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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-08-21
FACTS ABOUT INSOMNIA.

frequently 1t Is Caused by Utter Lack of
Domestic Recreation.
Are you afflicted with insomnia? Per-
haps you have too much time for sleep.
Perhaps you depend too much on sleep
for rest and recuperation. For sleep
is not the sole rest of the used-up
nerves. Sociability, congeniality and
the enjoyment OF good company rest
the body quite as much as sleep. The
dreary monotony of life in many
household, involving this tumbling into
bed with the mechanical regularity of
a machine at nine or ten o'clock in the
evening, does not always rest weary
bodies. early to bed and early to
rise'' does not always make a man
healthy, wealthy or wise. Numbers of
organizations are only capable of FIVE
or six hours sleep at a time, and their
early lying down to rest is often sue
ceeded by an early waking up and a
consequent restless tossing for hours
preceding daybreak. The practicers
of punctuality are often surprised after
breaking their own cast-iron rules
and passing two or three later hours of
mirth or jollity past their usual bed
time, to find themselves even more re-
freshed in the morning than usual.
The relaxation of sociability has rest
ed them more than sleep would or an
attempt to sleep. But these are condi-
tons not so easily reached in the aver
age family. In fashionable life we
have formal, exhausting, mechanical
evening of more or less dissipation.
On the other hand, the evenings in
great numbers of families are monoto-
nous humdrum. They involve the
assemblage of the same people,
the same surroundings, the same
paterfamilias yawning over his paper,
and the same querulous mamma
overladen with family cares. Fresh
people with fresh thought fresh at
mosphere, any thing to stir up and
agitate the pool of domestic stagnation,
are sadly needed and sadly scarce.
There needs to be also constant sue
cession of such fresh people to bring
about these results The world is full
of men and women, and in better
regulated lite it would be their busi-
ness after the days work was done to
entertain each other and give each
other fresh life. As it is now, hum
dreds If not thousands of our house.
holds are little better than cells for the
incarceration of each family. Thou
sands arc thus worn out prematurely
from utter lack of domestic recreation.
There might be written over the graves
Of hundreds Of thousands: Bored to
death by the stagnation Of domestic
life. - Christian at Work.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-08-21
LIZZIE

! wonder eft all wimmin air
Like Lizzie is when We go out
To theaters an concerts where
Is things the papers talk about
Do other wimmin fret an stew
Like they wuz bein' crucided-
Frettin' show or concert through
With wonderful eft the baby criedS
Now Lizzie knows that gran mas there
To see that every thing is right,
Yet Lizzie thinks that gran'ma's care
Amt good enuff f'r baby. quite;
Yet what am to answer when
She kind Nv fdgets ut my side,
An asks me every now and then:
II wonder if the baby cried:"
Seems like she seen two little eyes
A-pinin' fr their mothers smile
Seems like she heern the pleadin' cries
Nv one she thinks Nv all the while;
An so she's sorry that she come,
An though she alius tries to hide
The truth, she'd ruther stay to hum
Than wonder ct the baby cried.
Yes, wimmin folks is all alike
BY Lizzie you kin ledge the rest:
There never wuz little tyke.
But that his mother loved him best,
And mex to bein' what be-
The husband Nv my gentle BRIDE
I'd visit I wuz that croodlin' wee,
With Lizzie wonderin' ef cried.
Chicago News.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-08-21
SLOTS AND SLIDES.

Automatic Chewing Gum. Hymn Book
and Weighing Machines.
Col darn it, neaow," was the ex-
clamation of wrathy rural. as he stood
gaping at'an automatic chewing-gum
machine with the familiar .'slot. :"
"Them things, mister" turning to a
bystander, '*are mighty onsartin in
their workings. It amt bad kind O.
game for them as gets the nickels, but
how about the fellow as chucks in his
last cent and don't git his gum?''
''Slot" machines are making their
appearances everywhere and in the
most curious places. Hotels, stores.
news-stands, ferries, restaurants are
supplied with all sorts of devices on
the ''slot'' principle, and selling q
varied description of merchandise.
Most OF these machines are kept in
good order, being regularly inspected
by the proprietors who place them.
But they frequently "don't work." as
in the case of the New Hampshire
friend. It's often game of ''per-
haps;" if it works, you get your pur-
chase; if it doesn't, you don't Still,
there are thousands who drop in their
nickels and n-ake no complaint even
if the slot is slovenly. It is said that
there's knack in it, and that the
thing can be worked to charm if you
know how.
The candy slot is in high favor.
Scores of girls drop in their coins and
giggle as the Respondent packages roll
out. The next in favor is the chew
ing-gum slot, and largely patronized
by girls. Then there is the fountain
perfume slot, worked with penny,
which gives out wee Jet of cologne.
This unique continuance doesn't always
work, but it sometimes gives a scent
for cent.
Weighing slot machines, with their
clock faces, are said to be irregular in
action, and customer weighing often
would be puzzled to know just what
his weight was by these wonderful
machines.
A candy-motto slot was working ad-
mirably the other day as two young
people stood spooning in front of it,
dropping their nickles and laughing
over the prophecies and sentiments in
which the chunks OF candy were
wrapped. They must have spent at
least one dollar on the game before
they extracted enough sweetness, and
as they walked off, sucking their fin
gers and repeating the soft nonsense
to each other, an observer might be
inclined to say: ''God bless that slot. >
The latest automatic novelty, which
has become quite craze in England,
is the box placed convenient in
churches and chapels for the purpose
of providing folks with hymn-books.
The box is small wooden affair with
| a slide lid. On the lid there is this
| inscriptions:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-08-21

How BoTs and Girls Learn Lessons and
"Treat All Around"
Turkish boys and girls are of the
race which has given the alphabet and
the sciences of numbers, navigation
and astronomy to the world; but they
study only one book now and learn
only one science. They study the
Koran, from which they learn to read,
and the science of Mahomet's religion,
as soon as they can commit sentences
to memory, either by having it read to
them or by readingit to themselves
They study aloud as hard as ever they
can, each beginning with different
sentence, rocking to and fro, "weav-
ing trouble meantime. If they falter
in their shrin repetitions the masters
duty is first to admonish, and, if this
is UNDECIDED. to spare not the rod.
There is a lull when the '.muezzin's"
call is heard at noon from the mosque
minaret near by, and then the master
and pupils, with faces turned toward
Mecca, drop to their knees and say
prayer.
When the priests call ceases and the
prayers are over, the voice of the art
full candy man is often opportunity
heard near the school, for candy is ped
died about on trays there, and not sold
at shops as with us. The new scholar
is permitted to treat all around" on
the first day, and there are no better
sweets than Turkish delights
pasty, creamy, eraekly things made up
from rose leaves, violets and peoples,
nuts. dates, grapes and pomegranates,
delicately mixed with honey. sugar,
strip and spice. Pure cold water after
sweets is known by all Turks, young
and old, to be the most delicious of
Injuries and this the school children
often enjoy. for the water man is cum
ming enough to follow closely in the
wake Of the candy vendor, anxious to
tighten his burden and draw a profit,
as well as spring wafer, from the
tanned skin of q pig, which he carries
strapped to his shoulders like a bag
pipe-the Turkish water bucket -
Wide AWak
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-08-21
SUMMER COMPLEXION.
How Pale, Delicate Women Can EaAIly
BeautIfv Themselves.

How Pale, Delicate Women Can EaAlly
Beautifv Themselves.
To be fashionable in these days IL Is
necessary to be healthy, and the palc,
delicate girl that has reigned for 10
many years must give place to ner
more robust sister. The complexion
most admired is the one having the
most healthful glow, and in no other
way can this be obtained than by FREE
quent physical exercise in the open
air. Indeed, many girls when away
for the summer almost live in the open
air, returning in the fall with COM
plexions the envy of more conservative
maids, who are afraid of the least bit
of sun.
The sun is a wonderful beautifier of
the complexion, but, like many good
tonics, ought not to be taken in too
large doses at first. Going from the
city, where, even when walking Out,
we take the shady side of street, d.
rectly into the glare of a monday sun
in the country is of all things to be
avoided. In fact, the MONDAY sun is
penetrating even to very healthy coun-
try people, and it is not advisable to
seek it too often, even for the sake
of the complexion. The morning and
afternoon sun will do all that is de-
sired in this respect
Some fair-skinned people are pre-
vented from enjoying the country,
owing to getting so easily sun-burned.
Always carry with you into the coun-
try a liberal supply of baby powder.
When going out into the sun apply the
powder thickly over the face and neck,
and there is little danger of your SUI
fering from this painful affection. The
powder protects the pores of the skin,
which are generally very sensitive to
the sun. If the powder is not con.
venlent, corn-starch or powder will
answer the same purpose. When 60
ing out on the water sailing or fishing,
powdering the face will save much pain
and annoyance, for there are few places
in which q person burns so quickly as
on the water.
When sun-burned battle the afflicted
parts in cream, but if obtainable. but
termilk is much more cooling and heal
ing. Tan can be removed by applying
lemon juice to the face just before re-
firing for the night, letting it remain
over night, and washing it off with soft
warm water in the morning. A few
drops of the spirits of camphor in the
wash water two or three times a week
will help to keep the skin clear.
A good wash for the skin during the
summer is made as follows: To one
quart Of rose water add, drop by drop.
stirring all the time, one ounce OF
tincture of benzoine- Remember thai
it is benzoine, and not benzine- Bot,
tie for use. Add a few drops of this
to the wash-water each day, until the
water is like skim-milk, and the Skin
may be kept soft and nice, ever
though you are out in all sorts O
weather.
To protect the backs of the hands
which are generally the first to freckl.
or tan, take your old lisle-threaf
gloves that are worn in the fingers
cut off the tops. turn and hem on the
inside each finger. These can be wor1
in the fields, and are more comfortable
than the whole gloves, besides pro
tecting the hands. Budget
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-08-21

sake, placed it on his breast, and thus
he vas carried by his bronsed troop
ers, who shed many quiet, manly tears
IS they laid him in the ground, thou
sands OF miles from his country. from
the face and form he loved SO secretly
and yet SO well, and there let rest for
eternity oil that was left of a man
whom they feared but yet loved
VIII. ID. Blount, in Leeds Mercury.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21
A Bully Story.

A man being out in the fields,
wanted to inspect more closely a
three-year-old bull. He beloved at
him and succeeded in attracting his
attention. His bullship thought
some of the neighboring bulls had
got into his territory, and came up
with head down, nostrils extended
and fire in his eye, prepared to fight,
but, fortunately tor the man, there
happened to be an apple tree close
at hand which he succeeded in
lodging behind just as the bull
made dive for him, striking the
tree plump in the center, which
luckily was just the right size to fit
between the horns, thus holding
him fast for moment, which gave
the frightened man chance to use
his horns as a step-ladder, thus en-
abling him to climb the tree, where
he amused himself by throwing APP
pies at the infuriated bull, who
stood underneath paving the dirt
and believing until his owner came
after the cows in the evening and
drove him away. rf
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21
LOCAL SUNNI AIRY.

Mr.. II. Massey and Mr.. A.
Luther start in the morning for the
north fork of the North Santiam,
where they have discovered mine
which will oe called the Lilly. They
take a mining outfit with them and
it is hoped that they may find a
rich ledge.
A. II. Yeaton this morning pur-
chased of Mrs. VIM. Hall two lots
in East Salem, opposite G. G. Litch.
fields, for consideration Of $4,000.
-Epicurean tea, paints, oils,
varnish, window glass and fine
line of general groceries at Gilbert
d Patterson's. If.
Painless dental operations at DIR.
II. G. Smiths, % State street.
DR.. Talmage will deliver his
famous lecture on "BIg Hlunders"
in the opera house next Friday
evening at eight o'clock. Every
body should hear him. Sheet open
for subscribers Tuesday $3.50 "a. M,
for general sale, II n. IN. This will
be the treat of the season.
Fair time is coming and while
everybody is preparing for a grand
week, none should forget that the
place to buy groceries is ut the
corner grocery store of Squire Farrar
& Co., where all kinds of groceries
and seasonable fruits and vegetables
are to be found.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21
PURELY Personal.

John PEBBLES left this morning
for trip to Portland.
Hal. Patton returned home
from Yaquiua to-day.
Mrs. Dan Clark cAEie dp from
Portland on the morning train.
Miss Eva Price has gone for a
visit to st. Johns, on the Columbia
river.
Mrs. VIM. Rennie has gone to
Brooks on "a short visit with her
parents.
A. Sedgwick returned home
from his trip to Portland on the
morning train.
Mrs. ID. +. Wagner and children
this morning returned home from
Sodaville, where they have been for
the past few weeks.
Jennie and George Booth re-
turned home from Waterloo yester-
day, after pleasant visit of three
months with their grandparents.
w. NJ. Hillcary leaves in the
morning for Burlington, Iowa,
where he is called by the serious ill
ness of his father. He will remain
about two months.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21
Articles OF Incorpora ton.

Articles of incorporation were
filed with the secretary of state to-
day as follows: The Prospective
mining and machine company,
with A. f.. Campbell, Job Angel
and G. w. Treanan incorporators.
The capital stock il $500, 900, into
shares of 500 each; principal office
in Portland, The Oregon shipping
company. Their business is 10 navi-
gate steamboats, and vessels of any
and all kinds used in ocean and
river navigation and to establish
salmon canneries, 10 catch seals and
other marine animals. The princi-
pal Office Is In Portland; capital
stock $25, 600, divided into shares of
500 each, The incorporators are &.
Il. Wood, John McCraken and
Preston &. Smith.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21
Teaching FrugalitY.

The wealth of Holland and the
great commercial prosperity of that
country about two hundred years
ago were built up bv parsimonious
frugnlity, which for long time
n,arked the character of the Dutch.
This habit gave place to luxury
when wealth had been secured.
The clergy used to rebuke the grow
Ing extravaganza, and a French
writer tells how successful business
man taught his fellows lesson:
Before retiring from business and
taking leave of his friends in the
city, he invited them to dine with
him. The guests, on arriving at his
residence, were surprised to see the
extraordinary preparations that had
been made for their reception. On
a plain oak table, covered with a
blue cotton cloth, were some wooden
plates, spoons and drinking vessels.
Presently the old seaman brought
in dishes containing herring-some
fresh, others salted or dried.
OF these the guests were invited
to partake, but it was clear they had
little appetite for such poor fare, and,
with considerable impatience, they
awaited the second course, which
consisted of salt beef and green's.
This, also, when brought in, they
did not seem to relish.
At last the blue cloth was re-
moved, and one of fine white dam
ask substituted; and the guests were
agreeably surprised to see number
of servants, in gorgeous lIveries,
enter with the third course, which
consisted of everything necessary to
form most sumptuous banquet.
The master of the house then ad-
dressed his friends in the following
terms:
"Such, gentlemen, has been the
progress of our Republic. We began
with short frugality, by means of
which we became wealthy, and
we end with luxury, which will
beget poverty. We should, there
fore, be satisfied with our beef and
greens, that we may not have to re-
turn to our herrings."
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21
Fell Heir TO a Fortune.

The Oregonian is authority tor
the statement that |. c. Dickey, at
one time sheriff of Linn county,
now an officer at the state penitenti-
airy at Salem, has fallen heir to "a
fortune of little over $4,000. The
death of his father In New York
State, at good old age, leaves Mr..
Dickey n third interest In an estate
valued at $l25,OOO. OF course, no
man rejoices at the decease of
his parents, even when their sands
are feebly run, but this is inevita-
BILE and must be a consolation to
any man who hears the inevitable
to know that he can leave his chill
dren we'll provided with this worlds
goods. Mr.. Dlckey returns east to
receive this estate and his friends
hope he will not be willing or able
to forget his home in Oregon.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21

One day during the war, the col
onel of South Carolina regiment
was making a round of inspection.
Sitting lazily on rail fence whit
Ting at n piece of shingle he found
a man whose face was not familiar
to him. The colonel was indignant.
Approaching the loafer, he called
out to him with all proper severity:
"Who in the - are you, sitting
here In this fashion" IL" respond
ed the man on the fence, continu-
ing his whiting, "am the chaplain
of the --st regiment, Now who
IN the - are vou?h
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21

Salem, the capital Of Oregon, does
not owe its prominence merely to
the fact that II is the seat of govern
ment of rich and prosperous COM
monwealth, Ii Is one OF the oldest
cities In the northwest. Ii has al.
ways been in healthy condition
and has maintained steady growth
from the beginning, but the strides
now being made are bringing the
capital city 10 the front rank in all
respects, Theprogess that has been
made in the past year or SO seems
quite remarkable. West Shore.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST q, 1889


1t is only three weeks until the
meeting Of the state fair-that
is it begins three weeks from next
Monday-and preparations are well
under way, for successful session.
The race track is already in a
pretty good condition and a
number of horses are in training
there now. The grain, fruit and
vegetable displays are going to be
far in advance Of anything ever be-
fore seen here. Sheep, hogs, cattle,
horses, chickens etc, will be exhib-
tied in great numbers and as a
whole the fair promises to be better
than at any previous time.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21
A burglary.

Last night the store of W. l..
Tooze at Woodburn was broken into
by robbers, and hole was drilled In
the safe door and blown open, The
burglars made their entrance 10y pry-
Ing the store door open with some
blacksmithing tools, which they had
borrowed from the shop near,
There is no trace 10 the robbers.
They worked 80 quietly that no one
knew anything OF II until this NOR
ming when Mr., TooEe went TO his
store. The robbers succeeded in
getting away with SS5 in money
and some goods,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21
Ilouaa Mnyiup

ID. G. Howard IL moving the old
buildings away from Odd Fellows
lot at corner of Court and High,
TO make room for the new livery
stable. He is moving Judge
O'Donald's shop to the fiat south OF
the Methodist church. Work will
soon commence on the new livery
stable,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21

On the little fork Of the north fork
of the Santiam there has just been
discovered mine that Is rich in
copper. The shaft is down thirty
feet and Il seven-and-a-half foot vein
of copper Is the find. The Silver
Dollar il the name of the mine and
II viii be further developed. Should
the vein hold ou. there Is fortune
In such mine as this.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21
Lost Same wheat.

John Witohen of Turner came
near having a destructive fire in his
wheat Monday. lie set fire 10 an
old straw pile during the rain and
the fire smouldered until Tuesday,
when II crept through the stubble TO
his sacked wheat, destroying con-
siderable, The fire was put out be-
fore heavy damage Was done.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21

With mtal speed impure blood courses
through the system with death in Its wake.
Wright's Compound Extract of Sarsapa-
rllla cures all blood diseases. Sold by
IL. W. Cox and ID. j. Fry.
Put to Flight-Nervousness and indiges-
ton by Wright's Hop Celery aud Chamo-
mile Btters. \ hcalthml stimulus, and
strengthening and invigomt,ng, Sold by
III. W. Cox,
Disturbances OF the peaceful summer
such rs Dtarrhoea, dysentery and cholera
inhntum, promptly evicted by Wright's
blackberry cordial. Sold by nll druggists.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21

OF the success of Hoods Sarsaparilla is
the fact that every purchaser receives a
fair equivalent for his money, The flmil-
lar headline "l0O Doses One Dollar" stolen
by imitators, is original with and true only
Of Hoods sarSaparilla, This can easily be
proven by any one who desires to test the
matter For real economy, buy only
Hoods Sarsnparilla. Sold by all druggists.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21
DIED.

BENNETE-At her home in Sa-
lem, Wednesday, Aug. ~, lss9,
Mns. Mary Ellen Bennett, aged
about siNty-iive years.
The Deceased has been slowly fall
Ing for the past few months, aud
death came Us "A relief at three
o'clock this morning. She was the
mother OF Sydney Br0,lie of this
city.
foLLlNG.-At Lafayette, Tues
day, August N, 1889, the infant
daughter Of Rev. &. &. Polling
aud wlts,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21
Tie big Whent HnrYest.

All day II long string of farm
wagons loaded with wheat stands in
the street In front of the Salem
mills, waiting to be unloaded. But
this same condition Is seen at all of
the warehouses of the country.
Farmers are hurrying to get their
big yields of wheat stored and ready
for the market. Threshing Is about
all over, but the hauling of wheat
will not cease for n good many days.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21

Salem, building have equal The whole plat in fine
cultivation with good turf No gubs
umps gravel good evadandeve has fine view Of
the surrounding country the mountain and
peaks cold twelve blocks south of the Chemekee
hotel posto Commercial and Liberty streets These
lots offered by Jones Watson nsaments without interest
until paid actually in cash than the prices
Several lots have been
sold which fine residences will be erected If want
lots call JONES WATSON who will show the plat and the lots
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-08-21

ID. ID. Prettynan, the veteran hor-
ticulturist, is still busy arranging
displays of grasses and Oregon pre-
ducts. Now he Is at work decorat-
ing the walls of the Oregon land
company's Office. The room will
present charming appearance
when the work is completed.