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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27

Now, Samuel" said his doting
mother, ''you are going to see one
of the incest girls tonight you ever
met, and | want you to make a good
impression. Now, the way to do that
is to show appreciation. AS some one
says, Be good listener Now, don't
you forget it"
II won't, mother" answered the
dutifui Samuel.
At another house, the one to which
Samuers feet were tending. a loving
aunt was saying to her visiting niece:
Now, if Sam comes, don't you rattle
on as if you hadn't any brains. Just
you keep quiet and let him do the
talking. He'll ike you all the better
for il.
And to this day those matchmaking
women can't understand why those
two young folk despise each other
London Tit Bits.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27
Too Many Languages.

There is undoubtedly a good deal of
advantage in learning foreign tongues
from a nurse in childhood, but it is
easily possible to do this at the ex-
pense of English. If the child is not
to know its mother tongue there is not
a great deal of advantage in having a
smattering of a foreign one.
On the piazza of summer hotel
were observed not long since a group
of Overdressed children who were
about setting out for walk under the
care of a governness who was unmis-
takably French.
"Maudie," small boy of the party
said to his sister, "ain't the fraulein
a-goin to Gomez
"Nong," the girl answered, "elle est
nein gut, and | be awful glad she amt
well this morning"
These children had French and a
German governess at the same time,
but neither of them was bothered
about so unimportant a matter as
English, Youths Companion.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27

John Bruse, a druggist on Leicester
street, has in his store the most dimin-
utive pet ON record. II is humming
bird, and is SO tame that it feeds readily
from Mr. Bruises hand, always posing
In the air aud never showing a disposition
10 alight while partaking of food. AL
though very fond OF sweets II viii not
touch honey, but eagerly sips quantities
Of rock sirup from quill that is kept
''loaded" for that purpose. II is also
fond OF flies and spiders, and Mr. Bruse
has 80 far been unable 10 determine
whether Il takes rock sirup for its prin.
cipal diet and flies by the way OF wal
nuts, or vice versa.
This merry little hummer has the free
dom OF the store, but its favorite perch
is ON the branch Of the gas pipe over tho
soda fountain, from which vantage point
IL not infrequently surprises customer
by darting forth and dipping its slender
beak into the glass from which ha Is
The bird has been In Bruss's
possession more than three weeks, and Is
OF very social nature, showing in many
ways It's fondness for company. Partic-
ularly is this feature manifested when
the store 4 drst entered IN the morning.
-worcsstsr Spy.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27

Mr.. Bill Sowell, of Sylvester, Ga,
comes to the front with big snake
story. While the facts as narrated be-
long to the suspicious snake variety,
yet Mr.. Sowell says that they are
none the less true. He says that
while Mr.. Serve Jenkins was driv-
ing along the road he came upon u
large rattlesnake and killed it. 1t
had eleven rattles and button. In
passing the house of his brother-in-law,
near by, Mr.. jenkins told him of what
he had done, and the former went down
to look at the snake. When he got
there, however, he found another large
rattler near the dead one, and while
looking around for stick with which to
annihilate snake No. 2, q huge moccasin
crawled out of the grass and coiled up in
position.
1t was an exciting time, but, securing
stout stick, the gentleman cleaned up
the reptile band in good shape and left
them all dead upon the field. The next
day Mr., Jenhus' son Stafford in driving
along the same road, discovered half
grown alligator on the spot where the
serpents had been slain the day before.
Stafford alighted, and, constructing a
lasso out of piece of rope that he had
with him, threw it over the gators head
and captured him.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27
g August
Flower

The Hon. ]. w. Fennimore is the
Sheriff of Kent Co., Del, and lives
at Dover, the County Seat and Cap
ital of the State. The sheriff is
gentleman fifty-nine years of age,
and this is what he says: 81 have
used your August Flower for sew
"eral years in my family and for my
own use, and found it does me
more good than any other remedy.
have been troubled with what
call Sick Headache. A pain comes
in the back part Of my head first,
and then soon a general headache
until l become sick and vomit.
AT times, too, l have a fullness
after eating, pressure after eating
at the pit Of the stomach, and
sourness, when food seemed to rise
up in my throat and mouth. When
feel this coming on if take a
little August Flower it relieves
me, and is the best remedy | have
ever taken for it. For this reason
take it and recommend it to
others as a great remedy for Dys-
"pepsia, &c" o
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. S. A.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27

An innovation in favor of women has
been made in Queensland by the railway
commissioners of that Australian colony.
At one Of the new stations close 10 Brls-
bane they have appointed two young
girls as ticket clerks, AT the wage of ten
shillings and fifteen shillings respec-
lively. The hours are eight and a half,
and the work is light, provided the girls
live within easy distance of the station.
II Is class of work which will be much
coveted. London Tt-Bits.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27

A Sample of New York School Discipline.
At the opening exercises of one of our
grammar schools few days ago there
was rather long pause between songs.
| did not discover the cause of this until
heard one of the teachers remark in a
shrill voice, ave shall not proceed un-
til the girls on the right side of the room
show some animation in their faces. and
until those on the left side stop fidget-
ing" The remark struck me as very
peculiar aud contradictory. How can
there be animation without motion?
Perhaps they have a peculiar drill at
that school known as "animation drill,
conducted in such manner that all the
girls look animated at the stroke of the
bell. That these girls did not feel ami
mated under the circumstances is but
natural
They were arranged in their seats in
such manner that they sat so exactly
one behind the other that line drawn
from the center Of the forehead Of the
girl on the front row to the center of the
forehead of the girl on the last row
would have been a perfectly straight
)ne 1t follows that the field of vision
If each girl excepting the first one was
filed by the hair on the back .
If the head Of the girl in front of her.
What there is in this view to bring ami
nation to the soul l really don't know.
New York Epoch.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27
What neeomes of the rennis.2

What becomes of all the pennies2 1t
seems to be with them very much as it
is with pins-nobody knows where and
how they disappear. Yet they vanish
in some fashion. Last year the Phila-
delphia mint coined 94,O0O,O0O pennies.
1t would take good sized building to
hold so many, but they did not begin to
supply the never satisfied demand for
more. Just now the establishment re-
ferred to is hard at work manufacturing
further supplies, and so it will continue.
Washington Letter.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27
The 'rhln Rice" of the chinese.

The very first thing that Chinaman
takes when he gets up in the morning
is a bowl of hot "congee, or, as he
calls it, thin rice This is simply rice
boiled away to thinniSh drinkable
consistency If allowed TO cool, it
would thicken into paste, Some care
is required to make it properly.
IF the water is visible and not the
rice, " says Yuan Mel, that is not con
gee II the rice is visible and not the
water, that is not congee either. The
two must be indistingu,shably blended
before you can call the result congee. 4"
Temple Bar.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27


The subject of fruits is one which de-
serves more than a passing notice.
Some parents would withhold them al
/ toyetber from their children until after
/ the second year. This is very good
/ general rule but it will admit of ex-
/ centions IL is an undeniable fact that
some Of them are most wholesome
foods. and the earlier children can be
accustomed to them the better very
many even before they are two years
old can safely take, and are much ben
Gifted by. the juices of sweet, mellow
fruit. Children also frequently suffei
from habitual constipation, and these
Juices act far better than medicinal
remedies
Notwithstanding all this the giving
of fruits u children before they are
two years old should be very guarded,
and limited to the juices of those which
are positively fresh. known also to be
easily disposed of in the system and
not likely to cause diarrhea. As a
child approaches its third year, its al
lowance of fresh fruits may be more
generous, due care being invariably
used in their selection; still, modera-
ton should be the rule, for intemper-
ate indulgence in even the most digest
able fruits is quite sure to be followed
by unpleasant, if not serious conse-
quences.
Those fruits which are very acid, and
require much sugar to make them pal
atable, should be withheld Oranges,
apples and peaches, if perfectly ripe
and sound, may be occasionally allow
I'd, unless, of course, there is an irrita-
biIity Of the stomach and bowels. Pears
are less dgestible than these, but if
ripe can do no harm if not
TOO freely indulged in. Boston Herald.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27
"cRockER,s FollY.s
A High Fence Built by n Millionaire TO
spite an Obnoxious Neighbor

Spite nn Obnoxious Neighbor
The $50. 600 wall around the Hopkins
castle at Great harrington. Mass. is
not new idea. About fifteen years
ago Charles Crocker. one Of the big
four" Central Pacific railroad mag.
mates. made similar Improvement
/ Crocker built himself a mansion on
the brow Of Mob bill Etn Francisco
The palace covered a.ucst an entire
block.
A gentlemen whose name is lost to
fame had modest mansion in a corner
lot of that block Crucher coveted
that lot. but could not get it at bis own
price He was somewhat incensod be.
cause he, millionaire. was baked in
purchasing what lac wanted at bis OWL
price The poople Of that vicinity were
astonished Oh seeing a board wall being
built bc;w Crocker's palace and the
gentlcman's modest two-story frame.
The wonder grew with tie fence, which
was built to the height of the roof Of
the cottage.
This wall totally shuts out the light
from the west, also the sun after mid
day. The gentleman appealed to the
courts, alleging that no person had the
right to construct anything, even
though upon his own premises which
would interfere with the rights and lio-
critics of another; but the courts held
though it was admitted by
Crocker that the fence was useless, and !
he could give no other reason than |
spite
The gentleman removed his laundry |
from the back yard to the roof, and
every day the family linen was faunt-
ing in the breeze from his own house
top, which somewhat spoiled the view
Of the Crocaer family as they gazed out
lpon the bay and dispelled the ro-
nance of their evening promenades on
he eastern piazza.
Under the ruling of the court the
gentleman had a right to make an un-
lightly nuisance of the roof of his
louse. But he proposed to do more
lie inscribed upon his banner, mo
and refused to sell at
ny price. lie was on the eve of rent
lg his house to Chinese theatrical
ompany when the proud Crocker or
cred his wall TO be torn down.
This wall, known as "Crocker's
oily" was one of the objects of Curl
sity of the city and WAS on the list to
e shown to tourists. 1t was visited by
of citizens also.-Chicago
Vines.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27

The Interstate Artificial Rain compa-
ny, of Goodland, has filed its charter with
the secretary Of state. The objects of
the company, as stated in the charter,
are 10 promote agriculture and TO supply
water to the public by producing an in
creased rainfall by artificial means, and
the buying and selling of real estate. 1t
is understood that this company has a
contract with Frank Melbourne to fur
nish the rain, Capital stock, 800, ,00O.-
Kansas Cor. st. Louis Republic.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27

DIR. r. l.. ST. John of Howland,
Putnam county, Missouri, takes
especial pleasure in recommending
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, be,
cause he knows it to be reliable.
He has used it in his practice for
several years, and says there IS non
better. 1t is especially valuable for
colds and as preventive and cure
for Group. This most excellent
medicine is for sale by Geo. f Good.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27

Lillian Otwell, pretty girl Of sixteen
years. who had been raised by her aunt
In the village of Horntown, Accomack
county. Va. disappeared from her home
four weeks ago. Her relatives searched
the county around without obtaining the
! slightest clew to her whereabouts until
her aunt. who had given her up as dead,
received letter from the section master
of tine Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad
at Delmar, the dividing line station be-
tween Delaware and Maryland, describ-
ing the girl and stating that she was
safe at his home.
For several months before her disap-
pearance she had been afflicted with
melancholia, and her aunt feared that
she had committed suicide. The girl,
after leaving home, had cut off her long
brown hair and procured a suit of boys
clothing. Attired in flannel suit, i'll
fitting pantaloons, slouch hat and big
boots, she started out to walk to Phila-
delphia, bent upon travelling around the
world.
She had walked the railroad ties for
thirty miles. and was sick and in an ex-
haasted condition when found by the
kind hearted railroad man. He took her
to be poor, homeless boy, and sent her
to his wife to get some food. His wife,
upon learning the sex Of the little tramp,
made her change her clothing and want |
ed to send her home, but the girl re- |
fused to tell where she lived, and begged
so hard to remain with her new found /
friends that they finally consented.
In the meantime the railroad man had /
inquiries made along the railroad and
finally located her home. The girl said
she had been kindly treated by her aunt,
and had no cause to leave home other
than that she wanted to see the world.
She was returned to her aunt today
Cor. Washington Post.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27
Two Peculiar Springs.
London, for thy life,
Show me such another knife

In Corea there are two springs, situ-
ated at considerable distance from
each other; in fact they have the
breadth of the entire peninsula be-
tween them. They have two PECULIAR.
ties When one is full the other is al
ways empty, and notwithstanding the
obvious fact that they are connected
oy subterranean passage, one is bit
ter and the other pure and sweet
North China Herald.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27
Pat Suit of olotne. In the Contribution.

Pat n Suit OF Clothes In the Contribution.
He was a modest young man from
Westchester county, and had come down
TO see his best girl in Harlem. Being q
careful young man, before he came TO
the city he had taken his summer suit to
the country tailors TO be cleaned and
pressed, ready to be put away in cam
phor for the next seasons use, and had
received in return round brass check,
to be returned when he came back for
his clothes.
Sunday evening, in accordance with
the time honored custom In Westches-
ter as we'll as other places, he and the
aforesaid best girl went to Dr. Virgins
church for the evening service. The
sermon was good, but the "best girl"
was better, and between the two he got
trifie ratified So when the contribu-
ton box came round unexpectedly he
made dive into his pocket and hauled
up, as he supposed, quarter, which he
put on the plate,
He saw in "A moment, TO his dismay
that il was as he said, THAT ere brass
check" He couldn't afford TO lose that,
30 he made frantic dash at the box and
hauled out u five cent nickel-the usher
looked at him in horror, AZ If he had
tried to rob the box. and moved hurried
ly to the next pew. The best girl tit
tered, and the young man felt himself
getting into a beautiful sunset glow.
After the service he was too modest
and bashful to hunt up the treasurer
aud cash the check, SO that gentleman
is still holding it for redemption, and
the young man from Westchester is
wondering If he can get his clothes back
without a check, New York Herald
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27
SSEg.7E1f3ieNS
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NO MEN AT his BALL.

/ Smith College SOpbomores the Escorts
and Freshmen Their Partners.
It is an old custom at Smith college
that the sophomores give the freshmen
n reception early in the college year.
The "a reception to '95 took place on
/ Wednesday evening, and was great
success.
Every sophomore invites freshman,
and, as the entering class is always
larger than the upper classes, some of
the juniors are called upon to assist in
doing the honors.
The sophomores engage their partners
good many weeks beforehand, and it is
only a short time before the appointed
day that the formal invitations come out
These are engraved and bear the class
seal. The sophomores omit none Of the
attentions that man shows woman
whom he invites to dance. Each sends
flowers TO the freshman Of her choice,
and she rolls up in state in a carriage to
the door. though she may have but few
steps to go.
At about o'clock carriages began to
stop at the door of the Alumna gym
nasium, where the reception was held.
Owing to the comparatively limited space
allotted to dressing rooms the basement
was converted into cloaliroom with
the aid of a clothesline and few mir.
rors, and very odd it looked to see the |
scores Of girls in light evening gowns
prOmenading back and forth ON the ce-
ment floor before going to the hall above |
The guests were received by the presi-
dent of the sophomore class, Miss Ham
mond, who was assisted by Miss Rob
bins, the vice president. Dancing began
at 8.
The stage was converted into a with
drawing room, furnished with luxurious
chairs, couches and fur rugs, and lighted |
with piano and banquet lamps. This
was an excellent place from which to
look at the dancers, and it was con.
stantly occupied during the evening by
couples who desired more seclusion than
he crowded hall offered. On each side
If the stage and opening from it was
Dom decorated and furnished rs class
oom. One of these, trimmed in Nile
,reen and white-the freshman colors-
vas called the freshman room. In the
ophomore colors, were two pretty girls,
blond in white and brunette in red,
Who gave to every freshman souvenir
These were devised by the entertain :,
,rs, and contained sly hits at the fresh
men. If girl was known to have been
she received a tiny lace
handkerchief, on which was
inscribed in red letters:
Hush. little freshman, dry your eye;
You'll be a sophomore by and by.
The absence of men from the college
dances at first strikes freshman as odd
but she soon gets accustomed to this and
ceases to notice the lack OF them.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the lights began
TO be turned out, and soon the hall was
empty save for an occasional couple
having last dance, or waiting in Sc
cluded corner to escape the crowd in
the cloakroom. Cor. New York Sun.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27

Pittsburg carfare Is three cents.
Conductors out that way cannot look
glun when the fare is raid in pennies,
hut hereabouts pass, ngor IA made 70
feel that he has done peculiarly mean
thing when he pays that coin, no mat
ter how neatly he may pile the eSppers
up, - Boston Commonwealth.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27


"eo' +. Good, the druggist, tales
especial pleasure in supplying lis
customers with the hest medicines
oo,ainaoIe' Among the many ex-
eeilent preparations on his shelves
may be mentioned Chamberlain's
o'ueh Remedy, fSvorite during
the winter months on account Of
It's great success in the cure Of eo.ds.
lhere Is nothing that will loosen a
severe cold so quickly, or so promn,.
" relieve the lungs. Then Il eonnt.
erae,s any tendency towards nn,u-
nnA ~ Is pleasant and ssEe IN
ss,,s,,, sIsas, ana folly worthy OF its ponu-
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27

As htchau's Golden RaIsam M +,
cures Chaneres, first and second sts,,.
Sorcs en- the Legs and Bsdy; Sore Ears
Eyes, Nose, etc, Copper-cclored D,otcbss
eyPhlAte atargh, diseased Scalp ard si,
primary forms Of the disease Inovn
Syphihs. Price, SIS 90 Der RostIc
Ie Atlehau's Golden RaIsnm No
CuIes-Isrtiary, Mercurial SyThiIitle Rhsu
mAtlsnl rams Ia the Bones, Pains in tbf
trt useA e oi the Mex, liberated Sor,
to,aS Sypnlitlc Rash, Lumps and con
endieates all disease from tbs $50, a."
NHsSher caused by indsrretion or aims
y nsreury, leaving the blood pure an
hesthy. Price SIS 90 per RottIe-
Ae hichau's Golden Spanfsh Ansf.
aote Tor the cure Of Gonorrh0a cjsst
irritation Gravel, and all Urinary Or Gsnf
RossII ~ arrangements. Price 81 SO pen
. aiehaa's Golden Spanish In.
1ss, Tor severe cases Of GOnorrhaa.
lahainmatory elect, Striotures. .Ac. lSFir-
~ 81 per B0ttle.
htchau's Golden Ointment
Ios ehe en- setiNe healing of Syphilitic s5res
nd sropuons. Price 81 90 per Hox.
Le htohau's Golden PfIis-yrrv,
sad ht1ln treatment; loss Of physical pos
eAeess or oyer-work, Prostration. etc
Frsoo - 90 per Box.
ealo and Nervina,
Ssas ssesl shere. Q. O d, sooursly pAessS
Ihs RICHARDS DRUG ca. Agaut,
eVo a al MARKRT sT,
San RraneAses, o.
S.,sAns SEHS VaEa
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27
Two Curious Knives.

When Sheffield first became famous
for its cutlery a peculiarly shaped knife,
designed for a variety of uses, was
made with great care and sent to the
agent of the Cutters company in Lon
don. On one of the blades was en-
graved the following challenge.
London, for thy life,
Show me such another knife
The London cutters, to show that
they were equal to their Sheffield
brothers, made a knife with single
well tempered blade, the blade having
a cavity containing a rye straw 2 1-2
inches in length, wholly surrounded by
the steel; yet notwithstanding the fact
that the blade was we'll tempered, the
straw was not burned, singed or
charred in the least
1t is needless to add that the Shef-
Held cutters acknowledged themselves
Outdone in ingenuity.-St. Louis Re.
public.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27

The Best salve In the world for cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheun Fever
Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or nn pay fel luires. II
IL guaranteed to give perfect satisiacfiOp
or money refunded. Pace. 2b couts pe'
bDx. For sale by Dan'l J. Fry. 225 Com IT.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-11-27

rs that eagle thoroughbredp
Yes"
How much do you want for hinT
Five dollars"
Why, do you sell a whole eagle for
half eagle "-Harper's Bazar.