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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-11

sea captain, Uncle Joe was, and the house
was full Of"
But Bessie's explanation was cut short
by Victor's shout of triumph, as he
waved his velvet cap in the air,
blessed be Aunt Mehitable's MEM
oryln said he. @I wouldn't sell this cab
met for 1000 golden guineasi"
The artists gathered around, congratu-
lating, envious, loudly applauding by
turns. Bessie looked in sweet eyed sur
prise from one TO the other.
After all, what was there in an old
Antwerp cabinet to kindle such flame
of enthusiasm.
"Harper's wife is very handsome,
whispered the brotherhood of artists one
to another, ~but her mind must run in
very narrow groove. The idea of her
not knowing the value of a treasure like
that"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-11

The preof of this vague antagonism
lies in the fact that every American vis-
iting England finds himself constantly
held up for comparison with an imagi-
nary and typical being whom neither he
nor his English qusstioner has ever seen.
His worst annoyance is in being praised,
if at all, at the expense of his country.
If he has an atom of color in his cheeks.
if he does not speak very much through
his nose. if he does not say @guess" at
short intervals, he is sure to hear, first or
last, from his tailor or his chambermaid,
the pitying assurance: You an Ameri-
can, sir? / give you my word of honor
] never should have thought it. :" What
does this imply but the assumed exist
ence of some abstract and very undesir-
able American, as intangible as Platos
archetypal man, rs remote from real
vision as the conventional Englishman
on the French stage? During my first
week in London, many years ago, on
going to breakfast with an eminent
Englishman to whom / had letters,
found myself running the gantlet Of
three pairs of eyes, seen at different
doors and windows, before my final re-
ception, and learned at last by frank
confession that the eyes belonged re-
spectively to my host, my hostess, and
my hostess's sister; and that they had all
agreed, after hasty consultation, that,
whoever was, could not possibly be
the American stranger who was to come
to breakfast. What they had really ex-
pected--what uncouth monster or un-
tanned child of the forest-what war
whoop on the doorstep--I never ascer-
tanned. Perhaps it was simply the sur
prise which Irving records as having
been created by his first appearance in
London - surprise at an American
authors welding goose quill with his
fingers instead of wearing il in his hair.
1T w. Higginson in North American
Review.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-11
ONE GENT
rnE Wild INDIAN AT coLLEoE.
How y Young Sioux Conducted Himself
at Isoston Univerity.

at Isoston Univerity.
c. A. Eastman. SAYS the lsoston ddrey<
fiSer. the young Sioux who graduated
from the Boston Univer .itv School OF
Medicine, is well know by all Dartmouth
graduates of the last few years. He
~came on the campus in the autumn OF
1888 and at once proved star attraction
for the freshmen class of 1887 Football
and cane rnshes were thea i'm vogue ut
Hanover, and they were pretty vigorous
ones, too. Eastman's Indian blood at
once asserted itself, and he was always
in the hottest of the fray, where his great
strength and courage were very yaIu-
able. The sophs acquired hearty re-
spect for him in these little scrimmages
and always acted as if they were afraid
he might suddenly go into the wholesale
scalping business. And when the great
final cane rush came off and thefreshnen
stood in solid columns, barred to the waist,
and bodies well oiled, awaiting the on
slaught of thesopohmores, Eastman was
in the front rank with shoulders gieam-
ing and black eyes full of fight East
man had his full regalia of a Sioux chief
at college, and sometimes he would in
vite the boys into his room and don his
feathers and buckskins to the great al.
miration of the humble freshmen who
were allowed to attend the ceremony.
The old fire of the plains would rise, and
he would get enthusiastic in telling OF
his many thrilling adventures. Finally
the exhibition would lead up to firece
war whoop, and then the meeting would
adjourn. The young Indian had all the
self possession of his race, and he could
enter any parlor in Hanover with per-
feet equanimity. Society" had no ter
rors for the child of the plains. Though
not ladies' man he could face any bait
terry of feminine eyes without the least
embarrassment. When Matthew Ar
mold was at Hanover he expressed n de-
sire to meet Eastman, as he had heen
told there was full blooded Sioux in
college. The great critic evidently ex-
pected to see something of the Wild West
order, with war paint and moccasins.
When the two came together the calm
dignity of the student SO overcame the
learned Englishman that he stammered
and blushed and came off decidedly Sec
ond best in the interview. Eastman is
now going back to help his people, and
ne carries with him the good wishes of
many friends in the East.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-11

When Mrs. Ernest Prentice died in
indianapolis her last request was that
there should be no funeral sermon and
no ceremony of any kind. All that she
desired was brass band. She died of
consumption and was perfectly sane.
The body was laid out in neat coffin in
the front room of the house. The
mourners gathered about. A full brass
band was stationed in the yarJ. After
the coffin had been closed the band
played Nearer, My God, to Thee. :"
The pail bearers moved slowly to the
hearse. tile last note of the sacred air
DYING away as the coffin was pushed in.
Then the band took position in front of
the hearse, the procession was formed,
and to the music of doleful dirge the
body was taken to the cemetery. A
solemn piece of sacred music was played
As the coffin was removed from the
hearse and deposited in the vault. There
was no prayer and no remarks bya min
ister.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-11
Railway Conssrusslon /. the South.

The Macon (Gl) Telegraph says:
Last year the Soutn led all other SEQ
ions of the United atates in railway con-
,truction, and the achievement win be
repeated this year Georgia went far
lhead of any other Southern State last
year, and is likely to show a still more
handsome lead this year. The railroad
development in the South during the
past two years has been phenomenal
From January to June /, this year.
there has been 500 miles of new track
laid in the States of Virginia, North
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Tennessee. and Kentucky.
About one-fourth of this, or 1877 miles,
has been laid in Georgia. North Caro-
lima is the second State in this compare
son, with III miles to her credit. The
total number Of miles under contract or
construction in theStates named is 2, ,602,
of which 278 miles are in Georgia. The
railroad lines located and under survey
in those States aggregate STAT miles, of
which ,05i are in Georgia. Theprojected
lines in the same States, which are re-
garded as Of some promise, have total
prospective mileage Of I, ,450, Georgia be-
ing away in the lead Of her sister States
with / ,487 miles.
The railroad construction In the States
referred to is up to date slightly behind
what it was one year ago. From JAN
uary to June /, 1889, the total number
of miles constructed Ia these States was
2 1856, while for the corresponding period
this year the total lconstruction amounted
to 2,S02 miles But there is little doubt
that the record for the present year viii
show larger railroad construction in the
South than that for last year. At this
time last year the number of miles under
survey in the States named was 1894;
now it is 5.147.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-11
AMArsUn PHOTOGRAPHY.


Ifell in love with Phyllis Brown;
She was the incest girl in town.
Her father had a bank account
OF superfuous amount;
And so the more thought of it
The clearer seemed the benefit
That such union would confer
AT least on me; perhaps on her.
For she was pretty. such nOsei
Such grace OF curves! Such TIM of rosel
Such sylph-like elegance OF pose.
Such sunny eyes of heavenly blue.
With little cherubs peeping through!
Such gnlden bangsl Oh, every such
Was the superlative of much
And educatedi She could speak
Italian. spanish. Volapeek.
French. Russian, Swedish. Danish, Dutch
And every language born of Babel.
To read and speak them she was able
So learned, pretty, rich besides;
Yes. she would be the gem Of bridesl
And ], though poor, had every taste.
The wealth OF Crmsus would have graced
So resolved to risk my fate
In winning such an equal mate.
At first my chances promised fair;
She met me halfway everywhere;
Accepted my civilities;
And sometimes made me III at ease
When on parting held her hand
And felt that mute You understand"
Expressed by just the faintest squeeze.
can not think she was a fiirt,
And yet she did il to my hurt!
One day crossed the Rubicon;
knew her father must have gone;
rang her doorbell inly bent
On knowing If she would consent
She sent me down a little note,
The coolest that she ever wrote:
Excuse me. please, from seeing you.
I've something else that must do;
Ill see you later IL we live"
asked the footman If he knew
Why such an answer she should give;
The servant shrewdly shook his head;
She's busy, sir" he gravely sad,
"Developing a negativei''
Nathan Haekell Dole.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-11

ForMalaria, Liver Trou-
bic, or Indigestion, use
BROWN S IRON BITTERS
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-11
Modarn nlacoYarera.

What Bell and Edison are to the
telephone aud electricity. says the Pitts
burg News, DIR. Franklin Miles. the we'll
known specialist In nervous diseases, ie 10
the nervous system aud nerve nuid.
Among his numerous discoveries his
Restorative Nervine is undoubtedly one
Of the greatest. It is unsurpassed 10
nervousness, dyspepsia. headache. epllep-
sy, neuralgia, beckache, Mechanically,
sleeplessness, change Of life. etc. Free
trial bottles Of IL may be had of the City
Drug store, and als0. DIR. Miles 1ew book
on New aud Startling Facts" for the
afflicted. Every one should read this very
interesting, instructive, and finely illus
trated book.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-11

Rev. r. NJ. 6hrout, Pastor United BTeth-
rem Church, Blue Mound, Kan, says:
II feel Il my duty to tell what wonders
DR. Kings New Discovery has done for
me. Ny Lungs were badly diseased, and
my parishioners thought could live only
. few weeks. ItOok 6ge bottles Of DR..
Kings New Discovery and am sound and
we'll, gaining x6 lbs. 10 weight =
Arthur Love. Manager Loves Funny
Folks Combination, writes: After 9
thorough trial and convincing evidence,
am confident Dr.. Kiug's New Discovery
for Consumption, beats 'em all, aud cures
when everything else falls. The greatest
kindness I can do my many thousand
friends Is 70 urge them TO try IT, FREE
trial bottles at ]. Walter Hodges a. Co.'S
Drug store. Regular sizes SOC. and 800.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-11

Complete reports for the first six
months of the fiscal year, 1890, from all
che postoffices in the United States, and
advance estimated reports for the re-
naming six months from thirty of the
larger postoffices, show that the esti-
mated increase in gross receipts for the
year from all the offices will be about 3
per cent. over that of the fiscal year
1880.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-11

Third Assistant Postmaster General
Hazen has, from advance reports re-
ceived from many of the larger post
offices of the country, prepared a state
ment showing their gross receipts for
the quarter ending June 30, together
with the amount and per cent of in-
crease. The gross receipts and per cent.
of increase are as follows:
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Inherited scrofula.

Swift's Specific gS s. s.N cured my little
boy of hereditary scrofula. which broke out
all over his face. For year he had suffered,
and had given mp all hopes OF his recovery,
when at length / decided 70 use s. s. s. Az
ter using few bottles he was entirely cured.
Not symptom now remains Of the disease.
This was three years ago.
MRS. T. L. MATHERS, Mathersvilie, Miss.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-11

In the early part Of last year had q vio-
ent attack OF rheumatism, from which
wasconfned TO my bed for over three months
and at times was unable to turn myself in
bed, or even raise the cover. A nurse had 70
be in constant attendance day and night.
was so feeble that what little nOurfshment
took had to be given me with spoon. AZ
ter calling in the best local physicians. and
trying all other medicines without receiving
any benefit, was induced by friends TO try
Swift's Specific Is. 5. ST. discontinued all
other medicines, and took course OF s. s. S.
thirteen small bottles, which affected a COM
plete and permanent cure.
L. G. BASSET, FL Dorado, Kansas.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mall
eafree. SWIFT SPECIFIC co. Atlanta, Ga.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-11

Being no longer in partnership and by strict
attentien.to business ! hope 70 share portion
Of the public patronage.
An kinds Of work, Brick or Frame. done
with promptness, in q workmanhke nanner,
At low rates, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Estimstes for new and old work given al
short notice
Particular attention paid 70 iObbing ana
work In che country.
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me Evil Thae Men Do. Etc

City Editor-Here's sad piece Of in
teIligence. Hare. the poet, is dead.
Copy Reader-Dead7 Hoorayi
City Editor Yes; but he left 10000
unpublished poems.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-08-30
Killed for a Lamb.

Lawyer J. F. Haskell, Of Lowell,
has q 4-year-old son who is as bright
as . halt dozen silver dollars and
who has an audacions sense Of hui
NOR that may be worth money to
him when he gets into politics. One
Of his latest experiments is the talk
Of the family just now.
IF ! put this tin soldier and horse
into that bowl Of milk mammaW
lick me for it, You see if she don't
he said recently to o visitor, and the
visitor seeming incredulous hedump-
ed the toys into the milk.
Mamma IS promptly licked" him
for doing it.
by gosh,' he said delightedly, as
he returned to the visitor from the
scene Of castigation, his amusement
subordinating thesense ofpain, ssshe
licked me for the soldier, but they
didn't find the horse.n-Boston
Globe.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-08-30
and dumb gentleman. Miss Speak WE'LL
"A deaf and dumb gcnt!eman"

and dumb gentleman. Miss Spcakweli.''
"A deaf and dumb gcnt!emanr I
repeated.
"And he's not quite full witted,
either" added the Squire. pm sure
! beg your pardon for exposing you to
the least annoyance--but he vas ON
his way to the asylum. eight miles be-
yond here. and his friends had sent an
open box-wagon to meet him, and
the poor fellow was half persisted with
cold, already: So I just rode up in
the box-wagon myself, and put Hmm
into the carriage. l supposed Butts
had told you all about it,"
My short-lived indignation melted at
once,
Squire Jones'" said l, You are a
philanthropist. Take me to the dress
ing-room at once. If 1 don't give the
Baggsville people their moneys worth
tonight, it will be because I don't
know how"
/ made a success of it that evening.
I was %applauded again and again. ]
was called before the curtain twice at
the end of my lecture; and l was eu'
tertained by Mrs. Squire Jones thai
night, in a little parlor of comfort and
luxury. ~
haye never visited B%aggsville since
And / shall never think of the name
without recalling my adventure of thai
rainy night.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-08-30
A Dream,
From the st. Lo uis Republic.

From the st. Lo uis Republic.
&c. Fender, u res tauranteur living
in Kansas City, had q remarkable
prophet dream one morning. About
2 o'clock on the morning Fender was
awakened from dee psleep by dream
ing that friends had arrived to tell
him OF his mothers death. For
years the old lady had beenliying at
Schenectady; N. Y. but has lately
been visiting friends in Illinois. The
seeming reality OF the awful news SO
impressed Fender that he vas unable
to sleep during the remainder of the
night. When morning came he in
formed others at the restaurant OF
what he had dreamed, saying that
he intended telegraphing to the little
Illinois village and verify the truth.
fulness or falsity of the somber vision
of the previous night. He did SO,
Soon the reply came-it was this;
Your mother died Saturday night
and was buried Tuesday"
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-08-30
About Sleep.

How many hours sleep do You re.
uuireP No rule can be laid down.
Jeremy Taylor thrived on three hours,
and so does Cardinal Newman. Many
centenarians are contented with five
hours; but some of them require eight
or nine. But there are two rules Of
sleeping which everybody may adopt
without hesitation. /. Never let your
self be awakened by anybody else, but
wait until you have slept out your sleep,
2. Get up as soon rs you r awake.
If you follow these rules, the hours q
sleep will very o regulate them
selves, IT you readyourself to sleep. you
should read q he avy book. not . light
one. A dull book is good, = stupid
one Is better. Some persons recon-
mend q cup 81 beef-tea-iust to amuse
the digestion.-N. Jansess Gazette.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-08-30
A Long Speech.

We wonder if Henry George will
aver forget that memorable anniver-
a of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, when he delivered the better part
of a seventeen column Grafton at
the California Theatre? He began
his grafton late in the afternoon. After
he had spoken for an hour or SO the
gallery began to manifest unmistakable
signs of impotence. The orator
deemed it timely to skip a hundred
pages and conclude with the perora-
ton. This was deftly done, and then
getting fresh wind, he began:
"A thousand years hence who will
fight for libertyp" =,
"A thousand years hence who will
write for libertyp"
"A thousand years hence who will
speak for liberty?'
The pause at the last liberty-inspir-
ing interrogatory was broken by a
voice in the gallery, which rang thus
through the theatre:
You will! Harry George
There was an explosion of laughter,
The merriinent spread to the stage.
and in the midst Of it Harry George
folded his papers and silently stole
away."-San Francisco Wasp.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-08-30
Modern Changes i'm Literature.

The working author. he whose ink is
bread. recognizes more than ever be.
fore the commercial side of literature
as a most potent factor in this work.
says a writer in The LADIES' Home
Journal. There was a time, and not
80 long ago, when authors could write
fore pleasure, when competition was
not 50 keen, and their productions were
certain of acceptance in certain chan
nels. Everything they wrote was ac-
ceptable because they wrote it, upon
the argument that they had cut out
for themselves a certain constituency
which hailed anything from their pen,
good, bad and Indifferent. Two or
three authors often constituted the re-
sources of Il magazine. All this has
changed. No writer, however strong
or popular, carry the subscription
list of q magazine in his or her pocket.
Variety is the order of the day. The
magazine which gives the greatest
variety in a single issue is the ono most
bought and enjoyed. Il do not car
for a magazine" said a literary woman
recently, Gin which l know before l
open its pages, exactly what writer's l
shall find in it, and in that remark
lies the key to the modern literary
taste. One beneficial effect which this
tendency is undoubtedly having is the
doing away with cliqueism in period
ical literature, In fact, it cannot be
truthfully said of one prominent mag
azine to-day, as it could as late as a
year ago, that it is ''cliquey." Editors
fully recognize the necessity Of con-
tinually presenting a different array OF
writer's, and thereby securing a variety
of style and thought. 10 the old
writer's who have been accustomed for
years to write for a single periodical
this new order of things is disastrous
in one respect, but forthe whole school
OF modern writer's it is a decided ad.
vantage.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-08-30


AOth the method and results when
syrup Of Figs - taken II u pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly On the kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, eleanses the syE
tam efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and levers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs n the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and 10
ceptable to the stomach, prompt a
its action and truly beaefcial IN its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
III and have made II the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale il Doc
MID 81 bottles by all leading drug
in1 Any reliable druggist who
saynot have IL on hand will pro.
cure n promptly for any ono who
wishes to tryH. Do not accept any
CALlfORbM re SKRUP c0.
ANsfnAHcts0O. cal.
EOUySKKLE. KY. 8 YORk. NJ
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-08-30
Maxims by Dumas, Fills.

The Transatlantic is printing in each
issue the ''maximsH of Alexandra
Dumas. fills. Here is the last INSTALL
ment:
Mar is the only thing that causes
doubt of God.
When man shall neither cause his
neighbours death nor fear his own he
will be God.
What is a coquetteP A oma who
causes one or several men to suffer
without giving them anything. What
is a man who a be made to suffer by
a woman from whom he receives moth
ingp He is IA simpleton. Why, then,
despise coquettes, and where is the
harm when a heartless. woman destroys
q headless manP
Men are SO cowardly aud servile
that, if their tyrants should order them
to love each other, they would adore
each other.
1t is not wickedness that does the
most harm. it is stupidity.
l prefer the wicked to the imbecile.
because they sometimes rest.
Let women engrave this deep in their
memory: He alone is worthy of their
love who has deemed them worthy of
his respect"
Those whom we love and have lost
are no longer where they were, but they
are wherever we are.
The presentiment that man feels OF
eternity in another. world arises from
his despair at not being eternal in this.
Man was created to utilize every
thing, even sorrow.
The venality of woman is the punish
ment of her purchaser.
The only thing that still astonishes
me is that people are still astonished at
anything. p,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-08-30
"A Mans Best Help.

"A mans best help is himself, his
own heart his resolute purpose-it
cannot he done by proxy. A mans
mind may be aroused by another,
but he must mold his own character.
What il man fails in one thing?
Let him try again-he must quarry
his own nature. Let him try hard,
and try again, for he does not know
what he can do till he trjes.-Nev
York Ledger.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-08-30
Woman's Hold on Life.

From recent statistics it seems to
be shown that women has a greater
tenacity of life than man, and that
the Hebrew women are the longest
lived ofany race. Then, too, among
insects the male perishes at a rela-
lively earlier period; in plants the sem
inal blossoms die earliest and are
produced in the weaker limbs, and
female auadrupeds have more endur-
ancethan male.-Herald of Health.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-08-30
Our Noble Planet.

Albert Harris home is in Clinton
county, Missouri. Shortly after mid
night he wandered into the central
police station, and to the captain IN
charge told the tale OF how he rode
and rode through more towns than
he had ever heard Of and finally
reached Omaha.
tell you,n he said, .'ifthe worlds
as biz the other way as she is the
way L come she's O whooper. -
Omaha World Herald.