Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-03-11
CAPITAL JoTTINGs
Picked Up Here and There by Our Ubiqui-
tons Reporters

Picked Y y here ana AncFc DJ Ouf Nnt9uA'
tous Reporters
A capacity for losing his temper has
made the failure of many man in this
world.
1T is not what the advertiser pays
for an ad., but what the ad. pays him,
that constitutes the criterion OF its value.
"Mary has little lamb.
And every one believes
That Mary takes its wool all ont
And stuffs it in her sleeves. T"
The best way to be taken care of is
to take care of yourself.
Maine is going to tax every bicycle
in the State for the road fund. There
is so much fun in bicycle riding that
every wheelman and wheelw0man Will
pay the tax cheerfully.
-Parlor matches matches are
made in parlors in winter. In summer
they are made in the mountains and at
the sea. shore.
Happy the farmer whose public sale
does not occur with the Thermometer
down around zero.
Leap year has not made any percep-
tibIe increase in the number OF marriage
licenses issued from the Clerks Olllce.
You know lot about the goods you
want to SELL Maybe the public would
like some Of your knowledge. AdSer-
tise it.
Miss Lizzie Brady and Mr.. Samuel
r. Gates, were married at Niagara, N.
Y, July IL, 1895.
Snow aud rain commingled, charac-
g . H. f.f
weather that prevailed today.
= Several of the temporary employees
at the State House were put off for in
toxication and neglect of duty.
-Ex-Judge VIM. Hawkins, of the Or
phans' Court, is seriously i'll at his home,
near Glen Burnie, of heart trouble.
No oyster-dredging licenses have
been issued at the cOmptroller's office
for nearly a month. The season is near
ly over and No. 567 will probably he the
last one to go out.
The grand officers of the American
Legion of Honor, a fraternal beneficial
order, paid an official visit to Steele
Council of Annapolis last night.
Heavy ram and snow is predicted
for tonight with decided colder weather
tomorrow.
There never was time when illus
trated newspaper advertising attracted
so much attention or came SO neat being
really artistic as it does now.
-Messrs. r. Z. Strange Il Son., have
received the contract to paint Peggy
Stewart" mansion, on Hanover street.
They have also received the contract to
&I oIA 10 4 hn d.all
sion on State Circle.
This is the way an Annapolis girl
parses kiss" Kiss is a noun, though
generally used as conjunction. 1t Is
more common than proper. 1t is not
very singular, and generally used in the
plural number, and agrees with ME. We
believe it does.
1t is said that a large majority of
travelling men are addicted to the use of
profanity, the cause Of which 3 largely
attributed to missing trains, and cOnse-
Quent loss of time. The Rand McNally
Railway Guide is recommended as 4 sure
cure.
"A brief but accurate and comprehen-
siYe description of every important point
in the United States, Canada and MeXi-
CO, cannot fail to be of interest to every
body. This and much more is contained
i'll the Rand McNally Railway Guide.
Middle age, surveying the future,
counts by years and has a fairly clean
perception of limits. Youth, on the
other hand, sees nothing but a succession
OF eternities filled with bOundleSs possl-
bilities of fascination and glamour; and
when the young man or woman presses
forward into this unknown and entranc-
ing world, is suddenly brought up, as it
were, by some crisis that speaks of finali-
ty, the shock is apt to be startling.