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DRAWBACKS OF JOKING

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>tr"ng" NcW Icr>rN Audience.
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"'"n'' composed OF a few hundred
tlrmrr- lul ,illnv,r- H., l,hnr.,I
mirr ~omc disadvantages, ON the oc-
rA>iou. The mrmhcr> of the reception
committee. vhom,i him nt th, ir.iir,,,i
depot impressed upon him the f,c, that
man, oi tho persons to whum hc WA,
to address himself wrrr church mrm-
hcr~ ot the ,trictc,t Npc whom nm,
thing approaching 90 lc,iW would hr
un uupuduuublo uilm,v. They told
him, too, that others ot the audience
were worldly y-mindc3 people who had
hcru recently gathered tu the fold. and
that they would lose east with the con
grrgn'iou If thcy were seen LAUGHING
immudrratclN Here was state oi
thmg~,
"Ncll, laughed Wilder. II was IN
for 1t and could not ,hirk tho RESPONSE
hllitN. Half a dozen local people yot
on at the station thi, side of the town
To attend the entertainment, and |
confess had my mi>gi,mg~. for never
a ghost OF "a smile nickrrrd ON their
faces The night wa, chilly. and "a, |
stepped ON the platform | saw couple
OF figures looking mNiou~ly into ia,
faces of the arrivals. They were thc
members of the reception committee,
but they looked like a pair of under.
iaN"r,
"'I'li hc darncd il he's come. said
| one; what are we agwmc To do.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02

besldes the abovc-nsmed rains there is n
Nay IRAN with 0ssengcr car uttache that
goes both East and West daily except Sunlay.
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a wOMAN'S oRs.

M f..H from w"ru uu set ot sun They
d., yowau', ~o"'s d, never done" quite
}vr -r-n one ,a>, she's finished. some.
..I.- fuEi1
A"1..r. beginning ul year round
VIE thcr it hy
To draw IA, tca
br bake the brcHl
On make ne bed
or ply the broom.
Or dust the ruoiu
or hoor To- >Cruh
Or knives Co ruth
Or table set
br meals Co get
br shelves to scan,
tI iruit to can.
or seeds To SOW
Or plauts to grow,
Nr linens bleach
Or lessons teach
OR butter Chutu
or Jackets turn
or polish glass.
or plate cor brass
or clothes To mend,
Or children tend
Or notes lud.tv
Or stories write
bu' must stop. Tor really IL I should
NHtnc all the orr, take mc a duy IL would
80 many are there that do declare
More boats than could count might have
pair,
Aud yet enough be left: and, rucn.folks.
Same ors propcl your bsrks Der household
-tSi-.
Into sunny havcns whore YOU resi- M case
Anu one word more don't you toryet ID
please.
-fUm. Fi,td and Stockp,au
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
3. & o. R. R. TIMETABLE,

,Sonqensed timetable OF passenger train,
tor tue stations named below y
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-04-02
FASHIONABLE FABRICS.
TIA" I"cticSi Attribntrs "r q Ttcce at
Cloth -NuN"liics In Egitutiuc.

FRSfflONRbLt 7 AbRlCS.
rhe PneticsI Attribntcs nI q Itcce of
tluth Novelties in EgIautiuc.
The study of fashion from the manu-
facturcr'~ standpoint is more interest
inc than it possibly can be- tu the lady
who admirc- fabric simpl, because it
is odd on beautiful and buy, II TO rrnt.
iiy her feminine vanity. TO her To bc
hccomingly or quantity attjrrd /, the
acm" of ambition. The merchant in
making hi, selection of ~uods for
season iS naturally influenced hv the
needs and taste OF hi, known patrons
and hc gets what he hope, will bo
bought, Ncnturing occasionally To IN
troduCc striking novelty. ut the risk
of having to sell 10 far below value.
Nor doe, thc average merchant soar 10
tn" enchanted realm of creative gcniu..
where the manufacturer /. So often
carried 10y the enthusiastic designer of
artistic cloths. who, it hc is a true ar
ti~t, invests his various creations with
all manner OF charms. giving them ap-
proprlafc names, reversing the oldrn
day fashion OF calling man after hi,
occupation and Interviewing i'm wcf
and warp most beautiful idenli>lic fan
cics. 1t il hy no means am easy task
10 work out poctcll conception i'm
cloth. for 10 accomplish "a satisfactory
result the sympathy between the de-
-igncr and the loom expert on pattern
weaver. must be- complete. The intro
ductIUn OF the Jacquard looms i'm this
country has led To the creation of "a
great many handsome materials, but.
strange go say, only few of the clc-
CANT and expensive figured fabric, are
clao,cd among the art material, which
arc noticeable i'm delicate tissue. for
their dainty beauty, and in heavier
goods for their peculiar and exquisite
texture. aS well a- their ~u-"cptibilitv
OF graceful arrangement iu drapcricS
One ui the newest fanCic- i'm fabrics
j. the Eglanllnc, singular texture
with evenly woven ground i'm one color.
cu,crcd bat not hidden, with "a fine
moss lu another tone or hue IN some
specimens there are hcaV, ~tripc- OF
the moss. with lighter surface effects.
and little later ON goods with curious
designs illustrated in moss. will be cX.
hibitcd. and 1t is said that those intend
ed for evening wear will have the moss
Illuminated with cut beads. which will
create most charming cl"ctin artificial
iig"' Ih thcoc materials Tor day wear
Us specimen oi good, with carth-col-
ofcd ground covered with moss i'm its
natural h,ic.
something new with embroidered
ng"T'. Tor sac band or border trim
ming Is called b"rdelT Ebiis and new
I,o"'1 "i serge are braided and bor-
"'i'" WIN wooden DrAh- Ram nuns
10, h1ue up "iih thc Vrlling' which are
'.I'rIl covered WIN squares oi Paru-
'",,I N"ol po"cI'.
g.. ~ '''''''' '' " "I'''r "9I'r'p's INC ne"
"'I, 'I nav ,"I pI"''"' ol wool
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

MR.. WILKIE COLLINS new novel, which
is entitled "The Evil Genius" will be pub.
lished early next month.
ENGLAND doubtless feels able to knock in
pieces any American navy built on plans
she furnishes Standard.
Mrs. LOUISE CHANDLER MouLToN leaves
the South this week, and after brief stay
at Washington will return next week to
Boston.
MAJoR-GEYERAL TERRY added $3.50 to
the Hancock fund yesterday. The sum
actually received by the treasurer is now
S43,o43.
WILLIAM X. VANDERBILT and his family
sailed for Europe yesterday on the new Ma
tional Line steamship, the America, for an
extended tour abroad
THEY SAY that when Congressman Scott
appears on the streets Of Erie, Pa, the
whole city turns out to see him, and re-
mark, 'Great Scott our Congressman
N. Y. Tribune.
THE st. Louis Spectator says that Colonel
Jacob Child, our new Minister to Siam, will
be remembered as the author of the we'll
known poem, entitled ION Being Presented
With Flask of Whisky"
SAYS Washington letter: "The rumored
engagement Of the beautiful Miss Mitchell,
daughter of the Oregon Senator, to the
Duke of Rochefoucauld is not confirmed by
members Of her family here"
CLEVELAND will celebrate the ilftieth an
niversary Of its becoming a city to-day.
The first city council met on April 10, 1896,
and elected Henry B. Payne (now United
States Senator) to be city clerk.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15
THE NEW YORK PRESS.

The Times this morning says: "The secret
sessions of the Senate for the consideration
of appointments are rapidly becoming rdicu.
lous, and that Is sure sign that they will
soon give way. The essence of the whole
matter is that executive business like any
other, is the peoples business, and they have
right TO know how II is dono. If that right
is refused them by the present Senate they
will find means to enforce 1t. and they will not
take great while in doing It,"
The World says OF the story which recently
found Its way into print, TO the effect that
Mr.. Pulitzer contributed $1,000 to the Re-
publican campaign fund in 1884: "It Is
lunatc lie, totally devoid of foundation,
Mr.. Pulitzer never having contributed
penny to any Republican campaign fund
In his life, and whoever repeats this
stupid fabrication after the repeated state.
ment Of It's shameless groundlessness Is either
a scoundrelly idiot or an idlotic scoundrel." .
The Herald says that open sessions of the
Senate for the consideration of appointments,
land reform, by the repeal OF all bad land laws
and the Morrison Tariff bill are three meas.
ures on which the Democratic party and the
President ought to agree.
The Tribune considers the decisive action of
the Senate on the fisheries question a stinging
rebuke to the Administration. 1t says of the
Prohibition movement: 1.-THE temperance sem
timent in the country is plainly strong and
growing. 1t can be evoked on the simple
merits of the question with powerful effect,
but every attempt to link 1t with politics pre-
vents its free expression and reacts dlsas-
trously upon the experlmenters."
The star says: ut is daily becoming clearer
that II the workingmen are to have the sym
pathy and support Of the community they
must obey tho regulations and carry out the
| principles Of the order of which Mr. Powderly
Is the head. Boycotting is frowned upon by
the leaders of the order, and more than 90
per cent. of the boycotts begun by local as
semblies have been stopped by direction OF
the executive board"
The sun remarks: "Would that it could
truthfully be said that to Democrats the Con.
stitution Is still the object of as much rever.
ence as II Is Of scorn TO the Republicans But
too many Democrats are willing for temporary
advantages TO break with the old principles OF
Democracy, hamper themselves with Federal
ist precedents and wander from the safe patti
OF strict construction into the broad road Of
semi miRepubllcanism."
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15
GENERAL AND on.rIouLAR.

IL is not definitely known that Judas
lscaliot ever did anything TO Representa-
tive Hopkins of Illinois moro than he did to
all the rest Of us. Yet the gentleman from
llrois is the only man up to date who has
charged Mr.. Iscariot with being n Mug
wump. This charge was made in the House
yesterday, and Judas was not present.
In the bright lexicon of the New York
alderman there is no such word as bail.
steal does not rhyme with bail, but It
goes In New York.
II Representative Pettibone should make
q speech every day, he would he liable to
prosecution by the Society for Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals.
Hon. Frank IIurd will have to content
himself with seat in the gallery till the
Flftieth Congress, anyhow. Franks q
hard man to down.
To Judge from Mr.. Jay Goulds last letter
to Mr.. Powderly, the next thing Jay will do
will be to inaugurate revival of religion.
or course II will he Of the Baptist persua-
sion. Plenty Of water, you know.
Speaker Carlisle is going to strike against
Kentucky women coming to him for in
dorsement for official positions. The
Speaker can be seen any day now In the
back yard practicing with double.barrel
shotgun.
Colonel Kate Field In her raid on the
"Mormon Monster" needs new word and
we would suggest "Mormonster' as some
thing appropriate. We charge nothing for
little favor like this.
Representative Pettibono Of Tennessee
made great speech in favor of Frank Hurd
yesterday.
A colored subscriber wants to know IL
the Latin phrase, "Possum in omnibus" I"
can be translated as meaning a coon In a
stage, and we unhesitatingly reply that It
cannot.
al play by note" remarked the poker
player who gave his paper at thirty days for
a pile of chips.
The report to the effect that the delcga-
tion of Mormon women now in the city are
going to kidnap Senator Edmunds and
make polygamous husband Of him has not
| yet been confirmed.
0'Donovan Rossa contemplates applying
to Mr.. Gladstone for position az his pri-
vate secretary.
Philadelphia is still agitatcd over secur-
ng rapid transit between the suburbs and
the business centre. The great difficulty
in Philadelphia is that the average person
can't tell where the suburbs leave of and
| the business centre begins.
Sprig, sprig, geddle sprig
Ad the roses so sweed ad red
Cub cub, quigly cub,
| With subthig for codes in the head.
The parents Of those striking school boys
settled the matter by going to the bottom
of the difficulty at once,
The color line-the line of march OF
the Emancipation procession tomorrow.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15
WHEN SUMMER COMES.

When summer comes,
All, so we longing sigh,
When winter winds are nigh,
When summer comes;
Our pulses, like the rill
That now lies cold and still
Beneath the snow,
VIII joyous flow
When summer comes.
When summer comes
A messenger Will bring
New life to everything,
When summer comes;
And unto you and me.
Now parted, there may be
A moment sweet,
What time we meet,
When summer comes.
When summer comes,
All, the sweet, longed-for day
May be, yet pass away,
When summer comes;
And our sad feet have missed
The long expected tryst,-
What shall we know
OF Joy or woe
When summer comesf
When summer comes,
Alas, our hearts may yearn
For winter to return,
When summer comes;
The future we forecast,
We dream its joys shall last
To-day Is fraught
With but one Thought,
when summer comes"
LBoston Traveller,
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15

LIVERY STABLES.

EOR SALE, EXCHANGE OR HIRE
II A large stock Of new and secondhand
carriages, buggies and wagons OF all kinds;
prices and terms unequaled In the city. w.
+, GEYER, 4G8 and 40 st W.
FYOU Want to Buy, Sell, Exch ange,
i or hire horses, carriages, harness, etc, go
repository, 1927 and 1920 l. st n W; none but
reliable stock handled; everything guaranteed
as represented. VIM. II. DOwney.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15
WASHINGTON, APRIL 10, 1886.
PRESIDENT AND POLITICIAN.

II wasn't every Democrat IN the
country who clamored for the civil
service law which Mr.. Pendleton so
strenuously advocated in the Senate,
but enough members of Congress voted
for it TO commit the party, and there's
where the mischief begun. The Dem
ocratic conventions, State and National,
took up the cry of reform In the civil
service as party shibboleth, Whether
they believed in 1t or not they made an
immense ado about 1t, and nothing is
more certain than that Democratic
should have planted himself against
the instructions on this subject of the
convention which nominated him,
would have been left so far behind in
the race that nothing would ever have
been heard Of him again.
No sooner however. had Mr.. Cleve-
land been counted In than a great
many Democrats began TO act as though
the civil.service law was nothing more
than stupendous joke on the people.
1t was "a good enough Morgan until
after the election" as they used to say
in old anti-Masonic times, but good for
nothing then but to spit upon and re-
pudiate.
Mr.. Cleveland thought differently.
lie had imbibed the idea that the
Democratic National Convention meant
what it said when it pronounced in
favor of civil-service reform, and he
acted accordingly. He came out in a
letter, pledging himself to observe the
law and the Democrats all clapped
their hands when the civil.service re-
formers walked up TO the polls and
made certain of the electoral vote of
New York.
Now THE CRITIC, as is well-known,
is not an admirer of Civil-Service Re-
form as 1t is commonly understood,
and as the law defines it. 1t believes
that the party in power should reform
the civil service with men of its own
politics, but we are not discussing this
point. We simply want to know which
of the two has shown the most con.
sistency and the best faith with regard
to the law-the Democrats, who after
pledging themselves to reform in their
platform, denounce the President
whom they have elected on this plat
form for not repudiating it; or thu
President, who having accepted the
platform as honest and obligatory il
its declarations, steadfastly refuses to
perjure himself or his party, by going
back on it. These are plain and peril.
nent propositions, to which-however
it may be with the politicians-tht
people are already making answer that
the President is, generally speaking
right, and the fault.fnders for the mos
part wrong-that is, from the stand.
point of Civil-Service Reform.
Yet the President and the politician
are not so far apart as they themselves
imagine. If the latter are true to theil
own interests and their natural in
stincts, they will soon stand close to
gether. There are angry and ominou;
clouds on several Democratic horizons
from Maine to Michigan and Minnesota
TO Louisiana, but there are peaceful
skies behind. 1t yet may dawn upor
the public mind that the President al
this time has been building wiser thar
the politicians knew,
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15

nSs.wAsHINGTON. d. c.,
w. APRIL 1e, 1886.
10 the Gas Consumers of the District of Col
umbia:
The National Light and Fuel Company have
applied to Congress for charter to manufac
ture and supply gas for fuel and illuminating
purposes for the District Of Columbia. Their
application is now pending in both branches
Of the National Legislature. In this connec.
tion they beg to place before the community
the following authorization
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
EQUITABLE GAS COMPANY,
Posi- BUILDING, 10 AND IS EXCHANGE PLACE,
New York, April 10, 1896.
W. L. PAYNE, ESQ.,:
DEAR SH.-At a meeting of the Board of Di-
rectOrs of this company the following resolu
tion was duly passed.
"ResoiUed, That Mr.. W. L. Paine, represent.
ing the National Light and Fuel Company as
attorney for all the eincoIporators OF said Com.
pany, shall have the sole authority TO control
and use the processes of the Equitable Gas.
light Company of New York, In accordance
with an application made by him this day."
Very truly yours.
CHARLES d. HARRISON,
Secretary.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15

Senate yesterday passed the bill here
tofore favorably acted upon by the
House, authorizing the Secretary of
War to deliver to their lawful owners
certain classes of property captured In
the late war. In view of these facts,
we wish 10 inquire of the warliko or
gans that are still In the field, bravely
keeping up the fight as to the exact
whereabouts of the location to which
we Aro drifting.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15

WHAT a peculiar position our es.
teemed Republican Senate has managed
to tangle itself up in, that whenever any
of the Presidents nominations are con
flrmed, the Senators feel called upon
to come out in card and explain why
they did it.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES FOR
i THE PoSToFFICE DEPARTMENT AND
POSTAL SERVICE.



WASHINGTON, ID. c., April ID, 1886.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
this Department until Saturday. the 18th OF
May, 1885, at IL O'Clock noon, for furnishing
wrapping paper. facing slip paper, twine, let.
ter scales, postmarking and rating stamps,
rubber stamps, canceling ink, pads, paper, en-.
velopes, rubber goods, pens, pen.holders,
pencils, inks, mucilage, glass goods rulers,
folders, articles of steel, rubber erasers,
books, typewriter supplies and miscellaneous
stationery, in such quantities OF the different
articles respectively, and at such times, and
from time to time, as they may be ordered
during the fiscal year beginning July /, 1885,
and ending June 80, 1887, for the use of any
branch of the departmental or postal service.
Blanks for proposals, with specifications
giving detailed statement of the require
ments to be met In respect to each article
and also the estimated quantities probably
TO be required of each, and giving full in
structions as to the manner OF bidding and
conditions to be observed by bidders, will be
furnished ON application to tho superintend-
ent of the Division of Postohice Supplies, Post
Office Department, Washington, ID. q.
The PostmasterGeneral reserves the right
TO reject any OF all bids, to waive technical
defects, and to accept any part of any bid
and reject the other part. .i
WILLIAM +. Villas,
POstmAster-( General.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15
SPECIAL NOTICES.
STARTLING FACTS

NyS-a STARTLING FACTS.
You cannot afford TO ignore them. The fol.
lowing article appears in q recent issue OF the
New York Commercial Bulletin:
IAN expert examined and reported upon q
sample OF Chicago refined lard the other day,
which. he said, did not contain pound OF
hogs fat, but consisted OF tallow, grease, cot.
ton seed oil and oleo-stearine."
This mixture Is sold for about one cent per
pound loss than the pure article. Isn't cheap
at any price.
pure. Every package guaranteed. Try 1t and
you will use no other.
G. CAssARD & SON,
407-409-4lI West Baltimore st.,
Baltimore, Nd.
lCurers Of the celebrated "Star Brand" Mild
Cured Hams and breakfast Bacon. Eacn
piece is branded.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15

GOVERNOR LEE will issue an order
directing that the uniform and equip
ments of Virginia volunteers shall. with
few minor exceptions, be identical
with those prescribed for the United
States Army, and the United States
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15
LOST AND FOUND.

7 OsT-TO-day (April 15) on 9th st,
~ bet Pa ave and II st n W, or Avenue bet
9th and 10th SITS, u small gold locket. Finder
will be suitably rewarded II returned to Room
10, 3D. noor Vernon Row.
Il OST-Between Willard's and Ma
side (keepsake); handsome reward paid u
left at ALDEItNEY DAIRY, ID st, bet 0th ana
10th.
CTRAYED onto the Premises COS
- Mass ave n 0, an Italian greyhound. By
paying cost and proving property the owner
can get possession.
Y OST--Fr0m 1850 st N W, an Eng
Ia lish pug dog; answers to the name of
Ko Ko. A liberal reward If returned to the
above number.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15

VARIOUS State legislatures are pass.
ing resolutions, congratulating Mr..
Gladstone upon his home rule scheme.
This is all very well, but 1t is not adj
visable for either branch of Congress
to deal with similar resolutions. ON.
cially, this country has nothing to do
with the internal affairs of Great
Britain.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15

"A LLFEsIzE portrait of Boss"
Tweed was sold in Albany the other
day for the modest price of two dollars.
Works of art of this description are
suffering moro than any other from the
prevailing stagnation in trade in fact
have become a drug upon the market.
1t is doubtful II even the bust of New
York alderman, though it were genu-
inc peachblow. would command the
value of ten cent delivery stamp.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15

THE CRITIC tomorrow will contain
an article upon unearned railway
grants and their forfeiture by Con
gress, which will be of lively interest
not only to the readers of this paper,
but to the country at large. twill be
an exhaustive and comprehensive re.
view of the situation 80 far as one of
these enormous grants is concerned.
and contain facts and figures of a
startling and impressive character.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15

THE BEST way to settle the Dakota
question, as to how the territory shall
be divided for admission, or whether it
shall be divided at all or not, is to sub
NIT it to vote of the people. This we
understand to be the view taken of the
matter by Ex-Governor Ordway and
others. Evidently Congress cannot
agree, but in all probability the people
rau
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15

Two of the three medals of honor
annually awarded by the Royal
Geographical Society Of England for
distinguished services in the field of
exploration come to the United States
this year-onc to Lieutenant Greeley,
and the second, in value and import
ance, to Sergeant Brainard of Arctic
fame. This is good deal more than
his own country has ever done for this
brave and manly gentleman, and the
country ought to feel little ashamed
of itself. lBrainard should have been at
least second lieutenant long while
ago, but unfortunately he doesn't know
enough to lead the german.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15

THE most interesting feature of the
Pan Electric investigation yesterday
was Witness Van Benthuysen's cross.
examination of Counselor RanneY.
The Washington critic., 1886-04-15

FRANK HURD's defeat was quite as
hard blow to Mr.. Morrison as it was
TO Mr. Hurd. Mr.. Morrison and Mr..
Hurd will now have to combine on
some sort of tariff that will afford
them protection from their own party.