Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-01-20


The editor Of this paper was away
nearly two weeks and has now re.
sumed his duties.
The war in Cuba is not over. A
! rebellion is now being carried on
against General BlancO.
Two stories are printed below. One
of them is part OF letter that has
some news items. It is the horse
story and IL is not complete. But IL
/ is pretty good for girl twelve years
old. The girl sends In some news
| The fox article is very well written
but IL is not news. Now all Try
and send in the best news item Of
something that has happened within
| "A hours Of the time IL is written.
! That is the Cnly kind of 'stOry,"
that viii win the book prize this
month.
ED. KID JoURNAL.-My teacher
says that ] am good at writing
stories, and | want TO be an author
when | grow up, and / am going to
take advantage OF your kind offer and
make my first attempt through the
column OF the "KID JOURNAL" by
sending you some items.
know tine incest story about
horse, 1t is awful sad but IL tells how
much horse thinks of his home and
and master. A farmer moved into a
house over the road from US, and he
had two Of the incest horses. They
were just alike, brown horses. One
OF them cost him Sl25, aud they both
cost him $3.50. Well the farmer had
TO 20 TO work one morning so he told
his wife to take care of them. She
watered them about noon and forgot
To shut the barn door good and one
of the horses got loose and went away
off and die not come back till next
morning. One of the neighbors living
bacS Of us, and opposite the barn
where the horse stayed, had a large
block out in the middle Of the road
where he had been chOppiHg wood
whensthe horse tried to 20 by, he
slipped and fell and hurt his head On
the block and died. Don : you think
this was good horse 10 come home ?
Mr.. Ed. MelYin has charge OF the
road out here and ne does iiue work
The roads are not half so bad as they
used To be. ! hope he is road boss
next year. | can walk TO school this
winter and don't have TO wear gum
boots and get them stuck in the mud
like did last winter and then have
TO stand till some one comes along and
pulls me out and have all the people
around here laugh at me
Now / will give a riddle TO the
readers Of the "Kid Journal" and see
If they can guess what il is:
A blind beggar had a brother, and
that brother went TO sea and was
drowned. What relation ia the blind
y eggar to the man that was drowned.
My sisters go to Prof SLaley's col
lege. When get big ! am going to
go there too,
do wish the end Of the month was
here, | want To know who's going TO
win that book.
RACHEL ID, DOVE.
THE FOX.
The fox Is an animal His only val
liable part is his fur. He is also an
NAL that has a good Opin ion OF him
self. A fox thinks he is smart. 1t is said
that a fox is the only animal that can
laugh like person.
A fox Is much dreaded by hens and
their chickens, also by all men and
W men who keep fowls. A fox spends
his daytime in his hole. He eats the
fowl he has caught the night before
and plans where he will go the next
night. He spends his night in carry
ing out the plans he has made.
A fox selects shiftless farmers, He
selects those men that their hens
roost on the fence, or the trees,or who
forget TO shut their hen house door.
The fox knows these things as well as
a person does. He plans accordingly.
THAI is why there is II saying, "As
cunning as a fox, " or GAS keen as
fox" | do not think it is compli. |
menJ TO Il man, when people say,
"lle is as keen as a fox If 1t Is a |
man, that man will cheat you il you
buy horse of him. If it is boy, he |
will make some trade with you aud |
get your marbles or your knife. l do
not think | have eyer heard girl |
spoken of as being as keen as fox. !
read story of fox. 1t showed that |
u fox is like other folks. A man had |
a tame fox, but 1t ran away. That |
fox afterwards was chased by hunters. |
When he gave himsel up for lost, he |
turned and ran for that mans house |
and the man protected him. That |
shows fox has memory and can
plan.
Roy LANDON,