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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-25
A knowledge of Grasses.

There are few kinds of information
more In need among farmers, and which
are more practical and interesting, than
general knowledge of the grasses. AL
though over 5000 species of grasses
are known, very few as yet contribute
In any measure to agricultural wealth.
For hay or pasture purposes scarcely
more than half a dozen grasses are grown
by the farmers of the Eastern States, and
even they are imported from the Old
World. Timothy, June grass, red-top
and orchard grass are about the only
kinds of economic importance in the
Northern States June grass, although
a native in mountainous regions, was
undoubtedly introduced from Europe on
to our farms.
According to a recent list of grasses
issued by Doctor George Vasey of the
department of agriculture, the United
States has within its borders $50 distinct
species of grasses OF these probably
$50 are natives. Many of these natives
give promise Of great economic value,
and several have been pretty thoroughly
tested. With so much of our land which
can be proftably utilized only as a mea-
dow or pasture, it becomes matter of
no little Importance as to what grasses
to grow. No doubt some of our com
monty cultivated grasses could be re-
placed by more profitable kinds. Very
little is popularity known concerning our
native grasses. Many of them look alike
and are often COMPOUNDED by pretty good
observers. In the Northeastern United
States, those living east of the Mississippi
and north of Virginia. there are $50
species of grasses. Over half of these
are natives. As yet there is no agricul-
tural work of any value on the grasses.
Some of the State agricultural reports
contain valuable articles on the subject,
especially New York report for 1869.
Since 1878 the national reports have con-
tanned plates and descriptions of grasses
and forage plants, but the matter is most
~ of technical nature Fortunately,a
practical work on grasses is in course of
preparation by well-known writer of
long experience in grass culture.
A primary requisite to a study of the
grasses is clear understanding of what
grass is. Clover is by no means
grass. neither are the coarse and innutri-
Gus bog grasses" or sedges of low mea-
COWS. A = cereals are true grasses.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-25

cause she hides them under the lower
lashes. Loves men In general and alw ay
one in particular.
A rigid Lutheran, she is very severe
on the sins of others, but settles her own
directly with heaven. She receives cor
daily in the morning friends oil whom
she has spoken Ill of the night before.
Has an air of being scandallzed at TINS
or that: il is a defence against others
severe judgments of her. Loves study
and music and occupies herself with
pleasure in the details of Housekeeping.
Whatever her origin, she is above all a
born housewife. She has a beautiful
face and form, which, however, quickly
deteriorate.
THE ITALIAN.
Hate In heart; love In her eyes. The
pride of a great lady with sordld
nature. Loves money and pleasure. I'm
submissive, idle, passionate. Ambl-
tious, yet servile if her interests require
it. She has an attractive person, and
knows how to dress herself in material
which is perhaps hardly cut out; Grapes
or wraps herself in a scarf; arranges her
hair with pin, and adorns herself with
a pearl. Her voice, which has discords
when she speaks, becomes harmonious
when she sings. She almost always
marries an Italian, does not seek strangers
until after marriage Credulous and
superstitious. she believes in omens and
bad signs, fearing the evil eye, two
knives crossed, and the point of straw.
She has luxurious chamber, splendid
ly adorned with painting, statues, mo-
sales and fine chandeliers. The bed is a
work of art, the satin curtains are held
up by little cupids apparently at play.
They would be hard to satisfy If they
were not content with their surroundings
THE RUSSIAN.
She is beautiful. intelligent and in
different to the opinion of the world.
Promises herself many admirers. Goes
to the watering places, and is reigning
belle. She plays for high stakes, and
gets angry when she loses. Wears Paris
costumes in a way which makes them
doubly charming Her hair grows in
luxuriant waves She has nature which
casts aside all wells. is fascinating and
good natured Talks better than a
French woman; in everything she is au-
dacious. The habit of absolute com
mand leaves its impress on her. She has
never said TO a servant: Please give
me this or that" but at twelve years of
age will order her nurse to be beaten if
vexed with her. Loves dogs, trutf1es and
champagne Eats like man. Has a
luXuriant room carpeted with fur rugs
Paris Fl01T0.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-25
WORDS OF WISDOM.

A noble heart. like the sun, showeth
its greatest countenance in its lowest es-
tate.
To have thought far too little, we shall
find in the review of life, among our CAPT
tai faults.
The hardest trial of the heart is
whether it can bear rivals failure with
out triumph.
The thunder of great words does not
always betoken great thought, for many
a grand salute is fired with "a blank car
fridge.
A mans fortune should be the rule
for his sparing, not spending. Extrava.
gance may be supported, not justified, by
Nffluence.
We seldom contemn mankind till they
have injured us, and when they have we
seldom do anything but detest them fc
the injury.
The Chinese have saying that an un'
lucky word dropped from the tongue can
not be brought again by a coach
and six horses.
More hearts pine away in secret
anguish for unkindneSs from those who
should be their comforters, than for any
other calamity in life.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-25
Concerning Cheese.

A crust of bread and cheese, Says an
exchange, has long been a proverblal
phrase Indicative of penurious hospital
ity, but European agricuturalists bid
fair to reverse its application, Judging
from the elegant and tempting varieties
of cheese now reaching our markets in
increasing consignments. From the
chalet high up on Alpine meads, from
communes of sunny France, from Scan
dinavian forests, low lying Holland, and
even distant Italy, this easily portable
product of the dairy finds its way to our
tables. Some few of these have long
been known TO the epicure, but recently
become articles of comparatively com
mon consumption. Such is the Gruyere,
which by right of size comes naturally
foremost great cheese, weighing 100
pounds, rich and luscious, from Switzer-
land. 1t sometimes measures yard in
circumference. But upon this huge mass
delicate skill and at least one years at
tention has been lavished, to bring it to
the exact consistency of a species OF
firmer butter disappearing, as it were,
upon the tongue The process is car
ried on in summer almost beside the
glacier and avalanche. and one part OF
the system is said to be repeated gen
tie simmering of the curd 1t sells mere al
about thirty cents a pound. Quite a
contrast is presented by the Mont d'OI
cheese-from Franco yellow disk, say
five inches across, like a cake of solid
honey The taste is delicious, and 1t has
a tempting appearance upon the table
These cheeses are usually obtained by the
I 1fxy-f five
which is also the value of Camebert, still
less in diameter, but thicker.
A cheese commanding a wider sale is
the Roquefort (French) the price of
which, sixty cents pound, indicates a
superior quality. 1t is a cream cheese.
coated with tin foil and weighing about
four pounds; it is made from the milk of
sheep, and when cut open is flecked with
the peculiar decay so dear to the artist in
eating. This moldiness is the chief OBJ
ject of the maker, who assists its devel-
opment by the use of little barley
bread The cheese is matured in series
of natural caverns, the draught through
which affects the ripening. Roquerort
and Gorgonzola Italian) much resemble
the English Hilton; the latter is also
made from cream only, is very rich, and
about the same price.
The flavor of some of the foreign
cheeses is varied by the addition of cara
ways or cinnamon; others are prepared
with herbs, as the Schabzieger from
Switzerland France also sends the Fro
mage de Brie and Bondon (cream), Port
PEvecque, ETC., not ALL perhaps, quite
attractive to the American nostril: and
Switzerland the Neufchatel cream, like
molten Hilton, and eaten as butter on a
slice of bread
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-25
Never Seen Him by Daylight.

A society belle who usually goes to the
North shore for the summer, but this yeal
took holder fight, remarked the other
evening to her confidential friend: 81 am
glad Mr.. Y is to be at Mount Desert
when we are this summer Do you know
I've been acquainted with him for three
years and l never saw him by daylight.
He used to come over from the hote.
evenings, and then in the city met him
at parties and he called in the evenings.
and positively I've known him pretty
well for all that time and never saw him
except by gaslight. / must see him in
the day time, for I've about made ND nv
mind to marry him, and it is best to ex.
anime him in all lights However absurd
this may seem ON the face of it. it is as a
matter of fact strictly true, both the lady
and the gentleman being pretty well
known IN fashionable circles in the CITY.
--,BOst0a .adrkrtiser.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-25
Household Hints.

Equal parts of chloroform and aI'.
will remove paint spots from '''
goods.
To keep the lamps from smoking
the wick in strong, hot vinegar D'
before putting it in the lamp.
If your white handled knives have /.
come yellow, they can be made "
again by rubbing with sandpaPe5,
must be thoroughly and vigorously ~
A good way to clean marble Hl4 !.
and slabs, is to cover the spot VIZ y.
paste of equal parts of soda, pow
pumice stone and chalk. mixed 'us.
with water. Let it remain on over "a 4
and in the morning wash of via :
water and rub dry with wooden ci0-
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-25
Fish Eating Plants.

Professor Baird. of the Va
Museum at Washington, has e.
from England a specimen OF an I ~
fish-eating plant, known as u.
bladderwort. which has been dl'co,. ~.
to be peculiarly destructive 70 -
fish. The plant is large, has Do
but floats free in the watel' p 1.-a,
leaves bear small bladders WnlCH -, -
the fish fry. Twelve or fifteen f. i.rai
of the plant are found within 'ns,.5. =
of the United States, and 1t aOo.J5 :
the fish commissions carp PyI; ,trr
Washington, where it has D $50
duced at considerable labor ana 5't l. si-
having been heretofore regarqnsti, "a II
cellent fish food. Professor Dan 3.
warn carp culturists to destro! ~
wherever found.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-25
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Rusv Tjmes ON the Farm,

Be UP and stirring, oh, my boys,
If each would wilma bonny lassl
The morn is ruddy in the east,
The dew is steaming ON the grass;
The pork is frying in the pan
The Johnny cakes are golden brown. o.,
Come grind your scythes and eat your M
And cut the sturdy clover down.
Let Sue and Mary milk the cows,
And with them lay all nonsense by;
The woodchuck beats you at the start
The quails are piping in the rye!
If race YOU must, the meadow lot
Is lust the place; but let me hear
The victor's springing milestone mock
No lazy laggard in the rear
G. Y. Macham, in Springfield Repubttcdn
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-25
The Richness of the Peanut.

A Houston county Georgia. man made
$3.50 clear off seventeen acres of peanuts
last year, says the Boston Globe, beside
fattening drove of 800 hogs. Fifteen
years ago Mr.. F. A. Palmer, the new
general agent of the Wabash railroad
in Chicago, was peanut peddler on the
road. The peanut is getting to be ire
mendous factor in our nineteenth-century
civilization.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-25

however, wheat, oats, rye. barl.,
sugar cane, sorghum, broom Corn ! I
corn. The Grdmi,aea, or grass ~ y
includes about one twenty.seco,n5,' 4
known Towering plants.-Cgltira.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-25

The last estimate upon manu- XII
in this country is that there az Goai
establishments employing ;t.l
hands and "a, 800, 900. 600 ID caD = q
with an annual product worn odn ooo .
600. 600: which is 81, 900, OOO'V"
than that of Great Britain
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-25

The golden rule for cholera times, and
indeed for all other times. are to keeu
clean, lead a regular life and never
worry.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-25
THE GERMAN

With her, love enters first into the
brain, then ascends into the heart. A
pale blonde; she has the beauty of youth
with spice of the wicked one about it,
and acts in a manner that ought to please
him. Her ewes look very modest. be-
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A perfect creole. A child of nature.
The sun which makes the orange trees
blossom has developed her sensibilities
before her mind was formed There has
been no time to breathe to her word of
love, and yet her eyes speak it already.
She dances, sleeps and fans herself. Eats
little, a cup of chocolate, and cake
smelling of roses suffice for her break
fast She sups on serenade.
She wears short dresses, pretty stock
ings, and slippers, or shoes without heels;
passes her days in looking out of the
window when the balcony fails or is for
hidden her; is very ignorant, never reads
and much less writes Desires to be
married, not from calculation or ambition
but simply because a natural instinct
makes her understand, even before she
has ceased to jump rope, that husband
is an indispensable thing.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
PERSONAL.

John Mccullough, the tragedan, was received by
Mayor Martin of Boston on Thursday, aud after to-
nights play Will be entertained by the Central
Club.
Another veritable "schoolmastcr abroad" is Mr.
w. +. Strong. recently appointed Secretary Of Le-
cation at Vienna. He had been for years Junior
master in the Public Latin School of Boston.
The story that the father Of Leon Gambetta was
going to get married again is said to have been the
spiteful invention Of some of the people of Cahors
who hate the old man for depriying their town of
the honor OF being his som burial place as il Washs
birthplace.
The Hon. Thomas L. Grady, recently State Sena-
tor, began his career as public speaker by deliver
ing addresses before the Roman Catholic Total ABB
stincncc societies OF this city. He is still temper
ance man. though an inveteTate smoker. His father
and one brother are IN the employ of the City Gov
crnment. and another brother is in the priesthood.
He is about thirty years OF age
Ex-senator Thomas l.. Clingman of North Caro-
lima, spends much time in this cityat the Ncw-York
Hotel the favorite stopping place of many
Southerners IN past years. His home is at Ashe-
vile, BuncOmbe County. n. c., but it was not he
who first spoke for Buncombe." Afterncarly half
a centurys experience he still takes an interest In
politics, and though he was a comrade of Jefferson
Davis and Robert ToOmbs in secession days, is now
strongly auti-BOurbon in his sympathes. He
thinks il would be well 10 do away with both the
existing National parties and draw new lines de-
timing new issues. General Clingman-he is an eN-
rebel Dngadier-is gray and slightly bent with age
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
Amnsemenis Co. Niabt.

ACADEMY OF MUsIc-2-" Martha"
BDoU OPERA House, and g." orpheus and Eurydice'
gsRooKLYN ACADEMY-S-PhiIharmoni Concert
s,4sTNo-2 and g." The Beggar Student"
DAYS THEATRE-2 and s." SevenTwenty Eight"
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, and S." Francesca da Rimini."
HAvERLYs COMEDY TTHATRE-2 q" Boccaeelo 5
mime. Fayart."
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE and s;30-"Thc Raah.'
AfADIsoS CLUB THEATIE-1 / :30-Readings.
METROPOLITAN OPERA House," Carmen"
NI.w PARK THEATFE-S--"M Miss" .
0,,mo's GARpEN-2 and s--"The Pavements OF Paris
STAR THFATRE-2--" King Lear -" Richard Ill"
sgEISwAY HAlI,-2 and S-Concerts.
FcHAIA THEATRE--2 and g." Afrikareise
f',.ATRr CoMQUE--S" Cordelias Aspirations"
x,oN SQUARE THEATRE and -"Storm Beaten
N.aiI.ACh's THEATRE-2 and S." Old Heads and Young
Hearts" . .
ETY ANENTF THEATRE and s." Peril"
AIM STREET THEATRE--2 aud So For Congress"
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
TIE STATE IND THE FORESTS.

The North Woods are not out of danger
although the popular demand for their prnscr-
walton seems overwhelming. The trouble lies
just here. 1t is acknowledged that stripping
the timber growth from the mountain sides is a
menace to our great water ways, that it means
food and drouth, and disastrous climatic
changes. But these dangers arc comparatively
remote although certain, and they threaten
Immediately no personal interest. On the other
hand the men who are carrying the railroads
into the Wilderness, building dams and sawmills
and swinging axes, have a direct and present
interest in the work Of destruction. They
have compact organization and know pre-
cisely what they want. Just now their aim is
to quiet public apprehension by encouraging
some half-hearted measure by the State
authorities. Under cover of an apparent effort
TO save the wholesome legislation without
any spirit or force in it-thcy can prosecute
their work with renewed zeal.
The policy of the Governor and the Senate
Committee means nothing but delay and delay
is fatal. The question of State ownership is too
important to be dismissed before it is discussed.
1t may be essential to the success of any COM
prehensive forest policy. 1t is difficult to see
how any effective forest law can be enforced
while large part of the territory is in private
hands. The measure outlined by Senator Miller
and practically embodied in the bill prepared
by Mr.. DOlshcimcr cOmmends itself TO every
philosophical citizen. What objection can
Dc offered to the appointment of such n com
mission rs the one contemplated in this bill
And if this commission after proper study finds
that il is Necessary for the State to acquire
some Of the land which it has lost why should
not the State exercise its right of eminent
domain, Just as it does in other cases where
matters of infinitely less moment are at stake
Mir. Jcsup. who represented the Chamber of
Commerce before the Senate Committee on
Forest Lands last Thursday, deserves the
gratitude of the State for his earnest protest on
this capital point The measure ne insists upon
coutcmplatcs final action by the people, and it is
time the people were allowed TO have their say
on = question of such vital Importance. Every
dullal expended in Il tcmpOrizng policy will be
worse tlan wasted, for it will only hasten the
destruction which it prctends TO arrest If the
forests are to be saved, they must be saved now
while they are worth saving. And every acre
that is needed for the public safety should be
placed at once under the protection of the
Commonwealth, where alone il will be out of
danger forever.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
GEAERAL NOTES.

SpratS are so numerous in Scottish waters
this season that millions them have been sold for
sixty tons OF them lately caught in tho
River Tay and put at upon the land As there are
about 72 900 average sprats in ton the total number
destroyed must be enormous They are wholesome food
but the cost of getting them TO English markets leaves
no prOht for the statesmen
About two months ago Mr. c. I. BrOwnell.
Of BinghamtOn exchanged a handsome residence in
that place for farm Of 2lO Grafton. n H.,
owned by a conservative Englishman who you'd never
allow any one investigate certain slight indications of
something valuable than soil beneath the surface.
The new owner however made an examination at once
mica which undeTlies thirty acres OF his farm
The Hungarian Minister of Internal Com
muncaons has issued a decree forbiddng any private
citizen or any official of lower grade than Ministerial
Councillor to tread upon the stair carpets in
the Ministerial building The uneooered parts
for general 1t does not clearly appear
whether this Is simply economical device TO save tho
carpets or political movement OF deep significance.
The 0mithOl0gical Congress which is 10
meet in Vienna April 16 under the patronage OF the
Austrian Crown Prince will adopt measures for pro-
noting the work. begun at Ais suggestion several years
ago, Of observing from stations erected for the purpose
the migration OF birds. series OF these stations now
exists in Austria Hungary but = manifest that com,
paaNcy little can be accomplished by the yst'lh ui
1t has been extended To other countries.
The Ohio and Mississippi Railroad offered 10
pay the Yale Gec Club 81 900 damages for baggage u
stroyed and engagements cancelled in consequence OF
the shocking accident at Charlestown lnd. The cluo
demanded $1,000 preierring to bring sit rather than
take sum less than the estimated loss; and there W
last accounts the matter stands Suits for heavy dam
ages for bodily INJURIES will doubtless be brought W
essrs StrOug aud CTehOre the permanent re-
suits in their cases have been determined
The Boston Foreign Exhibition will close to-
night without the universal praise OF the exhibitors.
Indeed q column OF interviews Ia Thursdays B'sfoa
Hrald would indicate that dissatisfaction ana
disgust the management and practical results OF
the fair are widespread. Complaint IS made that eN-
hibors have been sui jectcd TO provoking regulations
and unnecessary expense and "a the various evils Nmdh
conflict of authority; so tlat IN many 49,
the net result of their enterprise Is a eonSheiaOio
pocuniary loss.
4 Boston letter 10 The PhiiadcIphia Press
report, that singular fraud has just been uneaed 1T
Harvard: II was found" says the correspondent tbh
in the pre.eut freshman class were two students WI"
had hired some one 70 pass the examinations for h'n
Tho n,rhculars OF one told me, nnd possibly
the second is only an addition uado by ruhorto tho
truth This young mans fathey himself q harVagi
graduate hired man. also annus, to take his sons
examination. The deception would seem TO be so
easy that It Is strange that It has not been ted Dcoo
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12

the plane of civilization. There is no justifica-
ton for it, and we sec how, in the South, 1t
degenerates still more very easily, and becomes
the instrument Of foul crime and cruel
injustice in tho hands of the evil dis
posed. 1t is alien to the spirit of American
progress, and the suggestion of such recourse
should cause the proposer TO be regarded with
suspicion, as an unenligh ghteneda and law-contem-
ming person. If the American people cannot so
use their intelligence as to secure the due
punishment of crime by reliance upon civilized
methods, depend upon it, they will never sue
ceed in effecting their purpose by resorting TO
methods which are altogether baIbarOus.
New-York tribune., 1884-01-12
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, JANUARY Ie, 1884

to draw the worst differences regarding not onl
his general character. but his conduct toward this
young lady in particular. Mr.. Jenkins, having
been bought up, apparently, in an atmosphere
where shooting was easy, went straightway, and,
without investigating the truth Of his suppostions,
or even making sure that the young lady had meant
what she seemed to mean, shot Mr.. Borden dead.
Then tho young lady explained that what she said
had been misunderstood. The whole transaction
was a complete satire-and yet grim One-upon
the Southern shooting business. 1t was announced
in the Conference that Mr.. Jenkins had sent back
his credentials, that his name had been dropped
from the rolls and that his case was pendingin
the courts.
1t would he interesting TO know whether any
thing is being done with it there. In the North, if
a murderer has not been tried after six months, it
usually means that the District-Attorney is too
busy, or that the criminal is able to hire lawyers
expert in making dilatOry motions. In the South it
too often means that the murderer is enjoying his
freedom and all the pleasures of an mistaken social
position. 1t would be ofinterest to know the exact
standing Of the Rev. Mr.. Jenkins among his neigh
bOIs now,