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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24

DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup Is the Safest
aud surest cure for those dangerous
affections OF the little ones-c,oup,
whoOping.cOugh and measles cough.
Physicians prescribe ~, children like
IL, and doses are small. Price 25c.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24

Goats are born rustlers, are never sick, ,
live on tin cans, oak grubs and most any
old thing; are easily fattened, weigh
more than sheep, and their wool is
worth twice az much. The people who
are going into the goat business in
Western Oregon will all be plutocrats in
a few years, asserts the lIoseburg Plain
dealer,
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24
WILLAMETTE RIVER DIVISION
STEAMER ALBANY.

Leaves Salem at Ia. m. for portl.,1
aud way landings every TuesdaVu
Thursday aud Saturday. '"'
The steamer has been equipped with A..
class accommodations, including am AM" eliaol, aM,
Unsurpassed for carrying both frciyb, -,
passengers. '''s"' sm
Dock~-Foot Of State street.
ED. N. EDES Agent
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24

Demand great preparations. The war
In South Africa has rs own needs and
the contestants Ia Salem who expect Ia
succeed must eat the hest staple f0cd
aud fruits as sold by Branson q Ragan.
III 20 eOi
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24
THE PRINCIPLE INVOLVED IN
THE TRANSXAAL WAR

IT'S ANNNRNNNA W ~
We print elsewhere arguments Tor the
rransyaal Republic, None OF these ar.
ticles cover the real controyersy-the
real issue involved. That is. as we soc
II, whether free Republican institutions
found-d a on the bedrock idea OF the
American Revolution, that the people
are capable Of self-goyernment, are To be
displac / by monarehical aggression
whether a successful Republic shall ret
rograde into mere territorial dominion
Of vast merchantile imperialism.
The theory Of the American Reyolu-
tlon, founded upon the principle that u
iree people are capable Of seli-govern-
ment is not going down before the en-
croaehments OF oioommercialism without a
struggle. The deliberations of the
Orange Fr.e State aud Transyaal Repub
lies means turning back the hands OF
time, denial OF the Republican princi.
pie, an assertion Of the superiority ot
monarchy, and ~ill east cloud upon
the legitimacy and eall in question tho
right Of existence Of any now iree Re.
public.
i. i MT a question whether the Beers
are NJ TO govern territory third US
large as the United States. Il is not a
question whether their laws taxing
monopolies render the highest economic
justice. Il Is not aquestion whether the
Boers have obse,yed the exact letter Of
British snserainty, any more than il is 4
a question whether the British gold I
are noDbing the Ameri- q
can miners Ia the Ailm and HlondiLo
mining districts. The question is a far
deeper ona than amy matter u details
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24

OF Montpelier, ohio,
writes 81 was AZ
nieted from infancy
with Calarrh, and no
one can know the
sufiering u produces
better than l. The
sprays aud washes
prescribed by the doc
tors relieved me only
empOrartly, aud
though I used them
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24
vaecIna,ed


From New York life:
Vaccination is so generally accepted in
this part Of the world as one Of the
greatest boons we owe TO medicine, that
great many persons are wholly igno-
rant Of its ,dangers and suppose that
what little opposition there may be to il
comes exclusively from cranks. The City
Of Newberg, N. Y, on the Hudson,
seems TO be on the road to fuller knowl.
cege. A newspaper dispatch from thef
on October "a told of the death of a
c'ild from lockjaw succeeding vaccine :
ton. Another on October p told of four
more children dangerously i'll from pois-
oning resulting from vaccination. All
these children were vaccinated TO com
ply with the requirements of the school
trustees. Vaccination may be good
thing. for those who want it, and are
willing TO take their own risks, but IL is
hazardous enough to make the compul-
sorry vaccination Of school children in
ordinary times, with fatal results, fit
matter for consideration by coroners
inries.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24

According to the predictions Of an old
Indian on the Umatilla reservation
here, there will be no winter weather
this season, and, in fact, during the
coming 10 years. Last spring, he "a 1,
in talking OF the late spring. "No
summer this summer. No winter ior 10
winters"
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24
Catarrh is
Not Incurable

But 10 can not be cured by sprays,
washes and inhallng mixtures which
reach only the surface. The disease 10
IN the blood, and can only be reached
through the blood. s. y. s. IL the only
remedy which can have any effect upon
Catarrh; Il cures the disease perma-
nently and forever rids the system OF
every trace OF the vile complaint,
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24

To Cure LaOrlppe In Two Days
Take laxative nromo Quinlne Tablets, All
dIuesisis rciond the money " u fails % cure
4, W. Groves signature " ON each tnx 2ic.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24

Educate Your bowels with Cascareta.
Candy Cathnrtie, euro constipation forever
tOc, poc. II O. O. q. tail, druggists refund money.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24
R;AEH|l||
You CarlEGet
a Lower Berth.

with one exception the through
trains or tue Burlington Route
are almost invariably well-nlled'
The exception Is our ST. Paul'
Chicago Limited. On the limited
There Is usually room and 70
spare.
Don't infer that il is neither
so nne, nor SC fast, as ANY tTaln
OF ANY other line between St
Faul and Chicago. On the coo,
trary, there is 40 more Oeautllui
train la America. lt has electro
llght, stefm heat, vide vestioulrs
the most satisfactory dining,ct
service on the cOntiaent-and
lover berth FOR everybody,
A. q. SHELDON.
ienl Agent, Portland v
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24
NIIlENFS|
.laIl!'ll!s|lI

Offers travellers cholcs NJ the foil, N
INK routes east. They are all famous
scenic attraction
q. 4, \ N, via Odgen aud Denver.
shasta Route via Sacramento, Oy.
den aud Denver.
shasta Route via Sacramento.
Major 4. AlbeFQaerQue.
A daily line ofthruugh PULLMAN
pALACE aud TOURIST SLEEP.
FRS, San Francisco aud Los Ange-
les 10 Chicago this is
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24
Corvallis 4 Eastern RalIpo,i
TIME CARR

OIIU dHu IWU CUNnecJ nm A lnnn, w.
Corvallis with Southern pa@igaaay and
giving direct service % and from So. SS,us'
port and adjacent beaches '"i new
NO. q runs from Albany Co Corv.,,
on Mondays, Wednesdays and F,sllls Fr'Sllls
only. "'u r'days
No. 8 runs from Corvallis 70 Al,,.
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and pSiVany Ss,ny
days only. ""u Salur
Trains for the mountains arrlvo =.
Detroit at noon, giving amnie ia
TO reach camping grounds "n ','le @
Breitenbush aud Santlam rlyns u .ne
same day. ''e' 'h'
II. l.. WALDEN En,vtv .r,
r Z. d PA. SiONE,
J, TURNER Agent A,. Manage,
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24
Feeble Kidneys

In health the Kidneys strain all ini-
puritles from the blood Diseased, they
allow the pOis0ns TO accumulate.
Weak kidneys come from weak stom-
achs. Build up the stomach with
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and The
kidneys will be as good as new. The
Bitters also cures constipation, ind'-
gestion, dyspepsia, bilIousness, ne.f-
BUSINESS and gederal debility. See that
n PRIVATE REVENUE STAMP covers
the neck OF the bottle.
Has Hostetter's
No Stomach
Equal Bitters
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24

s q ss oCSs $d f asss9T sSFs, Sss,sg @
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24
TO Cure Con.tlpatlon Forever.

Take Cascarets Candy Catharto. iOo or csc.
II O. q. O, fail TO cure, druggists refund money.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24
SALEM LODGES

SCfSESTERS oF AMERICA
lonrt sherwood NWesl No. la Meets Friday
} .h.s la Turner block. c, Asllen. Z. K. A, 4.
i.rA~n secy. n-is-lyr
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-11-24

ased the blood becomes impoverished
and nerves and muscles grow weak for
lack of nutrition. More fatal diseases
probably begin with weak stomach "
than with any other cause. The first
symptom of disordered stomach calls foi
prompt use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. 1t is a vegetable medi-
cine, absolutely non-alcoholic and non
narcotic, and is unequaled FOX the strength
It gives to blood, nerves and muscles.
During the summer and fall Of $50" writeI
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-10-13
Homsnaa OIcINIrY.

Football today at 30.
Bert Hayes was in Stanton Tuesday.
ID. j. Kennedy was in Bay City over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Hall were in Ithaca
Tuesday.
o. d. Moore was in Bay City on bust
ness Wednesday.
DR.. j. H. Lancashire was in Detroit
the first of the week.
w. e. Medler has a new ad. in this
weeks issue. Read it,
Rev. H. E. Wiley of Elm Hall was in
Alma the first of the week.
Get pair of those $1.50 work shoes
at Pettyjohn's this week at $125.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Rogers have
moved into the Pontine house on Water
street.
Dinner and supper at the opera house
today by the ladies of the Presbyterian
church.
j. n. Bastel, travelling passenger agent
of the Atchison, Topeka 81 Santa Fe
railroad, was in Alma the first of the
week.
lothian Allen, the agriculturalist for
the Alma Sugar Co., has been in Bay
City this week investigating the beet
fields of Bay City this week.
In addition to the cases Of typhoid
fever previously reported, two more are
reported this week. One is Mrs. John
Saunders and the other the son of Frank
Perry.
Miss Carr Smith has just received a
new line o. street hats, children's hats
and caps, and also would be pleased to
show the ladies her fine assortment Of
trimmed hats. Ladies give us q call. =
A. H. Harrington, a former student at
the college, who has been employed by
the Kilby Manufacturing Co. during the
summer, left on Monday for Olivet,
where he will attend college during the
coming year.
The millinery openings of Miss G. K.
Smith, Mrs. VIM. Wilson and Mrs. J. +.
Lathrop attracted the attention of the
ladies of this place during the past two
weeks. A very pretty and attractive
display greeted the eyes Of all visitors at
each of these places.
AS the state tax will be nearly one
half more than last year, we would urge
upon the board of supervisors the inn
portance Of keeping county appropria-
tons as low as possible. But as the
present Gratiot county board is com.
posed of men of good judgment we feel
assured that no visionary or extravagant
schemes will be tolerated.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

or cry. and sometimes they offer vio-
lcncc. The dealers do swindle. more
over. using wnNed cards at monte and
u secret spring NJ the roulette wheel. by
which they can make the little marble
stop short OF the winning point. The
stakes are not large. seldom more than
81 on single card or turn OF the wheel.
The Americans who visit the old town
and attempt 20 learn the mysteries OF
these Mexican games generally return
only with the usual experience.
The cooking mains are always largely
attended. women and boys forming
large part OF the unseleot audience. The
pit il arranged In, Rmphithcater style.
the admittance price ranging from 10
cents TO % cents for choice seats. when
the birds are brought into the ring by
the fighters. the women FISH out OF their
pockets little wallets OF small coin and
begin TO shout. "Unn pnsol" or DOS
pasos" tsi or So on their favorite
chickens. The challenge IL calamity
taken by some young senior. or, perhaps.
by another woman. An are smoking
cigarltos, and the Amerlcanos are
swelling the cloud Of smoke with their
Mexican made cigars. when some
reckless American offers TO hazard $40
there II CONSERVATION IN the pit. Mex
lean gaffs are used. They are as sharp
MS n razor and taper to needlelike
point When the gaffs have been fixed,
maaterof ceremonies announces with
the usual bombaat that always precodes
anything OF public nature undertaken
by u Mexican that the exhibition Will
now begin. and he thanks the SENIORS
and senoras for their gracious nttcn-
tlon. Az soon as the birds are released
they eye each other. as II taking their
measure, and. after few passes. get
down to business. Usually the first
lick ends the fght, and also the bird. II
delivered In vital part. Then the pit
IL IN an uproar. the winners shouting
over victory, while the losers hiss ana
whistle In denunclation OF the van
pushed rooster. Five or six mains are
pulled on, and the afternoons sport
ceases. The dead birds fall TO those
who handled them and are cooked for
family feast the next day. n they
can be cooked to an edible consistency
by that time.
In the evening there In gran fam
dango" at one OF the pulquerias-a gar
den saloon where mescal ana pulque
nrr sold. \ fandango is free for all
dance and Is generally attended by the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23
A cmnIsrMAs CHANCE.

When the Christmas tree has palled.
the stockings become a part OF the past
In which the mythical Santa Claus took
a part and the displaying OF gifts on
the plano with the cards OF givers at
tached becomes hnckneyed ous-
tom OF declining interest, perhaps n
change such rs has been adopted sue
cessfully In some households may md
favor In more. This idea IN 10 hide the
gifts. Father and mother do this part.
while the other members Of the family
do the seeking. A letter. presumably
from Santa Claus. appears on the man
tel Christmas morning. and In II are
discovered certain hints. carefully dis
gulscd, however. as 10 the whereabouts
OF the treasure. OF course. most UNI
likely places are elected
In one family an innocent looking
barrel OF apples that had stood for n
long time In the cellar was made TO do
duty as gay decelver. the layer OF
the apples on the top covering all sorts
Of gifts. from II typewriter to n tin
horn. Again. II having been boosted by
the youthful scion OF the house that
nothing could be hidden without his
knowledge. his very bed was chosen.
and the hiding done while he slept. lila
nstonlshmcnt can be imagined when ne
learned that he had been lifted bodily
In n sound slumber while all sorts OF
charming Christmas conceits found a
resting place under his mattress. Once
the dining room table was made to do
duty by having u supplementary shelf
built under II. In which the gifts We're
lying, while the young folks wandered
everywhere else over tic house. and at
last sat down to breakfast hopelessly
discouraged. despite the very pointed
hints In the written guide that they
found ON the mantclplecc.
OF course. each person can formulate
nm individual scheme OF hiding. accord
Ing 10 the furnishing and resources OF
the house The novelty OF this plan
viii prove Its certain recommendation
TO those who have tired Just wee bit
OF the regulation ChrlstmaD celebration.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

I an all the world ut Chtlstmestide,
found their first Inspiration ON that
sweet morning when the angels sang
together over the birth Of the Holy
Child IN humble Judman munger. The
spirit OF the pagan has boon lost In the
past. and today II ls the spirit OF Christ
that dominates all our most cherished
aud most beloved festivities on the
worlds greatest and most enduring
holy day.
GIFT making II the feature OF our
modetn ChristmaH such n practice "
/ full OF beautiful Significance when one
turns back to the gospel according 20
/ ST. Matthew and reads the old familiar
lines about the wise men who came out
Of the east.
And they came into the house, and
saw the young Child with Mary. his
mother: ana they fell down ana wor-
SHIPPED him. and, opening their treas
ures. they offered unto him gifts. gold
and franklnccnso and myrrh."
| II seems strange nowadays TO think
OF those first Christmas presents and
the conditions under which they were
given. Ana II 10 worth noting that
there was n special Significance In each
/ thing presented 10 the Christ Child.
1 They were gifts such ns IN oldcn times
were usually offered 20 n king. To the
eastern mind Of the time gold was the
most precious substance IN the world.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23
,snuonn,s Sons AND cnAypsoxs.

II Is said that President Kruger has
sent seven sons and 90 grandsons into
the Boer army to fight the English In
addition TO taking the Held himself,
Fritz Eloff. his great-grandson. bears
the courtesy title OF lieutenant" IN
spite Of the fact that he Is only years
old. The little fellow Is passIonntely
fond Of guns and horses and looks for
ward to the day when he can march
and fight beside his father Captain
saral Eloff. who is one OF the officers In
command of the Notifications at Jo-
hannesburg. Lieutenant" Fritz has
been popular alike with the English
and the Beers In the Transvaal capital.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23
Tie Quaint Christmas
Customs Of New Mexico

The Mcxcans In the old settlements
the most picturesque style. a Christ
mas at "Old Albuquerque" IL like leaf
from the past when the spaniarda held
the southwest. The customs OF the
earliest settlers on this continent have
been transmitted through generations.
ana the picture remains the same,
though the characters change. odd
albuquerque" or "Old Town. is about
two miles cast of the new Albuquerque.
or the American town" They are as
distinct In population and aa unlike In
appearance a. W they were a thousand
miloa apart. The dividing line IL like
that OF the mingling % rivers Of dif-
fercnt colorcd waters. Americans rare
~ visit the "o!d town" except on ccle-
hration days. Tho Christmas feast, as
u IN termed lasts two or three days.
during which there are cooking mains,
horse racing. monte and other games.
and fandauso each niRht. on the day
preceding Christmas the old town Is
crowded with visitors from the nearby
Mexican settlements, who have arrived
carly Tor the round Of spurtB. Tho
piagn has been incloscd. and all kinds OF
games are In fuli blaat-inontc. ohusa
roulottc) and chuok-a-iuck. Tho Mex
lean dealer wears a wide, hell crowned
hat braided with silver nud a bucisl,iu
Jacket. also braided. but moro olab-
orntoly lie wears large red sash
which supports his pantaloons, and pro-
trudlng from the sash ~ the Inevitable
dagger. The tables are well patronlzod
by men. boys and women. The women
arc lnvetcrotc gamostcra, and. while
they do no, bet M large sums, they
mako more noise over their losses. They
either accuse the dealers OF swindilng
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

frost nipped knees among the frozen
nils OF long ago provided ample rea-
son FOR thanksgiving and merrymak-
Ing.
Up to the fourth century the eastern
church recognized the 9th day Of JAM
uary long known as Little Christ
mas, rs the time for celebrating both
inc birth aud the baptism OF the Christ
enid. The great majority OF the civ
ilizcd world. however. has long since
unquestioningly accepted the 25th OF
December, as established by the Ro-
man church. as the day Of the sayiour's
birth. Since this has boon done slSep-,
teal historian or two has attempted TO
shake the popular belief In this date.
Hut through all the changing centuries
man has not allowed the day to change.
and II will be n bold ioonoclast indeed
who would today attempt to take awny
from the world it's firm belief In the
accuracy OF Christmas day.
IL II well known that in Palestine
from the middle OF December to tho
middle OF February thcre In COM
paratively dry season between the early
ana the later winter rains. and during
this season II was the custom for shep-
herds TO tend their focks on the plains
OF bethlehem. Those shepherds II must
have been who, 20 centuries ago. saw
the new star In the east.
While the church, after the birth OF
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

It was the metal OF kings and high
priests.
Frankincense was equally symbolic.
II was known throughout India and
Arabia and the Holy Land as the en-
blem OF prayer. 1t was a costly perfume.
drawn from rare tree. and when the
magi filled the little birth chamber at
Bethlehem with the sweet fragrance OF
this precious substance II was In Il
spirit OF profound alteration.
| Equally appropriate was the SLIT Of
myrrh. Myrrh was n substance OF an
Client use and was burned In the tenn
pies during the sacred rites OF worship.
Myrrh Is n sort OF balsam obtained
from the bark OF trec-the "tear drops
OF wounded tree" In ancient times
II was used as n medicine and a fumi-
gator. and also. on account OF its
poignant odor. ms perfume. At times,
too. It was made use OF In cmbalming
the dead. Like franklncense. IL was n
rare and costly substance. and a gift
such as might appropriately be pre-
scented 20 n king.
SO these mysterious wise men came
and made their gifts and departed
again. on Christmas morning they
rode silently over the hills to Beth
lehem. and. we are told. after Offering
their gifts and alteration. departed
into their own country another way"
u Is, today, n beautiful story for our
workadny world 10 remember when
busied men and women and children go
about on Christmas morning exchang-
Ing greetings and gifts. And so long
as that story Ia remembered and
Christmas day In observed the world
VIII continue TO be Christian world.
TRUMAN l.. ELTON.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23
AS A TOKEN OF + +
r + THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY.
u>HRIsTMAs"-every one should
VI know the meaning Of the word.
~ vet how few ever think OF II

U@HRIsTMAs"-every one should
know the meaning OF the word,
~ yet how few ever think OF II.
christmas. "the mass OF Christ'-.how
often. one might ask. Is the day
thought Of NJ primarily one for the re-
uelous celebration OF the anniversary
Of the savlour's BIRTH
IL cannot be said that the religious
slrnincancc OF the day has been for
gotten: only In modern times new
method has come about for celebrating
n Tradition. that jealous guardian OF
The past, has kept careful watch over
the day.. In fact. Christmas day now
Il such sweet confusion OF conflicting
uadltlons and historical associations
that II Ia hard to distinguish the pagan
from the Christian In the original
sources Of those forms ana festivities
and beliefs that attach to the 25th OF
december ~ Il In celebrated today.
Few people. when they behold the
Fasting and giftmaking and mcrrl-
ment OF this season. arc aware that n
great many OF the frolios and social
customs OF this holiday time are al
most wholly derived from pagan or
heathen institutions. essentially Chris
tan az the spirit OF modern Christmas
tide may be.
Just at this season OF the year the
Romans had their saturnalln. which
we're holidays devoted to bolsterous