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The Washington critic., 1886-10-27
The uurcnu orEaucatIon.

Tie Bureau Of Education Is In a brick building
due north Of the Patent Office. The visitor
with scholarly tastes and instincts will not
fail TO visit this bureau, which contains u
complete collection vt objects Illustrating
the lrogress. aud condition Of education
throughout the world.
Nciicni Museum.
ON Tenth street. between T. and +. round the
corner westward ir'm Masonic Temple, IS
the famous Medical Museum. This build
ing was once a prominent Baptist Church. 10
was converted about the beginning ut the
war into theatre, known the country over
ns Ford =, ard II was In private box thcrc
IN April, 1865, that John wilkes 30 ,th
Killed President Lincoln. Tho latter was
carried To house, just opposite, where no
died. marble tablet In front of the house
No. BIC Tenth street, commentaries this
fact. The theatre was then sCquestratod by
the Government and turned into the Med
tcnl Museum attached TO the Surgoon-Gon.
erals Office. II Is full Of interesting surgical
relics Of the war, and has the largest mcjl
cal library IN the world. Among the curl
ositles within its walls Is the articuate1
skeleton of Gulteau, the assassin of prcsi.
dent Garfield. Coming down Tenth street
from The Medical Museum the visitor will
not fail 10 inspect the massive and beanti-
~ Post Building, In which Is situated the
newspaper establishment south Of PhlladGl-
phia and east of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. -Four of the leading and most inilu-
ontinl journals In the country-two morning,
'iiiiiS Ahs Nltll dllu Nilt lllltlltll'
dent sunday papor-hayc their home In this
establishment.
The Geological Bureau.
The Geological Survey is located on r street,
near the Ebhitt House. The Interior DE.
partmont building, immense as II Is, X en-.
tirely too small for the accommodation of It's
bureaus, two of which, besides the Educa-
tional and Geological Bureaus agriculture
and Pension) are located in other quarters
These Two last bureaus are among the larg
est under the Government.
The Centre Market.
The Centre Market occupies the squares
south Of the Avenue bounded by u street
on the south, seventh street on the east
and Ninth street on the west. II Is q ycry
handsome market building, cX,ellel In
beauty, and probably In SIZE, by none In the
worid. II Is the clcanest and the best
While also the cheapest market In America.
The city Hail.
Due north Of, and two squares away from,
the District Bnildings, and closing mp Four.
and II half street ut that point, is the City
HAL. This Is u large and CommOdiOus
building, built for use rather than show,
and now occupied by tho District courts
Just In front aud 10 the south of the City
Hall Is column of white stone surmOunt-
ed by marble figure of Lincoln.
judiciary square.
The City Hall stands on the south front OF
judiciary square, one Of the finest parks In
the city. The city Jail used to stand on the
northeast corner Of the square which runs
from Fifth to Fourth aud from d street ana
and Louisiana avenue TO q streGt-thrGe
long full squares.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-27
The National Museum,

The National Museum Is in the Smithsonian
grounds, few yards east of the Smithso-
nian building. IL contains thousands of the
life, customs and history of all nations. II,
as well MS the Smithsonian, Is open daily to
the public from a. m. to p. m.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-27
Dcpartucnt Of .yusticc

Immediately north of the Treasury Building
and just across the street * the Dcp1rt-
mont of Justice. This building was origin.
ally erected az the Freedman y Bank. The
square In which II is erected Is historic
one. On the same street, at the cast corner,
stands Riggs Bank. which was built for The
accommodation of the Washington branch
of the old United States Bank. The greater
part of II Is now occupied by the clerks Of
tho Surgcon-G Generals Office, Around the
corner TO the west IL the Commissary-Gcn
erals Office, formerly the old Washington
Club House, in front of which Philip Barton
Key was shot by Sickles. The tree, under
which the dead mans body lay. Is still
standing, although its bark had been com.
pletely removed by relic hunters. At the
northwest corner OF the square, above the
Commlssary- Generals Office. Is the house
made famous by the ownership of Commo
dore Decatur, and where Dolly" Madison
lived and rcignod so long social Queen
after her husbands term as President ox-
The Washington critic., 1886-10-27
WASHINGTON

hills. The building IL in the Italian Renais-
sanoo. IL is 5G7 feet long and 3i3 feet wide.
Its greatest height Is 1913 feet, and the flag,
floating over the central portion, naunts In
the breeze higher up than any other flag IN
the city, not excepting those above the
Senate and House Of Representatives Tho
cost Of the building was five millions of dol.
lars, about three times as much rs the
White House, and, We think, as much ~
the Capitol.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-27
judiciary square.

The City Hall stands on the south front of
judiciary Square, one Of the finest parks in
the city. The city Jail used to stand on the
northeast corner Of the square which runs
from Fifth TO Fourth aud from d street ana
and Louisiana avenue to q streGt-threc
long full squares
The Washington critic., 1886-10-27
war, Navy ana state Departments,

This edihce. once named by a Washington
Journalist the "Triune Building" occupies
the west side of the Presidents reservation,
Immediately west OF the White House. The
State Department occupies the south part,
the Navy Is located north Of the State, while
the War Department occupies the entire
northern half, II Is new and very hand
some structure. The most beautiful room
in the whole building Is conceded TO be the
library of the State Department, with south
front, from whose windows the eye can
sweep uninterruptedly down the Potomac
to Mt. Vernon and far over the Virginia
The Washington critic., 1886-10-27
The GcoloricnI Isurrnu.
The Centre Market.

The Centre Market occupies the squares
on the south, Seventh street on the east
and Ninth street on the west. II Is very
handsome market building, cx ,ellel In
beauty, and probably In s,2e, by none in the
while also the cheapest market In America.
The Washington critic., 1886-10-27
10000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each.
Fractions, in Fifths, in proportion.
LIST OF PRIZES.

APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
A'p'oTd'"''o" do do itHos Vi e95,.,,, s65 SsS SsS0
do do 250..... 1850
1867 Prizes amounting TO S2G5 500
Application Tor rates TO clubs should be
made only 10 the Office of the Company In
New orleans.
For further information write clearly giving
full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express
Money Orders or New York Exchange In ordi-
nary letter. Currency invariably by Express
at our expense, addressed
NJ. a. DAUPBIS,
New Orleans, La,
The Washington critic., 1886-10-27
~. .yohn's u. n. Church.

st, Johns p. L, Church, which has been often
called the state Church because more Prcsi-
dents have worshipped there than at any
other, stands at the corner of III and Six
teenth streets 10 was built In 1916 and en-
larged in 1890. In II have worshippcd Pres
idents Madison, Monroe, John Quincy
Adams (though the latter was "A Congroga-
tionalisD Martin Van Buren,, though he be-
longed to the Dutch Reformed Church, Har-
rlson, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore (though
the latter was a Unitarlan), Pierce, Buch-
anaR and Arthur. Presidents Lincoln,
johnson and Grant have also attended Di-
vine services here although not steadily. Its
interior reminds one very forcibly of the
old, dim English country Episcopal churches.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-24

The friends of Dwight r.. Sibley assem-
hled at his residence, IN the Town hip OF
Mani,tee "a few evenings since. to witness
the marriage of his daughter TO Charles
Brown, young man about % years old
Some two hours after the ceremony, the
people engaged in dancing. and while the
bridegroom was dancing he fell To the lloor
dead. He was an exemplary young man
of good health. and during the past sum
mer has been discharging the arduous
duties of brakeman on n logging railroad.
IL Is supposed he died of heart disease.
Public opinion in the upper peninsula is
i'm favor of the action Of congress in for
feiiing the immense land grant of the
Ontonagon * Brule railroad company.
The company made an attempt 20 hold the
land 10y building twenty-five miles of road
over snow banks and ice i'm the winter
The land grants of the Marquette, Hough-
ton a Ontonagon railroad company and
OF the Lake Superior ,hip canal a railroad
company will be examined into by con
gress this winter.
Henry Taylor, n colored man. who lived
alone in house on DR.. Gnlbraith's farm,
four miles from Pontiac blew his brains
out with a smoothbOre rifle loaded with
buckshot He put the mugzle against his
face aud pulled the trigger with the ram
rod. The whole of the top of his hend was
blown OF, and part OF the skull was blown
out OF the window into the yard No
cause of the suicide is known.
Eziekial Saunders, who escaped from the
NewaygO county Jail in his m)ther's
clothes, has been recaptpred
Frank N. Hopkins, who was with Jim
Foy at the time the latter shot 20 tmaster
SCHUYLER az Union city. IS now serving n
term for burglary in the Columbus (O)
peniteutiary under the nome OF George
Stanley. ald has told detective Ballard Of
Jackson all he learned from FOy In regard
TO the Crouch tragedy. Hopkins has still
l3 months 20 stay AZ Columbus.
Tecumseh millers are shipping flour TO
Liverpool.
Josiah W Pratt, one OF Flint's promi-
nent citizens died recently, aged -. As IA
railroad contractor and builder, deceased
was was well known in northern Michi-
gan.
George Harrow, one OF st. Clair coun-
ty's oldest residents, nearly the whole OF
his life having been spent in that county
is dead.
Three years ago stranger raised
racket in WILSON FoX's saloon, Grand
Rapids and Fox quickly struck the offender
on the head with metal beer faucet The
The stranger died, and Fox has been wait
ing trial ever since. The superior court
of Grand Rapids has released the ac-
cused' : suretie-, and Fox is now at liberty
TO quiet more disturbances.
Ex-Gov. Blair addressed the American
merino isheep register association at its
annual session in Jackson on the tariff on
wool Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President J. +. Dean
Of Napoleon, secretary, r. ". ID.
Edwards of Horton; vice president,
Vim. Reed; treasurer, A. d. Whitmore
An executive board and register commit-
tee were appointed and jackson decided
upon "a the place for holding the next
annual session.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-24
Homes Without Books.

We form judgements of men from
little things about their houses. Of
which the owner perhaps never thinks.
Flowers about rich mans house may
signify only that he has a good garden
er, or that he has refined neighbors.
and does what he sees them d.. But
men are not accustomed TO buy books
unlcss they want them IT, on visiting
the dwelling of q man OF slender
mean, we find that he contents himself
VITA cheap carpets and very plain
furniture, in order that he may buy
books. he rises at once IN our esteem,
Books are not made for furniture. hut
there is nothing else that 50 beautifully
furnishes house. The plainest row
of books thai cloth or paper ever COW
cred is more significant of refinement
than the most deliberately carved
etugcrc or sidebOard.
Give u house furnished with
books rather than costly furniture;
both, if you can, but books at any rate.
To spend several days in a friend 5
house and hunger for something TO
read. while you are treading on costly
carpets, and sitting on luxurious chairs.
snd sleeping upon down. is a if one
were bribing your body for the sake o.
cheating your mind. Books are the
windows through which the soul looks
out. \ house without books is like
room without windows. No man has
a right to bring up his children without
surrounding them with books, if he has
the means to buy them. 1t is wrong to
his family. Children learn to read by
being in the presence of books. The
and grows upon t. And the love of
knowledge in a young IN nd is almost
a warrant against the inferior excite
mcnt of passion and vices.
Let us pity those poor rich men who
live barrenly in great bookless houses.
Let us congratulate the poor, that in
our day books are so cheap that man
may every year add hundred volumes
to his library for the low price of what
his tobacco and beer would cost him.
Among the earl est ambitions TO be ex-
cited in clerks, workmcn. iourneymen,
and. indeed among all that are strug-
81 up in life from nothing to some-
thing. is that of owning, ana constant
ly adding TO. n library of good books.
A little library, growing larger every
year. is an honorable part of a young
mans history. 1t is n mans duty to
buy books. A library is not a luxury,
but one of the necessities Of life
United States. Pdpermdker.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-24
The Value Of Foods.

II has come TO this. that the mplc.t
articles of diet are the safest. and that
is. in my opinion. another argument IN
favor Of plain living Yes, the sim
plest are. the safest. and let me add,
the best are the cheapest The butch
or. for example. or the egg merchant
can not adulteratc his wares. but he
may have several qualities; and there is
stage at which all animal foods ar
rive, when kept in shop>. win ch rem
ders them to large extent poisonous,
and this is as bad il not worse than
adulteration.
We often hear il said that shop eggs
n they are called, are good enough for
fl, ing, with bacon for example. This
is positive mistake; an egg that has
even a suspicion of staleness about it
is delcterous to health. not 10 say dan
gerous. no matter whether it be fried
or boilep. And the same may be said
of flesh meats of all kinds and will
not except a hare or venison. | am
quite prepared TO have this little sen
tence pooh poohcd by the robust and
healthy. only add that | adhere TO
il; that have the courage OF my con
yctions, and furthermore that ! have
inyalids and dyspeptics, and those with
delicate digestions, in my thoughts rs
/ write.
grant YOU. my healthful athlete.
who can tramp over the moOrs with
gun and bag from morning dawn till
dewey eve and never feel tired. that
the eating of long-kept game may not
seem TO in lure you, but the bare fact
that piquant sauces and stimulants are
needed to aid its digestion S exceed
ingly suspicious. There are two ami
mails in particular that like their food
high and tender; one is the crocodile,
the other our friend the dog Both
have wonderfully strong digestive
powers; little inferior, in point of fact.
to that of the ostrich, about which bird
SO many fancful stories have been
written and told.
1t may be said, without much fear of
contradiction, that any kind of food or
any mixed diet or meal which requires
the aid Of stimulant, either OF the ma
ture OF continent or wines, Is not
salutary. Such let as this is a tax
upon the whole system. and causes
heat and discomfort, and feverlsh
state of the blood, VIII ch can only end
in debility of the nervous system and
more or less of prostration.
But those who would obtain the
greatest amount of health and comfort
from the food they eat must be most
careful IN its selection. Leaving
idiosyncrasy out Of count for the pres
cnt. although everyone ought to know
what agrees with him and what does
not, there are many thing, connected
with the value and digestibilty of food
obtained from various sources that |
do well to remind the reader Of
CaSSeHS Aaga.ine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-24
The State Teachers Association

The Michigan state teachers association
will meet in representative hall, Lansing,
December p 10 80. The sessions will open
with the address Of the president, Prof d..
Howells, at : 80 O'Clock Tuesday evening,
the 18th Wednesday evening at the same
hour the Hon Theo. Nelson, superintend-
ent of public instruction, will deliver an
address Oh The Undergraduate Youth OF
our Time" Sessions will he held both
forenoon and afternoon on W Wednesday
and Thursday with discussion Of the fol-
lowing papers two at each session, in the
order named: Limitations and Prop
er Relations of Subjects taught in
Ungraded Schools" Supt. $. G.. Burk-
head, Saginaw; "fhe Want, the
Worth and the Cultivation OF II Taste for
Good Literature - Miss Mary +. Tilton,
Lansing: kindergarten Work in Primary
Schools Miss Nina c. Nandewalker, Calu-
met; "Some Pedagogic Principles and
Their Applications, Prof w. II. Payne,
Michigan University; Education and the
Labor Problem President l.. X. Fiskc,
Albion college: "How Can the County In
stitutes ho Made More ProfitableN' Prof
Hamilton King, Olivet; ~ Plea for the
Reading Circle Principle l.. G.. Hull, De-
troit high school; reports of delegates
from county associations on The Condi-
tion and Needs Of the Public Schools
The as ociation of county examiners
will meet at the same time. All raj. loads
will furnish round trip tickets at one fare
on certificates issued 10y Prof. ID. Howell Of
Lansing or George Barnes of Howell.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-24
Estate News Condensed. -

Charles T.. Barnes of Battle Creek, mas
ter workman OF the state assembly OF the
knights of labor. has been appointed dep
uty labor commissioner 90 succeed Francis
Il. Eagan. who becomes deputy secretary
OF state Jan. /. There l. "A rumor anoat
that Barnes will succeed to the commits
sionership when the appointment is made
iii February.
The stockholders OF the Concord nation
al bank have decided TO surrender their
charter and reorganlze under the state
banking law. The rapid payment Of the
per cent and the high price OF the per
cent government bonds are the reasons.
John Lett charged with setting fire to
buildings in Concord. Jackson county, in
March, 1854, has just been tried in the
jackson circuit and triumphantly acquit-
ted. Asa Seaver, who accused him, is also
to be tried on the same charge.
James Carriveau has been arrested at
Oscoda for embezzling seven silver and
nine gold watches and Sj05 from X. r..
Emmons, jeweler of that place. Carri-
veau was an agent of Emmons for selling
watches and jewelry in the lumber camps.
Mrs. Isacc Suydam OF Cadillac. was
washing the other day, and had boiler OF
clothes on che stove. when she stepped
out Tor minute, leaving their two year
OLD boy running about. just then leg OF
the stove fell out, and the boiler of scald-
ing water and clothes tipped over on the
child frightfully and possibly fatally
scalding him.
Tracy Wattles, son Of Division Superin-
tendent NJ. H.. Wattles OF Kalamazoo. fell
through the ice on the Mississippi river at
Savannah. H.. and was drowned. lie loft
Kalamazoo n month before TO take n posi-
ton IN the office Of the {. h. q O., road at
savannah. dc was 20 years old.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-24

Locomotives now run into Jerusalem
The roar of the eng mes through the
street that once echoed the Crusaders
tread is a powerful historical antithc.
sis. Not less str X ny is the contrast
between the armOrcr's chamber.
whence stepped forth. armed cap-a.pie.
the knight of the fourteenth century.
and the erecting shops whence issues
the ma led giant of the nineteenth.
Under the ned Gval breast plate the
might of muscle; underneath the mod
ern boilcr-plate the supremacy OF
mind; and both within span of SOC
years. that has at one end the Tower
of London and at the other the Bald
win Locomot We Works. There is 9
strange. vivid analogy between these
two. SO vastly dssmlar. Each is the
cptome of an age. and each age gro
tesquely at variance m methods and
results. vet controlled 10y the same hui
man motives of dominance and con.
quest. But what the Crusader con
qucrcd and could not keep the loromo
tive holds in peaceful possession. --Iro.
TRUE RcCtew.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-24
a Bad Ness.

The officers who have been searching for
n number of days for the remains OF Joe
Kennedy, who 1t Is supposed was muir
Harvey and wife and Thos. Wilson and
Matte Smith, inmate, of Harvey house
of ill-fame near Tawas City, found the re-
main, buried in the woods near Harveyis
house. The whole crowd are n hard gang,
and old offenders. Their arrest on the
charge of murder Immediately followed.
Harvev's wife has been connected with a
number Of murders previous 20 this. She
has confessed the crime but lays il on Har-
vey. Should DR.. Weir be brought back
and contied in the Tawas Jail, il would
hold the hardest crowd ever within its
walls and any man could make his escape
cut OF il in two hours if left alone.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-24
MICHIGAN MATTERS.
GOV. cRoswELL is DEAD.

Biographical Sketch Of Prominent Man.
Ex-Gov. Charles M. Croswell died in
Adrian ON thel3th aged 81 years.
Charles NJ. Croswell was born in New
burg. y. Y. Oct. 81 1s25 When but 2
years old. his father was drowned, and
three months later his mother and his only
sister died, and the lad came 10 Michigan,
making his home with an uncle When
Charles reached his 10th year he was APP
prenticed TO carpenter, continuing at
that four years. Upon reaching his ma
jority he began the study OF law Subse-
quently he was deputy clerk of Lenawee
county and register of deeds. In lsi4 he
took a prominent part in the formation
of the republican party. In 1850 he formed
a law partnership with eX-Judge L. Nj.
Cooley, which continued until the latter
removed to Ann Arbor. In 1862 Mr.. Cros-
well was elected To the state senate and
reelected in 1864 and 1866 being president
pro tenn during each session. lie became
prominent because OF his opposition to
the re-cstablishment of the death penalty
i'm the state. and by the vigorous fight
made against the proposition 10 pay state
officers in cOin-then al decided premium.
While senator, Mr. Croswell drafted the
act ratifyng the 18th amendment. Mr..
Croswell was "A member of the constitu-
tional convention Of 1867 in 1855 presi-
Dental elector, and i'm lsi2 a member of
the legis lature, of which he was elected
speaker. ne fepubllcdn nominee Tor gov
ernor i'm 1876. MIR. Croswell was elected 10y
a large ma iority and was re elected at the
close of succe. sful admin tratiOn.
Personally Mr.. Croswell was quiet, un-
assuming, conservative, safe in counsel,
and the embodiment OF integrity. He was
not brilliant man, but a hard worker,
and conscientious in his labors, especially
those devoving upon him as n representa-
tive of the people He was business
governor with all that the title implies.
He enjoyed the confidence OF his neighbors,
the esteem of his party and the respectful
regard Of all citizens. Mr.. Croswells
widow is the sister of Mrs T.. = Lacey OF
Charlotte.
Since the close OF his official life Gov.
Croswell has been a fiancier in Adrian, and
wss lately president of the Lenawee coun-
ty savings bank.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-24
State Educational Inspection.

The following are the state boards Of
visitors appointed by the state board Of
educa ton:
Michigan university-Geo. b. Brooks,
Hon. r. Il Stockbridge. Kalamazoo. AGri-
cultural cOllege--Charles Minis, SAM Bea IN I;
Charles Woodruff, Yp,ilanti, Prof l.. A.
Strong Npsianti. State Normal School
Prof. {. Il. Hull, Detroit the Hon. J.. d.
Norris Grand Rapids; Mrs. G. II. Stanley,
Kalamazoo Albion college -Supt. d. How
ell, Lansing. H. c. Spencer. Battle Creek;
Albert Miller Bay City. Olivet college
Prof W. II. Payne, Ann Arbor; ID. b.
Green. Np.ianti; the Rev. Franklin Noble,
East Saginaw; Kalamazoo college The
Hon. NJ. =. Crosby, Grand Rapids; the
Rev. j. NJ. Matthews, Detroit; the Rev. +.
a. Hough, Jackson. Michigan female
seminary-Miss Mary Bassett, Allegan;
Miss Laura N.Stoughton Otsego MISS a.
Crane Port Huron. Somerville school
Mrs Frank Moore. st. Clair; Mrs J. :.
Woodruff, Ludington, Miss. Antoinette
Eryant, Kalamazoo. Adrian college-The
Hon. George f. Edwards. Niles; Supt. J.
II. Miller. Constantine; the Rev. +. +.
Caster. East Saginaw. Hope college
Supt. w. X. Garvin, Allegan Supt. T.. NJ.
Russell Paw Paw; X. f.. Bunker, Muske-
gon. Hillsdae college, NJ. Ballou, Otse-
20; the Rev j. f.. Richards, st Louis the
Rev. a. b. Allen, Detroit. German Amer
lean seminary-1he Hon. Otto Kirchuer,
Detroit; Edward Kanter, Detroit; the Rev.
H. b. Roney, East Saginaw.