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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-09-26
TERRITORIES.

We favor the admission of the ter
ritories of New Mexico, Arizona and
Oklahoma into the United States
and we favor the early admission of
all the territories haYing the neces.
sary population and resources to en-
title them to statehood, and while
they remain territories, we hold that
the officials appointed. to administer
the government OF any territory to-
gether with the District of Columbia
and Alaska, should be bona fide resi-
dents of the territory or district in
which the duties are to be performed.
The Democratic party believes in
home rule and that all public lands
OF the United States should be appro-
priated to the establishment OF free
homes for American citizens. We
recommend that the territory OF
Alaska be granted a delegate in con-
gress, and that the general land and
timber laws OF the United States be
extended to said territory.
MONROE DOCTRINE.
The Monroe doctrine Is originally
declared and as interp reted by succeed
Ing presidents, is permanent part OF
the foreign policy of the United
States, and must at all times be main
tanned
We extend our sympathy to the
people OF Cuba In their heroic strug.
gle for liberty and independence.
THIRD TERM.
We are opposed TO life tenure In the
public service. We favor appoint
ments based upon merit, fixed term OF
office, and sach an administration OF
the civil service laws as will afford
equal opportunities TO all citizens OF
ascertained fitness. We declare IL 10
be the unwrltten law OF this republic,
established by custom and usage OF
one hundred years and sanctioned by
the examples OF the greatest and
wlsest OF those who founded and have
maintained our government, that no
man should be eligible for a third
term In the presidential ONCE.
WATERWAYS.
The federal government should care
for and improve the Mississippi river
and other great waterways or the re-
public, so as to secure for the interior
states easy and cheap transportation
70 tidewateT. When any waterway OF
the republic Is OF sufficient import
ahCc W ucmduu dlu vi J1c kofcih-
ment suck aid should be extended up
on a definite plan OF continuous work
until permanent improvement Is
secured.
COnfldlng In the justice Of our cause
and the necessity OF It's success at the
polls, we submit the foregoing declar-
atlons OF principles and purposes 10
the considerable Judgment OF the
American people. We invite the sup
port OF all citizens who approve them
and who desire TO have them made
effective through legislation for the
relief Of the people and the restoration
OF the country's prosperity.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-09-26

Recognizing the just claims of de-
serving union soldiers we heartily en-
dOrse the rule of the present commits
sioner of pensions that no names shall
be arbitrarily dropped from the pen
sion roll; and the fact of enlistment
and service shonld be deemed con-
elusive evidence against disease and
disability before enlistment.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-09-26

ors. We approve of the refusal of the
Pacific railroad funding bill, and de-
nounce the efforts of the present Re-
publican congress to enact a similar
measure.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-09-26
POPULAR CONTRIBUTIONS

" aIIu OdIIlpalBn
Fund.
The subscriptions are coming in
slowly, but as they are purely volun-
tary they show that there are still
men in this hotbed of Rapublicanism
and Observation-Disclosures oflicialism who
dare contribute to the cause of the
DeODlt-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-09-26

Inc campaign now Degun Will laSU
SIX weeks and will result in Oregon
casting her vote for Bryan or Nc
Kinley. The money will be turned
over to the treasurer of the Salem
Bryan club.
If you cannot contribute from 10
cents to 81 a week for the campaign,
give a cash contribution. While the
Mckinley campaign committee can
hold up every banker and $5 to $500
out of every employe of the state,
county and city government, this
cause when won will owe the office
seekers and tax-eaters nothing.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-09-26

Heart Cure has done iof
me. For ten years ] had
pain In nay heart, short
ness OF breath, palpita-
tion pain in my left siae,
onnressed feeling in my
chest, weak apd hungry
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-09-26
ISSUE OF MONEY.


We hold that tariff duties should be
levied for purpose OF revenue, such du-
ties 10 be so adjusted as 20 operate
equally throughout the country and
not discriminate between class Og SOC
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

All that IA man can do i'll this
world is tolive honestly. faithfully,
and Loyalty, from day to day. What
the Immediate end will be, neither
he nor any one else knows. No
man knows what a day may bring
forth IN the way of opportunity,
nor at what point the door may be
thrown open, which shall be the
entrance into his great chance for
life. The only assurance that we
are not missing the one opportu-
nifty lies in making the most. OF
every opportunity: III treating ev-
cry day as if it were the one event
full dav Of life: in trying every dool
as If it were the one entrance to
the palace: in doing every piece OF
work as II upon our fidelity de-
pended all our future lives. The
man who works in this spirit may
safely leave the future with God
Dawn of Day.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
First Lessons Are Most Lasting

That which is earliest incorpo-
rated into a character remains long
#st in the character. 1t Is the
foundations Of the ancient temples
shat are still discovered in the
sands of the East And SO IN the
mental powers. the things which
nave been last acquired by the
mind are usually first to fade and
disappear. Nature takes down the
mental structure stone after stone
INST in the order reversed in which
it went up. What teachers and
parents desire as the basis of char
acter, and what they consider most
worthy of longest continuance III
the mature character, must early
be laid in its place. These foun-
elations will prove the enduring
portions of the man. They are
worth spending thought and time
nn. 1t IS easy to put these foun-
tiations in careiessly. Work to
make them level, simple and true.
Sunday School Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

Life is like IA summers day: and
in the first fresh morning we do
not realize the noontide heat: and
1T noon We donot think OF the shad-
ows lengtheniny across the PLAIN,
and Of the setting sun, and OF the
advancing night Yet to each and
all the sunset comes at last. and
those who have made the most OF
the dav are not unlikely to reflect
most bitterly how little they have
made OF it. Whatever else they
may look back upon with thank
fitness or with sorrow. it is certain
that they will regret no omissions
of daty more keenly than neglect
OF prayer: that they will prize no
hours more than those which have
been passed. whether In private or
in public. before that throne OF
Justice and of Grace upon which
they hope to gaze throughout ter
nitv. Canon Liddon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Reflection.

The habit of considering the
probable results of our own con-
duet cannot be too carefully cult
waited. 1t brings into play many
valuable qualities intelligence,
foresight. Judgment and. perhaps.
more than all else. the power of
realization. TO be able to con-
ceive of other personalities than
our own. 10 imagine their feelings,
their opinions. their hopes and
fears. and to foresee III what way
they may be reached. how to inhu-
ence them, how to help them, and.
on the other hand, to see what is
likely TO hurt their feelings or in
iure their reputation or diminish
their welfare in any respect, is a
rare and most desirable power. and
one only to be gained by continual
effort and watchfulness. Many
persons who are sensitive for them
selves are comparatively callous
where others are concerned. They
are easily wounded by unkindness
or neglect, yet they thoughtlessly
inhict the same stings upon an
Other without compunction. They
know the strength Of their own
temptations, but make no allow
ance for those who succumb before
other allurements. Shrinking from
criticism, they criticise others with
easy severity. Certainly such per
sons have not learned to realize
the effect Of their wordsa and actions
Their imaginations may be vivid
enough in some directions, but in
portraying the feelings of others
it is dull indeed. They would re-
sent the imputation of cruelty, and
so far as the intention goes, justly
yet. is not the utter thoughtlessness
that inhicts suffering under which
they themselves would writhe, real
ly cruel? Philadelphia Ledger
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

Lowest Prices in the City.
Goods Warranted as
Represented.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22
Rifing of a Gun.


An interesting experiment, which
will serve to Illustrate why guns are
rihei ani the effect on the shot by the
consequent rotary motion can be made
by any eyciis. when cleaning his
machine.
Assuming the front wheel Is detached,
lay ii upon the Il sor and, keeping ;hs
axle vertical 10y the hand, give. the
wheel yigorols spin. The axle re-
maius unaffected, the wheel running
in the ball races. Now lift the wheel
by means of the axle and put the left
hand under the wheel and catch the
other end Of the axle. You now have
a horizontally revolving wheel, and
you will be astonished 70 find how
diiii ;Ili il i to turn the wheel into
vertical position. LtJ this ease and
you cIn dD as yoI like with the wheel,
bat give it = vigorous spin and YOU
will find, whatever position it was then
in, it will show the p,rrersity OF pig
il you attempt to change il. In max
Ing this exo;rin n go gIol grip, rs
il throws Il yery considerable strain ON
the arms, aud feels, indeed, as though
one was struggling with SON, aerial
wrestler.
Imagine nDv q >i1t starting on its
course with rotary motion it Il meets
an obstruction fairly and slIarely the
f)ryIri m,;ioI Will b, s,m .wl1t ar
rested, bat the boring action due To
rotation VIII give it a terrible pcnetra-
ting power. Again slp2)sa it strike ut
siigi, angle, AM y1I ma tIiaS l.
will glance Osflike stone frola a smooth
piece oi w1lling. Tde new force, how
ever, here comes into play and most
decidedly objects TO the alienation OF
direction tl,c.1J ciI,jlg p,le.rlti1n
that wolld be quite impossible under
other circIm stances. After making the
above experiment yon viii find you have
amlch increased respect for a shot fired
from a Tiaed barrel.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22
Things 70 Try.

Steaning az old fowl before roasting,
not adding tn s,Hiilg iin it goes N
the oven, bat putting few sticks Of
celery inside b flavor 1t.
Adding little vinegar 70 the water
in which salt fish Is soaked.
Soaking salt fish IN sour milk to fresh
en- them.
\ palette knife for scraping kettles
Three teaspoonfdls kerosene in the
boiler in washing clothes.
For sewer gt5, chloride of lime.
For dislsre,l5le oIjrs, pinch Of
sulphur on u hot stove.
Covering a dish table with zinc.
Keeping steel knives from rusting
b. dipping in strong soda water, wip-
ing, rolling in flannel and laying in a
dry place.
Simnerirg rice -four and water
together for q cement.
y c!amsheIl for scraping kettles.
\ lit,le c,P?.r4s water and salt in
whitewash.
Washing an ink stain in strong salt
water, then sponging with lemon juice.
y clnton fIancl knife ease, stitched
int cIn9lr. rs.
To Danish rats, chloride of lime.
Sweetening wooden or irOnware by
scalding in hot water and hay.
Soaking black calico in salt and wa
ter before washing.
Cayenne pepper for ants.-G13i
UoUsekccpiag.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22
A Polite Sheriff.

''The most polite man ever knew, +"
said J. ID. Evans, of Mississippi, to a
SyGr reporter, twas colored man
down in my county. lie belonged be-
fore the war to Col. White, one of the
most cultured and polished gentlemen
in the South. During reconstruction
/ days Tom was elected Sheriff and the
/ first year he held the Office a white
man was sentenced to be hanged.
knew the doomed prisoner and ut his
request was with him several hours a
day for the last week of his life.
'The sheriff came in the first time
| was there and, adressing the prisoner,
said: ,'Scuse me, Master Bob. jess
come fur jess little advice. Io' see,
we amt neither oh Us as used ter cere-
mOnious occasions of dis kim an jess
wants ter know how yo' would like ter
had de gallOws, facin' dc sun or de
oder way
''The prisoner told him to have his
face away from the sun.
Thank yo' Mars Bob. III done
hab it dat way. We don wan to
make no expositions Oh ourself by not
doin' what is propah on sich events.
upon the next occasion the sheriff
came in:
Mars Bod, scuse me one moment.
gemmen. / jess wants ter hab yO'
show me once mo- how you done tie dat
knot. Mos curiosest knot cher seed.
Upon the morning of the fated day,
as went in, the sheriff had the DOOM
ed mans foot throwu over chair aud
was blacking his boot, the other one
having already been polished.
'Mawnin', sah,' he said to me,
Mars Bob jess gittin ready. done
borrered a suit an necktie from de cum
mel an jess slickin' i'm up. Den | gifts
inter 10y own dress suit dat had made
4 pupOs, an Mars Bob an me, we
gwine ter be de be.' dressed o5 any
body
"ArrIyel in full evening dress, the
convicted man and the Sheriff mounted
the scaffo!d when the time came. 'All
right now, Mars Bob, said the sheriff,
as he adjusted the cap.
'Scuse me, sah, jess minute,
and he touched the fatal spring.
l.idshiaJiGa S'0r.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22
what Some Things Have Cost


The magnificent National Capitol at
Washington has cost, since the lay
ing Of its corner stone in 1873, very
nearly SIS 5,0D0,OoJ, but the State Cap
itol of New York, at Albany, altloagh
not yet completed according 10 the
architects designs, has already e. st
almost s2),OD,OO, and is the most ex-
pen-ive building Of modern timrs
The largest and most expensive City
Hall in the United States is that OF
Philadelphia, and is principal tower
i to contain the largest clock in the
world.
The greatest price ever paid for a
horse was $4,000, given BY Mr.. NAL
com Forbes, of Boston, for Arion,
which he bought from Senator Stanford
of California. Axtell, the tIotter,
brought slOj, 900, when three years old,
while in 1891 Saint Blaise was sold for
$4,000.
One hundred and three thousand
dollars has been offered and refused
for Hebrew Bible now in the library
of the Vatican at Rome This makes
il the most valuable book in the world,
30 far as dollars and cents 90.
In l63j, when the entire Dutch nation
was crazy upon the subject Of tulips,
single bulb was sold for :, 3D0. At such
prices it would pay better toraise tulips
than to own the most valuable gold
mine in the world.
Speaking OF gold mines, where DO
you suppose the most valuable bit Of
ore ever smelted in the world, 50 far as
Is known, was foInd3 In California or
Australia orIndia? No, indeed. 1t was
lot containing two hundred pounds
Of quaFiz-holding gold at the rate Of
$4,000 per ton, and was found in a
mine at Ishpeming, Mich.
The largest sum ever asked or offered
for a single diamond was 3, l50,O 900,
which the Prince Of HydeTabad, in In
dia, agreed to give the jeweler who
then owned the Imperial, which is
fbAiNAAtIAt't tiiH NAfAAf III ti4N
The Shah Of Persia and the Sultan
Of Turkey each possess a prayer mat, or
rug, made Of diamonds and pearls, and
valued at something over S2,501,00J
apiece. The largest and most eXpen-
sive rug in the world, made OF the or
dinary materials Of which such things
are manufactured, is owned by the Carl
ton Club, Of London.
y broken wooden horse, with which
Napolen Bonaparte played when a
child was recently sold for 900 france.
Think Of paying $50. .Oo1 for a single
meal That i what a wealthy Roman
once did, when he 1ished to impress a
dozen guests with his disregard for
riches.
The most valuable of modera paint
ings i Sieissonier's ''lSli," which wIs
bought by FFenclmau for $1,000.
The same gentleman paid Sl5J,0jJ f1r
The AEgeius," by Aiille., Of which
you ali have doubtless seen photographs
or other reproductions.-HGrpes $
YoHag Pe9P'e.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22
The Fly in Amber.

In one of the European Museums
may be seen piece Of amber, in which
is deeply embedded perfect fly. Now,
neither the amber nor the fly are
curiosities, but the curiosity consists in
how the fly got into the amber. An
equally wonderful curiosity may oc-
casionally be seen in country drug
stores, in the shape of huge drastic
cathartic pills, put up in cheap wood
or pasteboari boxes. The curiosity
with these "jokers' consists in know
ing who asks for them, when it is
generally known that DIR. Pierce
Pleasant Pellets, sugar-coated, and put
up in glass bottles, always fresh and
reliable, but little larger than mustard
seeds, are an efficient cathartic, regu-
late the liver, and cure sick headache
constipation and dyspepsia.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22
THE "OUT-OF-DATE" COUPLE.

We are ''out of date" they say,
Ned andI
We love in an old-fashioned way,
Long since gone by.
lie says am his helpmate true
In everything.
And I-well, l will own TO you
He is my king.
We met in no romantic way
'Twixt 'glow and gloom -
He wooed me ON winter day,
And ina room;
Yet, through lfe's hours of stress and storm
When griefs befeil,
Love kept our small home corner warm
And ali was well.
Ned thinks no woman life his wife
But let that pass;
Perhaps We view the dual life
Through rose-ate glass;
Even If the prospect be not bright,
We hold il true
The heaviest burdens may grow light
When shared by two.
Upon the gided scroll of fame,
Enblazoncd fair,
/ cannot hope 10 read the name
l proudly bear;
But, happy in their even flow,
The years glide by;
We are behind the times, We know
Ned and |.
Nb0glher'S Journal
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22
Bismarck and His Doctors.

There have been rumors lately about
the seri,uS state Cf Bislnarck's health.
but "the great diplomat IS really a
man of iron" said DIR. Schweninger,
his medical attendant, few days ago,
''and he may live for ten years or
more" The doctors assistant saws
the Prince feels best when cut walking
with his big dogs in his park in Fried
richsruhe. II Is, mentally, like a
man o. thirty. Indeed. Bismarck is
phenomenally active and energetic,
and works hard every day debating
- his secretary answers to his nuner-
oIs correspondents. II is said, by the
way, that the eX-ChancellOr receives
twenty times more applications for au-
dienees than the doctors will allow
him 10 grant.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22

willie" said the boys interested
uncle, al hope you take pains with
your lessons in school,"
al took pains with 'em to-day, any
how" replied the young gentleman.
Unusual pains?"
ayes, sir; unusual pains. Teacher
whipped me twice
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22

Victims of youthful fullics suffering
from nervous debility, lack of self
confidence, impaired memory, and
kindred symptoms, should send 10
cents in stamps for large illustrated
treatise, giving means of certain cure,
with numerous testimonials, sent in u
plain sealed envelope. Address,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Assoeia-
ton, 66S Main Street, Buffalo, y. y.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22

Why-"Henry, Henry, Baby has
swallowed tack" Husband "Nev-
er mind. You can buy whole box of
them for q few cents"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22
ISIT FURNITUREY0U WANT?

Then this is the place to find il; two
entire floors filled with Furniture for
Parlor, Bedroom, Dining-room, Kitch-
en- at lowest prices, and n special dis
count Of 10 per cent. during this month
to reduce stock.
Remember we have two entire floors
filed with China, Porcelain and all
kinds of crockcry. Handsome Toilet
Sets, Dinner and Tea Ware, both in
French and English ware.
Everything wanted in the kitchen,
in granite, tin, wooden or wire ware;
also Stoves and Ranges, and Gas or
Oil Heating Stoves.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22

Graphite is called black lead. Were
pencils once made of refined lead! The
small boz often has one of that kind,
his own han iiwork, and can easily
disiigure pages with it. The best
graphite for drawing pencils comes
from English mines of Cumberland,
but an Abundance of fine quality is had
from Siberian mines. Ii has 20 be
crushed, though, for it is seldom homo
geneous enough IN the original state to
be trusted in the work OF an artist
For long time there was problem
how to cause the crushed particles TO
adhere without cement, which injured
the quality of the pencil. That was
solved by pressure. The crushed ma
terial was put in glued paper, with an
orilice, and placed under the receiver
of an air pump. When the air was
drawn Off the oritice was closed me-
cianicaliy and the mass subjected TO
pressure, which left it rs eampae. ~ 4
block from the mine, The masses
thus prepared were sawed into sizes for
pencils. People often fancy what the
result would be ifthe world was sud
denly deprived of some small conven-
fence the value OF which is seldom
thought of. What would the world do
if suddenly deprived Of lead pencils
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22

Even catarrh, that dread breeder OF
consumption, suecumbs to the healing
Influences Of Thomas Eclectric oil.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22
p. S.--Ladies' Muslin Under
wear.

Come to this, the greatest January sale
Of Muslin Underwear this house ever
attempted. Four of the best manu-
facturers in the country represented.
Prices the lowest ever known.
Don't forget our mail order depart
ment. Samples sent and mail orders
promptly attended to.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-01-22
The Lead Pencil.

\ carload Of California redwood was
recently shipped to Nuremburg, in
Germany, for Use in the manufacture
of lead pencils Owing to the exhaus-
tion of the supply of cedar it has been
necessary to find substitute of it, and
redwood seems to De the only kind Of
wood except cedar with a sufficiently
straight grain. There is in this sug
gestiOn of the enormous number of
lead pencils consumed annually. MI
rembGry is the principal seat Of the
manufacture Of them, which Is widely
distributed. It j. necessarily a grow
ing one, for a. fast and as far aS civil
za.ion spreads there is a demand for
lead pencils. The more complicated
business relations are the more use il
made Of pencils. On the railways and
in the departments of State and FEEDER
al governments they are consumed by
the carload In the cities nearly every
person carries one, even Ia the small
boy, who amIses himself in disfiguring
posters ani Sometimes books, when lie
can think of no other variety of devil
ment. He gets in school the habit OF
carrying pencil.
In the early ayes he carried stylus.
In a New York museum one may see
a pathetic memorial of the long past.
In ancient Egypt the slate was of wax
spread over a board. To erase an in
scrip.ion on it the fingers were passed
over it. In the specimen referred to
there are symbols and beneath them q
childish expression Of chagrin at fail
ure to accomplish the task, whatever
it was. Some one has imagined the
little fellows head aching, symptom
of a fever Of which he soon died. The
SLATE was put away with his body and
founl with it after lapse of ages,
bearing his marks ON it. But pencils
of earth or chalk were not unknown
ia IN Dse remote days. the artists useG
them in their monochrome pictures.
So did the Greeks. Wet cO.OTs came
into uie aho3t foJr centuries before
Christ AMI thea the brdsh was en-
ployed. Job wishing that his words
were printed in a book, exclains That
they were craven with an iron pen
AMI lead in the rock forever - The
claim of the territory OF the Ohio was
set forth on lead plates craven with
pen of iron and buried at certain points
in the territory.