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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-27

half a day, leaving ~ suddenly; but, for
several days after, ] vas quite pros
trsted and sore. Sometimes the attacks
were almost daily, then less frequent After
about four years Of this suffering, I was
taken down with bilious typhoid fever. and
when I began 20 recover. I had the worst
attack OF m. old trouble I ever experienced.
At the first Of tho fever, my mother gave
me Ayers Pills. my doctor recommending
them as being better han anything he
could prepsre. ! continued taking these
Pills, and so great was the benefit derived
that during nearly thirty years I have had
but one attack Of my former trouble. which
yielded readily 70 the same remedy"
AYERS PILLS
Prepared By pr. 7 10. A,srs o.. Lovsl. Hass.
Every Dose Effective
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03
The Pains of Rheumatism

According to the best authorities, or
Ipinate i'm morbid condition Of the
blood. Tactic acid, caused by the de-
composition of the gelatinous and al
luminous tissues, clrculates with the
blood and attacks the fibrOus TISSUES,
particularly in the joints, and thus
causes the local manifestations of the
disease. The back and shoulders are
the parts usually affected by rheuma-
tlsm, and the joints at the knees,
ankles, hips and wrists are also some
times attacked. Thousands of people
have found in Hoods Sarsaparilla a
positive and permanent cure for rheu-
matism. 1t has had remarkable sue
cess in curing the most severe cases,
The secret of its success lies in the fact
that 1t attacks at once the cause OF the
disease by neutralizing the lactic ac d
and purifying the blood, as well &c
strengthening every function of the
body.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03
ONLY One Cent Daily Newspaper
on the Pacific Coast.
CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER IN OREGON
CHEAPEST AND BEST.

The JOURNALS only ambition in the FUTURE the pasts
give the people the Cheapest and Best Daily and Weekly
newspaper in Oregon We have demonstrated that
give the people good Daily Associated Press newspaper for
90 year. cash in advance No papers sent but what
paid for
Remember these Associated Press newspapers giving
all the current of the world from day day in large
type and attractive style.
These low hard times rates enable every farmer have
his daily paper and know the state of the market and all the
news of the world.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03
ToDAY,s MARKETS.

Prices Current by Telegraph-Local
anu Portland Quotations.
SALEM, November %. 4 p. m.-Office
DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. Quota
tions for day and up to hour of going to
press were as follows:
SALEM PRODUCE MARKET.
BUTCHER STOCK.
Veals-dressed cts.
Hogs--dressed 5.
Live cattle-12@2c.
Sbeep-alive slips.
MILL PRICES.
Salem Milling Co. quotes: Flour
in wholesale lots $2.15. Retail $3.50.
Blan $12 bulk, $l3 sacked. Shorts $lS
OLA Chop feed $14 and $l5.
WHEAT.
36I cents per bushel.
HAY AND GRAIN.
Oats-20@221c.
Hay-BaIed, old $7@S; new cheat
81; new timothy SIS so
FARM PRODUCTS.
Wool-Best, 99c.
Hops-Btst, 5 to &c.
Eggs-In trade, 25c.
Butter Best dairy, l5@lS fancy
creamery, 25c.
Cheese-l0 10 Is cts.
Farm smoked mests-Bacon IL;
hams, u; shoulders, 8.
Potatoes -25c.
Onions--2 cents
FRUITS.
Apples SOC bu.
Pears-In trade, 25c bu.
LIVE POULTRY.
,try-Hens, &c; roosters not
wanted; old ducks not wanted; young
,u.k,, 8; young chickens, &c.
Turkeys. l0c.
PORTLAND QUOTATIONS..
Grain, Feed, etc.
Flour-Pcrtland, $3.50; Walla Walla,
50 IS; graham, $2.l5; superane, $500
per Dafrel.
Oats-White, 25@26c; grey, 25@27c
rolled, In bags, $5.75@6.O0i barrels,
So O0@6.25; cases, 1915.
Potatoes-40955c per sack.
Hay-Good, SS9ll per ton.
Wool-valley, 799c.
Millstuffs-Bran, $l3; shorts, $l3i
chop feed, ,$l5 per ton; chicken wheat.
60(965c per GENITAL.
Hops--Dull, 4@7c.
Hides-green, salted, 80 lbs. 3lc. un
der 80 lbs, 2@3e; sheep pelts, 100000.
DAIRY PRODUCE.
Butter Oregon fancy creamery, 26Ca
27lc; fancy dairy, ,2O922!c; fair 10 good
I5(0l71c; common, l24c.
Cheese Oregon s9l0c per pound
Young American, 9C9l0c; Swiss imp.
8O932c; Dom. l4(9l6c.
Eggs--OreROn, 26c per dozen.
Poultry -chickeus, iAixed cOOps, S2(a
per dozen; ducks, S2.5O@Si geese
lS7.b0@Ss 60; turkeys, lOc,
; BeeI-TOpstsers, 2l@24c per lsi fai
10 good steers, 2C92lci cows, l4eC92e
dressed beef,a494!c
Mutton Best sheep 7b@2; ohoio
ewes, tl.5O@l.55.
Hogs- Choice, heavy, S3,76C94.Ol
light aud feeders, " dressed, ble per u
, Veal Small, choice, bei large, 1904
per pound
San FBAHOlsCO MAhkkf,
Z Wool, Oregon Eastern choice, 70
lOeI do Inferior bg6ei do ,vAlieydpc
l2c,
Hops QuOiable at b6Dss.
Potatoes Early tase, S0Cg99o .
sacks, Bufbanks, 8bCef fle per sack
Oats Milling, VI OOCeLlzl,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03

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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL

will be improved in many respects and will be reduced in
price to $oo year. STRICTLY CASH ADVANCE mo papers
after time paid or and after January 1895 1t
will be the cheapest weekly in the state the DAILY is the
cheapest DAILY During the past two years of hard times the
circulation of both the DAILY and WEEKLY JOURNAL has
any increased and the combined circulation Of The JoUR
Western Oregon larger than of any other newspaper
the State We able to place both WEEKLY and
DAILY editions paying basis
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03
HOWE YhisI

We offer Gus Hundred Dollar -
wRTd foT any case 0f Gateffb that Gan
nOt be cured by Haips GaiaTrh IuIs,
~. CHEhEf 4 Co., Toledo,
We, The undersigned hsye kn0wp ~
J. ChHney i0T lhe asl 70 years, spd BE-
liege hlnl peIieoily hopoiAple w NJ
buslness transactions Rna npanelallY y
able 20 eaIfy oui ang oplleallons niadt
by ihall nfWf
Wssl 4 llusp, Wholesale DrugRlsir
Toledo, ID NRldinE, klpnRp 4 MAJ
va, Wh0lnssle DfuRglals, tQledpy AZ
UallH laiauh lpff v iHkfp lpief
nally, a0iinR dlrfolly up9n ~ hl.ili
Ana mucous auIiaee ~ lht sipifnl AZ
iiuloulkle Hrnl ne, ifllt lNe, lfl hpi
ile, k0ld by All druggists,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03
DIR. Miles Heart Cure

also his Nerve and Liver Pills. Af-
ier beginning to take them 1 felt betteri 1
continued taking them and am now
In better health than for many years.
Since my recovery 1 have gained fifty
pounds in weight. hope this state
ment may be of value to some poor
Bufferer.
e. B. SUTTON, Ways Station, Ga.
DIR. Miles Heart Cure is sold on positive
guarantee that the first bottle will benefit.
All druggists sell IL at 81, bottles for S5, or
IL will be sent, prepaid, on receipt of price
bv the nr Miles Medical Co., Elkh"rt Ind
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03

The Suuiheru Pacific Ry. Co. has
ordered sweeping reduction of salar
les, bat freight rates are as high as
when farm products were worth a
great deal more.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03
New Years Edition.

In accordance with is custom THE CAPITAL J0UKKAL New
Years Edition viii be devoted 10 elaborate and aeouTaie
exposition Of the peerless Of the Great Wanette
Valley and the future prospects and past achievements Vt VA
lem The best town la Che best county o the best State " the
Pacific Northwest THE NEw YEAas EDIroE VIII be- the
largest number Of Salem publication sent east whore u
viii be circulated among many ihousand families who are
coming west to seek homes
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03
$1,000 REWARD OFFERED.

The undersigned ofiers sl6OO rewsEd lor lAs ae
con VietiOn ~ the party of pal llss VT, ns
i2, 1892 re VIII also pay sSJ lof eaih s.ies sts.
soTy Id tbe crime. own two COCO iAA'h0'
and am able 10 pay tbs reward, ,,,..,aon5
ialRdAWsfn Mehanai OT,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03
Cooper Shop
CYRUs sTEWART

has opened up a shop north Of MICS mn, lh
Bouth Salem, where ne u prepared 70 mar
ana repair all kinds Of cOoperagei suen r. A.
pals, tubs, kegs, barrels ana ennrns, Ulls Uhis
Inc best seasoned stock used, Ffloss Isas9n.
able l.s1@
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03
GEO. G. WILL
DEALER IN
DEALER IN

Btelnway, Knabe, Webber, Emer'
son and other pianos.
Storey q Clark and Earhen organs.
All first class makes OF sewing ma
chimes. ,..
Smaller makes of musical instru-
ments and supplies.
Genuine needles, oil and new parts
for all makes of machines.
Sewing machines and organs re
paired and cleaned.
Two doors north Of postofiice, Salem
Oregon.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03
or THE HEART.
ShOrtness of Breath, Swell.
ing of Legs and Feet.

"For about four years was trou-
bled with palpitation of the heart,
shortness Of breath and swelling of
the legs and feet. At times l would
faint. / was treated by the best ply
sicians in Savannah, Ca, with no re-
lief. 1 then tried various Springs,
Without benefit. Finally tried
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03
Mexican
Mustang
Lininent

IOT
Burns,
Caked s. Inflamed Udders.
Piles,
Rheumatic Pains,
Bruises and Strains,
Running Sores,
InfIammations,
Stiff joints,
Harness 6 Saddle Sores,
Sciatica,
LumbagO,
Scalds,
BIisters,
Insect Bites,
All Cattle Ailments,
All Horse Ailments,
All Sheep Ailments,
Penetrates Muscle,
Membrane and Tissue
Quickly TO the Very
Seat Of Pain anc
Gusts II In a JIffy
Rub In Vigorously.
Mpslang Ilsiment Conquer
I'aiH,
Makes flag o. Beast wsii
again'
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03

hary Jans's siishaps'
Pom Mary jams MoNilhans
J. iu aH awful plight
RAe hroko ier arm this mofnink
And cracked her lpg last nighl
One day ahe fell down cellar
And smashed hpr nnaF flRhl lni
And dion ~ mako a WpfsiF
sle sogatohed haT dllnplpa chin
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03
Hoods ssfnns ssfiiis Cures

Hoods Pills act easily, yet promptly
and efficiently, on the liver and bowels.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-12-03
THE BLACK BOTTLE.
ONE OF THE sUPERsTlTloNs OF
BELLEVUE HOSPITAL.

Belief That Its Contents Arc Used IN Ro.
move Uninteresting Patients-The Fatal
Bed Superstition - Ignorant Rounder.
Spread Silly Stories.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-07-25
front.
Two FRIENDS.

The release of Erastus Wyman, Dunn S
ex-confi lential business man upon
bond for $4,000 furnished by Charles
Broadway Rouss, New York merchant
prince, furnishes story of friendship
that is peculiarly beautiful in these days
of mistrust and selfish ambitions.
Mr.. Rouss was one of the first men
whom Mr.. Wyman knew when he went
to New York about thirty years ago.
At that time their conditions were the
reverse of what they have been during
the last several days. Mr.. Rouss' tinan-
ciaI interests had become complicated,
and he was placed in the very prison in
which Wyman was confined. During
that year Wyman sent Rouss his Christ
mas dinner to his cell in the tombs, and
later secured repeal of the law under
which Rouss was held a prisoner, there
by securing his release.
While Rouss was a prisoner he wrote
upon a wall of his cell:
II am forty years of age this day.
When I am fifty, 1 shall be worth half
million, and by the time I am sixty.
| shall be worth million dollars"
He is now worth in the neigbborhood
of three millions, and this wealth has
enabled him to repay, in the same way,
the great kindness which Wyman did
him in his early days.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-07-25
TOO MUCH or THE RiFEREFF.

The Savannah News wants to know If
our immigration inspectors are doing
their duty. 1t is important that they
should at this time for two reasons.
The first is that steamships are bringing
Immigrants so cheaply that many of
those who are coming are very,undesira-
bic. From the Mersey to New York
steerage passage can now be obtained
for So And this price includes not on
ly the outfit of bedding, etc, but also
railway fare from London. From CONT
mental ports the cost of passage is about
the same. With such rates it is appar-
ent that thousands of Objectionable i'm
grants are likely to reach our shores
within the next few months. We have
more poverty-stricken people in this
country now than we can properly care
{ or.
Another reason why the inspectors
should be on the watch is that nearly all
the governments of Europe are adopting
most stringent methods againt anarch-
lists. SO stringent are the laws and SO
active are the police that this class of
people will find it uncomfortable to re-
main in Europe. They will come to this
country. We don't want them, and they
shouldn't be permitted to land if they
come here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-07-25
PETTJNG THE FARMER.

The average value per acre OF our Tour
great staple crops for the four years emu
inc with 1870 was: corn, $12.S4; wheat,
s13. 16: oats, S1O92; cotton, S2o.Ol' no"
does this compare with present averages?
Here are the figures: Corn, $3.50; wheat
sc 90; oats. s5.75; cotton, $1O.05. Here
is a difference, says the Texas Farm and
Ranch. of more than 100 per cent IN
favor of the days when money was plenu-
full. and those of us who were parties par
ticipant remember with yearning how
avery business fourished. While taxing
the whole people to protect manutactur-
ers the government has neglected the
very industry upon which all stable
prosperity is founded. But, says the
nolitician. have we not established de-
partment of agriculture, with many
bureaus. and made the head OF 1t
member of the presidents cabinet, ana
have we not established quarantine INES,
distributed super-annuated seeds, ana
levied duty of five per cent on imported
egg? And have we not done many other
wonderful works in the The name and Tor
the sake of agriculture? We admit that
the government has done all these things,
thus pulling The 10 cent wool over the
farmers eyes, while robbing him OF nail
of the value of his crops, by contracting
the currency, restraining trade and taxing
everything the farmer consumes except
the oxygen he obtains from the atmos-
phere by the act of breathing, and the
diamonds he wears in his hickory shirt
front.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-07-25

age and was counted square. 1t IS told of
him that few days before he was shot it
was arranged that when he visited a GER
tain resort on State street a quarrel was to
be picked with him by a couple of selected
toughs, Long Jimmy being accused of act
ing as the leader. During the proposed
row an officer was to be called in and New
comb locked up. This was to disgrace
him with the company. The plan worked
well to a certain point. NeWcomb came,
the trouble began, the officer rushed in,
but Newcomb saw the trap set for him.
He drew his pistol, held off the officer, and
the men and got away. Whether the officer
was an innocent party to the transaction
or not has not been developed.
A woman bordering onto spinsterhood
was employed in a down town Office as
stenographer. Her salary was not large
and her face hardly attractive enough to
bring in a husband. She boarded at a
private hotel not far from Sixty-third
street and twice day journeyed ON one
of the suburban lines At the Same hotel
for q short time lived railroad official
connected with the line she travelled over.
He showed her some attention, and learn
ing the amount of her income sent Lcr
with card one day to the head special
agent Of the company Two days later she
was adding to her income $50 & month by
"spotting" employees Of the road. Two
distinct lines Of work were given her;
First, as she travelled to and fro, she YVES
to note if conductors and collectors tear
off duplex slips when they collected cash
fares and gave them to the passengers.
Second, she was to report any conductor
or trainman engaged IL any conversation
with a woman other than his business re
CURED. She was cute, clever and patient
and for q week did well. By the end of
that time how and by what means TO one
knows, she was discovered. The word went
around quietly among the men, and she
was dubbed The Pelican" Her useful
ness was gone She drew enc months
pay and resigned by request.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-07-25
RAILROAD "SPOTTERs.D
Their Calling Is Disagreeable at Best and
Sometimes Dangerous.

The killing of Special Agent George
Newcomb of the Chicago and Western In
diana railway and the arrest of Special
Agent Maxwell of the Chicago and Grand
Trunk as an accessory to the murder have
thrown some queer side lights on railroad
''spotters, says the Chicago Herald If
q railroad wishes to protect its passen gers
from the ravages of confidence men, it
may employ special agent or. ''de-
tective' or queer. The terms are
synonymous, meaning man who is sup
posed to have an extensive knowledge of
criminals, their names, faces, methods of
operation and loafng places.
He travels up and down the portion of
the line to which he is assigned at all
hours Of the day and night. He knows
most of the train service men, is always
looking also for sure" tip and as a
rule is about as well known to the crooks
as if they carried his photograph with
them. His pay varies lie rarely receives
less than $3.50 a year. rarely more than
81, 200 and on some roads is only paid for
the days he is actually in service If he is
inclined to be dishonest and can avoid de-
lection, he has things" on the side that
add to his income. 1t pays to favor q
crook Of some fame and a special agent
who is willing to sell out this trust can ex-
pect rich plumage for his nest
On the other hand, if he is honest, he
has a hard, disagreeable life, attended
with many dangers, and may reasona-
bly, expect the fate of George Newcomb at
any hour. His life is not particularly in
danger from an open attack, for the class
of criminals operating on railroads are
known far and wide as arrant towards or
pixies" Once in awhile one of them
will draw a gun, but not often. Their
method of revenge is a secret one, planned
stealthily and executed upon the victim at
the moment when he is least prepared.
Special agents know this SO well that not
one in a thousand would assert that
Newcomb was killed by any other method
than that of q we'll premeditated plan. The
hour, the place. the time had been, to
their notion, carefully calculated, and by
rapidity Of action SO we'll prearranged
the shot had been fired, gun held low out
of sight, and the mouth Of most trouble
some man to them closed.
Newcomb was a good illustration of
special agent. He looked like farmer.
He could sit in q smoking car, and the I'M
initiated would have sworn he was cattle
raiser from southern Illinois. He knew
more of the crooks of Chicago and had
their pedgrCcs in finer shape than any
other detective on the city force today.
He had peculiar habit, when meeting
bad" man, of reminding him of his mis-
deeds something which won him cordial
hatred
He was not as bright a man as Captain
T C. yer another Special AGENT of note
nor SO secretlve, but he had bulldog cour-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-07-25
STATE SCHOOL FUND.

Attorney General Terrell has filed his
opinion in regard to the school fund and
the repayment.of the money borrowed.
The attorney general says that section
authorizes the treasurer ''to draw on
the first day of April on any fund in
the treasury, 100000 to pay the teachers
quarterly. the same to be repaid from the
school fund when the same shall be re-
paid into the treasury"
The question of the repayment of the
school money borrowed was raised by
State Treasurer hardeman. He request
ed the attorney general to give him infor
nation in regard to the construction to
be placed upon the law; that it stated
$500, 900 could be borrow, but be paid
back out of the school fund when it was
paid into the treasury. Holding strictly
to the letter of this act, the teachers
would receive no money during the sec
ond and third quarters, as only about
100000 is paid into the treasury for the
school.
The attorney general held that if the
money was needed when paid in, that
the school fund, as it accumulated,
should be placed to the credit of the
fund from which it was originally
taken, but that, however, unless it
was necessary, the repayment should
ollow when the bulk Of the school money
came in, which is during the last quar-
er.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-07-25

A Topeka dispatch say says: "The
populist state campaign is now fairly
on. "As much might have been connected
when the press dispatches came with.the
information that Mrs. Anna Diggs had
"cussed out'' Mrs. Lease and shaken her
fist under her nose. The chances are
good for Kansas ito enjoy an old-time
delirium-tremens-like campaign.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-07-25
Hunting the HippopOtamus.

"Hippo shooting, compared with other
sport, is poor" said Mr.. Jackson, an
African hunter. I'm the first place, it de-
ponds more on accuracy Of aim and pro
flcicncy in quick shooting than stalking.
To crawl up to the edge of high bank,
probably several feet above the surface OF
the water in which school Of these huge
beasts is lying hasking in the sun on the
shadows, requires littlo skill providing the
wind is fair. Neither is a steady pot shot
at range of 25 yards at q wei defined
mark such as the beast eye and car, or
line between the two, as he lies perfectly
still, half out Of the ter, and possibly
asleep or floating motionless on top Of the
water, a great test Of prowess in shooting.
When ONCE scared, however, the conditions
are changed, as hippos then become cum
ming and take great Geal Of circumyent-
ing and will test the sportsman's patience
as well as the accuracy and quickness Of
his aim to tie utmost"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-07-25

A horse kicked II. S. Sbafer, of
the Freemyer House, Middleburg, n.
Y, on the knee. which laid him up in
bed and caused the knee joint to become
stiff. A friend recommended him to use
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which he did,
and in two days was able to be around.
Mr.. Shafer has recommended it to many
Others, and it is excellent for any kind
Ola bruise orspraiD. This same remedy
is also famous for its cures of rhemua-
tism. For sale by Farrar & Farrar.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-07-25
ANTIQUITY of tie A1nnaper.
promise.

According to Philippe Berger's book
entitled "Histoire de lEcritus dams Pan
tiquite," the alphabet was invented about
1900 B. c., that invented by the PhCe-
nicians being without doubt the Oldest
Of all the forms of expressing thought
or sounds by character. Originally it
and all other alphabats were simply a
series of hieroglyphics or picture char
acters, the idea of an elephant Or AN OK
being expressed by rude sketches of
such animals, authorizations being in the
form of pair of tusks, horns, etc. Pro-
fessor Auer (see Vienna edition of his
"Sprachalle," 1849) says that, taking
both the ancient and modern alphabets
into account, as many as 400 different
sets of characters, hieroglyphics and let
tiers may oe enumerated, that these
are all outgrowths of the Phenician
mode of mutely expressing thought Or
sound, and that if we should set aside
slight variations of form the grand to-
tai of 400 alphabets would dwindle i'm
mediately to less than go
The best oriental scholars have given
it as their opinion that the original PhU-
nician alphabet was composed of but 1G
characters, yet it is known that it cen
tanned at least p and probably % at the
time when it was adopted by the Greeks
Why or by whom these extra characters
were invented, or why such an addition
was necessary, has never been explained.
st. Louis Republic.