Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-10-28
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Birch and lockwood spoons 20 the
number of l26, 600. 600 are made in Rus
sia annually.
Seventy-iivc thousand acres of timber
land in the Sierra have been purchased
by Michigan capitalists.
ASlockton. CAL. girl. now engaged
in a breach OF promise suit. wrote in
one of her letters that she would rath-
er marry . yellow dog than the defend-
ant.
A man who lives on Indian farm,
Lewis County. West Virginia. is but
seventeen years old, and his bare feet
measure thirteen and half inches in
length.
Some girls in Brooklyn have organ
lied an unmarried woman's associa-
ton. They pledge themselves never to
marry and never to allow themselves
to listen to an offer of marriage.
About half the rowers on Lake
George are young women, who handle
the oar in graceful style and enjoy
themselves while taking one of the
best and most healthful of exercises,
California papers report the discoy-
cry of new wine-peach wine, made
from the juice of soft ripe peaches. 1t
is said to be the finest favored and
most delicious wine ever discovered.
Boston's famous lawyer. Sidney
Bartlett, is Sc years old and estimated
worth $4,000, 900, chiefly derived from
excellent railroad speculation, despite
half million put into Connotton VAL
ley bonds.
The Portland Oreg0nidn admits that
s'the Chinese question as political is
sue Is about worked out in California;
and adds that ssthe tide which SO long
set against John Chinaman is now
turning in his favor"
There are in the world 397 institu-
tions for the education of deaf mutes.
Germany has 80 of these, France 81,
Great Britain 46 and the United States
SO. Recent careful estimates place the
number of these unfortunates at 800,-
600.
Evarrice Manceau, of LAyenir.
Province of Quebec, has son only six
years of age. and he weighs LOG pounds.
stands 4 feet in height, measures around
the waist 81 inches, around the arm IL
inches, and around the calf of the leg
l4inches, and is smart and active.
The duchess of Edinburgh is most
curious eater Her appetite is simply
ravenous. and when she dimes outsshe
eats SO much more than everyone else
that she is always the last, only that
people pretend TO go on and humbug
with the food on their plates till she IS
done.
The popular newspaper in Madrid
has no managing editor. A dozen re-
porters secure the news and drop their
manuscripts in bag where they stay
until the foreman wants copy. He
pulls out, indiscriminately, enough to
fill up, and with the matter tixed in the
forms in the most convenient way the
paper goes TO press,
Professor Piiuger. the celebrated
Swiss oculist, it is asserted, has lately
given sight to q lad oil sixteen. vino had
been blind from birth. This is the
first case of the kind with any person
above the age OF infancy. 1t will be u
long time before the patient will have
an idea of forms, colors or distances.
The town OF Tiverton. EayIand, Is
noted for peculiar sweet comfection
called .Tiyerton huinbugs;' and the
proper thing to do, as one hands q
package to some fair recipient, is to
whisper:I
Other hunbugs, my girl, may fiatter or tease
you.
but taesr Tivcrton hunbugs viii perish to
. Ida : wis. tie Newport Ilarhof hero
inc mouras the los. oi her former in
separableo companioa--a big black
Newfoundlanddog II remember well
long ago. says one IF her aequaint-
ances. ''her putting her arms around
the big affnction9te fellow and saying,
Men have not be N good to me. and
love dogs better. Her matrimonial
venture was most disastrous. and this
dog was her only protector. "
Avery clever invention has Just been
brought out for the use of theatrical
managers. BY simply turning the
handle Of q. machine sound Is pro-
duced resembling the clapping Of q
number of hands The applause, by
means Of large funnel, IS projected
into The front Of the house. II IS be-
lieyed that great many free passes to
shows will be saved by means OF this
ingenious c0ntrivance.
The city Of Minneapolis has curious
provision il its law relating TO the 1iq-
u0r traffic. Besides charging license
Of $500, the law marks out certain pa
troll limits, including the business core
sof the CITY within which all the salnone