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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03
SAILOR BREECHES EXPLAINED.
Why They Flare at the Bottoms ard
Are Never Pressed.

Two sailors from the hattleship New
Hampshire were walking up Pennsyi-
vania avenue, Washington. The wealth
err was cold and the rugged. young fell
lows were dressed in the navy blue
cloth uniform.
The attention of retired naval Off
Ger was called TO the broad ii are at the
bottom of the trouser legs of the uni
forms.
"Why is it, - was asked, THAT sailors
trousers are still made with the iiare at
the bottom? OF course, that was quite
proper in the days when sailors sailed
The sea. but why flare the trousers
nowadays, when our battieships are
mere floating machine shops, and why
not be up 10 date and have Uncle Sans
young men in the navy press their
trousers2'
81 don't suppose you are any less en-
lightened than the average citizen,
laughed the retired officer, "but the
fact is the navy could hardly get along
if il didn't have its trousers made with
the ancient flare. It's true ii is a sur
vival of the old days of sailing ships,
but il is just as essential now as then,
aud even more so, because cleanliness
is more of a requisite nowadays than
ever before.
THE fare is there so that a seaman
can roll up his trousers quickly and
conveniently when he washes down
the decks every morning. The men go
barefoot and barelegged during this
work. Try to roll up your tailor made
trousers with the narrow bottoms
some time. You'll find it impossible to
get them above the knee. With the
hare, trousers can be easily rolled up
above the knee. and what's more. they
will stay rolled up until the sailor is
ready to roll them down again. For
the same reason the sailor boys don't
eTess their trousers. How long would
the crease last in this rolling up pro-
cess, which is necessary at least once a
day, and sometimes oftener?
Don't make any mistake about it
ships may come and ships may go, but
the Hare in the sailors trousers will be
there always.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03
Russian Food Takers.

BY no mear are all the food takers
in the United States. A story comes
from Russia of the discovery of q
method made use of by fruit dealers
to transform ordinary oranges into
blood oranges. A st. Petersburg
mother had bought dozen blood
oranges of a fruit dealer. One OF
these she gave to her daughter. AS
the child was eating it she screamed
out in pain and began to split blood
A physician found that the pain and
bleeding were caused by a fragment
OF a needle that had caught in the
child's throat. Further investigation
brought out the fact that this piece OF
a needle was the point of hypoder.
mic syringe used by the fruit vender
to inject aniline red and saccharine
into the fruit to make his common
orange the higher priced red orange.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03
HIS A STEADY GRAFT
SMALL coy TOOK PICTURE OF
SISTER IN WORK RIG.
Now Sire Has to Pay Him 25 Cents
for Print Each Time Her Best
Beau Is to Call, and
Youth ReJoices.

Perhaps the orneriest, meanest
small boy extant lives IN New York.
This boys sister, who is Of marriage
able age, gave him a cheap camera for
his birthday recently. The boy used
his camera for legitimate purposes for
a few days. but that way of using the
machine finally palled upon him and
he thought up a scheme.
He waited until his sister got her
self rugged out for her share OF the
work IN the weekly houseclsaning.
Then, unbeknownst TO her, he took
full-length snapshot OF her just as
she was. The young woman is pretty
and decidedly winsome looking. but
this negative, taken OF her by her
small brother, shows her standing
with broom in her hand, clad in a
loose, voluminous, ornate calico wrap
per. with a towel tied around her
mead and with her curl-papered hair,
giving her the appearance of beetle.
The boy developed the negative and
made a print OF it. When he showed
1t to his sister she thought it was
rather funny, not suspecting the
edge" which the negative gave the
small boy over her.
Hes a-comin' tonight, ain't hep
said the small boy after showing his
sister the print.
HE? Who? Mind your own bust
ness. kid" said the sister after the
manner OF sisters thus addressed by
younger brothers in such connections.
He's a-comin' tonight" repeated
the small boy. How much do you
give me for the picture OF you?"
Then she saw the connection.
why, you little incorrigible!" she
said, what do you
Gimme a quarter and won't show
it to him." said the boy in a business
like tone.
And he stood pat. Expostulatlons
and pleadings didn't go. He held out
for his terms. which were % cents,
payable in advance, no more, no less.
She promptly tore it up and put 1t
Ia the fire. But the boy still had the
negative hidden away, and on the very
next occasion when his sisters young
man was due to call in the evening he
sprang another print from the mega
tive upon her. He got another quar-
ter for the surrender Of this print, too
He knows a good thing when he
has got 1t. does this extraordinarily
mean, small boy, and he has beer
flashing one OF the prints from the
negative upon his sister every night
upon whcih her maybe youth is due
for a visit. She has offered him 81
for the negative, but the boy prefers
to draw interest instead of sacrificing
his principal, and he retains posses
sion of the negative up to the hour
Of going to press.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03
Snuo Bed for a Queen,

Instances tf something strangely
like humor sometimes creep into the
British periodicals, in spite Of every
thing. Among the stories told by the
London papers Of the late DR.. Robin
son Duckworth, canon OF Westmin-
ster, is one Of somewhat uncourtier-
ly remark which he made once when
showing Queen Victoria over West
minister abbey. When they came to
the spot where kings and queens lie,
Queen Victoria shivered a little and
said: II should not care to be buried
here-it seems so cold and damp"
Madam" replied Duckworth, Il as
sure you it is perfectly dry. You
would be quite nice and snug"
1t strikes a mere American that the
queens part OF this interview shows
more humor than the reverend can
on's. But Victoria's sense of humor
was Teutonic.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03
His Portrait.

A laughable incident happened at
the Sheffield (Western Australia). AL
bert hall on a recent Saturday night.
While Miss Gertrude Bingham was
singing a man in the gallery was talk
ing loud enough to be heard, and did
not heed the remonstrances of those
near him. The next turn was Prof.
Fenton Cross, a clever sketch artist
and shadowgraphist. The man in the
gallery continued his talk. Il don't
now your name" said Fenton Cross,
"but will draw your portrait" and in
ten seconds he sketched an unmistak.
able profile of a donkey. The audi
ence cheered the joke heartily. and
the noisy member of the audience was
silent for the rest of the evening"
Tit-Bits.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03
Cure That Failed.

The story recently published in a
southern newspaper. to the effect that
an ignorant negress had given her
little girl a mixture OF dogs blood
and powdered bone to cure her OF a
fever, recalls an Indian prescription
contained IN an old volume entitled
Primitive Superstitions."
An Indian had been desperately
hurt in a fight with a grizzly bear,
and the medicine man prescribed a
mixture Of rattlesnakes' heads, worn
out moccasins and chewing tobacco,
seasoned with pepper and bears
grease, OF which the patient was TO
drink a pint every half hour. He
was a brave man." says the story,
'but he died with the utmost expedf'
ton" The members OF the tribe
agreed that the remedy was fauItless,
and that death was due to the fact
that the medicine man had failed to
order that 1t should be administered
to the accompaniment of a dance and
a yell.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03
A Strike on Babel.

The confusion OF tongues had done
its destined part. work on the tower
OF Babel being pretty much suspend
ed, when all at once Welsh emerged
from the racket.
The sound OF consonants being pro
nounced without the help OF vowels
was at once seen to cause no small
uneasiness in high quarters.
mo use OVERRIDING the business"
these hastily exclaimed, and forthwith
called halt
As for Welsh, what was done could
not, of course, be undone; but the en-
suing distribution OF languages hap.
PLY RELOCATED 1t to the remote corner
of remote island OF the sea, so that
the embarrassment was by no means
what it might have been.-Puck.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03
Champion typographical Break.

Henry Watterson, editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, was one of
a group of newspaper men who, dur.
ing a convention of that fraternity,
were one afternoon talking of typo
graphical errors. Said he: While I've
heard of great many funny typo.
graphical breaks in my time. about
the oldest and most humorous trans.
position of types that ever came to
my observation was that in a New
York paper some years ago. The pa
per used to print its shipping news
on the same page with the obituaries.
Imagine the glee with which its read.
ers found the captions changed one
morning, a long list of respectable
names being set forth under the ma
rine head, Passed Through He'll Gate
Yesterday"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03
THEY'LL Get IL, ANYHOW.

Within a few days Louis Dodge OF
the st. Louis Times will arrive in
New York on a little visit. While Mr..
Dodge has often been in Kansas City,
st. Joseph, Dubuque and other widely
known middle western cities, he has
never been turned loose in a city
that counts its population up in the
millions. Therefore he is worried a
little about the way he should act in
New York. Recently a New York
friend received a letter from the st.
Louis man, asking for a little informa.
ton. Among other things he wrote:
"Shall / carry my money in belt OF
in my shoe?" 1T doesn't make any
difference" replied his friend. You
can't hide money in New York. New
York Telegraph.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03
School Flag Upside Down.

Did the boy who raises the flag at
the public school have too much
Christmas and New Years, or what
was the matter? Today the flag on
the schoolhouse fiagpole on Green
street was raised upside down. Sew
eral inquiries were made at The Cap.
ital office to know If the school was
in distress because of the Union be.
ing upside down.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03

There more Catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was suppose 20 be incurable.
For q great many years doctors pro-
nounced II q local disease and presCib.
ed local remedies, and by constantly
failing TO cure with local treatment,
pronounced it iucurable. Science has
proved catarrh to he q constitutions
disease and Therefore requires consitu-
tIOual treatment Halls ORtaTrb
Cure, manufactured by r J. Cheney
4 Co, Toledo Ohio, Is the only con.
stitutiOual cure on the market 1t is
taken internally in doses from Is drops
to q tesspOonful. 1t acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case 1t fails to cure.
send for circulars and testimonials.
Address: +. J. CHEN EY q CO.,
Toledo, Ohio Sold by Druggists Use.
Take Hall Family Pill for constipa-
tiOn
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03

Trespass notice printed on muslin
or on paper for sale at this Office.
Now is the time to post trespass
notices when gunners with dog and
gun are wont to trespass son private
property. Buy . trespass notice at
The Capital Office.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03
No Meeting.

Owing to the absence of q quorum
there was no meeting held last night
at the Chamber Of Commerce. 1t is
probable that a special meeting will
be called later.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03
SNAPSHOTS


Prostitution ears.
Rather ugly weather for fires
Resolutions oh, what's the use.
Did you forget the little newsies
last Monday. -
Any fellow is apt to feel blue if he
hasn't a red.
Life is full of trials. with more
convictions than. acquittals.
If the aspiring author can believe
the bookbinder, every book is bound to
sell.
"A man may completely demolish a
Swiss cheese, and yet not eat the hole
of it.
"A matchIess beauty is nearly as
unsatisfactory as a cigar without a
match.
No, Maudie dear; few women have
to take a post graduate course in the
school for scandal.
Just because you are laying up
treasures in heaven, don't allow your
fire insurance policy to lapse.
Some men can appreciate single
blessedness, while others are not salts
fed unless they are doubly blessed.
This is a swell bargain" remark
ed the female shopper as she bought a
sponge that had been reduced in price.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03

~ Banking hours daily 9 a. m. to 4
D. m; Saturdays, 8 q. N. to 6p. H.
Annapolis Banking. and Trust Co.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03

He Played the Ticker.
Il offered TO let him have a hun
dred" THAT would only be a drop
in the bucketshop. Life.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03
Suow or Rain.

WAsHTS5rov, Jan. 5, II.30 a. NJ.
For MaFylar. Unsettled weather
probably snow OF rain tonight and
Thursday not much change in tempera-
tuTe.
" T. MOORE
chief OF Weather Bureau.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03

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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03

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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03

JANUARY 3. 1912
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-03

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-09-25
DANCING SCHOOL

Prof G b. Rucker will open a
dancing school Friday night, Sept y
at 7.30 O'Clock al the city hall All
interested in learning to dance VIII
please phone Millikan FLATS and
make arrangements
Prof. RuoEer Will give private les
sons at anytime by appomtnFnrs
After the school. Friday night, a So
cial dance will be given. Admission.
geL-emen, 50 cents; ladies free
Good music guaranteed.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-09-25

Miss Mabel Gllas9s, Of Oklahoma
city who has been here for The past
several weeks taking the water
treatment has recovered She viii
make this city her home in
ne uwre. After The first ten DAYS
treatment she returned TO oklahoma
city and Immediately became i'll and
had TO return to Guthrie She says
he water In Oklahoma CITY is not
Iit 10 drink
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-09-25
Flnetal Of Joe poYe Today.

The funeral Of Joe Doye. son Of
VII. ana Nis. tlM. Doye who died
Monday. following brief illness,
took place today from the family
ersidence. lntormcnt was made in
summit View Cemetery. A large
concourse Of souowing friends ac-
companied the remains to the Gem
otry
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-09-25
Bttl= Comment.

1ht Dull Moose throwdown re
maIr the subject OF bitter comment
in Gethrie 1T is generally 'conced-
ed lhat the local Bull Moose com
mitlae acted in good faith IN ad.
yens ng Rooseyclts date mere but
We're double-crossed by the Ol7laho-
ma itv committee
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-09-25
.SF0RE "SlowMr. Rush

ST. Isr Winston. Of For. Worth.
arrived n this city Monday morning
aad enrolled al O. l .le mas
man. friends aere rs d.. dl-eIceb
school .rthre iasr year. and
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-09-25
PIANO TUNING

Done promptly by Daniel Pehd ot
Wichita Boumue M 20l IL West
Harrison Phone 80.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-09-25

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-09-25
OF LOCAL MOMENT.

M Il e.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-21

Pearline see a man churn with his
toes; lemme git chair an see If |
can't churn with my toes"
Indeed you shall not" responded
his annoyed relative positively.
"Sanctified Sophy knowed a colored
oman what had a little dog went
roun' an roun' an churn fer her" re-
marked Billy after short pause. IF
you had billy boat or little nanny
| could hitch him to the churn fer you
ev'ry day."
William" commanded his aunt,
don't say another word until you
have finished your work"
Can sing?" he asked.
She nodded permission as she went
through the open door into the dining
room.
Returning few minutes later she
found him sitting astride the churn,
using the dasher so vigorously that
buttermilk was splashing in every d.
rection. and singing in clear. sweet
voice:
He'll feed you when you's naked.
The orphans tear he'll dry.
He'll clothe you when you's hongry
An take you when you die"
Miss Minerva jerked him of with
no gentle hand.
What done now?" asked the boy
innocently. "'Tain't no harm as l
can see jes to straddle churn."
60 out In the front yard" COM
manded his aunt. land sit in the swing
till call you. I'll finish the work
without your assistance. And. vii.
liam," she called after him. there is
a very bad little boy who lives next
door; | want you to have as little TO
do with him as possible"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-21

De Wolfe Hopper tells sooC .-Iory
about the domestic unhappiness of an
other actor. The hero Of the joke was
a man who had married because the
woman had much money. although no
beauty. Naturally, after the wedding
ceremony and the acquisition of the
brides financial resources, the hus-
band was never very attentive to her.
Another member of the company in
which the couple were appearing was,
however, far more appreciative Of the
lady's charms, and proceeded to make
love to her in an ardent but stealthy
manner. The grand finale came one
evening when the actor discovered
the other man kissing his wife. The
fond lover stood petrified with fear,
and expected to be shot down the
next moment.
No such thing happened. The out
ragged husband only lifted his hands
toward the ceiling with a gesture of
Intense surprise, and exclaimed:
"Merciful heavens And he didn't
even have to-"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-03-21

What is that you have tied around
your neck. William?" she asked. as
the little boy rose to his feet
That's my rabbit foot; you won't
never have no 'sease t all an nobody
can't never conjure you II you wears
rabbit foot. This here one is the
lef' him foot; 1t was ketched by a red
headed niger with cross-eyes in a
graveyard at twelve O'Clock on a Fri
day night, when they's a full moon.
He give it to Aunt Cindy to tie 'roun'
my make when rs a baby. Amt you
got no rabbit foot?" he anxiously in
quired.
NO" she answered. 81 have never
had one and ! have never been con-
jured either. Give 1t to me, William;
/ can't allow you to be superstitious,"
and she held out her hand.
please, Aunt Minerva, Jest lemme
wear 1t tonight" he pleaded. me an
Wilkes Booth Lincoln's been wearin'
us rabbit foots ever sence we's born"
NO" she said firmly; "I'll put a
stop to such nonsense at once. Give
1t to me, William"
Billy looked up at his aunt's aus
tere countenance and lovingly fin
gered his charm; he opened his
mouth to say something, but hesi-
tated; slowly he united the string
around his neck and laid his treasure
on her lap; then without looking up,
he ran into his own little room, clos.
ing the door behind him.
Soon afterward Miss Minerva. hear
ing sound like a stif1ed sob coming
from the adjoining room, opened the
door softly and looked into a sad, lit.
tie face with big, wide, open eyes
shining with tears.
What is the matter, William?" she
coldly asked.
II amt never slep' by myself" he
sobbed. wilkes Booth Lincoln al
ways slept on a pallet by my bed ever
sence we's born an'-an' wants
Aunt Cindy to tell me bout Uncle Pill
jerk Peter"
AAlo aunt SdL OOWA Ou IuO DSu Ny
his side. She was not versed in the
ways of childhood, and could not know
that the little boy wanted to pillow
his head on Aunt Cindy's soft and am.
pie bosom, that he was homesick for
his black friends, the only companions
he had ever known.
"Tll tell you a Bible story" she
temporized. You must not be a baby
You are not afraid, are you. William?
God is always with you"
Il don't want no God" he sullenIy
made reply; Il wants somebody with
sho' 'nough skin an bones, an'-an'
wants to hear bout Uncle Piljerk Pc
ter"
II will tell you a Bible story"
again suggested his aunt II will tell
you about"
Il don want to hear no Bible story,
neither" he objected. II wants to hear