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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30

In the first place, what kind of a
horse is best for the farm and road, for
we want one that will answer both
purposes equally well? We want a
horse with a bright. intelligent face
and eyes; a short, but not thick head;
short ears, neck small at the throat,
deep at the shoulders, with broad
chest; short on the back, ribbed up
close to the hips, with broad hips; l41
to Isl hands high, 1000 to 1000
pounds in weight. A horse that will
do the most work on the least food
wear the longest and be the least apt
to become unsound. The horse de-
scrbed will fill the requirements per-
fectly, providing the temperament is
good. His frame is built solidly to-
gether, and he viii retain his form and
vigor, and will not become unsound in
lung or limb with proper use, even
when old Such is the horse for far
mers who must use the same animal
for farm and road, for he is one that
can draw plough with ease, go to
church in good style, or for the doctor
in hurry, or in bad place can draw
you out
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30

The apple tree borer, known as the
round-headed borer. in its perfect state
is a beetle three-fourths of an inch
long, with two broad whitish stripes
running the whole length of its back,
with rather long and curved horn-like
antenna. This beetle lays its eggs in
the bark Of the tree near the ground
early in summer, and on till midsum
mer. These soon hatch, and the young
Larvae begin to gnaw their way in
wards, cutting gradually into the solid
wood. They are about three years in
reaching maturity. when they come
out in the form of the beetle already
described. Their presence in the tree
may be readily detected by the fine
sawdust like castings from the holes.
They are easily reached and killed
by clearing away the openings of
the holes with the point of a knife, and
then punching them with . flexible
wire or small twig. We have never
found anything better than small
flexible twig from which the bark has
been stripped to make it small enough
to enter the holes The operator
knows when he reaches them by the
peculiar touch. II is better to examine
the trees often enough to ind the
larva when they are young. and be-
fore they have penetrated far TITO the
solid wood. A partial remedy Tor pre-
venting the laying Of the eggs, IS
coating the bark from the ground
well np with soft soap. or soap made
Is soft Is thick paint. with washing
soda and water II applied IN fair
weather II becomes dry and will not
sson wash Of + may be applied tWo
oE three times from TIE srsk 3 tie
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30
A Remedy for Melon Bugs. Flea Beet,
les, etc.

les, etc.
Prof. Riley. entomologist, says:
There is probably no more satisfactory
general remedy for the striped cucum-
Der beetle, and the different flea
beetles that so seriously affect cucur-
bitaceous plants, especially when they
are small, than that so successfully
employed by Mr. Quinn, the we'll
known pear, small fruit, and truck
grower of New jersey. he sprinkles
the vines with liquid made chiefly of
soaked tobacco stems and soft soap.
and then powders them with lime.
The following experience of Mr.. J. NJ.
Nicholson, of Godkinville, N. c., is,
however, well worthy of being put on
record as most ingenious way Of
perpetuating the effects of the solution.
Mr.. Nicholson writes in recent letter
as follows:
81 would mention simple contriv.
ance which / have made and used
with perfect success in DISCRIMINATING
bugs on melon and cucumber vines.
I took old oyster and fruit cans (tin)
and filed them with strong decoc-
ton of tobacco stems and water;
poured it on the stems hot and allowed
it to cool; / set one can on each hill
and placed therein a zOOoIep string
Tin thickness about the size of a
wheat straw thoroughly wet it, and
allowed it to hang down to the plants
The string acts as siphon, and draws
the liquid out drop by drop, and keeps
the plants continually mOistened with
the offensive liquid, thus driving all
insects away. It further assists in
the growth Of the plants. by keeping
the roots moist: yet 50 continual and
gradual is the application that the sun
neither scalds nor baIxes the earth.
merely mention this. as it may be
something new. and I assure you it is
worthy of trial. as it proved entirely
satisfactory to me this season.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30

end OF June. This insect attacks
the pear, ounce. mountain-asn,
and thorn. The flat-headed borer
is half an inch long, more or less, OF .
shining greenish black color. It svery
common in the western and southwest
ern states. and is also found far north.
II attacks the trunk of the trees from
the ground up to the limbs, and lays
its eggs. at the South late in May. and in
Canada in June and July. The eggs soon
hatch, and the worms bore through the
bark into the sapwood. 1t is much
shorter lived than the round-headed
borer. SickIy trees are more liable to
its attacks than strong and healthy
ones. The Larvae are easily found by
using the knife. and are destroyed; and
the eggs may be mostly excluded with
the soap and soda wash already mem
toned. The insect attacks the oak,
soft maple, and several other trees
Country Gentleman.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30
household Hints.

Norwood or pennyroyal wilt drive
out ants.
Salts of lemon will take stains from
ivory knives.
Camphor will prevent moths; the
gum near your silver will keep it
bright.
When wall paper is discolored by
the hair of people rub carefully with
stale bread.
Use white oil cloth. bound with red,
back of kitchen table, wash stands.
and under hooks to hang tin.
If you wet the upper crust Of pie
with milk Just before putting it into
the oven it will be rich and yet del
icate brown without baking until the
crust crumbIes.
To make paper adhere to tin is
sometimes housekeeper's wish, and
affection also; it may be done by max
ing paste Of gum tragacanth and
water-to which add few drops of
oil Of vitrol. The druggist of whom
you purchase the material will direct
you in regard to quantity.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30
Public Suicides In China.

The most barbarors Of all the death
rites which have been observed in
China was that of iunmolating human
beings at the tombs Of the departed
great. AS high as one hundred and
seventy-seven men have been buried
alive in the tomb Of single indiyid-
ual. This horrible custom does not
prevail at all now, Of course, but the
same false and inadequate notions OF
the sacredness of human life do pre-
vail universally. Bus of all Chinese
customs the most remarkable has been
the prevalent. public, fashionable sui
cides, conducted in public with every
show Of pomp, and sometimes actually
under the general direction of a man
DARN. A gay procession would be
formed. and delighted throng would
follow the prospective victim TO a
scaffold which had been erected with
great care. The seats commanding
the best view of the sacrifice would be
sold, and there would be a grand turn
out of the suiciding party's friends, as
well as of the public at large. Per-
haps it would be a Young widow, who
had resolved to end her miserable
existence on account of the death of
her husband, a widow not being
privileged to remarry in China The
occasion would be treated as a regular
holiday by the natives. For a time
the woman would chat pleasantly with
her friends, partaking of bountiful
feast with them on the gallows. Then,
having caressed q little child that was
placed upon the table before her, and
adorned it with a necklace, she would
take basket of flowers and scatter
the blossoms gayly among the crowd,
after which she would cheerfully place
her head in the moose and swing off
into eternity. As a rule, suicides are
now performed without such publicity
but they are very comnon.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30
New York Markets.

New York, says a metropolitan cor
respondent, has one great market and
hale dozen Of moderate size. The
irst is Washington Market, which is
the largest in the world. and the chief
Of the second class is Fulton, which is
on the East River side Next is
Catharine, which is the great fish mart.
Some of the small markets are peculiar
in their nationality. The lower par
Of Ludlow street. for Instance, has be-
come a market for articles used by the
Jews do not mean that any build
ings have been erected for that pur-
pose, but the streets and sidewalks are
thus appropriated. Nett street. on the
other hand, is the Chinese market, and
here are the stores bearing the vertical
characters which show us what the
Celestials consider an attractive sign.
Bayard street is also a market where
goods unstable anywhere else find
purchasers. The population in this
last mentioned locality is chiefly the
poorest class of Jews The only COM
plete market this city ever had was the
Manhattan, whose destruction was one
Of the boldest and most successful
deeds Of modern incsndiarism, and
Washington Market thus removed a
rival of the most threatening character.
Since then the rebuilding of Washing
ton Market has begun. and when fin
ished the establishment will, no doubt,
be one of admirable character It vii
never. however, equal the Manhattan
il point Of beauty.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30
EOR THE Farm AND HOME.

The nest weight Tor market Paws.
The style of market zig has under
gone great change Wi hin few
years. The large 400 or 500 pound
hog is. now seldom found. The
overgrown hog is no longer sought
after, and pig feeding has been more
carefully studied of late years. Shrewd
feeders have found that the older the
hog the more It's carcass costs per
pound. It is also found that the flesh
of the large hog is coarser and strong
er, and not as sweet and fine-favored
as ten or twelve months pig. It Is
true, the older the overwhelmed hog
yields more lard, but this does not
carry profit with 1t, as lard often
brings no higher price than the side
pork. The inducement, therefore, TO
grow these large hogs no longer exists,
and the SOO-pound pig has displaced
the 500-pound hog. - Lice Stock
Journal.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30
Cit. OF the sOudau.

Kassala is Z Utmost the same "ssls
of latitude as Khartonm, and lies ae-
half way between that place and Aa'
wah on the Red Sea coast. II Is Z
scribed by Mr.. James, in his W.
Tribes of the Soudan," as the iafgs
town in the Egyptian ooucan Ae
Khartoum, and the population IS esa~
ted at $1,000, besides TIE CONSIDER"
garrison, which ha to be relle'ei
abandoned. "It is a walled toWa' Z
presents a very amin ted i2peai''
every morning, wn.n crowds Of Ps',.
men and women, resort to a large 2 Z
space. where they mold a malAs
sitting. many Of them, under 'O.5
booths formed of mating, supp
on p.les, as some small pro'e'@,
ag inst the fierCe rays OF the 'i0l
sun. Here they sell various kiD''
food. cooked and Oncooked. beads
pep,e-. beans, rats. etc. tn Pi0'-
in which it is situated is one Of the =.
est in the SoEdan. The coua'F' ~
the town is very fertile, ana =
amount of cotton IS grown -
onions, which arc very large anu
and somewhat resemble those s'o' $
Spain. Tomatoes ARC 'hfiys "s'-
various nondescript yee@'49is = ~,
tivated. For son. Iall's Up anu : s
the Cash there arc & nuEiOc. -
Iyehs. or water-wheels Of 'ns 80,
kind used SO much in E--yp' =
means a plentiful supply o ma
obtained. Anything would CO. 81, =,
as the soil is rich; BIZ tns a j
very lazy and unenterpris'ls' oa.l
they care about is to .Toa - -. y
for their absolute necess;i'
not attempt to grow an hing
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30

Poor Jones, how pity him He
always has a haggard lock on his face
Yet he works at least twenty hours
. day.
And then this morning I saw him
Rigging six large baskets. He looked
IS IL he hardly could move along.
Oh, that's all right.
All right I don't understand you.
why, he's of for holiday Free
Press.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30

Crotched or forked fruit trees of
any kind. says an exchange. can be
kept from splitting down by twisting
together one twig from each Of the
main branches. These twigs thus
twisted together viii in i've years
grow into solid branch that cannot
Be broken. Twigs which grow from
the lower part Of the branches are pre-
ferable for this purpose. II there are
no such twigs on the branches 1
water sprOut or sucker should Be
allowed 70 grow; q one may Be start
81 81 nicely inserting scion into :
sit between the bark and wood and
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30

Recipes.
Green Tomato Sauce. Take full
grown tomatoes while yet green, cut
out the stems and stew until tender;
press through a sieve; season highly
with cayanne pepper, salt, ground
cloves, allspice and nutmeg; boil the
pulp until thick Worcestershire
sauce may be added if liked.
Potato Soup.--Take a quart OF
milk, six large potatoes, a stalk of eel
ery. an onion and tablespoonful of
butter. Put milk to boil with onions
and celery. Pare potatoes and boil
thirty minutes. Turn off the water
and mash foe and light; add the boil
inc milk and the butter, and pepper
ar.i salt to taste. Rub through
strainer and serve Immediately. A
cupful of whipped cream added when
in the tureen is a great improvement.
This soup must not be allowed to
stand, even if kept hot. Serve as
soon as ready.
Picked Cabbage. = Remove the
outer leaves and the tough parts OF
the stalks from four large heads OF
firm white cabbage, shave it; and put
it into an earthen jar or wooden tub
sprinkling about half pint of salt
through it and let it stand overnight;
the next day draw of the brine, put
the cabbage over the fire. with four
onions peeled and chopped, four
ounces of mustard seed, two ounces
each of ground mustard, celery seed
and turmeric, one ounce each of whole
mace, cloves, allspice and pepper,
two pounds Of brown sugar and
enough vinegar to cover the cabbage;
boil all these ingredients together I'M
til the stalks of the cabbage are ten
der; then cool the pickle and put it in
air-tight jars.
Apple C,tstord. Peel and core nine
apples, and boil until mushy;
mash smooth and add one grated
lemon, the yolks of three eggs, sugar
to taste; bake, and add frosting as for
lemon custard
Apple Cheese. Pulp any amount of
apples, and to every pound of pulp add
pound of powdered sugar, the grated
rind and juice Of four small lemons
and four well-beaten eggs. When the
ingredients are well mixed put them
into stewpan in which butter is melt
ed in the proportion Of one ounce to
every pound of mixture. Stir it over
a moderate fire until all the butter is
thoroughly absorbed, then pour into
pots or moulds. If tied down like
jam and kept in dry but not hot
place it will keep for many weeks.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30

A very sensational incident hap
pened at the Cafe Menagerie, while
it was exhibiting at ST. Etienne, in
France. Agop, the tanner, had scarce
~ entered the cage Of one Of the tigers
when the ferociOus brute sprang on
him and began worrying him tooth and
claw. Agop, however, kept quite cool,
and, inspite Of some fearful decorations
and loss Of blood, fought with such
determination that ne finally overcame
the tiger. which crouched down at bis
feet. He then forced the animal to 10
through IFS usual performance, as also
> liOness who had once killed a man
He entered the cage totally unarmed
and succeeded in putting the iopess
through her usual jumps
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30
CLIPPINGS FOR THE emu.

The heart Of a Greenland !.
three feet in diameter Wac
The first use of a locomo.,
country was in 1920. Y
There are 25,0OO.0o9 soo,.
annually in Russia for their A.. I 7
The iirst telegraphie ins,,,,
cessfully operated was l.
Morse 1885, though its utir,.
not demonstrated until 1912 =
There is a bell in Kroto
which is rung in a novel way
natives strike it on the ou,s,a.
the end of a heavy beam.
The first Union Gag was o,,.
on the 1st of January, l776 ov.'
camp at Cambridge, Mass !
thirteen stripes OIL white and Bin. !,
retained the English cross !,
corner.
The list of Queen Elizebetb', =.
robe. in 1000. shows us that .,.s
then only ninety-nine robes. l2sh-.
269 gowns Ground, loose and Pa
136 fore parts, l25 pettieoats tv...l
seven fans, ninety-six cloaks. oi,s,.
three safe guards, eighty.Gyc double,
eighteen lap mantles.
A man in Pennsylvania. whoh,3A..
entirely helpless from paralvs, !,
three years, was struck by lgh5.s,
lately. and thrown violently ., !
floor. Upon recovering IRON Il
shock, it was found that he had an
regained the use of his limbs and !,
covered his speech.
The Etruscan mode of burial ,,
the most sumptuous and expensy,
any ancient nation except, perh,s
the Egyptian. 1t does not appear al
they embalmed the bodies Of as,
dead, but they hewed out chambcph
the natural rock in which they plap
sarcophagi of marble and other stoas
and also of burned clay, and pIax
about them vases and bronzes Of ga
beauty and exquisite taste.
A case of death from earth catw
as reported in the British Media
Journal. Such a result is rare novs
days. Yet the writer says the habits
common among the Hindu inhabitaa
of Trinidad. Children often take !,
it, and in adults the habit fleQueus1
becomes so depraved that it cannot b
given up. The earth chosen ressa.
bles sandstone and is often mixed vt
slate. Adults generally adop. y
practice from economical reasons
A singular custom prevail
France of taking the body of an q
ecuted criminal to the gate Of cenA
terry as though to make believe ID
interment was to take place, and Ia
transporting it to the dissecting "a
Thus the corpse of Campi, in w1a-
both living and dead. an extraoTdlaa'
interest has be4n shown, was at n
taken down from the scaifold, DO
conveyed to the cem-sery, and tae's
to the laboratory, where several saa
lists awaited it.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30

securely waxing it. Twigs from the
size Of a lead pencil to q half an inch
in diameter can be used for this pur-
pose.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-30

The Indians who were found On
this continent east &c tie Mississippi
BY tie first European settlers did not
exceed 100000.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-03
DIED OF GRIEF.
FILlsUsTeRs FOR CUBA.
Departure From Key West Of an Tn
surrectiOpary Party

SAVANNAH, Ga, April "A special to The
Morning News from Key West says reliable
reports say the schooner Shoters has left with
Gen. AQuero and twenty men, well armed
for Cuba The revenue cutter Dix left later
in pursuit. The Spanish consul is aboard the
Dix. There is great excitement here.
WASHINGTON CITY, April s. Information
originating wi th the Spanish consul at Key
West was received by Secretary Folger
through the state department channels Sat
urday, to the effect that Cuban revolu-
ionary expedition was being organized at
Key West by Gen. Aguerro; that he has col
lected 100 well-armed men and stores and ex-
plosives, and that the expedition might be
expected to depart from our shores at an early
day. Orders were thereupon telegraphed
to the comu1anders of the revenue cutters
Governor Dix, supposed to be at Key West,
and of the George S. Boutwell,, at Savannah
to take steps to Immediately prevent any
such violation of law, and instructions were
also telegraphed to two special agents of the
treasury department, one in Florida and the
other in Louisiana, to proceed ty Key
West and assist any needed investi
cation. The Dix, however, had >lef
Key West on Saturday for Ceda
Keys, 800 miles distance, and the message to
her commander reached him only on Mon
| day when he arrived at Cedar Keys. Th
| Dix then started back Immediately, AM
| nothing has since been heard of her at the
| department, but no doubt is entertained tha
she started in pursuit of the filibusterinl
schooner, as stated in the press dispatch from
Key West
1t is alleged that thu delay in starting
accounted for by the necessity of coalinl
after the cruise to Cedar Keys. As the Di:
is under steam and capable of making te
or eleven knots an hour, it is believe
she will easily overhaul the smal
sailing schooner unless the latter divert
| from her usual course to Cuba and evade
direct pursuit by temporary concealmen
along our shores
The Boutwell,, which was put in order at So
vannah last Sunday and left that port Sun
day evening, has probably, by this time
reached position to aid in the work O
search or capture.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-03
Senator nrahone seriously I'LL.

WASHINGTON CITY. April 3-Senator
Malone is seriously i'll at the Arlington hotel
He was taken i'll with nervous rigor, phy
sicians were hastily summoned, and after
several hours work and the free use o!
opiates he was put to sleep. He is greatly
prostrated, but the rigor has passed away.
Senator Riddloherger, who has been with
him much of TIE day, says that he is worked
down; that he was occupied in debating re-
plies to correspondence at 4 O'Clock in the
morning and was attacked while still at his
desk. He thinks he will be out in a short
time, but says the attack is warning not to
over exert himself in the future.
LATER.-Reports concerning Senator Ma.
homes illness arc grossly exaggerated He
had q severe nervous chill, but is much bet
ter He Is confined to his room only. on ac.
count of bad weather.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-03

New YORK, April s.-Mrs. Anna Often
dorfer, wife of the editor Of The Stats
Zeitung, died, after very brief illness, while
her husband was in Albany. Mrs. Often
dorfer was the widow of Editor Uhl when
she married Mr.. Ottendorfer and added
several million dollars to his already
large fortune She has been very lavish
with her charity, and only a few
weeks since completed the great German hos
pital at cost exceeding $S00, 900, which she
presented to the Hospital society. Mrs OF
tendorfer was very brilliant and intelligent
lady, and her loss to the German poor O
New York is the greatest they have evel
known. Her husband arrived from Alban,
on lightning special train, but too late t.
see his wife alive.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-03
Rliss Continued,

WASHINGTON CITY, April 3.-Col. Bliss
resumed his testimony before the Springer
committee He thought Col Cookies rela-
tions to the defendant were altogether i'm
proper. He said Attorney General Brewster
suspended the prosecution of the star-route
cases, and they had not been
revived because Brewster objected.
They were suspended because of the cry
against expenses incurred. The relation of
witness to the Gales, 30 far as fees were con-
cerned, ceased in February. Merrick, wit
ness said, was called into the cases at the sug-
gestion 81 Edmunds. Respecting the grand
Jury in the star route cases, he said that he
had no facts showing that the grand jury
was nnduly influenced; could never under
stand why no indictments were returned
against Salisbury and some Others and was
led to think there was something wrong in
the matter.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-03
Damage in Pittshurg.

PITTsBURG, Aprit 3.-A terrific wind
storm, accompanied by thunder, lightning
and hail, passed over this city, doing con-
siderable damage to property and in
juring a number of persons. Oliver
& Roberts new wire mill, the
large sheet-iron structure on Ninth
street, on the south side, was blown down,
and two workmen, William Lacy and James
Donahoe, were seriously injured. Lacy is
hurt internally, and will probably die. A
frame house on Twenty-eighth street, not yet
completed, was also demolished, but no one
was hurt A carpenter named Robinson, who
was erecting the scaffold upon which George
Jones is to be executued, was struck by a
beam and quite seriously hurt. A number
of other persons were injured by falling
chimneys and signs.
Asnecial from Petrolia, Pa, reports great
damage from the storm, which passed over
that town