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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-26

The University of Michigan has grad
uated over 10000 students in 46 years.
Teachers salaries in the United States
annually amount to more than $50, ,0O0,-
900.
Baltimore architects think that q
school of architecture would succeed in
Baltimore.
The school teachers in Lower Saucon.
Northumberland county, Pa, have to
whitewash their own school houses
Married women are not permitted to
teach in the public schools of Philadel-
phia. Widows are permitted to teach.
The board of education in Columbus,
Ohio, has decided that hereafter there
shall be no difference in the salaries paid
| to men and women who are teachers in
the public schools.
1t is said that Harvard feels 50 keenly
the conviction that it's about time to
outrow Yale that, abandoning her pre-
vious policy, she will hire professional
coach for the university crew.
Boston is showing high degree Of
interest in the establishment of the $780,
600 fund which is needed for the found
ing of medical school in Johns Hop
kins University, Baltimore. Already
| Boston has raised nearly $50 900.
N. j. Badu, secretary of the proposed
Oak Cliff French University, OF Dallas,
Tex, is visiting Boston with the hope Of
receiving subscriptions to forward this
"Vassar Of the South" In Texas $780,
900 has been raised, but $400, 900 is the
sum needed.
1t is stated that the board of education
1T Atchison has de, ded not to employ
lie schools. The itice of this boycott
is not quite apparent SchooIma'ams
make excellent wives, and there is no
reason why wives should not make
excellent teachers. Il Kansas City STAR
The CoRgregdtionalist speaks out on
colleges for women: Our colleges for
women are still i'm the stage of expert
ment. One of their defects lies in at
tempting to give training precisely
identical with similar institutions for
men, without reference to the fact that
the home is, and must forever be,
woman's highest sphere Of usefulness
/ A walking science class" has been
started at Chautauqua. having for its OBJ
iect the study of botany, mineraIogy,
and geology from nature. Miss Mary b.
Dennis is the author of this scheme, and
that it is likely to become popular is evi-
denced by the fact that she is constantly
receiving letters from all parts of the
country asking about the formation Of
similar classes.
If the man who counted them missed
aone, there are 800 universities in the
United States, while France, poor be-
uighted land, boasts but one university.
There may be a difference, however, in
the ideas of Americans and Frenchmen
as to what consti utes a university.
Seriously. this emu aeration shows how
valueless are statistics for purposes OF
comparison without specific explana~
ton.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-26
PEss1,I1sr AND oPrIMIsr.

"a gloomy world" says neighbor Black,
"where cluds Of dreary dun.
In masses rolled, the sky infold,
And blot the MONDAY sunl"
" Ay, so il is" says neighbor White:
but haply you and
Might shed a ray, TO cheer the way.
Come, neighbor, let us try"
A vale Of tears" /" says neighbor Black,
- A vale of weary breath.
OF soul-wrung sighs and hopeless eyes.
From birth to early deathF'
say, so it is" says neighbor White.
But haply you and !
Just here and there might dry tear
Come, neighbor. let us try"
-IOld Pome.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-26
SPECIAL NOTICE.

We will insert in this column advertise.
nents Of Wants, For Rent, For Sale, Lost,
to9nd, &C., not exceeding four lines. ONE
WEEK. or less. for 26 Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-26

q P,h;lh Phh ot Grand, Square and Upright Pianos
1--WE Seorge ST.. Annapolis. Nd. 7s0m
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-26

OST-0n Sunday in going from Prince
- George Street up Cornhill Street to State
slrelea GOLD PIN CAMEO SET. Reward
II left at No. State Circle s23
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-26
Il FOR RENT. q

o Iae HOUSE No. l0S Hanover Street. after
SS.9r SssSoer LIST, 1890. Apply at No Church
wee s2
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-26
NOTICE.

Families supplied with the Celebrated
NSaoarG Falls Beer. Coldest in the city,
Send in your orders to SMITHS 50 West Street
Annapolis. Choicest Wines, Liquors and Ci-
gars kept on hand at the F. & L. RESTAU-
RANT, same number. sill
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-09-26


Mrs. Gee. p. Smoote, highly cultivated
and estimable lady OF Prescott, Ark, writes
under date of April -, 80: "During the sum-
mer of 1887 my eyes became iniamed. and
my stomach and liver hopelessly disordered.
Nothing ate agreed with me. took chron-
ic diarrh9a, and for some time my life was
despaired ofby my family. The leading ply
slcians OF the country were consulted. but
the medicines administered by them never
did me any permanent good, and fingered
between life and death, the latter being pre-.
terable 10 the agonies 1 was enduring In
May, 1883, | became disgusted with physi-
clans and their medicines. dropped them
aR and depended solely on Swift's Specific
IS. 8. 81. few bottles of which made me
perVnently well-well from then until now"
1t Builds up Old People.
My mother who is a very old lady, was
physically broken down. The use of Swift'a
Specific Is. 8. 81 has entirely restored her bo
health.
RIB. DILwoRTH, Greenville, s. G..
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
@oe. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-06
STEEL TIES.

1t appears that the Delaware and Hud-
the country to try steel ties. The Chicago
and Western Indiana Railroad company
has tried steel rails for nearly a year and
expresses satisfaction with the expert
ment 1t is stated in behalf of their
superiority that they will prevent the
spreading of rails, and since, in the last
eight years and a half, 3S7 accidents have
occurred in the United States from this
cause, 1877 persons being killed and 9O1 in
jured, claim of this sort deserves careful
consideration. Again, it is urged that
steel ties will outwear greatly the ones
now in use. Estimate places the number
of wooden ties at present actually
in service in this country at
425, 600, 900, and the number annually
required to replace those which
have become worn and to supply new
roads at 100, 900, 900. The demand thus
created is becoming serious to the forests
of the Northwest, and a Northwestern
congressman has gone SO far as to pro-
pose bill requiring all railroad companies
to substitute steel ties for those at present
employed. Further, when the steel tie
is worn it can be removed and worked
over, an operation obviously impossible to
one of wood. While locomotives and cars
have been greatly increased in weight,
while speed on our best American rail
roads has developed steadily in the past
twenty five or thirty years, and rails have
been made heavier to meet the greater
strin, the material and size of cross-ties
have remained practically unchanged
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-06
Wednesday, August 6.
SOME WISE NEW LAWS.

SOME WISE NEW LAWS.
There are about 100, 900 insane persons
in England and Wales, and some very de-
sirable additions to the laws which govern
the care of them have just been made.
One of the mast important of the new
provisions is the requirement of a re-
examination of every insane person, with
In year after his commital, to see if.he
needs to be longer held in custody. This
is effected by the simple device of making
the reception order" or commitment pa
per of the patient, terminate on the 30th of
April, 1891, or within a year from
its date; after which period the in
sane person cannot be held unless there is
a certificate that he needs further deten-
ton on account of his mental or bodily
detention. This certificate, if approved
by the English lunacy commissioners,
will hold the patient year longer.
then there must be new report which
will hold him two years more, then one
for three years, and SO on. Such sys-
tenn requires much new labor of the asy-
lum physicians and the London bureau,
but it will prevent the interminable con-
finement of many persons who might as
well be outside as inside of the asylum. 1t
is also provided that pauper lunatic shall
not be removed. under any order for re-
moval made by two visitors, without a
medical certificate signed by the medical
officer Of the Institution for lunatics from
which the patient is to be removed certify
ing that he is in fit condition of bodily
health to be removed.
These, with other provisions, will tend
to make decided change in the care of
the insane people of Great Britain. And
the change will be much for the better.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-06
CHANGE.

The silver question-Got change for
quarter.-Texas Siftings.
Great men don't strut, but the little men
who have been told that they look like
them do.-Atchison Globe.
A country subscriber wants to know IF
there is any money in hens" He might
ascertain by cutting the hens open.-Nor-
ristown Herald.
A serious need these days is a gas meter
that is intelligent enough to know when
the family is at the seaside, and honest
enough to say so.-Binghamton Leader.
Salby-What is Mr. Ponsonby's profess
sion-do you know!
Miss Popinjay-Oh, I have heard father
say that he was pessimist.-Burlingto
Free Press. m.aa seIes5es - .a.-.
''Here are some fine specimens of gold
bearing quarts" said the milk dealer, as
his specially ly-manufactured pint-and-three-
quarter measuring cups arrived.-Wash-
ington Post.
Bridegroom-You wish then, Clara, that
in our wedding tour we take in Sweden;
might ask why. "Well, Sweden is such
beautiful pink color ON the map, and
pink is so becoming to my complexion. y
Philadelphia Times.
A seaside paper makes the startling an
nOuncement tnat TAN SnOes are very Ihucn
worn this summer. Hundreds of the cot
| tagers wear nothing else." A pair of tan
shoes certainly makes a very cool costume.
| -Yonkers Statesman.
| During hunt a lieutenant fired at a
rabbit, but did not hit it and narrowly
missed the major of his regiment. 81
| say, lieutenant" exclaimed the majsr
''are you shooting at rabbit or for pro
motion."-Texas Siftings.
Nearly 10000, 600 pounds of dried and
evaporated apples We're exported from this
country during the eleven months ending
June 1. The sympathies of those who
have had long and intimate acquaintance
with dried apple pie will go out to the peo
pie of foreign lands in this hour of theil
affiiction.-Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Pry Ito applicant for tenement)-
Does your husband stay out late at night
Applicant-He does.
| Mrs. P.-Very late.
| A.-Yes, very late.
Mrs P. with toss of her head
belongs to club, suppose.
A. (calmly)-No, the club belongs t.
him. He's policeman Boston Courier
oh, Mother Earth. receive thine own;
BY thee first was nursed,
come to greet thee humble, prone;
The hammock strings have burst.
| -WashingtOu Post.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-06
THE EASIEST WAY OUT.
How the Policeman Avoided Necesxi.
ry ofnn Arrest.

London Correspondence Philadelphia Press.l
John Bull does everything deliberately.
He thinks before he acts, while the French
man acts and then thinks. This habit of
slow deliberation saves the police much
trouble.
To illustrate the wisdom of deliberation
on the part of the London police: To-day
large 200 pound Yankee sailor, loaded
with fiery Scotch whiskey, gotinto Pic
adilly stage and insisted in riding for moth
ing. Expostulation did no good, so the
conductor called to policeman to put him
out.
$50 You won't pay your fareg said the
policeman, looking at the belligerent Yam
kee from head to foot.
mo. I'll die first. They should have
given me a transfer"
ssBut 1 am obliged TO put you ont If You
don't pay your fare" said the policeman,
rolling mp his sleeves.
''You jes' try it, said the sailor, with
glaring eyes.
The policeman took another look tJons-
than, thought moment, and then quietly
handed the conductor cents.
81 guess that is the easiest way TO adjust
this case" he said, as he went whistling
along on his beat
The uniform Of the London police is
very formidable Ii is the uniform of a
New York hose company and Prussian
soldier.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-06
HAVEN, CONN, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST g. 1890

fled strong indictment against the Chi
nese of that city. He says the Chinese
there commit more crimes against the law,
in proportion to their number, than any
other race or community, and the detec-
ton of the perpetrators of such crimes is
mails of any other class because Cinnamon
refuse to disclose the identity of their
criminals. They have no regard for the
obligations of an oath and are becoming
more vicious. and immoral year by year.
The Chief favors the removal of the Chi
nese quarter.
Steno-telegraphy, with which people are
now experimenting in France, is creating
much excitement among news gatherers.
By it shorthand reports can be transmitted
to any distance just as they come from the
desk of the stenographer. The invention
also effects a rate of telegraphic speed,
either in long or short hand, never obtain
able before. In an hour, for instance, by
means of it, $4,000 stenographed words
were transmitted from Paris to Brussels
Is, 900 words to Lyons and $4,000 to Mar
seiIles. Stenographed words can be SEN
at the rate of 200 words per minute; ordi
nary words, 100 or 100. Further expert
ments are expected to give still more aston
ishing results.
Some men know what they want. jaime
Bright Morgan is representative in con
gress from Mississippi, and of course he
Democrat. He wants, like most repre-
sentatives, to be reelected. But he is o
was lawyer, and the Farmers alliance
which is turning things political upsid
down in the southern States, wants all tn
representatives seats for its members, AM
its constitution excludes lawyers fror
membership. Therefore Mr.. Morgan, con
vinced of the strength of the alliance
divised plan by which the allianc
| might be used to keep him in hi
| seat, instead of turning him out O
it. He had been lawyer for thirty years
he had been judge and chancellor for hi
district. He applied to the chancery cour
to annul his license to practice law, that
to say, to expel him from the bar. Tn
| judgesranted his petition and expelle
him. Mr. Morgan, with this proof that h
was reformed lawyer, applied for men
bership n the Farmers alliance, and joine
it. But it is encouraging to note that h
has not been nominated and probably Wi
NOT he
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-06
THOUGHT TRANsFKRENCK.
A Man Brought the Very Article HE
Wife Wished For.

from the Boston Transcr1pl-l
A gentleman was sitting in his library in
the evening. His wife had gone up stairs.
Presently he, too, rose and prepared to go
mp stairs. Passing through the parior,
which, by the way, was not his ordinary
way of going up stairs, he went out of his
course little and paused to look at small
table which stood in the corner, and upon
this table lay tack hammer.
Now, it was a very unobstrusive little tack
hammer, aud this gentleman who is not at
all orderly in his habits, would be the last
person in the world to go out of his way to
notice tack hammer.
If it had been large lump of coal, or q
quarter section of cheese, OF q strange cat
on the parlor table, the chances would have
been quite against taking any notice of the
object.
But he not only paused and observed
this tack hammer in a somewhat dazed and
perplexed way; he took il and started up
stairs with it, which was perfectly extra
ordinary thing to do, becanse even If the
hammer did not belong on this table, it did
not belong up stairs. He had not more
than half assembled the stairs when his wife
called from above:
my dear."
"Yesgs
"Oh, you are coming. i wss going 10
ask You, when you came, to step into the
parlor and get tack hammer on the table
there. 1 wanted to tack up picture"
The husband stood aghast half way up
the stairs.
''why," said he, al have got the ham
mer already. And why on earth should
have gone and got it / haven't the least
| idea"
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-06
RAPACITY ROILED.
A Thrilling Tale of the Ice Mania OF
1890.

1890.
from the Chicago Tribune.
Clad in his bullet-proof coat of mail,
the trusty guard of the ice wagon sat in
the iron-plated turret on the hurricane
deck of the vehicle, with his Winchester
rifle in his hand, a collection of hand gre
nades within easy reach, and his belt full
of navy revolvers of the largest size. On
little shelf in front of him was pair of
sabres ready for instant use in an emer-
gency requiring hand-to-hand fighting,
and powerful field glass for detecting an
enemy at long range swung on pivot in
such way as to command a view of the
landscape in every direction. The driver
of the wagon, as heavily armed as the ma
ture of his duties would permit, sat in a
bomb-proof enclosure, and guided the
horses by means of lines passing through
portfolios in front, while the athlete who
occupied the responsible and dangerous
position at the rear of the wagon and de-
livered the ice to customers, was equipped
with bottles of vitriol for defensive use,
and wore under his outer garments suit
of chain armor that had belonged once to
base ball umpire.
Under the watchful protection of the
guard on the roof the wagon had stopped
| at its regular places, the man in the rear
| had made several deliveries of ice to Gus
toners in perfect safety, and as the driver
| turned down wide street in thickly-
| settled portion of the town, with few per-
| sons in sight except children at play, the
| vigilance of the trio in charge of the ice
wagon relaxed and sense of security
| ofrIo oxyar fham
| Suddenly as they passed an alley a troop
| of horsemen dashed out of it with wild
| ven, half dozen lassos few through the
air, and before they could recover from
| their confusion the guard on the roof and
| the man on the rear step of the wagon
were dragged from their posts, thrown to
the ground and bound with ropes. This
done, a part of the gang opened fire with
revolvers on the bomb-proof easement
where the driver sat and succeeded in oc-
cupyinp his attention while the Others
with crow bars and sledge- hammers forced
| open the iron doors in the rear.
The plans of the daring robbers had
| been laid with care, and in less time thar
| IL takes to tell of it they had succeeded in
their desperate undertaking, and were OF
their way out of the town with theil
booty, chunk of ice weighing at least ter
pounds, wrapped in a blanket.
| The knowledge that the news of ths
robbery would be flashed through thu
place and telegraphed far and wide. &C
companied by offers of large rewards fol
their capture, dead or alive, lent wings +,
the fleeing villains. They had held NJ
many a train on the plains of Texas ant
in the rocky fastnesses of Missouri; bu
had never engaged before in scheme o
plunder on so gigantic scale, and the,
rode from the scene of their exploit witt
| the wild haste of men fleeing for thei
lives.
In little clearing in the heart of
dense wood, miles and miles from the tow
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Generals Humidity and Debility are
making some extensive conquests in these
days.
Here is probably the only statement of
the kind that was ever made public: A
resident of Nebraska City relates that
seven years ago he sold 160-acre farm in
Crawford county, Iowa, for S25 an acre.
Since then railroad has reached the place,
yet he was recently offered the same farm
for SIS an acre.
The ways of criminals are sometimes
strangely ingenious. Recent investiga-
tions in Indian prisons have revealed a
curious physiological condition induced
by thieves for the purpose of secreting val
uables. They allow heavy lead bullet to
slide down the throat and keep it in posi-
ton for half an hour at time. In about
year pouch is formed, into which any
thing small may be thrust, without inter
fering with speech or breath. At Atpresent
there are in Calcutta Jail twenty prisoners
with these throat-pouches.
The Philadelphia Press, contemplating
the effect of low rates on Hungarian rail
roads, asks the pertinent question:: How
long will it be before American railroad
passenger agents see that profit lies not in
pleasing the few who want 'svestibule
limited" but in carrying the many who
will travel at a cent a mile by the Million
Europe is waking up, especially on the
continent, to the value of low rates of fare
and the next revolution in point of cheap
ness in this country will, without doubt
be a general reduction of railroad fares.
A "volt" is q little understood thing
According to good description of it, tht
volt gives one blow of specified force
As volts are added together the force o.
the blow is increased until the enduranc,
limit is reached. 1t takes about twenty
five volts to make a perceptible tinglin,
sensation. When fifty volts pass through
the body the tingling sensation. become
unmistakable, but not strong, while on
hundred volts feel lively, two hundret
volts strong, three hundred volts power
| full, four hundred volts Titanic, and fiy
hundred volts knocks man fiat.
Chief of Police Crowley, of San Fran
cisco, who has been at the head of tn
Police department for eighteen years, ha
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-06
"--7-------------
SOME FLORIDA NEGROES.
How They Are Faring Down There
Under Freedom.

How They Are FarIng Down There
Under Freedonf.
Mrs. Helen X. Kimball, of Jacksonville. at the
National Teachers Association.
I saw tho nerro. the happy- eare-free.
-. - -, :. ,;..,- l..
''' pa' " "''' o..
name "hat DO L see MIN nows Ihe
well dressed man on the street, the most
reoular ,afron of the streat ear and Eyarx
staoie. Every avenue oI 'rade Is open I'd
him. Many of the friends before me have
never seen one hundred colored people in
ona to,sn AT ona time Many ;n,sil;,s,,
n.:..,.. =. an. - ,,--..-s =
'"'nAe'' ""'o 'no iiee"i,'e" 'i"'s'"eu "S
BARRIERS, porters, hotel waters and white
washers Come to jacksonville next win
,,,;Il .n,ar = sh,a - ,,i,;tse 80, -
a co,ored man stand side bv s;da behind
,ha counter and !, "a = ,o.r: chan.a which
will, bend forward and asL ms xxbs, ;s anr
wish today and 7 will defv yon 10 dec;de
which does II with the more persnssiye
and tIatterinu courtesy Come 10 tbe ola
est and wealfbiest drng store an tbe street
the proprietor of which was actively en-,
oaoed on tha southern s;da tyranty. f;ya
wears aoo. and nresent vonr nrascrin,;on
A youn1 fellow whose hair Kinks ta the
akin and whose ewes and teeth shine like
stars in 4 midn;ybt skv win concoct vour
mixtnre of no;sons while Won Wait In
orocsr;es barJ,5sra s,o-as ssnr,rha-s xo,,
shs na stores ahsn anywhere you
In ,ba bns;as, ,,or,;o,, ,f tb;s ,horors5tfsra
onr N nacamhsr rioIs,s and .Isnnary rosas
srs d;sniaved ! n;d5,s'sasd ifr;csn
Ie az haa prcnd,x 2a.ora,a5 - So a ,,;.i =
frams5 tattar of thsnIs f,on, NJ cIa,,s.
land Who sent II in return for : tastefniiv
arranoad wreath Of her favoyita nansies
| an lo,ers of fragrnrca ana hs.,,,, ar.
,a,n,,,d hv.,ha s,rseas,,l staS, -, ,ha 5,sat,
,,,arss staId ~. 49, os 80 ,,,,. !, :
Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-06
The Trailing Arbutus I'm Canada.
from the Toronto Globe.

A correspondent of an American paper
is surprised to learn that the mayfiower is
specially honored in Nova Scotia He
seems to think that it is the cult of the
vessel of that name. The mayfower of
the Nova Scotians is the March blossom
which blooms in the spring. For long
time the good people of Halifax We're in
the habit of repairing to the woods on the
first day Of. May for the purpose of gath
ering this flower, which, curiously enough,
does not grow in New Brunswick or Prince
Edward Island, though found in Maine
and Massachusetts,. In 1884 a society
known as the Nova Scotia Philanthropic
society was established at Halifax, one of
its aims being the cultivation of love of
country. The members were native-born
Nova Scotians The banner of the socie-
ty bore an oval shield with two wreaths of
mayfiowers meeting at the top and bot
tom, together with crown. A scroll un-
derneath read, 1--WE Blossom Amidst the
Snow" Twenty years later the city of
Halifax adopted new seal and coat of
arms, upon which is a mural crown with a
spray Of mayfowers. The early settlers