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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
SAMPSON INTERVIEWED.
He Talks Intelligsntly About the Nev
Navv

He Talks Intelligently About the New
Navy,
Boston, Mass, Aug. PA Boston
Journal reporter interviewed Rear
Admiral Sampson on the train for
Washington.
Admiral Sampson was reminded
that Admiral Colomb, the English
naval authority, had said that this
war had taught no lessons in naval
architecture or naval strategy.
"If he said that" was the comment
"he does not know what he is talking
about. for the war has taught great
many things. For one thing 10 has
shown the necessity Of making ships
Of war lireprOof. Ii won't suffice
merely TO make the wood fiIeproof, in
my opinion, fer there are objections TO
the process, az IL Involves unnecessary
expense. Ships ought TO be built prac.
tically without woodwork at all, and
there is no good reason why this can
not he done. After the way in which
the woodwork of the Spanish ships
caught fire, causing the destruction
OF the ships, there can be no question
about tine Importance Of this change. "
"The trouble with COlomb may he
he has always been an advocate Of
torpedo boats as we used to hear be-
fore the war;" it. was suggested.
"Probably not. At the same time,
it must lie remembered, that
torpedo boats have never had really
fair test. They have always been
faulty in cor rstruction, necessary quail.
tiles haying been sacrificed TO speed
There is no good reason why tor
pedo boat should have a speed Of more
than ~ or 25 miles an hour, but it
have them speedy that they have
been made too light and in some in
stances they are little better than
egg shells.
at wont do, either. to draw too
hasty conclusion from the way ia
which the Gloucester, which was
converted yacht, did up the Furor and
the Pluton. The Gloucester was
hastily transformed into a torpedo
boat destroyer, IL is true, but it is
not small boat by any means.'
elbow about the big gnns? A great
many people seem to think the guns
OF higher caliber are not OF SO much
account in battle."
"The big guns will always be needed.
There Is work which they can do and
which is out Of the question for the
smaller calibers. 1t happened at San
tiag0 that the S.inch Oguns and the
rapid-tire guns did great execution,
but this was because they could strike
the Spaniards below the belt, as it.
were. When it, comes to piercing
heavy armor the high caiber guns
must be bronght into action.
"rhen there is the question of
smOkeless powder. Our ships ought
to be supplied with smokeless powder
for several reasons. First, the most
important is the great advantage in
velocity. With ordinary powder the
velocity is something like 2lOO, with
smOkeless powder il is nearly 25OO."
Admiral Sampson expressed doubt
as To whether it. would be advisable TO
raise the Cristobal Colon He was
afraid it was now TO late to accom-
pliSh anything in that direction.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24

CAPE Town, South Africa, Aug "A
The Cape Colony assembly general
eiectlons, are now ia progress. and
Mr. Oats candidate for the progress
Sl'e party which is opposed to the
Afrlkanderbund, which is eomposed
largely Of represeniatlyesof President
hruger's interests In South Africa
has been elected by an overwhelmio,,
majority.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
Porto Rican Guerrilla

PONCE, Porto Rico, Aug. 4-Yes
terday the famous guerrilla. Figaro,
was captured near COamO and brought
To Jail here. He is accused of burn
ing the village Of Colo. He denies
his gull. empathicalIy, but admits
baYing slain several Spanish soldiers
while sklrmishing in the mountains.
General Macias announced his inten-
tion to detect and punish the perpe.
traitors of the Ciales massacre.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24

Hop gloves ia abundance at the
New York Racket, at prices from 23c
upward and all kinds of hoTsehide and
buck gloves for threshers and other
heavy work. We also haYe splendid
buck one fingered mitten suitable for
handling timber or rock, We are pre-
pared for the whole neighborho0d.
We have Il fine ladies' bicycle glove,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
HOTEL WILLAMETTE

Among arrivals today were the fol
lowing:
Henry Long, w, g. Wallace, w. A
Smith, II. " Frlmple, h ii. Frlmple
ID. Ellany, Il. Il. Savage, AT. Rogers
w. f. Jefrress, Portland; Marian
Dawson, Vancouver; DR.. r.. Caeltyal,
CITY; james Elder. Harry E. Lewis
W. A. Banks, A. w. Scott, San
Francisco; Geo. w. Jinks, Detroit
Gov. II. II. Geer, Macleay; Walter l.
TOOZe.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
Salem Local,

Tonight and Thursday raIr-cloudy
cooler.
Postmaster Tooze of Woodburn, was
Salem visitor today.
Rick Dearborn returned from
Portland today after short visit.
James Neil,of the Asylum force, left
today for ten days visit at Newport,
+. r. Anson was a passenger TO
Portland on this mornings overland.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
CALL A MESSENGER

and have your notes and packages
delivered. to coIlect a bill, to 90 OH
errands for you. Ask for special
raten On merchants paolkages
Charges reasonable. Bicycle ser
Woe. Ring Blue boxes or telephone
40.
Lockwood Messenger System, Central
office Mo. 2ee Commercial street.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
Hay for California.

Sheriff #. w. Durbin today sold his
crop Of l20 tons of clover hay to
Brewster \ White for shipment to
California. The hay is 10 be baled
and shipped tO San Jose, California.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
Hop Pickers; :;;;:

We have blg lines Of hop plckers'
gloves 20 tit small or big folks We
have lines of granite ware for camp
.ers's use. % per cent of regular
prices. We have all sorts OF tin ware
In plates, cups, coffee pots, etc. Iron
knives aud forks, Tin spoons, vegetable
knives, butcher kniyes, bread knives,
Ia fact everything In small ware line
you need for camping or light house
keeping, All at lowest racket prices
The gray steel enameled ware at %
per cent OF from racket prices is
creating a'sensati0n.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 24,-The Republi-
can state convention elected II. j.
Akin, Humansyille, chairman of
the Republican state central commit.
tee
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
Mustered Out.

A large number Of; Oregon troops
will shortly be mustered out OF SER
vice SO that they can return to Salem
aud get some of those l5c meals at
George Bros.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
He Was Iiomesick.

One Of Salem'S estimable citizens
returned Tuesday from visit east.
he grew homeslck for one of Hucken-
stems lOc La Corona cigars aud had
20 return.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24

wan El)-Glrl t. do general no lse work.
EhqGIe at depot machine shop b=iween ?
'"' v Cio H. 8 "a 81
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
The Hop Crop,

For the best hop tickets and the
east cost. see C0nover the business
printer at Deaborn's book store.
eOd&W
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
Change of Time.

The o. &. & Co. steamer Pomona
will hereafter leaYe for Portland daily
except Sunday at Il. Ia. S-23 3t
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24

One deed was filed today as follows:
Williams Liyermore to ID. G. Sher-
man land in East Salem, W d $500.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
Checked overalls

and Jumpers, black aud blue overalls
oVershirts, harvest gloves, s0X aud
suspenders. Racket prices on every
thing.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24

{ tpsr pr Miles NERyE PLAsrrps o., sp,...
@ an drnggists sell 'enl ~ 'el ~.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
BORN.

"a ~ LOR-On Sunday August H.,
I89S, to Mr. and Mrs, E E. Taylor,
of SilyertOn, Il daughter.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-24
GREAT REDUCTIONS !

Strongs New York Ice Cream reduced quart
Ice Cream with cake served at lOc.
Strong's restaurant.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-11
ke asked.
 ''Yes., :,
Marshall Field,s2
scotrs Narrow Escape.

The world had narrow escape of nevCy having known Sir Walter Scott. When tiny babe, he was left in charge If maid, but the girls heart N as in Edinburgh, whither she wanted to go to rejoin her lover. She was. however, compelled to stay and look after the infant at Sandy Knowe. The girl re- garded her charge as an obstacle to be removed. and ufterward confessed that she carried young Scott up to the Craigs (under strong temptation of the devil
 a she exnressed itl. fully intending se
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Evading the Law.

The new city charter of Kalamazoo, Mich, requires the appointment of police matron, but the politicians do not want one. They put the matter off as long as they could, and when they were obliged by law to make a nominal ap. pointment the board of supervisors fixed the matron's salary at $10 year, thus making it practically impossible for any woman to give her time to the work. This is an object lesson on the need of municipal woman suffrage Would the city authorities have been likely to act thus if half the constituents upon whom their reelection depended had been womens--Woman's s Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-11
MINERAL WATEHo.
Why and How They Benefit Those That
 Drink Them.
When a patient reaches mineral

When a patient reaches 0 mineral water health resort, he is examined by the resident physician and ordered to drink certain quantities of the water at certain times during the day. These are increased from day to day until the maximum quantity needed is reached. Ho is ordered to drink one or two glass;, fu1s upon rising, two or three glasses between breakfast and dinner, the same quantity in the afternoon and couple of glasses before going to bed. The pa- tient is urged to take 1t whether he wants it or not He may say that he is not thirsty, but that makes no differ saoe; he must take it as a medicine. Tie quantity is increased until we have known 30 glasses per day to be taken.
 A part of the benefit derived is be- cause of the rest and change of scene. A part, perhaps, is from the small quantity of the salts and other bases contained in these waters (we are not speaking of cathartic or chalybeate wa ters), but the benefit from this source IS very slight. The secret of tho cure is in the quantity of water taken. If the wa- ter be pure, free from organic matter, and taken in sufficient quantity, the re- suits will be substantially the same, re- gardless of the traces" of lithia and small quantities of sodium chloride and other salts. You can perform these cures at home with the ordinary drink ing water, if of good quality, if you will require the patient to take it ia the same quantity as at the springs. It Is very easy to add lithia if desired, but you must net lose sight of the fact that the quantity of water (not lithia) taken is the important thing. It acts by food ing the kid1reys, by washing out the bladder with a copious, bland and dilute urine, by unclogging the liver and clearing the brain. The patient feels better from day to day; he is better. Irritable bladder is relieved, the kid neys act freely-are washed out and many effete substances are carried out with the flood. This clears the way for the liver to act freely and normally, for there is an intimate relation be- tween the liver and kidneys New York Ledger.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-11
The Louis Seize Bow,

There is great rage at present for the Louis N bow. Fashioned of car nation colored velvet, it ornaments th- left shoulder Of white or black even ing dress. A small bow to match is used as the mount of an aigret or ostrich tip in the coiffure. The points to re- member are first. that the bows must match iH color. material and pattern i; second, they must Lot be the same size; third, that the smaller is intended as part Of the headdress. But just now it is tho shoulder bow at the left that gives finish to toilet. In no case must there be q bow on both shoulders. Sucu is the ulzase of an autocratic modiste, who lays down the law with the con- fortable consciousness that it is ali clti- matrm. The fiat is going forth.
 The bow is not always of velvet. It may be made of lace. net or tulle, in which case it is wired with silvery in visible" wire The lace may be jetted CT pearled The velvet or satin ribbon bow, if it be of the true Louis Seize type, requires wiring. Black wires are used with dark eolored bows.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-11
CAUGHT A WALKING FISH,
IL Had No GiiIs, but Had Four Legs ana
 Knew How to Use Them.

Frank Davey, the photographer, Is the posssssor of very strange fish, which after having exhibited to 8 nuns- Der of friends while still alive he put Into alcohol to keep. Tho fish IS known e some people here, but is quite rare. Its home is in the deep water, and if the story told by the Ghinaman who pro cured it-namely, that the catch was made in comparatively shallow water just outside of the harbor-is to be de pended on the occurrence is indeed uA- usual.
 It is about three inches in length and when alive was of a bright yellow hue, with spots of black here and there It's mouth is quite large, and the part of the body nearest is eorrespondingly large. It then tapers off to small tail, but the peculiar part is that there are no gills, or what are popularly known as such Where these should be the skin is just as 1t is all over the body At 0 distance of about half an inch and pro- tr71ding from the belly near the central part are what might be called arms or legs. They are jointed and have some teu very fine claws These, together with another pair farther anterior the fish, when alive, used to walk about with on the bottom of the jar in which it was contained.
 It would show fight instantly when approached and gave every sign of be- ing endowed with the spirit of the evil one, bristling up it's fins, snapping it's sharp teeth, elevating a sharp, knifelike appendage on the top of its nose and sending two currents of water from holes or false gills just back of the large armlike appendages mentioned above.
 When the fish was killed and placed in alcohol. the bright yellow disappear ed entirely and left in it's place whitish color. Pacific Commercial Advertiser
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ONLY HIMSELF TO BLAME.
There Was No Need of His Plunging sS
 R9ckiessly and Blindly.

R5ckiessly and Blindly.
 Miss Pinkcrly-Are you interested in charity, Mir. Tutter?
 Tutter fwao knows that she is and suspects 2 possible donation) - We'll, Miss Clara, that depends. Some forms of charity are excellent. Others are mis- directed
 Miss Pinkerly-Yes, I suppose that's So. Ycu know we are going to give little entertainment at the church.
 Tutter-Oh, yes. Something for the heathen, suppose. Do you know, Miss Clara, haven't much faith in that sort of thing. Now. if it were nearer home.
 Miss Pinkerly-But it is nearer home. It's just for the poor children of the ueighborhood-
 Putter (seeing no escape) - Well, that's better. l approve of that. Of course I'll take ticket. Awfully glad.
 Miss Pinltrly-Oh, that is so kind of you.
 Tutter-Not at all Tell me, what sort of an entertainment is it going to be?
 Miss Pinkerly-Oh, just simple IiJ. tie affair We thought it best, you know, to have everything as simple as possible. There will be refreshments, of course, but they will all be donated. and then we propose to have some sort of amateur pIay-possibly q charade.
 Tptter-Oh, I see. Well, 1t'sa worthy object. believe in that sort of thing. Have you sold many tickets?
 Miss pinkerig-Not so many as ! hoped to. Still thArA is some Ilme yet.
 Tutter-put me down for two tickets
 Miss Pinkerly-Now, Mir Tutter, you arc really too generous. You must consider your own pocketbook little
 Tutter-Don't say Q word. A simple. inexpensive little entertainment like this, with such a worthy object in view, ought to be encouraged. By love, the more think of it the better I like the Idea. Charity begins at home. It's a good thing, Miss Clara. I'm not satis- fled. Let me have four tickets. No, make 1t a half dozen.
 Miss Pinkerly-Now, MT. Tupper, really
 Tutter-Don't say another word. insist upon it. Where are the ticketsi Have you got them here? I'll take them at once.
 Miss Pinkerly-Oh. yesl Here they are.
 Tutter-Goodl Now, how much did you say they were apiece?
 Miss Pinkerly-Only s5, Mr. TuttayI --Harper's Bazaar.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-11

guests of Misses Fox. They left yes. terdny morning for Luna to attend
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-11
WINDS AND LEAVES.
Wet winds that flap tho sodden leavsA

Vet winds that flap the sodden leavea Wet leaves that drop and fall, Unhappy leafiess trees the wind bersavcA Poor trees and small; All of a color, solemn in your green, All of color, somber in your brown; all of a color, dripping gray between, When leaves are downI Oh, for the bronze green eucalyptus spires, Far flashing up against the changeless blua. Shifting and glancing in the steady fires Of sun and noonlighb too.
 bright
 And yarnished fringes of the pepper trees. And, ah, that wind of sunshine, wind of lights
 Wind of the seasl Charlotte Perkins stetson in Land of Sus- ahine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-11
DIPLOMACY.
The Astute Mayor Knew How to Help
 Along His Own Town.

A number of indignant citizens had filed into the office of the mayor of a small but progressive town
 I've called, said the spokesman of the party, ito see about your announce ment that you would fight so tho bitter end the proposal of those two railroad companies to lay tracks so as to con- uect. '
 "Well, was the reply, "what of itf''
 'You don't deny saying it, then?"
 Certainly not. ;
 And yet you call yourself wide awake man, competent to look after the interests of an ambitious community like this?'
 II am doing my best to deserve ap- proval. ''
 Don't you realize that the junction Of those two roads is one of the best things that coald happen to this city?'
 Certainly
 And yet you are doing your best to stop it?''
 The mayor reflected for few min utes and then said;
 "Gentlemen, will you keep a secret?"
 ''If it's nothing detrimental to the city's interests. D
 Well, am just as anxious to have that work done as you are, but you know how they usually go about such things. If we let them alone, they Il begin work about the last of November, leave things torn up all winter and not finish before next summer is half over. Now, if they have really determined to make this improvement, my saying I disapprove of it won change them, but it will have one etfect-it'll put them on their mettle. They'll get together a gang of men some night and put them to work with lanterns and rush the job through so fast that there won t be any interruption of traffic whatever. ''- Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-11

F. Will Levy yesterday celebrated
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-11

A sea captain tells of his sailing h southern seas where flying fish abound They would sometimes in their flight in the night come aboard the ship and drol to the deck. He had three cats that. though they were lying asleep below, would hear the sound whenever a fish struck the deck and would rush up to get it. They distinguished this from all other sounds. The crew tried to initiate it in various ways but could nos deceive the catR
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-11
GREATNESS UNDERVALUED.

Shakespeare. Scott and Mrs. Siddons Were
 Not Wonders Once.
 In these modern days, when the most extravagant laudations are paid by lit- tie cliques to little poets and mediocre actors, and the language of eulogy is exhausted on what seems very small provocation, it is difficult to picture 8 time when not only the minor bard and the second class actors were severely dealt with, but even the best and great est were exposed to iTTeverent criticism. Robert Greene, who, however, was in the same line of business ("wrote him. self"), declared his contemporary Shakespeare to be Gan upstart crow, who, i'll his own conceit, was the only shakeseene in the country" Dryden wrote of the bard of Avon: "He writes ill many places below the dullest writ CTS of our or any preceding age. Never did any author precipitate himself from such heights of thoughts to such low expressions. He is the Janus of poets, and you have scarcely time to adlnira one face ere you despise the other.
 Coming nearer to our own times, it is generally, but quite enormously, sup posed that the Waverly novels were re- eeived with universal accord of ac, claim on their first appearance, but this is by no means the case. In many ot she contemporary organs of criticism they were "da'9ned with feint praise" and Ill some aven without it.
 Mrs. Siddons, again--a statue te whom was uncovered in Paddington by Sir Henry Irying-is supposed to have taken the town by storm and to have been at once acknowledged the queen of her profession Yet Horace Walpole, admitting her great talents, by no means expressed himself with such en- thusiasm. "She pleased me beyond my expectation, but not up to the admira. tion of the ton, two or three whom were in the same box with me. **% MT Crawford asked me if 1 did not think her the best actress I ever saw. said By no means We old folks are apt to be prejudieed in favor of our first i'm pressions. She Is good figure, hand. some enough, though neither nose nor chin according to the Greek standard, beyond which both advance good deal Her hair is either red or she has no ob- jeetion to it's being thought so and had used red powder. Her voice is clear and good, but 1 thought she did not vary it's modulations enough, nor ever approach enough to the familiar, but this may come wenh more habituated to the awe of the audience of the capital. Her ao. tion is proper, but with little variety. When without motion, her arms are not genteel.
 Thus, you see, all my objections are very trifing, but what I really wanted but did not find was originality, which announces genius, and without both which I am never intrinsically pleased. All Mrs. Siddons did good sense or good instructions might give. dare to say that were I one and twenty I should nave thought her marvellous, but, alas, 1 remember Mrs. Porter and the Dunes nil aud remember every accent of the former in the very same part. illus, trated London News
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-11
Wouldn't Stand It.

The uniformed guard at the entrance of the Field Columbian museum stopped the man i'll the brown suit who was about to go in through the turnstile.
 II can't let you take that cane in- side, :" he said.
 'Why not?" demanded the other.
 'It's against the rules. You'll have to cheek 1t at that window D
 'What will that cost9''
 "It will cost you cents.
 The man in the brown shit hesitated.
 "This is the Field museum, isn t it?'' he asked.
 ''Yes '
 Marshall Field's?" "Yes. Hes the man it 'snamed for. " Well, I'll be eyerlastingly gulndast- cd if I'll stand itl I don't care for the nickel, but bought this cane of Mar shall Field, by jocks, and I'm not go- ing to pay him for keeping it half an hour while look at his old showl"
 And he went away, uttering dreadful things. Chicago Tribune.