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The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26
REAL ESTATE.

Tho following transfers OF real estate were
filed for record to-day with the Recorder OF
Deeds, as reported exclusively to THE CRITIC
. by j. F. olmstead, 1416 New York avenue:
Rhode Island avenue, between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets west, square 1872 sub.
lot 3S, % S3-l00 by depth, Thomas II. Jones,
trustee, 10 Louisa Q. Davis; a,2O692.
Adjoining next above property sublot 81,
% s3-1o0 by depth, Thomas II. Jones, trustee,
to Elizabeth A. Quackenbush; $l,O6S.22.
Twenty.fourth street west, corner Ii street
north, square 80, suDlots A and b, 40x1O0,
William Ferrel to Patrick Larkin, 81 ,230.
IHrifth street east, between N and o streets
psebhth, square 1,001, lot 10, 80 by depth; Yir-
ginia avenue, between Sixth and Seventh
streets east, square $50, part of lot 2, 1912
x60, James N. Fitzpatrick TO Emma j. Young;
nominal.
Eleventh street west, between and Q
streets north, square 3l2, sublot 80,
ISS0d 1.12 Richard Rothwell to George p.
@ street north, between First and Third
streets west, square 552, part OF lot 25,
2Ix105, Martha Burr TO Charles A. McEuen
Q street north, between First and Third
streets west square 552, part OF lot 20, east
13hx210, Randolph W. Lowrie OF al. to
Charles A. McEuen; nominal.
Sixteenth street west, between and
streets north, square 110, part OF sublot 8,
l0x10O, Eliza Jane strider to James Il. Fitch |;
$3,100.
street south, between Seventh and Eighth
streets east, square COS, 81 feet front, Johanna
De!bel 10 Frederick q. Pope; nominal.
street south, between Ninth and Tenth
streets east, square 9b1, part OF lot 8, Johanna
Beiber TO Frederick o. Popei nominal.
First street west, between ID and streets
square ,ess and feet
John Fitzgerald; $1,000.
County.
Part OF Woodley farm, containing % acres,
2 roode, perches, Samuel Il. Middleton to
Kate M. Henderson; $4,000.
Part of Woodley, containing 8 lilo acres,
Kate NJ. Henderson to Ella O. Middleton; ST.
600.
Ivy City, lot ID, block 2, Mary j. snowden to
Nellie II. Matthew's; 81 ,26O.
Georgetown.
Brick warehouse and wharf, south side OF
Water street, Samuel r. Bond ct al, trustees,
10 Peter G.. Bradstreet OF al; 81, 100.
Lanier Heights, eublots o and 10, subdivl-
sion OF jackson Hill, Elizabeth Lanier Dunn
10 Mary b. Colins; $2,700.
Mt. Pleasant, Lauier Heights, lots 90 and 81,
Elizabeth l.. Dunn y Issac Hazletti $27
Overman WiII Reasssam,
81. Cloud, Sleepy Jdk,,ab0'fony Newell trot on
Tuesday. -.....zeeNL y
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26
A TAP AT TAPP's DOOR,
Which Caused Very Disagreeable
SurDriHe.


Sergeant Nokes and squad OF officers from
the South Washington precinct last night
raided house No. 100 Maryland avenue, oppo.
sito the Botanical Gardens, which Is kept by
Elizabeth Cleary, alias Madame Tapp. Four
young girls and an equal number of young
men, with the proprietress and an old white
woman were taken into custody.
In the Police Court this morning the pro-
prietress was charged with Keeping a bawdy-
house, and the parties found In tho house
were held as witnesses.
The extreme youthfulness OF the people who
were found there and who are accustomed to
visiting the place, stamp IL as one OF the most
demoralizing In the city.
Some Of the youths who testified to going
there were not over 10 or 10 years OF age. A
plea for clemency was made by the defend.
ants counsel. Judge Smell said the defendant
was well known and she was one OF the first
persons he tried In this court fourteen years
sixty days was imposed.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26
Canker Worms ana Lager Beer.


On the under side OF almost any apple leaf
to-day are half a-doZen little black lines. You
cannot see them without careful inspection,
but In a week or so you viii not be able to SEQ
any ything else. They spread all over the tree
as quickly as bad news spreads over COM
munity, and they eat up the leaves, kill the
fruit and burn the whole tree over until 1t
looks as II n fire had visited 1t. 1t will be but
short time when tho most disgusting sight
10 be found will be the now beautiful apple
orchards.
These nasty pests, the canker worms, are now
In their third successive year OF appearance.
The story goes that they stay for seven years
and then disappear for seven years; but about
here II seems 10 be nearly always some one of
the seven years OF their abundance. They are
among the most disagreeable OF all crawling
objects. They invade houses, go all over ones
clothes, and generally make themselves an
utter nuisance when out OF place. and when in
place at their appointed work they are still
worse.
Along IN the time when hard cider was the
great drink, and apples ranked as a necessary
preliminary 10 intoxication, the canIter worm
was unknown In New England. Now, when
lager beer has come Into It's wide use and the
apple 10 only desired as an article of healthful
diet, the canker worm turns up In full force
and the apple is driven from the field. How
fortunate that tho worm did not come until
after the absolute need for apples had passed
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26
The Latest Art nispIax.

The seventh annual exhibition OF the Society
OF American Artists will be opened this morn
Ing In the south gallery OF the Academy of Do.
sign, New York. There are only 80 pictures
small. The New York papers concur In the
opinion that while there are several admira.
bic canvases hung, and the general average is
cellence or interest equals that OF the last or
preceding year. Tho exhibition Is weak in
fgure-paintings and not over strong In land.
scapes Among the best pictures shown is
Douglas Yolk's New England scene OF colonial
days, called "Accused OF Witchcraft." Mr..
Bolton Jones also sends a good landscape In
his usual vein. The New York Tribune under-
stahde that $50 pictures were left out In order
that the SS accepted might raise standard of
high art, but 1t "fears that In some cases the
art will be found too high for Intelligent com.
prehenBion." .aafe
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26

THE report published in several of the
daily papers to the effect that ex-President
Grant and ex-senator Conkling had an
nounced their intention to support Mr..
Blaine comes Of remark made by Mr..
Conkling few days ago to Hon. George G.
Gorham. 1t appears that Gorham met Mr..
Conkling and asked him who he favored
for President. The ex-senator replied that
he was for somebody, but that he was not
for nobody. Continuing, the ex-senator
said, have never regarded Mr.. Blaine as
being nobody" Then apparently to show
his contempt for both Blaine and Arthur
he said, 81 would always prefer wren to
a chirping bird. Arthur is species of the
latter.r
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26

A FEW days ago an employe of the Post
office Department was negotiating for a
house. He had saved up 81 900 and had
found house ho could purchase for that
sum. He had about concluded the trade
when his friend Lewis concluded to take a
trip. The clerk went to the real estate
agent and told him that he had his money
in oil and it had slipped away from him.
He guessed he would not purchase.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26
A judicial Row An Louisinua.

Considerable excitement has existed In New
iberia, La., growing out OF the contest for the
ludgeship or the Twenty.hrst Judicial Dis
ulct between Fred Gates, Democrat, and Theo-
core fontelieu, Republican, both OF whom
election. Fontelieu has been impeached by
we Legislature for usurping office. Gates re-.
GSveo 1Snrs ms commission Friday and went TO New
ii,i 20 open court The supporters OF Fonte-
iorce, ana, 10 keep the peace, Governor Nc.
Emery ordered the Washington Artillery to
proceed 70 New iberia. Yesterday, however,
quiet prevailed and that there was no iecos
sity for troops. He thereupon reYokeds the
Iberia. -"
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26

The Indianapolis Sentinel has q wagon
load of tariff rot, which, Judging from re-
cent utterances of Senator Voorhees,, he is
not disposed to assist in pushing along the
road that leads to a Democratic defeat next
November. Hence the Sentinel, following
in the lead of the Post, proceeds to read the
Tall Sycamore out of the party.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26

WARD is in a cell Fish has been arrest.
ed awarrant is out for John @. Emo, and
Adam Brabender, the president of tho Eric
Savings Bank, also looks through the bars.
Perhaps bank officers will learn after
awhile that they cannot rob the people
with immunity,
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26

BEING candidate for the Democratic
nomination himself modest people will be-
led to think that Mr.. w. R. Morrisons re-
marks about Mr.. Tilden and the tariff In
his letter to Mr.. Dorsheimer, on the occa.
sion Of the meeting of Tammany last
Friday night, are little selfish.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26

Mr.. FLANAGAN, of Texas, goes to tho
Republican Convention at Chicago. We
take 1t for granted that he will endeavor to
solve his famous conundram of What are
we here for 2"
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26
A contractor,s claim Allowed.

The Court OF claims rendered q decision 10.
day allowing Messrs. Gallaher & Loona Slo,.
900 additional On their contract for the con.
struction OF the Tiber Greek sewer. When tho
contract was completed The District withheld
q portion OF the amount on account OF alleged
failure TO comply In all respects with It's terms
The questions about tho construction OF lat
teral sewers, etc., were also raised and a
counter claim was presented. Tho Oonnt6ros
day disallowed the counter claim And daff6wed
the contractors claims 10 the eIaedft stated.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26
Testimoniiii 20 Fred Jama.

The following letter, accompanied by a
present OF cash from the signers, was to-day
man, Lincoln Hall building:
I'VE, the undersigned, are deeply grateful
10 you Tor your fidelity to your trust IN
promptly discovering and reporting the fire
In Mr.. Lewis Baar's sowing machine establish.
ment, Lincoln Hall building, on Sunday, May
20, at a. M, thus saving the entire building,
valuable property, useful business interests
testimonial as slight token OF our apDresla.
lion. Mr., and Mrs. II. o. spencer, .Inties d
Henderson, Lewis .Baar, sinece Sewing.
Sons and 8. 4. shedN. -
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26
food TempIars Arriving Ia Tie Oily

The large number OF representatives OF tho
H. W. q. Lodge, !. o. G.. T., already In the city,
received the following addition yesterday:
chief Superintendent OF tho Juvenile Templars
Of ohioi Mrs. W. s.. Williams, Canada; Hon.
q. Z. Christian, Chicago; Messrs. g. @. Hart,
Pennsylvania; Mr. J. A. Troutman ana Mr.. L.
Brown and wife, OF Kansas; +. Sibloy, G. W.
CT; Messrs. o. J. Bacon and George Scott, of
]. Il. Oleghorn, of Wisconsin; MIR. James
Grimes, g. W. G. T., and Mr.. d. Beach, OF Kan
sas; Messrs. N. q. Nash and A. O. Folsom, Da.
Butler, Rhode Island; Mr.. A. swazey and wife,
Ohio; Miss NJ. +. Peck, Connecticut; Mr.. A. +.
Schleicher, California; Mr.. NJ. BrookbapJks and
T., and Colonel NJ. L. Switzler, of the Statesman,
Missouri; Mrs. 8. A. Leonard, II. W. @. V. IT,,
Boston; and Mr.. O. Il. Kelley, Kentucky; Miss
Amanda Way, the Oldest member OF the r w.
g. Lodge, is quartered at No. 2l2-s1sstfeet
EOutheast.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26

CARL ScHURz has expressed the opinion
that the Independents in New York hold
the balance of power. Now, will Carl tell
us how much he wants per day for his SER
vices in behalf OF either party?
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26

Ht.-My darling, you look irresistibly
lovely tonight
He.-Do II Thanks very much you
are handsome as Prince, Charley, in your
dress suit.
H.--Give the credit to the DIAMOND
Shirt, my love, which l wear for the first
time tonight; it is that which gives tone
to my toilette. Here is its prototype (siip-
ping the Diamond engagement ring on
her inger).
SAe.-May our love be as enduring as
the fame Of
"The DIAMOND Shirt"
Z,16L>nn
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26

ALL this talk about the Greenbackers
and the Republicans fusing in West vir-
ginia leads us to remark that IL Is the
same old story of the lion and the lamb.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26

1T IS impossible for men to live on wind
alone. The Arthur mon here and else
where arc beginning to realize this great
fact.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26

Rose McDevitt, an aged white woman, who
has spent the best years OF her life In the
workhouse, pleaded "guilty" OF vagranoy In
the Police Court this morning for the first time
officers, as she always denied the charge
and made stormy TRADE on the onicer who
took her In custody. Her plea and loss OF
energy caused o "copper" who has had many
struggle with her TO remark, "The old
woman Is almost gone; her hard life is telling
on her; she's got the consumptlonj" and the
old woman went down to the farm for ninety
days on charge OF yagrancy.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26
WIG Grand Lodge OF GOOD Tem nlnrs.

The Grand Lodge of Good TemDiars.
By every incoming train large numbers OF
tered pleasantly and conveniently at the Ma.
sonic Temple, where The session of the Right
Worthy Grand Lodge Will be held by the com
miitee OF Good Templars having the mater In
charge. The attendance thus far Indicates
that the session Will be the largest ever held,
ns the business which demands attention IA
OF greater importance Than ever before pre-.
sented. The Right Worthy Grand Lodge Will
bo called 10 order at 10 a. IN. tomorrow, and
II is presumed that every member In good
standing IN subordinate lodges VIII be ad.
mitted as visitors.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26
IL IL fn Great Favor..,s

PhysiciaDs employ speers PapbGfape Vino
wine Is called for, and dssdn In their power to
foster and encouraGe<ts production. II IL In
great favor amQsB The most wealthy In New
and for Sssehing entertainments. Fol-. sals by
druggists.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-05-26
Monday. May 2e, 1884.

Entered at ms POaOnes IN Washington o,'eco'
class matter.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-04-30
Temperance in Switzerland.

The Federal Council, of Switzerland,
Friday, April 18th, resolved at once to
raise the duty on all imported brandies to
such figure as will place their purchase
beyond the means of all laborers and peas
ants. An incontestible array ofstatistics was
last fall laid before the Council, showing
that since the era of low duties the con-
sumption among the peasantry had so
enormously increased that shiftlessness,
poverty and crime had kept pace with the
great increase of drunkenness, and in
scores Of cases entire estates had been
squandered. The cheap French brandy
had displaced soup and coffee to great
extend on the table and in the field, and
the little Republic which had been noted
for the thrift and comfort Of its laborine
cI lsses, was becoming degraded, pauperiz
ed and brutal in proportion to its facilities
for obtaining cheap liquors. Switzerland
in applying a remedy is q model for til,
emulation of older republics
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-04-30

even sickness or exhaustion quite drag
out"
"But, girls, if you don't mean to make a
thorough business of the occupation you
have chosen, never, never, never begin to
be occupied at all. Halffnished work
will do for amateurs. 1t will never do for
professionals, The bracket you are saw
ing for New Years present can hang a
little crooked on its screws, and you will
be forgiven, for the loves sake found
therein by the dear heart to which you
offer it; but the trinket carved for sale in
the Sorrento rooms must be cut as true as
a rose-leaf. You can be little shaky as
to your German declesions in the Schiller
club, which you join so enthusiastically
after leaving school, and no great harm
ever come of it; but teach Schiller for a
living, and for every datiye case forgotten
you are so much money out of pocket.
"People who pay for things require
thorough workmanship no more. To offer
incomplete work for complete market
price, is to be either cheat or a beggar
The terrible grinding laws of supply and
demand, pay and receive, give and get,
give no quarter to shilly-shally labor.
The excellence of your intentions is moth
ing to the point. The stress of your pow
erty has not the slightest connection with
the case. An editor will never pay you
for your poem because you wish to help
your mother. No customer will buy her
best bonnet or her wheat flour of you be-
cause you are unable to pay your rent
When you have entered the world of
trade, you have entered world where
tenderness and charity and personal inter-
est are foreign relations. Not for friend
ships sake nor for PHYS sake nor for
chivalry's sake runs the great rallying-
cry of this great world,-but only 'for
value received
ut is with sorrow and shame, but yet
with hope and courage, that write it,
there is reason for the extensive COM
plant made by men, that women do not
work thoroughly. l am afraid that, till
time and trouble shall have taught them
better, they will not. Is it because they
have never been traind? Is it because
they expect to be married? That it is
not in the least because they can not, we
know; for we know that some of the most
magniicently accurate work in the world
has been done by women"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-04-30
A Use for Dead Languages.

The following extract from ]. T. Trow-
BRIDGES new serial, "The Scarlet Tana-
GER" begun in the May st. Nicholas, is
clear and simple explanation Of the reasons
for giving to flowers and trees, beasts,
birds and fishes, the long and, to many,
unintelligible Greek and Latin names
they all bear;
"'But can't see the use of giving Latin
and Greek names to birds and things, now
adays,' said Gaspar.
"'Perhaps / can explain 1t TO you,' said
the master. Take the picus auratus, for
instance. We have seen that it has sever
al common names; one of which, certain
ly, belongs to another bird. So, ifa person
speaks of yellowhammer how are you
to know whether he means this or the
European species? In ordinary conversa-
tion you may think that is not very impor-
tant; but in all scientific descriptions, il is
necessary that such names shall be used
as can not be misunderstood
oul MuJ Cuh ulCh w DIlCnSC dGICC
upon English names" the boy inquired.
"'That is a sensible question. The an
swer to it is that all men of science are
not English speaking people. There are
German, French, Spanish. Swedish, Dutch,
Russian ornithologists, and those of many
other countries. Now, it is true, they
might all agree upon an English name for
each bird; but 1t would be as unreasonable
for us to expect that of foreigners, as we
would consider it, if fwewere all required
to learn French or Dutch name. 1t
really seems much simpler and more
convenient to use Latin and Greek names,
which learned men in all countries agree
upon and understand! so that German
man of science will know just what a
Spanish man Of science is writing about,
if he uses correct scientific terms. Now,
take the case of this very bird. A Swed-
ish naturalist named Linneus, who was a
great botanist, and classified and gave
names to plants, also gave names to many
birds-to this species, l suppose, among
others; so that when picus auratus is al
luded to by any writer in any language,
ornitbologists know just what bird is
meant So, you see, these scientific terms
that you dislike form a sort OF universal
language. understood by men Of science
the world over"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-04-30
Supporting Herself.

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has a vigorous
paper with the above title, on the subject
OF selt-supporting girls, in the May St.
Nicholas. Her sentiments on this topic
are forcibly shown by the following ex-
tract:
"Girls, first make up your minds that
you will'be something! All the rest will
follow. What you shall be comes more
easily and clearly in due time.
"a girl of thirteen or fourteen can not
decide, with any discretion or any assur-
ance, whether she will be sculptor or q
wash woman, farmer or poet; but she
can decide distinctly whether it is her
wish or her duty, after leaving school or
college, TO remain dependent upon her
parents or 10 fit herself for seli-providing
life.
"The education by which you mean to
get your bread and butter, your gloves and
bonnets, is a very different affair from that
which you take upon yourself as an orna-
ment and interval in life. The chemical
experiment which you may some day have
to explain to pupils of your own is quite
another thing from the lesson that you
may never think of again. The practice
in bookkeeping, which may some time
regulate your dealings with live, flesh
and.blood customers, becomes as interest
ing as new story. The dull old rules tor
infection and enunciation fairly turn into
poetry, if you hope to find yourself great
| public reader some coming day And the
very sawdust of the French or Latin gram
mar becomes ashes Of roses to the stout
little fancy that dreams of brave work and
big salary, in some foreign department al
Washington, or tutoring girls or boys fol
college. All over the terrible ocean
among the lawless sailors, the men witt
wives and children to work for are thos,
who lead the gentlest and cleanest lives
SO, on the great ocean of school-life, thu
+. girls with aims 10 study for are thosO
; whose labor is the richest and the ripesi
All! you will never realize till you hav,
} tried it what an immense power over tn
life is the power of possessing distinc
aims. The voice, the dress, The look, tn
very motions Of a person define and alte
when he or she begins to live for reason
] fancy that / can select in a crowde,
! street the busy, blessed women who sur
) port themselves. They carry themselve
: with an air Of conscious selfrespect an
. selfcontent which shabby alpaca ca
llnot hide, nor Bonnet Of silk enhance, no