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The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22
KER, THE PROSECUTOR.
Another OF His Cases N0lle Pressed
by Order of BreWster.

by Order of Brewster.
Assistant District Attorney Taggart, in
the Criminal Court this morning, by per-
mission Of the Court, entered q nolle pros.
in the cases against Charles II. Dickson.
He stated that he did so by direction of the
Department of Justice.
Mr.. Dickson was indicted in March, 1892,
on the charges of perjury and conspiracy in
connection with the straw bonds and the
mail letting Of 1880, q full account of which
has recently appeared in The CRITIC.
Mr.. Dickson, after the finding of the in
dctments, used all his efforts to secure
hearing, constantly asserting his innocence
and ability to establish the same at trial,
but no trial could be had. At the same
time he was being injured by the indict-
ment hanging over him aud stood in daily
risk Of losing his position. Finally mat
tiers came to such crisis that it was either
trial or the retiring of Mr.. Dickson from
his position.
The Department of Justice was pressed
TO take action, and finally, when driven to
the wall, Mr.. Ker, who was the special
counsel in this and kindred cases, was COM
PEELED to admit their weakness and recon-
mend their dismissal which recommends
tion, in one instance, has just been carried
out.
1t is easy to see how great injustice has
been done to certain persons enjoying good
regulations, and how efforts have been
made to smirch their characters merely to
give color and effect to certain prosecutions.
There are other indictments equally out
rageous as these, aud it will not be long
before the Department of Justice will be
called upon to take action on them aud
have to admit, as it has just done in this
case, that the indictments were unwar-
ranted and should not have been found.
Mr.. Ker's monument to his legal ability
islikely to be lasting testimony to his dis
graceful practices
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

merchants, brokers, bankers, artists, arti-
sans, &C., &c. John. Kelly is only powerful
because such men arc at his back and he Is
only Boss Kelly because he has the tact and
the courage and the brain to carry out
their DEGREES. He cannot do just as he
pleases any moro than James G.. Blaine, or
John Sherman, or Judge Edmunds can do
what thoy please with tho Republican
party. Just bear these facts in mind, and
then you can form an intelligent idea as to
what Tammany will do since she has been
cursed and cuffed and kicked and spit
upon at Chicago by the men who put
Cleveland in nomination In spite OF her
protest, and sitting her voice and robbing
hnr of her riphta-
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

THE Democrats of New York city are 50
hard put to 1t to mako 1t appear that Tam
many is falling into line with the Cleve-
land procession, that they are trying to
make the groundlings believe that, because
two or three officers of an Assembly District
of the Tammany Association have come out
for Cleveland, the whole tribe of Tammauy
will also support him. Pshaw John Kel-
ly said at Chicago that few Tammany
men, who were governed by motives of pelf
instead of principle, would probably sup
port the exSheriHf il they Oerc offered
enough But he said they would be spotted
and their race would be short We re-
member that when Tammany stood out the
last time, the New York World and other
Democratic papers of that city said that
not five thousand votes would be pollod for
the Tamnany ticket. But when the votes
we've actually counted out of the ballot box
they numbered over seventy thousand.
John Kelly is no boaster-no braggart,
but Is willing TO let results tell the story.
And there is one other fact that everybody
should bear in mind John Kelly is but
one man among the thousands belonging to
Tammany-able, influential and powerful
1t is true-but he cannot sway Tammany
just as he pleases. Such men as August
Belmont and hundreds like him are not
swayed and turned or driven at the will
of any one man, be he whom he may.
: Tammany is not made up of iffratf, round
ers or ward strikers alone. Hundreds Of
her members are influential and powerful;
men who arc eminent as lawyers, doctors,
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22
Delays Are Dangerous in Cholera
Time.

at seems too bad, "said an old citizen to
q CRITIC reporter, "that we should wait
until cholera patient is discovered in
Washington before tho authorities and
private citizens take any steps for protec-
tion against the terrible scourge.
"There are hundred things that should
be done at once; alleys to be cleared, foul
ponds to be drained, vacant lots to be
cleared of their decaying animal and vege-
table matter, cellars to be cleaned out,
sewers to be flushed and general work Of
cleaning and purifying by the authorities
and scrubbing and disinfecting by private
householders.
.."If there is fear of cholera it will be too
late to act when the fears are realized. 1t
is not day or an hour too early to begin
now. i hardly know Of street or alley, q
market or stable, vacant lot or cellar,
whero the good work could not be begun"
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

ANOTHER leader of the Democracy ha:
struck his tent and moved over into the
Republican camp. William J. Gleason
chairman Of the Democratic County Cen.
trail Committee, of Cuyahoga County (Cleve.
land's), has como out for Blaine.and Logan
If this thing goes on in this way the ex-
each other in order to prove that they
were ever candidates.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22
REAL ESTATE.

The following transfers of real estate were
filed for record July % with the Recorder of
Deeds, as reported exclusively TO THE CRITIC
by ]. +. 0lmstead 1416 New York avenue:
Sixth street west, between d and L streets
south, square 466, lot IL, 232ax120, william
II. Fletcher to Richard I. Petit; nominal.
Third street east, between Georgia avenue
and N street south, square S02, part Of square
G6x9d, Arthur Herbert ct al, trustee, to Mar
tina d. Green; 1850.
Square 942, sublot &C. u. d. Grofr's subdivis-
ion OF lots and 10, Diller D. Croft to simon d.
Neucomb; $1,000.
French street, between Ninth and Tenth
streets west, square 1858, subdivision OF lot AZ,
1s1ax90, the Citizens Building Company to
George q. Kirby; 1925.
Sixteenth street, fronting so S3.100, corn or
OF Boundary, with front 107 55 100, equa re
174, part of lot O, WIS. Sweat to Evlyn w
Wadsworth; SO, ,640.S0.
Tenth street east, between and @ streets
north, square 039, sublot 10, 55 7.12xl15 It.
10ai In, christopher Ingle, trustee, OF al. to
Geo. W. Fowler; $01S.
Tenth street easr, between D and O streets
north, square $50, subiot 10, 90 7-l2 x115 Il
104i In, Christopher Ingle, trustee, OF al. t
Mary Ann Fowler -.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22
REpUpLIcANIsM.

/ shall not attempt TO
repeat TO you the splen.
did story OF the Repub-
lican party, a story that
we never tire OF telling
and that our children
Will never tire OF hear
ing; q story which is
written upon the
hearts OF all American
citizens because II re-
counts greater services
for liberty, for the
country, for mankind,
than those OF any party
In any other nation at
ANY other period or
time. And what is the
secret of this unpar-
alleled history? II is
simply that the Repub-
lican party has al.
ways been the party OF
the best instincts, of
the highest desires OF
the American people.
This is a special glory.
1t has represented the
American instinct OF
nationality, American
patriotism and Amerl.
can devotion to liberty.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22
A sOuIh American President.

DR.. Don Rafael zaldlyar, President OF the
Republic OF Salvador, arrived In the city last
night and was driven TO the Arlington.
The distinguished visitor Is accompanied by
DR.. Gonzalez and Antonio Batres, United
States Ministers from Guatemala aud saliva.
dor. President zaldlvar Visits Washington
ior the purpose OF paying his respects 70 the
president and encouraging friendly relations
between the two republics. From Washing
ION no Will go 20 New York and thence TO West
Point after which he will sail for Europe.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

If Lucius johnson, the fend who stabbed
to death young King Howe, is caught, con-
victed and sentenced to be hanged, wonder
If a delegation Of our lawyers can be found
to ask for Executive clemency, as was done
in the case of Murderer Brice? A lawyer
should be just as anxious to punish MUIR
derers as any other good citizen.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

THE question is not at all as to whether
we will have visitation of cholera this or
next year, but how can IL best be met when
IL docs come, II It ever should. Sanitary
regulations, lime and wholesome food are
the things required.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

THE Randall Democrats Of tho Toledo
(ohio) District have started movement to
defeat Frank Hurd for denomination on ac-
count Of his free trade notions. Here's
more harmony, brethren. Dingod IL the
old hulk won't go to pieces before the peo-
pie get o parting whack at it.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

@. W. CURTIS may be very good kicker,
but we have no recollection of one of his
species ever killing lion. There is in the
Zoo at st. Louis a skeleton of one of his
species, however, wired together as solemn
warning to all donkeys not engaged in
such pastime.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

Ex-SHERIFF CLEVELAND visited mill
tary camp the other day, and the Hartford
Times says, "ho won the admiration of ALL"
Did any one ever hear Of his winning ad-
miration in camp about twenty years
sgo2 Eh Speak up and give us the facts
and dafpa
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22
LOOK ON TWO PICTURES,
Both Brnwn by George william Cur.
It's at the Chicago Republican
DEMOCRACY.

We are confronted
with the Democratic
party, very hungry,
and, as YOU may well
believe, very thirsty
O party without q sin
gle definite principle,
q party without any
distinct National pol
icy which It dares "a
present TO the country
a party which fell from
power as q conspiracy
against human rights,
and now attempts 4
sneak pack to power al
q conspiracy for plum
der ana spoils.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22
Innocence Abroad.



There was banquet at Austin not long
since, at which Governor Lubbock made a
speech.
"When am travelling In foreign parts, said
ihe Governor, Enthusiastically, 81 am proud
10 say that anu from the Lone Star State.
When register at hotel, / pick out a pen
with a broad point, and write after my name
In big letters FROM TEXAS"
Yes" whispered a gentleman who hap
pened TO be present at the banquet; "And
when the hotel clerk sees II, he asks for cash
In advance and puts the Texan up Ia uhe sixth
story.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22
Young Men!-Read This.

THE VoLTAIo BELT Co., of Marshall, sSlfch.,
oner to send their celebrated ELENeAo-VoL-
TAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC ARSLfANoEs on
trial for thirty days, TO men lx<5dng or old af-
and manhood anb RlI kSfidred troubles. Also
for rheumalism{ &sdfalgia, paralysis, and
many other dseeh#. Complete restoration to
health, yigoEsuhf manhood guaranteed. No
risk is inSsffed al dirty days trial is allowed.
, Wits sssfem at oncdfor illustrated pamphlet
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

THE health authorities Of New York,
Boston, Philadelphia, Mobile, Charleston,
Memphis, New Orleans, st. Louis and in
fact Of every city in the country are vigor-
ously at work day in and day out cleaning
up in anticipation Of a cholera raid. Dis
infectants are being freely used, and all
garbage is removed twice day. Inspect
ors are constantly going the rounds of the
worst streets and vigorously enforcing the
ordinances in regard to health. "An ounce
Of prevention is worth more than pound
Of cure"
What are the health authorities of this
city doing?
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22
How 90 smell Monopouy.

The Spelling class-"My boy, sp,ll monop.
oily"
"C.l'e.v.eLa.n-d-m monopoly"
why, my boy, that is not tho way - spell
monopoly"
"Well, my father says that Clsveland rap.
resenis monopoly, because he vetoed tle Five
Cent Fare bill.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

THE leap-year skittishnoss of the Widow
Butler is about the only hope of the Dem
ocracy this year.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

The composition OF the subcommittee OF tho
House Military Committee, which was directed
by the House OF Representatives to visit and
investigate the various Soldiers Homes during
the recess, has been announced by Its chair
man, General W. s. Rosecrans, and Is as fol-
lows: Messrs. Slocum, Murray, Steele aud
Cutcheon. General ROsecrans has appointed
as expert accountant and sergeant.atarmi
Colonel q. O. Knifren; Mr.. James o. Cleph ine,
stenographer, and Mr.. X. l.. Do Akers, clerk.
The subcommittee Will meet In Dayton, OHIO,
August 1, and after concluding Its lahore there
will proceed TO Milwaukee, Wis, and thence 10
Augusta, Me-, and Hartford, Conn. General
Rosecrans says tho investigations will bo
thorough, searching aud IA rapid as Justice
and the public interests Will permit. -.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

GOVERNOR CLEVELAND used to teach
the blind. Ho is now leading the blind.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

PITTSBURGH Is getting a crematory ready
for the remains Of the Cleveland boom.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22
County.

Eningham Place, sublot H, block %, Elmira
@. Wheeler TO the United Statesj $1,000.
Part OF Bealls adventure, containing acre,
Mary Lavinia Elliott ct al. TO Richard d. Poi.
lard; $3.50.
Barry Farm, part OF lot 8, section 8, an un-
divided two thirds'interest, Maria Boston to
Silvia l.. Phillips; $3.50.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

THE CRITIC wants to know II hanging is
played ont In this District.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22
Tuesday, July 22, 1884.

BEN BUTLER and John Kelly--what a
combinationl
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22
RnsehnIi Yesierdnx.

The Washingtons played an excellent game
yesterday In their encounter with the Alle-
ghanies at Athletic Park, the frat since their
return 10 the city. There was little interest
manifested in the game, owing TO the poor
playing OF the yieitors. Barr, OF the home
team, pitched strong game. Olin, the new
player, made difficult running catch IN cen.
ue-neld. The catching OF Humphrios was also
leehanies, o.
II took ten innings to decide the game pe-
tween the Nationals and Bostous at Capitol
Park. Shaw, the now pitcher OF the Bostons,
proved effective, and both mines played close
game. A line catch by Deasey was the fea.
ture OF the folding TIE visitlIs>wun the
game by score OF to 2. Ma
Shirts, CoIlars InsFd Eans Done Up,
equal to 9eEsSmofsan's std ~ Laundry. Low
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

"Alderney Dairy WagOns,,s
Fresh Alderney butter, cnurpa,tSyofy morn
per ib. Also cotfAl}} 3do6se, buttermiIk and
sweet milk ksspe Cream 16c. per pint.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22
WOOD AND cGAL.
EDUCATIONAL.

SPENCERIAN BUSINESS COLLEGE, LIN.
~ coin HAL building, corner OF Ninth and %
streets northwest. Day and evening geg-
eions. Complete in Its arrangements for Training
Sons and daughters, and men and women for selE
support and real life. Scholarship for year from
date Of ENTRANCE. day or evening, $50. Special
termB by menth or quarter, or for year by install
ments. Students received every month In the
yea,: SPRING AND SUMMER SESSIONS.
Address HENRY o. SPENCER, Principal.
Mrs. SARA A. sPENCER. Vice-PrincipaI.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

CERTAINLY, tne cOl0reu peOpie VIII Ill
vote for the Tail. He voted against the re-
peal Of the infamous Fugitive Slave Law
when it was stricken from the statute
book. Nevertheless they'll vote for him.
He opposed the bill to permit them to
tide on the street-cars But they'll vote
for him, of course.
He opposed the bill to permit them to sit
on juries and hold offices. Therefore they
ere just bowling to vote for him.
Clubs, bayonets, or grapeshot wouldn't
stop their voting for him. We imagine we
zee them now tumbling over each other to
vote for him-to get one more whack at
that Tail aud stop its wriggling forever.
! WAS the tail Of the Democratic ticket q
Union tail during the war? Let us see !:
About the time the war was inaugurated
the tail was q member of the First Pres
byterian Church of indianapolis. "And
thereby hangs a tail" mo reference to the
ex-Sheriff, be it understood) Just at the in-
teresting moment when hostilities were
about to or had just opened, Rev. DIR.
Nixon, pastor Of said church, preached a
red-hot Union and war sermon. There
upon Mr.. Hendricks got his back up, and,
in company with q number of like. minded
fellows, left the church and never re-
turned to it.
If tho Eastern friends of tho Tail want
the It's war record shown up in all it;
glowing beauty, the Republicans of Indiana
have the dots to do it with till tho Tai
seeks its proper place-behind the ex-
Sheriff.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-22

Next Week
We start on our lmproveI1k2s5, which viii oc.
easion great deal 9S.ssp., This week we
surplus case. ..RyetB. II pitp@ are an Induce
ment, youyysm surely buyat Eiseman Bros.',
corneEI1eventh and streets
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
SELECT SETTINGS.

Acts of Parliament passed in 1743 and
1924 made fortune tellers liable to arrest
as rogues and vagabonds, but they still
exist in England.
The wealth of the United States is
500, 900, 900, 900, or 5000 to each inhabi-
tant; that of Great Britain is $40, O00,-
OOO 900, or 81 900 to each inhabitant.
The Aztecs before the conquest of
Mexico by the Spaniards, recognized the
value of trees for the maintenance of
moisture and the promotion of irriga-
ton. Prescott tells us that their law
contained severe penalties against the de-
struction of forests.
The curious dwarf trees seen in China,
oaks, chestnuts, pines and cedars, some
times fifty years old and vet not foot
high, are produced by trimming the
roots. The tap root is cut off Young
plant. and if too much growth is threat.
ened other roots are shortened, and every
year the leaves grow smaller. and at last
perfect tree in miniature appears.
The most extraordinary instance of pill
taking is probably that of Mr.. Samuel
Jessups, grazier, who died at Hecking-
ton, England, June II, 1917. In twenty
one years he took 226, 034 pills, supplied
by respectable apothecary at Bottles
ford, which was at the rate of 10, sO6
pills year, or twenty-nine pills each
day; but as the patient began with more
moderate appetite, and increased it as he
went on, in the last five years he took the
pills at the rate of seventy eight a day,
and in the year 1914 he swallowed not less
than 81, $50. Notwithstanding this, and
the addition of 40, 900 bottles of mix
ture and juleps and electuaries, extend
ing altogether to fifty-hye closely written
columns of an apothecary's bill, he at
tanned the age of sixty-five years.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25

1t may be of interest to the ultra
fashionable whose languid eyes happen
to fall upon these lines, says a sarcastic
exchange, to learn of the latest in MILL
merry for horses. During a recent visit
to Portsmouth the Baroness Burdett-
Coutts was much distressed at the ap-
pearance of the cab horses on stand in
front of her hotel windows, which were
seen during the wet and windy weather
Tor some ineXplicable reason without
their bonnets and ulsters, and consequent.
ly exposed to all the agonies of neuralgia
and bronchites. This state of affairs was
entirely too much for the sympathetic
heart of the tender baroness to endure.
Accordingly, after consulting (presum-
ably with Mr.. Baroness Coutts, although
the paper does not give the nance her
ladyship sent down parcel of nice,
warm hoods, appropriately trimmed, to
the Prince and Princess Of SAKE Wcimar,
who presented them to the greatly pleased
recipients. In fact, the princess went
so far as to personally tie on a dozen OF
moro of the graceful head dresses, which
condescension was received with marked
approval by an admiring street crowd.
The little half naked and scantily clad
children of the people quite cnvIed the
good fortune of the quadrupeds, and
dreamed of happy day when bare
headed and barefooted little girls and
boys as well as horses shall receive such
grateful consideration from kind hearted
and benevolent ladies.-Er.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

| While in Calcutta, Doctor Koch, OF
the German cholera commission, found
the cholera bacillus in the water of q tank
from which many Of the natives who had
been afflicted with the Asiatic scourge
had drawn their supplies of water for
drinking and cooking purposes.
A horse can scarcely lift thirds of
its own weight, while one small species
of June beetle can lift sixty-six times its
weight. Forty thousand such June
beetles could lift as much as a draught
horse. Were our strength in proportion
to this we could play with weights equal
to ten times the weight Of horse.
Volcanic dust is composed chiefly and
essentially of sillica-fine particles Of
natural glass; that which fell during the
late eruption of Krakatoa held sxtv-fiye
| per cent. A recent volcanic dust shower
III Alaska (Unalashka), however, showed
almost no silica, and the dust was found
| to consist of feldspar, magnetic and
other minerals in irregular splinters.
Iron, copper, lead, and nearly all the
coarser economic earths and minerals are
very abundant in Arctic Canada. On
I the Manitonink island, near the eastern
coast of Hudson bay, there is an area
where the bcddcd ore forms the surface
over hundreds of square miles, and has
been broken by the frost into pieces Of
convenient size for shipping. This is a
rich manganiferous ore. Magnetic and
! spccular ores are known along the base
of the Rockies. The biologists are con-
WINGED, also, that the mountains of the
lower Mckenzie will yield the precious
metals in large quantities when ex-
plored.
The discovery of the way to make the
beautiful rainbow tinted iridescent glass
is said to have been, like many other in
ventions, quite accidental. The work.
men of Bohemian glass manufacturer,
the story goes, wishing to celebrate their
masters return home from a Journey,
kindled some Bengal lights in the an
healing ovens. What pieces of glass
were in the ovens became iridescent.
The same effect is now produced by a
similar process. While the glass is hot,
and before it is put into the annealing
furnace, vapor is passed over it, the
product of mixture of proto chloride
of tin, carbonate of baryta and carbonate
of strontla.