davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

Pruning, as sometimes practised
has the effect to render trees and shrubs
unnatural and inelegant. by shearing
into cones, pyamids and other unnatu-
raj shapes. Every tree and shrub has
habit of growing peculiar to itself.
and this popularity is one Of its beau
ties. FIVE prune al alike into regu-
lar shapes, we destroy their identity.
The pruning knife. therefore. should
be used, and handled with Judgment
to lop off struggling branches. Shear
ing may be practised on hedges. but
never on trees and shrubs While
symmetry aud regularity Of form are
to be admired in . shrub. this quality
should never be gained at che expense
Of health and natural grace. Wiege-
las. deutzias, forsythias and mock or
ances dover on the wood OF the pre-
ceding years growth. and hence these
shrubs should not be pruned IN winter
and spring. but IN June.after they have
finished lowering, when the old wood
should be shortened or cut out. thus
promoting the growth Of young wood.
which is TO bear flowers the following
season. But spirmas lilacs, althaas
and honeysucldes may be trimmed
dnrinp the winter Or early spring. and
tie branches should Be reduced only
enough . keep them il good shape
The aid growth should be occasionally
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04
ron The FARM AND HONE.


Mr. Atkinson, Of Boston, recently
sent cask Of maize fodder and caslx
OF rye to,Professor Voeicker, the well
known agricultural chemist Of Eng
land, with the view Of showing the
sort Of ensiIage prepared in America.
Having analysed the samples the Pro-
lessor reported the maize fodder to be
perfectly sound, aud the rye slightly
mouldy; but both were wholesome food
for cattle. A little cottonseed meal
having been added to the fodder it was
given to the cows on an experimental
farm They took to the ensiIage at
once, and evidently enjoyed it. With
careful management Mr.. Atkinson
calculates that four cows can be main
tanned in good condition On one acre Of
ensilage.-Sctelatttfc American.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04
MousehoId Hints.

If your earthen pie-plates are dis.
colored, clean them with sand soap.
Mixtures Of two parts Of glycerine,
one part ammonia and a little rose
water whiten and soften the hands.
Clean tin with paper, and it win
shine better. and you won't need to
keep an old dusty riece of flannel in
your box of whiting.
To clean zinc. rub with a cloth
dampsned slightly with kerosene to
get off all the spots, then take another
cloth and rub with brick, and then
another cloth to polish.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04


The pulse Of Napoleon I beat As In
stead Of 60 times q minute.
When vessels or timber sink to great
depths in the ocean the pressure is so
great that water i forced into the
pores Of the wood and it becomes too
heavy to rise again. Even when q
ship is broken up thedetached portions
sink like lead. This pressure makes it
impossible for divers to descend to any
great depth.
The diameter Of trees varies not
only from summer to winter. but from
day to day. They are larger from
noon until twilight the next morning
than from twilight until noon; they
are smaller in winter than in summer.
Water and the sap of trees expand
not only in proportion as they rise
above, but also as they 60 below the
freezing point. Low temperature as
well as high promotes evaporation.
and the trees evaporate from their
branches in winter. and so the colder
the weather the more they shrink.
A tadpole. the larva Of the frog. has
a tail and no legs, gills instead of lungs,
a heart precisely like that of fish, q
horny beak for eating vegetable food
and spiral intestine to digest it. As
it natures its hinder legs show them
selves. then the front pair; the beah
falls off; the tail and gills waste away;
the lungs are created; the digestive
apparatus is changed to suit an animal
diet; the heart is altered to the reptil-
ian type by the addition of another
auricle; in fact. skin, muscles. nerves
bones and blood vessels vanish. being
absorbed. atom by atom. and a new set il
substituted.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

Men have made strange pets in
their time. Mr.. Jabez Hogg keeps
some of the strangest in the form oe 8
few Of the infusoria called "wheel-
animalcules." These rotifers have
many curious qualities, among which
is that of suspending animation foI
an indefinite period without ceasing tc
live. Colonies of rotifers may be
''desiccated," and rendered apparently
lifeless; and in this condition they
may be kept for months, and years.
and possibly centuries. A single drop
of water will restore them to life, and
the wheel-bearers will instantly
resume. their functional activity
.'precisely at the point where it was sc
rudely broken off"
This reminds US of a story, often
repeated, though possibly not capable
of standing the strictest investigation
"A British sailor at the Battle of the
Nile, at the moment when the officer
of the watch said to him, do you
make out the flagship on the port OF
starboard bow, Bill?" was struck by a
bullet in the head. For fifteen months
that sailor remained insensible. but not
dead, with ball in his skull which
could not be extracted. In the fulness
Of time he was taken to Greenwich
hospitsl and trephined. when the
foreign body was removed from the
neighborhood of his brain. Then he
rubbed his eyes and said instantly
Just of the starboard bow, sir. st
James Gazette.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

Boiled Tug7aips. Pare, split and
boil in water enough to cover them;
salt and pepper; drain off the water,
mash with little butter.
Boiled Cabbage.-Cut off the stalk
and strip Of the outer leaves. quarter
and wash thoroughly with sailed
water. Put into plenty Of boiling
water with . tablespoonful Of salt and
and . pinch Of soda; boil till tender.
Baked Indian Pudding. two
quart pudding use two teacups Of
meal; moisten the meal with cold
water; add one tablespoonful Of but
Ter. two teacnps Of sugar. one cup Of
raisins, three eggs well beaten before
adding. and FIJI up with sweet milk;
season with whatever spice Is pre-
ferred; bake slowly halt an hour or
more.
StesCed Parsnips. Kentucky Stgle.--
Wash, scrape and split three OF four
parsnips put them over the
IRE IN enough sailed. boiling water to
cover them; boil them until they are
tender; then drain them. line the
sauce pan with slices Of bacon. Lay il
the parsnips. sprinkle them with
brown sugar. salt and pepper, and
brown them over the Ere: q put them
into q butkered baking dish. sprinlxling
brown sugar. salt and pepper among
them. and laying little butter over
the top: when the parsnips are brown
serve them hot
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

that the multitude Of diseases Of 3 scrofuloue
nature generally proceed from q torpid con-
dftion of the liver The blood becomes Inn
pure because the liver does not act properly
and work OF the poison from the system. AMI
the certain results are blotches, pfrnples erup-
tons sweillngs, tamOrs, ulcers and kindred
affections, Or settling upon the June ar,s1
poisoning their delicate tissues. until uIceTn-
ton, breaking down and CONSUMPTION = -.
tablishea Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical Die.
covery7 VIII, by acting upon the liver ard
purifying the blood cure al these diseases.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

AN 1NvALUABLE ARTICLE. An article like
and now that il is within thexeach of suffer-
ers from Catarrh, Hay Fever and Cold il
head, there is every reason 20 believe they
will make the most of it. I)r. w. IL. Buck
man, w. K. hammond, Druggist. aud other
Eastonians have given it a trial, and all re-
commend il in the highest TERMS Easton.
Pa, Daily Argus. Price Soc.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04
WAYS that are Dark.

Pickpockets have rings with delicate
spring lancets or cutting hooks in them,
which they very adroitly use in cutting
open pockets Gamblers and other sharp
ers have rings with small but powerful
mirrors, By which they can discover
cards while dealing. and there are many
other devices too numerous to mention.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04
Clenr Voice.

Mr. Charles T. Krebs, ~ Madison
avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, well known
in banking circles, certifies to the excel
lence of the Red Star Cough Cure. A
few doses speedily cured his neice Of
severe hoarseness and sore throat It is
pleasant to take No one can be poisoned
by this remedy, which is free fron opium,
morphia and other dangerous drugs.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver
Oil in the world, manufactured from fresh,
healthy livers, upon the seashore. It il alb
solutely pure and sweet. Patients who have
once taken it prefer it to all others. Physi-
clans have decided il superior to any Of the.
other oils in market. Made by Caswell, Has
ard e Co., New York.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04
A wet day-Wash-day.
HmDorVnmE.

when Jon visit leave New York city. save baggage
sxpressage aud S carriage hire and stop At the Grand
Union Hotel opposite GraEd Central Depot
go elegant r0oms fittedap AZ cost Of one million
dollars. 8l and upward per day. European plan. Eio-
atcr. Restaurant supplied with the best Horse cars.
stages and elevated railroad to all depots Families
an live better for less money a. the Grand Union
Hotel than &c other hrstoass hotel IN the ottv
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

when neglected or improperly treated often
degenerate into cancer. BY Cur new and I'M.
proved treatment without knife, caugtic 81
nAlve. We cure to worst cases Ia ten 10 thirty
days Pamphlet, references and terms. three,
let4er stamps Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, 66S Main street, Buffalo. Ny
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

Wouldst see blithe looks, fresh cheeks beguile,
Aye, wOuldst see December snileg
Wouldst zee hosts of new roses blowl
Carboline makes the hair 20 grow
On the haldast Of heads
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

CHApPED EANDs, face, pimples and rough
skia cured BY Using Juniper Tar Soap, made.
by CaaWell, Hazard a Co., New York.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

Don't hawk. and blow. and spit, but uss
Dr.. Sageis Catarrh Remedy.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

Query: Why are trees like hogs 7 Answer,
Because they root in the dirt
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

Beef gan il an infallible remedy for poison
By snake bite.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

aRough on Couahs.0
Ask for Rough on Coughs" for Coughs,
Colds Sore Throat, Hoarseness. Troches-
15c. Liquid, 25c.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

Cures collie, cramps, diarrhna; externally for
for aches, pains,s prains. Man or beast 20 &tOc.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

Frazer Axle Grease.
There is no need of being imposed ON IL YOU
win insist on having the Frazer Brand of Axle
Grease. One greasing win last two weeks
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

If you are falling; broken, worn out and ner-
vous.use sWells' Health Remover. ''Sl. Drgst.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

AkAan and Ire started fhs sulxar III durfrv
hey Eaise1 Cain, dfdn' thev
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

The fttest SUBJECTS
Tor fever ana ague,
and remittents, ere
the debiIitatsd. BIZ
ipns and nervous. To
such persons. Hostel
tera Stomach Bitters
q florida adequate pro-
lection ~ Increasing
vital stamina and the
"a istant power Of the
constitution. and b.
checking Irregular.
kie8 of the liver.
ox1ach and the b0g-
els. More ever. Il
era dictates nal mrfaI
complaints Of an OBJ
sttn ate type. AMI
stands = enc uxlegu
I'd eguf 4 our az ionnl
remedies
Kornal8 81 al Drue-
~ and De rB Reis-
anlIy.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

Motto for crazy Quilt manufacturers
Blessed are the peace- makers =
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-04

wells Health Remover restores health and
vigor, cures dyspepsia, sexual debility. 81.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-02
TERRITORIAL CONVICTS.

No proposition looking to transporting
| Territorial convicts for sale keeping beyond
| the limits OF the Territory should receive IL
| moments consideration from those in au-
thority. No cOuntenance should be given
to any scheme looking to the upbuilding oil
Dakota or any other necessitous Territory.
The Deer Lodge New North West is emf
nently right when it says that if the cost OF
keeping convicts were alone. to be consid-
cred, the several States and Territories. or
all united, would probably find it Il saving
to establish penal colonies like Botany Bay
or Siberia, rather than the next thing-ex-
porting to any other outside prison that
will keep them cheapest. If chcapness alone
were the dcsideratum, the United States
would have selected a central place for a
huge prison, into which it would have gath
cred ~convicts from all over the country,
instead of erecting prisons throughout the
different Territories.
We are utterly opposed to any scheme
looking to contracting our %convicts to any
other penitentiary, and are especially
opposed to the Bismarck scheme. That
penitentiary was erected when there was
no earthly demand for it and was an out
growth OF the fierce division fight in that
Territory. The scheme of those who con-
duct that prison and those who are nurs-
ing the factional fight there is to impress
upon the Government the necessity for it's
existence and to give them an excuse to
ask for an appropriation to extend the
buildings. Montana cannot afford to
lend itself to any such scheme.
There is no good reason why, with
proper facilities, the care Of convicts at
Deer Lodge should cost much more money
than ut Bismarck. The difference in cost
would certainly be very %trifling, not suf-
ficient to cover the cost Of the transporta-
ton Of prisoners, expenses Of visiting
officials and junkcting legislative com :
mittees, mileage OF sheriffs and the thou
sand and one items of expense that would
be sure to arise under such IL system.
But one of the most seriou objections to
any transportation scheme is that it is re-
it removes the convict beyond the juris-
| diction OF the court which sentenced him,
! and places hin, in the power OF officials
| who can in no manner be held accountable
| for the rare and the treatment which they
accord him. No punishment shall be I'M
necessarily cruel, but there would be moth
ing to prevent foreign officials from making
slaves of our convicts. Surely no convict
| should be sent beyond the limits OF the
| Territory and beyond the jurisdiction OF
! our courts.
The sentiment OF the people and the
press is against any scheme looking to the
care of Montana convicts elsewhere than in
a Territorial penitentiary, and any official
who may lend himself to any other plan
will dig his own political grave.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-02
THE RACES.

The Forthcoming meeting of the West Side
Racing Association promises 20 be the
most interesting and largely attended event
Of its kind ever witnessed in Western Mon
tana. +. w. Wynne, the secretary, has
just returned from Helena and reports that
all the best animals that participated IN
the Helena meeting are already on their
way hither. Teams and men are at work
on the track; new stables are being put up
and every preparation is being made to ac-
commodate the immense number OF horses
and people that. will be in attendance.
There has been a good deal Of rivalry de-
veloped by the Helena races, and most OF
the owners OF horses and those who won
and lost money on the results. are looking
forward to Il renewal OF the contests at
this place. The betting will undoubtedly
be very lively. and the time made will prob
ably be the best ever ecorded in the Terri
tory. 1t is always customary here in
the West for the business men nt
the tow to contribute towards the purses
to be given away. as it is generally conceded
that no event brings so many outsiders to
place, or puts SO much money in circula-
ton as IA racing meeting. There is II very
large expense connected with the meeting
aside rom the purses, such as putting the
grounds in order and keeping things in
condition during the progress oil the meet
ing. To meet this the gentlemen having the
matter in charge will call upon our business
men-as in the past-for contributions.
Give them IA cordial reception and a liberal
subscription. and rest assured you will
reap IL corresponding benefit in the Increased
trade which will result from the influx of
people to witness the sports.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-02
THE IMMACULATE SHERMAN,

That is IL rather ugly story that m
from Washington involving the Hon. John
Sherman, the immaculate statesman from
Ohio. While Secretary OF the Treasury he
had the plans for his house in X street. in
Washington, prepared in the Supervising
Architects office by government draughts-
man, who worked upon his drawings during
ordinary office hours, and who received
from him, in fact, not one cent for the SER
vices. Mr.. S%herInan's friend Hill. late
Supervising Architect, tool general charge
of the work for him, and it was Supcrin-
tended in detail, both at the Treasury De-
partment and at the house itself, by A. G.
Thompson, Chief Computer. After the
completion of the house. which Mr.. Sher:
man so thriftily contrived TO have planned
for him at public expense, he recompensed
Thompson by making him inspector OF
Public Buildings without change OF duties
and increasing his pay (July 81, lSSO)from
$500 per diem, working days, to $40 per
diem for each day in the year, including
Sundays, upon which no service was rem
dered), making a total annual increase of
1898 80. This rate and kind Of pay
Thompson continued to receive until Feb
ruary, 1884, aft err Supervising Architect
Hill had been forced out of office by all in
vestigating committee, when attention was
called to the illegal Sunday pay given by
Sherman and to other official misconduct
of which Thompson had been guilty, where
upon he was discharged from Office. In
February, 1885, through the intercession
of Sherman and Don Cameron, Thomson
was again appointed inspector Of Public
Buildings" under the Chief Clerk OF the
Treasury Department, but was once more
dismissed under the present administration
in June last, John Sherman's voice being
no longer potent in the Treasury Depart
ment. The facts concerning the prepara-
tions OF drawings for Mr.. Sherman's house
by Government employees very nearly came
out during the Senate investigation Of the
expenditure OF the contingent funds of the
several executive departments, and the
cautious Sherman, becoming uneasy,
went so far as to draw a check to Thorn
son in alleged payment for his services; but
under skillful Republican manipulation the
committee was prevented from getting at
the bottom facts. Other well-known public
men besides Mr.. Sherman have built fine
residences in Washington, and it is now
stated by Treasury employees that Il por-
ton of the architectural work upon at least
two OF these was done in the Treasury De-
partment during the term OF office of
Supervising Architect Hill.
These facts are given on the authority OF a
Washington correspondent, ofunquestioned
veracity and one who is in position to
know whereof he speaks. While Mr.. Sher-
man is on the stump in Ohio waving the
bloody shirt, he should try to reconcile his
official acts with those of an honest man.
No honest man would employ a Govern
ment official to design and superintend the
erection of a private residence-at public
exOenSe.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-02

CLARA MORRIS, the greatest actress OF the
age, opened her season at Chicago, last
evening. Miss Morris is an American and
for that reason creates no furOre, but it is
unquestionably {: fact that she is to-day
the greatest artist upon any stage.
She is not only perfect in her art, in the
technique of her profession, but she has
been endowed with that divine spark,
genius. which goes beyond all art. May the
season be as pleasant as the two past have
been; may her health be strengthened to
carry her through the season and may this
gifted artistic be spared many years to
adorn the stage and shed rays OF sunshine
upon her beautiful home Oh the banks OF
the Hudson and upon those select few who
have the privilege OF visiting there.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-02

prosperous looking lodes are yet
being extensively worked, that those
in operation show no signs OF ex-
haustion or deterioration Of the quality OF
the ore in the lowest. workings-when these
facts are considered it may be reasonably
presumed that this city Of mines and mills
and smelters is almost a dwarf compared
with the growth she is to attain. In 1884
Butte added SIG. 900, 600 to the wealth OF
the country: her production this year is ex'
pected to reach 1000, 900. As a rail
road station Butte paid IS 5000, 900 to the
Utah & Northern in 1885, and with her
offspring, Anaconda, contributed one
tenth OF the gross revenues OF the Union
Pacific system. Butte is 10 shipping
12,UOO tons of freight per week. The city
now has fine business blocks and public
edifces, and more are being added at q
rapid rate. Except for the crowded con
dition of the streets, and the general ap'
pearance OF rushing activity, there is little
of the look of a mining camp about the
city itself-nothing ephemeral. Her people
are very e~nterprising as well as hospitabIe
They have the boss mining camp and
they know it, and want everyone else to
know IT,"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-02
SILVER CITY.

Butte prefers to let outsiders do it's puff
ing; the local papers are too modest to do
much in that direction. We take pleasure
in reproducing the following from the
Livingston Enterprise, SO ably edited by
Mr.. Hendry, whose Grafton o n the occasion
of the meeting OF the Montana Press Asso-
citation was a model of composition. Mr..
Hendry says OF Butte: "Of Butte, the
'Silver City. Il volume might be profitably
written. She is without doubt the greatest
present mining camp in the world. 1t is
claimed hat including her e%nvirons she now
has a population OF $4,000 persons but
this maybe a slight if ~pardonable xaggera-
ton. But those figures will certainly be
within bounds in a short time for Butte is
growing constantly with the further de-
velopment OF her mines. Unless appear
ances are grossly deceptive she has not
nearly touched the climax of her prosperity.
When tits remembered that few Of her most
productive mines have been developed to a
greater depth han five hundred feet,
that only a small fraction of her most
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-02

AN agent OF the Union Pacific Railway
Company is now in the city making IA thor
ough investigation into the salt question
The present rate on salt is $26 per ton
1t is asked that the rate be reduced TO SIG.
The question will undoubtedly be settled
within a few weeks favorably to the camp.
The investigation that is o being made
will be thorough and complete, anu will
give the officials Of the company all the
date necessary to enable them to arrive at
a reasonable and just conclusion. The
Union Pacific company is showing a dispo-
sition to deal fairly and justly by the camp
and it's great interests, and if there is any
process by which the idiotic vaporings OF
the Inter Mountain may be stopped the
reduction OF the ratcon salt will, 10 doubt,
be made.