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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-03


0~sss srssr''s,es4 n tYps essssasss
uis usaemesss
when Darius according n
fIsryioans, wlal,p1 " eFeci lls stslue
near fbnt ~ Hamcaes II lHpssflfial,
The PRIESTS objected on the ground
that iie~tmffis war = greater top
ouefr than he Tho statue IN ptics
zion was one n several erected l,s
fore the Temple N plab NJ Memphis.
on the ipriap N The sacfel lake
where is nov the viliare ~ fledfes
heim. After Memphis lassme Chris
tian the ren0wn N lts monuments
died away. and when Y pefished
the stones were removed 10 serve IN
building Cairo Ons colossus 70
mnined to our day. II having been pre-
served Under the enbd aud on lrine
unsaftbed NY Cnviglia NJ The lwgin
ming ~ the century was found ~
represent Besopffts Va his youth
hbe colossus has been visited by
most tourists IN Egypt, II lay on
the sands near the palm ~ U,slfes
heim In hollow ditch. and was
covered with water during the iuun
fiation. The remains ~ the temple
might he traced along the lake
which h still represented by de
prtssdon In the ground. covered with
wheat fields OF late ycap General
Stephenson and Major Bagnold. X
t., have excluded the waters from
the colossus. raised u on timber sup
IDrts alDve the ground and sur
rounded Il by a brick wall On pay
ment Of two piaatres, however, u
,gn ie seen 10y the curious
N MaHpero. the great Egyptolo
girt, relates IN a French contefnpo
rary that the Arabs had formerly a
great awe Df this, which they called
Ami1 JIOl. the father Of fright, az
they do the Sphinx. The ancient
Egyptians. he assures us, believed
that statues. divine or human. were
animated by a spirit or double" do
tached from the soul of the person
they represented This double ate.
drank and spoke or delivered ora
cleH. In later times the double was
credited with playing EVIL tricks on
tho~ who approached the statue,
and even with killing them. His
Imwer could be destroyed by break.
ing the statue, OF at least the fea.
lures; hence II IL that 10 many stat
ues Of the pharahs have been mu
tilated by the Arabs
The spirit Of Rameses II was sup
posed to haunt the palms at night,
and M MnSpero relates that every
time he passed by In the evening
toward dusk the driver of his ass
would mutter his prayer and hurry
on his beast. One evening NJ Mas
rero asked him il he was afraid of
some ''afrite. and the driver begged
him not to speak of such things or
some harm would hefall him Pres.
entity M. Maspero was thrown from
the ass in the middle Of the wood,
md the incident was regarded by
the driver as punishment for his
not speaking respectfully of the
spirit of the statue. Egypt Is full Of
such superstitions dating from the
Tar past. London Globe.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-03
Latin Race. In sou,b America.


II North America is the adopted
home of the Teutonic races. not less
no is South America the goal for
which the Latin peoples make. The
great prepouderanceo Of English, Irish
and Germans which we see in the
northern continent has no existence
in the southern Ii X Ia Italy. POrtu
gal and Spain that tbecountries south
OF the equator look for their re-en.
forcements Twenty years ago the
foreign born Portuguese in Brazil
were AZ 3 per cent. of the whole. the
Germans 1873. but of late years the
relative numbers have undergone n
change.
The overfiowing population Of Italy
has chosen Brazil for its settlement
with surprising results From 1888
to 1887 the Italian immigrants were
80 = per cent of the whole number;
the Portuguese come next with 23.9,
and the Germans have dropped t,5.9
per cent, being almost equaled by
the Slmniarls with AZ In Argentina
the Italian ascendency is even more
marked From 1879 to 1883, 67.4 per
cent OF the immigrants were Ital-
mns, i3.3were Spaniards, so French
men and but IL Englishmen. In 1887
the population of 600, OOO in round 6g.
ures contained no less than $50 200
Italians. and in 1890 alone 80. i22 were
added to it. Edinburgh Review.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-03

1,.e ,muarh N Ueofan sitphehet
s,,es ihs fuanIt N q collision 'e'wee'
! ecw snd IN engine would W.
mueb lhe w0fse fof The ~0' y h'p
tt,esi Thai even . Rfra'ef afilnal
,,ao n,gwe viii fad lgscTc ? 'ofieh
d,wo against y locouoite estp
..dsf favorable conditions la amply
sbowe In . report ffmn Hiaui "
n. ms fhai n iull gfUwn elephant
byote The fencing ~ The fnilway
rear the Okiwn station and theh
soolly walked down ibe lihe betweep
lbe rnlia The meil train from Man
aaIay shortly afierwafd put W We ~
ioafance, and frightened Wy We noise
and the sparks from the stack The
elephanl turned and charged ne IN
known antagonist The tfnin Kept
on the tfnck. but the fauh ettackef
was nowhere
II was swept away with such force
tbat the carass VIVA hurled down the
etnbankment with the skull crushed
IN. An elephant ~ large si1e VII
weigh about three or fOuf tons ana
n this particular one ba1 attained
any speed In the charge which proved
~ disastrous ~ ~ valiant career, the
colliaion must have been n most seri
ous one. An elephant with a thir
skull can hardly expect 10 be victori
ous In a conflict Of this kind, never
theless, the escape Of the train with
out injury was very fortunate. --ES
change
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-03

Some people seem 10 think that
aluminium il the hghtest metal in
the world" said a gentlemen who
deal IA all the fancy articles now
made of that commodity. hut that
Is mistake The specific weight oi
magnesium Is only oae'thiri of that
OF aluminium, and is even harder
and more durable ltisnot as useful
however IN Il catches ilro very eas.
Ny. even at the open hearth. II i
not destined "a crowd the popularity
OF aluminium. although up 10 q short
time ago Il was even the cheaper OF
the two ".-Gncinnati Commercial.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-03

The following story relates to Su
p~r,n,endent Daniels, of the Maiden
pnhlw sa'hools. A few days agn one
al the primary scholar. Ia the Jud.
~ln school came home and said
Mamma, a real nice old gentleman
rwm- IN toslay and heard us read
g,l~ss he must have l,een the janitor,
for some ut the children said he had
the carv of all the schools - Boston
TvAvnuar
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-03

~ ne old church at Palos there
n number Of small ex-votos Of
ofon silver representing arms,
II q man. a nun. the eyes. etc.
Am 1fpg over the altar. some Of
1r objects are said to be Of great
0<foujty. A recent visitor found n
q Huelva. where they are still
tnil sold. and purchased for the
1n os the university set Of
~ fnteresting objects identical
ItA (hoee In the church where Co.
Inhoe worshiped. Philadelphia
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-03

&&&s<<, ra<>< Ateus fh<st
Ht@<t1I<tf,< 4rt t<ts0<a
I<nl ~ I'afnaip a Ilailey'r
1IIef n iubh ~ ~ winter
~ Bridgeport shows ~
I@1usf NJ, Ignorant man viii
1|m~tff and how he may -
|Hinff. nTody" tihmilton,
H agent N Tho nfm. whs
m woih w huIklnR big
~ hnInrd Hans. and ~ some
M vanfr1 ~ clean The enger
&i)lsnnin he whs engaged He
DI0 10 tItnn the cagnr contain.
C1e lions. tigers. etc. thorough
)(h Inside aud miiside.
~ mar act ~ work aDd Mr.
1iIlos1 went about his business.
e&rpe back sometime affefward
Wne wondering what had be
- ~ the new hand. for be wns
HHefe to DO seen. On making a
tf search Mr. Hamilton was
@g<{ilIe1 70 ace the man inside the
110 with the Ave lions He was
0l1& about his work In most
>11cdicnl way. sweeping the noor
VI Dfouely with his broom. which he
<co1Ionnl1y ''shooed" intp the faces
q tho nkfonishcd lions whenever
NV of fhcm came anywhere near
him. The animals were evidently
- surprised at the mans utter indif.
erunce 10 them that they kept bud.
f(ed up IN ons corner until Hans
wanted 10 clean out that particular
PIT of the ca9e. They were tincere-
11oniounly evictcd with tho help Of
ne broom and they scampered
oHQ0d utterly forgetfpl Of their
oDe5 dignity.
~ Hamilton never expected to
~ th4 man come out alive, as he
lk Gure tho animals would attack
\ ~ ~ sfon Ms he started to leave
Ia don. He hastily got some Of the
~ hands together. and then he or.
ct4d the German 10 come out Of
~ oaEe. Tho fellow wanted to fin.
hi1 Job and laughed at the idea
4 he animals hurting him. but he
lilly obeyed orders. and got out Of
ne cage without scratch.
What prevented the animals from
1eering him to pieces is mystery.
ar nobody darcs en.er tho cage In
which these particular lions are, az
tbey arc q savage, unruly lot. The
c0oluess Of the deed must have as
tp1zishod the lions, and his steady use
q the broom. which was poled In
their faces every now and then.
must have convinced them that they
had to do with some new species Of
nnsmal. and that under the circum-
stances discretion was the better part
of vaIor.
Il WIS some time before the man
cozM be convinced of the great dan.
scr he had been In and persuaded to
use the raies that are always used
efr ei5saiing out tho insides Of the
cnKca. These are provided with long
handles. and the man using them can
Ck0nd safely out of all danger while
Ik3uN bis work. New York Tribune.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-03

There Is nothing better than the
hair pillow Further. the pillow is
for the head. not for the shoulders,
To rest the shoulders on the pillow
defeats the very end for which II Is
,.aaI
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-03

Mr. Blinks Whn has heen heref
MIR, Bhnks No one
Mr. Blinks Huhl Who's been
smoking these cigars you gave me
Christmast
Mn Binks-No one. my dear
The lamp was turned up too high
that's all. New York Weekly.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-03
p,..pp.aranc. OF WIND aud water MIN.

Disappearance OF wlnd aud Water Mills.
The old fashioned wind and water
mills which dot the landscape 80
pleasantly have during the past ten
years become unp0htable in conse
quen,e of the growing stress of com
petition from what are known az
rhler mills These uglier upstarts
arr an American invention. and they
prAlu,~ n very white -four which
bakers prefer, aud which has even
hat the nlste of country people. al
though millers who use the old fash
nne,l g,1ndstone say that there il
itess nutrment in RULER made flour.
The competition IL now so strong
that instances ARE numerous uf the
abandonment of the picturesque
wind AMI water mills of England,
some belng allowed to rot az they
stand. others being pulled down for
the s,ke of the bricks AMI materials
at which they are composed. Lon
don Tit. Bits
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-03

oomher of interesting Indian
nIx<|1o nre In possession of resi.
81 Fondleton, Or They were
about . year ago on Long H.
n ~ Columbia river. buried
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-03

sweating. when the work
one, that = substantial
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23
PIavino. esTFcrey .Iucr.v

Ibid you ever play the fascinating
game of honey jug when you were a
boy?" said Old Beeswax Gas they called
him) to q gang of drummers in front of
the ST. James. Con moonlight nights
we always had a game of 'honey Jug in
my old place III Indiana. To play honey
jug you must get ten or fifteen boys.
big and little, together. They sit down
in a 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 in 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, and
told to stand aside until the others are
finished.
ssHalf or more of the little boys fail
generally to stand the test. Their pun
ishment is to run the gantlet. The
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 energies in q state of
wreck and stands seriously aside, feeling
with his hands behind him if he is al
there. st. Louis Globe-Democrat
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23
ADVICE FROM AN AUTHOR.
He Tells Impractical Aspirants How to
Construct q Story.

Tells Unpr3ctlceu Apparatus now 10
Construct Story.
Walter Besants advice to the many
candidates for fame and fortune by way
of fiction who write him is to read and
to study some good story well told. The
best way to study the story is to have it
told to you beforehand, and the 1llustra-
ton he gives is a true story concerning
an antiquary and Shakespeare student.
In the year 1895 the town was astonished
by the production at the shop Of the an
tiquary of various documents and papers
written by Shakespeare himself. There
were receipts, confession of faith, an
improved edition of ''King Kear," and
finally complete new play in manu-
script. Everybody went mad about
these things Half the world refused to
believe them; the other half declared
that they must be genuine. Finally the
play was produced by Sheridan at Drury
Lane and was promptly Missed off the
stage Then the dealers son confessed
that he alone was the forger of all these
documents. The father died soon after,
partly Of chaerin at the ruin of his sup
posed treasures.
Around this outline Mr.. Besant advises
his ambitious friends to write story,
with the old dealer and his son for the
two principal characters. 'sYou must"
he SAYS, "show the enthusiasm Of the old
man for everything that concerns Shake
speare In order to do this you must
take him to Stratford. You must sur
round him with other characters, real or
imaginary. You may introduce him to
any antiquary or literary character of
IL 10 vi. Il
at Drury Lane you may take us behind
the scenes and introduce us to actors and
actresses. You must acquire the man
ners and customs and dress and language
of the time. The construction of your
story is the first thing. Draw a portrait
of every character Make out as for
play a scenario showing every incident.
Remember not to introduce a single in
cident or word Of dialogue that draws
the readers attention aside for q mo-
ment.
''The grip of your story is the first
thing to be studied. There is plenty of
grip in this if you know how to tackle
it. I suppose what follows will be
thought too hard condition. It is &C
tually to write that story. For length,
I advise you to be shorter than a prac
ticed hand would allow. Make it q story
Of about 90 chapters, averaging from
5000 to 1000 words each, but don't try to
write up to any limit or length. [ have
always thought that the longest of Dick
ems shorter stories--about 10 chapters
of that lengths the best that could be
chosen
when you have actually written your
story-and not till then-you may read
James Payn's Talk Of the Town and
see how that story ought to be told.
And if you will take all this trouble you
will find that you have learned more
than if you had gone to work with
headlong pen and written half a dozen
wishy washy attempts at the same time"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23
The Grand vizier,s Little Joke.

The shah of Persia, probably for a lit
tie diversion, some time since ordered
his grand vizier to make a list of all the
blockheads that held public office III
Persia. The vizier did as commanded
and headed the list, which was long
one. with the name of the shah. That
worthy potentate was in an excellent
humor and did not become angry at the
vizier's audacity, but asked why his
highest minister considered him block
head.
your majesty" replied the vizier, II
have put you on the list because two
days ago you intrusted large sum of
money to some doubtful individuals to
buy horses in other countries. The horse
dealers will never return
1.But what if they do return asked
the shah.
ssThen | shall take my list, erase the
name of your majesty and substitute for
it the names of the stupid horse dealers. !"
Detroit Free Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23

Nine tenths of our farms are mort
gagged is the familiar claim of the ca
lamity bowler who seem to dote on
what calls the decadence of New
England farming. But the New
England Homestead has just
made public the facts on this point as
certained by the census Investigations
into farms, homes and mortgages. 1t
appears that 85 percent of our farms
are cultivated by owners the rest
rented or worked on shares. Three
quarters of the farms cultivated by
their owners are owned free of all
mortgage Indebtedness or lien on
real estate, and only one fourth OF
such farms, or only 20 per cent of the
whole number of farms, in the SIX
states, are mortgaged. The figures
also show that of this debt four f1fths
was incurred to buy or improve the
farms. Whether the Is farms IN ev-
ery 100 that are rented are paid for or
mortgaged is not stated, but the facUs
as given by the Homestead can be oe-
pended upon and should put quletus
on the chronic grumblers.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23
WHY Pearl Buttons Are Expensive.

One reason why the pearl shells have
gone up is the demand for big pearl Lut-
tons. Many of them arc seen on ladies'
dresses now. They are nearly half as
big as a saucer, and being so big it takes
plenty of shells to make them.
A lot of pearl mill people put up the
big button scheme year or two ago.
They had been running at a loss, so they
closed down their mills for some time.
There soon arose clamor for pearl but
tons, and after awhile some of the mills
started again, but they gave their atten-
ton mainly to turning out big buttons
and obtained assistance from several
fashion magazines. The result was that
a style was soon in vogue, and this they
have assiduously catered to ever since.
Shutting off the production of pearls,
or at least greatly abridging it, the prod
uct will probably go higher and be con-
sidered quite the thing for jewelry and
ornaments of various kinds.-San Fran
cisco Examiner.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23

At the stock show at the worlds
Fair the 10th, Vermont exhibitors of
merino sheep secured awards as fol-
lows:
Glass AZ, merino, A, section one,
ram three years or over, FL. Q. Bur-
well & Sons of Bridport, first prem
ium; E. E. Stickney of East Shore
ham, second premium; section two, ram
two years and under three, Leroy
Gage of Addison, first premium; L. >.
Burwen OF Bridport, fifth premium;
section three, ram one year and under
two, George II. Smith Of Addison,
third premium; section four, ram IN
der one year, T. S. Burwe1 OF Bird
port, fifth premium,H EEL. G. Burwen and
Sons Of Bridport, sixth premium, sec
ton six, eve two years and under
three, Edgar stannard of West Corn
wall, fifth premium.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23

An illustration of the horrible dan
ger of lynch law is afforded by the
very narrow escape Of an innocent
colored man living near Savannah. A
woman in Savannah had been assault
ed, and a Negro a dozen miles out
was arrested on suspicion and was to
be taken to the Savannah jail. On
the way he proved his identity, and
being innocent beyond question was
allowed to go. But mob had collected
in the street of Savannah and were
prepared to burn him to death with
out trial and he would certainly have
thus suffered if he had not been re-
leased We shall never know how
many innocent men have failed to es-
cape when accused. Savannah has
shown her barbarism.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23

The monument at Gettysburg, snow
ing the highwater mark of the rebel
lion and consisting Of large bronze
book resting upon a granite base and
q pyramid of cannon balls, has been
completed. Upon the leaves OF the
book is description of the assault,
and upon the sides of the granite base
are bronze tablets recording the names
of the Union and confederate troops
engaged in the battle at this point.
Among those inscribed upon the I'm
ion tablet are the Sd brigade, Sd dlvls-
ion, 1st army corps, consisting OF the
18th. 18th and 10Th Vermont regiments
commanded by Brig. Gen. George ).
Stannard, and the Vermont companies
F., 1st regiment, and 3. and H., "a
regiment, United States sharpshoot-
ers. This monument will therefore
have a peculiar interest for Vermont
ers and especially for the old soldiers
of the Green Mountain State.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23

There is a marked revival IN golo
mining. the result of the depreciation
of silver which means the apprecla-
ton of gold.-The revival is not IN
hydraulic mining particularly, but IN
drift. pocket and placer mining ana
the working over of long since aban-
doned dumps and failing piles. The
present gold output of California,
from these comparatively insign1ti-
can't sources, is estimated at $1,000,
600 a month There are many Dig
gins which were abandoned in the nj
ties because others promised better,
that are being reworked now with ex-
cellent results. The United States
could produce enough gold for its own
use, if some policy could be devised TO
keep it at home, instead of sending 1t
abroad to purchase articles that we
could produce ourselves except Tor
the competition of European cheap
labor.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23
) bV H. {. Pierce and
D. w. Hildreth.
Winchester's Estate.

VERMONT, DISTRICT OF ORLEANS
rebate Court held at Barton Land
District, on the 9Th day of Oct,
brd, administrator of the estate of
leicester late OF Barton in said Dis
kd, makes application for license
Zeal estate OF said deceased, de-
Blows, to wit: All the real es-
J. said deceased, died seizs q and
Htuated in the state of Vermont,
that a sale thereof is necessary
aise funds to pay debts due from
n IL is ordered by said Court that
AatioI lie referred to a session
Re held at the Probate Office in
ling, On the I'd day of November,
NJ htaTiY. z and decision thereon:
Nther ordered that notice hereof
j ID persons interested by publica-
nj three weeks successfully in
a newspaper published at Bar
L, SD IN c appointed for hear
N s y - appear al said time and
ROp cal~e, ii any they may have,
-nse should not he granted.
" the Court.-Attest,
FRANK s. ROGERS, Register.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23

Life is a succession Of lessons which
is riddles and the key to riddle is an
other riddle. There are as many pill
lars of illusion as fakes in a snow
storm. We wake from one dream
into another dream. The toys, to be
sure, are various, and are graduated
in refinement TO the quality of the
dupe. The intellectual man requires
a fine bait; the sots are easily anus
ed. But everybody is drugged with
his own frenzy, and the pageant
marches at all hours, with music and
banner and badge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23

When on visit to Iowa, Mr. K. Dalton of
Luray, Russell County, Kansas, called at the
laboratory of Chamberlain g. Co., Des MONIES,
to show them his six year old boy, whose life
had been saved by Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy, it having cured him of very severe at
tack of Group. Mr.. Dalton is certain that it
saved his boys life and is enthusiastic in his
praise of the Remedy. For sale by II. c.
Pierce.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23

A fire that originated in the barn of
Emma Gordon at South Royalton early
Monday morning destroyed prop
erty valued at over $40, 600. Among
the buildings burned were the store
house and barn of L. @. Dickerman,
the house and barn Of Emma Gordon,
the houses of Mrs. A. @. Waterman
and George Tenney and the shop of
John Midget. All the losers were par
TALLY insured. The origin OF the ire
is mystery. Help from West Ran
dolph rendered valuable assistance IN
subduing the flames.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-10-23
FOR SALE.

l. Glover village. the Wood Shop lately
owned by G. :. Ieoufrd, with Water POws y.
Sbaftire. etc
A good af.ce foI ONE one who wants a
Shop 'or Wood " King purposes.
MIR. :. l. LEONARD.
ADMINISTRATORS