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The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-14
THE CORDOBA CUR.
a Prospect That the stilctto May o'
thin LII.

n prospect InNt INC SttlettO hUN VD-
tain 1t.
Mr.. Alfred De Cordova, Commodore Of
the American Yacht Club, stated in New
York recently that although the regatta
committee had decided Jay Goulds yacht,
the Atalanta, was entitled to the cup
which he (Mr. De Cordova) presented as Il
trophy at the last regatta on the ground
that the Stilotto did not steam over the
proper course, II was not certain as yet
that he would get If. Mr. HerrcshoiI
was at Mr.. De Cordoya's Office u
few days ago and asked that
gentlemen to refuse to hand the cup over to
Mr.. Gould before general meeting Of the
club was held, when an attempt would be
made to override the decision Of the re-
gattn committee. TO this Mr.. De Cordova
would not agree, but advised Mr.. Her
reshofl to hand In written protest against
the delivery of the trophy, in which case a
meeting Of the club would be Immediately
called TO decide the matter. The cup will
be finished next Monday, and If no protest
is handed in before then 1t will go to Mr.
Gould.
Mr. De Cordova said that one thing that
was not generally known, and which served
to show exactly what the private opinions
of Mr. Gould and his friends were In regard
to the racing ability of the Atalauta, was
that George Gould and Washington T.. Con-
nor bet largely on the Stietto. Howell
Osborn sold the pools at the Larchmont
Clubhouse, and young Gould won about
$500 and Mr.. Connor $500 or 5000 Then
1t was supposed that the Stiletto had won,
and this money was paid over to them.
They were probably as much Disguised as
any one else to hear the decision IN favor
of the Atalanta. They, however, promptly
handed over their winnings and enough
additional money to cover their losses to
Mr.. Alley, Of Alley e Dowd, by whom 1t
was distributed to the proper parties.
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RAILROADS.
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE.


10 TIT SORrH, wEsT AyD sogTnwEsr.
DOUBLE TRACK. SPLENDID SCENERY,
BTEEL RAILS. MAdSiFt0ENT EoUiPMENc.
~ EFFECT OCTOBER D, 1885
Trains leave Washington from station, corner
" sixth aud u streets. as follows:
For Pittsburg and the West Chicago Limited
Express Of Palace sleeping Cars AZ $50 a. m.
daily; Fast Line, $50 a. m. daily to Cincn-
natl and st. Louis, with sleeping Cars from
Harrisburg To Cincinnati and Hotel Car TO
81 Louis; daily. except saturday, 70 Chicago,
with sleeping Car Altoona 10 Chicago. Chi.
Cago and Cincinnati Express at 71O p. m.
daily, with Sleeping Cars Washington 20 Chi
cago and Harrisburg 10 Louisville; connect
ingHt harrisburg with Western Express with
press, 10 r. N. daily for Pitt. burg and tho
West. with through sleeper Harrisburg to
Cleveland and Chicago
BALTIMORE Il POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Erie, Canandaigua, Rochester, Buffalo
NlaGata, 10 p. M. daily. except Saturday,
with Palace Cars Washington TO Rochester
For WillIum,puri Lock Haven and Elmira, al
,.OlO n ~. daily except sunday
For New York aud the East. 7:i5, $50 and
a; m, 2, 4, 10 b. m aud 1915 night. on
night. Limited EzrTc3s Of Pullman IL Su p lTit9
p, Cars $40 a. ~ daily except sunday.
For Boston without change. . ~ m. every dav
For Brooklyn, N.I,ull through trains connect
at Jersey city With boats OF Brooklyn Annex,
ahurdiu2 direct transfer 20 Fulton street.
avoiding double lcrriage across New York
For Philadelphia. no $50 and Hama.
4, o, 10 p. m. and 1913 night on sunday,
$50 n. m, ?, 4, q, 10 p. m. and 1915 night
Limited Express, 0iO q. IN. daily, except
For Baltimore, G:35, 7h5, $50. oAo. 400
a. m, 1908, 2, 4, 1925, 1910, q, 7.1O, 10 y. m
and 1915 night on Sunday, $50. Di6. III
n, m, ., 4, q, T:1O, 10 p. m. and 1913 night.
For Pope's Creek Line, 7;l5 a. m, and 4:iO D.
m. daily, except Sunday.
For Annapolis, $40 a. m, 1905 and 4:25 p.
m daily, except Su nday. on Sunday 4 d. m
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-14
SUBLIME ELOOUENCE.
How Two Convicts Succeeded in Win
ming the Mormon Heart.

How Two Conyicts Succeeded in Win
ming the Mormon Heart.
In Salt Lake City, recently, w. A. Ros-
sitter, manager of theatre, and George
Romney, were both convicted of unlawful
cohabitation and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for six months and to pay $500 fine.
They got closely shaven and their hair cut
prior to their sentence. When asked IL
they had anything to say they refused to
make any pledges. This is classed by the
church organ as "gcnuine eloquence,"
showing that they preferred imprisonment
rather than to be recrcant to obligations OF
most sacred character. Their friends
gathered around with words Of cheer and
they went to prison MS martyrs, Robert
Swain and Thomas Percher pleaded guilty
10 cohabitatiou. They begged and Were
granted time to prepare for the support OF
their families before being sentenced.
1t Is common to serenade convicted per
sons before sentence. The MormonS are
doing all I'm their power to make martyrs OF
themselves and bring ridicule on the court.
The Momons are more defiant to-day than
at any time in the history Of the church,
Loyal citizens feel that more rigid law
must be enacted and the full power of the
Government brought against this treason
able organization. j, q, Little advcrtiscS in
the Mormon papers for 500 Mormon fam
lilies togo to Sonora, Mexico, TO coloulze
His partner Sam Brannau, owns an i'm
mense tract Of land there. The scheme APP
pears TO he the furnishing of homes Tor 20
lyCamists. There are prospects of Largo
hCgila this fall to Mexico of such rs are in
danger Of prosecution,
STRICTLY Atwood child's pants at Zoe,
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WASHINGTON, OHIO & WESTERN R. r,

on and after AUGUST 30 1885, trains will
leave from and arrive at 9th and
SITS. Depot as follows:
Leave Washington a. m, and d.35 y, m,
6;26 p, m; Leesburg :Ol a. m. and 6:36 p.
m; arrive at Round Hill at llI3 a. m. and
7:lS p. m.
Returning leave Round Hill G;O3 a. m. and
300 p. M; pass Leesburg 6:I2 a. m. and 1:30
p. m; Belmont Park 6'5i a. m, and $50 p. m,
and arrive AT Washington at S:35 a. m. and
7:IO p. IN.
on Sundays the train leaving Washington
at . "a. M. only runs 90 LCcshurg, and the train
arriving at 7:lO D. m. starts from Leesburg
Special excursion rates and sunday trains
10 Belmont Park. Monthly and commuta-
ton rates to all points
5. NJ. BROPHY, Supt., Alexandria, Va.
f, J, LOCKWOOD, Pass. Agt., 507 Pa ave.
Washington, d. q.
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You are allowed free him Of NiHy days Of
the use of DR.. Dyes Celebrated Voltaic Belt
with Electric SuspenSory Appliances, for the
speedy relief and permanent cure of Nervous
Debility, loss Of Vitality and Manhood and all
eases. Complete restoration to health, vigor
and manhood guaranteed, No risk Is in.
cured, Illustrated pamphlet, with full in
formation, terms, etc, mailed free by address
sing Noltaie Belt, Co.. Marshall, Mich.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-14

It can be given in cup of coffee or tea
without the knowledge of the person taking
IL efTectiug a speedy and permanent cure,
whether the patient, is g, moderate .drinker
or am alcoholic wreck Thousands of drunk.
ards have been made temperate men who
have taken the Golden Specific In their cof
fee without their knowledge and to-day be-
lieve they quit drinking of their own free will
No harmful effects result from its admins
tratlon. Cures guaranteed. Circulars and
testimonials sent free, Address,
GOLDEN SPECIFIC Co.,
1856 Race ST., Cincinnati, o.
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High wnter in The potomnc.

The Signal Service observers report
rapid rise in the Potomac at IIarpers Ferry,
The high water at Great Falls interrupts the
work ON the iishways and ON the Il an, Work
on the flats is also interrupted, The rise is
supposed to be about over,
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We Ask

no one to buy of us after looking through
our establishments unless they feel convinced
that our clothing is the most attractive and
our prices the lowest in the city. Eiseman
& Bro, corner Seventh and + streets, VIII
manufacturing all the clothing they sell.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-14

PLEASANT to the taste and surprisingly
quick in relieving coughs and colds, it is
not at all strange that Bulls Cough
Syrup always succeeds.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-14

Fresh Aldeney butter, chumel every
prints, ACC. per n. Also cottage cheese;
buttormilk and sweet milk, DC, per qt.
Cream, l5c. per pint
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-14
MEDICAL.
Cancer Of the Tongue.

A Case Resembling That of Gen. Grant.
Some ten years ago I had scrotulous sore
on my right hand which gave me great trouble,
and under the old-time treatment healed up,
but II had only been driven into the system by
the use of potash and mercury, and IN March,
1882, II broke out In my throat, and Concen.
trated in what some Of the doctors called can
Ger, eating through my cheek, destroying the
roof of my mouth and upper lip then attacked
my tongue, palate and lower lip, destroying
the palate and under lip entirely and half my
tongue, eating out to the top of my left check
bone and up to the left eye, 1 could not eat
any solid food, but subssted on liquids, and
my tongue was SO far gone | could not talk.
Such was my wrctched, helpless condition the
first of last october QSSl when my friends
commenced giving me Swiits Specific. In less
than a month the eating places stopped and
healing commenced, and the fearful aperture
In my cheek has been closed and firmly knit
ted together, \ process OF Il new under lip Is
progressing finely, and the tongue, which was
almost destroyed, Is being recovered, and II
seems that nature Is suppynga new tongue.
J. can Ia * so that my friends can readily un,
derstand me, and can also eat solid food
again, II any doubt these facts | would refer
them TO Hon. John II, Trnylor, state senator
of this district, and to DR.. y, S. Bradfeld, of
La Grange, Ga.
MRS. MARY l.. CONFER.
La Grange, Ga, May L. 1885
Treatise on Blood and skin Diseases mailed
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CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY

GEAVE b. s. p. DEPOT. SIXTH AND B STS.)
700 A.M.-For all way stations, Lexington,
Ky, Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus, ST.
Louis. Daily except Sunday,
IL 4. M.-For Newport News, Old Point Com
fort and Norfolk. Daily except Sunday.
$3.50 p. M.-For Louisville, Cincinnati, st
Louis and Chicago, connecting for all
points West, Northwest and Southwest;
fast express daily; does not stop for local
business; through Pullman service to
Louisville and Cincinnati.
For tickets and information apply at c. b
o, Railway office, 5l3 PENNSYLVANIA avenue,
under National Hotel; Va. Midland Railway
office, Col Pennsylvania avenue, and b. * p.
Station.
II. W, FULLER,
- General Passenger Agent.
General Manager.
FRANK TRIGG, Eastern Passenger Agent
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The annual election for officers of the
Washington Microscopical Society last
evening resulted as follows: President,
Robert Reyburn, NJ. D.; vice-president,
VIM. IL. Seaman, NJ. D.; corresponding sec
rotary, L. NJ Schacfrer, NJ. d.; recording
secretary, Z. A. Balloch NJ. d.; treasurer,
CT Caldwell NJ. ID.
THE finest assortment Of parlor suites up
holstcred In silk and Mohar plushcs at the
lowest prices. Bretbarths Odd-Fellows'
Hall
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STRICTLY Atwood child's pauts at zoe.
Eiseman Bros, corner Seventh and Il.
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Certificate
No, Gar,
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Certificate
No. Glib.
Certificate
No. Ol21,


No, Ol25.
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Certificate
No. O126.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-07
PIE.

1t is said that Queen Victoria never eatf
cake. But why should she, when she car
afford to eat pie?-Boston Post.
An Indianapolis dairyman put a live gold
fish in one of his milk cans and it died in
fifteen minutes. It wasn't accustomed to sc
much water.
The Arabs fight well enough against great
odds, but they are at disadvantage when it
comes to telegraphing the news of battle:
they are always whipped on the wires.-New
Orleans Picayune.
We have still another punishment to sug-
gest for the dynamite 6ends in case they are
captured. Let them be escorted to a roller
skating rink and there forced to join in a
game of polo.-Lowell Citizen.
Brooklyn clergymen want the sale of candy
on Sunday prohibited While the authori-
ties are about it they should prohibit the sale
of second hand sermons to be delivered on
Sunday.-Philadelph Call.
young man in California was seized with
a fit of laughter and spit out tack which
had been in his lungs for seven years. This
will probably be cited by the medical men as
"a tack of ironical laughter Boston Tran
script.
The editor of the Farm journal explains
'Why we do not eat cheese It is thought
that the explanation has been published to
set at rest the burning anxiety of the general
Boston Post.
married before breakfasts'' Undoubtedly
and also after breakfast Daily Graphic.
The above item appeared in the issue of
Monday, and the Graphic man forgot to take
home his paper that evening-Boston Post
"How-do you like your boarding house,
Crimsonbeak?' said a friend to that indi-
vidusl when they met on the street. ''First
a%nJ5,
down there?' F'Lots of it; but it's all
confined to the cheeee. ."-Yonkers States
man.
'What shall order this morning mums''
"You may order some beans, about quart
1 guess, one quart of chickory, one pint of
condensed milk and five pounds of sugar,
and =" eyes, mum, but you know Mr..
Simpson complained that his coffee wasn It
strong enough only this morning" sThat's
so. 1 had almost forgotten about it. 1 guess
you can order another quart of chickory."-
Daily Graphic.
Forgot His Religion.-One day last week
we accompanied friend to supper at the
Bardes House, and, when about to enter the
dining room, the old handle who presides
over that hostelry objected to our eating, and
we forgot our religion and smote him on the
cheek, which resulted in a case before Justice
McMurray, entitled the State of Texas vs.
Deed H. Meyer. Jury trial, and fined 81 and
costs.-Albany (Tex.) News.
Two Fables-The Viper and the File
A rapacious Viper being sadly in need of
Sustenance was wandering aimlessly about one
cool April afternoon Seeking what he might
Devour, when he met an inviting looking
File upon which he resolved to Feed 60
it, Wipe, old man" said the File, styou can
have all the Juice you can get out of me, and
Welcome; but warn you to desist, as I am
almost as Mortalitacious as our cousin Chol-
era Germ" But the Viper, persisting in his
reckless repast, Swallowed the File entire,
and, having done SO, curled up his legs and
died And no wonder. He had eaten a
File of the Congressional Record Moral
Even Snakes cannot stand some things
Puck.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-07
Vassar Girls, Appetites.


The financial troubles at Vassar college
have been the subject of much surprise and
regret. The regret still exists, but the sur
prise has vanished in the light of recent sta
tistics. The sad revelation Of the enormous
appetites of the students explains the disas-
trous showing of the treasurer. The college
consists of 800 female eollegians, and they
are hungry. In the last year they not only
ate up all the profits, but actually left the
college $4,000 behind. The public has an
expression that Vassar girl is an aesthetic,
ethereal creature, more interested in the de-
clination of the stars or Greek verbs than in
beefsteak and clans. Her declining ends
with her studies, however, and at table she
refuses nothing. She is an enormous eater.
Last year the ravenous 300-it's a shame to
give the figures, but it must be done
devoured ,562 gallons of oysters. That is
over five gallons per girl. The figures for
CLANS are not so startling. During the year
the college used 80, 900 clans. This is only
100 year for each student, but is a good
showing when added to five gallons of oys-
ters. But it is when the 800 attack fresh
meat that they show what they can really do.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-07
Eloped with the wrong Girl.

lrIOui tuc oedlOTu tDel) EQLerprlSe.J
On large farm nearly in sight of the quiet
little town of fredericksburg, Md, resides a
blooming young girl of % summers, also her
cousin and her fathers ward of two years her
senior. Both of these have beaux whom their
stern old father and uncle do not approve of.
The lover No. 1 and his sweetheart. unbe-
known to the other parties, had made all ar
rangements to steal off in the still of the
night and get married. This was also the
plan of the contracting parties No. g The
ladder was hid back of the garden for the
purpose of scaling the walls at the proper
time. In the bewitching hours of the night
when the graveyards yawn, lover No. placed
the ladder to the window of girl No. 2. The
night was dark just at that time She made
her exit out of the window and into the arms
of her supposed knight, and was hurried off
to the carriage near by. Not word was
spoken as along the ramparts (the old mans
back lane) they hurried. The carriage was
gained and the lash was applied to the horses
When they arrived at the preachers house,
who was waiting to tie the knot, the gallant
knight then discovered that he had got the
wrong girl. Of course there were some salts
and inward cuss words, and the tug of war
came-how to get the weeping girl back un
discovered. Lover No. met with an acci-
dent by running his buggy against post and
carrying away his port wheel, and failed that
night to arrive at the house. The old man
has bought thirteen dollar gun, and is
nightly in ambush for the raiders.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Mrs. Yseult Dudley does not turn out to
be much of heroine. Her record shows
that she is not exactly the kind of a woman
to attempt to regulate even the morals and
manners of wild Fenians
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-07
Saturday,, February z, 1855.
THE MANEUvERING MORMONs.

A number of gentlemen recently held s
| meeting in Boston, and came to the conclu
sion that it would be grand thing for the
morality of this great, glorious and free
| country if the monogamists from the East
| would emigrate to Utah and, while engaged
| in developing the agricultural and mineral
resources of the Territory, oppose the good
| ideas to the bad ideas which have made
Mormonism SO troublesome and pestifer-
GUS.
On the face of it this seems to be an idea
worth considering, but, as the New York
Times points out, there is slight difficulty
| in the way of carrying out any such scheme,
and this difficulty was made by the astute
and far-sighted operations of the Mormons
many years ago. There is not much arabic
land in the Territory. Ten or fifteen years
ago the Saints put a kind of blanket mort
gage upon nearly all of it by means of a
series of incorporated cities. Little colonies
of from two hundred to five hundred per-
sons were formed and Systematically located
upon the available agricultural lands. Each
colony was made an incorporated city by
the Territorial legislature. Moroni is the
name of one of these cities, and it was incor-
porated as city in 1866. Four years later
this ''city" had only 633 inhabitants, and
in 1872 it was 80 small that it could
only get 320 acres from the national
government for a town site. But
theTerritorial act of incorporation en-
powered it to exercise corporate
authority over an area of forty square miles
And SO it was with nearly all of these So
called cities. In some cases the land of one
corporation joined the land of another, and
it was said that person could walk scores of
miles in one direction without stepping from
the land controlled in this way by the poly
gamists. Mormons were allowed to take up
lands within the corporate limits, but Gen
tile or an apostate was promptly excluded
under convenient federal law
1t is plain that there is not very good
prospect that Mormonism can be seriously
hurt by good emigrants from the East after
the plan favored by the Boston gentlemen.
But though the Mormons have Utah we'll
protected against colonization they have
done and evidently intend to do great deal
in that direction themselves. They are we'll
established in Idaho and Arizona and they
have just got foothold in New Mexico.
They expect to inherit all of the earth that
they want and to eventually triumph over
the Gentiies, who are just now prosecuting"
them We shall see
Morning journal and courier., 1885-02-07
The impression that the railroads are tax

The impression that the railroads are tax
ing the place of canals as routes of transpor-
tation in New York State is not in accord
with the facts, according to a recent state
| ment by the Hon. Horatio Seymour, who
says that although there is general belief
that railroads will supersede canals, the re-
port of last years business shows that there
has been an increase of canal traffic, while
upon railroads there has been a decrease
The canals carried, last year, a largely in
creased quantity of wheat and lumber" Mr.
Seymour is of the opinion that the things
carried by canal do more to create wealth in
community than the things carried upon q
railroad, for coarse products, as rule, give
more business than finished articles Canals
and railroads, he says, contribute business to
each other, as building materials for houses.
stores and factories are best carried by wa
ter, and when these completed they
make business for the railroads There can
be no doubt that to the grand canal system
of New York, which was in its inception
looked upon as a scheme of vast extrava-
gance, the great growth and prosperity of
New York city is largely, if not mainly,
due
The current number of the Archiv fur
Eisenbahuwesen contains soma interesting
facts concerning the recent growth and pres
ent extent of the railroads of the world The
total length of railroads in operation at the
close of the year 1888 is given at Az, 100 Kill
ometres, or about, 275, 900 miles, Of these,
ia, 900 were in Europe, 40. 900 in America,
II, 500 in Asia, $500 in Africa, $500 in
Australia, New Zealand, etc. The increase
in the four years, 1880-1883, has been 1000
miles-an increase of 26 per cent over the
mileage in operation at the close of the year
1879. The most rapid percentage of growth
is shown in Mexico, which in 1879 had less
than 700 miles in operation, and in 1888
more than 5000 miles-an addition of 335
per cent. The increase in America as a whole
has been Al per cent; that of Australia has
been 80, that of Asia and Africa each 26,
that of Europe only H. Of the countries of
Europe, Germany now has % 400 miles of
increase in four years of 8 per
cent; Great Britain and Ireland, Is, ZOO, ing
crease per cent: France, $4,000, increase
19 per cent; Russia, 15,700, increase 71s
per cent; Austria, 12 300, increase 12 per
cent. The United States has a mileage of
nearly 900 (or decidedly more than the
whole of Europe), having increased AZ per
cent. in four years. In 1879 our mileage
was $4,000 less than that of the European
but we drew rapidly near them in
1881, and passed them in the autumn of
1882.