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VEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, TUESDAY, MAY i, 1900. itn t t - 1 1 11 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' .UJLUU. JL'UUli I'llUlT MABI OX COUNTY IMtCJfB UKOWECS AttE GKEATLY IXTVRESTEU And Will Bcmim Mtmbm of the Cared rrnlt AMotUUon-General Con dition f Fruit Crop. Association of j the -in event that orgam (From Daily .Statesman, "April 39.) 'Marion county prane growers, or at least a very great majority ot thenC will become- members of the Cured Fruit Pacific Northwest zation is oerfeeted and there is little doubt now bat that It Will t'C. 1 'An adjoorned mectmsr of th .Marmn county prune growers was held at the court house yeiterday,- when -thirty-five" grower residing around Salem became uicjiibcrs of the proposed organization, and placed their crops with the associ ation. IA great many: others contem plate doing so,; for ) which, purpose an other local meeting will be held the litter part of May and just prior to the first annual meeting of the association, which will be held in Portland on June 7th. when the organization will be per manently organized by the election of a board of directors. . Yesterday' meeting was attended by Hon. Wm. Gallowiy and Col. Henry DoschJ president jand secretary, re spectively, of the organization as it is at present constituted. Both gentle .raen addressed the meeting and ex plained) the operation of the association. 3dr. Dpsch, in speaking of the progress that wis being; made towards an organ ization! of the growers, said that the : proposition advanced by the Cured ; Fruit Association of the Pacific North .wcrt, had been endorsed by 90 per cent ibi the growers of Southern Oregon. - and 75 or fc'o per cent of the Lane coun ty growers. In. the .vicinity of Dallas ,50 jer cent has already been signed, untie in Clark count v. 'Washington Italian prune irily fki per cent of the' acreage ha$4 fact taat might ha in me judgment acreage. andv the tout acreage is four-fifth. ; "Clark county. Wash, suffers worse than any other district ia the North west, as it is the btavrelst Italian prune section. The district "iMading Urnp qua and south of Umpua in Southern Uregon suffered the leaft, owing to the tact that ; it raises a la rger percentage Oi petite prunes than anv other.- The main portion of the Willamette valley is about equally divided between oetits ana Italian prunes. t " "In the directors' discussions cis mornkig the fact was brought out that there is great need of organizing. The failure of the Italian prone, crop, it was thought, should , serve i;o give new -impetus to the movemert- ' t r There,cre present at the metftir.g J. H. Fletcher, of Vancouver; "Judge William Galloway, of Yamhill county; C R. SrheadV of Bialock, and the sec retary. Colonel H. E. Dosch. "On the whole the outlook is not 0 dark as imagined at first blush. By taking the general average, the orune growers will not suffer very much, ex cept in Clark county. The full crop of petite prunes in other sections will hring the average up to a good standard ""Some of the- growers whose pt'incs were -mostly of the Italian variety 2-c so discouraged that thev are talking oi abandoning the cultivation of that spe cies of prunes. The director thought this would Ue very foolish. So much, attention was paid to the Italian prune because it is of a superior grale and an excellent prune. While the blight ing 01 tne crop tnis year u a neavy loss. permission to use your name as one 01 the habitues of the place.? - TGentIe Ida? H the same eccentric New York barmaid .who last November Swam across the Seine and back, wh the flower of the ' male aristocracy !:n-' in g the banks wanning a wager of 8 5 1 .coo. Paris Correspondence Nfv York World. ; f. .;.: i WILL SHUT DOWN: : j i ; RT A V lITTTV A T Pc. are met by thtr frarmonka that illilX rJSOJLLY All can be -played ire screral keys: and the AfLRA1fKAZXT9 COMPLETED FOB Tl m tiUEir JtCSICAL ETEJCT. it does not follow th of the Italian prune it the cultivation should be entirely abandoned. Past crops have more than paid for the work c cultivation in the Norl been only two failure present year. And failure is complete tn lken it. since its ih west -there have in 1806 and the to idaim that the is "year would be an exaggeration. Enough of the -.rop is remaining to more work expended. Mo loss will fall upon Cla course hits that, sec T T . - - However, tnere is t'ceu 1 , The )lcd. I growers 111 attendance at the meeting-were cry inthusiastic and with 1 hut a very itw exceptions, all signed, tiie agreement. i Tin damage, to the Italian prune crop ' resMlting from the laic cold rains 'has' Wen very general throughout the val ley, although there are some localities; in which an average crop will be bar vestcd. A Statesman rviorter, yeter i'ay took advantage of the meeting of growers, and madejinquiry from a num ber of the growers! respecting the con dition of r.nei and fruit generally, it -their re.pt.ctiye localities. The results obtained give j reliable information con cerning the exact status of the fruit in d"try. j The following statements were ob tained:' ! ; ') 1 T, Reynolds, president ofthc'Mar itt ti'Minty i Horticultural Soeicty -"There will be very few Julian prunes. Will be a full crop jof Petttes, pears and 'small fruit. Applei and cherries prom- -H-eii." 1 1 I G. Ji 'II. Fryer, jof Shaw "Will not be over, a -halt crop of Italians, but an ovcrwHelmitig crop of Pefiles: also a Tirgc Crop of silvef" prunes. 'Will be a full crop of appUs, cherries and pears, in fact; everything 4 but. I talianprnnes Dansel, Wcl)stcn. of Rosedale "Will hate a fair crop of Italians. There are uru'h buds 'on the trees now to make a" goo'l. crop? if they all mature. The ni"-i discouraging thing about the -Italians i-s that tlie recent cold weather ha rt j.irdcd their growth and they arc ii'.it filling out asi they should. Bart ktt pettrs have bcc badly damaged and arc facing ff)ni the trees." S. l KimhatL who owns a large or chaid hear I)a!Ias4-"I inspected my or chard very thoroughly last Saturday and tnd there will be a lull crop of Italim In fact there! will c a large yield of all kinds of fruit excepting pears, which are damaged. to some extent." B. B- Cronk, lot ' Liberty "Jtaaans arc not injured i rk my orchard in any particular. The! trees are heavily load ed. From limbs taken from all parts of my orchard I ihavc been nnable to find a bud but will fertilize. Very little damage has! been i done to fruit in the Red Ijim."! .,' I- Cha. ,LongJ of jSilverton "The Ital ian prtitie crop around Silverton is about cleaned eniti My orchard, however, was t" wtfks. late in blossoming and was ii(!t harmed by ; cither the. frosts or the cold rains, and will have practically f a Ml crop, j Other i'ruit is all rigt so lar as I have noticed, there will Uc a fair crop if Italians at Scotts Mills." D. M. Krous.c. of Liberty We can h not tell to .1 certainty before 'May i6;h what the extent o( the damage will tc. I The trees are well set and if all the buds I matorev the trees will have all they can J bear." - r .) ' ' ; ' i ' T U linard rif 7rii3 "In m V SCC- j. ..1 - --- 1 - j tion there will be from one-iuartcr to oni half a crop of Italians, and a fell (crop 01 t elites, line cuernes -suiii-iiu .' frmit tlip cold weather and there will I' cnly be from one-halt to two-thirds of a I crop. I There will be a good crop in R most Varieties otspcars. out uic eart ! kits sliow a weakness and will r.ot yield V over ortie-hif of k crop There will be B a fll Crop if apples." f j The Marion County" Horticultural so- . van Mini u'miiiiij1 fiUay morning; 111c mcimivis Ui-scu-jseu tue extent oi inc iuuikc . ? the fruit 'from the frosts and rq,in and v .-o.ii-In.lfd ih.it tlfe rain was responsible h tor thej gloomy outlook. Only a brief If" mcciinir was held, the society giving 'way for thej meet iing of the prune grow- than pay for the t of the $300,000 rk county, and of hon pretty hard. bnsolation in the re. been worse. of the directors it would be wise for orchardists in the Italian prune section tite prunes. It would purpose- make the I better and always in against loss. liy ex plan was found to plan prunes bctwen every iati prunes. The former acted as a ftr Lcrs. l-O 0 0 (From Dailv Statesman. April ; The Iwiaril of directors of the North- I west IfnrccJ rrutt Association nci-i Ivmceting in: Portland yesterday to diS SVcitis thrir I rdans! of ooeration. and to canva?s the reports, received from v ery portion of the Northwest, regard- j:ns; me oarnage susiame-u num v l i ?etit tihfavorablc ! eather. The Port- Uriort; tt tnrrtlnsz of the board, md tthe bnjjinei transacted by them, says: 1 "Conservative estimates made by the 1 1 directors of, the I Cured Fruit Assoc.a I ttion oi the Pacific Northwest are that about jonct-thirdj of the Italian prune crop has In-en destroyed by fros The petite or French prunes are not injured. A a full crop oi" Italian prunes wold have fielded , 1000 carloads, valued at $1,000,000, the loss will reach. fu'Jy $io.- lom Tlie entire netite prune acreage tilizcr for the latter them a superior flav "Then, besides, acc Dosch's teachings, t for Italian primes beih when at a nominal ex mav. hr- huilt to ore1 Colonel read a letter Ian . of Central 'Poin whiC "'' that he tire peadi crop by fires. All 01 his neig to'tally destroyed. "The directors then to plant more pc- serve a two-tol l talian prunes be-ir tire the orchards perience the best t a row of French two rows ot ltal- Seattle, Vash,,April 28. At a meet ing, held in his jetty: to-Iay. the Piget Sound Timbcrmin Association resolv ed npon a six wTecTts shut-dbwn oi all the logging camjps in the state within its jurisdiction, j - , - J i AN EXCLAMATORY NAMt j , "O. Mye," cabled Justice Prindiviile. in the, Harrisonj street police court tc Iay, and a silence fell over ths room, while the crowt looked aronnl to se& why the Justice had uttered the sud den exclamation. . ; U. uMyc! U.iilyer again cutllod the Magistrate more loudly, and Bailiff Barnett hurriedj to the bar and asked1 the Justice whajt was offending his dig-j nity. . f "Call . Mye. Ir. Bailiff." ordered the! court, and Barinett repeated the words) in tones that jcou'd be heard on thd street.The ofHder glared about for the person who ha- thought was guilty oij vtKiicmpi 01 cpurt, ana wnen a meek-l appearing manf left his seat and walked toward the bat Barnett seized him ant declared him tinder aires.. ' "Is this the! man who is guilty, your Honor?" asked the bailiff "What is y4ur name?" - asked the court, without heeding Barnett's quesf tion. , J "O. 'Mye," I answered the prisoner!. and the baihft took a tighter-hold oi his collar. j "O. Mye?" iqucried the court. "Yes, yourf Honor," from the pf isi oner.. ' I Then it da-Jrned on the bailiff tliat ht had made a 'mistake. O. 'Mye, who said his. first name was Oliver, had bct arrested for ibegging on the street. When the policeman who arrested hiin told lrm that he had abused several persons whor had refused him aims his name was uttered by several in ' the court. The prisoner likewise said "Oh my!' when he got a fine vof $50. AN ARCTIC INCIDENT. and serve to give jording to Colonel here is no cxc.'se g injured by frost pense smudge fires ent freezing, ihe from Mr. McLcl- Jacksoit county. had saved his en- mcans of. smudge libors' crops were discussed orirani- said that although zation. i.Mr.'i'ietchcil the farmers of Clark county felt very badly, there would be rio trouble in get ting the 73 per. cent from that co'inty. The others thought that if the orchard ists of that county vrere willing to put aside their discouragement and support the organization it ought to serve as a brilliant example to had not suffered to s expressed themselves mined than ever to of organization." other districts tat hch an extent. All as more deter- carry- on tnc work AN IMMKNSE shirts at the New Y GRANTED George Gay Releasbd from the. State Prison Yesterday Geer Stol .Gov: T. T. Geer pardon to George C Oregon penitentiary a two years term. Line of hew style prk Racket, dw. PARDON. by Gov. T. T. a Gun. esterday granted a ay.1 received at the in April. 1899. for fiving been convict ed of the crime of larceny. The pardon was granted for the reason that the dis trict' attorney, the prosecuting vtincss and many citizens acquainted with the rcunistances qt me was not of a crim- prisoncr and the c: crime, state that he inal disposition; thai the law in his case catcd, and tor mat urged. for j-teahng from has been fully vind rea-'on clemency wa Gay was, arrested i , 1. .1 .1 vaiiis. in oroao uayi some old clotheSi house he fired the tbe- porch of a farm, house, near Cor- ght, a shotgun antt When leaving thc- hotgun. thereby at tracting attention. Jkhich culminated in his arrest. At the developed that the ofa criminial disp act was the r result company of a crowd led Gay away and paused him. to com mit the dceil. time of the trial it otmg man was not sition. but that his oi : falling into the of young men who SNOW AT MEHAMA County Judge G- P. Terrell yesterday received a letter from his stating that, one m a snow storm had the "beutiful". Thi for snow to fall She Wants to Sell Five, Doll home at Mchama, le above that place, left two inches of s is somewhat late -TTT, . HONEST PRICES For honest goods at the New York Racket, dw. GENTLE IOV IN PARIS. Roof for "Gentle Ida's" is rather eleborate apartments on the Tea on a ars a Cup. atest freaky notion She has opened toomost story of a fashionable six-stoi-y fcoue, anI lur- nished them with "Dnental splendor. A ,sp;ral staircase lends? from the "apart ments to the roof, .which has been trans formed into a private roof garden. Ida intends to turn thi; intc? a sort of aena. lea room for the benefit of American wealthy Bohcmianii of both sexes. It will be a very exclusive resort, one dip of tra costing $5. There wil! be no other attraction provided save lux urious comfort and clever company. In order to secure the latter Ida recently sent to most of the American artists, singers, and write s here the lobowmg invitations:,.-., -- f - 'i:. I have heard yon were an American, KriiMint 5 It jin loth tints I am ,, ...... -- 1 . . ... , . . correctly informccl I snoma oectaa . have you -become a inena or nrmc 1 make my newly opened tearooms snd ,r.f o-arden vout rieaaquarters. io well stationery. On Ijest drinks, and my Return of Undelivered Letters Nearly ! Tvicnty Years Old. One of the interesting minor inci dents with which all arctic experience is strewn, closed the other day by the return of Mrs. Emma De Long, widow of Commander George W. De Lonr. to Wie sisters of the late Lieutenant C. V. Chipp and to the mother and sister of the late Lieutenant John W. Danen hower, all of the ill-fated Jeanette, oi letters, with; unbroken seals, written to these officers almo.st twenty years ago. When the Lady Franklin Bay expedi tion left for ih- north in 1KX1 the let ters were intrusted to is commandjer in the vagud hope that jvossibly the two parties might somewhere somehow, and r.t some time meet. The Jeanette, as is well known, f-aisk. crushed, at the end of two years' drih in the Arctic. De Long, with aea-ly nil his party, perished on reaching the mainland; .hipps boat driitcd into- tpc unknown aisd was never' seen or hefard of jmore, while Panenhower. in Ad miral iMclvflle- boat, reached home with health seriously impaired, and later died in Washington. The onfJc livercd' letters lay eighteen years in abandoned Fort Coqger, and, last su n-me-r. Civil i Engineer Peary brought lliern with ether records back to civil ization and ju'timately to their auth5"s, hv whom they will be treasured as venous- mementoes of those who never read their; messages of affection j Brooklyn Standard Union.. Three Splendid Cerrt to R Gives la the. rirt X. lE,Clreli Kext Week - ; : All Sttmld Attend. 4'i- roof garden you will always hnd ntal lobacco. the - - - cordial welcome, Ml! grai. ioii'J. i n riiinv. Fiiv r,.iu,iv . - - c , - - - oi the tate is one-fifth o the total ?r:nel In exchange I shall only re-pest A JOKE ON THE DEjAN. Bishop Lawrence of Masachuseltts tells this joke on himself witl keen rjel ish. It was at the time when there was a vacancy in the bishopric and Dr. Brooks was the most prominent can didate. 'Mr. Lawrence,- then dean jof the theological school In Cambridge, was walking with President Eliot j of Harvard University, and -the two wre discussing jthe situation. Uon t hope that .Brooks will be electee asked the dean. "No." said Dr. Eli ''a second pr third rate man wouh hist as we!1 ami we need Brooks Boston and CambridKc." PhUljiDs Brooks was elected, and a little ' lattek Dr. Lhot and Mr. Lawrence again cussed the matter "Aren't you g Brooks was elected?" queried the dcjin. "Yes. I suppose so." said Dr. Eijot. "if he wanted it: but, to tell the mnb. Lawrence, you were my man." Phil adelphia Post. !ou V pt: do in (From Daily Statesman. April" 29.) - Next; week the singers and orchestra players from all parts of the Willamette valley will congregat,in.Saiem, to par ticipates ia the! May Festival. fr which tliey hav' been preparing since January 1st.' The Fes'tivjal will consist of sev ciai relitarsals and three pubfic con-cc.V-s. to ; be hell in 1 the F irs . E. church. The First concert, Wednesday evening, May 9th, will be a miscellan eous concert, an which will appear the following musicians The 'Hidden Suing tjuartct, Portland; Miss Rita Hansen, contralto, from Eugene; Mr. Edward V. Tillson,!' pianist; Mr. "Le koy Gesner, violinist Miss Ethel Ray mond, soprano, and , possibly one or two others. 1 The elections will all be of a high orderj given by those to whom it, is a treat to listen. The sec ond eveningJ Thursday, 'May 10th, will be devoted tot,1 a splendid production of ilende.ssohn si Oratorio bt. Paul, by a large chorus and orchestra under the direction of Mr. Francesco Scley. The soloists, for "St. Paul' will be Mrs. Rose Blpch-Bauerl f soprano; Miss Lillia.i Roblin. contralto; 'Mr. J. W'. Belcher,' tdnor; Mr. Irving Ml Glen, basso. The, third and last program will be occupied by Haydn's Oratorio, "The Creation." rendered by the mil chorus and orches tra, directed by W. . Giflord Nash, of Eugene. - ' Without adoubt, Salem has never had such a musical jubilee, nor any mu sical enterprise on so extensive a scale as the coming May Festival. Everyone who. enjoys music should realize the importance, of this 'Festival, and the in iJuerice it will exert on the development of music in Oregon. The expense of such a Festival is great, and the con certs must receive the support of all concert goers to -be a financial success." However, this is not the great incen tive for tieopic to attend. The best rea son that; -the:e superb concerts should pack the church every night is that all will ree'eiive taiore tha-i they expect: the patrons fill!',bc surprised and delighted with thciarray of talent and the wonder ful musical effects brought out by so large a c hoi us and orchestra. The price of season tickets has been placed t $1.50. which includes reserved seat for the course, although each concert is well; worth this amount. The execu tive committee desires to see the chureh crowded for these entertainments, and for this t reason alone, has placed the price o, so that rich and poor alike may have the benefit of the Festival. Next year the May Festival will lie held in another place, and the majority of Salem's citizens will not be able to attend. But this year the great onrse of concerts is at your doorand the ad misMon JccJ will beiyour total expense; therefore, all should take advantage of this opportunity of hearing sonic of the world's grandest music given in tile best possible manner. Many citizens of other towns in the valley appreciate this Festival and are planning to; attend all the concerts. The church will scat about 1000 people. Let Salem arouse- to the importance of this event and see that every scat is-' oc cupied on the evenings of May oth, roth, and nth. At the close- of the Festival, anyone who is not satisfied thai he hasi received full value, for the money invested in his ticket may have his money refunded by application to the executive committee.' The committee, the singers, the or chestra 'players :and the directors are determined to njake the Festival a distinct-musical success, and a jubilee to be long .remembered as the greatest musical event experienced by Salem in the nineteenth century, ALL ABOUT THE HARMONICA. Hundreds of Varieties" Made and 'Many Thousands Sold Annually. putting1 up together in box of fcur singleJ harmonicas of as many keys is ith the same purpose in view. Oi odd harnionrcas. other than those ibat are standard and familiar, there is one kind witii ia tremulo attachment by. means of wifkfo a tremnlo effect may be riven; to the notes. There , is arrjthcr kind f harraonica made. wiji gong bells attached that can be maoip u'ated by the player. Of harmonica 1 holders, designed t? hold the barinonica to a player's Isps while ftc is using his hands, to play an other instrument at the same time, which, "would be, most ccrmnonly, a gwtar. there arc at lea three kinds: one is an adjustable lio-'der that goes arontxi and rest upoff the shonkkrs, the others being in one way and an- rher attached to and -supported tpon lbe player s cicthmg. And there are also made rwmncca poches. of leather and of thamois skin. J and in various izes ami having at their epcn irrg , end ' framed, jaws that snap o gerheT as those, of otnich pockrtbook 3a. in wbki harmonicas may be car ried. : ' a ' - CARRIED BUSINESS INTO HIS HOME- . '"I -think that ny husbandcirries his business proclivities too far," ?aid Mrs. McBnde to 'Mrs. Uarley. How so?" j "I had a 4irtliday last week, and he gave me a $0 gold piece. He also asked if I would allow him a discoun of 2t pe'r cent if he would giv mc next vears birthday i present at the same time. I told him I would do no such thing." Detroit; Free Press. UP. SEALED I HIS WIFE A Major Hook of the East. India Company scrvici in London was entitled by the will 'of a relative to an annuity oi .400 a year until his wife was buried. To fulfil! "the terms of this important document, after death he caused her body to be embalmed, scaled up in a glass case and placed in the upper cham ber of his house, where it remained lor thirty years, but-no person was ever per mitted to en At the room where it lay. her position as queen of the world "ct fashion. - -- , The Princess of Wales has tnc rep utation of being the best -dressed wo man in England.! but he has not cn- --t- 1 t,.K:, i vravntancr. Her costumes are remarkable for simple elegance, and sn wcari ic uuiuh ani jeweis. The Flmprcss of Ruia has. no tal-(r,- iir-cc -"sl!. i like her mother. Queen Victoria's second daughter, a woman ot simple ana nomeiy i'.m5, and she is trying o .set an example that wnil te usenii in a ciiw women of the uper classes are noted for their extrxvagancc. Youth's Com panion. - .'-. :: '' "-. - The nephew of Eugene Field. Charjes Kellogg Field, in collalxiration with William Henry. Irwin, has just written a volume of exdlcge stories, which Doidrday, Page? Jk Co. arc putting to press. Harvard. Yale. Princeton. Smith, Vassar and other Eastern seats of learn ing have already had their romanticists, and now Stanford University. Califor nia, is to join the list.' 'Mr. red dis creetly c calls hisi book. "Sanford Sto ries; Tiles 01 a Young University." It seems to have been the feeling among undergraduate writers that a college must have considerable of a past in or der to furnish material for ' serious fic tion. Y'ct who cap deny that the life ot a young college has much to express? For example, would not one's curiosity be aroused by encountering a look Called "Tales of Chicago University," or some similar titl? Fiction has its par ticular office to fill in new things as well as in old. especially at rfiis time when educational lie is so eager and full o expression.. i . - CONCERNING WOMEN. Entertaining Facts From the Lives Sonic Interesting People. of re- . of ire Many a breakdown in health ban suited simply from an ins'itricitnvy rest cither of brain or body, yet i?at invariably gives us rome sort ot warn ing. There is the "overcrowded" fuel ing in the head, when our thought re-fu-c to flovi-. although they, seem tol be growing anid swelling into a flood with in: there is also the heaviness of haMs and aching! oi the wrists, the peculiar stiffness in :f casing hourly from the back of the neck; the unnecessary hopeless ness, the burden, oi depression, the idea that o"r tallcnts arc worn out. neve f to be renewed-' the nervousness of corrjing days, the di-tastc for society, the want of interest in any occupation, the dejsirt to believe. i short, that life is not wirth living and that we ourselves are. alto gether worth nothing. "That opera." said the happy aathor. "was rewritten "at least tour times be fore -I put it on." ..- -; : -f-. "Oh. yes. said the critic. "I Jave heard it in at least tnree oinercnt stfiiries myself. Injdianarxjhs J ress. : . - i . y . "The last 'chapter of my book sur prised you. klidn't it?" said the yoiung cx- juthor. "Happier ending than you pected. eh?" '. WV-ll ' l-fnbrd the lonz-snff friend. T certainly felt a sense of rlc'ief when I read, iu"-r-Philadejphia Preri ctatp f- WFA-Hon. Charlci S. vi. cit trMsurer. is in rtcenit of - m;n ifrm the treasurer ol VVnsn- ington county, for $iaooo to be apji ied on the county's state taxes. . Hejalso received $t$ 74 on account of the jfesto bounty fund from the treasurer of Jajrk- son connty. SSgat' fif Hie harmonica, sin!e as it might seem to be. i made nt hundreds of varieties, -counting sizes and styles and their difTercrit musical keys. All sin gle harmonneas. including the very cheapest, are produced' in seven keys. A to G inclusive. Double harmonicas, witfh two sets of reeds arc mak with he 4w singes in 'different keys; and thci there -are harnvonicas three-sided, four-sided, five-sided and six-sidef. each kle being tuned-, in a different key. Single harmonica are also sold in sets of four in a-s iiiany keys. The key most commonly used is prob ably C The many thousviTki's of harmo'iiicis sold iri tlis country annually are all n.ooraed. some from A.stria. but ly far ill e greater nusnler rTm Germany. They are made largely in factories, but still to a ' considerate extent, either in wltole ot in part, in homes, and of ten by women ;-eheap labor enal!ig the production" o( them at very lw cxst." In factories the tuners' of har monicas sit at tables that are partitioned off sbmet2iirrg like desks "in Helegraph oftVcs. to give each operator a separate inclokirre ;and avoid cejrfa si ori with orlKr sctinjd close at hand. The reeds are ttincd to tlrose of a correctly timed harrwunica- .wMch is . used as a gtride be work beirrg djjne with a file and. a knife, iwith wrhirhr the several tongues are scraped or filed or cut in whatever degree may be required to bring them irrto.iUrie. t . Harmonicas are sold a all sorts of prices.1 from rive cet up to $.1 or $4. At price afve 50 cents the' harmonica is kkcJy to le dotble. Doulde har monkii of larger' size and more elab" orate finish rar-;e in price up to $i-So. Harmonicas ; with more than two sidesi begin wi,h the; three-srded ones at about $1.25. am run .from thai ttp in' picc, accordinsr to size and quality rmi - number of sides, to those having six mU in as many keys, and seventy two holes; and caSed concert harjKm ica4, and eTg- a or more. Th narmonica' is commonly deemed a Icy, and is chiefly 50H and; used as such; but good i rmtsic can be got cut of a gocd harmonica, and it is moreor le ostd as I a musical irrsmmierrt. anl "played w-irh oiher iinrurnent pr as an 'innimnnimtM to the toman voice. i ft trihged trrstrmnertt confcl of course ie iucu i . . . . arrr key. but that harmoaica might m do to accompany ether nrusic. -written perhaps ir a different key and played upVxi a piano and not easily tran-jsed. Suc5r and other requirements, as oi the Mrs. F. E. Buttle of Hartford. Conn., has offered the New .York j Public Li brary a remarkable gift. It conhts of 1.000 menus, each from a different hotel or restaurant. She has collected iuost of them hersclf.i and ioniel arc from Hungary. China; Japan and-Rusia. Mrs. Buttle stipulate that the I menus , pre to be keit sealed until 1O50, as it is her desire that the coming generations may sec what their ancestors ate. . . On a fete day in Sardinia the wives and daughters of the farmers and trades-, nicn present a wonderful spectacle from the gorgeousness of their costi'iv is. These are a sort of heirlooms, whith never vary in fashion. anl are handed down again an l again from mother - to daughter as treasures, and they are prized for theirj antiquity and for the iinivhbcr'of times they have been worn. The dress of the women of Sardinia va ries in different districts. . ! Women ha e often asked why they are practically excluded from the House of Commons while men visitor arc admitted. The fact is that the ..regula tions which deal with this subject arose out of., the misconduct of the women themselves. 'Formerly they were ad mittcd to all parts of both houses wher ever there was room to Ik foijnd. In i"79- however, during an interesting de bate, the speaker made an rrdcr that all strangers should withdrawn The house was overflowing with women at the time, and a ridiculous scene ensued be cause they unaijhriously refused to go, rented, ioughtl a it' protested lou-Hy when the attendants tried to make the mi. They had to be iturncd out one by one. and as this bad to be done 'with as little violence as could be helped, the affair took four' hours to effect, during the whole of which time there wa suepi a noise of voices and rustling of dresic's that the business of the houe had to be suspended tilp the women were gone. To avoid a rept'tition of the setne the Commons pas-d an order excluding feminine visitors from the actual body of the house. i The Queen of Hanover, who will cele brate her eighty-second birthday on April 14th. has gone through the severe winter well, and i in wonderfully good health. Her son, the Duke of Cumber land, has recently purchased and pre sented to her the villa near the chateau at Gmtinden. iri upper Austria, whfrc she has lived for a number of years. The house was formerly called the Villa Thun. but has now been rcchris(.ned the Villa Hanover; The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland are now in Vienna for the season, and have with them their eldest son, Prince ' George, who is now styled the Duke of Brunswick-" and who also bears the title of Earl of Armagh; ' EMPRESS I AS REFORMER. While the Emperor of Russia has been seeking with noble ambition to reform the warlike habits ,of European nations through the reduction of mil itary and naval itlay. the empress bas also been at work in another .field of operations. She has been setting the example of sim4city and economy in dress at a luxurious court. The emperor a-s a mar) of pea.e found himself surrounded with soldiers who were guarding the approaches to the palace. He disliked military re views, and reduced the number . of battalions employed for the purpose of protecting him. It ai at practical method of letting -his subjects, know that he took little pleasure in the pomp and glory of military power. . The empress, as the daughter of the late Grand Duke of Hesse, has bcH brought up at a quiet German cou"t, where there were few great funttion and where princesses were accustomed to drss plairly. She became the -centra figure of the court U Sl Peters burg, where there -were magnificent ccrcmoriiajs. and the great ladies, were arrayed irT the costliest Parisian cos- Ltumes. ehe has astonished them by tiie quietness ar.a plainness 01 ner ov gowns on stat,e!y:occasions. and bj.bev lack of interest in th- luxurirrni plcis ure of a rjeh arid powerful court . - The Empress. EUigenie. "when Ns polton III. was at the height of bis power, took, a different 1'ot. As mis tress of the Tuilcries. she ordered the fashions of the -world, and never count ed the cost of a costume;, A she had a true eye for rolor and remarkable taste in dress, she was well-fitted for The musical farewell reception at the Salvation Army hall last evening was a complete success, and far exceeded the expectations of j its promoters. -Many ctwnld not gain admittance, the hall be ing crowded and all enjoyed the ex- . . . . , 17 t : .. eel em musical urogram. i-ouowmg he many m.u'sical numbers, refreshments were served, and a general goci n.nc was had by alt. ; The atfair was in the nature of a farewell reception to Cap tain and Mrs. K. Kuhn, the ollieeis, who have been in charge of the local ctrps for some time, ami who leave for. San Francisco on Tuesday, under orders to begin work in that cit5 Fine printing.1 Statesman Job Office. D1KD. Mldd-lvR At ihe family lumc in 'North 'Sa1cm Oregn. Thursday eve ning. April Jt' iw, Portcrj Rcdney M filer, aged i.t years. 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