Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-11

ton many people seem TO suppose
Cremation societies have been In ex-
isfence in London FOR twenty years.
The corpse of Lady Dixie was burned
in crematory in Dresden, Germany.
on October 10. 1874, and her husband.
Sir Charles bike. is president of one
of the English cremation societies.
Special ceremonies are observed in
France at the execution Of q parricide,
and these were carefully observed
lately in the case of soldier ut Rouen.
Before the whole garrison the criminal
clad in his shirt. feet bare and a
black veil over his head, advanced to
stake. At the word Fire" eleven
bullets entered the mans body. The
troops then marched past the corpse.
determination of the wolf is not
considered possible on the continent of
Europe. Many neighbOrhoods have
been cleared at one time or another
but after some years of quiet it is found
that the wolves have gathered again
from all quarters. There is in fact q
steady migration of the brutes from
Siberia upon Europe. Asiatic species
are constantly identified in the Vosges
and in the Pyreness. The eradication
of this plague must be begun in
China.
One of the hardest things to find out
in the gold and silver discussion is the
amount used up in the arts and manu-
features. During the past year the
directors of the United States minis
have sent thousands of circular letters
to persons known to be engaged in
such work. Over 5000 replies show
that 2,734 firms had used during the
fiscal year that closed in June the
total of $14,500.000 in gold and $5,-
100000 in silver. An annual con-
sumption of over $20000.O00 worth of
the precious metals is thus indicated
Tie $4,000 awarded to the plaintiff
in the Foitescue-Garmyole-- more ac-
curately, Finney VS.. Cairns-breach
of promise suit is probably, the Lao
Journal Of London says, the largest
amount of damages in such an action
ever recorded in England. The
nearest approach to it is verdict Of
81, 500, given in 1885 to solicitors
daughter. who had been Tilted by
rich lawyer. In earlier times it was
more common for Tilted men than
women to bring such suits, and in the
reign of William and Mary man OBJ
tanned $4,000 damages for the loss of
a fiancee whose fortune was $4,000.
An English paper gives some of the
curiosities of medical life. One doctor
lunches every day at a castle where
the household is very large. and his
chances for a patient excellent. He
meets some of the best company in
England, and charges a guinea for
each attendance. A very wealthy man
near a large city cannot bear to be
alone at night, so an eminent city
physician gets $1,000 year for lodging
in the house One young doctor has
$4,000 year for looking after the
health of an old lady. She has to be
inspected three times day, but is "as
strong as horse" and so perverse
that :Ae has gre at trouble with her.
That was a truly sensitive and re-
cned scouadrel that led the gang that
'obbed the Little Rock train. He is
repsrto. as sparing the purses of the
women upon the train, with the re
mark, Il don't forget that my mother
is lady, even if her son is scoun-
drel" Such genteel presence of mind,
coupled with engaging frankness. in
the midst of an emergency is rare. We
are sure this brigand with fine feel
ings would have taken to member of
his profession who was hanged in