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The Evening critic., 1885-01-31
The House Elevator at the capitol.

Representative Ochiltree said to-day, as
the elevator on the House side stuck be-
tween the second and third floor, There
ought to be another elevator on this side
There is plenty of work for two of them.
If had another term in the House would
work to secure another elevator. would
spend all Of my time to bring about an ap-
preparation to secure it. There ought to be
an elevator for the use of members of the
House and its employees exclusively"
But you know said Mr.. Moultou, of
Illinois, that the Government is very
poor. There is no chance Of getting any
thing out of it,
YES" said Colonel Ochiltree, this is a
very poor Government. The only people
that get anything out of it are the bond
holders, and they would get nothing II they
did not have the coupons"
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31
Against the Edmumds Bill.

At a meeting of the representatives of
the Clan.na- Gael, Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans, the Wolf Tone Club and the Land
League last night, resolutions were adopted
dcnOuncing the Edmunds bill to prohibit
the manufacture of explosives in this
country for criminal use. The resolutions,
which are addressed "To the Friends of
Irish Nationality and American Liberty in
the United States" say the bill is an insult
to Americans, in that by implication it
convicts American citizens of completely in
the recent dynamite explosions in London,
and they call upon those to whom they are
addressed to hold indignation meetings and
to pledge themselves never to vote TO elect
any man to Office who sanctions this Or any
kindred measure.
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31
PAM nnd YIrrInIn.

The performance of paul and Virginia.
at Albaugh's Grand Opera-House tonight
will be memorable social and operate
event. Nearly every seat in the orches-
ira, orchestra circle and balcony has been
taken and the audience will be one of the
most distinguished and fashionable that
has ever assembled in u Washington thea
tire.
The cast, chorus and orchestra have been
in constant practice for some time past, and
the recent rehearsals have clearly indicated
that the rendition of the beautiful opera
will be thoroughly attractive and credit.
able.
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31

TIE President has done proper and
courteous thing in very graceful man
ner in recommending the return of the
Alert to England. After reviewing the cir
cumstances Of the presentation and the
service rendered by the Alert the President
concludes his message as follows:
81 am OF the opinion that the Alert should
now be returned to Her Majesty's Government
with suitable acknowledgment for its gen.
orous and grateful acts OF courtesy In so
promptly putting the vessel at the service OF
the United States, and therefore recommend
that authority may be given me by Congress
10 carry out this purpose."
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31
To.dny's Temperntures.

The signal ONCE furnishes the following
synopsis OF the weather.
Local meteorological report for January
81 thermometer readings at 3 a, M, so "a n
a. M, AZ IL IL a. M, 10 p.
Report for January 30; Mean temperature
Tor the day, 81 ~ maximum, 10o .: mini.
num- 1874 mean relative humidity, $50.
summary for January; Mean tempOra.
ture for January, 32o9; average precipi.
iation for January, 3.34 inches; highest tefn.
pfrainre, 7lo, In 1874 and 1875: lowest tenn
perature wac l4o below zero In 1881.
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE.

After THE CRITICS report of the pro-
ceedings of the National Board of Trade
yesterday, the board adopted a resolution
urging Congress to take some vigorous &C
tion regarding foreign discrimination
against American pork, A resolution urg-
ing the prompt passage of the House bill
providing for the inspection of live stock,
hog products and dressed beef for export,
and to prohibit the importation of aduIter-
ated or unwholesome articles of food or
drink.
The general subject of reciprocity treat
les was referred to the Executive Council
for report at the next meeting of the board.
A resolution favoring the establishment
by the United States Government of a
postal telegraph and telephone, urging Con-
gressional consideration Of the question, was
adopted, with the understanding that the
buying up of the telegraph lines by the
Government did not enter into the ques-
tion. Resolutions asking that the
harbors be fortified, that the President be
given power to veto separate items in an
annual appropriation, that the Presidential
term be six years, and that definite law
regarding electoral disputes be enacted
were adopted, aud the board finally ad.
iourned.
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31
The vynY to prosneritx.

- valued correspondsnt at s1uthington,
these business troubles Will terminate and
by what MEANS" We answer that they VIII
when the equilibrium OF business is
when things are brought down 10 the
bed rock; when no more money 10 spent than
ls earned, and no more railroads are built and
run than the public wants require. Tuus
much Is certain; but to give the exact date
would require prophet.-NeW York SaH.
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31

Democrats in the House say that tacit
understanding exists that none of them
shall call upon Mr. Cleveland unless they
are invited to do So They say that il Is
evident that Mr.. Cleveland prefers that his
consultations with Democrats shall come
about in that way, and they propose to
abide by his inclination in that respect.
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31

Young or middlo.dged men suffering
from nervous debility, loss of memory,
premature old age, as the result of bad
habits, should send three letter stamps for
illustrated book offering sure means ofeure.
Address Worlds Dispensary Medical Asso-
citation, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31
Saturday, January 81. 1885.
ro-N1oHr,s ENTERTAINMENTS.

GRAND OrEHA.HousE.- The opera "Paul
ana Virginia." by local talent.
FoRD's OpERA.HoUsE. Rlce's Surprise Party
In "a Bottle OF Ink" Matinees Saturday.
NATIONAL THEATRE Mestayer's Comedy
Company In eve, Us & Co." Matinee satur-
day.
HEn2oo's MUSEUM -sawyer's Georgia Min.
istrels. Matiuees daily.
THEATRE CoNIQuR.-- Australian Novelty
Company. Matinees Thursday and Saturday.
DIME MUsEuM.-Agnes wallsce-villa Com.
binatlon In the "New Magdelen." Matlnees
daily.
MASONIC TEMPLE Mesmerlc exhibition by
Professor CARPENTER,
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31
The close of tbe Carn,vnI.

The Montreal Carnival closed last night with
the ball at the Windsor Hotel. Yesterday morn.
ing the only thing going on was a promenade
concert In Victoria Rink. The farmers drive
iicipatiOn OF it's promoters, proved an oniOya-
BILE sight 10 American visitors. All along tue
line OF the route thousands gazed at the pro.
CessiOn.
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31
senntor Rowcn WINS a RIg snIt.

This is red-letter day for Senator
Bowen, of Colorado" observed gentleman
at the Capitol,
"How's that?' inquired a CRITIC man.
why, the Senator has received dis.
patch announcing that the Circuit Court,
AT Denver, has decided the suit involving
the San Juan mining property in his favor.
lt Is lust Sl00OO0 10 Senator RoMenn
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31
WEATHER tNploAr1oMs.

The special bulletin Issued from the Signal
Oflco to-day says;
For Sunday, local rains or SHOWS are indi-
tic Statee.
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31

ONLY twenty five cents for bottle of
Salvation Oil, the new and popular lini-
ment. Try it.
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31
"AIderney Dnlry Mngons.n

Fresh Alderney butter, churned every morn.
ing aud delivered In y 10 "Ward" prints, soc
per ID. Also cottage cheese, buttermllk aud
sweet milk, &c. per At. Cream, 15c. per pint.
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31

Suits at cut rates Eseman, 9TH aud T.
The authorities iu Dublin renewed their pro-
bi0hion against the circulation In ireland Of
O'D0nOyGn RosgA's newspaper.
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31
BOuseheepers win Save Money

by purchasing their furniture, carpets, &C.,
on easy weekly or monthly installments aJ
Smiths, 413 N. j. avenue northwest.
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31

Swlfts Specific cured me OF rheumatism
three months ago, after my physicians had
exhausted their remedies without giving 70.
lief. C.P. GOODYEAR,
Attorney-at-Law, Brunswick, Ga.
l have been nfilicted with rheumatism nearly
forty years, and a few bottles OF Sw'ft's Spe-
cilc cured me. 1t is a God-send to the suffer-
ing. J.B. WALLER, Thomson, Ga.
I have been entirely relieved OF severe rheu-
mHtIsm In my right arm by the use OF Swift's
Specific, and passed through last winter with
out relapse. SIDNEY HERBERT,
Ed. SO. Cultlvator, Atlanta, Ga.
TWENTY YEARS.--I had been n sufferer
from rheumatism twenty years; was reduced
to u skeleton; could hardly got about, even on
crutches. Swlit's Specific has cured me sound
and we'll. MRS. EZRA MERSHON,
Macon, Ga.
swiit's Specific has relieved me OF rheuma-
item, which at one time threatened to stop my
ministerial work. REV. ". A. KIRK,
Cross Plains, Ala.
Swifts Specific Is entirely vegetable. Treat
ise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
The Evening critic., 1885-01-31

CUTS, burns, scalds and the bites of insects
cured by Salvation Oil. Only twenty-five
cents
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CIVIL SERVICE IN 1S41.
President Harrison's Views Expressed
by Daniel Webster.

In looking over the old records of the
Custom-house few days ago, SAYS the Sa-
vannah (Ga.) Sun, Deputy Collector Porter
came across an old yellow paper dated
March 20, 1871. CHANGING over it he found
ii to be circular issued by Secretary of
State Daniel Webster, a few DAYS after the
Inauguration of William Henry Harrison.
1t contained the views of the new Presi-
dent on civil service, and is an interesting
document. There is a striking similarity
between the views of the then President
and President Cleveland on the use of Gov
eminent patronage for party purposes. AS
sessments for campaign purposes were evil
IDENTIFY levied upon officials by former Ad-
miDistrations. A copy of the circular,
which was sent to Collector James Hunter.
of this port, reads:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. March %, 1S41.
To the Hon. Thomas E,cing, Secretary Of the
7reasury-Sir; The President is of opinion
that it is great abuse to bring the patron
age of the General Government into con-
fict with the freedom of elections, and that
this abuse ought to be corrected wherever
il may have been permitted to exist, and
to be prevented for the future. He there
fore directs that information be given to all
officers and agents in your department Of
the public service that partisan interference
in popular elections, whether of State Off
GERS or of officers of this Government, and
for whomsoever or against whomsoever il
may be exercised, or of the payment of any
contribution or assessment, or salaries Oh
official compensation, for party or election
purposes viii be regarded by him as cause
al removal. 1t is not intended that any
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The Dangers of Baby Jsalousies.

The case of the four-vear-old girl who
nearly succeeded in killing her baby brother
at Port Jefferson, L. l., brings wildly to the
memory of elderly readers the story of the
English woman of rank, eminent for learn
ing and piety, who was never known to
smile from the moment she appreciated
the consequences of a fit of childish jeal-
ousy. The Countess was but 5 years of age
when baby sister was born, and servants
and visitors began the senseless, cruel bad
image OF nose out of joint" which untor-
tunately has not yet gone out of fashion.
The poor child driven desperate one day
by the ieers of a maid, fed TO her mothers
chamber, and was met at the door by q
nurse, who ordered her away Returning
in passion of tears to the nursery, she was
greeted by fresh taunts and Il told you
your mamma did not love you now The
maid was pressing out some garments for
the new-com at a table while she talked
and the Infatuated little girl, catching up a
ilat-iron, hurled it upon the head of the
baby as 1t lay in the cradle. The shock was
fatal to the invalid mother. She and the
infant were buried together.
1t cannot be too strongly impressed upon
the minds OF little children that the advent
OF the latest-born is a common blessing to
the household. The mother who be-
means herself, III the hearing of the elder
brother or sister over the increase of her
cares, or the father who remarks that this
indulgence or that luxury cannot be af-
forded now that there is another mouth to
feed, is sowing thistles and tares in fertile
soil. The tenth child has as good a right
to be born as the first, and if he is less
welcome by reason of straitened means, the
last persons to suspect this should be his
predecessors in the nursery. Still more
reprehensible is the time (dis)honored fig
ment that his coming can rob the others of
their share of paternal affection. Such talk
is worse than foolish. Ii is as wicked as it
is false Babyhood.
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Not half of the people who are in the
habit of reading newspapers ever stop to
think what an important part the proof
reader has to perform in preparing the
paper for the public eye. Perhaps there
are many who do not even know what a
proof-reader is for.
Well, did you ever see an impression OF
the type Just as it comes from the hands
of the compositor who has set it up?
Queer looking stuff, is it not? There is
not one compositor in a million who can
set type without making mistakes. Some
times there are wrong letters; sometimes
letters are put upside-down- backwards.
And there are all sorts of errors which
creep into the work of even the most care
full type-setters. So it is easy to see where
the work of the proof-reader comes in.
In every respectable printing office there
is at least one proof-reader; and in the
large ones, and those of the daily papers
there are several. A proof-reader must
not only be very careful man. but he
must be man of large general informa-
ton, and of close acquaintance with the
English language and other languages too
In the issue of the revised version of the
Old Testament, which has recently been
published, the work was submitted to the
careful inspection of twenty-seven proof.
readers, one after another, each reading the
whole, from the first of Genesis to the last
of Malachi
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officer shall be restrained in the free and
proper expression and maintenance of his
opinions respecting public men and public
measures, or in the exercise to the fullest
degree of the constitutional rights of suf-
frage. But persons employed under the
Government, and paid for their services
out OF the public treasury, are not expected
to take an active or otiicious part in at
tempts to influence the minds or votes of
others, such conduct being deemed incon-
sistent with the spirit OF the Constitution
and the duties of public agents acting I'M
der it. and the President is resolved, so far
as depends upon him, that while the exer-
else of the elective franchise by the people
shall be free from undue influence of Off
cial station and authority, opinion shall
also be free among the officers and agents
of the Government.
The President wishes it further to be an
nounced and distinctly understood that for
all collecting and discussing officers
promptitude in rendering accounts and en-
tire punctuality in paying balances will be
vigorously exacted. In his opinion, IL is
time to return, in this respect, TO the early
practice of the Government, and to hold
any degree Of delinquency on the part Of
those intrusted with the public money just
cause of immediate removal. He deems
the severe observance of this rule to be es-
sential TO the public service, as every dollar
lost to the treasury by unfaithfulness in
Office creates necessity for new charge
upon the people.
have the honor to be, sir. your obedient
servant, DANIEL WEBSTER.
[Similar letters have been addressed to
other heads OF departments
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Secured His Rights.

An old nego called on the President of a
railroad company Hobbling into the room
he said:
Look at me, sab
We'll, what do you want
Money
What for ?'
Dis heah," holding out foot from
which three toes had been cut.
" I've got nothing to do with that
Wall er mighty fine lawyer tells me
dat yer has. Wuz on one o. yer trains
luther week when hit jumped de track De
lawyer says dat l ken rekiyer er thousan'
dollars
Didn't you once work for the road -
=" Yes, sab | wurked fur it twicet"
Were you not riding on free pass p
mo, sab WIZ ridin' on dc train
You know what | mean. Didn't you
have free pass ~
"No, sab, I'll swar ter de Lawd | didn't
an more den dat, | ken prube it.
"What do you propose to do about it2'
Proposes to hab my rights. Gin me ten
dollars an pass fur year an I'll let de
thing drap."
The money and the pass were given him
Thanked sab" AS he hobbled down
the stairs he muttered Want ridin' on
er free pass. Wuz er stealth dat ride. Dis
pass is ies inter my han Gwine ter fetch
up fish frum de bayou. Huh, dis ten dollar
bill is ez putty ez new shirt"
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WINDING UP TIME.

A wee, brown maid on the doorstep sat,
Her small face hid meath a wide brimmed hat.
A broken clock on her baby knee,
She wound with an ancient, rusty key.
What are you doing, my pretty one?
Playing with Time ~ | asked in fun.
Large and wise were the soft, dark eyes,
Lifted to mine in grave surprise.
Use windin' him up, to make him go,
For he's so dretful pOkey and slow"
Winding ND time? All, baby mine.
How crawl these heightened moments of thine,
How sadly slow goes the staid old man,
But he has not change since the world began
He does not change, but in after years,
When he minges our cup of joy with tears,
And duties are many, and pleasures fleet,
And the way grows rough meath our tired feet,
When the day is too short for the crowd of cares
And the night surprises us unawares
We do not wish to hurry his feet,
But find his going all too feet.
All, baby mine, some future day,
You will throw that rusted key away
And TO PhCebus' car will madly cling,
AS it whirls along like winged thing,
And wonder how, years and years ago,
You could ever have thought that Time was
slow.
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WHERE SIcKLEs LOST HIS LEG.-Gen-
eral Sickles, wrapped up to the ears in an
overcoat, stood on the little boat bound
from New York to Governors Island the
other day, surrounded by friends, and in an
elaborate condition of anecdotal good hui
NOR. People are always asking me how
| lost my leg" said he CHANGING at his
wooden member, and it becomes an in
tolerable nuisance answering the question
so often. | don't say anything about the
indelicacy of the question. The other day
| went into restaurant to get a bite of
lunch The waiter, when | had given my
order, looked curiously at me and re-
marked: Might ask, sir, how you lost
your leg?' He was most unprepossessing-
looking fellow, and l took an Immediate
dislike TO him, so replied You ought TO
know May be had, sir, was his an
swer, but don't, and should be obliged
to you if you would tell me- l looked at
the waiter with serious expression of
countenance and quietly remarked /:
Young man, lost my leg at the battle of
Bunker HILL and don't you forget it. He
gave me one look of intense discontinue,
and my lunch was brought by a less .talka-
tive youth ~ New York Times.
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lieved TO be an act of justice warranted by
the Constitution and of duty demanded by
the circumstances of the country, invoke
the considerate judgment of mankind and
the gracious favor of Almighty God Mr..
Lincoln recognized the beauty and propri-
ETY. of this invocation and adopted it with
this modification that he struck out the
words and of duty demanded by the cir
cumstances of the country" and substi-
tuted in rheir place the words upon mill
tary necessity, and it thus stands in the
proclamation as it was actually issued.
Along with the communication just re-
ferred to, Mr.. Chase submitted the draft of
proclamation which embodied his own
ideas of what he thought that paper ought
TO be. 1t need scarcely be added that the
concluding paragraph of this draft was that
adopted by Mr.. Lincoln, modified as stated.
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Another superstitlous Man.

1t has long been current rumor that the
present Queen of England was inclined to
be penTious: or, to put it a little more in
Extensively, neat" in her personal ex-
penses. The shopkeepers of London do
not like this trait in their excellent SOW
ereign, who is good and noble woman in
most every other respect. Like master,
like man :" the Queens household are not
very good spenders Of money. The traders
sigh for a return of the jolly days of the
Georges, when money flowed like water
and think that the accession of Prince
Albert to the throne would bring about this
result. 1t is well known that the Prince
enjoys the pleasures of this life to the full
capacity of his constitution and his purse
and perhaps a little moro so; but, like
most strong men, he has a good-sized grain
of superstition in his makeup. He
thinks he will never be King of
England. Either his mother will out
live him, or from some other cause he will
never come into the succession. It will be
interesting to note whether or not his
superstition is well founded. The people
of England are lucky in having so good
q sovereign as their present one; and in
dulge in the hope so comically expressed
by that wittiest of all Americans, ARENAS
Ward, who, on being introduced to the
Prince of Wales, hoped that he would I" try
to be, when he became king, as good man
as his mother was" This closeness " of
the Queen gives rise to many twits in
the newspapers, which must be anything
but pleasant to her Royal Highness, as, for
instance, the following: AT the marriage
of the Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria
Will give away the bride This will be
Victoria's most conspicuous act of charity
since she sent a copy of her book on to
the Scotch Highlands to woman whose
husband had been smashed to death in
Government foundry 1.-THE New Moon.
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ENTERPRIsING BuGs.-"TalkiDg about
bedbugs,p said q fat drummer, II tell you
Eve had my share of experience with 'em.
You've heard of bedbugs coming down to
the hotel register and looking to see what
rooms guests were assigned to, haven't
You? Well, l was the man who first dis
covered that. Then you've heard of the
bugs that got into bed the legs of which
were set in pans of water, 1 s'pose? They
climbed up to the ceiling and dropped
down on their victims. Well, I'm the very
man they Lit on. But that's nothing COM
pared to an experience had few weeks
ago down at Peoria. Never saw such en-
terprising bugs as there are in that town.
Going down to the hotel register is an old
game with them, and about played out.
You see there are so many internal bugs in
the hotels there that competition is pretty
strong, and the bug that depends on the
register for a living is going to get left All
the wideawake, business-like, prosperous
bugs in Peoria accompany guests to the
depot, and there run up and down the
platform watching which hotel bus gets
the most of the incoming passengers and
the latest ones. That is the bus they &c
into u Philadelphia News.