Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-07-01
SCRAPS"

Paper has long been made from
wood pulp, but it is now manufac-
tured from sawdust refuse of mills.
When tarrcd and dried it makes an
admirable sheathing for houses.
jefferson Davis received numer-
Gus telegrams Of congratulation from
European countries on the occasion
of his birthday, all Of which have
been replied to by letter by Miss
Winnie Davis.
Once more the statement is being
passed around that water gas can
be furnished for fuel at thirty cents
per thousand feet, and for lllumina-
tion at forty cents. Then why is it
not thus furnished?
The four territories, Washington,
Montana, North and South Dakota,
will not become full states until they
vote on and adopt state constitu-
tions. This they will do on the
first Tuesday in October.
1t is estimated that iron is now
coming on the market at the rate of
nearly 100000 tons per year. The
use of that metal in buildings is in
crcasing at rapid rate. 1t is grad
Pally displacing wood for many i'm
portant purposes.
a speaker at the Pennsylvania
state dairymen's association said:
"a milch COW can eat almost any
thing she likes without injury to the
milk. What she requires is good
food in variety, regular and enough
of it, Feed succulent food for milk
and dry food for beef"
George Gould is said to have made
Il rule many years ago to which
he. still adheres, never to spend
u cent if 1t can be avoided. But ii
should be remembered that George
is the son Of poor hard working
man, and has no expectation.
There was a man in our town who
thought him wondrous wise: he
swore by all the fabled gods he'd
never advertise. But he did adver-
tise ere long (and thereby hangs a
tale his ad was set in nonpareil and
headed "Sherin7s Sale.n
Prof. Seelyle Of Amherst o.,
boasts that he was once elected to
Congress at cost of five cents. The
five cents were spent for n postage
stamp, ashect of paper and an en-
velope with which to accept the |
Times have changed
siucc then.
The san Francisco Bulletin says |
the Malahs are the only Indian
tribe on the coast that have saved |
heir land and accumulated money. |
They own three scaling schooners |
md run the only store in the whole
country. During the scaling season
most of the bucks go ns hunters,
getting from three To five dollars
for each skin.
Two new words to the English lam
yuage are proposed. One is "typo-
cript, = to express the product Of the.
ype writing gmlchine. For the type
writing machine itself he proposes
he name "graphotype," leaving the
word type writer to be applied to
he pretty girl who runs the ina
hine. These new words are needed,
because they stand for new ideas.
Mrs. Hetty Green of New York
njoys an income ofS3000a day, and
Ter tot'ri yearly expenses are said to
le less than $1,000. Her fortune at
resent is estimated at $50, 900, 900,
nd IL is climbing ut the rate of
more than Sl,0O0,OOO a year. Mrs. !
ireen has proved on sundry occa- I
ions that she is amply able to take 9
are of herself and this big hunk !
{ money, a
Pasteur's agents complain of the Y
they received in Austria. !,
a. Everything that could he done La
, Inconvenience them and tend to n
iscredit the doctors processes for :,
terminating the rabbit pest was 4
one, and even Pastcur's letters for s.
to them We're opened by @
Ne colonial government. The
rngh Ambassador In london will >,
isii'utean Inquiry into the circum- I
aUcyS, |.
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