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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-09-01
Change Of Climate
Breaks Down the Health of an
Oregon Man
What a Few Bottles OF Hoods
SaFsaparilla Did for Him.

SaTsaParllla Did for Him.
sour home is In Clark county, Wash
ington. My little boy was taken with
asthma when only two years old, and
grew worse until he was i've, when the
physician advised us to take him to a dry
climate. resolved to so to the great
wheat fields of Eastern Oregon and work
In harvest, but 1 soon found my own
health was failing. i could neither eat
nor drink without getting sick. was
blind and dizzy. procured bottle OF
Hoods saSsaparilla and began taking IL,
and in few weeks was well and able to
work every day. My little boy Is now
taking Hoods sarsaparilla with good
results" ID. PATTEE, Wasoo, Oregon.
Hoods sassaI psr1iis
Is the best-in fact the One True BLOOD Puriher.
Sold BY all druggists. sii six for s.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-09-01

WILLAMETTE RIVER DIVISION.
PORTLAND-SALEM ROUTE-Steame,
Ruth for Portland Tuesday, 1hursday sAl
Saturday ct 7I5 I'm.
Transfers to street car line at Greg Iity
if the steamers are delayed there odId
trip tickets to all points in Oregon. ? cshing.
ton, California or the east, Connecting
made at Portland with all rail- ocean and
river lines.
W. ii. IURLBURT.
Gen'l Pas. Agt. Portland. y.
&. NJ. M.,POWERS, Agent, Trade street dock
Salem.
EOlSE 8. DARKER.
City Agents.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-09-01
The Wisconsin
Central Lines.

for all connections at Chicago and Milwaukee
For eastern points.
ticketfull information call on Sodr nearest
ticket agent or write
JAS. c. POND;
General Pass AgentMillwaukee.
Or JAS. A CLOCK, .Geueral Agent Wis
Stark Street Portland Or,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-09-01
When Going East

Use a first class line in travelling between
Minneapolis, st, Paul aud Chicago, and the
principal towns in Central Wisconsin.
Pullman Palace Sleeping and chair cars
in service.
The Dining cars are operated in the'inter-
est Of its patrons, the Tost elegant service
ever augurated. Meals are served Ia
Carte.
To obtain 'frst.classHserVice your ticke
should read via
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tire war. A good many persons think
Of all powder as being in the form of
f1ne grains such as is Used in ordinary
shofguns or fca blasting purposes.
Others, whose memory extends back to
the civil war, Zeal 1.-THE cannon pow
der of that time, which was in the
form of half-inch cubes about the size
and shape of lozenges. AS a matter of
fact, the powder of the present day is
very different from this. A grain of
the kind used in the big guns is made
In the form of hexagon about an inch
in diameter with a cylindrical hole
through the center. The purpose of tris
hole is to make the powder burn faster.
since the fire is able to get at it from
every side. 1t is dark brown i'll color,
except that used for igniting, which is
black. The smokeless powder, which is
the only kind used in the rapid firing
guns and is coming into favor for those
of larger caliber. is made in fiat yellow
strips about 10 inches long, which look
like small paper ruler, or in hollow
cylinders for all the world ike pieces of
maccaroni.
In the factory the blocks of powder
are packed into fiat wooden cases lined
with tin. Where the sides of the case
fit on, a small, slightly raised band of
rubbers runs about the edge, making
the box air and water tight when it is
closed. Thence it is shipped to one of
the government storehouses, of which
there are eight in different parts of the
country--at Portsmouth, n. H.; Chelsea.
Mass; Fort Wadsworth. in New York
harbor; Fort Mullin, on the Chesapeake;
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races. provided the differences are not
too fundamental is no unqualified evil
Indeed, in the long run, through ma
lures happy faculty of selecting ana
perpetuating what is most fit, the re-
suit is often the development of type
much superior to any of its elements
a fact full of promise to America,
where all the nations of Europe are 50
rapidly blending. Even the English
man would not have gained the marked
superiority he shows as compared with
his overpraised and really rather doll
ish Saxon forbears, had 1t not been for
n repeated infusion of foreign blood
which was most extensive in those up
per ranks where the Improvement is
most manifest. The boosted English
yeoman, II must be confessed. is a too
unmitigated Saxon; he is rather dolt-
ish still. The peoples of Southern Eu-
rope. doubtless, got an overdose of
Iberian blood; but what they lost in
stability they gained in vivacity and
cleverness.
But here is the root of the weakness
of the Greeks. They We're excessively
Iberianized; and while this gave them
a great lveliness and quickness of per-
ception, and a marvellous aptitude for
things artistic, ii has made them mere
impetuous and impatient children in all
matters political. Such they were in
classic times, and such they are to-day.
As Athens plunged headlong into the
Pelcponnesian war and the Sicilian eN
petition centuries ago, so last year she
fatuously defied the powers, invaded
Crete and bearded the Turk-in both
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ABOUT THE REAL ST. PATRICK
His Work in the Redemption of ireland From Pagansm
Was an Abiding Reality.

spent many years in careful prepare
ton at the best religious school acces-
sible.
True, he never attained to any extra
ordinary scholarship. In his Comics.
sion." which was written as a reply to
those who declared that he was unfit
to be made bishop, he freely comedies
himself 'indoctus'' and "rusticissimus'
--unlearned and very plain man; and
while the fact that he wrote in Latin
proves that he had sufficient education
for all ordinary purposes, his peculiar
use of that language, showing many
traces of Celtic idiom makes 1t evident
that his frankness was no false mod
esty, but simple honesty. He meant
just what he said, as strong men COM
monty do. And apropos of these Gel
tic turns of expression. it is of interest
to note that, although not born on
Erin's soil. he was of strictly Irish
stock, since his birthplace was in a re-
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Ro/AL PALACE AT ATHENy

gon almost exclusively settled by the
Irish Picts.
There are qualities far more import
ant than finished scholarship-which,
indeed is ever liable to waste itself in
pedantic trifling-and these sturdier
traits the victorious Irish evangelist
undoubtedly possessed. What one of
his critics could have done his work?
1t was well for his mission that his
sympathies were not dried away by the
dust of Libraries. All the better be-
cause he was .indoetus' his words
commanded the attention of the rude
clansmen: all the more because he was
'rusticissimus," like themselves. they
trusted and believed him. To this sim
plicity add dauntless courage and alb
Solute sincerity and you have the secret
of his wonderful success.
1t is a strong man whose work lives
after him; and the results of st. Pat
rick's labors were felt for centuries and
extended far beyond the island he re-
deemed from paganism In the period
which followed his death. the Irish
church was the most jealous and act
i've in all Christendom. Although 9TH
ers-and they, too, are worthy of
praiSe-whose achievements were more
spectacular because they addressed
themselves chiefly to kings and mobiles,
have received the greater share of
most of the real work was done by
Irish missionaries. animated by the
very spirit of st. Patrick These were
the men who, Drawing danger and
hardship, overcoming the obstacles of
an alien tongue and racial prejudice,
penetrated to every hamlet in North
cumberland and the Marchlands and
preached the gospel to the stubborn
villagers until their Christianity be-
came a fact. not a mere profession.
Little as we know about the life of
st. Patrick, his work is an abiding real
ity: and it is safe to assume that the
qualities which appear in the church
he founded were not wanting in him.
self. 1t is unfortunate that a charac-
ter so admirable has been yelled behind
such motley tissue of fanciful leg
ends-but the Irish people make no
mistake in honoring the name of st.
Patrick. DAVIS TURNER.
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Tears, Idle tears, I
know not what they
mean D, wrs,fe the Doef

weakness and dragging, torturing pain.
No wonder women weep The wonder is
that they are not oftencr in tears for all they
have to bear and suffer and the saddest
thing about il is how little their sufferings
are understood. Even the doctor nine
times IN ten says: "Oh, a little nervous
ness, that's all - or neuralgia, - or "insom-
mia, or dyspepsia" If he suspects the
real cause he insists upon examinations and
local treatment, about the very worst thing
possible to nervous, overweight woman.
There is no need of these repugnant
methods. Any woman may insure health
and strength in womanly way by the use
of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t
cures the weaknesses and diseases of the
feminine organism absolutely and COM
pletely. II was devised for this special
purpose by one of the most eminent and
experienced physicians in this country; an
expert specialist in women's diseases
For nearly so years DR.. Pierce has been
chief consulting physician of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N Y.
Any woman may consult him by letter free
of charge Her letter will be answered not
by a mere nurse or unedueated unscicntifc
person. but by the most competent medical
authority anywhere obtainable.
All women should read DIR. Pierce's thou
sand page illustrated book, The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser" II con
tains more clear and comprehensive advice
on medical subjects than any other book
ever published. A paper-bouud copy sent
free for tweniy-one one-cent stamps to pay
the oosf Of mailing only. Or cloth bound
for thirfy-oue stamps.
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The life of the famous Irish saint is,
as everybody knows, buried and almost
lost under a tangled debris of legend
and tradition, much of it grotesque in
the extreme. This was only to be ex-
pected. 1t is a fate almost sure to
overtake great religious leader in
rude and uncritical age; but as re-
suit, any attempt to read out the true
biography of st. Patrick from the ex-
listing records is like trying to decipher
an obscure and faded manuscript over
the face of which have been drawn
succession of arabasques and carica-
lures.
STILL it is not to be doubted that st.
Patrick both lived and accomplished
great work-greater, indeed, than peo-
pie in general are accustomed to give
him credit for-and even as to the de-
tails of his life we are not left wholly
at the mercy of legendary lore. A few
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UNCLE SANS POWDER SUPPLY
A Single Round From Battleship Costs
NenrIy = 900 for Powder Alone

Nearly 81 900 for Powder Alone.
1t takes $50 pounds of powder to fire
a charge from a 13-inch gun, the larg-
est carried by any of the ships of our
navy. The Indiana. Oregon and Iowa
each have an armament of four 13-inch,
eight S-inch and four 6-inch guns be-
sides small rapid-fire rifles. Therefore
every time the heaviest guns of one of
these big ships speak together over a
ton of powder is turned into nothing
ness. 1t takes ia pounds to speed the
S-inch shells and so pounds for those of
the 6-inch guns. At 81 cents per pound,
the ordinary contract price which Uncle
Sam pays for his powder. single round
from the Indiana costs him almost 5000.
The 13-ineh guns can be fired about
once every six minutes, while those of
6-ineh caliber can be discharged nearly
80 times as fast. Figuring on this ca
pacity. the Indiana is capable of con-
Stunning so tons of powder in an hour
at a cost of $40. 900. 1t is probable that
in an engagement the actual consump-
tion would not be more than one-quRr-
ter or one-half this amount, but even
$4,000 per hour is a tidy sum to pay for
smoke and literally requires money to
burn"
The arrangements for supplying pow
der to the big guns of the navy and
the coast GefenseS involve great eX-
pense and are of vital importance in
case OF actual war. but they are little
known 10 most people. Where all figures
as to the amount Of powder that would
be used in any sea fight must be large
ly conjectural. IL doesn't take a mathe-
NAUTICAL genius 10 understand that If
modern battleship can use from 30 to Is
tons of powder in an hour il would re-
quire more of the explosive To last
through a couple of naval engagements
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mans may at first seem to be an ex-
ception, but they-like the Macedoni-
ans in their relation TO Greece-be-
longed to the upper rather than the
lower part OF the peninsula. The traits
in question are very apparent in the
modern Italians and Sicilians, in the
Spanish. and even in the French. The
Irish, too--though, like the Greeks,
they rank among the bravest, bright
est and most patriotic peoples the
world has known-have experienced a
similar difficulty in maintaining their
independence. AS in the cause of old
Hellas, a we'll organized and united ire
land would have been impregnable, but
these were conditions that could not
be secured.
Like most other European peoples,
the Greeks were fundamentally of the
so-called Aryan stock, but the Greek
traits above described are very un-
Aryan. These Aryans-who are sup
posed to have originated in Central
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apparently authentic documents re-
main-chief among them the Comics
sion" believed to have come from his
own hand The "Epistle" also is prob
ably genuine, but is far less important.
The Confession is an extremely in
teresting document, to the student at
least From it we get a very meager
account of the incidents of the au-
thors career-though 1t contains about
all that is trustworthy-but the inn
preston il gives of the great mission
ary's character is clear and striking.
Ii is easy TO see that he was man well
qualified to win mems hearts-which is
necessarily the first step toward saw
ing their souls.
St. Patrick was an enthusiast.-of
eourse--else he had been poorly fitted
for his task. He was also something of
a dreamer. but a happy strain of prac-
ticability perVaGcs his dreaming; II
never fails To come TO something. His
visions ON the hills of Antrim, where
the boyish captive spent so many
nights ia prayer under the open sky.
are but the prelude to his escape from
slavery; and afterward, when he had
returned 10 his home and friends. the
voices that haunted his sleep, calling
him back 70 ireland. resulted IN bring
ing an entire nation into the Christian
faith. To y isionarieS'' of this type the
world is deeply indebted.
Indeed. Ina rhe confession there is
no hint Of the zNagSeratien and eN-
traVagance Which appears 50 strongly
in the Lives" of later date. Good
sense. sincerity and madesty are the
dominant notes. He believed in his
missien-ferventIv believed in it-but
So far was he from imagining himself
ready for an undertaking of such mag
nitude without special training, that he
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cases with extravagant expectations
and a most disastrous conclusion. The
proceedings of her deliberatiye assem-
blies. ancient or modern. no matter
what eloquence was displayed have
always had a curious tragi-eomic quail
ity; you feel that YOU are dealing with
a nation of schoolboys
Even i'm their physical characteristics
the Iberan strain is easily traced
The average stature in Greece was be
low the pure Aryan standard. Golden
locks are found chiefly on the pages of
the poets. adjoining the heads Of
sun gods and mythical heroes OF similar
solar origin
In short. the defect that makes a
Greek republic an opera bouffe propu-
eition. is radical. Nha4 the Greek was
he stir is-With omissions. time has not
meuded matters. thus far. And as The
weakness is constitutional. dating back
several miileniums 81 years. ii win
probably require many generations 10
eradicate il. Till then. King Georee
and his heirs had better stick 10 their
uneasy throne, lest some worse thing
befall. DAVIS TURNER.
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Asia-were a race of blue-e eyed blondes
of unusual strength and stature, rather
stolid in temperament, but endowed
with a fierce energy and grim tenacity
of purpose that made them irresistible
They conceived that their special mis-
sion was to conquer the world; and
they set about it promptly. with extra
ordinary success. When, in pursuance
of this idea. they began TO oNerrun
Europe-chiefly in prehistoric times
they found there, so ethnologists tell
us, comparatively short, brunette
race. called rather arbitrarily, her
ians. These the invaders partly eNter-.
minated and partly drove before them.
forcing them to the coast. and proba-
bly, 10 some extent across to the nearer
island. Naturally, the fugitives were
massed in largest numbers at the eN-
tremities of the great peninsulas,
where the remnant, as the rage for
slaughter relaxed. was gradually alb
sorbed. This merging of races, II is
believed. accounts for the otherwise
unaceeuntable variations In stature
and complexion So noticeable in Eu-
rope to-day and for the relative pre-
dominance of the brunette type in the
southern portion.
But il accounts for something more.
There is much reason 10 suspect thar
the Iberians are chiefly responsible for
the excessively emotional and unstable
temperament characteristic of the re-
gions where physical indications. and
in some degree historical evidence.
show that The tutermixture of blood
was greatest Further 20 the north.
whore the original population seems 10
have been more scantY and was swept
out more completely, the Aryan traits,
both for better and for worse. persist
in comparative purity.
For. after all, this intermarriage of
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-02-11

nsver have an opportunity to gloat
over me. would go abroad. | would
exile myself rather than witness one
minute of his triumph. j would tat
Tho very next steamer After all
Il would but add To the satisfaction Of
my riyal 10 have me eating ny heart
out i'm some foreign city. Far uo;'or
70 stay right here in New York; 10
work and become famous, to bring
home TO the girl n full sense OF what
she had lost by her foolish lottery.
But why should 7 waste my life in dull
Office drudgeryP Why should !, with
n solid income Inherited from indus
trious forefathers, throw away the good
things of this life for an empty barble,
for the sake Of n petty revenge ON
silly woman. Silly womanY A bold
woman who had repaid my homage by
gaming with me. Would true
hearted girl, girl worth having, have
played with mans love AZ she had
done? She was flirt-an internal
airt. How lucky was | in getting the
wrong note-how fortunatel L sprang
from nv chair and. danced around the
room, singing a snatch of song. A
bag, half packed for the journey.
caught my eye, and in frenzy Of joy
I kicked il and sen. the contents flying
over the floor.
A knock at the door interrupted the
celebration of my good fortune. 1t
was the hallboy with telegram.
opened the despatch and read:
dreadful mistake. Letters got
mixed. Sent you wrong note. Come.
MARIA. New York Sun.
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TWO CALVES IN THREE MONTHS,
Remarkable Performance of - Cow in
South Carolina.

Remarkable Performance of Cow in
south Carolina.
w. Nee. Venning of Mount Pleas
ant is the proud possessor of cow
that has given birth to two calves
within the last three months. In June
she became the mother of n healthy
calf. Since then she has been u steady
mixer, and a few nights ago aston
ished the little village by having an
other offspring. The second calf is
stout, well-buit young animal, and is
sporting around to the amusement of
the villagers. The first one is almost
large enough to eat hay, and is dis
posed to fight its younger brother for
the mothers affection. The COW il
still furnishing milk to her people,
and does not seem to think her feat
near so strange as the citizens of
Mount Pleasant do. For time AL
hambra Hall is forgotten, and from all
sides Of the town the children have
swarmed to see ode COW wot have two
calls in tree months.
But there is no fake about this cow
II the story is doubted it will be an
easy matter to get bundles of proof
and atlidavits from Mr.. Venning and
Others. The oldest Charlestonian
cannot recall an instance of a COW hav-
ing made such record. 1t is true
there have been cows that have given
birth to twins. The case is remarka-
BILE, and adds a new phase to COW cul-
ture, whatever that may be-
Many persons who heard of the
Mount Pleasant prodigy said it was
all bosh. But it isn't. Good men,
and honorable men, and men who
know how TO vouch for its truth, are
prepared to prove it. This COW will
go down in history. In years to come
she will rival the one in Chicago that
kicked over the kerosene lamp, or
even the famous bull of the crockery
store. Mount Pleasant feels a local
pride in the animal, and it is probable
that some official recognition will be
taken Of her patriotic service. IL has
been suggested that jolifcation meet
ing he held and souvenirs in the shape
of milk-shakes be presented to the
guests.-Charleston Is. c. News and
Courier.
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The royal British antiquarian and
archaeological socie les have lodged q
petition with Lord Salisbury protest
ing against the peculiar form of prison
labor in Egypt since the Khedive's
penitentiaries and iails have been
under English management. II seems
that the convicts, of whom there are
twelve hundred in the Jourah prison
alone, are employed in manufacturing
bogus antiques, for which there is re.
ported TO be large market, especially
in America. The petitioners declare
that the forgeries are so clever "a to
be scarcely distinguishable from the
real article. As yet only antiques Of
relatively small dimensions have been
produced, but the prison authorities
express. the hope of being able in
course Of time to turn out full-hedged
mummies and sarcophagi. The scien-
titic societies in England point out
with some degree of justice that while
this form of prison labor may have
commercial advantages, il practically
renders the British government 0
party TO fraud.
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Certainly COMPLIMENTARY.

John" said Mrs. Harkins, ~
heard nice compliment for you to-
day"
Mr.. Harkins put his paper down,
twisted up the ends of his moustache,
looked pleased, and said:
well, that's nothing so remarkable.
! receive compliments nearly every
day"
Mrs, Harkins went on slipping her
tea, and her husband waited for her
to resume. Finally, he said:
well, why don't Won tell me what
it was? Who was it that compli-
mented mc?"
"Oh, you couldn't guess in
week"
Mrs. Deering?" he ventured.
"No."
mot Bessie Fallington?" he rather
eagerly suggested.
"No."
''Oh, well, of course, il there's any
secret about it, / don't care to hear
what il is or who said it,"
There isn't any secret about it,"
Mrs. Harkins sweetly replied. "Mr.
Hannaford told me that every time he.
ans l met he became more thoroughly
convinced that you were man of ex-
cellent taste"
John Harkins then showed his hands
down in his pockets and walked out
side to think il over.
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care Englishmen proud of them.
selves today?" asks London paper in
recording the gallant deeds of the
Gordon Highlanders on the heights of
Dargia, to which Labouchere answers
in Truth: Assuming that the Gordon
Highlanders are Scotsmen, then Scot
land may justly be proud of them, for
they bravely vindicated the high fame
of their regiment. But rs the Derby
shire and the Dorsetshire regiments
fell back under the enemy's fire, | fail
to see why Englishmen should be
specially proud of the fighting. Our
Dargia success was achieved by the
Highlanders. "