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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04
Gossip.

How frequently is the honesty and
integrity of man disposed OF by smile
or shrug How many good and gener
Gus actions have been shrunk into obi
WON by distrustful look or stamped
with the imputation of proceeding from
bad motives, by mysterious and sea-
sonable whisperl Look into companies
of those whose gentle natures should
disarm them, we shall find no better ac-
count. How often does the reputation OF
a helpless creature bleed by report
which the party who is at the pains to
propagate it beholds with much pity
and fellow feeling-that she is heartily
sorry for it-hopes in God it is not true
however, as Archbishop Tillotson
wittily observes upon it, is resolved in
the meantime to give the report her
pass, that at least it may have fair play
to take its fortune in the world to be be-
lieved or not, according to the charity
of those into whose hands it shall hap
pen to fall Addison.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04
Straight to the Point.

Now that we have married, Pencil
ope. and have nothing to conceal from
each other, how
''I'm 80, George. How much did yon
give the preacher? PC Chicago Tribune.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04
REucs OF HANsE MgRcAANrs.
a Museum Full of Curious Reminders of
the Old Baltic League.

Museum Full of Curious Reminders OF
the Old Baltic League.
But one Of the most entertaining
places was the Hanseatic house, or mu-
scum, which stands in the Finnegaard,
ON the Tydskebrygge. 1t is the last re-
naming habitation occupied by that no
torious ring Of German traders who set
tied down in Bergen, Norway, in the
fourteenth century and monopoiized its
commerce for some 900 or 800 years,
until its power was finally broken IN
the eighteenth century. All the other
houses have been burned or otherwise
destroyed, and this was the only one
left standing.
We climbed up to room IN the sec
and story, about s by 10 feet square,
and here were shown large number OF
curious articles formerly used by these
old merchants. There were scales and
weights, the latter being Of two sorts
one for buying and one for selling
clocks, lanterns, candlesticks. snuff
boxes, washing bowls, drinking cups
and tankards, machines for chopping
cabbage and slaves with bags for max
ing collections in church. We were also
shown lamps that were fed with cod
flyer oil, not then used for medicinal
purposes: decorations made Of strips of
dried Goldfish, and the arms Of the league
half an eagle and half cod, the lat
.ar surmounted by a crown which sug-
gested the origin of the term Goldfish
aTistOcracy."
Then. thrOueh>a dark, rickety stair
way. we continued our climb to the
third story and were shown the mer-
chants business Office and the apart
ments for the clerks and bedrooms for
all. These last were the most curious Of
the whole suit, for the beds are con-
structed like the berths of a ship and are
closed on one side with hinged or slid
ing doors, while on the other shutters
open to a passage beyond to enable the
female domestics to make the beds
without entering the men S rooms. The
Hanseatic community was supposed to
be strictly celibate in order to prevent
Its members from intermarTying with
Norwegians, and thus allowing the ma
tives to obtain share of the monopo-
lized trade. Boston Transcript.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04
STOCK GAMBLERS LOGIC.
rhey know brokerage Consumes Their
Capital. Yet Persist IN Playing.

They Know brokerage Consumes Their
Capital. Yet Persist IN Playing.
Two tape traders We're sitting IN a Wall
street Office as had been tlleir won't day
after day, week after week for three
long years. The stock ticker. which re-
cords quotations that bring either JOY
or sorrow 10 spectators, was momenta-
rily silent The market at the opening
had had sensational break, but at IL
o'clock the bulls had rallied TO its sup
pmt and had bid up the prices to the
former level The usual lull after sharp
breaks and quick rallies prevailed, and
operators We're trying 10 gather their
thoughts either TO guess the direction Of
the next move or TO mediate on what
profits they might have made in the last
changes had they followed the move in
each direction.
George, remarked one Of the trad
ers, You re a bear, aren you:"
Eyes
Been bear nine days ont Of ten,
haven & YOU
"Yes, believe / have What Of itg"
"Wen, George, have You made any
money in the MARKET" continued tho
speaker in sorrowfnl tones,
"No. Jack. I'm behind many thou
sands, bnt 10y the way, you've been a
bull nine days out Of every ten, and
how much money have You NADER
was the taunting reply.
A detected look mixed MP witha sick
" smile came TO the trader face as he
was asked this question, and after few
moments hesitation he said, Ito tell
the truth, George, |, too, ann heavy
loser. F"
"Well, then. Jack, who got all the -
cone hundred Paul at "a sugar is
five-eighths, " shouted the Office boy, as
the sharp click of the ticker printed the
quotations.
= buy me 100 Paul at the market, T"
was one trader 's-order.
"Sell me goo Sugar at three-qua
tiers. " was the others.
The broker soon telephOned from the
floor Of the exchange that the orders
had been executed, and his bookkeeper
made a credit to brokerage account OF
$50 Of the traders money. Thus IL is
that in playing stocks, as in all gambling,
the house slowly but surely gets the
players pile New York Press.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04
stepnlak on Ku.sIa,s Car.

In an interview with Stepniak, re-
port of which appears in Great
Thoughts, he was asked his opinion Of
the new car "There was a time, " he
replied, when Russian Liberals cher
ished a hope--I may say, indeed. con-
siderable degree of hope-but the new
car has disappointed every expectation
of the most moderate among our pro-
gressive parties. He has shown himself
utterly incapable Of departing from the
traditions Of his predecessor, and viii
continue to play the ungrateful part Of
official screen TO bureaucratic tyranny. +"
-Westminster Gazette.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04
A VERSATILE SPECIALIST.
There Was More Sarcasm Than Honor In
the Toastmaster's Introduction.

the Toastmaster's Introduction.
A certain local physician Of pompous
bearing and vast pretense as to ethical
observance journeyed forth very recent
ly from his office on Broadwayto attend
a gathering at Chicago of a society Of
specialists.
The Cincinnati doctor was not mem
Der of this society, but was not bit ret
icent on this account He is noted for
his constant attendance upon the ses-
sions of specialists of every class, wher-
ever convened, and several months ago
succeeded in stirring up quite teapot
tempest in st. Louis gathering.
So to Chicago he went. Presenting
himself at the hall, he was accorded by
courtesy the privilege of sitting in the
meetings AT once he began vigorous
", yet stealthily and Systematically,
knocking" member of the society
who halls from Cincinnati. The resent.
ment of the brethren against these tao
tics was general, and their revenge
came at dinner ut the exclusive Chi
cago club, with which the proceedings
closed.
The "outsider" from Cincinnati had
been set down for toast, and he had
spent much time and care in formulat.
ing his supposedly impromptu remarks.
The suaye POSTMASTER, rising benlgnly
in his place, announced the speaker in q
fashion that entirely upset the calcula.
tions of the aspiring medicus and made
him at once and forever the laughing
stock of the society.
Gentlemen, announced the toast.
master in his most insinuating tone, u
have now the pleasure and honor Of
presenting to you gentleman of oui
profession who is not only able, but
strikingly versatile ] beg to introduce
DR.. b. Blink Blank of Cincinnati, who
is widely known as a specialist in every
known branch of medicine and surgery !
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04
Envoy

Prince. my sweetheart, win not agree,
But the luck Of a rover's the thing for mel
She says 1 must stay, and fear her frown;
Then IN marry and settle down.
Lark.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04
I.,ldenoe Against Him.

"Why didn't you have me called at
6 o'clock?'' roared a commercial travel
er in one of our city hotels, as he faced
the clerk and banged his fist down on
the register
81 did, calmly replied the clerk.
"You did not, sir.
81 tell you l did =
"You did not, sir, and lean prove it. "
"All right, go ahead; but you can't
prove it.
Eyes, | can. +"
"Prove it, then.
"Well, you did not have me called at
8 O'Clock, because | did not leave word
to be called at all, and the CONNER
cial man grinned and looked for the
clerk to blush and apologize.
But he looked in vain. A little thing
like that wouldn t bother hotel clerk
Bangor News.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04
DALLADE or DREAMS TRANsPosEo

Some may like TO be shut in cage
Cooped in a corner a-tipphng tea,
Some may IN Troublesome toll engage
But the luck Of a rover's the thing for mel
Over the mountain and over the sea
Now IN the country and now IN the town,
And when N wrinSled and withered, maybe
Then III marry and settle down.
Some may pore over printed page
And never know bird nor beast nor tree,
Watching the world from book OF stage,
but the luck Of q rover's the thing for mel
So, no for the forest. and ho for the lea
And no for the river and prairie brown,
Ard 20 for gay, long jubilee!
Then Ill marry and settle down.
Why should wait TIL gray old age
Brings mg the chance to be rich and freef
have lao money. 1t makes me rage,
Bot tine l-sk - a rover the thing for me!
Though CIT, with my lover upon my knee,
She has frolicsome eyes and fetching
g1Hni
I fear II ms hearts L. be held in fee,
Then ia marry and settle down.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04

when / open the front door upon my
arrival home at night, said Mr.. Flat
by. q inhale the fragrant odor of de-
lightful soup. Passing in leisurely
manner up the first fight of stairs, /
finish the soup at the second floor, and
then find that the fish has been served.
/ take fish as l proceed along the hall
and up the second flight of stairs On
the third floor find the roast and on
the fourth a dainty dessert. When /
reach my own floor, all / really want is
a cup of coffee and a cigar. New
York Sun.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04

Healthy, happy
children make bet
Ter men and women
OF as all. A man is
hardly himself until
he has the develop
nent that RESPONSE
biiity brings. After
the child comes. the
father and mother
both plan and prom
Use what shall be
done with il. A lit
tie care and a little
planning before
birth is often more
important than any
thing that can be
done amer.
ON the mothers
health and strength
depend the life and
the future Of the
children. A weak
aud sickly woman
cannot bear strong
and healthy Children
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04
II.s. GEHqc,,eeA UzkS

DR. Pierce's celebrated book, "The Common
Sense Medical Adviser" win be sent free 20 any
address on receipt OF 80 ouc-ccnt stamps 20
cover cost Of mailing oHir. The book contains
zoos pages, prousclv illustrated, aud Is Of ines
timable value 10 every woman. A vcritahlc med
Zeal library in one volume. Address. Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, n. ".
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

One square. first insertion, &I.00; subse
quent Insertions. 30 Cents. Special rates made
with monthly, quarterly and yearly advertis
ers
Ey Local notices and political or personal
communications, Is cents per line; subsequent
insertions. 10 cents per line.
Ordinary marriage announcements. twenty
Eve cents. Obituary notices VIII be charged
for at one-half the usual rates of advertising
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04
Lei handed Compliment.

/ A certain society lady was designated
as social lemonade dispenser because
she said so many sour things in sweet
vrav.-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04
DANCER Signals

More than half The vietiws Of eoHsnHp-
fton do not kHotU Tier haze it. Here list
Of symptoms by which consumption can
certainly be detected -
Congb, one or two slight efforts on
rising, occurring during the day and fire.
quently during the night
Short Breathing after exetion.
TigbiHtss Of The chest.
Quick Pulse, especially noticeable In the
evening and after full meal.
CbiIiiHsss in the evening, followed by
Slight fevey.
Presentation toward morning and
7'aIs face and laHggd in the morning.
Loss Of VttaMy.
If you have these symptoms, or any Of
them, do not delay. There are many
preparations which claim to be cures, but
Or. Heksrs English Remedy for Consumption
has the highest endorsements, and has
stood the test Of years. II will arrest con-
sumption in its earlier stages, and drive
away the symptoms named. II is manu-
featured BY the Acker Medicine Co., IS
and IS Chambers st., New York, and sold
by all reputable druggists.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04

las well expect hgs from thistles Most
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cusable Proper care and proper medicine
will cure almost any disorder Of the femi-
nine organism. Or Picrce's Favorite Pre-
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euing II Is perfectly natural in its opera
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The following letter IS only one of thou
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pregnancy. ! used four bottles aud felt like
another woman NV time of labor was easy
aud rapid. I have dear, strong, healthy little
boy baby"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-02-04
HARDY, NOVELIST.
SHORT SKETCH UNSUCCESSFUL MAN
or LITERATURE.

How He Abandoned Architecture For Story
1 Writing Ehe Greenwood Incident shows
That There Is sometimes Something In
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-06
Fire on Newbury Street.

A case of rattle on Newbury street
Saturday morning shortly after nine
clock caused an alarm of fire from box
and the turning out of..that part of the
department. which responds to this CALL
Some children who were celebrating
the day with fire crackers in front of Ethe
house 161 Newbury street, occupied by
E. Burnnam and r. E. Pickett, set fire
to the wooden door steps. The smoke
which was not noticeable at first on the
street was blown through the cellar win
dow and then spread all over the house.
This caused a panic and Bert Naylor,
q young man who was passing by, ad-
vised the ringing in of an alarm. Naylor
himself pulled the box and the chemical
and the various pieces of apparatus
which respond to box were quickly on
hand. After the department ARRIVED the
location of the fire was discovered under
the wooden door steps and was easily ex-
tinguished, before any damage. had been
done, by hand chemical. The young
sters on Newbury street were greatly
elated at their success in waking up the
city.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-06

lumber yard of S. e. and A. r. Doten,
inswhioh thousands of feet OF dry boards,
shingles and olapboafds were piled. A
big shed, dry rs finder box and filled
with lumber, separates the Delano mill
from this lumber yard. A high picket
fence separates the sidewalk from the
Doten lumber yard and into the yard
from the side walk there is a drop of
about ten feet.
THE FIGHT BEGINS.
By the time the engines were compiled
to the hydrants and the pipes laid by the
hose companies, the whole Delano build
ing was ablaze. The easterly wind al
though not strong, hsG famed the IRE SO
that 10 grew hotter and hotter every SEQ
ond and things had very ugly look
when the first stream from Engine 5 be-
gan to pour it's deluge of water into the
second story windows of the building.
Higher and blacker rolled the smoke.
Hotter and hotter grew tie flames. In q
few minutes fifteen streamsof water were
being poured into the building from the
front and rear and the westerly side.
The smoke grew more dense every min
ute. The iremen on the Fore street side
ofithe building were hidden by it, ohoked
and blinded by it, as they strove to get
up the ladders on the burning building.
The roaring and cracking of the flames
as they leapsd from basement to roof,
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-06

by the. Delano PlaningFMill company and
the Walter Corey Company's factory. Pa
trolmen Skillings and Sylvester were
walking down Fore street from the cor
ner of Center and Fore streets when two
bare-footed kids rushed up-to them.
Dere's fire In de plaRin' mill, " sang
out one of the youngsters.
The two policemen started on the run
Tor the Delano Planning Mill. few doors
down the street. A thin column of smoke
was finding its way through the base
inent window of the building and curling
skywards. AS the officers kicked in the
sash perfect7cloud ofsblack smoke rolled
out into their faces. Patrolman Pills
bury waited to make no further examin-
alton. He knew that fire in that build
ing threatened the safety Of the entire
block if not quickly subdued. In trice
he had reached box 412 at the corner OF
Union and Fore streets and pulled in the
alarm which awoke the city. Patrolman
Skillings was only few minutes behind
Pillsbury in starting for the auxiliary
box 414 but when he reached it, the alarm
from box 412 was already sounding.
Blaeker and blacksr rolled up the
smoke from the fated building and in a
few minutes the entire plantsswas a mass
of seetbing. dartlng and destroying
flames. The chemical engine clattered
doT Union street and oysr Fore, the
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-06

streams off from the released pipes and
the firemen only. captured them.by lying
fiat on their stomachs on the lines and
crawling up towards the swinging noz-
zles and empowering they by force of
numbers and weight. 1t only toek.a few
minutes to work all of this havoc but the
minutes seemed hours before the helpless
men could be reached. Cady, with his
broken Log, Foster suffering great pain,
and Warren bleeding profusely from the
cuts in bis head We're picked up and car
ried away by their companions. Warren
was taken to the drug store of Butler and
State at Gorhams corner where DR.. Pu-
dor attended him and from there he was
carried to the hospital. Cady was taken
home in an ambulance. He bore his pain
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-06

When the fire broke out Saturday after
noon Deputy Marshal Sterling was just
coming with the police class from
Ruby's, where they had been dining. He
immediately took them to the scene of
the fire, posted his men, roped of the
streets, aud had everything in order sc
that the flremen and. all who had bust
ness at the fire could work without in.
terruption.
Thomas j. Foster was carried to his
homo at 90 Spring. street. He was sitting
up during the evening, and did not seem
to be dangerously hurt. The flying hose
pipe struck him in the back very heavy
blow, but in such a way az not to infiot
serious injury.
George P. Cady, who suffered fraot-
ure of thesleg, was taken to his home OF
Middle street.
The Delano company employed about
60 men. The Walter Corey company
about six men.
These men oil owned their tools which
were valued at about $3.50 a chest and
were not insured. The men who lost theiI
chests of tools were G. W. Burnham,
Andrew Hendriokeson, Nelson Jorgen
sob, William Clarson ana William John
son.
MIR. Corey saved the company's books.
The work of manufacturing furniture
will be Immediately resumed.
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-06
THE FIRE BOAT ON HAND.

At the first alarm the fire boat had left
her moorings at Portland pier and moved
up to Union wharf were Driver Fowler
of Hose had laid two lines of hose for
her use. These two lines with those fur
nished from Engine 2 were taken round
into the rear of the building, through the
gate in the high board fence which sepa-
rates the yard from Gross street. and
there the four streams were poured into
the vortex of whirlin 6 flames between
the two wings of the main buildings,
before described. In the narrow alley
way between these two wings the flames
were red, angry aud deyouring. This al
ley way looked like the flue OF q chimney
on an old fashioned country house with
one of those big fireplaces and great pine
logs blazing on the andirons, only it was
thousand times larger, hotter and
fleroer, but into it the firemen went.
Long before this, about the time the
second alarm was rung in, heroic deed
was performed by a youngster not more
than 70 years old, named Billy Winter.
He knew where the Delano company kept
it's horse; on the southeasterly corner of
the wing of the main building nearest
Cross street. This boy got help 80 burst
open the big gate of the fence and ran
into the yard. He tore the paddock off
the stable door, stepped into the stable
which waa filed with suffoeating smoke
The Portland daily press., 1896-07-06
OTHER FIRES SATURDAY.
A Small Boy Sets Off Woman's Stock
in Trade.
Fire in Deering-Slight Fire on Franklin
Street-Sman Fire on Free Street.

Fire in Deering-Slight Fire on Franklin
Street-SmaH Fire on Free Street.
The boy stood by the blazing store,
His punk was in his hand.
There came burst of rattling sound
Greater than he had planned.
The rockets whizzed, the crackers
cracked,
Twas enough to wake the dead,
On the glorious Independence day,
But the little boy had fed.
Such, with apologies to the memory Of
Mrs. Henans, is the story of the ere
which caused the alarm from box "a at
10. 30 Saturday forenoon. 1t was for a
lively fire in the small periodical and
confectionery store of Mrs. James
Googins. 2s1 Spring street.
The fire originated in nearly the same
way as the memorable condagration of
thirty years ago-a small boy, fire
cracker and a lighted fuse. The boy was
in the store near the large show window,
which was filed with fireworks of all
kinds. He held fireoraoker in his hand
and was lighting the fuse with piece of
punk, when the sparks from the fuse flew
into the window and ignited large can
non cracker. In second there was a
cracking and whizzing and the flrecrack
sfs were going in all directions.
sMrs. Googins, who runs the store, and
q young lady clerk, made their escape
from the place and ansalarIn was rung in.
| In short time the department. arrived,
| and soon several streams of water were
put on the burning building, but not
soon enough to prevent the place from
being thoroughly guttod. The firework.
had made almost clean sweep of the
store and the fire completed the work OF
Decentralization inside. All the wood
work and walls on one side were burned
or badly smoked, and large sky rocket
was driven almost completely through
1 the rear wall, only an inoh Or two pro
truding from the inside of the wall.
| Nearly the entire stock was ruined, and
| the loss Will be quite severe to Mr.. Goog
ins, the owner of the stock, who Is con
ductor on the Portland electric railroad
| The loss, as near as could be estimated
Saturday, will amount to about $500, OIL
| which there was no insurance. The
money drawer and contents WAS secured
by Officer Thrasher. who arrived almos
rs soon as the alarm was rung in, anG
taken to place of safety.