davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-07

AFTER DINNER. Bayle's after din
DER cheese and Cafe cheese, some
thing superb for the table, at III. q.
SOnuemann'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-07

Common vanilla is tonka
bean - there may or may
not be vanilla in it.
SeAfIliKg'S Besfis vanilla
alone and is worth three
times as much money.
Money-back.
For sale ~
Harritt 4 Lawrence
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-07

Tox1GHTs PEoGRAN
Ths program 20 be rsn5sred a. u
FfrSt " Z ehu.ch this evening = a
foll0NE
TTTT-E1-
sp m--Dsvutio1zl eIsrCi - ~
NsTrizss White-Kfo1sy. safe pf-el-
dent q the y. G. 7 T. Vii give a.
sddresA special muse f0r TIE o71Ssl,1l 90: =
has been arranged f0T, aoo I'll .
under tbs direct s1perEisio1 q M
sham. q Sslen-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-07
N o0UxTY coEvENTIOS.
c. sc-z q "a FEazi s=s11o 9
W. c 7. q. Wc-tz

VI ~ MLlEllllalr - A-- % --t------
Tqv-ssay zftsrno1n EEs e01si5erzhly
Is-rsr fhz- a. ths fors1oo1 ssssiou
ard ths InteresE uzs o0-Tsspoodingiy
increased
After The mfauses . the pEevi0Os
rosztirz lad beso disposed q, Mrs
n. Roth- q Js5srso1. delivered
tsr anal s35ress- TIE Eork oOn-
teuvsste5 % tbs " c 7. Z ard The
daz-ee q s1oosss Eith which the ladies
had uei wss p1sssntsd b. Ms Ro6b
Eho z5s3 urzed Jbe -Ehits rib5on
Is5ias % remain o0u-szso1s and frm-
A eguy q The address vas ordered
se-t % the White Riboou- and the
aTuiou Signal
The report o the Corresponding
Ss-retary. Mrs- C0rby. q WOodburu,
vas accepted Mr. JOhuson, Of Ss-
lsu. oouDty treasurer submitted .
fuzucizl report q the county Organiz-
alton which shOEed . balance q 30
ia the treasury. TIE report vas sc-
cspte5.
Mrs Sne1. superintendent cf prison
and Jail sork. reported visiting those
institutions. also Eork among the re-
form school boys was reported by Mrs.
Mzry Cochran. An interesting dis
cus-i0n On the good results Of Chris
tizn wOmeB's work among the Grim
iazls occupied twenty minutes.
Mrs- z. ". Law read q report on
Franchise" prepared By Mrs Mary
Ramp. who il detained at her home
owing 70 ill-health.
The report Of Mrs L. A. Savage,
superintendent Of Purity and Purity
10 Literature" indicated a growth in
public sentiment along that line.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening ses ion was held 10 the
First Methodist church. The meet
ing vas not very largely attended but
that did not in the least detract from
the excellent program that had been
arranged and was 50 creditably carried
Out.
Mrs. r. VI RObb, county president.
presided. Singing was followed with
prayer by Rev. G. W. Grannis and
bible reading by Mrs. Robb.
The addresses Of welcome had been
assigned TO Mrs. Katharine Sprague
of this city, who 10 a few but gener-
Gus terms. extended a warm reception
on behalf Of the local union and the
residents Of the capital city TO the
visiting delegates. The resp1nse was
given by Mrs, COrOy, u WoOdburn.
The Demorest Medal contest was
the principal event Of the evening
session.
There were three contestants, each
Of which exhibited considerable abil-
ity as young elOcutiOnists and
acquitted themselves very creditably.
Wirth Calson, Of Scott Mills, recited
"A Mad Dog. Clara Watson, Of
Turner. recited "Only Excess in SIM"
while the topic Of little Marguerite
.Egan's recitation was THE Stricking
of the Clock which was 50 creditably
presented that the judges awarded her
the medal which was bestowed upon
the elOcutionist by Mrs. RObb, who in
doing 30 did not fail TO give the other
contestants the credit they deserved.
Music was furnished by Misses
Lulu ConOyeF and Laura Sharp.
Ethel Law also gave a recitation.
Announcements for tOday's sessions
OF the convention twere then made
and adjournment taken until 9:30
a. N. today.
TODAY's SESSION.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-07

Az IxsIPIEST BLAZE.-A small
blaze occasioned by the stove pipe
coming in contact with a double
wooden PARTITION in the Office Of I.
H. SImpkins who conducts a feed
stable on high street at the rear Of
the Cook hotel, was the cause Of sound
ing FIRE alarm about 10. a. M today,
The FIRE had been eXtiDguished how
ever before the arrival Of the fire DE-
partment and the only damage done
the once was a badly charred par
titiOn. This was the initial run
made by the FIRE department since re-
moving TO It's new quarters and they
responded TO the alarm with remark
able promptness- Connections were
made equally as rapidly as ever be.
fore aud the entire department made
the run without a single mishap.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-07
TODAY's SESSION.

ACD@A = e1A~-1-S-~-Ns
The convention opened with sing
ing Good News iu Song" and deyc.
tions led by Mrs. II. L. Barkley.
Nearly all present Joined in a word Of
prayer or praise. The time being up
the convention was called to order
for business. The minutes Of yester-
day afternoon and evening were read
and approved.
The report Of Mrs. E. Matheny, as
superintendent OF literature, was
fine one. 10 this county the White
Ribbon women Rave distributed
about 1900 pages OF literature. On
motion the report was accepted.
Report OF press work by Mrs. Eliza
beth Holman, on motion was ac-
cepted.
Report OF Flower mission, Hattie
b. Colson Superintendent. After a
lengthy discussion upon this work,
aud good suggestions, Rev. Denton,
was introduced 10 the Union and
was received with the salute. Re-
port OF Flower mission accepted.
Report OF Mrs. Holman, as superin-
tendent Of music, which was an ex-
celleDt one q was accepted with
pleasure. Uponl motion il was or
dered that her report be published in
the white Ribbon"
The report OF Narcotics was called
for. A good report and many remarks.
The discussion that followed was
lively, all taking part. Rev. Bower
sox OF the Evangelical church, was
then introduced aud made a few good
remarks,
Two more delegates coming 10, their
credentials were.then presented: Mrs.
Massey, from Brooks, and Mrs. .Morcom,
from WoOdburn.
The EYangelistic report was read
by the superintendent, Mrs. Wright,
OF WOOdburn. Ii showed that some
thing over one hundred evangeliStic
meetings had been held during the
year.
The morning session concluded with
a noon day prayer service cOnd ucted
by Rev. j.. BOweTSOx.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-07

CHAMPAGNE PUFFs. - Also those
famous Little German Pretzels, fresh
at II. G.. SOnneman's. CIT
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-07
t. HoLvERSONS.

TIE oooosrt Al the Cbrsiaa ebur-h
toniEht-
LP. SEsu and A J. Stevens, q
Ca1mpoez. usre N The city today
psyinz ts1es. They .rspoTt al cEoFs
looki1E sell
Ia. Carrie. se5ood Lieutenant 4
Co C. . y g. EuEsDe- is- in The
city for exzminstlon before q detail
from the military bard.
II. snook, The salem o9otrzctor %
ubou vas awarded the building q the
neE Coos cognty ooGrt bo1se- returned
from there this Dogning-
Postmaster Otter. q SubIimitE,
Ezs in tom to5sy, and in company
with Postmaster BO1hzn inspected
TIE srrznzeDsnts for the DeE Salem
postO5cs-
Mrs. Nzrcissa White kinney. State
ry.sf5sut ". c. 7. L.. arrived ia "a
Ien today from Astoria and ~ill de-
liver an address a. the FIRST Methodist
cbursh this evening.
O5es Atbey. q Boise City. Idaho.
arrived 10 the city THURSDAY evening
AID is visiting at the home Of his
gncle, II. B. Holland, on South Com
usrcizl street.
Lumberman GOodale, Of C0burg.
came 20 Salem this morning. He re-
ports large sales at Salt Lake and Og-
den. His contracts for lumber 70 90
70 Mexico canAOt be clO=ed until July
drst.
Mrs. Dora COrby, president Of the
WOodburn W. c. T. e., Mrs. II. L.
Barkley, Mrs Emma johnson, Mrs.
L. z. Cathey and Mrs. VI. A. Wright,
all Of wOOdburn, are attending the an
nual county W c. T. U. convention.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-18
TO CURE HEAvEs IN HoRsEsp

The people are familiar with the the
DRY that a tariff. if sufficiently high.
will cure all business and financial Ills;
that it will make two blades of grass
grow where none grew before; that it
will enable a man to get rich by taxing
himself; with all this the people are
familiar But there are more things in
tariff than are dreamed of in most
peoples philosophy. A DR.. w. II. II.
Dunn, of Nebraska, is one of the few
whose philosophy knows some of the
things that are in tariff, but which
are hidden from the ordinary mortal's
view He would cure the heaves in
horses with a tariff. This seems an
odd idea, but odd as it seems at first
it is truly Pickwickian in its -philo-
sophie insight. How tariff will cure
the heaVes in horses is told by the doc
tor to the New York Mail and Express.
First, he remarked that the Dingley bill
should provide higher tariff on hay.
And then he continued:
Il would like to see duty of 81 or
s. a ton on hay. This would help the
east and the west, benefit all farmers
and keep out Canadian hay. Good hay
can be bought in New York for S12 and
S14 a ton at retail. 1t is selling at this
low figure because large quantities of
hay are shipped into this country from
Canada. In the west, in Kansas and
Nebraska. hundreds of thousands of
tons of good hay rot every year on the
ground. This is sweet prairie grass,
and is excellent for horses. In Ne
braska fine baled hay can be bought
for $3.50 a ton.
"A tariff of So would keep out all
Canadian hay and would enable the
eastern farmer to get great deal more
for his product. Then all the hay that
rcts on the ground in the west could be
utilized, and it would all sell for a good
figure. I observe that there are MANY
horses in New York that have the
heaves. They have had poor hay With |
an IS tariff these horses could get the
benefit of good, wholesome hay from |
the west. and it would not cost any |
more than poor hay costs now
If hundreds o. thousands of tons of |
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-18
GOLD EXPORTS PROBABLE.

The news comes from New York that
there is very likely TO be a resumption
of gold exports in the near future. The
country is informed that it need not
be surprised if shipments begin within
the next ten days The outgo. it is
stated, viii not be due to the condition
of things here but to their condition in
London, Austria and Japan having
made large drafts of gold from that
monetary center. How much gold may
be sent abroad the New York Tribune,
which is authority for the story of
probable gold shipments, says it is idle
TO conjecture. There is no doubt of
that. Whatever amount goes it is per-
fectIy safe to say that most if not all
of it viii come out of the treasury.
The treasury now holds some S154, OO0,-
900. that which was not borrowed hav-
ing been gotten in exchange for green
backs
If these gold exports do really begin
no one can tell where they viii end.
With the government revenues below
its expenditures it will not take long
to empty the treasury of its gold. If
that oDeratian should so to any ex-
tent it is not at all improbable that
panic would ensue. In fact conditions
are rather favorable to a panic The
promised prosperity has not come, and
the rather high expectations as to what
the Mckinley administration would
do TO restore business confidence and
prosperity are fast turning into doubt
and despair. What little prospect there
was Of a return of better times has
been destroyed by the calling of con-
gress in extra session to tinker with
the tariff. Had an honest effort to
provide revenue for the government
been made it would have been an easy
matter to provide ample revenue. But
it was not; in its place a whole scheme
of tariff revision for the purpose of
affording protection to the industries
of the country was entered into. And
before the scheme is fully matured
comes the announcement that gold ex-
ports are about to be revived. The
people have learned to dread those ex-
ports because for the past few years
they have presaged evil. 1t is much to
be regretted that there is a prospect of
their revival for the affairs of the
country are in anything but a salts
factory condition and these exports
may have a tendency to make them
even more unsatisfactory. 1t is to be
hoped there will be no gold exports and
that if there are they will have no bad
effects on the business of the country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-18
BOOKS, TARIFF AND EDUCATION

It is surprising to see the New York
Times taking the position it does on
the question Of a tariff on books. On all
tariff questions the Times is usually
as sound as can be and perhaps it IS
for this reason that its position in re-
spect to a tariff on books is surprising
It says that swell books such as col
lectors pay fancy prices for, on the
ground of their rarity. are evidently
luxuries. There is no absolute stand
ard of luxury. Whenever a man de-
sires anything that is beyond his
means that thing is to him a luxury.
Thus the Times says that there is no
reason. for example, why the importer
of a first folio Shakespeare, unless he
be public library, should not be COM
PEELED TO pay duty on his importation,
which is mere object of curiosity, its
contents being accessible in cheaper
Volumes" 1t is useless to argue with
any man over the injustice and inn
policy of imposing a duty on books,
rare or otherwise, who can make such
a statement as that. He would prob
ably regard a perfect plaster cast of
Milo as being equal to the originals.
Why argue with such man over such
questions when tastes cannot be ar
gued about?
The position of the Times is almost
incomprehensible. Thus it says:
The assumption upon which a tax on
works of art and a tax on books are
opposed are that both pictures and
books exert 'an educating influence.
As it was expressed by Carlyle in his
Edinburgh address, it is the assump-
ton that if IAN ignorant man is read
ing any book whatever. he is doing
rather better than nothing at all,
Now Carlyle adds, Il entirely call
that in question 1 even venture to
deny it," In truth, some books do and
more do not exert an educating inf1u-
ence, not is it in all cases true that the
habit of reading bad books leads to
the reading of good books.
That might almost have been written
by that great critic and promoter of
education, Anthony Comstock. 1t is
quite in his line. Some two or three
years ago he pounced upon Tom
JONES'" intending to sacrifice him, but
Tom was finally saved. 1t would take
a pretty astute critic to show wherein
Tom Jones' has any educational
value, and it certainly is not such a
book as would be considered as Just
the thing" for a young lady's library
nor to be given out as a reward for
good Sunday school work There is
much pure nonsense talked about the
educational value of this or that line
of reading, but the general reader, the
desultory reader doesn't make the edu-
cational benefits to be derived from
reading his chief object in reading; it
is a secondary matter. If a man will
carefully study the statistical abstract
published by the treasury department
no doubt he will receive more educa-
tional benefit, constituting the word
strictly, than from a novel by Cooper,
a sketch by Irving. an essay by Low
ell, a poem by Longfellow.
In nothing is it truer than in reading
and the selection of books that one
mans meat is another mans poison.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-18
CLEVELAND AND THAT CADET
SHIP.

A contemporary replies to the
Springfield Republican for taking it to
task FOR some remarks it made about
Mr.. Cleveland because he refused to
appoint the son of the late General
Phil Sheridan a cadet to West Point
Our contemporary says it first got the
story of the refusal of Mr.. Cleveland to
appoint young Sheridan a cadet from
the Indianapolis Journal, and that it
has seen if in other papers.
The story has gone the rounds of
the press, we think we have seen it in
at least half a dozen papers, but could
not name one now, and it has caused
great deal of comment that was any
thing but complimentary to Mr.. Cleve-
land. We have also seen another story
that has not gone the rounds of the
press to anything like the extent the
first story did. This story is that when
Mrs. Sheridan asked Mr.. Cleveland to
appoint her son a cadet-at-large, he
was not of age to enter West Point, the
minimum age for entrance being Il
years. That young Sheridan was not
of age to enter West Point when an
appointment for him was solicited, if
it was solicited. is probably true, be-
cause his parents were married in 1879,
his mother being a daughter of Gen
eral Fucker
Assuming that the appointment for
young Sheridan was solicited, were not
the reasons for asking it precisely the
same as those upon which Colonel Fred
Grant based his claim to be appointed
minister to Berlin? The same as the
claims upon the Mckinley administra-
ton of Alan Arthur and young John
A. Logan? They are the sons of their
fathers. and that fact is the foundation
OF their claims to preferment.
If young Sheridan wishes to go to
West Point, let him enter the Compel
tive examination in his congressional
district the same as the other boys do.
The fact of the matter is that with all
our boosted democratic ideas in this
country we are evincing a strong ten
dency to make public Office hereditary
and to think that the doctrine of pri-
mogeniture isn't half-bad thing after
all
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-18

they are. A thocht as much frae the
liuks of them. and frae their gay talk.
and their LAUGHTER Eth, But I'm a ruined
man. wish a had nae taen the hale o
that last bottle. Hear-hear. thievesi
Thieves, Murderi Thieves,' and shout
ing at the top of his voice he ran out of
the room and along the passage.
The minute he had gone we shut the
door. lit the gas. restored the s:l-er to
the table and sat around as before. en-
joying quiet cigar. Presently there was
q confused murmur along the passage. 1t
grew louder and louder, and in poured
a truly motley throng. mostly half
dressed. consisting of the manager. two
men in bare legs and slippers. and lady
with p blanket. n the alarm of fear
caught up, followed by our agonized
friend. the waiter. One man was armed
with a poker and the other carried a
bronze statuette ready to hurl at the
thief. AS they entered. we all set back
and looked at them in well-feigned
amazement. and Toole said to the aston
ished and be-iidered manager: DO you
always come In this way with your
friends when a gentleman asks for his
bill2' -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-18
WASTED SYMPATHY.

The season of the tramp IS again
upon the country Some o: our country
exchanges are commenting upon the
tramp nuisance, and in the proper
shirt. The Manri Messenger says there
is entirely too much ~ upashy show'i
TIE tramp in its section y The :'oun-
try, which is aroused through feeling
OF kindness toward tho unfortunate
and a desire to feed the hIlyry. Md
Tier the Messenger makes these ve-y
fitting and timely remarks upon the
tramp question:
There are, by the way, prA,i)u5 few
tran ps deserving of charity That fra
te1nity is as rule an exceedingly un-
desirable element. Still. in the ag3re-
gat.cn there may be even an honest
tramp-but we are not ap. to meet one
in half a decade. Dis erimina Tinn be-
tween a filthy nomad, 1evouring hu-
man parasite, and one who deserves
aid is not difficult. Any tramp whose
inclinations tend at all toward decency
is willing to work. Give him Il Job and
then give him a. dinner. The lancrer
is worthy of his hire" A great num-
Der of these bipeds will refuse 20 work.
Turn them away. Such beings would
rob you in the dark. Some Wal come
ana preSunpluOuSly ask LOT a meal III
for a lord, and when you offer them an
ordinary menu, will turn UP their
noses. sniff the air and disdainfully ask
for something better. live them a
cold shoulder. You will MAKE the worl1
better by so doing.
Use little judgment. Ooa't let your
sympathy smash your reason. THESE
thoughts are called forth by the pros
poets before us. Indications are that
t-amps will be numerous this spring
and summer. a little thought even in
this subject may be good thing &C.
casionally.
Portions of Utah are a virgin field
for the tramp. The people are large
hearted and full of sympathy, and Ire
tramps are aware of this fact, and
they work it in their own interests
There may be honest tramps, as the
Messenger says, but one of that kind
is only met with in half a decade.
The warm and pleasant weather is
as sure to bring out tramps as it is to
bring out flies. The. press of the state
is inclined to treat the nuisance as it
should be. and if the people will do the
same, the tramp pest can be very con-
siderably diminished. Those who be-
stow sympathy upon them as a class
are but wasting it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-18
THAT AIRSHIP.

There's 4 wild weird something that
sails in the air.
With wings like the ''Piasa Bird
Look upward at night from almost any
You'll see it since April the third
The people at Eigin declare it has eyes
AS red as the sun in the fall:
Two Evanston lovers (who always are
Declare it has no eyes at all.
The wise ones at Rockford have seen it
Like a cloud from the west, and they
tell
How the mayor and council. with wide
Stood GREATNESS. as bound with spell.
1t raced with the engine that hauls the
Fast Mali
Down the Burlington track yesterday;
The engineer sat, with his face deathly
pale,
And watched the thing vanish away.
At Alton. perched high on the ''Piasa"
hill
Last night there was seen huge form;
1t screamed like panther. with voice
strange and shrill,
That rose high above the wild storm.
It's headed for Washington now, 1 am
And | doubt not, like dasher of churn.
It will hasten reports on affairs growing
cold
Awaiting the Dingley bill turn.
And then let us hope it will take a deep
breath,
And sail on to Cuba and Greece;
To brighten the Spaniards and Turks half
to death,
Establishing honorable peace.
We need such a fowl, with a nest full of
eggs,
And cause lawless people to take to their
legs,
When they catch the strange birds
warning cry.
A. NJ. Bruner, in Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-18
TALES OF THE DAY.
Bryan as an Actor.

Chicago Tribune: Ada Gray. who is
now playing East Lynne at the Cleve-
land theatre confirms the story that
went the rounds last fall that William
Jennings Bryan was once an actor in her
company. Miss Gray says:
When his picture began to appear, the
face seemed strangely familiar to me,
but II was some time before l could re-
member where I had seen him. l fire.
quently remarked that he looked like an
actor. and one day at Louisville, KY. the
recollection flashed on me suddenly and
clearly. He was with me during the sea-
son OF 1884. which opened at Cedar Rap
ids. Ia. He played under the name of
William Jennings, but his face looked
then as Il does now. He remained with
my company five months. playing Sir
Francis Levison IN East Lynne. We
played Lucretia Borgia' the same sea-
son, but he took no part. After the sea-
son | lost sight of him. ] don't even re-
member whether he was a good actor or
a bad one
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-18
Irving,s Joke on TooIe.

Sir Henry Irving tells an amusing story
of joke that he. with Mr. Toole and a
third party. played some years ago at q
were supping at the hotel. where. SAYS
Sir Henry. according to the Weekly Tele-
graph. there was in the room a high
screen. The instant the waiter was gone,
we commenced operations We stripped
the silverwaTe. of which there was a toll
cradle supply. from the table and placed
1t behind the screen. We then ccened
the window and turned out the gas and
finally got under the table. We nad only
to remain in our cramped position a few
minutes before we heard the unsteady
feet OF our friend. the waiter, along the
Dassa &c.
THE darkened room amazed him and
the cold air from the window seemed to
strike him with alright.
Goodness exclaimed he, it's thieves