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Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-20
NATIONAL BANK
OF ANNAPOLIS MD.
Total Resources, $1.557,125
INTEREST COMPOUNDED in its Savin
artment every FOUR MONTHS.
OF ANNAPOLIS. MD.

INTEREST COMPOUNDED in its Savings De-
partment every FOUR MONTHS.
The most certain and sound method Of accu-
mulating money is by COMPOUND INTEREST
ACCOUNT. The large profits accruing therefrom
with additions made thereto every FOUR MONTHS.
make the way easy and satisfactory. In order to
secure the best results is necessary to set aside
weekly or monthly definite from your income
and deposit it TO your account TO continue this
from year to year will require firm resolution and
little selfdenial, but the results viii than
justify the sacrifice made
This Bank is under the rigid examination and
scrutiny Of the United States Government.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-20
Government Employers.

There will be an important meeting
tonight of the National League of Gov
ernment Employees at their Hall.
Business Of Importance demands a full
attendance of the membership.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-20
The Governor, Son Home for Holidays

Phillips Lee Goldsborough, Jr., a
student at the Tome School for Boys,
Port Deposit. Maryland, is spending
The Christmas holidays with his par
snts Governor and Mrs Phillips Lee
Goldsborough. at the Executive Man
sion.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-20

4 young lady one Of Annapolis
school teachers. left one dollar yester-
day for the Guild OF Mercy Christmas
cheer.
A gentleman sent s.. for the County
Home.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-20
RED CROSS SEALS.

Committees Must Make Returns Daily.
All committees in charge Of sales Of
the Red Cross Seals are earnestly re.
quested to make returns daily 10 Mrs
X. c. Bulmer, 80 Upshur Row, Naval
Academy.
Ia Monogram Wbiskey, we'll known
brand, 65c quart. EDWARD WEISS
West and Calvert SITS. d177t
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-20
NO TIC E.
Government Employees!

The members Of the National
League of Government Employees
are requested to meet at Arundel
Hall, West Street, TONIGHT,
FRIDAY, December Z0th, at 8
o clock. Business of importance.
JOSEPH r. NAUGHTON,
n2o 1T Secretary
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-20

I@~ ~CrystaIized Rock and Rye, used
for medical purposes, 75c per bottle.
EDWARD WEISS. West and Calvert
SITS. dl7, 1t
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-20
Special Prices For Saturday,
December 2lst, 1912,
AT THE
MODERN MARKET co
I7s Conduit Street

400 Chesapeake Avenue, Eastport.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-20

r,s Annapolis and vicinity
v.ir tonight and Saturday; not
a,ncs change in temperature.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-06

Richard Lightnut. an American with an
Affected English accent, receives a pres
int from a friend in China. The present
hints of surprise to the wearer. Lightnut
Ions the pajamas and late at night gets
up for a smoke. His servant, Jenkins.
nut. attempts to put him out. Thinking
ne servant crazy. Lightnut changes MS
plothes intending to summon help. When
3 reappears Jenkins falls on his neck
that he Is crazy. Jenkins tells Lightnut of
the encounter he had with a hideous
s Sss.,aTs f,o dressed n;s tr in pa 1aeS nu In a
Lightnut is asked to put up the kid
for the night on his way home from col:
lege., Later Lightnut. finds a beautiful
smoking and slangy talk. She tells him
her name is Francis and puzzles him
roommate. named Frances. Next morn
Ing the girl, is missing and Lightnut hur-
rie. to the boat to see her of. He is &C
S SIm ib Sy a husky Ky college Sa &C. boy Not ws .ee oa ihs
GIRL Jack Billings calls to spend the
hight with Lightnut. They. discover
priceless rubies hidden in the buttons of
and %retires. Lightnut later discovers
In his apartment a beefy person in NUT
ton-chop whiskers and wearing pajamas.
Jenkins calls the police. who declare the
Grandpa" The intruder declares he is
Nghtnut's guest and appeals to the lat
ter in vain. He Is hustled OFF to jail.
IN the morning Lightnut is astonished to
ind Billings gone, and more astonished
when ne gets a message from the latter,
demanding his clothes. Lightnut. bound
Frances" the girl Of the pajamas. on
the train. Lightnut speaks to her and al
ludes to the night before. She declares
Indignantly that Lightnut never saw her
IN black pajamas. AT TarrytOWn Frances
Is met by a husky college youth, who
halls Lightnut as "Dicky." The latter ig-
nores the boy. who then threatens to
thrash him for offending Frances. Light
nut takes the next train home. Billings
storms over the outrage of his arrest. He
and Lightnut discover mysterious Chi
nese characters on the patamas. Profess
eor Doozenberry Is called in to interpret
he hieroglyphics.
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chusetts was devoted to n
vocacy of the general notion
trial amelioration and gene1
citation OF the courts for preJ
ne mas no monopoly Of Thu
His criticism of the courts
on Misrepresentation, on exa,
and Is singularly sophisticaj
sonable analysis Of his n,
and his ideas, SO far as he
scented to define them, snv
pale and Intellectual concepti
great subject with which he
taking to deal. That analys
made in the course Of the
months. The American Dc
not take high sounding AMI
moment, telling p~rotestatIon
rior humanity as proof Of \
velt's peculiar fitness for
dency.-N. Y. Times.
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Moreover. I am forced to confess.
gentlemen, that l fail to ind a sys-
tem-any rule governing these ridic-
ulous transformations. The hypoth-
esis is, therefore. that the alleged
materializations merely follow the ar
bitrary caprice of the magic" He
shook his head. We'll, gentlemen, L.
really. l must taught"
And he did! l hadn't caught the
drift of what 1t was he thought he
was laughing at got the words. but
l was too dashed sleepy to get the
sense. But l was awfully glad ! un-
derstood this much-that what he was
attempting now was a laugh. l never
would have known 1t. 1t was more
like a shrieking squeak-rusty hinge,
you know, that sort of thing.
The professor looked up from the
pajamas. and folding his arms. eyed
Billings with a cunning leer.
Il think l see," he said. levelins
his finger. you have both demon
strated how ~nonsensical Is the asser'
ton in this inscription. Doubtless you
desire an experiment upon my part
to confirm your proof Of its a%bsurdity.
Reductio ad absurdum-eh. gentle
menu"
a devilish queer look had come intd
Billings face. He nodded. gathered
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CLONES
0%MeR UBIES
bu FRANCIS PERRY ELLIOTT
ri 7 ITcNnATLONC ~ RIKII//-@e
HW % NQ6RJ -NC60Xx C1X0NT

Is not sitting down "reminiscences
back to the primordial?"
So saying. he took q pinch at my
shirt front and stepped back again
impressively.
Then his great head shot forward In
front OF his rigid neck-so suddenly,
by Jove, that l reached out to try to
catch 1t, don't you know. He made
just two strides to the table. ten feet
away, and pounced upon the pajamas
with obviously trembling hands.
And behind his back Billings re-
lapsed into an armchair and famed
himself with a magazine.
The professor funblingly sought
through his pockets, and producing a
pair of spectacles with phenomenally
large lenses, adjusted them shakily.
He bent owe the pajamas eagerly.
Impossible! And yet. it is, it isl"
he muttered. Il would know the
weave among a thousand. 1t is hers
undoubtedly, undoubtedly-the lost
silk of Si-Ling-Chi! How comes it
here?"
He glared around rather wildly at
each of us in turn. Without waiting
for a reply, he whisked back to the
pajamas, and fishing out a thick mag
nifying lens. scrutinized the garments
closely. 1t seemed that he would GER
tainly nod his big head of its jolly
hinge; and his quick side glances at
Billings and myself, together with his
growing and muttering. just remind
ed me of a dog with a bone, by Jove!
l stared at Billings and Billings
stared at me, and then he slipped over
to the divan upon which l dropped,
completely exhausted. dash 1t, from
standing so long.
Whose did he say?" he whispered.
Celia something" l answered.
Dash it, l didn't catch her surname.
Oh. I say, you know, this is awful"
Out OF the professors mutterings
we caught a random sentence.
Found, found again." we heard him
say. Hers beyond peradventure OF a
doubt. | am not mistaken"
"Ah, gentlemen" exclaimed the
professor, coming back again, Wnat
a thing this little Chinese woman did
for civilization when she gave the
world silk culture and invented the
loom! No wonder the Chinese deitied
her as a goddess"
"Goddess!" Billings swallowed hard
And did these-h'm-garments be
long to the lady?"
The professor frowned at him in sur
prise. "Garments?"
Them" said Billings in devilisl
questionable grammar. pointing to thu
table. They are pajamas, you know.
Hal" calculated the professor
holding them up. $50 they are. Yo'
are very observing. SIR, very. Now,
had not noticed that at all; l was 81
interested in the material itself-th'
wonderful silk Of Si-Lin4Chi, gentle
men. Ha! Indeed a rare privileged!
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-06
XIX.
Tho Collapse Of Billings.

Tho Collapse Of Billings.
Are you sure, Mr.. Lightnut?"
l stood, cap in hand, one foot d
the sidewalk before the Kahoka, the
other on the running-board of the car
"a big double-tonneau red whale sort
of affair. This was as far as l had
been admitted to the vehicle.
For the trump was sitting there DO
hind the steering wheel, looking down
at me in a nasty, sidewise fashion
Ever have them do you that way7
Besides, l somehow felt that she had
a feeling toward me as a man, an I'M
at all. 1t found expression in her
suspicious, sniffy manner. Dash it, !
Just hated that from the start!
l felt 1t was bad enough, her English
clumsiness in getting the introductions
twisted as l advanced to meet the
car, but now l was Of half a mind that
she had done 1t %purposely. Could see
with half an y that she was de-
termined to make trouble about yes.
terday.
Haven't we met before, MI. Light.
nut?" she had asked.
But 1t struck me that Frances
glanced at me with a kind OF wistful
light in her lovely eyes, and l saw
that the game was to lie like a gentle
man-that sort Of thing, you know.
And. by Jove. I was getting kind Of
used to it now, anyhow mean>since
l had broken the ice last night. Not
hard at all, though. after a few goes
really!
So l stood out that l had never had
the pleasure. you know--all that sort
of polite rot. And all the time fell
like a jolly cad. too, meeting a CIR
with that, when she remembered! But
by Jove, 1t was worth sacrificing the
trump fifty times over Just to sec
Frances face brighten and note hel
faint flush and smile as she looked a.
me. For, dash it, l knew then I hat
done the right thing!
uni" grunted the trump, com
pressing her lips and looking at MI
darling. There's one good thing
the experience with Mr.. Smith viii
teach Francis a lesson!"
The cat! Nice sort Of host!
But the dear girl just laughed -ho.
/ remembered that taught
Cro BE CoNTINUEDl
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WAS TIME TO CALL
Democratic Modification Of d
Ice Law Justified BY Ad
Public Servants.

The Democratic memberd
gress have committed them
a modification Of the civil SO
which limits tenure Of ofic
eminent employees to sew
This msdia cation appears
been suggested by the resu
vestigations Of the executiy
ments which, in round mum
ploy $4,000 people resident
ington alone. Through or
these employees have establish
tons and exerted influence
the Democrats do not believ
the government the highest
efficiency. The Democrats
right.
There is no doubt whateve,
Democrats have pretty good
for assuming the position Y
Even though their claims q
the efficiency of civil service
ed employees should not be vi
tanned by critical examinatloI
ice rendered, the fact REM
there are approximately 10y
and women scattered over
try who yield political serv1
administration to which theI
pointment, and to the party
cured such appointment y
rious that during the ante-c'
campaign just concluded u.
no more active partisans y
holding federal office. Inc
of civil service ITotectioh
license, which, carried 10
would prove mischievous III
try. Even Grover oieve
nounced "pernicious ACTIVITY
part of such employees
Tho underlying principle
service is reward for emc .l
, faithfulness in official au'i'
protection of office hoiael J,
only SO far, it would give ~ ~
thoroughly trained, hlgn ' ~
servants. If its prohiOi y.
more vigorously enforced ~
be less "pernicious acllv'. y,
cal affairs. But they are =,
er it be the fault OF the aaii
or the party in power p ",,t,
have been becoming pun .sO
to such an extent tha' W. ~ =
have had the courage '
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-06
CHAPTER XVII.
The Professor,

The Professor.
Billings ushered in the professor
with a fourishing introduction.
The great man never spoke, but
gave me the end of n finger, and
devilish grudgingly at that. He Just
came to anchor and stood there very
straight and stin, ignoring the chairs
thrust toward him from every point.
One hand vas stuck in his stiff broad
cloth bosom, with elbow pointing out
ward, and his great topheavy head
reared above US impressively.
l addressed the professor hospita.
bly,: "Ah! won't you sit down, pro-
fessorr"
He drew back, frowning. sit down
SIR" he questioned. And. by Jove
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by this time he showed his teeth. And
devilish white. even teeth they were,
too, only they didn't fit.
ny; tNever!"
by Jove!" l explained.
"To be sure." calculated Billings,
looking extremely silly.
The professor appeared not ungrat-
flied with the sensation he had pro-
duced and condescended to smile; that
Is, II you can call a ,creasing and
wrinkling like the cracked end of a
hard-boiled egg a smile.
You say, sit down. SIR he said,
addressing ma Il ask you, IN turn:
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-06
roo Radical for pernoS]|

Mr.. Hilles is propaoly
belief lief that Mr.. Roosevelt welt.
from both of the old pa ,rom
tainly not in numbers llU,I }
cratic party. For he must j
in his radicalism inde e. ,S NJ
the Democratic party a. roh
20 experimenting with .. su'n |
Theodore Roosevelt, WIN !
traps and tricks
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-06
NOT RIGHT LEADER
COLONEL ROoSEvELT'S RECORD
Is NOT CONVINCING OF HIS
FULL SINCERITY.
TOO FRIENDLY TO PRIVILEGE
People viii Judge Him BY He Inao-
tlon Concerning Tariff While Presl-
dent and viii Not Accept Lofty
Phrases Of AltruIsm.

Mr.. Roosevelt opened his campaign
b Massachusetts, with a telling
,peech. 1t was expressed with a good
deal more than his usual skill of
rhetoric. 1t was more than ordinarily
free from bitter and abusive PERSONAL
tiles. 1t was pretty much confined to
general appeal. and 1t was couched in
the spirit Of lofty morality and altru-
ism which he has deliberately chosen
to adopt in the presentation u his
claims to q third term. We say this
In no mood Of hypercriticism. We SIM
ply note as a matter of Significance
and importance that Mr.. Roosevelt has
assumed the role Of ethical and even
religious prophet and reformer, and
that he hopes thereby to attain his
personal aims.
The sentiment to which he appeals
u Of immense strength and virtue.
It Is the saving salt of humanity. It
10 the force that has advanced the
race from its low beginnings more
than any other. SO far az Mr.. Roose-
welt a persuade the public that he
Az tARt AI6 uA0A6 ox0 nOuS6Jky
pursued, that his methods are intel
ligent and practical, he win unques-
tionably win support. Nor that alone,
he will deserve 1t. For it is not to
be forgotten that In the actual situa-
ton of public affairs In this country
the sentiment Of morality and altru-
ism Is extraordinarily excited. 1t
takes the general form Of resentment
Of the reign Of privilege. Mr.. Roosevelt
Is seeking to convince the people that
he is the embodiment of that resent
ment, and If he can convince them OF
that he will have a great following;
there has been and still4ls a reign
Of privilege excessively oppressive.
and It should be, must be, and will be
ended.
Is Mr.. Roosevelt the man to &C.
complish this, to lead in 1t, even fairly
to begin 1t? We are persuaded that
he is not. The worst type of privilege
resting on Legislation in this country
is the so-ca,led protective tariff. 1t is
also the most corrupt and corrupting
force in our affairs. Mr.. Roosevelt
was at the head Of the government
for nearly eight years, and he did
nothing to lessen this privilege or to
abate its evil consequences. He re
Trained from doing anything in his
first term when 1t was plain that re
s%istance' to the tariff etrtortions would
absolutely prevent bis nomination
That is a fair and PRACTICAL test OF his
sincerity. We think that It will be
applied to his present proposals tt
the people, and that it will be fatal
His professed purpose as to the fu
ture will hardly help him. He nov
says that he is in favor of a revision
Of the tariff by a non-partisan com
mission. So ia Mr.. Taft. Each o
them contemplates q revision tina
will leave the protective principle. ant
the favoritism inherent in it, in full
force. Mr.. Roosevelt In this thing
and 1t is the most important thing II
sight-plainly has M intention of end
ing the reign Of privilege.
Most Of his first address in Massa
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-06

the pajamas into the professors arm
and patted him on the shoulder In .
way I thought extensively familiar.
You've got 1t, p~rofessor!" he said,
grinning.
Then ne whispered to me aside:
mot a word, Dicky-great Scotti"
But he needn't have said that, even u
l had been mind-reader enough To
about all l could do to get out a last
word to the professor as he went out
the door:
might"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-06

should have only the m 0ri
vessels to discard II We or ua]
at a time. We cant ,o. o,o1
dreadnoughts in halr-oIAsn
out bankruptsng ourselves na tna
production of warshlpS 80 III n
out of fashion as soon
women. -
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-06

BY Jove! He stroked the stun light
ly, tenderly-as n likes to do a lit
tie child's hair, don't you know.
Beautiful, beautiful fabric" he
sighed half to himself. Only once
before have l seen a piece of it-but
it was enough; l could never, never
forget" Something like a groan es-
capped him.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-06
JIneoes Must Be Satisfied.

After all the pother over b~attleships.
n new n is authorized, and we
hope that the jingoes will not lose
sleep that there are not two. The
most alarming thing that has come
from the naval experts is that battle
ships are no good unless they come in
sets. An odd one Is a great nuisance.
The most powerful ship In the world
would be a detriment unless there
were enough Of her to make a squad
ron But as the styles change radi'
cally every four Of I'VE years. We
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-06

Bourke Cochran has . com
Roosevelt. but oul opl.'v no
colonel's word mill neeo, :. :,
ment. what he needs .i IS :,
pourke il . political s'A
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-06
CHAPTER XVIII.

The Spell of the Pajamas.
The professor suddenly faced us,
holding up the pajamas with a ges-
ture OF inquiry.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-02

n1ngly. Her skirt was not elab-
crate, but stylish, as the rnodistes
say. The rest of her apparel was
overlooked by the policeman,
who was spellbound by the skirt.
incidentally, the woman was
pretty well bound by it also. 1t
was tight. 1t fit her like band,
age. The policeman really
shouldn't have looked so long, be-
cause it didn't require much time
to take in the whole affair.
Drivers yelled. Chauffeurs
swore. Traffic was tied up, and
the only pleased people were
pedestrians, who walked leisure
ly across ire street, making de-
risive gestures at the transfers
And the policeman's eyes were.
rooted to that skirt, meaning the
dress, and not the Wearer.
A slight bulge disturbed its
clinging symmetry about halfway
between the ankle and the knee.
This was one of the first things
the policeman noticed. He inn.
mediately thought of the Elsie
bank" but discarded that theory
when he noticed the shape of the
hump.
He called another policeman
who was not on a fixed post, and
they discovered that the lady
was packing gun. - The sec;
ond policeman took her to the
station. :
The first patrolman turned
back to his work. His whistle,
footed, and traffic renewed its
.,.o-.L =, The c;ta,11 ar1f diad ont =
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-02

Weather-Whlch 1t lSn't-and
aren't the dandelions coming on
fine.
AN OFFICER WHO REALLY
HAD HIS EYES OPEN
Los Angeles, March Mot
withstanding the fact that he is
being congratulated on his as
tuteness and perception, a local
policeman is in danger of the trial
board today. He made an arrest,
was congratulated for his clever
work, and then his commanding
officers began to wonder if the
arrest hadn't been due to his
neglect of duty.
Mrs. N. E. Walton was arrest
ed for carrying a revolver in her
stocking. First, she was booked
on a charge of carrying concealed
weapons, but questioning dis
closed that the gun was not COLI
cealedt Not so you couldn't no
tice it, anyhow.
The woman was looking for
man who had wronged her. She
said that if she had found him
she would have shot him and
unused him all up, even if the re-
volver was only a tiny %. This
was told in police court, but the
Policeman's story begins earlier.
Mrs. Walton was walking
along Spring street, with Venge-
full look in her eyes and the gun
in her stocking. She passed
traffic policeman. He was sup
posed to be directing teams and
1900 49, n. o,,Eoo f~0,-, fr0t;nlzi,1or
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1912-04-11
Rio Notes.

Agnes Wood, Of FrankIinton.
spent the weekend with rela
tives.
w. J. Guidry is visiting IN St.
James Parish this week.
]. W. Williamson, of Varnado,
was a business visitor Thursday.
The children of the Primary
Grades enjoyed an Easter Hunt
at the home of Miss 1nez Pounds
on Sunday.
Mrs. G. NJ. Sewer was a Boga.
lusa visitor Saturday.
Mr.. J. Waller visited several
points in Miss. last week includ.
ing Jackson, Meridian and
Starksv lille.
]. Leon Pounds was a visitor
to New Orleans Saturday.
G. NJ. Sewer spent several
days at Bay Minette Ala. last
week.
An event of much interest Was
the marriage of Mr.. Herman
Byrd, son of T. N. Byrd, and
Miss Bernet Jenkins, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Jenkins,
which was celebrated at seven
O'Clock Sunday evening at the
home of the bride, in the pres.
ence of a number of friends.
Rev T. V. Peters performing the
ceremony. The bride, who was
attended bv Miss Leona Huckle.
berry, of WEIGH, La, was beauti-
fully gowned in white embroid.
cred marquisette and carried
bride roses. The bridegroom
was attended by Mr.. Barney
Frazier as best man. The Bridal
Chorus from LDhengain was
played by Mrs. J. l. Waller as
the bridal party entered. A
reception followed the ceremony.
The couple left on the night
train for Isabel where they. will
reside.