The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1881-11-30
SuIiuters.

War among the native tribes totally de-
stroyed the $4,000 property Of the Mo-
ravian mission among the CafIres in South
Africa
The most thorough hypocrite in exist.
ence Is the young man who can success
fully assume to love the younger brother Of
| his sweetheart.
If you throw pound of bread TO the
poor the Lord will throw pound of but
ter into your lap to make what you have
left moro palatable.
The notorious Williams brothers, late
of Wisconsin, have just killed man or two
down in Missouri, just for pastime.-De-
troit Free Press.
Rev. Miss Oliver, in advising young men
how to obtain their own homes, says that
every timo they drink glass of beer they
swallow five bricks.
| How can the world know man has a
good thing unless no advertises possession
of it Commodore Vanderbilt.
Children, brace up and be punctual
at Sunday schools Christmas-tree time is
coming
Live American bull.frogs are to be sent
to France to improve tho breed over tho
way.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton arc mentioned as
buying for their Paris drawing-room set
of furniture in yellow brocaded satin,
which was originally made for Queen
Christina of Spain. That venerable lady
dying before It was finished, it has remained
unsold till now.
Lorillard advertised for 500 strippcrs
when tho girls of his tobacco factory,
struck. We have not heard, however
that the Soldene troupe applied for an en-
gagcment.
A society for the experimentation in
navigation of the air has been formed in
Berlin. All plausible inventions in that
direction arctic be encouraged and thor
oughly tested.
Siberia includes an area of 100000
square versts-one linear verst being
nearly three-quarters of mile-and tho
recent census shows but the scant popula-
tion of ,3S5,000 souls.
A Kentucky woman sat at the head Of
the stairs while her daughter had beau in
the room below. Sleep camo to the old
woman, and she rolled down and broke
both legs.-Dctroit Free Press.
Tho man who goes into q store where fish
are sold and buys dozen more than the
family requires may be described as one
who has been out fishing all day and is on
his way home.-P. 1. Man.
Bulwer always wrote in perfect isolation.
His study was remote, and the least noise
was forbidden. Whilo writing tho floor
about him would DO strewn with books and
, papers, and so jealous was he of the privac y
of this sanctum that few were ever admit
ted within Its walls. In his latter days no
never gave more than three hours to
; composition. After silently eating light
, breakfast he would enter his study at 10,
, and regularly at o'clock he would emerge,
his work over for the day.
Bootjacks are rising in value, and tho
knockedturnal cat stops crockery instead.
Politicians use bootjacks to get their hats
on now.
A woman with a broad gauge mouth
can send more words through knot-hole
!, in tho fence than the telegraph evei
, thought of.
|, There arc 1872 pawnbrokers in Great
/ Britain and Ireland, and it is estimated
a that they take in during single year 20O,-
, 100000 pledges
), A Massachusetts man who voted on Tues
day says that the first candidate for whom
! he ever voted was James Madison, and tho
r year 1905
A Charleston firm will distribute $500.
| 900 in Confederate money at the Atlanta
Exposition with their advertisement
printed on the back of the bills.
A thief entered the pasture of n Mr..
Bratchur, near Grayson, KY, and killed an
, OK weighing 800 pounds and made way
with all oft but the head.
London Truth thinks the time has come
to stop the marriages of people to those who
are old enough to DO their grandfathors
0 and grandmothers.
Jones baby always has fretful spell in
the afternoon. Jones says he is right in the
, fashion. He always has his 5 o'clock tease
Boston Transcript.
: st. Louis mathematician has calcu-
lated that Baldwin, the Newark cashier,
will be sentenced, according to tho New
Jersey rules, to something like $4,000
Z years
: MARY ANDERSON will appear as Shaks.
! pearc's great heroine, Juliet, on Monday
, night.