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

ssSlang has this value, that IL shows
how language grows. The English
tongue is 50 vigorous that 1t seizes what
ever it needs fox growth just as It did in
its infancy At that period direct
imitation OF sounds were constantly
made into words, as the young vandals
OF to-day use 'chink" for money. y
Further on in thu growth Of the tongue.
It took from ordinary speech these imita-
tive words, and converted them to new
uses, just as you say ticker for
watch" and puff for advertise
ment.D The contraction or words, is
another stage. as mob, now perfectly
good English, was at first merely slang
for the Latin mabile. the tickle crowd.
as cab was slang for ''cabrioIet.n and
''furlong" for .furron long" the length
OF furrow. and as mob is slang for
mobility"
1--WE make words from mems names in
the same way. suppose 'boycotting'
may be good English soon Martinez.
now indispensable. was the name of q
historic general overstrict in discipline.
Derrick was famous hangman OF the
seventeenth century, in honor of whom
roughs nicknamed the gallows-like
hosting apparatus; and these are two.
only, out of scores of cases.
Many of the words that are now re-
spectabilities of conversation were once
gntter-children, Drag, for instance,
was a thieves word for carriage. and
'dragsmen' the peculiar variety Of thieves
who followed the carriage to cut away
the luggage FROM the rack behind. But
'dray' is good English now for private
coach. 'Kidnap' was thieves slang for
child-stealing that is, to nab kid.
Tie for a cravat, was as much the
slang of low life as 'choker' is now.
'Conundrum' aud donkey and fun
were all slang words, though perhaps not
so low. Bore was slang, and so were
'waddle' and bother st. Nicholas.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11
The Congressional Library.

cool, pleasant resort is the congress-
Ional library, which is open every day in
the week, says a Washington letter. The
single room of the past generation. where
the books We're surrounded with wooden
shelving, has grown into three spacious
halls, four stories high, lined throughout
with alcoves Of solid iron and crammed
from end to end with books behind books
in double rows, while 60, 900 volumes Tor
a library three times as large as that
saved from the flames thirty years ago.
are stacked in daily increasing piles upon
the floors. Librarian Spofford and his
assistant officers are crowded and en-
barrassed in the daily discharge of their
duties by the encroaching army of liter
ature which viii soon usurp every foot
OF room within its present meagre limits
in the capitol In addition to the copy
right books, Mr.. Spofford has taken the
ground that it is the business or the
library of the.llnited Utates to possess all
the literature that the country has pro-
duced Thus this institution is found
constantly competing at almost every
public auction for copies of books. pam
phlets and journals which are continually
poured out of The countless private col
lections of the country into the marts of
public competition. Not only SO, but
still larger importations are made from
the book shops of England and the Con-
tinent many OF which are rich in what
are known AS Americana.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

The Inst warning in respect to adulter-
alton comes from microscopes and
relates to red pepper. The pure capsi-
cum, we are told, is so excessively acrid,
that it Is able to carry four or FIVE times
its bulk Of other substances and still rank
as condiment. Two-thirds Of the best
sample, recently examined, consist Of
wheat -four. tumeric and little rice
meal. To this harmless mixture are fire.
quently added COURAGEOUS earths, to give
weight and red-lead to restore color, both
Of which are far from harmless.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11
Oddities of Human Hair.

When hsir is pulled from the human
head it may BE observed that the end
which was implanted in the scalp is
larger than the hair itself This is the
bulb OF root from which the hair grows.
A hair is, in fact, delicate tube, round
in straight-h haired persons and fiattened
in the curly ~haired. 1t is the fiatness of
the hair which makes it curl. Women
have coarser hair than men. The aver
age number of hairs on the head is about
10. 600 This calculation is based upon
the ascertaiuca fact that square inch of
the head Of j person who has an average
head Of hats contains by actual count
!. 900 hairs approximately. NEARLY days
he kings oE France used to pluck a
single hair fsem the head and bestow Il
upon one oil their attendants as token
OF favor. The hair grows from eight to
ten inches q year. 1t has been found
that it grows faster in the daytime than
at night. and faster in the summer than
in winter. Light and sun evidently have
an inilacnce ON the growth 81 the hair.
IS on other vegetable products.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11
st. John likes peanuts and milk.
-Dr. s. B. Rrittan saws: ).

DR.. s. B. Britain says: las a rule
physicians do not by their professional
methods build up the female constitution,
and they seldom cure the diseases to which
it is always liable in our variable climate
and under our imperfect civilization. Spe-
cial remedies are often required to restore
organic harmony and to strengthen the
enfeebled powers of womanhood, and for
most of these we are indebted to persons
outside of the medical profession. Among
the very best of these remedies / assign a
prominent place to Mrs. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE ComDound
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

The MASON g. HANLIN ORGAN AND PIANO
COMPANY have Just issued their new catalogue
for the season of 1SS4-5. IL forms hand
some 4to pamphlet of forty-six pages, and
contains illustrations accurately showing the
appearance Of all the styles of organs regu-
larly made by them, with detailed descT1p-
tions of the capacity Of each; together with
quite full mention Of the general modes or
construction employed and the great favor
with which the organs have been received all
over the world with accounts OF their
triumphs at all the great comparisons OF
such instruments at Worlds Industrial Ex-
hibitions for many years: with pictures OF
medals, decorations and diplomas OF honor
obtained
In looking over such catalogue one is for
chilly reminded of the magnitude which the
business of reed instruments has attained.
Twenty five years since only o few were
made, under the name s'melodeons," which
had not and did not deserve much favor with
musicians, enjoying very limited sale, at
prices varying from so to $125. Now SO,
600 organs are made yearly in the United
States. which are sold IN all civilized coun-
tries at prices from So to 81, 600 or more
This &C least may be said to any purchaser
Of Mason & Hanlin organ; he viii unques-
tionably get the very best instrument of its
class which can be made. Thirty years ex-
perience is a guarantee of what this company
can and win do They cannot affOrd TO send
out poor organs.
The present catalogue shows an increased
and very complete assortment both as to
cases and capacities. 1t will be sent free, to
any one desiring to see it, on application to
the Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Com
pano, Boston, New York, or Chicago. Boston
Traveller.
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1t is easy enough to correct everybody but
Consumption.

withstanding the great number who
yearly succumb to this terrible and fatal dis
ease, which is daily winding its fatal coils
around thousands who are unconscious of its
deadly presence, Dr. Piercos Golden Medi-
cal Discovery" viii cleanse and purify the
blood of scrofulous impurities and cure tuber-
cular consumption (which is only scrofulous
disease of the lungs. Send three letter stamps
and get DIR. Pierce's complete treatise on con-
sumption and kindred affections, with num-
erous testimonials of cures Address Worlds
Dspensary Medical Association, Buffalo,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

Why suffer longer from Catarrh, Hay
Fever and cold IN the head9 4 sure cure is
Ely's Cream Balm. 1t is not a liquid or
snuff, and is easily applied. Fifty cents.
recommend to those suffering with Hay
Fever. Ely's Cream Balm. have tried
nearly all the remedies and give this q
decided preference. It gave me immediate
relief.---C. T. STEVENS, Hardware Merchant,
Ikhnnn NJ
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11
Wore in China---queues.
"a Perfect Flood Of sunshine,

will ill the hearts of every suffering woman
il she will only persist in the use of DR. Fierces
''Favorite PRESCRIPTION 1t will cure the
most excruciating periodical pains, and re-
lieve you OF all irregularities and give healthy
action. 1t will positively cure internal in
iiammation and liberation, displacement and
all kindred disorders. Price reduced to one
dollar. By druggists
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

About thirty years ago, . prominent
physician BY the name of DIR. William Han,
discovered, or produced after long expert
mental research, remedy for diseases Of tie
throat, chest and lungs, which was Of such
wonderful efficacy that it soon gained = wide
reputation in this country. The name Of the
medicine IS Dr.. VIM Halls Balsam for the
Lungs, and may be safely relied on Is q
speedy an positive cure for coughs, colds
sore throat. etc.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

permanently or no pay. Our new and sure
cure method of treating rupture, without the
knife, enables US to guarantee cure. Trusses
can be thrown away at last. Send two letter
stamps for references, pamphlet and terms.
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo. N. u.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

~ consider your
Remedy the best remedy IN existence
For Indigestion, kidney
Complains
"And nervous debility. have Just"
Returned
From the south in q fruitless search for
health, and find that your Bittars are doing
me more
Good
Than anything else;
A month ago was extremely
"Emaciatedll -
And scarcely able TO walk. Now I ann
Gaining strength! and
tFlesh!n
And hardly day passes but what I am
complimented on my improved appearance,
and It is all due to Hop
Bitters! J. Wickliffe jackson,
Wilmington, Del.
To- None genuine without . bunch of
green Hops on the white LABEL. Shun all the
vile, poisonous stuff with Hop or Hops in
their name
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

Quick, complete cure, all Kidney, Bladder
stone, Gravel. Catarrh Of bladder. Isl. Drugts
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

Palpitation. Dropsical Swellings, Dizziness
Indigestion. Headache, Sleeplessness cured
by s:Wells' Health Remover"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

! He wins at last who builds his trust
In loving words and actions just,
Who's head, who's walk, his very mien,
Proclaim the use of Carboline.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

write this as
Token Of the great appreciation have Of
your Hop
49, Bftters was afflicted
With infiaminat0ry rheumatism II
For nearly
Seven years, and no medicine eeemed to Dc
rae any
GOOD I
Until / tried two bottles of your Hop Bit
tiers, and to my surprise ! am as well to-day
IS ever / was. hope
You may have abundant success"
'tIn this great andn
Valuable medicine:
Anyonei wishing 70 Enow more
about my curel
Can learn by addressing me, E. M.
Williams, 1l03 18th street, Washington,
d. G.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

The col 0hD dead soldiers left a0s. 900
Ssdows wkA have appl ed for pcosions.
rs shown report q the commis
sion 81 ;nas.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

Ask for Wells Rough on Corns. '15c. Com
plete cure. Hard or softcorns. warts. buniOns
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

with every disease imaginable Tor tAo -
three years Cur
Druggiss, r j. Anderson, Recommending
Hop Bitkerx~ to me.
/ used two bottles.
Am entirely cured, and heartily rocusa.
mend Hop Bitters to every ona ]. n.
walker, BucIKncr, Mo-
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11
Heart Pains.

The man with an eye to business is the oc-
Mist.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

Is a type of catarrh
having peculiar symp-
toms tits attendedbyan
inflamed condition of
the Inning membrane Of
the nostrils. tear ducts
and throat. affecting the
lungs. An acrid mucous
- secreted thedIscharge
Is accompanied vita q
burning sensationTne
are severe spasms OF
sneezing. frequent at
tacks of headache.
watsryandinflamed, YES
Cream Balm ID q
remedyfounded on a cor
rect diagnosis of this
disease and can be de-
! at4k - -
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

1t hurt nothing to drop conversation that
Is ont Of place.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

Public speakers and singers use Piso's Cure
for hoarseness and weak lungs
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11


Protection. No such
} protective agai st
! chills and fever and
: other diseases OF a
malarial type exists
as Hostetter's Storn-
ach Bitters. Ii re-
lleves constipation,
liver disorders, rheu-
mafism. kidney and
b i q q d e T ailments
. with certainty and
pro m D ii tude. A
change as gratifying
as tits complete, soon
takes place in the APP
pearance, as well as
the sensation, of the
wan and haggard in
valid who uses this
stauderd promoter of
health and strength.
For sale by all Drug
R1afa audnaalara 0-nz
orally.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11
..Isonnh On Rnfs.,,
Am Undoubsed BIcssln9.

Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, bedbugs
ants,skunks, chipmunks Qophers. 15c. D'g'stE
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11

4 GENTS WANTED for Two new fnst nsrssn~ nrfs.
"A cles SAMPLES Iree. @ s. Marshall. Lorkporl y y
Nervous Debility ~ - =: = r.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11
ssRuchn-PnhIn.,.

A cold wave--waving flag in polar regions
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-11
Rupture Cured

General Butler is lubricating his laryniS
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
English and French Girls.
London Letter to Philadelphia Telegraph.

London Letter to Philadelphia Telegraph.
AS a rule, the young English girls that one
meets in society have as little to say as have
the French society damsele, though they are
by no means kept under such severe restraint
1t has been suggested that the French girls say
nothing because they are not permitted to
speak, while the English girls say nothing be-
cause they have nothing to say. They are very
sweet, and simple, and modest, but they lack
sparkle and entrain most woefully. English
girls, too, are in general far less brilliantly ed
ucated than are their American contemporaries.
There is very little serious devotion to literature
or accomplishments, such as one sees in the
more literary circles Of America, among the
Younger members of society. The amateur
singers, for instance, are too dire and dreadful
to be even named in the same breath with the
usual run OF our girl musicians. In many in
stances, voice, time, and tune are altogether
lacking, and yet the vocalist will placidly
MARBLE straight through the innumerable
verses OF a ballad or attack a difficult
Italian aria with the serene conviction
that the whole affair is passing off admirably.
How is she to know that it is not?-there is
nobody among her hearers to enlighten her.
On the other hand, they have much taste in
fancy work, and English homes are prettily
decorated with satin cushions, mantlepiece
draperies, etc, painted by hand in water col
ors or with fine and delicate embroideries, the
handiwork of the ladies of the family. Rut as
to either intellectual or artistic employments,
they are far less addicted to them than our own
young girls. They ride well and are devoted
to lawn-tsnnis and other outdoor games, and
in the main are a healthy, happy race, physi-
caiiy supurb, but lacking mental ~briliancy
and charm. 1t is perhaps for this reason that
the married state in England differs 80 widely
from the same institution in America. Here
ii is a monarchy, while with us it is republic.
The English husband is an autocrat, and adj
mits of no discussion respecting his DEGREES.
The household and it's movements are regulat-
ed to suit his whims and convictions, and his
wife and daughters must shape their actions
accordingly. But there is plenty Of warm
mutual love manifested between husbands and
wives in England, and so matrimony here far
more resembles the same institution with us
than does the welded state in France.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
Taste in Wives.

From the New York Tribune.
A worthy young Connecticut farmer being
persuaded that sit is moi good for man to be
alone, " came to this city to seek a wife. Sew
eral of his ~neighbors had taken to themselves
helpmeets from among the plump and pleasing
immigrants, and these matches had all turned
out SO well that he was minded to follow suit.
G IA hSTiTsg inspected tho arrivals off 5iiii5iia5ii5
girls at Castle Garden for two or three days,
and not having as sSet seen any one to whom
his heart went out, this adventurous agricul-
turist bethought himself of another plan, and
one for which, indeed, he had no warrant
Of neighborly example. He had read in the
papers some little time ago an account of the
arrest OF q young woman named Emma LARA
bee for burglary. This young woman was de-
scribed as a professional burglar, and 1t was
said she had an unconquerable passion for
that kind of illegitimate amusement. Now 1t
occurred to the young man from Connecticut
that If Miss Larrabee would marry him he
might be able to reclaim her, and orthwith he
sought her out AS he promptly ascertained
that she had a prior engagement In the peni-
Tertiary, it may be hoped that he will detach
his affections from this bright particular star,
and rest content with some less notorious but
probably more trustworthy maiden from over
the sea, il indeed the good state of Connecticut
connot furnish him with q homemade Ameri-
can wife.
But though his taste in choosing wife may
seem odd it is but the outcropping of z ten
dency which is by no means new. When, for
Iherly, Australia was a penal colony, the set
tiers were allowed to marry the female conyicts,
and ii was observed that those women who had
the sshardestD records always were snapped up
first In the same way when young women
have committed startling crimes they have In
variably attracted suitors il they escaped the
gallows. A remarkable instance OF this was
the case of Madeline Smith, a Scotch girl of
good family and position who poisoned her
lover in Edinburg some thirty years ago. The
trial was very Sensational 1t was shown thai
the prisoner had had a liaison with the de-
ceased, who was a Frenchman, and that desir-
ing to marry a man in her own station she de-
liberately murdered the lover. The jury
brought in the Scotch verdict, mot proven"
though her guilt was clear, and within q week
she had more than twenty offers of marriage,
though she was known to be a poisoner. Cases
of this kind 60 to show that the women who
gush over murderers and fill their cells with
lowers, have not a monopoly of that particular
sort of folly. but that men, too, are amenable
to the subtle magnetism of notoriety, and ats
quite as capable Of playing the moth to Grim.
inal luminaries, provided the latter are young
and good looking. And 1t is not always that the
friendly walls of pen1tenfiary interpose be-
tween these fascinated moths and the fatal at
traction which would so surely SINCE their
wings.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

clared, All that is wanting Is the right man
with old Bourbon bloodin him and a few gem
erals In the army. Dijen, Macon, Amiens,
and all the provincial cities like the republic
but Paris is France.
The crops in England and France are good
everywhere, with the exception of hops in
Kent Wheat in France is splendid The
helds are 80 small that they are reaping it with
a sickle. A man and his wife aud three chill
dren can reap with the sickle and blnd about
as much wheat as one man can rep and bind
IN America In America the wife fs attending
70 her household duties and the children ale at
school In France the whole family is in the field.
half OF France. They plant one stalk in a hin
and hoe 1T by hand. The weeds are all hoed
out of the wheat, barley and oats by hand.
wheat Is worth in Dion 81. % per busheL.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
An Imbecile Chained for Thirty
Years.

most heartless case of cruelty and inhum-
an treatment has just been brought to light in
Crawford county, Pa, by the COMMITTEES On
Lunacy Of the State Board Of Public Charities.
The victim, who is an imbecile, has been kept
chained in a little hut by his brother for over
thirty years. The man who imprisoned hia
brother for three decades is a farmer. Thirty
years ago his younger brother became an inn
beetle through disease. Though perfectly
harmless he disliked to have him about the
house, and SO he bnilt a little shanty about a
hundred feet away from the farmhouse, and
there he kept his brother haine like a Wild
beast When the committees agent appeared
3 the farm he found the insane man lying
on she floor Of his hut naked and In desperate
straits. He was reclining on 9 bale OF straw,
which had done service as a bed for many
months. Within reach lay q big black pan
filed with bones and tho refuse OF the family
table. on which tho prisoner was expected "a
make his MONDAY meal. It is expected that
other rcyelations of the same kind will be made
after q vigorous examination Of the commits.
sionerHL
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10

Repetition is sometimes the only way to i'm
press a truth upon the mind Accordingly
take notice that DR.. Pierce's Pheasant Purga-
tive Pellets, /" (the original Little Liver Pills
continue to be wonderfully effective in cases OF
sick and nervous headache, constipation, indi-
gestion, rush of blood to the head, cold extrem-
ities, and all ailments arising from obstruction
Of the bodily functions. Their action is thor
ough yet gentle, and the ingredients being en-
tirely vegetable, they can be taken with impu-
nifty into the most delicate stomach. All drug
glsts.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-10-10
Old Inve,e rate structures

of the urethra, speedily and permanently cured
by our improved methods. Pamphlet, refer
ences and terms, two three-cent stamps.
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, 66S
Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.