Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-21
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OF birds the grccniinch is the earliest
riser, as it pipes as early as half-past one
IN the morning. About half past two the
oiackcap begins. and the quail wakes up
a half an hour later. The sparrow occu-
pies nearly the last place on the list. The
reputation of the lark for early rising is
entirely false one That celebrated
bird is sluggard, and does not rise I'M
I'll number Of other birds have been up
and about for some time.
London Truth finds the following in
the Sc0ts' Magazine of March, 1875:
There was lately presented to the en-
press Of Russia laboring man who has
mad two wives, the first of whom brought
INN four times four children at a birth,
seven times three, and ten times two.
The second wife once brought forth
three children and the other six times
TWO. The whole number Of children by
the two wives amounted to seventy
two"
In letter to the British Medical. Jour
nal, DIR. Armitage refers ,to& the occupa-
lions OF blind persons assbeing, in many
cases, of an extraordinary character.
Among these specified are six painters
(artists), two dentists, nephotogTapher,
twenty coachmcn, one hOstaf, one
fisherman, ore. sculptor and two leaders
OF wagons. He knows a blind man. who
buys poultry on commission, and knew
one, now dead, who was a dealer in
horses on large scale.
Indians cat the horns Of the deer when
in the velvet One day on the Sioux
reservation, in Dakota, deer was killed
near the camp and brought in entire. At
sight of It, PAhlani-ote, a Minneconjon
of some fifty years, dropped his usual
statuesque attitude, knocked off the
horns, and, seating himself by the fire,
began at the points to eat them, velvet
and all, without cooking, as if they were
most delicious morsels. The others of
the party looked on as if they envied
him. They said they always ate them so.
Captain John Aaron, of Barren Island,
Maryland. has, among other trees in his
orchard one which INDUCES in the pecu
liar and rather unfortunate freak of
blooming only when some member of the
captains family is about to die. Al
though it is now quite old. it has bloomed
but three times. The first time it bloomed
one Of his sons died. Some five or six
years dlLCIWdIu ~ DlOOUlctl again, anu dtl-
other son died. Last year it bloomed a
third time, and a daughter died. 1t
stands near graveyard. and notwith-
standing appeals from different members
of the family to have it cut down, Mr..
Aaron stubbornly refuses to have it mo,
Tested.
AS an anniversary of the deaths of emil
inent persons, few days in the year can bear
comparison with April 81 On April 81
died Alexander the Great, Diogenes, An
selm archbishop of Canterbury, Abelard
and Racine Among other notable deaths
that have taken place in April are those
OF Pope Constantine, Pope Benedict III.
and Pope Nicholas "; King Louis H.,
John 1.-The Good aud Charles Will, of
France; Petrarch's Laura, = Lorenzo de
Medieis ''the Magnificent" Rafaelle, Al
bert Durer. Tasso, Nine. de Maintenon,
Nine de Pompadour. Metastasion, Mira
beau and Niebuhr. The April deaths in
England include those of Richard C9ur
dc Lion, Edward w., Henry WILL, Stow,
the historian; Shakespeare, Lord Chan
cellor Jeffreys, Daniel Defoe, Handel,
Oliver Goldsmith, Cowper. the poet,
Bishop Heber, Wordsworth, Byron and
Lord Beaconsheld.