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The Evening critic., 1882-02-21
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD,
THE MODEL FAST,

THE MODEL FAST,
ANR A. TIE I HA2T eNtY I Nb IITE TEF BETWEEN WEyT
DOUBLE TRACE sEhrr k.lSs, JaTSEr coUrInai
Schedule to take effect Monday, Jan. 2S, 1882.
A. NJ. LEAVE WASHINGTON:
t2.56-CHIcAGo, CINCINNATI ANDST. LOUIS FAST
EXPRESS, Sleeping cars to Cincinnati, st
e.5o-Baitimore, Annapolis and Way. tPied.
mont; strasbure. Winchester. Hagerstown
t7.46-BALTIMoRE ExPREss.
s,lo-Point of Rocks and Way Stations;
ExrREss. Parlor cars to New YORK.
e.4o-sTAuNT9N and VALLEY EXPRESS. SCon.
for Frederick9
ts.oo-Baltimore, Hyattsville and Laurel Ex-
press. Stops at Betsville, Annapolis juno
tion. Jessups and Dorseys. On Sunday
stops at all stations. Connects for Annap-
io.oo-lBAITIMoRE EXPRESS. Stops at Hyatts-
t1o.4o-PITTsBuRGH CHICAGO. CINcINNArI and
st. LOUIS EXPRESS, Parlor and Sleeping
cars
i2io-Baltmore, Ellicot City, Annapolis and Way
tl.eo-on sunday Only. tor Baltimore and Way.
t2lb-BALTIMoRE EXPRESS.
ts.oo-BALTIMoRE. PHILADELPHIA and NEW
s.so-Baltimore and Way Stations Winchester,
Frederick, Hagerstown and Way, via Re-
4.so-BALTMoRE HYArrsvILLE AND LAUREL
t.nrs Es ssn. 49, Ireusiick' VIA heiay' Stops NJ
-bsiii%ore, Annapols and Way Stations.
t4.46-Point of Rocks, Frederick, Hagerstowu, !,
Winchester and Way Stations. (On Sunday
to Point of Rocks and Way Stations only. /,
t6.46-BALTIMoRE EXPRESS. (Martinsburg and
Way, via Relay. Stops at Hyattsville and
La1rel.)
6.o6-Point Of Rocks and Way Stations.
t7.oo-Baltimore and Way Stations.
7.4o-BALTIhoRE, HyArTsvILLE and LAUREL
EXPRESS.
Is.io-P PITTsBuBeH, CLEVELAND and DETROIT
TO e.ss-PnfhADEIPmiA s; i'i1e NEw WY T9oHK and Bosros
ExPREss. Sleeping cars to New York.
to.47-CHICAGo, CINCINNATI, and ST. Lou
EXPRESS. Sleeping cars to Cincinnati
Chicago.
tpaily. isunday only. Other trains daily ex.
cept Sunday.
All trains from Washington stop at Relay Sta
tion. -
For further Information apply at the Baltimore
a Ohio Ticket Ofhces Washington Station, and 6i9
and ls5l penna avenue, cor. OF lith street, where
orders will be taken Cr baggage 10 be checked and
received at any point In the CITY.
The Evening critic., 1882-02-21

BUTLER exchanges stoves Tor groceries.
The Evening critic., 1882-02-21
RAILROADS.
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE,

PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE,
TO THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
In EFFECT JANUARY %, 1882.
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON, from station
corner of Sixth and Streets
follows:
For Plttsburg and the West, Chicago Limited
Express of Pullman Hotel and Sleeping Cars
at $50 a. m. daily Fast line $3.50 a. m. daily,
with Sleeping cars from Harrisburg to Cincn-
natl. Western Express 1880 p m. daily, with
Palace TO Pittsburg and Cincinnati.
Mail Express, $50 p. M daily for Pittsburg and
the West.
BALTIMORE q POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Canandaigua, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara,
at $50 p. M daily except Saturday, with Palace
Cars TO Canandaigua.
For Williamsport, Lock Haven and Elmira at
930 a. m. daily, except Sunday.
For New York and the East, 500 a. M, 1870 a. nl.,
130, $50 and 1920 p. m. On Sunday, L30, $50,
and 1920 p m. Limited Express of Pullman
Parlor Cars, $50 a. m daily, except Sunday.
For Philadelphia, 500 M, 10.a0 a. M. 1.30 $40,
$50 and 1870 p. m. On Sunday at 1.30 $40,
$50 and 1920 p. m. Limited Express. 9. 80 a. m.
For Baltimore 6.40, 500, $50, 1880 a. m. and 13O
4.20, 440, $40, 7.30, $50 and 1020p. m. On Sun
day, 500, $50 q. m l3) $40, 7.30. $50 and 1920
p. m.
Tickets and Information at the Office north
east corner of Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue, and at the station, where orders can be
left for the checking fbaggage to destination from
FRANK THOMSON. General Manager -
]. n. WOOD. General PASSENGER gent.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
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BUILDING STONES,

DR.. Cutting, State Geologist of Yer
mont, has made unique series of tests
of building stones, with reference to
their fire-resisting qualities. He de-
clares that no known natural stone do
serves the name freproof Conglomer-
ates and states lave "no capability" OF
withstanding heat; granite 10 ia;~-sa
beyond cheap or easy repair by even SO
mild heat as that which melts lead
sandstones, including the variety called
brown stone, are better, and limestones
and marbles are perhaps the best in this
respect But even they are injured by
continuous heat of 900 degrees, and at
1900 ore changed into quicklime.
Therefore, it would seem that no stone
buildings are fireproof, and some of
them, Dr.. Cutting even says, are as
much damaged by fire as wooden struct-
ures are. Brick, on the contrary, is
usually uniniured, and is often rather
improved by heat until it is melted.
But as most brick buildings are trimmed
with iron or stone, the damage is often
considerable. even when the walls stand.
To avoid this, DIR. Cutting recommends
soapstone trimmings, which are open
only to the objection of expense. But
although brick stands heat so we'll, it is
Objectionable, because its power to re-
sist pressure from dampness or frost
without crumbling is les than that OF
stone. Nevertheless, as brick is, in
fact, only kind Of artificial stone, the
search for an ideal building material is
not hopeless, but it must be prosecuted
rather by the maker than by the quar-
rier of stone.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
MCRE ATIRACTIYE.

A French actor named Hyacinthe,
once illustrated the saying, " the better
part Of valor is discretion" It was dur.
ing the days Of juno, and company Of
the national guard, of which Hyacinthe
was member, was engaging party of
insurgents behind barricade at the
other end OF short street. ,.. "A,
One OF the insurgents in particular
from the corner of the barricade was
making remarkably effective practice on
the assailants. "&. NJ
At that moment up came a General.
who was informed Of the state of things.
"a 'sWe mus. get him to expose him.
self" said the General; zone of You
must Chamber up on top of the barri.
cade; then, when our friend at the other
end Of the street shows himself to take
aim, two or three Of you fetch him down.
Up with you, Sergeant r. aaasf
Beg your pardon, General, but per-
haps, yen see, an insignificant nom
commissioned officer like myself may
have no attraction for him. But hand
some, distinguished man like, you, in.
thatstylish and becoming uniform-he'd
be more than mortal il he could resist
the temptation! I'll lend you 4 hand.
General r. Youths Companion. n
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
an H'fNBLE WORK.

"A worthy man was one day talking of
the people he knew, and spoke adj
miringly of q poor carpenter in his
neighborhood. "He does more good
than any man I know. in his humble
way. He is worth little financially and
can give away little money. But new
family never moves into the village that
he does not find them out, to give them
a neighborly welcome, and offer any lit
tie service no can render. He is usually
on the lookout to give strangers a seat
in his pew at church. He is always
ready to watch with a sick neighbor.
and look after affairs for him and I've
thought he and his wife kept
house plants in winter just for the sake
of being able to send little bouquets to
invalids. He finds time for pleasant
word for every child he meets, and you'll
always find them climbing into his one
horse wagon when he has no other load
He really seems to have a genius for
helping folks in all sorts Of common
wsys, and it does me good every day
just to meet him on the Streets"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
ALTAR OF ROSES.

In the war plains of Turkey, south of
the Balkan mountains, whole districts
are covered with rose plants, set in lines
about five feet apart, and tended for
some years with the greatest care. At
length, on some fresh, sweet morning of
early summer, while the roses are yet
wet with dew, the tender flowers are torn
off by the laborers, and cast at once by
heaps into huge coppers, there to boil
for hours in clean rain water. The fra
grant steam is carried along o tube, and
on cooling becomes a kind of thick rose
water. This is boiled up again, and its
vapor cooled into liquid, on the top of
which floats q yellowish, oily scum that
is known as "attar of roses" 1t takes
about 4, 900 pounds of roses to make onss
pound Of altar. Once a merchan
opened a cupboard in his store, and
ahovad visitor thirty glass ssestles, in
which, be said, was $50, 600 worth OF tho
precious essence. This qt1a1laty must,
have taken nearly 1000, oc0 pounds n
roses in making. But maybe, afterall,
their fragrance in that form would give
more and longer-lGsting pleasure than
could have been given by the flowers
had they been left upon their bushes,
where they would have oheered only the
passer-by.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
lUrHoR OF "uoME, SWEET HOME.

AUTHOR OF "HOME, SWEET HOME"
John Howard Payne was the author
Of the song, "Home, Sweet Home."
He was born at New York, June o, 1892,
and at the age Of 13, while in count
ng. house, began to edit weekly jour
nal called tho Thespian Mirror, and
several years later, while q student at
Columbia College, published twenty-five
numbers of periodical named the
Pastime. When he was scarcely II
years old he made his debut as an actor
at the Park Theater, New York, in the
character of Young Norval, and subse-
quently appeared on the stage at Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other
cities, and June 4, 1918, appeared at
Drury Lane Theater, London. For
about twenty years thereafter he was
variously engaged in England as an
actor, manager and playwright. One of
his plays, "Brutus," was produced in
1918, with Edmund Kean in the princi-
pal part, and he also wrote "Virginius"
and "Charles the Second" which are
considered among the best of his writ
ings. The work, however, which has
made his name most familiar to the
world is the song, "Home, Sweet Home"
which was written for "Clari, or the
Maid OF Milan" In the year 1882 Payne
returned to the United States, and was
United States Consul at Tunis, Africa,
from 1s41 to 1845, and again appointed
in 1851, and died there April 10, 1852.
From a recent number of London pa
per we quote the following: "The au-
thor of Home, Sweet Home ]. Fl.
Payne, POOR but genial-hearted man,
was walking with a friend in London,
and, pointing to one Of the most aristo-
cratic houses in Mayfair, he said: 'Un-
der those windows T composed the song
of Home, Sweet Home" as I wandered
about without food or semblance of
shelter I could call my own. Many
night since I wrote those words, that
issued out of my heart by absolute want
of home, have I passed and repassed
in this locality and heard siren voice
coming from within those gilded walls,
the depth of a dim, cold London win
ter, warblng "Home, Sweet Home,"
while I, the author of it, knew no bed
to call my own. have been in the
heart of Paris, Berlin, London, OR some
other city, and have heard the people
singing "Home, Sweet Home" without
q penny to buy the first meal, or place
to put my head in. The world has lit
orally sung my song until every heart is
familiar with its melody. My country
has turned me ruthlessly from office,
and in my old age have to submit to
humiliation for bread 1t is hinted, by
those who ought to know, that the
genial hearted mans improvidence
caused his family no slight trouble and
expense"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
xxx UNDER THE BED.

At a summer resort not far from Elmira
Q terrible tragedy came very near hap
pening. Two ladies occupied the same
room together, and as soon as they had
prepared their toilets for bed one of
them very thoughtlessly, and with a
great lack Of wisdom, blew out the light
before either one of them had taken the
precaution to look under the bad for the
presence of the usual and expected
burglar. The fact that the summer-re-
tsofters had, in addition to their undue
haste in e1tinguishlng u rcandle, for
gotten to provide theuiselves with
matches added very seriously to the
complications and hopes and fears Of the
terrified females. It could not be denied
that there was man under tho bed, and
to 60 to sleep without an exploration Of
the premises would never do. One Of
them secured an umbrella, and while
she laid herself ON the edge Of the bed
she thrust the umbrella under the struct-
ure, and went through as many motions
% q man does at q circus when he stirs
up the animals. What was her horror,
therefore, when the other end of the
umbrella was grasped by q firm hand;
and, sure she had at last found her
burglar, with o scream that awokc up
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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
FISH THAT FLY.

An old sailor said that there was moth
fng on land not to be found in the sea.
There are sea cucumbers and carrots, and
many other sea vegetables that look very
much like those whose names they bear.
Some of the fish even have names like
those of land animals. There are hog
fish, sea-horses, toad-fishes and sea-
COWS. One very lovely fish is the angel
fish. But the most curious Of all is the
fying-fsb, which has broad fins like
wings. This fish is shaped and colored
something like mackerel. Its back is
blue, and its under parts are white.
When it flies it takes short flights from
the top of one wave to the top OF anoth-
er. The flying squirrel can fly, in this
way, from high point on tree to one
lower down. They are plentiful near
the West Indies, where the water is
warm. In the morning the sailors may
ind dead fish on the deck. 1t had
seen the lights that the vessel carries at
night, and fown toward them. 1t could
fly high enough to reach the vessels
deck, hut could not fly across it. 1t
may have struck boom or sail, and
fallen dead from the blow. After this
thew grow more numerous, and you ",
see them in the day time. They fyN
of the water in front of the ship, iG
groups, looking like focks of swall}
Their white sides will gleam like sil5S
in the sun. They can not fly far-perss
haps 100 yards. After wetting their
wings, or fins, they then can fly farther
on. They look as if they enjoyed their
life in the air, but they do not always fly
for pleasure. The dolphin, very fierce
and fast-swimming fish, hunts them
in the water. When the poor fly
ing fish tries to escape him, tie great
sea birds, the gulls and pelicans, seize
them Us they fly out. They are very good
70 cat. The people in the islsnds about
which they live catch them in dip nets
nd fry them.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
PAVING A STREET WITH PLUG TO-
-..e BACCO. ~t

-- BACCO. ~t
- Wa hnvlL through lonq rsitaration
become case hardened to. the antique
whoppers told by the Forty-niners, but
it must have made those mossy-backed
prevaricators themselves turn green with
envy when, at a recent banquet, the
"Fifty-three-ers'" Chairman calmly re.
marked during his speech:
"Another singular feature Of the early
days was the reckless expense incurred
to accomplish Improvements. All Of
you remember when the rains made it
necessary to pave Washington street,
then the great thoroughfare. As lum-
Der was worth about $40 square foot,
the paving committee, after for some
time anly looking for q substitute,
purch scd the entire cargo Of the schoon-
er Jennie Lee, consisting Of plug chew
ing tobacco, and with this Washington
sira..i " $ paved for a distance of four
3 ars 1t was surprising how we'll
lie - wore. too, although, of course,
tt,c i~,,, ment finally disappeared. Why,
g p,ieq,en, I can't begin to tell you how
F-a3, hundred times have enen Jim
}iai, hil Coleman o. Doc Merritt step
out of a saloon in those good cid days,
wiplng their mouths, kneel down, bite a
chew off the curbstone, and walk of. -
San Francisco Post,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
THE PRESIDEyTEss."

The daily papers recently announced
the return of Abraham Lincoln's widow
from Europe, in poor health and look
ng sad and detected. Every man and
woman in this broad land will read this
with sympathy and regret.
But, what a change! Her husband
and her favorite son both dead-where
are the obsequious followers who gloried
to touch the hem of her garment when
her husband was at the pinnacle of
power, exercising almost imperial sway,
during the war, and she was living in an
enchanted atmosphere in the White
House? How they fawned upon her
and hattered her then, and tried to in
troduce into American use, as special
compliment to her, the title of "The
Presidentess
Scarcely one Of those who then did
her homage, who then few to execute
her lightest wish, who enveloped her
in an atmosrte of Hatiery, would
deign to call up s no~l
Unfortunate q feser fate re.
minds one of 30 $50 ss.at. s.-,-
bitious and nlow-unhappy widow of
Maximilliap, usho. prompted by his
hAantiful wife's love Of power, attempt
ed to establish Y. .ssspire in Mexico, but
paid the penalty Of his life for trying
the rash experiment.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
IN UN 0NOUEKiELE WILL.

There are many illustrations OF the
fact that he will can 10. ce even 81 weak,
sick body t. obey its command. One OF
the best Is :t,ss GATED with Gen. jackson
at the time he was III command of the
militia OF Tennessee. While he was ly.
ing helpless in bed, slowly recovering
from sever.t wounds received in hand
to-hand fight, news was received of the
terrible mas acre at Fort Minis by the
Indians.
The Legislature of Tennessee imme.
diately assembled and called out $500
men to march to the Indian nation
There was great excitement; for it was
feared that there would be general up
rising of all the Indian tribes in the
Southwest.
General regret was expressed that
Gen. jackson could not take the field in
person. In an interview q prominent
member of the 4egisla aure expressed
this regret to the General, as he lay
groaning upon his bed.
The sick man could not speak with
out pain, but he intimated that when
ever the troops marched it would be un-
der his commaa.d. Two hours after the
interview Gen. jackson issued print
ed order aplsointing the place Of rem
devious, and announcing that the health
of the commanding General was re-
stored.
His physician, on being questioned as
to the Generals sbility to march at the
head OF the troops. replied: 81.
No other man sanld, and It is I'M
certain whether Gen. jackson, with all
his spunk, can. But it was always un-
certain what Gen. jackson could or
could not do"
. He did march with the troops. But
the physician had often to stop the
plucky comm Inder, make him dismount,
and wash him from head to foot in y
solution OF sugsr OF lead to keep down
Inflammation. With these troops Jack.
son fought three Indian batiles.--
Youths Companion.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
\ HOT-FArER RIVER.

The great Sutro tunnel, cut to relieve
the celebrated Comstock mines at Vir-
ginia City, Nev.,, Of vast quantities Of
hot water which is encountered in them,
affords an outlet to $4,000 tons every
twenty-four hous, or about 100000
gallons. Some of the water, as it finds
its way out Of the mines, has tempera-
ture Of 1876 deg, while four miles from
the mouth of the tunnel the temperature
ranges from 130 to 1856. To obviate the
inconvenience which would arise from
the vapor such vast quantity Of water
would give of, the flow is conducted
through the entire tunnel, four miles, in
q tight flume made of pine. At the
point Of exit the water has lost but 7
deg. of heat. Sixty feet below the
mouth Of the tunnel the, hot water is
utilized for turning machinery belonging
to the company, from whence it is
turned off by tunnel 1,lO0 feet in
length, which s,rves as waterway.
Leaving the waste way-tunnel the water
flows to the Carson river, mile and q
half distant. The hot water is being
utilized tor many purposes. Tho boys
have arranged several pools, where they
indulge in hot baths. The miners and
others use it for laundry purposes, and
arrangements are being made whereby
thousand acres belonging to the COM
pany are to be irrigated. 1t is proposed
to conduct the hot water through
iron pipes, beneath the sulfaco of the
soil, near the roots of thousands of fruit
trees which are to be planted, and in q
similar manner give the necessary
warmth to a number of hot hou ses to be
used for the propagation Of early fruits
and vegetables.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
AZTEC RUINS.

Manzana mountains, N. NJ, mean
Apple mountains. There is a noble
spring Of water called the Abo spring,
which is shaded by two immense cotton
wood trees on each side. There are no
inhabitants in the vicinity, but every
where there are evidences of the former
existence Of dense population. There
are seea the rains Of large church or
temple, covering one acre of ground.
Mr.. Patterson paced it of, and found it
to be seventy PAGES square. The walls
that remain are sixty feet high. The roof
has long since caved in, and the interior
of the inclosurc is filed with debris,
The thickness Of the wall at the base is
about ten feet. Mr.. Patterson brought
away . piece OF one of the timbers that
protruled from the wallis. 1t is Of what
is called in that country the "pinon"
tree, . species of pine, and is as sound
as when taken from the tree. There are
on on one side Of the piece of timber
some rude figures, one Of the All-Seeing
Eye, representing probably the sun.
Other figures are deeply iadented in the
wood, as if made BY anything but
sharp edged tool. Mr.. Patterson saws
that he found some hammers, but moth
ing iii the sliape Of sharp-edged or steel
tools. There are small furrows seen in
the wood, as il plowea out with
stone goage. The building evidently
belonged TO o style Of architecture
anterior TO the adobe and dried-blick
period.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
1xHERrrED ssRILs.

Foremost among the perils OF life, in
all its stages, but especially in lis early
stages, are the inherited. We may safely
say that no one is born free from taint
Of disease, and we may almost say with
equal certainty that there is no defna-
able disease that does not admit Of being
called hereditary, unless it be accident
ally produced. To what is known as
specific disease, the disease Of diseases;
TO struma. or scrofula, and ite ally, if
not the same, tubercular affections; to
cancer, to rheumatism and gout, and to
alcoholic degeneration, the grand per-
lis of life are mainly due. These are the
bases Of SO many diseases which bear
different names; these SO modify dis
eases which may in themselves be dis
tinct. that if they were removed the
dangers would be reduced to minimum.
These diseased conditions do not, how
ever, exhaust the list of fatal common
inheritances. On many occasions for
several years past have observed and
maintained the observation that some
diseases, as communicable, infectious or
contagious, are also classifable under
this head. I am satisfied that quinsy,
diphtheria, scarlet fever, and even what
is called brain fever, typnoid, are often
OF hereditary character. have known
family in which four members have suf-
fered from diphtheria, parent having
had the same affection, and probably
grandparent. I have known family in
which five members have, at various
periods, suffered from typhoid, parent
and grandparent having been subject
to the same disease. have known q
family in which quinsy has been the
marked family characteristic for four
generations. These persons have been
the sufferers from the diseases named,
without any obvious contraction of the
diseases, and without having any COM
panions in their sufferings. They were,
in fact, predisposed to produce the poi
sons OF the disease in their own bodies.
as the cobra is to produce the poisonous
secretion, which, in its case, is part of
its natural organization. Richard
son, in Fraser's Magazine.