The Washington critic., 1886-03-17
GENNHAL AND CRITICuLAn.

Our esteemed contemporary, the New
York san, closes Il warm, Gulf Stream
style of editorial on the sinking of the
Oregon with the words: "Peace to her
ashes.n Is our c. c. aware that anachron-
isms of this kind have tendency to excite
suspicion in the minds of the members of
the temperance society to which she has
sworn allegiance?
They say two men can't be Of the same
mind on any question, and yet Sam Jones
is of the opinion that he would rather be
a preacher of the Gospel than be Grover
Cleveland, and Mr.. Cleveland comedies
with MIR. Jones opinion exactly.
The chair and desk of the late Repre-
sentative Hahn were draped yesterday and
decorated with flowers.
a folding of black on his desk and his chair,
A chaplet Of roses and lilies entwined;
The white rose of promise, the city OF rest,
The hope OF the future, in beauty defined.
\ folding Of black on his desk aud his chair,
.ln mournful remembrance of him who
has gone,
A shadow that falls and as quickly is fled
And the work Of the day goes hcedlessly
on.
Down on the Eastern Shore of Virginia
there is a 3,000-acre goose farm and several
United States Senators of Republican pro-
cliyites contemplate retiring there for rest
and recuperaton, after they get themselves
out of the present Presiientlal-p papers
scrape.
Senator Voorhees, is getting loaded to the
muzzle for his attack on civil-service reform
and the way "the Assyrlan came down like
wolf on the fold" won't be circum-
stance to Dams method of annihlating the
G. 5. K.
1t is stated on good authority that the
cowboy pianist, now delghtng New York
ers, is none other than "Ostler Joe" in
disguise.
In politics, politicians only recognize two
classes Of men-warts aud stawarts.
There is bare possibility that we are to
havea national law college, with the Su-
preme Court as the faculty and nine fortu-
nate young men as undergraduates, at
| $1,000 year and tuition free. For further
| particulars, call on or address Senator
| jackson.
The President dined half the members of
the Senate last evening. Seven kinds of
| pic were nominated in the bond.
To realize spasm of what heavenly bliss is,
| You should witness Emma Abbott In her
| "Mikado" kisses;
| The osculatory echoes of her sweet lips as
! Yuan YUm
Makes your blood tingle and think you
| tasted 'Em.'Em.
-[Jedge Waxem,
| Roscoe Coukling is said to be one of the
| best amateur boxers in New York. 1t would
| appear from the way he boxed up himself
and Mr.. Platt some time ago that he was
most sklllful professional.
In New York it is becoming popular to
designate the Governors friends as Hill
side Democrats.
| You can always tell a new Member OF
| Congress by the frequent references in his
| speeches to the "salyation of the Republic" +"
The old fellows never worry over trivial
matter like this
Senator Cullom, in his ant-Presdent
speech yesterday, quoted; "Upon what
| meat doth this our Caesar feed that he Is
| grown so great" We rise to question of
personal privilege and call the attention of
the Senator from Illinois to the fact that it
Is not meat our Caesar feeds ON 1t Is pie
-
| st. Pathrick's Days darlint,
Ez foine ez liver sane;
| An soon will traze and midlows
BE wearin' av the Crane.
Boston literary circles have their eyes
TUNED toward Grover Cleveland and If he
says "innocuous desuetude,n or words to
that effect, again during his term of Office
they propose to take him to that town and
make him editor of the .ihdntic MOathln
| THE CLOSED HOUSE.
| II stands with lids shut fast, like those
| Which DER the lrcamer'S ewes do close.