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The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

Mr.. W. B. THOMPSON, cashier of
the Provident Savings Bank of st,
Louis, has mysteriously disappeared
from that city, leaving large number
of poor depositors TO mourn his loss
to the tune of about $40, 1000. 1t is sur
missed that he has gone to test the vir-
tues of Canadian climate. st. Louis
was becoming much too hot for him.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15
wonder she remains a splnster ?

Congressman McKinley's speech yester-
day almost jerked the legs of of Senator
Payne's chair. Mckinley is anxious to
move it over on the other side OF the cham
Der and occupy it himself.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

The following breezy extract is from
Miss Cleveland's novel, "The Long Rum" ::
"The western horizon gapes with crimson
wounds that drop their heavy ichor on city
spires and domes, and redden city windows
where the golden sun beats through
wounds that are not staunched till Venus,
throbblug, great and tender, rises to bind
them up with love"
Is it any wonder she remains spinster =?
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15
REAL ESTATE.

NOR SALE-By ID. @. Proctor a. Son,
E 1876 Il st, n w. on easy terms.
IMPROVED.
17r stone house, all m |, stone stable
and barn, $1,000 feet ground, over
looking entire city; a few steps
from new reservoir price. m... 80. $4,000
Mass. ave, bet 18th and l4th n W, frame 5000
1ith 81, bet Q and II n W, all m |, II rs. 10000
S ST, bet 9th and 10th n W, all m I, 10 rs 5000
n ST, bet 18th and 10th NV, all m /, 9rs 5000
18th st, bet n and I'm W, all m /, o rs,.. 1900
% mi "a so. a"u no""aa'' . W. ~ 1000
''n RS ~, each 9Go'o nouaaty W. 'nc".D 1000
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS. FOR GRADING AND
i REGULATING IN THE CITY OF
WASHINGTON, d. c.
OFFICE or THE ESoiNEER COMMISSIONER.
Iu1v tAgn

n
WASHINGTON, d. c.
OFFICE or THE ENOiNrEu COMMISSIONER.
WAsHiSGToH. July 10, 1886.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
this Office until ~ O'Clock m, on SATURDAY,
July "a, 1856, for Grading and Regulating
various streets and avenues In the city OF
Washington, ID. G.
Blank forms OF proposals and specifications
can be obtained at this Office upon applica-
tion therefor, together with all necessary in
formation and only bids upon these forms
Will be considered.
The right is reserved to reject any and all
bids or parts of bids.
WILLIAM LUDLOW.
Engineer Commissioner ID. G.
VREASURY DEPARTMENT,
il july 3, 1896.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
the Custom House building. Georgetown. ID.
c., until IL o'clock noon. MONDAY, July 90,
1856, for supplying fuel gas, ice, water and
miscellaneous articles required therefor dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1887.
Blank forms and detailed Information may
be had upon application to the Custodian of
the building.
Bidders for supplying fuel will be required
TO deposit ten C0) per cent. of the amount OF
their bid as guarantee of good faith.
The Department reserves the right to reject
any or all bids or parts Of any bid, and to
G. s. FAIRCHILD.
Acting Sprretarv
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

DOR sALE-The North Washington
II Real Estate Company have a large and
choice line of improved and unimproved prop
erty for sale, offering rare chances for invest"
ment Parties desiring TO purchase or having
tion of the city will find 1t to their advantage
to do so through this company, which gives
It's whole attention and energy to the develop
has seventy thousand feet In one tract on New
Hampshire ave. at bargain for Investment.
Also 100000 acres of improved farm lands
In Xirgnia for sale or exchange. $40 II 80 W.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

Since the New York World has expressed
an opinion that it was very ordinary af-
fair for man to 20 through the rapids of
Niagara in barrel, the euraged Philadel-
phians have called an indignation meeting
to adopt a series of boycott resolutions
against that paper.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

course works well It will not only be
the means of greatly lessening the ex-
penses of the STATE and reforming the
convicts, but will lessen the complaints
of labor unions about the employment
Of convict labor. With the convicts
scattered around the State they could
not be employed in any line of work
that could interfere with the regular
prices Of labor Ohio is the first State
in the Union to adopt the ticket-of-
leave system, and the result will be
watched with much interest both by
the managers of prisons and the pco
pile generally. England's ticket-of-
leave system has been very successful,
but there 1t has never been employed
elsewhere than in her colonies.
THE announcement from London
that new extmdition treaty between
the United States and England has been
entered into, while meagro in details,
is such that It leaves no room for
doubling that treaty has been agreed
upon and will sooner or later find Its
way TO the Senate for the considera-
tion of that body. The present treaty
between the two countries is unsalis
factory TO both countries, but little less
satisfactory to the United States than
it is TO Great Britain. President
Cleveland, in his first message to Con.
grcss, pointed out the inadequacy of
the existing treaty, which, while 1t
covers number of crimes, does not
provide for the mutual return Of those
guilty of other crimes equally deserv-
ing of Punishment. The report from
london that the new treaty provides
for the surrender of dynamite operators
may be true. 1t is entirely probable
that our Government has yielded that
point in order to gain others of as
much interest TO us as the surrender of
dynamiters to England would be-
There is no reason why a dynamiter
should not be as promptly surrendered
as any other criminal. Neither is there
any reason why Mr.. White, the secre.
tary of the American Legation, should
have got on his high heels, as alleged,
when asked about the treaty; nor why
Mr.. White should have so severely re.
buked the English Foreign Office for
making mention of it, 1t would not
be bad idea to tack on protocol to
the treaty that would secure the return
of just such gentlemen as Mr.. White.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

GLANDS Off" says the President
LET the people and not the office
holders run the machine"
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

A lad was shot Sunday in Chicago on his
way to Sunday school. lie was stranger
in town, and thoughtlessly told few native
Chicagoans where he was going. Chicago is
very pleasant place, however, to live in, II
one is only little careful.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

The President has issued an order to
ofIlce.holders, which sounds little like he
was talking to lot OF vetoed Congress
men. Grover is no politician.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

There are 1880 medical students In this
country, and the Lord only knows how
many graveyards.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15
GENERAL AND cRIrrouLAn.

Now Morrison is great indeed,
He's worthy of an orison,
His surplus bill has passed the House,
Go knight him Sir Plus Morrison.
Republicans, Democrats and Greenback-
ers as statesmen have widely divergent
ideas Of money, but as politicians, anything
will do which will serve to assist some un-
certain voter in making up his mind where
he shall put his vote.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

Mr.. Morrison is contemplating a change
OF title from Horizontal Bill to Surplus
Bill. The latter appears to be more mas
cotty, as 1t were.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

ewoA CARD.
10 all who are suffering from the errors and
early decay, loss of manhood, &c, will send
a recipe that will cure you. FREE OF CHARGE.
This great remedy was discovered by mis-
sionary in South America. Send self'ad-
dressed envelope to the Rev. Jos. II. Inman,
Station ID, New York CITY,
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

HHIGHLAND SPA wATER"-Oooi
III and refreshing. children ask for u,
Mothers need IT, An Indispensable article to
every household.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

FoH RENT
THE NEW POST BUILDING.
Studios, Offices and Lodge or Society Rooms.
There are yet vacant in the new Post Build
ing some well-lighted rooms suitable for
lodges and societies; also several well-lighted
rooms, eligible for artists studios also two
rooms fitted for light manufacturing, with or
without steam power; otis elevator runs day
and night. Apply at POST COUNTING ROOM
DOR RENT-8O6 Il st n w, Cool Fur
II nished rooms at summer prices.
llOR REST-3 Large and One Small
II unfinished rooms and bathroom. I'd
floor, 1916 l4th 81 W; can be seen at any hour
LOR RENT-3 Rooms on ed Floor;
II cheap. 0l0 9th ST W.
VNOR RENT-Unfurnished Rooms In "a
II desirable locality; convenient TO cars
and market. Call at 9oG 10Th ST NV.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

Senator Joe Browns compliments to his
convicts in Georgia are at least sincere, for
not man of them can vote for him for U.
s. Senator. Consistency, thou art jew
elry store.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

Walt Whitman says thepoet of the future
is to come from the West The National
Board of Health is hereby warned to get its
quarantine in working order.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

The report that Editor Reid of the New
York Tribune has gone West to solicit sub
scriptions for his weekly and distribute a
few chromos among clubs is not true. Mr.
Reid's object is to lay proposition before
Geronimo and his band to come to New
York and accept positions as aldermen.
This is authentic.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

MEDICINE FOR DOGS.
N All Diseases Cured.
GEORGE WOODBRIDGE,
Cor. AZ st. and Md. ave. 8. W.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

DANORAMA of Battle of Bull Run,
l. 10Th ST., two blocks south Of Pa. ave.
The most realistic battle scene ever painted.
Lighted at night by 300 electric lights. Open
from a. IN. to 10 p m. On Sundays half price.
SCIENTIFIC ana Effective SparrIng.
The most beneficial of all exercises taught
by Prof. j. @. Collins at his residence, 7O6 I'd
st n W. Lessons in dumb-bel and Indian
club exercises also taught.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15
FOR SALE---LOTS.

VIOR SALE--A BARGAIN-A Nico
IL building lot near Govt Printing Office,
only 35c per foot; terms. $500 cash, balance
on long time, Address c., Critic Office.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

Congressman Tom Robertson of Ken
tucky, in whose district Abraham Lincoln
was born, has introduced bill to appropri-
ate $4,000 for the erection of q monument
at his birthplace. In this connection we
will remark that there are monuments in
Kentucky which are neither worn In hip
pockets nor are opened with a corhscrew.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15
FOR SALE-HOUSES.


NOR SALE-HOUSES-
II N j ave, bet 4 and q sts n W, Or
b b, east tfront.,...,,,..,..,,,,.,,, 900
E ST. bet 9Th aud 9TH o, 5.r ( h,.,,,,,,, 1900
L ST. bet 9Th and 9TH n W, 8r h., cellar,
1914 10th st n W, S.r b h.....,,. ..,.,,,.,. 1850
kingman Place, bet Il and q, 18th and
18th SITS n W, Or b h and basement.n,, $500
S II, bet l2th and 18th II W. 7-r b h, bay
window, stable inroar, fine condition,
Lot leXl.5 .,....,,..,,.,,.',. ,.,,,,,,.' 3,OOO
imps NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. :, o'' ] $3.50
1904 CorGOran ST, 6 b b, concrete cellar,
all mod imps, bay window. w....,,.,,.", 1900
Riggs 81, bet l4th and 10th, south side,
tl-r b h, concrete cellar, all imps,,,.. G,500
Easy terms on most of these houses.
Rents collected ON small commission.
j. q, COOK, Cor, 1lth and Il SITS n W.
NOR SALE-HOuse No. 23O0 NJ 81 n W,
n two stories and basement, pressed brick
front, two Water-ciosets and bath, with bay
window; price, $4,000.
LNOR SALE-}rick House 033 M st,
It bet 9th and 10th stsn W; II rooms two
bathrooms; lot "a by 105 TO alley; cheap and
terms reasonable. Apply on premises.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

The President by his veto power has
formed Nucleus for the organization of a
society to be known as the National Asso-
citation of the Vetoed, and the prospects
are promising that after one more Congress
It will have a large membership with
branches in every State and Territory In the
Union.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15
WANTED HOUSES.

w not far from city and convenient TO
railroad station. Address, stating price and
location. p o Box No 534.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15
UREAsURY DEPARTMENT,
SPECIAL NOTICES.

SuIGHLAND SPA WATER" Sold
Ill everywhere. Ask your druggist or
grocer forit. Family trade especially solic-
tied. Sold in quart bottles.
N>Ss165 AND 10 CENTS
RS FOR BINDING
HARPER'S. CENTURY AND ST. NICHOLAS
MAGAZINE.
THE LYCETT BINDERY,
1910 and 1912 Pa. Ave.
All work guaranteed.
The Washington critic., 1886-07-15

eys- COOPERATIVE BUILDERS
~ Section of the Integral Cooperative
System, composed of carpenters and joiners,
are now bidding on all work in this line, in
ings of every description. Plans and specif-
cations furnished on application. Owners
will do well to submit plans already made.
Address LOCK BOX 600 CITY L, O.
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SORGHUM Sngnr.

New Jerseys experiment station has demon
strated that the sugar from cane worked
without leaf or sheath is of superior quality.
The expense of evaporation is also notably
lesScncd. All that seems to he wanted now is
some cheap method of stripping the cane to
make sorghum sugar manufacture financial
success. Certain disnTrCcable odors and favors
have been attributed in n general way to
these leaf growths. BY the old method of
pressing the juice from the cane more than
half the sugar, in the best equipped mills, was
left in the refuse. The diffusion process en-
ployed in the manufacture of beet sugar is
applied with great success to the manufacture
of sorghum sugar. The stripped cane, when
cut, is comparatively heavy and lies close in
the cell Cane with the leaves on is so much
lighter, and lies 50 much more loosely, that it
requires nearly twice as much water to fill
the spaces in the latter case and this means a
more dilute juice and the need Of more evap-
Grafton
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Of boards and rnt on the ground No
wormy or bruised fruit should over he used.
Fine, uniform apples should be placed in the
FIRST layer with the stems down. The bottom
lccomc, the head when the barrel is filled.
After The first layer the fruit may be poured
in from la licts. caro- being taken not TO
bruisc it Place enough ON toptoproiect half
the thickness Of an apple above the top of the
chime Of the barrel Place the top on these
apples, and with n screw press gently force it
into the barrel. Mark on the head of the
barrel; Il plain stencil makes the best mark.
Use the brand only on the best parcels. If
inferior fruit is to be sent, it Is better to vary
the mark. \ reputation for good fruit may
he Il strovcd if the regular brand is used on
inferior sorts. Some brands are SO well known
that the fruit docs not even need to be
sampled at the sale. Let an inferior lot go
to the sale with the brand affixed and this
reputation will surely be lost The expense
of sending barrel Of apples from New York
to the market at Liverpool is about 81. To
this must be added the freight from the point
of packing to New York, and cost of handling
in the city The agent charge per cent
commission. All cool keepers will do to
send. Baldwins, Ru,Scts, JonathanS, Kings,
Greetings, Spitzenburgs, ETC., all do well on
the trip
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are glossy, flowers large and it is an abund-
ant bearer. The fruit is of medium size,
nearly round, skin notified red, dark red
cheek flesh white, melting, high flavor, and
parts freely from the stone. Since its intro
gluction into New Jersey and Delaware, the
peach season begins at period very percepti-
bly, earlier than before.
Peaches will grow in most parts of this
country. But the central portion of the United
States is where they thrive the best, notably
in New jersey and Delaware. The Delaware
peach is now the fashionable one in city mar
Gets
Where this fruit is known TO do well, it
may be planted in largo quantities, and is a
valuable crop In other localities it should be
experimental with cautiously. Nearly every
farmer has had experiences of the curses,
both loud ami deep, with which an unprofit-
able peach orchard has been cut down.
1t is said now that the practice Of budding
The peach tree, year after year. has weakened
its vitality and made it liable to disease, but
nobody knows. If you want TO begin care
fully with peaches, plant first few trees
near your house and sheds to see if they will
do well That is for places which you do not
know to BE- adapted to them.
This fruit does well trained against wall
Of house where it will be sheltered. a few
trees will he all that are necessary for homo
Use, getting an assortment of both carly and
tate ones. Planted in an orchard the peach
thrives best in a dry sandy or gravcly loan.
II peach raiS2rs get an average of three crops
III five year, they do well, and mako the
business pay, In setting out an apple orchard
It is a good plan to set the apple trees the
proper distance apart then fla in the spaces
between with young peach trees. They will
nave got their growth, borne their fruit, and
lied and been cut down by the time the apple
orchard is large enough for them to be in its
way.
Select a western or northern slope for your
orchard. This keeps it back in spring and
makes the fruit germs less liable to be killed
A peach trees best bearing life is from its
fourth to its tenth year. Whole crops have
of late years been destroyed 10y the disease
called ycllow- Plenty of spent lime mixed
with the soil about the roots will prevent this
and often cure it, In this disease the leaves
urn yellow and the tree dies Insufficient
punishment is one cause assigned for it,
Orchards may he set out either in fall or
spring. I'm the fail, the time from the mid
die of October to the middle of November, is
&he proper season for planting. In the spring
rs soon as the frost is out of the ground
Opinion is divided as to whether fall or spring
planting i, best.
Besides Ilale's Early, another approved
variety is Crawford's Early. Excellent me-
dunn late varieties are Honest John and Vel
low ROserpe
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Things to DO and to know.

Cut folder when the corn bcSins to glaze,
Next spring try fat culture Of potatoes,
without amy killing up.
The Mann apple, SO highly recommended,
is loot proving hardy in the north.
1t costs moro To t1l,oa bu,hr Of potatoes
from Albany to New York by rail than from
Liverpool TO %cw York by steamer.
y cross Of the Jersey with the hornlcss
Galloway cattle i, said to bo productive of
excellent RESULTS. Tic calves from this cross
are houlc-,
4 good sized bag Of charcoal hung in els
tern will swoeton the water if it has soured or
become foul The charcoal should be broken
into small Jumps.
\ broad-mouthcd fruit jar partly fun of
sweetencd water will catch the cabbage
moths. Have several such jars around the
cabbage patch
In setting milk for cream to rise this simple
principle must lac remembered: The depth of
setting should vary with the temperature;
the lower it is the deeper milk may he set; the
higher, the shallowcr it should be.
-Four million dollars worth of potatoes are
imported into the United States every year,
yet American farmers cannot get paying
prices for the lone product The cause is
that internal transportation is so high,
Picllad olives and dry bread are said to be
a sure cure for dyspepsia. The olives are
simply H!lcl in weak brine. The patient
must cent mo- n"al. Olives are lightning &c
be raised H. California in abundance.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-10

By its use much is gained in time, when
handling, and there need he little waste, as all
loose blades can be gathered and placed in the
clamp AMI bound with the longer fodder. The
clamp is made from piece of scantiing 2Y3
Dche5 by 3 feet long, having two uprights
and q board nailed croSswi,c to the bottom, to
prevent the clamp from falling over The
IpriShts are IS inches high and placed in NOR
tices Il inches apart, and nearer one end than
5he other. The uprights should stand two
inches farther apart at the top than at the
bottom.
a saw kerr is made half an inch deep in the
Top of each to receive the Irvine. Il use reaper
twincl The clamp is light and valuable in
field or barn. TO use it, make a loop at the
end of the tWinc, and place it in the kerr at
ihe top Of one upright; leave the slack as
shown, and pass the Irvine ON through the
1ther kerr. llu-l an arlnful of fodder and
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The present is a good time for looking after
the apple trees that were grated last spring.
The scionS which lave grown fast and are
tender should he checked by cutting off their
ends, so that the wood may ripen and not be
winter killed Cut away the native limbs
slowly, SO as not to cause too great a shock to
the tree. 1t is not generally safe to cut limbs
closely at first, but to cut them oil one foot
or more from the body at first. Then let
them sprout and grow the next season. If
they sprout and grow very fast then let them
grow the following year until the leaves fall
break the sprouts from tle stubs and limbs;
let them grow another year, then cut them
Off smooth Cultivator
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-10

A correspondent of The Bee Journal writes
that brood of chickens were in the habit of
frequenting the shed in which he kept his
bees The bees stung all the dark colored
ones to death, yet did not modest the light
colorcd chicks. Why the preferenco' The
editor writes that he has frequently spoken of
the advantage of wearing light clothes among
the bees. We wear black bee wells because
we cannot see clearly through any other color.
Woolly, fuzzy and dark materials are objected
to by bees. A man with a plug hat on rarely
gets stung, unless by bee that is trying to
shoot the hat" aims too low and hits the face
by mistake, while u companion at a suitable
distance is perfectly safe.-Lewiston CMe)
Journal
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COVER FOR MOUTH OF DRAIN.

The end OF the tile is cut away, as shown.
The trap is made Of galvanized iron, heavily
wired around the sloped end for the lid to
rest ON. \ brass hinge is used, TO prevent
rustng. When the water flows down
through the drain the trap is lifted ly the
force of the water until it assumes the posi-
ton \. Whom the water stops flowing, the
cap falls OF it, own WEIGHT until, when the
water ceases, the opening is closed. Mr..
Crane found that muslirats crawlcd up his
drains into the li,h pond to destroy the carp.
One of these traps placed at the lower end OF
the drain prevented any further trouble.
One placed on the end of the house drain will
piTe ruul nj i,.nrt ION.
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DeLonr, Mayer & Co., New York, issue
The following circular to apple raircrs and
packers;
1t sexp.etcd That the English apple crop
will be very small this year, and that conse-
qucntly profitable market will be found for
many of on apples abroad. Last year in the
gline months between August, IS, AMI May,
$50, sG3,0J0 barrels Of apples We're shipped to
England rii.cs were not entirely satisfac-
tory, however, and many were disappointed,
This year. ia consequence Of the reported
Failure of The IH..th crop, it is expected that
prices viii lo moro satisfactory. Tho
5rost import.at point is the packing,
Only row larcls should ho w q, mil
Che llMs should he done ol "a Platform
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-10

\ st. Loui, harness dealer has on cxhibi-
ton a horseshoe of English design, which is
simply cushion or pad of yucnu,2ed rubber
covering the fro, Of the hoof and held in
place by the hora, moo in an ingenious man
ncr In cities W. re there Is any great
quantity of asphalt paycmcnts this invention
will become invaluable, rs it will prevent
slipping and reduce TO the minimum the con-
cu9sion that soon "-tavcs' "a horse up when
driven GA -..h paylmcnts,-Ncw York sun.