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Macon lGn.) Telegraph.
Investigation has developed that the fasci-
mating game OF draw was invented somewhere
about 1916 or 1917, by Mr.. Kirkman, OF
Tennessee, n turfman OF some note. The game
OF straight or plain poker, of course, dates
much further back. Draw may now DO said to
be the National game, and Is, perhaps, doing
moro harm IN quiet and unnoticed way than
dealing In futures or any other species OF
gaming. Almost everybody knows little
something about the game, which appears
simple enough, and yet 1t has been gravoly
considered and adjudged that tho very
height of human wisdom is to know
when 20 lay band down. Some years
since n draw poker sharp, who ostensihly
travelled for Baltimore liquor and cigar
house, and who claimed the startling aud
snowy sobriquet OF "The Speckled yellow.
hammer from North Carolina" exhibited to
us and a couple Of New York commercial
tourists how four JACKS could be drawn from
pack and held up a sleeve, for use during a
succession Of games. We contributed literally
for the Information, and since then we havo
not been drawing much. TO the unlnitiated
1t may be said that they Will not lose any
thing IL they should neglect to draw in this
way. There are some rules about 1t entirely
safe. Never play for money If You cannot con-
veniently afford to lose 1t. Don't play with.
outyou understand the game. The men are
all dead who uudergtalll the game.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16
Brother yincent's Funeral.

baltimore Sun, to-day,
The funeral OF Brother Vincent who for
thirty.fonr years was In active connection
with ST. Nincents School, took place from that
church yesterday morning at o O'Clock.
solemn high mass OF requiem was celebrated
by Rev. Father Older, assisted by Father
Ahern, deacon, and Father Cunnlngham,
subdeacon. The cathedral choir, OF about
sixty well.tralned voices, rendered the fnusl.
cal portion Of the mass with grand effect,
under the dictatorship OF Professor Aler,
organlst, The cantatOrs were Dr., E, A,
Gill and Mr.. W, V. Barrol The church
and sanctuary were hlled with clergy
and members OF religious orders, After
the mass Father Older delivered an In.
teresting eulogy upon the life OF the
deceased The pnll-bearers were Brothers
Andrew, Henry, Edmund, Auxiliau, Benedict
and Paul. Brother Vincent was bOrnin County
Cavan, Ireland. His secular name was PhillI
Gayner, and he leaves brothers in New York
engaged IN the wholesale grocery business
under the name Of Gayner Bros. Brother
Vincent was invested with the habit OF the
brothers OF the Christian schools I'm the Ca
thedral OF New York In 1919 by the late Arch.
bishop Hughes. The order Is purely schO,
lastic, the members being forbidden to aspire
10 the priesthood. Brother Vincent ranked
high as a classical scholar and as a mlthema.
tician, yet no preferred above all things 70
teach the little orphans at ST. Yincents
School.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16
Got "a Spite at The Language.

New orR star.
Senator ingalls, is dispensing more truth
and good sense In these days than the Repub-
licans are used to or care to hear. Yesterday
he told them that the proposition TO tako books
from the free list was scheme to tax Ameri'
can readers for the benefit of u few men who
turn metal into type, pulp into paper and
split morocco Into bindings But the Senate
has sacrificed intelligence for the benefit of
the manufacturers, and, to make their conduct
more ridiculous, they agreed to levy the tax
Of 8 per cent ad valorem on books printed in
the English language, but to admit all others
free. II would be interesting to know what
publicans vent their spite against IT In the
farin.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16

STUART ROBSON, who conducted the simple
services over actor Charles h. Thornes coffin,
read the following telegram of coincidence
from Robert G. Ingersoll: "Sey what your
heart prompts. few tears, a few words, a
few flowers, are all that the living can give to
the dead. The tragedy has ended; the curtain
has fallen; applause cannot lift 1t up again.
But memory and hope remain Give my SIN
cere sympathy to those who weep" Thus
does Mr.. Ingersoll over the grave of his dead
friend, acknowledge hope beyond. .-FAila-
delphid Record.
AS we understand Colonel Ingersoll's
views he has never denied the Immortality
of the human soul. He has always "ac-
knowledged a hope beyond" If we are not
mistaken Colonel Ingersoll is radical ag-
nostic. At all events he is not, as we un-
derstand his views, an atheist.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16

A CoRBrsroNDENT, whose variety is inllca.
ted by his signature, "a Methodist Preacher,"
under which namo he modestly retlres,
plainiively complains through the Herlld Of
the ministers who ureo their poor, deludcd
brethren OF the cloth Into unfortunate mining
speculations, and begs them In the future
when they know Of good thing 10 keep to 1t
themselves. We hayo no doubt that our cor
respondent Is one OF tho humorous unhappy
diyiues who have los; their little all In tho late
lamCnted Isabella mine, and who experience
IN unpleasant and an aching void IN the place
whero they used to wear their pocket
books. This is very distressing and
We feel FOR them as much as we cons,len-
iiously can IN their aflIctlon. At the same
time we cannot deny that these reverend gen
uemer who are so loud 10 their outcry against
the naughty, naughty men who deceived thom
are what might be termed-if they Will excuse
the somewhat democratic but expressive term
ecclesiastical "kickers." 4 "klcker" In
street parlanco Is n man who gladly accepts a
"point" and speculates on It, but when he
finds himself on the wrong side Of the
market "kicks" against the loss. Had
tho mine been enormously profitable
would word have been said against those
who urged their brethren TO take few shares
Certainly not The shares were taken "for
deal worse than they were taken to be, 1t ia
true; but 1t seems TO us that tho less complaint
made about It all, tho better for the eccle.
siastical Spectators. They never should have
abandoned the pulpit for the mining market;
having done so, they should quietly abide the
merited result.-NeiO York Herdid.
This is precisely the argument bunko
and other confidence thieves use to defend
their swindling operations The elegant
term by which the Herald designates the
preachers who protest against the outrage
Gus swindle which has been practiced upon
them, ecclesiastical kickers," is on level
with the language used by bafiled
bunko men to describe those who,
in their parlance, "squeal" at being
swindled. If the HcrdldS ideas, as set
forth in the above article, should prevail in
this country it would be very paradise
for scoundrels and swindlers of all kinds,
from the man who gives false point " in
order to skin" confiding friend to the
man who cheats by means of bogus
check. The Herald should overhaul its
code of morality it's about worn to q
frazzlc."
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16

BITTER COMPLAINT ismaic Of the tolcr-
anco Of bunko thieves by the police Of New
York. II Is claimed that the lower end Of
the city is full of them, and that they
openly ply their swindling trade under the
very noses of the police II is almost as
shameful as making bunko stecrers guides
at the Capitol
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16
The Suffering Hoosiers.

To the Editor OF The Erenln1 CIltlc.
notice that the Hoosiers here at the Capt.
tai are about to have social entertainment
for the enjoyment OF themselves and invited
guests. All very proper and commendable
under ordinary circumstances. But, In view
Of the fact that hundreds, II not thousands, OF
our fellow-citizens are this day homeless, II
not houseless, bereft, m any OF them, OF their
little all, would It not be better TO forego our
own enjoyment and send the money the pro-
posed entertainment would cost 20 relieve the
distressed ones at home think so, and am
ready 10 chip in my little mite. Who seconds
this motion OLD DELAWARE.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16

THE trustees of the Forrest Home made
mistake in selling the wardrobe of the
great actor at this time. If they had sold
it shortly after his death the articles COM
poising it would have brought big prices
and large sum would have been realized.
Now, five years after his death, no special
interest was felt in the sale of these effects.
This is natural. 1t is so long since his
death that the interest felt when that
event was fresh upon the minds of his
trends and admirers has died out, and the
interest that surrounds such articles when
their gifted possessor has been long dead,
has not had time to spring up. The trus-
tees have acted with great unwisdom, and
the memory of the great actor and the in
terests of the home he founded will alike
suffer.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16

MEssRs, OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
It. B. Aldrich and John G. Whittier, as
writers of books" have sent remon-
STRANGE to Congress protesting against the
reduction of the tariff on books below %
per cent. They insist that to reduce the
tariff below this figure will destroy the
prosperity of American publishers and that
the prosperity ofAmerican writers is closely
connected with that of the publishers.
In our opinion the sympathy
of these distinguished authors for
their publishers has led them to put
out set of opinions which cannot be sus-
tanned The idea that the American people
will be driven away from American books
by English books that are not superior to
them is, in our Judgment erroneous, if not
absurd. If the American book is equal or
superior to the English book it will find a
ready sale; it it is not it should not and
would not find market. Books, Canadian
lumber, coal, salt, iron ore, wood pulp and
many other articles should be admitted
duty free, even under the theory of protec.
tion.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16

office came and made certain propositions.
The author Of these letters is Colonel John
$. Mellon, as reliable n person as can be
found any place.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16

MASSACHUSETTS has law that forbids
retail liquor saloons using screens curtains,
or any other obstacles to free and full
view Of the interior of such saloons. Au
effort is being made to repeal it. The de-
bate is on the moral influence of the law,
those favoring the law coutendng that it
tends to discourage perpendicular drink
ing Those demanding its repeal insist
that it acquaints the youth of the Bay State
with habits Of which they should know
nothing Of their own knowledge. The ma
jority opinion appears to favor pulling down
the blinds. Nevertheless, as the saloon
keepers want the law repealed it looks as
though those in favor of the law have the
best Of the argument
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16

CERTAIN parties have tried to show that
Captain Cowdon misstated facts in his testi.
mony about what Captain Baldwin, of st.
Louis, told him concerning offers made to
him baldwin, by agents of Captain Eads.
The following letter will throw some
needed light on this branch of the contro-
yeTsy:
JANUARY 90, 1888.
e. Captain Join C0lCd0H.
DEAR CAPTAIN: am Just In receipt of yours
OF the 26th instant, and In answer VIII say
that ON my way to my Office, and before re-
ceiyed your letter, met Captain Baldwin
and asked him what were the facts IN
the Cowdon and Eads controversy
Captain Baldwin stated hat SOY
eral parties from Washington city
had telegraphed him saying that you had
stated that Captain Eads had made certain
propositions to him In regard to hush-money In
connection with the River Improvement BILL
He said Of course he could not make sucn ac-
knowledgment when he and Captain Eads had
not spoken TO each other for the past ten years.
He further stated that he told you other par
Ties did make such statements TO him before a
witness.
This veriGes what Captain Cowdon did
say before the committee, which was that
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16
The River and Harbor BiII.

The new River and Harbor bill has been
made up In committee, and tho little creeks
and the canals have been left out. But the
chances are that before 1t gets through the
House 1t Will be extended to its original pro-
portions. 1t is not safe to bet on any river
and harbor bill getting through without q
CT m
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16

THE trouble over the Isabella, the So
called Methodist Mine, continues. The
Rev. J. 2. Newman comes in for share Of
the censuro he has been lavishing on the
Revs Fowler De Puy, and others. 1t IS
now claimed that Dir, Newman was the
first man to invest in Isabella stock aud
that at the time of investing he received
guarantee from Colonel Bixby, who set up
the job and pocketed the shekels of the
poor preachers, that he should sustain no
loss by his Investment" In other words,
it was sort of Credit Mobilier investment.
If this be true, it leaves Dr. Newman in
sorry plight.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16
FIRST.CLASS MUSIC

furnished by VIM. +. WEBER'S Orchestra. Oper-
attic gems of classic music for entertainments,
weddings and receptions a speciality; latest music
published Furnished on all OCCASIONS Residence,
il2O 7th st. or by telephone at my office cor.
10th ST. and Va. ave s. e. OF by mail or telegraph.
All orders promptly attendedto d4'Sm
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16
LINCOLN HALL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10,
"CIRCUMSTANC

In response TO the very urgent request of many
who were unable TO hear Mr. COUGH on the 2d
inst owing to the Immense crowd, the Ly0eum
have engaged him for second lecture as above
OF Mr.. Cough no one ever tires, and his lecture on
"Crcumsiances' Is almost entirely new and In
everv respect inspiring aud helpful,
Tickets ut Frees bookstore, l8i3 st.. opposite
the Ebbiu. Reserved Sc ATS, 20 cents admission,
oreanigations i0 cents id
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16


TruH thus endeavors, somewhat hysteri-
cally, to measure Mr.. Waddington in its
half-bushel.
IrUth is ashamed Of Mr.. Waddington, Of the
Chamber Of Deputies. OF English origin, tho
husband of Charles Kings granddaughter,
New York girl, and thorough Democrat, to be
advocating Punishment Of French Princesl
Then, to be mounted as you were by tho nre.
eater, Cassagnac. Somebody said Toward" IN
the debate. It was not said by or OF you. Faure
admitted the word and was censured. duel
impended and was averted. But Mr.. Wadding-
ton, are you not political coward? What,
banishment In the year 1888? Imprisonment
for crime after trial and conviction, yesl But
are not the days OF enforced exile numbered?
-S---
THE Congressional smooth-boro " Can
non which pointed so threateningly from
the Capitol toward the army of Govern
ment clerks has been unloaded, and many
departmental hearts are correspondingly
happy. The eincrease-of-hours clause in the
Appropriation bill has been extracted and
will now have to face the music on its own
weak and trembling legs. 1t was pet
scheme of great man with q copper on
"grcat"), and unfanked by good COM
pany it will quickly fall into evil repute
and die a -bornin' as it were " "Cannons to
right of it, cannons to left of it," cannot
force the oppressive measure through Con-
Eress.
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16
JOHN B, COUGH,

4 YoEuM LECTURE,
IL BY
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

,ac.xal SICKLE BROS, N3 AND IS), HEAD
Ss5 quarters for Holiday Goods A Fine
Line Of Meerschaum Pipes also. OF French Briar
Smokers articles. Cigars put up 25 In box from
e5 cts. up to IS. s. SICKLE, 10i1 Pa. ave, oppo.
Haryeys,
The Evening critic., 1883-02-16

nnT THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT 90,
- COR. 18TH ST. AND N. Y. AVE.
Perpetual Charter, Act Of Congress-, January %,
1867. Capital s200000. iyl7
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-12
APHILosOPHIC WHOEVER.

JOHN RUsKIN is philosopher, re-
former, and probably-a widower.
He maintains that the modern style
of courtship is bad and shows gross mis-
management. He maintains that when
a young man admires lady he should
20 straight to her and tell her about it,
and they should ttereupOn compare
notes.
There is business method about this
suggestion that induces Us to think that
RUSKIN is q widower as well as a phi
lCSopher. That is the usual, straight
forward blunt and laundering habit of
the matter.of-fact widower. He wants
10 nonsense. He also knows what he
does want and is not afraid to ask for
il. He does not, however, always
get it.
RUSKIN inveighs against the modern
method of courtship ard characterizes
it as miserable confusion of candle.
light, moonlight, and limelight-and
anything but daylight-in indecently
attractive and insanely expensive
dresses, in snatched moments in hidden
corners, in accidental impulses and dis
nal ignorance, young people smirk, and
ogle, and whisper, and whimper, and
stumble, and flutter, and tumble, and
blunder into what they call lOve-eX-
pect to get whatever they like the mo-
ment they fancy it, and are continually
in the danger of losing all the honor of
life for folly, and all the joy of it by
All accident"
But there is another phase Of Mr..
Ruskin's philosophy that seems to con-
tradict the assumption that he is
widower. After the young lady is
notified by the business young man
that he is an admirer with matrimonial
intent full bent, there is to be no en-
gagement for, say seven years, or such
matter. The young lady is to quietly
and considerably turn the matter over
in her mind, and in the meantime &C
quaint her father---nOt her MOTHER
with the situation, and when she has
finally gained her equilibrium she is to
notify the fortunate sutton in the same
business-like way, dismiss her other
suitOrs, and with the expiration of the
probationary period of seven years,
close the contract.
This is business. 1t effectually dis
! Oses OF the hasty marriage and leisurely
repentance plan. 1t also eliminates the
element of romance and emotion from
the marital bond. 1t is a kind of attic
philosophy that would be tantalizing to
the girls, pooh-poohed by the boys and
universally rejected by mankind
Nevertheless John Ruskin is in high
repute as philosopher.
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BUSINESS POINTS.

The press of the country has good
deal to say just now shout the business
situation and prospects. When it is all
boiled down the drift of opinion may
be expressed in the following state
ments and conclusions:
Nearly all departments of trade have
been reduced to q common level OF
quietude.
There is comparatively little specula-
ton in any commodity.
The over-stimulated expectations OF
business men have been sobered down
to matter-of-faet basis.
Trade is not expanding proportion
-ately to the increase in population.
The exchanges at the clearing houses
in the last six months show q decrease,
but this may be accounted for by the
decline in market values.
The railroad earnings are considered
among the most encouraging signs OF
the times for months.
There is q small increase in the ex-
mort demand for cereals and hog pro-
ducts.
There is expectation Of an upward
movement in stocks dur ing this month
and next.
The New Y ork money market fsvors
new enterprises, though the surplus re-
serves fell off largely last week.
A better demand for wool is reported.
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THE OPERATIONS OF An "OFF
YEAR.

This is an "off year" in politics but
is expected, all the same, to furnish an
unmistakable pointer to the presiden'
tial probabilities of next year.
So far as West Virginia is concerned
it is decidedly an "Ofi" year. We will
have entire dissolution from practical
politics until we jump right into the
presidential campaign.
But there are round dozen Of States
which will play "Ofi' on the political
prophets before the season is over.
kentucky will open the ball on the
unseemly date of August 9th by elect
ing a full State ticket and Legislature.
Then comes the pivotal State ofOhio,
which is so much in the habit of play
ing off that both parties can claim it
with equal certainty, and neither is
sure of it even after the election. But
the stakes are worth fighting for this
year and the party that elects a Gov
ernor and Legislature in Ohio this fall
will not be inclined to regard it as the
valueless victory of an oil year.
Iowa also falls into line in October
with a full State ticket and Legislature,
not to mention q prohibition amend
ment which is regarded as the biggest
plum in the basket.
The other States will elect in Novem-
ber-Massachusetts, State ticket and
Legislature; Connecticut, a Legisls-
ture; New York, Secretary Of State
and Legislature; Pennsylvania, an
Auditor, Treasurer and Legislature;
New jersey and Maryland, Governors
and Legislatures; Minnesota, a full
State ticket, and Virginia and Mis-
sissippi Legislatures,
The results in these States will be
watched with very general interest,
and will go very far toward determin'
ing public judgment as to the drift o.
political sentiment, although none Of
the elections have more than q remote
relation to national issues.
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COME ON WITH YOUR TRADE DOL

"An act of the Legislature OF West Yir-
ginia, passed in 1877, makes the silver
coins issued BY the United States legal
tender in this State for all debts, public
and private. The trade dollar Is one Of
these coins, and therefore is legal tender
at their nominal value in West Virginia"
Huntington Advertiser.
That settles it. The country has
been searching for depository for the
trade dollar. Everybody has been try
ing to find somebody that would own
and honor this fatherless coin on sight.
Business circles have gone mad over
the discount of fifteen per cent. on q
coin bearing the stamp Of your Uncle
Sam.
West Virginia now comes to the front
and redeems the character of this much
abused dollar. 1t declares, according
to the Advertiser, that the trade dollar
or any other dollar that Uncle Sam has
issued shall serve all the offices OF
money in West Virginia. Uncle Sam
may repudiate his offspring but West
NHSluld Will hui. 1hclcioiC, "hCAS
ever these little responsibilities are
found scattered and repudiated over
the country they have cordial invita-
ton from West Virginia to come here
and settle.
Accordingly our banks might begin
at once to enlarge their vaults, and
merchants to increase the capacity of
their tills. The trade dollar may multi
ply maryellously fast in the next few
months. There are several millions of
this coin seeking market. Besides
there are some thirty millions of it that
have been exported. When the heather
Chinee learns that West Virginia wants
it at par he will probably bob up
promptly with his thirty millions. The
speculators who have been buying it up
at 10 per cent. discount will probably
want to invest in some Of our wild
lands. Altogether there is promise
that money will be easy" in Yves:
Virginia. As test Of Its legal tender
quality in this State, however, we sug-
gest that the patrons Of the AdrertiSer
tender their subscription fees in trade
dollars
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THE Charleston Gail quotes Governor
JACKSON as saying that "the Wheeling
REGISTER has joined the Republican
party" because the REGISTER and the
Governor don't happen to think alike
upon all questions. We doubt whether
Governor JACKSON ever expressed him.
self, as quoted; but We do not intimate
that our clever contemporary, the Can,
Intentionally misrepresented him. On
the contrary we think it has simply be-
come the victim of misplaced conf
dence.~ - Moral: Place not your faith in
the saying of radical newspapers, o, ye
unsOphistocsted youth; for as surely as
you do you will be left.
Our amiable Governor may have
been guilty, when in his free and easy
moments, ofssying some unwise things,
but he never went to the extremes of
ecCentricity indicated above.
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THE Government issued trade dol
lars, the same as it did the greenbacks
and the fractional currency, and it
should provide for their redemption, at
their bullion value, if nothing more.
They Were worth a great deal more
when they were coined than either the
Treasury notes or the postal notes. The
Government cannot we'll afford to have
its Image and superscri ptiOn" hawked
about AT a discount of 10 or - cents on
tha dollar.