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The examiner., 1882-02-18
Poison for the People.

It would appear from the following extract from Food and Realtb that food | adulteration is more general than is usually supposed: Committees of ex- ports tell of adulteration in food that is simply appalling. Were the ingredi- ents which are mixed with food innoc- | uous it would still be very great hard ship; but when it is known that the most violent poisons are employed it is marvel that the whole country does not rise mp and put a stop to such prac- tic s and punish all dealers who sell pois onous articles of food. If confirmation of these startling statements were needed ono has only to read the facts recently brought to light in Chicago, where it is impos, sible to find pure sugar and where not ten per cent. of the milk is good. In that city the bread, without exception, is poisonous; the teas were never inn ported, but are made of leaves "faced' with Prussian blue and chromate of lead. Seventy-five per cent. of the cream of tartar is white earth, and the coffee is coated with lamp black. But Chicago is no worse than other cities. Baking powders are largely composed of alum. Pickling fluid is diluted with sulphuric acid, alum and verdigris to give it peculiar flavor.
 The manufacture of a great deal of our confectionery should be punished as crime, for much of the candy sold to children is simply 8 lump of white earth, made attractive to the eye with arsenical paint, and sweetened with glacose. Costly spices are counterfeited ln terribly grotesque manner, the favorins being given by the rankest poisons. In these and other adultera tions arsenic plays the largest part. We import annually two million pounds of this deadly poison-one cents worth of which would kill 2.sOO people-and the bulk of this import is used in the repparation of food and clothing.
The examiner., 1882-02-18
PUNGENr PARAGRAPHS.

A brilliant idea-Selling paste fer diamonds.
 A whaling expedition-Going after 8 bad boy with hickory switch.
 If the blind people were te hold Q convention, could motion be carried by the ayes?
 The hands of clcck are genuine bumners-they are always going the rounds.
 A Brooklyn man has just found his sister, from when he has been separ- ated fifty years. She was the cook in hls boarding-house, and he recognized the style of her hash.
 'Custer county, NJ. T., is about as large as the whole of Pennsylvania" Yes, but it will never have as large population. That is, so long as it re- mains in an M. T. state.
 Quite an outcry is being made about the alleged dangers of the electric light. Twas always thus. The wise men of a few years ago were afraid to use gas, for fear the gasometer might blow them up as often as shrewish wife. Others thought that applying match to a s-jet would be analogous to firing a train of gunpowder. The light, it was argued, would run along the pipe and cause an explosion every time. Such, however, was not the case. The explosions occur only quarterly, when the bills are brought in.
The examiner., 1882-02-18
The Hare and the Fish.

The Hare and the Fish, having bor- TOW ed tobacco of each other for several months and agreeing perfectly we'll on politics, set out to make a journey tc- gether and see the sights of the world. They had not proceeded many miles when a Wolf was discovered in pursuit. The Hare at once started off at the tcp of his speed, but the Fish called out:
 "Do not leave me thus-I cannot run i'
 "A Fish who cannot run has no busi- ness to make Q journey" replied the Hare, and away he flew to save his bacon.
 The Fish hurried after as fast as pos sible, and both found themselves on the bank of river, whilc the Wolf was yet a furlong away. The Fish at once rolled into the water and darted away, but the Hare shouted after him:
 "Do not leave mel cannot swim !'
 "A Hare who cannot swim has no business to make a journey," and he sailed away and left the Hare to be eaten on the half shell.
 MORAL.
 An Owl who had overheard the affAir from his pel ch in a persimmo1 tree drew down his left eye and softly said:
 "You don't know a man until you have travelled with him. .''-Detro:t Free Press
The examiner., 1882-02-18

According to this reasoning iron and flour are money, for given weight of either will purchase certain quantity of gold or coin. But money alone is & legal tender for payments. It is no 8 measure of value, for hardly two days in the year will dollar measure the value of any given quantity ofproperty. " Money is 8 valus created by law O Le scale of valuation, and valid tender for payments" is the definition given by Cernuschi, and it is the only true definition that can be given ot money Chic tgo Express.
The examiner., 1882-02-18
The Bankers.

Summed up in the fewest possible words, the bankers c-Evention came to the following sage conclusions:
 1. Another panic is inevitable at no distant day.
 2. The national banks must go soon, for the want of public debt to rest on.
 B. State banks must take their places, wild cat or no wildcat.
 4. That money is the measure of value and medium of exchange.
 5. That gold is not moley because it has received the mint stamp, but be- cause given weight of gold will pur- chase a certain quantity of iron or flour.
The examiner., 1882-02-18
How False Teeth are Made,

A reporter of the Stnr recently visited factory in this city where false teeth are made by the million In the pro-
 cess of manufacture tho silex and feld- spar in their crude state are submitted to red heat, and then suddenly thrown into ccld water, the effect being to ren- der them more easily pulverized. Hav- ing been ground very fine in water and the water evaporated the two materials mentioned are dried and sifted. The kaoline is washed free from impurities. These materials, with feldspar, 'srongr, platjna and fiux in proper proportion for the enamel, are mixed with water and worked into masses resembling putty. Thie done, the unbaked porct- laine masses are ready for the holding room. The molds are in two pieces and are made of brass, one-ha1f tie teeth or sections being on either side. The coloring materials are first placed in the exact position and quantity required. and the body of the tooth aud the gum ts inserted in Jumps corresponding to the size of the tooth. The mo Ids are then closed, and they are dried by & slow heat. When perfectly dry they are taken out and sent to the trimmers' rooms. The trimmers remove all inn perfections and send them in trays of fire clay to the furnace, where having remained fer twenty minutes they are complete Wilmington (Det.) Sfor.
The examiner., 1882-02-18
Webster Described.

His personal appearance, his voice and manner, then, as always, greatly enhanced the effect of everything he said. The slender boy, unfit for the labor of the farm, had developed into a man of large and commanding pres ence. MT. Webster was less than six feet in height, yet every artist has DOT trayed him as of almost heroic stature. The fact was that he impressed those
 who saw and heard him as of gigantic mold. A Liverpool navvy is said to have pointed at him on the street, and cried out, "There goes & king!' and Carlyle is said to have reported that he looked like "a walking cathedral" His head was very large, of fine shape, and with a most noble brow, beneath which great eyes looked out full of dusky light when in repose, and glow ing like fires when he was excited. His massive features, black hair and swarthy complexion, together with manner extremely grand and solemn, all contributed to render him impress i've to an extraordinary degree. His voice was one of great richness and compass, in its highest pitch never shrill, but penetrating to the lowest corner of hall or senate chamber, and in the open air to the very outskirts of 8 vast crowd.--Atlontic Monthlv.
The examiner., 1882-02-18
Chinese Methods,

The Chinese Six Companies have a monopoly in the laundry business in Montana, and it is charged that their agent blackmails any enterprising Celes- tial who attempts to open competing establishment. Sam Yek commenced washing clothes at Walkerville 8 few days since. in defiance of the agent, but was mortified the next moment to ob- serve placard offering S1,5OO to any one who would kill himself an d assist ants. He has appealed to the courts
The examiner., 1882-02-18

The Steubenville Herold says: 1.-Two employees of the Dallas (Texas) post office. on returning from 8 hunt in the country, cut down a telegraph pole, mistaking it for bee tree. The hum- ming of the wire deluded them" The sort of ''wire" that 'tdelude I" them is sold by the pint in Dallas, and coil of it is strong enorgh to make man take an ax and try to split rails of the end of an artesian we'll
The examiner., 1882-02-18
Wives.
"A good wife gear enow, An ill wife is an i'll fate."

An i'll wife is an i'll fate.'
 -Scotch Prorerbs Oh he that gets good, good wife, Gets gold enough and to spare; And he that gets an i'll, i'll wife,
 May make and may still be bare. For man may ask of wife he weds, "Can be richp May be great?' And he that mates with an evil wife, He mates with an evil fate. For man may spend, and have to the end, If his wife on his fortune wait He may give to the poor and help friend, And may still grow rich and great But man may spare and still be bare, He may toll through smooth and rough, If his wife be naught, ill.luck is caught, He never will have enough. Oh a man that gets good, good wife, Has pleasure enough and to spare; Outside his life may be full of strife, May be full of trouble and care, But his heart can sing -"At homo I'm king, At home there is pleasure and rest I've wife to bide at my OWL fireside, And her love, Of all loves. is best' But man who gets all ill, ill vie, Gets trouble of every k:nl; He's weary part, and hopeless heart, And prosperity's hard to fn!. There's bitter drop in his sweetest cup, In lis joy there is pain, And through all his strife for Iroader life, He works like man in chain. Don't marry for beauty. don't marry for golt And on nobody else depend; For your own life, you choose vie, And for your own home, friend. And he that gets good, goo wife, May easy be rich and great, While he that weds with an tv.l wife, Mates life with an evil fate.
The examiner., 1882-02-18

When man brags that he can tel a persons character by the color of his hair, it is deuced rough to swindle him by steering him up against man who wears wig.
The examiner., 1882-02-18

CoFFEB.-We see it stated in Dr. Foote's Health Monthly that French physiologist, after experimenting upon dogs, is convinced that coffee retards digestion, but is not as objectionable on this account when we'll sweetened as when taken without sugar,
The examiner., 1882-02-18

Instead of complaining of the thorns among the roses, we should be thank full there are roses among the thorns,
The examiner., 1882-02-18
Seed ttOtotOes

Dampness undoubtedly favors the growth of the potato disease, and, therefore, where there is any chance at all of the disease existing in the roots, they ought to be stored as dry as possi- ble. Those which are to be kept in this general way should be especially seen to in the case of seed potatoes. Since the potatoe beetle came among us it is clear that we have had the very best results from early planting and by the use of the earliest varieties. Now these early kinds are more easily af- fected by warmth than the late ones They sprout easily, and coolness' is, therefore, more essential for them. Some people think that it makes but little difference whether seed potatoes sprout or not before planting. We have known people to tear off sprouts several inches long, and cut up the tubers in full faith that they will sprout again and be none the worse for it. They do generally grow, but there is little doubt that they are constitutionally weaker and much more liable to disease than those which do not sprout until ready to go in the ground. h. German- toson Telegraph.
The examiner., 1882-02-18
Recipes.

TEA-CAKE.-Beat two eggs we'll; add cupful sugar, and beat; half-cupful cream; 8 cupful and half flour, with teaspoonful cream tartar and 8 half, teaspoonful soda sifted through it. Beat we'll together; add pinch salt and little lemon or other flavor. One loaf.
 INDIAN CORN PUDDING quart of boiling milk in half pint of Indian meal, stirring it all the time. To this add teaspoonful of salt. Beat up three or four eggs, and when the batter is nearly cold stir them into it. Put the pudding into a cloth or tin mold and boil for two hours. Serve with cream, butter, syrup or any other sauce you please. Maple syrup or golden syrup is very nice.
 RICE AND APPLE soUFFLE.-Boil two tablespoonfuls of rice in half pint of milk; add, when soft, the yolks of two eggs and sugar to taste; make a wall with it around the sides of the dish. Stew some pared and cored apples until soft, fill the center of tho dish with them, fill up the apertures in the apples with candied sweetmeats or jelly, and cover tho whole with the whites of eggs beaten to 8 stiff froth and sprinkled thick with white pow dered sugar. Brown in the oven and serve with cream.
 POTATOES FOR BREAKFAST is the most delicious way of preparing potatoes for breakfast: Slice the pota- toes moderately thin. Put into pud- ding dish layer of potatoes, sprinkle with 8 very little salt, cut up butter into little bits and lay them over the potatoes, then add another layer of potatoes with salt and the bits Of butter, repeating the process until the dish is filled. Now fill the dish with water, place in the oven, covering the dish with a pan until the potatoes are almost done then remove the cover and let the potatoes brown on top. Serve in the pudding dish.
The examiner., 1882-02-18
FOR THE FARM AND HOME
Improving n Fnrln |.

An Ohio farmer gives his experience in improving 8 farm that was in poor condition when he bought it. "It was difficult" he says ''for me to get from twelve to fifteen bushels of wheat per acre, but by saving all manure and carefully applying it, have raised for the past six years thirty-three bushels per acre on an average. My manner of rotation is: Break to sod, plant to corn, follow with oats. apply all my manure on the stubble and blow, row and drag and harrow and roll and drill at least three inches deep, and seed to timothy and clover, four quarts of each, in March. I seldom fail to get good catch. Keep to grass three years. Be sure and save all your farm manure, and you will need no artificial fertilizers. i"
The examiner., 1882-02-18

Aia-slacked lime is an excellent polish for silver and tinware.
The examiner., 1882-02-18
The First Cali.

Iue FlrBt CAlIs
 It is oftener the case when a heifer has her first calf. says the hadiano Farmer, that the farmer thinks she vii not give more milk than will keep her calf in good condition and let's them run together to teach her the mystery of being milked when she has her next calf. In this decision there are two mistakes that go far to spoil the COW for uture usefulness. Cows are largely tn @ creatures of habit, and with their first calf everything is new and strange to them. and they readily submit to being milked,s land think it is all right, but suffer them to run with the calf the first season and vicious habit is established that they will hardly forget in life time. If they ever submit to be milked quietly, it is evidently under protest But there is Q greater objection than this. The calf running with the COW draws the milk every hour or two, so that the milk vessels are at no time distended with milk, though the quan- tity secreted in Q given time may be large. But this is the natural time to distend the milk ducts and expand the udder to 8 good capacity for holding milk. When, with her next calf, you require the milk to be retained twelve houls the udder tecomes hard and pain full and the milk leaks frcm the teats or, more likely, nature accommodates the quantity of the milk secreted to the capacity to retain it, and the COW be- comes permanently small milker. Much of the future character of 8 COW therefore depends on her treatment with her first calf.
The examiner., 1882-02-18

The vineyards ofthe Pacific slope are being more and more employed for the manufacture of raisius instead of wine. The Ri0erSide Press, of San Bernard ino county, California, is authority for the statement that the raisin crop of that State this year will aggregate more than 15O,O bcxes. This new indus try has grown in three years to an an- nual production of half million dol lars worth, and is rapidly increasing.
The Evening critic., 1882-11-03

Mr.. Joseph Rosenblatt and Miss Dora.
Leopold, daughter OF Mr.. Joseph Leopold, of
j. Leopold & Co., were married yesterday evon.
ing, at Hanover Street Synagogue, Baltimore,
by Rev. BENJAMIN Sold. The ushers were
Elliott, julius Goldenberg, Isaac Leopold,
Levi Adler, Albert Rosenblatt and Eugene
Weller. After the ceremony the company
was served and the evening spent In danclng
and social emjoyments Among those pres.
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Gutman, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Strauss, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Mansbach,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Newhoff, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Steiner, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Kahn, Mr..
and Mrs. Moses Eiseman, and NJ. s. Kahn, of
Washington, Misses Sadie Strauss, Mollie
Mansbach, Pauline Gutman, Dora Weller,
Julia Meyer, Rachel Leopold, Dora Elliott,
Fannie Leopold, Rachel Goldman and Ida
nroppar
The Evening critic., 1882-11-03
bold Attempt at burglary.

An attempt was mado to burglarizo tho resi-
dence OF Mr.. s. S. Parker, 1106 Ninth street
northwest, shortly after flve o'clock this morn
attend to business that required his early pres
ence down town. Hardly had he departed,
when Mrs. Parker, who has boon Ill for some
time, and who occupies n chamber looking
one attempting TO open the window-bllnds. AS
she turned toward the window, the blind dew
open and exposed the form OF burly negro
man, who was proceeding to force open the
window II possible. Mrs. Parker, although
nearly speechless from fright, gave an alarm,
but before other members of the family could
reach the scene, the negro beat n rotreat and
was seen to depart by the back way. 1t Is be-
lieved that he secured admission to the rear
premises by II side alley gate, which was
found to be open. The fact of the attempt
having been made at such IN hour In the
morning adds TO the .boldness OF the affalr.
The Evening critic., 1882-11-03
REAL ESTATE.
The Official Transfers. as Recorded
To-day.

Messra. Danenhower & Son, roalostate brok-
ers, 1912 street northwest report tho fol-
lowing transfers In real estate In the Dis
trict to-day, rs compiled by thom from the
ofIlcial records In the oflcc Of the Recorder OF
Deeds.
ON s sstreet, between Seventeenth and Elgh.
teenth northwest, lots 80, 81, square 152 (2S. 8
by 07.6), william NJ. Hodges 70 Thomas shorl-
on Sixteenth street, betwoen and G north.
west, lot q, square 142 80 by 716l, Frank d.
Smith to james ID. Williamson, $4,000.
ON Vermont avenue, between N street and
Rhode Island avonue northwest, lot 62, square
2l2 90 by depth, Lewis Hershheld to Joseph
Same as above, sllas $. HURLEY to Joseph t.
Bender, s3,S7G.67.
In Mount Pleasant, lot 4, block 40 by
depth, James Taylor to John Runner, $29i.
Meridian Hin, lots ., @, z, block z, 21, 100
feet Sarah A. presbrey 10 william O. Hill,
S12,0Gib0.
ON street north, betwoen Second and
Third east, east part OF lot 4. square 75S (2i
feet Inches front by 136 feet 3H inchosl,
Henry NJ. Baker to Theo. Wasserback, S35t0.
on Maryland avenue, between Sixth and
Seventh streets east GO,51 feet front through
to d street north 80 feet 'front.', lot Z, square
s03, Fendall +. Alexander ct ux. to Charles A..
Burgess, 500.
on d street north, between First and Second
streets east, part of lot 3, square 733 (23 feet
front by 10 feet inchesl, j. +. NJ. Dent to
Samuel Norment, nominal.
on street north, between North Capitol
and First streets west, sublot 100, square 623
40 feet front by 90 feet, Joseph 9. G.. Ken
nedy, trustee, TO Susan v. Clark, S2,i00.
on M street north, between Twelfth aud
Thirteenth streets west gublot /, square 2S1
l21 feet tn inches front by 100 feeO, Charles
II. Crogin ct ux. to Joseph Caspar, $4,000.
on Columbia street, between p and Q streets
north, part OF sublot 1i5, square 36o (16 feet
front by 105 foet, william p. Marsh ct ux. to
Henry NJ. Baker, 81 500.
On Fifteenth street east (110 feet by 05 feet
~ inch on East Capitol street,, sublots %, 30,
"a, 25 and 26, square 1867, Minnie NJ. Rohrer
to Martin NJ. Rohrer, 5000.
on p street north. between New Jersey ave-
nue. and Fifth street west, sublot 6, square
$40 40 feet 10 inches front by 40 feet, Fred
erick Douglass, United States Marshal, to
Walter g. Porry, 1916.
The Evening critic., 1882-11-03
Minnehnl,n I.odge OF Good Templars

The members Of the lodge turned out In full
force Tuesday evening and great amount Of
work was dono OF importance to the temper
anco cause. After the admission OF new NOM
bers tho election Of officers for the next OIL
cial term was entered into and from the
result II is evident that the active
work done by this lodge In the past will be
kept up. Tho lodge is to be congratulated
upon It's wise choice. The officers elect will be
publicly Installed by the officers OF the Grand
Lodge on next Tuesday evening, upon which
occasion very largo attendance is expected
and for whose entertainment complete ar
rangements have been made by an efficient
committee. Tho reports of the several ofllcers
for the past term show the increase in NOM
bership TO have been very largo and the con-
dition OF the lodge in every department to be
decidedly healthy. Tho business session be
Ing concluded Mr.. NJ. d. Sarrell, Past G. W.
Chief Templar, OF Colorado, entertained the
lodge with an instructive address and Mr.
Mckinney sang tenor solo which was highly
annrncIntal
The Evening critic., 1882-11-03
A Good Suggestlon.
WAsnnNaToN, d. O., Nov. 1, 1889

WASHINGTON, D. O., Nov. 1, 1882.
TO The Editor Of The Eren,ng Cyitlc'
Having seen In your paper q fow days ago
tho remarks OF Mrs. NJ. A. Butler, In regard to
aworking women's homo In this city, ana your
favorable comment thereon, write TO urge
upon you tho good that Will result from having
such an Institution IN our city, and to ask you
10 aid that noble woman In her good work.
Can you not suggest the propriety OF having
labor bureau in connection herewith, so we
housckeepers will have somo trustworthy
person to supply us with sorvants2
An OLD SUBSCRIBER,
The Evening critic., 1882-11-03
ReDublicnn Rally I'm Maryland.

There was n grand rally Of tho Republicans
OF the Fifth Maryland District hold at Bowie
Station yesterday evening, Speeches were
made by Messrs George NJ. Smith, Il s. Wild
dlcombe and Rufus Belt, followed by re-
marks from number OF local leaders Tho
meeting was n most enthusiastic one. This
evening there Will be rousing meetings hold
Mt Laurel and Foiestvillo, and beside tho
gentlemen named above there VIII bo n num-
Der OF prominent Marylanders present who
VIII address the assemblages.
The Evening critic., 1882-11-03
The Aged PREACHER.

Rev. Lydia Sexton, the remarkable lady
preacher OF s3 years, Is stlll conducting ser
Vices at Homlino NJ. Z. Church, Ninth and p
streets. Miss Cassie and Lois Smith, Eyange-
lists from Rhode Island, are also In the
city, and Will assist this evening In tho sor-
lie IS cordially invited.
The Evening critic., 1882-11-03
A Momentous Question.

The American Indian is too tame subject
for our romances and the Western prairies
have been despoiled Of the buffalo. We write
instead, OF those things which most interes,
the community now, one'of which is, "Where Is
the best place To get boys clothing" The
universal opinion or the people In Wash
ington 10 that d. Robinson Il Co.
900 PennsylvaI Ia avenue northwest keep the
best selected stock OF boys clothing outside
of Now York
The Evening critic., 1882-11-03

National Labor League is ollcltlng much IA.
vorabe comment, and winning you hosts OF
friends among the working women. l hope
that for every type set In the interest OF DO
eerying women you may gain a now subsnribor
for THE CRITIC. Mrs. Charlotte Smith 10 de-
serving Of all praise, and this good cause IN
which sho ls so prominently engaged deserves
the support and encouragement OF every one
who has the welfare OF honest working women
at heart. MRS s, ii. PENNOCK.