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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02
Valuable Iunk.

The steamer Altoona this morning
loaded several tons of old junk for the
paper mills. II was composed of PAM
phlets setting forth the facts about the
Oregon district agricultural societies. II
cost the taxpayers thousands.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02
Amateurs.

When you are looking for some one 10
do your developing and finishing, re-
member that the Elite Studio is doing
first class work at moderate prices.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02

JOHN MoIR-Win insure your hons
and other property in first class com
panies at reasonable rates. Hon
tickets supplied. 2S
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02
q n - II o EEA.
Bsan the n Tie khd Iog Hoe Maau Bought
''';;''" q Z1HzZzz.

J. G. Brooks, Of Mccoy, went 10 Port
land this morning. lle says the hop
crop will not be az heavy in his section
as some years but promises 10 BE- Of a
very fair average quality.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02

Irritating stings, bites, scratches,
wounds and cuts sOOthed aud healed
ba DeWitt's Witch Hazel Saye. Be
ware df counterfets. Stones Drug
Stores,
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02

ESTRAY NOTICE - Taken up at the
John Hughes ranch on Slough Road,
one black horse years old, star In
forhead, weight about 800. s-2.lwt
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02

ENPERIENCED-Fruit dryer, lowing
to scarcity of fruit is open for en-
gagem ent 10 dry hops. Best refer
ences. Fruit Drier, care Of JOURNAL.
7-3l-lW
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PLENTY OF MONEY-To loan 10
good business and farm property at
per cent.-John Moir, Agent for the
Scotch Mortgage Co. 2St
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02

WANTED Immediately flrst-class
waitress, steady place at Willamette
Hotel. 7-28-tf
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02
A Child Enjoys

The pleasant flavor, gentle action, and
soothing effect OF Syrup OF Figs, when
in need Of a laxative, aud IL the father
or mother be cOstiye or bilious, the
most gratifying results follow itS use;
so that 10 is the best family remedy
known and every family shOud nave a
buttle. Manufactured by the Cali
fOrnia Fig Syrup Go.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02

DETROIT HOT sPRINGS-I am In
the field again, with ny pack horses,
To carry you 10 the springs, or any
place In the mountains, In the vicinity
Of Detioit. ! have been here seven
years, can take you 10 all the good
camping, hunting, and fishing places
in thispart Of the mountains. Frank
Perkett, Detroit, Ore. 730ws
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02

FOR sALE-Ioung horse. buggy and
harness, good driver. Address or call
miles north, j. Beak, Salem. 731 Ste
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02

NETERENARY.-A sure collie remedy
guaranteed 10 cure. Every stock man
ought to be supplied and keep II In
case OF emergency. II does not loose
its strength. All kinds OF veterinary
business attended To and
calls made promptly. ID. ID. Keeler,
$40 Front street, or et feed yard.
III 4 W m
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02

GIRL WANTED.-A competent person
70 do general house work. Apply at
corner of Ferry and Winter streets,
II. Cartwright.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02

LOST.-A valuable black aud brown
Gordon setter. Finder leaving dog az
JOURNAL office will be rewarded
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02

HOUSE FOR RENT. Good six room
building. Call on Thoa. Holman, 376
High street. 62it
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02

WANTED.-To buy rye for milling. APP
ply tn or address Joseph Drechslar,
Salem. Mill ON Marion between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth street.
z 1S limo
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02

FOR SALE Good dry wood ,..,'deliyered
70 any part OF the city. Price reason
able. Leave orders with Harritt 4
Lawrence or Farmers Feed yard High,
street. 6-26-3m
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02
Pullman Service to Yaqulns.

Many persons die Of neglect, Dawson
Herb Tea fixes 'em.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-08-02

HOUSE CLEANERS - Remember
that the best aud cheapest carpet
paper is the heavy felt paper sold
at The JOURNAL ONCE. 20-tf
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WANTED.

New today auveruBsnonta iol.S lines
on less In this column inserted three
times Tor 40 ots- so ots. week, 81
per month All over lour lines at
same rate.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-18
HAIRPINS FOR VICTORIA.
by the Little Daughter cs
Emperor William.

One Christmas present which caused
intense delight was received by her
majesty last year from the tiny daugh.
ter of Kaiser William. Il was box OF
hairpins of the value of about quarter
dollar. The little princess was taken
by her mother, the empress, to shop
in Berlin and told TO buy erandmamma
that she wanted for herself. In order
10 accomplish this object the princess
was given gold piece of 20 marks value
five dollars) First, she bought herself
doll, for which she gave 10 marks. Her
imperial mother did not interfere.
Then she bought grandmamma of Eng
land the hairpirs for the remaining
mark out of her 20, and felt proud and
generous. The emperor of Austria al
ways sends the queen of England
case or two of certain brand of very
costly, very rare Tokay, and | ought
not TO forget, by the way, that the Ger
man emperor follows his grandfather's
example of sending his English grand
mother case of Johannisberg, the real,
genuine Johnannisberg, as valuable al
most as the elixir Of life. The Russian
emperor for the last year or two has
sent the illustrious lady, who, thanks TO
his marriage, has now become also his
grandmother, malachite and jade vases
to match the magnificent malachite
vase which his father, Emperor Alex
ander III, presented to the queen in
1897
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-18
Some EMr Hints.

For those who do not wish to cut up
their handsome seal or other expensive
fur wraps to make them conform TO the
peculiar style of garments worn this
zeason-shapes which may change en-
tirely by another winter-a fur-edged
cloth coat in some of the handsome and
becoming shades so much in vogue is a
very stylish and satisfactory garment
with which to tide over to the spring
season. Still more economical-if econ
omy is ecessary-would be plain or
stole-fronted pelerine of deep crimson,
Russian green, pansy or plum-colored
cloth, edged with narrow band of Per-
sian lamb, mink Or other fur. AS cloth
is very wide, but little material would
be required to make the small wrap
which would look exceedingly we'll over
any black or dark costume, the high,
haring Medici, Robespierre or Russian
collar making it very effective. Very
graceful and novel shapes of any num-
Der of different pelerines, shoulder
capes, vandyked collarettes, ETC., are
furnished at all the pattern houses of
the city, and anyone able to give true
tailor finish to a garment could easily
make the wrap.-N. Y. Post.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-18
SUMMIT OF MONT BLANC.
The Ownership Thereof Is Being Con-
tested by Three Swiss NUM-
cipRIities.

Mont Blanc is just now the center of a
discussion which is being variously
treated with seriousness and humor by
the European press. The question is
this: Who is the owner of the top of
Mont Blanc? No single or isolated in
dividual of eccentric propensiies has
made claim to the summit. TIE affair
is much more complicated. Three NIL
inequalities, Chamounix, Les Houchcs
and ST. Gervais, have claimed tie sum-
nit, and have appealed to the Swiss gov
e1nment to answer the question. 1t IS
not a point of honor, or the prestige of
having monopoly Of avalanches, but a
mere matter of business. For the last
five years Mont Blanc has been III eve"-
Increasing favor with tourists, and vari-
Gus spots situated at different attitudes
have been let out by one or another of
the three municipalities in question to
enterprising projectors. Recently i!
was found that Chamounix had let more
mountain land than the other two
towns, and hot dispute arose a< to her
right to do so. The great map of 1879
offers no relief to the contesting parties,
because this chart only gives the di-
vision of properties on the lower o.
woody portions of the mountain. The
Geneva press. referring to the dispute
IL: humorous way, says that it is the
first time in history that municipality
has adopted a national scheme of claim
ing ga sphere of influence" But seri-
Gus persons consider that the problem
is really knotty one.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-18
PerpIexing Femininity.

A small boy of my near acquaintance
stood the other day taking lesson in
feminine human nature-not his first
lesson, but a bitter one-with quivering g
lip and deeply Perplexed face. He ex-
claimed, having reference to his still
smaller sister:
Dolly cries because I don't do a
thing, and when l do it then she cries
because [ do it,"
This was true and natural, but the
boys remark was not so profound as
was an anecdote which | once read in
French. \ wife, so this story related
was wakened by her husbands weep
ing and bowling in the middle of the
night. He was evidently havirg a
dream, and sh. woke him and asked
what was the matter.
"Oh, my DEAR" he said, rubbing his
eyes, 81 DIRE Amed that you were dead"
Hal" she said, bitterly, and turning
away from him, great griefs are
mute" Boston Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-18
LANGUAGE MAKERS.
n., MadicaI Profession Has Intro
duced Many New Words INTO
Our Language.

Modern medicine possesses a vast
technical vocabulary, which is at once
rich and precise, and to which the
progress of discovery is constantly add
ing fresh terms. The spread of educa-
ton and interest in sanitation is more
and more incorporating medical ter
minology into common speech. But
besides this and besides the names II
familiar names of diseases and RENE
dies. we have numerous words which.
originally taken from medicine, have
become part and parcel of our daily
speech, and are no longer confined IL
strictly literal uses. For example,
there are such words as "crisis,"
"feyer," symptom" Chronic" and
MANY others. Going further back we
have words derived from medical the
cries now superseded, as "mercurlai,
"iovial," martial" and climatic" "mei-
ancholy," ''phlegmatie," "choieric,"
shumor," with all its derivatives. As
medical terminology is almost wholly
derived from the classic languages this
immense addition is purely foreign.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-18
FOUR LIONS WEIGH A TON.
The King of beasts Is Great Deal
Heavier Than His Appear
ance Indicates.

"What does lion weigh? 2" Those
who know the look of the king of beasts
best, and how small his 1.-THE body really
is, will probably come farthest from
the truth. About 300 to $50 pounds is
usual estimate. But a full-grown lion
will tip the scales at no less than 500
pounds. Five hundred and forty pounds
is the record for an African lion. His
bone is solid and heavy as ivory, says
Stray Stories.
The tiger runs the lion very close. A
Bengal tiger killed two years ago by
an English officer scaled $50 pounds. A
tiger this size has, however, consider
ably more muscular strength than the
biggest lion.
Few people know that grizzly bear
can give points to any other carnivor-
Gus animal in point of strength. A
grizzly bear weighing just four hun
dredweight has been watched carrying
a heifer two-thirds its own weight for
two miles up the most steep and rugged
mountain side, and this without paus-
ing for one instant for rest.
The big white polar bear, though not
really SO dangerous customer, is capa-
BILE of performing the most extraordI-
nary feats of strength. A polar bear
has been seen to move with his paws a
bowlder six men had with difficulty put
in position to guard a cache of pro-
visions.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-18
A MISERLY COUNTESS.
One of ROumania's Old Nobility Who
Though Immensely Rich Lived
I'm SQu0IOr.

The Bucharest correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says that most
extraordinary character lately died in
Jassey, namely, Countess Balsch, one of
the last of the old Roumanian nobility,
all titles, except some few compli-
mentary ones, having been abolished
since the declaration of independence
after the Russo-Turkish war.
The old countess, although extreme
ly rich, was an inveterate miser, and
hardly spent penny, except in de-
Tending lawsuit which her only
daughter, a widow and an extreme in
valid, who had incurred the countess
displeasure by marrying without her
consent, had started against her, claim
ing but 300 francs monthly to live on.
On this she spent thousands until the
death of her unhappy daughter at
hospital in Paris brought the case to a
close.
When the authorities entered the
dead countess dwelling to take posses
sion of her property, they discovered,
secreted in numberless impossible
places, no less than 100000 francs.
quarter of million being in Napoleons
an(.Flucats. While making final in
ventory, they found, hid in bundle of
old moth-eaten curtains, box contain
ing another 10000 francs, so that the
entire amount left by-this extraordi-
nary woman amounts to 1,650,C00
francs.
Numberless little cheap note books
were also found, in which the eccentric
being had noted down every half-penny
spent. Some books devoted to her law
expenses were headed: Cost of proc
ess against that beastly and poisonous
serpent, my daughter"
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-18
ROMAN AQUEDUCTS.
They Were Built Because There Were
No Suitable Pipes to
BE Had.

People forgetful of the real status CT
mechanical economy in the time of the
Romans have often expressed wonder
that they built expensive aqueducts
when, it is proved, they knew the hy.
drostatic principle that water rises al
ways to its own level.
The principal reason undoubtedly
was that they had no suitab material
to make pipes which would stand the
enormous pressure insepalable from an
underground system. Lead was out of
the question for thepurpose because the
pipes would have to be made so dispor-
portionately thick. and, besides, water
flowing for miles through lead would
be poisonous. Short lead and clay
pipes were used by them In their cities
and houses for the supply of baths. but
without cast iron, which they did not
possess, they could not have made
pipes to carry water long distances.
Lastly, the water brought to Rome was
strongly impregnated with lime, and
this would have caused great incrusta-
ton in pipes and necessitated frequent
openings and cleaning, whereas an
aqueduct, once built. would, as events
have proved, last for very long time
with a very moderate amount of 1e-
pairs.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-18
APPETIZING SAUERKRAUT.
1t Was Given to "a Sick Cow In Penn
sylyRniR and with Good
Results.

A reporter who spent Christmas
among the Pennsylvania Germans of
Lancaster county discovered what will
probably be to most people a distinc-
lively new use for sauerkraut, native
production of old Lancaster and a
staple article of food, says the Pitts.
burgh Times. He had called to see an
old friend who keeps a dairy and foun
the dairyman in the act OF taking great
punches of succulent cabbage from a
barrel in the cellar. The odor prevaded
the neigh ghborhood and made glad the
nostriis of every true and loyal Penn
sylvania "Dutchman" within distanc.
of about half mile.
The reporter was astUnished when
the dairyman picked up bucketful of
sauerkraut and carried i to his COW
stables. The second animal in the long
row of stalls was big, strong horned
COW. Her head was hanging low under
the manger, although there was pler-
tiful supply of hay in the rack above
Her ears had a detected t!roop and her
eyes were half closed. She was evident
ly very sick cow at time when she
should have been in good spirits, for
among the Pennsylvania Germans it i.
still d popular belief that on Christmas
eve the COWS in their stalls may be
heard to talk to each other of the grea
event the day commemorates.
The bucketful of sauerkfaut was
dumped into the manger. The cow, by
some peculiar system of feeding first
gave evidence of her appreciation by
slowly switching her tail. which had be-
fore hung limp and lifeless. Then she
raised her head, poked her great muzzle
into the kraut and slowly began to
MUNICH the stuff. Fifteen minutes later
she looked quite happy. She had eaten
all the kraut and was taking great
mouthfuls of the hay. The dairyman
said sauerkraut had long. been known
as one of the best things il the would to
give sick COW an appetite
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-18
sDUTCH TEARS"
An Old Chemist Tells About an In
terestinE Experiment
with Glass.

''It is great wonder" said an old
chemist in his laboratory the other
day, "why more boys do not take chem
cal experiments as an amusement.
Why, L can DO things with the common
materials of everyday life which really
seem 10 be more magical to the uniniti-
ated than any Of the wonders per
formed by magicians on the public
stage.
'Now, there are those curious little
bubbles of glass known variously as
prince Rupert's Drops and as Dutch
Tears Apparently they are merely
little globules of glass with elongated
tails, made by heating small glass rod
in a fame and allowing the molten
drops to fall into water. After they
have cooled you may pound the thick
part with a hammer or mallet, yet you
cannot break them.
''On the other hand, if you break a
little piece off their tails, or touch any
part of them with quartz crystal, they
will Immediately disappear into the sur
rounding atmosphere. TO the person
WHO QOGS not kHOW lAC 1SdSO1 lAC pei
formance is most astonishing.
"And yet it is all very simple. 1t is
due to- what is known as surface CO.
hesion. Glass, when heated to a molten
state, has naturally reached very
high temperature. and when tie drops
of melted glass are allowed to fall into
the cold water the sudden change pro-
duces a stress which is really terrific.
This stress, however, must be consid-
cred as a whole.
''It is very strong when taken all to-
gether, but it is exactly as though a
piece of very thin rubber was stretched
over the surface Of the glass. If you
punctured the rubber its haste to re-
sumo its normal condition would pull it
off the glass
$50 when you break off the tail of the
drop or cut through the film of very
hard glass with a crystal its endeavors
suddenly to resume its normal condi-
tion result in its own destruction, and
it breaks up into particles which are
really finer than the finest sand.
''It seems like a wonderful perform
ance, but it is no more wonderful per-
formance than many others which any
youngster would perform if he would
study even the simplest form of chem
ical action. ."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-18
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

She-"What is kiss in French 2"
He-''I can't tell you, but l can show
you."-Yonkers Statesman
1t Never -Askins-'What kind
of alarm clock have you?" Cy1lic-''My
wife's w."-Tacoma Ledger.
He (sympathetically)- have a
bad cold" She (huskily)-"I have.
am so hoarse that if you attempted to
kiss me 1 couldn't even scream. ."-Bos-
ton Journal.
81 always believe in giving every man
his due" "Yes, but you carry it to an
extreme" :'How sop you never giv4
men anything but due bills for what
you owe them."-Cleveland Leader.
Did you fall?" asked the oficions
one of the man who had slipped on the
ice. Fall" roared the man withering-
ly; 'no! 1 merely sat down to thin.
over this expansion question. ."-Phila
deiphia North American.
'And were you homes:ck in Porto
Rico, my son?' asked the Chicago IA
ther of his soldier son. NO, father. I
was not. AS soon as 1 heard the island
had been annexed to- the United States.
I felt as if it were already a suburb of
Chicago. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Editors Denial.-Reporter, to
editor--"The manager of the Uptown
theater demands d denial of our state
ment that rotten eggs were thrown a
the troupe that played at his house last
night" Editor-"I suppose we ought
to DO it for him. Just say that the egg
were strictly fresh. -Roxbury Gazette.
Mrs. Fogg -"Mr. Selan preached a
beautiful sermon this forenoon. So
helpful. too! He said we should make
our calling and election sure" Mr..
Fogg-Election sure! What does he
know about politics, anyway? You
never can be sure now that they have
the Australian ballot. boston Tran
script.
Miss Strutt," said young man to an
acquaintance, with whom he was TAX
ing a walk one evening, 81 hope this
cigarette will not be offensive to you?''
"Not at all, sir" she replied, slowly and
with emphasis, unless you light it,"
And not word was spoken for the next
half hour-Sydney Town and Country
Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-18
A Woman Highway Robber.

According to a recent report from
Russia, there is professional highway
woman in that country, whose name is
given as Barbara Damieria. She j.,
said to be dashing and beautiful, and
eide like a centaur. In describing her
craftsmanship the statement is mad /.
hat she can scallop the edge of tiny
RUSSIAN coin with rife bullets at any
range within sight. She is also dis
inguished for her courtly manners,
md, like all famous highwaymen, she
obs only the rich, giving literally to
he poor. She avoids all possibility Of
he shedding of blood, and, although
she wears mems clothes, her voice ard
beauty declare her to be a woman. The
aople in the neigh hborhoc in which
he carries on her trade are enthus-
astic in their praise of this woman
footpad.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1899-02-18
A SQUELCHER.
The Smart Young Salesman Gets n
Settler for His Fresh
ness.

In the lower part of the upper penin-
sula, there is family in which the na-
iority of the members are veritable
giants. At their nearest town there
was a clothing store that failed last
summer, its stock of goods being
turned over to a Detroit firm in the
course of settlement. The head of this
firm sent his son to the town in ques-
tion to dispose of the goods at retail.
The son is a good feeler and put on a
few extra furbelows in the little north
ern village.
One Saturday afternoon there was
a rush to the slaughter SALE" the son,
little, but oh, my" doing his best to
dazzle the pretty country girls who
were assisting in the family purchases.
When a prospective customer, fully
six-feet-six, built in proportion and
with voice that shook things, came in,
the son took him in hand.
I'm lookin' fur a suit fur my boz" !"
began the customer.
Certainly" answered the son, glibly.
fright this way, please"
burned if 1 know just what TO do, -
after half a dozen suits had been ex-
amined. 81 don't know that's boy S
meas'crments. S'pose orter brought
him along"
''Oh, l don't know You make a
pretty good load for one team your
SELF" and the son strutted consciously
while the girls giggled. "How old's the
boy? Seventeen, hey? Just about my
age. We can fix him out all right
enough" @ -
What" came in voice that filled
the store, why, you little shrimp, your
whole suit wouldn't make a vest fur my
boy. He was twice as big as you afore
we weaned him."
This time the giggling girls laughed
outright. and the son did nothing dur
ing the remained of his stay but attend
to office business.-Detroit Free Press.