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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07
Relics of j. wilkes Booth.

OF the 10000 or more relics OF all
kinds preserved in the Army Medical
museum at Washington the most inter-
esting perhaps are two portions of hu-
man body-all that remains above
ground of j. Wilkes Booth, the assassin
of President Lincoln. These CHASTITY
but most interesting specimens are num-
bered and catalogued for ready refer
ence. The first amounted on a little
stand and labeled 40S6) is a section, or
rather, sections of three vertebra, the
third, fourth and fifth, through an aper-
ture in which thin wire is placed
showing the course of the ball. Near
this is the second specimen, suspended
in wide mouthed vial Of alcohol and
labeled 4,087 1t is about three inches
long and reminds one of a section OF
well cooked beef marrow.
Referring to the catalogue, under the
head of No. 4,0S6 we find the following;
"Mounted specimen is the third, fourth
and fifth cervical vertebrR. A conoidal
carbine ball entered the right side, COM
minuting the base of the right lamina
of the fourth vertebra, fracturing it
longitudinally aud separating it from
the spinous process, at the same time
fracturing the fifth through its pedicle,
and also involving the transverse pro-
cess. The missile passed directly through
the canal with q slight inclination
downward, and to the rear, emerging
through the left base of the fourth and
fifth lamin@, which are comminuted
and from which fragments were imbed-
ded in the muscles of the neck"
The alcoholic specimen, labeled
4,097, has the entry in the catalogue;
"A portion of the spinal cord from the
cervical region, adversely perforated
from right to left by carbine ball
which fractrred the lamine Of the
fourth and fifth vertebra." The cord is
much torn and discolored by blood.
AS mentioned above, these two speci-
mems are the only portions of j. Wilkes
Booths body that were not consigned to
the grave.-St. Louis Republic.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07
The Maidstone FalIacy.

"The maidstone story is going its
rounds again." said DR.. Arnold at the
Great Northern yesterday. ''It is the
property of this wonderful agent to stick
TO raw surface of flesh and suck the
poison out of it-that is, the owners
say so. As matter of fact no organic
substance can suck except by the aid of
machinery. Again, in ninety-nine cases
out OF 100, the dog bites are harmless,
and there is no poison to be sucked out.
Thirdly, credulity is one of the most ef-
fectivc cures in the materia medica, and
ought to be used oftener where people
have ho real disorders. The whole ira
dition OF the maidstone comes from the
absorptive power of any anhydrous
mineral. Such stone is filed with
pores, and, by process akin to that OF
capillary attraction, the water that il
has lost--in the course of centuries per.
haps--it will soak up again when in con.
tact with liquid
"If one wishes to know the action OF
a maidstone let him put piece of dry
clay or shale to his tongue. 1t will
stick. There is all there is to it. There
are millions of tons of madstones in
every state in the Union, and every fam.
lily can afford to be without it. These
stories of mysterious stones that have
come from the far east, or that were
bought at enormous prices from voodoos
or hoodoos and wizards, are all hum
bug. ."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07
Work in American Organs.

In the best New York factories every
part of the organ is made on the prem
ises, and most parts are made by ma
chinery and finished by hand. Lumber
for the keys is always housed for many
years before being used, and all the
wood used is first seasoned outdoors and
then indoors. No nails are used under
any circumstances in the frame, all
fastening being done by mortise, dowel,
dovetail or screw. All small hardware
is either timed or nickel plated Amer
ican organs are built up from a stout
ground frame or sill, so that subsequent
displacement is impossible. The Euro
peans pile stones and bricks upon the
bellows to help expel the air; American
makers use iron weights. The long
pedal keys are capped with white holly
and the short ones with ebony. Every
piece of wood used in the entire organ
is planed by hand, and is covered with
from one to three coats of shellac to
protect it from moisture.
These are only mechanical superiori-
ties, but they are among the first things
to attract the attention of an unprofes-
sional person, excepting always the cleo
trio appliances, which, if not strictly
American inventions, have been brought
to perfection here. The electric key
board enables the organist to sit with
his manuals in any part of the building,
far away, if desired, from the instru-
ment. This has its advantages in any
organ, but it is almost Indispensable
where an echo is used.--New York
Times
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07

"The largest organ in the world" has
an unfortunate habit of spreading itself
over great surface. 1t is in Boston, in
Harlem, in u dozen other European
cities, in Garden City, in Brooklyn, in
Chicago. Possibly we may have it some
time in New York. Tho great Harlem
organ has sixty stops and 4,OSS pipes.
Fifteen of these stops and 1,09S of the
pipes are in the echo organ. 1t takes so
much strength to play this organ that
the organist is said to be completely ex-
hausted after a performance.
The organ in the Brooklyn Tabernacle
has 10 stops and 4,44s pipes. The organ
in the Chicago Auditorium has 100 speak
ing stops and enough mechanical acces-
sories and pedal movements to bring the
number to 176, and 7,124 pipes, besides
sixty-nine bells. The echo organ alone
has S42 pipes.-New York Times.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07
Drowning Sensations.

l have had some personal experience
in the drowning or being drowned bust
ness. st. Paul was thrice wrecked;
was thrice drowned. want to record
for the benefit of those who feel like
making the experiment that death did
not come to me as 'the gentle FRIEND"
but rather as ''the grisly terror" From
such an experience heaven forefend me
evermore.
The events of my life most surely did
come up before me, like swiftly NOV
ing panorama, with awful vividness and
startling reality. l did not call them
up; they came; they thronged; they op-
pressed; they overwhelmed me. will
carry the remembrance thereof to my
grave.
/ was never hanged, though perhaps
should have been, but was three times
"drowned"-once beneath the ice when
that the first attempt at resuscitation
was abandoned, when it occurred to
some persevering friend to try again,
with the happy result that i am still a
living, breathing, sentient being.
The terrors of death have to my mind
always been one of the great deterrents
of sin, and he that robs death of its
frown is plucking out one Of the sharp
est stings of sin. Besides, will not the
Suicide club delight to learn for certain
the pleasant and painless" road to
deathi / have long believed that virtue
only can make the bed of death ''soft as
downy pinions are. Cor. New York
Sun,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07
Tie TRAMP Anp AIs CHICKEN.
He First Catches 10 and Then Cooks II
with Much skill mud little Labor.

He First Catches ~ and Then Cooks IL
with Much skill and Little Labor.
The tramp has an ingenious way of
obtaining q chicken. He must avoid all
noise. The slightest cackling on the
part OF the bird would he fatal to his
dinner.
He proceeds to get stick about ten
feet long, to the end of which he binds
crosspiece. making a rudo perch.
Then, stationing himself under a tree in
which the chickens are roosting, he picks
out his particular bird and gently brings
his perch up in front of her.
III the fowl does not sep on at once he
rubs his perch gently up and down
against her breast until she finally steps
on and promptly goes to sleep again.
The tramp shoulders the stick and
marches up the road out of hearing dis.
tance Of the house.
How many people, after a raid on their
henroosts by the tramp in the dead of
night, stop to think how he cooked
his chicken? II they give the matter
thought at all, they suppose he will start
a small fire and broil it. But he will do
nothing of the kind. In fact it would be
impossible for him to do so without re-
moving the feathers, and as that would
require labor it would not be attempted.
His kitchen utensils consist generally
of broken knife and a tin cup. With
his knife he will kill and clean the
chicken in very much the same way any
housewife would, except that he will
make the opening in the breast much
smaller His seat of operations will be
on the bank of some little brook, where
he will build a fire. Then comes the
part which he thoroughly dislikes. He
makes very thin paste of clay and
water, and taking a handful commences
to rub it well over the chicken, feathers
and all.
After this is well worked in he takes
another handful of little thicker paste
and rubs it over the first layer. So he
continues, each layer being about an
eighth of an inch thick, until he has
coating of two or three inches all over
the bird and it resembles a huge mud
ball. Then he heaves sigh Of relief.
Nothing further is necessary but to
put the mud ball in the fire, and in
about twenty minutes it is transformed
into a savory meal. When the chicken
is done the clay is baked like ii brick.
After cracking it, it peels off, carrying
with it the feathers and skin, leaving
the chicken smoking and white, a de-
licious morsel.-New York World.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07
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eBIsToL,s WESTERN MAIL.
What Came OF Printing an rnterestin
Item About Spinsters.

What Came OF Printing an Interesting
Item About spinsters.
Communications have lately been
pouring jim in extraordinary numbers
upon the two youths who act respec-
lively rs postmaster and postlnaster's
clerk at the postofiice in Bristol. These
m;ssivea were from many lone bachelors
IL tte FIR west. desiring the postal Off
cials to procure for them the names and
addresses, and, if possible, without re-
gard to cost, the photographs of some
OF the many maidens of whom these
sane bachelors understand the popula-
tion Of The town is chiefly composed.
& story concerning the astounding
numbers of maidens of an uncertain age
who res ided on certain street and with
in the confines of one short square in
Bristol had appeared in The Record, and
the cause of the influx was at once ex-
planned. This article had been circu-
lgted far and near, and had been copied
from one paper to another until the fame
of that Bristol square was widespread.
Many lone bachelor, sitting partner
less by some western hearth, devoured
tie lines eagerly until their meaning so
grow upon him that he could stand it no
longer, but poured forth his desires for
a wife to comfort that loneliness to the
Bristol postmaster.
The Bristol postofice is modest in
stitution, and was at first so embarrassed
by these appeals that it knew not what
to do. but finally, rejecting upon the
wretchedness of those lone western
bachelors, its large heart SO overflowed
with sympathy that it bethought itself
OF taking the matter in hand. Upon
consideration it was decided to post the
letters in some place not conspicuous,
but where the searching eye of the Bris-
tcl spinster would perchance light upon
them.
For some time after the posting of
these letters the Bristol maidens had
much need of stamps, etc., and dropped
in at the postoffice for every mail. In
the course of few weeks there was
such an increase in the western mail
coming to Bristol that an additional bag
had to be provided for its accommoda-
ton. At mail time a continuous line of
bashful spinsters from the street in
question was observed entering with ex-
pectant faces and issuing with either
blushes or with sighs.
The residents of Bristol know not how
to account for the presence of such in
Vulnerable hosts of minated maidens,
unless it be that the buildings on the
street--in SO many cases resembling,
L. 4 4 r.ss1
pie of Diana-have inspired in the fe-
male Bristol breast a desire to follow
the chaste goddess example. but soon
evidently this condition of affairs may
be ameliorated. d.-Philadelphia Record.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07

Five or six years ago the people Of
Colorado City, away ont Ou the rugged
bluffs Of the Colorado river, felt that
they had reached degree Of advance
ment which justified municipal airs.
They thought they ought to have city
council. When they got that they dis
covered that their water supply wasn't
what IL ought to be. There came in a
class of high toned settlers who weren't
satisfied with whisky and water, but
wanted all water, and good water, too.
The city council in due deliberation
moved in the matter. A considerable
fund was raised and deep hole was
bored. The drill went down 200 feet.
It didn't find good drinking water, but
il struck petroleum, eighty feet OF rock
salt and other things.
The boring stopped for awhile Colo
RADIO City offered its hole for sale, but
found no takers After awhile some
body thought of making use of the salt.
The hole was bored deeper. 1t struck
fresh water, which arose to within 200
or 300 feet of the surface and dissolved
the rock salt A pump was put down.
A windmill was hoisted above the pump.
The wind raised the salt water, which
was run into reservoir This west
Texas sun, which shines about $40 days
in the YER, did the rest. Colorado City
had salt. Other wells have been bored.
Windmills have been hoisted in rows
until Don Quixote might think he saw,
by the moonlight, whole army defying
him. TIE process commends itself to
an economical, not to say lazy, man.
The water dissolves the rock salt. The
wind raises the water. The sun evap-
crates the water and leaves the salt on
the ground.
Could anything be easier? Manual
labor is necessary to take up the salt
and barrel it, that's all. A 80-foot wind
mill raises from 5000 to 5000 gallons OF
salt water in an hour. OF the salt thus
manufactured by natures forces Cobra
do City ships out several hundred car
loads month A chemical analysis
shows this salt to be SO per cent. pure.
In country where there were less sun
shine and wind saltmaking could not
be carried on so successfully.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07

Some time ago in large shipping
town, biz, muscular sailor, rolling
TO his lodgings at a late hour, made
night hideoue with unearthly shouts
and yells. A d,minutive sergeant of
police accosted the offender and dc
nounced him In unmeasured terms
for his unruly conduct. The sailors
only response was to put his arm un-
ceremoniously about the sergeant's
waist and carry him off in silent
triumph.
The little sergeant kicked and
struggled, but all to no purpose; he
was held as if in bands Of iron. At
last, to the intense delight of the
spectators, the outraged officer of
law and order screamed out in per-
feet evaporation
IF you don't put me down, I'll
take you upw--London Tit-Bits.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07

Who first invented wooden legs? Vul-
can was a cripple, and in consequence
of his difficulty in walking he is said to
have made himself an artificial support
of gold; but, as Mr.. Thoms pointed out
long ago, gold is not for every cripple,
and every myth is backed by reality.
Again, the devil, as represented in the
drawings and engravings of the Middle
Ages, is a compound of Pluto and Vul-
can. The latter was elected from Olym-
pus, the devil was cast out of heaven.
Vulcan was frequently figured with d
beard and pointed cap.
In the edition of Tyndale's New Testa-
ment printed by Jugge in 1882 there is
wood cut representing the devil sowing
tares, and wearing not only the Vulca-
nian beard and pointed cap, but also a
wooden leg. Another medieval repre-
sentation of the devil with wooden leg
may be found in one of the paintings on
the panels Of the pulpit in the ancient
little church of Heligoland. 1t is only
fair, however, to point out that the arti-
fetal support in the Tyndale wood cut
resembles more clumsy, one legged
stool, upon which the lame leg appears
to be doubled up at the knee, than sub
stituted wooden limb. After all this
Identification, so far as regards costume
and lameness, of the medieval devil and
the ancient Vulcan, although it opens
up curious field of speculation to those
who are learned in matters of compare
tive mythology, yet throws no certain
light ON the question as to when the
wooden leg as we know it-a complete
artificial substitute for "A lost limb-was
first invented. AL the Year Round.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07
ODDS AND ENDS.

The dog barks. but the caravan passes.
Coply, the artist. was the son Of day
laborer.
It is said that the best waikiki 9 pace ia
seventy-iive steps per minute.
The father of Keats kept livery sta
BILE, in which the poet was born.
'Tis only heaven can be had for the
asking. How about good advicer
A colony Of about 1 200 japanese is to
be established in Sinaloa, Mexico.
Six thousand men are now working on
the Chicago exhibition structures.
The output of the Touring mills of
Minneapolis is 81 900 barrels day.
Sparks from amber and other sub.
stances were mentioned by Pliny A. ID.
20.
Wheatstone in 1884 calculated the We
locity of electricity to be $4,000 feet a
second.
Be even the unwilling witness Of a
mans weakness and you have gained his
enmity.
To make leather alright and yet not
injure its fexibility, soak it thoroughly
in sweet oil.
Mexico has Jail that is stated to con-
sist of live oak tree with chain and
staple attached.
the latest travelling pillows are cov-
cred with suede leather and are en-
broidered in gold thread.
1t may be interesting to note that Bel
gium is declared to be the most intem-
perate country in Europe.
Little folks are very much like big
folks, except for size, and even that diff
ference is not so very great.
A huge timber raft, comprising 5,000,-
900 feet and valued at SIS, 200 was hauled
into San Francisco bay recently.
II can tell more about a man from his
smile," said the chaplain of prison,
ethan from his promises or his regrets. "
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07

There is a large factory at a small
town near Chicago employing about 100
to 150 workers, which is wholly given
over to the manufacture of useful arti-
Giles from waste animal blood At GER
tain seasons of the year this unique fac
tory uses from 10000 TO $4,000 gallons
of fresh blood per day. 1t is first con-
verted into thin sheets by evaporation
and certain chemical processes, and aft
erward worked up into variety of use
full articles, such as combs, buttons, ear
rings, belt clasps, bracelets, etc. Tons
of these articles are sent to all parts Of
the world every year from this "bloody"
Sucker State manufactory.-St. Louis
Republic.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07

Mr.. Il. Il. Whatley, assistant state ge
ologist, was in Gainesville yesterday,
and had the two diamonds which he had
recently discovered ION the farm of Mr..
James w. Marchbanks.
Mr.. Whatley made the second discov-
cry in person after spending three more
days of research ON the mine. The last
one discovered is much larger and more
valuable than the first.
The second discovery verifies the fact
that Hall county is not only rich in min
erals, but evidently has diamonds i'm
bedded in her soil, and that it takes
nothing but labor to bring them out from
their hiding places. Mr.. Whatley is do
ing great work, not only for the state,
but for the citizens of Hall county as
well.--Cor. Atlanta Constitution.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07

When people tell us that earthquakes
are capital things we may reasonably be
allowed to entertain suspicious regard.
ing their sanity. but if they follow up
their assertions with reasonable argu-
ment then we must perforce give them
some attention. Signor A. Gioran has
been collecting a number of observa.
tions, from which he deduces that the
effects of siesmic shocks upon vegetation
are to favor a more rapid termination OF
seeds and more rapid growth of the
young plants, thus resulting in a greatly
increased luxuriance. These results he
believes TO be due not to the direct infiu.
ence of the tremor, but to three second
airy causes, among which is the pro
duction of electricity, which always ac-
companies stresses in The earths crust.
In connection with this we may notice
some experiments by Professor A. Aloi,
on the influence of atmospheric electric
ity on the growth of plants. From OBJ
servations made chiefly on Lactuca
scariola, Zea mais, Triticum estivum,
Nicotiana tabacum and Vicia faba, he
concludes that this influence is distinctly
beneficial. Further experiments have
demonstrated that the electricity of the
soil has a similar influence on the gerIni
nation Of seeds.-Electrica Review,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07
SOMETHING NEW.

The new Time Card, which is now
In effect, via the "Wiscoqsiu Central
Lines in connection with the
Northern Pacific r. r., affords The
travelling public he hest facilities
from all points west to Chicago and
points east and south.
The unsurpassed equipment offered
to its patrons, combined with speed
comfort and safety, surprising ali
its competitors.
All through trains are ceinp. ,sed
OF Pullman vesiihuled draw ,n.-roo,n
sleepers, with dining cars a.d dav
coaches of latest design.
The daily through fast tn each
way, making close G, "c on at
Chicago with trainslin al' directions.
For tickets, time tables, etc an-
My tn agent Of No tNern Pa.ific r..
H., or JAS. Z. PoNP,
Gen'l Pass and IT, t en-.
Chicago, I.l,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07
So in His Case Anyway.

Mawson--Hicks. do you believe that
every seven years make complete
change in us, as they are said to do?
Hicks-I certainly do. have evil
dence of it. My portrait at six months
old is totally different from that taken
when was in my eighth year.--Har.
pers Bazaar.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07

Better Government Bond higher interest indemnity old
at in s:compan and
values eachyyear Mr. H. G. Cotton, Gnl the Mhu
Mutual Life Insurance the city and thinking
ing he will be glad Call the Willamette Hotel the office
of MITCHELL & LUNN Resident Agents
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07

Near the last carriage of train
about to start a group of students
stood embracing each other in the
usual demonstrative fashion. The
guard, accustomed to these scenes of
academical leave taking, hesitated to
give the signal, but as the proceed
ings seemed interminable he ran
painting toward that end of the train,
saying:
"Gentlemen, it is a minute past
the time. Please get in"
Students--Get inl Why, who told
you we were going by this train9-
Fremdenblatt.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07
The Wire Output.

The wire industry is actively carried
ON in Great Britain, Germany and Bel
gium, also in the United States Of Amer
lea, and has attained enormous dimen-
sions. A leading continental firm has
alone an output of some $4,000 tons of
wire and wire products per annum. -
Chambers Journal.
u ansc MIcc ALArurn csN-
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07
Notice of Final Settlement.

NOTICE Is hereby given, that George G. .
IN Bingham executor oi the estate of X.
b Chubb, deceased, has fled his final ac-
count as such executor, aud the county
court OF Marion county, Oregon, has set
of 10 O'Clock u. m. Tor the hearing thereof
All persons having objections to said ac.
count VIII present them TO said court at
said time. GEO. g. BINGHAM
ll.45dw* FN ecntor
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-12-07

vi AIN Permanent place. Apply eoys' now.
Only growers of nursery sto, X on both
American aad Canadian soils. Hardy va
risties our specially, BROWN BROS. CO.,
s'l2 DIT d SPOT Nurserymen, Chicago.