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Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-24
STATE DINNER RTIQUETTE.

Just What she H0ss and the Guests
 Are Expected to Do.
 From the Washington Starl
 The usual hour for a state dinner is p. n. As the guests arrive, which should be fifteen minutes before the hour set, they are shown to the rooms for the removal of wrap. pings and descend by the private stairway to the grand corridor and proceed direct to tho East room, where the President and lady await them. Each gentleman upon entering the room is handed by an usher g small en- velope containing card inscribed with the plan of the table and bearing the name of the lady he will escort. On the diagram the number of the seats he and the lady will oc- cupy are marked. After being received by the President he examines the card and i'm mediately joins the lady whom he will &C., company to the state dining hall. The lady whom he has brought remains with him un- til her escort disappears.
 All the guests having arrived, at tho ap. pointed hour the steward announces that the dinner is in readiness. The President, with tho first lady guest, leads the way to the state dining room, followed by the remain l ing guests. The presiding lady, escorted by the principal man. closes the line. The Ma- l rine band, meanwhile, performs suitable march.
 In the dining room the guests find their places and take the seats assigned to them by the plate cards, which correspond in loca- tion with the diagram handed them upon entering the East room.
 ] There are four services at all State din. ners. The dishes, in their order, are served on silver salvers by walters, the guests help l ing themselves. The chief waiter serves the President drst and then proceeds toward the right, and the second waiter toward the left. The same course is observed on the opposite side of the table, beginning with the presid- ing lady. No one is ever served twice. The | plates of one course are removed as soon as 1 each guest is finished and the plate for the
 next is put in it's place.
 ] At the close of the dinner, which lasts
 about three hours, it has been the custom oi 1 late years for the gentlemen to leave tho table 1 with the ladies and not return. The custom | during the earlier administrations was for
 the ladies to have their coffee served in the
 drawing room, and for the gentlemen to re.
 turn to drink single glass of wine to the
 health of the President. Gentlemen wishing
 to enjoy a cigar retire during the coffee to the corridor at the foot of the private stair.
 way, but join the ladies when the presiding lady makes the motion to retire. After one promenade through the suite of parlors the gentlemen surrender the ladies to the gentle.
 men with whom they came and with thei1 own ladies take leave of the President and
 his lady. They should receive their wrap
 pings and leave the building quietly an6
 promptly, The last of the guests should
 have retired within thirty minutes aftel
 leaving the table.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-24

was on the platform when young Alley and his bride stepped off the train. The old gentleman had made no secret of his busi- ness in town, and had not failed to declare direzengeance on the man who had stolen his daughter. When he caught sight of the young couple he made an effort to get to them, and would perhaps have made scene, but Officer Buddhu, the depot watchman, had bis eye on the old man and restrained him. A few words of advice and reason were effective, and the result was that in the sitting room he went to the young husband and asked pardon for attempting to do him an injury, kissed his daughter and cried like a big baby. In few minutes he took one on each arm and went to the hotel, where he ordered and paid for the dinners. He then insisted that the young couple return home on the Henderson packet while he led both their horses back to Meade county. The termination of the affair was happy one, and the elder Strange declared that as soon as he reached home he intended to go over to Alleys and make friends. He acknowledged that he was an old fool, any how, and at the depot he patted the bride- groom on the shoulder and confessed that when he married, nearly twenty five years ago. he had to steal his wife, end he had never regretted it.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-24

Mrs. Eliza Ward of Manchester died Sun dey after a long illness of cancer of the cheek. She was widow and leaves three sons end . daughter.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-24
CIOAKS.

Ladies Newmarkets at $5, 5000, 7.5o, o.5o and 2.5o each former prices from $Io to $2o. Misses and Children's Cloaks and Newmarkets at about half price.
 Full width Dress Satines, in handsome styles, oHc per yard. To be closed before inventory.
 Surplus stock Children's Col ored Hose, full regular made, split feet, oc pair to close i; former price 25c.
 Electric Fast Black Ladies Outsize Hose, 45c pair; every pair worth 62Hc.
 Electric Fast Black Opera length Hose, 55c a pair our regular price 75c.
 All our Children's best quail ity White and Natural Wool Vests and Pants at 20 per cent. discount from standard price splendid opportunity.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

It looked like winter yesterday, What 1t will look like to-day is puzzle.
 We are informed that Governor Bulkeley is "politically dead" He has been so before, but his resurrection has been interesting and effective.
 The wretched grip is pretty well distribut- cd. A letter from missionary in the Micro- nesian Islands, South Pacific, describes g strange epidemic which is raging there, the symptoms of which are not put down in the medical book.
 They have had 'sthe Angelus" in Chicago, and the Times of that city is SO much im- burst of enthusiasm: "Nillet ought to have had his studio in Chicago" Receipts of hogs in Chicago yesterday S9,000. Forty.seven thousand of the seventy-six thousand paupers in the New York State almshouses are of foreign birth, despite the fact that in 1880 the native born element in the population of.the State was to the foreign born element as three to one. |
 It is becoming more and more difficult for the golden youth of New York to amust 1 themselves, and 30 Assemblyman Johnson hes introduced bill to legalize rabbit cours l ina It is felt that this is about as harmless an amusement as the dudes are likely to in' ldulgs in.
 The prohibitionists of South Dakota art endeavoriag to secure the passage of aspro. hibitory law that even forbids the use ol wine for sacrsmental purposes. Bisho! Hare of the Episcopal diocese of Dakota hal entered a vigorous protest against this feature of the measure, but the State Prohibition league and the Women's Christian Temper ance society champion the bill as introduced Oklahoma is doing something to mitigat the negro problem. It is estimated tha since the invasion of Oklahoma began, las April, 22, 900 of the 70,0O0 people who hay settled in the Territory are colored people
 The negroes are now moving toward Okla
 homa from Kansas, tho southwest and al
 parts of tho South, and 1t is estimated that .
 the present rate of growth the populatio
Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-24
GRATEFUL COMFORTING
 EpPS'S COCOA.
BREAKFAST.

By . thorough knowledge of the naturallaws which govern the operationsof digestion and nutri- tion and by acarefulapplicationo of the fine proper ties of wellselected Cocoa, MT: Epps has provided cur hreakfasttables with delicately favored bev- erage which may save us many heavy doctors, ,hills constitutionmayb be gradually builtup untibtrong enough to resistevery tendency to disease. Hun dreds of eubtlemaladiesareho hoatingaroundua ready to attack whereverthere Is aweak point. We may escape many fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and properly nourlshed me."-Civfl Service Gazette.
 Made simply with boiling water or milk. Bold only In half pound tins by Grocere, labeled thus:
 JAMES EPpS CO. Homeopathic Chenigts
 9Otu6W8 ondon. RnG1nH1
Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-24

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Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-24
F'URS.

e8 Muffs at 35c, soc, 8ec, $I.25 and 200 each. Best quail ity Monkey Muffs, $2.5o each, reduced from $5. All Furs marked way down.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-24
Howe & StetsOn Surplus Stock t0 Be Closed
 Before Inventory, Jan. 3l.
35c DRESS GOODS

I.7oo yards all wool Dress Goods in plaids, stripes, checks and borders, at 3sc yard. These goods would sell out clean at soc and 58c, but we put them in at 35c just to keep up the excitement during our Great January Reduction Sale.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-24

It looked like winter yesterday, What 1t will look like to-day Is puzzle.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-24

FISTULAs ss'ss ssss sthse' or sss s.s.s:ss ss from business also a other di1eases of the Rectumf and ROBERT M. READ W. D., Harvard, iS76). Evans H0use, No. 55 Trem0nt 8treoSs Send for pamphle6 on se hour, 1T A. V. to P.
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Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-24

We are informed that Governor Bulkeley ia t'politically dead" He has been so before, but his resurrection has been interesting and effective.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-12
A Pathetic ExnerIsnoa.

"Its curious, said the commercial
traveller in the reading room at the hotel,
shut / never see an accident Insurance.
policy like the one you've got without
thinking of singular thing that hap
pened to a cousin of mine in Ohio.
He flicked the ashes from the end Of
bis cigar, drew long breath, as il some
painful or melancholy memory had been
stirred, and proceeded:
I'VE were at a little town called New
Vienna waiting for the train to Cincin-
natl. While lounging about in the sta
tion the sign over the ticket sellers win
dow, Accident Insurance Policies Sold
Here attracted my attention ! said to
him: 'Sam'-that was my cousins name
hadn't you better get one of these
policies9 II costs only a quarter
I'm little superstitious about such
things he said. I've never invested in
one of them yet, and I've travelled thou
sands and thousands of miles without
an accident OF any kind.
"'You don't know when it may come
your turn argued.
well, to make long story short, he
paid the ticket seller 25 cents and got
policy by the terms of which his heirs
were to have $1,000 in case of his death
by accident within "A hours In little
while the train came along, we got
aboard and"
The commercial travellers voice had
gotten unsteady. He stopped and
turned his head away as II struggling TO
repress his emotion.
What happened to him?" inquired
one of the eager listeners. An unshed
tear glistened In the narrator's eye.
Nothing, he said bitterly. He had
wasted that quarter Of dollar-and IL
would have bought five beersi"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-12
BODILY WeIRht a. Am Acc.

The average weight of the male infant
at birth is 7 pounds; that of the female
Is not quite 81 pounds. The maximum
weight (1404) of the male is attained at
the age of 40; that of the female (nearly
124 pounds) is not attained until so, from
which ages they both decline in weight,
the male to an average of 1919 pounds,
the female to about 100. The full grown
adult is nearly 20 times as heavy as the
new born infant In the first year the
weight is tripled; afterward the growth
proceeds IN geometrical progressIon--so
that il 30 infants in their first year
weigh 1000 pounds, in the second year
they will weigh 1.210 pounds; the third
], $50 pounds; in the fourth 1854
pounds-remaining very constant up to
the ages of II and IL ia females and 10
and IA in males, where it must be nearly
doubled; afterward it may be continued
and viii he found nearly correct up to
the ages of 18 and 10, wien the growth
proceeds very slowly. At an equality of
age, the male is generally heavier than
the female, except toward the age Of 12,
when the average weight in both sexes
Is about the same. The male attains the
maximum weight at 40, and begins to
loose it very sensibly about go. About
30 he has lost about 1S-232S pounds, the
stature having diminished about 2.756
inches. Females obtain their maximum
weight st 80. The mean weight Of a
mature man is 104 pounds; Of an aver
age woman 81 pounds In old age they
lose 10 to IA pounds. The mean weight
OF both sexes in old age is that which
they had at the age of 10. Children
lose weight during the first three days
after birth; after the age of one week.
there is a sensible increase; after one
year, they triple their weight; then they
require years to double their weight
again. and 10 to quadruple it At
maturity the full grown man is 81 times
taller and weighs % times more than he
did the dav Of his birth
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-12
PRICE ONE CENT.
The Invalid and Ylolinl...

An old and infirm soldier Was NAV.
ing his violin one evening on the Prater
in Vienna. His faithful dog was hold.
ing his hat, in which passers by dropped
few coppers as they came along. How
ever. on the evening in question nobody
stopped to put small coin into the
poor old fellows hat Everyone went
straight on, and tho gaiety Of the crowd
added to the sorrow in the old soldiers
heart and showed itself in the withered
countenance
However, al at once well dressed
gentleman came up to where he stood.
listened to his playing for few minutes.
and gaxed compassionately npon him.
Ere long the old fiddler's weary hand
had no longer strength to grasp his bow.
His limbs refused to carry him farther.
lie seated himself on stone, rested his
head ON his hands, and began silently to
weep. AT that instant the gentleman
approached. offered the old man a piece
of gold, aud said: Lend me your violin
little while.
Then, having carefully tuned it. he
said: you take the money, and I'll
play"
He did playl All the passers by
stopped TO listen-struck with the dis
tinguished air of the musician, and cap
tivated with his marvellous genius.
Every moment the circle became larger
and larger. Not copper alone, but sill
yer, and even gold was dropped into the
poor mans hat The dog began 10
growl, for it was becoming too heavy
for him to hold. At an invitation from
the audience. the invalid emptied its
contents into his sack, and they filled it
again.
After a national melody. in which
every one present Joined with uncovered
heads. the violinist placed the inslru-
ment upon the POOR mans knees, and
without waiting to be thanked disap-
peared.
Who is it2" was asked on all sides.
at is Armand Boucher. the famous
violin player, replied some one In the
crowd. He has been turning his art
to account in the service of charity.
Let US follow his example.
And the speaker sent round his hat
also, made a new collection. and gave
the proceeds to the invalid, crying,
Long live Boucherl"
Deeply affected, the individual lifted
up his hands and eyes toward heaven,
and invoked Gods blessing on his bene-
factor.
That evening there were two happy
men in Vienna-the invalid, placed Tor
long time above the reach Of want,
and the generous artist, who felt in his
heart the joy which always repays the
bestower of charity.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-12

An eminent physician and surgeon Of
London has lately analyzed man for
the benefit OF his class In chemistry.
The body operated upon weighed 15A4
pounds. The lecturer exhibited upon
the platform %. l pounds Of carbon, %
pounds of lime, o. ounces of phos-
pilates, and about one ounce each Of
sodium, iron, potassium, magnesium,
and silicon. Besides this solid residuum,
DR.. Lancaster, the analyst, estimated
that there were 5,595 cubic feet Of
oxygen, weighing 81 pounds; 105, 900
cubic feet of hydrogen. weighing 1b.4
pounds, and SO feet Of nitrogen in the
mans body. All of these elements CONF
bined in the following: 121 pounds Of
water, 16 5 pounds Of gelatine. 1.s2
pounds of fat, S.S pounds OF fibrin aud
albumen, and ~ pounds Of phospha ts
Of lime and other minerals.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-12
CLAY AND WEBSTER.
The Hearing OF the I'VE Men in 0en.ral


The Hearing ok the I've Men in GeneraI
Society.
An old ministerial friend of mine.
SAYS w. H Milburn in the Hartford
C0aranf. who was much i'm Washington
in those days. and was one OF the great
Kentuckian's most fervent admirers.
but who modesty had kept him from
seeking his acquaintance. saw on Penn
sylvania avenue one day Mr.. CLAY an.
preaching, and no one else near. Pluck
ing up heart as they met. he extended
his hand, saying: Mr.. Clay. am the
Rev. Mr.. -. pastor OF Wesley Chapel.
and from my boyhood have honored
and loved you.
Instantly it was as If the sun had
burst from behind cloud; my friend
was bathed In a stream OF warmth and
light as the kindling eye and hsaming
face shone upon him. and Mr.. Clay
grasping his hand thrilled him with his
voice, and then putting his arm into the
preachers they walked toward the
Capitol, the diffident man completely at
his ease. and feeling as if he had known
the statesman for years The ooaversa-
tion of IS minutes which followed so
knitted the preacher to Mr.. Clay that
from that day forth he would have been
almost willing to lay down his life for
him. Another of my friends, the Rev.
John b Hagany, happened to see Daniel
Webster sitting alone one day on the
promenade deck of steamboat, aud,
after making several turns to summon
resolution for the adventure. stopped in
front of the great representative OF Mas
sachusetts and said: Mr.. Webster. !"
aThat is my name, said the organ
toned voice.
"And | am the Rev. Mr.. Hagany, a
Methodist preacher, who FOR many years
have admired and honored you almost
more than any living man.
"Mydear Mr.. Hagany, said the other,
pray be seated, pointing to place by
his side.
As the preacher obeyed he felt as il he
were admitted to the tabled height of
Olympus, but the divinity of his imag-
ination said nothing Mr.. Hagany sat
with clasped hands. twirling his thumbs,
hoping TO break the silence, which Was
most embarrassing. and at last, with an
effort, said: I'VE have a fine day, Mr..
Webster.
A singularly fine day. answered tho
orotund music.
Another long pause, when, rising. the
preacher said: Il wish you good morn
ing, Mr.. Webster.
= very good morning to you, Mr..
Hagany. replied the other.
If Mr.. Webster had been a candidate
for the Presidency Mr.. Hagany might
have voted for linn. but after the inter-
view have described would have seri-
ously considered the claims of the OPP
posing candidate. Not so, my friend,
who would have voted for Mr.. Clay
against the world. can not better IL
lustrate the bearing of the two men in
general society. You never forgot Mr..
Webster's greatness. Mr.. Clay at once
bound you to him by links stronger shan
steel. Mr. Webster's speeches are read
and will be by posterity with admira-
ton and profit; Mr. Clay's became at
once part of the nations life and con-
tributel largely toward making the
country what IL is
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-12
specimen Gases.

s. Fl. Stafford. New Cassel, Mis was
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheuma-
tism. bis stomach was dis0Edered, his
Liver was affected 70 an alarming degree,
appetite fell away, and he was terribly
reduced in flesh and strength. Three
bottles Of Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd. Harrisburg, Ill,
mad q running sore on his leg Of eight
years standing. Used three bottles Of
Electric Bitters and seven boxes OF Buck
lens Arnica EalYe, and bis leg 10 eOuDd
and well. John Speaker, Catawba. o..
had i've large Fever sores on his Les. doc
tors eaId be was incuFablr. One bottle
Electric Bltlezs and one box Buckien's
ArnIca Halge cured him entirely. Sold by
]. w. Hodges & Cos Drug atore.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-12
TALKING CANARIEs.
lslrds That We're Taught TO ArtIcnlate
Several Phrases.

lslrds That We're Taught to ArtIcnlate
Several Phrases.
IN the year 1858 Mr. Leigh Sotheby,
IN letter TO DR. Gray of the British
Museum, described remarkable talking
canary. Its parents had reared many
young ones, but three years before they
Matched only one out of four eggs and
neglected the chick, commencing at
once the rebuilding Of a nest on top Of it.
Upon this discovery the untledged and
forsakeA bird, all but dead, was taken
au ay and placed in flannel by the fire,
After much attention it was restored and
was then lrou sht up by hand.
Treat.d in this way, and separated
from all other birds, il became familiar
,zed only with those who fed it, conse-
quently its first singing notes were of a
character totally different from those
usual with the canary From the be-
ginning its mistress had been in the
nabitof t.iking to il. aud when it was
about three months old it astonished her
~ rel eieati G some of her endeasing
terms, such as "Kissie. kissie, with its
significant sousd~,
From lime to time 1t added to it's
vocabulary. until for hours together.
except during tie moult ng season. it
.st nished listeners by ringing the
changes according to its own fancy, and
as plainly as any human voice could
nrticulate them on the several words:
Dear sweet z tchie its name kiss
Minnie; kiss me then. dear Minnie;'
Sweet pretty little Zitchie;" "kissie.
kissie, kissie, dear Zitchie AT other
times it would initiate the whistle with
which its master would call the dog.
In 1889 canary capable of distinct
articulation was exhibited in Regent
street The following were some Of its
sentences: Sweet pretty DEAR" sweet
pretty dear Dicky;" Mary sweet
pretty little Dicky DEAR" and often in
the course of the day, @sweet pretty
queen.
The bird also initiated the Earring of a
wire and the ringing of bell. 1t was
years old at the time, and had been
reared by lady who never allowed it
to be in the company of other birds
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-12

Il saw Mrs. Bodkins to-day, William,
for the first time since she became a
widow. She looked perfectly grand in
her mourning suit and seemed SO happy
there was no standing her.
Il guess she was glad to be rid Of
Bodkins.
Perhaps But what do you think she
saidS That IL you had any taste you'd
give me chance TO come out in mourn
ing, too. That made me angry and I
gave her cutting answer 81 won't
soon forget
~What did you say7"
! said hoped when it did happen I'd
be as happy widow as she was
90, you didl Philadelphia Times.