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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-19
COUNCIL ORDERS MORE
STREET IMPROVEMENT

Resolution for Public Fairgrounds Referred TO Park Committee
Appeal for Fairer Treatment for the Three Suburban
Wards.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01

IT don't know who twas. His face was covered
up; but il kind of to me-a communication
as you might say-that day that man was
going TO YOU"
Land of love. Marry me? You're crazy: I'm
scarf 10 death"
Ase shook his head more mysterious than ever.
81 don't know" says he Maybe I am crazy
But I see that same this afternoon. when l
in that trance and
Trance, Do you mean TO tell me you was IN
a trance out there by the wood pile? Are You
medium
Well, Ase, he wouldn't admit that he was a
medium exactly, but he give her 10 understand that
there want many mediums in this country that
could do business longsde Of him when he was
really working Course he made believe he didn't
want TO talk about such things, and. likewise of
use that made Debby all the more anxious 10
talk about EN-. She found out that her new board
sr was tect frances and had second sight and
.ould draw horoscopes. and don't know what all
Particular she wanted to know more about that
man" that was going TO marry her, but Asaph
wouldn't say much about him.
"Au l can say is says Ase. that he didn
appear TO like common man. He was sort OF
familiar looking. and yet there was something dis
tlnguisEed about him. something uncommon, as you
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01

top the Banner of Light" and under
meath that was the Mysterious Magazine
Then he remembered. all OF a sudden. the town
talk about Debbys believing in mediums and
spooks and fortune tellers and such And he com
menced 10 set up and take notice
At the supper table he a rundown
clock; Just set in his chair and looked Mrs Bad
ger. She got nervous and fdgety after a spell and
fn'lly bu'sts out with What are you staring at
like that for"
Ase kind of jumped and looked surprised Star
ing?" says he WAS I staring"
II should think you was! Is my hair coming
down. what is IT."
He didn't answer for 4 minute but he looked
over her head and then away acrost the room as
II he was watching something that moved. Your
husband short. kind OF fieshy man. as 1 re-
Course he But what in the world"-
WANT him. then. l thought not"
Him? My husband? What do you meanT'
And then Asaph begun 10 put on the fine touches
He leaned acrost the table and says he In a sort
OF mysterious whisper: Mrs Badger" says he
do you thngs7 Not common things but
strange-shadders like?"
'Mercy me- says the widow No. Do your"
Sometimes II I did Jest now as
set here looking at you. it seemed II l saw
man come up and put his hand your shoulder"
Well. you can imagine Debby. She jumped out
of her chair and whrled around like a kitten IN a
NJ. Good land" she hOllers "Whero9 What!
Who tr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01

might say. But this much comes 20 strong:
some time he's coming TO offer you a good home.
Aou won't have TO keep poorhouse all your days"
SO the widow went up her room with what
you might call a case of delightful horrors. She
was too scarf to sleep and frightened stay awake
She Kept two lamps burning all night
AS for Asaph he waited till twas still and then
ne crept down TO the closet got an armful of Ban
ners or Light and Mysterious Magazines" and
went back TO hts room 10 study up. Next morning
there was nothing said about wood chopping-Ase
was busy making preparations to draw Debby's
horoscope.
You can see how things went after that. Blue
worthy was star boarder at that poorhouse. Mrs.
Badger was too much interested In spooks and
fortunes to think OF asking him 10 work. and II
she did hint at such a thing. he'd have another
trance and see that man." and twas all off.
ana we poor fools of selecImen congra tulatins
ourselves That Ase Bueworthy dong
thlhs toward earning his keep at last. And then
long In July twas-Betsy Mullen died.
one evening, lust after the Fourth. Deborah and
Asaph was In the dining room, hsgertng out fort
unes with pack of cards. when there comes a
KNOCK at the door. The widow answered II. and
there was an old chap. dressed in a blue suit. and
stunning pretty girl In what these summer women
make believe Is SEARCHING rig And both of EN-
was soppihs wet through. and miserable
hens In a rain barrel
IL turned out that the mans name was Lamont,
Win 4 coione!s pennant and a million dollar mark
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01

nlorrer morning you'll get up at o'clock and chop
wood till breakfast time. If think you've chopped
enough maybe you'll get the breakfast. II don't
think you'll keep chopping. Now, march -
Blueworthy he marched. but twa'nt as joyful
parade Odd Felers' picnic He could see
he'd made miscue-a clean miss, and the white
ball in the pocket. He knew. too that lot depend
ed on his making good impression the first thing.
and instead OF that he'd gone and fooled his
approach" that city Teller said last summer
when he the catboat plump into the end of the
pier Deborah she went out into the kitchen. but
she ordered Ase stay in the dining room and set
the table; told him TO get the dishes out of the
closet.
All the time he was doing 1t Se kept thinking
about the mistake he'd made and wondering II
there wan some way square up and get solid
with the widow. Asaph good deal of a
philosopher and his motto was-so he told me af-
terward that time I spoke of when he'd been in
vestigatng the jug-his motto was: Every hard
shell has a soft spot somewheres and after you
find IT, it's easy" II he could only find out some
thing that Deborah Badger particular interest
ed in then he believed he could make ten strike
And all at once. down in the corner of the closet
! he see a big pile Of papers and magazines. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01

InterIaken July I7-There is every IndleLtt, vii
this season the number of American oq u I,,ss-IaEsn
be far above the average. Every one IN looks
having 10 do with the business Of pleasure sss
happy and gay The reason Is not tar " and
for the tourists are coming by ever nj acaia
steamer they arrive and soon Interlaken VIII "7
become the real cosmopolitan summer Gina sir
Nine Semhrich who usually spehuS, Seevrscted
weeks each wear in mountain climbing. = - tins
soon Professor Ray Spencer, VINO ~ ,atfers IN
PLAYED a prominent role IN educationa " o. and
buffalo and Western New York IS WIZ VIZ. -disfancs
Miss sylvia Spencer az Meiringen sliUI. inter-
from the other end OF the Lake OF bTie .,,sn ths
Iaken as its name implies. Hes just 0''"0
lakes of Rrienz and Thun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
ONE ON THE AMERICAN.

A native born American. ulernoef - -oH,tsr took
four business men who OFT luncheu -; foregn
great delight I'm Joking the others on 'HN
birth $500. % talk about
.'Irs all very we'll fer you fellows a hut When
what we need IN this country. ne STU, univ Htrud-
80 oCroa - think OF IL you're really ON .ra well
you CSle 20 81 N,T was born here. You ersaiIy
come 10 this country, OF course - notvss Who
oughtn't TO forget what you owe -
open our doors 10 you -. -a-tv thcusht
"Maybe" said an Irishman IN ti go, - vS,I seem %
f,,lIv MAYBE. But there's enc t t5 ne fare pau
forget I came into this cou.iuS -, YOU say 10
an me clothes on me back "a"
Tit Bits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
ONE ON HIRAM.

Je,son-Ha! Hal Ha' q -,
SiIas-Iyhats the Joke. JedSol ,.. county wen'
Jetison-Why. Just as soon a. ~ buncOed
prohibition old Hiram HafdtPF'0 a
siias-What was the game ;-c,,Tar that sta'e
Jetlson-Why, Hiram got -. 49, MIN a kes "A
- t,rpo mn in town would senu H., ia snaacse'
hard stuff for 81 Hiram sent u"
his lips -. ...,. hack mt
IedsonEScrap iron. and they sAid as Of spisss =
hard enough they q send mn.
the usual ratea-ChicsSo Ne~@
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07

court because the members thereof have
declared the political nonpartisan Judiciary
law unconstitutional. That court is there
and the rights of many people have been
preserved and countries have been saved
by the righteous judgments Of courts upon
laws passed under partisan feeling, or un-
der the excitement OF the times. when the
people and those who passed them even re-
GREETED afterwards that such laws were
passed.
Nothing could be more unjust than the
so-called nonpartlsan law, which compels
a candidate for the supreme bench to go
out and secure a petition Of 5000 names be-
fore the electors can vote for him. BY 80
doing he must neglect his own duties, and
IL he Is competent to serve on the bench
he has duties Of his own, and IL he is at
present on the bench he should be attend
30 out in person some others must do II
for him at great expense TO him. or II serv-
ing without pay, ordinarily the feeling of
obligation would be created toward those
who expended their time and money for
him.
The people are competent to choose their
servants from all the parties without the
aid of politicians. 1 an in favor of per-
sonal liberty at the ballot box. as well as
in other things, and l endorse our constitu-
ton, which says: There shall be no him
drance or impeachment to the right of the
elective franchise" A LAWYER.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07
picked up the ~flatiron just to smooth
things ~over.-Boston Transcript.
NOW FOR THE TALL GRASS
Section OF south Africa Rivals the
state of Nebraska in Lofty
crdur

Unlike a good deal of South Africa Rho
desla is largely wooded. In some places
the forests are of value, but a large pro-
portion are not valued for their timber.
The grass in this part of Africa grows to
phenomenal heights in the valleys, and
especially in the valleys Of the Sabi and
Zambezi rivers 1t reaches its greatest
height. To say that the grass is often
twelve feet high is no exaggeration. Nat
urally it is very easy to lose ones way
in this grass IL one Is unfortunate enough
to stray from the beaten track. 1t is the
custom there to burn this grass off each
year when 1t gets dry. This is usually in
August and September, or even in Oc-
tober. The fires burn for miles and as the
country is largely a wilderness little dam
age is done by this method of destroying
the grass. 1t is a beautiful sight at night
around encircled with flames.
After the grass has been burned the
rainy season usually begins and it is then
that the country is at its prettiest. The
grass is then green and the foliage on the
trees is beautiful. The old leaves drop
off gradually and the new ones take their
place before the trees are bare. The new
leaves are of all shades of the rainbow
and It is mucn like the fall scenery in
ing from the trees. Waterfalls are nu-
merous in the moutains and there are many
of great height. although the rivers are
usually small in volume.-Springfield Re
publican.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07
WORK GIVES THEM A PAIN
Jamaica Negroes In Panama Chased
as the LATEST of All
MortnIs,

"The Jamaican negro is about the slowest
proposition that the Lord ever put the
breath of life into" remarked Roy r
Round, a foreman Of construction on the
Panama railroad. III there was a law
that he had to dig his own grave he would
have to start at it in his early manhood.
Ten American tramps, the kind your
city marshal runs out of town here, Will
do more work than forty OF those fellows.
TWO white men can very easily carry a
cedar tie, but when you want the Jamai-
cans to do the job a squad of five or six
will go after the tie. A 100 pound rail that
seven or eight American work len could
lift easily would necessitate a swarm of
Jamaicans so thick that you wouldn't sc
the rail.
These negroes are widely different from
the American brand. They haven't the
slightest idea of music and can't even
dance. 1t delights their ears just as much
to hammer on a couple Of tin pans as it
would TO hear the finest orchestra in the
land. They are gullible beyond comprehep-
sion. You could sell EN- anything on the
face Of the earth. 1t doesn't make any
difference what the thing is or whether it
is of any use. A couple of fellows landed
at Gatun one day and set up an outfit.
All in the world they had was a wooden
head that twisted around in a grotesquc
fashion and which the owners said could
tell fortunes. ! suppose It cost probably
81 TO SO. The Jamaicans swarmed in that
tent like flies all day long to have their
fortunes told by the wooden-headed seer.
Next day 1 saw the two takers carrying a
sack full OF coin and il was about all they
Ncould do to lift it over to the depot.
COn pay day at Empire, which is the
largest pay station on the canal, the line
extends from the pay cars back as far as
the eye can reach. Sometimes 1t takes the
whole day to settle with the laborers.
Awaiting the paid off men is a market
the like Of which vas never seen I'm all tho
world. There are Hindus with bright
shawls, fancy handkerchief and dazzling
ribbons; hoodoo doctors with strange
charms that ward off evil and bring wealth
untold; hRlf-clad girls with baskets OF pine
apples, oranges and bananas; boys in the
same costume, or perhaps less Of It, with
chewing gum and candy: phogoprahers
ready to take pictures; writer's rendering
their services to iudite letters, and so on
beyond OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 500 people
are there trying to earn q penny from the
laborer by selling him something he doesn't
want but thinks he does.
one reason why the Jamaica negro is
so hard to energize is because he under
stands he is a British subject and he thinks
King Edward is averse to his being worked
too hard, and that il he learns OF 1t he will
send warships along TO start trouble.
IT a few of the old Mississippi steam
boat mates could be recalled temporarily
from the happy and to instruct the Jamai-
cans in the art Of moving along the canal
could be completed ahead of the schedule
time. New York Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07
OMIer at sixty,

Prof. Osler is to be congratulated on
having reached his sixtieth birthday, moi
only hale and useful. but unooncerned
over the weird windings Of the Osler lie.
gend, from which there is for him no es-
cape, wherever he may 90.
Many a good man who has aid a less
sensible thing than Prof. Osler said, and
who has had 1t distorted in less madden
ing ways, has gone to pieces under the
strain. Wildly trying TO convince the
world that he never said what he was al
legged TO have said. and fitting ever at the
windmills of a nations testing. he has
soured or weakened in the end.
Not so Osler. For him there has not
even been an effort at denial, asserts the
Chicago Record-Herald; he has laughed
with the ~laughers. When the talk is about
chloroform at sixty he has appreciated the
Joke as much as anybody. II anybody
wants to believe hat that is the osler
advice TO the world. the professor IL will
ing.
Such being the case. this particular six
tieth birthday at any event may safely
be said to have been passed In serenity
and ease.
The example IL a good one to many a
serious young man who shows less elias.
ticity at thirty or forty than osler does
at sixty.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07

for this high office stands on the liquor
question.
l am bitterly opposed to the brewers run
ming the politics OF the country. am for
a 'nonpartisan brewery Right now. and
today, l am convinced that they should
get out of politics or get out OF business.
The brewers In this campaign have started
In politics, as they have always done, and
are right now trying to line up with pow
erful interests to select states through
dummy organizations which will distribute
the finances to hire slate peddlers at the
polls.
II l am nominated and elected to the SUI
preme bench it will mean but one OF two
things in this respect. Either the brewers
will have seen the handwriting on the wall
and retired from politics, or that they were
defeated. But II elected, / want II clearly
understood that I would not violate my
oath of office to render a corrupt decision
to destroy the business OF a brewery or
step out OF my position as a supreme Judge
to become a mere politician to influence
the passage Of any law. I would attend to
the duties of the judicial branch of govern
ment and simply sustain the laws consti-
tutionally passed. whether they are wet or
dry. daylight or dark, local option or state
wide. JOHN o. YEISER.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07
Our Letter Box
Contributions on Timely Subjects,
not Exceeding TWO Hundred Words,
Are invited from Our Readers.
The Nonpnrtinnn Runco Game.

OMAHA, Aug. 3.-To the Editor of The
Bee: This country's worst enemy is the
class OF people who are constantly trying
to create dissatisfaction among the peo-
pie, against our institution, our laws and
our public servants. Too frequently we
read and hear abuse heaped upon, and
charges made against Judges of courts as
a class. The judge who is dishonest, or
impartial, or a political partisan Is very
rare, indeed. 1t may be that those who SO
charge have served in such capacities and
are judging from their own conduct-at
least, they do not speak the truth as to
the conduct generally of the long list OF
men who have served with fairness, ability
and honor In this state and elsewhere.
The judge who is dishonest is looking
for office regardless of party, and rather
than lean toward his party when looking
to reelection, he would favor the oppo-
site party, that he might get it's endorse
ment, feeling sure OF his own. and thus
pose as the candidate of all parties.
The unjust charge of craftsmanship against
a Judge, IL anything, would tend to make
him such. The so-called nonpartlsan ju-
dietary rests on no sound foundation. 1t
is the cry of the outs" to get 'in," and
this applies to the politicians and dema-
gogues Of all parties alike. II is simply
an effort to thwart the will Of the people
and to prevent the people from expressing
their choice. What reason is there in this
country OF majoritles. for gagglng the
voter and preventing him from voting for
the man of his choice, whether 1t be a
democrat, republican, populist or pro-
hibitionist? And this rule applies to the
water board, or any other office. You
inject politics as soon as the politicians
fix the political cast or label upon any
office.
Abuse has been heaped upon the supreme
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07

OMAHA, Aug. 4.-To the Editor OF The
Bee: The supreme court having declared
the nonpartisan judiciary law to be uncon-
stitutiCnal, it has resulted in forcing candi-
dates for that high position to take a
partisan stand.
Since even a judicial campaign must
needs be partisan, 1 shall not shrink from
duty, but have the courage to tell the pe0-
pie where I stand on any question about
which l feel the whole people want TO
know. Everybody, either one way or the
other, desires to know where any candidate
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07
Advertise in The Bee and be happy.
QUICK WIT GETS HIM FREE
RepRrtee Saves Iowa Man from the
BRne of n Police Court
Sentence.

c. r. Taylor's good humor secured him
a discharge from police court. Taylor halls
from Harlan, la. He came to Omaha and
took on a cargo of liquor that landed him
in the city jail.
IT just came to Omaha TO visit said
Taylor, land 1 thought 1t would not be
right II I passed up the city jail and your
honor without a call"
The retort caused a ripple Of laughter in
the court room and the Judge Immediately
gave the Hawkeye man his freedom.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07
SCALP DISEASE
PUZZLED DOCTORS
Began with a Little PimpIe - Itcbed
and Spread Till Whole Head was
Raw - Hair Fell Out in Bunches
- Suffered Three Years and Cure
Seemed Impossible.
IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND
EASY CURE BY CUTICURA

"My disease started with q little pim-
pie on my head. Then it began to Itch.
The more / would scratch, the worse IL
grew until It spread all over my head.
So / went to the doctor. continued
his treatment for some time but, finding
no results, / decided TO change and try
some other remedy, L.tle warts began
every day but Il grew as raw as q piece Of
beat and my hair commenced to fall out
in punches. so / changed doctors. This
doctor prescribed a wash and a salve. My
head at this time wa so sore l could not
touch Il. After trying several doctors
and many patent medicines, nothing
would M II and l lost much time from
work.
"Then l decided to 90 to the hospital.
Several doctors were called in to look az
il, and after some consultation they said
that / had seborrhoea in its worst stage:
They began TO treat It but Il improved
very slowly. For yer three years l was
a sufferer from this disease. l thought
all hopes Of a permanent cure were Inn
possible, A friend o. mine, upon seeing
the condition OF my head which was
a mas Of running corruption asked
me II had tried the Cuticura Remedies.
l told him nothing would do me any
good; but being very anxious to DO
cured, l decided 10 try them. The first
ueatment with Cuticura SOAP, ONT
ment and Pills. brought immediate re-
lief. Ny hair became alive and stopped
falling out, all the scale left and now /
am perfectly well and have afull head Of
hair. / a truthfully say that il wa
entirely due TO h use OF the Cuticura
Remedies and i recommend them to all
sufferers from any skin disease. George
r. jefferson. l5lS Reed St., Philadel-
phia, Pa, Jan. -, 1902"
Conplets External and Internal Treatmsnt for
sists Of Cuticura Soar 35el 70 Cleanse the Skin.
euucurA ointment B0el 10 Heal the Skin aud CUT
cura Resolveat 5Oc1. COR IN the form OF Chocolate
Coated Ptls, 25c. per vial Of ool 70 Purify the BLOOD.
Sold thruuEhOut the World. Potter Drug A Chem.
CoEp sole Prnps 1875 columbus Ave. Boston. Mas.
N8-NNrrd Frre. A2-nAEe cutteura BOOK. An author
Won the Carr Of skin ana scalp AID ts Treatment
e'
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07
Un-to-Dnte PhnadeIphia.

Advancement along hygienic lines as well
as those dictated by the policy OF perser-
walton OF property is shown by many real
estate holders lately by the use OF several
new appliances. One OF these, which Is
In great favor among Chestnut street
business houses. 10 a small piece OF cor
rugated metal designed for match scratch
ing, A short notice In the metal an
nounces its use. and Il not only protects
the and stonework Of the build
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07

inRs that have adopted 1t, but Is appre:.
ciated by would-be smokers, who tind II
Convenient. Another scheme which mas
been adopted by at least half a dozen
stores doing business on the cross streets
between Market and Chestnut Is the plac-
ing conveniently near their doors, either
on the sidewalk or Just within the build
ing, of bottles of spring water and ice
tanks labelled "free."-Philadelphia Rec
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07

Bee Want Ads are BUSINESS Boosters
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07

The food FAD reached its
height two or three years ago, and the
meat industry suffered from It in more
direct ways than the one just outlined.
1t cut down tremendously the demand for
meat in the homes of the rich and well-to-
do. and even II the breakfast food fad
goes the way of all fads, the effect will
remain. For the intelligent man who
thinks about his stomach discovered that
meat was not necessary at breakfast, that
in fact he often felt better II he did not
eat It. He discovered this by experiment.
ing with Mr.. Dooley's almost-food. II
breakfast food goes. the way OF the bI-
cycle fad and the skating rink. the meat
men do not look for any revival in the
meat demand In the homes OF the well-to-
do; they thlnk those ex-customers Of theirs
Will eat something else.
Any meat wholesaler will tell you that
Il is the poor who keep up the demand
for meat at all times OF the day, and that
this Is because the average ~workingman
does not know he has a stomach and does
not believe what he hears about his di-
gestion. His idea is simply to eat until
he does not want to eat any more. Meat
supplying this demand more efficiently
than anything else, he eats maaL-Phila-
delphia Ledger,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07

70 us In neat boxes. and we cat Ct; and
the farmer discharges his cattle TO make
room for our demand for the %cattle's
provender.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-07
Frirhtened Into MIC.

by fear of appendicitis, take DR. Kings
New Life Pills, and away goes bowel
trouble. Guaranteed. Csc. Sold by Beaton
Drug Co.