Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-09-28
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the English. This was q curious affair and
was many stages advanced over the rattles
of the uncivilized tribes of Indians and the
ancient Hindoos. The frat forms of the in
struments in the classification are the self
vibrating instruments. Under his head
come with rattles, drums, tambourines,
cymbals, gongs, castanets and "bones." In
the "rattling" epoch, gongs added to the din.
Rubber rattles, made for easy mastication
by infant prodigies, are latter-day improve
ments on the old-time musical instruments.
The Nubians in their processions changed
iron gongs and sounded their triumph. The
Hindoos in their religious rites used The
mandira-cymbals in the form OF metal
cups. The oriental trophies in the exhibit
we're presented to the government by the
Rajah Souriudo Aohun.
Along with the cymbals came the improve
ment of the rattles-strings of bells. The
cymbsls of the Chinese were larger than
those of the other orientals and made of
thin sheets of brass. Oastanets found their
way into Spain through the Moorish hosts
and come from Syria. The Chinese evident
ly had monopoly on gongs. The pang,
the Ia ting and the 10 we're different styles of
the gong. The conch of Africa and
Malayan gong made of metal and shaped
like an hour glass with heads on both ends
we're seemingly forerunners of the drum.
The 10 looks like and is worked on the same
principle as a dinner gong of railway eat
ing station. The baz of the oriental der
wishes was probably the. Oldest form of
drum. Some of the African drums looked
like the barrel of an old fashioned blunder-
buss.
Gaines followed cymbaIs and came Just
before the drum and the tambourine. The
yun-lo of China was set of chimes, and
made of nine metal pans set IN wooden
frame and bent with slender bamboo
Rr.I nj
GcorRia in the Caucasus played the daira, an
early form of tambourine and the Chinese
made their kous. Shoshone Indian, Siam
ese, Chinese, MalaYan and all sorts of
drums are placed together near the center of
the cabinet. Some are long and thin, and
some are short and thick, and they all have
heads made of the skins of animals. The
xylophone was long ago used by the Zulu
tribes, and the mihambi was an instrument
of the same kind used by eastern African
tribes. The Indians of Guatemala played
the marimba centuries ago, This instru-
ment is very much like shat used by the
Gautemaians at the fair. Wooden kegs and
,pourds OF varying sizes were used in the
manufacture of the marimba. The broadest
keg and with the longest attached gourd
sounded the lowest pitch, and to the highest
| pitch the size of the gourd and the width OF
the key gradually decreased.
are pretty we'll posted on American history,
but not all of them are acquainted with the
discoveries of the prehistoric races OF
mound builders and cliff dwellers.
The other day party emerged from the
cliff -dwellers' exhibit, hot, tired and dusty
and full of wrath. :,
sWhy. it's regular fraudV' exclaimed
one; "the idea of paying % cents Just TO SEQ
few old relics"
"Why, Iexpected to see some live ciih-
dwellers,'' added another, "and they've gOt
nothing but dead ones to show"
/ 'fWhy, of COURSE assented third. N
wanted to see how they lived and worried
All the rest of the villages show the people
themselves, and they ought to have some
live cliff -dwellers here. 1t isn't agood show
at all.n
| There was no one around to inform the
0rumblers that 1--we liff-dweller had not
| been seen since Columbus discovered
America, and if one could be found he would
be the greatest curiosity at the Worlds Fair.