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THE fRNS ON HIS FLASHLIGHT XL 1 jpM! V Capron, of Multnomah, devotes a Teat deal of his oratory to flowery sentences. . Ho is particularly fond of talking about the great state- of Ore gon. He . may start off on some rail road or corporation , bill, but will al ways end up on the subject of Oregon, lie Is very fond of referring to the state as the land of stripling lads and bnxom lassies. - Mrr Capron switched off one day-last week and got to talk ing about some law on the statute books' in Texas. ' .' - - i The following' In ttart nf Vi tion of the1 Lone Star state without the least exaggeration: "The eastern and .western boundary-lines .of : the 'great and magnificent state of Texas stretch from the rising to the setting sun. Her northern 'extremities are chilled by the cold,' sharp blasts of winter's bitterest breath, while her southern shores bask in the mild, warm sunshine from the glorious sun.". j - ' ' ' . Scientists are claiming that baldness - is a - sore sign of superior intellectual ity. Either the scientists are' wrong or Oregon has a ery common and ' stupid assortment of Senators and Bep- - Teseatatives. Bald heads are very : scarce in the House, the majority of the members being provided - with a . heavy, thick stock of hair. Of coursee, ' there are exceptions, to all rules, so it ' eannot be said there are no bald heads. 1 ' Severalof the members are almost to tally .CaTd. Visitors, who attend the House at first expected to find, a lot of bald headed old men, bnt they were greatly mistaken. One of the reasons why baldness is almost aY a premium in the House of Bepresentatives is the facttbat the largest number of the members are middle-aged men. -V. "port was circulated in. Salem last week that the ministers of this city t had boycotted the Senate. For three successive morning here was no pastdr to lead in prayer and things began to look suspicion v It was final ly learned, however; that the ministers had intended being present, but in eaeb instance they had . overslept. The House' hai "be"en opened w4th prayer every morning since the convening of the Legislature. ' - As a general rule -the privileges of the floor are extended to numerous ex members during, the sessions, of the House of Bepresentatives. It is done upon the request of the members. In extending the privileges - Speaker . A. L, Mills is obliged 'to pronounce the names of the recipients. "When he runs across a Smith, a Willson or a Jones he speaks his name out so distinctly that it can be heard without difficulty. Sometimes, however, he encounters names that would stand comparison with the Bussian' names seen in the telegraph. . In such eases he . has ., to mutter a few unintelligible words and sits down fn confusion. " -. Salem restaurants were grossly mis represented at a reeent session of the House of Bepresentatives.' A bill was introduced relating to, forgery. The a term of five years at the state peni tentiary or three weeks confinement in a 13alenr restaurant. ' Thi was-at the session Thursday nighty held by:-the Third House.- t -- Representative Von der Hellen, of Jackson county, is the' most unassum ing and. quiet : man in the House. So far. he has even'-failed to take the floor to advocate : his bills when , they come up for final passage. Mr. Von der Hel len, in spite of this peculiarity, is very popular.; t .Nearly all of the Bepresentatives have a mania for introducing bills on certain .subjects. , ' JIayger " so far has presented -at least a half dozen bills relating to the - protection of salmon. Smith, of Josephine, has presented an almost unlimited number, of bills and resolutions relating to ' restriction ' of railroads. Lintfiieum, of Multnomah, is always thinking of some change! in the. code to remedy technical conveni ences. He also introduces bills to more readily facilitate the business of cor porations. ; Smith of Baker, has the mania for presenting, bills relating to mining. He nsed to ' be a practical miner. When Steiner introduces a bill -a close in vestigation will show -that it is aimed as a remedy for the range wars now raging an certain portions of the state. Others have irrigation on their brains and some 'are continually entering claims of minor importance. - The large majority of ; these biJLs also carry an appropriation. ; When, night sessions are held at the House -of Bepresentatives, 1 W. Lair Thompson and J. A. Finch take tarns with Pat MeArthiuv the reading clerk! 1-ineh, who is the fastest reader of the three, ; comes 1 in t ; particularly . handy when charter bills are under considera tion. , . . t r. ';- : ' ' ...f " At the convening of the present ses sion of the Legislature, resolution after resolution was carried in. both the Sen ate and House of ; Bepresentatives to provide the members with every 5 pos sible convenience . They re given pen cil knives, paper cutters, : free news papers, stamps, stationery; in fact, al most everything they desire. Yet they are not satisfied. A Bepresentative was heard kicking the other day be cause they were not furnished with "matches." ." He said the Washington members of the Legislature at Olympia were furnished with matches,' and he couldn't understand why they Oregon ians should be discriminated against. .. i .- . . . Spectators ' take great pleasure and delight in noticing the different char: acteristic . attitudes assumed by the members in the House of Bepresenta tives. Lint hie um, of Multnomah, has a habit of leaning far back in his ehair and gazkig .at the ceiling. Burns,, of Coos and Curry," likes to rest his el bows on his desk and run his hands through his hair. .Nearly all the mem bers have similar peculiarities in this line, which develops, from the hard work imposed upon them while at Sa lem." , j Capron, of Multnomah, - in recently I- making a speech, said! "I have in my life time lost two prohibition boats upon the troubled waters of political upheavals. He meant to use . the word votes, bnt no one knew the dif ference -until he afterwards remarked about it. . A number of members of the Legis lative Assembly were sitting in the lobby of . the Willamette Hotel the other evening amusing themselves by telling funny witty stories and coin cidences which resulted in rather pe culiar and - embarrassing predicaments ' . "Did. you ever hear the circum stances of thet S i. . affair,": said a member " of the House of Bepresenta tives from Multnomah. " Well, you know that they sold their home and both left town. I happen to know something about the case, as a particu lar friend of , mine, a jeweler, ' played an important part in the affair. "One day Mrs, S was in the store and my jeweler friend thought he would do her a favor by giving Jier a tip. It seems as though Mr. S had been in the store dickering over a diamond ring priced at $250. He said it was too much, but would buy it if the price was cut down to $200, and left the store saying he would bf back to see about it later. The jewel er, naturally supposing that of course the ring was intended for his wife, told Mrs. S about it when - she hap pened in the store.' She was greatly pleased - and as she was very desirous of having the ririg, gave' the jeweler $50 and told him to tell her husband that; he had decided . to let. him have it for $200. . , - . .. , "Mrs. 8- . learned a few uays afterwards that her husband had pur chased the ring and . waited in great anticipation for its' presentation, tell ing ' her bosom friends .what a liberal, considerate and loving husband Mr. 8. was. Days went by and then weeks and no ring appeared or no men tion of the matter from her, husband. One . evening he went home to find a note worded something. :iike this:0 'I could " forgive ? you for . giving - that $250 ring, which yon got -.for $200 away to someone else, , but t as I paid the difference, out of my allowance and have, waited for it for three weeks, I fell as though, it ia rubbing it in too hard.' . V . . ' 'Mr.' Smith, left, for the East imme diately in search of his: wife, who pre sumably had gone to her mother. Later het :sent back wora .to r. nave jus. ; resi dence sold. It is not known whether they reconciliated or not,, but the opin ion.) prevails that Mrs. S will never forgive him.". , . "Did you ever 'hear of, a Portland girl getting switched off on the wrong car,"' said another Bepresentative from Multnomah. "She was . coming from the East on the O. B. ft N. She stayed np on the Pullman reading a magazine, and it was about midntgnt before she started to go to bed. All the rest of the passengers hud retired and as she was fully undrMed behind the curtains of her berth. she heard a familiar voice in the aisle, someone passing by. She looked oct nd dis covered an intimate girl friend nf hers. Sha called and they , immediately embracing, as they had not seen other for several months. 'After -a hasty consultation it was decided that the girl who ws in hi berth would run in and sNvp with tt, chum as they had so much -to tkik over' and couldn't wait until mornins She slipped on her slippers and a-flt she went. - " - ,It seems that her friend was on visit, and was going to rtop off Bbise, Idaho. The porter, on his flm trip, told them the tw r was e., switched eff nntil daylight, ' sad ths girls settled down to a big long talk They woke np before daylight and thl Portland girl started for her berth ia the car ahead. Imagine her dUma? npon opening the door to encounter the Z , " n engine, use fullmaa .bad been switched off at Namra. J , an engine was taking it to Boi twenty miles' away. "The poor girl, with onlv her mVht. fow.n, was compelled to hibernats is er berth all the next dav, while In friend purchased a new and coinpt4 outfit. As she wanted to look aa ntl as possible when she returned home she bought an expensive outfit of clothes with borrowed money from fcer friend, and started again on her joas. ney that evening, a sorrier, poorer, but wiser girl." ! ! After this story a mock resolution was introduced and passed allowing the members to hit for their bed, at thev had a hard dr'm anrir I. . .. of them and had to be ! at the Sut xiuuse eariy n o ClOCX. ! E. A. H. Ideas Triumphant War is fighting.' Fighting Is a nat-( surely some day be asked to govern - ural trait. Man's very survival repend- ed upon his ability t fight. Fighting is brave, manly, nay may be noble. It is noble, for a man to fight in de fense of his hearth. Just as it was i a-manly virtue for the savage to die a bloody death in defending his home, -o . so it was a manly thing for a nation to defend its liberties. Just as the mr- h iv ct a tribe depended on Its dght-1 ' tv IU 4ut; in primitive ages, so in , later timos the survival of civilization depended on the wars in its defense against: the attacks of barbarions. With the safety of civilization assured, .' V the usefulness of war has ceased. . The - world cares not to have the world all j. tnglo-Saxon civilization, or all any one survival; ana mere may be in the ', older civilizations of Asia lessons for the .Anglo-Saxon , and the Celt. .The usefulness of war ceased when any peaceful progression was assured against . the. assaults of absolute sav nRrT , .Then, .came states, .and with states, came, rulers and a ruling class. There is .in .every state a ruling class. There, is a. ruling class in .the United States. . The wprd king has been ban ished, but. a ruling class remains. t Po litical machines are the en sines of a iit- ruling class. Most of the wars of his tory nave . been wars of mere personal ambition, of eovetousness by the rul ing class, and f aggression. What were the wars of the Roman Empire f Selfish and exhausting Struggles. What were tho wars of the Bosesl Slaughter io aeciae wnicn raters should rule the the rebellious trades unions or "lower classes" Peaee is construction, agriculture, manufacture, commerce; the arts are the children of peace; progress is only possible through peace. Through peaee man has developed, though sometimes peace could be purchased only by war. War is destruction, waste of wealth, waste of the lives of the workers, waste of the best and fittest' to be fathers. A NIGHT SESSION SENATES PASSES BILL AUTHORIZ ING CONSTRUCTION OF HOME FOB FEEBLE-MINDED. House Fixes Price for Berth in Sleep ing Cars State Board of Control Lost Gamblers May Now Worrry Some of Work Accomplished. MOEMON OUT, METHODIST IN. Former Umatilla U. 3. Marshal Named as Successor to Woolly at B0I39. 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. iSenntor Heyburn today recomin-in.i'j 1 jhe ap pointment of . Josspn Pinkham, of Boise, to fill the vacancy cauM. I by the resignation of HJ Smith Woolley. In all probability Pinkham will be ap pointed!.. Senator Heyburn says Pink ham is one of the best men in Idaho not a Mormon, but a straight-up Meth odist -gentleman who has been United States . marshal for Idaho and once marshal at Umatilla. Senator Helb'urn says -no other eandi- not think others will be considered. He has 'hoard nothing whatever from Woolley, and is not aware, nor 4 the 'xmrUrr ih , : . , i r -r wooiiey, ana is not aware, nor s ire woray war there would plan was plainly shown last evening! j' . waii- j liUion, one single million when the two branches of the Legisla- Pdeat, that WooUey cares for s fur lld be voted to men like ture held nicht sessions so as to have I thernearing. In fact, it m Sfud at Several weeks a'sro the tjraeticabilitv At is today in our civilization as use-J 0f shortening the session of the Legis- lut o. a conuagrsuon m a oeautuai native "Assembly was talked of serious city. It covers Mp demoralization. It hy by prominent members of toth the shuts te mouth of the taxpayer and I Senate and House of Representatives. opens the hand of the taxtaker. The impracticability of the proposed be before a m or dollars. . could be Voted to men like'tni-a hoiA inii oouSvna. o. Luther Burbahk to aid them in invent- the work comnleted for thA f!nl White House that "Wooiler's case ing new and useful fruitB, grains arid journmefnt the last of this week. The I" elo8I vegetables for the use of mankind. To Senate adjourned early but the House redeem the lands of. the Malheur Val- held session until 11 o'clock, passing ley, Oregon, will cost a million andxa over 20 bills. All day yesterday was au ur two minions, uor ispanisn ana I consumed m the passing of bills, each Philippine wars ..cost nearly a billion, j House considering their own measures and , no . questions asked. Nearly la J only. .This, method of procedure was mousanu muuonsi aai would tnat i necessitated as the time set for the do, applied to the arts of peace f Whiat I transferring of bills between the two ana janas reaeemea, wnat new canals, I nouses expired at midnight. channels and harKrira rrpatorJ i I Tlia Sflnata nosuH n Kill loot avak Nor would I have niece at anv nriee. line to authorize tha tat hnarH oflino Japanese onensive movement re- If your liberties are assailed, fight; I public building commissioners to take I P.rtei .b7 Generaluropatkin, and be STILL TALE HOPS SEEMS TO BE GOOD DEAL OF BOT TOM IN MARKET AND HOLD EES ABE STEONG. ; Beports of Sales at Very Low. Prices in Washington Are Said to Be With out Foundation Few Hops in Wash ington, So It Is Said, ' ' Hops continue to be subjects of dis cussion in the reirinns abonf. Km nnA dates have1" yet appeared, and he does there seems to be a good deal of feel- Erstwhile Sea Port WINKS .EYE .AT IT. Bnssia Pays No Attention to Japan ese Offensive Move . meat ' - , ST, PETBBSBUBG, Fob. lO.The general staff attaches no importance to if vour homes are invaded, ficht: if a I initiatory . steps toward- the : establish! lieyes it..,ia rbAbl? .iu:the nature of robber . has robbed rou of your, herit-lnt of an institute for feeble-minded I harrassing movement to .interfere age and will-not" render it back, then, Ja? epileptic children at Salem.' Thejwiia the trench .operations.. According as a last resort.-kill him and possess I carries an appropriation of $15.0001 to the Associated. Frees Huanshan dis yourself of what is. your own. to be used in the purchase of a suit-l patches,,. "both, armies are devoting A natiftn ia Kntr B maoa n Tk... I ablfi Sltft and Tirpnfl ration for tflA Vmilll. I ftnriil. ftAninn i i I : slaughterers. What benefit to mankind are no other morals for a million men ,Dgr to be erected opon the approval their lrne of fortifications, which have from the apoleomc warsf Theythan for one. Bight depends not on next Legislative Assembly. grown up sinco the battle of Shakhe." t numbers. What it always was and still stripped . France of her physical best, leaving the more timid and the weaker to become the fathers of the nation. What in all history have the armies of Europe been , but the sense less and deluded toools of princes? In wnat have the wars of Europe helped the common man? , . It is said that no oucstion .has irr been setled by war but it could have only through peace. War, being now I together with a bill to provide for the I of a siege, been settled without it. After all the I useless save to sratifv iuim mlinr I control and management of the instil T.h" ?Lr?iaLh 1, ?Te JPnee measnfes for the block- aj H'r.bi-UAl TK nTVard thl fc WV :x lo "Ie "Deny i:r-Zr rj"""'"!: straits., excites ntfilarm. and the offi- anu me pursuit oi nappmess against lva lu uciauumiig m propaoie cost t . - t. t T all invaders-this is the beginning and of th construction and maintaining of e"ta P?nt out umhci ,ve the end of just fighting by man or na- Buch a school. The. board m required Be wlU " in evading the block tion. But wr t ti- yiot i. to make a' full reoort of its nrnceAd- aders and filling the fortress with am corruption, debt. Man has progressed lnS to the next Legislative Assembly, I PIe store for all possiWo contingency wars of Cromwell, the king returned. monarch or class, should bo abandoned. tute for feeble-minded and epileptic it was the ideas which triumphed, not'H has no more place m the settlemeut lCDUaren HOCH MAKES CONFESSION. the armies. The end of human slavery ia mis country was aoomed by econ omic laws. The South, war or no war, t .... ' couia not nave existed in competition with the free-labor North. Neither in population nor wealth could it have held its own. The seeds of death were within it. The very seeds which deeid ed?the struggle would have brought . toe same end without the struggle.. Bat the fathers of the new generation of the South were killed, the stock dis tinctly injured, and the debt still hangs about the neck of the North. Who knows who blew uj the Maine! What iustiee was meted out to any onef Who believes Spain blew up the Maine f What has that war done for the com mon toilers of the United States f It has added to the taxes, given the gov erning class a fresh hold, lowered the ideal of liberty, aeenstomed us to gov erning others by armies, as we shall I of international disputes today than That " naU unlawful for any I Man of Many Wives. Weakens When nas the old trial by battle in the set-1 corporation or person to charge morel conxronted oy UTing Wit- tiement or private disputes," in which lnan or Zk nours lor a berth In I n esses the strnmrcr i AbphtA t. la first-class sleemnc ear. is one at the I the modern adjudication of individual provisions contained in the Griffin bill I CHICAGO, Feb. 10. Confronted by differences there is no more reason that PaMed b7 the House of Bepresentatives Urtng witnesses to his alleged duplicity nations should not resort to courts than yestertla7 evening. It also provides at the coroner's investigation today in tbere is that men should not resort to tnat tn 'are 'or ieat in standard to the death of Mrs. Walcker-Hoch, the courts. And tue lives and sweat and "F' UBnnK 'B aay time snail noti n io uis last wn-e, wouann iiocn, ac labor of the workers in the M ve will I exceed one ha" cent per mile nor be I cording to the police; has admitted his be saved. War to 'settle a disnute illeM than 25 cents for any distance. I marriage to thirteen women durinjr the ahv vvasbva wa, VMia vtf TTVU1U ftv UAIC to fine of not less than $50 or more than $500. The Biehie bill, to provide a board of control for the state institutions, tailed to pass the House ox Representa tives last evening. By the Bichie meas- wasteful, stupid, back-breaking. It is laternaiionat iyncn law. The debt ' Europe, is supposed to be about twehtv. six billions. Three-fourths of this was accumulated in the century just past, and practically all Of it is war debt. Tfcink of that, ye stupid makers of last ten years. Eight of these women are -now dead, but Hoch declares they died natural . deaths. With the exception of the identifica tion of Hoch by several of his allccred victims,- nothing new developed today. The charge of the eoroner's jury and billions and payers of taxes, ye sup- ure members of . the commission the inqnest wUt be postponed uhtU nr.mpa tn-H-i.r.; . . ..i Iwould be appointed by the Governor! t-.j?j.w , . M-m 0 . - lanf vaaaiffA SAtnnansatiAn lia V i V A I J Kings, ye "sovereign people"! C iil" , itT"" " S. Wood in the Pacific Monthlv for !ala,7 l.?fe 150? . year. The : . I KnTkMnnll hill: which haa naauui thA February. Old THEATBICAL BT.AZE, nW York ! Flayhonse .. A Chonxs Girt In jured. Knvkehdall bilL which has passed the senate and is before the House, pro vides for a board of control to consist BLACKMA TT.EB TBAFFED. Nineteen-Year-Old Tries Game and Is - Landed in JaB. was warn- .. . . I a1 tliii. it ..t .1... nrm . u 40 ehorus girls were crowding up a nar-1 . v. 9r. v.;n n,.. a. vi.- I nn a Svrai.t t h. r..r- VAas slalws whan flamas tv aim I . A a.F ... - .la C ... wt "- """" -i itne urav eambunir bUl. Dassed bv the I Anne mil. in this citv. hi reailon the dressing room and drove taem back. I House of Kenresentativ. 1at I wmiM Ke Wa a In the frantic histe- one girl was I will ever reach the Renat. A mii.F 8 AVWVtn.it w.m. i a . v: thm I V. ,l I -,....4i.J .v . ir . I m . " . the exception of one chorus girL who of tbe Governor, secretarv of state and f PlI wtlllA -VniniT ilAtra stf ? a lAwreVil I rvAoiiiAV Tt aa Affii1a wamI mArM. Afire' l-. --v I without compensation. The nauitinnal I SEATTLE, Feb. 10. Detectives to- The stage carpenter, who lingered X0S Ujpense attached for the compensation JX'was 'iwL iKlS f-4..J . I of the appointed commission was the I D0 no was ne " twro wno attempted NEW YORK IVb. 11 -TK- r.Trrt: ZIS r: main objection to the Bichie bilL which to blackmail John Walthew, a local today, loss $30,O0OJ The blare began in the dressing room of the third floor, over theH stage, while a. , rehearsal of chorus girls was in progress. Though down and had to be earned out of the I bill succeeded in cassinff the Hon tl f widmn h.JT thrown into panic, the members of theater. No spectator were .in tbe I the last Legislative Assemblv. hnt ti. Itw - n?2 j,.. I m I -1. . A . l . I . . , ,k ,MCU iue Denaie.i lives cauzbt llaU but hi nartnor ... The bill wm satm1 .si TV. n.m j -iL ' . .. .. . ' r.,, . . " T. . 1 i ctcu aner six snots naa been nred .BVfi!!?hPixa fl after him. He fell twice in the'ehase .... luuuuux nil ruo ET111IV nil a n4 if 1. J V i i ' v. vaww UlSW.IUlim B k . - for . trade checks. A bill u Uc. I t tJ"'' X NEOUESCTED. passed br the Senate last evening r.. I Florence Savder." aired U Tm. quiring the entrances of all saloons to!take'1 int ; enstody by the police last oe m rrow. 11 is saia this wilL to a I mgu ana provided with auartera in certainty, do away with the "ruetirgh0 city jaiL. An, effort-will be made oi ine can.'- , iioaay to nave the? crirl eominittrt ine.xjoys- ana. U iris' Aid tWUtr t vHiHu. duo ciauns ser noma at Jef- indispensable in any familv. Amoan-'. ,"..'T the, ehUd these, the extrieni tt t .V:" "-5 . parents or the company escaped uninjured with I theater when the fire broke out. We. Sqiie Every bit of style and low; prices into oar goods. - So mach sqneezlog that it sticks all over, our f&OO and 10 00 suits. '. Look around sv bit and . then see our goods. li E. KOPPE BARGAIN STORE Y. JM. C A. BUILDINa ing that there is life in the market yet. One heavy grower and buyer, and a prominent officer of the Hop Growers Association yesterday said he was pre pared to offer ten cents advanee'on all hops not now under mortgage in this part of the country. "1 believe that hops will go up, and that soon," said he yesterday in con versation with a Statesman reporter, "and I base my belief on the actual condition of the market in the Old World and the United States." This gentleman was none other than Mr. Winstanley, secretary of the Mar ion County Hop Growers Association, and he spoke as though full of confi dence. 'I noticed a few days ago," added ho, ' ' that some hop men here said hops had been selng at North Yakima at 21 cents, and as I doubted- this I tel egraphed to Tacoma, the hop center of Washington, to find out, and the fol lowing is the reply I received from I there: 4 1 (Telegram.) "Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 1-, 1905. "J. Winstanley. Salem. Or.: "Bef erring to yours of eleventh, statements regarding Washington sit uation unfounded. Growers very firm. Beports of our selling untrue. Think market has reached bottom and . our buyers cannot buy two hundred fifty bales in state under twenty-seven and a half. Itot many at band. Tbe bears consider Oregon growers their only hope. "ISAAC PINCUS & SON." Salem ship, the Atlantic, in command of Captain Elias Hasket Derby, Jr was the first to display the stars and stripes in . the harbors of Bombs v and Calcutta. The Peggy another Derby ship, brought to New England the firit cargo of Bombay cotton, j Still another Derby ship, the Astrea, under Cupula Henry Prince, as early as 1796 voyaged to Manila and forged the first links of that chain of commercial interest which has finally bound to this country the .Philippine archipelago. Such a service developed a fine trua of manhood and no American citv ia the early years of 1800 could boss't of prouder names than the Derbvs, Crown- mshields. Forresters, Thorndikes Pea- bodva.' Pickmsno. Wnli ami RtiUm of &alem. - The verv hature of theta Salem, Mass., Feb. 11, 1905 Few American cities are more keenly aware of the decay of American , shipping than quaint old Salem. Its citizens appreciate the striking feature of the report of the merchant marine' commis sion to the present Congress, that "only 10 per cent of our vast sea borne commerce is jnow . carried by American ships." In 1S10 the Ameri can proportion was 91 per cent. iThis astounding shrinkage forcibly illus trates the decline and fall of our mer chant marine. To show! what this deplorable falling off in the deep sea carrying trade means the experience of Salem affords a not able illustration. In 1807 it could boast of 252 vessels en traced in the voyages gave a peculiar character la deep sea trade, probably the largest the people. "From among the! mas fleet owned by a community of its size ters, supercargoes and other officers of in the world. In 1900 this city had these Indiamen it is said there have not a single vessel. The last -arrival been from the town of Salem a great at Salem from a South American port number of the members of esch branch was on March 21. 1877. The last en- o the Legislature of the state, three try of a vessel from beyond the Cape members of Congress, two secretaries of Good Hope was on May 1, 1870. of the navy, a United States Senator,: The year 1 861 saw the end of Salem's and a great mathematician second to once great trade in Para rubber. The no one ancient or modern times, one Australia, in I860, was the last Salem who has corrected the works of New ship to visit the coast of Sumatra, ton and enlarged - the heavens ' of La where for more than half, a century I'0-" , , an extensive and " profitable" pepper Moreover; In the dire need of war f trade had been carried on. ' merchants of Salem and the neighbor- To a Salem captain belongs the e red- ing 'towns of Marblehead and Beverly it of opening to American enterprise were the first to take out letters of the profitable Sumatra pepper bmuness marque and reprisal and form that fleet In 1793 Captain Jonathan "carnes of privateersuien whose servico turned sailed from Salem in a schooner for the" '11 our behalf the trembling scales of East Indies. While in ; Beneoolen, a war in both of our conflicts with Eag port on the coast of 8umatra, he heard Isnd. The privateersmen of New Enf of the pepper trade, aty that time con- land won more victories and captured fined principally to Padang. lie sailed more prizes in the wars of the Bevolu for this point, but found that' little tion and of 1812 than the entire fleets pepper was actually raised at Padang, of our navy, and without them the anr but that it was brought there in small..11'8 of those days would not have ad quantities from points farther north by ded such renown to the sea power of their "proas." j America. Poisons in Food. .Perhap yon don't realize that many pain poisons originate in your food, but some day you may reel a twinge ot dyspcpia'tlat will convince you. Pr. King's liew Life Fills are guaranteed to cure all sickness due to poisons of undigested food or money back. 25 cents at Dan. J. Fry 's drug store. ' Try them. STATEHOOD HELD VP. t ASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Statehood for Oklahoma and New Mexico will not be granted during this session of Con gress unless it be on lines provided in the House statehood bill. This was decided today at a conference of Be publican members of the House. Stern Mother Willie! Willie Get- back Yes m. "There's a whole lot of the, contents of the jar missing. What did you take it fort" "I took it for jam, mamma; what was it 1" Baltimore American. the natives in On his second trip Captain Carnesl The patriotism of the Salem mer visited the northerly, ports ' of the ,chants was again illustrated when, is islands and without charts or guide of OctoHer, 1798, at a mass 'meeting ia any kind made his way through coral the Salem court 1 bouse, they voted to reefs whieh are the dread of navicators build by private subscription a friirats to this day. .. . v f. f of thirty-two guns and present her si In time vessels were fitted out at "hip-of-war to the United States Salem and Beverly for Beneoolen navy to suppress the French ravage oa where it was understood Carnes first onr West India-trade, heard about Sumatra pepper, and by It is from instances' such as thess the first of the nineteenth' century that the value of a merchant marine many ships turned their prows toward to the prosperity and securitr of s outnaira lor a snare in mis lucrative i naiion is maae evident. A eountrv trade. In 1802 at least thirty American ves sels made voyages to Sumatra for pep per. . - - . The ship Becovery Captain Joseph Bopes, was the first American vessel to enter the harbor of Mocha, on the coast of Arabia, lust inside thA Tl, Sea, and Opened the commerce in that whose sons are. trained in tbe hard school of the sea and has as a nucleus for national defense its own native born sailors, need not fesr when the ships of any foe sail toward her shores. It is to bring back our old prestige oa the seas; to open to Americans of to day the channels of trade! closed for a generation or more; to develop, with a pungent berry which forms so valuable '-wise forethought for national defense, a part of tbe American breakfast table, .that sturdv manhood which CotneS to J-rom Salem sailed the first' American those whose life and love is for the ship to open commerce with Ilindo- stan, Java and Japan. Its vessels were the first from this Continent in the, Fiji Islands. Madagascar. New ITol. land and New Zealand. Thev were amond tbe first on the west coast of Africa and in South America. From Salem, too, sailed the first American vessel to round the Cape of Good Hope, and the first ship to carry our flae ocean, who co forth "in the taeth of the bard, glad weather, in the blows wet face of the sea," that the com mission appointed ' to investigate the American merchant marine urges upon Congress the adoption of the recom mendations embodied in its report. New York is threatened with a bear famine, but no one hears of prayers be- through the Straits of Magellan. Ajing uttered for it to be broken. There Are Some simple Bemedies us, saouid te recorded Painkiller. For both internal and external applications we have, found it of ereat valoer cially can we recommend it for colds, rheumatism, ; or fresh wounds and breise-C"artstiaB Era Avoid substi tutes, there is but one Painkiller; Perry Davis'. Price 25 cents and 50 cents, j guardian and the officers hum int.t. ed themselves in her behalf. We Are Aff Familiar with the deep, hdarse barkT, grimly called grave-jraTd cougo.' Xt Is th.e Tof rtnrej lungs for mercy. Give them mmr in .wm i Long Balaam, a remev for nulnAnar 1 v. . ; - . ... imww, w sjeut esieemea tnaa it is We ars somewhat surprised, that the! recommended tvea i IbVeari aVare.1 Colorado muddle has been settw wT:wfe r Vt? V. ninGIover'0' ra" -EH. ' man .Glover. . . .. n . , 'can afford to neglect a exld? rji Iff? YOU . WAN T Bed Room Gults, Dining Room Furniture, Furniture Tor Sitting Room or Parlor, Hair, Silk Floss, Wool or Cotton Mattresses, Carpets, Art Oquarcs or, Linoleum, a Gtove or a Range. Cooking Utensils, Crockery, Glassware or" Cutlery, Baby Duggles or Go-carts, call and price my goods. I have a large new stock and will try to save you money. r I am a new man In 5alem and will try to merrlt your patronage. ' Gpcclal prices on Gtoves and Ranges this week. If you want a rang e at cost, come this week. 30O Commercial Gt., GaIcni, Phono -Red