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The Washington critic., 1885-07-20
GENERAL VESTS RETIREMENT.

General West as the retiring District
Commissioner deserves a full measure of
credit for the patient and faithful devotion
Nhich he has given to the proper discharge
of the duties of his trying position during
the past three years. The result of his
sabors will compare favorably with that of
his predecessors, and he has earned the
nncomium of "well done, thou good and
faithful servant" That he has mt times
been sharply criticised is only the fate
meted out to those who preceded him, and
will as surely be applied to his successors.
Our anomalous system oflocal government
is bound to provoke criticism ms to acts of
omission and commission on the part of
the Commissioners. 1t makes no differ
ence in that respect as TO the personnel OF
commission, for were it possible to Sc
lect a board from the twelve apostles the
grumbling' and growing would continue
Just the same.
In every other city of the Republic the
local rulers are chosen by the popular
voice of the people, and those selected
have q party behind them to sustain all
their just actions and combat the criticisms
of the minority In this District the
Commissioners have TO battle single
handed against the growing of nearly a
quarter of million of sensitive people
taxed without representation-whose only
political prerogative is the privilege of con-
tinuously grumbling at the rulers who are
placed over them and their affairs without
their having any voice in the selection
To run the gauntlet of such condition OF
affairs makes the official life of n Commits
sioner of the District of Columbia not a
happy one. His only protection is in the
conscientious discharge Of his lawful duties
and in possessing an anatomy covered with
very thick cuticle.
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20
THE PRESIDENT IN NEW YORK.

Senator Miller of New York is reported
in recent Chicago interview as using
language to this effect: "Mr. Cleveland
has not taken a position ON any of the
great questions yet, and all there is to de-
fine his course in anything so far is the
disposition of the Offices" And Mr..
Miller is afraid that in his endeavors to
appease those of the Democratic party who
are the more clamorous for the spoils,
without alternating the sympathy of the
Independent element of the Republicans,
the President will sooner or later lose his
balance. Or, which is the Senator's real
worry he is afraid Mr.. Cleveland will net
lose his balance, but go on with the dis
tribution of patronage SO as to satisfy
Democrats and Independents alike, and
thereby save the State of New York to the
Administration this fall.
So far as New York is concerned, the
divide thus far see ms to have been fairly
agreeable to the different factions, with
the exception of Tammany Hall, but the
latter organization, which holds the balance
of power, will in all probability be con-
tent with admission to the coming State
convention and II voice in its councils, if
wholly independent of dictation from
Washington. If the President is TO lose
his balance at all it will be in his overt
interference as President with the manip.
ulation of candidates or delegates; but Mr.
Cleveland and Mr. Manning will doubt.
less both be wise enough to keep theil
hands off and not stand in the way o
Tammany's reasonable ambition.
Senator Miller, however is hardly iaiI
in saying that the President has taken NJ
position on "any Of the great question
vet" lie must have forgotten the yer,
positive promulgation which Mr.. Cleve
land made last winter of his views concern
ing the silver coinage in advance finaug
uration; and we have since had some very
plain inklings of what his foreign policy
will be, in the treatment of the Centra
American emeutc. Indeed, the foreigr
and domestic policy of the Administration
has been quite definitely outlined, and
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20
PEOPLE IN GENERAL.


Again is near It's prime,
The meadows and the orchards are in bloom,
bloom, bloom,
Aud with the early apple
The small boy soon win grapple, 4,
And cramps will soon bring him very near the
-tBoston Courier.
GENERAL JoHN A. LOGAN is expected
at Atlantic City about July "a.
Ex-MiNIsTER OSBORNE sailed on Sat
urday from Rio Janeiro, Brazil, for New
York
The sADDEsT DAys on the year have
come; the Concord School of Philosophy is
in acknowledgements Herald.
REV. HENRY WARD BEEcHER is to
spend the month of August at the Twin
Mountain Home, in the White Mountain
region.
Ex-PREsIDENT ARTHUR, who was so
delighted with his sojourn in the Catskills
last summer, is reported to be meditating
another lively visit to the range
The AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION has
sent to Louisville for the Southern expos-
ton of 1885 two carloads of paintings by
American artists valued at S250,000.
Mr.. HowELLs, the novelist, has be-
come somewhat embarrassed financially
by the failure of Osgood d Co.. his Boston
publishers. He is spending the summer
at Berkshire, Mass,
JAMES y. Fish, late president of the
Marine Bank of New York and now q
resident of Auburn, takes prison life un
complainingly. He has been made q
clerk in the shoe department, but has
little to do.
As THE GOVERNOR of South Caroline
said to the Governor of North Carolina, Sc
the Democratic Governor of Ohio said tc
the President of the United States, dts
long time between postofliccs. - Cincin
natl Enquirer
Rev. A. Il. MAYO of Boston has beer
engaged by the Louisiana Educational So
ciety to deliver free course of lectures
throughout the State next winter. DIR
Mays is one of the strongest advocates o
the Blair Educational bill.
VcE PRESIDENT HENDRICKS is build
ing new fence around his house at In.
dianspolis. As it is picket-fence will
sharp points there is no danger of tn,
Vice President changing his position as al
offensive partisan. Chicago Inter-O Ocean
GENERAL SHERMAN has gone to LAX,
Monnetonka, where his family is, anC
stopped over at Chicago on Saturday t,
arrange some matters relative to tn,
meeting of the Society Of the Army of tn,
Tennessee, which will be held in that cit,
September 9-10.
CORONER ODoNNELL of San Francisc,
is suspected of being mentally unsound
and an attempt will probably be made t.
oust him from Office on that ground Di
ODonnell will be remembered in this par
Of the country from his connection wit
an alleged exhibition of Chinese lepers.
The Episcopal rector of North Adams
Mass, rides tricycle., and the Episcopa
, rector of Adams, six miles distant, rides o
bicycle. The two clergymen make pas
toral calls on their machines and consider
y able interest is felt in the community as I
the respective merits of the tricycle. an
bicycle for this sort of work. - New Yor
9 Tribune,
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20
OUR NEW COMMISSIONER.

In the appointment of Mr.. William B.
Webb as Commissioner for the District
the President made very fair selection.
Mr.. Webb is good citizen and an honest
man, and, to marked extent, his appoint
ment will be popular with our citizens.
He is u man of just motives, pleasant in
manners, of equable temper and kindly
disposition, and will give the same con
sideration TO the interests of the humblest
rs to those of more prominent individuals.
1t is assumed that he possesses the force Of
character, the necessary industry and
energy for the prompt discharge Of the
multifarious duties of his new position
and above all the requisite tact, pluck, per.
sistence and personal influence needed to
prevail on Congress and its committees to
deal justly and generously with the Dis
trict in providing for its future develop.
ment as well as its present needs.
We have faith that Mr.Webb will make
favorable impression and inspire conf
dence in his intercourse with Congress
while seeking to shape legislation for the
promotion of the Districts interests anC
in securing liberal appropriations for it
continued advancement. To this end al
good citizens should unite in sustaining
the efforts of our Commissioners. As
man and citizen Mr.. Webb possesse
sterling merits of character, and we wisl
him the heartiest success in the discharg,
of the arduous duties he is about to assume
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20

while it may not in all respects coincide
with Southern and Western opinion, IL is
safe TO say ,hatit will suit New York. But
theSenator may not feel disposed to give the
Presidents position much prominence
among the conservative business classes of
the Empire State.
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20
AUCTION SALES.
PY THOMAS BOWLING, Auctionecr.
TRUSTEES SALE OF A DESIRABLE BRICK
DWELLING, NORTHEAST CORNER OF
9TH AND NJ SITS N w

TRUSTEES SALE OF A DESIRABLE BRICK
DWELLING, NORTHEAST CORNER OF
9TH AND NJ SITS. N. w.
BY virtue of deed of trust dated January II,
A. ID. 1884, and duly recorded in liber lO6S, folio
2S7, of the Land Records for the District of Co.
lumbia. and at the written request of the party
secured, we will sell mt public auction, in front
of the premises on FRIDAY. THE 3lST DAY
OF JULY, A. ID. 1885, at 6 o'clock p. m, the fol
lowing desc ribed real estate situate in the city
of Washington, in the District aforesaid, viz
Sublot G., In Lindsey II Philips subdivision OF
original lots 10, IL and II, in square 5l3 said
subdivision being recorded In libcr b, folio l27,
of the records of the Surveyors Office, District
OF Columbia
Terms OF Sale-Eighteeh hundred dollars to
be paid IN cash and the balance In four equal
installments, payable in six, twelve, eighteen
and twenty-four months from date of SALE with
interest at per cent. per annum, payable semi
annually secured by deed of trust on the
premises sold, or all cash, at the purchaser
option. One hundred and fifty dollars of the
purchase money to be paid at time of sale. II
terms OF sale are not complied with in seven
days from day of sale the trustees reserve the
right to resell at the risk and cost of defaulting
purchaser.
Above property will be sold subject TO such
taxes general and special, as may be due on
same.
WALTER G DUCKETT, Trustee,
Cor. Penna. ave. and 22d st.
THOMAS J. LUTRELL, Trustee,
jy2O-lOt Cor. Penna ave and 10Th ST.
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20

The MEXICAN EDITORS now in Phila-
delphia will attend banquet at Belmont
Mansion to-day, given in their honor by
Mr.. Childs.
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20

DELAWARE expects to pick the largest
wheat crop this fall ever known in the
history of the State. Whether the Presi-
dent has called halt or not, Secretary
Bayard is unquestionObly looking out
for the interests of his old constituents.
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20

THE appointment of William b. Webb,
as one of the new District Commissioners
is especially satisfactory to the Democrats
of the District, for the reason that as long
as the President was determined to place
a Republican on the Board, he should
have selected a gentleman SO free of parti-
san or offensive characteristics in this
respect as Mr.. Webb undoubtedly is.
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20

The "Home Rulers" are the best
pleased of all with Mr.. Webb's appoint
ment. 1t is great principle well vindi-
oatod
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20

HOTEL IIENLoPEN, REHOBoTH, DEL,
L Open June 10, 1885. one hundred yards
from the breakers. One of the finest beaches
in the world No undertow, Fire escapes and
drainage perfect Fine cunning and fishing,
Rates $40 to sl5 per week; $3.50 TO So per day.
For circulars address
je l6-lm JAMES ANTISDEL,
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20

A NUMBER of Mormons have lately
made their appearance in North Ala
bama with the intention of buying homes
and settling down. Tho Selma Times
says "Let them come on. If our courts
can't touch them, we fear that something
else will make their much married lives
rather intoerable." This is not exactly
welcoming them with bloody hands to
hospitable graves, but there is an ominous
disagreeableness in the suggestion.
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20

A REPUBLICAN Congressman is quoted
by Western correspondent as saying
that "there is too much Puritanism and
goody-goody business, and not enough
practical craftsmanship, in this Admin
istration." That sounds like voice from
the era of good stealing, when reform was
an undeveloped chrysalis and the Mug
wump stranger to the political naturalist
But let us not despair of the Republic.
Goody-goodiness may pay in the long run.
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20
FOR SALE.--HOUSES.

dor SALE-SEyERAL SPECIAL BAR
L. gains in small houses. Swormstedt g.
Bradley, 92S f st. jy11-6t
nor SALE-WE OFFER FOR SALE ONE
II of the most desirable and extensive resi-.
dences In East Washington; large house and
beautiful grounds. For full particulars and
permit to inspect, apply to Swormstedt s.
Bradley B2S II st. iy11-1m
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20

MRS. G. A. RINES HAS TAKEN FOR THE
der of the beautiful Lake Winnepesauhie three
hours ride from Boston by rail-, and can ac-
eommodate limited number of persons who
desirea restiul and quiet place. Apply per
ID. G.. iel6-tf
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20

DESIRABLE COUNTRY BOARD AT "ES
~ tranes Villas" Sea brook, b. Il l.. X. r., 2C
large airy rooms; new furniture; frst-Class ca.
terer pure mineral water convenient for navy
officers aud Department clerks; ears at Navy
Yard or B. " L, depot. Apply to
MADAME ESTRANE
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20
FOR EXCHANGE,

NTANTED-TO EXCHANGE NEW STOVES
w for old ones at Buffers Stove Exchange,
corner 9th and sts. Smoky chimneys cured
or no pay. Stoves exchanged for groceries.
Old stoves bought.
NOR SALE-BRICK HOUSE No 1908 9TH
IL st n w, q rooms and basement range,
atrobes etc; finished In hard wood price
S3, $50; small cash payments. A Lloyd, $40
Az ST II W. jys
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20

THERE are now nearly seven hundred
cases on the docket of the Supreme Court
that are of Importance to be heard and
disposed of-enough to occupy the atten-
tion of the court for several years, even
were there no new business all the time
accumulating The next Congress will
find among all its other pressing duties
none more imperative than the reorganiza-
tion of this tribunal, that it may better an
swer the purpose of its creation. 1t was
designed for the final adjudication of causes,
and in majority of instances the interests
involved are of nature requiring prompt
action. As it is, justice, which never
should be long delayed, is incapable of ex-
peditious administration, and the ensuing
detriment is enormous, beyond calculation
The Washington critic., 1885-07-20
ODD FOR AN ORGAN.

It's certainly queer combination for an
Administration daily--John Il. Mclean of
Ohio and Benjamin +. Butler of Mossa-
chusetts--yet these are said to be the
parties having the most money in the en-
terprise, and Mclean holds financial con-
troll of it. We allude to the new paper
about to be issued from the office of the
New York STIR, as the Presidents repre-
sentative in the metropolis the HorM not
being satisfactory to the Administration
Democracy, pure and simple. How much
Mr.. Mclean puts into the scheme is not
stated. We should hardly think so
shrewd journalistic manager as he would
risk much on a party organ at this stage in
the game, especially as he has made SO
large fortune and no inconsiderable no.
toriety by persistently kicking out of the
party traces heretofore.
Still there is a numerous and influential
element of the New York Democrats who
are without a newspaper, strange as it may
seem, and although the want in the present
case is not long felt one, it is getting to
be felt quite appreciably in Administration
circles. The combination is a curious one,
nevertheless, as we said before. General
Butler has confidence in it, however, to the
extent of 100000, and ex-Congressman
William Dorsheimcr, who aspires to be
editor-in-chief, planks down $4,000 to
show what faith he has in the venture.
The new paper will have to be very
bright, newsy and energetic to succeed al
all, and will be a long time making any
impression on the circulation of the H'oyid
assuming it to be an intended rival of tina,
journal, but the curiosity of the combina
ton may float it for while, if nothing
else; and if Mr.. Dorsheimer il not both
cred by too many cooks in the preparation
of his broth, he will, no doubt, turn on,
from day to day some very safe, sound ant
respectable specimens of editorial work.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-09
Swine Raising.

The results which have attended the
better housing, more careful breeding
and higher feeding of pigs, in compare
lively recent years, have convinced
most people that any rickety structure
is not sufficient even for the accommo-
dation of swine. For many years
country people regarded the pig as the
dirtiest and least to be cared for, in the
way of housing, of all the animals in
their possession, and treated it accord
ingly. Probably few aDimals are less
fastidious about the source from which
their food comes than the common pig;
but if properly attended to the natural
habits of the pig are more cleanly than
was formerly supposed The pig-stye
should be preserved in the dryest,
cleanest manner possible the food re
gularly and judiciously supplied, and
the skin of the animal curried frequent
ly.
The Tribune IL Farmer says
Hogs are not protected from the cold
by coatlngs of hair, fine and thick, like
other animals, and are therefore very
susceptible to severe winter weather
To make pork-raising profitable, there
should be daily increase in weight,
from the sucking to mature swine,
aud this may easily be done, yet there
are farmers who feed plentifully of corn
all winter, and their hogs barely come
out in spring as heavy as they were in
the fall. They are fed in the snow
and allowed to nest in the fence cor
ners or open sheds. and shiv'r off as
much flesh every day as the grain
makes.
Now we need not &" iuto details in
regard to this matter, for every farmer
knows, from both humanity and mo-
ti,es of profit, that good, warm pig
stye, and plenty of clean straw for
bedding pays double the expense re.
quired to provide them. A well-bred
fall pig, cared for as he should be dur
ing winter. may be made to dress from
two to three hundred pounds at ten
months old, while one unprotected
would not reach more than half the
amount, at the same time consuming
an equal amount OF corn.
If they do not gain in winter the
feed is virtually lost, and the swine is
in worse condition than in fall, be
cause stunted, and half of the summer
passes before they obtain thriving
condition.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-09
Sheep Husbandry.

During the last three or four years
prices of wool have been so low that
farmers have become dissatisfied with
sheep farming, and have determined to
give up this branch of their business.
Some have already done this, and 9th
ers are trying to sell their sheep upon
"A depressed market, aud it is probably
true that the focks of majority of
those who are not trying to sell receive
far less careful attention than those
tlocks would receive were wool worth
from forty to fifty cents per pound.
Thus, focks which might be made to
yield fair, direct profit with careful
keeping, become Improbable through
neglect, 1t is quite natural in almost
every business to give the greater care
and attention to that branch which
brings in the greater immediate re-
turns, but it may not be always wise to
do so.
1t will be found that, taking any
period of ten successive years, sheep.
keeping has averaged as well in appre-
ciabe returns as has almost any other
branch of farming, and there seems to
be no good reason for supposing that
this will not be true of the next ten
years. The wool market is depressed
but so is the wheat market. Potatoes
form large part of the farm products
of this country, aud farmers think the
price of potatoes too low to pay. Oats
and hay are selling for prices below
those which farmers feel that they
ought to get for these staples and
there are other farm products which
are selling at figures which producers
are ready to declare to yield living
profit. Yet it would be folly to refuse
! 10 plant potatoes or corn or SOW oats ol
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-09
ODD ITEMS.

a Wyoming man named james
Agon, was recently married. A few
weeks later he petit;oned the court to
add "y" to his last name Graph-
ic.
"Did you ever kiss a pair OF ponting
lips :" asks an exchange. No;
but we have received pout from
pair of kissing lips.--Boston 7ron-
script.
There is female band in Baltimore.
The proper band for a female to be-
long to is husband. She can usually
play him for all he is worth.-Hatch-
ct.
The cold winds remind the farmers
that it is time to put their cattle under
cover. Ye, who have steers to shed,
prepare to shed them now..-Ne'o
York Journal.
A dentist in Burlington, VT, is also
a member of the fire department. He
answered an alarm the other day so
suddenly that he left patient in the
chair, with her mouth encountered with
variety of tooth-flling apparatus.
She was unable to speak for an hour,
but when her tongue resumed its office
she babe him good by very decidedly,
and transferred her case to another
practitioner,
A Wisconsin granger writes to a
Democratic Congressman at Washing
ton that the wants 'foren mishun,
and bases his claims for the ollice part
ly on the fact that he has eleven chill
dren to support. Another man wants
to be an examiner in the "pention Of
fs,' and still another wants a place
worth $4,000 a year, and of such ma
ture that he could take the work home
and do it at night, while he studied
law the daytime,
The Supreme Court of Maine de-
cides in regard to college students that
the right to vote in the town where the
college is located depends upon the
question of intention of residence. If
"a student intends to remain in the
place only until he completes his stud
les he cannot claim residence there
such as will entitle him to vote. But
if he intends to make that his home in
the future, then he may be regarded as
a permanent resident and a voter.
| The legal profession in the State OF
| New York has increased in the last
seven years at the rate of II per cent,
whereas the medical has increased at
the rate of 5. The statement is curl
Gus, and appears to be accurate. The
point of interest does not lie in the
comparison of the two professions, but
in the fact that the number of lawyers
are out of all proportion to the growth
of the population. We doubt, howev-
er, if they vary much from the proper
tionate increase of wealth,
| A Jacks Valley ranchman has post.
ed the following threatening notice ;
If any mau's or woman's kows or oxes
get on these oats, his or her tails will
be cut off as the case may be.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-09
THE COLUMBIAN AND DEMOCRAT, BI IOOMsBURG COLUMBIA

wheat this year because prices are low
In farming operations IL is especially
true shat it is the general average re-
suits which must decide as to the pro.
fitableness of any given crop, and not
the result of one or two years.
1t may be well to look carefully into
The sheep growing branch of farming
before deciding that it is Improbable.
Even when mutton is supposed to have
comparatively little value--and that
place can scarcely be found where
sheep keeping forms but one of several
branches of work on the farm-iair
consideration of all the advantages
arising from sheep husbandry will
doubtless convince the farmer that "the
hoof Of the sheep Is golden STILL" Lib
eral estimates place the cost of keep
ing sheep at 81 per head per year. AT
current rates fair tleeces will average
about S2 each when weaned. If it be
assumed that the number of lambs car
ried safely through weaving be equal
to 50 per cent. of the number of sheep
10 the flock, the direct annual income
will be SO each for the sheep kept. or
81 per head profit. To this should be
added the profit which comes from the
conversion of the forage of the farm,
the brush an weeds, the grain and
roots, into rich manure and into mar
ketabe mutton and wool. The exact
value of the work done by the sheep in
keeping fence rows and other places
free from weeds, brambles and brush,
cannot be easily calculated, nor can
that of their services in spreading rich
fertlizing material evenly over the
land but these all have practical
and by no means small value, which
should be considered in counting the
income from sheep husbandry.-Pitts-
burg S0ckmdn.