Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-16
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. n f-tcuDc llNlIIC man IDOtIGllt Soiii'
. thing wa" wrong with bis nose. II
was nearly stop ed up. After SUI
fering from this annoyance almost
a year or so he went a Doctor
who removed shoe buttoh from
the base Daft Of the nasal cavity.
The mpn now breathes more easily.
I httinnete end inbred desire OF
t1e NJ m.mbers of the humur family
TO get -omethily for nothing-or
l2.. 10 rothing-must account fol
h, naGrJcc 70, quarter sections OF
land ia Oklaho q, o. which somrcll
has been printed lately in our daily
newspapers.
n few of the fcmine stricken
districts OF China mothers are sell
ng Their children. A missionary,
Who visited the me ket town OF
Wang Cnid Ch'uan, net many wo-
men on the streets cal'ing out: "WhD
will buy t. 3 boy? can't feed him
any longer, and / don't want to
hear him crying about for want Of
! fOOd.n
he laryest natural gas we'll ever
struc', was 5orght III April i5, by
the PhilS del9hia comp"hy, nea'
Venom, 6 miles from Eitts"ufs.
/ 10 I'll ,hing OH 10000. coo fe-t day
he reosur9 Deihg 800 pounds to the
i. ch. it IL one of the most signili-
cant wells e er struck, as il shows
thcie are milI'On of new fields u Il
th"t the 1unply is good for MANY
Y ais t. come.
A drunken tinsmith at Warsadin,
Hungary, aaccnded the lofty steeple
of the Franciscan church there by
means Of the lighthi' 'g conductor,
All ! stood upright OL tae c.. IS at tie
top. He z b, iled in this perilous
position tujlv !iiteen minutes, and
delivered speech 10 The crowd thdt
was watching him from below.
Ar'erWard he calmly descended TO
the ground without being in any
way hurt.
a good sto.y is told about a man
who has twelve acres OF land in
Seattle to sell. He asked $50 per
acre, and finally found a purchaser
at that figure. His wife, however,
refused to sign the deed, and the
sale was off. Then he offered the
land for 81 900 an i;cre, and again ii
purchaser was found, and again the
good wife exercised her royal prerog-
ative and refused to sign the deed.
The property is now for sale at $'20,-
OGO for the twelve ceres. Fortunate
is the man who posesses a wife who
knows how to sign deeds judiciously.
Here is chunk of very good
aCvicc, o@efed free gratis by the
Davenport Gazette TO the Using
generations: "Stand up to tie rack,
Oh young man, and you will find
fodder in il. Put on your work
ing harness early every mornin,;
and see that you keep at work, and
you will make want stianger.
Don't wait for the job you want, but
r sp the nearest chance. If you
'ah't get $50a month get SO take
anything until you can
10 better-even if ii be only board.
But work, for the world is waching
you. The farmer, the merchant, the
mpn-Gll are watching for
honest willing workers. Don't
world will know it; don't
AXE on bad habits-they will pull ,
'ou down and hold you down; don't
ret up an appetite for public o. ce, il
vii lay you in the potter's field
)on't try to get something for :
lothing- the road leads to Anamosa
here is a good job, . good living, a
'ood farm, good store, good shop, )
'ood office OF your own, with house {
nd home attached for every healthy
right young man who has got grit
nough TO spend sixteen hours a Il
ay battling for it," l