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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-15
First La GrIppe, Then Bronchitis.

Such was the case with Mrs. w. s.
Bailey, McCreary, Ky. "My wife was
taken down with a severe attack Of
la grippe, which run into bronchitis.
She coughed as tho she had consump-
ton and could not sleep at night. The
Doctors medicine gave her no relief
and | was advised to try Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound The first bottle
gave her so much relief that she con-
tinued using II and three bottles ef-
fected a permanent cure" Mr.. W. s.
Bailey says he is prepared to answer
all Inquiries promptly. Red Cross
Pharmacy (H. Jerman).
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-15
MOVED TO AMEND
THE KINGS ADDRESS
IuvirlD rnrsa mann wIRrl ,

London, Feb, l5.-Soundlng the
keynote OF the labor party in the
house OF commons hero today j. r.
Macdonald moved to amend King
Georges address to parliament He
expressed regret that his majesty
had failed to recommend minimum
wage regulation legislation, the ma
tlonaliRatlon OF railroads and other
measures designed TO procure an
equal division Of the fruits Of indus
try"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-15
u. D. D. Prescription for Eczema
guarantee this remedy
J, C. Perry, Druggist

Do you know that more real danyer
turks In a common cold than In any
other OF the minor ailments? The safe
way Is to take Chamberlain's Conrb
remedy, a thoroughly reliable prenar-
auon' and rid yourself Of the cold ne
quickly as possible. This remedy Il
Tor sale by all dealers. 10
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-15

lrNifNp rnrsA tnAstp VIM
Berkeley Cal, Feb. i6--Hero's q
woman With a worth while FAD, Her
namo IL Annie NJ Aleyander--a
"Mlas" Il you nlease--and her stunt
~ financing and accompanying YER.
tebrate geological expeditions Just
back from a trip
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-15
Stop That Itch!

! viii guarantee you to stop that Itch In Two
'eeond'' MS cent bottle will prove Il.
- NO remedy that have ever sold for
Eczema, Psoriasis, and all other diseases
or the skin has given more tboronrb
satisfaction than the ven
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-15
Are Ever NJ War

Ihere are two things eyerlastlpplv
a. 7, war var Joy and piles But BuckleB's
arnlea ,arnlea Salye will Danish piles IN anv
i iotm' II soon subdues the itching
=. i,..rlIauon, inflammation or swelling
!, s.l, gives comfort, invites Joy. Greatest
! peeier t OF burns, bolls, ulcers. ents
or,,,,Is ~. u,sis, eczema, scalds, pimples. skin
srupuons' Only % cents al ]. g perrv
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-15
TIRBMAN KILLED
AND ENGINEER HURT

Grand FovkA, n, G., Feb, l5,--Flro.
man Moore, Of EhoN, was killed and
Engineer bullock injured by Jumping
when a heavy G. p r. ore train was
doralled by running into a rock slide,
seven miles from here,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-15
LINEMAN RECEIVES
$4,000 VOLTS


Tacoma. Fcb I'D u, Allen, a
uneman for the seattle-Tacoma Pow
er company, Is seriously, perhaps IA
tally burned today from coming In
contact with a wire carrying $4,000
volts OF electricity The current
PASSED through him was 80 strong I,
burned holes In his shoes as though
rcd hot irons had been passed
through tho soles and HIS under
wear was scoFched and burned,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-15
POsTOFFICE BURGLAR
CAUGHT AT STOCKTON

stockton. Cal, Feb. iS--J, W,
Williams, wanted in Portland, Or,
for Ourslariling q pOstoftlee January
% last was arrested here today BY
Deputy United States Marshal Kier-
nan.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-02-15
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Jim Hill says he will be an angel
before he goes into the steel business.
U. s. steel need fear no competition
from that source for some hundreds
Of millions Of years, at least. When
a railroad president puts on angel
piumage hell will be used as a powder
store house.
An Ecuador mob recently lynched
five Of It's generals. II promotion is
made from the ranks, there will be no
privates left
Uncle Sam got pretty nice yalen-
tine yesterday--a new star in the
blue field Of "old glory"
An exchange has a column article
on "the road to independence" We
salemites get there by boat
Roosevelt has 30 many mouth
pieces that he doesn't have TO do any
talking himself--and they do entire
ly too much.
A Texas Judge stepped down from
the bench, eyerlastinly whaled a fell
Low yha called him q liar. and then
stepping back to his place on the
bench, fined himself for the offense,
A good mixture Of human nature
and law.
The attempt 10 set aside or dodge
the provision Of the election laws is
a step backward. II is an attempt
TO get back to the old gag rule, un-
der which the manlpulators ran pol
tiles 10 suit themselves.
80
Thieves broke into the First Con-
gregatlonal church at Portland We'd
noaday night and after feeding on
cheese, nuts and crackers, carried
away about 500 worth Of clothing,
being packed TO send TO the heathen.
The heather got 1t and saved the
freight.
The orogonlan calls It sycophancy
to allude to the fact that rich men
are not punished for crimes, for
which the poor are sent TO jail-yet
II 10 the clean truth, For instance,
at Eugene a day or two ago, young
man who held up another and took
20 cents from him, was sentenced TO
Ave years In the pen--whlle Wilde,
who was on trial for wreoking a
bank and securing 100000 there
from, was acquitted by the Judge
with apologies TO Mr., Wilde for his
being subjected TO arrest, and the
Jury applauded the Judges action.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-18
UMPIRE O'LOUGHLIN HATES
TO HAVE DIGNITY RUFFLED,

IAN umpire must be dignified
on the field, and if there is one
thing that peeves Silk O'Lough-
lin, the American league arbitra-
tor, it is to rufle his dignity"
says Umpire Billy Evans.
Catcher Kritchell Of the St.
Louis Browns put one over on
Silk one day that drew q laugh
from both teams. O'Loughlin
failed to appreciate it.
SIN baseball when a player
hits the ball squarely some of his
teammates sing out. That's put
ting the wood on it. old boy"
I'm the game in question
O'Loughlin was working the
plate. and a foul tip struck his
mask near the top. sailing into
the grand stand at great speed.
"'Nice work. silk" That's
, putting the wood to 1t, old boy
"1n an instant O'Loughlin's ex-
!. preston changed from pain to
|. establishment. He glared at the
> st. Louis player. and the man
!. ager Of the Browns was relieved
: when he didn't start a process
!. sion Of athletes to the club.
: house."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-18
RATING THE GIRLS.
Terms Young Naval Officers Use In
Fixinq Feminine Beauty.

Terms Young Naval Officers Use In
Fixing Feminine Beauty.
The younger officers in the navy, and
the gallant young midshipmen especial
ly, have q method Of their own for re-
cording feminine beauty, and they use
it on many occasions. This is a sys-
TEN OF estimating the attractiveness Of
a visitor by a sliding scale from 2.5
to 4, which is the system Of marking
at the Naval academy.
One particularly attractive girl was
walking along the deck Of one Of Uncle
Sans big warships on a day when it
was open to visitors when she over
heard two midshipmen say:
"Ill give her a 3.5, anyway. She
M nearer to a 4 than anything I've
seen yet"
OF course she did not understand
what this conversation was about. If
she had she would have felt rightfully
fattered, as a 3.5 is an excellent mark
and n rarely given.
A 2.5 means passable. That. is the
lowest mark that will pass at the acad-
envy. If a girl is attractive and jolly,
but without any particularly striking
beauty, she is put down as a 2.5.
Before a girl can be spoken of as de-
serving Of a 3 she must be very pretty
indeed. TO merit a 3.5 her beauty must
be striking. It is seldom any girl, no
matter how beautiful or attractive,
merits a 4. This Is the perfect mark,
the very best that a be obtained. 1t
is seldom given by midshipmen to more
than n girl in his whole career in
the navy.-New York Herald.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-18
Civic Runalina.
They took a little gravel,
And they took a little tar,
With various ingredients

They took a little gravel,
AND they took a little tar.
With various ingredients
Imported from afar.
They hammered 1t and rolled it,
And when they went away
They said they had q pavement
That would last for many a day.
But they came with picks and smote Il
To lay a water main,
And in time they called the workmen
To put 1t back again.
10 run a railway cable
They took it up once more
And later put 1t back again
Just where 1t was before.
They took it up for conduits
To u the telephone,
And then they put 1t back again
AS hard as any stone.
They took it up for wires
To feed the 'lectric light,
And then they put 1t back again,
Which was no more than right.
Oh. the pavement's full Of burrows.
There are patches everywhere,
You'd like to ride upon 1t.
But it's seldom that you dare.
It's a very handsome pavement.
A credit to the town.
They're always digging of 1t up
Or Dutting Of II down.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-18

PARK IN BEAUMONT, ONCE A WAGON ARD
made with an eye to the future and
the attainment Of a harmonious
growth. The effect Of the agitation
that has been necessary to accomplish
what has been done has been to awak-
en- civic pride in the individual, and
there is a general improvement
throughout the city in the appearance
Of the homes. Fences have been re-
moved. care and attention given to
lawns. an artistic spirit has developed.
and as a result neighborhood improve
ments are harmonious. There is little
that is garish and Earring to the sensi-
bilities. but a quiet, soothing. effect
is attained in house coloring. shrub.
berry arrangement and flower collec-
ton.
The civic committee of the chamber
Of commerce is composed equally of
men and women to the number of six
teen. Into the hands Of this commit
tee is placed all Of the work for civic
betterment, and the committee is ac-
tive. The individual citizen possessed
with an idea for improvement may
appear before this committee. and the
idea will be thoroughly discussed. The
relations Of the committee with the
city council are harmonious, and both
work hand in hand for civic better
ment. The improvement is not rapid,
as watched day by day. but it is of
that effective kind that attracts at
tention. and this Is no more in evil
dence than upon the occasions of Wis.,
it's to the city of persons who were
familiar with it in its earlier days.
Recently Beaumont was visited by
Mrs. Martin w. Littleton of New
York. whose girlhood days were spent
there. but who had not visited her
childhood'a home in some years. The
changes appealed to her at once. and
her comments will be effective in in.
spring greater civic pride among her
friends in the future.
All this work found its inspiration
in the civic agitation Of the city. and
it may here be remarked that the
Beaumont newspapers in faithfully re
cording the progress of the work have
been most prominent factors in it's
spread. The awakening of the country
is in turn having it's effect upon the
city in instigating it to still greater cf.
forts for civic improvement to keep
ahead Of the procession and to live up
to the reputation already made.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-18
A Draw.

n Draw.
II found so cents this morning." con-
fded Jimmy.
"Found a whole half dollar!" cried
his mother. "How fine! What did you
do with it,"
"Pete Jones was along, so 1 gave him
half"
Dear, generous boy! Did you do
that Of your own accord?"
"Yessum-well. we decided that
would be right"
Jimmy! He didn't whip you and
make you give up half?"
mo, mamma. If he'd licked me he'd
"a had it all. The scrap was a draw
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-18
Trick of the Florists Trade

A Brooklyn florist was showing a
ar1end around his greenhouse. The
friend noticed that there were two
hives Of bees in the house and asked
the florist why he kept bees.
In the winter I grow cucumbers un-
der the glass here" answered the for
kt. "The bees circulate around among
the cucumber blossoms and carry the
pollen from n blossom to another,
ferttlizing the blossoms. so that l get
4 much larger crop than otherwise.
You see, there's no breeze in here to
scatter the pollen. It's a trick all
farmers know."-New York Sun.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-18
THE ENGLIsHMAN's BATH.
Not So Very Long Ago Il Was an In.
known Institution.

Not So Very Long Ago It Was an Tn.
known institution.
We boast ourselves a clearly people
and are apt to scorn the foreigner who
does not daily perform the ritual Of
the tub. Yet, the British Medical Jour-
nal points out, 1t is not so long ago since
we had the reputation of being an ex-
ceptionally dirty people. In the year
1900 there was not a single private
house In London provided with a bath
room.
A witness stated before the health
commission about the middle Of the
last century that the only two occa-
sions on which one Of the laboring
classes was washed all over was i'm
mediately after birth and after death.
Even at the present day contem-
porary doubts If dirtier people could
be found anywhere in the world than
among III lower classes. GA French
workman would be ashamed to wear
the clothes in which the British labor
er goes to his daily work. There Is
nothing that tramps who apply at
"OAAA0AoSS SAAAh a A4OLO UluIdl LyCdu-
ny than the enforced BATH"
In the middle ages, we are reminded,
our dirt and squalor were the theme
of comment by foreign visitors. Three
centuries ago what most struck a Por-
tuguese traveller in England was the
fact that the English gentry never
washed. Erasmus has left a picture
Of the dirt that prevailed in the houses
of noblemen.
It is not difficult from this to imagine
what the state of things must have
been among the poorer classes. At one
time both men and women who were
careful of their compilations cleaned
their faces with a dry white linen
cloth, because 1t was believed that
washing the face with water made it
more susceptible to cold in winter and
to tan in summer. The story Of Lady
Mary Wortley Montagu's hands is too
well known to be repeated. Johnson
said he had no passion for clean linen,
and even the fine gentlemen Of his day
were far from scrupulously clean in
their persons.-Westminster Gazette.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-18
HIRED NEWSPAPERS.
A Custom In London In the Days Whom
Prices Were Hiqh.

TTiSSo 81 bliSIs
A London newspaper, the Daily
News, has unearthed an interesting
document which goes back to the days
of dear newspapers, when these papers
We're taken around to houses and hired
for so many hours at so much an hour.
Tucked away, it says, in the leaves Of
an old guidebook to the Crystal palace,
dated 1854, has been found a little
printed %leafet, issued from Westerton's
library and newspaper Office, 20 St..
Georges place, Hyde Park Corner.
making the following announcement:
Can be had from the Office by s
o'clock in the morning. to keep at 10
cents per copy. or lent to read for three
hours at % cents " two hours for IS
cents per week. 1t can also be sup
piled at 5 o'clock in the afternoon at
the reduced price of 6 cents per copy
or posted into the country at SIS per
quarter, payable in advance"
In those days the Daily News had
been started only eight years under
the original editorship of Charles Dick
ems and was still published at 10 cents
q copy. Its editor at the time was
William Weir, and Harriet Martineau,
perhaps the first woman in England to
undertake regular journalistic work,
was one of the writer's of it's leading
articles.
The system Of hiring did not disap-
pear quickly. Certainly down to the
year 1880 there were many households
in which the Times was still left on
the same terms. and it would be diff
fcult to say when the system finally
died out.-Christian Science Monitor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-18
Gas Injurious to Street Trees.

In plant life there is a certain adapt
ability to poisons of all kinds. and
such occurs in the case Of gas. But
wherever the gas leaks continuously,
be the leak ever so small, the tree will
in time succumb to it's poisonous infu-
ence. At first gas acts as a stimulus
to plants, but eventually it kills the
roots. 1t has been said by a compe-
tent authority that there is not a city
Of 100000 inhabitants in this country
where trees killed by gas may not be
found.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-18
LOCALIZED MECHANICS.
They Appeared In Official Records In
Colonial Times.

They Appeared In Official Records In
Colonial Times.
Mechanics are not likely to so out
Of fashion so long as human nature
remains what it is. Schoolboys will
nickname each other. collegians will
nickname their professors. and SOL
diers will speak Of their commanders
as Hell Fire Bill" Fighting Joe" or
what not. In these days, however, it
Is not customary to spread such titles
upon official records, as was formerly
the habit. according to the archives
of several of our states.
In the Dutch records in 1914 we
have John Petersen. alias Friend
John. In the Newtown purchase from
the Indians. dated in 1856, one Of the
boundaries is "by a Dutchman's land
called Hans the Boore," and in the
Bushwick patent, dated Oct. u, 1867.
one Of the boundaries Is John the
Swede's meadow" In 1895. in the
Kings county records, a man Is named
living at Gowanus as 'Tunis the Fish
err
The common council of New York
in 1861 ordered fish to be brought into
the dock lover against the city hall
OF the house that Long Mary former
~ lived in" and in the same year an
order was passed "that Topknot Betty
and her children be provided for as
objects Of charity"
The explanation Of this custom in
many cases was that the persons in
question either had no family names
OF had forgotten them, so that the use
Of their generally accepted nicknames
became a necessity. So numerous
were the Smiths living upon Long Is
land that it was thought necessary to
distinguish the various original fami-
lies by some peculiar name. Thus we
have the Rock Smiths. the Blue
Smiths. the Bull Smiths and the
Weight Smiths.-Harper's Weekly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-18
AWAKENING OF
A TEXAS TOWN
How Beaumont Rose to the
Occasion
ITS MANY BEAUTIFUL PARKS,

Agitation by Citizens Led to Building
of Better Roads, Fairgrounds and
improved Public Piaces-Newspaper
Help a Big Factor.
A park agitation was started a few
years ago In Beaumont. Tex. with the
result that one Of the older citizens.
Captain w. A. Fletcher, presented the
city with thirty acres of land admira-
bly, located in the outskirts for park
purposes. for which it is we'll adapted.
Recently, through the efforts Of the
chamber of commerce, plans have been
set afoot to secure a hundred acres of
land on the river front covered with
majestic forest trees and only seven
blocks from the p%ostofice, in the very
center Of the city. 1t is planned that
the city. the Southeast Texas Fair as
ISOLATION and the chamber Of COM
merce shall Jointly redeem this tract.
making it a public playground and
amusement park. a fair ground for the
Thanksgiving week exposition held
here each year, and that a large audito-
rum for the accommodation of con-
ventions shall be erected. There is but
little doubt that this plan will be car
ried out in its entirety. A bond issue
OF $4,000 was voted in August TO ac-
quire this land and for other park i'm
provements. In September the city
council authorized the purchase Of ten
acres in the southern outskirts of the
city embracing mineral springs which
won some fame in 4antebellum days
and which will be used for park pur-
poses.
Gradually streets are being opened
and Strengthened as possession can be
got of the lands. Recently Buford
street, n of the oldest thoroughfares
in the city, which had been encroached
upon by property lines, was released
voluntarily to the city to a sixty foot
width. 1t had been closed in part to a
twenty-five foot lane. While there is
no elaborate plan other than that
formulated seventy-fve years ago, yet
the leading spirits are in thorough ac-
cord. and every movement is now
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-18
An Eve Opener.

Always have a glass medicine drop
per and a bottle Of rosewater in the
medicine chest and in your travelling
bag. Then when you get a foreign
body in your eve you will be spared
much pain and discomfort if the fol-
lowing very simple and harmless meth
cd is pursued: Put into the medicine
dropper six drops of the rose water.
Pull down the lower lid and float the
liquid on the surface of the injured
eye. After the rosewater has been in
the eye foe a few seconds use the
empty medicine dropper to suck out
the liquid. end the foreign matter will
come with Irrational Magazine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-18
HOCKEY SEASON
EXCITING CANADA
Rival Clubs Bid High For Serv-
ices Of Crack Players.
SEASON WILL SOON Open,
Knights Of the Stick and Blade Are
Preparing For Strenuous Season-st.
MiehaeI's Will Not Support Senior
Team.

Preparing For Strenuous Season-St.
MiehaeI's Will Not Support Senior
Team.
Hockey has again come into its own
in Canada. Practice is now in full
swing in all the Kinks. When the
teams take the ice to start off what
promises to be the greatest Of all
hockey seasons numerous changes will
be noticed in the makeup of the teams.
Starting with the famous Ottawa
team. champions of the world, one
change at least will be seen in the
lineup. They will be minus the serv-
ices Of Bruce Ridpath, their sterling
right wing man, who is struggling be
tween life and death in st. Michael's
hospital. Toronto. as the result of be-
ing struck by an automobile. Even if
Ridpath RECEIVERS he will never be able
to play hockey again. This is to be
greatly regretted, as Ridpath was a
true sportsman.
Ridpath's release was bought from
the Ottawa team by some Toronto
men who are running a team to rep
resent Toronto in the big league. Rid
path was made manager Of the new
team and was busy hustling for play
ers in his home town when he met
with the accident. There are no other
changes expected on the Ottawa team.
though it is rnmored that LIE Sueur.
the goal tender. will be seen in Mon
treal.
The Wanderers will be the club with
an entirely new lineup, as the Vic
torias of the Western league have Sc.
cured five Of the Wanderers to play in
the west the coming season. There is
no protection against raids of this
kind in Canadian hockey.
Renfrew has also lost two of it's
stars to the same team. The Sham
rocks, Les Canadien and Quebec will
be about the same as last season.
The Toronto team. Of course. is at
present an unknown makeup. as at
present it is without a manager. Then,
again. it is not just sure if its new
arena will be ready in time to start the
season. The Toronto home games may
have to be played on Montreal ice for
the first month.
In the Western Pro. league Victoria
seems to be dead set on landing the
championship. After visiting the east
and spending a lot Of money in buying
up sever stars it looks to be a likely
challenger for the Stanley cup.
The senior amateur series will this
season be without the most famous
team eve turned out by Canada
namely, st. Michael's college. This
great little team has retired, and the
college will be represented only in the
Junior G. 81. A. series. The two
Spratts, Peter and Jack, are the only
players left at college. The Parkdale,
Eatons and Argonauts will again be
in the senior series and will make an
interesting group.