Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-04-23
SCRAPS"

$50 representatives and eighty-fou
senators.
OXtail soup and head cheese at th'
same meal is where we make botl
ends meat.
In one small district Of Japan rs
horses were slaughtered last year fol
use as food.
Edison says that only one-fourth
of the coal is used-the rest goes III
the chimney.
A German artillery officer is said
t. have produced new explosive
from carholic acid.
The elite of Japan wear the native
dress indoors and the American
styles on the street.
Comparisons, were they uttered
by a poet, would probably be Zone
the more odcious.
Philadelphia supports a pc ma
nent company Of Ministries, and il
the only city in the country that
does.
One of the latest inventions is Il
thrcc-cornered s."el nail that will
drive easily and will not split the
wood.
IT makes Cuba seem nearer to be
told thatit is onlyninety miles from
American soil to The walls of
Havana.
The wife Of the japanese minister
at Washington learned the English
language, so az to speak it fluently,
in one year.
st. A9ustinc, Florida, is the old
est civilized city in the United States,
having been founded 10y the Span
iards in 1862.
In Buenos Ayres the punishment
for theft is death. but the penalty is
only enforced when the criminal
becomes incorrigible.
A young divine tells story of "a
groom, who after the marriage cere-
mony, slipped n 81 bill into his hand
murmuring, apolo2etically, "pll do
better next time.n
New York World: Young Pat
whats grave doubt, father"
Old Pat-'Be jabers, it's the uncer-
tainty NV man buried aloive,
whether he's dead or not.
Fliegende Blatter: Sorrows of the
cross-eyed man.-"Nliss, may |
have the honor of the next waltz
with your Two young ladies
eagerly alising)-"With pleasure"
Barnum is within three months of
his S0th year, and he is as strong
teetotaler ms ever. He believes that
abstinence from the flowing bowl
accounts for his health, high spirits
and mental activity.
New York Weekly: Handsome
young Canadian-"Are you in favor
of annexation, Miss Oldmaid?"
Miss Oldmaid-"Oh, this is so
Yes, am yours"
One-thirtleth o. the whole popu-
lstion of Iceland emigrated last
year, moved, i, is said, by the un-
of the Danish govern
ment and the Establishments of
Canadian emigration agents.
ioung Journalis,-Do YOU keep
all sorts of pens?
Salesman-les. Which do YOU
prefer?
y, 1--WE been advised to use "A
.renchsnt pen. Id Ikea small box
If them, and you may put in some
too.
"lf | knock three times on the
0tfin-lid during the church service
You mrsI let me out" said James
Daley of Prov dence, as he was
lear'nS h's end the other day.
Everybody wa,,ed and listened, but
|amei did not s;"nal, and the burial
vent on. Ii he forgot it the fault
vas his own.
late Father-Young man, | am
astounded, sir that YOU
eek to marry my daughter on so
hort an acquaintance. You are
lmost n stranger u her. The
ioung Maxwell, she don't take
ny moe chances than | do. she's
lmost a stranger To me. too.
ies, daughter, yes; YOU do right
D model in clay, 10 paint the liihts
nd shadows OF dyspepsia on china
M lire Your work. ThaIs what
d do with it il | got a chance.
'o'.ery is the oldest industry in the
'orld' Adam was made OF clay. I
nd Cain got up the iirst kiln. Ae-
ent heavy ON the "n."-Bob Bur
e,te.