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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28
THE PRINCESS IN STRING.

There was once in a distant land a princess who gave a great deal of trou- ble She was beautiful after the manner of princessas in stories, which is saying a good deal. She was young, and she was not unkind. It was really not her fault at all that some of the men con1- mitted suicide and some went abroad to shoot big game, and some lost their temper and married their cooks. She was quite unable to look at it in their light. That they should adore her seemed to her perfectly natural, and that she should love seemed impossi- ble.
 Overcast days, cold and rainy, had shuff1ed heavily past one after the oth- CT; then early one morning the princess woke with the sunlight in her eyes. Away in the garden below and in the woods beyond she heard the birds call ing. She rose and went out alone. Yes; the spring had come. Through the shimmering light she could see colors bright yet tender. The new green came as hopefully into the world as that which had died last year; this, too, would die. but was to clearly not thinking about it. The princess was conscious of strange strength and a strange weariness battling together within her. Her heart was exalted The desire to do some mad thing filled her. She flung herself on the grass by the edge of the lake and looked at heI dark face in the water. You beautiful creature" she said. Her head bent low CT. Her lips just touched the cold ripple on the surface. Quickly she started tc her feet again and looked around. Nc one had seen her. This morning SC early she was quite alone in the world
 She heard no step on any path, no hu-
 man voice near or far. This was a new world and her own.
 | And now she passed out of the bright
 garden and walked on the velvet track i that led through the forest, Here the l light grew dim and all was mysterious Her eyes followed the'shafts of the tai
 trees in an upward aspiration. This for
 est was a temple not made with hands 1 and a temple to some pagan god al
 whose shrine she had never before
 worshipped. Now in bursts from the trees about her and from dark brushes far withdrawn she heard his anthem
 and for the first time she knew what , the birds said.
 This was very strange, She had slept
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28
ED1NBURGH's WATER SUPPLY.

The ntw reservoir which increases the water supply of Edinburgh, Scotland, by 9,655, 900 gallons daily, which las oc- cupied ten years in construction and in- volved great engineering difficulties, has just been completed. When about ,fteen years ago the inadequacy of the water supply of Edinburgh became ap- parent, 1t was resolved to construct a large reservoir in the valley of the Talla River Gone of the headwaters of the Tweed), thirty-five moles south of Edinburgh, where the gathering ground amounts to 6,1S0 acres, or about ten square miles. Work was begun on this water scheme ten years ago, and 1t is now completed. The new reservoir has water surface of 297 acres and a storage capacity of 2,75O, 100000 gallons. The embankment thrown across the valley from hill to hill to damthis flood is 1900 feet in length and 90 feet high from the river bed level, having a base of 800 feet in breadth and ta- pering upward to 20 feet at the top. The high-water level in the reservoir is 950 feet above sea level.
 To carry off the river and flood wat CTS during the construction 8 tunnel 400 yards long was driven through hard rock in the hillside near one end of the embankment, and subsequently, was lined with brick. Tn this tunnel there have now been laid the pipes which take the water to the measuring house further down the valley. A 36-inch pipe, which carriers the compensation water to the stream Is laid on the bot tom of this tunnel. There are three levels at which may be drawn off fol Edinburgh, each controlled by 24-inch
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28

valve, worked by hydraulic power. and the necessary shafts are situated along the line of the discharge tunnel The waste weir. 200 feet in length, built of solid masonry. is capable of passing large floods. The length of pipe track between the measuring house and the filters (near the city) is more than
 thirty-fve miles. It includes nine miles
 of tunnel and twelve miles of what are known as cut and cover aquaducts' the remainder being bridges and cast-iron piping. There are altogether twenty one tunnels. the longest of which is one and one-third miles, and the shortest l33 yards. Cast-irou pipes are used for
 the syphons across valleys. For the benefit of future generations the en-
 gineers recommended that the new aqueducts should be made to carry not l0,0O0.00O gallons a day (which would be sufficient at present and for many , years), but 20.OOO,O 900, and that was ac- cOrdingly done. For the conveyance of material to the reservoir while under construction, a railway nine miles long
 was built, at a cost of e64,957 ($3l6'- 1 113.24).
 1 It is estimated that this reservoir
 will ad at leastd 9,655,OoO gallons per
 day to the Edinburgh and district wat
 CT supply, bringing it up to 25,OOO,O00
 gallons per day, equal to fifty-five gal
 Ions per head per day to a population of 455, ,000 The first estimate of the 1 total cost of the Talla water scheme was 6 750,O0O (s3,649, ,S75). The eXpendl- i turas actuaI1v incurred amount to 21.-
 143,29O (S5, ,563, ,S2O.79). The cost has been met by issues of water trust bonds, re- deemabIe by means of a sinking fund
 provided for out of the water rates.- l New York Evening Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28

well and she was young and healthy. There was no reason whatever why she should feel this strange sense of weaTi- ness. Still less could she understand why the weaTines should have in II some thing pleasurable. II seemed quite a good thing to be tired, and in an open space where the sun shone through to lie down and watch the drifting clouds.
 Presently she gave a little start and listened intently. Yes; the world was no longer her own. It was invaded. She could hear a quick, firm step that seemed to be coming towards her, and for this only time in her life she felt the beating of her heart. She knew who it would be. She could close her eyes and picture him. And because he was just like that, and because she was beautiful in just that way. this man would stop and they would speak to- gether He would take her in his arms and kiss her on the lips. and she would be quite powerIess. Thus with closed eyes she lay for moment listening The steps grew fainter away in the distance.
 She rose to her fet in angry con- tempt of herself. Doubtless it was some laborer going to his work. A chilled wind rustled the trees. She turned home again. As she walked the clouds drifed over the sun and the appeal died out of the voice of the birds. So she returned to her palace and ate very good breakfast. observ- ing that she had had quite a nice walk and she supposed that had given her an appetite.
 Once in her life for one hour she might have lived and made her history different. But the springtime never came again to her, and after a time people ceased to commit suicide for her or to make absurd voyages, and if they did marry their cooks it was en- tirely on account of the cooks and not because of their adoration for the prin- cess. Beauty fades and tempers grow sharper, and in time she ceased alto gether to be adorable.
 But it is a pity that the footsteps did not come her way that morning. Barry Pain in the Tatler.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28
FORGOT AS uSuAI.

The experience which befell an ab- sent-minded young man who forgot to mail a postal entrusted to his care should furnish a horrible warning to all similarly inclined. Leaving the house of his sweetheart one night, a postal card was thrust into his hand.
 Now" said the girl with the usual admonitory manner characteristic of such occasions, you are sure that you will not forget to mail this postal card [? It is very important indeed It is a postal to my dressmaker telling her to use Cluny lace on my new buff gown instead of Valenciennes, and to button 1t up the front instead of the back. Now you will not forget to mail the card, will vou?"
 NO, mo- said he, "I won't; of course not; never do, you know" and fully impressed with the importance of his errand he buttoned up his coat and walked off.
 But the chase for the last home going trolley car completely drove the sar- torial epistle out of his head, and he slept well that night unconscious of the all-important amendment to be sent to the dressmaker about the buff gown. It was only when seated over his work the next morning about Ii clock that some startling remark of thetpyewriter brought back the episode to his mind
 Good Heavens!" he exclaimed jump up from his air, T forgot all about it, and Madeline said she especially want ed the work done on lper gown to-day"
 Without waiting to dry up the flood of emotionalisn in the breast of the stenographer girl, he dashed out into the hall, spied the office boys bicycle, and was out on the road. The dress maker lived far out in the suburbs. The careless man determined to lose his noon lunch hour rather than dis appoint the girl he loved best in the world, and like mad thing on wheels, flew off About two blocks away from the ahrd-earned goal, he felt in his pocket for the postal. It was gone! A few minutes later he stood trembl- ing, abject wreck before the naughty modiste.
 Miss he began, Miss L. says she don't want the Valenciennes lace on the back of her dress, and she wants it buttoned up the front"
 T kuow," said te modiste smiling sympathetically back at him. 'She just 'phoned me all about it, She said she knew you would forget to mail the card. d."-Philadelphia Record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28

The Dr. F. G. Atwood remedy Co. of New Haven was incorporated yester- day with a capital stock of $50, ,0OO The incorporators are F. G. Atwood Grover c. Atwood and Robert J. Wood ruff, all of New Haven,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28

Harper's for December is distin- guished by the excellence and variety of its short stories and by two groups of color prints. Of the fiction, we shall follow our custom, and say nothing, only naming the authors; Howard Pyle, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Mark Twain, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Will liam Dean Howells, Mary R. S. An drews, Jeannette Lee, Jack London, Booth Tarkington and Mary E. Will kins Freeman. The notable illustra- tions are those by Howard Pyle for his own story, and set of Elizabeth sshippen Greens charming child pictures to go with a poem, "The Dreamer" by Josephine Preston Pea body. There are, however, other hings besides short stories and pic. lures in the magazine. Ex-President Cleaveland adds 6 pronouncement on The Integrity of the American Citi- gen."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28

In the Christmas Strand Magazine there is little reference to December's great annual occasion. Santa Claus appears, however on a cover specially designed, and there are good-cheer uggestions-with others-in George Lynch's illustrated paper on What the World Drinks J. G. Graves Thompson tells, with pictures from photographs, How President Roose- welt Travels" Father Gapon's "The Story of My Life," is continued, there is the second instalment of Arthur El- liott's "The American Woman in Lon- don," and the magazine is liberal with good fiction.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28
PAINFUL PERIODS
 AMERICAN WOMEN FIND RELIEF
The Case of Miss Irene Crosby Is One of Thousands of Cures Made by Lydia E. Pinkhem's Vegetable Compound.

How many women realize that mem struation is the balance wheel of a woman's life, and while no woman is entirely free from periodical suffering. itis not the plan of nature that women should suffer so severely.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28

H. J. Morris of AS Henry street is confined to his home with typhoid fever.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28

McCall's for December is very att tractive. The styles, which are numer- ous, deserve special mention. There are a few very good Christmas stories Much of the magazine is devoted to useful articles on homemade gifts, Christmas candy and candy boxes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28
grnntsioms, &e.
POULTRY

The Choicest Turkeys, Ducks and Chickens, (drawn when killed) can be purchased at our store. By leaving your order by phone il will be as satis- factory as if picked out personally.
 Fresh Vegetables and Fruits; we can give you and that your taste may re- quire.
 Fancy Baskets for your friends, we have q complete line ranging ill price that may suit your purse.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28
HUNTERS

win 60 well to give the GUN STORE, No. 5 Church street, call before start ing out. Everything in the sporting line, and all kinds of ammunition con- stantly on hand, The best makes of Talking Machines and the latest rec- Ords for each kind. Keys fitted and locks repaired, also any kind of electric repairing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28

In the Christmas Ainslee's the lead ing feature is the beginning of a two- part story by Edith Wharton entitled 'The Introducers." Lloyd Osbourne's story, "Mr. Bob," is a delightful Christmas story n a novel setting o. Henry contributes Blind Mans Holi- day." Mrs. c. N. Williamson has a charming Christmas story, ''The Man in the Moon" Julien Gordon's essay for the month is Concerning Fairy Godfathers," and Anne Rittenhouse writes on "society's Christmas sacri- flee"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28
clusion of Juliet Wllbor Tompkins' re- markabIe history Of the career Of Ella Rawls Reader. Financier'

When the 1904 Christmas number Of the Burr Mcintosh Monthly magazine was issued the critics said it was im- possible for the publishers to get out finer number. but We believe that the Christmas 1905 number, which is now on all news-staRds, is very much more attractive than Christmas numbers of previous years. The cover Is an eXqui- site design in five colOrs and gold, the frontispiece, the FalconeF by celeSra- ted European artist, also being in i've cOlOrs. The form of portraits, contain ing such celebrities as Padrewski, Gen eral F. D. Grant, Mrs. George J. Gould
 Maxine Elliott, Cecilia Loftus, Lillian Russell and others. is printed on the somewhat rare india tint paper in an exquisite tone of sepia ink. There are six plates, each printed in number of cOlors and the panoramic views of scenes and incidents are printed in variety Of double tone ink; three of the subjects are mounted on artistic backs which add to the beauty of the issue. A departure is made from pre- vlous numbers in the publication of a pleasing story by Ethel Watts Mum ford. Among the Men and Women of Note" are Andrew Carnegie, Miss AL ice Roosevelt, Adelina Patti and her husband, Emperor William and Hon. Lloyd Griscom, our minister to Japan, who displayed very clever diplomacy in the recent trying position in which he was placed. This issue is a double number and sells at fifty cents a copy. It is well worth double the amount.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-28

In these days @ really good novel finds its market all over the world.
 Booth Tarkington's Conquest of Ca- 1laan" is an example in point, for, be- sides numerous American editions, spe- cial large editions were prepared by
 the Hampers for sale in England, Can-
 ada and Australia. Though Mr. Tar kington has now seven successful
 books to his credit, he is well on the right side of forty. He began writing
 Immediately after leaving college, in 1893. At the beginning he was ex- tremely diffident about submitting his work to publishers, and the manu- script of his first successful novel lay for long locked up in his desk before he mustered up courage to send it out.
 Effort has been made to make the Christmas number of Everybody's ex- ceptionally strong in fiction, with a half-dozen good stories. Cooperation in England and MT. Lawson's "Fren- zied Finance" are interesting reading, and the narrative of the Jubayr Ali tells ttof the famous annual Moslem pilgrimage to Mecca, the holy city of the Mohammedans. Two articles of profound interest to women are "The Autobiography of an Old Maid" an anonymous confession of singular forcefulness and truth; and the con
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-31
STARR THE WITNESS TODAY.
Prosecution win Close Williamson
Case With His Testimony.

When the federal court opened this
morning in the winiamson-Ge Gesner-
Biggs trial, Ernest Starr, the long
sOught witness, was at once put on the
stand by the prosecution.
Starr is the nephew Of Congressman
williamson, and left home for a sheep
camp in the Cascade mountains, 10
avoid testifying against his uncle.
When the government closed with the
other witnesses Saturday Mr.. Heney
made sure that he would be allowed 10
call Starr as soon as he arrived in the
city The session this morning began
" o'clock. Starr has been allowed
70 stay with his parents at University
rark. He is supposed to have infOr-
nation concerning land deals, which,
u he will tell what he knows will have
az important bearing on the case.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-31
STATE NEWS |

Miss Etha Christian, aged So, died at
Eugene Saturday.
A. J. Howard, a well known liquor
dealer, Of Pendleton, died at that place
Friday.
The Southern Oregon melon crop is
a failure, owing TO fungoid growth
destroying the vines.
The East Washington Changers gave
picnic at scholls Saturday, at which
more than 1000 were present.
E. P. Griffoz, police judge of Corval.
lis who left with his accounts short
sometime in June, has returned to that
place.
A company with 100000 capital has
been formed in Seattle for the pur-
pose of developing Southern Oregon
mines.
The hop crop in Josephine county
will be fully up 10, If NOT above, the
average, the hot weather being Of great
benefit in killing vermin. The fields
are irrigated.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-31

Mrs. f. L. Bernardo, Of San Fran
cisco, CAL, and Mrs. G., A. Molden, Of
La Grande, are visiting at the home
Of Mrs. j. A. Bernardo, on South High
street.
Miss Mayme Stout, of Portland, spent
Sunday in this city with her parents
and friends. Miss Stout is employed as
saleslady in the millinery department
ut Lipman g VOLTS store.
Frank Harritt, the popular clerk at
w. II. Burghhrdt g book store and
Claude Belle, Of the Golden Belle con
fectionary store, returned yesterday
from a weeks outing at Cascadia,
where they were on a fishing trip.
They report a fine time.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Chapman and two
daughters and Mr.. Rolla Grove, accom-
panied by his mother and sister, all Of
ottawa, ILL.,, are guests Of Geo. W. Eyre
and family, and leave tonight for their
homes via California. Mr.. Chapman
and family have also visited his
brother, J. r. Chapman, in Polk coun-
ty.
Chas. l.. Pemberton has just bought
the old Pemberton pruno ranch near
Liberty, and will once more follow an
honest, independent calling. He tried
the same business in Oregon few
years ago but quit in disgust and re-
turned TO North Dakota. His friends
have laughed at him and told him he
would do just what he did, but Charley
is good natured enough not to care, so
long as they will let him live in Ore
gon, whore he is happy all the day,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-31
District Court in session.

Judge Galloway came over from his
a0me this morning, and is holding court
IN department. No. this afternoon. He
VIII continue the greater part of the
week as there are several important
eases to be disposed Of. The most not
aole among them are the Buren will
0Ase and the Lake Labish drainage dis
s'iet case, in which Messiers Waiter,
Jones Kelley and others are parties.
Tue attorneys do not care to take up
~ueA new business at this session, con
'squently only things of a pressing ma
lure win be considered.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-31
aathnrnd the LiIios.

Whom going down the river Friday
tho steamer Pomona was laid 10 by
Captain Strong, at a point between
wheatland and Fairfield, aud the pas
sengers, among whom were many East
ern people, had regular picnic gath
ering water lilies. AT that place the
water in the channel is only about IS
inches deep, and tho lilies are abund-
ant, growing clear across the channel.
The exceptionally low water has been
just the thing for them, and they are
remarkably large and fine. Many beau
tiful bouquets Of them were gathered,
and the incident will be one long re-
membered by tho visitors from the far
East.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-31
A Nature study.

The wOodpeekor works in the dead oak
trees
And the jaybird swears from limb
The big owl sits and blinks at his ease,
While the ducks all 90 fof a swim.
The "diggea' burrows a hole In the
ground
While the gray squirrel climbs tree
And the coon in the slough goes ashin'
round
To develop his mussels-seel
@'Songs Of the santiam."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-31
His Shoulder Broken.

Ronald Glover, Of Albany, student
Of Willamette University, met with a
serious accident Saturday morning, the
result Of which will lay him up for the
rest of the summer. He was driving a
team from the field, and had dismount-
ed to open a gate, when the horses
started TO run. He ran to the side OF
them and seized the lines, and as he
did so one Of the horses kicked him on
the left shoulder, breaking it, and
throwing him to the ground in such a
manner as to allow the heavy farm
wagon to pass over his ankle. A ply
sician was called, and, while the
shoulder it set, it will take quite a
while TO heal.
Mr.. Glover's friends will be sorry
TO learn of his misfortune.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-31
Hotel Change Hands.

A new landlord, Mr.. ]. }. Cook, late
of Eastern Oregon, will take posses
sion of the Hotel GoOdale, on Twelfth
and Oak streets, August LIST. Mr.. Cook
has had experience in this line, and Wlll
conduct a frst-class place. ]. Q. Good
ale. sr., will remove TO one Of his new
cottages ON Winter aud Mil streets
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-07-31

good advertisement for this section, and
are the advance guard of the many who
will next year locate in the valley.
A large number of Salem people are
going to the coast on an outing trip
during the month Of August. But
there will be few left in the city to
hold the town down while the campers
are having good old time catching
fish aud other things.
Although July is generally conceded
to be dull month in this section, most
of the stores in the city report good
sales-far beyond the expectations Of
the proprietors.
Water melons in Salem last week
were to be had at your own price
from one cent pound to give them
away. What snap it would have been
for the coons IL there we're any here.
The newest innovation in Salem is
"drop nickle in the slot machine and
get your handkerchief perfumed.
The price of eggs is going up, and
will continue to advance until next
spring, so the dealers say. Now tho
question is: Whether it is cheaper to
buy your eggs, keep chickens and pay
for feeding them, or go without hen
fruit entirely.
Master Elmer Schomaker, the
"handy" boy around The Journal COM
posing room, leaves tomorrow on his
vacation. He will visit his sister, Mrs.
II. P. Mortensen, at Yoncalla, and have
good time. Instead Of "pulling gal
leys" Elmer will pull up fish for the
next ten days or two weeks.