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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22

The useful properties of the papaw
plant have long been known to the
various natives, and have been taken
advantage of by them, as can be seen
by reference to the works of travel
ers who can themselves vouch for
the accuracy of the accounts they
narrate. Thus DruIy, in 1.-The Useful
Plants of India, states that old hogs
and poultry which are fed upon the
leaves and fruit, however tough the
meat they afford might otherwise
be, are thus rendered perfectly ten
der and good If eaten as soon as
killed. Browne, too, in his Natural
History of Jamaica, says that meat
becomes tender after being washed
with water TO which the juice of the
papaw tree has been added, and if
left in such water ten minutes it viii
fall from the spit while roasting or
separate into shreds while boiling
Chambers journal.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22

There's another thing I'd like to
tell Mrs Langtry. said woman at
a reception, and that is that can
never forgive her for telling a re-
porter about that one black gown of
hers with which she went through a
London season at the time when
she could afford but one dress. You
remember the story everybody does
how she turned down the neck one
evening wore it high the next. and
snenGed and pressed it between
times, and how she ends up by say
ing, Never tell me that woman
can't dress well who has single
frock, etc.
"Well. that wretched little story
came out when sshe first bobbed up
into popularity years ago. and it's
like the Wandering Jew--no, more
like the other fellow its still going
to and fro upon the earth. seeking
whom it may devour It's always
travelling, and it looks in ON yen at
least about every FIVE or six weeks
1t pops up in the womans column,
leers at you from the editorial page.
and even winks the other eye from
the staid, respectable family journal.
ut isn't maddening enough to be
badgered and pursued in this way,
but your husband must needs make
point of reading that last para
praph ont loud with exceeding rel
ish, and then. if you lose your tenn
per, thinks you are calling bim
stingy old thing under your breath.
Now the next paper ] see that in l
shall stop taking instanter. The edi-
tor that doesn't know a ten-y -year-old
chestnut when he sees it isn't to be
relied on for news don't believe a
woman editor would do such thing.
She'd know that old black silk gown
the minute she laid eyes on it. y
New York Recorder.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22
snsl sE Snail Dose Small erlp,
tELreRAPt, LINES IN THE TROPICS.

Ehey Arc interfered with by MONKEYS
Spiders. Plants and Other Things.
The business of telegraphing has
tts difficulties and Is prolific OF ex;ls
berations in this town and country
with dead wires and live wires
crosses and tangles, cyclones and
blizzar1s, and auroras and bugs. :
Telegraphic communication any
where is subject to interruption from
r hundred and one causes, and few
people who kick about the service
nre aware Of the difficulties to be
overcome in maintaining a perfect
electrical circuit. But in the tropics
the maintenance of telegraph line
in good working order is a constant
up hill fight against all manner of in
terrupting enemies that linemen and
operators in this latitude never
dream of.
In Brazil the wires get tangled up
with the cablelike web of an inn
mense spider, which. dripping with
dew or rain, makes cross connections,
short circuits and grounds almost
daily. Ants often destroy the poles
IN few weeks. Monkeys swing on
the wires and break them, and in the
forests creepers and ropelike withes
overgrow the poles and wires every
few weeks. All this is more or less
true Of all Central and South Amer
lea.
In Cuba there is an orchid that in
crusts the wire and causes leakage
In the West Indian islands the john
crows, or turkey buzzards, make life
miserable for the telegraph and tele-
phone people. These big, heavy birds.
the scavengers, are around in great
numbers They roost on the wires
or fly up against them and invaria-
bly, break them short off.
In one large town the telephone
lines that ran by the public market
had to be put underground because
the buzzards congregated there in
great numbers. rested ON the wires
and broke them almost nightly. On
the pampas OF Argentina the herds
OF practically wild cattle rub and butt
against the poles and frequently
break them down.
For some years it was altogether
impossible to maintain line of tele.
graph through Persia for more than
a few days at time The natives
regularly destroyed it as a device of |
the evil one. Finally the shah issued |
an edict making the loss of an ear
the penalty for first offense of de-
stroying the telegraph line, the loss
OF q hand for the second. and death |
BY being buried to the neck in the
sand beside the telegraph line the
penalty for third offense. One
cared men were common in Persia
Tor several years, for the shah was
determined to introduce civilizing in
duences. New York Sun.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22
Many Kinds of Monkexa.

The ordinary reader hardly real.
izes how many varieties of monkeys
exist. We hear of monkeys in the
Indies with reddish brown bodies,
black heads and faces of a sky blue.
There are monkeys with white eye
lids, and green monkeys to be found
on the African continent and Cape
Ne Verde islands. The howlers,
which inhabit South America. are
large and fierce, and travellers de-
scribe their yells as absolutely
appalling. So dreadful is the sound
of their growlings and roarings that
one would imagine that all the beasts
of the forests had gathered together
for a battle These creatures are so
fierce that even the most skillful and
adventurous trainer is unwilling to
teach them tricks, Harper's Young
People.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22

Queer Spectacle on the Great New
York and Brooklyn bridge.

A Queer Spectacle on the Great New
York and Brooklyn bridge.
With an agonized, painful and tor
tured expression on her countenance
and with few small parcels in her
hands, she was jostled. pushed and
showed on board bridge train which
was just about to start from the New
York side the other evening during
the flush of the evening traffic. She
had evidently been shopping all day,
and she was tired. Her light spring
coat was open, revealing trim. tight
fitting suit of brown and waist so
i slender and stemlike that you felt
like lending her your arm for re-
enforcement. She wore hat that
beggared description. and her feet
were incased in tiny patent leather
ties.
Yet she was anxious. cross or vexed
about something, and the crowd dis
turbed her, and the noise and confu-
sion Jared ON her spirit. More
through luck than courtesy she
gained seat, and as she dropped
into it she heaved sigh No one
seemed to notice her sigh, however,
and she heaved louder. Her second
sigh had the effect of attracting the
well bred stare of the few women in
the immediate vicinity, and of arrest
ing the attention of few men from
their all absorbing evening papers
just then the train began to move
and she got UP. coughed and looked
sick.
She glared wildly around the car
and then earnestly sc1'utinized the
foor. With gasp she fell back into
her seat and tore off her coat and be.
gan to violently loosen the collar of
her dress. In an instant several men
were at her side, each in his own
helpless manner offering his services
and inquiring the nature of the at
tack. Was it vertigo, hemorrhage,
heart failure or nauseaa Appealingly
she looked up into the face of an
elderly woman bending over her and
signified a desire to whisper. But
the whisper proved to be just audi
BILE, for the bystanders overheard
hollow voice utter, There is a pin
sticking right into my back"
And sure enough the elderly wom-
an found the pin in her back, put
there by somebody to hold a rip
caused by the straining of the over
tightly drawn cloth. With profound
utterances of gratitude the woman
walked out of the car with her bene-
factress, and the other witnesses dis
persed in their different directions,
vaguely conscious of feeling of re-
gret that one OF their own race, even
though of the opposite sex, should
herself as such benign fool,
first in strapping herself SO tightly,
and second in repairing damages with
pins. Brooklyn Eagle.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22

The custom of consecrating church
bells was once common to nearly all
denominations, but it is now con-
fined principally to the Roman Cath
olics The old form was to wash the
bell with holy water, anoint it with
oil and mark II with the sign of the
cross, and to some extent this form
IL still used. AT the time of the Ref
ormation in England the prejudice
against Roman Catholic ceremonies
was 80 strong that instead of being
blessed new bells were occasionally
turned up and filed with punch,
which then was drunk by the par
ticipants in the occasion. New York
Sun.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22
ODD MISTAKES OF NovrLIsrs.

--------
Writers Of Thrilling Love Stories ofter
Get Mixed !" Their Details
The average reader who skins
J over the last railroad novel is not
likely to notice the many faults in
the fiimsy construction OF the plot.
But often smile at the naielens
sbst wapdar in .,ona,v vo,,1se ~
uneartblv hours ~ n;obt sl,vovs
clad IN .. soft white cl;ns;,o
-nwn Now evarv oirl l,,ous 3ba9
,ne AVERAGE maiden ;s too n,,,cb
fra;d of tro,nns and .n,,,e, q, ,van
sipr IN ..lonelv woods And tbar
.ue is not ..nale hpt pnsnaakablv
| lovely after sr,ch 81 tramn M. an
brIinarv oi.l who sne,,ds half a
5,,obt in q Sn,ossv,, b,,t daun couch
will wander home IN tbe nornino
| mIl Of mud and coclsle b,,a her.
imuos as straioht "a q cable ON an
syen,e ca, line and herself as cross
81 ), sevsntb straat nol;ca,o.n m
katp,qlav evening
Another odd thing is the wav
l.une nen ,,,sbers oat ro;ved in +bo;r
waathar ranorts some heg;r a
s.hanter at dawn there ara . faw
Ino,nents' conversation and then tbe
s,p sets in h,rid banks hebind tba
Instant ernprnIed n,o,ntains
There ;s one novel bv Tho D,cb.
ess think in which fbe cbonter
nnens with "a thick dr;zzl;no p,;st
A,ft;no down and enfold;ng tbe land.
,a.ane and in q few moments the
hero ia snr;noino o,,t Of q windou
Anto rhe ..soft mellow moonIirbt
IEvidentIv tbe weather nossessed ga
many phases as Marshall Wil5er's
transformation tableaur
Tbara ;a ono sonoand II 10 a
1weet one too--thaf furnishes a
brilliant example In alice Who're
"A IF Thouw one verge sneaks Of tba
{ silver rain falling" " while the first
bne announces that the moon shines
bright and that ..its ravs tinge the
aorest' These seem ON ordinary oc-
tasions slightly contradictory state
ments.
4 have often wondered how long
kome girls could 90 sans meals sans
mead sans everything for. iudeinp
'bv some of the writers. neither the
hero nor the heroine is subject to
anv necessitv of nature Love ;s an
I,xcellent thing a ..nearl Of oraot
price" But a man in a dirty collar
aud no breakfast in his stomach
doesn't feel like co,,rtino the oirl
who looks as limp as the man who
bet his last dollar ON Sullivan ard
went home to find his wife sick ard |
tho procer's bov sitting ON tbe stoon |
With a six months bill
The old fashioned novelist is plaved
,ut the old fashioned hero has been
rremated and the old fashioned her.
,,ue sits in lonely solitude foroot-
en by the busy throng The wasp
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22
What Revived Him.

Smith was injured in railway
accident and lay insensible for a long
time"
did the doctors finally bring him
TOT"
mo. Somebody whispered that
Smith had an excellent case. and no
doubt could collect heavy damages
from the company. That revived
him. .n--Exchange.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22
MONEY in eIectrlritx.

A very recent estimate of the CAPT
tai invested in the electrical indus
tries IN the United States is 1920. 600.
600, and of this amount $3.50. 900, 900
represents the proportion which elec
trio lighting and power have at
tanned; Sl00. 600. 900 IL also the esti
mated Investment in electrical sup
plies. of which the electric lighting
and railway appliances constitute a
large proportion Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22
SOMETHING NEW.

The Dew Time Gard, which is now
10 effect, via the WISCONSIN CentraI
Lines" In connection with ths
Northern Pacific r r., affords The
travelling public the best facilities
Irom All points west to Chicago and
points east and south.
The unsurpassed equipment offered
70 Its patrons, combined with speed
comfort and safety. surprising ali
its competitors. ~''
All through trains are composed
OF Pullman yestibuled drawing-room
sIeepers, with dining cars and dsv
coaches OF latest design.
The daily through fast train each
way, making close connection AZ
Chicago with trains in all directions
For tickets, time tables, etc. an.
ply To agent Of Northern Paeific n
n, or Jas Q. POM.
Gen'l Pass. aud Tkt. agent
Chicago. III.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22
Chinese Terms OF Endearment.

In China a wife is never spoken
of by her husband in a plain and
straightforward way. Such playful
terms as my thorn in the ribs and
my dull companion" are more
usual, but leave something to be de-
sired ON the score of elegance. THE
mean one of the inner room" has
distinct flavor of masculine selfish
ness about it. Chicago Tribune.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22
French uonsIderatIon.

Under the main entrance to one of
our churches poor woman, shiver
ing with cold, and holding baby in
her arms, appealed to the charity Of
passersby why, your infant is Of
pasteboardw T. said a gentleman as he
tapped its nose, which sounded hard
and resonant 'Oh, beg your par
don. monsicurl II was so cold left
tho real one at home r. Paris Letter
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22

At a duel the combatants dis
charged their pistols without effect
whereupou one of the seconds inter
fered and proposed that the duelists
should shake hands. To this the
other second objected as unnecessary.
Their hands, said he, have been
shaking this half hour. Exchange.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22

Doctor-Will you ever get wellf
Why, I'll have you on your feet again
in "A week.
Patient That viii never do. The
railway company has promised TO
send a man up about that time to
agree ON compromise. Exchange.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22

So well trained are a pair of horses
owned by a farmer in Lancaster
county, Pa. that they pull harrow
regularly across the field from morn
ing until night without driver.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22

The Prince of Wales. simple and
transformations as he always desires
his private visits to be. cannot be fit
tingly entertained for even two or
three days without an expenditure of
615. 900 or $50. 900.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22

England has one horse for every
twelve persons, and only an average
OF four hours of daily sunshine in
which to ride or walk.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22

In Africa and India and in South
America monkeys are often employed
to gather the fruit which grows too
high to be reached by the natives.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22

In China wealthy people buy their
coffins long before they need them,
and exhibit them as ornamental
pieces of furniture.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22

M a DAISY.
which we propose TO send TO you, transpor-
tation paid. The little darling rests against
pillow, and is in the act of drawing off its
pink sock, the mate of which has been pulled
off and flung aside with triumphant COO.
The flesh tints are perfect, and the eyes follow
you, no matter where you stand. The exoui-
sltereproductions of this greatest painting OF
Ida Waugh tthe most celebrated of modern
painters of baby life are TO be given to those
who subscribe TO Demorest's Family Maga-
zine for lS93. The reproductions cannot be
told from the original, which cost SOC, and
are the same size u1x2s inches). The baby is
life size. and absolutely lifelike. We have
also in preparation, TO present 10 our sub
scrlbers during 1893, other great pictures by
such artists as Percy Moran, Maud Humphrey,
Louis DeSehamps, and others of worldwide
ren9wn; Take only two examples of what
wediu during the past year. "A Yard of Tan-
sies,N and "A White House Orchid" by tho
wiie or PRESIDENT Harrison, and you Will see
what our promises mean.
those who subscribe for Demorest's Family
Mlgazine Tor 1893 viii possess gallery oi eX-
gnisite works of art of great value, besides a
Magazine that cannot be eqnSled hy any in
subject matter, that will keepeyeryorc pnst-
cd on all the topics of the day, and all the
fads and diIerent items of interest about the
household, besides furnishing interfering
rea ting matter, both grave and gay, 1. = the
whole family; and while Demorest's Is MT
fashlen Magazine, its fashion pages ere per-
feet ana we give You. free Of cast, all the rat,
terms you wish TO use during the year, and
~ any s1e YOU choose. Send in your sub
seriniion 1T once. only g, and you will really
Eci over SIS Ia value. Address the pul Usher.
W. Jennings Demorest, 10 East 18th ST. New
york. III you are unacquaintod with the
Magazine, send ~ cens5 Tor soocinSa copv
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22
Notice Of Final Settlement.

NOTICE Is hereby given. that c,aora. a
IN bingham executor OF the estate 81
ChubD, deceased. has filed his finai ac.
count as such executor, and the county
COZ, cSar. OF Marion COUNTY, Oregon, has sci
" osa n ooh on nay OF necember 1892 at The hour
All persons having ohjecti0ns to said nc.
said time. GE,l "a PINcuIs uIs at
Executor
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22

. eThe use of 'Castoria Is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
CARLOS MARTYN, d. D.,
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22

"Castoris is so well adapted to children that
recommend 1t as superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. A. ARCHER, M. D.,
iii So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22
for Infants and Children.

Castoria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Ernctation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes d
gestion,
w,,hout injurious medication.
For several years have recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue to
do so as 1t has invariably produced beneficial
results"
EDWIN F. PARDER. M. D.,
"The Winthrop" i25th Street and 7th Ave-,
New York City
COMPANY, n MURRAY STREET, NEW YoRK.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-22
Money

10 loan on Chattel Mortgages. Money an
iand; 40 delay. THoM rs 4 JOHNSoIN.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-16
POSTPONED AGAIN.
Senator Hoar's Continued Illness Prevents
Action the Judicial Nominations.

Senator Hoar's Continued Illness Prevents
Action on the Judicial Nominations.
srectel TO the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-It looks tonight
as though another two weeks will elapse
before the nomination of Judge Woods 10
acted on. Chairman Hoar is yet indisposed,
and sent word TO the Senate committee on
judiciary. at its meeting this morning. that
he would probably not be able to do his
part in the debate upon the judicial nomi-
nations under couple Of weeks at least.
Senator Hoar has trouble with his eyes.
He has charge of the nominations when
they come MP for final action in executive
session. and since he has given most alton
tion to both sides of the Woods case espe-
cially the case would not he re ported from
committee. much less called up in executive
session of the Senate, in the absence Of
Chairman Hoar.
The prolonged delay in acting on the judi
cial nominations is working hardship an
many inconvenience in some cases. Some
of the nominees had arranged to open their
courts weeks ago. and public business
ing. Judge Taft, of the Cincinnati circuit,
had the lease TO buy residence here can
celled on the 1st inst. and was to have
opened his court two weeks ago. It looks
now as though he would have to 90 to q
hotel here. Meanwhile. his successor as
Solicitor general is ready, but cannot take
the place now occupied by Judge Taft.
The injury the two Indiana Senator'S have
inflicted upon public interests and in
dividuals by their factious and unpardon-
able opposition is proving far-reaching and
serious.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-16
IN THE COMMONS.
Replies OF Government Oflciais TO Various
Questions tsaImaceda's silver.

Replies OF Governments Oflciais to Various
Questions-Baimaceda's silver.
LONDON. Feb. 15.-Replying to question
put TO the government. In the House Of
Commons. to-day. regarding the oppression
of the Stundists by the Russian govern
ment. the Rt. Hon. James Lowtber. Parlia-
mentary Secretary of the Foreign Office.
said that the government did not intend 10
demonstrate with Russia against her treat
ment of religious sects unless the people
oppressed were British subjects.
Lord George Hamilton. First Lord of the
Admiralty. responding to the question. de-
MED that the British government had been
involved in any constitutional question by
the conveyance OF her Majesty's ship
Espiegle from the port of Coronel. Chill. TO
Montevideo of S3s bars Of silver valued at
Il As 600 for the then President Baimaceda-
The question of the legal title to the then
existing Chilian government was univer-
sally recognized and the shipment of the
bullion was regular. Lord George Hamil-
ton added, however. that q change in tho
naval regulations by which the captain Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-16

New Base Ball Association, with Circuit of
Eight Strong Cities Selected.
special 10 the 1noianauOlis Journal

Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Feb. 15.-It now looks as il
Muncie would be represented in the base
ball arena next season. Mr.. w. III. Meyer,
q well-known enthusiast Of Fort Wayne,
accompanied by r. III. Cokefair, of Ander-
son, and Joseph Henning. of Kokomo. was
In Muncie on Saturday on the rounds of
the cities which are to comprise proposed
Ohio and Indiana league. Mr.. Meyer
sta ted that he had been around the
circuit, and the enthusiasm was great.
The scheme is as follows: To organize
under the Western Association rules, winch
elects but one man for the Offices of presi-
dent, secretary and treasurer. and then
give him the power of employing all play
ers for the clubs. to which he must dis
tribute them equally. thereby overcoming
the great trouble IN managers encroaching
on the salary limit in the selection of play
ers. A guarantee of $500 to be posted before
the schedule il made, and the salary limit
10 be 5000, with q short season. The pro-
posed cities for clubs are Lima. Mansfield,
Dayton and GAINESVILLE. in Ohio, and Ev-
ansville. Fort Wayne, Munoie, Anderson
and Peru. IN Indiana. After making an in
vestigation here the men departed conf
dent the league would be 60. meeting
will be called by Mr.. Meyer IN o short time.