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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-09

to be formed, to conduct tho Fair,
he still thought those present ought
to be putin possession Of certain facts
bearing on the location OF the Fair,
which were and would continue TO
be OF Importance and interest, as
they would indicate mode in which
our Fair could be made a great sue
cess, with the outlay OF very little
money. Those present would have
to be largely relied on in the future
as in the past to organize and con-
duct the Fair. The first and the
great practical questions are: How
much will it cost to get up . perma-
nent and successful County Fair
and what is the best location for it.
Mr.. Randall then addressed himself
to these questions.
He read from letters received from
six different counties of the State as
to the cost Of the Fair grounds and
improvements in those counties re-
spectively aud the debts that the
Fair Associations are now carry
ing.
The least amount that has been
expended in any of these counties
has been sy the Baltimore County
Fair Association at its Timonlum
grounds. That amount was over
SIS, 900, and the buildings are OF a
very fiimsy and temporary charac-
ter, as the Secretary of that associa-
ton himself writes. Upon the Fred
erick County Fair grounds and
improvements have been expended
over $50, None of the other
four counties heard from have ex-
pended less than $4,000 on their
fair grounds, and every one Of these
is in debt, some of them to the ex-
tent of over $4,000.
Now. asked Mr.. Randall, is it
possible, at present. in the condition
of affairs which prevails in this coun-
| ty, to raise any such sum OF money
as the least Of these /? We all know
under what load of debt the people
of this county are struggling; We all
recognize the fact that many OF our
best farmers are going behind hand
more aud more from year to year;
we see prices of farm produce lower
than for many, many years, and
very little prospect of improve
ment What then are we to do |!
Must we abandon the Fair altogeth
er as being impracticable? just
here comes in the suggestion made
by the Local Improvement Associa-
ton Of Annapolis. that the Fair
should be held AZ Bay Ridge. And
why at Bay Ridge rather than at
West River, or at Annapolis, or at
Davidsonville, or at Brooklyn p
The residents in those communities
would, for their own special, not to
say selfish, interests, be willing, no
doubt, to have the Fair located just
where it would bring the greatest
number of pennies into their own
private pockets, but that is not the
point in which the county at large
is most interested in this connection.
The answer to suggestions coming
from any of these towns or villages
in the county should be the same,
namely at is impossible at pres
ent to raise the amount of money
required to purchase fair grounds in
your Immediate vicinity and make
the necessary improvements, even if
any of your suggested sites were the
best adapted for the purpose, which
we think they are not" Mr.. Ran.
dali then read the proposition re-
ceiyed from the Bay Ridge Com
pany, which we will give IN our next
issue with the subsequent proceed
ings.
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MEETING OF the COUNTY GRANGE

MEETING OF THE COUNTY GRANGE
MIR. Randall Addresses a. on the Subject Of
the County Fair and Bay Ridge.
A meeting Of the County Grange
was held at Mt. Zion on Wednesday,
June 9th, at which the subject OF
the County Fair was discussed
The financial result of the last few
county fairs held on West River had
been SO discouraging that it WAS de-
termined by the Grange not to as
sumo any pecuniary responsibility
hereafter for the County Fair. A
resolution to that affect was adopted
by the Grange at its closed business
meeting in the forenoon. In the af-
tcrnoon public meeting was held
in the Grange Hall and Mr.. }. Writ
Randall, of Annapolis, who was
present, raas invited to address it.
Mr.. Randall stated that he was
there as representative of the To-
cal improvement Association of An
napolis, to present and explain GER
tain resolutions in regard to the
County Fair, which had been adopt
ed by that Association, recommends
ing that the Fair be held hereafter
at Bay Ridge. Mr.. Randall made
brief statement of the history and
objects of the improvement Asso-
citation and of the work accomplish
ed by it in improving Annapolis and
its neighborhood. He said that
over q year ago be had inquired Of
the Bay Ridge Company whether it
would be willing to allow the Coun.
ty Fair to be held on its grounds
and had received so favorable re-
plythat the subject had been recently
brought before the Local Improve
ment Association and carefully
investigated. AS chairman of the
commute having special charge of
that matter he had corresponded
with the Bay Ridge Company, with
the A. w. s b. r. R Company,
with the Il. & O. II. r. Company
and with the secretaries of some
seven or eight of the different coun-
ty fair associations of the State, or
with prominent gentlemen IN the
different counties interested in such
matters, and the result had been of
considerable value and interest as
bearing upon the subject of our own
County Fair.
He said that every one in the
county ought to take an interest in
the Fair as the benefits derived from
such exhibitions by the various
counties, in which they had been
held for number Of years, were very
marked and unquestionable. In
our own county every one conceded
the great credit that was due to the
ladies and gentlemen of the FIRST and
eighth districts and to the County |
Grange for the Fairs, which had
been heretofore held on West River.
The first question to be considered
now was, is it desirable to have any |
change? That question. he under
stood, bad been answered in the /
affirmative already by the Grange. |
1t had been determined that very /
day that the Grange would nolongcr
be responsible for the Fair and the
reason gwen was that it had not
proved success, financially speak
ing, in lis present location Fur
thermore, he had been assured by
many of those now present, who had
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A sound body and a contented mind
are necessary to perfect happiness. Ii
you wish to possess these. cleanse your
blood with Ayers Sarsaparilla. II lis per
fectly safe to take. and Is q thoroughly
reliable, highly concentrated, and pow
erful blood purifier.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-09

Painting. Granting. Kalsonining and
Paper Hanging. in all its Branches done
in the most artistic manner and satisfac-
ton guaranteed by Enc HURON, the
painfer. &c. No. Francis street
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5000 REWARD.

We viii pay the above reward for any ~
Of liver complaint, dyspel sia, sick he sos'Sr
Indigestion. constitution or costiyeneoS pis
cannot cure with Vests Vel ctable Liver Jsdl
when the directions are strictly c9m nes
with. They are pnreiy vegetable. ana I ns
fail to give satisfaction Large oxes c9L nor5
ing 30 sugar coated pills. &c. Beware OF 0s
featured only. by JOHN G. WEST y VI T.
w. Madison St. Chicago. Ill. Sold ~ . AZ.
HODGES a Co., Druggist. A8 Main Sueess
napoI1a. Md ~
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PROPOSALS
-FoR-
FRESH BEEF, ICE, &c. :

MAY 10, 1883.
0EALED PROPOSALS, severally en-
~ dorsed PROPOSALS. FOR FRESH
BEEF, AND VEGETABLES" FRESH
BREAD" or ICE" will be received,
from regular dealers only, at the Bureau
of Provisions and Clothing, Navy Depart
ment, Washington, ID. c., until II o'clock
M. June 10, 1888, and opened immediate
~ thereafter in the presence of bidders.
for the supply, at the Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Maryland, of the following ar
ticles, viz 10, 200 pounds fresh beef. veg
etables and bread (eacb), and 134, 900
pounds ice, as may be required from day
to day by the Superintendent. The right
is reserved to order of either article at
contract price, if needs of service require
not exceeding 80 per cent. more than
above amounts, or not to order the full
quantities above specified should the SER
vice not need them. Offers will be re-
ceived for one.or more of the above men-
toned articles, but must include the full
amount required of such article or arti-
Giles. Tie bids decided by lot. The above
articles must conform to the Navy stand
ard and pass the usual naval inspection.
and reservation OF 20 per cent. will be
withheld from the amount of each de-
livery until The completion Of the con-
tract. Bidders are referred to the Su
perintendent, Naval Academy, Annapo-
lis. Maryland. for specifications, forms of
offer, and all information relative to the
articles required. The proposals must
be made in dup icate on the proper blank
forms and filed out as indicated BIZ the
blank The Department reserves the
right 10 reject any proposal not consider
ed advantageous to the Government.
JAMES FULTON,
Pdymdster General U. s. Nary
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sAI1!' IN AISTS.
llaTS, CAPS. &c.

! lolslnds upon thou
sa lis of Shirt Waists, in
French and American Per-
cal $. Fancy Flannels, &C.,
newest effects, prices from
Ia to So. SO.
Our Juvenile department
dis j S a gorgeous assert
II It OF cllildrcn's Hats and
{ Fps for dress and everyday.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-08-08
CACCUTA'S JACkAl

They Fill Special Place In the Sanitary
Economy of the City of Palaces.
Kind friends had warned us, Mr..
Bamford writes in ''Turbans and
Tails" ere we retired to sleep the first
night in Calcutta not to suppose that
there was any thing the matter if we
should hear the cry of the jackals
But for that warning do not know
what our feelings would have been
when, awakened from our sleep by
them, we heard a pack pass close to
the house. It seemed to us as though
the conscience of the whole city had
unbarred the portals of hell and put a
trumpet in tho hand of every liberated
fiend- had presumptuously imagined
that familiarity with the concerts of
London cats would enable me to sleep
through the jackals efforts. But,
though the cat has undeniable
power, he can never hope to reach
the top notes of the jack
al. This latter, indeed, lacks the con-
versational variety of the more do
nestle animal. He confines himself
mainly to one tune, which begins in a
semi-apologetic low note, then ascends
a little, still with a suspicion of apollo
gy and explanation that he did not
mean to make quite so much noise SSt
could not help it; and then the flood
gates are open, and, seeming to say that
he does not care, he yells with ecstatic
abandon. Terrible as wandering
voice" Of the night, the jackal appears
q poor creature should he be come
upon in his own proper person by day.
True, his teeth are to be respected, but
that is because, like all carrion feed
ers, his bite is more or less poisonous.
He is himself q sneaking coward, use
ful, however, beyond description. No
system Of drainage will enable CAL
cutta to dispense with it's natural scav-
engers, and of these the jackal is
among the most efficient. Peering
into dark corners, and with nose
keen to scent out what has escaped
even the crows bright eye, little as
that seems to miss, he fills special
place in the sanitary economy of the
city of palaces
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-08-08
LIVING ON ToADsTooLs.
NV Are Excellent, Provided You0ot the
Is, RiRht Kind. -

4 p Il Fl 4
nv Are Excellent, Provided Youaet the
Right Kind. IS
10 edible varieties are numerous.
The writer has eaten enjoyably Of over
one hundred, and confidently expects
to add many more to the list. The
late DR.. Curtis, of North Carolina, cata-
logues 112 edible kinds found by him
in that State. Every day mycopha-
gists are adding to their cuisine spe-
cies not heretofore tested to the safety
point In eating and even those which
have long borne q bad reputation.
The mycophagist selected from wood
or field a specimen of toadstool which
by its external appearance extends an
invitation to try it. Hard, dry, leath-
cry, fetid. Shiny or decomposing ones
are left rightly alone-as they should
be. Carefully removing the fungus
from it's habitations, and after noting
its botanical characteristics, q small
piece is tasted raw; If it is nauseous it
is thrown away and branded as non
edible; If it Is bot, acrid or bitter, a
small piece is cooked without season
ing; If it retains any disagreeable
qualities over the Goals it is branded in
like manner; if it loses them all, larger
pieces are cooked and eaten until the
kind either give signs of noxious quail
tiles or proves to be harmless. If the
specimen is mild and pleasant to the
taste "a small piece) both raw and
cooked, the same care is observed un-
til full meal is eaten; and it is very
necessary that it should be; for in one
family of gill-bearing toadstools-the
amanita-no sign either cooled or raw
il given OF it's deadly properties. This
is the only family to which deaths have
been traced; and the botanical charac-
teristics of it's members must be thor
oughly mastered. There is no other
method of testing that is safe. Charms
of salt and silver are as useless as the
rOmances of the fOrtune-teller, and
even worse; for, if believed in, they
inspire confidence that leads directly
to serious results. 3D..
Many persons may experience UNI
pleasant, effects from eating toadstools
because of rich cooking or indigestion,
which are not caused by inherent
Injurious properties in the toadstool.
''What is one mans meat is another
mans poison is a proverb as tue of
toadstools as any thing else. There
are many varieties not friendly
to delicate stomachs. The effects of
these kinds are experienced almost i'm
mediately after eating and yield
promptly to simple treatment; but the
poison of the amanita does not manifest
itself for from eight to twelve hours
after indigestion, and by this pecu-
liarity announces itself. In this event
send for physician at once. One
eightieth to one-sixtieth of a grain of
atropine administered at a dose sub
cutaneously until the poison is counter
acted is an antidote. - Lippimcott's
- = - =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-08-08
CHEERFUL HUSBANDS.
How Men Can Tighten tho Household
Life for Their Wives.

How Men Can Tighten tho Household
Life for Their Wives.
Very much has been said about the
obligation of wives, in regard to wear
ing perpetual smiles, but it seems as il
our literary talents have never onca
thought it worth while for the imam
O. the house, occasionally to don a
smile when at home in his own family
circle.
It certainly is just as essential to
domestic happiness for man to be
sunny and good-tempered as it is for
the woman.
We often doubt whether tho male
head of a family really appreciates
the opportunity he has for ditfusing
sunshine at home, or comprehends
how much of gloom he can bring into
the family circle by entering it's sacred
precincts with frown on his counte-
nance. The wife and mother is
within four walls from morning
till night, with but few exceptions;
and must bear the worriment of fretful
children, inefficient servants, weak
nerves and many other perplexities;
and She must do this, day after day,
while the husband goes out from these
petty details of home care, has the
benefit of the pure, fresh air, meets
with friends, has social, good time,
which altogether acts as charm upon
the physical man, and, VI he does as he
should, he will come home cheerful
and buoyant, and thereby tighten the
household life for his wife, and drive
dull care and gloom from her care
worn brow. Some men can be all
smiles away from home, but at home
they are as cross as bears; and yet we
hear it said, on every side: wives,
meet your husbands with q smile. -
aunt lane, IN Homestead.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-08-08
PROTECTING HIMSELF,

Educational Intelligeneefrom the Country
of the Crackers.
A school commissioner called at the
house of Georgia farmer and asked
him if he intended to send his children
70 school.
II mout send the gals" the farmer
replied, ''but that'll be about ALL"
care you so busy that you can not
send the boys2"
mo, amt so mighty busy"
"Then why don't you send the
boyse"'
'Wall. I've got my reasons"
Don't you think that education
would do them good?"
''Yas, it mout."
lis it, then, because you can not
clothe them properlyP'
mo, fur I reckon they've got about
81 good WARM -duds ez any chillun in
the community. .s... ..>
'Then why don't you send them"
"Wall, tell you. Some time ago
SUN my SOu O1lA I'll VOL SCIOO1. x10
went away with the biggest sort Nv
respeck fur his daddy; fur I could out
knock him and fling him down ez fast
o. he could git up. Wall, sub, he
stayed at school awhile, learned a new
lot NV tricks, come home, out-knocked
me an flung me agin the ground SO
hard that he knocked my hip outen
Tint. After this he driv me around
putty much ez he pleased, without no
respeck fur me at all. Eff he hadenter
went to that school he would have
been kind an 'fectionate, but he went
thar, ez I toll you, an that settled 1t,
an let me tell you, when boy in this
here, neighborhood gifts SO he ken
whup his daddy, wy that household
has dun lost it's holt. No, mister,
you may take my gals an learn 'em all
you please, but I'd leetle ruther Icy
boys would stay away. Bill address
ing one of his sons), come out here
and I'll fling you down fur a Quarter. "
-ArkansaW Traveller. .-.. 49,. ... f..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-08-08
SINGULAR TENDERNESS.
How Mr.. Corliss Protected q Robin and
Her Helpless Brood.

How Mr.. Corliss Protected q Robin and
Her Helpless Brood.
Mr.. Corliss (the famous engine
builder of Providence), not long before
his death, had occasion to build an
addition to his manufactory-a big
49," for additional machinery. To
prepare the foundation for this l., it
was necessary to remove a ledge of
rock by blasting. The men to do the
work on the addition had been en-
ployed and put on the payroll; the
materials had been purchased and
brought to the building, and the work
of blasting had begun. The next
morning Mr.. Corliss passed by the
place where work was proceeding,
when the foreman in charge, knowing
his interest in pretty things, called
him.
''See here, Mr.. Corliss," said he,
''here's birds nest that we've found,
and thu is got to CO.,
. He showed the manufacturer q robin
sitting upon nest that had been built,
fast and snug, in a crevice of the rock,
among some bushes that grew there.
The bird few off her nest as the men
came near. and showed five blue !eggs
that looked as if they had just been
laid.
"Can we move that nest somewhere
else?" asked Mr.. Corliss.
"I'm afraid not, sir. We'd tear it
to pieces getting it out, and it isn't at
all likely that you could get the bird
to go to sitting again anywhere else.
We've got to go on, so we may as we'll
rip it out and throw the eggs away"
"No," said Corliss, 1--WE won't dis
turb her. Let her bring out her brood
right there"
.'But we'll have to stop the work on
the building"
LET it stop, then"
And. so orders were given that
operations on the addition should be
suspended. They were suspended;
and the hands stood still, drawing their
pay for doing nothing, or next to moth
ing, while the robin. sat on, her nest
with her air of great consequence and
Jealous attention to business, and had
her food brought by her mate, and at
last Matched her brood. And then
there were three weeks more to go by,
at the least, before the young, ones
could fly. Corliss visited the nest
frequently, not with aEy uneasiness or
impatiepce to have the robin and the
young ones out Of the way, but with a
genuine interest in their growth. The
old birds had all the time they wanted;
and when at. last they had sternly
helped the clumsy, reluctant young
sters over the edge of the nest, and
they showed themselves able to get
about on their own hook, orders were
given to resume the building opera
tiOns; and the dull boom of the gun
powder tearing the rocks apart was
heard where the birds had peeped. ~
Boston. transcript.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-08-08
A WONDERFUL MULE,
Though Made of Brass He IL Supposed to
Cure Every Disease.

Though Made of Brass He Ia Supposed to
Cure Every Disease.
A friend, recently returned from Pc
kin, tells us that he saw q method of
cure which may be new to some of our
readers. In a temple outside one of
the city gates is to be found brass
mule of life size supposed to have
wonderful healing properties. Patients
suffering from every imaginable dis
ease seek this temple to obtain cure.
The method pursued is as follows:
Surprising you suffer from sciatica,
you go with all speed to this famous
temple, and having discovered the par
ticular part of the brass mule corre-
spending to the painful region of your
own body, you first rub the animal q
certain number of times, and then with
the same hand shampoo your own dis
abled member, and then-well, then
the pain goes. The special feature of
this method of cure is its delightful
simplicity. Is your tooth aching?-
Just scrub the mules teeth and AFTER
"dIu yOuI OWAS oAu OVst~s WIG OuAo ID
complete. Have you an ulcer of the
cornea? pass the tips of your fingers to
and fro over the particular eyeball of
the mule, and then, with well-regulated
pressure, rub repeatedly the afflicted
eye. But we are forgetting; the mule
has unhappily lost his sight during the
many years he has been engaged in his
benevolent work-the eyeballs, we arc
told, having been gradually worn
away as the result of constant friction,
until now you have only the empty Or
bits to operate upon. Yet don't be dis
tressed, dear reader, the success is
guaranteed to be as real as it was for
merly. Is the cure always certain?
some would-be applicant may inquire.
Well, the temple is covered with laud.
atory tablets in honor of the mule.
Isn't this testimony enoughp and If
you want more the animal Is patched
in all directions with fresh pieces of
brass, put on to cover holes produced
by. the constant friction of eager pa
tients; and new perfectly whole mule
stands ready at hand, awaiting the
day when his old colleague, having
fallen to piecies, shall give him an
opportunity of likewise benefitting
posterity. - China Medical Missionary
Journal. z> ..5@
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-08-08
BUSINESS CARDS.

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essAsats Of Neon College, Montreal, lass ~.
DasAat 0urgeon n xontroal 0onoral Hospltal
e1es over tlsmnsr . fools's drug store. oallo
ssssndsd day and nieAl