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About Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1903)
DAILY C: luzwziiwczzczn stATE!A?i Published every Tuesday and Friday by the 8TATEEX JUST I'CBLISHIXa COMPAJiY . HX5DE1CKS. Manager. ' BCBSCEIPTIOil KATZ3. One year, la advance. . fix months, ia ad ranee.. ....... ...... Three months, fat advance Od year, ob tlaas.. ....'. fUM JO .25 X3Z The Statesman has been'establiahed for nea1y fifty-wo years, a ad it has some subscribers who hare received . t nearly that long, and nan who hava read1 It lor a generation, gome of these object to having the paper discontinued at tue tin of expiration of tWtr subscriptions, for the benefit of (bene, end for other reasons we haveeondoded todiseontinoe ob-ertpaons only when notified to do so. All persons payinf waea ntsmusr, or paring- in aavaaee, wui have the benefit of the dollar rate. Bat U they do not pay inr six months, toe rater will be V25 a rear. Hereafter we wtu send toe paper to all responsible persons who order it, tbouh -they may not send the moneys with ther nnderstand ing tha tthy are to pay $1-25 a year, in cats they let the jnbscriptlon - account -ran oxer six sooths. In order that there may be no mimin. demitnilnir- we will, keep this noUce staxjjiag at this plaoa ia the paper. r. , , : ; : i - CIRCULATION (SWOR OVER 4003 PENNSYLVANIA LIBEL LAW. , i - . In order to reach two newspapers in J Philadelphia, that ; indulge In, criticism of the Republican , lawgivers , of Penn sylvania, th latter have passed a libel law which requires that all newspapers published In Pennsylvania shall print in every Issue, on the editorial page, the names of the owner or owners, pub. Usher and managing editor, and: 'if owned by a corporation, the names of the officers thereof. I In all civil tactions which may hereafterl.brgught against a iiewanaper, ifci?s3a.U be shown that the publication complained -'9f resulted"Trom negllgerice on the bar t (M' sucrt ierfiprprietoVirria J. editor in the aertAinmeit ot the fafc'ts, Vor In the-publication thereof: icornpe j i satory damages may fcs recovered f rom ' ' such publication as well as damages for the physical and mental suffering endured by the . Injured party or par ties j y ' Failure to carry out the provision re quiring the publication of the names of ' those responsible for Its publication is punishable by a fine of not lessthan S500 or more than ILooO' , ' - -An - amendment' provides: '"VVheh flever In any civil action it shairtje shown: Ut.the irutner cmplainedrref I is'Iibeious and that such libelous mat Hter has been givensrtnCial ntxnrarter it by the use. of pictures, cartoons, head- lines, displayed, ffjjiy JJler ijter calculated to especially attract'at H .xlW thtf jury shHW WMiW fito avLardL-purvitive ,da mages against thpj H defVfiltrtHseriJ.iats.H AY U K One must admit that same of-he 3 mftnfinsirid jiersjSlviJanvja jthe imposition , of the curbing hand of ?.'the law, but none has deserved such V arraignment as JLhis Jaw expresses. J(A a 1 one ppponentvIr IheslatsaWja y owner, editor and publisher of, a news- paper if he hurts &e JeeUnirbf"taJ " one. i,It would cause shyster lawyers everywhere to search the prisons. If a newspaper says a thief has 'been con victed and that the thief's feelings are hurt.i he has a dead sure case against the editor. ' , "-, The new law is a direct attack upon the liberty of the press and is born of fear of rather than respect for public opinion. Let ; the politicians get the "press muzzled and It Is all up with the liberties of the people save by resoct to 4 revolutloar 'r4; "'j 'a1 4 JTHE " I ' ROADS TO FARMERS. v-r In : view of the financial benefit and -' the many other advantage t good roads. It is probable thafa ina Joirlfy of I the farmers of the stits'vouldavor their consrjrucUorr as rapidi'y ak-prac-- ticabie, under some , efficient economl ' cal and equitable, system of hlgnway Improvement. But a considerable pro portion, "say ne-fourth ' or one-flfth, who have little knowledge of the bene fits of good roads would object on ac count of the great cost of highway Im provement, j " They do'; not - believe the statements of many writers relative to the losses and gains to farmers from 17J ea For 25 years5 1 have- never missed taking Aycr's Sarsaparilla everv sprlne.' it, cleanses tnr Mood, makes me'leel strong, and does tnc rood In every way. John P. Hodnette, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; "Pure a'ncT r I c h bio 6 d carries new-life to every part of the body. " You are invigorated, refreshed. I You feel anxious to ? be active. You become strong, steady,courageous.That s what Ayer's Sarsaparilla will do for you. A sk yonr doctor what h thinks of this ' rnnd old fasailv me4ifin. Follow hi . ti-a and wa will be aaUaed. " I Ayer's Pills aid the Sarsaparilla I Rreatly. They keep the liver sctjve j and the bowels regular. I J. C. ATER CO 1wen, Mass. a ' y r-. Ith poor and goo ; roadi.4 respectively, therefore they look askance upon the general agitation In favor of Improved Saying nothing of the edu- highway cational and social advantages of good roads, or of their comfort and enjoy ment, or of feeling unable to pay for them, these, men regard with disfavor all plans for highway improvement, and are likely to oppose efforts for the bet terment of our roads, unless -they can; be convinced ; that rood roads will be a paying investment. . I : ;.- fe peaking; then. : only of . tbe naoney; side of .'the question," It would seem- that all must agree ' in the following reasons, for, good roads, bringing dol lars and -cents into the farmers pocket. A good road miUzv ,1 4'V-ii ; ' 1.' Economize tinge '" and : teams I tn traMjarrt4tI6iitetween farm and mar ket. , 2. Enable farmers to take advantage of jraajket fluctuations in buying and seltutc? r -5 .",,3. Pnt -transportation of farm products -Mid- purchased commodities' during times of comparative leisure. -4. Reduce wear and tear on horses. harness and vehicles. ? - , : 5. Enhance the market value of real estate. THE HOP SITUATION. - - Some days ago the Statesman was of' fered an article concerning the bop sit uation, which was refused publication, as it was believed to be colored for the purpose of aiding in bearing the mar ket. This article, substantially as be fore, appears, elsewhere in this Issut, signed by Paul Ri G. llorst & Lach- mund Ckmpany, arid we wish o poTt outf 'a fcfew-i liicfs- 4rf otaection there-a witn. - - t t isitternpteii Jtoi showV.by Jft eerKs-J of figures anti' ex pTanVffon'sthat the ae Is now a surplus of hops 4n the-Unitea CjOnsmpyon, of.0,2S1j)aleavIf this re trji, th4e wdfcld lh ti good basis f ar iiaiiuiici iiiff vi nut; vci.rs una anut. ers. But this writer contends that the figures, while apparently given in. good faith, are padded. In. the following par ticulars. If not in others: ; . 1. No account is taken of the ex ports excepting at the port of - New York. -Some 5000 to 7060 bales, have been ' exported from San Francisco, Boston,' Baltimore, New Orleans, and other American jports.1 Say 5000 bales.. z. There has been a padding of prob ably. 0.000 iwUfs fin -the productionf-of 'the; tlsited 1 States last' yeoAinclud dded tof 30,0 bales, Whea's ,tnerlcao,lpa wlajJuTfbji rrfiie leittKthe coVrccemng X poundlKW qetrtsw bof .$64 not xa. put ar aK ITaaindaJfiarter of.'Athertea hits; and in fact, Qerman hops are useilm tWfjilhtrjunlglCsfYft1! ' baIesf:Amerrca'nnopa,to one bf c tH cuetoMafy M ywf mating. -Here is m padding of Vl The three items figure up 25,000 bales. ber$ riTih ifeiii"i8 rPuf int f ocaWy-cfcMr au.wu Dates lor last year. - There rrfiast Wa'carrWqievJ No consumer can rse-fb up every single pound on hand. It4 is not too much to make it 80,000,-as; the correspondents have done for the pre vious year, considering the thousands of : Indvidual ' consumers : for various purposes. ; r f 't. .; ".".- r- ' ?' ' Add the-30,000 bales carry-over, io the 25,000 bales padding, and we have 55,000 bales ' of demand; nearly 5000 . . Bales shortage, according to the estimate of consumption of the correspondents. ? : But there is .another ver important k. Theestimated nenin&consumptiob is given by the correspondents at 185,000 bales." This ts" a low estimate. sbmje ur it b mrgn vfrmjm baiesr. " sVe6hf- eerrative estimate is 220,000 bales. Abd the 35.000 difference tot the 5000 shortige' showtorlf 6cftev atid there is shown a shortage of about 40,000 bales, instead f4un)ua of 60.2SS -baies is-hU coun try, according to the correspondent ; As this writer has stated beforef the growers were organized, so that they could have concert of action, it Is believed the short sellers who sre beat ing down the prices would be defeated. The "short sellers could not, then fill their orders by buying in "dribs. But perhaps the short sellers will succeed. Perhaps they will continue to hammer the market and by, doing so scare the holding growers into taking low and still ; lower prices for their remaining hops, even to the end, the consumers gojng intp ihe? next season sr short. Of suppnesaspos8ibie. f But the situation, 'thiS'-writer'Wntends, does not, warrant the holders Lu submitting to such treat menli iatjd oueglfng jpftfiffures can avail to give one that Impression who win! -Analyse ?them from' an ; unbiased standnoinU'i &ii'.JL'-M U And If this game can be made to suc ceed now, what of the future of the hep growing industry? Will not the" short sellers, acting with the consumers, be abel to dictate the prices they are will ing to pay? Will they not pretty soon re .demanding that 4 the, growers give them their hops, r with a chromo 'or; a leather inedaj thrown In " with ".each bale? f V l And then what - ill , hop land be worth?".;; j t - :. ' We contend that the Willamette val ley growers -can, stand this as long as any growers in the United States, but do they have to. stand It? Is there any sense in it or use of it? - about 3000 In flnrnn f - , 4ih I IfY . Ls?'? i--4 ''Jfii-i lh -hasaifarge'iiamilysof children ;or none. ThrsVtpaddirfg'itf tHesJkif , u uvJ tbq German- hops imported. The 1S& fn$f ?,ln 'fcalri broukMiUtt tltti'ttsintf'Atl y orV'oiherwis'e,-Is' onVVn- indlc oeen,E - ... . . : "J. . ..tit V aa avmrw- 1 r r : i DONT SLAP THE PRESIDENT. "To. a' disinterested Observer It ould I look - thou gh. pernor .Chamber JaUn is exhibiting a little semsnness . in--refusing to " help " Mrl Reames ; od the stump ''because be Is the Gcftrn$? f all thepeople.- , Didrt he expect to be theCovernor of allv tie peopie-whw he was making Democratic speeches last year?. And suppose at the end "of , his term be should be renominated, will he decline to enter the campaign "because he is the Governor fcall the peppier This. ''lofty plane, reaching 'way above the dead level of the average ,Demoe racy, would probably not be a safe oAe to roost upon if be were a ' candidate himself. "But it -is probably only a teny pofary flight into the Vealnis of .Idealis tic uon-par,tlsansjhlp, jlurin the pass ing- of- which, young Mr. . Reins es wOl quite naturaByvWonder where be' is1 id u -f & .' ii ! .Besides,, when th;i. Governor .should remember-that, while Rfosevelt is the President of all the peopled he Ish' mak ing1 speeches every day that are" helping the ' Republican party, and this spec tacular refuse! on high moral grounds to do what Roosevelt is doing so freely right along may be easily construed" to be "a slap in the President's face: ) ' -And. the Democrats of the First Iis trict, ' reinforced, by . the Governor- him self, have already taken high ground against anything that would look like slapping the President. I jhial latent plank in the Democratic creed 'bears all the marks of the usual Democratic lu cidity. IS THERE A RACE PROBLEM? A-wrlfer ln the' undaV Ofciegonia using the ' Horn- de "plume"A ' Grand mother;' inakes .si" sensible1 'remark . in the" statement that m the oldeht 'tfrnep there ; was a sacredness about J, child bearing .that placed it outside the lit of . questfcmk tdbe-; piibllely ;discussei. And tt should Wmor,ff now. ; : i ' Whose business is It ' whether5 the family of Jones consists of six children x. or four or none? If Mr. and Mrs. Joses ... , , have no children from choice or otherr wise, where does Smith get . the right to rush'into print and discuss the mat ter?. It is the most sacred of all sacrefl family questions, and should be so re garded. . - - ' - J ' Besides, not from any possible stand point can ft be .of the. slightest ..In terestj to, .mtnj,wnetn.er: ois. neignopa, Jooef, ioiesh rereVeile q.uali'tV of, inordinate puriosity, vmocbid.did- poflitior to Tneddle: vlth- iother people's fT!Irii'- K t 'wereaquestlon .hichniT tradefh arbitration -cquitf grstftep vvuvi V. va uv . wuwuv . uaa . vu iu -n'ir ii .:-.. if-':,!' be as appropriate to .censure one family. Jt iWBSprijaherifor, having) npn.tt. would 'depend onvttie!pa,rti50"ar Joiies- UnaeW8raeratoWaflam atvyt casei iW.J jfor'h?m"tt settle Trislde' 'the fcacred,pret'tleirtoiWMSr .-.y. !ji , ' ZA.?J..? nr .! -I KrmfitlA4hS' li cine is oi nis own oa.ni w JVIW et ..the public,'ep haudsn-ran4 .onguesrjoff.' . 1 Asdm t the-UJgeregate, .rhere"; see m, to fiusiWld'--r'ir5r:df--u purposes. . where is the shortage-in 1 the bulk? The 'burden "of1 the age, or it least one of the burdens, is to pro vide school houses for the .children we : That Eiery-Woman DBSires. t.D:Knqrf, r About Sanative Antlsep-i Tiin-Plnfxneinfy - . - . - t r m-m ss -as B r JrX . Id V; About J Curing - sLTfcjiraliYO Pains and Wesinssses. v ' Too much stress cannot be placed oa tlie great value of Cuticura Soap, Oint ment and Pills in the antiseptic cleans ing of the mucous surfaces and of the blood and circulating fluids, thus affording pare, sweet and economical local and constitutional treatment for weakening ' discharges, ulcerations, in- 4 flammatlon, Itching, irritations, relax? .' ations, displacements, pains and lrregu- ;; l amies peculiar to lenuUes. J fence the,, Cuticura remedies have A wonfferful : finfluence In - restoring, health, strength. and: beauty to weary women,; who ' have bees - prematurely aged and 'In valided by tlf distress aitas : as well as such sympathetic affSctions as anemia, chlorosis, hjsteria, nerrou ( peas ana oepjaitj. - , ' - "f . ' ."Women from the Terr first have fnllr ' appreciated.; the purity and sweetness, j .- ins power to inom immecuate reiiei,, the certalarjHof speedy and permanent, ' curey- the ajloIate safety" and great economr w-hlch have made the Cuticura . Soap, Ointment and Pills the standard - skin cures and humour remedies of the civilized world. - .. :-. r ' Millions uof the -world's best people use Cuticura Soap, assisted bj Cuticura 'Ointment, for" preserving,- purifyin-f and beauu'fyinj- the skin, for cleansinir the scalp of crusts, scale and dandruff, '? And the stopping of falling- hair, for. . softening-, whitening and soothing red, l rotirh and. sore hands, ia the form of. batiis for annorinjr irritations, in flans-' ' inaljoas and ulcerative weaknesses, arid " for many sanative, antiseptic purposes -which readily fug-yest theraaelves. as - well as for all the purpoaeiK?' ta toilet, uatu ana nursery. WW - i - J. -a, r M m a. have, iidt siy. ext books. ' It U .4 fair pleaurapfion that e'very family coru. sIsts'ofasJ-Thany children as the par- any outside smelling committee to ex press 'that t tief' public weal requires more children from ' any particular quarter? -'The .whole discussion Is ab surd,' not to say sacrilegious. ; f ; r - Suppose Smith has a family of eight children, and therefore is a conspicuous specimen of a man who has "seen his duty- a dead sure thing, and has un questionably performed it? " Will . the standing In life of his numerous prog eny be affected - for good or r ill by whether the neighbor across the "treet has six children or none?: Probably not, and if rKt,-Jtheri why waste, time J in discussipg suphj ftrWicu4qus ques tion?.- ---ji;' r .The chlliiren ybo have pot been born, and the formidable array of .atatistios which fill the, papers these .daray shows there are - many thousands of . tbern, have " probably .not missed -very mu"ji abyway; and eertaJnly' hose We " have are getting along -Very well - without them. It is clearly a case of borrow ing trouble. - ; J V ' What the country needs is not more children, but more - homes, more fam ilies, either' with or without children. Some of the happiest married couples fn. the "world have no children and some of. the t most miserable have . a dozen, and, in many Instances, the state would be much' the gainer of the dozen ' had been blessed with childless parents. J We. need fewer bachelors, male, .and female,- more, homes and -families, and then, let -cacn. busybody- abandon the ef fort 'Of . trying to :regulate ' the number Of. children other people'. "should brink s .There w-ill always, be, children .enough. bless eiiil-'ii.ofvi.1'; -: ' - . -. .jt....; '5 WHERE COMPULSORY ARBITRA-; j The chief obstacle to Krnipuisery arV bitration 'of disputes betweeh employers and employes is the practical limit of the power to carry the arbitration de crees nto . effect. If the decree puts the wages rate at a point where the worker ' cannot "make" a living, the rate "cannot, be enforced, because the worker, will stop work. He is- com pelled to stop.1; If the decree puts the rate so high hat the employer cannot make a. profit, the. employment must stop. Tfaere- Is no way of compelling- a Xrith .of this is . illustrated, by a .TOcenjt occuraenRe inj j?ew Zealand, ; the counj try. of : compulsory i. arbitration, iof ten held ;u' to' studnts-Vts the model 'coUlT, try?ri i'lVt W(ment"6f in'aUs'til'probf fan inooeaw of: wages-. xroah 2Ti ctiitti & Vehts-an hourr The'employerrf closi-. ted kti&i1 shoos! and rttsttflca'tien irnoort . furniture, nay. the customs duete inZAZ e,,nlfV4 i."lK'i V-tr,;'- TJrflpn Which, tea and sell, the' goods -at lower, figures thatr IbeiiflrrO wa r .product- Vi prJtlcal-ji"t:iMff tlM? refuse stp atiae award, but none against either party ' Stopping'work ' if . a satisfactory reason is given.-' In this case the "reason was undoubtedly satisfactory. Manu facturers do not close up and go out of business if there is any chance of a profit ' The arbitration gave to- the workers a nominal increase of, wages; what it' actually gave was an enforced period of idleness some 1,000 men be ing thrown out of work. , " lion.-Binger, Hermann Is heartily In f avor pC Che United States Governmeij t extending pnanclal aid to the states t9r the , building .'of pernanent Jhighways. ,It wUl be .remembered that Mr. Tongue was one of the ables friends of the good roadg VnOVement In the lower branch 4f Congress, and that a speech toe made .n'the floor of the "House has been arid . . - . -.--.-,---,,. . .. is oeing widely quoted- - Mrf Hermaqn i r pent his early ;boyhood -days on one Of the old Government pikes. In Maryland, built a hundred or so years ago, and the stone 'bridges constructed In the lime of ' Jefferson are as good now' as the day they were Anlshed. " Some of Vh'-se..yery bridges were constructed by the grandfather-of Hon. J. H. Albert, of this "city; who had the contract for a part of the road. The same grade is used that' was used then, and the roads are practically as good as new. If the United States Government could afford to' build highways then, when - there were only .ten to twelve , millions " of peopie'Jn.all "the .country, and . when the national wealth was comparatively very .small. It can certainly afford now when it Is so great and so rich, to lend some of good roads to the ' states, counties, districts arid abutting, "property, which should- all contribute" towards the cost- And . the time Is coming soon when this will be done' It wnispread as rapti as his the free rural delivery of mall, and In fact : it will . follow - as a natural - se quence and complement of this popular and 'growing system, f- j. . The death of John Hughes removes from the active business men of Salem its oldest r member. On the day of his: deata h'had been .in business here longer ' than" arty other man, and Iris num. hasalways been the synonym for commercial honor. He had- reen Salem grow fr-m a struggling village of a f ew . l . . -. . . . ...... ' . ' , - ... J ... THwHI MAittsiiiL' krliiitW Trt -a 'SWVfert ThUareanesmtne U1hn.ired. to be one of the handmest i and most permanethly prosperous In-1 Iand cities of the Pacific coast, much of ..;." Orte of jibe? vry flrkpthings to be which has been due to- h'js eonBtint loy- learned in the matter wl Educating pb. alty to Its best interests.' He was ohq iirr-Vsentiment In favot of good roads la of the few'aurvivers of the pioneer bueJtb,s. fjLct that permanent highways cost iness men of Salem during the early r money, and good deal more of It than sixties, and before. L Just now, the j bj commonly supposed. "But, for, well writer recalls but John II In to, Jonathan settled ' and rw,tuxally resourceful- dls. Qponald. John G. Wright. Henry uaas. David McCully. John Baker, . John Q. Wilson and Gen. W. H. Odell who were here, , grown men In ; the early times when John Hughes was a house painter and r resented to the public his : first stock of paints and glass.V Of course. there may; be others, but. If so, their njumber Is small. Since before the Civil War,scarcely a day has passed that has not seen On our streets the famllar fig ure of Mr. Hughes. Vand "his dea'th. In deed,' Vievers one 5 of thetles 'Mch binds , our city to. the pioneer era. He wiU be; missed In -theuswess . life of Salem, .But his h work bad been . dohf, well-done, and he "leaves behind-him a name and , a, family "creditable. 'to"any nvan in anv age. Inthe ,fuljnessef time he.'-was gathered to . his - fathers, and. after life's fitful fever,-he sleeps weiL : " r'' "v::- -;: . The - Statesman "ha a been suggesting for a few days that there should be an organizations of the growers who are yet holding-their hops, or some concert of action, to the end that, the short sell ers and knockers may not be able to bup up the remaining stock in dribs at low' prices, in order to fill their con tracts. We : understand thajt there Is now a movement of this kind, and it should be consummated; knd this' right earlyj : Tbere was a ,ab3 i)f the crop of a grower yestepiay,, to a dealer with a reputation as' short seller at 18c per pound and Tt is understood that ther)i was .a, reported sale lately at. ITc ,a grower in the Statesman office said yes-1 tcrday that he would hold to the, end of August and .that he .would not now accept an offer at less than 25 cents t pound. This writer does' riot under Jk'e to say at what! price hops ought now to be sold, nor even to advise any one to hold his hops.) Each one knows his own conditions best. But there are now only about 9000 bales held by. the grow ers in Oregon, and most of these are in strong hands, and there is no need for them to aljow .the short sellers to beat them down and dictate to them the prices they should accept. . . We believe they themselves can have something to say about the matter, if they , will get - . ;' i,.i, ,-f- .., rff c . !. f- il '. ( J jt --'-' :'I .1 f-rl if 4 The. immigration department of; .th iumnun' unew'is doing very.weu tni year, ih' the' way?of filing hp tb'cOuri try along the 'lines: of" 'fhV feolither)." riU b tlone inezt arear, tqr there op-i be t better orgarrtsationv -and a;i vastl fsmter Supply oi greater supply of descriptive ''fc'ataldgues n Salem "has" tukep giifa w4 continue to. take yie lead, TE.his organ j- ied effort- f onrxheJ isettUna .' up .of- th t ley teji pr fif tpun years hence, wjjththe tide of, JmmigFation; continually swellj- Ihg, and all the train of benefits followi ing! 1 It is genrally believed that the action of Russia in claiming Manchuria as her own, marks the beginning of the game that Will in its ending, mean the slicing up of all China.' If the United States had a navy twice as large as "The one che now possesses,' her protests would have vastly j more weight. She -could cay to the moribund rnanorchies of Ei-' rope. ''.Hands offV.snd .theyjwould jayt dare to, disregard the warning. .,..., j' . It Is said tho "Voltanfkeet-.-work and the subscriptions -'that wlltVe ;3 secured through their purchase nd "tisel'wui amount to more, than the original cost to the county ot. thetroail. building arid making machines now the property of Marion's taxpayers.. v ; . 1)0 YOtJ GET UP1 ; WITH A L ARE B ACK ? KUaej Trouble Cakes. Tou . Kiserable. . -:. . f .. . ... -. Almost everybody who reads the newJ I . cures . made by Dr. t' Kilmer's Swamp-Root, I the treat kidney, liver L and bladder remedy J -. .... - .1 - a. vg ii is me great meo rH cal triumph of the niae- tecum txmviji cua- covered, after years of J""j j fvfN. Dr. Kilmer, the emi-IJ-lic-; nent kidney -'and' biad- - i , . wonderfully f successful In , promptly' curing lame back, kidney, bladder,, uric acid trou bles an i Brifcrht s Disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble. -! l'' . .Dr. Kilmer s Swamp-Root'is' not: ree ommeftdsd for everything but If you have kid ney, liver or bladder trouble tt will be found hist the remedy you need. It has been tested tn so many ways, in hospital work, in private practics, among the helpless too poor to pur? chase relief and has proved so successful in every ea that a special arrangement his been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail,' also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out If you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mefihon reading this generous offer- in- this MBerVml' - . -tC-."" ' sena jrour. ac areas to Dr: Kilmer & Co.,Bin g hamton, N." Y.. The regular-' fifty; cent and - Sim-f WiMUiiii. .dollar sizes are sold by all rood drurrists. . t-maktV any. mistake, but remember Ih -nam ' - arTiTI?vi' -, n, Ifltns.v'a Sw.rmvRoot. arJ address fKngluunton: N. Yi" on every bottle. - ' . 3? triqtrv they a re worth all they, will cost. . Detectiv;ea, " ' fere1 " shadowing both Rockefeller, 1 the- many times miliion aire, and hisTsoti; on account of threat ening letters,. tha J have been received from eranks"; supposed to be thirsting for their lives; 4 It isja little inconven ient at times tobe poor, but one saves the wages of detectives. - Sunday made-oesr very fair record In the (way of lynching negroes. One was hanged by a mob at Santa Pe. a village In Illinois, another at Carthage, Texas, and 'at1 BIoo1nlngtonJ Indiana. a colored man and two white girls were' whipped with barbed wire by white- caps."'-'.- v : ." ' . . ; . While ithe proceedings of the Illinois Legislature are scandalous enough on the surfaoe.-itf vUl-.ake a grand jury InveatigaMoO'Ao : determine whether they can be mentioned in the- same breath with those ofc the Missouri lg islature. - The hew general manager of the Western- XJnlpn . Telegraph Compj-ny began as a messenger boy twenty-five years ago. Which goes to show that messenger boys do sometimes get there. The Postoflice Department is engag ed in some .much-neded spring houe cleaning The rascals are being turn I'd out,'and ltxlid not take a change of cd- minisfratioh. either. : ' .cltJa remarked that. in the case it IJeutenarrt XJoverrior Lee of Missouri, it was the officer, not - the office, th-t sought the'fhan.V ' ' "'There'wlli soon -be dozens of automo biles fn .Salem. : These will help the good roads movement- It Is' suggested that if he continues to hammer away he will soon be known as CoL Henry Swattcrson. PERSONAL AND GENERAL, . lierrt carpenters end builders hive no time to sti ike, nor have they thf disposition.. . They are too busy, and as the- esorHdvsnces they will bet-orn more so. rThe: building boom here is pereinlal,,nl Wl-I, last for years and years. Vti. i .' s ' .Jf .;ow Mk. p.u ,-, know . anything about hojs -ur;4,'h hop mtu-ket.,wrlie it zdowo sd.Vad.Htn- ,The Statesmnn nr. v.- In tha- linn 1 UK in PS, or run. o o-o '''Sio' hve rthe mi 'utenflve 'geniuir of and especraHi' the,: rrrtaht'fall'-nT p 'T of the AlbanjK'l?-. Albiiny1 newstlapfr people 'has1 irufrerVd' from 'atrtphv. or cnrtH. otlii Wpioua' COniDlafiit.' There haV4 'rjen;,railtrarr' rumors upon rviil toad rirhbri, snd pHed mbuntain hih. ami there1 hHs'inoteen, the Inkling of a rumor yet this year about the Corvnllls ft Eastern got hg-over the ' Cascades hough botK the rumor and Its conflrin atiort, Bjid the fact,-are long over due. Til l . '- -, o o ; . '."Perhaps if the 'Owners of the Salem Street .railway lines and lighting plnt will make some definite pledges of ex tenblons lheT present situation as re gards the grantlogjof a second lighting franchise will be much simplified. Sa lem could afford to go a long way to get the beginning of motor lines. - e o THE IKHERITANCE OF OFFICII The office of mayor ot Chicago Is nt hereditary in the Harrison family, al though the Incumbent of that office has Just' been 'elected for the fourth time and his -fa I tier held It five terms ahead nf hlm."';7 .iv : i ' 1' ABOUT' BRAIN wVlGHTS. : Professor Marchand of Marburg, who has accumulated the largest number 'of hraih 'weights JeVer known,' has : 'pub lished.. -hookt which, gives : a thorough analysis of 1469 cases. .The. avenge weight of the -brain of .a male child, at birth Is $80 : grammes and of a female. 353 grammes, Though Professor Mar cbarid shows a certain reladlon" between stature and brain weight, the relation Is inconstant.. He. concludes that the lessor weight of a' woman's brain Is not alone dependent oa her smaller a Utur. as 'a comparison of persons of tnth sexes of the nma stature shows thi the male brain Is invariably heavier in a grovrtng child. Until the ctature ia 70 centimeters the brain weight irj creases, proportionately to holy Unrth, irrespective of age or sex. Thereaft;r the male brain begins ' to outstrip the female. The maximum brain weight is usually attained at about the twen tieth year Iri males, the average bl''K about 1400 grammes. In s female the maximum la usually about the yZ teenth year, with an average of K grammes.' -"' ' . . , . - ' 1 oq -la' ' :' r v. OLDE3T JEWTSlf CONGREGATION. fShearitV tsraef Is'.tbe 'oldest Jewish congregation' In, the United States and was started by the first Hebrews - to arrive on Manhatuh Ifland In W from Bahla. Brazil, a former Da ch col pny. Mapy of them were fipanlsh and Wie of them were Portuguese. , At hrst Peter Stuyvesant, who was then director general, refused to grant the.n a site for a cemetery, but he was forc ed' to do so later wen someof the r congregation died. The doughty Etuy -yesaht, however, compelled the He brews to secure their burial place -at What was then a long distance from New Amsterdam, the northern limits of the city being Wall stieet. The ceme tery is about a' mile and r. hHlf from Wall street.' and In th midst-of what are now the most antique parts - o ManhatUtu as the cy below VaH Street, or fNe Amsterdam.-- has been made over many times since l eier Stuyvesant held indomitable .awaJV .efi the, hqR. pews usioess, and tt to, give every one. a chance trt05? mv, free 6f charge; and without