Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-10-02
CAPITAL JoTTINGs
Picked Up Here and There by Our Ubiqui
tous Reporters

Picked Up Here and There by Our Ubiqui
tous Reporters
Time to call IN straw hats.
Hop at City Hotel tonight.
Wild geese are going north.
Millinery openings next in order.
-Cornet Band practiced last night.
The stores are displaying fall goods.
The shirt waist girl is in the min
ority.
The turkey has his weather eye on
Thanksgiving.
What acrobatic feats our thermom-
eter takes to be sure.
Not even hand organ disturbs the
spirit of our repose.
Winter clothes have made their APP
pearance on the street.
The Bishops Guild of st. Anne's
Church met yesterday afternoon.
The clown wasn't in it. with the
| summeTsault the weather took.
Peach seeds burn equally as good rs
coal and make an intense heat.
Mr.. Reitz is having dwelling
erected on the lot adjoining his residence
on Conduit street.
The wise men who deferred his va
cation till the summer inconvenience
were passed is now the envy OF those
who didn't.
Full many shaft at random sent
Finds mark the archer little meant, "
Full many IN ad correctly tried,
Brings customers from far and wide.
Fires are comfortable, and have
been started in many homes and places
of business.
1t is estimated that there are forty
eight thousand negro voters in the State
of Maryland, mostly republicans.
Oil Heaters of all grades and styles,
to suit all pocket books for sale by John
RAWLINGS. West street, opp. depot.
Straw hats are said to be more
easily talked through than any other
kind.
"The girl stood on the sinking ship
And burned-oh, horrible fatel
She stood too long in front of the glass
To see if her hat was straight"
The county fairs are in full blast.
aud the fakirs are blasting many pock-
tlhONh VI tiC flObliuSs
-Chauncy Depew no longer smokes
but owns a block of brown stone fronts.
a fortune saved by it, says he.
The Southern Railway is preparing
cotton seed oil mill exhibit for the
Cotton State Exposition.
The directors of the Hagerstown
Fair have decided TO prohibit gambling
on the grounds this year.
Now that fall cleaning has com
menced, is the time to get your rooms
dapered by r. Il. STRANGE ~ SON.
Fist Assistant Postmaster. General
Jones has ISSUED an order that no chill
dren under fifteen years of age can get
any mail without an order from their
parents.
The st. Johns football team will
play the Baltimore City College on Oc-
tober 26 at Baltimore and on Novem-
Der % at Cambridge. Md.
"A large number of politicians were
in town today looking after the APP
pointments of Judges and Clerks OF cleo
tion. Among them were Gen. Fraak
A. Bond and l. S. Nutwell.
"A committee Of ten has been ap-
pointed by the Y. NJ. G. A. to canvass
the city for funds for permanent sec
retary and current expenses.
A business meeting of the Christian
Endeavor Society will he held at the
I'resbyte ian CAurch to-morraw night.
The semi-annual election of officers will
take place.
1T is stated that the japanese gov
ernment has contracted with ship
building firm at Glasgow for the con-
struetion of five warships, the cost of
which will be nearly e5,000.000.
The aggregate number of spindles
i'm operation and in course of being fit
ted up in cotton mills in Japan is now
said to be Sl9, ,1l5, of which $50, ,564 are
III operation.
There are eighty-two officers, pro-
fesS0Ts and instructors employed at the
Naval Academy, sixty-eight 0f which
reside in the Academy. There are four
officers connected with the marine
corps.
During the month Of August last,
there were l67 fires reported in the
United States, each of which caused a
loss of over Sl0,O00, the total loss
amounting to IS, 800, 900. decrease OF
$4,000, 600 as compared with 1894.
Mr.. J. X. Fowler, secretary and
treasurer Of the COrine Mill, Canal and
Stock Co.. Of Corine, Utah, in speaking
of Cham berlain 3 Cough Remedy says:
81 consider it the best in the market.
I have used many kinds but find Cham
berlain's the most prompt and effectual
in giving relief, and now keep no other
l.A
cough or cold give this remedy trial
and we assure you that yen will be more
than pleased with the result. For sale
by Feldmeyer Bros. City Drug Store.