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demanding, we will keep this notice stacdlng
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CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000
GORDON'S TRTBUTE TO VALOR
' From address o.f General Gordon, de
livered at' New Orleans .reunion, of
United Confederate : Yeterans last
May. K V i
"We have long since drawn the ear
tain of oblivion over the regrettable
and unseemly thing of the- past; and
we cherish, as Americans, the valor
and nobler deeds of both armies, and
of all sections. We of the South are
satisfied with our own record, and, the
power that would. attempt to make ns
blush for it would be both stupid ana
blind. We are heirs, joint heirs with
the Republic's children, in-the inherit
ance of freedom left by- our sires. We
are proud of all the past; and, although
we are now facing a future pregnant
with tremendous possibilities, yet we
face jt with a strength of hope and
assurance born of an unswerving pur
pose to dischariae our every duty to all
races and to the whole country. We
are growing old, but we still stand
firmly on a narrow strip of land which
separates us from a boundless ocean of
eternity. And as we go hence we will
calmlv drop our mantles on the
shoulders of our boys, who will worth
ily wear them, and in no crisis of the
Republic, whether" in forum or -field.
will they be found wanting."
CRITICISM BY PBOXY.
In a somewhat, lengthy editorial, en
titled "A Discreditable Record," the
- Oregonian pays a well dcrerved tribute
to the military; record of General Miles
and sharply criticises the Secretary of
War - for administering a shameful
snub to that distinguished military
officer on his retirement frcm the army.
Tbi conspicuous mistreatment was em
phasized by the unstinted praise which
was bestowed on General Young when
he retired a short time ago, a tribute
which was withheld from General
Mile on a similar occasion for the
reason, a alleged, that established rules
forbid reference to tho retiring ofli
cer's military career.
In reference to this treatment of
General Miles the. Oregonian charac
terizes it as "the -darkest spot on , the
record of the Secretary of War," and
this serves to recall the fact that the
v Secretary of War on that occasion had
prepared a letter which was highly
laudatory ol General Miles, but the
President would not permit it to.be
issued. All this is set oulPin a special
dispatch from Washington, printed in
jlhe Oregonian of August 10, in which
it -is said that "Secretary Root has
always bad the greatest admiration, for
General Miles 'as a soldier, and : had
matters been left in Mr. Root's hands,
the General would have retired with
flying colors, instead of with an un
precedented snub." ..-."
The dispatch' continues as follows: ,
"Mr. Root wanted General Miles to
have the honor of being the last Com
manding General of the Army, as Con
gress intended, and a week ago issued
an order which clearly indicated that
the command was to be discontinued.
At the same time he prepared a fare
. well letter to General Miles which was
of the most laudatory type.
"Mr. Foot took the matter to Oyster
,1'ay and submitted it to the President.
Roosevelt tore up the letter and order
ed that a retirement letter of the cold
est and most formal style, bo issued,
and that General Young, be appointed
to the command of fhe Army for six
, days, so that General Miles .would be
deprived of the honor which Congress
intended him to nave. . I
In the years to come, when the his
tory of theeountry shall have been
fairly written, Secretary Root will
air
' I have Dted AVer's HatrVlee
for thirty rears, ft it elegant for
a hair dressing and for keeping tbe
hair from splitting at the ends."
uruencnieiaer, uractrorx, III.
i Hair-splitting splits
friendships. If the hair
splitting is done on your
own head, i tyloses friends
for you, for every hair of
your head is a friend. .
Ayer's Hair Vigor in
advance will prevent the
splitting? If the splitting
has begun, it will stop it.
a kettle, Alt ararrlsta.
If yoor drncirtot cannot snpprr you,
send ua one doilar and we will express
you a bottle, lie aare and Five the nam
of tout nearest er- office, Adlrm,
Splits
Jl1
stand as LTV anions the many distin
guished Secretaries of Wlar as any" of
his predecessors, nnl ess Edwin 2JL Stan
ton be excepted, and . this "darkest
spot " on his record, l should not be
placed to bis credit. If he had not
been, overruled by his superior officer
that spot would never hare been made.
At the time it occurred the Oregonian
sharply criticised President Roosevelt,
by saying that "the display of person
al feeling at such a .time may weU : be
regretted as unworthy a broad minded
man who is the constitutional Com-mander-in-ehief
of the United States
Army1! adding that, in view of Mfles
splendid record, "even a President of
the United 8tates mights .doff his hat
without.' offending his dignity." -
In Justice to tbe retiring Secretary
of War' these facts should not be for
gotten ! when summing op his record,
and he should be given whatever ' of
credit belongs to bis undoubted desire
to do. justice to General Miles. -". v
When asked for his opinion as to
who is the ablest member of his cabi
net recently, President Roosevelt is
said to: have "replied .that Mr. Root
stands! at I be head of tbe list, saying,
in substance, that 'While each officer
was an excellent man for his particular
post, yet neither of them would be
suitable for any other with the excep
tion of Mr. Root, who could fill any
position in the cabinet with the same
abilityj that has characterized bis ad
ministration of the War Department.
This is, indeed, a high tribute from
one who knows, but the inference
should not be drawn that any member
of Roosevelt's cabinet takes an import
ant official step without being under
the instructions of his chief.
A NEEDED BEFORM.
The i Statesman heartily agrees with
an exchange that the custom, or rather,
law, which permits the issuance of in
vitations to various persons named to
witness"' the execution . of convicted
criminals is unnecessary and is tinged
with a vein of barbarism. It only
serves the purpose of contributing to
the morbid side of humanity and is
wholly without any good purpose. It
is well for certain officers whose official
duties may place them where special
knowledge of the details in such mat
ters is es-ential, but beyond , that .the
law governing executions, should not
It is to yie credit of progressive hu
manity that a reform in this matter
has been assorting itself within the
past few decades. The writer of this
paragraph was a -witness to the execu
tion of Beale and Baker in this city in
April,: 1865, on the gravelly banks of
South Mill Creek, a few rods above
where the bridge crosses that stream
leading to the Win I Scno. The
scaffold was erected on the epmmon
with no enclosure of, any kind, and
the crowd which pressed around to
witness the execution certainly , num
bered, not less than five hundred people,
men, women and children.
Of course, if such a thing were per
missable at thu time, it is possible
that as large a crowd of people would
assemble to witness a similar affair,
but it is lot believed that the best
class of people would flock from all
parts of the country, as they did then,
to bo present "at such a shocking spec
tacle. The fruits of education along
tho right line are noticeable in every
direction, and while executions are no
longer permitted to be viewed by the
public, a still further reform is needed
in the diminution of the number ad
mitted as spectators at .hese necessary
but shocking vindications of the law's
majesty. i "
MB.' WATTERSON'S HOROSCOPE.
Evidently Br 'er Watterson is not par
ticularly charmed with the unusual
activity of Mr. William Jennings Bry
an, of Lincoln, Nebraska, who will be
remembered as .an erstwhile candidate
for the Presidency on the Democratic
ticket, to wit, in , 1896 and again in
1900. The caustic Kentucky editor and
noted Democratic critic intimates that
Mr. Bryan's recent visit was the result
of a coalition between the foreign em
bassies, all Republicans, and the Re
publican leaders at home, to give Mr.
Bryan as much prominence as possible
while abroad that his new" notoriety
might the more nearly make his renom
lost ion certain at the coming national
convention. ' T
To an ' outsider the situation is, in
deed, ludicrous. : Why Mr. Bryan has
not subsided snd attended to his news
paper duties,- aa any ether man under
the sun ' would . have done, . is , past a
ready solution save by the one conclu
sion that he intends to be the - next
Democratic candidate i or President or
to : dictate his selection. Uis never
ceasing activity and persistent personal
display before the public cannot be ac
counted for fey any other disposition of
the phenomena." ? Having been inglor
ionsly defeated twice, why doesn't the
man subside for a day or two, at least,
as every other prominent man of what
ever party, does occasionally AV'by
should he be burdened with the assump
tion that the . guidance of the Demo
cratic party and the "selection of its can
didates and current principles rest ex
clusively-with him 'Why should not
Mr.1 Cleveland have the same right Ho
sssume that the platform and the can
didate, mast conform to j his personal
decree f 4- Cleveland , , has been-; twice
electel President as a .Democrat, while
Bryan has been defeated twice, and
yet the defeat
carry "the Ark e the Covenant,' as
against the only man the Democrats
have elected President during the last
fifty years! ,- - I . '
Verily, the persistent party effontery
of the man is the wonder of the age.
It is no surprise that Mr. Watterson is
amazed beyond even ais usual power of
expression. Bat it suits the Republi
cans. v The reassertion of the - Kansas
City platform, "in ts entirety" wiU
be worth an even one hundred thousand
Democratic votes for Roosevelt. ' And
Mr. Watterson is j not the only man
whose vision embraces, that fact.
A PERNICIOUS CUSTOM.
"If Armstrong was half as crazy aa
the wandering i veilings contained in
his letter left for publication, ana his
remarks on tbe scaffold, would indicate,
he was almost - proper candidate f or
the syum instead of the process oa
capital punishment. Having undergone
the experience of professed "repent
ance," he could stand in me presence
of an assemblage of our best eiti-ens
and lecture them as to their unties per
taining to good citizenship 1 He had
been the timely, and, therefore, it would
be presumed, the providential means of
sending Minnie Knsminger to heaven,
where he chastened through '"repent
ance would soon meet her, asd live
with her in happiness through all etern
ity! , As presented by him to the young
men of the eountry he was a specially
favored individual, made so, through
the medium of his awful crime. , He
had simply hurried along a condition
which was commendable irym every
point of view and was glad that,
through his crime, his murdered sweet
heart who refused him here would wel
come his delayed coming. What a won
der it is, now' that we look back, that
such a : prolonged effort was made by
bis attorneys to delay the realization
of such a state oV incomparable ecstasy
as thisl I . . '- j
No executed criminal should be per
mitted to give out suen- drivelling
idiocy. It is a perversion of common
sense, it a travesty on the better view
of religion, is harmful, so far as it
may: have any eucet at all, on young
people, and others, and should be buried
with its author. There is ueeiue.iy too
much, publicity g-'vien to these unpleas
ant processes which vindicate the force
of the law by means of capital punish
ment and the morbid desire to read of
them should be curtai.eu by a suppres
sion of the details connected with their
execution. That the law has been en
forced . and the culprit hanged is all
the public should be interested in. The
tendency.;, no dou .t, in. the right ui
rection. ' .v?or
OVERDO IN O A GOOD THINO.
The Statesman is in receipt of the
Taeoma DSifKpws o. January 18th,
containing Something like one hundred
pages of descriptive and illustrateu
reading matter pertaining to the prog
ress and prospects or tae wty of Des
tiny. It is a magnificent 'issue, both
in extent and quality and reflectsgreat
creilit on the management of that bustl
ing daily, but the immensity of it sug
gests the doubt of the' real value of
such overgrown special issues.
No business man anywhere,' not even
in Taeoma, and especially, in Taeoma,
can afford to squander, the' time neecs
sary to read even a small part of this
great paper. , Idle people wu not read
it and busy people cannot. .Life is too
short to waste any considerable part of
a day in undertaking to -read such a
paper. Looking at. this question trom
the standpoint ot a reader the States
man wishes to repeat a former observa
tron that if the publishers of these im
mense issues desire first of all that
they be read, they should print them in
magazine form where the reading of one
section wi not surely result n scatter
ing the remaining sections about the
room; from which -i condition they
will never be rescued. In nine
hhmes ; out of ten these large
issues of; our leading papers " ia
disconnected sections are used more for
waste paper than for any other purpose.
By the .time one glances at some of the
more attractive pictures the leisure
hour has expired and then tH next
issue is here, wuu the evening paper in
tervening, if you taae an evening paper.
, On the other hand, if these really val
uable exhibitions of enterprise which
so often contain matter of great value
were issued with their sections .n bound
form, they could be picked up at odd
moments and really enjoyed. The time
is coming when this will be done, in the
interest of the publishers as weU as of
the overwhelmed reader who, as a role,
finds' himself a helpless victim before
such aa endless mass of the uncollect
able'and ungovernable product of the
printing press and the japer mill!
That supposed , ibvineible power, in
politics. called Capital, is now reported
as "losing faith in the Democrats. '
Hostility to Roosevelt in '; the same
quarter has already been declared, aad
just where Capitol " will finally anchor
in its Presidential support is becoming
oae of the interesting 'qnestions of the
times. And yet, perhaps notxxly -wants
a President who is actually hostile to
capital, as sack A country - full of
workingmen .and no capitalists would
not be the most desirable place ' in
which to live Roosevelt is aot opposed
to the legitimate uses of capital, and
is, therefore, a 'safe man for U classes
tO Support "Mil.".-. ' ,.:
BYTHEPAPJ.IERS
nrxE'sESTrjro crroimATion' ob
TAINHD IXOM PROSPEROUS
i SUSAIi RESIDENTS. r
Brooks rarmirig Comimmlty Is Becom
ing Mofs Thickly Settled By Indns
- trions - Immigrants Crop of 1 Oats
Idtst Season was large ana axost
Granaries Are Still Fined.
(From Sanday's Daily.) '
It is only necessary to converse with
a few of the numerous farmers which
daily visit the ' Capital City, to find
that the eountry was never in so pros
perous condition as at present.. The in-r
dieations for T next year's crop axe
splendid, and the comfortable bank ac
counts will be further ; increased, 1 , as
such a thing as a mortgage on tbe farm
is now a thing of the past. A Statesman
reporter yesterday conversed with j a
few of his farmer friends, and their in
teresting talks are given herewith for
the benefit of the Statesman readers.
, ' Property Around Brooks. 4 f
.. Matty It.' Jones, tbe prosperons far
mer from near Brooks, was in the city
during the past week and had a great
deal to Say regarding the condition of
the farming community in which he re
sides. Mr. Jones knows what it is to
be prosperous, as he has only recently
moved into one of the finest eountry
mansions ia the great agricultural
state of Oregon. He has named his
ranch the 'Labish Meadows, and is
living in all the luxuries of eountry
life under the most -auspicious f condi
tion. Mr. Jones said that never be
fore in the history of the country ha
the Brooks farming community been! in
such a prosperous condition. He thinks
the recent' heavy immigration intp the
eountry . has bad a great deal to do
with this satisfactory condition. ; ' 4
.Some energetie young men from Min
nesota bought a piece of timbered land
in that neighborhood about a year ago,
and have Since been devoting their en
ergies to clearing the land and selling
the wood which they have marketed in
Brooks, and shipped to Oregon City
and Portland, thereby yielding a hand
some profit besides preparing the land
for cultivation. The boys, are now
offering the' land for sale in small
tracts for f40 per acre and have good
prospects of selling. Many of the farms
in that neighborhood are being sold to
immigrants who recognize the . value-of
the land for farming, and these people,
by practicing diversified farming, ; are
making the farms pay" better than for
merly and thereby making the conir
mnnity more; prosperofin. A jroodly num
ber of "thte soil tillers"' grow hops, and
of course these Vise individuals are
getting rich.
Mr. Jones reported that winter grain
was ' in first class condition, - giving
promise of gool crops, for the acreage,
although -not, so much of the land was
devoted to raising grain as formerly.
On account of the mild . winter, the
pasturage is' excellent, and the farmers
around Brooks are interested quite ex
tensively in sheep and cattle. f
- " j an i i
Few Facts About Stock. ' ' ,
L. B. Geer, ex-State Land Agent,
was in the city ' yesterday from BTs
"ranch" in the Waldo Hills. "By,'
as he is more commonly called, is Very
much pleased with the condition of
winter grain in general, which is, . he
says, as good or better than It has been
for years. The recent blustery weather
did not affect the grain in the least,
which is coming on nicely and promises
a bountirul crop. ;
Although Mr. Geer is quite an ex
tensive farmer, ' upon a diversified
scale, he is more interested in stock
than anything else. He says the live
stock market is not so gooI now as it
was in other years at this season, and
he .accounts for it by the approaching
Presidential- ' -campaign, which never
fails to .produce stagnation in the mar
kets of all products.
Another bit 'of information which he
imparted and is not generally known,
is that the livestock raisers are not
feeding their stock for market now,
but are breeding over until next year.
when' the market will revive and mucw
better profits, will be realized, j t While
the latest quotations of $45 to $t.50
per hundred for best steers, are consid
ered fairly gool prices for stock os
foot, there is very little of this quality
of beef cattle to be procured for the
reason, as he stated, that breeders are
not now'feedmg for the market.
'Mr. Geer breeds nothing but the
best, his favorite breed being the
Shorthorns, and. he now has seventy
eight head on his hands, more than die
wants for this year, but he can not dis
pose of them on the market now as they
are not in marketable condition. 1 On
account of having so much stock on
hand he was obliged to build over .3,000
feet of shed and he did not like that
very much, but it was necessary! for
tne proper care or bis stock.
Under the present - condition of af
fairs, Mr. Geer' says that the, packers
control the steck market on account of
the cold storage system. They buy up
all of the available , stock when - tbe
prices are low and put it ia cold sf or
age. -5 Then when, the market booms as
a result of the' apparent: shortage in
the visible supply they unload and get
the benefit of it before the grower Is
ready wilk more cattle for the market.
He thinks that the action of the Na
tional Livestock Association, in Port
land recently, in electing to establish
packing plants of their own throughout
the eountry, will have a tendency to
relieve this cendition very-j. materially.
From Across the "Creek. 'h
iO. E. Price, the wood dealer, remark
ed to' a Statesman rnnrti vmwI
that he had just made another sale of
gmq oaa wood for f..50 per cord, and
Was havlne no diffirnltv in u-llinn oil
of his wood at: the same price, as fart
as ne couki nam t to town, and this is
pretty lively, as so 'much work, has
done on the roads in Polk county that
tney are almost as goof for hauling as
in summer. With a five-horn um
trail wagon he daily draws to market
mree ana a nair cords o woIJ, T.
Mr. Price keeps so many horses that
he-is interested ' in the feed market,
and was making inqniries yesterday as
to the nriee on ihcu pnfninmilii..
does n6t look1 for hich TirieM nn
this season,' as there' are so man v En
the country. He runs a thresting 'ma-
; A Few Words About "CoL Jeff.
'The wide swath CoL Jeff Meyers is
cutting in Washington Cty this win
ter, hobnobbing with United States
Senators stnd members' of tbs "Lower
House, persuading them that the " Ore
gon Country " is wel worthy an ap
propriation of -$2,125,000 to assist in
properly eeiebrating the Lewis and
Clark fair, calla to mind the fact that
that valiant military hero of the Forks
of the Santiam was once younger than
he is now and certainly gave no indica
tion of that prominence whieh his gooa
nature, good sense, not to say good
looks, have! since brought him.
Just where Cot. Jeff originally came
from is notk nown to this writer. 'Per
baps inquiry would develop the fact
that he was born in or near 8eio, that
historic capital of "The Forks," made
famous in the early times by the trite
sayings and homely virtues of Joab
Powell. Certain it is, however, as to
tbe Col., that his fame or name "had not
gone 'beyond the boundaries ' of . his
native precinct until he appeared at the
State House on the first day of the
Legislative session ot 1893. He came
armed with regularly certified ' creden
tials from ithe clerk of Linn eounty
which entitled him to membership, in
the lower house of ithe Legislature. '
And the CoL was one' of the most
retired and meek members of that dis
tinguished : body. It ' being before the
days of his bloody military experience
which earns to him when oovernor Ien
noyer refused to allow the state's can
bon to be used in celebrating the in
auguration of President Cleveland, the
martial eplrit which has characterized
his bearing in latter years had not
become notieable. But he was suddenly
brought to the front in the Hoaseiby
the appearance of a bill providing for
the creatiotn of a nenf eounty out of the
eastern part of 'Linn1, with Seio as the
county seat. The ooject of the move
ment was ; to cut off that Democratic
stronghold! and : insure a Republican
county out 01 Linn as it would be then
constituted. It was generally conced
ed to be a Republican measure and, as
this writer recalls tne circumstance,
was introduced by a committee in .the
Senate, it. being impossible to induce
any member of Linn county to father it.
The prospect of a county seat with
all its advantages had caused a sentir
ment immediately around Scio to favor
the project, but the Democrats of the
eounty 'generally, were, of course, op
posed to it for political reasons. Kai
turally, being guided by that ambition
which has since develope'd in the CoL,
ant which he must have been, even
then, nurturing, he could not afford to
antagonize the Democracy o the en
tire 'eonntv. and at -tbe same time de-
sire to placate the political friends of
his own precinct- It was a predicament
whieh frequently environs politicians of
of, even more extended experience, and
Col.' Jeff was in hot water without any
asbestos protection. , -
The climax came when one day a del
egation of prominent . Scio citizens,
with a vision of local sheriffs and is
court house, suddenly appeared on the
scene to read the riot act to CoLyJeif,
for dereliction of duty to, the interests
of bis home people. In the middle of
the forenoon, while enjoying that pleas
ant sensation accompanying the swing
ing movement peculiar to the ; House
chairs, the dreaming ol. was simply
paralyzed to behold in the lobby about
a dozen ,wcll known townsmen whose
visages betrayed the anger that lurked
in their bosoms. They were after the
CoL, a'nd he knew it Without making
any inquiry." : -; 1
Immediately Ujion aajouvment at
the noon hour the impatient delegation;
sought an interview with thy recalci
trant representative, but in the confus
ion following adjournment the CoL' dis
appeared! in the most miraculous man
ner Diligent search was made and.
anxious inquiries failed to ascertain his,
whereabouts. A few moments later the
writer of; this reminiscence encountered
him on State street near the State
House grounds, making rapid progress
towards the Willamette .lloteL Upon
being told that his numerous constitu
ents who were paying him a visit were
still in the House searching for him, he
explained that be was aware of their
presence ' and the object of their visit,'
and in order to escape' the unpleasant
interview which he anticipated he had
had recourse to the stairs which de
chine, and last year threshed almost as
many oats as wneai, arxuic i;,uuu ousn
els. and Shenard mnchine in thn aama
neighborhood, threshed about 20,000
Dusneis s very lew oi inese oais nave
been marketed, says ' Mr. Price,: .and
Verv farmer haa ki Ionia MlmA tn
overflowing with oats.. They are all
l- l -i : : . t. . i . ..as ,
umuiug wiiu (uo vxpecuuoa ui. aeutng
in the spring for 40 cents per bysheL
River Channel Changing. '
F. (3. MeLench. a rtroanernna firmn
from Sorinir Vallev. whn
this city? near the Fair Grounds, haS
sold a large quantity of balm , wood, to
the Snanldincr Titrtri n a ' Hnmnanv I rt
Newberg, the wood to be used ia the
ympvfw ffluu at cn-egon v ity, -ana recent
Iv the comnanv aent K ifMnui Tni
gene to haul awav a cmantitv. ! TKb
steamer j went up into the slongh sev-
eni roues io get io t convenient " spot
for loadioflT the WomL Thil Vtrinrm thj
steamer jo within a. short distance of
Mr. MeLeneh's house, andite is jubi
lant oyef the achievement. This is the
first time a-steamer "ever -anvimiaA
this body of water since the channel of
ne river cnangea many jrears ago, the
channel now beinir several nile in fh
east. It has long been pointed out that
the fivef was changing back to tbe old
channel and Mr. McLench hopes some
time t9 ?see, steamers running psst his
house every day. Such is the qaeer and
frequent action of rivers. - j -
j Wonderful Nerve. '
Is displaved bv man -w m mnrnt .nliir.
fair fjains of ajvlilonfal Pni. w-
Bruises, ; Burns, Braids, Sore feet er
aa-eleV J:a W m. . a .
u jouis. xyit tnere's no need tor
it. Bneklen's Arnica. Salve will kill
the pais and care the trouble tt'm
the best Salve nn Hli tnr t;i.
r t Tyrfrrrjt druggist, Salem, Ore
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Editorial Sad o 1 i f! H t s and
Various People and Thlnffs, Picked Up
and Scribbled Down at Odd Moments.
scend " from an adjoining committee
room into the lower corridor' and had
thus left his pursuers in tbe lurch.
And the smile which lit up the beam
ing countenance of the CoL (to be) was
lovely to behold. '.
The project to make a new county
of a part of Linn unally died n-borin'
and everything went Pleasantly after
ward, but the genius shown by the
youthful Jeff in outwitting his pursu
ers at the very moment of expected
victory, was but an early symptom of
thst strategy which soon afterward
brought him military, fame and has
since msrked his steadily growing
prominence among the men in the com
munities where he has lived.
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The Albany 1 Democrat says "two
Salem osteopaths claim to have treated
sir hundred cases in six dsys a land
office business." It certainly wm, if
tbey did it. It was a land office busi
ness, perhaps, because the' , distressed
victims of disease went to them in lieu
of the other physicians,, although it is
a base thingj to insinuate that Salem
had six hnndred sick people in six days.
But the Democrat never . reserves its
opinionl ' . -..' .,
Gen. J. Warren' teener, who was a
member of congress twenty years ago
and was speaker of the: House of Rep
resentatives, announces that he will be
a candidate for congress from the
Springfield district text falL Most
people thought Keifer was dead. He
was when he leit congress two decades
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The Cincianati Commercial Tribune
suggests that i "if they" really want to
start a revolutionj let Congressmen be
gin to print their pictures, with each
speech, in ; the Congressional Record.
There are some things a free people
will not sland." No doubt if this
scheme, had been in vogue when Eddy,
of Minnesota, was a raemuer of the
House, the printing of his picture in tbe
Record would have start ed a riot in
fifteen minutes.' When he was a can
didate for re-election once upon a time
he was publicly accused of having ad
vocated one thing and of "actually do
ing anothef, j and it was; heralded all
over his district, that he was " double
faced," but he confounded his enemies
along this line by declaring before an
immenseaudience that it was not true,
that he was not two fared, anri won the
favor of the multitude by asking if
thre was one in that vast audience who
for one moment believed that if he had
two faces he would be wearing that
one! And he was re-elected.
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i It is' given out that among the
32,000,000 men jn, the 4 Suited States
there are j but 5w,OuO .wbo ; are really
handsome. Just what proportion of
them lives i Salemsnl what" their
names are has, not yet been derided.
Perhaps the special privileges of leap
year will soon Wgin to .-sclose their
identity of those, at least, who are not
already married..
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In a very interesting write up of the
First Presbyterian church, of Portland,
the Oregonian Says front r start; to
finish there have been four regular
pastors." It is to be regretted that
the account d.id not proceed to give the
time made on the . first - and second
quarters and jnst how the contest ap
peared as the home stretch was reached.
We'll wager that : the . writer didn't
know, probably being a tenderfoot,
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The New York Press remarks that
-'it's very foolish for a woman to lace
so tight that when she gets hugged it
doesn't seem any different,' Now, no
woman on earth-ever laced so tightly
as that. Siime things are impossible,
and this being one of them, our. New
York contemporary, especially in view
of the name it bears, should know it.
The Pendleton Tribune says "it's a
long jump from a rabbit cannery to a
beet sugar factory, but Echo is about
to accomplisli that feat." . Well, if
Echo uses rabbit feet to make the jump
with, it will; not 1m such a wonderful
thing-after all not to those who are
familiar with me powers of that bene
ficiary of the late lamented bounty law,
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Since the announcement is made that
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Salem people are not superstitious,
but tbey- will: see Ghosts" at the
Grand 'Opera House tonight. !
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Rumors of war make stocks weak in
Wall Street. But the actual thing, if
it comes, will make a better demand for
American mules and other commodities
and stocks will be stronger for it. '-
"Tictures will be introduced -at Sa
lem public schools.. They will hot lw
cut from the colored supplements."
Portland Telegram (No, indeed. Each
one will be from a master band, aad a
study worthy of the place it occupies,
to inspire the fancy and the genius of
theyoutbfuL) ' ". "
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Now tbe Sound papers begin to tell
about the .expectel rush to the Far i
rsortb, and to. report wonderful finds
of gold in the frozen region." It is the
best harvest for the Sound cities. ' -
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The geese arc flying north, and the
old timers say spring is at hand. Tbe
rythmical henk of tbe wild geese was
heard over Salem last night. - .
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The coldest weather in thirty years
in Wisconsin yesterday. - And it has
been a good deal too. cold for' an Ore
gonian every winter of the thirty.
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"The rural telephone' system is still
growing on i the west side. 'Another
line is to . lead out , of Monmouth,
through a well settled farming district.-'.
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Attend the Push Club meetiuz this
evening, if yon are a member. . Attvud
ObscrvatioYis on
'Armstrong was hung without a
hitch," the wonder arises how the rope
was fastened, anyway. .
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The Prineviile Review Accuses the
alitor of the Crook County Journal of
being a " succedaneous editor, smarting
under the pulchrious paucity of cam
paign materiaL" That baci'lla of this
character should attack a man living
in the balmy atmosphere of Eastern
Oregon with its mountain water is
cause for genuine surprise and is. in
fact, a matter requiring the attention
of the State Boara of Health. A Ij.
patch from Omaha: announces tlist a
man, named Henry oster "recently es
caped' the gallows there through the
agency of a diminutive bacillus, terh
nically called the "biplo-hacillieapMl.--'
tus-aerogenes." J'This undoubtedly
longs , to the : prthenailc-majacop--terygious
variety," i.d ill prl
able efficacy ! is commendcl to
oor belligerent U brethren of 'r.k
county. Under. the evident
strained relations existing there "airy-'
thing that promises immediate relief is
worth trying. ! '
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: Hats in Church.
The ladies of ; Salem have shown so
much appreciation of the suggestion in
these columns a few weeks ago protest
ing against the i thoughtless custom of
interfering with the concluding portion
of a theatrical production by oeginniny
to put: their hats on their heads before
the villain has fairlyfinished his work
that encouragement is - furnished t
venture another hint along the same .
line. -This is the observance of the
growing suctomi of removing hats in
church. Can any latiy give a good rear
son for removing her hat in the theater,
which she always 4loes,and not doing
so in church Why this special exhibi
tion of thoughtfulness for the comfort
of others in a theater nhd the. lack of
it in church f Of 'course, there is no ex
cuse for it at all, and none will b"
offered. - f
' Who wonld, undertake to give an estt- i
mate of the number-of-men in Salem
who deliberately; stay away from church' ;
for the reason that they know before -i
going that a glimpse of tnc,'minlster 'who j
may officiate will only be had through ;
the mere chance of securing a Seat
where no lvel. hat on n more lovely "
lady-is located immediately in front of !
him? ' : . " . - . ' '.
This is no joking matter. The new
found danger of being unable- to escape
from an ordinary rliurch in ease if firo
no doubt frightfns many men from go
ing who would otherwise' i.e-glad to at-
tend and the list of stay -aways is
largely swelled! oy the array of hiits
each Sunday which obseures (he. vision
of the average man who finds himself :
helplessly 'surrosnded by the- limitlesH
display of ornithological relies 7il
matchless flowers that bloom in tho
spring. r' , -j ' . ' . 'j
t'erta'nlv heaverage woman wlu !
realizes that the i man wh. stays away
from church may for that reason )e j
punished in the future for it will re- j:
fnse to be a contributing factor. to that i
end by continuing a- needless, custom j
"which drives the religiously i n i ! '
man to absent himself from church and f
thus 1 erome prey to the maivy evil
influences which may at any time claim
him as a victim.
Every church in Salem has a minister
whoso sermons ; each Sunday are .well...
worth the time! of any man to go and
hear, but it is no pleasure in list en to. a
man If you nnot see him that m,
some men. If your eyes are resting ex
clusively on the teajitifnl ladies, and
their gorgeously decorated bats your
mind is sure to be there also, and tl t
words of the eloquent preacher are like
ly to fall .'on 'deaf ears and an iina.tten
tive mind. For all practical purpose
a visit . to aj milinery establishment,
would be just as profitable provided J.
did not result in a purchase ' '
Not long since complaint was maiPn
in the Statesman-, by an aiti,sed hiatT:
who bad been to a gathering where liw
was seated behind a. wall of ladies'
hats and was 'nnarde to see even J)oj,
Epley, who was one of the principal
figures . on the platform. More -'than
this neel not bo eaid. Certainly I h
ladies will adopt this new and prefisijig
reform without 1 any special or pf";
longed ; persuasion by . their ill-lreaAe
but patient brothers, husbands ijnd
f at hers. - , i
any way,. if you believe in Salem, In
fact, if you are not a lnembcr you
should be. . - - ! t '
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The latest news from the war in the
Orient is that there is no war, but
there is going to be. This has, in fact,
been the latest news 'for ."so long that
it is not news at all, but ancient his
tory.' ;- ! ! ' .- ' .- . '.' - '
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Tho intense cold weather has causal
so much pneumonia and kindred ail'
ments that there is not enough room
in the hospitals of-New York for tim
sick, and they: are stacked rund n
tbe floors. Again, Jet it be said that
Oregon is the best country in Hi"
world. . The extremes of climate hetol
do not make life unbearable. -
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We offer One Hundred Dollirs Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
y. J. Cheney it Co., Props, Toledo, O.
We. the nndersicrned. have known F.
J. Cheney forf tbe last 15 yearsf snl
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm. I j i
WEST k, TKAUX, '
1 1 Wholesale I)rngnsts, Toledo, O.
WALDINOv KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
, Hall's Catarrh Cure is'" taken infer
nally, acting directly upon the blood:
and mucous-snrfaces of the syBteni.;
Price, 75c bottle, Kdd by all
druggists. Testimonials free. ,
Hall's Family Pills are the best. '
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The maximum temperature for the
24 hours preceding " o'clock p. m. yes
terday was 44 degrees Fahrenheit,-and
the minimum for tbe. sarao 'period .11
degrees. The stage of tbe river was 9
feet above low water mark.