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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
The Trade in sealskins.

The sealskin sacque is great institu-
tion. During the time the Alaska Fur
Seal company has had the privilege of
taking seals from the waters Of that ter
ritory it has paid over $S,000,000 to tho
government. or a sum exceeding by over
81, ,000, 600 the price paid for the whole of
Alaska, with the seal islands included
Boston Herald
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
Registering the Blasts.

A Bridgeport Comm inventive genius
has perfected locomotive attachment in
the natnre of q photograph, whereby
every blast of the whistle is recorded, to-
gether with the exact time at which it
occurs. This is in the interest of railway
companies, to protect them against false
representations by persons who meet with
accidents on the track.-Frank Leslie's.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02

There Is story currcn. o! r
that certain piece of 10 at
$150,000. is owned by an al r.
woman who refuses to pa. a
uses it as a drying place for bg
and says that she has Lccn Il
all her life to work for hc- Il
means to do so still There's tor
you, reduced to its first phi. .ss'--
Home Journal.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02

A curious monstrosity, lately exhibited
to the Royal Horticultural society, is an
Alpine strawberry in which all the parts
of the flower are more or less represented
by leaves. The plant was described by
old botanists, but had como to be regarded
as a myth until its temperance in recent
years.-Arkansaw Traveller.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
Generosity Of a common Sort.

There is a new baby over at Snagg's,
and when the 2-year-old baby saw it he
said:
Il div re new baby my crib.
Tom was highly commended. Tnen
some one asked him where he was going
to sleep.
"Wif re new baby, he answered eoolly.
Detroit Free Press.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
A Rabbits Nerve.

A professor in the University Of Vienna,
long a sufferer through poison in the eye,
was completely cured by having rabbit S
nerve attached to the old nerve. DIR.
Gersuny, the assistant to the great sur
geon of the world, DR.. Bilroth, performed
the operation. Boston Budget.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
WouId Re Retfer.

He Ia new arrival at country hotel, to
unknown ladyl-Aw-have you been long
a captive in this-er-menagerie
She-You can hardly ean me ca
perhaps keeper would. be betteEz
the wife of the Snowman,
help feed the animals. .-Ha
Love is not altoga
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
LOST

Between the A. w. b. depot and the Nary
land Hotel, COLD LOCK- ET, with the iili-
tIals 'E. J. X" 10 "A. !. d. The finder viii
be suitably rewarded IL left at this oihce. dy9
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
ANNAPOLIS ND. WEDNESDAY EVENING" JANUARY ? 1889
SPECIAL NOTICE.

We will Insert In this column advertfs-
ments of Wants, For Rent, For sale. Lost.
Eound, &e., not exceeding four lines. ONE
WEEK. or less for 25 Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
FOR SALE

A secon i-hani GUITAR. and a half size
JOHN, Price seven dollars for the two
Apply at the CAPITAL Office, d3i
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
WANTED

A stt ady and reliable WOMAN to do gener-
a. a. work FOR small family: Apply to w. c.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
WANTED

BY sober, married man. POSITION as
Fireman, Watchman or Janitor. Has had ex-
pe.lence with steam boilers. Can bring good
r ferenceS. Address WIN. BIERLEY I028
Calhoun street, Baltimore, Md. d27w
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
WANTED

A WARDROBE. hall HAT RACK and a
large gilt MIRROR. Apply at the CAPITAL
office. II paw
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
AUCTION SALE.

James X. Brashears as attorney, will sell at
public auction, on the farm OF j. Writ RAN
dali, Esq. near Brownsville. on Saturday, the
29th inst, FOUR HORSES and TWO OXEN.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
w. Tuck LeveIy.

TUNER OF Grand, Square and Upright Pianos
ll6 Prince George St., Annapolis. Nd. rom
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
100000 TO LOAN

On First Mortgage on City Property Ap-
ply To +. EUGENE WATH EN-,
l22iw Attorney-at Law, Annapolis.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-01-02
NEAR FREDERICKSBURG
A PLEASANT LITTLE STORY or TIE
CIVIL WAR.

A Squad Of Federals Captured by Some of
Mosby's Mem Yankee Prisoner Saves
His Captor's Life-Scbstantial Token Of
Gratitude in Return.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-12-12
One Dollar Per Year.

any study really brings students on
dangerous ground, the presence OF young
women will guard coarse-minded
teacher against himself, and he viii be
constrained into propriety Every one
acquainted with our large training
schools and colleges knows that there
are here and there teachers, perhaps
eminent for scholarship, who can not
resist an indicate illusion or double
entendre in presence of their pupils,
when suggested by passage in liter
ature, or even by an aspect of science.
1t is needful in the interest of human
progress that such instructors should be
either eliminated or reformed. They
are rare in this country, and, If the truth
is told, found more often among import
ed than native scholars. Their very
existence may be due in part to q too
exclusively masculine education, and it
will be a happy result of the higher edu-
cation Of women if it banishes them
from existence.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-12-12
An Illegal Decision.

In different towns of Washington Ter.
ritory number of women offered their
votes, which in some cases were refused,
in other cases accepted and deposited in
separate boxes. The last Territorial
Legislature, it will BIO remembered,
passed law restoring to women their
right of suffrage. The decision of the
Territorial Supreme Court annulling
this law is believed to be illegal by al
most every lawyer in the Territory, ir-
respective of his views on woman suf-
frage, and an appeal against it is pend
ing before the U. S. Supreme Court. II
this appeal should be successful, says
the Woman's journal, it will show that
the women were actually entitled to
vote at the election just past. But the
Territorial papers opposed to woman
suffrage loudly denounced any attempt
by the women to vote until the decision
of the Territorial judges should have
been reversed by higher power; and
many women are deferred from attempt
ing it by the fear that they would BIO
acting illegally. Ferry is chosen Coy.
ernor, Dunbar and Hoyt, Supreme Court
judges, and many other suffragists have
been elected to State offices. The con-
stitution was adopted by 10000 majority.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-12-12
ABOUT EYE-STONES.
What They Are and Where Most Of
Them Come From.

Them Como From.
The little bodies called eye-stones arc
really portions of the covering of certain
shell-ish. They are placed at the open
ing of the she'll, and serve to close the
entrance when the animal draws itself
within. They are of various kinds, but
those used as eye-stones are hard, stony
bodies, about the size of split peas, one
third to one-sixth of an inch in
diameter, little longer than broad,
having one surface plane, and the other
convex.
When they have been worn by the
action of the sea, they are very smooth
and shining, butin their natural state the
convex surface iscovered with fine mark
ings. They have then brownish color
in the center, shading off to white
at the margin.
Like other shells, they are composed
of carbonate of lime. When placed in
weak acid, such as vinegar, a chemical
change takes place, carbonic acid gas is
given off, and in its escape produces the
movements which are popularity sup
posed to show that the stone is ''alive."
/ When enc ef these stones is placed
under the eye-iid, at the outer corner,
the natural movements of the lid in
winking push it gradually toward the
inner side, and when it comes in contact
with the mote which is causing the
irritation, this is carried along and final
ly expelled with it.
i The belief that such stones have a
peculiar detective power, and move
about in the eye until they find and re-
move the irritating substance for which
they have been "sent," has no founda-
ton in fact.
! Eye-stones are dcservedly going out
of use, for they merely furnish a me-
chanical means of doing in clumsy
manner what little skill will accom-
plish much more certainly. Few of
them, indeed, are seen at the present
day, and these are said to be brought
BY sailors from the Bahamas and else
where.
1t isinteresting to know that in the lin
ing membrane of the stomach of craw'
fish there are found small bodies which
go under the name of ''crab's-eyes,' and
look not unlike the true eye-stones
They have sometimes been mistaken
for them, and presumably would serve
similar purpose.-Youth's Companion
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-12-12
VALUABLE VOTES.

The Weight of Woman's Ballot In Kansas.
At the annual meeting of the Kansas
e. S. A., the president, Mrs. Laura M.
Johns, said of the recent municipal cleo
ton:
The attitude of men toward the wom-
en- Voters in this election was indicative
of growing respect for their powers and
for their interest to put into Office men
of character. An amusing and crafty
ing spectacle was furnished by the men
who had regarded woman's enfranchise-
ment with lofty scorn, now entreating
the support of the women voters, and
finding the emotional sex" very stead
lily, self-respectingly holding their votes
at a high value, and discriminating with
thoughtful independence between can
didates, and not easily to be moved by
threat or persuasion.
One of our woman mayors was elected
because battle was to be fought, and
| she, though one of the gentlest of her
sex, was known to be of Spartan courage
and granite firmness where principle
was involved. She generated her forces
admirably, and out-generaled the enemy
entirely. She has been reelected and
continues to give her city able service.
1t has prospered financially under her
rule, and has suffered in no way. It's
treasury is no longer impoverished, the
city is out of debt, the streets are i'm
proved, Sunday and prohibitory laws
are enforced, and brothels do not exist.
am moved to say that while we are
proud of the record made by our women
in municipal office, we do not recon-
mend that any municipality be put UNI
der woman government exclusively. 1t
may be that it was good thing in the
beginning to put the government of
some of our cities entirely in the hands
of women; otherwise we might never
have known that a city could prosper
under woman government. BUTT seems
to me that a government Of women and
men together would more nearly &C.
cord with the principles we advocate.
and would be truly government 'sby
the people and of the people" Men and
women should administer the govern
ment under which men and women live,
and we hope that future elections will
recognize this principle
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-12-12
The Ranner Had Two sides.

During the recent military maneuvers
in Hanover the German Emperor was
highly delighted with the honors show
cred upon him. With the King of Sax
ony he considered them proof of the
complete resignation of the people and
their submission to the new order of
things. While driving through a small
village in the course of his journey to his
surprise he suddenly came upon magnif-
icent triumphal arch across the broadcast
street of the peasant town. Upon the
side facing him as he entered were the
words: "Welcome to his Imperial Maj
esty.- He was so charmed with the
evidence of loyalty that, after passing
under the arch, he turned about to ad.
mire its beauty again with his Majesty
of Saxony. But what was his surprise
Ia read on the reverse side the words
"Jchann Bach, best brewery in the viii
lacc. Beer, three cents quart" They
both laughed over it long and haza~-N.
Y. Tribune
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-12-12
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Out of 1885, graduates of the New
York Normal College, 1000 are teachers
in the common schools of the State.
Michigan University has over 2,1Oo
students enrolled this year. OF these
1000 are in the literary department..
The freshman class numbers over 400.
"A new 1,OOO-pound bell, inscribed:
"Prescnted to the First Methodist Epis-
copal Church, York, Neb., by the young
converts of the winter of 80, now swings
in the belfry of that church.
The Episcopal General convention
has adopted canon providing that Jun
married woman of devout character and
approved fitness may be appointed to
the Office of deaconess by any Bishop of
the church."
House toulouse visitation secures
contact with the people. Christ chung
to the common people. He gladly gave
to beggars; He taught his disciples to
stand by the poor, to mingle with man
kind, and to feed the multitudes; all
this is contact A wise visitor can tell
why the family do not go to church, and
can hear the mutterings of discomfort
underneath.
The Sunday-School Union of London
is taking more vigorous steps than ever
to introduce Christian Endeavor socie-
cites among the churches of Great Brit
ain, and the prospect of the British Sec
ton of the society was never SO good.
From Turkey, South Africa, China and
Japan, too, reports are constantly re-
ceiyed of the help which the mission
aries obtain from the societies.
Two ladies were ordained at the re-
cent session of the Kansas annual con
ference OF the Methodist Protestant
church, held at Haddam, Washington
County. They were Mrs. r. S. Smith
of Prescott, Kan, who has been engaged
in the regular pastorate for five years
past-three years in charge of Cahol;
circuit, which prospered in her hands
and Mrs. c. +. st. John, Of Beloit, Kan.
who has been preaching for ten years
past, and is a distinguished temperance
lecturer and worker.
The Bishop of the Mexican State o
Tamaulipas, says Southern exchange
is not a man to be triiled with. A shor
time ago eight hundred of tho Bishop:
flock addressed him letter asking wha
had become of the silver plate given Il
one of the churches by their grandpar
ents. Such question was in the high
est degree embarrassing and impcrti
nent. The Bishop considered tho mat
ter, and then communicated tho en-
tire eight hundred. The letter of OK
communication said nothing about tn
| plate.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-12-12
BEATS THE FAITH-CURE.
A Toothache Remedy Which Kills
Cures in One Minute.

A Toothache Remedy Which Kills or
Cures in One Minute.
There were five men of us and three
women, besides the driver, who were
staging it between two towns in Kan
sas. We set out at seven o'clock in the
morning for an all-day's ride, and had
not made over two miles when the old
est man in the crowd, who was from the
Nutmeg State, and built on Yankee
principles, suddenly exclaimed:
"By gosh to squash!"
"What's up?" asked one of the lot.
'The toothache! She's hit me In that
'ere lower double tooth, and Pm in for
bushel of trouble"
"Just try and not think of it," sug-
gested one of the women. keep your
thoughts on your family"
He tried it for two or three minutes,
1t suddenly died away, however, to be
replaced by q look of ferocity as he
yelled out:
Hang my family, but it don't work!
Has any body got any camphor?"
Nobody had. We hadn't even a drop
of whisky. One man had some tobacco,
but the Yankee couldn't go it. The ache,
once started, grew worse, and as he be-
gan grooming second woman suggested:
''I've heard say as imagination has all
to do with pains. Suppose you imagine
you are sound asleep and dreaming OF
angels and SUCH"
He tried it, and for a minute or two
the ache let up. Then it struck him
with a jump, and he seized his jaw and
yelled:
sJerusha Jackson but I'll be gaul
burned if l haint goin' to die right here!
Driver, stop the wagon!"
| 1t was stopped, and he wanted to know
how far it was to town. lie was told
that it was twenty miles, and he fetched
groan rod long and said;
''It's got to be done! Driver, come
down here"
''What do you want?"
''Youve got to knock it out! You are
the biggest man in the lot, and guess
you kin hit purity fair blow. Give me
litter right here on the jaw"
''Do you mean it?"
"Sartin, and don't waste any more
time. Spit on yer hand, haul off and
sock me one right on that tooth. l want
it knocked into cocket hat"
"But you will go with it,"
'Can't help that. Now, imagine that
I've called you a double barreled liar,
and whale away"
The driver drew back and then landed
on the exact spot, and the Yankee
tumbled head over heels in the grass
He was up in a minute, however, and he
put his thumb and finger into his mouth
and pulled out two teeth and shouted:
"Whoop! It's one extra, but that's all
right! Shake, old man, and then drive
on with the band wagon! We-whoop
Toothache gone-pain gone-happines'
come to stay! Here's dollar, and i
you want to brag around about knocking
Teller fourteen feet l won't say ;
word pm. Y. Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-12-12
HUMOROUS.

Though some of our colleges arc
very old, they are still in possession of
their faculties.-Texas Siftings.
Said the cook to the footman-'Ifs
great use that pepper has in tho
kitchen" "Yes," was the reply, ''but
the nutmeg has greater. "-Merchan
Traveller.
-Wife-"What on earth are you do
ing with those beautiful three-dollar
hand-sewcd shoes you bought yester-
day?" Husband-"Trying to drive the
pegs down. Thine.
-Magistrate-"This gentleman says
that he asked You to buy book and
you assaulted him with mop" Won.
an-"'Deed l did, jedge; he done ask
me ter buy a book when l was cleapin'
house." Magistrate -"Discharged.
-Maiden-"What can woman do
when man that has won her affection
refuses to marry her?" Lawyer-"Is he
rich?' mo; hasn't cent" "She can
appoint day of general thanksgiving
and invite both families to participate +"
IN. Y. Weekly.
Mrs. Brown-"When you send the
vegetables homo l wish you wouldn't
always put the big ones on top" Grocer
-"I-er-I-" Mrs. Brown-"Oh, don't
blame you in the least. just spoke OF
it because the janitor of our fiat always
scrapes off the top of the basket for his
own use before he sends IL up the eleva-
tor.n-Life.
First Tramp-"Met old Teller up
the road yesterday that thinks that when
man dies his soul goes into some ma
chine or other. Thinks he's got his own
granddaddy in old pump" Second
Tramp--"Well, that there amt such a
bad notion. Just think of Teller bein
turned into beer keg when he died.
Ell, Jerry?"-Terre Hsute Express.
Johnnie, you must stop playing with
those Murchison children across the
way. They are common, and Their
father is a nobody "a nobodyr'
echoed Johnnie. "why, l guess you
don't know him, mai He ate twenty
hard-boiled eggs in twenty minutes
and his likeness was in last weeks Pc
lice Scrspings. Next week he's going
over Niagara Falls in barrel."-N. Y
Ledger.
Mrs. Mushroom-"Well, altogether
/ am not 50 very sorry that l have no
any ancestors Miss Mushroom-''Why
mamma, | thought you rather regretted
that we had none that we know Of
Mrs. Mushroom-'I have changed my
mind. l have been to call on Mrs. Mon
tague Devereaux and she showed me al
the portraits of her ancestors Mis-
Mushroom-'And didn't you like thei
looks?" Mrs. Mushroom-sOb, the PEG
pie was good enough. l s'pose. but
wouldn't own ancestors that dresSet
sishoa. ~ regard for STYLE America
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-12-12
NlNETY-ElGH1 PENNIES.
The Queerest Fec Ever Accepted by y
Noted New York Lawyer.

The Oueerest Fee Ever Accepted by
Noted New York Lawyer.
"The queerest fee / ever heard Of"
aid member of the bar, land fee
that shows the soft side of lawyer, was
the one given all in pennies, newsboys'
pennies to boot, to ex-Judge Curtiss, or
taken by him, rather, when we went out
to Pittsburgh to defend his friend Will
lam n. Riddle from the charge Of mis-
management of the funds of Riddles
bank. 1t was just ninety-eight cents,
that fee was, and those ninety-eight
pennies were gotten together in this
way: Mr.. Riddle, who is now prosper
gus broker here, was in his Pittsburgh
days one of the wealthiest and most
liberal men in that town. Every Christ
mas he gave the newsboys a dinner
which cost him thousand or two. The
boys all loved him; they all called him
Billy as indeed half the people in
Pittsburgh seemed to do. When the
news came out in an afternoon paper ono
day that there was trouble in Riddles
bank-it was another official there. a
man high up in politics and society, who
ruined 1.-THE newsboys began to realize
that perhaps there friend Billy was in
trouble, too. They knew that money
cures many things, and after moments
consultation half a dozen of them took
up a collection. A spokesman was APP
pointed. He hurried into the bank,
har1o1 n tinu brourn r,a,,or naval e., NJ
Riddle with the simple words: Here,
Billy and was gone. That brown paper
contained the ninety-eight cents. Rid
die wouldn't have taken thousands for
them. Afterward, when he was tried and
acquitted through ex-Judge Curtiss' most
eloquent presentation of the facts. the
Judge wouldn't take any fee from his
old friend except that tiny brown
parcel. ~. Y. Herald,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-12-12
ORIENTAL FOOTGEAR.
Chinese and Japanese Care More for Ease
Than for Style.

Chinese and Japanese Care More for Ease
Than for Style.
Modern footgear is certainly orna-
mental, but it can not strictly be said to
be comfortable. For ages the popular
fallacy that small foot indicates good
blood and gentle breeding has caused
people, to cramp and distort their feet
until the chiropodists flourish all over
the land.
Orientals, having no such notions, pay
more attention to ease than style, and
consequently chiropodist would starve
in India, China or Japan.
The Chinese shoe is light and at the
same time stout and serviceable. 1t is
warm in winter and cool in summer, and
has the additional recommendation OF
being cheap; but it is not slightly to our
eyes.
In the Japanese shoe the hollow in
front of the heel is made for the sake Of
lightness, and suggests the origin of tho
heel made on most of our leather shoes.
The Japanese in their houses wear light
shoes or slippers, with woven soles with
out heels, or else 60 in their stocking
feet.
These stockings are made with thicl,
soles, and are divided like mittens, there
being place for the big toe and an
other compartment for the four lesser
toes. This bifurcation Of the stocking
enables tho wearer to put on the shoe
described above and get good grip OH
it with his toe.
Japanese peasants wear, also, a rude
wooden shoe raised on stills, like the
Persian ceremonial shoe.
One of the simplest forms of shoes is
that worn in Singapore and India. 1t is
merely wooden sole, with raised heel
and toe, and peg or post in front The
shoe is adjusted with this peg between
the big too and its neighbor, and the
shoe is held on by muscular effort OF
the toes.-Golden DAYS.