Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-05-19
CURRENT HISTORY.

Alfonso the young king OF Spain Il
10 years old. lie wears knickerbOck
ers and crown and celebrated his
birthday May II. His aunt, the
Princess Eulalie, visited the Chicago
Worlds fair in 1893.
Nicolas. Gar Of Russia, was crowned
this month at Moscow. He is small
man, 2s years old. He became czar
in 1896. His wife wore dress at the
coronation that cost 500, coo and more
than 5000 men and women took part
in making 1t.
A bronze monument of General
Hancock on horse was unveiled at
Washington, and one of ole Bull, the
great violin player at Minneapolis.
President Cleveland, may.a day
demand that Spain take her hands off
Cuba and stop the war. If he does
the United States will have to see to
IL that the people of Cuba get their
freedom. Our country would take
possession of Cuba and if we ever did
no power in the world could take it
away from us.
A Chicago boy wrote in his history
examination paper: New York was
settled by the Duck of York and |
Pennsylvania by the English Quak-
ers."
A factory in Maine has an order for
100000 shoe lasts. The lumber to
make them will require 1900 sugar
maple trees.
A coal mine has been found on the
Yukon river in Alaska that pays bet
ter than any gold mine, because wood
costs $l4 cord there.
Two towns in Kansas have elected
women mayors'and cOuncilmen.
l read in New York paper that
the big breweries hold mortgages
over half the liquor stores of that
town and are talking OF closing them
up. II left to vote Of the boys and
girls they would close up the other
half.
KEEPING WELL ANDssTRoNG.
II you eat when you are not hungry
you will soon have no hunger to eat
with.
Undlsturbed sleep is essential to
health and strength.
If you can take bath no other
way, wet Il towel and go all over
yourself with 1t every morning.
DO not drink any more than you y
nave to with your meals. A few swal- y
ows of water before and after meal h
S all most persons need and many do
not need any. n
To remove warts wet them well n
With oil of cinnamon three times a h
lay until they disappear I
MAY BE PRESIDENT. "
Major William Mckinley, of Ohio, a
'ho may in November become presi- "
ent of 10000, 900, people lives in a two
tory house at Canton, Ohio,a town of t,
1000 people. He gets Up at 0. clock Il
hayes himself, works in his garden a W
'hile, takes breakfast with his wife, nj
nswers the business letters of the je
ay receives callers and reads the W
ewspapers' lie also blacks his own u
cots at O'Clock each day. Last year Il
e shook hands 100 times a day but IL h,
e becomes candidate for president he al
lust shake at least 5000 times a day, ru
nd Will shake hands with more than th
ne million people before election In to
Iovember He is a member OF the in
Iethodist church and has no children fr
lis wife is an invalid and he is very ha
Ind to her taking her flowers every M
ay' co
SPAIN CAN'T WHIP US In
The people of Spain are making up pu
lelr mind If our country wants Cuba at
20 free they can't help themselves. col
hey see that England could never Re
'nqner the United States and it is
'ele's for Spain to try. Before we crc
ere nation we defeated the British. r
1872 England was forced TO make IN,
ace with us. When England inter an,
rod In. Ia.