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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-28
THE COUNTRY BOY.

recent report by the federal civil service commissioners
shows that while about twothrds of the graduates Of city
schools fail in the commissions examination most of the
graduates of the country schools who try for federal positions
pass without difficulty.
The commission attempts explanation of this
But the Memphis News-Scimtar explains the ground
that while the city school boys have their attention distracted
by things the country boys have fewer distractions and
consequently concentrate their attention to their work.
This does not only apply to the usual dsractOnsor arac
tions-of city life.
It applies to the methods of conducting the schools
For the greater part the smaller the school the fewer
the educational fads
In the smaller city, the village and the country schools boys
not taught crocheng sewing and other and many fads
which recent years have to be regarded part of
common school education.
But they taught the rudmens the principles of education
and they well grounded in them.
And that grounding forms firm foundation upon which to
build
More meat, less superficiality.
This is worth the attention of city teachers and parents
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-28
THE MAIL ORDER CATALOGUES.

In millions of homes the fall mail order catalogues from dis
tan metropolitan establishments will shortly be received
They have smart little cuts by clever craftsmen concise de-
scriptons by trained advertising writers.
They model of good form in publicity which every home
merchant might well emulate.
Patronzng house hundreds thousands Of miles away,
however preference 10 the tried and and trusted home
chant, is a dubious proposition
Nothing is deceptive than a catalogue cut.
If the article represented by drawing the picture has lit
tie value to the discriminating buyer
Even photograph gives little ideas Of texture and qualities
Buying from picture in catalogue cut essentially the
when the boys used to swap jack knives unsght and
SEEM without any chance to learn what kind of knife the other
fellow held in his closed hand.
1t about hopeful to the wise buyer paonzng the
grab bag at public fair.
The only way tell whether you getting good worth for
your money to the goods handle hem and the sales
proprietor through searching questioning to If the
value is really there
purchase from catalogue cut Of house at distance gives
opportunity to do neither Of these things.
In buying from distant maorder house. you have express
freight charges pay from the establishment to your home
take chances ongdays that rob purchase of
part Of it's value
If the goods what you expected may cost you
than the article worth to get satisfaction if indeed you
get it
Ask your home merchant for the article you in the caa
logue cut.
If It's any good he will get for you for the money
minus any express bill
And if is good he will tell you So and you dsap
pointment
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-28

and held that he was always emphat-
lcally against capital punishment, as
when He said, 1T hath been said an
eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth,
but / say unto you lovc your enc
mics, ETC."
The minister showed that five states
of our union have totally abolished
capital punishment, and thirteen addi-
tional- states have a conditional penal
ty resting with the jury trying the
case, and he held that all punishment
for crime ought to be reformatory,
and that criminals should be confined
until they showed good evidence that
they were reformed, and no longer.
He showed how that England, one
hundred years ago, took human life
for two hundred crimes and now she
has only two capital offenses, murder
and treason.
Ilb Bdfo Oul luO othtSihNhb bhab q
number of chief justices of states
where capital punishment had been
abolished, hold that convictions for
murder are much easier since the jury
knows that 1t does not mean the exc
cution of the criminal. The ratio of
convictions now stand as 73 to one,
showing that the average jury is un-
willing to be a party to the legal taxi
ing of human life.
He held that society would be as
well protected by life imprisonment as
by the execution of the murderer, and
then, said he, Think Of how often an
innocent man is executed and of how
the innocent family suffers more than
the condemned criminal"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-28

possible chilled organism and to introduce in
to it certain quantity of energy under the form of heat
Thus understand how person electrified in this man.
ner cut down ordinary nourshment.
matter of fact the quantity of food necessary TO maintain
life is much less in than in winter and less in hot
countries than in cold.
But it does to that electricity alone take the
place of solid nourishment"
Meanwhile Bergones assertions have taken great hold on
the fancy Of Parsan and pictures drawn of electric
taurants of the future with customers calling for small
rent well done and turned few jots of ham and
flavor or a mixed lot of circuits for hash.
Just imagine getting coupeof owatt of roast beef shot
into yo you need not open your mouhand wait
for the waerust sit down to the table press button and fill
up on whatever you like best
It might work all right for the soup fish, for it would be
superficial feed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-28
PUNISHMENT IS
DISCUSSED BY DR.. AVISON

He took the position that, in the for
mer text, the words "by man" were
not in the editions of the Bible as
generally published, and should not be
in the st. James version. He gave
much data to show that the position of
the Bible was against capital punish
ment, and that as civilization and
Christianity advanced the race got
farther and farther from the feeling
that a state or individual had right
to legally take life.
He took, very strongly, the advanced
ground that Jesus is the very best au-
thority on any moral or. other question
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-28

Before a splendid audience, we'll fill
ing the First NJ. h. church, last SuHs
day evening, the pastor, DR.. Avison,
preached a mastery sermon on Capt.
tai Punishment. The audience was an
inspiration and the minister at his
best. For more than one hour he was
master of the situation and his hear
ers gave no signs Of weariness.
The preacher took two texts, one in
Genesis, "Whosoeyer shall shed mans
blood by man shall his blood be shed" 3"
and one found in Matthew, the words
Of Jesus to the woman, Neither do l
condemn you. Go and sin no more"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-28
ELECTRICITY AS A FOOD.

The assertion Of Prof Bergone the Bordeos scientist that
high frequency electric take the place of ordinary
food meeting with much sepca comment from other savans
Dr. Mouter who under the "darsonvasation has
aed method of curing arosceross by the high frequency
current and regarded the greatest living master of electric
therapeutics admits that Dr. Bergone high authority and
that his experiments important but he does not consider
possible that food as ordinarily consumed can be duplicated by
electricity.
Up to the present. he states 1--WE know that by electricity
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-28

JOurrol want ADS -rine Results.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-08-28

1T WILL GROW UPON YOU.
When you form habits Of neatness
and learn to be fastidious in your
dress so that you are always present
able in good society or among your
friends in business. 1t costs so little
to have your clothing kept in perfect
condition and made to look like new
that you cannot hesitate to bring it
to Campbell & Cribblns.
"THE BEST YET"
CLEANERS AND PRESSERS
13s South High St. Phone Main 26s
SPECIALITY MADE OF LADIES'
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We call for and deliver work promptly
and with dispatch
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
Plea for Walnut Trees-

Various districts in Germany are pc
huoning the forest department to res
cue the waInur trees of the country
from the gradual extinction which
threatens them. In times when the
land was less thickly populated it was
customary for farmers and large land,
owners to plant walnut trees on their
properties and along the roads. but
modern science has taught that not
only is the shade thrown by the
spreading tree tops unfavorable to
profitable cultivation. but that a GER
tain amount of tanDic acid is con
tanned in the nuts and injuriously af.
fects the soil on which they fall. The
natural result of the decrease in the
number of walnut trees is a rise in
price of the timber, and whereas in
the Sos a cubic meter of the wood
cost from 81 to s12 it now costs from
$50 to $50
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
SPEEDING TO A FIRE.
Motor Engines Versus Horses, Par
ticularIy on Long Runs.

Motor Engines Versus Horses. Par
ticulariy on Long Runs.
The automobile in fire departments
throughout the country signaliZes the
passing of the horse. and yet il is
neither the time nor the occasion for
sentiment. 1t is rather a measure for
greater safety for lives and property,
for increasing the Serviceability and
efficiency of department. and. while
the horse has proved faithful and has
done his work well. the time has ar
rived when the gasoline motor can do
that same work better. How many
times have we watched the engines ar
rive at a three alarm fire: The first
alarm brings out the apparatus in the
immediate vicinity. The horses arrive
comparatively fresh. and reasonably
quick time has been made. But how
about those from fire houses at dis
lance that have waited until the sec
ond or the third alarm before answer
ing? Before the fire is reached the
heavy engine literally numbers along.
The horses are completely tagged. and
with each succeeding block their pace
is slower-at just the time when their
speed should he greatest. to cOmnen-
safe for the delay entailed by the long
er distance.
The automobile knows no fatigue
With such seventy-hve horsepower
hose wagons and trucks as those re-
Gently purchased by New York city. |
the tenth mile can be run at as high |
d speed as the first. and the average |
for the entire distance will be thirty |
miles an hour. AT the end of this
strenuous exertion the machine will he
in readiness TO respond to a second
alarm almost before the chauffeur can
get his breath" Sufficient fuel for
several hundred miles may be carried
in the main tank. The motor fire truck
is always ready. A whir of crank
Or the push of button and the power
plant is throbbing. as anxious 10 be off
and away as the best fire horse that
ever lived and fifty times as powerful.
-Leslie's.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
Shine With Every Drink.

There have been in the history of
barber shops such plans as "A shave
and a shine all for dime" "A hair
cut and shine free" but it was left
for a negro barber shop at IS Ivy
street to give a free shoe shine when
a drink was paid for That is. it was
a Sunday blind tiger In which VIII
Strong, a bootblack. sold liquor and
then gave his customer a free shine.
The police had suspected the barber
shop for some time and on last Sun
day they made a raid and found a
large lot of whisky in pint bottles
Will Strong was in charge and was
running a bootblack stand He claim.
ed that another negro had brought the
whisky In TO the shop without his
knowing it. The Recorder sent VIII
Strong to the chain gang for thirty
days.-Atlanta Constitution
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
CHOOSING A RULER.
A Reply That Won the Throne For the
Caekwar Of 8aroda.


The orient is sill the land of the
strange and romantic Straight from
everyday modern life in lndin comes
a story that might have been invented
by Scheherazade herself for the enter
tainment OF the SULTAN. II is an ac-
count in r. P's Magazine of how the
present gaekwar of Baroda won his
throne.
In 1879 after the Maharaja Malhar
Rao was depoSed. the council sought
a worthier member of the family as
his successor. -Four sons of the house
lived in the city. but the council felt
that they were all too old and incom-
petent to become efficient rulers.
In a distant village. in a mud Int.
the council found poverty stricken
family of the royal race. In this fam
fly were three sons. each Of whom was
young enough to be nodded into ca
pable ruler. After some deliberatiOn
the council decided that one OF these
boys should have the throne. but left
the selection to the dOwager mahara-
nee.
Accordingly the three brothers-Go-
pal. Dada and Sampat-were sum
moRed to the city Of Baroda. Shortly
after their arrival they were admit
ted to the presence of the maharanee.
Her highness asked each in turn why
he had come to Baroda.
The youngest was so awed and be-
wildered by the magnificencP of the
court that after smiling foolishly for
moment he burst into storm of tears
and sObs
The next in age. who was more stnl-
id. did not behave so Historically. He
answered the query as any well be-
haved Hindu lad of his age would
have done. He had come to Baroda.
ne declared. because his relatives had
brought him there.
Bur when Gopal was asked the same
question he airily responded:
II have come to be the maharaja of
Baroda"
The maharanee and her councillors |
with one accord decided that the youth |
who gave this bold reply showed the |
most promise of becoming an able |
ruler of his people. He was chosen. |
and there has been no need to regret |
The choice
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
Their Holiday Season.

The mills at Oldham, England, shut
down the other night for wakes"
week. Every Industrial town in
lancaster and the West Riding has
its wakes week; but the Oldham
wakes are the greatest of all There
are more cotton spindles in Oldham
than in the whole of the United
States and of the 250000 population,
to whom they give employment, two
thirds are now at the seaside or on
their way to the continent Nowadays
the continental contingent is a big
one, and the Lancashire dialect is
heard as far away as Geneva and on
the shores of Lake Como Seven
thousand Is no outside figure for those
who choose Paris as their objective
A custom incident to the wakes week
is that of arranging weddings for
Wake Saturday the first day of the
holiday and this year no FEWER than
300 weddings were celebrated.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
[ cndon's Baby Artist

London has just unearthed the
youngest artist in the world He is
David Walton. three-year.old son of a
Teddington man. and so far has he
progressed in his art that he is an ex-
hibitor at the show of the Royal Draw
ing society. now open in the metropo-
lis. His exhibition consists of clever
portrait of himself. water color paint
ing of glass of lemonade and rose
and a design of spring from his toy
engine. He commenced to draw with
charcoal when he was eleven months
old it is said. and progressed to pencil,
colored chalk. pen and ink and finally
water color.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
10000 VOICES
And Many Are the Voices Of I'm
NEXT People.

And Many Are the Voices Of I'm
NEXT People.
Thirty thousand voices-What a
grand chorus. And that's the mum
ter Of men and women who
are publicly praising Doan's Kidney
Pills for relief from baCkache, kid
ney and bladder ills, They say it
TO frierCs They tell it in the
home papers. Emmett people are
in this chorus. Here's an Emmett
case.
Mrs. S. E. Meyer, Second and
John SITS Emmett Idaho, says:
"Doan's Kidney Pills have been
used in cur family and have never
failed to prove OF benefit. This
preparation is very effective in cur
ing kidney trouble"
Mrs. Meyer is only one of many
Emmett people who have gratefully
endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. If
your back aches-if your kidneys
bother you, don't simply ask for
a kidney remedy-ask distinctly for
Doan's Kidney Pills, the same
that Mrs. Meyer had-the remedy
backed by home testimony.
For sale by all dealers. Price soc.
Co., Buffalo, New
York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Dcan's =
and take no other.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
Rorn Lawyers In Africa.

A recently published book on Africa
gives certain native tribes credit for
greater intellectually than has usual
ly been ascribed to the negro race.
Every central African" it says. lis
he can act as his own pleader and set
forth his case with duency and law
yer-like adroitness. 1t will be re-
membered that Bishop Colenso also
had a high opinion of the acumen of
certain native Africans as Biblical
critics
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17

Jerome's alienists at the first trial
could not make an examination of
Thaw. They sat I'm court and observ-
ed him at $50 an hour.
In the recent hearing. which result
ed in Thaw being declared still insane,
775.0O0 words of testimony were taken.
This makes $500 typewriter pages.
In book form it would make eighty
novels the size of the best sellers.
The alienists' bills amount to more
than $4,000 for few days attend
ance and the presentation of conflict
ing testimony. William Travers Je-
rome is to receive $4,000 from the
state. it is said. The witness fees.
costs of court and other items will
make the trial cost to the state in ex-
cess of $4,000 What the cost is to
the Thaw family no one knows. In
previous trials 1t has always been
twice the cost to the state.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
Mayor James c. pahlman,

Mayor James c. Dahlman, is
serving his fourth term as Mayor of
Omaha, Nebr., having received the
overwhelming support of the voters
CT that city. His steadily increasl
ing popularity parallels that of a
famous medicine he has used of
which he writes: 81 have taken
Foley Kidney Pills and they have
given me a great deal of relief so
1 cheerfully recommend them" B..
B. Davis.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
COST OF DEATH CHAIR $65, 900
In % Years 155 Men Have Been Elk
ecuted In New York.

With the putting to death In the
week of Aug. 10 of nine murderers in
the electric chair New York state will
have expended about S65,000 in carry
ing out the death penalty since the
present law went Into effect twenty
two years ago.
Up to the present time l55 men have
been sent to the electric chair In this
state. Electrician r. F. Davis receives
4 fee of $3.50 for each execution, and
IN assistant is paid $50 The traveil1g
md hotel expenses Of both are paid.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
III Fortune Of Lawyers.

Nearly every lawyer connected with
the case on Thaw's side has met with
I'll fortune. Dan 0'Reilly was arrested
ties and his career blasted Clifford
W. Hartridge escaped disbarment by
one vote following his demand for S50,-
600 more from Thaw. Dolphin NJ. Del
mas has hardly been heard of In the
east. He came as the Demosthenes
lowered until the courtroom rang. He
coined the famous plea "Dementia
americana" and his name was herald
ed everywhere. The Thaw trial was
the last of his great cases.
A. Russell Peabody, associated in
Thaws defense. is dead.
Thaw's mother, pitiable broken fig
ure, is using the greater part of what
fortune she has left to help him in his
fight.
And Evelyn Thaw, the cause of It all.
inst testified against her husband. She
has said she would like TO see him re-
main in Matteawan for life.
But Thaw will not remain in the
prison for the criminaly insane If re
IAN help 1t. He win fight again. he de-
,lared, and such fight will cost an
)ther fortune
very year until am set free" II he
,ets it he will be the most expensive |
prisoner in the history of the world.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
Fortunes in Faces.

There's often much truth in the
saying her face is her fortune,
but its never said where pimples,
skin eruptions, blotches, or other
blemishes disfigure it. Impure blood
is back of them all, and shows the
need of DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
They promote health and beauty.
Try them. 20 cents at lal druggists.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
Chronic Dyspepsia

The following unsolicited tes-
timoHiaI should certainly be suf-
ficient to give hope and courage
to persons afflicted with chronic
dyspepsia: 81 have been a chronic
dyspeptic for years, and of all the
medicine have taken Chamber
lain's Tablets have done me more
good than anything else" says w.
G. Mattison, No. Sherman ST.,
Hernellsville, n. Y. For sale by all
dealers.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
INSANITY on III. Increase.

There are now over 3I.3O0 NOR,
cases Of insanity In the United States
than there were six years ago. In
that time. while the population has
increased only II per cent. the increase
in insanity amounts to IS per cent
New York Post.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-17
HARRY K. TAAW A
COSTLY PRISONER
Family Has Spent 100000
and State S35O,0OO,
HIS FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM.
All Thus Far Have Been Unsuccessful,
but He Declares He viii Have a
Trial Every Year Until He is Set
Free-Review of His Case.

1t has cost New York county $780,
600 TO put Harry X. Thaw, the slayer
of Stanford White. in Matteawan and
keep him there. In his fight to get out
Thaw has spent between 100000 and
81 900, 900. The true amount will new
er be known, because much of the ex-
pense was for secret work. Attorney
Clifford w Hartridge, who afterward
was tried for his actions in the Thaw
case. is said to have spent $4,000 in
the Tenderloin "squaring Harry" with
women.
The first trial began Jan. %, 1907,
and lasted seventy-nine days. Court
expenses We're $500 a day. The states
alienists received S23, 900. The jury
was housed and fed at cost of $500
a week. Witness fees and care of wit
nesses cost $1,000 more. When the
jury, after forty eight hours. returned
a disagreement the state had spent for
nothing trife more than 100000.
Thaw had given Hartridge S104.-
600, and that attorney entered suit for
$4,000 more. Dolphin NJ. Delmas was
paid $4,000. other lawyers received
sums from $4,000 up. Lawyer Glea-
son is said to have received 100000.
Second Trial Cost State 100000.
Then came the second trial, which
cost the state another 100000 At
the end of this trial he was adjudged
insane.
In 1909 Thaw began another fight
for freedom before Justice Mills at
White Plains The state won and Thaw
stayed in Matteawan. Cost to the
state. about $4,000; to Thaw. more
than 100000.
Two years passed and Thaw de-
clared he should have another hear
ing He had more alienists ready to |
testify.
The alienists recalled the first trial.
when ten of District Attorney Je- |
ONES alienists presented bills for
The evening world., 1912-07-15
Fables of
Everyday Folks
Copyright 1912 by The Press Publishing Co. THE New York word
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