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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-08
AMOiern Fable.

There was at one time good old
man living in Carlisle. His back was
bent. his step was slow, and men who
gazed upon bis snowy locks aud
wrinkled face whispered to each 9th
er He is a good old man, who has
not long to live" The old man bad
been well off 10 his day, but when ho
found himself on the shady side, wife
dead and home broken up, be said TO
his son: "WiIliam, take all that
have, and let your home be my home
until die" The son took them all,
and the father was given a coy cor
Der. big chair, and pipe Every
thing went well for year or so, and
then the 500 and the sons wife be-
gan to make it uncomfortable for the
old man in the corner. They threw
out hints, deprived him of bis COM
forts, and one cold day in winter he
was told he had better go else here.
The old mans heart was sore as he
went out into the world to battle
against hunger and cold, and when
night came he covered 10 a doorway
aud wept like child. "A ho is making
that row up there9" asked q reporter
whose steps bad been arrested by tho
subs, and he went up the steps, pat
ted the cid man on the head, aud by
and by the story was told. Come
down to the station with me-" said
the reporter, taking the old mans
arm Your son is brute and III
help you TO fix him" Next morning
one of the daily papers contained an
item to the effect that an old gentle
man named Goodheart had been found
wandering about the streets at night,
and when taken to the station-hOuse
two thousand pounds worth OF bank
notes were found on him. The old
man read it over three times, slapped
his leg as be saw the point, aud q
beautiful smile covered his face, and
climbed up through his hair. In about
an hour his son William rushed into
the station, and called out, Father,
dear father, come homei All Of US
were crying oil night long, and my
wife is lying in a comatose state on
your account" The old man went
home with him, winking at the lamp
posts, and smiling as he turned the
corners. He had all bis comforts back,
and his son bought him costly pipe
and pair of fur slippers that very
day.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-08

Birds are said to leave the vicinity
where cholera prevails.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-08

Magistrate.-"The serious charge
of chicken stealing is preferred against
you, Uncle Rastus."
Uocle Rastus DO de indictment
say chiken stealth 70 henahe?"
Magistrate. .-"Y Yes.n
Uncie Rastus.-"Den de indict.
nentsam defecktive, 20 konah. 1t was
. tHrkey | stole. / demand q habeas
corpus. and takes advantage :Of the
teckoumcalites ob de law.v
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-08

WANTED. "A white or c0lored Wo-
man, 10 assist IN q small family. One
that understands cooking preferred. For
particulars apply at the CAPITAL Office.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-08

FOR SALE.-Cheap for cash. q new
Platform WAGON, at F. +. STEVENS
Carriage Shop, Prince George st. j25-tf.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-08

/ notice however much q girl
struggles when you try to get kiss,
if she hears her pas step approaching
she always lets up on the struggle
long enough to nab the kiss before
the old man appears.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-08

FOR RENT.-A part OF HOUSE TO
small family, Rent reasonable. For
particulars apply at No. Compromise
Street. dec.30.tf.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-08
Special Notice.

We uiH insert in this column advertise
naents Of Wants, For Rent, For Sale, Lost,
Found, de-, not ezceeding four lines. One
Week, or less, for 25 Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-08

The Mikado of Japan desires the e.
fablishmcnt Of English schools with En-
glish teacIers IN his empire.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-02-08

WANTED LADY that understands
working on Ladies and Children dresses
--one that can cut and fit. Steady en-
ployment. Apply at MRS j. b GARDI-
sER's, 80 West street. f62w.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
Two Good Political Workers.

30, there's no use of talking to me, "
said Dakota man to political friend
from another place, Il know we had
an ADLER man in the last Legislature
than you did"
Don't know about that, now. How
much did your man get out of the rail-
road companies for his vOte?"
Two thousand dollars"
That's it-just as 1 told you. Our
man struck them for three thousand
dollars and got it"
30. that may all be, but besides the
two thousand, ours also made over one
thousand FIVE hundred dollars on'poker
and sneaked around in the hotel and
overheard little private caucus some
other members were holding and black
mailed five hundred dollars out ofthem.
l tell you when it comes right down to
hard and efficient work in a Territorial
Legislature Colonel Mcbride, of this dis
trict, is hard to beat. We are going to
elect him again this fall "-ESteiltsa
ID. T. Ben.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
PRESSING RIGHT ON.

The Democracy of New York Bring 2
Thieves to Justice, as 1t las Always
Done-Hepublican Pretcnsions.
Several occurrences of recent date
signalize the jealous vigilance with
which the Democratic party guards its
own honor and integrity. 1t has never
taken to itself sufficient credit for its
works in this espect-perhapS because
it feels that there is no occasion to
boast of merely performing an OBJ
vious duty. Still its disinclination to
make capital out of its reforms has fire.
quently been turned to its diSadvant-
age, its opponents impudently arrogat-
ing the merit to themselves as the only
real children of light. The Democracy
never got the honor it deserved for
annihilating the Tweed Ring and
sending the chiefs of that bad
band of plunderers 70 State prison
or into exile-a publication which was
wrought by Charles O'Conor, Samuel
j. Tilden and other great leaders of
the Democratic party. Republican
orators and organs always speak of the
Tweed Ring as if it were wholly Demo
cratic in origin and texture, while they
depict its disruption as the work of
honest and earnest Republicans.
To-day so jealous is the Democratic
party in its desire for pure government
thai through Democratic mayor and
Democratic Governor it insists that
buffoons and petty tricksters as well rs
great thieves must be kept out or eject
ed from public office. Yet the Governor
receives but grudging and ungracious
praise from large portion of the press
for his prompt removal of Squire. who
is still in the net of the same Demo-
cratic district attorney that hunted
down the Broadway franchise jobbers.
Under the inspiration and guidance of
Governor Hill the Democracy of New
York State takes no step backward and
condones no wrong-doing.-M T.
Graphic.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
a WIFE.

How often her touch. soft and trembling,
Has sent quick thrill to nv heart.
How often her brown eyes ssembling
Have caused me in anguish TO start.
To forget her I've tried. but in vain;
Since met her she's haunted my brain;
And scarce can believe,
Though the rumor's so rife,
That my last years acquaintance
is this year wife.
I've disputed with rivals unnumbered
The honor of holding her fan;
Through the waltZes We aiIn,essly numbered
When she danced with some other man.
I've quarreled with my ink DiOtted leaf.
I've snarcd that her notes were too brief;
But how foolish and vain
Seems that small silly strife
When think that she now
Bears the title Of wife
I've given her haskeLs of flowers:
I've carr ed Der books by the score:
Through m.iIy a twilight graz hours
I've read her the poets sweet lore.
But truce TO such senseiesS reviews;
To what use do 1 sit here and muSeI
She has taken the veil.
She is dead TO that life,
She's maiden no more,
But woman-a wife.
I'll never seek pleasure without her,
Earth's light would seem dreary and cold;
Like a shadow II hover about her.
Then her form in nv arms / II enfOld.
Though seeing hcr close to INV side,
No being shall threaten or chide.
For the woman / sing
is my treasure for life;
She's nv Swcet heart. my lover,
Ny darling, my rife.
-ChdrIcs M0?oGa, ii Detroit Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
BLAINE'S DISHONESTY.

The Continental Fabricator from Maine
Charging the Democracy with Being
Responsible for the Labor Troubles.
In his speech, to the preparation of
which a year was devoted, at Sebago
Lake, the other day, Blaine called at
tention to the labor strikes, and inSin-
uated that the policy of the Democratic
party was responsible for them. 1t
would be difficult to imagine a
more reckless or untruthful accn-
sation. Does Blaine forget the rail
way strikes of a few years ago,
when the militia of nearly every
State in the Union was called to arms,
and even the regular army had to be
employed in saving property and pre-
venting bloodshed? The Democrats
were not in power then, for the Re-
publicans had every thing their own
way, and even in Pennsylvania. where
the State has launched out millions of
dollars to railroad companies for dam
age done by strikers, not a Democrat
was in State office. Which party
was in power when the telegraph OPP
orators strike occurred and paralyZed
trade for weeks? Who was responsible
for the strike in the Hooking valley,
Ohio, in the year 1884, which kept the
country at fever heat for months, and
blood trickled down the bleak hills of
that coal region? 1t was shown at the
time that Blame was 4 stakeholder in
the Hooking valley company, which
imported Hungarian miners to starve
natives INTO subsection. The continent
tai tabricator from Maine ought to steer
clear of the subject of strikes, for the
fact is well known that labor agitation
was foreign to this country until the
Republican party came into power.
Scarcely had Blaine's falschoods been
scattered broadcast over the land
when the news was telegraphed from
Pittsburgh that nail mills, which have
been idle for long time, were about
to start full blast under satisfactory ar
engagements with employees. 1t is
strange that man who has been in
public life twenty-five years as Blaine
has should stand up before an intelli-
gent people and utter such malicious
falsehoods as he is handing out by
wholesale. Does this impudent man
who was stepped in corruption think
the American people dolts, ready to
accept rs truth his falsehood? The
game he is playing is a desperate one
but it will fail of its object, for the
voters of this country know the man
who wrote "burn this letter." sold his
vote as representative of the citizens
of Maine for Little Rock and Fort
Smith stock, and attempted to rob poor
Peru so that he might share the bogus
claims of French adventurer. Is it
to be presumed that such man, no
matter what he may say, will have
weight with thinking men who have
the best interests of the country at
heart? The glamor with which the
blatherskite has surrounded his words
will give way to honest penetration and
will stand forth as the utterances Of
man destitute of common honesty
Buffalo Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

If no money was spent foolishly
half the world would be out of work.
Exchange.
The young lady who can peel a
potato in five seconds is as useful as
The young woman who speaks five
languages is ornamental Prairie Far
D2er.
"A man in New York advcrtises to
guarantee pupils to play the accordion
in two lessons. Crime in that city as
sumes many phases. -NorristOwn Her
aid.
-"Mr. Smith gone abroad, Mrs.
Smith," "Yes, he is visiting Canada
for his health. " ''Ah, what allied him?"
There was a weakness in the spinal
column of his ledger" IN. Y Witness.
-Spoilt compliments: ''He-"How
do YOU like Signor Wilkinsonio's
voice. Beautiful, is it not?" She
Il don't think so. l prefer yours.
But then, you know, [ am pecu-
liarr' Punch.
He-"You are holding that umbrella
on the wrong side to protect you from
the SUM-" She-''I know it, but there
is that dreadful Miss Briggs, and in
tend her to see my new bonnet. -
Detroit Free Press.
when 1 have cold in my head,
l am always very dull and stupid" re-
marked a gentleman in public. ''You
are to be pitied, then, SIR replied an
other gentleman. ''for l don't remem-
Der ever seeing you without a cold in
your head. N Y. Telegram.
Physician Ito convalescent)-''You
feel stronger, do you not?" Gonzales
cent-"O, yes, doctor; very much
stronger. I'm strong enough now for
almost anything" Physician-"ThenI
will send in my bill. Life.
Mamma: "Do you know the Ten
Commandments, my dear??" Little Bess:
'.Yes, mamma. ''Well. repeat them"
Il can't, mamma. don know them
by heart. l only know them when l
see them. "-Phiiadeiphia Call.
We do not wish to be understood
as finding fault with nature, but we do
wish. from the bottom of our hearts.
that the luminous end of the FREELY had
been hitched to the mosquito.-N. Y.
Journal.
When a merchant takes an article
of goods worth four dollars and marks
it at seven dollars and fifty cents, he
wants to be understood as selling out
regardless of cost. 1t is the purchaser
who must regard cost in such cases.
NJ o. PicGyatne.
Omaha man-''No. have trusted
good many popular signs, and
thew are all frauds. Once when
at my home in Newton, Pa. 1
found a four-leaf clover. and that
night proposed to a girl. Miss Blank.
but she refused me-" Eastern strang-
er-"Well. you see the four-leafed
clover brought you good luck" '.Good
luck?' yes. wish I'd found the
clover. l married her." - Omaha
World.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Attendance upon religious services
BY students of Harvard University viii
not henceforth be compulsory.
At the Methodist Conference re-
Gently closed in Dublin. Sir William
Macarthur gave $4,000 toward the
erection of a new building on the
Methodist College grounds ut Belfast,
where young women may be educated.
The corner stone of new chapel
has been laidin Welsh Mountain, Penn
sylvania. the home of the Buzzard
gang. This will be the first religious
structure built in that region.-PtttS-
6urgh Post.
1t Is encouraging to see that the
appreciation of education is increasing
in North Carolina. where ten years ago
only $4,000 was spent for it by the
State, which now expendS S80O,O00.-
". Y. Witness.
Sneering critics say camp meeting
converts do not hold out. Ii they hold
ont long enough to 90 to bed sober
once the novel condition will do them
good. If they break down after while
have them converted again. No harm
is done.-N. o. Picay'sne.
In reference to Harvard students.
Colonel Higginson declares that "a
poor young man who has agreeable
manners and is good at athletics has 4
better chance for popularity than rich
snob." How about Il poor young man
OF agreeable manners who eXcels ut his
studies?- Cticg Ohscrrer.
Hon. William McMaster, of To-
ronto, gives the Baptists of Canada
another S2j0,O00 for educational pur
poses. They say up there that years
ago he loved money and chung to it,
but he was induced to make 4 large
gift and that put a good taste in his
mouth, and now he gives like man
putting out iire-profoundlyin earnest.
-RjcItDlond Religious Herald.
Rev. T. P. Hammond is holding
meetings in ChriStiania, Norway, in a
large hall which is crowded night after
night. The desire of the people to hear
the truth is so great that they are re-
luctant to leave Mt the close of the
services. Mr.. Hammond considers
these the most remarkable meetings he
has held in his long career rs an evan
gelst.
At Port TOWNSEND. Ore, Mark Ten
Sui, Chinese missionary. converted and
partially educated by the Methodist
Episcopal Church. has opened n school
among his comtrymen. lie is unusu-
ally intelligent. has renowned all con-
nections with the lloWery kingdom and
paganism, and has very good COM
mand of the English language. He is
an earnest Christian young man, and
is enthusiastically devoted to the civil
lization of his race.-Chicago Herald.
DIR. Smith, pastor of the First
Methodist Church in st. Paul, found Il
gang of men paving the street in front
of his church one Sunday morning. He
asked them to stop. They did not.
Then he said that they must stop, and
right off, too. If they did not, he would
make complaint against each indi-
vidual workman, and see that he was
arrested and punished for breaking the
Sabbath day. At this the PAYERS took
up their tools and quit work. and the
energetic pastor walked into the pulpit
and preached with great fervor, saying
in the course of his sermon, that he
proposed to have Sunday observed in
front of his church if not in any other
part of St. Paul. Paul Globe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
Forced to Yield to His Friends.

jenkins Ito Jones)-Why don't you
run for the Legislature?
Jones-O, have never thought any
thing about it.
.Jenkins-You could be elected.
Jones-You don't think SO.
Jenkins-I know it.
Note from Jones in the next morn
ing's paper: ''In desire to yield 10
many friends / hereby announce myself
as candidate for the Legislature. L
have not sought this Office, but am
compelled to yield to my friends.
ArkdasGs0 TrGceter.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
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STROTHEB Sc LIFTS.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16
Blaine wants the Prohibitionists

to vote for the Republican candidates.
and Blaine's lieutenant, Frye. is using
his persuasive efforts in the same di-
rection. He begins by calling the
Prohibitionists ''impudent. unblushing
scoundrels." He probably intends
them to understand that he regards
them as above fattery.-Desroa Fras
Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16

Educate your girls quite equally
with your boys. An education that
relates to but one side is not likely to
produce strong men.-Christias BE-
eorder
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-16

Mr.. Blaine's speech is the speech
of an advocate, and not the speech of
statesman. Providence Journal
(Rep.).
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-07-10
POsTOFFTCE HOURS.

Will .venssA, i. and closes ioP. =.
~..,.tered mall closes at II Pm.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-07-10
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
.ow TWAS OBSERVED IN TAYLOR

c...in9 with the Booming NJ Anviis
"a Waving Of Bunting-Ths Pro
.....ea - Llssray Exercises = Fire
--avka-nal1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-17

What's the matter with the Metropolitan
railroad? Lately there has scarce train been
run on time, and a delay of half an hour or
more 10 a matter of common occurrence, caus-
ing great embarrassment and Inconvenience to
business men and government clerks who need
to reach their places OF occupation at fixed
hours. Mr.. Garrett, in prosecuting his ambi.
tious plans to get To New York, should not
forget that the goose that has laid the biggest
golden eggs for his treasury has been his Wash
ington connection, and that in the futureslis
richest and most reliable source of income Is
likely to be found In the Metropolitan
branch, IL he gives proper facilities for
safe, speedy and certain conveyance over
the road for the multitudes who are seeking
healthful homes along its line. With the vast
growth of business on this road within the last
year OR two, the single track is miserably mad
eQuate for the work thrown upon Ii, and If
double track Is not speedily supplied, the pres
ent annoying Interruptions and delays are
likely TO be- supplemented by very serious acct
dents. But withou. waiting for the double
truck, Mr.. Garrett should at once make a re-
form in the practice of side-tracking the bust
ness peoples trains for the benefit of so-called
express trains, and mixed freight and passen-
ger trains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-17

There Is q familiarity about the name Of the
Ascending st. Louis telegraph manager. E. H.
Brown. which suggests the inquiry whether he
Is not the person whose defiance of legal pro-
cess when called as witness in a semi-political
case some eight years ago gave rise to one of
the most Interesting judicial controversies of
recent times. The Mr.. Brown who then
played the contumaeious witness was exploited
everywhere as a defender of the sanctity of tele-
graph secrets. That is what gives color to the
suppositiOn that he is the same Mr.. Brown who
now is rusticating in Canada. The present Mr..
Brown, Ii Is true, has not distinguished him.
self as defender OF the sanctity of the tele-
graph ofice-till, but he insists treating as
professional secret of the mos3 inviolable sort
the disposal he has made of some thousands Of
dollars OF the Western Union company's money
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-17

The splendid trait of self reliance on which
we Americans vaunt ourselves is showing forth
at its best In the case of shocked and battered
Charleston. The earthquake which shook half
the city to pieces occurred scarcely more than
fortnight ago, and other tremors have fol-
lowed since; yet already the task of rebuilding
has been undertaken. The people did not sit
down with their hands in their laps, like the
people of cities similarly stricken in the old
world. and cry to the powers that be for help.
With the aid which began at once to pour in
upon them unasked from the fuller purses of
their fellow citizens OF the United States, they
have sustained themselves merely long enough
to look about them and lay plans for the work
Of restoration. Even though the disaster to
Charleston has its multitude of darker
phases, IL has at least one bright one in its
exhibition TO all the world of the recuper-
alive power Of an American city smitten with
an appalling form of misfortune hitherto almost
unknown to the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-17

IHE ScHooLMAsrER
Is abroad. and trust to him. armed with his primer
against the soldier in full military array.
Lord Brougham
We are efficient aids to the schoolmaster inasmuch
as correct dress conducive to correct Manners and
what is there more important for boy learn than
good morals and good manners,
THE KNEE
Pantaoon boys the ones we are looking AFTER
knowing full well that when we have supplied him he
will continue to buy of us when he has donned long
trowserx
Is the most popular price for the little fellows that
wear twopiece knee pantaloon SUITS because it Is the
limit to the ability of mos, purchasers and also be-
cause that is as low good value can be bought for
We enumerate few lots to-day:
LOT e.5o2.
Gray scotch Mixed,
2piece suits,
IS each
LOT es57.
Brown Scotch.
apiece SUITS
s5 each.
LOT 2s14.
Scotch Mixed.
2-piece suits.
$5 each.
LOT 32O1.
Red Check,
2-piece suits.
Lot hoT a siss
2-piece Suits
IS each.
LOT 7s2
Brown Double and Twist
Is each nuns
All these Suits run from to IL years
Price s5 and
GOOD VALUE
Your little boy big boy, as the case may be. will
naturally want new hat cap to keep his new suit
company, provide these In such assortment as
never before known In any one Washington establish
ment
POLO CAPS
From 10 to 80 cents
SOFT HATS
Cloth and Felt,
Roundabout, SO cents
WE ARE SORRY
That we cannot supply the necessary outfit for the
pedal e1tremies, but We can meet him half way and
ciothe the lower limbs with handsome and cheap
Stockings. Items:
Derby Ribbed Cotton, 25 cents
The same, Double Knees, ACC. to 600,
and
Cashmere Plain and Ribbed,
so to IS cents
Suspenders 10 to 80 cents.
Undershirts IS cents 81. so
Dress Shirts, 80 cents to 81.
Neck ScarfS :3 to so cents
Collars, Cuffs, &c.
EVERYTHING FOR BOYS WEAR BUT SHOES.
SAKS AND COMPANY,
Seventh Street and Market Space.
SELF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-17

An exchange says that Professor Leroux who
is emulatirg the fame of Sam Patch as jumper,
has tie Washington monument in his eye'
He will be an interesting subjec: for the ocu-
lists to experiment on. Ii it were only the falls
of Niagara, IL woull be easy enough, for the
operation for catarac. is now reduced to the ut
most simplicity; but monument