Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-14
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Indian skeletons are being dug up
near Talladega, Ala, in large numbers.
A line of steamers is to be put on be-
tween San Diego, Cal, and Mexican
ports.
The abandoned soft coal mines in
North Carolina are to be reopened and
worked extensively.
The capital of the Third National
Bank, of Cincinnati, $1,000. 900, is most
ly owned by women.
Senator Hoar's weird description OF
Senator Evarts in debate is "a harp
swept by the winds of rhetoric.
A pocket Of gold ore was recently
struck in Sultan Mountain, Colorado,
that assayed $4,000 per ton.
A mad dog bit doctor recently and
died Immediately. This dispenser of
pills must have been even more deadly
than the average doctor.
A young man who was admitted to
the Poughkecpsie bar three years ago
has just secured his first case. He has
sued his washer-woman, who won't re-
turn his linen because he owed an old
bill
An invention, consisting in the COM
bination of some light giving substance
with printing ink, SO rs to produce a
luminous impression, is reported from
Turin. A new daily paper will be print
ed there in this manner
A cement very much used at the pres
ent day in China and japan is made
from rice. Il is only necessary to mix
rice flour intimately with water and
gently simmer the mixture over clear
fire, when it readily forms a delicate
and durable cement
From an examination of several skulls
found in North and South America and
believed to have belonged to inhabitants
living before the glacial period, DR.
holman concludes that the races of
that ancient epoch are those of to-day,
the same cranial and facial forms be-
ing found, in spite of lapse of time and
change of environment.
The Boston correspondent of the
Springfield Republican says that talk
about statue TO Wendell Phillips is re-
newed now that Mrs. Phillips has pass
ed away, and it is understood that her
objection to such memorial was not
deep-seated. 1t is possible that before
long an effort will be made to start sub
scriptions for fund.
The other day farmer sent to the
Government Redemption Office a box
of burnt paper, saying it was $40, 200,
which he wanted repaid him. The
charred paper was all tumbled together,
aV4f a.sk Il
nothing but common writing paper in
which few S2 bills had been burned
and mixed.
Photography. it is claimed, is to be
still further advanced By the use of the
air brush. In this device little holder
is charged with India ink, and, by q
bellows operated with foot pedal after
the manner OF sewing machine, the
fluid is blown upon family outlined
portrait, the result giving picture
superior in many respects to the best
crayOn drawing-the whole operation
involving also only few hours time.
The first light ever hoisted over the
Capitol at Washington. in 1847, was a
lantern on a mast towering about one
hundred and fifty feet above the dome.
The mast was secured BY heavy iron
braces. The lantern was surmounted by a
ball and weather vane. With the glass in
the lantern it weighed about eight hund-
red pounds It contained large burners,
and when lighted it Illuminated not
only the entire Capitol grounds, but all
the higher portions of the city.
FerrOid is the name of new material
for pipe joints that has made a some
what remarkable record Joints made
with i have resisted water pressure of
from 30 to 200 pounds per square inch,
and steam pressure Of Is pounds. 1t
has q tensile strength Of from $50 to l.
200 pounds, requiring a force Of 1000
pounds TO crush it. It is easily melted
and easily handled, flowing in the mol
ten state like water. It's spe[fc gravity
Is 2. z, being one-third as heavy as iron,
and it successfully resists the attacks Of
air, water, and earth.
It is said that pure negro never died
Of phthisis before the war; now deaths
from phthisis among the blacks IS four
times as great as among the whites.
concerning which DR.. Upton, Of Selma,
Ala. says: This change has come. in
my opinion, as the result Of the violent
striking Of the shackles from the hands
Of q people who for generations had
lived as slaves; the sudden lifting oi
al restraint, the violent swing Of the
pendulum from simple life Of toll and
bondage to one of liberty, license and
al that inevitable brood Of disasters
that follow surely and swiftly upon the
heels Of outraged and violated natural
laws 2
4 Mormon Elder has m advantage
over bis Anarchist comrade IN one re-
speck lie has more beds ID Get under