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How the Gophers Got tho Bread.

An Arizona friend Of mine lately told mo
this interesting incident about the gophers
that infested his cabin when he was miner.
The gophers ate up his bread. He could
not hide it from them or put it beyond their
reach.
Finally he hethoueht him to stick his
loaf on the end Of long iron poker that he
had and then stand up the poker In the middle
of his floor. Still when he came back to his
cabin he would find his loaf eaten full of
holes. One day, having nothing to do. he
concluded to watch and see how the gophers
reached the bread. and this was what he saw
The animals climbed up the side of his
log cabin. ran along one Of the logs to point
opposite the bread and then sprang out
sidewise toward the loaf. which each one
struck, but upon which only one seemed
able to effect a Judgment. Then this one
would cling to the loaf and, act as stop to
his body anording, them the barrier they
required. My friend felt sure that this leader
In securing footing on the loaf.
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and never remembered the lack OF food
until she swooned away from hunger.
This was all extremely interesting, but
when big, strapping girls became the fash
lon 1t was necessary to pack away In lavender
the notion Of a genteelly delicate appetite.
The young athletes were obliged to have
fuel for their vigorous frames, and 1t soon
became quite permissible for a fashionably
mannish girl with a straight front figure
to take q truly masculine interest in her
food. Nowadays she is frankly hungry,
and eats straight through a meal Of any
number Of courses with much enjoyment
and with no great amount OF convention
atty as TO table manners.
But II fashion demands waists reduced
by many inches the appetite will surely
have TO be curtailed by many oourses-and
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THE MARRIAGE OF THE
WISE MAN AND THE FOOL

and the Wise Man, who had known each
other when they were both poor boys start
ing In life together, met on the streets OF
great city. The Wise Man, as usual
An, my Old Friend nd said the Fool, you
are looking well and happy to-day
Yes, replied the Wise Man, Il am indeed
happy, and well may be. Wisely Deter
mined, many years ago, not to marry until
I had sufficient capital to Embark upon
! have succeeded My hopes are now about
TO be realized. Tomorrow will be my
Wedding Day! Congratulate mel
With all my heart, old man. exclaimed
the Fool. Come, jump into my automobile
It is right around the corner, and we will
fttingly celebrate the Happy Consumma-
ton Of your Hopes and Toils.r
Nothing would suit me better and l
thank you most heartily" replied the Wise
Man, but i am busy man, and my time Ia
an appointment. My business requires
my Undivided Attention from In the
morning until 10 at night, and 1t will be neces-
sary for me to limit my honeymoon trip
to one week on account of the Numerous
Town. But how has the World used you,
my dear Friend3 What business are you
engaged imp
-Oh," said the Fool, -the last job had
was on the railroad. but gave that up
five years ago when my daughter Mary
married young Chumpley, the son OF old
Chumpley, the millionaire surdine packer.
My son John made me a present OF that
auto last Christmas.
sHe has made quite a bit Of money with
. little Patented Device OF his for render
ing fire extinguishers harmless. 1t takes
like anything among Business Men.
Henry Is doing pretty well, too. He's
running q Correspondence School Of poll
tics, law and theology, and doing fine for
a boy Of his age, he being only TO-
well. old man, sorry you have to hurry
away so, never hurry myself. 1t doesn't
agree with me, and don't believe in it,
Come out and pay us visit, yourself
and the missis, when you get back from
your honeymoon. We have little cottage
at NarTagansett, next to the Chumpleys
place. John will send the yacht down for
you any Saturday afternoon you let him
know you will be coming Well, so-long
and good luck to you"
And 80 they parted. the Wise Man in
great hurry. for he was very Busy Man.
while the Fool climbed leisurely into his
auto and directed his chauffeur to drive
him to the SWEETEST Hotel in the city.
And you can take your time, my boy"
said he, Forty miles an hour Ia fast enough
on these crowded streets. as I'm In no haste
at ALL"
Moral: A Special Providence watches
ever the F9ol. bat the Wise Man must
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, nourishing compound is composed Of
crackers and water with a little sugar,
and gives them warnings against Fat
Meat Yet he is so far from insinuating
that the maids and Borders" are greedy
that he kindly admits that they are "For
the most part not subject TO the least Excess
unless 1t be of the Sugar-Plum or the Mao
aroon, and for this they are too often pun
ished by the discomplexion and pain OF
their teeth
During the comparatively brief reign
Of the Empire gown the vigilant suppress
sion of the appetite was secretly much
relaxed, there being no delicate waistline
to preserve and a course OF high feeding
seemed to be the only bulwark which these
nymphs, half Glad In muslin, could put
between themselves and death In the shape
Of winter draughts.
But soon the long, small waist came to
It's own again and extreme delicacy was
a more popular fad than ever before. Miss
Amorys admirer was asked what he would
say about her when her back was turned
ASay!' says Pen. Say that you have
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One OF Lincoln's Stories.

This story OF Lincoln seems to be nsw
one IL was related at an old settlers meet
ing at Mount Pleasant. Ia, by the late Senator
James Harlan of Iowa, who served as SecTe-
tary Of the Interior under Mr.. Lincoln, and
whose daughter Mary Is the wife Of Robert
Lincoln, ex-Secretary Of War. and now n
leading lawyer and capitalist Of Chicago.
Some politicians had called on President
Lincoln to urge the appointment of some
OF their friends to positions In q certain de-
partment. by way OF refusal the Presi-
dent told the folio wing story:
Gentlemen, the conditions 10 that Dc.
partment put me in mind OF the time that
a young friend and myself tried to court
the two daughters OF Peppery widow Nv.
ing near our homes. The old lady kept
lot of hounds
we had not been in tho house long be-
fore one OF tao hounds came into the room
and lay down by the FIRE. In a little while
another one came TO the door. He didn't
get in, for the old lady gave him kick. say
ing;
I'VE concluded TO court some other girla,:s
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IN THE DAYS OF sILM WAISTS AND SMALL
APPETITE6.
held that maiden should appear to live
on the smallest amoupt Of food and
drink that would sustain life and that
she should display such dainty ca
priciousness about this trife as to suggest
fairy slipping dew from the flower cups.
Eagerness for food was considered indie
corous, for abe was presumed to be a creature
OF so much delioacy that the needs OF the
inner woman were the very last thing abe
thought Of.
Indeed, at the slightest mental disturb
anoe she usually refused to eat altogether,
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THE oLp-TTdE NOTION OF oENTERL
APPETITE.
when fingers took the place Of forks. Bar
berino, an Italian poet Of noble family
Of the early fourteenth century. tells how
bride should conduct herself at table on
her wedding day.
Leet her have washed her hands afore-
time SO that she may not greatly 6edim me
water. Leet her not much set to al wasnlnR
In the basin. nor touch mouth or teeth ID y,
washing, for she can do this afterward IN
R n s1 iest her sccsps but 0 iits aa AVOID
fspTshend tie seSyitors. ,n1r yet speak IN, W.
she hardly minds any diver ,ion but that only
timidity ouenohes her pleasure, But leeI her
IN eating 80 manage her hams inat IN %a Fer
a asF e ss Ras f@s and wise
leet her avoid comflts and fruits. Leet ner
make 1t rather slight than heavy.
In seventeenth century English courtesy
maxims have not quite SO stately Tone
and spade Is frankly called spade In the
following extract from "The Accomplished
Lady's Rich Closet Of Rarides or Ingenious
Gentlewoman's Delightful Companion
A gentlewoman being at table, abroad
straight and lean not by any means with her
elbows. nor by ravenouS gesture discover
R do
pig, nor venture to eat spoonmeat SO hot
that tears stand in your eyes. Which Is as
unseemly as the gentlewoman who pretended
to have as little stomach as she had a mouth
and therefore would not swallow her peas
cut them into two before she would eat them.
1t is very unoomely TO drink so large a draft
that your breath is almost gone and are
throwing down your liquor as into funnel
Is an action filter for a jugglcr than gentle
woman.
Codrington, in his book on 'Instructing
OF the Younger Sort of Maids and Borders
at Schools, suggests that .the best Rejection
that young Gentlewomen can take in the
morning Il the Pauada '-nowaday this
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blue BARRED TOWELLINGs DAY
It's Popular Now Because It Matches the
Blue and White Kitchen.

You wouldn't think now, would you
said the man behind the linen counter,
that there could be fashions in dish towel
ling? Well, there are.
Nowadays this red barred dish toweIling
il drug on the market, but we can't get
enough Of the blue to keep up with the
demand.
'Whyf Well, l tried to answer that
question for quite while. but gave It up
and took 1t home for my wife to puzzle over.
She told me right off.
Don't you know she said. that every
one now has blue and white kitchen!
Tiles or tiled paper, porcelain kettles and
that you can think of in blue and white,
even to linoleum for the floor. OF course
folks want their dish towels to match.
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what true woman would allow the pleasures
OF the table to interfere with an eighteen
inch waistl Did not the comfortable daugh-
tiers Of the dark ages sacrifice their flowing
robes and buxom outlines to become hero
ines OF ohivalry, ethereal creatures, part
angel, part fairy princess and OF an elegant
slimness Of shape?
The practice of tight lacing was the
natural result OF the growing admiration
for "gentyll body and middle SMALL
which the poets Of the Middle Ages de-
lighted to praise. or course, in the struggle
for fashionable fragility the appetite was
sternly repressed. not only because OF the
inevitable results of its Indulgence, but
also because greediness would not have
been pretty quality in the ideal woman.
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Tb2e were once two ner, one Wise Man
The other q Foo. They were both young
ut the tme our story begins, and might
hayo outgrown their respective affiiotons
but they didn't or this never would have
bean written.
Now the Wise Man had Thinking Appa-
ratus which was very fine. indeed. He
knsw the difference between a poor man and
. gentleman. But his best claim to wisdom
lay in another direction.
A he looked about upon the world OF
man around him he was saddened to observe
universal lack Of Proper Prudence and
Lcenomy In Just the place where 1t would
do he most Good He saw his unfortunate
fellow men rushing blindly into the tolls
Of Matrin,ony. unprepared with the neoes-
saxy supply OF Monetary Lubricant to oil
tho Wheels Of the Domestic Economy, and
be deeply deplored the Terrible Fact and re-
solved TO do otherwise himself.
sHot % shall do be resolved. Love
In . Cottage may have Its Charms from q
Poetaosl Standpoint but want none Of II
IN Nina. II ] must remain Poor, I am at least
Brave and Noble enough to bear poverty
alone, rather than that She upon whom I
would bestow my Heart and Hand should
Suffer with me.
Others may thus madly tempt Fate. but
not I. will Labor and Save, and in Due
Time, when have amassed competency Of
. few thousand dollars as Prudent Pro-
lection against the Storms Of Adversely
which are bound to sweep over the Sea Of
Matrimonial Felicity, and have besides pro-
cured and paid for suitable Home, will
look around for Wife. and having found
enc to my liking, will Settle Down to the en-
ioyment OF a well earned Domestic Tran
GUILTY., secure in the knowledge that all
has been done Prudently and Wisely, and
free from the dangers Of Financial Per-
plexity and Monetary Embarrassment
80 the Wise Man planned his life and went
30 work, and all things came out as he had
planned, as We shall see.
Now the course OF the Fool was entirely
different, as was to be expected. About
the time our friend the Wise Man reached
his Admirable Decision, the Fool got the
idea that he was in love with certain Young
Thing who happened to have as little Sense
as himself. and, rushing in where angels.
as We are told. are not allowed TO tread
they got married, took trolley ride for q
honeymoon trip. and settled down In a
thEse room fat on an income OF $40 Dor,
veay~ ro1,.d nv. and one dav the Foo,
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They Did Not Deceive Him.
From the Youths Companion

FROM the Youths Companion.
An eminent naturalist who holds and fls
as well-a chair in a unive, sity announced Ia
the members of his class one morning that
he had something OF unusual interest to show
them.
81 have here. gentlemen" he said. some
hairs from tho skin Of q young crested seal,
and we will proceed to study their peouliari-
ties"
Unfolding the small piece Of paper that con-
tanned them. he spread the hairs out on sheet
OF white cardboard and turned TO get his
microscope. which was on desk behind him
While his back was turned roguish student
quickly swept the hairs of the desk into his
hand and substituted Others very closely re-
sembn ttlem,
Y gentlemen" said the professor
momsnt atsrrt as he clap ed at the
ound work hero. These are mole
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tho most beautiful figure and slimmest
waist In the world, Blanche!'
Now the cynical author deserts THAT
'When nobody was near our little Sylphide,
who scarcely ate at dinner more than six
grains Of rice Of Anime, the friend Of the
Ghouls in the Arabian Nights. was most
active with her knife and fork, and con-
outlets, In which piece OF Hypocrisy 1t is
believed she resembled other young ladies
of fashion, a favorte masculine fallacy,
by the way. for neither Thackeray. nor his
male admirers quite knew their little
Blanche.
inches Of waist to live up to would then or
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at any time cheerfully subsist on six grains
Of rice in order to preserve 1t. When it comes
to that, famous candles OF the Byronio
type have left a shining record OF literal
starvation, for fear of losing the small,
trim waist OF early youth.
Perhaps 1t Is a sign Of the times that
there was observed recently at fashionable
summer hotel young man whose elegantly
attired figure displayed q waist as slim
as a girls. His breakfast consisted of a
half glass Of orange juice, a peach and
oup Of coffee
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Waists Are To Be Smaller;
Must, Then, Girls Go Hungry

just how the big. substantial girl with
the waist of the Venus Of Milo is to be
pared down into the sylphlike, wasp wasted
creature which fashion now demands it is
hard to tell; but one thing Is certain, that
there Is an intimate relation between the
waist line and the appetite.
Before the era of large waists 1t was
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-17
How Is ThiL

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not bo cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. I. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. ]. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and finan-
cially able to carry out any obliga-
tlons made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
patton.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-17
AMATEURS
LANDED
ESCAPES
TwOWeIIknOwn Albany Young
Men Overland Reform
School Boys

Six reform school boys escaped
from the institution this week. Two
of them, Rogers and Jerritt, left Sun
day and came up this way. SAYS the
Albany Democrat. The others are
thought to have gone in the direction
of Macleay. Jerritt is a big fellow
and Rogers rather small They reached
Albany last night and remained over
night. The Jerritt boy thought Rog-
ers was too small and slow so he left
him at this city and continued south
on foot. All alone the Rogers boy
lost heart A telephone message sent
to the recorders office that the boy
was near the central school building
found Acting Recorder Lair Thomp-
son and Willard Marks there. They
went after the boy and
him, turned him over to the
sheriff. Then they got a rig, and be-
ing deputised by the sheriff, and well
armed, left after Jerritt. At Tangent
they found he had gone from there
in company with a drunken harvest
hand after buying a black coat and
other things to change his appear.
ance He was found in a grove with
the harvest hand and ordered to sur
render by the two amateur officers,
which he did after showing fight at
first, and was then brought to the
city this afternoon and was taken
back to the school by Henry Bruer an
employe.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-17
OSsSOOSoooooeooeC
TIME CARD NO. 2s.

No. 2 for Yaqulna--
Leaves Albany -. -. .12:45 Pm.
Leaves Corvallis 80. E. 1:45 Pm.
Arrives Yaquina 80. 80. $40 PM
No. I. Returning
Leaves Yaquina ,... :. 7:15 AM
Leaves Corvallis ....,..11:30 AM
Arrives Albany -. ...12:15 PM
No. 3 for Detroit
Leave Albany go. 80. 100 PM
Arrives Detroit 80. .... 600 PM
No. 4 from Detroit
Leave Detroit 80. 80. $50 Am.
Arrives Albany .... ...11:15 AM
Train No arrives in Albany in
time to connect with the s. P. south
bound train, as well as giving two or
three hours in Albany before depart
ure of S. P. north bound train.
Train No, connects with the S. P.
trains at Corvallis and Albany giving
direct service to Newport and ada
cent beaches.
Train No. for Detroit, Breitenbush
and other mountain resorts leaves Al
oany at 100 p. m, reaching Detroit
about 900 p. m.
For further information apply to
EDWIN STONE, Manager.
T. CoCKRELL, Agent, Albany.
II. H. CRoNISE, Agent, Corvallis.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-17

down the beaches in a very trust.
worthy manner. Mr.. and Mrs. E. Ho.
fer and children are occupying a cot
tage for the fourteenth. season, and
Miss McKinnie makes her home with
them. The Bay View cottagers are
devoted picnicers, surf bathers, fish.
ers and in fact enjoy life. Captain and
Mrs. OLSON are the soul Of kindness
and render many little services that
are appreciated and make life in this
port Of the popular summer resort
very agreeable. Mrs. OLSON is a wo-
man who is beloved by old and young,
and this is as true of the permanent
residents as It is of the summer visi.
tors. Her hospitality is not put on
for appearances but is something
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-17
Business Announcement.

The abstract business formerly con,
Quoted by Mr., A. H. Schaefer, deceas.
ed, will be conducted by Mrs. Schae.
FER and d. NJ. Palmer at the old Office,
sS State street.
The patronage OF the many friends
OF Mr. Schaefer is solicited. and court.
eons treatment and accurate work
: u"' an'eeu' S.12-St.
MRS, A. II. SCHAEFER.
+. NJ. PALMER.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-17
A Virginia Ter-centenisl.

Secretary J. q. Graham, of the
Greater Salem Commercial club has
received letter advising him that in
1907 a rerCentenial and Naval and
Marine exhibition will be held in
Hampton Roads at jamestown. Va
ana inviting Salem to make an exhibit
during the fair.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-17

Ringing Brothers great canvas ma.
N'Hons cover more than rs acres of
grount and constitute a yertable CITY
OF tents. rae mammoth stage for the
spectacular production OF Jerusalem
and the Crusades, /" which Is embodied
IN he hippodromo amphitheater Is
'he laFsest ever constructed and is
absolutely imperyious TO rain
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-17
chautauaus at An.s

Ames' To- Aug, 1.-THE first chan.
'anQua held here was successfully
opened today and will continue until
he end OF the coming week. The
program provides for addresses and
lectures by a number OF we'll known
speakers
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-17
A New Cement Walk

The Salem Brewing association has
a crew OF men at work filing in AZ
the ront OF their brewery building
preparatory to putting down a suh.
s'antial cement sidewalk. Aug Kebr.
oeFger Is in charge and proposes 10
put In good piece OF work.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-17
Nsm Divorce Case.

divorce case was filed in the cir
orit court. Department No. 2, yester.
day. in which Mrs. Lena NJ. nan
nroys for q divorce from her husband
Herbert X. Hall, on the grounds ol
.crra, treatment. Plaintiff asks LOT
the custody of one child, aged 'wo
voors Attorneys Bonham & Martin
represent Mrs. Hail. Ine ueienu""'
resides in Portland.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-17
Lumber and Supplies.

This is the time to build your new
house. You can get all kinds of
lumber, holdings, jambs. stops, water.
tables, etc, of fine soft yellow fir from
us at lowest prices. Send in your
bills and get our figures or call and
see us. s.11.3t
BRYAN, LUCAS LUMBER co.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-17


J. w Ball who has lived at Nye
Creek for 16 years, and on the bay
since 1877, is one Of the prime movers
in asking a separate incorporation for
the popular north beach. He says:
I'VE pay most of the taxes, and in all
the time | have been here only about
$500 has been spent on our part of the
town. The taxes on a $500 cottage is
about $22 to $50 year. and this pre-.
vents people buying and owning
homes" Judge Ball is one of the hand
lest men at Newport to haul campers
and is extra clever and accommodate
ing at finding camps for parties of
ladies and is a great favorite with
them.
Sunday evening there was a little
excitement furnished by street fight
in front of the steamer landing and in
plain view of the thousands assembled
at that time to see the excursion off
Wild Bill tackled the proprietor of
the Monterey hotel. The former was
at his best, having just come in from
successful bear hunt with his pack
OF hounds, and for time things were
right lively. 1t took a posse to keep
BIZ from shooting up the town, which
he threatened to do and proposed to
begin on the Monterey landlord.
Salem people at Newport are talk.
ing of two impending weddings at the
Capital city, and number of young
society people will be called home to
attend them. On Wednesday Miss Lois
Coshow is to be wed to Mr.. Chas. Full
ler' OF Fuller g. Douglas. and Miss Cal.
breath will play the wedding march.
September 1st, Miss Nina Huelat is
to wed Prof Morris of the Portland
high schools, the ceremony to be per.
formed at Judge Burnett's residence.
A sweet is birthday party was Civ.
en- In honor of Miss Marie Hofer one
day last week on the Bay View beach
at Olssonville, the largest bonfire ever
built there lighting a gay company of
~ friends assembled for the occasion.
There were refreshments OF all sorts.
and games such as can only be PLAYED
on the beach. The bonfire was built
In the snaps Of an immense log cabin.
with pyramidal roof, and lighted up
the bay for miles.
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector
J. W. Hobbs is making a record for
being the crack all-around fisherman
from the biggest deep-sea catch to the
champion taker of trout by fly or troll
The sea-trout at Elk City have begun
o bite and the first salmon was hooked
he other day with a troll in the open
sea outside the bar by Jos. Briggs.