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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-30
The Hired Mans scarecrow.

Once in awhile you will see a rainy
day scarecrow This variety the hired
man usually builds during some rainy
afternoon when the plowed land is
muddy and the meadows steam. He
carries the habiliments destined for his
work of art out into the barn, and
there. stuffs and stitches and pats into
shat pe to his hearts content. He takes
the trousers to which a smoldering
pipe, tucked into the pistol pocket,
gave the death stroke. He stuffs them
with hay until the fabric groans with
fatness. Then pack is tucked in
above these rotund pGnties and is like
wise pumped to phenomenal proper
tions.
This is to be no disreputable tramp
of a scarecrow, mind you, and so the
hired man secures a frayed pillow
sheath and stuffs it with a kind of
brains warranted not to slip or cog or
overthrow dynasties. Then he pain
fully evolves, with a smut COAL set of
features upon the tempting expanse of
pillow case. AS usual thing the hired
man follows only his own ideas of art,
and the face he makes is a thing to see
and remember forever. But it will
scare crows equally as well as it will
horrify the rest of nature.
Lately the hired man contributed to
the cause straw hat from his own col
lection and proudly bore the hideous
effigy a-field. 1t not only scares crows,
but keeps every youngster in the neigh
borhood under ten years close to the
paternal dooryard after nightfall. -
Holman f. Day in Lewiston Journal.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-30

Miss Hownow- Well. Bridget you
didn't stay long at the Ocean Swell
House Was the work too hard for
yDuf
Mrs McGinty-Oh. no. mum. Is ives
not the worruk oi minded; Il Il the in
dacenf way they had OF making the
girls as the same things a. the boATdsrs
'.Boetcn Courier ...
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-30

The ruins Of the palace Of the queen
OF Sheba have not been found in Ma
shonaland, whence the wonderful gold
Of Ophir is supposed to have come But
the Zimbali ruins show that this strange
country was once the scene Of a mighty
civilization
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-30

; Mrs Ponsonby-Why. my dear. what
has become Of all tho iewelry you used
10 wear 80 mueh7
Mrs. Poplnjay--i have given them up
10 save the heathens
MrA Ponsonby-How good OF you.
Mira Popinjay- Yes. but will get my
reward. Harold viii bny me new set
of the latest style. Jewellers Circular
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-30

Lille West Brown, wife Of Harry
Brown, the well known comedian. Is
the dramatic critic Of the Chicago News
Her uom de plume 10 Amy Leslie
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-30

Dreary Draggles-Did you hear that
the juke wot tramped with us from San
dusky to Erie was deadS
Weary Waggles-You don't tell me
that the poor juke has passed away2
Dreary Dragges- Yes; he starved to
death waiting for kind hearted lady tc
get her purse out of her pocket.-Ha
per's Bazaar
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-30
Iiueklen's Arnioa sal -

The Beet saive IN the world for tNts,
r.arrs, tcttcf a hApped Hands, Chiiolains
Norus ana All skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, OF nN pay required. ID
~ fnoney rrfQ aded. p1es, a. cents psr
boz, for sale BY nan'l }. Fry, Is com sI,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-30
$500 Rewardl

WE viii pay the Hbuve reward Eor an,
case OF iNer calisit..s,iui, spepsia- siet
aeedAche, IN tiges; i0n. cOnst iraiiOu ar 60
" W iss ene5s We ctnnei cDif N,iN vests Neg
eile o,eAlqer thls, when the directions ar
stflctle complied with They are DnreiS
Nesetaoi, aad never a,l a. give gati-f.S
toi: sugar noaiegt. lartse h0xes- contsin.
tns sas ~ pilis. : eects. q, FaTa OF counteT.
Co. Chicago IN. - MESI
.,s.ss sid y y Geo; = Cord, Dsusgisl, Sus Com.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-30
Tha Camine llnn.

The Chicago. Union Pacific 4
Northwestern lime offers the best
accommodations 20 the travelling
public en- route from San Francisco
and Portland, Chicago. Through
trains, fast time, magnificent sleep
ing cars, elegant dining cans, coloEist
sleepens, reclining chair cars aud
handsome day coaches. eOd--Aug.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-30
10 NfraMhnr,...,.. Z,

iai', ne undersigned has cop,.,o"elN.
quianlity OF the Jessie. ttSsvg,Iaetes on u.
m,niet nn az Ss'ein straw be,,,,' pslake y lls
onlPhe 1nl &c Gand, (bes Wy Wy bar and y
fiun'doie fr,,,, ~ "a, late berry In ei ss,eei and 10
BERT % a; a,,ns'.,i' w savage, Salem, % spa make,
oe5 onlt' h1nt,nsvilie. Warrsai ]. ". AN
sept ib..r mber ir,t'iaSs IT, CataIUgu tgts es tS a.
Address ' zen other s,,ad
dV b. hOFIsSs
Saleln ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
HOW CAN WE ESCAPE2

We rs Christians have duties; how can
we escape the displeasure of God If we ne
elect them? One Christian can not lay out
another's work, but there is q niche where
every one can find bis work. II we faith
fully perform the duty that is nearest us,
our sphere will enlarge and we shall find
plenty Of work to do for the Lord. 1 Won
der if at the last great day, we shall not be
called to account for doing what was I'M
necessary, when we might have been doing
something to advance the Kingdom OF
Christ, something for the help OF the poor,
the needy, or the outcast. How can we es-
cane il we fail to serve God with all our
heart? How many protesting Christians
only give the Lord a half-hearted ser
vice? The pleasures of this life have
fully as much attraction as the meetings
for PRAYER, yea even more. How often
the meetings of the church are left,
while its members are mingling with the
busy world. ,, =.
Can we escape any more than could Jonah?
He was sent to perform certain duties, so
are we. He was to proclaim the word OF the
Lord to Nineveh, so are we. Are we not in
the midst of wickedness of all kind, are not
all Christians as truly sent to proclaim
Christ as was he? Yet, do W. not think
Jonah a little worse than ourselves? Have
not we received our commands, and our
commission? Are not we to follow the way
the Lord leads US until we lay down the life
which he has given? We forget God, yes,
we try to flee as did Jonah. And happy are
they who are led back from the way to des-
t~ruction to the narrow and rugged path
which leads to eternal light.
Again | ask how can We escape II We fail
in duty, if we heed not its call? There is a
wonderful Bible promise: ''As thy days. so
shall thy strength be-" So if the way does
seem hard, there is the everlasting arm ready
to be our strength and support:
How cnn we escape, If we feel called to
perform certain work and do not do it, but
run from and ignore it! Why do we try
when the love of Christ has rescued us2
We who have tasted Of this love should i'm
part to others the 10y we feel, the hope that
is within us should brighten the saddest
hour. When sorlow and a~tfliction come
we cannot run away. from that.
Earth's pleasures will not COM
fort lis, its greatness will not
help us; but there is the Shadow OF the Rock.
the covert from the tempest, the promise |
will be more to thee than any earthly friend
can be. And when thy father and thy
mother forsake thee then the Lord will take
thee up. .
We know the truth Of the blessedness OF
these promises from experience when loved
ones were taken we fled to the refuge and
was comforted. Even in the day Of sore
trial God was with rs, and VIC trusted his
love and it failed not.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
CHARACTER.

There is o structure which every respon-
sible person is building, whether he intends
30 to do or not. That structure Is character,
and every public act and word of our lives
is a part of that structure; and when our
building is done it will be just what we have
made It. If aman has been a drunkard, he
will be rated drunkard if be mas been q liar,
people will estimate. him a liar; IL he has
been all his life 4 mon of truth and upright
ness, the people will regard him q man Of
integrity. No man can permanently injure
our reputation but ourselves.
The first thing In erecting q building is a
good foundation. Without this, no matter
what may be the quality of materials built,
the building will crumble and fall. This
foundation to character is honesty. No man
can be q man who is not honest. But aman
may have q good foundation, and still have
an inferior building. See that large brick
building. placed upon a solid rock founda.
ton, but built of brick which arc hard aud
soft. Soon the building will be regarded as
inferior, and possibly unsafe, only because
A man might be regarded upright In bis
dealings and a good neighbor, but he might
have some bad blemishes which would very
greatly mar his reputation. And regard
should be had to this very early In life. In
order to have an unblemished reputation in
age it Is necessary that he should have been
Upright in childhood, youth and manhood.
JOSH Billings says: "A man may get his
reputation broken, and get it mended; but
likely the public will keep their eye on the
krack!" A man of dissolute habits might
reform in after-life and be respected, but be
will not carry the weight Of influence that he
would II be had always feen upright. g..
But the blessing of the Gospel Is that it
can eventnaIlv cnre all OUR ills. Let us,
then, brethren, do all in power to get
this i'sovereign balm" applied 10 all the way
ward sons of men.-lA. Gilmore, In Chris
tian Leader.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
THE DRINK HABIT IN ITS DECLINE.

Instead of drink being the rule now among
native Americans, it is the exception. It is
rarely seen on our dining tables, Church
members seldom maxi a practice OF drink
inc. 1t Is never heard OF at ordinations,
and not often. at funerals. Thousands Of
children have grown up without ever taking
a glass of beverage. Total abstinence has
become respectable, and drunkenness a dis
grace. And yet sensible people seriously
tell US that our reformatory methods must
be given up, because we have made no
progress.
They say there is more drinking per capita
now than when we began this temperance
work. Will they please tell us If this means
more whisky or more beers But suppose 1t
means more alcohol, will they please tell us
how much we would have been taking at
the previous rapid rate Of increased immi-
grafton of drinkers, If it had not been for
temperance work and teaching. Temper
nnce Teacher,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
ExcaYating Indian Mounds.

A. 8. Logan, of Usage City, Mo-, has
been e~xcavating some of the Indian
mounds on the banks of the Missouri
River in the vicinity of Jefferson City.
The mounds were built in q circle on a
bluff $50 feet above the water. Digging
several feet down from the top of the
mound Mr.. Logan found a vault con-
structed of ledge rocks. In shape it
might be called square, with the corners
slightly rounded. The walls OF the vault
were about three feet high, and no
cement was used in building then. The
corners had u recess made in each, form
ing a segment of an arch, in which many
bones were found, together with tools
and a pipe. The bones were those of
men, women, and children, indicating
that the vault was a family receptacle.
The material of which the tools were
fashioned-thcre were axes, knives, and
pointed instruments-was a species OF
hard sandstone known in the nelghbor
hood as 'scotton rock" The pipe was
a heavy variety of stone unknown to Dir.
Logan. The bowl was round ana inc
stem about four inches long. On the
bowl some characters had beea engraved.
The wonder was how the pipe could have
been made with such simple tools as were
found in the vault, aud Mr.. Logan is in
clincd to think that 'these people lived
anterior to the age of flint tools, and it
may be that the 'tcotton-rock' implc-
ments had become obsolete, like the dis.
taft of our .grandmother's mother and
had been laid away as interesting but
useless relics" He has 4 theory that the
vaults were built to preserve the dead,
not from the depredations OF animals
but from the sweep of the Missourl's tide,
which in those prehistoric times flowed
along in the vicluity Of the mounds. -
New York Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
A Valuable Turtle.

The true t'rtles inhabit the sea and
can be distinguished from allied species
by the form of the legs, which are more
elongated and fattened, enabling them
to swim with great ease. These reptiles
spend almost the whole of their time in
the sea, seldom coming ashore, except
for the purpose of laying their eggs. The
Rev. j. G.. Wood gives IN Golden Days
the following interesting information
about them:
The common green turtle is found of
the shores OF the West Indies. The
usual mode Of capturing it is by watch
ing it 90 ashore, and then fitting it IN
its back BY levers which are thrust
dexteriously beneath it. Much practice
is required in the art of turtle turning,
for the reptiles are very heavy, very
strong, and when they take alarm scuttle
off seward with wondrous speed, kick
ing the sand and stones behind them
with such force that the hunters are
often half blinded before they can secure
their prey.
Another valuable species is the hawks
bill turtle. This is the creature from
which is obtained the beautiful material
so familiar under the name Of ''tortoise
she'll" In this reptile the thirteen plates
of the carapace are directed backward,
aud overlap each other like the tiles of a
roof, as may be seen in the figure. These
plates or ~"scales," as they are termed,
are separated from the shell by placing
the turtle with its back downwards over
o clear fire. The heat loosens the at
tachment of the plates and enables them
to be removed. The turtle is then re-
placed in the sea, where, in process OF
time, a fresh set of scales will be pro-
duced. In Celebes, however, the turtle
is first decapitated, aud then the plates
are removed by placing the animal in
boiling water. When the scales are first
removed from the animal they are rough,
brown, and unless held to the light,
give very little indication of the beauty
which lies concealed.
The manufacture of tortoise shell is a
rather complicated process. The reader
must be familiar with the common tor
toise shell combs. These are of equal
thickness throughout their length,
whereas the plates from which the con- bs
are made are thickest in the middle and
diminish in thickness towards the edges
and points.
No one plate could furnish material
for one of these combs, so that if there
were no means of uniting the plates, such
objects could not be made. Fortunately,
the tortoise shell is amenable to the
Joint influence of water and heat, 30 that
when we'll steamed, any number of plates
can be pressed together, and look as if
they were a single piece.
This valuable turtle frequents the
warmer seas. its chief home being in the
tropical Pacific, and the inhabitants of
the many islands which stud that ocean
makes various uses Of it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
Boots for Snort People.

To the question whether boots can be
made that will give extra height to short
people an English shoemaker answers
emphatically, yes. He claims BY an I'M
genious device to have produced the
amazing result that any person may be:
raised from half an inch to six inches
above his natural height, may walk, stand
and even dance like other people, and
the true facts OF the case may be ignored,
if he so please, by his most intimate
friends. The change is effected by an
addition within the boot or shoe, instead
of outside Of it. A piece Of cork, hol.
lowed to receive the foot, is placed IN
sida the heel, and is finally graduated of
at the middle of the foot, TINS preventing
the body from being throwD abruptly
forward, as some people would imagine
might be the case. The foot, indeed,
does not extend in reality to the toes,
and it is therefore possible for those who
wish to be in the latest fashion to have
a narrow pointed toe without feeling any
inconvenience therefrom. BroostyH
Citizen. ok
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
TEMPERANCE.
a FIRST GLASS.

Glass number one, "only in fun.
Glass number two, other boys do"
Glass number three, lit won't hurt me;N
Glass number four. "only one MORE"
Glass number five, "before q drive:"
Glass number six, "brain in a mix;
Glass number seven, stars up in heaven;
Glass number eight, stars in his pate;
Glass number nine, whisky, not wine;
Glass number ten, drinking again;
Glass number twenty, not yet a plenty.
Drinking with boys, drowning his joys;
Drinking with men, just now and then,
Wasting his life, killing his wife;
Losing respect, manhood all wrecked,
Losing his friends, thus it all ends.
Glass number one, taken in fun,
Ruined his life, brought on strife:
Blighted his youth, ruled his truth;
Gave only pain, stole all his gain;
Made him at last a friendless outcast
Lighthearted boy, somebody's Joy,
Do not begin early in sin;
Grow up q man brave as you can;
Taste not in fun glass number me-.
Central Baptist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

TEMPERANCE NEWS AND SOlES.
Some men can keep drunk when they can't
keep anything else.
Temperance is a tree that has commitment
for its root, and peace for its fruit.
''Britons never will bs slaves" boasts the
L%ondoner-yet he will walk three miles to get
his ale.
Sir William Temple: Men may lose their
health without losing their senses. and be ln-
temperate every day without being drunk
perhaps once in their lives"
"A drunken man." says Shakespeare. ii
like a drowned man, a fool, and q mailman ;
one draught above heat. makes him a DOL
the second MAIDS him, and O third browns
him."
The deputy marshals of Alaska have con-
siderable trouble with the Indians who run
illicit stills for the manufacture Of a vile AMI
vicious decoction called hoochinoo, which
creates in the native breast a decided longing
for somebody's blood.
or an estimated population of 90, Dol, OILS in
England and Wales, 1T3, 036 persons were con.
yicted Of drunkenness last year. Fifteen
thousand nine hundred and forty-two were
convicted for being drunk on Sundays be-
tween 1880 noon and midnight.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
The Sora Bird.

The sora is a bird that is found on thf
high-ride marshes of the James and RapEs
~pahannock Rivers in Virginia, in the istG
ter part of summe and IN the fall. .
is rather a small bird, a kind Of rail and
furnishes both good sport for gunner
and q delicious dish for the table. II ii
not protected by the game laws, for thl
excellent reason that it has the good tastx
to be invisible except in the cunning
season, and then it Is always fat, plump
aud juicy. Nearly cversince John Smith
landed at jamestown the great conun,
drum in tide-water Virginia has been
What becomes of the sora after frostl
They begin to appear en- the marches q
August, coming from-nobody knows
where. At first only a few are seen, but
the numbers gradually increase until they
became plentiful. When flushed blythe
sportsman they rise and fly only sixty or
seventy feet and then alight again. They
fly with their long legs held out beneath
them, and their flight has every appearx
ance of being laborsd and difficult. And
yet, after the first good frost, the SOFA
disappear as completely as if they had
vanished into nothingness. It is the
most remarkable case of mysterious dis
appearance known to natural history and
has give rise to endless discussion and
much learned speculation. The most
picturesque and ingenious theory is thatS
advanced by the Virginia negroes, who
are convinced that as DOR frost comes
the sora 60 into the ground and turn 20
frogs. Less imaginative and more prac-
tical philosophers maintain that the son.
though q lazy flyer in the glorious and
golden autumn of Old Virginia, never
theless has good power of wing, and that
when he gets a good, sharp frost on his
tail, he gets up and dusts industriously
in search OF q warmer cline. But tho
common.sense philosophers who hold
this latter theory cannot prove it any
more than the darkeys can prove their
theory that the birds go into the ground
and turn to frogs. The only thing abs
solutely certain is that the sora vanish
suddenly after frost and are not seen
again until the next August. Where
they 90 or what becomes of them is still
an exciting conundrum in tide-wster Viz
pinia,-&. Louis ReDu6sac.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
EVERY CHRISTIAN HAS A MISSION.

There Is perhaps DO one point which re-
auires more to be pressed on the attention
OF Christian men, women and children Ia
the present day than this: that everyone is
sent into the world with q mission-that IS,
for some particular object.
He is not sent here merely to vegetate and
die; be Is sent to do something for his
Master; and there is no one who has not some
talent which he can employ for God. Every
one has n mission. We know what the world
considers to be their mission-just to live as
happy and comfortable as they can; just to
kill time without any thought of what will
become of them when they are called from
earth.
And what do many Christians regard as
their one and only business in this world?
Why, they think that their mission is to take
care Of the salvation of their OWL souls, and
that when they have secured that they have
done all that is required OF them. My friends,
that is but the beginning of the work, not
the end. Having been Ted to believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, having become united to
Him by a living faith and thus been saved
forever, you are then to work, not for your
selves only, but for your fellow-creatures-
for mankind. Having been raised up "from
death into life," show the life which Is in
YOU. show it in action-press forward in
your Christian course, and let your Master
see that you are willing to do all that He has
commanded you to do in His service: En-
deayor to discover what Is your mission IN
the world. mission" may be q cant word,
but it contains the sum aud substance OF
Christian usefulness in the world.
Endeavor to find out the gifts God has i'm
parted to you, and set yourselves to work
with them and whether the door may be
wide or narrow, whether it be in your power
to benefit many or only a few, if you do the
given YOU to do, you will at least hear your
Master saw of YOU: "He has done what he
could" What we can is all that our Master
requires [Sir E. Burton.