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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-19
BRIEF MENTIONINGS.

Hot, hotter, hottest, is the word
now.
From the present outlook this
will be an aggressive campaign.
1t will soon be time for the mar
tins to. take their flight.
Don't forget the excursion to
COLCHESTER Beach, on Thursday
next.
For a day of pleasure and enjoy
ment go to COLCHESTER Beach on the
21st
No intoxicating liquors are sold
or allowed on the ground at Tolches-
ter Beach.
The steamboats, and the railroad
are doing good business in the ship
ment of fruits.
RY Remember the Excursion to
COLCHESTER Beach on the 21st inst, by
the Presbyterian Sabbath School
The old "City Hotel" porch is
popular resort for our young men to
discuss the issues of the day and
Persons should not throw peach
and melon rinds on the pavement,
they often cause fall and thereby an
injury.
The sundower is blooming in all
lis golden splendor, and adorns
many yards in our city of aesthet-
ic people.
"A little barefoot boy was made
to dance jig at the market this morn
ing He trod on peach under
which was hornet.
An exchange says the reason
why the sea serpent has not been
seen this year is because the real able
liars are engaged on campaign docu-
ments.
EE-The first excursion this season
from Annapolis to Tolchester Beach
will be next Thursday, on the Nelly
White, by the Presbyterian Church
Sabbath School.
Certain of our republican friends
are accusing certain of their party
element with drawing the color line.
This is bad feeling and should not
be encouraged.
1t is bad practice for young
men to gather in groupes on the
street corners-it is far better to keep
moving about, as it gives exercise to
the body and activity to the mind.
The latest variety of water-mel-
on is the iron-clad rind, the half of
which when dug out will bear the
weight of the heaviest man. 1t is
also called the shipping melon on ac-
count of its great strength.
a novel exhibition of cane win
ming took place at our market house
on Saturday night, by which fellow
paid Eve cents TO pitch ring o certain
distance over cane, and in the event
Of ringing it he takes the cane
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-19
Returned TO His Old Ouarters.

Mr.. VIM. McNasby who was en-
gagged in the furniture business here
and left in the early spring for Balti-
more and then for South Corolina,
has returned and taken possession of
his old quarters on Main street, where
he will continue to conduct the same
business. We welcome Mr.. McNasby
back to his old quarters and bespeak
for him liberal patronage.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-19
Going to the Ships.

The U. S. transport "Standish, !"
Capt. B. +. Perry, leaves here this
evening at I o'clock for the practice
ships DALE and Constellation, 2
now at Portsmouth, Va, with mails,
clean linen, &c, for the cadets. The
ships viii be in the roads the last Of
the week
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-19
Correspondence Evening Capital.)
Letter From Annapolis Junction.
ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION,
August Is, 1884.

August Is, 1884.
Mr.. Editor.
At least eight or ten thousand peo.
pie visited Irving Park camp-meeting
on Sunday. Trains from Baltimore,
Washington and Annapolis, all bring
ing their quota. While waiting tor
a train a boy at Laurel station, step
ped upon a broken glass bottle that
had been carelessly thrown out by
some one, cutting fearful cash in
his foot, and became so weak from
the loss of blood, that be had to be
carried to the nearest drug store,
where the wonnd was dressed.
The bands from Ellicott city,
Savage and Ellysville held union
picnic at Ellicott city on Thursday,
which wound up with dance in the
evening, and an enjoyable time was
spent.
Laurel lost one of her most pfomi-
nent and enterprising citizens last
Monday, in Baltimore, by drowning,
Mr.. j. Fleister, who for many years
had been engaged in business at this
place. This section is now suffering
very much for rain.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-19

Mr.. Edwin G. Taylor, Of this city,
has received . position with Messrs.
Duker & Co., of the welI-known lum-
Der and factory men of Baltimore. We
congratulate Mr. Taylor upon his ap-
pointment.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-19

Arrival and Departure of Train.

TRAINS LEAVE TRAINS ARRIVE.
Mail, 6.35 a. m. Mail, 800 a. m.
Accom-, 11.55 p. m. Accom-, 1.50 D. m.
Mail, 42Op m. Mail, 6.35 ,. m.
Sunday Trains 80 a. IN. A. 30 D. IN.
Through freight to and from Baltimore
every day. Local freight Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday at a. m.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-19
TIE
RArEs DE- ADvERrIsING

One inch, one day, 70 cents two days.
81 90 three days, $1.25 one week, 81. 90;
two weeks, $500. Liberal rates made
with those advertising by the month or
year. Local notices and political or spe
cial communications, cents per line.
Ordinary announcement of marriages
and deaths free, but obituary notices will
be charged for at one-haIf the usual rates
of advertising.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-19
.9nsGinfiops of Ieafaing.
THE HOME SCHOOL.

(scIect and Limited)
MIS-. A. ! NAlhlN9' PRINCIPAL.
HIH Opea SEPTEMBER lf
At No. S2 Church st. Annapolis, Nd.
5ugl3-3w4
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

The battle Of lippecanoo was fought
Nov, 7, 1911.
The Fahrenheit thermometer was in
vented in 1926.
Linen shirts were first worn in Eng
land about 1858.
Homer is the earliest profane author
who speaks of the tides.
Pliny SAYS that the Gauls invented
soap. The Romans used fulor's earth.
The order of the Templars was
founded in Ills and became extinct in
1914.
The patent for the first copper
sheathng was taken out in London in
172S, but it was not used in the royal
navy until l76l.
Arabic was the legal language of
Spain until the fourteenth century.
Spanish did not become general until
the sixteenth.
The Romans introduced their ounce,
our avoirdupois ounce, into Britain.
The pre- sent ounce was brought from
Grand Cairo into Eurupe, about the
time of the Crusades, 1895, and was
first adopted at TroyeS, city of
France, whence the name. 1t is used
to weigh gold, silver, and precious
stones.
The last male Plantagenet, the son
of Clarence and Anne OF Warwick was
beheaded in 1899, and his niece, Ursu-
la, married Lord Stafford. Soon this
family became so poor that in 1857 the
Stafford barony was vested in Il work
ing cobbler whom the king compelled
to give up the title, as he was too poor
to support it properly.
Tunnage and poundage were ancient
duties levied on every tun of wine and
pound of other goods, imported or ex-
ported, and were the origin of our
"customs." They commenced in Eng.
land about 1916, and were granted to
the kings for life, beginning with Ed
ward ~. Charles l. gave great offence
by levying them on his authority. 1928.
They were granted 10 Charles II. for
lifetime, June "a, 1860. BY act q
George ILL.,, chapter 13, these and
other duties were repealed, 1887, and
new arrangement of excise and Gus.
toms was introduced.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

Now York Times
Two demure little teachers return
ing to their schools after the holiday
vacation met on train on New Jer-
sey railroad yesterday, and got to tell
ing stories of their school work. Each
had carried to her home when school
closed batch of examination papers,
and each had something to tell con-
cerning the astounding information
conveyed in the answers to the ques-
tions she had propounded Various
evidences of mental alteration were
produced, and one of the teachers
finally said, with an air of triumph:
"Well, III tell you one answer found,
and know you can't have anything
half so awful. | asked what the five
great races were, and one of my girls
said: Father, mother, brother and sis.
ter, and started to add and baby She
didn't feel very sure about that, and
SO she crossed it out. Now, did you
ever hear of anything so ridiculousP"
"Yes," said the other teacher, calm
ly, 81 did. asked what constituted the
solar system, aud one OF my boys an.
swered, The solar system is composed
of all fur-bearing animals.
The first teacher looked at her COM
panion suspiciously for a moment and
then said, with n mighty effort not 10
appear envious: "Well, 1 wouldn't
teach In q district where children were
so stupid as that" and then there was
about three miles of frigid silence, an
Ill the peace.making train.boy came
along and threw only one copy of a
fashion magazine into the seat for the
two teachers to inspect.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

The bill introduced by Mr.. Ander-
son in the house for tho adjustment Of
land grants made by congress to aid
the construction of railroads, provides
that the secretary of the interior shall
adjust the grants to the Leavenworth,
Lawrence and Galveston and Atchin-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroads up
on the principle of tho decisions rem
dered by the United States supreme
court. If upon the adjustment ii shall
be found lands have been certified to
the companies in excess of tho amount
they were lawfully entitled, they shall be
forfeited. lfthG companies sold land to
which they were not lawfully entitled,
the sales shall be void Innocent pur-
chasers, however, have a prior right
of homestead by pre.emption, and if
they have exhausted the rights of the
homestead or prc-emption, they shall
have right to purchase the lands
from the government and recover
from the companies the amount paid
it. Upon the same principles OF adjust
ment, the secretary of the interior is
authorized to adjust the grants OF land
made to the Kansas Pacific, Missouri,
Kansas and Texas, and the St. Joseph
and Denver City railroads. No more
lands shall be patented to any of the
above roads until the grants are ad-
iustod. If any road mentioned in the
bill was not completed within the time
and upon the terms of the grant, all
lands granted it which have not been
certified or patented revert to the Unit
ed States, and will be open for settle
ment the same as other public lands.
The secretary is authorized to adjust
all grants to aid in the construction of
roads in any of the states or territories
upon the same terms and conditions
provided by the bill.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31
JhurCn and State,
New York Home journal,

NtN iVIh Il'll' "NHiHH'
Some of our noighbors are inclined
to lament over the prospect of more
complete separation of church and
state. They should rejoice, rather.
If ecclesiastical history records any de.
monstrated experience, it is that re-
ligion is never moro directly in the path
to corruption than when it enters into
allisnco with political powers. There
is not single notable exception.
Wherever the sword and purse OF civil
politics have been called in to support
ecclesiastical sanctions there true reli-
gion has begun to vacate her throne,
and to give place to venality, formal
ism, hypocrisy and their countless ret.
inue. Look over tie civilized world
Where are the great centres of disbelief
to-day but in the very seats of the clos
est union of church and state in form
or generations? Our worthy neighbors
should heed the lesson, and instead of
lamenting at changes should rejoice
that they are not left to repeat blndly
the errors of the past. Do they imag-
inc that institutions must perish be.
cause the statute law does not define
them in the same way as the sacred
canonp As secular interference is
withdrawn, must not the institution
rest all the more firmly and centrally
on whatever real basis it may have in
conscience, faith and reasonP Is it
not trueuniversally that the strongest
and most enduring things are those
that stand on their own founda-
ton without foreign aidP Does not
excessive regard for an extianeous
prop imply profound distrust of the
very structure itself, of its ability to
stand alone and vindicate its broad
values to the enlightened conscience
and intellect of humanity
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

New orleans llthtsDtihu'FAt,
Ancient ruins have recently been dis
covered in Sonora, which, if reports
are true, Surpass anything of tho kind
yet found on this continent. The ruins
are said to be about four leagues south
east OF Magdalcna. There is one pyr.
amid which has base of 1850 feet,
and rises to the height of 80 feet; there
is a winding roadway from the bottom
leading up on nm easy grade to the top,
wide enough for carriages topass over,
said to be twcnty-thrCG miles in length.
The outer walls Of the roadway are
laid in solid masonry, huge blocks of
granite IN rubble work, and the circles
are rs uniform and the grade as regular
as they could be made at this date by
our best engineers. The wall is only
occasionally exposed, being covered
over with debris and earth, and in
many places the sohuaro and other III
digenous plants and trees have grown
up, giving the pyramid the appearance
OF mountain. To the east Of the pyr-
amid short distance is small noun
tain, about the same size, which rises
about the same height, and if reports
are true, will prove more interesting
to the arcbeDlogist than the pyramid.
There seems to be a heavy layer ef a
species of gypsum about half way up
the mountain, which is AS white us
snow, and may be cut into any con.
ceivable shape, yet sufficiently nard 20
retain its shape after being cut ia
this layer of stone people Of ap un-
known age have cut hundreds upon
hundreds of rooms from 6xlO to lGxlS
feet square. These rooms We're GU,
out Of the solid stone, and so even and
true are the walls, floors and ceilings,
plumb and level as to defy variation,
There are no windows in the rooms and
but one entrance, which is always from
the top. The rooms are about eight
feet high from floor to ceiling; the stone
is so white that it seems almost trans
parent, and the rooms are not at all
dark.
On the walls of these rooms are
numerous hieroglyphics and representa-
tions of humaH forms, with hands and
feet of human beings cut in the stone
in different places. But, strange to say,
all the hands have i've fingers and
thumb, and the feet have six toes.
Charcoal is found on the floors Of many
of the rooms, which would indicate
that they built fires in their houses.
Stone implements of every description
are to be found in and about the rooms.
The houses or rooms are one above the
other, to three or more stories high;
but between each story there is a jog,
or recess, the full width of the room be-
low, so that they present the appear.
ance of large steps leading up the
mountain.
VINO those people Were, what age
they lived in, must be answered, and,
if answered at all, "by tho wise men
of the east" Some say that they were
ancestors of the MayoS, race of In.
dians who stillinhabit southern Sonora,
who have blue eyes, fair skin, and light
hair, and are said to be n moral, in
dustrious, and frugal race of people,
who have written language, and
know something of mathematics.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

quarters OF its great enterprise here In the
state. 1t is true there are some COnsidcra
tons under which 1t would he wiser aud bet
ter for the whole system Of roads which are
called the AtchisOn, Topeka and Santa Fr, to
have some Of its offices elsewhere, but the
company in the East and in the present has
been and Is doing all that II can 10 keep them
here. Should not the people Of Kansas bear
IN mind that in its whole transCOutincntal en-
tcrprisc the AtchisOn road has two powerful
competitors at the north and two powerful
competitors at the SOUTH and My by freedom
In the operation Of It, system can II success
fully maintain itself The real question
about this matter Is, whether the people Of
the state Of Kansas will give the Atchison
road such freedom in the management, not
only OF the Atchisun, Topeka and Santa Fr
railroad, but OF It's many other lines, as will
justify 1t in doing its entire business here.
THE ERAuROAp ApCOMMIssIoNERs
have diligent duty to perform, II will he as
hard for them to satisfy the people as 1t has
hccu for the railroads Kansas Is now passing
through the same unfortunate experience in
regard TO railroad regulation which other
states east Of lis have happily gotten over. In
all these states tue experience has been that
railroad rate regulation did serious injury,
and this was 50 evident that amendments 10
the laws have been made leaving in all the
states a railroad commission like that in the
state Of Massachusetts,, with advisory powers
only.
TIE Atchison road has the fullest confidence
in the z 'Od sense aud intelligence Of the pro.
pie " the state. It will take some little time
for the people TO learn all the facts in the mat
ter, but sooner or later they will get them,
and when they DO we believe that they will
find that they have not Only been fairly treat
Oh In tI,ft {,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31
General Mackenzie and His Mother,

Waco (Texas) Examiner.
| A good deal is said about the recent
insanity of General Mckenzie. The
writer lived in Santa Fe last winter
and spring, and saw much of the gen.
eral He was devoiedly attached to
his mother, noble woman. The rela.
tions between the distinguished son
and the venerable mother were very
togghingly tender, and each seemed to
live but in the smiles of the other
Mrs. Mckenzie died in early spring.
This was a most severe shock to the
shattered nervous system Of the gener-
al and one from which it was impos-
sible for him to recover. Outside Of
this absorbing passion for his parent,
he seemed to be almost entirely devoid
of the usual human sympathies. He
was simply and only soldier, brave,
accomplished, and faithful commander.
His appearance, manners, and bearing,
all Indicated wrapped or absorbed
condition of the mind, which could not
have been healthful. The present cal
amity which has overtaken him is not
an unexpected one to many who were
most intimately acquainted with him
at the time referred to.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31
OF THE PAST.

White flowers lie upon her breast;
Her throbblng pul'ts are at rest;
A clrclet gllmmers on her head;
She is queen, and she is dead.
Around her all ia very still:
inch inged, behind ch ingeless hill,
The western sun forever dips,
And dying splendors kiss her lips.
Her passive hand sceptre holds;
Her raimcnt falls in stately folds;
Her lAshts slumher on her cheek;
The world would listen did she speak.
She will be still for evermore;
Though crowned king or emperor
Made bare his treasury for her,
The quiet lips will never stir.
She will be still: but all around,
Voices, which speak without sound,
Bid tender chords awake and thrill,
Telling OF her, though shC is ILL
Telling how days had winged feet,
How childish nights had sumbcr sweet,
Aud little many.colored dreams
shjne through the dark In iltful CLEANS.
Then kindly Nature round us curled,
] he skies bVnt down to clasp the world,
Aud every star a bcatOn.light,
Was ST adfast on its stately height.
Content, we frontGd wonders new,
Rainbowa and thunder, tire ami dew,
And deemc the very highway sod
UntrOdden till we came and trod.
And golden were the days OF youth,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

Mr.. 0'HARA, the colored member Of
congress from North Carolina who has
been placed on the congressional cam
paigu committee, has complexion like
Cuban's. He is we'll educated, and
is an earnest and fluent speaker and a
hard worker. Always straightforward
and honest, he is respected by all
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

In rehearsing the advantages of
Manitoba for immigrants, Canadian
paper gives these statistics; The average
yield per acre of wheat in Manitoba
during the past five years was over 20
bushels; barley, 81 bushels; oats, 81
bushels; potatoes, $50 bushels.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

Wall Street News.
"Father, l see by the papers that
Mr.. Gould talks of cutting water.
melonP"
Eyes, my SON.
''Is it n big melon?"
"Rather large"
"And very ripep"
"Well, pretty ripe"
"Aud it's good OF him, isn'tp"
Every good just like Mr.. Could"
When he cuts it will he give all the
boys slioeP"
"Not exactly, my son--not for Jo-
seph! He simply cut the melon in
two.
"And thenP"
"And walk off with n half under each
arm to devour the meat by himself,
aud plant the seeds to fool the boys
another time"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

The Hon. 0den Bowie, Ex. Governor
of Maryland, President of the Balti-
more City Passenger Railway Co., also
President of the Maryland Jockey
Club says: "Both in my family, and
in my private stables, as well as those
of the City Passenger Railway Co. |
have for several years used St. Jacobs
Oil most satisfactorily" Such state
ment ought to convince every reader
OF this paper. .h
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

TIE official record Of tho death Of a
young girl in Brighton, Mass, filed in
the Registrars Office, gives as the cause
of death: Primary-due to the Boston
school system of 'cramming,' too much
study and brain work, duration six
months; secondary-congestion of the
brain, resulting in coma, duration
thirteen days,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

CUNT MELIKoFF will superintend
the education of the children Of the
Princess Dolgorouki, who has taken a
house in Belgravia for next season.
The count, however, is now seriously
i'll. He commanded the Russian troops
at the capture of Kars in 1877.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

The distinguished Boston fellow-citi-
zen, Sullivan, seems to create an ex-
citement everywhere he goes in the
great west. A great many people in
the future out west will speak of Boston
as The home of Sullivan,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

AN Arkansan, who looked through
the car window while tie train halted
at Little Rock the other day and saw
General Hancock dressed in dark suit,
audibly expressed his opinion that "he
didn't put on much style"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

RANDOLPH CALDECoTT carries an
artists commonplace book, and when.
cver-on the street, in company, any
where-he sees striking or odd feat
ure, be it eye, or nose, or mouth, or
limb, out come book and pencil and it
is sketched for future use.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

The lectures of Joseph Cook sug-
gests story to the San Francisco Bull
letin: "Sandy, what is tho state of re-
ligion in your town." bad, sir, very
bad. There are no Christians except
Davis and myself, and l have many
doubts about Davis"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

BARTHOLOMEW BINNS, the English
pubic hangman, was arrested recently
and fined 20 shillings and costs for trying
to ride free on q railroad in London.
He was Intoxicated at the timo and
thought he was member of parlia-
ment.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

For long period Sonneberg, in
Germany, supplied the world with toys,
but the protective tariffs introduced of
late years in France, Italy, Sweden and
America have injured the trade to the
extent of some S25O,0OO a year, and
thrown hundreds out of employ.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

THE DePauw University, in Green
castle, Ind, is to have eight more
buildings law college, medical
college, theological college, an OBJ
servatory, two dormitorics, and other
structures-to be erected without delay.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-01-31

THE total number of actions brought
in the high comt of justice in England
last year was 100000, one-third COM
menced in the district registries and
two-thirds in London.