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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24
COlOr.Blindness.

It has not been the duty of the writer
to investigate cases of accident which
might have been caused by defects of
sight, but he has been assured by off,
Gals that solution will hereafter be
found in them for those hitherto insolu-
BILE mysteries where men, otherwise
credible, have so fatty contradicted'
thems elves and the circumstances of the
case. BY one prominent officer he was
told that, being upon train at night,
delayed by some slight accident, he
himself took red lantern, and, going q
proper distance back, placed himself on
the track in the way of an on-coming
train, but, finding his light not observed
he was compelled to dash it into the
cab to attract the engineers attention,
and arrest him in his progress TO coll
lision. Upon the examination of another
engineer, his superior officer being pres
emit and convinced of his color blindness
remarked that, but short time before,
the msn had run into the rear of a train
properly protected by a red light in the
hands of brakeman some distance in
the rear. that the most careful investiga-
ton had resulted only in the suspension
of the brakeman for not having gone far
enough back, but that he was now salts
fed that the color blindness of the engi-
neer had been the real cause of the acct
dent. Some slight or minor accidents
recently led to the discovery that another
engineer had by some oversight not been
tested in his division, and this led to his
examination and detection there, and to
his conviction by the writer as color
blind. Still another case now presents
itself: An engineer some time ago ran
over and killed brakeman, holding a
danger signal on the track in front Of
his engine, and no satisfactory explana-
ton could then be given; but the divi-
sion examiner predicted that he would
probably be found color-blind, and on
his examination this proved to be the
case. - Popular Science Monthly.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24
EouIne COURAGE In BattIe.

In his terse account Of the battle of
Shiloh, printed In the Century, General
Grant tells how he and Colonel McPher-
son and Major Hawkins unconsciously
rode within range Of q battery and mus
kerry 1.-THE shells and balls whistled
about our ears very fast for about
minute. do not think it took Us much
longer than. that to get out Of range and
out Of sight In the sudden start we
made, Major Hawkins lost his hat. He
did not stop to pick it up. When we ar
rived at perfectly safe position, we
halted to take an account of damages.
Mop herson's horse was painting as if
ready 60 drop. On examination it was
found that a ball had struck him for
ward of the flank, just back Of the sad
die. and had gone entirely through. In
few minutes the poor beast dropped
dead: he had given no sign ofinjury un-
til we came to stop. The horse dis
played courage in carrying his rider, out
Of danger after receiving q mortal hurt
himself, but the intense excitement of
the moment probably moved him to the
dying effort. The stag when shot
through frequently runs until he falls
dead in his tracks. General Buell.,
whom Grant, rising above the bitterness
Of twenty years ago, commends as a
brave, intelligent officer, rode on the
second day. Of the Shiloh fight horse
into what seemed the very jaws Of death.
The left line was wavering before fierce
assault, and the general inspired conf
dence and strengthened it BY promptly
and resolntely facing the storm himself.
The shrieking shells and whistling mus
ket balls made the din awful, and
stopped the beating Of many heart; but
the horse, like the man astride him,
needed them not Equine courage as IL
Illustrated on many q battlefield. moves
the soul to admiration. 7uy, FEela AID
Farm.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

THAvn 8mnx sewers sufferer from Catarrh
FOR the pnst fifteen years, with distressing
pain over my eyes. Gradually the disease
worked down upon my lungs. About d year
and q half auo commenced using Ely'a
Cream Balm. with most gratifying results.
and am to-day apparently cured---E. e..
WARREN, Rutland. Vt.
M DAu0HTRR and myself, great sufferers
from Catarrh, have been cured BY Ely'a
Cream Bsim. MY sense of smell restored
and health greatly improved.---C. M. STAN
1KY. Merchant, Ithaca, N. 4. Easy to use.
Price 50 cents
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24
II AatanIal,eh the Public

to hear OF the resignation of DR.. Pierce as q
Congressman to devote himself solely to his
labors as q physician. It was because his
true constituents were the sick and afflicted
everywhere. They VIII find DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery a beneficent use
IL his scientific knowledge in their behalf
Consumption, bronchitis, cough. beart dis
case, fever and ague, intermittent fever,
dropgy neuralgia, goitre or thick neck, and
I'll diseases of the blood. are cured by this
worId-renowned medicine It's properties are
wonderful. its action magics By druggists.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

Lieut.. Charles w. McKim, Portland,
KY, states For twenty years suffered
with rheumatism. During the bad wealth
er my suffering was terrible. / was about
to give up. Some one suggested the APP
plication of ST. Jacobs Oil. / tried il
and its relief was rapid. In half an hour
could stand up. / no longer suffered with
the pains"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

When goa visit leave New York citys save ha9gage
exprensago aud 81 carriage hire auu step - ms 0kand
Union u0tel onnnsita GraHd Central Depot
60 elegant rooma fitted up at cost Of one mllson
dollars al and inward Der day. European plAn He
vafcr Restaurant su pped with the best. Horse cags
efnres and elevated railroad 20 all depoea. Families
can live better for less money - the Grand Umicn
Hotoi than aA any other dxsciaas hotel % the ctg
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24
Our Obligations.

We can be thankful to friend for a
few acres. or little money, and yet for
the freedom and command of the whole
earth, and for the great benefits of our
being, our life, health and reason, we
look upon ourselves as under no obliga-
tions.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

II j. seemly that we should allow the
faults Of the dead to drop by silence
into forgetfulness, and that We should
speak lovingly and truthfnlly Of their
merits: but 70 pronounce panegvrics
upon them that are knowingly unde-
served, merely because they have passed
away from Us. IS casting contempt on
truth which viii not be borne with i'm
punity.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24
..saY. WV 8 averYthinr

A~.tLA+A ~ 49, "a 90 oHFUa15s
Probably, my dear nervous sister, because
ron are suffering from some of the diseases
peculiar TO your sex. You havea dragging
down feeling, the back-ache, you are de-
bilitated, you have pains Of various kinds.
Take Or. r Y. Pierces aFavorite Prescrip-
ton and be cured. Price reduced 70 one
dollar. BY druggists.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

TRANSMISSION Of blood has been success
fully tried in the collapse of cholera by
a member of the Paris faculty of medi-
cine. The patient. who was moribund
when the remedy was tried, recovered
from the death coma in few minutes,
ard, from the moment of the TRANSMISSION,
spontaneously and rapidly improved.
Human blood was employed in the case
but experiments are to be made with the
blood of domestic animals, particularly
sheep and cattle.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

No hotel keeper in India dare receive
native guest, through fear of losing his
custom. In Bengal and Northern India
things are still worse, and no native
gentleman, whatever his rank, age or
character may. be, can visit place of
public resort frequentcd by Englishmen,
especially if it be in a native dress, with
out certain risk of insult and rough
treatment. Railway travelling is no
toriously dangerous for them in this re-
spect, and men of high position are often
openly insulted by the guard and told to
make room for an English traveller by
leaving the car.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

The nElghe of the Pen.
Oh, the orators voice Is mighty power,
As 1t echoes along the green,
But the fearless pen has more sway DER man
To sound the praises OF Carholina
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

BY the use of Hos.
letters Stomach Bit.
ters the haggard ap-
pearan ce Of tbs
countenance and sal
lOwness Of dyBpep-
tics are supDianted
by Q healthier look.
and as the food is as.
simulated, the body
acquires substance.
Appetite is restored.
and the nervous sys-
tenn refreshed with
much needed slum-
Der, through the usa
Of this medicine.
which Is also bene.
fetal TO persons Of q
rnenrnatic tendency.
and an inegtimabl .
preventive OF fever
and ague- For sale
By all Druggists and
and Dealers gener-
ally.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

Quick, complete cure, all Kidney. Bladder
and Urinary Diseases, Ecaldinp, irritation,
Stone. Gravel. Catarrh Of bladder.e1 Drugts.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

Any lady who desires further information
than can be given in the limited public
space OF newspaper columns can obtain Mrs.
Lydia Il Pinkham's pamphlet Guide to
HEALTHY BIZ sending q stamp to Lynn. Mass.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

speedily cured BY our new radical methods
Pamphlet, references and terms. two Ieftrr
stamps Worlds Dispensary Medical As.
ISOLATION. 683 Main street. Buffalo. N.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

The Mite'y Dollar That made ND Of
church collection pennies.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

The fact that the old. the poor and
the over fatigued are more subject than
other people to the attack Of cholera Is
notorious. But that men, and especially
unmarried men, are much more prone to
the disease than women has only now
been pointed out for The FIRST time. il
the official report on the cholera recently
published ct Paris, BY 81. Bertillion.
This authority states that during the
month 81 November SCI men died 81
choiern at Paris and only SO women.
lie following statistics show che differ.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

From recent cable dispatches the limit
of taxation has been reached in Russia.
The ordinary and the extraordinary ex
pendituTe for 1883 reached the sum of
$400, 600, 900, which is an enormous sum
when the wealth of the population is
taken into consideration. This sum is
mainly laid out for military purposes.
The peasants are unable to pay the per-
sonai and land taxes, the customs duties
are yielding less, though most of the
duties have been increased, and general
discomfort rcigns throughout the empire.
The national debt at the close of the
year aggregates 80, 172. 500, 900, and what
is worse, it is increasing rather than de-
creasing.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24
The worst UresI.rag sfrsc,yr..

Epitaph FOR tailor: After LIES htfn
fever he sleeps we'll
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

According to a recent issue of relia-
BILE scientific journal earthquakes have
occurred once in about every twelve days
somewhere in Canada or in the United
States, the Atlantic coast being visited on
an average about once month. These
shocks occurred during the period between
1872 and 1883, and were frequently Of
so light q nature as to be detected only
by the scisometer. very delicate instru-
ment designed for that purpose.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

Palpitation, Dropsical Swellin9s. Dizziness
Indigestion. cured BY 'syVells Health Remover
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

An observing philosopher contradicts
the prevailing theory that mental ac-
tivitY intarferes with physical beauty.
lie says: A handsome man, or woman
either, who does nothing but live we'll or
self-indulgently grows flabby, and all the
fine lines of the features are lost; but the
hard thinker has an admirable sculptor
always at work keeping his fine lines in
repair. and constantly going over his
face to improve the original design.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

Dinner dresses are worn full---by those Of
good appetite.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

4 man need not necessarily Be possessed
Of musical ability TO strike a liar.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

According to the Ephemeris an exami-
nation Of 3,726 prescriptions in Boston
drug store showed that 5O4 different
drugs were called for by the doctors.
Quinine took the lead by appearing in
202 prescriptions. morphine appeared in
172. bromide of potassium in III, iodide
Of potassium in $50, and muriabg of iron
IN IA. Tho whole number of articles
IN the phermacopnia is 9O4, and Boston
uses more than baIf of them.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24
TIMELY TOPICS

The total length OF submarine cables
Is about 6S, 900 miles. Each cable con
tains an average Of forty strands OF wire.
50 that altogether there are over 2, 700,
600 miles of wire used in their construc-
ton, or ten times the distance from the
earth TO the moon. Practically all this
has been laid within the last twenty five
years: the greater part within decade.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

Glass has been in use from so remote
pe1iod of antiquity, and has so init
mately associated itself with the progress
of civilization that it is not surprising to
find improvements in it's manufacture as
often as the necessity for them has
arisen. From the paintings found BY
Wilkinson at BENZ Hassan, it appears
that the art of glass blowing was known
at least 8, 200 years ago. Sometimes new
processes in dealing with the raw mate
rails have produced desirable and some
times startling results It is said that
some Anglo German manufactures have
recently turned out glass as strong and
tough as cast iron. and that they intend
to make Of this substance hard and COM
paratively light crystal stairs. street lamp
posts and gas and water pipes 1t i
thought that they can make these and
similar articles of glass thirty per cent.
cheaper than they can make them Of cast
iron.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

Goodbye, sweet tart, said the tramp
as he swallowed it.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

The most humorous member Of a dog is
his tail.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-24

The Chicago Tribune declares that the
professional beauty and actress, Mrs.
Langtry, has sent instructions to her
agent to buy for her out and out the
house she formerly lived in at Thirteenth
street, New York, il it can be obtained
at reasonable price. She states that
she has determined finally to become an
American. There is an agent Of hers
already on the lookout for piece of
Newport property, where she will take
up her summer residence and probably
her official one, because she has not
abandoned the idea of her divorce suit.
and has been assured that divorces are
easier in Rhode Island than in New
York.
Sharp County record., 1885-07-09

The Western Union Telegraphic Co. Of
New York is putting into operation a
number of pneumatic tubes for the trans
portation Of messages to the different
parts of the city. This is simply a tube
or pipe through which is propelled small
car containing letters and papers; the mo
tor being compress ed air. The Western
Union Central Office is new connected
with the newspaper esta olishments, the
Post Office, the Grand Central Depot and
will soon extend its service to branch off
ces in every part Of the metropolis. The
system will be economical efficient and of
great value to the public. Pneumatic
tubes have long been in use in London end
Paris, and have bsen so successful that a
plan has recently been formulated to run
between London and Paris under the
British Channel. The intention would be
to finally carry all the mails between the
two great cities. Not only would it be a.
vailable for messages, letters and newspa.
pers but for parcels of all kinds. The
time between the two capitals would be
only one hour. The compressed air to
give the carriages motive power to be
generated By a thirty horsepower engine.
-.Demorest's Monthly.
Sharp County record., 1885-07-09
CONoUERING DISEASES.

Il really seems as if the effort to con-
troll the progress of cholera in Spain has ln
been at last partially successful. Df
Farren, ia Valencia, was the first to try
innoeulstion so as to induce q mild type
Of ohalera whioh would check the progress
of the disease. YellOW-fever epldemlcs
have been successfully treated in tae same ,9
way in Brazil. Small pox. as we ali
knew, has been robbed Of its teFrors by
vaecianatlon, end SO, as years pass by,
one after another of the scourges OF the
race have been rendered less terrible In
deed, SO much progress has been made
that we may reasonably hope the S,me may
come when they will be practically pan
ished from this planet. But there 10 a
vast deal to do yet to bring about this i,
much !to,be desired consumation. ina
hopeful feature of the problem 10 that
pestilencas are propagated by germs
which can either be destroyed or So man
pulsted as to become practically innocu.
Gus. The ravages of typhus and typhoid
fevers are very severe even. in the most
civilized countries, and yet it 10 known
that these fatal disorders come from the
propagation of poisonous insect forms
that can be destroyed, The town of Ply
mouth, Penn, has suffered severely re-
Gently from fatal disorder of typhoid
character which was regarded for time
as a mysterious dispens9tion of FroVi'
ience, bat it gss fually discovered that
the disease came from one sick man whose
excreta infected stream which emptied
into swsmpy ground where the germs
were propagated that poisoned the water
supply of the community. We will never
be insured against foul air and foul water
diseases until both the water and air
liable to be drunk or inhaled by human
beings are carefelly manipulated strained
or filtered 80 that a. poisonous germs are
removed. When that is accomplished all
contagious and pestlences will be Danish
ed from the esrth-Demorest's Monthly.
Sharp County record., 1885-07-09

4 petition signed by l60 indignant cit
zens Of johnson and Franklin countie4
IN the neighbOrhood of Coal Hill, praying
Gov. Hughes to remove from their midst
the convicts who are now worked in the
Coal Hill mines to the exclusion of all
other laborers, has been reoeiyed by His
Excellency. The petitioners ask that
the convicts be removed at once. They
complain not only Of intrusion upon the
poor mans fields Of labor, bgt say that
the ''trusties' are alloyed to forage on
their barn-yards and hen-roots to their
great annoyance. As the law al lows the
lessee to work sonvicts outside the psniten-
tiary walls, and as the legislature failed
to make any PROVISIONS to furnish them
work within the peniteHtiary grounds the
governor says he will be compelled to fs'
fuse the prayer of the petitioners. The
governor will visit the mines and commu-
nicate with the petioners and explain tc
them the provisions of the law.
Sharp County record., 1885-07-09
The visit of Gov. Hughes to the Coal

The visit of Gov. Hughes to the Coal
Hill mines proved to be panacsa to the
outraged feelings of the l50 citizens of
that vicinity. The governor, in a speech
fraught with eloquent appeals to Their
law abiding principles in which he briefly
cited them to the provisions of the con-
tract made by the state with the present
losses of the penitentiary, teld the
citiz ens thatit was their duty as good citi-
Gems to see that state carried out be part
ofths contract. After pertinently answer
ing few questions put to him by some
portion in the crowd, the governor con-
cluded his remarks, and the meeting ad-
journed.
Sharp County record., 1885-07-09
KANSAS FLOODS.

Neoshe Falls, July 3.-The Neosho
river has risen steadily for the past TWEEN
ty four hours, and ia still rising 1t now
flows in steady current through Main
street. All of the east part of the city
is under wafer. In the bottoms crops are
all gone, and most of the stock drowned
So far as known no lives
have been lost although many families
have been driven to the second story Of
their dwellings and the floors Of the bust
ness houses on Main street are covered
from ore to FIVE inches. The water is
twenty-five inches deep in Main street in
front of the postofice. All the dwellers
in the northeast quarter of the city have
moved nnrin the he sissss Z; sho firing u
guns and ringing of bells, etc., have been
heard up the river, and fears are enter
tanned for the safety of some families. All
the boats are out rescuing them, but the
rise was so sudden that nearly all the
boats escaped on the morning Of the I'd.
Sharp County record., 1885-07-09

The Arkansas Gazette is publishing
some well-written war "reminiscences
which are great source Of pleasure tc
ex-confederates as well as to their friend
and kindred over the state. Through the
press is the Only way majority of tht
people Of the south-or north either
can come in possession Of correct wal
data, as all Histories now in use that in
clude details of the late rebellion art
given TO partiality. You ha7e no trouble
IN determining the color of the writer's
clothes after reading chapter of his
work.
Sharp County record., 1885-07-09

In the Occupation Taz bill' presented
for the consideration of the Little Rock
city council, we notice that all printing
offices will pay taE of $1,000; mer-
chants S. 90; organ grinders $40 90 fol
every three months, with corresponding
increase according to the amount of capi-
tai invested. ItlookS rather strange to a
disinterested party about l25 miles north
of there that merchants shoulp pay only
half the amount ezacted ofnewspaper men.
Sharp County record., 1885-07-09

The plans for the improvement of the
state house have been agreed upoa.
Among the changes to be made are the
rsftting of the heusa and senate chamber,
and hereafter the room formerly used by
the senate will be the house and the
house hereafter will be the senate cham
beY The entire building will be ever"
hauled and improved to the extent OF the
late appropriation.
Sharp County record., 1885-07-09

II seeEs that the Rowan county, Ky.
trouble, of which We made mention few
weeks age, has not yet been settled Gov
Knott arri7ed upon the scene Of the dis
turbanca on the lst inst. Re immediate
ly conferred with the Judge of the county,
and tie intimidated official will soon have
the assistance of e company Of state
troops who will restore quiet and peace il
it be ct the point Of the bayonst.
Sharp County record., 1885-07-09
The statement which has been tele

The statement which has been teIe'
graphed all over the country that Perry
Davis, the originator of the medicine
known as "Painkiller" has long been an
inmate Of the Mercer county, Pa, aims.
house created considerable amusement
in Providence RI, from the fact that
Perry Davis died at his home in that city
ebout twenty years ago. The business
built up by him is still carried on by his
son.
Sharp County record., 1885-07-09
Gen. VIM. L. Cabell. Texas con-

Gen. YIN. L. Cabell, Texas confed-
T. crate brigadier was appointed q. S. mar
shall for the northern district of Texas
last week. The general vas captain in
the United States army at the beginning
Of the war between the states, but re sign
ed the position to take sides with those
who supported the lost cause.
Sharp County record., 1885-07-09

At Reno and Darlington l, T., the ex-
citement is said to be at fever heat over
the hostile appearances of the Cheyenne
Indians. There are 1900 braves on the
war path and their henious depredations
are expected to begin at any moment.
Fort Reno is guarded by double row of
sen tinels.
Sharp County record., 1885-07-09

On the ID inst. about ten inches of rain
had fallen during the past twenty'four
hours in the neishborhood of Yates Cen
Ger, Kas., and the streams we're higher
than for several years, Great damage to
crops in the bottoms is reported.