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The Evening critic., 1884-04-28
The wrestling Match at the Com.
fQue.

me wrestling match between Duncan Ross
and Matsada Sorakichi, at the Theatre Com.
ique on Saturday night, proved to be perhaps
the most evenly matched and skilltul exhI.
billion OF the kind ever witnessed In this CITY.
The contestants appeared stripped to tie
waist and In excellent condition for the con.
test.
Tho first round lasted forty minutes ana re-.
suited In Ross favor.
The second round was contested In Japanese
style ana was won with comparative case by
the Jap In four minutes. The third round
lasted forty.1ve minutes, 'catch- as atch-can"
style, and Ross succeeded In throwing his op.
ponent on his back. The fourth round, IN
Japanese style, was won by the Japanese
Colonel Snelbaker would not permit this 10 be
done, as II was within few moments OF mid
night. a.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28

STATISTICS show some strange results.
The Commissioner of Agriculture reports
that the total value Of forest products of
this country for the census year is esti-
mated at $7Oo,OO0,OO0, which is ten times
the value of the gold and silver Mined
and three times the value of the gold and
silver and coal and other minerals.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28

Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather the meeting of the Impromptu Club
held Friday night at the residence OF Captain
Thomos II. Mckee, No. % street northwest,
was very largely attended by the members and
friends CT the club, none OF whom wished to
miss the opportunity OF meeting with for the
last time and Of saying goodbye to one OF Its
Oldest members, Captain j.. Y. Ballou, of the
Pension ONCE, who, having been recently
transferred to the special service department,
expects TO leave early next week for Spring.
field, ILL.,, his new field OF labor.
The programme was very full and complete
with vocal and instrumental musical selec-
lions by Mrs. Mc0ullum, Captain and Miss
Mollle Mckee, Miss Bear, Captain Ballou, Mr..
Dickerson and others, interspersed with nu.
merous readings and recitatlons by Miss Bear,
Captain Dague and Messrs. Mckee, Ballou,
Dickerson and Wright.
At the close Captain Ballou made fow faro.
well remarks, touching. his pleasant relations
TO the members of lbec1nb, &co expressing re-
gretat his with4Da%al, coupled with the earn
est wish ths1the may heye "good luck, live
long and prq&1er." & =.
Among oNers presensSwere Miss Twaaalsff
Of phllade &hiai Mrs. Nfgue, and Msssfs. Nc
Cullum, YOugfbdnd Xtbmpson .sys
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28

THE world moves. Last Thursday Hon.
b. X. Bruce, Register of the Treasury, aud
Hon. John Il. Lynch, ex-Member Of Con-
gress, addressed large audience at Canton,
Miss, and in the evening were rendered a
banquet which was largely attended by
citizens regardless of color or politics.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28

THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND
FIFTEEN immigrants arrived at Castle
Garden on single day last week. May
not labor reformers find in this cause for
serious thought? Is it possible to main
tain fair living prices for labor in the face
of such influx of laborers2
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28

Why does not Colonel Ingersoll deliver
lecture on Shakespeare in this city? A
crowded house would be sure to greet him,
many people going who would not go to
his Mistakes of Moses" or kindred lec-
lures. Colonel Ingersoll is undoubtedly
the most eloquent man iu the country, to
whom IT is always pleasure to listen.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28
Developmenis In Cancer Treatm

MIR. W. II. Gilbert, Albany, Ga, says: .sp
NAMED Ss MSOrs tscs Gy
eaten away his nose anAF his un-
der hp, and had extended .RtPGntil It had
nearly reached his eye. ThQtf9ncer was eat
loose that he thought tAey might at any time
drop out. He has beeRIxdking swift's Specific
about three months. Sud its effect has been
wonderful. 1t haSfYriven the poison from his
system, tho caNf6r has healed greatly, his
teeth have beeffne strong again, and he thinks
he has been6eacue1 from an awful death. He
Is tho mQgfenthuskFtic man / ever saw"
Treavse on sAPod Ind Skin Diseases mailed
,syh SWIFT spkcIFIc Co., Drawer 9, Atlanta,
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28

LAST Thursday man in Illinois mar
ried his mother-in-law-th mother of his
divorced wife. A few days ago circus
clown fell dead with the old gag about a
mother-in-law on his lips. Surely time has
its revenges.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28
Grand OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

We have just bought the entire stock Of Dry Goods of Samuel Ke
$50 Seventh street. through the assignee Mr. lob Barnard which,
conjunction with the stock lately purchased Of John Mitchell
amounts to upward Of Forty Thousand Dollars We shall therefore
sell these combined stocks from the store lately occupied by John
MITCHELL 93 Pennsylvania avenue at such sacrifice that will not
be many days before the entire stocks sold Having bought
goods price that will enable to give benefit to the Washington
Public take great pride submitting to them stock goods
raed for quality in connection with standard of
Price that will stamp the the Greatest Sale Of the kind be-
fore offered this city Having only few days SELL must be
quick hence this announcement Suboined partial list Of the
goods to be offered Magnificent Black Silks Shaws Casmeres,
French German and American Dress Goods Wraps Table Linens
Napkins Towels Sheetngs, Blankets fact everything that is
ally found in frst-CIass Dry Goods House.
IANSBURGH & BRO.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28
sILyrn OnrrK, N. Y, Fob, O.
The Bar Association and the Mar
shall Statue.

special meeting OF the Bar Association
was held last Saturday afternoon to take &C.
lion IN regard 10 participating In tho cere-
monies connected with tho uuveillng OF the
statue OF the late Chief Justice Marshall aud
entertaining the visiting committee from the
Bar OF Philadelphia. After discussion II was
decided 10 leave the matter In the hands OF the
board OF directors, TO make such arrangements
as they deemed proper.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28
Monday, April 2S, 1884.

THE Capital of yesterday announces itself
as tho organ of General Hawley for the
Presidency. The most remarkable state
ment in its announcement is its claim that
it is Give" newspaper.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28
Brigham YounG's ChiIdra,

The late Brigham Young left 1lkNeliile chill
enough boys 20 make q coR&hhy OF soldiers.
Old Brigham had grsK3tBfondness for his
children. on ono oc04eD5n he created quite
furore In Salt Lake1tty by walking proudly
Into the Walker, fliJdse, a hotel OF that city,
followed by a|t&fs boy children, and each one
dressed A4Wbuit purchased at the famous
boys c10fhfng house OF d. Robinson & Co., 900
PeADe51yRnia avenue, this city.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28
Go 10 N
ThRSssi1I of The Late Edward Simms
I.n

The validity OF the VIII Of the late Edward
Simme Will be contested In the Circuit Court,
issues having been made up In the Probate
Court and sent in for that purpose. Edward
7. ana Harry simms, grands0ns, residing In
Brooklyn, N. Y, are tho caveators aud W. j.,
Warren, executor; Catherine Virginia Slmms,
eXecutrlX, ana s. Warren and Mary @. simms,
proponents OF the Will. The estate is n valua.
BILE one, some $260,OOO being Involved, and
the grandsons receive only $4,000 zach under
the Will. 1t is claimed that on March 10,
1858, when tho testator executed the Will that
he was not eound mind.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28
REAL ESTATE.

The following transfers OF real estate wore
iiled for record to-day with the Recorder OF
ssDeeds, as reported exclusively to THE CRITIC
byJ. +. olmstead, 1116 New York avenue:
Vermont avenue, between U and streets
north, square $50, sublots 15 to 81 inclusive,
$50.
Browns Court, between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets west, square 234, sqolot
Isabella Hagnor; an undivided \, interest.
street north, between Fifteenth and Six
isas iooRii7 % asiob Augustus % hubSeI Gs to g.
Elwood Kelley; nominal.
Pennsylvania avenue, between Fourteenth
25 It. front by depth, sisters Of the @ Visitation
to John Cassels; nominal.
Sublos II, square 1903, Dillor d. dron TO
Samuel 8. Shedd; $500.
II street north, between Tenth aud Eleventh
streets enst, square 0jS, sublot 10, Id S1100
xS6, John IT, Arms to Samuel 8. Shedd; ST.
500.
Ninth street west, between o and streets
north, square 366, sublot 81, 1Sx1O5, George
Q. Payne, trustee, TO Catherine V. Johnson; ST.
on b street south, corner of New Jersey ave.
nue, opposite United States Capitol, square
ESQ, part OF lots ] and IL, Benjamin L. But
Ter TO John Cassels; $4,000.
Ninteenth street west, between Q and Il
streets north, square Ill, sublot 90, 2Ox7O
David L. Morrison to Charles j. Faulkner;
LrsSRhode Island avenue, between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets west, square 1872, suOlot 30,
% e3-10O r. front, John Shorter 10 Georglana
NJ. Mack $S,545.
Ninth street, between New York avenue and
street north, square 373, part OF lot l, 2SxS5,
Thomas i, Jones, trustee, 10 j. Henry wurde.
man; S3,955.
County.
Columbia Heights, lot 10, block 25, james
600.
Part of tract woodAby.House- contains
is 2.10 acres, RacbffA. e. Bowen to Ezra ".
Part OF C(dar Aill-oontaius 10 acres; also
CRANKY, WI PNfce Bell, trustee, 70 Ellaaef.
WALL s2'32t .--,..sss'
Go 30 eerhoTs BSgsseK Store,
All sevent4 street. or .sapthe main store, DIG
Seventh street ARptftture'frames, pictures
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28
For an Indiana Man.

"For whom do you think Indiana Will cast
her votes In the convention ~
SWELL" replied the General, 81 expect sov.
eral men viii got some strength from Indiana.
II is for q man from our own State. We hope
that we may name man who Will be selected,
but l don't think he Will be placed before the
convention at the start. There is no man
mentioned who is especially strong or weak In
Indiana. Any good man Will get Indlana's
majority this fall"
General Williams will go TO Now York tho
latter part OF this week.
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28
President and General Manai
In One wksIx <s

Ely's Cream Balm opened krAssage In one
nostril through which I&T not breathed In
three three years, subdue3s6 fammatlon in my
MEL o. NJ. NSssfIAY, oweso, N.Y. [see adv
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28
INDIANA REPUBLICANS.
Who They Want for the Presidenc
Tho New RoOmlct.

General George d. Williams, Of Indiana, who
is a delegate to the Republican Convention at
Chicago, arrived here yesterday. He is looking
the field over for the purpose OF determining
who Is tho man that should be chosen.
~ and n very strong effort is being made for
Secretary Lincoln" said he to a CRITIC man to-
me yesterday In the Interest OF Mr.. Lincoln.
They argued the necessity OF his nomination,
and their arguments were very good, too. I
did not anticipate 80 much feeling for him;
that ie, did not expect TO IND an open tight
being made, rs thero is !"
The Evening critic., 1884-04-28
"AIderney i

"AIderney Dairy Wag0nNfAess'sS
d, Fresh Alderney oyyteN en- .lEnNgl yyefy morn
per ID. Also, cott9ast bAeeso, buttermilk and
sweet milk, hfeRgfqt Cream 15c. por pint.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-07-12
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A Leavenworth (Kan.) colored
preacher recently baptized thirty people
in fifteen minutes.
English inspectors have reported
the most practicable way of teaching
history is to begin with the present
time and 60 backward.-The Century.
Since 1868, London, which was
formerly considered a grave for Method
ism, and at that date had only sixteen
chapels, has increased to sixty-four
sanctuaries and ninety-seven smaller
places of worship.
The largest Protestant cathedral in
the world is that at Ulm, Germany.
When completed it will be surmounted
building is the finest piece of Gothic
architecture in Germany.
The collections for the Luther
fund.- of the Lutheran Church in Russia
amount to $130,O0O, the interest of
which is to be used for the education of
ministers and parochial teachers and
the establishment of new pastorates.
The Benevolent Fraternity of (Bos-
ton Unitarian) churches has voted to
accept the chapel and other property
bequeathed to it by the late Rev.
Henry Morgan. One Of the stipulations
of the will is that the chapel pulpit
shall be filled by Methodist preacher.
Boston Transcript.
The New York Mission and Tract
Society has compiled statistics showing
that lower New York is very poorly
supplied with Protestant churches.
Tho Catholic churches are plentiful
enough, but there is only ono Protestant
church to 5000 inhabitants. The State
of New Hampshire has one church to
every 500 inhabitants.-N y Tribune.
Therein is one of the faults of the
public sc!lools-a lack of education of
the heart. Steering clear of the Scylla
of sectarianism, they have not found
middle course, but become wrecked on
the Charybdis of heart ignorance. Chill
dren are not sufficiently trained to
know the utility of the hearts noblest
sentiments. Respect for authority, for
parents. for elders may be quoted.
Veneration also sut1ers.-Rabbi Mendes,
of NeU York.
In the English Contemporary Re-
riew, DR.. Plumptre, dean of the Es-
tablished Church, advocates the recog-
milton of encouragement of women as
preachers. Curiously enough. the
weekly organ of English Methodists
does not back up the dean, but con-
cludes: There is ample room for the
ministry Of women even in these days
of extended feminine rights and de-
veloped feminine powers, without their
mounting the pulpit"
The irst-elected professor in the
Chicago Theological Seminary was
Rev. Franklin w. Fisk. He alone OF
the original faculty remains. An ex.
tremely pleasant throng of friends
filled his home on . recent Tuesday
evening. to celebrate the twenty-fifth
anniversary of his connection with the
Seminary. An incident of the evening
was the presentation of q valuable
watch. a gift from the alumni. by the
hand of Rev. w. L. Bray.-Jonrnol OF
E1xc0fio,a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-07-12
Living POmpeii.

Our Naples correspondent writes.
"a project is on foot for . three days
artistic festival at Pompeii, under the
direction of Professor Petra, director of
the museum, some other distinguished
archaologists, and some of the first
artists of Naples. The proceedings will
day Circensian games will be executed
in circus erected on the outskirts of
Pompeii, on ground not yet excavated,
with two-wheeled chariots and all the
ancient customs. Before the games
there will be procession. and \ mock
Emperor will proceed to his seat in the
Imperial stand. Various factions, witt
their respective colors, will take part
in the races. Afterward the city will
be visited, where several shops will be
restored to their ancient semblance, in
which victuals and wine will be sold i'm
antique vessels. On the second day
there will be mock wedding procession
from the house of Cornelius Rufo to the
street of Mercury, and . funeral pro-
cession will proceed from the house Of
the Faun TO the Herculaneum gate,
where the mourners will perform funer
al rites. During the intermediate time
between these professions extravations
will take place at various points of Pom
peii; and on the third day gladiatorial
games will be executed in the ampi-
theater in presence of the mock En-
peror. The departure of the Emperor
by torch-light will conclude the festiv.
tiles, the different scenes of which will
be careful copies of antique customs.
Pieces of music will be specially COM
posed for the occasion, and performed
on instruments Of antique devices. The
period at which this festival will take
place is not yet decisively fixed, as the
preparations will of course take some
time. London Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-07-12
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The man who curses luck hasn't
the courage to kick himself for his own
bad management Troy Times.
"A popular poem in the West is en-
titled ''The boy who kissed his mother" :"
Its great rarity is what makes it so
popular.-N r. Graphic.
IL caught cold somewhere yester-
day." she remarked. "Probably it was
in your head" he said, and he woke
three times that night to laugh over it
and congratulate himself on his success
IS a punster.
"A Texas man has invented q ma
chine for washing dishes. If it doesn't
demand five nights week out, nor sur
reptitiously borrow its mistress best
bonnet for an afternoon promenade,
the probabilities are that it will be in
demand. d.-Norristown Herald.
"A little girl sat on the floor crying.
After awhile she stopped and seemed
buried in thought. Looking up sud-
denly she said: Mamma, what was /
crying about 20 because I wouldn't
let you go down town." 20, yes"
and she set up another howl.
A pretty girl dropped to the floor
in faint the other day while she was
playing the piano in the parlor. Her
life might have been saved il . ply
sician bad been called in time. but her
mother was washing dishes IN the
kitchen at the time, and did not hear
her Philadelphia Call.
lis it possible." exclaimed the new
chaplain to the worst thief in the peni-
tentiary. "Are you fifty-two years old?
My unfortunate friend. you don't look
thirty!" mo-" replied tho thief.
humbly. II don't show my age, but
that is because I take things so easy"
And the good chaplain told him that
was right; that care and worry made
men old faster than hard work.-San
Francisco Exchange.
"A good story is told of the Roman
Catholic. Bishop of Atlanta, Ga. He
recently addressed large assemblyof
S lnday School children, and wound up
by asking in very paternal and con-
descending way, sAnd now, is there
a-a-n-y little boy or a-a-n-y little girl
who would like to ask me question:"
After pause he repeated the question,
"Is there a-a ny little boy or a-a-n-y lit
tie girl who would like to ask me ques-
tion?" A little shrill voice called out,
please, sir, why did the angels walk
up and down Jacobs ladder when they
had wings?" 20. ah, yes-I see." said
The Bishop; land now, is there a-a-n-y
little boy or a-a-n-y little girl who would
ike to answer little Mary's question:"
-Chicogo Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-07-12
COVINGTON, ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La, JULY 1884.

grown to gigantic orb OF fire, so close
as almost TO touch it. Long before he
approached so near the comets rider
beheld astonishing appendages about
the sun. Instead of a smooth, dazzling
white globe. he saw the sun ringed with
scarlet flames, while shooting out on
every side. hundreds of thousands. and
in some cases. perhaps, even millions
of miles, were huge fans and shafts of
wonderful light, like fiery spokes
radiating from the glowing hub of the
solar system.
And now, as the comet darts closer
in, he sees the whole surface of the
melting pot of the elements surging
and swirling in the mighty rush of con-
tending solar forces. People have lost
their heads by gazing too long at the
Niagara Whirlpool. that would tear
ship to pieces. But there are mael-
str0ms here in the sun that would
shatter and swallow a world. Iron and
copper and zinc are here reduced to
vapor and spouted heavenward thou
sands and even hundreds of thousands
of miles, and down they come again,
ceaseless and awful rain of molten
are hurled from beneath the glowing
surface and go hurtling out into space,
scattering white-hot showers of frag-
ments, and cooling and condensing as
they go, never to come back again,
flung forth by the tormented sun ta
wander until they fall perchance upon
the earth or upon some other planet. OF
join the system revolving around dis
tant star. What gigantic Gatling
gun of the universe, belching fire and
smoke and fearful missiles, must the
comet face now!
At the perihelion swing the tremend.
Gus globe of the sun seems to fill the
whole cxpanse of the sky, boundless,
raging. tossing and spouting sea of un-
quenchable fire, universal contlagra-
ton wherein iron and all the metals,
calcium and all the elements of the
solid rocks, flaming, lick the heavens.
There are no words invented that can
describe the heat, the glare, and the
roar of it.
This terrific passage around the sun
is the elimination Of the comets career,
the fiery Cape Horn of its voyage.
Flung off by the storm giant. it speeds
away again, back through the realm of
the planets, and out into the black
depths from which it emerged
Even though furnished with the wings
of Imagination, the rider must look
alive and leap quickly as his racer
passes the earth, unless he would be
carried back again into the outer dark
ness.-Garreu p. Serriss, in Y. !. Sun
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-07-12
NEVER TALK BACK

never taik back. such things is reprehensible;
A feiler only corks hissef that jaws q man
that's hot;
In quarrel eft you'll only keen yorr month
shet and be sensible
ine man that does the talkin' II git worsted
every shot!
Never talk back to feller that's abusin'
you
Jest let him carry on, and rip and cuss and
swear;
AND when he finds his lyln' and his cussin e
jest amusin' you,
fou've got him clean kafiummixed, and you
want to hold him there.
Never talk back, and wake up the whole com.
munity,
And call man liar howsomevcr that's
his fix
You can lift and land him furtIer and with
eracefuller impunity
With one good jolt of silence than a half a
dozen kicks!
-. ". Riley, in indianapolis Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-07-12
A Reasonable Excuse.

A gentleman in Richmond. Va, had
servant named Joe. One morning he
lay in bed till nine o'clock. but no Joe
and no fire. The impossibility of shaw
ing with water thirty degrees below
freezing point brought imprecations on
the tardy domestic's head. when the
door opened and Aunt Polly leisurely
began to light the fire.
''Whcre in thunder" (the historian is
nothing ifhe is not accurately ..is that
son OF yours? I've been waiting for
him two blessed hours"
''Now. Marse Tray, you must 'cuse
joe said his mother in her most con-
ciliating tones-''you really must 'cuse
Joe dis mornin'-Joe's dead. ."-Har-
per's Magazine.