The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1886-05-06
CRITIC
WASHINGTON, MAY 6, 1886.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


the Senator threatens to strike, Tor nc
is averaging receipt oil three hundred
letters day from all the States. lie
goes on to say: speaking ABOUT pen
sions, Mr.. Sawyer THINKS nc Is entitled
to one. lie didn't go to the war himself,
but lie says he gave a power OF attor-
ncy 10 uhptner ivilo" W no "ii ms
call tor ,roons was fret made
he went to a Young man who
was ambitions TO be soldier, and said
10 NM LOOK nero; my friend, m
100 olu 70 lignt anu 700 iat 10 run'uhu II
you VIII take my musket ana go ooWn
thoIc where inc hghUhg Is going on
wiz pay you INC sunni WaScs you uro
gettinS nome, anu WI, see thaI Your
lanliy Is wen proViueu lor. nc
went, cohiinuo1 lhe senator, anu nc
mace splenuia soldier. hc served
,nrough ,ne en.lro var mas III every
paltie MS rcgiment eh,ereu' uuu caihe
nome wl.hout sciatcn, 50 L was lucKy
IN not having any insurance 10 pay
@"%
Perhaps the most curious buyer of
books In Washington. saws "Carp" in
tho C,ovoIord feode, i, ,yao,,h,,
-, ..,,. -. ~, HE ,..,,t
.ianN' VIM SoohhS W po n"ii-iun"',o'
Dut VINO understands the value OF DOCKS
perfectly, and who bids high ..rices for
what he wants. | have often seen him
about the auction. room n bio man with
ronrd ,,,,iot hoa5 ond a ,;,,Ia ,aa,
n ouu' 1"i.' ne"'' "no " '''''o' ~"
Derpy ha', several sizes 100 small Tor
him, placed on the front of 1t and
down so as to almost hide his eyes. The
back of his neck is painted black and
bis bip oboo,,s chow tho orsr;o;o, of
rouno uo wonno aoo,, aaa. ,',,,,,
a,"a Nv Ioa.s " '1onoo@' "i'n
md be has rorv S, small III bands and faot
He is proud Of these hands. and the
!, cuffs which surround them are always
OF the whitest, and they are SO large
.na' nG o"i, puii Ills , ihnnuS up ihto 'heln
nadded ont so that thcv become n Ie.
formity, and where the sleeves
fall at the end of the Shout
ders they hang, in a hollow
imp miinhi W.; Us enouSu .ne GoaI was
h,,rno, ho;nr IL ,voars 80 no ,ni s, o
ohons ,,,odo lilo ,hooo nf ia3a,, ,,,;ti,
Tho beoi noor Tho ,nidSio of ~ Got
m in mil nj
Iro, A. tho hooIr onn,;ons Io oi,,,n,iSs
hos n booi, IN his hand ond yh;io tIa
sale Is not in nrograsa bn IL rnadinr
He sneots 70 No ono and sooms ,o has
sort of misontbronn 7 could toli
yo, bis no,no hut Il pr;i, s,,fioo ~ COW
that he Is the son of wealthy noronts
Who have left hin, n fort,,no 60 tiad nv,
that he cets only tho incomo which
bv tho wov ia n ,orre omnmnt ond 10
Maid to him reSnlariS We has one of
The fineet nrivate iihyor,os in WosI,;nS
ton and no adds r. r. nvnru dav
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says the same correspondent: "Ihe
State Department paid S22. so at book
auction not long ago for an almanac.
and n would have reod;,v civop e1oo
81. +, o. oo 49,. 49, lo,
ioi I've l. was oho 'ha' oeioisoh nuo
used, and 1t contained many notes in
Je1ferson's handwriting upon its pages
This almanac was part of Virginian
collection mazda bv Mr. sbuov ono of
., A.,
ING s'enosraphers Vi thc oena'e' anu
the second hand book man OF whom
Shuey bought the almanac tells me
he sold 1t to him Tor one dollar. This
man has shop near the Postoiiice De-
partment,. and while was buying
book OF him yesterday L talked with
him about his trade: Said he: Sec
ond'hand book selling is curious
business and to the careful dealer there
Is money in 1t: Books nuctuate in
value according to the demands
vi Inc ,;, rI''1 " hr;n on1 Ton o.uu ;s
NAV tomorrow be worth rs many dol,
lars. Anything rare comes high, and
the springing up of interest in old Con-
gressl0nal 9uestions DrinSs tne n'era-
merlv d ; into the rny "' Inst
before the Garfield campaign began, a
book collector named Parish had u
room-full OF Credit Mobilier reports
Whicn he was ahinkihs OF Selling W
n nv ,ho ,,nStior ,vas hror mh,
IT. tIa oan, ,mS f o,,5 ha s wi" ,ba,, fnr
saworoI Joiiars aniaoo Inst now
al, ronorts aud lnoochos ro,o,in',
80 ,bo o;,nor nl,,os,ion oro 90 maimas
on5 COVE oid 1rororta ,vh;cf wa IN
Un;coJ Of notb;na brin1 seuera, Io,Iars
cow ,Eoro 3or ;ns,onoo 10 n uoi,
ahIo Too,, cortinuad the ont;nror;on
&c no ,,;ntod IN q vnI,,'o &c ohdut ono
%,,nirpd ,,oras to,nS ~ 1ao,bon I,
10 nor,h lS6 81 owo,;nr ond ~ ;s = con
,n 49, Joo ~ tn GUY :; ~or
on the AioSikan Islands nv Henrv Nv w
EI,in,t and II c"ntains ~ monu anc
eLetches OnIy soventv.t,yo ~ these
,,oss;I,1 80 ~ nnnn,,ra ,har, IS "'' -'''
lossipic w Pioouio theh'