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The Evening critic., 1883-05-05

The New York Legislature adjourned
sine die last night.
Reports prevail in Paris that Count Won
Moltke is seriously Ill.
The London Lap Journal says that Irish
refugees can be declared outlaws.
W. A. Bragg & Co.'s fertilizer factory at
Richmond was burned yesterday.
It is said in Dublin that lyman (No. y is
in London and will turn informer.
There are 276 entries for the summer
trotting meeting at the Chicago Driving Park.
1t is reported that the poll-tax will be
reduced in Russia upon the coronation of the
Gear.
A souvenir of Yorktown has been sent by
residents OF Providence, Il. l., to President
Grevy, of France.
Jay Gould and his party arrived at Gal
ing for San Antonio.
Contributions are being made for the re-
lief OF families in Ireland whose bread.wln.
ners have fed the country.
Mr.. Bradlaugh demanded his right to
take the oath and his seat in the House of
Commons yesterday, but was denied.
The Canadian lacrosse team, with their
Indian protoges, sailed from Portland, Me-, for
England on the steamship sarnia yesterday.
The Democratic City Convention, of Bal
timore, meets on Thursday next, and the
Maryland State Central Committee later in the
month.
Joshua Clifford, aged n years, charged
with numbering his wife, was found guilty at
Oswego, N. Y, yesterday and sentenced to be
hanged on June %, 1888.
1t is stated in st. Petersburg, and believed
TO be a fact, that the Grand Duke Michael
will shortly tender his resignation as presi.
dent OF the Council OF the Empire.
The certificate of incorporation of the
Eastern Overland Telephone Telegraph
Company, was filed at New York yesterday, to
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
REAL ESTATE.
The Official Transfers, as Recorded
TO.Iav.

Tne OufciuI transfers, as hecOrueu
To-day.
Messrs. Danenhower & Son, real.estate
brokers, 1926 street northwest, report the
following transfers in real estate in the Dis.
trict to-day, as compiled by them from the on
cial records in the ONCE OF the Recorder OF
Deeds:
Margaret Winters to Salvador warneld,
part OF lot 2, square 773, $210.
Charles W. Shelton to oliver Longan, lot 10,
square Old, 500.
: George NJ Nichols, trustee, to Caroline J.
Stevens, part Of lot 13, square l,o2s, $4,000.
part Of lot ~, square $50, nominal.
David 1. Windsor to d. L. Morrison, 10. 20,
Louis Mayer to Joseph Schultz, part OF lot
IL, square $50, nominal.
Cornelius A. stanly to August Belmont, part
OF lot l, square 159, s2,700:
Margaret Donohue to Catharine Shea, part
Of lot 8, square 81, 81 300.
o. @: Green, trustee, ct al, 70 Meta j. Wood,
part Of lot II, square 40, $4,000.
part Of lot 81, square 17O, s2,76s.5O.
NJ. G. Emery 10 William W. Johnson, part OF
lot 81, square 214, s10,500.
Allen @. CLARK to John F. Webster, lots 1s
and 10, square 641, nominal.
Charles stott to Samuel stott lot 4, square
Sarah R. westcott to Samuel stott, lot 4,
equare 3S, nominal.
Samuel Stott to Franklin Adams, part OF lot
4, square SO, STOPS.
A. R. Corbin to George P. Howell, one undi-
vided one-fCurth part of square G7S, $4,000.
George P. Howell to Virginia Grant Corbin,
an undivided one-fourth part of square 67S,
nominal.
William j. johnson to John JOY Edison, part
OF lots and 2, square 316, S2,1O0.
William N. Johnson to Mary A. Henry, part
OF lot "a, square 214, 50, 100.
James Fraser to william W. Johnson, part
OF lots and 2, square 214, nominal.
Eph Wheeler to Charles A. Eberly, lot L,
square 446, S1,626.
Joseph Cherrington 10 Eugene Butts, lot 2,
square %, $3.50.
Asa Whitehead to David A. Windsor, lots 45
TO 80 inclusive, square 1913, S11,S50.
George D. Todd to John Sherman, lot 81
square SOB, $3.50.
The surviving trustees of the Bank of Wash.
fngton to John Sherman, their title and inter.
est in lots a, 5 and o, square 503; $75.
Ester A. Keyser to John Sherman, lots and
8, square sos, $500.
VIM. n. Woodward, surviving trustee, and
Julia A. Hall to Sallie B. Howe, a part Of Pleas
ant Plains, nominal.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
Three of the Escaped Prisoners Re-
captured.

Three of the prisoners that broke from
the courthouse cell yesterday afternoon
were recaptured during the afternoon and
night. The first taken was Richard Hill,
geant Redway. Shortly after George Nc
Cauley, half drunk, was landed in the
Fifth Precinct Station, and at $3.50 o'clock
Reddy White rang the bell of the Warden's
Office, at the jail, was admitted and re-
turned to his old quarters. He said that
he did not caro- to make the break at the
time, but went because he could. James
Waters is the only one left at large and it
is thought his liberty will be of short dura-
ton
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
Minister to England-"B brewster"

President Arthur is said by Truths Wash
ington correspondent to mediate tho naming
diplomatic complications as to Ireland.
Truth can suggest the very candidate. He
is Attorney. General Brewster, who has already
oflcially adopted the English lingo. IrWh's
signatures as "Beaconsfield," "Derby,"
Rosebery," "Palmerston," "Hartington,"
have been used by statesmen, some Of whom
are dead. The Attorney General signs as
"Brewster.'
Truth also understands that the signature
"Bliss" is now common In Washington.
Civil-Service Eaton signs his last name, but
this mode, however, is to prevent confusion,
for II he wrote his full name his autograph
under his penmanship would read d. BEaton.
1itlh, therefore, asks the President to con-
slider MIR. Brewsters peculiar eligibility.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05

The action OF the conference committees OF
the iron manufacturers and Amaigamated AS
ISOLATION at Pittsburg on Thursday, makes tho
strike June appear inevitable.
The strikers In one coal mine In the Pitts
burg district returned to work yesterday at
the reduced rates.
The bricklayers at Petersburg, Va, have
struck for an advance from 1925 to SO per
day.
The tanners strike at Pittsburg has com.
pletely collapsed.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
A DiscipIc Of Jesse pomeroy.

A veritable dark-skinned Jesse Pomeroy
has developed in East Washington in the
person of colored juvenile twelve years of
age named James Humphries, who severely
cut little white boy named Thomas Wood
this morning during childish alteration.
The white boy made a remark which the
colored boy regarded as offensive, when the
latter produced knife and plunged it into
the formers leg, making dangerous
wound. The colored boy was arrested and
held at the Eighth Precinct Station House.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
The strong Case.

The celebrated case of Colonel Sam
Strong against the District has at last been
submitted to arbitration. For ten years the
Colonel has fought increasingly for his
rights, which should have been accorded
him years ago. The following arbitrators
have been selected by the District Commits
sioners and attorneys for the District ::
Messrs. Riddle and Miller, General II. E.
Paine. Walter H. Smith, William Penn
Clarke. They are gentlemen in every
sense of the term, and their award is to be
considered as the verdict of Jury.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
Corkhill's Vision.

The famous Hebrew traveller, Benjamin Tu-
della, who travelled all over the world IN the
fifteenth century, found his countrymen
everywhere. District-Attorney Corkhill, OF
Washington, In humble imitation, claims TO
have found 'cranks" everywhere. Since Cork
hill prosecuted Guiteau his vision beholds
''cranks" in every direction. To him the world
Is full OF "cranks." Perhaps 1t Is,
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
Parting.
For the EVENING on1rIc.

For the EVENING CRITIC.
Farewell-a sad and heavy heart
VIII ever lonely be;
Though fate DEGREES that we must part
I'll ever think Gf thee.
'Tis sad 10 speak the word adleu,
To one I've Loved 80 we'll,
never knew how much loved
TIL now say farewell.
FAREWELL may Joy light up thy path
Like glittring moonbeams on the sea;
But give to me a passing thought
Know that I'm lonely-thou art tree.
May /, 1883. 8.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
AIIirators ana CIothes.

SIT is said that six thousand baby alligators
arc sold in Florida every year." said states
nothing. Robinson, Parker a Co., $40 Seventh
street northwest, corner of d, sell that many
suits OF mems ready-made clothing monthly.
They have the largest ana best selected stock
on hand that Is TO be found In the city"
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
Although There Is a General Com.

from merchants on account OF the backward
ness OF the season, we have found 1t necessary
10 replenish and duplicate good number OF
lots already, as We charge no fancy prices
for our clothing and the public appreciate
honest goods. Eiseman Bros, the most
prominent clothiers and tailors, corner
Seventh and u,
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
Mot nj an Sensational.

The following prices are given nerely to
the present condition OF the market; Lyon
groe grain SILK, 76c.i "a inch twtiled Six
umbrellas, s1!75; AndroBcoggin bleached cot
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
a Man who Knew.

500 you know" said Mr.. sniveriey, who was
reading a paper, "that the best place In Wash.
ington to get flne wines and liquors is at
James Tharp's, SlS street north west."l
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
THE EVENING CRITIC.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

The special bulletin issued from the Signal
ONCE to-day saye:
Cool, fair weather is indicated In the lake
region, Ohio Valley, Tennessee and the MID.
die States on Sunday.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
A Perfect Regulator.

LOUISVILLE, KY., March 90, 1881.
II. II. WARNER & Co.: Sirs--I regard your
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure as the best liver
regulator have ever tried. GEORGE RAE.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
GarGeId,s Portrait

Miss Kate Hamilton has finished fine
oil portrait of Garfield. 1t can be seen at
Barlow's art store, 1925 Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
.AIderuey Dairy warons.n

Fresh Alderney butter, churnod every morn
ing and delivered In ID "Ward" prints, doc.
per 10. Also. cottage cheese, Duttermilk and
sweet milk, DC. per at. Cream, 1bc. Per pint.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-05
B00KS AND STATIONERY.
NEW BOOKS.

Life of William Cullen Bryant, vols, Goodwin.
Poems of William Cullen Bryant, VOL, Goodwin.
History of Criminal Law, 3 vols. Stephens.
Letters and Memories OF Jane Welsh Carlisle,
Froude.
Correspondence OF Carlisle and Emerson.
Economies or Science of Wealth, Sturtevant.
Rambles in Wonder Land, Stanley.
Red Acorn, McElroy.
Story Of Melicent, Madoc
Mr.. Isaacs, Crawford.
Dialect Tales, Bonner.
Colonefs Daughter, King.
A Wronged Wife, Flemming.
Peck's bad Boy and His Pa.
The Toto, A Dream of Wealth, wilmington.
265 Choice Receipts, collected by the Ladies Of
Trinity Church.
Coltons General Atlas. new revised edition.
w. Fl. MORRISON,
hS 471 Penna. ave. NV.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-09

the top of a lofty mountain flash the
movements of an enemy to their friends
far in the distance. A blanket is con-
sidered an excellent medium for COM
municating intelligence. 1t is taken by
the corners and waved back and forth
to show that an engagement is antici-
pated, and after a battle, it is laid flat
upon the ground, which Indicates that
the party is anxious to surrender. A
sign for after night is the firing of u
lighted arrow, in certain direction,
which may represent various things
just as the agreement before separation
may run. The rude figures of various
animals and birds that are so common
to the heathenish nations of what con-
stitutes art, all have their significance,
and are read with ease by those who un-
derstand them. A moving band can,
by leaving pictures of birds, beasts, and
inanimate objects scattered along their
route, inform party of friends follow
ing as to what occurrences have taken
place so accurately that the second band
will know just what to do to guard
against danger or lend assistance. An
Illustration of a steep mountain with a
goat in the act OF climbing, while 2
horse appears in a position where the
soles of his hoofs are liable to get sun
burned, indicated that though goat
can climb up the rocky trail horse may
tumble, and hence it is unsafe for the
Indians to attempt the ascent.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-09
Curing q Bad Memory,

Your memory is bad, perhaps, but
can tell you two secrets that will cure
the worst memory. One-to read a
subject when strongly interested. The
ether is to not only read, but think.
When you have read paragraph or a
page, stop, close the book, and try to
remember the ideas on that page, and
not only recall them vaguely in your
mind, but put them into words and
speak them out. Faithfully follow these
two rules and you have the golden keys
of knowledge. Beside inattentive read
ing, there are other things injurious to
memory. One is the habit of skimming
over newspapers, all in a confused jum-
BILE, never to be thought of again, thus
diligently cultivating habit of careless
reading hard to break. Another is the
reading of trashy novels. Nothing is so
fatal to reading with profit as the habit
of running through story after story,
and forgetting them as soon as read.
know a gray-haired women, a lifelong
lover of books, who sadly declares that
her mind has been ruined by such read
ing.-St Nicholas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-09
Heiresses Without Heirlooms,

New York heiresseS are noted by all
society people to be the stupidest and
silliest girls in the city, or else the most
worldly and callous. Of course there
are many exceptions of beautiful,
charming, and sensible girls who inherit
large fortunes; but, as a general thing,
the training of IL New York heiress is
calculated to repress any energy, bright
ness, or whims she may possess. She is
in many respects like the daughter of
an Englishman, but not so we'll of. An
English nobleman's daughter may know
anyone, because she is sure of the po-
sition of her people. But q New York
heiress may not, for perchance her
washerwoman was an intimate friend
of her grandmother. She is courted by
every kind of man, from the weak
but money-wise dude to the bogus no.
bleman. Here the tact of her wise
man calls to see Ethel, her mamma
goes down and inspects him, telling him
she is $50 sorry Ethel has just gone
out,'' or ETHEL has a terrible head
ACHE" and if, after many subtitle ques-
tions, she is convinced that he is all
right, she invites him to "call again -
An heiress of good family is hardly con-
tent unless she marries n real noble
man, but an heiress of a new family is
very glad to secure the poor scion of q
noble KnickerbOcker name. Very few
heiresses marry for love. Very few OF
them have enough sensibility in them
to experience such q sentiment. But
they are clever at keeping a man at a
distance or Turing him on to propose,
but he must show himself topossess
some recommendation before he is ad-
mitted into the family.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-09
Knott and tha Horses.

Proctor Knott, the dem ocratic nomine
for governor of Kentucky, has not al
ways been an innocent man. When
Knott was young fellow, he went out
one day with man after load of wood.
As they were returning, the man stop
ped the team in the woods, got down
and picked up a hornets nest that had
blown from a tree.
"Here she is Prock," he said, throw
ing the nest on the wagon. '.Reckin
they're froze up. Well take her to
town and have some fun with her."
He climbed up, gathered his lines
and drove on. Knott looked at the
nest awhile and took it up and shook it.
The weather had been very cold. but
the air had grown warm and thaw
had begun. Proctor struck match
and lighted his pipe. He looked at the
nest and could not refrain from touch
ing the match to it 1t blazed up and
pretty soon the hornets began to buzz.
He climbed down and walked short
distance behind the wagon. 6
Right here" said the unconscious
driver, sis where I shot turkey last
fall. He flew over from the hill and
whoa! whoa! What the devil is the
matter here?"
The horses began to run. and the
driver, with the air full of his hands,
struggled to keep his seat
"Whca! d your
The horses turned into an old field
and almost flew. The driver fell off.
The hornets followed him. He turned
back and turned toward Knott, who fol-
lowed at safe distance. Knott pre-
tended to be fighting hornets.
Hang it," he yelled, turning, 'don't
come this way, like fool. I've got
more now than can manage"
His wild motions attracted the hor-
nets and swarm of them flew after
him. He yelled and started toward
town. He ran to the creek and plung-
ed in. The hornets buzzed above his
head and every time it appeared above
the surface, they'd pop him. The
driver came and stood ON the bank.
"For Gods sake come in here and
take these devilish-oh-things away!'
The driver did not go in, and when
Knott came out, his head, using o Ken
tucky expression, looked like "pizen-
ed pup. "-ArkGnsaaO 1rGUeLer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-09
He Guessed It.

81 don't know" said the thin Chica-
60 drummer. with the tight pants and
toothpick shoes, as he sat in front of the
Grand in the most killing attitude, ''why
all your Cedar Rapids ladies gaze al
me SO. Don't you have any handsome
men of your own here?"
''Oh, yes; we have few said the
drug clerk.
''Then why do they eye me so close
ly? I've made more mashes sitting
right here than l ever did in any town
before"
''Yes. But don't think these were
mashes you made here exactly"
''Well, what makes them eye me SO
closely, then?"
81 tell you what I think" said the
clerk; ''the women here all have the
croquet fever, but they can't get NAL
lets to suit them. They are probably
thinking what nice, Is git mallets youl
legs would make if they were cut off
and dried. and, with your feet left on
the end, they could shut their eyes and
strike and never miss Il ball. They d
sweep off every ball on the whole
ground"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-09
w. BOYDSTON.
MANAGER:
Prsry Constructed Hsiges are The Best Cheapest and Most EndpDg enclosures


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of
Kent; "
t9e County Deage Co
plan
Gautm
fences.
GhANhhsfo"N oct l'lS0 d.
to tfy hatw
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-09
Seif-Support,
nan?''

No one will dispute the abstract as
scrtlon that any given girl may some
day have herself, and perhaps her fam
lily. to support; and yet our schemes OF
education for girls are framed precisely
as il this were not and could not be true.
AS rule, no provision whatever is
made for such contingency in the educa.
ton of girls, no recognition whatever is
given to the fact that the chance exists.
We shut our eyes TO the danger; we hope
that the ill may never come, and we
put the thought of it away from us. In
brief. we trust to luck, and that is q
most unwise-I was about to say an
idiotic-thing to do
Each one of us has known women tt
whom this mischance has happened, and
each one of US knows that it may happen
to the daughter whom we tenderly
cherish, yet we put no arms in her hand
with which to fight this danger; we
equip her for every need except this
sorest of all needs; we leave her at the
mercy OF chance, knowing that the time
may come when she whom we have
not taught to do any bread-winnin2
work will have need for bread, and will
know no way in which to get it except
through dependence, beggary or worse.
She can teach? Yes, if she can find
some politician to secure an appoint
ment for her. She can prick back power.
ty with her.needle. Yes, at the rate OF
75 cents q week, or, if she is a skillful
needle-woman, at twice or thrice that
pittance.
Is it not beyond comprehension that
infalli~ant a{4 f,+
knowing the dreadful possibilities that
lie before daughters whom they love
with fondest indulgence, should neglect
to take the simplest precaution in theil
behalf? We are dull, blind, precedent
loving set of animals, we human beings
We neglect this plain duty, at this ter
rible risk, simply because such has been
the custom. Some few of US have made
up our minds to set this cruel custom at
defiance. and to give our girls the means
of escape from this danger. 1t is ou1
creed that every education is fatally de-
fective which does not include definite
skill in some art or handicraft or knowl-
edge with which bread and shelter may
be certainly won in case of need. If the
necessity for putting such skill to use
never arises, no harm is done, but good,
rather, in that case, because the con-
sciousness of ability to battle with pow
erty frees its possesssor from apprehen-
sion, and adds to that confident sense
of security without which contentment
is impossible. All men recognize this
fact in the case of boys; its recognition
in the case of girls is not one whit less
necessary. 1t seems to me at least that
every girl is grievously wronged who is
suffered to grow up to womanhood and
to enter the world without some market
able skill.-George Cary EggIeston, IN
Harper's Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-09
History Of a Famous Diamond.

The "Orlov'' diamond adorning the
imperial seepter of Russia has roman
tic history. It first formed in its rough
state the eye of an idol, and was stolen
by a Frenchman, who sold it to He
brew merchant in Persia for $4,000.
The Shah, having learned of the rob-
berry and that the thief was trying to sell
| the gem, determined to arrest tho thief
and seize the diamond, probably for the
purpose of keeping it himself, possibly
of restoring it to its owner. The jewish
merchant, becoming alarmed, transfer
red the diamond to an Armenian for
| $50, 900, who knew that if he could get it
to st. Petersburg the rich and famous
Catharine would buy it of him at a
handsome advance The trouble was to
hide it about his person so that it could
not be discovered. Being too large for
him to swallow, he made u deep Incl
sion in the calf of his leg, inserted the
stone and sewed up the wound with sill
yer thread. When the cut had healed
sufficiently to allow the removal of the
wire, he began his travels toward Rus
| sia. In the meantime, and unknown to
| him, the stone had been traced to the
Jewish merchant and from him to an Ar
menian So when he boldly proclaimed
himself an Armenian to the Shah's from
| tier officials, he was at once arrested
and imprisoned Strong emetics We're
administered, but no diamond came to
light. He was stripped naked, plunged
into hot bath, and then examined from
head to foot, with no better success.
Even little torture was tried, but the
man was firm, and in the end he was
bundled unceremoniously over the from
tier, whence he reached the capital of
Russia. He wanted 100000 for the dia-
mond, but the Empress had only $780,
600. So he took it to Amsterdam to
be cut Here Count Orlov saw it and
determined to buy it for his mistress,
this same Empress. He gave $4,000
for it, an annuity of 1000 roubles year
and patent of nobility. The Armenian
became through various investments a
| millionaire
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-09
They We're There,

sSir," he called over the fence to his
neighbor, ''your hens are in my garden
again"
.Is that possible?"
"Yes. sir you can see them If you
step this way a little"
..Oh, never Mindful take your word
that they are there. If the man on the
other side would only have little pub
lie spirit in him and spade up few beds
my hens would do well this summer.
Twelve hens require at least two gar
dens for running ground. Can you
lend me your wheelbarrow and shovel,
and rake and hoe?"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-08-09

One of the hourishing small business
es on the beach is the taking of alleged
portraits. One enterprising operator has
mounted his camera on the sand out of
doors and takes pictures of bathers in
groups. cit seems to me" said lively
lady, who was watching the operation
yesterday, "that if person looks worse
any other way than in a bathing suit it
is in a tin type. What an awful thing
it is to be in bothI'