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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-11
Communicated
THE WAYS OF THE BALTIMORE
OYSTERMEN.


Mr. Eiator: The Baltimore papers
of YESTERDAY in reporting az occonnt
of the meeting OF the oyster shuckers
Tuesday night, stated that the shuck-
ers wbo had been sent out to the dit
ferent parts OF the State where oys-
tiers are sbucked, reported thst they
had the shuckers fixed As for as we
have learned they were 70 more sue
cessful on the Eastern Shore than
they were here. They returned to
Baltimore and misrepresented the
whole thing, we know, as far as An
napoIis is concerned; that the better
class of shuckers knew the trick and
declined to have any thing whatever
to do with it. Some men who have
never made $500 a week shucking
oysters were told if they joined the
Union that they could stop work and
the Baltimore oyster shuckers would
send: them $500 day. They, OF,
course, were willing to join any thing
to get that. But the majority of the
shuckers went voluntarily to the
packers and told them that they had
been deceived once and they didn't
intend to be again. They know that
the Baltimore packers have put them
up to it to rob them of their living;
they know that they will promise
that they are going to pay them 10
Baltimore 20centsfor 8 pints and then
get IA pints, and when we pay more
forshucking than they, or as much
they v ill getthe trade ADD our men will
make nothing. Even let as suppose
that the Baltimore oystermen succeed
10 establishing a union" Lere and
that cur sbuckers strike. We have
about the same number of men tong
ing for or sters that we have suckers.
These tongers are all shuckers also;
but cannot obtain employment. When
the men We employ at present, how
ever, strike, these men will be taken
in to fill their places, and the busi-
ness Of tie packer will continue, as
the packers will then procure bis
oysters from the dredgers The
packers here are not at ell concerned
about strike. They say if their men
cho) se to quit work they can do 50;
but as | have stated above, the best
and most reliable shuckers have gone
to the packers and said they bad
nothing to do with any Union; that
thepwere doing we'll and were satisfied
and they well know that it is another
one of the Baltlmorean's tricks to
undersell what they term the "Coun-
try Packers" Baltimore is fast losing
the oyster trade; the country packers
have every advantage ever them at
all the places on the Eastern Shore,
and here in Annapolis our oysters
are gotten right at our doors, and by
reason of Baltimore being so far away
from the oyster beds the country
packers are getting their trade al
though the Baltimore men are doing
all they can to hold on 10 it; the
last dodge being to send men here
ana to the Eastern Shore to get our
men to go on strike; which would
be, giving them o stick with which to
break their own backs" Yours truly,
| OYSTER PACKERS.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-11

THERE was a slight let up by the
Chicago packers yesterday. They
rescinded their resolution not to en-
ploy members of aoy labor union,
and agreed to employ all who pre-.
sented themselves, with the UNDER
standing that they would hereafter
exercise the right to employ and dis
charge whom they pleased. About
5000 have gone to work. The end
IL not yet.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-11
AT a meeting of the Baptist socla

At q meeting of the Baptist Social
Union in New York last week, Gen
eral Fisk said that as New York
had sixteen thousand dramshops,
Philadelphia eight thousand, and
Jersey City. Newark and Paterson
four thousand two hundred, be
thought it was good thing for the
Statue Of Liberty that she was set
up with her nose pointing sea-ward
and her back TO all this iniquity.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-11

They are still counting tie ballots
10 New Jersey. In Atlantic county
the republicans hope to count out the
democrat candidate for the Legislature
who is returned by a majority of l6'
In other close counties recount
will be had.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-11

THE question of possible failure
to elect q President of the United
States either by popular vote on by
Congress, is beginning to attract the
attention of the press The Sun oil
this morning has some timely sug-
Restions on the subject
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-11

The Prohibitionists estimate that
their vote throughout the country at
the late election. reached 900. 600
about double that cast for ST. John
two years ago.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-11
Ladies WoOllen Department.

Novelties in Plaids and Stripes for
Jackets, listers and Suits.
Large variety of Ladies' Underwent
Newest STYLES of ready-made Jackets.
Fine line of Black Cashmeres, Mourn
ing Black, and new designs In Black
Eiderdown in colors $l.00.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-11

TO-DAY the President shut himself
MP in bis private Office to prepare bis
annual message to Congress which
meets on Monday the 9th of Deem
Der. He will receive no calls from
the outside public.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-11

TnE North Carolina legislature is
close. There are twelve independents
who were originally democrats, butitis
thought some of them <nf act with
the republicans.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-11
NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given. That the members
are requested TO attend the meeting on Thur
day, Nov. 1lths 1856, at the regular place Of
meeting. it being an important business meet
me- Z b Rs orSeT H. I. PFEIPFER
Corresponding Secretary.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-11
Application for Pardon.
STATE OF MARYLAND,
OFFICE SECRETARY OF STATE.

OFFICE SECRETARY OF STATE.
ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 4th, 1885,
To all Whom it May Concern;
Notice is hereby given, that application has
been made to the Governor for pardon in the
case of State VS..
FRANK CHAMBERS,
convicted in the Circuit Court OF Anne Arun-
del county. at October Term, 1885, of lar
ceny, and sentenced to two years in the peni-
Tertiary.
The Governor will take up said case for final
decision, on or after
TUESDAY, November 18th, 1885,
until which time protests against the said APP
plication will be heard, and the petition in the
case open to inspection.at the discretion of the
Governor. BY order of the Governor,
Il. w. LECOMPTE,
11-6 Secretary Of State,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-11
HOSIERY DEPARTMENT

Contains many attractive and durable
STYLES for Ladies and Children. a Bar
gain in BGl6rsggGns a. rs cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-11
Mems aud Boys Department

New and nobby styles of Suits. Over.
coats for all sizes. The newest styles Of
Hats and Ties and Hosiery, both Wool
aud Cotton.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-11

n%This paper has she iarsesa "o."
aAe Daary Circulation of any paper In
she CIay o. Annapolis.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-01
U YOUNG MEN,.
They Should be Taught to Direct and As
sl6t Each Other.

While from time to time from the
pulpit in our cities the learned divines
have been preaching sermons of special
interest to the young men, it seems
that the proper time has at length ar
rived for the young men themselves to
take a slight interest in their welfare.
This brings to u view an important
question:, viz: How are we to save the
thousands of young men who to-day
are rushing headlong down to the
depths of ruin and misery?
To make a successful move in behalf
of the general improvement of our
young men, it seems reasonable to be-
lieve that what is to be accomplished
for their benefit must be of theft own
undertaking.
Can not the young men of this day.
unite and form a league for the purpose,
of their moral, social and physical de-
velopment? Can they not perfect an
organization that, like some of the
great institutions flourishing at the,
present time, will cause each member
to take an interest in the welfare of
every other member? r.
IL would DC Impossible 10 conceive OF
anything grander than the idea Of the!
young men of each city and town
throughout the land united in societies.
and all these forming N general or
ganization or league of young men,
whose every aim would be to direct.
assist and encourage each other along,
in the true way of life.
To get the young men awakened and
interested in such an enterprise seems
to be the first great difficulty to over,
come. Yet with the assistance of the
press and those who are in favor Of
good society, good government, peacej
and prosperity, such al institution
might prove a reality and not an idle
dream.
Il have suggested this, believing that,
something can and ought to be done at,
once to save those young mon who are,
taking their first steps out in the. busy
world, to guide them Alright. Are there.
not others who are willing to think and:
act in the matter?-Walter P. Bartlett,
IN Chicago Current.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-01
the gold than you could shake q stick At.

the gold than you could shake q stick At,
The harbors Of Melbourne and Sydney
were crowded with ships that couldn't
get away, because their crews had do
serted them and run off to the diggings;
and the the towns were crowded with
the sailors, and lots of others.
too, comm back with their pockets
full-for nobody seemed at that
time to be tryin' to make q fortune and
60 home. All they wanted to do was to
raise enough money for a good spree in
one of the towns; and their notions of
what u spree meant would, l think, have
astonished even a Californian. A dozen
times I've seen a fellow walk into u
liquor saloon with q crowd behind him,
call for drinks for all the rest, and issue
a special order for a dozen of cham-
Oh, no, there was nothing selfish about
it. He merely poured the champagne
into the tub, pulled off his shoes and
stockings, and washed his feet in it. OF
course he was crazy, but don't gold
make nine out of ten men crazy, whether
they dig it out of the earth or get it in
Wall streetp
Everything had to be paid for in gold
dust, and every bar had weights and
scales to test the value of the dust, which
was then current coin. For what a
miner then paid for an ordinary round
of drinks he could now buy a heavy gold
ring, but such a ring then would have
been of small value in Australia COM
pared with the worth of pint of whisky.
The eccentricities of successful miners
coming to the cities to spend their gains
extended to their clothing. Almost
all of them were fond of tall silk
hats, but their tastes varied as to the
part of the hat that was most becoming,
some preferring the top and some the
bottom, and a common sight was q man
walking in a crowded street wearing the
highly polished crown of q silk hat, fol-
lowed or accompanied or preceded by u
man whose head showed itself above the
low walls encircling the rim that had
thus been cut off from the upper portion
of the hat.
elaborate weddings took place every
day. As often as not the bride and
bridegroom sat together on the drivers
seat of a furniture van, both drunk, and
still drinking health and long life to the
crowd that was cheering them on their
way, and exchanging jokes with the long
procession that drove or rode after tho
happy couple. 1 don't know whether
such weddings resulted well or not, but
they were celebrated very often.
THE police force of Australia was
n of the best in the world. 1t was
very like the Royal Irish C%onstabulary.
But it was all out of town, and while
very fair order was preserved at the
diggings themselves, in the towns every
man seemed to be following the dictates
of his own free will, whether they
proved him to be q saint or a sinner. e..
N. Y. Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-01
"EGYPT."
How h Name Came to Be Applied to
Southern Illinois.

How the Name Came to Be Applied to
Southern Illinois.
Is. l.. Dwight, in Springfield Republican,
I was born and raised in Jefferson Coun-
ty, Illinois, and grew to manhood in the
family of my grandfather, Governor q.
Casey, one of the early prominent men of
Southern Illinois. He came to jefferson
County (Which is a part of Southern Illi-
nois) in 1916, while Illinois was vet a Ter
ritory. Governor Casey was at one time
Governor of the State, for a
number OF years a prominent member of
Congress from Illinois, and held other i'm
pertant positions. He was fully identified
with the State and people VI to the time
of his death, which occurred in 1862. I
these facts to show you that I
know whereof I speak. Governor Casey
often explained to me in my childhood why
Southern Illinois was called ssEqvpt.n
and it was this: About the year 1885 II
am not certain as to the exact year,, there
was throughout Northern and Central ILL
nois a great scarcity of corn, while all
through Southern Illinois there was a yery
great abundance; as q consequence the
following fall and winter great numbers
down into Egypt" (as in ancient
times the people went down into ancient
Egypt for a like purpose) to buy and carry
back corn to supply the wants of the peo-
pie in that part of the State where the corn
crop for that year had been a total failure.
The chief product of the State at that time
was corn; but little else was cultivated.
1t was the staple article of food, both for
and beast. And thus Southern iii.
nois came to >be called Egypt" The
''thick darkness" and the extreme ignor.
ance never did exist here.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-01
JAPANESE GRAPE.
The Endless Toll Necessltated by tho Man
ufacture Of This Glass of Dry Goods.

The Endless Toll Necessltated by tho Man
ufacture of h Glass of Dry Goods.
The painted grapes, which are a
speciality of kioto and the Nishimural
establishment, are a work of endless
detail, and it makes one weary to look
at them after knowing how much toll
goes'to each yard Of the gayly figured
goods. Although brilliant in color and:
wonderful in designs, the effect of
these eightcen-inch wide grapes is not
really more than equal to that of the
beautiful satincs that French and Amer
lean looms now turn out for such
trifing prices. These gayly painted
grapes arc chiefly used in Japan, where
the children's dresses and girls obs,
or sashes, are made of them. They
are usually woven in lengths of fifty
feet and divided for sale into fourths,
each Of which is enough for the wide
obi to be wound twice around the waist
and tied, or for a child's kimous, and
costs from four dollars to six dollars.
To make it the Grape is moistened,
stretched out OF q board, and its edges
fastened in line with rice starch. The
outline of the principal design is then
painted on with al indigo brush,
this in turn gone over with colored
starch, which prevents the colors from
running together, and the first color is
then applied with a brush through a
perforated cardboard pattern, if the
design is one that repeats itself in rem
eral outline. The first dressing of
starch is then washed out and the next
color outlined with starch and brushed
in. Like the successive stones of q
chrome, each color requires a different
painting until it comes to the end,
when only little touches of different,
colors need to be applied. The Grape
is then washed for the last time, Joined
in n piece and stretched on bamboo
frames that revolve on wooden wheels.
Three or four workmen seated on the,
floor where the frame is stretched have,
their colors and brushes at hand apdl
paint in the rest of the design, each one.
using but one color and then moving the
Grape along to the nextman. Although
it was scorching MONDAY when we
watched the last stages of Grape paint
ing, each boy had a big bowl of Goals,
in front of him as he sat on the fobr,'
gentle heat in order that the last colprs
might dry as quickly as applied. While
the practical man walled at tho waste
of time, energy and forces that might
be applied to other ends, we of the fem
mime side felt bound to insist that all
his machine-made satines and delaines.
in the world were not equal to one
yard of Kioto painted Grape, into which
the soul of so many artists enter, and
quoted some of Oscar Wilde's raptures
about "Handicraft! Handicraft!'-Kioto
(Japan) Cor. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-01
A Difficult Language.

A Boston man, who has spent about
fourteen years on the east and west
coasts of Africa, says that the language
of the natives of the Congo country is.
difficult to acquire, and that he knows
of only one European who has a
tered it sufficiently to understand it,
though he can speak very little. 1t APP.
pears to be composed of short Words
which, in the rapid manner OF speaking,
seem to be run together, and each sem.
tence to consist Of a longer or shorter
composed word. 1t is capable of strong.
emphasis, and is quite expressive, but
the natives are not given to ge~sticula-,
ton even when talking %excitedly, ex-,
cepting always the feticharo or fetch
man when dealing out damnation to-
transgressors. The trouble in acquir-..
ing the language seems to be the gen
eral unwillingness of the natives to.
teach it to white men. 1t is said, how
ever, that some of the Portuguese who
are born and raised there have aor
quired the language, and speak it as
huently as natives.-N. z. San.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-01
HOTELS.
An Americans Experience In the Hostelrle,
of France, Italy M Spain.

An Americans Experience in the HOstelrles
of France, Italy and Spain.
The dining-room and kitchen in Italy
and Spain are based or those of France
with some differences. There is the chef,
the gorcons and the style of service
all nearly the same. 1t may be well to
give the style of dinner served every
day in some thousands of hotels in
France-in fact, in all the hotels of the
country, except the best in Paris, Bor-
dcaux, Lyons, Marseillcs and a few
other of the larger cities. A few spoon
fuls of colored liquid are first placed IL
the bottom of your plate, which make
on the retina the faint spectrum of a
soup. You are next given a small
piece of fish, whose presence a be de-
tccted by the aid of a powerful micro
scope. An entrce follows scarcely more
patent to the vision, and then a roast
cut into thin slices, which the waiter
offers, trembling with anxiety, lest the
furnished guests should be tempted
to take two instead of one. With
the roast there is, of course, a
salad, and aftcrward a vege-
table, served with the same economy.
The meal ends with some kind of
sweet, perhaps a boiled custard,
called ''cream'' in the bill of fare,
a spoonful or two of which is placed
in the middle of the plate of each
guest. When the cheese is offered it
is grecdily snatchcd away, lest it should
be too freely. partakcn of, and with
a little fruit, never found good on o
hotel table in Europe, except the very
best, the repast is ended. Coffee is
not served; it would spoil the busi-
ness of the cafes, where the guests of all
the hotels and restaurants congregato
after dinner to take their coffee and dis
cuss the news. Coffee is the one
thing in France and Italy that is al
most always good. The meats are not
always to be commended. An excel
lent becfstcak may sometimes be had,
and excellent fowls in large cities, but
rarely in the country. But everything
about the hotel table in France
suggests constantly the idea that you
are in a country where provisions
are scarce and dear, and where,
off the great lines of travel, a
hotel expects to make a good living out
of half a dozen guests. Economy is.ob-
served IN Italy, but the dinner at the
table d'hote is on a slightly more liberal
scale. In Spain provisions are cheaper,
and the hotel table is properly served,
the quality being quite as good as in
France, the table wines much better and
the prices lower. Butter is not put on
the table either in France or Italy. If
the guest wants it he must ask for it. In
Spain it is always served in abundance,
tasting slightly of oil, in little white
round shavings that resemble the curls
about the forehead of Il handsome dow
ager. In the south of Italy the same
oily taste may be remarked in the but
ter, while in Lombardy and Piedmont,
nor particularly at the hotels of Milan
and Turin, the butter is as good as car
be found anywhere in the world. 1t is
unsalted, but salt is furnished the guest
to use with it if he desircs.-Cor. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-01
AUSTRALIAN ~AReoNAuTs.

The Degrading Orgies When the Rich Vel
low Was in Every Mans Pockets.
give digged for gold, and I've found
gold wherever gold was to be digged for
and found" o%bstinately remarked an
old Australian, in reply to some observa-
tons just made by a Californian gold
miner. 1--WE digged in California as
hard as you have, and I've digged, for
my pains, in Ireland, when a fellow
sailed a hole in Galway and raised a
company to pillow up the gold that he
had sowed. But there was more gold,
and redder gold, and maybe better gold
in Australia in 1852 than there has been
in any other part of the world before or
since. And there was more fun gettin'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-01
An American lady in Paris, decla

AN American lady in Paris, declar-
ing in company that she never would
return home, and finding herself OPP
posed, turned to the late William Henry
Huntington, who was present, and asked
him if he thought he would cver wish to
come back to this country. "Well,"
said he, 'safter you have lived here three
or four years there will come to you q
great rush Of remembrance of old friends
and places, and a great desire to see them
once more. And then-then you will
be so glad to think that you axe to sail
next week!"-C Chicago Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-01

Corn Meal Cruel: Mix three table,
spoonfuls Of corr meal with a little cold
water and stir it into a quart of boiling
water with a tcaspoonful Of salt. Boil
one hour, strain and serve.-Baptst
WeekIv. y,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-01

AV ! VAOSC WIN "O1CO 0l1u uCs
served the greatest monument-Lord
Claverhouse and his burly soldiers, or
John Brown, the Edinburgh carrier, and
his wife? Mr.. Atkins, the prosecuted min
lister of Jesus Christ in Scotland, was
secreted by John Brown and his wife, and
Claverhouse rode up one day with his armed
men, and shouted in front of the house.
John Browns little girl came out. He said
to her: "Wen, Miss, is Mr.. Atkins here?"
She made no answer, for she could not be-
tray the minister of the gospel. "Ha!"
Claverhouse said, "then you are a chip of
the old block, are you? have something
in my pocket for you. It is a nosegay.
Some people call it a thumbscrew, but l
call it a nosegay." And he got off his
horse and he put it on the little girls hand,
and began to turn it until the bones
cracked, and she cried. He said: "Don't
cry! Don't cry! Don't cry! This is not a
thumbscrew, this is a nosegay. And they
heard the child's cry, and the father
and mother came out, and Claver-
house said: "Ha! It seems that you three
have laid your holy heads together deter
mined to die, like all the rest of your hypo-
critical, canting, snivelling crew. Rather
than give up good Mr.. Atkins, pious Mr..
Atkins, you would die. have a telescope
with me that will improve your v%ision,"
and he pulled out a pistol. "Now," he
said," you old pragmatical, lest you should
catch cold in this cold morning of Scot
land, and for the honor and safety of the
King, to say nothing of the glory of God
and the good of our souls, I will proceed
simply, and in tbs aoatest and most expe-
ditious tanner, to blow you, brains out"
John Brown fell upon his Inees and began
to pray. .Ah." said @%averhouse, ''look