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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11

IT Is reported from Washington
that Secretary Noble has approved
the plan for continuing the irriga.
tion survey along the arid lands Of
the West. The are said to he I'm
cluded in the plan Of survey fo'
California IL the unnapped portions
Of the drainage basin of the fuba,
American, Consumes, Mokelumne,
Stanislaus, Truckee and Car on
ri,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11

Emma Abbot, the singer, is now
said to be the richest woman on the
American stage. She is SO years
old, and twenty years ago was sing
ing'in a Brooklyn choir, endeavor-
ing to save enough money to pay
the expense of study in Europe.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11
Bucklen's Arnlca Salve.

The best salve in the world for
cuts, bruises, sores. ulcers, salt
rheum, fever sores, letter chapped
hands, chilblains, corns and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles
or no pay required. Itis guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale, by Daniel J. Fry, drug
pist
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11
"NIiss Brown would be a charming girl

heard "A young man say,
"lf she had Il good complexion and those
spots would go away;
But they spoil her looks completely" II
Miss Brown would only take
nr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
what II happy change 'twould make.
II would drive out all the humors from
her blood and make II pure,
And the blemishcs complained of disap-
pear, be very sure.
This medicine is the great purifier OF the
blood, and disrlguriug eruptions and
OlutchCs win soon vanish when IL i used
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11

Very few who Use the coal oil can
rs fire kinder, understand where
the danger lies In such n practice
Coal oil of itself does not perhaps
carry an cNtraordinar, amount uf
danger with II, as 1t does not ignite
rapidly enough 10 account for the
myriad of fatal aud terrible accidents
that are inscribed upon demolished
and exploited cans, fmt the Napor
arising from the coal oil, aud from
which II Is almost invariably nj
tended, IL among the most intlanl-
mahlc articles Known. one ,gailnn
of petroleum spirit is enough to ren-
der ld,Nn gallons nt air inilammah,e
WpWsentinga space exceeding 9OOO
cubic feet The penetrating nature
orthc vHpor nrrases the risl-a fact
which has heen proved by a direct
experiment, rs we'll Ns indicated Ia
actual misfortune, The quality,
combined with the nigh specific
gravity aud ilam,~carrYing power at
the vapor when combined with air,
n'ndcrS il> presence highly danger
ous, even when the quantity mlN
Ia" small,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11

This is the season of the year
when the raw, cold winds create sad
havoc with the hands and complex
ion. Soft white hands and Il clear
"peachyn complexion can be as
suredly preserved by the frequent
of Dutard's Specific. If
rubbed into the skin well it leaves
no greasy surface. The skin
absorbs it. Sold by ID. w. Mathews.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11
TUESDAY JUNE II, 1889.

SUPERINTENDENT PORTER of the
census bureau has received the ap.
plication Of Mrs. Kate &. Cothran
of California, to he appointed super.
visor of the census for the Califor-
nian district. The fact Is notable
because il Is the first application OF
the kind ever made by woman.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11

There Is more catarrh in this sec
lloh of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
iast few Nears was supposed To he in
cur1ole. For great many years
doctors pronounced IL local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and
hy constantly failing 10 cure with
hSal treatment, pronounced il IN
durable. Science has proven catarrh
Ia he constitutional disease. and
theiv'oN r,quinns constitutional
uValment Halls Catarrh Cure,
'mannlAetnredby +. J. Cheney 4 Co
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
'lonal cure on the market. Ii is
taken Internally ln doses frnm 10
drops 90 a ieaspOagul. Ii acts di-
rrtlN upon the blood and mucus
sni.acc AZ the system. They offer
on hundred dollass Tor any case II
Rails 10 our& S,'nd for circulars and
testimonials. AddnS>, +. j. Che
ney \ ca, Toledo, q.
S-lld 10y druggists, Zoe.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11
\ LUCKY TRIAL
1ee Good Fortune witch Followed.

'"o Good Fortune which Followed.
% shouis me groaI pleasure 10 send 10 you
'hN voluntary statement Of my experience In
testing The merits OF Joys Vegetable Sara,
larilla for the past Ave years have been
,'onolod With an exceedingly sluggish liver.
Including loss Of appetite and distress after
'S,lns, pains In the hack aud Kidneys. aud
N'ls around my neck and face tried many
.''rr remedies, only getting temporary rclieL
was reeommended 10 my a bottle OF The
california Remedy" joys Vegetable Sara
lSrilla a. test, and while taking the Grst
hs,le hecamc convinced OF its merits, for
e'ali ieol is was working a ehanse In me.
l~A nNe bottles, aud during that time my
Troubles len me EveDthlng Is working nun
and Fegllsr IA tact Il has elcansci. purified
and eTaccd me M generally. iecl like an.
other mAa You arc Al libegty to'use this a,
6"u $50 A. 0E csn Visr whom you please 10
SGs AzA-
with hcamlSh, eVTner rhira and Narks,
sirNrls. San Francisco
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11

The talk at giving Gpnver Clrve.
hnd the democratic nomination Tor
the presidency In iss'2, hrihgs out
the fact that the democratic party
has never nominated for the pms
idcncy hut one defeated candidate.
That Was Jackson. Defeated In 1894,
both before the people and the house
ofcpresentatives, he Was nominated
in lSss and elected. Nan Hunn,
defeated Ia lSiO, was refused NJ.
nomination la lSi2 Even rildvn,
defeated in ls5d, as las friends
claimed through fraud, aud with
the strongest claims on h,s party
that man could have, MAS rehlsed
n nepominatlon in ISL
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11

II. II. Gelfrey, an old Oregon boy,
many years legislative clerk Of the
United States senate, is on a visit to
his relatives and old schoolmates at
Eugene.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11

The immediate symptoms of Dys-
pepsia, or Indigestion, are II distress
sing sehse of weight, oppression and
mllness In the stomach, heartburn,
loss of appetite, foul breath, belch-
ing, natulcncy, nausea pains in the
shoulders aud breast, DR. Henley's
ilandtlion Tonic promotes healthy
digestion and removes all unhealthy
symptoms, sold by ID. w. Mathews.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11

1t should be generally known that
DR.. Henley's Dandelion Tonic in
sures a hearty appetite and increased
digestion, dispels nervous depression
and low spirits, overcomes lack OF
energy and wakefulness and will in
fuse new life and strength into the
weakest invalid. Sold by ID. w.
Mathews.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11

\ strange and fatal disease is pre-
yelling in portions of Kansas. The
symptoms arr heavy chill with a
severe cough, The skin turns vel.
low prior 10 death. Five fatal eases
have occurred withiy the last few
weeks.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11

Late estimates made place the
population of Alaska at 10000.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11

In Oregon contract marriages are
not valid unless the contract is made
in the presence of minister, priest
or judicial officer.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11

See fourth page for terms Of subscrip-
i'm.
Advertisements 10 insure Insertion Cfor
the same day) should be handed in by !
o'clock.
Correspondence containing news OF in:
I rest and Importance is desired from all
D arts OF the state.
No attention viii he paid 10 anonymous
communications.
Persons desiring the CAPITAL youRSAL
served at their houses can secure II by pos
tai card request, or by word left al thlh
Office.
Specimen numbers seut free on applica-
tion.
Offico, corner Court and Liberty streets.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-11

See that your ticket read via the Northern
Pacific railroad and avoid the
change ofcars.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17

Saint Joaquin was the husband of
Saint Ann, who was the mother OF the
Virgin Mary, and IS the patron saint
of sailors The shrine of SAINT Ann de
BOnperc, below Quebec, Canada, holds
a llte-slZe statue of SAINT Joaquin. Sec
Ondly, Joaquin Marietta was boy of
good family IN the san Joaquin coun-
try of California in 1892. But some
''rOughs" despoiled his home, hung his
brother, mlsled his wife, and drove
him TO desperation. The MeXlcans
were sadly treated by the Americans in
the early California days. And Joaquin
Marietta vowed revenge. He Killed at
least twenty of the rOughs with his own
hand, and finally had Il band of Mexi-
can outlaws so brutal about him that
both State and Federal troops were
called out. A reward of 5000 was
offered and the brave boy was finally
killed and his head cut off and exhi-
blted N San Francisco. But many held
that he never had been killed; that
some other fellows head was su5sti-
tuted 10 get tine reward.
Well, in 1874, /, a lOng-haired lad,
took up my abode with the then wild
and splendid savages of Mount shasta,
as no one seemed TO see any purpose
but that of plundcr on the part of one
casting his lot with these deniZens of
the mountains, why, of course, / was
called robber. AMI finally it began
To be said that / was the or
iginal joaquin" and must be
Killed or captured. / finally had 10
leave my leafy home, and next turned
up in Washington Territory as a
schOOl-teacher. Here ! wrote, III verse,
a sketch Of Joaquin Marietta. In
1866, when a lawyer and county Judge
OF Grant county, Ore, published TINS
poem in Portland, Ore, along with
some other verses, and called the little
book joaquin ct al" At the same
time It was still vaguely hinted that |
was the original Joaquin Marietta. My
hOrsemanship and knowledge of Span
ish gave color to this, and even when
candidate IN a hotly contested election
Tor Judge this charge was brought up.
This poem is now called California"
in Songs of the Sierras." Thirdly, |
was almost compelled 20 accept the
name joaquin" after | published
joaquin et al" To have tried to cx-
plain would have made matters worse,
and 50 | at once, lo66-67, took the
name and tried 10 make It respectable.
| can only add that am not the rObber
joaquin Marietta, and also should ike
TO add that ! should count 1t no great
reprOach even were il so; for he was
driven to his bloody deeds. and was
not bad at heart. Joaquin MILLER.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17
snort story aBe rot much WORTH, but
here Hoa aage sll
DoxALD 81. MITCHELL.


Ast8 the 0rgl gL Ay som - ptaass,
tuere IS loE m1cA - saF aoa1t &.
Haly yeArs aZo while engaged upon uy
hrsg novel, Phyllis" / happened 50
attend an AT home az Els L0lse OF
one Or mY intimate rr.eu1s As / was
about 20 enter the reception room, my
h0st .aE nae and came forward. He
waved tne fOotman back, and himself
announced me 80 the guest, Within a.
'Her Grace lae Duchess. Very s0l-
elnlly ne said 10, and b, x a. sell known
~ each otneg, the laugh vas universal.
Then somebody else took up the plot.
and - u the title well became nae.
VAS 4 pers0n or such an august pres
euce," being fuu hve feet n ght,
AMI at taat L-ge very young and lgnt-
lll, still further Del GIFTED us All, and
from tnst hour tne -Oorquet cllug ~
nse- 10 sas all very foolish, yeIy fuy0-
.ous, very Lght-hesrted. bat Ne were
All young together, AID laugh seemed
o. ~ tnru the best llte could give.
In England am not known oy this
t.tie. NJ editors here strongly dl,ap-
prove OK nay making use Of i, but on
tle hrsJ sheets Of Phyllis 70 was ln-
adyertentiy printed, aud these sheets,
uucOrrected, were sent across the
water. Hence your knowledge III nae
~ that name.
There nave. I believe, been foolish
reports 10 the effect tnat am dead, or
else have sold the right ~ my is0m dc
plume. Let me here once ana for all
declare that such reports possess no
smallest tItno Of truth.
MARGARET HUNGEKFORD.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17
Prom ver.allls shirley Dare"

Few names were IN fashion when
began - write, and ! wanted one which
should have the initials OF my own
name, yet give no clew 70 the sex VI the
writer. Being young OF course | wanted
something pretty, according 20 luve-
nile taste, SO "Shirlcv Dare l became.
Other juveniles seemed 10 tind Il 80 at
least, for lt was 50 parodicd IN imitation
that / vowed ten years ago never 10 use
il again. But editors found il an Orna-
mental flourish 10 finish an article, and
signed il themselves 10 my work,
whether or no. Ii serves as a con-
venient veil of personality, and ] use It
with the drawback that funny people
always ask upon introduction, If ! am
"The woman who Dared" which is the
last / ever want 10 hear OF them.
Mrs. :. ID. POWER.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17
b. p. SHILLABER.


Some years ago l was on train 60
ing from Boston TO Chicago. | had
written a few newspaper articles, and
was ambitious for magazine work. |
had not enough confidence in myself
TO use my own name, and was casting
about IN my mind for pSeudOnym.
Just at that moment my eye, rowing
over a row of freight cars, fell on the
name "Thanet" written in chalk on
one of the cars. / forget now whether
II was place or a mans name. Any
how, | adopted it on the spot, because
1t might be Scotch (there Is, think. an
Isle OF Ihanet), or it might be French.
And | wanted to use the name of my
roommate at school for the first part
of my false name. Octave Is a mans
name in French and a wOman's in Eng
lish. So put the two names together,
and first introduced the pseudonym TO
the public IN connection with a story
published in 1873. That Is the whole
history of OCTAVE Thanet."
ALICE FRENCH.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17
The story of @,is.. Partinxton."

The beginning Of the PartingtOn par
agraphs Was something Ike the loss OF
Mr.. sllas Wegg' leg, "ln an accident
There was no Intention or premedlta-
ton IN the matter, and the result was
great surprise 10 me. Ii was al a
time when steamers twice month
brought news from Europe, and one
arr val brought the intelligence that
bread stutfs had advanced IN pllce.
Tins was the occasion for A three-llne
paragraph, which, | think, | "set up
without writing, stating that Mrs.
PartingtOn said that II made no differ
ence 10 her whether the price OF -four
increased or not, as she always
had 10 pay just SO much for
half a dollars worth" The name
was not chosen, but It came with a sud
den memory of sydney Smiths dame
who mOpped back the Atlantic when it
oyerfiOwed into her cottage at SD
mouth. | had no intention for aught
beyond the moment. Flattencd by the
success OF tins virgin effort, which was
copied everywhere, tried II again,
with ike success, and what was begun
IN sportive moment became sort of
point d'dppH for many things latent in
my inkstand until the little one be-
came thousand. | was sur
prised To find that Mrs. Partington
was bona fide name, and | regretted
that, under the circumstances, | had
not taken another, but it had grown
into public favor, and would not be
changed without being abandoned
altogether, and therefore was con-
tinued until the offense became mount
ainous. | justified 1t to myself by lay
ing the original blame on Sydney, to
whose assumption | had merely given
"a local habitatlon and name" on this
side of the water. HIS character, how
ever, SAID nothing; mine was garrulous,
and that is all the story.
B.P. SHILLABER,
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17

When she had finished Der nrst aru-
Gle sue uled o. gaak Of some niS G
name O. sgu a. lts out could get 40
further Ilsu ~f&nny which sle
erote down on another plecc Oi paper
Then her thoughts wandered r. heF
mother, and % ler mothers extreme
i0uduess for ferns, and hoN often she
aad gathered large bundles oI sweet
fern t0r hef Nnea they We're lu tne
country together So af last, sne SAID
u hefsalf. why not Fanny ternt IL
IS q pre.ty name And Is was Fanny
Fern. i" JAMES PAkToS.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17
The wherefore of sidney Lu,ka."

decided 20 publish nay first novel
novel failed / should not be handi-
capped by II. Then, as the novel dealt
with Jewish subjects. thought for the
sake OF verlslmlhtude | mad better
don a pseudOnym that would be jew
ish. too. Hence, IS dney Luska." The
"Luska' was an invention OF my own.
/ never saw il elsewhere, though It is
possibly genuine name, nevertheless.
As It Was Written" published IN
September, 1885. was the first story
printed over the name.
HENRY HARLAND.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17
SARAH C. WooLsEY.
History ,fa Famous Name.


How did l come by my nom de
plume?
Most naturally and legltimately.
Ny mother gave 1t 10 me; the first
rart At my birth, the second twenty
years after"
She WAS romantic and liberal enough
TO tiy IN the face of old. Puritanic and
prOsaic family customs, and called
me Grace" after a dear friend,
an exceedingly lovely girl of Israeltsh
descent, and tneaccOmplished daughter
of A rich merchant of New Haven.
This Mss Grace IngersOll, by the way,
had history. Her father seems to
have been ambitious for her, for he
took her TO Paris. When she was intro
duced into high society, she was reCOg-
nized as one OF the beauties Of the
court of the First Napoleon.
She married French noble
man, on whose estates she
mostly passed the remainder of her
life, quietly, anc let us hope, happily.
/ spOrted her pretty name during my
infancy, up TO the time Of my christcn-
ing which did not take place till was
8 years Old. Except that we were
prOcrast'nat.ng family, / can give no
reason for TINS pOstpOnement of that
sacred rte. Yet | have always been
b la.el i'm such matters. did not
have the measles "t.li / was in nay
teens. nor the scarlet fever till was
ont OF my twenties."
Asiil luck would have il, just at the
time OF ms christening, my dear mother
was confined % her room with illness,
and my more unrOmantiC father stole
a march upon her. saying, L must
have this thing over lie took me 10
church. when, wishing tO do honor to
particular friends Of his. sisters aud
maiden ladies, " rich and rare. he be-
slowed on mr.. with an due solcmuitlcs,
the very respectable but commonplace
lDpei.atOus proper. " sara -" Jane. -
n Gtue redeemed 10y t1c patroAymic
90 stuart
They were strange words 20 me-, and
fcIt doublv aggrieved when the miu-
stcr NOS 0niv flung cod water u nav
face. hut Called mc names. Vet though
t1 tuc rest 81 the world grace.ess, was
always Grace t0 my mother; and when.
u about tno year ot 01r Lord -WcI,
s1meV here th.s side @. the "drtt
period. 1 wanted a1m ~ pi4ms for
mv magazine stories. etc.. and called o
nv best friend to coz a1ounate me, sine
at once suggested nIv rcslmur tlo
rame Vnrl h1d hccu 1aselv aui
h1ntismaiv deprived Ok asscnfed.
bat mr dear mother aai q weak
ness fo- alteration and "tfacc and
"IrEersoiI d,t NOT aiIrter2te we'll ~o
she drought again. tnd iu moment.
trleg gave forth fhe word Greenwood.
1. fae second name which certainly
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17

u pians or "Jos4n Aliens VIE
remember shen chose tee GaHie nsa
become rather weary 0t Tie more iAitl-
tal pseu1ohynls adopted ~ literary
women. 2nd ! lad . great i.Ang Tor
tle sensible names 0f George kl.ot Snd
Aftemus Ward Whea / cnoss tie
aoas Il ysaars, dld noi expect . would
ever beesme w.tsly knosn. but wished
- choose good, pl4-n, sens bic nsine,
one tnat would, II ever e ootanc
famous, have a solid. substantial sou-a
and be adaptes % tne characters "a nay
stories. / took grsaJ pains ia sac selec-
ton, and thought for long time be-
f0Fe the right name suggested lls~t 20
me. Finally lt came 20 me, and oI nay
own creation. And tnus Josiah Allen :
Wife came into the world.
MAEIErrA HOLLET.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17

Artcmus Ward spent several weeks
with me on my plantation in Louisiana
In ls6j. IL was here that. when IN a
very funny mood, he would call me
Eli PcrSins. Tho name Ri Perkins
was uever-cndng course Of amusc-
ment between as two. Whenever Ar
tcmus wished TO describe certain char
actcr. hc would say:
"Oh, he's regular Eli Perkins of n
man
An Eli Perkins kind Of man was a
dry. humorous, s.atst cal man. with
odd conceptions and clumsy move
ments.
Il was thus that came by the nom ~
plum Of "EG Perkins" ATicmus Ward
gave il 90 me.
Nt.rsrrr r. u tNrns-
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17

Ny aem de pisa.s 0f - :. Of Dale
Was taken from Blackstone and Cox,
and the osd law books j. : az the
Manor 0f Dale and J y. Of the Manor
Of Vale were used as fictitious person
ages. much in the way that John Doe
and Richard Roe were used some hun
dred years later. A / was a lawyer hy
profession, and desired 20 Indicate that
my stories were written by the unknown
anybody, ii was natural Tor me 10
adopt the pseudOnym.
FKEDEMC JEsUP STIMsoS.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17

Ny grandfather was an officer IN the
French army. and was called Max
Blouet. Daring the Napoleon war, be
was taken prisoner by the English and
sent % England. where he met an Irish
grl. Miss o. Rcu, whom he loved,
courted. married, and brought back 70
France. such j. the origin OF my nom
~ plume. first used iJ on the title
page of "John Bull and h.s Island"
PAUL BLOUEr.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17
Prom caustie .Nym crinkie."

The words " Nyn Crlnkle were put
together with the one purpose OF dis
gll.sing my personality with an odd but
euphOniOus combination. There IS no
character 20 the pseudOnym other than
has been conferred upon il by the arti-
cles ~ which II has been appended.
A. 4. WHEELER
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17

Ine name OF Timothy Iltc0mD was
taken by DR. Holland only for Is all.t-
Grafton, a. vas Max Mannerlng, With
40 thought OF rs having more than al
ephemerai newspaper lfe. IL was
name which the author would never
have chosen had he thought t would
be permanently associated with h.s
work. Mas. J. a.. HOLLAND.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17

My peu~name was born from the lisp
ct a lJtle glri--a reiauve-whO, calling
mo bv my nr-t ua~e, Louisa. hsped 10
o. sound ''WecI.e.n I took the pro-
uuuciatiou from the child's lips, dressed
It. 1ud became, rs it has remained.
OUIDA
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17
HENRY HARLAND.
~susan Coolidge" Has No Tale.

Ny reasons for choosing the nom de
PLANE OF Susan Coolidge" were very
slight and commonplace. 1t came about
by accident at 1t were, and partly be-
cause the initials of the name CORE
spOnded with my own, which are Sarah
Chauncey, and now
SARAH c. WOOLSFY
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17
ALICE FRENCH.
Whence Came Petroleum V. Nasby."

Ny fathers nom de plume, hardly
think, mas any particular significance.
The word Nasty was coined probably
from a remembrance of the battle OF
Nasebv. About the time the Nasby
letters were commenced in the Toledo
Blade the petroleum excitement was
raging in Pennsylvania, and Nosuvus
was used for euphony. Father never
gave any other explanation ofthis pseu-
dOnym than the above.
ROBINSON LOCKE.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17

In 1890 / contested for a $50 prize
story / wanted 10 hide my identity,
aud 80 hurriedly made up pseudonym.
! took the initial letters Of my first
name " Mary and my surname
Hawes. and pleased myself oy con
veying a suggestion OF both names-a
hint nobody but myself would under
stand. My story. Kate Harper" won
the prize, and thus came into the world
A" Marion Hariand." Had her manu-
script been returned with thanks,
shc would never have been heart of,
bias wOlld have joined the gnoble "un-
knowns." which had done duty before
she was manufactured.
MARY NIEgISIA TERHUNE.