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The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-02-15
A nirlhdny Greeting.

What shall wish thee for tho coming Year,
Twelve months OF dreamllk0 ease2 no care?
no pain?
Bright spring-calm summer-autumn with
out rain
or bitter tears? wouldst have It thus, mi
friend? ~
What Lesson then, wero learnt at the yoaGb
end?
What shall wish thee, then2 God kuoweth
well
II could have my way no shade Of woo
Should ever dim thy sun8hlno-but know
Strong courage Is not learnt In happy sleep,
Nor patience sweet by eyes that never weep.
All, would my wishes were OF more avail
10 keep from thee the many lara OF liiei
Still let me wish thee courage for the strife
The happiness that COMES OF work we'll done
And afterward the peace OF victory won
--Ar00sy.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-02-15
A world of GOjlE

One ofthe most popular medicines ssESw 80
fore the American public is Hop {tNers. You
see 1t everywhere. People t4ko II with good
eset Il builds them aos Pleas "a
not whisky drinlos"1t stnofb like the old
fashioned bopRstt tea, TIL haH done world OF
good. Iiyssfdon't feel jriet right, try Hop Bit
tere.-zlytfndd Neips,
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-02-15

Weeks & Co., auctioneers, sold Yesterday for
A. Dchrends, sssignee, lot L, In W. W. Cbrco-
ran's subdivision OF part OF square 440, 'front.'
and P streets northwest, with a depth OF about
100 feet, improved by three'story brick dwell
ing, for "a 900, u VIM. L.'Aughinbaugh. -
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-02-15
"Again, in tho case 1895, as follows :


have suffered from acute Inflammation in
my nose and head-ofton in the nifNt having
TO got up and inhalo salt and wR<sr for relief.
could not see. haze used1aS end OF remedies,
also employed atoNor said It was i'm.
Cream Balm onksx recommendation of u
friend. was f2bf4JoAs, but In few days was
cured. My nQy6noA dpd also my eye, Is we'll.
II is wondeJe0 how quick It helped me. Mrs.
GEORGE S<JuDsoN, Hartford. Conn. easy to
use. Dice 80 cents.)
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-02-15
THE HANLONS.
A Jolly Trip over the Alps

The celebrated brothers are introduced to
the audience on top OF a stage-coach drawn by
a live horse; wheel breaks and the passen-
gers are pitched on the stage amid the great
eet confusion, and with all sorts OF ridiculous
mishaps. In the second act the Hanlons and
others are in a European compartmentcar,
and the fun OF the situation Is constant. The
third act is the most humorous OF all, and none
should fail to see sic Voyage en- Suisse" at
Fords next week.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-02-15
NOTE THIS

Our Special Claim to Superiority
in the Ready-Made Clothing line
lies in the fact that our garments
are all made in a style equal to
Custom Tailors' productions; their
fit is perfect, the selection large
and attractive, and by reason of
our very large facilities and extern
sive transactions our prices are
particularly low and economical.
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-02-15
PROF. A. j. DEXTER.

Who was located IN JACKSONVILLE, Florida, last
winter, and for the past ak, months AZ Mime
b both press and public, has located at GAG Till.
tcenth street, washington, ID. g.. for the
Sng world or any dssa se S
Angular graduate Of medicine. Send for COPY
containing names OF hundreds cured. numbers 81
them miraculous and some OF national reputa-
@ Medical al Balm
mSpd Medal presented by patients cured on ex-
with hundreds OF others. to be seen at office. Be-
low we give the names Of q few Of those cured:
General Bent = Grants brSther s ia ,H
N. w. II, r.. office corner Hennepn aud Fourth
streets, minneapolis, rheumatism, indigestion and
liver: A. q. Jordan, managing editor of the Min
neeapolis Journal. rheumniism OF the pleura; Geo.
7. Wnllahan, commercial editor Of Pioneer Press,
st Paul, kidney and general debility; L.. Swift, Ir
cashier Of the Minneapols Tribune, spralned
ssnke; J.; j Jordan, foreman neWsroom Tribune,
editor, $50 Dayton avenue, ST. Paul. liver kidneys
and diges,lon; 9, A zi.ra.h, passenger, conductor
Plainview, MINI, consumption, liver. kidney and
bladder; j. f. Fredrck passeoger conductor on
Railroad, residence 1871 East Thirteenth street, St
Paul, kidney Judge Flannigap, minneapolis
Municipal Court. Minneapolis, rheumatism;
Miss NJ, T. Lopgworth's niece, No. Eleventh
Third street, st. Paul, wholesale hardware mer-
at-law, sprained ankle. Jacksonville, Fla; Hon.
Benz. Upton, Baldwin, Fla, dyspepsia; Laura NJ.
Lasctne, formerly postmistress Lake City, Fla
deafness and heart disease Mrs.. AHtOnla lance,
mother of Captain Lance, ofthe steamer Sylvan
Glen, PllOitown, Fla; paralysis; W. w. Wheeler,
contractor and builder Jacksonville, Fla anchy-
losis and rheumatism.
will give 10000 TO the poor OF this city II the
original testimonials, affdavts etc., to the names
above are not on file at my Office and the news
paper notices No published in my Magnetic Jour-
nal are not genuine
Onice Hours; On. Ii. 10 I2 m.; 10. IN.
10 u. M; 10 u. ni. Sundays. 10 to
II:3O ~. ma. only.
PROF. A. J. DEXTER,
Omcei $40 Thirteenth street.
WASHINGTON, ID O.
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1zHALTH rs wEALTH.

EIEALTE IS WEALTH.
guaranteed specific Tor HySteria, Dizziness Con-
yulsions. Fits, Nervous Neuralgia. Headache,
alcohol or tobacco, Wakefniness, Mental De
preston, 6oftening OF the Brain resulting In
insanity and leading TO misery, decay aad
power In either sex, Involuntary Losses and Sper-
mntorrhpa caused by over-exertion of the brain,
taina the months treatment. 81 a box, or six
price. %EauXnXNTEE SIX RoXEs 10 cure re
any case With each order received by us for six
boxes, accompanied with n We viii send the pur-
II the treatment does not effect a cure Gnaran-
tees iHsued only by stott d Cromwell, Washing.
tor. Ju7
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-02-15
BALTIMORE G. OHIO RAILROrD

General Passenger Agent.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
BULL FIGHTING IN MEXICO.
How the Profits of the Affairs are
Divided.

How the Profits of the Affairs are
Divided
Bull fighting in this country, says a
Mexico letter, is a sort Of partnership en-.
terprise. 1t is private affair with which
the state does not concern itself. The
amphitheatre, to begin with, is owned by
one party and rented to two others-the
one who furnishes the bulls and the cap
tain of the fighters. Out of the gate
money comes first the eXpenses-princi-
paliy the rent and some advertising.
Next the owner of the bulls receives paw
for his services. For in each animal
killed he gets $lS or 500. Smaller COM
pensation is rendered for the rest of the
herd, but sufficient altogether to satisfy
him. The lions share of the income thus
goes to the chief of the company, who
pays his adherents and pockets the re-
mainder of the pile. Perhaps it should be
said that the public is partner and not
always a silent one. The Judge of the
fight, representing the people, has author
ity to impose fines on the star performer
when he gives poor entertainments. AS
the disappointed pleasure seekers dis
persed just before dusk tonight it afford
ed them some satisfaction to know that
the great PoncianO Diaz had been fined
$500 for the afternoons miserable failure.
Sometimes the crowd shows its displeas-
ure by hurting chairs, cushions, and every
other movable thing on which hands eau
be laid, into the ring. But the demonstra-
tions seldom become uproarious enough
to warrant interference by the soldiers.
The net result in casualties of to-day's
fight was two dead bulls, which might as
well have been killed in their stalls, and
two crippled old ''plugs" of horses. In
juries to the men are extremely infre-
quent.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
PERSONAL.

PRINCE BISMARCK and Count Won Hatfield
are both confined to the house with colds, but
are able to attend to the transaction of neces-
sary business.
Mr.. MORTON, the United States Minister to
Paris, gave grand reception Thursday even
ming, 1900 invitations being issued. Among
the guests were Premier Ferry, the diplo-
matte body, and the elite Of Partisan and
American society.
KANSAS had a State oratorical contest last
week, and G. III. Mays, of EmpOria, won the
500 prize with an Grafton entitled "Watch-
man, what of the Night?" Now it is discOv-
cred that he stolahalf of it from an Grafton
by Col. Mcclure, of the Philadelphia Times.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, in letter to
friend in England, promises that he will
soon publish a new book. He says; 81 am
trying to do some kind of justice to Ralph
Waldo Emerson in a brief memoir, taking
short time to read and much longer to write.'
MR.. WHITTIER has accomplished Tut a
small amount of literary work lately, and,
unless his health improves, he will probably
stop writing entirely. The poet spends most
of his time quietly at his home in Banvers,
only occasionally spending day or sOin BOs
ton,
THE gold medal of the Military Service
awarded TO Lieutenant Wagner, 9th Infantry
for the best essay on the MILITARY Necessi-
ties OF tine United states be and the Best Pro
made the award were Generals Sherman,
Franklin and Tower.
RUDOLPH, Crown Prince of Austria, and his
wife, Princess Stephanle, have reached Buch-
Arrest. They were met at the depot by a large
crowd of people and their progress through
the city was a continuous ovation, the streets
being tastefully adorned with banners and
flags. \ banqnet, ball and other festivities
took place in the evening"
IT Is an open secret that the late Duke of
Albany felt keenly disappointed at not being
allowed to succeed the Marquis of LOrne as
Governor General of Canada. The Queen,
however, it is not known, though against her
wish on account of his health, had obtained for
him the nomination to the next GOvernorship
Of Queensland, and with characteristic indus
try he was studying with view to fill eff
ciently his new post.
ANNA DICKINSON it said on the authority
of the Sunday Courier, to have decided upon
abandoning the dramatic stage and returning
to the lecture platform. The writer asserts
that from her girlhood she had a passion for
the theatre, and was persuaded that she ought
to be an actress. She would have made the
attempt years before she did, had not her
friends been opposed. They did not tell her
SO; but they all thought that she chad no his
triOnic ability, and they were unwilling she
should make a failure, knowing that it would
embitter her very much after long success in
the other field, and that she would not accept
the verdict of the public"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
A Square Boy.

Two or three weeks ago a pedestrian
who was passing house on Riopelle street
heard the sounds of terrific struggle
going on, and as he looked in at the front
door boy about u years of age, who sat
in the hall, quietly observed:
''Its only the old folks having little
row, stranger
''Do they have 'em often?" asked the
man.
almost every day."
eff l were in your place I'd stand at
the door here and charge ten cents adj
mission fee. It's worth the money to see
a family riot like this, and you might as
well make a few dollars as to let the
chance Slip"
The boy said he would think of it, and
the pedestrian waited until the man had
choked the woman as black as a plum,
and then passed on. Yesterday he CHANGED
that way again, and there was another
row going on, and the same boy sat on the
doorstep.
''IH see the show said the man, as he
pulled out his wallet. "Has my advice
prOfted your"
stranger, can't take your money!"
replied the lad.
E'Why?o
because Pm a square boy. For week
or so every fight in there was as square as
dice and worth the price of admission,
but as soon as crowd began to come and
the gate money began to run up to so or
80 cents, dad and mann began to hippo
drome on the public. That blood on his
nose was put there half an hour ago, and
MANS black eye is three weeks old.
They want me to stand in with them and
deceive the public, but | can't do it. Let
the best man win or quit the business, is
my motto. Pass on, stranger, for this is
put-up job to gull the confding public"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
The Louisiana Debt Amendment

The Louisiana Debt Amendment.
It seems that at the State election last
Tuesday in Louisiana an amendment to
the constitution increasing the rate OF
interest on State bonds from 8 to 4 per
cent. was carried. The rate under the
present constitution is per cent. from
the 1st Of next January for fifteen years,
and per cent. thereafter. The effect of
the amendment, therefore, is to make the
State bonds 4 per cents from January l,
1885. 1t is said that this is the first in
stance in which a State has increased the
interest on her debt by vote of her peO-
pie. The vote in favor of the amendment
will occasion not a little comment. The
debtcOf Louisiana has a rather curious
history. The Kellogg Government, with
the consent of the bondholders, scaled 1t
40 per cent, and fixed the rate of interest
at per cent. When the Democrats came
into power in 1876 a very influential
faction Of the party declared that the debt
was fraudulent and ought not to be paid.
The Governor. Gen. Nichols, an eminent
" honorable and honest man, said that
the Democrats had come into power with
the understanding that the debt should
not be disturbed. The interest continued
10 be paid as long as he was Governor.
The Constitutional Convention Of 1879,
however, legislated him out Of power, re-
duced the interest on the debt to > per
cent. for the first five years, per cent.
for the next fifteen years, and per cent.
thereafter. The convention also refused
to allow several hundred thousand dollars
of interest already collected to be paid.
to the bondholders. Those who claimed
that part of the debt was fraudulent were
unable to point out the fraudulent part,
and hence, none of it was repudiated.
Now it seems the people have concluded
TO raise the interest to per cent. If there
wasn't such uncertainty as TO what the
people Of Louisiana intend to do with
their debt, this increase in the rate of IN
terest would, perhaps, bring her bonds up
very near to par. Her course has been so
erratic, however, that it will be some time,
perhaps, before investors will be thor
oughly satisfied that she intends to keep
her new agreement.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
YAPLEs ELOQUENT SPEECH.
How the House Unanimously Ad
iOuruPd

How the House Unanimously Ad-
journed
Yaple is the odd name of the young
Democrat, says a Washington special to
the Philadelphia Record, who defeated
the bowling Julius Cesar Burrows, of
Michigan, for reelection to Congress last
year. He is a modest, smooth-faced
farmer-laWyer Of 80, who has very little
to say in conversation, and who says what
he has to say in debate very well. He
distinguished himself on Wednesday night
by making a speech on the tariff, which
is said to be the best speech of the session.
He spoke without notes, freely and forci-
bly,, in favor of revenue reform, and scored
a home run. A man deserves great praise
who makes good speech at one of these
night sessions "for eloquence only" 1t
is extremely discOuraging to have to
speak in the staring face of deserted
chairs. Sometimes there are not a
dozen men in the hall at any
time during the evening. Last win
ter ten men assembled one disa-
greeable night ''fOr debate" Each
had short speech. They were all ''re-
cOgnized" in order by the Speaker pro
tem.-the real Speaker does not attend
these dreary sessions-and all their
speeches were delivered. One by one, as
they finished speaking, they took their
hats and umbrellas and left for home.
Finally ''the House, narrowed down to
the man who was speaking-the last on
the list-and the Speaker pro TEN. When
the man who was speaking got through
he picked up his hat and his umbrella and
started for the door, forgetful of the
Speaker. "Come back, come back" said
the agonized Speaker; ''sOmebody must
move to adjourn" 81 beg your pardon"
said the absent-minded member; "Mr.
Speaker, l move that the House do now
adjourn" ''In the absence of objection"
said the Speaker, cit is so ordered" Then
they went down in the same cab, and the
electrician turned out the gas.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
PUss' GREAT RECORD.
A Clam Lives YeOr Out of Water an
Catches 112 Rats.

/ "A Clam Lives a II cor Out OF water and
Catches 112 Rats.
The old SAMSON street FISHERMAN al
COyington & Winklers, says the Phila,
delphia Times of the oath inst, grabbed a
large sand clam angrily out of the barrel
as a reporter came up with his check last
night and said to his assistant:
''What do you mean by thrOwin' 'Puss'
in therep
Turning to the reporter he continued
"He'd have the place overrun with rats"
'1ndeed ?1
81 brought that clam" resumed the old
FISHERMAN, fOndly strOking the shell,
''from Narragansett with me last sum-
mer. You know those Narragansett
clams-yOu find 'em by SEEM their
breathing holes i'll the sand. They'll be
ten feet below the hole. Then, to get 'em,
you have to dig. l dug a well for that
clam, and then | got her down at bed rock.
The old girl had her nose in it, tryin' to
burrOw further, s'help me Bob. Thinks [,
you've cost me pile of trouble; I'll keep
you and feed you. | brought her back
here with me, and one day she was dump
ed in the cellar. We heard a deuce of a
squealin' one night, just as the theatrical
gang was comm in, bout halfpast
Eleven. Down l goes and found 'Puss'
in her mouth. The rat was iumpin'
and squealin' and playin' the DEVILS
tattoo on the floor with his TAIL 1t was
N. G., thOugh-'Puss' had him. You see,
the way 1 explain it is that 'Puss' had
gaped in the night. The rat smelt the
raw meat and went for it. Soon as 'Puss'
felt his teeth she got mad and clamped on
him. Well, now, you'd 'spose that other
clans would catch rats the same way,
huf fhaf I a hot I
and set whole lot-'cept an ambi-
tious Little Neck that was carried off by
one of the beasts. The other CLANS didn't
have 'Puss'' spunk, l 'spose. If you
touch her she'll spit at you. Since that
time she's caught 112 rats. She's pretty
well eaten up, but she's good to touch the
second hundred yet. Amt you, 'Puss p"
The old FISHERMAN stroked the shell again
caressingly. ''Say, confound you, what
did you leave 'Puss' in the barrel fOr?'
he yelled. ''Give her some corn meal and
WaterD
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
WILD CATBANKING.
"Reminiscences of the Days When a
Peck of Money Did Not Amount to
Much.

"Reminiscences of the Days When a
Peck of Money Did Not Amount to
Much.
"Wildcat banking days? Yes, | had
some little experience of how business
was done in those times" said Mr., Will
liam A. Butler to a reporter of the Detroit
Times. "Banks used to be started on a
capital of land; it was assessed at a
certain value, generally about ten times
what it was worth, and the bank allowed
to issue a proportion of the amount in
NOTES. On paper the scheme was perfec-
ton, all the safeguards imaginable, but
it was all on paper. You see. we fellows
came from the East, and ] imagined that
fortunes were to be made out here, but
people didn't have any money to do bust
ness with. So this wild cat money
was issued, and as soon as a
man got some of it he was mighty anX-
iOus to change it with a laugh. The
man who could change it quickest was
the fellow who came out best. | remem-
Der one funny instance. At the time /
was keeping a store | had some bills
to pay in New York. | had lots of wild cat
money, but unfortunately it was no good
down East. had neighbOr of the name
of Gilmore who was in the same fix. He
proposed collecting all the money he
could get on one bank and getting it eX-
changed. He was pretty sanguine about
the success of his scheme, but | wasn't;
at any rate / told him we would try it..
Gilmore got all his money on Lapeer
bank, and l got mine on three wild cat
banks in Pontiac. We drove out next
day, and Gilmore left me at Pontiac to
go to Lapeer. l did what | could
and managed to get 5000 or $500
for all the notes held; the bank wouldn't
pay any more. When Gilmore returned
l asked him how he had made out, and he
said he had got his notes redeemed in full.
| was surprised to hear this, because the
Lapeer bank was considered the meanest
in the whole State. He said he had a
draft on Detroit which would be paid all
right. When he got to Detroit he took his
draft to get il cashed, and soon afterward
l saw him come up to his store with a
handkerchief full of money; he must have
had peck of it, Well, sir, the man on
whom the draft was drawn had paid him
all in Lapeer bank notes, the same thing
that he had so industriously collected and
taken out to the bank"
''How long did wild cat banks flourish ~
'FrOm about 1887 TO 1899, if | remember
rightly. At first the notes circulated a
little in neighboring States, but afterwaTd
the act creating the banks was declared
unconstitutional and they collapsed. Men
who have had any experience of that kind
of currency are now anxious to see the
present system retained, and not have an
unsecured medium"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-28
Preserving Public Records

The burning of various public buildings
with the invaluable records contained in
them has excited a good deal Of interest
to be felt as to the best manner of protect
ing and preserving such documents. OF
all the thousands Of places in the country
where records are deposited there is
scarcely one in a hundred where they
are reasonably secure from either theft or
destruction by fire. Even where vaults
or iron safes are provided they are in
many instances too small to contain all
the important papers and books which
should be stored in them, and in some
cases they are of such faulty construction
as to be almost worthless for the pur-
poses intended.
The Chicago cOnfagratiOn and other
great fires have demonstrated the fact
that the construction of an absolutely
fre-proOf building is a matter of extreme
difficulty, and the cost of such structures,
If possible to build them, is so great as to
deter even the wealthiest corporations
from erecting them. Even when the
buildings containing public records are
approximately fre-prOOf, the records
themselves may be destroyed by fire with
comparative ease.
One of the most practicable means of
providing against the destruction Of re-
cords that has been suggested, is by the
duplication of them, and the depOsiting
of the duplicates in separate buildings.
BY the ordinary process of writing dupli-
cation would be quite expensive, but it is
said new method of ap plying photog
rapby to this purpose has been discover
ed by which exact copies can be obtained
at a mere nominal expense.
Probably a better plan still would be
the using of paper, rendered fire-prOOf by
chemical preparations for all important
documents and records. Experiments
have recently been made with paper that
could not be burned by fire at any ordina-
rily attained temperatures. With what is
usually considered fire-prOOf buildings
and the use OF fire-proof papers all public
records might be rendered tOlerably Sc
cure.
The great interests in every section
that depend upon the preservation of the
public records make this a question that
should not be passed over lightly. The
officials in every county and city having
the records under their care should be
provided with suitable buildings for them,
and should be held responsible for eX-
traordinary diligence in their preservation
and protection.