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PAGE SIX. DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. BALBM. OBBOOT), WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEB 15, 1913. LAND QF MIRAGES Death Valley and Its Treacherous Lures of Beauty. WORK OF A GOOD SAMARITAN. Beck, tha Prospector, Who Has Mado the Desert Bloom With Guidepoats Pointing the Way to Water and Saved Many Men From Death. In the American Magazine la an arti cle about Lew Westcott Beck, who Is known as the "good Snmnrltan of Death valley." lie and his dog, Itu fus, have saved many prospectors from a horrible death by making the desert blossom with guldeposts showing the way to water. The following Is an ex tract from the article: Time was when Bock was a plain prospector In the Cripple Creek coun try. He was In on the diggings at I.endvllle. and be panned around In Montana awhile. Likewise he rushed Into the Big Horn at the time of the mineral strike there, but ho never struck a lead that made him rich. "Kvontuully he drifted down through Nevada and Into Death vulley, chasing rainbows. Wild rumors about 'Death Valley' Scotty's big find In that section electrified tho country, and scores of prospectors rushed Into the desert, ex pecting to make their fortune In a few days. Heck was 'among those pres ent' "There were several In Heck's party. They hiked many miles through tho ndrage land, finding nothing worth while and worrying constantly lest they exhaust their supply of water. I'or two days they sought water holes. and when out of water they went for hours with tongues swollen nud lips parched from want of moisture. Then when death seemed inevitable they suddenly discovered a tiny stream trickling out of n canyon at the base of the ranntnlnt mountains. "When Beck returned to civilization he was a changed man. He hud Been sands that were strewn with skulls, and that sight had put a big Idea Into bis head. "Came spring, and Beck made an other trip through Death valley. At his side was u Newfoundland dog. Tho prospectoi cnrrled a bundle of tin strips, They wore signboards to guide the wanderers' steps aright "Each summer slnco then tho pros pector and his dog have mado a jour ney to tho Innd of the purple mist, pil ing up rocks and attaching signs to them, searching for loHt travelers and Incidentally keeping a lookout for a piece of precious metal. Once or twice ItufiiH has led his master to prospectors who, after long sulTorlng from thirst, had fallen upon the burning sands to die. "In slgnboardlng the desert Heck has saved a number nf thirst mad min ium' chasers ami has also In remote districts stumbled upon tho blenching bnnes of dead men who may have fnuiiil fortunes In I ho silver siilpliuret district, but wlio did not live to tell the world about It, At one time he as sisted at tho burial of four men who (IIimI of thirst within two miles of a spring "Tin- country that Heck traverses Is the most arid section of the American cnntliient-a dreary stretch of hun dreds uf miles of desert, dotted hero anil thero with foothills, bultes, dry crook beds, chaparral, prickly pear and sncelirusli. Springs are miles upon miles apart Most of them are bitterly iilliiill. ami some are poison "On an ordinary slimmer afternoon the thermometer runs up to about l.'td deiiiees In the simile out In Death val ley, and the most unpleasant thing nhoiil It Is that there Is a dearth of simile When man ventures out upon this fin. Mess expanse tho shimmering bent d"r.o lilm. the scarcity of water razes lilm. and the tnlrago-troachor-ous, lying thing of beauty thnt It Is loonis ever before him, flashing upon Hie canvas of his mind's eye s verdant valley, gorgeously green with growing thlti;:s. fresh with flowers, Wet with wilier nud walling to welcomo htm. "Hi- can see grassy hill slopes Just nluiol, and the mirrored hike appears to lie Just beyond some beckoning meadow, lie follows on and oil nnd afterward dralni the Inst drop from his canteen Then his throat become parched, his tongue cleaves to the roof of his mouth, mid strange things pass tieforo his eye. Tho bozznrds begin to soar over lilm, ami the coyotes sit upon their hunker and watch him elmse rainbows until he pitches for ward upon his facu nnd close hi eye upon n world that Is too mysterious and merciless for him to linger In longer." Humanizing Houaes, nouses are curious things. We take morsel of illimitable space and wall It in and roof it over. Suddenly it senses to be part of God's out of doors ind becomes nu entity with an atmos phere of its own. We warm it with mt fires, we animate it with our af fections, we furnish It with such things as seem good in our eyes. We do this to get shelter for our bodies, but we acquire as well an Instrument for 5u r spirits thnt reacts on us In Its turn. In other words, ns we live our way Into a house, adapting it to our need, the bricks und niortur, the paint and plaster, cense to be inert matter and become alive. Superficial sociologists have taunted women with being "more jnabollc or plantlike" than mnn, but I ;otint it her second glory. The plant is an organism that "slowly turns life less into living matter," and this Is the thing that woman has done from the beginning with her shelter. In our houses we achieve almost an organic extension of our very selves. Cornelia A. V. Comer in Atlantic. Ortolans aa Food. The ortolan, a bird smaller than our quail, an inhabitant of southern Eu rope in summer and of Africa in win ter. Is highly prized, especially among French epicures, for the delicate flavor of Its flesh. The ortolan Is netted alive, kept In a dark place and fed on millet, oats and other seeds until It becomes enormously fat. when It Is killed for the table. This nrllllcinl fat tening of the ortolan dates back to an cient days of Itniiie. A Parisian paper tells of u financier who Invited four friends to a dinner at his country place and sent to Paris to a famous restaurateur to provide a feast for six persons. When the account was pre sented It footed up 1,3)0 francs that Is. $i!l(). "Outrageous!" said tho liniin- cler. "Monsieur." said the restaura teur, "you have had twenty ortolans at 25 francs each. That alono Is 500 francs." This would he much like paying $5 each for well fattened Eng lish sparrows. One Hundred Varieties of Mar Me. Although Vermont occupies only t Binull space on the map when com pared with the great area of some of the other states of the Union, yet its mineral resources nre very Important. This little state lends the world In the production of marble and granite, and the deposits apparently ure Inexhaust ible. The greatest center of the mar ble Industry of the world Is in the vi cinity of Kutlnnd. Vt., particularly at Proctor and West Kutlnnd, while the greatest center of the granite Industry of the world Is in und around Barre and Hardwlck, Vt. Although twenty-six states furnish marble, Vermont supplies about 70 pet cent of the finer grades suitable for monumental work and statunry. This state furnishes 41 per cent of all the building marble used In this country, and the demand for this kind of stone Is lncrenslng. There are about a hun dred varieties of marble quarried in Vermont, ranging from the purest white, suitable for statuary, to jet black.-Wulter II. Crockett in National Magazine. Tha Gates of Paradiae. Once In a year and at one plnco in the world there Is n crush that sur passes anything else of Its kind In tho world. It Is the great fair of Itawa Fnrld, which Is annually held In tho town of Pak rattan, in British India. It is held in honor of tho famous St. Fnrld ud Din, surnamed Sliuknr GanJ, or sugar store, from the fact that his body had become so pure by continual fasting that whatever was put Into his mouth, even earth and stones, was In stantly changed Into sugar. The prin cipal ceremony consists of passing through nn opening mado In n wall ad joining the Nhrlno measuring B by 2'i feet and always fervently called "the gules of paradise." Whoever between noon and night Is able to pass through this opening Is assured of paradise, and when there are nn.ono striving to pass through at the saiiie time the crush Is sonielliliig lerrlllc. Women faint, bones are broken, and the heat Is stilling. No Team Work In Franco. The French mil Inn Is a mass of indi vidual particles, sclnl lllnl lug, assertive -strangers to all the ethics of cohe sion, They are Incapable of team work, wrlies Samuel p. tlnb In lb,. Atlantl ln never read of French football or baseball or organized sports. They are a nation of Individualists, brilliant In dlvlduiillsts. Their philosophy, poetry, art, music, science, llleralure, all bear the Imprint of a Hiiperludlvliluallsin (hat has tilled tho World with Its ra dlanco. They defy every known law of human gravitation and lly off In a million fragments, careless of results In truth, they never think of results. They have the child's love for the do ing and the child's scorn fur the thing tlone. J hey begin more procecsses, In ventions, contrivances, experiments, and end fewer than nil the rest of Eu rope put together. Tho French pro pose; the Germans and the English dls. pose. Seventeenth Century Civility. If tlio seventeenth century English man failed In his manners It wns not for want of Instruction. "The Ilules of Civility.'' n book published In 11175. contains the following hints on good behavior: "Being In discourse with a man. 'tis no less thnn ridiculous to pull til in by tho Buttons, to play with the Itanilstrlngs, Belt or Cloak; or to punch lilm now and then on the Stom ach! 'lis a pleasant sight, and well worthy of laughter, to see lilm thnt Is so piincht. full back, nnd retire; whilst tho other, Insensible of bis absurdity. pursues anu presses lilm Into some corner, where he Is at last glad to cry quarter, before his comrade perceives ho Is In danger." And again;, "It ar gues neglect, nnd to undervalue o mnn, to sleep when ho is discoursing or reading; therefore good manners command It to be forbid: besides. something thero may happen In the act that may offend, as snoring, sweat ing, gnsplng or dribbling." iiiiii.i on ........... .....-.-iw - m in ii. i , mi I,,, jpbhwi ii ;,,,,.,,! ,..ni,.i - i n nil " wijiimh-h, aiiwmw.n mum ,.smi imainji mil mm harmony -mmm hair beautifier ,11 f iff .""Jm I aMV!i "HIS. 11 Ilia1 8omeriault by Aeroplane. Captain Aubry of the French army accomplished a complete somersault whilo aboard on aeroplane high nbove tho earth. "I wns returning after n thirty-five minute flight," the cnptaln said, "facing n wind of nbout twenty two miles per hour. My altitude wns about 2.500 feet. At the moment of de scent n series of violent gusts struck the machine. As I dipped the nose ol the machine a couple Of quick gusts struck tho top of the main planes nnd placed mo In a vertical position. Willi endeavoring to manipulate tho clevatOi I found the machine had taken me hi a perfectly veil leal chute to less than J .fit HI feet. If here adopted a horizontal iiftlliido upside down and proceeded tn euect n tall first volplane. Contlnu iHg, ho said: "The iiincblne then grad unity took up the vertical position again, describing a gigantic 'S' whll, doing so, I'liillenlng out, I flew to a spot about two miles distant." 8ong of a Little River. There's no music like n little river's It plays the same tune mini Unit' the favorllei over nnd over ngnln, and yet It does not weary of It like men (Id Hers. It take the mind out of doors. nd, though we should be grateful for mod houses, there Is. sfter hII, no muse Ilk God' out of doors. And, lastly, sir, It quiets a nmn down like saying his prayers.-Ilohert l.ouU Hie Venson. Rejected, tie-Be mine nnd you will make me the happiest man In the world Khe Pm very sorry, but unfortunately I want to be happy myself.-Huston Transcript. Evil counsel la swift In Its march. -Plutarch Oetn.say is mild to have sit over supply of forests; so that well educated men have hard work to secure even inferior positions. Msny a, humble lover makes a bos litis! and. Magnetized by Booth. The late Bishop Putter of the Epis copal church mid Edwin Booth, the nctor, were very great friends, and the bishop, In telling of bis llrst meeting with Mr. Booth, said: "I was preach. Ihg ii sermon Mt Newport, It. I., and It wns n very hot summer's day. The door of the church was open, nud I noticed gentleman get up from n rear pew and go nnd sit down on the door step, but thought nothing of it until after awhile I realised that I was talk ing to this mini only. When the serv ices were over 1 found out thnt he was Edwin Booth-that I by some unknown Influence had been drawn to speak to iinu-iu IT my senium wns to hint nlone." Then She Recovered. "For weeks nud weeks after my hus band died I was uuiible to sleep." "I hope yon are nil over that How," her sympathetic friend replied. "Ye. The lawyers dually found bis Insurance policy In a safety deposit box that he hud never told lue nbout." -Chicago Itecord Herald. Where He Drew tha Line. "Come, come, don't be too angry at your son You might to make allow ance for the extravagance of youth," "Yes, bin not cash nllownnce."-Bul-tlmore American. Corrected the Inspector. In a police court an Inspector was giving evidence of (be arrest of lli prisoner. " went to No. Tt," be salt) i :n j - i ( : i : . In a dbrnliled stm-catr. fashion that came from long practice, "where I saw the prisoner in bed. I hii Id, 'I have a warrant for your ar lesi fur burglariously entering the premises at "- and so on. At the cud or the Inspector's evidence the magis trate asked the prisoner. "Any ques tions -les, sir," said the prisoner nnd he Intimated that the Inspector nan not given Ills evidence correctly I m sure," ho said, "Mr. Jackson," the Inspector, "don't want to sav onlv what Is true. Didn't you come to ln room," turning to the Inspector, "anil say. '.Vow. then. Ginger, 'op out of It- I want yer?' "-Loudon Mall. Iron Mold Oteint. Iron mold stains spread In any fnb- rle they come In contact with In tlx wnsii. to remove them stretch the stained part over a basin nearly full of boiling wnter so that the slenni may penetrnte the fabric nud apply with n feather a teaspoonful of salt dissolved in a dessertspoonful of lemon Juice When the murks disappear dip the ma terial well into the hot wnter; after wnrd rinse very thoroughly In cola wnter.-Exchauge. In the 8nm Boat. "Mr, could you give me n little ns- slstunceV" said the weary wnyfnrer. I don t know where my next meal I coming from." Neither do ," replied the prosnerout looking Individual. "My cook left this morning too."-New York Globe. Broadmlnded, "1 hnve no grudge against fat peo ple," said the steamboat agent, "but I always give them a wide berth If I can "-Boston Transcript. Cruelty nud reur shake hand to gether - Hiilr.no. Paraguay lis valuable forest re sources, the most Important f which I qiichrsolin, pnrticnlnrlv rich In tan nin. If all prayers were answered the ma jority of men would quit work, Thumb Down. The turning down of the thumb In the old Itonian game did not signify don Hi. There wns no such sign. To signify that the spectator desired the death of (he vanquished gladiator the list, with the thumb hidden Inside It, was turned down. Is like what you want your hair to be Lustrous, bright and glossy; soft, silky and wavy. To have hair like beautiful this, use It's just what its name implies just to make the hair glossy, and lustrous, and more beautiful just to make it easier to dress, and more natural to fall easily and gracefully into the wavy lines and folds of the coiffure, just to give that delightful fresh and cool effect, and leave a lingering, delicate, elusive perfume. Will not change or darken the color of the hair. Contains no oil ; therefore, cannot leave the hair sticky or stringy. Very pleasant to use, very easy to apply simply sprinkle a little on your hair each time before brushing it To thoroughly clean your hair and scalp, use Harmony Shampoo A liquid shampoo to keep the hair clean, soft, smooth and beautiful, an instantaneous rich, foaming lather, penetrating to every part of the hair and scalp. It js washed off just as quickly, the entire operation taking onlv a few moments. ' It leaves no lumps or stickiness. Just a refreshing sense of cool, sweet cleanliness. just a dainty, pleasant and clean fragrance. Both in odd-shaped ornamental bottles, with sprinkler lops. Harmony Hair Beautifier, $i.oo; Harmony Shampoo, 50c. Both guaranteed to please you, or your money back. Sold only by the more .than 7000 Rox.II Store.-The World'. Cr..tt Dru Store, - .no DULCE S BOUmiFT JF-M&T? "J?"' "'"'? lVheL d,lih,fu' HARMON Y. VIOLET VU lb and BOUQUET JEAN1CE Perfumes and Toilet Preparation! are nude. Sold in this community only at C. Perry Drug Stores 548 State It gives J. 115 South Comercial Salem, Oregon. n!1 l l.ii.i ' ..unit,. SI !iiiliiiiiiiiil3Li!!litti!!l!!!iiiii! rwi ii Interpreter Wanted. Curling, like Its sister Scottish gnme of golf, bus lis own voni buhiry. Here Is ii dialogue in which a Scot fn the antipodes tried to Illustrate the "kittle pints" of the Knie to bis New Zealand friends. "What's n mt-lld, Sir. Macpherson?" asked an Inexperienced member of the venerable "skip." "Dlv ye no see, ye gowk?" said the skip. "Yo dln yer stane cnnnlly, but line sue line ns tao ho It; one halflii' licit nor Jlnkln' turn, ye ken, hut ten tlely. Unit it uye gangs snoovlu' an' Ntraucht ns nu elder'd walk, hog snout herln' ntiuiiitr the Biuilrds, till ye fun' on tho verrn tee. When yo've dune thnt, laddie, ye'vo mnde a put-lid, nnd ye inny bear the grec!" Ladlesl Try This! Darkens Beautiful ly and Nobody Can Tell Brings Back Its Olosi and Thickness. A Face and an Offense. Cnptiiln-lf I see your face In my limine upiln I Nhall slap It. Noble for eigner-Ali. but It eos u punlxliable of tonne! Ciiptulu-Of course It l. Thai Is why I want to slap It. -Judge. Common unnlen nage brewed into a heavy ton, with milnliur and alcohol addivd, will turn gray, Mronked nud fnded hair bountifully dnrk and lux uriant; 'remove every bit of dandruff, slop aealp itching ami fulling hair. Mix ing the Sugo Tea ami Sulphur recipe at home, though, is troublesome. An eas ier wny is to get the rendy-to une tonic, rusting nbout .VI cents a large bottle, at drug stores, known an "Wyelh's nge snd Sulphur Hair Kemedy," thus avoid ing a lot of imiKS. While wispy, gray, faded bair is not sinful, v.o till deiire to retain our youthful apix-niance and attractive no, lly darkening your hnir wit!i nyein fae niui Miipliur, no one can tell, boi'iuiso it docs it so natumlly, so cmmiIv, You jusl dampen a sponge or soft hrtoh with it ami draw this When a girl begins to call a voting .through your hair, Inking one small mnn by his first iisme, she has designs 1st mud at a time; by morning all gray on bis last. hairs have disappeared. After another application or two your hair become beautifully ilnrk, glossy, toft and lux criant and you appear years younger. Local Agent, J, C, Perry. Quaint Dticription, Little Klsle. silting In n street cut opposite a mini with twitching eyelids, whispered to her mother, "Mamnni Hint poor man has the hiccups In liN eyes "- llostou Transcript. The most delicate, the most senslbh of nil pleasures, consists In promotlm. the pleasures of others.-I.n llrujciv nri njr i . i X me mar nets iiiilliEip Hops are at a standstill as growers nro not listening to the song sung by tlio sirens with the refrain of 23 cents. That is why there are no sales. Tho growers have arrived at tho conclusion that prices nro going to bo much higher, and they know no reason why they should not have at least a pnrt of this increase. Thoy can see no reason why hops should be selling at 42 cents in New York and 25 cents boro. The crop could bo sent east by mail and then leave a profit for tho growors over the 25-i'eut price. A few tales are report ed at 25 cents, but they are small and few. Tho egg market is a live one, nnd tho price tends steadily upward. imitations are now 40 ceuts. The whent market is dead and produce re mains unchanged. PORTLAND MARKETS. 4 drums, 1832 lb. al Coffee Roasted in per lb. Nuts Walnuts, 17Vj18c per Brazil nuts, 12 Vic; filberts, 15c nionds, 1018c; pecans, 17c; cocoanuts. 9uc(o'$1.00 per dozen. Salt Granulated, $14 por ton; half ground, 300c, $10 per ton; 50s, $10.75 por ton. Beans Small whito, $0.50: White, $5.50; Lima, $0.30; pink, $4.15 rea Mextcniu, 5c; bayou, $4.1a, Rice Xo, 1 Jnpan, 55!jc; chcape gruutw, vjc; southern head. WfaXtc Honey Choice, $3.233.75 nor oass Sugar Dry granulated, $5.35: fruit Tho 1 mm berry, $.).3o; boet, $3.15; Kxtra C .,; powdered, barrels, $5.00; cubes barrels, Q,.io, Fruit and Vegetabloe. Apples Xew, 00c$2.50 per box apricots, 75c$1.25 per box: cant. loupes, $1.251.50 per crate; peache., wvijuuc per uox; watermelons, $1.25 per Shouting "Hey, there!" might at tract the attention of a grass widow. Hut what's the use J" Grain, Flour, Feed, Etc. Wheat Track prices: Xew Club, i 1,.. 1 T ! TV. mi . . Rrt L ' iec, uctt mu itussinu, lie; rue, ivc; .va.i.uw per uox; grapes, oOcrtftl 15 alley, ivc. pr crate; casaoas, 11.75 per dozen. Alillstuff Bran, $23.50 per ton; Tropical Fruits Oranges, Valencia snorts, miuuunga, uaveia, 4.au(a'a:30; Florida e-raiia- Flour Patents. C4.70 nnr barral-1 fruit. ."l.j0(,l7- , - -' ' - , - - - straights, $1.10; exports, $,1.G34.G3; valley, $4.70; graham, $4.00; whole wheat, $4. SO. Corn Whole, $37; cracked, $3S per ton. nay Fancy Idaho timothy, 17l8j fancy eastern Oregon timothy, $1316; timothy and clover, $1415; timotby ami alfalfa, $l.1(at5j clover, $8.50lo'; oa and vetch, $10(fril; cheat, 10U; valley grain hay, $l0rtll. Oal Xo. 1, white, $2325.50 per ton. Harley Feed, $25.50 per ton; brew ing, nominal; rolled, $J7(a';.S. Groceries, Dried Fmita, Etc. lined r nuts Apples, 10c per lb.j currants, 10c; apricots, 12(fT14c; peach SfT lie: prone. Italian. Sf,M0,v .;i iruu, d.o0(jr,( lemons, $8.5010 per 'i pineapples, JC per lb. v i .vBuiuies ueans, 3(t?4a nsr Ih . cabbage, lKt per lb.; cauliflower, $2 rT craio; corn, I0(jiil5e per dot; en cumbers, 2040c per box; eggplant, "vs.i.- ,.er pounu; nij lettuce, 3540e per dozen; peas, 57c por pound; pep pers, 68 pound; radishes, 10tffl20 per dozen; tomatoes, 4000o per box' garlic, 10c per pound, ' Totatocs-Xew, 75cffi$l ... , sweets, $2.23 por crate. Unions-Oregon, $1.50 per sack. Dairy and Country Produce. Butter Oregon creamery, nli.l .l 1lU .,.!,. ...... . . ' , mnts, dox lots, 34c. r-ggs-uregon ranch, 34(,J33o per dot ( beese-Oregon Triplets, 16Hcj Dal ie, 17c; Young America. IS,. 14 lbs., 21(S22c; picnics, 14'ac: cottage, roll, 17'jc. Bacon Fancy, 2930c; standard, 25 26c; English, 2122c. Lard In tierces, choice, 14Vjc; coin pound, 9;4C Dry Salt Meats Bncks, dry salt, 13 !4c; bncks, Bmoked, 14ij15e; bellies, dry salt, 14cj smoked, 10c. Smoked Meats Boef tongues, 25e; dried beef sets, 22c; outsides, 20c; in sides, 23c; knuckles, 21c. Pickled Goods-Barrels, pigs feet, 14; regular tripe, $10; honeycomb tripe, $12; lunch tonngues, $22: lamba' tongues, $40, Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc Hops 1913 contracts, 27yjC; 1913 crop, nominal, Wool-Eastern Oregon, 1010o per lb.; valley, 1818c. Mohnir Choice, 2528o pec lb. Hide-alted, 12c per lb., salt 1617c; galted kip. 12e; -ni 8Mic; green hides. HUc: rlr v:j i7? dry calf, No. 25o. dry tegl718 LOCAL WHOLESALE n ""A. X, "inn, per ion Shorts, per ton Wheat, per bushel .. Oats, per bushel Chittim Bark, per lb, "ay, Timothy Onts and vetch i lover, Client I'er ton 1'cr ton .. $25.00 $27.0D 80e ...323,1c -4!j5o $15.00 $11.00 $9.00 $11.00 Butter and Butterfat, per lb., f. o. h. si Creamery butter, per lb "" - vuir uuiier, per lb 'SKs. Per dozen Poultrv. Fryers liens, per lh. toostcrs, por lb 8teera. Steers ( (rj! 8C ....30e ....32o ...14e ...12o 8o ver, ISo; figs, whito and black, 6UJ(1, turkeys, live, 20c, dressed 23e 7Vac; raisins, loose lliiwilrl, Ogj Veal-Fancy 15lc p'r noii ne; bleached Thompson, HVic; un bl.ached Sultana, 8.jc; seeded. 7U'3 He. ISffilOc. n nn..l rork-Fancy, 12He lb' Prortsiona. Cows, per cwt . Hogs, fat, per lb Stock ogs, per lb twee, per lb 45e 89e 7 to TV 4c 4H6 pring lambs, per lb.. Veal, according to quality nu- i uia. Dry, per lb. .e5e$ E5