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CIRCULATION (SWOR OVER 4003
PENNSYLVANIA LIBEL LAW. ,
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. 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-.
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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$f ?,ln
'fcalri broukMiUtt tltti'ttsintf'Atl y orV'oiherwis'e,-Is' onVVn- indlc
oeen,E
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DONT SLAP THE PRESIDENT.
"To. a' disinterested Observer It
ould
I look - thou gh. pernor .Chamber JaUn
is exhibiting a little semsnness . in--refusing
to " help " Mrl Reames ; od the
stump ''because be Is the Gcftrn$? 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.
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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
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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-
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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. - ' .
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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.
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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.' -"' ' . . ,
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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