Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-30

Japanese are not firmly attached by
foundations to the earth. but rest looseIy
on squared stones or boulders buried N
the ground, the result of which is to par
TALLY prevent the transmission of mo.
mentum from earthquakes. An English
man has made an improvement on this
plan, and rests the house at each of its
piers upon 3 handful Of cast iron shot.
These shot, Of the size Of buckshot. so
increase the FRACTIONAL resistance to roll
ing that the house Is practically astatic,
and the motion Is in most earthquakes
only about one-tenth of what It is out
side.
A PROMINENT dairy farmer living near
Oneonta, n. Y, while milking one of his
cows became angry because she whisked
her tail in his face In driving away flies.
He took an ak and cut her tail of close
TO the roots, and then, saying he was
bound to have peace while milking, cut
the tails from all the rest of his herd In
the same manner. He was arrested, and
when arraigned before Justice, neigh
Dor of his, pleaded guilty. The Justice
let him off with fine of $40.
WHEN Mr.. FaWcett, the late Postmas-
ter General of England, returned In
health after lying for time at deaths
door, he stated that his illness had at
least freed him from the fear Of death.
In the most serious part of his trouble he
felt no anxiety, and did not fear, as he
had in health, that the end would be
preceded by great pain or severe strug-
gle. He felt that his heart would slowly
and, without his knowledge, cease to
beat.
AN explorer of the mountains of Asia
says that at height of 15, 900 feet above
the sea his pulse, which normally beats
63 times per minute, seldom fell below
100 beats per minute, and his respirations
were often twice as numerous as at
ordinary levels.
WHEN the train on which General
Sherman was q passenger stopped at
Rolla, Mo-, the other day, a large crowd
surrounded it and gave the old warrior
a hearty reception. A bevy of pretty
girls pushed their way through the
throng and presented the General with
handsome bouquets of flowers they had
plucked for the occasion. The General
was so overcome with emotion that he
seized one girl, Miss Smith, and help
ing her to the platform, planted upon
her sweet red lips kiss that made the
other girls faces turn fairly crimson with
envy.
A MERCHANT living in Athens, Ga,
dunned one of his customers several
times, but to no purpose. Not long
since the customer came into his store,
and asked for a drink of water. The
merchant concluded that it was a good
chance to collect his debt, and while the
customer was at the water pail drinking
he quietly got his doubled-barreled
shotgun and demanded the amount of
the account. The customer pulled out
his pocketbook and paid the bill. He
thinks that if he had left his pocket
book at home he would have been q
corpse.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, says the Boston
IrGUeler, has at present 10 schooners
engaged in the mackerel SEEMING fishery.
The equal of this feet was never sent
from that port. Most of the vessels are
new, of 40 tons burden, and cost $780,
900 each. Not one in ten of these vessels,
however, has paid its way either this
year or last, and yet the people are still
pursuing, year after year, the suicidal
business of catching worthless tinker
mackerel and selling them at 90 per
barrel. If left alone, these fish in the
autumn would be worth $12 per barrel.
A TEXAS paper says Some of those
Boston excursionists are very irreverent.
They seem to have given offence to our
pious and religious neighbors over the
Tiversin Mexico. At least one of the most
influential papers of the republic COM
plains as follows cat Paso del Norte
some of them Clipped off pieces of the
church to see what it was made of, and
shook hands with the figure of the
Virgin Mary. At other places they
walked into houses and looked about as
if they were ancient ruins, without
asking permission or saying word to
the inmates.
THE Swiss carry their economy to the
length of inhumanity. The public hiring
out of children to the lowest bidder still
obtains in the Canton Of Berne. A case
Of this kind is reported from Biel, where
the public crier, despite the tears and
entreaties of the widowed mother, placed
her four young children of 10, 8, 8, and
2 years for 2S, 81, 40, and 40 francs
respectively for the remainder of the
year, thus separating the family for fear
the woman might become a burden upon
the town.
AT Mt. Airy, Nd, the other day, q
family of bees were hovering IN the air,
looking for place to swarm, when a
telegraph operator happened to pass, and
they decided to settle upon his head.
Several hundred Of them descended upon
him and the rest were following, when he
ran, scraping the unwelcome intruders
from his hair and face with his hands,
but getting SO badly stung before he
could clear himself that he tainted. His
face was terribly swollen and he suffered
severe pain.
! LORD WARWICK is one of those Eng
lish landlords who are suffering particu-
larly from the land depression. He has
for some few years been living In the
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