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The Evening critic., 1881-07-07
ATWOOD Blue Flannel Suits, 10;
warranted fast colOrs. /. Hamburger Sons
615 Pennsylvania avenue.

Judge Tourgee, in recent speech, thus
expresses his opinion of Carlyle:
"Some men are born old, and it seems as
il they must have got out of the cradle
wrong end hrst, 1t doesn't seem to them
that the world can possibly DO set
right because they believe it is going to tho
devil with the greatest velocity attainable.
Such n one was that morose man Of Chelsea
who has Just shufficd into eternity, grumb-
ling at the fiults he has never failed to see
In his fellow beings. Such a man was Car
lyle, the perpetual scold. He found in all
the human family, only one woman whom he
thought too good to SANDER and only one
man of whom he always spoke well. That
man was his own father, and that woman
was his wife. She must have deserved all
the good that he ever said of hsr. One who
know Carlyle most intimately said of him
that he must raise row, even in eternity,
and scold somebody, or else ho would lose
his existence entirely. Full of power and
a hard worker, he carved his own bitter
nature into the lives of many. Known of
few, read of many and felt Of everybody in
his day, he Wanted his own virtues upon
the world Mt the expense of the good he
might have said of others, and had gem
orrous words for his enemies, but only abuse
for his friends, He was the fit father of
that cold modern pessimism so like him.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-07
The Project to Assnssinatc Hayes.


In connection with the recent assault
upon President Garfield, comes the incident
in tho Inauguration of President Hayes,
which almost precipitated an assassination.
Just before the 4th of March, 1877, u
young gentleman of this city, Mr.. Hagan,
went to Rev. Father Reville, the famous
Dominican pulpit orator (who died from
yellow fever about year afterward during
the Memphis cpidemic), and told him that
he was greatly worried over certain mat
ter. An acquaintance of his from Illinois
had arrived and informed him that he pur-
posed to assassinate Hayes. He did not
know what to do or how to go about it, as
the man was evidently insane and deter
mined to carry out his project Father Re-
vile, who was then mt st. Dominic's Church,
Immediately advised Mr. Hagan, and they
went togetherat once to Detective McDevitt's
residence and informed him of the circum-
stance. McDevitt communicated the facts
of the case to Major Richards, then Chief of
Police, who directed the detective to look
up the man and examine into the matter. Nc
Dewitt discovered that the would-bo assassin
was at the Imperial Hotel. On his way up the
Avenue to that establishment he met two
of the secret-service men, Anchisi and Max
we'll, and suggested to them that they APP
proach the would-be assassin. They did
and the man Che was quite well-to-dO man
from Northern Illinois, Myers by name)
gave Anchisi twenty dollar gold piece with
which to purchase pistol on his promising
to aid him in his plot. McDcvitt IN ar.
rested Myers and conveyed him VDPolice
Headquarters. He found that I'M his room
at the hotel he was well heeled with an ar.
scnal of weapons. Myers did not deny his
intentions, but said that no had intended to
shoot Hayes, then proclaim himself Prcsi-
dent, and to be sworn in amid the ringing
of bells and the firing of cannon.
After due consultation the police authori.
ties, convinced Of his insanity, rcmandcd
him to the Insane Asylum. He was kept
there for about six months and then sent
home to his sons under charge of q nurse
President Hayes was very grateful to hi
informants for their prompt action and
promised to, reward them. He promised
McDevitt paymastership in the army, but
failed to keep his word. Maxwell he die
reward, but that individual turned ou
crooked. He was appointed to lieuten
a1cy in the army, but was discovered il
forging his pay accounts and selling them
for the which he is at present in the peni
| Tertiary.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-07
MARRIED.

BESToS-DkyIs-Atthe residence of the Rev,
Mr.. HartsOck, June ~, 1881, Edward V. Benton to
L. Ida Davis both of Washington.
DIED.
GRIrFIN.-At l o'clock q. M, July a 1881, =.
Adelaide Griffin, dearly beloved wife OF X. Z. Grii-
iln In the iist year of her age.
Funeral from her late residence, 1918 M street
southeast Saturday. 9th inst, ut D. M, to which
the friends Of the family are respectfully invited q
SEAroN.-July 0, 1881, at his late residence, South
Royal street Alexandrla, Va, George 1. Seaton,
in the Goth wear of his age Funeral took place AT
two o'clock This afternoon from the First Baptist
Church. Rev. Samuel Madden oiliciated.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-07
Ii Required Brains.

An article in our local columns traces the
career of Guitcau in this city, where he has
appeared in awhOle round of characters
political bohemian, shyster lawyer, hotel
impostor All of these professions require
for their successful pursuit the possession of
considerable mental powers, and Guitcau
seems to have had a certain sort of success
in several of them. The mans life has
been pretty thoroughly explored by this
time in all its phases, and it lisa curious fact
that in none of them has there been found n
single indication that he is any more insane
than every maliciously wicked and per
vcrsely worthless man must be. Persons OF
well-balanced minds, for example, do not
commit murders under any circumstances
but it does not follow that all murdcrers
are irresponsible.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-07
Crazy on the Great sen.serpent Issue.

crazy on the great Scn-Serpenf Issue.
Pail Mall Gazette,
At Bow street recently, George Drcvor,
n captain in the merchant service, was
charged on remand before Mr.. Flowers with
having sent letters threatening the life of
Mr.. ii. c. Rothery, wreck commissioner.
Mr. Poland appeared to prosecute. Tho pris-
oner's certificate was suspended in 1879,
after an investigation into the loss of the
vessel Norfolk on the Boa Vista, one of the
Cape dc Verde islands. In one of his letters
the prisoner called the wreck commissioner
~ modern Jesuit" and said that desperate
remedies were required for desperate wrongs.
He asked for "rccompensc employment or
an asylum" and said if he did not get what
he asked for he would charge his blood
and that of another on the nation that had
30 cruelty wronged him."
Whom arrested the prisoner told Inspector
Swanson that he might go into court and
shoot the wreck commissioner on the bench
His reason for writing the letters, was partly
he said, the insults he had received from Mr.
Rothcry because "hc was doing the Al
mighty's work in making his wonders
known" He believes he has captured
q specimen OF the sca-serpent,
and showed the inspector serpent
in bottle Of spirits. 1t was "about
four or five feet long and of somewhat Pc
lN"iiea ioihbtiou. iuc pEISpuCT htll DIC
of his officers had caught il while it was in
the act of swallowing fish off the coast of
South Africa. Pamphlets were produced
by Mr.. Poland which showed that the
prisoner believed he had discovered the
sea-scrpcnt. In one of these the prisoner
wrote: II sincerely believe that God for
some wise purpose has been pleased to re-
veal this greatest wonder of animated ma
ture to me-"
1
| The doctor Of the House of Detention re-
ported that the prisoner Vas suffering from
m0nomania on the subject of the sca-serpcnt.
The prisoner made long statement, in
which he said his log book, which would
show it was not his fault the vessel was
lost, was placed in Mr.. Rothcry's hands and
he could get it back. lie had sent the
threatening letters to compel them to come
forward and to call public attention to gross
wrongs that existed in his profession. Mr..
Flowers committed him for jail
The Evening critic., 1881-07-07

Prentiss' concentrated lemonade is sold at
the corner of Seventh and L streets.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-07
Revolutionary Women.

In the carly part of February, ITO, the
women of Boston publicly pledged them
selves to abstain from the use of tea On
February 8, 800 matrons had become mem
bcrs of this league. Three days after the
young women followed the example of
their mothers by signing the following doc
ument:
ave, the daughters of those patriots who
have and do now appear for the public in
terest, and in that principally regard their
prosperity, as such do with pleasure engage
with them in denying ourselves the drink
ing Of foreign tea, in hopes to Illustrate a
plan which tends to deprive the whole COM
munity of all that is valuable in life."
The Evening critic., 1881-07-07
u H. WARNER, Auctioneer.

by virtue of deed Of trust dated the 9Th
day Of February, \; d. 1872, and recorded in lf;:a
ords of the District Of Columbia and ut the writ
ten request of the party secured thereby, will
WEDNESDAY, the 18th day of july, 1881, mt o
o'clock y. M, the following real estate, with the
improvements thereon, located In the city Of
Washington, viz: Part or square numbered eight
hundred and twenty-five (s25), beginning ut the
northwest corner OF said square, thence running
feet and six 90 Inches, west iifty 900 feet TO Fourth
street, and thence north twenty-six CD feet and
six (6) Inches to beginning.
Terms OF sale as prescribed by deed of trust Tho
amount OF the Indebtedness secured by the deed
of trust unpaid, with expenses Of sale In cash. aud
the balance IN SIX l6) and twelve (2 months, bear
deed of trust on The proSerty sold. depost az
900 required at the time Of sale, and all conveyance
Ing at purchasers cost If terms OF sale are not
compiled with In five days from day OF sale, the
property will be resOld mt the risk and cost of the
defaulting purchaser after FIVE days advertise
ment. l. l.. JOHNSON,
jyl-eOd Trustee.
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Another AutOcrnt.

Colonel Gordon, In Central Africa.
The King of Abyssinia cuts off the noses
of those who take snuff, and the lips OF
those who smoke. The King is hated more
than Theodore was. Cruel to a degree, he
does not, however, take life. He cuts of
the feet and hands of people who offend
him. He puts out their eyes by pouring
hot tallow into their ears. You can buy
nothing without the Kings order; and no
one will shelter you without his order-in
fact, no more complete despotism could
exist. 1t cannot last for the King will 60
on from one madness to another.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-07
AUCTLOM SALkf
yI'Hos. Il. wAoaAMAN, Real K.'sste Auction
u eef

by virtue ofa deed of trust dated 2stlf lay OF
MAY, sand duly recorded In liber No. SSs, folio
~ one OF the land records Of the District of Coinm
nm nnu nt the request ofthc party secured thereby
VIII oHer AT pubic sale In front of the premises on
friuy july 10. at y. M, lot numbered ~ of Day.
msons subdivision Ofsquare l26, subd vision made
2Sth day of February, so lot NJ Is part of original
lot n In said square
Terms ofsale; One-thlrd cash and the residue
IN ,hree equal Instruments, payable IN SIX, twelve
anu elYhteen months from day of sale, with inter-
esth SIX per cent per annm payable quarterly and
chaser, secured by n deed of trust onohe premises
sold, or all cash ut the option of purchaser. de
post of 500 VIII be required the time of bid III
purchaser fails to comply with terms within seven
days irom sale the trustee will resell at his cost and
FISK. All conNeyanclng ut purchasers cost.
TlibS. ". WAGGAMAN
JNtcdNiS Trustpp.
The Evening critic., 1881-07-07
1881 THE GREAT 1881
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE,
To THE NORTH. WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

TO THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
DOUBLE TRACK, STEEL RAILS
Splendid Scenery, Magnificent Equipment
TRAINS Leave fE WAsMf Hin u On from depo
corner of Sixth and ID streets,
' sleeping Cars to PittsbSrg IAN and chcago ioso a
da wh SefP n o saTs TS% Hagriso1rs
BHEf M fisG P OF * fRXffIRoAp
Falls, with Parlor Car to Watkins and the
North, 80. m daily, except sunday; at $3.50 p
Canandaisua and Watkins.
For Mii9msP9rt Lock Haven Haven, and Elmira
For Sew YORK s and the East " 500 m 1890 a. m
SS 10 % and oI Ri:s on sunday POI m lS
Palace Cars, 9.9o n. N. daily, except sunday.
For Brooklyn, M T., all through trains connect at
fording direct transfer to Fulton street, avoid
ing double ierrage across New York city: -
FOR 1000 s and Pos 30 D. On Sunday at SS
1900 ana lois p. m; Limited Express, o.So a. IN.
For Baitmore ois, 500, $40, 1890 a, m and 200,
40, i.to, $40, 800 1900 and lol5p. m. on sun:
day, 500 1890 a. m, 200, $40 go 1900 and iOl5
For Pope's Creek Line, $40 a. m. and 40 p. m
For Annapolis $40 a. m. and 40 y. M, daily, ex
AI%%ASPRI{A MD EnEP NBEIK RS
For XHslESrSE SS ~ and l + a. M 40
600 sand 1897. m. On Sundays at 700, De
For Richmond and the South, 100 and ii.iO Il. IN.
ro aaE Sna m da sNSSp Snna
and 10 a. M. islo, ), 3, eio p. ms and y mid
| night. On Sunday at sos and 10 a. m, and
Tickets, Information, sleeping and parlor car ac-
commodatiOns can be procured AT the Offices north
avenue, and at the station, where orders can be
len for the checking ofbaggage to destination from
]. II, WOOD, General Passenger Agent.
FRANK THOMSON, General Manager.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-03-31
INCIDENTS IN THE COURT.
SHIP OF HAYES AND
GARFIELD.

The unusual scene which occur
red at the Union depot on Friday
afternoon in the greeting of Presi-
dent Hayes and President Garfield
has called up many pleasant and
interesting "reminiscences of those
two great men. Among the rest
is the following, told and vouched
for by a gentleman whose personal
acquaintance and intimacy with
both Hayes and Garfield is suffi-
Gent proof of the truth Of the story:
In the little village of Bedford, only
twelve miles distant from Cleve-
land, there lived, some thirty years
ago, two charming and attractive
girls. To one of these President
Hayes had become an ardent sui
tor, but the parents of the young
lady had vigorously opposed their
courtship on the ground that young
Hayes was poor, and gave evidence
of hardly sufficient ability to war
rant risking their daughters future.
The match was broken off, and the
lady is to-day married and we'll
known to Cleveland people.
The other young lady had receiv-
ed some attentions from young
Garfield, and was well disposed to
reciprocate them. Her parents,
however, objected to their intimacy,
giving as the reason for their OPP
position the poverty of Garfield and
the anything but bright prospects
of his future.
The most remarkable coincidence
of the courtship was that both
young ladies lived in village of
not over 500 inhabitants. Ana
both refused two future Presidents
ofthe United,States because oftheir
poverty.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-03-31

NOVEL USE OF WooD SHAvINGs.
From wood shavings and paper
Herr Heilemann makes plates,
dishes, etc., as follows: Selected
plane shavings are bound into bun
dies, and stepped in bath of weak
gelatine solution about twenty-four
hours, then dried and cut into suit
able lengths. Plates are cut of
strong paper or thin pasteboard, of
the size of the objects to be produc-
ed. These are moistened with a
liquid consisting of weak gelatine
solution with sodium waterglass,
and pressed in heated metallic
moulds. After drying, the pressed
paper objects are coated on both
sides with an adhesive material
made offive parts Russian gelatine
and one part thick turpentine; the
shavings are applied to them, and
the whole is subjected to pressure.
Wood shavings alone would, be
cause of their unequal thickness,
present uneven surfaces. The OBJ
jects are now cut, Unnecessary, dried
and vanished.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-03-31

JONES held an execution against
a farmer and when he called for a
settlement the agriculturalist took
him out into a big pasture and
pointed out a wild steer as the par
ticular piece of property that should
be levied upon; Jones chased the
steer around for awhile, and then
sat down, and taking out his book
began to write.
"What are you doing there?"
asked the granger.
Charging mileage" answered
the constable, without looking up.
''Do / have it all to pay!' gasp
ed the rancher.
"You bet"
"Then take this tame heifer here.
| can't stand any such game as
that.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-03-31

A HEROIC FIGHT.-The Times of
Natal contains an account, obtained
from native sources by Mr.. Osborn,
the British resident in Zululand,
of the memorable disaster at Isand-
lana. The desert ption of the stand
made by ''the last man. is full of
pathos: ''He struggled on and on,
retreating higher and higher up the
hill, till he reached small cave or
recess in the rocks, into which he
crept and with his gun kept off the
enemies. The ground in front of
the little cave (Which was pointed
out to me) falls steeply down, and
the Zulus, taking advantage of the
rocks and stones scattered about.
endeavored, two or three at a time.
to approach and shoot him. The
soldier, however, was very cool and
wary, and invariably shot every Zulu
as he approached. He did not blaze
away hurriedly, but loaded quietly,
took deliberate aim, and killed a
man with every shot till at last, the
Zulus being not very tired, num-
Der ofmen, good shots, were brought
up with guns, who fired simultan-
eously at the unfortunate man, and
so killed him
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RESCUED FROM DEATH.

The following statement of William j. Cough
lin, of Somerville. Mass is so remarkable that
we beg to ask for II the attention of our readers
He says: I'm the fall of 1876 was taken with
a violent bleeding of the lungs followed by a
severe cough. l soon began to lose my appetite
auc flesh. | was so weak at one time that L
could not leave my bed. In the summer of 1877
i was admitted to the City Hospital. While
there the doctors said l had hole in my left
lung as big half dollar. l expended over a
hundred dollars in doctors and medicines. was
so far gone at one time a report went around
that was dead, | gave up hope, but a friend
told me of DIR. VIM. HALLS BALSOM FOR
THE LUNGS. laughed at my friend, thinking
that my case was incurable. but got bottle
TO satisfy them. when to my surprise and graft
fication, commenced to feel better. My hope,
once dead. began to revive, and to-day feel in
better spirits than have the past three years.
Il write this hoping VOC will publish it, so
that every one afflicted with Diseased Lungs
viii be induced to take DR. WV. HALLS BAL
SOM FOR THE LUNGS. and be convinced that
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED. L have la
ken two bottles. and can positively say that IL
has done more good than all the other medicines
have taken since my sickness My cough has
almost entirely disappeared. and shall soon be
able to go to work" Sold by druggists.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-03-31
A JURY OF ONE.

Although it is almost the univer-
sal custom in the trial of jury cases
in the State Courts to follow the
old beaten track ofleaving the case
to the arbitration Of "twelve good
men and true this course is not
always followed. Itnot infrequent-
ly happens that through the illness
of juror or from some other cause
a trial is had before the remaining
eleven jurors. Very rarely, how
ever, is a jury narrowed down to
single juror, as was the case in a
trial the other day before Judge
Van Brunt, Of the Court of Com
mon Pleas. In 1877 a number of
clerks were dismissed from the Fire
Department. A final determine
ton of the Court of Appeals, at
which tribunal the cases were fin
ally heard, decided that the en-
ployees in question had been i'm
properly removed from their re-
spective positions and that they
must be restored to their desks
During the litigation the discharg-
ed clerks were out of employment
for six months. Suits were brought
for their salaries against the city,
as they were unable to find other
employment from the time they
were dismissed until reappointed.
The last of the cases was tried yes
terday before Judge Van Brunt and
one Juror by consent of COUNSEL
Mr.. Boswell D. Hatch appeared as
counsel for the plaintiffs, and
Messrs. E. H. Lacombe and Cole
for the city. The one juror heroi-
cally gave his verdict for the plain
tiffs, as instructed by Judge Van
Brunt. 1t was not considered nee
essary for one juror to retire to the
jury-room to deliberate.
"a jury ofone," remarked law
yer, ''has one advantage-it can't
disagree.
'And it is great saving in the
way Of jury fees" another said
''Ihe only wonder is that such
trials are not more frequent
Il guess tits not generally known
that this can be DONE" observed
yet another.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-03-31

The last words Of President Lin
coins first inaugural cannot be
printed too often. In connection
with President Garfield's first inau-
gural, they are worth reading again:
am loath to close. We are not
enemies but friends. We must not
be enemies. Though passion may
have strained it must not break our
bonds of affection. The mystic
chords of memory stretching from
every battlefield and patriot grave
to every living heart and hearth
stone all over this broad land. will
yet swell the chorus Of the Union.
When again touched, as surely they
will be, by the better angels of our
nature.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-03-31

A Swiss FOREST DISAPPEARS
An occurrence, which may be par
TALLY or wholly attributable to the
rude shakings which Switzerland
has recently undergone, is reported
from Quarter, in the canton of St.
Gall. A short time ago the peo-
pie in the neighborhood noticed
signs of uneasiness about the Seine
belberg. The summit of the noun
tain appeared to be in a precarious
position, and it was feared that it
might slip down and overwhelm
the Schnebelwald, an extensive
wood i'll the valley below. In an
ticipation of a possible catastrophe,
great efforts were made to cut down
and carry away as many trees as
possible, though the men engaged
in the work wrought at the peril of
their lives. A few days ago, when
fortunately there was nobody in the
wood, deafening report, like the
firing of heavy artillery, resounded
through the valley, and the noun
tain was hidden from view by a
thick cloud Of dust. When it dis
persed, the Schnebelberg was seen
to be shorter by few metres, and
the beautiful wood in the Murgthal
had disappeared beneath huge
avalanche of stones and earth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-03-31
A STORY OF JAMES
BUCHANAN.

Two years ago the writer made
Journey from Yankton to Swan Lake
by stage in company with Chief
Justice Shannon, Of Dakota Terri
tory. During the trip the Judge
narrated the following:
Il visited Washington early in
1861 to receive my appointment to
this place l called upon President
Buchanan in the evening at the
White House. We had long known
each other, and he received me cor
daily. Ny home had been at Pitts
burg, and we had met in party coun-
ellis, courts and conventions for many
years. During the conversation of
the evening the President asked me
what the people, the Democracy of
the West, thought ofthe events then
takingplace. answered him truly,
that the people would stand by the
flag regardless of party. At this
time the rebellion had actually be-
gun. State after State had seeded.
| remained an hour or more, and
arose to withdraw, when President
Buchanan without his hat, followed
me to the door, out down the walk
to the gate, and there, with a voice
filled with emotion, he said:
"Judge, I have no doubt but
YOU have told me truly; but what
can do, surrounded upon all sides
by the friends of secession; by men
believing in terights; even watch
ed in the seclusion of my own home?
For said the old man bitterly, that
beautiful lady sitting there in our
company this evening was none 9th
er than a Southern spy upon my
home speech and acts, and, upon
one pretence or another, such has
been the case for months, a constant
espionage. Whittier the country is
tending [ cannot tell. We must
trust in God and the coming Ad-
ministration. | can do nothing
watched day and highland it is
too late to call about me other coun-
sellers and advisers And" said
Mr.. Shannon, Il shall never forget
the picture the old man presented
at this moment-his hair streaming
in the wind; the tears running
down his cheeks, his whole frame
shaking with emotion. And thus |
saw him for the last time. | shook
his hand, babe him goodbye, and
departed. History narrates the
rest"