Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-01-28
saARs Ann coAis.


-L,athe tie poor Indian r-[ Yonkers
Statesman.
Mr. PayroIe--You didn't stay away
long on your trip Mr., Synecure-No,
N as afraid that the management
might discover that it can get along
without ME il stayed away TOO long
- Bostonian.
First w, man How do you like our
new neighbors Second Woman -
never net such an ignorant person as
she is. She can't talk about anything
nut paintings. books. and music. She
doesn't know word of gossip about
any body. II Manh an.
Tenth Street Housewife Ito her help)
81 wonder where leaf Of that ex-
tension table has disappeared to. Help
with a beam of satisfaction at her SUI
perior knowledgel-Now wasn't it too
bad. nla'a The FIRE went out and it
went for kindling. What else could
do I'll Philadelphia Record.
Anarchist What object to is the rule
of wealth--that the man who has more
money than / have should be able to
control for a time the action Of others
Mr.. Wiggins-And yet ii my wealth
would enable me to order ~two beers ~
tell me, Ven Fiermauth. wouldn't you
control ytur feelings sufficiently to take
one of them with me ?-I Munsey's
Weekly.
Drummer lin nearby hotel, to
friend)-i see you are getting to be
dude. Wearing a black crocheted tie.
The Other Drummer-But this isn't a
black crocheted tie. Bets on the Qaes-
ton are forthwith made, and Drummer
No. announces triumphantly that it is
q black silk tie. First Drummer-That's
what saba black crow shade tie -
tGreat Darlington News
There have been some sharp things
said lately with respect to plagiarism in
the pulpit. It is claimed when preacher
uses the words of another he should
always acknowledge it; but the difficulty
Is to know when the quotation ends
One man who appropriated another's
sermon began with: "A certain man
has said, " but his hearers did not dream
that they were indebted to that certain
man" for the whole sermon. ~ Christian
Inquirer.
As one of our citizens was returning
to his home late one Saturday night he
was accosted by stranger, who asked
him il he had match. Yes, was the
answer, producing the desired article.
The stranger felt in his pocket mo-
ment and then said: Where did put
that cigar? must have lost it." "You
don't mean by that you want me to give
you cigar. too, do your" asked the
citizen We'll. don't mind if you do, !"
was the cool answer, and he passed out
the cigar New Bedford Journal
Il was cold morning and the rooms
of one of the prominent institutions in
Utica were not as comfortably warm as
some of the workmen thought they
should be. Complaint was thereupon
made to the manager, who ventured the
assertion that the feeling of @chiIliness"
of which tile workmen complained was
visionary one, brought about by their
imagination. TO prove this theory he
visited each of the thermometers, and.
unobserved by the workmen, sent the
mecury mp by breathing on the bulbs
1HeH ne cdAieu attentlon W tHS AdCl btiat
the thermometers indicated that the
rooms were very warm. The men
seemed satisfied and were very industri-
Gus with their work until one Of them
detected the manager blowing up" the
thermometer, and the grand strike that
followed indicated that the Colonel Sell
ers patent of lighted candle in stove
would not always succeed. Utica OBJ.
server.