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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23
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4 German vIIlage weddlng.

A letter from Grailsheim, Germany, 10
the New York Sun, says: The village
church, where the wedding took place. Is
on the top of little craggy hill. The
church is very old, built OF gray stone,
with square tower and odd shaped
belfry. The stony path led through the
graveyard to the churchdoor The chime
of bells rang out with a decorous Joy.
Let all things be done decently and In
order, they seemed to ring; mot too
fast; we are staid people and take time
for all things The interior of the
church was cold and severe looking, the
walls whitewashed, but the galleries
painted pink and blue. The long, mar
row windows seemed set in stone arches,
so thick was the wall The pulpit above
the altar was as high up as the galleries,
so that the minister breaches far above
the heads of his flock. On one side of
the altar hung portrait of Luther: on
the other side of MelancthOn.
The wedding took place at midday.
First came troop of little girls, each
carrying in her hand tiny punches of
flowers. The little things, with their
braided hair (no hats and dresses al
most touching the floor, looked az quaint
and demure as the little women in the old
fashioned picture books. Next came the
bride and one bridesmaid, then three
bridesmaids walking together, lastly the
groom and groomsmen The bride and
bridesmaids entered a pew to the left,
the groom and party one to the right
ALI knelt in prayer. Then the bride
went by herself to the altar, laid on one
side white silk handkerchief, a sprig
of rosemary and a lemon. wondered
to myself if the lemon was emblematic
of the sourness of married life. She
then returned to the pew. / noticed
that there was on the other side of the
altar another white silk handkerchief, a
sprig of rosemary and a new Bible The
choir sang quite a long hvmn. The
minister went up in the pulpit and
preached sermon of about twenty min
utes. The choir sang another hymn.
A little boy placed a long, low stool
before the altar. The minister descended
and the bride joined the groom at the
altar, the bridesmaids and groomsmen
remaining in the pews.
At the close of the ceremony the min
lister presented the groom with the new
Bible. The choir sang still another
hymn. Then the bride returned to her
pew and the groom to his and said their
prayers, after which the groom and
groomsmen left the church and were not
joined by the bride until they were quite
out in the churchyard. 1t seems the
silk handkerchief. lemon and rosemary
on one side of the altar were for the
minister. On the other the gift was for
the organist.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23
Hearing with His Month.

Ezekiel Eads, who died recently near
Athens, N. Y, aged sixty-tive years,
was born without ears, and had no aper-
lures where his ears should have been.
He was able, however, to gather sound
through his mouth. When addressed
he opened his mouth, and could hear
conversation that was carried on in an
ordinary tone His hair was black al
birth, but was interpreted with oddly
shaped gray spots. some Of them resem-
bling diminutive human hands and ears.
These singular markings never changed,
and his black hair never became gray.
Eads left fourteen living children. The
eldest, forty-five years cid, has hair Is
black IS jet, and not gray hair III his
head. The youngest, aged thirteen, i
as gray as man Of seventy
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23

One summer day, a hungry little mouse,
Who thoroughly had searched all through the
house,
looking in vain for some small bit Of scrap
Went out-of-doors, and fell into trap.
Twas nicely baited with piece of cheese;
The door stood wide; he crept with perfect
ease
Close up to where the tempting morsel
hung
One nibble, and the cruel trap was sprung.
Just then noble lion he CHANGED to $50,
Who Travelled with large menagerie,
And early every morning left his lair
And stroIled about to take the country air
With trembling voice he called on him for
aid,
Why, certainly, of course. the lion said
It seems some Thousand years or so ago
Your ancestors helped one Of mine, you know.
" It now becomes my duty to repay
The favor shown to him, without delay"
He raised his foot, and with his mighty tread
He crushed the trap and left poor mousie-
dead
It oft OCCURS chat over-zealous friends
Who strive to help us TO attain our ends,
With very best intentions overdo it,
And often give us ample cause to rue it.
Robert s. TdIcott, in the Century.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23


Worth il now making costumes with
double sleeves. one Of which represents
pulled uudersleevc, with wristband-
The combinations Of pink and white
and manve and white, seen in the sweet
pea, are called sweet pea" in Paris,
where they appear in changeable cotton
goods.
The sailor hats in Manila braid are
worn BY boys from three to six years Of
age. These are trimmed with q band Of
wide ribbon and bow and streamers at
the back
There is a pretty new brocade surah
which has figures almost like those on
China Grape and makes pretty Overdrcsses
for girls, who cannot reconcile themselves
to plain goods.
Light shades of light weight serge
make as pretty sailor suits for little boys
as any material which wears as well.
Braid of a darker shade or stitching
makes the trimming for these suits.
A pretty imported dress of China Grape
has the skirt and draping OF plaits and
folds and round French waist with
pulled shoulders The trimming con-
sists of collar, cuffs and epaulettes of pale
yellow velvet
A new cravat. worn with morning
dresses, is of checked ribbon two inches
wide, fashioned into narrow standing
collar by being doubled over stiff lin
ing, and closed in front by pretty bow
of three loops and three ends.
The use of small quantity of velvet
trimming makes lace costume look
cooler by contrast, but when much of
the heavy material is used the effect is
not good and the dress is uncomfortable.
High velvet collars or Grecian draperies
of velvet make the GOODNESS of lace
waist a mockery, and their places should
be taken by lace plaitings and lace folds.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD


Squash vines and all other plants q
this tribe have habit of pushing out
one or two main vines TO great length.
If this is permitted there will be little
fruit. because these main vines bear male
or infertile flowers which produce no
fruit. BY pinching the ends Of these
main vines laterals are forced from the
side buds. and these produce femalaor
fertile blossoms and of course. fruit.
Melon and squash growers practice tins
method of pruning as rule, and thus
produce several fruits from each plant
in place Of single one or none from
single vine.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23
On a California Ostrich Ranch

Two or three years ago, believe, or
within that time, small party of capt.
talists, Englishmen, made the purchase
Of some land few miles from Annaheim,
wine-producing country, and brought
thither from the far off wilds Of Africa
thirty-two ostriches The house of the
owner of the ranch is situated pleasantly
in a sunny space with the same old time
willows at one side and vineyard plant
ed near. Here resides the keeper of the
birds, Colonel Sketchly.
These birds are indeed a curiosity
from Their height, which is from nine to
ten feet when in an erect posture. They
have most beautiful eyes. large and soft
in expression, but their feet are homely
enough, large, ill-shaped and ugly.
Remote as they are from their native
wilds, they seem to flourish well, and the
venture begun at first under somewhat
doubtful circumstances, is turning out a
successful undertaking.
These immense birds are kept in cor
rails the Spanish word for yards of in
closure, one male and two females occu.
pving a place together. A common
board fence, higher than the ordinary,
surrounds each corral, and divides them.
There is a space or open lane between
the pens-a driveway for teams, and to
carry food to the birds. They eat wag-
on load of shells In one day, beside a
large amount of coarse food, vegetables.
Alfalfa or clover grass, etc. The cost of
each is 1000, and their weight is
from 800 to 400 pounds They lay
seventy-five eggs each year, each egg
lvxnl -
plucked twice year; they are on the
tail and wings of the bird, the body
being nearly bare. Each plucking aver
ages $500. The eggs weigh two-and-a
half pounds. The male is black, the
tail and wing feathers being white, and
the female grayish white. It requires
four strong men to hold one of these pets
while plucking the plumes. It seems a
cruel process, and no wonder the birds
resist so hard.
They are savage and dangerous if at
tackled, and can only be handled after a
sock or stocking leg has been drawn
over the head. They drive them into a
corner, and slip quietly as possible be-
hind them to draw the covering rapidly
on. Some feathers are pulled out easily,
others are cut, and one has to under
stand his business to prevent the bird
from bleeding to death. They cannot
fly or jump, but can keep pace with the
fieetest horses. When the eggs are to be
gathered Chinaman is called into the
arena. The ostrich seems to have taken
fierce dislike to the smile of the
heather Chinee, and is so taken up with
his efforts to attack him that men slip In
unnoticed and take possession of the
eggs. The life of an ostrich extends be-
yond that of human beings, and aver
ages a hundred years. The plumes can
be purchased singly BY visitors. the
price depending upon the length and
thickness of them. the have to be
afterward cleaned and dyed No dogs
or horses are allowed inside the inclos-
ure, rs the birds 60 wild at the sight of
either. The Cinnamon CARRY their food
TO them.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23

Mr.. U. r. Burke, in . Business and
pleasure in Brazil, gives the following
account Of the mode in which betting
on racing IS managed in Brazil The
professional betters are locked up in 4
large building with grated windows at
intervals. ut which they bet with the
public. giving tickets TO record the trans.
actions aud attest the receipt Of the
money; when the race ii over, the win.
ners repair 70 another window, and, Ga
presenting their tickets they are paid
SSeif winnings
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23
Extremely Fragile Bones.

A peculiar disease afflicts the wife Of
an Episcopal minister now residing IN
small town in Minnesota, near the WIS
consin line. The minister I
we'll known over the Northwes
and the facts here narrated were given
by the reverend gentleman himself
A dozen or so years ago he mar
ried a wealthy young lady of the Lite
Minnesota town, and has resided theR
much of the time since. Last year be
took charge of achurch on the Con.
necticut seacoast, hoping the change
air and scenes might benefit the condition
of his well-nigh helpless wife. 1@
hopedfor benefits did not result, anas
little while ago the couple returnedR
their home. The gentlemans vile
afflicted with what is known in commoa
English as ''fragile bones" Ailoi tR
bones in her body are gradually turn
ing to substance resembling hard chalk
Several years ago an acquaintance y
helping her out of a carriage, broke ns
collar bone. AS soon as it had healea
one of her arms broke while some ON
was assisting her from venice.
A little later the other s
dropped helpless at her side when ~
attempted to make some use OF 1t. Ai,g
. great deal of trouble both Of ~
fractures were reduced. but IN ll'lS
while one of her arms was broken ID ~
other place, the last time caused og ~
sufferer merely lifting sugar bowl in.'
matters have run along for several !e''s
the unfortunate woman breaking oHs
her limbs every little while. Inc -
case is gradually spreading, and = ~
reducing the bones of her legs TO clll.
The greatest care is exercised
vent the sufferer making use o.
limbs. She is carefully lifted about
is moved around in an Invalid eni y,
Physicians say if she should fall ifOw y 4.
chair or have an unusual shoeA - =
bones in her body from her Kneo5
would snap into small fragments any ~
course her death would ensue. "a,
case has attracted unusual arr
among doctors, and many Of tns Tt1
prominent physicians in all PaI's Nd
country have been called to attsnu
ferer. They all unite IN pronounelanrs,e il
case hopeless, and can suggest no -. Il
There are comparatively few oa ons Is
the same kind on record. nc ,~i.
question is said to be the most lar
nently developed of any Of the Chr b,n
corded Fragile bones are cau's - = y
absence of animal matter. Inc e~sl
the disease has never been DIST
The afflicted lady in other esF5s,l.s
apparently enjoying the best - In 90
1t Is said that death usually re s.''' y
year, but in this instance the IT,. rsss
been fully developed for over -
--Nilpoukee Wisconsin.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23

fed with what you get in vour -
Remember that humusi is decayed stables
matter, and that leaves and NJ mu Olganic
fine forms of it. Gather all the LUCK 81 az
matter from the bitches and fsn uecayed
ners, and add them to the decav;e oe co.
for winter composing. Also ~ ag pes
ponds and branches and gather 81 y % Ae
and muck, mix it up with a G, ,le mud
plaster, let it dry and add to I ~" laad
In short, turn your attention to sco acap
lating humus, for the man who dill; lI;;e1lu.
works at the compost heap is build;Snea
a sure and firm foundation. y Up
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23

! The old English custom of having en-
graved upon the wedding ring a sweet
sentiment has yet many followers, hence
we give below a number of trite expires
sions, most of which were written and
used during the time of Cromwell:
Death never parts Joy day and night
Such loving hearts Be our delight.
Love and respect Divinely knit by
do expect. Grace are we;
Late two. now one;
No Gift can show the pledge here see.
The love owe.
Endless my love
Let him never take As this shall prove
wife
That will not love her as Avoid all strife
his ilfe 'Twixt man and
wife.
an loving thee Joyful love
l love myself. This ring doth prove.
A heart content In thee, dear wife,
Gan meier repent find new life.
IN God and thee OF rapt,uous joy
Sail my joy be. am the toy
Love thy chaste wife In thee 1 prove
Dayond thy life. The joy of love-
Love and pray Inloving wife
Right and day. Spend all thy life.
Great joy in thee In love abide
ventinually. Till death divide.
- fond delight In unity
~ day and night Let's live and die.
Pray to love; Happy in thee
a0ve topray. Hath God made me.
IN thee, my choice, Silence ends strife
lido rejoice With man and wife.
Body and mind None can prevent
Ia thee find. The Lords intent.
Gear wife, thyrod God did decree
10th lead to God Our unity
God alone kiss the rod
Made us two one From thee and God
Eternally Ny love and joy
My love shall be. Be our employ.
All refuse, Live and love;
and thee choose. Love and live.
Worship is due God above
20 Goo and you. Continue our love.
wish to thee True love win meier for
al JOY may be. get
In thee my love This ring doth bind
AL JOY prove. Body and mind
Beyond this life Endless as this
Love me, dear wife Shall be our bliss
Love and ioys I do rejoice
ian never cloy. In thee my choice.
The pledge prove All I refuse
| OF mutual love But thee choose.
love the rod change the life
And thee and God OF maid to wife.
! s1ovemyself in loving Endless my love
! thee. For thee shall prove.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
A swell affair-A boil
Played out-The hand organ.

Ought to be bounced-the base ball.
The fall overcoat belongs to the clothes
Of the year.-Pscayune.
The latest thing in pantaIoons-the
man who gets up last.-Deyvick.
A rousing demonstration Getting a
growing boy out of bed Boston Post.
A grave accusation Charged with
robbing cemeteries. - Rochester Express.
Talk about our civilization when bull
lights are allowed in Wall street, New
York. TerGs Sittings..
s"One must creep before he can walk, y
as the small boy said when he crawled
under circus philadelphia CHI.
"That's your lay, is itG" inquired the
rooster of the hen, as she cackled over
her latest production. York Graphic.
Experience a weight of wisdom brings,
Old birds are shy of chaff;
A man won't waken up his second child
To see the infant laugh
It's swarm weather." remarked the
man who was endeavoring to get away
from the inhabitants of beehive. -Bos
ton Post.
Henry Labouchere wonders which is
more deadly, the cholera or the doctors.
Much can be said on both sides of the
question. Boston Globe.
Generally the party who sings 81
would not live always" the loudest. is
the one who gets between the feather
beds during thunder storm - Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
A scientific journal discusses 'seggs as
food" This strikes us as being a rather
sensible idea and productive of much
more good than discussing eggs as bou-
quets. Blizzard
'How do you like it9" asked yacht
man of young lady, as the boat went
up and down in the trough of the waves.
ssOh, Tits too awfully swellr' was
the distressed reply.
The seats in Western church are set
on pivors, like those in dry goods
store. This enables the fair worshipper,
who sits pretty well in front, to turn
around and count the number of new
bonnets in the house without screwing
her head off almost, and going home
with stiff neck. NOrvistOscn Herald.
'sWhat do you suppose is the motto Of
our new ladies' societyg' asked Mrs.
Blobson, of her husband. "Give it up. >
said Mrs. B. No, it isn'tl" said Mrs.
Blobson, Indignantly. It's never
mind" First rateln exclaimed Blob
son. ''Supposc you try it on, once in a
while, when / come home late from tbS
club-will youg' Darlington HaaOkeys.
DR.. c. was called to see his col
league, DR.. b. DR.. c. prescribed
for his patient, and left the house. The
next morning DR.. c. called again and
inquired blandly Of Mrs. B., "Well,
madam, has our patient followed my
prescriptionar HE would have landed
on the pavement If he had, /" replied the
lady, ssfor he threw the whole box Of
pills out Of the window. ~ Harper's
B0s0r.
1.-THE girl with soft gray eyes aud rip
ping brown hair, who walked all over
your poor fIustering heart at the charity
bali. says the Burlington HaDksye, has
just finished crazy quilt, containing
1,064 pieces Of hat Innings, put together
with q, $50 stitches. And ner poor old
father fastens on his suspenders with q
long nail, piece of Irvine, sharp stics.
and one regularly ordained button This
also is vanity.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23

Ribbon trimmings are worn with grea
profusion this summer.
Dark manve-blue suits trimmed with
many rows Of narrow silver braid, are
pretty.
New travelling suits have the tucks OF
the skirt and Of the Norfolk jackets pro-
tected b. cordings Of alligator skin.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23

The new City Hall at Phila si... 4 D
said to be the highest builuls II y
world, its height, when crowus1
statute Of Penn. being $50 Tee"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-23

More than three million trees were
planted in Great Britain il 1888.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-03

tor was present at the execution of an
Annamite pirate at Saigon, in 1875.
The culprit's head was sliced of at
one blow. by the peculiar aaw-like
movement of the weapon in the
hands OF the native executioner by
which be can instinctively find
jointure in the vertabre. The doctor
stood two yards in front of the con.
demned; when the head fell there
was very little bleeding, the 7ertabrse
had not been hacked and the head,
dropping on loose sand, stopped the
flow of blood. He was SUPPRESSED to
find the eyes OF the cuiprit as steadily
gazing at him as before the fatal blow
OF the sword; he walked partly round
the head. and the eyes as steadily fol-
lowed him; then he came back the
eyes still turning after him, but more
slowly; suddenly they ceased regard
ing him and the features took an ex-
preston of agony as If suffering from
asphyxia; the mouth opened violent.
ly as il to take the last mouthfui, or
gasp OF air; and the head having
changed position rolled again. and all
was still. This scene was an affair of
fifteen to twenty seconds.
DR.. Petit Gsnd concludes, that the
head, after decapitation, does possess
all its faculties while the bleeding
does not exceed a certain limit, and
that the proportion of oxygen in tue
blood is sufficient to nourish the
nervous functions-but this conscious
ness cannot exceed half a minute.
The expression of pain set in, when
the supply of oxygen in the blood was
exhausted. He objects that guillo.
tine. by receiving the separated head
in basket of saw dust or bran, stops
the bleeding for half a minute while
the head is conscious, thus making
the punishment barbsrity. The
trunk, after deoapitation, tends to
resume it's vertical position; the
arterial blood spurts upwards in a
column, 40 inches high. then Gibbs to
a few inches; all this within period
OF time represented by twelve palpi-
tations OF the heart. There are no
efforts at respirati n, and the heart is
the last to die.
The death of Victor Masse, the
musical composer. at SO years of.age,
was really q happy release, after being
six years nailed to bed with the tor.
lures OF nervous disease. 1t may be
said he composed his 'Psul ct Vir,
ginie'' on that bed of suffering; be
certainly did his ga Mutt de Cleo
patre" now being rec earsed at the
Opera Comique. Masse was rich, and
led a very retired life, devoted to
horticulture.
It is bad wind that blows nobody
good; two gend'armes we're convey
ing two prisoners 10 gsoi; they stopped
at a tavern for Refreshments, the
police took cramp after their drink;
concluded it was cholera so they ran
to chemists shop and the prisoner;
bolted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-03
Origin of Ammonia .

Ammonia is obtained in large guam
titles by the putrefaction of the
urine Of animals. Encyclopedia
Britannica.
Every housekeeper can test bak-
ing powder containing this disgust
ing drug by placing a can Of the
Royal" or "Andrews' Pearl top
down on a hot stove until heated,
then remove the cover and smell.
DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
does not contain Ammonia, Alum,
Lime, Potash, Bone Phospbates. Ii
is prepared by q Physician and
Chemist with special regard to
cleanliness and healthfulness.
Prov 1t by the above teet.