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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-24

AMBITION SPURS MEN on :

written for the Saturday Journal.)
Information ac~cumulating individ.
are to be found in every walk OF life,
Their reasons for getting on the out
side Of large quantities Of ready
talked intelligence are quite as numer-
GUS az are their various accomplish
ments among the diversified fields of
learning.
For the most part IL may be truth
fully said that the people in general
for the most part learn because they
can't help it. Even the most indolent
Is compelled to take some notice of
improvements surrounding him every
day. Popular excursions, intended on
~ for pleasure and the supposed ave-
nues Of escape from learning, are al
ways productive Of much genuine
information. Mountain climbing, ex-
ploring parties, investigating missions,
all 60 up to contribute their mite to
the general output of learning. It is
a law of su%perhuman authority that
man should learn. II is in his make
up. Being so, we find it cropping out
a. every turn.
The automobile is said to have done
more towards solving mechanical prob
LENS than any one departure
in recent years, and yet this machine
was built merely for pleasure. It will
be trimmed down to ft into CONNER
cial enterprise as soon as we get tired
playing with its marvellous speed. Am
bition TO climb higher than anybody
else has resulted in volumes Of addi-
tional history in geology and science.
Thus we might say our information, or
the learning of the world, is largely
due to variously tempered individuals.
sel6shness, ambition, love of praise,
have played a hand in the heaps Of
reading matter on hand today,
There are a few persons who learn
because Of the love they have for il.
They are born with a thirst for acquir-
ing. They are naturally endowed with
highest degrees of perception, discrim-
nation and accurate selection. The
appropriate use of words to them comes
naturally. You detect no artificial
culture in their expressions and in them
is embodied the highest and most SER
yieeable accomplishments known to
man. These individuals live a simple
life, and they are the only individuals
who do. The things these genuine born
seekers after true knowledge do (for
much knowledge is only believed to be
true) is Of much interest. 1t is easy
to trace them. Being first born they
yell and clamor, and goO-goo before
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-24

lother vegetables in the garden and
called this advancement and great
learning. At the end Of our chain Of
discoveries we are just where we were
when we commenced, in a garden full
of vegetables: The vegetable we are
digesting today is out Of the same gar
den we plucked our first "apple,'
which Adam is said to have eaten, but
at the instance Of Eve, of course.
We are, by the logic of our impress
sions, compelled to acknowledge the
fact that true knowledge, learning and
wisdom, are scarce articles and their
clothes are to be found on every lie
that can get them on.
The concentration Of wealth has so
contracted the financial affairs of man
kind that many otherwise honest men
are compelled to print things they
don't know anything about and which
are not true, into books for learning,
in order to get money to live on. Not
alone do men write books with more
regard for the sale than the contents,
but speakers also indulge this danger
Gus practice in hopes of attracting at
.tention. In matters of little cOnse-
quence the public temporarily seeks
the recreation, but the ignorant vendor
has traded without profit, for he still
feeds his hearers with the "husks."
The individual who has a truth to
disseminate and spread abroad has no
warranted occasion, nor the leisure to
waste upon what he \claims to be the
antipodes of truth. His honorable and
charitable purpose shonld be to draw
the wrong to the right through a pre-
ponderance Of evidence. AS Sir Will
liam Blackstone has said that ga poor
law is better than no law" SO a low
standard is better than no stand
ard, a wooden god than no god.
The world is at length showing signs
of becoming tired of this continuous
play made upon its credulity. 1t is
growing impatient at the constant fail
ure of millions of claimants to make
good. The world has opened it's purse
in every direction only to get a pack
age without the prize. Barnum was a
truthful liar when he said the "Ameri-
can people love to be humbugged." He
told the truth when he expressed the
intense interest shown in a new depar-
ture by this greatest of all races of
e~xtant, but ibbed a little bit
he said we wanted to be hum
plugged on the square. The time has
come when to get the people to play
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-24

their yes are open. Then the con
fines Of the crib are irritating to their
expansive and expanding sense Of
things. They pull at the coverlets and
jerk the framework of the crib to get
out. Once out, they are content to
crawl around on the floor for a time.
No sooner, however, do they learn to
crawl than they must go TO pushing a
chair. Then il is only 2 step further
to stand up and walk with the chair.
Then the temptation to walk without
the chair breaks upon them and we
have their subject walking. He no
sooner learns this dangerous practice
than he demands a wheel to ride upon.
He skates, he slides, he rolls, he tum-
bles, he jumps, in short, he tries every
lloeomotion known to man to satisfy his
Expansive nature.
All this time he reads, and learns.
He advances, in this in a similar man
ner. He crawls through elementary
studies and foundation work. He
walks through the general department
of knowledge. In his speciality work
he runs and strides at great length, and
with his imagination, he flies through
worlds to come. He is not a book
worm, a walking encyclopaedia, nor
any of that sort of thing. Those names
belonging wholly to artificial produc-
tions. They are pleasing bouqu is,
pleasing only the vain. The genuine
scholar uses his knowledge and great
learning to benefit the world, while the
artificial information bureau uses the
knowledge Of the world to benefit him
self.
Descending a little nearer our indi-
vidual observations, we find we are
greatly hampered in our quest of wis
dom, by the o%versupply Of false and
untrue standards, sailing under con-
quering colors. Our newspapers are
filed with statements today to be con-
tradicted tomorrow. The world is
flooded with books purporting to fur
nish truthful information upon some
particular subject. The advances
claimed to be made in various profess
sional lines are often a change of base
upon the same plane. Thus our educa-
tional systems are constantly requiring
new textbooks. The process car be
easily illustrated by a vegetable gar
den. A few years ago we discovered
the turnip. We found it good for this
and bad for that. Later on we dis
covered the squash. We then threw
away out textbook on turnips and
everybody learned the squash. Then
successively discovered all the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-24

and red, the noisy exhorter, and in this
whirling human vortex the bubbles
coming to the surface indicate the pass.
ing of the worlds latest ~pageantry.
FRED r WATERS.
December 20, 1904.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-24

your game you must show them there is
something to win.
The vaudeville actor eating a bana-
ma with his ear, the world-startler 60
ing over Niagara Falls straddle of a
toothpiek. the CHEAP literature. yellow
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-24

Whight's Paragon Headache Cure re.
lieves from suffering instantly, and
checks long confined tendencies to head
ache. Down goes the cure, away goes
the headache, up goes your spirits. Ev.
cry druggist
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-24

MMh icy die of before they reach the age FIVE. n 80. 80. 80
q As WELT ITO grow af~Hh a cellar as bnngu pch%en In that h"d street which poverty and the
d%sc uhen neglect condemn so many families
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-26
a Mysterious Telegram.

A certain church society in Vermont
resolved on Christmas festival, and
to have scripture motto,
handsomely Illuminated. in space
back of the pulpit. One Of the dea-
cons, who had business in Boston, took
with him the proposed motto and the
measure of the space to be occupied by
it but unfortunately lost the memoran
dun. He therefore sent this telegram
to his wife i'll Vermont. "Send motto
and space" She promptly complied,
but the Boston telegraph girl fell of
her chair in faint when she read of
the message, Unto us child is born
four feet wide and eight feet long.
The deacon, however. thought it moth
ing uucommon.-Ex.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-26
$4,000 90 Given Away.

In the past year DR.. II. V. Pierce has given
away copies of his great work, The People.e
Common Sense Medical Adviser, at an ex-
pense to him of s25,OO0.00 exclusive of post
age. This standard book on medicine and
hygiene, contains zoos pages and more than
700 illustrations. 1t treats of the greatest
and gravest problems of hnman life in SIM
pie English. from a common sense point of
view 1t answers those questions of sex
which linger unspoken upon the lips of youth
and maiden. 1t is essentially family book,
and its adv ice in a moment of sudden illpess
or accident may be the means of saving a
valuable life. This great work is sent abso-
lutely free on receipt of stamps to defray the
cost of mailing only. Send II One-cent stamps
for the book in paper binding. or 81 stamps
for cloth covers. Address DR.. r. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-26
Cures Eczama, Itching HumOrs,
PIMPLES AND RBUNCLES- COSTS
NOTHING TO TRY.

PIMPLES AND CARB BUNCLES- COSTS
NOTHING TO TRY.
B h i tBOtanic Blood Balm is now
recognized as certain and sure cure
for eczema, itching skin .humOrs, ,Aca bs,
scales, watery blisters pimples, aching
bones or joints, boils, carbuncles, prick
ling pain iE the skin, old, eating sOres,
ulcers, etc. Botanic Blood Balm taken
internally. cures the woBst and mos:
deep seated cases by enriching, purify.
ing and vitalzing the blood, thereby
giving a healthy blood supply to the
skin. Botanic Blood Balm Is the only
cure, to stay cured, for these awful,
annoying skin troubles Heals every
sore and gives the rich glow of health
to the skin. Builds up the broken
down body and makes tte blood red
and nourishing. Especially advised
for chronic, old cases that doctors, pa
tent medicines and hot springs fail to
cure. Druggists, 81. To prove B. b.
b. cures, sample sent free and prepaid
by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta,
Ga. Describe trouble, and free medi-
cal advice cent in scaled letter.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-26
NHY THE FARM BOY WINS.
It Is Because His Early Life Has Made
Him Responsive to Every
Moral Suggestion.

NO boy need ever regret that he was
born in the country and reared on a farm
He may lack the keenness and polish of
the city cousin. He may be embarrassed
by his own awkwardness, and feel that
ne is at hopeless disadvantage in the
race, but the country boy has a wider
range OF practical IDEAS From the very
Hrst his little services are in demand
he becomes at once part of the force
taat is making for home comfort and
prosperity, and feels the independence
Oh one who is helping to support HIM
sell and add to the general store. The
farm boy is likely to regard his life as
one Oh drudgery, and such it may be.
II ne loses interest in his surroundings
or is pressed with a continual round of
duty. There is something heroic in
the country boys struggle with the ele-
ments% Rain, snow and sleet only brace
his courage. The garnering of the crops,
the housing and feeding of the do
nestle animals, the gathering and prep
aration OF the winter fuel give purpose
and zeal to his toll. Then there is the
long tramp, sometimes of miles, to the
district school, lessons learned before and
after long hours of labor. Is it any
wonder there are keen wits developing
all outside of graded systems and in de-
fance of pedagogical order? 1t is the
Intensity Of purpose with which the
mind acts under the influence of vigor-
Gus health and the conscious value of
time that accounts for these results. So
from the farm is being supplied a stream
Df active world-workers, men not afraid
to do their duty, and bubbling over with
energy and ambition. Touch the coun-
try-bred boy, now the merchant prince
or the successful professional man, and |
how responsive he becomes to every
suggestion Of moral life! The same
canont be said Of boys reared in the
midst of other surroundings. 1t is the |
contact with nature that makes the in
1elible impression upon life No great
er gain can come to the country at large !
han that which comes from the promo
ton of the love and appreciation of |
rural life. Health, happiness, purity |
and peace are the natural Inheritance |
If those who dwell surrounded by fresh |,
air, beautiful scenes, bright skies and |
pure social infiuences.-Agricultural |
Epitomist.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-26
G. & O. Worlds Fair Rates.

Commencing on April 25, 1904, and
continuing during the continuation of
the Louisiana Purchase Exhibit,
Worlds Fair, st. Louis, Mo-, the Ches-
apeake u Ohio Route will have on sale
from StauDton, round trip excursion
tickets at rates and limits as shown
below:
$31 20. On sale daily, good returning
not later that Dec. Is, 1904
$26 90, on sale daily, good returning
not later than 60 days.
S2l.5O, on sale daily, good returning
not later than Is days.
$l5 90. on sale on certain dates, good
returning not later than 10 days.
The last named rate will be on sale
only on certain dates that will be ad-
vertised in this paper from time to
time prior to the dates on which said
excursions will be run. The ten day
rate will also not be good under any
circumstances in the sleeping cars.
All other rates good in sleeping cari
|! by the payment of the additional
sleeping car rate.
For further information or for th'
reservation of space in sleeping car
call on or address g. G. QUINN, Pas
senger Agent, G. & o. Ry, Staunton
Iva. Telephone No. 9S. 6 I'm
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-26

6rewood is long, and long enough
SO it will hold large armful. This
foundation can be solid or not, as de-
sired, but is much lighter If made
of Stats. At each end is fitted solid
upright piece which is as wide, and
almost as high, as the width of the
foundation. This serves to keep the
wood in place, the sides being left
open and the wood placed crosswise
in the carrier. An iron rod is bent
for handle, or piece of band iroE
can be used, either one being fastened
firmly to the foundation at the bottom
of the outside of the upright ends.
more simple one that any boy can
make has foundation like the first,
and bent green branch for handle.
For the upright ends, use the
branches, bending them SO the ends
are fastened to the corners of the
foundation and the rounded part
comes about foot above it. The cor
ners must be strongly fastened with
screws, and the handle be placed out
side the end pieces to hold them firm.
These carriers do away with the old
woodbox, which is so often an eyesore
in an otherwise attractive Kitchen
Orange Judd Farmer.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-26
End of Bitter Fight.

"Two physicians had a long and
stubborn fight with an abcess on my
right lung" writes J. F. Hughes of Du
Pont, Ca, and gave me up. Everybody
thought my time had come. AS last
resort | tried DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption. The benefit l.
received was striking and | was on my
feet in few days. Now I've entirely
regained my health" 1t conquers all
coughs, colds and throat and lung
troubles. Guaranteed by b. F. Hughes,
druggist. Price SOC and 81. Trial bot
Ties free.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-26
Worlds Fair Via. N. 4 W. Railway.

Double daily service through Pull
man Sleepers operated daily via Co
lumbus, Ohio, and Pennsylvania Van
data lines. The Worlds Fair Spec
ial, the new train with through Pull
man Sleepers to st. Louis inaugurated
May 29th, 1904.
Cafe Cars. meals la carte, Roanoke,
Va. and St. Louis. Excursian tickets
on sale daily until December 1st.
From Basic City. Season Tickets
$31, 20. Sixty day tickets $26, 90, Fifteen
day tickets $21.5O.
On each Tuesday and Thursday du.
ring June, coach excursion tickets,
limited ten days, will be sold, and
good only for coach accommodation.
Worlds Fair Folders giving rates
and schedule of the new through ser
vice mailed upon application.
W. B. BEvILL, G. P. A.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-26
The Railroad Mans Watch.

1.-THE adjustment of railroad mems
watches Is science all by itself, - said
J. S. Coy, of Chicago, recently. ."The
variation of only 80 seconds week is
allowed in the watches. which have to
be adjusted to temperature, isochron-
ism and five positions.
The watches must run equally well
with either face or back mp, or with
the "12.' - 80" or ''3'' at the top. The
standard watch has II jewels and is a
model of the watchmaker's craft. In
the early days of railroading minutes
were allowed for the variation OF watch
es. If a trainman were ordered to
wait at certain station until 1O:3O to
meet another tram he would wait un-
til 1895 The time has now been re-
duced to such fine division that the
engineers steam out of the station at
the moment called for by their orders.
Between the original allowance of 5
and the present system there
was only one step which was 3 MINUTES
1.-The strict rules which are observed
in regard to the timepieces of railroad
men were originated from a disastrous
wreck that occurred in the East a
of years agO-I should not like
to say on what road. When the fact
became known that the accident was
due to the variation of watches almost
every road in the country began to
make stricter requirement 8, and now
all good railroads look after the watch
es of their men with the same care
that they attend to rolling stock and
motive power. ."-Louisvllle Courier
Journal.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-26
The Horse a I'D His Care.

When horse is excessively hot he
should be cooled off gradually.
With many men fast driving is sim
ply bad habit.
Many cases of diseased feet are the
result of leaving the shoes on too long.
Do not buy horse with narrow Or
shallow chest There is not sufficient
capacity for the lungs.
Free power to move easily along,
is great point in a young horse.
Regular and proper grooming adds
much to the value of horse.
The death of many horses is caused
by the sudden change from old feed to
new.
A moderate, quick walk either when
under load or when empty exhansts
an animal less than snail 3 pace.
Mares in foal should have exercise
and moderate work, but under no Cir
should they be subjected
to harsh treatment.
With growing colts, to give strength.
elasticity and power, the right kind of
food is indispensable.
A horse with long legs and flat sides
is not generally an easy keeper.
Well-rOunded ribs, deep flank ard
short legs indicate good assimllating
power.
High tempered. sensitive horses are
more easily spoiled by too much talk
ing than slow. quiet methods.
The actual cost of feed, added to the
service fee, represents the amount
which horses you raise stand you,
What they are worth above this is
profit.
A horse for use does better with just
enough food to replace the wastes OF
his system, and of kind to keep him
feeling we'll Rural Home.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-26
Value of Mammoth Clover.

Men of experience say that mammoth
clover will produce twice as much pas
turage for stock as the medium red, if
it is kept we'll grazed. When heavily
stocked, the amount of feed produced
by an acre of land is enormous. If the
clover is not kept short, the growth is
too coarse and is not relished as well
as the medium red 1t is the common
experience of stockmen that the bloat-
ing of cattle on clover may be prevent
ed by having some timothy mixed with
the clover There may be exceptions
to this rule, but have heard many
cattlemen say they have never known of
any.-St. Louis Republic. I u
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-26
Queer Injunction to Cyclists.

"Cycles entering the park. must
carry bellies. Penalty So"
A sign bearing this peculiar wording
and unusual spelling occupies con-
spicuous place near the Mount Royal
entrance to Druid Hill park. Almost
every wheelman passing the sign smiles
after reading it. and finds consolation
In rejecting that it is the cycle and
not the 'cycler that is compelled to car
ry bellies. -
After gazing critically at the sign the
other day a dyspeptic-looking wheel
man said to his companion:
"Either I am violating the letter of
the law. or the law is wrongly lettered
on the sign. "-BaltimOre Sun.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1904-08-26
Quail Should Be Protected.

It Is conceded by expert authorities
that one of the most valuable and use
full birds ON the farm is the common
quail yet there are many farmers who
encourage the destruction of these val
liable birds. In many places they have
been practically exterminated, and it
would require years of the most careful
protection and cooperation on the part
of farmers and others to restore their
numbers to anything like the proportion
that they should be on the farms
throughout this country. The city sport
is the man who should be restrained.
Quail should be protected absolutely,
as In Illinois, where their slaughter for
five years has been forbidden.-Orange
Judd Farmer.