Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-03-28
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marry her second husband because
she loved the male sex, but just be
cause he was the same size as hel
first protector, and could wear his
old clothes out.
When you see a man on moon
light night trying to convince his
shadow that it is improper to follow
gentleman home, you may be sure
that 1t is high time for him to join q
Temperance society.
A Western editor, speaking of q
quill-driving contemporary, says his
intellect is 50 dense that it would
take the augur of common sense
longer to bore into it than it would
to bore through Mount Blanc with
boiled carrot.
Twenty persons in one neighbor-
hood in Laporte county, Ind, have
been attacked with trichinosis, and
most Of the afflicted ones will die.
All are Germans, and at christen-
ing recently they ate pork which
had been poorly cooked.
General James Longstreet, the
old confederate officer, is living in
Washington. He looks like EN-
peror William, having a fine figure,
imposing presence, broad face, high
forehead and flowing snow-white
side whiskers and mustache.
General Lew Wallace, before lie
became famous either as a warrior or
author dabbled with the pigments,
and turned out some queer canvases.
He once painted "Venus Disarming
Cupid" and gave to the little god a
pair of bright purple wings.
A burglar in Weeeling who awoke
one OF the sleepers in house he
was ransacking, wasn't unnerved in
the least bv the query, "who's
there?" He replied, "Never mind,
you've been dreaming" and then
continued his search for valuables.
President Harrison continues to
receive numerous letters announc-
ing that babies have been named for
him. The latest comes from Balti-
more, and it is to be hoped there is
nothing significant in the fact that
the youngsters family name is Den
mis-.
The farmers of Iowa and adjoin-
ing states are quietly organizing to
resist the demands Of the binding
twine trust The price Of twine has
increased within four years from II
to Is cents per pound, and is to be
advanced the coming season to 20
cents.
In one of the great canyons out
west there is an icicle / 1000 feet long,
A local paper thus describes it,; A
volume of water unusually large for
the year is falling over the perpen-
dicular wall at the head of this can
yon, about one thousand feet in
height. The falls are incased in n
great tube of ice, which, when the
sun strikes it, looks like gigantic
columd of crystal standing upright
against the precipice. Within the
torrent fumes aud boils with n deaf
ening roar akin 10 thunder,
One of the most striking women
ut the Inauguration ball was tall,
hthe, dark-haired girl with brilliant
eyes ald clean-cut features. She
locked like n Spanish beauty and
attracted a great deal of attention.
There was nothing of the African in
her appearance but she was, in fact,
a full blooded negro named Robin
Robinson-from Louis
ana. A number of the best dancers
In the room asked to be presented to
her but she refused to waltz with
any one. She is said to be as bril- |
liant in conversation rs in appear
lace.
NJ, Swetnam Of Blaine, Lawrence |
county, Ky, owned n fine milch |
'ow which was seized with fits and |
pitched around in a dangerous man
ler and exhibited many vicious |
reaks. She would strike her nose
against any available object until
he skin aud flesh We're torn away,
Harmed at the danger of her doing
larm, Mr.. Swetnam dispatched the
Inimal and made an investigation,
when, on cutting her head open, a
snake was found in her
lose, which had crawled up the left
lostrii, over the bridge of the nose
.nd doien the right nostril, where