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The morning call., 1892-07-20
NOTICE or AssEssNEYT-coY

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT-CONS SOLID 4TFD
- New \ 0rs Mining Company. Location Of prin-
cipal place Of business, san Francisco California:
location OF Works, cold Hili. Storey County Ne.
yada.
Notice Is hereby given that at meeting OF the
Board OF Directors neId on the 2sth day OF June
1892, an assessment 90 81 Of ten f1O) cents
per share was levied upon the capital stock OF
the corporation. payable Immediately in United
states god DIN TO tie Secretary the once OF the
company. room 10, Nevada Block. 300 MontgoIn-
street. San FrannIscn
The morning call., 1892-07-20

LPANISH TEACHER. LAI4 "a .t.e
- private lessons; evening classes O'.a4-
St ivsDt- -
The morning call., 1892-07-20

CHAS. L. ELLIOT, Secretary
Ofee-Room 70 Nevada block. No 900 Mont
Eomery street. San Francisco. California le 29sd
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
RAPID WRITIVG VS.. 600 WHITING.
From the New York SUI

In a sketch that has recently
been printed of a living literary
man, we are told that sit is his
custom to write about 600 words
every day" There is no man in
all the world who can write every
day 5000 words tba, are worth
reading, or one hall IA t number.
For good solid days work Of a
man of thought and know edge
1000 words are sufficient, and II
OH any one day he writes twice
that number he should take u
rest the next day.
We are not speaking of copy.
lists or short. hand reporters, but of
men who think with all their soul
as they write with all their power.
The fast.wIiting au hOr whose
biography lies before us is some.
times seized with the scribbler's
mania, and, while it lasts, he sur.
passes, on a long stretch, his Ordi.
nary daily record of 5000 words.
A short while ago he Knocked off
in twenty-five days a book con-
tanning 15N, 900 words; and, as he
wrote on the eight our system,
he must have thought and written
$50 words every hour of his work
ing day, right straight along, or at
the rate of about thirteen words
a minute. We are disposed TO
guess that this authors literary
value, remarkable as it is, might
be enlarged if he had some ex.
periepce of the writers's cramp,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
The Different Hedge Plants.

Prospective planters of hedges may
be assisted in making decision by the
following from Country Gentleman
whether the hedge be for ornament OF
with a view of forming farm Enclosure
"The selection must vary with locality,
some succeeding we'll in one place and
not in others. Where there is a good
natural or artificial drainage and the
winters are not too severe the Usage
orange is quite successful. In other
places the honey locust does well, pro-
vided it is well cut back at the right
time of year. The privet has hand,
some natural hedgy growth, but is apt
to die out i'll patches. The buckthOrn is
a hardy, thick grower, requiring less
cutting back than some others, and
when two or three barb wires art
stretehodIength through its center
while growing it becomes an efficieht
barrier. The barberry makes a beauti
full hedge with little cutting and forms
a good barrier with the barb wire cen.
ter. Beautiful evergreen hedges are
made of Norway spruce or hemloCk,
strengthened with wire in the same
way. The arbor vitae, or white cedar,
has been much used, but will not bear
its own shade without becoming toe
thin in foliage.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
AN EARLY ADVERTISER.
From the Advertiser Reporter.

fA'hl Ni' AhNrItlstT hep
The death of Miss Maria Moffat
last July, and the appraisal re-
Gently of the estate, including a
curious collection of an,iguated
pieces and fragments of jewelry,
gathered and boarded by this
eccentric woman, recalls a notable
advertiser and a notable fortune.
The deceased was the daughter
of John Moffat, the original manu-.
facturer of Phoenix Bitters and
MOffat's Pills, which were among
the first proprietary articles in
this country to be very largely
advertised, and which made mil.
lions of dollars to DR.. William b.
Moffat, who became their pro.
prietor. These articles are still
made, but it is said that the pres
ent manufacturer lis not making
his salt from them" Miss MOffat
owned an interest in the royalty
of these goods; this royalty was
80 cents a gross on the pills and
81 gross on the bitters. The
present manufacturer offered to
"buy or selr' for $50, and at that
sum the royalty on these old for
tune makers was appraised. The
advertising is a thing of the al
most forgotten past and the value
of The property is reduced to $50.
The power which created the val.
ne is the only power which could
have maintained it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
rhe Invention of the Cotton Gin.

Noinvention has played larger part
IN our history than the cotton gin, which
was the work of Eli Whitney. Whitney
was the son ola poor Massachusetts
farmer and worked his way through
college without assistance. Soon after
the revolution he settled in Georgia and
became teacher to the children of Mrs.
Nathaniel Greene, widow of the famous
General Greene. One day when a COM
pany of planters We're assembled at Mrs.
Greene's house near Savannah the de-
pressed condition of the southern states
came up for discussion, and it was gen
orally agreed that the chief cause of the
existing condition of affairs was the diff
fculty of raising cotton with profit, ow-
ing to the great labor of separating the
fibers of the cotton from the seed. One
of the planters suggested that perhaps
this work could be done with machine,
and this prompted Mrs. Greene to re-
mark: Gentlemen, apply to my young
friend, Mr.. Whitney. He can make any
thing"
Whitney was sent for and the situa-
ton explained to him. DE told the
planters he had never seen pod of cot
ton in his life, but he would try what he
could do. Next day he procured some
unclean cotton, shut himself up III his
room and set to work to invent the ma
chine required. From early boyhood he
had exhibited wonderful skill in me.
chanics, and this aptitude was of the
greatest assistance to him in his present
task. He was compelled to make the
tools and the wire with which he
worked, but before winter had ended he
had completed his machine. Then he
set it up in shed and invited a number
of planters TO come and see it work. The
delight Of his visitors at what they saw
was unbounded. Whitney's engine could
clean as much cotton in one day as man
could clean in whole winter.-New
York Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
The Black Hole of Middle Mountain.

Up until about the middle of April,
1890, the BLACK hole of Middle noun
tain" was one of the best known of Vir-
ginia's natural curiosities, the natural
bridge of course always excepted. The
Black hole was a natural well about
twenty feet i'll diameter, situated at the
foot of Middle mountain on the farm Of
A. II. SlitlingtOn, in Pocahontas county
1t was of unknown depth and locally be-
lieved to be poisonous from the fact that
cattle, horses and other animals in com,
mon refused to drink of the water al.
though almost furnishing from thirst.
Black hole has been known since at least
100 years before the opening of the RevO.
lutionary war, and was given the name
it bore because its waters looked as
black as ink, even though the eyes Of
the beholder were not more than two
feet distant from its surface. When
dipped out by the cup, pail or barrelful
it appeared as clear as crystal, the orig.
inal coal black appearance being phe.
nomenon never satisfactorily accounted
for.
Black hole, which had stood with its
waters at uniform level for two cen.
turtles of white mans history during
which time the water line had never in
the least been affected by flood or
drought), suddenly disappeared. One
Warner, who lives ON the Slitlington
farm, was the first to discover and an
nounce what was considered neighbor-
hood calamity. He had gone to salt the
cattle which usually congregated in the
shade around the brink of the pool and
was amazingly astonished to find that
the old ''bottomless we'll" had suddenly
become thing of the past. Its waters
had been mysteriously drained, and its
sides had fallen inst. Louis Republic
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
KANSAS CITY BUSINESS MEN CAUGHT.


Speaking of schemes to raise
the wind,' said Dan Buckly, at
the Lindell, reminds me of a
couple of female advertising
fakirs | met at Lincolp, Neb.,
some years ago. They were
young, pretty, and had their bust
ness reduced to a science. One
of them travelled ahead and fixed
the town, set the trap, and the
other followed and pulled the
string. The collecting of cards
was then quite a fad with the fair
sex, and the advance agent visit.
ed all the business films in the
town for that purpose. These
cards she turned over to her con
federate, who placed them in a
large, snowy album containing
pictures. poetry, etc. The book
was to be placed in the reading.
room of the leading hotel, and the
charge for inserting a card was So.
She would then start out on her
collecting tour, and when a bust.
ness man informed her that he
had never ordered the advertise.
ment she would be very much
surprised, indeed. Was he quite
sure! Then her agent had basely
deceived her. She had paid %
commission of 81 on the order.
Oh, dear! Nineteen out oftwenty
would either pay her full price
for the worthless advertisement
or compromise at half price, the
amount of the commission she
claimed to be out. The scheme
worked. One of the girls told
me that they took 5000 out of
Kansas City in a week. Oh, the
women are catching on to all the
tricks of the trade. If they once
get into politics they will run the
entire machine
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-02-04
A Curious Irish Tradition.

Ireland is IA country rich i'll traditions,
and in places every inch of the ground
has its queer history and some quaint
story attached to it. For instance, moi
far from Belfast there is a romantic old
well in a curious hollow of the hills
called Barnas gap. The well is known
as Barnas well and is filled at the bottom
with white stones, the heather around
being covered with pieces of rags. Close,
too, is large mound composed of stones,
which is said to cover the bones of holy
friar long since dead. Every visitor to
the well appears to make it practice OF
adding a stone to the heap already there,
but for what reason it is impossible to
say.-Million.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21

The effect of snake bite depends partly
on the condition of the snake and partly
ON that of the person bitten and the part
attacked. No effectual antidote has yet
been discovered. Ammonia and per-
manganate of potassium will not suffice,
although a solution of the latter will
take away the poisonous property of the
snakes venom il it be mixed Herewith.
Immediate amputation of bitten toe
or finger is the best course, as the delay
of few seconds may suffice to convey
the poison into the patients circulation.
II from the nature of the part bitten
amputation cannot be performed, a very
tight hgature applied after cauterization
and sucking the part is the best course,
and the administration of stimulants is
generally recommended d.-Quarterly Re
view
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21
Nicaragua and the United States.

Mr.. j. Crawford, an American who
has been residing in Nicaragua for many
years, writes to the bureau of the Amer
Jean republics as follows: There is great
encouragement here for the extension of
our trade. During the past ten or twelve
months seven or eight commercial trav-
elers from the United States have Wis
tied this country, soliciting orders for
goods, when during the previous years
we only saw one or two travellers in
twelve months. They have received
liberal orders for our products, particu-
larly manufactured ware, and are great
ly encouraged TO come again. If the
manufacturers of tho United States will
send down here good men who can speak
the Spanish language and who have af-
fable manners, they can get the whole
trade. 1t is also an evidence of an
awakening interest that during the past
few months have received a great
many letters from the United States
making inquiries about the market for
goods here. / have received more let
ters during the last two months than /
have received in several years before,
and the same is true of all consular Of
ficers and agents. The awakening of
our. producers to secure orders from
Nicaragua is very encouraging and am
certain that the results will be satisfac-
forvo
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21

Persia is in sorry way indeed. AS
if she had not been sufficiently punish
ed by having an indecent, shameless
brute to rule over her, and call himself
the liking of kings" she is now tied up
In hard financial knot. She has debt
of $500, 900 to pay, and no money to
pay it with. Russia very kindly offered
to loan it to her, though where Russia
was to get it from does not appear. But
the Persian border is uncomfortably
near. the point at which Russia wishes
to extend her territory. So Persia has
felt constrained to decline the courtesy,
and will now apply to England. She
may, however, find that she has escaped
from the bear only to fall a victim to
the lion, for England's Indian border is
also very near to some choice Persian
territory, and when England finds 1t
necessary to protect her innocent
bondholders" she usually does as she
has done in Egypt, and Occupies" the
country of the bankrupt permanently.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21
PRICE ONE CENT
The unrrasoning Crowd.

Speaking of the queer things TO be seen
on the streets. it is really astonishing
how instinctively one person initiates an
other. A man wiiasa passion for psy-
chical research has been proving this by
some experiments which are. TO say the
least of it, original. Going along about
dusk the other night in advance Of
small party of folk, he suddenly turned
ont into the muddy street rs if avoiding
something in front. Unquestioningly
every person behind did the same thing
in spite of the mire.
1t isn't likely that they felt the full
humorous force of the incident in quite
the way he did, however, when they saw
him face about and walk calmly back in
the beaten path. The sheep went to all
the trouble of jumping over a bar of
dust, to be sure, but it would really
seem worth while if human beings could
think little more Independently and
for themselves. The truth OF 1t is, it is
just this blind unreasoning herding to
gether that leads TO half the accidents
and panics which are cropping up ON all
es.-Boston Transcript.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21

Throwing rice and wheat at we'd
ding is relic of an old Roman custom,
and has probably been common in Eng
land since Roman times. Brand gives
several authorities for It. Friend refers
to the case of the bride of Henry VII at
Bristol in 1896, when wheat was thrown
upon her with the greeting, Welcome
and good luckw
Rice is used similarly at weddings in
India, and the substitution of this grain
for wheat in our own country of late
years may be partly due to that fact;
but where wheat cannot readily be come
at rice would naturally suggest itself as
a substitute. and Queries.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21

II was born in Massachusetts," said
he, "and reared in strict Puritan fam
lily. The Sabbath commenced ON Satur-
day night, when we children were re-
quired to study the Scriptural lesson for
the next day. After an early breakfast
next morning we went at our lesson
again until church time. The morn
ing service was from 10 to 10 o'clock,
composed chiefly Of long winded ser
mon, during which we were required to
keep awake, pay strict attention and be-
have ourselves. This was followed by
Sunday school, where we recited our
lessons correctly or suffered severe con-
sequences.
"After cold lunch at home, for moth
ing was cooked ON Sunday, we attended
church again from until p. m. The
interval between this time and 7o'clock
prayer meeting was occupied with re-
hgious reading or reflection, no frivolous
games or diversions being permitted ON
this solemn day. AS special dispensa-
ton we were given hot tea for supper.
Prayer meeting was out at o'clock, and
from that hour until bed time we sat
quietly at home reading such thrilling
and interesting works, especially to chill
dren, as Baxter's Saints Rest and
Fox's Book of Martyrs l used to
sympathize with those martyrs, and
compare their miserable state with
mine. ne."-Washington Post.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21
MAYOR ExCELL.

lished weekly journal. He has also
done creditable work on The Evening
Review and Leader. He was born in
jackson, Mich. His parents moved to
Cleveland while he was a child, and
Matthew was graduated from the high
school there in 1888. Then he entered
Mount Union college, near Alliance.
graduating from that institution in 1891.
Immediately thereafter he engaged in
newspaper work, and says he will stick
to that business. He is unmarried, and
a general favorite in social circles. Per-
haps higher political honors await him,
for his party is seriously considering him
rs candidate for state representative.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21
She Committed Suicide.

Mrs. 9. Boe, ct Watkins, left this letter
"My husband Forgive me II cause you
any trouble, but / suffer 80. You do not
know what these long, wakeful, wretch
ed nights are TO me, and / am 30 tired.
darling--the pain win never be better. It
Is not easy TO take my own life, but l
have been sick 90 long. Goodbye, my
husband, love you-your wife" This
Is but one Of thousands that gives up, In
stead Of using DIR. Miles Restorative Ner-
vine and being speedily cured of their
wretchedness. Go to VIM. L. Marcy and
Co. and get an elegant book and Trial
bottles free,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21
ALLIANCES BOY MAYOR.
Mis Election Surprise TO Himself ant
His Friends.

His Election = Surprise to Himself and
His Friends.
Young men are rapidly coming to the
front, but it is not often that they reach
distinction so early as has Matthew B.,
Excel, who was recently elected mayor,
of the thrifty manufacturing city of AL,
lance, o. Mr.. Excel has just passed his
iwenty-second year, and is probably the
youngest mayor of any town of conse-
quence in the United States. He is
Democrat, but was chosen mayor of Re
publican Alliance by zoe majority.
When he was nominated by his party it
was not thought he would be elected,
and his selection as candidate was
chiefly intended as an honor to a bright
young man. But a local fight on the
liquor question divided his opponents
and Mr.. Excel won, and Alliance peo-
pie haven't recovered from their surprise
yet.
Mr.. Excel is part owner and associate
editor of the Alliance Leader, an estab-
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21
A Phvxieian,. F.ea.

South Africa responds to modern in
Dovations. A recent traveller in Kaffir-
land tells this incident:
As we were upsaddling, there passed
us q man driving q small flock of goats
and several head of cattle. This was
the husband of lady physician who is
running the practice of the local witch
doctors, and he was taking home his
wife's fee for attending patient
Youths Companion.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21

A Kansas City paper says that there
is bowlder IN the Ozarks which win
attract a jackknife dropped nine feet
away, and that along the line of the
fifth principal meridian in the counties
of Carter, Reynolds, Iron and Washing
ton the lines OF east and west surveys
are detected from the true course sew
eral degrees, the needle being affected
by deposits Of loadstone.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21

A laborer in rough felt hat and long
smock walked the other day into the
Shakespeare library, and after looking
attentively for some time at one of the
custodians. went up TO him and said, 'T
say, zur, be you Mr.. Shakespeare as I've
heer'n speak ov7" The custodian ex-
planned to Hodge that he was not the
gentleman referred to.-London Tele-
graph.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21

Rooms for Rent, with or without Board. -
A few more Boarders taken. Inquire at MEs.
CORCORAN'S, Maryland Avenne and Prince
George Street. 26
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21

SALESMAN on Liberal Salary, to con
troll Anne Arundel County. Apply at
once to BROWN BROS CO., Nursery
men, Rochester, N. y. 517
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21
VIM. R. SHIELDS.
Barber d HAIR Dresser
usr. state Uirels aaa UernhiiIss

Particular attention paid TO Shaving, Hair
Cutting, Shampooing, Hair Dyeing, &c. Also
or no charge. Cleanliness . speciality in this
shop Give ne atrial
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21
VIM. DUVEL. JR.,

VIII clean SINKS at the shortest notice
Best of satisfaction given. Leave yonr orders
af @. T. HAKRIe's Market Ef ace. 5l7
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21

Led aRents, VINO can Bbu OuIy Ht Ono KUuOW-
ing long established prices:
Or. Pierceis Golden Medical Discovery,
el.O0 per bottle. DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scriptfon. e1.O0 per bottle. DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets, 25 cents per vial
The genuins medicines, which can be had
only af these prices, are the cheapest rene-
dies you can use, for they're guaranteed.
It's 1yalue received or no pay In every
case where DR.. Pierceis medicines fail to beno-
fIt or cure, the makers win return tho money.
Refuse everything offered as DIR. Pierce's
medicine at less than the above prices.
They are generally spurious.
Don't get something that the dealer says y
81 lust as goodn II may be better for him.
but it's pretty certain to be worse for you.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21
FOR SALE

A Wheeler and Wilson No SEWING
MACHINE, in complete order, with drop
table, three drawers-good as new. Cost &65
Price go. Apply at this Office. b25
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21

RESIDENCE No. Maryland Avenue,
Corner Hanover Street, opposite main en-
trance Naval Academy. Eleven Rooms
All modern improvements. Apply 70
g. A. CULVFR,
526 Farmers National Bank.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21
ANNAPOLIS TUESDAY EVENING. JUNE 81. 1892

reneve the monotony and reduce the
struggles for existence. New York
World.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21

Happy and content is a home with s. The Ro-
chester; lamp with the light of the morning.
Catalogues. write Rochester Lamp Co, ,NewYorks
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21

Don't be deceiUe6
by dealers who
'scut" prices.
I" Cutting0 prices
leads to " "cutting |"
goods. For this
reason and TO pro-
tect the public,
the genuine medi-
cines Of DIR. K v.
Pierce, are now
sold only through
regularly author
onlY ut the follow
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21

"ANTED---AN INTELLIGENT.
Wv energetic and trustworthy man for
one month IN trial. Afterwards IL services
are satisfactory. will make position perma-
nent. Address Kldred johnson. Manager. No.
67 Fifth Avenue. New York City. 81
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21
WANTS. FOR SALE, &c.

m0nts of Wants, For Rent, For Sale, Lost,
w0und, 4o., not exceeding four lines. ONE
WEEK.. or less. Tor 10 Oenta.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-21

@A0 PER MONTH AND EXPEN-
PfO sRS paid good men for taking or
ders. Steady YsE,Srkc4IRyPE E1TE; c44IRyPE suRsrR,Rs
32l Geneva. New York.