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The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30
sIFTINGs OF SCIENCE.

That coral reefs are made up entirely
of the skeletons Of animals and algae is
proved by borings to a depth Of more
than 1000 feet in the Pacific island Of
Funafuti.
The discovery is said to have been
made in England Of a new spirit, unlike
either petrol or alcohol" and mot un-
pleasant" in odor, which is cheap and
will take the place of petrol in running
automobiles.
"The chromophone" was exhibited re-
Gently to an invited audience in Lon
don theater. 1t combines the cinemato-
graph and gramophone. Conversations
and vocal and instrumental music, syn
chronized with the movements Of the fig
ures, accompany the pictures.
That thought must have some definite
vehicle, even when unexrressed, most
psychologists agree. That this vehicle
is the mental image of speech has been
asserted by some, while others believe
that it may be also the image of written
language or some special conn mbination Of
images that is neither OF these.
Edouard Meyer finds that the vegetable
organism, as we'll as the animal, gives
off N-rays in varying quantities, as may
be made evident by the feeble fuores-
cent screen. The most marked indica-
tions are given by the green parts, such
as stems, and especially leaves, but the
emanations are feebly detachable from
the flower. On treating tissues in act
i've growth with the vapor Of chloro-
form, so as to slacken their vital func-
tions, the N-ray indications were corre-
spOndiugly lesSened.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30
FOOD FACTS
What an M. D. Learned.

A prominent physician OF Rome.
Georgia, went through a food experi-
ence which he makes public:
cit was my own experience that first
led me to advocate Grape-Nuts food.
and I also know from having pre-
scribed it to convs.lescents and other
weak patients that the food is won
derful rebuiluer and restorer of nerve
and. brain tissue, as well as muscle. It
improves the digestion and sick pa
tients always gain just as I did in
strength and weight very rapidly.
81 was in such low state that I
had to give up my work entirely and
go to the mountains Of this state;
but two months there did not improve
me; in fact was not quite as well as
when I left home. My food absolutely
refused to sustain me and it became
plain that must change; then ! be-
gan to use Grapefruit food and in two
weeks could walk a mile without
the least fatigue aud in five weeks re-
turned to my home and practice, TAX
ing up hard work again. Since that
time have felt as well and strong as
I ever did in my life.
GAS a physician who seeks to help
all sufferers / consider it duty to
make these facts public" Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich
Trial 10 days on Grape-Nuts when
the regular food does not seem to sus-
tain the body will work miracles.
"There's a reason"
Look in each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book. 'The Road to Wellvills."
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30
A MICHIGAN TRAGEDY.
Man at Ludington Kills His Wife
and Boy and Commits
Suicide.

Ludington, Mich, June 24.-Reimer
Smith, aged "a, shot and instantly
killed his young wife, who was living
on a nearby farm. AS the woman fell,
a ten-months' baby dropped from
her arms to the ground. Instantly,
the infuriated man put bullet through
the infants head, with fatal results.
He then turned the weapon upon him
self, inf1icting bad wound, from which
he died in a few hours. There were
10 witnesses to the shooting. Smiths
wife had not been living with him for
some time and it is thought the murder
followed her refusal to return to him.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30
woRLD's FAIR FEATURES.

There are more than hundred build
inss on the 4O-acre Filipino reservation
at the worlds fair.
Automobiles are used in collecting the
mail from "a mail and package boxes on
the worlds fair grounds.
A fine collection OF boomerangs from
Australia is one of the latest additions to
the exhibits at the worlds fair.
A working model Of the Vienna filter
ing plant, said to be one Of the most efa-
cient in the world, is shown in the Model
street at the worlds fair.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30

Several French soldiers, survivors OF
the Chinese expedition Of 1856, are re-
sponsible for the statement that Cen
Kuroki, who is leading the Japanese
forces in Manchuria, is in reality half
French. His name, they say. is prop
erly spelled Curique. According to
the story of these soldiers, French
officer, Capt Curique, while serving
in China in 1856, married a Japanese
girl. A son was born to them. who
was given the japanese name kuroki.
corresponding to the French Curiqua.
Thin son is Gen. Kuroki, commanding
tho Japanese First army CORDS.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30

The sale of California fruits in Al
sace-Lorraine and Baden, Germany, is
many times greater than it. would be
were there no local agents in Strass-
burg. This season one Strassburg
dealer has disposed of about 35 car
loads of fruit, principally apricots and
prunes. The same dealer has also sold
$50 sacks of California almonds, and
he anticipates an increased business In
fruits and nuts next season. There are
a number Of other dealers in Strass-
burg buying direct.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30

The government crop report states
that on May / there were 100000
acres less in winter wheat than were
one year ago. In the month of April
about 100000 acres of wheat were
plowed up to be planted in other crops
because the grain was badly winter
killed. The heaviest loss was in In.
dian and nearby states. This gives
some idea of the fearful damage done
by the hard winter. The indications
now are for a short crop Of wheat.
The plowed wheat land will mostly go
into oats and corn.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30

The emperor of Japan, Mutsuhito. is
very. tall for a man of his country, be-
ing 5 feet Z inches in height, and
rather heavily built. He is So years
old, but looks older than his years.
His beard is long, and he has the
coarse black hair all his subjects have.
His eyes are coal black and very
bright when he is interested, but gen.
orally their expression is dull and
heavy. It has been said that this
Mikado of 'enlightened peace" as he
is called, is one of the most remark
able men of the age.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30
A New Counterfeit.

Washington, June "a. = The secret
service announces the discovery Of a
new counterfeit five dollar silver GER
tificate, Lyons register, Roberts treas
urer. 1t is poor lithographic imita-
ton of the genuine. printed on heavy
paper, with red and blue ink lines to
represent silk fiber. 1t should be read
lily detected.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30

Up to the present time tea from
China was imported into Germany by
sea and the cost was considerable.
In 1903 some Berlin firms made trial
of ordering parcels of tea from whole
sale traders in Warsaw, and found out
that but for the high duty the trans
portation Of tea overland would be
considerably cheaper than by sea. The
Berlin tea traders have made appli'
cations to have the custom house
duties on tea reduced.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30

Backing shoes is the novel method
adopted by Miss Pauline Rockwell to
raise money for the Mount Holyoke
college library, to which Andrew Car
negie has pledged large conditional
subscription. The bootblacking ar
rangements Of Miss Rockwell, who ls
a member Of the freshman class, con-
sist of a chair and soap box in the
college post Office. Over the chair ls
the notice "Shoes BACKED. Five
cents"
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30

Uncle Sam has paid big bills abroad
before now, but this Panama payment
tops them ALL Six years ago he paid
Spain $2O,OO0,OoO on account of the
Philippines, but the amount was sent
in four warrants Of $5,00O,OOO each.
Previous to that the most historical
warrants we're $S,OO0,00O issued to
Russia in payment for Alaska in 1868
and $5,50O,0OO paid England for
awards in Halifax fishing infringe
ments.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30

According to recent investigations,
It appears probable that hypnotism
can stop the action Of a persons 8
heart and thus cause death. A. Jour
net, Frenchman, reports that he has
increased and diminished the number
of pulse beats, at will. and as far as
he could venture with safety. It is
said to be also proved that circulation
is seriously affected, even If it is not
quite certain that the heart can be
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30

Miss Adelaide Michel, a teacher in
the art department Of the Bradley
Poly;echnic institute, in an attempt to
rediscover madder printing, has dis
covered a chemical resistant that when
used on white duck with stenciled
design makes possible dyeing in blue
and white. The design is clear, there
being no evidence of running colors.
The process is similar to zinc etching
work
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30
Ministers Stoned.

Port-au-Prince, Hayti, June "a
The French and German ministers, with
their ladies. while passing the palace in
their carriages Tuesday, were stoned by
the palace guard. The French minister
was slightly injured. Apology was de-
manded, but none given. Both have
cabled their home governments.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30

The city of Trebizond is one of the
most important cities and ports on the
Black sea. It is about 4SO miles from
Constantinople and 100 miles from
Batoum. It is the port of entry as
well as the distributing point for tho
interior, viz, Erzerum, Bitlis and Van.
and for the caravan route to and from
Persia
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30

The area of Canada is 3,745,574
square miles, and the population esti-
mated in 1902 at 5,456,931. or Is per-
son to the square mile. The total
area Of the United Kingdom is 121, ,37l
square miles, with a>population of A.
6O5,22O. The total area Of the United
States. including Alaska, is $3.50, ,O35
square miles, with, in 1900, a popula'
ton of 76,149,3 1856.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30
crime Of Indian Children.

Modena. Utah. June 24.-Two Indian
children of Eagle Valley, Nevada, have
murdered their three-year-old brother.
The oldest of the fratricides is seven
years, girl, and the other is but four. a
boy. The father. who is an educated
red man, is almost heartbroken over the
affair.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30
PASSES Second Reading.

Ottawa, Ont, June 24-The National
Trans-Continental railway bill was read
a second time in the senate Thursday.
The vote was "a for, to 20 against, ma
jority of Ia for the government
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30

The average age Of the Japanese
navy is lower than that of any other
navy in the world. No one over 20
years old is accepted for enlistment.
The average height is feet inches
less than the average height OF any
other navy in the world.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30

Mrs. Fairbanks tells how ne. i
glect of warning symptoms will
soon PROSTATE a woman. She
thinks woman's safeguard is
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
"DEAR MRS. P1NKHAM: Ignorance
and neglect are the cause of untold
female suffering, not only with the
laws of health but with the chance of
cure. / did not heed the warnings of
headaches, organic pains, and general
WEAKNESS, until I was well nigh pros
trated. knew had to do something.
Happily did the right thing. took
Lydia f.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound faithfully, according to
directions, and was rewarded in few
weeks to find that<my aches and pains
disappeared, and again felt the glow
of health through my body. Since
have been well have been more care
full, have also advised number OF
my sick friends to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, and they have never had
reason to be sorry. Yours very truly,
MRS. MAY FAIRBANKS, ZIG South 7th
St., Minneapolis, Minn." (Mrs: Fair
banks is one of the most successful and
highest salaried travelling saleswomen
in the West. y $4,000 forfeit if original Of
above letter pyouing genuineness cannot be Produced
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30
succeeds to Washington Post.

Lima, Peru, June 24.-Dr. John Fred
erick Elmore has been appointed Peru
Wan minister at Washin gton, succeed
ing Manuel Alvarez Calderon, who has
resigned.
The Tomahawk., 1904-06-30
Vote Is. Unanimous.

Chairman Cannon announced at the
conclusion of the roll call that Theo-
dore Roosevelt had received the en-
tire vote of the convention, 994. and it
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-08
ANOTHER FRANCHISE ASKED.

The Independent Telephone Com,
paBy will ask "a franchise Of the Salem
city council ON Saturday night.
The whole question Of whether one
ar two telephone systems brings the
best service and the most accommoda.
aioa will probably be discussed.
The city has adopted the plan Of
granting franchises only upon n pro.
visiOn that the city shall receive a
grosS earnings tax.
Whether the city will depart from
This program of granting a new tele.
phone license or franchise remains to
be seen.
W IL can DE shown that competition
would result in better service and an
.~extension of telephones to a larger
'anmher Of residences aud into new
teuitory, the city would be benefited.
~ another system would only i'm.
pose the tax of keeping two telephones
"A every house aud business place,
with NO compromising advantage, the
franchise should not he granted. The
maiter might bc Investigated by a
~ommittce of the council aud the Com.
sneroial Club,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-08

dictated by worldly wisdom, unindu.
eneed by motives of right or wrong.
Is he right A thousand times, mol
It was only apparently that good
flowed from evil. Constantine's ex-
ample made hundreds of thousands of
nominal Christians; the ethics and the
religion Of Jesus has made millions Of
noble men. The lust Of Henry VIII
caused a breach with Rome; the earn
estness of the reformers caused a
breaking away from evil in the indi-
vidual life. Designing politicians
have often been instrumental in bring
ing about certain reforms; but it is
the earnest leader of the masses who
has sown tine seed of the spirit of lib
erty. Business considerations tend
strongly to rid US Of the evil of strong
drink, but the temperance worker is
weaving sobriety in the character of
the people.
The demagogue, the hypocrite, the
unprotected robber, may appear to
the world as the one who succeeds,
but the only real success, the only
genuine progress toward the ideal, is
due to men of high ideals and earnest
endeavor. Such men are needed in all
ages. In the words Of j. G. Holland:
God gave us men! a time like this
demands
minds, great hearts, true faith
and ready hands
Men whom the lust Of Office does not
kill;
Men. whom the spoils of Office cannot
buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will;
Men who have honor that will not lie;
Men who can stand before a dema-
gogue
And scorn his treacherous batteries
without winking.
Tall men, ~sun-crowned, who live above
the fog
In public duty and in private think
ingl
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-08
X-RADIUMS

1t is said the smoke in the air kills
the microbes.
Ten people should take city water
and keep their lawns green where one
does it now.
Shall Salem go into the Lewis and
Clarke fair year without a single per.
manent street improvement
With it's enlarged city limits and
metropolitan car lines, Salem has gone
so far ahead of all other towns in the
state that they no longer pretend to
keep up with us. For size, population,
and -conyeniences of civilization, Salem
has got clearly out of the r~ail-fence-
corner stage of development.
1t was New England that was going
to smite Imperialism, and do things to
Roosevelt, but the Vermont
election don't indicate anything of that
kind.
Encourage the commercial Club with
your membership, and help the devel-
work. Don't be IA knocker un.
less you are ready to die and knock at
no gates of the New Jerusalem.
There is once in a while "a man left
who will sleep with the little hammer
beside his bed. No community can get
along without him, although all com
munities would be glad TO do 50.
The distinguished visitors who come
TO Salem will find this a live inland
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-08
REALITY VERSUS APPEARANCE.
(Oregon Civ Courier.)

Oregon City Courier.)
There is much in the history Of the
past ages aud in the conditions of the
present, to discourage the reformer
who earnestly desires to rid the earth
Of some of its grosser evils, at least,
aud leave II the better for his having
lived. Every thoughtful person must
realize that the world, with each sue.
ceediug century is growing better, ia
losing some of the grossuess aud the
injustice that are still too common
Vet these improvements have seldom
come about as the direct result of re.
form movements, conducted for the
express purpose Of working such re.
formation.
The wonderful spread Of Christian.
.ity dates not from the time of Jesus,
hut from the time Of Constantine,
whose paganism was undisturbed by
his so.called conversion, aud whose
subjects became Christians from pol
ley not principle.
Professionalism was established in
England, apparently more as a result
of the righteousness of Henry VtIG,
than as the result Of the preaching
of earnest reformers, The reform acts
which marked the legislation Of Eng
land during the fourth aud fifth de.
cades of the last century, seem not to
have been the work Of the leaders OF
the reform movement which found cx.
preston In the march of thousands OF
workingmen against Prliament-The
original ''CoNey army as la the
schemes of willy politicians TO retain
their power by granting some privi.
|leges To the "dear people,
Emancipation of slaves ia America
was not apparently the elimination Of
the work OF the abolitionists, 50 much
as it was a war measure ia a conflict
brought about 20 a great extent BY
tariff legislation. Drunkenness is De.
'cFeasing and even moderate drinking
Is being frowned upon, not 50 much,
it appears, through the efforts o. ten.
.peranee workers, as 10 the fact that
employers 6nd IL TO their own beaeat
20 employ men who DO not drink.
An these things tend TO the idea
that the merely sentimental, the ideal
the abstract good, has but little place
Ia The real world There is much 10
cause the young man 10 think that his
only chance 81 success lies Ia a eourss
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-08
THE GAMBLERS HARVEST.

This Is the time OF year when those
who paudcr 10 the gambling instinct
reap AN increased profit because more
people have money,
n may be set down that a certain
proportion Of all who have money are
IA ignorant and dcpraved ms to want
90 gamble.
When the harvests are gathered aud
che lahorors return TO the city with
theiF earnings, the whipperin is ready
60 steer them TO a game.
This is also the season for the an.
nouncements Ia the newspapers that
che authorities have decided 20 sup.
press games Of all kinds
The Information is solcmnly given
Out ia the city Of Portland every
oHer upon a time that an gambling
games viii be suppressed.
THE people know that this means a
aew raid by the political machine
ppon those who are carrying on games
nader secret understandings
In salem Nc have reached a stand,
sRd of goodness and purity where
tAeEe is no nnhilieal connections be.
hween public officials and che games
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-08

We are very ~anxiously waiting some
utterance from Judge Parker relating
TO his views upon the tariff question.
He accepts the Democratic platform
which calls protectionism robbery. If
he would only be a little more explicit
and explain to us who is being robbed
we would be the better able to judge
of just where he stands aud how far
revision would go were he in a posi-.
tion to advocate a change in our pres.
ent tariff laws.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-08

town, and will be impressed with the
substantial growth of Salem during the
past few years.
Lost.-The Salem young lady who
left a pair of Cashmere hose at OLSON 8
addition to Newport would like some of
the summer visitors to bring them over
when they return to Salem, and she
will call for them when she returns
from hop picking.
A summer has come and gone. The
lovely autumn time is here, but no
move is made to put broken rock on
Court street. Eight out of ten people
on that street want the street paved
with broken rock. How much longer
can that committee hold up that i'm
provement2
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-08

The great issue of the campaign is
fully summed up in the following ut.
teranees OF Senator Fairbanks in his
speech of acceptance; "The election
of the President is imperatively de.
manded by those whose success de.
ponds upon the continuance Of a safe.
conservative aud efficient administra.
tion Of public affairs.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-08
what Is Life9

In the last analysis nobody knows.
but we do know that it is under strict
Abuse that law even slightly.
pain results Irregular living means
arrangement Of the organs. resulting in
Constipation, Headache or Liver Iron.
BILE DR.. Kings New Life Pills Quick.
~ re-adiusts this. It's gentle. vet
thorough. Only s5c at J. G. Perry ;
drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-08

Silver bells' and cookie shells,
And figures all in a row.
j. NJ.
The above Communication would
seem to be from the pen Of John NOR
for some years treasurer of the city
Of Salem.
When the Waters city administra.
tion succeeded the Citizens admins.
%tration a committee was appointed to
expert the accounts of the city re.
corder and the city treasurer for the
past six years.
The accounts of three recorders and
two treasurers were partly included in
the period covered. The items that
were found incorrect in the city re-
corder's books were promptly made
good and there was no fault with the
recorders keeping of books.
But in the treasurer's office the con
dition of things was found to be differ
ent. Practically no books were kept.
The treasurer was only nominally
treasurer. The funds were banked
and the bank kept the books and the
treasurer made reports"
The above communication does not
answer the question asked by The
journal. The treasurer treats the
findings of the committee with con
tempt and calls the figures taken from
his own reports "sensations."
That is a neat and expeditions way
of disposing Of the matter, but does
not furnish the kind of a sensation
the public are entitled to. If The
journal published anything but the
facts, he would do better to correct
statements. Poetry will not take
the place Of cold facts.
The sensation the public are wait.
ing is long overdue. The city council
has generously given the treasurer
and months to show wherein
the report of the finance committee of
the city council is wrong.
II the treasurer had promptly ac-
the findings Of the committee,
ms he said the money wal all there in
the bank and it was only the form of
the report that was wrong, and started
his accounts where the committee had
left them, he would have done better.
But half the truth only has got out
about the whole matter. The city has
practically had no %treasurer's books
or records whatever worth of the
name. A new set Of books has been
: constructed TO refute the findings
Of the finance committee, but that
loes not get into the light Of day.
The sensation that the public are
entitled to is not more poetry but more
and more cash, and the absolute
compliance with the findings and rec
lamentations of the special commit