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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-24
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.

The Capitol Adventure Co. was
incorporated in March, 1856. Their
principal business house and office
are in the Opera House, double cor
ner on Court and Liberty streets,
Salem. They do a general merchan-
disc business, and in connection do
an auctioneering and commission
business, buy and sell real estate,
cattle, horses and also act as ap-
praisers, administrators, assignees
and accountants. They have ex-
perienced help that are competent
to act in all the above capacities on
short notice, The best of references
can be given as required, and bonds
to any amount necessary. They have
given the best of satisfaction as APP
praisers and assignees.
The Capitol Adventure Co. have,
for the short time they have been
in business, shown to the public that
they are doing legitimate business,
worthy of their patronage. Among
their patrons you will find the best
farmers, who exchange their pro-
ducts to them for their wares; the
mechanics and labOrers, who know
the value of a dollar, and where to
invest it; also the refined and tai
ented people go there for their
elegant wares. The immigrants soon
find themselves to home at the
opera house corner, for the reason
that the Capitol Adventure Co. sell
from ten to twenty-five per cent.
cheaner than anv other house in the
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-01-24
THE YAnUINA ROUTE.
lREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD

ID oregon Development companys
feamship line; 70 miles shorter, 20 hours
~ time than by any other route. First
- through passenger and freight line
IN Portland and all points in the VIII
amette valley to and from San Francisco.
TIME SCHEDULE, Except sundaysr
.o,e Albany 100 z NJ
eove Corvallis -l:4O p NJ
rive Yaquina $50 p NJ
eave Yaquina 6:45 A NJ
e9ve Corvallis 1926 A NJ
Arrive Albany lilo A NJ
n & c. trains connect at Albany and
Corvallis.
Tbe above trains connect at YAQUINA
vitb the oregon Development Co.'S Line
ofSSteaynships between Yaquina and San
ran'''0 SAILING DATES.
STEAMERS, FROM SAN FRANCISCO
willamette Valley Thursday Dec g.
Wiiiamette Valley Monday I" IL.
Willamette Valley Sunday 80
STEAMERS. FROM YAQUINA.
willamette Valley Wednesday Dec. u
willamette Valley Monday "a
This company reserves the right to
bange sailing dates without notice.
N. B.-Passengers from Portland and all
willamette Valley points can make close
connection With With, the trains of the
Ind If destined to San Francisco, should
Srrange to arrive at Yaquina the evening
before date of sailing.
Passenger and Freight Rates Always the
Lowest. For information apply to Messrs
HLILMAN IL Co., Freight and Ticket
Agents 200 and 2O2 Front ST., Portland, Or.
G. C. HOGUE, Act Genl Frt. &
Pass. Agt., Oregon Pacific r. r. Co.,
Corvallis, Or.
G H. HASWELL, Jr. Gen1 Frt; &
Pass. Agt. Oregon Development
Co., 304 Montgomery ST.;
San Francisco, Cali
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12
kossuth in His Old Age.

In summer Louis Kossuth lives at a
villa near Rivoli. in winter in the Via
del Mile. at Turin, and is always ac-
companied by his sister. who adores
him. His two sons are employed in
different departments of the Italian
administration, away from their
father, whom. however. they visit oc-
casionally. Many Hungarians live in
Turin and IN the winter evenings
Louis Kossuth's drawing-room, which
Is full Of patriotic souvenirs. is the
scene of much lively conversation, al
most always turning on Hungarian
affairs. At eleven o'clock the General
retires to bed. rising early in the
morning, when his first business is to
read all the newspapers, which are
sent to him in quantities from his ma
tive country. For several years he
has been busy writing his memoirs,
but the work goes on very slowly be-
cause the writer often allows himself
to fall into reveries. recalling past
times, and he sometimes remains for
hours thus absorbed without writing
line and when his sister comes to
beg him to rest she finds the sheet of
paper before him still empty. And the
good old man. with his white hair and
vivacious eyes. smiles, rises from his
chair, and taking his sisters arm
walks up and down the room.-Chica-
60 Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12
LIFE OF A TEACHER.
Not Always Pleasant and Never Too L
orally Rewarded.

NOT Always Pleasant and Never Too Lib
orally Rewarded.
Until within a few years q woman,
thrown upon her own resources, turned
to teaching as her only means of max
ing livelihood. Now. happily. other
avenues are open to her, for say what
you will. the life of a teacher is hard
one and the pay poor.
One hears, of course, of the fashion
able city school. where the principal
calls it a bad year if she clears only
thirty thousand dollars She owns one
or two very handsome houses. fur
nished with the .'spoils of travel. !"
She dresses in purple and fine linen
and fares sumptuously every day. but
what of the fifteen or twenty teachers
whom she employs?
They live; that is all.
Il have taught for nearly fifteen
years" lady said to me the other
day. land probably shall spend the
remainder of my days in the school
rom. for there is no such thing as
gaining any thing beyond mere living
by that means. and if it happens that
one decides to keep on living. that nat
urally means that one must keep on
teaching"
The head teacher of English receives
salary of 81. 200 possibly. The sala-
r1es OF other teachers average from
<40O to $500 a year. The French, Ger
man and music teachers are always
pretty well paid.
There is quick-witted damsel in
this city who, every Monday during
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12
A HINDOO GIRLS DAY.

The School Competition of q Little Wor-
shipper of Juggernaut.
The following document has been
translated by the London Queen into
English from the vernacular Indian
dialect in which it was written by a
young girl of about sixteen. At the
examination of a girls school in the
Deccan by the local committee of man.
ayers the pupils were requested to
write the story of their daily life and
avocations. The exercises which they
produced were very similar in many
points, but this was one of the best:
CATER getting leave from school on
Saturday I went home and put away
my slate and books. I next took off
my school dress, and after having put
on other clothes. attended to house
hold work. When evening came I lit
the light in the house. and taking my
beads went to worship our god Jug
onath. Having Frustrated myself be-
fore our great Lord Jugonath, I went
into the house, and taking my book
sat down to read. When the night
was somewhat advanced I put away
my book. Then having taken my food
and washed my face and hands,
spread my bed on the ground and sat
down. Then gave praise to the great
Father and supreme Lord, and went to
sleep. In the early morning got up,
and. having performed my household
duties. took my book and sat down to
read. When the sun was well up I
anointed myself with oil and went
out to battle. Then came home and
changed my wet clothes and put them
in the sun to dry. Then, having made
my reverence to our household spirit
ual teacher. l made my prostrations to
the sun, and. having received spiritual
comfort, returned to the house. I
then took food, and, having washed
my face and hands, ate some betel
nut and sat down to write. When the
day was spent returned to my house
hold work and again worshiped the
god Jugonath. Now have come again
to school. and if there are any faults
or mistakes in this exercise hope
they will be forgiven"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12

shade'-and hat to match He had
q travelling bag with . strap over hia
shoulder and light umbrella As he
passed the tramps one of them seemed
to speak to him-I think he asked the
time, for he took out his watch; the
other tramp caught it and struck the
gentleman at the same time. He
jumped up and began to fight Then
one of the tramps pulled a knife from
his coat and stabbed the gentleman; ]
could see the blood-then tainted
away.
s.When I came to asked Mrs. Mar
lit to look through the glass. She
said that there was a man lying in the
road, and that Farmer Griffin and two
or three others had come up. Later
she told me they had taken him away
in a wagon. 1 hoped he was only
hurt; but when I heard of Mr.. Hack
cts murder I knew it must be that l
saw. and asked Mrs. Marlit to bring
me here"
Then Minnie Grey retired from the
stand and Mrs. Marlit took her place
and gave corroborative evidence.
Henry Percival's innocence was
proven; the jury gave verdict of not
guilty, without leaving their seats;
and those who had shrunk from him
when he entered the room gathered
about him, anxious to grasp his hand
and assure him of their sympathy.
Thank Heaven bought my tele-
scope" said Minnie, as she rode home
with Mrs. Marlit.
"Amen!" said the old lady. Though
I was nigh onto holdin' you by force
to hinder you from doin' it. But who
could have thought of this?"
Henry Percival was free. Minnie's
evidence caused the arrest of two
tramps, one of whom had lost an ear,
and who had pawn ticket for the
murdered mans watch upon his per-
son. And shortly there came to Mrs.
Marlit's house an old lady, who clasped
Minnie in her arms, declaring that she
had saved her sons life. 1t was Mrs.
Percival, of course; and from that mo-
ment the girl was dear to her as a
daugh ter.
Seems as if Providence had watched
over Minnie Grey, SEEM she was alone
in the world" said Mrs. Marlit. few
years afterward. "There she is Just
the happiest wife you ever saw, and as
we'll as woman need to be, for folks
with money can hire great doctors to
cure 'em up. And to think of her
marryin' so we'll. for the Percivals are
at the top of the heap and they wor-
ship her. and all because what seemed
to me the craziest sort of doin's. All
because she bought that telescope
against the advice of every body that
knOwed her. When saw it over there
to the Percival mansion set up at the
splendidest window, it seemed to me to
look as if it had got rich, too, and
knowed it"-N. Y. Ledger
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12
LIFE IN VENEZUELA
Queer Things Seen by q Chicago To
in the City of Caracas.

Queer Things Seen by q Chicago Tourist
In the City of Caracas.
There is a prevailing prejudice
among the laboring classes against in
novation. particularly labor-saving ma
chinery and appliances. No native
peon can be persu AIDED to use wheel
barrow. He prefers to carry his load
| upon his head, and if it is too heavy
for him he seeks the assistance of a
friend and loads it upon a sort of bier
with double handles and broad straps
to go over the shoulders to be lifted
and carried by man at either end.
Heavy furniture and trunks are car
ried miles in tiis way.
+ The native farmers pillow with a
crooked stick with one handle. just as
the Egyptians did in the days of Moses,
and nothing can induce them to adopt
the modern two-handled steel affair.
They simply can't do it. and they
won't. General Guzman-Blanco, who
was always favorable to the in
PRODUCTION of labor-saving machin-
cry and methods, at one time
attempted to enforce the use of i'm
proved agricultural implements. but
he was compelled to give it up as bad
job. The productiveness of the re-
public might be enormously increased.
as Guzman realized, by enabling one
man to do the work of two. or six. or
ten. for the great drawback is the
scarcity of labor; but the poems are
stubborn, more stubborn than stupid,
and will insist upon doing every thing
their fathers did, and their great
grandfathers. for that matter. It is
the same spirit, the same resistance to
innovations, that causes them to ship
their coffee and sugar upon the backs
of donkeys instead of the raj road;
that requires the payment for produce
in coin instead of checks, and causes
that coin to be hidden away under an
old stump or a crack in the roof in
stead of being deposited in bank to
draw interest and increase the circu-
lating medium.
The wOrking-men, the mechanics,
know nothing of labor-saving ma
chinery. ALI the timber and wood
work for house-building is dressed by
hand. There is not such a thing as
planing-mill or a sash factory in the
whole country, and all the furniture
and cabinet work is made the same
way. You will always find locks placed
upon the door-casings and the socket
for the bolt screwed upon the door,
and the locks are invariably upside
down. When you call attention to it
you are told that it is the custom of the
country. When a house is being erect
ed, whether it is one story or two, the
solid walls are first raised to their full
height. and then holes are chiseled out
to admit the ends of the rafters and
timbers for the floors. 1t never &C.
ours to the builder that an easier way
would be to set the timbers in the
walls as he lays the bricks.-W. E.
Curtis, in Chicago News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12
The Money-Making Spirit.

The game of money-getting all the
world over is. after all. only another
name for exertion. emulation, ambi-
ton. adventure. independence, sue
cess, power. We can see no reason to
expect its disuse-none even to wish
for it. 1t is SO general. so universal.
its good is SO practically acknowl-
edged. that thousand platitudes from
pretended skeptics do not damage it
in the least The skepticisms and the
platitudes only prove its utility; the
taunts of laziness only demonstrate
its worth. The world UiH have it;
the world must have it. 1t is always
wanted-sometimes for good, often
times for evil; but the good and the
evil weigh in this instance only on the
same scale as in all other human ar
rangements- 1t may be called for to
ravage a continent; it may be re-
quired to civilize one; it may be
wanted to hollow out q mountain
range that too long has made enemies
of nations; its potent forces may be
asked to build hostile barriers on a
peaceful plain; but in all these cases
it only stands up to represent hate or
human passion, human enterprise or
human love. husbanded for the in
evitable strife alike. against physical
foes or social evils.-N. 7. Ledger.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12


the winter, takes lesson in elocution
from Prof -. at $ an hour. and
every Wednesday teaches elocution to
a class Of twenty women. who each pay
her 81. So that by simply transmit
ting the professors instruction she
clears $17 a week. Last year she
taught Delsarte and lunch converse
ton. and coached for private theatre
calls Her s'chum" gives lessons In
writing. grammar. etc. to actresses,
nouveaux riches and others whose
early education has been neglected.
Between them they made 5000 last
year.
The position of resident governess
IL considered an extremely disagreea-
BILE and trying one. OF course, there
are exceptions, but they are uncom-
monty rare. And then the accom-
plishments one is expected to possess!
She-the prospective governess-must
have thorough knowledge of all the
sciences. mathematics, higher English,
with the ability to converse fluently in
all the modern languages. She must
also read Greek and Latin and be a
finished musician. qualified to develop
a love of the true and the beautiful in
any direction toward which the tender
plant-her pupil-may incline. She
must also show material regard and
interest in the little darling at all
times. If she can meet these require
ments she will be offered a home and
a salary of 500 month";. Y. Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12
About the Sailing Of Butter.

Some very interesting as well as In
instructive experiments have been
made with salt at the Minnesota Ex-
pertinent Station. 1t was found that
even the merest film of butter was i'm
pervious to salt Different thicknesses
of butter were tried, all with the same
result. 1t is salt-proof. The only
way it remains in butter to flavor it is
purely mechanical 1t can be mixed
with butter, but never blends with it
1t is always mechanically held in the
minute spaces between the butter
grenules. The smaller the granules.
the more thoroughly can the brine be
distributed through it. The impor-
lance of this is self-eyident Washing
and sailing butter while it remains in
small granules is the common sense
way of doing it II the butter is
gathered before sailing, it is hardly
possible to salt as evenly, by any
amount of working, as it easily can be
II the salt is applied when the butter is
In q granular condition. If the salt il
all right. and at once dissolves as it
should, the butter can be Immediately
pressed into a solid mass and prepared
or market This packing butter de
rectly from the cnurn is becoming
common practice It saves work.
avoids injuring the grain OF the ous-
ter. and lessons exposure to the ar
and consequent loss Of davor-farm
and Home
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12
AfTE Err.
KANSAS

After the burning heat of day,
After the sitting, dusty way,
After the weary hours of strife
That dim the eye and try the heart
Cometn the restful, cooling breeze,
Cometh the dewy touch of trees,
Where balmy fragrance soothes the brow,
And bids each throbbing pain depart.
After the round of household cares,
Tne daily cross each mother bears,
After the thickly-crowded hours
That leave no time to rest or pray,
Cometh the evening, calm and sweet
Cometh the tread of home-bound feet
And clinging clasp Of loving arms,
Beguiling every care away.
After the battlefield Of life,
After the hours with danger rife,
After the weary, uphill toll
That marks each day of life below,
Cometh certain recompense.
Cometh the souls inheritance.
The goodly land where crystal streams
Through verdant meadows gently flow.
Mortimer c. Brown, in Good Housekeeping.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12


"A man may attack . roast turkey
valiantly. and get quail on toast when
suddenly called upon to respond to one
One of the best trees for planting
along the roadside or in pastures
where stock will do more or less
tramping is the cherry.
Keep ali the COWS your farm viii
carry. Keeping one cow on three or
tour times more acreage than she re-
qulres Is wasting resources.
The man who doesn't buy the best
household conveniences for his wife
should be compelled to sell his reaper
and cut grain with cradle. -Western
Plowman.
If you are breaking young colts
take pains not to overdo them. SAYS a
writer. Many young horses are seri-
ously injured by straining or WORKING
too hard at the start
Keep all the tools on the farm in
good condition A man with a LIGHT
sharp hoe will do double the work
that a man will with hoe as dull as
the head of an axe, and do it muoh
better.
q tablespoonful of butter in a spider,
and when hot. stir in smoothly a large
teaspoonful -four. then gradually add
teacupful milk. Season with salt
and pepper to taste; let it boil up we'll
and it is done.
When the branches of the tomato
vines look as if the leaves had been
stripped off make a close search for
the green worm, which is about two
inches long and half an inch in diam
eter. Unless the worm is caught it
will eat up all the foliage. and as it is.
nearly of the color of the vines it is
not easily detected
Sweet Green Tomatoes. and
cover with weak brine, or sprinkle
| with very. little salt each layer. and
they will make their own brine. Let
them stand twenty-four hours. Then
drain them thoroughly. Cook till
| tender in water with a little vinegar.
Drain them well and pack in jars with
| a few cloves and pieces of stick CHINA
mon Cover with sweetened vinegar.
If children have no money of their
own how can they learn to manage it?
Begin when they are very young and
teach them gradually the use of
money, by arranging household work
so they can earn few pennies, and
perhaps by giving moneyed rewards
for special excellence in school. When
ever children are given money let
them understand it is because they
have earned it by good behavior.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12
SYSTEM IN FARMING.

Why 1t Pays to Make q Speciality of One
Branch of AEnculture.
In an address upon this subject Mr..
Hiram Smith. of Wisconsin. spoke
substantially as follows:
There is much complaint about COM
petition in various branches OF farm
ing. yet few who are in the business
can get out of it safely; they are in to
stay. The chief point to consider is
how to make the business pay. The
farmer who aims to produce little in
the many branches of farming and the
one who pursues only the old methods
is farming at cross purposes, and does
not succeed.
Take an instance: Here is farmer
with 400 acres of land. He sells steer
beef at So. 25 per hundred. This meat
was produced thus: Pastured upon
grass land in summer, fed meadow
hay in winter and finished off with
corn.
This man farmed at cross purposes.
His neighbour. who farmed at pur-
pose. made money by feeding steers;
for he filled his silo. fed them this in
winter and in summer had them upon
pasture while feeding grain ratio;
then sold in July or August at the
best prices. Besides making money,
he worked much less hard than his
neighbor.
Another case: A farmer, who read
that money was made by breeding
went to raising them.
Then he read that there was money
in Jersey cows; so he tried them. Not
knowing how to make butter, he sold
his milk at the cheese factory, and. of
course it went into the general pool.
A dry summer came; the cows went
dry, and. to cap the climax, a cow
hooked his head trotter. and-he sold
out in the fall, bankrupt He had no
purpose in his farming.
The one who studies all advance
ments. keeps step with all the best
methods. devotes his best efforts in
one direction. to the production of one
class of product, and plans wisely. is
farming to a purpose, and succeeds.
The sooner the farmers of the country
their efforts on special
lines, the earlier will desired success
crown their efforts.
Make a specially of one branch of
farming. Crowd that for all 1t is
worth. Bend every energy to be the
best in that line, and you can hardly
fail to succeed.-Dsiry World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12
THE SHAFTS MASCOT.

Youth Whom Persfa's Despot Has
Loaded With HOnOrs.
A new and noticeable figure among
the numerous dignitaries and officials
in the suite of the Shah of Persia is a
young boy of twelve, whom the Shah
has covered with dignities and titles,
and who is an object of envy and fear
to most of His Majesty's ministers
His name is Goolamali Khan. He is
the director of the corps of royal
pages" and one of his titles is Azizus-
Sultan, "Favorite of the Monarch :"
Neither ex-minister. vizier or royal
Prince has ever yet been allowed to sit
at the Shah's table. but Goolamali
Khan is an exception to this law of the
Persians. He is constantly by his
masters side. and has more servants
to wait upon him than any two
of the loyal ministers. The ex-
PLANTATION of this extraordinary treat
ment is to be found in the Persian
monarch's conviction that his life is
inseparably and mysteriously bound
up with that of Goolamali Khan. and
that wise men have foretold that the
Shah's death will be preceded only a
few days by that of his young favorite;
that the health and prosperity of the
latter will mean the health and pros
perity of the former; and that. gener-
ally, whatever befallA this little one
will also happen to his royal protector
This belief has resulted in the boys
leading life of ease and luxury un-
known to the most fortunate courtiers
in Teherau. He was seated on the
knees of two magnificent grandees on
the Shah's entry into St Petersburg
ST Paul Globe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-12

"A prominent medical journal calls
attention to the growth of the ..naph-
tina habit among the female employees
of rubber factories. The inhalation of
naphtha fumes produces a peculiarly
agreeable inebriation. Naphtha is used
to clean rubber, and is kept in large
boilers, to the valve of which the en-
ployes obtain access and breathe the
Fumes. The habit was introduced from
Germany. and is chiefly found in the
New England States.