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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-28
A PORTRAIT.

You cannot trace tho likeness now, old fcllowi
l should have had ths grace
70 die while | looked that way and not ruin
My youthful seraph's faccl
It looks rs II meant to set forth straightway
To seek the holy grail.
Perhaps 1t did. only found DER all things
The serpent's deadly trail.
It does seem out OF place among the portraits
OF frail, fair women here.
\ halod make fine saints picture of itp
All, now, my boy, You jeeri
You're thinking in your heart how many haloS
Would make a saint of me.
Confess, you cannot force yourself to grasp II
That was ever he.
Well, yes, skull and crossbones would be
cheerful
Compared with that boys face.
it's the Egyptians deaths head at the revels
We have up in this place.
could have given them points. those old
Egyptians.
I'm sure mans dead soul
Is eerier TO have around at banquets
Beside the flowing bowl
Than any grinning skull they ever put therel
Confound his living eyesl
Drink to him, Jackl Well give him that much
reason
For all their shocked surprise.
J. E. s. In New York Sun.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-28
A Ealse Maxim.

The loungers around the only store in
a little New England village were great
ly amused at something that happened
one warm afternoon. A tall, lank, bare
footed man came into the store with a
gallon pail filed with blackberries,
which he exchanged for three quarts Of
molasses.
He carried a stout hickory walking
stick in one hand, and when he departed
he put the pail on one end Of the stick
and threw the stick across his shoulder
He reached the platform in front of the
store when a shining new pin at his feet
caught his eye.
''See a pin and pick 1t up,
All the day youll have good luck"
he drawled out and stopped over 30 pick
up the pin, when the molasses crawled
out all over his back and neck.
Strengthening himself hurriedly, the
man said:
"Waal, l never thought much of tho
air proverb, an l think less on it meow
than ever did Youth S Companion.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-28
The EnglIsh Peeraea,

Few Of the members of the British
house of lords can claim descent or even
distant relationship with the barons OF
King Johns time who extorted from him
the Magma Charta. OF the 536 temporal
peers, no less than $50 have been created
since the beginning of the present cen
tury and 1875 during the last century,
leaving only 90 whose titles were con-
ferred prior to the year 100. OF the en-
tire number. only five can go back as far
as the thirteenth century.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-28
HANn IN AAllp.

When Stirring WIS Young and life was new,
Love Ve- our only friend and guide.
Sweet were the bowers he led us through
And sweet our going side by side.
Then summer came, n golden food,
And still we followed hand in hand.
Love was the music in our blood
And love the glory of the land.
Ri,h autumn fell, and winter drove
The eruity ripeness from the air.
But wrapped in warm, soft robes of love,
What rocked we il the world was bare2
So round again we come to spring,
Strong Tor another years emprise.
The birds are whist to hear us sing,
The sun is dazzled by our eyes.
For hand in hand, where'er we go,
Earth under foot and heaven above,
Love Is the only life we know,
And every breath we breathe is love.
New York Advertiser.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-28
THROUGH TICKETS

To all points IN the Eastern States, Canada
and Europe can be obtained Al lowest rates
from w. w, bKINNEhr Agent, SALON.,
EP. ROGEiiS, Asst. q. h. and PhsG. Agt
r. KOEHLER ManaGar
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-28
Turklsh women,s Progress.

Turkish women having obtained per-
mission to practice as physicians in
their own country, they are now begin
ming to study medicine at various Euro
pean universities. Three young Turkisc
ladies, one a daughter of a pasha, has
recently arrived in France in order to
go through a regular course of medical
training at French universities. Paris
Journal.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-28
A victim Of Habit.

Ellen-Habits are hard things to
break.
Maud--Yes, indeed. There Ii Minnie
5ereleaf, wins formed the habit Of being
20 some years ago and has never broken
n yet,-London Tit-Bits.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-07-28
Kindly Directions.

Footpad-Hold up y'r handsi
Lone Citizen-I haven't a cent with
me. Just loaned all had to friend.
Footpad dn disgust) = Go ahead.
You'll find the idiot asylum three
squares to the eft.-New York Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18

dollars. The balloon spoken Of above az
being in course of construction by the
French government, and which Will en-
body the most advanced iLhas upon the
subject OF aerial navigation, Will cost
somewhere In the neighborhood OF two
hundred thousand dollars.
The chief use of the military balloon
Will be to keep watch over the movements
OF a hostile feet or army, a service which
can be rendered without danger to the
balloon and with vastly better results than
can be obtained by any system or spies.
Az the small balloons Will be held captive
nv cables reel out from below. maps
and photographs OF the enemy's territory
can be sent down TO the commanding Of
ncer by letting them run down the cable
as boys send travellers along their
Kite strings. At the height Of mile the
aeronaut. with powerful glasses could
scour the surrounding country. hills per-
hitting for radius Of eighty miles. ana
exact photographs Of the hostile camp,
Of the forts. the enemys forces, In
word OF the exact situation. can be taken
and every detail reproduced with unerrlng
fidelity. -,
II is not alone on shore that the mill
tary balloon has been found Naluable.
Frequent. and successful. experiments
have been made On board the freRch
men. of-war to utilize the balloon IN naval
warfare As may be imagined the ma
noeuvering of captive balloon IS much
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18

10, ms will surely carry dynamite bombs
sanguIneJ nv war as the waves and the
plains have been" The military Dali
looms Will surely carr uy ni W paiuV ',
shower down upon the buildings and peo-
pie lying helpless three or it vi miles De
meath. They will be fitted win power
ful search lights so t nat m,sh, a'.achs
sands OF ways they VIII De utliized eltn-
er directly or indirectly In the destruction
Of human life. and the horrors OF war
viii be augmented by the hopelessness
or trying to guard against 'he ATTACKS
OF an aerial enemy.
II Is much pleasanter TO think OF the
assistance the balloon may De IN tne
field OF astronomical ana METEOROLOGICAL
discovery and investigation. IN France
IT is already not uncommon Tor astron-
omers 10 use balloons when thick CLOUDS
obstruct the view, making IL Impossible
TO take important observations. On one
occasion Camille Flammarloh rose 70
height OF $500 Yards. taking small tele-
scope with him to observe an eclipse
from above the clouds. Who knows what
the balloon may enapie scientists 10
discover in the subject or meteroiogy! by
its means the secret OF the physical con-
struction of the upper atmosphere may
be disclosed The variation OF the pres.
sure, its temperature inc iormatlon Oh
storms, hurricanes, electricity, the mys-
teries of the solar ranlasloh Ilsy I've
golfers invention, as some OF the secrets
of organic life have been dlsclosed under
the microscope. Perhaps the North Pole
may be reached in a balloon. The ques-
ton has been mooted' and may be lar car,
ried out I'm the near future. A balloon
with a cubic contents Of 5000 feet and
capable of lifting twenty tons, furnished
with a number of smaller balloons con
tanning reserve supply oI ny t oser,,
would certainly seem 10 give every
promise Of success. The balloon would
carry five men with baggage, provisions
for eighty davs. a number OF EsquimauN
dogs several boas and glom is spitzb siffs
where the trim will begin. the air cur
rents which blow steadily .h from the the
South will carry them across the AT Doio
in a flight of about four days duratI ,,,
Thus Of asss,nSS a IL 9e'{ msy n be
,ha means ~ the discovery of a new con-
tinent proving once more }Sn IL th1 rs u tfe
glory OF a scientific invention Is i'S u'''
ity 10 mankind. Avn ,,o1,1,r,ryr,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18

mense. Every precaution was taken 10
guard against danger from FIRE. The FUR
mace was enclosed I'm a specially construct.
cd case and the chimney was conducied
downward through the floor OF the cage
The experiment was crowned with success,
although no attempt was made TO peat
against the wind. The strength OF the
machine" said Giffard. was not great
enough 20 warrant me In trying; indeed
| never thought Of the matter IN that
connection. All that ] wished 10 do. was
10 perform several manocuvres in swerv-
ine, to the right and TO the left just as
inclination prompted me.
The next important step in the same
direction was taken when Captain Re
nard and Captain Krebs made their Ia
nous ascent i'm La France on August
under the direction OF the two officers,
IN the workshops attached 10 the mill
tary establishment AT Chalais-Mendon,
and for some considerable time man
ocuvred with the utmost dOCility In full
view OF thousands Of people who cheered
the Venturesome acrOnauts enthusiast
Cally. In his account OF this trial trip,
Captain Renard says AS soon as we
had attained an attitude n little superior
20 the wooded plateaus OF the Chalas
valley. We started the screw and had
the satisfaction OF seeing the balloon
obey Immediately. and reply in the most
satisfactory manner to the deviations
from a straight course indicated by the
rudder. We felt that we were absolutely
masters Of the vessel. and that We could
steer a course In the air as easily and as
aSsurcdlN as a steam vessel can be direct
cd upon water The voyagers proceeded
as far IS Nillacoublay, about two miles
from Chalais. There they turned of
In the direction Of Pctit-Bicetre, from
whence they returned 10 their starting
point This journey, equal 10 a distance
OF five miles. was accomplished in about
twenty minutes, or al a speed or about
fifteen miles an hour ard the descent
always a critical point, was made with
the greatest facility. Six times was this
experiment repeated. always with the
same success; upon one occasion the
journey being made dead against the
wind.
The motor i'm this case was an cleo
trio dynamo Of nine horse power weigh
Ing only 20 pounds. This latter cOndi-
tiOn was really a drawback, as every
thing was sacrificed to obtain lightnes6
with the consequence that it was impos-
sible TO carry along sufficient fuel for a
heightened journey without overweight
ing the balloon. The length Of the bal
loon was about hfty-hve Yards and con-
tanned something Ike G,l0o cubic feet Of
gas. Inside the balloon there was con-
tanned a smaller balloon I'm which. by
means Of Il little pump the air could
be compressed or Tarihed The impor-
lance of this discovery due TO Mont
golfer. cannot be ovcrcstimated. BY it's
means the ascenaional force Of the bal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
One nnndred Drinks Per Yenr.

Americans are accounted n fairly sober
people In the hurlyburly OF nations, but
The figures Of the Internal Revenue Com
missioner for the last year are enough
without drop of whlskey or beer, says
the Atlanta Constitution. We distilled
last year S7346. 81 gallons Of liquor. not
including t3o 353 gallons OF brandy, max
inc in an SN1ITINl gallons OF alcoholic
shirts Expert bartenders estimate six
tY-three drinks 10 the gallon. Therefore
t1are were 56Ji. 2,hNl drinks produced
I'm this country. A conservative estimate
If how much was imbibed across count
ors - about 37UUpOuD gullous OF whiskey.
S-o,d, and other distilled spirits or i'm
otSar words we drank 5000 40 900 glasses
- u,biskav. for which We paid over the
~ SGr 5000 or 100000 more than
ali the annual appropriations Of Congress
combined. n co-s,,,,,.,.t 80,
-, al Whiskey each year for every
Eia i,, a,oman and child between me rock
nan, farid,. and the StoUm-tossed At
p io.t ar counting only the male adults
a. a. ,I,asses per week each. or beer the
s,,,,rIS are equally astounding The con-
10 10 Zion was ~ ,a62N~i barrels; that is
tro s,n glasses, representing the eX-
l. >, ,;.',~, Tor this mode OF Teutonic hi
leHui'"'t SGl7 IS. 100, or about 10 cents
ttIlty - inhabitant. In the neighborhood
LOT -, 20, Ii,sses are charged up in this cal
Oh - - against each OF us as our annual
GU Idtio,ce Therefore, If we do not aver
aIoMa daily glass We may be sure that
ase aiehbors are getting the benefit of
our ihsfinence BY estimating this year 8
our al revenue receipts from spirits on
inter ''sis of last years product. with the
the paad tax OF $40 per gallon the
III. III revenue receipts will be sg7 ga
~ ~ chicago Herald.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
Wood Engraving 10 Die.

II T. Sylvester, the talented engraNeI'
become a restaurant proprietor Oh MI III
street! ., o,,,s ,.o,, o,.er
o~iye mn ,,our art for mere money-Set-
ting enterprise ! asked; A., or.
ooh. IL wasn't my giving UP the arr
so much es the art giving up m me :. rni
everybody else in that profession, re-
piled my genial host with langht'
'.IVood engraving, like steel engraving
is destined to become a lost art. L Iedl-
lied that fact some years aSo Wheli
mechanical processes began 10 display my
work 4 ;irst-class eIEr' Yer IN past
years earned $3.50 to $500 year. Inc
price paid fimply for the 'rcraV1ng was
from 81 TO 81 per square men. .,.,.
How do | compare half tone win a
wood engraving? Well, Of course, the
direct product Of brain and hand is SUI
p,rior to mechanical process. The halt
tone only tells Obscurely how a thlnS
looks; ii gives no Color as me term - -
used i'm engraving, nor any texture II
does not allow the direct IMPACT or Inc
mind of the artist upon the mind OF the
observer that makes the charm OF arr
and il is really only the chrome OF black
"rhe half tone. too. will doubtless be
superseded by something better. The
photogravure is really preferable, but Is
What has become OF all the wood en-
gravers who have thus lest their Yoca-
ton" | asked.
Well" answered Mr.. Sylvester many
have taken up drawing, or pen-and-lnk
work. as have George Moulton and Nc
Keen; sCme, like Bartle, have turned
painters; others, like Tenney and Philip
Brown, are working on half tones Cos
son is decorating a house for a wealthy
man in the suburbs; Kingsley and
Cleaves are making artist proofs for a
limited number of special buyers; Cole
has been abroad for series OF years
engraving the works Of old masters, a
special arrangement but / don't know
how mucn longer the arrangement Is 10
last. Negro OF New York concluded
Mr. Sylvester, with a Taught, lis the only
one who. like me, has gone into the
restaurant business. lie was establish
ed on Seventeenth street at last ac-
counts
Many eugravers have no work and
nothing to DO, but there IS still oppor-
tuality for making cuts for advertise
meids, the details Of which can only be
brought out by hand This. Of course,
is a great fall from artistic work, but
they rave to take anything they can get
From the Boston Daily Advertiser.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
UP IN A BIG BALLOON.
AIR SHIPS WHICH MAY REVOLUTION
IZE WARFARE.
Tive Miles the Limit to Mans fliEht-fats
ofThree Unfortunate Whs Tried
Flying Higher

Copyright. 1884. for Inc li'pe0C
Visitors 10 Paris who have not been
content TO follow the beaten track OF
sightseeing may have noticed on the
western side Of the Champ de Mars
a row OF odd looking sheds. There Is
nothing attractive about the appearance
OF these sheds. They might be the
stables of a strcct-car company. or the
covering Of a ropc-walk. or series OF
abandoned brewcrics. There are no
signs Of horses, however. the sheds '1i.
not large enough TO form rope ""'N,
and, instead OF the scent OF hop0 an"
malt characteristic OF q "''"''
there is always an unpleasant oa9I 81
gas and vanish haHsihe " louY' , We
place. ON certain days ln the week nus
brown sphcrcs show themselves ahoNe
the aplisadc and surge 10 ana ITO d"
though they wore The backs oil duEig
mamo,hs. u The visitor lis OF an lhluiSl-
tive turn Of mind he Will learn upon
INQUIRY that this IS the home OF Inc
military bJlloon-thc place in an me
world whore the best balloons Tor the
purposes of war operations are construct
rd. The establishment belongs to VI.
Yon. civil engineer who has won inter
national frame bv his success IN the
manufacture OF THIS species OF military
continent From his workshop on the
Cbamp de Mars almost every modern
DaftOn-With the sole exception of Ger
ranv-hds been provided with greater
OF less number OF army balloons Even
conservative China has decided 10 add
a balloon corps 10 her military forces
while Russia. Italy. Spain. and Portugal
have long been vieing with each other
To- get their balloon service completed at
the earliest possible moment The ON
ployes iu NJ Nons establishment are
kept working at high pressure trying to
supply This great demand. But in spite
OF every effort. months probably even
years will elaIsc before many Of the
orders can he executed by that time
Europe may be in the throcs Of war.
These facts demonstrate three things
FIRST. that the military powers Of the
world have fully realized tho importance
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18

10 pieces Beaver and Cheyiot especially
adapted for Capes.
The above cut shows a Coat that We
sell IN all the newest materials az 81 3s-
FrOck Back as well Fun Back
Added 20 our desire 10 reduce stock. we
are enabled by a chance purchase OF
Eight Hundred Goats TO offer you untold
values
Chinchlla Coats frock back. g inches
long. Black and Navy Blue-real value
$3.50 Reduction price. SO
Navy Blue and Black Extra Long Coats,
nicely finished ANY style back)--real value
50 Reduction price. -
oxford Gray Coats amy style backl-
real value IS Reduction price. Si63
Black and Navy Blue kersey Coats
!nrst quality, q inches long-real value
SIG Reduction price. s..
covert Cloth Coats. tailor made, %
inches long value SEQ
Reduction price, $50.
Covert Cloth Coats. tailor mads-real
value 40 Reduction price y5.ss.
English Mixture Cloth. similar 20 Covert
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Misses Finest Covert Cloth Coats. vel
vet piping Reduction price s.
Reduction price, $3.50.
Infants Eiderdown Cloaks and Chill
dren's Gretchen Coats at reduction prices.
DIRE - GOOD
Our Dress Goods Department is simply
doing the business OF the city.
40 pieces ATWOOD Robe Cloth. In all
colors- Reduction price, ljc yard
$50 pieces Double Width Dress Goods. in
all colOrs. solid plaids. figures. stripes,
sold at -. % 25c-Reduction price. IL l-2c
I pieces Covert Cloth Imported, never
sold for less than Sl.75-
Reduction price. 81 yard.
10 pieces English Covert Cloth--reai
value Soc Reduction price. zoe.
u pieces Bourette Check In Navy
Blue, Green Brown. Red
Reduction price, 5sc. yard.
46-inch AlI-WOol Black Serge. the sc.
quality Reduction price. SOC.
Extraordinary values in our SILK De-
partment.
pieces 25c quality White Apron Mus
lin Reduction price. IL l-2c. yard.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
Nit ne Gold.

For every bar which is IN the vaults
of the Mint at Philadelphia, there Is a re-
cord on the books of the superintendent.
That record shows the weight and me
ness Of the bar. Many Of the bars on
storage We're bought in 1880, when the
Sherman law went into effect They have
remained untouched from the time when
the stamp OF the asSayer was put on
them. Now they will be taken out and
melted with copper To form an alloy
says a correspondent OF the Houston
Post"
The exact proportion Of silver to cop
per should be nine 10 one. but In melt
ing a little less than the measure Of cop
per is used 50 that ~ adding copper later
in small quantities the alloy can be made
as nearly as possible OF the exact stand
ard. Ii is easier TO work the alloy down
hy adding copper than II Is to work II up
by adding silver.
The copper and me bar silver are put
In the cruCibe together. The crucible
used for melting silver is Of handwrought
iron. These pots cost SO each. Each
o. them will hold about Loo ounces at a
time. Each pot is good for 80 melts. 1t
Will cost the Mint about $3.50 for crucbles
10 melt the 42eo0D ounces of silver.
Gold IS melted in a black lead pot,
which costs about One-tenth as much as
the iron pot. bat one black lead pot is
good for only about thirteen melts
No silver passes through the iron cru
chile. A little Is absorbed by il and this
is recovered when me cruclble Ii melted
alter II has seen the last OF IT.; useful
ness. Nothing that could yield any Of
the waste silver is allowed to D. away
from the Mint without en- emical treat
ment to extract the precipus metal. The
melting pots. the slaes, the ashes from
the furnaces. and even the outside pi X
ings from the black Innings OF ,he fur
na6es are ground ana slfred TO obtain
metallic grains. and these grains are re-
fined
NJ rosi1ua from the siavas is NM in
10 p sweep machine, which eXtrarts The
smaller particles And the very minute
particles Of metal pass in the water Of
the sweep machine 70 settling watts and
very long intervals and they always
,.,n.I n littin odd and sllNnr
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18

TO the awful suffering and NJ. Tissandier
was lying inanlmate. and TO all appear
ance iifeless in the bottom of the basket
with blood pouring from his mouth, nose
and ears When at last he was restored
10 consciousness ii was found that the
drums of his ears were broken ana ne
has remained stone deaf ever since.
The study and experimenting In regard
10 military balloons has thus resulted
in devs lop!bg them to a point or perieG,I,
ton which makes them power that VIII
have TO be seriously taken into account
In the next war. Strange battles may
even be fought In the air by hostile bal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
Victory

for ss the siyS With Sn shrsR2 a Sound
- drum beats fast, and, far away,
nawakens Joy profound.
r,rom dawn until the setting sun
We battled, and our foes have lost;
n heart, my heart, the day Is won,-
Rreak thou and pay the cost!
Florence Earle Coates, In December Lip
nincotts.