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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10
Living In High A titudes.

Virginia City, New, is 7,0oO feet
above the sea level, and it is difficult
to cook meat and vegetables by boil
ing, as water boils at a low teIpera-
ture, owing to the light at nospheric
pressure. There has been great deal
of discuss on recently as to the altitude
at which human beings can exist. Ii
South Ameri there are towns, such
as Potosi. pla ed as high as the top OF
Mount Blanc, the inhab tants of which
feel no inconvenience. The highest
abi,e1 spot in the word is,
however, the Buddhist cloister of
Hanic. in Thib {. where Jwenty-one
priests live at an altitude of $4,000
feet. The brothers chiaginweit, whe1
they explored the gla lers of the lbe
Gemin, in the same country. encamped
at D. 900 feet, the highest altitude at
which an European ever passed the
night. Even at the of Mount Blanc.
Profess or lynda Is party found it very
pleasant to do this, though the pro,
feSsor hims If did not confess to feeling
as bad as they. The highest mounta n
in the world Is Mount Everest Hima-
laynl, 29.00j feet, and the condor has
be seen winging the blue air 5OC
feet higher.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10
Facts AbOnt SpOOIs.

Spools are made in immense numbers
One factory turns out over 100, 900 gro>s
q day, and consumes $500 cords o
birch wood annually. The wood is frs
sawed into sticks four or five feet long
and from seven-cighths of an inch t.
three inches square, according to the
size of the spool to be produced. These
sticks, after being thoroughly seasoned,
are sawed into short blocks, and the
blocks are dried in hot-air kiln. AT
the time they are sawed a hole is bored
through them. The spool machine is
managed by boy, who throws out the
knotty or defective pieces. The spools
polish themselves by their motion and
contact in revolving drums. Some OF
the spools are dyed yellow. red or black
others are ready for use when they leave
the drums. The number of yards of cot
ton on spool is determined by the size
of the spool. The cotton is never meas
ured, but the spool is gagged to contain
100, 200 or 500 yards, as the case may
be. Spool and linen firms always send
to their spool-makers patterns giving the
size and shape of the barrel and of the
head and bevel, which determine the
amount of silk or thread which the spoo
will hold. -Pittsburg Dispatch
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10
The Origin OF Dixie.

On Saturday night in 1859, when
Dan Emmett was a member of Bryant's
Minstrels, New York, Dan Bryant came
to him and said: "Dan, can't YOU get us
up walk aroundF | want something
new and lively for Monday night" Dan
went to work, and by Sunday afternoon
he had the words commencing 81 wish |
was in Dixie" The expression was not
Southern, but appeared among the circus
people of the North. In early fall, when
nipping frosts would overtake the tented
wanderers, the boys would think of the
warmth of the South, and the common
expression would be, "Well, / wish l
was in Dixie This gave the catch-line
and the rest of the song was original. On
Monday morning it was rehearSed and
highly commended, and at night crowd
ed house caught up the refrain and half
of them went home singing Dixie. The
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10

A cuTTUUs Yncauerr In the Ire or the
late Judah p. Benjamin shows his devo-
ton to his wife. She was very beauti
full woman, but before their marriage had
done something which very much offend
ed society in New Orleans. Mr.. Benia-
min spent years and vast amount OF
money and trouble in trying to win back
for her place in society, but he never
succeeded. Once he gave grand ball
in New Yrleans and all the men accepted
his invitations, but not single woman.
When elected to the Senate he set up o
fine establishment, in Washing on, but
the old Srudge kept his wife in seclusion.
His wife then went to Paris, where ne
supported : in magnificent style and
visited her often, but once said he was a
BANKRUPT in heart, purse and reputa-
ton. '--.aasas City Times.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10
Before the Shah.

Mr.. S. G.. w. Benjamin, United
states minister resident and consul
general TO Persia, gives an account of
rs Journey 10 Teheran and the cere-
mnny attending his official prosecution
10 the shah. Mr.. Ben amin is the first
diplomatic representative Of this gov
umrnt accredited to Persia. He was
lzty.iiye days reaching Teheran from
New J Ork, by way of Bordeaux, Mar
,cilcs, CoustantinOple and Poti, by
water, and from the latter place by
rail 10 Baker. on the Caspian sea. At
Baker ne received from the Persian
consul a telegram from the shah invit-
ing him TO proceed at once to Teheran.
Mr.. Ben AMIN was tax n to the palace
in Landau furnish d by his majesty
and drawn Iy six horses, each mount ed
Ivy a liveried position. Twenty royal
faIaushcs, or foot runners, clad In scar
let and wearing p!umed tiras, pre-
coded the carriage, with a score of
horsemen. Accompanied by tie meh-
manda and the second master of cere-
monies Mr. benjamin arrived al the
gardens OF the place All were ush-
cred into spacious and handsome
hall, where the first master Of ceremo-
MES and other gantlemen and dignita-
rics, gorge0usly arrayed. were. in wait
ing. Here Mr.. Ben amin was invited
to seat of h nor AMI treated to "tea
and the kalionu, or water pipe" Soon
aftcrWard Mr.. Benjamin was toll that
his majesty was In readiness to receive
him, and thcreupOn he was conducted
by the first master Of ceremonies to
the palace itself At t, Is mons Mt a
salute fired in honor of the United
states Numbered over the city.
On entering" says Mr.. Benjamin,
eve assembled a magnificent staircase.
The walls were decorated in part with
paint ngs of European masters. From
the staircase we entered an audience
hall of vast proportions. His ma ie5ty
stood at the upper end. Leaving my
outer SHOES at the door, as pre- cribed
by the treaty of Kourman CHA, |
made low bow and walked up to
where the king was standing" Mr..
Benjamin then addressed the king in
French and presented his letter of
credence. His majesty replied that it
gave him great satisfaction to see an
American legation at Teheran, and
considered that both governments
could be further benefited by increas-
ing the intercourse and diplomatic re-
lat.ons of the two peoples. Aft this
ceremony his majesty expressed strong
hopes that the United states, having
established legation in Persia, should
maintain one permanently at Te-
heran.
At the conclusion of the audience
with his majesty, Mr.. Benjamin made
formal cal upon che secretary of
foreign affairs and paid his respects;
also to his royal highness, the Naib
sultan, who is the min ster of war and
one of the sons of the king, and
thanked him for the military escort.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10
SeASiCkneSS.

Just how the pitching and rolling
of ship acts on the human frame SO
as to produce the physical and mental
.prostTation of seaSickneSs is matter
of dispute. A theory recently started
by DR.. Irwin, an English physician,
attributes it to disturbance of the
fluids in the Sc nj ircular canals of the
ear 1t is generally recognized that
Irritation of any kind in these passages
produces nauS ea and vomiting. DE-
Chapn an, on the other hand, sees the
main proNimate cause of this disorder
in the presence of an undue amount of
blood in the spinal nervous centers,
which renders the nerves proceed
ing from them active, with the
result of disturbing the action Of the
Organs-especially the stomach-whose
movements they regulate. Another
new writer on the subject, DR.. Carpen-
ter, is inclined to attribute seaSickness
to the continued ton of the
brain of a Ger ain set of sensations,
more particularly that of the want of
support. Nothing is more disagree
able than the feeling consequent on
NtAI SuhtANAA XIV hS way VI ~ HANP Oh
which one is leaning, and the repeti-
ton of this sensation every time the
vessel makes its downward movement
is supposed to produce The nervous
l arrangement which manifeSts itself in
eSeaSicknesS. DIR. Ellis writes TO the
Lancet that he found complete
remedy in carefully attending to the
motion of the vessel. and accompany
ing-in his mind. evenly a slight
STOPPING or pressing downward of the
body the sinking. down of the vessels
deck. Another medical correspondent
states that he found relief by watching
the motion of the vessel, and, as she
was about TO descend, making an effort
as though to force her down. The
Philadelphia Continent says that the
application of tight belt round the
lower part of the abdomen mitigf ties
the shocks TO which, in a rough sea,
the nervous system is subjected. The
late DR.. George Boards remedy was
bromide of sodium, taken three times a
day few days before embarking, and
kept up at sea till the danger is past.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10
A Story OF Johns Hopkln,.

a writer in the Baltimore Amfricnn
contradicts the oft-quoted story that
the late Johns Hopkins 1.-THE Baltimore
millionaire who founded the great uni
yeraity in that ety. first entered that
city friendless and penpiless boy, and
quotes the following story of Mr.. Hop
klns life given by that philanthropist
himself short time before his death
When l was boy" said Dir. Hop
kins, "my uncle, Gerard L. Hopkins,
often came to South River to visit my
parents, and noticing / WAS an active
boy on the farm. asked my mother to
let me come TO Baltimore TO live with
him, and said that he would bring me
up merchant. At seventeen l came,
stayed in my uncle's store, who was a
wholesale grocer and commission mer-
chant, and lived in his family. He was
an eminent IN mister in the Society of
Friends, and when | was but nine
teen he was appointed to go out
to Ohio to the first yearly meeting,
to he held at Mount Plea ant. My
aunt accompaniel him, with three
others. They all Travelled on horse
back, great part of the way through
a wilderness, with no other roads hut
Indian paths. But they returned,
after an absence of several months in
safety. Previous TO leaving, my uncle
arranged his business affairs, and call
ing me to him said: LAS thee has been
faithful to my interests since thee has
been with me, am going to leave
everything in thy hanus. Here are
checks which | have signed my name
to; there are upward OF five hundred
of them. Thee will deposit the money
as it Is received, and thee will fill up
the checks which leave thee. Buy
the goods and do the best thee can" |
felt my respgns. bilty to be very great.
But on his return on looking over his
affairs he was surprised to find | had
done much better than he had expected.
/ had increased his business consider
bly,, and it is w TIL pride and pleasure l
look la k to that time and to the great
confidence Uncle Gerard reposed in
me. / lived with my uncle until |
was twenty-fOur years Of age, and one
day he took me asid and asked me If
l would like to 60 in business for
myself | answered Eyes; but.
uncle, | have NJ capital. / have only
$500, which | have saved up" He
said THAT will make no difference:
L will indOrse for thee, and this will
give thee good credit, ana in a short
time thee will make capital; thee has
been faithful in my interests. and l
will staIt thee in business" So took
Warehouse near his. and, with in
do saments and assistance, the first
year / sold 100000 worth of goods,
and soon made the capital which my
uncle sa / would make. | SUI 3ceeded
him in business, and realized largely,
and often think of my early days, and
like to talk of them and Uncle Gerard's
kindness to me-"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10

its and general debility in their various forms
also as preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent fevers. the t'Ferro-Phospho-.
tied Elixir OF Calisaya," made by Caswell.
Hazard 4 Co., Ne1 York, snd sold by all Drug
lists, is the best tonic and FOR patients recover
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10

The value of the poultry consumed
in the United States annua ly is eSti-
mated at $300001000. or SO to ca h
inhabitant. The value of the eggs
consumed is set at $240,000,0a0, or
S5i0,0000C0 for poultry and eggs to-
gether, or a out so per year to each
inhabitant. The number of e vgs con-
sumed is est mattel TO b 9,000,000,000,
or $50 eggs to each inhab.tant, which
would allow one egg to ca h person
every other day.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10

There are innumerable instances where
cures have been effected by ScovilTs Sarsa-
Iarilia, or Blood and Liver Syrup, for all
dis asses of the blood. when the patient had
been given up by physical 5 1t is one of the
best remedies ever offered to the public, AM
as it is prepared with the greatest care, as
specific tor certain dist asses, II is no nder
that it should be more efectual than / tily
written and care.eSsly pr pare pr sscriptions.
lake ScovilTs Blood and Liver Syrup for all
disorders arising from i'm aure blood 1t is
ndorsed BY al Ieading professional man.
If cough disturbs your sleep, one dose of
Piso's Cure viii give you a nights rest.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10

song became the rage, and w. w. New
combs Buckley's AIinstrels and others
gave Dan. S. each for the privilege of
using it, Dir. Werlean wrote TO Emmett
to secure the copyright; but without
waiting for reply, published it with
words by Mr.. Peters Pond, of New
York, secured it of Emmett for 5000;
but Werlean sold thousands OF copies
without giving him nickel Not only
was Emmett robbed of the profits of his
song, but the authorship of it was dis
puted. win S. Hays claimed the author
ship of it. Pond brought the matter be-
fore music publishers convention, and
settled the authorship; but Dan reaped
no benefit from this tardy justice.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10

MO woman can live without some
share of physical suffering; but many accepts
as inevitable great amount of pain which
can be avoided. LYDIA E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound was invented by one who
understood its need, and had the rare skill
to provide a simple, yet admirably effective
remedy.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10

Delaware has no State prison. In
Florida all the convicts, be they many
or few, are leased in lot, and the State
officials have no means of knowing the
exact number of persons undergoing pun
.shment on account of having committed
felony. The death-rate of the Louisiana
puitentiary is reported to be fourteen
per cent. of all convicts incarcerated.
Arkansas, like Louisiana. prints no re-
port.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10
A Renntifnl nend ofHnIr.

long, silken in texture, rich chestnut brown.
reaching to the ground; such are the effects of
the justly celebrated aud widely known Car
bollne, the prince of all Hair Restorers.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10
The Mermaid.
BY II. G. DODGE.

BY H. c. DODGE.
In coral
caves beneath
the waves with my
old Father Neptune.
q Oh, my - youth wa
spent in sweet content
for | at home was
kept, You know.
Alas, one day |
swan away in
search of
love and
fortune, oh.
The waters bore
me To the shore where
earthly mermaids sport,
you know. Tee in the
sea toCether we h Id
nightly glad com
mIi ion, oh, and
trollckei gy
as mermalds
may, if lighted
by the moon, you knew,
All why did 1 give ear TO
my weak, foolish, vain COM
panion, oh, and learn that they
went in the spray but to be eyed
by man, you krow. For, then,
/, too, did likewise WOO mems
eyes, whea came misfortune,
oh ! For quick tEey set for
me a MT in which |
soon was caught, you
know. Well, now
for ten cents each
the men gaze at me,
stuffed, ana in show,
w lie Just oats.ds kiss
ed by the tide,
those u yly ne maids
pcff md blow.
Th.e mean.
-
-Nnrrisfolrn Herald.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10

Uhselfish people are always polite, because
good manners are only the absence of sell
fshness.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10
Convict Mortality.

The following figures show the death
rate per one thousand convicts per an
mum in thirty-nine State prisons in the
United States. The table is compiled
from official reports, mostly relating to
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10
AsRourh on Corns. ,,
L,oSt Faith in PhysIcsan..

Ask for Wells Rough on Corn. "15c. Quick
complete cure. Corns, warts, bnnions.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10
"Rnuuh onConulns.,,

Knocks Cough or Cold endwise. For chill
dren or adults. Troches. 15c. Liquid, soc
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10

A hen can only lay on a nest, but a ship
can lay both on and off.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-10

"Bucha P0Iba.O
Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney,
Bladder and Urinary Diseases. 81. Druggists
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-28

OF low, fiat, swampy lands immense
Jungles, where the wild animals will con.
tlnne to roam to the end of time. For
such places caa not be inhabited by the
white men; and such places are often
resorted to by hunters, and they invaria.
bly, succeed in killing large quantities of
deer, bears and turkeys. These hunters
during the hunting season, supply the
town and country with game, and are
we'll rewarded for their trouble.
Fish is plentiful in the rivers and
lakes. But sometimes they are difficult
to angle. They may bite we'll to .day.
but will not approach the hook to NOR.
row. This is fact known to eye,y f.b.
erman; it is singular but true. Many
people think that especially in Florida
all :hey have to do is to bait the hook
snd cast il into the waters. Sometimes
they take to it readily, at others they are
as coy as maiden.
w. d. HArToN.
AW. Tabor, Fla.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-28
VOLUME XIX---NO. 33.

band, but thou canst give back another
There's Sam Wilkins, which he lost his
wife T. other day, eff he amt mos too
young fur her, an eff he is there's brother
Barker what's lost three wives already
an wants another, and John Jimerson
with his ten mothcrless children, and
plenty of good brothers that'Il all be
ready to comfort the widder and take
care of her property, and eff none O. the
rest OF 'em wants to do 1t, III do it NV.
self-a-"
Ding my bones et yer do ~ suddenly
resounded in awful tones from the coffin;
the lid, which had not yet been nailed
down, was dashed violently to the floor,
and Jim Dowler, spouting like whale,
rose and sat upright in his shroud. He
had never really been dead, but the press.
ure of the water that had entered HE
lungs, suspended animation for time,
Till suddenly vomiting it forth, from some
cause or other, he regained consciousness
ana speech at the same moment, and
thus rudely interrupted his own funeral.
The greatest CONSERVATION seized the
assembly; the women shrieked, the meu
bolted through doors and windows as if
shot out by an explosion of dynamite.
while brother Ducker scrambled upon
his bony mule, and was not seen again in
the settlement for twelve. month.
The women of Bears Foot had never
studied the polite art of fainting, so Mrs.
Dowler expressed her feelings BY falling
upon the floor and kicking and scream.
ing with all her might, Till Jim Dnwler
scrambled out of his coffin and sWore he'd
put her in il. ef she didn't stop hef "tar-
nation racket" This admonition had a
soothing effect, and quiet was restored
once more to the Dowler household.
Jlm's good lumor returned with the dawn
of peace, and bestoving upon his aston.
ished and now docile spouse hearty kiss.
he ordered the coffin taken away and de.
clared that "ef ther warnt nary fu'nel in
that house tell he gin one, it 'ud be
long time to wait, fur he meant to out.
live preacher Ducker and all them other
chaps what was so willin' to comfort his
wife and take care O. the property" Jim
kept his word, or rather Providence kept
it for him, as he lived to assist ut the
funeral of parson Ducker and several
Others who had once thought to have
hand In his.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-28

A gentleman in California recently
found in his we'll, sixteen feet deep, q
mass of roots belonging to a eucalyptus
tree, standing some fifty feet distant.
The roots had gone through brick wall,
and had then sent out millions of fbres,
forming large mass at the bottom OF
the well. The roots or the elm and vii.
low will often go twice ffty feet through
moderately stiff soil 10 order to reach
moist spot, or even water; and for this
reason such trees should never be planted
near wells or drains into which the roots
can find access.
= The year 1900 will not be leap
year although it is divisible by four
without remainder. In order to make
a calendar and solar time agree,as nearly
as they can be got for many years to
come, the Gregorian calendar drops three
leap. years out of every four centuries,
and tLeae omissions are upon such leap
yeara as will not divide by 400 without o
remainder, although they can be evenly
divided by four. The year 1900 was n
leap year, but 1700 and 1900 we're not,
and 1900 win not be.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-28
THE GREAT STORM.

Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina, In
addition 60 South Carolina, Devastated
by the Cyclone-Somc OF the Details of
the Fearful Wreck.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-28

A volume Of cloud, with o loud rum
bling noise, was observed moving north.
ward from the Alabama line, near the
edge of Harris County. The skies over.
head assumed dull leaden hue, with
that peculiar tint which denotes an over
charge of the electric current. The
great handle which marked the track of
the destructive funnel from the gulf here
split like the prongs Of fork, the ono
taking Northeast direction, following
the valley of the Chattahoochee, further
up behind TO the West, striking Cave
Springs and Rome, across the country,
through Barlow, Cherokee, Pickens and
other counties West, seeking out an ont.
let possibly in the vicinity Of Norfolk,
Virginia. Tho other prong took an
Eastern curve, careering through
Dongherty, Sumter, across to Columbia
mp to Elbert, and out to the Atlantic at
Hatteras. Along the track Of this fork
of disaster the destruction of life and
property, enough has come in to, ahoT
that two hundred lives at least must have
been lost; that five thousand houses
riist have been destroyed and that the
danage to property must .each one mil.
lion dollars. The stories Of snffering
are Incredible. The storm pnrsued the
we'll known courss, from the gulf 70 Tho
Northeast. The story IS told In the. in.
terviows aud telegrams following will
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-04-10

most bloodthirsty man, anc
tried TO scare ont of me just what In
tellin' of you now" In eight day
Jones was sent to the old Carroll Prison,
Washington. There he contrived {
communicate with Cox, who was com
pletely broken in spirit, and told hi'
by no means to admit anything; an,
when Jones. in about q month, saw
Swan. the negro witness, going past h.
window toward the navy-yard bridg
with sachel, Jones said to Cox: "Yor
have nothing to fear" The Govern
ment soon released these men, who in
decd had taken no part i'll Mr.. Lincoln
death, though they may have been &C
completes after the fact. Jones wa.
kept six and Cox seven weeks.
Mr.. Jones is married again, and now
has ten children. He has filled som,
places under the Maryland and BalI
more political governments, and nov
keeps a coal, wood and feed yard i,
North Baltimore. = George AUTeC
Townsend, IN the Century.