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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14

know no fowls of the air which
more admirably typify in their own
persons the effects of a forestine
tropical fruit eating life than the
gorgeous toucans. Their big bill en-
ables them to reach out from afar at
fruits as they sit at their ease on the
trees that bear them, and to toss
them off at gulp in a large and airy
manner that is very characteristic OF
all the whole-swallowing fruit eat
ers. They are gregarIous and So
ciable birds, to great extent organ
lied into a fixed community; for they
make common cause against enemies,
such as owls and falcons, whom they
surround and mob with one accord
after the fashion OF all dominant
races, as rocks do in England
Having thus little need for protec-
ton, they are noisy and clamorous
in their native woods, resembling in
all these respects the other gregari-
Gus fruit eaters, like parrots and
monkeys. In short, they display for
us in full perfection the free, demo
cratic, fearless, open and gossipy life
naturally engendered III tropical sur
roundings among powerful and so
cial frugivorous species. .-Cornhill
Magazine.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
Two Faithful Dogs.

A strange but true snake story comes
from Sierra Madre. A little girl whose
mother resides Mt that place saw large
snake while playing near the house, and
being pleased with its appearance she
followed it through the grass, trying TO
get hold Of it. Two faithful dogs be-
longing TO tho family saw the snake
also, and running after it got ahead of
the little girl in the chase and pounced
upon the animal. An alarmed rattle,
two quick strokes and the dogs ran yelp-
ing back, while the little tot, who had
witnessed the encounter, concluded that
the gliding serpent was not as pretty az
it first appeared When the mother,
who happened TO be absent, returned
home that evening and found two dead
dogs in her dooryard and her little
daughter fast and safely asleep in bed,
ii may be taken for granted that prayer
of gratitude went up from her heart at
the fortunate escape of the little one. -
Pasadena CAL Star.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
A Farmer and His Ono Legged Hen

A prosperous farmer in Lone Tree
valley has hen that has set the tongues
of all the gossips wagging. 1t is com
mon barnyard hen, but it has neverthe-
less created a sensation. Some months
ago mule stepped on the hens leg and
broke it. The farmer was in the barn
at the time and heard the hen squawk,
and upon examination found the mule
standing upon its leg. He took his
knife, cut the broken leg off and turned
her loose, and in due time she recovered
and was the liveliest kind of one
legged hen.
After the accident, however, the hen
would not go near the barn, and in fact
had habit of wandering off by herself.
Some time ago it was discovered that
she had nest full of eggs in fence
corner and was sitting on them. The
eggs were coffee colored and mottled,
looking good deal like turkey eggs, ex-
cept that they were small.
Last week seven Of the eggs hatched
and they were the funniest looking
chickens that were ever hatched; in
stead of feathers they were covered with
u woolly covering that resembled fur, u
sort Of cross between feathers and hair.
Four Of the little chickens had wattles
that stood straight up from the ears
above the head, giving them very
mulish look. All the women are sure
that it is "A case of marked chicken. San
Jose Mercury.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
FAIR SEX FADS.

Bodices and skirts to be in fashion
must be unlike in color.
Gray and yellow is new combina-
ton of color much worn.
Linen cuffs have been recalled into
the ranks of fashion, and will be worn
with link buttons with tailor gowns.
The "Nuremburg" sleeve, caught il
at the wrist and leaving frill beyond,
is favorite for summer gowns. The
frill is of lace.
For the summer blouse waist a pretty
material, and one which has the dis
tinction Of being new, is creamy white
silk with velvet dots scattered over it..
The silk comes with the velvet spots in
all the delicate shades.
Double sleeves appear on new gowns,
the outer one coming only to the elbow,
and the imported street gowns show
many single sleeves that are much
shorter than the recent style, extending
only trifle below the elbow.
A dainty costume is of gray crepon.
the full bodice of cream crepon being
embroidered in silk with tiny pink rose
buds Ribbon six or seven inches wide
is used to form corselet belt and is
worn with almost every style of gown.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
II Saves the Children.

Mr.. G.. II. Shawen, Wellsville,
Kan, says: cit is with pleasure
that ] speak of the good Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholero and Diarrhoea
Remedy has done my family during
the last fourteen years. In the most
obstinate cases ofsunmer complaint
and diarrhoea among my children.
it acted as a charm, making it never
necessary to Gail in a physician. |
can truthfully say that in my judg-
ment, based on years of experience.
there is not a medicine in the mai
ket that is it's equal. For sale by
Basket & VanSlype.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
8E6zfaHR&HS
- 49,
AN INDIAN LEGEND IN MARBLE.
A Sioux Maid who Died for Love OF One
of Uncle Sans Soldiers.

A Sioux Maid who Died for Love OF One
of Uncle Sans Soldiers.
Sculptor Riordan, of Deadwood, ha'
completed the Sioux Indian maidei
statue upon which he has been working
for some time. The statue will be
mart of the woman's exhibit of this state
at the Worlds fair. Mr.. Riordan took
for his subject q Sioux maiden named
Minnehaha, in connection with whose
life and death there is romantic leg
end.
Minnehaha was the daughter Of Sit
ting Bear and her birthplace is credited
to the Black Hills, but the family moved
to a reservation in the eastern part OF
the territory (this occurred in about
1870 near an agency where United
States troops were stationed. Mime
haha fell desperately in love with Lieu
tenant Dupont, tall, noble, stately
looking fellow, and was unhappy when
out of his sight Dupont was married
and did not reciprocate the love, and en-
deavored TO induce her to go away, but
she would not. She could not compre-
hend the matrimonial laws of the pale
faces. She requested to be made his
servant, that she could always DO near
him to wait upon him and to shield him
from the treachery of the Indians.
Dupont could not bear to see her sor-
rowful face, and thought If he was out
of the way she would soon forget him
and would dispel her mad passion, so he
applied to be moved to Fort Laramie,
wy, and the request was granted. He
then quietly moved to his new station.
He had been there over a year, and had
entirely forgotten Minnehaha. when one
night he was called to his Office to see n
visitor. Upon entering he saw a female
standing beside the fireplace, her head
bowed, and upon her face was an ex-
preston of great sorrow He stared in
wonder at her for moment, when Min
nehaha Gor it was she) said:
"Oh, Dan, don't you remember me
any more? | walked all the way from
Dakota to die in your presence. Oh,
Dan, don't drive me away. I've only got
q few days more to live. My heart broke
when you left me. Circumstances com
PEELED me to live with my people, but
we had nothing in common; their way
was not mine. and now that am dying
want to be buried among the pale
faces, and will die happy to think that
you will sometimes come to my grave
and pity poor Minnehaha."
Eleven days later the soldier tenderly
laid poor, broken hearted Minnehaha
under the sod on hillside near the fort,
and pine tree was planted at the head
of the grave. The tree still marks her
resting place. The above legend is fire.
quently told around the camp fires of
the Sioux.-South Dakota Cor. Mime
apolis Journal.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
BEHIND THE FooTLleHTs.

It is now said that George Clark viii
take John Drew's place in MIR. DAILY 8
company next season.
Lizzie Evans will be starred next
season by Rich g. Harris in new play
called THE Little Blacksmith"
Alexander Salvini's trip around the
world, which his manager said he wGs
going to take this season, is "otf."
A farce comedy called "Skeeters" u
advertised to go out next season, an
its managers are wondering If it wl.I
bite the public.
"Euchred," the play which was tric j
by Miss Amy Lee during the past will
ter, will go out next season with Mli'
Hope Booth as the star.
Mr.. Nat Goodwin will open his neEt
season at the Park theater, Brooklyr
when he will produce Mr.. Henry Guy
Carletons new play, "The Gilded Fool
Mr.. Reginald De Koven is said to be
under contract to write operas for Man
aper Hammerstein and Mr.. Do Wolf
Hopper. His opera, "The Fencing Mas
ter" will be produced by j. M. Hill in
the fall.
Miss Rosina Vokes will continue to
present one act pieces next season. She
accepted recently little play called
"Grandpapa," written by Miss Minnie
Maddern- Fiske. Its scene is laid in
French village at the beginning of the
present century.
Miss Laura Clement, who is at pres
ent with the miss Helyett" company,
has been engaged to appear in "The
Mountebanks," which will be produced
in the fall by the Lillian Russell Opera
company. Signor Tagliapietra will
probably not be member of the organi'
cation.
Following an idea Comedian Francis
Wilson put into effect in his home IN
New Rochelle, Mr. Charles FL. Hoyt.
the farce comedy author, is adding
miniature theater to his home in Charles
ton, N. H. In it he will probably re-
hearse his plays and occasionally give
entertainments for local charities.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
An odd Courtship.

A story of queer courtship and mar
riage is given to the newspapers by Dr.
d. Ordway, of Camden, who says that
eighteen months ago he bought lot of
letters from firm in Peoria, HIS, his
object being to obtain names for adver.
tising his business, Among them was
one from Mrs. Ruth A. Robinson, Of
Westminster, S. O., which SO pleased
him that he wrote to the lady,
More letters, an exchange of photo
graphs and an agreement To meet in
New York followed. The couple came
TO Searsmont, where they were married
at the groom's mothers. The lady, who
rame north against the advice Of her
friends, says she has seen no reason to
regret her decision yet.-Lswiston Jour
nal.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
AROUND THE THRONES.

The Crown Princess Stephanie of Aus
tria has published work ON the Island
of Lacroma.
To the late King Luis Portugal is in
debted for the quite remarkable transla-
tons of Shakespeare's plays into the
language of the country.
King Oscar of Sweden has written
several very important scientific works,
one of them being on oriental lore. He
has also written tragedy.
A double folio letter Of Queen Eliza
beth, beautifully subscribed and signed,
dated Greenwich, May 30, 1868, was re-
Gently sold for seventy-fve dollars.
There is no truth whatever in the re-
port persistently circulated that the
Prince of Wales intends to sell the San
dringham estate, for he has never for O.
moment entertained any such idea.
Leopold, hereditary prince of Isen-
burg and Birstein, the oldest son of
Charles, sovereign German prince of
lsenburg and Birstein, and Louise, arch
duchess OF Austria, has made tour of
the United States.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
How Teeth Last,

One often reads of the art by
which the naturalist is able to re-
store the skeleton of an animal from
a single bone, and in fact a good
many mistakes have been made
through overconhdence on the part
OF learned men in reconstructing fos.
sils by theory from insufficient ma
terial. But there is no possibility of
mistaking the testimony afforded by
the teeth. They tell all about the
manner of existence led by their for.
mer owner, giving accurately the
habits, diet and approximate age of
the beast.
Thus it is fortunate that teeth last
longer than any other objects in ma
ture. At this day are found in a
perfect state of preservation the mo-
lars and incisors which were used to
chew with by the mighty reptiles of
millions Of years ago. Interview in
Washington Star.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
A Batch of Bargains.

Stocks, bonds, securities and notes
amounting to nearly S10,000.0O0, face
value, We're sold at an assignee's sale al
the court house Friday for about 81 900
The property belonged originally to the
estate of j. II. Lippincott and was sold
for the benefit of his creditors.
A lot of 54S shares of the capital stock
of the Paraiso Reduction company of
Yucatan, the par value Of which is
twenty-five dollars a share, was sold for
sixty cents, and l05 s per cent. debenture
bonds of the same company, face value
500 share, went for 35 cents,
Capital stock of the First Printing
Supply company of Washington, repre-
senting S4ss, 800, was sold for 20 cents,
William Phillipean bought bonds and
stocks, the face value of which was
nearly $1,000, 600, for 5000. Mr., Rog
ers got 100000 worth of stocks for
$3.50, and promissory note, dated
April z, 1885, for $25, 900, on A. b. Sim,
monds, went for Si,-New York Adver-
tiser
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
SwindIing Hotel Keepers.

Frequent complaints have been made
of late of the conscienceless extortion
practiced upon foreigners by the hotel
keepers of the Riviera, who are appar
emily doing their best to kill the goose
that has laid them 50 many golden eggs.
An incident reported bya correspondent
at Nice seems to prove that 1t costs even
more to die at Monte Carlo than it does
to live there. 1t appears that short
time ago well known Englishman was
taken i'll and died of dropsy at one OF
the hotels, and his wife, who is mem
Der of the English nobility, decided to
take the body to England for burial.
Upon inquiring as to the cost of this
she was informed that it would be nee
essary to embalm the body, and that,
with the railway charges for transport
the expense would amount to $400
There were certain fixed charges made
by the principality Of Monaco. said the
doctor and the undertaken, which must
be paid, and this was the lowest posi-
BILE estimate This amount, it must be
remembered, was exclusive of hotel
charges or doctors fee for attendance
upon the patient; it was simply for EN-.
balming, for the cost Of coffin and its ac.
cessories and for transport to London.
An appeal was made to Baron de
Farincourt, the governor general OF
Monaco, who declared that no taxes
whatever were levied upon foreigners
dead or alive, by the principality. The
bill was reduced finally by nearly one
half, but the whole subject is to be
brought to the attention of the British
foreign office.-London Times.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14

According to report just forwarded
by Lord Dulferin from Paris, the French
army has increased enormously since
1870. Then it-consisted Of 28S battalions
of infantry, 379 squadrons of cavalry
224 batteries Of field and 60 of fortress
artillery, 26 companies of fartillery train,
81 companies of sappers and AZ com
panies of military train. Now it con
sists of 5S2 battalions of infantry, 43S
squadrons of cavalry, 494 batteries of
field and 90 of garrison artillery, two
regiments of pontoon train, S3 companies
of sappers and ~ companies of military
train.
There are besides fourth battalons to
each regiment, with territorial army
in addition to 154 regiments of infantry
l2l squadrons of cavalry, IL battalions
of sappers and 1S squadrons of mill
tary train. The report to our foreign
Office declares the condition of the French
military force and defenses to be com
manding and unsurpassed and well
worthy of the vast expenditure laid out
upon them. Pubic Opinion.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
nhanr,na Place. r,th q rhlel

Here is a bald statement OF Facts. and
IL reads ike an ingenious bit OF fiction.
It only happened the day before yester-
day. and the authority is the report OF
the police office. A poor man. wander
ing in the Paris streets, came up to
constable and entreated to be arrested.
lie said he was penniless and hungry
md that at the lookup he would at least
get a bed and breakfast. The constable
ook him at his word-took him. in fact
nto custody--and he was locked up for
the night. In the lookup he met thief
whose antecedents were rather troubled
but who had great hopes for the future
If he could only escape. The one wanted
liberty. the other money, and they
had all the night to make their arrange
ments. When the morning came bar
gain was struck. The thief was able
either to produce or guarantee fifty
francs. and in consideration of that II
came to q change of identities
When the roll was called over each
of the two prisoners answered for the
other. The thief came in for some pity
some sympathetic advice and his liber
ty. lie accepted all three and made
immediate and excellent use Of the last
The other prisoner was put back
But the fraud was discovered it was
almost inevitable that it should He
was brought up again and sentenced to
fifteen days imprisonment for conspir
ing to defeat the ends of justice. The
report says ne was delighted with the
sentence and returned to his cell in tn
umph. The story would have seemed
improbable in a novel, but fancy the
satisfaction of the bona fide thief when
he read the report. Mall Gazette
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
TURF TOPICS.

Happy Russell, 2:21. sire OF Happy
Bee, netted his owner the handsome SUM
of $12 600 last year.
While there are fully six times more
trotters than PAGERS, 298 side wheelers'
have beaten 2:20, against 442 trotters Of
like speed.
Nathaniel Rothschild will sell his rae
ing stable and retire from the turf. He
was one of the most prominent Of Aus
trian racing men.
G. w. Williams has closed contract
with the association at st. Joseph, Mo-,
for race between Allerton and AXtell.
Sept. IA, for $4,000.
Joe Bassett, Jr., 2:2G, brother of the
ex-king of PAGERS Johnston, 2:064, is
expected to make big reduction in his
record this summer
The last Doncaster handicap run at
Sydney was won by Maxim, carrying
l44 pounds, in 1:414, the best perform
ance on record with the weight up.
A. H. Moore's $4,000 4-year-old filly
Evangeline will be in John Splan's
stable this year, and it is expected she
will be one Of the champion race horses
of her age.
Amphion, General Byrnes' young stall
lion, by Rosebery, dam Suicide, by Her
NIT, has been leased for life by Sir
George Maude, on behalf of her majesty
Queen Victoria.
Six horses have records of trstting
twenty miles inside of one hour. They
are Captain MCGOWAN, 1926; Con-
1roller, 1857; John Stewart, 1928: Mat
tie Howard, 59:3O1s; Trustee, 59:301S,
and Lady Fulton, 1866.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
Opnivorous China.

Dogs and cats are subject to the
same process of absorption as dead
horses, mules and donkeys. We
have been personally cognizant of
two cases in which villagers cooked
and ate dogs which had been pur-
posely poisoned by strychnine TO get
rid of them. On one of these occa.
sions some one was thoughtful
enough to consult foreigner as TO
the probable results; but as the ami.
mai was already in the pot the con.
wives could not make up their minds
to forego the luxury of feast, and
no harm appeared to come of their
tndulgence.-'Chinese Characters
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
A Child Blinded by Lightning,

Gertrude Strible, aged eleven, an
orphan who lives with her uncle, Will
liam Semmler, and is pupil at the
Mound Street school, met with seri-
ous accident during tho thunderstorm
Wednesday afternoon About $3.50, as
the rain began to fall in torrents, the
teacher told Gertrude to shat down a
window near her, AS the girl APP
preached tho window flash OF light.
ming came and she fell back uncon-
scious, The work Of reviving her was
begun and she was soon carried TO her
home. The most serious result was her
total blindness. which continued last
evening. Columbus (O.) Journal.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
The Judge Liked the Weed.

A judge in one of the mountain
districts told the sheriff to call in
John Riddlespiker Lochinvar Hanks.
The sheriff, after almost dislocating
his jaw over this euphonious title,
finally ushered Mr.. j. r. l.. Hanks
into the courtroom and up to the
judges stand.
What is it, your honor" said Mr..
Hanks.
"Ah," said the judge, rubbing his
hands, II only wanted to ask you
for a chew of that excellent tobacco
you gave me yesterday"
He got it.-Dalton (Ga.) Citizen.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-14
BLINDED By A SPIDERS BITE.
The Last Thing She Saw Was the Hand
Of the Doctor That Lanced Her Eye.

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of the Doctor That Lanced Her Eye.
In the almshouse of Kings county
in Flatbush there are many old WON
en-, some of whom have seen the
light of an earlier century, who de
light in gathering around the stove
at nights and telling one another
queer stories. These stories gener
ally die away in weakened memorie,
and rarely go outside the long bricl
walls. There is a woman there who
tells how she was dancing on her six
teenth birthday when her brother
burst into the room with the news
of Waterloo. And there is woman
who saw Washington, and yet an
other who picked berries where the
Brooklyn municipal buildings now
stand
Not long ago visitor to this insti
tuition remarked to one of these
women:
Il guess there are many inmates
here who have had some remarkable
experiences.
Yes, indeed" the old woman an.
swered There's Annie Krozan,
poor woman, stone blind from a
SPIDERS bite. Did you ever hear the
like of that before3"
This visitor, in telling about these
very old women, repeated the story
of the SPIDERS bite, and it spread all
over. Yesterday Annie Krozan told
the story herself She lay on cot
in the basement of the almshouse,
where she has been lying for nearly
eight years. All that could be seen
of her was a white and wrinkled face
half hidden in white hood.
II came here in 1882, sir, she said,
when l was only sixty-five years
old. l had as fine and strong a pain
of eyes then as girl of sixteen, but
now I'm all in darkness, and every
thing is black before me. Well, sir,
was married for the second time in
1865 to John Krozan, who was a
sailor After we were married he
went to sea and never came home
again. The ship, they told me, went
down and all were lost. | never
knew the name of the ship or the
owners.
"Well, sir, things went badly with
me, and at last l had to como here.
Now it was one summer night, very
hot, maybe eight, maybe nine years
ago, and J. was lying here on this
very cot. l was just doing off when
l felt sting in my left eye !
thought it was mosquito, so l took
my handkerchief and brought it
down right hard on my eye. Then
| fell asleep. The first thing in the
morning looked at my handker-
chief, and there, as | hope to see
heaven, was big, black spider
crushed dead. The next day my
eye began to pain and swell, and
when couldn't bear it any longer
they sent me to the hospital.
They put poultices on the eye,
but that didn't help it any, and soon
the pain spread to the right eye.
went to the hospital regularly, and
one day young doctor lanced my
right eye. 1t didn't hurt much, but
| felt him cutting something, and his
hand over my face was the last thing
| ever saw. Twas stone blind. He
never believed the spider story, but
it was either that, sir, or his lance
that blinded me-"
That is her story, and the matron
of the institution and all the other
inmates believe it.-New York Sun.