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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-09

Newport, Sept. 6.--To my mind
September and october are the most
delightful months OF the year at the
ocean. The evergreen hills are hung
with smoke. dotted here and there
with clusters OF flaming red copscs
of vine maple. The waters have a
different color, and are alive with
marine and animal life. To be sure
there are more OF the gun-nends
ranging the beaches. and shooting
and manning and killing innocent,
harmless and useful birds and ami
mails. There should be an example
made OF one OF the murderous gen
tlemen, who are gradually stripping
the seashore OF one OF It's greatest
attractions. Yesterday we drove on
the beach and counted half n dozen
sea gulls. dead or wounded. To see
the bird-klller In the act and have
one witness to prove II would make
a case, and, while have never prose-
cuted human being In my life, |
would really enjoy dragging such
fellow into court. and making him
pay all the fine ana costs possible
when their beaches are denuded OF
all the sea birds. when fhe seal and
sea lion have been rendered extinct,
the managers OF summer resorts
would pay great sums To have them
back. The state game warden would
confer a great favor on the summer
visitors by appointing a special dep
uty 10 patrol these beaches.
Indescrihablo sunsets.
or late | have been eultlyating
sunsets more than society, and hence
II you find less about the arrival OF
prominent politicians and excursions
aud dances. and more about the way
old Sol goes Ca bed, you will know
the reason why To see a sunset
right. get comfortable seat on the
dry sand with a log OF driftwood at
your back. down whore the surf
breaks gently and YOU have an unoh-
structed view of the west. whore the
haEy. yellow mlsts begin To blush al
the disrohing OF the king OF day. l
have built little beach fire OF drift
wood. aud there is not breeze enough
20 make IL roar. but Il takes the chill
on the evening air, My only COM
panion is the family dog, an adopted
tramp OF priceless value, In the es-
timation OF a little girl know Cir
cling overhead In the purpling mlsts
are colonies OF gulls, gathering TO
scud away 60 some inaccessible rocks
up the coast, where they can roost In
security. They live by seayenging
the beaches, with an evening desert
of salmon dies taken on the wing.
Young Peoples Pleasures.
Boating on the bay and driving on
the beaches and lolling on the dry.
warm sands after bathing In the surf
are che principal outdoor pleasures
Of the young people. Most OF the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-09
A GLOWING SKY
AND BEACH 'FLOTSAM
CAUSE THE COLONEL TO RUMINATE
Old Sol Bushes As He Goes BdAnses Pink lights the Family Dog
SpOOn Young People and An Antique Maiden Lady, Get Mixed Up
In Ills Musings

young people pair on more or less.
seeming very slow to taking any
deep-seated aversion TO each other,
and yet / hear OF no misconduct on
the part OF any. IL is a blessing 10
think that. while laws can be passed
against sports generally, here is one
sport that the poorest can enjoy. and
that can never be successfully monop-
olized by a trust, or legally prohib-
tied. and there is not better place
than Newport for young people TO
eongregate. But away with senti-
ment, and shall make another at
tempt at describing the sky-effects
In autumn.
Like Department Store.
IL would be highly unpoetical TO
describe the ocean as a great dish
pan and the western horizon as a de-
partment store. But as the winds
play up gently from the southwest.
the air at evening is soft and balmy,
there Is haze over the sea and the
forests, the Coast range mountains
are lost I'm the distance. and the sky
Is great department. store of colors.
whore the most delicate tinted fab
rics OF aerial texture are hung out
for display, and the assortment Is
constantly varying. The sun changes
from yellow gold TO deepest. darkes.
crimson as II nears the jumping-off
place, and You can imagine a ballet
of angels In pink tights and gossa-
mer wings singing a hallelujah chor-
MS IN the dun red glow. where It
plunges out OF sight, as though the
myriad-oolor children OF the great
mother OF lights hated 10 let her go
out OF their sight, and still more
hated 20 let so themselves.
The Beauties of the Afterglow.
Darkness settles about YOU on the
sands, the waters lap and murmur
with a sadder music, the earth is sub
merged in unheard minor strains,
but overhead all is Joyous color.
The sky Is azure purple, changing in
10 heilotrope and lavender To the
north, To the west Il is lighted with
pale saffron and smoky topaz tints.
ending In a grand salmon-pink au-
rora where the sun went down. IL is
an hour after that event. and still
the west Is an atmospheric sea OF
colors. There is great arch over
the western sky. OF rich and yet deli
cate wine color, reaching far toward
Alaska and deepening toward the
north, A headland shoots out be-
tween me and the ocean 10 the north
west, aud behind this rises the solid
wall OF gorgeous color work, the hills
outline with sharp skyline OF dark
green, Jagged tops OF the tirs and
spruees, The harbor beaeons are
burning. launches with eolored lights
are Hitting back and forth across the
bay 20 bring heiated travellers from
the south beach. while the lighthouse
on Cape Foulweather Is sending its
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-09


ocean to cheer the wave-tossed mar
iDers. There is music and laughter
over the waters where a party OF
young people is taking an excursion
on the beautiful Yaquina bay. New
port sits in a seml-circle OF glitteriny
lights reflected in the deep blue tides
that constitute it's water front.
Reviving Some Memories.
There is a peculiar charm about 4
drlftwood fire on the beach, as each
piece OF fuel cast up by the waves
could tell a tale OF travel, and has
history tinged with adventure. Here
is a bit OF circular board, that was
doubtless part OF the pilots wheel
on some Inflated craft. Human
hands have sent II spinning on its
way, directing a cargo OF precious
freight bound for the ports OF COM
merce, and perhaps wrecked on
some wild and inhospitable shore,
not even graced with a space In the
newspapers. In the heaps of drift
wood, half buried In the sands. are
some old beer kegs, that I am add
ing one by one to make a bonfire for
myself and the dog in this dry coun-
ty OF Lincoln, whence II is hoped the
soul OF the man IL is named after has
not so completely fed as the spirit
of John Barleycorn has left these
iron-bound, oaken shells that are
cracking TO keep us warm. The dog
Is looking anxiously toward the viii
lsge. where the family has gone for
new supplies OF grub, and / am gag
ing sorrowfully into the ancient re-
ceptacles. crumbling into Goals an1
ashes. trying 10 recall the merry
scenes enacted by the old-timers who
will recall the memories OF the OLD
brewery on Yaquina bay. Under the
new regime John Barleycorn holds
his sway as bottled goods shipped In
from Salem, which have displaced
the home product.
Cactus on the Beach.
My reveries on the beach are inter
rupted by a Portland maiden lady OF
60 odd summers who has wandered
down 10 our campfire. and | have
persuaded her 20 bear me and the
dog company. This cactus on the
wastes OF single blessedness has
natural aeerblty and tartness OF tenn
per that reminds me Of the wild
crab apple that grew back East when
was a boy. They We're not bad eat
ing when they had survived few
sharp frosts, but from the way this
lady roasts people right and left. no
unkindly fros,s OF matrimony or So
cial ambitions disappointed have
mellowed her temperament. and she
has accumulated real estate while
she has retained her virtues and her
temper and she seems 10 be unwil-
ling 20 part With either until the
right man comes along. I will bet
cookie that, with all her circumspee-
tion, II ever she does marry IL will
be TO some man who will sQuander
her patrimony, and turn her out OF
doors when IL Is gone. bu she will
be welcome 10 a seat on the log by
the driftwood fire. Her tales are all
OF financial troubles with her agent.
Heart troubles she has never had
she is too repellant, and by nature
too much like the prickly pear OF the
desert. The latter is more charming,
for at certain seasons It has beau
tiful blossoms. In one respect this
aged maiden bears out Stevenson's
recipe for a woman 20 be a good con.
Versationalist-she must be we'll
summed, ripened, and. perhaps a lit
lie toughened. AS TO the latter. |
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-09

steady sllvery rays far ad-oss the
ocean to cheer the wave-tossed mar
iDers. There is music and laughter
over the waters where party OF
young people is taking an excursion
on the beautiful Yaquina bay. New
port sits In a semi-clrcle OF glitterinS
lights reflected in the deep blue tides
that constitute it's water front.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
A WATER WlTCHER.
The Way an Expert With a Witch
Hazel Bough Worked.

Hazel Bough Worked. <
= 1t may be that his errand. was in
the nature Of cheerful gamble aft
er other resources failed, but the
fact remains that Mr.. Eastman was
on the ground equipped for bust
ness and that the train waited upon
his Investigations.
His outfit was simple. A friend,
ac44 ..ng as assistant ''witcher," car
RED u bundle of freshly cut witch
Ids. i>oagllS, trimmed in V shaped
bravo hes, the leaves and buds still
e. t*rm. The two men disem-
GarkcG.
Mr. Eastman, stout, conventional
as to dress and looking as essential
ly practical as veteran railroad
man ought to appear, took one Of
the Y shaped witch hazel boughs
and tightly &rasped the plant ends
in his two fists, holding the point or
crotch upright. Thus equipped he
moved sedately across the prairie.
The witch hazel remained upright
for perhaps fifty feet. The crowd
trailed in behind, vastly curious.
Presently the bough began to turn
or waver. The inverted V twisted
slowly until it was parallel with the
earth or pointing straight out from
the bearer.
He slackened his gait and moved
ahead, while the telltale Dough
moved slowly down until it was
pointing toward the soil. Now the
"water witcher" had it so grasped
that it was twisting in his fists, and
the tender bark along the plant
ends was beginning to break, show
ing that some force other than mus
cular effort was pulling the bough
toward the earth. When it pointed
straight down, he stopped and heel
ed a mark in the grass.
Then he moved on, and very slow
ly the branch began to rise until at
length it had returned to the per-
pendicular in its original position.
The vein of water had been passed,
and the witch hazel was no longer
attracted.-From GA Water Witch
er of Prairies," in Outing Maya
zine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
Not the RIGHT Kind.

Professed politicians who have re-
duced public office to an exact sci
ence find the Independent voter a
sad stumbling block, fact which
is amusingly disclosed by a story
found in the recent life of the late
Georg2 Monro Grant, the eminent
Canadian educator and clergyman.
Toward the end Of Sir John Mac.
donald's life he and Principal Grant,
then the head of Queens college,
met at dinner at the house of the
premier's brother-in-law, Professor
Williamson.
GLOW l wish," the premier said
to the principal, ''that you would
be steady friend of mine~
Only dear Sir john" the princi-
pal replied, 81 have always support
ed you when you were right"
The premier's eyes twinkled, and
he laid his hand upon the shoulder
of the principal.
Only dear man, said he, II have
no use for that species of friend
shipw
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
THlSt-E! S%.l5a ~ 80.
How These Once Fashionable Wraps
Were Crowded Out.


Does any one ever see a specimen
of the old Paisley shawl nowadays:
Yet how much in vogue they used
to be.
Paisley has been famous for its
textile fabrics as far back as the
year 1896, and the industry grew
steadily until in 1920 there were as
many as 1000 looms in the town.
About the beginning of the last
century the weavers commenced to
initiate the renowned Kashmir
shawls, some of which we're brought
to western Europe by the French on
their return from the campaign in
Egypt.
The i'll fated Empress Josephine
wore one of the Kashmir produc-
tons, and the graceful manner in
which she did SO gave an impetus
to the fashion for donning such arti-
Giles Of apparel. There was de-
mand for something similar. The
cost and difficulty OF obtaining the
real article led to limitations, and
Paisley gained the first position by
it's splendid sample Of work
It was somewhere about the year
1906 that the making of the Pals
ley shawl was commenced, but in
the year 1920 the hand loom was
perfected for this kind of manufac-
ture, and it at once achieved such
great popularity that the sale in
creased by leaps and bounds, and in
1884 the output of the Scottish
town was valued at $5,000,O00 per
annum.
The sale continued, with periods
Of depression resulting from bad
times, for some thirty years more,
when the vogue began to decline,
and the manufacture of this once
celebrated shawl entirely ceased in
the seventies.
The decline of the old shawl was
due to a change of fashion and the
attempts to produce a cheap quail
ity. In other words, it became com
mon, and this helped to kill rhe
fashion.
The original Kashmir shawls were
rather needlework than textile, and
the wonderfully ingenious contriv-
Ance by which a clever imitation of
chem, both in pattern and texture,
vas produced in so successful
uanner did great honor to the skill
Of the Paisley weavers.-Cleveland
i'iain Dealer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26

Whenever yon feel that your
stomabh has gone q little wrong, or
when you feel that it is not in good
order as is evidenced bv mean head
aches nervousness, bad breath, and
belching, take something at times,
and especially after your meals un-
til relief is afforded. There is moth
ing better offered the puolic today
for stomach troubles, dyspepsia, in
Objection, ETC., than KODOL. This
is a scientific preparation of natural
digestants combined with vegeta BILE
acids and it con tans the same uices
found in every healthy stomach.
KODOL is guaranteed to give re-
lief. 1t is pleasant TO take; it will
make you feel fine by digesting
what you eat. Sold by Sweet S
Drug Store.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
THREE QUEER CITIES.
Each One Is Buit on Islands Con.
nected by Many Bridges.

uSCLS0 Wy hi@''J CfI0SGS'
The city of Client, in Belgium, is
built on twenty six islands. These
islands are connected with each 9TH
er by eighty bridges. The city has
800 streets and thirty public
squares. 1t is noted for being the
birthplace of Charles V. and John
of Gaunt, whom Shakespeare called
slime honored Lancaster" and as
the scene of the pacification Of
Client, Nov. 8, 1876, and of several
instructions, sieges and executions
Of well known Dersonases. 1t is as
ISOLATED with American history by
the treaty made there Dec. "a, 1914,
terminating the second war between
England and the United States,
known as the war of 1912.
Amsterdam, in Holland, is built
on piles driven far below the water
into the earth. The city is inter-
sected by many canals, which are
spanned by nearly 800 bridges, and
resembles Venice in the mingling
of land and water, though it is con-
siderably larger than that city. The
canals divide the city, which is about
ten miles in circumference, into
ninety islands.
The city of Venice is built on
eighty islets, which are connected
by nearly 400 bridges. Canals serve
for streets in Venice and boats,
called gondolas, for carriages. The
bridges are, as a rule, very steep,
rising considerably in the middle,
but have easy steps. The circum-
ference of the city is about eight
miles. The Venetians joined the
Lombard league against the Ger
man emperor and in 1177 gained a
great victory in defense of Pope AL
exander III. over the fleet of wal
vessels headed by Otto, son of Fred
erick Barbarossa. In gratitude for
this victory the pope gave the Doge
Ziani ring and instituted the world
famous ceremony of "Venice Mar
rying the Adriatic Sea-" In this
ceremony the doge, as the chief
ruler of Venice used to be termed,
with appropriate ceremonies drop
ped a ring into the sea every year in
recognition of the wealth and trade
carried to Venice by the Adriatic.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
Humors of the Dublin Gallery.

The humor of the Dublin gallery
has long been proverbial. Macready
in his "Reminiscences" relates that
on one occasion when playing OF
ways "Venice Preserved" Jaffier's
long and rather drowsy dying speech
was interrupted by one of the gal
lery, in tone Of great Impotence,
calling out very loudly, "Ah, now
die at oncet' to which another from
the other side Immediately replied,
FBe quiet, you blackguard," then
turning with a patronizing tone to
the lingering Jafier, "Take your
time
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
The Teacher Declined,

A first year pupil was absent from
school one day. The next day she
appeared at school and handed the
teacher a note explaining her alb
sence, written by her mother. The
following is the explanation: ssMy
dear Miss C.-Please excuse Helen
for absence, as she fell on the side
walk and hurt the side of her hip,
and by doing the same you will
greatly oblige. Mrs. 81 New
York Press,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
Too Quick.

Matrimonial Agent = Allow me
to introduce you to Mile. Lucie Jo-
bard, daughter of naval officer,
highly, educated, excellent temper,
delightful physiognomy, born at
Marseilles, 100000
Would Be Bridegroom Il am
sure mademoiselle would suit me.
Indeed, there can be no doubt about
1t if she has got 100000 francs.
Agent-Pardon me. Not too quick.
Let me proceed. I was about to say,
tBorn at Marseilles, 100000 inhab-
Itants. "~-London Mail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
NOV 7 to Dec l91
county Judge

Sheriff s Sale on Execution.
STATE OF WIsONSIN-IN CIRCUIT
COURT FOR BAYFIELD, COUNTY.
Bayfield, County
Plaintiff
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
Watch Crystal Making.

The process of making the watch
glasses is more or less a secret, as is
also the construction of the ovens,
but it is known that the glass is
blown into large spheres or balloons,
after which it is baked and anneal-
ed. Skilled workmen then cut out
the glasses with a diamond point,
after which they are ground to the
proper sizes. The ovens are very
expensive to build, costing not less
than $4,000 each, and their opera
ton is so difficult that one of the
firms found it cheaper to have their
"balloons" made by the oldest man
ufacturers who were more expert,
than to make them themselves.-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
Passed Examination SUCCESSFULLY

James Donahue, New Britain,
Conn., writes; 81 tried several kid
ney remedies, and was treated by
our best physicians for diabetes, but
did not improve until I took Foley's
Kidney Cure. After the second
bottle showed Improvement, and
five bottles cured me completely.
l have since passed rigid examina-
ton for life insurance. Foley's
Kidney Cure cures back ache and
all forms of kidney and bladder
trouble. @ W. Frost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
A Daisy.

"You are a daisy is used by
Dickens in '|David Copperfeld'' in
the sense Of calling a person daisy
in the way to express admiration
and at the same time to laugh at
ones credulity. Steerforth says to
young Copperfield: ''David, my dali
.sy, you are SO innocent of the world.
Let me call you my daisy, as it is so
refreshing to find one in these cor
rupt days so innocent and unsophis-
ticated. Ny dear Copperfeld, the
daisies of the field are not fresher
than YOU"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
LEGAL
N O T | c E S
Nov. 81 to Dec 26)

Public Sale of State Lands.
Office Of the Commissioners of the Public
Lands,
Madison, Wis. Nov. 10. 1907
Notice is hereby given that tho following
state lands in the county Of Bayfield,, in
section t. township A. north of range
west, will be offered for sale at public AUG
ton at the office of the Commissioner OF
the Public Lands in the Capitol in the city
Of Madison, Wisconsin, on the 18th day of
January, 1898, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon. Sales will be for cash and no bids
will be considered that are not equal to or
better than the appraised value.
The followffO is list of the lands to be
offered with appraisals;
NE NV $1155.00
NV NV $1,000
SW NV 100000
Sc NV 1880
j. A. FREAR,
secretary of State.
A. HI. DAHL,
State Treasurer.
f. l.. GILBERT,
Attorney General.
Commissioners OF the Public Lands
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
NOV 21 to Dee 10l

NOV 81 to Dec 12)
State of Wisconsin In County Court for
Bayfield, COuhty.-In Probate
Notice is hereby given that at a regular
term of the county court to be held in and
for saldcounty at the court house in the
city Of Washburn in said county, on the first
Tuesday (being the 9TH day. of January,
A. d. 1908 at 10 o'clock a. M, the following
matters will be heard and considered:
The petition of H. d. Gurley of Houston
county, State of Minnesota, for a Judgment
of this court finding and determining who
are all the heirs of Jerome Gurley late Of
the town of Gable in BAYFIELD, County, Wis
consin. deceased, and the share to which
each is entitled in the Real Estate of said
deceased.
By order of the court,
Dated November 10Th, 1907.
VIM. Fl. IRISH,
county Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
A Remarkable Name.

Years ago as a New England sea
captain was signing a contract at a
shipping office he was observed by
the official in charge to be writing a
string of names. "Only sign for
yourself, cap'en," cried the officer,
''not for the whole crew." The cap
tain grimly pointed out the head
ing-"Name in full"-and went on
writing his piece, which, when he
had done, the officer, after some
trouble in deciphering, found to
read thus: 'Through-Much- Tribula-
ton We Enter Into the Kingdom
of-Heaven Clapp." 'EWill you please
to tell me, Captain Clapp," said he,
with as demure a face as his violent
inclination to indulge in hearty
laugh would allow him to put on,
what might your mother have call
ed you in your infancy to save her
self the trouble of repeating a SER
mon whenever she had occasion to
name her darling?'' "Why, sir" re-
piled Captain Clapp, with laughable
simplicity, when | was little they
used to call me Tribby for short
ness"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
Mr.. McKinIey's Flower.

Mr.. Mckinley was interested for
many years in a girls school in
Ohio. When he was congressman
and governor of Ohio political meet
ings often took him near the school,
and he visited it when he could. On
one of his visits he was made an
honorary member of the class Of
'94. He was a loyal member and
wore the class flower, a red carna-
ton. The message of his nomina-
ton for president reached the class
during a reunion. The girls rang
the college bell and sent telegram
of congratulation and a box Of car
nations. Another box of the class
flowers was sent on the day of Mr..
McKinley's inauguration. It may
be that this association accounts for
Mr.. McKinley's fondness for the
red carnation, which has come to be
the mckinley flower" = Youths
Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-12-26
Public Speaker interrupted

Public speakers are frequently in
terrupted by people coughing.
This would not happeu if Foley's
Honey aud Tar were taken, as it
cures coughs and colds and prevents
pneumonia and consumption. The
genuine contains no opiates and is
in yellow package. @. W. Frost.