Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-03-27
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Robert Wilkins of Easthampton
has a pet whale that follows him
about wherever he gees.
A printers toast-Woman the fair
est work Of creation. The edition
being extensive, let no man be with
out a copy.
The Secolo, Milan newspaper, is
publishing the Bible in 2l0 half
penny parts Of eight pages each and
900 wood cuts.
A lady fixed the following letters
in the bottom of her flour barrel and
asked her husband to read them a:
OICU MT.
This winter, the first time for
more than 80 years, no team has
crossed Sunapee lake, New Hamp-
shire, on the ice.
The opposition party in Canada
propose to stand or fall with the
policy of conciliation with the Uni
ted States as its rallying cry.
A Dubuque Gowa) man has just
shipped 100 cats and 200 dogs to
Dakota, where the animals are
wanted to exterminate ground mice.
Fifty deaf mutes participated at a
ball at Cincinnati few nights ago,
and danced and enjoyed themselves
as if they heard every STRAIN Of the
music.
The essentials of IA Watering place
may be illiterativoly summed up
thus: Sea, salt, sun. sand, shells,
shrimps, steamers, ships, sailors,
and shinele.
A milwaukee, brewery horse has
his gallon Of lauger per dar, and he
won't pull Il pound if they try to
beat him out of his drink.
The papers on the tariff, whose
publication is provided for in Sena-
tor Allison's resolution, will fill
three bulky volumes of 1000 pages
each.
Judge Stover OF Kansas City re-
Gently performed the surprising feat
of hearing and deciding four appli-
cations for divorce within six min
utes.
The first religious newspaper ever
issued was the Herald Of Gospel
Liberty, which was published by
Elias Smith, of Portsmouth, n. H,
in 1909.
Canadian pork packers and farm
ers have petitioned the dominion
minister of customs to exclude from
the country hog products Of the
United States.
Wedding rings were used by the
ancients ana put upon the third
finger, because of supposed con-
ncction of vein i'm that member
with the heart.
A big Brahma hen belonging to a
Baltimore man has distinguished
herself by laying an egg that was al
most the size Of II cherry and
weighed only Il grains
A London surgeon says that busi-
ness men who occupy offices above
the third story get lighty after a
few years, and uplGss making Il
change, become mildly insane,
Guns are now being madeso power
ful that the object which their mis-
siles are intended to strike will be
out of sight, Consequently the gun
can only be directed 10y the map.
A Toledo woman, who has twice
been divorced from the same man,
married him two weeks ago for the
third time. Altogether she has
been married six times to three men.
Over in England a gas meter has
been invented whereby you drop Il
coin in the slot and get as much gas
rs YOU pay for, a penny buys the
light of an ordinary burner for six
hours.
st. Louis has half n dozen or more
professional clock windcrs, They
each have n list of timepleces which
they are to wind on certain days.
One of them says he attends to POO
clocks day,
\ wonderful Ice cave, according
to the Bakima Herald, was discover
ed recently near Trout lake, Klicli-
tat county, w, r. 1t is of great size
but cannot he explored ON account
of the Intense cold
\ line of cable ears passing
through la Sallo street tunnel i'm
Chicago is to be lighted 10y incandcs-
cent lamps as the ears enter the
tunnel, the current being thrown
out as daylight is again reached.
The clergyman In an English
town, having published the bans of
matrimouy between two persons,
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