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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-28
Spontaneous Combustion of Man.

Dickens has been very much criti-
cised for his apparent acceptance of the
fact of human spontaneous combustion,
but the late Sir William Gull testified
to a surprising case before the commit
tee of the House of Lords on intemper-
ance during the summer of 1886. A
large, bloated man, who was suffering
from difficulty of breathing and great
distention of the venous system, died
at Guys Hospital. At the post-mortem
of the following day there was no sign
of decomposition, but the body was dis
tended with what was thought to be
gas. "When punctures were made into
the skin" said Sir William, land a
lighted match applied, the gas which
escaped burned with the blue flame of
carburetted hydrogen. AS many as a
dozen of these little flames were burn
ing at one time. london Court jour-
nal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-28

body knows the trick of opening them,
but they were new then, and very puz-
ling to the average man. gave no
special thought to it after had been
shown the trick, but, as it happened,
that lock saved my life.
MY habit was, on entering my Office,
to put the key in my pocket, and then
to shut the door and try it from the in
side. One night, by some strange freak
of Observation-Disclosures, l forgot part of
this proceeding and left the key on the
outside. l slammed the door and tried
it, and finding it locked went on with
my work, entirely unconscious of the
fact that any one could enter from the
outside by turning the key that was in
the lock.
presently some one did enter. 1t was
very stormy night, and as it happened
only one passenger was in the smoker.
What he did learned afterwards. My
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-28

I WAS long ago,
before t h @ mail
service was brought
anywhere near its
pre- Sc n t perfec-
tion," said the
t-looking man
with whom | was
riding on a West
ern train, that |
was put in charge
of one of the first
travel i n g Offices.
My car ran from
Cleveland to Chica-
go, and l had to
sort not only the
entire Cleveland
mail for the West,
but sometimes as
MANY as half a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-28
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
WHAT THE OLD MAN SAID.

Come hither, child.
am an old, old man,
Yet once like thee had sunny brow
And curls of gold, and was fair as thou
With gentle voice and spirit indebted
And so grew
Into merry youth,
And saw the finer side Of all delights;
Ny days were joyous ALL and blest my nlSn.s'
And love was mine and innocence and Ia'n'
One hour there came
A tempter to my side;
He held the ruby glass close to my liz
And l. unwary took the fatal sip
And all my better nature crucihed
For day by day
The tempter came again,
Until the poison grew nectar sweet,
And nothing to my vision seemed completo
Without it's honeyed guile, its witching pain
My boy, believe
Thou never can'st be safe,
II once that lurking poison fires thy veins;
Ask God to keep thee from its awful pains
And be not thou drunken, aimleSs wall
And boy, believe
Even though at the last
His wondrous love has dashed the cup aside,
And given repentance, better had died
A child upcursed by memories OF the past
MARY A. Denison, in Phrenological Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-28

A tempter to my side;
He held the ruby glass close to my liz
And I, unwary, took the fatal sip,
And all my better nature crucitied
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-28

THOU HtNtT CHI ST Dc SdIb,
II once that lurking poison fires thy veins;
Ask God to keep thee from it's awful pains,
And be not thou drunken, aimleSs wall.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-06-28
A RIDE WITH GABRIEL.
How a Railway Mail Agent Was
Saved by a Spring Lock.

pT7'> T WAS long ago,
(HI before t h @ mail
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
Newfoundland.

Newfoundland is very nearly 300 miles
across at its broadest point, and a little
over 400 miles long Its people are pc
culiar. as all insular folk are. but very
rugged, hardy, honest, and hospitable
to a degree.
The whole interior is an unknown
territory. Only one white man has ever
made the journey from east to west a
Mr. Cormack, who accomplished the
feat in 1929 Consequently there is no
map of Newfoundland extant which is
in any degree reliable. 1t is a very
curious faci that valuable tract of land,
with coal. iron, and silver in its bowels,
and perfectly accessible to the explor-
ers. should remain so long unknown.
The inhabitants live on the water and
have no interest whatever in farming.
What they eat and wear is all imported.
Hard tack, tea, and fish constitute their
diet from one year to another and on
the poor mans table meat is seldom
seen. They are skilled sailors, but
they would stumble over a plow and
break their necl1s The coast is their
home, all they know anything about ex-
cept the wild waste of waters from
which they get their living, and in
which so many find their graves. Ten
miles from the rocks on which their
cabins are built you enter upon wilder
ness well stocked with game, watered
by rivers in which the trout are plenty,
but the people leave it undisturbel by
axe or agriculture.
The quaint city of St Johns reminds
one of the mellow and mystical medi-
@val days 1t has thrift, but is old
fashioned. At night the watchman still
patrols the streets droning out the hours
in stentorian voice, and ending with the
refrain
"All's well.
Some day enterprise will rub its eyes
open, and then Newfoundland will offer
a new field for capital and speculation.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

Commercial Agent Smyth. at Hudders-
field, England, in a report to the State
Department, calls attention to the dis
coveries made by DR.. Jacob Sitting. of
Strasburg, to the usefulness of aniline
dyes as antiseptics 1T has been known
for some time to botanists," says Mr.
Smith, shat various kinds of bacteria
exhibit the power of sucking up aniline
after the manner of sponge, which re-
suits in the death of the bacteria" DIR.
Sitting, he adds, has by many expert
ments confirmed this opinion. The group
of colors which he designates as @me-
thylviolets" has the power of arresting
the development of bacteria in a con-
centration of to 80 900, and in a solu-
ton of the strength of to 1000 im-
purity can not exist. A practical appH-
cation of the solution was made in the
first instance to the eyes of rabbits and
guinea pigs, which had been artifcially
affected with disease. The beneficial re-
suits were so marked that DR.. Sitting
felt himself justified in similarly treat
ing child afflicted with liberation Of
the cornea- Improvement Immediately
followed, although the ordinary anti
septic means had been applied without
any good result Similar results were
also obtained in other cases of serious
eye disease, and in alterations and
wounds remarkable cures are said to
have been effected DR.. Sitting thinks
his discovery will prove of great use in
surgical cases, and that it may be ex-
tended to the treatment of pleuritis and
raarifnnifis
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
a widower,s Grief and Joy.

The late James b. Eads was passing
up the Mississippi River one day aud
stopped at backwoods store on the
banks of the river, kept by an old Ger
man. The proprietor was at work chop
ping wood, but evidently in great grief.
Tears rolled down his cheeks aud he was
sobbing as if his heart would break. His
wife, he explained in broken dialect.
was very i'll. DIR. Eads consoled him as
best he could and left. Returning six
weeks later he found the erstwhile heart
broken Teuton as live and clipper as
squirrel.
-How's your wife?r asked Nc Eads.
"Oh, she vas fine. answered the Ger
man with broad nile.
why. thought she was very sick?"
@Oh, dot vas de odder vun, replied
the happy hridegroo "a. as he set up tsis
drinls. .-lSt Louis II public.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

That precious lens, that lens of lenses.
which is in process of perfection and
well advanced to its final stage over at
Cambridgeport. now lying cushioned on
a soft bed in big box in dark cellar
of the residence of Alvan Clark, the
celebrated telescope maker, will in due
time emerge from its hiding place to re-
fleet the indescribable marvels of the
solar universe. Measuring 10 feet
around, 81 inches thick at the center and
II at the circumference. it has all the
transparency of a thin disk of plate
glass. Twelve months labor has been
expended on this phepomenal lens, and
from two to three years more labor will
be required to bring it to perfection.
Then with its exalted face it viii enjoy
the closest companionship yet known
with the planets and stars. It repre-
sents a value of between 500 900 and
$40, 900. and is expected to eclipse the
famous lens at present mounted at the
Lick Observatory in California, being
five inches larger than that diametric-
ally. The remaining processes for
perfecting it are highly intricate and OF
the most delicate character. When f.
nally mounted this wonderful lens is ex-
pected to bring the moon to within 100
miles apparent distance, SO that the long
mooted question of the habitation Of
that satellite may be definitely an
swered = Boston Globe.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
MONDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER II, 1890.


Grandmother dotei. when she was a grl
On backsti.ch and hemstitch and crosstitch
and p ari
Was tausht in her teens by her own careful
mother
To make the fine shirts Of her father and
brother.
Rlithely she sang over distaff and reel
Aud merrily tripped back and forth at her
wheel
chine.
Paints like Titan on panel and screen.
Runs over TO Paris to buy a new dress.
And lectures and doctors and writes for the
press.
Little she knows about distaff and reel.
But dotes-ohi SO fondiy-on Rrandmother's
wheel;
She decks every spoke with fresh satin bow,
And then sets it up in the parlor to show.
Patient and firm through her youth and her
prime.
With precept on precept and line upon line,
Her hands full of work and her head full Of
cares,
Grandmother managed her household ar
fairs
Her closets and. presses by prudent fore
Filled with the work by her deft fingers
wrought
She married her husband for better or worse,
And in her whole life never thought of di-
vorce
From club to committee, from concert to
play,
Grandmother's granddaughter hurries away.
To her church and her charities, culture and
art
She gives much of her time,a deal of her
heart
Her world is so busy, her work Is so wide,
She can snare time and thought for but little
beside,
Nor pauses tn think in the hurry and strife
OF the peace and contentment of grand
mothers life.
rCicilv Corxvfn
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
UP PIXIES PEAK.
The Railroad 70 the sum nit Is Nearing
Final Completion.

Final Completion.
The cog wheel railway has been finished
to the half way house ON Pixies Peak,
and the company expects 70 have the
line completed TO the summit by the lat
ter part of the year
Think of climbing through the clouds
and summer snow banks by steam!
Up. up, up, IL lat feeti
The sister peaks, % of which are
higher than Pixies, many of which can
be seen from the summit, stand out like
sentinels. while the foot hills in the dis
tance appear like the great waves and
pillows of the ocean. In the brilliant
sunlight the magnificent panorama of
the Rocky Mountain range is spread out
before one, and yet the storm cloud with
its playful lightning and peals of thun-
der may be rolling a mile below.
Every tourist wants to climb the
mountain. For years the trip was made
on foot or on horses trained 10 the trails
for this special purpose By leaving
Manitou early in the morning the ascent
and return could be made in day.
Your Eastern bellies not only enjoy a
burro ride ON the sly in some of thequiet
hooks around Manitou. but like to climb
to the summit of the peak as well on the
faithful trail ponies The wind blows
terribly hard on the Pixies Peak trail
sometimes and has no respect for a lady's
skirts. Some very precise maidens tie
little lead in their dresses. They usually
go in parties and are caught by camera
on the summit, where still stands the
abandoned United States signal station
building.
Sometimes the ladies look like mas
queraders, for they often put masks ON
their faces to save their complexion.
But this is a progressive age Last
year a carriage road was constructed to
the summit. and now the latest scheme
is that of building a railroad TO the top
of the mountain. .-[Denver Times.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
Expresslons Of the Eve.

Woman's weapon is her eye, and the
latest importation is code for the ma
nipulation of that organ. Withina GER
tain range the female of our species has
an instructive perception of the manner
in which her optical apparatus should
be employed upon her complementary
creature in pantaloons, but science has
reduced the subject to exact terms.
Charts have been Washington
girls are studying them-showing that
the eye has 729 distinct expressions. con-
veying as many different shades of
meaning.
The proper thing to do is TO procure
one of these charts and reproduce with
your own eyes the 729 expressions before
a mirror. When you have mastered
them all. try them on other people and
see how they work. 1t is popularity inn
agined that the eyeball itself is an ex-
pressive thing, but, as a matter of fact,
the ball of the eye has scarce any ex-
preston at all That all depends upon
the lids and brows. The upper lid does
the intellectual; its position is regulated
by the sort of thinking you are doing.
The lower lid expresses, by its drawing
up or otherwise, the senses. The eye
brows are emotional, aud SO on.
All this, however, is only the begin
ming. Certainly it would appear that
young ladies of the future. trained to
make eyes on exact principles will be
much more seductive creatures than
hitherto. But you must not be surprised
if you find Washington girl winking
at you. It is ten to one that she is
practicing the novel science of ocular
exnression.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
Tha old Mada Younr.

DR.. Brown Squads elixir OF youth
may be an important discovery. but every
one knows that DR.. Franklin Miles New
Heart Cure certainly Is. 1t has given
thousands afflicted with serious heart
disease New Lease Of Life. Druggists
who can observe its effects on many
customers everywhere speak very highly
of It. Mr.. Jones Weaver. Of Knigbtstown,
Ind. says: Il hsve sold much OF DIR.
Niles New Cure and have received many
s'ood reports. / sold some 70 one Of the
leading Masonic State officers and. Il did
him . great deal Of good" sold By
J.W. Hodges 4 Cos City Drugstore.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

A gargle of vinegar will dissolve small
bones quickly. Where large bone hap
pens to lie across the winpipe or throat
a dexterous use of the finger viii dis
lodge it when other means are lacking.
provided both the operator ard patient
keep calm The Herald Of Health fur
ther adds:
at sometimes happens that a fish
bone accidentally swallowed will re-
main in the esophagus and be trouble
some In fact. death has been occa-
stoned by the great irritation of a fish
bone. In such cases. as soon as possible
take four grains of tartar emetic dissolved
in one-hah pint Of warm water and inn
mediately after the whites of six
eggs, This win not remain in the stom-
ach more than two or three minutes,
and probably the bone win be elected
with the coagulated mass If tartar
emetic is not convenient a spoonful Of
mustard dissolved IN milk and warm
water and swallowed win answer every
purr0Sa az the eFv1nftr
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
The Pulpit and the stage.

Rev. F. NJ. Shrout. Pastor United
Brethren Church. Blue Mound, Kan,
says: 81 feel Il my duty TO tell what won
ders DR.. Kings New Discovery has done
for me. Ny Lungs were badly diseased,
and my parishioners thought could live
only few weeks. took i've bottles Of
DR.. Kings New Discovery and an souBd
and we'll, gaining % lbs In weight.
Arthur Love, Manager Loves Funny
Folks CombipatIon, writes: After 9
thorough trial and convincing evidence, I
am confident Dr. Kings New Dis@eTery
for Consumption, beats 'em al, and cures
when everything else fails The greatest
kindness / can do my many thousand
friends IL 70 urge them % try II. Eree
trial bottles At J. Walter Hodges = Cos
Drug store. Regular size SOC. and &Asoo
WTf you want good cigars and tobacce
Mmww1amA
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
MfIea. Herre 8 I.lVer Ptlln.

An important discovery. They set on
the liver, stomach and bowels through
the nerves. A new principle. They speedi.
" cure bEliousuess, bad taste, torpid liV-
er, pIlea and constipation. Splendid for
men, women and children. Smallest,
mfldest. surest 50 doses for IS cents
Samples free nt J. " Hodges.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

His biographers now ascribe the re-
markabIe vitality of DIR. Oliver Wendell
Holmes to his regular habits The rooms
he occupies are equipped with barome-
tiers, thermometers, and various other
ometers, to prevent his incurring the
slightest risk 0f taking col5
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

II OST--On tie evening of November 9th.
IL either on Church. Conduit or Gloucester
Streets q piece of BLACK SILK. Finder will
be suitably rewarded il returned TO IS Ma n
street. MS
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
WANTS, FOR SALE, &c.

We will insert N this column advertise
menta OF Wants, For Rent, For Sale, Lost,
WoRnd, Sc, not needing four lines. ONE
WEEK. or Iess. IS Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
fMi FOR SALE 2i
TWO-StOry Dwelling { Store

Situated on the corner of Prince George and
East Streets, with front of % feet and a 8
foot alley, running back 6S feet to a large paved
yard aud a Two Srory STABLE adjoining an
alley. The House contains 3 large Rooms
with Store and Ware room, and large haIl
on first and second floors. For further parti-
culars apply to, or address the EVENING Carl
TAI Office. dI
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
MISCELLANEOUS.
FOR SALE.

A VALUABLE WATER LOT in
the City of Annapolis. The only water lot
now available Will be sold at a bargain on
immediate application. Apply to
o29 If j. ROLAND BRADY.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

TOR RENT-.A FIVE ROOM Two-sToRY
n FRAME COTTAGE with good garden and
yard attached for rent reasonable, at East
pors. Apply next door to Baptist Church.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

A HANDSOME ELGIN WATCH FOR
IA 81 ents. Rattle at CoRCORAN'S on
THURSDAY. the 9th, at 8,3) r. M. n10
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

TOR SALE -2HANDSOATEN NICKEL
II plated SHOW CASES. Apply at 10 Fran
els street.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

WIDE-AWAKK and intelligent men want
w ed TO sell the GREAT WAR LIBRARY
on easy monthly payments. Contains the
works of Generals Grant. Sheridan, Sherman.
Hancock. Crawford. Mcclellan and Custer
Ten volumes. Grands st thing in recent years,
Our agents are averaging over fifty collars
profit per week. w ite for terms to A j.
POTTER. Manager. care of Cha les L. Web
ster & Co. East 18th St.. New York. oil
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

The HOUSE No. lo3 Hnnorer strees. after
October lss, 1850 Apply Al No. Church
cireis- e
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

WANTEO.-AN ACTIVE NAN for each
w section Salary &75 te 800, to locally
represent q successful NJ. Y. Company incor-
yewelry, ETC.. TO consumers at cost. Also q
Lady Of tact. Salary $40, to enroll members
1000 now enrolled. 100000 paid in).-
ASSOCIATION (credit well ratedl Lock Box 6iO,
n. 4. 5-27
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

TOR SALE--AN IS FOOT BATTEAU IN
u good order. Apply to MRS. SEGELkEN,
Eastport. n6
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
FOUND.

On the 81 OF Ocsober of Tolly's YAWL-
BOAT. Owner please come forward. prove
property and pay charges.
nj J. Il. RI1HARDSoN, Eastport. Nd
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
NOTICE.

Fsmilies supplied wish the Celebrated
Niagara Falls Beer. Coldesf IN the city
Send III your orders 70 SMITH 81 West Street
Annapolis. Choicesl Vines. Liquors and CT
garn keps On hand II the +. a L RESTAU-
RANT, same number. sll
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
BUILDER Wanted

To take contract to erect Two-Story Cottage
at West Annapolis. Apply at once to
ns GEO. T. MELVIN.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

TOR SALE--A BABY CARRIAGE in good
H condition. Fer particulars apply at No.
116 King George Street. sn4w
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

EOR RENT-Three pleasant. bright
a and con Portable ROOMS in very desira-
BILE part OF the city, near the Ma Academy.
For particulars apply at this Office.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

TOR RENT.-A NINE ROOM CON
A veoicnt HOUSE in good ne ghborhood.
"a I'm Apply "a Green street.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17
TyPewriting Done,

5 CENTS PER FOLIO Q0O words) by ],
& v. DUFFY, 102 King George Street n6
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

DOY WANTED--A small BOY to attend
- Store and learn Plumb nR trade. Apply
at No. 81 State Circle. B3 tt
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

E,OR SALE-A TOP BUGGY. Price $I5.-
II Apply at % Green Str ct n3
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

WANTED A SITUATION AS SEAN
w STRESS. Apply at 5S Market Street.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-11-17

DOR SALE-A fine BLACK MARE, Saddle,
H Harness and q Four Seat DAYTON, will
be sold cheap for cash. For further particu-
lars apply to ALEX. HART. No. 70 Maryland
avenue. n7p1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-24
HE WANTS HIS STOCK.

MIR. MOriarty Says He IL willing to Pay. But
the Holder Wants . Bonus.
Stephen F. Moriarty of New York has. by
Ar. NJ. F. Morris, filed q bill in equity against
Saml NJ. Bryan for the delivery Of THE stock Of
Fast Printing Supply Company's," discovery
and account Complainant states that he was
one Of those who organized the company which
was incorporated under the laws Of the state
of West Virginia; that the capital was fixed at
81, SOC, 900 in shares Of $40 each, and Al, S29
were issued to him, for which he agreed to pay
S11,749.64 into the treasury, and he paid
50, GO in cash and gave notes for the balance.
assigning Al ,329 shares to defendant - collateral
security only. Complainant states that he sub
sequently sent an agent to Bryan to
take up the notes and receive the
stock, but defendant refused to return
the stock and demanded bonus and he still
refuses to settle and. on information and be-
lief, says that the certificate for his shares has
been cancelled and new certificate issued
to Bryan. While the stock, he states. is Of no
market value at present, he gives his belief
that 1t will become very valuable, and he Ii
ready and willing to pay for it and any just in
debtedness which may be found due. He
therefore prays for decree for the transfer Of
the stock. discovery of his certificate and an
account as to what may be due by him.