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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-06-06

n you ean read betEeep ths hnes
OF the ~want" Advertisements you VII
learn many odd things of life and get
An pretty oI0so touch vita hnman na'
ture. intellectually. What oeeonss %
the Italian girlss All 0tAer aaiionaii'
tles sssk employment through The
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-06-06

nual World at Play" number with
many vigorous and practical articles
on timely vacation topics and with
perhaps the most remarkable illustra.
tions this magazine has ever pub.
lishcd Outside OF the recreation idea
are such important and interesting
articles as MIR Carnegie's "The Secret
of Business" Guy Morrison Walkers
thoughtful Railroad Mileage and
Wealth" and resume of the report
Of the Moseley Commission OF Eng.
lish workmen who Waited America In
the winter showing the difference be.
tween English and American working
conditions.
Country Life In America Is beau.
tiful magazine with sumptous illuatra.
tions and wealth Of practical lnforma-
ton covers an astonishing range Of
subjects In It's June number First
Principles of Poultry Raising" has
some wise caution and good common
sense that beginners should heed"
discovering a Country Home Is a
breezy story by a man and wife who
abandoned a city fat, tried rented
house In the suburbs and found hap
pIness in the real country. How 10
Grow Cherries" and "Bee-keeping for
Pleasure and PROFIT" are good practl
cal articles, "The Pacific salmons'
gives the life history OF the qulnnali
salmon In a sorles OF pictures. The
double page Illustration OF the cut
throat trout, the gamest nsh OF West
ern North America. Personal Ex
psriences In Gardening" ls series o.
eight short articles describing new
and ingenious practical devices anS
profitable results. "Our Friend, th'
Pig" tells how 90 take care OF pll
and Ia illustrated by amusing pic
lures As whole the June numbe
ls brilliant one and shows tina
Country Lifo Is not only able q
maintain It's wonderful plctorla
standard but actually to improve I
every month. Each number II fresl
revelation. Doubleday, Page a Co
81 Union Square. New York.
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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-06-06


uncounted thousands OF the best homes Of
the land. bear witness.
II the visitor is Al an interested in behind.
the scene workings there Is no more las.
cinating sightseeing IN all big New York
than a trip through such printing house as
that Of Theodore !. De Ninne, who has done
the printing Of The Century, st. Nicholas,
and an the books Of The Century Co. since
rs organization. Follow the bunch Of copy,
type or hand written, as it goes from care
iul reading and re.reading. weighing and
editing, consideration and more considera'
ton by editors and ART department, through
the broad door at No, "a Lafayette Place, up
the wide stairs to the business Office, and
up. still up, to upper floor. where the type
setting Is done on Macmillan machines.
These are uneannily human pieces Of
mechanism, operated by young women, who
release each letter by touching the proper
key on a keyboard very like that Of type
writer. A Macmillan machine puts the let
teriiself into position. A linotype machine,
used ON much Of the book and job work and
on an newspapers, turns ou, a solid line Of
lead type. the process one Of the most Won
deriul and interesting in all modern mech
anism Whatever the way Of setting
Macmillan. linotype, or hand. The types
find their way 10 long, narrow tray called
a galley, which, when full, Is run under an
mixed roller, giving the first, or galley proof
on a strip Of coarse paper. Copies OF these
60 to proolreAder, editor, and author and
are read, corrected. sent back for changes
and re.read and re-correeIed many times,
often 10 the limit Of all patience. Only
when the authors meaning Is expressed just
as he and the editor would have il, when
there is NOT a letter nor comma oui OF the
way, begins the task Of making up into
pages
When an article Is first decided upon the
work OF illusrration commences. Sometimes
artist and writer have worked together
Oisener he editors iufn over 70 the ar' de-
partmsn, poem, story. or article Of iimsly
interest Experienced nsn decide what ar
usi Is best hiied for the demands Of sha'
special case. and 10 him 'he copy Is sent
lie makes the drawing on heavy eafdboaId'
many times larger than Il ~ill appear 10 ihs
magazine. The conversion Of this dra~ing
INTO the hali-ione plate oi to-day i Won
dsrful proeess. 100 long 70 describe heTsi
bul the plates are nos ready TO take 'hsif
place
No ltils skill and kro~isdgs are neees-
ssry 10 h togeiher, 80 a. 70 satisfy every
demand. heads aad illusifsiions and feading
matter - often the working oui Of The prob
lem Is as complicated as a game d chess
Once accomplished, cthsr proofs. page
proofs. arc laksn, lyPe and euis peias
! locked into frame called chase fhsss
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for a Month and no sooner had he jurnnn
ed the Town than Mamma took Willie
into her Room and flashed a Bundle OF
Letters on him. u
There are a few Samples of the Juju
nas sae ka IN Father bs a sed tG Sea a
Call him. but want you to know that
no matter what you runs in the
instaSce calls ms Ho tay Sas es
In three Lines with a couple of Sweeties
thrown In to make It good and strong
fore the Rheumatism caught him and
he began to see the Doctor about his
Father. but you needn't believe anything
he says. In regard to your deep and
steadfast Love Tor I, the Beautiful crea-
! have framed it up with her Mother to
have the two Of you Married just as soon
as you a,,. are r, old enough, which win be
you are at liberty. to put in all OF your
Time with her. suggest that you. go
over to the House Immediately and Cons
verse with her for several hours, con-
corning Art. Literature. History or What
you get tired Of calling on her. she can
come over and see you. 1t Is customary
for an Engaged Couple to be 1nsepara-
When Papa ca w back from the Fast
q Junior Ball Team to do UP the West
Side Gang. Every time that little Sweets
play with hin, him. he gathered up his Mask
and the Big Glove and made quiet
Sneak for the Alley.
and he told his Business Partner that ha
had reasoned with the Kid and brought
him to his Senses.
MORAL: Iii case OF Neighborhood Cons
plcations send Papa on a Business Trip.
81 G-s ~
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by GEORGE AIDE.

cured re ps M sp ee pePPsX haYs shoud
The more he roasted Willie and poked
the more deep.seated and innalnmatory;
became the Fever that While mstook
for True Love. The poor KID fell behind
House. trying on different Cravats.
Sarsaparlla did not seem to help him
and when, any of the Callers !, told his
aa p 5ha he WAS wa s Sokns and hn a end
couraged, for Willie had 1t all fixed up
that he was to die Of Broken Heart and
byterlan Church, with his Beloved sit
ting In the Front Row and weeping CO.
piously. He saw no other Way of getting
back at his Cruel Parent.
Wilies Papa. In trying to hammer the
Divine Sentiment out OF his idiotic On
spring, made Speciality Of the familiar
song-and- DANCE beginning. when Was
So far as Willie could gather from m the he
rough Line Of Gonyersat1o lon he ar ,a 70
always been cold-blooded and sensible.
even in his earliest Youth; Papa never
had heen so weak and foolish as to fall
him II he had married Mamma on a Bet.
but he was afraid to start anything;
As for Mamma she sat hack XIV with 1,,b her
the theoretical Head of the Family JOSH
ed poor Willie and Dragged about him
self and told what !, bright, industrious Gus.
She stood for 1t long Time and then
Case and put him Wise. Fapa's Scheme
for breaking up the Affair with the Ban;
tam next door was to threaten to send
Willie to n Military School If he ever
spoke to her again. Papa knew, lot
about the Insurance Business. but he was
a Shine when 1t came to pulling off
piece of Fine Work In which tender young
Affections were all snarled up.
1t happened that Papa had to go East
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BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX,

one day the famous fisherman fell in
love,
il could think; A, dream AN, and talk Of Moth
While he was at his fayorte sport he
dreamed of her, and the fishes, who had
hitherto been drawn by the magnetism
of his concentrated thought, sped by his
bait without touching II, And the man
called it being down on his luck,
Afterward he married his hearts Idol,
and he was loyal and loving always:
and as the fairy story tells us, they
lived happily forever afterward. But there
came time when he was so assured and
content in his love life that he could
again think of his occupation as fisher
man, and his lost luck" returned; and
he never understood why it had left him.
nor why 1t had returned
But It was all in accordance with a
matter and circumstance.
Think of one thing al time. Put your
whole mentality. your whole spirituality
and,your physical vitality into the matter
Be direct. and send your thought as
straight as an arrow to the target of
All of success lies In you, You need
never ask any mans aid or counsel II
you set all your own forces to work.
AS well ask another to walk for you as
to help YOU to success.
Depend upon yourself.
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Copyright 1903 by Doubleday, Page g. Co.

has for many years been strewn with
flowers. not fruit
And, finally. while 1t Is the actors priv
the landlords privilege to prance upon the
boarders.
You remember when Rip inquiries OF the
innkceper: "Is this the village OF Failing
Water?" and the innkeeper replies, or
would If he were up to date: Yes: since
Tom Plat took to regulating the heavens
above and the earth beneath. we have had
water, water everywhere but not drip
to drink. And the Raines bill descended
and the foods came and the wind blew
and beat upon that house. and dear old
Uncle Levi hardly knew which side Of
the fence to drop on In order to keep
out of the wet: and now the clubs have
to hang their liquor licenses on the outer
walls, and the governors thereof cry
havoc and let slip the dogs OF war; and
the free lunch has vanished like tale
that Is told. and there Is weeping and
wailing and gnashing Of teeth; and the
band plays on.
That sentence Is a little involved. but
1t shows that / am highly educated.
AS landlord. ] have had much to do
with actors and they have had to do with
me, and some OF them have done me-
am the proud possessor Of. perhaps. the
largest and most interesting collection Of
actors trunks extant. II were asked to
describe vacuum, ! should say: "a
vacuum is the contents of an actors
trunk. left with landlord as collateral
for the unpaid board" II the Cathode
rays were to penetrate one of these
trunks. when they got inside they would
die Of inconsistencies. haven't one OF
Mr. Jefferson's trunks. however. l wish
] had. and then ] could say with Shakes
peare's Lucus:
Draw YOU near
To shed obsequious tears upon this trunk, )"
When once gave dear old Joe Jeffer-
son to understand that was anxious to
see him in one OF his matchless charac-
terizations. he inquired II had a family
that shared my anxiety. and when In
formed that had. he generously rendered
all hands a pass to the family circle. The
Lord loves cheerful giver, but the Lord
help any one who strikes Joe for free
pass.
Perhaps YOU think after-dinner speak
ers, like game and cheese, improve wt.S
age: but even game and cheese can't be
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to your profession and to people. You can
draw patrons to you as the magnet draws
the PARTICLES Of steel, If your mind Is f.
cussed and intense. and your methous
earnest and unafraid.
Are you a ''traveling mana CONNER
cial voyager? Then remember II is not
what you have In your sample case or
trunks 1t is not the condition OF your
customers trade, but u is what lies N
you which determines the result Of your
trip, Confidence in your own, ability. (, q
Your Your own goods and in your customer
these are the winning qualities; But they
must be real. not assumed Sham quail
ties, like sham Jewels, are eventually
known for their exact value.
There is no purpose In life which per-
mits a divided interest without protest.
This protest spells failure. and Is usually
attributed to "bad luck" by the victim.
hopeless than the Proyerbial fools who
viii learn in no school save that of eX-
perence. We will not even learn In that.
It is not to be understood that we can
have but one interest In life; 1t iN only
that we must have but one. at a time,
There was wonderful fisherman.
Fishes sprang to his balt even when
dropped In streams where no other sports-
man ever obtained a bite.
His basket was always filled when
his. companions; sitting at his side. went
home unreWarded and ashamed.
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4 have followed Mr.. Jefferson's career
i with interest from early boyhood chat
is. from my boyhood). At first l watched
him from aboye-from the family circle
where we had to take off our Jackets SO
we could sit closer. watched him as
rip Van Winkle." while my scalding
tears fell upon the heads of the bloated
aristocrats beneath until they had to
raise their umbrellas. and my merry, In
fictitious laugh echoed and revcrberated
from those far heights. until the guar
dian of the gallery swooped down and re-
pressed my boyish enthusiasm with
club.
AS became more affluent + descended
through the various strata OF the theatre,
until now have reached the $3.50 seats
purchased on the walks-which are
said to be worthless-and some day Yet
may get into a box. And still my scald-
Ing tears fall over Rips tribulations. but.
Ialas! my merry. infectious. antiseptlc
laugh Is not now sufficiently contagious
| TO occasion alarm,
slightest interest but want Mr.. Jeffer-
son to know that l have freely contrib
uted to his support all these years, for
he must realize that although can't talk,
money talks. l know enough to put up.
IF don't know enough to shut up.
I der the same mahogany with Mr.. Jetfer-
1 son, and as stand here six feet In my
| stocking feet (for ! do wear stockings,
although my looks may belle IT., can
feel myself swelling with pride a having
done so-having dined with Mr.. Jefferson.
And yet don't know WIZ l shouldn't
sit at the table with him. for there are
rcme things In common between the actor
and the landlord, and yet more which are
not in common. The actor and the land
lord both take In the public and both
provide entertainment for man and beast.
The landlord gives the people bed and
board, while In the theatre they get no
bed but sometimes get bored though
never. of course, when Mr.. Jefferson Is on
The stage. The landlord gives his patrons
the best the market affords I'm his adj
vertsements). while the actor has GER
lain delicacy about receiving from his
audiences the products of the market.
especially the vegetable products. Poor
Bill Nye used to have recipe for remov-
ne egg stains from the garments of lee
nirers and actors. but that Is neither here
,or there. The pathway OF Mr.. Jefferson
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| But Russia in Europe Is less than one
| fourth of the Russian empire IT has
more than 100000 square miles of land
In Asia, the most Of 1t In great blocks.
including vast tracts which will raise
| wheat. cotton. dairy products and every
thing under, the sun The land contains
minerals Of all kinds, and 1t Is on the
whole the greatest undeveloped prop
/ crty In the world to-day. Altogether the
! Russian empire contains more than one
sixth of all the land on the earth's sur
| face or about two and one-half times as
! much a s is owned by the United States
OUR RUSSIAN CUSTOM ERS.
! This vast extent OF country Is thinlr
populated 1t will probably support 100
! men where 1t now supports one, but nev-
ertheless II has vast population the
Car rules almost l30p1o.o00 people. or Just
! bout one-twelfth OF the population Of
the globe That means X you could put
| all the people on this big. round earth
into one place. one In every dozen would
! be a Russian
| These people are not IKE the savages OF
| Central Africa who have but few wants
! More than one hundred million OF them
are white people. who spend money Ike
water if they have II. The peasantry OF
Russia are very poor. hut when they get
rich they scatter their money around more
ieStraraganily than any other people on
earth They want the beat, and Will pay
| hiC prices for It. The great market OF the
future viii be In their Increased wealth
and Increased wants, AS IT Is now. the
average Russian Is not worth one-1fth as
! much as the average American. There
are vast territories where the earnings
RI the Inhabitants arc not more than
twelve cents a day. and altogether the
foreign trade is now worth only five or
six dollars Der person.
Tho rconle live upon almost nothing. a
few CENTS a day supplying them with their
black bread and Cabbage soup. and their
clothes being the cheapest OF the cheap
Moet OF these Russians are farmers.
but there are million and half who
are now working In the IA ctories. and
there arc at least four millions who carry
, or villa &c industries. In addition 70 filling
the soil But all this shall describe
as ! go over the country.
In this letter I want TO tell you some
thing about st. Petersburg and how II
does business. I was here ten years ago.
but since that time an almost new cap
ital has sprung up on the banks OF the
Neva. ST. Petersburg is the same center
OF politics and society as 1t was then, but
| II is now a great manufacturing center.
and It does an enormous business with
all parts of the world. In riding out into
the country on the railroads you go for
miles past towns built among smoke
sta cks There are iron works. machine
works and mills OF all kinds. This Ia the
chief sea gate OF the rest of Europe, and
n vast commerce floats through It.
The town already has about fifteen hun
dred thousand people. and new buildings
are going up in all parts Of It. The build.
irgs are large and modern. Some OF
them are of five stories. Others are lower,
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(special Correspondence OF the Times
Dispatch)


ST. PETERSBURG. May Al have
come from Berlin to ST. Petersburg as an
advance scout OF the American INVASION.
went across North Germany to Stettin.
on the Oder. and there got German
steamer. which took me over the Baltic
TO Kronstadt and landed me in st. Peters
burg. The trip cost SIS and lasted three
DAYS. our ship was so heavily laden with
German goods for Russia that we could
NOT move about upon the deck and the
cabins were SO filled with commercial
drummers that we had TO sleep three In
room.
Everything about the steamer was Ger
nan The beds were too short and the
bedding was shorter II ls cold on the
Baltic at this time OF the year, and the
fat feather tick which was my only COW
ing. reached but to my chest. When
covered my neck had an attack OF cold
feet and " ! saved my feet was in dan.
ger Of bronchitis. The food was German.
We had coffee and bread and butter al
o'clock in the morning. pork chops or
veal outlets or Hamburger steak along
about 10. a dinner at 2 and supper at I
There was plenty OF light and dark beer
with each meal. and cheese OF all kinds.
from Schwetzer to Limbureer.
talked with the German drummers as
to their trade with Russia They claim
that they have the foreign trade of The
whole empire With the exception Of agri.
cultural machinery In their inside vest
pocket. and ms far as can Judge at this
cnrly writing they are not far from cor
rect find Germans everywhere. They
have their stores In every city and their
agents on every road They do so much
Of the business that German Is generally
understood by The larger merchants.
There are more than thirteen thousand OF
them In st. Petersburg alone. to about
two thousand French. two thousand Eng.
llsh and less than fifty Americans
We are sending a few million dollars
worth OF goods here every year. but our
exporters have not begun to tap the
trade. The most OF the American goods
nre handled by Germans and sold through
German agents. and we do not seem 10
realize the magnitude OF the empire nor
the enormous possibilities OF It's trade.
IT Is already one Of the greatest markets
OF the world, and In the future 1t will be
n hundred times greater
Have you ever thought OF the size OF
Russia? You know 1t In big but do you
know how big It Is? From the top OF
Russia In Europe to the bottom ~ about
az far as from New York TO Salt Lake
City. and across II from west to cast
is almost as far as from New York to
Denver. 7. comprises about two-thIrds
OF the European continent and II Is about
without Alaska and our outlying colo
MICS. A large part OF the country has
some OF the best soil on the globe. but It
Is not half cultivated The better farmers
IRE Introducing our agricultural ma
dhnery, and year by year the crops In
cease.
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RUSSIA AS A FIELD FOR THE COMMERCIAL lNVASlON

was S',s"s another TAXI taking off q hats on ~
and went away to their homes,
This ceremony was observed before all
MOS all e the 1 5s h e s gaNt aaT
gether. Indeed, saw but one man who t1o
was a pious- looking fellow and apparent-
" contented himself with saying an exs
ira prayer over the fastenings. AL
W Was With me me: There, my boy. is a man
s,nom you would do well to imlt.te,.
believes in prayer and he trusts the Lord
yes Sa said Jack II see he does, but
also notice that he Is mighty Faa sare54
k te G Before he gives the Lord a chance
Indeed, Jack IS surprised at the pray.
ing. He says it keeps the Rnsslans, busy ~
and chIrches. They do this as they, GO
class class or or. condition. rhe military officer
d dna Ike n driver never passes church
without lifting his hat and saying "a a
prayer We see men nnso kneds naIs OF Of t the
always ai'S s'sei found bowling their heads 10 the
Who ina gines the Greek Church is. dead
should come to Russia. These people are
not ashamed Of their religion, and they
practice 1t more openly than we 90
PBDDLING IN RUSSIA.
am surprised at the backward methods
OF Russian business. Our American III
vaders should come here and STUDY the
situation. They will find many things 1Ig
the same as In the middle lac, ages l;s Ihers
thingc are sold. and peddlers go through
the streets with every kind of ware, evein,
to caps. trousers and boots A man Will
back. ; and sell them as he goes. 81 course,
| there Is no trying on. The police woulo
not permit that. but as nine-tenths Of tho
| Russians wear their trousers In their
boots. the 1T is more e waist sL measure measure
carries his wares from house to house,
| and the itlnerant shoemaker. may be
| found in every other street half-solina
| boots while the customers wait. q
| RETALIATE AGAINST THE A1IHR1-
CANS.
extra duty because the United States dis
! eliminates against Russian sugar. This
discrimination came from. the Influence
Of our sugar trust; but 1t would have
paid US better to have admitted Russian
pered by the present restrictions. All
customs matters here are in the hands
Of the finance minister. and when we
put our duty on sugar he. at once put
We still sell plenty Of machinery, be-
cause the American machinery Is better
than, any other. but many of our goods
are kept out. Z;
i chatted with Mr.; fernando De Sofa
tariff. During the talk he told me how
he had been forced to pay $3.50 for
bringing an old American bicycle into
Russia. ~
FRANK G. CARPENTER