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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27
To the Electric Light.

Twinkle, twinkle, little arc,
Sickly, blue, uncertain spark;
Up above my head you swing.
Ugly, strange, expensive thing.
When across the ioggy air
Streams the lightning's purple glare;
Does the traveller in the dark
Bless your radiance, little arc?
When you fade with modest blush.
Scarce more bright than farthing rush
Would he know which way togo
II you always twinkled so?
Cold, unloving, blinking star,
I'VE no notion what you are;
How your,wondrous "system' works,
who controls its jumps and jerks.
Yours luster like the day!
CHASTITY, green, inconsistent ray!
No; where'er they worship you
All the world is black or blue.
Though your light perchance surpass
Homely oil or vulgar gas,
Still q close with this remark)
/ detest you, litfle arc!
st. James Gazette.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27
SCRAPS"

A new vessel Is on the way out tC
the Pacific coast to ply between San
Francisco and Honolulu. She is an
| iron bark named the Andrew Welct
and was built at Port GLASGOW last
year.
Christopher Mayer, a New jersey
millionaire, LETT will as clear and
straight as such a paper could be
made, and now fourteen lawyers
are at work trying to find plans tc
break It.
Chauncey Depew has a rival as a
dinerout i'm Attorney-General Dali
ton, of Massachusetts,. The latter
admits having attended 125 dinners
and banquets during the last five
months.
The Kansas City girl who was con-
victed of horse stealing was sentenced
to t en- years Imprisonment, just like
man. Thus, slowly but surely, the
great cause of woman's rights IS
marching on.
Every bicyclist should use his per-
sonal influence to secure good roads,
but his duty does not require him to
get off his wheel over the handles
and smooth the highway down with
the back of his neck.
Governor Gordon of Georgia who
fought like IA tiger to establish the
Confederacy, pays public
to Rutherford b. Hayes.
He says justice has not been done
to the ex-president by either party.
Denmark expends $4,000 yearly
for the maintenance of dairy schools.
The result is an immense improve
ment in the quality of the dairy
product, and an increase within
twenty years in Denmark's butter
export from 81, 10000 to Sl3,OOO,OOO
A manuscript copy of the gospels,
for which S25, 600 has been refused,
Is about to he sold ut the auction in
London. 1t is the copy known as
he "evangelarium," written in let
.ers of gold on purple vellum, and
was written by Saxon scribe for
Archbishop Wilfred in $40.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27
The First Greeuback.

Gaddis, Il Cincinnati hack driver,
treasures n ~ bill of the first grccl-
back issue, The Enquirer of that
city tells that Salmon P.Chasc, while
SECRETARY of the treasury, visited
Cincinnati.
"ShInN sir?' shouted Gaddis,
then n bootblAck, to n stranger In
the Burnett House lobby.
"Dl your prcttiest,n - said the gen.
tleman, with smile, "and IN give
you my photograph"
The boy did not fall in very hear
lilly with the proposition, as he had
no particular use for photographs
OF his customers, but amer little
oantering he took the job,
Al the finish the geutl,m an han.
ded the boy brand new one 81 bin.
That's my photograph, ," said he,
away.
The by glanced nom his custom.
or Ia the bill Ia momentary per
pleSity, Then the strong rcsem.
blanco which his customer boN To
The vlgnette IN one co,ncr at the
snenhaok caught his eye, aud he
knew that the SECRETARY OF the treas,
hry had hecn having u little fun
With him at his own expense
The historic story of "liow Bet
" and | made Up" has been ~.
lea,ed In this city. MIR J, n.
illmom has mtnrned frOm San
Fmnclsco. lie SAYS IL Mas simply
lovers quarr'l which had h,cn
made up, aud the suit for d.vonS
All ee dismissed Albany Herald.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

OF oceans the Pacific is the largest,
being 1000 miles long and 5000
miles wide. It also claims the honor
Of being the deepest. The deepest
place yet measured was near the
Ladrone Islands, where depth of
4,475 fa thoms was found. This great
depth may be better understood
when we consider that 4, ,475 fathoms
is 20, $50 feet. or something over five
pilpa
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27
Pacific Coast DefeDses.

| tUhbt DtltnStb.
The Canadian government has re
ceived "A cablegram from the imperi
al authorities stating that work OF
the Pacific coast defenses will be be
gun this summer. The home gov
ernment has always been keenly
alive to the importance Of fortifica
tions on the Pacific coast, especially
ut and about Esquimault, the ter.
minus of the Canadian Pacific rail.
way, as well as the arsenal of the
British navy on the Pacific. Last
year the British admiralty detailed
an officer to make a careful examin-
alton of the coast of British Column
bia between Vancouver and Esqui-
mault with the object Of deciding
upon sites for the erection of bat
teries commanding the entrances to
Puget sound and protecting Esqui-
mault. Recommendations were
made, but nothing was done until
lately, when the British government,
stirred up to activity by a renewal
of negotiations by the government
of Washington, regarding the Behr-
ing sea question, decided that work
on the coast defenses should be be-
gun at once.
G. +. Foster, minister of finance,
speaking to reporter regarding the
statement published in u San Fran
cisco paper to the effect that the
British government was contem.
plating II scheme for the transforma-
ton of Puget sound into II second
Gibralter, said the expression "a
second Gibralter" was too strong,
but II was the intention of the Can
adian and imperial authorities to
make great Improvement in the de-
fenses of the Pacific seaboard ports,
especially Esquimault. "If the
Americans object" he said, "to our
establishing batteries commanding
the entrance to Puget sound, why,
let them build forts on the opposite
side of the straits.n
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27
A DANISH Inventor hn. dcsIpn

A DANISH inventor has designed
method of moving vessels by aiI
propellers. \ steam launch wa,
lifted with u windmill with stecl
blades. II Is carried on frame
above the deck, anh formed an
aerial propeller wheel, steam ma
chlnery WAS provided for rotat-
ing this. With this as pro
peller II was proposed to drive the
hnal. Practically, II was found that
n twenty-foot launch of five aud
one-haif f,Nt In diameter, could he
driven at speed of five knots per
hour IN calm weather, aud against
fcsh bneze at four knots. The cn.
gine producing this effect Indicated
one aud a half horse power For
single indicated horse power the
thrust Of the propeller WAS S5.7
pounds.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

THE Attorney General has receiv-
ed the report Of the special agents
sent 10 Oklahoma to investigate
the frauds alleged to have been per
petrated by Deputy United States
Marshals. II will not be made pub
lie just now, but IL IL understood
that II exonerates Marshal Needles
and shows Marshal Jones and his
deputies to have been guilty. The
information gathered by the special
agents will be used to deprive rascals
Of the claims fraudulently obtained.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

THE Grand army wants Memorial
day TO be observed as II Memorial
day and not as II Fourth Of July, n
evlnced by the following memorial
issued by the department com
mander: Resolved; that this de-
partment protest against the use of
Memorial day for excursions from
points where G.. A. X. posts are To-
Gated, but said day be observed by
the usual exercises prescribed by the
q, A, II,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

HUMAN life Is estimated Ia have
nngihened 26 Icr cent In the last
half century, "rhe aVemye human
life In liome. under Caesar, was Is
years,' says Dr. Todd Of Georgia,
sand nov II is co. The average In
france 1 Nean ago WAS -, the
mean duration la lSS5 was l5l years.
In Geneva during the thirteenth
century a generation played its part
upon the stage aud DISAPPEARED In
Ia years; now the drama ns,lir,s 40
years before the curtain falls. Dur.
ing the golden reign Of good Queen
bess, In London aud all the large
c.ties of merry old England 90 out
q. ever. leo paid their 'ast debt 10
nainne yearly, which means instead
Of thne soon and ten, they avems,d
bat one score. Now, Ia the city of
London, the average ls a. yean"
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27
"TO BIZ OR NOT TO BE-

soliloquized the melancholy Dane.
A sea of troubles opposed. He
shrank before them; ambition lay
dead. Life, as he viewed it, rested
under yellow cloud, tinged with
green. Hamlet, to my ymind, was bill
ious. The blood, diseased, carried
through the natural gates and alleys
of the body, made life burden; and
the ills of the body magnitied in a
tenfold degree his other ills. Purify
the blood, give, new life and action
to the system, take DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and your
drowsiness, lack of appetite, chilly
sensations, yellow skin, bad breath,
will all depart, as the morning mists
are dispelled by the rising sun.
Thousands of cures follow the use
of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, 50
cents.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27
mob HILL.

the market is the most uelac lo
in Salem building They have equal Inc "no P
cultivation, seeded in clover with goou
good eevaedandeve has nhe vie" Vi
city, surrounding country the mountain ranges ana
peaks cold well Is twelve blocks south OF th
offered by Jones watson Oh
nsaments and oneenth in quarter yearly
without paid These lots actually worth m @
them long time without interest o
already sold which fine residences VIII oe
and opiond want one or more os
call on ZONES WATSON show the plat and the lots
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27
Ir is rather surprising that we can

Ir IL rather surprising that we can
not yet positively answer the old
question; Why is the sky blue?
Prof Tyndall explained the color as
due TO the smallness of the solid
particles In the air which are thus
able to reflect only rays of short
wave-length; but II latter inves,iga-
tor, Prof Hartley, believes that the
mysterious ozone exercises some in
fiuence on the rays, as small guam
tity Of ozone gave II sky-bluc In II
tube two feet long.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

RUPEPSY.
This remedy is becoming so well
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song
of praise.-A purer medicine does
not exist and it is guaranteed to do
all that is claimed. Electric Bitters
will cure all diseases Of the liver and
kidneys, will remove pimples, boils,
salt rheum and other affections
caused by impure blood.-Will drive
malaria from the system and prevent
as well as cure all malarial fevers.
For cure of headache, constipation
and indigestion try Electric Bitters
Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or
money refunded.-Price Scots. and
S1.O0 per bottle at Dan'l J. Fry's
drug store,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27
A SCRAP OF PAPER SAVES HER LIFE.

1t was just an ordinary scrap OF
writing paper, but it saved her life.
She was in the last stages of con-
sumption, told by physicians that
she was incurable and could live on
ly II short time; she weighed less
than seventy pounds. On a piece
of wrapping paper she read of DIR.
King S New Discovery, and got IA
sample bottle; il helped her, she
bought n large bottle, ii helped her
more, bought another aud grew bet
ter fast, continued it' use and is now
strong, healthy, rosy, plump, weigh
ing l4O pounds. For fuller particu-
lars send stamp to w. III. Cole,
Druggist, Fort smith. Trial bottle
of this wonderful discovery free at
Danl j. Fry's drug store.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27
Rather Romantic.

The papers relate II story Of ex-
Sheriff Hogan of Roseburg who
was disappointed because Cleveland
did not make him United States
marshal, Not having that to Mt
tend to he went to Spokane Falls
and relieved his foiled ambition by
buying town lots and selling them
again, clearing 800, 900, selling what
cost him 5000 for 5,OOO-or could
II he only would. IL isn't every
man who has speculation In his eve
that makes II pay 50 well, but almost
any good trade or business pays any
man better than seeking after office.
The oillcc-seeker never knows what
he has, aud the man who conducts
his own business is monarch of all
he surveys in that line. Every man
who Is disappointed may not make
rs good II thing of 1t as ShorinHogan
did, but anv man III TO have an oil.
clal position can do rs well for him.
self as office can for him. Orcgun-
ian.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

A MEMBER of ihp | ,pl, ,

AMEMBER Of the londn epidcn
illogical society states that tn,
bacillus of tuberculosis, or consump.
tion, may enter the body by inocu-
latlon through n cut or wound; by
means OF the gcnito-urinary mucus
membrane; 10y the product of con-
ceptioD, and by direct heredi-
tary transmission; by the mucus
membrane of the alimontary canal;
by the muCus membrane of the re-
spiratory tract, and 10y the air cells
of the lungs, The dagger of swal-
lowing the germs with the food
makes II vitally important TO avoid
milk from tuberculous cows, and
possibly the flesh OF tuberculous
cattle, fowls and other animals.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

This is the season of the year
when the raw, cold winds create sad
havoc with the hands and complex
ion. Soft white hands and a clear
"peachy" complexion can be as
suredly preserved by the frequent
application of Dutard's Specific. If
rubbed into the skin well it leaves
no greasy surface. The skin
absorbs it. Sold by d. w. Mathews.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

A good digestion waits on appe-
tite and a good appetite is one of the
surest signs of perfect health. II
you are low spirited, irritable, bill
lious, or have an irregular appetite,
then we advise you by all means to
take DR.. Henley's Dandelion Tonic.
1t will make a new man of you.
Sold by ID. w. Mathews.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

A KENTUCKY man, while digging
a rabbit hole, came across a keg OF
whisky a hundred years old. This
incident will greatly stimulate rab-
bit hunting In Kentucky.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

Oregon Kidney Tea is put up i'm
air tight tin boxes which preserve
intact, its peculiar medical proper
ties. Full directions for preparing
the tea, accompany each package.
1t is also put up in liquid form, a
concentrated extract. Your drug
gist is authorized to refund the mon
ey, if Oregon Kidney Tea does not
do what is claimed for it. For sale
by ID. w. Mathews.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27
Bueklen's Arnh,a SaIye.

The best salve in the world for
cuts, bruises, sores. ulcers, salt
rheum, fever sores, letter chapped
hands, chilblains, corns and all SKIN
eruptions, and positively cures piles
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Daniel j. Fry, drug
uist
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

THERE Is no doubt that type
writing as business Is peculiarly
adapted TO women, and AZ they do
their work AZ well as men, it almost
seems rs II the business might be
monopolized by them.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

The first article Of the new con-
stitution OF Japan recently promul-
gated provides that "the empire Of
Japan shall be reigned over and
governed by a line Of emperors un-
broken for ages eternal" Just as
like as not the Jap will one day de-
eide that this clause is unconstitu-
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

Maine has cut and stored almost
two million pounds of ice since the
middle of January, and thousand
interested parties are praying for a
II summer as hot as tophet.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

\. y. Meal of Morberly, Mo-, for
merly owned the largest COW in the
world, Mr.. Meal disposed of her in
lSSS, the Cole Circus Co. being the
purchasers. She weighed on day of
sale 3, ,296 pounds.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

THEpresident has had fewer office
seeking callers Of late and as a natu-
raj consequence the number Of ap-
pointments have increased.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

John Pratt of Chase county, Kan
sas, was formerly the owner of COW
weighing 8, 200 pounds. She was of
the common scrub" stock and
stood 10 hands high.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

1t is safe to say requirements will
call for 150,0OO,0OO to 2OO,OO0,0 900 rail-
road ties this year.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27
MONDAY ----

DURING the week ending Satur-
day the treasury paid 81 100000 on
account of pensions.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

A short-horn steer weighing 4lOO
pounds was slaughtered at Detroit
in 1874,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

English syndicstes own millions
of acres of southern and western
lands.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

Accidents are liable To happen at
any time, and il is well To be pre-
pared for them. Every family
should keep bottle of Dutard's
Specific In the house at all times. Ii
Is worth its weight in gold for burns,
sealds, bruises, old sores and skin
diseases. sold by ID. w. Mathews.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27
EuPEPSY

America yields 36O,OOO.OOO feet of
lumber yearly.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27


There Is more catarrh in this sec
tloh OF the country than all other
diseases put together, aud until the
last few years Was supposed TO he in
cuahle. For n great many years
doctors pronounced II "A local disease
and pnescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing 10 cure with
local teatment, pronounced il IN
eurahle, Science has proven catarrh
70 oe constitutional disease, and
therefore pluips constitutional
Treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure.
manufactured 10y r. j. Cheney Il Co
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
uonal cure ON the market. Ii Is
taken Internally IN doses nom 10
drops Ia a teaspOonful. IL acts di-
nctly upon the blood and mueus
surface of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars Tor any ease n
Rails 10 cune, Send for cirvulars aud
tesiimonials. AddrsS +. ]. Che
ney 4 Co, Toledo, q.
Sold by druggists, T5c
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27

lhousands are AFFLICTED with diseases n,
me Kidney and Urinary Organs, who oSsnf.
ler IN silence, rather than make Eno.sn
.neir troubles. To all thoSe afiiicied We
gon Kidney Tea, which Il cnn9,saiS I,a Vrs, e,
netps, selected with great care in Oreeon
anu warranted not 10 contain minerals ~
nn Aihd' \ Iew doses afford Instant re-
Sold by d. W. Mathews 4 Co.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-05-27
THE OLD RELIABLE

biasks;nith and Wagon maker, John
~ ~ nuisn. Is now iqlly established at his new
tuatters On Liberty Street. He uses all
The new mel hods in his ART and maEes =
slsSlalty or diseases OF horses feet
rank Lynch has charge OF the wagon
Ss,p. Ssepar, iheni ana does a general repairing
Suslness- These gentlemen are too vel
known for Us 10 try and recsmmend t6em
~" hn'sn' has been here iOFss years,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-03
ing at Cambridgeport, Mass, Tues

ing at Canbridgeport, Mass, Tues
day.
Mrs. Livingston and her son Lau-
r1ston have moved into the second
story of John Varnum's house where
she will do dress-making and general
sewing.
Misses Jane and Abbie Chamber
I'm, with Miss Jennie Watts, are now
IN London where they have met Miss
Laura Chamberlin returning from
her missionary labors in Turkey.
For the third time within a few
months items for the Caledonian
mailed here Tuesday evening failed to
reach st. Johnsbury until Thursday
evening. The postmaster here as
sures us that the letters are sent all
right. 1t is in order for the next one
who sorts the mail on this line to
speak.
Christmas night was celebrated at
the Methodist church in a pleasant
way. The church was Hastily deco
rated With evergreens and two trees
were loaded with presents which
Santa Claus distributed with lavish
hands. The singing by the choir,
assisted by Rose BaSsett and Blanche
Roscoe was excellent. Other fea lures
were declamations, dialogues, music
from violin and banjo, and brief and
appropriate remarks by Rev Mr.
Mckenzie
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-03

the Thomson-Houston company II
they would do it as cheaply as other
parties offered. (2.) The contract
made by the trustees was unauthor-
lied by the village and illegal and if
persisted in would likely involve the
village in litigation because of their
inability to collect the village tax.
81 The trustees were disqualified
to act for the village also because
they were an interested party, the
contract obliging the electric compa-
nv to buy their power of company
in which at least two of the trustees
were owners Another point made
by Judge Ross was a moral one,
which he considered the greatest OBJ
lection of all.
There is not room to speak at
length of this matter as it deserves.
That Judge Ross was honest and
sincere, no one doubted. That he
was far-sighted and generous even to
magnanimity, was equally evident
when he told his fellow citizens that
the trustees were not pecuniarily Ii
able for their error, and that III order
to protect the village he had of his
own motion caused an injunction to
be served upon the Thomson-Hous-
ton company restraining them from
suing the village and that he would
defend his suit at his own EXPENSE
There was no attempt to answer
Judge Ross argument. There is no
answer But the rabblc was not
brought there to hear argument but
to sustain the trustees, right or
wrong. Time will probably prove
that Judge Ross gave his fellow
townsmen some good advice.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-03
COOP ADVICE REPTDI4TED.

The appearance of Judge Ross be
fore large body of his fellow towns
men last Thursday evening WAS of
such an unusual character that the
very full report of the meeting else
where does not give an adequate
idea to those not present of its sig
nificancc or Importance. Look at
the scene for a moment \ Judge of
the supreme court of the state-in ju-
dicial learning. experience and i'll pub
lie and private character, one of the
foremost men of the statc-appcars
before body of his fellow citizens
and in a neighisorly, friendly way
considers a vital question of village
policy and Improvement, during
which he not only gives them much
good and sensible advice, but also
gives them legal information which
the village would have to pay a
high price for elsewhere Without a
particle of animosity toward any
one, with the kindliest feelings ex-
pressed toward all, he stood before
his neighbors and fellow townsmen
and spoke i'll a candid, fatherly way
which won the admiration of all un-
prejudiced hearers
What did Judge Ross say? Boiled
down 10 n few sentences II was this
81 He was in favor Of lighting the
streets by electricity and because of
the expense they had already been
at, he would favor giving the job to