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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
LEFT Oh RER DOORSTEP
FOR THIS MOTHER

Mrs. A. O. Tuson. OF Lyermore. Cal,
writes; Z picked up from my door
step one day a little book In which l
soon became very much interested.
My little girl Of ave years OF age had
been troubled for a long time with
loss OF appetite, extreme nervousness
and undue fatigue. She was all run
down aud IN very delicate condition.
This little book was very eornpre-
hensiyely written. and told Of the new
mel hOd Of extracting the medicinal ele-
meats Of the Gods liver from the Oil.
eliminating the obnoxious oil which II
40 hard for children 20 take.
"Jlst the thing said I. for my little
daughter.' and Immediately went for
a bottle OF Yinol. IL helped her won
derfally. ste has gained rapidly IN
flesh and strength. ana she does not
take cold half 80 easily.
Il am extremely grateful Cor the
good Il has, done her. aud hope other
mothers Who haze weak. delicate or
t'i.ng children VA be benefited BY ny
experience and just give viDol a trial"
q. ". PUTNAM Co, salem, Oregon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
GEO. |. BAKER, Manager
BuuqaIew Theatre. Portland, Oregon

Evening Prices. 25c. 35e, soc; ma
tinee. 15c, zoe.
Always the same. Matinees SUNDAY
and Saturday. Next week-Brown
Of Harvard.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
ENORMOUS CONSUMPTION
OF CANNED GOODS

One does not have to pursue the
investigation very far to become con-
vlnced that the percapita consump-
tion of canned goods In the United
States Is much less than II should
be, says the Gamer.
Taking "A half-dozen or so leading
articles and figuring on the basis OF
a population OF $4,000, 900. we OBJ
tai nsome illuminatlve results:
Corn. 1907 pack. G.675.sos cases.
equal to 160,221.792 cans, or less
than two cans per person per year
Tomatoes, 1907 pack, 13.467,476
cases. equal to S93,21s.424 cans,
less than four cans per capita an
nually.
Peas. 1907 pack, s,505,s51 cases.
equal to l56.143.064 cans. or less
than two full cans per year for each
inhabitant
Salmon. 1907 pack. S.9i1,326
cases. equal to 167,7s3.e4s cans.
counting as cans TO the case or a
shade over two cans per year to each
resident of the United States.
Fruits, estimating 5000. 900 cases,
equal to 10000. 900 cans. or less
than pne and one-half cans per year
for each person,
There are, OF course, other canned
foods besides those mentioned, yet
these are the principal items, exelu
sive of canned meats. and the sum
total OF them all is 947.327.92s cans.
equal to a fraction over II cans per
annum, or less than one can per
month for each inbabitant.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
RUSSIAN LABOR INSURANCE
IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS

Consul James w. Ragsdale of St.
Peter burg advises that the Russian
douma has under consideration a bill
requiring manufacturers to insure
their laborers against accidents while
employed In factories and to provide
for them In case of Illness. Upon
this the consul comments.
The law OF 1903 imposed this duty
directly on the employers, but under
the new law an insurance by an or.
ganized insurance company will be
provided. The substitution will en-
tail an increase Of expense on the
part OF manufacturers against accl-
dents OF about per cent OF the sal
airy OF all the employees. AS there
are about 100000 persons employ
ed I'M manufactures drawing an aver
age OF 220 rubles (ruble, 51.5 cents)
each per annum. or total OF $780,
000,0 900 rubles. the assessment Will
be considerable.
The bill further provides for in
surance against Illness, the premiums
TO be paid conjointly by the laborers
and the employers. the former pay
Ing from to per cent Of their sal
aries and the latter two-third as
much. which together will aggre-
gate about $4,000. 900 rubles. These
assessments Win vary somewhat, but
are based upon the statistics OF the
past. which show the average cost OF
treatment In case OF illness 10 be
about 4 rubles, or 2 per cent of the
workman's salary. The new meas
ure. therefore. II It becomes a law.
will entail on the manufacturer an
expense aggregating about 100000
rubles more than was required under
the law OF 1908.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
ANTIQUITY OF
PLAyING CARDS

In the Journal OF the Gypsy-Lore
society, the headquarters of which
are at Hope place. Liverpool, ID. +.
de lHoste Ranking has contributed
a long and able article on The
Tarot." He first quotes M. Court de
Gebelin, who wrote In 1871 In lie
Monde Primitif" as follows:
There Is ample evidence that cards,
In some form, were known and used
In Spain, Italy and Provence, long
before they reached northern France.
As early as 1892, the initiates OF a
Spanish order of chivalry, lie Order
de In Bande, founded by Alfonso XI
OF CASTLE, we're by the statutes OF the
order forbidden to play at cards. lie
Sage says that, In the time OF Charles
" OF France, st. Bernard OF Sienna
ordered two packs OF cards, called
Triomphales, 10 be burned. Charles
w himself prescribed them by an
edlct OF 1859. The chonicle OF
Giovanni Morelli speaks OF them as
being used at Milan, by one of tho
Visconti in 1892, under the name OF
naibes or naipes. Some think that
cards we're first brought to Florence
and Venice by emigrant Greeks from
Constantinople; that they passed
thence into Spain. and so to France.
Court de Gebelin suggests that the
book OF the tarot was communicated
by the Arabs TO the Spaniards, aud
carried by the soldiers OF Charles v
Into Germany.
Nothing In this gives ns any clew
so far TO the secret OF the origin and
meaning OF the tarots. Were these
cards the origin OF the modern play
Ing cards? or are they a later de-
velopmept OF the simpler packgY
As regards this point, think that
Ian examination OF the tarot pack H.
4 self must leave the conviction that
the symbols on the cards Themselves
show them TO be the earlier In date.
What Is the meaning OF f.the name
"Tarot?" Every authority seems Ia
give a different Interpretation. Court
de Gebelin says that II Is pure Egyp-
tlan. composed OF the words "tar,
sipnlfylng road !" and gro" "ros," oI
''rog.' signifying "royal." since II
shows the ''royal road OF llfe."
leave II TO Egyptploeists TO examine
Into the correctness, OF this explapa
tion.
How these cards. n really OF east
ern origin, came into Europe is {
great source OF speculation. one
theory 10 that they were brought b,
the Arabs TO Cicily, and thus passed
Into Italy. the Arab again may hay'
brought them TO Spain.
Antonio Magus, In his art d'
Tirer les Cartes," mentioning the
theory that they were brought tC
Florence and Venice by smigrani
Greeks from constantinople, says
that. n this were so. the Greeks ap
parently ost.some on the way, "sinet
the italian pack consisted Of only 30
cards divided into Ave SERIES"
Here he Is In error, Mer'iu
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16

(("OrigInes des Cartes a Jouer."
Paris, 1897 has shown that there
are three so-called tarot packs, the
earliest known, called the Minchiate
pack, consisting OF 90 cards Gao OF
which are tarots); the others con-
slstlng OF rs and so cards respective
ly.
Who first ascribed the introduction
OF tarots into Europe to the Gypsios
do not know. One finds the fact
constantly asserted by various writ
ere. but with no hints for the grounds
for such belief. Merlin quotes Brett
kopf as stating that the Gypsies got
them from the Arab. He scouts this
Idea simply on the ground that cards
were known long before 14i7, tho
accepted date for the first appear
ance OF GypBies in Europe. II be.
ing now well established that this
date can only apply TO the hrst ttap-
pearance. of wandering bands IN cen-
trail Eprope. and that the Gypsies
were established In southeastern
Europe long before this date. his OBJ
| lection 10 the theory falls 70 the
ground. The tarot pack most
In use consists OF rs cards, OF which
22 are more properly known as the
tarots, and are considered as the
Keys" OF the tarot; these correspond
with the 22 letters OF the Hebrew al
lphabet, or according to Falconnier
and TO Margiotta, with the alphabet
OF the Magi."
The suits are four--wands, scep-
ters or clubs, answering 10 diamonds;
cups. chaiices or goblets, answering
10 hearts; swords, answering 10
spades; money. circles Or pentacles.
answering to clubs. Each suit con-
sIsts OF fourteen cards, the ace and
nine others, and four court cards
king, queen, knight and knaye.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16

test enhanced by thesstentorian com
mand, play ball!'
He's one of the squarest and fin-
est of men. Yes, sir, he's as nice
fell Say, watch the graceful atti-
tude of our first batterl He's got
his eye with him today, too, for see
how he lets this first bad one co.
What did the umpire call that?"
"A strike" replied his neighbor. =
Now, what do you think OF that7
Ball went a mile wide of the platel
Well, umpires will make mistakes.
I've seen"
AT this iuncture a crack rent the
air, and the ball sailed on line to-
ward the leftfield fence.
The mild-mannered man was on
his feet in a jiffy.
"Oh, what swat Run, run like
the dickens! Go on and make il
homer! Look at that cuss go. will
youl Go on; keep a-going. Don't
stop. Make it. What's that?"
The umpire called IL a FOUL"
IA foul? He's crazyl Say, Mis-
ter Umpire, put on your glasses. A
foul Good Cad, man, you're the
limit Throw him outl Go lay
down somewhere, umpirel You're
rottenl Rotten! Rottepl"
And in his disgust the mild-mar-
nered fan slapped his derby hat
on the seat and sat nit----From the
October Bohemian.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
HOW THE DIFFERENT
FASHIONS ORIGINATE

While doubtle1s that first modif-
cation of the merely useful garh
which we call fashion was induced
by the instructive femme desire to
please the male eye, rivalry with her
own sex has subordinated this alni
A severely plain head covering is
useful when the fair wearer puts a
feather in her hat she surely wor
masculine approval-for there was
the decorative touch. But when
other women, dominated by an am
bition to excel. used the whole bird
and several strange feathers beside,
the original aim OF pleasing the mas
culine eye was lost In. bitter strife
to go a gorgeous sister zone better"
Then the contest was on--a contest
that has brought TO an astonished
and not utterly inartlstlc world such
exhibits as the hoopskirt, the puffed
sleeves, the Merry Widow hat and
the much-constricting corset In
deed, in the making OF women's
fashions enter every motive that has
ever impelled feminity-and the
greatest OF these is rivalry. This 10
her eyes widely, looked round and
said: MOI No! | see perfectly well.
merely one writer's opinion, but IL
has the philosophy of human nature
to strengthen the theory.
In these latter days OF combina'
tions and Industrial aggregations II
is interesting TO note that fashion
has. followed current OF the times.
For were one fashion TO run through
two seasons, what would the makers
OF feminine apparel profit? Two
thirds the sex would surely wear the
same garb till II was "called in
for be II said. the 'better half' OF
the world does not spend good money
without pronounced ocular results.
SO we have the yearly or semi
yearly change OF fashion. From
some strange quarter OF Paris or
Vienna or London comes annually
the news OF the proper thing" Tho
queen OF England, perhaps, has de-
signedly or unwlttingly put plum
colored belt on with dark blue rid
ing habit. and. prestol the wires car
ry the news to the worlds fashion
centers. the faeiie fashion artists de-
wise a costly combination OF this "the
latest" the fashion magazines bear
the tidings 10 the waiting feminine
world. A new fashion has sprung
into existence. the fashion dlctators
reap a financial reward, the dress
makers add 10 their hank acconnt,
the world OF women wearing plum
cOlored belts and blue riding habits
add 10 their spiritual oontentment--
and maybe the surprised queen OF
England. who has changed her bell.
looks on in amused wonder.-From
do Women Dress 10 Please the
Mem" by Louis cass Evans, in the
Bohemian Magzine for October.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
EXTRAORDINARILY
CASE OF BLINDNESS

IN the October American Magazine
Frederick van Eden writes a re-
ka,ksbe article on How Mind Can
|es the Body" DR.. van Eden Is Ia
vIcan of International reputation
NJ believes in the moderate use OF
[pnoiIc suggestion in the treatment
! disease. Some OF the cases which
van Eden cites are almost mirac-
Nous The following is an example:
In order TO give an idea OF the
pnderiul aud mysterious complica-
bn Of suggestive phenomena, ] will
y here OF another experiment, per-
brmed BY DR.. Debove and afterward
kpeated by Bernheim. He touched
+ normal eye OF an uncultivated
pnan, saying; Now you are blind
! this eye. Bnt the woman opened
ui when her eyeslght was tested by
simple appartus, we'll known IN
kAthalmology. to investigate simu-
3ied blindness on one eye, 1t was
Osn that she had grown indeed
|riectly blind on that eye without
klng conscious OF II.
Nov nobody can suppose that an
ffultyated woman, by a voluntary
Port Of the Imagination, could elm
|ile the sight OF one eye. And yet,
nearer Investigation, Bernhelm
|'uVed that the suggested blindness
n entirely imaginary. The vision
|as really Intact. And yet this wom-
|if Ia unconscious obedlance 10 the
|mmand OF suggestion, knew how TO
the part OF one-sided blindness,
That the scientific Investigator,
Va to detect stimulation, comld be
|npleiely deceived by It. To ex-
iih this Incredible fact we are COM
Fled to accept a division OF per.
Faliiy. One Is the ordinary WON.
uheon-clous that anything has
anged In her power OF vision; the
ls' Is her subconseious self, which
ep's the suggestion obedIentiy
tries to become blind In one eye.
does II so effectively that the
l'a OF one eve Is practically out
mae,ion. The woman becomes
M s technically called soul
% on one eve, To perform this
BY voluntary effort is entirely
Of the question The eleveresi
'en1 could not dc II, and surely
a. anmltiyated woman taken un-
Hafsa
'ls curious experiment shows.
sa' u In a few words, that the
o. our being which obeys aud
''' out sugge tion is a far more
~ and powerful agency than our
10y conscious personality. And.
S''sT' that our everyday concep
ABOUT imagination and 'simu-
- are far too crude and simple
s's' The facts discovered by the
p'seho!ogy. And am convinced
y. u order to assert or TO deny
II = me effect Of suggestion can be,
u order to approach something
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
The Baseball Umpire.

THAT gentleman who is to umpire
the game today is an Old friend OF
mine" said the miid-mannered base
ball fan 20 his neighbor as they sat
leaning forward in the grandstand.
their easerness over the coming con-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16

like an explanation of the wonderful
cures effected by the mind on the
body, we have first Of ali to know
more abomt that mysterious agency.
called by whatever name, which IS
able to obey such difficult commands
unheeded by the ordinary conscious
ness.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16

Kodol is a combination OF the nat
ural digestive juices and u digests
all classes OF food and every kind OF
food, so you see II will do the work
that the stomach itself does. Sold by
all druggists.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
CAST q IA 4 n.
a...A, zIM Kind iou Hu.e kHan Baaglf
'i'::'''' C.. !: ''' IZxI42zz;;1 ne;

The shriners Of California and Or
egon are looking forward TO q good
time al the inst'tution OF Hiilah
Temple al Ashland, on November
IA. =
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16

II you can arrange 20 go 10 Port
land this week-do so-and witness
the greatest theatrical sensation that
city has even known. Bakers Stock
Company, at the handsome new
BUNGALOW THEATER, Morrison
aud Twelfth streets, is presenting
for the third and last week the mag
niflcent Belasco play,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16

Positively the greatest sensation
Portland theater-goer3 have ever
known. Playing TO standing room
only al every performance! Don (
delay. Send In your order for seats
nv mail. wire or long distance. Ad-
dress everything to
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26

A horse was standing along Chestnut
street the other day anchored by nm
iron weight. The horse. not knowing
what else to do to pass away the time.
was industriously chewing the strap.
A newsboye happened along, and after
watching the animal for awhile he
grinned cluster of grlns and turned
to n man who was standing near.
Don't say word" he gleefu!ly re-
marked. "old Umpire here is going to
have the surprise of his life in few
minutes"
what is the matter with hlm?" ask
ed the man, glancing first at the kid
and then at the horse.
"Nothin' is the matter with him."
was the happy rejolnder of the news
boy HE may eat the strap all right,
but when he gets down to that weight
he will think he has struck boardin'
use."-Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26

People often speak of chimneys
drawing" We also speak of the sue
ton Of pump. There is not 30 much
harm In these expressions. except that
they are liable to lead US away from
the true state affairs. But in truth
there is no such thing as suction. Sue
tlon is merely partial or entire absence
Of pressure in one place which enables
the greater pressure of mir or fluid In
another place to rush in. In the case
of the chimney the heated mir In 1t
does not weigh SO much us nm equal
volume of cold air, and II the air in
the chimney, the air in the room and
the outside air were all the same tenn
perature there would be no tendency
to any motion. But when the air In
the chimney IS hot 1t does not press
downword SO much as the colder sur
rounding air presses upward. Conse-
quently an upward current is started
and will continue II the mir In the
chimney is kept hot.-A. 8. s. Alderman
In London Express.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26
A washing" Mission.

The visiting housekeeper recently de-
scribed In the New York Sun must be
n stout armed angel or she would never
have lived to write the entry in her
daybook quoted below:
washed the sick woman In bed,
washed and dressed four children, did
the washing, scrubbed two floors.
washed the dishes. washed the win
dows."
A discriminating glance ut this en-
try will disclose the fact. that she
washed about everything in the house.
How the head of the family escaped
the wash rag is not stated. Perhaps
there was no head.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26

He had given up town life. with its
cares and dissipation. and was living
In the country.
What charming cottagew exclaim-
ed a dainty lady visitor from London.
"What have you called itT
~ have called 1t the Nutshell" he
told her. and she exclaimed:
"Oh. how delfghtfulv'
After ten and cakes she took tho
train back to London, where she re-
mnined for six months. Then she iran
down" to sec him again.
"As sweet MS everr' she told him.
But you have changed the name!
Why is 1t now Chez Nous7"
"Whyy' he responded, with some
warmth. because was tired Of be-
ing Iollled! Because ] was tired Of
being kldded! There isn't boy for a
mile round who hasn't stopped and
rung the doorbell every time he passed
TO ask II the colonel was in!"-London
Telegraph.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26
AN ISLAND OF MAssAcREs.
Over Five Million People Have Been
Assassinated In Haiti.

Haiti hns been the scene of more
massacres than any other place on
earth
They began with the coming Of Co
lumbus and the rabble rout that fol-
lowed him. In few years its 3,00O,.
900 gentle brown skinned Inhabitants
had persisted utterly. extermfnated by
fire and sword and by forced labor in
the mines. to which they were utterly
unsuited. In all history Is no tragedy
more colossal and more pitiful than
this one.
Next the buccaneers seized the un-
happy island and wreaked vengeance
on the Spaniards In such manner
that even the old chroniclers tell Of the
worst Of the atrocities only in the Latin
tongue.
Presently came the French. and for
brief space there was some semblance
Of peace. But in 1798 the negroes re-
VOTED and murdered practically all the
whites. the scenes enacted resembling
those that took place at Cawnpore and
elsewhere during the Indian mutiny.
but mngnifed thousandfold.
On account Of these atrocities fright
full reprisals took place when France
In due course reconqucred the island.
But the negroes bided their time and
presently rose again under q rufaan
named Dessalimes.
This time they did the thing thor
oughly Not only were oil the Euro
peans put to death, but all having any
admixture Of white blood In their veins
suffered like fate. Many of the VIC
tins were burned alive after having
been first tortured.
In all it Is computed that over 5.0oO,-
600 men, women and children have
met with violent deaths on this island
Of massacres since the intruding white
man first set foot on Its palm fringed
strand -Pearson's Weekly.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26
% You Remember,

And the other fishing days when you
got up before dawn and stole down.
stairs to the dim kitchen-n drink Of
milk. doughnut and n triangle Of pie.
then You stole out quietly to the bprn
and got the spading fork; then the
search, armed with fork and tomato
eau, under the broad leaves Of the rhu-
barb bed, back OF the henhouse and
down by the COW barn until you had
enough worms for the days sport
Then Of course you left the fork stick
Ing In the ground-you never would
learn to put things nway-and started
of; through the garden and orchard,
stopping long enough for handful Of
currants and pocketful Of sopsavines
over the pasture bars. eating hand
full of huckleberries or low bush black
berries here and there; into the wood
road-very dark and still In the dawn
where you stepped along very quietly
so us not to disturb the bears (you
knew perfectly well there were no
bears, but you rather enjoyed the
creepy sensation; then out through
the deep wet meadow grass to the riv-
err, where the sun was now beginning
to burn away the wlsps Of mist and
the red winged blackblrds were max
ing tremendous fuss over their house
keeping. You reached the river bank
at the pout hole or the big rock or the
old willow (of course you know the OK
net place., and then you started fish
lng-Atlantic.
The Meeker herald., 1908-09-26
PROGRESS OF DEATH.
Sensations Of One ovsrta<sn BY the
"sissp Of Snow"

Sensations OF One OveftakoH 0y SnS
"slssp Of Snow"
Pastor Bertrand was climbing a
mountain with q party Of students.
Feeling tired. he lay down to rest
while the others proceeded and was
ovcrtakcn by the sleep Of snow" He
felt Himself as II struck by apoplexy.
His head was perfectly clear. but his
body was powerless. He tells his story
thus:
"a kind Of prayer was sent up. and
then resolved to study quietly the
progrcss of death. The sensation was
not painful. but at last my head be-
came unbearably cold, and i seemed
TO me that concave pinchers squeezed
my heart so us to extract my life.
never felt such pain, but It lnsted only
for minute, and my life went out.
Well, thought l, 4 nm what they call
a dead man. and here l am, captive
balloon attached to the earth by kind
OF elastic spring and going up and al
ways up! When my companions re-
turn they will say, "The professors
dead" They do not know never was
so alive as am! The proof is see
them now-the guide is stealing leg
OF my chicken. Go on. old fellow! Eat
the whole If you choose, for l hope my
corpse will never eat again" Hello!
There is my wife going to Lucerne.
"Weli. wife, goodby.' l confess did
not call dear the one that has always
been very dear to me. felt neither
regret nor joy at leaving her. My only
regret wns that I could not cut the
string Suddenly shock stopped my
ascension. felt that somebody was
pulling the balloon down. My grief
was measureless. When reached my
body ! had a last hope. The balloon
seemed much too big for the mouth.
Suddenly uttered the awful roar Of
wild beast. The corpse swallowed the
balloon-nnd Bertrand was Bertrand
again.
In other words, the exertions Of his
friends we're successful in resuscitat-
ing him.-Leon Landsberg in Boston
Post