbove htm nnd relentlessly raise sH nud let fall their heavy hammer upon jH tho drill's head, nt a hair's breadth H from his lingers. H A deviation of a fraction of nn Inch jH would mean it broken wrist or H maimed iinud to this man. Ho dncH tlH not seem to tlilrk of It, or of thn pen- IH derous hammers -ranhlng through tho nil1 over bis 'cy head. Before each jH stroke of the hr miner 0 spends ho ll turns thp drill l'i thp hole, so that tho JH stroke will nnt bear twice In the snm ; H place, for the hole must be bored round ll lu order to Imert the dynnr-iHe stick. 91 The perfect accord, the perfppt rhythm jH of the motion o, tho threo has a fas- H Were they machines these men could lll nnt kpep tticter lime In this iinend- M lug tunilt g of (lie drill under thp rensc. M less fulling blows. It is mustp, rmlo ; H nnd prime nl, If you will, but music Ifl to an car alle to musical tciApo and H rhythm. Who 'cunws but It wns this 'fll harmony of sue esslvo falling blows tiQH or measured icpented blows upon re- itl sounding stone which first awoke prl- dWil mevnl rami to the musical value of PyjH sounds reiterated at stn'ed and fixed 'jlH Intervals? I thought these things ns fl I listened to the (lawless tempo nnd Ml iliythm achieved by my IItpc lodge- lll men, tempo nnd rhythm seldom at- jfl tnlned by modern "executants1," too il recklessly fond of the tempo rutin to. jH I thought these things and there wait jH no prehistoric gentlemen around to fjl imlely contradict my surmlslngn on tho Jl nwnkeulng of music In tbo primeval iil soul. Lowell Citizen. ,J IH |