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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-09

After several years experiments the
Kirby homesteader, who keeps a large
herd of hogs il so convinced of the
yalue of the stalks of sweet corn as fod-
der for these animals, as well as others,
that he purposes the present season to
increase his planting of this crop. In
explanation Of the preference. and by
way Of reply to a Western critic Of the
Lire Stock Indicator, and as practical
suggestions, Colonel Curtis SAYS
II shut one of my Victoria boars, a
year old, in pen, and gave him moth
ing but stalks of sweet corn, and he got
fat enough to butcher / have fed them
to other lots of hogs and they grew fine
" on them. 1 make them part of the
food of fattening hogs, because they
like them and. because think they are
healthy for them. 'Minturn' may call
this an aesthetic idea May be it is, aud
this is just the trouble with most Western
farmers, they don't have aesthetics
enough. have seen a statement that
common yellow corn had as much sugar
in the stalk as the sweet varieties. 1t
may be SO, but do not believe it, Sor-
ghum has more than the sweet corn, and
why should not the sweet corn have more
than the common, following the same
lawe
II should be afraid the evergreen corn
would grow too rank on the rich soils of
Kansas, and be too coarse and bulky 10
handle good. am so much in favor of
sweet corn for hogs aud cattle that this
year shall double the area, and plant
three varieties, the earliest for July, the
next for August, and the evergreen for
autumn IL should be planted so as to
have, in all cases, perfect stalk and as
many ears as possible. Almost always
it is so thick in the rows as to be imma-
ture, washy and lacking in sugar. The
more ears the more perfect the develop
ment of juices and substance, and then
it should be cut for green feeding while
the corn is in the milk. It is true Min
turn. that good acre of large growing
sweet corn will turn out more real food
than an acre of any other kind of grain. >
-NesO York Tribune.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-09
A PopuIar Mexican Resurt.

Santa Anita. the first village on the
Viga beyond the city of Mexico, writes
q correspondent to the San Francisco
Chronicle, is the universal rallying point
on Sundays for both natives and sight-
seers from the capital. There is always
a fiesta at Santa Anita, and there the In
dians are cternally dancing, singing and
puIQue-drinking On arriving at this
village the first business of everybody is
to secure wreath Of poppies and corn
flowers, which the women wear upon
their tangled hair and the men upon
their sombrerOs though perhaps the
human form divine thus beautifully
crowned may be but partially covered
with scant and dirty rags. Lovely
wreaths sell for q madeo (six cents)
apiece, and the woman, young or old,
who is not Wreathed before the day is
over is either deep in disgrace or hope
lessly out of fashion. This native love
Of flowers is direct heritage from the
swarthy founder of these floating gar
dens. History tells us that the most
valuable gift which Montezutna present.
ed to the Spanish ambassador of his
court was accompanied by a bouquet
and strange anomaly it must have
seemed, this love of the beautiful COM
bined with their blood -curdling religion.
Baron Won Humboldt remarked upon it
centuries afterward To day those who
sit in the market places must embower
themselves in green branches garlanded
with flowers, while even prosaic pulque
barrels are wreathed with roses, and
mugs and pitchers similarly bedecked.
The poorest village church has its floor
stfewn with blossoms, and fresh bou-
quets are arranged upon all the affairs
before service begins. The babe at its
christening, the child at its confirmation,
the bride at her wedding, the corpse in
its coffin, are alike adorned.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-09

There are many reasons why the few
growers who still persist should abandon
the habit of washing their sheep before
shearing, and we know Of not single
argument in its favor. The practice was
inaugurated at an early day. and it is
relic of old times, when the wool shorn
from the small focks in the Eastern
States was largely used up at home.
Then it was necessary to wash il either
before or after shearing. to prepare it for
carding aud spinning. Those days are
past, and both the sheep and their own
ers ought TO be glad of It.
The yolk in healthy fleece is natures
preservation Of the fiber. It is a soapv
matter, with strong potash base, re-
sembling no other animal secretion. It's.
il fact, soap, with more or less free
oil. II preserves the elasticity OF the
fiber, and should be left ia the wool un-
I'll il il wanted for manufacturing use.
Manufacturers we'll know that secured
wool, in time, becomes brittle and loses
its elasticity, while unwashed retains al
its good qualities indefinitely. Il is doubt
full If anybody ever saw moth in IN
washed wool. It Is, as rule, free from
80 " AAAAAAs nv klSALEAAtu&t1 "a yoAA Al
ell healthy fiocksof even grade is quite
uniform, but varying 10 different breeds
from twenty five per cent. III the Leices.
ter and other coarse breeds 20 fifty 10
ssventy-liv per cent. in the very finest
Saxon, the bucks always carving more
than thee ewes. The system Of always
washing il cold water on the sleeps
back never results IN i washed fleece fik
for the manufactures. but only the Grad
cation Of an unknown and uncertain part
of the yolk, contained III the fleece.
which IS thus CHANGED into an unmer-
chantabls commodity 70 be sold on its an
certain merits SIS 90 shrinkage. The
name Oh designation of washed wool has
ceased % have any charm. and tho sooner
fhe pIasEice Of washing IS abandoned.
The better Il win BE for the sheen. their
owners. and the trade genaEally Hsol
.3pNyuQk
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-09


Another risk 10 life IS added b. i
sssetond hand bottle or phial. Eve,.
body knows she Number Of fatal acc
dents due To taking tho wrong medicis.
ar mixture at home from tlse innOep,s
looking bottle from the af,sahecav,
Tho largely increasing use Of bosties
waters and other beverages points anoshs,
warning against the unwashcd hohleN
self. The death Of ak Secretary Frelic.
huvsen seems 10 have been FASTENED 4
NOT directly caused, By the same sort 4
carelessness that made il possible for
Young child in this city last week to drias
some deadly stuff out Of bottle found !,
: dust heap.
Amuch stronger word than careles.
ness. indeed, might be used to cxpnn
this lack of conscience III the small daih
affairs of life that furnishes daily kindrsS
instances Of sinvolnntary manSiaughters
There should be a. much care e.uplovea
III destroying bottles that have hd
poison ii them as there is expected TO u
in keeping poison or gunpowde
or dynamite away from reckless
handling. It does not always srw
the same purpose 10 empty the bo,tlm
Corrosive mblimatc, carb0lie acid. con-
peras, used in house clearing, are Often
tut in old beer OF apolinaris bottle,
Aconite. which is used Automatically 4
4 liniment, was found In tho bottle #
aerated water which was opened for me
late secretary Of state and of which n
partook. Probably some careless p,e.
vious owner had used a bottle to hold
that lotion and had allowed it to b
gathered up and sold afterward instead
or destroying It. Ale beer. and bottled
waters are usually sold with the HOviso
that Tie bottles will be paid for when
returned. 10 Is likely that many such
are careIcssIy riuscsl before relilling, With
the understanding that only the harm.
less beverages have been In them.
1t is causing great risks for somebody
when potash h pnt into spruce beer bot,
ties or ilshberry INTO the soda-wator boz
tie. Such receptaclcs being Of stone
ware or dark glass. it is next to impossi
bic to see il they are quite clean and free
from sediment when they are returned to
the bottlers. As for furniture plish.
shoe polish. and all such mixtures not
sold as poisons but us harmless articles,
it is consideratc 10 break the bottles be-
fore they are put into the ash barrels, and
then you are sure that any remnant left
in them is very much less likely to Do
harm. philadelphia Lager.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-09
wind ana the Cannon,s Roar.

The incident connected with the fight
between the ironclads in Hampton
Roads, related by General r.. K. Colston,
where the power Of the wind was suffi-
cient to carry all sounds Of the conflict
away from the people standing in plain
sight of it, recalls several similar in
stances that came within my own expe-
rience while serving with the army opera
ting along the seacoast of the Southern
States during the war. At the bonn
bardment of the Confederate works at
Port Royal, 8. CT, in November, 1861,
the transport of my regiment was on lay
near enough in shore to give us 3 fine
view Of the whole battle, but only insome
temporary lull Of the wind could we hear
the faintest sound OF the firing. The day
was q pleasant one, and the wind did
not appear to be unusually strong; but
/ noticed then and afterward that q
breeze on the coast down that way was
very different from erratic gusts and
flaws have been used to in the New
England states, the whole atmosphere
seeming to move in a body, giving
sound no chance to travel against it, but
carrying il immense distances to the lee
ward. People living ct St. Augustine,
Fla, told me afterward that the Port
Royal cannonade was heard at that
place, 80 miles from where the fight
took place.
A portion Of the siege batteries at
Morris Island, 8. c., were not more
than two miles from our camp: but at
times the firing from them and the enc
my's replies could only be heard very
family, even at the short distance. while
At others. when the wind blew from the
opposite direction, the sounds were as
sharp and distinct as II the battle were
taking place within fow rods Of u.s.
S. Fl. Prescott, "a the Century.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-09
A Monken Mhips ! Ball- Doc.

Antonio Spatleris was son Of SUING
Italy, born somewhere near the rose
secuted town OF Naples. Early In hs
life ne emigrated to America, aud en-.
gagged in musical pursuits, that is, CARY
ing around a monkey and hand organ.
The monkey was a daisy, and IN the
course of their wandcrings together Nj.
Monk had earned for his master perlAps
as much by his shrewdness and agility
in hand-to. hand free and easy tumb'N
with anything that came along in The
shape Of man or beast, rs he had, By
passing round his jockey nat and feather
and soliciting pennies. Master, MONKEY
and organ reached Savannah, Ca, whas
there resided man by the name OF John
Moore, who owned stump.tailcd bull
dog. The dog was terror in his way,
and got away with everything that he
had ever tackled, so the two combatants
were not badly matched. No sooner had
Moore seen the monkey than he pulled
out S. and bantered him TO fight che
monkey against his dog. The bet vas
covered, and the Italian threw tbs
monkey ON to the dog. Then the iaa
began. and it was lively. The dog never
got hold OF the monkey, or even sight
of him. That worthy dug his sharp
claws into the dogs back aud grabbed
the little stump Of u tail between Bis
sharp teeth and held on like grim death
It would have taken a young earthquake
to have shaken him off. The dog gave
one agonized look behind, and then >
few runs around in a circle, then broke
for q ten-rail fence, stake ridered ana
locked, and made over it. bowling lns
mad. The monkey lit on the top Tals
and sat and chartered and grinned Wild
leer Of unfeigned delight The d0g
went to another country, and never
showed up for three weeks The liallan
shouldered his monkey aifcctionalelJ,,
and, walking to the dnmbioundefsa
Moore. said: ''Your dogge no wen %
day; maybe your doggc 90 10 hunles
rabbeet. When / come back next yea
may be he comc-fight more. MOOT
never liked anybody to talk 70 nla
about monkeys after that. Cp'e'''@'
En0niyeg.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-09
TIE story az 4 Song.

A Washington letter to the Cleyclaau
Le0der says: / heard a curious Story
regard to the well-known song,
!. No one to lover none TO caressl
Travelling alone through lifes whderls@
etc.
The author Of this song lives here =
Washington, and he boards at nOD
within square or so Of the White hou'ss.
lie is now man of perhaps forty, AZ y.
he wrote the song many years ago.
was In love with beautiful girl ana u
day was fixed Tor their marriage ID -
interval between the engagement y.
this day, the war broke out ana - i.
Young mar enlisted. He was on y
field when the time approached ioI u
wedding. III was on the eve o. "a
battle, and that the first battle IN Wis h
the young man was to take part
wrote TO his sweetheart asking na Il
postpone the day Of the marriage H.
after the fiQht. This she refused % y,
and said II he did not return ana ~
his part Of the agreement she would eOl
slider the engagement off. The y0uss
man preferred 10 trust W tu1h =" so..3
70 the engagement 10 being CONSIDER.
4 coward N running away from BIS %. y.
battle. and remained on the field. -
lady love, however, was 50 piqued q - y.
refusal that she persisted in her felss
ton Of his suit and married another lll. -.
Inspired with the feeling Of the a. ~
ton. the rejected wrote the song WIZ.
has had nuch wide run. lie nos - \
wrote The song bit lie remained ivy ~,
his first love. and FOR some time. the ~ y.
goes. he has been liying here WIN r n
mother. Not long ago, howeVel, -
loves husband died. and since thas 80 ~
he has renewed the acquaintance o. Z, 4
widow, who, though older u IN W'sS ~
went 10 the war, is still cl'-rnlng H
old flame has. Ii ID said. revived Y n
fair widows breast and :ne'; =
nraaDnnk 81 q match
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-09
me Dyspcpfic.s PredIcamenl.

The dyepeptic is indeed an object for
COMMUNICATION. Not only must he suffer
gormenta that rob Tim Of a portion Of
hts sanity, but II now appears that II he
would hold on TO the remainder Of that
article he must avoid books that treat Of
diet and digestion. An authority comes
ri the front with statement that there
aFe nearly 1000 works extant on the
above twin-snbiecte, and that the suffer
ct has the desirable privilege of studying
tho question until, twixt the disease and
the doubt engendered by the differences
Of opinion among the doctors, he be-
comes q suitable subject for the lunatic
asylum. One will learnedly assert that
aaliva does not enter into the process OF
digestion and was never intended for
that purpose. while another, with equal
emphasis, will declare that digestion
could not get along without It. It would
Re quite as we'll, perhaps, for the dys-
peptic 70 let the doctors aud their theo-
rIes severely alone and not bother his
head about their problems which NAV
result, nc best, In problematic cures.
Nature and common sense are
TIC only reliable doctors for his case and
the sooner he calls in their aid. the
sooner will he recover the normal diges-
tive powers he has lost. Let him look
g bis hours of retiring and rising, for
the chances are hundred to one that
there has been no regularity in these; or,
lfthere has. the regularity consisted In
going to bed at 10 o'clock and getting
up 1T 10. Exercise, and plenty of it, in
the open air is important, because it will
enable him the better to adopt gcner-
Gus diet, which he should do, though
little sparingly until his organs recupeE-
ate and are able to cope with quantity.
And last but by no means least, let him
sc 10 il that he has full employment for
Doth mind and body, for without il he
might find himself possessed Of devil
even worse than the one Of which he pro-
poses 10 rid himself
The following table, showing the time
required for digesting the various foods,
viii probably have more interest for the
ayspeptic than he ever found, when a
boy, in the multiplication table, espec-
lally II he should be on the eve Of con-
templating 20 generous diet"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-09


The fail web worm fofder I.epidonsera.
family hombycida)s which dis6gufe fruit
and shade trees with their nnsiQhllv
webs during The month 81 August aud
early September, should not be con.
founded with the American tent cater
pilleF, being only hall the size of the
latter and appearing late iii the simmer
when the tent caterpillaF has disappeared
This enemy is abundant aud unwearying
- ita attacks on different fruit and shade
trees. il il 0mnivorous in It's tas tie and
one Of the most abundant pests iii the
Southern IS well as Northern States, be-
ing abundant il Maine, and ranks with
the canker worm IS . general nuisance.
Professor Packard advises that the web
be removed by hand or BY the use Of
mOps dipped IN solution Of carbolic
acid or kerosene oil. or the branch with
the web may be cut of. The web worm
occurs on fruit trees as well as on the
hickory, black walnut, elm and sometimes
the oak.
The larya when young IL pale yellow,
with che hairs quite sparse, and with two
rows OF black marks along the body; the
head is black.
When full-grown It Is pale yellowish
or greenish, with broad duslxy stripe
along the back, and yellow stripealong
the sides. Il is hairy, the rather long
whitish hairs springing from black and
orange yellow warts. 1t is very variable
as 10 depth Of coloring and markings.
The moth is stout-bodied and entirely
white. The female deposits her eggs in
a cluster on a leaf generally near the end
Of a branch, the eggs Matching during
the months Of June, July and August,
earlier or later according to the latitude.
Each worm begins spinning the moment
it is born. BY their united efforts they
soon cover the leaf with net, under
which they live and feed In company,
devouring only the pulpy parts Of the
leaf. New York World.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-09


IN LAYING up fnrs for summer. lay q
tallow candle III OF near them
Pickles 81 vinegar will not keep IN 4
jar that has ever had any kind Of grease
in il
Sweet oil viii remove finger marks FROM
vanished furniture, and kerosene from
oiled furnitnre.
Patient rubbing with chlorofortn will
remove paint from bl1sk silk or anyot
goods, and viii not hurt the most deli
cate color or fabric.
Do not waste your time securing bread
pans; bread meyer hakes. well in bright
tin. Indeed, the best bread pans, IL one
can have them made, are oblong ones
made Of Russia iron.
Gilt frames may be revived BY care.
fully busting them, and then washing
with one ounce OF soda beaten up with
the whites of three eggs. Scraped
patches might be touched up with Judd
sons, or any gold paint. CASTLE soap
and water, with proper care, may be
used to clean oil paintings. other meth
DDS should not be employed without some
skill
Boiled buildings require double the
time that baked ones do to cook. The
pudding cloth shocld be dipped into
scalding water aud noured we'll before
the batter is put into it, always remem-
bering to allow space tor the pudding
to swell. No pudding should be allowed
to stand out of the oven after it is mixed
Always put it into boiling water, and
keep it boiling: il more water is need
ed, add hot water--neye cold.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-09

There sks az different species s. iless
IS |Ae Ans'ican foEls
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-06-05

Peehiuerys new method Of making
chlorine is set forth in lie Genie Cevil.
1t consists in the addition Of magnesia
in concentrated solution Of magnesi-
um chloride, 80 as TO produce n solid
mixture, which IL then treated with
air and heat Nearly all the chlorine
IL thus liberated--a part as free chic
rine and part NJ bydrochloric acid.
Lient. Charles Bertbon lately read q
pap on steel guns before the Civil and
Mechanical Engineers Society, London,
in wbicl hes strongly advocated the
abandonment Of all other materials In
favor Of steel, and argued that it was
not onIy tho cheapest but the best ma
terih tor guns, stating that steel, in
fact, would always have been employed
we're 10 not for The extreme difficulty OF
obtaining large masses Of reliable quail
,y.
Back oloh wood is priced in Europe
ior tinr cabinet work. H. seems, how
es,. b., htre is strong prejudice
.-n t,ck rcb among architects in
! i"~ hough it il cheap, ,beaut-
iiu q t,st'y durable. Carpenters
hnd difficulty in introducing it in
tiul-blng interiors Of houses. Soon how
ever, ike many another Of our long
deapIAeh though valuable native woods,
1t will win 'ts way to very high lace
ia popular estimation.
F.om tbs records of observations
made at thittseu Prustian stations since
1873, Prot. Muttrich has determined
that forests exercise positive ir iluene'
on the temperature Of the air that
they lesson the daily variations Of ten
pcratur., aud more in Summe. than in
Winter, aud that lbs iempering efTect
Of ,hs irafy forest is in Summer create
than that of the pine forest, while il
Wit ter the pine forest has more inHd'
ence than the disfoliaged forest.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-06-05
ChurcA DIresery.


q. P. CHURcH.-Preachingevery Sabbath,
st IL A. n, and P. N. by Rev. S. G.. IT.
vine, ID. ID. Sabbath School at $50 P. N
Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening.
EyAKeEIIcAL CHuRCH.-Preachingo on Sab
hath at II A. NJ. and u P. N. Sabbath
School l2:15. Prayer meeting every Thurs
day evening. J. A. Hollenbaugh, pastor.
CoSsRRGATIoNALC LCHuRcH.-Servicesev
Sabbath at II A. n. and P. n. Sabbath
School at 1915. Prayer meeting on
Harris, pastor.
NJ. E CHURCH, ,SoUTH.-Preaching every
Sabbath morning at IL o'clock a. NJ. Sab
meeting every Thursday evening at 1880
o'clock. F. NJ. Culp, Pastor.
NJ. E. CHURCH SoUrH, TASGENr Nr-Preach-
ing every Sabbath at $3.50 o'ciook,P. NJ Sab
bath School at 2:30 clock p. NJ. +. NJ. Cuip,
Pastor.
NJ. E. CHURCH.-Preaching every Sabbath
at IL A. NJ. and u P. II. Song service II
the evening before sermon. Sabbath Schoo
II 2;S0 P. n. Prayer meeting every Thurs
day evening. Rev. III. Judy, pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURcH.-Serviee every
Sabbath morning and evening IN Church
cor. Broadalbin and Fifth Sta. Sunday Schoo
at 2:30 p. m. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday evening. Rev. Isaac II. Condl'
pastor.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH. cH.-Preaching eyerySab-
path at W. C. 7. U. Hall, at IL A.A-& 7:S0 P
II. Sunday School at half past 2 o'clock P.
n Rev 7 Floyd, pastor.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.-Preaching every
Sabbath at IL o'clock g m at Church on 9th
Street. Sabbath School Immediately after
morning services. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. I g
Brownson, pastor.
USTvERsALTTs CHURcH.-Preaching every
second and fourth Sabbath Of each month
at Crawford's Hall at ii o'clock, A. NJ, and
O'Clock. P n Sabbath School at II 4.