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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-08

Stelner's Market-Hallbut, 7hc;
steelhead. sc; Chinook. Sc; bluebaek,
7c.
P. Fish Co.--Hallbut. &c; Chinook.
TIC; steelhead. sIsc, silversideg, &c;
bluebacks. Sc.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-08
ouarrylnq Rook for Je,,l,,

Astoria. or, July s.--The Nor,hwea,
Construction Company has about roo
men employed At lis Quincy quarry
and NEARLY 100 ions a rock are beins
shipped each day TO the jesty Al the
mouth of the river Within a month
the new quarry al BUGGY win he m
iall operaiioa and 800 men win be Al
WORK 'here The very laies, aad most
improved machinery ls helag Installed
"a ofder 10 handle the rock in the
uosi lapid manner posslbia
Preparations are now being made
Coz a. lmmenss blass that i exnectc,,
70 loosen thousands q TONS Of Ock A
namoef o sonaels some q them over
20 fes' ia lsagih. are helng run into
'Ae mountain ana when the biass 4
naae several sons of powder uil he
ekplodoi
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-08
Shot His Wife
and SuiCided

Boise. Ida, July S.-John Mitchell
shot and seriously wounded his wife
this morning in their berry patch; he
then returned TO his room and shot
himself in the temple, dying an hour
later. She had commenced divorce
proceedings. charging non.support
and cruelty. He has a daughter, Mrs.
Warren, OF Spokane. Mrs. Alice
Krum. OF Tacoma, is his wife's daugh.
ter
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-08
Third Beats
the First

Highlands. July S.-The Shamrocks
go over the 30-mile course today un.
der ideal conditions. They started al.
most together at 1902.
At S:15 the challenger neared the
finish line fully three.quarters Of a
mile ahead of Shamrock |. The First
finished at 3:21;4O, and the old boat
three minutes later.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-08

cottage he was approached by its ten
ant, who looked like a panhandler'
Cant you help me, sir?" said the
man.
why, you can't need anything
returned the senator. "You have four
or five dogs around the place, my
man"
That's true. sir" was the reply
"but can't compel my family to eat
dogs"
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-08

TrIb for sale at the Palace Phar.
macy
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-08
76CiefY
WO1uen

womanndas their less favored
inherent dsta for advertised articles
will resort TO all other methods for a cure hrst
recording Pnham is constantly
receiving letters from sf high social sayng as lass
resort faith, they tried Lydia E PnShamb
Vegetable Compound and completely cured by IT, She aetv
ally has thousands of suchl letters the folowing
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-08
Not Good to Eat.

Senator "Joe" Hawley has a collec.
ton Of dog stories. any one Of which
wins friends and votes.
He was taking a constitutional IN A
western New York village on a pleas.
ant summers day While passing a
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Fixed Them

Grand Forks, N. d., July s.-The en-.
tire family of Joseph Reenwood' at
Gardner was chloroformed last night
and robbed of $4,000 in gold. There is
no clue.
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OPEN
THE BIDS
TODAY
Board of Trustees Let
Contracts for ASy-
Ium Supplies
E. c. Gross Secures Contract
for Fresh, and Hartley
and EOff for Cured
Meats

The state board Of trustees for the
insane asylum opened the bids for
supplies for the next six months, at
special meeting held this forenoon.
There were a large number Of bids,
and many bidders were in attendance.
AS nearly all bids we're made on single
items. II will be a week before the
awards can be made. The meat con
tract was awarded at once. r. c. Cross
securing the contract for fresh meats.
and Hartley & Eoff on hams and ba-
con. Mr.. Cross bid on beef was S4.G0
per 100 pounds. and sl9O for mutton.
Hartley & Eoff viii furnish hams at
1874 cents a pound; breakfast bacon
at IA cents, and heavy bacon at l2h
cents. The sugar contract was award.
ed to Alien & Lewis. OF Portland.
whose bid went through Harritt &
Lawrence, OF this city.
Among the bids on the various lists
OF goods we're the following:
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whole picture. One-fourth of the mate
rial properly handled would have been
sufficient for a picture of note The sug-
gestion which has been made that sim
plicity in composition is much needed
should be applied to this case. The I'm.
portance of thought in the arrangement
Of a picture before the exposure has
been made should be considered Study
of some of the simple problems in spac-
ing such as may be found in nearly every
school exhibition, would be a valuable
aid to those who love nature md have
no other means OF expressioLA except
through the medium of the came "a.
The camera contest has proceeded far
enough for the contestants to rsalize
that pictures made in haphazarf way
cannot, except by the rare chance of &C
cident, fulfill the requirements of the
competition, which is designed to slim
ulate work of an artistic nature instead
of work which may to the unthinking
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sure OF saying the life of the stricken
one
Il saw thoroughly amusing case of a
fellow who mysteriously got over case
of cobra bite in the province of Sind.
we were seated on porch of our bung-
allow smoking eheroots when head SER
want ran breathlessly and told us one OF
our punkah-pullers had been bitten by
a cobra We were with half dozen
white men. and we grabbed the unfor-
tunate fellow and were making hasty
examination of him when we noticed
coma coming on That meant it was
high time TO exercise him. and we took
turns at running him up and down the
porch, one on each side supporting his
dropping figure.
From what the victim said the snake
had struck him in the calf. He began
10 SINK more and more, and il seemed
useless further to march the diving man
IN the nope OF staving OF the end. so we
iald MIN IN hammock and hunted for
the bite. Nowhere was a mark to be
round N short. there was no mark
and no bite and no poison, and we had
marched ourselves into blue funk saw
ing chap who suffered from an inflarn-
ca imagination pail OF cold water
fixed all that. But the incident shows
how the native gives up completely as
soon as he thinks he has been struck
by a poisonous snake
"Cne of the strangest sights of India
In connection with snakes is the work
of the native snake charmers. II is gen
orally supposed that one of these fakirs
extracts the poison fangs of cobras be-
tore attempting to make them perform.
This is not true I have seen
charmer open the mouth of a cobra, and
show the poison fangs lying within
Moreover. even If the fangs might le
broken OF. they would soon grow again.
And again, even though the fangs were
gone, the poison glands would remain,
md mere scratch with any of the teeth
Of the reptile would be enough TO inject
l quantity OF poison sufficient 20 prove
fatal. No conceivable method which
East Indian snake charmers use is APP
parent"
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seem truly meritorious. Many of the
contestants seemed to be in the possess
sion of sufficient technical skill to pro-
duce work of far better character, and
possessing higher art qualities For the
purpose of assisting those who really
are sincere in a desire TO do better
things in the line of art photography. it
is suggested that careful study be given
to such works of art as they may have
the opportunity to examine.
In these days the art of reproduction
by mechanical methods has become so
common that reproductions of many of
the masterpieces of the world can be
obtained at a mere trifiing cost, and it
would be well If the competitors would
make selections of some of the best
studies in landscape, marine, portrait
and genre work, and arrange them on
the walls of the room where they can
be studied from time to time until these
works are familiar and all the leading
lines of composition can be readily re-
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clock Near Chain Bridge" Bv ! CARTWRIGHT

value as a historical record, but at the
present time has no pictorial value. The
path through the wood is of the ordi-
nary kind, the trees on either side do
not form pleasing lines, and although
the snow on the ground has the correct
feeling of snow, the tone of the paper
used in making the print has much to do
with detracting from the good technical
qualities of the picture. If a conpeti-
tion in which this could be properly
classed should be formed this picture
would receive very close attention and
possibly favorable notice.
"The Lake at Soldiers Home"
In this picture the artist, Thomas C.
Bailey, has selected very charming
spot in the grounds of the Soldiers
Home, and has attempted to include in
the view several objects of interest As
usual the result has been to weaken the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-07

This same preparation is used by the
native leather workers, who poison cat
tie in order to buy the skins cheaply. No
trace Of the poison may be ascertained in
the dead cows and bulls, even chemical
ly, and it is impossible to prove that
the animals have not died OF a cattle dis
ease.
Largest of the Poisonous Reptiles.
The snake popularity known as the
king cobra is known in India as the
hamadryas- 1t is the largest of all
poisonous snakes of our country. Owing
to its size-it frequently attains a length
of ten or fourteen feet-the quantity of
poison it injeets is considerably more
than If an ordinary cobra of the smaller
species were to strike. Yet even this
dangerous monster has been known not
t0 strike when occasion offered. and to
retreat rather than to seek trouble A
remarkable illustration of this happened
to a government official who lived in the
outskirts of Calcutta and caught what he
thought was a huge, harmless rock
snake. For three weeks he had the
strange pet in his bungalow, fed it on
milk, pulled it by the tail. and handled
it as he saw fit until forest officer.
upon visiting, promptly recognized the
most dangerous of all snakes, the king
cobra.
In America you have but one pois-
onous snake, the moccasin. But in In
dia We have a specimen of sea snake
which infests the Bay of Bengal, AMI
which would put your largest moccasin
to blush. I never saw one of these
snakes, nor do I know geological name
for them except that they are univer-
sally called sea snakes. Frequently
numbers of these swim up the Hooghly
River all the way to Calcutta. distance
of at least eighty miles, and there they
get stuck in city water pipes, make
bathing perilous, and are generally
Native fishermen tell grue-
some stories about these reptiles. The
Immediate effect of being bitten by
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membered when subjects of somewhat
similar character are to be photo
graphed.
BY this it is not intended that The
reader should attempt TO become SO
familiar, and influenced to such an ex-
tent, that he will attempt to produce a
picture which will be readily recognized
in the photograph as slavish follow
ing of the work of some we'll known
painter. Such work would be lacking
in originality. which is by far one OF
the most important features in art work
OF any class.
In the selection OF works for study
those which possess the greatest sim
plicity are the most valuable, provided
the painter is one of whose standing we
feel well assured. for all painters are
not great artists, although they may
work in color. and. as a rule, it will be
conceded that some of the greatest
works of art are really the most direct
and simple.
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sea snake is a raising of the spirits.
The victim becomes more and more So
ciable. No pain attacks him. The TAX
ing-on process is something the same
as when a man gets drunk But within
two days death is inevitable
The Snake Curse of India.
Taking just these rev poisonous
snakes-not TO mention a half dozen
other kinds of less importance-you can
see readily the reasons for the fright
full mortality of the snake curse which
and willing to do anything within rea-
son to check the evil; but among the
natives themselves is the greatest
stumbling block
Among the superstitions in the
poverty-stricken bungalows is that the
cobra never strikes an innocent maiden.
Accordingly, when the reptile has eaten
and does not depart, the youngest little
daughter in the family is sent TO drive
the snake away gently-a feat which.
strange to say. is readily accomplished,
avoided.
- III iACipdl reason LOT the Qr6dQ1ul
mortality owing TO this evil is the utter
lack of nerve displayed by the lower
classes of East Indians when bitten by
snake The moment the wound is
struck, the victim believes that nothing
on earth can save him. He rarely has
much to say concerning his approaching
end. He is quietly resigned. He makes
no effort whatever to save himself I'm
like the case of white man or an ex-
perienced jungleman, no knife Is en-
ployed TO try to stay the course of the
awful poison. All is surrendered, even
though the case may be one where with
due care there should be every reason
to hope.
What is such case? Well, the bite
may have been an imperfect one. 1t
may be that the snake miscalculated its
distance and but slightly tore flesh. in
stead of biting deep. In case like that |
prompt use of the knife would almost be
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prompt action after being bitten by a
cobra and then lost his life in remark
able manner by trying to mend an am
putated finger. The man was STOPPING
to pick up his ak when a cobra bit him
at the point of the thumb. burying The
fangs almost clear through the MEM
Der. Without a moments hesitation the
man laid the thumb against a tree and
brought the ak down on 1t, severiug it
close TO the hand. Then he ran to his
bungalow TO tie up the wound. An hour
passed, and there was no sign of the
poison having taken effect AS a rule.
bite means death within the hour. The
chopper began to feel sorry for having
sacrificed his thumb. He went back to
the place where the thing lay. placed il
against the bleeding wound, and, by
tying it fast. hoped to have it grow to-
gether again. But tie poison in the
piece severed entered his blood and
within an hour he lay stretched in death.
Mother and Babe Both Perish.
Another instance showing the deadli-
ness of the cobra poison and the incred-
ible swiftness with which it penetrates
the system is likewise told in Bengal.
a native woman who was nursing baby
was bitten in the ankle. Weeping and
wailing, the mother held her little one
close. and in less than two hours both
mother and child were dead.
Even in dried state, cobra poison is
deadly. Native doctors use
1t to administer in enthusiastically small
portions as stimulant, and they have
cruel method for extracting it. The cobra
Is placed in an earthen pot and banana
IS dropped into the vessel after it. Then
the pot is sealed and placed on a slow
ire. AS the heat increases the snake be- |
comes more and more uncomfortable |
Until 1t becomes maddened by pain, and |
n a frenzy of agony buries its teeth |
lgain and again IN the banana, which is |
,fterward taken from the vessel and |
lried and pulverized.
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A the snake cage out in the Ma
II tional Geological Park, there are
always TO be found interested
spectators. but seldom is there such a
welI-informed visitor as the one who
stood before the inelosure one day last
week He was a gentleman who had
lived in the East Indies, and was full
of interesting stories about the dreaded,
poisonous snakes OF that Oriental land.
To the question as 10 whether the cobra
which dragged its length lazily over the
floor of the cage was not Indis's worst
reptile, this gentleman said to re-
porter:
Somehow. the cobra has become so
identified with India that persons are
apt to forget We have still other poison
Gus species worth mentioning. In fact,
no sooner do you mention India than one
of the first pictures awakened in the
mind of the listener is that of the white
turbaned snake charmer and his hooded
cobra. We have so many other poison
Gus species OF snakes that of the o.
600 deaths that annually occur through
out India owing to snake poison, only
two-hfths are due to the bites of cobra
The Deadly White-Ringed KARAT.
THE Indian snake responsible for
more deaths than any other kind is the
short, thick. dusky. white-ringed KARAT.
yet possibly you never even have heard
its name. The poison of the KARAT is not
more edadly than that of the cobra; in
fact, the contrary is the case. But the
viper is more plentiful than the king
Of all snakes, and his habits bring him
into the bungalows of the natives, where
he lives, lazy and sluggish, too lethargic
TO get out of the way of impending
danger, as the cobra will when given
the chance. and infinitely more willing
TO strike than his famous brother snake.
Wherever there is human habita- |
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ton, there the KARAT is apt to follow
He likes to climb to the roof beams of
bungalows. there to nestle under the
warm thatch. At night he is apt to fall
20 the floor or on 10 your bed, and the
first time he is irrftated he strikes deep.
injecting poison of about the same viru-
snakes, the RATHER II you live IN
the Valley of the Doom. where this
snake is particularly plentiful, every
precaution must be taken to examine
your bungalow for danger of this snake.
He likes to curl on the tops of window
sashes or to nestle behind washstands. or
behind trunks or boxes or barrels, and
even inside unused bureau drawers.
Almost Certain Death.
eff a KARAT bites you and you are Of
strong constitution, you have about the
same chances o. escaping death as if a
rattlesnake had sunk its fangs into you.
But unless prompt surgical aid is at
hand and victim of the strongest
health. the KARAT bite is as sure to be
as fatal as it is almost invariably in the
cases Of the lean. puny natives.
besides the KARAT we have the da-
boia and the echis. pair of vipers that
annually work tremendous havoc among
the unfortunate natives-think what it
means. $4,000 deaths owing to snake
venom, sixty persons a day. or one life
in less than twenty-five minutes, and
this continues year in and year out. But
I'll come back to that. I want to tell
you about the cobra as you would see
her in her own jungle at home
Death owing TO cobra bite is one
of the most pleasant, or least revolving,
forms in which the grim visitor comes
to man. A victim feels no pain. He
does not even experience anxiety One
by one his nerves are paralyzed He
1oes not feel this. He will not believe |
t even if told. He never felt better and |
more comfortable in all his life than he !
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does at the moment the poison is stead
lily soothing him into eternity In time
| he begins to feel drowsy. He wants TO
sleep. He lies down and the most rest
full of slumbers sits on his tired lids.
and he closes them never to wake up.
and to pass away as ii the most expert
surgeon had prepared his death with an
anaesthetic.
The Cobra Slow to Attack.
Contrary to general belief, the cobra
is slow to attack. Given warning-un-
less it be at breeding time, when there
is a nest to defend-and 4 cobra will
glide out of the way of trouble in most
cases. The reptile seems no more anx-
ious TO cause trouble than she is to in
vite it for herself A fact that bears
this out is the proportional small
number of whites who are bitten by CO.
bras. The reason is not that the white
persons wear shoes that would offer
much of a protection to the poison fangs
of one of these snakes--a fang would
penetrate leather as readily as it would
bare skin. If the snake willed But the
shoes creak and they sound as the white
man comes shutting through the brush,
and the snake has warning to dart away
Natives, however, wear no shoes. They
walk noiselessly like broad-day spec
tiers. A cobra has no warning of I'M
pending interference until suddenly it
sees dusky foot or ankle placed within
distance. Then the snake strikes.
holding fast TO the bitten part for a
half minute or more so as 10 give the
poison a chance to circulate deep into
the flesh and through the system.
Heroic Treatment Necessary.
eff bitten by cobra there is but one
chance for you. Without regard to pain
or mutiliation, cut out the wound in
stantly and as broad and deep as your
penknife will penetrate.
I'm Bengal a story is told of a native
wood chopper who saved himself by
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tina the
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ng rup dary studies gene
Oh" 0fhe whole number photographs submitted s
Them n Sd yRsa
be awardedm prizes $500
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RAILROAD EARNINGS.

sAnd interest
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RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.

Actual sales Closing
Open !IighlLOw Fin. Bid. ASK
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COLORADO AND SOUTHERN.

The pamphlet report Of Colorado and Southern
for the year ended June 90 1903. shows follows
1905 1902 1901.
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OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

Renewed weakness shown in outside Sc
curities in the opening transactions. and prices.
with few exceptions. continued their downward
tendency throughout the session There no
apparent heavy pressure to SELL but what little
stock offered with little demand North
ern Securities on offerings of few hundred shares
sold off per cent. American Can common
fairly active and lost q cents the preferred de
Clined 1 per cent Consolidated Lake Superior pre-
ferred fell off IA per cent. United Box Board and
Paper preferred declined 1 per cent. About the
only frmness shown in SeabOard Air Line
and International Mercantile Marine shares. which
fractiOnaily under fairly good support. The
copper shares in general were weak. Greene Con-
sodated fell IA per cent. and White Knob lost
L per cent The dividend on United States
Steel common was offered down sharply; a sale
of 100 made at 10
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~LeSs 1-l6.
Bankers posted rates were:

DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.-New- Orleans - Conn
1,-rcial 81 % discount; bank. par. San Francisco
sight PIC: telegraph. SC Boston-Par 5alOc
premium Charleston-Buying Lie discount; SELL
ing 1-16c premium Chicago-S5c discount. Gin
cinnati-30c discount Savannah-Buying. SOC dis
count: selling. SOC premium. St Louis-7oc discount
Miuneapolis-Par.
BANK CLEARINGS.-New-York - Exchanges.
s16lsl CPS; balances, slO53O5S6 observation-disclosures,
S25OSS 80: balances. S2.1ssGs9. Phadelphia-Ex-
cl anges So 1876 balances, $3349S2. Baltimore-
Exchanges. s45i7 1923; balances. $5SS9n. Chicago
Exchanges s29.Gz0327 balances sl.625.7S3
FOREIGN MONEY MARKET.-Can money in
London, u I2E per cent. Open market discount
rate for short bills Sa.a37s per cent: for long bills,
l3-IGH37s per cent. Berlin discount rate, 3i2 per
cent. Berlin exchange on London. 20 marks 4S1a
pfennigs Paris discount rate, pa per cent. Paris
. exchange London. % francs u confines.
FOREIGN SECURITIES.-British consols for
money. IS 3-16: for the account, SIS 7-1s French
. rcnteS. $ francs - centnes.
THE SILVER MARKET-Bar silver. 5S5.c; Mex
lean silver dollars. 45c. Bar silver in London
. tlCscd at 27i5d.
GOLD PREMIUM.-In Madrid 32.65 Lisbon. 24.5O.
GOVERNMENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. receipts
reported from Washington, Sll0iS7i: internal reve
receipts, S76eS9; miscellaneous receipts s495O3
Receipts for the day, $1.914.O56: expenditures,
s2l5OCG0 Receipts the month TO date Sc 800;
expenditures. $4,000; excess Of expenditures,
sla1CSo Receipts for the year to date 1885, 500;
expenditures, sl95, iSS O17 excess OF expenditures
Sl.I03.5SS
SUB-TREASURY-The Sub-T~easury was cred
itor TO the Clearing House si27.374-