Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-18

NOTHING ~ impossible 10 him VINO
willis. 10. nor 10 the lawyer who con-
ducts the case.
SoME one says that liquor strengthens
the voice. This ID . mistake, It only
makes tie breath strong.
PRospnRrrY and prudence are spelled
differently, but they generally mean
about the same thing. = Chicago Ledger.
TIN good deeds that most sons now
adays prefer that their fathers should
leave behind them are real estate deeds.
A GRAIN Of sand may be the germ Of 3
new world, but q button in the right
place does more good IN the rushing
present
TINS Is the season when the small
boy In the country takes Of his shoes
and gets more fun tramping ever sharp
stones than his mother could on o velvet
carpet
A MAN may have wealth, honor and
fair health, children that look like him,
and beautiful wife, and still not know
the full meaning Of seraphic bliss I'LL he
sees his name In print
THERn is one place in this country
away down In Maine-where the people
ere 60 polite that they never speak Of
unmarried ladies az old maids. They
simply call them ladies-in-waiting.
IT issaid that much suffering Is caused
an animal by defective shoeing. This
viii be readily understood by noticing
woman shoe hen. The poor bird does
not seem to know which way to 60.
IT Is claimed that the highest faculty
o. language Is to conceal thought. II
may be, but when . man falls over q
wheelbarrow in the dark it seems to lose
it. grip somewhat IN that particular.
ANIMALS Of different species can get
along together in the same pen with
some approach TO harmony, but the
oldest man living never saw . crowd Of
boys play marbles together without q
row.
"A LoUIsvmLE gentleman has had the
first tooth Of his grandchild beautihed,
and Il now wearing IL as q pin for his
shirt 'front.'" We should be inclined to
remark that this Il too thin II Il we're
not tooth out.
IN an article on the currency an Ayi-
Eona editor says ssWe are rich beyond
the dreams Of the imagination in gold
and silver. The next article is an ear
nest exhortation to the subscribers to
pay up. Is the editor Is s'badly strapped.
ONH Of them was just coming out Of
the Post Office, che other was going In.
They stopped, shook hands, smiled, and
She frst one observed: "Quite swell
affair, that Of Smiths" ssIndeed /
What was tip" "a boil" And then
they separated without shaking hands.
II the hearing Of the case Of young
colored man in Poughkeepsie, n. Y,
the charge being disorderly conduct,
the Recorder asked the accused how the
quarrel between him and another man
commenced. The prisoner replied:
ssWell, II wur jess like dis: I bet Abe
johnson % cents he wasn't livin', and
he bet me % cents he was, and dat was
what started the row. !"
A onNTLEMAN, with his wife. lately
visited one Of the Attlehoro cemeteries
with one Of the directors Of the place for
the purpose Of selecting 9 lot After
inquiring the prices he asked Il he must
pay in advance, and, according to the
Adu0cate, got the reply: 'WeIl, no. I
guess you're good for Il, only Il you
don't pay right down you win be ex-
pected to bury some Of your folks
within two years.
Yrs. Sam. get home late aein de
odder night. an my mudder she say:
>sChile, whar you bin out 50 late agin dis
yere night2" Use been out callin' on
lady, says. 'sWell, chila, Why you
don't come home lore midnight p sha
says. 'sKazs / couIdn'i git away before.
Kaze de lady we're = aettin' on my bat,
en- I was too much Of 4 gemman to call
her tention 10 de circumstance. /" 1 saws
ssWell, now. honey. abe says. s'iis look
a-yere. en- Jon member dis nov, O. you
sic ls6 out Next time you visits lady
iia keep your hat OF 20 lap.