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Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-01
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French literature are specially fond of giving French plays, and this year the medium chosen for the display of their talents was that old farce, ''Maitre Patelin," written and played in the thirteenth century and so we'll constructed that even today 1t is sometimes revived in French theaters. Millington Drake was selected to play the title role, one of keen satire and broad humor, requiring great actor to portray it we'll So well did the American youth play the rascally law yer and so great was the enthusiasm he aroused at the performance on Speech day, June 4, that the event was deemed worthy of special cable sis patches to the American papers.
 Later on that same day he broke an- other record at Eton. His recitation of passage from Moliere's Les Femmes Savantes" was such a bril- liant piece of work that he was re- called, an unheard of event at the Eton Speech day. As a general rule these performances are just those of well-trained schoolboys, creditable, perhaps, but from critical standpoint no more than mediocre. On this oc- casion, however, the really fine, natur- al histricnic genius of Millington Drake made the performance note worthy. Drake was ably supported by g son of Augustine Birrell, chief sec retary of Ireland, on whom second hon.. ors were bestowed.
 The Millington Drakes' fortune was made in the stockyards of Chicago When the elder Drake died his son and the latter's wife went to travel in Europe. For nearly 20 years they have lived abroad almost all the time, visiting this country only occasionally.
 Young Drake was born in Paris. So it is no wonder that he speaks French well.
 The esprit de corps of Eton is high, and no Etonian ever loses it, no mat ter how old he grows. It costs money to keep boy there, and of this req uisite the Millington Drakes have no lack, as their splendid entertainments in London and Paris have often proved |
 Young Drake has still a short time to pass at Eton before he reaches the sixth form and is ready to go to OK ford or Cambridge-oa perhaps Harvard Or Yale-and that be has won such signal honors in school is an earnest of the brilliant career that ia l before him.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-01
BACK DOOR OF INDIA
kHYBEa PASS WHERE BRITISH
 TROOPS ARE BUSY.
British Grip on This Strategic PeInt Has Been Strengthened in Or der to Hold Afghan
 Hordes in Check.

Another place marked on the map of the man who keeps in touch with the world news is the Khyber pass, at the hindermost part of India, some times called tks back door of India. whither Britain has recently sent a force of troops to repel and hold in check the Afghan hordes which have showed a disposition to invade India and cause trouble. England has not always been so swift to tighten her grip on the Khyber. When the iron tier tribesmen rose Il years ago, the British soldiers abandoned it without firing a single shot But the bitter lesson of 1897 was not wholly wasted, and the Khyber is probably as safe to-day as We ran ever expect it to be, Many people Sho have not visited the hhyber think of it as a narrow cut in a gigantic rampant of mountains guarding the northwestern confines of India. That is by no means the case. If it is the back door of India, it is a kind of inner back door. The real mountain barrier that guards the ap-
 
 Hes beyond the Khyber in Afghanis- tan, on the other side of the Afghan city of Jelalabad. That barrier is far higher than the Khyber, and is pierced by an infinitely more gloomy gorge known as the Jagdallak defile. In the grim recesses of Jagdaliak the rem nants of British army were slaugh- tered by the Afghans in IS42. One man out of all the British host es- capped from the Pass of Death" and rode, faint, exhausted and covered with wounds, through the gates of Jelalabad. His tragic arrival with his terrible news has been immortalized by Lady Butler in a picture which still serves as warning not to med die unduly with Afghan affairs The Khyber, then, is an inside postern, if the term can be permitted. It is not a very high pass, for in it's length of g miles it only rises 1,7oO feet. The mountains which flank it do not rise at any point beyond 5000 feet. It is not even continuous gorge, for at some points it broadens out into valley of considerable width. Yet it is perhaps the most famous pass in the world, and in Asia it is certain ly the most important. Horde after horde of conquerors of India have swept through it to raid the fich cities of the Punjab and the Ganges water
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shed. Every foot of the way has been dyed with blood. British armies have fought through the pass three times, and may have to do so again. Gu risIsly enough, Alexander the Great never came through the Khyber, as is often supposed. He entered India from the direction of Chitral, and though he sent a division towards the Khyber, the force really marched along the line of the Kabul river well to the north of the pass. It Is strange to think that Alexander himself fought in that very Mohmand country which Sir James Willcocks is quartering to- day in search of trucuient Pathans.
 From Peshawar to Jamrud, at the mouth of the pass, is a distance of a dozen miles over rough, bare country. In recent years the railway has been carried as far as Iamrud, but there will never be in line through the Khyber. The dror at the other end is too steep, at tIe point where Af- ghanistan is reached. On that still distant day when locomotives traverse the ameer's dominions, and passen- gers enter the Calais express at Cal cutta, the railway will follow an easier alignment along the Kabul river. It will take the old route of Alexander's troops. A line has. in fact, teen al- ready constructed for little distance along the river valley, but the work Is now almost stopped. The frontier &ribesmen do not like 1t. and the Dor der Afghans regard it with apprehen- sion.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-01
Murderer Now Insane.

A Swiss journal announces that Luc. cheni, the murderer of the late em. press of Austria, has become mad after a stroke of paralysis.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-01
'HINs EIOy HONORS
AMERICAN YOUTH CARRIES oFs
 UNUSUAL LAuRELs.
Mlilington Drake Not Only Wins pIs tinguished Place in Scholarship, But Proves Crack oarsman
 and Clever Actor.

i Millington Drake, an American gyouth, has achieved distinguishing success at Eton, the school of British aristocraey, after four years spent in the institution. In that brief time he has won for himself two champion. iships which make all other Etonians .bow down before him. He is captain of the boats, which means that he is the crack oarsman of the school. and he is the best amateur actor the school ] has produced within the memory of living masters.
 : Eton school is close to the Thames,
 and rowing is one of the principal isports. The river there is narrow and tortuous, and while there Is no business upon it, 1t takes a skiIlful .oarsman to guide boat, for pleasure
 craft of all sorts, from big houseboats to slender racing shells, throng its Surface. Almost all the Eton boys TOW and it Is the ambition of each tc become captain of the boats. Milling. ton Drake had to prove his prowess with the oars beyond the peradventure
 of doubt, but when he had proved fl all Eton was delighted to honor him. 1; Three years ago, when he was Is, he
 was stroke of the Eton eight, which
 won the Ladies Cup at the Henley re. .gatta. Last year he stroked a pair. pared boat, which made record time in the Eton school races.
 The first week in June of this year they held water carnival, historic pageant at Eton. As captain of the
 boats the American lad led the pro cession upon the river and was cheered by thousands upon the shores.
 They not only study plays at Eton,
 but they act them. The classes in
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-01
CHILDREN''S CHURCH
PLACE OF WORSHIP EXCLUSIVE. " DEDICATED TO LITTLE ONES.
Building and Service Are Ordered with Special View Of Meeting the Needs of Boys and Girls
 Located In Chicago.

Churches have been established for certain classes, certain nationalities, certain special needs, but never before has church been organized and main. fained exclusively for the little tots, who ordinarily are supposed to abhor the irksomeness and somberness of the to them uninteresting and solemn
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-01

Scarcely Two Feet from His Eyes He
 Saw the Hooded, Brown and Yellow
 Striped Head of Cobra.
 through. His mind was clear, but there was something in that fierce gaze that turned his body, as it were, to stone.
 A minute passed, and then the cobra slowly sank down into coils. With this respite hope revived in the man. Should he wait until the reptile had fallen asleep and then make bold dash to escape? Half an hour passed, at least, so he judged by the slowly increasing daylight in the room. The official moved slightly. 4 responsive movement from the weight, that now seemed to have increased a hundred fold, warned him that the cobra was yet awake. Then an idea crept into the mans mind He began to whistle softly. The snake stirred slightly, but soon subsided, soothed, evidently, by the sound.
 Another half-hour passed. Still the man whistled, his eyes tuIIed anxious iy towards the open dooT~of his bed room. A slight scraping noise fell on the mans ears. In the doorway stood a little gray animal half ferret, half cat in appearance. The little mon goose that he had tanned to respond to his call like dog had come to save his life. In a moment the mongoose had seen the snake, and in another moment 1t had sprung on to the bed and seized the reptile by the back of the neck. The struggle was brief, and wi6h the feeling of man who has just received a new lease of life, the of hcial leapt from his bed and snatched the little mongoose in his arms
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-01
Definition of whlsku.

The eminent British surgeon, Sir Victor Horsley, not only enjoys the reputation of being one of the leading pathologists. but he is also known for ais wit. Entering his club, the Athen- aeums one day, says Tit-Bits, a friend said to him: "HalIoa, Horsiey, can you tell us what whiskey is yet?" The most popular poison in the world, my dear sir" was the retort.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-01
Valuable African Fruit.

The fruit of the karite tree is now being handled in fair commercial quantities for the production of cheap type of vegetable grease, useful for the nanufactu.e of soap and casl- dles. The natives of Africa hull the nut, which somewhat resembles the chestnut; mash and boil the kernels, skimming off the floating grease. which has also food value.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-01
Knew Many Famous Men.

With the death of John Salked of London there has passed away one of the fast of the old school of booksell- CTS, whose premises were a favorite re- sort of literary men. Mir. Salked, who ~as S1 years of age. had dealings with Macaulay. Carlyle, Gladstone and
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special brick-lined furnaces, in which they are laid gradually to cool of. It Is upon this process of annealing that the glass of which the bottles are made depends for it's subsequent Guali- ty. The great danger to be avoided is extrema brittleness.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-01
A Fr.ouent Deception.

Why is the market for brains 60 scant?" asked the sad-eyed man.
 Perhaps" answered Miss Cayenne, its because so much of that sort of merchandise has turned out to be of the gold brick variety. y."-Exchsnge.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-01
Where Ice Cream 1, Luxury.

Liberia now has. for the first time. an ice cream making plant. It turns out 800 pounds of ice and ten gallons of ice cream daily. The ice sells at four cents pound and the ice cream pt s2.40. a gallon.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-09-01
Stories of Interest Odd and Otherwise, Picked Up
 In Different Parts of the Country on Various Topics
BIRTH OF \ BOTTLE
INTERESTING LIFE HISTORY OF
 THIS IMPORTANT ARTICLE.
Successive Steps Through wAieh the Liquid Glass Passes Before the Bottle Is Ready to Begin
 It's Useful Mission.

An ordinary bottle has become such a commonplace object that it is sel- dom, if ever. that one is prompted to inquire how it is made. The process
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
TELLING AGE BY BONES

Taking advantage of the possibil-
,tv Of determining indirectly the
mineral contents of bones in human
beun BY means OF their opacity to
Roentgen rays, Professor Charles
Henry, says the Scientific American,
has been examining the hands OF
msny people OF different ages In or
der to verify the law OF Flourens.
According 10 the law OF Flourens,
Ne daratIon OF the period of growth
bears a definite relation to longevity;
and In particular, the time occupied
hy an animal In attaining its mini
nun stature Is a definite fraction,
entant for all the individuals of the
species, Of the duration OF the ami
mals life.
The maximum stature Is attained
simultaneously with the maximum
dsyelopment OF the skeleton, and, as
Ae weight OF the skeleton is n pro-
portion OF the amount of mineral
salts which Il contains, the law may
" expressed ina more mathematical
firm By saying that the percentage
d mineral salts In the bones of all
animals OF the same species may be
rpre'ented by similar curves of
growth and decline which will differ
Klely In the values OF Individual
Literature.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
HOTEL ARRIVALS
Willamette Hotel.

Louis Rothacker, Portland.
Ray Hoedle, Portland.
II. Smith, Portland.
w. L. Jones, Jefferson.
w. r. Jeffries, Portland.
r. Waldo, San. Francisco.
u. M. Doeinbeehe, Portland.
j. c. Murray, San Francisco.
Al Smith, San Francisco.
w. II. Wallace, San Francisco.
II. w. Libby, Salt Lake Citq.
Miss Reene, "a Knight for Day"
Miss Shaffer, "A Knight for a Day. -
Elsie Herbert, "A Knight for a
Day."
Gertrude Hutcheson "a Knight for
!, Day"
j. II. Bluman, "a Knight for a
Day"
Bobby Barry, "a Knight for a
Day."
s. w. Minor. "A Knight for a
Day"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
PORTLAND MARKETS


Portland, Or, Oct. 16.-Barley,
feed, $26@27 per ton; rolled $3.50
@2s.5O; brewing $3.50.
oats-No. white, s31@31.50
per ton; gray. 5000 1880.
Wheat-Club.S9 per bush
ell; forty-.old, 90c; Tmrqey red, 92c;
Fife, soc; blueJtem, 93@94c; Val
ley, 90c; Red Russian, sec.
Millstuffs--Bran, $26.50 per ton;
middlings. $3S; shorts. country
s3l; city, $40; U. s. mill chop, s22
Hay-Tlmothy, Willamette valley.
s14 per ton; Willamette valley, ordi-
nary, $11; eastern Oregon, 5000;
mixed, $13; clover, 50; alfalfa, s11;
alfalfa meal. $40.
Vegetables and Fruit.
Fresh fruit-Apples, new, COCO
$3.50 per box; peaches 35 a. 65c per
box; pears, 81 a 1.25 per box; plums
80 ~ $1.00 per box; grapes, 500
S1.10 per crate; hmckleberries, 9Ql
10c, $1.25 per crate; Concords 37h
Q40c per basket; ground cherries,
75c per box; cranberrles 2 NC per
pound.
Dairy and Country Produce.
Butter-City creamery, extra, 35
q S6c per pounr; fancy s2 u " S5c;
store. 1Sc.
Eggs--Oregon select 37hc; East
ern 27@32 c per doz.
Poultry-Hens, lie; springs lie;
ducks. old. 12Q12hc; young. 14@
15c; geese. old. S9 &c; young. go
10e; turkeys, old, 16G17c.
Cheese--Fancy cream twins. 15c
per pound; full cream trlplets, l5c;
full cream young America, Ice.
IAN a loo; full cream Young Amer
lea, 49, " a. Ice.
Veal-Extra. Sh Q9c per pound;
ordinary. 7@7hc; heavy, 5.
Pork-Fancy, 7h a. SC per 10;
ordinary, &c; large. &c.
Miscellaney.
Hops-oregon. 1908. 7@sc per
nj. 1907, "a @4c; 1ao6. IL a
1%c.
Wool-Easter Oregon. average
best, 10@14c per NJ, according To
shrinkage; valley, 15c.,
Mohair-Choioe, Sc per ID.
10.
Hldes-Dry hides. No. 1, 14@15c
per 10: dry kip. No. I, l3c lb.; dry
calfskins, Ice NJ; salted hides. 10
Sc NJ; salted ealfskins. IL QlSe ID
green. ic less.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
TIE Markets
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.

SAh FkANC1SCO MARkEIS.
San Francisco, Oct .16.---Wheat
No. California club, per centAl
s1.e7% ITO; California white
milling, s1.75@1.so; northera,
bluestem, s1.72h " @1.77h; on
grades wheat, $500 1.6o; Reds.
s1.62 u a 1.67h.
Barley-Feed barley, $1,000
1885; poor to fair, s1.25@1.30;
brewing at San Francisco nominal at
s1.45 a 1.55; Chevalier. $500
l.60. according to quality.
Eggs--Per dozen, California fresh,
including cases, extras, 49h G; firsts.
41c; seconds, 81: thirds, csc;
Eastern 25c; firsts. 221ac; storage,
California extras, soc; firsts, CSC;
Eastern storage. extras, 26c; firsts,
24c.
Butter--Per pound, California ex-
tras, s1c; frsts, 26c; seconds,
% 1sc; thirds, zoe; Eastern extras,
27c; ladies', extras, 22c; do, firsts,
21c; picked, No. /, 23hc; packing,
No. /. 23c; do. No, 2. 20c; storage,
California extra, 26lkc.
New cheese-Per pound, Califor
MIA fats, fancy 12h; flrsts, lac;
seconds, 9hc; California Young
America fancy, t3kc; firsts, 13c;
Eastern New York Cheddars fanc5,
16}hc c; Oregon fats. fancy, 1Sc; do,
Young America fancy. 141hc: CALI
fornia storage fancy fats. lac.
Potatoes--Per GENITAL, River whites
(sacks) fancy, 6o@ soc; poor 5o@
soc. Salinas B1rbanks, s1.25@
1905 Oregon Burbanks, 1880
1.35; Early Rose, 75@ S5cI sweet
potatoes to the trade, sacks. $t.35
crates, s1.56.
onions-Per sack, Yellow, 500
60c.
Oranges--Per box. valenclas.
$2@3.5o.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
SALEM MARKET.

IoStn Nuoic-aiC NAahhets
Eggs-30c.
Butter-Creamery see.
Cows-s3 $50.
Hens-10c; young chickens, lie.
Local wheat-S6e.
Oats-42c.
Barley-$24.50.
Flour---Hard wheat. SIS; valley,
s425.
Hay-Cheat, s1I; clover. 50 PEE
ton; timothy. s12G1s.
Onions-$1.25 cwt.
Hops-1sO7 crop. 5d6c.
cascara Bark " @3e.
Mohair--iSc
Retail Market.
Oats-s1.45.
Wheat-S105.
Eggs-35c.
ButteT-Country. soc; creamery
40c.
Valley. s1.25 per sack:
hard wheat. s1.40Q1.45
Bran-s5c per sack, ss1 per ton;
shorts. sl.36 per sack.
Livestock.
Stock hogs-a4.5O.
Steers-3he.
Veal-5 ate.
Tropical Fruits.
Bananas-s6.50.
Oranges-s4.00.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
Great Chinese Doctor
l.. M. II U NJ

Iias medicine which will cure any
known disease. He makes a special
ty OF. aud guarantees 10 cure Cotarrh
Asthma. Lung. Throat, Rheumatism,
Debility, Stomach. Liver. Kidney
Troubles; also any blackened or
swollen soreness. broken limbs;
Smallpox; Epidemic; all kinds OF
Boils. Lost Manhood. Female Weak
ness. Hernis Tronbles and Paralysis
Consultation free. Care OF Yick SO
Tong Co.. Chinese drugs and herbs,
1853 High ST.. upstairs. Salem. or.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
$4,000 Reward.

would gladly be paid for a cure by
many people who. are crippled with
rheumatism, yet II they only knew
II, they can be cured by a few bottles
OF Ballard's Snow Liniment. and the
price is only, 25c, SOC and si.00 per
bottle. Sold by all dealers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-16
q. v. MASON BOX 90.

2s7 Miller st.. South salem. mann
faetursr Of al kinds Of boxes. crates
spH fruit dryer accessories. Phon'
SOS. -. e
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-16


This woman says she was saved
from an operation by Lydia II.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
LenaV. Henry, of Norristown, Ga,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
Il suffered untold misery from fe-
male troubles. My doctor said an opera
tion was the only chance 1 had, and I
dreaded it almost as much as death.
"One day read how other women
had been cured by Lydia 4. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and decided to
try it. Before / had taken the first
bottle was better, and now I am en-
tirely cured.
Every woman suffering with any
female trouble should take Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia Z. Pink :
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, f5roid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulencH indiges.
ton, dizziness or nervous proStration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-04-16
ITO be continued.)
The Huntsman Kaiser.

Among the many trials that Presi.
dent Roosevelt has had to bear is the
accusation that he resembles the EN-
peror Of Germany. The fondness or
both for hunting has been pointed out
as an example of the likemindedness OF
the President and the Kaiser. Stats
tics have recently been published
which cast light upon the hunting
achievements of William III. They
make Theodore Roosevelt's occasional
excursions in search of well-deserved
rest and few grizzly bears seem Sun.
day school picnics in comparison. They
put the strenuous occupant Of the
White House forever in the class Of
milksops and moIlycoddles. .t##
The official statistician to the hunts
man Kaiser reports that his majesty
has bagged a total OF 47,514 pieces OF
game in period Of thirty years. Over
eighteen thousand pheasants were as
sasinated. and seventeen thousand
hares were cut off in their prime. One
can 90 on down the list Of boars, rab-
bits, stays, ETC., until there seems to
be scarcely variety of bird or beast
that has escaped the imperial bullet.
The emperor even invaded the realms
of Neptune. for we are told that one
lone, solitary whale perlshed in SUI
preme honor and agony. On one short
winters day the Kaiser, unaided, shot
1858 pheasants.
This Is not the annual report Of q
Chicago meat-packing establishment
hut record of imperial achievement
In support of it, the London Magazine
reproduces photographs Of the royal
nimrod plcturesquely surrounded by
deceased animals. We are shown boars
about to depart this life, and stags
| which are prostrate in the imperial
presence. "A cat may look ut king
but the wise German feline will stay
under the Hohenzollern barn.-SuccesI
| Magazine.