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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
peserted nls WIG and naby.

WATERBURY, Conn, Dec. LII. Perrett,
of Torrington, has left for parts unknown,
leaving his wife with babe ne week old
He took all the money he could find in the
house aud bank book which had an account
with the bank of Winsted. The family are
in destitute circumstances.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
An Embezzler Caucht In .DTa,ne

PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. Lon the arrival
of the steamer Vancouver, from Liverpool. a
man named Stevens was arrested upon a
warrant issued at Philadelphia, where he Is
wanted for embezzlement. A year ago
Stevens jumped his bail and fed to Europe,
but became homesick.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
A Bloodless Dael.

PARIS, Dec The duel betw cen IL
Paul Deroulede and n. Reinach, editor Of
The Republic Francaise, has taken place
Pistols were used Four shots were ex
changed, but neither combatent was hurt.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
Kilraln and rrItchell Under r,r..

WASHINGTON, Dec. John w. RobiR-
son, an intoxicated occupant of box In
Kiernan's theatre, fire shot from revol-
yer apparently at Jake Kilrain or Charlie
Mitchell, who were on the stage at the time.
The shot did no damage Robinson was ar
rested
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
EIGHT MEN DEAD.
The Result of a Fire In the Calumet and
Hecla Mine.

Hecla Mine.
CALUMET, Mich, Dec This morning
fire was discovered at the eighth level of No
shaft of the Calumet branch of the Calumet
and Hecla mine.
large party OF men were at work in the
mine at the time. All made rush for the
surface, but eight men are missing That
they are dead is certain
Among them are two Italians named
Joseph Mosolier and Tony Catawara.
The mine location is completely covered
with the dense smoke, and the fire looks worse
than did the last but, being nearer the sur
face, it is believed the damage financially
will not be so great.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01

Nav ORLEANS, Dec. AT Durant
Miss, q ff destroyed fifteen business houses
The loss il estimated at $50, goo Insurance
$500.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange

Exchange.
New YORK, Nov. 30. Money. 21k per cent. Ex-
change steady; posted rates. 81 s51<9 50; actual
rates $3.50 IS514 for 60 days, and 81 ssh
for demand. Governments quiet; currency 6s
leI bid; Is coup, 1855 bid; 4l6s, do, 1924 bid
The stock market opened active and strong.
and advanced y TO per cent. over last nights
figures during the early trading. This advance
was followed by raid on Missouri Pacific and
Rock Island, resulting in decline of u to 2 pes
cent by ii o'clock. The market was somewhat
stronger toward midday. and prices recovered
partly, under the lead of Lake Shore. which was
exceptionally strong. After noon the market
was dull and featureless
CLOSING bids.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
He Forred His Fatha,,. Na,r.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Dec Edward
Hawkes.. of Elmira, has been arrested in this
city ON the charge of forging his fathers
name. c. II. Hawkes., to check for $50. He
acknowledged his guilt,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
Trying to Get the zoar Field

JAMESTOWN, n. Y, Dec Lit is re-
ported that the Standard Oil company has
sent agents to try aud secure all the Zoar oil
field possible.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01

Slightly colder, threatening weather, witt,
light rain or snow; northwesterly winds,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-12-01
g. B. & G. RAILROtD.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT DEC. 4, 1851
THE MODEL Fact LINE EAST AND WEE.
DOUBLE TRACK JAEEEY CoUrIEH
Leave Camden staiiOnE

Leave Camden StaffOns
For ANNAPOLIS. TO. 200 A. NJ. 12l5 "
SOD p. NJ On Sunday. 9.05 n. m. and 5OO p -
For Way Stations between Baltimore ~
Washington, $40, go and e.05 a. m, 12la;; ~
800 $50 and II 90 p. m On Sunday, o.U ~
eos a. m. .35, 500. $50 and 110 p. m ~
Trains leave Washington for BaltimoIe' 81 III
$50. 6.4n 100. $50. $50 a. M, II 10. 20. -
3.3O, 4.3O, 40, 3D. 555. GAS. 730, S,35 "a
4.40 $50 SIS {. As e.35 11,3O D. m. n 4
From Annapolis. $40 6.37 l2.f5 a, II, q" Z
10. Sunday, at 8.37. a. m. and T. 10 p. m. .o.si
Baggage called for and checked al LA ssys
and residences on orders left at Ticket on ~
N. w, Cor. Calvert and Baltimore Streets. I'd
No go s. Broadway. new No. 1882 West D"''
more Stfeetan9 Camden Station. rapn
V y. 0lI1 HzsEESss iii, 4 PISS 81" 1iS
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11
GRETCHEN.
KANSAS.

Her wealth Of tangled yellow curlS
Her eyes cerulean blue,
The CRIMSON dye OF lips and cheek
Outvie the rainbow's hue.
Two d:mples nestle in her cheeks,
And one imprfnts her chin;
Her sunny smiles play hide and seek
To chase them out and in.
She's like the varying moods that cross
The blue OF April sky;
One moment, beaming like the sun,
The next, storm Is nigh
She loves to waken tenderness
With all a womans wiles;
Te lead you on the road to bliss,
And cheat you with her smiles.
She's rich in kisses dewey sweet
To shower on you at sight
Beware the honeyed profertnsS
They're couriers TO bite!
Oh, Gretchen! sweetest little maid,
You're loneliness own selt
And would gladly purchase you
With all my worldly pelf.
love you with wealth Of love
That far exceeds your ken;
For your sweet sake I've grown to b
The veriest slave Of men.
But ali! so much l fear the thought,
Loves thraldom's not for you;
For am aged sixty years,
And you are snly two.
-Rirch irnoid. in Curreas.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11
Specific Education.

Mr.. Vanderbilt pays his cook SIC. 900
a year, my boy, which is great deal
more than you or earn-or at least Il
is a great deal more than We get-b.-
cause he can cook. That is all. Pro-
sumably because he can cook better
than any other man in America. That
is all. If Monsieur Sauceangravi
could cook tolerably we'll. and shoot \
little, and speak three languages toler-
ably well, and keep books fairly, and
sing some, and understood gardening
pretty well, and could preach a fair
sort of sermon, and knew something
about horses and could telegraph q
little, and could do light porter's work.
and could read proof tolerably, and could
do plain house and sign painting, and
could help on threshing machine, and
knew enough law to practice in tho
justices courts of Kickapoo township.
and had once run for the Legislature.
and knew how to weigh hay, he
wouldn't get SIC, 900 a year for it. He
gets that just because he knows how
to cook, and it wouldn't make cents
difference in his salary if he thought
the world was fat and that 1t went
around its orbit On wheels. There's
nothing like knowing your business
clear through, my boy, from withers to
hook, whether you know any thing
else or not. What's the good of know
ing every thing? Only the sophomores
are omniscent-Burdette, in Brooklyn
E00le.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11
STACKING ENSILAGE.

How Green Food IL Preserved In England
by Means Of Silos.
Not only is green grass preserved In
its green state in England by means Of
silos, but in many cases it is simply
put into stacks with patent arrange
ments for compression. 50 as to make
the stack solid and keep out the air.
A still simpler method OF stacking is to
do away with all pressure and weights
entirely. Circular stacks are made
measuring, when settled down, sixteen
feet in diameter and twelve feet high.
In the case of w. j. Whitaker, whose
product took the first prize for sweet
ensilage, the grass was carted and
stacked by two men direct from the
scythes of the mowers. The outside
was trodden down firmly, the inside
being laid up without being trodden.
The stack was not built all at once but
allowed to settle from day to day. and
more added. The wetter the grass the
better it is likely to turn out from a
stack when not weighted. according to
this authority. who recommends wet
ting it if the weather is very dry. OF
course q considerable bulk of grass
must be put into one stack-not less
then ten tons, and much more is recon-
mended. 1t is exceedingly doubtful if
our large American corn fodder can be
thus preserved, but there would be
small risk in trying the stack system Of
ensilage with coarse meadow hay,
brakes, ferns, ETC.. which are now
either entirely wasted or dried late in
the season for use as bedding. We
know q partial trial Of this system ON
such coarse stuff that was successful in
that the cattle ate the ensilage with
avidity.
Further details for ensilage in stacks
without pressure is thus given by
correspondent of the Englisl Farm and
Home: The making of stack ensilage
is extremely simple. The green stuff
should be cut and made into q stack,
which should be round in shape. Tho
outer edges of the stack must be well
trampled down. and be kept slightly
higher than the middle, into which
the grass is thrown and not trampled
on. The whole Of the green stun
should not be put into the stack at
once, but at intervals Of two or three
days, thus allowing the mass to Settle
down. A few days after the grass is
all cut, dig some earth from around
the stack, and throw it ON the top Of
the grass, till covering about one
foot in thickness IL formed No other
covering nor pressure win be required;
and II the outside Of the stack has bean
properly troddsa down, there win b
very little Waste.-Farm ossd Honss.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11
DEVICES FOR cRiPpLEs.

New Methods Of Supplying the Defects ef
- Not Too Generous Nature.
mo matter how badly q person may
be crippled, he or she Is well able to
travel about without being q bother
TO any one in these days of progress"
Suppose the unfortunate has no
arms or legs, how them" inquired q
listener.
Just the same" retorted the first
speaker, a manufacturer of mechanical
appliances for crfpples.
Except in very rare cases. unless q
person is actually bedridden. there is
no reason why they should not be able
to move about anywhere. Why. in a
short while we will have ready for the
market a new idea in the line of in
valid chairs. 1t will be so constructed
that the occupant, although pos
sessed of only one hand. will be able
to wheel himself up or down stairs
by simply turning q crank. The
crank will set in operation four wooden
legs, with clinchers made Of rubber on
the feet. which will grip the stairs a.
it ascends or descends In like man.
ner the occupant will not have to be
assisted in boarding a street car or
even q railroad train. The chair is not
cumbersome at all, as all the clock
like machinery is slowed away in q
small box underneath the seat. Only
the very wealthy will be in a position
20 benefit from this idea, however, as
it is a very expensive arrangement
Another chair that promises to have q
wide field is one especially constructed
for persons having no arms or legs 1t
is moved by sort of side swinging OF
the body. Then there are chairs for
use on steamboats,. in the woods and
even for mountain climbing. A fact
not generally known is that nearly all
the railroad companies have invalid
chairs at all their stations along the
various routes, and any person desir-
ing the use Of one can be accommodated
without extra expense. In one of our
cheap chairs person is at liberty t0
move about at the rate of six miles an
hour without any considerable outlay
of strength.
"Confirmed invalids who have been
forced to lie abed for years may be
greatly relieved by means of appliances
especially manufactured for such cases.
For instance, there are what We call
alleviators. These are used for lifting
people and suspending them from the
ceiling in the canvas net. This is very
handy to operate when the bed is being
made up or when the patient is able to
bear turning about by the nurse. These
are all comparatively new inventions
As for the old-fashioned artificial limbs
and noses. why. they are being i'm.
proved upon, and that is all that can
be said of them. / shouldn't be sur.
prised if people would be enabled to
live with artificial brains pretty soon. "
N = M0H n,aH Ernrpss
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11

"A young man recently wrote to
Mr.. Ruskin for advice as to entering
newspaper work. Mr.. Ruskin jottod
and blotted some rough notes for his
secretary to expand into a courteous
letter of reply, but the secretary for
warded the brief notes themselves
They read as follows: " Can not advise
say yes-if he resolves to be
still gentleman as he is gentleman 3
son, and to remain honest"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11
HOME. FARM AND oARpeM


No flower Il more popular than
the aston, and few have held so high
q place in popular esteem for 90 many
years, and it is still growing in favor.
For an autumn show of flowers We
have not its equal.
Banana Fritters-One pint of milk,
two teacupsful Of -four. three eggs.
two teaspoonsful of baking-powder and
one-half Of q tablespoonful of salt
Slice in batter two bananas and drop
by the spoonful into kettle of hot lard.
For hominy cakes take two cup
fuls of cooked hominy, and crush it
with potato-masher until it is q
smooth mass. Add one level teaspoon
full of salt. two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, and one cupful Of -four. Stir
together; then add by degrees one
quart Of milk. and lastly three we'll
beaten eggs. Bake in thin cakes.
Potato Gems.-Work one cup of
cold mashed potato smooth into ono
cupful Of sweet milk. Stir in one cup
full Of corn meal. or enough to make q
batter which will drop easily from .
spoon. with q pinch Of salt, and add
one well-beaten egg. Beat briskly
three or four minutes, then put into
well-buttered gem pans and bake
twenty minutes to half an hour with q
steady but not too hot fire.
For fodder purposes the ordinary
sorts Of corn are esteemed as prefera-
BILE to the mammoth varieties, on the
ground that they mature earlier in the
season. thus escaping the danger Of
frost; are handled with much economy
oflabor. demand less storage space. and
have withal the added and more i'm.
portant advantage of containing an
equal quantity of nutriment matter.
though the aggregate bulk be not half
so great.
Cuttings folded in wet moss with
waxed or oiled paper around them will
60 q week or more in condition if done
as soon as cut 1t is well to water and
sprinkle the whole plant thoroughly
the evening before taking of slips, and
cut in the dew. At least water and
shade an hour before cutting so that
the plant will be in the fullest vigor.
Keep the pan Of water, wet sand or
moist cloth at hand to receive the cut
tings as made.
-Beefsteak broiled nicely and served
with broiled oysters will be found very
nice. Take large fresh oysters, drain
and dry them. Dip them one by one
into melted butter. place in q wire
gridirOn. and brown them on both
sides over a clear fire. Then season
them with salt and pepper, and put
them over and around the beefsteak,
pouring over all melted butter. Serve
very quickly 80 that they may not have
q chance to cool.
The garden should be near the
house. but free from shade. Set no
trees of any kind in the kitchen gar
den. Have it laid out 80 that as much
work as possible may be done by horse
power. A sandy loan is the best soil
for most vegetables. Use no green
manure in the garden. The standard
fertilizers are good. Use wood ashes
freely. and slops from the house. The
secret Of success in gardening. as in
courtship. lies in small attentions fro
quently and steadily bestowed.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11

For moving plants with delicate
hbrous roots, such as melons and Gu
cumbers, a piece Of eight-inch stove
pipe six inches long is pressed down
Into the earth three or four inches, and
then . spade Is run under the "hill, !"
and it Is removed with the iron ring -
its destination.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11
Must Get Her Money I

Must Get Her Money Back
Customer TO fruit seller) -" How
much for the plums, aunty?" Aunty-
Penny q piece. sab" Customer
that's very high for plums, aunty;
can't you let me have four for five
eents1" Aunty-'.No. sab; dem plums
cost mon dat"-EpocA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11
KINGSLEY ON GAMBLING.

Public SchoOl-Boy.
The following letter which is quoted
by the Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette, was
addressed by the late Charles Kingsley
to a public school-boy who had put
money into a sweepstake without
thinking it was wrong: MY dearest
boy: There is matter which gave me
much uneasiness when you mentioned
it. You said you had put into some
lottery for the Derby, and had hedged
to make safe. Now, all that is bad.
bad, nothing but bad. OF all habits
gambling is the one l hate most and
have avoided most. Of all habits il
grows most ON eager minds. Success
and loss alike make it grow. OF all
habits, however much civilized men
may give way to it, it is one of the
most intrinsically savage. Historically
it has been the peace excitement OF
the lowest brute in human form for
ages past. Morally it is unchivalrous
and unchristian. QD It gains money
by the lowest and most unjust means,
for it takes money out Of your neigh
boris pocket without giving him any
thing in return. (2) It tempts you to
use what you fancy your superior
knowledge Of horses merits-or any
thing else-to your neighbours harm.
If you know better than your neigh
Dor, you are bound to give him your
advice. Instead. you conceal your
knowledge to win from his ignorance;
hence comes all sorts of concealments.
lodges, deceits-I say the devil is the
only father of it. I'm sure, moreover,
that the head master would object Sc
riously to any thing like lottery, bet
ting or gambling. hope you have
not won. should not be sorry
for you to lose. If you have won ]
shall not congratulate you. If you
wish to please me you will give back
to its lawful owners the money you
have won. If you are loser in gross
thereby. will gladly reimburse your
losses this time. As you had put in,
you could not in honor draw back
until after the event. Now you can
give back your money. saying that you
understood that the head master and
I disapprove of such things. and so gain
q great moral influence. Recollect al.
ways that the stock argument is
worthless. It is this: MY friend
would win from me If he could, there
fore I have an equal right to win
from him. Nonsense. The same argu-
ment would prove that / have a right
to main or kill man If only I give
him leave to main or kill me il he can
and will l have spoken my mind once
and for all on q matter on which /
have held the same views for more
than twenty years"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11


Ephraim Jorton, and it isn't his fault
that the mother of his deceased wife
happened to die at his house, not far
from here; she had to be buried some
where"
He paused for breath, and the pen.
sive Jorton repeated after him: +" Yes,
had to be buried somewhere"
Il don't deny that" almost
shouted. for l saw that Maria had
raised the window, and / thought it
was time for me to show little spirit;
"but if SHE'S got to be buried in that
ground. why didn't you inquire for the
proper way to it? A right of way has
been left on the other side of the
farm"
Lawyer Snively replied serenely that
there was only one proper way that
they had Alright to follow, and that was
the way that had always been used.
lone of our oldest residents is pres
ent," said he, ''who can testify that
we are now following the original
lane; he has fixed the line by means of
one or two old trees, and there is no
doubt of its correctness.
The old wreck, evidently rejoiced at
his own importance. smiled feebly and
was about to speak, when Snively shut
him OF and continued: "Moreover-
we're very sorry, but-this isn't the
worst of it; the way runs right through
this wing of your house The horses
might pass around outside, If you viii
give q written permit, acknowledged
before notary-I can do that for you;
IL won't cost you but . quarter and
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-10-11


on some of the mOss-gr0wn headstones
in the graveyard.
In vain / tried to convince myself
that it was only coincidence; that
my Jorton family must be scattered
and dead; I had to give myself up to
detection.
1t is thus that the clouds of trouble
roll over our heads. We no sooner re-
cover from one shadow and begin to
bask in the sunshine Of happiness than
another takes it place. That night,
as the church clock doomed out an
hour when 1 ought to have been asleep,
it seemed to sound only refrain to
the words: ITO them and their heirs
forever"
As some victim of involuntary vigils
has quoted it: s.Sorrow endureth for
JOY. but night cometh in the morn
ing"
So the next .morning / arose, deter
mined to drop the whole subject from
my mind, and l succeeded in so far
that I never mentioned the graveyard
nor even looked that way. if could
help it.
l had told Maria of the strangers
foolish erran6, but had said nothing
about the similarity Of names, for
reasons already limited at. There is
enough actual trouble in the world for
every one without giving them o.
casion to borrow what really doesn't
exist.
Months went BY, happy months for
Us. Every thing flourished about the
place: the garden. the young trees
, 1888-04-15

Education is not first or chiefly the
mere learning of certain facts or principles;
it is such a development and training of
faculty as makes one master of himself
and his conditions. Our present defini-
ton and popular use of the word is alto
gether too narrow. There is something
absurd in calling some practically incapa-
BILE man, some useless member of society,
educated because he happens to have had
a parrot like knowledge of Greek or
French drilled into him; while another,
who's eye or hand is ain into fitness
for rendering grand service to the world,
is spoken OF as ~uneducated. Honor be-
longs to service, and if we wish it to go
where it belongs we must honor the train
ing which fits one for it. A boy whose
genius is In the direction of handwork,
craftsmanship, should be able to graduate
with an honor equal at least to that which
attaches to one who is to fill q clerkship."
Rev. NJ. t. Savage.
, 1888-04-15
{ LOVE o so.

love you so, my every thought is sweet,
Bitter, or commonplace because of it.
Hove you so, that should l love one whit
More than / do my heart would cease to beat
AS liquids when they have attained the heat
OF boiling will the chemists skill outwit
To make them hotter (sooner apt to quit
Liquidityl, just so do l, replete
With loving You, defy the power of art
To drop one love drop more into my heart
Till death increaseth its capacity.
love you so, that IL l could not be
Myself so loving, all the world above,
! would be you, inspiring such q love.
-Orelia Key Bell in Detroit Free Press.
, 1888-04-15

"Do not call a man a politician as If it
were q disgraceful epithet," Senator p.
said. 1.-THE greatest men we ever had
were politicians. Jefferson, Washington,
Madison, Monroe, Henry, and other men
who laid the foundations of our govern
ment were politicians. So were Webster
and Clay, Lincoln and Seward, Horatio
Seymour and De Witt Clinton and Sam
uel ]. Tilden. An honest and competent
politician, who renders faithful service to
his country, merits the regard even of
those who speak slightingly of his voca-
ton. New York Sun.
, 1888-04-15
Dr.. Vagaer&Cp.
sRGCuAh1STs-

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class OF
diseases believing that no condition of human
ity is too wretched to merit the ympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less a
philanthrophist and a benefactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close np-
plicatiOn eXcels IN any other branch of his pro-
fessiun. And, fortunately for humanity the day
is dawning when the false philanthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law to die uncRred
for, has passed away.