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PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

The work in the public parks aud reser-
yations, provided for by the appropriation
bills for the present fiscal year, has been com
menced
THE residents in the vicinity of Provi-
.dence Hospital complain OF being awakened
every Monday morning about O'Clock by the
sharp puflng OF the laundry engine. There
seem TO be no good reason for starting It 80
early, but appeal TO those In charge seem TO
have no effect.
CHARLES BRONSON, alias Richard Ross, q
notwithstanding colored man, was charged by
Henry Humphrey, In the Police Court to-day,
with assault and larceny. Mr.. Pumphrey
stated that the prisoner stole whip and a coat
from his wagon at the market, and when he
caught the thief with the stolen property In
his possession and tried to recover II he as
fotty'iive days in default OF two lines OF 50 ana
$40, respectively. ..rllfe,s'
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DROPOSALS FOR LAYING AS
a. PHAhT ASPHALT BLOCKS AND COAL

OFFICE OF THE ENoINEEE COMMISSIONERS,
WAsnISoToN, d. g., July TO- lsSi.
BY direction of the Board of Commissioners
sealed proposals will be received at this Office I'M
I'll ~ O'Clock m. TUESDAY, July "a. 1884, for lay
Ing asphalt, asphalt block and coal tar pavements
ON various streets in the city of Washington, d..
q.
Blank forms of proposals and specifications
can be obtained at the office upon application
therefor, together with all necessary information
and bids upon these forms will alone be consider
ed The right is reserved TO reject any aud all bids
or parts of bids. .
Major OF Engineers, u. s. A.,
jy.l16t Engineer Commissioner, ID. q.
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Tammany,n arsAlIIlggAsor.

Mr., Oochrane, the. Nenhniny orator, whose
speech In the CRieSS1 Convention attracted 80
much attepft4Ms' was aeked In New York the
other DO NOW It was that he preserved his
yQiEnn0Meil, and his reaponae was; "Becauae
Lube none other than JAmea Tharp'B whisky"
Tharp keepa at 416 y street.
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Tho brave Cuirassiors..

The Madgeberg culrasslers belong to a regl.
ment, which performed a deed OF heroism
parelleled only by the famous Six Hundred.
AFTER the bloody light on Spicheren Heights,
Bazaine was leaving Metz to stand siege,
and was hurrying on to meet Mcmahon. Bar.
ring MS way stood only O cavalry division,
put IL was imperative for Won Moltke's STRAIT
esy that Bazaine's march should be delayed.
General Bredon formed his men across the
ROAD 10 Paris-2O,o00 against 200 900. Charge
hiter uhnrge over Turcos, zouayes, chaaeeura
IN prietllng squares The gallant horsemen
to1e' They lett two.thirda OF their men on the
neid, but Bazaine was delayed.
s,i bark can heaye an anchor, but fun rigged
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FINANCIAL.
To.aay,s stock Quotations.

The following observations OF the transac-
tions In the financial market to-day, together
with the opening and closing quotations, arc
furnished by the clearinghouse OF II. ID.
Cooke, ir, & Co., 1920 street, Washington,
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-07-21
REAL ESTATE.

The following transfers OF real estate wore
fled for record July 81 with the Recorder OF
Deeds, as reported exclusively TO THE CRITIC
by j. +. olmstead, 1416 New York avenue:
Fourteenth street, between and w streets
north, square 2O3, sublots and 8, 4Ox120,
william II. Moore to Ida U. Marshall; $500.
Fourteenth street, between w and Boundary
streets, square 202, sublot 40, 20x110, Robert
McReynoids to Ida u. Marshall; $1,000.
Ninth street east, between aud streets
north, square 033, sublots %, % and 81,
42Ax70 II. 1Hin., Christian G.. Lldner to
Richard II. Cain; $4,000.
G street south, between Ninth and Tenth
streets east, square $50, sublot SO, Noble d.
Larner, trustee, to Charles A. Stockett; $3.50.
q street south, between Ninth and Tenth
streets east, equare $50, sublot 81, Noble ID.
Larner, trustee, to Charles W. Lohr; 1910.
New Jersey avenue, corner X street south,
square 1888, part OF lot 1, 30x0i, Judson II.
Gull ct al, trustees, TO Clements Il. Dant
$3.50.
L street north, between Ninth and Tenth
streets west, square 37S, sublot L, 81 feet
front by depth, Henry Wise GARRETT, trustee,
to John Watterson SO 600. -
County.
Estate OF Geo. W. Tabor, lot A, II. G. Shan
mons subdivision, II. Georgiana Shannon to
Mary l.. Smith 1918.
Part OF Pretty Prospect, containing 16 653-
LOCO acres, Osceola q. Green to Charlotte j..
Tile /; $4,000.
woodiey Lane, containing 90.1oO acres,
Louisa X. Norton to Charlotte j. Pile $3.50.
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w. w. CORCORAN.

SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
This fine steamer will make daily trips (Sun'
days excepted) TO all points on the Potomac rs
far as 9lymont. Boat will leave at 10 a. M, and
arrive at $3.50 p. M. Fare, rouud-trip. 25 cents "a
all points except MI. Vernon, which ls 81.
ca~, SATURDAY EVENING TRIPS
will be mac during the summer, boat leaving at
6p. M, arriving at $3.50 p. m, Fare, Is cents.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON trips Will be made as
usual, boat leaving at y. m. aud returning at p.
10. Boat will go rs far Indian Head Fare,
SO cents. ie3lti
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F0s SALE hHE REHT

DEAL ESTATE BULLETIN
III Oy
TRos. Il. wAGGAMAN. Dat + street.
tChanges made Wednesdays and SRturdaysJ
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ZOE EENT--Rooms.

TToR RENT-PLEAsANT ROOMS, NICELY
IL furnished, at reasonable rates, at 725 llth
al N w iy2l. ct
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RAHTEO--Hslp--hdh. -
WdHTED-Rooms.

w ANTED--TWo NICE ROOMS IN A NICE
w locality for u newly. married couple; unfur-
nlshed; rent must be low, as we are permanent.
AdoIess Permanent Tenant. Critic Office. lyItGtt
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NAHTED-Reip-Femaie.

Advertisements Of Three unes pndor ri. n,
Inserted three timea tor rs oonta ''''' 4'
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Adds ON DAY,

PRACTICAL UNDERTA KE.R ANDCABINEr
MAKER.
Ready made Cotfins, Baskets ana shrouds, No.
D0I iJa st., corner of @ 8. W. Branch Store, GIL
MRa8. ave. n. W. Orders promptly executed AZ
reasonable rates f6tt
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wv AETED-A SITUATION BY A CoLoRED
w woman as cook or nurse. Apply ut 2i7 %
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PERSONAL.

II qualntance OF twdIgentlemen between the
ages Of p and 9O object good time. Address A.
Is. o., Critic office. iy2l.3tf
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09
Hebrew Nomenclature.

The sub ect of nomenclature has al.
ways been considered one of the most
interesting of studies, and considerable
has been written of recent years con-
corning it. Before the regular system
of surnames was adopted, names con.
sisted OF single words. all of which
originally signilied something, as or
ample, Moses, viii h means taken
out of the water; or Samuel, God hath
hardened, and so on through the long
st of Hebrew names, such as Joseph,
Jacob, David, and all others. ur-
names, though no gene ally syste IL
ati ed, were rst adopted by the Ro-
mans and recians at time when the
inhabitants o Northern urope used q
single name. In the twelfth century only
people OF rank INDUCED in the luxury Of
surnames; but after the reformation
they began to be introduced among the
general public. 1t took many CEN
turtles ere the common people adopted
them, and it is said now tn It in certain
parts of ngland there are families
simply known by their fathers Chris
tian names. A large ma orty of tn
surnames now in existence have no
meaning whatever. some OF them are
corruptions Of series OF words and
Others had some local sgnifc nee, as
Tor instance wnen surf ames were first
adopted in England, .ohn. who lived
under the bill, was known as John
nder the Hill. His son most likely
adopted the same name if he chose to
do so, and for the sake of convenience
the next generation, perhaps, reduced
the size OF the name to simply Under
hill. The son Of William would some.
times adopt the easiest method BY call
ing HIM elf Williamson. Henry son
most likely spelled his name Henry
son, and his grandson or great
grandson changed it to Henderson.
A person who happened to have charge
OF q forest was called tho ward of
the woods until finally his surname
was altered to Woodward. Column Of
ter column Of examples Of like nature
might be cited, but the objeGS OF this
article is not to live an eNtc@api his
tory of surnames in general, bGS thoo
OF the Hebrews In particular. Few
people have ever thought OF study
ing the meaning of many Of tho lie.
brew surnames which are daily seen on
business 81 ms in the prln ipal thor.
oughiares of every city in the world. A
great ma o 9ty OF the names are OF
German origin. Few, II any, are cor
ruptions or Authorizations, indi ating
that when, by a.royal edi t., they were
obliged to adopt surnames th y select
ed names with some significance.
Thougl some Of them do not sound no.
mantle to an English reader, great
many of them would attract more than
general attontion II their true meaning
was known Until tho middle ages,
tho Hebrews were known by one na,nc.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09
EST YOUR BAKING POWDER TO-DAY!
Brands advertised as absolutely pure
CONTAIN AMMONIA.
rHE TEST

Pace can top down on hot stove until heat then
remove tho cover and smell chemist will not 10 10
CURED 10 detect the presence OF ammonia.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09
Cloudy Chemistry.

Those who write on agricultural
chemi try for the farm apers, or talk
in public. should at least be familiar
enough with the science to write and
talk correctly-and the reporters, if
thems elves igno ant of the subject,
should get the speakers whom they re-
port to prepare their own abstracts Of
what they say. for perhaps it Is some-
times the reporter who IS to blame Tor
the remarkable chemistical feasts
with which we are occasionally re-
called. TO illustrate; A speaker at a
rec mt meeting of the Massachusetts
Horticultural society is made to saw
that nitrogen is not plant food, but a
solvent" all of which is sheer non
sense, except the final statement that
nit ogcn is not plant food
At another meeting of the same
well known society, the same speaker
Is reported to have sad that ''ln the
cellular structure OF plants every ell
is enveloped in tissue composed OF
nitrogen" - which is about as close a
tissue Of error botanical and chemical,
as could well DO crowded into so small
q SPACE. Again, he speaks OF the ex-
cellcnt effect of on ashes in extracting
nitro en- fro n lthy waite $, the nitro
gen turning first into ammonia, then
into nitro acid, and then into soluble
nitratcs which wash away Verify,
the DAYS of the old alchemlsts must be
coming again, II one substance can be
turned into another in this style;
and oil this appears In one Of Boston's
best known papers, N
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09
Blowing Up a Glacier.

One of the youngest as well as one Of
the most beautiful glaciers in the coun
try is that which gives birth to tho
hiver Rhone, and the grandest sight in
connection with the hhone glacier IS
the superb seracs, or pinnacles of ice,
viii, h prove source of unendng at
traction to trave ers by the urka pass.
As is well known, the second AMI third
bends of the road almost hang over the
glacier, and u lord q wonderful view OF
the stupendous ice fall, which, d scend-
ing from precipitois rocks, is broken
and twisted into fantastic pyramids.
This sight, writes our Geneva CORE.
spondent, is certainly unique in that
part OF the Alps, but unless
active steps are taien to
stop the destruction now going on
il W II soon be so no Ion ger. Ii
appears that some people have
obtained permission from whom it
is not clear to destroy these PIN
nacles by means of dynamite,
in order that the huge blocks thus cas-.
lly detached may 90 put on the ST.
othard Railway, and so transport d
to Basic, where they are to be stored in
immense wells for summer use. Should
the destruction of the glacier be al
lowed to continue, tho authorities will
find to their cost that they have killed
the goose that laid the golden eggs, for
the chief attraction Of that desolate re-
gion Is the superb leo pinnacles OF the
great glacier, and when they have dis
appear, d travellers will turn their stops
IN other directions. London NeWs.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09

Probably the most cheer I'll light
static on the California coast is the
Farallon light. Thomas Owen, W.
II. ugg, avid K. Splain, Philip Say
age and an army mule are the accred'
tied Government forces at that place.
The following story is told about the
mule "He has en- az farallon sew.
eral years. All his work consists in
hosting up twice year the provisions
brou hit over by the lighthouse In.
spector in a steamer. He has learned
the sound of the viii tie, nd when he
hears it, hides TO shrk work. At the
last visit of the lnspoc or the mule hid
and had TO be hunted for two hours in
the rocks before he could be found.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09

Those skeptics who have doubted
the usefulness of the mosquito need
doubt no longer. The Berr.en (Ga)
NeWS says that the lie of Il. y. Hous.
ton was saved by mosquitoes drawing
the poison of u rattesnake bite from
his leg while his companions left him in
swamp to procure medical assistance.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09

---"God Save the Queen was origi.
nally "God Save tho King" IL was
written in honor Of Louis XIV. Of
France; but Handel brought IL to En-
land aud dedicated ii 10 George Ill.
Well might Volta re remark; what y
originality but judicious plagiarism"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09
Years ago had q quarrel with 9

Years ago had a quarrel with q
certain well.known person. To his dy-
az day that quarre was never quite
made up. said to his brother: "W by
your brothers soul still dark against
me 1t is who ought to be angry aud
nnforgiving, for was in tho wrong. -
IaackcrdY.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09

when Captain Cook first visited
Tahiti, the natives were using nails
made of wood, shelbone and stone.
" hen they saw iron nails they fancied
them 20 be shoots Of wood, and desir-
Gus Of secur NJ su h q valuable COM
modify, they planted them In their gar-
denS,
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NOT GUILTY.

MIR. n. NJ. Southwiek, postmaster at Gar
den Plain, who has but just returned from
u lengthy visit 10 Iowa and Nebraska, wal
in the city Saturday, and gave the EAGLE
short call. In relation TO young Robert
sons being arrested for stealing postage
stamps, he says that he believes in the
young mans innocence, and does not
think he took the stamps, AS alleged. Some
time ago Will Robertson took an active
part in getting up a ball. His father, Yves
ley Robertson, tried 10 persuade him not TO
have anything TO do with the dance. A
fuss ensued, hard words passed, and we be-
iieye one or two blows followed. Since
that time a hot feeling has existed between
father aud son, the former going so fac rs
10 threaten the latter with bodily injuries.
During the absence of Postmaster South
wick, the trouble eliminated in the father
having his son arrested, rs was stated in
Saturdays EAGLE. There is considerable
excitement at Garden Plain over the affair,
aud but few side with the father. Will
was released from custody yesterday, and
the case will likely be dropped, as there is
no evidence Of his guilt.
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FOUND AFTER THREE YEARS

Though the mills of the gods grind
slowly, yet they grind exceedingly SMALL y
even in sout hern Kansas. Some three years
ago Mr.. A. X. Hargett, who lives on farm
two and one-half miles south Of Sedgwick
City, had horse stolen from his stables,
and though he put the matter in the hands
OF officers and sent postal cards all over the
country giving description OF the animal
and offering a reward for the apprehension
OF the thief, he was unable TO get any clue
TO either, and gave the horse up as lost.
Last Monday Sheriff J. ii. Mcintyre, OF
Cowley county, who happened TO be
in the vicinity Of Sedgwick city, called at
Mr.. Targets place, and in conversation
the stolen horse was mentioned and n mi
mute description Of it given 10 Mcintyre,
who said that be thought he knew where
the animal was. Thursday Hargett re-
that he had found his horse, and had the
thief in Jail, and for him to come TO VIM
field al once and bring a man 10 identify
the horse. IL seems that the animal has
been sold and bought three times since
il WAS stolen, and is now in the
hands Of sumner county farmer. The
thief is a man who used 10 figure consider
ably in this county. His name is Fisher,
and he used to live about five miles north
of wicbita on the Little river. The way
the crime leaked out was, Fisher is in Gus
tody at Winfield on some criminal charge.
and growing rather confidential told MeIn-
tyre that three years ago be stole horse
from Hargett OF this county, and also told
the sheriff where TO find the animal.
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CAREFUL FIGURING.

County Clerk Ford and Assistant Clerk
Ed. Dorsey are now busily engaged in pre-
pairing the assessment report, which has TO
be sent to the state auditor by the first of
next month, and which will be acted upon
by the state board of equalization, in max
ing up their levy Of taxes for state purposes.
The task OF preparing this report this
season is an unusually arduous one, as the
county commissioners have changed the
valuation, as returned by the township as
SCISSORS, of nearly every foot Of ground in
Sedgwick county. The valuation in some
townships has been raised as high Ms thirty
eight per cent, few pieces of land as
high as 100 per cent, while the valuation of
lands in other townships has been lowered
all the way from small per cent. up
TO thirty or forty per cent. This obliges
them TO take the assessors reports and fig
ure out the per cent. of change on each
piece OF property and add, or deduct it
as the case may be, from the valuation as
returned. This neeessitates the most care
full figuring, and it is little wonder that
Ford and Dorsey are getting as thin as
Commissioner Steenrod.
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Of acres OF all kinds Of fruits grown 10 this
latitude. A farm from the unique manner
in which II is laid out and set to trees is
matter Of wonder and establishment to
every one who Wits II. We allude to the
McCracken iarm. The annual income from
this place alone now runs into the thous-
ands OF dollars.
We account for the extraordinary
success OF fruit in this section prin.
cipally upon the grounds oil
our latitude first, our altitude second, our
warm porous soil third. While we are In
the latitude Of Washington or the Cheese
peake bay on the Atlantic, and that Of Los
Angeles on the Pacific, and therefore fa-
yored with the long bright seasons Of their
latitude, we are still at an altitude oil
almost two thousand feet, far enough south
to successfully grow peaches. nectarines
and other kelecate fruit, yet high enough
above the ocean level TO successfully grow
the harder or more northern fruits, such
as pears, apples, plums ounces etc.
And everybody is going into fruit-the
farmer, the stock raiser and the townsman.
The returns for 1ss4-this year-are not
yet completed, but We give herewith the
number OF fruit trees and fruit acres bear
ing and not bearing, returned by the as
SCISSOR for 1883, which, Of course, was for
the trees Of 1882. The number Of bearing
trees this summer will, no doubt. be almost
double the number that bore in 1882:
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TOWNSVILLE &c.

f2--ltD acres Il miles west, 6 miles north o
station. 500.
Il9--3a0 acres. 100 acres in cultivation. wei
improved. 600.
4lS--lt0 acres, IL acres improved, IL mile,
northeast. 1000.
ii3--320 acres. 100 acres in cultivation, gooc
house. large barn, on Chisholm creek, well
fenced, miles north of Wichita. 10, 500.
44!--I60 acres IA acres in cultivation, hoUss
of 10 rooms, barn 24N+0, fenced, in higi
state of cultivation. 1890.
40l--l60 scres IL miles west, g miles north OIL
2railroad stations. 900.
4tD-200 acres, mostly under wire fence, wind
mill, house, barn, 10 mi southwest. $3.50
:;99--390 acres. all fenced with wire. 5000
3yl--l60 acres ] miles northeast, raw. 5000
4i5--IG0 acres choice land 10 miles northeast
l,2U.
,34--i6D acres, - acres in cultivation, house,
he,lged, 6 miles north of Wichita. $500.
:s36--2t0 acres, half in cultivation, hedge, liv-
ing water, Chisholm bottom, 6 miles north
sa;--r0 acres OF Cowskin land 500
32i--s20 acres 10 miles northeast, highly inn
proved, house, barn, apple orchard q, 800.
3G,--li6 acres choice land, 100 acres In cultiva'
ton, living spring and brook, miles north
east, 2h miles of Grcenwich. $500.
:a1-1s acres, 10 improved, good house, stable,
imiles southwest of Valley Center, bottom
land. 1900.
Big river, 100 acres improved. honse,
stable, crib, smoke-house, hog lots, etc.
miles from Valley Center. 1909.
213--2i0 acres, acres timber. 800 acres under
cultivation, house Of rooms, barn 2ix2S,
good corn-crib, sranary and uut-buildings.
5-acre orchard, living water, 2 miles OF
railroad station a model farm and good
one black rich land, aud well improved
farm adjoining. G,00o.
210-l5g acres 10 miles northeast. 1900
ls0--l60 acres IL miles northwest, acres tim
Der, lI0 acres under cultivation, house of 4
rooms, barn lsN22, corn-crib lOx22, stable
HN24, ali fenced with wire. 20 acres for
pasture, acres board fence for hogs. or
char,l. $500
l05--l6O acres miles northeast, house. IL
story, 4 rooms, $50 acres under cultivation,
5-acre orchard, stable, corn-crib, etc liv-
ing water, AZ miles of railroad station.
800
4S-I6G acres 10 miles northeast, 10 acres I'M
der cultivation, good house, 80 rods OF
hedge, two springs living water 5000.
35-3G--32o acres miles of Germania. 600.
I57 $50 Rcre- 10 miles northwest of Cheney
house Of rooms barn and other buildings,
80 acres under wire fence, watered by
spring branch Will trade for city prop
erty. $500
t59 l39 20-1o0 scres IL miles northwest, raw !,
Cowskin land. 1,6D0.
40 50 acres adjoining Greenwich. fine. 800.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-27
TINE BABY SHOW.

The baby show and art loan exhibition
referred to in yesterdays EAGLE, open to
all Southern Kansas, will open at the opera
house in this city on Monday, June Goth. at
l O'Clock p. M, and continue each day from
TO 10 O'Clock p. IN. for one week, and will
be open TO all babies under two years OF
age. Premiums will be offered as follows
Handsomest baby, $50; handsomest pair OF
twins, $40; fattest baby, m elegant car
riage. The awards will be made in accord
ance with the voters Of the specta-
tots during the week. Amusing en-
tertainments will be given on the stage
each evening by local talent. Applications
for entry can be made by letter TO the man.
agement, or Mt the box office OF the opera
house. The managers are Jesse Ask, J. L..
and ". {. Waite, and they will leave moth
ing undone TO make the entire affair huge
success. Who will be the first TO enter their
darling!