Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-04-21
ABOUT OUR COUNTRY.


Memorial day, May 3Oth.
Mr.. ID. o. Mills,a California million
aire, is going to build two of thu
largest tenement houses in the world
Work will begun May 1st on building
number one which is to have L5Ot
rooms. They will be located in New
York City. The cost of the building
will be about 100000 to which must
be added about s25o,O0O for the land
making total Of sS50,0OO, The cost
of furniture, heating and lighting
will be over Sl,OO0,OO0. The central
tower will contain four elevators and
iron spiral staircases. Each room will
contain comfortable single bed,
and chair. On the first floor there
will be public bath, and beyond this
laundry and drying room, which
guests can use for washing their
clothes. On the same floor there will
be thirty large individual bath rooms.
In the basement is to be the restaur-
ant with seating capacity for 800 per-
sons. Here also will be the Kitchen,
store rooms and offices. Rooms are to
be ten cents with a bath. Meals will
be from two cents to twenty cents.
Nothing is to be free but by being on
a large scale lt is to be very cheap.
On board a warship the boys who
hand the gunners sacks Of powder are
called powder monkeys" Once,
when one of Farragut's gunboats on
the Mississippi was just going into
action, one OF the powder monkeys"
was noticed by an officer kneeling by
one OF the guns saying his prayers.
The officer sneerlngly asked him what
he was doing, and II he was afraid.
mo; was praying" said he. "Well,
what were you praying forY" "Pray-
ing" said the lad, "that the enemy's
bullets may be distributed the same
as the prize money-princlpally among
the officers"
Congress is still In session and the
general opinion is that five hundred
schoolboys could do as well or better
than the five hundred statesmen at
Washington. A bill has been passed
TO prohibit the sale Of adulterated
cheese. Why don'C they teach people
how TO make good cheese. In some
states they are going to. teach boys
and girls how to take care OF fruit
trees. They might as well teach
them how to handle cows and make
butter and cheese, / should think.
In the Portland chamber OF COM
merce there is an elevator cat. She
lives in the basement but goes all
over the ten story building, riding up
and down on the elevators. When her
kittens are large enough she brings
them up on the first floor, and they
live behind the big bOotblack stand,
coming out and playing at night
when the crowds are gone. The old
cat is great friend to some of the
elevator boys, riding up and down
with them in their swiftly gliding
cages. They take turns once day
bringing her package OF table scraps
which she enjoys very much.
In many parts of the United States
there are still porcupines. would
like TO ask boys II they know OF any
harm they do, and also why nearly
everybody kills them.
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KEEPING WELL AND STRONG.
Don't chew gum.
Keep your temper.
Wash your feet once day.
Let some fresh air into your bed
room at night.
Wear no more clothing than is
necessary TO appear we'll dressed and
keep comfortable. Avoid wearing
wraps about the neck or standing still
in strong breeze.
The girls in one of the Salem, Ore
gon, schools play base ball just the
same as the boys and have become
quite expert. They make some mis-
takes, like .running on foul, catch
ing on the bound, crossing out, etc.
But IL is great fun.
A noble purpose will add more real
strength and dignity TO the life
OF any boy or girl than all the gym
nastics in the world. Abe Lincoln
never saw the inside Of gymnasium
but he had a high determination TO
succeed at something.
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