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diets of their paper changed must stat
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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 !
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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 .':
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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 -
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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
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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
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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.
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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. . , . . ,.