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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
Remarkable Experience Of Young Wo-
man Who is Charged With Being
Forger Of Checks.
NOW SHE rs WIFE OF vIscoUNT
WHO rs INFATUATED WITH HER
Furnishes Bond Of $1,000 for Her Ap-
pearance and Hurries Her to Of
flee Of Justice Of Peace.
Irnrrrp pnrsn 1nAarp R1Rr.1

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 25.-Whisked
from behind steel bars in the county
jail, through the office of a marrying,
justice, TO tho most luxurious county
justice, to the most luxurious bridal
suite Of the Hotel Alexandria, where
she gasped, rubbed her eyes and found
out that she really is the wife Of the
Viscount Denman ClanorvOn Campbell
of England, was the fairyland exper-
ience yesterday of Nettie s. Putnam,
Mrs. Putnam was pretty divorcee.
She won the heart of Campbell, who
claims to be scion Of Lord Give Of
Stratford- -0n-Avon, a descendant Of the
Give of British Indian fame, who was
touring America.
Before leaving Los Angeles for San
Francisco recently Mrs. Putnam passed
some checks that later were questioned.
She was appreherded in San Francisco
and returned to Los Angeles the
adoring Englishman in her wake.
Campbell cabled his relatives home,
whereupon he announced that within
two days he would return to his lady's
assistance. The second day ended at
noon yesterday.
Upon the stroke of the clock the Wis
count rushed itno the Jail with an or
der for Mrs. Putnam's release. He had
furnished her bail of 1000, which he
PEELED from roll Of yellow and green
as thick as his neck.
Through the Jail corridors Campbell
rushed the girl, and within ten minutes
Justice Forbes had married them. The
trip to the Alexandria was made in a
taxicab in record time. The couple,
Campbell said, start for England Jan.
nary 2.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
A Novelty In Strikes.


The management of a travelling the
atrical company demanded 2 shIllings
for admission. The visitors did not
propose to pay more than shilling
and after hasty consultation outside
the entrance formed "theater goers'
union" Pickets were stationed. and
within a few minutes 27S people
practically all who we're there-had
agreed not to pay the 2 shillings.
The manager appeared at the door
way and refused to make the required
reduction.
"I'll give y"u till count twenty"
said the newly elected president Of the
new union, "and after that our price
will be sixpence instead Of | shilling"
He counted slowly to nine and then
the manager capitunted,
The strike was declared at an end,
the quondam strikers trooped into the
hall. and the union was dissolved after
an existence of about twenty minutes.
Sydney (Australial Mail.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25

In Pierre Carat. Singer and Ex-
quisite." is this story Of the Partisan
fcvorite: Out alone one evening in 1892
Carat was arrested by patrol Of ma
tional guards because he was unable
to produce his card Of citizenship, as
decree1 by the convention. And so he.
Carat, whose larynx was said to be
a whole OPERA" was taken to the sec
ton house. and the officer in command
began his Interrogation as follows;
your profession?" 81 sing" That"
retorted the officer. "ls not q profes-
sion. also sing" Possibly" drawl-
ed our hero, but | sing better than
you, The case is not the same" "Oh!
You will have to prove that! Carat,
always fond of an innocent coup de
theatre, Immediately attacked one Of
the most forid romances of his roper
toire--a thing Of trills, roulades and
dying falls" a performance so aston
lshing in that grimy guardhouse that
his captors not only released him, but
escorted him home in triumph.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
A Mystery Of Diplomacy.

OF disappearances. most mysterious
was the case of Benjamin Bathurst,
who vanished on Nov. %, 1909, while
engaged on a secret mission for the
British foreign office. Vienna was the
young diplomatist's objective and,
with a friend and valet In post
chaise. Perleberg, small posting
town in North Germany, had been
reached Here Bathurst supped and
slept, awaiting the arrival of fresh
horses. Waking, he asked If the horses
were ready and passed out of the inn
door to make inquiries, Eight people
saw him go out, but none ever set eyes
on him again. Various theories were
set neutrality-suspicious. spies, robbers,
illness. About three years ago, in the
forest near Perleberg, skeleton was
discovered with a hole in the skull as
from a heavy blunt instrument. Was
it that of "the English lord" as Perle-
berg people surmised Y-LOndon Taller.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
Oh. Wait TIL An Returnsl

why, my dear" exclaimed the good
friend on finding Mrs Newed In floods
Of tears. what IL the matter?"
The young wife wiped her eyes and
tried to compose herself and be In
humanity calm.
"well," she began, with folded
hands, you know John is away for a
week"
Eyes, dear" helped the lady friend.
"Well, he writes to me regularly,
and In hls-hls last letter he tells me
he gets my photo out and kisses It ey.
cry day"
"But that is nothing for you to cry
Rboutw exclaimed the good friend.
ayes, II ls," cried Mrs. Newed,
bursting into tears afresh, e-because
! took my picture out Of his ba-bag be-
before he started ju,Just for jo-Joke
and put one Of mo-mo-mother's In It's
placer
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25

! know now when young lady be
gins to play "realy splendid" golf,
says writer In the Glasgow News,
Two young ladies entered our com.
partmeut at Whitecraigs. and, having
placed n bag Of shining clubs on the
rack. one OF them said to her compan-
ion. "Do you know, you played really
splendid golf today "Oh how could
you say that?" exclaimed the other in
pleased tones, "Nou know ! haven't
long started" "Oh. that's nothing"
explained the critic In tones that clear
ly left no doubt IN the mind of the
criticised one Didn't YOU only miss
the ball three times In eighteen holesr
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25

II is not many years since the high
sounding post Of uncUrker Of ocean
bottles was abolished IN England.
News Travelled slowly in Queen Eliza
beth's time, and the first news she
had Of the taking 0f Nova Hembla by
the Dutch was found In bottle picked
np by a Deal fisherman named Ton
field. who forwarded the message to
the lord high admiral. Queen Eliza
beth was struck by the idea and de-
creed that all bottles with Enclosures
found ON the coast should be forward
ed to the lord high admiral, TonHeld
being appointed uncorker, The post
survived for centuries.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
GETTING Around II

The members Of party around
table In an exclusive cl~ b In q down
town skyscraper were much amused
the other evening by a controversy
between their waiter and another en-
ployee Of the club.
One Of the party had ordered sirup.
What the sirup was for has nothing to
do with this story. Going to the
dumb waiter. the servitor shouted in
his, best ordering voice;
"Sirupp'
81 don't getchu," came the response
down the shaft
"Sirup!T" this time with two excla-
nation points and rising infection.
Come again." was the imperturbable
response.
"Sirupw 1t went up the shaft like
the blast Of an explosion.
Jaw, spell It," said the echo.
"S-u-r"-the waiter had his feet
planted frmly-"s-u-r"-h had tight
ened his vest and taken deep breath
-"s-su-r. Say. bring some one to the
shaft that can understand me, will
yuh?"
And he waited with some dignity the
coming of a person with sharper ears.
Pittsburgh Post
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
Insurance and Assurance.

They were talking, the little group
of agents. about the words insurance
and assurance. some claiming that the
first and some that the second was the
better word to use
But with scornful laugh Boston
agent in gold trimmed spectacles said:
you are all very ignorant lnsur-
ance is no better and no worse than
assurance, Each has special signiH-
canoe, and each is equally good in its
place The place for assurance is
where precaution is taken against a
certainty against. that is, death. Life
assurance. we should say If we spoke
with perfect correctness. The place for
insurance is where precautiOn is taken
against an uncertainty, such as fre,
shipwreck. burglary, Fire Insurance,
marine insurance. we should say
Exchange.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
The Illeqible Writer.

A protest which Miehelangelo once
made to his nephew against his send
Ing letters in ilegible handwriting will
arouse great deal of sympathy In the
breast of modern sufferers from the
same form Of rudeness. 1t is contain
ed in a letter given in the Life OF
Michelangelo."
81 never receive letter from you
without being thrown into a fever be-
fore ! can read 1t. am at loss to
know where you learnt how to write.
Little love here. believe If you had
to write TO the biggest ass in the world
you would take greater care. threw
your last letter into the fire because
could not read 1t. cannot therefore
reply have already told you, and
constantly repeated. that every time
get letter from You fever attacks
me before | succeed in reading it."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
DIFFICULT NAVAL FEAT.
Landing Big Field Guns on Shore by
the Trolley Route.

Landing Big Field Guns on Shore BY
the Trolley Route.
That the landing Of field guns and
munitions Of war on shores which yes
sells cannot approach closely Is one Of
the exciting tasks for the men on the
warshlps Of the worlds great navies is
thrillingly demonstrated. The maneu-
yer is especially necessary in the ma
vles Of the colonial powers. which must
be In readiness to land lighting forces
on any of the unapproachable shores Of
their colonies. British, German and
French sailors have long been trained
In making such landings, and since the
United States has become a colonial
power the crews Of American battle
ships are likely to be called upon for
similar service.
The battleship or transport carrying
the guns anchors as near the shore as
possible, and cable is stretched from
the vessels deck to tripod derrick on
shore. A two wheeled trolley from
which are suspended the various parts
of the guns is drawn along the cable
by rope running to the men on shore.
The guns are dlsmounted. and several
trips are necessary to land all the parts
Of one gun. The most thrilling part OF
the work is carried on by the men who
ride on the load to keep 1t from sway
ing or becoming unfastened from the
trolley. y.-Popular Mechanics.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
YOUR MISTAKES.
Study Them, Then Profit From Them,
and Go Ahead.

Study Them, Then Profit From Them,
and Go Ahead.
Study your mistakes.
There are two kinds of mistakes
Those that happen from ordinary hu-
man misthinking and those that come
from carelessness and petty unthink-
{ ing.
Study your mistakes.
No one ever gets too big to make
mistakes. The secret is that the big
man is greater than his mistakes, be-
cause he rises right out of them and
passes beyond them.
After one Of Henry Ward Beecher's
sermons in Plymouth church, Brook
lyn, young man came up to him and
said, "Mr. Beecher. did you know that
you made a grammatical error in your
sermon this morningT
"A grammatical errorr answered
Beecher. III bet my hat that l made
forty Of them"
Half Of the power of the forceful
man springs out Of his mistakes of one
sort or another. They help to keep
him human.
Study your mistakes.
But the mistakes that tear away the
power Of a man, weaken him and
make him flabby are the stupid, the
reckless mistakes The clerk who for
gets, the stenographer that doesn't
care, the worker who neglects-these
are the ones whose life blood and Vi
tality are sapped and sucked away
into failure.
Study your mistakes.
One of the great things of each day
for you is to do your best, unmindful
Of mistakes. But after your work is
done and you realize your blunders.
don't shirk, don't whine, don't de-
spond, but
Study your mistakes
Then profit from them, and 90
ad!-From you Can" by George
Matthew Adams.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES.
Don't Let It Interfere With Your Saw
inus Bank Account,

Don't Let It Interfere With Your Saw
ings Bank Account.
1t is quite possible that the American
family is too optimistic. 1t is always
going to have a larger income next
year or in five years. 1t desires to keep
up In social matters with the people
next door or farther up the street. 1t
buys pianos or motorcars or encyclope-
dias on monthly payments, but In most
cases puts no monthly installment in
the savings bank. 1t has no margin
of security.
How much better 1t is to have q mar
gin Of resources than to be living con-
tinually on the ragged edge of nothing.
as many of us do just because we are
such devotees Of the god of appear
ances.
While the high cost Of living is one
of the live topics of the day, note of
warning should be sounded-a warning
against extravaganza, suggestion
that every family make a deposit in
the savings bank each month. The
future happiness and prosperity of
the average American family depend
upon the proper adjustment of income
and expenditure 1t is not what a man
earns, but what he and his family
save, that counts in determining the
ultimate success or failure of his life
from a material standpoint.-T. D.
MacGregor's Talks on Thrift"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
The Eskimo Mind.

The difficulty Of conveying the true
idea Of Christianity to the Eskimo
mind is related by Vilhjalmur Stefans-
son. Now. It seems that in Hotsebue
sound. where the Christian doctrines Of
the Colville people had originated, fish
ing is by nets only As fishing is prac-
tically the only work done there the
missionary had probably said to them,
DO not put out your fish nets ON sun
day, meaning thereby DO not work
on Sunday. However that may be,
the prohibition came TO our community
In the form God has said you must
not Use fish nets on sunday. Accord
mgly the entire community pulled
their hSh nets ont Of the river Satur-
day night. Hshed with hooks all day
Sunday aud put the nets back into the
water Monday morning
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
When Maeaulay Was a Bow.

At one period Of his boyhood Macau-
lays fancy was much exercised by the
threats and terrOrs Of the law. He
had little plot of ground at the back
Of the house marked ont as his own
by a row Of oyster shells, which n
maid one day threw away as rubbish
He went straight to the drawing room.
where his mother was entertaining
some visitors. walked into the circle
md said very solemnly, Cursed be
Sally, for II il written, Cursed is he
that removeth his neighbours land.
mark "-From q. o, Trevelyan's life
Of Macauay."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25

Few persons realize that horses
hoof is really the same thing MS the
toe nails Of human beings or of ami
mails having toes The horn of a hoof
grows just as toe nail does. The
hoof grows more rapidly in unshod
horses than in those wearing shoes.
and it grows faster In horses which
are well groomed and well fed But
on an average the horn grows about
third Of an inch a month. Hind hoofs
grow faster than fore hoofs The toe
of the hoof being the longest part, it
takes longer for the horn to grow
down there than at the heel. For in
stance. the toe will grow entirely down
In from eleven to thirteen months
while the heel will grow down in from
three to Eve months. AS the new horn
grows out any cracks or defects In the
old gradually work down to where
they can be cut Off, just as with human
finger nails you can watch the progress
Of bruise from the root to the tip.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
rhounht He Was In India.

When Rudyard Kiplng reached Lon
don from India In his search for fame
and fortune he lodged in some small
rooms on villiers street One morn.
ing friend called, and when he found
himself In Kiplng's sitting room he was
surprised to see handsome mirror
which stood over the fireplace smash
ed to smlthereens"
"Suakes" said Kipling, noticing the
look Of astonishment ON his friends
face 81 was doing In my chair yes
terday evening. and my foot slipped
out Of my shoe. which for comfort !
had unluced. Half waking | felt with
my foot for the shoe and began slip
ping II in when my toes touched the
leather tongue. Snake flashed across
my sleepy brain. gave one desperate
kick, and when the shoe struck that
mirror realized that was in Lon
don and not In India"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25

Sandy Mcpherson started to build n
small outhouse of bricks. After the
usual fashion Of brlcklayers, he work
ed from the inside. and, having the ma
terial close beside him. the walls were
rising fast when dinner time arrived
and with It his son Jock, who brought
his fathers dinner.
With honest pride in his eye Sandy
looked at Jock over the wall on which
he was engaged and asked:
Hoo dye think I'm gettln' on, Jock,
manT
Famous, feythur. But hoo dae ye
get oot? You've forgot the door"
One glance around him showed Sandy
that his sou was right; but, looking
kindly at him, he said;
"Man, Jock, you've got gran held
on ye! Yen be an architect yet, as
shure's yer feythur's builder"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
SECRET OF GOOD BREAD.
Flour Should 5e Aged In a Dry, Well
Ventilated Place.

Ventilated Place.
Here is n secret that many house
wives do not know and even some pro-
fesslOnal bakers do not understand.
Flour should be kept in dry, well
ventilated place. The temperature
should be about 70.
To make good bread Hour should be
aged-that is. 1t should be kept dry
and preferably where the air can reach
IT, Some persons warm sack Of
-four and think that this will dry and
age 1t, but such treatment does not
reach the middle Of the -four.
Experiments show that when -four Is
aged properly there is slight loss Of
moisture. but the -four will absorb
more water. In one test freshly
ground sack Of -four after sixty days
lost little over one pound In weight
but 1t gained so much in absorption
that 1t made gain Of several pounds
in weight Of dough over the original
weight The gluten, which Is the life
OF the -four. also becomes more elastic.
and the -four grows whittier.
There is no better way for the house
keeper than to keep barrel or sack of
-four where II will be dry and exposed
10 the air and also to keep quantity
Of flour slfted and ready for se.-New
York Sun.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25

Where is Carmanla? Translate 1t
into Kirman and n few who are up in
the affairs of the middle east could
identify the Persian province. Most Of
us know 80 little Of that part of the
world. But the chief town, Klrman.
also known us Carmania was the scene
In 1905 Of one Of the most terrible
events ever In the history OF Asia
Agha Mohammed, founder Of the Kajar
dynasty, then besieged and took the
place and, raging ut the escape Of his
defeated rival. with three followers,
ordered 10000 eyes Of the inhabitants
to he brought to him He counted
them with his dagger point and said
to his minister, III one had been want
ing I would have made up the number
with your own eyes,"-London Stand
ard.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
nnur4nhin hx Elowarn.

In remote Alpine hamlets and vii
lagos, especially in the Bernese Ober-
land, there still exist ancient and pref
ty customs of proposing marriage by
the language Of flowers. If a maid
accepts a bouquet Of edelweiss from a
man she at the same time accepts him
as her fiance, the idea being that the
man has risked his life to obtain the
flowers for the woman he loves. An
other method which exists in the can
ton OF Glarus is for the young man to
place a fowerpot containing a single
rose and a note on the window sill Of
the girls room when she is absent
from home and wait-perhaps days
for n reply. If the maid takes the rose
the young man boldly enters the house
to arrange matters with her parents
but II the rose Is allowed to fade away
the proposal is rejected without sin
gle word having been exchanged be
tween the couple. Sometimes lckle
girl will keep young man waiting a
day or two for an answer, but what
ever It may be 1t is anal.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
The Fateful r,

They are telling Il story Of a very
smart business man who recently
hung mp on the wall Of his waiting
room n notice in black lettering on a
white ground that read.
Tell Us what You Want
We Like to DO Something For Somebody,
Occasionally he heard laughter com
ing from the waiting room. but II was
only the other day that he discovered
to his horror that some wicked person
had carefully scratched out the ~" in
"for.".-pearsons Weekly
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25

In the year 1854 n Polish nobleman
became obnoxious to the laws of his
country by reason OF his having com
mitted a crime He fled to Sweden,
whereupon John Cnsimir. king Of Po-
land, wrote to Charles Gustavus, king
Of Sweden. demanding the surrender
Of the criminal. The king Of Sweden
on reading the dispatch noticed that
his own name and titles were follow
ed by two "et ceteras," while the name
OF the king Of Poland was followed
by three. The missing "et cetera" so
enraged the king OF Sweden that he at
once declared war against Poland
The war was carried on with great bit
terness until 1860 when a peace was
signed at DIVA. near Danzlg. A con
temporary writer tKochowslSy, poured
out his lamentations on the war in
these terms: "How dear has this et
cetera been to us. with how many
lives have these two poteutntes paid
for these missing eight letters With
what streams OF blood has the failure
of few drops Of Ink been avenged"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
CRITICS AND GENIUS.
Carlyle Denounced Spencer, and Rus
kin RdieuIed Whistler.

Carlyle Denounced Spencer, and Rus
kin RidicuIed Whistler.
The good critic must in some way
begin by accepting literature as it is,
just as the good lyric poet must begin
by accepting life as it is. He may be
as full Of revolutionary and reforming
theories as he likes, but he must not
allow any Of these to come like n
cloud between him and the sun, moon.
and stars Of literature. The man who
disparages the beauty of flowers and
birds and love and laughter and cour-
age will never be counted among the
lyric poets, and the man who questions
the beauty Of the inhabited world the
imaginative writers have made-a
world as unreasonable in its loveliness
as the world Of nature-is not in the
way Of becoming critic Of literature.
Another argument which tells in IA
vor Of the theory that the best crit.
icism is praise Is the fact that almost
all the memorable examples of critical
folly have been denunciations. One
remembers that Carlyle dismissed
Herbert Spencer as never ending
ass" One remembers that Byron
thought nothing of Eeuts--Jack Ketch,
as he called him. One remembers that
the critics damned Wagners operas rs
a new form Of sin One remembers
that Ruskin denounced one Of Whis
tiers nocturnes as pot Of paint flung
in the face Of the British public In
the world Of science we have thou
sand similar examples Of new genius
being hailed by the critics MS folly and
charlatanry Robert Lyud in British
npVipW
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
Not GUILTY.

A woman said TO her grocer;
I'm going to stop dealing With you.
You mix bad butter with your good"
But the grocer looking very much
hurt replied;
"oh, madam, how cun You miSjudge
inc sol It's true ! sometimes mix n
little good butter with my bud to make
II better, but ia never dream OF mix
ing bud butter with my good TO make
Il worsew- Philadelphia Bulletin.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-25
camsls In Water.

The camel Is about the only animal
that cannot swim. II is an extraordl.
nary fact that the moment the ungain.
ly creature loses lts footing In stream
II turns over and makes no effort to
save itself from drowning - London
Answers.