davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The news & observer., 1904-12-04
Notes From a { arolina
Garden.

The frost came on the night of the
14th of November, a genuine killing
frost, for at sunrise on the 18th the
mercury stood at 2S degrees above
zero by our exposed thermometer, and
the Weather Bureau reported 80. This
gave the finishing stroke to our can
mas, caladiums and tender garden
vegetables. The great storm that
went up the coast on Sunday the 18th
and covered the country with snow,
gave us heavy rain and in the af-
teTnoon some flying fages of snow,
the first snow we ever remember here
in November. Hence we are now
shut up to the real winter garden.
The day following the frost was a
beautiful, baImy, sunny day, and every
Gay since has been a delight to get out
doors. The caladiums are lifted and
stored and the bed where they filled
around our big bamboo clump is now
planted in hyacinths. The bamboo
has grown Immensely, and is now fiji
teen feet high. If we can keep the
stray cows from getting at it as they
did last winter, the bamboo Will be a
conspicuous object another season. 1t
is curious to note that the first sea-
and the giant canes shoot up The
leaves rever attain their full size, and
it takes three years for them TO do this.
Our Cape jeSsamine bushes are going
i
by reason of the very dry autumn and
they will probably winter all right.
As they passed last winter, with it's
steady cold with hardly the loss of a
leaf they will probably go through
any winter all right. Photinia Ja-
ponica, planted near a south wall has
developed to such a tree-like form
that it is crowding against the wall.
and will have to be moved in the
spring It's big evergreen leaves are
very attractive in winter as also are
the broad leaved Lauro Cerasus, of
which we have several varieties one
os these has leaves so large that many
people take il for Magnolia Grandi-
flora. while another has curiously curl
ed leaves. Our native evergreen
cherry, Prunus Carolianiana, adds a
great deal to the winter cheer with
it's glossy foliage and now that the
foliage on the deciduous trees has
turned to various colors the Magnolia
CtrandiHora trees shine out splendldiy.
In the spring the magnollas IN con-
traet with the new leaves on the de-
ciduous trees, look rusty after the
winter. but at this season tney are
glossy and beautiful, and one OF the
greatest charms in the Southern land
scape is the abundance OF broad
leaved evergreen trees and SHRUBS.
We have hedge of the California
privet, which is so popular now IN the
North, but ii gets very rusty ana loseS
its leaves in winter. while the Smallef
leaved Amoor River privet keeps lts
foliage and has a far more graceful
habit and in the spring is pertectly
The news & observer., 1904-12-04
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful it is
Preserving Health and Beauty.

Nearly everybody knows that char
coal is the safest and most efficient
disinfectant and purifier in nature
but few realize it's value when taken
into the human system for the same
cleansing purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy that the more
you take of it the better; it is not a
drug at all, but simply absorbs the
gases and impurities always present
in the stomach and intestines and
carries them out of the system.
Charcoal SWeetens the breath after
smoking drinking or after eating
onions and other odorouS vegetables.
Charcoal effectualIy clears and i'm
proves the complexion, it Wh1tens the
teeth and further acts as a natural
and eminently safe cathartic.
1t absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; 1T
dsinfectS the mouth and throat from
the poison of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal in one
form or another, but probably the
best charcoal and the most for the
money is in Stuart's Charcoal Lozen-
ges, they are composed of the finest
powdered Willow charcoal and other
harmless antiSepticS in tablet form
or rather in the form of large, pleas
ant tasting oZenges, the charcoal be-
ing mixed with honey.
The daily use Of these lozenges will
soon tell jim II much improved copdi-
ton of the general health better
complexion, sweeter breath and purer
blood, and the beauty of it is that no
possible harm can result from their
continued use, but on the contrary,
great benefit
A Buffalo physician in speaking Of
the benefits of charcoal says: Il
advise Stuarts Charcoal Lozenges to
all patients suffering from gas in the
stomach and bowels and to clear the
complexion and purify the breath,
mouth and throat; / also believe the
liver is greatly benefited by the daily
use of them; they cost but twenty
five cents a box at drug stores, and
although in some sense patent
preparation, yet l believe / get more
and better charcoal in Stuarts Char
coal Lozenges than in any of the Or
dinary charcoal tablets
The news & observer., 1904-12-04

covered for awhile, was never able to
actively engage in business. This mis-
fortune and that following the close of
the war, sweeping away the buik OF
their property, can.e as crushing
double calamity upon the young wife,
who had been so tenderly reared.
Yet misfortunes were not to visit
her singly, as she soon found out.
The health of one of her children
began to fail. A physician was fin
ally called in who pronounced the
trouble scrofula. Let her tell the rest
Of the story in her own words: Re-
gardless of every care and attention
that could be given, the child became
dangerously i'll and was felt that the
end was near. Before leaving, one
The news & observer., 1904-12-04

some of the medicine and said Il
came to save your child and you will
not even let me try you do not know
What you are doing. She said an old
Indian gave the receipt to her father
and she had never known it to taii.
Impressed by her earnestness, my
husband suggested that we let her try
1t, SO together we went to the woods
and gathered the ingredients-the
Identical ingredients of which my
Remedy is made today. She left for
her home soon after she had shown
me how to prepare the medicine and
gwen some to the child. She told me
10 continue to give it regularly and /
would see that she would not die. ]
followed her directions with not a
The news & observer., 1904-12-04

evening, the doctor said, Mrs PEI
son, as long as there is life there is
hope, but l do not think your child
can possibly stand it another night
l think she viii pass away before
morning. While my child was in
this condition and barely living, q wo-
man living near came in and said she
heard / had g child that had scrofula,
and she had come to cure it. l could
not smile at her earnestness, as / told
her that she had come too late. that
/ looked on my child as dying and
past all hope, and [ did not think she
could live until morning. She said if
the child was bound TO die it would
not hurt to try her medicine, but if
she gave it she would not die / pro-
tested, l did not wish to torture the
child with any more medicine, as /
thought it would be useless. She
again implored me to let her make
The news & observer., 1904-12-04

ed memoirs, which we have borrow
ed for the sake of obtaining informa-
tion in regard to her work: I'VE came
direct TO this lovely country home,
where / was surrounded by all the
comforts and many of the luXuries at
tending such a life in the old days
of the South" The current of her
life flowed on placidly and happily
enough until the outbreak of the war,
sometime after which her husband,
whom she idoliZed. organized q COM
pany of volunteers and in command
went to the front. Before the close
of the war he returned home, having
been honorably discharged as untir for
military duty by reason of having had
his leg broken in two places as tie
result of his horse throwing him in q
fox hunt few years previous. Net
long afterwards her husband was
paralyzed and, though he partially re-
The news & observer., 1904-12-04

Perhaps the most widely known and
the most wonderful woman in many
respects in North Carolina is the cele-
bfated Mrs. Joe Person, the proprie-
tor of Mrs Joe Persons Remedy For
though one of the most womanly of
our sweet Southern women, Mrs. Per-
son is really no less than q celebrity.
circumstances have forced her into a
career which few women are called
on to enter, but through strenuous
ness, struggle, and hardship she has
won an enviable reputation and sue
cess in the business world without
the sacrifice of aught of her true wo-
manly nature and name. She has
gone to the front at the call of seces-
sity and taken a mans place in the
battle of life and has all the while re-
mained a loved and loving mother in
the home.
The reason firm, the temperate will,
Endurance, foresight, strength and
skill:
A perfect woman. nobly planned
TO warn, to comfort and command"
Mrs. Persons name is to such an ex-
tent identified with the Old North
State that it is hard to think of her
as not indigenous to the soil of our
State. But she is a native of Vir-
glnla, having been born and reared at
the historic old town of Petersburg
where she lived until December, 1857,
wnen she was married to Mr.. Joseph
Arlington Person, a prosperous farm
or of Franklin county, North Caro-
lipa. After her marriage, as she says
in her charmingly written unpublish
The news & observer., 1904-12-04

confidence so invincible, her enthu-
siasm so contagious, and her prepar-
alton always made such a good record
for itself that she gained headway
despite all discouragements. Her
memoirs tell of the sale in 1882 of
her name. trademark, ETC., to a de-
signing scoundrel who evidently
wanted to speculate upon the option
he had secured. throwing up his con-
tract before the first payment became
due. She afterwards entered two CO.
partnerships in 1884 and 1885 which
resulted disastrously for her. But
she managed to retain her trade
mark and resume the manufacture of
her Remedy.
Her earliest and most pleasant rec
objections in the establishment of her
business cling to Charlotte. 1t was
here hat she came when struggling
TO get d foothold and after reverses
The news & observer., 1904-12-04

shadow of faith in hope. The next
morning the child was better and in
three weeks was perfectly cured and
has never had touch of the trouble
since. And this is the origin of my
Remedy"
This discovery gave a new direc-
tion to Mrs. Persons life. She says
that every case of blood trouble she
heard of after that she made up some
of the Remedy and sent it to the
afflicted ones, and that in every in
stance it effected q cure. Mrs. Per-
son became enthusiastic over the re-
suits secured by the Remedy, so she
determined upon giving it to the world
through the medical profession. She
called on several physicians, but fall
ed to interest them in the matter of
participating in some public tests she
proposed to make. She afterwards
offered to give her formula to the pro-
The news & observer., 1904-12-04

fession if permitted to do SO officially
through them at the meeting of the
Medical Association. But the doctors
evaded and denied and rebuffed her,
as her autobiography declares and no
alternative was left her but to inanu-
facture and market the Remedy as a
proprietary medicine on her own ac-
count.
she then recites the difficulties at-
tendant upon putting the Remedy
upon the market. She battled brave
ly and we'll, but she had little capital
with which to launch the great undtr-
taking. She became her own manu-
facturer, drummer, bill distributor
and poster. But her energy was so un-
firing, her will so indomitable, her
The news & observer., 1904-12-04

and those we planted twelve years
ago at the college are developing into
sturdy bushes. The Chinese tea plant
is also a useful evergreen shrub, and
fine tea is made in the eastern part
of the State, and the business is de-
veloping on a large commercial scale
in South Carolina. The Carolinas
have such a wealth of broad-Ieaved
evergreens that the only wonder is
that their people give 50 little atten-
ton to their native plants of this kind,
with the exception of the great mag
nolia, which is found everywhere.
The news & observer., 1904-12-04
Well Known North Carolina Woman
MRS. JOE PERSON

Short
Credit
sican of Id School
The news & observer., 1904-12-04

A $40 bill is one of the things that
are easier to break than to make.
The news & observer., 1904-12-04

Our per cent Savings Fund Ger
tificates will interest you as they payG
higher rate Of interest than Govern
ment bonds and are absolutely safe.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-04
Motor Service Test.

New York, April "A series of
tests were begun In New York today
To determine the comparative value
and efficiency of the different styles of
motorwagons for commercial pur-
poses The trials are being conducted
under the auspices OF the Automobile
Club OF America. and no style Of We
hicle, whether made IN this country
or abroad, and regardless OF size,
weight or motive power Is barred from
the competition. In order to give a
practical character to the tests the
various candidates for honors are 10
be employed for the week in the dellv.
cry service OF the local express com.
pany. and will transfer and deliver
heavy merchandise, produce, baggage,
etc, Awards win be made in each
class for the best performance. based
on the economy OF operation In time
and fuel ratio Of paying load. ton
and general reliability and
availability for service.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-04
LAND FRAUDS NOT BROUGHT TO
HERMANN's DOORS.

The monopolzatlon Of tremendous
tracts Of land In Oregon by syndi.
Gates has been and now IS the greatest
block to the development Of Oregon.
THAT rs NOT LINCOLN REPUe.
LlcANIsM.
When Congressman Hermann was
mp for election a year ago the cam.
paign was made against him on the
most sweeping charges that ne stood
In with the landgrablng syndicates
The result Of that campaign is still
fresh In the minds Of the people. Re.
pubiicans who are falrmlndod know
that MR.. HERMANN PROVED HIM.
SELF THE FRIEND or THE SMALL
LAND HOLDER, AS AGAINST THE
BIG CORPORATION.
Not a stain has been fastened upon
Congressman Hermann, In spite OF the
rahngs and scrapings Of the Wash.
ington correspondents with fine.
tooth comb. THE BIG LAND sYNol
GATES HAVE FOUND THAT HER.
MANN rs AN OBSTACLE, AND
THEY WANT HIM REMOVED.
The Republicans also know that
score Of indictments for land frauds
have recently been found against par.
ties In this state. but NONE or
THESE INVOLVE THE PRESENT
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN.
Is It party wisdom for the Republl
cans under all the circumstances to
take mp new man for congress. when
in doing so they may be playing into
the hands OF the big lanL.grabbng
syndlcates?
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-04

APPLES ARE
In ORDEI

After experimenting for seven Yea,
John F. Spencer, an old nurservm,
and fruit grower of Colorado has n.
duced a seedless apple. The no,
fruit very much resembles the 60.
less orange in that the meat Is so,,
and there is a slightly hard subst,,,
in the naval end. The trees have n
blossoms.
Spencer says he began experimer,
ing with the apple shortly after m
seedless orange appeared. He reasons
that If it was possible to destroy germ
ination in the orange It was possibl
in the apple. He originally produce
FIVE trees that would bear seedless =,
pies and then experimental to sec 4
he could make the buds reproduc,
others. In this he succeeded and "a
cured forty additional trees. From
these he has budded two Thousand
more.
He has kept his experiments IA
for all Of these years and hs
now refuses to divulge his secret
Mr.. Spencer claims that with IN,
seedless apple many diseases due IA
the laying Of eggs by moths in ami.
blossoms will be avoided.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-04
PICKING APPLES IN WINTER.

The Journal editor was presented
with a fine specimen Of an apple the
other day, fresh picked from the tree
in the yard of Mrs F. X. Bouilliard
on East State street It was of the
so-called "grindstone" variety, but
sound as ever, except where wind had
rubbed II against the branches Of the
tree. This is Of course nothing un-
usual for Oregon, but the fact that it
was picked in April after the severest
winter Of rainfall for generations
shows that we have a pretty mild eli.
mate after all. The truth is, most of
MS Oregonians hardly realize what a
good country we have and we should
be thankful that the bowling billiards
and nlpplng cold storms never visit
the balmy valleys Of Western Ore
gon. While rain Is lnconvenient and
unpleasant at times yet II Is not a
destroyer Of life and property like the
severe elements Of the eastern states.
Newcomers from the frigid countries
our evergreen hills and
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-04
Woodburn City EIsetIon.

Woodburn, April 4.-The anti-sa.
loon advocates OF woodburn held a
public caucus at Remlngton's opera
house Saturday night and the follow.
ing Good Citizens ticket was named /:
Mayor Grant Corby; councilmeu, IL.
u Cole A, E. Austin and S. E. Hard.
castle; recorder judge H. Overton;
marshal w. II, Broyles, treasurer.
Geo. A, Landon.
AZ Boach's hall the Good Citizens
regular ticket In public caucus also
placed the following ticket I'm the
field:
Mayor Grant Corby; councilmon,
W. C. Miller John n. Zlmmerlee and
Roy NJ, Hicks; marshal Amos Beach:
recorder Judge Frank c. Whitman;
treasurer Spencer c. Berry,
The annual city election will be held
today and at the time the question Of
lioense viii again be voted on; also
tho question, shall cows run at large
Upon these questions an intense inter.
est is shown, and Mondays election
will be an exciting one
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-04
ENpoRse THe peleoA1loN.

The Republican ata.e convention
should not fail 10 endorse the good
work Of our delegation In the national
congress.
Oregon has never had more har,
monlous and effective set Of men at
Washington than our present con.
gressmen and senators
While sharp work prevented an en-.
dorse ment Of the national delegation
In the Marion county convention. that
was not the spirit Of Marion county Re.
publicans.
They do feel grateful for the worl,
of Senators Mitchell and Fulton and
Congressman Hermann and william.
son.
The state convention should not
only endorse their actions for Oregon.
but should send delegates To the ma
tional convention who are their
friends.
Send q Roosevelt delegation of the
warmest and best friends of the dele.
cation, and enable them 10 say TO the
President ON behalf Of Oregon
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-04
The Pronerty calico HeaIth.


runs down or improves, just depends
on how 1t is cared for. II is the most
valuable property We have, and should
receive the most consid sration. II
helps you in business helps good
looks, helps make friends, helps get
situations and helps you hold them,
and always makes happiness. Prop
erty like this, at the first indication
of being out OF repair, should be
looked after and a remedy applied at
once. There are any number Of signs
that show repairs are needed. Bill
ious spells Indigestion, dyspepsia,
belchlng, dizziness, sick headache
sallow complexion. pimples and liver
spots on the face. a drowsy feeling
after meals sour stomach. etc. These
symptoms all show loss OF health
Druggists will sell you for 25c a box
OF Dr. Gums Improved Liver Pills
a sure cure for all Of these diseases
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-04
Mrs. Palmer to Aid Russia.

Chicago, April 4.-For the benefit of
the suffering and wounded on Asiatlc
battlefelds Chicago society gathers at
Mrs. Potter Palmers residence to-
night for a song society in aid Of the
Russian Red Cross society fund.
Through special arrangements DIR. and
Mrs. Richard Strauss, the German
composer and his wife furnish the
musical program, Mrs, Palmer ex.
poets that something over $4,000 will
be realized and It is intended that the
amount shall at once be forwarded to
Russia
No political significance whatever is
to be attached to the benefit. the or.
ganizer pointed out that Red Cross
societies OF both nations extend aid,
not only to their own wounded. but to
the enemys wounded as we'll and the
mere fact that this particular aid is to
be sent to Russia does not mean that
II is formal expression Of sympa-
thy with the czar's government as
against that OF the Mikado.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-04

nominations for delegates 10 the coun.
ty convention we're in order he i'm.
mediately. post-haste and without
losing any time nominated himself.
"All those who are in favor Of me
as a delegate to the democratic coun-
ty convention, signify by the usual
voting sign, aye"
There we're no ayes but, be It said,
there we're several winks. The self.
nominated delegate rose to his feet,
swelled out his chest and in a very
austere voice announced
There being no votes cast de-
clare myself duly elected as a dele
gate TO the Democratic county con.
vention. Meetings adjourned -
PrineYllle Journal.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-04
street RaIl~ays so Ysars Old.

Philadelphia, April 4,-The 50th an.
niversary of the advent OF the first
street railway in Philadelphia and
practically the first line OF any extent
established in the country, was cele-
brated today. It was on April 4, 1854,
that the Philadelphia & Delaware Riv-
er railroad was chartered.
The road began with a very small
capital. II was equipped with 10 dunn.
my engines and a few horses and
mules About three miles Of track
were operated, and less than 100 men
were employed The number of pas
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-04
Bates Of Local Events.

Monday, April 4, Jefferson Demo
ocratic banquet, Salem.
Thursday April 7th, Polk county
Rspnbllcan primaries.
Wednesday, April 13, Congression-
sS1 convention, first district Salem.
Thursday, April IL, Marion county
Democratic convention.
Thursday, April II, Republican
state convention at Portland
Tuesday, April 10, Democratic state
convention at Portland.
June 10, 16 and II, Department Of
Oregon @. A. r., In annual reunion at
Hood River.