Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-17
CAPITAL JoTTINos
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tOus Reporters
Work is good comrade.
"A drop in the mgcury of 800.
No man can serve two masters, but
all have tried to.
Easter Sunday will come on April
5th this year.
You will tread the path of satisfac-
tion only by being daily dlligent.
"A gem is not polished without rub
ing, nor man perfect without trials.
If what we see is doubtful, how can
we believe what is spoken behind the
backl
French Rolls. Horns. Curls, and
Fingers, at RULLMAN's, ITO Main st.
Only pure woman can make faith
possible to man.
The Governor will send some appoint
ments down tenight.
Legislators are coming to the city
OH every train for tOnight's session.
-MislnterruDted prosperity never
brings out the best qualities of humanity.
Love has been so often martyred
that there is only the poor ghost of it
left OH the earth.
Should we steer our ways clearer
from evil if we knew its resultg 1t is Il
doubtful question.
Chinese botanists can grow oaks in
thimbles.
Cycles appear to be unknown insome
parts of Brazil.
New Process, Crullers, 10 cts. per
dozen, at RULLMAN's, 1l0 Main street.
Some people who have plenty OF
money imagine that they show sympathy
for their poorer brethren by simply
shedding few tears.
The daughters of the Prince of Wales
have taken to cycling and run into each
other justSas everyday wheelers do.
The bones of an average male skele-
ton weigh twenty pounds, while those of
female are about six pounds lighter.
If some merchants neglected their
buying and selling as much as they do
their advertising, they would soon have
nothing to advertise.
1t is unsafe to treat man too well /,
for he will then consider it perfectly
safe to treat you iii.
There is JOY in heaven over one sim
ner that repents even though he may
have been member of church for years
"A man who won t buy paper be-
cause he can't borrow one has Invented
Il machine by which he can cook his din
ner by the smoke of his neighbor 5 CHM
ney.
The Rev. j. w. McIlvain, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church began last
night the first of series of sermons on
the Commandments and the Mosaic
law.
The satisfaction of obtaining an
advantage over fellow creature is
transient compared with the lasting joy
of self-sacrifice.
Gratitude there should be in every
gift of heaven, but nothing merits more
thankfullness and praise to the Creator
than the call to work, and the ability to
respond TO it.
To be surrounded with sycophants
AID flatterers, never to be able TO dis
tinguish false friends from true, to be
loved for what you have and not what
you are, is MYSTERY indeed.
"A rhinoceros covered with long hair,
seven feet taller than the largest rhinO-
cerOs of today, was found in an iceberg
standed at Lena Delta, Siberia.
-Perrlne's new comet has been SLAM
dered. 1t ism I a bob-tail affair; on the
contrary, it has tail l0,000,000 miles
long. If there is any doubt about that
you can measure the tail yourself.
Saturday next, is Washington S
birthday, a legal holiday. All the banks
will Qe closed, and paper maturing on
that day, must be paid OH Friday, Feb
ruary 2lst.
The Colored Teachers Association
held their quarterly meeting to-day. A
very interesting prOgrame of topics on
educating school children was carried
out. Examiner Wathen paid the teach
ers their quarterly salaries.
Three Dollars per Room. Cheaper
than whitewash. One ordinary
room pap red completed, ceiling,
walls and nine inch border for three
dollars, two rooms for five dollars.
Come and see us.
EDGAR HUTTON.