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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-08-16
me shah Is FOND Of oaeumBes..

The shah is passionately fond Of
cucumbers. On one occasion early In
the season pile Of them was placed
before him. Now in Persia early
cneumbers are almost worth their
weight in gold. The shah never said
a word, but began 10 eat as many OF
these cholera provokers as he could
safely do. He finished couple Of
lozen Of them, and the host and his
more promnseIt guests began to in-
lulge the hope that their turn would
,Oon come, when his majesty quiet
" and solemnly slowed tho remain
Ter away In his various pockets and
eft the table literally loaded. Lon
dom Tit Bits.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-08-16

T. O. GRIFFITH, DENTisr. SALEM. ORE.
y, Ron. Once hours nom o IN 70 8 y. Iu
rymple's store, corner Court and Commercial
atreets
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-08-16

Tickets eold nFd haaEaGa "a THROUGH
u all ppin's Ia the United elaiee ana C4nHda
Close c0uuoCItnn made Iu IHIcH0U .III .||
trains going kasl and N0ulh.
for iull Information apply 10 YoNF u0IIrf4|
asa. faus, ana rs, Al. a. cuios1s' go n
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
A Curious Change In Headrear.

"The derby hat is doomed" said Olin
d. Parker Of Boston to a reporter. "At
any rate that's the way it looks to me.
Here in st. Louis the derby appears to
still hold its own. but in several of the
largest eastern cities, where spent some
time, there was nothing to be seen on
mans head but soft felt hats. There is
a general rush for the soft hat, with roll.
ing brim and split top. 1t looks quite as
dressy as the derby, and it is far more
desirable, as it fits the head snugly and
doesn't let the wind go careening be.
tween the hat lining and the base Of your
brain as the stiff hat does. A curious
thing about hats is this: Not many years
ago the stiff hat was all the go in the
east, and the soft hat was characteristic
of the west. Now the conditions are re-
versed. Even the Kansas farmers now
sport derbies, and l wouldn't be sur
prised to find some of them blowing with
plug hats on. st. Louis Globe Demo
crat.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
For An Evening Party.

A bright table game is called shook
title illustrating" Paper and pencils are
dealt out. Each participant makes a
mental choice of book title and keeps
it sedulously concealed from the rest
Each then proceeds to make as telling
and graphic illustration of his title as
the limits Of time and paper will admit
Of. Much elaboration is not desirable.
as that consumes time and makes the
movement Of the game too slow. Space
must be left at the top of the paper for
list Of guesses.
When time is called and work ceases
each passes his sketch to his next neigh
Dor, who after a brief study registers
his guess at the title at the top of the
page and turns it down on the under side,
then passes it on to his next left hand
neighbor, receiving in turn another
sketch on his right. Each paper thus
makes the round, returning finally to it's
original owner, who writes on it the cor
rect title, which is then compared with
the recorded guesses. -Harper's Bazaar
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
The Winged Lion of sc. Marx.

The famous winged lion on the column
in the place Of st. Mark in Venice--de.
scribed by Mr.. Ruslin as lone Of the
grandest things produced by medieval
art, which all men admire and none can
draw"-has been thoroughly examine,
and repaired under the direction Of tn,
Cavaliere Boni,a distinguished Italian
architect, who has published report 70
the subject. Originally the lion wa
gilt, and traces were found Of gildinlsS
the upper paw. The eyeballs are OF ,
vitreous material, white and pellucid
with triangular facets, but these do not
appear to be the original eyes. which are
supposed to have been of carnelian
chrysoprase or other opalesque quartz.
The animal is constructed Of small
pieces of bronze about one third of an
inch thick, secured by screws to an iron
framework. The framework and screws
having oxidized, 1t became necessary to
remove the lion from the column and to
replace the iron framework by frame
Of bronze. Signor Boni, for the reason
that he gives, believes that the lion, as
well as the capital which bears it, is
twelfth century work, and therefore
century older than Mr.. Ruskin's esti.
mate.-Pall Mall Gazette
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18

1t seemed impossible for many years to
find the parallax of single star, an es
sential element in determining its dis
tance and consequently its mass. Bessel
in 1883 found the parallax Of 81 Cygni
and from it computed its distance to be
seven light years, or that it takes seven
years for it's light to reach the earth.
This star, the nearest to the earth in
the northern heavens, is a small fifth
magnitude star in the Swan. Its compo-
nents, nearly equal in size, are of the fifth
and sixth magnitudes, shining with a
white light tinged with yellow.
The components Of many binary sys-
TENS are of different colors. Beta Signi,
a double star. displays the exquisite com
bination of topaz yellow and a sapphire
blue.
Epsilon Lyr@ is a quadruple star. 1t
is called naked eye double, since the
eye just separates 1t into two compo-
nents. These can be again separated,
giving double double or quadruple star.
Sigma Orionis is multiple star. Each
of its two principal components is triple,
and its leading member can be again di-
vided into two stars. These seven minute
objects are suns of great size
and splendor and of every variety of col
or.-Youth's Companion.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18

The Hiss snd "spect.eiss" ~ tre oosss.
II ls q remarkable popularity Of mos,
poisonousreptiles that they seem 10 hav,
. great reluctance Of putting their deaC
" powers into operation. Before inflici
ing the fatal bite the rattlesnake alwa,
gives his note Of warning, and the san
may be said Of the cobra al capello. a.,
most deadly Of The many poisonous re-,
tiles OF India. The cobra warning Ia M
mistakable-he dilates the crest upon hi
neck and gives hiss loud enough TO b,
heard distinctly so feet away. The co
bras crest is n flexible membrane orhoot
with two black circulars joined togethe,
80 "a to form very good representation
OF pair Of spectacles. When the hooo
or crest Is In position, Its eyes seem to
blaze with devilish luster, and the con
tinued kissing gives the very air moi
some smell.
According to the best authorities, th,
cobra never bites while the hood Il
closed, and 30 long as that particular
membrane is not erected the creature
may be approached and handled with
impunity. Even though the crest bt
spread, II the creature continues In 81
lence, there is no danger. One hiss
however, Is q sure sign that tho reptile IL
angry and searching for o victim. ST.
Louis Republic.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
The ChiIds Glacier.

One of the great glaciers of north
Greenland has been named after Mr..
George W. Childs by Professor Heilprin,
the leader of the Peary relief expedition.
While the members Of that party were
engaged in their mission they spent some
time in large and beautiful bay, which
is called after Mr.. Sonteg, one of DR..
Hayes party, who lost his life in that
neighborhood while on an exploring trip.
At the head of this bay are two large
and particularly handsome glaciers, one
empyting into the waters from the north
side and the other from the south.
The latter seemed to afford exception
al opportunities of testing a much moot
cd question whether it is possible TO
reach the great interior ice cap by means
of these frozen rivers with the usual i'm
pedimenta of arctic travellers, and Pro
fessor Heilprin decided to attempt the
work, which was carried out successful
ly, all the members of the party taking
part except two, one OF whom was laid
up through slight accident. This glar
cier Is the one ON which the name Of
George w. Childs has been bestowed
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
Full Of Peril

Are those disorders which, beginning with an
apparently trivial inactivity Of the Kidneys OF
bladder, terminates In Brighps disease, die.
betes and cystitis. The first two not only IN
trrupt the functions Of the renal organs, but
destroy their structure with ss much certainty
astubular consumption does that ofthe lungs.
Hostetter's stomach Bitters In an exoeile ot
diuretic promoting the activity OF these or
gans without over exciting them, thus avert.
ing the deadly malsdies in which their mac
tion Is so prone TO culminste. The removal
rom the blood OF impurities which the kid
crete, Is another benencent effect of this IN
comparable medicated stimui.nt and depu
rent. The Bitters is, In all cases, too, ahue
restorative of vignr and aid TO digestion, rem
edies malarial disea o, and banishes liver
complaint and constipation.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
-ANthqsCs
e--<s,e--ls - 81. SSs N.Y.
s.Rk
ALARMED HIM,
Story Of Father who ovsrstepp.d shs
Limit.

Story cf Father who overstepp.d the
Bella cleaning over her fathers chair
and putting her arm around his neck)-
You dear, sweet, old papa; you've been
very good to your little girl since her on.
gagement.
Mr.. Hyde Qsissing her)-1'm always
glad 20 make my sunbeam happy.
Bella-Ah. know thati And you've
given me such an elegant sealskin sack
and dresses and hats and such lovely
diamonds and everything you could
think Of.
Mr.. Hyde (complscently) Yes, want
you to have good sendoff.
Bella--You have been perfectly lovely,
and your little pet appreciates IT, She
will be awfully sorry to leave you.
Mr.. Hyde-It is hard to lose you, dear,
but you have the right TO be happy. I
only want you TO think sometimes Of
your foolish, indulgent old father, and
remember that he did everything he
could to make home pleasant for you be-
fore You left him in his lonely old age.
Bella-Oh, you dear, sweet papa!
What would you say II didn't leave
you after allf
Mr.. Hyde (starting)-Eh!
Bella-How can / be 30 selfish after
you have been 80 good to me and done
everything for me? don't care so very,
very much for Georgel I'm going to tell
him It was all mistake, and that he can
find somebody else, for Tn always going
to stay home and be papas own dear lit
tie girli And then you can give me nice
things all the timel
Mr.. Hyde Gn great alarm)-Good Lord.
Bella, what are you talking about2 Don't
be so silly; you'll never get another such
chance! You marry George next
month, and no fooling about iti--Harry
Romaine in Life.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
An Awmi Tragedy.

Thousands of lives have been sacri-
feed, thousands of homes made descl
ate by the fatal mistake of the "old-
school physicians, still persisted In by
some, notwithstanding the light
thrown upon the subject by modern re-
search, that consumption n iucursble.
II is not. Consumption Is a scrofuIous
disease Of the lungs, aud any remedy
which strikes right at the seat Of the
complaint must and will cure II. Such
remedy IL DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery. II IL certain specific
FIR all scrofulous complaints. IL was
never known TO fail " given fair trial,
and that is why the manufacturers sell
II under n positive guarantee that " II
does not benefit or cure, the money
paid for II will be refunded. The only
lung remedy possessed of such remark
able curative properties as to warrant
its makers In selling II on trial.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
An Unfinished Story.

Pop" said little frankie Billtops, tell
me story"
"Well, Frankie" said Mr.. Billtops,
"once there was a little boy who thought
he would like to 90 up and see the stars
and the moon and the sun. He didn't
know exactly how to get there, but he
had seen skyrockets go up on the Fourth
Of July, and he thought that If he could
get skyrocket that was big enough it
would take him where he wanted to go.
So he saved up his pennies, and when he
he had money enough he went to ma
chinery store and bought big second
hand boiler.
HE carried it home and took all the in.
sides out Of it and stuffed it full of pow
der. Then he tied it to liberty pole,
which he hnd bought of town that was
willing to sell this one because it wanted
to buy q bigger one. Then he tied a
chair to the pole to sit in SO that he
would be perfectly comfortable, and
when he was all ready he got in the
chair and lighted the fuse, and zwishl
away he went, sailing up toward the sky.
He went past the moon and up among
the stars, and finally he came to the sum-"
Mr.. Billtops paused. He had got
through.
"How did he get back, pop9" said
Frankly.
"Well, Frankly" said Mr.. Billtops,
''that is another part of the story-the
second part, you know. This that have
told you tonight is the first part, and
you never tell but one part Of story on
the Same night. The other part will
tell you tomorrow night" York
Eun
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
George Was Tired Of Being Away.

Georges mother had company in the
parlor one evening when the nurse was
away. Mamma put him to bed and told
him to go to sleep like good boy. He
was very unwilling and was hardly per
suaded even when she told him that he
would not be by himself, for God was
with him and would take care Of him.
At last he consented, and she went down
stairs to her visitors. After an hours
pleasant chat she congratulated herself
that the baby was fast asleep, when what
should she see at the parlor door bat her
little boy in his white nightgown. look
ing as II he had just stepped down from .
picture and saying pathetically, "Msm-
ma, dear. You tum up and tay wit bod
awhile and let me tum In here."-Nsw
York TsibunA
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
A Good Answer.

I am by profession a schoolmaster, and
one of my duties is to make round OF
the bedrooms about 1890 o'clock to sec
that all lights are out. One night ]
found boy sitting on his bed, with a
lighted candle beside him, sewing up a
hole in his trousers. Come" / said,
"you know this light is not allowed at
this time Of night. You must give 1t to
me-" "Oh, please sir" he said, don't
take 1t away. It's never too late to
mend. London Answers.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
Singular Experience of MIR. cephas Gidbl,

Singular Experience of MIR. Cephas GidbIo
Speaking Of alligators," said Mr.
Billtops. "my friend. Mr.. Cephas Gid.
bio, the artist, who has just returned
from Florida, had q singular experience
with one there. He had long sought an
opportunity to paint an alligator from
life, and he was 30 fortunate one day as
to find one asleep ON the bank of river
He set up his easel and began to paint
Mr.. Gidblo is rapid painter, and he
made quick work with the picture, but
just as ne was painting in the last scales
of the reptiles tail the alligator woke
up, and suddenly throwing back his
upper jaw and sort of hitching forward
at the same time he swallowed the pic
ture, easel and all, and he came very
near getting Mr.. Gidblo. too. at the
same bite. As my friend laughingly re-
marks, that is probably the only alhga-
tor In Florida that is going around with
q picture of himself inside Of him.
New York Sun.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
rHs 'sporrsae nOsr 40.
Street. Car Conductor. Are Too rsme,.
WITT ffis ysys o. ne c..ebt,

Street. Car Conductors Are Too rsw,,,s,
WITH His wsys % ne Caught.
"The RAILROAD spotter has about ont.
lived his usefulness and win soon have
TO seek another occupation" was the re-.
mark Of q broadway street car conduct
or. Nearly aH The spoilers in the city
are now Known personally To- ell the con.
ductors, for the new men ore introduced
to the conductors by means Of a secret
code Of signals while they are being
broke In"
The system Of checking Is also so we'll
understood that the moment new spot.
ter commences he Is himself spotted and
laughed az. The most popular method
Is te read q book and to turn over page
every time a passenger enters q car or
pays his fare.
Many Of the ladies who skim through
q book carelessly as they ride on, car
ore spoilers, and some of them are so
CARELESS thattheytse the same book day
after day, never thinking that it must
bsspotted and detected Other spotters
of both sexes use q row Of pins, and act
ing as though they were nervous trans
fer them from one part of their vest to
another, taking care to move one every
time passenger gets on. Taking notes
on shirt wristbands is much simpler and
really attracts less attention, but it does
not possess the desired mysteriousnese
and Is seldom done.
A book could be written on the Jokes
that are played on spoilers after they be-
come well known to the conductors. To
accost one Of these worthless personally
and ask If the register is all right is an
act resorted to in retaliation for special
meanness, and the sting In this lies In
the fact that the spotter knows that dis
charge will follow If the company knows
he has been recognized. Another plan
is to purposely omit to ring up fares, but
to keep careful track of the number
taken. The spotter takes note Of the
omission and prepares report to the
uperintendent. In the meantime the
conductor has rung up the fares, doing
so the moment the spotter got off, and
when the report is compared with the
trip sheets 1t is found that the mistake
has been made not by the man reported,
but by the man or woman making the
report.
But the conscientious spotter is not 80
much to be feared. The spotter who
makes the lives Of conductors miserable |
is the one who guesses. Instead Of keep
ing actual tab Of the number Of pas
sengers some spoilers will make an esti-
mate and actually base report on it.
This is as ridiculous as unjust, for while |
he trip cars are out the crowds are 80
arge that the conductor himself could
,ot make even an approximate guess as
% the number of fares taken. Still some
# the detectives in embryo will assume
he ability of doing this, and more than
me man has gone out into the world
With slur on his reputation for honesty
,ecause of this combination of idleness
md conceit.-New York Telegram.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
Aluminium For Cooking UtensIls.

1t is believed that copper, iron and tin
cooking utensils will be displaced by the
use Of aluminium. Many superior quail
ties are claimed for it. II is stated that
utensils made from this metal are only
one-third the weight Of the ordinary
utensils It Is superior to all metals In
heat confning properties, free from poi
sonous ingredients and is a great con
ductor Of heat. Ii is also stated that
there Is 10 times more aluminium In tbs
world than there Ia Of iron. lead. copper.
nickel. gold and silver combined. A
process has been discovered by which
this metal can be produced at 4 Cents q
pound--Sew York Telegram
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
OUT or sfaHr.

The travelling public ere now fully
alive ~ the fact that tie Chicago, Tin.
Ion Pacific n North Western line offers
the very best accommodations ~ the
public ffon aud 10 Chicago, Omaha
and intermediate points, not only dur
Ing the worlds fair, but all the wear
round. 4-9-8t
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18

Cant you pay me that t10 You bor-
rowed week before lastf You promised
TO return ii the next day."
"Ah. hut you see l was an optimist
then. | am now . pes'simist. boston
Transcript
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18

"You are an ardent angler, hear"
Eyes, am fond of fishing"
"Come, now, don't you tell a lie occa-
sionally about the size and number Of
ths fish you catchT
Certainly not. Ialways catch so large
Q number and of such extraordinary size
that ] don't need to lie" New York
Press.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18
TRY Or. MILES PILLS, so DOSES 25 CTS.
Gold Dy ID. j.. Fry, druggist, Salem

A new and complete treatment. consisting
OF suppositories, ointment in capsules, also
y box aud pills; q positive cure for external
internal, blind or bleeding, itching, chronic
rece or heredita y piles, and many other
a great benefit to the gener Il health. The
first discovery OF a medical cure rendering an
operation with the knife unnecessary here
after. This remedy has never been known to
fail 81 per box, 8 for s.; sent by mail. Why
suffer from this terrible disease when writ.
ten guarantee Is given with b ,xes to refun
sample. Guarantee issued by WOODWARD,
CLARKE Il Co.. wholesale and retail drug.
gists. sole agents Portland, Or. Brooks a
Legg agents for Salem, l66 State street, Fattons
block. 6-21y-tw
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-04-18

"cssscsis 80 vssi sdzpesd 70 ehfSdrsn dat
lreccmmend itss superior 10 any presuipticn
known 70 ma" III. "A. Anczxrs, NJ. D.,
III 30. Oxford st., brooklyn, MT.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-11-09
JENNIE MAY BE UP THERE YET

At Any Rate the Willy AgricuIturist Tried
1t on His Wife,
A son of the soil who wais as crafty as
he was free with his relatives approach
ed the ticket office of the elevator lead
ing to the roof of the Manufactures
Building the other day and said to th e
lady ticket-seller:
BE you sure these elevators air
safe?"
"Oh, perfe ethyl" the lady ticket seller
sad, without missing g. chew Of her
frutti-ftutti.
Well, dunno bout ii, =" he said. step
ping back and looking up at the web Of
light iron work through which the ele-
vators were noiselessly' gliding at
looks pretty tlimsy. Do you want to try
it?" he asked his wife, plaintlooking
woman of evident rural antecedents.
She, having the bo.dness bred of ig-
norance, expressed a desire to try it,
when he again approached the window
and said:
How gany's been killed. on these
single ss cdsS iy yet t''''''ls ''A'' MOI a
WeKI dunno, he doubtfully mused
witff another look upward. DO you
want to try 1t, Jennie?"
She said she did.
What s it cost, miss?"s
Round trip 20 cents.
Looks to me like az perpendicular
trip he chuckled
But the ticket-seller only frowned
and impatiently tapped fhe desk with a
package OF tickets.
Other people waiting behind you,
sir, she said, as the Iuan, hesitated.
rs it 20 cents for one?"
"Yes.'
Well, Jennie, perhaps you'd better
go, and II you like it you come back and
tell me and I'll 60"
Jennie went, while her weak. unde-
cided husband stood with open mouth
and staring eyes and watched the ele-
vator watt her to The dizzy heights
above
The reporter was called away at THE
interesting juncture, and hence is un-
certain whether Jennie ever came down
or not. Chicago Tribune.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-11-09
GREAT DATES IN MUSIC.

1895. Der Kopf ohne Mann, Woelfis
greatest opera, performed in Vienna.
1895. The Conservatoire de Musiuue
established at Paris by the republic.
1895. Catalani. soprano, made her
debut in Venice as Lodoiska.
1895. Haydn's last symphony written
and performed in Vienna.
1885. Erard's improved harps, with
stops, first patented in France and Eng
land.
1876. Spotinis first opera. Puntigli,
performed at Rome with great success.
1898. The Creation performed In the
presence OF Haydn in Vienna.
1893. The Abhe Vogler brought out
Choral System, one of the earliest
comprehensive works on harmony.
1900. Upright pianos first suggested
by Isaac Hawkins. Patented 1907.
1901. The Seasons, Haydn's last ora.
torio, performed. The labor Of writing
1t fastened his death.
1909. Beethoven's Sinfonia Eroica
written and dedicated to Napoleon Bo-
naparte.
1903. Beethoven's Mount OF Olives
finished and presented at Vienna
1906. Schubert's songs began, at age
OF :. In all he composed over i, 200.
1905. Beethoyen's Fidelio first per-
formed. Unappreclated by the public,
and withdrawn.
1896. Cherubinis Faniska, opera,
produced at Vienna.
lsll; spohr's arst symphony per,
sozmad. when thu composer AxAa n -,