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The Evening critic., 1884-11-28
Silks, Satins, VGlVGts,
PluSheS.

We have more OF the iast.named four ar
ticles than any three stores In the city COM
bined.
Beautiful quality extra heavy colored satin
at 15 cents, worth 81; and many good bar.
gains In this department.
Colored brocade velvets, black brocade vel
vets, at $3.50 per yard; excellent value.
our black gros grain silk at 81 is superior Ia
quality and wear to any rotailed IN this city at
$1.d0. We can show you over 5000 pieces OF
silk goods in this department, and is the Won
der OF every one who visits II.
Our cloak parlors are the largest In the
country, being So by 100 feet, and contain the
largest stock ever exhibited under one roof.
Our prices have been cut to such an extent
that competition 10 out OF the question:.
We arc selling O beautiful heavy well.made
stockinet walking Jacket at S2.75; we'll worth
$3.50.
We are selling heavy stockinet Newmarkets,
81 inches long, at 1925; sold by others at SO.
Seal Sacques, warranted London dye, at
S125; intrinsic value, S175.
Seal Sacques, warranted London dye, at
S115; intrinsic value, 500.
Better qualities at like low figures.
The Evening critic., 1884-11-28
THE GREAT liI fr. sg!l
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE.

norRI.E TRACK RpIENDIn aCENEpy
S,SI,,I1,I,s,,r SUENEhn
STEEL ia lL5, "a A5M irlUENT EQUIPMENT
nm NJ E Eh W. w w I'm nTn ISL
corner NJ skin and strees a, foI1ag gsation
Fer Pittsburgh and I the West, Chicago Limited
[Apressa a'v rsss inc ,ee aads GHrS at siO
a; M. aniyi rsst Line' sav a; N. daily TO
Inc nGinnar NM ~, ~ T Ei, Wild Sieeping Cars
tnSa nnis %aIS " stneni Saan,, Mno a2tei Car
70 ~ 1ouis uhiiy, exscept oat.uIuhy 70 gnicago,
MID S,eeplng Uh5 4. IRON atoQna 70 Shlcagoi
Mesterh ,%,,xptess, .4v r. N. WIN Palace
cag0, Win sleeping var fitteDurgh 70 Chicago;
Mail Express, 10 I. M daily for Pittsburgh and
!ne west, MIN rhihce Sieeping Gar rom wash
ington 70 OmcaGo' eLt
BALTIMORE d POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Erie. Canandaigua, Rochester, Buffalo Mag.
srn, at 100 p. m. daily exceps Saturday with
Palace Cars from Washington TO Rochester.
The Evening critic., 1884-11-28
ALL OUR
DRESS GOODS MARKED DOWN

Beautiful wool.Eilling Plaids, in high and
subdued colors, 1914 cents; liner plaids at 20
CENTS reduced from 40 cents.
Plain Cashmeree, in all the leading shades,
12i2 cents.
Ga English Cashmere, finest imported, at %
cents.
The Evening critic., 1884-11-28
THANKSGIVING DAY,
It's Observance in Washington
Churches, Theatres and Homes.
MARRIAGES AND MERRIMENT

The Innumerable observanoes of the
Appointed Day of Grateful Prayer
and Praise for Blessings Given and
Evils withhold -Processions, Enter
tainments and Ceremonies.
The Evening critic., 1884-11-28

Reduced Rates 10 the worlds Ea~
position nj New Orleans vI0sRy &
q. X. IL.
Excursion tickets are now. asa~sale at the
ofllces Of 3. A., 0iee6hd 1851 Penna.
sition. Rate $40 tx es6nd trip, going and re-
turning same row. 3'or ticket by Que route,
returning di&pefeht Route, $40. Special rates
for partieaysF nifty or more. For all tnforma-
tlon astsfoutes and accommodations apply
ma ah1Sb
The Evening critic., 1884-11-28
WASHINGTON, OHIO & WESTERN RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT

TWO TRAINS DAILY BETWEEN ALEX.
ANDRIA AND ROUND HILL.
Leave Washington at g25 o. m. and 4:25 D. m,
and Alexandria at 0:35 q. m. and 4:35 D. m. Pass
LeeBburg. going westward, at 1880 O. M. and $40
7:29 p. m.
Leaye Round Hill at $50 a. m. and 4:S5 d. m i,
Pass Leesburg, going eastward, at 6:l2 a. m. and
b17 y. m, and arriven ut Alexandria at S03 a. M
and 7:l7 p m. and at Washington at s:l5 q. IN. and
7;25 y. IN. -
SUNDAY TRAINS leave Round Hill at 500 a.
m. and 1876 p. m. Arrives at Alexandra at sos a,
and 7:25 p. m. Leave Washington at 925 a. m,
and sos p. M, Alexandria at 9:35 a. m. and Sis
p, M; pass Leesburg, going eastward, Mt 6:l2 A.
m. and b'l7p M; westward, 1l:36 q. m, and 1918
I'm,
The Evening critic., 1884-11-28
Rzf@ Hnnd snnninrds.

One OF the titles used to designate natives Of
that foreign country, the State OF New Jersey,
and especially popular phrase among sailors,
is that OF "a Sand. Spaniard."
The Evening critic., 1884-11-28

Every lady intending TO purchase a Winter
Cloak this season should thoroughly inspect
this complete stock before making her selec-
ton. II Will amply repay her, both as regards
style, quality and price.
The Evening critic., 1884-11-28
The virginia Midland Railway.

THE sHoRT LINE TO THE SOUTH
.bOUTHWE AND WEST
Schedule in effect OCTOBHR y, 1884.
oi0 A. M.--NEW ORLEANS MAIL daily, max
Ing close connections TO all ponta South and
Southwest. paiy except Sunday with d. q o,
Saiiway. Pni l In Sleeping Buffet ears rom
man Sleeping Cars from Washington and al.
lanta tC New Orleans. TTIFI-
$40 p. M.-LOUISVILLE FAST LINE, Daily
via Charlottesville TO Cincinnati, Louisyills
snd sil Western points. PULLMAN Sleeping Oars
lo:iQ p, M.-SoUTHERN MAIL AND EXPRESS,
DAILY 20 all points South and Southwest via
from Washington via Danviiie, Charlotte and
Atlanta 70 New Orleans, also from Washing.
ton via Charlotte and Columbia TO Augusta
Manassas Division train leaves washington m
700 a. m. daily except sunday.
WRrrentoD trains leave Washington At p;l0 A. M
and $40 y, m. daily.
For tickets and Information inquire ut Com.
pany's Office, COL PennR ave.
Trains leave from b. d p. station.
N. BLAUGHTER, N. MACDANIEL, q
Gen. Pass. Agent. Agent.
SOL HASS, TRAFFIC Manager,
The Evening critic., 1884-11-28
WORKS OF ART
Provided by Congress for the Dis
triCt of Columbia.
PAINTINGS, STATUES & BUSTS

A Review of the Appropriations from
the Foundation of the Government
for Works of Art in the Capital
City - Washington AS An Art
Centre.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-26
THE COCOANUT.

1t is wonderful how much use we mod
ern Englishmen now make in our own
houses of this far Eastern nut, whose very
name still bears upon its face the impress
Of its originally savage origin. From
morning to night we never leave off being
indebted to it, We wash with it as old
brown Windsor or glycerine soap the mo-
ment we leave our beds. We walk across
our passages ON the mats made from its
fibre. We sweep our rooms with its brushes,
and wipe our feet on it as we enter our
doors. As rope, it ties up our trunks and
packages in the hands of the hOusemaids
it scrubs our floors or else, woven into
coarse cloth, it acts as a covering for bales
and furniture sent by rail or steamboat.
The cOnfectioner undermines our digestion
in early life with cocoanut candy; the
cook tempts us further ON with cocoanut
cake; and Messrs Huntley and Palmer
cordially invite US to complete the ruin
with cOcoanut biscuits. We anoint our
chapped hands with one of its prepara
tions after washing, and grease the wheels
of our carriages with another to make
them run smoothly. Finally, we use the
oil to burn in our reading-lamps, and light
ourselves at last to bed with stearine cam
dies. Altogether, an amateur census of a
single small English cottage results in the
startling discovery that it contains twen-
ty-seven distinct articles which owe their
origin in one way or another to the cocoa
nut palm. And yet we affect, in our black
ingratitude, to despise the question of the
milk in the cOcOanut
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-26
Adulterated Mustard.

A chemical expert has recently made an
analysis of some thirty samples OF manu-
factnred mustard and found them all
adulterated. Four or five of the samples
were covered with naphthol yellow, an
acrid irritant poison. Similar examaina-
ton of many varieties of pickles put up
for the market disclOses the fact that they
owe their bright green color to poisonous
metallic substances, single pickle carrying
enough copper and arsenic in its delicately
verdant integment to embarrass the dl-
gestion of an alderman or an ostrich, and
to seriously imperil the well being of per-
sons of more infirm gastric machinery.
Raw coffee is treated in similar lnlquitous
ways, and as to the adulteratiOn OF tea, 1t
is carried on both in the Orient and the
Occident in a manner so impudent and
fagrant as to COMPEL the attention of the
Government and invoke the active inter
rention of the more respectable portion OF
the trade. What that reaches our break
fast and dinner tables in these days OF com
mercial cOmpetitiOrfis left unsOphisticated
Eggs, PERHAPS and Bermuda potatoes and
a few other things But there is likely to
be lard in the cheese and cotton seed in the
butter and glucose in the syrup, and un-
euessabe triturations in the pepper and
spices: so that in truth only our iniquitOus
and immoral purveyors really know on
what we fare Some of these killing, II
lucrative artifices ought to be within the
reach of remedy.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-26
THE CUCKOO.

Waited and longed-fo voicel which stirs the
heart
With dreams of sunny days and summer joys,
First heard when vernal woods are waving
green,
And blue-bells' mimic skies beneath the shade
Are starred with primrose. Sounds more well
come far
Than all the thin-piped warblings of the grove,
The full-voiced cuckoo's sweet monotony,
Note under note repeated DER and oer
With child-like glee as at trick new found.
Cuckoo, cuckoo! as blithe in these gray days
As in those Joyous springs long since flown by,
When all the world seemed big with nameless
good,
And hearts beat quick for deeds of high emprise
And unknown wonders coming with the years
'Tis April in our ewes when thou art heard
Half smiles half tears-haf rapture, half despair!
The wears are gone, the wonders still to seek,
And little won of all we hoped to win.
Good unattained and poor results of time
As thou hast Knocked, retreating field by field ;
Like rainbow ends which touch the common
earth
With gleams of heaven, but never meet our
grasp.
So seldom true has any sweet promise proved;
/. flies afar ere autumn's chlls fall drear,
To wake its charm where youth and sunshine
dwell,
Impatient as thyself of adverse skies.
Fain would we dream that thou VIII roaiii no
more,
But make thy stay perennial near our homes,
Thy spring-tide cadence constant to our WOODS,
Nor spread thy vagrant wing Tor orsnier snores'
Chant on, dear bird, thy well-rememDcreo iayi
And cheat our willing hearts now once again
With hopes of fairer flowers and sweeter fruits
Than ever yet were ours in summers past.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-26
Sweet Minded Women.

So great is the influence of sweet
minded woman on those around her that 1t
is almost bOundless. 1t is to her that
friends come in seasons of sickness and
sorrow for help and comfort. One soothing
touch of her kindly hands works wonders
in the feverish child; few words let fall
from her lips in the ear of sorrOwlng
sister do much to raise the load OF grief
that is bowling its victim down to the dust
in anguish. The husband comes home
worn out with the pressure of business and
feeling irritable with the world in general,
but when he enters the cosy sitting-roOm
and sees the blaze of the bright fire and
meets his wife's smiling face he succumbs
in moment to the soothing influences,
which act as the balm of Gilead to his
wounded spirit. We are all wearied with
combating with the realities of life. The
rough schOolboy flies in rage from the
the taunts of his companions to find sOlace
in the mothers smile the little one, full
of grief with its own large trouble, finds a
haven of rest on its mothers breast; and
so one may go on With instances OF the
influence a sweet-minded woman has In
the social life with which she is connected.
Beauty is an insignificant power when
compared with hers.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-26

Tune" RdlIU Round the FlGg, Boys
". are coming from the East and coming from
the West,
shouting for Blaine and for Logan.
ADD we are coming from the North and coming
from the South,
Shouting for Blaine and for Logan
CHORUS.
r,or RIaine and for Logan, hurrah, boys, hurrah.
cad with the ballot and charge on the foe,
While we gather at the polls in the sun or III the
storm,
shouting for Blaine and for Logan.
". are bound to save the Union at home as in
the field,
shouting for Blaine and for Logan.
ror yictorv is ours and we'll never, never yield,
shouting for Blaine and for Logan.
Chorus-For Blaine, etc.
". .ever will remember of eighteen eighty-one,
Shouting for Blaine and for Logan.
And mourn for our Garfield, the Nations noble
Shouting for Blaine and for Logan.
Chorus-For Blaine, etc.
We will stand to our guns when ballots cease to
rule,
shouting for Blaine and for Logan.
While we guard the Unions fate tall taught III
freedoms school,
Scouting for Blaine and for Logan.
Chorus-For Blaine, etc.
SO we viii rally at the polls as we've rallied
heretofore,
shouting for Blaine and for Logan.
Aud wen put our ballots in for the Union ever
more,
Shouting for Blaine and for Logan.
Chorus-For Blaine, etc,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-26
A Cheap Hotel.
detroit Free Press.

lDetrOt free 1rSsS.
Three of us walked into the Office of a
hotel in a little town in Mississippi one
night and when the landlord had been arous-
ed from his nap behind the stove, big dog
kicked off the only bench in the room, and
the smoking lamp turned up so that we
could see each other, he sized us up and
said:
Gentlemen, I'm poor landlord, but
truthful man. In the first place, | will
have to put the three of you into one bed
In the next place, it is bed so doggonned
mean that you'd heap better lie on the
floor
Cant we sit up in the roOm?" asked
one.
Don't believe you kin. There's dozen
panes of glass gone, the roof leaks, and
there is no show to build a fire"
What sort of a tavern do you keep
anyhow 2"
'P0or-miserably poor. I'm no land
lord, my wife runs all on poetry, and the
building IS mortgaged for more'n it's
worth"
How about breakfast ?'
"Well, you count on bacon, 'taters and
hoecake, with mighty poor coffee The
! table cloth is fall O holes, we never use
napkins, and maybe there won't be forks
enough to go round"
See here, :" growled the drummer,
you'd better get out O this and give room
to somebody who can keep a hotel
Il know it-I know it, but where and
how shall 60? couldn't raise six bits to
to save my neck, and what town wants
me? ! haven't got no trade, am too weak
to work in the fields and this keepin'
tavern seems the only opening to me-
Got any whisky"
Nary
ANY good water?"
We'll, it's creek water and purity sandy
! just now
ANY more wood TO keep up the fire ?"
Not a stick, but III cut some in the
morning"
The four of us looked at each other for
a long minute, and it was the landlord
who spoke first. He said
Gents, it's no use to kick. I'm sorry,
and that's all | can do. I'll light another
lamp, bring out pack of keerds, and we'll
play seven up while the hired man comes
in and fiddles for us. 1t is only six hours
to daylight and eight to breakfast, and
shilling plug of tObacker pays the bill for
the hHl three of you"
But when we left the next forenoon he
wouldn't even take that. He said our
company was recOmpense enough.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-26
A Suffering Land.

For twelve months the Province of New
South Wales, Australia, has not been visited
by rain. For whole year the heavens.
like canopy of brass have spanned the
suffering land, and the scorching rays OF
an almost tropical SUN have dried up the
streams and pools and transformed the once
fertile plains into desert. Sheep and cat
tie are dying by thousands and ranchmen
are in great distress. One ranchman has
lost $50, 900 sheep and $4,000 cattle. Humid
reds of men are already ruined and con-
tinuation of the drought will plunge the
entire province into bankruptcy. Never
since the great drought in 1926 has the
country been called to pass through pc
riod of such dire distress. The broad plains
which year ago were covered with rich
carpet OF grass ten to twelve inches high
and capable OF sustaining millions of cat
tie are now covered with light dry sand to
the depth of five or six inches, blown there
by the winds
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-26
MEMORIES.

Rebecca Ruter Springer.
To-day-a long, dark, rainy day
| sat me down, in Silence, near
4 chest of things long hid away;
Trifles to memory dear.
With gentle hand raised the lid;
The scent of roses filled the air,
And lavender from leaves long hid
Among my treasures there.
Like fragrant memories SAID
Softly unto myself, and smiled.
This rested on the sunny head
OF a beloved child"
gently touched the little cap,
And thought of the lcng-vanished time
When full of glee, upon my lap
My darling used to climb.
| look up now into the face
That smiled so sweetly on me then,
And Joy to see him take his place
With noble-hearted men.
Some baby -shoes-that used to be
On feet that battered to and fro-
With rent through which we'd, laughing, sc
The tiny, rosy toe!
The feet, grown strong along the way
OF life, are toiling-oftimes rough
90 they, dear Lord. go not astray,
We feel 1t is enough.
Rere lies a sunny tress of gold,
That shaded once the fair young brow
o. one whose summers soon were told,
She dwells with angels now.
And here, a lock of snow white
o! lie so full of tender grace
We still must feel the truth and light,
That 'hown from that dear face,
Round which these snowy tresses lay
Like silver coronets so fair
The influence of that life to-day
Speaksthrough this tress of hair.
Here is oldier's cap. All me
The teas are falling thick and fast.
Shut dowI the lid and turn the key
Sweet memories are past.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-26
A SMILE AND A KISS.
BY X. c.

N, matter how sombre or dark are the clouds
Enyeloping life's gloomy sky:
No matter how heavy he trouble and srief
That on our poor, aching hearts lie
Anagic there is which an tighten the clouds,
And can soften the heart ache the while;
And this wonderful mage, so potent ana sure,
roupht by a kiss am a smile.
When fond hopes we have cherished lie blighted
and dead,
Aud our spirits are sore and depressed;
While our hearts, disappointed at every turn,
Iia heavy and cold IL our lreast-
An tben-even then, tOOur POOR, weary SOUS
There can come one sweet moment OF bllss
That will Danish our sadness awhile, ana lis
when
We are met with "A smile and a kiss
Again. when Dame Fortune refuses her smiles
And our friends, one by one, loose their holu
While all of the faces we met on our way
Seem unsympathetc and cNd-
All then when a-weary wlthbattling the woriu'
We return at the close of thedAy
To our home-ah, how sweet bea, the KISS ana
the smile
That chase all our sadness away!
Tho we own all the wealth that the Indies can
give;
Tho our station is lofty and grand;
Fen tho mid the proud titled ones OF the earth
The proudest most honored, we aand,
What ioy will il bring if never to us
Is felt that emotion of bliss
Which comes to our heart when wei know that
forus
Is waiting a smile and kiss!
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-26
Cartwright's Muscular Christianity.

Cartwright's Muscular Christianity.
Peter Cartwright was the name of a well
known Methodist pioneer. He was sort
of peregrnating pigeon, who flew over the
hills and swamps upon his apostolic wings.
He feared nothing, and was as strong as he
was brave. At certain camp meeting he
got into trouble with set of roughs who
had tried to break up the services. Major
L., who was a prominent citizen, though
great sinner" Unidentified himself with
the roughs, and, flying into desperate
rage, said if he thought Cartwright would
fight him duel he would challenge him.
Major" the preacher answered, IF you
challenge me 1 will accept it."
well, sir dare you to mortal combat. -
"All right, sir; I'll fight you. And, sir,
according to the laws of honor suppose it
is my right to choose the weapons with
which we are to fight"
Certainly" the Major replied.
We'll, then, We'll step over here into
this lot and get couple of cOrnstalks. l
think can finish you with one"
The Major waxed hotter. He clinched
his fists and foamed with rage, saying, IF
l thought l could whip you would smite
you in minute"
"Yes, yes, Major" the militant minister
asserted; but, thank God, you can't whip
me only don't you attempt to strike me,
for if you do, and the evil gets into me, l
shall give yo the worst whipping you ever
got in all your life" That ended it.
Another bully threatened to whip the
Rev. Cartwright, who answered:
"Sir, never like to live in dread. If
you really intend to whip me, come and
do it now"
The bully continued his curses and
threats, and the minister jumped off his
horse, and going to him, said:
Look here, you have to whip me as you
threatened, or you will have to stop that
cursing, OF l will put you in the river and
baptize you in the name of the devil, fol-
surely you belong to him"
The bully repented, and afterwards be-
came one of the preachers best friends.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-26
Harper's Weekly.
[Chicago Inter-Ocean.

Chicago lnter-Ocean.I
At numerous points IN ONO, especially
in the Western Reserve, concerted efforts
are making to put an end to the circulation
of Hdrper's Weekly in that part OF the coun-
try The statesmen OF Staten Island may
have their own notions OF what constitutes
political honor But the masses OF the
American people will promptly adludge
any politician bankrupt in political honor
who creeps into political convention with
no intention 10 abide by its nomination
unless his own candidate should happen to
be nominated who there answers motion
pledging every delegate to abide by the
nomination by declaring that the motion
was an insult, since the presence OF every
member in the convention was sufficient
pledge, and who, when beaten, declines, In
accordance with usage, to move to make
the nomination unanimous, but retlreS
from the convention to participate with
Others in cabals t. influence the National
convention of the opposing party.
With record like this George William
Curtis is a political bankrupt who will
never be able to trace his way into an
other Republican National convention Is
pecially is this true when Mr.. Curtis has
written with his own hand over the record
of James G.. Blaine carefully examined
and found spotless" at date since which
no new calumnies have been uttered against
Mr.. Blaine. Especially is this true since
Mr.. Curtis has once retained MIR. Blaine as
his candidate after making careful scru-
tiny of his record and arriving at the con-
cluson above indicated.
1t is probable that an immense number
of Republicans throughout the country,
but especially those in the West will JOIN
with those Of Ohio in bOycotting Hdrper,s
Weekly. They will do so because they viii
feel well assured that the pretended mo-
tive OF public interest is not the real mo-
tive which actuates HaTper's Weekly or
George VIM. Curtis. Open, vigilant, and
candid discussion of a statesmans acts is
well But to break him on the wheel OF
unspecified. unalleged, but scandalous as
sumptions, to hint darkly of what they
could say if they would, and of what all
the world is alleged to know and nobody
is prepared to verify, and to do all this IN
order to promote some sinister end of COM
mercial prolific issue vehicle OF slander
in the interest of a private publishing
house and call it reforms not course
which the American people generally will
approve.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-26
Why They Decorate.
Lewiston (Me.) Journal. !

One of the Auburn school committee
visited a school in the Barker Mill district
Thursday. The scholars were answering
a few closing questions from the visitors.
What is the holiday tomorrow ?" was
asked. Decoration Day." was the reply
in shout "What do they have Decora-
tion Day for? ?" ITO decorate the soldiers
graves" said several. "Why should they
decorate the soldiers graves any more than
yours or mine?" There was long silence.
One little fellow finally stuck up hand
in the further corner of the room. The
visitor asked him to speak. The boy said /:
'If you please, sir l think it is because
they are dead and we aint." The visitor
stopped his questioning