Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-23
THE MYSTERIES OLA DAY,
THINGS STRANGE AND CURIOUS
TaaAT WE FIND RRFERRED to IN
0UR EXCHANGES.

THINGS STRANGE AND CURIOUS
THAT WE FIND REFERRKD rs IN
OUR EXCHANGES.
4 naovImr Casy-Hn His wIfess Dress-Prea-
enrs Ter she Nasives-The Gossncszs-A
Venerable Recora-A Nevel Waxers
Etc.. Etc.
FRoM recent surveys IL has been Is
certained that the entire City Of Vir-
ginia, Nevada, has moved over thirty
inches to the east since the big FIRE Of
1875 The Maynard block, in Golden
Hill, Is known to be gradually sliding
down in the direction Of Gold Canyon,
and has moved nearly two feet since its
erection. This movement is 20 gradual
that it does not effect ii any manner the
safety Of the building, as the ground 70
depth Of nearly one hundred feet 10
the bed rock Is known 10 be continually
sliding. It well-known fact among
practical miners that the ground on
which Virginia City il built il what is
termed slide, and thar is il necessary
to sink nearly one hundred feet before
finding the natural bed rock. These
slides are caused BY the constant crum-
bling OF the rocks on the mountain sides.
The debris thus accumulated through
incalculable ages is constantly gravita-
ting downward, and in q few hundred
thousands OF years what IL known as
the site Of Virginia City win be nothing
but barren bed rock.
TIM subscription raised through the
fundamentally of Cyrus w. Field for
the benefit Of Mrs. Garfield, aggregated,
when invested in Government bonds,
about S312, 900. Gen. Garheld's life
was insured for $50, 600, the payment OF
which the companies, for the sake Of the
extended advertisement IL would give
Nlem, IL for no other purpose, promptly
made. Congress also voted her the rem
nant Of the salary which would have
been due Gen. Garfield for the first year
Of service as President, which amounted
to $40, 900. The little estate which Gar
field LEFT aggregates some $50, 900. This
was all that he had been able to accu-
mulate after life Of unusual activity.
This makes her total estate, in round
numbers, about $3.50, 600 in money we'll
invested. From this an income of prob
ably SIG, 600 is derived. In addition to
that she has from Congress an annual
pension of So, 600, which Is now voted to
the widows Of all ex-Presidents.
AMONG the law records Of q New
Haven, Conn.,, colony Of 1869 is the fol-
lowing note from the old " blue laws"
Whoever shall inveigle or draw the
affections Of any Made or maide-servant,
either to himsclfe or others, without Eirst
gaining the consent Of her parents, shall
pay to the plantation for the first offence
4Os. the second, "a; for the third shall
be imprisoned or corporeously pun
ished. Then follows the proceedings
of case tried under the above law, in
May, 1869, which says: "Jacobeth MUIR
tine and Sarah Tuttle were prosecuted
for sitting down on chestle together.
his arme around her Waste, and her
arme upon his shoulder about his neck.
and continuing in that sinful posture
about halle an hour, in which time he
kyssed her and she kissed him, or they
kissed one another, as ye witnesses
testified"
A NOVEL wager was made In Middle
town, N. z. the other day between a
well-known young lawyer Of that place
and gentleman now engaged in BUSH
ness in New York. Both gentlemen are
the fathers Of boy babies, Of which they
are very proud, and the discussion hap
pening to turn upon the youngsters:
each father was emphatic IN his asser-
tons that his offspring was larger and
in every way more promising than that
of his friend. The outcome Of the talk
was an agreement that each should de-
post 500 In the savings bank, there TO
remain with principal and interest I'M
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tanned the age Of 81 years. On attain
ing this majority each of the babies is
to be weighed, and the one tipping the
the scales at the greatest weight is TO be
entitled to draw all the money from the
bank.
EVERY one has heard of the distress
of the hen on beholding young duck
lings Matched by her taking to the
water. This occurs so frequently as TO
attract little remark, except when OBJ
served by any one for the first time.
Mr.. Jesse, in his natural history
sGIeanings, records q singular incl
dent A hen which had Matched three
successive dnckling brnods got so &C.
cnstomed 70 the aquatic tendency OF
her pupils, that on Matching o set of
her own eggs she led the chickens to
the pond, and in surprise at their nm
willingness to take to the water, actually
pushed some Of them in, and several
were drowned before the awkward stu
alton was observed and the survivors
rescued.
A LIFE prisoner IN the penitentiary ct
Charleston, Mass, says he has bullet
in his head which he can feel move
whenever he shakes his Uranium. he
has sold his head to q doctor for SIS,
with the proviso that he Is to keep it
until his life sentence has expired.
ACCORDING to the Brick and TIE Re.
VfeaO, floating bricks are made Of very
light silicious earth, clay being some
times. added to bind the material togeth-
q. They can be made so light that
they win float on water, while their
strength equals ordinary bricks.
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