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The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
MIR. oLMsTEAp,s LETTER
Requesting the President 10 with
draw His Name.


The following is Mr.. Olmstead's letter re-
questlnc tho President to withdraw his noml-
nation for the ONCE Of District Commissioner;
WASHINGTON, d. o., Jan. IL, 1888.
10 tic President:
nomination you were pleased TO send 10 the
Senate appointing me TO the office OF Commits
soner of tho District OF Columbia. Being
eatlshed from the recommendations and pet.
tlOns OF large number OF our most Influential
and respected citizens that was tho choice OF
large majority OF those whose good opinion
was TO be desired, allowed my namo to be
presented to you.
l was fully aware that / could not avoid tho
attacks OF my enemies md tho friends OF
other candidates, but did not suppose that
would be held responsible for the acts of
others, with whom had no part or connection,
as Is well-known to every one who had any
knowledge OF tho facts.
The specific charges that were preferred
against me promptly and, as am informed,
satisfactorily refuted. The anonymous at
tacks and Matchmaking letters of course al
lowed 10 pass without notice.
tiCertain metropolitan journals, without any
knowledge of me or the facts they discussed,
took occasion to crlticise and yilify me when.
over, as II seemed, they had'no other congenial
subject to deal with; while here, whore have
lived for twenty years, / had, as evidence of
the public opinion of the District, the
recommendation and hearty support of the
daily journals and all tho weeklies, with ono
or two Insignificant exceptions.
This declination Is made in the face of the
fact that my confirmation is beyond question,
as am fully assured. But have no desire to
take the oi1lce In the face OF the opposition
which has been developed, and most respect
fully ask you TO withdraw my nomination.
Thanking you for your Kindness and OK
preston OF confidence, am sir, with great
respect, very truly,
JOHN F. oLNsrEAD.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
partakes OF Jobbery.


From the beginning of the Government to
the year 1878 the amount expended for tho
improvement OF rivers and harbors was Il little
over s6e,o0o,O00. National liberality In this
direction has been so wonderfully stimulated
OF late years that the Improvements now In
progress on the Mississippi River alone have
been estimated as likely to cost as much as tho
Nation spent on all river and harbor works
during eighty nine years. 1t Is true that $685.
100000 10 the maximum estimate OF the
sum likely TO be required TO complete
the improvements directed by the Mississippi
River Commission, but the extraordinary di-
versity OF the estimates received by the spe-
cial committee having the subject In hlud
suggests the conclusion that the ultimate cost
of these works Is Just as likely to exceed the
maximum as II is to fall within It, The spe
cial plea made by the President for the Mlssls
sippi improvements was, IT is to be feared,
based on imperfeet information, for the ulti-
mate benefit to he derived from the commls-
eion plan Is quite as open 10 question as its
cost. The whole scheme partakes TOO much OF
the character OF a gigantic "strlke" on tho
public Treasury TO bo Viewed with anything
but suspicion, and the more lts practical
utility is inquired into the less does It COM
mend Itself 10 the support OF honest meu.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
The United states Mail Service is for
All.
NntionaI RenuhIican


Ex-Postmaster- General james believes In
cheaper postage for the letters of the people,
but does not think 1t wise to continue carrying
merchandise in the malls at a loss. He favors
the further extension Of the mall facilities for
the large cities, from which the Postoflice re-
ceipts are mainly drawn. This seems only
reason and common sense, but Congressman
from remote and unsettled districts are bard
to oconviuce on these points.-NeW York Tr,6-
GHe.
Why should the inhabitants of the large
cities have any better mail facilities than the
great majority of the people who live In lesser
towns and In the country Docs the Consti-
tuition discriminate in favor of cities of large
slze2 The large cities do not sustain them.
selyes. They are somewhat dependent on the
country ut large. The idea tnat the postal
service is 10 be run solely In the interest of
the cities on the pretense that the Postoflice
receipts are mainly drawn therefrom is very
narrow, and will not be tolerated. The editor
of the Tribune talks about "Congressmen from
remote and unsettled districts" as though
they had no people behind them. How
long have "unsettled districts" been entitled
10 Representatives? How many Representa-
tiyes do the large cities send2 Does a great
city man rate higher than a smaller city or
town manT The Tribune man talks like a
COckney.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
General Porter still on the Anxious
Baneh

The Washington correspondent OF the Ar0,y
and Nary Journal writes that the chances for
favorable action of the House at this session
on the Fitz.John Porter relief bill are exceed,
ingly doubtful, though the opinion prevails
that the bill could be passed If consent were
for consideration. dispatch to the same
Journal Indicates that the President would
veto the bill should It pass the House. The
bill authorizes the President to nominate to
the Senate and on confirmation to appoint
Fltz-John Porter TO the rank of colonel In the
Army held by him at the time of his dismissal,
with discretion TO place him on the retired list,
which shall be increased In number to that
extent. There is provlso that General Porter
snail receive no pay, compensation or allow
ance whatsoever prior to his appointment un-
der this act. In other words, II is proposed
only 10 authorize the President to appoint
General Porter as colonel TO be placed on the
retired list the Executive having already re-
moved the disqualification for holding ONCE
placed upon him at the time OF dismissal from
the sarvipa.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
The Smallpox in baltimore.

balUnlOIe SAlu tO-uhy.
The report said to have been made to the
Washington Board OF Health TO the effect that
there wero 1000 cases OF smallpox In this city,
only 500 Of which are known TO the Health
Department here, is pronounced to be an ab.
surd misstatement. So far from there being
500 known cases, Mayor Whyte declares that
there are not over $50 cases I'm the city, nor
does the Information Of the Health Depart
ment fall In the least short of the actual eX-
tent of the disease. There have been only n
few cases In which attending physicians
have failed to report, but the Health Depart
ment Is not dependent on this source Of infor-
nation, as tho policemen report all cases of
which they learn. Moreover the public mind
is so excited on the subject that the depaps
ment is promptly advised OF any case of sus-
picious illness. Numbers OF cases have been
investigated which turned out not TO be small
pox. Tho disease is Of n very malignant
character and the death rate still keeps up.
Last week there were So, four more than the
week previous. The decrease In the number
Of new cases is, however marked, and the OF.
fects OF general vaccination Wilt In due time be
manifested in the rapid decrease ofthe death
rate and tho disappearance OF the disease.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
Important Discovery.

one Of our most tlioroughgoing and wide
awake business men, who owns tract of land
in the vicinity of this city, has discovered
thele material used in the manufacture of
an article that Is in universal use among civ
illzed peoples. The material discovered Will
produce an article SO superior in quality,
compared with any such now produced In this
country, that when placed on the market 1t
will supersedo the imported article. Expert
ments are now being made to fix the exact
Salue of the discovery, and they have already
progressed far enough TO determine, beyond
all doubt, the impense value OF the discovery.
lied, the result will be of immense benent to
the business of this city and to our citizens.
We withhold names for the present, but Will
give further particulars In the near future.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
Clubs Trumps- -ssO,O 900 won-Tre.
meudOus Game

In tho city Of Lawrenceburg, Ind, Messrs. /.
ID. Stevens, George Lowe, Louis Garrison, Bal
ley Lowe, Clint. Jones, Samuel Dickinson, j,
O. Wiles, F. Kiefer, Robert Relaugh, Peter
Pfalzgraf, Geo. Pfalzeraf and f. Chance formed
n club ard sent to II. Nj. Boardman, louisville,
Ky, for tlckets IN the Commonwealth Dlstri.
button Co, and won 100000. So form clubs
and send for tickets. Tickets only 80 each;
27 tickets, $50; 55 tickets, 800. 1000
chances are greater by forming clubs. Next
drawing January 81,
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
New nIme NInsenn,.

Another change OF entertainments Will be
given this week at the New Dime
Museum, Pennsylvania avenue, near
Eleventh street, calculated TO please and
delight the ladies and children. Professor
White, with his famous ''dog circus" intro
dncing in ring on the stage eleven educated
performing dogs, performing the most mar.
YelOus tricks, re-engagement has been
made with Professor Harding and his beautl.
full dicrama OF art and host Of other novelties
10 be seen well worth visit.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
Free Lecture 10 Yonng Men.

beginning with this Monday evening there
Will be given by the Young Mems Christian
Association course OF ten free lectures to
mensonly, 10 be continued each Monday at s d,
m. until completed. Professor l.. t. Frlstoe, OF
Columbia College, will lecture tonight on the
"Physlcal Properties OF the Atmosphere" IL
Illustrated with numerous experiments. Pro-
fessor Frist0e gave a lecture before the Asso-
citation last winter and comes again with the
earnest invitation Of the many who listened 20
him then
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15

TIE CRITIC stated some fortnight ago,
when the bill providing for an extension of
the bonded period for distilled spirits was
up, that one reason why the whisky men
and their friends We're so very anxious to
crowd that bill through then was that they
wanted to get it out of the way before the
Revenue bill came up for consideration, and
that when that bill was reached they
would make an attempt to reduce the tax
on distilled spirits from ninety to fifty
cents; that they did not want to appear to
the public as having too many irons in the
fire at once. And so it is. An effort was
made last Saturday in the House to pass
the Whisky Bond bill, but it was objected
to and it went over. From conversation
with friends of the bill The CRITIc has
learned that the whisky men are very un-
easy and restless for fear they cannot get
consideration of the latter bill before the
Revenue bill is taken up. at which
time it is their intention to have
an amendment offered reducing the
tax as above indicated. Quite number of
Senators with whom we have conversed
have expressed themselves as entertaining
the same views upon the whisky and to-
bacco question that have already been pre-
sented by THE CRITIC, to wit: That
these two articles, while their pro
duction and manufacture furnish en-
ployment to a great many per-
sens, are luxuries, and can better bear
liberal portion of the revenue burdens of
the country than can the necessaries of
life; and if the internal revenues of the
country are to be reduced, as in many in
stances they should be, let it be first taken
from the common necessaries of life and
if the country's revenues will bear n
further reduction, it will then be time TO
think about reducing the taxes on luxuries.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
General sherman longs for "a quiet
Life.

General sherman wrote, on the Sth inst to
an inquiring person as follows; ''Please do
not ask me TO write any more on the subject
pain every time see my name in print on
any subject other than my pure official work.
/ am not and never Will be, candidate for
any ONCE, and think can look ahead with
some cornposure TO passing the evening
of life in comparative ease and repOse at 81.
Louis, Mo. surely in this land OF freedom
that much can be conceded TO an old soldier"
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15

AT this season OF tho year there is no need
of sympathizing with every man who appears
10 be sinking under the weight of some secret
sorrow. 1t may be cucumbers. Oti-
.6H.
The Cape Ann AdUertisef tells how TO color
old gold with horse-radish leaves. What we
want TO know is, how to get any old gold to
color.-LOareH Courier.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15

A Virginia woman In pursuit OF a chicken
can throw stone and break hons neck nine
times out OF ton, but as 20 her skill with the
BffSs
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
Voice of the People.

r. V. PIERCE, NJ. D., Buffalo, N.Y.;
had serious disease OF the lungs, and was
for time confined 10 my bed and under the
care of physician. His prescription did not
help me. grew worse coughing very &C.
Yerely. l commenced taking your "Golden
Medical Discovery, and 1t cured me-"
Yours respectfully,
JuDIrH BuRNErT, Hillsdale, Mich.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15

ONE Chicago pawn.shop has loaned money
on 2,2oO revolvers within the last eight
months--enough to arm two full regiments OF
men, with perhaps nifty more such establish
ments to hear from. No wonder there arc SO
many murders, nor Is 1t surprising that there
are 10000 boys and girls in that city on the
verge Of destitution.--i Indianapolis Journal.
The Journal jumps at conclusions. The
above fact, and it must be fact or tho
journal wouldn't mention it, indicates to q
plain mind that everybody in Chicago is
getting tired of carrying pistols and takes
this method of recouping their original
outlay. If the pawn shops hold out Chi
cago is in fair way of redemption,
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
sAIderney parry wagOns.n

HIt7H aIluIHUy DUIItIi UHuIHbu eVery mOrn-
ing and delivered In n ID 'Ward" prints, b5c.
per ID. Also, cottage cheese, buttermilk and
sweet milk, &c. per at Cream 15r. per pint.
The production of beer In Ohio last year was
69O,00000O glasses without the foam. There
must have been three days Canstateterwhats-
thematter picnic held I'm Ohio last year.--N0f-
Fist0itn H6Jdld.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
FREE ADVERTISING.

Uanisin spju bsrsGIey. be inserted IN THE EvTN-
ING CRITIC three times FREE I've hvite all
tcishinG situations 10 drdu uomseipes q fs ogsr.
AnSicerS directed IN Of CBITIc Oflce lDitL re-
cciuo cdrGlh dttontion business advertisements
three tinesfhrce umosfor 90 cents.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

NATIONAL THEATRE-R Robson & Crane, in
Forbidden Fruit"
FoRD's opERAHousE-Tho Ideal opera
Company. " Fatlnitza."
THEATRE coGIQUE - Varieties, new bal
let's, olios and burlesque.
DIME MUSEUM-At the Old Capital Thea
tre on Pennsylvania avenue. Tho Dog Circus,
DRIvER'S-Colonel Rogers and Professor
Apders in their old.fashioned vocal and Ia
strumental concerts In the studio.
SKATING RINK Monday, Wednesday ana
Friday nights and Saturday matinee.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
pro,est Apninst Tubbs.

Tho following letter relating to the post.
ofce at New London, Conn, has been ad
dressed to Senator Hawley.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
BUSINESS CHANCES.
.ANTEp-To BUY LAND soRIP.

VNANTED-To BUY LAND SCRIP.
Additional Homestead Claims,
Sioux Halfbreed Scrip,
Potterheld Warrants,
Valentine Scrip,
Bounty Land Warrants, 6o,
All OF the above Land scrlps for sale. Address
or call on W. Q. Hill, .oom Is, st. Cloud bnlidiag,
Washington, d. q. luzfom
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
FOR SALE--M,sceilaneous.
MONEY TO LOAN,

NE oNEY TO LOAN IN SUMS TO SUIT AT
AVA reasonable rates and charges Sworm-
stedt d Bradley. 92s L st. Host
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15

TANTED-Te exchange new stoves for old
w ones at Butler'H Stove Exchange, cor, 9th
and X. Smokey ohimneyB cured or no pay, Steye9
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15
B. F. HARVEY, UNDERTAKEN,

92I SEVENTH ST. NORTHWEST.
Formerly 03S II Street Northwest.
The public Is respectfully notified that am no
west. Make no mistake X. II. HARVEY,
The Evening critic., 1883-01-15

wv ANTED-BY A YOUNG MARRIED MAN,
W situation to take charge Of a stationary
engine or some other employment to make an
honorable living; best of references. Address ].
s., Critic office. il2-3t
The Delaware farmer., 1883-08-24
LOCKERBIE STREET.
JAMES wH1rcoMB RILEY.

Such rare little street it is Nestled away
From the noise Of the city and heat Of the
day.
In cool, shady coverts of whispering trees
With their leaves lifted up to shake hands with
the breeze
That in all its wide wanderings never may
meet
With resting place fairer than Lockerbie
street.
There is such relief from the clangor and
din
OF the heart of the town, to go lettering in
Through the dim narrow walks, with the
sheltering shade
Of the trees, waving over the longpromenade,
And littering lightly the ways Of your feet
With the gold Of the sunshine Of Lockerbie
street!
And the nights that come down the dark
pathways of dusk
With the stars in their tresse3 and odors Of
musk
In their moon-woven draperies, spangled with
dews
And loOped up with Lilies for lovers to use
In the songs that they sing to the tinkle and |
beat
Of their sweet serenadings through Lockerbie
street.
, LOckerbie street You are fair to be seen
Be it noon Of the day, Or the calm and serene
Or the night, you are one to my
heart;
md love you above all the phrases of art;
'or no language may frame, and no lips my
repeat
iy rhyme haunted raptures DER Lockerbie
street. ,
Life.
The Delaware farmer., 1883-08-24
MY INVALID SISTER.
A STORY OF DOMESTIC LIFE.

Ny sister Margaret had been a sa,
sufferer for many years. All that broth
> erly love could do to restore her shat
tered health and spirits was faithfully
and cheerfully done. For the last eight.
cen months Margaret had been my only
care, for my wife and child had died in
one week. leaving me dependent on this
truly Christian sister for the sympathy
and consolation which her own sorrows
taught her so well how to bestow.
We both longed for quiet and repose.
for neither could mingle with the gave
ties of the town, and Margaret's health
imperatively pointed to the country. To
the country, therefore, we went and had
the good fortune to get settled in pretty
and well-furnished cottage, near rail
way station south of the Thames.
We liked the pretty, quiet cottage:
and as it had been newly furnished the
year before, we had nothing to do but
literally walk in and take possession.
and soon we felt as much at home as
they who had '1ost the poetry of life" |
could be expected to feel. To Margaret. |
it was my duty, as well as my privilege.
to supply the place of other relatives;
and from her received all the kind Off
ces which the enfeebled state of her
health permitted her to bestow upon me.
1t was delightful to watch her improve
ment. She did not regain her youthful
for the roses were gone for
ever; but she grew stronger and better
rom the sense of the delightful freedom
which neither Of us ever knew before.
We were very peaceful. Happiness 6
vas out of the question-at least. happi- Z
less in the most comprehensive mean :
ng of the word. The mourning for the
eparted had not yet gone from our =
carts, although time had softened and =
it down to pensive melancholy. "
S sweet as it was sad. h
L returned one evening earlier than :,
as my wont, and found all things await f,
ig my comfort as usual; but Margaret =,
as weeping over a newspaper in the d
arlor, away from her accustomed seat fl
knew Of no intelligence that could ki
feet her in that way. Our relations
ith the outer world were very limited lxl
I'd they who claimed relationship with til
were already removed by death, or bv ds
most immeasurable distance; and Of co
ese last we had lost nearly all traces he
Margaret, " I said, "what is it ? What oa
n affect you thus ?" on
She pointed to a paragraph in the wi
wspaper, and covered her pale face wa
th her hand. followed the direction no
her finger, and read, with an emotion Sc,
pain, the death of Albert Thornton WI
early beloved schoolmate of nv own, cal
who had once touched and inter- fai
ed the sensitive heart of Margaret. un
that was long, long ago; and after T
ny struggles with her affection. Mar he,
ct had given him up, from the con- the
hon that her life was so precarious offe
she hal no right to throw its frail Ma
den on one who was just starting in BRO
battle with the world. fasI
now learned that this feeble child Wis;
lived for him-she had lived; but n
t a life ! Il was like shutting out feri-
y ray Of sunlight from her heart aoir
n she gave him up. And Albert her
his bright, glad face, beaming ali tbe,
with health and aninoatio,,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-13
BROwNWOODs's MYSTERY.
Human lI,ones Fonnd In the Well ON IN
pubiie Ennnre


Pubiic Square.
(Brownwood Banner.l
A number of years ago when Brown
was lfrontier county, and when
Brentwood was Il small village man
by the name of Pierce was arrested for
burglary and was placed under the
guard o. two men, h nd-cufled and
shackled and chained TO the old iron
safe which now stands by the side of
the court house. The next morn
ing after. he was placed there, he was
gone, though the chain was securely
around the safe and his shackles were
OH the ground close by. In explaua-
ton the guards said they fell asleep
aud did not wake until morning, when
Tor the first time, they noticed that
thelr prisoner was gone, having either
released himself or been stolen. and re-
leased or mobbed Ny others. Pretty
soon the water in the public well be-
gan to taste badly, and some hair was
drawn from the we'll when for the first
time parties began to suspect foul
play and that the prisoner, Pierce had
been during the night dropped to the
bottom OF the well, Assistance of eighty
feet, and left TO drown. The grand
jury undertook an investigation of the
matter and succeeded in procuring
more hair and decayed flesh, but as "a
pet goat of the town was missing
about the same time they could not
decide whether the hair and
flesh were that Of the man or
the goat. Some thought the man was
in the well while others thought he
had efiectually made his escape, so the
matter died out until the work of
cleaning out the well began last week.
Thursday the jaw bone Of a man, part
of the skull, a portion of the backbone
and an ann were drawn from the well,
and the other bones will be found in |
the debris at the bottom. Pierce had |
one tooth of the lower set missing and
there il a corresponding missing tooth
~ the jaw bone found, and SO 1t Is
settled in the minds of
MI that the man who 40 mysteriouslv
disappeared some six years ago and
the man whose bones are now being
drawn out from the well are one and
the same.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-13
ACnre for Styes.

Among the most troublesome and
oflen-noticed eye affections are wha,
are known as hordeolum, or common
stye. DIR. Louis Fitzpatrick. is thp
Lancet. differs from some OF his nrn-
fessional brethren who persist In
ordering the application of ponltices
bathing with tepid water, &c. Thesa
no doubt do good in the end, but sueh
applications have the great dlsadynn.
tage of proloDging the career of these
unsightly sores, and encourage tba
production of fresh sores. Dir. Fir.
patrick has found. after many trials
the local application Of tineture az
iodine exerts a wellinarked iniluenee
IN checking the growth. This h hv
lar preferable 10 the nitrate Of silva
which makes an unsightly mark and
often falls In its objects. The earl
use of the iodine acts as a nro nay
abortiye. To apply it the lids sbouIa
9e held apart by the thumb and In IN
aeX-iinger of the left hand. wbiIa a., ~
IODINE Is painted over the indenad
bapiiia with fine camelbajr nsna,i
me lids should not be aliowa nvi ~
); come !, Ia contact until the part touche1
Is airy. "A few such applications IN ~
is sufficient '"'