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Catoctin clarion., 1908-10-22
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Once upon a time there was a man
who, having gambled in the Street,
played the races, gone up in balloon,
travelled to the Yukon, and done
other adventurous things. decided
! that he would raise family.
II WISH" he said, "to hear the pat
ter of little feet on the stairway, to
tell fairy stories in the cleaning, to
have chubby hands in mine, and all
the other accessories. Before doing
SO, however, l will examine speci-
men American family. which, be.
lieve, is the latest and best example
Of the art of civilization"
So he called on a friend who had
one.
"The latest idea," said the father,
proudly, "is to bring up your children
! on an equality. We conceal nothing
from them, and give them the benefit
of all the latest information. This is
Bessie, my fourteen-year-old."
Have you read this article on
sex?" asked Bessie, languidly, after
shaking hands. Really, 1t is very
! crude. l could write better one my
self. Its pathology is lamentable."
"This Is Bobbie. my ten-year-old,"
volunteered the happy father, bring
ing forward number two. "Bobbie,
shake hands"
1.-THE old gentleman there" he
said, INSISTS on introducing me to
every one. Sorry I can't stay and
give you my views on the conduct of
,, the administration, but have date
with a vaudeville queen. Get to bed
early he said, warningly, to his fa-
.her as he went off. when you sit
up late you're irritable at breakfast,
and your manners are simply unbear-
able. At your time Of life there ought
to be nothing doing at ALL
"This," said the father once more,
is my little four-year old, the apple
If my eye. Here. Mildred, dear"
GO way" said Mildred, shaking
her curls. you're bounder-any
man with a waistcoat like that is.
Now, papa" she added, don't scold,
cause have right to say just what
you and mamma say-isn't 1t taught
now in my primary"
But the man waited to hear no
more. Two hours later he was seen
by our private detective in real
estate office, signing a ten-year lease
for bachelor apartment .-Harper's
Weekly.
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Scientific "HOwlers."

Mushrooms always grow in damp
places and so they look like um-
brellas," wrote the small boy in the
science examination. Other examples
of the "howler" are compiled in the
Scientific American:
"Air Is the most necessary Of all
the elements; If there were no such
thing as air I would not be writing
this essay now; also there would be
no pneumatic tires, which would be
a sad loss.
Electricity and lightning are OF
the same nature. the only difference
being that lightning is often several
miles in length, while electricity is
only few inches.
"Air usually has no weight, but
when placed in a barometer it is
found to weigh about fifteen pounds
to square inch.
THE axis of the earth is an i'm.
aginary line on which the earth Is
supposed to take it's daily routine.
THE probable cause of earth
quakes may be attributed to bad
drainage and neglect of sewage.
Tho difference between air and
water is that air can be made wetter.
but water cannot.
Gravity is chiefly noticeable in
the autumn when the apples are fall.
ing from the trees.
Things which are equal to each
other are equal to anything else.
Parallel lines even If produced to
all eternity cannot expect to meet
each other.
"A parallel straight line Is one
which If produced to meet itself does
not meet.
THE air is putretled in the lungs
by inspired air.
THE equator Is menagerie lion
running around the earth.
'The earth's climate is hottest
next the creator.
Sound affects the oratory nerves. :"
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EMOTIONS OF BIRD ARE
MIRRORED IN ITS FACE
[ c. e. Abbott Exhibits Pictures
Showing Expressions Of Antiei-
patton, Disappointment Surprise

I'm no nature faker, but am con-
vinced that such emotions as antici
patton, supplication, satisfaction, sur
prise and attention not only live in
the breasts of the feathered tribe, but
that their outward expression is mir
rored in the tiny faces of the birds"
This declaration by Clinton G. Alb
bott, we'll known scientist, of New
York, caused a stir among the men,
bers of the twenty-fifth annual con-
gress of American Ornithologists at
the Academy of Natural Science, Phil
adelphia.
DR.: Abbott flashed upon the screen
beautifully colored photograph.
showing two small sparrows with the
mother bird upon the limb of tree.
while I was in Long Island" said
DR.. Abbott, II arranged, early one
morning, my camera so that it would
face the limb of a tree in which I
knew the sparrows shown in this pic
ture made their homes. The two
younger birds appeared and. shortly
after, the mother. The moment af
ter she flew into the woods I got
photograph of the little ones await
ing her return. Their bills were
open, as you see them in this picture.
and there is no one here who will not
agree with me that anticipation is
clearly evident in the expression of
their tiny faces.
Later" DR.. Abbott continued, 81
got a picture Of the birds after feed
ing. The mother had returned with
food for one in her bill. One was fed.
On the face of the unfed one was an
expression of disappointment.
I'm another case / placed stuffed
owl in a tree near the nest of cat
bird and then waited until morning to
see the expression on the birds face
at sight of the stranger. In the morn
ing the catbird came out, looked quiz
zically at the owl, completely sur
prised at the presence Of possible
enemy. He then made all kinds Of
noise with his wings and mouth to
scare the owl away. After each ef-
fort at soaring there was look of at
tention on the face of the catbird.
And that look Is photographed before
YOU"
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The British salmoH is said to Ia
Eorth $3.50 a ton.
Catoctin clarion., 1908-10-22

TANNING A MOTORIST IN MAINE.
A Phillips gentleman who has been
passing the summer in the Dead River
region relates pat story of the con-
tested rights in highway as be-
tween automobile and a wagon and
their respective owners. The wagon
was leisurely vending it's way over a
very narrow road, only wide enough
IN that particular section for an Or
d1nary vehicle, and behind the horse
sat well known guide of the region,
UP puffed big auto, the driver ner-
vously sounding his horn. At ti1s
first "honk honk" the guides horse
leaped into the air, nearly upsettins
the team. The auto, trailing a few
yards in the rear, emitted a series of
honks which threw the horse into a
mt OF bronco buckings and the guide
asked the man to desist footing. saw
ing he would turn out when the road
widened.
The footing continued, however.
much to the disgust of guide and
morse. Unable to stand it longer, the
guide stopped his horse, reached un-
der the seat and drawing up a Win.
chester and pointing it in the direc-
ton of the auto, said calmly:
I've asked you to stop that
noise. A gentleman would have done
SO under the conditions. Now You
toot that horn again, and I'll
NIL your tires full of holes. | guess
thatll widen this road enough for
YOU"
The footing stopped and the wagon
slowly proceeded, followed by a silent
auto till the roadway became wider.
Maine Woods.
Ihn British Salnanl. ic snid "a Ia
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The X. Habit.

According to Tennessee mar
there was once a Judge in the eastern
section of that State, man wei
versed in law but entirely self edu
Gated. who had to contend with the
principles of orthography all his life
In early life he had lived in Knoxville
and for long time he insisted upon
spelling the name Noxville.
Finally his friends educated him ul
to the point of adding the X; SO thor
oughly, in fact, was the lesson learned
that when, a few years afterward, he
moved to Nashville, nothing could
prevent him from spelling it Knash.
Vile.
Then, some time later, the judge
moved again, this time to Murfrees.
boro. On the day that he began tc
write his first letter from this place
he scratched his head in perplexity
and finally exclaimed:
II give it up! How on earth can
they spell the name of this place with
a 'K'?"-Philadelph Ledger. -
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Learned in Three Days.

At a dinner of legal association
held in Washington not long ago one
of the speakers told of farmers son
in Illinois who conceived q desire to
shin. as a legal light Accordingly
he went up to Springfield, where he
accepted employment at small sun,
from fairly we'll known attorney.
At the end of three days study he
returned to the farm. We'll, Bill,
how'd ye like the law?" asked his
father ut amt what it's cracked
up to be-" replied Bill, gloomily.
I'm sorry / learned it. - Lippin,
cott'&
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Spoke DisrespectfulIy of Kaiser.

A Berlin butcher named Kisker has
been sentenced to six months impris.
onment for having spoken disrespect-
fully o. the Kaiser. The fact that the
bffense was committed three years ago
had no weight with the Judge, Infor-
nation was given to the police against
the butcher by a former friend, with
whom he had quarreled. The Kaiser
takes more lenient view Of lese ma.
jeste than his judges, and has frequent.
Iy annulled sentences which they have
passed on his subjects for this offense.
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A Dinner.

The bosom of mallard duck stewed
down until there are no juices going
to waste, baked potato about the
size of goose egg. two slices of Bos.
ton brown bread right out of the oven
and spread with butter that has no
athletic reputation, a spoonful of rasp.
berry jelly, a cupful Of Young Hyson of
moderate strength, a piece of pumpkin
pie, mans size, and you have dinner
that ought to keep you in good humor
until curfew rings.-Nebraska State
Journal.
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Logical.

When small boy recently asked
what was meant by the Darwinlan
theory, he was greatly shocked by the
statement that many people believed
that monkeys were the ancestors OF
man. "But that cannot be-" he re.
peated, many times in dismay, evl.
IDENTIFY searching for more satisfac.
tory answer to this startling theory.
Finally his face lighted up at the dis.
covery of conclusive argument
against it. Don't you see," he said.
"some day we shall be ancestors, and
we're not monkeys!'-Harper's Maya
zine
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Not Patented.

An old French woman, exasperated
by the continual boasting of a daugh-
ter-in-law who considered that her own
children were the finest and best the
Bon Dleu ever made, exclaimed one
day to friend: "Really one would
think that Angelo had invented mater.
nity."-Lippincotts Magazine.
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pany us for Six days journey, and keep
the MatuEu bearers in order, and then
return.
knew that in six days we should be
able to reach district where porters
were plentiful. and whence we could
easily get the ivory conveyed to Della.
goa Bay.
"And did you land it up safe% !
asked.
"Well, no." said Quartermain, 1--WE
lost about third of it crossing river.
"A flood came down suddenly, just
as the men were crossing, and many
Of them had to throw down their tusks
to save their lives.
eve had no means of fishing it up,
and so we had to leave it, which was
very SAD.
However, we sold what remained
for nearly seven thousand pounds; so
we did not do so badly.
II don't mean that got seven thou
sand pounds out of it, because, you
see. I insisted upon Every taking a
half share.
"Poor fellow, he had earned it, If
ever q man did.
"He set up store IN the old colony
on the proceeds. and did uncommonly
we'll"
"And what did you do with the lion
trap" asked Sir Henry. ..
"Oh, 1 brought that away with me,
also, and when got to Durham put
1t in my house.
"But really could not bear to sit
opposite to 1t at nights as l smoked.
"Visions Of that poor woman and the
hand of Eer dead child would rise up
In my mind, and also of The other hor-
rors of which 1t had Leen the instru-
ment.
II began to dream at last that i, had
me by the les.
"That was too much for my nerves,
| 80 I packed it up and shipped it to its
maker in Sheffield, whose name was
/ stamped upon the steel, sending him a
! letter at the same time to tell him to
what purpose the Internal machine had
been put.
II believe that he gave it to some
museum or other"
! "And what became of the tusks Of
the three bulls which YOU shot?
"You must have left them at Nala's
kraal. suppose"
The old gentlemans face fell at this
question.
"Ah." he said, that is very sad
story.
"Nala promised to send them with
my goods to my agent at Delagoa, and
so he did.
"But the men who brought them
were unarmed, and. as it happened,
they fell In with a slave caravan I'm.
der the command of half-breed Por.
tuguese, who seized the tusks, and
what is worse, swore that lie had shot
them.
II paid him out afterward, however,
he added. with a smile Of satisfaction,
"but it did not give me back my tusks.
which no doubt have long ago been
turned into hair brushes"
And he sighed.
swell" said Good, that is capital
yarn Of yours, Quatermain, but"
But what?" he asked, sharply, for
seeing a draw.
But don't think it was so good as
mine about the ibex-it hasn't the
same finish"
Mr.. Quatermain made no reply.
Good was beneath 1t.
"Do you know, gentlemen" he said
ut is 2.3O in the morning, and If we
are going to shoot the big wood to-mor-
row, we ought to leave here at $50
sharp"
"Oh, II you shoot for hundred
years, you will never beat the record
of those three woodcock," said.
"Or of those three elephants" added
Sir Henry.
And then we all went to bed. and
dreamed that l had married Maiwa,
and was much afraid of that deter
mined lady.
1.-THE End.l
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The boring OF al artesian we'll is

The boring OF al artesian we'll Is
not an easy task. The we'll Of
Grenelle (France) required from De-
cember "a, 1898, to February 26,
1S41, for completion. The one at
Passy of the same depth took only
two years to make. Our engineers
now count upon one year In which
to complete the we'll of Maisons-
Laffitte. This we'll is already at a
depth of 460 meters. 1t will go to a
depth of $50 meters.
Catoctin clarion., 1908-10-22
HOW HE SAVED.

Cassidy" Shure, how kin We say
yc save money? Iv'ry cint ye i've,
make ye spend. Ye lay none of il
by"
Casey-"That's how | save. II I
laid amy of it by some wan would
come along an borrow it, and that d
be tn ind Of it. t."--Pniladelphia Press
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-15
OC.HT.Coj.

Steamers Pomona end orego,,o
leave for Portland Monday. Wednas'
DAY and Friday at 10 a. m ana
Tuesday, Thursday and SATURDAY ~,
y a. m. For Corvallis. Tuesaor
Thursday and Saturday about
m M Z. Baldwin, agent. .oflce
ana dock az foot Of. Trade street,
M. r. BALDWIN, Agent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-15
ENORMOUS GRAIN SHIPMENTS
IN ILLINOIS.

Every railway and lake transpor-
tation line entering Chicago Il
scrambling for a share of the big
shipments OF the grain that
changed hands on May 1st when the
May deliveries were made and paid
for under board OF trade rules, mad
which now will go forward to its ul-
innate destination. The focus of
this rivslry for traffic Is the Board
of Trade, for the grain and provi-
sions bought and sold there run into
tonnage figures which are enormous.
The cured meats in 1907 totalea
753,259,255 pounds, and grain and
flour 766,950,7S2 pounds. The fig
uros incidentally threw new light
npon the great legitimate business
of such exchanges, which has been
confused with the gambling done In
their counterfeits, the bucket
shops" which have been perslstently
fought by them for years. In or
der to maintain a continuous market
for live stock, the packing companies
sell In the provision pits for future
delivery those meat products which !
must be cured, and on which they
need to borrow as otherwise, for lack
of capital, the record OF 7,201,O6t |
hogs, and 3,305,314 cattle marketed
'or cash in Chicago in 1907 would
lot have been possible. About a..
100000 bushels of grain soon will
cave Chicago elevators. of which
he lake boats have got about a.
100000 bashels. The elevators here
With capacity of 6S.O0O.000 bush.
lis. will be practically emptled be-
ore the crops OF this year are avail
lble. In fact. before part OF the
lew crop has been planted.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-15
CHICAGO'S NEGLECT COSTS
MILLIONS.

Although Chlcago's altruistic
support of deep waterway projects
won the next autumn's convention
OF the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Wa
terway association, the city has lost
In ten years 10000. 900 tons of COM
merce to Milwaukee, Duluth, Cleve-
land and other lake ports because OF
its neglect OF its own harbor. Ac-
cordlng to reports just made to
commercial organizations here, the
water In the Chicago river and the
$53,000,000 drainage canal has be-
come, by filling In of sediment,
much too shallow for commerce.
The reports have startled business
Interests here and seem likely to
arouse them TO effective action. Ac-
cording to figures submitted to the
real estate board, the shallow water
In the drainage canal was due TO
neglect to dredge the channel, and
the choked channel was the cause
VI bdNh iiON W iSdht hlCHlbuH
during the freshets in February.
The report gave the depth in some
places 20 feet from the dock line
at two feet. In the west fork OF the
old Chicago river, there was shown
to be only 12 feet in several places.
At other points the depth Is t3
feet, with a maximum of "a feet.
During the past II years, except for
turning basins less than $450,00O
has been expended In improving the
Chicago river. and $91. 200 OF that
amount was expended In the pur-
'hase OF projecting land The gov
'ernment engineer, Col. Bixby, has
'ut the tonnage receipts OF the two
larbors, Calumet and Chicago( bar
ing iron ore. at 1,506,7S1 tons less
n 1905 than was received in 1889 |
n the old river alone.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-15

For csentatives-Marion Count,
For Representatives.
3. A. Hughes, Salem.
Hal d. Patton, Salem.
L. T. Reydolds. Salem.
A. c. Libby. Jefferson.
o. l.. Hatteberg. silverton.
County Judge.
w. M. Bushey. Salem.
Sheriff.
II. p. Mlnto, Salem.
County Clerk.
r. d. Allen. Salem.
County Recorder.
ID. q. Drager, Mehama~
County Treasurer.
j. @. Moore. Salem.
Assessor;
i. j. Rice, Pratam
School superintendent.
W. M. Smith, Salem.
Surveyor.
II. b. Herrick. Jr., Turner.
~
Coroner.
A. M. Clough. Salem.
County Commissioner.
j. II. Beckwith. Sidney.
Salem District
Justice of the Peace.
ID. Webster.
Constable.
Ira Hamilton.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-15

Representative in Congress.
w. G. Hawley. of Salem.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-15
PUBLIC. UTILITIES BETTER IN
sf III THE WEST. W (

That the West Is at last outstrip-
ping the East in the development OF
public utilities Is evidenced by the
selection of Chicago as the head
quarters of the Independent tele-
phone interests and the chief manu-
featuring center for both Bell and
Independent apparatus. Twenty
years ago the East was dominant in
all lines of public service activity.
The phenomenal growth OF the coun-
try since then has reversed condi-
tions. What this growth has been
in one branch Is Interestingly sum-
married. by writer in one, of the
current magazines. "The BELL re-
port for 1907 shows that there are
now nearly four million subscribers,
or stations In that system" says
the Saturday Evening Post, "The
number OF local messages averages
eighteen million daily; the number
of long distance messages nearly
half million daily. Many more
long-distance messages are sent by
telephone than by telegraph. Gross
earnings Of the various BELL ex-
changes amounted to hundred and
twenty million dollars last year
comparing, TO rexample, with thir-
ty-three millions gross earnings of
Western Union Telegraph). The re-
port gives actual value of Bell
plants and. working capital as Ave
hundred and elghty-nlne millions. II
reports from the Independent COM
panies were available these figures
would be considerably enlarged; and
this is nearly all creation of the
ast twenty years"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-15

Dairy and Food Commissioner.
J. w. Bailey. OF Portland.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-15
CHICAGO PROMISED GOOD, CAR
SERVICE.

BY the time for the Republican
convention In June, the downtown
street car lines will be on dress pa.
rade, particularly those In Wabash
avenue. on which the Coliseum Is
located. President Mltten of the
Chicago City Railways company. has
declared that the delegates shall see
a sample OF a perfect street car line
Rusty rails and antiquated cable
s'ots are disappearing daily under
the saws and picks OF wrecking
gangs; tracks are being removed,
and track laying gangs are hard at
work all over the city. This year
is expected TO see the greater part
OF the ''rehabllitating" completed.
Welding cars furnish moving ex-
hibits watched by curious crowds, In
the process of uniting rails into
continuous bar of steel. IL Is done
In three minutes. One car carries
a sand blash, which cleans the ends
of the rails; the next grips the steel
while the electricity, passed throagh
the metal. gives II a white heat. The
generators for the current are part
of the public exhibit on the third
car.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-15
FOR AGENTS A SUCCESS
The Old World and Its Ways
--BY-
VIM. Jennings Bryan

$40 Imperial octave Pages. PSI Su-
perb Engravings from photographs
taken by Col. Bryan.
Recounts his trip around the world
and his visit TO all nations. Greatest
book OF travel ever written. Most
successful book of this generation.
900 called for in Z months. Write
us for sample reports OF first 100
agents employed. The people buy It
eagerly. Nv
Outfit Frec.--Send so cents to cover
cost OF mailing and handling. Address
The Thompson Pub. Co., St. louis, Mo
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-15
NOTICE.
To Improve a Portion OF Stat,
Street.

To Improve Portion of Stat,
Street.
Notice is hereby given that AT IN,
meeting Of the common council n,
the city OF Salem, Oregon, held Ma,
4, 1908, a resolution was adopted tr
improve State street In said city with
full intersections; between the cas-,
line OF Commercial street and this
west line Of Church street in the fol.
lowing manner: A Fl
BY taking up the south railway
connection connecting the street rail-.
way track Of the Portland Railway
Light & Power company with the
street railway track Of the Oregon
Electric Hallway company at the in.
tersection of High and State streets
In said city. and b. paving the road
way OF said street with warren's
Bitulithic waterproof pavement aud
by moving out and establishing the
curb lines on said street and for the
doing OF all other things required
by and set forth In the plans and
specifications now on Ale in the Of
fice OF the city recorder of said city
for the pavement of said portion Of
said State street with warren's
Bitulithlc waterproof pavement.
which plans and specificationa Will
govern the making OF said improve
ment In every respect, The cost Of
said Improvement TO be assessed on
and adjacent property, as
provided in the charter of said city.
By order common council.
w. A MooREs,
Recorder.
Date OF first publication OF this
notice the 9Th day of May, 1908.
5-5-11t.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-15
Poison Oak Poisoning.

Ballard's Snow Linlment cures It.
Mr.. o. II. p. Cornelius. Turner. Ore.
writes-My wife has discovered that
Snow Liniment cures Poison Oak
Poisoning" a very painfnl trouble.
She not only cured case of It on
herself. but on two of her friends
who were poisoned by this same
Ivy.
Price 25c, soc and $500.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-05-15
To the People of Marion County:

Having accepted the nomlna-
tion on the Democratic ticket for
representative, | do hereby de-
clare myself unQualifidely In fav-
or OF the election OF United
States Senators by direct vote OF
the people III elected l shall at
all times vote for the peoples
choice for Senator without re-
gard TO personal choice or politi-
cal affiliation, and shah consider
myself a servant OF all the people,
enforcing their mandate on all
just and economic legislation.
DIR, w. s. MOTT.