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The Washington critic., 1886-10-04
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j. McNfu1 Wn,rlln. tlehmou, Eng.
lthrui.t. IS cxpc.t.d in tuls c,uniry tbs
last oi November.
a san ASroNto correspondent says that
Geronimo Is ~ years old has leeply-.inei
face aud Is ihr rtinre"f liars.
rHr brotherhood Of Locomotive Ia
piuceis win meet in New York Oaiober
20, between 800 and 400 delegates beiug
expected.
w. 5. MELrEN, who has recently bnen
appointed general manager of tho Wscon-
fin Central, was fifteen years ago station
agent at Racine.
MoSslGNog O'BRIEN, the pnpal ablegite,
who brought over the red beretta TO CardI-
nal Taschereau OF Montreal, sailed from
Philadelphia yesterday for Italy.
Miss CLARA MoRRts lost three thou.
sand dollar diamond brooch last week
somewhere between Erie aud scranton. II
was a wedding gift from Mr.. lllrrott, her
husband
GEoRGE DoLIY, well remembered in
Washington as the agent OF MIR. Charles
Dickens when he lecturcd In Washington,
istoportcd as old and poor aud an inmate
ola London Hospital.
\ LONDON cablegram to the New York
Times says n story is In circulation to the
effect that Monsignor Cupcl, bling com
pletoly siiencGd by the church, is In great
poverty at San Francisco.
"BrIiHp MoLoNEY, ex-realing clerk,
New York Doodle Board of Aldermen, ar
Iiytd In Montreal from Europe saturday.
"iilly' will not reach Now York for some
time yet, for obvious REASONS.
II Il stated that Leonltd W. jerome OF
New York, allows his daughter, the wife Of
Lord Randolph Churchill. Chancellor Of the
British EXyhcquer, $4,000 per uuuun
Lord Churchlis salary is SIS, 0JO year.
THE visible globe Of the sun, according
TO Professor Proctor, Is 1859, 900 times as
large as the earth Take the average Mug.
wump at his own estimation OF himself and
hc is good deal bigger than that New
York Gliluuc.
An iron tower 800 feet high, nearly
three times MS tall as the Washington Mon
umeut, Is to be erected In Paris for the pur.
pose Of nfTording sight-seers an opportunity
of getting grand view Of the city and sur
roundiug suburbs. Its estimated cost is Il
million and half dollars, of which the
government contributes $3000O0, and the
contractors furnish the remainder for the
privilege Of the revenue for twenty years.
II Is the intention to have 1t completed by
1889.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04
THE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.

THE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
The suggestion Of THE CRITIC that
it would be good thing for the Dis
trict to have well organized Citizens
Association to look after its material
interests in and out of Congress, seems
10 find universal favor. The SURday
Gszot.e says:
Such an association would command the
warmest respect from the bulk of our citi-
zens and be the means OF communication
between Congress and the people. y
1t has long VIGOROUSLY been the case that
the National Legislature does not pay as
much attention TO the statements and
wishes Of the Commissioners as they should
do. On many occasions Congress has In
vited the citizens of the District to consult
with them and give their views upon mat.
ters Of moment to our people. With such
on association as is contemplated Congress
would at once feel satisfied in dealing.
The expression OF the peoples wishes by
such an association would commlnd
prompt attention. But not alone In deal
ing with Congress would such an associa-
tion be of benefit to the District. There
is scarcely one avenue OF interest In whcn
such an association would not prove ad-
vantaGeous.
The Sunday HerGM responds In the
same strain of approval and says:
A representative body of citizens could
aid the Commissioners In many ways, and
would be particularly useful with Congress
at critical periods. Here is an opportunity
for intelligence and genuine public spirit TO
display themselves By all means let us
have some kind of voluntary civic orgauiZa-
tion. Simply because voluntary, unpaid,
and possessing only moral power, such aH
organization would be all the more iniluen-
tial.
A correspondent of the EcoRiag Gtar
suggests in forcible way what
amounts practically to the same thing,
The writer urges the erection Of a
grand memorial edihce to the memory
of Lincoln, the construction Of the
Grant Memorial Bridge, as earnestly
and originally advocated by The
Critic, the erection Of Supreme
Court building and other important
structures, and concludes by saying:
Such are some Of the matters which
ought to be urged upon the attention. OF
Congress by duly chosen and influential
committee Of citizens. Too much care
cannot be exercised In selecting that com.
h'''eo ~ oiucl thht uuucI tuelr Eulldhce
the work may he successfully carried ont
of worthily embelishing the National Cap
1tal by American taste and genius.
The argument in support of the
proposition, it seems to us, is simple
and conclusive. The several State;
and Territories come to Congress amply
equipped with direct representatives.
who in turn carry abundant instruc,
tions in their pockets as to what lcgis
lation is expected of them. There arc
State and Territorial conventions
boards of trade, chambers of com
morce, commercial and other organiza
tions behind them, embodying the pa5
lie sentiment of their several localities
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04
BLUE SKIES.

Sad twilight trails her heavy clouds
Into the night. one sullou zone
OF mist. In nearer CirCling shrouls,
Sweeps out the hills our love has known,
Cold blasts 90 sObbing overhead.
When, bark. the west winds herald cries,
And by his sweet persuasion led,
Behold one far, faint sparkle spell
Thro' Hited mists. | keep glad eyes,
Dream happy things. Above are spread
Blue skies!
Lilo, eager heart of mine, Is storm,
Thou canst not part the lowering years,
Closer and deeper phantOms form,
Thy near horizon wells in tears.
The world drifts from thy yearning sight
But hark what free wind hither flies,
Singing Of strange, unseen delight
A star shines In the death-wrack's hghtl
Dream thou of morn and Paradisey
over thy grave shall watch tonight
Blue skles
-IEllen ". Butler.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04
Yhc BOIlnngcr NhcIi.

General Boulanger, the French Minister
Of War, who is the coming man in France,
is not only astounding his own fellow-coun-
trymen with the rapid and startling
changes he is making In tho French army,
says the New York lPorid, but is also dis
turbmg the equanimity OF all the other
nations IN Europe. His name is more fire.
quently on the lips Of the people than that Of
any other man in France, lie Is half Eng
lish, having been born of au English mother
at Brighton forty.fve years ago. His latest
interesting proposal is that the Chambers
should vote a sum Of 125, 600 francs for
the equipment Of the French army with
new mortars and proiectiles Of monster size
and terrible distructlyeness. 1t discharges
a shell three feet long, which has a sharp
steel point that enters into the target like
q wedge, shatterlng 1t into atoms. II de-
mollshes solid stone walls as II they were
paper boxes, and crushes the thickest steel
plates with perfect ease. One OF General
Boulanger's new regulations In the French
army is that the soldiers shall allow their
leaTds TO grow
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04

To JUDGE by the robust proportions
of the New York World yesterday and
its immense display of ads" busi-
ness at she metropolis must be on a big
boom, and such being the case its Wig.
orous radiation throughout the country
may shortly be expected. The Worh
contained 20 pages or 1876 columns of
matter, and of the latter 125 columns
were edited by its advertising patrons,
an increase of 3G columns over the pre-.
vious Sunday.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04

IT seems long time ago since Judge
Doolittle was a United States Senator,
but it is not so long, nor is the Judge
so old, that public life has lost its
charms for him. He is now running
for Congress as n Democrat in the
First Wisconsin district.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04

THE Republican State Convention of
New Jersey will meet at Trenton to,
morrow for the nomination of State
officers, EX.Congressman John Hart
Brewer is prominently mentioned as a
Gubernatorial candidate.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04

Mr., HENRY GEORGE, composite can.
didate for Mayor OF New York, has
had his picture taken for distribution
as campaign document. This is one
of the hard features of the campaign,
but ii shows that when man goes into
politics he is not afraid to set his face
against even his best friends.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04
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THE New York Times commends the
action of Secretary Whitney as highly
judicious in the measures which he is
taking for the transformation of the
Washington Navy.Yard into a great
ordnance mandatory.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04
LINES or rRorRtErN.

The general public Is naturally
enough interested in knowing all that
IL is their right to know, and curious
10 know still more, concerning the
President and Mrs. Cleveland, their
goings and comings, their sayings and
dongs, and their manner Of life mt the
White House. Many people, indcei,
have sort of morbid craving on this
subject, and seem TO forget that while
the Chief Magistrate and bis wife are
public pcrsonages, they are still en-.
titled to certain immunties and have
some domestic rights which cultivated
people are bound to respect
Hence the curiosity of visitors not in.
frequently runs into impertinence and
the solicitude of .gatherers for the
press 10 keep this curiosity well fed be.
comes unpleasanty intrusive, so much
so that 1t becomes at times a subject of
just complaint and protest. The line
of propriety should certainly be drawn
somewhere.
President Cleveland has shown a
very generous and gentlemanly dis.
position in this matter, and 1t is unfair
that he should be imposed upon in re.
turn. Not only is every facility &c
corded at the White House for obtain
ing all legitimate information pertain
ing to the Executive branch of the
Government, but topics Of personal and
minor interest are often and unre-
servedly communicated TO reporters
and correspondents, and the freedom
and jocularity with which these topics
are sometimes handled in the news.
papers, so far as we are advised, are al
ways taken in good part.
The objection is to the habit some
persons have of persistently obtruding
themselves upon the privacy of the
Executive establishment and putting
the result of their impudence and in.
quisitiveness into print. This is neither
enterprise nor good taste.
The right of man to the quiet en-
j1yment of his own fireside or of a
woman to the seclusion of her own
apartments and the undisturbed per-
formance of theduties of her house
hold, without being stared at and tat
lied about by the neighbors, is not de-
MED to the humblest citizen. Why
should the President of the United
States and the mistress of the White
House be made an exception to the
rule.
1t should be borne more scrupul0usly
in mind that the privileges Of the sight.
seer and gossip have boundaries here
as elsewhere; and that except by special
invitation or permission they do not
extend beyond the limits set apart for
public and official uses; also, that
while no peculiar sacredness attaches
in this country to the person of its
chief ruler, he may reasonably claim
for himself and his, so far as their pri.
vate habitation and its affairs are con.
cerned, the same protection against in.
decorous and meddlesome invasion
that he would insist upon in unofficial
life.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04

As TO MIR. BLAINE's hook, it Is said that
If he had understood publishing as we'll as
he does politics, ho would have made
$4,000 TO $75 600 more out Of II. As It is.
It will pay him, when the whole l75, 900
copies are disposed Of, about Sl3l, 600.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04

IT is said of Mr.. Levi p. Norton that
he sent Tom Reed of Maine n check
for $500 to help him through his late
Congressional canvass in Maine and
that he is doing similar kindnesses to
Republican candidates with doubtful
chances in the West. 1t is quiet
little investments like these that some.
times blossom into big dividends.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04

THE Spanish courts-martial do busi.
ness with neatness and dispatch. OF
seventeen generals and four colonies
who were placed on trial Saturday
morning, for conspiracy against the
Government fourteen were found
guilty and sentenced to death before
NIGHT
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04
PROPOSALS. FoR STATIONERY.
L. 8. Housr or REPRESENTATIVES,,

L. s. IlousE or REPRESENTATIVES,,
WAsluSGruN u. c., Sept IL. 1895.
SEALED PROPOSALS Will be- received at
this Office until /! o'clock IN , OCTOBER is,
1885. for furnishing Stationery for the House
OF Beprcs during the fiscal year end.
ing june 20. 1857.
Bank forms Of proposals, blank bonds and
necessary Information will bc furnished on
application to the stationery clerk.
The clerk reserves the right to waive de.
focts and reject any or all bids or parts of
bids.
Proposals. should be addressed TO tho clerk
OF the House OF Representatives and indorsed
Proposals for stationery
JOHN CLARK. JR..
Clcrk U. g House Of Representatives.
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NJ. BARTuoLDI will arrive in New
York, October %, to attend the uuveil.
ing of his Statue of Liberty. AS usual
he will come prepared to foot his own
bills.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04
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Cabel Maddux, lord Of Orkney Springs
is wag; Hon. John T. Harris is an ex-
Congressman Of the Seventh Virginia Dig
trict. 1t happened on one occasion, when
Mr.. Harris was in Congress that whole lot
Of his constituents, who knew him by repu-
tation, but had never seen him, were in the
bar Of the Metropolitan Hotel, and were
anxious to meet him. Maddux was there,
too, but none Of them knew him, so he
stepped forward:
"Gentlemen" he said, with q bow, 81
have just heard you say you wanted to see
Mr.. Harris. am Mr.. Harris. Let's take
something"
Everybody took something; everybody
shook hands with Mr.. Harris; everybody
was feeling good, and when the last glass
was empty, Mr.. Harris invited everybody
TO drink again, and everybody stepped up
except one grizzly old fellow
"IT-, boys" he said, fastening his eye
on Maddux, "this aint no Johu T. Harris.
Nobody ever caught him invitin' the crowd
to take second drink"
"llere's beautiful lithograph Of Belva
LOCKWOOD remarked the new Office boy
| as he cane IN with the mail.
"Let's see,n said the managing editor.
"1here look at that,n continued the boy,
| fastening II mp on the wall,
The managing editor surveyed 1t thought
fully for long time.
"Theres one thing about IT," he said,
finally, "that admire particularly"
"What is IT." Inquired the sporting
editor.
at can't talk" And there was n dull
thud as the IN, e. dropped au able editorial
on wonans rights into the drawer.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04
PERSONAL.

I .
LkNTuE CATE, biS i0h -. n. W.,
rear Fst dnto Forsyth tlteL
our is aud g1r breakfast serrul from $50
n ~. tu II u m, Dinner l2m to Z p. IN. sun
day r. IN The best In the market only
used and cooked prupCrly. Al VIC ask Is
cal To he convinced Of the above
Iilrcf fare Monday oct !, 1896:
DINNER
Soups Vegetable and vcrmicolli
Meats-i'oayt pork, apule sauce, curricd
mutton and rice roast beef
Vegetables Mashed potatoes, eggpants,
boiled onions, sweet potatoes, baked beans,
sliced tomatoes.
Deserts Apple, each, pumpkin, coconnut
and prune pies, tapioca pudding, coffee, tea
or milk.
Pill OF fare Tuesday oct. 3. 1885:
BREAKFAST.
BCcfsicak, with or without onion7. We u
chops, liver and bacon. pork chops, sausage,
eggs, 6sh-brOiled sweet iDaoKerel.
with any of the above articles yon are on
titled To hot and cold breads. butter, pota-
toes fruit or sauce. with coffee. tea or milk.
DINNER.
Soups Vegetable and ochra.
Meats-Roast lamb, beef stew, roast beef.
Vegetables Mashed potatoes, corn. egg.
plants, sweet potatoes, new turnips, cold
slaw.
Dessetts--Apple. raisin, peach, and pumpkin
pies, frozen custard and cake, coffee, tea or
milk
We serve nothing but first class articles;
the best Coflce to be had in the city, made In
French Drip Glass Lined Urn.
j. Il. O'BRIEN, Manager.
MRS. +. l.. CLAYTON, Propriotross.
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PROPOSALS.
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Proposals must be indorsod on the en-
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GENERAL AND CRITICULAR.
TOINOOnY.


Mr.. Topnoody had come 10 late the night
before and the remarks which his wife ad-
dressed to him at that time were resumed
at breakfast. After she had about ex-
hausted her vocabulary, Mr. #. thought to
change the subject.
81 had a dream last night, my DEAR" he
said, soothingly, and in tone to arouse her
curiosity.
"This morning, you mean," she replied
shortly.
"aave it as you will, my Gear; 1t was
after had gone to bed"
"Thats why ! said it was this morning,
Topnoody."
81 had dream,n he continued, not no.
ticing her unkind reply.
swell, for goodness sake, Topnoody, go
on and tell it; you've said that dozen
times.n
eyes, love; dreamed that / was dead
and gone to heaven and
'Pshaw, Topnoody," she interrupted, i'm
patiently, "dreams always go by contraries,
and If you think you are going to come In
at ell hours Of the night and disturb me
and then dlsappoint me again in the morn.
ing, want to tell you right now that Pm
no worm to be trod upon, but II l an trod
upon, somebody had better jump mighty
high when l turn. Do you hear?"
lie didn't say whether he did or not, be-
cause he had grabbed up his hat and got
out.
Time 10 star in the flrmament Of
eternity.
1t isn't necessary to hang the danger sig.
nal out over a red,headed woman.
When mans pocketbook becomes
| larger than his Bible, it is time for an in
| vestgation of his accounts.
The woman you can call poem is not
the woman you can call early in the morn
| ing to get breakfast
Beauty and poverty arc sworn foes.
The power of leader depends upon the
| weakness of his followers.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04

and cauling m influence which Con-
glcss cannot ignore.
The District Of Columbia Is not thu7
provided for. The committees which
are supposed to represent our Interests
at the Capitol are not committees OF
citizens aud the information ON which
they act Is often crude, imperfect and
immature, picked up here aud there,
and seldom authoritative The Dis
trict Commissioncrs-able, energetic
and public spirited as they may be-are
not invested with representative powers,
but with the administration Of the laws.
In their recommendation to Congress
they need TO be well Informed of the
views and opinions of the citizens
whose trusts they have in keeping.
There are frequent occasions when the
action OF citizens association would
he Of great service to them In the form.
ulation OF measures and the shaping oG
policies, Such an association would
typify the sentiments of the people and
form a well defined basis OF legislative
action, the value of which must be
readily nppreciablc to every in,elIi-
gent mind.
TIE Washington correspondent of
the ST. Louis Rcpu5iican is informed
by one Of Mr. Clcvelands friends that
the President is lin theory and spirit
believer In genuine civil service re.
FORM hut that he admits tho present
law TO he so defective and mislaalins
as to give him great annoyance. lie
enforccs, or seeks to enforce It, because
1t Is on the statute books and h9 Is
under obligations to sustain it. II IS
thought. however, that he will recon
mend some very radical amendments.
to the law in his next message to Goa.
grcss. This is cheering news. 1t cor
roboratcs what TW CRrC has all
along said that the law wasa msnomer
and bluuder. Mr.. Cleveland
should not be mcaly mouthed in his
recommendation. All that the peo.
pie want is ciyilservicc reform, and
This they can have under an honest,
common sense Administration, quite
as well without the law as with 1t.
THE rigorous enforcement of the
law In New York against pool selling.
or wagering on turf events in any way,
has caused the permanent closing OF
jerome Park, and will prove a great
disappointment TO thousands of people
outside of owners and others. That it
will usher in the millennium nobody
believes. The New York Stars com.
ment is this:
And so New York's favorite race.course
| will be surrendered to the incursions OF car
| penters and builders. Gaudy suburban
villas will rear their ugliness where the
trim paddocks and box stalls stood, and
nurse maids and perarnbulators will con
gregate where Parole and Miss Woodford
made the turf ring with their mighty hoofs.
| 1t makes one sad to think of the desecra-
| tion. 1t makes one mad to reflect on the
qualification at Albany. 1t is u sorry end
| ing to what might have been the most
brilliant racing season on record.
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The power of leader depends upon the
weakness of his followers.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-04

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