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The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-01-07
LACoKC LOOMS.

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DIR. c. W. SoeaE dentist, formerly of
Twelfth and fstreeb has removed to No. 6l6
Ninth street northwest.
THE case of Robert Orr and Frank Gal
lagher, indicted'for the murder OF Stephen
Tyrell, has been assigned for trial.
THE Commissioners have declined to OK
tend the time for the completion OF the I'm
provements on First street northwest.
GEORGE G. MAYNARD has asked the
removing the telegraph poles on street, be.
tween Ninth and Fourteenth, and has been In.
formed that they must go.
On ACCOUNT of the Indictment weather
the manager OF Blind Tom Will give three
more concerts on Friday and saturday and
Saturday matinee, January IL and 10. Don't
fail TO sec this wonderful musician.
THE January meeting of the Washington
Froebel Society VIII be held at tho residence
Of MIR. John d. Poler, No. 81 Grant Place, on
Wednesday evening at Z 80 O'Clock. A pleas
ant literary and musical entertainment will
DO presented at the close OF the business
session.
AMONG the many caterers" at the Ma
street northwest. he has carried on q first
class business for the period OF twenty-nv
years, ana Is widely known. Fred is an ap-
plicant for the House caterership for the
Forty.eighth Congress-
THE Bankers & Merchants Telegraph
Company has asked permission OF the Com.
missloners 10 place twelve additional wires on
their poles already erected, from the Long
Bridge to their office on the Avenue. Tho
Commissioners grant this on condition that
the company putt all OF their wires on Four
teenth street under ground.
ROBERT HUMPHREY young white man
OF South Washington, who has been before the
courts on various occasions, generally for be-
Ing drunk on the street, was called up to tho
dock rail Saturday on the graver charge
OF highway robbery. The complainant IN the
case was James O'Shea, an ex.Govdrf1ffent
scout In the late war. The case Was sent to the
grand jury. y saslaf-
TURKISH BATH. Sd 6ia& 9os street.
The ansusd electionf of officers of st.
Aloysins Benenclal Association OF st. Mary's
0htffch was held yesterday with the following
result: A. +. Rupert, president; A. Nolte,
vice. president; A. b. Schwakopf, secretary; A.
Nefr, corresponding secretary; Joseph A.
Geier, treasurer; executive commlttee-Will.
lam 0chsonrolter, George Schwakopf, Frank
Duehler; Wendell Nefr, director.
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URlERTAKERS.
ADDIRON DA

ADDISON DAY,
PRACTICAL UNDERTAKEN ANDCABINIIT
MAKER.
Ready.made Collins, Baskets and shrouds, No.
BOI A. st., corner of O 8. w. Branch Store, Ell
Mass, ave, n, W, Orders promptly executed At
reasonable ratPa fiti
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Mclnrer. Nur. 0lh and " sts. ~. W.
There is a saloon Jus. outside the poni-
Tertiary walls In Columbus, Ohio, with q sign
which 10 u curiosity In itself. Approaching
the gate the unfortunate culprit reads; "Last
place 10 get schooner beer" Coming from
the prison, the liberated convict has st airing
him In tho face the words "Flrst place to get
schooner beer"
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kW.sTeSmcd


IN tho most sallSSsst4ry manner at Morgau's
steam lagpstsS ol7sNinih street northwest.
IOWeSkSJffCes.
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AUCTION SALES.
nUNCANsON BROTMERs,

nUNCANsON BROTHERs,
~ Auctloneers.
AsSIqNEE's SALE OF THE ENTIRE STOCK
CONTAINED in STORE No, 13l SEVENTH
sTlEET, BETWEEN ID AND II STREErS
NOHIHWESI, CONSISTING IN PART OF
LADIES' AND GENTS FURNISHINGS
FANCY GooDs. NOTIONS, TOYS, &c, &C.,
On SATURDAY, JAN. ., commencing Mt 10
n. m. and p. M, and continuing each day nt the
same time we Will sell al the above. named store
the entire stock contained therein, to which at
tention Of buyers is respectfully called.
By order Of the assignee.
DUNCANsoN BROTHERS.
tA24t Auctloneers.
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

WY ANTED-TO PURCHASE FOR CASH-A
w building lot somewhere in the northwest
section OF the city, must be bargain, Address,
stating location and price. NJ. ID. H., Critic Office.
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VIM. Il. VALLEY.

Bookbinder, Paper Ruler and Blank Book Manu-.
lAcLnrer. Nnr. OH and " ats. ID. w.
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WASHINGTON SCHnnL

OF PHoNoGRAPHY and TYPE-WRITIN
reopens Sept. II, Mt 927 L 81. n. W.
spl2 j, A. WHITC0MB, Principal.
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STORES, DC,
Per Month,


In sums to suit nj 6per cent.
The above Is only small portion of property
on my nooks. For NIL list call at Office for bule
tins Issued ON LIST and 18th. n,
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wANTED-S,tuauons-Maie.
ron REH7-Rouses

LNOR RENT-403, 407, 415, 4i9 b ST. N E.; NEW
II and desirable; rooms. Call on S. ii. Walker,
R30 l. ave d22
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uSSs STOVES, TURNACEs, RANGES,
Nc ETC
Tin plates sheetiron work, fireplace stoves,
ranges, furnaces repaired. Tin roofing, spoutlng
and ali kinds OF tin work promptly attended TO.
Send your order to ,,o,,,,
$40 Eleventh st. n. W.. near st.
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~.A MEETING OF THE STOCK
We holders of the Washington 4 George,
town Railroad Company, for the election OF
directors will be held az the office OF the com
pany, Georgetown. on WEDNESDAY, the 9th
The polls viii be opened at IL m. and closed at
d. m. Transfer books will be closed on the I'd
OF January. 1884, and opened on January .. lssi:
g. NJ. K0ONES, Secy III. HURT, Prest
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WISH TO MEET SOME PERSON WHO
Il may be In thu city from the vicinity Of
j. A., Critic office q ja7 3tr
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-28
NO. 13.


Trucks loaded with we'll dressed men rolled
up West street at intervals yesterday morn
ing, and disappeared on the covered pier OF
the Ounard steamship company at the foot Of
Clarkson street. Besides the men the trucks
carried small kegs and ron-bound boxes,
which were unloaded on the pier alongside
Of the steamship Servia, which sailed in the
afternoon. The men carefully carried the
kegs and boxes to the after part Of the vessel,
where they were locked in an iron chamber
The kegs and boxes held 50, $50, 900 worth Of
gold, which was going 10 Europe On the
steamship Baltic $2,3j0,0O0 In gold was
shipped.
The gold was In the form Of bars and doub-
lie eagles, and was the largest amount shipped
on single day for several years. The gold
bars were obtained in exchange for gold GER
tifcates at the Assay Office, and the double
eagles came from the vaults OF the sub-treas-
ury, where gold certificates were deposited In
their stead. The double eagles were deliver
ed in canvass bags, each holding $4,000. The
bars, which are worth anywhere between
$1,000 and $4,000 each, were packed in saw
dust in wooden boxes They were carried
on trucks to the Offices of the firms that had
bought them, aud we're then boxed and bar.
relied and carried of 10 the steamship piers
under heavy guard.
The little kegs and iron-bound boxes stored
in the treasure room" on the Servia we're 40
all told, and we're counted by the purser and
all the officers before the large iron door was
closed and locked. The purser has the mon
ey in his especial care. The storing of so
much wealth in the Servia created no partic-
ular stir
The treasure-room is of iron, and is as
strong as any safe. 1t has complicated locks,
and no cracksman, no matter how clever,
could got into it inside of a weekly. y.
Sun
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-28
Miscellany.


WILL CARLETON.
Oh yes I'm fixed solid, sir most Of folks you soe
At least the coyote Poverty has ceased to sniff at me
That mine is worth million down-that is, It is To-
what it might cost tomorrow, though, couldn't OK
actly say.
boy in old Connecticut, this dream used to hold:
What II the cellar Of house should spring leak
with gold,
And from there at any time shining lump could
I've got cellar in this rock that's Just that sort o.
thing.
The my father shaved himself for twenty years
I've taken out of that ere hole in less than half day.
II could lead him mp yon path, I'D make him smile,
But his old labor-hardcned hands are mouldering in
the East
ia pack my mother up this hill, and open to her view
Enough to give a benefit to all the poor she knew;
I'd pan heap o. happiness out Of her dear old face;
But mothers struck lead Of gold in quite different
place.
My girl7 Well, maybe this is soft; but, since the
questions put
uwouidnG tell this any one except foot0,
We used to climb those Eastern hills she was charm
And prospect on what we would do when had "struck
II rich"
But her old father hadn't the heart to let us marry
And so shook of Yankee dust and took a Western
tour.
My trip it lasted several years. The old grieyed
no doubt.
swore l never would como back till could buy him
out,
You don't know what is to hunt and dig from dayto
To strike vein that almost shows, then lodges clean
You do 2 Well yes; but have you starved, and beg
ged and almost died.
with treasures that you couldn't nnd heaped up on
every sde7
And then her letters wandered like; then tapered to
pondered on it for while, then wrote schOol-boy
And just as had struck this mine, and my old heart
There came letter up the gulch-lt was my friends
reply.
"she's been a-wanderng in her mind; the other af-
She went within the asylum walls. as crazy as loom"
A rush across the barren plains snailsh railroad
And was m the asylum, too a-kneelin by her side.
thought she knew me, just at first; but soon she
shrank away,
Aud never looked at me again, whatever might say
She wandors round, or crouches in western window
niche,
And says, MY love will come to me when he has
No word or 'ook for me. Oh, but the Eastern hills
Aud something seemed to always say, go back and
love your goldl"
And came back; and in this hut my purpose Is to
mlssr, with his treasure bright already slowed away
I'm President, Cashier and Board Of quite wealthy
bank
with none except myself to pease-and else to
thank;
But nothing makes my heart beat iast-and am
growing old,
with thing to love leave except this pile Of
gold.
But have learned thing or two know, as sure as
fate,
When we lock mp our lives for wealth, the gold key
comes too late.
And that I'm poorer now than through those happy
days in which
l owned heart, auI did not know that had struck
II IiCh!
Boulder, Colorado.
-Hdrpcr's Weekly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-28

II would be useless TO attempt TO depict the
rage of the richly lowered Aquila and her
mother at the revelations Of this first day Of
April. As for Beppi he was seized with fe-
YER. Rina was forbidden his chamber, for Il
had been discovered that she was somebody,
even without dowry of three thousand
francs.
When farmer Stefano and his good wife
arrived the next morning they we're as amaz-
cd at the turn Of affairs AZ grieved at their
sons Illness. They expo tulated with him,
but in vain He threatened never to rise
again from his bed IL Rina could not be his.
Indeed, as the days passed on, his wan face
seemed to verify his determination and the
affoctonate parents, in their idolatry Of him,
at last yielded a reluctant consent, though
they did not promise not to torment Rina ev-
cry day with various changes rung upon the
loss Of tho three thousand francs dowry.
Rina, however, was sufficiently subdued to
promise anything Beppi demanded Of her,
even that she would never ask him to bring
her into Florence on the first day Of April
N. j. Barnett IN april LippincotCs.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-28

Care will kill cat The care must be ex.
ercised in taking aim. 1t is extremely diff
cult, however, to hit one in the dark with a
bottle.-N o. Picdyune
Mr.. Ruskin says that couple should court
seven years. Either Mr.. Ruskin has no
grown-up daughters or coal is very much
cheaper in England than il is here.-PhilG-
delphid Call.
"How do you like the squash pie, Alfred ?"
asked young wife few days after marriage.
well, it's pretty good, but" "But what
suppose you started to say that it isn't as
good as that which your mother makes p
"Well, yes, l WAS going to say that but"
"Well, Alfred, your mother made that very
pie and sent it to me. ."-FdH Rioer Herald.
An Irishman, recently brought before a
Boston justice for being drunk, was asked
what excuse he had for becoming so intoXi-
Gated. "Seven excuses, your honor, replied
the inebriate. 'Seven excuses 2" "Yes,
Judge, seven. Now don't mind tellin' ye
all bout it, Ye see, I've got six boys in my
family, and lass night-its a girl, Judge"
The excuse was sufficient, and he was releas-
ed.
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky was once
stumping his district in company with his op-
ponent. At one meeting he spoke first and
he charmed MS audence Dy the manner rain
or than the matter Of his remarks. Then the
other man got up and turned the tide of pop
ularity with single sentence, in which he
likened Mr.. Blackburn to a swan-''that
beautiful bird which glides along, the perfec-
tion of grace, and dips and curves in lines of
beauty, but only draws an inch or 80 of wa
ter
Edward King tells one of the most delight
ful anecdotes OF Carlyle yet put forth. That
portentous pseudo philosopher Mallock called
on the old Sootchman and let himself loose,
talking Carlyle almost TO death. Carlyle lis
tened imperturbably, invited him to tea, and
had him 10 smoke in the library afterward.
"When at last the youthful sage thought prop
or to take his leave Carlyle accompanied him
10 the door and said We'll, good-by. I've
received ye kindly, because knew your
mother but never want to set eyes on ye
again'"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-28

The New York Observer, anti-woman suf-
frage, elected from the wife Of United
States Judge in Wyoming, good Presbyteri-
an woman, this rather unexpected tribute to
the operation of the system in that territory ;
"The women are less governed by party
considerations than men, and both political
parties have come TO recognize the necessity
of selecting their best men, or at least not
nominating bad men, if they desire to sue
ceed. The women hold the balance of power,
and the politicians know it. More than one
instance has come under my own observation
where corrupt or immoral men have been de-
feated in their efforts to secure positions OF
high public trust, and It has been generally
conceded that their defeat is attributable to
the direct influence Of woman suffrage"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-28
sIumI,er Fairies.

Hush, my little one! hush, lie down.
Mamma will sing,
Sing Of a boy in a wee white gown,
Sing Of a king with golden crown
crown OF curls on a sweet, small head,
And throne as high as trundle-bed,
Dear little kingi
Hush. my baby song know
Softer than all,
song as soft as the falling snow,
And will sing IL 80 light and low
Baby must listen and lie as still
As the snowfiakes lie on the quiet hill
Where they fall.
Does baby know, when the day grows late,
Chilly and dim,
The slumbef Fairies, who stand and wait
Down IN the street and beyond the gate,
Pass over the lawn and open the door,
And steal across the nursery floor,
Looking for him7
Such tiny fairies, with slippers white
over their feetl
Their cloaks are gray as the early night,
But their caps are lit with silver light
As II moonbeam were caught, perhaps,
And cut up small into fairy-caps,
Dainty and neat.
Up the side Of the trundle-bed
Softly they go,
And over the pillow with gentle tread
They come to the golden baby-head;
Under his lashes he tries to peep,
But before he knows he is fast asleep.
Isn't itso?
For they bind the baby with fairy charms,
Wonders 10 tell:
They loose the clasp Of the dimpled arms,
And smooth his forehead with soft, small palms,
And draw their cloaks DER his drOwsy ears,
Till fairy music is all he hears,
Pleasing him well.
They shade his eyes with a little dream
Where did 1t grow?
II grew by the side OF fairy stream,
Where baby vandereth now, deem,
With the Slumber Fairies to guide his feet.
Goodnight, dear laddie; your rest be sweet!
Mamma must go.
-KathGrins Lee Bates in April Wide Atoake.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-28

RIoH PEOPLE WHO ARE LovED.-It is in
structive to note the different feelings with
which very rich persons are regarded by the
poor, and indeed by almost the entire COM
munity. Mrs. Astor, one of the wealthiest
women in New York, has been, and still is,
seriously i'll. The news of her condition has
been read daily by thousands of the poor in
that city with heartfelt solicitude, the natural
expression of respect and gratitude. 1t is
not that she has been benevolent with her
money, but because she has been benevolent
in her impulses and energies-has felt and
done something for the poor-that she is
thus esteemed. Mrs. Astor has provided
homes in the west for many hundreds of the
waits of New York, directing the enterprise
personally, and employing her own agents.
She has in other ways done much, in per-
sonal and unostentatious manner, to amelio-
rate the condition of the poor, and to assist
those who are in trouble. And as a result no
one rails at her riches; the poor pray for her
recovery to health. Peter Cooper was a rich
man, but he was not hated and envied as ma
ny millionaires of the metropolis are. In
case of an uprising, his house would have
been safe. He retained his sympathies for
the working people, and did as a pure pleas
ure what the most of his class neglect even
as an obligation. There are similar examples
wherever the rich and the poor dwell togeth-
err. The moral seems to draw itself.-BOs-
ton Herald.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-28
A Terrible Faith.

The Novoe Vremya warns Russian mothers
Of a new religious sect which has given sew.
eral proofs of its existence. In Rostov, on
the Don, an officer engaged a middle aged
nurse for his three-y -year-old son. She was
very attentive, and seemed fond Of the child,
but after two months she suddenly left the
situation and the town. The child began to
all the very next day, lost its memory, and
suffered from continual drowsiness A week
later it died without having been really ill.
The corpse was placed in the coffin, when
young Jewess burst into the house, threw
herself upon the dead child, and, crying bit
terly, said; THE same woman poisoned my
child. She was my nurse before, and now
she has murdered your poor boyl" The wo-
man spoke the truth. It has been found that
in Rostov there is a society of child murder
ers, who poison children by means of narcot-
les. They are instigated to do 80 by fanat-
ical woman, who says: "It is every woman's
duty to spare the evils of life TO as many
children as possible, and to make them share
in the bliss of Heaven before the earth has
contaminated their souls"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-28

QUEER PARRoT.-Parrots are queer crea-
lures, and, like monkeys, sometimes seem
like a very buresque upon humanity. One
South American bird had unfortunately learn
ed on shipboard the habit of profane Ian
guage. The mate, little ashamed of the
creatures profanity, undertook a cure by
dousing it with bucket of water at each Of
tense. Polly evidently imbibed the reproof,
for during gale, when heavy sea broke
over a hen-coop and deluged hens and cocks
pretty thoroughly, she marched up 10 the
dripping fowls and screamed out, "Been
s,oearing again, hGint yeF-Aprl Har-
pers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-28

The want Of a r0lla-
ble diurctic that will
act a. a stimulant to
the kidneys, and yet
not excite or irritete
them, was long since
suppliedin Hostettcr's
Stomach Bitters. Tins
fine medicine eXerts
the requisite degree Of
stimulus without pro-
dncing irritation, and
is far better adapted
to the purpose than
theunmedlcatede eTcit-
ants 10 often resOrted
to. Dyspepsia, fever
and ague and kindred
diseases are all cured
by 1t. For sale by all
druggists aud dealers
generally.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-28

Is "WooDMAN SPARE THAT TREE" PLA-
oIARIsM ?-It is a pity to raise such a ques-
tion, but is 'Woodman, spare that tree," the
poem upon which the reputation of George
p. Morris largely depends, plagiarism? Did
Dir. Morris know any more Chinese than he
found on tea chests? Did he know the love-
ly ode "Kan-tang"? ? This ode can be found
among the odes and songs collected by Wan
Wang and Duke Chan at the beginning Of the
Chan dynasty o.. c. 1920. The dates of this
great book on "The Middle Kingdom" ex-
tend from B. c. l7l0 to not later than B. O.. 5S5.
There is no telling how a Chinese compiler
could include in his collection in b. O. 112O a
poem not perhaps composed till centuries af-
ter, but it is enough to say that Mr.. Williams
refers the ode "Kan-tang," or THE Sweet
Pear-Tree," to the time of Wan Wang, a con-
temporary of Saul. Here it is:
l. oh, fell not that sweet pear-tree!
See how its branches spread.
Spoil not its shade,
For ShaO's chief laid
Beneath It his weary head.
2. oh, clip not that sweet pear-tree!
Each twig and leaHet spare
'Tis sacred now
Since the lord Of shao,
When weary rested there.
8. Oh, touch not that sweet pear-treeI
Bend not twig of 1t now,
There long ago,
As the stories show,
Oft halted the chief OF Shao.
What is this but the Chinese way of saying:
Woodman, spare that tree;
Touch not single bough.
In youth II sheltered me,
And III protect it now.
-EditOr'S Drd,oer, april Ha7per's.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-28
A Good Opening for an Editor.

A San Francisco editor has received the
following 'fattering offer" to edit paper in
southern California Your duties would not
be very arduous as we receive the outside
pages already printed, full of choice miscel-
laneous matter, every other day, from San
Francisco. The salary, $15 q week. may
sound small, but being in the centre of an
agricultural district we are constantly receiv-
ing large gifts of potatoes, grapes, delicious
peas and indeed every thing that is in sea-
son, which, after being duly noticed would
become yonr perquisites. The editorial ta-
bic turns up and makes a capital bed at night
time, and there is an excellent stove to boil
coffee on. If you can play hymn tunes there
is a vacancy also Of So q month for an or
ganist, and by merely noticing who is on the
street, and looking at the shop windows of
our advertisers, you can easily make local
column most pleasing to the community.
write all the circus and show puffs myself as
well as the editorials on the unsurpassed ex-
cellence of our climate and the beauty of our
valley. Telegraph if you will come.