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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11

War or the disruption of.the Colon
biau republic will follow the refusal
Of the United States to make = salts
factory reply to the protest of Gener-
al Reyes. A correspondence between
General Reyes and Secretary Hay has
resulted in the former cabling his gov
erpment that his mission is q failure.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11
spring.


Ohio river men have no reason to
feel elsted over the present outlook.
The ice is gorged for miles below Lou
isville, and some of it is said to be
twelve feet down. When it breaks up
unless there is plenty of warm rain to
melt it, there is bound to be great
damage. The river here is clear of ice
today and the Dick Fowler left today
in the Cairo trade. Should the ice
break now there would be plenty of
time for the Cairo boat to get cut Of
the way before 1t got this far down.
1t is still very uncertain when there
will be a resumption Of trade between
Paducah and Evansville.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11

The Democratic state committee of
Massachusetts, has adopted resolutions
indorsiug Richard Olney for the presi-
Dental nomination and inviting the
cooperation of the Democrats OF New
England and the nation in Mr.. Olney s
behalf.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11

Mr.. George Goodman, the popu-
lar young wholesale whiskey man,
leaves Wednesday for Chattanooga 70
attend meeting Of the Tennessee as
,socistion of wholesale and retail IL
Cnuor dealers.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11

Some Thieves broke house but found nothing in
worth carrying off but Cock The Cock said much for him
self Cock could urging them remember his calling
people their work when time Nay, said
the Robbers you had better nothing about that You alarm peop
and keep them waking that impossible for rob in comfort
US to will
bad ~ opinion
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11

The recent maneuvers OF the regu-
lar army and state militia at West
Point. Ky. and Fort Riley, Kan. +,
cost the government about $500, 900.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-11

Although il is somewhat early, pre-
dictions Of high water are already be.
ginning to be made. II look for more
high water this year." said river
man on Monkey Wrench corner this
morning, than in 1884. There is a
world of snow in the mountains, and
when it melts, especially if there
should come heavy rain, it would
make food entirely unprecedented. !"
Some Of the river men base their
predictions on the fact that Hicks says
there will be more high water this year
than in 1854, while even the most con-
sentative say they expect some high
water when the break up comes in the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-15
Woman's Club Meets.

The Salem Woman's Club met al
the Presbyterian church Saturday af
ternOon. The usual amount of bust
ness was transacted II was decided
that social would be given at the res
idence Of Mrs. f. A. Moore Thursday
the 18th Of February. in the afternoon
An admission fee will be charged, and
the receipts will go toward furnishing
a room in the high school The fol
lowing committees we're appointed
Invitation-Mrs. A. w. Prescott,
Mrs. Frances Smith, Miss Meredith.
Program--Mrs. j. II. Brooks, Miss
Cox, Mrs. w. G. Smith.
Refreshments-Mrs. G. II. Irwin.
Mrs. Sutherland. Mrs. Morrison and
Mrs. r. j. Hendricks.
Serving Hamilton, Miss Cal
breath, Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Dawson
Mrs. Whitney. Mrs. Powell.
The ladies were favored with an ex'
cellent and instructive address on
bacteriolOgy By Dr. N. n. Staples.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-15
Murphy Block Takes
a Turn a Grow
ing
Business Propositions Stead
lily Demand More Space,
More Buildings, More
Room TO Stretch

Another fine Improvement is about
to be undertaken in our city, which
will more than double the capacity of
several store rooms and add a new
business house. The Murphy block is
to be extended back to the alley,
chiefly to accommodate the growing
demands of Geo. c. Wills business
for floor space. All the old ware
houses at the rear, which he has filed
with pianos, organs and sewing ma.
chimes, will be torn out and rebuilt
with solid brick, and he will thus be
given a room the full width of his
store and SO feet deep. This will give
him one of the largest music rooms
of any house in Oregon, and will en-.
able TO fully display his immense stock
of goods. There will be a store room
built on the alley on State street and
the space between that and the main
building will be built up for Messrs.
Manning & Fergusons hardware bust.
ness, the width Of two store rooms
AS a result of this improvement,
which must be commenced within two
weeks, Mr.. VIII will be compelled to
sell of his large stock of secondhand
organs and sewing machines. You
can get your pick of one Of those sew
ing machines at a low figure, and pay
for 1t at $100 per month. A lot of
secondhand organs will also be closed
out at close figures, and you can gel
your choice by paying only $100 pei
week. Go in at an early date, and
see the great bargains offered before
Mr.. viii is compelled to move these
goods to accommodate building oper
ations.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-15
SALEM
SOCIAL
EVENTS
-St4fF4-ffS-sS-F+i
A Valentine Day.

One of the principal events in the
social realm this season was the re.
ception and ball given by Dr. and
Mrs. J. f. Calbreath and DR.. and Mrs.
l.. f. Griffith, of the asylum, who en-.
tertained over 100 guests in honor of
st. Valentines day. The chapel hall
was beautifully decorated, the pre-.
dominating color was red, which was
carried out in hearts and miniature
cupids arranged in all the noXel and
artistic designs possible. Evergreens
and flowers and potted plants were
much in evidence and the whole scene
was like a beautiful tropical garden,
and, taken together with the entranc.
ing music, furnished by the asylum or.
chestra, and the handsome costumes
Of the ladies, the scene was one that
will long be remembered by those
present. AT Midnight the guests re.
paired to the dining hall, where a
dainty spread was served. Here the
color scheme was carried out in a
most artistic manner in the refresh.
ments, and also the decorations.
Dozens of small red candles, set in
candelbras, cast soft glow over the
room. II was not until a late hour
that the guests bid their hosts and
hostesses goodnight.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-15
ffR'FTF1T'E-F' ~ ~
+ ES;$5' Es;$! 4: Social Realm#
PERSONALS.

b. f. Young went to Portland this
morning for days visit.
Miss Galloway, of Oregon City, is
a guest of Miss Helen Calbreath.
DR.. M. 8. Sziff went to Portland this
morning for a brief business visit.
c. d. Minton went to Portland this
morning to attend the poultry show.
Miss EDNA Parrish, of Dallas col
lege. spent the past three days in Sa.
lem.
Messrs. G. Hendricks and II. A. Met.
schan, of Portland, spent Sunday in
Salem.
Mrs. Ed. Martin, of Turner, came
down this morning for days visit in
this city.
@. d. Gabrielson went TO Baker City
this morning TO adjust a fire loss for
his company.
George Staples, who was a Salem
visitor yesterday, returned to Turner
this morning.
Miss Marguerite Chamberlain, Of
Portland, was a guest OF Miss Eva Co
show yesterday
Chester G.. Murphy returned to Port
land this morning, after a few days
visit in this city.
Will Ketchum went to Woodburn
and Mt. Angel this morning for brief
business trip in the interest OF the
bindry.
Ray Andrews, who has been a stu.
dent at Willamette during the past
semester, left yesterday for his home
in Washington, to remain.
Prof. and Mrs. w. C. Hawley re-
turned Sunday evening from Albany,
where they spent the past week Wis
iting Mrs. Hawley's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Geisendorfer.
Miss Halle Thomas, one of the
teachers in the Park school, returned
this morning from Turner where she
visited her parents, Hon. and. Mrs. r.
o. Thomas over Sunday.
Mrs. ]. j. Murphy has returned from
Portland, and is again at home. Judge
Murphy is now in California for his
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-15

health, but will return home in a few
days, ready to take up his work.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ RAIDER returned
to their home at Coburg this morning
having come to Salem to attend the
funeral Of their adopted daughter, Miss
Alice Hicks, who died while attending
the Sisters school at Albany.
Silas Jones went to Eugene this
morning, after spending Sunday with
Mrs. Jones and relatives in this city.
Mrs w. H. Chatten came up from
Portland this morning, for a few days
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Collins
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-15
Another Valentine Party.

The Misses Dorethea and May Steus-
lon delightfully."- entertained a number
of their friends at valentine party
at their home on Thirteenth and Court
streets. The rooms were decorated in
true valentine style, with hearts of
all sizes. The afternoon was spent
very pleasantly by playing numerous
games, and at its close the guests were
invited to gather around the beauti-
fully decorated table where dainty
menu was served. The heart scheme
was carried out in the refreshments
and candies. Those enjoying this
event were Francis Pohle, Mildred
Bagley, Barbara Durbln, Maud Durbin
Mabel Smith, Mabel and Margaret
Patrick, Pearl Harding, Grace Hard
ing, Hazel Downing, Merle Post Veda
Cross, Ruth Mitchell, Sophia Catlin
Florence Metcalf, May and DOrothea
Steusloff.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-15
New Machine.

II you happen to pass Geo C. Wits
music store today notice in the north
sheet music window one of the latest
inventions out in the Victor talking
machines. You will be surprised II
you hear it that music box has beer
so perfected. No well-to.do home Is
complete without one Of these simple
pleasant entertainers. You are wei
come 70 come In and hear IT,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-15
South salem Personals.

Chauncey Ohmart returned from a
few days visit with friends in Port
land Saturday
Harold Conn, OF Portland, is visiting
relatives in South Salem.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-15

A. NJ. Clough this morning received
by express a beautiful silk umbrella.
present from a travelling man for
whom Mr.. Clough recently executed
commission hers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-15
The White House

Can give you a good meal any hour
of the day or night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-20

IL preyed so upon my mind that / gave
up my cowboy life and came back here.
After a little dash of civilization
began to feel the old rowing spirit
again, and the only exciting thing that
appeared was the chance to get into
the United States navy. 1t looked just
then as though we might have the
chance to fight Great Britain over some
thing or other, and being a natural
born Irishman 1 leaped at the chance.
I'VE didn't fight England. but in the
ten years that / was in the navy 1 was
knocked about the country from one
END to the other. and about the world
from Rio to Alaska and from No Mans
Land to Java. Many was the riot we
had in Calcutta chop houses and Hong
Kong saloons. We went ashore and
whipped everything English at Gibral-
tar with our fists and then paid for it
by ten weeks aspiece in the brig.
There was a coffee coiored maiden in
Burma who was more like my ideal
woman than anything that l have ever
seen since or before, but / was a rough
and ready sailor. and being an Irishman
could not do the things that a man
without responsibilities could. and so
went away and left her as l found her.
the sweetest thing that ever blOomed in
my way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-20

amusing themselves away from the
larger congregations of their kind If
1 walked up to them they would stop
and gaze in a deprecating way and
walk off, bowling still, with one eye
IN my direction.
Having reached what they consid-
cred a respectful distance they would
resume their play.
Should one enter a group of alba
trosses which have been recently en-
gagged in this diversion and begin to
DOW very low, the birds will sometimes
wall, around in a puzzled sort of way.
bowlug IN return, a curious fact
which F. II. Won Kittlitz thus recorded
as early as 1884: When Herr Isen-
beck met one, he used to bow to it,
and the albatrosses were polite
enough to answer, bowling and cack-
ling"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-20
HEALTH In HARDSHIP

-HE American race is degenerat-
ingl 1t is becoming a family Of
tenderfoots. 1t Is thinking too
much Of It's fe.ltheFbeds and
three square meals Unless we
get back to first principles, raw beef
steaks and corn bread. We are doomed
We are becoming effeminate and thin
skinned. Why. say. the first thing that
we know some little third-rate country
like Japan or Cuba will be getting up
early and walloping the life out of us!"
said James Murray, cowboy. man-of-
wars-man. and general aIl-round ath-
lete Of Harlem.
Jim Murray has not slept in bed
for forty years. and is proud Of it. He
hates the suggestion Of sheets. To
the greatest luxury is the cold side
a snowdrift, with the icicles hanging
1t. He had rather sleep at night on
granite step Of Harlem back ste
than to lie in the lap of luxury.
Nurtured by the dewless prairies
Texas. made strong by the winds tn
sweep down from the Rocky Mour
tains. sleeping soundly in the bend
an old-fashioned American man-o'-war'
sail. he early came to realize that hard
ships put the temper of manhood into
boy, and he has never since learned the
ways of the effeminate. though he has
been a familiar figure in Harlem for
fifteen years.
Somewhat of Nomad.
In the cold. gray dawn of the early
morning one may see shuffling along
the avenues of Harlem, darling here
back areaways of tenement blocks. a
giant figure that is as picturesque as it
is human.
Though he is nearly sixty years Of age,
he does not look over thirty-eight or
forty To look at him one would never
guess that he has knocked around the
world from Dublin to New York and
from San Antonio to Toxic and Pekin.
From his mild blue eyes radiates a
kindly interest in humanity. and from
his ruddy face a beaming friendiiness
that gives no suggestion of Indian fights
of the bOrderland. the tortures that he
underwent at the hand OF Sioux saw
ages, or the days of parching thirst
that he suffered in his wanderings
through the great Death Valley Of
Arizona.
In Harlem he is well known to store
keepers and saloon owners as a man
who in his hours of insomnia walks the
streets guarding the interests Of bust
ness men, and who for his recreation
and rest prefers to sleep IN Railways and
on doorsteps. His boast that he has not
been between the sheets for forty years
is true.
Even at the City Hospital on the
Island a few years ago. when he was
thrown plumb on his broad back by
pneumonia. he refused 10 lie on a bed,
and slept the days Of his illness away
on the floor OF the hospital ward
The coolest nights in Winter or the
hottest nights in Summer his bed is the
hard side Of a plank walk or the soft
side Of a pavement
Born in Tipperary. Ireland, in 1913,
OF hardy Irish stock that from the first
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-20

IN THE Laysan Islands of the Pa
cific the albatross is very tame
and very abundant. A naturalist,
in an exchange, thus describes the So
called dance. or "cakeWaik," as the
sailors call it, Of these interesting
birds:
1.-TWO albatrosses approach each
other bowling profoundly and step
ping rather heavily. They circle
around each other. nodding solemnly
all the time. Next they fence a little.
crossing bills and whetting them to-
gether, pecking meanwhile. and drop
ping stiff little bows.
"Suddenly one l!tts Its closed wing
and nibbles al Ghe feathers under
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-20

Sometimes three of the birds will
engage in the play. one dividing it's
attention between two. They are
always most polite, never losing their
temper or offering any violence. They
Degin bowling and walking about as
If their very lives depended upon It,
If one stands where aIbatrosses are
reasonably abundant he can see as
many as twenty couples hard at worl-
Dowing and grooming on all sides, and
paying not the slightest attention to
mis- presence.
When walking through the grassy
portions of the island I have seen
white heads bobbing up and down
above the green, as solitary pairs were
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-20
In Frontier Warfare.

I'm the Fall we came back. moving
slo~ly down the long vistas. over the
wild peoples and asters, until we again
reached the rolling plains of Texas.
There were ugly Indians along those
routes then, and many's the time
have been routed out Of sound sleep
to plant my ride charges among the
dashing figures of Sioux and Black
foots, hanging on the farther side of
their horses as they peppered at our
camps and tried to stampede Jur cattle.
Il remember one Indian camp we
raided. and a handsome Indian squaw
we took prisoner because she refused
to tell where the men had taken one of
our boys to torture him TO death, and
how in the silent watches of the night
she made her escape on my best pony.
But these are all old stories
In those days Texas was almost
foreign land, and the disgraced bank
clerk who escaped to the prairies could
become a cowboy with no fear of ulti-
mate capture and Imprisonment Woe
TO the United States marshal who tried
to take one of those fellows from our
ranks. When they came to US we gave
them six months of the toughest initia-
ton you ever say, and after that we
were ready to fight and die for them.
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ready for any use that might put it TO.
Il didn't find 1t in my heart to waste
1t upon women, or betting, OF on drink
though all my life have drunk whisky
and eaten tobacco. I never eat sweet
stuff like pie or cake now, bat a hunk
of chewing tobacco is nay dessert for
the best dinner.
Il did not BUY any horses, but con-
tinued to live in Manhattan sleeping.
as was my custom. in the open air. gen
orally sitting up in chair on a piazza.
And in good time came to lose my de-
sire for a rowing life, and determined to
settle down in the city 20 pass my days.
There are but two things that I want
now.
lone is to set an example by my sleep
ing outdoors that all young Americans
viii take TO it, and the other is TO say
some word or do some deed that win set
q ball rolling that in the end viii free
old Ireland from the yoke Of English
thraldem.
do you know where this fad for
sleeping out on piazzas for the cure Of
consumption came from?
An Outdoor Sleeper.
well. it came from me- I told sew
eral doctors years ago that If these
] people who have consumption would
only take to sleeping in the open air
! they would be all right.
Look ar me- never had weak lungs
in my life. and only the other night
went to sleep on a back doorstep in
Harlem, and when I woke in the early
morning there was nine inches of light
snow over me like a blanket and I was
as warm and fresh as baby in its
crib
| 'Of course, women and children can't
stand these things. But for men. men
who must fight the battles OF life and
earn the money and the way. there is
nothing like n rough. hardy life close to
the north side of the snow banks and
under the protection OF the icieles.
! do you know what the heaIthiest
animals on this continent are? They are
the burly moose OF the Aroostook- These
big, hardly creatures sleep in the snow
drifts as warmly as bug in a rug.
They never know what the warn side
of a stable is. They are physical saw
ages Of the primevai order. and dis
ease never finds Judgment in their veins
This is because they are perfectly natu-
raj.
The nearest men to them are those
who live in the clearings and sleep in
the log houses Of the northern country
They are the healthiest people we have.
because they live the rough and ready
! life. If we are to be saved from the
fate Of Rome and Greece We must get
back to it."
Murray serves the restaurant keepers
in such small ways as he can. and they
see to il that he never goes hungry
But when any ore offers him bed and
board, as in the case OF his sister, who
loves him. he is at once offended and
retires TO some cosy back doorstep
with the pillow Of ice and snow and
sleeps soundly till morning. The Har-
lem policemen Of the East Side know
him and never disturb him at his SUM
bers.
For the most part ne sleeps around
the corner Of Third avenue and Eighty
fourth street, but sometimes gets as
] far north as list street.
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We'll. after years Of this sort of life,
sleeping on the cold ground, with moth
ing but blanket under me, and eating
raw beefsteak when fire was not to be
had, 1 heard that my sister in New
York was having hard time of it, and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-20
THERE HIS Il
ZOTZZY GRHIL7ZD
0O0R SZEP ZzA7 ILHED

yet encroached. We had a hatred for
fences. and woe to the Fancher who
dared to build them in our way. All
these things have changed now.
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Behind Maud S.

ION the Old Bloomingdale road and
Flushing tracks I used to spin around
every morning before daylight behind
such oldtime flyers as Copper Bottom
and Maud S. Maud S. was a fine horse,
and 1 really believe that had she been
hftched up to the modern bail bearing.
low rubber tire sulky she would have
beaten the time made by Lou Dillon
and the other fast ones.
Il loved my horses, and began to think
seriously of drawing my money from
the banks and starting a stable of my
own. You should know that when l
was a cowboy 1 got 500 a month and
an interest in the business, and when /
left IL / was worth forty or fifty thou
sand dollars This was salted away
when went into the navy. and was now
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Back to New York.

old to come again to the rough riders
saddle of the Texas cowboy. The cow
boy trick was not what it used to be.
either Too many tenderfoots in il. So
I hung around the city of New York
the only city in America, by the way,
that is worth hanging around.
Some OF the old boys that I had
known were bartenders and others were
saloon proprietors. had steadfastly
refused to sleep in beds what time 1
was in the navy, and now that 1 was
out of it did not find it any easier. l
got my cue from sleeping on the ground
in Texas, and whenever I thought of
sleeping in a feather bed it gave me a
touch of fever and chills.
There was lovely granite doorstep
on the back side Of Harlem restaurant
that 1 liked, but they took it away TO
put in a bulge window and l had to find
other accommodations.
IAN my life 1 have enjoyed good
health That is what I base my claim
on when I say that Americans are be-
coming pampered and soft They need
more rugged outdoor life and fewer hot
suppers. Why is Japan wiping the
caviar out of Russia? Because the jap
anese have slept in the cold, dined upon
chop suey and rice for ages and culti-
waited the strenuous life. That as what
America needs. Lets get back to corn
cakes and fried pOrK.
ITO find some amusement I took to
training horses. since horses were about
the only natural people there were left
in America.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-20

There was a right smart little scrap
in Brazil which, for a time, was ex-
pected to result in international compli-
cations. but didn't. and after a time
came back to New York an old man. /
was old in years, but not in body. I had
roughed it. 1 had kept my youth by
outdoor living and outdoor sleeping.
Many was the time when slept soundly
curled on the top of the pilot house at
night, where the wind kept my blood
cool and muscle strong.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-20


Who Hasn't Slept
in Bed for Forty Years,
Tells WhV He Prefers
a Doorstep or a Snow
bank TO Steam-Heated
Luxury, and Warns the
American Race Til a t
the DoWny Couch Is
Insidiously Making 1t a
Nation Of TenderfoOtS.