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terror into the hearts OF living en-
"mics
The bells OF the Peruvian Jazz or
Shestrn were OF copper. with pebbles
Tor c!app"rS. There w.r. rnttlcs
nadc OF s,rail shells. nuts. seeds. etc.
which We're worn attached to tn"
wfis's, ankles and other parts Of the
n n"hE In H yxnr |onrhs hlIed WIN
smells We're struck together like
'Ninb"IS he museum collection also
c":thlhs ihr"" small lronz" discs.
sHEhtIy c"ncav"-convcS. with per
forated projections by which they
""re evidently suspended when
Strmck WIN amy hard substance. they
resonant sound.
Had Musical Pipes.
Whereas among US the lad of tn"
Gay Is the "uk"lclc. IN" peruviaus of
the good old days" delighted in per
forming on the huayra puhura OF
pipes. The pipes we're open and
closed. and made al bon" or cane.
and III one known instance. Of stone.
Musical pipes ar. sim very popular
with the Peruvian indians Couricrs
as" them tH announce their arrival
aud departure. much as the post norm
was used by the driver or guard Of
English Hai!-cOach days.
Flutes. OF cane. of bone and of
gourd We're also popular. They ser"
carved IA variety of fantastic
shapes. number of the bon" iiut-S
which hay. been found haye ston-
holes on the under side. apparently
meant 10 he closed !: ,h,- Thumb
They are very primitive Instruments
not producing a true or complete
scale. That the r"ruyianS we're able
To realize their SHORTCOMINGS 20 at
Least some extent appears ia ia" fact
tnat IN some Instruments attempts u
correct the seal. have been made: the
vents have been plugged with bias 81
Eourd and substituted bY other holes
Moreover. IL is 10 h" remembered that
"a ar NJ ~. g.tE
n"uts. especially ihos. Of cane. hnv.
doubtl"Jsly affected ia" tone qualities
Ancient Peruvian whistles were
usual: made OF i"rra-Coita or wood
and produced as II rule only on. or
two ton"s. They. TOO. were carved
Ia The likeness of human beings OF
w"ll-kn"wn animals or birds II
most cases, tn" Srot"SQue element
prcdo IN mated in such rpprcscntatiuuS
Had Double whi-tiinv Jars.
The famous double whistl!ng lars
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-01
LETTER TELLS OF RESCUED
OF EMPRESS EUGENE
Recent Death OF Sir John MontaSu
BurgOync Reveals Details OF He
role Incident in 1870.

LONDON April ,0.-Thc recent
death Of Sir John Montague Bur
goync. famous for his rescue OF tn.
late Empress Eugene At the fail OF
the second French empire in 1870.
has brought to light a letter written
by Sir John to Sir Henry Ponsonhy
ten days after the dramatic voyage
across the English Channel The let
ter relates the details OF the escape
in which DR.. Evans. an American
dentist. WAS Instrumental.
Sir Johns yacht happened 20 he
lying in tn. harbor At DcauvilIc on
September s. 1870. waiting favorable
weather for sailing. AT l.. NJ two
strangers came aboard and asked for
an audience with the owner. They
appeared to trust SIR John and con.
hdcd 10 him that the Empress WAS
concealed In Dcauviic. He agreed to
convey her 10 safety In England. and
II was decided that Lady Burgoync
should remain on board. in order no,
to arouse suspicion.
II was arranged that Her Majesty
should come aboard At Ave minutes
past midnight. Meanwhile. at 1880
i. NJ, Sir John had a visit from "A
young Russian. to whom ne had only
been introduced. This gentleman had
brought q friend. who wished to look
over the yacht" They were shown
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over the craft. although Sir John said
he was convinced the men were spies
The visitors were conducted by Sir
John personally into the town. and
had scarcely gone when Or. Evans,
the Empress and Nine. lc Breton
came up and were taken on board
without baggage.
Empress Eurcnie was said TO hav.
been greatly agitated and to have
*obbed bitterly. She was cared for
hy Lady Burgoync through the two
days of the voyage To Ryde. Eng.
The trip OF itself was uncvcntful.
except FOR the fact shat heavy
weather and NASTY sea made
travel for the Empress very uncom-
Portable. y landing was made at
Rydc az O'Clock OF the evening of
September s. and the Empress left
Immediately FOR Hastings TO Join her
son.
Sir John. in his letter. says the
escape VAS planned by Prince Met
ternich and most skilfuIIy carried
out by pr. Evans
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JUDGE SA VS. SPIRIT BELIEF
ON PAR WITH WITCHCRAFT
Long Explanation Back of What Prompted ST. Patrick
to Drive the Snakes From Ireland, Declares Will
liam n. Gemm, Of Chicago Court.

CHICAGO. Aprii sO.-Hciicfs in
spirits is on a par with witchcraf'.
IN the opinion o! Judge William y
1cmmill. OF The Municipal Court.
speaking before the University OF
Wisconsin Club OF chicag"
Thor IL lon. cxp!"na;ion back
of what prompted 81. Patrick 10 drive
the snakes from ireland said tn"
Judge wh" is writing book on
WitchCrait
Il; was the fashion" nc explained,
"a, salem 20 find devils in almost
everything from n fence or a dog to
Il poor. dccr"pit Old woman.
III u wheel came or wagon II
Mas a sure siru somebody had cast
Il spell over II.
II Il farmer Cut his arm. the neigh
Dor with whom H. had pwarrclcd was
accused OF hcwitchinr IN. scythc. /:
wasn't safe to hc alive II YOU wcr"
Suhjcc; TO snccIinc or could forcCas;
:, storm
"IScrore 81 Patrick went to Ire
land il was the fashion To try ami
mails ana insects that we're pests -,
destroyed crops. Consequently. wher
he found snakes were nuisance. n,
sentenced them 10 exile
Most Of the witches al Salem we're
old w,7bcn mans OF them bed ridden
feeble minded or crIppics. They were
accused hccaus" II was supposed they
were too weak To r"sist tn" devil
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,orL Has Active blind coron,r.

YORK. : G. Apr.l 3c.-Y0rk couu-
- lays claim To tho mos; actiy. blind
coroner in the United States Tn"
coroner. raul q. MCtorkl.. former
member 81 Congress from the Fifth
South Carolina District Wake about
the streets OF this city, un;,idcd. save
for u lonr cane. II. is ahl" 10 dis
;invuish hundreds OF people by their
voices. Ills Ollie" il on tn" second
storI az the building on tn" main
square. la the winter h" dcsC.iIds
several times each day from his Of
Nee with coal Scuttl. In his hand.
Walking down tn" stairway h" finds
his way I" the coal pile. NILS the Scut
tie and returns. Coroner iccorklc
lost his cNcSiEht many years ago
when "a horse which he WAS driving;
10 II buggy ran away.
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To Build si..5o.um ,Inr,nr.

NASSAU. BAHAMAS. April 10.
pcNeIGpincnt OF the harbor OF Nassau
u project considered AZ various times
FORA ha!i century. has been au-
thoriz"h by the bahamas LEGISLATURE
'ni cStlih;ttrd COS; Of about $3.50
noo. half Of which Will be raised Ivy :,
loan The project calls FOR a drn, n
OF not less than thirty-iivc feet over
me bar at the entrance to IN. har-
DOT Il channel 800 feet wide and
hlt'S -hNc feet deep to the inner
harbor where n basin t,irty-Gyc rccr
deep will he provided. 'Thc improve
men, is expected To aid in the do
Nct"pfh"nt OF commerce between The
.".1nS ana IN. for"irn countries. cS-
pccihily the United States
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,u>,inn Prisoner. Won, Return.

BERLIN. April discontinued cx-
change Of Russian and German pris-
on"rs OF Mar has developed Tn. fact
that many EuSsian soldiers have no
in:"ut!Du 10 return 10 their HON. land
~ this time " they can possibly avoi!
~. Tho CCSsdCH prisoners ar" par
tcGlarly reluctant 10 80 back 10 Rus
STA and shoulder guns ia tho Sovic;
armies. with which many Of Thorn arc
frankly UutympHihctic iiaIf tn. men
in on" camp near Berlin asked the
German government FOR permission to
remain here.
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Pittsburgh Plans Conference.

PITTSBURGH. PA, April 30.-Tholi
national conference on, city plan
ming. which is expected to attract
about 300 engineers. architects and
municipal experts from all sections
of the United states and parts OF
canada. viii be held here May Q, 10
and II. n
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many OF these charla,ans through this :
provision that makes II illegal to ex-.s
tract money under false pretcnses."'
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1921-01-06

campaign. The officers and the execu-
tive committee have devoted good
share of their time 10 aiding in the
work
4 comprehensive plan has been out
lined for q study Of the fundamentals
OF agricultural problems on a scale new
ar before attempted by any organiza-
tion or government agency. and this
study has been put into the hands OF
the best equipped men in the land
Three major projects have been out
lined and set under way. These are !:
First. the establishment Of a permanent
bureau of farm economies; second. the
appointment Of a permanent committee
of seventeen 10 study thoroughly the
question Of grain marketing. and third.
a permanent committee Of fifteen 10
make similar study OF live stock mar
keting.
The bureau Of farm economies viii
be under the supervision of the follow
ing commission: DIR. Eugene Daven-
port Of the University Of Illinois; Sen
ator Arthur Capper of Kansas; James
y. Mcbride. formerly director OF the
Michigan State Bureau of Markets
Xencphon Caverno of Missouri; DIR. G..
r. Warren of Cornell University and
Henry 4. Wallace of Wallace's Far
mer. Des Moines. Iowa. This commits
sion elected Mr.. Mcbride as president
and Mr. Wallace as secretary.
As the first step in the solution OF the
grain marketing question, President
Howard appointed the committee OF
seventeen. representing all interested
organizations. 10 work out some sys
TEN whereby the farmer might market
his own product through his own organ
| izations
The committee was selected from
among names submitted by the various
farm organizations.
| This committee Of seventeen held Its
/ first meeting in Chicago in October and
divided its work into five main divis
ions. each to be i'm charge of a subconi
mittee: Cooperative marketing meth
DDS. cost Of marketing, storage anc
transportation. consumption and ex
port. finance
The question Of marketing of live
stock looms as large I'm the minds o.
the farmer as does that of grain mar
keting. A permanent committee of IF
teen. not announced as this is written
composed of representatives Of the va
rious live stock organiza tons. will in
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eneinecred Tie item was promptly
stricken ont of thc lil-fne Farm iu-
reau had saved tle day for Che cotton
farmers.
Oue day last spring when Mr. silver
cnmr down Oh li- ofI.e. le found "a
STACK Of teiegrarl- of Dis lU-s from uo-
tato growers ou Long Island saying
fhnv were uunhle t0 eet seed potatoes
from Mime Iu previous years seed iin-
tafocS had been hauled down from
Maine during the winter hut THIS tune
tile Ilizvarts fhe CIR -lnrfl ~ ald ine
striscs haa prevented. spring was az
hand. the ground ready. bat uu seed.
Tie railroads cou'i da nothing anu rum
stared these men. Boa fhe t.oe. lltN ap-
uenlDd o. Use American Farm bufca
Federation for help
The bureau wired them to send "a man
I'D once with the full lnct~ Win ms
man DO went to the American Railway
t--n.iHfiou offices Ono Washington. an
organization that unuflCially On. never
fhcleSS effectively Influences the move
ueut Of freight cars in the country. and
presented tae ease. This body declared
III could 10 nothing. but the Farm Blu
b rpau advanced arguments that brought
an order for the diversion of 100 addi-
tioual box ears a dag to Maine above
the normal ear movement there. Within
fffy-rtvo hours after fhe order had gone
I forth cars loaded with Maine seed pota-
I toes were on their way Oh Long Island
Then fertilizers were needed. O second
visit was made. and 800 cars we're So
/ cured for this purpose.
\ When the suEar-hcct growers II one
of the Western states asked for slid
/ Ing scale contract for growing this
wears crop. n contract that would in
| sure them q fair price for their product
they were greatly disturbed by the re
port that the Acknowledgements Office
had declared such a contract would h.
iu violation az the Federal anti-trus
laws. II Is asserted that they were
shown what purported % be TELEGRAM
from Washington pronouncing the slid
iur-Sc.lle agreement 90 De Illegal
A member Of the American Farm Blu
reau Federatiou's executive committee
in company with local farm bureau rep
rcsentatives. came 10 Washington an'
the matter was laid before the Attorne.
Generals office. They were INFORMED
that the proposed contract appeared q
be entirely legal; that no telegram &
the contrary had been sent from the de
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commodities both wholesale and retail.
estimated ID raise another billion dol
lars. good part ~ IL from farmers
President Howard. Of the American
Farm Bureau Federation. and IL &.
Mckenzie. 81 New York. appeared and
made such vigorous protest that some
Of the leading financiers and tax au-
fhurities 90 the country such as otto Ill.
Kahn. Prof : T. Adams 81 Yale. and
Prof. r. II. 4. Seligman of Columbia
University sided with them. and the
conference ended by strongly condemn
ing both proposals The big business
Interests OF the country thus recogniz-
ed the importance of agriculture ana
added Mr. Mckenzie to the taxation
committee 70 represent farm interests.
The net result Of all these things has
been that In just one years time the
American Farm Bureau Federation. by
virtue Of It's firm stand ON these ques-
tions Of nation wide importance. its
practical service I'm the interests Of the
farmer. backed by its solid and wide
spread membership. has assumed lead
ership in national way for the farm
ers ~ America This has not been done
al the expense or To the detriment OF
other organizations already I'm the
Ntiu halHtF tItft nave been tt-tltf-
alton and friendship between the Farm
Bureau officials and leaders of the old
national organizations.
But perhaps the most important
thing accomplished by the American
Federation has been the building UP OF
its membership. There is total Of one
million five hundred thousand paid-uI
members. There are now thirfy-fOuI
states that have been admitted ia the
fedora ton. BY the end of next week
meeting these may have increased {,
forty. BY that time Iowa will hav,
completed its drive for 10000 mem
hers. Illinois now has more than 100
600. and Michigan, Ohio. Indiana and
New York are close behind.
Many states have followed the lead
of the Middle West and have reorgan
lied on a basis of five or ten dollar
memberships This has been especiail,
true in New England. i'm section
where such action was thought fmpossi
BILE a year ago.
This organization work and the mem
bership campaign have been carried OF
by the individual states rather than bl
the national federation. The fedora
ton. however. has helped 10 plan tbs
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veStigate live stock marketing
OF "A more practical and immediate
nature was the action taken at the Dc
t0ber meeting of the executive COM
mittee To organize national wool pool
4 committee. headed by J. r. Walker.
had already been appointed to consider
the matter IL found that by Septem-
Der nearly 30.O00.0o0 pounds OF wool
had been pooled I'm fourteen states A
central selling agency will be created
10 handle these pools on a nation wide
scale.
Three other steps of wide Importance
have also been determined upon One
Of these Is TO institute "A traffic and
tr. sportation department. A second
j. 10 create a department of education,
one the big jobs of which will be that
of ~ blicity.
The third step is TO undertake
study of national taxation laws, 10
make sure that any revision OF such
does not shift a greater burden from in
dustrial interests 10 the farmer. In
this latter the federation has had the
advice of Prof L. s. Adams Of Yale
University.
The Farm Bureau referred TO its
members early last summer the Nolan
taxation bill, now up for consideration
i'm Congress. The vote was almost un-
nnimous against the bill.
4 second referendum deals with COM
pulsory arbitration of labor disputes.
affecting interstate carriers, public
utilities and the public safety. OF all
disputes between employer and en-
ploye, and the repeal Of the Adamson
law.
Once this referendum gets to work
| ing smoothly IL will be possible to show
how farmers by the million think on n
bill before Congress or ON any national
problem. The day Of self-appointed
leaders. processing to speak for the far
mer. of ton Of farmer
| sentiment will be over.
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SPLENDID ACHIEVEMENT
BY NATIONAL FARM BUREAU


system IN the United States would hHft
been wrecked The iaru Bureau e-t.i
Ell the influence that not only put tle
original Appropriated hars il tA- u"i
but increased % hy 5000 Odd
when congress was considering The
railroad Din and union labor was c.nn-
oring for omission Of auy reference tn
strikes or arbitration conference cot-
r,ittees al the House and senate greed
10 submit biu prov .dins uo mems or
adjustment of labor difficulties ami
emitting every reference to the proven
ton of strikes. The Flrm Bureau spoke
the word that a. asserts put che arhlifa
tion-adju~tmcnt provision buck in tiif
bin as finally pas-Cd over tlc protest
OF the united labor unions.
still another Illustration OF how tie
Farm Bureau has been on The lnn TOT
rho farmers 81 al SECTIONS OF the co.il-
try il an Incident On connection WIN
the Agricultural Appropriations hiiL
One dav inst al the close oi the session
when only five members were on tne
floor of the Senate and after an near
tnes of the agricultural committee
we're over and there was mo- time ioi
discussion. an amendment 90 me ni-
vas introduced whereby the number Of
cotton grades permitted by Ia" ""uio
b. reduced just onc-hult
Vow this amendment would meal
pofhins 10 n Corn Belt farmer wh'
might hear OF a. Nor would 10 get I
potato grower Of Maine or an orchard
man I'm Oregon az an excited But @
the cotton farmer of the South II Wa
OF Fundamental Importance. IN day
of old this last-minute plan might nav
worked. But no more
When the Farm Bureau discoVere'
what had happened Il took prompt nc
ton. GRAY Silver wrote letter 20 tn'
chairman 81 the Agricultural Commit
Zee Of the senate. telling him what ha'
happened and how
This letter was mimeosraphe and
copy placed on the desw Of every mem
Der OF Congress with the deciArhtiol
that IL tina amendment went through
without having been acted on by IN
regular committees I'm due course IN
nation would be told how IL had bee
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1921-01-06

partmeut Of Justice.
Armed with letter setting forth
these facts. they returned home IN mill
trn- mood Without further delay the
Sliding le contracts with the farmers
were signed. II T. declared this prompt
xorE on the part ~ the Farm Bureau
ofn.inIs saved the sugnr-heet growers
Of tho Sate - 600. 600 this year: also
that 10 probably explains the increase
of thousands Of acres In the crop.
Speakiue a. u national voice for agri-
culture. tLe Farm Bureau has brought
Justice to the farmers IN "a way never
known before n has fought the bat
lies of The farmers Of the West. 81 Long
island and of Georgia-whercvcr there
WAS need or wherever 10 was possible 90
DO So.
Realizing that 10 take partisan
stand in politics would be- the end Of is
Influence the Farm Bureau Federation
has remained aloof from such How
ever. it went openly 10 both political
PARTIES and Influenced them 10 moor
porafe farm pianks In their platforms
~ further asked for SPECIFIC pihhhs
again the Townsend Road Bill. con
tending that IL would build town-to-
town roads rather than the farm-to-
i lAAal NaN-N AWtNA~ " NAAtA AA-N NFAt-+-tf $500
needs.
When Congress gets down 10 business
. this winter 10 win find "a number Of
/ bills ready for it, consideration The
Capper- Nolstead BIN has been amend
ed So that as II now stands IL Is doubt
ful IL farmers could actually own and
operate "a milk route Of their own. or d.
fact. have any real cooperation. The
I Nolan Tax Bill win Dc brought up again
to saddle tax Of one per cent. in al
ditiom 10 all other taxes. on values
above $1,000. Digests Of these ard u
number Of other bills have already teei
prepared and plan Of campaign work
ell out The Farm Bureau i already
for Congress.
Big Business Listens.
There was "a meeting in New Norl
CITY In late October Of the second Ma
fional Industrial Tax Conference. a.
which representatives of the leading in
du~trieS. banks and financial interests
OF the country were present. An effor
was made 20 indOrSe the abOve-mention
ell tax bin which would levy an add
tiOnal tax on farm lands of n billion
dollars a year. and TO indorse the pro
posed tax Of one per cent on sales on al
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Every mature oyster produces about
one million young each year. but the
wastage is enormous. Out of that mil
lion il is estimated that. on the average.
only one or two survive. From which
we deduce that large families are un-
commonly small among the biyalves.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-28


W tho Jay F1~sythc house. moved
to mako r,lw frr the pp.fptficc
nuIdIur Uyckcr took tho house ~
Y.c.- l,u moved f q. Tv,Ifu and
Iinuaun. vnpfp BE- was nt.f rebuilt
M- u,nr S1rr. mother uf the
uUfNIIuu. bandit usrd O., live lu tine
Ola IItIt Ntihrsuu hom" az Srr-
'Hd 'hI l'uId'l. tp0u' lH'l. rms
h'us' h'""I 8 little west OF the old
N''ur IVORY barn, where M" city lAil
.7 now oud was moved from there
Ior L. Is. Como Co llEin and tn"
kWy rlEh'utWay, whore 10 b. this
dhN. TN" TACT that Mira. starr did
i've in th" housn EiNcH rise 60 rDmi-
mst'n''s 300 which old Timers could
indulge about IT, ana doubtless there
arc s'u''" "i interesting stories
woven INFO thr atmosphere ut the
pNhr' 10y Assoc lallon many OF thcru
known q" mo- one but the portici-
prui9 ln ANA WtN"rS ut lh"u. Suwc
Hiii' lb'"'IIN'uE STORY about some
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-28
"Pussyfoot".
Goes to India

LONDON --- "PussyfuOt W. L
Johnson is going to try his luck on
India, Before the end of August
the American anti-booze campaign
cr Will sail for the far east, bent
on wiping out Bombay's beer and
Calcuua's cOckstails. ne announced
recently.
"Pussyfoot" is bit pcsslmlstio
about the chances OF making Eng
land dry, say, within tho next four
" five years and wants To see what
the chances are with India. The
action OF tho British parliament in
removing some OF the wartime
liquor restrictions and making II
easier 10 get booze has discouraged
Johnac-, but left him in good
humOr,
III they want booze, turn Il
loose" he said, let them have II
and take the consequences. That's
democracy. would like 20 sec
the whole world dry but I believe
In majority rule and whether 1t
goes on my side or against IL sub
nit TO the majority
Legislation that limits the num-
her OF saloons or the number Of
drinking hours doesn't get 10 tho
bottom Of the drink question, add
ed 'PussyfuOt,' commenting on the
new British law
"A man can get lust as drunk In
one saloon as in three, and II he is
going 10 get drunk he can do IL Just
as well in three hours as in six" he
mid