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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11
Couldn't Fool Him.

Charles johnson, a negro, though OF
Swedish nomenclature, had been arrest
ed for highway robbery out ON Inde-
pendence avenue. A toy pistol, which
had served him in making a bluff, -
and handful of small coin were taken
from him. He was then ushered before
the captain for the usual catechism.
Lets see, what were you in for the
last time, Charley"
"Never done bean heah befo', boss {"
"Oh, come, now, Charley; you We been
here dozen times before. "
MAY Gle good Lawd 'nilate me, boss,
I'ze tellin yuh de troofp'
"Well, take him and lock him up"
''Hol ON der, cap'n, amt yuh gwine
ter let me hab my money?'
"Well, guess not, said the cap
tain, winking at the lieutenant "This
is my rakeoff. Do you suppose 1 can stay
here for nothing?"
''But yuh'll let, me hab it in de
mawnin, won't yuh?'
''No, sir. -
"Not aftah the jedge gifts trough wild
me?''
"No."
"Say, yuh can't fool me dat away,
boss. TIE bean heah befo'P
Then the old darl1y was taken down
stairs, wondering what everybody was
laughing about. Kansas City Times.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11
4 PRosLeM N eEeswAx.

Men ~ Science Puzzled by the Deposit w
the shore of the North Pacific.
The beeswax found in large quanti.
ties on Nehalem beach has from time
to time for years past attracted the at
tention Of the curious and enlisted the
inquiry of scientists. The generally ac.
cepted theory that in some prehistoric
era vessel, wax laden, went ashore at
that place is frequently disturbed by
some less probable surmise for a time,
and after exciting some speculation and
| comment drops out of sight. The latest
OF these comes from Mr. Odlum, who.
in connection with the department Of
archaeology of a British Columbia col
lege, is collecting data from which he
proposes to show that the Indians of the
Pacific coast are descendants of certain
Asiatic races. He desires to know
whether the wax found at Nehalem is
actual beeswax or mineral wax, hoping
to forge missing link in his chain Of
evidence by means of information upon
that point
1t has been shown by careful scientific
analysis that thSAwax is of mineral ori-
gin, but it may be said in this connec-
tion that the substance is to all appear
ance genuine beeswax; that this appear
ance is corroborated by the faint, sub
tie odor of beeswax, which fingers
around the storm beleaguered specimens
that have been from time to time
brought up from the beach, and that no
one from tasting it could tell that the
piece sampled was not identical with
that surreptitiously bitten from the yel-
low, thread marked ball which was
part of the furnishing of his mothers
workbasllet in his boyhood More than
this, the wing of bee has been found
imbedded in the wax, furnishing ire
futable evidence of the true nature of the
substance.
The Pacific coast Indians may be de-
scendants of an ancient Asiatic race,
but it is not likely that any more con-
elusive proof of this will ever be devel-
oped by the most painstaking research
than that which this little brown bees
wing furnishes of the fact that the Ne
halem beeswax is beeswax. How it came
there will probably never be known def
initely until the secrets of the unremem-
bered ages are rescued from the tomb
of time and incorporated in the written
history Of the days that were, but now
are not. Practical people are not look.
ing for an occurrence of this kind; hence
they are prepared to accept the evidence
of their senses in regard to the nature
of this mysterious deposit in the sands
of the seashore and to abandon attempts
that are more than likely to prove fu-
tile to discover how and when the bees
wax, Enthusiastically nodded and curious
ly stamped, voyaged thither and was
thrown upon the beach. Portland Ore
gonian.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11
Boiled Fish Sandwiches.

You may find it hard to believe that
sandwiches made from boiled fish are
good, but if when you have a bit of
boiled halibut left from dinner you
make few for luncheon or tea you will
find them very good. The fish should of
course have the flavor that comes from
boiling it in salted water with bou-
quet of vegetables-say slice of onion,
stalk of celery or a sprig Of parsley
and half dozen peppercorns. Break up
the fish with fork; then take a wooden
spoon and rub it as fine as possible.
Make it into a seasoned paste by adding
fourth of pint of sweet cream, a tea
spoonful of salt, saltspoonful of white
pepper or paprika. and at the very last
and gradually tablespoonful of lemon
juice This amount of seasoning is for
~ pounds of fish Cut your bread very
thin, spread the slices with little but
ter and then with the fish. Lay between
the slices before putting the two togeth-
er small, tender lettuce leaf. New
York Post.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11
Sam Jones' Prescription For Biliousness.

sam Jones Irescrlptlon Il OF bllousness'
After the tremendous mems meeting
the other night Brother Sam Jones was
thoroughly exhausted, and he felt sick
Brother Jones is of a bilious tempera-
ment, and his sallow complexion tells
plainly that while all is well between
Brother Jones and his soul there is war
between him and his liver. Brother
Jones felt bad at bedtime, and Brother
Owens told him: go to God with it,
brother. He'll straighten you out
"Take dose of pills" suggested the
reporter. And Brother Jones followed
the advice of Owens and the reporter,
and as a result when he got up this
morning he was all right and much re-
freshed He said:
Prayer was the thing, but | must
admit that the pills did much good, and
from now on my prescription for bill
iousness will be one prayer and three
pills before bedtime Waco Dispatch
in Galveston News
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11
WOMEN IN SMOKERS.
A Squabble on In England Over the Desire
of Women to Ride In Smoking Cars.
gonian.

A Squabble on In England Over the Desire
of Women to Ride In Smoking Cars.
Englishmen and women have been
discussing to the extent of column after
column the indignant letters in one of
the great dailies ON a subject which, it
is safe to say, will not soon arise ON
your side Of the Atlantic. 1t is a grow
ing practice of women to ride in the
smoking compartments of the railway
carriages. All the woman haters have
Joined the chorus of denunciation of the
invasion. They argue that the sign
Smoking" means for men only, just as
others compartments are reserved for
women only. This is resented by the
new privilege seeking women, some Of
whom admit frankly that they love to-
bacco fumes, while others allege the SUI
perior germ killing and sanitary advau-
tages of tobacco laden atmosphere in
promiscuous company.
The men retort that selfish women go
among the smokers because they receive
courtesies and attentions which they do
not get from their own sex. The squab-
BILE is developing a degree of heat and
bitterness that is truly alarming. Lon
don Cor. New York Sun.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11
Absentninded.

Professor Dusenberry of Columbia
college is SO completely absorbed i'll his
profession that he is becoming more aud
more absentminded every day. He re-
marked to one of the students:
Something very stupid happened to
me the other morning. believe am
becoming little absentminded. "
"What is it,"
"You see, wanted to take my wife
out in buggy and give her some fresh
air, and when / came to think over it
l remembered that never had wife. 1"
Texas Siftings
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11
A BLAMED SIGHT WORSE.

A bachelor, old and cranky,
Was sitting alone in his room.
His toes with eout were aching,
And his face was o'erspread with gloom
No little ones shouts disturbed him.
From noises the house was free--
In fact, from the attic to cellar
Was quiet as quiet could be.
No medical aid was lacking.
The servants answered his ring,
Respectfully heard his orders
And supplied him with everything.
But still there was something wanting,
Something he couldn't command
The kindly words of compassion,
The touch of gentle hand.
Aud he said as his brow grew darker,
And he rang for the hircling nurse,
swell, marriage may be a failure,
But this is blamed sight worse!"
Boston Courier
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11

Melton Chace of Auburn, Me-, who ID
reported to have fallen heir to a fortune
of IS, 900, 600, is in this city and con-
firms the story of his good fortune. A
few months ago clairvoyant told Chace
that there was large estate awaiting
him and advised him 10 find his half
brother He found the missing relative
William T. Phelps-in this city, and
on investigation learned that two uncles
mad died in San Francisco some time
ago, without leaving wills, and their
property, which is said 70 be worth
about S., 900, 600. has since been in the
care of the state. Boston Globe
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11
widows, Pensiens In virginia.

Numbers Of persons are applying 70
the auditor of public accounts to get
state pensions for widows Of Confeder-
ate soldierz All of these do not under
stand that these pensions are only given
10 widows remaining unmarried) whose
husbands lost their lives during the
war. "
Widows whose husbands have died
..since the war" are not entitled tOpen-
sions under the existing law.--kieh-
mond Dispatch
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11

The driest place in the United States
at any point where regular observations
are taken is Fort Garland, Colo. Less
than six inches of rain fall there during
the year. There are, however, localities
in Arizona. Nevada and Utah where
rain has never been known to fall.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11
Just His Way.

Many a man who howls loudly about
the wrongs Of society" and the I'm
equalities Of our social system" always
let's his wife carry tho haby.-Chieago
Tribune
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11
HI. Earnest wish.

Oltope-I wish was barrel
Hisfriend-Why? Can't you hold
enough?
Oltope-Yes There's no trouble
about that. The advantage is that no
matter how often the barrel is filed or
how full, its head never gets any bigger
Detroit Free PresA
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11

A Andrews of Toronto has in his pos
session lock and key Of massive weight
which he claims to be the identical in
struments used by Cromwell for secur-
ing the crown jewels of England.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11
What Did She NIeanY

Dickie--6o you've taken up the phys
ical culture fad2 / hear you are exercis-
ing on rowing machine and indulging
in long walks in the park. What does
it all mean?
Daisy-Well, you see. it develops-but
wait until you see me down at the sea-
shore a couple of months hence.-Boston
Courier.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11

The Vienna police have general charge
Of all newspapers and keep records OF
all presses and publications, maintain a
censorship over all theaters and plays.
issue licenses for the publication and
sale of all books, magazines and period
icals.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11

OF a mistaken philanthfopist Jerrold
said he was $50 benevolent so merciful
a man he would have held an umbrella
over duck In shower Of rain -
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11

Cicero was a notable punster. A col
lection. not now extank Of his puns was
made by julius Cesar.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11

QuasslA. Whale OH Soap, sulphur. Hop Cloth,
Rim Cloth etc. Hop Presses and spray ere.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-11

At Albany ana Corvallis connect witt
trains Of Oregon Pacific Railroad.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-12-29
CARLISLE CURRENCY BILL
A Number Of Amendments for the
Measure.
The Democratic Members of the Banding
Committee VIII Suggest Some Inn
portant changes-likcly to
Pass the House.

WASHINGTON, Dec. al.-As q result Of
atwo hours session of the democratic
members of the house banking and cur
reno Y committee yesterday afternoon
and a further consultation between
Secretary Carlisle and Chairman
Springer this morning. q number Of
amendments will be formulated nna
offered TO the bill. "TEese more
recently agreed upon amendments"
said MIR. Springer today, will not
change the general plan of tho bill, but
they will be important i'll many details.
They will make it permissible for tho
ranks to come in under the new sys.
TEN or rcmnin out. Again, the prin.
cipnl liability will be so modified that
no assessment will DO made upon the
banks TO pay any deficit that
might remain after the ,availnblc as.
sets of the bank, the guarantee and
safety fund, have been exhausted, il
this should over occur, which is ex.
tremely Improbable. But the deficit
would be Il first lien upon the sniesy
fund when replenished by taxntio. ~
provided by II bill. In tho meauti,.n
Il notes that cannot be paid would
draw interest at q per cent until paid"
Congressman John Dewitt Warner Of
New York, predicted this morning thai
the bill, us finally modified, will pass
the house. That the opposition has
KIN steadily decreasing during the
past few days is u fact of which the
Siends of The measure have satisfied
&smselves by n quiet canvass conducted
>nring the past torty-cight hours. 1t
Eiil receive. he says, the practically
unanimous support Of tho democrats.
1t is. he adds, n great improvement on
The present law and by tho time it has
IL the gauntlet OF tho senate it W.
bs fairly satisfactory even to the most
captious critic.
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UNEARTHED A MURDER.
BODY of a Prominent Topeka Woman
Found In IL Pool of Blood In Her Own
Home.

BODY of a Prominent Topeka Woman
Found in IL Fool of Blood In Her Own
Home.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dee. 2l.-The body of
Mrs, A. ID. Matson, lying in IL pool of
blood long since dried up, was discov-
cred ut her own home at Fifteenth and
Monroe streets this afternoon. The
discovery of the horrible murder
was made by n milk boy who noticed
that Il "a Of milk which he had left
tsp days ago had remained untouched.
tfrs. Matson lived alone and had
considerable money in the hous-. A
criminal assault preceded the mYyder.
The case was undoubtedly ii
of cold blooded murder with
robbery as the incentive.
The only person who seems to know
anything about it is II deaf and dumb
colored man named George Knight,
who saw two men, probably on the ey-
ening of the 18th, enter a window of
the murdered woman's house and after
wards saw them run away. No intel
ligible account can be arrived at from
knight, except through his brother,
who is the only person who can under
stand him. Tho two will .be brought
together tomorrow ut the coroner's in
quiry.
Mrs. Matson was u member of the
Topeka Equal Suffrage association and
was n prominent suffrage worker For
many years she has been n member of
the board Of education from tho Fifth
ward, aud took an active interest in tho
city schools. She at ono time was u
city teacher and was very we'll known
IN this locality. Her husband is in
california, where he took up n Eome.
atead four or five years age.
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HITS THE CHINESE HARD.
Celestial Christmas Presents Come It1sh
This Year,

Celestial Christmas Presents Como high
This Year.
New York, Dec. 2l.-The members
OF tho Chinese colonies of this and
other cities nre weeping and wailing
over tho fact that the war in which tho
Celestial empire is engaged has created
an immense advance in the prices of
Chinese Christmas goods. Every
Cnristnas tens of thousands OF dollars
worth of salt eggs, sharks fins, Joss
stic.;s, teas. silks and other articles
were imported by the Mongolians from
China us one of the features of their
religion in order that they eat, drink,
give presents and DO generally rs
merry as their Caucasian brethren.
Tho bills of lading on the heavy
importations OF the past month, how
ever. show TINT the Chinese Christmas
goods cost from ten to fifteen times as
much MS n year ago, while Of course
custom duties are increased in proper
tion. The almond esed celestials not
being gifted with the faculty Of fore
sight knew nothing about the changed
conditions until notified to take tho
goods out of bond. Since then there
has been weeping and wailing and
crashing of teeth, and savings that
hive not been touched for many II day
have boon depleted. Tho Chinese
blame the exporters for their failure to
notify them of the tremendous advance
In the price lists.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-12-29
CAPTAIN DREYFus SCANDAL
Text of the Dncumcn, OH Which He Was
Convicted.

Text OF the Documen, or Which He Was
Convicted.
New YORK, Dec. 24.-The Herald
this morning prints the following cable
from Paris: The following is the text
of the document found Mt the Ger
man embassy which caused Tie convic.
ton of Captain Drevfus:
Having no news from you / do not know
what to do. send you in the meanwhile
the condition of the forts. also hand to
you the principal passages OF firing in
structions. II you desire the rest l will
have them copied. The document is pre-
Hions. The instruction has been only
given TO the officers of the general staff. (
leave for the m%aneuyers.
After the words. condition of tho
forts" there We're three lines begin
ming with figures which had been cut
out. There was no address or sigma
turc. The document was photographed
and enlarged. The deposition of DIR.
Beriilon, chief of the ~anthopemetic
bureau, MS to the comparison Of this
document with the handwriting of
Dreyfus was the only evidence in
favor OF the accused. Captain
Dreyfus denied to the last mo-
ment that he wrote the letter, and
lie still denies it. His friends say that
he is innocent. They assert that be-
fore he was arrested he refused to go
to tho army in Africa, where the min
lister of war offered to send him, be-
cause. as he said at the time, no had
done nothing for which he should re-
proach himself. Public opinion is
very greatly excited over the ease and
eegrcts are expressed by many that
captain Dreyfus has not been SEN
.cnced to death.
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ANOTHER JAP VICTORY.

Ten Thousand Chinese Put to Rout with
Slaughter.
YOKOHAMA. Dec. a4.-Gencral Has.
urn, on December 10, attacked General
Lungs position, seven miles west Of
Halt Cheng. The position was defend.
cd by 10000 Chinese. who wero routed
after four assaults. The losses are not
stated.
LONDON, Doc. PA dispatch from
Antong says the japanese force con.
sisted of four regiments Of infantry and
five bat tories of artillery. The latter
bombardcd the Chinese, who estab.
lislied themselves in tho village Of
kung Wasal. The infantry then thrice
charged through the Chinese lines.
fighting stubbornly, the c~ombatnnts
meeting in a hand to hand fight, the
fercest that has yet taken place. The
Chinese loss is estimated at 500 killed
or wounded. Tho japanese also suf.
fered severely.
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BURNS DENOUNCES WOODS
fays His Decision in the a. r.. u. Case Is an
Outrage.

fays His Decision in the a. Il. u. Case Is An
Outrage.
1NptANAroIis, Ind, Dec. 2I.-In on
Interview here today John Burns, the
English labor leader and member Of
parliament, said: Tho decision OF
ludgo Woods in tho case of
Debs is an outrage upon the
w%orkingmcn of America. 1t was
prompted by the leaning toward
corporations, and-hc was tho tool
Of monopolists and capitalists. While
Debs, us n general proposition. is an
ansafe leader, he was exactly right in
;his cast aud deserves the support Of
lair minded men,
/ 1t leaked out today TINT Chief Arthur
af the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
g~ineers had a rather warm conference
with Burns, in which the latter de-
Tended Debs and u~ptraided Arthur for
his action in refusing to lend his
support during tho recent strikes.
Chief Arthur attempted to show up tho
weakness and mistakes of tho A. r. u.
lender, but Burns retorted to the
effect that it was the principle in
soivcd and not Dcbs. He declared that
the Pullman strike was justifiable if
ever n labor struggle was.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-12-29
viCTORIA'sC HRlSTMAs DINNER
The Baron of Reef and Plum pud-
ding III Preparation.


LONDON. Dec. 24.-Thc duke and
duchess of Connaught and the Princess
Louise will be the guests OF tho queen
ut the Christmas dinner at Osborne to-
morrow. Tho prince of Wales will re-
main Mt Sandringham, where he has as
guests the duke aud duchess Of Fife.
The princess OF Males is still with
her sister, the empress dowager
of Russia. and will probably
spend some time at Copenhagen before
returning to England. The steer from
which the baron of beef for tho royal
dinner party will be served vas
slaughtered today at Osborne with the
vogue since the days of Henry VII. 1t
is calculated that tho baron of beef
after being prepared for the table will
weigh in the neighhorhood of 100
pounds and the Christmas plum pud-
ding, in the preparation Of
which a half dozen chefs of
the royal kitchen hinge been
engaged for more than six weeks, will
weigh seveniy-tive pounds. Tho pud-
ding will ic carried into atile dining
hall on Il golden platter resting upon u
bed of holly. The queen has made the
usual Christmas presentation of sums
OF money TO the servants of tho royal
household. Her majesty will remain
at Osborne for six weeks, when she
will return to Windsor for n brief stay
before going to Nice. where she will
spend the spring.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-12-29
HYPNoTIZED A COUNTESS,

Czestnno Czynskal Sentenced to Three
Yo4rs imprisonment for Compelling
suntess sedlitz TO Marry Tim.
MUNICH, Dec. 2l.-The trinl of Gees.
ano Cznslti, the teacher of languages
And mesmerist lecturer. who was ar
rested Il short time ago charged with
hypnotizing tho wealthy Countess
Sedlitz ut Nenkirch, and compelling
her to marry him, has ended in his con-
viction. Tho trial lasted several days
and n large number Of witnesses wore
examined, including several specialists
hypnotism. Czynski was convicted
of offending public order and also of
forgery. He was also charged with
immortality, but of that charge he was
acquitted. Tho court sentenced him
to three years Imprisonment.
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THE VICTOR.
Priests OF the Lincoln Diocese Give Up tn
Eipht.

Priests OF the Lincoln Diocese Give Up ths
Fight.
OMAHA, Dec. 24.-The priests of the
Lincoln diocese who have been fighting
Bishop Bonacum for two years have
surrendered. They admit that the
bishop has won, and that if he had not
been sustained at Rome the diplomacy
Of Mgr. Sntolii left them no chance but
to seek employment elsewhere. Father
English, the tenth priest to quit the
Bonacnm diocese, came to Omaha yes
terday, and now has charge Of n parish
IN this city. The trouble between Bon
.cnm aud the priests began two years
ago over the refusal Of Father Corbett,
Of Palmyra, to submit to some ruling of
the bishops, which he thought was ty-
rannical. The bishop wa finally tried
for libel charges, but was acquitted.
Mgr. Sutolli visited Lincoln for the
purpose of settling the trouble, but was
anable to do SO. The matter was ap.
pealed to Rome, but if it was ever
passed upon the verdict was never
made public,