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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24

WHAT will people say who declaim
against the annual robbery of the
river and harbor bill, when they read
of the way that Captain Eads manipu-
lated that special committee on his
visionary Mexican railroad project.
The river and harbor swindle has this
to recommend it-that it proposes to
have the money expended in our own
country, and for the benefit of our
own citizens, and for the improvement
of our own harbors; whereas the Eads
scheme proposes to spend the money
in a foreign country, under another
flag, and subject to another govern
ment's control. Any man who votes
for the Eads job seems to be hankering
after private life.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24
REPORTS.
A Summary of --latest Cablegrams
and kilograms.
Latest Events.

TIE Irish citizens of Louisville have or
ganized a Land league.
TIE Chicago board of trade has voted
to make the initiation fee $2,'O0.
JAY GOULD has purchased one hundred
shares in the Vulcan steel-works OF ST.
Louis. ~ ooo
RS. FAY, of Boston, has paid sl0o'ooo
for the Milwaukee iron mine, al Negau-
nee, Mich.
No less than seventy-fve thousand val
entines were dropped into lamppost boxes
in Chicago on Sunday and Monday
SUBSCRIPTION books for the stock OF y the
haTs hGsn Teg9aphd anadad e6%I s Buo
GOVERNOR ROBERTS, of Texas, has or
dered state troops to Fort Concho, to pre-
vent further trouble with negro soldiers.
THE pope has appointed Vicar General
Janssens, of Richmond, bishop Of
Natchez. J. c. Neerez is to be bishop OF
San Antonio.
A JOINT stock company has been 1orm-
ed in Brazil to run a line of steamers be-
tween Halifax and Rio de Janeiro, a sub
sidy of $4,000 having been granted at
each end Of the route.
THE pursuit of Sitting Bull has been
abandoned. Major Ilges will return to
Fort Buford after securing few hostile
Sioux who are secreted in the Ianktonais
village.
SOME startling developments are prom
ised in the Whitaker court-martial.
Southworth, the expert, claims to have
made some important discoveries relative
to that note of warning signed "a Friend" !"
IT is understood at Cleveland that Logan
and Cullom are laboring with Garfield to
put David Davis back on the supreme
court bench, giving the senate republi-
can majority on the advent of a partisan
from Illinois.
TRoUT-FIsHING in Wisconsin waters is
just now a highly remuneratiye occupa-
tion There are nearly two hundred Een
engaged with hook and line on the ice
near the extreme point of the peninsula.
Their weekly earnings are said to average
about $335.
The Hon. Fernando Wood, the great
fnancier and author of the present fund
ing bill before congress, died at the Hot
Springs, Ark, on the 18th inst. Both
houses of congress adjourned Immediately
upon hearing of his death. Mr.. Wood
entered congress forty years ago and was
the oldest in service in the house.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24

JOSEPH, an Indian of untainted blood
the chief of the Okla tribe, died at the
Caughwauwaga reserve, near Montreal
recently. He was educated at the col.
lege in the latter city, and developed
into a man of great culture and force
While imprisoned for asserting the
rights of his race to their lands he
translated the New Testament. His
contests with the seminary of St. Sui
pice have made him famous. Several
years ago he and his tribe embraced
Professionalism, and he was ordained q
minister of the Methodist church. He
was only 35 years Of age.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24

THE patent Office has just decided a
case against Edison involving the claim
Of the invention of a lamp for illumat-
ing purposes, whose novel features
consisted of what is known as the
thermostatic regulator. This is the IA
nous platinum lamp which created
such a panic in gas stocks about two
years ago, and sent the stock of the
Edison company up to an almost fab
ulous figure. The examiner decided
that Mr.. Maxim was the first inventor
of the lamp. 1t is claimed by the
friends of Edison that the patent is
controversy has no reference to Edi-
sons present system of incandescen'
lighting.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24

SOME of the newspapers are puzzled
to know what relation President Hayes
and Stanley Matthews sustain to each
other. Some take them for brothers
in-law, which is not correct. A broth
er of Mrs. Hayes married sister of
Mr.. Matthews. But what avails such
kinship when the consangunity that
tells in the case is found in the fact
that they are both Ohio men? God
made of one blood all nations that
dwell on the face of the earth, and es-
pecially all Ohio politicians.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24
The Beginning OF the End.

The beginning of disease is a slight debility or
the liver or the bowels usually There are
dyspeptic symptoms, the liver is troublesome, the
skin grows tawney and unhealthy looking, there
are pains on the right side or through the right
shoulder blade The climax is often an utter
prostraton of thephysical energies perhaps fatal
issue. But if the difficulty is met in time with
Hostetters Stomach Bitters, which is always
effective as remedy, should be resorted to at an
early STAGE there will be no reason to apprehend
those injurious subsequent effects upon the system
often entailed by entirely cured diseases. Far
better is it also, to employ this safe remedial
agent in fever and ague, and other malarial COM
plants than quinine and other potent drugs,
which even when they do prove effectual for q
time, ruin the stomach and impair the general
hoolfh
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24
A Girl's Folly.

A marriage Of young French law
yer and q young lady Of considerable
attractions, including that of fortune,
has just ta!sen place, and is said to
have originated in singular fashion.
The young lady, fresh from boarding
school, is said to have occupied her
self by mystifying the persons who
went along the somewhat secluded
streets of Paris by means of letters
flung upon the pavement, and which
were more or less insulting or mystify-
ing. The young lawyer picked up one
of these letters, addressed to the finder,
and which contained the following
words:
"MY DEAR SIR--You must be pro-
digiously unoc cupied, having the time
to lose i'll amusing yoursel by picking
up papers that you find on the streets.
Are you, then, quite incapable of mas
tering that unbecoming curiosity? ! am
at this moment watching you from be-
hind blind of a window, and enjoying
your stupidity and confusion. am,
sir, the young lady behind the blind"
The young lawyer felt dreadfully
sold, and rushed On to get out of sight
of the mocker. He could not, however,
as he was about to turn the corner,
resist looking behind, when, to his as
tonishment, he saw a piece of paper
thrown from the window of distant
house. Not doubling that he had dis
covered the author of the mystifica-
ton, he fastened back and picked up
another note, which ran as follow:
MY DEAR CoMPANIoN--All will be
discovered unless you hasten-to take
away the proof of the dark deed. Go
to Grenhelle; at hundred metres from
the old convent, beneath pear tree in
q garden, if you dig deep enough, you
will find the skeleton of the dear little
victim. QuicF Il wait for YOU"
In less than an hour the lawyer re-
turned to the house, and inquired the
name of the persons who lived on the
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24

WALL street notes: Rufus Hatch in
tends to continue his fight against the
consolidation of the telegraph COM
panies; he says ''there's music in the
air" Jay Gould's friends say he will
make the Western Union one Of the
most active stocks on the list, and Jay
himself is quoted as believing the new
stock will sell as high as 125. D. O.
Mills is standing under" Erie. The
"bulls' are preparing for an active
spring campaign.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24

A CABLE dispatch announces the post
ponement of the publication of the re-
yised version of the New Testain ent by
the English universities, from February
until May: We may conclude, there
fore, that the extracts which have been
published recently, purporting to give
some of the changes made by the re-
visers, are at least premature, and prob
ably incorrect
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24
first floor, and of the young lady. The
next morning she found the following

first floor, and of the young lady. The
next morning she found the following
letter:
=" Your letter was delivered to the
proprietor of the garden at Grenhelle,
which you indicated, and on digging
beneath the pear tree the skeleton was
found. The matter has been placed in
the hands of the authorities, and you
will be interrogated."
In the afternoon the young lawyer
waited on the young lady, and in the
presence of her father she had to sub
NIT to little mystifcation herself,
which, however was soon satisfactorily
cleared up. The father thought good
lesson had been given his daughter,
and invited the young lawyer to din
ner. The girl was cured of one folly,
but took a serious fancy to the one who
the rather unpleasant
medicine.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24

OLIVER has withdrawn from the SEN
atorial contest in Pennsylvania, but
the legislature seems yet unable 10
agree on a man. The anti-Cameron
men will not support any man who has
been follower of Cameron, and the
other wing insist on Cameron follow
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24

AT the opening ofthe supreme court,
at Wilmington, Del, Chief Justice
Comegys called the attention of the
grand jury to the recent utterances of
Col. R. G. Ingersoll, in that city. The
Judge thought that they were blasphe-
nous, and indictable as such, under
the laws of the state. The objectlona-
BILE language used by Col. lngersoll
was contained in his lecture, 'What
Shall | Do to Be Saved?"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24

A Washington correspondent says
that Senator Hoar resembles Horace
Greeley, except that the former is bet
ter dressed. Those who saw Mr.. Hoar
as chairman at the republican national
convention in Chicago last June will
testify to his marked resemblance to
Mr.. Greeley.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24
Raising Shetland Ponies in Texas
San Francisco Post,
San Antonio (Tex.) Express.

Mr.. B. H. Robb, Of the Don Carlos
ranch, located just above Leon Springs,
this county, arrived yesterday with
five more beautiful Shetland ponies.
Mr.. Robb, behind q pretty pair Of
these miniature equines, passed through
some Of our principal streets yesterday.
presenting novel and most attractive
appearance. Mr.. Robb is ra Using Shet-
land ponies on his ranch, and also
raising paint and colered horses.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24
NEWS NOTES.

Thomas J. Turner, who for about
twenty years has had charge of the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's farm at
Peekskill, N. Y, died January 9th,
with no heirs in the country, but he
left will giving his property, valued
at about 5000, to several friends.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24

Another scion of the royal house Of
Spain is expected to make its first
appearance on any STAGE" some time
during next July. The court, however,
will 60 to Seville for the brilliant fes-
tivities of the holy week and fair in
April, at the invitation of the Duke de
Montpensier, whose son, Don Antonio,
court gossip says, will marry the
Kings youngest sister in two years.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24

A second state ball was given at
Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Cam, last even
ing. A large representation OF mili-
tary officers from all parts of the Do
minion was present. Lord and Lady
George Campbell are the only visitors
at Rideau Hall at present. Lady
Thornton and Miss Thorton have re-
turned to Washington.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24

Professor Blackie, in Sunday even
ing lecture to q Glasgow audience, ex-
planned what amusements he thought
proper for Sunday. Large dinner par
ties he would eschew, but he would al
low such games as cricket, croquet,
lawn tennis, billiards, cards, baekgam-
mon and chess.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24
A Cross Baby.

Nothing is so conducive to mans
remaining bachelor as stopping for
one night at the house of q married
friend and being kept awake five or six
hours by the crying of cross q baby All
cross and crying babies need only Hop
Bitters to make them well and smiling.
Young man. remember this Traveller.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24

Poverty may excuse a shabby coat
but it is no excuse for shabby morals.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24
The Sugar Question.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l2.-Secretary
Sherman has forwarded to the New
York chamber of commerce the fol-
lowing reply to the report of the COM
mittee Of the chamber of commerce
appointed to investigate the alleged il
legal collection Of duties on sugar.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-24
46th Congress.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9.-Little egislation was
enacted in either house. on account of counting
the electoral vote. The two houses met in joint
session about noon, as required by law, with Vice
President Wheeler in the chair The hall of the
house was crowded with spectators, and the scene
was an imposing one. The formalty in counting
the electoral vote was conducted in conformity
with the joint resolution adopted by congress last
week, and was concluded by the president of the
senate declaring that James A. Garfield is elected
president and Chester A. Arthur ce-president of
the United States.
THURSDAY Feb. IO-Senate-The senate bill
approprating 5000 900 for the purchase of ground
for and the erection thereon of hall of
deposit for government records passed; the postal
appropriation bill was then taken up but without
reaching a conclusion the senate adj djourned.
THURSDAY. Feb. 10-House-A number of pri-
vate bills were disposed of on the opening of the
session after which the house went into committee
of the whole.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23
Relics of Washington.
Alexandria Gazette.


Some time ago a. description of watch
undoubtedly at one time the property
of Gen. George Washington, but at present
in possession of Mr. Charles w. Nowland
of this city, appeared in this column. 1t
was stated that Mr.. N. accidentally became
the owner of it by discovering it in the
possession of an old colorcd man. formerly
a servant of Washington. who, years ago
lived in an old house on Jones point. Mr..
n also obtained from the old darky other
articles equally valuable as mementos of
the illustrious father of his country, if, as
some one has remarked, he was never known
be the father of anything else. Among
these articles is Spanish dollar, dated 1897
which the old servant declared his master
gave him as gift on certain Christmas
day =; also shaving glass formerly used by
Washington, together with bell with
which he was accustomed to call his coach
man, and walking stick which the Gen
cral always carried when engaged in pedcs-
trian exercises around his estate. Among
the other antiquated articles which came
from Mount Vernon, now in Mr.. Nowland' S
possession, are several dilapidatcd old hymn
books containing revolutionary peans, a
pair of old-fAshioncd spectacles, which at one
time rested on the nose of the colored man
who had the honor ofsinging lullabys to the
infant Washington, and an old trunk
studded with tack" letters in which "W."
and some other letters are very legible.
The possessor of these curiosities is anxious
to have them placed in proper hands that
all who desire may have an opportunity of
examining them
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23

THE VERY INSANITY Of the rccklcssness
cngendered by competition was recently
exhibited by two rival steamers which shot
the rapids of the st. Lawrence, GRADING
their sides together until the boats seemed
doomed to capsize outwards. Unable to
unlock themselves in the current, they thus
made tho fearful passage while passengers
foil fainting with terror, and one vessel
emerged with wheels stopped and otherwise
RreatlY damaged.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23
AnaninSYilIe.
Philadelphia Cl

Philadelphia Chronicle Herald.
The lawyers held n convention at Sara
toga the other. day, and in honor of their
visit that place IL now called Ananiasvillc.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23
Daring Dayy.


From the advance sheets of "The Boy
Buccaneer; or, u Pirate Mt Eleven, " we cx-
tract the following superb passage: AS
POOP. preached TO, went abncls and luffed
the bilge, Daring Davy lcnped over the
sheets of dame that poured from her lee
tuttocks and wrapped the after bos spirit In
its fiery embrace, and placing Il cutlass in
his teeth, bounded ovcrboard."
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23

THE INDIANS Of the Amazon are fortu-
natcly free Of any fear of investigating
they have settled that from
the beginning by having no names for num-
bers, and no possible means of expressing
them
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23

A TREMENDOUS election fraud seems to
have been fixed up in Madrid by the Con-
servatives. Immense numbers of imported
voters, ready primed, were nicely under
cover in the city, ready for the election on
Sunday, when the governor swooped down
upon the whole concern and burst 1t all
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23

THE GREAT CLUB HOUSES Of London are
SO essential to the comfort and life of GER
tain class Of the inhabitants, that they
mako arrangements among themselves as
TO the periods of house-cleaning, so that the
habitnes can always find shelter.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23
Locating the wound.


IIartiOrd Posi-.
Little Lucy fell and hurt her knee badly,
which hor mother, when she went to bed In
the dark, tried to bandage. Soon the little
one was head calling, Mamma, said she,
"ThIs bandagc is not in the right place.
fell down higher up"
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23

A CERTAIN MARK SMITH, living at
Beaver Dam, Pennsylvania, has had the
temerity to invite all the rest of the Smlths
to come to see him upon next Thursday.
Before that eyentful day is passed Mark
will probably wish that instead of asking
them to come he had built his dam high
enough TO keep them out.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23
FREE ADVERTISING

advertisements under the head of"Situations
Wanted" aud Help Wanted" ,ciu hereafter
be inserted IN THE EVENING CRITIC three
times FREE. We inritc our friends ,cishing
situations or help to droil themselves of this
offer. Ansuers directed in care of CRITIC
Office ,cW receire careful attention.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23

more whisky than Chicago every year, but
it may be doubted whether Chicago does not
beat its rival in enjoying the fluid after ii
is made.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23

Baltimore American.
That mad wag, Sunset Cox, has gone to
Syria. Perhaps he will be Syria-ous for
once,
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23
Preaching and Practice.

Boston Globe.
Carl Schurz breaches civil-service reform
Why didn't lie practice it
when I'm office
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23
BOARDING.

LNIRST-CLASS BOARD, with large rooms. at
416 Penna. ave-, opposite National Hotel.
hoard nom s5 to $40 per week. Transient from I'll
70 si6o per day. Terms to suit for families. Mrs.
o. q. Howard. proprietress. ocI-d
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23
Physiology Of French Marriages.
Man cling IN fhair wiyns for yariour ron

Men cling to their wives for various rea-
sons.
Through mere love of comfort, as one is
attached to good kitchen utensil
Through habit, as one likes the cozy arm
chair he is always Certain to find in the one
place on coming home.
Through economy. You could not hire
servant who would not cost you twice as
much and serve you only half as we'll.
Through pride; just as one persists in
refusing to reconsider foolish choice one
has made lest people should talk about 1T.
Through love Of peace. separation
much trouble.
Through self-intcrest. Her dowry w0uln
have to be given back to her, and then she
does the work of good clerk
Through fear of public opinion. What
would the neighb0rs say and her friends,
and above all, her relatives
Through imitation. Everybody else sticks
to his wife, SO one must do like the balance.
Through decorum it makes man re-
spectacle.
Through instructive attachment to chill
dren one has had by her.
Through force Of character just as great
soul bears a catastrophe without word
Of complaint.
ihlouSu Nulic ulbulVys Ouc Hluot Ic-
spect ones name. you know.
Through legal compulsion. There is no
cause to offer for suit there are no facts
to Justify it.
Through religion. The church forbids di-
vOrce.
Through philosophy. All women resemble
each other
Through a spirit of penitence. "It is my
fault all my fault; my most grievous fault"
Through petty vanity, because every
body says, "Ob, what splendid woman" /"
Through love of appearances. "Bah
when there is a sensible understanding, the
wife will not interfere with the husband"
Through prudence. 1t is dangerous to
lead fast life
Through remorse of conscience. ''Poor
little woman, it is not her fault that 1 am
tired of her."
Through spite. $50 have been caught
in the trap. Sh!-let others fall into it
also !"
And now, ye untrustworthy apostles of
domestic worship, that l have summed up
these variations of conjugal attachment,
find me the household that have been
looking for, 10 these twenty years, in order
that l may be able to add
Sometimes after a few months of mar
ried life man still clings to his wife
through love."-Le Chdripar.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23
Personal.

TINHE PARTY WHO PICKED UP A PARA
Il sol last Wednesday at Leonardtown on the
please leave u at the Critic olllce No questions
VIII be asked au22-3t
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23
WANTED---SiTUATJoNS.

WTANTED-BY FIRST-CLASS COOK, A
w situation in u private family to cook or do |
general housework. Address COOK, Critic Office. |
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23

1t is urged that tho proposed monument
at Plymouth, England, to the memory of
Sir Francis Drake ought not alone to re-
call his heroic exploit against the ships of
Spain. He was great in peace, it is said, as
we'll as in war, for ID is to him that the
town of Plymouth is indebted for the sup
through course twenty-five miles long.
Antiquarians are still in doubt whether he
did this work as a speculation or from pa
triotic motives, but il is insisted that, what
ever prompted him, substantial gratitude
is due for it.
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23

II
~ for gentleman of leisure merchant or clerk
IN any the Government departments desiring to
hanging IN value distant 2,s miles from the city on
splendid road. Thispropertyi Is elevated on flch
streams and commanding u fine view ofthe city
ana ana. surrounding country, and within less than one
" Ohio railroad. Improved by four dweliingsN
one one beautiful mansion Of II rooms Exclusive OF
the Dasementl, surrounded by choice fruits of va
rious KINDS, shrubbery and flowers and water in
,ne mansion and n the house For further infor
Hotel, corner Third street and PENNSYLVANIA ave.
nne northwest, ivl2-tf
The Evening critic., 1881-08-23

ENOR SALE-A LOT IN VINELAND, N. j.,
y 100 feet on Boulevard st. and 15O feet on Wood
ST.; lies between two railroads. fronts on one; Inn
building Is quite large and Is intended for the
s.19rage ,9na OF carriages; also, blacksmith and
ngs @ ior bazar and stabes population 5000; prop
erty insured for $1,000. VIM. IL. MAIN & BRO,