WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3. 190a
TOURING IN EUROPE
BON. TILMAS FORU WR1TKS FROM
ANTWERP, HJXUUM.
Telia f Hit Expt-'rlene White CrwrnUc lh
Atiautlr-bltfWrcBc la Tlms-Aat
Ancient Cltr.
AXTW'ERI, Belgiimi. July 17, 10fX
Editor Statesman: j We reached this
city yesterday morning, after a voy
age of JMV-j day from New Turk- The
Meaifishlp Kensington, on which, we
sailed, carrietl alMiut Mmk tons of
freight, awl 1075 iiassenger. divided
as follow: ' Saloon. ; 242: steerasre.
; crew, 107. Her . captain Is a tier-j
man named Frank Albreeht. Tie j
boat consumed ftliout ISO ton of coal
per day, ami la 4M feet long, by fifty-j
seven feet In breadth. Some of the
).;issHi;'crH wt r- wuKk-k a day or so, i
others longer, ami a few all the Way
over. My;, sister and I wre both fa
voicd by not lielng'at all sick We
wiw several whale nloiig the journey,
but they all apjieared to lw tieaeenbly
disNd. There were ship in sight
nearly all along the; Jine, goin "every
which way. .. , j - .
There I the ruatrer of difference of
ftiuo which fia been lathering mo
somewhat since' 1 left home. 1 wast
prepared to set my watch nhead three
hour at New A'orlc, but when we ar
lived at thin place and found the dif
ference in lime a little over, rive honrs
jU-tween there and here, and the dis
tance lietwccn the two points only
'2127 Tniles, I Itegaa to wonder if the
Atlantic o-ean"'wa more nearly round
than the United State. Again, eight
hour iu mmo miles look pretty ex
travagant, l am jwritiug this letter
at-2 o'clock p. in- a oil if this time
intention is all right, then the early
risers in Salem are only just getting
ni. - r ! .;
We had (several preachers and a
numlicr of fine singers with u and
wlen Sundav arrived, all hand
jotirued to ttw niiiin naloon of tlie hin !
where appropriate and excellent divine
servh-e were h4d. "lev. C A. lienja-!
miii: nf AthiMiH li'ti t.r.Mwi,. ,! ti.n I
prin-iMil sermon. ; In the evening sim
ilar services were i held, Ilev. Duma 11.
if Wymiug. preaching tin principal
sermon. (Mi the Wednesday evening
: lollowing. Uev. F-ither I tine, of Syr
aci'se. X. ,Y.. favord the iissengers
by iWliverlug hi addres on Abraham
l.iitcolii. which toa already Ijeen some
what favorably r iMiken of by the ICiist-
l l ll pc . j I ! . .' ; f -
Di.e would iiafnrally think that !
ing so long o'i. t;h lwit would lieconie
ii'iK,ionoiis. bui lu this case the deck
of thf sJiip w$ Isufficiently large so
that the i-assengefs who tlesired to do
so. could run f not - race. , pitch ouoits.
and engage in iniim;ent card game:
1 iior-c other were pemiilt'ed) thu mak
ing It very agreeable and pleasant for
the well passengers, though I rather
gn-s it .'did get a little tirestune for
the few who were seasick. :
Antwerp claim to have nlKtut otW.
nni iNipulatitui and tlie lest steel
york in tlw world. I am informed,
by some of IIh old settler here, that
the city wa founded A, D. ,."17. and
some of the old building would seein
lo furnish corrtdxirative proof. I rh
out a lltrie way into the country this
morning a?td foiui.l everylnxly busy
in the tiehl and gardens. The women
and children .work right along witu
Mm men, and they even make the dog
work lut tiling small wagon loaded
with whatever hey think the dog
can pull, and whop of tlie load looked'
pretty large for la dog team. After
looking around over this kingdom a
lit 1 1; longer, will si art for Holland.
! TILMOX FOltD.
The' Excitement Not Over.
Tlie rush at the: drag store still con
tinues ami tlailv scores of people call
for a bottle of Kemp's Balsam lor the
Throat and Lungs, for the 'cure of
Coughs. Cold. Asthma, Bronchitis
and, consumption. ; Kemp's Balsam,
the standard im-ify remedy, is sold
on a guarantee and never fails - to
givfr entire satisfaction. Price ' 25c.
and 50c. - . -;':" 2.
VIIiGIXIA'K DISMAL SWAMR
One of
the
on
Most Ciirion
ThI Continent.
Features
The IMsma Swamp of Virginia and
North Carolina.' 3iy the Scientific
American, i onie'of the most curiou
filature of the j Nor! h Atntrh-au Con
tinent, and It i one of tiie least
known rt Ion of toe country. It is
a great fresh J water: moras, lying
Iwck from tlieiwa. tietw'ii Norfolk
and AHieniarle) m'niiid. . It licloag to
t hat group of j Inundated la ml where
tl-e lack or urauiago is " nu.onjs-
.k... ...,ii.,.rifl.uo. of rort.t:it;oii
011 the movement of the water rrton
the land. The coat of New Yorg
Koutuwet ha the form of an ancient
sca-ltottoiu. UHS-e or les nitxlitleil by
fiMt- nti.,0 ; Frtun' the Ja me river
stmthwtt the elevation of the plain
...... i....-.v.i - !,. inxusrii
action of the stream have yet further
minced it. lta-lug iKirt of .the sur
f.ue lu the form originally lelongiiig
to the tH ! Inh toiu. 1 ,
r miii in m ai a. iuv
Thi Dlain i sharply boundetl to llie
west by an escarpnieut -forme I by th
. .. ---- - . .l,..ir
ta w lien tne snriaei
ni iilioiit lweutv-4'Igiit leer
ii.ii.ku
It present level. TliU old soa Itencii.
to which Doctor Snaler. in W inter
esting aeconut of fnsh water mra
e in tin 1'nlted State, publislied in
the Tenth Annual Kcjwrt of the !h
loglea! Survey, give the name of tin
"XastHnond " Shore Lite." extend
from near Suffolk. Va.. where it Is
rather ols'nrtdv indicate!, having
I wen omewliat effaceif by eroion.
xonthwnrd. jiiili extiviiw .bstinctne
if tin front to Altwiuarle souatL Tin
e-.teni lHmuiryl of tht .'wamp oi
trlct I deternunel by rpvl.thi low el.
vaiHu. apiwreiitly luSWike in their
nature. In its orlzaia! con lit ion In,
fore it origin, had ; le;i arTe.-tiil !
lilhlge. the i area V console -ably
gnater thaiv It ! .tt ti e ';ires-nt tlni".
The process of xi fti'Jei:'! : draiaage.
of course. '"resulted In t':? Tctai:iaivi
of
of
a largo iir.u. nn i t s r ! ortson
tht EfrOlOCM! ' K1 .MiK iVS
finll:el iNdoix t!t- id .' IV the p v.-
nt -entury. : , -
Iu the L-.st 'ntiry 1 Pj:mu
F.:np Cans! ConriV'T t nsrructl
a eanal in a .;.;. ..ra and
wextern tlirectioii f:iii i ! Matter of
the J.nme river to h: a-a..;- of thi'
AuVmarle
natural Irain.i!re or iii.
swamp has Unit that tle vestern
lion of the moras i probahlv uhmv
flooded than It Wa lefore the'bnrriei
was constructed, while the section i
Uh east of the canal, deprivel'of wa
ter which orighially flowed into it.
ha lveor:;.. part hilly. C t-ejn.-.J. - :
!robnbIy the most j interesting fen
tar hi the topography of the Dis-uil
Swamp is the presence of a large Inke.
toward the western en'd of the .swaiid.
Its origin ha not lxcn 'dcfiuiielv d
termm! t by
phvial Scicraitlit'rKilirrab trainin' , II. is.
Iks-tor
t was form d in th following -way?
VV . "M'a Mting pi.im.rm oj
Miuii f i hi 1 1 i i i i- .
ikHitly emerged from tue w-a ia ajhe hail cotmteil on to rin the- Uroad
Koinewhat rapid manner. Tin ; ab- jump got sick. Lci:oy saw ilefe is
eiic of any mad ne !-ncu on It wi-j staring hi team in the "face." lie wan
face appears to be coucliiHive evidenci tnlifwi f,r tut- game, and had the
of thl. V ! : irfjjht to take part. lie Iwruwed a
Hrt, we may asfmnie that the ster- 'iiiit and imir of nr,a-i-.i n.,
lie character of the nuil wonbl hav, walked to the track with a locik 0fia,M'l,t Augustlnt for -a iieriod f proi
preeuteil tle growsh of forest tn " di tcnuinatlou on hi lace thai made (ably two. week; 'but Mr. Allcii assured
ana otner plant or a niglier onler
nvl itltf fvri'fifor fvirt tf i.Uin
.... . ... .... i - - -
urally have iH-gun on the i-ripljery if,tore down iht liehi in a way tlui:
file d'mtiict. ePher on th westcni ln.-ufe tlie MWiL'iu mon thei-
liordrr. w here the noil . had already
len fonmil. or next to tli- m-a. w h.r-.
tlie Iifimidity wouhl favor the growth
of plantti. even on barren s:iii.l.
Tin
rMet then proiiaoiy nlvanre! towar i
tin- i-riiirr i uir unn ami unf iauiuK
tree and other entanglement
would ;
serAe to form an olwtrcctiou
outflow of water, and thu to
to tin
retain
tl:e central part of area in the condij
tin of a shallow lake. The area of
tid basin will le gradually narrowed
by the growth of cypre. black
gum and other tree which can main
tain their root lielow ; the level on
iHrmanent -wat-er. The level of the
water in Like Dmmmond ha 1k-h s
raised until inee the const ructin of
the canal, and and the fores Is; M It
gaining ii)Mn tlie ; lake at several ,
point. ... ) - - .''"'" j
If Doctor Shaler'a view are accepi-l
el. Ike Druramoml must 1h (utisi l-'
treil a lK'hwging to the tye of , ill-1
closed lakes which are so common in
tlie mnall morae of glaci-latol
area. The vegetation exhibits ' a
great diversity over the entire area oC
tlie swamp, which I estimated at U
ad-itween H(Ki and l.ixxi siuuiw miles.
The irincijal trei are tliose which
a tolerant of water alnnit their
rowts. These are 1he bald cypress,
JuniiKT and bhickguiii. - .There tire
alo cane and mosses in great variety.
The reputation of Dismal Swamp is
that of a gloomy and Impenatrnbh
region, ifilleil with fever and malaria,
and Inftutetl with snake and no v
ioii.rfartimal. '
Johnjf lViyle O'ltellly. who sjieiil
some time in exploring me swamp
iys:
The Dismal Swamp is an
agony of perverted nature. It i An
dromela. not waiting for the mon
ster, but already in it grasp, broken
and sik-nt under ; the intolerant em
brace." '
The Like was discovered iu 1 1 " by
a Scotchman named Drunimond. and
after the revolution Ceorge Washing
ton purchase the swamp and organ
ized tlie Dismal j 8wnini Company,
which H11 exist.. It wa ; Washing
ton' idesi to reclaim the swamp, ao.l
for this reason he cut the. canal de
scribed herein. -
There are a large number of im'
cies of animal life iu the swamp. Iear
lieing abundant. Deer are now rare."
bin nre still occasionally , shot. :uid
wild horned cattle are found within
the limit of the swamp. These cat
tie feed P the tenderer; sIhnHs of
the -cane, and dwell in considerate
herd. Pird life i abundant, and the
number of cnent i extraordinary
at certain seasmi of the year.; Various-
drtehe have len dug for drain
ing the 'canal, and at present acce
I obtained to Lake Dili mniond by
Jericho ditch, 12 mile long. b" feet
wide and li fet deep.
The fust section of the ' swamp i
comiwiratlvely 01 nil ltaving lNen
burnt off. (iraditally the tanelirake
lHM-ome tliicker and the reedy growth
resemble landoo or papyrus, tlie
bank of tle ditch are for the most
part very marshy: the growth of
young canes, holly and mistletoe i
notable. The water 1 tf a deep. hcr
rv color, and. strenge to say. 4t-i said
to 1m healthy to drink.' prolwiblT
owiug to the infusion of junior., The
"Black tJuni Swamp." two mile from
Lake Dnmiujoml Is most ln;pr'sivf,
the tree lieing tall and- set close to
gether. :
KATINtJ- MEAT.
Those jierxm who olijcct 4o eating
meat have many strong argument to
stiptNirt their case. In Health Culture
one writer say it ha leen estimated
if only meat from, strictly healthy
animal wore narketel jneat (tinU
not lie lwiught for less than ?1 a
jNHind. At least seven-tenth of th'v
world' potilafiiMl never eat fl l meat.
In India. China, Japa 11 and. adja-ent
ctmntries are aUnit 4U.kUmm in-ople,
strong, active and long-lived. wh cat
no meat. The Turkish iorter on a
daily ration of rice and date will jog
alone with lNnt back under- n load
,iii,i w-itii.tlmt woulil crusti a sieru 111.nu.
steru
Dnrwiu tell n that the Andean na-
tive do a day's work of 4m foot ton,
nearly twice the work of an ordinary
lalwrer, on a diet of bananas. ;
Among "- --Japiinese I. the rfkisha
men 'with muscle like std baud.
will whirl thr eattl l:nK'
Itim trroiiml at tlw spevt or a liorse a
trot. 40 mile a tiay. lor tiay togeiut r.
Their diet consist of rice, vegetables
and occasionally a little fish. The
Lascar, on a similar dbt, make the
liest seamen in tle worl-L "
iT-asant of UyssSa live mainly upon
. Oiln .-.rr,.t! 1 ll MOUO. MOrKnUll, TJI
- T. W),h iiiVi,ini-
nnuui n 111 1 11:1. a K"oiu -".'" - -
er, whie courage
and harvliui's'j Is
proVerldaL wddoiu torn he meat, lir
ing mainly upon ! oatmeal, vegetabh
and buttermilk. Among the most ac
tive and vitals people of the world
are the Irisli peasants, whose diet
consist almost entirely of iotatoes
and buttermilk. The farmer of Cor
sica live all winter nnoo dried fruit
mainly dates and polenta,, tehestnnti
meal. Dnring the .udddlo agv the
Moor nsed to provision their fortified
cities with ehetnut and olivtv oil.
Chetnut , provide almost a jerfeet
footi and. in fact., they constitute a
stan article of diet among the tea-
lnntrr of certain portion of Italy.
' . . . ....i....L-ln n-nrt. "I nvsi-
Itt 111 CJo ir-...... "T , ;
cal
! Ed oca t ion." J r. r eux
My:
Tlie strongest men .01 me
three manliest race tn ue present
world are non-fkh eating-tlie Tnra
n'an mountaineer, the Mandigo trile
of Senegftmbia ami th- Scld'-"--
Ilolstcin Baiteni. wn , rui
lu-nvlesT Hold5er for the Omian army
and the ablest seamen for the Ham
burg navy. . Nor I it true liat fltsh
ia n tndlsneiisable, or ven tin lwt.
tbraln fNl. Pytlmsonts, 1'lattL St;n-
tvr r.ovle
an. So
aim Mjelley were vegetarl
were Franklin ami liml Bvrcn fn
their best year. And so i n.Liii.
A MAX O F EX KIM 5 Y.
, r. . Worcester of the l'liili(ptie cun-
jtiiisxiou has' t Ik faculty f.r lueeiingj
an toni or etnergench-s in appireiiiiy
luiiMixxIhlc ; way. , ,
In !, when he was etiptaiu of the
l'niveriity of "-Michigan track team,
he xoraineil Ul
ern luterrJlegiate meet, but did lw:
expect to wmtent. alid did
inKH iiiv w rm rir fctur iffit .
hi Kupporter prohesy ;ucck In 'a
iniia if I... .1 ....1.1 . i i . . i. . !
-rilr wt. inn IMI .1 11MI- II III I Mm o.
bi eat li. lie ro at . the take-n and !
landed Just tweiify-4wo feet ami evi; !
im he away, breaking tlie Western
cord and defeating hi nearest wu-
petitor by more than one foot.
is u niiiiiiissioucr ok"'eier oir
jfere! I Iioy hi secretaryship the
atnieie wa in itnlt wr.tinx isljflc
for the Evening' New. He wirnl hi
acceptance a no tlKii wrote
jiin!ii - 'j
lelcgram. It read:
"Fan I take my wifeV
You have my blessing." wir"l the
commissioner, who knew IjeUoy was
not married, "but I will have to get
you permission from Washington."
Then 1-eIJoy wrote an ;her tele
gram. It was to Mis Malx-I I'imaf
of Pontiac. Mis I'ound li:;d been lis
tlie University when Lei! y was n
stud. 'in. tlii'ie. This tdegraui. read:
"Will you marry mt1 and start a
once for the Philippines v- -.-
The answer to this dispatch has no:
liecii.iuade public However, innis
sion came from Washington for I.e
lioy to take his wife to Manila. Then
was no time to lie lost, leltov had
to leave tor sail j ram isco iie follow
ing Frwlay. JMiierstltKm were butt
aside and he wa married to Mis.whih; the consumption of vegetables
INmnd on that day. Now .he and j u 'not ' o : larpe'- nor -' tlie demand a
Mr. l!!oy; arc m tlie transpiwi sr,:,t. All vegetable can 'In readily
InoiikI for the rhilippiuc. -Saturday i, HMiosetl of ia Die Facitic coast
r.veiiiug i-osi.
ENGLAND'S RICHEST WOMAN.
The Baroness Burdett-Couti was
once shopping'ln Paris, and whenever
she went from one hiartnient to an
other she wa escorted by a clerk,
who handed her over to si 110; her at
tendant, saying: "Two ten." St ru,k
by the peculiarity of tike ort-reiMste 1
caosilisiie worus. me iwroress siskcii
the proprietor a she left the estal
lislunent: "Pmy, what iW 'two lin mean?
I rioticeil that each -lerk reputed it'
to tlie next as I went from oiie (tiini
ter to tlie other."
"Oh, it is nothing."; replied the man;
"if i just a password they are in !ie
habit of exchanging." But tin luron
4 wa not satis lied. , When, the ior
ter, a! mere lad. brought home her
purchases, she said to bim:
"My lNy. would you like to earn
five francs?" Of course, he worth! be
chavmetl. " '
"Tlieu tell me. what 'two ten mean,
and I will give you five francs." The
youth looked at her in astanislimenf.
"Don't you know, madame? ? Why,
It mean -'Keep you two eye on he
ten finger:' "
That solved the mystery, Tiie rich
est and most gmierou worn .111 ia Eng
land had leu taken for a shoplifter.
A NABBOV" ESCAPE. Tiiesihiy'
Alliany Ilersid ha the following item
regjinling an incipient blaxe 011 the
big sfoel Iwildge acros the Wil.lsni
ette river aCth.it pfcict: "Wl.it might
have Inh-11 a serious fire was happily
discovered last Sunday tN'fore any
damage wa tlone. A gimtliuin cmi
ing to Albany over tlie big feel bridge
noticed a lighted cigar stump smolder
ing In the lelri on the bridge and
wtien 1m arrived iu .till city lnf-med
Chief of Pdlce Cosite of Hie fact.
Mr. Coat m luiineiliately went up on
the bridge tTTui discovered a rflffht
blaze whk-li was '-raiddly spreading.
This he extinguished, tint firolieitdy
saving the bridge. People shoitkl lie
can'ful alNMit dropping lire n tlie
bridge at any time, and estM'riaUy now
when everything I dry a tin ier."
WILL SOON PEHIX' WOrtK.-Tbe
semmer season i a quiet part of the
year with . nursery fomp-iale. but
ltext week liie Oregou Whol'.s:iie Nur
sriy Company -of thi city expect to
pur. twenty-five men to work b.nidiiig.
l Le destructive "cut worm" ha not
yet apearel among the tref of the
local nursery, but It ha .done foine
damage to the flower anil ornamental
shrublNry. However, In tlie.ftowi
gardits the worms are being .iven a
cordial ri-eeptlon, -ln-Jug greeted with
a strong mixture of Pari Crt-.n,
which i found to 1' an eTec t;e
agent for killing the pest."
A OF AUDI AX NAM ED. County
Judge John II. Scott yesterday heard
the ttetir-Jon of Mr. Sarali Anir Petty
john, asking to In? apixiitHl gimy liani
of the estate and iN'rson of Iewts Pet
tyjohn. A ltliough tlie" old gentle
nian. who is ouite Infirm, ha I lN:n
..t..ui .-, amui ip 110 w.'ia - not tirseniriie.
vi-. .
at it lie
hMrin?. nn.l the ao Ki iitmeJrt
waa made a prayed for. Mrs. Petry
tolm 1x4 ii"- nciiHcil a tnianllan and in
struct el to manage tlie estate.
COCNTrFEES.-Count oflkers'
receipt from fee, tnrned. int he
treanrv during tin? month of July, did
not reach thewum usually paid in dur
ing one month there lieing a. lick of
business activity similar to t! at ex
perience! In other line. Clerk W. W.
Hall received In his department ?22.
rc while Recorder J. II. Redan. 1 twdt
in f222J making a total of ,trd.2".
BROrCIIT TO HOSPITAL. W. J.
P, Is -oner yesterday brought Mn-. Mar
tin Morrison, of Orctoiu Ti!raiuok
eonnty. to this city, for treatment at
tl Saleai hoi!taL ; The. laiiy has
1nhu 111 for a nninber of week with
la grippe. 05, ,.";-- ....- - ?';' ,:..4;.
Every horse In the Englih army I
numbered and ha a little history
kept for It all to himself. The anm
mr 1 branli.LuiNn the animal' himl
foet the tlionsaud on the Dear hind
foot, and the unit, ten and hua-;
dretl on the off bind fot.Th tne
liorse whose numlier ' i. say. SXit;
will have an 8 on hi left? hind foot
and Co4 on the other one.
1 p r ji 1 1 1 f 1 1 0 ' f) I 1 j 1
rt IfUll I litLiUUtJ llUil
ALLIX PACKIX'I FLAST WILL
8IICT EOWN TUIS SCASUN.
KUT
Jaor t Frolt Mkr It tmmrt
Tr la Pea Crop.
From Itajly Siatiumn. Ang. l.
The abQiiilaurx of frTiit and vege
tables this atiu will ui4-.siase t ! '
not eveiritvtrtiuoou ji'ratioii of our fanniag
Plant rongiiom tlu- season.- remark-
, " l ' . . ,i
etl tl. . . Allen, ; managT of the A Hen f
I.'a' lnng Ilairt of X city, ye4i-d:iy
afUTnoon. Tbej inalj.igeui-.t of i tlie,
ctiuiwr'y Itnd etin-ctinl 10 KiHJt down
Statesman r5porter yesterday that
pLiUt Would In ojieraUnl a long
a there remainwl anything in the warjnn. fi-uting iiraiiern-alla of the local
of fruit and vetable luar cotiid be tl iiartiiieut 1 in tirst-class condition.
hauiued Ur hi1 comoanv
-n... Jt , 1 i,. jiiii. ., ii.t -
ciw. .l an.i in'inv re t- lii - r.-
ccivid 7111 but ' it Is ikvi.I toii
t w k wilt finish tlii vgejalile.
The
iwasX itud aiut !iiMtursl wiien '' tlMJ
etr worna. nHi.h'l tuul have KUMta'in-
i, - t .rR-vlt th-,t u-nmn
Abouit luei.iMio
M-nus of this vegetal
- .. in-n -aiinel aireany ju s-:isoo.
.About .15.UUU can of bkick-rapierrrt'
haV also bUi pivMrved.
Tjn.fchK-klH'iTy crop i u the midst
of If iQeu!ng and will last tor a Unit
two wiM'k longer. By tliat time, or
aUmt Augn.t 2mb the Hartlette pMrs
will be ripe aad ir i the intehtiou of
tin eo:riianj- to pre rve ml of tlnl
dclu-hiu fruit! that can lie -handusl.
jToniats will follow tlie Uartlett
'lit-ar but twine damage to the tomato
'ciop by the vut w:or-"ui,, 1 . Reported
j from S4iue sitions.
i Mr. Allen say he i satssiied his
company -will have no difficulty in timl-
ing a ready market for all tlK proluets i
1 the ca nut ry utaj csin Has season.
He
tlie
say there 1ta gtol demand In
Kast for eanntd ctM-rrie. blacklwrrie'
rfs. ani iu tact all kind 0' fruit
EN BOUTC TO CHIN4.
Consul II. B.; Miller Writ to Kditor
Of t. 'rant; Ia New Concern
ing His Trip.
I,
Hon. A. II. Carson, of (Jrant
I.!,
Hon.
ii
j last week received a letter, from
H. B. Miller, i recently appointed
il State consul-to China
who'
route to hi powt if duty. The letter
liear date of June 2! it h and wa Writ
ten aboard tlie United State Army
TratisjHjrt I.ogan. off the cast coast of
the Island of Formosa, lmnml froui
Manila to Taku, China, via Nn;rasaki,
.lapau. , x
" Tlie following cxeerpis ore taken
fit) m -tlie letter;
Ilere I am sailing almul through
the China seas with a rgiment of
Fultetl Slate regular going to war
in Cliiha. Wkv will laud at Taku, and
I will get to J something of the war.
although I h not expect to enlist.
"I shall proliably return to Nagas
aki on thi boat in the course of a
month, and If the war tMiitinns I will
no doubt lH' .orderetl home, so that I
may be back by Octolr 1st.
; "Wf. cannot get any information
here a 1 tout tbi trtuible, anl probably
khfjw les altout'lt than you do..
"We bad n very nice iriji from San
Francisco to Manila. lNing, a month on
the way. "Wo sptmt twif wks iu and
atNitrt Manila and enjoyed it very
niiN-li. although tiie wtaeher wa x-er.v
w-artn. and one r'rsplre constantly
lav Riul niglrt. The country 1 rich.
the jNop4e art oor and the climate I
hell mr much like iti. ,
i"W went; alNiit a ' nint h a it i
safe to go. and . found many Interest
ing thing. Tlie ople are bright and
shrewd, cttt tht-otit and liar, and are
killing many more soldiers now titan
during actual warfare.
) "I rather hojN to return by fall, and
in the uvea nit ime 1 am seeing 111 ami or
the Orient, and learning many inter
eting tilings.",
MtitBUCC ncmsts f08 JLLY.
Dnring the Montli Just Clji Four-
1e-li Permit Were IstKl by
County Clerk II All.
-n
During the mouth of inly JnsfMo
ed, County; Clerk W. W. Ilall-wa
fltU! Uioii-to ls:sn( fimrlsMi marrhigi
liccu; They were:
,- July 3dCha. T. McPlierori and
Miss Anna J!..' At wood. John Paroii?.
Witness. . . ;' - ; .
i July rth Hugh McPoLin and Mis
Dora Messingeiv Patrick tlenan. IVit-
nss. T. Wegman and Mis Emma
Murphy. P. TennelL Witnes.
( July J)th Claud A. Imm and Ml
Nellie E. Bradley, J. M."lIoliuan, wif-
111 s. .; ; " "'- '
; Jnly 105h-J. Brady nnd Margtr.t
Murphy, J. Van Wessenhove, wit-
nes. . ' A ..'-.-j. ;.--' .'':'"'.
July J-lfJa-Ceorge Spanlol an.l Mis
Anrrii fiflieV-her. Ceorgo l Forvtner.
Witnes. :Ji W. Vaughn and Mis Ixr-
i
etta 'Fifth. Wm. Fish,: witness.
Jnly lthr-F. II. Robert.-m and Mi
!corgia B.' Fan-en, F. E. Shafi-r. wit-
. .... ..,. . ... .
t ' JlilT I4tn f. . iavi-auo aiiss .m
die Wiley, J. K. Wiley. wKnes. r . S.
Bantee and Mr. Mallnda Farren. W.
Hnifnacl: ; --ntnei. i -.
Julf ; lGth AllNrt fSeitxinger and
Miss'Kate Engk W. Bushey, wit
nes. ? "
Julr 17tb B. W. Morgan and Mi
Minnie Fletcher, E. IU, Fletcher, wit-
July 2-1 thC. A. Jolmson and Mis
Lela Tarpley, O. W.! Johnon Jr w it
hes. Julr 31 t Jamew.C. Ward and All
Slamle Lcnore Lewi, Clem I-wl.
W-tTK. '
TIIE ONCE BEAUTIFUL EUC.ENIE.
Tlie Empre Engenie usnally ia.c,
through Pari on her way to her
villa at Cape Martha, and tuonga tlie
law against pretentler in no way ap
plies to her, and the evenWof the
third empire are as ranch ancient hi
torr to the niob a thoe of the lay
of Jnly. he always travel Incognito
In ortler to avoid tlie tare anl enri
osfty of the crowd. She ha 4tangil
ro tnoch that she I not lifcfdy to be
SamT '"Tbe'of tbV1, In an
. 'i.-. nriirrKt .
" iu- aa In nnl of t
1'iniiii. .- " ' . ...
shop he droppe.1 lr nnibrtdla
Knglishniau-who was passing
An
picked
jit up and- restoreil it to
i IV yMi int remendter
licr li.m.l.
me, M. la
RaronlT sjiid the empres. a he
would , liave pneecded on hi way.
Tise pedestrian, who. though Knglish
by birth had inherited a fort'ign ieer
age. and bad known tlie empre in
carlf-er daj-, looketl hard at her. then
removed hi headgear reverently ami,
lmwed low: Iarih)n. tnajiijeste. my
eyes were ldindetl the last time I
looked at you." ' - ; ; 1
TBI JO.Y . riBC CfCOBO.
Poiwrrnient Wa CalUnl Ont but Twice
1Hmnir Ul Motwii-namages Aff- -
gregateil AInhU f.nl. -
. -. - - ..
During the month of July. Uii year
the Salem Fin Iriartineut wa oall
eij mon but twhi but lie aggregate
01 the lo-ise iifaimil wa ml hirge.
Salem ha teeu fortunato in tlie nuit
Ur of fire having not experienced a
iii.n:gnikn for year 'nor a werion
tine ls since the Ssilern Flouring Mill
Tlie first alarm for the mouth wa
maile on tlie evening of Jolr 4th.. wJicn
an interior blaze originating from tlie
range. -ausel wiim' excllemiit at th
-While Ibmse Kortaurant. No. 2ti
Mate Btreet. 1 n nre wa ipucKiy ex
tingulslied. the damage prolably not
exceeiling fio.
Oa Wcluxlay evening, the 2th ult
the -department wan called to the co -per
of Trade and Fhureh street where
the dwelling lielonging to Fred -Kurtz
and occuiutsl by JauiT Fliei'ry. wa
ablaz. The fire wa extlnguisned af
ter the '-building bad 1hii dauiagcil to
the extent of aluit ."Vk, the doss lo
Ing fully covertnl by InsumiK-e.
DEMAND FOR SACKS. Manager
II. B. Holland, of the Salmi Flouring
Mill Comj why. riorts au unusual de
mand among farmer t hi year, for
grain saek.' lany sack are iNin-r
tlelivoretl to faruu-r daily but tlni
far none of the new crop of wheat
lia lioen recelvtHl at the mill. It
jexpeccl new grain .will be deliver!
1 at. the mill lnfore tlie end of the week
a threshing I in progres in various
sections Kurronndiug Salem. The
otiotation at the office of the S.i1mvi
Flouring Mill Comintny remain at ti!
cents. -":,;' ; -
SuMM Eli'S OUTING
8ALKM tllRL AVIUTKS K TK1P T
' J11KEITKMUSII HOT SntlMi.
The .1
uurmfy la m, Ollttrult )n, bat the
rire l Urliclilful Sum.
uirr Krsort.
Tlie following letter wa addressed
to th Statesman on the 2ith nil. by
Mis Lucia QtM''rs',, of-thi city, and
i descriptive of her trip to Breite:i
bnsh Hot Springs, where she is enjoy
ing a summer's outing:
"At last we are settled at tlie fam
rti Breitenbusli Hot Springs, and I
will now Jell you of some of mr x
pcrieuces it--reaching here.
"We left Salem bright and early on
the morning of July Itnh, driving ovt i:
to Kingston where, at S:l."i a. in., we
tk the train for Detroit, reaching
there. alKiut 12:4-", afier one. of the
most tedious trip I have ever taken.
If'yau have ncvcrTiad the pleasure. of
riding 011 a mixed train over a branch
road. I would advise you to lake such
a trip, a you will find it to In entire
ly different from anything yoji have
over done b;firo. However a giwxl
wai m dinner at Hoiel Sautiam soon
;evivi-d our spirits and we started out
Jo 'search, for a camping, place. It i
very difficult'' to find a good place to
camp near 'Detroit, for the ground I
very rough and In some iihu-e Is
qnile riH-ky. At last we found ptite
a -nice place down on tlie fiat 1141 r the
livt-r ami prs-idl to set up lioiisc-k-cping.
: Py the way, I heard an o!
it s'dfiit di'scrilN , wlii we were
c:iiniM;l n 'down on Cnsey fiat lu low
the sawmill.' I tltotight tluit aiideI
'a-great - deal like the title of some
dap. iMNiul.ir Mng. but since, it had
Ih-.cu named lfore our arrival, I could
not comulr.iii.
.-"Detroit is a ver' quiet little plait,
i-on t .-lining uluou a duxen mid a half
house, two store, two salo.m, two
hotels, a school house and I he post
offiic. The houses are in two row
facing the railroad track and with
two exception are oiipnintt. The
l.iwa I surrounded by iiioun tains
which are very rough and wild and
arc covered with timber. Detroit
seeji.cd very stiange to me, hen 1
first went there. Imagine, if you can.
a town with no street, sidewalk,
caniag or b'.cycjc. no professional
treti or -: women..; of any kind. 110
chnrclxrf. alt hough they fo have church
service oiwe a month In tlie cin1
Iku, and Sunday school every Sim
ilar... ..-'.-'
The only .-thoroughfare I the rail
road, and Jlie- only mean of eonvcy
anini1 i a puh t-r,' a small fiat car
whtVh I put on the track and pnsheil
along wit i a 1n!, Svei of n grl
got m ff these push car one lay
and went down to Berry, a email .la
lioii two mile below Detroit, .fio'ng
down it wa Just fine, for It wn down
-.ii.ri all of the war and we hardly
had to touch our pole to the ground
at all. bnt coming back, we had to
osh rll cf the war, ' XevcrtlH!.
we had a very phaant ride and lot
f fn-.. ,.;. ; - -
"There was'no one else camping nt
Dctitit , when we were there, until
lust n few days before we left, when
A. W. Preseott ami wife "came up
from Salm and ct op camp near u.
Janie Walton ca me np and.fttayeil a
wetk with n and from the way he
sr.! Gate began to tih. I wa afraid
there would noon In a gt eat. scarcity
of fik ln the river and creek, but.
afttr finhlng abont three or four day
and landing over 20 of the peckled
hearties,1., their anlr cooled and the
Sh were left hi peace.
"'After ramping abont two week at
Detroit we deeidd tJiat we were
strong enough to take the trip over
the mountain. w. on the afternoon
of Jidr 2nd. we fttarteil. rla a pack
train, for the Hot Spring. We had
fonr pack horse and two saddle
horse. The ladle all hare ta ride
aride. a It I not 8afe to go over the
trail any oilier- way. Aon bou!d
ll3Ve HPfD U When We ftta itetl : tltJ
- k
Over-Work Weakens .
Your Kidney3.
CnTacaiaiy KWnejs Make Iapare BlMd.
ah iCm Wrtod in vour body rasses throurh
your kidneys 4ice every three minutes.
I lie r.iuiitd
blood purifiers, they fib
ter out the waste or
impurities In the blood.
If they are sick cr out
of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches and rheu
matism come, from ex-
cess of uric add in the
blood, due to neglected
kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working In pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
It used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ning in kidney trouble. i ,
If you are sick you can m&ke no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. It stands the highest for its
wonderful cures ol the most els tress ing cases
and Is scid on Its menu
by all druggists In fifty-
cent and one-dollar tz
m. You mtv have a
nnl Rnffl kv mill - - "
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Dinghamton, N. Y.
trail Is so narrow we had to go single
tile, so we had ipiite a long train. I
will have to give you tiie order of
our prNssioii: First came' the load--er
of-tlie train, then a pack horse, a
driver, two more pack horses, a sec
ond driver. I came next, then Cates,
mother,'. Will Walton, ami last of nil
can mwey ith. logi. It wa all
very novel to me. and I enjoyed it
immensely; .
1 "1 must say a word here about the
leader of the train. It wa a nhe,
black iNHiy and oue of the most Intel--l!g
nt .-animal I ever saw. Tlie driver
would tail; to her just like he would
t. a person and she seemed to under
Ktaml even-thing In said. Her pack
wa a little, wider .than those on the
other ponrc siiid, several time," when
1l- tries Would lie, close to each. side
of the trull, 'making it very narrow.'
the driver would call out. "look out for
your pack, "Patsy, look out for your
jMick, and she would turn out, of the
nail and Ick Iter way along the side
of the hill until, the trail became 11
little' wi.hr, when she would come
Iiack and take her 'place-at the .'head'
of i'u train. - .
( 'Frm Detroit to the Springs 1 a
long, hard ride of fifteen mile right
over the mountains, fording streams,
fc.iing umler logs, dodging brain-lies,
itc. Up hill ami down, one moment:
fairly holding your breath for 'fear of1
taking a .'header over your horse'
hen I, the iKxt, hanging on to the
loin of your saddle for dear life, to
keep from -taking.--' a tolHiggau slido
backwards down the mountain side.
If Is a - very lx-auliriil ride though, a
the trail, rotlow right up tlie Brelten
bi'sli river 11 ml .there are so many
Wautiful mountain stream flowing
Into It. When alNiut t'hne mile from
the Springs, just a we rcachtil tin
top of Scorpion mountain, we had a
tqileiiilliL view of Mt. Jefferson. . We
could it from luise to summit, and 1
It certainly wa a grand sight. We
are. only - ten mile from the base of
.Mount Jefferson and jive, mile from
the summit of the Cascade range,
from which you can see six or seven
IM'llkS. . - - ,
"We finally reached the TTor Spring
about '.I o'eliN-k, tired, dusty and very
l'iirgry. and found Mr. and Mr. J. F.
l';ggs, of South Salem, with supper
ready and wa lllng Tor u.
"So much for the. present. WjH
write again. fclUtig you of the Hot
Spring and what they are like." .
.....
TR UCKM EN STR I K E.-r-1 n forma
tion ri ach.il lliis city last - evening
tktt Uk Jbbiitg trade in
PortL-iu-d a temporarily paral vxi.
by rciisoii of a strik? if ilie.irti-kanl
lray driver of Hie mctro)Mi. Tliest
men belong to a union., tuid they re-,
cenlly dcnia tided an advance from $2
to ??2.oO per day for .th-ir work, iftul.
as .their tleiii.-l lid : were llote-couipruil
wMh -they struck-yctcr.hly iiooii. ,
all Hie wholeah hones "in Portland
ilcpf-nd on the truck to move their
g'MMl U'tHii n the warehoiise and the
riiilmad sin lions and wharves, they
find 4 heir bustn seriously iirlerferil
with, and will probably Join the
striker in demanding ihf. iimiieiliati '
si'ttleinent of the strik by granting
1 Ce di sii-jnl fldvnoee. Ieury Iiiig, the
well known Portland . tra velr4 when
wvn List evening. coufirmil tlie re
port of the strike, saying he had heard
from 'hi house to the same effect., ami
he stated it a lit opinion lfiat. should
the rtrike continue. th Portland trav
eling salesmen -would lx called home..'
a 1t would In useless to take order
for good, if those goinl could tint x
uioviil out of the warehouse In Port
land. .--He said, men were scarce in
Portland, and he did not think tin
striker places could be filled by tho
owner f the trucks.
A Chh-ngo man has designed n life
saving net for use at fire which 1
easy for tlu firemen to sujoi-t, hav
ing an outer grip rope loopi-d at In
terval to he rojN which siiporf
the net, tle hsiji lsing curviil suf
ficlcufly to allow the men to grip the
rope without binding the hand. Chi
cago New.
It I rumoretl ,. that t he : Prince of
Wale contemplates a vMt In the. au
tumn to Hie west of Ireland. lie will.
It Is lieved. make a coasting tour
iu hi yacht, and. having touched at
Pilfat, he will visit Siigo. WestjNirt
and ttalway, landing on Tory island.
Clan island. At hill and Arran on hi
way. ;; . ...
Nasal
GATARnil
In an its stacM then ,
boold b clesBlioeM.
Ely't Cream Balm
elaasM.ooue and Taeals
tle diaae4 aoembrane.
It ewe CAUrrti aixl drive
war a cold ta Ute bead
Crea BIm U pUe4 Into tba BOKtri, prciut
rer tb membzanm sod M sbsorbed. K:ief la iiu
taedlste and a cure f otiow. It la not drying Io-
sot prodac toceiir.su Lar; Size, (0 centa a: Dr.t- '
gist or by raaJi ; Trial Size, 16 rati by nail.
CLY &aOTUE2S.f Wum EtimA, Hew York.
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