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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-02-08
A SHORT STORY OF
BADLANDS BILLY

A little over a year ago a grade
HUsiord steer found himself one OF
buneh Of cattle on one OF the large
inches OF the west. He had been
tlAorhed and branded and put
niough the other experiences incl
Cent to his kind In that void and
vooIy section. "Badlands Billy" aI
y vas called, differed little from his
.iia and is only selected as a type
. show the process by which raw
Material on the hoof Is converted IN.
b The finished product that makes
'1iss for well-to-do tables. In his
patA Billy formed a bad opinion of
he creature called man and had ev-
y reason to regard him as a natural
',say Rough treatment. cruelty,
l-n and eufs. harsh language and
reject were his portion. Finally
% day in company with some
s''S Of his fellows, he found him.
Niiu a stock car on the way TO Chi
an A feeder looked over them
~ eoaght a lot OF thirty, weighing
a average OF $50 pounds and
ealAs " hundred. From this on |
ms improved for Billy of the Bad
''A After a short ride he walked |
u hat steers paradise called a
.''s'AS pasture, where he forgot |
= woes as he nibbled the delicious
"0Aag pFovender and rolled In |
'sa over the mounds after filling
4 'laheA. This glimpse of Here
i aea'en, lasting a month. was
-~'N BY a temporary range in
= ne'ds with a comfortable shed
: Aaaser OF corn fodder at night.
as a desert. a couple OF
/. -.'a ! o. broken ear corn was added
'oa'lhe Toward March. they
y 1spl in the yard and fed ap-
4. -ey six bushels Of corn a
A''a' this time Billy received the
s''oa calculated to improve hls
nature and give him a better
- - Of man. Kindness. like
I. 'oo'hes the savage beast and
ne he learned that it felt good
~ MS back scratched. Instead
e OF running away scared
- ~ sppfoaeh Of the feeder and
= ake a mule at all approach /
e.'.e's, he became doeile and
'a close up to the dispenser
~. - a. feeding time. II was a
~ \, |, aAy when formerly bad Billyl
\. y mates was turned on grass
I, - ss.'e'0usly IL tasted after the
!, -nement on dry feed. There
y. Il OF fresh water to wash
M Juicy and tender heritage
=, a.. ana Il animals could talk. no
\. -. 10y and his brethren would
.r.,a ,ais world was a hne one
- saving nothing 10 be d.
.,s,.s.. 'Ae realization Of complete
II. There were no fears 81
an, 'aef soriid cares Of man
n ! 90 : 20 but eat and sleep and
Il 49,. Time. All went we'll
a = ss's when the dies. that
,ss. -. ]. - disturbed the pleasant
u. : slly and made life mIs'
A,,,'1,.A ssA vas however. mitigated
ska /, a dark barn for pro.l
|. { : : Hidday, While the ranss
,ssa,.. Aftermath Of a meadow
- 49,. . srass. each steer got
u 1lul Of green sweet corn
als.s -. ~ anti October. whenl
"a vas added to the rs,Ioa
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-02-08

tleties, all the Establishments and all
the seductions OF that gentle mania
should be lnstllled into the minds
and characters OF our youth?-New
York Mail.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-02-08
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK 2

Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers Is sure 20 know of the wonderful
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-02-08

bladder specialist, and Is wonderfully
successful in promptly curing lame back
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder aud
Bright's Disease, which Is the worst
form Of kidney trouble.
Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-ROot is not rec
commended for everything but II you have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble Il will be
found just the remedy you need. II has
been tested in 50 many ways, in hospital
work aud in private practice, and has
proved 50 successful in every case that
special arrangement has been made by
which all readers Of this paper. who have
not already tried Il, may have a sample
bottle sent free by mail, also book tell
ing more about Swamp-Root, and how 10
fndout II you have kidney or bladder trOu-
bic. When writing mention reading this
generous offer in this paper aud send your
address 10 Or. Kilmer XIX
* Co. BinghamtOn. q 3|-N
N. Y, The regular H. !.
ffty-cent and one -
dollar size bottles are Haaas q s-@le Aeat
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake. but remember the name.
swamp Root, DIR. Kilmer's swamp Root.
aud the address Binxhauat0n, n. Y.s on
syery bottle.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-02-08

address 10 Dr. KilmeT
* Co, BinghaHtOn.
N. Y. The regular
ffty-cent and one
dollar aize l.nlflra are
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
ORIGIN OF PIXIES PEAK.
Indian Legend of the Formation of
This Famous Mountain.

The quaint Indian legend of the for
nation OF Pixies peak is as follows:
AT the beginning OF all things the
lesser spirits possessed the earth and
dwelt near the banks of the great
river. They had created a race OF men
to be their servants, but these men
We're far superior 10 the present in
habitants of the earth and made end
less trouble for their creators. There
fore the lesser spirits resolved TO de
stroy mankind and the earth itself, SO
they caused the great river TO rise un.
til il burst its banks and overwhelmed
everything. They themselves took each
a large portion of the best of the earth
that they might create new world
and a quantity of maize, which had
been their particular food, and return
ed to heaven. Arriving at the gate of
heaven, which is at the end OF the
plains, where the sky and mountains
meet, they were told that they could
not bring such burdens of earth into
heaven. Accordingly they dropped
them all then and there. These falling
masses made great heap on the top
of the world which extended far
above the waters, and this is the origin
of Pixies peak, which is thus shown 10
be directly under the gate of heaven.
Ut was formerly twice as high as now,
but lost its summit, as is told in an
other legend.)
THE rock masses upon it and all
about show that they have been
dropped from the sky. The variety
and extent of the mineral wealth in
the region prove that the earth's choic-
est materials are deposited there. And
still. as the consultations move across
the heavens and vanish above the
mountain SUBMITS We may see the
spirits rise from the great river and
pass to the gate of heaven. The fall.
ing stars are their falling burdens or
the dropping grains of maize"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
Affairs Of the Sporting World

The Pirates pushed the showing
Cubs back yesterday by winning a
great battle and managed to continue
hanging onto the coat tails of the fast
moving Giants, who also won.
Indianapolis won again yesterday,
making it two out of three from Co
lumbus This defeat almost put the
Champs out of the running. Ownie
Bush was a great factor in the Browns
victory. He made three hits and his
fielding was brilliant.
The Chicago White Sox are now
within two games of the lead. The
Sox defeated Cleveland yesterday in
brilliant 3 to 2 game. White did
the pitching for the Sox.
Indianapolis opens a series with the
Night Riders at Louisville today. The
outcome of this series will probably
decide who will win the A. A. pennant.
President Dreyfuss of the Pirates,
believes that the race is going to be
between his team and the Cubs. He
does not figure the Giants to stick to
the finish. New York." he said, has
thirty-eight more games to play in
thirty-five days. AS they do not play
on Sundays in the East that means a
lot of double headers for them, and
they have only two first-rate pitchers.
They have twelve games with Phila-
delphia, and will be lucky to win half
of them. Besides that, they have four
games to play with us and four with
Chicago, so that more than half their
contests are with the first division
clubs. On the other hand we have ten
more games with st. Louis who have
beaten us only two games out of
twelve this year. l can not figure the
Giants at pennant winners. Chicago
Is the club that we have to beat"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05

Secretary John H. Bruce Of the
tional baseball commission announced
that $99,6 has been turned over to
him to be paid to minor league club
owners for drafted players. OF this
sum $47,555 already has been forward
ed to Secretary Farrell of the National
associations, the remainder of it be-
ing held until the commission decides
whether a number of drafts are to be
allowed. He also has received $6S,500
for players purchased and recalled I'M
der options. making a total Of $116. 050
that has been turned over to minor
league club owners. AS a number Of
the purchases were not made through
the medium Of the commission, the
harvest reaped by the minor magnates
will greatly exceed this amount.
One fault with McAleers team is he
carries too many percherons. No few
er than eight of the Browns are in the
steam roller class when it comes to
speed.
Roaring Bill" Hassamer, one-time
ball player, sold the Sox yesterday a
lot of rattle tickets. When Bill went
away the Sox looked at the tickets
and found the rattle was billed to take
place on Aug. 10Th.
Tex Richard, the Nevada fight pro-
moter who was unable to dig up the
100000 purse for the finish fight be-
tween, Joe Cans and Battling Nelson
on Labor day afternoon at Ely, New,
now comes forward with statement
to the effect that he has Jack John
sons agreement to fight Tommy Burns
at his club in Ely, New, when Johnson
and Burns return to this country.
Tex had better forget about pulling off
any fight after his recent blowup.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
STEEL MINE CARS
ARE BEING USED
Some Anthracite Mines OF
Pennsylvania Trying Out
Their Fitness.
NOT TRIED LONG ENOUGH.
ORIGINAL COST TWICE AS
MUCH AS THAT OF COMMON
WOODEN CAR.

Steel mine cars are coming into use
In some of the anthracite coal mines in
Pennsylvania. They have not as yet
been tested sufficiently long to justify
any verdict as TO their permanent fit
ness. II is hoped they will effect
much needed saving in underground
transportation. One of the most re-
cent installations is at the colliery of
the Clear Spring Coal Co., at West
Pittston, Pa. where 80 of the new
cars have been put in operation. AS
mules have given away TO compressed
air and electric locomotives. so it now
seems necessary. in the opinion of
some mining experts, that TIE wooden
car shall be replaced by one more ca
pable of standing the increasing wear
and tear. as the hauls from the work
ing places are continually becoming
longer.
A steel car of the type adopted at
the Pittston colliery costs about twice
as much as the average wooden car.
Though subject to less ordinary wear.
when steel car is damaged. the cost
VI repairing II 10 ht6h. III tOhiIoh
with all the improvements which the
anthracite mining companies have un-
dertaken in the last Few years. the
steel cars are introduced not so much
with the idea Of reducing the cost OF
mining as of preventing any increased
cost The exhaustion of the more ac-
cessible veins. together with the high
er prices of labor and materials. has
increased the expense of every phase
of mining. And. as the companies
have to mine deeper and deeper for
coal, the tendency will be for the cost
to continue to increase.
The real value of steel cars. as COM
pared with wooden cars. cannot be de-
cided until they have been operated
throughout long period. II is all n
question of whether the decrease in the
expense of maintenance will be suffi-
cient to offset the increase in the orig
inal cost.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
In Darkest London.

In his book, Child Slaves of Great
Britain" Robert H. Sherard writes:
There are thousands of our poor chill
dren in London starving not on ac-
count Of the poverty of the parents.
but by reason Of the ignorance and
sloth Of the mothers. They know moth
ing of cookery; they wish to know
nothing. They do not care for the
trouble. In every London slum you
will find fried fish shop or a cooked
meat shop or a grocer who sells cheese
and pickles and potted things. 1t is
much easier and less worriting-like' to
send the children out with coppers for
a penn'orth Of fish and chips or a bit
of cheese and pickles than to cook any
thing for them"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE.
His First and Last Experience In
Tracing a Crime.

Il never attempted the Sherlock
Holmes business but once" said
Blythe. land although l ran down the
person was after the results were not
at all pleasant. One morning missed
scarfpin, single pearl, worth about
$50. / valued it more for its associa-
lions than almost anything else had.
I decided to say nothing about it to my
wife, because things of that sort al
ways upset her. She suspects the serv-
ants and does not hesitate to let them
see it. Advertising a reward brought
no results. One morning nearly two
years after the pin was lost saw it in
the window of pawnshop not three
blocks from my home. I knew the DO
lice captain of the precinct and induced
him to send one Of his ward men with
me to the pawnshop. Matters were
soon explained. l was able to prove
my ownership of the pin. The pawn
broker consulted his books.
THAT pin," he said, was brought
here by woman who regularly pawns
things here on commission 1t Is a bust
ness, the same as shopping on commits
sion. Many persons, especially wom-
en-, who find it necessary to raise a lit
tie money in a hurry, are afraid to go
in person to the pawnshop.
HE gave me the name and address
of the woman who pawned my pin, and
looked her up. 4 don't want to make
any trouble for you,' l said, but that
pin was stolen. Just take me to the
person who gave it to you to pawn,
and you'll not be the loser
she complied willingly She said
she was sent for by a woman who had
read her advertisement and was given
the pin to pawn in the usual course of
business. She got 500 for it, and after
deducing her commission had paid the
money over to her customer and given
her the ticket. She went to the pawn
shop nearest the house to save time.
Not until we were at my own doorstep
did realize where the woman was
taking me. 4
DO you mean to say that you got
the pin in this house?' inquired.
Certainly she replied. Tt was
given to me by a tall woman with red
hair. II she still lives here I should
know her in minute
That will do 1 said. Here is SIS
for your trouble. 1 shall be obliged by
your not mentioning this incident to
anybody
The woman she had described was
my wife. We had bad quarter Of an
hour. She had powned the pin to get
money for rascalliou of a brother.
who had since fed to Canada. He stole
the ticket from her and had evidently
been Isnahie tn sell it before he skipped.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
IMPORT ANCE OF CARBON.
without IL or It's Equivalent We
Could Have No Are Light.

The electric arc light as now so COM
monty used is produced by the passage
of powerful electric current between
the slightly separated ends of pair or
carbon rods, or carbons, about twelve
inches long and from three-eighths TO
one-half inch in diameter. placed YER
tically end tn end in the lamp. The
lamp mechanism is SO constructed that
when no current is passing the upper
carbon, which is always made the posi-
tive one, rests upon the lower by the
action of gravity, but as soon as the
electric current is esta blished the car
bons are automatically separated about
an eighth of an inch, thus forming a
gap of high resistance in the electric
circuit, across which the current is
forced, resulting in the production of
intense heat. The ends of the cartoons
are quickly heated to brilliant incan-
descence, and by the burning action of
the air are maintained in the form OF
blunt points. AS the carbons burn
away, the lamp mechanism feeds the
upper one downward just fast enough
to maintain the proper separation.
The carbons are not heated equally,
the upper or positive one being much
the hotter. A small cup shaped cavity or
crater" ordinarily less than an eighth
of an inch in diameter, is formed in its
end, the glowing concave surface of
which emits the greater part of the to-
tai light. In lights of the usual size,
something like half a horsepower of en-
ergy is concentrated in this little era
ter, and its temperature is limited only
by the vaporization of the carbon. Car
bon being the most refractory sub
stance known. the temperature of the
crater is the highest yet produced arti-
ficially and ranks next to that of the
sun. 1t is fortunate that nature has
provided US with such a substance as
carbon, combining. as 1t does. the high
est resistance to heat with the neces-
sary electrical conductivity. Without
carbon or an equivalent-and none is
known-we could have no arc light
Charles F. Brush in Atlantic.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
BONDS WERE SOLO
Thomas Mi|Iikan of New Cas-
tie Purchased Entire
Issue at Par.
ROAD WORK TO BEGIN.

County Treasurer B. B. Myrick, Jr,
this forenoon sold to Thomas Millikan
Of New Castle, the entire issue of
gravel road bonds which will provide
the funds for the construction of the
Washington township gravel road pc
titioned for by Fred L. Davis and 9th
ers. The price paid was par. the is
sue aggregating $4,000 and the accru-
ed interest on the issue from the date
Of issue, September /. being $10.3S.
Mr.. Millikan is a banker at New Cas-
tie. F. H. Burk. who was awarded
the contract for the Washington town
ship road will begin operations next
week, it is understood and as a result
of the late start will be given until
early next summer to complete the
work.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
The Human LUNGS.

At birth respiration is at the rate OF
a minute: at Ave years. 90; at fifteen
TO twenty years. 20. at twenty to TWEEN
ty-Gye years. 1871; at twenty-five TO
thirty years. 16: at thirty to fifty
years. ISL.
A man OF ordinary size inhales al
rest SAG cubic inches of air; walking
one mile al hour. 81: two miles, 60:
three miles. 80; four miles. 81.
The total amount of air passing
through the lungs In twenty-four hours
Is from 6S6.o0o to 1.56a39o cubic
inches, according to activity.
The vital capacity OF man five feet
TO five feet one inch Is 174 cubic inches
OF air; i've feet one inch to i've feet
two inches, 1S2 cubic inches, and so on
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
BOWLERS TO MEET
TO FORM LEAGUE
More Interest Being Shown
This Year Than Last.

A meeting of the bowlers of the city
will probably. be held some time next
eek for the purpose of organizing the
ague for this winter. There will be
five men teams The first schedule
will start about October l and run to
the holidays. The second will start
with the recognizing of the teams the
first of the year and running to about
April 18th.
More interest is being shown ir
bowling this year than last year.
There are more players than last year
and so far this season excellent scores
have been made. One of the promi
nent bowlers stated today that the
race for first. place this year will! be
one of the best that has been held on
the local allies.
At present there are two prizes for
the highest scores made before Sept.
18th. There have been a number try
ing for them and the highest scores
made SO far are by Parry, 200, and
King, 1913.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
AWFUL REVENGE
OF IRATE FATHER
Saw Son Run Over by Auto
mobile, Then Shot at &C.
cupants of Machine.
TWO KILLED BY BULLETS.
CHAUFFEUR SHOT AND CAR
TURNED OVER, FATALLY MUIR
ING OTHER OCCUPANT, MARCH
,ONESS OF REvEDIM.

Genoa, Sept. 5.--Angelo Galloni, an
engineer, maddened by the sight of
his little son, Antonio, being killed by
an automobile occupied by the Mar
chioness of Revedim and her young
sister, drew a revolver, fatally wound
ing the latter and killed the chauf-
feur. The automobile, without con-
trolling hand at the wheel, upset and
the Warehouses was fatally injured.
Both women are in dying condition
at the hospital. Galloni was arrested
Great excitement prevailed, many JUS
tifying the act, while others condemn
ed him. The little boy was playing
in the road when the machine whizzed
around curve and ran over him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
STOP IT..

Boosting of what you can do instead
Of doing it.
Thinking that life is a grind and not
worth living.
Exaggerating and making mountains
out Of molehills.
Talking continually about yourself
and your affairs.
Saying unkind things about acquaint-
ances and friends.
Thinking that all the good chances
and opportunities are gone by.
Thinking Of yourself to the exclusion
Of everything and every one else.
Specializing as to what you would do
in some one else's place and do your
best in your own.
Gazing idly into the future and
dreaming about it instead Of making
the most Of the present.
Longing for the good things that 9TH
ers have instead of going to work and
earning them for consciousness.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
A Few Palindromes.

ut is fascinating occupation" sale
q philologist. ito search the language
for palindromes. A palindrome Is a
word that reads the same backward as
forward. Rotator. for instance, is a
palindrome. Several hundreds of these
strange words are tabulated, and new
ones are continually turning up in the
English tongue. II you can find one
send it to the Palindrome society of
New York
Il can rattle of extempore a dozen or
two palindromes. Thus:
Dab, refer. bib, Anna, tot, bob, peep,
civic, toot, dad. madam, deed, pup, del
fed, sees, dewed. tat, did, shahs, eve,
reviver. eve, rotator, cog, pop, gig,
gag. redder. level, noon, Otto, sexes."-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
.LIGHTSHIPS To
TAKE LONG Trip
Voyage Will Be More Perilous
Than Fleets.

New York, Sept 5.-Lying off Temp
kinsville are three new lightships
which the government is about to send
around through the Straits of Magel-
Ian to Seattle, for use on the Pacific
coast.
Their voyage will be much more of
risk than the recent trip of the battle
ship fleet, because, while the light
ships go under their own steam, they
are not built for cruising and the en-
gines are virtually but auxiliary ones.
The ships will have to stop and coal up
at a half dozen places.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
A Wonderful Memory.

Hortensius, the Roman orator. could
repeat word 70. word a book he had
just read. On one occasion lie made a
wager with one Sienna and to win 1t
went to an auction, remr ined all day
and in the evening gave list Of all the
r-ticles sold, the prices paid for them
and the names Of the purchasers. The
accuracy of his memory was In this
case attested by the auctioneer's clerk,
who followed the recapitulation with
his book and found that in no case had
the man of wonderful memory made a
single mistake.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-05
A Hurricane.

The terrors Of the deep were perhaps
never more thrillingly set forth than in
the description by a young lady who
last year made her first trip abroad
She kept diary, very much. says the
New York Herald, like that of Mark
Twain, when for seven days he record
ed the fact that he got up, washed and
went to breakfast"
There was one important exception.
When she crossed the channel the ex-
perience was so trying that she felt
impelled to describe it.
Il firmly resolved to stay on deck"
she wrote. although the tempest in
creased to such a frightful hurricane
that it was only with the greatest diff
Guilty that could hold up my parasol."