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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-07-10
Items of Interest.

Number Of fires from natur-
al gas in 1887, 50.
The public debt was reduced
during May 81, 618, sos. SO.
Washington Territory has
100, 900 acres of coal lands.
The socialists in Germany are
in a condition of great un-
rest.
The coal production of West
Virginia for 1887 was $4,000, 600
tons.
In 1884 the Suez Canal earned
$13, 900, 900 at a charge of $2.05
per ton.
Washington Territory COM
prises 68,994 miles, $4,000, 900
acres are tillable.
The Nebraska and Western
Railroad has been incorporated,
with capital stock of $4,000!
900.
There are % crematories in Eu.
rope, in which over ], 400 incin-
erations have taken place dur
ing the past year.
Robert Bonner is an Irishman,
Joseph Pulitzer is a Hungarian,
and Whitelaw Reid is a native
of the Buckeye State.
In London 10000 men earn
their living at carpenter work,
1900 in Paris and 1900 in Ber-
lin. Hours in London are 523
per week.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-07-10
HEALTH is WEALTH !!

DIR. Il. G. Vests Nerve and Brain Treat
mcnt, q guaranteed specific for Hysteria.
Dizziness, Commissions. Fits. Nervous Neural
gta. Headache, Nervous Prostitution caused by
the use of alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness
Mental Depression, Softness of the Brain re-
sulting in insanity and leading to misery. de-
cay and death. Premature Old Age, Barren
ness. Loss of rower in either sex. Involuntary
Losses and Spermat0rrhoea caused by over
exertiOn Of the brain. self-abuse or over in
diligence. Each box contains one months
statement $1-06 box, or six boxes for $500
rent by mail prepaid on receipt of price.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received
by US for six boxes, accompanied with $500,
we will send the purchaser our written guar
antee to refund the money If the treatment
does not effect q cure. Guarantees issued only
by j. W. HODGES & Co., Druggists Sole
Agents. As Main Street. Annapolis Nd. SAY
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-07-10
grxs .llsr.s 9siS..
B. & 0. RAILROAD
scHrpULr IN ESrRcr DEC. 4. 1856
TBK MoD4L FAsT LINK EAST AND WEST
DoUBLE TRAoKi JASKxY CouPr.ER.
leave Ca1asen Nsntaons

For ANNAPOLIS. 80 400 A. NJ. 1915 land
40 and GAO p ri On sunday. s.tlS s.. a. ard
800 p m.
washington. s. 10, $50 and a05 a. M, 12.lh. 500.
500 $50 and 90 D. m. On Sunday, ESQ and
eos a. M l.3S. 800. $50 and IL p. m.
Trains leave Washington for Baltimore. 500.
ESQ GAO. 730 $50. $50 a. M, 12.l0 2.35. S.15.
$50 40. 40, aS0. 555 AS. 80 S35, ii 80 p. m
Sunday. $50 7.30 $50 $50 a. m. l.S0 as $50
40 $50 55S 6.45 SIS 11.3O p. m.
From Annapolis, $40 S37 l2.05 a, no. $50 60
p. m. Sunday, at $50 a. m. and 10 y. m.
Baggage called for and checked at hotels
and residences on orders left at Ticket Offices
N. w. Cor. Calvert and Baltimore Streets. new
No go s. Broadway, new No. 1882 West BalJi-
more Street and Camden Station.
w. NJ. CLEMENTS. G. X. LORD.
Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04
COAST NEWS.

The trial of the suit Of Moses Mitchell
AGAINST the Southern Pacific Company
for $50, 900 damages on account oil in
iuries received during a smash.up, while
passenger on the defendants ears be-
tween Salinas and San Miguel. October
p. 1886, commenced at Salinas re
Gently
Grapes are still being hauled from the
Bella Vista vineyard in blackburn
Gulch. 1t was an unusual sight last
week to see men standing in the SNOW
and picking grapes in this vineyard.
Tucson is determined to have an arbor
day. ]. s. Mansfield, of that city, offers
800 to the boy or girl who will plant and
keep alive the greatest number of trees
in that city for oIe year.
Along the streams OF Alameda county,
CAL. Thousands Of rock cod, smelts and
other fish were frozen to death during
the cold snnp.
The Alturas gold MILL at Rocky Bar,
Idaho, output Of gold for December AK.
gregated 1904 ounces OF gold, valued al
about S45, 060.
Santa Cruz people think Frank Santer
the missing San Francisco schoolboy, ha
been in their town and is on his way t,
Los Angeles.
IN the grand rabbit roundup held il
Bakersfield, it is confidently predicted
there will be 5000 rabbits killed.
The woolgrowers OF Yolo county me
at Madison last Monday and offered
beunty of Slj for each coyote brought in
Diptheria OF malignant type is aiiliet
ing Los Angeles Many children ar
down with the disease.
About ! 800 tourists reached Los An
geles recently. The town is filled wit
strangers.
About 100 horticulturists arrived il
Los Angeles recently, ON Their way =
San Jose.
A carpenter named Dockstadcr CON
United suicide at Auburn. r
A printers strike at San Bernariin'
has proved failure.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04
pARAGRApHicAL NOTES.


Last wear bread and butter cost less
than in the previous year. but cheese,
pork and canned goods were higher.
Coffee. which advanced in price, de-
creased largely in consumption, while
tea, which declined in price, increased 10
per sent in use.
Never in time Of peace has there been
such demand for lead and zinc as at
present. Agents of the French Govern
rnent have purchased nearly the entire
American output to have it on hand for
the manufacture of brass 6eld-pieces.
1t is said that the biggest quill tooth
pick factory in the world is near Paris.
It was originally quill pen factory, but
when these went out of general use the
factory turned to the toothpick business,
and now makes 20, 900, 900 annually.
During the past year there has been .
gain both in the number and tonnage oil
vessels built in Maine. No large ships
have been built, but greater number oil
big schooners have been hoated than even
before.
President Diaz' gold mine in north
western Chihuahua is worked by de
tachment OF Mexican troops and pro
duces abundantly. tt5
There are fifty varieties of cheese i'm
ported to this country from Europe
Many of them have limitations made il
New Jersey.
1t is reported that the largest storag
warehouses of Brooklyn, n. Y, are to b
consolidated under one management
Of hides and tallow the United State
produced So, 949, 2O7 worth. Russi
follows close after with ISL, 600, 900.
The State of New York feeds and lat
tens more sheep for the shambles tina
any Of the big sheep raising States.
| According to the Musical Courier, tn
number of pianos manufactured in thi
country in 1887 has been 1000.
A company with sl,000,00O has bee
licensed to establish an aquarium An
FISH market in Chicago.
| The yield Of the corn crop OF 1887 is
little more than 200, 600, 600 bushel
short Of that OF 1886. 30 N@A
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04
strange Article. Of food.

In Mexico parrots are eaten, but they
are rather tough
Spiders roasted are a sort Of dessert
with the New Caledonians.
In the Pacific Islands and West In.
dies lizard eggs are eaten with gusto.
auckland declares the taste of the boa
constructor to be good and much like
veal.
After they have wound the silk from
the cocoon. the Chinese eat the chrysalis
of the silk worm.
The French will eat frogs. snails and
the diseased liyers OF geese, but draw the
line at alligators
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04

For the far West trade hip pockets
have to be narrow and deep, and very
well sewed, for the reason that everybody
out there carries revolver or pistol Of
some sort in his trousers pocket. But
that is not the kind OF pocket they
want in the Kansas trade. There they
require great big pocket, with wide
mouth and capacious interior. A good
many Of the men III the trade speak Of
trousers with very large trousers as
quarts, while those with smaller poe.
ksts are known as pint. ~ Tailor,
Weekly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04

There is no force 80 strong in the realm
Of moral thought A. sincerity. This is
especially observed when gentleman
tells you il you don't leave in two min.
utes hell kick you down stairs, and you
know by the expression on his face that
he means it.-Ex.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04

The local editor Of the Wood River
Mountaineer has advantages over his
brsthrsn Of the profession, calculated to
make some Of them sick with envy.
When news fails him he has not to resort
to mysterious or untraceable pistol shots,
or mythical dudes thrashed by enragsd
husbands; he can tell how dozen bears
were attacked by hundred wild dogs,
and describe the tight in detail, without
fear Of correction or contradiction.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04


The staid Boston Record has pub.
lished its rules for draw.poker They
are:
Never draw to kings.
II you have pair and an ace, hold the
ace in the discard.
Never draw to a straight flush.
Never draw to middle straight.
Never. under any circumstances, break
pair.
Never bet on the first hand unless you
have three Of kind or better. fa
If your opponent, after looking at his
cards, drops them carelessly and folds
his arms, look out. ~
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04

A young lady whose very best young
man lived over the way with his parents
took seat BY the window one cloudy
morning. why do you sit by the win.
dow such chilly morning Laura
asked her mother ''I'm waiting for the
son to come out ma, she replied.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04

Statistics show that girls who work in
match factory do not get married any
quicker than those who work at other
places. Pittsburg Chronicle.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04

Conscience is the pulse Of reason, "
says great man. Yes, but too much Of
this pulse" has sort Of dead beat
to it. --Danville Breeze.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04

Generally speaking,.a woman's praise
d another woman means about A. much
~ ''Yours faithfully" does at the end OF
letter. ---Somerville Journal. 8a.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04

It isn't the man with the biggest Ii.
brary who is the best infornnei. Gener-
silly be has to yield gracefully to the man
who has only dozen books, and reads
'em. -Somsrville Journal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04

A brush broom is just the thing to
clean horseradish graters and silver. =
TX.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04

A correspondent Of the Walla Walla
Union is little severe and sarcastic in
writing Of one Of the salons Of the Terri.
torial Assembly as follows. "a fine
parody on American citizenship is pre-.
scented when man gets up and says
Mister SPEAKER; ] hav bill to presini
fur regelatin the wroight to vote o.
citizens Of tina Yonited States. Agar
we have II in the offer Of bill to regu
late the spelling Of the people, TO max
Thin wroit and an spell the wurrds u,
tina pernounce thim.'" 1t does seem al
though school for pronunciation nigh,
be pro6tably combined with instruction
in spelling, doesn't it,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04

st. Peter-Who comes there,
A reporter. - s4a
How long did you work at the busi.
ness:
About three months.
Did you think you were the best man
on the force.
No.
Never thought you could write edi.
torial matter better than the editor:
No.
Never kicded on an assignment:
No.
Didn't think you had too much work
for your salary, f
No.
Ever run in any Shakespeare or poetry
in your articles:
No. s2t $50 ~ -
Did you ever scoop anybody
No.
Did you ever think you could run the
local department much better than the
city editor,
No.
Were you perfectly satisfied Of the
fact that the paper would be published
il you should take notion to resign.
Yes.
Did you ever tell any Of the boys how
you would conduct the paper if you had
charge Of it. A is8
No.
Here, take my place. | find myself
overawed by the weight Of your superior
intellect. You may take the keys. Yon
are the only specimen of your race. -
Ohio State Journal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04
POOR NEVADA.

This is from the Lyon County Times;
1t would seem that there is system.
attic effort being made by the government
and eli outsiders generally, to knock Ne
vada clear out Of the ring annhilate
her entirely. 1t is evident that we can,
not have decent mail facilities it is re.
commended that our mint be closed; our
representatives have to fight like tigers
to get an appropriation Of a few thousand
dollars for Government building; post.
matters have to work for an apprentices
pay, and everything that can be done to
injure the State in the eyes Of outsiders
is done. Years ago, when the whole
nation was in trouble, and money was
needed for war and other purposes. how
glad all were to have little Nevads step
into the ring with her millions OF dollars
and say there we'll help yon ont. In
the face Of all this. the moned men, and
men Of influence, have for the past few
years advocated the suppression Oh 'he
coinage OF niver, ana done all IN ''eif
power to degrade the metal oy placing II
as nearly as they could on a par WIN
lead. The idea that Nevada IS p''yeo
out asa mining and ou'i'on producing
state |" all wrong She mas to-day a.
good mines as ever ana srea' many
more OF them' nut IS ita reasonable sup
position 70 oeI'eve that the DIVERS Oh 'h's'
mines are gong 70 work them when ever
aquarter Oh the proceeds are 10 80 10 inc
specuis'ors anu money s"ArSs' LACE
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04

A shoemaker advertised medicinal
boots" The virtue was in the heel
Ex.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04

The Tucson. Nogales and Los Angeles
liars can do very good work on pinch,
but the Dakota liar turns out first class
article right along aud as regular bust.
ness. When newspaper sends forth an
extra big lie it has work for week or
two afterward in answering objections
and making corrections, the public all
the time being kept excited. The latest
instance Of this style Of Dakota lie was
that about fourteen skeletons being
found hidden in cave inhabited by al
Indian murderer. This has now dwindled
down to few bones found in badger
hole. The New Mexican liar is doinl
well however. lie tells Of creature l0l
feet in length which is built like lizars
and has head as big as ton Of hay
This reptile makes its home in an extinc
crater in the desert known as the Jornad'
del Muerto. The big lizard recently de
voured three men and was still so hungr
as to banker after fourth man and hi
burro. Virginia Enterprise. tIit
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04
cULL.INGS.

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.;as,oo r;noolo Jon,nal
.lo.
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@s ..a, i; =,
go, ..t.
li'I'
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inire h'rails "''''' ''i'' ''s"''
injurious MANY se"',e." ""' -,
'"e -'e" 80
ous'y eh'e''''" ~" 'pp's''' Wv"
'aio o""'ier'
Michigan makes more shingles than
other States in the Union, but, curiously
enough, 1t has no more thah lhe usual
percentage OF good boys n"r'''s'o"
free fress-
An article is printed on "liow To
Treat Your "ite. Vhe soou way
woui" DC To treat he' 20 wen Us ''' Nv ~,
before you "iarr'eo mgr. ''''''''e' s'''e
Journal.
Inc pra'h OF al elephant ~ s"u'e" ''a'
larger Than that OF man. ou' '"e runs
OF an elephant rs oons'deiAo's s"'"
nA" ''' "
,'n..,, ,.a. ...... ,..;,..
aw.. .old for son,n The man who
honoh, n n,s, b,va considered himself
| ~
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-02-04

To extinguish the flames from kerosene
use -four profu,ely upon them. --Er.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05
Dana=e by Rain.

HANNIBAL, Mo-, June ga severe rain
storm visited this section Tuesday night
doing considerable damage to the wheat
crop. which was about ready to harvest.
In many places it lies fiat on the ground
and can not DO cat with Il reaper. Several
bridges were washed out on the Wabash
east of here, aud trains on that road were
abandoned all siav. On the St. Louis, Keo-
kuk q North western a freight train cross
ing a bridge about midnight, two miles
south, went down with the structure, and
three cars loaded with ice were wrecked,
but Que inju red. Freight trains on that
road have, in consequence, been abandoned,
but passengers are transferred. The rain
fail was the heaviest for years.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05
Throwing Dice on an Altar.

A curious custom was recently OBJ
served in the parish church of St. Ives,
Hants. DR.. Robert Wilde, who died in
August, 1878, bequeathed ESQ ($250),
the yearly interest of which was to
be expended in the purchase Of six
Bibles, not exceeding the price of $1.S7
each, which should be least for by
dice" on the communion table every
year by six boys and six girls of the
town. A piece of ground was bought
with the ESQ, and it is now known as
''Bible Orchard" The legacy also
provides for the payment of ten shil-
lings yearly to the vicar for preaching
sermon on the occasion, commend
ing the excellency, the perfection and
the divine authority of the Holy
Scriptures" This singular custom
has been regularly observed in the
church since the death of the testator,
but representations having been made
to the Bishop of the diocese the prac-
tice of throwing the dice on the COM
munion table was discontinued some
years ago, and the rafting now takes
place on table erected at the chancel
steps. The highest throw this year,
three times with three dice, was thirty
seven, by little girl. The vicar, Rev.
E. Tottenham, preached a sermon from
the words, From a child thou hast
known the Holy Scriptures. London
Standard.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05
THREE BRlCkLAYERS KILLED.
A Faulty Bracket the Cause of tho Death
of Three Men.

OF Three Men.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Juno 2S.-The New
York Life building was to-day the scene Of
three sudden and violent deaths. On
scaffold nine stories in the air, three brick
LAYERS, Dick Thorn, Gus Clifford and Billy
Tremlyn, were working this morning. The
scaffold runs the w hole depth of the build
ing on the Wall street side. 1t gave way just
before the dinner hour and The tn ee men
fell the entire height of the building to the
ground just at the corner OF Wa and
Ninth streets. On the way down a wooden
fender put in place along the third story
was carried down by the force of the fall
ing men. In fifteen minutes after being
picked up the three men were dead. All
three were, had been, officers of the
local branch of the International Brick
LAYERS Union. Thorn was expires.
ideut Tremlyn secretary and Clifford one
of the trustees. Clifford was fine look
ing man of forty. Tremlyn could not have
been more than twenty-seven, small and
wearing small, black mustache. The
bracket, or supporting wooden shaft on
the Ninth street side, b. oke right at knot
in the wood, and the platform fell on that
side.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05
KIDNAPPING.
Strange Affair as Told by q Canton, o.,
Boy

CANTON, O., June 26-Emlcn Leutzen-
houser, who mysteriously disappeared
from home seven weeks ago, has just re-
turned. He says that on the day of his
disappearance tramp approached him at
the Fort Wayne railroad depot and pulling
out n handkerchief held it to his face. He
became unconscious, and when he recov-
cred he was in a cattle car with three
tramps and two other boys. At AL
toona, Pa, he and his companions
were taken 10 a house in the woods where
there were ten other boys and two tramps
guarding them. The youths had all been
kidnapped aud held for ransom. All at
tempts at escape were in vain until one
night, by feignlng sleep, he managed 10
elude his captors and escape. He was pur-
sued and one of the tramps fired shot
that missed HIM. Young Loutzenhouser
reached Altoona and informed the police,
who arrested the tramps and set the boys
free.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05
The Result of Merit.

When anything stands test of fifty
years among a discriminating people, it is
pretty good evidence that there is merit
somewhere. Few, if any, medicines have
met with such continued success and pop
ularity as has marked the progress of
BRANDRETH's PILLS, which, after a trial of
over fifty years, are conceded to be the
safest and most effectual blood purifier,
tonic and Alternative ever introduced to the
public.
That this is the result of merit, and that
BRANDRETH's PILLS perform all that is
claimed for them, is conclusively proved
by the fact that those who regard them
with the greatest favor are those who have
used them the longest.
BRANDRErH's PILLS are sold in every
drug and medicine store, either plain or
sugar-coated.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05
ATMOSPHERIC PURITY.
Three Methods by Which 1t Can Be Ascel
tanned without Difficulty.


tanned Without Difficulty.
Recent discoveries by English sci
entists with regard to atmospheric
constituents and how to ascertain them
should be of great interest to all. The
following are three of the more i'm
portant tests. The test for. carbonic
acid consists in placing several two
gallon glass bottles side by side and
filing them with air withdrawn from
different parts of the room by means
of India-rubber tubing. Into each
bottle is then poured a small quantity
of weak baryta water, which, acting
upon the carbonate acid, gives rise to
a dense white precipitate of barium
carbonate, easily separated by filtra-
ton and weight. The germ test is
made by means of a glass tube, some
two feet long by three inches in diane
ter, lined inside with coating OF trans
parent gelatine. A certain quantity
of air is made to pass through the tube,
and the germs deposit themselves upon
the gelatine, where they can live
and multiply, and where they may
be distinguished and identified under
the microscope. For the detection of
organic matter, six large glass bottles
are filled with distilled water, and are
connected with each other by glass
tubes. The air, made to pass though
the whole series in continuous stream
by means of an aspirator, communi-
Gates to the liquid all the organic i'm
purities with which it was charged, and
without visibly affecting its color,
causes it to acquire disagreeable
smell. This simple process recon-
mends it to the serious consideration
of those who are intrusted with the
care of the public health. Public build
ings and apartments, in which large
bodies of persons daily congregate for
business or pleasure, should be pro-
vided with the necessary and inexpen-
sive apparatus. 1t might be presided
over by some intelligent person (not
necessarily a scientist), and its fire.
quent use would insure the immediate
detection of noxious element, and we
might thus constantly maintain or re-
store pure air by applying such pre-
ventive or remedial agents as are well
known.-Ph chronological Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05
Democratic National Committee.

WASHINGTON. June 2S.-The National
Democratic Committee met at the Airing
ton Hotel last night. The committee was
called to order by Senator German and
proceeded at once to the election OF per-
manent chairman. Mr.. Barbour, of V.r-
ginia, nominated Mr.. William II. Barnum,
of Connecticut. He was elected by ris-
ing vote =. P. Sherin, of Indiana, was
elected secretary and +. b. Dickinson. of
New York, assistant secretary. After
transaction of considerable business, the
committee adjourned subject to the call of
the chairman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05

The golden rose, which the Pope
bestows annually, comes to America
for the second time, the recipient
being Miss Mary Gwendolin Caldwell,
of New York, whose magnificent bene-
faction of $500, 900 toward the erection
of Catholic University at Washing
ton has won for her this special mark
of Pontifcal favor. The only other
American woman upon whom it has
been bestowed is Mrs. Sherman, wife
of General Sherman