Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-09-10
CAPITAL JOTTINGS
Picked Up Here and There by Our Ubiqui-
tous Reporters

Picked Up Here and There Dy our DDiqui-
tous Reporters
National encampment of G.. A. Il.
meet at Louisville tomorrow.
"A new supply of campaign buttons
has been ordered by both parties.
The Anne Arundel county school
board meet here next Thursday.
Applicants for government printing
service will be examined September 80.
For its size, the tooth possesses a
large amount of nerve, especially when
aching.
The total loss of the Masonic Tenn
pie at Boston is SIG, 900, covered by in
surance.
The recent rainstorm in Baltimore
county did thirty thousand dollars worth
of damage.
More than one hundred and fifty
thousand people visited Bay Ridge dur
ing the season of '95.
Captain John A. Howell, comman-
dant of the Washington navy-yard has
been made commodore.
"A Baltimore sOmnambulist walked
out Of third story window yesterday
and was severely injured.
There are 1900 pensioners in Bal
tim0Te city, who receive quarterly about
100000 from the government.
The tables have turned, for now a
Baltimore mda sues for breach of prom
Use. He values his affections at $40, 900.
"A full postal sub-station will be in
operation at the fair grounds at Allan
ia, where visitors can receive their mail
daily.
The quantity of oysters consumed
each year by the American public, is
about &c, 100000 bushels, or about &c.,
600, 900 quarts.
Eleven thousand children have been
turned away from the public schools of
Chicago owing to lack of adequate ac-
conmodations.
AN enthusiastic yachtman. ticket
agent at Camden Station, Baltimore, has
modelled the Defender and predicts her
winning margin.
"A liveryman in Baltimore made al
assignment yesterday for the benefit of
creditors. He says his business has been
ruined by the trolley cars.
"A marriage license was granted at
Washington yesterday to Jesse Jenkins,
Jr., of Linden, Md, and Margaret b.
Mitchell, of Annapolis, Md.
The moon now waning was the Har-
vest Moon. The popularity of it is that
for several evenings it rose at about the
same time instead of nearly an hour later
each succeeding evening.
We wear away two inches of shoe
leather in year. A pair of boots that
-,
queNtgly have to be provided with soles
from eight to nine feet thick.
--Nevef-ant banana. According to
Spanish superstition it brings i'll luck.
In preparing aiHaYs slice or jag with a
fork. Using knife cuts through the
cross, and in that land is deemed sac
rilege.
Governor Brown has signed procla-
nation declaring Thursday, September
Maryland Defenders Day,-a legal
holiday, and recommends that it Oa OBJ
served as such by general suspension of
business.
1T is now thought BY some physicians
that death in cases of electric shock Is
due to contraction of the arteries under
the influence of the current so great that
the heart is not strong enough TO over
come it and keep up the circulation.
The summer season is at an end,
and with the approach Of September
general exodus of visitors commenced.
Soon the summer girl, with her dainty
suit of duck, her jaunty sailor hat and
her inevitable chewing gum, will vanish
and be left only vague memory in tho
minds of the country dudes.
Never mail letter written at night
until it has been re-read in the morning.
You may materially reduce the number
of your correspondents by persisting in
this course, but you will gain in reputa-
ton for prudence and common sense
What seems philosophy by candlelight is
but folly by day, and the brilliancy of
night lacks sparkle in the morning
Every household should own flag,
just as much as it should have bed linen.
The flag should not only be owned, but
put out on every occasion on which there
is the least excuse. Patriotism is in
born, to be sure, but lots Of Unborn SEN
timents need development and fostering.
Love of country is one Of the things that
we cannot bring out too early or have
toe strongly demonstrated.