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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-11-19
FIFTEEN BRAVE CHINESE
Defeat $50 Bandits Near the City Of
Pekin.

PEKIN, Nov. 19.-Fifteen Chinese
soldiers surprised l50 bandits close to
Pekin last night, killing ~, capturing
IA. The prisoners are being brought
here for decapitation.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-11-19
BORN

PIPER-At the family home AZ 22d and
Ferry streets, on November IL, 1901 to
Mr. aud Mrs. Ernest Piper, girl.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-11-19

Learn 10 sing right by attending the
vocal music class OF the Y. M. @. A.
Night School. Prof. seley Instructor.
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Fits 4 Doty, fish and poultry. Phone
1927 main.
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StrOngs' Bakery.

Try some OF the whole wheat bread
made at StFong's Bakery, II is the beet
aud has no equal.
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Do You Smokeg

II You do try one OF "Our Champion, /" s
cent cigars. You will he sure to enjoy
il. Made in Salem by Aug. Huckestein.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-11-19
DIED.

Register now for classes in the Y. NJ
G. A. Night School.
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Up-IO-date. Capital City flour has
no superiority II. Sold BY all grocers
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F. A. WIGGINS

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Farm Machinery, Wagons, BugRies, BIZ
cycles, Sewing Machines.
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19
o. the GalK Barker
\ ~ to the
/

Copyrighted 1901 by Robert Howard Rus
sell.
A highly respected Pastor had Son
who was a Bad Egg. Tney could not
drag him TO Camp Meeting and when
they called the Roll for Thursday Eve
ming Prayer Meeting, Son was Non Est.
He liked to wear a Red Sweater and read
the Life and Battles of John L. Sullivan.
AT last he sloped between two Days and
his Father did not see him again for
many Shows.
One Day the Pastor wandered down to
the Open Lot back of the School House
TO take sort of a Side Glance at the
Greatest Show on Earth The Pastor was
only Human, and he certainly did Hone
and Hanker to go in and study the Sa-
cred Animals, such as the Behemoth of
Holy Writ. the Leopard that couldn't
1nd anything to take out the Spots, and
the Camels of Egypt, where the Israelites
came from. But he didn't dare to go in,
because all the Members of his Congrega-
ton were in there and they would have
been Shocked TO catch him taking a Shy
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

Wild Man from Madagascar is a Coon
Whitewater that we picked up in LOUIS
vile, but If we placarded that Fact, it
would dispel the Pleasure of seeing him
tug al his Chain and no one would think
better of us for Owning Up. They would
simply say that we were not running an
old-time, bang-up Side-Show such as they
drove in to see. Suppose the Boss Dea-
con in your Congregation puts it in the
Paper that he is letting his entire Stock
go at Below Cost. No one swallows it.
but is the Deacon called up for a Church
Trial? Nay, nay, Pauline. On the con-
trary, every one says that the Deacon
is a foxy Gazabe. But if he printed that
he sold Goods for all he could get and
hoped to Skin everyone who came into
his Place. then People would say that he
had the Wilhes and ought to be locked up
in the Wheel-House. 1t was Mr.. Barnum
who discovered by Experiment that the
American Public likes TO be Humbugged
and since then over 1000 900 Schemers have
stolen his Process Our Fellow-Citizens
have become so accustomed to an open
ing Bluff at least six times as strong as
the Showdown that they have no Re
spect for Player who never puts up
Bold Front with a Weak Hand. They
tell him to back out of the Game and
make room for True Sport.
"A good part of your Language gets
past me, but 1 am Fly enough to see
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

at any Worldly Pleasure. They were
carly at the Ticket Wagon and stuck for
the whole Shooting Match, including the
Grand Concert, but the Shepherd OF the
Flock had TO stand out by the Cook Tent
and listen to the Band. That was the
Best he got.
There was a large Commotion In front
of the Side-Show and the Reverend Gem
aleman edged around that way to listen
70 the Spieler i'm the Blue Box, who was
delivering an impassioned Eulogy on the
Ossiied Man. the Cuban Lady weighing
the Enormous Weight of 760 Pounds and
answering all Proper Questions. the
Hairy Man from Madagascar and beauti-
ful Juju, Queen OF the Serpent World.
The Barker addressed the Pack OF HUI
manity as Neighbors, and he gave them
q come-along Song that brought the Cur
Tency right out of their Clothes. When
the Pastor drew near he was amAEed to
discover that the Bally-Ho Artist with
the Fog-F5orn Voice was none other than
his Lon-Lost Con.
As soon as thu Crowd had rushed into
che Annex, the 0risf-strioksn Divine con-
aroataa aha Traant and began to Roast
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

other to hand in their Dough. l don t
want to Gloat over you, Father but it
does seem to me that I have got your
Job beat to Pulp. Instead of rebuk-
ing your Child you ought to warm up
to me and take a few Private Lessons.
I've been over a lot of Ground since 1
pulled my Freight from this smiling Vii
lage. I have taken a couple of Degrees
in the School of Hard Knocks and 1 can
give you many a Steer For instance, If
you copied my Style and introduced a
few Circus Methods into your Sermons, 1
am satisfied that in a couple of Years
you would be up in a Big Town with a
Tabernacle of your own instead of hold
ing down an $3.50 Snecure out here on
the Prairie Follow me and you will wear
Diamonds and have a Roll big enough to
choke a Horse"
Your Undertaking may be profitable,
but 1 cannot sanction it because of the
Degrading Associations" said the Min
lister.
"Fie. Father Miner exclaimed the
Barker Think not that all the Nice Peo-
pie in the World live up in your End or
Town. The Circassian Princess to whom
l am engaged, is a Perfect Lady. The
Samoan Spotted Boy sends all his Salary
to his Sister in Charlottesville every
Week. The India Rubber Man and the
Snake Charmer are happily married and
saving up to buy Cottage in Chicago.
The Bearded Lady is Sober and Reliable
and has a Wife and three Lovely Chill
dren in East St. Louis. Don't condemn
a Fellow Being simply because he is
Freak and gets paid for it. Think how
many there are who are tolerated and in
vited out simply on account of their Fam
lilies. I am sure that If you go I'm and
mix with the Curioslties, you Will ind
them a very amiable Lot. l Will tip the
Wink to the Ticket-Taker, and he will
let Won in on your Face. We always rec
ognize the Profesh."
"Tenpt me not" said the Pastor, as
he broke ground. 'T feel myself Falling"
And he ran to Escape.
MORAL: A careful Early Training is
seldom wasted.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

som into a Word Weaver, and here am.
Thanks to my Stage Presence, Easy Flow
OF Language and Convincing Manner, all
inherited from you. have developed into
q Peacherine. l jump from Town to
Town, scattering my Flowers of Speech
and bringing Happiness to untold Multi
tudes of Hirams and Hatties. The Side
Show is one of our countrys Cherished
Institutions, the same as the Public
School System, or the Skipworth League.
1t is not Sectarian in its Organization, 1
Will admit. but 1t has an Educational
Value and exerts Moral Influence, as
you wiz find by casting your Eye over
the large blue Banner just this side of
the Lemonade Joint Our Exhibition of
the Marvels OF Nature is Intended 20 slim
ulate the Mental Activities and enlarge
the Understanding of every Yahoo who
buys Yellow Ticket. Therefore, although
our Exposition of Strange and Curious
Peoples is not under the Auspices OF any
particular Denomination. we claim that it
is more Diverting and has greater
Charm for the Young than the TableauX
and Charades frequently given in the
Lecture Room for the Benefit OF the
Home Missions. II there Is any Doubt
On this Point, l am willing TO leave It to
the Kids"
But do you play Fair with the Pub
llc?" asked his Father. Are all the At
fractions on the INSIDE exactly as you
represent on these jim-iom Banners? /
notice that the Stout Lady is depicted as
being about the size of Load Of Hay
and the Boa Constructor is at least three
times as long as a Telegraph Pole"
res getting so it's no use to Advertise
unless you Scare them" replied his Son.
"A Man has 70 Holler these Days or no.
body will hear him. Besides, these Ban
nsrs don't fool anyone. They are az
harmless as Campaign Pledges. We put
ap these Coiored Supplement Pictures IN
order to preserve the Traditions I don't
mind telling you on tho @. T. that Tia
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19
The Cow.
From Outing.

We learn from sacred history ana BOOKS
of ancient writer's that the COW, like the
OK, originally was used solely for agri-
cultural purposes, at least, for many hun
dred years, perhaps, before her milk was
used as a product for household con-
sumption. It is generally believed also
that originally the COW, like the deer,
buffalo. moose, and elk, gave only sufti-
cient milk to rear her young, from which
we see what n wonderful degree of i'm
provement has taken place. when sim
gle animal Is nowadays made TO produce
100 pounds go quarts) OF milk in single
day. or 100 pounds of butter in month:
or again, when a COW has averaged over
her own weight in milk every month for
A year When we consider the original in
ferior ancestry of these animals, these
results are something marvellous.
Care. climatic influences, selection, mat
ing. and food have been the causes, and
Of these food has played the principal part
in producing improvements. Man, by Sc
lecting and mating has taken advantage
OF the variations produced by food. or
the abnormal characteristics, and has
gradually nodded and fashioned an ami
mai 10 suit his taste and ideals as TO
greater production. as well as greater
beauty and symmetry OF form.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

what you are driving at" said the Min
lister Admitting the Truth OF all you
say do you have the supreme Face TO
stand there and tell me that this is a
proper Calling for one who was brought
up by Hand in an Atmosphere OF Sane
tity?"
why Not?" asked the Son. 1T is true
that ! am a Mountebank. but there are
Others All Public Characters are more
or less in the Show Business since the
Introduction OF Boom Methods. Talk
about your Hoop-La and your Drum
Beatingl When l see a Head Squeeze
in the World OF Thought put on his
Spangles and begin TO do Cart-Wheels
so as TO draw a Crowd, l feel that the
Side-Show Man isn't In Il. l am afraid
you are rapping my Open-Air Meetings
out Of Professional Jealousy. You Ad-
dress about 900 twice a Week. and talk
to Thousands every Day. Some Of yours
20 TO sleep on you and when you pass
the Hat you are lucky 20 get II back.
but ! have mine climbing over one an
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

No. /. Marsh Marigold.-The Marsh
Marigold is found growing in swampy
fields along the banks of rivers and in
the water OF little pools ana streams.
often near its neighbors the Skunk Cab
bage and It's dry-shod relatives on the
bank. the Buttercups; for the Marigoids
and the Buttercups are cousins and belong
to the same family. the crowfoots. Early
in May the buds push up between the
broad leaves that grow around its stout
steam. and as the golden yellow flowers
open they spread out on all sides to give
zach other room 70 got at the spring
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

sunshine. Some OF the flowers have six
sepals or flower leaves; others have as
many as eight or nine, put most of them
have FIVE all set around a bunch OF sta
mems and pistils busted with golden pol
len on which crowds of the early flies
and bees feast. The whole flower looks
like a big buttercup, or a yellow saucer
with scalloped edges
In painting this picture color the now
ers bright yellow that Is. yellow mixed
with a little blue, the leaves dark green.
the stems lighter more yellow green.
But a tint OF blue over ell the paper
around the flowers. and whom II IL dry
paint IN on top OF the blue tint the grass
and reeds with n light green, leaving the
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

him for being in such a Business.
Let up, Father" said the Orator, COM
ing down from his Perch. us this the
Welcome you have framed up for a
Young Man who comes back after max
Ing his Way in the World? 1t seems To
me that / am entitled to the Glad Hand
and Dewey Arch. l am now the Main
Guy of this Congress of Wonders, and il
is a Swell Money-Maker. You always
wanted me TO take after you and bios
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

blue to represent the water Of the stream
rejecting the sky.
Below the picture and 10 the left you
will notice an outline OF the Marsh Mar
gold with It's different parts numbered
and TO the right the proper colors 10 use
are indicated with corresponding numbers
To prepare these flower pictures Tor
portfolio. you should cut out the picture
leaving off the color scheme below-ano
mount on a gray or white mat leaving a
good wide margin.
A little daub OF paste at each corner
will hold the picture in place. II the en-
tire back IL coated with paste. the ten
dency Is 70 warp and draw up the mat
and Il wont lie fiat In the portfolio
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-19

-Paymaster Charles Littleheid. Z. 8
N. will comeplete his term of sea service
aboard the receiving ship Wabash at the
charlestown navy yard, but will remain
until June in order to settle the &C
counts On the latter date he is 10 re-
port aboard the battieship Kearsargs on
the North Atlantic station for duty as
feet paymaSter.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-29
STORY PLEASES Mr.. M'KINLEY
"Uncle Joe" Cannon Tells a Friend
How He Avoided Giving a His
tory of Himself.

Uncle Joe" Cannon, who was In
Seattle last week told a few friends how
ft avoided writing the record of himself
short time ago. 4
One of the opposition newspapers In
his district in Illinois sent it's brightest
reporter to DanVille to gather material
for roast on the chairman of the
committee on appropriations The news
PAPER man went about the city for "a
number of days interviewing every o1e
who was willing to allow his real opinion
OF Congressman Cannon to go into cold
type. After sufficient ammunition had
been gathered the representative of the
opposition went to the congressman and
asked:
How about this, and this, and this
and this?"
Uncle joe saw that he had no finesse
il he did not get himself into the posi-
ton most desired by his political enemy
so he took time to light a cigar and de-
wise ways and means. At last he opened
his mouth and spoke.
You say you are from the -
--- newspaper" he asked of his
visitor.
Yes sir came the answer.
And the owner pays you a salary to
set news and edit it," was the next con-
SGessional question.
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as as yielding more oil than the balance
of the United States.
The first three gushers brough in, bas-
ed upon one third the capacity usually
accorded them, produce as much oil as
$1,000 wells in the east. The daily ca
pacity of these three gushers is three
times the capacity of the wells in Cali
fornia, twice as much as the Pennsylva-
MIA wells and one half of the entire pro-
duction of the United States, and now
that there are seven gushers and more
constantly coming in, some idea of the
immensely of this great addition 70 the
wealth of Texas can be realized.
The fuel production of the world was
about $4,000 barrels daily the day before
the discovery at Beaumont In the opin-
ion of many experts the worlds produce
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myriad of wells that have been Dor.
ed within the short time since the excite
ment began is worth more than the en-
tire crop of the vast cotton fields of the
state, the product that has stood high
est in the market of the world
There has never been anything to COM
pare with fortunes made In the Beau
mont district. Capt. A. f. Lucas, the
promoter of the first Well in the district
the great gusher, was practically penni-
less year ago, his every cent being tied
up in his prospecting outfit. Today he is
said to be worth $40, OOO 600.
d. r. Beatty, who controlled the Sec
ond Of the gushers, was merchant of
Galveston, who lost all his property in
the Galveston flood, and had but $40
when he happened to drop into the office
of the Galveston News the night the
news came in of the Lucas we'll, He
started for Beaumont, got there with $40
invested it in an oil lease from neighbour
ing farmers, got company to work the
ground, and is now worth several million
dollars. He sold his first well for 81, $50, :
900 cash. These are but single instances
out of the many that the history of the
country afford.
The history of petroleum furnishes
nothing to compare with the spouting
wells of the Beaumont district. The
great wells Of the Baku district, on the
Caspian Sea in Russia. are Insignificant
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-29
SEEK THE HONESTY PRIZE.

Self-confessed George Washingtons of
the most approved modern business type
are so numerous that Mrs. Nancy B. r.
wing, who offers a $1,000 prize for a per-
feet specimen, would have no difficulty
at all in giving away d Carnegie fortune
in summer if only all the confessions
OF honesty would stand the 3Est OF in
Vestigation.
But the applicants, who 4. number
among them shoemakers, tailors, print
ers, druggists, lawyers, preachers and
even insurance and real estate agents
from all parts Of the country, from Bos-
ton to Kansas, have not yet learned the
rules of the game. And Mrs. Irving is
going TO show them.
"litiful pitiful," she said yesterday
afternoon as site put the finishing
touches to her set of rules for the con-
test. after she had FASTENED through the
big box full of letters of application.
"rhese people are ignorant most of
them, as to what an honest business life
really is. Just because they make it
point to tel -he truth as far as they
know it about the goods they sell, they
think they are honest Why. most of
them probably live and work under con-
dittons so honeycombed with lies and
dishonesty that they will abhor them
S Ives when they really understand it,"
the book which Mrs. Irving is to put
on the market next week, called Who
lies?" is intended for just such persons
as these and one Of the first conditions
in the contest for the $1,000 prize is that
the contestant read the book.
VIII they stick when they have read
it?' Mrs. Irving was asked.
II fear not" she answered. II fear
most of them will drop out. but if any
come in the contest will be begun
The other conditions which must be
met by those who seek the prlze will
teach them what running the gauntlet
Is like. if they never learned it before.
The first of these conditions is Mrs.
Irving herself. If any candidate thinks
he has found an easy mark to whom
he can write as certain DR.. Osbaldes
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FORTUNES ARE MADE
IN ONE SHORT DAY
The Fame of Other Boom Oil Fields Is
Cast in the Shade.

There is no more wonderful chapter
in the history of the world than that re-
lating to the oil discoveries of Texas.
Thu state first appears as the land Of
long horn. the bad man with the gun,
the field of the Alamo and the battle
ground of the Mexican war.
Later. the long horn was driven out
hy the inoffensive prosaic beef cattle of
the east; the bad man Went further west
away from an advan ing civilization, ana
the state settled down to such hum
drum life as falls to the lot of every from
tier state, when the first wave of prog
res,s sweeps over and leaves the dregs of
a motley civilization il It's wake.
But five short months have worked
wonders. ON the 9Th day of January this
year. prospectors for oil near the city of
Beaumont were startled by the heaving
of the ground under them, and seven
hundred feet Of their piping, together
With their derrick and all their ponder.
Gus tools used in boring we'll more than
a thousand feet in depth, was flung far
skyWard, followed by a mighty rush of
pure White oil. The mighty flood cut it's
way through the ground, forming a lake
that flooded the whole country. For days
the roar of the flood continued.
People went Wild. Fortunes We're
made and lost in day.
The Pennsylvania oil excitement was
dwarfed into insigniticance by the rush
of specula tors who flocked in to see the
marvellous gusher, and to invest their
last dollar in even a fractional interest
in the smallest claims or leases.
Other wells, We're sunk with incredible
speed. Night was turned into day by the
product from the first spouting we'll, the
flow of which could not be controlled,
ard had to be burned to prevent it from
flooding the whole country. For more
than three months the marvellous flow
continued 10000 barrels a day, before it
could be controlled even in a measure.
Now the product of the state from the
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when compared with these wells of Tex
as. though the Baku wells have hereto
fore been the greatest in the world.
Pennsylvania had nothing in her oil well
craze that even approached the product.
How long the present rate of production
may last, is problematical.
1t is not to be supposed that the gush-
ers will continue to flow for any great
length of time as freely as. at present, as
the history of spouting wells has gener-
ally been that in short time they cease
to spout and have to be pumped, thus
materially reducing their output. But
today If all We're turned on at once the
nine wells would have a capacity consid-
erably greater than the other 10000 or
$4,000 wells now in operation in the Unit
ed States. In other words, Texas has
nine oil wells which can. for a time at
least, produce as much oil as the whole
country now yields. If the new wells
show that the field is very broad one
then even allowing for the inevita BILE de-
cline of the output from these gushers,
the indications would be in favor of Tex
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ton will be increased more than 100 per
cent. before the close of the present
month.
The oil craze is spreading to every part
of the country like wildfire. The faint
est suspicion of oil is sufficient to create
stampede to any district, however re-
mote. The great dividends paid by
Standard oil stocks for years past are
enough to excite the cupidity Of all. Wy
oming, Nevada, Arizona, Washington,
Montana and California, and many other
states have felt the fever. and unsightly
derricks are dotted all over the land. All
over the south, particularly through the
great coal and iron regions of Alabama
and Georgia, it is believed that the Tex
as discoveries are but the precursor Of
even more marvellous discoveries.