Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-13
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

4HN AG0tcUt W0FtU says that IN.
Chinese reptiles which are admini.s.,.s
by Chinese doctors in cases Of consnm~
ton and anmmia with considerable =.
cess are due TO the large amount Of ar.
and phosphorus contained in them
PrUrURR canvas can be made repen...
Of water BY sleeping Il in . solution ;
alum, drying &c, and then in solutio~
Of sugar Of lead. But il win not be n
pervious 10 water. TO make Il wase,
proof il may be coated with rubbe,
vaEnish.
FHATHERs csn be curled after hayin.
been dyed by holding them before Az
where they can be warmed q little, ana
each fibre is drawn over the edge o. N
ivory knife, or any other thin, smootb
hard substance This gives the curl 4
it. So says an authority.
A PETTY scandal having been %.
afloat concerning him, the pastor Of AN
African Methodist church In Des Moipe.
Iowa, entered upon an explanation a
his connection with the affair to ha
congregation on Sunday from his puluit
He was greatly excited. and in thu
coarse Of his remarks dropped dead.
Boston scoundrels advertise work b
do at home, exact two or three dolIan
for material, promise to pay good prizes
for the Job when finished, and then M.
fuse to take the finished work on the
ground that IL does not suit. Ths
material only costs few cents. Tho
persons swindled are almost always
poor.
ST. HousER, OF Helena, Mon, SPEAK.
ing Of Riel, the Canadian rebel, said.
81 knew Rel very we'll when he was in
Montana He was an extraordinary
man. You would not have thought him
o half-breed. He was naturalized in
Montana, and accumulated some prom.
erty there. He was q man of great
nervous force"
SENATOR EDMUNps mas written letter
to an Indian graduate of the Carlisle
school, in which he says, 81 shall BE-
glad ct the next session to do anything
/! in my power to make general provision
that any Indian, who chooses voluntarily
and in some formal way to renounce his
/ allegiance to his tribe and assert his
desire to become q citizen of the United
States, with all its rights and responAi
i Islskson v.nn~y IN an -
A GENTLEMAN visiting in town was
rauch pleased with the appearance Of
lady to whom he was introduced, and
asked several questions in regard to her.
Upon being told that she kept q shoot.
ing gallery he was much surprised and
shocked. After he had given vent to
his establishment in several interiectiona
his informant told him that she only
meant that she was q school teacher and
taught ''the young idea how TO shoot"
DURING q very tedious ride on
Southern railroad, the passengers, tired,
dirty, and thirsty, all berated the com.
pany with the exception of one single
/ passenger. His fellow passengers com.
mented on this, and asked him why be
didn't denounce the road too. '1t
would be hardly fair, he replied, Gas
I am travelling ona free pass; but If they
don't do better pretty soon, blame me il
don't GO out and buy ticket and join
you"
THE cricket field seems to be becom.
ing as dangerous as the football contests.
Only few days since an accident Of
shocking character occurred at Hales
owen, England. Two players, in at.
tempting to catch q ball which had been
thrown up in the air, came into violent
collision, and one had his jaw and nose
broken, his teeth knocked out and
sustained other serious injuries. BE
was removed from the field in an In
sensible state.
BEN: PERLEY PooRE In the Boston
Budget says Mr.. Lincoln never dark
Intoxicating liquors or used tobacco in
any form. Neither did he know how 10
play any game well. He was not
slovenly man, but he bought cheap
clothes, and cared little whether they
fitted him or not. After he came 10
Washington, Mrs. Lincoln used to see
that he was always presentable, but be
often rebelled and regarded white kid
gloves as an unmitigated nuisance.
/ NEARLY everybody knows that Sh
Boyle Roche, the eccentric member d
the Irish House Of Commons, on one
notable occasion, when q coercion ct
was introduced, ''smeIIed rat, saw !
floating in the air, but nipped 1t in the
bud" Later another member, ME
Cory, who voted for the Legislative
union with England, was howIed atH
ten Thousand angry citizers in Colleg'
Green. He drew q revolver; "Clss
the way" said he. ssor I'll kill ever