Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-11

spngred their horses and sprang cut I'll
the confused mass al wounded. dead
and dying. These officers fired their re-
volvers, clearing space for themselves,
till 81 their ammunition was expended.
They killed many They had cot clear
outside. Then they took 20 their swords
and fought till they fell. Hicks pasha
alone remained He was = terror q the
Arabs. They said he never struck
man with his sword without killing
him. They named him Abou Deraa
Dougal, the heavy armed (0r thick or
braWny). He kept them at bay, but he
was struck on the wrist with 4 sword
and he dropped his own. He then fell.
THE journal cf Iae6riotg thinks that
the cumulative action Of alcohol on the
brain centeEs exists 70 . greater extent
than Is generally supposed. Many men
who drink regularly through the day and
seem no worse for it, become intoxicated
late ct night, although they have not
used spirits during the evening. 1T
appears, !" says the editor. ssthat alcohol.
like bromide, may remain in the system
70 some extent without producing any
marked action, and then suddenly, from
some unknown cause, burst into great
activity, producing profound intoxica-
ton. The reasons for this do not seem
to be definitely understood, though they
are thought TO be of combined physio-
logical and psychological nature, and
partly due to climatic conditions.
A WOMAN in street car in Chicago,
gave her infant severe slapping to
make it quit crying. She perhaps did
that to show the passengers what q pro-
found respect she had for law, order,
discipline, and submission. The infant
was about three months Of age. In q
few years it win say: There IS no
place like home, and win hasten to
leave it for that reason.
ONE Of the most singular, most anus
ing, and at the same time, for the VIC
TINS, most annoying robberies,s occurred
in South Bend, Indiana. Two elderly
ladies on Michigan street were looking
at the circus procession pass by. So In
tent were they in gazing upon the daz-
cling pageant that not only their eyes
but their mouths were wide open, and
while in this awe-struck condition they
were each startled by the slap of rough
hand over their mouths. OF course they
were mad, and look around with great
indignation to see who could be guilty
of such rude act, and it was not until
they attempted to speak, in order to
properly express their wrath, that they
discovered their false teeth were gone.
The thieves had looked into their wide
open mouths, and saw that the plates
containing the teeth were of gold, and
they wanted them.
WHILE Clarence Williams, of Wells
vile, Ohio, an aeronaut connected with
a circus, was seated in his balloon pre-
pared to begin an ascension, at Charles
town, W. Va, the men who were hold
ing the ropes allowed the balloon TO
make lurch, when it came in contact
with the fire of furnace beneath it,
used for generating the gas. The balloon
became at once ignited, and In their
fright the men holding the ropes let
them 90, and the balloon Immediately
shot up In the air. When q short dis
tance up the crowd yelled, "Jump,n but
Williams did not heed the advice, and
after going several hundred feet up the
balloon collapsed, and he fell to the
ground q lifeless mass of humanity.
Williams was twenty-five years old, and
leaves wife and family. II was his
first ascension The balloon was totally
consumed by fire.
Iowa ranks the highest of all the
States in the number of cattle to the
square mile. She has 2, Ola, 4S4 head, or
&c. head per square mile. Illinois has
], ATT, 191 head, or 26 head per square
mile. Ohio has OF, $50 head, or 24.e
head per square mile. Pennsylvania has
S75, 994 head, or 1913 head per square
mile. New York has 877, 181 head, or
is head per square mile. Texas has the
surprising number of 2, 2S4, 923 head, or
1873 head per square mile. This is the
lowest ratio per square mile, although
the largest number of cattle of any State
In the Union-ab0ut as many as all
France possesses. For all the States and
Territories the cattle population is 40,
547, SO7 head, or 8 head per square mile.
IT is interesting, says an exchppge, to
watch the various kinds of fish at the
foot of dam in their efforts to get up
a river. Schools Of alewives fit about
the pool lodging restlesslp here and
there. Huge salmon calmly inspect the
impediment in the shape of solid stone
wall that bars their progress, while the
repulsive-l looking eel carefully inspects
each crack and crevice This latter fish
has peculiar way of retaining a de-
sired position in swift running water
He settles on some sharp rock, faces up
stream, and making a hook Of the head
and forward part Of the body, drops it
over the upper side Of the rock and takes
his ease.
No MAN has q right to read on . NOV
ing vehicle If his injured eyesight may
be transmitted to bis posterity. The
harm done to some peoples eyes by the
common practice Of reading In the street
cars is almost beyond belief. The rapid
increase in the number Of children wear
ing spectacles in the public schools i
matter for immediate scientific inquiry.
The usefulness Of . citizen depends
largely on accuracy Of vision, and the
relations between the eyes and the brain