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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-09

For sale-First-class carpet paper al
this office, 25c for a big roll.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-09

There's plenty of hum
bug in tea; not one ounce
in a ton Schilhng's Best.
Your grocer return, your nonsy yss ssnt
uks it: vs psy him'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-09

Men who pay as they go, usually
do not go very often.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-09

Xoodmen OF worid-Meet every Fr
day night at 1880, in Holman hal:
o. L. Darling. c. c.; P. L. Frax
Ter, Clerk.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-09

Lincoln Annuity Union.-sick, ace.
dent and pension insurance; 81.
100000 pledged; every claim paid
Good agents wanted. J. II. c
Montgomery. supreme organizer
Box4s2 Salem, Oregon. n. 4
Ryan. secretary. 64s State street
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-09

Modern woodmen OF America--ors
gon Cedar Camp No. 624e. Meets
every Thursday evening st
o'clock in Holman hall. w. "
Hill. v. c.: r. A Turner. clerh
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15

An Enslishman will do we'll, espe.
cially II he goes to stay In an old
fashioned house, to bring his sutta-
percha tub with him. was staying
many years ago in a French country
house, and had neglected to do 10.
asked for one in the morning. The
footman said he would look, and came
back In triumph with one. "What
10 they do here?' I asked. Madame
la Marquise takes the big bath regu.
larly once q month" "And Monsieur
lie Marquis?" ] asked. "He never
uses IT," 1t would. however, be .
mistake to imagine from this that
Frenchmen are not SO clean a. We
are. This horror Of the tub 10 not
necessarily an objection to cleanlt
ness. The Frenchman washes him
self in compartments under the i'm.
preston that the water which cleanses
one part Of his body has fulfilled Ito
duty and must not be used for another.
It Is a long and tedious process; In.
deed. q Frenchman once told me he
could not finish his toilet under IN
hour and a half; but in the long
run he Is as clean, II not cleaner
than we. are. It Is, however. a terri.
Bile waste Of time. In most French
houses the tub has now, to the hor.
ror Of all the more conservative
French, become an institution; but
there are many left where It Il 40
well to be provided against emergen-
cies. was. some time ago, stayins
in Lower Brittany and asked the
usual question. I was told I might
90 to the "Salle des Bains," 400 yards
OF. was In hurry and could not
manage this. so had to put up with
a large footpan. was subsequently
laughed at for my naivete: What
you expected . bath In Lower Brit
tanyf But such things do not exist"
Saturday Review.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15

upon their horses and ride with him to
the aeid hospital. All this they do In
their regular drills with surprising pro-
nciency.
AriSy officers are already discussing
the practicabllity OF the plan. The
most reasonable objection urged IL the
question Of being able to mount nurses
where every available horse Ia needed
for fighting and transport work. Most
Of the officers admit that the women
would be invaluable II they could be
equipped and so maintained.
Admittedly 1t would be out Of the
question to have such mounted nurse
corps In desert fighting. such 40 Eng
lish troops are frequently required to
engage In. but on European battleAelds
there Is no reason why they could not
be used to distinct advantage.
The Isllngton brigade has been Of
nclally invited to attend the next mill
tary tournament, and 1t Is by no means
improbable that they may ultimately be
the nucleus Of similar a,rps throughout
the army.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15

Contracts for furnishing single and
double teams to the city Of Boston were
recently awarded to woman. Her
bids. rendered In open competition with
men, were by far the lowest submit
ted. and she demonstrated her ability
to fulfill the obligations. The award
was popular. for the uniformity Of the
figures submitted by the men gave color
to the charge that an agreement had
been iuade among them to maintain a
certain price. The woman made her
own figures independently. and won.
\ magazine has offered President
Roosevelt 81 q word for his literary ef-
forts. but 10 farmer has tried to hire
him to work In the bayfield, for $40
day. There are times when even n
Presidents versatility Is not appre.
clated
&>
Persons who have watched the pre-.
dictions made by scientists will observe
that not one of them has ever fOretOld
anything pleasant.
Ae~
The man who swallowed check for
$3.50 must have some personal knOwl.
edge of undlgested securities.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
Gentlemen.


II d not often tina. a women falls
in Q breach Of promise case or that
q man succeeds. The young lady
from Jays who gained distinction by
the former experience last week also
deserves to be remembered for her
definition of what constitutes a high
position In life. She did not, she
said, consider $500 q year In itself
q high position for man: but II
would be II he did not have to earn
the income. The young lady from
Jays Is not peculiar In this View.
though It Is not always expressed 70
frankly. It Is generally understood that
the man who does nothing for $500 q
year Il q gentleman. while the man
who works for $500 . year IL some
thing else. Only when you can mako
eve or six times that amount are you
o.. equal social terms with the pure
waster kept by somebody who came
before him. What I do not under
stand. however. IL why the idle man
should be considered more eligible % Q
husband than the working man. The
wife Of the latter has her husbands
position and money to enjoy all day.
without the encumbrance OF his 90
ciety. One would think that this
would be an advantage. II Is certain.
ly so regarded In America.-Londor
Truth,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15

COAST ARouNDs IN Fish.
Pscsao Region will u Tiss supply
the Whole COsnSPy.

Paciac Region wlll d Tinss Supply
the Whole COsnsPy.
The extensive coast line Of the terri.
tory seems everywhere abundant with
hallbut, which has become almost a
luxury In the East. There the fishing
10 done at great hazard and at long
distances from markets. while In Alas.
ka the fisherman leaves his home In
the morning and returns In the even.
Ing with the fruits vi his labor.
A little on the coast Of Alaska and
In many places among the numerous
Islands along the shores there exists
great cod banks. These are little
known and while they are now fshed
to some extent 1t might be said the In.
dustry Is wholly In Its infancy. When
we consider the enormous extent Of
these banks rs compared with those on
the New England coast and the very
few fish now taken on them as CON-
pared with the large numbers taken on
the Atlantic It cap readily be seen to
what an extent this fishery can also
be expanded. Here also the element of
safety IL greatly In favor OF the In.
dustry on the Pacific coast. At present.
In a small way, both halibut and cod
are shipped clear across the continent
to Boston and New York. With better
and cheaper facilities the markets of
the United States will soon be opening
up to the Pacific.
The salmon fishing In now wholly
done for canning and In a small way
sailed. The extent to which this On
OF the Industry has grown 10 more IN
miliar to the world than any other
During the last few years the fresh
fish Industry has made inrOads even On
the cannery supply and mild cured sui,
mon 10 now being shipped all the way
to Germany for smoking. During the
last winter buyers from German
houses In Hamburg have appeared In
Alaska towns and eagerly taken all the
product they could secure. This 10 hui
beginning, aud development In time
In the way Of improved means OF trans
portation will extend the shipping ol
salmon fresh from the waters OF
Alaska to all parts Of the world.-Pa
cifc Coast Monthly.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
REFUSES TO 90 TO cIRous

Farmer Tells why Excitsasnt 10
Too Costly fOr HIN.
In riding along the highway I no.
ticed that all the barns were covered
with circus pictures and by and by.
when ] came along to where an old
farmer was cutting weeds outside his
gate, I asked:
"Well. uncle, suppose you will 90
to the circus next week!"
II couldn't do It," he solemnly re.
piled. accompanied by several shakes
OF his head.
"Are You afraid that the elephants
will break lo0se?"
mo. I'm afraid Of myself"
AS to hOw?"
Last fall," he said. a. he straight.
ened up to lean on the hoe handle. ~
went coOning one night In that corn.
Held over there. The dog routed out a
coon aud the pesky varmint headed for
a tree that stood where you see that
stump. I had Just finished building
a 500 barn where you see that mess OF
timbers and boards. The dog follered
the coon and ! follered the dog. It was
big. fat coon and his pelt was wuth
all Of 40 cents"
II see." said I. a. he made q Ions
pause.
II never knew that I was an ex.
citable man before, but they say they
heard me holler two miles away. !
meant to have that varmint. When hs
freed I ran for the ak. The old WON
an came out and yelled at me. hut ]
chopped and whooped and whooped and
chopped, and then the tree come crash
In down II smashed the barn az hai
as a door nail and the coon got away
Am goin' to the circus? Wall, I guess
not! I'm going to root up weeds and
hoe In the garden and be the quistes,
man In this hull state for the next yeaI
to come !"-Baltimor American.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
MOUNTED NURSES.
They Nay Become . Feature 81 the
English Army.

They Nay Become . Feature 81 the
English Army.
Army nursing may be rcvolutiOnizeti
% the result Of course Of training
Instituted at tho North London Riding
School. where the IslinSton Drill Bril-
gade Girls Yeonanry. twenty-five
stroaS. In showing what mounted horses
could do In the field.
The innovation will be brought I'M
ofiicially to the notice Of the British
military department at the next annual
show Of the navy and army. and It IA
believed the army medical corps will
give the Idea more than passing con-
sideration. The work Of the girls bri'
gade Is a revelation to every army OIL
Ger who witnesses It.
They are trained to all the arts OF
nursing before being advanced to the
brigade service. In this their work Il
to bind up the wounds Of any soldier
found helpless In tho field. hoist him
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
Rhlnoesros Takes DRUGS.


Fifteen New York veterinaries
made the discovery recently that the
dose OF anaesthetic required 70 put .
rhinoceros to sleep 10 Q pound and
three.quarters OF chloroform and half
o pound Of ether.
This accession to veterinarian
science was mad: during an opera.
ton to remoos cataracts on the eyes
Of Mogxi, the Indian rhinoceros IN
the Bronx Zoo. Mogui, after succumb.
Ing to more than half q gallon Of
anaesthetic. remained under It's iuhu.
ence for an hour, and at the end OF
that time began to crouch hay -
though nothing had happened.
Through q blow on the head In his
native Jungle Mogul nearly lost the
sight OF both eyes. and the operation
was agreed upon after careful exami.
nation.
The big problem was 70 tell how
much aneasthetic It was safe to give.
The hide Of the pachyderm was &c
thick that no pulse was obtainable.
and me stethoscope was useless. BY
means Of q derrick and harness Mogul
was thrown. A roll Of cotton batting.
stuffed In . cone OF brown paper.
was used to administer the anaesthet.
ic. Before the rhinoceros was put
to sleep the fumes nearly overcams
the doctors and keepers. The opera
ton consumed half an h0ur.-New
York Herald.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15

q woman II the first to enter the train
at the beginning Of the trip They Will
resort to ruse or diplomacy to avert
such an invitation Of accident. They
will stop a woman with slow inquiries
about her ticket or destination In order
that a masculine foot will be the first
to ascend the steps. 1t In also cOnsid.
cred bnd luck for the train to permit
q cripple or a hunchback to enter first.
A one.armed inan among passengers
upon q train 10 also viewed with suy.
plclon a. an omen Of accident.
Sometimes n careless fireman will let
the engine bell toll. Such an untOward
accident means that some member Of
the engineers family will soon die. Old
time engineers will not count the mum.
Der OF cars In q train a. II rounds Q
curve. 1t Ii considered bad luck.
A. would naturally be expected from
the wide prevalence Of the number 8
superstition. II occupies an important
place among railroad mems OmensL Il
ID the hrm conviction Of almost all
railroad men that when one man IL
killed or injured In railroad work two
other fatalities or accidents will follow
In rapid succession. II IL considered
unlucky. before two or three days have
elapsed. for a railroad man to take the
place Of another who has been killed
In m accident.
Engineers seV an omen Of death upon
the trip II the headlight Of their en-.
CINE accidentally goes out M the en-.
CINE Ia leaving the roundhouse.
A left.handed engineer In viewed "a
a hoodoo BY many trainmen. II 10 be.
lieved bis presence In the cab invites
disaster. and 0ld.time firemen and
brakeinen seek transfer to other trains
a. soon 40 left.handed engineer 10 pu,
on their run.
Trainmen dislike the presence Of a
corpse In the baggage or express cars
just ~ sailors object to carrying q
corpse on board ship. But Il 10 consid
cred particularly threatening to load
the CONN on q train with the feet al
the dead person toward the engine. In
recent wreck In North Carolina 4
corpse was almost incinerateti and
many persons were killed. II 10 the
arm belief Of trainmen on the South.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15

Perhaps the most superstitious class
Of people In the United States are the
otherwise hard.headed, kee,,.witted
railroad men. They are fatnlists by
circumstances Of q life Of constant dan.
ger. Death IL a commonplace; acct.
dent and Injury all In the days work
and line Of duty. Contempt Of death,
akin to that Of the fanatic Mussulman.
but without the allurement Of the
blsck-eyed houri paradise. Ii bred BY
familiarity. the hever.ending risk Of
life aud limb. 40 told In the grim sta.
tistics Of railroad fatalities. Many
bloody campaigns Of great wars show
fewer casualties than the annual death
and accident report Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. This makes
life cheap and Ito risk and sacrifice
for ~ much per diem an incident. The
railroad man lives In an atmosphere Of
the fatal chance and nerve-teasing un.
certainty. Death may be speeding to.
ward him and around the curve ahead ;
the next pounding Of the massive driv.
srs may strike broken rail; the
tower signal man makes his awful er.
rors In IN almost unvarying average
the landslide and the tempered switch,
are entirely beyond provision. And Il
u this dominancy Of chance. Of the un.
prsvised. the unexpected. the unfore-
seen. utterly banning human ingenuity.
that makes the average railroad man
% supsrstitiously fatalistic a. a whirl.
Ing dervish or warrior Of the Mad
Mullah.
This environment Of the fatal
chance. emphasizing human futility and
powerlessness. creates q rich soil for
omen. charm und fetch. and few rail-.
road men can be found who are not In.
oculated with the virus Of protecting
superstition. Press them closely. and
seven out Of ten will confess II In q
half shame.faced. half defiant way.
For instance. II 10 considered most
unlucky among engineers to take an
engine out for its FIRST run Friday o,
on that fatal day to put the nnishins
touches to II In the shop.
Trainmen. particularly brakemen ri
the old school. believe It In bad luck II
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
ZONE OF TIE BELIEEC
FIRMLY ADHERED TO BIZ
The MOST COURAGfOU
\ TRAHrI M ~, @ Az ,

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NJ. ~" .."r... ,., !. ~, .,on.
~, -, 80. r,.
n....ryor o,.o no. . NJ, ,ot NJ .u,,er.
st,,,ons tbst defv logic ana Tho persua.
,ion Of common sense The belief TINT
tho wearing Of = white dover or a white
r,hhor nrotcc,. ,ro v.,er, Prom accident
\. sair,, w,aeunraod Some believe that
burning cofPee inst hesore leaving ON q
tourney IA hotter than an accident moi.
icv ara In cert.,n ..ct,on. ~ Tho south
acme very nlo,,s peonls will not under.
tab. q Railroad trim ,,itho,t arst tv,ns
q copv ~ Tho .,x,een,h main, under the
Ieft srmp,t putting a w,.p of straw
In The hottom NJ the trunt \. believed
NOT on,v 70 nrote,t tho haeeaec from
loss. hut o,.o ,n.ur. tho ,oSetv NJ the
owner wome, so,n.,Ime. mack their
s,ock inc, In tho trunt In n mvst,c. cir.
Gle. a. a nrotection from accident.
There \. n .unerstit,on that II n nm.
ivckv ~ ,ocr Tho trvr. h.sor. n ,e.r.s
m. hou.o ana v,th moro ann. ron, ron.
son. n !. psrt,culo r,v nor.entou. n ths
tr,,n. IA fail. unon vov vhl,s Won are
nscLIn,
, 49,. "a .
49,. $500. 80. :. ~" =.
the rnowlede, that !, meons good nevs
FROM home n . ns,.enver hsnp.n. "A
mas. . dersi,ed or vrected locomot,ve.
n /, the sien thar No soon n to como
into no.se.sIon NJ hidden vesitb IA
ses . crow feedin, IN . csrce.. n an.
other luckv omen Sor = traveller
~ ar,t h,ov. In . ,,.r.on,. 40. ,-h,.
nm Nj, ~.v IN c.tch = tr.,, I, q . .,.r
NJ .cc.a.nt a, On. tr,n > 7, .. cor,;I.
.r.d an om,nous snco,,n,.r o.. . n.r,o,
hvrrv,n. On . train ~ r,eot . .rsc,. c,..
aim, ro,ro =, =. .,.o ur,mrsv ec,
. t,ovs,or 20 ,,,t NJ. er..r mil. ,,,.,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
IN. eno,n..r Who Make. Time.

"Thev do not run trains 80 fast
in England. because the engineers
know too much about their engines"
said an engineer who has run an en-.
CINE In that country. In England .
man has to be competent machinist
before he Is allowed to run. They
say that the man who knows all
about how an engine Is put together
knows how delicate some OF Its parts
are. knows how many dozen and ono
things there are liable TO break at
any minute. hasn't the nerve to run
one of them eighty or ninety miles an
hour. The best engineers are the
ones who don't know too much about
their engine-just know enough to To-
cate the pounding In q cylinder box
or how to unlock her on one side
II she breaks driving rod or some
thing that way. That's theory at
any rate. and ] believe tits pretty
nearly right" Columbus Dispatch.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
Caterplllars In Church.

Tho plague Of small spotted cater.
pillars made everybody uncomfortable
In the upper Bedford section OF Brook.
Ign Sunday. Two large elm trees ON
McponouGh street. between Sumner
and Lewis avenues. were 80 covered
with Their, hat the bark could not DO
soen. There were groups OF curious
n'ookers about the trees all day.
The caterpillars are only half an
inch long and have sharp sting.
They fell from the trees on church.
goers. and then. during the service.
they struck where the armor was
thinnest. With the crawling sensa-
ton and the bites. women who wore
open.work waists and gauzy hose were
In misery until church was over
New York World.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
Plain.

Casey-Are yez for agitation, MOike?
Dugan-Faith. OF am! 80 long 40
Oireland Is silent under her wrongs
England will be- deaf to her cries.
Boston Transcript.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15
He would.

Roosevelt loves q man who has a
large family"
1.-The man who married the fat wo.
man In the museum would be Just his
kind Of people, wouldn't he?"-Houston
Post.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15

Perhaps u few more people would try
to be good II they didn't bump into 50
many others who overdo the thing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15

Many mems goodness Ia due to the
fact that they are not found out.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-15

chimsra. What IN advance sAnoe the
days Of the great Pinsli-Hsrpsr's
Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-15
~o linin9 sf His cravat.

You lave often heard the question, Where a mans treasure Is, there will his heart be also,'" said city detec- tive. "I saw an illustration of that not long ago on a railroad train. X de tective employed by the railway com pany and were seated near country. man who adjusted his necktie every few minutes.
 "'That tie bothers the old man. said to my companion.
 Don't think it's the tie replied tn" railroad detective.
 Then he leaned forward and said to the farmer. Better take your mone, out of that necktie.'
 "'Who told you I had money in my tie? demanded the farmer.
 ''The detective then explained tha, his actions in adjusting his neekwear led to the supposition. The farmer ad. mitted that he had chosen the tie as the hiding place for a number of bills.
 "'His idea was all right concluded the detective, but he couldn't keep his hands off the cravat' "-Kansas City Star
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-15
Qualities of the Oyster,

A San Franciscan has discovered s new method of cutting short recitais that promise to become too long wind ed. An acquaintance of his who has . local reputation as bore was one day holding forth at some length when the Californian interrupted him with
 By the way, did ever tell you the story of the oyster?'
 On receiving a negative reply he coh tinued:
 Ut seems that when oysters are talk en from the sea they often open thei! shells so that the juice or liquid runs out As this is undesirable. the expert enced oyster gatherer has tub of wa ter close ut hand into which the oyster Is plunged as soon as it begins to open its she'll"
 Well, and what then?" asked the other as the narrator paused.
 The San Franciscan smiled.
 "Oh, after awhile the oyster learns to keep It's mouth shut" he remarked Quietly.-Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-15
Lona Hair a Mark of Honor.

In olden times excessively long hai' was considered a mark of honor ans rank. For many centuries long hal was in France the distinctive mark O kings The ancient Persians and Par thians of high caste wore long, flowirs hair, while the poorer classes we:'. obliged to cut theirs short Home speaks of the long haired Greeks h' way of distinction.
 The Gauls considered long hail! mark of honor. but Caesar obli@e them to cut it off in token of subH!i- sion. Long hair was thought by tl:' Franks to denote high birth. and ''. Goths looked upon it as dist;nrt:H' mark of culture and honor. Short has was considered by nearly all the ol nations to denote thraldom, and evet now criminals have their heads shaved Denver Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-15
Different Names For Waves,

They have curiously different nanIet for waves about the coast of Great Britain The Peterhead folk call ,.,' large hreas:nrS that fall with a cras on the beach by the grim name D: "Norrawa tNorW.;y1 carpenters nl the low Lincolnshire coast. as on tn southwestern Atlantic fronting shore of these is!aus.s. tue @randly long un broken waves are known as rollers Among east Ang!ians q heavy suri tuMblin. in with an offShore wind Q. iu calm. is called by the expre>si't = uaue of "s!cg" while q well rna:'!Ae, swell rolling in independently of an, blowing. Is called q home "The:p l. no wind, Suffolk fisherman will say ''but nasty home on the beach Sui folk men also speak of the "bark O: the surf. and a sea covered with foaic Is spoken of as feather white. Th' foam itself Is known as spoon drift So, in the vernacular. we have it. "Ill. sea was all feather white with spoot drift