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WEEKL.T OREGON STATESMAN, .TUESDAY, MARCH 17.. 1901. 5 ! i THE V.TOClYGniiGCN STAlESf.Uf, 1-1- -1 -ii ,i i - i i- - Published every Tuesday and Frkiay by iho" STATESMAN PCBUSIIIXO COMPANY . &. J. HENDRICKS, Manager. -. $1X0 JM .. .2. .. L23 BUBSCRIPTIOX KATES. One year, la advance...;....: . Mx montha. is advance....'..... Three months, in advance....?. . Ono rear, en time The 8tenna baa been established far nearly fifty-two yean, and It baa some subscribers whu have received it nearly that long-, and many who have f ed It for a irenermtion. Some of these object to bavins the paper dia-onUnnen at tnftime o expiration of their suhscriptlow. For the benefit of these, and for other reasons we have concluded to diaeonUnae sub cripifob oniy wnen n- tinea io ao mo. iu person paying worn luoKnuing, or paying in advance, win have the benefit of the dollar rate. But if tber do not pay frr six montha, tbe rate will be IJ2A a year, uercaiier we win aena me paper io au responsible persona who order it, though they may not send tbe money, with the unaervta tid ing tha tthey are to pay 11.26 a year, in cat 4 they let me ,4aDecripuoa account ran oxer u months. la order that there may be no misnn- derstaaainir. we will keep this notice standi na at tnis piaea in tne paper. CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000 CUNIONI DECAY OF COMPLIMENTING MARKS RISE OF INTELLI- i 1 GENCE. , t were composed after the lady-had dla carded the amatory poet.,,:;., 'fi In some Latin countries, it Is Bald, th custom of giving exaggerated com pliments still thrives, and it pleases a lady when a youth places his hands over his eyes to signify that her beauty dazzles him. : .';'' One of the ; most disgusting .compli ments on record is that paid I by the poet Dryden. not; to a woman, but to a man. Lord Hastings, that had died of the smallpox. The poet compared the pustules first to rosebuds and then to gems, and at last as Dr; Johnson said, " exalted thero into : stars, and wrote: - . "No comet meed foretell his change drew on ' Whose 'corpse might seem a constella tion." No language has a match for this similitude - of - the pustule-covered corpse of a smallpox victim to a cbn Stella tion of sta-s. To offset Dryden's fulsome verses there is Dick Steele's compliment to a lady not his wife, by the way which some one 3 has pro nounced to be the finest ., comnliment San Francisco. Bulletin: The. time is past 'when men were required to pay compliments' to women. Not so very long ago when a girl mentioned the stars it was a gentleman's cue to ask whether she did not mean ber eyes. In conversation with women it was the part of gallantry to twist every sen tence, every incident,, into a flattering allusion to the beauty, wit or goodness of one or some or all of the ladies present. "He ; gives such lovely com- pliments," was high praise of a man from a woman. In France the art of complimenting was j perfected, and a French compli ment ranked with French perfumes and French gloves. Courtiers studied complimenting as carefully as - they studied fencing. A patent of nobility was not an unheard-of reward for ' a gentleman that delivered a particular ly exquisite compliment to a king's mistress. j - - j :.'" "Ah, sire, the rain of Marly does not . wet," the dripping Cardinal de Polig nac had the hardihood to say to Louis XIV: when he was caught in a fierce shower at the rural retreat which- thej monarch had fitted up for himself and Madame de Maintenon. And who was tha great French lady that, when ill and frightened, allowed her abbe to assure her that God would not dare to send a person of her quality to bell? But compliments were not invented by the FrAu-h. They date from the earliest period of history. In absolute monarchiesj where servility is greatest, they flourish J best. The heiroglyphics on the tombs of the pharaohs reek with exaggerated praise of the dead within "Divine was not an extraordinary ad jective applied commonly to the later Caesars. Even monarchs in later days and with a sense of humor took pleas use In the most hyperbolic and insin cere compliments. Queen Elizabeth of England, although she had a shrewd wit of her own. swallowed a good deal of very saccharine praise from such practiced fellows as Leicester and Ra leigh. The incident of Raleigh's cloak Is a case In point. And even the sober Cecil administered to her the undiluted article when,: in her seventieth! year, he said to the never very beautiful "Vir. gin Queen": J That which amazeth me is that after these years I do be hold you the self-same queen : in ir son, strength and beauty; in so much that am persuaded that time which catch th everybody else leaves - only you untouched." , Engish, courtiers, barring : a few, were never so neat at complimenting as the French. Some Englishmen of letters, however, have made compli ments that were not amiss. - I spent the morning with Mackintosh said Robert Hall.' the preacher, "and heard him talk, but, oh sir, it was like pour ing; the Euphrates into a teacup. This vvas a sincere compliment of which any man might be proud. And when Ca tullus wrote of Lesbia that she pos aessod i i:-: - : :;-v4--r '- ever paid to a woman, z To know her," said Steele, "is a liberal education." One of the best signs, of the intel lectual emancipation of men and wom en Is the decline and fall of the com - pliment. Women nowadays' have to much brains to be gratified by, a non sensical .compliment attributing to tnem merits which, they do J not pos sess! Women of this generation wsh to be treated as Intellectual beings, and they resent being lied to" by compli menting men, not only 'because . the compliments are lies, but because the fart ' that i ttm aI E nuvll u n w nf...A at all is an imputation on their intelli gence and wounds their proper pride. A sincere, 'well meant compliment should please any rightly constituted man or woman, 'especially if It come from one ' whose opinion is - of worth, but the man or ; woman that habitu ally deals out compliments is a despic able creature whose day is over. TO THE VOTERS. '' creditable one for the Capital City. Eighteen firms : and Individuals have become members of the Exchange; no man or firm having refused to Join and to agree to stand by the rules of the -or,-ganization. It is to be hoped that the Exchange will have the loyal -' support of the; public as well as of the mem bers. In this case much good, will be accomplished. ; and new comers will be given a favorable reception. Instead o being driven to other points by men trying to cut the business throats of one another . Saint Patrick of Ireland. Not knowing unceasingly, without food 'ov sleep, for th date of his birth, the day of his thirty-six hours. 1 ' death Is celebrated. , j t 000 t 00 ' . ' T 1113 REASO.V. Marion county should capture .that, "charles Bancroft Dillingham has a 1,v,,,l.l:U,u . BWLn, reputation as a wit. among the theat - A few dollars yet sire needed to com plete the $1000 advertising fund. Only a few dollars. If your name Is not on the roll of honor, get it there and close up the list. .i. -j.'. V :': i -'. 1 . . VL uinger, me invtnior w me ceieorai- managers, says the New Tork Times. ' President Roosevelt is to be In Salem """UU,J '""';. " one of. th.-stories told about him re on Thursday, the 21st of May. Our Sarthr below end there la a chance totes to the time 'when he decided to be- 1 4Vi a ijc r giaca.tg re According to a bulletin sent oat- by the publicity bureau: "Herbert w. Bowen, United States Minister to Ven ezuela, reports . that President Castro will make an effort to arrange his af fairs so that he can visit the World's Fair. St. Louis. In 1904." As the court at The Hague will no doubt be still considering his case, it is probable that President Castro will be successful, in so arranging his affairs. In fact, he may by that time find it: convenient to be absent from Venezuela, on account of the ambitions -of some revplution ary leader. people must commence preparations atj once to make ths reception a fitting 6ne. ... .. !.'. . , : , . : ; ' ' Salem will be as proud of her new postofflce building as a boy with a new pair of boots. 000 PERSONAL AND GENERAL. "The charms most royal of every fair Tflfcrame a perfect whole, hycnust have meant ( It, for the 1 lines - ' ' ' ' ' For the information of those legal voters who are not ' already advised In the matter, the Eugene Guard gives the following: j "We will state that you are not required to again register for the special election called by Governor Chamberlain to be held June 1, 1903. for the purpose of electing aCongress man to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas H. Tongue. ; The law provides, for the registra tion of voters only for general elections once in two years and not for special elections like : this coming, one next June. ,. For this the last registration' is ini force, and those who have; since be come legal voters may; exercise that right upon the affidavit of j six free holders as provided by registration blank A." - ', By way of testing the steadiness of the big ship Cedric, which is described n another ' part of this ' morning's Statesman, a glass filled to the brim with champagne was placed on a table in 'the cabin when she left Liverpool; and she managed to make the trip to New Tork without spilling a drop. It was a triumph fcr the steadiness of the ship and also a proof that the pas sengers were a strictly abstemious lot- Senator John D. Daly, who is slated for Surveyor General of Oregon, is one Of the; best known men in Oregon, and he. has a host of friends in all parts of the state. He has Ions been a resident or lierfton county and a great friend, of the State Agricultural College at Cor vallis. He Is an experienced surveyor. Henry Meldrum, who has been serving as Surveyor General, will be-dismissed. -t : ,": ' o O ;;: - ; It is said that Hon. A. S. Dresser, of Oregon City, is slated for Register of the Oregon City Land Office. The many friends of Hon. C B. Moores.. of this city,a the present Register, will be sorry to learn that he. will hot be able to re tain the place. Mr, Moores has made a good and competent' offlcer. 1 ' ; '. "rr'j"': 000 " .Marion county's treasurer will, within fa few days, nave in his possession over $100,000, though hi bond is only for 350,000. and that is as much as the pres ent law. will allow. V However, Marion has a : good and honest treasurer, and the funds would be safe if they amount .Old Tamhill won both the principal prizes in the oratorical . contest of stu dents at Eugene, the first being award ed to McMinnville College, and the sec ond to 'Pacific College at JCewberg. It will be said that all . Oregon's gret. men were either born in old Tamhill or at some time lived Jn that county or passed through it. . This latest de cision will make old Tamhill "feel her oats" again. . It is announced that Jackson county will demand the nomination for Con gress of Hon. W. L Vawter, of Mel ford. Mr. Vawter is a good man, but Marion county should capture the nom ination. . .- : ,j " -x o o o r'; : ; The Albany Herald says: "Hon. Percy R. Kelly would be an ideal Con gressmarw Toung, active and full of vigor, he would make a Teeord for efil ciency and usefulness not only for him self, but for the entire district. Sen. ator Kelly has not announced bis can' didacy. but has received many letters from friends throughout " the district urging him to - allow his ; name to be used.. A solid delegation from Linn county will demand his nomination. and after June 1. 190J. it now looks like Congressman Kelly of the First Oregon District." , ' :, -. '.o e o A TALKING ALARM CLOCK. "Ring-a-ding-a-ding-a-ding!. Get up. I But when I stop you lazy loafer! It's 7 o'clock!" Those And think again. strenuous words,' preceded by the tinkle I The fault. I find. of a brisk little belL caused the visitor! ' I. In the main. In aWest Philadelphia house to hop out Not his at whom the stone is thrown come a, thrcatiHral ma,n. , He was pot In receipt of sufficient salary to supply his wants and that was one of the rea sons he accepted -an onTer to take up the task of amusing ih.e great public. Af ter he tendered his resignation his em ployer came to him. "Mr. Dillingham. I hear you are go ing to leave us,, he ald. "Yes, was the. reply. - 'l thought yourfwort was pleasant "It is, very." said Jlr. . Dillingham. "Well, doesn't everybody treat you properly." "Tes, "couldn't be nicer." . '"Then, said the employer, "why should you leave us?"' "Well." said : Mr: : Dillingham, "you see. dad refuses to atnd me any more money. . o o o MY GLASS HOUSE. I sometimes think that other folk Are not as right as they should be I often think my neighbor's yoke Is not as tight as it. should be; of bet! the other morning with Immense suddenness. The words were so author atative that he had the same feeling of submission he had had when a shoolboy and his father called him. So he jump ed up now without question. What had awakened him was a phon ed to a million dollars. 'and there was lcaphic clock an ingeulous arrange- ST. PATRICK'S DAY. Health " For 25 years I hare never missed taking Ajrer'g SamparilU every sprint. It cleanses my blood, makes me feel strong, and does me rood in every way.T John P. Hodnene, Brooklyn, N. Y. Pure and rich blood carries new life to every part of the bod v. You are invigorated, refreshed. You feel anxious to be active. You become strong, steady,courageous. That s what Ayer's Sarsaparilla will do for you. As yonr doctor what t thinks nt thia frrmais l family andk-m. follow his advice aad we wiil b satisfied. Ayers Pills aid the Sarsaparilla creatly. They keep the liver active and the bowels regular. . J. C. A YEK CO.. Lowell. Mim. aiisuiw.i..,ipi. . , ,.. 1 This Is the day sacred "to the memory of Saint Patrick, called ' the patron saint of Ireland.- It Is the anniversary of his death, not of bis birth. The baptismal name of Saint Pat rick was Succath ("brave in battle". His birthplace is not certainly known. and the dates sre all disputed. I He says of himself, in his "Confessions." that he was born in the village of Bonaven of Tabernia, which some think to have oeen Kirkpatrick. near: Glasgow In Scotland, but others, ' more probably Boulogne, in Northern France. He was born about 287; was a captive in Ire land from 403 to 409; went hither as a missionary in 4C2.'and died in 465. Ireland was then occupied by a great number of petty tribes.: most of which were; evangelized by Patrick.; And so well was the work accomplished that Ireland was known in subsequent cen turies as the "Island of the Saints." The method employed was that of deal ing cautiously (and gently with the old paganisms of the- people. .The chief tains were first won over. ! and then through' them their clans. Of Patrick himself, much that has-been related is fabulous. But his autlbioeranhlcal Confession" and his "Epistle to Coro- tlcus," both pf which are unquestion ably genuine, reveal to us a "devout man and a most discreet and energetic mis sionary.. '. .. . :" I ;.:! i 'i, ' Saint Patrick's Day, the seventeenth Of March, Js observed ; the world over where there are men with Irish blood in their veins, and the Catholic Church In every clime assists at this time In keeping fresh the memory of the name that is revered not only in the Green Isle, but throughout the realms of civ ilization. .'!.' . : ? While a Berkeley, ..CaL. philosopher has been announcing that the creation of life by chemical process is . well within the realm of propability, a French genius declares he can give sight to the blind, and a young Ala-. no bond at, all. But the salary of the office should be more than $1000, and the county 'should pay for the bond, which costs Mm $-00 a year. Or else provision should be "made for the depositing of the funds in a bank or banks, which ivould be the more modern way of kec Jng the funds, relievelng the treasurer of the necessity of giving a, large bond. Professor ShaleK of . Harvard points out that European peasants are suspic ious of "the people in the next valley. Age-long feuds like that-between Sien na and Florence are common. In this country, owing to constant travel, the most Ignorant are readyv to trust any stranger. - o o United States Senator John W. Dan iel, of; Virginia; in an address in Balti more recently, on "The Thoughts of .Robert' El Lee." said that the nine teenth century produced five soldiers to whom the world has given the title of great, these being Napoleon, Welllng- bama man says he has discovered an apparatus which enables the deaf to! ton ! Von Moltke. Grant and Robert E. hear. And still there ar some among us who declare that an advocacy of miracles is idiocy. The Salem postofflce is to be turned over to its custodian on April 1st. and it wilt then be ready for occupancy though some , finishing touches . will probably still be needed. There should - - . .... be.:some appropriate ceremonies to celebrate the turning over of the build ing. It will be elegantly and oonven- ! Lee. i : ",'y i o 0,0. --' Two elderly women were sitting m the House gallery in Washington carefully scanning the various members of that body on the floor below. One of them turned to a man next to her and inquir- ment devised by his host which was so set that the time spring which started me rm sianea a moment later a phonographic attachment. The maker of the phonographic clock said he had thought of patenting iC "You see," he said, 'the phonograph speaking to you after the alarm wakes you, can be made to say different things can be made, for instance, If you have an' im portant engagement, to tell you of it- can be made to state, emphatically to you. don't you know, the reason why you should arise. Usually mvphono- graph says to me: 'Get tip. It's 7 o'clock. Get-up or the boss will dock you for being late. ' 0 0 0 ECSTATIC EULOGY. . - - A story is going the rounds, of . a youthful minister who, when he preach ed his first funeral sermon over a wo man in a small Maine town, praised her so .highly that the bereaved husband, ritting there listening, could not recog nize her description. Finally, in a glowing peroration he pictured God and the archangels and the angels of the redeemed joyously forming a parade to welcome to heaven this "one of the very best of women." The patient hus band, who had never been able to rule his own household could stand it no longer, and, leaping up. Interrupted the ftedf, "Could you tell me the name of jpreacher with a beckoning hand, gasp- j that,, patriarchlal gentleman there T' ;ns out: No; no eider; not quite that! t.ne was only bout mlddiin iently finished, and Salem will " have good reasons to be proud of it. 'That is General Grosvenor," was the 'reply, "Grosvenor? ."Grosvenor?" the 1 wo man exclaimed. "I. wonder If .it is possible for a man to be as wise as he looks?" ' ' ,4 t . ON ECONOMY. Economy is the easiest thing to preach and the hardest to practice. The -time to practice economy is. when you ve something1 to economize; with Don't wait until the flour is all out of the barrel before you begin to save it. A lot of fellows go around ecflinomlz Whitaker Wright, the London "pro moter" arrested in New York, was the organizer of a lot of rotten financial enterprises in which the names of some of the most exalted persons In England j in on acon and 'eggs, but feeding fat were used. Including seveiral scions ofjstan(L It a( freak maii and hard to royalty. He had up to this time evaded! find that Is able to economize in all di- arrest, on account of these high-toned ! rections. personages. The bursting of his finan- cial bubbles occurred some two years! ago, f There Is a project on foot for an electric road from Hood. River fifteen miles up the river and valley of that name toward Mount Hood. , Is it not time such projects were being consid ered for the Willamette valley? The time will come when the valley will be covered by a net-work-of electric lined and it will not be -many years in coming. '- ,' " i:-'".:-."' . : CARDINAL YIRTUES. Stys the New York Press: i- "Erery day we hear some one talking about the 'cardinal virtues. JWhat are they? How many of us know them? It Is bak . as caren cmfwy shrdlu -cmfwyt. said that among tbe ancients a ar back as Socrates, tber were four vir tuesJustice, Prudr Joe, ; Temperrice and. Fortitude. They were called "car dinal virtues because human virtue turned, or hinged, upon them 'ardo. Latin, meaning 'a hirge. Tlie Routa.i Catholic Church called them the 'jnor al virtues, to distinguish them from the theological virtues Faith. Hope and Charity." The Salem Keal lactate Exchange is getting itself in gwi.l Fhape to regulat the buslncsa here and make- this hue u The city of Victoria," B. C, is td have a Carnegie library. There is no reason in the world why Salem may not have one of these libraries, excepting that we do not, organize and ask for itT The state of Oregon is one of the few that has not secured a Carnegie library.. Salem must not be satisfied with anything short of the most .beautiful grounds money and good taste can pro vide around the new postofilce building. There must be an additional appropria tion for the permanent improvement. j The original Uncle Tom of . "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Is dead at the age of 111 years. And it Is remarked that he leaves a , large and nomadic family pf Elizas. Little Evas. Simon Legrcs and miscellaneous bloodhounds. ' It Is said the Southern pacific will build a new depot Grounds at once. This is a needed 1m provement that will the people of Salemi public . - I at the State Fair be appreciated by and the traveling Exhibitors are already engaging space at the grounds for the State Fair this fall, it is going to tie the biggest and best ever" held west of the Rocky Mountains, without question. A' New Jersey preacher is endeavor ing to , prove that St. Patrick, was a Baptist,! But be does not go so far as to Insist that every Baptist shall be allowed to celebrate the jday.V S ' j it Is said the S10AM advoHuinfr ri.f1 1 . 1 1, ,. 1 .. ." " ' i ' i-iuiri oe ciosex up tats week, and the first of the SO.'two. deseripOve pi'.mph'ets started off. within ,a fcw days. . Every man has' his own pet economy. But for every economy he practices you will genet-ally find about six extrava gances to balance the account. You will find it difficult to preach economy-to a man when he has money and wants to spend it. The best time is when he hasn't anything and no place to spend it. ' , .' " 'If men would only economize their vices there' would be no need of 'econ omy in the cash register. A man will wastemore money on some ineasly lit tle sin than would ser"e to keep his dues paid up In the best church In the land. And the worse the vice the mors extravagant he Is with. it. : Some fel lows will swear a blue streak from the dawn, until dark and never grow tired. If only 'paople were as fond of saying good things as they are of reeling olT the bad ' the earth woutd be a swett dream and there-Mould be no immedi ate dewi re to emigrate Over Tonder. : When a man decides It' is good to economize be generally begins with his wife. j - When a woman decides to economize she usually patches her whetched hus ba nd's trousrs where thjey , have come most in contact with the grinding office chair.. " - a ." - r.. . j Economy sometimes strikes the young When a boy economizes he- buys a bank takes up a collection and bursts open the bank with a hatchet the next day. " Meri begin to economize their strength : when they haven't any left.: Use. your' judgment all the time and as a general j rtlle you'll find you won't need to dab-j bks very deeply In economy. Exchange. I , - o :'. i Y!.: . "; ; UNCLE SHAD PHILOSOPHIZES. j Ah can't help wondering. mo and mo j ?Bout lots of folks Ah see; De way dem people carries on Sho do seem strange to me; Can't, 'splaln it, no way dat I try; -Deys wuss dan 'rifmetlc . , j To figger out; an clar to you Dem folks mos, makes me sick! Ah used to meet 'era at de chu'eh An" out upon de street; -An eb'ry tlme des wearin" ob A smile mos good an sweet; Kainlt unneretan hy dey should smile On strangers all aroun Butxoon ai dey get home dey wear . For loved ones an ill-natured glare, - An! Jaw on snr an frown! " ' - ' v ; " . . e o '- '" Tharsday. May It, will be a big day in SialerruA" The President will be here. President' JLtrriVon visited Salem May T.'lMlJ a"n"f lie'fs the Kst President who ." so honored us. thouqb "lresident MCKTnJey i hd his date ret" and wits ir?vtcI : froMt romirig tni : Mrotiut of tle 3ickTi"?! of Mm. SkKi!!y : ': . o o . '" "Tl.ii ts , the Asry for l'c ear in o the gjeen, in honor of tbe mcmori of, 00 FORTY ACRES FOR A YALLER IKXi Tuskegee, Ala.--brie of the most en tertaining and -most profitable speakers at the negro Conference this year was a woman. Mrs. TLucy Nelson, of Dade vllle, Ala. This woman had passed ber yond the gingham sunbonnet stage. In which so tnany women yet come to the meetings. She wore a neat jacket, a fur collar around her" throat and a be coming hat although the garments were rot so expensive as to seem out of place in such company. Mrs. Nelson is very blaqk, a shiny black. "Do the people in your community own homes. Mrs. Nelson?" asked Book er T. Washington. "I thinks they s fizln' to own em, j sah." ; For I've a Glass House of my own. The Jdoor is big. the entrance wide The hall is rich, and spacious, too. And piled about are sins I've tried. And right things I have failed to do; The harsh word said. The wrong act done. And everything From gun to sun That lives to nurse regret I see. In my Glass House, to mock at me! Some windows there are still Intact. That tell the sins Jhat I conceal-t- . And others just a little cracked. ' Sins half atoned for they reveal; Rut there are some That shattered lie. To pierce my feet As I pans by 1 And dust of heedlessness alas!,. Begrimes my broken House of Glass. Would I the way to life might learn That leads to pure' unselfishness! Would I the road of life might turn That points to truest happiness! Would I might see The faults that lie So thickly with The Selfish "I." And ere I threw the traitor stone Repair that Glass House of my own! r-Henry Edward Warner, in Baltimore News. -.'- . FROM PENNSYLVANIA The Statesman office has receiveil a copy of the Harrifburg. Pa., Patriot, of Saturday. March 7. The Patriot Is the principal paper published at the capital of the Keystone State. In the issue at hand the .follow ing article is found: ;"From distant Oregon comes a copy of 'the Chemawa American, the I'?.') 'weekly newspaper printed and pullf.li eab.v'the Indian boyn at the Training Pchool there. Chemawa la a reserva tion close to Salem, the state capital, and Is to the public spirit of the citi zens 6f that.place that the location 'of an Important GovernmenUlnftltution is due. The American has a readable and instructive description of the Training School, which is modeled upon the linH that have given the IHstlutlon at Car lisle Its prestige. Major Wilkinson was almost contemporary with Col. Pratt in the establishment of the: pn?'nt Chemawa Vchool at Forest Frove nior than two decades ago. and lik- th' founder of Carlisle, earnestly , devoted to' the elevation of the Indian in the social and moral scale. The iminbcr- I shin of the school Is above WW. lis "But do they own them?' "A heap of times you can't Jest tell. sah. But they's holdln' 'em dowm" "&a you own jour home?" . "Yes, sah. I do." proudly. "And I can tell you just how I got It. I swap ped a puppy dog for it." The conference laughed. "Huh?" said Mr. Washington. "Tes, sah, the woman persisted. "I means Jest what I rays. - - Tell U3 about it." "Well, it was this way. When I f tar ted I didn't have nothing at all but jest a little yaller puppy dog. I took the little dog over to my brother-in- law's. He had eight little bits of pigs. oh. Jest so little and I swapped the pup py with him for one of the pigs. It was such a little piglt didn't look like It could live, but I nursed it good, and I prayed to the Lord to make that little pig come forward and do me good, and the pig lived and grew. The first year turned her out and when she came back In the fall she brought me seven little pigs with her. That was my start. I've never had to buy any meat since. This winter I've killed three hogs, and I've got another at home now ready to kllU I've got forty acres of land now. all paid for. and a home, and it all come from that one little puppy." Do you hear that," exclaimed Mr. Washington, "yout men?" I wish some of you . would go home and swap your dogs for pigs. . ' '.-'': 000 EDISON'S WAY OF WORKING. The play of Thomas A. Edison's mind is as wonderful as the characteristic way In which he does his reading. Out- ae 01 nis tecnnicai reading ne is said never to read a book unless it Is spoken of to blm by his wife or some friend. Then he sits down and reads until he has finished iC One evening he hap pened to be unusually engrossed with some "problems" and was nervously pacing up and down his library like a caged Hon. ."-.. ': .-",' ;." To divert his thoughts his wife came in and picked up the first book she saw. It happened to be "The Count of Monte Cristo." ' . ' " ; -; ."Have you ever read this story?" said Mrs. Edison to her husband. "No, I never have. , Is t good? ; Mrs. Edison assured him that it was. "All right. I guess I'll read It now." and within two minutes the "problem" whatever it was, - bad been .forgotten. and he was absorbed in Dumas great story. As he finished his book he no ticed the light of day ' peeping In and on looking at his watch found It was S o'clock In the morning. No sooner had be laid down the boos, than the forgotten "problem" Jumped into his mind and.' putting on hi hat. he went to his laboratory and worked , Superintendent Is Thomas W. I'oUt. who. has for his assistant Wiliiam I. jL'ampbell the latter for many yp;r. dis ciplinarian at Carlisle, where with Mrs. ampbell, the musical instructor, he enjoyed great popularity and K;;infd useful knowledge of the best melhil tf treating the Indian problem." PUT ON NEW DEPUTY -jOn account of the increase o'-tivitv insreal estate circles the work in Ihe County Recorder's office has 'r lil uch proportions thrl Recorder J. C. Si'egmund found It necessary to emi-loy additional deputy hire. The new dcj. i ty is William Each, of this city, who' fo several years past has beef. employe of the tonsorial p.irlors of Jack Ryan. Mr. Esch Is well known in Salem, and has many friends wlio are pleased over the appointment, l'y n act of the recent Legislature the allow ance for deputy hire In the Marion County Recorder's office was increased from 11200 to $H00. thus enabling th Recorder to employ the additional help required to properly take care of trie work In his office, the volume of whi'ih Is ; growing rapidly. THE COUNTY COMMITTEE Chairman W. J. Culver, of the Marion County Republican Central Committw. has called a meeting of the committer, to be held at the city hall on Saturday. March 21st, at 2:30 o'clock p. m- f or purpose of fixing dates for the prima ries and county convention, and apor tiOning delegates to the latter, to elect delegates to the Congressional conven tion, which Is to be held in Eugene on Thursday, April LJth. ; . 1.. THE RIVER RECEDING The maximum temperature for the 24 hours preceding 2 p. m. yesterday was V) degrees Fahrenheit, and the mini mum for the same period. 35 d-greea. The stage ote river was 7. feet. This ihows a fall Jf two feet since It reach ed Us maximum height Friday night of X feet .as a result of the rains of the past week. ' . .-. ' : - n THE HOSPITA IP Mike W. Krebs. Junior member of the Irnji of Xrebs Broa, hop dealers and jroVers, was taken to the Salm Hds oital last evening suffering with an'at akjof typhoid-malaria. . ITS FIRST PAYMENT . -Currv t-ounty yestVrday paid $l.r.2S.S0 nti the state treasury to apply on Us J0 tax-- -v '' ' ' "- ' ' I bsnlu Elfiatira . Of ltd Iffi! tM Van Atstj