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The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
JOHN RUDDEN'.S
Nam moth Instaiiment Houses.

MammOth insthiIment hOusebs
These extensive and complete !nstallment
housesZ930 and 932 Seventh street north
west--are elegantly stocked to their utmost
capacity with valuable and useful merchan-
disc Mr.. Ridden has just opened his
spring goods, which consist in part of every
Quality and style OF furniture, carpets,
rugs, clocks, pictures, mats, rattan. chairs,
newest designs Of refrigerators, superb
styles and finish Of baby carriages and an
immense variety OF housekeeping goods In
general. He will dispose of this magnificent
assortment of valuable merchandise for
cash or on the installment plan as cheap as
they can be purchased OF any other estab-
llshment south of New York. While his
prices and superior goods are an induce
ment to buyers, his exceedingly liberal
terms are also great consideration. 1t
will pay housekeepers to examine his
enormous supplies Of excellent wares and
obtain his prices before purchasing else
whpra
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The New York stock market opened
quiet at unchanged prices this morning,
and was very dull up to tho first call, when
on q buying movement In Oregon Trans
continental and Pacific Mail, prices took
an upward turn and at noon were to "a
per cent. higher than Saturdays closing.
The market has since continued strong and
prices are at the top figures. Money was
easy at 2 per cent. Exchange quiet at
4s7@4s9l. Governments quiet. Currency
6s, 1878 bid; As, coupon, 1868 bid; AS,
coupon, 1l2a bid.
Petroleum.
b. X. Plain & Co., st. Cloud Building,
furnish the following OIL quotations:
Closed Saturday, 7ll; opened to-day, ~
highest 72a; lowest, IA 2:l5 p. M, 72b.
New York stock Market.
The following have been furnished by j.
Vance Lewis, broker, southwest corner
Eighth and 7 streets:
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
An Uneasy Feeling

prevails at present through every branch Of
trade In the land. Induced by our increas-
ing trade for fine goods we have this season
bought an unusually large stock Of gents
fine Hand made Shoes both low and high
cut Although our sales on these goods
have been large, they have so far not quite
reached our expectations. We shall there
fore hold Special Five Days Sale, during
which we shall make special reductions
that must reduce our stock to point that
will make us easy.
WIN. HAHN e Co.'s
Reliable Shoe House,
SIG 7th street and 1879 Pennsylvania ave.
Gents best Custom-m made Button, Laced
and Caters, $3.50, usual price s..
Gents French Calf Custom made Low
Button, Oxford Ties and Straps, regular
price $3.50, now $780,
Gents fine Hand-stitched Button, Laced
and Caters, seamless vamps, only 81, equal
TO any s. shoe.
These reductions for five days only.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
Thermometers Readings.
AMUSENfENTS.

ALBAuGH's OPERA-HousE. Winston
Opera Company In ala Perichole."
NATIONAL THEATRE.--Alice Harrison In
"IIot Water"
NIsTu-SrREEr OrERA-IlousE.-" Brave
Woman"
BARTON & LooAS's. - May Adams
Comedy Company.
FAm.-Light Infantry Corps Armory.
PANonAMA. Second Battle Of Bull Run.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
Grand Excursion to Pen Mar.

The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Company announces grand Decoration
Day excursion to Pen Mar, the famous
mountain resort of the Blue Ridge. Special
train of first-class coaches will leave the
Sixth Street Station at $3.50 a. IN. Monday,
May 81; returning, reach Washington in the
evening at 9p. IN. Special cars will be as
signed TO ladies and children. Tickets for
the round trip will be plisced on sale at the
low rate Of 81. 80; children, IS cents. A more
delightful excursion has not been afforded
the Washington people. Flrst-class meals
can be secured at Pen Mar for 80 cents. A
grand free afternoon concert will be given
ut the pavilion.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
THE " BON MARCHE," "
Where you Can Got

s.button length Jersey Lisle Gloves, CSC
Gbutton length, extra fine, All-silk Jersey
Gloves, nc.
1l-inch Jersey Mitts, all silk, worth soc, 3oc.
All.Silk Lace Mtts, all colors, 25c.
New shades All.silk Gloves, o and 8 button,
Gs, 20, ss, 9sc, si.10 si.35.
bbutton Embroidered Real Kid, tans, black
and brown, sizes 6A, G}9 6N, z, only 9dc,
Sbutton Mousquetaire Suede at s9c
sbutton Tan Mousquetalre. real kid, sizes
Gli, G11, C34, at esc; reduced from s1.4s
Ladies' Black Ingram Hose, 25c.
Ladies' Roman Striped Hose, a9c.
Ladies' Cotton Lisle Hose, 3Sc.
Ladies' Black Lisle (fne quality Hose, acc.
Ladies' Black Lisle split feeD Hose, 4sc.
Ladies' English Balbrlggan textra fino)
Hose, 29c.
Ladies' High. Colored Lisle extra ane) Hose
49c.
Ladies' Fine silk Hose, black, tans and
states, blue, brown and garnet, soc.
Ladies' Fine Drop stitch Lisle Hose, 7sc.
Ladies' | ace Hose, d9c.
Ladies' Full Regular Made Striped Hose, 100.
Gents Unbeached Ribbed Hose, 19c.
Gents Unbleached Full Regular Hose, 15c.
Gents Fine Striped Hose, Csc.
Gents Fine Silk Hose, black and colored i9c
Gents Isle, double toes and heels, csc.
We shall place on sale an extraordinary value
in the shape Of
50 Dozen GGrman-W0VGn COrSGtS.
silk.stitehed at top and bottom. closely and
heavily boned, perfect fitting,
At $1 EaCh-
They are cheap at Sl.5o.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
Special Train to PimlicO.

For the convenience of the Washing
toaians desiring to attend the spring meet
ing Of the Maryland Jockey Club, COM
mencing Tuesday, May IS, and continuing
Potomac Railroad at 1880 p. m, running
direct to Pimlico and returning to Wash
ington after the races. Round-trip tickets
will be sold at So. Special cars assigned to
ladies. Private parties can secure the use
Of coach by the purchase Of twenty-five
tickets for the transportation Of that or
lees number Of persons. Five races and
steeplechase each day. On Tuesday the
miles, having forty-eight nominations, prom
ises some fine racing,
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
The Baltimore a Ohio Railroad

are quoting the following rates: To Chi
cago, S13; to Louisville, $1450; to st. Louis,
sl6.50; to Cincinnati, $11; to Indianapolis,
$l2, and Detroit, $l2, and corresponding
low rates to all points in the West, North
trains, with through parlor and sleeping
cars to destination. Time to Chicago %
hours, Cincinnati l6 hours, st. Louis ~
hours, Indianapolis 2l hours and Pittsburg
10 hours. Limited train for Chicago and
Pittsburg leaves Washington at 9;43 a. IN.
daily and for Cincinnati, st. Louis and
indianapolis at p. m. daily. Consult
ticket agents B. &. D. X. r. before purchas
ing. Offices 619 and 1851 Pennsylvania
avenue and station, corner of New Jersey
avenue and G street.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
On TO Richmond,

Nelson Division, No. 9, U. Il. X. OF F.,
accompanied by the Washington CONT
nei tails, will give an excursion TO Rich
mond Decoration Day, Monday, May 81,
leaving b. & z. depot at 7o'rock u. m. /;
returning, leave Richmond at s p. m.
Tickets, round trip, 81; children, between 5
and 12 years, 81; for sale by members Of
Nelson Division and at prominent business
places. Don't fail to go.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
LADY GOLD-DUST.


Wards Donation to w. L. 1. Fair.
Lady Gold-Dust is "Daisy,"
And she runs lovely pace.
Ward can trot her till she's crazy,
Take the cake and win the race.
II you wish tor Gold aud Glory
And you want to make mash,
You can live In song and story
By turning Gold-Dust into cash.
"Billy Moore" can give you "pointers, -
On the good things here and there;
Dan McCarty works the pointers,
But "Gold-Dust" always runs the fair.
EUsILIsR,
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
The Agaric in Art.

The art gallery department of THE CRITIC
has been Illuminated by a series of Agaric
cards from Sachs, Pruden & Co. OF Dayton,
Ohio, the most artistic and picturesque
ginger ale manufacturers In this country.
These cards are designed and executed Ia
the highest style OF artistic culture, and are
almost as appetizing and soul stirring as a
glass of AgaIic right off the ice.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
"AIderney Dairy wagons

Fresh Alderney butter, churned every
morning and delivered in 1 ID "Wardh
prints, 90c. per ID. Also cottage cheese /;
buttermilk and sweet milk, &c. per qt.
Cream, 15c. per pit.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
PROPOSALS.
OF THE INTERIOR,
IL WASHINGTON, MAY IA, 1886.

this Department until 12 o'clock M, SATUR
DAY, May 90, 1856, for furnishing supplies, con
sisting mainly of meats, provisions, groceries,
dry-goods, shoes, drugs, paints, hardware,
ernment Hospital for the Insane near Wash
ington, during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1887.
Blank forms of proposal, schedules of items
and estimated quantities, specifications and
instructions TO bidders will be furnished upon
application to this Department.
l.. q. c. LAMAR, Secretary.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
Excursion to old uat,,eae,a,,

A large number of former soldiers left this
morning on the First Army Corps excursion
to the battlefelds of Antletam aud South
Mountain, visiting the former to-day and
the latter tomorrow. They will return to-
morrow night,
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17

937 d street Post building), is the head
quarters for the finest brands OF wet goods
In the market. Cigars of the most delicious
flavor
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17

Furniture, Carpets. Blankets,
Comforts and general house-furnishing
goods sold on easy weekly or monthly pay
ments at John Smiths Installment House,
413 New Jersey avenue northwest.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
Garden and street Hose.

Hose Reels, Lawn Sprinklers, Hose
Pipes, Couplings and Sprinklers. All
kinds of rubber goods. Prices low. Goods
year Rubber Co 423 9th st. n. W.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
CITY SPECIALS.
If You Wish

TO drink something delightful, try sweet
Birch beer. Van Syckle's Pharmacy, cor
ner Thirteenth and q sts., 8 cents per glass.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
DIED.

wARD.-On Saturday evening at 10 o'clock,
Wilmot II. Ward, in the 6ist year Of his age.
Funeral will take place from No. 700 Sixth
street, southwest, Tuesday afternoon at 4
O'Clock.
Abraham IL. Herr, In the 72d year of his age
Funeral services will be held at the chapel
of Oak Hill Cemetery, on Tuesday, May IS, at
4 p. IN.
baltimore, Lancaster and York papers please
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17

MAGNIFICENT entertainment at Masonic
Temple this evening at 8 o'clock. Knights
Templar "Return From Palestine to Wash
ington," with humorous illustrations along
the journey. Transportation, twenty-five
cents, at the ticket office.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
WASHINGTON CRITIC
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

For Eastern Pennsylvania, Eastern New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia, slightly warmer fair weather,
variable winds, generally southerly.
For Tuesday, slightly warmer fair
weather is indicated for the New England
ard Middle Atlantic States.
Thermometer Headings.
Thermometer readings for May n, 1886:
3 a. M, 47o; Z o. M, 5lo; II a. m, 5S'.
May 16: Mean temperature, So; maximum,
Geo: minimum, 5lo; mean relative humid
ity. C6; total precipitation, .0i inch.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
EXTRA
ANNOUNCEMENT.

EB The bon Marce desirous medyng
plant has great operation complete
invented avoiding
experienced waiting
working
Yon will understand and examine with
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
sUNIMER RESORTS.

J'HE MONTGOMERY HOUSE,
i ROCKVILLE, MD.
First class accommodations In every way.
Well ventilated and nicely furnished rooms.
Fine table board. JOHN ii. KELCHNER,
Proprietor.
F1NHE WETHERILL, Atlantic City, N.
l. j. Ocean end of Kentucky avenue; forty
yards from the beach; convenient to all de-
pots; first-class table; comforts of home
ProprietOr
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
Curtains and Curtain Nets.

7pieces Nottingham Curtain Nets, per yd, &c.
5pieces nottingham Curtain Nets, per I'd, &c.
II pieces Nottingham Curtain Nets per yd,
10c.
Spices Nottingham Curtain Nets, per yd,
15c
dpieccs Nottingham Curtain Nets, white
and ecru, 100.
30 pairs Ecru Curtains, 3If long, S169.
All from tho wreck.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
Fire I! Fire |!
Embroideries.

81 pieces assorted Cambria and Swiss Edge,
&c.
is pieces assorted Colored Cambria and
Swiss Edge. Sc.
20 pieces assorted Nainsook Swiss and Col
ored Edge, SC.
20 pieces assorted, b-inch work among them.
10c.
II pieces assorted Colored Swiss Edge and
Insertion, 121lc.
Insertion, 15c.
10 pieces assorted Colored Swiss Edge and
Insertion, 1Sc.
Is pieces assorted Colored Swiss Edge and
Insertion, zoe.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
EzperienceReguiireSNoStudy
Special Attractions.


familiar with
appreciation public
Millinery
We admit nasmuch
as purchases have been
pleased be able
invited
gains ever offered We special
We
70 different shapes In Man Pearl
least
tho
Unmme selling our Trimmed Sailors
ALEC; sold formerly at &C. At S125;
formerly a
Kings Palace
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
Summer Silks.

Summer Silks.
10 pieces (checked) In Coil and Tabac Cream
and Black, Beige and Marine, Itale and
Tabac, Beige and Cardinal, Cream and Ma
rine, Beige and Brown, Cream and Brown,
Cream and Cardinal,
Only 3oc. a Yard.
Albert Gauze, new and desirable shades
only S119.
silk Squares, used for hat and bonnet trim
mings, entirely now, CSC per square.
Hats.
oriental Braid, rough.and.ready, feather
weight, all shapes and colors, 4sc.
Jet Piquets large punches, only 10 and CSC
Jet Crowns, heavily beaded, only 1oc.
Beads, all colors, all Sizes large variety.
Beaded Edglngs and Trimmings, 25, 35, 81,
Gs and 74c.
Handkerchiefs.
Gents in. hemstitched. pure linen, only 15c
Gents pure linen, emb. initial, Csc.
Ladies' colored and black borders, 4 for CSC
Ladies' pure linen, col. bor., 10c.
New Styles Linen Collars and Cuffs. fancy
striped, 20c per set.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-17
Philadelphia lee Cream
HriII,s SAMPLE Room.

at wholesale and retail at Weyman's, 42
Eleventh st. II. W. Families supplied.
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pg GEORGETOWN.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-07-28
ANNAPOLIS. MD. WEDNESDAY evenings July IS 1885,
Indian Dances.

Nautches, or dances of bayaderes. are
one of the favorite entertainments of the
rich in India. and the indispensable ac-
compartment of every religious care-
mOny or festival. Sometimes, on great
occasions, the head Of the house invites
Europeans of his acquaintance 10 wit
ness the performance of these girls.
which, with their pale compilations and
large black eyes, look lovely in their
rich costumes covered with diamonds.
However. one must not look in these
entertainments for dance in the gen.
eral acceptation of the word; posturing,
attitudes, and songs constitute the Off
cial nautch. of the Hindoos. On those
occasions the demeanor of the bay
aderes is quite correct, and their cos
tune is more modest than that OF women
in general At the Guicowar's court at
Baroda the bayaderes have perfect
liberty to 60 wherever they please They
enter the kings apartments. seat them
selves on the floor, and converse boldly
with persons of the very highest rank.
This singular privilege accorded to the
nautch is of some service, their presence
making up in some slight degree for the
aOSCANC Va 0lAC AANASo ShNb up III tANh
Zenana.
A dance infinitely more graceful and
interesting than that executed by the
nautch girls is the egg dance. The
dancing girl, dressed in. the ordinary
costume of the women of the people--a
bodice and very short sarri-carries on
her head a wicker wheel, placed per-
fectly horizontal. Round this wheel
threads are attached at equal distances,
which are provided at their extremities
with slip-knot kept open by means of
a glass bead. The dancing-girl adj
vances toward the spectators, holding q
basket filed with eggs, and, to the
measure of monotonous and jerkv
strain of music. begins turning herself
around with great rapidity. Then,
seizing an egg, she inserts it in one of
the slip-knots. BY means of centrifugal
action the thread holding the egg is
frightened and placed in straight line
with the corresponding spoke of the
wheel. One after the other the eggs are
thrown into the slIp-knots. and form a
horizontal aureola around the head of
the dancing-girl. AT this point the
dance becomes more and more rapid,
and the least false step, the slightest
stoppage, would smash the eggs one
against another. The eggs are then
withdrawn one by one in the same
manner in which they have been fixed,
and this second operation is the more
delicate of the two.-Londos Queen.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-07-28

The London Electrician is the au-
thority for a new and easy method of
relieving the toothache. IL says that if
a thin plate of zinc be placed on one
side of the gum and silver coin on the
other side, with the aching tooth be-
tween them. and then the edges of the
metals brought together, weak gal
vanic current will be established that
will cure the pain. 1t looks possible,
and is the sort of thing that one could
easily get somebody to try.
The Genesee river is surprising manu-
facturers along its banks by its in
creasing volume of water from year to
year. Some years ago, in common with
other streams of the state, the water
diminished and the mills and factories
that had depended on it for power we're
obliged to use steam. The Rochester
Democrat says that millers who have
not used their wheels for years are get
ting back to them, much to their finan-
cial advantage. No explanation is
given for this condition of the river.
Tobacco blindness is becoming a
common affiiction. At present there
are several persons under treatment for
it at one London hospital. 1t first takes
the form of color blindness, the sufferers
who have smoked themselves into this
condition being quite unable to dis
tinguish the color of a piece of red cloth
held up before them. Sometimes the
victim loses his eyesight altogether.
Although smoking is to large extent
the cause of the malady, and so gives it
its name, heavy drinking is also partly
responsible.
Bah players in Pittsburg are talking
about the smart young catcher of an
amateur club, who was remarkable for
catching many batsmen out on foul
tips, even whom the bat didn't seem to
strike within three or four inches of the
ball. An investigation revealed that
the catcher had gum band attached to
his glove, and when he desired to foul
out man he would raise the band with
one finger, and when the ball passed
under the bat release it The band
would snap against the glove, and all
within hearing would hear supposed
foul tip
A philanthropic Detroit naturalist
says that he has got the greatest land
making scheme ever known. It is to
graft the marine plants OF the Gulf Of
Mexico upon the marine vegetation Of
the great lakes This would, he thinks,
give to the hardy Northern growths the
rank and quick-growing characteristics
Of the tropical growths, and he would
get . plant which, introduced into
Northern sWamps and bayou lands,
would form 4 foundation that would
ultimately result in good land. That
his scheme would require > century or
two to develop does not lessen the en-
thusiasm Of the Michigandev.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-07-28

An invention which, it is claimed by
gas engineers. will revolutionize tie
present system of gas-lighting has just
been perfected by DR.. Auer in the
chemical laboratory Of the Vienna
university. Briefly described, the In
vention may be said TO consist in rem
dering cotton wick incombustible By
impregnating it with a metallic liquid.
Thus treated the wick, instead of burn
ing. merely glows. emitting a radiance
not unlike that Of the electric light.
The whole process is very simnle;
and the great advantage Of the inYen-
ton is that il may be applied to any
gas-burner -
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-07-28

A legacy of $4,000 has been left By
the late Herr Paul Won Ritter Of Basle 70
the University Of Jena to be applied in
geological research on the basis Of Dar-
wins evolution theory. Herr y0n Rift
ter believed that Darwin's teachings
were the greatest signs for progress which
the present century has yielded.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-07-28
TJR7HINGTON { CO.
|yog Church Street,
ANNAPOLIS, MD.
DEALERS IN
lrugS, Medicines,
And Chemicals,
SPECIAL NOTICEI

Iron Bitters, (Genuine,) 7Octs
Cough Syrup, l0cts
Ga, Cough Cure, Small Slze.) l0cts
sar Cough Cure, Large size,) 3Scts
|vAlagton's Standard Cough
Remedy, %octs
|tafc Liniment, Zocts
L. linlment, good and strong, soc pt,
.ehIBgtop's Horse and Cattle
Powders, Socts
|srs Horse and Cattle Powders, lScts
stors Liquid Glue, lOcts
Bdors Insect Powder, 2Octs
W0RTHINGT0N & CO..
!, 100 Church Street.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-07-28
H0I FOR EXCURSION.

LOST "A Watch CHARM in the
share of diamond, surrounded by an
amethyst with black re-, WIS lost
either the Forry wharf or the dump
on th@ Short Line Railroad. The finder
wi be literally rewarded if left at the
Store OF G. w. Moss, opposite City
Dock. 7-Iw
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-07-28
Special Notice.

We sOili insert IN this column adoertSse-
naents Of Wants, For Rent For Sale. Lost.
round, &C., not exceeding four lines. One
Week, or less. for 25 Cnts.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-07-28

NOK SALE:-A lot Of second hand
~ WINDOW FRAMES, for sale chean. s..1s-
Apply at this office. i,,eIp, main
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-03-11
The HerbaIists Among Quadrupeds.

1t is curious fact, however, that, pref
udiced as we seem to be against the use
full goat, in spite of all its really admira
BILE properties, it has been from very
early times popular in this country, on
account of virtue which is purely fic.
titious and fanciful. Antiquity has be.
queathed to us the legend that goats were
exceptionally wise in the matter Of whole.
some herbs, that they were, in fact, the
herbalists among quadrupeds and "cun
ming in simples.' Out Of this grew the
idea that they were virtually physicians
that their presence among domestic ami
mails was beneficial, and that their odor
though unpleasant to man, was whole
some to horses, cows, pigs, sheep. and
the farmyard generally. For this reason
one single goat was often kept, and farm.
yards may still be found where Betty" or
"Nanny" lives at its ease, and is main
tanned, not for any real use it is put to,
but in Difference, perhaps quite unknow-
ingly, to an almost obsolete superstition.
London Telegraph.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-03-11
MUCH DISCUSSION obtains as to

MUCH discussion obtains as to what
shall or shall not be taught in the
public schools. The "Bible in the
Public Schools" for years furnished
the theme Of debates, not always even
tempered, in press, magazines, pulpit
and college debating society. Now
we hear that the Hebrews object
to the singing of Christian songs or
hymns In the common schools. This
is question which is covered by our
statutes (Sec. 1l2l, II. s. M. IT.. No
thing OF "partizan, sectarian or de-
nominational character" shall be in
troduced or taught In Montana schools.
One subject might with profit be in
cluded in the curriculum Of each school
in Montana, and that is "Man." We
mean man considered and studied
anatomically and physically. While
the Source of All Wisdom has not
given us to know why ones little
finger moves at human will, 1t Is
right and necessary to intelligent ex-
istence that we tnould learn to know
the structure and laws Of the human
frame. A knowledge of the body and
its life would save much suffering and
he preventive Of pain and disease.
Sucn an addition to the curriculum
can be Objectionable to neither Christ
ian, Hebrew or pagan.