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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-22
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Beware of the man or woman who
assumes perfection.
Creditors and poor relations seldom
call at the right moment.
He who betrays the confidence Of
one is not worthy of the confidence Of
another.
The best and most important part
of a mans education is that which he
gives himself.
In the sweat OF thy brow shall thou
eat thy bread" This is curse which
has proved a blessing in disguise
There is no courage in surrendering
what is true; no real courage in defy
ing public sentiment when that senti-
ment springs from the truth.
Virtue win catch as well as vice By
contact; and the public stock Of hon
est, manly principle win daily accu-
muIate.
II It is part Of prudence to face
every claimant. and pay every just
demand on your time. yonr talents, OF
your heart, always pay; FOR. first on
Last, you must pay your entire debt
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-22
A Present for the President.

The state department. at Washington
has received advices from our minister
at the court of Siam that very hand
some present for President Arthur has
been received at the legation in Bangkok,
consisting of a Malay kriss of the finest
temper, with solid gold hilt, and en-
cased in gold alleged seabbard, and
two spears of quaint Malay fashion, with
gold sheaths for the beautifully polished
blades. They are reported to be of great
beauty, and are very valuable. They
were sent to the President under singu-
lar and interesting circumstances Many
Americans particularly if either owners
or underwriters, will remember that in
1881 the bark Coringa, Of Boston, while
on voyage from Siam to Java, went
ashore, during heavy gale, at a
point on the peninsula Of Malacca,
called Tuluban, and went to pieces
almost Immediately. The crew
and officers reached the shore safely, and
were received by the chief st that point
most Hospitality. He took the captain,
his wife and child into his own house,
aud provided for the others in the viii
lage. He kept them for nearly month,
and treated them with the utmost kind
ness and courtesy. When the news
reached Bangkok our munster at that
port took the necessary steps for sending
relief, and they were all brought up to
that port and shipped via Singapore to
the United States. Our minister, Gen.
Halderman, in his recommendation to
the government on the matter, recon-
mended that this hospitality shown to
distressed Americans should not go un-
rewarded, and on this Recommendation
the government caused valuable gold
medal to be struck and sent out, together
with Winchester express rifle mounted
most deliberately, and gilt and nickeled
profuselv. These were sent TO Gen. Hal
derman. and by him presented in person
to the chief, at his own village in Tulu-
ban. The poor rajah was quite overcome
by the great honor done him, for, as he
thought, trifing act of kindness, and,
in return for the attention shown him,
had these superb presents prepared for
transmission to his brother. chief of the
American confederation. Tuluban is q
Malay and Mahomedan state. though q
dependency of Siam and attached to the
province of Patani
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-22
Patient with the living.

Sweet friend, when thou and I are poss
Beyond easfl's weary labor,
When small shall Be our need 81 graca
From cOmrade o. from neighb0r,
Passed AL the strife. the toll, the care.
And done with AL the signing,
What tender truth shall we have gainea.
Alas, BY simply dying.
Then lips too chary Of their praise
VIII tell our merits over,
And eyes too swift our faults to see
Shall no defect discover.
Then hands that would moi lift stone
Where stones were thick to cumber
Our steep hill-pafh, will scatter flower
Above our pilIowed slumber.
Sweet friend, perchance both thou and I,
Ere love i past forgiving,
Should take the earnest lesson home
Be patient with the living.
To-day's repressed rebuke NAV
Our binding tears tomorrow:
Then patience-e'en when keenest ee
d whet nameless sorrow.
IT'S easy to be gentle when
Deaths silence shames our clan.
And easv to discern the best
Through memory's mystic glamcur;
But wise it were for thee and me,
Ere love is past forgiving,
To take the tender lesson home
Be patient with the living.
--.Marqaret E. SanQster
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-22
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

An English firm has begun the manu-
sacture Of casks and barrels of steel.
They are lighter than wood and more
durable.
The fastest discoveries render insula-
ton 60 perfect that to-day there is less
loss OF electrical force between the United
States and England than there was for
merIy between New York and Brooklyn.
Al tricycle. postal delivery system IL to
be tried by the postmaster general Of
Victoria at Portland, Sale and Ararat,
with the view of extending it. if it proves
successful, to other districts Of the colony.
The making Of large lenses ia matter
of many difficulties, AZ NAV be inferred
from the fact that there have been nine
teen failures to cast the thirty six inch
glass for the great Lick telescope to be
mounted in California.
Bronze is q mixture of copper and tin,
and sometimes lead. the proportions of
which vary somewhat, but are usually
nine to one. It is often adulterated with
zinc, but when this Is the case the sur
face honeycombs on exposure.
Paper bottles are now made on a large
scale IN Germany and Austria. The fol-
lowing is said to be good recipe for the
paper: Ten parts of rags, forty of straw,
fifty Of brown wood pulp. The paper is
impregnated or coated on both sides with
sixty parts of defibrinated fresh blood,
thirty-fve parts of lime powder, five
parts of sulIShate of alumina After dry
ing ten or twelve rolled leaves are coated
again, placed over each other and then
placed in heated molds. The albumen
in the blood forms combination on
pressure with the lime which rs perfectly
proof against spirits, etc. The bottles
are made in two parts, which are joined
afterward
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-22


Then. = Il yielding 10 IN impulse
that could not b longer restrained. he
said:
20, Mamie. ! can not wait in sus-
pense The words win come In you
! have found my queen.
The music grew confused and Kate
was heard saying rather loudly: these
are very interesting. Mr.. Hunt. Il
wish that you would tell rue the story
they illustrate.
MIR. Moore" said Mamie. hanging
her head rather guilty.. i have a
confession to make. Will you promise
to forgive me?
Il viii promise anything IL you viii
but give me chancer' he answered
promptly.
Il am the stenographerr Then she
added quickly, seeing his incredulous
look:
Il did it to punish you for laughing
at me. and at my unsophisticated idea
of editors
Indeed! Well it may all turn out
far better than hoped. You know
my heart WAS set on getting that very
girl and a hundred, fold more SO now.
] wish to offer her different position
that of private secretary and general
manager VIII you be the power, not
behind the throne but upon it, my
queen?'
IF should ever try to exert any of
the sovereign powers that you suggest
you might remind me that you made
your royal offers on April flrstr'
"WelI, then, in plainest English, will
you be managing editor as far as l am
concerned"
mo. but / may try to be assistant
editor--a little. Indeed, / think / viii
be the girl you had set your heart on
getting. told you the truth when l
said | had perfected myself in
stenography, thanks TO papa He said
that we girls must be able to take care
of ourselves if he couldn't take care of
us. You may talk as fast as you
please and ! will give you back every
word just as you said it, with the is
crossed and is dotted. Try mer'
I'LL take your word for it. I'll take
your word for everything. even on
April first-I say, Huntl-Huntp he
called, and his friend and Kate entered
the room. II have the best of the
joke after all. have secured that
stenoSrapherp'
Mr.. Moore and Mamie exchanged
glances of intelligence and the former
said: "You have the proof of short
poem in your pocket. sit down with
your back to the audience, and don't
look around. on your honor"
Mamie produced from her pocket a
small note book and pencil. Nov
read" he concluded, and Mr.. Hunt
read the brief poem rapidly.
Nov, Miss Mary Rivers, it's your
turn" and Mamie laughingiy read the
poem aloud from her notes.
Hunt looked at the blushing girl and
his friends excited and happy face and
said, i congratulate youl No one
ever turned his First of April expert
ence to better account. Pauline 8.
Roe.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-22

Speaking generally it Is not to the labo-
ratory of the chemist that We should 90
for our potash salts, but to the laborato.
~ Of nature, and more especially TO thai
Of the vegetable kingdom. They exist
IN the green parts Of all vegetables. This
Is illustrated By the manufacture of com
mercial potash from the ashes of the
twigs and leaves Of timber trees. The
more succulent the vegetable the greater
the quantity Of potash It contains, though
there arc some minor exceptions to this.
As have already stated, We extract and
waste considerable proportion Of these
salts when We boil vegetables and throw
away the p0fage, which on wiser and
more thrifty neiphbors add 10 their every
day menu. When we eat raw vegetables,
IS II salads, We obtain oil their potash.
Fruits generally contain important
quantities q potash salts. and it i upon
these especially that the possible victims
If hthic acid should rely. Lemons and
grapes contain them most abnndanfly.
Those who cannot afford To buy these 4
articles 81 daily food may use cream q
tartar. which, when genuine, j. the
natural salt 4 ths grape Popular Sc
kAt6 Mpnshlu
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-22

II
nto the envelope and, with laugh,
wrote:
Mr. Sidney Moore,
Magazine,
city.
Surely my pathetic appeal would
touch heart of stone, and have very
little reason to think Mr.. Moore hard
hearted" thought Mamie. while a
faint blush crept into her face.
Mamie Raymond was visiting her
school friend, Kate Moore. The for
mer had been making prolonged trip
through Europe, and, on her return,
was spending a little time in New
York before going to her southern
home. While at school Mamie had
formed strong friendship for Kate,
but had not met the rest of the family.
On the steamer she had often speculated
as to what Hates home would be like.
She knew that Mrs. Moore had died
when Kate was but child; that Mr..
Moore had been very successful in
business; and that his son, Sidney, was
an editor on the staff of prominent
magazine. Consequently, he must be
very learned, very near-sighted, and
quite old. So often had she pictured
him to herself that he became
reality.
AT dinner. on the day of her arrival,
Kate said: mamie, | want to intro
duce You to my brother"
Mamie locked up at the handsome
man who was entering the room, and,
after greeting him, turned quickly to
her friend and said, with comic dis
may: "Why, Kate, you told me he was
an editorr'
Mr. Moore was very much amused
at Nannie's evident surprise and EN-
barassment, and bantered her about it
mercilessly.
Several days later Mr.. Moore was
telling Mamie some of his experiences
as ar editor; among which he mem
toned the numerous letters that he re-
ceived from people who offered to give
him their history, provided he should
write it up for the magazine, they hav-
ing the pecuniary help and he the
glory. He then added: IF these peo-
pie would only become stenographers
Or type writer's they might be Of some
use to q magazine. Why, only to-day
I advertised for a stenographer."
Mamie Immediately conceived >
scheme by which she would punish
him for the discontinue he had caused
her on her arrival. She would answer
the advertisement. He had told her
what kind Of letters were most effective.
and she could not doubt but that be
would give her appeal some attention
Mr.. Moore began receiving innumer-
able answers TO bis advertisement.
One aspiring stenographer assured him
that she was very pretty, and could
rlay on the piano. Another said that
she could not write very well. but
would soon learn. One morning Mr.
Moore came I'D to the desk Of another
editor. and exclaimed. triumphantly:
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-22
QUITS.

"There, I think that will do. He
viii never be able to recognize tho
handwriting" and Mamie Raymond
neld at arms length for inspection the
etter she had been writing. After
aCwly waving it to and fro she put it
nto the envelope and, with laugh,
wrote:
Mr.. Sidney Moore,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-22

difference can it maker To be sure it
is rather annoying, but then you can
easily find some one for the place.
Mamie, won't you play that nocturne
/ heard you practicing to-day r
Sidney Immediately forgot every
thing and FASTENED to the piano. So
slight 4 thing could not worry him.
and he thought again and again how
sympathetic and full Of pathos was her
rendering Of the music
After she had finished, Mr.. Hunt
asked Kate If she woald look at the
proofs of some pictures that he had
just received, and they went into
another room.
Mr. Moore said Mamie, II have
learned the accompaniment to the
Song you asked for last evening.
Would Jon Ike 10 sing i now ?" and
she played che opening chords 81 lily
Queen
There was that il bis voice and
glance. = be sang me words. that
deepensd tie color n her cheeks and
rendered uncertain she touch that Was
usually . true
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
College at Pasadena.

An adjourned meeting Of the persons
engaged in starting the college enterprise
at Pasadena was held at the rooms Of the
Young Mems Christian Association, on
Wednesday afternoon. The committee
engaged to prepare articles Of incorpora-
ton presented the same, which were
adopted. An election Of Trustees was
then held, which resulted in electing the
following members:
Ex-Governor Samuel Merrill. Of Pasa-
dena; DIR. W. G. Cochrane, Of Los An
geles; Rev. J. w. Ellis, Of Los Angeles;
Mr. E. Newton, Of Boston, Mass; Hon.
B. s. Eaton, Of Pasadena; Mr.. Abbott
Kinney and Mr.. s. C. Hastings, of Sierra
Madre; Mr.. II. w. Magse. w. 7. Clapp,
Hon. P. M. Green and Rev. Mr.. Thomp.
son, of Pasadena.
The newly elected Board Of Trustees
will meet for organization on Monday,
Feb. 25, 1884, at Pasadena. After being
fully organized the officers will be pre-.
pared to receive propositions for site
and other donations.
The Board embraces some heavy capi-
talists, and men Of great energy and ex-
ecutive ability, and mean to establish q
scientific and literary college of a high
order of excellence. The site which
meets with most favor appears to be
Hermosa Hill, in South Pasadena, about
three-fourths Of mile west Of the Ray
mond Hotel, and is one Of the finest in
the whole State.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
ODE TO SPRING.

The Granger sat In his easy chair,
While IL rained, II rAined. Il ined.
And contsntedly smsothsd his eArmine hair.
While II rained, 1t rained. II rained.
And blithely he looked ct his zelda below
Where his wealth would be when his crops
should grow,
And he poured out his song In copious now
Let II rain, would fAIn have II rain.
Six days have passed away since then.
Still II rains, Il rains, II rains
And the floods hare come and are deep DER his
grain
still 1t rains, IT rains. II rains.
The Changers again In hls easy chair.
But uneasiiy he pulls at his tumbled hair
And he groans deep seated sroan Of despair.
Blast the rain. wouIi fain stop the rain
But t.e rain stopped not at his loud behest
For Il raiued, II rained, still raIned
And he prayed. o Plusius, give us rest,
But 1t rained. it rained. 1t rained
Then he ripped and he swore.
Yes. he c,issed and he tore,
But outside was heard the constant roar
OF the rain the rain. the rain.
But at last II stopped and the sun came out.
No more 1t rained. It rained.
And for nearly three weeks or thereabout.
No more II ralned, II rained.
But the Granger then With suppliant msin
Got onto his knees and prayed for rain
And cried. 'I1l surely lose my grain
Unless 1t rains, 1t rains."
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22

SEVERAL months ago Judge Widne,
made proposition to the people Of this
city which, II II had been accepted
would have made impossible most Of the
damage which has resulted from Sunday
and Mondays overflow Of the Los Ange-
les river, and this very proposition. from
a responsible gentleman, also does away
with the raw head and bloody bones
through which 1t is songht to frighten
this community from taking sensible
precautions for the future. Judge Wild.
ney proposed, II the Council would give
him n toll road franchise running fifty
years, to build magnificent avenue
from the toma to Florence. distance OF
six miles. which he agreed to plant with
trees on both sides. All the Judge
asked in return, was the privilege Of ex-
acting toll, during that period. Of one
cent per vehicle. The Council which
was In being ut that time had q good
deal of the dog-in .the-manger spirit
about it. That body declined to build
this most indispensable Of roads itself and
1t also refused to allow Judge Widney
to build it. As consequence, we are
roadless as to most material section of
Los Angeles city and county, and wehavs
been nicely devastated by the hoods, Al
the same time. 1t is 2 sort of equivocal
consolation to know that we have no
body but ourselves to blame for this la
mentable state Of things.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
FOREIGN.
4 Batch OF q erman lite ms Concern
ing American Matters.


BERLIN, Feb. 2i.-The Deutsehe Tage
Jtah yesterday contained savage at
tack on Minister Sargent. The Bertiaey
Tagebiau of to-day regels the attack
and asserts that Sargent has had no re.
lations whatever with any political
party.
The North German Gazette, alluding
to the remarks of the National Gazette
about the American contributions to the
Relief fund for the sufferers from the
Rhine inundations, says: 1--WE should
like to call attention to the fact that the
debt which was contracted then towards
America may be logically paid by raisiug
funds in Germany to help to relieve the
sufferers from the present floods in
America"
The National Gazette opposes the com.
ment, OF the North German Gazette upon
the Lasker incident, and says: "That
the courtesy of a foreign legislative body
could be regarded as an act of interfer-
ence and as likely to provoke i'll feeling,
could be the opinion only of people who
cannot hear word of praise addressed
to political adversary 1t says fur
ther, regarding the assertion OF the
North German Gazette concerning the
ignorance of diplomatic usages dis
played by Minister Sargent in his
note to Bismarck, transmitting the Lasker
resolution; "There is no doubt the sane
assertion would have been made if the
resolution of the House OF
Representatives had been sent
by Minister Sargent direct to the Presi.
dent of the Reichstag. We do not feel
inclined to take Minister Sargent's part,
but it is to be regretted that the element
of personal i'll feeling should be appar-
ent in the treatment of this question,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22

WHAT appear to us to be very un.
reasonable opposition is being fermented
in the City Council against the establish
ment of Kiosks in this city. They are a
most sensible contrivance which, in no
whit, will interfere with any existing
business, They will be simply points OF
rendezvous and convenience, IN which
ladies and others may assemble to rest
themselves, to glance over newspaper,
to buy postage stamp or to wait for a
car. Under the conditions of the fran
chise which We understand to have been
granted 10 AIr. Cuyas, the maintenance
of public order and the instant service
of the police in emergencies, will be more
fully secured. A number of business
men have protested against these Kiosks
under, We believe, an entire misappre-
hensiou Of what they arc designed for.
Their erection here, like the erection of
the electric lamps, will be simply another
evidence that Los Angeles is in the fore.
front as to all the urban and modern
agencies of civilization. A well known
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22

Tnr Ladies' Benevolent Society OF
Los Angeles has always been great
agency for good in this city, and its ef-
forts have never had a more thoroughly
Samaritan cast than now. Its executive
officers are at present domiciled, during
the day. in the City Council rooms,
where they dispense their charities and
receive new members. Here Mrs. Du-
commun, assisted by Mrs. Bath, may be
constantly found. We trust that the
membership will be greatly swollen.
The yearly dues being only 81, every
lady OF Los Angeles ought to be ambi.
tious TO belong to and energize this most
indispensable institution. This is most
emphatically case in which oil may
come at once, II they will.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22
states Prison for Lin.

TOMBSTONE, A. T., Feb. 2l.---John
Keith, an accessory to the Bisbee muir
derers, was to-day sentenced to States
prison for life. The charge on which
Keith was convicted was for killing d.
+. Smith. one Of the four people Killed
at Bisbee.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22

THE fact that, with all this late rack
and ruin OF the elements hereabouts,
only one human being was killed is a
cause for devout thankfulness. Fortu
nately Angelenos had ample notice OF
the approaching ordeal. Had the storm
broken during the night time we should
have been obliged to chronicle some
such calamity as that which happened
at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in the sum.
mer Of 1874, when, through the impro-
visation of deluge debouching from a
gorge in the hills, hundreds of people
lost their lives.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22

THE HERALD, in common with SO
many others, has been sufferer from
the floods. Owing to the failure to ar
rive at this Office on time OF considera
BILE shipment of paper from the East, we
are obliged to issue the WEEKLY HER,
AID this week on paper which is the size
OF the daily. No one regrets this contre.
temps more than we do, but it was Hob
sons choice, as there was not sheet of
the regulation size of paper in Los An
geles, and it is the largest size that
comes here, so that there was none that
could be cut down.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22

| Those who desire TO consult me should do so
| at the earliest possible moment and not wait
until the lungs begin TO break down and cavi
/ ties farm In he lt,nou
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-22

and reputable business firm Of this city
published in yesterdays Express card in
which tho proposed Kiosks arc alluded
to as peddlers' stands. II we believed
they we're intended as such the HERALD
also would be opposed TO the concession