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MARRIAGE LICENSES. - Marriage licenses
have been Issued by the clerk of the court 10
Robert SimIns ana MaveIy Simms; John n.
Kenney and Katie e. Filfus; VIM. OharietOp
and Martha Robinson: Lewis g. Rollans and
Carrie Gunnell. both Of EAiEfAx county va:
Lewis w. 81. Neal and Mary Frances foster:
VIM. Koppen and Emile Buecheler
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The Population OF Dakota.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

The following are the opening and $50 m. prices
OF the New York Stock market to-day, reported by
special wire to H. II. Dodge, 500 18TH street
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PARIS August Silt is semi-onlcially stated
this S{tGanoon that the French Hovernment hae
requested England to investigate the cife0m.
Stsnces attending the ALLEGED murder of Olivier
Pain by BrittaA officers In the Soudan, and 10
obtain the Noltest possible Information concern.
ing the whole suhjeck
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Charles Fields. ST.. an old citizen-of Phfladel-
in Atlantic City.
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NINE DE FOREST, LONG-ESTABLISHEDA AND
Nk reliable Ladies Physician be consulted daily
a her residence 1245 7th st. once hours from
TO pm. iy19 Pms
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n b These prices are made for Friday only and
viii positively not be sold at any other time.
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PrTTSBURG, PA, Angn8 3l--Pesroleum irregular
and AirN activs. ne markA opened q 1.OlS. "a
vancqd % l.OlA then broke 70 100a and 1t O'Clock
Was GQghkly nR0ef q l0O4a.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-11
Near Sighted People.

"Antiquity does not seem to have
known what this defect was, says III.
Sarcey, speaking of near-siglNedness.
''You know" he says, ''of what enor-
nous dimensions the Greek Roman thea
tiers and circusses were. Thirty thousand
spectators could sit with ease in them.
None of them ever had or felt the want
of opera glasses. / imagine that it was
with the ancients as it was with the sail
ors of the present day. Accustomed,
from father to son, to look at objects at
a distance, never reading. and letting
sleep repose their eyes as soon as the
sun sets, they acquire that sort Of pierre
ing sight that Fenimore Cooper likes to
endow his savage Indians with.
In the present day, M. Sarcey cnntin-
ues, men wear their eye-sight out in the
daytime by excessive reading and writ
ing, and in the night-t time by gas-light
and over-heated atmosphere. The pro-
portion of short-sighted people, accord
ing to the celebrated occulist, M Perrin,
whom M. Sarcey cites, has increased in
large government schools from 30 to so
per cent. in fifteen years. And in Ger
many, it appears. matters are still worse,
because the Germans read more than we
do, and their Gothic type is still more
fatiguing for the eyes than are Roman
characters. M. Sarcev warns his read
ers against believing in two popular
errors in respect to short sight. The
first, that such sight remains stronger
than the normal as one advances in
years; and in the second, that it is
wrong to wear glasses for this defect.
Both Of these assertions he declares to
be absolutely false.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-11
CHAPTER II.

No, shall never forget those happy
days when we sailed on the tranquil
bosom of a mountain lake. The war was
almost forgotten except by politicians. /
had gone north to enjoy summers va
cation, where, free from the annoyances
of a law Office, could regain the
strength of which the wear of business
had deprived me. One afternoon while
| was lazily dreaming in my boat, drift
ing IN the shade, saw woman rowing
toward me. She seemed to be excited
for she was pulling with all her strength.
had begun to think that her boat was
cutting deeper and deeper into the
water, when she shrieked I snatched
up my oars and skinned rapidly to-
ward her, but before / had made q
dozen strokes, her boat sank. She was
struggling in the water when I
reached her, She had sunk once
and was, discovered upon lifting
her into my boat, almost drowned.
took her TO q house not far away. The
inmates Of the house were much excited.
They knew the young lady. Her name
was Zilda Moss. her father, promi-
pent man, lived in the neighhorhood.
Miss Moss soon recovered. / called
every day to see how she was getting
along. The first time I saw her lustr0us
dark eyes, they were gazing gratefully
upon me. The people Of the house with
dash of romance, had told her how I
had played the hero. / laughed at the
idea bnt could not help feeling pleas
ant sense Of pride soon learned thai
her father and mother were away from
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-11

a bird on bough chirped mournful Law
Te-wit, te-wot, tee-woo.
And his mate camenot in the livelonv dav
Te-wit. te-wot, tee-roo.
What win lone birdie dor
Above his perch hung an empty nest
Te-wit, te-wot, tee-wooi
She cometh not, and the sun sinks west.
Te-wit, te-wot, tee-roo.
The wind sweet blossoms blew.
The blown blossoms fell in the singing stream.
Te-wit. te-wot. tee-wool
Like q shower of pearls flushed in q dream
Te-wit te-wot, tee-roo.
His song less mournful grewl
why should grieve for missing mater
Te-wit, te-tweet, tee-teel
There are other loves in the hedgerow ca.a
Te-wit, te-tweet, dee-dee.
III pine no more for theeln
He pIucked his heart from the empty nest.
re twit, te-tweet, tee-teel
And flew with it to a new red breast.
Te-twit, te-tweet, de-dee
"No grave through grief for theep
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-11

= Let as SIT down mere moments
we sat down. She clasped her hanos.
You made me very unhappy last
night, = she said.
II never spent q more miserable
night, = replied.
:. You seemed to get angry with me as
soon as you began to talk about that
hateful old picture. wished, an hour
afterward that had told you all about
it."
ssTell me now,n I eagerly replied.
ssWell. will. Shortly after ! quit
school, became engaged to . man, who
with papa's consent had addressed me.
did not love him, but to please papa,
agreed to marry him. One day he
brought me that picture. he bought t
at an art sale in New York. Finding
that could not love him, and becom-
inc more horrifed at the thought Of
marrying him, broke the engagement.
I offered to return the picture but he
would not take it. Now, is there any
thing so bad about 1T"
Then / told her my story,
ssOh, don't blame you, +" she said. 81
take your arms from around me. We
are not engae ed. You haven't even told
me that you love me. !"
IF have not. it was because deep
love cannot be lightly expressed; but
do love you-love You devotedly."
She began to untangle herself from
my arms. Looking up saw Mr.. Moss.
began to stammer. an apology, when
he said:
.'Zilda, have often told you not to
sit out here without anything around
= kfnk I.nxy fell my
advice"
The girl blushed and l felt the blood
rush to my head, but managed to say:
81 was determined that she should not
take cold, sir"
Eyes, you are quite a comforter.
Well, don't let me interrupt you"
'.Our arrangements are very nearly
completed, " said l. "Have you any OBJ
jections to our marriage2"
None whatever.
The grand old painting hangs on my
wall.
Look here" my wife said to me the
other day.
"Well."
''Did you know that you never asked
me to marry your"
81 don't believe I did,
''You good for nothing thing, you
ought to be ashamed of myself
mo should not. am so proud of
you that entirely forget yourself"
81 actually believe that you pulled me
out of the lake just to iatter me; but
like it, dear. Always fiatter me. The
husband who ceases to fatter--"
Ceases to please his wife," ! re-
joined. -ArEQnsGo TgaUeler.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-11
A Four. Year.Old warrior.

The widow of General Custer relates
that, IN Dakota Indian dance. four
year-old boy was brought to the circle
BY his mother, and left to make his little
whirling gyrations around the ring of
the dancers. 1t was explained that he
had won his right to join in
the festivities of the tribe. OF the four
Indians of rival tribe left on battle
field, one, though mortally wounded,
was not yet dead when the retreat took
place. A squaw melted the child to
plunge knife into the wounded war
rior AS a reward he acquired the privi-
lege of joining in all celebrations, and
che right 70 wear an eagle feather stand
ing straight from the scalp-lock of his
tiny head. The mothers eyes cleaned
with pride as she Watched the miniature
warrior admitted among the mature and
experienced braves.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-11
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

They call cyclone ''she, +" in the west
The men know well enough to which
gender the greatest storms belong.
SiTtings.
''Rents are high this year, sadly
murmured the tramp as he borrowed a
pin with which to hold his coat. tail to.
gether. = Pitts6trg Chronicle.
You can't make the wife, who has
asked her husband for some money with.
out receiving a response, believe that
silence is golden. Boston Post.
The wise doctor who knows on which
side his bread is buttered is willing TO
pay big rent for an office next to
skating rink. FaH Rirer Adrance.
You may talk OF the signs OF the weather,
OF the coming days you may sing,
But sitting down on a red-hot stove
Is a sign of an early spring.
-Gorhan Mountainecr
A correspondent writes to ask us what
o holocaust is. The principal use Of
this word is TO make an item about the
burning of a stable read sorter high
toned. -SVtings.
The hot weather will greatly help the
man who earns his bread by the sweat of
his brow. When il is hot he can sit
down and sweat without ever lifting
hand. PicGyune..
The new domestic says she has no OBJ
lection to going out to take the air. but
she kicks abominably il she is asked to
take the heir when she goes out
Boston Transcript.
Logging twenty pound babR around
the room from midnight until the roost.
ers crow will crush out the divine afflatus
from the bosom of the most soulful poet
-NeD York Journal
1t is said that the bee can draw forty
times the weight of its own body, and
after you have seen bee lift a hundred
-and-sixty pound man off his feet you
will believe it.. Boston Bulletin.
A tin cup containing number of old
Spanish coins was recently dug up by a
farmer in Baldwin county, Ga. This is
the kind of a cup that CHEERS" if it
doesn't inebriate. Nogvtsto,en Herald.
A lamb can distinguish its mothers
CRY among hundred similar sounds. It
is the same with boy, but he seldom
pays the same attention to it that he
does when his father speaks. - Graphic.
Don't hurt the poor conductor,
For he is not TO blame;
Although the train amt loaded,
It goes of all the same.
-Mcrchdnt- Traveller.
Victor Hugo was very much affected,
it is said, at sonnet addressed to him
some time since by Lord Tennyson.
Some fiend must have held him while
another read the poem to him. -Aorr.A
tooB Herald.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-11
LIGHT

Fair Morn awoke and left her ilesey osd.
Ger her fair cheek flush Of roses ~
In healtbful glow was richly overspsead.
And, as upon her royal car she steppoA
A golden glory Ger themountains swept
And silvery beams TO every nooklet crept.
BeholdI how Earth, expectants smilss to see
This bright-eyed queen unve1 her royalty.
Nights sable curtains glide by hurriedly,
And pendant leaf, and grass indewy tears,
Hasten their toilet brief as she appears
Dispelling in her warmth all doLbts and
fears.
-EdsO0rd N. Richards, in the Current
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-11
A bermuda Lily Farm.

w. A. Croffut says in letter rom
the Bermuda Islands to the Detroit Free
Press: The onion is a loud smelling
plant; but there is Bermudian Offset
TO 1.-THE Easter lily. This queen OF
odorous flowers grows here all the year
round in the open air, and attains
majesty and fragrance unknown else
where in the world. On the Trinidad
came down General Russell Hastings,
the father, / believe. of this curious in
dustry of furnishing Easter lily bulbs to
the New York and London markets.
He began it three years ago, and this
year will send of half million bulbs.
/ visited his lily farm. "Soncyn yester-
day-a sort Of fairyland on the winding
shore of the inner harbor. Scattered
over the estate arose the luxuriant tropical
growths Of the island-palms Of many
kinds bearing fruity clusters; varieties
Of cactus-the club, the maguey anu
other sorts; the bamboo. tall and sup
pie; the mangrove, standing tiptoe on
its rooty stills along the margin Of the
warm cove; the oleanders, trimmed ior
a windbreak around the roses and my
field. The lilies were cultivated ~
rows, like onions, and thousands OF them
are now spreading their great snowy
blossoms to the sky, and burdening tne
air with sweetness. These are q ~
value whatever, and sometimes they arc
torn of systematically. in order to give
vig0r to the bulb beneath.
IN ali the fields. even those containing
several acres. all the lilies turn y
the sun, like obedient soldiers to fnelI
commander Perhaps it would be more
nearly correct to say that they tuI - q
the light: for It IS noticeable tnst snsy
turn resolutely away from the snauO 10y.
ever II tits necessary to turn their DAs -
fo the sun. This often happens @ -
southern fringe of field.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-11
a Grand Old Painting.
cHAPTER /.

CHAPTER /.
never shall forget those happy days
when we sailed on the TRANQUIL bosom Of
q mountain lake. To make this state
ment comprehensively clear, / should
doubtless introduce myself. Ny name is
Madison Westford. 1t is an old and
aristocratic name, even though l do say
it. To bring out the real points of this
recital, it is necessary that / say few
words with regard to our family. We
lived in Arkansaw, my father, my mother
and myself Our roomy, comfortable old
house was pitched among the graceful
mountains of the northwestern part of the
State. My mother was quiet woman,
without pronounced characteristics. NY
father was character, noted for his
learning and for his pride. Having de-
scended from ancestors who won glory in
the old Revolution, and wishing to for
ever be numbered among the lovers of the
union, he did not go into the Confeder-
ate army when Arkansaw seeded. Re-
alizing the uselessness of attempting to
prevent the crises, he quietly sat down,
still lover Of the union and a worshiper
of his family traditions, and awaited the
terrible result.
One day party of Federal soldiers
visited our house, and while searching
for arms, came across a grand old paint
ing, which having been done by an Ital-
ian master, and having come down from
generation to generation, was regarded
as priceless treasure.
what will you take for that paint
ing9p asked the commanding officer, ad-
dressing my father.
cit is not for sale. There is not money
enough in the country to buy it."
81 am SORRY replied the officer. "I
am much devoted to art Those trees
are strikingly natural, and can almost
hear the water ripping over the stones.
Say, you won't sell it,"
mo, could not be induced to part
with il"
II am sorry. Say, you wouldn't lend
it, would youg Wear going to have an
art exhibition at headquarters, and this
picture would greatly add to the collec-
ton. Suppose you let me have it for a
day or two"
''Such request coming from stranger
is absurd"
The officer haughtily drew himself up
and replied: 1.-THE request of stran-
ger may be absurd but the demand of a
soldier is ever reasonable especially
during war; Sergeant, take down that
picture"
Our home never seemed to be the
same, after that picture was taken away.
My father, could see, actually grieved
over its loss. He made numerous at
tempts to recover it, but could never
learn the name of the officer who had
raided the hous
Ny father and mother passed away.
It would have been pleasant to look upon
the grand old painting which my father
had priced so dearly and which would
have descended to me.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-11
ALnckr Dream.

nond dealer from New York has
he firm believer in dreams. On d
nt trip he arrived in New Orleans
hly to find he had lost package con-
aining diamonds worth q. 900. He re-
turned to Chicago and searched the room
he had occupied, but found no trace Of
the missing jewels. He then went to
New York, and the night after his arrival
dreamed that the package was lying in q
Enassos rubbish in the sleeping car he had
occupied 10 New Orleans. Immediately
Ietracing his way 70 the Crescent city
be inquired where the sweepings OF the
cars were thrown. These were examined.
md there "a the rubbish vas the pack
zee 81 glittering gems still nnbroken.
Sf5n FoSt
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-11
Canned Goods.

Every cap should be examined. and IL
two holes are found in il, send it at once
to the health board, with the contents
and the name Of the grocer who sold it.
Reject all articles of canned food that
do not show the line Of resin around the
edge Of the solder on the cap, the same
as il seen on the seam at the side of the
can.
STANDARD" or first-class goods have
not only the name Of the factory. but
also that Of the wholesale house which
sells them, on the label Seconds. = or
doubtful, or s.reprocessed' . goods have 8
sstock-laber' Of some mythical canning
house. but do not have the name Of any
wholesale grocer on them. Reject all
goods that do not have the name Of the
factory and also the name Of some whole
sale firm on the LABEL.
a swell or decomDosing can of
goods can always be detected By press
ing u the bottom 81 the can. a sound
can pressed viii give solid feel. When
gas from the decomp0 81 the food
j. inside the can the tin viii rattle bv
pressing fhe bottom. AS you dispIace the
ca II the can
IecE every can that shows any rusf
aro TIE cap Dbl THE outside of the
neaa "a tAe can f house isss ars eln-
esa M points, then nAnfiafe 81
ne become fhfno s. f13e
a dealers will have
M ~ ether on
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-11

Fl. II. Cross was for seventeen years
engaged in the purchase of animals for
menagerics, and for long study Of their
dispositions and peculiarities he is a
convert to the theory that all animals
will eventually become what man
chooses to make them. For instance,
he characterizes the bulldog as the
natural gentleman of his species, with
more intelligence and discernment than
any other, until he learns how to fight
and gradually becomes the bruiser and
loafer of his kind. Some years ago,
while visiting Australia, he purchased
pair of young lions-male and female
land brought them to his home in
New York, where they have since been
kept in an apartment fitted up expressly
for them. Several of their cubs have
been sold for 81, 900 each, and he has
been offered Sc, 900 for either of the
parent couple, but he declined to part
with them and will keep them until
they die. His children have learned
to play with them without the least
apprehension of danger, and photo
graph of the pair has been inscribed:
"The souls that love u.s." During all
the time the two old lions have been in
his possession they have not shown the
least disposition to injuTe any one, and
he never had any tronble with their
descendants, with the exception of one
incorrigible cub, which Mr.. Cross de-
scribes as the greatest lunkhead he
ever saw
This obstinate young beast PERSISTENT
resisted all Establishments, and at one
time, during Mr.. Cross absence from
home amused himself by tearing out
the bottom of the cage and then refusing
to allow his temporary keeper to repair
the damage. Whenever the keeper made
an attempt to slip board over the hole
the cub would strike at Kim viciously as
a notification that he was regarded as
trespasser, and the cage was left undis-
turbed. When the owner returned he
was appraised of the instruction in his
menagerie, and promptly armed himself
with a stout stick as preparation of
war. He tried to place board over the
same hole, but the lion resented the in
trusion, and the subsequent engagement
may be described in Mr.. Cross own
words: My experience has told me that
lions vulnerable points of attack
were on the nasal cavity and paws.
and a few quick and earnest raps
across these will defeat the bravest lion
and make him turn tail. / went for the
obdurate cub with my stick; lie sur
rendered, promptly if not gracefully,
and there was no further objection to
board or projected repairs.
This is the only misunderstanding re-
corded in that department, and the cub
was sold at the first opportunity. The
members of his home menagerie have
been almost entirely exempt from sick
ness since their residence in America,
but every attention has been paid to their
physical well-bcing. Mr.. Cross states
that If lions are kept in healthy con.
dition they must have access to the
ground, for otherwise they soon become
victims of paralysis or incurable dis
temper. In dealing with his lions he
has found that they, like human beings.
oftentimes prefer to be let alone, and on
such occasions he paid no attention to
them, but always reciprocated any dis
position to be sociable. Sd. Paul Pioneer
Press.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-11
CHATTER III.


CHAPTER III.
Again I must say that / shall never
forget those happy days. We skinned
the bright sheen of the beautiful lake.
The cliffs sent back the echo of Zilda's
sweet voice. could see that she was
happy.
s'Zilda," / said one day when we had
landed to eat our lunch on a rock, which
far and wide was known as the 'Ban-
quet table, when your father and
mother return, / suppose may visit you
at your housew
''Why, of course you may. What
foolish questions you sometimes ask
Papa and mamma will be delighted to see
you. Papa is aniawful;fne looking man,
taller than you are. He was captain
in the Union army.
why don't you say Miss Zilda2 If
papa were to hear you Zildering me he
would snap his eyes like steel trap"
II shall be careful when he is near,
Zilda--"
''There you go again Stop trying to
take hold of my hand. Invent to set the
20 tAy SOOAhCSSy .yOnNCA papa.
She sprang to her feet and ran to meet
a man whom saw approaching.
Mr.. Moss said that he was pleased to
meet me. He tried to be eloquent in
expressing his gratitude. He knew that
/ had risked my life to save his daughter.
He wished that it was in his power to re-
pay me. Knew that he could never do
it. Would visit him at his home2 Yes,
/ would. Could not spend few weeks
with him2 Yes, could.
The Moses lived in a place that to me
was particularly attractive. Flowers,
graceful trees and everything tending to
make home complete surrounded the
house. Mrs. Moss shed tears when she
took my hand. She thanked the Lord
that had been born. So did ], declar-
ing that the service which had rendered
her daughter was to me more than worth
the combined performances of lifetime
After supper we went into the parlor.
could scarcely repress loud exclama-
ton. The grand old painting so highly
priced by my father and his ancestors
hung upon the wall.
That is beautiful painting, Miss
Moss.
Eyes, it is a masterpiece"
IAN old heirloom, / supposeW
No, it is a comparative stranger in
our family.n
Bought it, doubtless, at some great
art salef'
ssNo.n
MAY ask where you got it."
She FLUSHED and changed the subject.
/ saw it ALL Her father had robbed my
father; and, proud of the theft, had told
his family how he secured the painting.
/ was in most unenviable position.
What to do / did not know. I loved
Zilda, and almost knew that she loved
me, but could I. in justice to the memory
of my father. marry the daughter Of a
man who had insulted and robbed him.
Ny manner toward ZiIda must have
changed, for the conversation during the
entire evening was constrained. was
glad when bedtime arrived. AS / lay in
bed, tried to decide upon some plan Of
action. Would il be right to confront
Mr.. Moss and demand the pictureg No,
! cOlld not mortallY offend the man
whose daughter devotedly loved.
would 60 away and try to forget it all.