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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-18

Hero is coed story illustrative of the
prosaic nature Gu which art makes no
impressions:
In Westminster abbey there is large
marble tablet in memory of a famous
bishop. 1t is basrelief, representing
the bishops portrait--in the agony of
death, sinking into the arms of an al
legorical female figure, presumably in
tended for the angel of death.
1t is said that an aged couple from the
country were being shown round the
abbey, and pausing long before the tab
let the old lady remarked to her hus-
band:
That good likness of the bishop,
but, = regarding the angelic parsonage
attentively, ''it'sa very poor one of Mrs.
/ knew her well, and she didn't
look like that. Boston Traveller.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-18

Give me . spoon Of oleo. ma.
And tlle sodium aIkaii.
For I'm going 70 make Pie mAmm&
I'm ofng - make pie,
For John win be hungry and tired. NJ
And his tissues viii decompose. +.
So give me a gram Of phosphate
And the carbon and ccllulose. {.
Now give me a chunk Of casein. ma.
To ss.olttn the therInfc fat.
And hand me the oxygen bottle, ma
And look at the thermostat. -
And II the electric oven's cold 49,
Just turn.it ON half an ohm,
For ygant1o have supper ready
As soon as John comes home
Now pass me the neutral dope, mamma
And rotate the mixing machine.
But give me the sterilized water first
And the oleomargarines
And the phosphate. too. for now think
The new typewriter's quit.
And John viii need more phosphate food
To help his brain bit.
Chicago Newa
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-18

s.The fats ii the fire, = indicating
that an enterprise has suffered disaster,
is found IN very old English times. The
metaphor is, of course, drawn from the
sight, familiar enough at hog killing
time, of lard beng melted from the fat
portions of the carcass, the upsetting of
the vessel causing the loss of the melted
fat. BY figure of speech, fat is sup
posed to indicate good luck or wealth,
Nld the fat in the fire" was synony-
NOUS with the failure of promising en-
terprise.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-18

and it acted like o
charm. A yD II n g
lady of my acquaint-
ance used 1t who
was suffering from
erysipelas, and found
great relief, and was
able to go out after
two or three appli-
cations. ! have also
used 1t In my family
for chapped hands
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-18

and burns, and 1t gave relief and have
heard of many others who found great re-
lief through its use"
Quratol Is truly an emergency remedy,
and should be kept in the house for inn
mediate use when needed. In cases Of
burns and scalds, cuts and wounds, II APP
piled Immediately. it will prevent infiam-
nation and effect n speedy cure, relieving
the pain at once. Druggists sell 1t at &c
cents huttle
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-18

There are three buildings in Philadel-
phia in which the elevators are exclu-
sively run by girls. They are the Wom-
ans Christian association s big building,
at Eighteenth and Arch streets, the
Girls High school and the Normal
school In the first building all the en-
ployees are women except the engineer
and fireman.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-18
succlnct DEFINITION.

mike, said Flooding Pete. who had
been reading from stray scrap of pa
per, what does 'dernier ressort meant"
Meandering Mike looked at him with
the supercilious contempt of superior
knowledge and replied, Work -
Washington Star.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-18

The Ashley river, in South Carolina.
was named in honor of Sir Anthony
Ashley Cooper, afterward the famous
Earl of Shaftesbury. The Indians called
the stream HAWAII, a word of doubtful
significance.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-18
AN EDITORS TROUBLES.

But They Proved a blessing to Many Of
His TOwnspeopIe.
Mr. W. NJ. Abbott, the well known edi-
tor of The Evening Capital, the leading
daily paper of Annapolis, Nd, had heard
much of the merits of Quratol, and was
one OF the first TO use 1t when II was intro
duced in Annapolis. He says
my wife used it on spralned ankle
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
Enjoyed Paying Taxes.

The property known as Brewster's
folly was the marble five-story hr.i'd-
ing, G27 and 629 Broadway, and 1876
and 1913 Mercer street, New York, COW
ering a plot 30 feet wide by 300 feet
deep. The owners name was Brews-
ter, who made a fortune as a dry
goods dealer. He bought the place in
1851. He owned it till his death, in
1884. During all that a%ntervai the
property was boarded up. He held 1t
for a higher rental than any individual
ever offered him. AS years went by
the property became known among
rel es'ate dealers rs Brewster's folly.
TIE old man rather enjoyed the COM
ment his action excited, and paid with
out a murmur the yearly taxes levied
against 1t, amounting while 1t was va
cant close to $4,000. Mr.. Brewster
made his home at New York hotel.
The executors, in settling up the estate.
sold the property for $24S,500-Brook-
lyn Eagle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
WHO WINS THE saOof

A novel way to obtain a suitable
name for their great, yes, wonderful
new oats, has been adopted by the
John A. Salzer Seed Co. They offer
$500 for a name for THAR new oats;
their catalogue tells alIauour II. Farm
ers are enthusiastic over the oat,
claiming 200 bushels can be grown PEI
acre right along. You will want it.
Farmers report six tons of hay from
Salzer's Meadow Mixtures; liz bushels
corn per acre in a dry season, and l,l6l
bushels potatoes from two acres.
If You viii Out This Out and send II
with loo postage to the John A.
salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis you
get free their mammoth catalogue and
q package of above $500 Prize Oats. wnu
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21

tween Mrs Chcsterten and the Wis
count, and whom Noel hal teen very
far from expecting he should there
behold.
Left alone with Emmeline, and wlItn
she had so far recovered that re might
question her, Noel asked If SHE was
quite certain that Doctor FORESTER
had not recognized her.
And Emmeline was positive that her
former lover had not done SO, since
she had not for a moment withdrawn
her fan from before her face, and Fad
not spoken a word.
But Emmeline was mistaken: Edwin
Forester had caught one glimpse of
her features and had ecognized them.
But while believing herself unrecog-
ed Edwin's presence in the house
greatly troubled her. She could not
herself yet leave, and might again en-
counter him.
Darlington had fixed the time. when
all the guests should be assembled in
the supper room, for the attempt which
had been determined on to obtain a
positive proof of Mrs. Chesterton's
completely in the murder Of One Tree
Sbuare; if, indeed, she were the guilty
Noillathy 90 ANINNSGN 81 SS
serted that she was.
And now the supper hour had al
most arrived, and harrington had not
yet been able to imagine any plan by
which Mrs. harrington hrdfh mhecm
which Mrs. CheStertOn might be quietly
withdrawn from amidst her guests.
He had just told Emmeline that, and
both were in great p~erpleXity, when
a servant entered the room.
The man had come, he said, in search
Of his mistrss's fan, which Mrs. IhGs-
terton believed she had forgotten in
that apartment.
harrington glanced around, saw it
lying In the chair, on which, awhile
before, Mrs. Chesterton had been
seated.
A sudden thought struck Noel; that
fan was for him a hope, and sc he
quickly placed himself before the chair,
as he said:
Perhaps your mistress has left it In
her boudoir."
The servant, having looked well
around the room, thought that the riaS-
ter Of the ceremonies might be light,
and so to the boudoir proceeded.
And no one vas the maj gone
than Noel exclaimed:
What have / dOnei He will, pr
haps, encounter NiCksey!
But he hastily seized on h fan, for
all that; wrote a few words ON II with
his pencil, and threw it back into the
chair.
And Emmeline, looking wonderingly
at him, Noel showed her what lie had
written, and she at once understood
his purpose.
The servant returned from tue bou-
doir. 1t was very evident thar h" lad
not seen Mr.. Nicksey, and, "f course,
he had not found the fan.
Noel now pointed to the chair. He
had, he said, seen the fan lying there
almost as soon as the man had Quit
ted the room in search OF IT,.
AS the servant hastened away to
carry the fan TO his mistr eSs Noel Bar
rington followed him, TO Re certain
that it reached no other hands than
those Of Mrs. Chesterton.
And he saw her receive the fan; and
continued to observe her, IS she tWlrled
il ~carelesSly around in ner hand. Z,
He had begun to fear uiat The WORDS
he had written would alt)G nher escape
her notice, when at length he saw her
slightly start, as her eyes chllCed TO
fall upon the handle Of he far.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
CTo be Contiuued.)
Its Effect Spoiled by an UnlucEy
New Years Bill.

~
1t was New Years Day and the fair
Miss Snobbcrly was entertaining a call
err. The caller was a shining light in
the inner circles of society and a po-
tential aspirant for her hand.
ooh, Mr.. OLDHAM" she cried, taking
him to the end of the room, see the
darling old colonial chair which ar
rived yesterday from papa's ancestral
home in Vermont. Did you ever see
anything sweeter in your lifeT'
why, really, Miss Snobberly, it Is
a delightful bit of furniture, and no
doubt full of the most interesting as
sociations."
Eyes, indeed; it belonged to an-the
founder of papa's family in this conn
try, and has cradled-no, l don't mean
that it has been used by all the sue
ceeding generations"
"How very interesting"
eyes; isn't it? TIC think of my great
great-grandfather being sung to sleep
to the music Of some old Puritan
psalm in that very CHART"
ut is, indeed, a valuable heirloom"
Eyes; and look ;"her voice took in a
fresh Tote Of triuu phi as she pointed
to the back. look where deeply cary
en- and black with age are the initials
Of +. l.. s., my Observation-Disclosures in
itials. Think. Mr.. OLDHAM, when those
letters were carved Americans still
prayed publicly for the king and the
royal family, the battle of Bunker
Hill was yet undreamed of and"
MARIA" said the voice, 1--WE Just
been looking over these New Years
bills. and here's n l don't understands;
TO one exact reproduction of colonial
chair, S49.' That's all right, Of course;
l suppose it's that old junk shop affair
i'm the front parlor-though why you
wanted to buy a thing that looks old
when | can afford brand new ones I
don't understand. But it's this item
thar puzzles me: '"To carving three
letters on the back, and producing the
appearance OF age, So Now, I"
But Mr.. OLDHAM heard no more; he
had caught his breath sufficiently to
tell Miss Snobberly that he had n lot
more calls to make and must bid her
good afternoon.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
How's Thtsy

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY g. CO, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o. WALDING, KINNAN & IAEvIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O..
Halls CatarTh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by al
Druggists.
Halls Family Pills, 25c.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21

Has tastes incidentally, in keenIng with
other Injuries. A remedy must be pleas
antly acceptable in form, purely whole
some in composition. truly beneficial in
effect and entirely free from every ohjec-
tionable quality. If really Ill he c~onsults
q physician; II constipated he uses the gen.
tie laxative, Syrup Of Figs.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
Journalistic Enterprises.

Friend from Gross the bridge
Pushing your baby carriage, old man,
i see Got a new baby since you
moved over here, Ell?
De Ruyter newspaper man late OF
New iork)-Iep; had to get out a
Brooklyn edition, you know.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
The Broker SPELL.
Thrown over~

Thrown over!"
The rural lover gazed at the now
darkened windows Of the old red
schoolhouse and wept aloud.
Parted forever by one small wordT'
He remembered her b~eseeching
glance, but how was he to know
where the "h" came in "Phthisic?
Anyway, therell be no more spellin'
bees this winter, an If she kin stand
1t l kin"
Summoning his fortitude, he walked
away.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
Up to Old Tricks.

Ontume-I remember wnen I used to
got thrashed for going fishing, and
then lying about 1t.
Mrs. Ontume-It didn't do you much
good, apparently.
Ontume-Why not2
Mrs. Ontume-Yol do Ii yet.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
The Wastes Of Siberia

Are not more barren of comfort than the
waists Of those who suffer from dyspepsia,
from liver complaint or from kidney trouble.
But In Hosteter's Stomach Bittcrs thew can
ind relief. So can the malarious, the rheu.
matte, the neuralgia, the feeble and the old.
Use with persistence this remedy with q
career Of over a third Of a century. A
wineglassful three times a day.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
Decidedly Not.

KateI want to tell Aunt Susan
about my engagement, but I don't
know whether l can trust her or not.
! don't want it to get out just yet
Edith-Trust her? OF course you can't.
You know she makes no secret of her
age, and a roman who will tell her
age will tell anything!-Boston Trans
cript
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
Scattered.

Briggs-Well, did that dose l told
you to take scatter your cOldf
Braggs-It did. beautifully. When
/ saw you the cold was only in my
throat, and nov il IL scattered all over
me.-Indianapolis Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
They Were Playing.

Mamma-"You and your Little visit
ors are doing nothing hut sitting
around and looking miserable. Why
don't you play something's
Little Daughter-"We Is playing"
"Playing whes1T'
"We is playin' that we Is growed
up." Street & Smiths Good News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
Editing Under Difficulties.

Little Sister-Most OF the articles in
your paper this month Is awful poor.
Little Brother editing Amateur
Monthly)-I know 1t; but the boys that
wrote EN- sent stamps for their return
AM l needed the stamps.-GOod
News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21

Featherstone-Look here, Willie.
When 1 am In the parlor with your
sister do you ever peak through the
keyhole?
Willie-Sometimes, when mamma
isn't there.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
Sharp.

Mrs. Tanks-there you've got the
hic-ooughs again.
Tanks (sleepdly)-That's 1t. Women
are so sharp at finding out a thing.
How did you (hic) know itf
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
Only a Stem Between.

Inkleigh-See here! l signed that
story Of mine Free Lance. You print
ed the signature Free Lunch.
Editor-What Is the d~lfference2
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
A Drop too Much.

J~imson-Sad about poor Keely,
wasn't it?
Simson-What about him2
Had the jims and RAJ up on the
roof, stood on the edge crying for
Drink Drink"
"WeIl?'
"Then the wind came alcng and
blew him off"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21

There are people who have learned, as the
poet eXhOrts, to labor and to wait; but, UNI
fortunately, they wait a great deal more
than they labor.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
Explained.

Mrs. Sassiety-Did you say THAI
quite a sum was melted at the church
fair last week?
Rector-Yes, indeed; two candy girla
three millions.
"ImpoSSible"'
"Fact. l have been called on to per-
form the ceremony in each case
Town Topics.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21

Nothing recalls to the mind of the mar
ried man the joys of his single life %
wildly as TO find that the baby has Deed
eating crackers In bed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21

I could not get along without Piso's Cure
Moulton, Needham. Mass. Oct. -, 1894.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21

The giraffe has q tongue seventeen inchse
long-!tlIat is the male giraffe. What must
be the length of the tongue OF the LADY
giraffe1
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21

"Hanson's Magic corn Sa1ve."
Warranted 70 cure or money refunded. Ask your
for It. Price IS cents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21

Goes Cough ERIsam
IS the oldest and best. IL WIN Uretk up a Cold quick
er than anything else. 1t Is aiwaEs reliable. Try t
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21

II the Baby is Cutting Teeth.
Be sure and use that old and weli-trtei remedy, Mrs
wNsLow's SOOTHING SYRuP Es Chu4ssa T~eethina-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21

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the orH-
He knew
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beautiful
mixture 70
sir which
thar mix
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that exact.
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-28

George McEwen, who lived fourteen
 months on the island, gave an interest," ing account of 1t more than fifty years
 ago, when pamphlet with his report,
 that of Morrison and those of several
 others was published at Quebec, evil
 dently With view to interesting Cana dtans In 8 colonization scheme. The
 reports agreed in declaring that Anti-
 costi was fertile, rich in mineral wealth
 and especially important on account of It's furs and fisheries. One report de-
 clares that the summer is long and the
 winter less severe than that of Quebec.
 All the evidence adduced as to the
 deslrability of Anticosti as place of
 residence failed to attract colonists, The island had only about one hundred permanent inhabitants twenty-five years ago, and another attempt at col onization about that time was unsuc-
 cessful, so that the present population
 is insignificant.
 A century of trapping has reduced the game of Anticosti, but bears are still abundant, and the fishing, both offshore and in the rivers and lakes, Is excellent. Wild fowl are plentiful in nearly all parts of the island, and there is still much timber, mainly tamaracks, The ships of the British navy cruising
 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence used to vis-
 1t Anticosti to get tamarack spars, be-
 cause they were believed to be the best
 obtainable. The island is mostly flat land there is a peat bog one hundred
 square miles in area, Excellent mar
 ble is found on the coast and in the in terior and trappers report iron depos- its in little-visited parts of the island. The silver fox of Anticosti, now rather scarce, used to be thought the finest of his species in North America. Anti costi has long been famous for it's nat ural meadows, where a fine quality of hay grows to a height of five feet. In summer the island Is beautifully green and luxuriant with vegetation. Anti costi is thoroughly we'll watered with streams flowing from the interior. Twenty of these are called rivers, though most of them are small, and
 many are so shallow that the salmon does not ascend them. The interior of the island is still practically unknown to any save a few hunters and trap pers.
 Authorities differ considerably as to the area of the island Captain Bay | field of the British navy surveyed An ticosti sixty years ago, and reported it one hundred and forty-two miles in greatest width three hundred and thir- teen miles in circumference, and S,22l square miles in area. Some authorities of later date give the area as above thirty-eight hundred square miles
 The main difficulty in the colonization of the island seems to be it's lack of good harbors. At most points on the | coast it is practically unapproachable
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-28
4 rooR nusINEss SnoWING.

That Is an impressive array of fig- ures made by the American Protective Tariff league under the title; Uncle sam's Balance Sheet" It Is the rec ord of nearly forty years, beginning with 1856 and closing June 30, 1895. In the annual balances for those years the reader has before him the results of the various tariff policies in opera ton during that period, He can see at a glance that from 1870 to 1890, dur ing the period of Republican protec- tlon to American labor and industries, while theproduots sofmanufacture were more than doubled, the wages paid on these products were nearly trebled; whereas, in 1894, under Democratic tariff tinkering, the products of manu- facture were little more than half those of 1S9o and wages paid were reduced from $2, ,2s2, ,S2S 265 in 1890 to S1,255, ,552, 7s6 in 1894. The imports for the year end- ing June 30. 1895, show a decrease of s41,714,49S, as compared with those of 1890, while the exports, which should have shown at least a corresponding increase, by Democratic figuring, de- creased s51, 74O,s1o. Railroad construc- ton for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, was less than half that for 1890. The excess of revenue over ex- penditure for 1893 was s2,341, 674.29, while June 3O 1895, shows an excess of expenditure over revenue amounting to $42, S25, ,O4929.
 This is a gloomy showing. Will 1t pay to keep a party in power that has managed the public business in such way as to hurt both it and private business in the way indicated by the above figures?