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ffpm the chicago Ifibunc.
u cannot say that the sad news Of lust
evening was unexpected, " said Mrs. Sena.
tor John A. Logan, "becausc for several
days the Generals dispatches from New
York have loreshadowed this final ending
81 the career Of one Of the most brilliant
and promising statesmen this country has
known. And ull this morning have had
wildly in my mind the tired and weary
features President Garfield wore the last
stitne siiw him. II was in Washington, Il
short time after his nomination. Upon his
return from Washington the Ohio tlelcga-
lion give him Il reception, and Of course
the whole crowd Of OliCClIOlders 1T
the Capital had been Jealous in their
attentions, 30 that lie was hardly given n
in0ments time to rest and gain that strength
which he must have lost in attendance
upon tho long and exciting convention in
Chicago One day he called upon liz, ~
was his custom, lillannounCed. lie said lie
was wenried and worn out and remained
nlltliu afternoon. remember his using
these words General, / AIN convinced
now that l made mistake in accepting
this Nomination for the Presidency. hive
already reached the highest place my ambi.
ti0h sought | am Senator from one Of
tile leldlng States in the Union. With
lnotdinary respect for the opinions of my
people ] feel satisfied | can remain In Con.
gees 30 long as desire, and Gun add to
whatever Of reputation now enjoy. But
il j am elected President il Is only for four
years, My administration may not prove
d success, hut II II should, what then? |
can conceive Of nothing so humiliating us
being an ex.PresidCnt.' ."
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A CURIOSITY in the. Gull of Mexicn has
been discovered. It is u harbor in the
open gull, fifteen miles from land, \ kind
Of oil is thrown up by the processes OF M
ture, and rests upon the surface Of the wa
ter in thick scum. The effect OF the oil i.
so great that even in the severest storm,
the sea in this peculiar harbor is compara
lively smooth. This is so well known thai
when a storm approaches small vessels run
for this "oil pond," as it is called, and rid,
out the gale in safety.
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ATTORNEYS,

H. COWDEN, nm.
II ATTORNEY AT LAW ..A
No. i22g Chnpllnc st., Wheeling W Va -@s@-
HANNIBAL FORBES,
III. ATTORNEY At LAM, q. tp
Office, Custom House Wheeling W. w -.
JAMES p. ROGERS,
u ATTORNEY At Law, ~, uorv.
No. l2O7 Chaplnc st., opposite tue 'ou'' sp
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AlufftuRe III the FIfteemth Century.
rtbh The Nineteenth Century.
How were young ladies' dealt with and
how were marriages managed in the III.
teenth century, II this generation Of
young ladies have any notion Of It, they
willrejoice TINT they were not born 10 be
married four hundred years ago. They
know very well that II they have attended
totheir duty and trained up their parents
IN the way that they should 90, they mov
choose for themselves, with or without dis.
critninalion ns the Ctlse may be. Neither
they nor their parents may have taken the
view Which j recOlleCt to have heard from
Nj, Rogers that II does not much signify
Whom one lnarries, as one is sure to find
next morning that Il was somebody else,
but though they may not I've IRE.
pared 10 go quite Ills length, yet, from one
gltise OF another, the young In their vii.
itlhcss and strength will not seldom Grt,
aud tic old In their impotence Cuncede IN
such sort that they might seem not to STOP
ldf short oil II. IL was otherwise In the Inst
century, Parental figor In those DAYS could
hold its own as firmly "a the parish stocks.
anlthefe was but one Cscape-the flipht
TO 9tetnN Green, q sanctuary known now
only 10 history. The GOODNESS with whicl,
TWAS sometimes rCsorted to may bc pS.
emplliled by a quotation lgiven TO me by n
eulnds0n Oithe pafties) from letter writ.
ten not however, to the parents Of the lady
lgtslte was an orphan, but to her guar.
diHnsJ beginning thus
Gentlemen: Your unnatural behavior
loyotf ward, Miss -, induced her, how.
reluctantly, 10 take Journey to Scot.
land in which she allowed inc The honor
ACCOMMODATING her"
lhe slaekching Of resln,int In this cen.
lnryiuAy have better results on tho whole
l||an tho UNNATURAL behavior" Of the lasi.
hul Il sometimes leads 10 impfompllI
arrngemehls by young people which NAV
AuonI not to have been made with a suit.
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QUEEN NlcroRlA's life Mt Balmo al Is the
London World says, simple and uniform.
The piper plays under her window every
morning ut $; she has breakfast and is out
Of doorsat 10, from which hour SHE spends
I'LL noon in walking, and once occasionally
visiting ut tho cottages in the vicinity Of the
Castle from noon until s, with half an
hours interval for luncheon, she ,lcyOles
herself to work which may be termed
official reading dispatches, State papers,
&c, and writing memoranda ind letters in
connection Herewith; at she sets out for
her daily drive, which lasts till I, md oc.
Casionally later She is described us driv.
ing out the other day wearing black straw
Int upon her head, and about her matronly
shoulders large shawl Of small.chcck
Shepherds plNid-articlps Of attire much
too simple for the wardrobe ola fashionable
American.
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where the whipping POST FtOurIshSs.
New York Tribune,
WASHINGTON, September ls..-The old
city of Alexandria, six miles below Wash.
ington, Is perhaps one Of the most unpleas-
ant places for the ttansgreaor In the whole
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rieni sense Of their laIiorsnes j have
known 81 rforcal ID this century ll
vodut qentlahi1n 10 still younger lazy
Who saye this ready reply 9hi yeS le.t.us
bama4ied. Il win be such awipi tnnsl !
trust that her somewhat sudden and san
giine expectations were FULFILLED, have
no reason to think that they were not, But
there is something to be said Tor taking
time on such occasions, and looking before
and after,
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A Suggestion for GnrneId'. Monumcnt.


Mrs. Garfield having accepted the ten.
der Of II place Of intcrmcnt for her hus.
band in Lake View Cemetery, allow inc to
suggest what seems to me the most fitting
place for such II burial. This is the pro.
montory ut the right Of the road leading
to the high plateau on which stands j. II.
Wades monument, and overlooking the
beautiful rnvine ut its base, commanding,
us II does the finest prospect Of any point
in the cemetery. Tits promontory,
crowned with classic Greek temple, lik G
the famous temple at 'Tivoi, or the beauti.
ful temple Of Vcsta, in Rome, with statue
Of the President in the center, around
which might be in time grouped the sculp.
tured busts Of mother, wife md children,
would not only he n browning ornament to
Our beautiful cemetery, as well as the ad.
miratiOn Of every behOlder Sucll II mon.
umcnt would have the charm Of unioue.
ness IN this country Ns well us Of exquisite
classical beauty, so thoroughly in accord
with the taste, culture and sentiment of
Our scholarly and Christian President,
, 1881-07-06

together, so as to cool the DOiler down
gradually and generally, and not sud-
denly and locally. .s, s5s
II boiler is blown off under steam !.
pressure, the plates and brickwork
are left hot. The hot plates harden
the scale, and the hot brickwork hurts
the boiler. Cold water dashed on to
hot plates will cause severe straining
by local contraction, sometimes sufi-
cient to fracture the seams.
Cleaning out the 6OiLer.-Clean out
the boiler at least every two months,
and oftener if the water be sedimen-
tary. Remove all the scale and sed-
iment as we'll as the flue dust and
SCOT. Show the scale and sediment
to the manager. Pass through the
hues, and see not only that the SCOT
and fue dust have been removed,
but that the plates have been well
brushed. Also see whether the fiues
are damp or dry, and if damp find
out the cause. Further see that.the
thoroughfares in the glass waters
gauges and in the blowout elbow
pipe, as we'll as the tho~roughfares
and the perforations in the internal
feed dispersion pipe and the scum
pipe are free. Take the feed pipe
and scum trorghs out Of the boiler it
necessary to clean them thoroughly.
Take the taps on the feed valve to
pieces, examine, clean, and grease
them, and if necessary grind them in
with a little fine sand. Examine the
fusibIe plugs. DO not put any blocks
under the pipes in the hearth pit.
Putting blocks under the pipes in the
hearth pit robs them of their spring,
strains them and sometimes breaks
them.-Sce ". s. y. Il. Monthly Report
for November, 1879.
Preparation for entire Examination.
Have the boiler cooled and care
fully cleaned out as explained above.
Show both scale and sediment to the
Inspector, as we'll as the old cap Of
the fusibIe plug, and tell him OF any
defects that may have manifested
themselves in working, md of any
repairs or alterations that may have
been made since the last examination.
Unless a boiler be suitably pre-
pared, a satisfactory entire examine
ton cannot be made. Inspectors r
sent at considerable expense to make
entire examinations, and it is n great
disappointment when their visits are
wasted from want Of preparation.
The Association is always happy to
afford information to boiler attend
ants by means of its printed monthly
reports, and to help them in the dis
charge of their duties, and expects
them in return to do all they ran to
promote a thoroughly sound inspec-
ton of the boilers under their charge.
FEASIBLE PMgs.-Keep these tree
from SCOT on the fire side, and from
incrustation on the water : side.
Change the fusible metal once every
year, at the time of preparing for the
Manchester Steam Users Associa-
ton annual entire examination.
IL fusible plugs are allowed to be-
come incrusted, or ii the metal be
worked too long ,Sthey become USE
lesS and MANY furnace crowns have
, 1881-07-06
INSTRUCTIONS TO BOILER
ATTENDANTS.
By a MANCHESTER STEAM USERS
ASSOCIATION.
from the Sugar Cane.)

from cold water in less than six hours.
If possible, light the fires over night.
Nothing turns a new boiler into
an old one sooner than getting up
steam too quickly. 1t clogs the fur
mace tubes, leads to growing, strains
the end plates, and sometimes rips
the ring seams of rivets at the bottom
of the shell.
Firimg.-Fire regularly. After fir
ing, open the ventilating grid in the
door for a minute or SC. Keep the
bars covered right up to the bridge.
Keep as thick u fire as the quality of
the coal will allow. DO not rouse
the fires with a rake. Should the
coal cake together, run a slicer in on
the top of the bars, and gently break
up the burning mass.
1t has been found by repeated tri-
ais that under ordinary fair condi-
tions no smoke need be made with
careful hand-firing.
Clearing Fires and Stacking ASheS.-
Clean the fires as often as the clinker
renders it necessary. Do not slack
the clinkers and ashes on the flooring
plates in front of the boiler, but
draw them directly into an iron bar
row, and wheel them away.
Stacking ashes on the flooring
plates corrodes the front OF the boiler
at the flat end-plate, and also at the
bottom of the she'll where resting on
the front cross wall.
Feed Water Suppy-Set the feed
valve so as to give a constant supply,
and keep the wafer upto tire point
indicated by the water-level pointer.
There is no economy in keeping a
great depth of water over the furnace
crowns, while the steam space is
reduced thereby, and thus the boiler
rendered more liable to prime. Nor
is there any economy in keeping a
very little water over the furnace
crowns, while the furnaces are there
by rendered more liable to be laid
bare.
Glass Water Gauges and Foats.-
Blow through the test tap at the bot
tom of the gauge hourly, as well as
through the tap in the bottom neck,
and the tap in the top neck twice
daily. These taps should be blown
through more frequently when the
water is sedimentary, and whenever
the movement of the water in the
glass is at all sluggish. Should either
of the thoroughfares become chokcd,
clean them out with a wire. Work
the floats up and down, by hand,
three or four times a day to see that
they are quite free. Always test the
glass water gauges and the floats,
thoroughly, the first thing in the
morning before firing up.
It does not follow that there is
plenty of water in the boiler because
there is plenty of water in the gauge
glass. The passages may be choked.
Also empty gauge glasses are some
times mistaken for full ones, and ex-
plosions have resulted therefrom.
Hence the Importance of blowing
through the test taps frequently.
Blow Ont Taps and Scum Taps
>A&F2&hEy #&F -tNN .E ~
, 1881-07-06

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the water-level pointer at the time of
opening the scum tap. Do not neg
lect blowing out for a single day,
even though anti-incrustation compo-
sitions are put into boiler.
Water should be blown from the
bottom of the boiler when steam is
not being drawn off, so that the water
may be at rest and the sediment have
an opportunity Of settling. Water
should be blown from the surface
when steam is drawn off, SO that the
water may be in ebullition and the
scum floating on the top. IF the
water be below the pointer, the scum
tap will blow steam; if above the
pointer, the scummer will miss the
scum.
Safety Talves.-Lift each safety
valve by hand in the morning before
setting to work, to see that it is free.
If there is q low-water safety valve,
test it occasionally by lowering the
water level to see that the valve be-
gins to blow at the right point.
When the boiler is laid off, examine
the float and lever and see that they
are free and that they give the valve
the full rise.
If safety valves are allowed to go
to sleep, they may get set fast.
Sh0rtpesS of Water.-In case the
boiler should be found to be short of
water, draw the fires if practicable,
and draw theml quickly, beginning
at the front. In some cases it may
be more convenient to smother the
fires with ashes or with anything else
ready to hand. If the fires are not
drawn, leave the furnace doors open,
turn on the feed, lower the hampers,
shut down the stop valve if the boiler
be one of a series, and relieve the
weight on the safety valves so as to
blow off the steam. Warn passers-
by from the front of the boiler.
Drawing the fires must be done
with discretion, and ought not to be
attempted if the furnace crowns
have begun to bulge out of shape.
At Clay Gross, near Chesterfield, on
Thursday, January l4th, 1869, as
the attendant was in the act of draw
ing the fire from a furnace overhead
ed from shortness of water, the crown
rent, when the torrent of steam and
hot water that ensued blew him back
wards to a distance of IS yards,
rake in hand, and killed him on the
spot.-See N. S. y. Il. Monthly Re
port for January, 1869.
Use 0Ani-ImcruStation Compositions.
DO not use any of these without
the consent of the Manchester Steam
Users Association. If used, never
introduce them in heavy charges at
tho manhole or safety waive, but in
small daily quantities along with the
feed water.
Many furnace crowns have been
overheated and bulged out of shape
through the use Of anti-incrustation
compositions, and in some ases ex-
blossoms have resulted.-See III. S. y.
Il. Monthly Report for June, 1869 and
ApYal, 1877.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-11-02
Meeting of rruit.growers

The Potomac Fruit-growers held theil
regular monthly meeting last night at the
residence of DIR. L. p. Rowland. After the
regular exercises the ladies of the w. N. G.
T. u, d number of them being present, were
called upon. Mrs Mclaughlin, of Massachu-
setts responded in q very fine effort Tor
rather without effort, she speaks so easily
upon the question "What shall we do with
our apples?" The lady maintains that
cider contains q large per cent. of alcohol
and is therefore injurious. Suggestions came
from all parts of the room in reply: Make
vinegar, jelly, apple-butter applc-leather,
dried-apples. There seemed no lack of
ways in which to dispose of apples. The
only trouble in Washington is to get them
To disnOso Of
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-11-02
A vice.PresidentiaI Crank.

There was middle.aged man roaming
about the Capitol this morning who claimed
that he had been elected Vice. President of
the United States. He said that at the time
he was elected he was too sick and unable
to assume the duties of the office and that
David Davis had usurped the place. He
was well now and had come to Washington
to assume the duties of the office. He said
he lived in New York and his name was
Thomas Jefferson, n lincal dcscendent of
the author of the Declaration of Indepen-
dcncc. He thought it was great outrage
upon the part Of Judge Davis to treat him
as he had, md rs soon rs the Senate met he
was going to take the chair and address the
Senate on the subject. When informed
that the Senate had adjourned and would
not meet again before December he left,
saying he would go home and return
again. He did not belong to either of the
s0-called great political parties, but was an
Old Line Wing with strong Know Nothing
proclivities, and was of the opinion that If
the leaders of the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties were not put out of the way
they would bring on another war. He
added that he was minister, and intended,
when he assumed the duties of Vice-Prcsi-
dent, to have better state of morals
around the Senate Chamber. He was OPP
posed TO the drinking of whisky, and
would endeavor to impress on Senators the
necessity of being temperate in all things.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-11-02
PROBABLY FATAL QUARREL.
a Man at the Fair Grounds 1Ior-
rihIY wounded with n PifchforIs.

A quarrel occurred early this morning at
the Fair grounds, in the stables of cx-Gov.
Bowie, os Maryland, which proved very
serious matter. Duff" Roano. n mulatto,
90 years of age, groom employed by Gov.
Bowie, had n fight with Henry Brown,
another colorcd man employed in the
stables, when Brown, after being beaten by
Roane, seized pitchfork and gave his an
tagonist three horrible wounds on the head.
At the last thrust one prong of the pitch
fork penetrated the eye of Roanc, and went
in to the depth of over an inch. Tic police
ambulance was sent to the grounds, and the
wounded man was removed in scnscless
and, 1t was thought, dying condition to the
Frecdmcn's Hospital. Brown was arrested,
and Is held ut the Second Precinct station.
At 1870 o'clock this afternoon DIR. Purvis
said that the wounded man was still in
sensible, and was apparently suffering from
a conclusion, caused by blow from heavy
club, rs we'll rs from three separate stabs,
one of which was on the right check, one on
the right shoulder, and another on the
back of the head. The mans eyes had not
been damaged, he thought, by the pitch
fork, as reported. The Doctor stated he
could do very little until the man recovered
scnsibility, but that he thought the chances
for his recovery were exceedingly small.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-11-02

Another confidence game was success
fully performed yesterday. Mr. Charles M.
Bierbout, wealthy farmer of Washington
County Pa, has been for some days ut the
National Hotel. Yesterday he left the hotel,
and was walking in the direction of the
Baltimore & Potomac depot, when Il young
man stepped up and addressed him by
name, after which he entered into q
familiar conversation on home topics. The
old farmer was easily captured, and walked
along with his agreeable companion toward
the depot, into which his friend went, but
soon returned, saying that he had called to
get his baggage, but found he would
have TO pay more money than he had
with him and would have to return
to the hotel and get $50 of his money from
the safe, unless Mr. Bierbout would accom-
MEDIATE him with the money. The money
was lent without n moments hesitation, and
the accommodating old victim stood on
Sixth street while his younger companion
entered the Sixth-street door and, passing
through the depot; probably skipped out the
B-street door and made Off with the Dor
rowed $50.
Mr.. Bierbout reported the case at Police
Headquarters last night, but was unable to
describe the swindler and after giving NJ
all prospects of recovering his money, left
the city this morning sadder. but wiser
man
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-11-02

NAVAL ORDERs.-Capt. o. f. Stanton to
duty at the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia.
Capt. b. L. Taylor to command the Frank.
lin. Master c. w. Bartlett to the Constitu-
ton. Lieut. Commander G. II. Rockwell
and Lieut.. N. J. X. Patch to the Boston
Navy-yard. Lieutenants +. J. Drake and
III. l.. Treman to the New York Navy
yard. Lieut.. X. Niles to the Washington
Navy-yard for instruction in ordnance.
Lieut.. A. c. McMeehan to the Indepen-
dencc. Ensign David Daniels to the
Wabash. Passed Assistant Surgeon s. A.
Brown to the Naval Hospital, Pensacola,
Fla. Boatswain j. b. Aiken to the Boston
Navy-yard. Sailmaker G. c. Boerum to the
Wabash. Commander G. N. Schoonmaker
has reported his return home from the
command of the Nipsic and been placed on
waiting orders. Master w. M. Irwin, from
the Michigan and ordered to the Essex.
Cadet Midshipmcn II. G. Dresel, l.. s. Nor
ton, +. d. Haskell and A. A. Alderman,
from the Trenton and ordered to the Sara
toga. Cadet Midshipmen ]. G. Drake,
StOkeby Morgan and Il. A. Parke, from the
Trenton and ordered to the Portsmouth.
Passed Assistant Surgeon $. w. Battle, from
the Pensacola and ordered to the Coast Sur
vey steamer Gedncy. The orders Of Mid.
shipman w. II. Rush to the Passaic have
been revoked and he is placed OH sick leave
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-11-02
RenI Estntc Transfers.

N. w. Fitzgerald to Charles Christiani,
for $500, lots 81 and SO, So. 74s. Charles
and George White to Robert White, for
49,, 900, lots SO, SO and "a, in White &
Bros subdiv. So. 462 lots 30, "a, 35 and
80, White & Bros, sub-div. Of reservation
d lot AZ, so. III, lot 6s, A. Il. Shep-
herds sub-div. So 1923. Susan Kleiber to
John Ordesscr, for $1,000, part of lot 3, So.
400. John McCauley to A. G. Clark, for
Ss5, lots ~ and 43 j.. Jones, sub.div.
So. 5il, lots 1s and 10 so. GAL, and lot So.
15i
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Tho grand jury brought in this morning
indictments against the following parties :
Samuel Morris, burglary and larceny; Owen
Flood, assault with intent to kill Oliver w
Longan; George Carr, second ofionse petit
larceny; John Zarembo, grand larceny;
Charles Preston, alias John Williams, lar
ceny Walter Brown, Philip Hardy, Alex
ander Dorsey and Walter Peyton, assault
with intent to kill Charles Gray; William
Smith, burglary and larceny; George +.
Craig and George NJ. Roberts, burglary and
larceny
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Mrs. NJ. Cora Hands Reception.

The regular Monday evening reception
held ut DIR. BANDS has almost como to be
a feature of Washington. 1t is entirely
literary in its character, and was last Mon
day evening unusually fine, n number of
the temperance delegates being present and
adding zest to the meeting Mrs. Lydia
Tilton read poem entitled "Thc Lesson of
To-day" the very best of all the pretty
things contributed by that lady. Mrs.
Lincoln Bessie Beech) read an essay on
"Growing DID," which was poetry in dis
guisc There was a nibbling by Mouse-in-
the-Corner on Humble Pie" (not exactly
tho kind mice usually nibblc); also fine
recitation by Miss Payne, and "Bruddcr
Anderson" by request, for the fiftieth
time, from Mrs. Bland; and Col. Meacham,
mounted on his Indian hobby, ran away
with all his audience.