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The Evening critic., 1884-02-07
Not SO Easily Carried Out as Ex-
naefpI.
Prohibition ana Figures.
TO The Editor OF me Erenmq CritIc,

~ We IuNVT W lHe bCtHHtV CFtttO'
The figures showing the number OF arrests
for drunkenness Q7,S0S) In the State OF Maine
and arrests In the District OF Columbia (4,2SD
for the same cause, as published In last Mon
days CRITIC, are correct, and arc ofilcial. Oml-
cials OF Maine, all Prohibitlonists, furnish the
figures for that State, and officials OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia furnish the ngures so far as
this city and District Is concerned. have
seen those figures and know whereof speak.
Notwithstanding which, modern "Aiax" de.
flying alike lightning Jersey llghtning) and
truth In yesterdays CRITIC, says these figures
are not correct, falling, however, to substitute
other figures or prove the incorrectness Of the
figures you published.
Mr.. Editor, IL must be patent to YOU that the
alleged argument OF "Ajax" for prohibi'
tion is on q par with most OF the
"rot" that emanates from the pen and
platform OF prohibition. 1 have been
brought in contect more or less during my life
with prohibition agitators, both In the States
and the District OF Columbia. My experience
with them has taught me to regard them as
the most Incorporate OF mankind In methods
and language In dealing with the liquor ques-
tion. TEMPERANCE ADVOCATE.
Washington, d. O., Feb. z, 1884.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07
Postal NOtes.

Having discovered unmistakable evidence
OF arsenical poisoning in number OF cases
among the employees OF the Money-Order Bu-
reau from handling the Mcdonald mustard
piostcrs otherwise known as postal notesl,
the authorities of the Postofice Department
have concluded to invlte,Dr. Benson, OF porous
plaster fame, and the Holman Liver Pad Com
pany to submit samples OF a new note for In
epection. They will doubtless adopt the best
sample presented at an early day. The new
note will contain all the healing and absorb
Ing curatives with which those we'll known
gentlemen have blessed the world. 1t is need
less to say that arsenic will be left out In the
new notes, and anyone who has been deferred
from making application for position In the
Money.Order Bureau on this account need
not hesitate longer, but should send their ap-
arrangement was effected tho Clvil-Servlce
Commission have decided not to apply au
arsenic tost to applicants for appointment In
thia hurpnu.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07
Planning Confiscntion OF Cattle.

''The pleuro- pneumonia bill reminds me Of n
foolish proposition that has been made by two
or three members OF this Congress-" said an
old Iaw-maker 10 a CRITIC man to-day. "rhe
came suggestion was made In prior Congress
to the Committee on Appropriations. 1t Is to
make an appropriation of say so,Oo0,000 TO
pay for condemned and connscated cattle I'M
ported"
'How would that be foolish9" inquired THE
CRITIC man.
"why," replied tho member, "suppose our
inspectors could condemn and confl5cate dis
eased cattle at Will, and they would be paid
for out of appropriations with such a liberal
limit; there would not be ten per cent. Of 1t
expended Justly. am largely Interested In
easy II would be TO embark cattle with the
germs Of disease, 80 that they may be con-
demned wlen they reach this country. 1t
would be an easy process OF sale. l under
stand this proposition Will be brought up In
the House this winter and an appropriation
naked for.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07
England,s Policy In ireland.

Mr.. Parnell has announced his intention OF
moving an amendment TO the address In re-
ply 10 the Queens speech with reference 10
ihe recent conduct OF the Governments policy
In ireland. Its tendency, he says, has not been
10 trai qullize the people. He especially de.
plores the Wanton prohipllono OF lesal anu con-
been practically quenched In ireland. The
amendment condemns the Irish executive for
having permitted magistrates publicly and
with perfect impunity TO applaud the conduct
OF Lord Rossmore, who has been suspended
as justice OF the peace for disturbing the pub
lie order, provoking ill-wlll and strife between
different classes in Ireland, and thoreby dt-
rectly melting Iriehmen 70 Illegal acts, disor.
der and deeds OF violence. The amendment
concludes by humbly assuring her Majesty OF
the firm conviction Of his party that tho policy
OF forcing or stimulating state-aided emil
grafton OF the Irish people should be definitely
and forthwith abandoned.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07
..The CrIticv Wnnts 70 See

Brass medals provided at all our theatres
for the dudes, dudines and idiots who imagine
that their conversation is more interesting
than the play.
law which Will compel all police officers
tolgive bonds.
Mr.. Jones and others prosecute Block and
his fellows for false arrest.
Mr.. shoemaker try whether anything can be
done with Ran and Carter for their illegal
action.
The right TO issue raidlng warrant on mere
suspicion tested In tho courts.
A new prison speedily provided for District
convicts.
Judge Smell get a whack at some OF the bogus
guides that infest the Vicinity OF the Peace
Monument and the Capitol grounds.
Mr.. Riddleberger succeed In his purpose OF
getting the Free Bridge bill through speedily.
Whether Mr.. sprlnger's Committee VIII per-
NIT Itself to be led of on false scent.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07
LOweII's --latest.
Irish World.


Mr.. Minister Lowell Is very much concerned
for the Integrity OF the British Empire Speak.
Ing before an assemblage OF Englishmen In
London this week, he said thAt neither he nor
his countrymen desire TO see any OF England's
colonies follow the example set by the Ameri.
can revolutionists hundred years ago. No
doubt Mr.. Lowell thinks II was q very bad ex.
ample, and that Washington and his associates
We're very Wicked and disloyal men. so un-
easy is he lest any OF the 'Igreat common
wealths," which are bound TO England by $50
many tllial ties" should conceive the idea OF
doing what his own country did-we don't
mean the land OF his love-thathe undertakes
10 Instruct his British friends how such con-
summation may be prevented. "Wise treat
ment" is tho plan by which Mr.. Lowell thinks
England may hold the plunder she has got In
ireland, india, Africa and elsewhere.
When this gentleman undertakes to toady to
British audiences he should speak for himself
and not Identity America with his slavlsh sem
timents. The citizens OF this Republic, tho
great majority Of whom have not q drop OF
English blood in their veins, have no fcopcern
whatever for tho maintenance OF the British
Empire. on the contrary they would rejoice
70 see that Empire broken up and every ma
tionality blighted by ilk, aecurE ID away Ia nos
session OF Independence and freedom.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07
The n,inois press Association.

The members OF the Illinois Press Assocla.
lion were accompanied on their trip TO Mount
Vernon yesterday by Secretaries Lincolu aud
Chandler, Public Printer s. p. Rounds and
others. on the return trip speeches were
made by Secretary Lincoln, Senator Hale and
others.
The visiting editors yesterday adopted reso.
lutions OF thanks to the Illinois Association. OF
this city; the Illinois Congressional delega
tion, Public Printer y. p. Rounds, the general
committee OF arrangements, Mrs. Senator
Logan, Mrs. s. p. Rounds, Secretary Chandler
Commander s. ID. Green, of the Despatch; Mis-;
l.. II. Ober, manager Of the Boston Ideal Opera
Company; Mr.. j. It. Ford, Mr.. W. j. Aloaugt
and Mr.. w. j. Florence.
The guests were entertained at banquet al
the Harris House and attended the perform
ance at the National Theatre last evening, aut
this morning they departed for Baltimore.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07
oN AcoouNr on HIs MOTHER.


Oh ACCOuNT OF HIS mOTHEhs
uu. M. n., ~. r,..,. r
ns ho Du NOe hnhA Oi hoF
When He Was Getting Into the
Scrape.
uyyhv DO vou nubiisb a,,ct ,hipga oa TINT o.,
os,,"d w you puDiisn ,. au,n sninss a, sna.
uskeu young man IN society Oh ORITIc re-
porter the other day, at the Same time point
ing TO a paragraph giving an account OF a
nuss,,onah,a ,,rooaad,na IN ,vn,o,, ro Ma q =.
iiired PA'N0'N"e 'N "'N' ~ "'N 10
HWaan,, 4, nj, ,r,,o ord atdn,, vo,, hovo N
go 10 tba pai,a inr, ~ in,,,ryaI "a tha ra,
.,S '"o foiioo Oo"f' inquiio' '"o re-
poruer;
Mell, yep, IL was put that was no reason
Why tyv you should print ". ,,.
why notf Other police proceedings are
pupnshed, ana row Is generally good
Hep' HG' ,.
,Oni yesi put IL seems 70 me that the papers
snoulo make dlstlnctlon petWeen gent,e-
nun nun VINO gete INTO trouplo occasionally anu
feguiar Iowdy or follow VINO mas no stanuing
IN soeiety.
.Mei, uont lake me same view OF IL, re-
tuIneu tne reporter. "Ihere are tInes Wnen
man acts IN seit.ueienso ana KNOCKS anotner
,hs, 0wp or whSn ne ~ iorceu ih'9 u,cy rnh cass
innt he Wouiu hVOlu III ne couiu. IN sucn oaso
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07
"AIderney bnIry WNgons.n

Fresh Alderney but,sA snafhed every morn
ing and delivered IN n III ''Ward" prints. 5Oc.
per ID. AlaR,sbse6ge dhdbse, buttermilk and
geatlnAik, DC. per at. OtPam 1bc. per pint.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07
Cobb ana BeIford Exchange Com.
nlimcuts.

A lively little spat occurred in the meeting
OF the House Committee on Public Lands dur
Ing the consideration OF the Land Grant bill
of the Ontonagon Railway. Chairman Cobb
spoke disparagingly OF the management OF tho
Interior Department and reflected upon the
conduct OF Secretary Teller because OF alleged
fraudulent land entries. He thought the Secre.
enough to do go. MIR. Belford (Col.), who
knows personally OF the Secretary's efforts TO
purify tho land service, spoke In his defonse,
and combed down tho rufiled locks OF the gen
tleman from Indiapa. II is said there was
quite spirited exercise OF tongues for about
two minutes, and several positive opinions
were exchanged on tho subject.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07
Funernl OF wenaeI PhiIIIps.

The funeral services over the remains of the
late Wendell Phillips took place in Hollis
Street Chapel, Boston, yesterday. The sery-
present. Among those In the chapel were Gov
ernor Robinson, Mayor Martin, the Board Of
Aldermen IN body, fifty members OF the
Julia Ward Howe, Elizur Wright, Mrs, j. d.
Fields, Phillips Brooks, Joseph Cook; Joseph
Freeman Clarke, Miss Alcott, Susan d. An-
th0ny Fred Douglass, the three nephew5 Of
deceased, and Judge oliver Wendell Holmes,
lr. After the services the body was taken To
Faneuil Hall, where the public was admi.ted.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07

WE PRINTED Yesterday n communica-
tion on the subject of "Prohibition in
Maine" which was intended as an argu-
ment in aid of the enactment of prohib-
itory LIQUOR law for the District of Colum-
bia, The communication itself, however,
only proves that prohibition does not pro-
hibit. The penalties for the violation of
the Maine law are very severe, and vet in
spite of that it cannot be enforced. 1t is.
no doubt, true that the law has done some
good. but IL Is question whether it has
not oyerreached itself Men grow restiye
and inpatient when ar attempt is made
to force theories down their throats. and
thew arc verv ant 10 resent the forcing pro.
cess by an indulgence I'm the very thing
nrobibited Maine noliticians are not ex-
actlv tho nroror ,,orsons to On to eor ;rcor-
"'"y 'H' Piopoi P0i'on' W 81 w io' in'oi
are much batter indicators. and thev prove
."N ."0' p1o''
cohclusiveiy that IN proportion TO popuia-
tion there are as many crimes committed in
Maine, traceaoie 10 over-indulgence In
drink, es there are in any other State As
-, ., -. 80.
VIC salu re"ehtiy, When writing on tnis
subject intemperance Is q terrible evil, aud
-, ... 80. .lo,,,, T., -,
all proper enorts snouiu 10 maue uo sup
press it, But is cannot be suppressed by
a., eo.o; ,aoo.. oc .o,,;,,,i. c.
the ioiciph PIooesS Vi pronioitioh' oulhp-
tuary laws are never popular. What the
,o,,nox,,oo ooor,o ,,,o,,t 90 5o il % od,o.a
temPe'"h'o PsVP'0 ""np w wv 10 w euuoaVo,
TO appeal to reason and common sense and
90 orooto n ,,,h,;o ,ont,,,o,4 Al % nil, oo.,
'o"is"'e p"'''N N'e"''i'hO '""o "ii' iosaiu
the drunken man as q disgraced man. The
drink irg bobits of the poonIo oro annrollv
"''' y. ''S Poopo ".' aiy
growing less and less, and this is the result
| of education and thouoht and M, of law
- ~ ~ "- -"'
The theory oil pr0hibiti0n Is very pretty
one but its uroctical resrlts have not haen
| such as to make Ii desirable to have tho ex-
neriment tried in this District
.,. go,
In TINS connection we quOte tne iOlloW-
ing from the st. Paul Pionesr Press of n re-
cent ua'e'
Probably the Prohibitionists who day before
yesterday moved in solid acres OF petitions,
from dozen or so departures, upon the Sen.
ate, do not conceive the possibility OF prevent
ing sale OF ardent spirits in the District OF Co.
lumbia. Probably II Is only Justice, even TO
prohibitlonists, 10 believe In their apprecia-
| tion OF the fact that such result Is outside
| of The remotest possible contingency. What
they aim to secure is, at the utmost, the pas
sage OF dead letter law to that effect which
could thereafter be useful for citation as
eyincipg the national policy as to controlling
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07

THE rebels have the upper hand in
Egypt. Perhaps it is the British policy to
let tho rebels and the Egyptians fight it
out ON the Kilkenny cat order and then
step in and gobble mp the country. That
would be just like the old pirate and land
rohhar
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07
Thursday, February z, 1884.

Representative wooD. Of Indiana,
wants the general revision of tho tariff
postponed until the next session of Con-
gross. The Presidential contest will then
be over. Grand scheme, but the suggestion
smacks little of political cowardice.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07

Ayoung man with pair OF Manipulated
sufpenders generally fnds q room too warm
10 work In with his coat on.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07

THAT was shrewd move upon tho part
Of Mr.. Beck in regard to the Whisky bill.
He had discovered that he could not pass
IL through tho Senate. He found he could
not get IL ont of tho committee with fa-
vorable report, and not wanting to incur
the ill-will of the Kontucky whisky men,
he, to shift the responsibility, got the FL
nance Committee to refer it to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury for report as to the
effect IL would have on the revenue If
passed. 1t is probable that the Treasury
Department will decide against it.
The Evening critic., 1884-02-07
nucKY, THE BANK THEE,

Transferred from Cherry Hill TO
General CrOcker's CustOdy-And
Thereby Hangs nm Interesting Toie.
Deputy Marshal Charles II. Jahransnwho
had been sent to Philadelphia for the purpose,
arrived here yesterday afternoon on tho 4i3O
train, bringing with him Frank Bucky, alias
Frankly Ducky, alias Bucky Taylor, who had
been released from Cherry Hill prison carly
yesterday morning, and whore he had been
serving three years sentence for burglary,
and allowed a credit OF four months for good
behavior.
He was indicted here on Juno @, 1888, With
Horace Hogan, alias Little Horac, and George
Carson, alias Haywood, for grand larceny, In
stealing notes and bonds amounting TO about
$4,000 from the desk OF Mr.. q. III. IL. white,
in the National Metropolitan Bank, on July 2,
1880. Bucky was committed TO jail immedi-
ately ON his arrival.
This is one OF the cases that grew out OF the
recent Indictment OF tho ex.detectlves, and has
peculiar coloring about It,
II Will be remembered that MIR. Ker, OF the
special star-Routo prosecution, made an argu-
ment before the Board OF pardons OF Pennsyl-
vania in behalf OF Little Horace, aud for which
he received $500. The same, strange as IL
may appear,
Being Paid by the Government,
Mr.. Ker representing, at that time, that the
swer tho charge OF the larceny OF certain
money from the Government Printing once,
while It was fact that at tho timo that state-
ment was being made prosecution against Ho-
race was barred by the statute OF llmltauon.
The pardon, however, was secured, ana Little
Horace released, only to walk out OF Cherry
Hill Into an officers arms and be brought here
and reconfned In Jail. While the process OF
securing pardon was being worked,
Horace was Led 10 Believe
that ho would soon be given his liberty, but on
condition that no should testify In regard TO
tho robbery at tho National Metropolitan
Bank and include two OF the detectives. lie
Insisted before ho would testify that oil prose-
cutions against him should be nolle prose.
quied, In order that ho might leave the witness
stand free man.
This was pretty heavy contract but tho as
surance demanded was given, the pardon fol.
lowed, and he was brought here and informed
be short. 1t 10 evident that the promise to
him was
Not so Easily Carried Out as Ex.
pected.
When tho authorities at Charleston, s. q.
found Horace was here, he was Immediately
wanted there for a bank robbery he had com
mitted. requisition was sent here for HIN
by deputy sheriff, but the o1lcer failed &c
got the man, and the fact that such requisi
ton had. arrived was kept secret for some
time; but IL is still here, awaiting service OF
him when tho proper time arrives-the chile
Justice having promised that he shnll not es
cape. Had he served his time out In Cherry
Hill he would have been discharged yester
day; now he does not know when he Will b
released,t and he Is chafng under the du
plicity, as he terms It, that has boon practicet
upon him.
Bucky declined to bite at the tempting bal
offered Horace, and he Is brought here Z
| stand trial. He Is n well-known bank thlei
and halls from Troy, N. Y.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-06-28
" -
Arc de TriomPhe.

The stone of which this arch in Paris
is composed of is now found to be un-
able to stand the weather and is fast
crumbling away. The celebrated bas-
reliefs of Rude, the sculptor, are be-
coming more and more mutilated, the
question is seriously discussed whether
it would not be possible to renew the
face of the arch stone by stone. One of
the curious facts about the bas-relief is
that Rude worked at them in a sort of
glass cage suspended against the face of
the arch and until they wero finished
and the cage removed could not realize
what the effect would be of the whole.
OF course, in such a matter one mistake
would have ruined the whole, and would
have been irTepaTable, The celebrated
Chevaux de Marty are also in bad way,
and endeavors are being made to have
them replaced by copies, and the origi-
nails put under shelter. A sort of society
for the protection of ancient monu-
ments and objects of public interest
has just been formed in Paris, and here
are two objects they might nurse with
advantage. One cannot, however, help
feeling that there is some mysterious
connection between the Arc de Triomphe
and the glories Of France, which it
would be somewhat out of place to try
and destroy by doctoring the arch.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-06-28
NUMBER %.


The japanese use porous sandstone
followed in the shape of an egg,
through which the water percolates in
to receptacle underneath; the Egyp-
tians resort to a similar device; the
Spaniards use porous earthenpot. But
these and other similar contrivances
cannot be thoroughly cleansed; after
the most thorough rinslng, some i'm
purities will remain In the pores Of the
stone. Spongy iron and carferal are
open to the same objection; they will
answer well for a short time, but soon
become contaminated by pollution re-
tanned in their pores. Sponge, cloth,
and felt, unless cleaned every daY or
two with hot water, will do more harm
than good, and the average servant girl
will not clean them or any other filter
unless under the eye Of her mistress.
The various forms of filters that are
screwed to the faucet have only to be
discarded, as there is not sufficient fiji.
terlng material in them to be of much
utility, and they very soon become foul
and offensive. Buck says, "There is
no material known which can be intro
duced into the small space of a tap-filter
and accomplish any real publication of
the water which passes through at the
ordinary rate of flow."
The various complicated closed fill
ters, filled with any material which cam
not be removed for cleansing, condemn
themselves. No amount of pumping
water through them at different angles,
which is not all likely to be used, can
cleanse them of the impurities they ad-
here to the mass and in thepores of the
iilteIing material used. The various
metal filters in which the water comes
in contact with metallic surfaces, either
iron, lead, tlnned iron, or zinc, are OBJ
jectionable from their appreciable infu-
ence upon the water retained in them
for any considerable time. Pure block
tin is the least Objectionable of any of
the metals.
The aim of most filters is to remove
impurities from the water speedily-as
1t escapes from the faucet. Expert
ment shows that effective liberation
cannot be accomplished In this way, as
the water does not remain long enough
in contact with the filtering material
used to become purified of much that
might be removed by slow liberation or
percolation through the same appliance.
OF all the filtering materials mentioned
it seems to me that sand and charcoal
are the two that accomplish the best
results, and Of these vegetable charcoal
is the best,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-06-28

This is the name of a town on the
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, in the
San Francisco Mountains, New Mex
leo. 1t is 344 miles from Albuquerque.
and is in the midst Of the pine forest
and Of the grazing region of the
mountains. In June, 1881, long before
the railroad reached there, Flagstaff
was little place of four or five cabins,
and from an old dead pine the tattered
remnants of flag were flying. One
of the best springs in the mountains
was situated near the cabins, and it
was enclosed by rail pen. The water
was pure and cool, and in wonderful
contrast to the sickening stuff that
was found at Turkey Tanks. Now
Flagstaff is grown into place of great
Importance. Some Of the largest saw
mills in the country are found there,
and the saving of lumber has grown
into great industry, The large num-
ber of sheep and cattle which may be
seen in the vicinity Of Flag Staff will
have tendency to make it an impor.
tant shipping point, and already it is
spoken of as one of the future CONNER
cial centers of Arizona. Nine miles
from the town are the cave dwellings,
the remains of the work of an ancient
race that once inhabited that part OF
Arizona. The drive is over good nat
ural road, and in the bracing air of the
mountains, upon bright, clear day in
summer; it cannot fail to be enjoyable.
Altogether the railroad journey from
Albuquerque to Flagstaff over the
Atlantic and Pacific is one of exceed,
ing interest. The tourist finds in it
the pleasure of viewing wonderful nat
tural objects, and also the works of
both ancient and modern man, Upon
this route the ancient civilization OF
the prehistoric Americans and the
modern civilization of to-day are both
Illustrated. In no other part of the
United States is there found upon the
line of railroad such a combination
OF objects and places of interest.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-06-28
FURNITURE
DEPARTMENT

is fully stocked with everything
needed for Housekeeping Par.
lor suits in Walnut and Hair
cloth. Chamber suits in Wal
nut, Ash Cherry and othe, hard
woods, and large variety Of
Cottage suits i'll all colors at
very low prices. Also Stoves,
Mattresses, Bedding, Lounges,
Chairs, Tables, Bureaus, Wash
stands, etc., which we will sell
ON our usual easy terms.
On a bill OF $1,000, loo
down and LOO a week.