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The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
SOUTH WASHINGTON.

TROUBLED ny THE Crows s-Georgo A.
Boswell white man living on Buzlard s
Point has been greatly annoyed Of late by
tho. caw.c cav" of tho number OF crows that
iDfest that marshy vicinity in search of
food. Boswell thought he would amuse
himself yesterday afternoon at the expense
of the hideous scaveugcrs, and loading his
double-baIrelod shotgun proceeded TO the
point and opened war on tho birds. Bos-
well was Just having good time when
Officer Sheehan, attracted by tho report OF
tho gun, arrived on the scene aud placed
the rebellious George under arrest. Five
dollars was taken at the station-houso as
sufficient collateral for firing gun in the
street. In tho future Boswell will submit
to his calm ropose being disturbed by the
musical cav Of these beautiful birds.
SHURLAND ON TIE FORCE AGAIS.--Ex-
Policeman George Shurland, who was dis
missed the force short time ago on most
unsavory charges, has been appointed a
special policeman and assigned Tor duty at
the South Washington Precinct.
PERsoNAL.-Miss Tilly Evans Is lying
quito III at her homo on Thirteen-and-a
half street, between Maryland avenue and
Il street, southwest, from consumption
Miss Evans is a very popular and estimable
young lady, and her friends, whom the
physicians will now allow to see her. would
somewhat lessen the woariness of her sick
room ,andlperhaps hasten her convalescence,
by paying her vist.-Mr. Robert
Sacrey of Fredericksburg, Va, and Mis-;
Annie Jacobs, popular young lady of this
section, were united in marriage last even
ing.
IT kills all main instantly and costs only
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
A plsoRAceFuL SCENE.
MIR. White and Some Other Member
of the House.

w MIC anu HOutt Otnef haclhDtfS
of the House.
At $50 last night tho House was con-
sidering the River and Harbor bill. Mr..
White of Kentucky secured the floor aud
began to make speech. Ho was constantly
interrupted by derisive laughter and cries.
Mr.. Weaver of Nebraska ted to know
II a man with the most mouth was entitled
to all the time of the House. And Mr.. Van
Eaton said that Mr. Whites successor was
present and moved that he be sworn in.
Mr.. White retorted by saying that If
there had been q fair election in Mr. Van
EatoD's district his successor would have
been here. And Mr.. Van Eaton said If
there had been an intelligent election in
Mr.. Whites district he would never have
been here. There were further such ele-
CANT exchanges of words between Mr.
White aud other Members. Once Mr.
Whites words were taken down and he
withdrew them. Mr.. Willis asked that the
Eads proposition in the bill be stricken ont.
Tho opponents of the bill then resorted to
filibustering tactics, and several motions
to adjourn wefo voted down. Mr.. White
Of Kentucky finally secured tho floor and
proceeded to make a speech. Amid Kisses
from the Democratic side he referred to
Presidentelect Cleveland as being in a
saloon in Buffalo with the "boys," where
upon Mr.. Gibson of West Virginia pro-
nouDced Mr.. Whites conduct as disgrace
ful, and submitted that "the gentleman
from Kentucky has no right to stand on
this floor and advertise deliberate false
hoods"
Mr. Browne moved that, in the Judgment
Of this House, the language used by the
gentleman from West Virginia was unpar-
liamentary and in violation of its rules, and
that he is subject to the censure of the
House.
Mr.. Brownies motion was tabled by a
vote of 1872 to 66, and at II o'clock the
House adjourned.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
All watching u sparrow.

Five men were this morning about II
o'clock looking up at cOrnice under a
thIee-story window of a brick house. IT
was near the corner Of Eighth and d sJreets
northwest. They were looking at Il sparro "
whose leg had been caught in a1 opening in
the cornice. The sparrow was trying TO
get free. Soon there were twenty other
spsrrows trying to liberate the small bird.
Soon there were twenty people looking at
the sparrow. Then there were at least a
bundled sparrows trying to help him ont.
Then there were over u hundred people
looking at the sparrow. The sparrows
made great noise and worked hard to got
their little companion free. Finally ono Of
the spectators went up, and by the use of a
broom liberated the prisoner. Then the
crowd of people dispersed and the sparrows
twittered with glee, as they also separated
after congatnlating the released bird,
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
Mr. RandaIl,s Nnyal schemc.

The scheme is dead, at least for the pres
emit, but we hope that it's private history
may be forthcoming soon, for thero can be
no question as to the existence of hitherto
unrevealed reasons for the extraordinary
somersaults performed by Mr.. Randall in
connection with the measure. That a man
with his record for economy should have
thus suddenly become the open sponsor for
the most extravagant and unlimited scheme
of squandering that has been brought for
ward for years is fact requiring some
more plausible explanation than has yet
been offered ; and the true elucidation of II
would doubtless throw incidental light
npon Democratic hopes, plans aud expecta-
tions generally, York Tribune.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
1.-THE TRUE iNwARpNEss.p
An Army Officer Says General sharpe
Waa Like Rarkts.

Apropos Of the discussion in the Senate
yesterday on tho findings of the Swain
court.martial, an Army officer this morn
ing said to Critic reporter:
"Do you know the true inwarduess of
President Arthur's sending the findings of
the Swain board back to the court?"
Tho reporter said Mr.. Arthur stated his
reasons in his letter to be that the sentence
was not commensurate with the offense.
"Oh, no; that's not the reason. The
reason is simply this Mr. Arthur was not
satisfied because the court did not iud
Swain guilty, and dismiss him. so that he
could appoint his friend, General George IL.
Sharpe, to the vacancy"
But said the reporter, General Sharpe
Is not an army officer"
THAT doesn't make the slightest differ
ence. There is no law against tho appoint
ment of civilian to the position of Judge
Advocate. General of the Army, and it was
Arthur's intention to put Sharpe in on the
score Of old friendship"
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26

The Church Of Our Father, corner of /.
and Thirteenth streets, is admirable for
sight and sound as there Is not bad seat In
IT, Tonight Miss Kate Field lectures
there on the Mormon Problem, and all
thinking men and women should hear one
whose eloqnence IS only eqaaled by her
earnest love Of truth.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26

TnE city of Philadelphia has experienced
series of disastrous conflagrations in the
past few days, unprecedented in number, in
the amount of loss, in horror and in fatality.
Sixty-two alarms of fire were given in
twelve days, twenty eight persons were
burned to death and twenty-three were
seriously injured, while nine others mar.
rowly escaped being roasted to death. The
long chapter of successive horrors has caused
a general feeling of panic and alarm.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26

GENERAL SWAIN had some vigorous de-
fendcIs in the Senate yesterday, but good
deal of nonsense was INDUCED in by ingalls,
about the influence of the Regular
Army, pressure to convict, etc. The fact is,
Swain has nobody to blame but himself
for all his troubles.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26

LAST NIGHTS scene in the House Of Rep
Tesentatives, when an attempt on tho part
Of Mr.. White of Kentucky to mako q
speech was made the occasion for an ex-
change of abusive and insulting remarks by
half dozen Members, was about as dis
graceful an episode as has ever occurred in
that very undignifed body.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26

The popular and always welcome Nat
Goodwin is billed for the National The
atre next week a. Matthias in the great bur
lesque on Henry lryings BELLS" and as
christopher Wi;sad in the comedy of Con
fusion That the entertainment will DO
one Of ofpronounced merit scarcely needs to be
added
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26

TIE latest is that Thurman aud Melon.
aid are 10 be left out of the Cabinet. This
is too bad, If true. They would adorn and
strengthen any council.
And ifMcDonald is left out as intimatod,
because of the petty petticoat quarrels ofth
Hoosicrs, it does not speak we'll for Cleve-
lands strength of mind or Hendricks do.
sire for peace and the welfare OF his party.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26

PACIFIC MAIL did not boom yesterday
along with the other stocks. There IS great
danger that the loaded.up lobby will get
left with hands full of p. NJ. chromos.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
Our Cut.Rate sale

has had the effect Our winter stock is
greatly reduced, but we have lots of good
things yet, which we propose to force off at
lower prices than ever. Eiseman Bros,
clotheIs and tailors, corner 7th and L sts.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26

under Hall of Representatives is open all
day for the accommodation of visitors, aud
at night during night sessions.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
To-NioHr's ENTERTAINMENTS.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

The special bulletin Issued from the Signal
ONCE to-day snys:
For Friday, slightly warmer, generally fair
weather Is Indicated for tho Southern aud
Middle Atlantic Stntes.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
THE

4 Policeman C00rmed
My daughter suffered greatly an evening or
two ago with neuralgia of the face and fore.
head and was unable TO secure any rclier. l
saw salvation OIL advertised, sent for bottle,
and one application gave her entire rellef. !
neaitily recommend II, for II acts like a
charm. J. S. McCAULLEY,
Policeman
Residence, 20I n. Bond ST., Baltimore, Md.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26

Fresh Alderney butter, churned every morn.
Ing and delivered In N ID "Ward" prints, 6Oc,
per ID. Also cottage cheese, buttermilk and
sweet milk, DC. per At. Cream, 15c. per pint
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
GREATEST

Salvation OF kills pain every time. For cuts,
bruises, eprains, strains, burns, scalds ami
frost.bltee II IS an infalllble cure Price, only
twenty five cents bottle.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
CURE


GiddiV Recommends n.
contracted some weeks ago n severe cold,
with pain in my side and shoulder. gave
your Salvation oil q trial and II relieved me
at once. have also used II for headache with
good e1foct, aud gladly recommend II.
CHAS. s.. GILBERT,
31s Hollins street, Baltimore, Md.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26

Representative Long alIndes 10 the Navy as
"a collection Of wooden WRshtubs."
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
what Indiana wnn,n.

SALVATION OIL, tho pain -eradicator aud
family medicine, is only 25 cents bottle.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26

A LETTER is said to have been received
by the silver men in Congress from the
President-elect, saying that he has con-
s,der,d the arguments presented in favor
Of the continued coinage, and still ad-
heres to the belief that the best interests
Of the country demand its suspension.
Neither the silver men nor anybody else is
surprised that Mr.. Cleveland should boldly
take this ground.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26

the best in. this city. Swiss Steam Laundr,
1922 street.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26

IT kills all pain instantly and costs only
twenty five cents bottle-wc mean Sal
walton Oil
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
xVe EmpIox Afore PeonIe

than all OF the laundries In this city combined
swiss Steam Laundry, 1922 street.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
SALVATION

4 baltimore Hotei r0it,r CNtr0ic6
I'm not believer IN patent medicines, but
ffiend Induced me % Try salvation Oil FOR my
foot, which has been afllcted with rheumn-
tlem for several years. 1used IL and tho rhou
matlem Is tHtifei0 gone.
JOHN II. ANDERSON,
Head Walter Maltoy House,
BalllmOIe, MI.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
ON EARTH

salvation OIL is an infalliole cure for head
ache, bacEache, pain in tho side and limbs,
relieves pain and extlrpGtes the disease that
causes it. Price, twenty-five cents bottle.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26

salvation OF, the celebrated American rem
edy for cute, bruises, spraine, burns, scalds,
chllblalns, &c, can be had OF all druggists. II
Kills pains. Price, twenty-five cents bottle.
The Evening critic., 1885-02-26
FOR PAIN.

Strained wrist Cured
I've been SUFFERING for the past three weeks
with strained wrisr, which gave me exces.
sivo pain and from which was unable to got
RELIEF. ] was induced TO try Salvation OIL, did
SO, and fnd myself, after having used one bot
tie, entirely cured.
CHARLES KEY5ER,
100 Mulberry street,
Near Pine, Baltimore, Md.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-07

constitution before the victim is aware of it. It is nearly aa hereditary as con. sumption, quite as solaTsSs ssd fully as fatal. Entire families, inAeriting it from their ancestor. have died. and yat nSne of tAeiK number knew CT reaEse6 the myzaezieaa power wAicA waa removlng them. Instead of commoa sympenms 1t oenn sAows noaA whatever, but brings demkA sn2demly, from comvulsions, apo plexy CT heart disease. Az oae wAo has snaEsFed, and knows hY bitter experience what he sAys, l imploFe every one who reads these Werda not to nexleck the sligAsess syapsoms of kidnsy atses!sT, CeFsaia ago ay and probable death will be the saFe result ol such neglect, and 70 one can afford b hazard such chances. am aware tAat such an unqualified statement e this, coming from me, known aa l am throughout the entire land as 6 practitioner and lecturer, will arouse the surprise and possible anl- mostly of the medical profession and astonish all with whom am acquainted, but l make the foFegoing statements based upon facts which am prepared to produce and truths which l can sub stansiase to the letter. The welfare of those who may possibly be sufferers such as was. is an ample indacement for me to take the step have, and if can sue cessfully warn others from the dangerous path in which once walked. 1 am willing to endure all professional and personal consequence. B KENYON, M. D.
 ROCHESTER,. N. N., Dec. 90
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-07
can Be Had t Wansed.

Have you any malaria hereT asked . lady whe was loohiaG at Fnsal beasd- isg-plses fss h~ fam1y. 1wsu," said the landlady, Sws hafni got nsss jis nev fallEs kavsat ashed Or t bss we'Tl est t fsg year haily n yoa vaat IL" host fsiks ri malaria vithost wzsting t. To get rid of its noxious sAects sss Da..ld, Ne. H..s.. coas7 a.y. :. ! Bccwn's Iron Bittss cured me com pieseiy."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-07
Charles Dickens and Children.
John Hague, in Toronto Mail.l

Jonn haguet m 1oronso Mall.
 "Reminiscences of men SO popular as Dickens are always interesting, especially such as throw light upon character, and most especially when they tend to clear reputation from ungenerous aspersions such as he had to endure, and such as some persons still cast upon his memory as a man. Allow me, then, to say, as the topic has been raised in the Mail, that about the year 1851 1 was . visitor at the quaint little house just within the gate Of Euston place, then occupied by . highly gifted journalist, MT. C. ]. H. Mr. H. had, as sub-tenant and boarder, my genius-gited, lamented friend, the late Henry Merritt, whose cabin-sized studio was often in. may say that we were all three interested in the Lsadsv, just established, and edited by C. H. Lewis.
 The den of the greatest art judge and critic of this age-Merritt, looked out upon the lawn of the house occupied by the greatest novelist-Dickens. My at- tention was one day drawn to the window by the screeching meTriment of young sters. Merritt, in his solemn manner, with . vhif of his stubby pipe, said {: Those are Dickens' brats larking with him 7s usual" On the grass 1 saw Dick ems, attiied in a loose Turkish batter aed dressing gown, gamboliing with his chil: dren, more like a kitten with other kit tens than seemed to comport with the dignity of iilustrious authorship. Dick ess, however, kept his dignity for fif oc- casions. The fun seemed to arise from q struggle for the top place, in which Dickens with glorious good nature and with farcical gesticulations, allowed himself to be ignominiously wsrssed by the young ones. Those who have seen Dicsens uarivalied poves as . come dian will be able to understand the hys- teEieal giee of the children. Aspersions On Dickeus' domestic character have since that scene been regarded by me vith eooasmpt e mssdaeieas. At Shsf- sad wAea ke was playing with Collias, Augustus Egg, ard otheEs Of more or isss note, O bekaf of . literary charity, Dicksas vas greatly amnssd as being told that his frolics oa the lsvn lad ben witnsssed ard told me tha2 Mssxitt oftes shook his pie q them h meek anger.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-07
The wives sf Literary Men.
tExehange

k&AG10A&8&st
 The stories of lsstered and ualeetered wives, the partners Of genius, would s!. g large volume. Disr&eh. in his Literary Character" has an interesting chapter on the subject. He ascrihes some of the conspicuous blemishes of several great compositions to the domestic infelicities oftheir authors. Thus the desultoFy life ofCamoens is pescepsibae in the def hcicat connection of his epic, and Miiton's blini iness and disided family pseveated that castigating criticism which otherwise had erased passages which es aped his revising hand. Drydea himself pleads for the inequalities his work from Ais domestic circumstances. The wife oi manuscript and the marks of her nails have come down to. posterity in the nu- merous lacerations still gaping in his memorials. Moliere, notwithstanding all his skilIfpl analyses of human life, mar ried girl of his own troupe, who made him experience all those bitter discus aud ridiculous embarrassmen which he himself played of at the theatre. ca the ot@ CT hand, there are many please nt instances of happy literary marriages, Wieland's wife was . comfortable and ahectionate woman. She knew he was a great poet with put reading his books. Buffon, the great naturalist, wrote of his wife: Often, when cannot please my- self and am impatient at the disappoint- ment, Mime. de Buffon reanimates my exertion or withdraws me to repose, and return to to my pen refreshed and aided by her advice" Gessner declared that, whatever his talents might be, the person who had most contributed to develop them was his wife. The late Lord Beacons6eld owed much ot his success to the affectionate devotion of his wife. The modest but sufficient fortune which she possessed on his marriage enabled him to commence his parliamentary career m-ch earlier than would other. wise have been possible, and from the first to the last she was in every respect the partner of his joys and sorrows and my lady readers will be interested in the fact that Lord Beacons6eld's father, than whom no one knew more literary life, declared years before that few great men have fourished, who, were they candid, would not acknowledge to themselves advantages they have experienced in the earlier years of their cssee. from the spirit and sympathy of women. Our friend, the professor at the breakfast table, illustrates the difference between character and genius in men and women in his own inimitahle fashion. "You talk of the fire of genius,n he says "many . blessed woman, who dies un- sung and unremembered, has given k more of the real vital heat that keeps life in the human soul, without . spark Ait- ting through her humble chimney to tell the world about 1t, than would set dozen theories smoking or a hundred odes simuaering in the brains of so many men of genius" M. de Tocqueville pays q delightful compliment to his wife in one of his letters "I could not" says he, |" go on with my task if it were not for the refreshing calm of Marie's companion. ship. It would be impossible to find 8 happier contrast to my own. h my per petual irritability of body and mind she is providential resource"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-07

over the wild waters of the bay. No cross or symbol marks their resting place, but old Madge pats wild aowezs upen 1t st times, and when ! pass on my daily walk and sec the fresh blossoms scattered over the sad, think ef the strange couple who came from sfAr aAd hroke for a little space the dnll tenor of my sombre like-Lea&os SnriAty.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-07
CHAPTER VI.

For long time after ehis my lite was as regular and as monotonous as it had been before the shipwreck. At times hoped that the man hom Archangel had gone away altogether, but certain fost- steps which l saw upon the sand, and more particularly a little pile of cigar cite ashes which found one day behind hillock from which a view of the house might be obtained, warned me that, though invisible, he was still in the vicinity. My relations with the Russian girl remained the same as before. Old Madge had been somewhat jealous of her presence at first, and seemed to feas what little authority she had would be taken away from her. By degrees, how ever, as she came to realize my utter in- difference, she became reconciled to the situation, and, as l have said before, pro6ted by il, as our visitor performed much of the domestic work.
 , And now l am coming to the end of this narrative of mine, which l have written a great deal more for my own amusement than for that of anyone else. The termination of the strange episode in which these two Russians had played a part was as wild and sudden as the commencement. The events of one single night freed ma from all my troubles, and lef me once more alone with my books and my studies, as had been before their intrusion. Let me en- deavor to describe how this came about.
 l had had lsng day of heavy and wsarying work, so thak in the evening 1 deeefnined upon ts1rine | ieng yak. WAsn ! emesYed fun tie house, my as. tentioo was attracted by the appearance of the sea- It l&y Hke . sAest of giass, % that never riPple disturbed its sur lace. Yet the air vas flled with taat in- dsscihable moaning sound which ! have alluded to he8oce- . soand e though the spirits af an those who lay bensafh those treacAeGoas WaAory weEe sGndtnx . sad warning of coming troubles to their brethren in the Aesh. The 6Shexmens wives along that coast know the eeeie sound, and look anxionsly across the waten for the bs0wn safb naking for the land. When heard it, seeppod back into the house and loolsd Ii tAe Riass. It was down below 7o degrees. Then knew that wild night vas coming upon ux
 Underneath the hills where I vailed thak evsniag 1t vas dnll and chin, but their summis were rosy rcd, and tAe sea was brightened by the sinking san. There vese 70 clouds of impostance h the sly, yet the dsn groaning of the sea grev
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-02-07


 A little further on a vague, shapeless something was washing to and fro in the shallow water, all mixed with shingle and with seaweed. saw at a glance that it was the Russian, face downward, and dead. rushed into the water, and dragged him up on the beach. It was only when turned him over that dis covered that she was beneath him, his dead arms escircling her, his nangled body still intervening between her and the fury of the storm. It seemed that the fierce German sea might beat the life from him, but with all its stseagth 1t was unable to tear this one-idea'd man from the woman whom he loved. There were signs which jed me to bsaieve .hs. during thaf awful night the weu,an's 6cade mind had come at last to lean the worth of the true heart and stroug arm which struggled for her and gunsdod her 70 tendeziy. Why else shou1d her iittie hsad be sostling Q lovingly ea his bresd hseast, vAils her yellow kaig esfwiped itssn vith his flowing bsardf Why too, shouA theEe b. thae lsieh4 suails. of h. enable ispp.6 sa sssusafh which dea4h itseif kal oee had pewu to benish from kis dasky face?, 1 fancy skss SezzA had besa brighter to hin tan life had ev9 been. H
 NAdes sna hsiod them thesU on the shores q the dasuaasD nogthEn sea- They ke h oae xrave desp dovn heDenaA ths yellow sand Stznee tAipes AAy happea b the world aeeooa Zen. Knpisas nay rise and my m 6ynasliss nay pnrish Rreat vafx rnay c1unnn anA n. hrt hsedless q it all. those twU sAau emhssce each ether fc9 eveS aad aye. q Aeir lcaeay shrine - ths sids oftke ssapding ocean. ] sometimes h1ve theogkt that thsir sPirits fit Eke shadowy sea-mews