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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-09-13
PRUNEs AND PLUMs.
How to Preserve Those Cracked or
Burst BY Rain.


Many letters have reached me with
In a week asking for information as
how to preserve the many prunes and
plums which were cracked or burst
open by the late rains and, of course,
cannot be evaporated. Heretofore
no oattentiOn has been paid to conserve
fruits, which as a general rule, are
the tinest-being the ripest-but no
doubt the probable demand for fruits
for Alaska occcasioned these re-
quests.
Prunes which were burst by rain,
and all prunes TOO small for drying as
well as apples, pears, cherries and ap-
ricots not saleable in their fresh state
should be conserved. The fruits, af-
ter being washed, are placed ia cop
per-lined kettle aud boiled soft (pears
and apples being first quartered, skins
left on), then passed through a Sive,
which leaves the pits and seeds, cores
and skins of whatever kind of fruit is
being prepared. The jam thus pro-
6uced is again put into the kettle and
boiled down, sugar being then added
to all-tart fruits. Great care must
then he taken TO prevent scorching by
constant stirring, with a wooden spoon
or paddle, using the confectioners
mode of stirrins in the shape of a
figure 49," When of the proper con-
sistency, which is ascertained by
placing spoonful an plate, and if
no juices separate it is all right. 1t is
then poured on wire trays, on which
waxed papers have been spread to hold
the jam, and put into the evaporator
and dried under low heat. If for
family use, the jam is placed on soup
plates and dried in the oven. turning
over occasionally, also under moderate
heat. When nearly finished and dry
enough SO they can be handled, these
cakes are taken out and placed on
clean boards and exposed to the air,
which will make them firm and hard,
They are thea cut into strips u
suit and packed ia boxes, lined with
w1Xcd paper, and between layers
either for market or home consump-
tion. These cakes will keep for many
years without deteriOratiug. and arr
particularly valuable for military
posts, ship and steamer use, camping
parties, farmers, mining camps and
in climates where ordinary jams or
jellies will not keep, and are especl
ally appreciated in years when fruits
are 'arce and high. To prepare them
for table use, take the desired guam
tity of the cake, add sufficient hot
water ana allow it to dissolve for one
hour, then put on the stove and lei
it come to a boil; add spices if desired
TO suit the taste, and you have de
licious refreshing dessert.
HENRY e. DOSCH.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-09-13
SOME FINANCIAL FACTS.

EDITOR JoURNAL:-Notwithstand-
"a the extravagant cost Of gigantic
"a r and the consequent waste of
.huch valuable property, the indus
..les of the people in the United
tates were far better during and for
me years after the war than ever be-
Ihre. Such uncommon prosperity
aaving been experienced, the question
Ill be asked what caused the unprec-
S6ented prosperity at such a time 4?
nwing to the shipment Of $1,000, 900
M specie to satisfy English creditors
III 1857, the banks and the people be-
t4me greatly alarmed and lost conf
nce as the scarcity of money in
nfeased. Exceedingly hard times pre-
4ailed up to 1861 and 1862 when
congress opened the door to prosperity
ht issuing aneeded volume of legal
Itnder currency. Although most of
lteasury notes were purposely depreci-
led by the exception clause. to favor
ne bond buyer, yet greatly depreci-
led as they were, their abundant
imply furnished remunerative en-
6Ioyment to wage workers, and good
market for all productions of the fac
lory and the farm. The remunerative
tfices continued to bless industry for
t4,peral years after the war. Nor was
fhere tramp seen until the green
bAcks were put into interest bearing
,bonds an ! then burned up. That was
mating tramps by legislation, by
destroying the needed supply Of
ianoney. See the contrast now to the
condition of the people 10 1912, when
tshas. Dickens visited Boston. Writing
to a friend in London, Mr.. Dickens
kald:"There is not man in this town
81 in this state who has not blazing
ffe and meat every day for dinner,
hbr would flaming sword in the air
aftract more attention than beggar
on the street." History tells us that
panics and hard times never come 10
a'llict that nation or people who are
fully supplied with lawful money OF
s0ine SORT 1t will not do to wait and
infer because gold is scarce. The
snpreme court has decided that con-
oress has all power over the money
SineStion, and by virtue OF that power
can issue legal tender paper money TO
supplemeut the coin in time of peace
as we'll as in time Of war. AS congress
has exclusive authority over the
lluancies of the nation, and can fur
'nish and maintain a.needed supply or
money. what excuse can that august
body offer for allowing the wide
spread suffering of their constituency,
caused by the inadequate volume OF
money. Inasmuch as our lawmakers
fail to furnish an adequate supply OF
currenoy, we are justified in pro-
nouncing them the gold aristocracyi
dd enemies of the producers OF
Nealth. For men of intelligence to
tay there is money enough, when
nearly all commodities are selling at
6l,e lowest prices, is sQuarely contra
netting all former history. For his
tory tells us that prices other things
eauql, always rise and fall to cores
1bnd with the volume of money in
aIfculation.:
dt is evident that the champions 0
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-09-13

Those who went to ch urch, Sunday,
say the new fall hat is a towering
perspective obscuring confusion of
fuss and feathers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-09-13
Holds the worlds record
for long distance fast running,
Finest train
on wheels"

That is what Mr.. Pullman
says or the Burlington's new
train between St. Paul and
Chicago. Finished through
out in royal fashion, with
wide vestibules, steam heat
and electric light, and com.
posed of compartment and
standard sleepers, buffet smok-
ing car, chair cars and dining
car, it is without an equal
in this country or abroad,
No Extra Fares
Leaves St. Paul BOG p. m.
daily.-after arrival Of No.
Pacific, Great Nor, and 500
Pacific trains from the west.
Tickets at offices Of all con-
Meeting lines.
A L. SHELDON, G. A.,
Portland. Or.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-09-13

cured by Hall's catarrh cure,
F. j. CHENEY 81 Co.,
Props, Toledo. o.
We the undersigned have known
f. J. Cheney for the last Is years and
believe him perfectly honorable In all
business transaction and and flu
ancially able to carry out any obliga7
ton made by their firm.
West & Traux, Wholesale druggist,
Teledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Maryin, whole
sale druggist. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh cure is taken in
ernally, acting directly upon the
blood aud mucous surface OF the system
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggist. Testimonials free.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-09-13
Salem..oregon. Feb, rs. 1897.

Salems sOregon. Feb, rs. 1897.
B. F. Bonhan. P, M Salem Ord
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than year ago this time AS we have not I'M
creased the size Of the Daily Journal during the past year. we
wish estimate the comparative increase in Circulation by the
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Editors Daily Journal,
Dear Srs r>Th weights OF mails received from the
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time Respectfully,
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by J. A. Se1lwood Asst P. M
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Portland, Sept. I3 Wheat valley, C:
walla Walla, SIC.
Flour Portland, q 40 Superhne, $50 per
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-09-13

the gold standard are working for low
priced goods and for high priced
money. SANDS BROwNELL.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-09-13
OREGON CENTRAL
AND
Eastern R. K. Company
fvAOIuNA RAY ROUTE.
[YAQUINA BAY ROUTE.

Connecting at YaqAina Bay with the San
Francisco & Yaauina Bay Steamship Go.
STEAMER "FARALLON,",
S.,aiIs from Yaquina eyeryS days for San
francisco, Coos Bay, Port Oxford. Trinidad
and Humbolt Bay.
E,PAssenger accommodations unsurpassed.
Shortest route between the Willamette vaiiey
and California.
Fare from Albany or points west to ban
Francisco: Cabin, So; steerage, IS; TO C9os
Bay and Port Oriord, cabin 50; to Humbold:
Bay. cabin SS; round trip, good 90 days, Sios
RIVER DIVISION
Steamer "Albany" between Portland and
Corvallis, through without lay,oyer. Leaves
salem Io:4s a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, leaves Portland, Yamhill street
dock, 600 a. m. Sundays. Wednesdays ana
Fridays
EDWIN sTORT AAnager, Corvallis, Or
I. C. MAYO, SLpr. River Division
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-09-13
DANIEL E. HASTINGS"
How's This.

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls catarrh cure,
r T. CuENEY a. 10
The times., 1897-08-22
Miles and Knots.

A statute mile is 3, $50 feet long. 1t is
our standard ofitinerary measure, adopted
from the English, who in turn adopted it
from the Romans A Roman militaTypac
by which distances were measured, was
the length of the step taken by the Roman
soldiers, and was approximately five feet
long; Thousand OftheSe PAGES We're called
in Latin mile. The English mile is there
fore purely arbitrary measure enacted
into a legal measure by statute passed
during the reign ofQUeen Elizabeth: it has
No connection with any scale Immature
A nautical mile, on thesother hand, is
equal in length to one-sixtteth part OF the
length of degree of a great circle of the
earth. But the circumference of the earth
is nowhere true circle; its radius ofcurva-
ture i $ variable; hence the nautical mile, as
matter of fact, depends fer its length
upon theshapeas well asthcjzeof thegIObe
sailed over; and hence, strictly speaking,
the length OF the nautical mile should vary
with the latitude, from 6,O46 feet at the
equator TO 6,109 feet at the pole.
Such extreme accuracy is not necessary
in navigating, and cannot be we'll attained
without undue labor. The English adj
miralty. therefore. have adopted $3.50 feet
as the length of a nautical mile, which
corresponds with the length of so of
degree. or one minute of are. of u great
circle in latitude As degrees. The United
States Coast Survey has adopted the value
of the nautical mile ''aS equal toone-Sixtiesh
Part of the length OF a degree on the great
circle of a sphere whose surface is equal
to the surface of the earth" This gives
the length of one nautical mile as equal
to $3.50. 27 feet, which is very nearly tho
value of the admiralty mile adopted In
the English navy Practically the nauti-
cal mile is 500 feet longer than the statute
mile. In other words, one nautical mile
is equal TO 1.t515 statute miles. or one
statute mile is equal to o-se9 nautical
miles. Multiply nautical miles by 1-1515
and the product i'll be statute miles, CT
multiply statute miles hy o-S69 and tes
product will be nautical miles, Harper'4
! Round Table.
The times., 1897-08-22

choked. and as soon as she brought the
wind ai3ft the hea M, she started to move,
and fluttered our hearts. 1t was awful TO
see her arly overturned, begin TO ga ther
way and drag her submerged side through
the water. The dead-eyes OF the rigging
churned the breaking seas. The wind sang
shriIly amongst the spars; and at every
slight iurch we expected her TO slip TO the
bottom sideways from under our backs.
When dead before it she made the first dis
tinct sttempt to stand up, and We en-
couraged her with feeble and discordaut
howl. A great sea came running up aft
and era asfed do wn Under the counter aud
spread out on both sides in 10 a great sheet
of bursting froth. Above It's fierce hiss
we heard Sullivan's creak. ''She is
steering!
She trembled, trying to lift her SIDE,
lurched back, seemed to give up with
nervrless dip, and suddenly with an uii-
expected jerk, swung violently to wind
ward, as though size had torn herself out
from a deadly grasp The whole Immense
Volume of water, lifted by her deck, was
thrown bodily across to starboard. Loud
cracks were heard. The water topped
over the starboard raj. with the rush df a
river Falling over Ii Hafii- iHS o'd Oii uCSh,
and the seas on every side OF her. mingled
together in a deafenng roar. Litter by
towering sea she ran along with II Tor
moment. spouting thick streams or water
through ever opening af her wounded sides
Through the lee braces having been carried
away or washed off the pins, all the
ponderoms yards on the fore swung from
side TO side and with appalling fapidity at
every roll The men forward were seen
crouching here and there with fearful
glances UPWARDS at the enormocS spars
that whirIed about over their heads
!, Capt. 3ilistoun, hard and slim. ges-
;iculated madiy from the poop at MIR
Baker: STEADY these foreyardsl STEADY
| them the best YOU canl" Apart, far aft
and alone by the helm, old Sullivan had
deliberately tucked his white beard under
he top button of his glistening coat. In
front OF his erect figure only the two
arms moved cross wise with a swift and
sudden readiness, to check or urge again
the rapid stir OF circling spokes he steered
with care.
ITO be continuedD
The times., 1897-08-22
A False Bottom.

Chicken Bill and Tabor were partners
in numerous mining ventures in the
mountains in the early days, before the
governor became known to fame as a
bonanza king, and each was in his several
ways helpful to the other. After Tabor
had struck it rich and had money 10 burn
Chicken Bill approached him with q
scheme which he represented to be vers
promising and easily induced him to take
some stock in it. Before long the fact
developed that Tabor was a minority
owner, associated with a number OF shady
fellows, from whom his instinct told him
fair play could not beeXpected. Thoroughly
dissatisfied with the deal and incensed at
the deception practiced upon him by a man
he had so many times befriended, he sough,
him out and demanded an explanation.
ST thought you told me was in on the
ground floor in that transaction shouted
Tabor.
ssWcr, you were, Horace replied Bill
with a grin s'You were In on the ground
floor, just az told you-but there was q
cellar so it!'-Denver Times.
The times., 1897-08-22

lips stirred, opened for the first time in
twentyfour hours, and, with fresh,
firm voice, he cried, ''Wear ship,''
Men began to stir and crawl.
81 want the fore-top=nlast stay-sail run
UP srnartly," said the master very loudly
''It you can't ma mage it standing up you
must do it lying dewn-that's all. Bear
hand!"
Come alongi Let's give the old girl
Chance urged the boatswain.
aye! Aye! Wear shipi" exclaimed
qIavering voices. The forecastle men,
with reluctant faces, prepared to so for
ward
After some time they could be seen ap.
pearing on the forecastle head, one by one
in scrambling attitudes, hanging on TO tbe
rails; olambcring over the anchors; ern
bracing the cross head Of the windlass or
hugging the fore-capstan A small white
piece of canvas fIuttered amongst them,
grew larger beating It's narrow mead
rose in jerks-and at last it stood Ills
tended and triangular in the sunshine.
"Tbey have done itl" cried the voices aft.
Capt Allistoun let go the rope he had
around his wrist and rolled to leew ard
headlong. He could be seen casting the
lee main braces Off the pins, while the back
wash Of waves splashed over him.
Square the main yard!'' he shouted
| up to Us. We did not believe we could
| move it, but the strongest and the less
discouraged tried to execute the order.
We heuled and hung in punches on the
rope. The yards moved. came square
| slowly against the wind, that hnmmed
| loudly on the yard-arms.
''Going off, sir" shouted Sullivan, al
| the wheel, 'sshe's just started
| She went off slowly, as though she had
been as weary and disheartened as the
men she carried. She paid off very grad
ually, making US hold our brea tn till we
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-19
lEISURELY LANE.

Is there no road now to Ieisurely 1.anef-
We Travelled 1t long ago:
place for the tagging of leisurely steps.
sweet and shady and slow.
There were rims of restful hills beyond,
and fields of dreamful wheat,
With shadows of clouds across them
blown, and peoples asleep at our feet
There lads and maids on Sunday met and
strolled them. two and two:
The leaves they laced In a roof o'erhead
and only the sun peered through;
And there was time to gather rose. ana
time for the woodbird's call,
And plenty of time to sit by stream and
harken its ripple and fall
Is there no road now to Leisurely Lanef
God knows we have hurried afarD
There was once lamp through the brood
Ing dusk. and over the tree a star;
There was once breath Of the clover
bloom (sweet Heaven. we have hur-
rled so lonsD
And there was gate by a white rose
clasped, and out Of the dusk song,
That song the echo Is strange and
sweet, the voice It is weak and old;
1t hath no part with this fierce, wild rush
and this hard. mad fight for goldl
1t hath no part with the clamor and din.
and the Earring Of wheel and stone!
Oh, listen. my heart, and fofget-forget
that we reap the bread We have sown!
Is there no road now to Leisurely Lane
where lingering, one by one,
The summoning bells Of twilight time over
the meadows blown
May find us strolling our homeward way,
glad of the evening starr
Is there no road now to Leisurely Lane1
God knows we have hurried afar!
Virginia Woodward Cloud, In Ladies'
Home Journal
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-19
Especially
JUNEAU, Alaska. Oct. Is.
Via SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. FL.

Via SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. Fl.
When the Alaskan native dies he
becomes very much more important In
the eyes of his brethren than he ever
was alive. Your true Thlingit is a
born professional mourner, and he
would rather go to a funeral than to
a picnic. Give him a chance to howl
and cash his flesh until his swarthy
cuticle looks like a map of the st.
Elias range or a much-trodden COW
path in rainy weather. and he Is su-
premely. aggressively happy. Put him
in good-sized morgue and let him
weep and wall and gnash his teeth and
punch an open-work pattern all over
his short ribs, and he'll never care to
wander. He would make a good run
ming mate for the ghoul in the Arabian
Nights.
Every little phratry and sub-phratry
in the Wolf and Raven clans, into
which the Thlingits are divided, feels
in honor bound to hold grand jambo-
rec to celebrate the death of the least
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-19

OF It's members. When chief passes
in his checks the occasion Is made
memorable by potlatch, or feast, on
so enormous a scale as frequently to
bankrupt his heir. the giver thereof,
for life, 1t Is a gorgeous opportunity
for wholesale gormandizing which
every Thlingit would rather die himself
than miss.
A Recent Cremation.
Volotskoi, noted chief of the Wolf
clan, was gathered to his fathers re-
Gently In a little village near Prince
Frederick Sound. The festivity ito
glorify the dead" held in his honor
broke all funeral records throughout
Alaska Up to date more than dozen
deaths have been the results of the por-
cine stuffing INDUCED in by the mourn
ers, who consisted of the greater part
of the Raven clan. A singular fact In
connection with Thlingit burials Is that
the guests must always be chosen from
the opposite clan. So as Volotskoi was
a Wolf, the guests were Ravens.
AS volotskoi was only chief anu
not a shaman or sorcerer, he was Gre
mated. Had he been a shaman his
remains would have been deposited In
a box swung high between two posts.
II there had been any such useful in
stitution as a board Of health In the
neighborhood Of Prince Frederick
Sound, Brother volotskoi would have
been buried several days earlier, AS
1t was, 1t was not necessary to inquire
the way to the house Of woe. For
tunately. your correspondent had been
through a preparatory course Of sleep
ing In Eskimo huts. and close contact
with the natives, and was by that time
olfactorily invulnerabls.
No time was set for the cremation.
The guests Just drifted into the village
at their own good leisure, and when a
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-19

Never before in medical annals has any
medicine received such widespread praise and
endorsement from physicians, druggists and
all classes of the people as is bestowed upon
the great curer of disease, DR.. Greene's Nerv
ura blood and nerve remedy. 1t purifes and
invigorates the blood, making pure, rich, red
blood, and it is therefore the grandest of blood
medicines. 1t gives life, strength, energy,
power and vigor to the brain and nerves, and
hence is the greatest nerve tonic, brain invig-
GRANT and nerve restorative ever before known
in the worlds history. 1t banishes headache,
backache, neuralgia, rheumatism, and has thus
demonstrated itself to be the surest and quick
est pain reliever in existence. 1t cures stomach,
liver, kidney and female complaints with a
positive certainty which IS unequaled and I'M
rvaled, and which has caused weak nervous,
tired out, seepless, run down and debilitated
sufferers everywhere to recognize DIR. Greene's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy as indeed
the King of Medicines.
DR.. Greene's Nervura is the best medicine
possible to take because it cures the peOpe-it
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-19
More Deceit,

Mrs. Gaddlngton-l don't like her al
all, dear. She is deceitful woman
The other day she tried to get me to ssl,
something against you.
Mrs. Bubblington- She did? How?
"Why, she asked me to tell her con
fldentially what really thought Of
you!" Puck
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-19

is the giver of health and strength-it makes
the sick we'll.
Here is the advice to use DR.. Greene's Ner-
vura from Rev. D. c. Easton of Concord, N.
H., Chaplain of the New Hampshire State
Prison, and Past Chaplain G.. A. r. Depart
ments of N. H. and R. l., who is the most
prominent clergyman and Christian worker in
New England. He says:
cdr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy has been used in my family with sat
isfactory results. | am now using it myself
and have also personal friends who have been
cured by it and assert that it is priceless
boon for suffering humanity"
Use DR.. Greenes Nervura blood and nerve
remedy now and get we'll DR.. Greene's Ca
thartic Pills are the perfect pills for bilious
ness and constipation. DR.. Greene, "a Temple
Place, Boston, Mass, the most successful ply
stefan in curing disease, can be consulted free,
in person or by letter. There is no charge
whatever for consultation, examination or adj
vice, and the price Of the medicines is so low as
to place positive cure within reach of all.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-19

and full OF wisdom. to say nothing OF
seal blubber, his relatives. to honor his
memory, went out every two or three
hours and killed one of his slaves.
There Is a popular fiction among de-
partmental circles In Washington that
slavery no longer exists In Alaska,
which shows how much few WISE
acres, several thousand miles away
who are trying to govern at long range
a territory two &nd one-half times as
large as the Lone Star State, know
about that same territory. When Rus
STA owned Alaska slavery was practised
openly; now it's practiced secretly
that's the only difference, The Alas
kan slaves haven't read the Fifteenth
Amendment and don't know they're
free.
Not Too sad to Eat.
All this time everybody was eating
as much as he possibly could, the men
taking the choice mo.sels and the wom-
en- contenting themselves with he
scraps. Among the delicacl' OF he
bill of fare were ulkan, lie - v
herring, herrirr $50 { q
herring spawn III RTE
boiled t q; or p. ,olic
i''och arNi. s, G les,
;nc D. :, 30 hii. ie-
b %, /. sea"a :, Sc blub-
be WI 9 eaks ose teaks and
Al, al Thee were also piles
Of " ~ in porpoise oil.
The Reason Why.
She-Why do they always say there's
man In the moon?
He-Because woman never becomes
as old as the moon.-Yonkers States
man.