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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-31

The most feared enemy of the bur
glar, whose unknown and unsugpected
presence makes il the more dangerous.
Is the electric wire. The mere suspicion
sometimes Of crib being thoroughly
wired il sufficient to deter the burglar
from carrying out a long cherished and
well laid plan. A few wears ago. saws
the New York Star, gang worked in
dustriously through Saturday night
and late into Sunday, digging through
brick wall 10 get at a safe containing
some ten thousand dollars, and they had
almost succeeded In reaching the obiec-
tive point when the light of their lantern
disclosed a Tine wire no thicker than a
film of silk. Angrily and hastily the
operators packed up their tools and de-
parted, for they recognized in the little
piece of copper thread watchman who
could neither be bribed nor done away
with, and to tamper with whom would
inevitably send.them to prison Various
and many have been the attempts of
the burglars to beat this watchman. but
as yet they have not succeeded in hitting
on any plan to throw the electric senti-
mel off his guard. Quite a number of
the banks are now connected with police
headquarters and the station-h houses by
wires, and once the bank vaults are
closed an attempt to open them would
be followed Inside of FIVE minutes by the
presence of a platoon of police Of the
door. Often the police are noaxed by
the electric a'arm ringing by accident or
disarrangement, and not many months
ago score of sleepy policemen were
reused from their rest and started at a
double-quick to bank building because
wandering eat had crossed one of the
wires and thereby given an alarm. Soon
after the close of banking hours a score
of instruments ring in the different sta
ton houses, and keep on ringing until
the sergeant or operator sends back the
signal "2-3" (all right; and again in
the morning, when the cashier opens his
vault the same formula is repeated.
Should the bell ring between those times
something is wrong, and score of blue
coats are started out as committee of
investigation. So, as improvements go,
the burglar of to-day is a much perse-
cuted individual and his lot is decidedly
not happy one.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-31
Tattooed Samoans.

The natives in the boats exhibited the
general characteristics of the Polynesian-
Malays. Their faces were clear of tattoo,
but from the loins downward to the
knees, they were very closely tattooed
Unlike Mayori tattoo, which follows
curved lines, the Samoans puncture the
color into the skin in closely dotted
mass. with diagonal lines of bare skin
embellishing the design, which at dis
lance looks almost like pair of dark
pants. The instruments used are usually
the spines of the shaddock tree or bone
driven in with small malets. The color
ing matter is burned candle nut. The
women do not tattoo. The process is
begun with the men at the age of twenty,
and is slow and painful AS among their
civilized professional brethren. there is a
code of honor recognized in the profes-
sion devoted to this art, and this code is
chiefly applied-so true is human nature
In all its aspects-to the maintenance Of
an adequate scale of fees A tattooer
will sometimes stop III the middle of his
job. leaving his subject half done until
his pecuniary demands are satisfied, and
no professional brother can be tempted
to cut in and finish the business. A
Samoan is no more able to walk about
for the rest of his life half tattooed than
an Australian masher with one whisker,
and he is therefore obliged to pay up to
the uttermost faIthing Although not
so invariably as in Fiji the Samoan men
and women do dye their hair yellow with
burnt coral and paint their faces red
and black. They also shave the heads OF
their children, using sharks teeth as
razors. Rubbing or pressing noses, as
with the Maoris, is the form of national
salute. They never eat before 10 or
IL o'clock in the morning, but after
ward have no regular meal time-eating
almost continuously through the day
Melbourne (AustrGliG) Leader.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-31
His Love was Returned.

''Araminta!" he exclaimed. II love
you dearly, devotedly. | love you
with unspeakable fervor Do not turn
your sweet face aside, dearest, but speak
to me some word which will make me
supremely happy. Tell me that my love
is returned" Araminta looked into his
face with a frankness that filled Adol-
plus heart with comforting rest, a re.
assuring hope. You tell me you love
me, Dolly" she began, land you ask me
20 return that love, / do. / do return
1t. I've no use for it." The word had
been spoken, the die was cast, the YER
dict had been pronounced, and fat had
gone forth. And Adolphus went out
into the silent night, and Araminta went
to bed Boston Transcript.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-31
Relation of Fairies 10 Religion.

The meaning given to the word fairy"
IN the dictionaries is so vague. and the
use made of it both by poets and prose-
writer's so much wagner, that it is well
at the outset to explain what is really
meant by it here. The English fairy is
derived Immediately from the French
fee or faerie, and remotely from the Latin
fatum, fate, destiny. At first, it some
times signifed illusion, enchantment;
sometimes the land of fairies, or the
earthly paradise of the days of romance !;
but, as rule, it was applied to the Mel
usinas and Morganas, medieval represen-
tatives of the classical fates. Later, the
name was given to the little elves of North
ern mythology. and finally it Secame class
designation for the hobgoblins, dwarfs,
gnomes, kobolds, and all such other
bugs, as Reginald Scott, in his scornful
skepticisln, calls them, who, though born
of paganisln, long remained rivals of the
Christian saints. In its largest and most
extended sense. it includes the whole
race-no matter in what part of the
world its different branches may be
found-of minor supernatural beings,
who have been ranked as entirely differ
ent in nature, substance and attributes
from the supreme spiritual hierarchy, and
yet have been placed much higher in
the scale Of life than man. being sup
posed to possess power vastly superior
10 his, and able in fact, to exercise a
large influence in shaping his destiny.
They stand midway between humanity
and divinity.
Men must have defined his belief in
one supernatural world and in one
species of supernatural beings very
clearly before he could conceive of
two such worlds and two such species.
Fairy mythology is really the pro-
duct of somewhat advanced
state of religious thought, when the
ideal of Deity is so high and scientific
knowledge so small that the lesser natu-
raj phenomena and accidents of daily
life cannot be accounted for, without the
introduction to the unseen sphere of
action of second order of conscious
agents While, then, there are fairy-like
creatures in all mythologies, there are
genuine fairies only in few. 1t is true
that it is difficult at first to distinguish
Greek dryads srom medieval Ellie maid
ems, or the sirens of Hellenic waters from
the Lorelei of German streams. But the
latter are as distinct from the former,
from whom, however, they are descended,
as civilized man is from ve-dwelling
progenitors. atlantic Monthly.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-31

pressed and allowed to stand, when the
lard will take into itself the entire per-
fume of the roses, and afterward the
perfume can be transferred to alcohol
from the lard When the alcohol is
thus saturated with the odor, more aIco-
hol is added until the mixture is of the
required strength. Then the amber
girls is used. II the perfumed alcohol
were used as scent for the handkerchief
the spirits would soon evaporate and the
odor would not remain. But the amber
girls is added and acts as a base to build
upon. Like bodies of this kind under
going slow decomposition and possess
ing little volatility, when it is mixed
with fieeting scents it gives permanence
to them. IT acts as an infinite number
of small reservoirs which prevent the
perfume from escaping fast. In conse
quence of this quality it is indispensable
10 the perfumer. 1t contains a substance
which clings pertinaciousIy to woven
fabrics No ambergris has been found,
as far as is generally known to perfumery
manufacturers, since the splendid speci-
men spoken of above. San francisco
Call.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-31
GrOaning and CRYING.

A French surgeon has published a
long dissertation on the beneficial influ-
ence of grooming and crying on the ner-
vous system.
He contends that grooming and crying
are the two grand operations by which
nature allays anguish. and that he has
uniformly observed that those patients
who give way to their natural feelings
more speedily recover than those who
suppose that it is unworthy man TO be-
tray such symptoms of cowardice as
either to groan or cry. That some pa
tients often have great satisfaction in
grooming and that hystericaI patients
oftan experience great relief from cry
ing. are facts which no person viii
deny.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-31

From dawn till. dusk in a Mexican
market one hears the cake vender shout
ing in Spanish Fat little cakes Fat
little cakes Here are good fat little
cakesl" While the fruit peddIer, the
candy boy, the seller of beverages. and a
hundred others carol in concert their va
rious strains. who wants mats from
Pueblo-mats of twenty yardsg'' cries
the seller Of woven straw. ssSalt beef
Salt beef'' interrupts the butcher: and
the vender of poultry, sitting among her
fowls in the sun, sings lazily by the hour.
''Ducks and chickensl Oh, my soul
good ducks and chickensl''
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-31
The products OF California for 1884
are estimated at SCI. O00OO0.

An ingenious microseCpist has been
trying to compute the ssmount of in
fusorial life inhabiting the bricks of old
buildings long exposed IS the weather.
The principal forms he has discovered
consist Of large bacilIi anA vibrios, some
Of the latter being peeuaiSrly marked BY
longitudinal lines. lie follnd myriads Of
these organisms in single deep-seated
microscopic cavity.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-31

Papier mache is made by pasting or
gluing sheets of straw or other thick
paper together when wet, and PRESSING
TO the shape of the mold. or making 4
pulp Of the paper material and pressing
the pnIp into molds.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-31

There is a woman in Trance who is
q veritable magnet. as sic draws light
bodies to her without tcGching them,
and her hair produces sparks when
combed. Strange to say. she has never
yet drawn a husband.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-06-07
A Deserved Compliment.

Zone of the most wonderful institu-
tions in this country is our post-oiiice
and mail system" remarks leading
Chicago merchant. Il receive in the
course of the year about fifteen hun
dred business letters from all over the
country, and il is very remarkable
fact that never yet while l have been
in business has single letter have
sent out or that has been sent to our
house missed to reach its de .tination.
1t is q wonderfully successful institu-
ton, managed with the regularity and
accuracy of clock-work, and never
open my daily mail without feeling like
patting our old Uncle Sam on the back
with hearty bravo"
The compliment is deserved. The
postal system of this country is IS near
perfection as possible, and where there
are irregularities the fault is, in nearly
every case, with the careless senders Of
letters and papers hardly ever with
the Governments postal officers or en-
ployea-Gica2o yerael.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-06-07
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Mime. Modjeska supports at her
own expense q school for Polish chill
'dren in New York;. Y. Sun.
All knowledge. il timely and
adapted to the capacity Of pupils. may
be made as interesting as objects and
'stories.--Journol of Education.
"A Dakota paper is authority for the
statement that there is not a Baptist
Church in the Black Hills country,
though every other religious denomina-
tlon IS In some way represented.
The International Sunday School
Lesson Committee is composed of Drs.
John H. Vincent and John Hall, OF
New York; Newton and Worden, of
Pennsylvania; Randolph. of Rhode
Island; BOUCHER, Of Washington; Cum
ningham, of Nashville; MacVicar and
Potts, of Montreal; Gillett, of Illinois;
J.. Fairbanks, of Vermont, and b.
Jacobs, of Chicago. Chicago Tribune.
Rev. j. A. Register, pastor of the
Central M. z. Church at Baltimore.
arose in the conference recently and
stated, to the amazement of the as
sembly, that he had decided to leave
his church aud people and become a
member of the Protestant Episcopal de-
nomination. After being pressed to
further consider the subject, he said his
decision was unalterable, and amid
solemn stiffness quilted the church.
Baltimore Sun.
AT n recent Monday meeting of the
Presbyterian ministers of Chicago, the
subject of church music was discussed.
A paper was read strongly favorine
congregational singing, led by chorus
choir, and the placing of the music oil
the church under the control of the
spiritual officers of the church. Most OF
the pastors present favored this view OF
the subject. The drift of sentiment was
against the system of quartette leader
ship of the praise of the sanctuary.
The London BAPTIST says: "Since
1910 the Baptists in the United States
have doubled their number every ten
years. They now number $500, 600.
This is a record which should not be
without its lessons for u.s." And is not
one of the lessons just this-that bap-
tism is the orderly Scriptural way to
the Lords table, and that any other
way introduces weakness and con-
fusion? Fidelity to principle is one Of
the strong grounds of Baptist success
in this country.
General Francis A. Walker ad-
dressed the meeting of the Massachu-
lsetts Society for the University Educa-
ton Of Women recently in Boston on
the subject of Industrial Education in
Our Common Schools" He conceived
the use of mechanical instruction to be
to develop perception and observation
on the part of all the pupils, and not to
train mechanics; that it should not
limitibut rather enlarge the sphere of
avocations by developing an insight
into relations and snaee
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-06-07
FARM AND PRESIDE.

About 81, 900, 900 bushels of wheat
are annually used for seed in this
country.
"A gill Of strong green tea is said to
be a specific for sheep poisoned by
reating laurel. Chicago Journal.
The more an acre will produce the
larger the profit, and the betsSr you
cultivate that acre the more it wiispro-
duce.-Neao England Farmer.
Paint which has become dry and
hard may be removed by rubbing the
spot with oxalic acid diluted with
water Try weak solution first, and
If that does not remove the stain, in
crease the strength. Troy Times.
Keep the horse collars clean. The
dust and dirt which adhere to collars
when they are wet with sweat works
into Jumps and ridges, and sore
shoulders are the result. If the collars
become hard, wash them clean, pound
them and apply oil.-M Y. Herald.
Grass means cattle; cattle means
manure; manure means rich lands;
rich lands mean good crops, and good
crops mean prosperity. This is the
history of the world. Seed part of
your farm down to grass and see if the
assertion is not true. Cleveland Leader.
"A fruit cul.urist gives the following
calculation of the productiveness of
certain fruits: Six gooseberry bushes
win produce six gallons of fruit. six
currant bushes twenty quarts, six rasp-
berry bushes ten quarts, and six grape
vines 126 pounds. Much, however, de-
ponds upon the age of the plants, soil,
season and cultivation.
One day soup: Half a can of to-
mato, five or six cold boiled or baked
potatoes, half an onion, one stalk of
celery, or few celery tops. Boil all
together until the vegetables are very
soft. Put through colandcr, add pep
per and salt and pinch of sugar.
just before serving pour in one cup OF
hot milk with pinch of soda dissolved
in it. Sift over the top a few very dry
bread crumbs. NJ y. Times.
Why not have a climbing rose?
Would it not improve the barn, wash
house, smoke-house, piazza? Most of
the varieties are perfectly hardy. They
bloom in profusion for long time.
Among the climbing roses Prairie
Queen (pink), Benefits Seeding
(white) and Russell's Cottage (crim-
sony, would make good selection. 1t
should be borne in mind that these
roses bloom on the old or last seasons
wood. Farmer.
When plants are received by mail,
place them in warm water for few
minutes, then pot them out and give a
thorough watering; then set them in .
warm, shady place for day or two,
after which give plenty of sunshine. II
for bedding out. plant in the open
ground at once; water thoroughly and
shade for few days until they are
started. Do not put plants in too large
pots at first; it is always better to plant
in small pots and shift into larger ones
as the plants grow. Never allow your
plants to become too wet, as there are
more plants injured by too much water
than too little.-Chtcago Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-06-07
Anecdote OF Webster.

The amusing controversy and cor.
respondence growing out of Secretary
Marcy's court-dress circular when
James Buchanan was Minister to the
Court of st. James, described in an ar
ticle on Buchanan in this Magazine, re.
minds correspondent of an occurrence
that took place at Marshfield in Mr.
Webster's time. i-neai caaa4.ssifg ~
Mr.. Webster and Judge Duane Doty.
then of Green Bay, Wisconsin, were
warm friends, and the Judge at one
time was visitor. at Marshield.. Mr..
Webster was very fond of fishing til.
only outdoor. sport in which he in
dulged. While the Judge was his
guest it CHANGED that q fine day for thi,
sport presented itself, of which Mr.. w.
was anxious to avail himself. He ac-
cordingly invited the Judge to accom-.
pany him in this piscatory sport The
Judge didn't want to 60, and tried his
best to get off, saying he would much
prefer, with his consent, to pass that
rainy day in Mr.. w. library among his
books and papers. Mr.. w. wouldn't
listen to him, said he could pass any
and as many days in the library as he
chose, but such day as that for fishing
might not occur again while they were
at Marshfeld. The Judge. as last re-
sort said that he really could not go, as
it would spoil his clothes, that the
handsome black suit he had on was his
best and all he had, and that to go fish,
ing in it would spoil it. To meet this
objection Mr.. w. directed his servant
George to 60 upstairs and bring down
the dress in which he was presented at
court in England, which George did.
As soon as he appeared with it Mr.. w.
said: "There, Doty, is dress for you;
put it on, and come as soon as you
can, for we are losing valuable time. ~
The Judge replied: Surely, MIR.
Webster, YOU are not in earnest in what
you say-that you want me to go fishing
in that elegant suit, and spoil it,"
"Yes, l am" he replied; ..that is
what it has been brought down for"
The Judge still fingered, when Mr.
w., to settle the matter, said to him
'.Have no anxiety about injuring the
dress. for to fish or hunt in it is the only
way it can now be made useful. Could
] wear it in Washington, Philadelphia,
New York. Boston or even here? If
did. wouldn't everybody laugh at me?'
The Judge was compelled to answer
afiirmatively to the question.
well, then" he said. pray what is
1t good for but to 60 fishing in ?''
This settled the matter. The Judge
put on the dress, and went fishing In
Mr.. WIS court suit, and saved his
oVn- Thus. you see, Mr.. Webster,
with his well-known willingness to
oblige, had no objection to appear be-
fore England's Queen in the dress pre-.
scribed; and what good use he made
Of 1t after his return homo ~ Harper.
Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-06-07
Chronic Diarrhea in Cattle.

There are various causes productive
of chronic diarrhea, as there are also
of acute, and although the first some
times has the latter for its cause, the
effects are different in each disease. as
are the causes producing them. For
instance, that which would be produc-
tive of acute diarrhea in sound ami
NAL, would not materially affect one
suffering from chronic diaIrhea.
That they are two distinct diseases
may be adduced from the fact, that an
animal suffering from an attack of the
acute disease is quickly and successfully
treated by remedies which would have
no effect upon one suffering from the
disease in chronic form
There are different kinds of this dis
ease; of which one is intermittent, and
is believed by many country people to
be Influenced by the moon. This has
its cause in weakened state of the
liver, and its consequent susceptibility
of becoming easily and unduly excited
by different agents, which. being re-
moved, the animal, to use the words OF
the owner, .'soon gets well again"
Another kind is that to which year.
lings are subject. when calves have not
had proper food, or have been fed with
a view of saving the cows milk. This
kind of chronic diarrh9a, If improperly
treated, renders the career of the ami
NAL short; but if submitted at once to
proper treatment, and there be not con-
siderable structural arrangement of the
liver, there is still favorable prospect
of recovery.
To the other kind, of all the most
subject to it are cows which are '.good
Mixers" but why they are SO we will
not attempt to explain. unless it be that
there is greater demand upon the
system, and that they are more mad
vertently exposed to the inclemencies
of the weather, by being turned out Of
q protected or warm barn, after being
MIXED, into cold yard orunprotected
field, where they become exposed to a
cold, wet, or frosty atmosphere, and
are allowed to remain until again
wanted for the purpose of being MIXED.
One principle cause of chronic
diarrhea is the acute form neglected
or improperly treated, and this
frequently occurs when the latter is the
case, at the time when the COW doctor
has exhausted his store of nostrums and
recipes Ito stop the scouriDg;" at a
stage where, in fact, when the animal
has had her constitution so impaired by
her attendant that the qualified veteri-
marian, now called in, should he sue
coed in propping up the falling fabric,
is supposed to have achieved, not what
the other failed in doing. but merely
an ordinary feat, or perhaps not even
that. Whereas, should he be so i'm
polite as to undertake the case and
not happen to succeed, it is then said.
The could not stop securing cow" A
person should not be precipitate in
giving decisive opinion unless he be
duly acquainted with the disease in its
various forms and combinations. We
are aware that there are many modifica-
tons of this disease in addition to the
above. Farmer.