Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-05-29
HERE AND THERE.

Syracuse, n. Y, is rejoicing over new
! $4,000 kennel club.
There are iO5, 900 locomotives in the world,
/ reuresenting BOOK, 900 horse power
The first religious newspaper published in
/ America was issued in Ohio, and called The
Recorder
The South African diamond fields last year
yielded gems amounting TO 8,646,S9g carats
and valued at over s2O,OJO,OOO
A Vermont minister has preached l2l
funeral sermons, with net return Of two bar
rels Of apples and a silver dollar
An OHIO man has four hogs born without
the sign Of an ear, and so lacking in hearing
that they don't know when it thunders.
During the first three months of this year
5000 more immigrants arrived at New York
than In the same time last year There were
p, ,y}j arrivals m March
The horse power represented by steam en-
giue. IN the United States is 100000; in
England i,uw,UUU, in Germany, 100000, in
France, 8,UpU.0JO. in AUSTRIA, 10000.
An Orlando Fla. wagonmaker has con-
strurted "A boat wagon that will go equally
well ON land or water, and il is voted just the
thiHg tor spurtsmeu in that wild and watery
region
Mrs Morris, Of Sheboygan, Mich, pos
sesses as highly priced relic a large meer-
schaum pipe that belonged to former king
Of Denmark, and is now 23s years old. It has
been am heirloom IN her family for gener.
atiJns
a Pacific coast missionary relates that
after walking fifteen miles to perform a mar
riage ceremony he received in payment a
saca OF Ene cabhages, and lugged them home
on his DacG for fear OF offending his parish.
ioner.
Two French ladies lately agreed upon
trial for lOJU francs to see which could talk |
the flstor The contest was to endure for |
three hours One pronounced 2O3, $50 words, |
reudlug from Eugene Sue" The other pro |
nounced 2OG,3ll, and won the prize,
Three little Buffalo girls, all under II. |
lately started TO walk 10 indianapolis, where
the mother of one of them is living. As they |
took a cash capital Of but one silver dollar
along, they were reasonably glad to be over
taken by rescuers less than twenty miles
away.
They are not troubled with breach OF
promise suits in China When a future
Chinese belle is about three days old she is
formally betrothed to the scion of some ac.
ceptabe neighbor and when she is about
fifteen she is carried to his house and left
there and that ends it,
The greatest ocean depth which has been
lscertained by sounding is five miles and
quarter C25,720 feet or 4,62O fathoms,, not
quite equal to the height of the highest
iuown mountain, Mount Everest, which
measures 29,OO2 feet, or five and half miles
nigh. The average depth between 90 degs.
north and 90 degs south is nearly three
niles
Down in South Carolina a Texas pony, for
acs of better employment, jumped up the
i've loot steps of a book store, walked in,
vent behind the counter, looked at himself
% the mirror and walked out after the
aohlon of the king OF France, without
.s'.dng or damaging anything IN the course
has career
pa'r shed their autlers every year. and al
10 the antlers, when the deer is killed
.rurr they are removed, Will withstand all
aNuers for years ii is very rarely that a
10 That have been shed are found. This is
j 'p be due 70 a small insect that attacks
CATERS soon after they are dropped, and
'oys them by burrowiug through and
rurh them
most admirable charity is that Of the
uon Army in London, which has
."rd restaurant where "a meal may be
"-ni for a tarthing The small coin paws
' "'"I OF soup or "a bali loaf OF bread
'"o iarthlngs secure, "a cup Of coffee or
.'' ami a slice OF bread and jam Thus
''"ut two cents wholesome meal can be
-HL Ihreepeuce urugs meat and pota.
.''d IA half penny dish OF rice