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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-26
CITY
COUNCIL
MEETS
The Purchase of a Chemical
Engine Practically
Agreed Upon

Once again the South Commercial
street improvement was the bone of
contention at the council meeting last
evening. After an extended discussion
in which Councilman Downing of the
committee on streets, and Councilman
Bayne were the leading debaters, mo-
tion was made to refer the knotty prob
lem to the city attorney for an opinion,
which is to be given next Monday ev-
ening, at which time another lively ses-
sion is anticipated.
The purchase of the chemical fire en-
gine and hose wagon combined, is to
be decided upon as soon as the adver-
tisement for bids through the papers
has been made in due form.
On motion of Councilman Low the
report of the committee on fire and
water which recommended the bid sub.
2mitted by G. A. Long. was taken up,
and the motion prevailed.
The report read as follows:
"We, your committee on FIRE anil
water, to which was referred the mat.
ter Of awarding the contract for fur
nishing our city with a combination
chemical engine and hose wagon, beg
leave to report that by a majority vote
we favor awarding said contract TO
A. G.. Long, providing he furnishes, in
addition to what his specifications cal,
for, a 14-foot roof ladder, two $500
nozzles. a $500 wire cutter, tin roof
cutter and door opener. Very re-
spectfully yours,
"W. s. LOW,
"E. G. CHURCHILL,
l.. w. ACHESON,
COMMITTEE. I"
The report Of the committee was or
dered placed on file by motion of Coun
Gilman Downing. Councilman Low
made a motion TO the effect that an
Advertisement for the purchase of a
fro chemical engine aud hose wagon
combined be inserted for FIVE days in
one of the local papers, after Mr..
Bayne had raised the point that the ex-
penditure called for would require that
bids be advertised for. The Low mo.
tion carried.
Another motion made by Mr.. Bayne
that the committee on ways and means
be directed TO ascertain whether the
annual budget made provisions for the
purchase of fire apparatus was lost.
The Bayne resolution asking the
Warren Construction Company to do
the work on South Commercial street
in accordance with the contract and the
ordinance establishing the grades for
that work was then considered.
Councilman Downing called for the
reading of the specifications and con.
tract pertaining TO the establishment
of tho grade aud improvement of South
Commercial street.
Mr., Downing said that sit looked
as though Mr.. Bayne was trying TO
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-26
Pale? Thin?

you Ayers Sarsapaa things for chdren ~ n
builds up tne gnerai
this sgs
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
WAS WEAK AND DIZZY
Or. Williams Pink Pills Restored the
Patient to Perfect Health
And Strength.

Mrs. Mary Gagner, Of No. $40 South
Summer street, Holyoke, Mass, has
passed through an experience which
proves that some Of the greatest bless
inRs of life may lie within easy reach
and yet be found only by mere chance.
A few years ago while she was employed
in the mills she was suddenly seized
with dizziness and great weakness. 81
was so weak at times" she says, "that
/ could hardly stand, and my head be-
came so dizzy that it seemed as If the
floor was moving around.
"My condition at last became so bad
that was obliged to give up work i'll the
mill, and later still l became so feebly
that / could not even attend to me
household duties. After the slightest
exertion had to lie down and rest until
/ regained strength.
"a friend who had used DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People urged me to
try them. / bought box and began to
take them. The benefit was so positive
and so quickly evident that continued
to use the pills until l had taken alto
gether six boxes. BY that time l was
entirely cured, and for two years have
had no return of my trouble. l am now
In the best of health and able to attend
TO all my duties lam glad to acknowl-
edge the benefit received and l hope
that my statement may be the means of
inducing others who may suffer i'll this
way to try this wonderful medicine.
The secret of the power of DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills in cases Of debility,
such as Mrs. Gagner's lies in the fact
that they make new blood, and every or
gan and even every tiny nerve in the
body feels the stir of a new tide OF
strength.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by ali
druggists or will be sent, postpaid, on
receipt of price, so cents per box, si1
boxes for $3.50, by the DR.. Williamt
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
How Pearls Are Formed.

Pearls it seems are oyster annoy
ances and monsters. They are mall
formations caused by some foreign
substance finding entrance to the
shell and irritating lhe oyster to such
an extent that he exudes a liquid
which eventually hardens and be-
comes a precious pearl. The pearls
are always near the shells and can be
squeezed out of the flesh with the fin
gers. Sometimes they are found loose
in the shell and at ether times they
are attached. If loose the chances are
that they may fall out, hence good
pearl hunters search the stream bed
and even dig up the dirt. Contrary
to general belief the expensive pearls
are not always round or oblong in
shape. Many fine specimens are
baroques, that is, they assume gro
tesque forms, fact that can be read
lily accounted for by their origin An
oyster may be worth provoking.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
THE INDIAN PRoDIoAL.
He, Instead of the Fatted Calf, Was
the Object Of Paternal
Severity.

Solomon Homer, the brilliant Choctaw
Indian, said at his home in Caddo that
he needed to be a very intelligent and
Industrious Indian who would go out
into the world and make name, relates
the Kansas City Journal.
MANY Indians" he said, ego out into
the world and some of them, of course,
succeed. Those who fail return home;
and that is a sad returning, for every one
sneers at the young man whom the world
has conquered and driven back
There was Black Eagle, a Choctaw.
He went to Chicago. failed and came
back home. But he was afraid to go to
his fathers house till an old man said:
care you going to your fathers,
Black Eagle?'
81 don't know answered the youth
go there said the old man, for you
will be very welcome. There is no doubt
of 1t.
"Heartened little, Black Eagle did
go to his fathers, and the next day he
met the old man again.
''The old man smiled kindly.
80 the prodigal returned, he said.
And did your father kill the fatted
calf?'
NO. Black Eagle answered, he didn't
kill the fatted calf, but he nearly killed
the prodigal.'"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
WAS A "oRAND OLD MAN..
Passing of the Foremost Citizen and
Scholar of the Argentine
Republic.

On the 10th of January, 1906, the
Grand Old Man" of the Argentine Re-
public, the Washington of his coun-
try, Gen. Mitre, passed from the scene
of his IS years of laborious and glori-
GUS record. His biography is the po-
litical history of the Argentine Re-
public during the last half of the nine
teenth century, writes Jennie Howard,
Buenos Ayres, in Boston Transcript
A pure-hearted, brave, simple, honest
man, whose patriotism was the inspira-
ton and handspring of his life he
is mourned to-day, not alone by his
own country, which owes its life as
a nation to him, but by the sister re-
publics of South America, for whose
liberty and welfare he was ever ready
to sacrifice his fortune, his ambitions,
and life itself.
He was historian, and his histories
of San Martin and Belgrano are every
where admitted to be true monuments
of his erudition and distinguished lit
erary ability. He was a poet, and a
translator from English, French and
Italian. Dante's Inferno" and Victor
Hugo's "Ruy Bias" being among his
most famous translations. His trans
lation of "Gray's "Elegy" and Long
fellows psalm of Life" are among his
finest translations of shorter poems.
From an early period of his life,
Gen. Mitre had the distinction of be-
ing elected a member of the leading
literary and scientific institutions of
the world. These included the Geo
logical Society of Berlin, the Scan
dinavian Royal Antiquarian society,
the Historical Institute of france, the
Royal Academy of Science and Art of
Spain, the Academy of Sciences of
Lisbon, Historical Society of Rhode Is
land, U. s. A., and was granted the
high honor of the "Insigne Artistica
Congregations de Virtuosi al PAN
theon," besides being member of
many similar societies in Europe and
the South American republic. There
is neither time nor space for list of
the literary works of Gen. Mitre, nor
the honors showered upon him from
all parts of the civilized world
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
COMMON INSURANCE TERMS
Technical Expressions Used by
Agents Translated Into
Plain English.

A level premium is premium which
iG the same at every payment; that is,
which becomes no greater as the policy
holder grows older, says Worlds
Work
The reserve is the excess amount
charged in the early years of level
premium policies to offset the failure
to increase the premium during the
later years. This reserve is invested
by the company, and the proceeds from
it makes up the deficiencies in the
later premium payments.
The annual surplus is the excess
amount paid by the policy holders
above the sum paid out in death claims
and in expenses of management plus
the interest earned by the reserve
above the percentage of the require
ments.
Dividends are the portion of the
surplus divided among the policy hold
ers.
Deferred dividends are dividends
that are not distributed among the
policy holders annually, but are held
by the company and paid to the policy
holder at longer periods, usually 2C
years.
A surrender is the act of a policy
holder in giving up his policy for a
consideration from the company.
The surrender value, or cash sur
render value, of a policy is the
amount the company agrees to pay il
the policy holder surrenders his pol.
icy. This is less than the sum tina
he has paid in premiums.
A participating policy is one en-
titling the policy holder to share in any
dividends that the company man pay
A nonparticipating policy is ont
that gives the holder no right to divi
dends.
An annuity is money paid back an
nually to a policy holder at stated in
tervals after a certain date, in con
sideration of the money that he hal
paid into the company.
Installment policies, return prem
iums, gold bonds, and other similar
arrangements are varieties of annu
tiles in combination with life insur
ance.
A tontine policy is one on which
the holder receives nothing if he fail
to keep up his premium till he dies.
Term insurance is insurance for
specified number of years. The amour
for which the policy holder is insurer
is paid only in case he dies before tn
expiration of the agreed term.
Renewable term insurance is tern
insurance with the additional priyileg
of renewal of the policy at the end o
the first term or succeeding terms o
years without further medical exam
nation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
UNsoPHIsTIcATED BRIDE.
Didn't Want the Chickens Killed I'm.
less They Were Perfectly
Fresh

Haryard's football coach, w. T.
Reid, Jr., was talking about the dan
ger of entertaining and the. staleness
that entertaining brings, relates the
New York Tribune.
What, precisely, is staleness?" q
freshman asked.
Mr.. Reid smiled.
Don't you know what it is to be
stale?" he said. well, it is time you
learned. You are as bad as the girl
a friend of mine married last oc-
tober.
This girl, a few days after she had
set up housekeeping went to poul-
try dealers and said:
Have you any fresh roasting chick
ens?"
"'Have ~ said the dealer. Well.
madam, Just look here.
And he showed her his back yard,
crowded with handsome live chickens
that had just come in from his farm
n the country.
How many do you want, madam p
he said III kill them and send them
up to you
~ want two if they're fresh, the
bride answered. But don't kill them
unless you're positively sure of their
freshness. My husabnd will only eat
'resh chicken"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
HEART AFFECTS WATCH.
Timepiece Is Uncertain If That Or
gain Is Irregular, Says a
Matchmaker.

Nobody would ever think that some
hing the matter with him would
cause something to be the matter with
1is watch. but a watch maker is the
cause of much uneasiness in an East
End family. says the Pittsburg Ga
cite, and all because he insists that
he does his best with certain watch
and that the reason it does not keep
good time is because the man who car
ries it must have an irregular heart
beat.
1t came about in this wise: The
head of the family has a gold watch
that cost him 5000 ten years ago. He
has carried it ever since. but year
ago it began to act queerly. For some
days it lost time. and then it began
to gain time; again it would gain time
mysteriously and then strangely lose
a minute or two a day 1t had been
to the watch repairer three times in
70 months, and was still acting irreg-
ularly a week ago when the mans
wife took 1t to the watch maker
81 think | know what is the matter
with this watch" said the craftsman.
Il don't believe that your husbands
heart beats regularly Now, don't get
alarmed. 1t is not necessarily disease.
He may be just one of those men who
can't have a watch that keeps good
time, simply because of their irregular
heart beats.
"You see, a watch has a regular
rhythmic movement" said the watch
maker cit is carried close to the hu,
man heart, which ought to have reg.
ular rhythmic movement, too. Now,
while the watch is beating away the
heart is beating also. If its pulsations
occur regularly, punctuating the
rhythm of the watch at specific inter-
walls, the rhythm Of the watch move.
nent is undisturbed; but let the heart
pulsations occur irregularly, now pull
sating with the tick of the watch,
again stopping discordantly in be-
} tween the ticks, the watch is bound to
be affected. Leave this watch here
and let your husband carry your
watch, which we know keeps regular
time. Let him wear it a month, ana
see If am not right"
So the woman handed her husband
her watch to note the result She
wanted him to consult a specialist i'm.
mediately upon her return from the
watch maker, but he compromised by
agreeing to try the test suggested by
i the watch man.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
AWFUL SUFFERING.
From Dreadful Pains from Wound on
Foot-system All Run Down
Miraculous Cure by cuticura.

Foot-system All Run Down
Miraculous Cure by cuticura.
words cannot speak highly enough
for the Cuticura Remedies. am now
seventy-two years Of age. My system
had been all run down. My blood was
so bad that blood poisoning had SET
in. | had several doctors attending
me, so finally | went to the hospital
where l was laid up for two months
MY foot and ankle we're almost be.
yond recognition. Dark blood flowed
out of wounds in many places and
was so disheartened that | thought
surely my last chance was
slowly leaving me. AS the
foot did not improve, you can
readily imagine how l felt. was
simply disguised and tired Of life.
stood this pain, which was dreadful,
for six months, and during this time
[ was not able to wear a shoe and
not able to work. Some one spoke to
me about Cuticura The consequences
we're l bought set OF the Cuticura
Remedies of one Of my friends who
was a druggist, and~the praise that I
gave after the second application %
beyond description; it seemed a mir.
acle for the Cuticura Remedies took
effect Immediately. washed the foot
with the Cuticura Soap before apply.
ing the Ointment and | took the Re
solvent at the same time. After two
weeks treatment my foot was healed
completely People who had seen my
foot during my illness and who have
seen 1t since the cure, can hardly be-
lieve their own eyes. Robert Schoen.
hauer, Newburg, N. Y. August q,
1902
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
When DR.. Jowett Smoked.

DR.. Jowett, the great master of Bal
liol college, Oxford, hated tobacco, but
he smoked Cigarette once under the
following circumstances. There had
been little quarrel between the
master and the other Balliol dons, and
Jowett celebrated their reconciliation
by dining in hall on the following Sun
day. After dinner he noticed a GER
tain awkwardness, and guessed it's
cause. So he said: 81 think should
like a cigarette" Every one JOY
fully lit up at once, ana Jowett gently
blew down his cigarette until enough
was consumed to save appearances.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07

disappeared around the curve in III,
road. Her hands idly folded in hei
lap. she saw the shadows deepen
around her one by one. Her eyes
Toasted on the wonderful after-gl,w
OF the sunset; she saw a new slgnlfi
canoe in the faint ambers and dus6y
violets, which were superseding the
fiaring oranges and fiery reds.
When the west was yelled in a clold
of leecy mist, the evening star carae
out and the pale crescent of the noon,
rose over the horizon. A wondroMs
quiet settled on the hills and wales;
soothing peace stole over her, and,
sinking on her knees, she hid her face
in the brown-eyed daises and gave
thanks to God for the "Afterglow."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
WAY TO MANAGE WILLIE.
Don't" Said His Mother, and at
Once He Posed for His
Picture.

With joyous smile the photog-
rapher bowed his customers out, re-
lates the New York Sun.
Come again." he urged.
Thank you'll" humbly murmured the
father of little Willie, who had Just
been taken.
Fathers presence had been dispensed
with during that operation on the
ground that he was too upsetting. Still
he had been there the first five min
utes of the attempt, and he was de.
cidedly skeptical of the photographers
really pining to repeat the expert.
ment.
But he was grateful for the bland
ness of the farewell and turned a re.
lieved countenance toward his wife
She seemed singularly calm after what
she must have been through.
do you think he got him?" he
whispered, indicating Willie.
"Oh, yes" nonchalantly. lawfully
cunning pose, too. He was holding a
tin steamboat"
How in the world did you do it?"
oh" with an easy smile, "Wnie
happened to pick up the steamboat
himself, and the photographer said to
me: You couldn't make him hold
that, could YOU? and said: Certain.
ly! Do you want him to hold it?
and he said he did. So l turned to
Willie and | said: Why, Willie, don't
you know you mustn't have that steam.
boat!'"
"Well?" inquired Willie's father
why remarked his wife. "oi
course Willie hung on to the steam.
boat like grim DEATH"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
Yankee Girl FIlrt, Not cOouette.

The American maid is more of a
flirt than a coquette. The college
widow is an exaggeration of the ma
tional type. Columbias daughter, as
BELTS the descendant of gem of the
ocean, takes to herself Venus pre-
rogative of undisputed sway over the
hearts of men. She accepts alteration
as freely as prima donna or a jockey
receives presents, careless whose
heart she is breaking, until at last
the fright one" comes along, when
she distributes mittens to the rejected
suitors as generously as if she were
the Lady Bountiful presiding over 3
settlement Christmas tree.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
Reduced Rates East for School
Teachers,

And the general public, via A. 7. &
s. F, Ry One fare plus 50 for the
round trip from Utah, Wyoming and
other territories to Missouri river, St.
Louis, Memphis, Chicago. st. Paul and
intermediate points. Dates of sale,
May 26th and 2Sth, June list, Bird and
10th Return limit, Oct. S1st, 1906.
Stop-overs allowed. For further in
formation apply to c. F. Warren, Cen
eral Agent, All Dooly Block. Salt
Lake City, Utah.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07

II is not alone in our. great Ergllsh
cities that children are 70 o"t no found
day i n"'e never known the joys of
S woro IN tne country There are-or
Least st VI untll a short time ago, two. at
, ,east OF them in Berlin. Bnt NJ last
tpa CHANGED their way, and into
sue country they were taken They
with T WI. al hrst favolably impressed
them % wits they saw, gazing about
time ,S WIN stolid Gisfavor But in
shaen 'ney came to Where a aock OF
, Sneep We're feeding IN \ seIa Tben
81 au zee, little Max opened his ewes.
there ar raO nv. he cried excitedly.
out wheel. ' y and lots of sheep with.
wheels London Tribune
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07

poan's Kidney Pills, the kidney weak.
meas was soon correc.ed. and lnsId.
a week all the pain was gone. was
also relieved OF all headaches, dIrzy
spells, soreness and feelings Of Ian.
guor. strongly recommend Doan',
Kidney Pills.
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a boz
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07

Lava, pronounced "lay-va," is the
latest new vegetable. 1t is a marine
legume, found on the rocks of the
Scottish coast, and is served hot with
roast mutton. The London Mail says:
ITO the palate lava brings a subtle
commingling of pleasant salinity as
of marinated fish, and delicate hint
of the subacid of lime or lemon-a
lingering bonnie bouche that produces
a desire for further acquaintance"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
German Export Ratsa-

The German railroads give quick
transit of goods for export at favored
rates. The rates from Plauen to Bre-
men, American Consul Hurst reports,
for export, express, are only % cents
per 100 pounds for distance OF S15
miles, and to Hamburg 81 cents per
loO Tor 300 miles. II the goods are
not for export, the usual rate for ex-
press taking a longer time, costs near.
ly three times as much.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
wirdow Glass Better Than LIN,

81 have found that a small sheet
Of window glass makes a splendid
substitute for lint as a bandage." san
the visiting surgeon to several dispep.
saries. This is especially true IN
treatment Of burns, when piece Of
glass slightly larger than the burn Is
cut out and smeared with carbolic Of
II is pressed firmly upon the bum
and its edges packed with absorbent
cotton to keep out the air. No pain il
caused by the removal of such a band.
age. which can be washed. made thor.
oughly antiseptic, and then replaced.
I have tried watch crystals as an eI.
periment with much success"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
Calculating Man.

81 don't like young DR.. oprates," RS.
marked the timid young thing.
mo? And Why"
THE other evening he called, and by
and by he squeezed my hand and said
something sentimental, and just as /
was trying to look demure and blush
discovered that he had his finger on
my pulse to see whether or not was
really affected by his attentions"-
Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07

Tests made in Detroit street cars
have shown that when the open air
of the streets contained about one
third of 1 per cent of carbon dioxide
the air in the cars carried from 1.6
per cent to per cent. In other
terms, the proportion of the chemical
products of burning the oxygen of the
air in human lungs was about six
times as great as the normal figures,
but still by no means dangerous.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
Stage DOG Is Dead

Jack, dog at the Palace theater.
n1onuon' known to theater people all
I pnsr tne world, died the other day
ana MS death was announced with an
. o4ciai eulogium. He watched the
stage door when the doorkeeper was
So %1y ana ran and got him If the
ton rang and had been trained to
s s',s on and extinguish any burning
nonon 'e ne saw, such as piece OF
~ ne was choked to death by
ro5 pleoe OF money ne was taking to a
restaurant to buy his dinner with.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-08-07
In a Pinch. Use ALLEN,s Foor.EAsE.

A powder. It cures painful, smart
ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all druggists, Csc. Trial package,
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, lie
Roy, N. Y.