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Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
BEAT STREET CAR COMPANIES
Standard Of Height Set for Children
Does Not Always Work Out
With Exact Justice.

"In cities where the street car com
panies attempt to determine the age
of a child by it's height some pretty
complications ensue,' said the travel
ing salesman. "Forty-one inches has
been established as the average height
of child of FIVE years, but the injus-
tice of that rule is frequently dem
onstrated in cities with a large for
eign population.
Into the car OF a western city
whose street railway has adopted the
forty-one-inch gauge came a child
carrying three books His mother re-
fused to pay fare.
off that kids under FIVE what's he
doing with all those books? the con-
ductor demanded.
THE mother was serene in her
right. Measure him and see.' she
said.
HE marched the child UP to the
door jamb. The youngster fell q
quarter of an inch below the topmost
notch.
"'Seven, If he's a day. the conduc'
tor growled; but she evades payment
because of his nationality. He's Ital-
ian, and Italians run small. On the
measurement basis half the Italian
children could ride free till they are
twelve years old
"In that same town they have a
large Bulgarian and Greek population
They are mostly understood. A Sweder
on the other hand, would overtop the
mark so much that even a birth GER
tificate would not entitle him to
free ride"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
MOONS INFLUENCE ON TIDES
Which Has Seen Found Impossl-
slble 20 Eradicate.

The influence OF the moon upon the
weather was in ancient times assumed
In much the same way as the influence
OF the moon upon the tides OF the sea
was assumed. There was no proper
knowledge OF the facts in either case.
and II was accepted in both cases
merely because the regular changes
OF the earth's shadow on the moon
were used as the great primitive time
keeper, and any frequent changes in
other things must happen after some
one or other OF those regular changes.
The barbaric guess, Post hoe ergo
propter hoe" proved, when careful
study OF the matter was made and
Newton's law of gravitation was ap-
piled to 1t, to be right in regard to the
tides. but wrong in regard TO the
weather. The banking up" of the sea
in moving hood which passes. as it
we're, "over the face OF the waters"
twice approximately in the "a
hours is now known to be due to the
drag" or gravitational attraction ex-
erted on the heavy but mobile mass of
luG Dg NnN AlOOn as ~ NAAOACo
round the earth. with a returning
change in it's relative position to earth
and sun. the phases of which occupy
month.
But IL has no such action on the
fiimsy vapors of the air. An immense
number of exact numerical details, de-
pending on the weight Of the moon, its
position, and movements In relation to
the earth at successive moments, con-
sequently of it's action in producing
the tides of the sea, have been ascer-
tanned with astounding accuracy. At
the same time astronomers and me-
teorologists Chose who study the at
mosphere OF our earth) have come to
the conclusion that what we call "the
weather" is not affected by the posi-
tion of the moon in regard to the
earth, either at any hour of the day or
any part of the month (phase or
quarter" of the noon, or at any part
Of the year.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
| SPIES HELP TO WELLINGTON
ArehIvIst Of French War once Says
Spanish Officers Betrayed the
Great Napoleon.

An interesting statement was made
not long ago before the French Acad-
emie des Sciences Morales et Poll
tiques, by NJ. Bonnal. archivist to the
French war office. According 10 NJ
Bonnal, Dumouriez. coached" Yelling
ton from 1903 to 1914. and the latter
often reaped the benefit OF betrayals
by aristocratic French officers who
had relatives in London.
NJ Bonnal goes 10 the archives OF
the Spanish war Office, there to hunt
up confessions by Spanish officers in
the service OF King Joseph Bonaparte
OF their own treason-some OF these
confessions recorded as early as 1915.
under Ferdinand VII. Without any
sort OF shame they acknowledge then
that they betrayed Joseph TO secret
agents OF Wellington.
In time of universal scare. Well
ington saw more clearly than anyone
this was his great merit-that Ma
poleon was fast using up the military
resources OF France, and, indeed, all
but its soil, climate and genius, and
firing out the latter. He managed to
keep Spain an open sore IN the ene-
my's flank, and thus left hopes to the
continental courts for the downfall of
the Corsican If they could coalesce
against him.
NJ Bonnal says that plans dictated
by Napoleon for his brother King Jo-
seph's guidance were found by guerril-
las and passed on to Wellington. The
idea of the lines of Torres Vedras to
defend Lisbon has been placed to the
credit OF that renowned captain. Their
real author is now discovered in the
French Colonel Vincent, who knew the
country and had served as a military
engineer under Junot and Dupont. His
plans to fortify the Torres Vedras
hills we're stolen and sent to Welling-
ton.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
ALMA MATER ALWAYS LOVED
To tho End Of Life College Man
Thinks With Joy Of He Golden
Student Days.

The phrase college life" is an
in any other language but English. 1t
describes, to those who use II with un-
derstanding and sympathy, an expert
ence out OF which grows a deep senti-
ment made up of pleasure. friendship,
affection, loyalty and pride. II seems
to them "a tender influence, a peculiar
grace" that reaches out across miles
and years. drawing them back to their
Alma Mater, and the comradeship OF
their classmates. To most graduates
their college life seems their golden
age; through the mist of years the
campus becomes an Island OF Utopia
whose very tediums grow bright in the
retrospect, the sting of whose sins and
failures was always lessened by the
power of the ideals and hopes that
filed its air. No campus ever was
Utopia, and the most golden age Of
memory has doubtless been much al
loyed with baser metal, but II there is
not something very bright and beauti-
full in American college life it is hard
to account for the feeling in thousands
Of gray-haired men that long ago in
their youth, besides the education they
got or failed to get, they gained around
the knees of Alma Mater lasting joy,
strength and inspiration that was not
entirely contained in the books they
read and cannot be exactly measured
by the knowledge they acquired.-Paul
Van Dyke, in Scribner's Magazine.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
PotpourrI of Peoples.

In this most cosmopolitan of cities
(Buenos Aires) the foreigners fore
gather in little worlds of their own.
Most are represented by newspapers
published in their own languages,
most have clubhouses more or less
pretentious.
On the same evening one season re-
Gently The Merry Widow" was pro-
duced in Spanish, French and Italian
in as many different theaters. And
there are all sorts of places Of amuse-
ment where foreigners can enjoy them
selves each after his own fashion
from an immense artificial skating
rink "a very fashionable resort by the
wsy) to a tropical coffee house, from
a golf or race course to poolroom or
bowling alley, from the most attrac-
tive and elegantly equipped of modern
cafes to little French domino parlor
or German beer saloon, from magni.
flcent opera house to cheap vaude-
vile or moving picture theater.-
From Through South America" by
Harry w. Van Dyke.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
SAMPLE OF UzAR's JUSTICE
Frightened BY Soldier With Petition,
He Furnishes Him and Hls Su-
perlor Officers.

Details OF an extraordinary scene
which took place while the czar was
inspecting troops near Moscow re-
Gently are now leaking out While
his imperial majesty was passing
down the lines OF the Second In
fantry regiment. a private OF the
Fourth company suddenly stepped out
Of line, threw down his rifle and
rushed up to the car to hand him q
petition. AT hrst It was believed that
an attempt was being made on the
cars life. and officers standing By
threw themselves upon the man. It
was asoertained, however. that the
man merely wished to present q pc
tition. stating that he had been
forced to serve In the army instead OF
his brother, who had not drawn the
free ticket. he was placed under ar
rest
The czar was greatly annoyed at
the occurrence, and ordered the pun
ishment Of all the officers connected
with the regiment The chief com
mander OF the military district has re-
ceived a severe note, the commander
OF the army corps a caution. the
commander OF the Second Infantry
regiment a service reprimand. The
commander OF the battalion to which
the company belongs has been asked
to retire. and the captain OF the COM
pany and the officer OF the mans de-
tachment have been dismissed from
the service. The man himself has
received thirty days imprisonment.
but It is stated that his grievance
will be inquired into.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
NV EsxorIts Love Scenes.

It find it a matter of great difficulty
to select one particular love-scene as
my favorite, writes Ellen Terry in the
Strand. / can at least say, however,
that I have ever felt the deepest af-
lection and admiration for the pas
sage in Romeo and Juliet in which
Juliet makes apology for her maiden
boldness.
Ny reason for selecting this partic-
ular passage is that 1t serves to show
to the full the perfect refinement and
delicacy OF Shakespeare's conception
of the female character. In this pas
sage-and, indeed. in all the rest
Juliet's heart, futtering between JOY,
hope and fear. seems to regulate her
speech in so beautiful a manner that
the thought instinctively crosses ones
mind that here, at least, the feelings
of youth and Of the spring are blended
together like the breath OF opening
flowers.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
PULLING TOOTH WITH "BIKE"
Novel Dentistry Method Of Two Lads
Failed Because One Lost He
Nerve.

The best tooth pulling story comes
from Ocean Park and involves two
boys and bicycle,
Roy Fosdick, nine years old, told
his playmate Of his aches and was
offered many devices for relief. Final
ly this plan was evolved: John
Tower was to bring around his bioy-
ole, string would be tied to 1t and
the tooth. Tower would ride swiftly
away. Roy would brace himself and
out would come the tooth.
All was made ready. The boy
mounted the bicycle and started. And
right there Roy's nerve failed him.
He started after the bicycle The bi-
cycllst rode faster. It developed into
a race. Finally Roy was close
enough to make a wild grab for the
machine. The result was that the two
boys and the bicycle landed in a
heap, with the youngsters suffering
from injuries ranging from a cut on
Roys head to wrenched ankle for
John.-Los Angeles Examiner.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
r..u.l.r rsIIa the Truth.

knights Of the grip viii appreciate
this yarn, which is told Of one Of their
number. He had been summoned as
witness in a case at court, his en-
ployers having sued delinquent Gus
toner, and the lawyer for the defense
was cross-examining him.
You travel for Hooque & Crooque
company, do your asked the at
torney.
Yes, sir"
How long have you been doing it?'
About ten years"
Been travelling all that time, have
you?"
well, no. sir" replied the witness,
making hasty mental calculation;
mot actually travelling. / have put
IN about four years Of that time wait
ing at railway stations, functions and
watering tanks for trains"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
Loved for His InfirmItx.

A case where bodily and not moral
weakness brought happiness was that
of Sergt. Thomas Plunkett of the
Twenty-first Massachusetts regiment
during the Civil war. In charge at
Fredericksburg the color bearer was
among the first to fall. SEEKING the
flag Sergeant Plunkett bore it almost
over the ramparts, where he fell with
both arms shot away.
When the news was carried to his
sweetheart, so the story goes. she pro-
tested that she could never marry
him. "Then I'll be proud to-" de-
cIared her sister. They were married
as soon as he recovered. He was
voted a medal by congress and made
a messenger in the Massachusetts
state house, where he served for many
years.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
BEAUTIFUL CALENDAR FOR 1913
FREE.

Not necessary to write for it at all.
Just get a copy of next Sundays New
York World and with it you will get
free a complete calendar for 1913. dec
grated with a striking picture, in coll
ors, of very pretty girl. Just the
thing for your home or Office. And
don't forget that 16-page Joke Book
and a 2l-page Magazine also go free
with next Sundays World. Three i'm
portant reasons why you should order
this greatest of all Sunday newspapers
from your newsdealer in advance.
3t.ds0
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
Never On.

Senator Penrose, on a visit to Allan
tic City, rang for bellboy to take a
telegram, but it was not until the
twelfth or thirteenth ring that the boy
appeared.
you've been long time coming, y
said the senator.
'Yes, sir" said the boy. "You see,
sir, it's our dinner hour"
Senator Penrose smiled grimly.
81 know why you bellboys are called
buttons" he said. You're always on.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
Acceptable GIFT.

A woman who has travelled widely
says one of the most acceptable gifts
one can make to a friend going on
steamer is a box or jar of stuffed
prunes. These are rarely given, can
be eaten when other fruits are indi-
gestible and are mildly laxative.
AS one authority advises free use
of prunes for nervous people. declar-
ing they have a Quieting effect, the
eating of prunes on shipboard should
help to check seasickness-always
augmented by nerves"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
WHEN You Buy
w a New Suit or
UVerCOat

You want it to look good
toyoursclf and friends.
To be in style,
To fit well.
To wear we'll.
These things mean salts
action and that's all any
one can get. That's what
yon will get if you buy your
>ntor Oyercoat here. And
You'll get this complete sat
.Siacuon here for the least
money that will buy equally
good clothing anywhere.
Nappy styles tor young fel-
lows. Conservative styles
or conservative men.
Paces Sartat $3.50 and advance
gaaaaiIy 10 $22.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
Why Hermit Took Up HermltInS

Why Hermit Took Up Hermitlno.
A hermit was found dead in the
cave in which he had resided for many
years. When the cavern was ex-
amined a number of quaint and curl
GUS relics were discovered. A loaded
shotgun bore a tag marked: Both
barrels for practical jokers." A bot
1t bore the legend: Poison for the
clammy-clawed pests who are always
shaking hands and calling you broth
err" A card identified a bunch of
thongs knotted TO a wooden handle as
a "Knout for back slappers." Other
unpleasant articles, like bowie knives,
bludgeons, broadaxes, slungshots, raw
hides, thumbscrews and so on dis
played labels designating them for
application to the confidential whis-
perer, the person who tells you for
your own good, the nuisance who puts
an endearing hand on your shoulder
while relating an uninteresting re-
miniscence, ct al, which went only
to further show the late gentleman's
state of mind. Being perspicacious, 1t
was not hard for the visitors to decide
why he had erased himself from the
world and taken up the thankless Job
of hermiting.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
Beware Of Ointmeuts for catarrb Tina
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such PARTICLES
should never be used except on pre-
scriptions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they will do is ten fold
TO the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure manu-
featured by F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo,
O., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the svs-
TEN. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is
taken internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co. Testimo-
mails free.
Sold by Druggists Price 75c. per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01

Trsspass notice printed on muslin
or on paper for sale at this ofiiee.
Now is the time TO post trespess
notices when gunners with dog and
Gun are wont to tEespAss on private
property. Buy . tsespass notice at
he Gspitalofhee.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
Board of County School Commissioners of Anne Arundel
County, Annapolis, Maryland
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JULY 81, 1912

Annapolis, Maryland December 2srd, 1912
hereby certify that the my knowledge belief the
following true statement of the condition of the books
School Anne Arundel County July sIst
balance appears TO the credit OF the general
quarter OF the teachers salaries and outstanding
been paid the date named Indebtedness had been
quidaed there actual deficit nearly Ssooooo
fiscal year.
SAMUEL GARNER,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
Printed Signs For Sale.

Come to the Capital Office for all
Printed "For Sale or ''For Rent
signs, 'sTresspass Notices." "Half
Holiday Closing" signs, etc, etc. and
fall supply ea hand. at this Office.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
LOST

Two Bound Volumes taken from
Capital office. One Vol. 1908.
Parties knowing of the where
abouts of these files please notify
this office. d27-tt
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01

w31 per csnt. interest paA %
SaEinGs Dehosith. Annapolis Banking
and Trust Co,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01
Health
And Success

are such intimate relations that no
one can be expected to be well
acquainted with success who does
not keep good hold on health.
Most serious slckneSSeS start IN
minor troubles of the digestive
organs. Thousands know by
actual experience that health and
strength and therefore success
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-01

~Have your Job Printing done
at the Capital oMee-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-25
New York
Stock Market

New York. June Improvement in tho
principal foreign markets was OF dircrt
bearing to-day on movements OF stocks
here which carried them to materially high
figure. Since the outbreak OF tho Balkan
War last wear. tho disturbed state OF affairs
has been rcs"sni;sd as one of the larse
While foreign markets scli arc under
strain there was evident to-day definite
Improvement at the principal foreign cen
tres From London came word thnt anti.
pathy over the settlement which Was
ihourht recently TO present "a serious men
Following the London settlement comes
the halt yearly settlement at Berlin The
concrete form by tho purchase here OF 5000
10 sS.otl shares for I.opdon account. princi-
pally of steel AmalGamnted tho Harriinans
and Ca1sdan Pacific. This buying one
I'M which prices Went M quickly
There WAS no sustained demand on "a large
Vete lost In mid season slump. hut to.
Yatd the close bidding Increased. Final
prices we're tbs hest Of the day with gains
ri.uniuc M points in the of Union
Patla, ard canadian Pacific.
Despite the recent decline in Copper metal
the COPPER stocks were conspicuous In the
market pfompted covering. The short in
tcrc>, IN n" Coprors were said TO he un-
Ronds wero nrm. Total sales. par value
SIo.Sa'O United states bonds unchanged on
call Total sales we're .7S.5oo shares.
Ner YORK June c.-Money on call steady,
ia.n. per cent, ruling rate .: closing bid,
t.. offered at = Tinc loans. easier; sixty
days St.HSS. ninety days, 3A.Ti. six months.
sass. prime mercantile paper, per cent
moss iu bankers hill at Si.N5io for sixty day
bills and ~ 81 500 for demand. Commercial
bills $3.50. Bar silver -. McNcan doh
la's. IS Government bonds steady: railroad
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-25
Office of Collector Of City Taxes,
City Hail. Room l07.
Notice to Taxpayers

City Taxes for 1913 are due and paw
able June II to 80. inclusive.
The city ordinances provides that
one -half may he paid in June and tho
remaining half in December Failure
to pay all OF one half in June incurs
q penalty OF . per cent on the whole
amount. which is due at once and If
not paid before September / ;hn
collector is required 10 levy. with costs
added
ALL MALES u years Of age. All
PERSONS ,MALE OR FEAiALEI Who
own personal property. OF hold personal
PROPERTY as hduciary. and all parties
conducting business in the CITY az
Richmond cot whatever nature) arc y < :
scsscd and Will please call and settle
80 as 10 avoid dclinQuency
GRADING PAVING PIPE AND
SEW EE CONNECTION BILLS may Il.
paid AT this time
GIVE NAME IN WHICH PROPERTY
STOOD on land books on January n
l"lS, and see that YOU get all your.
bills property transferred February
! 81 later stands in name of owner in
1872 '''
This is the ONLY y ice REQUIRED bv
law please give it PROMPT ATTEN-
TON. as under the ordinance . per
cent Denalty will be added TO the whole
hin after June 30
Washington Ward taxes. etc. must
be paid AT the Office of the Deputy col
lcctor Tenth and Huh Streets
HERBERT l.. HULCE
collector of Taxes. city of Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-25
COTTON MARKETS.

Sew YORK. June = The cotton markc,
WeS much loss active to-day and prices
fuctuaied Within range Of or points
StoSlnE steady. net point lover 10 : points
hiFhe' rho market opened steady nj un-
,H!hred prices to an ndvaiice OF . points
ana SOLD about ia, points net higher during
tl!t ear ~ trading ur covering by recent SELL
ers ana renewed support from local bulls or
!eas tohittS. VINO probably thought that yes
tcfndE break of about 81 points from the
best entitled tho market to some recovery
mere Was little criticism OF prevailing
weather conditions however. while LIVER
200! vas again seller here on tho advance
ah9 inc market soon turned a SHADE easier
GnE"i these offerings or scattered realizing
ne Weekly weather report was considered
generally favorable, and hcyond = few scat :
-tilnE c"npiaint" % spotted conditions in
'ne eastern h.'' There was nothing in the
TOP news 70 create continent on the bull
st-e p!t "rerlnrs continued iiTh. during
me afternoon. ana new "rop positions held =
'I points above the closing figures OF la st
AlFhi luiN and August seemed relatively
ea-} Win july selling OF 10 II % or about
- points nelow the recent hsh level Next
rrloaN Viii be the nr-t iuly notice day in
Inc lnca market
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-25
Father McKcefry Transferred.
Especial To The Times Disnnt,h l

Staunton. Va. June 24-Rcv NIL
liam a Mckeefry. for tho last seven
years rector of the Catholic paris
embracing Staunton and HarrisonhurC,
with one or more assistants has been
transferred TO MartinsburS, w Va
leaving for his new post on Friday.
greatly TO the regret of his present
parishioners His successor has not
been named. but his assistant Father
Martin Will have charge temporarily
diction free from debt During hi.;
pastorate handsome new parochial
school has hcen built here and q fine
new church in iiarrisonbure. The COM
munity loses Father Mckccfrv with
regret