Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-06-15
MISSING LINKS.

05l, all farmers.
Ex-Secretary Kirkwood, who has re-
tired from politics, is living at Iowa
City, where he owns q bank.
In leyeling a hill in East Los Angeles,
CAL, lately for the residence of Baron
Roquiah the W0rkmen uncovered a two.
foot edge of gold-bearing quartz. assay
ing $S at the surface.
Some Indian arrow-heads were lately
shown at the Societe d'AnthropOlogie
which were poisoned with curare over
century ago. but still retained thei
deadly power. Small animals scratched
with them died in half an hour.
George H. Palmer, 4 Philadelphia
baker. has buried six children and
married third wife within a year.
The bridegroom, his son, and Journey
man baker were all sick the day OF the
wedding; but Mr. Palmer managed to
pull himself together sufficiently to 90
through with the ceremony.
The food Of Burmese peasants includes
almost all kinds Of reptiles, the grub OF
ball-rolling beetle. kind Of ant which
constructs nests of leaves i'm treetops
(eaten in curries), and Hill rats. The
last named exist in such hordes that
their consumption is almost a necessity
to prevent the rats from eating the
Burmese,
Charles NJ. O'Connor, First-Lieuten-
ant of the Eighth Infantry, is the Poo
Bah of the United States army. He is
on duty ut Fort Brown, Tex. where he
serves in the multifarious roles If Post
Adjutant Post Treasurer, Post Range
Officer. Acting Signal Officer, Recruit
ing Officer, and Superintendent Of the
Post Schools.
Mrs. Lily Macallister Laughton, Re-
gent of the Mount Vernon Association,
is asserted to have ''the smallest and
most perfectly formed foot in America. y
She once gave one of her slippers to a
charitable fair, where it was raffied for
The lucky number was secured bv
Bishop Potters son Frank, who used
his prize as a watch-case
A curious old coin was found near the
lime kiln on North Main street, Cham
bersburg, Pm. It has the inscription:
'In commemoration Of the extinction of
Colonial slavery throughout the British
dominions in the reign Of William w."
slave with his shackles broken, and the
words: This is the Lords doing, 1884. /"
Mr.. Blaine, while addressing 4 re-
union of Maine Legislators lately, de.
plored the change from annual to bien-
NAL elections and sessions of the legisla.
lures, saying, "People must govern
themselves, or somebody will soon gov
ern them, and there is no way to keep
popular government fresh, strong, and
effective like frequent and well-contested
elections. +"
NJ de Lesseps, who is about to leave
Paris for Panama, said In an interview
with the Gdulois concerning the 18th
mus Canal: Il do not anticipate any
future obstacles. The period Of expert.
ment is passed, and only that of execu-
ton remains. Every one of the con-
tractors viii have his work finished the
Slst of December, 1888. / shall sail
through the canal that day."
A ST. Paul, MINI. dog watches the
trough directly under the ice chest
where the beer kegs are placed, and
when the trough becomes filed with the
beer he win lap it up. He refuses
water, and drinks beer morning, noon
and night. After drinking heavily he
will 60 to sleep, and the first thought
on waking up seems to be Of beer, as he
goes directly to the trough and satisfies
his thirst.
Lord Brougham. who has just passed
away at the age Of ninety odd, is not
the first non0genarian Of his family
His elder brother, Henry, the versatile
lord chancellor, was just 80 when he
died, and their mother lived not only to
see her son seated on the woolsack, bu
10 enter on, If not to complete. her Goth
year. She enjoyed all her faculties to
the last, and wrote an excellent hand to
the year Of her death, as is shown by a
letter addressed to her son Henry. It is
not often that three members OF one
family i've jointly 270 years
A Frenchman has invented 4 gal
yano-pIastic process which, he thinks,
viii preserve the human body indefi-
nitelY BY inclosing it in an air-tight
coat of mail The body Is first covered
with conducting substance, such as
plumbago, or il is bathed with solu-
ton Of nitrate Of silver, which, after de-
composition under the influence Of sun
light leaves finely divided deposit "a
metallic silver. It Ii then placed in
bath Of sulphate Of copper and con-
nected with several wires from 3 bat.
terry. The result il that the body IA I'M
cased ID skin Of copper. which pre-
vents further change or chemical action
wasn't that Nr. Talkaway to whom
you introduced me this morning 81 old