Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-08-28
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ca 11u.UOOsUUO feet OF lumber from Ore
gon mills.
Japan has just had built in England
two of the fastest and most formidable
cruisers afloat.
Fanny Kemble once said it took q
twenty-mile walk every day to keep
down the devil that possessed her.
A New York woman Of social dis
tinction has offered to pay an author II
ne viii make her the heroine of d novel.
A second Lime Kiln Club has been
been organized at WeIaka, Fla, and
the colored brethren have held forth on
the question: (Which has de swussest'
defect on the public-de man getting
de best Of de woman in q quarrel or de
woman getting de best of de manp''
The art Of distillation is said TO have
originated among the inhabitants Of
northern Europe. 1t was introduced
into Spain by the Moors about 1850. Its
use was early abused, and in the reign
Of George II. of England duty of 20s
. gallon was imposed on all ardent
spirits.
An exchange argues that distilling
alcohol can not be 50 very bad, since Il
has been the custom Of all nations from
the earliest recorded time. Tho writer
has Il good case, but while he is about
It he should have said good word for
sin, which dates back to the first man.
Boston Transcript
The catalogue Of the Maine Wesleyan
Seminary and Female College at Kent's
Hill shows thirty-one students in the
college course, fifty-three in the college
preparatory and classical courses, 207
in the seminary scientific course, 141 in
the conservatory of music and thirty
eight in the art department.
A Newburg. N. Y, wagonmaker.
whose house is infested with rats, rugged
up in bis cellar a navy revolver in such
o way that any rat tampering with the
bait on the spring with which the re-
volver was connected would be shot.
The apparatus worked like a charm,
and in a few hours slaughtered his pet
cat
Negroes who believe In witchcraft
are taught to think that If they inform
on any one who practices it their fingers
and toes will drop off and they will pine
away and die. A number of witnesses
who were compelled to testify against a
native wizard in Trinidad became iii
through fright and several actually
died.
Meteorologists, it Is said, have found
there can be no thunder and lightning
without rain. When thunder Is heard
beneath clear sky, the report must
either come from distant clouds or be
the result Of some other cause than 4
discharge Of electEicity. Harvest or
heat lightning is produced by distant
storm.
An insect s'never before seen by orange
growers has appeared In Florida. The
newcomer is very small, and is found
under the leaf, which il saps SO quickly
that il (the leaf turns yellow in a few
days and within q week falls. Some OF
the groves are badly infested with them.
but It Is believed that they will not stay
long and the damage done will be
small.
A Well-knOwn minister was sent south
from New Jersey q few years ago to
labor among the colorcd people. They
received him with many demonstra-
tons of Joy, and at the first meeting
ne held one cOl0red preacher prayed for
him with great earnestness thus: .-Oh,
Lord! bress dis yer dear brudder what's
come down from the n0rf to preach de
gospil to us. 'Noint him wild the kero-
sine lie Of salvashin, and set him on
fire. y
A novel flower has been found on the
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