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The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-08
Johnson's. ThirtecntI, and r.

This prominent restaurant for ladies and
gentlemen has been renovated and refur-
nished regardless of expense. Mr. johnson,
the genial proprietor has had long oN-
perience in serving the delicious oyster and
other dellcaciGs. Ladies' saloon attached
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-08

and badly wounded" | ia
father" replied the Confederate o
Ger; and he was then led to his son,
who was lying in the cock.p sur
rounded by the dead and dying. The
son recognized the father, telling him
that he hoped he was not MORALLY
wounded Dr. Pcnrose of Philadcl.
phia, who was operating upon a
wounded man, stated that the lieu.
tenant was MORALLY wounded and
might die within an hour, or
might lnger for several days The
father then returned TO the shore 10
procure an ambulance to take the
wounded man to the hospital but dur.
ing his absence the Lieutenant expired,
his last words, when asked if he had
any directions to give, being simply,
"Nly father Is here" He was buried,
together with Captain Wainwright, on
the ID of January, with military
honor5, and to-day, of all who fought
and died under the stars and stripes on
the Harriet Lanes decks, the remains
of Lieutenant Lea are the only ones
resting beneath the turf on Galveston
Island.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-08

Pursuing the same theme Murray"
alludes las follows to his meeting n
squad of discharged clerks from the
Registers Office: zone of them is
known hcreabouts as the lightning cal,
culator. He can jerk three columns of
figures at time as easily and quickly
as you can add two and two. lie can
multiply three figures deep with rs
much ease rs you can multiply fouranl
four In computation he can do the
work of any four experts. Yet he
seems TO have screw loose somewhere.
I've never had time to hunt for ii and
only think of it when | see him or hear
him. Wen, he had been discharged
from a Observation-Disclosures CLERK
ship and was pouring his grievances
into newspaper ears, damning the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury, Register Rose.
Grams and the Administration generally.
suggested that such man rs he, If
steady and reliable, ought to command
$4,000 year in New York in private
business. And 50 | can, but you
see | haven't got cent. Just want
to get back long enough TO get money
to go 10 New York and look around
There was sort Of grim hum)r about
this suggestion from man who has
been fifteen years in office that struck
me hard. So | went thoughtfully
away, leaving him to the boys, who
sent off by wire this last official change
tempered to suit their respective jour
mails. Democrats who are banker
ing after these things may see the
moral"
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-08

"FoR real merit says one of the most
celebrated prma donnas, "B. ii. Douglass
4 Sons Capsicum Cough Drops for irrita-
ton of the throat are superior to anything
have ever used
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-08
CHESAPEAKE & ONO RAILWAY

NEANE Il. ~ p. DEPOT, SIXTH AND b STS)
1lil5 AM.-Fur all way stations, Lexington,
Ky, Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus, ST.
Louis, Daily except Sunday.
IL 4. M.-Fur Newport News, Old Point Com.
fort and Norfolk Daily except Sunday.
6i4b =. M--Fur 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 @. 81
o. Railway office 5l3 Pcnnsylvania avenue,
under National Hotel; Va, Midland Railway
office, 6Ol Pennsylvania avenue, and b. Il p.
Station.
II. W. FULLER,
- General Passenger Agent.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-08

Collector of Taxes
for the District of Columbia.
Certificate ON part Of lot seven G), I'm
No. 1897. square -four hundred and thirty.
seven go. assessed In the
name Of Hugh 49, sweeney
levy of lSIi-2 amounting 10
S5-3 Beginning % feet inches
from the southwest corner of
said lot T. running thence north
feet u inches, thence east 30
feet, thence south feet
inches, thence west - feet tu
place of beginning.
Certificate ON part of lot seventeen %,
No. 1907. In square one hundred and sew
Cntocn 90, assessed in the
name of James Sblcy, levy of
1912, amounting TO SlbGS Be
ginnug2i feet south from the
northwest corner of lot H.
running south BE- feet, thence
cast u feet, thence south II
feet, thence east . feet II
Inches, thence north 81 feet
thence west 20 feet # inches
10 place Of beginning; also be-
ginning at the southeast corner
of said lot, thence north - feet
thence west . feet SO inches
thence south 10 feet, thence
west ~ feet 3 inches, thence
south Z feet, thence east -
feet II inches, to place Of be
ginning.
Certificate on part of lot seven fD, i'm
No. 1920. square two hundred and thirty
eight l2lSl, assessed In the name
of John W, Smith, levy of
1871 :, amounting TO Si3J Be
ginning on west line of said lot.
80 feet north from southwest
corner running thence north
90 feet, thence cast 30 feet =
inches, thence north ~ feet,
thence east > feet, thence south
10 feet, thence west b feet
inches TO place Of beginning.
Certificate Onpalt Of lot three C3l, in square
No. .O37. dfty.six 90, assessed in the
name OF Mary Tcnny, levy of
1S1l-2 amounting to SlG2i, be
ginning s, feet Z inches from
the southwest corner of I'D
street west and G street north,
running thence east ~ feet,
thence north the whole depth
of said lot, thence west ~ feet,
thence south to place of begin
ming.
Certiflcatc..On part of lot five t0 and i'm.
No. llO7. provcmcnts in square south of
square seven hundred and
fOrtyiOur Gii, assessed In the
name of Ann Bean, levy lSi2 3,
amounting to 1874, being the
south % feet front of said lot
by the depth thereof.
Certificate on part of lot fifteen %, and
No. 1lOS. Improvements In square seven
hundred and seventy CIIO, as
scssCd i'm the name of Ann Bean,
levy 1928, amounting to SIi0
being the north Is feet front of
said lot by the depth thereof.
Certificate on lot seven "a, in square one
No. 1IG0. thousand and twonty-iourG0!D,
assessed in the name OF \. H.
Bohayer, ir" levy Of lsi93
amounting to $3.50.
Certificate on part of lot seven IN. and i'm
No. 1903. proyCmcDts In square seven hun
dred and thirty-fOur $40, as
scSsed in the name of VIM. H.
Black, levy lSG2-3 amounting TO
$50. Commencing on the line
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-08

JUST received new and elegant styles of
chamber suites in walnut, cherry and ash.
Call and examine our stock and compare
our prices. Breitbarth's, Odd-FellOws'
Hall
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-08

Speaking Of Il. A. Burke of the New
Orleans TimcsDcm1cut, and late di-
rcctor.gcneral Of the New Orleans
Worlds Fair, the Cleveland Lsder'S
correspondent says of him that he was
born Of Irish decent, and was railroad
ing in Texas when the war broke out
a boy Of nineteen, he enlisted in the
Confederate army, and served through
out the war. AT its close he went back
TO Texas and started wagon factory.
This did not pay. lie then left Texas
and came to New Orleans, and there
began as stone cutter in II marble
yard At about this same time, or
few years before, John Kelly was
working rs a mason in New York, and
ex-senator Henry G.. Davis of West
Virginia was bral<ing on railroad
Burke soon left stone-cutting for his
old trade of rairoading, where he rose
TO be general freight agent of the Jack
son Railroad. From this he went to
politics, and held many good offices
In 1880 he had made enough to be able
TO buy out the New Orleans DemJCrdt
and three years later he purchased the
New Orleans Times. He put brains
into his now paper which he made out
of these two old ones, and since that
time ii has been the great paper of the
South. 1t is in fact Northern paper
in Southern city, and there is no rea.
son why the man who has made il II
great success should not do the same
with the journal he proposes to cstUb
lish in New York.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-08


"a young lady in this city" says the
Washington correspondent of the New
Orleans suites, "scnt two-cent postal
card to her lover in Terra del Fucgo
aud received an answer in due time,
which led her to wonder at the far
reaching benefit of the postal system.
A United States two-cent postal card
now goes to about all the civilized
countries of the globe under the pro-
visions of the Universal Postal Union.
The packet post will be the next inn
provemcnt, and the United States is be
hind the European nations in this. 1t
is a system whereby small packages of
merchandise can be transmitted
through the mails and the customs
duties paid without red tape or cXces-
sive fees. The G. o. ID. system will al
so be adopted some day in our postal
system, an old official believes. This
would enable the Paris Bon Marche to
send pair of the very latest kid gloves
to fashionable miss in Denver for say
ten cents postage, ten cents customs
duty and seventy-fvc cents for pur-
chase price. The total ninety-fivc cents
could be collected on delivery
at Denver and the miss would have n
very good $l.5O article Just from
Paris A neat customs waybill could
be exhibited by her as evidence that
her invoice came through regularly.
We live in an age of innovation.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-08
WASHINGTON, OHIO & WESTERN R. n.

General Manager.
FRANk TklGG. N. n. PASSENGER AGENT.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-10-08

Certificate
No. OISO,
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Certificate
No. Gl2d,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-08
General Grants Simple Habits.

The following anecdote of General
Grant, hitherto unpublished, show
his utter repugnance to anything like
snobbiShness or Ostentation. Several
years ago, shortly after he came to
New York to live permanently, a
certain noted artist desired to paint
his portrait. Consent was given.
and, the artist, who is particularly
noted for his elegant department and
aristOcratlc supply bearing, called at
the house. The general met him
with his usual blunt and open man
ner, and invited him into the parDor,
where the first sitting was to be
given. The artist removed his
gloves, daintily perfumed, got the
canvass ready, and placed the gener.
al in position. He then began work.
There was "A knock at the door.
"Come in" said Gen. Grant.
1t was Mrs. Grant. She wanted
some money for marketing. The
artist struck heroic attitude at his
easel and saw the general pull out a
faded and much-WOrn old.fashioned
pocket-bock. He then uuWound a
yard Of string and got the money
out and handed it to his wife, who
departed. Whether it was the long
string or the veteran pocket-book
that shocked the refined utterly. too
utter sensibilities of the artist will
never be known, but a painful eX-
preston gathered on his mobile face
as he commenced work again. The
day was warm. The artist perspirpd.
He stepped to the hell-cord and pull
ed it,
"What do you want ?" asked the
General.
81 only rang for a servant to bring
me drink of water" replied the
artist.
The General never said a word,
but got up and walked out. In two
minutes he returned, bringing glass
of water to the thirsty artist, who
was confused and did not know what
TO say. Grant never noticed it, but
took his seat again to finish the sit
ing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-08
Singular Race.

In Sumatra there is very singular
race called the hubus, who are TOO
shy TO mix with the other races OF
the island, and dwell in the recesses
OF the forests. They are looked on as
interiors by the Malays, and thought
to be little better than beasts. Such
is their shynesS that they Will meyer
willingly face a stranger. Their
trade with the MalayanS is conse-
quenlIy carried on in a strange man
ner, The trader announces his arri-
val 10y heating gong, and then re
tires from the place of rendezvous.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-08
How to get d Drink in Maine.

Boston Globe.
In Maine none Of the common
styles Of invitation prevail. 1t is all
shrOudpd in mystery. You give the
sign Of distress to any member in
good standing, pound three times on
the outer gate, give two hard kicks
and one soft one on the inner door,
give the password, "Rutherford B.
Hayes turn to the left, through "a
dark passage, turn the thumbscreW
ola mysterious gas fixture ninety de-
gress to the right, holding the goblet
OF the encampment under gas fix
ture; then reverse the thumbscrew.
shut your eyes, insult your digester,
leave twenty-five cents near the gas
fixture and hunt up the nearest GEM
etcry, so that you will not have to
be carried very far.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-08
Human Vultures.

Among the wild tribes of the Sou
dan and Abyssinia, the most dpgra-
dpd and bpastiike creatures in human
form are the Base, who, we are assur-
ed by the English explorer, Mr.. T.
l.. James, have no knowledge what
ever of a God or religion. As an
instance of their extreme animalism,
Mr.. James states that one day he
shot a buffalo, and no sooner had the
head been removed, and the body
abandoned, than with wells and
shouts the Base precipitated them
selves upon the carcass, and no pack
of iackals or hyenas ever left a cleaner
skeleton. Entrails, and all parts that
could not conveniently be transport
ed, were devoured raw on the spot.
Among the curious customs Of the
Base Is this; If any OF their number
steal anything from his neighbor, the
offender, accompanied by a numerous
contingent from among his people, is
brought to tree. In order to prove
whether the accused person had re-
ally stolen anything or not, he IS
required to pull a piece OF bark OFT
the tree without the aid Of anything
except his own fingers,
Ifhe succeed in doing this, he is
acquitted and held innocent but if
not, he is condemned, as proved to be
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-08
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
A Mothers LOve-A Practical
Illustration of Its Power.

A mothers love What potent thing
it is 1t will melt the heart of the rnoef
hardened criminal, when no other infu-
ence would be effectual. No one but q
mother knows its full meaning, but every
one can appreciate it if they will. II Is
known, though, that it means sleenIess
nights, care, inconvenience, and. If me-
cessary, want, hardship and death. But
the subject has been too eloquently
treated by the sweetest poets and the
ablest writers to furnish an ESSAY for
these columns. Too many practical il
Illustrations occur in every day life for II
to be dwelt upon, so that it unnecessary
to speak of the subject further in order
to make the reader understand the full
meaning of what is to follow.
Mrs. Henry Schualen, of Ashland.
KY, writes that her daughter has been
cured of deafness which resulted from
chronic catarrh. She tells how she had
lost all hope of her daughter her ideally
being cured, and how overjoyed she is al
the result. After trying many remedies,
she says PERUNA brought a cure, and
that the daughters hearing is restored,
She concludes, by speaking in the most
flattering terms Of PERUNA, and then de-
scribes in the most lovely manner the
happiness it has brought her, and reviews
the distress she experienced while her
daughter was afflicted.
DR.. A. r. Ong, Martins Ferry, O.,
writes 81 have large trade,6d yodr
PERUNA. Think it is grand remedy"
Mr.. Robert c. Hannah, Tolesborough,
Lewis county, KY, writes: "Iwrite to in
form you Of the great benefit l received
by the use of your medicines, PERUNA
and MANALIN. had been low spirited
and very sick for about six months with
a bad cough, and my friends thought 1
had consumption tried number of
patent medicines, and most Of the doctors
in the vicinity { and we have some as
good as you can find in the country,
but they did me no good whatever. Our
merchant, Mr.. Gillespie, insisted upon
me trying your remedies. l did so, but
must say, l had little faith in them at
first; before l had consumed my first
bottle, I noticed a change for the
better, and to-day I am entirely we'll,
and as sound a man as there is in the
vicinity. credit my cure to your valu-
able remedies, PERUNA and MANALIN,
and recommend them to all Of my
friends"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-08
How Wise Rats Outwitted a Miller

An East St. Louis miller Kept corn
in bin, the sides of which slOped
inwards. Nevertheless he daily saw
the effects of rats. Wondering how
the animals got in and out of the bin
he posted himself to watch them.
One Of the largest rats, which had re-
manned out of the bin, upon hearing
the miler's footsteps, ran to the bin
and lowered himself over the edge
until he hung only by his forepaws.
Then his rat friends, getting good
start by running, jumped and seized
upon the hanging rats body, raised
themselves out and scampered off.
When the last rat was out the old one
climbed up from his suspended posi-
ton and followed after-,N. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-08
During Cholera Epldemics.

The epidemirs of 1880, 1915 and
1866 caused the people everywhere to
adopt preventive measures which
were thought to have great efficacy.
Care in diet was considered most i'm
portant, Of course, and fruits were al
most entirely discarded, Watermel-
uns and cucumbprs were looked upOn
as poisonous, and even ripe peaches
and other harmless frmt We're per-
mitted to rot. So heavy were the
losses by fruit growers and dealers in
the East in 1850, that for few wears
after the plague disappeared no one
would raise melons and other Obiec-
tional vegetables and fruits for fear
that they could not he disposed Of.
Boiled rice, mush and milk, and
bread and milk became the principal
articles of diet in many families, and
meats and other heavy foods We're
partaken Of very sparingly. Cam
phor came into universal use as a
disiniectant, and nearly everybody
wore some Oft on the person, Flan-
nels were worn all summer, and
plasters of various kinds were used
on the chest and back.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-08

w. ID. Nydegger can always be re-
lied upon, not only to carry in stock
the best Of everything, but to secure
the Agency for such articles as have
welI-knoWn merit, and are popular
with people, thereby sustaining the
reputation Of being always enterpris
ing, and ever reliable. Having secur-
ed the Agency for the celebrated DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, will selLit on a positive guaran-
tee, 1t will surely cure any and every
affection Of Throat, Lungs, and Chest,
and to show our conGden @, we in
vile you to call and get Trial Bottle
Free.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-08

Ladies' Ayers Hair Vigor is
superior and economical dressing. 1t
has become an indispensable article
1Or the toilet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-08-08
III ES.

All persons are warned against cutting
down any of tho timber on my land on the
HooppOlc Road, adjoining the land OF Bowie
Johnson, about three miles from Deer parl,
and six miles from Oakland. The penalty
for cutting down timber i'm Garrett county
Md, without permission of the owner OF the
land, is the same, under the Act of 1850. CHI
2jl as for feloniously stealing goods or chat
tells to the value ofthe tree or trees" SO cut
down.
TIIEOS. b. HORWITZ.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28
Insecticides for the Orchard.

The United States Bureau of Ento-
mology, in one of its pamphlets, gives
the following directions for mixing the
various insecticides. Our experience,
however, leads us to suggest that the
quantities named are somewhat ex-
cessive, and may cause damage to the
foliage in some instances.
TOBACCO DECOCTIoN.-This is made
as strong as possible as wash or spray
to kill insect pests on animals and
plants.
HELLEBORE.-The powder is sifted
on alone or mixed one part to twenty of
flour. With one gallon of water one
fourth pound is mixed for spraying.
PYRETHRUM: PERSIAN INSECT Pow
DER.-ls blown or sifted on dry; also
applied in water, one gallon to table
spoonful of the powder, well stirred
and then sprayed
PARIS GREEN.-With twenty pounds
of flour from three-fourths to one
pound is mixed and applied by sitting
or by a blower. The same amount of
the insecticide to forty gallons of water
Is used as spray.
CARBOLIC ACID.-A solution of one
part in one hundred of water is used
against parasites on domestic animals
and in their barns and sheds; also on
the surfaces of plants and among the
roots in the ground.
LONDON PURPLE.-To twenty pounds
of flour from one-fourth to one-half
pound is added and well-mixed. This
is applied with sitter or blower. With
forty gallons of water one-fourth to
one-half pound is mixed for spraying.
BIsULPHITE OF CARBON.-For use
in the ground quantity is poured or in
jected among the roots that are being
infected. Against insects damaging
stored grain or museum material a
small quantity is used in an alright
vessel
KERosENE.-Mil Emulsion: TO one
part of milk add two parts kerosene, and
churn by force pump or other agitator.
The butter-like emulsion is diluted I'D
ibit,m with water. An easier method
is to simply mix one part of kerosene
with eight of milk. Soap Emulsion: In
one gallon of hot water -half-pound
of whale oil soap is dissolved. This,
instead of milk, is mixed to an emul-
sion with Kerosene in the same manner
and proportions as above.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-28
A Northern Plum Orchard.

The plum garden of Il. l.. Kinney in
South Hero, Grand Isle county, Yer
mont, has this season proved that close
attention and thorough cultivation will
ensure large quantity as well as a very
fine quality of fruit, even in years of
severe drouth. He has of this fine fruit
first to ripen the Purple Egg, then the
Yellow and Green Gage; also Peters
Yellow Gage. The Lombard, Goes
Golden Drop and German Prune are
loaded with fruit and have been every
year, without single exception, since
they first came into bearing. One year
ago last spring he added to this list the
Bradshaw, Victoria, Ponds Seeding
and Shropshire Damson, all of which
have specimens of fruit on them this
year and promise to be a valuable addi-
ton. Mr.. Kinney has no trouble in
getting a ready market for this kind of
fruit in towns east of him, where the
choicest varieties of plums are not so
readily grown. He received last year
"a per bushel, this year SO, and puts
them up in one-half bushel crates or
kegs, as ordered. Mr.. Kinney has also
a very fine apple orchard, which is well
loaded with the very finest of fruit this
fall, when so many orchards about him
are failing. He does not practice grow
ing other crops in his orchards after
the trees get into bearing, but believes
in very thorough cultivation all through
the growing season.-Cor. Homestead.