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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-18
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LWMNtN AANlINH hA@M @oFtA"f - ~
Respondent.
We are at last in the strong grip Of
winter We had eli prospe cts Il .
very heavy snow and the worst Of it
now is the ice = he snow Of Sunday
night has covered the ice and it is
very dangerous walking. At the
time Of writing the weather is beauti-
fol. What dreadful condition our
roads would be in If we are deprived
Of road engineer that understands his
assistants. Both should be young
men 70 stand al kinds of weather.
Why do men wish TO pass such bill
as was printed in the papers last
wcek7
The Progressive Farmers Associa-
ton wsill hold its meeting on We'd
nesday, February le, az Murray Hall,
Brownsville. The subject viii be one
Of interest
Quite a great deal of sickness seems
10 be visiting the different homes. al
though this section Of the country so
far has been pretty free.
The distant friends Of Mr.. and Mrs.
uther Nichols, of Broad Greek, hope
for speedy recovery of both from
illness.
Those attending the suffrage meet
ing az tine State House last Tuesday
enjoyed some of the speakers WIN
we're al very good in their way, but
in many ways we did not agree with
all they said. Who wishes to acknowl-
edge the negro woman as the maker
Of our homes. The white woman
should feel ashamed TO even think it,
If they are too lazy 70 attend TO their
own home Neither did we approve
Of the attack on the head Of our ma
ton II women expect to vote. they
will never win by wishing 20 raise
the low negro woman to the level of
the white woman, as such was never
intended. oc why one white and the
other black7 Those who have in any
way been injured by the black race
never wish to see them in power, or
on a level
II is with great pleasure we have
read OF the election Of Mr.. Charles
w. Smith as Alderman in Mr. Linthi-
Gums place We congratulate him
heartily, and he is one more Eagle in
Office. Our Senator is an Eagle and
they are coming into Office quite nu-
morously.
Mrs. Walker entertained her daugh-
ter from Baltimore a few days last
week. They are making improve
ments to their home Ct a large porch
around the house.
Mr.. Frank Nelka has RI turned from
Baltimore after a pleasant visit With
bic sister and family.
Very little entertaining on visit
ing is being ie by the Deighbors or
account Of the very bad weather
Z. NJ. W.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-18
NEW PROJECTlLE FOR navy.
Experiments al Nav Yasd Washington
Being oslched With lnlegest.

Interesting experiments are being
conducted at the Washington navy
yard looking TO the development Of
the Pinch caliber open-bearth type.
The she'll, when completed, will be
tested at the Indian Head proving
ground and the results will determine
whether the navy ordnance bureau
shall undertake the manufacture Of
these pIcjectiles ia that event IL Is
anticipated there will be no difficulty
in obtaining appropriations for the
Inhalation Of the necessary facilities
IF manufacture.
The bureau has recently devised a
floating mine costing about s75, and in
making one hundred Of them for
trial. Mines Of this type can be man
ufsctured 20 quickly that the bureau
Of ordnance does not propose to ac-
cumulAte them in large quantities.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-18
PERSONAL MENTION

Mrs Harry Janton, of New York, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Sweet, West
street.
Mrs. Joseph +. McMakiH, Of Balti-
more has been spending some time
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Taylor, Duke Of Gloucester street.
Judge and Mrs. Briscoe and daugh-
tiers are stopping at Carvel Hall.
Mrs. j. M. Strange has returned
from a visit TO New York, were she in
spected the spring openings at the
fashionable millinery shops aud made
her selection Of patterns for her mil
linery opening next month.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-18
AdyertisedLst,ers.

The following letters remain un-
called for in the city postoffice. Per
sons claiming same should mention
they were advertised in The Capital,
and give the date, February IT.
Mems List-- Ellis S. BeazleJ, Capt.
Wash. Bean, Edison Cox, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. Cochran. Francis C. Colds
Boregh, William r. Hines. Capt.
John Hagan, J. Hynes, VIM. ]. Hol-
loway, Rev. v Pan, Richard Mitch
ell, 2 Harley Pace, o. a. Pehl. Sir.
Streeter, Samuel NJ. Shoemak n,
Abram Zane.
Women's List Miss Beatrice Bar
ton, Miss Louise Holrock, Blanch
Hill, Miss Ellie Muller. Miss Marga-
ret Crockett. Mss Ruth Pattison.
Miss. Mary stantin, Mrs. S. -. Wig
gins
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-18
m MEMORIAM.

COLE In loving remembrance Of oul
dear Mother, MARTHA w. COLE.
sho died five years ago today, Feb.
Is, 1914
Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep,
How sweet the aest from pain.
To rest where m0rtals never weep
And loved ones meet again.
oh how sweet II win be in that beauti-
ful land.
So free from all sorrow aud pains
with songs on our lips. and with harps
IN chr hand,
To meet our dear mother again.
By her son,
HARRY +. COLE.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-18

Mr.. Frank A Munroe a leading
merchant % Main street. viii clos
his store eli day en- Monday, Fehru-
airy %, Washington Birthday, and =
legal holiday. Mr. Munroe will OBJ
serve the holiday by closing his tore
and giving his clerks g holiday
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-18

Senator Beck e bill making % manda-
tory on a judge TO indict the death SEN
tence where q jury brings DO a. verdict
Of frst-degTee murder was passed to tts
third re loing The measure was pass
ed, however. only after an amendment
killing It, introduced bg Senator Wll-
Hams. of Cecil, was lost hy tie vote,
~ 70 H.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-18

The Junior Glass. ST. johns College,
hss selected the COMMITTEES for the
june Bali They are as follows J.
+. Selby: chairman; r K. MCLEAN.
treasurer; u. =. Jump, O. P. Winsl0w,
]. 4 Sadler Il. Il Richie. II O. D
C8ssard
Plans are already being maze and
they expecrto have one IT the best
June balls 81 st JONAS that hes ever
been held there.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-18
Pislol-loling Bill.

To make clearer the law prohibiting
the carrying Of concealed weapons,
Senator Harper INTRODUCED q bin which
so amcnus the act as 10 relieve the
prosecution from the requirement Of
proving the negative. and put thie on
the defendant. IL also gives TO all JUS
tees Of the peace in The counties con
current jurisdiction In al such cases.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-18
Emrg.ncr Ho.pIlaI Raard Na.Liar

The Board Of Managers Of the
Emergency Hospital viii meet tenor
row morning 1t 10 O'clock. This Is
the mid.month meeting Of the hos
pital managers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-13

THE man fell back though she had raised shape
of horror between them; stammering and aghast
he jabbered repetition, Mrs Merrilees has it-now!"
Lydia affirmed with nod.
aGood God- said Craven in a stricken voice. "You
YOU'RE not fooling me, Liddy?'
SIN telling you the truth, if you've the wit to recog
nze it. she said with the brutal intolerance of youth for
age allied with depravty. 3Sheer chance fooled you My
cab broke down at 55th street walked two blocks
north to get another at the Margrave-where Mrs
Merrilees wasn't stopping and where you didn't mean
to meet me after I'd called here-and by downright
good luck found her with Mrs. Beggarstaf. So gave
her the necklace and here-Mr Trait escorting
me, though not at my request"
Good God7 said Craven again, his accents quaver-
ing. ADo you know what you're saying, Liddy9'
am afraid know too we'll"
With an inarticulate groan Craven sank into chair
and buried his face his hands, you've ruined mel"
give saved you you mean"
@You don't understand. What" He looked up
eagerly. what did they say when you-when you
gave back the necklace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-27
Senatorial "Pig Headedness''

Senators Borah and Kenyon are preparing to give an excellent illus tration of senatorial "pig headedness.' , It is announced that they will oppose an item in the appropriation bill which provides $750,00O for further improvement of the Warrior river.
 These distinguished senators give as reason for their plan of opposition the statement that last year the gov ernment spent more than $300,000 in transporting down the Warrior and Tombigbee rivers less than 5000 tons of freight. They remark, too, that all ready in improving and making navi- gable these streams, the government has expended a sum approximating $10, ,0OO, ,0O0.
 The $75O,OOO which the appropria- tion bill would give to the Warrior en- terprise represents the last require ment of that river. The far seeing senators who are preparing to raise their howl would by estopping this appropriation render fruitless all pre- vious appropriations, amounting, ac- cording to their own contention, to s10, 1000, ,oO0.
 They discuss with marvellous famil- iarity with conditions the amount of tonnage which was transported last year down the Warrior and Tombig- bee. Some years ago a committeeman asked Senator Bankhead concerning the amount of tonnage carried by the Warrior. He replied, laconically, "There is none." But he observed in the following breath that money was appropriated to create tonnage. And that observation holds good at the present moment.
 As soon as the Warrior and con- fluent streams are made navigable from Cordova to Mobile, there will be sufficient tonnage to please, impress and surprise Senators Borah and Ken yon. It is reasonable to suppose that the scheme of the opposition will fail to materialize
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-27
Unusual Demands on Charity

The Associated Charities, of which H. K. Miner is president, has received it's funds chiefly from the corporations and business men, but owing to un- usual demands it's treasury IS now depleted, and it is asking the county hoard of revenue for assistance.
 The city makes small appropria- ton to the Associated Charities, but the county has never given anything Judge S. D. Weakley, a member ot the board of directors, in presenting the matter to the board of revenue, called attention to the law which re- quires the county to relieve the needs of the suffering poor.
 The Associated Charities was or ganized several years ago with John L. Raul as president. Its board of directors is made up of prominent citi- zens, and those who are familiar with the work of the organization stress its largely increased efficiency. With it's thoroughly organized activities, the Associated Charities is doing a work for the community that could not be accomplished under ordinary condi- tions. President Miner states that there are more appeals for help at the present time than is usually the case in the winter season.
 It is hoped that the board of revenue will act favorably upon the petition of the Associated Charities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-27
LIKE M,LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Nothing else ever tastes as good as the things that do not agree with you.
 Nature tries to even up things. A rich mans wife usually does as much for the poor as her husband does to them.
 The trouble twins, castor oil and hard luck, are very fond of the man who has to take a few drinks before breakfast.
 Strange as 1t may seem, there are a few things that even a young graduate doesn't know.
 When man has his price he usually lets the tag show.
 A man will spend two hours explaining the plays to a strange girl he meets at a ball park. But if his wife wants to know who won the game when he gets home he will get mad and say: What does a fool woman care about baseball?"
 You can't see yourself as others see you by looking in mirror.
 Whether anything is right or wrong de- bends whole lot on whether 1t is you or some other fellow who is doing it.
 The trouble with the higher education is that many a father has to support a son who knows twice as much as he doese.
 The woman who spends two hours at home peeling potatoes for the family din- ner is doing more for her country than the dame who spends a whole day on soap box yelling for equal suffrage.
 If poor old father accidentally disar- ranges one of daughters spit curls she gets so mad that she would like to rap him on the nose. But about an hour later her beau can get her hair all tangled up in his coat button5 and she is tickled to death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-27

In spite of the talk of financial and in- dustrial depression, reports from various parts of the country indicate that more churches will be built this year than in 10 years past. Contracts have already
 will cost between sS5, 100000 and s4O,OOo GOO.
 This sum Is about $50 900 above the av-
 craze for the past 10 years. The Roman Catholics are among the most active builders this season. Following the ex- ample of Vienna, Paris and Rome, they are multiplying their parishes in large cities. Throughout the southern states many small Catholic churches are being built. The Episcopalians are building ca- thedrals in several important cities The Christian Scientists are not as active this year as formerly New York will spend from s5,oo0,OOo to ssooo,oOo this summer for church structures Chicago will spend about s300o, 900 for similar purpose In addition to the south, the southwest, New England and the Rocky mountain region report that many churches are either m course of erection or will be built this year. Most of these churches, however. are small.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-27
HENDERSON ADVISED

From the Demopolis Times.
 If our governor-elect wants to make a name for himself, here is the opportunity. If he should make it one of the first duties to have experts go through all the de- partments of the states business affairs. just as if it were a great manufacturing concern, the results would be startling.
 This suggestion is not made in any spirit of casting reflection upon the integrity of anybody. It is with the idea of helping a lot of men who face unknown duties and who honestly want to achieve the highest results. It might be hard to inaugurate an efficiency system m the several de- partments of the state, but we think the excellence of business isagacity would sug- gest the giving of 1t trial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-27

ish navy, who will have the honor of piloting the expedition, expresses him. self as confident of his ability to cross the Atlantic inside of 24 hours in this vessel. The America will qualify for the S50,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail, which requires a transatlantic flight in 72 consecutive hours. The estimated expenditure required for the expedition is placed at $100,OOO, and Rodman Wanamaker of Philadelphia. son of John Wanamaker, will finance the undertaking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-27
WHEN BOTANY WAS INDELICATE

From the Kansas City Star.
 | Occasionally glimpse of the past
 throws fresh light on the present. In 17s2 Mary Wollstonecraft made her classic plea | that women should be treated as human | beings One feature of the attitude of i that day is vividly brought out in this paragraph from her "Vindication of the
 Rights of Women:
 What a gross idea of modesty had the
 writer of the following remark: The lady
 who asked the question whether women
 may be instructed in the modern system of botany, consistently with female deli cacy, was accused of ridiculous prudery; nevertheless, if she had proposed the question to me I should certainly have
 answered-they cannot. Thus Is the fair
 book of knowledge to be shut with an everlasting seal! On reading similar
 passages I have reverentially lifted up my eyes and heart to Him who liveth forever and ever and said oh, my Father, hast
 Thou, by the very constitution of her na- l ture forbid Thy child to seek Thee in the fair forms of truth? And can her l soul be sullied by the Knowledge that | awfully calls her to Thee?'"
 | Consider the change from the day when Mary Wollstonecraft pleaded for the right of women to study botany to Helen kel-
 ler's article urging the dissemination of knowledge on preventabe blindness in 1 babies!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-27
Villa, the Picturesque

The correspondents, both of maga- zines and newspapers, have been ex- plotting General Villa to such an ex- tent here of late that from man of mystery he promises to become quite as well known as some of the stage favorites whose peculiarities are chronicled and elaborated upon by un- Tagging press agents.
 It appears that Villa is decidedly a "diamond in the rough," and is still susceptible of considerable polish. However, all who have met this re- markable man and have conversed with him agree that he has unusual ability. It was not until he was inn prisoned in the City of Mexico during Maderos brief tenancy of the presi- dential chair that Villa learned to read and write. He had already at that time won prominence as a soldier, having dropped his role of bandit chieftain to enlist in the Mexican army. He can now make shift to read newspaper and can sign his name, yet in spite of .the fact that he is only peon by birth and has many of the characteristics of his class, with the possible exception of Huerta, he is the most dominant figure at present in Mexico. He over- shadows Carranza to such an extent that there can be little question as to the relative power and influence of the two men.
 Unlettered, unkempt, an outlaw for years who was butcher before he be- came an outlaw, the generalship showed by Villa and his executive abil- ity have been extraordinary. His per- sonal bravery has been proved count less times. The history of his exploits is like romance of the middle ages. Indomitable on the field of battle and . victorious leader, his conduct on other occasions is that of lout and a renegade who doesn't even deny that he has two wives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-27
RING STOLEN FROM HER TOE

St. Louis Dispatch to the New York Sun. Dr. Eugene w. Dixon of Oklahoma
 City, who is en route to Boston with
 his wife, reported to the police today
 that Mrs. Dixon had lost a diamond ring In sleeping car berth occupied by them
 on a Frisco train.
 Mrs Dixon told detectives reluctantly
 that she had worn the ring on one of her toes to guard against robbery She did
 not know when it was removed or drop
 ped from the toe. She missed it in the morning.
 Search of the berth and questioning of the crew of the car failed to reveal the ring. The diamond in 1t weighed one and one-sixteenth carats, Dr. Dixon said. The detectives reported that in their be- lief the ring was stolen sometime in the night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-27
LIFE OF AN EDITOR

From the Colbert County Reaper.
 We look into cradle and behold a male child. At the age of 10 he is a noisy kid, with half the buttons off his pants and a sure eye for meanness. At IL he is devil in print shop at 33 the pub fisher of a county newspaper at the head of every enterprise calculated to improve the town or enrich the business thereof at 50 he is an emacated and worn-out man with holes in his pockets and a gray head; at the age of 60 he is corpse in a cheap coffin, and his only resources Jeff behind are two cases of long primer type an old Washington hand press and a sub- scription book with 300 delinquent sub- scribers who line up and march past the coffin saying, He was a public-spirited fellow, but he couldn't save anything"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-27
PoMP,s DEEPEN sE

By Belle R. Harrison. l stole dem brooches. I Knowledge de
 corn, But 'twarnt no crime. ezsho's you're
 born; Elf de motive is right, den whar's de sinf I stole dem brooches ter be baptize' in. Fur my onliest par wus clean wored ont, Dey glib up der ghos' when I gun ter
 shout; But religion is mighty en mus prevail: Do it Ian CT darkey in de county jail. De chaingangs got me en de coal mines,
 too, But what could CT 'fenceless colored man
 do When de judge en jury lowed it wuz sin Ter steal dem brooches ter be baptize' inY Tell de folks all howdy en good-by, too. I'll meet 'em in hebben when my wuclx
 is fru, Fur my heart is white, do my soul is
 black, Ehtt End I's gwine ter trabbel de shinin' track When de Lawd Is jedge. know he gw,n.
 say, "Pomp's straight ez CT shingle en fair Q.
 de day;'' es He'll shost ter de worp dat 'twant m .,r Ter steal dem brooches ter be baptize' ,,' in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-27
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF MICHAEL EYRAUD

1 dinner and then she was afraid to refuse
 to carry out her part of the plot for fear
 Eyraud would kill her. as he had threat ened.
 | After the murder she said, Eyraud took
 off all the victims clothes and began dis | secting the body and placed it in trunk. | After that he left the house, leaving the woman alone with the murdered man. l The day after the murder the woman went to Lyons with the corpse in the l trunk.
 l Although the murder was committed on July ?, 1t was not until August 1 following l that the body was found in the trunk upon the platform of a suburban railway 1 station In spite of every effort of the
 police no trace of the murderer could be found. Gabrielle herself visited the police headquarters the following January and I told the story of the crime. She told how, | following the murder Eyraud and herself | had fled to America, remaining a while | in New York, and then went to San Fran cisco. While living in the latter city she told the story of the murder to a French
 man named Garanger, who advised her to return to Paris and confess. From the time of Gabrielles confession the French detectives began a search for Eyraud in Canada the United States and Mexico, following various clews, but with
 no success, until May, 1890. when he was apprehended in hotel in Havana. He
 was taken back to Paris.
 It was brought out at the trial that
 Garanger and Gabrielle were in love with
 one another and that the woman con- fessed in order to get Eyraud out of the
 way, as they feared him. Every detail of the trial was followed closely, and no similar affair at the Court d'Assizes ever attracted a more fashionable or larger crowd.
 A more or less serious attempt was
 made to show that Gabrielle had been ] hypnotized by Eyraud, and hynotism and
 mesmerism entered largely in her defense. The trial continued for only five days, and on December 20 Eyraud was found guilty and sentenced to be guillotined, while Gabrielle was sentenced to 20 years in prison at hard labor.
 Eyraud was guillotined on February 3.
 He became boisterous after he ascended the platform, and executioners were com pelled to seize him and fling him upon the platform and fasten him. His execu-
 tion speedily followed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-27
HoMEBURG's DIRT ROADS

George Fitch in American Magazine.
 Right here I wish to state that Home- burg roads are not always muddy. We average about three months of beautiful, smooth, resilient and joltless roads each year. The remaining nine months, how ever, I mention with pain. Illinois boost CTS say our beautiful rich black soil aver ages 10 feet in depth, but I think this understates the case-at least our beauti- full black-dirt roads seem to be deeper than that in the spring. What we need in the spring in Illinois are locks and harbor lights, and the man who invents an automobile light enough to float on it's stomach and paddle it's way swiftly to and fro on the heaving bosom of our April roads will be a public benefactor.