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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

WM. II. BURIIS.

Foot Of Prince George Street,
ANNAPOLIS, Mn.
n 8 prepared q furnish all kinds q Craft
4 from 1 small Row boat % The largest
sailing vessel, %
Fishing and Pleasure Parties,
at the very lowest rates. Every acc0mo-
dation 70 those who desire row or sail
on Che water
Boats Of al descriptions for hire by the
hour, day or for longer period. Large
Or small boats suitable for plcnicking par
ties. Bait and Fishing Tackle always
On hand. ap24ti
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
SUNDAY TRAINS.

SUNDAY TRAINS.
Leave baltimore atg05 Il m. and 90 p. N.
Washington at 80 a. M, aud In y. m !.
o7~FOF trains running West, South and the
East see time schedule IN city dailles.
q X LORD.
Gkend Pass. Agent.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-08

1t was reported to-day that Mr..
Jesse Russell, nominated by the re-
pubiicnns for alderman Of Che frst
ward had contemplated resigning.
Tie City Convention meets tonight.
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strictest silence, taking care not to
speak to any one whom they may
happen to meet. BY breaking sailed
cake OF bran, and giving it to q dog
when the fit comes on, the malady has
been supposed to be transferred from
the patient to the animal.
Fish charms have been met with
among many nations. The fish called
the bullhead is used by some of the
Russian peasants as a charm against
fever. Again. if suspended horizontally
and carefully balanced by single
thread, while allowed some freedom of
motion, the fish is credited with the
power OF indicating, by the direction of
the head. the point of the compass from
which the wind will blow.
That these charms are totally useless.
and can produce no effect on the disease
for the cure of which they are admins
tered, must be evident to every educated
mind. In the nature of things, such
cases are impossible, unless, be It ALWAYS
remembered, the malady is of nervous
character, and one over which the i'm
agination is capable of exercising some
control. Tho power which the mind
exerts over the body is too well known
to be for one moment discredited, and
certain diseases may yield to this inilu-
ence, when the patients Imagination is
sufficiently excited by belief in the po-
tency Of the talisman applied. Number
less instances of this kind of influence
are on record; that given by DR.. Paris
IN his "Pharmacologia" is perhaps the
most str,kingly illustrative. As soon as
the powers OF nitrous oxide were discoy-
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cred DR.. Beddoes at once concluded
that it must necessarily be a spe-
cific for paralysis. A patient was
selected. for the trial. Previous
to the administration of the gas the doc
tor inserted small pocket thermome-
ter under the tongue OF the patient, az
he was accustomed to do upon such &C.
casions. to ascertain the degree of ami
NAL temperature, with view to future
comparison. The paralytic man,
wholly ignorant of the nature of the
process to which he was to submit, but
deeply impressed from the representa-
ton of the physician, with the certainty
OF its success, no sooner felt the Their
mometer under his tongue than nc con-
cluded the fdlisn,aH was in full opera
ton, and in a burst of enthusiasm de-
clared that he already experienced the
effect of its benign influence throughout
the whole body. The opportunity was
too tempting to be lost; DIR. Beddoes
desired his patient to renew his visits
on the following day, when the same
ceremony was performed and repeated
every succeeding day for a fortnight,
the patient gradually improving during
the period, when he was dismissed as
cured, no other application having been
used. Cures effected by the imposition
of royal hands, by stroking. by mesmer-
ism and the like, are proofs of the same
principle, a principle of which the ju-
dicious physician may sometimes avail
himself for his pat ;ent's sake, but which
he will never exercise as an instrument
for his own aggrandizcment Advert
ing. therefore, to the numerous
phases which superstition in past
ages has assumed, there is none which
exhibits the human understanding in a
more degraded light than that con-
nected with the cure of bodily infrmi-
ties. Few if any of these cures had a
show of reason to recommend them to
the cultivated mind; and even these few
were SO clouded with mummery and
jargon that one is apt to treat them
with ridicule. believing that more yir-
tue was ascribed to the mode of admin
istration than to the potency of the
article. prescribed. Nor did these SUI
perstitions exert the sway over the vul-
gar mind alone; the rich and great
were equally under their influence, and
indulged in them all the more that their
circumstances afforded them the means.
1t was left for the progress of science
to dissipate these errors. and though
the simple and uniformed. in remote
districts. may still cling to some OF
these beliefs, and quacks and empires
be ever ready to impose on their credu-
lily, as nation we are now happily on
the path to more rational and effective
modes of procedure. - Brooklyn Eagle
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AMERICAN wORKMEN.
How u Connecticut Manufacturer Sue
ceeded with Imported Cutters.

How n Connections Manufacturer Sue
ceeded with Imported Cutters.
About four years ago Colonel Frary..
President of the Bridgeport Cutlery
Company, while on tour through Er-
rope. visited many of the cutlery estab-
lishments in Germany, Hamburg and
England. The manufacture of razors
being in primitive state in this coun-
try, he decided that he could do no bet
ter than to bring over some of the work.
men to the United States. The work.
men in Sheffield, England. were as
rule, members of the trades unions,
and Colonel Frary had considerable DIFF
ficulty in engaging the men whom he
wanted. A few months later he had
the satisfaction of seeing forty of them
with their families sa ling for this coun-
try, accompanied by the secretary OF
the trade union. In Germany and
Hamburg be engaged sixty men, and at
once shipped them and their families to
this country. Separate rooms were fit
ted up for the newly-arrived razor
makers in the shops at Bridgeport, the
Germans being in one part of the works
and the English. in another.
Colonel Frary SAID: Il had great
deal OF trouble with my men at first. l
did not have nearly as much trouble
with the Germans as with the English.
The latter demanded separate work
room apart from all the other workmen
in the factory. If one OF the men in my
employ wanted TO enter the room while
they were at work, they would throw
down their tools and would not resume
their labors until the visitor had closed
the door behind him. l was the only
man in the entire shop whom they would
let into the room without stopping
work. A peculiar feature about them
was that they would not work after
twelve o'clock noon on SATURDAYS.
Whatever money was left after buying
the weeks supply the men would 60 on
a spree with until the last cent was
spent, which was usually about Tues
day morning. American workmen are
the best in the world. " NeU Haren
NeDs.
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cRowSep TOWNS.
Serious Questions That are Pressing for
Solution.

Serious Questions That are Pressing for
1t is easy to understand why towns
and cities are becoming overrun with
an extra number of laborers. mechanics.
tramps and idiers. At the price of farm
produce farmers can not pay as high
wages as are offered laborers or clerks
in the towns. The young man in the
country who is toiling ten or twelve
hours per day, and out of the reach OF
saloons, billiard halls and other places
of evening amusement, is not content
to work for twenty dollars per month,
when he learns that some of his young
acquaintance are clerking in town for
fifty or sixty dollars per month. with
all the advantages of city life. He is
uneasy and disappointed with farm life,
and rashly breaks loose from home and
friends and goes to the town. He prob
ably fails in getting employment. and
goes to the next town. or to some large
city. where he thinks he has better OPP
portunities of employment. He has but
little money, which is soon gone. He
has to abandon respectable boarding
houses and respectable company. He
is thrown among the worst characters,
who are shrewd and plausible in
schemes for making or getting money
easier than work on farm, or even BY
clerking. The consequences are honest
Young men are frequently led astray,
first apparently in honest enterprises.
then by those Of more doubtful pro-
priety, until he is a tramp or a criminal
In this way the ranks of the idle and
vicious are constantly recru ted, and
the towns are full of them, which the
police are not able to detect or subdue.
The cities are already, in all depart
ments OF industry, over supplied with
help. Chances to obtain lucrative or
large salaries are scarce, and constant
employment for the common laborer is
almost impossible to be had. Public
improvements do not employ half the
force they did three to five years ago.
The depressed price of farm produce
will not justify paying higher wages or
employing more hands on the farms
The reduction of the tariff two wears
ago to the amount of about $40, 900, 900
takes that amount yearly from the
laborers. artisans, mechanics and man.
ufacturers of this country and gives it
to that class in Europe. These things
are creating uneasiness, restlessness,
and idleness. And idleness is the pa
rent of vice and crime. It's difficult
problem in political economy to solve
Crowding to towns for higher wages,
abandoning the frugal and honest in
dustry of the farm, is rapidly recruiting
the army of idle men who win become
desperate in sentiments and actions,
and thinking 1.-THE world owes them
living" whether they make an honest
effort to earn it, they will imbibe the
communistic principle, and make war
on capital and economic industry. These
are serious questions to be solved in the
future -Iowa State Register.
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4 NosLEAcr.
Tho JustffiabIo Punishmsnt OF an Accord
lon Player.

The JustffiabIe Punishment OF an Accord
ION Player.
Not long ago young man was OF
his way home at a late hour in thu
evening carrying an accordion. He wa
met by three philosophical young men
who at q glance recognized him as a,
habitual and reckless accordion player
We all know what these young mel
should have done. They should haw
gone at once to the nearest police sta
ton, notified the sergeant in charg,
that they had met an accordion player
and left the matter in the hands of the
police. They knew, however, that il
the meantime the criminal would doubt
less escape, and they therefore, beliey
ing that the interest of the public shoulc
be paramount, arrested the accordion
player themselves and proceeded tt
punish him.
The punishment was unquestionably
a severe one. The strongest of the
young men played the accordion, while
the others compelled their victim t<
dance. For half an hour that un.
happy being danced to the tunt
of .'Sweet Violets." The effect Of
the accordion upon his nerves was
as terrible as it would have beer
upon the nerves of an innocent man,
for it is well known fact that, although
an accordion PLAYER does not suffer
while in the act of playing. he suffers
as acutely as any other man when he is
compelled to listen to the playing of an.
other accordion player. Not only were
the wretch's nerves lacerated BY
''Sweet Violets." but his legs, which
were attenuated by long indulgence in
accordions, were completely exhausted
by the labor Of dancing. and when the
avengers released him and permitted
him to limp home he was pitiable
object.
1t is painful to learn that the three
avengers were afterward, on the COM
plant of their victim, arrested and fined.
The court, however. had NO option in
the matter. The conduct of the young
men, though noble, was. nevertheless
technically illegal, and the court Yves
compelled to punish them in accordance
with the statute. The duty of the pub
lie in this matter is, however, very diff
ferent from the duty of court. There
can be no question that the avengers
acted from the Hottest and hottest of
motives. That their philosophical,
though Illegal conduct should be recog-
nized in some conspicuous way-as for
example by public dinner right
minded man can doubt. Tn Y have
struck lasting blow at the crime of ac-
Gordon playing. and service such as
this can hardly be overestimated.-
y. Times.
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The Ant and the Lion.

The Ant having heard that the Lion
had killed Hunter and picked his
Bones, set out and journeyed through
the Forest until she met the King of
Beasts. After stating what she had
heard the Ant continued:
ut fills me with Sadness and Sorrow
to know that of you. shall proceed to
make your Future conduct my Special
Mission"
At the Desire OF the Ant the Lion &C,
companied her Home The young Ants
annoyed him and he killed them by the
score. The Beetles, who were Friends
of the Ants, came ON a visit to be
snapped up. Wishing to see how the
Ant Hill was constructed. the Lion in
one moment made wreck of the Labor
OF Weeks. Finally, when the Phlan-
thropic Ant had several times Narrowly
escaped with her Life she felt to ex
claim:
'Begone with You back to. your
Haunts! As Wicked Lion YOU NAV
now and then Stay a Hunter. but as a
Reformed Beast you will certainly be
the Death of this Whole Colony"
MORAL:
The Tramp who is taken in for the
Night causes more anxiety than the
Dozen sleeping in the fencc-corners.-
Detroit Free Press.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Eight hundred thousand coloredl
children were taught in the Methodist
schools last year.-N Y. Sun.
The centennial anniversary of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the State
of Massachusetts was celebrated re-
Gently.
"A 'Museum of Religions" is, it is
stated, to be established in Paris. As
the title suggests, this museum will con-
tain all the articles used by various ma
tons in the observance Of their relig-
ious rites.
Linear drawing has been intro
duced. by recent enactment. into all the
elementary schools of England. The
theory is that a knowledge of this kind
of drawing is useful in almost every kind
of trade or handicraft.
The Theological Seminary in San
Francisco has done good work in its
early years. 1t has sent more than fifty
graduates into the field, and the major
itv of these are now at work on the Pa
cific coast.-San francisco Call.
Seventy per cent of the soldiers
in the Russian army are unable to read
or write. This is supposed to indicate
the proportion of illiterates in the popu-
lation of the Empire. The Car. who is
jealous Of his despotic privileges, is OPP
posed to free schools. Current
Superintendent Bennett, of Piqua.
O., has been investigating the extent to
which tobacco is used in the schools of
that place. He finds that in two grades
of seventy-three boys from twelve to
fifteen years old. thirty-one habitually
smoked cigarettes, and only seven could
say they never had smoked. OF ninety
six boys from ten to twelve there were
sixty-eight smokers, and in the A b q
class many had begun the practice
C7ereland Leader.
The Year Book of Boston Universi-
ty gives the present number of students
in all departments as $40. Last year it
was 6l0, two years ago 555. three years
ago sos. There has thus been a steady
and healthy growth for four years. OF
the present total no less than 223 have
already received literary, scientific or
professional degrees. One hundred and
one Bachelors of Arts are candidates
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Rev. Sydney Smith was once asked
by friend for a reserved seat in St.
Paul's. This was the witty canon's
reply: ITO 60 to st. Paul's is certain
death. The thermometer is several de-
grees below zero. Ny sentences are
frozen as they come out of my mouth,
and are thawed in the course of the
summer, making strange noises and
unexpected assertions in various parts
of the church; but, if you are tired of
world which is not tired of you. and
you are determined to go to St. Paul's.
it becomes my duty to facilitate the
desperate scheme. Present the en-
closed card to any of the vergers, and
you win be well placed"
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THE JUNE CRICKET.

In the Madison Square fark.
Tented in the short green grass,
While the moon shone in the sky
A cricket, close to those who pass,
Uttered the old familiar cry.
Little needed he the nose
- of the crowded City street, ...
But blew his flute with strident voice
Unmindful of the tramp of feet.
Hundreds briskly hurry by,
ListIess to the song they pass;
No policeman stops his cry,
Or orders him: Keep on the grass!"
who note the steady tune
That he with such relish plays
Wonder how this note OF June
Came to take the city ways.
Far from native hauuts withdrawn,
He sings the old song at my feet
The prelude of q country lawn
Salutes the curious city street.
Rustic scenes are not at hand;
No ripping rfvuiet wanders near:
Hard II Is to understand
This voice in such an atmosphere.
Brave tile cricket, pipe away;
Let your blitheness melt in songi
IT'S the cheeriest roundelay;
shall thank you for il long.
Torn from spring-time, robbed of June,
Shut up to the city street,
Much thank you for your tune
Uttered from this strange retreat.
joel Benton, In Hdrpcr's Magazine.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A baby born during terrible storm
was named Cyclonia. Its father says tho
appellation is misnomer; q cyclone
doesn't howl every night
In these hard times, when borrow
ing is so difiicnlt. we'd like to know
whether distance keeps up its time hon.
ored habit of lending enchantment to
the view.-Erchange.
Talk about proficiency in skating.
1t is really wonderful what the skaters
achieve. The Chicago girl, however. is
said to have displayed the most wonder
full feet yet seen on skates Teras Sift-
tngs.
"What is the safest way to trans
fer becs?' asks correspondent. Our
experience teaches MS that the safest way
is to stand off as far as possible and let
the bees transfer themselves. = Bxrling-
ton Free Press.
-Customer-'I can't pay you to day.
You see the shoemaker has Just been
here, and" Ta'lor-"Yes; Imet him
on my way up. aud no said you'd put
him of because you'd got to pay the
tailor to day. So here's your bill, SIR
Harper Bazar.
--"Adulterations in Limburger cheese
have been discovered" The flavor of
that delicacy has long led us to suspect
that something was the matter with the
b smarckian food. We thought maybe
it was not pulled until it was over ripe;
but If tits adulterated, that explains it.
-NQrristosop Herald. -, -. 49,
-Embafrassed. Young Man (tryiro
hardao say Something --'4 think, Miss
Deiiea'rs' thas 1 nave naa the pleasure
Q. meeting you peIofe. MISS Belle
ars,H y possible, but ! do not re-
member A. T. M:-"Mas it not at
SlouIkE 1871 miss nave
Ierm 1:r f. "c''ne'
ns'o 1'e, s
2eieve I've lost my wits, said
wosrsA HUSBAND 70 MS wife. In
aeee! ;u9n Know you nad any TO
iose' she answered, sarcastically. ~.
yes dear had some oncA "Well, l
never opseLyYa mem; 70, lore. -
iose them .'st-oeiore I met YOU lie
dian want 70 say H. OUT sne drove hun
70 IL. -llefcsq1st. 4 Fdpeter.
-'See mere, '-saad citizen of St
Louis 70 the proprietor OF Q bookstore.
you'll have To- take the book back. /
asked you to give me volume of poetry
to pns ON tip parior table, but every
burned word in this book is straight
prose. : why. man alive, that was
written by Shakespeare. II don't
care who writ 1t, it's prose' I've looked
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One School OF journalism That Is I'M
ae qualifiedly Successful.
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A SUCCESS.

One School OF Journalism That Is I'm
qualifedly Successful.
One of the schools of Journalism has
become great success. During num-
Der of years many attempts to teach the
art of journalism were made, but the
results were SO far from being salts.
factory that with one exception they
have all been failures. This one col
lege, realizing the impracticability OF
the curriculum previously adopted,
threw it aside, employed man who
had, during many years, been engaged
IN active newspaper work, and intro
duced course of study, the achieve
ments OF which have proved that Jour-
nalism can be taught in colleges. The
following is a report of the exercises
through which graduating class was
conducted:
.What is a law student?''
"a rising young lawyer"
What is a medical student?"
"a promising young doctor"
"Vhat is a young member of the
Legislature?"
"A silvery-tongued orator."
IF man should marry an ugly
woman, how would you write up the
affair?''
Il should speak of the beautiful and
accomplished BRIDE"
''How would you speak of loafer?"
Il should refer to him as our enter.
prising fellow townsman." 7s
s.What is a drummer2',
The handsome and popular So and
So" -
lin writing up the commencement
exercises of the female college what
would you sayp''
Il would say that the beautiful young
girls, soon to become ornaments of So
ciety, were charming in their feathery
array!'
IF countryman were to bring you
a lot of hard apples what would you
sayp"
''Our farmer friend, Colonel So and
So, honored us with call yesterday.
Aside from giving US the pleasure of his
own genial self, he laid upon our table
a collection Of the most choice apples
we have ever seen. Come again,
Colonel, when you have longer to stay. "
Correct. How would you speak Of
a little girl?'
..Would call her fairy"
what would you say of boy?"
Would speak of his bright, intelli-
gent face"
What would you say OF the man who
keeps a few bolts of calico?''
Il would speak of him as one of the
most successful merchants in the State"
Yes, this school of journalism is a
success. 1t defines the true position of
the local newspaper. 1t makes the
business so clear that the student,
though fool. need not err therein. 1t
attempts no revolutions; makes no mis-
takes. drkansoU 7rarelcr.
What is most needed at this mo-
ment in Tennessee is unanimous sup
port by the press of the tangible and
solid projects that are atioat for the
benefit of the people, such as immigra-
lion. the opening OF mines, and the es-.
adjustment of manufactures aud work.
hops. The material progress of the
State should have the support and
of every man in it. and
everything that looks like the foment-
ng of political malice, hate and dis
content should be frowned down. Let
IS have peace and with it prosperity
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On recent trial cedar log twenty
feet long was taken to California
match factory and in exactly thirty
minutes was sawed, split. glued. dipped
in sulphur, labeled and the matches
boxed ready for shipment-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
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All tine Ke*herines Of England ore
contributing 70 q fundto place ! me-
mortal q brass on Queen -Katheriners
tomhin Rsterhprongh Cathedral. that
go9E &lady thopk i inmortalized By
William Shakespeare, never having had
. suitable monument.
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1t is proposed to utilize the Yellow
stone Park for the preservation of the
bison. which is now very nearly extinct.
San Francisco Call