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Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-02-22
.I,,.,in Mecarthy in Old Aue.

Justin Mccarthy, politician, author
and Journalist, celebrated his eighty
first birthday recently at Folkstone,
Kent, England. He is convalescing
from a sharp attack of illness. but his
brain is as keen as ever. Eight years
ago a civil list pension was bestowed
upon him by Mr. Balfour.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-02-22
To subserfbers
SNAPSHOTS

Grip increasing.
Streams going up.
Plumbers being imported
Public park talk being revived.
Capital sale ads. draw large crowds.
Spring thaw testing drainage sys-
TEN.
If you don't read the Capital you
miss the news.
"A hot temper requires cool treat
ment.
The insurance agent is also policy
man.
1t is generally easier to locate our
enemies than our friends.
E316 per cent interest paid on
savings Deposits Annapolis Banking
and Trust Co
Among the fruits of old age, the
apple of discord should not be mum
bered.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-02-22
Tea Cake

One quart of -four, one cup of sour
mix. one teaspoon soda, one-haIf
pccnd lard. one-haIf pound chopped
:. sins or currants: roll two inches
tr X and bake in quick oven. Split
o, 2 butter and ga, while hot.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-02-22
Jelly Cake.

Two cups of powdered sugar, one
han cup of butter, three eggs. one
c1p milk, three cups -four. two tea
0ons cream of tartar. one teaspoon
scfia. Bake in shallow tins and when
coie put jelly between.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-02-22
Fsir; Colder.

w. l.. MOORE.
Chief OF Weather Bureau
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-02-22

FEBRUARY 22. 1912
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-02-22

CHgsApLAKE., srEAMshIP MaY ,os, co coN; ON
SERVICE.
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OLD WEAPONS SOLD
Mark Field Collection, Including
Miles standish's Pistol, Brings
$4,000 at Auction.

Boston.--0ne of the most widely
known collections Of ancient firearms
In the country was sold at auction
here, buyers attending from all parts
Of the world. It was the collection
Of Mark Field of Charlestown, and
contained almost o thousand pieces.
Among the treasures which have
been added to the trove Of other col
lectors are Miles ~Standish's wheel
lock pistol. Which goes west: Johm
Paul Jones' sword. which goes to KEN
lucky, and two dnelling pistols owned
by Alexander Hamilton and believed,
to have figured In the duel with Bnrr.
which were purchased by q United
States senator.
There were also several crosshowss
one Of which, reputed 10 have Deeni
used by Columbus, went to a Spanish
collector. six-shot pepper boxes YER
purchased by the italian government.
The sale was held at Libbie's ana
Melted more than $4,000, the nanacR
OF the purchasers being withhold
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white plmage and thee two great sweeping tall
featherAthat give him his name. With his wife
he doAAs not lack other names, and they are
known al various places as "old iniun," "old
wife" lid molly" "old granny" "old squaw.'
and t'olg south southerly." Because of the oily
nature He their flesh these ducks are unfit for
food, AID vet the gunners on the Chicago break
waters md on the government pier used to XIII
doze"s Ii them In the pure wantonness OF sport.
When The sloping stone abutment that pro-
tects tn butter Lincoln Park driveway, Chicago,
from thI waves is piled high with ice during the
winter h,s venturesome person who will scale
the side az the pile may see In the dark water
only a fuk yards beyond one of the most beauti-
full duckt known to the bird kingdom. The
golden IN or whistle wing, f~requents the cold
waters ofILake Michigan all through the winter,
and comeI close to the shore. 1t Ii seldom that
more thai four or five are seen together, and
oftener aSingle pair will be found. II the pro-
lection which the male apparently tries to ex
tend to tie female during all times OF the year
be d basis for judgment. these birds remain
mated for life.
The GOLDEN eye almost invariably places him
self between his gentler companion and danger.
and when they are swimming or flying to new
foraging places he Invariably leads the way,
The movement Of their wings is SO rapid that
1t produces a musical w~histling audible at u
great distance. Because of the rapidly Of their
flight the indians call them spirit ducks, beliey-
ing that some supernatural aid is given them to
add to the ~swiftness Of their journeyings.
The best of the bird scavengers acting as the
allies Of tie Chicago health department In win
ter are thu herring, the ring-billed gulls. The
herring gua Is a big grayish creature. almost
pure white If he is three years old, with black
tips to his wings. The young Of the first year
are mottled gray, entirely different in appearance
from their PARENTS. The result OF this difference
Is that people looking at a winter flock Of the
gulls think nat It contains several species. The
lagoons IN ,ackson and Lincoln Parks are often
fairly covered with these birds, provided a heavy
storm Is coming In from the eastward.
Al delicateIooking bird is the kittewake gull.
It does not ook as If 1t could stand the Eigors
1of lake winter weather for a day, and yet neither
storm nor cpd succeeds in chilling it's optimism
or ii abatins ihs industry. The kittewakes have
been In the lake on Chicago in winter, aud here
they doubtless occasionally have remained until
March.
A bird lover considers 1t an ornithologfcal
epoch when lie sees a great black-backed gull.
The persistent and careful observer who cares
nothing for " ather conditions may find this rare
creature, pefhtps the largest Of our gulls, II he
will but ke4p d constant watch along the lake
front. The Ibia has been seen here on several
occasions In winter. Its name gives q good de-
lscription III IL 1t Ia sometimes Known grew
sorneiy as the 'Sonin carrier.
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Pastor Would Bar Homer

peace" he continued, but we are
brought up on literature that, for the
most part, is intended to develop In
US a spirit Of narrow nationalism, A
great deal Of the education In our sys-
tenn 10 through such harsh and blood
thirsty books as the Iliad.'
DIR. Abbott also declared that the
mighty influence OF women is ready
for the worlds service.
Women now have self-controi and
leisure he said. TO what shall this
influence be given Is the real question
Of modern civilization.
"Women's clubs are safety valves.
Women have too much leisure not to
have some outside interests. For
leisure to man or woman is the great.
est test Of character, and Is danger
Gus.
Then, too, the best Of women's
clubs use her for the service Of her
community.
But best Of alt 10 the dynamic pow
er OF q woman's prayer meeting The
religious organizations tend to con-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-05
GETS APES TO TALK

day they have been subjected to a
rigid course of study under the d.
rect supervision of Or. Furness.
Boards with large holes In them
we're placed In the cages. the animals
being given a ball and a square piece
Of wood, both OF which exactly fit
their respective openings In the board.
After a few days one OF the chiL1pan-
ices e~ndeayored to force the ball
through a square hole. but failed. II
then picked up the square block and
pushed 1t through. Later, both ami
mails. by their own reasoning, found
that the ball would fit into the circle
and only the block would pass through
the square.
An extension Of the experiment has
been made during the last two years
and 1t has been learned that the chin
panzees will d~ifserentiate any size or
shape.
Various other plans were devised 20
stimulate and intensity the power OF
thought until the animals education
has reached such q degree that they
recognize a large number OF words,
associating them with the correspond
ing objects. They also repeat short
words.
Ribbons Of various colors will be
chosen by the beasts when they are
called by name.
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Heap pf Old Arabic Coins, Chains and
Bracelets Have Been Found
In Denmark.

Copenhagen--The largest kind OF
treasure troye that has ever been dis.
covered in Denmark has Just come 10
light at Tersley.
Two boys were digging in the gar
den OF a resident named Otto Hansen,
when they struck a pile Of silver three
feet below the surface. Investigation
disclosed the presence Of a heap Of
coins, besides necklets. chains and
bracelets. some inlaid with gold and
mostly dating from the end Of the
tenth century.
Most Of the coins are Arabic, but
some are Anglo-Saxon, and one bears
the name Of A~thelstane. tho early
saxon king OF England. Several on
the ornaments are finely ornamented.
but the gem Or them aII is d twisted
neck chain from which are suspended
two toilet reGuisites--one d small dan
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-05
CHARACTERIS Barred
Apostle Of New Thought Tells
individuality by Letters.
neeIerss Persons Names Are Chosen
w ThGDr Souls Before They Are
sern and Not BY
Parents.

Cambridge, Mass.-Dr. Julia Seton
Sears, head of the New Thought move
ment. has a new method OF telling
ones failings and capabilities--by g
process of figures,
Few people realize" says DR..
Sears, that the names they were
baptized with and the date OF their
birth We're not chosen by their par
ents, but by their souls before they
were born. But this is true. and each
baptismal name and each birthday
means something.
When | have explained the system
of names and numbers it will be see
that 1t can be applied by anyone. 1t is
SO simple. 1t is worked out on a ba.
sis of harmonious vibrations. There
are just eleven types Of people In the
universe. We all go through each Of
those types In some one Of our many
lives, First number off the alphabet
as follows:
ABCDEF @ II | JKLMNOPQURlTU
vWXYz.
4567S
Now take, for instance, Anna
Browne. In the place of each letter
put its corresponding number and
then add them. Anna viii be one
plus FIVE, plus five, plus one, equals
twelve: and Browne will be two plus
nine, plus six, plus five. plus Ave
plus five, equals thirty.two, But nc
number above nine is used. Therefore
add the two digits in twelve and they
VIII equal three, which is the numbe,
that stands for Anna. In the same
way, five stands for Browne, Add
these two and the result for the
whole name is eight. ID
Eight stands for a critical technica.
type Of mind which can win success
In a material way. 1t goes with a sym
pathetic soul which will help its fel
low mar socially, industrially or DO
litically. The eighteers are usually
people found at the head OF large
commercial enterprises. They have
strong individuality and are generally
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-05
Scientist Trains Chimpanzees to
Use Power OF Speech.
Taught TO Tell Coiors by Name
Beasts Raised as Members Of
Family Show Evidence Of
Their Culture.

Philadelphia. Pa---Dr. William Fur
hess, the psychologist Of Waiingford,
Pa, after two years work has sue,
ceeded In educating two chimpanzees
so that they can talk and have re-
markabie reasoning powers. To fur
Their his investigation Or. Furness Is
breeding the chimpanzees. He in
tends to ascertain II the offspring
will retain the same intelligence.
The chimpanzees have been on tho
estate of Or. RI. H. Furness, father Of
the psychologist, and have been daily
under personal instruction. They
have been living In a truly "intellec.
tual" atmosphere.
The experiments proved that the
monkey and chimpanzee has a brain
capable of logically discriminating OBJ
Jects and Of thinking.
The chimpanzees have been con-
stantly talked to, petted. and practical
ly been members of the family. Each
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-05
Declares Persons Names Are Chosen
Idea In Observation-Disclosures
Women's Clubs.

st. Louis. Mo.-Homer's "lliad" H
out of date. 1t is harsh and blood
thirsty. 1t is a relic of paganism. II
should be ruled out Of the modern sys'
tenn OF education.
This Is the view OF the Grecian bard
taken by the Rev. DR.. B A. Abbott,
pastor OF the Union Avenue Christian
church, Union and Won versen ave
nues, In discussing world peace.
He declared that such works as the
'Iliad" created narrow nationalism
and delayed world peace and that civi-
lization no longer makes heroes Of the
fighting men or 'sings Of arms and
men"
He does not believe that the girls
and boys OF today should be made 70
hobble and halt through It, and would
thus rule out OF the system OF modern
education one Of its oldest standbys.
1--WE are studying the question ana
we are trying to bring about world
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-05
Hand Grenade for Army.

Washington.-Although this Is an
age OF high explosives, arnior pierciag
~projectile, aefoplanes and other
struments or scientific warfare, the
war department has decided TO adopt
some OF the old. primitive methods on
lighting and will train the American
soldier In the art OF throwing the
hand grenade used In ancient times.
The grenade TO be used Is similar no.
the old sling. and Ia thrown In, the
same name 1t Is to be used wneD
fighting at close range or when az
lacking an enemy behind a wat; or
other obstruction.
Brig. Gen. William Crozier. chief or
ordnance, said dummies would Ds
used for practice In this work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-05

In the Philippine portion OF bis
book. The Memories or TwoyWars."
General Funston tells 1 a uni,ue in
stance at the siege Of Mlabon ,Com-
'rany I was firing q fewsvolieys. and
one Of the men. having jus discharged
his piece felt d second bAw against
his shoulder, II being almot as hasd
as the kick Of the gun. Upn trying
70 reload It was found that TIA breech
- The ctece could not be opekd. AID
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-05

seattie.-Blushing furiousiy, an In.
tending bride fished a roll Of bills cut
Of her stocking and handed Clerk
Claude r. Gage the marriage iceDse
fee when she found her young man
was shy Of the regulation charge.
what difference does It make who
has the money 30 long as one OF nm
has it7' asked the young woman.
Gage handed out the license, made
the change and watched the couple no
away, the near-husband taking charge
OF the roll
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peIled ID hep him In custody until the
Iebronerl verdict Is rendered, at
1$ast."
\ 90 you mean to tell me that you
ate going /, lock my boy In a cell to-
night"
VI am sorry, but that's what we shall
have ID do.I
Good ieaTens. why, nv mas have
No be right fext 10 some person who
has been arrested for stealing a loaf
of bread! This Is an outrage. You,
have no right 10 be holding \ pubns
Dcsitlog.
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There was a very pronounced dent on
the muzzle Of the piece.
What had happened wal that while
the man had the gan extended Tn the
firing position a bullet had gone down
the muzzle. This weapon Ii now IN
the Army Ordinances museum Id Wash
ington."
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serve the character and infiuencr 0G
women for the incubation Or the spirit
Of Jesus Christ into modern civilian
ton. Every religious society has cul-
ture and q broad view 81 life. The
prayer meeting deals with world prob
LENS"
DR.. Abbott urges the institution OK
chairs Of the Bible in modern nniyersi-
ties. because, he says, civilization
must be Christianized,
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1t Wis laid aside To be examined {by
daylight, which was done III the
enceI of a number Of us officers
sppon forcing the breech open It Was
found that the base Of the copper she'll
of the cartridge that had been AIRED
Just before the weapon had been div.
ablee had been shot away. while mixed
all lib in the breech mechanism WE
fourt the remains Ok tho steel Jaciget
ard ,l\he lead filling Of d Mauser bullet
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-05

looked up to by their associates. They
make good business men. good ora.
tors, lawyers and physicians.
But this eight represents only
Anna Brownies personality, or what
the world sees In her, Her exotic
or true inner self Ia found by adding
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con.snt Tor Kings Home.

washington.-The Supreme court
Of the United States was taken back
half a century into Hawaiian history
70 ascertain IL King Kalakaua owned
the property he occupied as his pri-
yate home during his reign from 1874
to 1891.
The property ia located at Punch
howl and Queen streets In Honolulu,
and Il valued at $4,000 or 100000.
Levers 4 Cooke. limited. now claim
lille to II because OF conveyance from
the late kings wife. Mary II. Atcherly
also claims the property through title
from lie kings former guardian.
Groups OF attorneys came half way
across the Pacific to present the case
to the court
The dispute 10 said to originate in
events connected With the possession
Of the land abon century ago BY
Kaniua, d hig fess. the kings
nurse. She the eight-year-old
boz. VIII o King Kalakaua
hamed Kinimaka.
&NN -------a-- w
a go, and a
makes the auto.
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up the novels alone in her name.
Anna will give one, plus one. or two
and Browne six plus FIVE, or eleven
which reduces to one, plus one or
two. Adding the values Of the tive
names we have four for her exotis
personality"
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ger like article and the other an a
spoon.
Museums are competing for tho
relics.
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-MlftY.-

How does this noted healer, who
cures his patients BY touching than
differ from a regular physiciagaaTS
why, 10 touches them
curSc them
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-05
Fall of Bed KIlls Woman.

Evansville, Ind--Mrs. salie Bush.
aged forty years. fell from her bed
and sustained q conclusion 81 tho
brain, dying within a short time after
ward.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-05

Madam, ! am very sorry that | can
not release your son, WhpA he was
exceeding the speed limit he ran over
nrb killed a child. and shali - com
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-05

The kinglet, smalle s&# 4 any OF our birds. save
the ruby throated huA#AA& bird alone. manages
to live through all thS Northern winter and
be all the while as & asH Ill as b robin In April.
The kinglet, as far a. Experience of one per
son Is concerned at f@# @refersi to get his sum
mer food In the thicl## les, and seemingly has
a preference for those Hi are near clambering
vines. The kinglets &bout for likely places
in which to pass the Hr. As far as can be
ascertained they sinpH Into tho heart of some
thickly twigged bush high which run vine
branches and there q BIT long They defy both
cold and snow, MA
The great northdrnM 3. which Is dub In the
northern states FROM summer home In the
British possessions al October l., spends his
nights close to the an evergreen tree.
There is a little clun& Ivergreens we'll within
the limits of the cit& chicago where d half
dozen of these birdsM nightly from October
to March. Inasmpcl@ hey live on a diet OF
English sparrows and all the daylight hours
in the laudable y0ca# killing the imported
feathered pest, tbelex# xation Sof their roosting
place will not be gin fear sNpeeehampion
Of the sparrow migl# #rb the SGE of these
feathered friends. VIII Sny are uni lid enough
to call butcher birds. u
As a matter d faci eed feel little 9nxiety
for the welfare Of tht that stay with us in
winter. The nursery " What will thu robin
do then, poor thinggf' A&sy3Arcompelling. bit the
robin, the ~bluebiru, ttne jay, ana the cnlckadee
will all care for themselves Iand will feel no envy
OF man in his steam{lreated fiat. .
During the bitter weather. OF winter whilel peo-
pie with hearts In the right places are scattering
crumbs and seeds al their dIoorsteps for the little
feathered land visitors, the great city OF Chicago
as a whole Is doing Its be4t TO feed the stdfm-
blown birds OF Lake Michigan. Not all the sew
age OF the city, notwithstai tding the completion
OF the drainage canal, ID sertt towards the Missis-
sippi. Some little Of II still Ihnds II way into tie
lakes with its burden IA salvage. and there the
gull scayengers. BY eating m}Fch OF the output that
from their point of appetite i~Nsedible, do their best
to aid In p~urifyingt the watesr supply.
In the dead Of Hnter when the cold is so in
tense that 1t seernst that no lexposed creature car
live, the waste OIL water Hetween Chicago and
st. Joe, Mich ID p&opled WIN strange ~feathered
visitors. who shun he d mater stretches when
the wind blows son out of the south. A storm
which once rose al preceded a spell" Of zero
weather brought vtth 1t frbm the north scores
OF strange, beautifvl arctid visitors known as
Iong-tailed ducks. 'lhey mad be seen all through
the winter well out Into ttIe open water OF Lake
Michigan. They fArly Arevel In cold weather
ana In cold water. Us highly probable that
they would never coIne to the great lakes at all
we're 1t not for the fact that everything north
ward Is frozen solial The male 'longtair" 10 a
beauty, with his ~sttrongly contrasted black and
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R}EEIRIlN WfEEHN4EAND j
BLASTS tbx,r &c ) c,Aek

HE greater battalion of the army
Of the birds is in the southland for
the winter. The warblers were the
pioneers in the march to escape the
cold. The n%aturalists of the world
would give much to know what 1t was
in the torrid time which told these
daintiest Of the feathered creatures
that they must be moving IN
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-05

a puzzle for the scientists even more COM
that offered " the spectacle Of migration.
Il the solution OF the problem OF why some
b the recurring autumns invariably seek
while oilers apparently much more
ted by nature to withstand cold weather
j, stay aboutsthe familiar nesting scenes
snow lies dec and the cold is like that of
$ Eve
mouse, the CdTcord ~chickadee of Emerson,
%feathered gen which looks as though a
cold would SET 1t all a-shiver, Yet this
low sticks byi his Northern friends all
he winter, when bigger, more heavily feath-
apparently morY hardy species have sought
and the Magnolia groves of the gulf.
scores OF oth3t birds which remain with
,e a cheerful tie over the snow wastes
ir southern-iyi / friends are silent amid
genial ~surroundfk rs.
the most inter- ting bird studies Is that
Ids to a personV knowledge of how the
species care for themselves during a time
osed man, even Tough heavily clothed, at
szes to oath. 1t a question IL many peo-
how the despised English sparrow, whom
have with us, m pages to pull through a
winter without oEering himself up as a
o Jack Frost. 1t iAEa matter OF current but
belief among thos who have noticed the
nests which th{ISparrows have built in
cry tree that these punches of straw, dried
feathers form TIL abiding places Of the
during the coldwi fer nights. As a mat
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~ - f
b goes near a tree nest
winter. II he has found
for his summer
me In a cornice Of a
Hiding he may go there
sleep away the long.
h nights, but the tree
h Is deserted from the
1nent the last brood is
tched.
4 one wishes to know
ERE thousands of the
sleep in winter
him on some cold night
ke a stout club and rap
th all his might upon an
light pole that is
Jed with an overhanging
M Thera ID a iitfla
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mare go, and a
makes the auto