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The Evening critic., 1883-05-19


The other day fellow named Thomas
Lucas brought a suit for criminal libel He
had perfect right to do so if he believed
that ne had been libeled. That suit, we
take 1t, will be considered solely on it,
merits, as it is presumed all other suits are.
The question for the Grand Jury first
and if they find true bill, for the petit
jury afterward, to consider, will be, was a
certain article published in THE CRITIC On
certain day a libel upon the character
Of one Thomas Lucas Lucas employment
has nothing to do with the question.
But the Star seems to think otherwise, for
In every paragraph published on the sub
ject that stupid sheet has taken the pains
TO mention the fact that Thomas Lucas is a
detective Of the Citizens Committee. Now
there can be but one object in this and that
is to influence the Grand Jury by intima-
ting that they may serve the Citizens
Committee by finding true bill. That is
an insult to every member of the Grand
Jury, and they can't be influenced by any
such talk. II, after an examination of the
publication and the hearing of the evidence,
they shall believe that Thomas Lucas was
libeled, it will be their duty to
find true bill. But every
member Of the Grand Jury knows that he
The Evening critic., 1883-05-19
The Substantial Inducements

we offer insure the ready sale OF our clothing.
Eiseman Bros, the most prominent clothiers
and tailors corner Seventh and E.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-19

On or about the 10th instant there was
published in THE CRITIC an interview
with Colonel Ralph Saunders, of Tennessee,
on the Speakership. We find the same in
terview stolen bodily and published in the
Kansas City Times of the 11th instant.
Now, we have no objection to the ordinary
correspondent stealing our matter and re-
producing it as original, because the aver
age newspaper correspondent here doesn't
get more than 50 week for his labor, but
the X. G. Times man gets $40 and is PEN
sionero on Uncle Sam. Besides, his wife is
provided for also. She holds position in
one of the Departments which pays her
500 per month.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-19

Saturday, May 10, 1883.
The Evening critic., 1883-05-19

FADEI.EY &c BRO.
422-A Eighth Street, bet. ID and E n. W..
Close Carriages for Weddings, Calls aud Reoep
The Evening critic., 1883-05-19
LIVERY STABLES.

A. u. KEYE5. ]. l.. SMITH.
KLXES AD co.
Close Carriages FOR Weddings Calls and Recep
lions. Boarding and Livery Stable. WiliArds
Hotel Stab,es. corner l4th and II ats. .
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
rEr,EGRAPHTC MATTER.

Our latest correspondence, May i6 lsS brings 70
the narrative OF HENRY B. INGEAN, the Gcnerai sup
crintcndcnt of the District Messenger Co. or Ne"
Haven. Conn. MIR Ingram says: For many mon'ns
had been ssrcy troubled with weak and tired fcei
ing the lo!ns, almost invariably accompanied
with n hc1iachc, l had noticed also that Mt statcd
periods following these my urine would bc high
ly colorfd, and leave heavy brck-coorcd sediments
when Alowcd TO stand In the vessel could not work.
and was discouraged to an alarming degree. Moth
ing helped me. was prescribed for by some of the
bcsSphysicans in New York City, where WIS located
at mat time, but derived no benefit relief. When
al ready give in despair acquanta said
mc, want you to try Hunts Remedy did so.
md hardly twcnty-four hours had elapsed before OBJ
relief, and in three weeks time all the afovosad
had disappeared, and Improved steadily, and
uas infused with lie. so that could resume my
Business again. which is that subjects strains
of all kinds which likely to affect the kidneys,
namely: Erecting telegraph and telephone lines.
Hunts Remedy now occupies the most honortd place
in my cabinet of medicines. | would not he without
il and chccrfully and heartily recommend Il TO all
kho troubled with diseases II the liver, kidney,
Urinary organs. 1t never fails to cure"
s3CENTEE STREET.
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Moral Influences OF the Orchard.

While there is SO much Of the practi
cal to demand space in a journal wholly
or partly devoted to hOrticulturistS. it
is bv no means useless to give some at
tcntiOn to what are regarded as the
lighter, and, perhaps, As the more fan
ciful features of the subject. To those
who have watched the influences of
horticultural pursuits, however, their
moral aspects are by no means fancltul.
Horticulture has Il substantial moral in
fluencc upon both the horticulturlst and
the community. If there is a person
living whs ever saw wcll-kept bed OF
Strawberries or a grand orchard about
the homo of n thoroughly Lad man. he
has the advantage of us. Fine fruit
growing and worthlessncsS of character
do not, and can not, harmOniZc; and
we have seen characters that have been
polished. and manners that have been
improved, and morals that have been
strengthened by the preaching and in
tluence of lovely fruit. There is no mis-
take about this matter. A community
is greatly improved by fruit. 10 into
sections where there is no fruit, and no
attempt to grow any, and, unless IT is 4
new community, YOU will find it any
thing but pleasant in almost all of its
characteristics. But Il ncighborhood
that has fine orchards and fruit gardens
will be superior ncighborhood in every
respect Intelligent. moral, and public
spirited.
There are well defined reasons. too,
for some of these results. A fruit eat
ing people are Il healthier people than
those who are not; and people will not
eat fruit unless it is fit to eat. When 1t
is really fine they can not resist the
temptation to partake. Hence in
neghborhood of fine fruit growing. the
people will he large consumers. good
health being thus almost assured, in
creased intelligence and morality re-
suit, for a mind unclo"ged by a sluggish
or feeble physical system is necessary
to the former, and stomach unclOgged
can almost be said to be necessary to
the latter. A healthy person has bet
ter chance to be what a human being
ought to be, in all respects, than one
who is not healthy. Nc mistake about
the matter. Dyspepsia makes some
people not only very diSawrccablc, but
it positively makes them wicked. There
fore, in a moral point of view. we be-
licvc fruit growing of vast utility to the
country Western Rur0(.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
How Long Pennsylvania's Coal Will
Last.

The following interesting figures, in
Ciicating the length of the time the an
thracitc coal supply OF pennsylvania
may be expected to last, have just been
conpiled. The total anthracite area
before mining commenced was $4,000
square miles. Allowing 1000 tons to
the acre foot in depth would give
32O. 600, 900 tons. Assuming that the
depth averages thirty feet, it gives a
grand total OF 9, 900, 600. 600 tons. Atthe
present time the consumption averages
about; sc. 900, 900 tons year. Soft VIII be
seen that a. the commencement OF min
ing operations the supply was sufficient
for $40 years. About 5OS.oOO tons: or
about seventeen years supply, have
been mined. leaving sufficient to supply
the demand for over 800 years to come.
IHIadcEDAta TGncS.
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HOME AND FARM.

-Cucumbers, according to Nj. Deliee.
caterer of the New York Club, should
be peeled and put to soak in ice-salt
water at least an hour before served.
The salt extracts the poison and the ice
renders them brittle and easier to be
digested.
For breakfast try this: Take the
skin off nice piece of salt Goldfish;
wash it in several waters, and lay it on
a gridiron to broil. 1t should be broiled
for about twenty minutes, and must be
turned often to prevent burning. This
is nice for tea alsO.-Chtca9o Journal
"A correspondent of the Hatsba,td',,an
uses his buck wheat chatf as an absorb
ent in cow-stabIes. One and half
bushels will be sufficient for ten COWS
over night, keeping them clean and dry.
In addition to his own he buys from his
neighbors, paying one dollar for load
of fifty bushels.
1t is advisable to give the chicks
which are with their mother feed early
in the morning, another feed in the
middle of the forenoon, then at noon,
followed bv feed in the middle of the
afternoon, and again late in the even
ing Cincinnati Times.
To expedite the making of lemon
pie use hot water in place of cold, stir
the cut-up lemon, the sugar and corn
starch or flour and eggs together, as if
you were making pudding sauce; then
pour in hot wafer; if the pail or basin
containing this is then placed in vessel
of boiling water it will cook in five min
utes.-N Y Post.
lift is possible so to arrange the order
of dinner getting, do not shell the peas
until few minutes before they are to
be cooked. They lose much of their
fine, distinctive flavor if sheiled some
time before cooking; and do net wash
them What water is so clean as the
lining of the pod?-Erchonge.
Early Hoeing: By this we do not
mean hoeing early in the season, but
early in the morning. In the early
morning the dew is on. and this is
charged with an available amount Of
ammonia. which. of course, feeds the
roots below. If the surface is neglected
a crust forms and the AT does not clrcu-
late in the soil. Get the farm hands to
begin work 4 couple of hours earlier IN
the morning. and give them the same
time at noon to rcst.-N. J. Hcraid.
Farmers, observes recent writer,
are very negligent in regard to Keeping
well-infOrmed as to prices. Two cents,
or even one cent. on the yearly butter
product of twenty or thirty COWS, is no
small loss for any ordinary farmer. No
loss can be averted and gain insured
without radical improvement in the
manufacture of the butter. The best
brings the top price; the poorest is hard
to sell.-Prairie Farmer.
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The Honest Maiden.

Not long ago rich man died in Brrs-
sells, leaving nearly all of his fortune to
a Young won.a who was entirely unac-
uuainted with him. This is how it came
to pass: He was Il very eccentric man,
and set out like Diogenes in search OF
an honest man. His tub was an omnl-
bus, and his lantern a small coin. In
the omnibus he used to take his seat
every dav near the conductor. and al
WAYS showed himself very oblging IN
passing up the money of passengers and
returning the change, but to the latter
he ALWAYS managed to add franc or
half franc Then he would watch those
to whom it came. They would count 1t
carefully, notice the extra coin, and IN
variably slip it into their pockets. NO
one had any thought Of the poor con-
ductor, whose mcagcr salary of three
francs "a day could i'll support such a
loss. But at last young woman passed
hers back with, .sConductor, you have
riven NE half frame too much. Do
genes. delighted, followed her home,
made inquiries, and as the answers were
satisfactory, made his will in her favor,
though he never gave her warning that
her half frame was going to bring her
half a million.-Betgia'n Paper.
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Fencing Out the Rabbits.

In Contra Costa and Alameda COun-
ties there are sections in which the land
is almost useless unless it is incloscd by
rabbit-pKoof fences. y. Livermore
farmer has devised , cheap fence for
this purpose, which is very effective.
1t is made of split pickets or snakes,
posts and wire The folT-foot I, dwood
shake bolts cost $50 per cord in Santa
Clara, or $12 delivered in Pleasanton.
These were split so as to make three
shakes to the inch, as near as prac-
ticable A furrow was plowed on the
line of the fence. six inches in depth,
and a post set every sixteen feet. A
plain No. 9 wire was stretched at three
and half feet from the ground. The
shakes were set ut Il proper distance
apart. with their butts in the bottom of
the furrow and their tops bound to the
top wire by means of strong spool wire.
A furrow was turned against the bottom
of the fence, burying the shakes TO
depth of twelve inches. A barbed wire
was stretched on top of the posts. To
guard against decay, the butts of the
shakes were treated with pyroligneous
acid. being set upright in trough con-
tanning a foot in depth of the liquid,
and allowed to stand for twelve hours.
The acid actually impregnated about
half the length of the shakes. and left
them black. A mile and three-quarters
of this fencing cost $500, less than 81
per rod.-Sdn Francisco -4ltd.
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What is Farmings

What is farming?" says the GoIdfn
Rul,,. 1T is something more than stay
inv ON a farm. 1t is something more
than selling hay and potatoes and
bulky crops unanimalized. FARMING Is
n business, a profession, Il practical and
scientific operation whereby the soil Is
used for profit and improved under the
unaration. The processes OF nature
mus. be understood and worked in har-
mony with the chemistry OF earth ana
air. The processes of the elements
must be understood. if not in their
technical terms and language. in that
sensible understanding, that common
sense way. that their own advantage
and capabilities may be turned to the
hest account The lawyer works by
law and precedent, the physician works
by SYMPTOMS and indications. the mer-
chant by rules and observations. the me
,.bauic bv measures and capacities. The
f,rn.r must work by abby rules, laws
observation and experience. He must
h., n practical lawyer. doctor. merchant
and mechanic of the vegetable. the ami
NAL and the trade world about him
He must be a skilled workman IN the
productive. operative and commercial
circles in which his business hes and
his sphere of circulation extends. s.
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A Fishy Fog.

Snake and fish stories are peculiarly
American. Nearly every paper in this
country gives its readers at intervals
big dose of either fish or snakes.
Here's a good fish story which was re-
lated to the Washington Critic by
gentleman who resides on the historical
banks of the Potomac River, just below
Alexandria:
You know he began, 'If there is
ANYTHING that the Potomac River is
famous in history for it is the dense
fogs that overhang it like dense pals
at certain seasons of the year. Well,
one foggy morning, not long ago, L
started before day break for the river,
as had been my custom, to catch mess
of fish for breakfast The fog was
thick enough to cut with a knife, and L
couldn't see my hand before my eyes,
but Just made for the bank by instinct.
Finally got near enough to hear the
waves beating against the shore, and
undoing my line, threw it out. l was
rewarded with the usual success.
Caught ten fine catfish, and just as
had commenced to wind up my line
and start back the sun arose and the
fog began to drift lazily down the
river. Then to my great surprise.
discovered that l hadn't been within
two hundred yards of the water.
'.But," interjected the Critic, "you
said that you caught ten fish. Ho"
was that possible.
$50 | did I caught them in the fog;
1t was so thick that the fish had strayed
out of the water and were swimming
around in it. you see"
The critic passed the medal over to
the Lone Fisherman and mcandercd.
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Glc spoke in the Wheel OF the Chariot
OF He'll.

GEORGE Cruikshank had been all
through hi- life up To about 1913 II
very Incorporate man, when he sud-
DENNY became Il total ab>talncr, ana be
gan - use his powerful pencil in the
,a;i~.. of Temperance. The first hand
..reu.id,' he !luug at the tyrant rum was
:; pamphlet of twelve pages about the
.it,. 81 Nn5pcr's Weekly which he
cal!c.! The Bottle 1t represents
th, career OF a happy mechanic who.
beginning with one glass of gin, de
Scrnd, step by step through the various
stages of misery and crime till he ends
be Staying his wife with the instrument
OF all his misery. the bottle. This was
very forcibly treated and took the town
by storm, selling enormously, and. of
course, turning large sum of money
into Cruiksiiank ; pocket. 1t gave
Douglas Jcrrold an opportunity for
one If his sarcasm~. Walking with Il
friend, he met Cruikshank. HALO.
he cried, here comes CrUikshank:
hasn't been out of n public house since
The Bottle was published But this
WAS not true. Cruikshank, l believe,
never rclapscd. and was certainly most
sincere and earnest in the cause OF
Temperance when | visited him.
Il want to do something, he sad,
- for the benefit of my fcllow-creaturcs
before | die, and if | can put one spoke
in the wheel OF this chariot of hell which
i carting its millions every five minutes
down to the dead sea of damnatiOn.
shall die a little more contcnted. Eve
minutes? Did say five minutes? Every
two minutes. every one minute, ike the
PaddinTtOn buSSeS, this Internal vehicle
makes a trip, and its always full. too.
t,v
WAY of the Cross. Crime Crescent and
Penurv Square fear have to a great
extent frittereu away whatever gift,
physical and mental, God has seen tit
to give me, and now l want to see if
can not take up a few of the overdue
bills which owe the Almighty and His
creatures
Here he paused. and making dash
1T the picture began to point out some
of the parts which seemed to him the
most effective as moral lessons.
There is no greater thief and ruff an
in the world than Gin he went ol-
..People in broadcloth and white stocks
call him Port Wine and Champagne.
but he's Gin for all that. and nothing
but Gin. Why, the rascally, thieving
cadger, he'll steal the mothers shift
and the baby's rattle. There's nothing
too little and nothing too big for him
he II take castle and twenty thousano
broad acres with one hand. and child'S
penny whistle with the other. Now,
don't YOU think, my dear sir, it is worth
while trying to give this great cowardly
hrigand one good whack on the head
l don't expect to kill him, of course.
am not insane enough to even hope
for that; but l do want to have one
rood fair bang at him; and if can only
break q little finger of him l shall crow
like Sir Gallus on hi.
dunc-hin. r BelleU, i,s n. Y. Tribune
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-11
Does The bay Increase i'm Length T.!

II i we'll known that Professor G..
far,vln h:i, :l~~u..i,tt:I VI hat may be IL"
"a, led Il, Il new theory of co-m!cal ryo-
luton with the Gradual retartatiun of
the earth : rotation SPIN. and cnn>e-
JiIrnt lcnwthcning of the day MIR f.
Stone. formerly chief assistant at G.rr"n-
wi-h. and now the head of the Radcliffe
Observatory. oxford. has just published
some calculations. which. though they
do not actual, disproyc the change III
the carth's rotation rate, throw grave
doubt on the only direct evidence ever
recognized in its favor. When II was
found that Hansen : lunar tables do not
accord with the evidence respecting the
moons movements derive! either from
actual observation or from the study ot
ancient rclipScS. ii was suggested III "N-
lIanation of the discrepancy (c"rr'-
~ponIing tt an apparent gam OF IN"
nlnon~S,I. her calculated placr) that 1t
may lie apparent only, and du" to
change of the rate Of going of our great
terrestrial timnpiccc the earth. by which.
nf course. We time the moon move
mcnt~. Drlaunav showed that. OWING
tu the movement of the tidal wave IN Il
direction Opposite tn that of the earth :
rotation. the rotation rate must DUNN
i-h. though very slowly. Sir George
y Y
nf inquiry. obtained at first n negative
result but later recognized the exist
cnc.. OF certain terms indicating rc-
tar,lation. Since then it has been re-
.rar,!cL as an accepted doctrine that the
length of the day must gradually in
.re.:S, until the day iS aS long rs the
lunar month. Nay. Professor Ball. As
tronnmrr Royal for. Ireland. goes fur
thcr than this. and considers that the
solar tide must eventually lcngthcn the
,!a> until it i> equal to the year. over
IoGkinm apparently the fact that
th., lunar action will prevent any
increase beyond the length of !u-
mar month But Mr. Stone has found
reason for believing that the disc":i-
aucc between theory and observation,
which has been thrown on the earth
rotation. does not exist, so that $50 tar
Il, we know at present. the time OF the
rarth-S rotation i constant. II his
,.aI:,rlatiou should be confirmed II would
net prove. that there * no rctar'tatlon in
The s.:lrt :; rotation, but tha' the length
uf the dav is changing much more
Slowly than had been supp"Sed-to"
SLOWLY. in fact. to be recognized -foi'-
(. ,.!;,s;uTa RC CiC5r-
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tickle Fashion.

Nothing dcadcr than the city of New
York in July could be imagined. The
thratrrs and several other things Will
Dpcn in Au~IISt but this month folks
are doing nothing except Grumble ana
sweat under the stress of the weather.
Like everybody else VINO can get away
| have had :, trip this week out of town
On the steamboat down the bay l re-
marked the sordid character of the talk.
stocks and merchandise were the only
subjects which ] overheard discussed.
The brokers and merchants were by no
means leaving their business cares be-
hind. but We're carrying their minds off
tulI f them. Their dcmcanor. too, had
the alert lr.Sknrss usual to men of tan
"ihlc affairs. The exception i'll this re-
-pcrt fixed my attention at once by his
rarity. His uncropped hair. dreamy
eyes and careless dress convinced me
that he WAS poet. He sat in Il retired
and breezy corner of the boat and was
in deep rrvcrv. That his thoughts were
in rhyIne and rIlymth | did not for an
instant doubt. At length he drew out
n notebook and pencil. gazed abstract
edlv Skvward and then wrote hastily.
| took Il seat close by-vcrv softly. so
:t~ not to disturb him. and Yet was glad
when an acquaintance of his came
along. slapped him disturbingly on the
shoulder and asked what he was writ
inc | prickcd up my ears to hear the
reply. II shocked me Very much
II was irving to figure out whether
this cursed rare for velvet. he said,
..i- moinr TO let up enough to give plush
Il show next winter
Not poetry. but woman ; prosy tinery!
HcwcyCr. what he said is worth writ
ing out.
In all the time I've been in the dry
.rn,p,l> trade" he continued. Il never
knew any fabric to have such Il run As
the one. on velvet. 1t was used for all
millinery and dress purposes. and 1t
wasn't any Use TO put anything else on
the counter III the way of heavy goods.
Well. / thought the rage was done with
when hot weather set in: and as some
thing or other must take tie place of
velvet when fashion does discard it,
thought that plush would be in order
fo. autumn. The American six manu-
factrlrerS and the importers of foreign
:rondS were of tn" same opinion. Great
quantities of plush are being made in
Paterson and ordered from abroad |
have made heavy purchases for my re-
fail trade Now come prcmonitipnS that
velvet will last anI thit plush wont
have Il chance. That doesn't exactly
mean bankruptcy for me. but | shall
lose heavily ii it turns out rs | fear
Talk about gamhlin" in stocks. There
! Just about aS much an element of
chance in the dry-goods business as
there is in Wall street operations -
more ~ir. for the prices OF stock can he
controlled ny the hir dealers 10 4 certain
extent: but | defy anybody to more than
guess al the fancy OF fashionable women
tx IN ,uiis ahead. ". !. CIR. -IiGuny
.I.Ps-53ul-
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crilc;tic>. r-ccntrl~S and inehrlates as
We ntt.n : e. lhc impunity with which
on.. 80 t.on,t tu.ed W II violate all phys
lea la'v ~ct> - sJt-of in succeeding
generation. wncl the great harvest be-
Gins. That the ini,uitie> of the father
are visited upon the children, that the
fathc.~ have eaten sour grapes. anu the
children teeth have been set on edge,
are truths that no Scripture is needed
TO tea ii: in other words, he who sins
throurh phvSical excess does not do half
the harm To himself that he does to the
inheritorS of his blood. The penalty
must be paid as surely as there is seed
time and harvest