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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27
Tho comfortinx Fan Motor.

Among the various contrivances
Of later years tending to render life
worth living during the heated term
the ubiquitous little electric fan mo
tor certainly holds no inconsiderable
place. A few dollars expended for
the plant and one cent per hour
more or less for the electric power to
operate it is surely not an extrava
giant outlay for the amount of solid
comfort one receives rs quid pro
quo as he tolls at his desk during the
breathless midsummer days. The
latest Improvement in this line is a
motor which has an additional slow
horizontal rotation upon its standard,
whereby the breeze of the fan is i'm
partially distributed to every part Of
the room. - Engineering Magazine.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27

The kohinoor. Nizam, Great Mo
gul, Regent, Great Table and Aus
t1ian Yellow are historic gems of
Indian origin. Worthy of ranking
with these we have only the Matan,
from Borneo; Star of the South,
from Brazil, ard Porter-Rhodes, from
the Cape. That the Indian mines
still produce stones of large size and
of the purest water we have evidence
in the fine gem known as the Cor
do-Noor Gordon Orr, recently
brought to London by Madras firm
of jewelers.. This stone weighs 213t
grains, and is remarkable for its
brilliancy and fine limpid color. It
is said to have been discovered in
the Kistna diamond fields. Mining
and Engineering.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27
suicide Among Germans.

Self destruction, when considered
with regard to race, is found to be a
distinctly Teutonic habit, and what
makes the { erman figures as whole
more striking still is the fact that He
brews, who form so large an element
of the German population, seldom or
never resort to it. 1t is your Ger
man born and bred who cannot be
prevented 'om laying violent hands
upon himself. To the German EN-
peror, therefore, we commend the
subject; but it is one which has more
or less interest to every civilized
community. Dr. Richardson tells us
that the ratc for the whole world is a
good deal higher than most people
are probably aware. OF every 1000
human beii gs who die five die by
their own b nd There is suicide
as we gath r from DR.. Richardson
figures, about every three minutes.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27
THOSE STONY EYES.
Tho wamcn who Are Always Leaning
Out of the Windows.


Tho wamen who Are Always Leaning
Out of the Windows.
One of The queer features of fiat
life here in New York" remarked
cynical Bostonian to reports er. lis
the univer ,al window hanging. /
mean the habit of leaning for hours
at time far out of windows at all
elevations. OF course people lean
out of windows everywhere, but
1ere in New York along such ave-
nues az Sixth, Eighth. Third aid
Fourth, and all streets where thcse
are fat houses. it seems as if the
family took turns at the window
ills. The feminine heads always
predominate. though there are plenty
Of men To the credit of our sex,
however. they have not reached the
pillow stage"
THE what2" inquired the reporter.
THE pillow stage. Protracted
vigils ON an unfeeling window sill
;tre liable to callous feminine elbows,
my friend. The wise flat builder of
the future in your city will fit his
window slls with air cushions.
once thought this window hanging
habit was distinctly a New York Gus
tom, but | received a severe lesson
On that point two years ago / came
over here in the spring from Boston
ON a matter of business that required
time, so / took lodgings upon the
west side. Directly opposite was
large fiat house, and though all the
windows in the building were more
or less poplllous, there was one in
particular on the third floor from
which the female occupant was lean
ing out at all hours. 1t seemed to
Inc that that woman must neglect
even meals and sleep. She haunted
me even to my dreams.
when | went out in the morning
her stony glare followed me till ]
turned the corner, and when / re-
turned in the afternoon it seemed as
if that third floor window hanger
hadn't stirred an inch. / became 50
nervous and conscious that dreaded
the street. felt sure that woman
could see every defect on my person,
and whenever was aware of a
wilted collar or unpublished shoes
made point of hugging the houses
ON her side till opposite my abode,
and then scurrying across the street
n nd frN1 / n
whether that stare could count the
change in Ily pocket. One night ]
returned home from an entertain
ment at a. IN. All the way home
ylcried in the thought that for once
! would be free from my oppressor.
when ] reached the corner a
glance showed me ] was right. No
head The window was closed and
dark hurried to my house, mount
ed the steps and when ] had opened
the door, gave one parting glance at
that third floor window There she
was, a white and airy costume, but
she had got there just the same.
When finally left New York
took an early train, leaving the house
at q a. IN. Of course that third floor
nuisance w IS on duty at her win
dow. with The same imperturbabls
stare. AS usual, stood it to the
corner, and then ! dropped satchel
and umbrella and shook my fist t
that window hanging fiend with all
The fervor of deadly hate.
There was millman near me,
and said, DO you know that
Reckon do. Serve her milk
lis she queerf
"'Oh, no. She amt used to New
York. Only been here four months,
md she hasn't went about much
Country
Reckon SO. Come from Boston
ast March. New York Tribune.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27
wedding Presents of the Prince of VALE,

There is never much variety in
wedding presents, but the Prince of
Wales seems to have been especially
monotonous in those he has bestowed.
A lady who PROCESSES to have kept
accurate record of them declares
that they comprise ninety diamond
scarfpins, two silver cigarette boxes.
seventeen diamond bangles, thirty
five diamond brooches, and four
watch bracelets set in diamonds.
The queen, as is well known, does
not vary her gifts much. An Indian
shawl is generally the form they
take. London Tit Bits.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27
The Return of n,rds

! am convinced that the same
woodpecker occupies the same cavity
in a tree winter after winter, and
drums upon the same dry limb spring
after spring. like to think of all
creatures as capable of local attach
ments and not insensible to the SEN
timent of home. John Burroughs in
,anfilf-v
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27

Dr. Samuel johnson said; "Some
people have a foolish way of not
minding, or pretending not to mind,
what they eat. For my part. ! mind
my stomach very studiously and
very carefully, and look upon it
that he who does not mind his stom-
ach will hardly mind anything else. y
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27

II you could cut sections out of the
side Of soap bubbles. and then had
some delicate contrivance with which
You could handle the pieces, you
would find that il would take 80. 900,
600 films laid one upon the other to
make pile one inch in height. st.
Louis Republic.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27
An Island at Auction.

Caldy island, off the Welsh coast, was
put up for auction recently, but was
bought in, as the bidding did not exceed
e13,5OO. 1t has an area Of $50 acres,
and is opposite the fashionable watering
place of Tonby. There are school and
q church on the island, but it has no
taxes, no minister, no doctor and no law
yer,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27
The Bo,'. Mistake.

Little Dot-Oh, mamma, the mar
ket boy has made a mistake an left
US some colored family's order.
Mamma My, myl What is itl
''Raspberries."
II ordered raspberries."
''But these are black" - Good
News.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27
A Mystiaed nroker

Wall STREET Broker (benevolently)
Let me see ! believe you are the
boy | bought paper of yesterday,
when | didi't have change. owe
you three cents, Here il is.
Newsboy twho isn't the boyl-
Never mind. mister. Keep il fer
yer honesty. Good News
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27

We are accustomed to consider the
late war as bloody one, aud it was,
Yet all the men killed in action dur
ing those four awful years were
10000 less than the annual death
rate of the world from suicides
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27
Parental training,

Mrs. Brown-Mrs Binks has the
best trained boy ! ever saw.
Mis- Jones-Whatl that little ras-
calf
Mrs. Brown Yes, for she never
crooks her elbow that he doesn't in
stinctively bend over. Detroit Free
PleGs.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27
An Average narbsr.

Barber = You don't come very
often.
Customer-It takes tao much time
Barber-I cut hair In ten minutes.
Customer Yes, but II takes three
weeks for II 10 grow enough TO look
respectable again. New York Week.
ly. .
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27

Miss Summit-Can you tell me the
timo by your watch, Mr. Hardupi
hardup tsadly) Mot before next
ek.-Echsnge.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27

Bond higher Of interest indemnity old
nnues Cotton Gn of the Masachu
sett Mutual thinking
Willamette Hotel the Office
of MITCHELL LUNN Resden Agents.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-10-27

A gay marquis said TO Descartes,
s'Do yon philosophers cat daintiesf
ne replied. DO you think that God
nd good things only Cor fools"
~ ~-;x~ /.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-02

SERIOUS OUTBREAK.

Sanguirary Collisions la Russia Over Chol.
err Precautions - several Jews Muir
dcred.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 27.-The recent
riot at the Hughes steel works and col.
licries near Mariapol, originated in the
anger among the lower classes by the
precautions taken against cholera. A
mob stoned policemen who were taking
q woman to a hospital, and n dctach.
ment of Cossacks was dispatched to pro.
tect the police. The mob resisted the
.Cossacks with stones, cudgels and iron
rails, one officer being knocked from his
horse and severely injured. The Cos
sacks attacked the people with swords
and fierce fighting ensued, 200 rioters
and twenty soldiers being disabled.
The crowd then attacked the hospital.
Later in the evening the mob excited
by drink tried to set fire to the village.
| The rioting was resumed next morning
when a mob of 10000 terrorized the
village, killing several Jews. They
burned a village inhabited by peo-
Pile employed in the Hughes works,
their lives being spared. The damage
amounts to several million roubles.
Order was not restored until the third
day, when two regiments and II battery
of artillery arrived on the scene. The
! agitation continues and Is spreading "a
the mining districts. Further troubles
are fenred.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-02
ADDITIONAL pISeATCHRA

TnRRE was u terrible battle fought in
Venezuela recently. A h~and-to-hand
conflict ragged for hours. resulting In
the death OF 1900 of the combatsuts.
THE Titus Salt Son & Co. manufactur-
ing concern, Bradford, England, is ON.
sidering II winding up, consequent upon
the plush trade being ruined by the Nc
Kinley bill, IA alleged.
PRESIDENT HARRISON met the old sol
diers at their camp at Malone, N. Y,
on the 18TH.
A SHOCKING loss OF life occurred by an
explosion in Il coal mine near Bridgend,
Glamorganshire, Wales. OF $50 men
only W. were rescued alive.
Two deaths from cholera at Graves
end has greatly alarmed the English
health authorities. 1t vas considered
almost certain that the plague would
enter London.
The steam yacht WapitA went down
In u gale of Collingwood, Ont. Eight
lives We're lost. including Hiram w.
Sibley, n New York capitalist, and
members of his family.
SENATOR DAWES has declined To be .
candidate for reelection before the
next legislature OF Massachusetts.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended August 20 showed an average In
crease of .. 7 compared with the CORE
spending week of last year. In New
York the increase was al.
GOV. EAGLE, Of Arkansas, is danger
ously iii ut Richmond, Ky.
THE trial of Lizzie Borden, charged
with numbering her father and step
mother with an ax, has begun Mt Fall
River, Mass.
CIaFFoRp ST.. JonS, a militiaman, wni
accidentally shot dead at Des Moines
Ia, by Horace Smith, another militia
man. who was handling n gun.
CuIKr JUSTICE IRVING, OF tho FRS
judicial court of Maryland, is dead a
Princess Anne.
THE drought in northern Mexico end
ed with unprecedented rains. Invent,
miles of the Mexican Central's tract
were washed away.
The sawmill and other strikers Il
northern Wisconsin have all left for tn
Dakota harvest fields.
TIE peoples party has cstablishe,
eastern headquarters at Boston, an,
will put n full state ticket in the feel
in every state where 1t has organization
The National Bank of Mexico, as
sisted by merchants Of the City of Men
leo, has advanced the government credi
To the extent of Ro0O, 900 without S.
curity. Qa
TuE product Of the Northwestern
-four mills the past week largely Q,
! ceeded the sales.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-02
TRYING TO GET HOME.

The Choicr, Scare Causing American
Tourists to Make u Hush For Hometown
nm Outbreak Would Affect the Worlds
Fair.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-"Not a steam
er hailing from the continent Of Europe
will be permitted to enter an American
port until after her passengers have
been rigidly inspected and her baggage
thoroughly fumigated," said the ssoae-
tary OF the treasury yesterday.
Quarantine has been established al
along the Atlantic coast and every pos
sibie ~precaution Us being taken to pre-
vent the Introduction of cholera into
the United States. IL is learned that
the British steamship lines refuse 10.
AXE any passengers for the United
States from the continent and no Ger
man or French ship from the infected
ports Is permitted to touch ut British
ports.
Westward bound steamers from Great
Britain m reported to have their R-
loon aud second cabin accommodations
engaged 70 their utmost capacity Sor
months ahead and many Americans who.
sailed for Europe a few months ago in
state ROOMS are only too glad to got ac-
oommodation in the steerage on their
return
1t Ia believed that the precautions
now being taken in Portland, Boston,
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
will result In keeping cholera from our
shores this year, but IL will surprise the
officials of the marine hospital service
II the great influx Of visitors in 1893 Is
not followed by an outbreak.
RUIN THE WORLDS FAIR
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. DR.. w. L. Reilly,
secretary OF the state board Of health,
says that II the disease should secure q
foothold In this city 1t would mean
practical ruin TO the worlds fair; that
one or two cases would be almost as in
furious as a great many, as visitors
would fear its temperance next year.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-02

IT Is more than lidely that In this
country the custom Of granting ninety.
nine year leases originated In the city
Of baltimore, where ground leases have
been in vogue since the begiraing of
the present century, but that the prac-
tice antedates that period in England
by many hundred years is unquestioned.
IL was only q few months ago that a
floating newspaper paragraph an
nounced tie expiration of a 900 year
lease made dnring the reign of Alfred
the Great. A more striking example Of
the stability o. a government and the
perfect legality on long term leaseholds
could not be given.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-02
ANOTHER STRIKE.

An Indignant Switchman strikes Grand
Master Sweeney For ORDERING the strike
ora bittcr Feeling Developed.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 26.-Thc call
Ing off OF the switchmen's strike has
caused much adverse comment among
the strikers.
S~wecrey's action WI received with
maledictions by most of the strikers,
and when he appeared on the street
he was surrounded by n crowd
Of s%witchmen, who demanded that
he declare u general strike from
New York to Chicago. Words
ensued and Switchman Quinn, of tho
Nickel Plate yards struck Sweeney a
~ferocious blow, knocking him down.
Blood flowed in . stream from Swee-
ney's nose. Quinn then got his leaders
head against a telegraph pole and
punched and pounded him until pulled
away.
Mr.. Sweeney had his wounds dressed
In = drug store. A number of strikers
assembled on the sidewalk in front of
the place aud threatened to do further
violence to the grand master. Sweeney
was frightened and the police dispersed
the crowd. A bitter feeling against
Sweeney has developed among the late
strikers, who consider that they have
been duped and betrayed by him.
II was stated vaguely last night
that the men who would have had
tho fight maintained are in meeting in
some hall down towards East Buffalo,
and there are suggestions even that
those men wish, without knowing just
how, to open up the strike again upon
their own rcsponsibility,
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-02

NOTWITHSTANDING the recent failure
and disbanding of the Galveston organ
i~zation, which was formed for the pur-
pose Of preparing an exhibit for Texas
Al the worlds fair, that state is likely
to be c~reditably represented. The
Texas County Exhibitors association
OF Dallas, formed originally In the In.
tercsts of the state fair, has taken the
matter In charge and promises a fine
exhibit nj Chicago.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-02

A NOVEL feature of the Springfield,
Mass, street ear system is the letting
OF electric cars to parties who wish 10
hire. The price is g. an hour. 1t Is
convenient for a party to thus charter n
car and ride rs far as they desire. A
car can Ike run over any Of the lines, MS
they are under n management When
q car Ia thus hired u sign, Especial carr
Is placed ON the a l. Many have been
hired this summer to run To different
points of interest
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-02

~ oVSu PtCoCuttu VI t1t
London council asking it TO stop the
Mormon work being carried on there.
TIE 250th anniversary of the Uni
tartan church at Gloucester, Mass, was
celebrated recently.
A BERLIN lieutenant made sighting
remarks concerning II club to which an
artist and "a sculptor of that city be-
longed. On being challenged Ia n duel
with pistols ho wounded one and killed
the other.
THE Amalgamated association has
lost its strike against Hughes Il Patter-
son Philadelphia iron men.
The German Kriegcrbund will meet
next year in St Louis.
Ar Pittsburgh, Pa, the crew of the
towboat George Shiras, including the
officers, deliberately stood by and saw
Fireman Cookies, who had fallen over
board, drown without helping him.
The coroner's jury censured them
A SYSTEM Of Wholesale robbery on the
Central street railway of Peoria. Ill.
has been discovered and half of the con
ductors on the limo are now searching
for other jobs.
THE Canadian Pacific Is said to be mr..
ranging for a terminus Mt New York.
JUDGE MCCORMICK, of the United
States court ut Dallas, Tex. has rem
dered a decision against the Texas rail,
road commission and granted an in
junction restraining them from making
u~nreasonably low rates.
The British steamer Roma, from
London, for brisbane, has been wrecked
near Algoa Bay, Africa. It is sup
posed everybody on board Of her wa,
drowned.
FRED SMITH was killed by q live wire
at Pittsburgh, Pa. He was an employ,
of n fire escape firm.
A CLoUDBURsr occurred at Roanoke
Va, and within thirty minutes owe
500. 900 of damage had been done an,
mt least n life lost The business
portion Of the city, which is on low
land, was the principal sufferer.
CONSUL OSCAR WILLIAMS at Havre re
ports an epidemic of Asiatic cholera a
that place, with many deaths, and ad
vises an inspection OF the vessels from
that port arriving in the United States
, THE Iron Hall Is now in the hands O
a receiver In the person Of James L
!, Failey, n well known manufacturers q
Indianapolis, Ind.
E The L~ackawanna s~witchmcn struc]
ut Buffalo, n. Y, ON the 23d, purel,
8 GU OF sympathy for the other strikers
: 1T is officially announced that Their
I Is not u single case of Asiatic choler
v In Belgium All of the suspicious case
so far reported were merely cases q
cholera ~nostras.
AFTER a conference with the heads q
other railway organizations at Buffal,
y n. T., on the a&th, Grand Maste
Q Sweeney declared the s~witchmen'
strike OFF.
!, ANEW York firm has ordered q. oOo. OF
d In gold coin for shipment to Europe
THE convicts have been ordered IN \
returned TO Oliver Springs, Inman AN
Coal Creek, Tenn.
The treasury department has probi,
tied the importation OF foreign rao
after September 20 because OF cboler,
Q GEORGE GOULD is said to he plaunu'
8 TO secure control of the Wabash raj
road at the next annual meeting.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-02
A Chicago Improvement.

CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-The North Side
street car system is about to abandon
the horse as "a motive power and adopt
the Belgian steam motor. Several de-
vices for rapid transit have been tried
lately, among which are underground
electric wires, the Connolly gas motor,
the Belgian team motor and others In
the Belgian motor President Yerkes be-
lieves he has found the practical solu-
ton of rapid transit and the company's
present horse car lines will he equipped
with engines as fast as they can be
manufactured.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail.
pERsONAL Ann POLTTiCAL.


GES. PRISCE, - years old, q man who
was said to he n retired American army
officer and n classmate OF tho late Gen.
Robert u. Lee, committed suicide ut
Morley's hotel, London.
COL 4 II. BOYD, minister resident nj
Siam. arrived at San Francisco. Ho
was on his way TO his home In Missouri,
having been granted leave of absence
on recount OF i'll health.
r. NJ. DAILY, OF Philadelphia, IL the
new president Of the Irish Catholic Be-
nevolent union.
TfE Washington Star declares that
Senator Hill demands the treasury
portfolio rs the price Of his support OF
Cleveland.
DR. DANIEL w. SHEA, A. NJ, Phi d.,
Of Harvard university. has accepted the
chair Of physics In the University Of
Illinois, ~ which he was called some
time aso.
MUCu dissatisfaction IL being mani
tested in India mt the action Of the
government In falling TO close the minis
to the free coinage OF silver.
The Canadian press, with the cxcep-
ton Of the Toronto Mail, which thinks
there is nothing serious, Is bitter in de-
nouncing President Harrison's action
in levying q toll on nll vessels passing
through Snult Ste. Marie canal.
T~BuEBLooD, Of Massachusetts,, was
chosen president Of the International
peace congress, which opened in Berne,
Switzerland, on the ODD.
THE queen has elevated to the poor
age Sir Lyon Playfair and Mr.. Cyril
Flower, member OF the house Of COM
mons for the Luton division Of Bedford
shire. Sir Lyon Playfair and wife will
sail for the United States.
JAKE G~AUDAUR, tho oarsman, wants
to row OConnor on some American
course.
THE reported retirement Of President
Roberts. OF the Pennsylvania road. is
denied by Vicc-Prcsident Frank Thom-
son.
DEoDoBA DA FoSsHcA. the first pres
ident of the brazilian republic, Is dead.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has accepted an
invitation to visit Potsdam, N. v,
within a few weeks.
Coz. T.. G. SMEED, chief engineer of
the Union Pacific, is dead.
GLADSTONE was elected to Midlothian
without opposition.
Mn GLADSTONE has tent n letter To
Mr.. Labouchere, saying that he alone
was responsible for not presenting Mr..
Labouchere's name to the queen, and
that his eason for not appointing Mr..
~Laboucherc in no wise reflect upon Mr..
L~abouchere's public character or SER
vices.
GERMANS new army bill provides
that the whole people shall bear arms.
The Argentine crisis continues The
minister's state that the present sitns'
ton Is intolerable and that President
Pelligrini must resign.
SENATORS MILLS n COKE, Of Texas,
have both declared for the Hogg ticket.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-02

RASNocu LoDGE, the fine country
place In Scotland now occupied by An
drew Carnegie, who leases IL from Sir
Robert Menzies. IL thirteen miles from
u telegraph Office and twcnty-three
miles from a railway station.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-02

SIR GEORGE OrTo TREvELYAS, who Is
secretary for Scotland In the new Brit
ish cabinet, Is u nephew Of Lord Ma
cnuley, and with his mother, who was
Macauley's favorite sister, wrote the
historians life and edited his letters.
Lord M~acauley thought q good deal Of
his nephew and, first and last, did much
for him.