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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-03-04
X-RAYS

No philosophy can explain why 50
many women walk pigeon toed with
sno foot
Yes We are ou the right track; keep
the people stirred up about few little
snohorse normal schools, aud let the
big CRAFTS go on.
Isu't there some way 60 stop ian.
provements in South salem An in.
junction suit should be started Ia the
homo Of iniunctions by all means.
Bandon Recorders Men who beat
their wives will got taste of the whip
ping post, hui, wcll-Wivcs can still
sheer the relling pin or dat iron al the
heads Of their husbands as they are mot
subject TO the whipping post law.
Oregon Is woil represented In Wash
ington. D. e.. today, Among those
prosen, from this state arc, Reading
CLERK Of the senate u. H. Ghfrry, Of
Engcnc, \ A. clark. formerly publish
eF 81 The Willamette Farmer at salem
Aiyah W. paterson, ot Hcppnrr cS
president of the Oregon Press Associa.
tioin; senator Mitchell. senator Ful
son, Hon Ringer Hermann and Hon.
D ~ Williamson. state senator and
Mr. Henry Coe aud Harvey Scott of.
Portland
The wcbfoot puhlishcl by lhc 1hhd
afen % ihr state school foF deaf mutes
has this, 1--WE lcarn from thc local
papers that house ban No. SO, ntro
dnccd hy she committee on ways and
means. aad passed both houses almos,
unanimously. has been vetoed by Gov
eraor Chamberlain, This was the hill
Ireviiipg for a ueN buildiug iu bst
fer lesation fog ihis school The friends
81 the school win leagn Of iys fate With
rcerei. ln consideration ~ Jhe s1o,,
600 appropriated for ihe new school
rhs committee eut out % she general
appropriation an sums Tor ,mproung
aaa eSlaFg.ng ous prosens quarters
Ihe yeioing of ihs bill has crippled The
school "a considerable exirnL We
new have all we eaa accommodate aua
eaa reesivs 20 usw paIals cSeeri as
shase aow here drop eut. I"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-03-04

chaPped hsnds aad faee-red blo,sh
- saa eFupiious PrsFeaied b. using
Hose anl CaeumbeF jelly.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-03-04
salaraay Evsalag.

Mr ana MFs FSank Darbia. Mf. aul
NsA cAsa IAsssley, Mr. snl Mrs r..
A. LAyssley Mr. aal MrA Claybousne
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-03

fourteen days to sail from the CanarirS
to New York. Figure nS hard as he
coui,, he saw 10 way out of the unror-
tunatc situation. Two DAYS more
elapsed and still no sign of Il breeze.
III" made sure that Sept. % would find
him still drifting and still in possession
of 100000 SupcriluouS dollars.
At the end of ten days the yacht had
progressed but 200 miles. and Monty
was beginning to plan tho rest of his
existence on Il capital of 100000. He
had given up all hope of the Scdgwick
legacy ana WAS trying to he resigned
to Ills fate whcn 4 tramp steamer WAS
suddenly sighted. Brewster ordered
tn" man Oh watch 10 fly Il flag Of dis
troSS. Then Ec reported To the captain
ana told what hc had done. With Il
bound the captain rushed on deck and
tore th" flag from thH sailors hand.
"Ihat was my Ord"r." said Monty,
n"'ti"d ut the captains manner.
on want them II get line on lis
AMI claim salvage, do you?"
What 90 YOU m"an:"
IF they get line on us in response
to that flag they will claim the entire
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-03

PcgJy displaycd the key triumphdntly
value of the ship as salvage. You
want to spend another 100000 on this
boat!"
Il didn't understand" said Monty
shccpishly. But fix it up somehow
Can't they tow us? I'll pay for it,"
Communication was slow, but after
an ap' arcntly endless amount Of sig
mailing the captain finally announced
that tho freight steamer was bound for
Southampton and would tow the Fit
ter to that point for price.
Back to Southampton" groaned
Monty. "That means months before
we get back to New York"
"IIc says he can get us to Southamp-
ton in ten days" interrupted the cap
tain.
81 can do it. l can do it," he cried,
to the CONSERVATION OF his guests, who
wondered if his mind was affected
"If he'll land us in southampton by
the 9th I'll pay him UP to 100000"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-03
CHAPTER xxx

u FTER what seemed an age to
Ia Monty, the Filter, in tow Of
the freighter Glencoe, arrived
4 "A ut southampton. The cap
tain of the freight boat was II thrifty
Scotchman. whose ship was travelling
with n light cargo, and he was not
therefore averSe to taking on n tow.
But the thought of salvage had caused
him to ask q high price for the service,
and Monty, after futile attempt at
bargaining. had agreed. The price waa
$4,000, and the young man believed
more than ever that everything WAS
ruled by wise Providence, who had
not deserted him. His guests were
. heartSick when they heard the figure,
but were as happy as Monty at the
| prospect of reaching land again.
! The Glencoe made several stops be-
fore Southampton was finally reached
on the 2Sth OF August. bat when the
English coast was sighted every one
was too eager 10 go ashore To be-
grudgc the extra day. Dan D"Millc
asked the entire party to become his
guests for weeks shooting trip in
Scotland, but Monty vetoed the plan
in the most decided manner.
1--WE sail for New York on the fast
est boat" said Monty and hurried off
to learn the salingS and book his par
ty. The first boat was to sail on the
30th, and he could only secure accom-
modations for twelve of his guests
The rest were obliged to follow week
later. This was readily agreed to, and
Bragdon was left TO see to the ncccS
sary repairs on the Filter and al
range for her homeward voyage. Mon
ty gave BraGdon $1,000 for this pur
pose and extracted n solemn promise
that the entire amount wOuld be used.
But it won't cost half of this" pro
tested Brag, .on.
You will have to give thc$c people &
good time daring The week, Hnd-wcll
you have pri,Ii "a that shall never
see anot!lc; ICnHy &C IL. Some day
you'll know v.hy / CO thi'" And Mon
| ~ fc!t ca.;..i w,'"A his friend aE,ccl I;
abide ny Is w.'A".
| lie discharged the T"t,cr's crew
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-03

he dared not speak and was busyfng
himself trying to breathe with the mo-
tion OF the boat, as he had called il.
by Jove," continued Monty rclcnt-
lcSSly. This smoke is getting thick.
Some Of this toilet water might help if
! aprinklCd it about"
One Whit of the sweet smelling
cologne WAS enough for Bragdon and
he bolted up the companiouway. leay.
ing the statcrOOm door wide open and
the prisoner free to go where he pleas
Ell. Monty's first Impulse was to fol-
low, but he checked himself on the
threshold
''lIanS that bet with DeNIille." he
said to himself, and added aloud to the
fleeing guard. The key, Joel dare
You II come back and get it.'
But Erag!On was beyond recall and
!, Monty locked the door on the inside
and passed the key through the ven
tilatOr.
On * small part of the company
bravcd the spray in the Ice of the deck
house, but the others had long since
gone below. The boat was pitching
furiously in the ugliest sea it had en-.
"
derneath Captain perry's mask Of un-
concern. DcMillc and DR.. Lotcss talk
ell i'll the ScnSelcss way mon have
when they try to conceal their nerv-
BUSINESS. But the women did not re-
spend; they were In no mood for con-
VerSution.
Only one Of them was quite oblivious
to personal discomfort and danger.
Peggy Gray was thinking of the pris-
oner below. IN Il reflection of her own
terror she pictured him crouching in
the little Stateroom like q doomed
criminal awaiting execution, alone,
neglected, forgotten, unpitied. At first
she pleaded with the men for his re-
lease, but they insisted upon waiting
i'll the hope that scare might bring
him to his senses. Peggy saw that no
help was 10 be secured from the other
women, much as they might care for
Brcwster's peace of mind and safety.
Her heart was bitter toward every one
responsible for the situation, and there
was dark rebellion in her soul. 1t cul-
minated finally in a resolve to release
Monty Brewster at any cost
With difficulty she made her way to
the stateroom door, clinging to sup
ports at times and then plunging vio-
lently away from them. For some
minutes she listened, frantically clutch
ing BrewSter's door and the wall rail.
There was no guard. and the tumult
or the sea drowned every sound with
i'll. Her Imagination ran riot when her
repeated calls were not answered.
Monty. Monty" she cried. pound
ing wildly OH the door
"Who is it? What is the trouble?"
came in muiilcd tones from within, and
Peggy breathed a prayer of thanks.
Just then she discovered the key which
Monty had dropped and quickly open
cd the door, expecting to find him cow
ering with fear. But the picture was
different. The prisoner was saote"rrr-
lows and reading with the aid Of all
electric light "The Intrusions Of Peg
gy."
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-03
CHAPTER XVIII.

IT, was Peggy's only eXcla-
nation, and there was
shadow of disappointment
~ in her eyes.
"Come in, Peggy, and I'll read
aloud" was Montys cheerful greeting
as he stood before her.
"No; must co. said Peggy con-
f,!scdIy. Il thought you might be
nervous about the storm--and'-
"And you came to let me out?" Mon
ty had never been so happy.
Yes, and l don't care what the 9th.
ers say. l thought You were suffer
ing But at that moment the boat
gave a lurch which threw her across
the threshold into Monty's arms. They
crashed against the wall, and he held
When she drew away from him she
showed him the open door and free
dom. She could not speak.
"Whcrc are the othcrS!' he asked,
bracing himself in the doorway.
"Oh, Monty" she cried, 1--WE must
not go to them! They will think me Il
traitor"
"Why were you traitor, Peggy" he
demanded, turning toward her sudden.
ly.
"Oh-oh, because it seemed so cruel
to keep you locked up through the
Storm" she answered, blushing.
"And there was no other rcsson?' he
persisted.
Don't, please don't" she cried pite'
ously, and he misunderstood her emo.
tlon. 1t was clear that she WIS merely
sorry for him.
"Never mind. Peggy, it's all right
You stood by me, and I'll stand by you
Come on; we'll face the mob, and III
do the fighting
Together they made their way into
the presence of the mutinccrs, who
were crowded into the main cabin.
"Wcll, here's conspiracy" cried
Dan DcAIille, but there was no anger
| in his voice "IIow did YOU escape?
was just thinking of unlocking YOU
door, Monty, but the key seemed to bt
| missing"
Peggy displayed it triumphantly.
"By Jovc" cried Dan. This is RANK
treachery. Who was on guardT'
| \ steward rushing through the cabil
at this moment in answer to frantic
calls from Bragdon furnished an elo
quent reply to the question.
"It was simple" said Monty. "Th'
| guards deserted their post and left tn,
key behind"
"Then it is up to me to pay 20,
$1,000"
/ Not at ALL" protested Monty, takel
aback. 81 did not escape Of my owl
accord. had help. The money Il
yours. And now that 1 am free" h
added quietly, "lct me say that thi
boat does not go to Boston"
Just what 1 expected" cried Van
derpool.
"Shes going straight TO New York!
declared Monty. The words were hard
ly uttered when a heavy sea sent hin
sprawllng across the cabin, and he cor
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-03
(To BE CONTINUED
A Curiosity.

Did you notice how critically the
milliman examined that COW that went
byT"
perhaps it was the first one he had
ever seem"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-03
Short Cut,

"It seems TO be hard for Willie to
learn dates"
'He doesn't try. He says when he
grows up he Is going to buy date
farm"
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-11-03

Monty ble,D q cloud of smoke In his d.
TectiOn.
would stick to your post. You wouldn't
leave 1t even if the ship should go
down"
Bragdon had reached the stage. where
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
CONVERSATIONS
IN AIRY STYLE

Very light reading, indeed, is the Sc
ries Of conversations called The Di-
gressions of Polly" by Helen Roland,
which is now reproduced in, book form
with very pretty picture of Polly for
frontispiece, and several other good il
lustrations- The book is after the style
of the Dolly Dialogues" and no doubt
that exceedingly clever thing made its
method popular enough for something
more on the same order to be called for
Polly's digressions are bright and play
full conversations between a man and
woman, and told in the first person by
the masculine admirer Of the girl who
let's her opinions come trippingly from
the tongue and is never supposed to be
serious although she is sometimes wise
1t is all too frothy to be taken seri-
ously. too playful to be frowned quite
away. 1t is largely make-believe con-
tention between man and woman who
love each other, and who thus tend to
find mutually acceptable ground for
common-sense settlement of the lighter
of Efe's differences. The subjects cover
a wide range, but are mainly about
love, the management of yachts and
men, the lost art of proposing, the folly
of confession, platonic affection and
mans argument and womans reason
In this last. that most wonderful thing,
"a woman's because comes in for
some comment and elucidation. Polly's
comprehension of a woman's because
shows il to be a much more important
thing than is woman's intuition. as es-
timatedl by the callously unadmiring
skeptic, who defined intuition to be
that marvellous power by which a wo-
man positively knows a. thing is so
when it isn't.
One of the best chapters is the one
called Effective Imperfections-" We
all know there are such things, but we
must be thankful to Polly for charm
ingly reminding US not to forget that
they exist all around us and In some Of
our best friends. The best illustrated
chapter is the one called In Defence OF
Plato" in which Polly. while out in a
boat with man, and only
they two there. not only bod
ify but also metaphorically In the
same boat as to the predicament Of
their affections, protests that there is
such thing as platonic love. It's ex-
istence elsewhere might have been sue
cessfully maintained by the arguments
of the lady. but 1t was banished from
the boat and her beautiful, bejeweled
hands quit their playing in the water
to play affectionately in the mans hair
when the chapter and the discussion
ended.
(Baker Taylor Company. New York;
81 50)
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

Romance of the Reign of Tiberius, -
which vividly recalls the life of that
dreadful time. The book has several
good Illustrations from drawings made
by w. T. Benda.
Psyche, the heroine of the story, is
a beautiful Greek dancer, betrothed to
Gyges, charioteer in the Roman cir
Gus. The historic characters sketched
are the Emperor, the Emperor's favor
ite, Sejanus, who is at the time COM
Agrippina, the noble widow of Ger
manicus, and Livilla, the corrupt wife
of Drusus. Psyche, seeking to find out
how Lavilla's beauty appeared to a
mans eyes. asked her brother to tell
her about this daughter-in-law of the
Emperor. - The brother is not in love
with her, yet he says, $50 beautiful and
stately is she, my sister, that / feel,
in temple, beholding living god
dess.'
A passage chosen for strong presen-
tation both by word and picture is the
temptation by Lavilla of the handsome
youth who is Psyche's brother, The
young Greek has been reared stricter
than are the ways of Rome. and he
becomes frightened and suspicious of
the beautiful woman. He plays
Parsifal part to Lavilla's Kundry, but
In this case the reward of virtue was
sudden death.
The account of the poisoning of Dru-
sus, Lavillas husband, and the super
subtle way in which it is accomplished,
give another opportunity for good de-
scription and good picturing. 1t is a
relief to turn from the somber por-
trayals Of scoundrelism which take up
so much of the book to the beautiful
characters of Psyche and of ,Agrippina;
but even there we must be sad in fol-
lowing them through their misfortunes.
The best picture in the book shows
these two women on their way to long
imprisonment Agrippinas wrists
were bound together by chains RE
freshed by the salt breezes, Agrippina
and Psyche sat upon the deck of the
vessel and watched the smooth sea re-
fiecting the setting sun. The great orb
was just lowering in glory over the
waters, and the skies were aglow with
small flaming clouds, clustered near
the horizon. The peace that always
comes with the sunset hour brooded
over the waters"
During the last few years the author
has lived in Italy and the northern part
of Africa, and has particularly de-
voted his time to the study of the in
teresting periods of Rome during the
reigns of Augustus and Tiberius.
Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 81 50.)
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
NOTES OF BOOKS
AND THE AUTHORS

w. d. Howells, who has been In Italy
for the past year. has left Genoa. and
is now on his way to America He will
probably go to his home at Kittery
Point, Maine, for the summer. A new
novel by Mr.. Howells is in preparation.
and will be published by the Harpers
in a couple of months
In those allurfng and informing by
ways of current literature. the Easy
Chair and the Study of Harper's Maga-
zine. Mr.. Howells and Mr. Alden write
in the May number of reviewing. the
evolution of genius. and other topics
dear to the book-lover. Mr.. Howells
has quiet talk with reviewers. setting
forth the especial capacities of the
young and the old reviewer and ex-
hibiting personal indecision OF choice
between the two. Mr.. Alden prints in
his Study a curious poem sent him by
Mrs Margaret Deland. who is ae-
quainted with the author. The poem
was composed automatically. so to
speak, by a woman of middle age upon
awaking from a sound sleep. She had
never written line of verse in her life.
The poem Is cp~ious psychic docu-
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
THE OUAKERESS,"
Il TILE OF LOVE

Somber gray as the dress of the
Society of Friends is the love story
of "The Quakeress," by Charles He
Der Clark MAX Adler). who is quail
fed by a long residence among them
to make true portrayal of the Quak-
ers of Pennsylvania. Abbey Woolford.
who Is the Quakeress. is as sweet and
attractive as nature, religion and love
can conspire to make a woman.
One of her lovers. the big. strong.
religious farmer. who is of her own
faith and whom she has known all
her life, seems of right to be the man
she would love. but nature would not
have it so, and after she meets the
Marylander, Clayton Hartley, the
complications of affection come which
make the strong joys and sorrows of
her life. Until she felt the attraction
of this youth, who was such con-
trast to the Quaker squire, her life
had known only the quiet happiness
of tranquility and peace.
The tale is made up of a sort of
double love story, and the other at
tractive, woman is Dolly Hartley, the
sister Of the Marylander. She is a
very vivacious person and is attracted
by the great strength and character
of Abbey's Quaker lover. She has
some romantic love passages with the
big, sternly religious squire, while his
old sweetheart, Abbey. Is in love with
Clayton, but the big fellow restraints
himself from yielding to her fascin-
alton, not because he does not feel the
force of her attractiyeness but be-
cause he has decided on one love only,
and will have Abbey or no wife at all.
Dolly's pretty and modest coquetry
makes quite feature of the romance
and we are quite convinced that she
was acting with feeling and sincerity.
so there is play, pathos and sorrow
all through the story and a strong per-
vasion OF stern religious feeling and
conviction. Abbey, In confessing to
CLAYTON that she cannot help but love
him, tells him OF her belief that her
involuntary love is an offense in Gods
sight. The contrast between the
Quakers and the cavalier family is part
of the books power. and by some
strange law of liking contrasts the
Southern girl loves the Quaker squire,
and Abbey and the Marylander find
none among their own people with such
power to attract them.
1t is the charm of Abbey Woolford
which makes the novel best worth
reading. beautiful picture of her is
used as frontispiece of the book. and
because Of the sweetness of it and the
text of the tale, reading ever true to
the face we love to look at, there Is
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
LADY CURZON BECOMES
SERIOUSLY ILL IN INDIA
Her Condition Gives Rise to Grave
Anxiety ON Part of Her
Physicians.

LONDON, April 22.-It is learned
from. a private source that Lady Cur
zon's condition since her return to In
dia is again causing grave anxiety to
Lord Curzon and her physicians.
The attack began with bad head
aches. accompanied by great sickness
and high fever. with 103 temperature
supervening, accompanied by delirium.
For two days she fell back into the
serious state which excited such con-
Germ during her illness at Walmer
Castle
Lord Curzon sat up with her night
after night, wearing himself out COM
pletely and attending at the same time
to his heavy official duties. 1t is very
probable that when she gets sufficient
ly well Lady Curzon win return home.
She should never have gone back to
India. and did so against the wish of
both Lord Curzon and the doctors She
tried to discharge social duties which
were too heavy for her TO bear
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
STORY OF Il DOG,
MAN AND WOMAN

Bill, the lovably faithful bulldog in
that true story of true love and remark
able history of mans regeneration
called MY Mamie Rose" would serve
well as poster to advertise that con-
fession as being some Of the best liter
ature that could be used in settlement
work in the big and wicked cities. The
book would take hold, with a bulldog
grip, of the Imagination of every man
who is TOUCHING it in the slurns, but
who has mind enough to enjoy a good
story, and it would never let go until
1t and admiration for the dog dragged
the man out from the haunts of vice
to the parks-and all the possibilities
of the better thoughts and high re-
solves that might come in such filter
contemplation place.
Its dogged as does 1T" said an old
woman once. and we all know what
that means in toll. endurance. re-