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The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
spread OF scarlet Fever.

The scarlet fever seems to have broken
out more violently than ever in seaside cos
tunes this year. Unshaded red in parasols,
hat Innings, and yachting and bathing suits
is universally worn, and the eye fairly
aches for more subdued and harmonious
tones on beach and esplanade, where the
unmerciful rays of the summer sun beat
down upon whole forests of female forms,
every one of which displays some garment
or ribbon of this forid and glaring hue
and the combinations occasionally to be
seen with other colors seem only intended
to bring out the favorite scarlet in stronger
relief and with greater violence. Red with
purple facings, saffron with scarlet stripes
rich cardinal WITH black trimmings, in tru'
Mephistophelian style, are won by matroni
and maidens without any reference what
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
A Saratoga Bellies Dresses.


Do you see that lovely blonde coming
toward us? Rumor is rife with her, and she
furnishes much food for the gossips writes
q Saratoga correspondent. One of the things
said of her is that her wardrobe consists of
300 dresses! ! am not exaggerating Dame
Grundy's bulletin one iota Now happen
to be friend of the lady, and, therefore,
can give facts concerning her. She is Mrs.
T--y, wife of wealthy st. Louis banker,
the pOssessor of more, in quantity and quail
ity, diamonds than any other lady in Sara
toga. At night she is literally ablaze with
precious stones. Her husband dotes on her,
and gratifies her every within. In regard to
her dresses, she has not quite 300. But this
she can do--remain here two months
change twice day, and never appear in the
same costume. Why. there is a woman in
st. Louis who supports her family by the
embroidery she does for Mrs. L. AS soon as
the new costume is decided upon, stockings
handkerchiefs, gloves and parasols are given
the artist to embroider in color and design
to match the dress. With all her wealth
she is one of the most unassuming ladies tc
be met with, though, as you can imagine
she excites great deal of envy.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
Accident.

WIN. Bergman, restaurant keeper in
South Washington, was driving this after
noon In company with young man named
Lincoln, when the horse took fright at the
corner of Sixth and Il southwest and both
men were thrown out. Bergman's left leg
was broken and other injuries were in
fiicted so that he had to be taken homo in
the police ambulance.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
succirI wenthcr DuIIetin.

The special bulletin issued from the
signal Office to-day says: Fair weather is
indicated for tomorrow in the Middle
Atlantic States and New England, and rain
in the Lake region and South Atlantic
Ctotos
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
A committee appointed in Brussels to deal

with the question of fires in theatres makes
six COMMUNICATIONS. (which. include separ-
ate gas meters for the stage, the body of the
house and the passages; that the gaspipes
in the passages shall be served from the
street or some source exterior to the build
ing, and that there shall be lights opposite
each door leading from the passages into the
body of the house; that all the doors shall
open outward or swing both ways; that
there shall be electric communication be-
tween the theatres and the nearest fire
station that the strength of the chains to
which the chandeliers are fixed shall be
tested at certain intervals, and that al
doors in the theatre shall be opened by one
key, duplicates of which shall be in the
possession of different persons connected
with the management.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02

Marriage licenses have been granted to
+. G. McCathran and A. s. Hall o. II. En-
mons and J. p. Cockney Andrew p. Ham
ilton, of Fairfax, Va, and Annie S. Hall, Of
Alexandria, Va; Andrew Porter and Katie
Clemonds, ~
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
Abating q Nuisance.

The following important order was issued
by the Commissioners this afternoon:
Ordered-That no more permits will be
given for running wires or for the erection
of poles in the District for telegraphic pur-
poses, except on lines now existing, or for
the fire and police service of the District
0ovarnmantv
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
IIeId M Accessory to a Murder.

Frank Gallagher, held to await the action
of the grand jury as an accessory to the
murder of Stephen Tyrrcll on Jsly 81, on
Twenty first street, was to-day in the Grim
inal Court admitted to bail by Judge Hag-
ner, bond 5000, with John Fegan and
CHRISTOPHER Dixon as sureties.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
rho Critic i'm Georgetown.

Copies of The EVENING CRITIC may be
had and subscriptions left at e. X; Lundys
book and stationery store, 1913 Bridge street,
Georpptowu
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
FINANCIAL.
TO.llny's Stock Quotations.

The following observations of the trans
actions in the financial market to-day, to-
gether with opening and closing quotations,
are furnished by the banking house of II.
ID. Cooke, Jr. & Co.. 1920 + street, Washing
ton, ID, c.:
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
still some Left.

Chris. Xander, Oh Seventh street, has
some of the native wines, manufactured by
himself which has given so much satisfac-
ton, left. Call early before it is all dis
posed of
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02

For New England and the Middle At
lantie States, fair weather, winds mostly
southerly, stationary temperature and bar
n,natnr
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
The "infernal machine scare nhas

The "infernal machine scare has had
two curiously exact historical parallels, in
one of which, however, the comedy resulted
somewhat tragically for its originator The
first of these was the work of the famous
sixteenth century satirist of France, Fran
co.'s Rabelais Having on one occasion run
short of money-no uncommon thing with
the jovial author of "Gargantua while
on holiday excursion in the provinces, he
made up several packets of brickdust and
placed them in a drawer, which he left half
open, inscribing them with Poison for the
King" poison for the Queen, Poison
for the Prince" &C. His landlord was not
long of discovering the terrible packets, and
Rebelais, escorted by n rejoicing troop of
constables, was conveyed without the cost
of penny back to Paris, where he was in
stantly recognized, and his novel way of
paying his bill became the joke of the sea-
son. This adventure may possibly have
suggested to poor La Tude. the famous
Bastilc prisoner, his first and last attempt
to acquire favorat court. Having addressed
packet of white powder in a feigned hand
to Nine. de Pompadonr, the reigning favor.
tic of Louis XIV, he at the same time wrote
to her in his own name to warn her that
such q packet was OH its way to her contains
ing poison. But the powder proved harmless
on being tested, and the poor young French
man paid for his ingenuity by an imprison
ment outlasting the life Of the Pompadoul
herself.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02

A rattlesnake measuring four and a-half
feet and having two rattles, was recently
killed near Boston.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS.


The little boy, Daniel Hunter who fell
from stoop, near East Market Space, to
the towpath, and broke his left leg, is in a
very bad way. His sufferings for the past
two days has been of the most intense char
acter. The little Simmons boy, who fell at
the same time, and who received internal
and external injuries, is much better to-
day.
Grain Arrivals.
The boat Samuel Jarboe brought to this
port this morning 300 bushels of wheat
for J. G. & J. M. Waters the boat Seneca
1,5O0 bushels of wheat, 500 of corn, 200 OF
rye, and so barrels Of flour, for Hartley
Bros.
Burial of Mrs. Yates.
The late Mrs. Ann b. Yates, who died on
Saturday last, was buried this morning from
Trinity (Catholic) Church. The funeral
was largely attended.
Coal.
Twenty boats, with 2,411 tons Of coal left
Cumberland Saturday for Georgetown.
In ANSWER to complaints Of the defective
drainage of Grace street, Georgetown, tn,
Engineer Commissioner reports that sewel
is necessary, which will not be laid withou
the property paying one-third tn,
cost.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
Pants Separate

from suits, all sizes, at b, Robinson y co.'s
Boys Clothing House, 800 Penna' avenue
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
To READ these two rhymes properly de-
ponds entirely upon how you pronounce
" Albuquerque :"

An old citizen OF Albuquerque
Pulled on his kid gloves with jerquo;
He swore ut the thumb,
AS or II did cumb,
And they turned him right out OF thu
kuerquc
An old man in Albuquerque
Attempted to corral II turque;
But thH bird shook his comb
ReiI.i5G - 40 hOmD,
And gobDlcd in way that was Jerque'
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02

DRAFTS on London, Dublin and Paris, at
IL. d. Cooke, Jr., & Co.'s, 1929 + st.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
None of the OId-time Productivity AT
Saratoga.

ASaratoga letter says: While the hotels
are all moderately well filed, there is still
room for many more, and of those who arc
here it is complained that they do not rep
resent the spending class. Even the South
errers, once so protiigate in their liberality
now count the cost of things, and partake
moro of the mathematical propensities Of
their Northern brethren than was their
wont "befo' tn wah. o;,..l.,
".We folks down Sooth," said one. of the
cavaliers on the balcony Of Congress Hall
last evening, "know mo- bout the value Of
money. We used to think it was only tc
throw away, but since the wah we have
found out that you can buy things with
it,"
81 mover see SIGH people as is down herr
this season." growled the hickman tha
took me home from the races yesterday
~ kin remember the time when Morrissey
was down here that thy'd throw five
dollar notes at you for driving them AROUND
the circle. Now they'll swear at you ant
walk away if you ask em for quartz
to drive EN- to the race-track."
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02
THE EVENING CRITIC.


SUMNER THEATRE CoMIouE-Nariety.
DRIVERS SUMNER GARDEN-Concert.
AnNEu's SUMNER GAnDES-COncert
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-08-02

Will open 200 pieces tomorrow morning,
ranging from twenty-five cents. Julius
Lansburgh, 315 Seventh street
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-22
A Famous Mexican RevOIutiOnist and
Bandit.

MENTION has already been made of
the arrest, on q warrant issued by Gov.
Perkins,upon a requisition from the Gov
eminent of Lower California, of Clodi-
nero Gotta, and his incarceration upon
the Mexican man-of-war Democratic,
now awaiting departure for Mexico
Gotta was once an ambitious man, of
great influence in Lower California, and
has had an adventurous career. He is
a nephew of Gen. Emanuel Markes, of
the Mexican army, is about fifty years
old, tall and well built, and of handsome
and intelligent appearance. His career
as bandit is perhaps due mainly to cir
cumstances which defeated his ambitious
projects in affairs of State. He aspired
to be Governor of California, which he
proposed to govern as province of his
own. With this scheme in view, he was
a faithful follower of Lerdo and an I'M
compromising enemy of Diaz. Upon
the accession of the latter to the Presi-
dency of the Republic he lost most of
his followers and all hopes of success as
q revolutionist. He refused to surrender.
however, and became an outlaw. From
this it was but a step to the life of a
bandit, and he became terror to the
merchants and peaceable and wealthy
people all over Lower California He
frequently kidnapped wealthy persons
and held them for ransom, after the
manner of Italian brigands, and pillaged
great many small towns along the
coast, retreating to the mountains when
the opposition became too strong for
him. His band, which six years apo
numbered about 200 men, by losses
in his various predatory incur
sions and assertions became reduced.
until about a month and a half ago he
disbanded the remnant, and with two OF
his more trusty lieutenants fled to San
Francisco. A published sensational
story, which charges him with stealing
and carrying away wealthy Spanisb
lady to the mountains, is said by well
informed Spaniards to be untrue. His
operations have been directed princi.
paly against the wealthy, and he has
many friends among the poor people,
Although he made great deal Of mon.
ey in his raids, he always scattered Il
with lavish hand, and among the Grim.
inal classes was the beau ideal of q
bandit chief. However, the reionino
powers in Mexico and the business nor,
ton of the State are very bitter against
him. People who are familiar with his
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-22
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The Brooks Locomotive Works at
Paterson, n. j., turn out a finished To-
connective every Wednesday and Satur-
day on an average, value about $4,000
each.
A FACTORY has been discovered at
Milwaukee from which $4,000 pounds
of oleomargarine are sent out every day,
with no marks to distinguish it from
genuine butter. -
GERBAUT finds that the small quanti-
ty of carbonic oxide arising from the
combustion of coal gas can scarcely be
detected by its effects upon animals
compelled to breathe an atmosphere
containing it.
A VERY large vacuum-pan has been
made by firm in Chicago for Cali
fornia sugar refinery. 1t holds 1900
gallons, yields at each s'striken from
25O to $50 barrels of dry sugar, and has
heating surface of 1000 square feet in
the inclosed copper coils.
AN observing ocean-steamer captain
says he knows at once whether young
woman has left her lover at one port or
expects to meet him at another. If her
lover is behind her, she cares nothing
for wind, rain, or fog, but gets tanned,
freckled, and roughened in highly
healthful and independent fashion; but,
if her lover is waiting for her, she takes
infinite trouble with wells and other
complexion preservatives-
THE colossal crane at Woolwich, Eng
land, which has been upward OF four
years in process of erection, and is the
most powerful in the world, has now as
sumed definite shape in the operation
of fixing the great girder. The immen-
sity of the work is illustrated by the
weight of the iron employed in its con-
struction, which, in the aggregate, .ex-
ceeds eighteen hundred tons, while the
brass bearings alone amount to more
than three TONS When completed the
crane will be capable of lifting three or
four one-hundred-to guns at once.
H. L. CURRIER, of Biddeford, Me-,
one of the proprietors of the Biddeford
Machine Works, is having constructed
for his own use steam road-wagon,
which is expected to make good time on
any ordinary highway. The vehicle
looks very much like an ordinary wagon,
except that it has no shafts, and weighs
but $50 pounds. 1t is designed to run
twenty-five miles without having the fire
renewed, and will cost about $500.
Fourteen similar machines are engaged
by people in Biddeford and its vicinity
should the experimental one prove a
success. ... ,..
In a memoir recently published at
Christiania, Herr Sophus Tromboldt
considers that it may be accepted as GER
tain that the aurora borealis is local
phenomenon, circumscribed by very mar
row limits, and occurring not far from
the surface of the earth. The light, he
finds, from careful comparison of q
large number of observations, is gener,
ally white, though sometimes red or
green; but further north than Bergen
the aurora often presents spectral col.
ors. He believes, also, that there is now
evidence enough to accept the statement
that auroral displays are sometimes at
tended with sound. Some late inven-
tons ought to be able to set this last
alleged fact beyond dispute.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-22
A Young Telegraph Operator.

THE frontier telegraph Office at
Williams's ranch, as stated in the En-
amtner some weeks ago, is managed by
Halle Hutchinson, little girl nine years
of age. A gentleman who returned
from there a few days since says Halle
is the most remarkably intelligent little
elf he ever had the pleasure OF meeting.
She handles her instrument with the sue
cess and precision of an old operator.
Recently, when election returns were
coming in, and the whole country was
wildly excited to know the result, little
Halle sat at her instrument, her eyes
aglow with intelligence, and gathered
in the news from all over the Union,
while dozens of brawny men crowded
around to hear what the lightning
brought, and to admire the wonderful
skill of the little operator. While con-
trolling the wires as she does, Halle is
not unlike other little girls of her age in
her habits and inclinations. For in
stance, one end of her operating desk is
piled full of baby-dolls, and she spends
a great deal of her leisure time dressing
and nursing them. Brown County may
claim the youngest telegraph operator
in the world Waco (1sr.) Examiner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-22
PITH AND POINT.
A QUEER matter-counterfeit money

A QUEER matter-counterfeit money.
A MATTER of course-fashionable
dinners.
THE best of cigars are destined to
have fiery end.
THE business of the man at the rail-
road crossing is tagging.
LOCKED up and the keys left on the
inside - the piano-forte. = Louisville
Courier Journal.
A MAN with a cataract in his eye gets
no relief by visiting Niagara Falls
N. 0. Picagune.
A NEW novel is called "Man Fro
poses" 1t is certainly not leap year
story.-Nor'iStoWn Herald.
A KISS on the forehead of some of our
modern girls is a sort of salaam bang
Standardization Globe.
SOME enthusiastic fashion writer pre-
diets revolution in underwear. Well,
change in such things is necessary
once in while.-LOVeH Citizen.
A BAsHFUL young clergyman, recently
rising to preach for the first time, an
nounced his text in this wise: "And
Immediately the cock wept and Peter
went out and crew bitterly."A
A PERPLExED German, who had made
garment for youth, and found him
self unable to dispose of the surplus full
ness which appeared when trying it on
the young candidate, declared vocifer-
ously that "de coat is goot. 1t is no
fault of de coat. De poy is too SLIM"
A CHICAGO physician invented COM
pound that would Immediately sober
drunken man, and the first person he
tried it on Indignantly demanded money
to get full on again, as he couldn' t afford
to have the money spent, wasted, and
the next day vigilance committee noti-
fed the doctor to leave town.-Bosto"
D0sf
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-22
Chalk Your Hat"

THE cant phrase, "Chalk your hat"
which is still current in many parts of
the Union, is said to have had its origin
in literal illustration of the words.
"Admira1" Reside was an owner of
various stage coaches in the days before
railroads. He spent much of his time
in Washington, where he lived, indeed,
for several years. At the annual ad-
journment of Congress he would pa 50
his friends of the House and Senate -
he was well acquainted with all the
prominent politicians of his era-over
any stage line he controlled. He would
say to an Ohioan or Kentuckian: 81
Suppose you're going back to Cincinnati
or Louisville, and III pass you through
my stage" When he was asked:
"HowP" he would reply: "Give me
your hat" He would take the hat,
make a cabalistic chalk mark on it i'm
possible to counterfeit, and return it
with the remark: "That will serve
your turn; my agents will recognize
that anywhere, and won't receive cent
from a man whose hat is so marked"
Reside was right. All his agents knew
the sign at once. The thing became so
common that some fellows tried to imi-
tate it, but they were invariably detect
ed and compelled to leave the stage or
pay their fare. In the South and West
'Challk your hat'' still stands for what
the East styles dead-heading.-H Z.
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-22
NEVER SAY DIE.
A Song for the People.

A Song for the People.
NEVER say die-never say die:
Lies worth the living, if only we try;
The hand and the brain
Were not given in vain;
We've battle to gain,
And so-never say die.
Never say die-never say die:
If earnings be low and if living be high,
IT'S reason the more
Not to faint or give DER;
Better days are in store,
And so-never say die.
Never say die-neverSay die:
When night is at darkest the morning is nigh
Whether far off or near,
In God s time will appear
Some blessing to cheer,
And so-never say die
Never say die-never say die:
The soul that is steadfast may fortune defy;
In labor and art
Let the hand and the heart
Each do its own part,
And so-never say die.
Never say die-never say die:
When towards despair, be this our reply:
All that's noble and human
In constant and true man,
In brave, patient woman,
Cries, Never say die.
Never say die-never say die:
Life is Gods gift that we may not lay by;
Whatever befall,
lis the duty of all,
Till He gives the call,
To say, Never say die
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-22
A Husband Secreted for Nearly Ten
Years.

AMONG the Communistic rebels of
1871 in Paris was " Commissaire Cen
trail" named Parmentier. This man,
after the collapse of the revolt, was sup
posed to have fled, and he was con-
demned to death by one of the courts
martial But Parmentier had not left
Paris. His wife, who was a workwoman
in match factory, sheltered her hus-
band in garnet on the sixth floor of a
house, and this garnet, during period
of nearly ten years, the prescribed Com
munist never left. The concierge and
the neighbors were wholly ignorant that
Nine. Parmentier had any one living
with her. A few weeks ago both hus-
band and wife were found dead in their
apartment, having committed suicide by
suffocation with the fumes of charcoal.
1t is presumed that they were driven to
this step by the wife's declining strength
and inability to provide for their wants.
TuNNJVqON yyil1 ,xy;,o4a,. g, TAo1x
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-22

standing in Lower California express
the opinion that if he reaches there he
will be speedily tried, convicted, and
shot.
Upon being transferred to the Mexican
man-of-war Gotta was recognized by the
officers as the leader of what is known as
the Marquee Revolution in Lower Cali
fornia. In his bandit career, at the head
of about $50 filibusters and guerrilas,
fourishing towns, villages, and hacien-
das were burned and destroyed. The
gang was finally broken up, what was
left of it, by strong force of Govern
ment troops, and some of the survivors
are said to have fled into Arizona prior
to the departure of their leader for San
o.-SQn francisco Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-22

CHARLES WEsTFIELD made a wager
he could put bullet through the hat OF
the bar-keeper in New York shooting.
gallery. As he fired, the bar-keeper,
named Wurganz, changed his position
and the bullet struck him in the head,
inhicting probably fatal wound.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-22

TENNYsoN will winter in Italy.