The Washington critic., 1886-01-30

for,' snid the lrishman. "Oh yes
answered the chief. "herc is your ap-
poiulment." And now that | have
got the appointment, said the incum
bent, lingering the paper with some
pride, II thank God | don't made IT,
only wanted to see II Johnny O'Ncill
had any inlloouncc. And he walked
out with his head up aud step that
bctokcncd his ancient lineage. Con
grcssmn O'Ncill is now looking for
some more needy constituent to fill the
vacancy.
We are living in time of political
transcendcntalism says the Washing.
ton correspondent Of the Atlanta C0H.
sHtut0B, aud the Administration has
taken Il truly poetic view of sinful
humanity In the Departments at
Washington there arc now, on u low
calculation, six Republicans to one
Democrat. know no caiser pillow on
which an official head may rest than
that supplied in a tenure of an ordinary
Office bestowed by the last Administra.
ton and attacked by Democratic
aspirants under this. 1t really seems
that the presumption is always in favor
of the accused. In no Department did
Republican shrewdness leave deeper
and more permanent traces than
in that, which is the most i'm.
| portant of all, the Judiciary.
The Democratic Federal judges can
almost be counted on the fingers of our
80 ii L.,
Democratic President with one Judge
Of its nine in the same political faith
as the Administration. To fasten their
hold more securely on the Supreme
Court many Republicans urged Justice
Bradley to retire just before President
| Arthur's term was out, to make way
| for some younger successor of the
same political faith. The old man de-
clincd TO do so then, and there is no
hope that he will get out of the way
now. He is over 70 years old, and has
served more than ten years. He con.
| tinucs to serve, though he is 73, with n
regularity and n vigor not surpassed
by any of his colleagues, and betrays
no symptoms of an intention to seek
| scrcner scenes. Next to tough old
Justice Bradley comes Justices Miller
| and Field, who are about so. Chief
| Justice Waite is 6S All the other JUS
tices are under &C. Justices Gray,
Matthews, Harlan and Woods are the
youngest, in the order named, and all
are men of fine physical strength. 1t
is very doubtful If President Cleveland
| will ever have the opportunity of
| placing any Democrat or Mugwump
on the bench of the Supreme Court.
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Says the same correspondent Ex-
Senator Farley, who died in California
last Friday, broke his health, If he did
not bring on his death, by the use of
poisonous hair nostrums. He was fine
looking, large-framed man, only fifty
seven years old when he died. When
he entered the Senate in 1879 his hair
was iron gray, and was very becoming
TO him. But he did not think So and
persisted in changing it to raven.like
| blackncss with some sort of medical
| preparation. Its use was not felt to be
injurious for several years, but just be-
fore his term expired he was prostratcd
with strange affection of the brain,
said TO have been caused by this dye.
He reappeared finally in the Senate,
very gray, cmaciated, and looking ten
years older. lie was never the same
man again.
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The statue of Daniel Webster exc
cuted by Thomas Ball, and to be
erected at Concord, N. H., arrived in
New York from Hamburg about two
weeks ago, and is now stored under
charge of the United States appraiser
at Boston. 1t is pronounced by those
who have seen il as the finest ever made
| of Webster. 1t is eight feet in height
and of the most expensive Munich
bronze. The cut-stone work is of the
finest Concord granite. 1t is proposed
that the dedication shall take place on
the nth of June next-the anniversary
Of Bunker Hill. No pains will be
spared to make the occasion memor-
| able one. President Bartlett of Dart
mouth College will deliver the oration,
| and efforts will be made to secure the
attendance of the President and Cab
met, of the members of the United
States Senate and House, of the Gov.
ernors of the several States and of
prominent men from all sections of the
country. The statue is free gift to
New Hampshire by Benjamin p.
Cheney Of Boston, Il worthy son of the
Granite State, who a few years ago
made an unconditional gift of $4,000
TO Dartmouth College.
The PerspicuOus New BOarder.
"Who is that handsome young woman
who sometimes waits on the table ?" asked
new boarder. SIS she the landlaay's
daughter?" "You- mean the lady coming
in with the syrup jug9" "Yes, she's very
pretty-thc daughter of the house, pre-
sume9" "Why, no; that's the boarding
missus herself.,i The new boarder's in
| quiry and his ilattering comments on hel
personal appearance soon reached the ears
of the landlady and now the boarder eat;
tenderloin and has the airiest and sunniest
room in the house.
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