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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-08
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"Did you ever play the fascinating
game of honey Jug when you were
boyg' said Old Beeswax las they called
him) to gang of drummers in front OF
the st. James. "On moonlight nights
we always had game of honey Jug In
my old place in Indiana. To play money
lug YOU must get ten or fifteen boys,
big and little, together. They sit down
in row on the curbstone, each fellow
clasping his hands under his legs at the
knees. and sometimes, to make it dead
sure, holding on to his wrists. Two OF
the biggest fellows are detailed to test
the jugs. They take each one in turn
by his arms, lift him up i'll the air as high
as their shoulders and then drop him
with jerk. If he holds fast three times
he wins. If his hands break and are
torn apart he is adjudged rotten, ana
told to stand aside until the others are
finished.
"Half or more of the little boys fail
generally to stand the test. Their pun
ishment is to run the gantlet. Inc
other boys form in row, one behind
the other, with their legs spread apart.
The rotten Jug gets down on all fours
and skittles through the openings as fast
as he can-receiving as he passes from
each one divers slaps and whacks which
are merry enough to every boy but the
one who gets them. Occasionally he
makes quick time and is happy. Most
frequently he emerges in state OF
wreck and stands seriously aside, feeling
with his hands behind him if he is all
there. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-08
THE EVIDENCE THERE.

How Three Americans Stood Up for
Their Country.
Some time since three tall Americans
Mr.. Robinson, feet, and Bishop
Phillips Brooks, 6 feet inches high, both
Of Boston, and the Rev. DR.. McVicker, Of
delphia-made, in company, trip
to England. En- route they determined
that when they should reach that coun-
try they would travel apart, lest three
such tall men together might provoke
remark. But arriving at a well known
town in Yorkshire, and learning that a
lecture was to be delivered to working
men on America, they determined to be
present. Entering the hall separately
they took seats apart. As the lecturer
proceeded his utter ignorance of Amer
ica soon became manifest to the three
Americans. Finally, however, state
ment concerning the size of Americans
was too absurd to be endured in silence
The speaker had barely time to conclude
sentence asserting that Americans
are proverbially short of stature, never
exceeding at the utmost s feet 10 inches,
when Mr.. Robinson arose and said:
"My friends, am an American, and,
as you see, measure fully six feet. Ii
there is any other American who hap
pens just now to be in the house re-
quest him to stand up"
An expression of surprise was fol-
lowed by roars of laughter as the Rev.
Phillips Brooks arose and said:
81 am an American, and my height,
6 feet A inches, occasions no particular
remark in America. If there is any
other American in the house, i'll turn
request him to stand up"
After a lapse of few seconds, in or
der to give the lecturer little time to
recover himself, DR.. McVicker slowly
raised his majestic figure to its full
height of feet 6, and began:
~ am an Amp
But this was too much, and the speak
er's disappearance from the stage
brought the entertainment to prema-
lure close.-Philadelp Record.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-08
The Collegiate Life of Tennyson.

Little is known respecting the col
legiate life of Lord Tennyson, though
occasional references to it crop out from
time to time in the correspondence of
his fellow students. To what extent he
was student in the learned tongues is
not clear in his early verse, or not so
clear as that he was student of English
poetry. Nor was he alone in this study,
and the practice which accompanied it,
for, besides his friend Hallam, his brother
Charles was bent, like himself, ON win
ming the laurel. The two brothers pub
lished two more collections of verse in
1880, not together, as in the Louth VEN
ture three years before, but separately.
Charles Tennyson's volume, which
was the smaller of the two, consisted
mostly of sonnets, or rather of carelessly
constructed quartorzains, which so many
English poets will insist upon writing
and calling sonnets, while the volume
of Alfred, though it contained seven of
these unshapely compositions, had a
wider scope and range, as was indicated
by its title, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical" 1t
was followed by second collection two
years later. The reception that these
volumes met with is worthy of chap
ter in the "Curiosities of English Criti-
cism," should such work ever be writ
ten. 1t was as singular and unreason-
able as the reception of Wordsworths
Lyrical Ballads" Byron's Hours of
Idleness," Shelley's "Laon and Cythna"
or Keats "Endymion." = Harper's
Weekly.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-08
ODDS AND ENDS.

Oliver Cromwell's father was brewer.
About quarter of the people of Paris
live in apartments.
An inch of rain means 100 tons of
water ON every acre.
Spain has fewer daily papers than any
other European country.
Put teaspoonful of salt into kero-
sene lamp once in awhile.
A pretty woman's reflections are sell
dom deeper than her looking glass.
A Yearly outlay of $1,000, 900 shows
American enterprise in advertising.
The first omnibus appeared in Paris
in 1926; in New York five years later.
The Davy safety lamp for miners was
invented by Sir Humph1y Davy in 1916.
There is no time in life when books
do not influence man.-Walter Besant.
Change the socks from one foot to the
other unless you wear anatomical socks.
1t is estimated that about 100000, 900
bricks are used monthly in Great Britain.
A gold leaf electrometer was invented
by Bennett in 1889, and subsequently
improved.
Only the wounds of self respect are
fatal, but the wounds Of self love ache
the hardest.
Complete cable communication was
established in 1879 between Australia
and England.
The first telephone exchange was
established in London in 1879. Ten Of
fees were connected.
1t is the song, the picture, the book,
and the preacher that touches on the
human basis in man that is successful.
A medical man tells us that the habit
among women of biting off the thread
when sewing is the chief cause of blood
poisoning.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-08

A shipload of fine horses was recently
consigned from Calcutta to Bombay,
under the charge of a very honest but
somewhat dull agent in the employ OF
an East India company. While the
horses were being landed at the slip,
they managed to break away from the
men in charge, and ran like wild animals
through the city. The agent caught one
Of them, and mounting him gave chase.
After several hours of exciting work,
with the help of his men, he had cap
tured all but one of the horses, as he
counted them.
Finally he made his reluctant way to
the superintendent's Office to give an ac-
count of the matter. The superintend-
ent came to the door and listened to the
story.
Sand you say there were 1914 horses in
ALL and you have eighty of them in the
company's stables and forty-three of
them back in the steamer temporarily?
"Yes, sir, all safe but one; and we
cannot find him anywhere"
"What is that horse you are riding?'
Exchange.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-08
Not Quite the Same.

Eyes, he's a fine enough looking horse, p"
said the prospective purchaser, critically
examining the spirited thoroughbred
again. "He's nothing extra of course
but he'll answer my purpose, II think.
And his tail is already docked. won't
have to get that job DONE"
"Curious thing about that tail" said
the owner of the horse, patting the AMI
mails glossy hide. "It's always bee..
just that length. He never had any
more TIL. He was born so."
"Born sov' echoed the other. "Then
don't want him at any price. I'm not
buying freaks. Chicago Tribune.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-08
Making Certain.

A few years ago the native station
master Of an out of the way Indian
railway station was suddenly attacked
by tiger made bold through hunger.
The startled assistant Immediately
rushed to the telegraph Office and wired
to the European station master at the
next place on the line as follows;
"Tiger on platform eating station
master. Please wire instructions. y
Tit-Bits.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-08
American Difference to Things English.

American Difference to Things English.
Mr.. La Fargo, than whom there is no
higher authority, has pointed out that
the reason why there was originally no
provision for painted glass in the pro-
posed art exhibition at Chicago was
that there had been no provision for it
in European exhibitions, and that the
reason for that omission was because
it is an art not now actively cultivated
in Europe. But it is an art actively and
successfully cultivated in this country,
and this fact, which should have insured
the prominence of this department in
the exposition, came very near causing
it's entire omission from the programme.
In politics and in mechanical inven-
ton we have attained to what may
be called national maturity; we have
not merely achievements, but we have
an independent basis of achievement;
indeed sometimes the basis is of more
value than the achievement, as our ma
tional constitution is better than most of
the laws that are made under it. In
oratory, too, we have certain self con-
fidence, but in other arts we have abso-
lutely been sliding back as to self con-
fidence since Emerson's death until we
really speak with more Difference of the
London of Lang and Haggard and Oscar
Wilde than men showed twenty years
ago in speaking of the London of OAR
win, Carlyle and Browning.
All the vast expenditure of the Chi
cago exposition will be trivial invest
ment if it can only initiate a period
when we shall be little less colonial,
and shall at least put our own estimate
on our own birds, our own books and
our own men.-T. w. Higginson in Har-
per's Bazaar.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-08

Sighed wave IN middle ocean:
''Oh. to reach tho Wr..iIl. white shorel
On It's bieast 10 lie In silence,
flushed Ia peace forevermore.
"Ah, know what lies before me-
at last shall clasp the shore,
Break my heart on Il one moment.
Then moan on fnrevcrmore."
ANNA Reeve Aldrich.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-08
A slixht nslax.
Tt-Bits.

Customer You told me my dress shirt
would be done today.
Laundryman-l know il, sir. But the
trouble is with my chief assistant.
Customer What's the mattor-is he
ms
Laundryman--oh. no, but he's 5aSt
your size and he had to go 10 full dress
hop last night,-Harper's Bazaar.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-08

"Castoria a Is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. A. ARCHER, NJ d.,
Iii So. oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-08

Better indemnity
G. Cotton Genl Agent of the Massachu
se Mutual company and thinking of
inc Ct the Willamette Hotel or at the office
&c MITCHEIII& LUNN, Resident Agents.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-08

Sunday School Teaeher--who loves
everybody, Johnnief
johnnie Ny pa does, COS he is runnin
for oolcs. Yoxas 6iflings.
- mnnnmAns awaAos - - 80
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-08

LIE Richau's Golden Balsam No.
cures Shancres, nrst and second stages
Sores on the Legs and Bsdy; Sore Ears
Eyes, Nose, ETC., Copper-colored Blotches
Syphilitic Catarrh, diseased Scalp. ard All
primary forms OF the disease known q,
syphilis. Price, S5 90 per Battle.
lie Rtchau's Golden Balsam AN No.
Cures--Iertiary, Mercurial syphilitic Rheu
matism, Pains in the Bones Pains in the
Head, back OF the Nek, liberated I'd
Throat, syphilitic Rash, Lumps a, d con.
traeted Cords. Stiffness OF the Limbs, and
eradieates all disease from the system.
whether caused BY indiscretion or abuss
OF Mercury, leaving tho blood pure and
healthy. Price SIS 90 per Hottie.
Le Rtehauss Golden Snanfsb hoss.
dote for the cure Of Gonorrhosa Ciesf
Irritation Gravel. and all Urinary er (seoi
"a disarrAngements. Price % SO Per
~ Riehau's Golden Spanish In.
lection TOR severe cases q Gonorrf1a
inn.mma,ory elect strictuses.&e Pris.
ls Riehaa's GolV o,u,m.n,
Tor tho en- setise hesllg .syphilitic sores
and eruptionx Price Sl 90 per 6ox.
20 Rtehauss Golden Piils-Nerv,
and Brain treAtmenti loss Of physical pow
g. excess % oser-work Prcsfrsfioa etc
Price - 90 per Bexs
Isntc ana Nsrvlns
ssns sserysharA @ O d sssuksLy pseSoc
TIE RICHARDS DRUG Co. Aosui,
to9 a 3ar GA8RRT sI.s
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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
THE GUN.
A Decision Which VIII Settle the Matter
of Game Possession.

of Game Possession
The California Gun Club viii hold shoot
at Oakland track to-day.
The following is a matter-so far as the
Killing OF game is concerned and the having
Of it in pOSsessiOn-that must interest all
sportSmen "a suit has recently been de-
eided in the Supreme Court Of New York
at Newburg which should settle any doubt"
says Shooting ana Fishing of Boston.
about possessing fish or game during the
close season, no matter how innocentiy il
may have come into ones possession. A
deer pursued by dogs in Pike County, Penn
sylvania, jumped from an 60-fOOt ledge,
falling upon railroad track below, break
ing its back, foTe-leg and both hips. A
tTack-walker saw the deer fall. and al once
cut the animals throat. although it was
dead when he reached il. He sent the
carcass to a butcher in Port Jervis,
\. L, where IL was exposed for sale. The
penalty for having yenis0n in possession in
New York after November Is is 500, and
State Game Protector Kidd brought suit
against the butcher for the penalty. The
defense was that IN this case the possession
was not snch as was OutemDlated by the
law; for the deer being accidentally killed,
It was not crime TO use il rs food Judge
Bartlett who presided, ruled out the de-
tense, aud directed verdict for the plain
tiff. The deer was found dead in Pennsyl-
wanna, illegally transported In that State,
again illegally transported in New York
State, Illegally sold by the Pennsylvania,
and finally it was illegally offered for sale
In New York; but the defense seems to
have pleaded simply that, the deer being
found dead, it was sheer waste not TO use il
as food"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
AQUATIC.
O'COnnor Challenges Stansbury - The
Local Oarsmen.

o. COnnor Challenges Stansbury - The
Local Oarsmen.
There is scarcely anything worthy of note
going on here IN aquatics. In fact, it is the
dulest of all kinds of spOrt, all owing TO the
half-and-half way local oaTsmen take to the
water. The San Francisco scullers have no
particular desire for breeze, IS they are,
in the majority, thin-skinned and, eonse-
quently, apt 70 catch cold
William 0'ConnOr, the cunning aquatic
champion sculler Of Toronto. is out with a
sweeping challenge TO row John Teemer at
any place and for any sum OF money the
latter can dig up among his friends. Han
Ian and O'COnnor had published on the 10Th
Inst the following card, viz:
We herewith make James Stansbury OF Aus
tralia The following offer; We VIII allow him
$1,000 10 come o America and TOW one or more
races Tor $500 q side, or will allow him and his
partner $500 for expenses TO cross tie Pacific
and row Us sever lily siugle-Scull and Jointly
dOuble-SCull race. each OF the IhIee contests 10
be for $1,000 a side and three miles with a turn.
There is no doubt that Stansbury and
Sullivan would come to this country if they
were positive Mr.. 0COnnOr meant business.
There IS no money I'D with 0COnnor's
challenge, and as all Australians look with
suspicion on challenge that is not accom-
panied by substantial forfeit as means
of guaranteeing strict business, there is lit
tie hope OF a reply from Champion STAINS
bury. OCOnnOr has always proven himself
a great Oarsman on paper.
Wallace Ross. the oarsman, is at the head
Of the Staten Island Athletic Clubs rowing
forces
Nothing has been heard from John Muir
head since he went to New Westminster TO
arrange a series Of races between Henry
Peterson and McLane.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
Terrors of the Finger-Bowl.
Atchison Daily Gioha

The most embarrassing thing in society is
fnger-bowl. Every one is embarrassed
who attempts to use one. The women come
nearer 10 u5lng them gracefully than the
men, but even the women do mt entiraIv
succeed, although they assume a careless
manner In washing their fingers. indicat-
ing that at home they use finger
bowls every few minutes There is
a certain awkwardness about finger bowls
which no one can deny. Many man has
finger bowls. The next time Won are ont
notice II all the guests do not look at the
person who is using a finger bowl. as ir
they would say, I'VE have them nj ons
house. but he doesn't have them at hif
house" A good many people dislike So
clety, and 1t is believed that they are afraid
fnger-bowls.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15

''puh," which is considered. in some in
stances, too strong TO crush by mere fish
commission.
It has been learned from a prominent
official OF the Spring Valley Water Works
that the San AndreaS aud Crystal Spring
lakes will not be opened to anglers until
June !. as it is said thai there are several OF
the bass in the lakes still breeding.
Speaking of the bass and its habits an
Eastern exchange says: The black bass Is
subjected to many dangers through certain
OF Its habits. As Ii Is frequently IOuhd IN
schools, the skillful anglers can often cap
ture almost an entire school. It's innate
vOracity also is another cause OF It's own
destruction, since the young bass deV0ur
one another with great relish during the
first two or three weeks OF their existence.
Still another unfortunate habit Of this 1sh
is that of making its nest in shallow water
near the shore, where, owing to its large
size and light color, 1t can be readily OBJ
served. The parents guard the nest and
the young. and during this exercise of
pRternal care are often bounced upon and
destroyed by poachers. Then, too. the male
bass at tie time OF breeding fight among
themselves and May are thus killed.
The subject of stocking streams with fish
raised In hatcherles has bee me Of much
Importance TO anglers and pisciculturistS of
ms coast. Last season several thousand
yoang Eastern trout were placed in beau
tlful little stream, which flows through
Bear Valley. Marin County. The young
sters did splendidly for time, but when
they were large enough to work their pas
sage into Bear Greek they disappeared
from view, and although expert anglers
have fished the stream persstently in the
hope OF catching some of the ''Speckled-
siders" not single New Hampshire repre-
sentative has found Its way into creel.
In reference 60 the Matching of trout and
salmon. an Eastern authority remarks:
An objection that has been put forward IS,
that fry fed in tanks in the hatchery be-
come so dependent nDOn artificial food that
when turned into stream they do not know
how to get their own food. This never has
seemed worthy of serious consideration,
and the actions of the yearlinGs VIXEN
turned out clearly disprOye that it is valid
objection. When all other objections have
been brushed away and yearling salmoniG;e
are strong, well fed and ready to begin life
on their own account in public waters, the
fry advocates say the rearing may be a sue
cess, but the yearlings cannot be trans
ported to waters at any great distance from
the hateheries or rearing ponds.
Charley Precht and his lieutenant left
this city last Friday for a fish on the So
nOma Creek. They will return to-day with
wagOn-load Of fry.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
BY THE WAY.
Being a RamblGr'S Observations on Things
in General
Emperor Williams Latest-Atlantic Passen-
gers-The New Cunarder Steamers.
To Steam 81 Knots.
Written for THE MORNING CALL

William OF Germany has been at it again.
He is a terrible madcap whenever he opens
his imperial mouth in speech, and his
people, when they peTuse his inflated ora
tory, cannot but marvel whether he Is in
his right senses. Nobody dares 10 take the
young man by the ear and tell him that his
gush is apt TO be either ludicrous or often
siYe. His Brandenburg post-prandiai bonn
bast was as full of pretension about favor
with heaven as if it had been uttered by the
Emperor of China to groyeling pigtails. But
what can be thought of his Maiesty's latest
exploit in publicly lhonoring a soldier who
had done most brutal thing in shooting one
citizen dead and severely wOunding an-
other. At a regimental dinner he called
this soldier before him and eomplimented
him in terms so high that he could have had
no greater appreciation had he led a for
lorn hope instead OF turning his life against
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-15
THE KENNEL.
The Pacific Club Is Moving Onward.
Breeders OF Fox-TerrIers.

The Pacific Club Is Moving Onward.
Breeders Of Fox-TerrIers.
The Pacific Kennel Club has been resnr-
Tected., For many months it remained at a
fixture between lie and death. It hung on
very thin string, which, however held the
club from header into the pitof perdition.
There was something in the way Of an
Indebtedness attached to the club, which at
each meeting caused bowls and a general
pow-wOw among the members. The amount
Of its liquidation, although small, is still I'M
paid. The club has among its representa-
tives many Of the most prominent sports
men Of the coast, and indeed there is no
reason why IL shOnld be playing second
fiddle to any club west OF the Rocky Noun
tains.
There was 4 large attendance Of members
at meeting held by the Paci6cs last Thurs
day evening. Judging from the enthusiasm
manifested and the support that was prom
ised by some Of the representatives present,
there IS good reason 10 believe that the Pa
ciic Kennel Club will. metaphorically speak
ing, come out OF the ruJ in very short time
and lead sharp race 10 a successful kennel
exhibition next season. The club has, un-
d0ubtedly, the proper material TO establish
Itself 10 position TO gain recognition from
ST. The prominent spOTtsmen of California.
HE members have now come to the con-
SiuelOu tudb I'D unity lHhIb Is strength. ana
as a matter of fact the future of the Pacific
Kennel Club looks decidedly bright
A number Of fancers Of the fox-terrier
met last Wednesday evening at q Kearny
street and organized the Pacific Fox-terrier
Club.
The following gentlemen were elected
officers; James Z. Watson of Berkeley,
president; C.. A. Sumner of Los Angeles.
Eice-p president; George W. Debenham of
San Francisco, treasurer; j. b. Martin of
San Francisco, secretrry; A. l.. Cresswell
and Robert Liddle of San Francisco. DIR. r.
a. FERGUSON of Bakersfield, +. j. Walker
OF LathroD and DR.. w. II. McFce Of Ala
media, board Of directors.
The object OF this club is to encourage
the breeding OF the best specimens of this
breed, and to that end will offer special
prizes, consisting OF medals, cups, etc. at
the spring shows of the Southern Califor-
MIA Kennel Club and the Pacific Kennel
Club, to be competed for by dogs owned by
members only.
An entrance fee Of 81 will be CHARGED
each member, and dues 81 so each quarter.
ANY person desiring TO Join the club will
forward bis name to j. b. Martin. 1922
Page street. The club will meet on july
rs next