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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04

A photographer visited Broad street
for the purpose of obtaining some
,iews of that Kaleidoscope block be-
tween Wall street and Exchange place.
Had he been a free dispenser Oh gut
edoed securities he could not have at
tracted a crowd about him in any less
time than he actually did. The suD,
strata of Wall street humanity ranged
mn before the camera in full force.
Rrokers' clerks, cabmen, messenger
bows street vendors and bootblacKs
were eager to "get into the picture.
For half an hour or more the photog-
rapher was the object of much popular
interest After he had departed from
the street his visit continued to be the
chief topic of conversation and banter
among the aforesaid "substrata.
HHi say, Arty, did yer git into de
pictur'Y' said one bootblack to another
'swhat pictur'T' asked the person
addressed.
"Why. that fotergraff that ther chap
wild der box wuz jess talin."
Nav, 1 wuz too bizzy. l got no
time to fool wild dem press-de-button
fellers."
'Dat's whar yer missed it. Dat pic
tur' is goin to be zibbited in de art
galI'ry on Fift avenoo."
"Yer mean in de Rogues' gall'ry,
quickly responded Arty, with well EN-
phasized sarcasm. New York Times.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
wb.n EIepbant PLAYING Paw,

When the late p II. Barnum put one
of his elephants at work plowing on an
eminence near Bridgeport many years
ago he received letters from farmers
and agricultural societies in different
parts of the country inquiring if an ele-
phant plowed much more in a day than
a good team of horses or oxen would ;
how much it cost to keep an elephant; /;
whether he could be managed by the
ordinary hired man, with other ques-
tions apropos of the enterprise.
Mr.. Barnum's reply was that he
could not recommend an elephant for
ordinary farm use on economical prin-
ciples, but on his own farm he found
its use extremely profitable. Said he,
"lf you have a side hill very near
great railroad which carries thousands
of passengers daily TO New York, with
steamboat lines in sight, and happen to
own a museum in the city, you will find
that the elephant pays better than the
ordinary plow team. Printers Ink.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
Twelve DnY. NJ Sea.

A woman who landed in New York
last week after years absence abroad.
descants upon the virtues of the mid
winter voyage, THE fast boats on
some lines are taken Off she says, "and
the weather still more retards the voy-
age, 80 that was twelve days crossing
bnt enjoyed every hour of it. There
were only SIX cabin passengers. and only
two of us women We simply had the
most beautiful time.
when we were three days out
wondered how long bad known my
fellow travellers; il seemed ~ II we were
old friends The captain was very
genial and delightful; entertained ms
with continual story telling Of his life Of
experiences, and altogether | was con-
scious that most enjoyable period was
ending whom we took the pilot aboard
OH Sandy Hook. New York Times.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
storm Bound Lighthouse Keepers.

a gallant and successful attempt was
recently carried ont to make the relief
of the Chickens Rock lighthouse. OF the
Calf Of Man ia the irish sea The re-
lief WAS more than fortnight overdue
and there had been no communication
with the rock for month. When tho
boat went out from Port st. Mary there
was heavy sea TO contend with and u
strong northwest wind, and it was
feared that the attempt would be q fail
ure. but the crew persisted in what was
seen to be very dangerous task and
successfully accomplished it.
The men were changed and fresh food
was supplied. but before the whole of
the situation increased 30 much that the
the stores could be landed the dangers of
work had to be suspended, and a quick
run was made TO Port ST. Mary. The
three lighthouse keepers who were
storm bound had been living for some
weeks entirely on timed meats and ships
biscuits. They were all in good health
London Letter.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04

Six intimate friends. three young men
and three young women, in Louisville
two years ago agreed among themselves
that one should mot marry unless the
others did A year later one of the
young men and one of the young wom-
en- became engaged to each other. bat as
the others were yet apparently heart free
they could not marry. Six months later
another couple agreed TO join their lots
for life, but then came trouble. The
third young man was willing to marry
but the third young woman was not.
This drove the other two couples nearly
wild. and they frantically reproached
the reluctant maiden for keeping them
out of happy matrimony. Finally, a
few weeks ago she yielded, and on New
Years eve tho three couples were mar
ried. the justice of the peace who per
formed the ceremony arranging them
before him in the form of horseshoe
Philadelphia Ledger
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
A Remarkable Dog.

Alderman Dugan, of this city, is the
owner of beautiful 2-year-old Gordon
setter which is wonderfully Intelligent.
For instance, this dog goes out to the
front yard gate every morning, and
there receives In his mouth from the
carrier boy the daily paper, He has
done this for the past year, and has
never missed paper. The moment II
Is placed in his mouth the dog darts
back like an arrow TO his master and
delivers the mail This is only one of
his many remarkable indications of al
most humane intelligence. - Sedalia
(Mo.) Bazoo.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
u.r ra.hsr was Not Posted.

"Well, Clara, said that young wom-
ans father, looking into the parlor,
where she sat alone, as he was on his
way to bed about 10 o'clock, what's
become of that young popinjay, Jones,
who used to sit around here six or seven
nights a week9 haven't seen him for
nearly fortnight"
"How can you speak so disrespect-
fully of him, pa, when he is to be your
son-in-lawT
"Oh, he is, is hep
"Yes, pa"
"Well, where is her
ooh, he is off on his vacation. He
takes late one, you see"
"Oh, just so. Then it's really set
tied about him, is itr'
Eyes, pa"
"And he will soon be sitting around
here again, supposep'
"Yes pa; next week, hope"
"HuIn Well, he is better than that
other popinjay, Robinson, and Emer-
son also, who formerly came here"
'Please, pa, speak of Mr.. Robinson
and Mr.. Emerson also with more re-
spect."
"Why soT'
Because, they are my brothers
now. ."-Philadelphia Press
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
A t.aI Kew England Dinner.

We venture to say that a New Eng
land dinner should include roast turkey
IA purely American dish--roast chicken,
roast beef, venison for the Pilgrims did
shoot deer) chicken pie, baked beans
aud brown bread. Indian pudding, apple
sauce. doughnuts, pears andgrapes, wal
nuts and butternuts And we venture
to say further. that IL vote were taken,
nine-tenths Of those present would pre-.
fer these comfortable, honiely, and we
also assert healthy dishes. 10 the long
succession Of split up courses Invented
by French gourmands and spiced beyond
any healthy palates discovery Of their
constituent elements.
Let Paris rule the kitchen for the
Union club and board Of trade dinners;
but when we sit down 10 a New England
feast let us have at least something 10
remind us OF the tables of onr New Eng
land childhood. New York lndepend-
Qnt
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
Ayers SarsapaTlIIa,


Aubrey had serious objections to
chopping wood There are many boys
Ike him, / suppose, When he was
called upon for the work he always
found plenty Of excuses. and the family
had learned all the old ones so thor
oughIy that be had sometimes to rack
his brains for a new supply
"Aubrey," said his mother one day,
Ego cut few pieces Of wood. There
are plenty Of large pieces TO cut. Your
lame foot Il well, and you haven't had
a toothache since last week. You
needn't change your shoes, for you've
got on old ones. And the AK is be-
hind tie cellar door saw it there
five minutes ago" !"
"Now. mother, said Aubrey, in an
injured tone. 'have you looked at that
ax1 How do you suppose / can cut
wood with an AK that has an edge
like the coast line OF North American
--Harper's Young People.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04

There arc solne queer folk in England.
In Dover certain persons suffering from
influenza have been fined twenty-five
dollars apiece for appearing In public
places. What sort OF place Is the in
violate isle il man with cold In his
head isn't allowed 20 go out OF doorsl II
an Englishinan can't snoexe in AN ON
nibns or public house without be
ing hauled before magistrate and fined
what was the use Of Russell and Sidney
and Hanpdeng A Dover magistrate
would tine uian for having cough IN
public. ID ihe grip TO be the ruin Of
English libsr,yg-New York Sun.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04


Pete Marker. who IL working out at A.
a. Smiths sawlnill, on Rifle creek. set a
large trap. thinking 10 catch "A monster
bear whose tracks wore seen in the
neighborhood. Several days after he
went out to look ut his trap. but instead
Of the bear found large bald eagle, the
largest perhaps ever seen in the Rocky
mountains.
The eagle had been caught in the
powerful jaws of the trap by one leg
just above the claws, lie had dragged
the immense trap, which was secured to
heavy log 10y chain, into some brush
more than twenty five feet from the spot
whore trapped and was dead. SO large
and strong was his leg that It was not
broken. The eagle was too large to
carry, so the trapper cut both legs OF as
trophies. He measured the huge bird,
and il was twelve feet from tip to tip Of
It's outstretched wings. -tirand Junction
News
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
The "oId woman"

Sailors commonly speak of the cap
tain of the ship as the 'old man" 1t
was left for a stout Norwegian quarter
master to invent an equally appropriate
designation for the captains wife.
The young wife of a certain com
mander in the navy was expected to
visit her husbands ship. The gig had
been sent ashore for her, and the cap
tain stood on deck watching for her re-
turn.
The quartermaster also was on the
lookout, and with the aid of his tele
scope caught sight of the returning
boat first. He walked up to his com
manding officer. touched his hat re-
spectfully and said
''The gigs coming, captain, and l
think the old woman is in her, sir. >"
The captain looked at the Norwe-
gian's innocent face and saw that no
disrespect was intended. If the cap
tain was the "old man." naturally
enough his wife must be the "old WON
an" The intelligence was accepted,
therefore, in the spirit in which it had
been offered. Youths Companion.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
8sEuEd3izON
- akkfl-D
~
A CHINESE WEDDING.
Marriage in Mott street 81 = Young Maid
from the Ceiestfal tingioni.


Marriage in Mott street 81 = Young Maid
from the Celestial tsingioni.
Ung Flung ShuDg. well - do China
man. Of IS Mott sitet, IS happy. man
soday and the casiser II attraction In
Chinese society. rs be has taken unto
himself brand new wife. She Is only
a wee bit Of a girl, said TO i,e seventeen
years old by Chinese calculation. prO5a-
bly little less according TO the Euro
pean calendar. The bride Was a Miss
Chin. and IL the daughter or maid ~
one Chin All Kin, Of San Francisco. a
ci,ar maker. She was brought here
nearly three weeks ago and WAS PLACED
IN pretty apartments Of relatives of the
groom until Late on Saturday afternoon.
when she was married in the regular
Chinese fashion.
Tne eomely little bride was dressed
aud primped mp like gorgeous butter
dy IN the richest silks the Chinese em-
pire could produce. There were two
other Chinese women with her in her
apartments while the male guests were
feasting at a nearby restaurant with the
old groom. As soon ~ the third course
was concluded the groom arose and told
his guests TO follow him TO 10 Mott
street. where. upon the third floor in the
rear, were the newly furnished apart
ments Of the couple. The floor Of the
sitting room hers was bare. with straight
back chairs all along the room. while
here and there upon the nicely papered
walls were flaming red Chinese notices
and scrolls Of oriental drawings.
After the guests were seated the bride.
accompanied by fine looking Chinese
maid. slowly entered the room from an
inner chamber with big red fan held
before her face. only daring 10 look at
he assembly of males through the
cracks Of the handle Of the fan. She
stood for a moment in the centre Of the
room rs If dazed. and an elderly man
quickly stepped mp TO her and told her
70 20 around the room and bow TO the
guests
This she did very gracefully and slow
Iy, with the little maid following in her
wake with big red tray containing
sweet meats which she offered to each
inan The latter replaced each piece Of
candy taken by silver dollar wrapped
in rod paper and sometimes five dollar
gold piece when rich friends or relatives
were preaent.
The most embarrassing ceremony was
when the groom was pushed forward TO
stand with lbs bride (the latter still
holding the fan tightly before her face,
and the two were made TO drink the cup
Of eternal peace, unity and prosperity,
which was handed them by the best
friend OF the family. an elderly man,
and then they were congratulated with
Coon hi. IA toy'-prosperity, happiness
and long life. The bride retired, and
the men went 10 their feast. Wong
Chin Foo in New York Sun.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
The Life of Sponge Not Known.

As TO the length of time required for
sponges to grow to good marketable
size little definite can be said. None
OF the fishermen of the Bahamas is
able 10 tell, though many volunteer
opinions that differ widely, 1t is a
matter to be determined by future sci
entific investigation, but it is believed
il will be found that healthy sponge
will reach marketable size in from
twelve TO eighteen months under ordi.
nary conditions of growth. No at
tempts have been made, worthy of
mention, TO cultivate the sponge in
these waters. Science.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04

Ono Of tho most unique novelties at
tho Worlds fair win bo a huge map OF
the United States exhibited by the coast
survey II viii be about 400 feet square
aud be placed horizontally on the expo
sition grounds and large building
erected over IT, This building win he
provided with galleries and pathways ON
the inside 80 as to allow visitors to walk
over tho whole United States without
touching L. The model viii be made OF
plaster of paris, aud win show the exact
eciGht Of m0untains, the depth OF rivers
nd the curvature Of tho earth.-St.
.tuis Rapuhlic.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
AProyidentiaI Dispensation.

curious story comes from Wengh
slang. The town suffers from inunda-
tions of the Yellow river and two years
ago a movement was started by the
local magistrate to build breakwater.
The chief difficulty lay in the want of
sufficiently large stones. Suddenly,
however, to the astonishnent of the
community, a heavy storm of wind and
rain deluged the country and brought
down an endless quantity of huge
stones exactly suited TO the purpose.
The people naturally regarded the in
cident as a direct manifestation of di.
vine power in aid of great public un-
dertaking, aud the governor of the dis
trict cites a fact which conelusively
proves the supernatural origin of the
event One of the stones, he says,
which was as large as house, was in
scribed with seal characters, two of
which, meaning ''work" and ''stone," 4"
respectively, he was able 10 deeipher,
London Graphic.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
odd EIsetIonesrlns.

Luigi Emanuele Parma, the Italian
deputy who died short time ago WAS
a politician Of unique electioneering de-
vices. one rainy election day he sent
10 each OF about 400 voters an umbrella
with his compliments. At another time
he had pigs driven through the streets
with this notice hanging from tho snout
OF each, "Whoever votes for Farina
may eat OF me. PHILADELPHIA Ledger.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
Tho Roman Catholic Eplscopnse

There are at present 69 cardinals Of
the Catholic church, including 0 0calNlinal
bishops, ~ priests and deacons, all Of
whom, except 3 cardinal priests aud
deacons. are patriarchs, archbishops OF
bishops, OF these 90 cardinals 8I are
Italian; Austrian. German or Polish
French; British subjects; 4 Spanish
. Portuguese; Of the United States; !
Belgian. and | Swiss. ST. James Ga.
saFta
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04

Two centuries ago the traveller In
Japan, had such been allowed, would
have seen ia public places the follow
ing declaration IN Chinese characters,
''As long as the sun shall warm the
earth, let no Christian be so bold as 10
come TO Japan, and let all know that
the king Of Spain himself, or the Chris
tian's God. or the great God OF all, II
he violate this command, shall pay for
Il with his head. detroit Free Press.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04

Snively-If | were 20 call you liar
should but speak the exact truth.
Snodgrass But you always were
afraid TO tell the truth. New York
Epoch.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
An Innovation.

Hunker-What do you suppose Miss
Flipp said when | asked her to marry
met
Spatts-l suppose she said, 80
Georgel this is so suddenl'
Hunker-No; she said, "Pve been
expecting you TO propose for three
months. New York Epoch.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-04
.
Flower

Mrs. Sarah M. Black of Seneca,
Mo-, during the past two years has
been affected with Neuralgia of the
Head, Stomach and Womb, and
writes: My food did not seem to
strengthen me at all and my appe-
tite was very variable. My face
was yellow, my head dull, and had
such pains in my left side. In the
morning when / got up ] would
have flow Of nlucus in the mouth,
and a bad, bitter taste. Sometimes
my breath became short, and had
such queer, tumbling, palpitating
sensations around the heart. ached
all day under the shoulder blades,
in the left side, and down the back
Of my limbs. It seemed to be worse
in the wet, cold weather of Winter
and Spring; and whenever the spells
came on, my feet and hands would
turn cold, and | could get no sleep
at all. ! tried everywhere, and got
no relief before using August Flower
Then the change came. 1t has done
me a wonderful deal of good during
the time l have taken it and Is work
ing a complete cure. q
g E GREEN. Sole Man'fr, Woodbury.N.I.
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ON THE CORNER.

l saw them on the corner,
BY the old, brown, broken wall;
He was dudish, proud and dainty,
She was robust, dark and tall.
He was looking "hilahila,"
AS though he'd like to say
az wish they hadn't found me here;
/ wish were away"
Sweet boy, don't let your diffidence
Make you appear fool!
If you love the girl, just tell her so;
Keep calm. and Oh, keep cool!
But tell her that you're rather young
TO marry her just yet,
Tell her that you're your fathers joy,
Your mothers darling pet.
Tell her that she must wait awhile,
Until you're taller grown;
Tell her she must wait until
Your "wild oats" all are sown.
Then tell her that some future year,
When you are large and tall,
You'll meet her on the corner,
BY the brown, old, broken wall.
A BIRD.
Honolulu, June 26, 1892.
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General advertisements
August
Flower

" I inherit some tendency to Dys-
pepsia from my mother. suffered
two years in this way: consulted a
number of doctors. They did me
no good. then used
Relieved In your August Flower
and il was just two
days when l felt great relief. I soon
got so that I could sleep and eat, and
/ felt that / was well. That was
three years ago, and | am still first.
class. I ann never
'so Days. without a bottle, and
if ! feel constipated
.ne leas, particle a dose or two of
august rio~~r does the work. The
beauty OF 'he hedicine is, that you
can stop the use ofl.v;tbout any had
effectsC- the svsterr
Constipation While / w. s;cL r
felt everytii..r =
seemed 10 rue a man could feel.
was of all men most miserable. lean
say, in conclusion, that I believe
August Flower will cure anyone of
indigestion, if taken
Life ofMisery with Judgment. A.
M. Weed, 22o Belle
fontaine ST., Indianapolis, Ind" q
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ST. Andrews Cathedral.

The services of the second congre-
CATION of st. Andsew's Cathedral
to morrow Sunday, will be as fol:
lows: 9:45 a. NJ, Holy Communion
with sermon; Introit, hymn 300; TIE
Deum, Dudley Buck, in E fiat; Ju
bilate, Taylor, in F; hymns 254 and
292; Anthem, ''Hearken unto Me
My people" by A. s. Sullivan. 6:3(
P. NJ, evensong with sermon; Magni
feat and Nunc Dimittis, Tours, in +
hymns 304, 224 and %. Rev. Alex
Macintosh, pastor. All are cordial.
invited to these services.
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beautiful Pictures.

Observation-Disclosures has lately
turned out some beautiful pictures
from his art gallery, which will at
tract the attention of those in
search of souvenirs. The first is a
new portrait of the Queen seated in
Il royal chair, the latter covered
with one of the feather robes, and
"a rich fur rug under foot. 1t is un-
questionably the finest yet taken
Of the Queen, and when framed
will make a charming parlor orna-
ment. 1t measures II by Is inches.
The second is a new panorama
of Honolulu, taken from the slope
Of Punchbowl, on a larger scale
than anything before attempted
here. 1t shows the city from near
Kawaiahao to the vicinity of Mr..
Dowsett's residence at Palama,
and then on to the Waianae noun
tains, with the harbor, shore line
and ocean beyond. This gives the
best central view of Honolulu yet
taken.
The third is photo of Queen
Liliuokalani, in a standing posi-
ton and plain dress, and shows
her to better advantage than any
recent picture of her. All these
photographs indicate a marked adj
vance of the art as carried on in
this city, and in keeping with the
improvements noticeable elsewhere.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-07-09
WORLDS FAIR.
Meeting of the Board of Conn
missiOners Yesterday.

The Board of Worlds Fair Com
missioners met yesterday afternoon
in the office of Mr.. w. II. Castle.
The meeting was one of the most
important held by that body since
its organization, and every member
present had something Of worth to
suggest.
Mr.. VIM. G.. Irwin, for the Trans
portation Committee, reported that
both the Wilder and the Inter
Island S. S. companies would carry
all merchandise, etc., to be included
in the exhibit, from the other ISL
ands to this city, free of charge.
On behalf Of the Oceanic S. s. Co.,
Mr.. Irwin could not give positive
promise, yet he was of the opinion
that the company would carry the
entire exhibit 10 San Francisco
free of charge
Mr.. Twins report was received
with applause.
Several other committees gave
their estimates, and after thor
ough discussion, the members
voted to request the Chairman to
ask the Legislature for an appro-
priation amounting to $4,000 !;
this sum is an approximate figure,
and will not include the expenses
of the Information Bureau or the
Band, if it is decided to send the
latter to Chicago.