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TEE IVEEKLY 0E&3:i STfiTES.'JJl Published every Tuesday and Friday , .' . ; by the ; -, ', - STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO .266, Commercial St, Salem, Or. R. J. HENDRICKS, Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One. year, in advance... ...... 00 Six months, in advance.......... $ 50 Three months in advance... $ 25 One year, on time...., ......... $1 25 The Statesman has been estab lished for nearly fifty years, and it has some subscribers who have received it nearly that long, and many who btve read it for a generation. Some bt these object to having: the paper dis continued at the time oi expiration of their subscriptions. For the benefit 01 these, and for other reasons, we have concluded to discontinue subscriptions only when notified to do so. All per sons paying: when subscribing, or pay ing in advance, will have the benefit of the dollar rate. 'But if they do not pay for six months, the rate will be $1.25 a year. Hereafter we will send the pa per to all responsible persons who or der it, though they may not send the money, with the understanding that they are to pay $1.25 a year, in case they let the subscription account run over six months. In order that there may be no misunderstanding. We will keep this notice standing at this place jn the paper. ! SUBSCRIBERS DESIRING THE AD diets of their paper changed must stat the nam of their former postoffice, as well as of the office to which they wish the paper changed. , 1 Our friends from neighboring towns will all be with us w hile the soldiers are here, as a matter of course. If motor Hues were in operation from'Saletu to the surrounding towns having celebrations, think what crowds we could send theiu today! The Republican platform adopted nt Philadelphia nays: -The Ameri can 'government must protect the ier soh and proiierty of every citizen wherever they are wrongfully violat ed or placed In peril.'! Eiuiuentlj-proiH-r. . And it applies to China, along witlt, all other parts of the world. . 1 ; Tlie proisitioii of one of the big gest Imp dealing linns In the coun try to iiy 15 cents a ouud for the Oregon product 'this fall, in case, the acreage picked in California, Wash ington and Oregon is reduced 25 per cent., wil lead many growers to think hops are Worth alout 15 cents a ihmhkI rmyway, and make them hold for that price. We sincerely, hope they may get it, or . even 'a higher figure. - - I There Js further, tstiiuony to the fact that the most practicable route for a 'railroad to Tillamook from" the Willamette-"valley Is by way of Sher idan. The fact; that the highest plaeo in the Graud Rounde pass is only aboitt (Vfff feet, above sea level Is argu uien of the kind that will apieal to any railroad builder who knows his busi ness. There may be other lines,; in time but that will be the prlnciisil one, . The farmers furnishing cream to the Salem creameries (and to the other creameries in the Willamette "'valley) must use separators on their farms. They must'do this, because It will allow- the creameries to make a ls-tler quality of butter, Itecatise it will save in hauling; Intmuw it will give them the skim uilk for : feeding nt home; and because they can save alout :. IT cent, more cream t ha 11 by tin use of iwins and crocks. If they do not re sort to this, too, the creamery man j agers will be obliged to grade their cream down in price, making second grade butter from it for the markets. It is said that a farmer milking eight, cows, can pay for a separator In a year, from bis, saving of cream. I ! ; . - ; I II. J. Ottenheltuer, coast agent for LUicuthal Bios., one of the leading and most reliable firms of hop dealer In the. whole country, has written a proposition to the Oregon Hop Grow ers Association, offering to finance; its business for the coming crop. ' We take pleasure in printing this com munication In full, In this issue. The offer is to advance 5 cents a pound "for harvesting, tlie details of sale to 1k agreed on later. One of the impor tant statements in this communica tion is this: "If the hop growers of Oregon. Washington and California will reduce their output per cent, this year, we will guarantee growers 15 cents per pound for all of their bops that are of good quality." It would tseem that -there is confidence iu the coming Oregon hop crop, and that there are prospects of the groWew re ceiving fair prices this fall. ' AH j' f w hich is encouraging. i , , ! j .': ' 0-.: " " " f 1 ' , . I - V .. I ' ' i In going Into the dairying business, the people of the Willamette Valley must go into it right. They, must have separators, and raise the proiier 'kinds of forage plants. The use of peHiratnrs will enable .them to raise their calves and engage In swine l-i-eHlii? - mtil tli 11s add to their in come. The Willamette Valley farmers will "not" lw slow- in adopting the cor rect method. Tl.ey have built evap orators for their fruit aud dry kilns and Warehouses" for their hop. They are providing Inetitiators aud Irool?rs - for poultry raising, ami they will roo tirt Kilos, buy separators, aud'rnise theforff crons licst adanted to their needs. ' They will thus be able- to compete in any market with the dairy products. All these things will not reduce the number of bushels of wheat raised, either, though it' will vastly reduce the 'acreage necessary to raise a given amount of wheat. ; The Fort Plains, X. Y., Standard criticises the recent action, of a local magistrate, who permitted a con vict el felon to choose between iQ ve years in state prison and enlisting in the army. A. few years ago such a choice was looked on by many per sons as ' proper. Opinion about the army and 1 the soldier has changed during f the past, two years, and the choice given by the justice is con sidered now more In the nature" of an insult to the army - than r formerly. This Is as it should be. If military service were fompuisory here, the choice offered by the Judge might seem not Improper; but In a xrountry where army service Is purely, volun tary, the option Is an affront to every person who has entered the army, Probably the Judge had no concep tion of j what he was doing, similar offers have been made before, In this country and Great Britain, the only other country where -military service Is voluntary. The army is not a pris on, however, and is is to be hoped that in the future no Judge will con sider It one. " t i FOOLISHNESS. Ex-Senator Mitchell linliln tl.o ha ml in Republican politics In Oregon lust now. and lie knows oerfW-tiv Wit how 'to play it with skill and result. rruuietou tMi uregontan. ; . j This is foolishness. lie , does not liold any kind, of a .hand, at all, and therefore he has none to play. lie is hot In the game. ' ' ' '. WHY McKINLEY AND ROOSE VELT WILL WIN. 1 Tlie following from the Colorado Springs Gazette, is worthy of a care ful reading: President McKinley will win in the coming Presidential election because his candidacy is In accordance with tlie spirit of American institutions and of American progress, and also be cause he represents the material In terests of the American people. ' ' The Democracy is on the wrong :side, It Is on the unprofitable side and it Is 011 the untruthful side. ;.'.", There- is not one of tlie main Issues presented . "by the .Democracy upon which it ought to w in, aud there is no UtUT proof of this than the fact that it does not state any one of . these Is sues fairly, clearly aud honestly. " ' What a. tissue of fraud and misrep resentation is the cry of "imperialism." There is no ItuiHriaiist in this Ilepub llc.' The IUiniblican administration is working out the problems which have been brought before it with rare skill and success. The difficulties are great, and dangers many, but the failures are few., In the great majority of cas es It is doing not only the right thing, but tlie only thing possible under the ci rvumsta nces. And under the general title of 'Im perialism," there is a lot of minor Is sues. uiHu which the attitude of the Democracy is just as unreasonable and just as Insincere as upon the main point What utter folly to exalt Aguiualdo as a patriot, what Ignor auct to claim that the Filipino "na tion Is fighting for Its liberty, what a disregard for facts In denouncing the civil government of Porto Kico as an injustice, aud a cruelty to that Island. What demagogery there is in picking up. every trivial shortcoming of admin istration, tlie small amount of loilod supplies, the defalcation of a postotiice subordinate in Culm, the rash act of some lieutenant in Luzon, and making these the basis for an at tack UiKMi the character and' the honor of- the American War Department or the iK-ople of tlie country. - In. the attitude of the Democratic IMtrty. toward the trusts the same in sincerity is apparent. 'They are fer tile In wholesale denunciation and threats, but they propose nothing that is practical ble nd that-would, stand tho test of conrt dwisions. The care less citizen who would take their In vectives at face value might suppose that Iemocratic success would Is fol lowed by the ,lanishiiieiit of "trusts" from the land, if be did not stop to think that such a wholesale revolution of economic conditions and methods Is imiiossible, and If It were possible it would lie destructive and calamitous leyond measure. But Iemocratie speeches and platforms : are not In tended for the voters who stop to think. ,'.:"' : . The attitude of the Ieniocratic Irty on financial matters Is absolute ly insincere. The members of the Jiarty are greatly at variance upon this Imixirtaut matter, and It Is ini Hsille for tliem to preMnt a coherent and honest isdicy. To the West they must present' a silver shield with a steady disregard of facts and possi bilities; to the East the silver side must be -arcfuIIy concealed or treated as of small Importance; while at the same time the Populists must tie con ciliated with a tolerance of their fa u- tawtic thtwles of an irrwleemable pa per crrrenc v and the uselessness of, nuetalle moni'y of any kind. . . To a far greater extent than usual, this year' election Is going to pe a test of the good sense, theJutciligcuce and tlse sliren ;ofthe American iWrie.-j ' i (' -.-' rf I ': "t i ?- ' There is " not a fair 'mindqd, honest and intellgent jury in the -world but would deehhvupon a truthful presen tation of .the facts, : that the- Interests of the American people require 'tlie continuance of ,the Republican- paity iu power. !- ' j ; .- '." ' - ; ' ' ; Tlie vsst iKsly of voters who will cast their ballots next November Is sucty a Jury, andi there is no danger that it will be misled by the efforts of Democratic conventions, speakers or newsiaiers to 1 befog Its mind and to misstate the facts as they, exist. Ami that Is Why President McKin ley will be elected. ; - , ;t MANILA AND PEKIN. "A Ittle .more than two years lago Commodore dlefvey, comnianding'.less than a doZin second-class warships, waa ordereil out ; of the Brit isk. port where the declaration of oun wari with Spain found him, and lie had .to do or die. The only haven where he could hoi; ,; to j rest " for .any length of time : was the enemy's harbor of Manila, and for that he had to fight. If he hadf been defeated there he would have slunk into some neutral port on his homeward flight. "The great disturbance now going on in China must show, to many who liave not seen it earlier what Dewey actually did. i "The Chinese revolt against the for eigners ca,n be controlled only by a very powerf ul force. The share taken by each country in restoring order and regaining the privileges hitherto peace fully enjoyed can scarcely fail to af fect subsequently that country tna terial interest in China. At this mo ment we have In the East an army of uu,ut men, a fleet of sixty Hhipa, aud a pertect naruor as a base of oiera- tlO'SS. - ': "For years past wanderfrig " An&tV cans, ha ro had cause to feel that,. in ease f trouble witlv the -eountxj in which they w-ere, they might have to call upon some . foreign representative for protection. : Along the great Asiat ic coast 'that day is past. Our flag Is at Manila, sto stay. New York Sun. j It Is nu iniiKirtant thing for our country that the UnlUd States has such a valuable iort lu Asiatic waters. The "JBoxer" uprising will te put down and these fanatics puuished, and probably their government given a lesson that will prevent a reiietition. Then will follow a development of China and its markets. The lethargy of the ages will Is? shaken off. It will be important for onr country to have a commercial base of supplies there, at Manila. It is very fortunate for us that our flag is there to stay. ! Tin? German Emepror in his reso lution to avenge the murder of his Minister at Pekhi, Baron von Kettcle does no more than is sanctioned by international justice, and demanded by the vast majority of the- German people. If Eniperor -William did any thing" less than to send his seamen and soldiers" to China, with instructions to make the punishment severe, he would lie plaj-ing the idrt of a coward and one unworthy to represent his nation. FROM TIIK RKt'UBLlCAN NA TIONAL PLATFORM OF UK 10. We renew our faith iu the ioliej' of Proteetiou to American lalori n - that, iioliey our Industries have been established. diversified and maintained. By protecting tlie home market -omietitlon has lxt'ii stimu lated and production cheapened. Oi IKirtunity for tlie inventive jtenius of oiir people lias fls'en securil ami wages In f very .di'imrtment of lalor maintained at high rates, higher now than ever U'fore. and always distin guishing our working ieople In their letter comlitlon of life from those of any coniiM'tintr countrj. Enjoying the bh'ssliig of file American common school. : -secure in the right of self govemuient and protected In the w cupancy of their' own markets, their constantly increasing knowledge and skill have euabletl them to enter the markets of the worlds We faor tlie (associated policy of re"iirK-ity so direetKl as. to oik-ii our markets on favorable terms for-what we do not ourselves produce. In re turn for, free , foreign markets. ,: FOR A '' MERCHANT MARINE. Our present! deisndence . upon for eign shipping i for nine-tenths of our foreijm cnrryiiijr Is a groat los. to the industry of this country. It .is also a serious danger to our trn'de, for its sudden withdrawal In the event or Enroiean war would seriously cripple our expanding foreign commerce. The national defence and naval ef ficiency ; of this eountry. mowover, supply a compiling resison for legis Lilion which will enable us to ret-over our former place among the trade carrying fleets of the world. . THE NICARAGUA CANAL. We favor the construction. - owner ship, control and protect ion. of U'n Isthmian -anal by the Government of the United States. Tlie pine is the mother of legends, i Under the greenwood tree ," Who loves to lie with me, ' . And tune his merry note ' Unto the sweet bird's throat. Come bit her, conie hltlwr. come hither 1 1 No enemyi here shall he we, But vinter and rough weather. ! ?' t ( As You Like It. :. Is there not some chosen curse. Some hidden thunder In ihe stores of heaven. j Rcil with uncommon wrath, to blast , f" ; tlie msn Who owes his greatness to bis coun i try's ruin? -Addison. "Ca to." SHE DIDNT MIND. Mistress Tlie master found fault with your cooking today, Jane. Cook I don't take notice of Mm. munir It's bis nature to ; find fault. Ain't lie always finding fault with you? Illustrated Bits. . Shine out. fair sin, till I have bought . ' ' - a class. : ' '"-" Tlutt I may. gee my shadow as I pass. A fagged out, tearful little woman said this in telling her cares ana weaknesses. Her friend encoarafed by telling of a rtlaiive nho was cured of Just sach troubles by Hood's , Srspr&ju The little wun n&w fus tars of 'joy, for she took Hood's, kuhich pat her blood in prime order, jmd she lives on the strength of the present 'in sited of viprrying about that of the put Told Her Friend -"After hiving goitre on my neck 42 years Hood's Smtss psruLt .completely cored me. ' J was so gUd I told friends about it and a Udy tr Wisconsin toho read of my dure told mi she also took Hood's for the same trouble and koai 1 eorect She thankeome' SWrsi xAnna Sutherland, Kalamazoo; eMiou - F i Hotxf FilliCTrt Mrr ill ; tha tton-lrrltetinf M elhrti to tk with Hod Sarprill. THE OREGON! AN AND JOHN P ROBERTSON. j Editor Statesman: ! J. f What's the matter with the Oregq nian, anyway? Is it because it's a chronic kicker, or because it wants! to Iose as an Jndeiendent journal?: If it is a Republican paier why! does It oppose Republican principles? A ColiKrteur was onc , traveling through the mountain districts of Tennessee and, calling at the home of a mountaineer, asked the woman i of tlie house If there were any Pre;ly teriaua ,Iu I Uie.ruelchUrh6od? -Vhy yes," replied the woman, "my man is one, but hedpn't .workr.at Jt apy.V., If tlie Oregoman Is a 'Republican paiwr, let It work- at Republk-fintsni instead of furnishing iiiuipaign thunder i for the use of the enemy.: Hound monej. which the Oregonian aivocates,i is no more, a Itepublican- principle than , Is protection to all classes of . American Industries. One (im. theorize as lie may concerning 1 the tariff on Imiorta tions, but the facts will remain and tliej' will prove, ls?3oml a doubt, that prote-tion is of Iwnefit- to the farmer, the laborer aud the machine. i ' r I -see that-John P. Robertson is still troubled With the' national bankinight- .mare, the cause of w6ii it is an at tempt to digest an advertising l circu lar issued by a New York firin of bankers anl . bondholders who . have bonds to sell, and whoi figure out large profits on investments to Induce peor pie to buy and start if bank. Theoret ically the figuring is all right, hut will It pan out as promised? Do the facts and the practical , exjie'rieuce ofp na tional .banks prove the theory; to be true? If 'so,, why luive so many na tional banks gone Into liquidation wthln the last few years? It is ls cfause the capital therein' invested would bring great er,jv!urns employed iji private banks and loan associa tions. " . ' ' r Why" did the First National Bank of Salem gp out of business, If such prof its were to fn made in the' buwiiuW? Was' It beCanse'of any conscientious scruples, its stfckholders and, officials had against this system of ''robbery or was it beea use they . ei?uld make greafer gains as private bankers?j If the latter, why not" abolish private banks as well as the others? -'J ,! 4 - I Just what, the original cost of this bank stock has to dovwith the. inreseiit condition we are unabh? to see unless it is to juggle with and mislead. J It is doubtful if a dollar's worth of IT.' H." lxnids are fn existence toIay, that sold for t less r thadi ltr. And; when bonds sold for Jess, It was simply a penalty the governnntint paid for, an iinitaired cretlit. As soon as that cred it was restored, which It was by Re publican management juid legislation. Ismds sjld at a premium, although drawing less Interest than those which sold at. or Isdow par. Tlie fact is simply this: The U- S. government needed money, to get". which sold bond, and . the American capitalists bought those lionds. At the same time the American iople needeil a circu lating medium for tlw; transacting- of business. ?Thel capital of the country, such at least as warf' not eniiIoyetl in otlier business enterprises, wfts" invest ed 111 U. S. s-curities. At this juncture the government say to'thesex-apltal-ts: "Y'ou hold our bonds, Jh fjeople reiuire liauks , of, Issue to f uniish them a currency for tlie transaction of their busupess;' you ; deposit ; j those Donas witif the nrooef. otncial as se curity 'and .we will issue you the .cur-; rency for that puniose. ami will guar-; antee the p-ople,, who may use or hold sjild currency, against loss, even, tliough the iKinks which issue? it may fail. This proiNiSltion was accepted under proier restrictions and regula tions, the result of whicti Lsfto give the country the lest -and cheapest currency the Worlds ever ifliaw better than the notes of the iKtnk of Eng land. lM-au.e the U. S. government is back of the national twnk notes, while the English government does ; not gttarantw the Itank of England cur-j rem-y. As for th. rnterst Mqu ' the londs. It. mt'st Is?1 paid in any event Were our bankers , obliged j to .1 use their own funds in their business, the bonds would le held by others ' who would draw the interest, and ' tlie probability Is that ' most of. them would .be held by foreign capitalists who would take ttLIroceI tiierei from out'of the country. There -er- tainty can ! notliiug raticaiit wrong with the national banking system. In asmuch as under it .the nation's cretlit Is the let In the world and the coun try has reacliofl a condition tt . 'unexr p.mHed prosierity. It Is a tnsitter for -ongratulatton for all ; imtrUits that the republU Is blessed with such la safe and 'reliable financial system. vDAN WEBSTER. Rosedale, Or July 1st , ; . RECENT inventions; ;t In an improved washing 'machine two Independent arms are pivoted at the center of the cover, wilt h perfontt ed beaters wftiml ,'to tlie inner ends of the arms, the ' latter licing grasped one in each hand and iHrated Inde pendently to beat the clot lies. ' i1 j . roc use in painting signs a, lettering guide lias I teen pa tented, comprlsing'a liair of rulers joined by adiustalde Ha n!s, which alow: one. ruler to Ite set at any nquirel angleto the other ruler, thus indicating the slant. of tlK? etlges.of each letter..! , . ; , Water piies can, , be. scoured ; and . .- , - -. - . cleaned Uy a new German : apparatus, which) lis iwiaiwrnl -oftwo ,mlobuIar floats to fit the interior of. the pipe, carrying between - them n toothetl sctaiKr which engages tlie sides as the floats are forced through by the ac tion of the water : ; An Ohlo mau has iatcuted an im proved trousers guard which wiil not tail off from the ankle, having a lock ing device attached to the ends to lock the guard in plaice, a slotted head be ing formed on cue end, with a spring catch which engages a T head on the other end of the gt&rd. - Tailors can utilize an Improved measuring device, patented by a Ger man, a tape being placed across- the shoulders to pass uudir tha arms and join at tlie back, with tape suspended ats either side to supisrt a belt, which is adjusted at the waist or chest line for taking measurements. ? ' .V Maryland man has designed an improvement in hair curlers, by which the heating apparatus' is contained In the handle, the latter ' being hollow and provided at the inner end with a wk-k; the flame passing' up through tlie hollow tube which forms the lnsly of the curler, to heat it from the-interior. ;';.. :v '-.ft'. - '" '".!-, f ; -. - JBy the use of a new door-holding device the knob is prevented ' from turning until released on the Inside and the door can be held , in any posi tion, a roil being secured to the upier edge of the door and connected at one end with a crank arm on the knob spindle, the other end oieratlng a clutch on the door casing. . Ink will not dry up rapidly in a new well, which has a dejiending conical opening in the upier side of a glass cube, with a second cone supported by the4ottom and having the edge high er than the tip of the upper cone, the lower cone being filled by a quick up ward motion''' of the well. Chicago News. :. . .. '' , - . , , . I I "THE SECOND BEST." Moderate tasks ami moderate leisure. Quiet . living, strict-kept measure Both in suffering and in measure ; TIs for this thy .nature yearns. . ' ;- l, - But so many books thou readest, ' But no many schemes thou breedest, But so, man'y wlslies f eedest, . : .; That thy poor bead almost tur.ns. i r U y. . v ' J ty , -t ' - i-.- .: And (the world's so madly jangletl, r Human things so fast entangletl) Nature's wish must now be strangled I For that best which she discerus. !$ it must be! Yet, while leading A strainetl life, while oVer-ftHding, Like the rest, his wit with reading, No small profit that man earns. Vho, through all he meets can steer him . - ban reject what can not clear him, Cling to what can truly cheer him; f.. Who each day more surely learns. That an impulse, from the distance Of his deepest, Isst existence. To .the words, "Hope, Light, Persist.- Y- - - ence," - . '.. : 4 Strongly sets and truly burns. r -; ; , .-Matthew Arnold. , SPX AT GIBRALTAR, . The Saturday. Review saj-s, - tluit some time ago a consumptive (Jerman arnyiHi at. jiira,i.iar, ., . w;itn mtroauc lions fromjjuflueutial ieople in Eng land. The Goveriior : , and other otlt ialsrecivol hhu hospltably;'aud ev ery consideration possible was shown him on Jiccbunt of his health, but, J of course. permission could not be granted," as he requesieil, to go to' the top of the" rot-k for the sake of tlu purer air, as there Is a regulation that "foreigners are on no' at-Count to be ntrmitted to walk" about .the , top of the rock- Further acnuainta nee. how ever.- Wiihr. the German, through the medium of dinners and. other social functions")" resulted in a relaxation of the strict, rule, and he rectdve! a pass. The result? of I the visit Is now to be en at the German War 'Office, which IH In iosscsston of the most ierfect plans from photographs of all the works a ud-defenses of Gibraltar. A BIG LAND DEAL. y . ' ! : Union Republicau For tlie iist yoar negotiations have leen in prognss looking to the sale of the Conley tract of S.HH) acres of land In, the valley north of Union to a Moruion colony-and the matter is about to tie closed. In case the deal Is made;- It Is -understood the ' pur chasers will engage extensively - in beet "culture and a spur will le run out from the' Elgin ,brancli railroad to the colonv to, lietter enable them fo ship the beets to the factory. If the'jleal is, consuuiniate! It will mean a largely, increased population for that flection. :.;!.;.;' .;i" ';' 5 SMITH FAMILY PROVERBS. Half-truths are practical. f So'nie do ienance by going to church. r v i lHn"t worry If you miss a new; book. The i exceptional in life, preserves sanity. -' - -- ' I Art Is fictitious, the rs?st you can make, of it. . . There are many kinds of cultivated taste. ') . ( , Life" lMHimes graceful as It ceases to be a protest. j : ; There Is a sens? of relief when, a young man survives his etlucaton. Style! style: why, all writers will tell you that It Is the, very J thing which, can 'least of all Ik. changed. A man's style Is tiearly as much ja part of him as bis physiognomy, his figure, the throbbing of his pulses In short, as any iart of his being whicK Is at least subject el to the action lof the will. Fenelou. Up! up my friend, and ""'".-' books; qulti your Or surely you'll grow double Upl up! my friend, and clear your looks; , ! Why nil this toil and trouble? ' : Wonlsworth. .f "Wliy dHs a fairy tale customarily end, 'and they were married ami 11 veil happily ever after?" "That ha' come to Im essential," she replied. "That Is what shows It Is a' fairy tale. - Wash Ingtoii Sta. PECULIAU I AND PERTINENT. ,-,.....;....-v:.,.1 :.',' -,V,j : Ireland's.' vital statistics for . the quarter ending March 31 sbowt a de cline In the iopulatlon of j 10.1:15 souls, of which the excess of deaths over tdrtns is responsible for j nearly one-half. . , . ODD - Ml'SiaI I INSTRUMENTS., Used by Native Americans In Prehis toric and Later Times. Washington May 13. Among the many oid and grotesque-looking jects In the National Museum, relics of a mysterious people who once flour ished on this continent, is a unique collection of musical ijistrumeuta ' many of which, liowever crude In ap peatanee, give forth tones as ve t and clear as they did a thousand jears ago. . eany an or ; ttiem are wind Instruments, and are; similar to the modern ocarina and -flageolet. The more perfect, sisx-tmens, . as regards tone and Workmanship, come from Mexico and Central and South Amer ica, and are made for the most. '-part': of very fine pottery.; though some are fashioned from bones, of animals and birds. The collection is under tlie su-" IervisIon of Prof. Wilson and E. p. Uphain. Dr. W- II. Holmes, head cur ator of the National Museum, has fur nished many, valuable sjsVinieu and data. Mr. Upham. referring to Inter esting qualities of the several instru ment, said, taking up wliat might 1 described as a small occarlno. fash ioned in the sliaiie of a bird and fur nished with a taiering mouthphH-e: "This iwssesses four sound holes and yield five notes, the low tone le Ing produced with all Uie huhs closed." I The instrument was In excellent condition, in proof of which Mr. Up ham proceeded to play "There" No ! (Jowl Luck Aliout the IIous," with i lMautifuI, tuneful effect. It was re I markable that when blown without ; the fingers covering , the holes the I sound resembled closely the clear and i plaintive warbling of a bird, probably j the same which the artistic maker ' had endeavored to depict. Many of the instruments are grcv tesque in design, representing chiefly animals and birds, but are, in' sonic. -ases.-of w complex a shao as to asV tonish one. " The majority tosses either two, three or five notes, al though some are ca)Kible of wider-' range, and while the inference is that the prehistoric musicians posssed a; masical scale radically different from our own, all those instruments ran Ih made ly proper" -manipulation to fur nish notes to their respective capa'i- ties in the chroma tie scale. ; One of the richest and most melodi-' ous tones was iinMlucel fnni a very unattractlvelooking earthenware? alii-'1 gator, although unfortunately tlie ca pacity of this musical novelty, or rath er antiquity, was; limited to , three notes. A most piercing and iK'iietr.-it- Ing sound was produced-from -'a -tiny'' whistle, which could easily 1m held iii " the palm of the hand and inclosed .by' the grasp. ".' One of' the most extra ordinary shapes Is that of a flageolet from tlie Aztec ruins of Mexico.- The religion .symbols found upon the ruins of Az tec temples are also seen ujhui many Of these instruments. There .41 re some' of the flageolets which in ail prob.-i-bility date from historic times. iie . from Mexico, carvel in marbie,' which ha six holes, all those of prehistoric periods never lading furnlslied with more than four, is illustrative of tins fact. - One Instrument from Nicoya, Cost.i Rlca. is unique from the . fact that' whihVJt contains but four sotifi holes," seven notes can Is produced from' hY It' is' In the form of a grotesque Iiu--man - head,, with painted decora tins": In brown and red on aelinw grouwl. ; The mouthpiece is attaclied "h and forms part of the, head dress.- Us ex- eeptionally wide range i owing to tlie fact, that one of the four holes ' W lai-ger than the other, the result ls ing two additional notes, that woiil; not be obtainable were all the holes' -of the same size. V A unique siHH-imen is a whistling vase from Costa ltfca. which was pre sented to Pror. Wilson by Senor Ka fael Iglesias. It Is rtuind-lKit touted, with a handle on one side repjesent 'iig an animal head holding the edge of the rim in its mouth. Tlie rim -and lower half of the vase are dark .-.red,-" the space betwen lielng fillel by' a, broad cheyron banil In brown ami yel low, the whole surface ls'ing highly. IoIishcd. The air passa'ges from tlie inside of the vessel ; connect with a vent hole on the outside of the ani mal's neck. 'To produce a sound ir note, the lips must lie placed against the mouth of the, Vessel in the same;. maimer as would lie doneon tlie large brass instruments of "today.. It one note is exceedingly shrill and pierc ing.. . . i " Another renuirkable siMfimen I a primitive flageolet made from a slen- der iNiiie, proltably from the wing of the brown isdican. Th natural cavi ty at one end of the bone is partly filled 'with wax or gum. leaving an air passage which connects with a vent hole,. forming a mouthpiece. Tlie otli er tnd is open. On the npi'r surface are live small linger hohs, placMl altout seven-sixteenths of an Inch aart. ; THEY LIVE IN THE COUNTRY. "S" for a moment how the matter of resident affects" literary jK-ople. with whose; work, naturally, I am ra ni iliar'" writes Edward Bok in the ' July Ladies' Home Journal, of "T1h American Mau ami the 'Country." Pick out the successful writersor the day and see where their home are. Scarcely In, a single instance will yon find one of them living i the city. On the otjier hand, look at the work ddne bj- Vour literary - den izen of the city and s-e how it suf fers In comparison with that of the man or woman whose mind rests on God's own handiwork. Such -, writers are like pygmies compared to the men who with fresh minds look over God's landscaiH aud reflect the deei est and truest thoughts of real men and women. See how an author and this Is a constant occurrence living In- some', remote conntry place does a great piece of work, and then, ' allured by false prophets, removes to the city and continues his work tliem Is his work the same? Verily, it i not. Degeneration takes plac as soon as he removes himself from man's truest surroundings. And ' what is true tohiy of men In literary work Is equally true of men In Hip klndn-d arts. The great work r tlui world is being done, today by men whose lives are spent away from the great cities. And still Mr. Staye remained in the parlor. - - "I-lithr -aIh-l a gruff voice from upstairs, "tell Mr. Staye If he meet the milkman as he goes to order two quarts for me,", ti , . This had the desired effect.--CUi- cago News. . , . . ,.