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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-08
nEnrEf wlnA.

We desire 10 say TO our citfzsns. that
for wears we have bean selling DR.. kings
Few Discovery for Consumption. DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Bucklen's Arnica
ealve and Electric Bitters. and have
never handled remedies that sell Is well,
81 that have given such universal salts
faction. We do not hesitate 70 guarantee
them every time. and we stand ready 10
refund the purchase price. II satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great popular
iey purely on their merits. FOR sale 3
he City Drug Store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-08

0ST-A pair of nickel trimmed Eye
L. GLASSES, while goirg from West
Street TO Short Line Depot or in the rain.
nder pie Sc leave them at the Capitalsoffice
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-08
ORDER NIs1.
No 1888 EQUITY.

: holland WHTrn. Mortgage, -. WIZ
LIAM 7. GRons aud SmRMNA GRoas.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-08

The best Sc. cigar ever old in this tot
st 4. Harris. rs Nd. are.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-08
Lemon ELIXIR.

Pleasant, Elegant and Reliable.
For billiousness and constipation take
Lemon Elixir.
For fevers, chills, and malaria. take
Lemon Elixir
For sleeplessness, nervousness and
palpitation of the heart, take Lemon
Elixir.
For indigestion and foul stomach, take
Lemon Elixir.
For all sick aud nervous headaches,
take Lemon ElixiA
Ladies'. for natural and thorough or
ganic regulation, take Lemon Elixir.
DIR. Motley sI.emon Elixir will not fail
you in any of the above named diseases
all of which arise from torpid or
diseased liver, stomach, kidney or bowels.
Prepared only by Dr. Motley, Atlanta.
Ga 90 cents and LOO per bottle, at drug
glsts cod -12Oy.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-08

Cures all Coughs. Colds, Hoarseness,
Sore Throat, Bronchitis Hemorrhage
and all throat and lung diseases. Eie.
giant, reliable.
20 cents at druggists. Prepared only
by Or, II. Motley, Atlanta. Ga eod1ys
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-08

Ihave been troubled with catarrh for
ten years and have tried a number of
remedies, but found no relief until / pur-
hased a bottle of Ely's Cream Balm. /
consider it the most reliable preparation
for catarrh and cold in the head Geo.
T. CrandalI, PM Quonochawu taug, r. 1.
Gentle Spring" loses many of its ter
rors when the system il fortified by the
use of Ayers Sarsaparilla With multi
tudes. TINS wonderful ontc-alterative
has long superseded all other spring med
icines, being everywhere recommended
BY physicians.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-08
gRAyELLER's GUIDE.
......l,, sBAltlmoro shortLIne R.R.

-...rnnLE IN EFFEoT De. Is. Is0e.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-08

Id the Circuit Court Tor Anne Arundel
County.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17
4 TOWN LOT FREE.

had heard about the man III Kan
| sas who was giving away town lots
free, and one day [ left the train at IL
small station and hired a man to drive
me over to the site of the future great
city. [ found Il sixty-acre farm stalk
ed out into lots twenty feet front by
| fifty deep, but only one house and one
person was in sight. The house was
a farm cabin, and the person was the
| owner of it and the one | wanted to
see.
Come for lot?'' he asked as we
drove up.
"Yes, in case my information is cor
rect. Do you give them away free y
Il do"
Il had heard So
Go right out and select any one
you like. Those selected are marked
with red stakes; those not yet taken
by black ones"
[ took a walk around, and made Il
selection, and he found the number,
and said:
you want an abstract Of title, Of
| course. Here it is, and the fee is S3."
When [ had received it he hunted
out deed already signed, and filled
my name in, called III the teamster
| and his wife for witnesses. and said:
Here Is your deed. Ill have to
charge 81 for that"
paid the sum named, and he then
got down Il big book, and said:
You want it recorded. OF course
[ am the County Clerk. The fee for
recording is So
[ had it duly recorded, and just
then dinner was ready. He invlteol
me to sit down, but when we were
through, he said:
My charge for dinner is - cents.
The taxes on your lot will be due mex
week, and you had better leave the
money The amount is Si.75 and my
commission for reccipting will be 20
cents.
paid him the sum named, and was
about to get into the wagon when he
said:
The charge for bringing you over
and bringing you back is s.. Half
belongs to me, as l own the wagon.
One dollar please
Can you think Of anything further"
[ asked as | handed him the dollar
We'll You'll have to stop at the
| junction about four hours before the
Eastern train comes along. | own the
restaurant there. Please eat all you
can
Il have" l said after little fign-
ing, paid you S1375 for lot you ad
yertise to give away free. How much
Go You call this land worth an acre?"
All of six dollars, sir, Eve been
offered five and wouldn't take it
Then I've paid you more than the
value Of two acres to get a lot large
enough to bury a couple of cows onr
Exactly, sir exactly, and [ con
gratulate you on you bargain -
Then you don't call it swindle p
NO, sir! No. sir, 4 man who VIII
kick on buying chunk of the glorious
West for less than Sl4 amt straight,
and Mr. Tompkins, I'd advise you to
keep an eye on him going back, and
see that he doesn't jump out OF the
wagon and blk you out of your
dollar
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17
THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
How a Brooklyn Man Was Relieved of a
Roll of Bills.

am over 80 years old, writes a
correspondent of the n. Y. Times. and
| am reputed to possess at least an
average share of shrewdness and to be
ND TO the tricks of the times. A few
ly along upper Broadway with my
hands clasped behind me. counting the
profits of the day, and thinking of the
good dinner awaiting me.
Presently from drug store came a
Young man Of about 20. who advanced
with a rapid step, looking me straight
in TIE eyes. | am favorably inclined
toward people who look me in the eyes
when about to address me. There was
something so frank, SO innocent in
his manner. that my heart went out to
him away out! With 4 half-em-
barrassed air he inquired where was
the nearest station of the elevated
road. OF course | was only too glad
to tell him. turned my eyes up and
down the street and saw within less
than blocl; the Gates avenue station,
which | pointed out TO him. With a
perfunclory Thank YOU he started
for 1t.
There was something so odd in the
transaction that Iiuvoluntariy glanced
down to see il my watch was safe,
and. Huding the chain ali right. | gave
30 further thought TO the matter. Be-
fore reaching home | had occasion to
make some purchases aud found thai
my roll of bills was missing from my
veSt-pOcHct.
Then the truth flashed upon me.
had been robbed! The unsophisticated
young man 10 whom | had given bill
of information was the thief! | wa:
not long in forming probably cor
rect theory as to the theft The fel
| low doubtless knew that when he
asked me TO direct him to the neares
| station | would naturally turn my
| ewes from him before replying ano
| then with thiefs adroitness he coulo
| fildle the wah from my pocket-if
| had Il wad-bcforc had time 10 notice
| the movement of his hands. He hat
choscn that spot so as 10 be near sta
! lion. where he could skip on and up o
down train in Il few seconds in case h
| were pursued, and once aboard a ca
capture would be comparatively I'm
! D1SSiD.r.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17
AN ANECDOTE OF PETER THE
GREAT

Peter of Russia, or Peter the Great.
as be is commonly called, was a man
OF remarkable qualities of mind, and
and considerate to those who de
served encouragement. One day a
young recruit was standing guard be-
fore the door of the entrance to Peters
private chamber in the palace of st.
Petersburg. He received orders to
admit 10 one. As he was passing
slowly up and down before the door,
Prince Mentchikoff. the favorite min
ister Of the czar, approaching, at
tempted to enter. He was stopped
by the recruit. The prince, who had
the fullest liberty OF calling upon his
master any time. sought to push the
guard aside and pass him, yet the
young man would not move, but or
der ed his highness to stand back.
"Iou foolw shouted the prince,
don't you know me?"
The recruit smiled and said, Very
well, your hiShness, but my orders are
peremptory to let nobody pass"
The prince, exasperated at the low
fellows impudence, struck him a
blow in the face with his riding whip.
Strike away. your highness," said
the soldier. .'but | cannot let you 90
in"
Peter. in the room, hearing the
noise outside, opened the door and
inquired what it meant, and the prince
told him. The ear was amused but
said nothing at the time. In the even
ing. however. he sent for the prince
and soldier. As they both appeared,
Peter gave his own cane to the sol
dier, saying;
That man struck You in the morn
| ing: now you must return the blow
to that fellow with my stick"
The prince was amazed. "Iou1
majesty" this common soldier is tC
! strike ma?'
L make him a captain said Peter
! But I'm an officer Of your ma
| iestv' 5 household" objected the prince
I make him colonel of my Life
Guards and an officer of the house
| hold." said Peter again.
s3I, rank your majesty knows. is
that of g eneral' again protested Men
cIliia3lf.
Then l make him q general, SC
that the beating you get may come
tom d man OF your rank"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17
THEINDINIDUALIrY OF SHIPS

To sailor every vessel Is an iali-
vidual No two vessels, not eyea of
the same class, are alike to him The
man who keeps a lookout in the Port
land observatory can recognize over
one hundred different vessels that be-
long to that port the minute he sees
them twenty miles away through his
telescope.
He says there are no two vessels
that ever We're alike in shape or rig.
You sa, the back of friend on the
street some distance away and you
know him by the cut of his jib." he
says: this Is almost literally true in
the case of vessels.
An old sailor sees the difference
without always being able to explain
just wherein it lies. Just as soon as
the man IN the observatory recognizes
a vessel he telephones down to the
owners that their vessel is in sight
and viii be at the dock at such time
Long experience has enabled him to
estimate it to within five minutes at
least.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17
TALL MEN WANTED.

During the war of the rebellion,
Colonel Serrel, OF the New York En-
gineers, had the charge Of the con
struction of the Swamp Angels at
Morris Island, S. G., and being OF an
energetic constitution himself. and not
afraid to enter swamps, his surprise
can be imagined when one of his lieu
tenants, Whom'he had ordered to take
twenty men and enter that swamp,
said that '.he could not do 1.-THE mud
was too deep"
Colonel Serrel ordered him to try.
He did so, and returing with his men,
covered with mud, said;
Colonel the mud is over the mems
heads; | can't do it
The Colonel insisted that 1t must
be done, and told the officer to make
a requisition for anything chat was
necessary for the safe passage OF the
swamp.
The lieutenant did make his requisi-
ton III writing and on the spot. Ii
read as follows:
Il want twenty men eighteen feet
long, to cross Il swamp fifteen feet
deep"
The joke was a good one 1t secur
ed, however not a cubit to the stature
of the lieutenant or his twenty men,
but rather his arrest for disrespact to
his superiors.
The battery nevertheless. was bUilt
with the aid Of whGelbarrow3 and
sand. Like Jonah's golud, it sprs ng
up in a night.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17
ANOTHF CURIOUS CLOCK.

4 novel clio :iz is now being exhibit
'ed by the Evatcamablers' Union Ill
Lordon. 1t is wood, beautifully carved
,r-ld stands six feet in height. The
ga Sc is d perfect fort in miniature. and
rs tead OF bell and striking hammer
the hours a:'e announced by IL bugler,
who energies from q door at one side
OF t he fort an blows the coil TO as
selnble and ma -ch. Almost instantly
door open on a. sides and Il regl-
nent of automatic. soldiers six abreast,
marc h out, wheel o the LETT, stop a
few seconds to marx tilne." and then
march through anot 1ei part o. the
fortress to the ] afra"ils. These
marches and counter 1archos occur
each hour If they g, Iae out ID an
nounce the honr Of / o'essck one sol
der fires q tiny gun, at : zoc-9c-i two
soldiers fire their p oces. lnc. easing
with the hcan until ahA yelFe -dieTs
fire their pieces. incre 81 ~ VT the
hour untit the vcia2 ea,.ara IRE
their guns, The rea--- Il = loa ug
their bead; ana I)oiE irs VIA Ill. I
bayonct5 maG, IS the ia c the ek ek
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17
WHERE NAPOLEONS'S FRIEND
WAS FOUND.

: On the voyage in a frigate from
Alexandria to France Napoleon said
to those who We're in his confidence:
II am taking two very different
chances. II this vessel is captured by
the English and [ am thrown into an
English prison | shall be In the eyes
of France Il common deserteI. gen
eral who left his ~-lv without author
ity to SO.
But if | reach t-arce III safety,
srbdue the factions, take command OF
the armS and carry out my plans for
the nations good, | snail win the
bic essing3 eff our fellow countrymen.
II will not be taken by an English
vessel. Ii we encounter one we will
fight as long as possible, and whea the
enemy begins to bolcI u; We mast
sink the ship
This desperate plan WIS received ID
silence and with evident disapproyal,
except by Gaspard Monge. who said,
when it appeared that no one else was
going to speak:
eyes, general, you have stated the
situation exactly. If what you sug
gest happens we must sink the ship.
Il was waiting for this proof o!
friendship, and | charge you with ex
ecuting the plan" replied Napoleon
Not long afterward an alarm was
given, and every one fastened to his
post to defend the frigate against az
approaching English vessel. Ii was
soon discovered, however, that the
vessel was not English nor unfriendly
"Where is Monge?" inquired Napo
leon. Find him land tell him thai
the danger is past"
.'Monge was found at his post 10y
the powder magazine with a Lighted
lantern in his hand
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17
s.Air''
-

Andrew Lang has go. into trouble
with his -AIneTl can aaini rcy5 throE9s2
speaking OF Mr." r, lskiD. --Air.
Carlyle, aal "Mr" Mai heW arnold.
The privilege of great III NJ, ;.ccotd.n5
to these objoctors, Is 10 nse the title
which less illustrations i a3l Il retain
but that seems to be only a after OF
transatlantic feeling ana alsto-l. As
Mr.. Lang observes, our. ns;estors al
ways said Mr. Addison. Mr.. Pope, =
MIR. Tickell," and SD for in gust a. We
now say Mr. Gladstone, .nd MI
Pitt Some old-Eashionec I, ee pie even
continue to say Mr. Burke = though
probably no one has i'll rec mt times
been heard TO say MIR. Sha 1espeare."
and Mr. Milton" probably appeared
for the very last .ima on Publisher
Iouson's traditional title-p ages. Mr..
Lang begs to be excised iron referr-
ing to a distinguished art critic and a
celebraled historian as "Ruskin" and
''Froude" Yet no doubt 10 this com
plexion we must come What seems
wanted is some authoritative rule as
to the time and the conditions which
justify our dropping the Mr."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17
MADE LINCOLN PRESIDENT.

Gen T. D Taylor who died in Chi
cago on Friday last at the age OF
eighty niue, was member Of the Hi
noise legislature III 1882. 1t that
time he first met Lincoln and Doug
las, then mere youths. The Chicago
Herald says: Dougl;.s was teaching
school and Lincoln cleTked IN q store
Taylor saw something good III both
and advised them 10 read law. Lin
coin complained that he Was too DOOR
to buy books. but Taylor told him he
could get IN an old lawyers office rs
Office boy and Use bis empIoye- S
books Lincoln agreed and Tayl, !
secured him position in the office o.
Judge Logan, at Springfield, with the
permission of using the Judges library
After Lincoln had been elected
president lie met Taylor on the street
in Washington and, holding out his
hand said:
Dick 1 want to thank you for
electing ME president.
"Well," SAID the colonel IF voting
for Douglas elected you, it may be
that did elect YOU
1T doesn't matter who you voted
for answered Lincoln, you elected
me president"
How was that" asked Col. Taylor.
'Iou advised me to read law and
opened way for me to do so when |
was poor boy. If had never met
you | would never have read law, and
if | had not become lawye. I would
never have been president"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17
WOOD STOVES.

carry in stock this season drn kinds and styles Of
stoves comprising every thing from eceapecook and heating Stoves
the finest Ranges in the market AS this unquestionaby the
in the city and prices low as the lowest
will them before buying elsewhere BE TO look
the Pennuar Stoves of 1891 they the best in the land and the
prices them somewhat lower than they used tobe
Have lust received my Meat Cutters Sausage
Suffers and Hay Knives, Storm SASH Remember that
allow anybody to undersell me-
Respectfully,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17
CUTTING CORK BY HAND.

The crude cork to be cut by hand
is Grst soaked in tepid water until al
n1osf ready to swell. In this condl-
ton II is taken out and turned over
70 tn 9 cutter. Spanish cefk suffers
use three knives. One is a long
curved Knife arranged with a gauge
for regulating the size OF the piece OF
the cork cut off. This knife is used
cutting the cork into long strips.
Another and smaller knife cuts the
strips up into blocks, and third and
very sl1.lrp knife is used for producing
The finished cork. This knife has a
blade of hne steel nearly hidden in a
jacket Of iron. >.
The iron pocket is to give the knife
rigiditv. and tie cork cutter applies
not the knife to- the cork, but the cork
TO the knife. He rests the knife on
the edge of a table &nd presses the
cork down upon. s1ne blade J ne
tendency of this isto oyrye the blade,
and a curved blade woua& produce
hollow cork. German and american
cork cutters u;e thin knife, whlcr
comes from the factory straight, Du'
Isaent by the cork cutters themselves
he curved side is turned -p IN Work
ing. and the result is hlat tie klnF
straigsltens under the pressure CT lhS
cork, and the latter is cut Straight ant
not ccnCave
The cork cutter always has j whet
ston on his table and Il strap uPo'
his kne+., He applies the knife t'
the stran ,fter each cork is cut, al ''
less freque 0tly to the milestone.
Cork has ne, ~uliar power of dulling
the sbarD steel y 'tll which it is cut
New York Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17
An Episode of Nebraska Life.

l met gentleman ut the union
!. depot the other night who had just re-
turu2d from Kaarney county. He
said: Il took upa claim three weeks
ago and built my shanty with more
care tkaa is usually taken with them.
/ built i,edSteah of boards in the cor
ner and laid in Il stock of canned goods
and dried meat. The first night after
it WAS completed | crawled into bed
and fell into 4 deep sleep. About mid
night { was awakened by half-dozeG
rude ioltS. some one cracked Il whip
yelled Git up! and stralghtway le!!
The motion of Il heavy wagon. | was
but half awake but | realized that III:
bed was tipped to an angle of 10 de
.rccs and that everything was moving
l realized that my shanty, supposed la
be unoccupied. was being stolen witt
me in it. | grasped my revolver AMI
empted it ut the walls and i'll answer
heard the sound of scattering feet. /
crawled out of the small window and
drove back about 100 yards to the site
of the house, where | made the horses
fast and posted myself under the
| wagon. The next day | drove two
miles to my nearest neighbor and soon
had his opinion and that of several
other farmers. They ali said the
horses and wagon were mine beyond
doubt. as no one would ever claim
them. ."-hu1lSdS CttY Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17

CUR:EG Docs or EATGy, LGGs = l Il rs
root Of { sort OF turnip is 1sed sn'
Indians OF Tennessee FOR very III III
ous purpose namely, To cur, dogs
the habit of eating eggs. I his roo.
has q YER not aad bitter iiavor. and a
small por;icn OF Is Is put into an egg.
which is placed III the dogs way
After swa- owing Il hastily and with
out cons tter8tioa tho animal never
Will touc.- 2nother egg,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17
WHAT BUTTONS ARE MADE OF
Do you know OF what material tn.

Do you know Of what material the
buttons on your coat are made?
Well, perhaps if You q q you would
never recognize 1t in the raw, for IN
four eases out of five it IS u material
yulgarly known as vegetable ivory.
To the trade 1t is the livery nus. Down
on the pier of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company will be seen long rows
of sacks made of jute, which bear the
appearance externally of being filled
with potatoes. These are stacked ct
the head of the pier in the open air.
There is no danger of them being
carried away, for they are as heavy as
lead, and not extremely valuable, as
they are. Potatoes would not remain
in that exposed position untouched
for single night The ivory nut,
however, Is valuable only when it
comes from the hands OF the manu-
facturer In the button or the ornament
al state.-New York Telegram.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17

TIE FIRST RIFT N TaE LUTE-"If
/ had known sobbed young Mrs
Fits. that you would be such brute
to poor Fido | never, never would
have married YOU
My dear" replied Mr. Fits. ''the
anticipation of kicking that miserable
little beast was one of my chief
reasons for proposing TO youth
dianapolis Journal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-17

!, ak my ageRts for w. l.. Douglas Shoes.
If not for sale in your place ask youi
dealer 10 send for catalogue, secure the
agency. ard get them for YOU,
.s-TAfkE NO SUBSTITUTE -kr