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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-26
Csllsgs Training Dossn't DO u All

G@tAeG@ Training D2S@n'R do ~ Aiis
/ have said that / have seen college
students fail in the commercial world,
using the term to cover the giving of
work for which money is paid. There
comes to mind now clear. beautiful
morning in the early fall, when o card of
introduction was handed me in my Office,
introducing q graduate OF the Harvard
Annex and of Girton College. Had /
been asked before this experience whether
it were possible for woman TO fail with
such an equipment, would have unhesi-
tatingly answered mo-" The bearer OF
the card shortly appeared. There was not
one indication in her dress or manner of
her educational advantages. A bang that
ocgan at the crown Of her head, so cut
that il reminded you Of terraces, ex-
tended to her eyebrows, completely COW
ering her forehead A hat many sizes too
small for woman Of her height was on
her head. Her dress was too short and
the braid was torn off; two buttons were
off her dress, and her handkerchief in
the opening did not hide the fact of their
absence.
When she sat down unconscioasly
moved my chair to make room for her.
She told her story She could find uoth-
Ing to do. She had been teaching, but
did not like it, She wanted other work.
No immigrant had more vague ideas of
what she wanted to do than this woman.
She thought she could do newspaper
work; was sure she could write editor
ials. She wanted to get into a news
paper Office. 1t took all the self COM
mand had to refrain from saying,
@There is not an Office in the country
that would shelter that hang" in-
wardly groaned. Ny dream that col
:ege education was the the protection OF
women against just such experiences as
hers was dispellcd. No widow with
Ave children and district school sdu-
cation faced the world more helplessly.
Her mind was great nass of dough, un.
shaped and unshapable until it had passed
through the Ere. The girl who comes
out of college with no sense of proper
ton, no eye for color, no sense of the
fitness of things. no knowledge Of the
present conditions Of the world of which,
from her standpoint. she forms 30 large
part. win need another training. that OF
painful experience, to lt her 20 use the
tools given by her alma mater. -Harper's
Bazaar
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-26
ANNAPOLIS MD FRIDAY EVENING FEBRUARY &C. 1899


A narrow fellow In the grass
Occasionally rides;
You may have met him; have you notf
AS he the grass divides.
Divides the grass as with a combs
A spotted shaft is seens
And then II closes At your feet
And opens further on.
He likes q bogRy acre.
A foor too ceol for cern:
Yet when child. and barefoot,
! more than once. at mora.
Have passed. thought. Awhip-lssh
Unbraiding in the sun;
When. STOPPING to secure il.
Ii wrinklsd and was gone.
Several ef natures people
know. and they know me:
feel for them transport
or cordially:
But never met this fellow.
Attended or alone.
Without a tighter breathing.
And zero at the bone.
Emily Dickinson. in Albany Journal.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-26

A French experimenter has tested the
strength of so robust man aud 80 healthy
women, all Of the middle class Of society
and between 25 and 10 years of age. He
used an apparatus recording the greatest
downward pressure with the palm OF the
hand. The strongest man v as able TO
give wigl- the right hand pressure equiv
alent to 1877 pounds and the weakest one
OF SO potnds. The shot men were pearly
as strong as the tall. the average differ
.nce being less than seven pounds. The
force exerted by the strongest woman
was only 81 pounds and that by the weak
est was but 85 pounds, While tie Averggo
wac 72 pounds.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-26
WIT AND WISDOM.


Disposed of at less than cost The Wis
som of experience.
When you go to church to help the
Lord. don't wear squeaky shoes.
That was a clever French woman who
Iaid that the Americans only idea Of
Joke is lie.
One time in thousand, possibly we
End thing worse than we thought il
Was.--Detroit Free Press.
War and love are strange compeers
War sheds blood and love sheds tears;
War has spears and love has darts,
War breaks heads and love breaks hearts.
Anon.
The man who has failed and never
rome up again is a prolific and severe
critic, but his judgments are liable 10 be
biased
One thing that really kills great many
people Is laziness, though the doctors
generally manage to find more respect
able name for it.-Ram's Horn.
Are your eggs fresh 2" asked the lady,
and the conscientious market man told
her: They're little off for billin',
mum, but they makes as fine an omelette
as ever you sunk tooth in.
Beggar-Please, sir, will ye lend me =
dime ter get somethin' ter eat2 Gentle
man- You've got quarter in your hand
now. What's that forl Beggar-Thst's
ter tip the waiter New York Weekly.
Farmer Meddergrass--B Be you law
ger. sir Blackstone with dignity)-I
am practicing law, sin. Meddergrass
tmoving away)-I thought mebbe you'd
got the trade lsrned I'll go 10 some
body else. Epoch.
SECTIONAL DIFFERENCES.
The occldent and the Orient
Are not alike Ia the East,
For they salt the mines Ia the wooliy West
And water their stock ia the East.
American Grocer.
Overheard at the Club.-Mr. Fellows
Mr Whitehead, what makes you look so
aespondent this EVENING" Mr. White
head--Well. Fellows, the fact is, Pm in
trouble. I've been contesting my wife's
will. Mr.. F.-You wife's willl Why. l
didn't know your wife was dead Mr..
W.-Deadl no. That's what makes the
contest 30 hard. Boston Budget.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-26

Go to A. Hart's for all kindsof Smok-
ers' goods. Pipes, igar-smokers, Meer-
ehaum goods of all kinds. The Writ
Fountain Pen also for sale. A. HART.
8 Mar yland Avenue.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-26

Being that the sale or the Conversible Bas-
ket has been 90 large, We have concluded to
reduce il 70 20 cents. Postage prepaid. Be-
member this basket can be placed in 100
useful and necessary articles. If not entirely
satisfied We viii willingly refund the money
Agents wanted. Circulars free. Address the
LURSSON a VOLKNAR NOV. CO., 416
Conway St, Baltimore, I'D. sI4m
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-26
SECTIONAL DIFFERENCES
ThsY All DO II.

She painted him mouchOir case.
Said he, ~how very nicew
And stored II in the attic, where
1T makes home for mice.
Cloak Review.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-26

UANTED.-AN ACTIVE NAN for each
w section. Salary &55 &c @100, to locally
represent successfua Ny Company incor-
porafed TO supply Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes.
Jewelry. etc, 70 consumers at cost. Also q
Lady OF tact, s. larry $40, to enroll members
(S0. 900 now eL oiled. 900 900 paid inl.-
References EXCHANGED. Empire Cooperative
Association lcred' vel ratedl Lock Box 6l0
NJ. Y. b-17
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-26
No Turning Back.

Teacher-For what was Lots wife
turned into pillar Of salt?
Dicky Boy--For keeps.-Puck.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-26
Visitors to Annapolis

And the Naval Academy maybe pleasantly ac-
within minutes walk of the Acad
emy gate. For terms, etc., apply"Mrs. v. A.
h" 124 King George Street, Annapolis, Md.
References required. j6
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-26
FOR RENT.

DWELLING No as Gloucester Street.
Rooms; modern improvements. Apply at
No. ~ Gloucester Street. lew
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-26

TOR SALE. "A MEDIUM DELIV-
a. ERY WAGON. in good condition. For
sale cheap. Apply at this office. l COW
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-26

TOR SALE 3 spring wagons, l large
IA hay and fodder cutter. Also one
good work horse, work TO all harness. : Call
or address CAPITAL Office.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-26

Rooms for Rent, with or without Board
A few more Boarders taken. Inquire at MEs.
C0RCoRAN'S, Maryland Avenue and Prince
George Street. rs
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23

TINS Christmas eve, and although the
ball and banquet in Elias honor might
be lacking in some Of the refinements
essential in the fashionable world, they
were distinguished for aheartiness and
a freshness of enjoyment that put ev-
eryone at ease.
why don't you 60 up and dance
with Ella?' said Sam Britton to the
young superintendent, after the dance
had been going on for some time.
THAT little dude has kept her all to
hisself ever since the frolic began"
Il haven't danced since was bow, ="
said Frank, who, from his position at
the farther end of the room, had been
following with his brave brown eyes
every movement of Ella.
"Waal, / think yer as good a dancer
as most Of the boys har, and eff you
don't AK Ella blamed ef | don't git her
to AK you. And before Frank could
think Of protesting Sam Britton had
darted off.
The mining boss had plenty of assur.
ance, and he firmly believed that il
the young superintendent had more Of
this quality his character would be
simply perfect Already Sam Britton
had welcomed Ella and babe her "a
merry Christmas" eight hours in ad.
vance of the day; but this did not deter
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23

Capt Lanston had been a soldier,
and though, no doubt good one, he
was a rough, hardy man, more suited
to shine in the camp than in the par.
Tor, and his otherwise excellent wife
was much the same sort of a character.
Frank Hobart was ten years older
than Ella; not great disparity, to be
sse, but sufficient in his modest opin.
ion, TO preclude his thinking of the
"sage-brush belle" or sage brush
nightingale as some of her more ro-
mantle admirers called her, in any
other way than as a charming child. in
the formation of whose character he
might have an influence for good. He
boarded at the Grand Occidental hotel,
his position being that Of mine superin.
tendent for the company working the
property he had discovered, and this
gave him an excellent opportunity to
see much of the child, and to direct her
studies in his spare hours.
These relations between Frank Ho.
bart and Ella continued for two years,
she proving herself to be bright and
grateful pupil, and he manfully hiding
from her and the world the new and
powerful feeling that such association
had developed in his big, generous
heart. BY the time she was seventeen,
Ella Lanston had becohe the toast of
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23
THE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.


The Total Vote of the Country on the
Three Leading Preside tial Candidates.
The returns from the various states
at the late presidential election show a
total vote Of 11.S23,0GG, not including
the prohibition vote, which will swell
the total to over 1900, 900 votes.
In the tabulated returns below Mr..
Cleveland apparently had no supporters
in Colorado, Kansas, Idaho, Nevada,
Oregon and Wyoming, but this was the
resultof political maneuvering by which
the democratic votes of those states
were cast for the peoples party ticket.
In Nebraska the Cleveland vote appears
very small, but this was due to the fact
that requests were sent out to the DEM
Ocrats to vote for Weaver and over Co.
900 of them undoubtedly obeyed' the
instructions The votes of the states
named which cast presidential ballots
for Cleveland in 1855 were as follows:
Colorado, 1857; Kansas, 1O2, 745; Ne
vada, 1926, and Oregon, &c, 500 In 1890
the democratic votes in Idaho were
s,O26 and in Wyoming 6,219.
The popular vote in the election of
1888 was divided as follows: Cleveland,
5,5GS, 253; Harrison, 5,44O,216; Streeter
Union Labor, 249,9O7.
In the electoral college OF 1888, Mr..
Harrison had 23S and Mr.. Cleveland 1868
votes. In the college of 1884, Mr.. Cleve-
land had 219 and Mr. Blaine l55 votes.
The vote Of Mr. Cleveland in the pres
ent electoral college has been exceeded
but once since the war. That was in
1872 when Gen. Grant secured 2S6 votes.
Mr.. llarrison's electoral vote is smaller
than any defeated candidate has re.
veived since 1872
The combined democratic and popu-
list vote-G,5 S4. S96-is 1,4S7, 4S7 larger
than that of 1890, while the total re-
publican vote is 964, 4lG larger than for
congressman two years ago.
The votes of the various states for the
three candidates who will figure
in the electoral college are as follows:
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23
ENGLISH COLLIERY HORROR.
The Bodies of Twenty Dead Miners Recov-
ered-Horrible Scenes In the Pit.

The Bodies of Twenty Dead Miners Recoy-
ered-Horrible Scenes In the Pit.
LONDON, Dec, l5.-Great efforts were
made to rescue the eighty miners i'm
prisOned by an explosion in a collierv
at Wigan.
Despite the efforts to extinguish the
fire, the flames spread to the engine
house at the tunnel.
This stopped the pumping of air into
the mine and added greatly to the peril
of those who were in the pit The fire
was not subdued until o'clock in the
afternoon.
Some little time after the bodies of
twenty of the miners, who had been
suffocated by the noxiOus gases gener.
ated in the mine after the explosion.
were brought to the surface bv the
rescuing party.
The rescuing parties report horrible
scenes in the mine. In the main roads
the bodies lie il twos and threes, as the
men fell, face downward and heads to-
ward the entrance Of the shaft Large
sections of roof and galleries have col
lapsed. Amid the ruins were found
mangled bodies and half burned limbs.
The ruins have blocked many parts of
the mine and therefore the men search
ing for bodies are unable to give any
definite idea of the number lost
Several miners who were Just alive
when found died on the way to the sur
face or shortly after being taken from
the ear.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23

tains about thirty miles, as the crow
flies, or is supposed to fly, from Salt
Lake City, the famous capital of the
MormonS.
Six years ago the residents OF Lam
ston's Glen were, without exception,
"Gentiles," as the non-members of the
Church Of Latter-Day Saints" are
called, and they retain their skepticism
as to things Mormon up to the present
day. The Glen" as the residents call
it among themselves, is a small mining
town on the edge of a canyon, far be-
meath the depths of which rich silver
lode was discovered in 1881 by a young
mining engineer named Frank Hobart,
who had been educated at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, in his native
city of Philadelphia, and who came
west to seek his fortune.
Lanston's Glen was by no means an
inviting place. Huts of stone and
adobe, in comparison with which the
irregularly set and ragged army tents
were palatial, constituted the principal
abodes of the inhabitants The Grand
Occidental hotel" owned and run" by
Capt Lanston, was the most preteu-
tious building in the place. That il had
grown, rather than been built from
any original design, was evident in the
many little additions and wings of
stone and adobe, and even of canvas,
that had been added to it from time to
time.
A plain covered with dazzling ex-
panses of snow-white alkali, inter
spersed here and there with patches Of
acrid creosote, and brittle, olive.col.
ored sage-brush, stretched away for
six miles on either hand to the mighty
mountain wall that appeared to shut
the strange place in from the outer
world.
Although Frank Hobart, who was a
tall, handsome, modest fellow, had dis.
covered the mine that gave the place
an excuse for being, vet he declined to
have it named after him, preferring
the name which was finally adopted
because Capt. Lanston's wife was the
first white woman who had ever set
foot there; though, encouraged by her
holiness, many of the miners subse-
quently brought their wives from the
states.
Ella Lanston was fifteen when she
accompanied her faith end mother to
the Glen, and from thsvery first her
fresh beauty and graceful ways, not to
mention a voice of phenomenal sweet.
uess, won to her side even the rough
est Of tho miners, md all the China
men, who had been >rought in as serv-
ants
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23

The table filed with feasters, an the room
a-roar 18th mirth,
With the stockin's crammed TO Dustin, an the
medders piled 18th snow
A good oldfdshi0asd Christmas like We had so
long ago!
Now hdt1 the thing I'd Ike to see ag'in afore
die,
But Chris mas in the city here-it's different
oh my!
With the crowded hustebustle Of the slushy,
noisy street.
An the scowl upon the faces Of the strangers
that you meet,
Oh, there's Juyin', plenty OF It, OF a lot gor.
geOus toys
An 70 takes mint o money to please modern
girls and boys.
Why, l mind the time jack-knife an tony
lump for me
Made my little heart an stockin' jus chocl. full
OF Chris mas glee.
An there's feastin'. Think o'Jcedin' with these
stuck-up city folk.
Why, We have TO speak in whispers, an ye dar's
ut crack joke.
Ther remember how the tables looked all
crowded with your kin,
When you couldn't hear whistle blow across
The merry din
You see I'm so old-fashoned.like don't care
much for style,
An Ia eat your Chris'ma banquets here |
wouldn't 90 mile;
I'd nor bnra lilo Golornn, "a r,,,1 go, 49, H.,
ner set
With real ola friends than lurl,le soup with al
the nobs you'd get
There's my nextdoOr neighbor Gurloy-fancy
how his brows 'u'd lift
II I'd holler: Merry Chris mas Caught old
fellow, Christmas gift"
Lordy.Lord, I'd like 10 try it! Guess he'd
nearly have fit.
Hang this city stiffness, anyways ! can't get
used 10 it
Then your heart it kept a-swellin' till it nearly
bust your side,
An by night your jaws we're achin' with your
smile four inches wide,
An your enemy, the wost one, you'd Just grab
his hand, an say:
"Mebbe, both Of US was wronS John Come,
let's shake. It's Chris mas day.
Mighty little Chris mas spirit seems 10 dwell
tween city walls,
Where each snowflake brings soot-hake for
brother as it falls:
Mighty little Chris mas spirit! An I'm piniu',
don't you know,
For good Old-fashioned Chris mas like we had
so long ago.
Alice Williams Brotherton, in the Century.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23
Hints for Christmas.

Don't ask your child what he wants
unless you intend giving it to him.
Though money makes the mare 90,
il makes Santa Claus come.
Don't buy your best girl present on
the installment plan, as she might jilt
you before you had made all the pay
ments.
Rub the price mark of the present
unless it is an expensive one.
If you wish to surprise your girl
never ask her what she would like for
Christmas.
At Christmas time it is well enough
to ape the English as far as the plum
pudding is concerned.
Some persons never wish you a
merry Christmas unless they think
they will get something for doing so.
The bachelor who puts his thumb
into the boarding house Christmas pie
is apt 10 pull out a collar button. -
Judge.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23
FlREMEN KILLED.
Shocking Accident at n Fire at Albany.
Ny.

Shocking Accident at n Fire at Albany.
Ny.
ALBANY, n. Y, Dec. 2O.-Human life
asst night proved to be the cost of extin-
gushing the confagration in the Fort
Orange mill, which broke out at noon
yesterday on the Columbia street pier.
Shortly after 6 p. IN. the men of steam
er company No 4, who were lingering
inside the ruins were ordered home
by the chief AS they proceeded to get
ont by the river front, the east wall.
which was standing sixty feet high,
toppled over without moments warn
ing, the upper half falling inward and
the lower half out upon the dock. Seven
men were buried under eight feet of
debris and as soon as their comrades re.
covered from the shock, caused by the
sight of the human burial, they set to
work with willing hands to extricate
the unfortunate men.
James Shattuck, Jr, Bernard Banner.
his brother, Fred Banner, and John
Whitnell were first rescued. OF these
only Bernard Banner was completely
buried and but for the quick work Of
the rescue would have persisted. Whit.
nell and Bernard Banner were seriously
injured and were taken to the hospital
in the ambulance.
The fireman continued working OF
the ruins and in few minutes came
upon the dead bodies of Charles Mar.
shall, foreman of steamer No. 4. and
John Bridgeford The body of Fred
Amthor was recovered at $3.50 p IN. and
was found to be badly crushed. HI
was unmarried.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23
Gerrymander overthro,vn

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec 19.-The In
diana supreme court to-day decided un-
constitutional the apportionment act
passed by the democratic legislature
two years ago, under the provisions of
which the legislature, which will meet
next month, was chosen. The finding
is that the appOrtionment laws of 1891,
1885 and 1879 are all unconstitutional
by reason of the matters alleged in the
complaint, but the court also finds that
there is de facto legislature elected,
qualified to enact a law which NAV
take the place of the law set aside.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-12-23
senator Gihson Dead

Hot SPRINGS, Ark, Dec. 17.-After a
lingering, but apparently painless, i'll
ness Senator R. L. Gibson died at S:l5
Yesterday afternoon. At the time of
his death he was surrounded by the
members of his family and several close
friends who wept bitterly when it was
seen that the noble-hearted statesman
was dead Senator Gibson passed away
as though he had merely gone to sleep.
de had been confined to his bed here
since the 18th of November, since which
time his death has been expected daily.
In accordance with his wishes, his re-
mains will be buried in Lexington, XIV.