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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21

A writer ID the Pbiladelphia Press
says: A good story was told OF
Booth when he was here last, which
illustrates his indifference to the class
of women who always find something
irresistible and fascinating in the men
who earn their living behind the
footlights Booth was travelling on
the Boston and Albany Road one
day. having just closed an engage
ment 10 the New England inetropo-
lis. lie heard an expsnsively dressed.
handsome, middle-aged women back
of him sigh and say to her companion
Il would give 500 to kiss that man. ,
Booth turned suddenly and looked at
the speaker. assDo yOa mean thatgp
he demanded. liking HE iihe dark eyes
upon her and causing the blood to
hair. ~ = o'et'p q ''sSs'n
"Wby. yes, Of course, 7 do,o re-
piled the woman confnsedly, looking
in helpless sort ofna way at the
great tragedian and at the smiling
passengers
Well, | accept the terms, madame, >
exclaimed Booth, solemnly, i9lta
Aud / stand by my proposition, y
said the woman recOTeFing her self
possession. and rising. she imprinted
sound kiss upon the actors lips.
Booths face did not betray the slight
est emotion. He received the kiss
stolidly and did not return it, but
waited till the impetuous woman
found her purse and handed him over
. City dollar bill Hetook the money,
thanked her. and turning 70 q feeble,
shabbily dressed woman on the other
side of the aisle, who was travelling
with two young children, placed the
money in her hands. aud, with a
a courtly bow, saida :sFhis is for the
children, madame Take it please Z
and without another word be left the
car.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21

Cinonnafi Msrehant Traveller. ISIS
81 They wers talking music end lbc
young woman didn / Ike The young
man's style. Finally sbe said:
81 donr ike music = #t4
"Ah. indeedls be replied. With IN
insinuating smile. vocal or instrument
tall
"Bolh; bat vocal more especially"
"Then | shall not sing for yonns
.i t.Ism Fealls0Fry.Ea giago hHinI
81. Sorry n Thought you said You
didn't like vocal music"
II don't.v
I 1t was folly Eve minutes before bis
comprehension grasped the situation,
bnt when it did it was With clutch
that shut him up tight s .
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21
Moving story.


Merchant Traveller 4eaHt sta iNN1s
Several ministers were talking over
their experiences. aud the peeuliari-
ties oflUcAtions came up .hana
~ rWell. said one. rSt, Louis. when
| went there tifteen years ago, was
the greatest place | ever saw for the
people to be moving around all tbe
time. A couple 10 my congregation,
newly married, had taken pleasant
little home on Olive street where ]
called TO see them Some months
afterwards | went again. and was told
they had moved ou i Morgan street.
went 10 the number designated, aud
was sent away out on Grand avenue,
aud from there TO North Broadway,
thence to Cbontean avenue, where
the young wife met me at the door.1
;iGoOdness me, ! said shaking
hands with her, Hyou do beat the
world for moving. I've been hunting
every where for You. = l5
Is that so,Y'' she answered halF
sorrowful for nv trouble. "velI, I'm
so glad you found as at last, for We
are going to move agaiu o-morrow,'
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21
TO be Wise.

Merchant Traveller. ai1oNlsan smii
Ifyon want to know what's SET
mon should be. ask some one who
never wrote or preached one. s4f
If you want TO know how to keep
hotel ask some one who never tried
to- keep one. f-f
g You want to know how 90 fu0
dry goods store, ask some one who Ia
unable 10 tell the difference between
calico and saa'net.. ..taft
IL you want to know how to nsan-
age Steamboat, ask some one Who
cannot tel you thr difference setween
gnnwale aud fudder post.
E II yvu Wish 70 listea a. "a iatrresf-
ing agricultural address. engage q
man 10 deliver IL who nesef eten
planted bis loot - q faru
II yoa waot - kpoe ho~ 10 edit
newspaper ask he arrl man you
meet: that i, II he never bad aay *.
pefience about . sanctom
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21
she q.ook one.

"Are the fall styles Of wall paper 10
yet Z" she anxionsIy inquired.
az "Yes'm.u 0'J
That was ct 10 O'Clock ip the morn
ing. AT | o'clock ia the afternoon,
after having 2s6 samples displayed
before her on the rack che tsndefIy
inquired 7uesj haa vah4a84 Hn
ia Have you any more7pm 4aiob
Ii H"sNo'm,l ge4,ss, a....s
Are you sure these are the very
latest fall styles !'' '''s.s' 27s9a
1p'" Yes,mu 8ssA IL
- en-then guess III take 3
roll lone for two shilling IWantlto
paper Irunk 7" sea ss.sssz
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21
AnHo,tst Han



Detroit Free Press. bszl4. IS.
II am going dOwp town." said q
citizen on q Woodward avenue car
yesterday, ITO return aIost wallet to
its owneP. flsvgq y xilakgDs gld u
"Eyery man ia the ear picked up
his ears, and one Of them moved up
closer and inquired a ....s.1.,.
sYg O9 found u,.a.I'I Z valet vel 's1 eh I"
"On Ethe street 2''pa gsi ns
s I" Yes.p tnt { I
In the daytime2" al.asm
No; at night
Anybody Pee you pick i up 7"
s.N0t q soul. y 8 assse '9A
nAnd you wouId have been per-
fectIy safe il keeping il ~ ~
II would va 4a
well, sir. let me shake hands
with yon / hare wanted to live
long enough 10 ind an honest man,
and have found him. =
{ They shook
Many Of The passengers we're yisi-
bIg Affected
~And bow much nlo6Sy was il tbe
wallet lp daekie9 tlss inefFOgator
after wiping bis eyes % = pink-bor-
defed handkerchief. s
Not . blamed cent !p
Then tie curtain went down and
the audience fled out.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21

a charity entertainment i gener-
ally ! poor show %
Il philosopher has observed that
very often i = green youths who
paiiat tie toNn red.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21
hlchs

AIs the lady Of the house ii ~ be
asked as be stood on tbe step Fof Q
residence on Cass avenue the other
morning. ~ ''s.'s.s'5l9 81 & I
4 (Which lady Of Dc house r. ssked
the girl who answered the ring
why, are there two 2r
"Sartin. sab, II gou want de white
lady she am out. II ou has bIzness
wid de cull'd lady purced 70 develop /"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21

Run for tha dpQtor quick Help !
help Dot baby has swallowed
nickel y exclaimed .Mrs. Sebanlp aFg.
Mine Gott. you make 70 much fuss
IS II il was > twenty dollar gold piece.
Be calm Repecca replied Nose; ''it
won't hurt the nickel.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21

FOR SALE.-On reasonable terms, a
comfortable, convenient and desirable
bathroom, centrally located. For par
ticulars apply at the Capital Office. 24tf
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21
1e,p sAdvrrfiseulsnfs.


We sciU insert IL this column advertise.
msnts Of Wants. For Rent, Fol Sale Lost,
Found. de-, not ezceeding four lines One
Week. Or less, for % Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21

WANTED.-50O OYsTRRMRN to call at
+. z. Stevens. on Prince, George. street
and get their OYSTER RAKEs. The best in
the market aug21#
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21
THE wIDE-spREAD ATTENTION

bestowed on them. AS between Chi.
cago and st. Louis, think nature in
this respect distributed favors with an
impartial hand An exception to al
that has been said, however, is the
feet Of q Sandusky belle. While only
seventeen years OF age, she wears
No. "a shoe Ohio thus does not take
position in the background even in
the case of feet "A New York boot
and shoe manufactory recently issued
to the trade a circular of which the
proportions Of this young lady's feet
formed ) prominent feature.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21

KRAMER Has The Goods at prices to
suit everybody, at Whites old stand, on
Francis street. The cheapest store in An
napolis for Dry Goods. jyi5tf
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21

The Experience Of Veteran Shoe
maker on the Subject.

A~NAANW
maker on the Subject.
Cleveland Leader.
There is little doubt in my mind, /"
said Superior street shoe-dealer yes
terday, "that it is in the selection OF
footgears that people are most fastidi-
GUS. am well aware that every one
who caters to the fancies of the CON-
munity has a hard row to hoe, but
when the average person sets out to
purchase shoes then comes the time
that is calculated to try mems souls.
It requires q hard effort for one to re-
press q forcible expression of his feel
ings on some occasions, but by ex-
perience be learns to bear the torture
in silence. In after years he is even
enabled to hide bis Thoughts behind
the
MOST WINNING OF SMILES.
The man who succeeds in the husi-
ness is he who succeeds in pleasing
patron with the first or second pair Of
shoes taken from box. Let him fail
in this before he has spread large
array of footgear before the prospec-
tive purchaser, and he win have al
most endless trouble. 1t ell lies in
the ability to tell almost at glance
the quality of shoes desired by Gus
t0mer.v
as much difficulty experienced in
dealing with women :" was asked.
THAT is a subject that has been
much agitated," was the reply, ''and,
in my opinion, it is one that has been
greatly exaggerated. Women have
o strong natural desire-one that APP
pears to be inhorn Ito have as
SMALL AND sHApELY FEET
as possible; but, except in a limited
number of cases, the desire is kept
within bounds. 1t is not unusual for
one to insist on crowding a No. 5 foot
into shoe two sizes smaller, but the
majority, while buying footwear, have
in view mainly their personal comfort.
There appears, also, to be d growing
tendency in favor of comfortable shoes.
even at the expense of looks
Speaking of sizes, does the average
differ in various parts of the country"
asked the reporter.
Il don't know just what foundation
it has or what Investigations have
been made into the subject" !" said the
dealer; ''but tits generally recognized
that
THE LADIES OF THE EAsJ WEAR THE
SMALLEST SHOES.
1t is said that the average size Of The
shoes worn there ranges from l 10
% In Cleveland 1t probably ranges
from the latter figure to y, and many
shoes a half size larger are disposed
of here. Shoes get larger as you pro.
gFess to the West"
How about the Chicago girls ?"
1.-THE bellies Of that city have, TO
some extent, been slandered, but it il
fact that their pedal extremities are
larger than the ordinary run. The
sizes probably run from number to
4; so you see that although not as
diminutive as they might be, the feet
of the young ladies are not 50 large
that they merit
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21
AFTRR MUCH TRoUBLE,

the manufactures secured q piece Of
paper large enough to contain an out
line of the last from which the shoes
were made, and il addition filed the
publication with poetry appropriate
q tbe subject. 1t attracted great at
tention, aud was much commented
upon at the time y n f6s i
What is the average size of shoes
worn by men ~ was next asked.
In Cleveland, responded the in
formant, 'I think that It ranges from
number to s. It is Of number I
however, that We have the greatest
demand Once ID awhile we have )
call for number II, or 12, but few
men require protectors Of such ample
dimensions. As in the case of the
women, the shoes worn By Eastern
men are smaller than those Of their
brethren in the West. z
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-09-21

Summer ShOps II have on hand. for
sale cheap, lot of Ladies and children s
easy shoes and slippers for Summer wear.
VIM E. Brooks, Main street jy15 If
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-31

FRANK JAMES says that if he should 'make
plain, calm statement of how little we 1.-THE
James gang the pride of Missouri did,
and how entirely lawful our acts were, the
people would be surprised, and say there was
no truth in my book If the truthful
James" of the playful pets of Missouri pride
has any doubts on the point he suggests, he
may put them out of the way at once. We
and every body else will assure him that the
people will be very much surprised to learn
that what he and his friends did was Zen
tirely lawful" and they will not believe a
word of it. They know better.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-31
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

IT would be matter for universal regret if some
thing greatly to the advantage of Ireland be not the
outcome Of the present struggle There is too much
at stake to permit the attainable to be thrown away
in impotent efforts to go beyond it.-LousVie Com.
mercial,
WHAT Ireland wants with independence. and what
the Irish people would do with it if they got it, are
pertinent inquiries Home rule should be sought by
Irshmen so that in the future they might secure
their proportonste share in the
Republican.
THE significant thing which the Democracy in this
State fully apprehends is the fact that tens of
thousands-perhaps hundred thousand-of its own
voters cannot be depended upon vote the straight
ticket. 1t has not long been thus. The cast-iron
fidelity with which the rank and file of the Democratic
party used to follow its leaders has been of the
strongest impeaehments against the intelligence of
the average personnel of that parity Albany Ex-
press.
WHEN summary judgment can be obtained on an
obvious obligation when rich litigants cannot get
new trials or otherwise postpone the verdict without
adequate csuse when not laid over from
week to week and month to month merely because the
lawyer pleads another engagement when judge can
not go off on fishing tour without commissioning
somebody to dispose of unfinished business then, in
deed, will barrsters and shysters and robbers be de-
feated in their unrghteous schemes and good lawyers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-31

SECRETARY BAYARD, while member of
the Senate and as a member of the Ku-klux
investigating committee, made report in
which he said:
''Such a state of things may last as long as
the party shall last which had the power and
the audacity to inaugurate it, and no longer.
But whenever that party shall go down, as go
down it will at some time not long in the fu
ture, that will be the end of the political pow
er of the negro among white men on this con-
tinent."
Mr.. Bayard has not changed his opinion;
but because the Democratic party has come
into power by an accident, shall the Republic
an party cowardly abandon its defense of the
principles of freedom and equality?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-31

In two separate editorials in the Boston
Transcript we find the follow sentences:
"Somehow the Republican party platforms
have a striking family resemblance this year.
There is lack of unanimity in the
Democratic platforms" 1t will be a good
thing if the Republican party all over the
country shall come together upon platforms
having this Striking family resemblance" 1t
will show the essential unity and nationality of
the party, and will be a presage Of that union
In which there is strength, and out of which
there will come success. The "lack of unan-
unity in Democratic platforms shows the es-
sential sectionalism and localisn of that party.
1t is all things to all men, if by any means it
may win the spoils.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-31
The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette says:

WE have no Alexander I'll. Stephens to
tical," but, instead, we have Mahones to
preach suspicion and enmity between the
races, and Others on one side and the other,
foolish and wicked enough to follow in his
footsteps.-Petersburg (Va.) Index-Appeal.
We also have minister" Kelley, who does
not hesitate to declare the war for the Union
"a gross and bloody violation of public rights, -
and Democratic administration not only
does not rebuke him, but appoints him as
minister to frst-class power We also have
the flag lowered, not for an ex-rebel, but for a
man who planned to assassinate women and
children. The country, only few months ago,
was edited by Southern senator rising in his
seat to eulogze Jefferson Davis, and by Just
implication reafirming the undying 'fprinci
pies" for which the South so CALAMITY and
Intellectually struggled, being temporarily
overcome by mere force of numbers. We
have yet to see Southern Democratic paper
condemn Keiley's unpatriotic utterance, or to
deprecate Senator Lamar's Incorporate eulo-
gy of the Confederacy and its traitorous
leader. Democracy has no word of criticism
for disloyal utterances, but is ready to black
guard and abuse any and all who dare remon-
strate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-31

THE Republican papers Of the country,
almost without exception, heartily indorse
John Sherman's speech and the platform Of
the Iowa Republicans. The attitude of the
press of Indiana is not doubtful, as we knew
it could not be. The Journal is reprnting
the comments of the Republican State press
in order to show that the Republicans Of
Indiana have not yet reached the point of
either apologizing for or forgetting the princi-
pies upon which the party is founded. The
Republican party Of Indiana will not make a
campaign solely upon the duty on asafetida
and the quarrel between Aquilla Jones and
Brother Swift. The Republican party stands
for something else, and the Republicans Of
Indiana will not forget it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-31

JUDGE WHITING, the Democratic candidate
for Governor of Iowa, made speech at the
opening of the war in which he said: "a hope
that no soldier who goes into the abolition
war will return to Iowa alive" But it is wav-
ing the bloody shirt to allude to this now al
though Judge Whiting retains his Democracy
unaltered. The theory of the invertebrates
is that all the armed and one-legged ex-
Union soldiers should now vote for Judge
Whiting There are not many Republicans,
either in Iowa or in Indiana, nor in the coun-
try at large, who will accept that definition of
their political duty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-31

it once was There used to be-" he says,
"but one kind of temperance people. Now
there are two. There is the side which is in
clined to politics, which has taken up the idea
that only by legislation can any reform be
brought about And then there is the relig-
ious side. Between the two there has arisen
kind Of in-faeling. The one is inclined to
say that the other is wholly wrong because it
does not do as they do, and vice versa" But
Mr. Murphy admits that though he sees the
evil and the disastrous consequences he does
not see the way clear to remedy it. Scoring
to take leaf from the book of their enemies,
who practice upon the theory that in union
there is strength, each temperance faction re-
solves to stand alone until the others come to
it. In the meantime the work languishes and
the wicked triumph.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-31

the North are in full spirit of reconciliation.
It did not awaken any sacred memories of
the lost cause" neither did it call up any such
unpatriotic contrast between the North and
South as the Avalanche says the people of
Memphis made, as expressed in the last line;
eve do not love the South, but we idolize the
North" Eve love and idolize our common
country, knowing no North and no South in
patriotic devotion to the Union. That is the
spirit of the Northern people. Reading be-
tween the lines of the Avalanche's paragraph,
it is possible to see why it is that the North
and South are kept apart by the Sectional
ism" Of the old South. 1t is not the North
that "waves the bloody shirt"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-31

THE statement from the State Department
is that the objection to Mr.. Kelley was the
nationality of his wife.-Atlanta institution.
If such a statement has come from the
State Department. the Constitution has the
exclusive monopoly of it. That is the plea
put forward for Mr.. Kelley by superservicea-
BILE friends, but it is not accepted even by
him. Austria objected to him because he
had made himself obnoxious to a. friendly
power, by gross and dscourteous attack
upon its government. The "obiection" to the
fellow on the part of loyal, respectable people
in the United States is that he offered trea-
sonable insult to his own government, for
which he has not only not apologized, but on
account of which he seems to have become
the special favorite and pet Of the Democratic
administration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-31

1NDIANA's vast army of school children are
again about to be marshaled for active service
During the month about to begin the many
schools of this State will reopen, after the sum-
mer holidays, and the active work of educa-
ton will be resumed. But, meanwhile, the
leaders, the superintendent and teachers,
have not been idle. All through the summer
new methods of instruction have been con-
sidered, and the best of them selected The
county institutes held during the past few
weeks have been the best that the State ever
had. The attendance has surpassed all those
of the past, and it has been demonstrated that
there are more applications for schools than
can be accommodated. This affords school
officials an opportunity to choose the best,
and to secure good teachers. The future of
education in Indiana was never brighter, and
with proper management the State may easily
retain its position in the foremost rank of
education.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-31
Kleiner's Hunt for Soldiers.
MINNEAPOLIS Tribune.


There is something truly touching in the way
these Democrats scour the country for Union
soldiers to fill the offices with. Now, there is
John Kleiner, congressman from the First Indi-
ana district. John remarks ina loud and trl-
umphant tone of voice that under the Renublie
ans there were nine soldiers holding Office in
the First congressional district, and to-day there
twenty-seven. He says he crossed streams,
hunted through the hills, and penetrated remote
school districts, calling for men who had borne
arms in the service of the Union to fill the
offices. He now regards the band with a feeling
of triumph, believing it one that will constantly
grow in public favor. 1t will be observed that
Mr.. Kleiner had to do a good deal of skirmishng
to find Democrats who had been Union soldiers.
The great majority of the southern Indiana
Democrats who were grown men during the war
busted themselves burning the barns and steal
ing the horses of their Union neighbors, or
securing the woods for ringers" who had es
capped from their owners on The other side of the
Ohio