Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-04-24
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The Connecticut legsIa,u ure ha
passed a law prohibiting the use {
:, tobacco by persons under 16 year
of age.
Mrs. Harrison denies that any dis
, elimination has been made at tn
I White house against colored dc
. mestics.
f Gold discoveries have been mad
= in montana near the Canadian line
/, aud the country is flooded will
prospectors.
, The twnc trust has bought up al
. the available twine in the country
and is preparing to increase price,
from 100 to 200 per cent.
Minneapolis, alinn., is to have t
building Is stories i-h, st twelve
feet to ne stor', tAis wou.i make
the building a3j feet high.
Rider IIaggarl writes; My fay.
orite noyel is Dickens 'fa.r of 1--WE
Cities In this great book Dickens
touched his highest level.
The Duke of Westminster, accord
ing to latest returns, is still the rich
est man in Great Britain, his for
tune being set down at $4,000, 900.
didn't | see you with your arm
around girls waist the other
night?" eyes, | was making haste
to reach her heart by the belt line.n
Many are in doubt how Amclie
Rives pronounces her first name
In late valentine letter written to
friend she makes it rhyme with
"family.n
1t is beginning to dawn upon the
public mind that the postal service
got bargain when Mr.. Wanamater
was placed at the head of the depart
ment.
a salt vein has been found in mid
die Kansas, 800 miles long, twenty
five miles wide and 400 feet thick.
1t is said to be one of the most val
liable salt finds in existence.
$50 you are running II prohibi
ton paper in Iowa now?" "Ees, and
doing WELL See this cane? 1t was
presented to me by the local prohi-
bition club" at is II beauty"
"iou bet it is, and it holds pint"
A careful census of the American
bison, or buffalo, shows that there
are only $50 of these animals left !
alive, Efforts are being made to
protect these and perpetuate the race
at least to the extent Necessary for
the geological gardens and similar
purposes.
n farmers wife says: The oldest,
cheapest audmost reliable incubator
is big-bodied, short-legged, rusty
looking, yellow hen, that would
rather set ON pile of brick than lav
m egg. She will scratch up the
Hover beds, pick the currants, and
do all sorts of mischief, but she Is
sitter and good mother.
Washinpton's father died when
HE future president was II, Jefler-
sons when he was 1t, Jackson's
before the boy was born, Madison's
when he was a youth, Gartield's
when he was mere babe Harrison
he elders, before he had reached
MS majority, Tyler's when he was
s, Johnson's when he was 4 wears
I'D, and Hayes aud Cleveland's
when they were young boys. The
characters of nearly all of these were ,
nodded by their mothers.
y lamb who lay down beside n
'ond for rest and sleep, found il i'm.
'oNSihle 10 close his eyes ON account y
{ the croaking of frog. out of ,
atlence at last with the mterrup. !
ion, he sprang up and demanded. =
In heavens name, why do You 5
ecp the noise going?" ITS the L
My noise | can make" was the :
umhlo reply "Ies, but why do !,
ou make it at all?' "If [ kent a
uIet, who would know that | was '
Il the eHrthS' Moral Men of blah =
n excused on the same grounds. a
Randall, the mountain evangelist ?
West Virginia, some years auo n
ent over the state painting texts c,
rocks and walls. he decorated p
sorts Of waste places with the ~
At, what shall | do To he savele' "
patent medicine man came along
Ter ard painted just below this. n
henNer he could hnd il, Use m
AnA 'scure Ior consumption. The Ii
'aln' oombination got into the es
llTrs' and Randall seeing 1t, went ~
'ck over his nlnte with his naint y
y aud added below the text. And ~
esAAre To meet :hy Godw H.