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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
FIGHTING A FIRE in IRKUTsK.
A Comedy Of Flaming Torches and
Empty Water Wagons.

Il
They fight fires In peculiar way In
Siberia. First you fnd the ire The
city is plotted Into districts, each with
Its engine house and watchtower. On
the watchtower by day and night
stands a guard who scans the house
tops for sign Of smoke. When the
Ere has got enough headway for him
to see the smoke he gives the alarm
and the engines dash out The specta-
tor Is amused, not so much at the dash
as at the engines. They are primitive.
and the use Of them Is more SO.
We went to flre one Sunday after
noon In Irkutsk, continues Mr.. Rich
ardson L. Wright in his book Through
Siberia" 1t was close to our hotel, 30
that we had an excellent view. First
came a troika team that dragged
hook and ladder carriage. On the car
riage chung the dremen. howling Cos
sacks with brass helmets jammed
down over their ears, who carried In
one hand-how the symbolism would
have stirred the heart Of MaeterlinckI
flaming torches. Behind the hook
and ladder was the hosecart. and then
came hand engine OF the type our
grandfathers used to drag to ores.
After that for two blocks. trailed
queue Of water filed hogsheAds On
wheels. The cavalcade passed us in
cloud OF dust accompanied BY the yells
Of the torch bearing frenen. When
the supply OF water ran out the carts
dushed down to the river and were re-
plenished.
This crude high pressure service gave
rise once to a rather humorous incl
dent that the Irkutskiana tell with
great glee. During a fre several years
ago a string OF water wagons went
down to the river. were filed and came
rumbling back. When they reached
the fire the water was gone. The en-
thusiastic captain Of hogsheads had
neglected to put back the plugs In the
barrels and had spilled his supply for
several blocks along the main street
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01

Mark Twain although the creator Of
the most lovnbe hoy In literature,
Tom Sawyer, waa really more interest
ed In little girls and II was through
hla interest and affection for my little
daughter Helen that we cnme to know
him 40 well and TO share the last
months Of his life lie used to pretend
that only girls we're Interesting, that
boys ought not to exist until they were
men The fact was, he renly waa In.
tereHted In amy young creature In one
Of the books he gave Helen he wrote,
ut la better to bc a young June beetle
than nm old bird Of parndlse. Marion
Schuyler Allen In strnnd Magaaine.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
A CHANGE Of Front.

The famous surgeon. the late Dr.
William Bull of New York. once asked
Dr. 0sler to join him in drive
through the park in his gig. On one
Of the upper reaches of the drive the
horse grew restlve, rearing and paw
Ing in a spirited way that DR.. Bull
was familiar with and not the least
afraid Of.
"Gently-go gently, WilllamF' said
Dr. 0sler Don't irritate him AL
ways soothe your horse, William. And
Lthlnk you will do better without me
on the seat Pray let me down"
When DR.. Osler was once safely
landed on the ground, however. he
said: Now. William. touch him up.
Never let a horse get the better of
you, Touch him up, conquer him. don't
spare him. And now, william, III
leave you to manage him. III walk
back" concluded the man willing to
oslerize anybody else.-New York Trlb-
une.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
Fosters Negro Melodies.

"For period Of thirty years or so,"
says the Musical America, stephen
Collins Foster was so far ahead Of all
competitors as the most popular Amer
lean composer that the others were
scarcely In sight. While we know little
enough about great many OF his mel
odies today, such songs as The Old
Folks at Home, My Old Kentucky
Home Old Uncle Ned and 'Massa's
In the Cold. Cold Ground have sunk
deeper and more permanently into the
American heart than any other songs
ever written in America. For better
understanding OF Foster 1t is well to
remember that his melodies had moth
ing whatsoever to do with negro melo-
dies, the composers models being the
great melodists Of the old world-Mo-
zart, Beethoven, Handel. The fact that
his songs formed the piece de resist
ance Of negro minstrelsy and there
fore in general drew their poetic sub
ject matter from negro life is respon-
sible for the legend. so hard to kill,
that his melodies were derived from
negro songs"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
QUEER GREETINGS.
Tribea That Spit Upon or Weep Over
Their Visitors.

Among the Nasal and Ukerewe It Il
a mark Of respect to greet an acquaint
ance or a stranger by splitting at him
Almost as strange is the custom ascrib
ed to the Tibetans OF sticking out the
tongue by way Of salutation. RubbinA
noses is quite common; the Burmess
and many tribes Of Eskimos, Lapland
ers and Malays do SO.
Stranger than any OF these customs
Is the weeping salutation that has beer
observed among central South Ameri'
can Indians. This form Of greeting oc.
ours. too. In the Andaman islands, New
Zealand and Polynesia A Portuguese
explorer describes the custom as he
saw It used among tribe Of South
American Indians:
Whenever a guest enters hut he
is Immediately honored and made wei.
come by being wept over. without a
word being spoken he is led to the
hammock. As soon as he Is seated the
hostess and her daughters and any Of
their girl friends who happen to be IN
the house at the time come and sit
about the guest, touch him lightly with
their fingers and commence to weeI
loudly and to shed many tears. During
this ceremony, In sort Of connected
discourse, they recite everything that
has happened to them recently and talk
OF the hardships Of the road that the
visitor has suffered and Of anything
and everything that can arouse com.
passion and toars. The guest, his hand
before his face, pretends to weep and
does not speak until the crying has
gone on for some time. Then they all
wipe away their tears and become as
lively and merry. as II they had never
cried in all their lives"- Exchange.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
WHEN THE EARTH oUAKEs.
Stresses and Strains to Which Our
Globe ls Subjected.

0'Se0 - 0dblcSNoUs
When the stairs creak and the furni-
cure gives out mysterious cracking
sounds at night We sometimes sit up In
bed and wonder II there Is burglar
about, but 1t doesn't occur to us that
what We hear is really an earthquake
on a small scale The night air has
caused the wood to contract with a
snap. thus accounting for the alarming
sounds. This IL just exactly what the
earth Is doing periodically 10 mi.
crobe. reposlng on the polished sur.
face OF the table, this disturbance is
probably as violent as an earthquake
is to a human being.
An earthquake is terrible thing. 1t
comes without warning. 1t is over be-
fore one knows which way to fly, and
Its fury can be abated by no man.
Yet to the geologist earthquakes are
only symptoms They are not causes
30 much as results--results Of great
stresses and strains within the earth
that cause slipplngs and slldings from
time to time. II the rocks on the shell
OF the earth slip and CRATE against
each other so much as an inch along
dssure ten miles In length shiver IL
felt. A slip Of fifteen feet along a
course OF 200 miles sufiiced to bring
about the terrible San Francisco earth
quake and fire
These strains and stresses accumulate
steadily within the earth. The point
at which they have once found relief ia
weaker to resist the next strain. It
slips again presently. BY successive
movements its sides become more and
more displaced. Rock layers, mineral
veins, coal seams that cross the line Of
displacement, are logged out OF their
course So are roads. fence lines and
brooks that run across It on the sur
face. In the San Francisco quake one
mans front yard was moved twenty
feet 20 one side Of his house, and In
another place the slip line came 80
close to o mans barn that some piles
Of straw, thrown out from the win
dows. were carried away. In Japan a
cliff twelve feet high interrupted road
way, and thousands OF similar cases
might be cited These were primary
movements along the line Of the dis
turbanee that caused the earthquakes.
Brooklyn Eagle
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
BRITISH GROUSE HUNTERS.
No Business 10 Allowed to Interfere
With Their Sport.


With Their Sport.
The grouse hunting season in Britain
opens on Aug. r. On that day every
Englishman and every Scot who makes
any pretension to standing in society
goes cunning for two, weeks at least.
Nothing is allowed to stand In the way
OF this annual diversion. For u week
or two preceding this outing business
ls OF little consequence Everything
TO receive amy attention at all must re-
late In some way to guns and dogs.
A year or 30 ago New York man had
occasion to 20 to London TO meet a
British financier to put the finishing
touches to matured business propo-
sition. He arrived a couple OF days be-
fore the 18th Of August The Hnan-
cier was not In his place of busineps
No. said his chief clerk: "ho has
gone for the grouse shoot He will not
talk business with any one do not
think he will see you ut all. SIR"
But" said the New Yorker. IL have
crossed the Atlantic for no other pur-
pose than 10 see him. This business
Will not take more than half an hour
OF his time. and then I'm or for home
again"
II should advise against your going
to his home, sir. He would not receive
anybody ut this time. He will attend
to no business"
But the New Yorker thought differ
emily. He went to the country home
Of the fnnncier. A burly butler met
him at the door. To him the New
Yorker gave his card. II was prompt
ly returned to him.
"rhe master" said the butler, "wlll
see no one, He sets out for the grouse
shooting tomorrow. He says to call
please, In fortnight"
And the New Yorker was compelled
to remain two weeks longer until tho
Engllshman returned from his hunt,
when the buslnens was finished in
twenty minutes. indianapolis News.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
How TO Sail a Cow.

A Scotch dealer at Clones fair was
asked by a countryman to do him a
favor "You see that woman" said
he, pointing to woman. well, I've
offered her FIVE pounds ten for her
cow, but she won't sell. Now, If you.
a stranger, should offer her five pounds
fifteen she would sell, but would not
sell to me for that VIII you be kind
enough to take this half crown and
bind the bargain with 1t, and will
then pay the money and take the
cow?" The good natured cattle dealer
effected the purchase as requested and
then turned to find the countryman,
but the latter was gone. He was
forced to take the COW himself and
pay FOR her, though she was not worth
half the money he had thus bid to
Oblige the missing countryman. 1t was
afterward nscertained that the woman
was the countryman's wife.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01


The Iron Duke, OF course. was Wei
ington, but he came by the nickname
In a roundabout way He was never
so called until long after Waterloo, An
Iron steamship, novelty ut the time.
was built In the Mersey and named the
Duke Of Wellington, and so the vessel
came to be known az the Iron Duke,
the transition being easy and obvious
II was the dukes union Of resolution
and physical energy which made the
popular name for the MerSey built
steamship TO at him like a perfect cap.
Such, ut leaSt. IL the explanation OF bis
blographer, Sir Herbert MAXWELL
London Chronicle.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
EhrIloh and NJ. sook..

Nobody ever dares disturb tho sys-
tematlc chaos of Professor Ehrllch's
library. Once he lent man some
books and received others In return.
One day, long afterward. Ehrllch's
books came back with note from his
friend, saying be had married. moved
and cleaned up his library. Ehrllch
replied; 81 congratulate you on your
marriage and thank you for sending
back my books. but II you think that
because you have moved and got
married ! am going to clear up my
library and fnd your books. you are
very much mistaken. ."-"Men Around
tho Kaiser"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01

The explosion Of gunpowder Is divid.
ed into three distinct stages, called che
ignition, Inflammation and combustion.
The ignition Is the setting ON Are Of
the 6rst grain, while the Inflammation
is the spreading OF the fame over the
surfnce OF the powder from the point
OF ignition. Combustion Is the burn
ing up Of each grain The value Of
gunpowder is due to the fact that
when subjected to sufficient heat II be-
comes gas which expands with
frightful rapidity, The so called ex-
plosion that takes place when a match
Ia touched TO gunpowder Ia merely a
chemical change, during which tharo
is sudden evolution OF gnscs from
the original solid IL has been cal.
culated that ordinary Runpowder on
exploding expands about 1900 times
or fills a space this much larger as a
gas than when In solid form.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01

A render asks how the name Uncle
Sam came to be adopted for tho im-
aginary genius who directs the des.
unies OF this nation. The answer IL
very simple. "Uncle Sam" Il merely
popular expansion OF the letters ~.
g." Albert Matthews once wrote a
forty.nve page monograph TO prove
this and he showed that the expression
went back to the year 1918. James
Fenlmore Cooper " THE Prairle' IN
1927 spoke OF the we'll known initials
that have . gained for the gov,
ernment Of the United states the good
humored and quaint appellatlon OF I'M
clio sam."-New York Post
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
REMBRANDT AN EASY MARK.
The Great Painter Was a Victim sf
Reckless Speculation.

nSSNoeo SPoShiahtous
German art students who have been
investigating the reason why Rem
brandt died hopelessly bankrupt have
discovered that he was an incorrigible
speculator. It had hitherto been pop.
ularly supposed that he was compelled
to remain poor because Of his extrava-
CANT love Of jewels.
Unfortunate speculations turn out
to have been the cause of his financial
ruin. Documents have been disinter.
red showing that he officially informed
the municipality Of Amsterdam that
he had suffered heavy losses In busi-
ness transactions as well as through
damages and losses on the high seas.
1t was at time, 10000. when all
Europe was engaged in feverish mon
ey making in connection with Hol.
lands meteoric commercial prosperity
Speculation took place on reckless
scale, Immense fortunes were sunk
In shipping, banking and colonial en-
terprises.
Rembrandt, whose highly artistic
nature was sadly devoid Of even ele-
mentary business sense, fell an easy
victim to the scheming spectators Of
that era Of frenzied finance, and be
lost his entire fortune. Many of his
pictures were seized for debt by the
legal authorities before the canvases
were half finished. Bankruptcy final
ly overlook him and compelled him to
sell all his properties, his home and
priceless works OF art under the ham
mer at sacrifice prices.-Phlladelphia
Ledger.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01

1.-THE bappieSt dream can recall"
paid a successful business man. was
Que had ten years ago In Il ! was
with my good mother again. seated In
the old hOme church She plnced her
hand on my head and whispered. Son,
/ am proud of you That little state
ment has kept me out OF wrongdoing
more than all the sermons have ever
heard and, ! think, has mnde me bet
ter man Philadelphia Rerord.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01

II has been said Of Abraham Lincoln
that as a boy ne read less than u half
dozen books and that they were such
books as "PllWim's Progress" weems
"Llfe Of Washington" and n popular
history Of the United States written in
almost primary language. Yet Lin-
coin was able TO express himself more
clearly than almost any public or liter.
ary man OF bis time. Such Is the pow.
er OF desire
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
Whom surzards Arc HsIpls.s.

Some of natures most active crea-
lures show strange helplessness under
certain conditions. Place buzzard in
a pen six or eight feet square entirely
open at the top, and the bird will be as
absolutely prisoner as II 1t were her.
metically sealed in the inclosure, This
is because buzzards never begin a
fight from the ground without starting
on run of three or four yards. II
they cannot have that preliminary run
they either cannot or win not attempt
to fly, and so buzzard will remain a
prisoner for life in Jan with wide
open top.
So with the bumblebee. One Of these
lively insects dropped .anto a goblet or
tumbler will remain there always un.
less taken out, because 1t never notices
the means of escape at the top.-New
York Sun.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
Hat islands Unique Rook.rx.

Hat island. in the Great Salt lake,
Utah, is probably the most unique
rookery in the world, as well as one
of the most densely populated. The
island contains about twelve acres, and
on rocky pinnacle a hundred feet
above the brine, with not a drop Of
fresh water to be found and where
there is nothing to excite the cupidity
or commercial instinct of man, the
birds-gulls, pelicans, herons and cor
morants by the thousand--make their
home. The island can be seen at
distance Of ten miles, rising like a
cooked hat" out of the sapphire of
the inland sea. The birds are utterly
fearless. Protected as they are by the
laws Of the state, they have had little
rause to fear man and his death deal
Ing weapons. 1t is necessary to use
the greatest care to avoid stepping on
the nests and eggs Of the tens of thou
sands of sea fowl that have estab-
llshed their rookeries on the islet-
Argonaut.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01

Husband where II the hnmmeri
Wlfe-You had II yesterday. Hus.
band-rm not asking where II was
yesterday. wlfe-You had II yester-
day. and no one else has had II since
Husband-Huh. Well, II you had the
least bit Of consideration for my feel.
ingH you would have used that ham.
mer for something or other ufter /
had done with II, and then you would
know where It isl-Tondon Express.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01

"You say you called this morning on
my husband az his officer Hes always
50 busy Did You have amy trouble IN
seeing himT
Yes ut trst lie was sitting behind
bis desk and | couldn't nee him until
he moved hls feet "--Cleyeland Plain
Denlar.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
ELEPHANTS IN A TEMPER.
When Enraasd They Arc Apt 20 Tear
Their Victims to Piscss.

lhoF Nlotlma 70 Floooo.
An elephant uses several original
and effective methods Of exterminatins
its victims. 1t may rush upon man,
seize him in Its trunk, beat him 10
death on the ground and before leav.
ing tear up the foliage for yards about.
There are many instances Of ele-
plants literally tearing their victims
to pieces. The story is told Of an Eng.
lish official in Uganda who on noticing
a "safari' passing stepped to the door
to inquire OF the head man the where
abouts OF his master. In response the
black swung human arm before the
official and replied that n few days
previous his muster had been torn to
pieces by an elephant and that he hat
brought back the arm In proof OF his
asserki0fi. A'''ss'a
Then again after knocking man
down an elephant will often continue
on its course without stopping to learn
how much damage II has done. a
hunter who was within close proximity
OF herd OF elephants handed his rife
to the gun bearer and started to climb
a tree to look about At that moment
an elephant charged from tho tall
grass and made for the gun bearer.
Az the man started to run he threw up
his arms. and In some manner the ele.
phant In reaching for him snatched
the rife from his hand and stopped to
hammer It on the ground, while the
black mnde good his escape.--J, Alden
Lorlng In Outing.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01

The nnInea and characteristic aphor'
iHms Of the seven wise men Of ancient
Greece are as follows; Solon of Ath
enS. Nothing IN exc@s;" Theles OF
Miletua, "suretyship brings rulni" PIT
tncua OF Mityene. Know thine oppor
tunlty;" Bias OF Prlene in Cara. "Toc
many workers spoil the work." ChIlor
Of Sparta. Know thyHelf;" Cleobulur
Of Rhodes. Moderation IN the chlei
good" and perlander Of Corlnth, Fore
thought IN all things"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01

Some months ago excavations were
being mnde for new tracks on tho line
Of certain railway. At one point d
nearby resident obtained permission to
remove n quantity OF turf to resod the
premises, the section foreman being IN.
structed 10 notify the excavating
gang" when the resident should have
secured all he desired %
The foremnn's report IL as follows:
'The man that wanted the earth hns
Eot it, Exchange
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
Musical Epiarams.

Walter Damrosch, the noted musi-
clan, answered Mt a luncheon toast
on music. Mr.. Damrosch was in good
vein. and the following are by no
means the best Of the eplgrams that
Illuminated his remarks:
Some pianlsts play from note. some
from eur and some from spite.
"a drinking song need not necessa-
rtly have a rest In every bar,
Composers are musicians with mem.
orles."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01

TO remove the label from n Jar or
bottle Is often rnther difficult. This
method Is always successful; Wet the
label thoroughly and then hold II near
are for moment. The steam thus
generated immediately acts on the
paste or gum.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
John Briuht and Queen Victoria,

In the Life Of John Bright the
author relates that the great mans
first visit to Queen Victoria was an
ordeal, but 1t passed Off we'll, The
Incident was described In a letter from
Lord Granville to Mr. Gladstone in
which the writer says:
The beginning of dinner was awful
the queen with a sick headache and
shy-Princess Louise whispering un-
lntelliglbly In my ear and Lady Cliff
den shouting Intellectually into the still
more impenetrable receptacle of sound
belonging to Charles Grey, Bright
like a war horse champing his bit and
dying to be at them. At last an allu-
sion to children enabled me to tell
Bright to repeat to her majesty his
brothers observation, Where. con-
sidering what charming things chill
dren were, all the queer old men came
from" This amused the queen, and
all went on merrlly.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
Eating Your Meals.

A perfect digestion is the secret Of
the buoyancy and vitality Of really
healthy man, The state Of your body
and mind at the time you partake Of a
meal are big feature as to the ulti.
mate good the food will do you. II
physically and mentally tired always
rest for at least ten minutes before
eating. Bad temper Is enough to give
you indigestion. while cheerful com
pany and interesting talk causes the
muscles and Juices Of the stomach to
work properly. 1t seems Incredible that
such Interior forces should be OF i'm
portance, but science Will not be de.
MED. Sooner than eat when not prop.
erly hungry. miss meal Never take
food more than three times a day; use
will soon accustom you to this habit.
Take your meals in well ventilated
room
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01
Woman and Love.

Women for the most part do not
love us, They do not choose a man
because they love him. but because
II pleases them to be loved by him
They love love Of all things In the
world. but there are very few men
whom they love personally -Alphonse
Kerr.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01

Great Scott. woman. Are yon try.
ing to ruin mey"
"why. Henry. You don't even know
what paid Tor the gown
II know that any gown that looks
A. bnd M that one rosts more than !
can afford to pay."-l.ife.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-11-01

As the Austrian empire consists Of a
great variety ~ different rnces. speak.
ing different languages, so Is the area
embraced within the Vienna consular
district characterized by great vari.
ETY. Of speech. Of customs and Of indn-
trnl habits.