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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19
stole /. plaoE.nith shou.

Fl. II. Yarnell is o contractor who re-
sides within mile Of Blairsville Inter-
section. Some time ago he was awarded
the contract for the building Of branch
railroad from the main line into coal
and timber tract. The road is to be
three miles in length. In order to better
complete his work Mr.. Yarnell pur-
chased complete outfit for blacksmith
ing and had # set up along the line Of
his work.
In taking the contract for the work he
soon discovered some difficulties to en-
counter other than snakes, rocks and
Hungarian idleness. His blacksmith
tools began to disappear. First the
hammer and tongs were missing from
their place. Being charitably disposed,
he was first inclined to blame the pilfer-
ing on the snakes, as he had heard some
gigantic stories of their depredations In
that district. Arriving at his shop one
morning recently, he discovered that his
anvil had disappeared during the night.
This was more than his patience could
endure; consequently the snakes are ex-
empted from all completely in the mat
ter, and man, depraved human nature,
stands charged with new crime--that
Of stealing whole blacksmith shop
Mr.. Yarnell is expecting the rails for his
road in few days. When they come
he says he is going to secure them with
paddock until he gets time to spike
them to the ties.-Indiana Gazette.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19
The value of siap..

A local magistrate at Pottstown has
established fixed value for slaps. A
young married woman had her husband
arrested for slapping her and was
awarded one dollar apiece for five slaps,
which the ungallant husband was COM
pelled to pay over to the insulted wife.
Whether he considered them cheap at
that price is not stated, but the woman
In the case was tickled to death over the
result Of her appeal to the law.
What will become now Of that clause
in the statutes that permits a man to
ohastise his wife 1t is impossible to pre-
dict, but the Pottstown squire has es-
tablished precedent that threatens
serious complications with the liberties
OF married men Of the commonwealth.
oil City Derrick.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19

'sThe Japanese says Eli Perkins,
shave mania for putting up English
signs, and they food your rooms vt tho
hotels with English cards. And such
Englishi The Japanese have no impcra-
tive mood, aud they. generally express
an idea negatively that we express posi-
lively. One day said to the waiter:
'Kishi, the rolls are cold
Eyes he said, "a good deal Of not
cooling the cakes is good
"A conspicuous notice at the Kioto
hotel reads:
"'On the dining time nobody shall be
enter to the dining and drawing room
without the guests allow
"One of the articles in the municipal
laws of Kioto reads:
I" Amy dealer shall be honestly by his
trade. OF course the sold one shall pre-
pare to make up the safe package"
IA Toxic dentists circular reads:
''.Our tooth is an important organ for
human life and countenance, as you
know; therefore when it is attack by
disease or injury artificial tooth is also
vexy useful. l am engaged in the dem
tistry and will make for your purpose.
1.-THE printed label ON the bottle Of
claret at Nikko reads:
Weak man who Is not so hard OF his
stomach takes notice Of his health ever
must use this wine usually. '"--New
York Tribune.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19

The sturdy toes of John Daroski saved
him from a horrible death Saturday.
He. with other workmen, was repairing
the West Penn railroad bridge over the
Conemaugh river at Livermore. A
freight train approached and all the
men but Daroski fed. He didn't see the
danger and was struck by the engine.
He was knocked off and fell head fore
most down through the bridge.
He did not, however, drop to the
rocky river bottom, fifty feet below, as
his companions expected. His toes were
caught between two ties in the bridge,
and there he hung, head downward,
while the slowly moving work train
passed over him. 1t was horrible sit
uation. and the slightest movement
meant an awful death. Daroski's COM
panions ran upon the bridge, threw a
looped rope around his body and pulled
him up The man was unconscious, but
alive, and the doctors could find no
broken bones. He will recover.-Cor
Philadelphia Record.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19
Walking a Lost Art.

The present style of street dress is re-
sponsible for whole lot of awkward
ness. A woman can't be model of
grace when she is frantically cropping
for the tail of her gown. And then
when the refractory thing is well in
hand, the horrifying thought strikes her
that the 'sham" is revealing it's wearer's
poverty. A few more epileptic struggles
and hoists, and the silk underskirt goes
swish, swash, swash through the rivu-
lets of window cleaning suds, tobacco
chewing offal and over crossings where
the street sprinkler does his whole duty.
With wild desire to save the silk skirt
to rescue which means to relinquish the
conquered territory in the upper region
of dry goods and begin the battle over
again-she goes on her tiptoes over the
suds and saliva, and tired with that ef-
fort takes to her heels on the muddy
crossings to save the toes of her shoes
from soil and bends forward like one
with curvature of the spine. Now it
stands to reason that woman perform
ing such gymnastics on the street can't
do her whole duty as daughter Of the
gods. In fact l think Hebe herself
would succumb if she had to envelop
her shapely form in modern draperies.-
Washington Star.
The dinner fork was first introduced
into Italy in l431, and in England in
1903.
The original Declaration of Independ-
ence is in the state department in Wash
ington.
There are 1,346 millionaires in New
York city. In the entire country there
are 4.204.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19

A band Of fabricntors of false money
were arrested ut Verona the other day.
In connection with them, or surmised to
Cbe, is certain Basilio G;ovanardi, of
whom the Italian papers recount extraor-
dinary stories. lie is thirty-three years
of age. and is very we'll known in the
provinces near Verona. and has been
considered by the people there az a sort
of Count of Monte Cristo. His life, in
fact, seems to have been mystery.
Nine years ago lie was poor work
ii '. in factory near Verona One
o.Y. however. he told his employers that
he would leave them, as he also was
going to do the signore (the gentleman).
In fact he went away, and after time
was seen in Verona well dressed, spend
ing money very freely and throwing
away |, 600 franc notes at time on the
most silly amusements. Every one be-
gan to wonder where and how he had
fallen into such good fortune, but no
one could tell He went in for horses.
and often had as many as thirty of them
at time in his stables. His rooms also
were furnished in a magnificent man.
ner. He would, however, sell of occa-
sionally his horses and furniture and go
off on long journeys, and always came
back evidently richer than ever. His
fingers were always covered with mag
nifcent diamond rings, and he wore
priceless jewels on his person in the
shape of scarfpins, watch chains, etc.
One day he returned to Verona with
case full of gold Geneva watches.
This was heard of by the police and he
was arrested ON the accusation of Snug
Cling. but almost Immediately was let
off, as there was no proof, and he
showed receipt which made it clear he
had bought the watches on his own ac-
count. In a shop at Verona he showed
the proprietor, whom he knew, 10 notes
of 1000 francs each that he had in his
pocket. On several other occasions he
was seen to light his cigars with ten
franc notes. The police, hearing of all
this, kept watch, and he is now arrested
as having to do with the coinage of
false money.-London Tablet.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19
Making Money Out of the Scare.


A Brooklyn druggist tells me that
since the Norlnannia came to port with
cholera on board his sales of cholera
mixture and disinfectants have doubled.
He wore a pleased smile when he said
this, as if he were not i'll disposed to
have it 80. He remarked also that the
manufacturers had added nearly hun
dred per cent. to the cost of disinfec-
ants, so it ought to comfort us to know
that our efforts to keep cholera out Of
our houses are being made to the en-
richment of a few philanthropic chem
lists, and l suppose the retailer adds an
extra penny of profit too. It's an i'll
wind that blows nobody good.
Some people are providing themselves
with medicines already to carry in their
pockets or keep on the shelf anent a
''stroke" of cholera, and some there be
who wash who have not done SO in a
long time before. There are some who
carry charms, like old cents, and cam.
phor bags, and blessed rosaries, and Ger.
tain roots dug at the full of the moon
and things of that kind--things that can
do no sort of harm.
One physician said to me: II am go.
ing to treat my first case, or perhaps my
first hundred cases, exactly as l would
treat cholera morbus. will give stim-
ulant for weakness, laudanum for pain
and will try the effect of salt solutions
to offset the waste of fluids that occurs.
Cholera germs are easy to treat, no mat
ter how it may be with cholera itself,
for they can't survive heat or dryness,
and acid is death to them. Brooklyn
Ennla
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19
A Dog Fond of watermeIons.

For some time l.. r.. Tryon, who re-
sides in the western part of Westbrook,
has missed watermelons from his favor
ite patch, and several times of late has
found the whole melon a short distance
away secreted in the grass or some other
out of the way place. He had noticed
that the stem had ragged appearance
as If it had been chewed. Sunday he
determined to unravel the mystery and
stationed himself out of reach of obser-
walton near the patch. He had not re-
mained long when a small dog belong
ing to neighbor stole in. and selecting
one of the largest melons proceeded to
chew che stem until it became detached
from the vine, when with its paws the
animal began rolling it away. The dog
is the wonder Of the community Mid
dletown Conn., Press.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19

"There's some good p'ints about trav-
elm, o. course, but there's some set
backs too. Take it by an large, dunno
but it's full as well & stick right & home,
where ye was set b. the hand o. Provi-
dence, as & go careering over tn face o
tn earth" Mr.. Jabez Flynn was sit
ting on the side porch, surveying the
beautiful hills that surrounded his farm.
His face wore gloomy expression,
which was unusual, for Jabez was q
cheerful man.
"What in Tunkett is the matter with
you now, sh'd admire t know, Jabez
Flynn snapped his wife, who was Wig
orously rattling the supper dishes in the
dry sink by the kitchen window, close
to her husbands dropping figure, and
whose quick ears had caught his speech.
Haven't you fused an squirmed for
years." she continued in an injured tone,
"b'cause you couldn't seem t get round
T. goin off vis'tin? An here you've been
gone upward O. five days up t Ezry's,
an you've jest been all sagged down ap-
parently ever sence you come backl
What ails your
"There don't anythin all me, Sabriny."
returned Fir. Flynn, facing about. Its
only Jest this. I've allus viewed it that
we lived right 'mongst tn mountings.
I've allus calc'lated we did, an lave
spoke of it So"
"Well," said Mrs, Flynn, as he came
to a pause, ian what is it you've found
out diff'rentY'
"Why, Sabriny," said Mr.. Flynn, low
ering his voice, as if his nearest neigh
Dor was close at hand instead of half a
mile away, "why, Sabriny, these amt
mountings round here at all! Ezry, he
lives right in tn heart O tn White
mounting kentry, an I've seen EN-
them mountings--r'arin up in front O.
me day in an out, whilst I've ben there
vis'tin with him!"
"Well, what of it," inquired his wife.
"Why, Sabriny," said Mr.. Flynn, in a
still lower tone, "these that we've allus
called an calc'lated was mountings, amt
anythin more thin jest far sized hum
mockses. They're pooty and slightly,
but that's all they be-jest mod'rate,
far sized huInmockses.
II didn't let on to Ezry." said Mr..
Flynn, as he rose and proceeded slowly
to the barn, '.but felt's if l sh'd hev t.
reg'late my idees all over again when !
come home. That's everything ye can
rightly call 'em-iest far sized, slightly
hummocksesv-Youth's Companion.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19

Edward Jones, who owns number of
pacing horses, made bet on John L..
Sullivan in the Office of his carriage
company in West Thirty-eighth street
two days before the fight. Directly
afterward r. E. Garden, another horse
man, who is well acquainted with Cor
bett, and who IL business partner Of
Mr.. Jones, proposed bet on Corbett
that was accepted. The bet was $500
even on the result of the fight, with the
proviso that the winner. could either
take the money or compel the loser tc
ride bareback from the Hotel Normandie
around the Worth monument and back
on or before Oct. /.
Mr.. Jones lost this $500 wager in addi-
ton to 5000 Of miscellaneous bets on
the fight, and Mr.. Garden insisted that
the bareback feat be performed Friday
between Q and o'clock in the afternoon.
Jones, who is short, thickset man of
about forty, mounted strapping big
gray horse whose only accoutermenr
was bride Of white leather. New
York Letter.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19
Taking the oath.

The ceremony of taking the privy
councillors oath is somewhat curious
The queen sits in chair. The new
privy councillor has TO kneel before hei
IN hona tide kneeling, with both knee:
on she ground. The oath is then ad
. j, 'tered and the queens hand is kissed
w Aen the new ministers went down to
Osborne recently there We're five new
privy councillors. All knelt together in
row, and then successfully had TO kiss
the queens hand. Until the ceremony
was completed they had to remain on
their knees, and crawled and crept one
after the other up to her majesty along
the hoor. or.--London Truth.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19
Canoeists Race.

The Paddock's island meet WIS quite
unique thing to many who attended,
in that the results Of some of the con-
tests depended upon other things than
the mere sailing quality Of the canoes or
the muscles of those who welded the
paddles. Thus in the hurry skurry"
race the canoeists moored their boats on
line and were started from the judges
boat, whence they swan some forty
rods to their canoes. climbing in and
padding to the shore, where they land
cd and ran to the finish, a point on the
beach. There were also upset" races
and combined sailing and padding
races as well as swimming races. Il,
fact the list Of events was well quail
fed to bring out the superiority of in
dividual members In any of the varied
attainments upon which canoeists must
rely when on long cruise.-Boston
Advertiser.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19
London to Have . Now bridge.


London, in addition to that well nigh
contaminated monument Of engineering
science opposite the tower, is to have a
new steel bridge at an estimated cost Of
2360, 900. The existing structure which
spans the Thames at Vauxhall, once so
famous for its royal gardens, is soon to
be thing Of tho past. It owes its
premature death--it will be but some
seventy years old when demol-
ished--to the inauspicious circumstances
under which it was erected.
When the foundations were completed
for what was at first intended to be q
stone bridge, the builders decided to
construct the remaining portion Of cast
iron, thus constituting Vauxhall the
first metropolitan bridge built Of that
metal. The masonry piers were, how
ever, left, the original design Of nine
narrow arches being therefore main
tanned. It is to the attrition engendered
by the swirl of confined and condensed
waters under these nine circumscribed
vaults that the old bridge owes its doom.
Its foundations are reported on the
authority Of divers to be, If not exactly
tottering, at least in so bad condition
that the structure would In compara-
lively short period become absolutely
unsafe.
The projected new bridge is Of course
to be much wider than its predecessor,
which measures only thirty-six feet be-
tween parapets, compared with the
eighty-fve feet of the broadest bridge
in Europe, that elegant metallic frame
work which unites the Middlesex and
Surrey shores at Westminster Iron.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19

A curious utilization Of carrier pig
cons was recently attempted in Belgium.
This was making them carry contra
band goods into France. For u short
time twenty-four pigeons were let of
regularly from the Belgian dovecote,
each burdened with small coil Of to-
baceo. They arrived at the French des-
tination rather exhausted and doubtless
glad TO be relieved Of their load. In
one case, however, unfortunately for
this bright scheme. q pigeon In making
the fight and proving unequal to the
effort. or perhaps poisoned by the mar
cotic, fell into the Seine and was picked
up. The system was found out and sup-
pressed. Yankee Blade.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19

A novelty invented by Paris firm for
the benefit Of the dilettante bathers at
Trouville is described as a couch formed
Of sheet of canvas stretched upon a
very light metal frame, and provided
with q canopy to protect the eyes OF tho
occupant from the sun. The bed is kept
ahoat by means OF large hollow metal
tubes filed with air. On this ii is pos
sible to recline at ease floating upon the
water in calm weather. A small model
Of the contrivance has attracted crowds
Of gaxers 10 the window Of the shop in
the Faubourg st. Denis, whsrs 1t is ex,
hibited. Paris Letter.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19

saved frns. Starvation by an Ancien


Davtd frnsa Starvation by an Ancient
Poem.
When Madeleine's PARENTS became &c
"a that they could live no longer, tnsy
u>e4 Boon afterward Madeleine mar
fzeQ Clarence Hungerford and went
With him to live In n cottage trimmed
uifh honcvsuckle and Allied with love
=. .S..,-,-s., ,,,,,,,,.-a.
- ot4.P.y ooP,on
One night about 0:5O p. N. Clarence
and Madeleine crept into opposite cor
ners Of their tiny cottage and shivered'
for the wolf was at the door, and every
time he snarled pang Of hunger smote
their hearts. A while later q sound to
which they were rarely accustomed
smote their ears. The sound emsnated
from the postmap's whistle, and Made
leine timidly opened the door, lodged
the wolf and snatched the letter which
the postman held toward her. Fearing
lest 1t be an increased demand for rent,
Madeleine by herculean effort forebore
opening the envelope for several hours.
but the time came when she literally
forced herself to examine the packet.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19
a8zIz|I!EaHlRg5 |I!EHRlgRg5
~
eLANTo swNs MAIDEN spsecH.
A oiri Of the Kroo Tribe Tells I'm Eng
lish About Her People.

Gfr1 Of the Kroo Tribe Tells I'm Eng.
lish About Her People.
Immediately following the meeting
for praise and testimony, which was held
h the Rensselaer, Street mission, the
Rev. John Dcody, who led the meeting.
introduced Miss Glanto Bwa, native
African, who had been converted by .
missionary when quite young and edu-
Gated. and who has finally come to this
country to study medicine. "She Will
speak to. you briefly" he said, land as
this is the first time that she has ever
spoken in public she has, in order to re-
lieve herself from embarrassment, writ
ten out some notes which she will read
10 you"
Miss Bwa is very dark and has all the
characteristic features of her race in q
marked degree. She spoke in sort Of
monotone, in fairly good English, and
her dialect did not in any way resemble
the negro dialect with which most
Americans are familiar. Her remarks
were somewhat as follows;
l am almost stranger in your
country, 80 you will please to excuse
me as / never spoke in public before.
Once ! was q heathen girl away back II,
far country, but l thank Jesus for
sending a missionary to me to teach me
about him, and can now read the
Bible and praise God in English. am
member of tribe in Africa, the mem
bers of which are known as Kroos. This
Kroo people care little for education.
They believe that the soul of a man
after death goes into the body of a
little child, or perhaps into the body OF
some beast or reptile, and for this reason
they do not think it is worth while to
spend much on education.
The Kroos believe that monkeys are
people who will not work. The prin-
ciple food Of the Kroos is rice and cas-
sava, which is something like sweet
potato. Some of the tribes eat monkeys,
cats, dogs and rats, and some of the
tribes in the interior prefer human
flesh to anything else. Before the mis-
sionaries came they wore only little
strip of cloth, and in many places that
is all they wear now. The girls until
they are twelve years old do not wear
any clothes but a string Of beads.
Miss Sharpless, our missionary, would
not allow us to come to her school
unless we were clothed, and made us
each garment to wear. At first our
people did not like this, and my grand
mother tore off the first apron that ]
ever had, because she said it would pre-
vent me from getting a husband if ]
dressed differently from other people.
But now they have learned to like to
wear clothes, and many of them do 80.
The favorite dress among the women is
q mans white shirt.
In my country, when mother dies.
her daughter stands over the body and
tells over all the things she has done
during her life time. When man dies
his wife sits beside the body for three
days and mourns for'him, and is not al
lowed to eat anything or to move hand
or foot in all that time. Boys get wives
very young, and pay for them in install
lnents, but do not get the wife until ali
Che installments are paid. Then his
father takes the young wife home, and
she is taught by his mother to work just
as she does.--Albany Express.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19


The Earl Of Dysart, writing to the
London Times of a recent date, calls for
modification OF the strict rule that gov
efns dress 1T the opers--as well as In
most other theaters-in London. He
says: lowing 10 the present ridiculous
'ystem Of compulsory evening dress.
which exists nowhere else In the world,
and also the uncertain delays between
the acts and the inpossibility Of ascer-
tanning the time Of finish, thousands are
practically prevented from going to the
opera at all. as the inconvenience Of
such useless restrictions to persons like
myself living out of London, but within
the twelve mile radius, is obvious. At
present many are compelled 70 leave be-
fore the end in order to catch the mid
night trains. That every one should
have to appear in evening dress at the
Italian opera may be perfectly right.
with its star system, where fashionable
people go to see their friends.
II venture to suggest that art should
be democratic, as it is on the Continent.
and therefore feel sure you will agree
with me in thinking that such rules are
altogether out Of place at the German
opera, which is, or ought to be, resorted
10 for the sake Of art and not for fashion.
appeal to those who think with me in
this matter to use their influence to
abolish these dress restrictions. Sir
Augustus Harris has already done some
thing in this direction, and would
doubtless do more were it not for British
insular prejudice. In Germany the
opera is popular institution owing to
the fact that people can go without
ceremony. Let us hope that this will
soon be the case in England"
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-19
A Million Friends.

A friend In nssd IL . friend indeed.
and not lsss than one million people
have found just such . friend In DR..
King's New Discovery for consump-
ton, cougha and coda II you
have never used this great coagh
medicine, one trial will convince
you that Il has wonderful curative
powers In slI dissases Of throat.
chest and lungs. Each bottle Is
guaranteed 10 do al that is clalmed
or money rsfundsd. Trial battles
frss Il Danl J. Fsy's drusssors, ss5
com'L u.