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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07

The special committee composed OF
Messrs Buren, and Walker, TO whom was
referred the matter of re-arranging OF
city street lights reported in favor OF
establishing a new light at the intersec-
ton of Marion and High streets. Mr..
Griswold moved reference to committee
on streets. Lost.
A special report was made by Mayor
Bishop and Recorder Judah, stating that
the deed to the Wilson Avenue post
Office site had been delivered AMI money
received therefore as heretofore pub
lished. Adopted
City Recorder Judah's monthly report
was duly read and adopted.
City Marshal Gibson made his month
ly report of dog licenses collected.
Adopted.
NJ. L. Hamilton made application for
renewal Of liquor license. Referred.
A resolution setting forth that the
$4,000 insurance on the city hall ex-
pires soon, and authorizing the commit
tee on ways and means to divide the in.
surance equally among the various
agencies Of the city, WAS Adopted.
Councilman Griswold brought up the
matter Of improving Wilson Avenue at
this time, inasmuch as the money has
been received from the sale of the post
Office site. He suggested that it would
not be expedient to make the improve
ment until after Uncle Sam has COM
pleted the postoflice building and i'm.
provements, and that for that reason the
money received be used TO take up city
warrants and stop interest. The mayor
and all the other members of the council
concurred in this view.
A communication was received from
Messrs Friedman q Greenbaum settling
forth that several auctioneers' license,
had been issued to several firms Of auc'
tioneers who are violating the provision.
OF the ordinance. They demanded that
the city either reiunl TO them $50, OF
lncel all other licenses. The communi.
cation was upon motion placed on file.
An ordinance was introduced repeal.
ing the section OF the insurance ordin
auce exempting cooperative insurance
companies from q special city license
This is done to satisfy the Oregon Fire
Relief Association. which is now asked
to pay the license. The rules were sus
pended and the ordinance was passed.
An ordinance was introduced by the
street committee intended to compe
the connection Of all water closets with
n $50 feet Of a public sewer with such
sewer, under penalty Read twice and
referred.
An ordinance was introduced regula
ting auc i)nears' licenses intended tC
amend the present ordinance in such {
manner as 10 cover the defects of the
present ordinance. Read twice and re
ierred to the committee on ordinances
with instructions 10 report next FRIDAY
evening at called meeting.
Mr.. G,iswold moved that when the
council adjourn it be to Friday evening
Feb. 9. Adopted.
Mr.. Griswold moved that It be the
duty of the policemen 10 report 10 the
city recorder when street lamps do moi
burn all night Adopted.
Reconsideration of the vote by which
tn city assumed to pay for n certain
water connection on u hydrant late
basis near the wooden mill was brought
up, and the previous order was upon
motion rescuided
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07

g. W. Lawrence, c. II. Markham,
Benton KILN. Portland; A. f. Pincus,
Vancouver, Wash. j. A. Young, San
Francisco; Charles A. Davis, Chicago
S. NJ. Bostick, New York l.. NJ. Church.
i'll, Milwaukee; Emory +. Smith, Palo
Alto, Cal. II. b. Miller, Eugene, Ore.
Richard Baird, North Yamhill; James
Withycombe, Corvallis.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07
THE lVER
JOHNSON BICYCLE
Highest Grade $500, Not Con
trolIed BY the Trust.

When the Great A. b. G. was formed
last season that took in about a of all
the good wheels, including my Tribune
line and the Stearns, together with
nearly every line that's been represented
in Salem, the liver Johnson in
company with good many other
tirst-class reputable makes refused
TO go into IL, and the liver Johnson threw
down the gauntlet by reducing their
price from $50 10 S35, in the face of the
American Bicycle Co." one of the big
gest trusts that's ever been foatel. So
now they have their 1900 wheel out.
| have samples in my store aud more on
the way--at f35. It's the hest wheel
they build. made with drop forged Joints
throughout, drop forged crown cranks.
sprockets, and the entire head also a
heavy drop forging, machined out to
beautiful finish. Hubs and all
bearings turned from the solid steel. no
stampings or built up sheet metal Joints
in any part OF the wheel aud, vet the
price is what others ask for their second
grade wheels. No one-not even
dealer, will question the strength or
durability OF a drop forging, but when it
comes TO the sheet metal joints, some OF
them stand, some do not.
As lver johnson very tersely puts it
IAN ounce OF drop forging is worth a ton
OF guarantee" It's the most expensive
kind OF construction known, but liver
johnson puts il out at SS5.
Come and see these wheels, when YOU
put your hard money into wheel be
sure you know what your getting.
Name plates are sometimes good 10 90
by, but ask how the wheel Is made.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07

It's victims. Pe-ru-na not only cures o..
tarrh, but prevents. Every household
should be supplied with this great rem.
edy for coughs, colds and so forth.
II will be noticed that the Governor
SAYS he has not had occasion to use Pc.
ru-na for other ailments. The reason
for this Is, most other ailments begin
with cold. Using Po-ru-na TO prompt
ly cure colds, he protects his family
against other ailments. This is exactly
what every other family in the United
states should do. Keep Pe-ru-na In the
house. Use IL for coughs, colds, Ia
grippe, and other climatic affections Of
winter, and there will be no other all
ments in the house. Such families
should provide themselves with q copy
OF DR.. Hartman's free book, entitled
"winter Catarrh." Address DR.. Hart
man, Columbus, Ohio.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07
Revival Meetines

Rev. John Nangle, of Portland,
preached very interesting sermon in
the First Methodist church last even.
ing on the Work Of the Holy Spirit"
and he will preach again this evening
and every night this week. The meet
lngs will continue for two weeks.
There will be service on Thursday al.
ternOOn at 2:S0.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07
Heaven and Hell.

Next Sunday morning Rev. Mr.. Cone.
land will explain what Jesus meant by
Heaven and He'll as explained by His
own words. In the evening there will
De a memorial service in honor OF Abra.
ham Lincoln, Americas Greatest Son.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07

MIGRANTS.-I have some good prop
erty to offer you at very low prices
and on easy terms. Inquiries cheer
fully answered. Frank Barzee, Tur.
ner Oregon. 2'7-lw'
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07
HOTEL ARRIVALS
COTTAGE.

S. Tate, Stayton; John Lentze, Nc.
Coy; Jasper wilkins, Coburg; b. f..
Campbell, Mrs. NJ. T.. Campbell, Red.
field, S. D.; w. S. Holt, Henry A..
Townsend, NJ. A, Shirley, Portland.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07
CITY COUNCIL WORKS
Sanitary and AuctiOneer's Ordinances
Considered.
Adjourned Session Set for Friday
Night OF this Week.

The city council met irregular session
last evening, Mayor Bishop in the char,
and all members present except Council
men Gesner and Riggs.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07
DIED

CANNON.-At the Oregon hospital Tor
the insane in this city, Tuesday, Fee.
ruary 8, 1900, James B. Cannon aseu 90
years.
The remains were shipped on the Cal
ifornia express last evening to relatives
at Roseburg where burial will take place
DIGGS.-At the home Of his brother.
in.law, c. o. Constable, on Twenty..hrst
street, in this, city at 1905 a. m. Tues
day, February 8, 1900, of diabetes E'
p. Diggs, aged 3S years.
Deceased was in Oregon for the bene'
fit Of his health, coming to Salem last
October Services were held at the
home at 3 o'clock this afternoon and the
body was shipped on the Shasta express
for Earlham, Iowa, the home OF the de
ceased, for burial. The bereaved wife
accompanied the remains
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07
Good Americans Now.

Fred Hurst, native of Germany, and
Walter Morley, a native Of England
have been admitted to citizenship.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07
License to Wed

A marriage license has been issued to
Jesse Moore and Lila Moore, +. W.
l. lgar acting as witness.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07

SALEM MARRET.
Wheat--5s pounds and over, 42c.
Wool, l6c, Mohair, 30c.
Hops-0 10 l0c.
Barley SO TO 3Sc.
Oats--2S 10 30c.
hay-Baled, cheat, ts; timothy, so@
Eggs--l2j6 cash l5c trade.
Flour-ln Wholesale lots, $3.50 retail,
81.
Millstulis-Bran, tl3; shorts, tl4iS.
Hogs-Dressed, 6Rc.
Be.
Sheep--$2.5 .5O@3.
Dressed Veal-0kc.
Butler--Dairy, l6c; creamery, 25c.
Poultry-Chickens, 10 &; tnrkeyn,
10 TO l2I6c.
Potatoes-25o 10 Soc.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07
TODAY'S MARKET.

PORTLAND, Feb. Wheat, valley so
@52, Walla Walla, 62@53.
Flour-Portland, best grades 1910 to
$500. Superfine S2.l0 per bbl.
Oat-White 35@36c, grey 33 20 "a.
Hay Timothy-fl0@1l per ton.
Hops-7@ l0c; old crop 6@8c.
Wool--Valley, l2@l3c; Eastern Ore
gon, S@l4c; Mohair, 27@3O.
Millstuff-Bran, $l7; shorts, $lS.
Poultry-Chiokens, mixed, $500 10
4 90; hens, 81 10 40; turkeys, live 13c.
Eggs--Oregon, l5c per doz.
Hides-Green, sailed 90 lbs, 8@9c /;
under 90 lbs, 7JG@sJ6 sheep pelts, i5@
2Uc.
onions-tI.50 90 per GENITAL.
Butter--Best dairy, 30@37IS; fancy
creamery, 90 10 Doc; store, 22l6 10 27I6c.
Potatoes-55 10 Soc per cental.
Hogs Heavy dressed 8 10 &c.
Mutton-Dressed, z TO INC per pound
Beef-steers, f@4.50; COWS, 3.50 0i
dressed beef, 6lS to 7Ac.
Veal-Dressed, z e &c.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07
STATE OF OREGON,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
SALEM, May ., 1898,

SALEM, May o, 1898
The Pe.ru.na Medicine Co, Columbus,o''
Dear Sirs:-I have had occasion 10 use
your Pe-ru-na medicine in my family
for colds, and it proved TO be an excel keel
lent remedy. / have not had OCCASION
to use II for other ailments.
Yours very truly, W. M Loru'
Any man who wishes perfect health
must be entirely free from catarrh. Ca
tarrh is well.ntgh universali almost
omnipresent. Pe-ru-na is the only abso-
lutte safeguard known. A cold Is the De'
ginning Of catarrh. To prevent colds,
20 cure colds, is to cheat catarrh out of
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07
Special Offer to Men on Thursday

Ia order to rush on certain lines all bunch offer them
specified We will
OF those and can attention other things.
It's shirts Thursday o'clock The will
than Wholesale Here the
White shirts il4 2li}s 22l6ls
of.
O0OTed golf shira 10
6'l69 H. All
Coore golf shirts
All at of.
leCae
All at
SUN bosom costing SO S ll5 sl5 H. u6 Ol7 AM
Besides these soft neggee shirts
the
them all out Pick out and
Thursday Morninng Beginning at o'clock.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-02-07
Closing 0dt al
Cost To Qdit
NV Plans:

get rid Of my stock by that That making things
selling lots broken
limos 5n we nearly aMays ll most that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-22

is profoundly impressed in fact, awestricken.
Nevertheless, she has the courage TO make him
the villain of the story. The heroine is the kind
Of American girl that the typical American girl
is supposed to be by certain EngIishmen who
have never left their own island. In other words,
she is pushing, ambitious the point of bad
taste, and 10 the last degree underlined. It IS
only fair to the author. however. to say that
she plainly does not hold the same views of the
girl Miss MagrUder indeed, takes her heroine
very seriously. We first see Bettina Mowbray
as she is about 10 leave America 70 meet in
England the man she has promised to marry, a
young fellow in the English diplomatic service.
who IS heir TO q title and an estate. to be sure,
but poor for the time being. al any rate. she
fixed the 23d Of June as the day on which She
had decided TO sail. In reality. however she
actually embarked just one week earlier. This
was in pursuance of a certain plan which re-
quired that she should have one week in Lon
don quite free of Horace before he should come
to claim the fuIflment of her promise to marry
him" On arriving in London Bettina proceeds
at once to the house of the noble lord who holds
the possessions Horace expects to secure. She
has never met Lord Hurdly, to be sure, but that
consideration has no weight with her. Il is
enough that she wishes TO consult him about her
marriage. She fascinates him SO completely
that. though he has passed lifetime in lodging
candidates for his hand he blackens his heirs
character in order that he may persuade the
beautiful American 10 become his own bride
Eventually she does marry him, and after a brief
repentance her sunerings are relieved by his
death, which prepares the way for her union
with the man of her heart. So We leave her
the Lady Hurdly that and was TO be-
'Tuen, Slave and Empress" by Kathleen Gray
iS ste ofC ift ted To he
founded on the career of that astonishing
woman. the present Empress Dowager. Some
doubt may be expressed as TO whether the book
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light viii be applied as he passes, in order TO
send him to heaven, where he ought TO have
been long ago" It Is recorded that the King
came alone to Dangu, but IN five years time
the castle was the property Of favorite Of
Richelieu. The great Cardinal was never at
loss fer revenge.
Lisieux which in the time Of julius Caesar was
q walled city-and which when Godfrey Plan
tagenet laid siege 10 it suffered a famine so ter
rible that human flesh was sold in the market
is il these days much visited by tourists 1t
holds IN excellent preservation one Of the two
Gothic churches first built in France, and it has
sixty delightful old timber houses. survivals
from the Middle Ages OF one of them. stiu
beautiful in decay our author declares that if
he were an American he would buy it outright
and carry il across the Atlantic. When I set
il up, though" he adds, 7 would choose more
open site for never did realize before how the
opposite neighbors in these old overhanging
streets looked right into each others rooms
They must have had good consciences in the
Middle Ages, or thick curtains, or perhaps, only
thick skins"
We commend to the reader the vivid and ami
mated chapter on famous Mont-saint-A Michel
It is full Of beguiing anecdOte and description,
but we must forbear quotation, with merely q
reference 10 the remarkable inn which forms a
part Of it, and which never presents a bill to the
traveller. You remember what you have had and
pay for it. Every one is honest who comes TO
the Mont" says the agreeable waiter. st
Michel protects US" Normans. be it said, are
q polite and kindly people, and their courtesy
added to good inns, good cooking and fine roads,
makes pleasant, indeed, the ways Of the BIZ
cycler We must not forget to say for the bene-
fit Of those in haste that if one has only a few
days to spare in Normandy they should be spent
between Rouen and lie Havre, that region, as
Nj Dearner reminds US, being famous for
scenery and rich In remarkable monuments
BIS book viii be an Invaluable companion to
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&C. her great natural loveliness Mr.. Dearmer's
rrpretentoUs book holds so much Of this fasci-
nation for the truly appreciative reader that to
scse himself II its pages IS the next best thing
10 taking the same ramble, We can think Of nc
more delightful guide
Normandy has been the scene Of some Of the
most picturesque and tragic events in history,
and is fun o< the remains, more OF less dilapi-
dated, Of wonderful strongholds and castles Of
Stored ch6tezux and quaint old tinbered town
houses, Of massive monasteries and beautiful
churches Many churches and some houses have
survived almost untouched; some have been re
z---=6r-5ften 10 Tier injury. The French Rev
----ion has had numerous apolOgists, but who
can De bold enough 20 defend its wicked 1ayages
among some Of the most splendid monuments Of
--ed1avaI architectural About the gIOries Of ART
here fingered for the sans cuIottes" the
hated sentiment Of aristocracy, and down they
came with the heads Of Processes and the bones
q saints Marguerite Of Lorraine great-grand-
mother OF Henri " was q woman Of noble
character and tender heart; in her widowhood
size took the veil and devoted herself TO the
poor and the suffering. Buried at Argentau,
where she had lived and toiled, her relics were
heId n the greatest Veneration until the Revo-
luton came with a decree that lead collins
should be melted down 10 provide material for
bullets They took the coffin Of Duchess Mar
guerite 70 the city ditch, knocked out one end
and shot its contents down into the mud Of the
61ich- An Argentau workman offered TO make
e wooden coffin with his own hands, hoping TO
save the poor bones but the apostles Of equality
1houted n reply: Point de distinction pour
Marguerite de Lorraine" And il was point de
distinction" also, II would seem, for many
stately building and ancient ornament.
n later days, TOO, Frenchmen are all too care
less OF their treasures some Of them perceiving
IN the ruins Of medieval tower and castle an
excellent supply Of building material-too many
--I1cs as yet unprotected BY the State have gona
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may be said to follow facts as closely as the
author believes. Such question, however, is
of comparatively little Importance. Much more
important is the question whether the tale NAV
be commended on its merits 1t is pleasantly
written, to be sure; but without having been in
China the reader can easily see that it is Chi
nese life, as it We're many miles away The
characters suggest American actors playing
Chinese parts-the actors it should be observed.
never having been in China However. the
author has included in her pages a good deal Of
interesting information about Chinese customs
book by Joel Chandler Harris is always sure
of a welcome. He is a writer who may be re-
lied upon for good, wholesome, true work His
stories not only never fail to be entertaining,
they never fail to present real types Of charac-
ter and studies Of passing conditions Of life Of
social and historical Importance At this time
when so much insincere and worthless writing
receives encouragement, it is a satisfaction to
note that like Mr.. Harris keeps working
un1inchingly in his own way. His present book
records the not very exciting but always di-
verting and frequently amusing doings Of a
familiar type of Southern Nanny" Much Of
her history comes from Aunt Mirervy's lips in
dialect that is not too abstruse and always full
Of character. Mr., Harris never touches figure
without giving it life Moreover, it is refreshing
TO read his simple, homely English The book
is excelIentIy Illustrated with drawings by Mr.
4. 3. Frost.
Mr.. Arthur J, Strnger might learn many
profitable lessons from Mr.. Harriss book. Per
haps the most important would be TO let his
characters alone, or, rather, to let them reveal
themselves. In THE Loom of Destiny" Mr..
Stringer devotes a good deal Of space TO what
might be called studies Of slUm life They show
study, to be sure. but the energy spent on il
has been largely INSTRUCTED energy. Mr.,
Stringer has allowed himself to be blinded by
his sentimentalty. Why is it that SO few Of our
story teIlers can write about the poor without
Misrepresentation? Mr. Stringer has not even
the excuse Of writing for the sake OF plot; for
his work is frankly episode one of his stories,
''Premoniuons,' gives very curious imitation OF
the manner OF the late Stephen Crane. the tricks
of speech without. however. certain other guam
ties that made Mr.. Cranes work effective
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NENN7ORK

mat way Some of them even served this mr.
pose before the Revolution. There is the Chateau
Gaillard, designed and built by English Richard
OF the Lion Heart to protect the Norman frontier
from me French King. The tremendous fortress
Hhlshed' Philippe cursed the Englishman in his
wrath i will take it were the walls Of fron!"
Ne cried And I would hold it were they of
butter" said laughing Richard But with Rich
ara comfortably dead q year later Philippe
promptly took the fortress away from King
Iohh and after varying fortunes Henri " gave it
10 the Norman authorities for building material
a quarrel between two ecclesiastical bodies final
~ stopped this of it. and left US a sturdy
remnant Of the greatest monument of Richard
CeuT de Lion Another old fortress not far
from Chateau Gaillard is Dangu. It was once
owned by the Count de Bouteyille who was exc
cuted 10y GcheHeu for disobeying the celebrate
edict against duelling. Some years afterward
Louis XIII planned to visit Dangu with the
Cardinal. whereupon there came to him this
message from the widowed Countess: The
King viii be received at Dangu with the honors
due to the majesty Of a King Of France but as
for the Cardinal shall place under the draw
bridge twelve barrels of powder to which a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-22
IMPREssIoNIsM AND APPRECIATION.

Lewis E, Gates, in The Atlantic Monthly
It is a mistake, then to protest against tho
growth Of imDressionism, as some nervous
guardians Of the public literary conscience are
inclined 10 protest, if a parasitic form Of
literature were creeping into undue Importance
Regarded as literature about literature impress
siOnism may seem an overrehn5d productive
degrees removed from actual life, Enthusiastically
unreal: but regarded as the intimate record OF
what few happy moments have meant 10 an
alert mind and heart, lmpTesSlonlsn IS trans
cendenty close to fact The popularity of i'm
pressiOnism is only one sign more that We are
learning to prize above most Things else fch-
ness Of spiritual experience. The sincere and
significant mOOd-thiS is what we have come 10
care for, whether the mood be suggested by life.
by nature, or by art and literature. False
moods expressed maIadrOitly viii doubtless try
to get themselves accepted just as artificial
poems about nature have multiplied endlessIy
since Wordswcrth's day The counterfeit mere
" proves the worth of the original In an age
that has learned 10 look on art with conscious
Gncerity, and 10 recognize that the experience
offered in art rivals religious experience IN rem
Ovating and stimulating power, there must
more and more come to be an imaginative lit
erature that takes its inspiration direct from
art: of such imaginative literature critical i'm
pressionistic writing Is one Of the most vital
forms.
But though impressionistic writing may,
literature, not only justify itself but prove 70
be sincerely expressive of some OF the most
original tendencies of the modern mind, the case
is somewhat different when such writing Is con-
sidered as literary criticism pure and simple,
and is cross questioned as To whether il can do
erary criticism. some French critic, perhaps NJ
Jules Lemaitre has been accused of turning an
essay on volume Of Remains Historic des
Origines du Christiauisme' into lyrical re
ciraI of his own boyisn delights with Noahs
ark. Instances enough Of such critical way
warduess must have fallen under every ones
eve who keeps the OF current essay work
Sainte- Beuye LONG aEc said of TaiEe that IN
crftiCisiag an author h. was apt to pull all
the blankets 20 his own side OF the he'd. And
what was true of Tame. because of his de-
votion 10 theory. is true Of many modern crit
les. because of their WiIfulness and caprice, or,
10 put the matter more sy!npatheticaly. because
of their overrulnE delight in their own sensi-
buty and impressionable They care for
themselves more than for their author. When
such esoiSm goes with genius and with artistic
resource the resulting essays justify themselves.
because they reveal in fascinating wise new
phases Of the ever varying spiritual conscious
ness of the age. but even in such cases. where
q really original personality under Jh- chance
stimulus Of literature, flashes out TO us winning
and imagiEatyely suggestive glimpses % itself,
ii may be doubted whether the essay that results
is. properly speaking, criticism.