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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22
WIVES as TREAsuRERs
Man whose wife Carried the Purse-A
BACHELORS Wisdom

Two passengers on a New Haven train
approaching the city a few mornings
ago conversed together in a loud tone
that is, one Of them, who was bluff,
hearty, stout and a bachelor, talked IN
a particularly loud voice, while his COM
panion. who was thin, meek and hene-
dict, answered in lower tones, which
were still not inaudible after the pas
sengers in the seats near by began TO
take an interest in the conversation.
"No, = said the bachelor, they want
me 10 get married, but / tell them that
I've seen enough Of married people and
/ cont care to be tied down the way
most Of them are. Why, there was q
man down in our place died not long
ago, and the widow came down TO get
his wages. He had died on Friday,
and he had a weeks wages coming 20
him. You ought 10 have seen that wild
ow when she found ont how much he
got a week. He had been taking his
wages home to her every week and Civ
ing il all to her to divide, as she sup
posed. But when she found out that he
had been getting So week more all the
time She seemed 10 wish that he We're
alive again Just for little while, but l
guess that he would just as soon have
been dead If lac had had his choice then.
have heard lots Of people say that You
ought to take all your money home TO
your wife, but l don't want any one
telling me how much l shall spend for
carfare or luncheon.
"Well, there is something in that, !"
said the married man basely. He was a
particularly humble looking man, who
crouched down in his seat as if he did
not dare sit upright. but his wife was
far away, and he was emboldened, in
the condolences of talk on a suburban
train, 10 reveal his woes. Now, do
feel badly sometimes when / want to
take a man ont 10 luncheon with me
and spend some money IN entertaining
him. If don't do it, l cannot very we'll
keep his custom, and if do il, it costs
so much money that my wife, who
knows just what receive, thinks am
dreadfully extravagant, and talks to me
about the way in which / am wasting
money.
eyes, that's just it, said the loud
voiced bachelor. IF you don't spend
money you lose trade, and yet you mar
ried men are half of you afraid to go
around and spend money freely on your
customers. / know man in our store
who doesn't dare spend more than 80
cents for luncheon for fear his wife will
find it ont. They talk about letting your
wife spend all your money, but for my
part I'd rather spend it myself, and
that's why tell all my friends that /
am not going to be married. !"
just at this point the train entered
the Park avenue tunnel and the voice of
the base revealer Of secrets, who did
not worthily support the part Of the
married man, was lost in the rumble Of
the train New York Tribune
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22
The Tree of Blood.

The most wonderful optical expert
ment known TO the eye experts IS that
which produces the ''blood tree, or
"the arborescent figure of Purkinje. "
1t is a very simple and entertaining ex-
pertinent and one from which no posi-
BILE harm to the eye can result. The ex-
pertinent is an optical delusion in which
the retina of the eye and all the blood
vessels connected Herewith appear to
stand out in the air in such manner
that the experimenter has splendid
view of them.
Purkinje, the great optician, acct
dentally made this discovery OF the
''blood tree, or "arborescent tigure"
which bears his name several years ago,
and since his time it has been used in
thousands of curious test experiments
The projected image is called the
"arborescent figure" because of its re-
semblance to many branched tree and
Is produced in the following manner:
Shut yourself up in a dark room at
night and move candle or lighted
lamp back and forth very rapidly before
the ewes. After few seconds the air
surrounding the candle viii assume a
deep pink or reddish color, which rap
idly takes upon itself the appearance of
a sea of blood Over this red background
ramifying in all directions may be seen
the veins and blood vessels standing out
in bold relief. while toward the center
of the figure there appears dark trunk
like line which serves as body for
your tree of blood, the trunk being
most plainly visible where the optic
nerve enters the eye.
This experiment is chiefly interesting
because it proves that the parts OF the
retina which actually receive impress
sions and produce sensations must lie
behind the blood vessels, since these
cast their shadow upon it and enable
the experimenter to see them as plainly
as he does any other external object.
ST. Louis Republic.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22
KATRs OF nDVERTrsTNG.
AN ABRUPT coURTsHiIpF.
How an English Methodist Preacher
wooed and Was Accepted.

"a good story is told Of an English
minister who lived about 20 years ago,
said Uncle Dave. I'VE may call him
Smith, and he was a bachelor. he re-
sisted many persuasions 70 marry, which
his friends were constantly making, IN
til he had reached toleIably ripe age,
and he himself began to feel the need
of or at least began 10 have new IDEAS
of the comfort of being nursed " tn wo-
mans gentle care. shortly afger enter
ing one If the circuits a maiden lady,
also Of ripe years, was strongly recon-
mems 10 him, and his friends again
urged that he would better get married,
representing that the lady named would
not refuse 10 accept him, rot witilst'snd-
ing his eccentricifies.
DO you think thos" said the domi-
ME, for he had very perceptible lisp.
Then L II go and thee her.
''He was as good as his word. His
ring at the doorbell was answered by
the serving maid. 18th NTH r. Within
briskly but calmly asked the lover.
Yes, sir. viii you kindly walk in!
No, thank you Be kind enough 10
IDdy 10 mltll Z. Autt WIN ~ Nhh1AeN
to her "A moment Miss p. appeared aud
repeated the invitation TO walk in.
"'No, thank you. III thoon explain
my bithneth. I'm the new Methodist
preacher. I'm unmarried. My friends
think I'd better marry. They recon-
mend you for wife Have you any OBJ
jections?'
"'Why, really, Mr.. Sm-"
'''There, don't anther now. Will call
thith day week for your reply. Good
day.
"On that day he appeared at the door
of Miss p. Is residence. 1t was promptly
opened by the lady herself.
"'Walk in, Mr.. Smith.
"Can I indeed, ma am. Pleath anther
me. Yeth OF nor"
"'Well, Mr.. Smith, it is a very seri-
Gus matter. should not like to get out
of the way of Providence
81 perfectly understand you, NTH
P. We will be married thith day week.
l will call at thith hour. Pleath be
ready, ma am.
He called on that day week at that
hour. She was ready They were mar
ried and lived happily several years.
Boston Herald
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22
AMONG THE LEPERs.
Those of Molokai Have Many Ways OF Oc-
cupying Their Time.

Those of Molokai Have Many Ways OF Oc-
cupying Their Time.
Here in this sea girt asylum of peo-
pie afflicted with the most dreaded of
known diseases, from which there is no
escape but through the portals of death,
is presented one of the noblest and
brightest pictures of the glory of Chris
tianity, with its marvels of self sacri-
fee amid surroundings and under cir
cumstances the most depressing. These
poor victims, doomed to the ravages of
a disease that completes its deadly work
in an average Of four or five years, the
progress of which is marked with the
most significant and destructive preci-
sion, can alone appreciate at its true
worth the Christian heroism Of those
who are laboring among them, follow
ing in the footsteps of the venerated
Father Damien, and ready as he was
to accept, if need be, the burden of the
disease itself in their behalf And yet
unhappiness does not chill the air Of
Molokai. Death has lost its terror by
reason of its very familiarity, and by
the silver lining their faith has given
the cloud. The Hawaiians are naturally
a light hearted people, and even the
shadow of leprosy cannot suppress for
long their buoyant temperament.
In Molokai lepers may be found en-
gagged in pleasant pastimes, and among
them one may hear the light and cheer
full WORDS of greeting and see the sunny
smiles. Horse racing, which is a favor
lite national sport, is INDUCED in FREE
quently. Nor are the lepers idlers; far
from it. They work, while able, in the
cultivation of the ground and in other
ways, and altogether lead a far pleas
anter and more contented life than
might be supposed. The Improvement
of their condition, as compared with
what it was when Father Damien took
up his residence on the island in 1878,
has been chiefly brought about by his
influence and the labors of his success
sors. -Donahoe's Magazine.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22

Out Of 226, 600 farms in Denmark on
" ], 900 are more than $50 acres in ex-
tent. IS
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22
IT VS. eAsY To b ovgR.
How Her Husbands Desk Was Transform
ed Into Sideboard.

Hox Her Husbands Desk Was Transform
ed Into Sideboard.
A suburban woman is obliged 70 en-
dure the gibes and ieers of her family
without retaliation because Of her cred
ulous faith ina suburban cabinet maker.
An heirloom, ON the husband 5 side. was
an old fashioned mahogany desk Of
more curious than artistic make. IL was
useless as a desk and not pretty MS a
piece of old bric-a-brac, so when an idea
for its evolution came to her she was
doubly pleased. She consulted the SUI
burban cabinet maker, who pronounced
her plan entirely feasible and announced
himself willing to carry it out before
she preached it to her husband,
MAKE buffet. or serving sideboard,
out of my great grandfather desk -
repeated he, when it was preached. 1T
can t be done, my dear, and l hate to
have it touched too. !"
''But you don't like il, = now coaxed
the wife, land the cabinet maker says
it will be very easy to do over. 1t Will
be the desk, slightly enlarged. that is
all. The lovely doors will be set under
the shelf as panels, and those graceful
columns will stand out in added beauty
as front supports. He viii have to add
a little wood and introduce a mirror,
but ali the choice mahogany of the desk
will be preserved and show much more
effectively.
In the end he was persuaded, and the
desk was taken away. Some weeks
passed, during which the wife made
several visits of inspection to the cabinet
shop, seeing parts of the work and ac-
quiescing to various suggestions and adj
ditions to the original plan.
The evolved buffet was finally deliv-
cred one evening not long ago. Its own
father would never have known it.
There were six feet of sideboard against
the former two of desk, and the original
doors and columns We're there, but that
was all of the first piece of furniture,
which had been built ON and added &c
till it stretched half way across the din
ing room.
The wife turned pale, the husband
groaned. "What have you done?" cried
one.
my lost great-grandfather's desk u
exclaimed the other.
The cabinet maker withdrew, after
laying a folded paper upon the table.
The husband rallied first and opened 1T.
1t was bill of $50 for work and wood
furnished. " Curtain - New York
Times
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22

stomach Frequently ne doesn't even
know whether the thing he eats Is going
TO agree with him OF not The things thai
please his palate most are often the worst
for him 60 eat Even the simplest food Il
likely 10 cause him misery and siecpless-
ness. His FIRST trouble was very slight
very simple-very easy 10 cure, He ate
something indigcstible and il stuck some
place in his digestive system. He ate more
things and they stuck Part Of his diges-
ton stopped aitogether-that is constipa-
ton.
Constipation is 50 common that more
than half the people in America are troub-
led with L. IL IS SO serious that nine
tenths Of the sickness of the world Is
traceahle directly TO this common cause.
A mans health aud strength depend upon
what he gets cat Of his food This depends
on his digestion Constipation stops diges-
ton. Anybody can see that The com
mouest kind Of common sense viii tell
YOU that When digestion stops nutrition
stops, and the whole body is thrown out
of order.
The way TO start digestion is TO remove
the obstruction The way 10 do that is 10
take DIT Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They
are a positive cure tot constipation and
its attendant ills headaches. sour stom-
ach fiatuleuce. dizziness, biliousness and
heartburn They are very gentle in
their action. They simply assist nature.
They give no violent wrench 20 thc system.
They cause no pain, nor gripping, nog dis
comfort of any kind
You can get a free sample of from TO ?
doses, BY addressing Worlds Dispeusary
Medical Association, No. COS Main Street,
Buffalo, n "
If druggist tries 10 sell YOU some
thing just as good transfer your
trade 70 another store He is sacrificing
your interests TO his own peeuniary
advantage
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22

We're we eloquent as angels, yet we
should please some people more by lis
tening than by talking. Cotton.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22

The sea nettle stings its prey to death
by means of a poison secTeted in its
tantacIes
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22
Mario de. IedIcl.

Marie de- Medici, the second wife of
Henry ", who married her in 1900, a
year after his divorce from Margaret of
Valois, was an Italian beauty, petite
and dark. She was hot tempered. and
her intolerance of her husband s infideli-
ties caused constant domestic pickering
Her voice was shrill, and when angry
she raised it almost to a scream, so that
when the king and queen were engaged
in domestic argument everybody in
the house knew all about it,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22
ne OLD elNAouse.

Swaying pines have grown around e.
Trusapct vines with gssrlanfls bound IT,
Yellow iasanineS climbed and crowned IL
Laughing down their green and gold.
Ecnarils through each crack escaping
Hide tno worn root widely gaping,
Every hole with beauty draping
In tho ginsoNse gray and old.
IN the morn the squirrels pcepinc.
Ger the rafters Rightly lfapinr.
N3th u bark awake the sleeping
OWL who kinks mp drowsy poiied;
Ard az night, with Sudden stirring
From the caves. the wan light hiurring.
Fit the bats with dusky whirring
Round the ginhouse gray and old.
Oh. the days well nigh forgotten,
When along the doar now rotten
N.lvcs and waves II snowy cotton
OFT in biilowy beauty rolled,
While the toiieTS wrought a-sinring
Mellow lays that yet are ringing
Ger the tide Of time still wnging
From the glnhouse gray and ofdl
Oh. those songs with sweetness looming,
Chasing care and pain regioemiagi
Often sin they soothe my are9ming,
I2y sad memory softly trullCd.
Aala at eve their echoes dylng
Eannt me. meath the pine trees lying,
Listening to the wind how signing
Round the ginhouso gray aud old.
Lorn is now the old plantation
Fairest spct in all creation,
Teardrops choke the sad relation
And its sorrow can be tol3.
Poets lit of ruins hoary
over Sea Ia song and story,
All must yield in hoauty's glory
TO the jasmined ginhouse old.
- NJ Peek in New York independent
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22
FrenChmen Believe In woman's Ability.

Frenchmen Believe In Woinan's Ability
Frenchmen are great believers in
women work, and a splendid tribute
to the educational value of women has
just been paid by LIE Temps, which
strongly advocates their appointment to
all state schools for boys up to the age
of ~ years. The military laws of the
country cause, it seems, an annual dim
mutton in the number of male school
masters, and there seems some danger
of the supply ultimately falling far
short of the demand. LIE Temps sug-
gests this possibility should be antici-
pated by appointing schoolmistresses, SC
that young France seems more than
likely to be trained by the gentler sex.
Woman, says this influential organ, il
a far better educator than man, and
boys trained by her up to an age when
firm Discipline is required are certain tc
have the foundation of stronger and
nobler characters laid than when placed
from early childhood in the hands Of
men. This is indeed tribute to the
pentler sex.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22

HIS pain that some
times strikes a man
at the most inoppor-
tune moment IS due
70 indigestion. IL
may come in the
midst OF a dinner
. and make the feast
a mockery. II is a
reminder that he
NAV not eat what
he chooses. nor
when he chooses.
He is a slave TO the
weakness of his
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22
PraYerfnI Revenge.

A Puritan preacher named Boyd was
in the habit Of inveighing against Crom-
well. Secretary Thurlow informed the
latter, advising him TO have the man
shot. Hes fool, and you're anoth-
er, y said the protector. III pay him
out in his own coin. He asked Boyd
to dinner and before giving him any
prayed for three hours
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22
For Females ONLY.

Mr.. Caustic-By the way, dear, let
me give you point about letter writing.
Mrs. C.-What is it, dear?
Mr.. C.-Hereafter always write your
postscript fist, and it will save you the
trouble Of writing your letter. Rich
mond Dispatch.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22

For cramp or rheumatism in the legs
of poultry stand the bird for several
minutes in water as hot at the hand can
bear, rubbing the legs well for several
minutes. After drying anoint and rub
well with lard and alcohol.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-22
A VICE Abbot.

Francis / Of France, being DESTROYS to
raise a learned man to the highest dig
mites of the church, asked him if he
was Of noble descent. "Your majesty,
answered the abbot, there were three
brothers in Noah IS ark, bat cannot tell
positively from which of them / de-
scmded The witty abbot obtained the
appointment.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-17

RH!aZ!I! RfskiaRs
ABSOLUTELY PURE

ment against Lock and Bartlett by the
non-appearance OF the defendants and
Sylvia james was granted decree of
divorce she sought
The Pine Tree Lumber company's
case came up on an argument for a
change Of venue which was submitted
to the court. johnson & Happerstrad
had the judgmentof the justice court
against John Lyons affirmed.
Eight criminal cases were disposed
OF during the week. Herman Rain
mann, charged with grand larceny,
benjamin Stanley, illegal voting,
James Shakopee, assault, James De-
gan. bastardy, Nels Robideau, assault,
Benjamin Soule ST., petit larceny, were
all dismissed. Charles Plummer was
sentenced to thirty days in the county
jail for assault and Jens Olson, charged
with adultery, was found not guilty by
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-17
ON THE EASTERN MINNESOTA.

What the Foley-Bean Lumber Company is
doing at Milaca, MINI.
It's encouraging these days of de-
pressed trade, to run across lumber
concern that is not complaining of the
hard times. The Foley-Bean Lumber
company, of Milaca, Mimi. has never
been known to grumble, and an inquiry
as to the business it is doing reveals
the reason therefor. A visit to Milaca,
up on the Eastern Minnesota last Mon
day, convinced me that for general
hustling qualities the members of the
Foley-Bean Lumber company, and
their employees, can with difficulty be
excelled. The plant at Milaca, form
erly was owned by the Mile Laos Lum-
Der company, of which James J. Hill
of the Great Northern road was at the
head. Foley Bros. & Guthrie, the
well-known railroad contractors and
lumbermen, bought the plant a couple
of years ago, and a year or so ago pur-
chased the Bean-McClure tract of tim
Der tributary to the Rum river, and
with Messrs. Bean and Mcclure incor-
porated the Foley-Bean Lumber COM
pany, with s1,0OO,O0O capital. This in
brief, is q history of the Foley-Bean
Lumber company.
The saw mill at Milaca is equipped
with a McDonough band mill and a
circular, with Diamond Iron Works
edger, and has been running night and
day, turning out about 100000 feet of
lumber every 20 hours, until Tuesday
of last week, when the planning mill
was destroyed by fire, and with it the
electric light works, which furnished
the light for the saw mill. The night
crew had to be taken off, and there
will be no more saving nights until a
dynamo is in running shape again.
But the Foley-Bean Lumber com
pany does not let a little thing like the
burning of their planning mill inter
fere with their business. Plans are.
under way already for its immediate
rebuilding, and it will be up and in
running order in about six weeks. In
the meantime the planning mills of
Foley Bros. & Guthrie at Bridgeman
and ST. Cloud will be used for dressing
lumber in filing orders. The lumber
is milled in transit, and there is no de-
lay in making shipments.
In pile at Milaca., is a fine stock Of
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-17
OPENING OF THE FAIR
Yesterday Was the First Day of
Mile Laos County's Fifth
Annual Fair.
Annual Fair.
This Years Exhibition Will Eas.
lily surpass Any Previous
Effort OF the Officials.

Mile Iacs county is holding fair of
its own this week and it is safe to say
that a county which can carry off the
honors at the State fair will have an
exhibition which will outrank anything
which can be attempted by other
counties. a crew of men have been at
work for some time on the buildings,
fences, ETC.. and their labor is plainly
apparent Better accommodations are
afforded ltt for exhibitors this year than
last.
Yesterday was not an ideal day for
the opening but fair weather to-day
and tomorrow is earnestly hoped for
blythe management. Yesterday every
one was busy getting exhibits into
into their places and classifying the
entries SO that the weather did not
m1;a7tter.so much. To-day, however, the
sight-seers will begin to come.
The display of vegetables is a very
crsditable exhibition and comprises a
large variety Of excellent specimens.
Everything imaginable which can be
grown in this section is in evidence
and there is goodly quantity of it too.
Garden truck occupies the fore
ground backed up by the substantial
fed crops and grasses.
IN the poultry and live stock depart
ments numerous entries have been
mtde and this feature Of the fair will
undoubtedly be a pronounced success.
There is some very fine live stock
raised in this section as will be seen by
whiting the fair.
Ehe ladies are not lacking this year
and the product of their kitchens is
very much in evidence as well as the
work turned out by their hands and
needles. The ladies' department. is
always an Interesting feature of the
fair but this year it is more so than
ever.
The sports begin to-day and an ex-
cellent program will be carried out if
the weather permits. DR.. Tarbox has
arrsnged for enough events in this
line to completely fill this afternoon
and have some to spare for tomorrow.
The opening event in this line occurred
yesterday afternoon when the High
Schools defeated the Selects by score
OF II too. You can afford to miss a
meal or two this week if you do not
miss the fifth annual fair.