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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-12
SenseIess Extravagance.

The year IroquoiS won the Derby
there burst upon the English betting
public the figure OF short, stout man
with blonde mustache, and dressed
in blue.suit of clothes. This person.
age was known in New York as
walton, of the st. James," but in
England he was known as Walton,
the Plunger," and that sobriquet has
stuck TO him ever since. The name
"Plunger," however, had been appro-
priated long before Walton came on
the scene, and when used had gener, lily
reference to the Marquis of Hastings,
more familiarly known on the race
course as Lit lie Marks, and some of
his "plunges" aong ide Of Walton's
make the latter sink into insignif-
canoe.
When the marquis came into his
property, on the death Of his father,
the famous Lord Hastings, governor
general of India, he at once b gan to
make himself famous y a succession
of the most reckless and SenseeSs bets
that ever man made. His eScapades
were the talk of the town, and one of
his best known was his running off
with the lady who was engaged to be
married to Mr.. Chaplin, who then and
there took an oath to ruin him, which
was full lied when his horse, the
famous Hermit. won the Derby for
him in a SHOWS torn, and lost Lord
Hastings over 100000 in bets alone.
He had another. bad day when Lady
Elizabeth, the h tie favorite that
ever started for the Derby, barring
Macgregor, went amiss during the
race, and was headed by SIR Joseph
Hawleys Bluegown. He did not
always lose, though, and many time
he made the ring jump and the chips fly
by winning about fifty tn usand dollars
in bets on some overnight selling race.
Taking his turf career all around, it
was rather successful than otherwise,
and it was outside OF the turf, in wild
bets and reckless extravaganza, that
he ruined himself. He once bet a
man $25,C00 to $500 that he
would spend $4,000 in one day, and
that he wouldn't eat it, drink it, give it
away, or gamble it, and that he would
have nothing TO show for 1t afterward.
He went and hirel special trans and
sent them flying al over the country.
He won his 500. but it cot him So
90 to enable him t. do so. He asked
some friends down TO his country seat,
and got up rail cad C 1ilisiol for their
amusement He d special switch
laid OF the main ira k. and then two
engines, with car at .hed. were
started in opposite directions. OF
course. the engineers jumped off after
they were started. The young Duke
of Hamilton was another 10y CT the
same kidney. anu a iavorite amuse-
ment of theirs on hot day in the
country was to lie under havstack
and draw straws out for $1,000 time.
No fortune in tie world could stand
that racket long. anu he never held up
his head after that fatal day on EPSON
downs, when Hermit romped IN.
Every penny vas aid on the Monday
morning, but almost Hnheard of sacrl-
fees were made in order to get the
money in time. Shortly after this the
health of the Little Marks br.ke
down. AMI the most famous :. Plum
GER of modern days died of consufnp-
ton ut the early age of twenty-slxs
Immense petroleum fields haxs Just
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-12

There are innumerab,e ms Ian .esa where
cures have been effected by Scoyilrs Sarsa-
Farila, or Blood and LIVER Syrup, for ali
dis ases 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 a
specific fer cert ain diseases, it Is no w nder
that it should be more e1ectual than i q tily
wI1tten and carelessly pr pare pr scriptions
Iake Scayilrs Bloo1 aud Liver Syrup for all
ii order arising from i'm ure bi1od It is
nden ~ all leading protest onal men.
II cough disturbs your sleep, one dose of
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-12

Mo woman can live without some
share of p ysical suffering; but many accept
as inevitable great amount of pain which
can be avoided. Lydia Z. 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, 1884-06-12

FoR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION depression Of spir-
its ana general debility in their various forms !:
also as . preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent fevers, the sFerro-P hospho-
tied Elixir o. Calisaya," mado by Caswell,
Hazard 4 Co., Nc- York, fnd sold by all Drug.
lists, is the best tonic and Tor patients recover
ng from fever or other sickness it has no equal.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-12
A BeautIful TTend ofHa,r.

long, sllken in texture, rich chestnut brown
reaching to the ground: such are the effects O
the justly celebrated and widely known Car
boline, the prince of all Hair Restorers
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-12

Unselfish people are always polite, because
good manners are only the absence of sci
hshness
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-12

Lest Fnfrh n Phvsiclnu..

Ask for Wells Rough on Corns "15c Quick,
complete cure. Corns, warts, bunions.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-12

Immense petroleum fields haNe Just
been discovered in Northw estern
Wyoming.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-12
"Buclla Pniba.,i

Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney.
Bladder and Urinary Diseases. 81. Druggists
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-08
NAILS IN DECORATION.

lFrom the St. Nicholas for November
Round-hcaded brass nails may OF
themselves be extensively used in dec
Grating chests, etc. 1t is well known
in repnssc or sheet-brass work that a
very important point consists of intro
ducing at regular intervals bosses, or
round studs, of such nature that they
shall attract the eye by rejecting light.
Thus, in the days when every room had
its salvers and plates of hammered
brass, favOritc subjects were oranges.
grapes, and other round fruits, whose
rounded surface gave a brilliant reflect
of light. Accordingly, very tsvorite
subject for brass platter was the spies
returning from Canaan, bearing be-
tween them an immense bunch of
grapes. During three hundl ed years
there were as many salvers made with
this subject as all others combined. In
fact, the employment of the boss, OF
knob. or circle, in art is as old rs art
itself; it was common among the earl
lest races, and an article which have
read declares that the white dots in II
blue ground which form the undying
''polka-dot pattern in cravats is
u survival of the heads oi the
rivets in ancient armor. IL is ~ carl
Gus as instructive 10 observe
how, for instance in Romane;quc drc=-,
very good effects We're produced hr
simple circlets surrounded at times by
dots. These are seen, too, not only on
old Anglo Saxon and GauliSh dresses,
but on all objects where it was desira-
bic to produce the most ornamental
effect in the earliest manner. Nails
can be had at the brass iurnishcr's in
great variety and of every pattern from
one or two inches in diameter down to
the tiniest tacks.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-08
WASN'T HIS ARM.

From the Bloomington Through Mail.i
The other evening II Young lady with
n white Swiss skirt, black Jersey jack
ct and white cape amt her beau were
promenading on East Washington
street whcn it suddenly became APP
parent to them that there was some
thing unusual about them. Men stop
ped and looked after them, girls giggled
and boys Eooted.
"Sylvia, what on earth is the matter
with everybody this EVENING"" queried
the beau.
81 don't know, and what is more,
don't care" snorted Sylvia.
"What ails them!' asked one girl OF
another. just as they passed the unhap-
py couple.
"Don't know unless she's sick and he
has to hold her up answered her
companion.
''Iake off your arm!" cried boy.
"Pull down the blinds!" shouted
his chum.
Gosh! Amt they lovin'?" below
ed third
The young man was angry and the
young woman was mad and the boys
were following at their heels and say
ing all manner of impertinent things.
Two of the little rascals slipped up be-
hind her and one of them slyly put out
his hand and as the girl and her beau
separated the urchin bawled:
"Lord! He aint got his arm around
her! That's where her black wescot
sticks out from under her
white shawl!" and then the young
folks knew that the black streak of
Jersey around her waist had been mis-
taken for his sleeve and the girl went
home to change her clothes.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-08
THE QUEER THING A MAN IS.
From the New York SUM-

Huxley gives the following table of
what tull grown man should weigh,
aud how this weight should be divided:
Weight, l54 pounds. Made up thus:
Muscles and their appurtenances 6S
pounds; skeleton, "a pounds; skin.
l04 pounds; fat, 28 pounds; brain, 3
pounds; thOracic viscera, 50 pounds;
abdominal viscera, IL pounds; blood
which would drain from the body,
pounds. This man ought to consume
per diem: Lean beafsleak, 5000 grains,
bread 5000 grains; milk, 1000 grains;
potatoes, 5000 grains; butter, 800
grams. His heart should beat " times
minute, and he should breathe Is
times a minute. In "a hours he should
viiiate l.750 cubic feet of pure air to
the extent of l per cent. A man.
therefore, of the weight mentioned
ought to nave 800 cubic feet of well
ventilated space. lie wonld throw off
by the skin lS ounces of water, 800
groins of solid matter. and 400 grains
OF carbonic acid every 24 hours, and
his total loss during the 2l hours would
he pounds of wafer, and u little above
pounds of other matter.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-08
WORKING WITH A PLAN.
from the n. Y. Observer.I

1t is almost painful to think how much
valuable time and labor are wasted in
this world every day by well meaning,
work according to any plan. Some
people have a most laudable desire to
accomplish many things and make
themselves very useful in the world,
but they are continually meeting with
mortifying failures simply because they
go about their work without any def
mite or distinct aims in view. They
are generally undecided and irresolute
in action. and waste Il great amount of
time in debating what they should do
next. In consequence, their work, Of
whatever nature, is generally as COLI
fused as their own minds, and seldom
finished as it should be, if finished at
all Such men, while often laboring
under consciousness of their own de-
fects, are in addition constantly har-
assed by their work and seldom sue
cessful in their efforts.
1t is the much better and wiser wav
to have plans as far as possible, for
every kind of labor. No one realizes
the value of this more than the farmer.
On his ability to do the right thing at
the right time, depends to large de-
gree his success in the business. He
begins the year with a plan for each
week, or month of each season, with
reasonable allowance for such things
as may occur to interrupt, and for
which no provision can be made. He
is able then to proceed intelligently and
confidently with each appointed task.
He does not feel obliged to slight or
hurry through his work to catch up
with something that should have been
done week or month ago. Neither
is he troubled with the things of to-
morrow, for he knows with some de-
gree of certainty what the day will
bring forth. He does not walk as one
who knows not where his journey may
lead, but as one whose route is mapped
out before him as clearly and distinctly
as anything in the future may be, He
shapes each days or weeks work in
such manner that it shall not inter-
fere with his preconcefted arrange.
ments and SO throw the whole into con-
fusion. This field TODAY and that to-
morrow, this harvest for next week
and that for the week thereafter. Hap
py and successful is the farmer who
works after a wise and prudent plan.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-08
WATER ONCE A DAY.
How the Hedouins Traverse tho
Arid Wastes of Sahara,

lGen. Il. E. Colston in september Century.
In the "Waterless Land water is
the paramount question. If it be ask
ed how large body of Bcdouins like
the 10000 who nearly destroyed tue
British square at Tamai, manage to
subsist, the reason is plain. In the
first place, they do not need the enor-
nous trains required for European
army. They are the most abstemious
of men. Each man carries skin uf
water and u small bag of grain, pro-
duced by purchase OF barter from car
avans. Their camels and goats move
with them, supplying them with milk
and meat, and sub,isting upon the
scant herbage and the foliage of the
thorny mimosa, growing in secluded
wadies. These people could live upon
the increase of their tlocks alone, which
they exchange readily for other commo-
dities; but being the exclusive carriers
and guides for all the travel and COM
merce that cross their deserts, they
realize yearly large amounts of money.
AS to water, they know every nook
and hollow i'll the mountains, away
from the trails, where a few barrels of
water collect in some shaded ravine,
and they can scatter, every man for
himself, to fill their water-skins. On
my first expedition, near the close Of
the three years. drought, l reached
some we'll on which was depending
and found them entirely dry. 1t wa $
several days to the next wells. But
INV Bedouin guides knew some natural
reservoirs i'll the hills about six miles
off. So they took the water-camels at
nighttall and came back before day
light with the water-skins filled. An
invading army would find it too hard
to obtain guides, and even if they did,
they must keep together and could not
leave the line of march to look for
water. Besides, the Bedouins, accus-
toned from infancy to regard water as
most precious and rare, use it with
wonderful economy. Neither men nor
animals drink more than once in forty
eight hours. AS to washing, they
never indulge in such wasteful nom
sense. When Bedouins came to my
camp water was always offered them.
Their answer would frequently be:
"No, thanks: drank Yesterday" :"
They know too well the Importance of
keeping up the habit of abstemiousness.
No wonder they can subsist where in
yaders would quickly perish!
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-08
DISHONESTY IN TRADE.

IT. W. Tyler. In the November Century.I
There is hardly an article Of manu-
factured merchandise made or impor-
ted in the United States that has not its
adulterations OF limitations; and there
are but few articles of raw material
that are not in some manner adultera-
ted. What is needed is a law that shall
compel men to do all honest business;
a law that shall apply alike to the rich
and the poor; a law that shall punish
the man who sells with a false balance,
the same as the man who steals loaf
of bread; law that shall punish the
felt article of merchandise, the same as
the man who makes and circulates
counterfeit coin,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-08
WHY A RIOH BOS ION BEAUTY NEW
ER MARRIED..

From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.l
No doubt it takes pluck for man OF
modest fortune To ask rich woman to
marry him, and no doubt rich women
often go unmarried tor want OF
the asking. The writer once asked
one of Boston's loveliest women, some
thing past her first youth, rich, of ex-
cellent family and altogether charming
person: "Aliss L., why have you
never married?" 81 am tempted to
tell you the TRUTH" she replied with a
vivid blush, "nobody has ever asked
me. am rich and well born, and my
own mistress. A man could offer me
very little that have not, except his
love, and l fancy most men don't APP
preciate that trifle ut its full value.
At least they don't know-how
should they?-how much true mans
love is to u lone woman"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-08
CHINESE PROVERBS.
From the Peoples of the World !

From the Peoples of the World
A few of the Chinese proverbs may
show the character of the people and
their way of thinking, better than any
other descriptions: "a wise man
adapts himself to the circumstances as
water shapes itself TO the vessel that
contains it.: "Misfortunes issue out
where disease enters-at the MOUTH"
The error of one moment becomes
the sorrow of the whole lifetime ;"
"Disease may be cured but not desti
N.Y." "a vacant mind is open to all
suggestions, as the hollow mountain
returns all sounds" ''He who pursues
the stag regards not hares;" eff the
roots be left the grass will grow
again" Uhis is the reason given for
exterminating traitors family;
"The gem cannot be polished without
friction, nor the man perfected with
out trials" ga wise man forgets old
grudges;" ''Riches come better after
poverty than poverty after riches"
"A bird can roost on but one branch;"
GA horse can drink no more than its
fill from the river" Enough is as good
as feasD; "When the port is dry the
fishes will be seen" (when the accounts
are settled the profits will appear);
"WhO swallows quick can chew but
little" (applied to learning)i "You
cannot strip two skins off one cow;"
"Iic who wishes to rise in the world
should veil his ambition with the forms
ofhumility;;" "The gods cannot help
man who loses opportunities"
"Dig we'll before you are thirsty"
(be prepared against contingencies)
''The full stomach cannot comprehend
the evils of hunger" eggs are c'ose
things, but the chick come out at last"
(murder will ouD; "To add feet to q
snake (superfluity is discourse when
the subject is altered;) "Who aims at
excellence will be above mediocrity,
will fall short of it" "To win cat and
lose a COW" Consequences of litiga-
tiom; 81 will not try my porcelain
bowl against his earthen dish'' (said in
contempD; 'He who tolls with pain
will eat with pleasures" Borrowed
others makes it long," "Those who
rule early perferment makes a
lazy genius. Large fowls will not
eat small grain" (great mandarins are
not content with little bribes); 1.-The
best thing is to be respected, and the
next to be loved it is bad to be hated,
but still worse to be despised;" "The
poor cannot contend with the rich, nor
the rich with the powerful;" ga mans
words are like an arrow, straight to
the mark: woman's are like broken
fan; )" "One lash to a good horse; one
word to wise man." ''Let every man
sweep the snow from before his own
doors, and not busy himself about the
frost on his neighbor's tiles;" "Though
years, he gives himself as much pain
and anxiety as if he were to live a
thousand:" "By nature all men are
alike, but by education widely differ
ent."
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-08
A sHILLING's WORTH.
From the London Rare Bits.


A fellow who came by the railroad
being stranger, stro!led about fol
some time on the "outskirts" of a town
in search of Il barber. He finally dis
covered one. and requested the opera
tor to take off a shilling's worth of hair
The barber trimmed his locks very
neatly, soaped up the remainder very
handsomely, and then coinhed aud
brushed him till his head looked as if il
belonged to some other person than
himself.
care YOU done2" asked The stranger
as the barber removed the napkin from
his neck.
eyes SIR" said the barber with a
polite bow.
"Are you certain that you took OF q
shilling's worth!"
Yes, sir: there's a glass, You call
look for Yourself"
"Well,' said the stranger, elf you
think you have shilling's worth off,
don't know as have any use for it
and l haven't got no change, SO you
may just take the hair for your
trouble"
On hearing this, the barber made a
jump for the man, whereupOn he made
Il jump for the door, which not being
bolted, he bolteu himself.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-08
AN INTERRUPTION.
From Harper's Magazine. !

While Mary Anderson was playing
Ingomar to an appreciative audience III
Detroit, not long ago, they were anus
ell by some unconscious but audible
comments passed upon the hero by
one of the country's yeomen.
When lmgomar bids farewell to
Parthenia, within sight of the walls OF
her native city. and disappears toward
his mountain home, our countryman
gave sigh of relief as he said, "There,
he's gone!" But when, in response to
Parthenia's pathetic "Ingomar! oh,
lngomar." he sees that barbarian come
sneaking back, look of mingled dis
gust and astonishment spread over his
face, and lie calculates, "TAe derned
fool has come back again!'
The pathos of that scene was vast
ed upon most of that audience.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-08
Where do you Live.
By JosRPHINK POLLARD.

! knew a man, and his name WAS Horner,
VINO used TO live on Grumble Corner,
Grumble Corner in Cross-Pat Town.
And ne never WAS seen without trown t.-
He grumbled at this. he grumble'i at III It; .-
lie growled at the ~; he growled al the cat;
He grumLled at morning; he grumblei at night;
And to grumble and howl were his chief de-
light.
He grumbled so much at his wife. that she
Began to Krumbl. we'll as lie,
And i the children, wherever they went,
reflected their parents discontent.
1t the sky vas dark, and netok-ned rain.
Then MIR. Horner Twss snre to complain;
And if there was nsgersa cloud about
He'd Rrumsle because of threatened dI ought
His meals were never to suit his taste;
He grumbled at having to eat in haste;
The bread was poor, the meat was tough,
Or else he hadn't had half enough.
No Matter how hard hls wife might try
To pie,ise her husband, with scornIul eye
He'd look around, and then, with scowl
AT something or other. begin to growI.
One day as loitered along the street,
My old Il. quaintance chanced to meet.
Whose face WAS without the look of care
u may be- ln nrstss en-. perhaps. said,
AS. after salutlng. turned my head.
but it is. and it isn't the Mr.. H6rner
Who lived for so long on Grumble Corner!'
met him next day. and met him again,
In melting weather, In pouring rain.
When stocks were up. and when stocks were
down;
But q smile. somehow. had replaced his frown
II puzzled me much; and 80 one day
l seized his hand in Il friendly way.
And said: ''Mr. Horner, I'D like to know
What can have hsppeIed to change you so?'
He laughed laugh that was good to hear,
For 1t told OF conscience calm and clear
And he said, with none of the old time drawl;
Gbapaed Soap eoapssa se,ncs my That
HornPr,
''It wasn't healthy on Grumble Corner.
And so moved; twas q change complete;
And you'll find me now on Than ksgiying
streett'
And now ever day as move along
The streets. 80 filled with the busy throng
l watch each. and can always tell
Where men and women and children dwell;
And many q discontented mourner
ls spending his days on Grumble Corner,
Sur and sad, whom long to entreat
10 take house on Thanksgiving street.