Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-06-05
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

nligat0rs shall Be encouraged By an act
Of Assembly.
Two GIRLS Ia Sacramento, Cal. who
thought il would be fun TO black their
faces, unfortunately got 8 coloring prep
aration that won't wash of. nc acts
ike dye on the skin, and chemists say
i win not wear of for months.
TIN Wisconsin brewers have dis
covered that the new license law is 80
loosely drawn that brewing company
may retail its own beer without license.
The result i that new beer shops are
springing up in the cities Of that State.
Aoc0RDNa TO Max Muller there viii
be in the world at the end Of the next
two centuries $3.50, 900 persons speak.
the italian language, 72,571, 900 tina
French. Isl, $50, 900 the German, sos
$50, 900 the Spanish, and 1887. CSC, l5S
the English.
THR water having failed to dow freely
from the tank on the top Of San Fran
cisc0's City Hall, an examination Of it
was made, and the cause Of the trouble
discovered to be q large number Of Hsh
whose presence there can in no way be
accounted for.
A PHmADEnPHIA clergyman said to
his hearers the other day: 'sTheld
Is much stealing by short weights and
measures. Give some Of our merchants
the right to sell ont the Delaware by
the pint and they would cheat you in
the measurement.
A BELFAST, Maine, gentleman who
recently returned from Portland, visited
the Salvation Army while there, and
discovered in one Of the leaders tramp
who spent the larger portion of the win
ter in Belfast jail. The tramp has be-
come converted and is now o leader In
the Army.
IT is said that the rural population
Of some parts Of Illinois is at q stand.
still, and in some counties has retro
graded since 1870. Farmers children
abandon their homes for the cities OF
the far West. Yet the price Of land has
risen and the big stock raisers continue
to enlarge their already immense estates.
Cattle raising pays where wheat dosen't,
| THERE are now fifteen bureaus Of
labor statistics. viz. !: the National Ba-
reau in Washington, d. G., and State
Bureaus in New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachu-
setts, Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana, Illi-
nois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, NJ oh
Igan, Kansas and California. The
Knights Of Labor brought about the es-
Enlistment of them all.
GATH says: eft is seldom Of advan.
tage to any young man under accountable
years to have 8 wife on the stage. The
fact that his wife is there makes him
uneasy, and if he gives her the proper
attention. ct the theatre he becomes
something Of nuisance to the profess
sion, and perhaps loses his own temper
ance and self respect hanging around
profession in which he can take no
part.
A FEW seasons ago an English Ouch
ess, whose way is to go ahead in
pleasure, went to try her luck at
the Monaco tables, where sine soon got
to the bottom Of her purse. She went
to the director to ask q loan, Offering
pair Of earrings with solitaire dia-
nonds as pledge. eve don't take
cages" was the, answer. ssOur terms
are cash, and nobody is trusted" "But
( am the Duchess Of ," said her
Grace. ''That doesn't matter. SO many
duchesses come here who want to
borrow"
IN his younger days Ben Butler was
fair performer on the fute. He learned
to play the flute to strengthen his lungs,
which were weak when he was young.
a year or so ago he told the story on
himself that he first took to the cornet
by the advice Of his physician. he used
to sit at d back window Of his boarding
house in Boston and blow for his health
without reference to tunes. His land
lord told him he had to learn to play
something or get out, whereupon he
compromised on the flute and actually
learned how 70 play.
CoNsmERABLH sensation, according TO
the London Truth, has been excited Ii
Vienna society BY the announcement OF
the betrothal 81 Prince Lichtenstein to
the daughter Of merchant ia London,
such marriage being regarded Is q
mesalliance By the austere purists Of the
court 81 Austria. The Prince was for
merly well known IN London, and his
first wife was Miss Fox, the adopted
daughter Of Lady Holland.
Carr. HowARD, whose bravery saved
the day to the Dominion troops in their
recent fight with the Rel insurgents, is
native Of ConnectieuE. He served in