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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-29
LOWER
TAXES
WANTED
Grange Officers Demand Sal
ary Reform
And a Better Condition Of
Governmental Revenues.

Austin T. Buxton, OF Forest Grove,
State Lecturer of the Grange, writes to
the Journal:
Il have read with interest your arti.
cles, showing the upbusiness.like man
agement of our state affairs. The con
stantly increasing burdens of taxation
should certainly cause every taxpayer
ia consider well the tendency of pres
ent conditions and methods
Il will endeavor TO find space in the
State Grange Bulletin, before my term
as Lecturer expires, to make the mat.
ter a subject Of discussion
Wishing you all success in your eff.
forts to create healthy, independent
sentiment in this matter, | remain, etc
Following resolutions were adopted
by the woodburn Grange on March 8,
1902:
Whereas; The expenses of this state
have Increased in the last quarter of a
century faster than the wealth and
population thereof. when an honest
and economical disbursement of the
taxes should have produced the oppo-
site result, and
Whereas; The present method of
assessment and levying taxes is un.
equal and unjust, and is making liars
and thieves Of very many so.caled,
respectable people, and
Whereas; Our taxes have been
very burdensome for many years, Ito
those who pay and we have little to
show for the money so raised and not
three consecutive miles of good grad
ed, grayelled road in this county, and
we believe, in the last thirty years
enough of our taxes have been squan
dered to have graded and gravelled
every road in the county, and
Whereas, Real estate which com.
prises most all of the farmers proper.
ty. Is bearing more than its share of
the burden of government, and more
than is just, therefore be il
Resolved; That we call upon all
farmers to see to it that all candidates
for legislative honors have a previous
record as intelligent honest, taxpay.
ing citizens, and also that they be
pledged to work for just and effec.
tive law or laws for raising revenue
and economy in appropriations.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-29
Ads. Valuable at slualaw

A fine illustration of the value of ad.
yertising has just come to the notice
Of the Marshfeld Mail. Several months
ago +. s. Dow went to the Siuslaw. In
the interests of the Sperry Flour Com.
pany The merchants of that section
had been using Oregon -four altogether,
but Mr., Dove secured some orders
from the Florence merchants, and
agreed to advertise the -four in the
Florence West to help introduce Il.
The -four was shipped on schooner
from San Francisco, and the schooner
spent about three months on the Pa.
cific ocean before she got into the har.
Dor to deliver her freight.
In the meantime the advertising was
continued. and its effects kept ac.
cumulating, and the Siuslaw people
got to wanting some Sperry -four so
badly that they could hardly stand Il
The result was that when the schooner
eventually got in, the news spread like
wildflre that the -four had arrived, and
when she commenced to unload nearly
every householder on the Siuslaw had
a representative on the dock to buy
some of that Sperry -four Although
the flour was damaged by water, IL was
bought and taken away as fast as II
came out OF the schooner, and not q
sack OF 1t ever got to the stores.
We will hope no one will try to
spoil this good advertising story by
citing the fact that there had been a
famine on the siuslaw, and every one
had been out OF -four for some time
when the schooner arrived. Lots of
stories are spoiled by bringing in too
many details.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-29
HE CAN RIDE; HE CAN
SHOOT; HE is A SCOUT
This, General Snyman Declares Is Why the
BOer OutcIaSSeS the English Soldier.
Speech Delivered at Sacramento BY One Of the Intrepid
TransvaaI Leaders.

starve. He told of the many captures
of English soldiers and mules and
wagons by the Beers.
even your American mules are i'm.
bued with the spirit Of freedom" he
said. lis shown by the way they de.
sert the English for our lines"
He told of the capture of 500 English
yeomanry without firing a gun.
General Snyman said he had no criti.
clsm whatever to make concerning the
attitude OF the American government
towards the Beers He wanted to say
this. in view Of what Mr.. Clarken had
said. because he did not want TO be
put in the light of meddling with the
politics of the United States, which he
did not understand. His only purpose
was to state the cause Of the Beers
fairly and dlspassionately. He said
even the Engllshmen in South Africa
who are fighting the Beers, haven't
their hearts in the contest. II II had
not been for the English politicians,
the war would never have been en-.
tered upon and continued.
The Boer has several great advan.
tages over the English soldier, said
the general. He Is, in the first place,
fine cavalryman; he is a good scout /;
and he can shoot These are three
qualification, he said, which are abso-
lutely required in modern warfare. He
did not want TO bellttle the British sol.
diers, who are generally plucky fel-
lows, but the trouble with them is they
have to be told when to shoot, when to
lie down, when TO get up; they are
obliged TO move in big bodies, while
the mobility OF the Beers places the
English at a great disadvantage.
Referring to the recent capture OF
Lord Methuen. he said his delivery by
the Beers was the proper thing, and
illustrated better than anything else
that with them II is a fight for prln.
ciple. Had General Methuen been kept
prisoner and died, the Beers would
have been called his murderers. He
contrasted this act with the hanging
of Boer leaders by the British. He de
clared that the Beers would never give
up their fight so long as one OF them
lived, The audience-which taxed not
only the seating room of the hall. but
the standing room also-was very en-
thusiastic
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-29
MOTHERS HOUR.
A Time for Confidence and
Counsel.

when the ehildren's hour is thing OF
the far away past, because there are no
frolic or bedtime story, the hour one
devoted to them becomes the inolneI ''l'.i,., ;
hour. II is an hour in which the young
woman takes her old place at her moth
er's knee as she was wont when sne
listened TO the evening story. But now
she tells the story to the mother; tne
story of her day, her fears, her hopes,
her ideals. Happy is that daughter VINO
can come to her mother as her pest
friend, as sure of her compassion as OF ner
counsel. rh.
II is often so very different Inc
mother does not invite the shy conf
dence of the growing girl. She comes
20 womanhood and between her and her
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-29

eaaes peculiarly feminine. II establishe,
regularity, dries the drains which weaken
women, heals isinhanimation and liberation
and cures female weakness. For young
women Il has advantages over any simi,
lar preparation, by reason Of Its promo
ton of a perfect condition Of feminine
health, and also because II is free from
alcohol, and contains no opium, cocaine,
nor any other narcotic. Backache, head
ache, and the many ailments resulting
from womanly diseases are entirely cured
by the use of cFavorite Prescription.
'cI will drop you few lines to-day 10
let YOU know that | am feeling we'll now,1
writes Miss Annie Stephens, Of Bellevilie,
Wood Co., w. Va. cI feel like a new
woman. / took several bottles of Pa
vorite Prescription and Golden Med
ical Discovery have no headache
now, no backache, and no more pain in
my side. No bearing down pain any
more. i think that there is no medicine
like DR.. Pierce medicine. / thank you
very much for what you have done for
me - your medicine has done me so
much good"
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-29
SONGS HE USED TO SING.

q
| kinder like the old songs,
The songs / used to know
In the dear old country village,
OF the dear old long ago.
| kinder like the music of
"Ben Bolt" and other tunes
They sung among the cedars
In the scented amorous Junes,
When thesunlight OF the season
Glinted where the grasses spread,
Where the roses fell in clusters.
Blushing sweetly, deeply red
All, yes, like the old songs,
The kind they used to sing
When life was like a primrose
Just bursting in the spring.
kinder like the old songs
Heard on the old playground
King William was King James
Son."
Just swingln' round and round;
Bowing to the east sometimes,
And sometimes to the west
And / used to pick a sweetheart
The one loved the best
And while they just kept circling
Round in pretty childish bliss,
/ knelt beside the lassie there.
And stole the first sweet kiss
I'd like to sing king William" now
Just like used to sing
When life was like a primrose I
Just bursting in thespring.
Somehow | like the old songs
Yes. The Maple on the HILL"
Some Twenty Years Ago, Tom. +"
And dear old 'Whippoorwill;"
And Starry Night for Ramble."
And Coming Through the Rye"
And other dear Old melodies
They sang to you and L
All, yes, like the old songs,
The kind they used to sing
When life was like primrose
Just bursting in the spring.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-29

Wild Rose Flour, once used, always
wanted at all the stores. Try 1t. Ask
for IT,
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-29

mother Is a barrier of reserve. Just
a word of advice or counsel might
mean so much to girl at a time so crit
ical, but she shrinks from asking. the
question, and the mother refrains from
opening the subject though in the pal
lid cheeks and dark trimmed eyes she
reads the signs Of woman's suffering.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-29


We oner One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case OF Catarrh that can.
not be cured by Halls CataTrh Cure.
\, j. CHENEY a Co,
Props, Toledo. o,
We. the undersigned. have known n.
j. Cheney for the last rs years. and
believe him perfectly honorable In am
business transactions. and financially
able 10 carry out any obligation made
by their arm.
West A TruaN. Wholesale Druggists
Toledo, o.; Walding. Kinnan q Mar
Vim, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. q.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price. 15c per bottle. Sold by ami
druggists Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the beat
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-29
Days Of 80 Recalled by s. c. Gam,
hleia Trtp.

Springfield, March 27,-S. G. Gam.
bel left here by team Wednesday for
Iowa. expecting TO reach his destina.
tion by the iirst OF August.
Mr.. Gamble owns a farm in Iowa.
and left there two years ago for Idaho.
He stayed in that state is months and
came 10 the willamette valley last
fall He says he don't like webfoot on
account OF the rain. and win remain in
Iowa when he reaches there He ex.
poets 70 stop in Idaho on his way
back
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-29
THE NEED OF HELP.

There is a real need OF help for the
young woman. Neglect may pave the
way for years Of suffering. The dawn
of womanhood is one of the crises OF
woman's life, and every care should be
taken to prevent or cure arrangements
which may have serious results in later
life.
IA heart overAowing with gratitude as
we'll as a sense of duty urges me to write
to you and tell you Of my wonderful re-
covery,D says Miss Corinne {. Hook,
Orangeburg, Orangeburg Co., S. Caro-
lima, care of ]. II. Hook). Wy the use
Of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription !
am entirely new being compared to the
poor miserable sufferer who wrote you
four months ago. l remark TO my par
ents almost every day that 1t seems al
most an impossibility for medicine TO do
person so much good. During the
whole summer / could scarcely keep up
to walk about the house, and yesterday l
walked four miles and felt better from
the exercise. now weigh I25 pounds.
read in your book OF testimonials where
a lady said DIR. Pierce's medicines we're
a Thousand pounds of comfort, please
let me add one thousand pounds more to
IT, Mine was a case of complicated fe-
male disease in its worst form.
"My sincerest thanks for all you have
done for me and a hearty God bless
you.
Or. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
the most valuable and reliable put-up
medicine ever offered for the cure OF dis
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-29

Write without fear as without fee, to DR..
X. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
DR.. Pierce's offer of free consultation
by letter is not to be classed with the
spurious offers of free medical advice
made by men or women who are not
physicians and cannot legally practise
medicine. Such advice is not only worth
less, but may be dangerous.
In little over thirty years, DIR. r. V.
Pierce, chief consulting physician to the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y, assisted by his staff OF
nearly score of physicians, has treated
and cured hundreds of thousands Of weak
and sick women.
The offer of Or. Pierce puts at the free
service of women, not merely medical
advice, but the advice of a successful
specialist in the treatment and cure Of
diseases peculiar to women.
Sometimes a dealer tempted by the
little more profit paid by less meritoriou
preparations, will offer a substitute for
oFavorite Prescription claiming Il to be
Uiust as good" II Is not wise or safe tc
trifie with unknown medicines. Insist
on oFavorite Prescription" " the medicine
which has won the confidence of women
by its almost countless cures.
GIVEN TO YOUNG woMRN.
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, an invaluable guide to health
is sent free on receipt OF stamps to pay
expense of mailing only.
dI think that your Adviser is a fne
book writes Miss Flora I. Greer, Of Io7
Howe ST., Akron, Ohio, Wand book that
every one should own. II more girls
would read it instead of trashy novels
there would be healthier women and
children than there are to-day."N
Send 81 one-cent stamps for the cloth.
bound volume or only 2T stamps for the
book in paper-covers. Address DR.. r.
V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-29
IMPORTANT TO woMEN.

DIR. Pierce invites sick
and ailing women to con.
suit him by letter free of
charge. All correspond.
'ence is regarded as sacred
and the written condolences
of women are guarded by
the same strict professional
privacy observed in per-
sonal consultation with
women at the Invalids' Ho-
tel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y, to which in
stitution DIR. Pierce is chief
consulting physician.
Women in general and
young women in particular
express their appreciation
of the privilege offered by
this free consultation by
letter with DR.. Pierce, not
only because his profess
sional advice is suppliment-
ed by his wise fatherly
counsel, but because It az
fords them a way of escape
from the indelicate ques-
tioniugs, the offensive ex-
aminations and obnoxious
local treatments, which Of
fend the delicate sensibili-
ties of modest women.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-29

If you want 5000 people to see your
ad In one day, make it attractive, have
1t contain a bargain, and place il in
The Capital Journal
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-06
LOoting Of China.
BY CLARENCE l. BEALMEAR.

BY CLARENCE L. BEALMEAR.
copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
,Wun Sock leaned over the hearth
and drew with his bow a melancholy
tune out of an old violin. Again and
again he drew the bow across the In
vtrument, holding a particularly deep
note, bending forward slightly and
boxing intently at spot on the
hearth. The room was dimly lighted
hy taliow dip. Weird enough were
he surroundings-the figures Of drag
pns on the walls, Joss perched on
shelf, the giant shadows cast by the
mckering ight-without the accom-
eaniment of unearthly music. Twenty
minutes, half an hour, forty minutes,
and then, with an exclamation Of Chi
ness disgust, he laid the violin down,
look up large cork from the shelf,
ntted 1t in hole in the hearth and
blew out the tallow dip, and, after
few puffs at the resistless pipe, threw
himself on his cot and slept.
A few minutes later Chip In opened
the door Of the little joint and tiptoed
softly in. Lighting the tallow dip and
seeing the violin lying there, he began
where Wun Sock left off, first taking
the cork out of the hole in the hearth.
Chip In drew forth the same monoto-
nous tune, even more dismally than
his predecessor. Twenty minutes, hall
and hour, forty minutes, and then,
with an execration, he repeated Wun
Socks actions, throwing himself on
the cot next to his worthy contempor-
airy, while that gentleman emitted a
snort which may have Egnihed gross
aispleasure' at the confusion aroused
BY Chip In, or intense confusion at
some hallucination superinduced by
the pipe.
: While Wun Sock was muttering in
coherent monosyllables to himself, in
stalkel Sip Gin, and, judging from his
wagering gait and the reverse position
Of his hat. he had been partaker of
the cup that inebriates but does not
Inevitably cheer. He made his way
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-06
House Ventilation In Bombay.

Most Of the new houses in Bomba,
have a fine show Of windows on tn,
outside, but no corresponding openini
to allow a current of air to pass
through. The mean annual tempera
ture is 1913 degrees Fahrenheit, ant
the mean relative humidity II per cent
The mean annual range of temperatur,
is 46.9 degrees, but there are period
during the rains when the diurna
range of temperature does not exceed
2 degrees, and, unless there is wind
ventilation is practically stopped, be
cause the outer air and that in tn,
buildings are reduced to nearly on,
temperature. With the thermomete.
at so to "a degrees, and the air heav
lily charged with moisture, the surplu
heat of the human body escapes too
slowly, and much discomfort ensues
AS 1t is not possible to dry the air IL
an ordinary house, the usual remedy l:
to produce a current by means of {
punkah, and although the influence o
this is very local, it has been fount
that in the worst Bombay weathel
life Is made tolerable in its current
The chief drawback OF the sunkah il
the punkahwalla. He is dirty, unre
liable, especially at night, and hi
work, counting day and night, cost!
"a rupees per month for a single pun
kah.-Colliers Magazine.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-06

the tenacious bow, playing, however,
with somewhat more feeling than the
others. The light from the street
lamps shone dimly through the little
square panes Of glass to the hole In
the hearth. Sip watched closely with
only the aid Of this. The violin con-
tinued to wall and moan. Then from
the hole emerged an object, moving al
most indiscernibly, first its head, then
neck, and finally writhing its whole
form out upon the hearth, standing
erect and almost touching Sip Gin with
its nose-a cobra Of immense size. Sip
continued to draw the bow as imper-
ceptibly as possible. Suddenly, with
a movement as quick as the flash Of a
and grabbed the reptile just behind the
head. With Shrek he awoke Wun
Sock and Chip In, while the struggles
of the Infatuated monster, together
with Sips already too unsteady head.
nearly carried that gentleman off his
balance. A light being produced, he
regained his equilibrium, while his
compartiots uttered EXPLANATIONS of
intense qualification at the victorious
although somewhat inebriated Sip.
In his rage the serpent's head was
lattened out, resembling a hood, on
the back of which were the spectacle
like marks, and the brownish-olive
form wriggled in a desperate effort to
escape. Quickly it was thrust into a
box, and while it was venting its rage
on the interior Sip pulled himself to-
gether and adjusted his disheveled raj
ment The rest of the night they sat
up to discuss a conspiracy.
Wun Sock conducted prosperous
laundry near the barracks, his busi-
ness having increased with the influx
of the Americans. Sip Gin was an
all-around sport, who spent most OF his
time and money in the gambling joint
which is at present the scene of this
narrative, and of which Chip In was
said to be the sole proprietor Wun
Sock had by artful competition forced
Hop Hi. rival laundry man, to the
wall, for which piece of mercantile
courtesy he incurred that Celestials
unmitigated enmity. Hop having mi
grated to Bombay, returned the COM
pliment in the form of this cobra, neat
ly ensconced in a box, which Wun
Sock, in delight and ignorance of its
contents, took around to Chip ms to
open before that heathen's usually ad-
hiring eyes. Upon forcing the lid the
serpent made pass at him, and but
for the tool with which he opened the
box. and which he still held in his
hand. the result would surely have
been fatal to Wun Sock. /. In the ex-
citement, during which they all re-
treated, the cobra made good his es-
cape taking refuge in the hole in the
hearth, which they promptly stopped
up with cork.
Knowing the power of music to
charm these reptiles, violin was pro-
cured, and for six nights they met at
the Joint and vainly extended an in
vitation to the cobra to emerge from
the hearth and be again immured
within the walls Of his box. 1t re-
manned, however, for Sip Gin, inspired
to sentiments of tenderness by the in
fiuence of soothing liquid, to draw
the bow with sufficient witchery to
charm the otherwise indomitable crea-
ture and coax him from his lair. Once
out, it was one-shot victory, a shoot
or-be-shot chance, and Sip had drunk
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-02-06
PEDDLED CARDS AND BIBLES.
Old Kentuckian made a Heap OF
Money" Out of them.

Money" Out of them.
mot long ago." remarked a traveL<
ing man, II went up picturesque Ken
lucky river on a little steamboat which
runs from Louisville to Frankfort. Byl
the way, there isn't a wilder or mora
beautiful stream in the whole country
than that same Kentucky river. The
boat passes through eight or ten gov
eminent locks during the trip. On the
boat 1 encountered queer old custom
era long bearded grizzled Kentuc-
khan, who was full of interesting remi-
niscences. Once on a time he said,
I made a heap O. money up an down
this little oil river-a-peddlin'. What
did you peddle? 'Keards,' he an
swered; playin' keards an bibles
That was a queer stock in trade was
my comment. How did you happea
to have such a mixed lot as that?' }
bought it at auction down t Loo's-
Vile he explained; the auctioneeI
Jumped 'em, so had to take 'em. But
got rid Of 'em-yes, siree-ev'ry one
of 'em. People along this river is allus
wild for playin' keards; I sold them
playin' keards fer So a pack. They
went off rapid ev'ry one of them-yas.
siree-an' l didn't have nary bible left
on hand, nuther.' How much did you
get for your bibles?' l asked. Laws
the reminiscent Kentuckian explained.
according to the Detroit Free Press,
them bibles went off rapid, tool give
EN- away with tn keards.'" ~