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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-18
The Food Fish OF Alaska.

The greatest and most available re-
source of Alaska is the abundance Of
food fish to be found in the streams
and in TIE waters along the coast. From
June until september the fresh.water
streams, from the great Yukon to the
little brooks flowing from the melting
glaciers. are crowded with salmon and
trout, while their presence in the BAYS
and adj jacent seas is indicated by the
leaping Of herds of porpoises pursuing
them for food. Were it not for their
destruction by these ravenous fish, and
She fact that but a small per centage of
She spawns live to reach deep water, the
sea and bays in the vicinity Of these
RIVERS would become unnavigable In
the spawning season they ascend the
dreams in such numbers as to render
fording extremely difficult There arc
3ve distinct species as classified by the
Inhabitants, though no scientific CLASH
Scation has yet been made. Early in
June the Quinnat "a very fine fish, called
Chouchow by the Russians be-
gins to run, followed soon by
the KikoT In July appears the
Crassena cred feshcd), and in
August the Garbosha (humpbacked),
followed later in the season by the Kis-
clutch, or black mouthed. The last is
considered the finest table fish, though
the Garbosha, which is coarse and unfit
for canning, is the favorite with the
Indians, and is cured by them in great
quantities for their winter food. There
are already half dozen canneries at
work, several Of which were built the
past year and the Alaska pack is becom-
ing quite a factor in the market. The
possible expansion of this industry is
practically unlimited. Large quantities
are packed in barrels by the various fur
and trading companies Off Fox and
Shumagim islands, at the southern ex-
tremity of the Alaskan peninsula, cod
fishing is carried on quite extensively.
Three companies in San Francisco employ
twenty vessels in this work, catching
about 2,000 tons annually. In this vi
cinity there are a number of good banks,
with a depth of water varying from
Shirty to sixty fathoms. In the
Sastern end of Behring sea is
Nnk covering an area of $4,000 square
miles, which has depth of fifty fathoms,
and on every portion Goldfish are album
dant. The cod is found from the Straits
of Fucu as far north as fifty nine degrees,
or the southern limit of floating ice in
Behring sea, having been caught at
Nootka, Sitka, Lituya bay, Yak -etat
Bay, Cooks inlet, throughout the
Aleutan islands, the Alexandrian Archi-
pelago, and the Okhotsk sea. The
black cod, which is now attracting much
attention and is especially abundant in
the vicinity of Queen Charlotte islands
and some distance to the northward, is
superior to the cod of Labrador; so also
Is the fish caught near the Shumagin
Islands. Halibut abound, but have never
been caught in large numbers for the
market The Indians dry them for food.
They range from fifty to five hundred
pounds in weight, and are caught with
out difficulty. There are many other
species of fish, valuable for food or oil,
which will all furnish their quota to
lhe wealth which will be drawn from
Alaska in the future Portland (Or.)
West Shore.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-18

The starch and tannin of the green
fruit are completely transformed to
sugars in the process of ripening, but
while, when ripened on the stock, only
cane sugar or sucrose is produced, we
have principally inverted sugar, having
less than half the sweetness, in the fruit
cut green and allowed to ripen by ex
posure to air and light. This will e2
plain the differences in the value and
flavor of the fruit in its native cline and
in the countries to which it is exported
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-18

George Augustus Sala gets SO. 900 q
year from the London Illustrated Nesos
for writing age week; another $1O,-
600 for an OCCASIONAL editorial in the Lon
don Telegraph. and has steady income
from magazine articles and other writing
nlakiDg total from $50, 600 to $40,-
600
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-18

Hartshorn (aqua ammonia) is one OF
the best remedies for ! bee sting.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-18

Cremation is gaining favor in England
The city authorities OF London have o.
cided to establish crematory at lltoF1
. suburb Of the East End.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-02
joyfully; and they left the house, care
fully avoiding so much as glance
toward the windows next door.
CHAPTER II.
I" WHAT is sUCCEss2"

D. .
The two young men turned out Of
Lawrence street, TO go to the house Of
Hermann's father. There is saying
floating dimly about somewhere, to the
effect that " a man is known, or may
be known, by his friends" There is
an air Of sapience about the saying,
but it may be doubted whether 1t con-
tains much meaning in reality. The
circumstances which help to force a
man in the choice of his friends and as
sociates ought also TO be taken into con-
sideration. If, for instance, the char
acter of Philip Massey had been judged
from the fact that Hermann Berghaus
was his greatest friend, or, at least, his
greatest intimate, the result would have
been very garhled, one-sided view of
him and his individuality.
He was like hundreds, even thou
sands of young men living in the city
strictly and entirely OF the middle class.
He came of no particular family, and
had no particular fortune His father
was large yeoman farmer, of good
estate, residing near the seaport of
Foulhaven, in Yorkshire. Philips own
position in life was, so far as one could
Judge, tolerably secure, II not brill
liant one. He was employed in an ex-
tensive firm of civil engineers and sur
veyors in the city of Irkford.e II h
persevered in his calling and displayed
energy and intelligence, it was quite on
the cards that he might rise in time to
a position of great comfort, and even
qtfluence. On the cards also, though
more remote, was the possibility that
he might linger in his present position
for an indefinite number of years, ris-
ing no higher, il sinking no lower. He
was six-and-twenty years old, and had
been with his present employers, in
different capacities, for ten years.
During that time he had lived alone in
lodgings, not exactly friendless and
without any one to look after him, but
certainly without any great superiluity
of pastors and masters. He had rela-
tions; he was possessed of father and
mother, still living, he had sisters two
married and settled in homes Of their
own-one, the youngest, and his favor
ite, still under the parental roof. He
had brothers, too, scattered in different
parts Of the world-for not one of the
sons cared to follow the calling of his
father-one brother in India, a second
in Australia; himself, the youngest of
the force, in the great Irkwood firm Of
civil engineers.
The story of his life forms very
short and simple annal. To Philip.
whenever he thought about it, it con-
sisted Of series Of advances in busi-
ness, coincldent with a series Of ad-
vances to successfully better lodgings
in successfully better streets and quar-
ters of the town; until six months ago
he established himself at 81 Lawrence
street, in the house Of widow. who.
he said, made him so comfortable that
he never intended to leave her.
[To BE CONTINUED
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-02
Rigid Adherents to the Law.

You must 90 to East Broadway to see
the Jews who still cling to the pure and
simple Mosaic faith. They don't all
speak English. They never use English
when talking among themselves. The
books they read are printed in Hebrew.
When a woman marries she shaves her
head and puts on wig. When some
one among them strikes blow, or gives
q stab, or steals from another, or COM
mits adultery or bigamy, our police and
our courts never hear Of 1t unless death
occurs by violence and a Coroner is
called In order to get burial permit.
In all their troubles they go at once to
the nearest rabbi, always venerable
bearded man, wrapped up In books.
He is Judge as well as priest. His
word is stronger law than the weight
lest finding Of the United States Supreme
Court. No man or woman in that
colony would dare to eat pork, or rab-
bit, or oysters. or crabs, or Holsters. /
heard Of a case where rabbits daugh-
ter fell in love with Christian youth.
She was beatenl and starved and lect-
ured and locked up aud prayed over,
aud the Christian youth was warned
that terrible things would happen to
him and to her II he persisted in his at
tentions. Nevertheless she slipped ont
into the street one day and met the
youth Che was butcher in the neigh
borhood) and they were married. She
went home hand in hand with her hus-
band. Her father, the rabbi, calmly
and with affecting pathos told her he
had had q daughter exactly resem-
bling her, but that that daughter
was dead and would be buried on
the following day. Her mother
turned her back on her. The
next day the butcher saw from his
store hearse drive up to the rabbits
door. Men and women In mourning
filed into the house. Presently pall-
bearers emerged carrying a casket
which they lifted into the hearse. The
relatives Of his wife got into the car
riages that drove TO the door, He
knew that he was looking at the funeral
of his wife, who was, nevertheless,
hearty and well in his home near by.
Had she been there she would have
seen her own funeral. Had she chosen
to do SO, she could have read her name
and age and the date Of her death
on the cofiin-lid. Every now and then
afterward she met her parents and
never failed to speak to them, but they
hurried by and pretended not to hear
or see her.-M y. Cor. San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-02

AN enterprising but sick merchant
is Mr.. Tigue, of Seymour, Conn. A
month ago he offered $50 each to all the
little girls who would collect and bring
TO him 200 shank buttons on a string.
There were only about thirty little girls
who responded with the required num-
bers. Hartford Post.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-02

"A Modesto (Cal.) man attempted
to eat five dozen Of eggs on a wager,
and had succeeded In eating three doz-
en- and three when his friends dissuaded
him from further effort He still be-
lieves he could have accomplished the
feat.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-02

American toys arc In dsnmd In all
parts o. the world.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-02
ANTIDoTE TO MALARIA.
NE FEEIs LIKE A NEW MAN.

al have had Dyspepsia, with Constipa-
ton, two years, and have tried ten different
kinds OF pills, and TUFTS are the hrss
that have done me any good. They hayo
cleaned me out nicely. Ny appetite Il
have natural passages. feel like new
man" W.D. EDWARDS. Palmyra, o.
Soldcverywhere, ,2Bo. oftice, a. Murray 81, MY.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-11-21
a Mysterious 4 ililir.

Miss Mollie Wilson, daughter of Benja-
min Wilson, Il farmer residing near King
wood, w. Va, is mysteriou>ly missing.
She was engaged to marry Albert llartcr-
man, to whom her parents were bitterly
opposed. On Tuesday of last week a mu-
tual friend called ut Mr.. Wilson's, and
asked Miss Wilson to 60 with him to 4
mutual friends house. She went, the
visit having been prcarrangrd in order
that the engaged couple might elope. The
friend left Miss Wilson 1T the gate Of the
friends house and claims he has not seen
her since. The people in the house say
she was not there, and Mr.. Iarterman
claims to DO equally ignorant of her
whereabouts. lie says that at the hour
agreed upon he came To The TRUSTING place
and not finding his fiancee entered the
house of his friend. As she was not there,
he supposed that the plan had not worked,
and thought no more Of II until the next
day, when lie met the mutual friend.
Explanations cnsued and an alarm was
raised. There are two theories to account
for the girls diSappearance-one, that she
took her life; second, ant more probable
one, that she ran away in some freak.
Naturally there is not little excitement.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-11-21

The annual report Of the Baltimore and

/ The annual report Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company was submitted
Monday to the stockholders. 1t shows
that the earnings Of the main stem and
branches were $l9, 43G ,6O7.3s; expenses,
$ll ,G1G, 3O7 .0S; net earnings,S7, 769, 300. 80.
The working expenses were GO.07 per
cent Of the gross revenues. All the lines
have been improved. The surplus fund,
which represents invested capital derived
from net earnings and which is not repre-
scented by either stock or bonds, now
amounts to 81 ,703, 79G.
"rhe conservative system Of the COM
pany," says the report, "witlIout prece-
dent in America or Europe, by which
more than 81 100000 of net earnings,
unrepresented by stocks or bonds, have
been invested during long series OF
years in valuable improvements and eX-
tensions, in connecting lines, in the great
iron bridges over the Ohio river, in ele-
vators, wharycs, piers, docks, terminal
facilities, real estate, stations, locomo-
tives, cars, etc, readily enables the con-
pany to continue the payment Of semi-an-
nual dividends OF five per cent each OIL lis
capital stock, which amounts to only
$l4, 7S3, 900, Il sum SO limited us to present
Il marked contrast 10 that Of all competing
trunk lines. The payments for invest
mcnts on account of the sinking funds for
81, ,f lao 81,
in 1895, 1902, 1910 and 1927 during the
year amounted to 5000, 32S. 81"
OF the new line now being constructed
between Baltimore and Philadelphia the
report says work has progressed rapidly
during the year, aud, unless the severity
Of the winter prevent, the entire road be-
tween Baltimore and Philadelphia will be
i'm operation about July of the coming
year. The bridge spanning the Susquc-
hanna river is work of magnitude. and
will be one of the largest and most re-
markable structures Of its class in the
world. 1t is the determination of the
company that it shall be Of the most sub
stantial, safe and durable character. 1t
will be G ,3iG feet in length and built Of
steel.
The telegraph system of the company is
now entirely under its own control. The
system represents 6 ,SSS miles OF poles and
47,4l7 of wires, in the acquisition OF
which s2,Ol2,0OJ was expended during
the fiscal year.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-11-21

AT Winchester, Va, shortly after THO
Democratic procession had taken place
last Friday night, Wesley Honesty anu
Clint Banks, negroes, attacked Jos. Nc
Fall, n quiet, inoHensive white youth,
aged 10 years, from Mount Jackson, Shen-
andoah county. Honesty struck him on
the head with brick. The unfortunate
youth went home and retired and was
found dead the next morning by his ROOM
mate lying By his side. He had been in
the employ of Heating Brothers, stove
dealers, for year past. The father ana
sister of the young man were sent for, and
there was an affecting scene upon their
being shown the corpse. The coroner's
inquest found verdict in accordance
with the facts, which were clearly proven.
An autopsy showed that death had ensued
from hcmorrhage. The skull was frac-
turcd, the edge of the bone severing
small blood-vessel. The negroes were ar
rested and lodged in Jail. The negroes at
various points threw stones into the pro-
cession, but the white people rcfraned
from rcsenting the attacks.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-11-21
Cutting Down Miners Wages.

A dispatch from Cumberland, Md, says
that posters were put up all over the
Georges Creek coal region Monday an
nouncing TO miners that OH and after De-
ccmber lst reduction of twenty per cent.
will be made in the price paid for mining
coal. Ever stree the great strike Of 1882,
which began March 18th and ended Aug.
9th, the miners have bceh receiving fifty
cents per ton, instead of siXty-five cents,
which they had been receiving since the
early part Of 1880, when the Clcarfield
miners struck for twelve weeks and then
resumed at fifty cents per ton. The re-
one-flfth less than the present price. The
order is signed by all the companies oper-
ating in the Cumberland region, and will
certainly 90 into effect on the date named.
How the miners will receive it is, of
course, yet il matter of question, but there
are murmurings already deep and loud
from Frostburg aud Homecoming that the
miners are anything but disposed to quiet
w obey this order. SO far this year the
miners have done we'll ut fifty cents per
ton, the total shipments up to November
Sth being 2,472 ,2S4 tons, an increase of
POI ,275 tons, as compared with the CORE
spending period Of last year. Many sup
pose that the miners will quietly submit
during the winter to the proposed reduc-
ton, us they have not yet fully recovered
from the last strike, Which marked
memorable era in the history OF labor
movements in Allegheny county. 1t was
signal victory for the companies. Busi-
ness men who have felt a serious loss on
account of the small shipments this season
by. canal, are somewhat alarmed over the
notice OF reduction, and only hope strike
may be averted. The officers of the COM
panies claim that The reduction is Il matter
of necessity to them, as the competition
with Clearficld has been so sharp during
the season us to leave them no margin for
profit. Some of them claim that they have
been operating ut a loss, and the only
question is to reduce or to stop work al
together.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-11-21
A Very Foolish Woman.

Mrs. Sarah Smith, whose husband is a
clerk in the Baltimore post-oilice, made a
deliberate and probably successful attempt
to kill herself last Saturday when she
heard that the official vote of New York
had been given to Cleveland. She has
been greatly depressed since election day,
experimenting that with the change Of adj
ministration her husband would lose his
position. She took her husbands razor,
cut cash five inches long in her throa:
and then opened the arteries ut her wrist.
When her husband returned from the
post-oflice lie found her lying OH the floor
Of their house, northeast corner of Ais
quitli and Lanyale streets, insensible in 4
pool of blood. The doctor says she cannot
recover.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-11-21
State of West Virginia,
County Of Jefferson. So

Clerks Ofii~' az ia" County Court.
TIE following IL list of deeds admitted To
record In said office. during tho week ending
November IL, lisa
!. Mrs Margaret \. Massey to Chns. H.. WIN.
H. and John J. kHDIr. K..Iras., dated July J.
ISL recorded November ~. ls3i.
. J. IT. Matthias and VII. to John 7. Clipp.
Deed OF bargain and sale. dated November ).
Issi conveying their interest In about - acres
OF land east OF the Shenandoah river. Date Of
record, November IL, 1884.
3. Geo. Koonce and wife tO Geo. Baylor, tr'fS-
tee for Edward Tearney. Deed Of trust, convey
ing three tracts or parcels Of land. Date Of rec
ord. November u, IoSi.
1. The United states To Coralic f. Franklin.
deed OF bargain and sale dated October -, I.s !
conveying lot No. / in block ~. Iinrpers FeI-
~. date OF record. November L. Isl.
). Edward Il. Anderson to Mary j. Anderson
Deed OF barguin aud sale. dated June ., lNSi,
conveying q Of an acre 81 land In Bolivar on
Clay street. Date Of record, November ! 1, Issi
d. Jno. w. Grantham To Geo. Kooncu. I:cieae-..
dated and recorded, November -, ISL.
3. J. J. keane. Bishop Of RiclimOnd, To II. J.
Mckeefry. deed OF bargain and sale, dated
March ). lss3, conveying lot In block ID. Har-
g. stephen BaIcb and " re 70 NJ Helm trustee
for ID. ". ClendeniDg. Deed 81 trust, dated No
yember 10, losi, conveying PERSONAL PROPERTY
and the interest of grautOfs Ia crops OF wheat
and corn. Date Of record, November II, 1855.
9. The United states Ia Chas. II. Trail and J.
Garland Hurst. Deed Ol bargain ana sale. dated
also lots No. J. z, > and T. block Il: ahso lot No.
In block ~; also lot No. In block ]. Harper =
Ferry Date of record, November II, 1851
10. The tinted States To JOS. l. daily. Deed Of
bargain and sale dated October -, ISL convey
Ing lots No. ~ and II in block LII. lUIrpers Fer
~. Date Of record. November II, Isl.
IL. X. T. Boyd TO Geo lay Tor. trustee for Win.
Beall decd OF trust. dated November Ii lssi
conveying stock cattle. Date Of record. SoyenI-
Der H. 1884.
u. B.njaIniu Galloway 10 v. G. Bracksti.
Deed OF bargain and sale. conveying his Interest
In house and lot on Potato Hill III Chariestown.
Dated and recorded Nov. u, issi.
Teste. 4. =. MOORE,
Clerk Of County Court.
November q. ISL.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-11-21
Baltimore & ohio Railroad.

Trains on this road will leave Shenandoah
Junction ns follows, ON and after Nov. =. 1881:
EAST-HoUSD.
G2Ia. m.-Bobtail train.
lU:2 a. m-No. IL, local. for Frederick, iialtl-
more and wny stations. via main line.
1913 y. m.-No. ,, fast express for Washington
and Baltimore.
f.2S p. Mo. :. local for Washington and
baltimore.
5.ic =. Mo. 4, fast express for Washington
and Bal imorc.
wE$T-BOUSD.
jcQR. m.-Owl train.
pUc9 u. nl.-NO. !, express.
l2.0i p. m.-No. H. for Piedmont and way
stntionS.
500 y. m.-No. 6. fast-line. goes through for
81. Louis, Chicago and all western points.
I CAN furnish any Kind OF Paints that may be
i wanted. j. q. GIBSON
JAPANESE Mcntholinc for Headache. NeB-
- ralgia, rheumatism. Nr., ut GlBSON'S.
IF any one wants To buy any Kind Of Gun
/ they can examine same and prices 10y calf ting
on Dir. GIBSON
ETRNITURE Dressing and Stains-wnlnut
Il and oak. Chcapnt GllISON'S
CCIIOOL children's gools-Peus and Holders.
- Pencils. Spongcs. States. Copy books. Tab
cts, Paper. &c. at GlBSoNS.
hGsITS and Days Horse and '' GIi,I T1Sc''
ICAN sell you "Cnrringc Dressing that you
/ can use for both body aud top. The only ar
tclc on the market that will both dress leather
and wood. AT 6IbSOHS.
4 WELL-SELECTED stock Of Paint brushes.
y Paints. Oils, &c, ~ GiBSoN'S.
haifpint at GIBsON's.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-11-21
A story About the Old Debt.

Recently an old man from Il New Eng
land State went into the Treasury Depart
ment in Washington and said that about
twenty years ago lie had found some old
bonds among the papers of an uncle, Il
man of national reputation for ability and
wealth from 1920 to 1886, whose name he
bore, and whose estate le inherited many
years ago. They seemed to be United
States bonds, he said, but he could not tiEd
n banker who knew anything Of them or
their value, anil aS he was coming here he
thought he would bring them along and
see If they really haze any value. They
were, indeed, curio>iticS, old and yellow
as they were from age, for they were pIrt
of ''thc old debt" aud ceased To bear in
tercst in 1856. The amount of the princi-
pal was 1900, aud there WAS ten years
interest due on them. He said he would
gladly have taken $1,000 for them, and
that he had once offered them to Massa-
chusetis bank for that, but his offer was
contemptuously declined. The old man
walked out of the treasury with Il check
i'm his pocket on the New York sub treas
ury for SO 0OO.- CHICAGO Times.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-11-21

A heavy wheat train pulled into Fargo,
Dakota Territory, by one engine, few
DAYS ago, on the Northern Pacific Rail-
road. consisted of 10 cars, loaded with
wheat. This would make, allowing 5oo
bushels to the car, weight OF 3,G3o,oo
pounds, while the cars weigh 2,I29,Ooo
pounds, making $3.50, 900 pounds pulled
by one locomotive, or over $3.50 tons. The
train was over three-quartcrs of It mile IN
length