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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-22
A VISIT TO oLADsroNE.
Ex Postmaster General James Talh
With Him.

/ WlbH hlnU.
NEw YoRR. Oct. 22--Ex- -Postmasta,
General Thomas James, who has ius
returned from Europe, gives the pres
the following statement Of his visit I,
Gladstone:
II never had met Gladstone and
was very anxious 10 have that pleasure
He ls man for whom 1 have Vrea,
admiration aud 1 was naturally curl.
ous to see him and hear him talk. No
l was not disappointed In him. He
was very much the sort Of man that I
had conceived him to be, and he shows
no signs OF mental or physical decay.
1.-THE tories think that he Ia going out
without making any sign, they are
mistaken. Gladstone is remarkable
vigorous man now. In bis recent
oration at Chester he spoke for e5
minutes and the latter part Of his dis
course was as full Of fire as the first,
de has a remarkable voice for q pub
lie speaker. 1t is something like that
Of Joseph Choate, just as clear, but
stronger.
"During the course of our converse
ton Mr., Gladstone affirmed again his
sentiments on the Armenian question,
aud said In effect that the civilized
world would not let the outrages cor
tiuue or go on without reparatlon ard
that the atrocities must stop. Mr..
is most fascinating man in
and 10 ever ready with q
reply. Some one present remarked
that England had secured free trade
and projection.
"'I want you 10 take this message
To the Americans for me- said Mr..
Gladstone. Il want you to tell them
that when the United States OF Amer
lea adopts free trade she will be the
greatest commercial power on the globe
Al d che won't hurt England, either.
" hen the United States adopts free
trade she will have so to GO per cent of
The carrying trade OF the world and
England will haye % per cent more
than she has today
The conversation was turned on races
and Mr.. Gladstone remarked that, as a |
rue, the Euglish were not good speak
,rs. He couiended that their difficulty
wss very poor enuuciation. 'Amer.
cans, he said, 'haYs an excellent
The Irish Is nation Of
born olators. What possibilities lie be.
'ore nation like that when they have
heir rights, Justice cannot long be
delayed. 1t ia coming and II will come
speedily, II they will only stop quarre.-
ng among themselves.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-22
Snow In New York.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Oct, 22.-Yester-
day and last night snow fell briskly in
Northern asd Western New York and
q 25-mils gale prevailed at many
points. AT bonneville, In oswegc
county, the storm ragged from 10 O'Clock
Saturday night until 8 o'clock Sunday
morning. There are 20 inches of snow
on a level between Housewife and
oswego. sleighs and teams have
broken through the drifts with difii'
Guilty. Watertewn and POrtageville
Osweeo and many other places reported
from two TO ten inches OF enow. Al
Pulaski in Oswego county, seventeen
inches fell and q heavy thunder storm
accompanied the storm.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-22
women ana Actors.

Capoul, the French tenor, was the re-
cipient of volumes of letters from lady
admirers both here and in Paris. On the
English stage. besides Mr.. Irving, Mr..
Alexander, Mr.. Hare and Mr.. Bancroft
have been overwhelmed with goodly
number. But am told by one who
knows that no actor living over received
such number of admiring epistles from
the fairer sex as the late John Clayton.
Among actresses Mrs. Bancroft has
perhaps been treated TO the lindliest at
tentions. Mrs. John Wood, too, on the
firss or last nightof her play had always
her dressing room converted into a per-
feet bower Of flowers, and little gifts OF
jewelry literally poured in upon her.
There was enc bangle with the inscrip-
tion "Bless your art" Whether 1t was
Mrs. Woods heart or art that was blessed
remains q riddle to this day.-London
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-22

There are l77765 miles Of railroad In
the United States.
There are 66,S95, $50 rails used to
cover this ground.
There are 533, ,265, 900 tieslused to bind
these rails together, but no such
amount, however, Is required to bind
the hearts OF the travelling public to th.
fact that the Wisconsin Central lines
furnish superior facilities on all their
trains between st. Paul and Chicago
which form close connections with all
lines tO the east and south.
Maize note OF It..
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-22

URsATIsFACToRILY.--In the foot
race Saturday afternoon Harry Metcalf
defeated Riley Cook by less than foot
after scoring about an hour. IL was q
square contest. 10 the race bstween
Ellsworth Cameron and Geo. GiveDs
the latter won. Those who saw the
contest freely expressed their opinion
that it was ''chuck" affair, and the
stake eholders refused 70 give up the
money. The uncertainty Of foot racing
Is shown In this contest. Cameron had
beaten Trlne, Trine Ray, Ray Glvensr
and now Givens defeated cameron.-
Albany Democrat.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-22
Make yourself Strong

III YOU would resist pneumonia,
bronchitis, typhoid fever and persistent
cou0hs and colds. These Ills attacs
lhe weak aud run down system, Tney
can fipd no foothold where the bioo Is
pure, rich ana full OF yitaiallty, thv ~
petite good and digestion vlgoIus' VIZ wv
Hood's Sarsaparill4, the one true oioou
purifier.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-22
Castoria.

"castoria Is soweiI adapted to children that
Irecommend Il as superior to any prescription
known to me-" fH
H. A. ARcHRR, NJ. d.
III So Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. y.
"our physicians In the cblidreu's depart
fnens have spoken highly Of their expert
enee In their outside practice with castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what Is known as regniar
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits Of castoria has won ne 10 iook with
favor upon H."
UNrrKD HOSPITAL AND D1arEnsARv,
ALLEN c. smrH. Rn.
urray Street. new yo,p cuv
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-22
Ins nfnsn.
loo nfnah.
He was go,ne down the street with =

He was go,ng down the street with \
totteriny ga': and wild eye A chiropo
dists advert seineAt caught his glance,
"Yes." he mutiered YEARLY, "thats
Just It. That's the difference between
us"
"Whnt isT asked tho policeman.
"We feesthe heat
"Yes.r
awhile they heal"---
he gasped and sank TO the pave, and
the policeman went and rang for the
ambulance. - Washington Star.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-22

Hood's pills core liver ills, eonstlpa-
ton, biliousness, iaundice, sick head
ache.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-22

"castoria Is the best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. hope the day Is not
far distant when mothers will consider the
real interest of their children, and use castoria
instead Of the various quack nostrums which
are destroying their loved ones, by forcing
opium. morphine soothing syrup and other
hurtful agents down their threats, thereby
sending them to premature graves"
DR.. J. r. KiNcHELoR,
Conway, Ark.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-22

When Baby was sic.., we gave ..,r Catora.
When she was Child, she cried for Casorla.
When she became Miss, she chung TO casioha.
When che had Children che gave them castoriA.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-10-22
Castoria.

"castoria Is an excellent medicine fof chill
uren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of lie
good effect upon their children"
DR.. g. c. osaoop,
n...nlI Aann.
The herald., 1895-12-22
n Those Days Drinking Was the Order of the Day
and Many of the CIergymen Joined in
the Drinking Bouts
Ont Maze Nons Whkn Peggins CusesA
Cider, Cognac
Favored With Fruit and SpicesDrnk
ing a Muzze.

They also had beverage called "Ufse
Dutch" 1t was Dutch beer of con-
siderable power and those who sue
cumbed to it we're, in the polite Ian
guage of the times, said to have drank
like pigs. A similar drink was called
"Ufse-Freese," and originated in Fries
land. Others were "Rowsa," of Danish
origin; stoop. of Rhenish origin;
Pimlico, Mumgroats, fogs and foot ale.
AS companion to the wide variety
of Christmas beverages there was a
general diversity of expression to draw
upon when it became necessary to tell
how very drunk certain gentleman
was.
He was picturesquely described as
being either foXt, famed. flustered,
suttle cupshot, cut in the leg, cut in
the back, seen the French king, swal-
lowed hare, swallowed q tavern to-
ken, Whit the cat, been at the scriven-
ers, learned to make indentures, bit
his grannane, bit by barne vessel.
Were these expressions reappropria-
ted today they would certainly vary
the monotony of police court life,
The herald., 1895-12-22
A GOATS RAILWAY LUNCH

Six years ago the baggage depart
ment of the Northern Pacific road
| issued an order that no goats should
be transported in baggage cars. A Pc
culiar incident brought about the gen.
eral order. A goat had been placed in
baggage car that was bound for the
Pacific coast. During the trip the ami
NAL had eaten the leather straps that
held the brass checks to the trunks.
When Portland was reached the checks
we're all on the floor of the car, and
there was no way of Identifying the
trunks. It took nearly three months
to straignten out the tangle and the
general order was issued.
The rule has never been disobeyed
until the last few weeks. @. E. Stone,
city ticket agent of the Northern Pa
cific ticket Office in st. Paul, generally
makes contracts with travelling shows
that pass over the road. He had an
Uncle Toms Cabin company recently,
wi, b bloodhounds and q donkey, that
was booked in towns along the road.
Among the properties of the show was
small wagon in which were seated
two goats that we're used to give a
to Little Eva" Contrary to orders,
hSOab 0bOaO tOOh thO 8S6to hba
them put in a baggage car with the
bloodhounds and the donkey. In
the same car were two bicycles be-
longing to man and his wife. Dur
ing the night the goats dined on veri-
table wind-pudding, for they ate up
the pneumatic tires of the bicycles and
chewed up the cork handles of the
bicycles for desert. The owners of
the bicycles filed claim with the COM
pany. The claim was referred to the
baggage department. When it reached
Agent Stone there was a copy Of the
prohibitory order attached to it, with
instructions that the one who was res
ponsible for the violation of the rules
should pay the claim Of $50. Agent
Stone will "dig up" a portion Of his
monthly stipend to settle with the
acknowledgements Times.
The herald., 1895-12-22
RECOVERED HIS TEETH

Carp are so plentiful in the Delaware
river that all the shore fisheries along
the river have brought out their boats
and shad nets and have started to cap
ture the fish, for which, until recently,
there was hardly any market. Now the
fisheries are shipping large quantities
to this city and New York, where fair
prices are had. A large carp, weighing
over fifty pounds, which was re-
Gently caught near Bristol, when
cut open was found to have
swallowed, among other less in
teresting things, set of false teeth
These teeth we're restored to John Har
shaw of Bristol, who claimed them as
his property. Several weeks ago Har-
shaw, with several companions, was
fishing in the river in an open boat,
when he was seized with a violent fit
Of coughing. In the midst of his
coughing fit the unfortunate anglers
teeth slipped their moorings and went
to the bottom of the river. Mr.. Har-
shaw went home and at once had the
measure taken for new set of molars.
When the big carp was captured with
the missing teeth inside him, however,
the order for the new set was counter
manded, and Mr.. Harshaw used the old
teeth to eat portion of the very carp
that had swallowed them.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The herald., 1895-12-22

drinking for muzzle." 1t took six
to play. The first drank one cup OF
ale, the second two, the third three,
the fourth four, the fifth five and the
sixth six. They ut once began again
The first drank six, the second five,
the third four, the fourth three, the
fifth two and the sixth one. The third
round began like the first, the first
man drank one and the sixth man six.
The point of the game was to make six
rounds, when each would have drank
twenty-one glasses.
Sometimes the game did not end at
the sixth round, particularly when six
gentlemen pitted themselves against
six other gentlemen. Big sums of
money vera won and lost on these
bouts and the favored spectators
watched the progress of the tankard
with feverish excitement.
In Oxford college students used to
go through regular course OF train
ing for the Christmastide drinking
bout. A team made up of the best of
the college tiplers would be pitted
against similar team composed of
townsmen. This was called town against
college and large sums were wagered
upon the result.
The herald., 1895-12-22

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The herald., 1895-12-22
Albums, Manicure Sets, Toilet
Sets, Smoking Sets.
than any other house In Los Angeles.
Cloth and Fur Canes.

Prices cut almost in two.
French Coney Capes, sold O. IN
all over at $1,000, sDOsOU
sweep, $40; OIO.WD
Unplucked seal Capes, 1870 sweep, Martin
s .s'1'; sold all over at $1,000
lOW
5 t:4;: ! si:sy s 5ia:;F .sa s9 $3.50
Ladies' black beaver double O. IN
Cape, trimmed with braid, ID. OIL
regular value $500; now
The herald., 1895-12-22
A GOOSE FOUR-IN-HAND

Jack Harper WAS an odd man. He
came to Ohio Falls from Newcastle,
England, and was employed by the j.,
M. and I. Railroad company in its
shops. which were at that time located
in this city; good mechanic and fond
of fun. 1t was in the summer of 1870,
and there WAS to be a grand Fourth of
July celebration at Old Camp 10 Holt,
in which not only the shop men, but
hundreds Of others, were to take part.
The managers of the affair were very
anxious to make it grand success, and
for that purpose racked their brains
for novelties, but when Jack Harper
proposed to tame team of geese and
attach them to washtub, in which he
proposed to sail down over the rapids
of the Ohio and land just below the
picnic ground, they we're paralyzed,
The herald., 1895-12-22

Some folks are inclined to grumble
and complain because Christmas is not
celebrated these days in the way our
great-great grandfathers and their
grandfathers celebrated it. But, il
these grumblers took the trouble to
hunt through the old books which tell
about the Christmas times of long ago
they would probably be very we'll sat
isf1ed with the existing conditions of
affairs.
In England during the times of
Queen Elizabeth and Charles III. there
was mighty little religion or Christian
ity shown in the Christmas festivities.
Every one celebrated the great day, but
the principal aim of most OF the men
was to get as drunk as possible. There
are many degrees of intoxication, and
from all accounts the gentlemen of
those days established records which
have never been approached since.
Some of the clergy fought the Gus
The herald., 1895-12-22

especially when he insisted that it
could easily be done, and to prove mis-
ASSERTION began forthwith to train his
proposed team of four geese.
Many of the persons who took inter-
est one way or another in the picnic
are still alive, and some of them reside
at indianapolis. These will remember
that Harper began to train his odd
team Oh the quiet waters of the Ohio
above the falls. He put queer, three
cornered yokes upon the necks of the
birds, and by means of these attached
them to his frail craft. He guided
them by means Of reins attached to
their bills, and long, straight switch
1t took him nearly three months, and
much patience, before he got his birds
in trim, but the geese showed them.
selves much more intelligent and teach
able than they generally get credit for;
and the people of Jeffersonville had
the satisfaction Of knowing that in
their city was the only four-goose team
III the world.
Long before the Fourth of July the
queer outfit was the talk OF the three
falls cities, and when the great day ar
rive there was concourse of thous-
ands at the picnic grounds, waiting to
sec the novel Lohengrin descend the
river. 1t was near noon when he
launched his unwieldly bark from the
Indiana shore at the government dam
and began his descent, the geese swim
ming proudly ahead and drawing the
teetery vessel in which Harper was
balancing himself. The falls of the
Ohio are not safe for good we'll
manned boat, unless the crew under
stands the currents and knows the
rocks, so it can be better imagined
than told what risk Harper ran in his
washtub. But he bravely went on,
keeping his geese, WHO swerved occa-
sionally from the channel, in the way
they should go by means of his switch.
He managed his team admirably in
spite of his uncomfortable and delicate
position in the tub, and the crowd
cheered him as he safely passed one
danger point after another, but as he
swung around the bend to the deep
and swift waters of the big eddy, the
wind arose to almost gale, and water
began to dash over him and into his
tub, and, to make matters worse, the
The herald., 1895-12-22
A CHRISTMAS DRINKING BOUT

which ls largely composed of reitera-
ton of drunk and d;sorderly." If
some policeman, when he arraigned his
prisoner at the bar, exclaimed to the
justice, when asked for the charge
"Snttle, cupshot, your honor" or
"whipt the cat, your honor" the cul-
prit at least would enjoy the emotion
of establishment. It would also afford
pleasing relaxation to the headline
writer's on newspapers, Who nightly
tackle the problem of creating some
thing new for drunk and disorderIy
case.
During these Christmas celebrations
no one was permitted to shirk the
bowl, and various artfui measures were
adopted to guarantee that each man in
a party should imbioe his full share.
Two gallants who started out one
Christmas morning in the reign Of
Queen Bess TO celebrate the day in be-
lifting style made mutual pledge that
IN event of one leaving any "heel-taps'
in his glass the other would enjoy the
privilege of dashing the dregs III mis-
face.
But history informs us that the two
gentlemen were so scrupulous in OBJ
serving the custom of the day that the
integrity Of the shirt bosom Of neither
suffered during the long day.
Another custom, to guard against
any trickery on the part of any Nom
Der of drinking party, was reguia-
ton which provided that at the end of
each round all the gentlemen we're to
tip their glasses bottom upward with
the rim of the glass resting on the
thumbnail. The nail Of each WAS then
examined by the most sober mem Der
and if more than drop of liquor were
found. the culprit had to pay heavy
fine.
A more exciting method was to stick
pin in the bottom of wooden cup.
The cup was then filled with liquor and
each man had to drink exactly enough
to leave the head of the pin and the re-
naming liquor on precisely even terms.
If he drank too much, or too little, the
cup was refilled and he had to try
again. 1t is needless to say that a ma
jority succumbed without accomplish
ing the difficult task.
During the reign of Charles II. a
drinking Christmas game much in
vogue among the nobility was called
The herald., 1895-12-22

tom vigorously, but to little effect, for
the reason that the good men we're
sadly handicapped by fellow-ecclesias-
tics, who joined the drinking bouts
with as much fervor as the most degen-
crate layman. In fact, several of the
most potent beverages of the time were
named after church dignitaries, nota-
bly, the bishop" cardinal" pope
and "lawn sleeves"
Considerable art was displayed by
the men of that period in connecting
drinks of wonderful power. The
famed "Stone Fence" of Jersey, or the
weird "tanglefoot" of the Georgia
moonshiner are harmless playthings
compared with Queen Bess's time. A
mixture Of wine, ale. cider, cognac
fruit and spice fiavors was q common
drink. Anyone familiar with the
effects of mingled liquors can easily
imagine what q drink of this kind
meant
The above liquors we're used to make
the Christmas "Wassail" Regarding
the origin OF this word, now almost OBJ
solete, Verstegan says:
"Hengistus having invited King
Vortiger to q supper shee (Rowena)
came into the kings presence with a
cup of gold, filled with wine, in her
hand, and makinga low reverence unto
the king, sayd: 'Waes heal Halford
Cyning,' which is, being rightfully ex-
pounded according to our present
speech, BE of health, lord king"
These gentlemen drank out of glasses
or cups called mazes, noggins, whis-
kins, piggins, cruises, bowls and tank
ards, ell OF prodigious size compared
with the small glasses used today.
They imported their Christmas drinks
from far and near and also the habit of
drinking at Christmastide, for it is
claimed that the boisterous festivities
originated with the Scandinavian and
Teutonic tribes. 1t is on record that
one brave Teuton gave his guests at
Christmas time bacon to eat and beer
and mead from the udder of goat.
This mead was a very sweet liquor,
thick and heavy like the wine of the
ancient Greeks, and astonishing as an
intoxicant.
England also had its mead. but it
was comparatively harmless, being
very much like the porter OF today,
The herald., 1895-12-22
Hosiery Department

Chi!dren's fine ribbed Hose, Hermsdorf
black, size to I-2, double ~
knee and toe, white feet, CSC ZHC
value; now OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Ladies' black Hermsdorf dive, II
spliced heel and toe, 25c value; OC
s 3;s@is. Coz s' Value: cashmere hose 4Oc
Sf s: 2 : f.; rs: ;,. aaa Hs: Csc
The herald., 1895-12-22

geese became unruly and would not
obey his guidance.
He must have been a cool-headed
man not to have lost his head, but he
did not, and with great effort and
much coaxing and whipping, he man.
aged to turn his refractory team into
shore, and reached land safely amid
the huzZahs of the crowd. He was
completely drenched and worn out.
Since then no one has attempted to de-
scend the falls of the Ohio in tub
drawn by team of geese.-Indianapo-
lis News.
The herald., 1895-12-22

Of 165 books published in one week
of October, only 40 were taken into the
stock of the largest and best known
bookstore in New York-the remaining
number not being deemed worth hav-
ing. And yet all of these books, or the
most of them at least, go some where
are 'worked off" in some of the ways
known to the trade. There are too
many books published for the COM
munity's good, just as there are too
many published for the lasting good of
the trade itself.
The herald., 1895-12-22
fIaskS for Travelling

One often needs the contents of sew
eral small bottles on jot ruey, but
the packing them, 80 that they will not
break nor leak, is nuisance. An old
glove with finger tightly stretched
over the cork will help one out.