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The Evening critic., 1882-05-09
"The Critic" Would Like to See IL.
TO he tdEt0f or TIE E'0eninq CFltlci

Please add 10 the list Of items, "what THE
CRITIC Would Like to See," another that am
almost sure Will meet with your approval. II
ls Tor Congress 10 enact such laws as will
effectively break up the thieves fences (sec-
ond-hand stores and junk shops), which offer
special INDUCEMENTS for both petit and grand
larceny.
IL is not necessary TO wait until the statue Of
liberty now ornamenting the dome OF the Cap
ilol Is exposed for sale In a junk shop OF Wash
lneton or Baltimore 20 Impress on Congress
the e2pertness Of the thieves or the facility of
dlsposing Of their plunder. / would suggest
law requiring secondhand dealers and
pawnbrokers 10 furnish descriptive list OF
articles 10 police authorities and held until
permission Is granted TO sell or parties selling
10 second hand dealers be required 10 furnish
permits TO sell. CITIzEN YIcrIM
Jnst Received, Spring style
wall paper, at yeerhon's, s, OI0 Seventh 81. N.
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09

IT is to be hoped that the District Com
mittee will consult the interests and con-
venience of the public at large and grant
the extension of route asked for by the
Belt Line Railway. OF course it has the
opposition of the Metropolitan road, but it
is clearly for the public good that the ex-
tension should be granted.
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09

THE House Committee on Foreign Affairs
has appointed committee to inquire
whether Shipherd is in contempt of the
House. We cannot answer the technical
question, but can assure the committee that
there is universal feeling of contempt for
Shipherd
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09

THAT is very pretty letter Colonel In-
gersoll sent the Lynch serenaders last night
But did il ever occur to the Colonel that
the 'life Of the Republic" depended on the
cold, legal doctrine of 'set Off instead ofall
those nice things he says about it? Applied to
politics it means that the Republicans shall
swindle and cheat and stuff just enough to
Offset the Democrats at the same game.
Thus the Reps hope to save the Nation and
keep themselves at the Crib.
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09

THE House proposes to give us Secre-
tary of Agriculture. All right, so he does
not establish tea farm, the principal part
of which is an Indian bungalow and an
iron safe
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09

A LARGE number Of township elections were
held in Indiana last week, and the result was
looked forward TO with much interest. The
Republicans were prepared for losses In the
cities, feeling sure that they would be more
than counterbalanced In the country districts.
But n summing up OF the gains and losses
shows that the Republicans more than held
their own. This Is considered significant, In
view OF the fact that the Democrats brought
the prohibition issue into the contest, and
expected TO use It to the disadvantage OF tho
Republicans.-M y. Tribune.
For the benefit of the able and elongated
editor of the Tribune, we rise to remark that
the township elections in Indiana are held
on the first Monday in April of each even
year, and that the elections held last week
were municipal elections. The former arc
the more important as indicating political
changes. 1t may annoy the Tribune, but It
is, nevertheless, solemn fact that the
Democrats made such decided gains that
the Republicans have had the blues ever
since.
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09

THE four homes for disabled volunteer
soldiers, situated respectively at Day
ton, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wis.,; Augusta,
Slicd Sf with With bands % 'f Of music, ;sl theatres, tres
billiard and bowling-rooms, libraries,
smokng-rooms, &c. 1t is very strange that
amusing the veterans.-Repu6kicdn.
Nothing strange about it at all. At the
four homes outside this District the in-
mates are citizens with votes and so are q
times controlling part, of the constitu-
ency Of certain Honorable Representatives
in Congress.
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09
FREE ADVERTISING.

Advertisements under The head of"Situations
Wanted" and Help Wanted" wiu hereafter
be inserted IN THE EVENING CRrTIo three
times FREE, We invite our friends pishino
situations or help 10 avail themselves of his
offer. Anstcers directed in care Of CRITIC
Office wiH receive careful attention. Business
Advertisements three lines three times for 25 cts.
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09

"PUBLIc OPINION has already convicted
these nen" says the chief organ Of the
Star Route prosecution in speaking Of ex-
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09
EDUCATIONAL.

CPHNCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE. COR.
new and attractive halls in the handsome ediice
known throughout the United States as Lincoln
ladies and gentlemen. Sons aud daughters edu.
Gated for real life. Students received throughout
address add s' to the % students on Eiements Of
Success" by James a; Garfield; also, full infor, &
upon application by mail, or may be obtained
at the college Office. HENRY Q. SPENCER,
Principal oc2s
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Snst Received, spring style
wall paper, at Veerhofrs s, 0l0 Seventh 81. NV
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09

TF YOU WANT TO BUY. SELL, RENT, OR
Trade City or County ffofs5sy f9ms SA and sec
BP6THE ER6 ST. Charles Motel, corner Third Of.
aud Pennsylvania avenue northwest
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09
BUSINESS CHANCES.

WANTEp-To BUY LAND soRlr
Additional Homestead Claims,
Sioux Hsrf-breed Scrip,
Potterheld Warrants,
Bounty Land Warrants, dsc.
All of the above Land Scrips foI sale. ADDRESS
or call on W. O. Hill, room Is, st. Cloud Building,
Washington, ID. q. mrl4Sm
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09
PERSONAL.

r FILTERS WRITTEN ON ANY SUBJECT.
i MS revised, briefs drawn, collections made
pensions attorney for land warrants and patents.
Speeches and lectures prepared at shortest notice.
All business confidential. MRS. NJ. A. LACH-
MA N. Sl3 18th street n. W. de2
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09

A variety of New and Secondhand Carriages
and Buggies; Largest STOCK Of Vanished Wag-
offs N. Browns Trade Wagons. Spring Wagons
Of all sizes: AL ofthe aboye at very lowest prices
JAMES X PROBEY, Repository, 1890 Thirty
second (High street,. Factory, 3240 Prospect
avenue, West Washington. fe17
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09

Wy ANTED-To exchange new stoves for old
w ones at Buffers Stove Exchange, cor 9th
and X smokey chimneys cured or no pay. Stoves
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09

VXTANTED-BY A RESPECTABLE WHITE
w girl, situation as or cham
bermaid; references given. Inquire at 1olI IL st
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09

VXTANTED-BY A RESPONSIBLE YOUNG
w colored man, a situation at some watering
place: understands hotel work thoroughly;
Ploase address Charles "a. Jackson, 800 New Jer.
The Evening critic., 1882-05-09
FOR EXCHANGE.

A PRIVATE FAMILY WILL GIVE ROOM
IA and board to a settled ladyto cook ana isis
in sewing. Address Bond, Critic oflice. my
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19
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Of their periodicals, the publisher may CONT
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8. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
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they have settled their bills and ordered them
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A. If subscribers move to another place
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sent to- the publisher.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19
Use Of Lanterns TO Kill the Cot,
ton Miller.

The importance of a cotton crop to
our farmers this year ought to induce
them to try the following experiment
in their fields.
Place a lighted lantern or lamp,
above a shallow pan, filed with molas-
ses and water, or strong soap suds, on
a post about six feet high in the cotton
fields, at intervals of-say one light to
every five acres. To make the expert
ment effectual every farmer should, in
his own neighborhood, use lights on
nights agreed upon in his locality, and
burn them not less than ten consecu-
tive nights.
The following is the opinion of a Mr..
Glover in Report of Cotton Insects of
1927:
my opinion is that if every planter
would m burning a lantern in
each five acres, from the latter part of
June to the middle of September, for a
few years in succession, beth the boil
worm and the cotton. worm would be
be destroyed" The lantern was used
by Mr.. Glover as we have advised
with a shallow pan filled with molas-
ses and water to which he added some
oil of anise. His experiment destroyed
rs millers the first night, $50 the sec
ond and 500 were destroyed in one
night until the miller disappeared from
his crop.
We infer, frem what Mr.. Glover re-
ported, that had his ueighbors used
lanterns, as lie did, that their crops
would have been saved.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

TANFAH.-Tantah, the scene of the
latest Egyptian massaeres, scarcely
less fiendish in their cruelty than those
of Alexandria. is the capital of the
Gorbeeyeh provinces in the Delta.
The city is fifty four miles north of
Cairo, On the Cairo and Alexandra
railroad, and Is the third city in Egypt.
Its population is ~varieusly estimated at
from 60, 900 to 1OO,o0 souls. In the
military operations, doubtless soon to
follow, Tantah will become an impor-
tant s~trategical point, and a rallying
centre for the adherents of Arab, for
this unique city is the capital of reli-
gious fanaticism in Lever Egypt.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19
she Wanted to be crused.

And Oil City young man was reading
about recent doings in the Arctic re-
COINS, and his best girl was sitting near
by, watching the wagging of his mus
taehe as the words rolled ont. She
was evidently more deeply absorbed>in
the mustache than in the story. He
continued
She arrived at the mouth of the
River Lena about three months ago.
The Jeanette was crushed"
WHAT" asked the girl, quickly
standing mp.
"Jeannette was crushed by"
ooh! but wasn't that just to lovely !
Only think, to be completely crushed
what are you talking about, dear
est?" asked the young man, in sur
prise.
l was saying how grand it was to be
crushed. Did you say it was the Lena
or Jeanette that was crushed?
"~Jeannette, of course"
ooh! how | wish I had been in jean
nette's place"
Then the press of business necessitat-
ed turning the gas.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

The appropriations In the River and
Harder bill, by which our State is di.
rectly interested, are $5.338, 900 fol
the Mississippi river. and for other i'm.
provements in Louisiana $4,000.
Altogether, the appropriations for the
South are greater than ever before
made. This West aud South come in
for the bulk of the appropriation, while
the East has been told to be satisfied
with what they have so beautifully re-
.ceived in the past. It is their time
now to wait while other sections of THE
country car come in for a share OF
government pap.-N. @. States. )
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

MARRYING 4 DECEASED Wires SIS
TER--Again the House Of Lords have
declined to allow a British subject TO
marry his deceased wife's sister. Every
few years this matter is brought up
before the Peers. but is every time
thrown out by the efforts of the bish-
ops and the leading conservative
nebles. The Prince of Wales and
his brothers voted for the bill. This
change in ifs law would affect SO few
that it Is difficult to understand the OBJ
jectioDs Of the Lords. There are no
ties Of blood between a man and his
sister-in-iaw, and it seems natural that
q sister should have the care of her
own nephews and -nieces.-Demorcst's
MOpthIu.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

A New WHM. = Hot water, taken
By the tumbler full just after rising
ID the morning, is the latest cure-all.
It is said that it relieves dyspeptic
troubles, tones the stomach and clean
sos the system. It ia noW suspected
that much Of the efficacy Of hot water
springs Is in the heat and net in the
water. It is curious that people can
semetiaaes drink water 50 hot as to
make the skin smart and give pain.
We do not vonch'fof the new remedy.
but then if it does no good it certainly
San 40 bns little harm. - Democrats
Monthly.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

When q vote was taken in the United
States to prohibit the Mississippi river
commission to use any IF the a%ppropri-
alton for the improvement of that river,
to be used in rebuilding or making
Levees, the proposition received 10
votes and those 10 senators were all
Republicans. So much for the boSh
that only Republicans are doing any
thing for the good of the South.-IRi-
bodaar Sentinel.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

There is q woman 10 Rome, Georgia,
who thinks that hereafter Georgia
WatermeloDs will leave Louisiana 81
gar cane in the shade. She is a reli
gious woman, belongs to the Methodist
Church and ii remarkable for her
t~rutlffulness. This enterprising wo-
man asserts That she has made from
the Juice of one watermelon a pint of
thick, golden syrup. Georgia papers
ARE agreed that there ~ fortune for
the man or woman who succeeds In
making sugar from melons.-N. @.
Htdfea.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

Business Notices.

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The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

al RELIC OF FoRMDR ACES. - In the
lake region of Sonthern Florida a canla
is being constructed in which d curious
discovery has come to light. About
four feet below the level of Lake Dora
a sandstone wall was discovered which
led to further Investigations that set
4 the fact that lang anterior to Co
l1nbus. and perhaps even before the
Christian era, a race Inhabited Florida
far superior in civilization TO the In
dian. They were d people who dwelt
ID walled cities, and who used flint
weapons in war. Indeed, there are
evidences of such a race inhabiting this
continent many thousands Of years
ago. III il depressing to think that
owe d whole c~DnteHent a race or races
far advanced id d certain kind of civil
ization should have melted away b
fore tribes of savages such as the whites
found In tlis country after the discov-
cry III C9nmbns. from Demoresfs
Monthly for august.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

The. Sr. GoTHARD TUNNEL-Ger-
many and ITALY have been united By
the opening Of the st. Goddard tunnel.
The new railway is If3 miles long, Of
which IA are tunnel. Bale and Milan
are now within So hours Of each other.
The Alps ii longer afford a barrier be-
tween Italy aud the rest of Europe.
This new national work will make
great changes hi of southern
Eurape. The Sc. Gothard tunnel Is OF
Alcre Importance than the Mount Gents.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

II need not ask if ron are familiar
with the works of Emerson said a nice
young man ia a nice young lady. She
said: . I am not % very familiar ; but
my little brother has his song-hook.
Now, do you know. I thought Emerson
was in California with a minstrel com
pany Of hia own until / heard be died in
Boston the other day"
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

OF the IS per cent dividend recently
declared in faVor Of the creditors of the
Frecdman's Savings and Trust Com
pany Of Washington City, about $780,
600 remains uncalled for, of which
nearly $l0.500 is due TO depositors of
the Now Orleans branch.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

IF you are suffering from indigestion
or any complaint of the Stomach or Bow
els, you will obtain great relief by using
the PRIcKLY ASH BITTERs, as they have
the property of gently relieving these
organs and placing them in a good
sound healthy condition. Purely veg
etable in their composition, they can do
you no possible harm.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

Pooh RUSSIA. Another step back
wards. Ignatieffha resigned aud Toll
stoi, one of the Eiost reactionary states
men in Russia, has taken his place.
The first act of the new Minister was
to suppress q neWspape which had
committed no ~offense, SO rs to silence
all the others. It seems that Ignatief
had come to the sanle conclusion as
SMelikof, that q parliament and some
freedom of the press was indispensable
Gf the Gear was to remain upon his
throne. But the knife of the assassin
and the bomb Of the Nihilist have lesa
terror To a Roinanof than free speech
iii d parliament or the free ~Htterance OF
the press. Toistoi's most famens ex-
pIsit under q former administration
was to purge the universities of every
young student who wished to pursue
liberal studies. Ths entire educated
class of Russia is fast coming to the
conclusion that the Gar and his coun-
ssls are enemies to the human race, and
they deserveno h D mercy at the hands
Of human beings than so many mad
dogss-Demossst's Monthly for august.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

This session of the Legislature has
given pore satisfaction ID tile people
than any other has for many years. It
has passed many bills and laws which
will b Of bsne6t ~ tiae State. The
electian law Il, however, one Of the
worst measures passed. IL ID objecs
~tionalsle, and calculated to do more
harEa than good to those who gave it
biflll.-St. GhorIss .Hegasd. Req.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

The readers Of the Egyptian war
news are becoming a little confused as
TO the officer in command of the English
navy. Admiral Seymour has been, up
to this time, regarded as chief in COM
mand, but latterly it appears as if he
had been superseded by Count de Les
seps, who seems to :" boss" the English
as well as the French troops. Backed
by a tribe of wild Bedonins, he'actually
holds both of these great nations at
bay, and dictates them their line of
conduct. Evidently the Suez Canal is
a boomerang, and returns to plague
the government and people whose
money constructed it and gave it ex-
istence.-N. o. States.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19
How to Wash Clothes Without
Fading.
CINCINNATI Times.

n iAiSo
A lady correspondent sends us the
following receipt, which she has tried
with success on all kinds of fabrics ::
Wash and peal Irish potatoes and then
CRATE them into cold water. Satnrate
the articles to be washed in this potato
water, and they can then be washed
with soap without any running of the
color. I have taken oil out of carpets
saturated with this potato water, when
simple cold water would make the
color run ruinously ; have set the
color in figured black muslins. in color
ed merinos. in ribbons and ether silk
goods. Often the potato water cieanses
sufficiently without the use of soap; but
the latter is necessary where there is
any grease. In such cases without
soap) take the gated potato itse11f and
rub the goods with a flannel rag. In
woolen goods it Is necessary to strain
the water, else the particles will adj
here, but this is not necessary in goods
from which they can be well shaken.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

Fond wife How strange Every
time Peter comes home from his ledge
Up comes ID bed with his hut %. But
+ suppose Il is IONS mere Of those Ma
sonic doings The fudge.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

It IS said that q hen held up by
one leg will not sqnak half as much as
when both legs / grasped." Persons
who are accustomed TO purchase their
poultry Of night, q few hours after the
owner Of the fowls has retired, will do
well NJ cut this out and paste tin their
hats.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

just received by Il. Mornhinvag-a
new stock If stylish jsuelrys diamonds
si~IreFplaseH ware. watches, clocks,
s~pectacies. etc Repairing neatly done.
0la gold ans silgeT hoaght.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

WoMAN's primitive beautyeand vigor,
which have been lost, can be restored
and retained by the action ofcertain con
stitutional agents. These agents neces-
sarily regulate, build up, fortify and an
tagonize all existing female Irregularities
and excesses, or. distractions which pro-
duce the i'll health. The remedy must
unload the locked up secretions, addiron
to blood, strength to system and vitality
to nerves. Such a remedy is found in
the use of English Female Bittegs
Two great eyils-headache and con-
stipation, affecting nearly all humanity,
are relieved by Bailey's Saline Aperient
slough on chlIIs,"
Cures 5 cases for 25 cts. in cash or stamps.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19
THE
Mathushek Upright.
The only Upright Piano which viii remain
permanently in tune.

During the past five years makers of Piano
Fortes have been making great efforts to pro-
duce an Upright which will stand our severe
climate. They have used several devices, and
have oven tried tbut nave given it up) double
iron plates. They have made their cases
strong with immense bookings of wood, and
still most of the Upright Pianos have not
proved satisfactory for this reason That the
Tuning Pins in all of them are placed into a
wooden plank which is wedged up to the iron
plate, aud which, at every change of weather.
will shrink or swell, thus causing the piano to
get out of order and out of tune.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19

The soldiers sent III assasainabe Tile
.khsdlvs consented, for sileksls, to act
as llia holy guard. What splendid del
sgates they would make to d B0minat
ing ~cpnysntioR u CsiN Item.
The Opelousas courier., 1882-08-19
MILLINERY { DRESS-MAklAe

HsHE undersigned respectfully thans a..s@
friends for past favors, and allle s@sss.
that they have opened a shop on Main 5000 ssd
between the stores of Messrs. J Perfosaisa# @ y
L. Pucbeu, where they will do oil sinas -
SEWING AND DRESS MAXIM
for ladies and children, in the best ssSss g ass
at moderate prices. Sewing also done " q
tlemen. NINE. Il. GUIDRY,
mhiS MILE. MODESTO GulAAs