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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-03
Household Hints.

To make Oil cloths look bright and
fresh, take of milk in the proportion
of three tablespoonfuls to one of
molasses. After mixing thoroughly,
apply with soft rag to the oil cloth,
having it perfectly clean. If the car
pet is sticky after drying use less mo-
lasses. The quality of molasses varies,
and an experiment of an inch or two
of surface will test the quality Of the
compound. If well-proportioned the
dust will not stick to the floor more
than on new oil cloth.
1t is claimed that eggs stored with
the large end downward will keep
much longer than in any other posi-,
ton.
Starch makes better paste to use
in papering walls than flour, and is less
expensive also; little will go much
farther.
Coffee pounded in a mortar and
roasted on an iron plate, sugar burned
on hot Goals, and vinegar boiled with
myrrh and sprinkled on the floor and
furniture of sick room are excellent
deodorizers.
If any one is fatigued, the best res
torative is milk, tumbler of the
beverage as hot as it can be slipped.
This is far more of restorative than
any alcoholic drink.
Some one asks bow fruit jellies can
be preserved from mold. If the sur
face is covered one-fourth of an inch
deep with loaf sugar, finely pulverized,
they will keep in good condition and
no mold penetrate
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-03
Economy OF Life.

The true economy of human life adj
justs expenditures to moral scale of
values. De Quincy pictures woman
sailing over the water, awakening out
of sleep to find her necklace united
and one end hanging over the stream,
while pearl after pearl drops from the
string beyond her reach; when she
clutches at one just falling, another
drops beyond recovery.
Our days drop one after another by
our carelessness, like pearls from a
string. as we sail the sea of life, until
we learn that the waste of time is q
more serious loss than the extravagan
ces against which there is such loud
exclaim. The expenditures of few
dollars on taste is q small matter in
comparison with the wasting of months
and years by thousands who have
every advantage society can offer. and
exact every privilege it affords as a
right.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-03
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

The greenfnch begins to pipe at
l:30 o'clock in the morning. the black
cap at 2:30 and the quail half an hour
later. The sparrow is lazy and the
last to rise.
According to recent authority. a
Japanese fish known as the fuku is SO
poisonous that death follows almos
instantaneouslv after eating only
moderate piece of it.
The brilliancy in the eyes of a cat is
caused by a carpet of glittering ibres
called sthe topeum, which lies behind
the retIna, and is a powerful reflector.
In perfect darkness no light is observ-
ed in their eyes, fact which has been
established by very careful expert
ments. Nevertheless, very small
amount of light is sufficient to produce
the luminous appearance.
During a mans lifetime of fifty
years, according to paper recently
read before the academy of science,
Paris, he sleeps away an aggregate
of 5000 days, works away the same
period, eats away 1000 days, walks
away 800 days, is i'll during 500 days,
and amuses himself the remainder of
his half century on earth.
The barley broth, of which the
constable in Shakespeare's Henry "
spoke SO contemptuously as the food
of English soldiers, was probably beer
which long before the time of Henry
was so celebrated that it gave its
name to the plant, barley being simply
the beer plant.
Mahomet, we are told, had dove
which he used to feed with wheat out
of his ear; when hungry the dove
lighted on his shoulder, and thrust his
bill in to find his breakfast Mahomet
persuaded the rude and simple Ara
bians that it was the Holy Ghost that
gave him advice.
The private dwellings of Greece
stood in no relation to the monumen-
tai public buildings. That we are
acquainted with no Greek house is a
proof that these were of the same
subordinate Importance as was the
family in the Hellenic State. The
house was nothing more than the
scene of the family labors, and turned
modestly inward, confined and simple
chambers being grouped around a
central court. The Greek spent most
of his time away from home, and it
was only at meal times and for sleep
that he sought the retirement of his
dwelling.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-03
All She Needed.

Patient-Doctor, I want you to pre-
scribe for me.
Doctor CATER feeling of her pulse)-
There is nothing the matter, madam
All you need is rest.
Patient Now, amt you mistaken
doctor2 Please study my case care
fully. Just look at my tongue.
Doctor That needs rest too.
Thirty thousand patents were issued
In Great Britain last year against
twenty thousand in this country.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-03
To Thine Own S.l,1

s by, thine n own souls law lean ~
And 4 I men thwart thee "A. : "
and and 4 men hate thee have ~ : y
Sing thou thy song and A. Y cav
nope hop thou thou thy hope and png >, -
Nor bays they grudge thee to, =. = =
Keep thou thy soul-swo,n
And to thy heart be tine -. .'4''s u
What thy soul teaches lo. ''r
And play out thine appoip,.s 7 M
And thou shalt reap as tho, 4 ''
Nor helped nor numbered !. "a ~
To thy fun stature ~, : = ny rosa
''''a shalt pos
Fix on thy future goal thy f..
AND let thy feet be lured to -.
NOwhither, but be swift 10 n,
And nowhere tarry by the ",
Until at last the end is won.
Ana thou may'st look back from !.
And see thy long days iou,D. i, Z =
-PateaAss
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-03
Natural Laughing Gas in a Tunnel.

The great Sierra tunnel at Tioga has
developed the presence in the indurated
mudstone, siicious limestone, and
arenaceous shales of Tioga hill, of
protoxide of nitrogen, the exhilarating
gas known as Laughing gas" with
traces also of the nitrates commonly
associated with several of the metals.
AS is well known, tne inhalation of
protoxide of nitrogen produces exhila-
ration to intoxication, an irresistible
impulse to muscular exertion, insensi-
bility to pain, and develops the charac-
teristic propensities of an individual to
a striking degree. Air is forced into
the great Sierra tunnel through wood
en- boxes, and distance, leakage and
friction being great the supply was in
adequate and hence the accumulation
of this nitrous gas at the header, the
inhalation of which had the character
istic effect upon those working there,
as soon as one of them got an overdose
Bill Harrington, a muscular miner
who had been talking of going below
to meet Sullivan on the boards, was
brought out fighting, and it took four
men to hold him until he returned to
consciousness in the open air. Red
tingshafer, the snowshoe mail-carrier,
went in and got dose, and when
brought oat seized couple of bars of
iron, dashed them to his feet with wire,
ieaped over the dump, and went sailing
Gown the mountains over the snow
Lstasdy (caz. Under.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-03

Potato Ptf.-Two cups of cold
mashed potatoes, three tablespoonfuls
of melted butter beaten to cream, add
two well beaten eggs. one cup cream
or milk, pour it in deep dish and
bake in a quick oven.
Canned Corn Choose very full
ears of tender corn; remove the husk
and silk, cut the corn from the cob,
and scrape the cob with the back of the
knife: pack glass jars with the corn,
making them quite full. pressing the
corn down, and then close them with
the rubber and porcelain-lined covers:
put some laths across tie bottom of q
large boiler. and al it with the jars of
corn, laying little straw or hay be-
tween the jars to keen them from strik-
Ing against each other when they begin
10 boil; pour in enough cold water IS
cover the saEs. put the boiler over the
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-03

A live stock breeder and correspon-
dent of the Pennsylvania Farmer sass:
A scrub heifer bred to thoroughbred
bun for her first calf. and then repeat
edly bred to the same bull, win i'm
prove in her breeding 50 that each
succeeding calf win be better than the
preceding one, and this to greater
cent than if she had been bred to
different bulls though Al equally good
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-03

Domestic postage in Mexico is higher
than foreign, and there is not postal
card in the country. Previous 70 the
first ct last January there was postal
card in use costing three cents, but il
could only be used in sending TO for
esgn countries, and mailed only at the
otIice where purchased.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-03
Leading Him Into . -

Young wife--My ds1,. 49,, 4
the stroke oar at collegs
Young husband-Ys' -, -
"And a very prOminsn'
the gymnastic class
IL was the leader. n u
~And quite a hand at
contests q -,
Quite a handg NJ
was the champion WA. ssis
runner, the head man :. -
weights, and as for cam 80
could shoulder a barre = n
..well, love. just per- !,
baby a couple of hOu's'
Philadelphia Call
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-03
HUMOROUS.

. rising Making y,
Who ever heard of haitian,
ing a tune?
A man is seldom able ia =.
wind by whistling for a bres.
The capacity of a base bah !,
does not depend upon the spn,.
quarts he will hold.
When a woman thinks This
revolves around her husband !.
urally speaks of him as "hubn
HE loved not wisely, butt@u
was the remark made by yous,.
who had been Tilted by an heies
I Darling, has your love n
wv -
cold?" asked the bride Of her i
husband. mot as cold as he
is" was his unfeeling Response
The editor of a scientific mai
asks for correct drawings ota9m
at work" An experienced nd.
man ought to accommodate him.
What will the futurebe." "a
excited exchange. 1t is pretty Id
tell this early. but the chances n
it will be about as bad as the rs
A scientist tells us that a Il
sting only once in two ns
Those who have tried II assure
it is quite often enough.
The inventive genius 0, thh
try is becoming exhausted in F
work and fortunes for media
The latest success is a OneEa
velocipede.
"Soled again." exclaimed ihs
man as he went flying down ihi
steps for the third time INSIDE
week, propelled by the vigorous
Of his charmer's papa.
Eyes," said the ant, 81 prdg
picnic parties rather than aig
They allow a greater conce'iId
energy, which Of itself Is an lnP
element of success"
speaking of absent-m inss
observed Mrs. Anger, "my hass
the most absent-minded MAJ
saw. He hasn't had any nIn'
own since we were married
MAY ! have the pleasure
you homer" he bashfully asAa'
tainly," she graciously replla
is a high hill just in frontOi ~
or, if you prefer it, you can Gid
tree in the COW lot. Go -
where you can get a good 'l''
An old organ grinder is psf1
visit the palace of Prince Chaia
erick at Berlin and intefi'ls
mosphere with his muse
to be the only person WY
the prince laugh. 1t Is su'N
the prince only laughs W"''
the saddest.
mo, indeed / wasn't Sii
10 oo;d Mica FussanieSsDN
she had recovered from be, !.
spell at the church plcnn =,
day, ''but l knew sucn w., -. =
of green wouldn't harn0
new mink dress"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-09-03
"A correspondent OF che New Yorl

a correspondent OF cue view York
Rorld says that at sheep ranch in.
Montana lamb, which had been bit
sen By rattlesnake, was cured By the
application Of baking soda. It Is also
usual u that vicinity to apply the same
remedy 20 horses. and il usually fol-:
owed b complete cure. Whiskev Is
ks9erved Tor human beings
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
HALF OUT OF HIS HEAD.

"Bles sed be the man" said Don Quixotes weary
squire, who nvepted sleep anchos gratitude is
ours, but what cannot for any reason enjoy that
excellent nventionl Nervousness in me had become
disease writes Mr.. William Coleman the we'll
known wholesale druggist of Buffalo, n. Y. 81 could
not sleep and my nights either passed in that
sort of restlessness which nearly crazes man. in
kind of stupor, haunted by tormentng dreams. Hav-
ing taken Parker's Tonic for other troubles tried it
also for this The result both surprised and delighted
My toned to concert pitch and like
Caesars fat men, fell into the ranks of those who
sleep onights | should add that the Tonic speedily
did away with the condition of general debility and
dyspepsia occasioned by my previous sleoplessness
and gave strength and perfect digestion In brief
the of the Tonic thoroughly re-established my
health have used Parker's Tonic with entire sue
for sea-sckness and for the bowel disorders in
cident to ocean voyages.
This preparation has heretofore been known as
Parker's Ginger Tonic. Hereafter it will be adver-
tised and sold under the name of Parkers Tonic
duced to make this change by the action of I'M
princpled dealers who have for years deceived their
customers by substituting inferior preparations under
the name of ginger We drop the misleading word
all the more Willingly ginger is ,i.important
havoring ingredient in Tonic.
Please remember that no change has been, will
be, made in the preparation itself and all bottles
naming in the hands of dealers. wrapped under the
Of Parker's Ginger Tonic, contain the genuine
medicine il the fac-simile signature of HiscoX Co. is
at the bottom of the outside wrapper
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-15
State College Y. M. G. A. Convention.

The State convention of College Y. NJ c.
Associations, to be held in Wabash College,
Charlottesville, April 4 to g. will be most in
teresting and profitable gathering, President
Everest will deliver the opening address on
Fraternity" Professor W. ". Byers of Terre
Haute, vii! be present, as will also Secretaries
Munhall Palmer and Cobb. A special reception
will be rendered the delegates in the parlors OF
Center Church, at the close of the public meet
ing on Friday evening, by the Wabash associa-
ton. The following are among some of the top
les to be discussed:
college Association Bible Study; It's Purpose and
Methods" Butler University leading the discus
sion
'Neighborhood Work" Hanover College leading
College Prayer-meetings." Purdue University
leading.
'Fofeign Missionary Work" DePauw University
leading
intercollegiate Relations" State Normal School
leading
Individual Work" Merom College leading.
Delegates are expected from three of the five
educational institutions in the State that have
no Y. NJ C. AS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-15

The busiest men in railroad service are the
pool managers, most of whom really earning
their salaries
The roads in the Springfield pool have agreed
upon their respective per cents. for one year,
from April, 1884.
W. S. Spiers will call a meeting next week to
attempt reorganization of the Peoria pool,
which he hopes to have in working order by
April |. He then proposes to re-establish the
indianapolis east bound pool
V. T. Malott president of the Chicago and
Ohio river pool, returned from Chicago yester-
day. While there he told a reporter of the
Inter Ocean that this pool was moving along
with great harmony, and was a permanent in
stitution without doubt.
The Decatur pool one of the Oldest in the
West is in deaths throes. The roads in the
pool have agreed to disagree on per cents. The
Illinois Midland and the Wabash were the prin-
cipal disturbers The former does per cent. of
the business, but wants IL per cent; the Wa
bash % per cent, and wants 40 per cent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-15
Their Interests Mutual.

The Western Union Telegraph Company is
Strengthening its position rapidly stringing new
wires along old railways and keeping fully
5eace with new roads and extensions But few
outsiders understand the nature of the Western
Union contracts with the railways and why
this company has such almost exclusive control
and is extending its lines more and more over the
country. The Western Union in consideration
Of exclusive right to the telegraph privilege
along the line of a railway. agrees to furnish the
wires, insulators, poles and all material needed
of the best quality. The railway company puts
Up the line and has the use of the wires for its
own business. and as at all the smaller stations
but one railway operator is needed, the railway
company employees him and reports the CONNER
cial business handled to the w. U. which is thus
enabled to reach almost every point in the
United States at comparatively small cost. The
contracts are advantageous for both the rail
ways and the Western Union and through them
the Western Union becomes annually stronger
and stronger
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-15

the Chicago & Alton being Of the number. A
general manager, who has given this question
a good deal of study, says it is
settled that the roads have not the backbone to
throw the tickets of such roads off sale and
there is but one remedy left, and that is for the
general managers or general passenger agents Of
ali roads centering here to give their agents au-
thority TO sell tickets at the outside Offices on
differential rate from that at the
Union Depot, deducting from the regu-
to scapels by said roads He thought
it better for the roads to do their own business
and allow their agents to make such reductions,
than it was for scapers to do it. The general
manager thinks that this plan, well lived up to,
would in few weeks starve out the scalpers;
then full rates could be restored and main
tanned, and until the roads met the rates made
by the scalpers, who lived on the commission
they received, practically the latter would have
the advantage over the local agent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-15
John G. Atkinson,s Estate.

Frank W. Morrison yesterday qualified as ad
ministrator of the estate of John ". Atkinson,
upon petition of the deoedents grandson, Logan
G. Gulbreath. Atkinson was formerly resi-
dent of Hancock county, and about eight yeats
ago removed to Grand Island, Neb., taking with
him about 500, 00O He died there last May, and
his heirs in this State have as yet been able to
find no trace of his estate, which, it is supposed,
was quito extensive The probate proceedings
yesterday were preliminary to the institution of
legal proceedings to recover the property, or, at
least, ascertain what disposition has been made
of it. II is thought that Atkinson left no will.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-15
Miscellaneous Notes.

The Central Pacific lease the Southe IN Pacific
at rental of $3.50 per month per mile
Compressed gas is to be used in lighting
coaches on the New York. Buffalo q West Shore
road.
The New York, Buffalo & West Shore and
Erie will build track connecting them with the
cantalever bridge.
The next monthly meeting of the freight
men will be held at the Grand Pacific Hotel
Chicago ON the last Wednesday in this month.
The French railway companies waking up
to the Importance Of doing something to insure
more comfort to their passengers, and are intro
ducing several features of American railway
coaches for heating and lighting
The earnings of the Toledo, Cincinnati & ST
Louis railroad from Jan. to Feb, 20 We're: 1884,
$l77 1885, 1883, $141, COL; increase, $555S3 which
is not a bad showing when the disadvantages the
road is operated under are considered.
The Westinghouse Air brake Company is per
fecting its pneumatic brake patents, which will
give it unlimited and exclusive fields in the
future. During the past year the company's
patents have been adopted by all railroads cen
tering in Boston, and on the Lake Shore & Mich
igan Southern road.
The increase in earnings of New York roads,
last year, was mainly due to additions to freight
receipts, which represent 74.5 per cent. of the
total increase The increase in passenger re
and the increase on rents and miscellaneous 81
and "a per cent respectively
The workmen for the Pullman Car Company,
at Pullman, near Chicago, have issued am appeal
to their felow-wOrkmen in the United States,
asking that all mechanics and laborers stay
away from there during the pendency of their
strike, and giving the wages they received be-
fore the late reduction Of 10 per cent.
The New Albany Ledger says the principal of
fees of the Louisville, Evansville q St. Louis
road are to be removed from Louisville to that
city. The road was originated in New Albany,
and the people there have always had a warm
side toward it, except when they have been
Sighted or mistreated by the management.
The City Council of Denver has passed an or
dinance that ticketscalpers shall pay license
of $500 year The scalpers will fight the ordi-
nance. They claim that they are willing to pay
$500 license if it would be a protection to them,
and if the city wanted the license as a source of
income. 1t is claimed by them, however, that
the ordinance was only passed to benefit the
railroads, and not to protect the interests of the
CITY
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-15
East-Bound Rates Apparently Solid.

The tenor of the remarks of fast freight-linc
men yesterday was that rates are now as low as
any reasonable shipper could ask, and conse-
4uently they propose to maintain them. 1t
may CRATE harshly on the ears of the fast-freight
line agents, nevertheless it is true, that too
many have in the last two years
worked more to make a good tonnage record
than good earnings, caring but little what rates
they got if they only showed large tonnage car
ried. The present is good time to work spe-
cially for earnings. Rates are low, and unless
fully maintained the showing will be very bad
1t will require frnness on tho part of agents
Tho volume of business is small but the temp
tation to cut is irresistible. 1t should be borne
ia mind that not for some years excepting 1882
when the roads were carrying out contracts
made in the open war of 1881 have rates been so
low just before the opening of navigation as the
actual rates now, and have been for some
weeks past. as no railroad man pretends that
any considerable amount of grain has been car
ried at 80 cents 1.-THE schedule rate) since that
figure was adopted formally in November last
From present appearances the trunk lines will
be free of lake competition till late in May this
year. and this is one favorable feature
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-15
The Building Boom.

The following building permits were issued
yesterday: William Jenkins, $500 frame cottage
on Prospect street; Anna Barbour, 5000 frame
house on Vermont street near Blackboard; Charles
Schwinge $1,000 two frame houses on Arsenal
avenue near Market street; NJ. G. Fitchey, 5000
business room, corner of Market and Tennessee;
Martha NJ. Gregory, 81, 900 frame cottage on
College avenue, between Eighth and Ninth
streets; Christian Wessler, 81, 800 frame house
on East, near Mccarthy Ezra Mensell, repairs on
houses on Peru and Arch avenues George
Kline, $3.50 frame cottage on Bellefontaine street