Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-23
CAPITAL JoTTINGs

Picked up Here and There by Our Ubiqui-
tous Reporters
Men as a rule do not like to lie, but
their wives ask too many questions.
The twentieth century is beginning
to peep through the cracks OF time.
1t may he worth remembering that
February this year begins and ends on
Saturday.
The list of Republicans who want
to secure the people in public positions
is gradually growing.
The list of presidential possibilities
is growing daily, but the list OF preslden-
tial probabilities is not.
Go to r. L. L. Hopkins for fine
oil stove, Just the thing to heat the bath
room these cold days
The twentieth century girl is due
this year, as 1904 will be four years over
due and makes her back number.
Some one told a girl in town recent
" that she had a good profile, and a
photographer has made 81 on her since.
There is a lady that is so particular
about her daughters morals that she al
lowed her to play only upon an upright
piano.
The tug May Russell. Capt. Phillips,
put in here last night having tOwed two
three-masted schooners to Annapolis
Roads. Not much ice was encountered.
The contested election case of Claude
Va. Brashears was resumed yesterday
before Examiner Stockett. Deputy
Clerk r. II. Welch. John N. Davis and
others testified.
Mrs. Courts, wife of Mr.. Edward
Courts, residing on Prince George street,
while descending the stairs this morn
ing, fell aud received a severe cut on the
arm from bottle she held i'll her hand.
DIR. Wells was summoned and dressed
the wound.
The steamer Emma Giles will make
special trips to Annapolis, the ice per-
hitting, on Tuesday and Thursday. JAM
uary 29th and 3lst.
Mrs. Cleveland rarely fails TO attend
the regular church services, and is scru-
pulously exact in being present on all
special days.
The WheeIwoman believes in the
coming of asnow cycle, and says: why
not snow cycle rs well as iceboats and
snow shoes ~
Leather for dress waists is something
new. 1t is thin enough to be pliable
and is decorated with applique lace and
the same as if 1t were velvet.
The peanut eater should be in great
glee. iRasmuch as the latest reports from
the peanut seat of war is the effect that
the combination to boom the price has
exploded.
There are men in town who seldom,
if ever go to church, but they are glad
to have their wives go, because they be-
lieve that religion is a good thing-eS-
pecially for women.
The fact that Chicago "g0t there"
in the struggle for the Democratic Ma
tioDal Convention lends color to the
supposition that the act was accomplish
ed with ''both feet.n Chicago feet, OF
course.
AT eight dollars pair, canvas back
ducks are flying so high that the average
man can not look at them for fear of
consequences to his eye sight. And yet
people of other states think Maryland
ers eat canvas backs and diamond back
terrapins three times day.
Walking on stills is reported 20 be
the latest fashionable eamusement among
women in London, and 1t is therefore
safe to say that it will be fashionable
here in a short time. The public APP
pearante of the Four Hundred on stills
is awaited with interest.
Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt is really a
notable person. A woman who can
within one brief year divorce husband
on terms financially advantageous to her
self. capture a Duke for her daughter
and become engaged to another very
rich man deserves the respectful study
of the nation which produced her.