Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-06-19
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Would it be a proper thingto speak
ola literary contest rs "skull race"'
Bill Tells boy is remembered in
history because he had an arrow
escape.
However hard it may be to live
on small salary, il is a good deal
harder to die on one.
A toothpick factory at Strong,
Me-, employs 125 persons, ana
uses eleven cords Of lumber daily.
The white horse is about the only
thing connected with the Cronln
business which displays equine inn
ity.
China and Japan are buying dried
apples from Maine. Thus does the
American industry help to swell the
population of the Orient.
The New York celebration demon
strated the possibility of massing
seventy thousand militia in New
York within fifteen hours.
The authorities in Holland have
decreed that women cannot serve on
a school board. In Sweden il has
been decided that they can.
At "A recent meeting of the cura-
tors Of the Kentucky university it
was unanimously decided to admit
women into the institution.
The Canadian statistician says
that Since 1910 Canada has made
greater progress in population rela-
lively than the united ctotoo.
The smart young man said he had
not been in the drug store long, but
he had been at the soda fountain
long enough to be n iizzician.
Patron-This set of teeth you
made for me is too big. Dentist
Yes, sir. Sit down in the chair and
| will enlarge your mouth a little.
1t il said that Kansas will this
wear have Il number of new sugar
factories and that the product is eX-
pected to be many times greater
than ever before.
Appropriately named: "fhe drug
gists have organized II baseball club"
remarked the snake editor. whats
it's name?n asked the horse editor.
"The Quinine."
A "freak' in Philadelphia offers
to wager $1,000 that he can eat fifty
eggs including shells in fifty seconds.
Wen bet $1,000 he can't if he'll per-
nit us to select the eggs.
Maud--So you are going to marry
your fathers cashier? Isabella
Yes, Pa says that if he runs away
with the banks funds the money
will still be in the family,
Where he was: Lawyer-Well,
now do you think the prisoner was
insane when he fired the shot? No,
sir; am perfectly certain he was
in Pat BNdy's saloon at the time.
Mrs. y. Peek $50 YOU thought |
was an angel once, did you?' Mr., y.
Peck - "lep,' Mrs. y, Peek -
"And you don't think 50 now, eh?'
MIR, n, peck--"Nope, still like in
hopes that you may be- though"
Hicks ,to Briggs, who has a day
oat at target p0cticel-"Did YOU hit
the bulls eye, old mani" Briggs
"No; it was COW, believe. At
any rate il cost me Sl00 to fix ii up
with the fellow who owned the crit
ter"
The Sautiam mines were dlscov-
erred In 1854, or near that time, and
were worked aud scratched over
for frce gold, not Knowing anything
of the silver ores OF to-day Later
they were worked some in tunnels
and open drifts.
Eugene did not have a good title
10 its school lot, So duung the pres
ent vacation an enterprising fellow
jumped aud fenced the school-yard,
and the directors gave him 5000 to
let them secure a little Ia ii hy get
ting tax deed.
Rev. Cookman of the Methodist
Episcopal church In New YORK.
Cty, who has joined the Episcopal
church, is profound believer IN
faith cur', lie has an imnslment
OF speech which NJ the beginning oi
servlce some times hollis him
tongue-tied for a moment, and one
of his formcr parishioners, perhaps
maliciuuSly, SAYS That Cookman
when talking TO him about the inn
pcdlm0at somc time ago remarked;
II used to bc troubled that way, but
1 have ti,sl ths, faith cuge and have