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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-28

Monday is Memorial day and 1t will
be observed by the members of the
G. A. r., the w. r. c., the S. w. ",
and the city's citizens and their
wives and families, during the fore
noon at the cemetery with the, decor
alton of the graves of the veterans
who participated in the civil and
Spanish wars, and in the afternoon
they will assemble at Marion square
where they will listen to program
of patriotic musical selections, both
vocal and instrumental, reeitations
and addresses. The committee hav-
ing the celebration in charge has
labored hard and faithfully in maxi
ing preparations for the appropriate
celebration of the event, and every
thing is now n readiness, and it
promises to be the best and greatest
celebration held in the city.
Exercises at CemcteTy.
There will be no parade to the
cemetery during the forenoon, but
there will be a general assembling of
the people, and when 10 o'clock
comes the G.. A. r., assisted by the
w. r. c., and the citizens of the
city and their wives will decorate
the graves of the dead veterans.
Flowers will be strewn upon the
grave of every dead veteran and each
will also be decorated with a small
flag.
At the cemetery will also be held
the beautiful ritualistic service Of the
G.. A. r., over the graves of the de-
parted comrades. The Salem Mill
tary Band has volunteered its serv-
ices, and will be present and render
music in harmony with the occas-
sion, and firing squad of Company
M will fire the salute and the COM
pany bugler, blow taps. After the
services at the cemetery the mem
bers of the G.. A. r. and w. R. C.
will return to the city and assemble
at the Post room where they will
find a dinner prepared for them.
Exercises at Marion Square.
A monster parade and patriotic
exercises at Marion Square will be
the feature of the afternoons dele
bration of the day. A committee IS
now at work decorating the park
and installing seats for the occasion,
and when completed it will present
a handsome appearance, and be pro-
vided with all the necessary COM
forts.
The procession will form on State
street between High and Church
street at $3.50 o'clock in the after
noon, and will be facing westward.
The Salem Military Band will lead
the procession, and following it will
come the G. A. r.. and the S. w. ",
and Company M. Next will come the
carriages containing the speaker of
the day-Dr. Steves, and others who
will participate in the program.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-28

sore and lacerated body, dragging
after him heavily laden wagons, all
the while suffering silently the most
awful torture. He is compelled to
drag overloaded wagons up steep
hills, often cruelty lashed with the
whip, and then after long day Of
dreadful slavery he is poorly housed,
often with insufficient food.
Yet there are owners and drivers OF
a different stamp. These are men
into whose hardened soul no appreci-
alton of the value and devotion OF
the horse is allowed to penetrate.
They misuse the animal to an afro
cious degree, and are impervious to
his appealing look, when he IS
racked by pain or worn down with
toll, as though the poor beast were
but a senseless rock. Such men as
these know no pity, and because
they know no pity, they know no
horse.
There is nothing overdrawn in
this recital OF mans inhumanity TO
his one best and most constant
friend. Happily, though, 1t is not q
recital of the usual treatment of the
horse. Turning from the considera-
tion of ill-treatment it is pleasant to
know that in the hearts OF the vast
majority of men, women and child
rem there is genuine love for this
fine and good friend in the animal
kingdom And assuredly he de-
serves that love,
When you love horse, you love
mans best, truest, and most useful
friend in all the range of the world
of animals.-Our Dumb Animals.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-28
KAISER WILHELM
HAS SORE HAND
UNITED PRESS LEASED wIHn.1

Berlin, May 27.-Kaiser Wilhelm
is suffering from a malignant abcess
on his right hand. 1t is declared
that an operation may be necessary,
The court physicians have been in
consultation, but have not yet deter
mined whether the operation will be
performed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-28
SALEM WILL HONOR
Her SOLDIER DEAD

Arrangements Completed for Appropriate Observance of
Memorial Day-GraVeS will be Decorated in the Morning,
and in the Afternoon Exercises will be Held in Marion
Square-StOres Generally will be Closed and Business
Suspended During the Day.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-28

Following the carriages Will come
the Modern Woodmen of America,
the Elks, the Carpenters Union, and
other organizations and lastly the
w. R. G. in automobiles.
The parade will lead west on
State street to Commercial and then
North on Commercial to Court and
east on Court to Cottage. 1t will
then countermarch on Court street
to Commercial and then go north on
Commercial to Marion Square.
Want Automobiles.
The committee having the parade
in charge is anxious to have at least
dozen automobiles for the accom-
modation of the members of the w.
R. c., and the veterans who are too
aged and feeble to walk. The COM
mittee will agree that the machines
will not be used in excess of a half
an hour and that at the end of that
time that they will promptly be re-
turned to their owners.
The committee also desires to have
as many of the organizations in the
city as is possible to participate in
the parade, and extends cordial in-
vitation to them all.
Captain Charles A. Murphy will
act as grand marshal, and will be
assisted by two mounted deputies,
but they had not been selected late
this afternoon.
Those desiring to volunteer auto
mobiles for the occasion should re-
port to Captain Abrams or Council
man Stoltz.
History of Day.
The first Memorial or Decoration
day which the veterans of the Grand
Army of the Republic recall was not,
as it is now in most of the states,
and even in Alaska and Porto Rico,
a legal holiday 1t came as the re-
suit of an order issued by General
John A. Logan, national commander
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
then a young organization. 1t was
in May, 1868, that Adjutant General
N. P Chysman conferred with Gen
era1 Logan concerning the matter of
having the Grand Army inaugurate
the custom of placing flowers on the
graves of Union soldiers at some uni
form time. Following this confer
ence General Logan issued an order
setting aside May 80, 1868, "for the
purpose of strewing with flowers or
otherwise decorating the graves of
comrades who died in defense of
their country during the late rebel
lion and whose bodies now lie in al
most every city, village or hamlet
churchyard in the land"
Wherever the Grand Army had a
post the order was obeyed, and even
thus early after the close of the war
it had such strength and numbers
that this meant throughout the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-28

A good workman is like pair of
shears; he shuts up when he goes to
work.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-28

AAohg RVODA09 " nv AfAh hAOWh a oCA
row for the dead long before the
western continent witnessed it's great
civil war, seem in the eyes of the ma
tion's lawmakers, that congress re-
solved to have accounts of the pro-
ceedings in the various towns
throughout the country collected
and bound.
Southern Memorial Day.
Thus the first celebration of a
Decoration day under the auspices Of
the Grand Army organization oc-
Cured in 1868. Two years before
this, in a letter which was printed
March 70, 1866, in the columns of
the Columbus Times, a southern
woman, Mrs. Mary Ann Williams
Howard, widow of Confederate Of
ficer, Major John H. Howard of Mil
ledgeyille, Ca, had suggested that
April 26 of that year be set aside as
the date "to wreathe graves of our
martyred dead with flowers" The
suggestion was followed, and that
date, April 26, is now observed as
Confederate Memorial day and set
aside as a legal holiday, as is May 80
in four southern states, Louisiana,
Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Mrs.
Howard was greatly beloved in the
south. During the war she was as
active in doing all she could to
serve the southern side as her hus-
band and was the moving spirit in
putting into operation what were
known as "wayside houses" in which
care was given soldiers en- route to
battlefields. When she died at
Columbus, Ca, in 1874, she was
buried with military honors.
Dates Not Uniform.
The southern states, North Caro-
lima and South Carolina, observe
May 10 as their memorial day. In
New Mexico it is left to the governor
to appoint the day. AS every state
is independent in its legislation, ira
ditions and custom, every state has
power to appoint its own holidays
but, despite these variations. spirit
of Capitalization or the growth of a
national spirit, if you wish to call 4
that, has aided in bringing about an
approximate uniformity of date for
Memorial day in most of the states
Thirty-four states and Alaska, Porto
Rico and the District of Columbia
observe the Goth of May as a legal
holiday dedicated to the memory of
soldiers. Four southern states, as
has been said, observe the day on
April 26, two on May 10. States in
which it is not listed as legal holi-
day are Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi
Nevada, Texas and Virginia.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-02
BLESSED LAND.

When we read about the fire-swept
land in the Northwest, with appalling
destruction of life and property; when
we hear Of the terrible blizzards and
tornadoes in other sections. we feel like
singing the doxology. Praise God that
we live in this blessed lan6-in old Vir-
ginia-where no such climatic distur-
Dances occur. Can there be any more
ideal weather than we are enjoying
this fall? We may not have any great
riches. We cannot live in marble pala-
ces, but we have health; health brought
about largely by pure, fresh, invigora-
ting air-and what is life If burdened
by disease? How can real, stable hap
piness come when we may expect at
any moment a fearful blizzard, dread
FL cyclone or devastating fire? We do
not believe that anywhere in all the
world can there be found a healthier
locality than is generally to be found in
Virginia. and especially in this part of
the grand old Commonwealth. Life is
really worth living here. The cool,
bracing mornings that greet one as he
awakes from q healthful sleep make
one feel happy, and thank his Creator
that his lot is cast in such q pleasan,
place as In fredericksburg, in old Vir.
Rinia. Free Lance.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-02
HER SMILE WILL HAUNT YOU STILL.

The tender way in which you say
Goodbye to her from day to day:
The honeyed JOY that home you bring
When down the twilight way you
swing;
The care you make for her to lift
As light as blooms mid dew adrift-
These are the things you'll find that place
The smile of beauty on her face.
The praise you utter for her worth
To make life sweet for her on earth:
Ihe pouring out to her your thought
Of conflicts met and battles fought:
your confidence shown in her sense
These are the things that recompense
Her life for all she gives to thee.
These are the secrets of her glee.
Put on her face the bloom of youth
That comes from confidence and truth:
Put IN her eyes the light that CLEANS
When at her feet you lay your dreams:
Put in her soul the love that glows,
And mid your battle where it flows
In roaring mart or rumhling mill
Her smile will haunt and help you still.
-Bentztown Bard.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-02

In which she was the central figure
dawned upon her. There she was in
the midst of crowd of several hun
dred people, and mile or so from
home-shoeless.
Her modesty forbade her confiding
her plight to those around her. And
even IT her 'kicks" had been restored
to her she could not have put them on.
They were the kind which have to be
put on with talcum powder and kept on
win tsitn. In fact, the young woman
~ credited with having said next dav
that she didn't know which was verse.
the knowledge that she was about to be
brought into the presence of the three
WISE men from the East in her stock
ing feet, or the fear that an usher
would come running up with, Lady.
here's your shoes" So she continued
to be the lady in distress until the show
was over. and she had finally reached
home again.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-02

FREE Send Us &c in stamps to pay postage
and mention the name of this paper, and we will
send you a l0c package OF any flower seed you
want to grow In the house this winter. Your local
Merchant can get from us what fall bulbs YOU
want. II he does not sell our fall bulbs you can
send your order TO US, and we will see that thev
viii reach you in perfect condition.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-02
YOU CAN HAVE
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS
TO BRIGHTEN YOUR HOME
BOLGIANo'S FALL BULBS.

All winter. at Christmas time. at Easter time also
in your lawns and fower-beds at the first opening
of spring time IF YOU PLANT NOW.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-02
DEMOCRATS CAN
WIN PRESIDENCY,
swanson Says Party viii Be Tri.
umphant if II Avoids DiSCOrd.
(Richmond Times-Dispatch.)


Feeling happy over the triumph of
the Democratic party in the recent
congressional election, and looking
every bit of the pleasure he expressed,
Senator Claude A. Swanson came to
Richmond early yesterday morning.
Business brought the Senator here.
and he spent portion of his time in
looking after case he has in the United
States Circuit Court.
The Senator has scarcely recovered
from his campaign of more than two
months for his party's candidates in
the Fifth and Ninth Congressional Dis
tricts. He was away from his home
Tor more than a month at one time,
and made many speeches, travelling
over the greater part. of the two Vir-
ginia districts, which were in doubt.
Although he has had nothing like
rest from this exertion, Senator
Swanson looks entirely well and vigor-
GUS as ever. 1t will hardly be possible
for him to appear happier when, on
December 3, he advances to the bar of
the United States Senate on the arm
of Senator Martin and takes the oath
OF office as representative of the SOW
ereign State of Virginia
81 am greatly pleased, ." said the Sen.
ator to reporter for The Times-Dis-
patch, with the result of the election,
which insures that the next House OF
Representatives will be Democratic.
The drift in the nation is evidently to-
ward Democracy, and, if the party acts
wisely and discreetly. ceases fractional
differences and discords. and conducts
itself in a manner to retain the conf.
dence of the country, it will be trium.
phant in the presidential election OF
1912.
81 am much gratified at the re-elec.
tion of Representative Saunders from
my district" continued the Senator
eve had terrific fight, but the loyalty
of the Democrats saved the district t
the party.
while deeply regret the defeat Of
Mr.. Stuart in the Ninth. feel that the
district owes its thanks to the candi
date and his Supporters in the district
for the splendid fight they made. anC
for the result, which was little less re
markable than victory would hav,
been spent more than a month
helping Mr.. Stuart. and had become
hopeful of victory in view of the spirit
/ saw manifest. Both the candidate.
and the party leaders in the Ninth mad,
great sacrifices and are entitled to tn,
fullest credit for the game fight the.
put up"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-02
IRvINGToN, VIRGINIA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1910
SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR.

There's something TO be thankful for,
no matter how things 60
In summertime for fruit and flowers,
in winter-time for snow.
There's something sort ofpleasant hap
pens to US every day.
And life's a perfect picnic If we look
at it that way.
There's always something pretty for
our weary eyes to see
The glory Of the sunset or the bios
som on the tree.
And always something tuneful for our
tired ears to hear
The children's voices chirping or the
robins music clear.
There's always something ready for our
willing hands to do
Some halting steps to help along, some
job to carry through.
No chance t. be a-kicking when our feet
are busy going,
No time for idle growing when we're
planting seed and sowing.
There's something to be thankful for,
no matter how things 60
No end of all our blessings if we only
count them so.
And even il you're out of sorts, or sick,
or sad, or sore,
Just thank the Lord you're living, If
you can't do nothing more.
Selected from exchange.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-02
MYSTERY OF THE SLIPPERS,
OR BAREFOOT SOCIETY GIRL.
Lost Them in "Ben Hur" GaIIer'
Rush.

1t was not with the idea of launch
ing a new fad, nor was it in payment
of an election bet, that a well-known
young society woman went to see "Ben
Hur" the other night in her stocking
feet.
And yet this young woman did attend
the Richmond Academy of Music minus
foot wear other than pair of silk hose.
And that was not the whole of her ex-
perience. She sat during the two and
a half hours the performance lasted in
this same condition, and when it was
over she travelled all the way home
without single stitch of leather pro-
tecting her tootsie-wootsies from freez-
ing sidewalks and impudent stares.
She was one of several hundred who
stood in front of the theatre one night
this week waiting for the doors leading
into the balcony and the rush seats to
be opened. Anybody who saw that
crowd knows what it was. 1t isn't
necessary to have been in it. When
the doors were opened, after what
seemed like hours of waiting, the
crowd surged forward in sort of foot
ball style, pushing, showing, jostling,
any old way just so as to get in.
1t was while this was going on that
! the heroine of this thriller Cinderel.
lered-with both feet-of came the
low shoes.
Discovering her predicament, sh.
could not get out of the rush, so sh,
had to go along with it. Once in tn,
theatre and in seat she was no bette
off than she had been. 1t was thel
that the full significance of the TRACED,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-02
Ends Winters Troubles.

To many. winter is season of trouble. The
frost bitten toes and fingers. chapped hands and
lips. ehilblains. cold sores. red and rough skins.
prove this. But such troubles fly before Bucklen 8
Arnica Salve- A trial convinces. Greatest healer
Of Burns. Boils. Piles. Cuts. Sores. Eczema and
Sprains Only 25e at all druggists.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-02
PREMIUM LIST

OF the Chesapeake Agricultural As
sOciation's Fair Held at KiImar-
mock November 9Th, 10th and
lIth, 1910.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-02

TN never be without DIR. King 9 New Life PIIs
again." writes A. Sehineeck. e47 Elm ST.. Buffalo.
N. Y. They cured me Of chronic constipation
when all others failed" Unequsied for Bilious
moss. Jaundce. indigestion. Headache ChilIs.
Malaria and Debility. 26c at all drusaists
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-12-02

Our beautiful illustrated 24-page fall flower cat
alogue will be cheerfully sent to you If you drop
ofaIf foda
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
CHARITY WARMED sY HOPE.

D. o. Mills, the New York philan
thropist who died recently, erected his
monument while he lived.
Mr.. Mills put several millions into
hotels where people of small means
may enjoy comfort in clean and re-
spectacle surroundings. There is no
faint of pauperism about the hotels
and nothing cheap excepting the prices
charged Many well to do people stay
at these hostelries by preference.
1t is wise philanthropy
Mr.. Mills believed in helping people
to help themselves.
One Of the striking stories of the
New Testament is that of Dives and
Lazarus, and it gives us a picture of
the times. Lazarus was beggar at
the gate of Dives palace. 1t was usual
in that day for beggars to feed from
the crumbs at rich mems tables.
In the orient today, as 1000 years
ago, beggars are everywhere, crying
"Backsheeshr' Charity consists in fling
ing small coins as one would throw a
bone to a hungry dog.
The east has never learned intelli-
gent philanthropy.
Nor has Europe shown ability or dis
position to wisely interpret the needs
Of the struggling poor and help them
upward. Its only answer to poverty is
old age pensions.
But in America
Here is John D. Rockefeller not
merely giving money to colleges, but
making it possible to discover the
cause of diseases of children.
And Andrew Carnegie, who not only
gives Libraries. but provides a great in
stitute to teach the manual arts, phi
lanthropy well begun by Philip Ar
mour in Chicago.
And Nathan Straus with his pure
milk for babies, and Pierpont Morgan
with his maternity hospital for the
poor. and Mrs. Russell Sage with her
model homes.
And space would fail us to mention
Jane Adams and Helen Gould and
Miss Morgan and the countless lesser
workers in practical philanthropies.
We have our problems of trusts and
transportation and graft and greed.
but we have also our practical bene
factors.
And. like everything else in this big
country. what is done is generous in
scope and intelligently aimed
1t is the sort of practical ministry
that helps needy people people here
and now on earth-to help themselves
and others.
1t is charity warmed by hope and
illuminated by the vision of what
ought to be.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-02-27
ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

The New York Times told a Christ
mas story that almost passes belief
This is the story:
A twelve-year-old girl went to the
front door of John D. ROckefeller's
town residence in New York city on
Christmas eve and rang the bell, which
was answered by the butler.
This functionary demanded to know
what the caller wanted. The little one
bashfully said she would like to see
Mr.. Rockefeller
Informed that the latter was out of
the city, the child turned to 60 but the
stern butler called her into the hall
and persisted in wanting to know what
she came for.
She then told the butler she wanted
to ask Mr.. Rockefeller for some money
with which to buy Christmas presents
Soft! Here might be a dangerous
character
The astute sevitor detained the child
until he could get his coat and hat.
He then requested her to go with him.
which she did.
Doubtless the poor kid thought this
fine looking old gentleman intended to
go with her and select a nice doll.
She was promptly turned over to
policeman.
For all we know the policeman may
have searched the ragged garments of
>the innocent in expectation of finding
a bomb.
Now, mark you
This youngster, yearnfng for a Christ
mas gift, was taken in custody and
held throughout Christmas day and
the Sunday following and hailed into
court on Monday!
Hereafter let no poor and shabbily
dressed child profane the precincts or
desecrate the button on the front door
of the richest man in the world.
Nobody believes Rockefeller himself
would have met the yearning Christ
mas faith of child with suspicion and
arrest
Doubtless he would have patted her
head. given her nickel and told her
to start bank account
Nor is the fatuous butler the mean
est man in the world
He probably thought he was render
ing great service to his emplorer and
possibly to law and order. He is a
type of fiunky not too scarce in large
cities.
If the little one had knocked at the
door of her kind she would have es-
capped arrest and doubtless got the few
cents she was looking for.
Had she been older she might have
known better than to try to invoke the
Christmas spirit at the doors of the
| very rich.