Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-11-10


agisks Of paris the flesh Of the ass and
the mule is esteemed even more highly
than that Of the horse. those dalicacies
fetching price fifteen to twenty per
cent. higher
Explorers Of the air and earth are
strangely alike in two respects individ-
ually they seldom weary of their SELF
imposed struggles. and collectively they
make little progress A first plunge into
Africa or the Arctic is almost certainly
followed BY 3 return trip, If the first be
survived. Yet a lady's finger-tip can
cover all Of the polar circle yet charted.
and Africa is still the unknown CONT
nent. Five hundred ascents are cred
tied to Professor Wise, and GODDARD left
the clouds beneath him at least 500
times. Their perseverance can hardly be
surpassed, and modern skill and science
were exhausted in their appliances. Yet
they went little higher or further or
longer than did the bold men who tested
Montgolier's discovery century ago.
The fascination Of ballo0ning IS akin to
that of gambling. There is 4 glorious
uncertainty whether the aer0naut will
come back to be feted and quizzed by
men of science or whether many sorts of
unpleasant things will happen to him.
There are vast armed forces in India
that are not under British control
Letters to the London Tines show that a
population of 49.05O, 900 Hindoos and
M0hammedans, under princes of their
own, maintain armies numbering $50, 835
troops, with an artillery of 2,237 guns.
In all the native States a warl;kc spirit
prevails, and the discipline and the
weapons are, as a rule, excellent. The
100. 900 soldiers Of the Maharajah of
Nepaul would ask nothing better than to
be led to battle, whoever the adversary.
Before the consolidation of the British
dominion the troops were redoubtable
! antagonists to the best European skill
and discipline. Now these soldiers are
simply the toys of the princes. They
have no duties to perform, for British
rule preserves peace from the Himalayas
to the ocean. But it is possible that ia
the course Of time some ~sagaCious and
ambitious native prince may unite these
immense forces, resistance to which
could not be offered by the comparatively
insignificant number of soldiers under
treat br1taln'S control.
A European war correspondent has TO
be prepared for any emergency. The
New York Sun thus describes the or
binary outfit used by one of them: s'Thcre
is hardly a more formidable variety of
the armed man than the European war
correspondent in his complete war paint.
He is girt with destructive weapons.
like a Montenegriu patriot or a pirate Of
the Bowery mel0drama. A derringer
hangs on his left hip, four barreled
bulldog" balances it on his righ., a
Winchester repeating rife crosses his
back, the strap Of it supporting sup
Elementary cartridge pouch, travelling
inkstand and a house wife containing
needles, thread and other conveniences
advisable in q campaign whore staff OIL
GERS will have to repair their own clothes.
Add to the paraphernaIia bowie-knife,
case knife, hunting knife and q
sword, field glass, water bottle and
flask; add havcrsack by the side and
knapsack for the back: add case for
pens and pencils, also little medicine
chest, and you have the more salient
items of the outfit. A field marshal in
all his glory is less suggestive of havoc
and the dogs of war than scribe thus
terribly caparisoned.n
ssSome kings and queens are at TO rule by
the divine right, asserts the Troy Times.
Humbert. Of Italy has shown that he
is made Of the purest aid noblest materi-
al and It is pleasant to read that the
Empress Augusta, of Germany, is equally
to be admired for her splendid traits Of
character. The poor woman is Tacked
with intoIerablc pain, unable TO walk or
leave her chair; and yet she has herself
carried once week to the Augusta hos
pital and to the Augusta foundation for
the DAUGHTERS Of poor officers and those
killed In battle institutions Of her own
creation where she dispenses in person
consolation. advice and commands.
Every Sunday she attends divine service,
not in her private chapel Or oratory, but
ID one of the public churches. Empress
In name slave in fact she shirks none
Of the obligations. never the most trying
ones, of her station. and astonishes the
most experienced diplomats and ablest
state ministers by the readiness Of her
wit, her unfailing tact and profound
erndition- Those who see her haslt pas.
covered with priceless jewels, robed in
her purple mantle fringed with heavy
sables. do not realize that the regal train
Intentionally thrown over her feet hides
the manned. tortured limb as eIfectually
IS her suiferlngs are concealed under the
IL.