"VEEKXY OREGON STATESMAN; FRIDAY, . MARCH 23, 1900.
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Pay your bicycle tax.
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Help build better bicycle paths,
paving your bicycle tax.
A big fruit crop will fill up all the
vacant houses in Salem.
Every day of immunity from frost
and cold rains puts us that much near
er to the abundant crops that will make;
good times for this section.
There is no reason why Salem may
not have the biggest and best Ind!an
training; school in the .country, within
a few years. The only requirement is
rne same policy that has been pursued
in the past four or five years. This
institution should have the hearty sup
port of every one in this section.
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" We believe every bicycle rider should
pay his wheel tax promptly, in order
that there may be money for repairing
the path that -were constructed last
year; and the building of new ones. If
this thing can be continued for a term
of years, it will be possible to have
path that will be' good the year
through. We can not have too many
good roads even bicycle roads.
We hear of some farmers plowing
up their hop yards, or portions of
them; and others who wilt not culti
vate them. But they are not many,
and the acreage will likely be as large
as last year, owing to the additions
that were nale in 1889; and the yield
may be a good deal larger, because of
the fact that many hills that were va
cant the year before were reset ? i !
The New York Sun "strongly ad
vises the Hon. Carl Schurz and the
Hon. William Lloyd Garrison to pke
a few shares of stock in the Interna
tional Sunshine Society," recently in
corporated in that state. Perhaprl the
new sunshine cure for tuberculosis twill
prove beneficial in the treatment of the
- affection that produces calamity howl
ing, and good for the mulligrubs of all
kinds. i
The way for the Willamette valley to
get her full share of the prosperity that
has struck the mining regions of Ore
gon and Washington is to raise the
things the miners need" to eat. This
will turn the golden stream this way.
There was never before such a disposi
tion to get to work to doing these
things, and" never such excellent pro
p.ts for thrift aiyL general prosperity
among ovr peopled f.-; j
THE
DRE.VM OF
TION.
INTERVENE
'The raising of the British flag over
Bloemfontem. the capital r one of tht
two republics wairring against Eng'and
jn South Africa.! leaves American in
tervention, for which a great vJarrbr
has been raised, as inexptdntnt ai it
was before. ; By inexpedient we mean
iIllp'sibIc. I
"Coercion Tf Great Britain lequirts
an army and a navy such zs we do not
possess, and the" desire to engage ii
a war with a European country upon
the continent of Europeanized Africa,
somctJnng which our history anl. ccm
mon ense loth forbt-1. : f
"This is the hard rule 'wbiclil "t is the
duty 01 the American . admini-tration
to observe in dealing with : England
and the two African republics she has
determined to abolish." j
It was not necessary to tell this to
the - administration. However, ou
state department w-as entirely just fia
ble. in tendering the good office pf
our government, when the United
States was appealed to by the official
heads of the two republics. It is note
worthy that the Un:ted State govern
rncnt was the only! one that so tendered
its good offices. j
MORE GOOD NEWS.
Most of our readers are familiar with
the progress of the United5tates In
dian training school near Salem. The
blouse bill now before congress car
ried provision for Jin increase in "the
number of students to five bundred, to
gether with items for the erection o( a
brick industrial building and a gjm
nasiunj of wood. ; j j '
Senator McBride has succeeded 1 ; in
having adopted by the upper branch
of the federal legislature an amend
ment providing for the . erection ; and
couipletion of a brick dormitory ' for
the girls, at an expense of twenty thou
sand dollars. t :
This is gratifying as Well to the man
agement of the institution, whidi is a
progressive one, as it should be to the
people of Oregon, and more Especially
of Salem. This s grown to be the
greatest of the Indian schools on this
coast. It ha become .the fourth insti
tution in point of both size and iinpor-
tancc, in the Indian service. It is forg
ing fast to the second place, if not the!
1 first; lAs is told by our Washington
I .. r . (f,n,; ,,.
from the first devoted bimseK to the
gvrmg of character to tins scnooi ana
to making it the equal of Carlisle in
Pennsylvania. In this he has had the
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coraiai assistance! iiwongue
Whea Senator AlcBnde s term began
the school here had accommodations
for three hundred students, and the ac-
commodations were far
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The erection of the girls dormitory
asked for by the amendment above
mentioned will round oui the series of
improvements-, so that 'there will be
splendid accommodations for j five
hundred, which may be i crowded to
six hundred or more. - , ' -!
As we have often pointed out, there
are economical reasons in favor" of
I making this institution the leading one
;j in the service. The climatic and soil
conditions favor this economical con
sideration. The nearness to the reser
vations is another point. Even now a
thousand students could be secured
from-the contributory territory, and
the five hund-rcd Indian boys and girls
wiw: arc uiiiig "uuucu OT account w
the want of sufficient room and ade -
quate facilities are erowine uo in sloth-"
fulness. This is poor economy for the
government. 11 wm pay to train and
educate the: Indian youth. It may be
a slow process, and the lull effect will
-
only be realized in some cases with the
I coming generations. But we have the
Indians with us. They are our wards.
and both 'humanity and economy die
tate the course that s being pursued
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in regard to them.
In the case of the Salem institution
good progress is being made, and there
ic 4rw ratcrn A 0 n 4 1
growth that bas been and is being made
will be continued, as it should be.
PAPER FLEETS,
When the military machinery of the
United Kingdom was suddenly put in
motion, "it developed so many unsus
pected flaws that the English critic's
took! alarm.' Since this same machin
ery; has been running and has proved
so remarkably effective, we hear less of
the unpreparedness of the army, but the
critics have turned their scrutiny on the
royal; navy and are asking whether it
is as well prepared for war as it has
been supposed to be.
Most of them reach the conclusion
that jt : not. A writer in a London
weiekly, who seems to understand hi
subject, 'makes the point that fifty-three j
battleships and seventeen cruisers in-
rinded in th rt,.rs r .1,- t-:.
v. ulim., iu ciKui
ot me latter are totally unfitted to go
to ; sea, with the prospect of meetmsr a
mdfrU Freriel. r R;an ,,;,r!
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This statement is not so improbable of
so extraordinary as it may at first ap- j
pear. It is an excepted fact that war
ships; become obsolete more quickly
than j any other class of human inge
nuity), for the object of each new in
vention is to render useless that, which
preceded it.
rt have had considerable experience
of this fact in our own navy, in which
some improved types the turreted
monitors for example have grown ob-'
solete during the process of construc
tion, j The active life of an up-to-daje
battleship, as' pointed out by th writer
in Black and White, is not more than
fifteen or wenty years. By that time
the construction of more efficient craft
reduces it to a lower grade. It is
therefore deceptive to include a bat
tleship fifteen or twenty years old in
rne class in which it ranked -when it
was Iainchcd.; (
Some of the British battleships date
back upwards 1 of thirty years anda
number of them beyond twenty years,
and some of the cruisers were launched
forty years agoi
Tire Spaniards gave the most con
vincing demonstration of the difference
between a1 paper navy and a navy on
the sea.. !' . ., ; f ,
The New York Times will publish a
daily edition- on the.' Paris Exposition
grounds, that newspaper having se
cured the exclusive privilege 'therefor.
It will exhibit ja complete modern
American newspaper office, with lino
types and four-decker press of the
Goss make. ' ! -
Salem is to have two creameries.
There is still room for more ior one
large one owning; a small - boat to
gather the milk from the Willamette
river bottoms. V
Pre nee intends lo invade the Nile
valley wkh a railroad from Algiers
across the Sahara desert. A govern
ment commission is now inspecting
the proposed route. The railroad . is
claimed to be a mlilitary qecessity to
join France's scatjte-cd dependencies
in Northern Africa. .
Indecision and 'dlay are the parents
of failure. Canning.
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BETTER THAN EVER.
Disciples of Cesare Lombroso have
attempted snow mat mansmu is uc
1 gacnCid intellectual men in par-
Hcular, have in the last century been
hurried into decadence. Their theory
'.that material progress is a baneful
stimulant, and ? that the r conditions
brought about by modern science and
invemion are blighting -civilized society
I at the top. William B. Thayer, in the
current t-orum, irses the facts regard-
. rirr r
I ing rne aurauon oi me now ana in
past ages- to demolish such conten
tions. '
The greater length of human life in
civilized countries distinguishes . the
nineteenrh from all previous centuries
of the Chrrstiai: era. The fact that th
average fife of civilized man has in
creased in the last 100 years from a
little over thirty to nearly forty years
is such a commonplace that it no long
er attracts the attention that it deserves.
Bui the impression js general that mod-
era life lias been growing ever more de
j.structive to the leaders of thought an
and
action, to those who work with their
heads instead of with their hands.
Against this false impression 'Mr. Thay
er presents facts as to the long lives of
eminent Drain workers, tie includes
in his tables only those who passed all
or most ot their lives m this century
1 young. At them the preachers of de-
1 generation have aimed their keenest
criticism.!. et torty-six poets, includ
p.froIL , AmeHcf and
I t-ur ope. Jived an averaere of sixtv-stx
years Thirty-nine eminent painters
1 sculptors! show the same average of
1 r. : m .
I "J musicians ana -novelists 00 not
show qu he so cood a record. Thirty of
rne lormer averaged sixty-two vears.
and twenty-six of the latter averaged
sixty-three rears. However, fortv
orner men 01 letters averaered sixtv
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eVen 5".rs- L,Khte" philosophers and
economists averaged sixty-five years,
Thirtv-nVhr hitnr!an vLr
I classes with an averase of seventv-tbre
1 j
yc?.rs.
I t- SCienCC
and invention undermine
the strength of the race., then inventors
and men of -science should show im
paired vitality. But fifty-eight scien
tists and inventors show an averasre of
cvent)r-two years. Agitators of polit
ical ana social reiorms ought, according
to the defeneration theory, to be auirk-
ly worn out by their work.- But fourteen
of the most eminent agitators averaged
r . 1
siA.iy-inij ytars, ami ine youngest ot
these. Lassalle. was killed in a-dnl
Twenty-two religious leaders, not in
cluding routine ecclesiastics or that
wonderful old man. Leo XIII., aver
aged sixty-six years. Thirty-five wo
men, distinguished in letters, charities.
and public life, reached an average age
of sixty-nine years. So much for men
and women of thought, imazination.
and emotion.
Men of action, like military and naval
commanders and statesmen forty
eight of the former and 112 of the lat
ter show an averaee age of seventy-
j .T- 1 T
one years, lintisn x remiers ami Amer
ican presidents are undoubtedly the
niost overworked of public men. Yet
elcven Premiers in this century aver
aged seventy-seven years, while thir
sixtjnve years. Mxteen American
presidents averaged only sixty-seven
y?rs Dut two ' tne youngest, Lm-
coV and Garfield, died violent deaths
"ere are - 526 prominent men and
women of the nineteenth centurv. he
class to which- modern condition are
assumed to be most destructive, who
reached an average age of sixty-eight
years, and eight months, or nearly
ih'irty years above the averaere of the
community. Sixty-five "of these lived
to, be eighty or more. r .
The fact , is that the degeneration
theorists set up an abstraction called
"The Normal Man." which no one ev
er saw nor ever will see, by which to
judge geniu. They hold up Carlyle's
dyspepsia, Spencer's nervous collapses.
Mrs. Browning's invalidism, and Keats'
consumption as proofs of degeneration,
'iocansc their "normal man" has none
of these. They confound disease with
genius, and would lead" the public to
suppose ithat Lincoln's , melancholia,
Darwin's chronic nausea,"and Dewey's
nicety in dress were the sources of
their greatness. These, and all other
great men. -were Rreat not because of
disease but in spite of it. i
The -social evils of today were all
ancient when Pericles was born, flour
ished when Caesar ruled Rome, when
Borgia was Pope, and when Elizabeth
was Queen. And in addition, there
flourished religious intolerance, slavery,
bloodthirsty -superstitions, judicial tor
ture, human "sacrifices, neglect and
abuse of children and other helpless
members of the cbmmunity, universal
cruelty to animals, and the open prac
tice of vices of which the very name
arc today unprintable. All these civili
zation has uprooted or has driven into
obscure corners.
Therefore do we fee! happier, grow
health icr. and live longer than in the
flcgeirerate days gone by. Therefore
is mankind better and stronger than
ever before. Cliicago Inter Ocean.
VISIT THE SICK.
There is nothing that will strengthen
the Order as much as fraternal visita
tions. A brother confined to his home
ami his room many days often is
helped more by cheery visits from a
member of his lodge than by the doc
tor's medicines. Don't sit down- by
him and whine, but with cheering con
versation lead his mind for a time away
from his troubles. It is not necessary
to tell him that he looks badly, and
that you sympathize with him in his
affliction -his glass too truly tells him
the first and your visits and friendly
words show interest in- him. Don't
whine to him about: -such rhings as
may have 'gone amiss in the lodge, or
over your home affairs, but tell him of
the pleasant happenings, and show by
your looks that all is well, and that Hie
world is better and brighter, and grow
ing that way every cycle of the sun.
Let the magnetism of your soul create
brightness and hope in- his. Remember
SaEsapssiMlllfii
America's Greatest Medicine
IsS: MoBjg mm
r-he jOld proverb that "as iron sharpeir
cth 'iron, so doth the face of man his
friend." If you do these things your
visit will do cood. ami your hour oe
well spent, but iff you j cant,
remain away, and within the shades of
your sitrroindings nurse the gloomy
rumblsnes of unsatisfied selfishness.
GoMen chains. ?:," x .
"MARY; FIRE!" .
: But for fhe loud shrieks oLa parrot
the four-story brownstone dwelling
house at 2.V16 Spruce street, the: home
of Edwin H. Webb, cashier of the Con
solidated National Bank, would have
burned " down last night. The fire
started shortly before 11 o'clock when
Mr. a-nd 'Mrs. Webb were away at a
enchre party. The servants were also
out, and the big house was vacant save
for fhe parrot in- a cage in the dining
room on the first floor.
A few minutes of it o clock Police
man Ryan; of the Fifth- district, while
patroling his beat, heard a cry from
the house. r
"Mary! Fire! Mary! Fire!" repeated
over and over, again. H rang the bell,
hut got no answer. Then he broke in
the front door and discovered that the
house was in flames.
L'Flames -were bursting out from .the
rear, room on the first floor.- Ryan
immediately turned in an alarm, ran
to the dining-room-, which- was filled
with jmoke. and searched for the per
son, as he thought, who had cried fire.
He found the parrot, half overcome
by smoke, in the dining room and car
ried the ird to safety.
Then the firemen arrived and the
flames were put out. but not until the
first floor was practically gutted- Mr.
and Mrs. Webb returned home to find
their first floor in ruins. They ex
plained that thtir servant had taught
the parrot to cry ""Mary, fire!" at the
sight of flames.
The loss is estimated at $.1,000. The
Webb family last night visited friends
on Pine" street until the repairs! could
be made, Philadelphia Times.
A DAILY HINT FOR THE TABLE
'Olive oil must alwars be kept tight
ly corked and in a cool place. When
serving from the bottle the mouth and
ebrk should be wiped with a I clean,
damp' cloth before each meal, io re
move the dust which has collected. H
served from a fancy table cruet the
supply should be limited, as it is bet
ter to frequently cleanse the cruet.'
. Many persons prefer to dress their
own salad, because they have prefer
ences as to quantity in the ingredients
Men and women both often pride them
selves upon their skill in this matter,
and it is better to ihumor them. 'If a
hostess prefers to make her own 'dress
big and it is better in the case of
celery ana caboage saials ncreiis a
good receipt: Thorougyly mix a! quar
ter of a tcaspoonful of salt, one-eighth
teaspoonful. of pepper, three table
spoonfuls of oil and one . table's pooriful
ot vinesrar. Ilus can- he placed ; in
bottle and kept in the refrigerator until
ready for use, bometimes a sprinkling
of mustard or a few drops of oivo.i
juice, or both, are considered an addi
tion, and, it you choose, a liberal dash
of paprika, which is a delicious spiced
pepper that. resembles cayenne in cokr
1 1113 and celery salt ought to oe on
every table they should be placed with
the ordinary pepper and salt.
''There are some salads which seem to
call for mayonnaise dressing, which
can be easily made at home, if you have
conveniences, or purchased in bottles
of any size. It is made bv placing in
the bowl one teaspoonful of dry mvs
tard, fhe raw yolks of two eggs and
half a teaspoonful of salt and a dah
of cayenne. Add a cupful of oil by the
teaspoonful. mixing thoroughly, and
when the dressing becomes thick, alter
nate oil and vinegar; two tablcspoonfuls
ot, the tatter is all that should be al
lowed. If a few tcaspoon-fuls of cream
ire added the dressing will be smooth
er. This can be placed in a wide
mouthed jar. -ovcred with a double
layer of paraftinc paper and tied se
curely down, when it will keep for some
tame.
Deafness Cannot be Cared
by local applications, m they cannot reach the
diaeaaed portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, ana that ia by conntita
tional remedies. Deafness is caused br an in
flamed condition of the mucous lininjr of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube c-eU-inflamod
foa haves rumbling sound or imperfect bear
ntr. and when it ia entirely closed Deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken oat and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
sine cases oat of ten are caused by catarrh,
which ia nothing but an inflamed condition of
the mncnul surfaces.
We will giro One Hoodred Dollars for any
ease of Deafness feansod by catarrh) that can
not be cored by 11 au s uatarra Cnire. Bend lot
circulars, free. : ? v
XT Sold by Druciat, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills arc the best.
CGLOrN 'OYSTERS.
.(Mr. F. Buckland staatcs. in a late
number of Land and Water, that the
green-bearded oysters which are found
not tar trom ooutneno, Isssex, owe
their green color not to any mineral
pigment. This peculiar green is im
parted to them by the spomles of the
seaweed called crow silk, which
grows abundantly in the Roach river.
Dr. Lehebys anaylsis has pronounced
this pigment to be purely vegetable,
without the slightest trace of copper o
other 'mineral. Mr. Buckland consid
ers that this vegetable pigment imparts
a peculiar taste and agreeable flavor to
the meat of these plump little oysters.
When the danger to California's
world-famous great trees is over, it
will have to be admitted that the active
sentiment ol women's clubs is of prac
tical value, ifter all. It would be a
lasting disgrace to the state to see
these forest monarch fall before the
ax, but it is doubtful if any one except
warm-hearted women. full of ' poetic
feelmg. would ' have taken the trouble
to make an organized protest.
We mistake the gratuitous blessings
of hca-en for the fruits of our own in
dustry. L'Estrange. ;
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L. lletVUi V, I
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AN IMPORTANT OFFICE.
Editor Statesman: While I do not
think it advisable for republicans to
let democrats seect their candidates
for office, I do not deny that il is not
only the part of wisdom, Tbut,' a duty
tor uie repuai ican party to put such
candidates m the held thai evera-lem
ocrats cannot truthfully "say ought
against their honesty or efficiency
' It is quite probable thati'M r. Hub
bard posesses all the necessary qualifi
cations for a model county judee.; but
that is not saying he is-the only one of
the republican candidates so Qualified.
lhe othce is second in importance to
tUc welfare of the county to none oth
er, and should le administered by a man
01 gooo. judgment."?! more tnan or
dinary business, capacity and who is
conversant with business methods and
who also is somewhat (earned in the
law.- All cases in the matter of i es
tate of deceased persons, v many of
which, involve intricate legal problems
pass under- his administration. It will
readily- be understood then, how ncces
sary it is that the county Judee should
be learned in the law, if not a practic
ing lawyer. Ine financial management
and expenditures of the county being
argely under, his control, it certainly
would seem that a knowledge of busi
ness methods and a goodly share of
common sense are necessary qualifica
tion for the office. eBut the last legis
ature in a spirit of. reform (?) saw fit
to hanc-icap the position by hxin&r such
a meagre -salary" thereto as to make it
no object for a really competent man
to seek or accept the place. In all bus-
mess corporations the men who j save
supervision of their finances receive the
most liberal salaries, but the Ofesron
legislature, in its wisdom rather lack
of it) saw fit to give to this ofhee the
owest sa.arv. with but one excep
tion, paid to any county ofncial.and
none of them are overpaid. The writer
of this is. not a candidate for office nor
personally interested in any one who is.
but believing that the servant is worthy
of his hire, he thinks it to be the part
of wisdm and true economy to oav
ibcral salaries and then elect -men to
the offices who are worth the price
paid. .; j --. .
With the exception of a knowledge
of the law, the county commissioner
should possess all the above qualifica
tions, and "as there are, county build
ings to keep, in repair and to build he
should also possess some mechanical
knowledge. Will the voters of the
county of 'Marion think of these things
when they cast their ballots for county
officials at the approaching June elec
tion, or will they neglect the matter
now ana spena tne next two years
cursing the stupidity of the officers of
then our selection? The problem for
the next county convention to solve 1
to devise a method of comidyine with
the spirit of the law fixing salaries, by
selecting a S1.500 roan for a $1,000 place
and then; pay him $800 for performing
the duties thereof. The author of that
salary bill seemed to think that "any
ola thing was mod enough for co.in
ty judge and county treasurer, but the
people whose business is entrusted to
their care seem to, at least should, hold
a different opinion.
The republican convention should
and undoubtedly will, select the best
material ! available for candidates, re
membering that no man has a specia
or prior claim to any office only such
as true merit and faithful and efficient
service gives him. An untried man may
nave claims upon the party out not to
any ottice. With such men on the tick
ctdemocrats, like (Mr. Kennedy, can
vote for! them ' conscientiously, while
unfit and unworthy candidates will lose
many republican votes for the ticket.
D. W.
DUTY TO CHILDREN.
Becoming' a parent docs not make a
saint always-. There is much said and
written on the subject of disobedience
in children, and much to be said, but
observation leads one to believe that rt
is natural for the child to respect his
parents, when he ceases to respect and
obey there is too often a reason for it.
. As years pass and he sees his ideal of
father and mother shattered and faulty
parents in its place, he gradualfy loses
respect for them, and love is supplanted
by mere pity.
fc.vcry child has the right to be well
born and should have an example in
the home life that would elevate. .
Tire true parent lives for the child.
This does not meah that it is necessary
to make a slave of one s sell.
The mother is the first instructor a
snouitt be able to give proper aid 1
mental and moral development, her
first duty is to please her child by mak
ing herself the equal of any mother in
his opinion, if she fails comparisons are
made, and unconsciously her power is
lost. ,
Unless a mother feels that her creat
est privilege is to improve and be an
example in all rhings to her children
she makes a mistake in taking upon
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ncrscu ine responsibility.
The father should so live that his son
may go out amontr men and' find his
character a help instead of a reproach.
If parents expect anything from their
iiiuvm.il iityj siiuuiu wcgin wun tnem
selves and try to overcome their weak
ncss whatcvcr it may be. have a stand
ard of principles and . maintain it, not
so mcn j&y words as by deeds.
vviich conversation is inauitrefi in
the family; circle a little less criticism
of one's neighbor, a little more e'ffort
to find the good, and a little less en
ergy shown in hunting down the bad
would educate one's child to resnect
the rights of other people, his loss of
tun would not be so apt to take the
form of tresspass and hoodlumism
mat uccomes a nuisance and expense
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to nis . neighbor. I here are chi drcn
running the streets of our city in the
evenjng .who, after the hours, of 9 and
10, will throw stones at fhe windows
or rush madly up and ring door bells
and disturb the Deace of a
generally. .
Have these children narcnl. -if en
where? If not the citv had letter look
aiter tnera
MOTHER.
, THE GOSSIP.
It is a deplorable fact tliat some mid
dle and "bncertain" aged women, some
times those m positions 01 trust. and
wlicre only the best influences should
be exerted, spend much of their leisure
'-ime indulging a depraved taste for
gosip often scandalous cossid low
ering themselves in. the estimation f
younger women of good breeding who
might otherwise nave- respected them.
When will these women who profess
respectability, learn that purity of char-
tcter and pure thoughts and speech are
nseparable. and that while they sit tn
udgment of some one else, a knot of
their kind discussing in- detail their
affairs and repeating with -embellish-
men! the "they says" regarding them?
- "We are to dignify to each other the
daily needs and offices of man's" life
and embellish it by courage, wisdom
and cnity." i ,i - '
i . ; look up. :
Salem, March. 19th.
i L- .
THE MAN WITH THE JAW.
': I : . . .. ;i- j;
Bowed by the weight pf Theories; he
. - j steps " ' j ;t
Upon the stage, and glances at the
- : :' 'crowd, ' j : ,
A smile of self-approval in his face.
And bn his back the burden of Dcmoc
'racy. ' .:. .;
Who ;made him dead to Argument and
Sense? -
A thing that Reasons
not and never
iLearns?.
Persistent most
. Wrong?
when mostly in the
Who i loosened and set free this Nim
ble 'Jaw? '''- I-, :,
gave perpetual motion to this
Tongue? . ' i . r
Who
Whose hands set up the Wheels within
ritis brain?
Is this the man the Populists made and
I cave ' i '
To be the (Rcfler over thisj fair land? 1
To sit in the White House and fight
The festive heeler, when he fain would
- I loot I: -
The freasnry of our Uncle Sam?-
is iirs me arcam ne arcamca. who
' won for us- ; ' I
The priceless boon of National Liberty?
Of all tire Quacks who advertise their.
wares " ,"--
And litre the, simple rustic to invest, .
Therje is no smoother character thii
this. : 1
.What guKs between him and our Wash-
i 'ington!! . i
Slave of Populistic Follies, what to him
Are Expanding commerce, the music bt
the mill. r f
The Iperplexities of railroads short o
i- cars. . - ' '-'
The jtradesman's happy laugh, as he
deftly drops .. I,
A handful of gold ir his ample jeans;
The (farmer's smile of self-approval I
At Iijis expanding Home Market? I
Through thisad shape the Office seek
ers look, - ; 1
And!dream of days to come, when the
f poor voter,
lurftbugged, betrayed
and etcrna
cone up,
Shall open unto them the public nurse.
1 - - -!
O Fusioiiists and Free Silver cranks
I of every stripe:
O Anarchy, and Altgcld. and Sixteen
I (to One;
O! Teller, Jones and Charley Towne,
? and all !- ' .
The Maniac tribe, - who . preach un-
! sound finance, J ,
What excuses will you make unto this
I man? -, ' .
How answer his burning question in
I that hour 1!
Whfcn all the polls have closed and
j nimble clerks ,i
Hate counted up the ballots, and all
: who run . - . f
May read in letters large this fatal le-
gend, :
" Lincoln's orator boy has 'Got k in tlie.
! Neck!'J' (
. I sly.
BJICYCLE STOLEN. The first bi
cycle theft' of the, season was perpctra- '
tedfearly last evening. Harry Thackr-r,
of VeFt Salem. -rode his wheel into the
city;" and left the bicycle in a rack in
froiit of Dr. S. C Stone's drug" store
in l.tljc '.MuTphy building. I When- -liiq
retiirned after a very few minutes ab
sence he was surprised to find that he
was' unable to .find the-slightest trace
of 'it. 'He reported the theft to the
police officers who will endeavor to re
cover the wheel. The bicycle is a
Rambler, of the 1000 model and is - No.
) . 1 s
AN IMPORTANT Announcement.
Wiggins ad., page 8. dw.
. ! 1 : ". . ' "
A woman is more influenced by what
shldivines than by what she is told.
ftinon de Lenclos.
. - . ; .
Joy never feasts so hiorh as when the
fir$t course is misery. Suckling. I t
Courtesy is the key that unlocks i the
hearts of mankind. - 1 r
5a!s strencrthen. purify and ennoble
oue lives. ; '!
J LOCAL
and
I CUMATIC
Kothin e bnt a local
CATARRH
remedy or chance of
climate will cure
j CATARRH
j The specific is
Ely's Cream Balm
tt
is quickly, ab-
ab-
sot bed. rives rel
llel at
oilce, open and
cleanser the nasal
parsaKet.
COLD 'N HEAD
iA.Uaya Inflamrpatlon. Heals and pro-
tecta th Membrane. Ttestorea the
Senrca of Taste and Smell No Mer
cury. Io Injurious drug. Iteguiar
Siae, M cent; Tamfly lx, $1.00 at
Pruggiata or by mail. . ! r ;
I ELY BROTHERS, U tfarran ltrei,
New York. : ' " r ;;"
NEW TO-DAY.
LADI ES Learn to cut your I own
dresses by the famous Stover Tailor
System, for sale at iMrs. A; IL Far
rafs - dressmaking parlors, j over
Ctfoss's market wim.
BIDS FOR WOOD WILL BE RE-
ceived by the undersiKncd commitlee
at the office of JI. A. Johnson, J; IV
lor wood, as follows- to wit: Up ta
noon, of April 9, 1900, a deposit of.
50c per cord for oak and 25c per cor
for fir, will be required oi the sue
cessful bidder as a guarantee 61 ful
fillment of contract, which deposit
must be made within. 5 days- of ac
ceptance of bid. The wood to be de- -livered
at the following named places:
East school fir, 125 cords; Park
school fir, 60 cords; North schcol
Oak 10 cords, fir 60 cords; Lincoln
school Oak; 5 cords; fir 60 cords;
Central school Oak, 5 cords; fir 10
cords. The oak, to be of Rood split
body, or grub wood. The fir. to be of
what is know a.v large body j wood,
not second growth. The right to re
ject any or all bids is reserved. Wm..
M. Cherrington, 'H. A.- Johnson, H.
C. Fletcher, Supply Committee,
School Dist. No. 24, Marion county, ,
Oregon. drt-w jw.