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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-22
NEW YORK NEWS LETTER

I The chief of the New York fire de
partmeut has a glittering white on
cial helmet for fires, 50 that his subor
dinates may know instantly that or
ders coming from the man with that
helmet are authoritative. Chief
Croker, however. prefers disreputa
BILE brown felt nat with a high, un-
creased crown and its brlm bent any
old way. The distinctive outlines Of
this peculiar headgear. even when
seen through the smoky glare OF a
night fire. point out the chief even
more surely than a white helmet, for
the battalion chiefs wear helmets.
too. 1t Is only at very big fires where
Crokdr intends 20 plunge into the
thick OF the fight and needs the pro
lection OF the neck guard that he
dons the official headpiece. His esti-
mate of the condition of fire and
the time when II becomes under
control" may be inferred from
whether ne puts on the helmet and
when he takes It of again. He does
this last at the earliest possible op-
portunity.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-22
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Republicans Alone Deserve Credit for
lnaugurating the Service-Dem-
oorats Ignored the Law.

When Democrats assert that their
party IS the father" of rural free de-
livery. they wilifuily misstate the
facts. It is charity to call their asser-
tlon plain falsenood, for it is a de-
liberate lie, uttered with the intention
to deceive many persons. Rural free
delivery had its origin under the Har-
rlson administration, and Postmaster
General Wannamaker was its
father" He proposed and estab-
lished the first experimental route.
When the Democrats came into pow
er, under President Cleveland, they
did everything possible to kill rural
free delivery; in fact. they absolutely
refused to expend any of the $4,000
congressional appropriation for its
nourishment, and both Postmaster
Generals Bissell and Wilson, in their
annual reports, did their utmost to
discredit II. President Cleveland also
threw cold water on 1t in a hostile
message to congress. When McKin-
ley became President, rural free de-
livery was pushed to the front as
Republican policy. This policy has
been continued under President
Roosevelt, until now there are about
27,5OO routes in operation. No farmer
need be deceived hy Democracy's false
claim for the record shows that to
Republicans alone belongs the credit
OF inauguratlng and fostering a mail
service that is of incalculable benefit
to rural communities.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-22

Poundmaster Seventh Ward
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-22
A Love Letter.

Would not interest you IL yOu'r
looking for guaranteed Salve fol
Sores, Burns or Piles Otto Dodd, Of
Ponder, No, writes; Il suffered with
an ugly sore for year, but a box Of
Bueklen's Arnica Salve cured me. It's
the best salve GA earth. 25e at ]. C.
PerIy's drug store.
Change Of bill tOmol ow night at the
Edison.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-22
Estray Notice.

Notice is hereby given that have taken up
and impounded the following described animal
found running at large within the City Of Sa-
EN-, to-w wit:
One dark brown horse, about IL
years old, right hind foot white, and
anchor brand on left hip.
The owner of said animal can have the same
by proving property and paying the legal
charges and expenses OF taking up and keeping
ETC., and in default thereof for five days, l will
proceed to sell the said animal at public auction
as provided In ordinance No. 200 ofthe afore-
said city.
Dated Salem. October, 90
j. H. PENLAND,
Poundmaster Seventh Ward,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-22

Louise Homer Is metropolitan
prima donna who is never described
as arriving from Europe or sailing for
that continent. Mrs. Homer Is an
American and stays in her own coun-
try, where she is usually kept busy
when she does not want to rest. She
has country home at Onteora, and
sang botn this spring and last sum.
mer in the various music festivals
throughout the country. Mrs. Homer
is doing much to prove that It is not
necessary, after ALL for an American
prima donna to go to Europe every
summer, merely as a commercial
as II that really were
her home
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-22

An addition TO the lion family In
Central Park is expected in a few
days. and a large warm box has been
built In lloness Rosles cage for a
nest for the expected lille ones.
Rosie is tho mother OF all the lions
In the park ZOO, but Is as lively and
As youthfulloolVing as many OF her
offspring. Sultan, the aged sire.
looks with stolid indifference upon
every addition to his family though
ne is proud enough OF his mate
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-22
TO st. Louis

The Southern Paei6e have made ad.
ditional sale dates for the sale Of
worlds fair tickets as follows; oe-
tober s7th, ssth and s9th,
W. r. CONAN.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-22

Bob Fitzslmmons is out with the
announcement that he is through
fighting and acting. BY next year
Bob hopes to be restoring health to
broken-down millionaires. He also
is desIrous that few wealthy peo-
Pile contribute TO a plan he has for
organizing a 100000 stock company.
The money is to be used in purchas-
ing and establishing a health farm
near this city. Fdtz says that he al
ready has an option on a fine tract
OF land in New Jersey. and that he
will erect a hotel thereon, which will
accommodate 200 guests. Fitz says
that the place is to be so arranged
that a man will not only seek to re-
cuperate there, but will bring his wife
and family along With this end in
view he has engaged Mrs. Wilson
Cunningham. who won the allaround
championship for women in England
last year Sae is to look after the
women and children, while Fitz will
instruct the male guests
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-22

Just as the curb-brokers in Broad
street were about to finish their trad
ing the other afternoon a hearse
drove up to a nearby bull ling. I'm
dertaker's men jumped out and hur-
red into the building. Brokers and
messenger boys stopped to wonder
who could be dead, and waited to
see the body brought out. The
guesses as to who had died ranged
all the way from the janitor up to
some OF the famous fnanciers who
have Offices in the building. The curl
Gus crowded into the hallway. Tney
we're about to go upstairs in their
eagerness to find out, when one Of
the undertaker's men came down car
rying pile OF chairs. A copper com
pany had been holding its annual
meeting In the building The under
taker had furnished the chairs and
had sent the only vehicle he didn't
have in use to remove them. II didn't
take long for the crowd to melt away.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-22


One OF the many odd characters
who ride regularly on the New York
elevated trains is a good-looklng old
man whom the elevated guards have
dubbed "Bluebeard" from the fact
that his beard Is dyed a bmeish
black. although his hair remains
white. He wears a frock coat and
gray trousers which have seen better
days, but still lend an air OF gentilty
TO the wearer. His SHOES are always
polished and HIS hat neatly brushed
What attracts attention to the old
man is his habit OF collecting aban.
doned newspapers and his manner of
doing so. Whenever he finds a pa.
per he looks furtively around. and
when he thinks no one Is watching
him selves the paper and thrusts It
under his long coat This maneuyer
Is repeated until he Is portly with
newspapers When he can get no
more under his coat he leaves the
train, The railroad guards are not
sure whether he is half-demented
creature with hobby or news.
dealer seeking TO acquire stock at
small expense
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-22


Unless steps are taken soon by
some OF the historic societies, the old
headquarters which Washington oc-
supied at the battle OF White Plains
viii be demolished. A New York
realty company mas purchased the
tract OF land on which the building
stands and Is engaged in cutting 1t
up into building lots There is some
talk of getting the board Of super
vlsora 10 by the old landmark and
preserve them in the form of muse
nsna, but ss yet nothing has been
done The buildings are very dilapl-
dated. Windows are broken out,
doors are torn on and tramps sleep
there at night Many OF the relics
OF the famous revolutionary struggle
which took place In the neighborhoOd
have been dug up recently, among
them cannon balls and British and
Hessian coins. The entire section is
rich in historical interest. The house
which was the headquarters of Gen
eral Washington is occupied most Of
the time by Italians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-30
Education and the Professions.

From American Medicine
A majority of the teachers of medicine,
while recognizing the desrability of a gen.
eral education. have felt equally convinced
of the unsuitability of the old strictly clas-
sic course as a preparation for our profess
sion Some have even condemned college
education for prospective students of medi-
cine, overlooking altogether the efforts of
those educators in our colleges and univer-
sites who are working for a broader and
more elastic college course. Reluctantly.
but apparently forced by the demands of
the times. Princeton has this year intro
duced changes in the curriculum. retaining
minimum number of prescribed studies in
the first two years of the college course.
and attempting to secure concentration of
the work of the junior and senior years. al
though attempting to avoid the narrowness
and fnelaSticity of the so-called group sys-
TEN. We are glad to see these changes be-
cause, since greater requirements have been
made for the medical degree an increasing
number of students have felt that they
must be deprived of the benefits of liberal
education. With a properly adjusted cleo
tive system 1t is possible for the student
to select such studies as will be the most
valuable to him. and experience has shown
That very considerable proportion of stu
dents may be trusted to make such a Sc
lection. Within fifteen years the majority
of medical schools of the United States
have increased the course of study from
two to four years. and the more progress
sfve schools have added two or three
months to the term of study which form
erly counted for a years work. SO that the
amount of time spent in study for the medi-
cal degree has really been much more than
doubled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-30
MANY USES FOR sHEEPsK1N.
Extent to Which It is Employed for the
Necessities of Life.
From, the Shoe Retailer

From the Shoe Retailer.
MANY people use sheepskin without
knowing it, remarked a Salem manufac-
turer. The warm. soft. furry rug in which
baby is wrapped as winter approaches is
of sheepskin and so are the little pink
shoes that are fastened on babys feet. Very
likely the little ones carriage is upholstered
with the same stock too. The boy holds
up MS first pair of trousers with sheep
skin tipped suspenders. and the snake
skin or fancy leather belt that encireles
the waist of the girl is only humble sheep
in disguise.
THE woman who admires a purse from
the skin of dear little African monk
is only paying tribute to the same cid
sheep. and the man who fancies that his
cigar case is from the skin of the arctic
sea, has only a small section of a Chicago
slaughtered sheep in his hand.
1.-The society belle who slips her tired feet
into a pair of boudoir slippers, even
Bangor moccasins, doesn't get away from
the sheep, and the young dude who selects
moleskin vest for winter wear because
King Edward wears one is only giving an
order for more sheepskin.
1.-THE college man enters the world WITH
his sheepskin diploma in his hand. The
judge passes down weighty decisions as he
sits on sheepskin upholstered chairs and
the lawyer reads opinions from sheepskIn
volumes. The travelling man hustles about
with an alligator travelling bag. under tiie
fond delusion that he is carrying a Dir
of the skin of the Florida monster, but
he has still got that same old sheep.
1.-THE pugilist puts on a bit of mutton
W hen he dons his boxing gloves. and he
youth who kicks the football about is oriy
giving boost to the sheepskin trade. Nea"-
~ every pair of shoes has, piece of sheep
skin about them. and some are made chief
ly of sheepskin.
"a number of the modern fashioned
~ l.o ,ay,f- ora al nf N
are sheepskin lined. The Sleeping bag in
which the traveller in Ithe arctic or me
huntsman in the woods crawls for a nights
warm rest once protected the flesh of the
same old sheep. The chamois skin with
which the society girl brightens up her
complexion in the morning is still the same
ole sheep. In fact. night or day, it is hard
to get away from sheepskin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-30
Transmutation.


From the Electrical Review
An important investigation has been car
ried out by Sir William Ramsay, assisted
by Mr.. F. Soddy, with the object of insolat-
ing and studying the gas set free by radium
salts. and known as the emanation. Ac-
cording to the disintegration theory the
emanation is only one stage in the break
permanent condition, as the emanation
itself breaks up with radioactive phenom-
ena. the finai product being apparently The
inert gas, heiium.
The supporters of the disintegration
theory are not tossing any time; they are
adding daily to our knowledge of these
new phenomena and have already made
good start in the youngest branch of Sci
ence, subatomic physics. There are also
indications that the expected OPPOSE
ton of the chemists to the new theory will
not be met, as more careful examination
of the new ideas shows that there Is moth
ing which will upset the science of chem
istry. The possibility of the transmutat ton
o. the elements has always been admitted,
though the possibility OF accomplishing
such changes seemed remote. The chemist
sun has his atoms and molecules. and we
are not yet nor are we soon likely to be
able to bring about transmutations at will.
And even should We reach that stage II is
probable that she large quantities OF en-
e,gy required and the difficulty of con-
trolling 1t would make the process too AK
pensiye to be commercially practical Gold
produced from copper In this way would
undoubtedly cost several times as much as
the natural metal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-30
SOCIALISM FOR THE RICH.
Bernard Shaw on the Superiority of the
Burglar to His Victims.

From tn, London Chronicle.
Socialism for the Upper Classes formed
the theme of an address delivered recently
on behalf of the Potteries fund by Mr.. G..
Bernard Shaw to a wealthy audience at
Holy Trinity Parish Room, Upper Chelsea,
London The rector Rev. r. H. Gamble,
presided.
First acquire on Independent income and
then practice virtue Mr. Shaw quoted ap-
provingly from the ancient Greeks. One
could not. Mr.. Shaw thought. be virtuous or
decent unless one belonged to the upper
classes. because in order to practice viz
tue, health happiness and decency one re-
quired money, and these things were part
of morality.
People often imagined dramatic situations
where a person was forced to choose be-
tween poverty with virtue and wealth with
out virtue, but this was a false antitheSis,
because If person were compelled to
choose between two vices he should choose
the lesser, and in his case he did not know
but that he should choose the wealth. Con-
seQuently society was face to face with
this predicament that they could not be
decent virtuous or happy unless they had
money and If they had the money they
could not be either.
Take the case OF The burglar. He obtained
what he did in manner as right and
proper as the means, in many cases, where
by the people from whom he stole had OBJ
tanned their wealth More than that, he
was heroic and clever. and he worked and
he showed those qualities which had made
the British nation famous.
What he suggested was the establishment
of a minimum income. and that this might
be increased by the work of the recipient
1t was no good to attempt social reform
by individual effort, but 1t could be OBJ
tanned by social effort.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-30
Imported Dollars.
From Golfers Weekly.

ffOm COitler weekly.
One evening I was sitting with an Italian
friend in restaurant and we were dis
cussing American laws and restrictions, at
which he was very much inclined to scott.
did you ever see dollar that is not a
dollar?" said he. I shook my head, and he
rolled across the table to me a silver coin.
1t seemed to me to be dollar. / examined
1t with every care. and getting another from
the cash register compared the two. They
were exactly alike in weight, sound. color.
milling and all. AT last / got them con-
fused, and only my friend was able to point
out which was which.
That Is what we call Palermo dollar
he said. do you remember some years
ago that western silver miners were caught
taking about T,000.0O0 worth of silver into
the Nevada city mint and having it turned
into money without being recorded? Well.
that Is Just what is going On in Palermo
today. with varia tons. Silver is bought in
San Luis Potosi, Mexico, cor thereabout,
shipped to Paris, then to- Palermo. and
minted with reasonable privacy. The doll
lars are jumbled with stones to nick them
and laid IN creased clay, then come over
here In third-ciass baggage for distribution.
Ihey cost about AZ cents and defy detec-
ton, except that the hicks ARE too similar.
and u. Is said that the ~ 7on the neck is
not quite deep enough. and the L in Pluri-
bus Is thousandth of an inch crooked
=, \ on Know every counterfeiter makes some
little mistake ~ :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-30
RAILROADS.
SCOUT ElIERM RAIL WAY.

Trains leave from Pennsylvania Station
7:86 am. Daily. Local for Harrisonburs War.
l0.5i am. Daily. washington and Florida Lin.
tied. Through coaches and sleeper to Columbia.
Savannah and JasksonyIi n Dining ca. service !,
First-ciass coaches and drawing room sieeper to
New Orleans. Dining ear service.
and way stations ON Manassas branch.
4:S5 pm. Daily. Local for Warrenton and Char
7:so p p.m. Daily. New York and Atlanta Ex.
p-ess. First-class coach to Atlanta, sleeper to
Columbus, Ga, via Atlanta Sunset tourist sleeper
and Fiidas-. Sleeper to Pinehurst Monday. Wed.
nt go p pIa Daily. New York and Florida Ex.
bis Savannah and Jacksonville. Sleeper to Al.
gusta and Port Tampa. Dining car service b
ii.:00 pm. Daily. New York and Memphis Linn
ing car to Roanoke. Knoxville. Chattanooga and
Memphis; sleeper to New Orleans Dining car
i0:45 pm. Daily. Washington and Southwestern
Limited Al PuTaD train uh and
n'a TRAi iSSp on aeI afuEao sS RhAScH
pm. week days sos pm daily. for Bluemont:
ss:iay is:vs sW..iis:tss s;io ~: s:as = g &
s:zs a;ss:, s:0s s:@s o;S6 an. Io:is an. 500
from HsrrisonburS u: SO an. week days and go
Pm. daily. From charlottesville. $40 am. and
Tickess. sissp.ns car reservations ana setsile1
fnfarn,asion can be bad at ticket o1sces 709 18Th
etreet, 81 rennsylyania svenue and Pennsylvan3a
Station. basgsse chsched through from hotels snf
ssaas isso E 3 3 Z Rs, e, ss sss, IA. NJ,
+. 8 BROWN. Gen. Agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-30
AcREEP1H9' RAILROAD TRACKS.
Conditions Under Which Rails Work
Along Under the Trains.


Along Under the Trains.
From the Railway Age.
That rails. apparently tired of lying still
in the same place. sometimes emulate the
trains that pass over them by starting Off
on excursions of their own. Is fact wei
known to railroad men. The lengthwise
motion of the rail, while. of course. very
slow, is often Irresistible; nothing awaits
to stop it. Authorities differ regarding
causes and remedies.
We knew before, and scarcely know more
now. that rails creep with the directions of
traffic except ON heavy grades; that trestles
and unstable embankments are favorable
to the creeping of rails; that rails creep
more under fast traffic of heavy traffic
than they do under SLOW or a light traillc.
There are several points upon which
there is virtual agreement, and these con-
sst, first, in ascribing the creeping OF rails
largely to an unstables condition of the
track, which arises from two causes-a
loose foundation ands the comparative
shOrtness of the pieces of rail.
There is absolute agreement on the flu
tility of spiking in slot shQles, or frequent
strap connections with-sthe crossties, for
any but the least serious cases, and the
only practicable method now suggested IS
one which long has been in practice, and
is the insertion of a split point in the rail,
with substitute rails of varying lengths to
suit the changed conditions. One CORE
spondent names case where the track was
carried over a swamp ON. gravel embank
ment from six to eight feet high, and here
the splice plates were broken at the center
and the rails separated from six to twelve
inches; where the plates failed to break
the bolts were sheared off, and this gentle
man ascribes the trouble not wholly to the
swamp. but quite as much to the general
looseness of the track construction. This
is view SO largely taken in the discussion
that the observer must be impressed by it.
and the cure resolves itself merely into a
better form of track construction. 1t must
be many years before any great improve
ment in method can take place. but with
SO many criticisms of our prevailing forms
short rails, isolated supports. inefficient
spikes and insufficient splices-there would
seem to be growing sentiment for tic
greater stability which will attach to a
continuously supported rail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-30
RAILROAD BUILDING
Review of Construction in
This Country During 1904.
FALLS OFF Is PER CENT
ONLY 4,16s MILES OF FIRST
TRACK HAVE BEEN LAID.
Southern and Southwestern States Con-
tinue to Be the Field for the
Greatest Activity.
FALLS OFF Is PER CENT

The Railway Age publishes a review of
railway construction in the United States
during the year 1904, which shows falling
off of about 25 per cent, compared with
1903, when 1856 miles Of new road were
completed.
Official returns for the current year. not
yet complete, show that 4, 16S miles of first
track have been laid since January l last
on 2J9 lines in forty-three states and ter
ritories. That there would be a decrease
in new mileage this year was foregone
conclusion on account of the general bust
ness situation.
There is large amount of new work
projected, much of which is still awaiting
financing. The revival of business, however.
since the presidential election has given an
impetus to railway building which promises
greater activity IN 1905. While the day of
parallel railroad building is practically over.
there many extensions and feeders pro-
jected which are needed to develop new
territory, and much imper tant work de-
signed TO shorten main lines and reduce
grades and curves is planned noe of the
large western systems has comprehensive
plans of this nature, and if this work Is
undertaken during the coming year it will
mean much to contractors and dealers in
material.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-30
Worlds Oldest Letter.

From the Chicago News.
What is probably the most ancient letter
in the world has been discovered in some
excavations being made in the province of
Attica, Greece. NJ. Wilhelm, secretary of
the Austrian Archaeological Institute there,
who has succeeded in deciphering it, as
serts that it was written four centuries be-
fore Christ. 1t is engraved on leaden
leaf, FOLDED in two, and 1t bears on the
outside the following address: ITO the por-
ter fthe market at Potts to be delivered
either to Nausias or to Thrasicles, or to
their sons" The text of the letter is as
follows: "Mnesiengos sends his greetings to
those in the house and informs them that
he is in good health. Please send me a
blanket, or some sheepskins, If possible
of the ordinary kind. without ornaments.
AS soon as the occasion offers / shall return
Them