Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-08-03
GLEANINGs.

The Princess Beatrlce IS Two lncneS
taller than the Queen, and has iigurc
which is called absolutely perfect.
There are 1000 acres.in Judge David
Davis Illinois farm, and hedevotes his
personal attention TO its cultivation.
Don't drink cider through a lead
pipe. Half dozen men in Massachu-
setts town took their cider from q
barrel in this manner and are suffering
FROM lead poisoning.
The custom2of brides wearing orange
blossoms was derived from tho Sara
Gems, among whom the orange blossom
was regarded rs a symbol Of a pros
porous marriage, circumstance which
is partly to be accounted f0r.by tho
fact that in the east the orange treo
bears ripe fruit and blossoms at the
same time
In regard to the operation for digid-
ing certain tbrous bands in the little
finger so as to give pianists more frae-
dom in tho use of it, the British led
teal Journal says that in the fourteen
cases of DIR. Forbes, Of Philadelphia.
good functional results have been OBJ
tanned, but suggests that 'sthe effort
necessary to stretch any tibrous band
existing between the fingers is itself
useful, as tending TO stretch oil tho
muscles attached to them.
Old Mrs. Grant showed the othor
day that she has lost none of the strong
common sense which used to mark her
speeches. When her daughter, Mrs.
Sartoris, complained of the crowds that
are always lingering about the cottage
at Mount MacGregor eager TO get q
glimpse of the famous general, and
said she felt as though she were stand
ing for a photograph, her mother re-
Piled with more truth than compli-
ment: "They don't come to see you,
Nellie; you needn't mind. "
Tho negroes of Louisiana are charged
n. only with eating up the birds Of
that state, but with devouring tho
eggs of partridges, robins, wreh and
mocking-birds whenever they can find
them-and they are expert hunters.
These colored people are as bad rs tho
ladies who encourage tho slaughter. of
our beautiful and useful songstors by
the barbarous practice Of wearing
wings and plumage on their bonnets.
Between the black men and white wo-
men the birds have q poor show and
AuSeC1S nOuLASu.
In rocky bluff near Gouverneur,
N. r., there is to be seen q strange
freak Of nature. To all appearance
some wood chopper has been engaged
in cutting stove wood, heading down
the block and splitting off Tho kerF
is perfect, showing the ak marks, even
TO the point where the header was cut
straighter to deepen 1t. The season
cracks on the log are perfectly imitat-
ed, and the whole is in solid rock.
resting on bed of the same material,
precluding the idea Of its pctrifaction.
In the early days of the war Of The
rebellion Nathaniel Kimball, OF York
county, Pennsylvania, brick manu-
facturer, contracted debt of so cents.
To pay it he produced from bis pocket
q vanished brick, inscribed GOOD for
70 ccnts-Nathaniel Kimball, and a
pumpkin seed, marked Good for 5
cents-N Kimball. This currency
was accepted. Tho brick is still III cx-
istence and Kimball is ready to redeem
1t, but the present owner, who paid
@1.25 for ii, viii not sell it,
Mr. Bancroft's collection OF roses at
Washington is princelY. in its splend0r.
riaties, which, with those Of native
growth, recall the roses Of which Sap
pho sang, as they hang their heads
with fragrance. There arc the inn
perial Jacqueminot, the quecnly La
marque, roses that are OF royal purple,
roses that are white aud yellow, roses
that blaze ike stars. Moss roses, tea
roses, sweet briar roses, climbing roses
--ail varieties are represented, and tho
air is filled with an exquisite odor. Mr..
Bancroft passes an hour every morning
among his floral treasures.
The colony Of Jewish refugees from
Russia established three years ago on
LOO acres Of land near Vineland, N.
u, purchased BY the Hebrew lmmigra-
ton Society Of New York and the
Jewish Society Of London, has outlivcd
the hardships Of its first years and IS
beginning to be q prosperous commune
ity. Scattered here and there among
the hills and hollows Of the tract the
sixty frame shantics in which tho
colonists live are hardly noticeable.
There are no streets, no church, no
stores, mills or factories net any other
indication except the scattered houses
that 500 people are there
There are twenty large glucose es-
tahlishments located in seven different
states, with an invested capital of over
SIG. .0o0, ,O00, and capacity to consume
q, 600 bushels ok corn Day. giving
employment TO Z. SO WornssI. paying
annually %z3o 800 ia wages. consnna-
ing SIS, 703s 600 worth 81 materials, and
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