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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04

The Extravagaut Suma Paid by Owners
Of Fancy Craft.
One authority in a position to know
states that for a season Of five months a
steam launch 40 to so feet in length inn
poses an outlay of 50, 500; steamer
from 75 to 100 feet in length will cost
about $40, 900. and one Slightly larger.
with flush decks, no less than $1,000,
In the big steamers, with crews varyin
from 30 to so men. the monthly expendi-
ture varies from $4,000 to $12, 900, and in
two yachts of this kind described by
another writer. who gave the details, the
annual costwas figured at $3.50. 600 each.
and in an isolated instance where a
steamer made the voyar around the
world the expense for the i've months
cruise was said to have been something
under $50, ,OO0 Leaving these extreme
cases, and taking as fair basis steamers
belonging to the class which includes
vessels measuring from 70 to 100 feet,
we get the following fixed charges:
Monthly wages, fireman, cook, steward,
three deck hands, engineer and pilot,
$3.50; coal, $500; repairs. deck stores,
engine room supplies. uniforms, 500;
and mess, $3.50; commissioning and lay
ing up, So. 500; total for five months,
$4,000. If to this be added what it
costs for the cabin outfit, without the
delusion that you are saving so much on
your shore expenses-for in the long run
you never dot viii be seen that it
costs pretty penny for the sport.
There is not great difference, save
for coal, in the running expenses of a
steamer and sailing craft Indeed, on
similar displacements. the large schoon-
ers often cost more to keep up. So far
as the smaller schooners and sloops go,
it-is-an axiom that you always spend
more than you have allowed. One
owner of sloop, whose experience is
not exceptional, confesses that when he
built his ship for SIC, 900 he hoped to get
her into the water for So, 900 more, but
by the time sails were bent and he was
ready to cruise, his total expenditures
reached $4,000 His first season cost
him S., 600 more; but from his own ac-
counts it is easy to see the cabin was
run carelessly and too lavishly for com
fort. In the next year he had his yacht
hauled out by the ship builder for an ex-
animation, and though the sailing mas
ter had taken good care Of her, his bill
| for spike here and a craving piece
there was nearly 81, 900. A new main
sail and other sail making jobs cost an.
other $1,000, and before he got the rig
ger out of the boat there was hand
spike and serving mallet account of $500.
Altogether he found his running ex-
penses for his second season, on boat
under go feet on the water line, averaged
$50 per day, and it must be added that
he was not a Johnny Raw either. -
THarper's Magazine.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04
pemoraIIalnr . Brass Raaa.

One of the most annoying and at the
same time amusing sights / ever wit
messed was scene on a river excursion
recently. There was brass band on
board the boat, and while the band was
in the middle of grand piece Of music
a small boy secured a conspicuous posl-
.ion in front Of the players and began
sucking lemon. He acted so as TO at
tract the attention of several Of the
players, who seemed to be unable to avoid
watching the urchin as he pulled away
at tie sour fruit Now, every one knows
how tie sight of a lemon will make ones
mouth water. and that is just what the
musicians wish to avoid. The harder
the boy sucked the lemon the more
watery became the mouths of the play
ers. and finally they had to stop to clean
ti.eir instruments, and tie leader Of the
baud had the boy removed. The young
ster claimed he could stop a brass band
every time with one lemon. II Interview
with a ST Torieiau
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04
y,ctor,a,. Love for nnbIea.

The queens love for babies by no
means diminishes with her ever increas-
ing number of grandchildren Indeed,
the latest addition 70 the royal family
always demands her special interest,
and at the present moment it is the new
baby of the Duke and Duchess of Sparta,
her majesty's latest great grandson, Tor
whom she exhibits the greatest solici-
tude. A magnificent cradle has just
been dispatched by his royal great
grandmother to the infant, over whose
outfit the queen and Empress Frederick
spent many hours during the latters so-
journ here some weeks ago. BY the
earnest request of the queen, the Duke
and Duchess Of Sparta will bring the
baby over to see the queen next month,
and the Princess Sophie, mother like, Is
doubtless only too proud of the OPP
portunity to display her treasure to her
English relatives. ! Lady's Pictorial,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04
PRICE ONE CENT.
ELEcrRnorrx ann MILK.
AclduiAtion Delayed by the pAplioaaIor
OF Current.


The effect of thunder storms In turn
ing milk sour is a matter OF constant
observation in every household. Il Is
not certainly known to what element in
the air this souring action on milk il to
be directly attributed. and most people
are content to ascribe it to electricity
in the air. An Italian savant, Professor
g. Tolomei, has lately made some ex-
periments with the view Of elucidating
this,question. Hefound that the passage
of an electric current directly through
the milk not only did not hasten, but
actually delayed acidulation, milk SO
treated not becoming sour until from
the sixth TO the ninth day, whereas milk
not 50 electrified becomes markedly acid
on the third day. When, however, the
surface of a quantity of milk was brought
close under the two balls Of HoItx ma
chine the milk soon became sour, and
this effect he attributes TO the ozone
generated, for when the discharge was
silent the milk soured with greater
rapidity than when the discharge was
explosive, in the former case more ozone
being formed than in the latter. The
souring of milk is generally attributed
to the growth of a ferment (bacterium)
which converts the milk sugar into lao
tic acid. 1t is possible, then, that the
presence of ozone ia the air everything
the milk hastens the growch and multi
plication of the bacterium The first
bservation-namely. the retardation of
souring by the passage of current
through the milk-may be point Of
practical Importance TO milk traders.
Any method of preserving milk from It's
first retrogressive changes. which does
not involve the addition OF extraneous
substances (antiseptics) TO the milk. and
which is at the same time cheap. effect
i've, and not likely to prove injurious to
the consumer, is sure to be welcomed at
a time when milk is sent long distances
to market. and is often stored for con-
siderable time before 1t reaches the con-
sumer.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04

How Far the Spelling and Pronunciation
Differ In Some Cases.

How Far the Spelling ami Pronunciation
Differ In Some Cases.
Orthograpay being nch IN elemen.
taly portion of a peoples tducation. il
would naturally be considered that any
thing tending to retard the tyro ia It's
attainment would be carefully avoided,
especially as regards the names Of tile
friends and acquaintances with whom
the said tyro may have to associate. Il
is an oft repeated accusation against our
mother tongue that spelling can not be
called . matter Of ~rule, for even in
commonplace grammar ~ongh las half
dozen sounds. separate and distinct,
but when we come to surnames confu-
sion becomes worse confounded
Where would one find an average in
tellect who would pronounce Abergav-
emmy Ahergenny, and.why should the
classic race Of the world belle its let-
tiers and be called Darbygr Even now
Mr.. Dillwy ms most ardent admirers have
scarcely learned to call him Dillon,
and it will require sweeping reform be-
fore Brougham will have become, rs il
should be, Broom. 1t is question why
the scions of noble houses should he so
careful as to the pronunciation Of their
names, but where is the Cholmondely or
Mari loribanks who is satisfied with any
thing longer than the clipped ~Mmsl.
banks and ~Chumey?' How the Col
Quhouns and Wemyss's arrived atat Ca
hoon" and "Weems will riddle orthog-
raphers for ages to come.
OF course. a large number of British
houses claim Nor nan descent, AMI nat
urally demand pure or half pure
French pronunciation. So The Beau
clerks and "Willougiby de Eeresbys
become in polite circles -Willoughby De
Erebys" and "Beauclarcs;" but TO ac-
count for ~Waldegrave" being "Wal-
grave. @S.. John" ~Sinjin. or st
l. gar ~S;llegerr is a harder matter A
large nber Of our we'll known names
chang their o's into us, such as Con
yngham, Monson," and "Ponsonby.
while "Blount" becomes ~Blunt. and
"Duchesne" becomes "Ducane. Most
Of our sllruames beginning with Beau
alter their pronunciation considerably.
for instance. DE Beauvoir" changes to
de Beever, and tie famous Beau
chaml $" are all Beechams.
Ind ed, to take the peerage through,
those names which spell themselves are
the exception, and the intellect is
stunned to find that Charters,
"Glamis. "Bethune, ~Geoghegan and
"Ruthven" are respectively Charters.
"Glams, "Beeton, "Gagan, and
"Riven And reason totters on her
throne when society demands thai "St.
Clark" is "Sinclair" and "Gower
Gore However. the average Eng
lisliman has now got so used to the PEI
cHliarities of aristocratic patronymics
that their misspellirg or mispronuncia-
ton are like second nature. and he
would be ready to knock down the first
man who contended that his favorite
diarist was Samuel Pepys. instead of
Samuel Peeps. Il London Queen.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04
qhe soIl q rnexnnu.tlb,e.

One foot in depth of fairly good ag-
ricultural soil contains 4, 600 pounds of
phosphoric acid; 5000 pounds of potash;
10. 900 pounds of nitrogen and lime. mag
nesia, soda, chlorine, sulphur, and sill
lea to afford food for all the crops
which these three elements can feedper
acre. After farmers by careful and
sldllful cultivation have exhausted all
this great store of plant food In the up
permost foot of his soil. which will re-
quire several centuries, will the soil be
exhausted? Not at all AS the land is
gradually changed into vegetable growth,
and the surface is removed as farm crops,
it as gradually deepens, and the subsoil
which contains the very same elements
becomes fitted for plant food And thus
the imperishable nature of matter ap.
plies to the soil, which can never be ex-
hausted during all the ages which are to
come. All that mankind has 10 do is to
use its arts under the instruction of sci
ence to develop this latent fertility Of
the soil, and to go on feeding the human
race until the end, If an end ever shall
come when the earth will no longer ex-
ist as fit habitation for mankind.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04
A Boaralnr mouse incident.

slow did you sleep, dear, inquired
the landlady severely Of the young lady
boarder. as she dished out some oatmeal
for her.
Not very we'll There seemed to be
some sort Of trouble with the cats in the
yard. never heard anything like it
Did you hear it? asked the landlady.
passing the sugar; it was my yellow
cat Toms fault He sat down on the
kitchen window sill last evening and the
fiypaper stuck to his tail. He jumped
out before we could pull it of, and there
seemed to be trouble all night. but this
morning he came in with the paper still
on him, and there were four different
colcrs of fur, piece of soap, and slip
per stuck on besides"
Did you get the paper OFF, inquired
the young lady boarder. with much in
terest
Certainly not. Igunmed the upper
side. and he's out now waiting for the
other slipper.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04
pYrHoN ANp RAeRIT.
The Strange story of a Hrg SNAKES Fright
and Death.

The Strange story of "a Zig snakes Fright
and Death.
Here is a remarkable story recently
told in the New York Tribune about a
famous python in Paris:
One day fine white rabbit was placed
in its cage. The snake, coiled luxuri-
ously upon an Eastern rug, lazily lifted
it's head and calmly inspected the offer
ing. No sooner was the rabbit placed
on the floor Of the cage than it uttered
plaintiye cries, expressive of the utmost
horror and hoped into corner 1t
then stood up on its launches in the
manner of poodle begging to its mis-
tress. and began paving the air with its
fore legs
Both the posture and the action were
unnatural in the rabbit and were evil
IDENTIFY only caused by terror. The snake
advanced slowly and cautiously, its
gracefully curved neck thrust forward,
its black, forked tongue darting in and
out of its mouth, until its head was
within foot of the rabbit The latter
beat the air still more violently 1t was
pitifuL
lie DyAAAOl WuC CtiAEnbtt DEA pACACAt
and its perplexity turned to fright The
cowardice of all large serpents is well
known. This one had never heard a
rabbit utter such cries. nor seen one act
in such a manner. After gazing at it
for a few moments it slowly Withdrew
toward the other side of the compart-
mpnt, as il unable TO make up its mind
/ n haoir, fIso attack
AS the snake retreated, the rabbit,
probably crazed by terror, sprung for
ward, and In another instant had bitten
the python in the neck just behind the
head, its most vulnerable spot The fab-
bit then hoped back TO the further ex-
trelnity Of the cage. The python, 50
suddenly and unexpectedly attacked,
had not tried to defend itself. and could
not be prevailed upon again to approach
its naturally timid foe. The latter was
taken from the cage. and, ia view of its
heroic defense Of its own life, was
allowed to live in happiness according
to the ideas Of rabbits). until its death
from natural causes
Four days afterward the python died,
not, the physicians said, from the imme-
diate effects Of the bite. but from gan
grene. which developed in the wound
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04
ANNAPOLIS MD, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4 1890.
= soSo or COURAGE


Re brave. my soulf
Though foes around thee fighting fast
v opld drive thee from the field at last.
Pc hravek the struggle soon il past.
And then -the promised goall
My soul. be sfrongl
Though great temptations hover near
And hard may seem the cross to bear.
There is jewel in each tear.
In every sigh asongl
Ny soul. be truel
though on the shrine Of truth the blaEa
Sheds in the dark Its dying rays
Keep thou thy vigil In the ways
The angel walks with you.
Ny soul. stand fast
A little while with haltfng feet
To tread the thorn paths scorched with heat
Where trampled hearts must bleed and beat
A little while-and then the sweet
Rest of thy Lord at lastl
IF L. Stanton.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04
The PuIpltand the stage.

Rev. r. NJ. Shrout. Pastor United
Brethren Church, Blue Mound. Kan..
says: Il feel Il my duty to tell what won.
ders DR.. Kings New Discovery has done
for me. NY Lungs we're badly diseased,
and my parishioners thought could live
only q few weeks. / took five bottles Of
Dr. Kings New Discovery and am sound
and well, gaining 26 lbs. In weight.
Arthur LOYe, Manager Loves Funny
Folks Combustion, writes: After
thorough trial and convincing evidence, !
am confident DR.. Kings New DlecoyeFy
for Consumption. beats ,em Oh, and cures
when everything else falls. The greatest
kindness can do my many thousand
friends ia TO urge them TO try II. Fre1
trial bottles at ]. Walter Hodges ~ Cos
Drug store. Regular size SOC. apd e1s0Q.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04

Paper bags, in which many articles
are sent from the grocers, should be
saved for use when blacking q stove.
The hand can be slipped into one Of
these. and the brush handled just as wen.
and the hands will not be soiled.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04

Eminent Orchestra Leader-Vat7 You
nod care for dot Sherman classic
moosic9
American Kicker = No, I don't. ]
think it's abominably pokey and tire.
some.
Eminent Orchestra Leader Shoost
you drink 15 or 20 glasses Of peer, und
you enjoy dot moosic.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
FOR RENT OR LEASE.

The LOWER FLOOR, now used as
U. s. Postotfice, of the building known
as the Annapolis Opera House.
The floor may be subdivided to suit ap-
plicants. For further information apply
to G. A. CULVER,
500 Secretary.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04
y
.~'.DHOOD 70

When an infast my body broke
out all over with an eruption or rash,
which became more aggravated as
grew older. Every noted hvsician
in our secti0n was tried CT .asult-
ed. Nhen / came of age / visited
Hot SpTings, Ark, and was treated
bg the best medical men, but was
49, benefited. When all things had
failed l determined to try S. S. S,
and in four months was entirely
cured. The terrible Eczema was all
gone, not i "a loft; my general
health built up, and have never had
any return of the disease.
GEo. w. IRWIN, Irwin, Pa.
Treatise on Blood and skin Diseases mailed
sree. SWIFT SPECIFIC Co. Atlanta. Ga
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04

A petroleum engine has Deen intro
duced in light house in Scotland for
working the siren of the fog signal ap-
pafatus recently installed
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04

TOR RENT.-Three Furnis he'd ROOMS
for rent No 50 Conduit Street. SO
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04

EOR SALE-A fine BLACK MARE, Saddle,
n Harness and Four Seat DAYTON, will
be sold cheap for cash. For further particu-
avenue. n7f<
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04

EUBNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. Ap-
L ply 81 the Office Of the CAPITTLA OPP
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04

He-Ethel, I'm ashamed Of you'll !
saw that beastly foreigner kissing you
repeatedly. Why didn't yon tell him to
Btop1
She-I couldn't, dear.
He-Couldnst7 What do ron mean
She--I can't speak his Language. =
FJudge.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04
WANTS, FOR SALE, &c.

We will insert In this column advertise
Hmonfa Of Wants, For Rent, Tor Sale, Lost,
Wound, &C., mot exCee ding four ltnes. ONM
~ EEk. or less. for 3S Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04

NTANTED A SITUATION AS SEAN
w STRESS Apply at 5s Market Street, -
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04

ENOR SALE--A iirst-class and renumerative
II RETAI BUSINESS In the City OF An
napolis. Address. "A b. c. CAPITAL once.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04

TOR RENT-Three pleasant, bright
II and con Portable ROOMS in q very desira-
Bile art OF the city, near the Nae l AGA aiemy.
For particulars apply at this otaee.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04

EOR RENT.-A NINE ROOM CON-
a veuient HOUSE IN a good ne ghborhood
u I'm Apply "a Green street
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-04

II OST-Iu going from the NayalAcademy TO
IL Charles. Conduit, Cathedral or Duke of
Gloucester street. Ladys gray Cvoc0dIleskin
CARD CASE A Liber i reward IL left at the
Capital office. oc20w
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20
Financial.


NEW YoRx. Feb. 10.
Railroad bonds were even duller than ON any pre-
vous day this week, the sales reaching only $780,
600. The market was weak for the greater portion
OF the day, though considerable irreGularity
listed. Chicago, st. Louis and Minneapolis firsts
Lost 136 at 1914, Big Sandy skies ~ at 100. and
Manitoba consols at 11e, while Oregon Navigation
sixes rose to 10.
The stock market to-day was again active and
weak, the bears marking the most determined drive
which they have done for . long time and meeting
with marked success. The general list does net act
In ympathy with the weakness In the grAnsers,
but hsaviness resulted from tho indisposition to
enter into now ventures engineered by tho decline
in these stocks. The action Of the trunk lines in
tusing to quote rates west Of Chicago confines the
fight to that territory, and the only sufferers by
the cutting will be the lines in that section and
principally the Rock Island and the Burlington and
Quincy. In accordance with this fact the last
named stock was savagely attacked in conjunction
with Reck Island, and while 1t was not SO active it
kept pace with It in the downward movement and
three cent had been knocked of III value before
tho reaction appeared and that was for small
fraction only. The pressure was extended to Louis
vile and Nashville and Tennessee Coal to-day and
both were seriously depressed, though the former
recovered most Of its loss while the drop Of five
and half per cont in the latter only partially
regainsd.
Other specialtiss, such Is Oregon Short Line, Big
Four and some others felt the weakness particular
ly, and little recovery was made except in Big Four
Considerable business was done In Lackawanna
Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific, but, while all
three were materially lower than their highest
prices, during the afternoon recovery took place
which brought them all up to within small frac
ton of the last nights Close
Closing prices reported over the private wires OF
RTJNNET,T. a 2CRA NT1N RankarH and Brokers:
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-02-20
List Of Patents.

rst NJ ratants issued from the United States pat
amt oface ON Tuesday, February 10, 1890, for
the state Of Connecticut, furnished from the Of
ice Of Earle g. Seymour. solicitors Of patents, s6s
Chapel street. New Haven. Conn:
W. II. Adams, Stamford. tripod for Iock,drilis
H. r. Bray, Ansons, assixnor TO D. u. flaming,
sssSy 5 Ssg s;its sss s s,aal'''
G. n Burgess. New Britaip. assixnor to Russell e
Erwin Manufacturing company sheet metal latch
J.E Burns, Norwich. stage scenery n,r,,, N.v
9. Q. Case; assgnor 10 :. q E. oolD''' NO"
Britain asne % %,aasSt p msssi pulley.
zane aV Case Bristol, shaft hanger and engine
:. F, eh.mpltu. CRANKY. machine for sewing
SANE, trimming attachment for machines for
G0cIsy. assisnor 10 Pratt whitney, Hart
o "a W. ao glover, South Norwaif, heating railway
3. Gcodeli, Hartford. assignor e Calling Gun
"a. B. HncLiey, Hartford. assgnor e II. I. Tom
linson and J. O. Rich. coin-controlisd torson grip
' q. 4. Hnbbard, New Haven. assignor to W. q. e.
7. Fitch. buckle guard ,..u ..,-
J. P. LaviIne, New Haven, breschioading erd-
sssss ss:snss
T.. P. Nobbs, assignor to American Ring COM
pany, Waterbury, handle.
w B. NORTH Now Haven, assignor to o. B. North
Il Co mauufacture Of waist belt loops.
J. " Pilkington. Bridgeport, hat fastener: .nt
8. 81. Reid. Danbury, hat block chuck.
Same, hat finishing lathe.
F. H. Richards, Hartford. assiGnor to 4. b. coz,
drilling machine.
F. Smaller, Chester, spectacle case.
j. A. Soughton, East Hartford, electric conduc'
tor.
W. E. Swim, Ansonia automatic block signal EYE
tenn for railways.
J. A. Traut, New Britain, assianor to Stanley
Rule and Level hompany, spirit level.
j. Watkins, assignor one half to J. Weldon
F. t. wheeler, Heridsn, switch for systems Of
electric locouOtion.