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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-15
airs. Harrisoa,s Tnvlta.ians.

WASHINGTON, April I5.-The invita-.
tions for the coming caTitsnnial cere-
monies at New York have been issued,
MrsSEEal4ison having tho distinguished
honor OF being the only lady who has
received cards for the entiie series OF
festivities. The invitations include nine
separate cards ct IA nnusull size. with
green, red and yellow eolors stamped in
one corner, witt the Washington medal
fastened in imitation of rcd, white and
blue ribbon. a smaller pasteboard an
nounces that the recipient will be for.
warded an extra invit itlon for the ban.
quet within three days Of the celebra
ton. Inclosing these is a printed sheei
of highly finished paper, stamped at the
top with cameo OF Washington, anC
couched in the following terms: ..,rhs
honor of your presence is requested al
the literary exercises to be held at thu
sub-treasury bnilling in New York. al
10 o'clock on the morning of April 30
in commemorafion of George Washing
ton, first president Of the United States
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BRoDIE scoRNs Hlg RIvAL.
He Thinks Stanley Dadn.f Make That
Big Jump. hut He Challenges Him.

He Thinks stanley Didn't Make That
BIg Jump, but He Challenges Him.
NEW York, April Is. Steve Brodie,
the champion bridge jumper. smiled
broadly when asked his opinion about
,,the alleged big jump Of Meredith Stan
ley, of Cincinnati, from the Kentucky
river bridge Of the Cincinnati Southern
railroad.
Brodie said:-s. Well, if he jumped the
distance claimed it was a mighty big
jump, but doubt very much If he did
it. The idea Of his jumping 2S5 feet
landing In twelve feet of water and not
receiving the slightest injury is most
alb urd. He would have struck bottom
with terrible force and chat alone would
be sufficient to in .lire HIM. The idea OF
his doubling himself up like a bali as he
passel through space Is also absurd, as a
man can have no control over himself
from the time he leaves the bridge until
he IS picked up. / vii pue nv Lett and
$500 besides, agalns hs 81 090, and ]
will jump him three i nes. he to name
q bridge, to name one IN / TIA third to
be settled by to siflg Il iNal NJ. If he
wants the let let HIM TAX up this chal-
lenge. He need not jump 2SJ feet either.
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vas thought best 70 continue 20 keep the
men together They can best Be con
trollea by the officers IN the tents where
they were when the steamer left Apia.
The political situation IN Sam, = re-
mains unchanged Mataafa declared
some time ago TINT all the blood that had
been she'd was Oh account 0f German IL
reference III Samoan affairs. He believed
the war would end ard the Germans
would cease giving assistance to
Taanihsses, as the latter would he almost
p0wcrless alone. AIataafa hoped t, at
Kimberly would formally protest against
the part the Germans had taken. Should
Malitia be released By the Germans and
return TO Samoa, NEataafa SAYS. the
question of who should rule would be
settled between militia and Mataafa.
There would be no trouble on this account,
as militia had resigned IN Mataafas
favor.
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WILKEsBARRE. Pa. April 15.- Charles
Hodges and Evan Meddil were instantly
killed by an explosion Of gas III the
Ground Tunnel colliery at Nanticoke.
Hodges was an experienced fire boss,
and Meddil a pump runner. They were
examining the mine looking for danger
Gus flows Of gas in order to warn the
miners Of danger when they entered the
works on Monday. Hodge approached
and old abandone working filed with
standing gas He had d naked larar
and an explosion ensned Both men
wore terribly inangle1 and burned.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-15

NEW YoRK, April Is. DIR. J. r. Gyles.
aged 65 years, for forty years pilysi-
clan in this city, committed suicide by
taking strychine. His wife was infhe
room while he was mixing the portion.
and asked her to drink some of it. not
saying what it was He thought it was
magnesia, but said she did not need any.
After she left the room she heard groans,
and returning found her husband dying.
He had evidently intended that his wife
should die with him. He had suffered
from melancholy for the past few years,
owing to financial and professional
troubles
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AAssHL0N, d, April 15.-An attempt
was made to wreck 3 passenger train On
the Cleveland, Lorraine and Wheeling
railway near Iippecanue station. a
heavy log chain was wrapped around
the rail and three or four cross ties were
piled over the rails The express train
passed over the chain ii safety and came
tosa stop before reaching the ties. Su :
pclon rests upon man resently elected
from train by the conductor y khis
train ard who threatened to Kill The COM
ductor
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SAN Francisco, April 5.-The steamer
Almeda brought news that the Ameri.
can bark G. ID. Bryant. which wa.
seized BY the Hawaiin government fol
smuggling sixty tons 0f opium into
Honolulu. was condemned on the trial
and ordered to be confscated The case
The bark has been allowed to load and
win sail under bonds Of $4,000. The
action Of the Hawaiin government II i
thought is not such as will stand under
the terms Of international treaties.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-15
A Boulanglst Banquet nt veruallle..

PARIS. April Is. at a aBouIangiFt bans
quet held at Versailles last evening II.
Loguerre read Gen. Boulanger's mani
festo, and in speech c0ntrasted the
doings Of the sham Republicans Of the
present with those of the Republicans
Of 1853. The centennial anniversary Of
the acts Of the latter, he declared. must
wines the completion Of the reforms
then init tated MN. Lo2uerre and
Herisse were arrested on leaving tile
banquet. and subsequently released.
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state Trade ANA Labor comneII.

READsSG. Pa. April l5.-Tlspre il d
movement on foot here to organize state
trade and labor council. similar to the
local organization that has been in suc.
cessful operation in this city for soink
years It Is to be composed cf represen.
tatives Of trades unions and il ii the in.
tention Of the projectors to make the in.
fiuence of the skilled mechanics felt II
legislative matters affecting the working
peppIp.
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LATAsArQUk, Pa, April 1.-THE
trouble at Crane Iron works has ended.
The company was independent about the
proposed strike againsta re lucfion of I1
er cent. ii wages, and told the men that
IL d strike was inaugufated all the fur.
naces would be blown cut and remain
idle for SIX months. The threat had tie
desired effect The men agreed 30 accent
reduction rather tai EeTnain Idle: but
the cut WIS saIFtIanfd i wpek
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emancipation Celebration IN waslineton

WAsHIN0ToS. April 15.-The coloa q
people Of Washington and the District of
Columbia will. on Tuesday next. cele.
brate the 27th Anniversary of tile enian.
cipatiOn. III the weather IS fair. the
parade will probably be the largest Of it,
kind ever know in Washington. There
will be 5.0)D men IN line. a number III
visiting colored militia and civic orRa $.
zations from Baltimore, Richmond. and
other places, will form a prominent
feature Of the parade.
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TsOR SALE-A bargain-an old established
n MILK DAIRY, one OF the larkes and best
routes in the city, including cows.Imilk wagon,
and all the appliances or carrying on the
Business. The present owner has other busi-
ness TO engage him. For particulars address
DAIRY. = CAPITAL Once 431me
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FOR RENT

The DAIRY FARM. occupied by Mr.. Beard
more at Horn Point, or Eastp0rt,s Possession
given August, 1889. Apply to
o2Dtf JULIAN BREWER. Agent.
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FOR RENT.

THE DWELLING and STORE on Church
Street from of Aprll.--at present occupied
FRANK II. ST0CKETT.
rs March, 1889. &atf
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Jokes to Let BY the Hour.

stokes to Let" is sign that may be
read on some Office door before long il
a young man who thinks he has got au
inspiration carries out his threat. He
revealed his scheme one night recently
to a person whom he happened to
meet. Said he: 81 have got an idea
that is going to make my fortune. and
a big one at that. / am going to start
joke shop and a funny story factory.
You see. / am something of hand at
making jokes myself, and / can hire
two or three others to get up funny
stories for me. Then l intend to ad,
vertise for patrons, and I'll get them
easy enough. There are plenty OF
young men who like to appear clever,
when they really are no more clever
than a cow. When they 60 out in
company with a party of their fellows
they want to say something smart or
tell story that will delight the girls.
Now to remedy the inability of most
young men 10 do this is a long felt
want. This is just what | propose to
fill. l will simply contract TO allow
them to use the jokes or stories. one,
twice or three times. or as often as
they care TO pay for it. In fact I will
rent them my jokes. II they violate
my confidence | viii expose them: that
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-06-25
THE COMMON HOUSE FLY.
When and Where 1t Breeds and How II
Passes Through the Winter.

When and Where 1t Breeds and How II
Passes Through the Winter.
The common house Ay (Huscd do
nlesticd) is one of the most widely dis
tributef insects, and yet vRy little is
known of its life history. Prof Pack.
ard. in his great work, Guide 70 the
Study of Insects" says: mo one has
traced the transformations of this fly In
this country" He then proceeds to
copy few lines from European work
in regard to the form of the larva, but
the information given in regard to its
early stages is meager and unsatis-
factory. Figuier. in his magnificent
illustrated work, The Insect World. {"
after briefly describing the house fly
says: Every one knows how annoy
ing it is toward the end of summer,
and especially so in the south of
France during the hot season" But
he gives no information in regard to
its habits, where it breeds or lives in
the larva or grub state. We have also
consulted a number of chronological
works published in this country in re-
cent years without discovering any
additional information in regard to the
life history of the house fly. 1t is sup
posed, however. that the females de-
posit their eggs in all kind of filth or
decaying vegetables and animal sub
stance, where they hatch, and the
grubs feed until they are transformed
into reddish-brown pupae, from which
the perfect flies issue during the warm
weather in summer and autumn.
Whether the eggs laid late in the
season pass the winter safely or after
becoming grubs remain half or wholly
dormant until spring is at present
unknown. But as house flies are found
in their perfect state in houses and
other buildings during the winter, it
may be that the entire summer broods
are the progeny of those few individu-
ais carried over from one season to the
next.-N. Y. Sun.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas, Benton ri. Ingram and Maria
Ingram, his wife, by their ceftain deed OF
trust dated the FIRST day of September 1887,
and recorded in the recorders Office OF
Pettis county, at deed book SO, psges 565
TO 56S, conveyed to the undersigned, James
c. Thompson, all their right, title, interest
and estate, in and to the following de-
scribed real estate, situated in the county
of Pettis, state of Missouri, viz
Block number two (2) Of In
grams addition to the city of Sedalia
which said conveyance was made In trust
TO secure the payment of q certain promis-
sorry note ana the interest TO accrue there
on which was made payable semi-snnually
and evidenced by coupons or interest notes
in said deed described, and whereas two of
said interest notes have become due, and
are unpaid, and it is provided in said deed
of trust that il default be made in the pay
ment of said interest notes or any of them
as the same become due and payable.
then the whole of the principal note should
at the option of the holder thereof become at
once due and payable and the holder of
said note having declared said principal
note due, now therefore, in accordance
with provisions of said deed of trust and
at the request of the legal holder of said
note, l shall proceed to sell the above de-
scribed real estate at the court hours door
in the city of Sedslia, in the county of
Pettis, state aforesaid. to the highest bid
der for cash, at publ C auction on
WEDNESDAY TIE 10TH DAY OF
JULY, 1879,
between the hours of 9 il the forenoon
and in the afternoon of that
day to satisfy said mole together with
6-1SE4t j. c. THOMPSON, Trustee.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-06-25
SAMOAN HURRICANES.
Wind-Storms That Are Frequently Accom-
panied by Earthquakes.


panied by Earthquakes.
Captain Richard W. Meade, the
United States naval officer who com,
manded the Narragansett in Samoas
waters in 1872 and now commandani
of the Washington Navy Yard, said
THE harbor of Apia, in Opolu, is 9
coral reef harbor with an entrance
about 1.500 yards wide, and open te
the north. 1t is not large and the an.
chorage ground is limited. During the
yearly hurricane season. which lasts
through December. January, Febru.
airy, March and April, it is considered
rather risk to remain in Apia, while
Pago-Pago. in the neighboring island
of Tuitilla, is perfectly safe. being
lard-locked and otherwise sheltered.
Hurricanes. however. are not very
frequent at the Samoan islands,
though they occur frequently at the
Tonga group. They generally sweep
up through the belt of ocean between
Tonga and the Samoan groups. In
April, 1850. and in January.
1870, the islands were visited
by terrific hurricanes which de.
stroyed the banana and bread.
fruit crops. reducing the natives
to the verge of starvation for
several weeks. These hurricanes are
often accompanied by earthquakes. and
the conjunction of the two work ter
rible injury. On the 26th of March,
1888, all vessels in Apia harbor except
one small schooner were driven out to
sea and lost. This was attributed al
the time to series of heavy tidal
waves caused by an earthquake. Con-
siderable damage was done on shore
also. On the whole the climate of the
Samoan islands, though variable, Is
very pleasant, bad weather only occur.
ring during the winter months. At this
time there are long and heavy rains,
attended sometimes by high winds and
northerly gales Ordinarily the winds
are light and variable. with frequent
and sudden squalls. For the rest OF
the year the weather is very fine, and
from May to November the trade wind
blows steadily from the southeast.
Except Captain Mullan, of the Nipsic,
it is not known that any of the Ameri-
can commanding officers had ever had
experience in these islands, or knew
of the risks attending an attempt to
ride out hurricane inside the reef"
Washington Letter.
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SUCCESS AND FAILURE.
Why 1t Is Unjust to Judge a Mans Life BY
Its Exceptions.


A single brick. if it be an exception.
al brick, is not "a fair test of the whole
structure" This is true whether the
brick is far above or far below the
average. Because a man has once in
his life sunk down below his true
character. if he has risen again never
more TO sink. it is not fair to sneeringly
single out that blemish as a specimen
of his manhood; and because a man
has risen once in his life to extraor.
binary lofty achievement, If he has
fallen back to his own level never
more 10 rise, it is not fair TO refer with
pride to that achievement as a speci-
men of his strength. While it is true
that man is no stronger than his
weakest point. when that point is in
volved in the testing, yet that weakest
point may be now entirely eliminated
from his character. leaving behind
nothing but the ugly surface-blemish
on his record; and while il lie
true that what we have done once we
can generally do again, yet If. as q
matter of fact. we have never sue
ceeded in doing it again. it is not fair
to credit ourselves with a present
ability which does not in reality ap-
pear to exist. To ferret out past mis-.
takes and. fasten them on another's
character as its label. or to herald an
isolated past achievement as a sample
of our present power, is to reverse the
first principle of truth, and make the
exception the rule. How much harm
and injustice are done by such unsound
Judgment! To be fair. and to make
legitimate deductions. one must Judge
a character. principle, a tendency. at
its normal best. not from the highly
forced single successful less from
its poorest illustrations.-S. S. Tim es
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PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.

For the first time in nearly fifty
years neither Salisbury nor a Bay.
ard is in public life at the capital.
"A household at Buffalo, composed
wholly of women, keep a couple oil
mems hats and an overcoat on the
rack as device to scare away bur.
glars.
Mary Anderson has a hobby O,
being photographed and acknowledge
that she likes TO see pictures of her.
self in as many attitudes and dresses
as possible.
Isaac Davis. the Lake George
rattlesnake hunter, has killed 1,70G
snakes within the last four years. He
is said to be the only professional
rattlesnake hunter in the world.
The oldest man who ever entered
q Cabinet was Lewis Cass, who be-
came Buchanan's Secretary of State at
seventy-five. Alexander Hamilton was
the youngest of all Cabinet officers.
A woman in Sharon. Pa, threw
away her false teeth under the Chris
tian science illusion that God in an
swer to her prayers and faith would
miraculOusly construct for her new
and natural set. The teeth didn't
come. and she went insane.
There could be no more striking
contrast than when Chief Justice
Fuller and Justice Harlan, of the SUI
preme Court. walk down Pennsylvania
avenue together. The Chief Justice
is as much below the average size as
Judge Harlan is above it. and they are
sometimes spoken of as David and
Goliath.
In the Colorado foothills, near
Chico, lives Kate Lucas, a tall. we'll
built. rosy-cheeked girl, who rides on
horseback fearlessly and alone over
the mountain slopes and ravines, who
scorns a saddle, is capital shot with
a rifle and can ride the widest mustang
without bride or blanket, using simply
q lariat.
-Ex-Secretary Bayard, in bidding
Mrs. Cleveland farewell as she left
Washington, is reported to have said:
Goodbye. You brought nothing but
sunshine with you, and you are taking
a great deal of it away" This was a
deserved compliment to the excellent
and courteous lady who recently
graced the White House.
According to the Macon (Ga)
Telegraph one day not long ago a man
by the name of Coon called at the
Way Cross post-office for his mail.
He was followed by Mr.. Fox. and that
gentleman had barely cleared the door
before Jim Wolf wanted his mail.
Next day Lamb and a Lyon marched
in to see if there were any letters for
their fnlts
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-06-25
piSAGREEABLE SPRINGS.

"Reminiscences Conserving the vagaries OF
March and A pril Weather.
A gentleman of this city who was
only eleven years old in 1861, but who
retains vivid recollection of the stir.
ring events both before and after the
first inauguration of President Lincoln,
writes US concerning the exceptional
weather OF March and April, 1861. On
referring to a newspaper file of that
year. it appears that on the Sd day OF
of March the thermometer was 74o
From that date until the 14th the
weather was about the usual for
March, perhaps milder slightly than
usual. On the 14th there was fall
OF snow to the depth of about 4 inches;
on the 10th of 5 or 6; a day or two
afterward 1 or 2 inches, and on the
21st and 22d about s inches in the city,
and in each cases somewhat more in
the country near Boston. There were
about two weeks sleighing.
On the 18th the mercury descended
70 e above (and zero in country
places near BOSTON,, a difference OF
$50 from the maximum, and rose only
to 17' at noon-something probably
not recorded before or since. During
the last week of March the snow en-.
tirely disappeared, but on the night of
April l snow-storn began which
continued all through the I'd and ended
the morning of the Sd, leaving on the
ground an average of a foot, making
sleighing for two or three days. Fast
Day occurred that year on the 4th, on
which day the writer with his father
and brother enjoyed a sleigh ride in
the city and suburbs of several hours
durations.
The following list of snow-storms in
April and May is taken from Felt's
ANNALS of Salem:
1859, April 30-Snow-storm, 8 or 4
inches on the ground next morning.
1872. April Great storm of snow,
drifts feet high.
1901, May MANY cattle lost by a
rain and hail storm of three days.
= 1761, May lizard gale at north
east; rain and snow. The latter melted
as it fell.
1869, May 11-Snow fell for twelve
hours
1903, May S-Snow fell seven hours.
1908. April-Snow deep in some
places.
1872, May 4Show-storm all day
and night
1882, April IA great storm, with
rain.
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Double "FF" WOMEN

Hove used IN special practice for
Appetite Blood Weight Strength Vgor Insure Better Com
p.exOn Unsurpassed for Scauy
50 FULL MONTHS COURSE. 3 MONTHS S.
oR- WHlTTIER. ST. LOUIS. MO-
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One traveller who never 0others
about having his trunk checked: The
elephant
"A Bengalee student was asked TO
answer this proposition at an examine
ton: PUT down in your own words
what you think of the character OF
Lady Macbeth" To this the Baboo
gave the frank reply: ''Oh, indeed,
she was a brazen-faced female"
Miss Susannah Warfield. who COM
posed the march for the inaugural ball
of President William Henry Harrison,
lives at Sykesville Carroll County,
Md. and is ninety 'ars old. She is a
wealthy old lady and is about to build
and endow a college.