Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-07-02
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of Findlay, Ohio, by eating corned
beef Isn't it reasonable that the
sympathetic American should orig
mate a prohibition society against
canned meats.
Uniformity in dress the world
over is increasing with distressingly
rapid strides. In all the large cities
of civilization people now look 50
much alike that, for all he could
Judge from those passing, an absent
minded traveller would have to con-
suit bis guide book to tell what
country he was in.
Uniformityin dress the world over
is increasing with distressingly rapid
strides. In all the large cities OF
civilization people now look 80
much alike that, for all he could
Judge from those passing,
traveller would have to consult his
guide book to tell what country he
was in.
The furniture and decorations
in one bar room in New York city
cost 100000. IT is not uncommon
for such places IN large cities to
cost as much as $4,000. Moreover,
last year the beer consumed in the
United states averaged thirteen gal
Ions to every man, woman and
child i'm the country.
Miss Highstone Seeing Rolla, the
new Scotch terrier, for the first time)
Why, Sarah! what have you done
with Duke, that lovely little pug?
Mrs. Llewyn 1otely widow)-Oh,
Tve given him away. / like Rolla
much better, he reminds me so
much Of poor dear Alfred, who had
such lovely blonde whiskers.
Mrs. Jennie Moore, her husband,
and two children, were swept away
by the Johnstown food. Mrs.
Moore was rescued, and has since
been staying with her friends in
Wheeling. Last Saturday she
went to Pittsburg, and there on eN-
hibition i'm a dime museum, She
found her baby. Her husband and
dvc-y6ar-old boy were drowned.
The national convention Of the
religious society known as Dunkards
has Just been held, It's most i'm
portant act was the denunciation of
gold watches as inconsistent with a
Christian life. The Dunkards are
wealthy people and law abiding.
They use hooks and eyes on their
clothing instead Of buttons, and
take beau soup for communion.
The Dalles people completely an
initiate US for circuses. One.farmer
near there once took his cook stove,
the only one in the house, and sold
it in orderto take his family, An
other family that had to apply to
the county for II coffin for a dead
child, few days afterwards all
went, and a young man near there
committed suicide because his faith
er wouldn't let him 20.
A remark by Mr.. Howell in the
course Of his late reading in Boston,
at the Authors Fund benefit, As to
"IIuw much easier it is to make
ones peace with ones God than
with ones wife, SCENE to have
especially ticklcd the risibililies of
the clergp on the platform, for Bish-
op Potter is supposed to have
laughed until he was red in the face
and Bishop Coke laughed until he
cried.
A new Scandinavi:kkjournal in
Minneapolis is printed in the En-
glish language, and the reasons
given for this are worthy the atten-
ton of foreign born citizens. 1t
says tnat it is the desire OF Scandi-
navian population to enter fully
into the spirit of American life.
but ii is also more dawning upon
them that in order TO do that they
must employ the English language.
BY that means alone can they ever
hope To become "A live factor in the
development of their adopted
country. The gateway to influence,
social and political, to a full partici-
patton in the building up of Amer
lea, opens through the English lam
guage.
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Lessons of Experience.
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