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The Evening critic., 1883-05-17
Vital Statistics,

The number of deaths occurring during
last week was S4-46 white and 3S colored
the rate of mortality per l 1000 per annum
being 22.70 for the whole population, 1915
for the white and 30.0S for the colored.
There were 12 deaths (6 white and 6 col
ored) from zymotic diseases, 90 12 white
and IL colored) from constitutional diseases,
36 10 white and II colored) from local dis
eases, 10 q white and 3 colored) from
developmental diseases, Il white
and 2 colored) from violence. The
principal causes of death were: Consump-
tion, II; scarlet fever, 8; pneumonia,
6; senile debility, 8; bronchitis, 3; con-
vulsions, 3, and pleurisy. 2; nine white and
10 colored were under l year Of age; IL
white and is colored were under 5 years of
age; 0 white and coIored were over 60
years of age 12 deaths occurred in public
institutions. There were 80 births reported, ,
10 white and is colored unknown color.
There were 10 marriages reported. There
were four stillbirths, all white. Seven
deaths were investigated by the coroner
and nine burials were made at public ex.
penSe,
The Evening critic., 1883-05-17
A POSITIVE CURE An InvaIuabi,
FOR
Article.

An article like
Ely's Cream Balm
has long been de-
sired, and now that
1t is within the
reach Of sufferers
from Catarrh, Hay
Fever and Gold In
the head there is
every reason to be.
ueve they will
make the most OF IL.
DR.. w. E. Buck
man, W. 4. Ham
man, druggist, and
other East0nians
have given ita trial,
and all recommend
1t In the highest
terms. = Easton,
Pa, Daily Argus,
Oct. Z, 1873.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-17
HAY-FEVER 81

APPLY by the little finger Into the
nostrls. BY ABSORPTION 1t effsctuslly cleanses
the nasal passages Of catarrhal virus, causing
nation nation protects ' the membrainsi aa Innings
Of the head from additional colds COM
pletely heals the sores and restores the sense
OF taste and smell. Beneficial results realized
by O few applications. A thorough treatment will
cure. Unequaled for colds in the head Agreeable
to use. Send for circular. Sold by Druggists. By
mail. 6Oc. q package-stamps.
ELY,S CREAM BALM CO.. Owego.. N. Y.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-17
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE,
10 TIE NOKTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

~x, . = IN MAY Is. 1855.
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON, from station
corner Of Sixth and B streets,
Tor P1ttsburE and the West, Chicago ILrnited
Express OF Pullman Palace Sleeping Carr
atE3 Q. m. daily Fast line 930 q, n. daily.
with sleeping cars from Harrisburg to Ciucin.
natl. Western Express 7S0 p. m. daily, with
Palace cars 70 Pittsburg. Mall Exproas
g;60 p. m. daily for PittsburR and the West with
Palace Sleeping Car from washington 10 Chi
IAITIMoRE POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Erie, Canandaigua, Rochester, Buffalo Niag
ara, at 800 daily except Saturday, with Palacs
car from Washington to CanandaIgua,
FOR Williamsport, Lock Haven and Elmirs n
e;S0 o. m. daily, except Sunday.
For New York and the East, 500 q. M, TO- 30 A. m
l3o, 40, $50 and 1920 p. m. On Sunday 41
Gb0 and 1920 p. m. Limited Express OF Puli.
man Parlor Cars, 8. 80 m. daily, except Sunday
Through sleepers for Boston lao p. M. OH week
days; 40 p: m. on Sundays.
hor fhlladeIRhla 800 q. m., 1913 o. m,, 130 42O
700 and 1923 p. m. On Sunday at 40 $50
and 1910 D. m. Limited Express $40 a. IN
xor Baltimore, $40. 800 sao 1870 a. M, and Lao.
40, 440 go, 7.30, $50 and 1920 D. M on Sun.
day, $780, 1880 a. M. 40. go. 7SO. $50 and 10 10
Tickets and Information at the of,oe. north.
east corner Of Thirteenth street and PennsyiyanIs
avenue, and at the station, where orders can La
eft Tor the checking OF baggage to destination from
hotels and residences. -
CHAS. =. PUGH, General Manager
J. X. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-17
"AIderney Dairy wagons.n

Aiaerhey DAIRY wagons"
Fresh Aldernoy butter, churned every morn
ing and delivered in X ID "ward" prints, 45c.
per fb. Also, cottage cheese, buttermilk
and sweet milk, &c per at. Cream loo, per pint.
Coppercolored SILKS trimmed with black
laces are favorites with Parisian women.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-17
E. A. AND E. D.


A CHRISTMAS CAROL, TO THE TUNE OF "aoI
SAVE YOU, MERRY GENTLEMEN"
Implus ante dram, atQus auri eeeus anlo,e.
L. Aram was a pedagogue
SO sullen and so sad;
u. Bulwer was a gentleman
Wot piled as Colburns Oad
And the deeds of both, grleye to say,
We're VERY, worry bad.
Z. Aram he whipped little boys
With malice and with ire:
e. Bulwer wrote Whig articles
AS Beelzebub did inspire:
And both OF them they did these things
All for the sake OF hire.
E. Aram killed man one day,
out OF devillsh whim;
Il. Bulwer did almost the same
deed well-nigh as grim;
For Aram he murder'd Daniel Clarke,
And Bulwer he murder'd him.
L. Aram's crime 1t was impell'd
That cash ho might purloin;
u. Bulwer did his wickedness
For love of Oolburn's coin;
Alas, that money shRpld debauch
Two gentuses so incl
L. Aram he was sent to jail,
And hanged upon tree
Il. Bulwer Ia in Parliament
shabby-genteel NJ. P.i
But II he writes such numbering books,
What must his ending bef
Why, that in bTdSeT's Magazine
His gibbet we shall SEQ.
WHEN your wfe's health is bad, when your
children are sfckly, when you feel worn out,
use BroWns Iron Bitters.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-17

WHEN your wfe's health is bad, when your
children are sickly, when you feel worn out,
use Browns Iron Bitters.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-17
SCHEDULE TO TAKE EFFECT SUNDAY,

SCHEDULE TO TAKE EFFECT SUNDAY,
Leave Washington, from station corner of New
Jersey avenue and Cstreet- " N'e"
daly,a 3o5 q. m 10:i5 am 0.iO b. IN. with thronn
coaches and Palace Sleeping cars to above points.
wsnont VIII change; 1ol5 q. m. daily to Chicago, ex,
For Pittsbnrg. Cleveland and Detroit at s.aoa.
"a M eha Sao p; mi, M DAILY $40 p M is solid train
Trains fof PhadephIa and New sstsease YorH at oa
naii ~, Gayi ;,e except sunday p. and 040 p. M
For Ba.imore on week days, S, $50. S:io, alS. $40
nna ioSS YG g. s,n M 52io 22o 25, Q, $3.50, lSO 44O
For Baltimore ;SV on Sundays 81 nd eso. ~, O,os
For Annapolis, $40 a. M. iS.io S and ID 4:io on Sun.
:, For way stations between Washington and Bal.
sS I@ore re- % gao For Sa taioIs mi; l2O 10 m s and
Ei5. daily except Sunday; $3.50 a. M, 445 and 5:a5
2; m; daily; for staunton, $50 a. m. daily, except
AS pm. daily, except sunday. wv i''' d. n'' ana
For Hagerstown 1918 M daily, except Sun.
Trains arrive rom the West daily. $40. 1856 a. M.
From New s York or and Philadelphia, a.ss $3.50 a.
From Annapolis, $40 a. m, E5o, ss7 D. M: Sun.
oay lG4o o. M. 6:37 p. m.
From and n, eEsept nosa ssndsy AZ
daily except Sunday. 1906 a. m 500 H D. o m q daiiy R
Trains Leave baltimore for Washington at 900.
aso' e;ao Il5 7;so 300 9l0 and 1890 a. M; i2i5,
On sundeys ZOO 4io bis, 7:so Soe, s:io a. .; iso
4'4e S;1o ;ess G;s5 a, 7;s6 IA, and s;OS 2: w .'''
a Ohio Ticket Office: washington station, ois and
street, where orders will be taken for baggage TO
Be checked h 4 and Tscsyed as any point in ffe city
LORD, g. p. A. ~ 49,
The Evening critic., 1883-05-17
THE EVENING CRITIC.
ESTABLISHED AUGUST 1868.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

The special bulletin Issued from the Signal
oflce to-day says:
Local rains are indicated on Friday In the
lake region, Tennessee, Ohio Valley and tho
Gulf States, and possibly In the Middle At
lantic States,
The Evening critic., 1883-05-17
RAILROADS.
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.

THE MODEL FAST LINE AND THE Oyr.y
LINE BETWEEN
THE EAST AND THE WEST VIA WASH.
INGTON.
DoUBLETRACKi JANNEY COUPLER
STEEL RAILSi
The Evening critic., 1883-05-17
A Clever nit of Satire.

Hhrper's DraWer Tor June.
The following characteristic satirical verses
can be found unsigned In Frasers Mdgdzins,
No. 24, volume A, January, 1882. Thackeray
was frequent contributor to Frdser's at that
time, and this bit Of biting satire is no doubt
from his pen, although It has never been ac
knowledged or identified by any of the collect
ors OF his works:
The Evening critic., 1883-05-17

Stocks and Bonds bought and sold at the Nev
York Stock Exchange for 1s commission, and
carried on margin when desired,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-04-26
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Queen VictOria's John Brown had
employed the sunshine to the extent of
SIS, OOO. 900 of hay-making.
Seven years ago Mr.. Bell, of tele-
phone fame, was poor man. Now he
is said to be worth $6,OO0,OOO.
joaquin Miller stands by Mr.. Din
in the reverend doctors war on modern
feminine wickedness. Mr.. Miller has
been twice married.
The mother of Oscar Wilde has a
long poem on Ireland in the Boston p
lot. Her conclusion is that the Irish
people, driven frantic, Twill take their
stand in a mightier land beyond the
broad Atlantic.
Now we have hOnOred John How
ard PAYNE, the Hartford Post calls for
hOnors to ''other sOng-writers who are
forgotten?' But if they are forgotten,
how shall we know upon what writer's
to bestOw these hOnOrs!
1--WE who write novels for the exist
ING time should face our task with fort-
tude sublime writes Edgar Fawcett.
The same thing would apply with equal
force to majority of the people who
read the average modern novel.
A very beautiful and expensive book
has lately been made in Boston, only
ten copies of which are printed. 1t is
the richly illustrated story of yacht
ing trip taken by Mr.. Edwards, the in
ventor of the heliotype process.
Mrs. David Davis says the reason
she would not consent to marry Judge
Davis while he was in office, was be-
cause, Mr. Arthur being widower and
Judge Davis Acting Vice President. she
would have had the duties attendant
upon g the first lady in the land "a
position she did not care to occupy.
The Graphic's estimate of $4,000.
100000 as the total representation of
the guests Of the Vanderbilt ball is criti-
cised as improbable, but one-tenth of
the amount is accepted as possible.
The former figure would give each of
the 700 guests 81 ,42S, 56l-a state of
affairs that never exists with any 700
people except those Of an editorial con-
vention.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-04-26

crate physical exercise instead of ex-
hausted by over-exertion, will achieve
vastly more than twelve hours of I'M
ceasing manual labor. Make no mis-
take. When a farm is managed in this
way the farmer can devote his evenings
to study and to rational enjoyment far
more effectively than the mechanic. for
he is isolated from the distractions
which usually surround the latter Much
of the farmers work, too. does not re-
quire the constant straining of the atten-
ton which many mechanical pursuits
demand, and he has opportunity for re-
Election while promoting his business in
tereStS.
SO, my boy, if you wish to be manly,
self-reliant and Independent; if you wish
to be your own employer and your own
master: if you wish to make fair liv-
ing independently of another's caprice;
if you wish to lay a solid foundation of
health on which to build your career;
if you wish to avoid the temptations
into which so many artisans sink year
after year; if you wish to elevate your
mind, broaden your sympathies, and
deepen your understanding by study,
reflection and association with those
who will help, not hinder, you in these
things; in word, if you wish to be
Healthy, wealthy and wise,'
my advice to you is, Stick to the farm
Il. II. W., IN Christian Union.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-04-26
HUMOROUS.

The Cincinnati Enquirer has got to
the bottom Of the whole matter 1t
says that Lady Dixie saw mouse.
Take care of the useful, and the
beautiful will take care of ITSELF This
is what the fond and numerous father
remarked when he married off his
ngliest daughter first.-Puck.
The Washington Republican says
that "a fearful as well as plausible ex-
PLANTATION of the Lady Dixie matter is
the suggestion that Lady Dixie may
contemplate lecture season in Amer
lea.
=. BAN Jove!" exclaimed young
Dudiboi, "the weathah is getting so
mild, yer know, that must have the
ferrule taken off my cane. It's too
beastly heavy for warm day, yer
know '-BOston transcript.
A man tanned prairie dog that
somebody sent him until the docile lit
tie creature would eat off his hand At
least, it ate off about three-quarters of
his thumb one day, but it died of con-
cussion of the brain before it could fin
ish his hand.
"A book just published is entitled:
elbow to Make $500 Yearly Profit with
Twelve Hens" We have not read the
book, but we> suppose the authors
recipe is to sell )he corn that they would
annually eat, and then kill the hens
Philadelphia Ne,Os.
Mrs. Sam Millidge. an Austin lady.
was busy trying to make a pincushion
of sawdust when the colOred cook came
to ask what she should cook for dinner.
$50 away, and don't bother me now.
My head is full of sawdust now, and l
can't think of anything else
B. Franklin says: Time is an
herb that cures all Diseases Frank
lin evidently didn't know much about
''yarbs,' and was not at the head of
the class in spelling, if he was printer
Thyme is an herb, but, not being apat-
ent medicine, it will not cure all dis
eases.-Ihe Imp.
The Rochester Post-EJpress re-
marks: "You mustn't tell us that mar
ried men are not mindful of the comfort
of their wives. Who ever heard of
married man going home late at night
who didn't take his boots off in the
hall and steal quietly to bed, in order
not to disturb the slumbers of his wife"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-04-26
How SpOnges are Gathered.

The negro spOnge-tishers who ply
their trade here in the Bahamas are a
race of seamen not too regular in hab-
its or morals. and living a sadly monot-
OnOus life of exposure and privatiOp.
Their voyages to the sponge fisheries
last each for six weeks, during which
they live crowded on board their craft
under conditions of hardship which, il
4 cline less salubriOus, would be fatol
to health and life. The sponge firms
find" for them the boats, supplies AMI
equipment which they use on their 81 (
weeks trip. The sponge bottoms most
sought at this time are on the coral beds
at the south side of Eleuthera IslanC
fifty miles east of Nassau. With a good
wind the fisheries are reached in eight
or ten hours from this port. Then the
real toll begins. Lying on his chest
along the boats deck. the fisher ~it.,
his water-glass-a pane set in box
fitted with handles-looks down forty
feet into the clear depths. With one
hand he grasps and sinks slender pole,
sometimes fifty feet in length, fitted
at the end with double hOo3.
The sponge, once discovered, the
hook is deity inserted at the rocky
base, and by a sudden jerk the sponge
is detached to be brought up on deck.
This curt description of what seems thu
simple work Of sponge-fishing gives no
idea of the real skill and eXertion
needed. The eve Of the fisher has to
be trained by long experience to pee.
into the sea and tell the commercially
valuable sponges from those that are
worthless. He must have deft hard
to manage the swaying hook forty feet
down so as to detach the sponge with
out a tear Above all, while doing this
with one hand, he must manipulate
with the other the water glass as the
waves sway it sideways and up or down.
The strain on eye and body is most i'll
tense, to say nothing of the cramped
position and exposure to wind and wet
which first and last make almost every
sponge-fisher a victim of acute rheu-
matism. Yet with all his arduous toll,
a faithful spOnge-fisher earns no more
than S15 month besides his keep
on the boat, which barely deserves the
name of existence.
All the Bahama waters abound in
sponges Of great variety. but many of
them worthless for the market. Those
that are good for nothing else are often
most beautiful curiosities. They take
most wonderful and striking shapes
now cup. now an Old-fashiOned drink
ing-horn. anon a great bunch of messy.
cup-shaped growths, and frequently foil
ated, like the tree-coral. A cup-shaped
sponge found some years ago in Bahia
ma waters, and said to be the second
largest in the world, measured seven
feet in circumference, and its walls from
four to six inches in thickness. Up to
two or three years ago the Bahama fish
cries showed signs of exhaustion, but
the discovery of the Eleuthera bottoms
has proved godsend to the fishermen.
and are likely to supply the markets for
some years to come at least.-C'Or. n.
y Ecening Post.
Il
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-04-26
STICK TO THE FARM.
An Open Letter to a Farmers Boy.

An Open Letter to a Farmers Boy.
My DEAR JAMEs:-YOu ask me for
some advice as to your future work in
life. You say that you are dissatisfied
with the prospect of being hard-work-
ing farmer all your days, but at the same
time you do not consider yourself a
genius, and do not expect to become a
Stewart or a Vanderbilt, or to acquire a
vast fortune by speculation. You ex-
pect to work for your living; but you
think there may be some pursuit which
would be equally remunerative and not
farmers. You ask if it would not be
better for you to become "first-class
mechanic than to be a farmer.
This is an important question, not
alone to you, but to many other boys
who take serious view of life; whose
common sense gives them fairly cor
rect estimate of their own powers and
capabilities, and who wish to learn a
business for which they are adapted,
which will give them fair wages, rea-
SOnable amount of leisure, and re-
spectacle position in life.
Now, it is curious fact that workers
gloomy view of their own business,
think almost everybody else is better off
than they are, and generally try to dis
courage others from entering their vo-
cation. The farmer and mechanic are
about equally ready to say: 'Our bust
ness is going to the dogs. If 1 were a
young man l should learn something
else Sometimes they do this from the
selfish desire to keep down the supply
of workers in their own line. in order
that the demand for them may be great
er: sometimes from the habit of Judging
other occupations by the standard of
their most successful men.
But the fact remains, in spite of this
almost universal disparagement of their
own pursuits among workingmen. that
some occupations are more, some less,
desirable than others; and / shall try to
give few reasons for thinking that
farmers boy. unless he has decided
bent for mechanical pursuits, such as
will quickly take him into that ''upper
story where there is always plenty of
room and .recompense, had better
stick to the farm
First, the farmer has the priceless
boon of independence. He is his own
employer. He comes and goes when
he pleases, not when another man
pleases. He is responsible to no one
but himself. He is captain on his own
ship. No matter if he only has pota-
to patch from which to get his living. he
is master of that potato patch; his rule
there is none to dispute in his workshop.
His prosperity depends on his own
thrift and enterprise, not upon the pros
perity and liberality of an employer.
He asks no man what he shall do or
how he shall do it. except as a matter
of advice. He ''cares no more for Lord
James Douglas than LORD James Doug
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-04-26
BALLADE OF LIGHT HOUSE,
KEEPING
KEEPING

"Tis Subty sweet suggestive phrase,
But the simple soul who is lured thereby
Will make sorrow for many days.
In secret oft will he moan and cry,
And vote the thing tremendous lie,
For it means this phrase that sounds so fair,
A world of trouble ana toll and care;
And wild distracting wish to go,
Away from il soon and anywhere;
/ speak of the things whereof / know.
1t means all little transparent ways
To hide away from the common eye
The fact that your bread and butter stays
In your desk; that you bake and boil and
fry
In single dish. 1t means to try
TO hang your garments, the best you wear,
In Il folding bed, that last despair
Of honest souls: and, bitterest blow,
1t means a kitcheny-parlOr air,
l speak of the things whereof l know.
1t means to shrink meath the stem amaze
OF the lOrdly butchers and bakers eye;
ApOlOgiZing in meek diSprase
For your modest wants. TO rave sigh
Over the fangs of the bOughten pie.
lis to pray Il strong. Heaven-reaching prayer
For the meal a man prOnOunces square"
And to be once more in life below
Free from that Notwithstanding snare;
i speak of the things whereof l know.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-04-26
ENVOY.

Ye who are tempted this life to share,
Pause ere you enter the tigers lair;
Consider the truth | fain would show,
For with hand on heart firmly swear
speak Of the things whereof know
Good Cheer.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-04-26

To drive nails into hard wood try
dipping the points in lard.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-02-06
Willmore City!
Notice of Intention.

Notice hereby is given that II Is the intention Of
the council OF the City Of Los A ngees to change
and estabta bsh the grade of Bunker Hill avenue
between Temple street and Fourth street rs fol
lows:
The grade at the junction Of Bunker Hill
avenue aud Temple street to remain at 140.25
feet above datum plane; thence to ascend to o
point 2l3 feet south Of the south line OF Temple
street, where the grade shall be 100 feet above
datum plane; thence descending to point 343
feet south OF the south line OF Temple street,
where the grade shall be 1880 feet above datum
plane; thence descending to point In the south
line Of Court House street, where the grade shall
be 1871 feet above datum plane; thence descend
ing to the south line OF Court House street, where
the grade shall be 1870 feet above datum plane
thence ascending to a point 2i0 feet south OF
south line of Court House street, where the grade
shall be 1877 feet above the datum planethence as
cendng to a point $50 feet south OF First street,
where the grade shall be 100 feet above datu III
plane; thence ascending to point $50 feet south
VI south line of First street where the grade shall
be 1872 feet above datum plane; thence descend
ing to the north side Of Second street,
where the grade shall be 15S feet above datum
plane; thence on level to the south side Of sec
ond street, thence descending to point 800 feet
south OF south line of Second street. where the
grade shall be 155 feet above datum plane;thence
descending to the north line of Third street,
where the grade shall be 147 feet above datum
plane; thence descending to the south line OF
Third street, where the grade shall be l46 feet
feet above datum plane; thence descending to
point 800 feet south Of Third street, where the
grade shall be li3 above datum plane; thence to
point $50 feet from south line Of Third street,
where the grade shall be 139 feet above datum
plane thence descending to the north side Of Fourth
Street, where the grade shall be 1lS feet above
datum plane
All persons interested are hereby notified to file
their objections, II any they have, with the Clerk
of the Council, within ten days after the first
publication Of this notice.
by order of the Council OF the city OF Los An
gelss, Ut its session of February 8, a. d. 1883.
W. W. ROBINSON,
Clerk Of the Council OF the City OF Los Angeles
Los Angeles, February 8, A. b. 1888 slot