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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
How a Diamond Cuts Glass.

It has been ascertained by a series
Of experiments that diamond does
not cut the glass file-fashion, but forces
the particles apart, so that n continu-
Gus crack Is formed along the line of
the intended cut. The crack once be-
gun, very small force is necessary to
carry 1t through the glass, and thus
the piece is easily broken off. The
superficial crack or cut need not be
deep; depth, according to fine meas
urements, of 200th part of one inch is
quite sufficient to accomplish the pur-
pose, so that the application of much
force in using the diamond only wears
out the gem without doing the work
any better. Numerous stones, such as
quartz and other minerals, when
ground into proper form, will cut glass
like diamond, but are not so valuable
for that purpose, lacking the requisite
hardness and soon losing the sharp
edge necessary to make the operation
a success.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
At The Republic Tomorrow.

Eastern Triangle presents Jack
Devereaux and Winifred Allen in
"American-That's All" which will
be the excellent picture to be shown
at the Republic tomorrow.
Being typically American and
abrupt, Ichabod Boggs cut his son off
without shilling-no, without quar-
ter-because Monte preferred the
light in Hazel's eyes to the CLINT of
gilt on the coat of arms of the girl his
father wished to initiate into the
Boggs family. He expected Monte to
call around few days later without a
shine, penniless and penitent, willing
to marry the girl from abroad. But
Monte and Hazel were also American,
annobvious fact. but one which Ichabod
Boggs, the pickle king, should have
taken into consideration before tor
pedoing his son. The way in which
the young people brought the father to
terms is unique and new and inspiring.
Really American-that's all.
Also comedy.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
Poet cray's Birthplace.

If a tablet is placed on Gray's
birthplace in Cornhill, it should
bear record also that there is no ac-
tual surviving birthplace Of the poet,
says the London Chronicle. The fire
which, on March %, 1748, destroyed
the house that Grey had inherited
from his father was reckoned the big
gest London confiagration since 1866,
seeing that in it 200 houses were
burned down. In very practical way
one finds the poet summing up his loss
lost was insured for $500, and with
the deduc. ion Of 8 per cent they paid
me f4S5. The rebuilding win cost f590
and the other expenses will mount that
sum to $780,"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
INTO DEATH TRAP.
Engineer Faced Unknown DAN
gers on Great German Liner.
Explored, SingIe-Handed, Black Re-
cesses of informed Ship Which Was
Seized by United States.

Think of a great deserted ship, 545
feet long, 20 feet wide and over 90
feet deep, as black and forbidding as
Siberian copper mine, with not a ray
of light from the uppermost deckhouse
to the caverns of the lowest holds, in
the damp and Shiny bilges, or In the
rooms filed with engines, pumps, dyna-
mos. pipes and valves without number.
Think of exploring it, single-handed,
with the warning fresh in your ears
that 1t is full of pitfalls, bombs and
death-traps; that every door you touch
will set of an explosive which will
blow you into eternity; that every
ladder you step on viii send you
sprawling down a bottomless chasm,
and that, If you value your life, you
must not touch a thing-wood, metal
or cloth-without first investigating it.
How would you like to explore such
a ship with only a fiashlight to guide
you through the abysmal blackness,
and with lao means of communicating
with friends on the top deck once you
start on your perilous journey? This
was the task assigned to certain en-
gineer in New York shortly after the
government seized the interned Ger
man ships in this country, says the
Popular Science Monthly 1t was
task fraught with the greatest danger,
requiring an extraordinary degree of
caution and patience, and calling for a
rare display of courage. But so fear
less was this young engineer and so
successful was he in his undertaking
that SO hours after the ship in ques-
ton reached the navy yard, the main
boilers were generating steam.
Among the many interesting things
revealed by the intrepid Investigator
were the location of missing parts of
the main engines, carefully hidden
away in the coal bunkers; the discoy-
cry of bolts and nuts which led to a
minute examination of the cylinders
and steam-chests, where it was dis
closed that parts had been removed and
other parts carefully substituted to
conceal the omission; the location, In
other places, of studs and bolts partly
sawed through, with the saw slot filled
up; the finding of steel fitted into
steamports so that any attempt to turn
over the engine would have ruined it;
the discovery of distractions in pipes,
smokestacks and ventilators-lumps
Of coal and bars of iron placed on
top of the closed damper-valve in
ventilator, requiring only pull on the
10 III 0fx ~ 81 fhn anffp0
load down on the head of the person
foolish enough to pull it, and other
traps too numerous to mention here.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
At The Palace Tonight.

A fine picture to show on the Ever
Glorious Fourth is 1.-THE Young Pa
triot, )" which was written by M. snd
w. Pigott. adapted for the screen by
E. ]. ClawsOn and produced by Louis
Chaudet, as soon as he relinguished
the Nestor Company into the hands of
Roy Clements, and turned his atten-
tion to more serious drama. Mignon
Anderson heads q cast which includes
some wellknown Universal names, and
Elwood Bredell has the title role,
which will make every member of the
audience feel sure that there cannot be
much the matter with a country as
long as it contains such boys az
Tommy
Billie Burke in "Gloria's Romance"
will be shown at The Palace every
Wednesday.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
THINK OF 1T
10000 Persons Publicly Recommend
Our Remedy-Some Are An
napolis People.

Over one hundred thousand have rec
commended Doan's Kidney Pills,
!. For backache, kidney. urinary ills.
Forty thousand signed testimonials,
4 Are appearing now In public print. :,
Some of them are Annapolis people.
Some are published in Annapolis.
No other remedy shows such proof.
: Follow this Annapolis mans
example
Sol Burtis, plumber. 81 Prince
George St., Annapolis, says: about
two years ago l had terrible pains
across the small of my back and IL /
stopped. could hardly straighten. My
back bothered me the most in the
morning and when / first got up felt
more tired and WORKOUT than when /
went to bed. Friends told me about
Doan's Kidney Pills and l decided to
try them Three boxes gave me great
relief and now use Doan's Kidney
Pills whenever feel in need of kid
ney tonic. They are surely wonder.
full Kidney medicine"
Price 60c, a. all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr.. Burtis uses. Foster Milburn
Co.. Props. Buffalo. N. Y. -.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in
fiuenced by constitutional conditions.
and in order to cure 1t you must take
an internal remedy. Halls Catarrh
Medicine is taken internally and acts
thru the blood or the mucous surfaces
of the system. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine was prescribed by one OF the
best physicians In this country for
years. 1t is composed Of some OF the
best tonics known, combined with
some of the best blood purifiers. The
perfect combination Of the ingredients
ia Halls Catarrh Medicine Is what
produces such wonderful results In
catarrhal conditions Send for tes-
timonials, free
F. ]. CHENEY, & CO.. Props. Toledo.
o. All Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
WHEN DRINK COUNTED
MAN DRINKS HIMSELF IN ARMY
Recruit Boosts Weight by Taking Fiji
teen Glasses of Milk and Water

Richard Wehrle, of Punxsutawney,
Pa, was accepted yesterday by the
exemption board after he had boost
ed his weight by drinking Is glasses
of milk and glasses of water.
Shortly after America entered the
war Wehrle made an effort to get into
the Navy, but he was under weight,
and, on the examining surgeons ad-
vice, he returned home to "fatten up"
A couple of months later he made a
second effort, but was still under
weight. Recently he offered his ser
vices to the Army, but again the
under-weight bugaboo got him.
He was called for examination yes
terday. Half an hour before he re-
ported for the test he went to q res
taurant and when he faced the surgeon
he was half pound over weight.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
CARLYLE Blackwell AT Colonial Theatre.

CARLYLE Blackwell in powerful
drama 1.-THE Price of Pride" will be
the very interesting and pleasing at
traction at the Colonial Theatre for
tomorrow evening. Clasps of startled
surprise follow the course Ut this
thrilling drama. Sensations abound
in this swiftly moving film. Carlyle
Blackwell plays q big dual role. that
of half brothers who look exactly
alike. One is q desperate, the other
an aggressive, clean fastener. Carl
Vie Blackwell plays well the roles Of
these two widely different characters
of the half brothers. Complication
swiftly follows complication, in this
extremely interesting and powerful
story until the tangled thread Is I'M
ravaled in a smashing, surprising
climax.
June Elvidge. the charming and tai
ented actress who has appeared with
great success in number of World
pictures, plays opposite Carlyle Black
well and she gives very pleasing
Interpretation of her part.
Pathe News also.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
Priest Comes To Annapolis.

Connected with Sacred Heart Catho-
lie Church, HighlandtowD, since 1884,
Rev. August Wsisser. one of the
priests, has left to become assistant
rector of St. Mary's Church, this city
In his stead Rev. Joseph HsmeI, Of
st. Mary.s Church, Buffalo. went to
Sacred Heart last Friday and took
M his duties. Both are members of
the kedemptorist Order. Rev. Weis-
ser after serving four years at Sacred
Heart was at St. James Church, Bal
timore. for q while and then for IL
years had charge of st. Anthony 8 at
Gardenville, parish which he was
instrumental in building.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
SPUDS AND MORE SPUDS
A BUMPER CROP PROMISED
Expected To Exceed By Hundred Mil
lion Bushels Five-Year
Average.

The largest potato crop ever produced
in this country is the promise of the
monthly crop report just issued at
Washington Leon M. Estabrook,
chief of the Bureau of Crop Estimates
of the United States Department of
Agriculture. stated yesterday morning
that the average production for the
FIVE years from 1911 to 1915 was $685.
600, 900 bushels, which represents
fair crop This year the indications
are that there will be q crop of 467,-
600, 900 husheis. This il equal to one
bushel extra for every man, woman
and child in the country.
In order to avoid waste, officials of
the Department of Agriculture urge
that all housewives use potatoes as far
as possible substitute for bread
stuffs and preserve potatoes for win
ter use by home storage.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
The aEorse Launh .

A woman correspondent Of the Port
land Oregonian asks that journal If
there is warrant or authority in litera-
ture for the term ''horse laugh" The
lady is evidently of opinion that the
term is vulgarism. but the Oregonian
disabuses her of that impression by
quoting such authorities as Pope, Gold
smith, Richardson and Dickens. 1t
may need to be added that the three
last named attributed the expression
to characters drawn by them. but Pope,
master Of literary style in his day,
uses it as his own in "EpiIogue to
Satires.'
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
BRIGADE BOYS CRUISING
Visit Naval Academy and go to Other
Places on Bay

Company D, First Regiment, Boys
Brigade, is cruising in the bay The
boys have at their disposal the cruis-
ing yacht Maid of the Mist. they
paid a visit yesterday to Annapolis
and the Naval Academy and now are
off for visit to Cambridge, st.
Michaels, Oxford and Tilghman's
Island.
The boys have camp there named
Camp Mayor Preston. There have
been 81 boys at the camp. They have
enjoyed military training and water
sports. John Burgess is commandant
and Capt. Walter L Smith is in charge
of the camp.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
SNAP SHOTS.

The keener the critic the more
cutting the criticism.
lime and silence often succeed
where all other agencies fail.
A thing of comfort is seldom q
joy to the woman of fashion.
{ Its easier to play on hand organ
than on some peoples sympathy.
There are times when the brave
d serve immunity from the fair.
The patriotism of some men is
limited to red, white and blue poker
chips.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
Let The Capital Follow You.

Annapolitans who are leav-
ing the city should not fail
to have The Capital follow
them. In this way only can
they keep informed about
affairs at home. The Cap
ital will be mailed to any
address in the United States
and Mexico at the rate OF
30 cents a month daily, pre-
paid. Address may be
changed as often as desired.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
Protection Against Blight.

In addition to the insects, there are
several diseases which frequently
cause trouble, such as late potato
blight, tomato rot" bean rust" etc.
There is no satisfactory cure for any
of these fungus diseases once they
become established, but spraying with
Bordeaux protects the unaffected
parts, and if done in time may ward
off the trouble altogether
AS simple and effective plan for
garden protection as can be had there
fore is to spray all crops that are
likely to be attacked with combina-
ton of arsenate of lead and Bordeaux
mixture. Apply often enough to keep
new growth covered-every ten days
or so. To this spray add nicotine ex-
tract or kerosene emulsion whenever
sucking insects are present.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
FIGHTING INSECTS AND DROUTH.

Rl r a NUN " ILL.,
Author Of Around the Year in the Gar
dem Home Vegetable Gardening etc
Copyright 1917 by W. Atlee Burpee K Co..
Seedgrowers. Philadelphia
If there is one thing more annoying
than anything else on earth to the
average gardener, il is to have some
little sQuint-eyed. yellow-spotted.
crab-legged bug, about as big as a
split-pea. destroy in few days the
vines he has been carefully nursing
along for weeks; or to find his late
cabbages. or some equally lusty look
ing crops, turning pale and hopeless
looking just because a bunch OF little
green lice, that don't look big enough
or strong enough TO survive a good
pun of wind, have camped out in the
under side of the leaves.
They don't seem big enough to be
worth bothering about at first, and so
after killing a few, and cussing the
rest, he lets them go But they won't
go. worth a cent They stay right
there and go on increasing almost as
fast as the the high cost of living.
They end up like the fieas in the sad
tale Bill Nye used to tell about his
dog; the evening of the day the poor
dog finally died and was buried, Nye
got back from the funeral and was
naturally surprised TO see what he
took to be the dog sitting on the front
step waiting for him On closer in
spection it proved to be only the fleas,
which had got back from the funeral
ahead of Nye, and had gathered there
TO ask him when he was going to get
them another dog! So if you see the
bugs, worms, beetles, and plant lice
hanging around after they have clean
ed up the garden, remember that they
only want to express their apprecia-
ton of past favors and will come
again.
How To Know What To Feed A Bug.
Since the laws against patent medi-
cines for people becomes more strict.
they have taken to making them for
garden pests. There are half a dozen
remedies" for every kind of bug and
worm; and as there are about the
same number of insects for everything
that grows, it looks at first like quite
a complicated problem to know what
to do in any particular case
But it's not as bar as it looks.
There are three general classes of
garden pests, and with a little obser-
walton you can quickly tell to which
of these any particular intruder be-
longs.
The first are the chewing insects.
They chew and swallow portions of
leaves, or fruits. They include such
desperadoes as the potato beetle, and
the cabbage worm
The second are the sucking insects.
They take their meals in the form of
the plants juices, sucked from below
the skin or surface of leaf or stem or
fruit. To the beginner it often seems
impossible that they can be the cause
of the trouble which is apparent
They include the various green, black,
and blue plant lice which attack diff
ferent vegetables and flowers, scales,
and some other bugs" usually soft
fleshed, which seem to make a good
living without visible means of sup
port
The third are the various maggots
and root Worms and bores which
work our of sight, and are usually no
ticed only when the results of their
nefarious labors suddenly become evil
dent
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
Make The Punishment Fit the
Criminal.

So, while there are great many
bugs and beetles, from the point of
view of garden protection, there are.
only three-those that eat, those that
suck, and those that keep out of
sight
The things which can be used
against them may be simplified in
the same way. For the eating insects
use stomach poison. Arsenate of
lead is in general the most satisfac-
tory thing for this purpose. 1t forms
the basis of most of the special COM
binations or trade-name insecticides,
many of which are very good, recon-
mended for the different eating in
sects.
For the sucking insects, arsenate of
lead is practically useless, for the
simple reason that they never swal-
low any of it. What is needed for
them is some material that will kill
them by contact This we have in
nicotine extract, and in kerosene
emulsion. The former is the more
effective, and also more convenient to
use Either of these can be used in
combination with arsenate of lead
sprays, but remember that in order to
be effective they must come into di-
rect contact with the insect to be
effective.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
Remember

As a delicious CONNECTION that is alb
solutely pure and clean, our candy
authorizations cheaper its excellent
quality. but every ingredient is of the
highest grade and selected with the
greatest care. Rich in the nutritive
OF pure sugar. rich cream and fresh
fruit dayors, 1t is a wholesome food
q. well as pure, Ligh-grade candy.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15

For tickets and information apply at
oar city ticket offices; West Street Station,
Ssste House Station, College avenue and
9isdeu streets; Carvel Hall, Maryland
RRotsI n Kent Green, II. Boeasel, ONCE u.
~ A., for officers. midshipmen, ETC.,
Connected with the Naval Academy.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
LEAVE WASHINGTON

AGO. G45. sc5, sos. 10 %. loS A, 81 y, 120o.
905 Z O5, 900. 11.05, r. NJ. 12.05 A. NJ.
vDaily except Sunday.
dCounects at odenton with p. Z. r., and
=, GnnapOlis Junction with the B.&O.R.R.
~ sT0nBects at Odenton with r. II. X.
sT0cal Annapolis 20 Baltimore.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-15
w B. & A. Electric
Railroad.

MID-CITY TERMINALS.
asHOuy Service Morning. BaIt,n a1G Evening snd
bsr.nsbfngtOn washington passen-
va. Change at Naval Academy
ke Juncuon-)
LEAVE ANNAPOLIS
west Street station
an an a2O. ESQ, bd7.20. x7.60, $50, go,
oaly3,o N Ii 20. A. NJ. 1920, 10 go, d3.20.
sgS9 T4.50, $3.50. $500, 100. $40. 1920.
10. Pc NJ
= naval Academy Gate 10 minutes
LeAs @SsrIjeri State House Station, Bladen
81 and College Ave-, seven CD minutes
earlier.
LEAVE BALTIMORE
Eek v7s5 SIS, 9.35, 1875. 11-35, A. n.
30 ,9e5 .s5. 2.35 3,.35, x4.06, AS, 1905,
- aS5. 7.35, OBS. 11-55, p. NJ 1926
A d.
ii, rains receive or discharge passengers
>" al local points between Annapolis and
Ssval Academy Junction and at Linthi-
rrrn on signal.
The Washington times., 1917-08-24
HOOVER TO MEET
CHICAGO PACKERS
ON PRICE-FIXING

The first steps toward conservation
Of the American meat supply during
the war will be taken a. soon a.
Herbert C. Hoover, food sdministra-
tor, reaches Chicago. He will leave
Washington tonight to confer with
Chicago packers, and with investiEa-
tors for the Federal Trade Commits
sion now In Chicago. who have been
investigating the packing industry.
During his stay IN Chicago Mr..
Hoover will attend q specially called
conference OF editors OF farm publica-
tions, who desire to assist the food
administration through publicity and
propaganda as far as thsy can.
The conference with the packers, II
was stated at Mr.. Hoover's office, was
arranged at the request OF the pack
ers themselves. 1t IL regarded here as
the first move toward fixing meat
prices. II meat prices are fixed, II
was learned, they will be regulated
in the same manner as wheat and coal,
through > special administrator.
Repeated protests on account OF the
unprecedented prices OF hogs and cat
tie led TO the conference.
The Washington times., 1917-08-24
BRIGHTWOOD RALLIES
ITS HOME DEFENDERS

Citizens Of Brightwood and vicinity
answered the assembly call, blown by
sergt. Everstts L. Wilson, OF the U. s.
II. c. at Brightwood Park School last
night, and formed q company of the
Home Defense League.
Post Commander Charles c. Clark,
OF Richard J. Harding Camp. Spanish
War Veterans, presided. Harry F. ALI
man explained the objects OF the
league and was followed by William
Mex. Clayton, DR.. George D. Heineeke
and Charles II. Neeley. OF the aviation
corps. College Park, Nd At the next
meeting, which will be held next week.
a lieutenant and three sergeants will
be chosen