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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-28
/ Man Must be at the Throttle.

When a locomotive rolled up to an
early East Tennessee town, and the engi-
neer, who was O man of small stature,
got down to Toll around, = two noun
taineers looked at the engine for the first
time; they examined it critically, were
lost in admiration, thought it was "a
big thing" but as one of them sized uR
the little engineer, he remarked: II
don't take much of man to run her,
does it, Jim9n
But he didn't know--it does look easy
Ia boy might stand on the foot-board.
open and shut the throttle; but, Jim, il
does take q good deal of man to stand
there all through the hours of day and
night, to know all the grades of tho
road, where he must make her red-hot
and pull her wide open" to get to the
top Of the hill, and where to shut her
of and let her ROLL" it does take much
of man to read the guage, and know If
the water is low or If there is plenty; to
know when she is working easily, or
laboring hard; to feel her pulse, as it
were, as he stands in his place, and tells
whether all is well; and then, If she
s.lets down. it does take much of q
lAttu ~ AHOW Just WAAce ~ w ~ >AASssoAA-
meet and block her up.
IL does take much of man when
there is q stretch of track to take long
look ahead or peer around curves. to
watch the track for anything that may
be in the way, and If there should BED
tree, rock. Or broken rail, or q mis-
placed switch then there must be maH
st the throttle, one who has the nerve
to do any act quickly one who has
brains to think with, and strong arm
to act: one who loses sight Of himself
ana thinks of those behind him, all un-
conscious Of danger It will take man
then, Jim, to apply the brake. to throw
her over and give her steam.
There is the gauge to watch and the
water: the track must be watched and
the signaIs-see II they are red or green.
It IS watch, watch, all the time, think
and remember every figure on the time
card and the mile post and the station,
and the yellow tissue paper the telegraph
man gave him az the lass station verify,
eternal vigilance is the price Of life
les, Jim, & does take much Of man to
run her. The Pointer.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-28

These Congressman are quite like other
people, says Washington letter to the
st. Louis Pat Dispatch. They enjoy
their little jokes and like to rap one an
other On what may seem tender spots.
occasionally. Robertson, Of Kentucky,
who succeeds Proctor Knott, Is. IN the
absence Of Beliord. Of Colorado, the red
dest-headed. reddest faced, rcddest
whiskered man il the House.
Riding up to the capitol in bob tail
car day or two ago were Robertson and
. number Of other members. mostly
from the West. They were j ssino iokess
in promiscuous way, killing time 81
the raw-boned car horse dragged Them
slowly up the hill.
q don't know whether y0u ever heard
cf Il gentlemen, 2 said one 81 tie partv.
but they have law ont 81 Kentucky
quite peculiar % the State. and which
has made ny friend Robertson here quite
famous IA certain way. II Is rather 4
peculiar law, - continued iii every
body ia fhc cat. including some Ia6fss
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-28
A Preaching TourhaY.

Old, but good, is the story told of the
young preachers who were discussing
the subject of off-hand sermonizing,
when an old gentleman declared he al
ways preached extempore and trusted to
the occasion for inspiration. A young
man declared he never did, but preferred
carefully preparing his sermons and com
hitting them to memory. "Pshaw,
said the old man, ''the reason you don't
preach cxtempore is because you can't.
s'Well, replied the young man, ''I'll
tell you what I'll do. Next Sunday
we'll both preach extempore. I'll preach
in the morning from any text you give
me, and you preach in the afternoon
from the text Ill give you, and we'll
see who does the best"
Agreed The affair got noised abroad,
and a crowded house greeted the young
preacher as he went into the pulpit,
and the old man passed up the text,
from q verse In Numbers: "And the
Lord opened the mouth OF the ass The
young preacher pitched in and graphi-
cally described the kinds and breeds of
asses. their usefulness, good and bad
traits, and drew moral and adorned q
tdlc ALOLu ali hc knew Oh aSseOlO9y. Inc
sermon was success. Evening came,
and the old preacher assembled the pulpit,
and the young one sent up the text from
the next verse in Numbers: HAm not I
thine ASST The old gentleman rubbed
his glasses and adjusted them, read the
text to himself, then took off his glasses
again and rubbed them and read the text
aloud. Then he coughed and looked
around at the audience. for the meeting
house was packed, readjusted his glasses,
c0ughed and repeated tho text and,
bending over the pulpit, said: Eyes.
brother, guess / am - Cincinnati In
quirer
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-28

who CHANGED to be along. he..
toward Robertson with ;rtsssaa % losg
is, in brief, that any woman md
be sentenced 70 be hanged ma, Nno RsD
doned II anybody will, at fly e ns
ment, come forward and marsn .S iass u.
happened he continued ME. aeE h
gusto, q the interest began = 'Oas
more intense and Robertson - gov
grow more embarrassed as the oss an b
observation, that a woman sea'ef Il
hanged there one day. Attbo Vas to b
ment. when they had her uno ,S , n 10.
under the gallows, the uspa al sue Can
was asked whether there was a sauesaOa
there who would save her from AZ, !, ma
marrying her. Robertson was ,hae un b
tender-hearted fellow that he i aud
the front and said, yes. Nil; II zane y
woman was blindfolded. Shar lie
of the offer, and began. naturallv "ss '0ld
for a description of the man sba' = Ak
marry to escape death. They 5a e& 70
him as well as they could-b;s -.
size, his shapely hand and exon;s;ss.S ~
and manly form, when sndaa .ss 1901
asked the color of his hair and h ne
An attendant whispered the trntb S :
ear. Then drive on the kyart nl y ue'
she said, and that ended Robar, ease
matrimonial ventures" N''S0n
There was a roar of laughter in VIII,
Robertson, who knows how to ,oh u'Va
joke, joined, and the crowd hurried ~
as the car reached the foot of thc : 49,. NJ
tol steps. p''
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-28
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


Inotice that some Of your subscribers
wish 70 know some remedy for keeping
wood ticks from cattle. The following
mixture, ii given one tablespoonful dali
", will clean cattle Of ticks and lice;
and II q handful Is kept in the horse
trough the year round, IL Is better than
any condition powders. have used it
for fifteen years and know it TO be true.
One peck OF sifted wood ashes: one
fourth Of pound Of tobacco, ground
fine; one-half pound of soda: one pound
of sulphur; six pounds of salt; mix up
thoroughly. Try it and no one will ever
regret It. Southern CaLtiDator.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-28
A Cnre for COrns.

A young man on the smoking car
pulled OF his tight boots and rested ~
tired feet. He complained bitterly o.
his suffering with corns.
Corns, eh, calculated gray.haiiea
man. s'Suffer, do you2 Well, dont
pity you much. About every man th@
has corns has himself to thank. II Pe9.
pie will pinch their feet and cramP lnsn
toes and wear shoes 80 short that e'e.l
time they step the impetus Of their laO
ton is checked on their toes insteaa :.
on their instep they must expect 70 nav
corns. / don't pity you much, yUas
man, but / can tell you how to ge' -
of your corns. Say, do you reao -.
's0f course read. What has 'D''
got to do with corns2"
"A good deal. When you get ~.
take novel or book you are much Ia. -
ested in. Put kettle of water on y,
kitchen stove. Put your feet 10 2 DI IA
Of wafer as hot as you can stand i. 80, -,
your book. Add hot water 70 ~
bucket once in while to keep ! 10 =
taking the cold water out. heeP
reading. Sit there two hours anu !,
half. Occasionally take your iee1 n
and scrape your corns with 2 aD NJ
Don't do violence to them. Don ~
or hagglc. Scrape off the loose Tbs
only. Don't be in hurry about =. ess
water will soften your corns ana yoo "a
gently remove them. 1t Is foollsn = 80
corns or abuse them. But SIT thel .e;.ssd
hours and q half. Don't be sA a..,er
with an hour. Three hours = O wsrf
than two hours. DO as ! tell you ,,ors
sensible shoes and you'll have ~
corns. Chicago Herald.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-28
HUMOROUS SKETCHES


ssJohn. thought you swore on, ;. said
/ Fourth street woman to her husband
the other evening.
ssThat's right. did.
ssWelL you took drink Of beer to-
night. can smell it on your breath. !"
THAT one doesn't count he replied.
Next day she shone forth Respondent
in q new bonnet.
MARY" expostulated the husband,
81 thought you swore of buying bonnets
without my permission.
Yes, know, she replied, archly,
but this one doesn't count.-- BREAKFAST
Iable.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-28
DrsARPorNrMENT.

Ny tree Of life In springtime promised wen,
The buds Of faith and hope were fun and
rair;
The blossoms with rich fragrance mled the
cir,
Making my pathway sweeter where they
fell
Tho fruit appeared; I watched its growth
with care;
Dark clouds Of doubt and fear hung DER
my tree;
'sYour fruits in danger" oft was said to
me;
That 1t might live to ripen wasmy prayer.
In autumn time, my fruitage gathered in,
Perfect IL seemed, and TO myself said;
How poor the fruit when faith and hope
are deadl
Mine has escaped the whitening blight of
SIM
AT length the fruit tasted, and found,
Forgetting works, now must bear the
pain;
That / had watched and waited long in
vain;
What looked so fair was bitter and unsound
II could live again my past life DER,
It should DO one of earnest work and love;
And He who plants the tree then from
above
Would bless the fruit; / should need nothing
N. c. Hayden.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-28
The "Tree Puzzle.

The tree puzzle" that follows is one
of the most ingenious tribes Of the kind
now current:
1. What's the social tree,
2. And the dancing tree,
3. And the tree that is nearest the seat
4. The dandiest tree,
5. And the kssaole tree,
g. And the tree where ships may bel
Z. What's the teIl-tale tree,
8. And the traitors tree,
81 And the tree that's the warmest clads
10. The Languishing tree,
IL. The chronologists tree,
~. And the tree that makes one sadi
13. What's the emulous tree,
IA. The Industrious tree,
is. And the tree that never will stand stills
16. The unhealthiest tree,
IL. The Egyptian plague tree, go.
Is. And the tree neither up nor down hills
10. The contemplate tree,
20. The most yielding tree,
81 And the tree that bears curse
%. The reddish brown tree,
% The reddish blue tree,
"a. And the tree like an Irish nursel
Is. What is the tree,
That makes each townsman flee?
26 And what round itself doth entwinea
~. What's the housewives tree,
%. Aud the fisherman's tree;
90 What by coclneys is turned into wines
so. What's the tree that got up,
81 And the tree that was lazy,
81 And the tree that guides ships TO 60 fogthi
30. The tree that's immortal,
81. The trees that are not,
35 And the tree whose wood faces the northa
So The tree in bottle,
81. The tree in d fog,
49, And what each must become ere he's olda
80 The tree of the people,
40 The travellers tree,
a. And the sad tree when schoolmasters
holda
a2 What's the tree that has passed through
the fiery heat,
49, That half-given to doctors when ills
A. Thetree that we offer to friends when we
meet,
As. And the tree we may use as quilts
40 What's the tree that in death win benight
you,
A. And the tree that your wants will sup
plyg
42 And the tree that to travel invites you,
~. And the tree that forbids you TO diei
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-28

"A Minnesota farmer states that he can
skeep one stove going during six
months with the snndower stalks pro-
duced on an acre Of land. The seed
produced and fed to fowls pays for all
The work Of cultivation He burns all
the smaller heads with the stalks, which
arc cut ia the fall to The required length.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
FOREIGN.

ADvIcEs of the 9th state that a recent
storm off the Labrador coast wrecked
twenty vessels, and one hundred lives
were lost. Nearly two thousand ship
wrecked persons were OF the shore in q
destitute condition.
AT Montreal on the 2Sth the Cabinet de-
cided to grant the petition for a commis-
sion to examine into Louis Riel's sanity.
THE English yacht Genesta reached
Portsmouth OF the return Voyage on the
made across the Atlantic.
FURTHER advices Of the 2Sth state that
seventy vessels and three hundred lives
MARA Lth -te-~-% s.".-icano ON
the Labrador coast. HSeveral of the cast.
aways had persisted from exposure, and
hundreds who escaped from the wrecks
were in a starving condition.
TURKISH officials reported on the 2Sth
the presence of $50, 900 soldiers at points
on the frontier where they were available
for active service on the Balkan peninsula.
The Great Eastern, the largest steam-
ship in the world, was sold at public auc-
ton OF the 18th in London for f2G,2 200.
The rumor that arevolution had broken
out in Mandalay and that King Theebaw
had been murdered proved Oh the 2Sth to
be unfounded.
A CoRSICAN, name unknown, attempted
on the 18th to assassinate the French Min
lister of Foreign Affairs, DeFreycinet, in
the streets of Paris, but failed. The as
sailant was in custody.
The elections in Prussia on the Doth
went strongly in favor of the new German
Liberal party.
A DISPATCH of the Goth stated that the
Pope had decided entirely in favor of
Spain in the Carolines question.
THE campaign of the English against
Burman was being .pushed with vigor on
the Goth, and it looked as if the country of
King Theebaw would soon form a part OF
the British Empire in India.
LOUIS REL and twenty-four other half
breeds lying in prison in the Northwest
on the Both ult. forwarded to the Cana
dian Government q petition begging for
mercy on the ground that they had suf-
fered systematic oppression.
The authorities of Montreal predicted
on the 31th ult. that the small pox cpl
demic would bring that city into debt tc
the amount of $500, 900 before spring.
GREECE continued on the Goth ult. tc
forward troops to the frontier, and hel
citizens were represented as clamorous TO,
war.
A N-ATuRAL1ZED American citi zen trav'
cling recently in Europe found in severa
cities societies organized to aid discharged
%convicts to go to the United States and
begin life anew.
THREE inches. of snow fell on the 3Oth
ult. in the Province of Quebec.
AN explosion occurred the other day at
Reschitza, Hungary, in a coal mine con.
nected with the State railway works.
Thirteen persons were killed and fifteen
injured. .."..
THERE were two hundred cases of chol.
era and forty-three deaths in Laredo,
Spain, during the seven days ended on the
Goth u1t.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
SCORES OF LIVES LOST,

Further News of the RAvages of the Ter
rible Storm of October 10 on the Coast
OF Lab~radOr-Great Destituti0n.
? HALIFAX, N. S., Nov. 1.-R r.. Stupart,
the Hudson Bay observer, who with three
assistants abandoned his station ut ]:stupart,s
Bay the day before the steamer Alert
reached there, arrived in Halifax Saturday
evening Oh the steamer Miranda from
St. Johns, N. f. Stupa.t reports
that on his arrival at Indian Harbor
he found that an immense amount of
damage had been done there and at neigh
boring places on the coast by tho terrible
storm OF the 10th ult. Tho gale was a ter.
rifle one from the Northwest, accomoanied
by snow. When the steamer Hercules ar
rived at India Harboc she had on board
thfee hundred men, women and chill
dren, picked up at fishing settlements along
her course, and when Stupart and his
tnfee men arrived at Grady they found
SIX hundred more homeless people on
board the steamer Vanguard. Almost the
ehtlre settlement of Grady, consisting of
ABOUT twenty buildings, was DESTROYED, and
many other villages suffered equally severe
from the disaster. Every vessel that was
at an close to the coast was dashed ashore.
Altlough many OF them We're afterward
foated in a damaged condition, there were
ABOUT seventy that were totally destroyed.
The storm extended over the wlc.e length
OF the coast from Battle Harbor north 10
Cape Harrieon.
Stupart learned at Grady that the total
loss OF life by the tempest was forty-three.
and he is inclined to believe that that tigure
is reliable. He thinks that in any event
the outside number OF victims can not ex-
coed sixty or seventy. The greatest loss of
life occurred at White Bear Island. where
though there were only four or five vessels
wrecked, nearly all on board of them
Iorty-hve persons in number-met their
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20

r%eciting rumors that were current, to the
effect that the remains of General Grant
would in the near future be removed from
their present resting-place, Mrs. Grant re.
piled on the Goth that Riverside was the
choice of the General and the family; that
it is uear the dwelling whicl she hopes to
occupy until called to join her husband,
and no thoughts of a reno tal of the re-
mains had been entertained.
w. E. SMITH, a lawyer, of Plattsburg,
N. Y, was OH the 3oth ult appointed AS
sistant Secretary of tho Treasury, in place
of Charles E. Coon.
OTro FUNK, who gained notoriety by the
theft of two thousand books from the pub
lie library in Chicago, ended his career by
poison in the Jail ut Cambridge, Mass, on
the 30th ult., where he was placed for
stealing III overcoat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
LATER NEWS,

FERDINAND WARD was on Che 3tst ult.
arraigned in a New York courtroom and
sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor
at Sing Sing for ten years. Judge Barrett
emarked;that the prisoner had o more
to unsettle public confidence in monetary
institutions than any mar in the country,
and showed no remorse for his acts.
Four men w~ereckilled at Port Huron,
Mich, on the LIST by the bursting of the
boiler of the tug Frank Moffat.
PORTIONS of Michigan and Indiana were
visited by snow-storms OF the 31st ult.,
falling to a depth of four inches at points
in the former State.
AT Anderson, Nd, the livery stables of
HUNT q Pence were destroyed by fire ON
the LIST, and sixteen horses were burned,
among them being several valuable trot-
tiers.
continued to spread on the
1st throughout the province of Quebec,
h disease had also broken out in numer-
Gus small towns. At Montreal eighty five
new cases were reported and twenty. seven
deaths occurred.
1T was discovered on the 31st ult. that
Henry X. Davis, freight collector on the
Fltchburg Railroad, Massachusetts,, was a
defaulter to the amount of SD, 600 to $780,
600.
: LATE heavy rains in Virginia have
caused much damage. 1The destruction of
property on the Kanawha River, in the
vicinity of Charlestown, ~as on the 1st
estimated at $3.50, 900.
THOMAS E. KEENAN,, OF Minnesota. has
been appointed blythe President ConsSl st
Odessa.
The total imports 1t New York during,
tho week ended on tie 31st ult. we're VAL
ued at IS, 426, 419, exclusive of dry goods.
AT a faith cure convention in session in
Buffalo, N. Y, on the 31st ult. n feature of
the occasion was the Amounting with oil
of seventy five persons who came to 30
cured Of various maladies.
The county buildings at Herrick, Mimi,
were fired by q lunatic on the LIST, who
persisted in the flames.
THREE Mexican brigands were captured
by a crowd Of citizens the other day at
Periban and riddled with bullets.
A TENEMENT house in New York City
was burned early on the morning of tho
1st, and several persons persisted in the
flames.
NAVIGATION on the Champlain Canal at
Whitehall, N. Y, ceased on the 1st, ow-
ing to ice, which was over an inch in
thickness for q distance of five miles.
AT twenty.six leading clearinghouse
in the United States the exchanges dur
ing the week ended on the 31st ult. aggre-
gated 1864, 1919, 434, against 81, Ill, Gil, 800 the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding period of 1884, the increase
amounts to 4n.7 per cent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
PERSONAL AND poL,TIcAl.

Mrs. GRANT having been deeply painec
regarding the false stories of the domestic
unhappiness of her daughter, Mrs. Nellie
Sartoris, on the 9th authorized the Phila.
delphia Ledger to state that Mrs. Sartori.
had not applied for a divorce and did no,
contemplate separation from her husband
The President on the 9th gave forma
notice that after October he would no,
grant Interviews to those seeking office TO,
themselves or their friends, he having
wasted sufficient time In hearing applica-
lions.
The Utah Commission reported to the
President on the 18th that it was only g
matter of time when polygany would be.
come extinct, and it recommended q con-
tinuation of it's policy.
The case Of Ferdinand Ward, the New
York bank wrecker, was given to the Jury
on the 2Sth, and a verdict Of larceny in the
first degree wasreturned about midnight.
The penalty may be Imprisonment for ten
years.
GENERAL GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN died at
3:l0 O'Clock on the morning Of the 10Th, of
neuralgia Of the heart, at his residence on
Orange Mountain, New Jersey, in his If
ty-ninth year. He was born in Philadel-
phia, graduated at West Point and served
throughout the Mexican war. At the out
break of the rebellion he was commits.
stoned Major-General of Ohio volunteers,
and on the retirement of General Scott
was given command Of the army. In 1864
he was Democratic nominee for President,
and in 1877 was Governor of New Jersey.
NOAH PORTER has rendered his ~resigna-
ton as President of Yale College, to take
effect at the next commencement. He has
held tho position since 1871.
The President on the Goth appointed
Frederick H. Winston, of Chicago, to be
Minister Resident and Consul General to
Persia.
IT was estimated on the Goth that Ferdi-
nand Ward, the convicted bank wrecker,
of New York, had over 81, 900, 900 of his ILL
gotten gains safely hidden away.
IN answer to a letter from Mayor Grace,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-20
VIII Rest at Rfyer.ide.

NEW YORK, Oct 3o.-Maym Grave re-.
Gently wrote to Mrs. Grant asking that she
ana her family give a clear and emphat;c
expression OF their wish as to where
inc BODY OF General Grant should rest
permanently, because the Memorial Com.
mlttee was kept in doubt by the rumors that
congress will be asked to have the body
removed TO Washington. Yesterday Mrs.
1rant wrote to Mayor Grace. She and her
family selected Riverside Park because thev
' Wo y always to live near it, and New
- ho.h was CHOSEN because she believed it to
~ .ie General preference. The Memorial
VII, wm' - Is now satisfied that Congress
VIII 9at meddle with the matter.