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The Washington critic., 1886-06-29
pcpnrtmcpt or Justice,

north Of the Treasury Building
ard Just across the street is the DcItIt
mcnt ut Justice, This building was origin
nlly erected as the Frccimaus Bank Tho
square In which II Is erected is u historic
orc. ON the same street, ut the cast corner.
stands Riggs bank, which was built for the
accommodation Of the Washington branch
Of the old United States Bank. The grcltCr
mart Of It Is now occupied by the clcrks of
the Surgeon. Generals Oflcc. Around the
corner tu the west Is the Conmi-spry. Gcn
erals On'cc, formerly the old Washington
Club House IN front of which Philip Barton
Key was shot hy Sicklcs. THE tree. under
which the dead mans body lay. Is still
standing, although its bark had been com.
Ulctcly removed by relic hunters. Az the
northwest corner Of the square, above the
Commissary Generals OlliCc, Is the house
made famous by the ownership Of Commu-
dOfc Decatur and where Dolly Madison
lived and rcgncd So long a social Queen
after her husbands term as President cX-
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29
The American Opera Company.

The directors of the American Opera
Company in New York have presented
report of the first season of American
opera. They say the season has been a
greater success, artistically and financially,
than they had expected. Auxiliary organi-
cations have already been established in
many Of the principal cities. The auxiliary
companies will invest three-quarters OF
their capital In the stock of the central
company, retaining the other fourth for
local guarantee fund, 1t is designed to
have the direction of the educational
branch, as well as the opera, thoroughly
national IN character, and among the incor-
porators Of the conservatory outside of New
York, are. Messrs, Henry l.. Higgins OF
Boston, Frank Thompson of Philadel-
pha, T, Harrison Garrett of Baltimore, A,
Howard Ilinke Of Cincinnati, n. X. Fair
bank of Chicago, Leopold Methudy OF St.
Louis, and Timothy Hopkins of San Fran
cisco, Five additional operas will be pro
duced the coming season,
SWallinUa eprains and bruisaa or. nn
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29
Lafayette Square.

Due north from the White House is Lafayette
Square, the first public reservation in Wash
ington that was improved. 1t contains the
equestrian statue of Andrew jackson, by
Clark Mills. Many of its trees are old forest
nonarchs, hundreds of years old, 1t Is In
part a specimen Of the Old formal landscape
gardening so fashionable in England two
hundred years ago, n style that was i'm
ported into this country. Lafayette Square
was. one hundred years ago, part { a grave
yard that enclosed the square north, on
which st. Johns Church Is built, and the
square east, on which are situated the At
tOrney Generals Office (formerly the Freed
mans Bank), the Surgeon Generals office
and higgs Bank (both in the building for
mtrly used as the United States Bankl,
Commodore Decgtur's house, corner Pf-
teelth ~ d a.halt and II streets, aud the
old club House, near which Philip Barton
Key was killed by Daniel Il, Sickles, Mem
ber of Congress from New York, Tho last
bodies from this graveyard were not re-
ral unit
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29
The Agr;culturn, Depar,ment.

This building is situated cast of the Mouu-
mont. II Is enclosed by the most beautiful
and glowing flower garden in the country
and the grounds contain the most complete
Arhoretum probably In the United States
Attached to this Department are the Ex-
pcrimcntal Gardens whose offices ARE i'm.
mcdiately west of the main building The
Belt Line cars go right past the grounds.
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29
"Alderncy Dairy Wagons

Fresh Aldeney butter, churned every
morning and delivered In J ID. "Wardn
prints, 35c. per h. Also cottage cheese
buttermIlk and sweet milk, &c. per -qt.
Cream, l5c. per pit.
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29
The Peace Monument.

Just half way across the Avenue from the
northeast angle of the Botanical Garden
And at the west foot of the Capitol Grounds
Is the Peace Monument. This was de-
signed by Admiral Porter in honor of the
dead soldiers and sailors of the late war.
1t is of marble and cost, with pedcstral and
platform $4,000 II is proposed to remove
this monument TO one of the squares on the
northwest section.
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The Washington critic., 1886-06-29

The contractors, flremen's and police
funds were deposited by the Commits.
sioners and are subject to their requi-
sition. The Alexandria and Washing
ton Railroad bonds are in the Treas.
urer's custody as Sinking Fund Com
missioner, the old corporation of Wash
ington having guaranteed and paid
them and suit being pending to recover
the amount. The Chesapeake and
Ohio bonds and certificates were the
property of the late corporations of
Washington and Georgetown and were
received in exchange for like amount
of corporation stock. Formal pre-.
sentation and demand for their pay
ment has been made and refused.
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29
The White House.

from the west balcOny OIL tnc CapltOl, lOOklnS
down Pennsylvania avenue, the Whitg
House Is seen rearing Its snOwy-hued walle
above the dense mass of opening that EN-
bowers IL, like Il gigantic Gala lily springing
up amid its enfoldng green blades. We're
il not for the partly Intervening Treasury
building the view of the White House from
the Capitol would be full and complete The
White House is the center of "Up.town," as
the Capitol Is the center of Down town"
II is beautifully located, the view from the
south windows covering the whole southern
front of the city, as the view from the north
up sixteenth street west exhibits the best
part of the Northwest section to the gaze.
The White House is copy of the palace of
the Duke of Lcinster at Dublin. with the
addition of a large porch on the north front,
which was added during Andrew JGckson's
administration. The reservation In which
1t stands embraces nearly 81 acres. The
main entrance is on the north, reached by
the Pennsylvania avenue cars. IL Is two
stories high on the north, Is built of white
irecstonc, 40 feet long by SO wide. IL con.
Red, Blue and East rooms, the State Dining
Room and the great conservatoros. The
Blue Room Is the Presidents official recep-
tion room and the drawing-room of the ladies
of his family. The East Room, originally
designed for a banquet hall and SO used as
late as 1887, and In the latter part of the
century used us drying-room for clothes
by Mrs President Adams, Is the largest and
most noted room in the building. IL Is -
open TO visitors every day except Sundays.
Upstairs are the Cabinet room, the private
offices. the Presidents Office, the library
and the family apartments. All these
rooms except the latter are open to visitors,
by special permission, at suitable hours.
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29
The National Museum.

The National Museum Is In the Smithsonian
grounds, few yards east OF the Smithso-
nian building. IL contains thousands of the
most interesting curlositics, samples of the
life, customs and history of all nations. II,
as well as the Smithsonian, is open daily to
the public from a. IN. to y, IN.
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29
Unprecedented Attraction!
Over Quarter Million Distributed!
Louisiana State Lottery Co.

Incorporated In 1868 for % years by the
Legislature for Educational and Charitable
purposes-wth n Capital of SlOoO,OOO-to
which reserve fund OF over S55O,O has since
been added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote its fran
chse was made "A part of the present state
Constitution adopted December >, A. d. 1879
It's Grand Single Number Drawings will take
place monthly. 1t Never Scales or Postpones.
Look at the following Distribution:
Grand Monthly Drawing, at the Acad-
emy OF Music, New orleans, TUESDAY, July
10, 1856.
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29

Science in the service of the house
keeper has produced the beautiful, pure,
harmless, yet efficient American Ball-Blue
for the laundry.
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29
TO TIE DISTRICTS CREDIT.
Itemized Statement of Funds in the
Treasury.

Acting Secretary Fairchild has made
report to Congress of the trust funds,
ETC., held by the Treasury to the credit
of the District of Columbia. He states
the amounts as follows
Contractors guarantee fund:
District Of Columbia 1865 pr cent.
bonds ......,................. sn,OoO 90
District Of Columbia 8 per. cent.
bonds. ......,................. 27OOo 90
United States AZ per cent. bonds 100 90
United States ! per cent. bonds. $500 %
Cash uninv vcsted.............,,... G7,0j0 6i
Metropolitan Police fund:
District of Columbia 1865 pr. cent.
bonds. Observation-Disclosures. a33O 90
Cash invested Observation-Disclosures. AIS gS
Fircmen's relief fund:
District OF Columbia 1865 pr cent
bonds. s................... ......... COO 90
United States per cent. bonds. 100 60
Cash uninvestcd cd.................. 1,l00 80
Alex. & Wash. II. II. bonds. 10000 90
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal bonds
and certificates. s.................. $1,000 90
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29

DIR. Pierce's "Pellets"-the original
"liltle Liver Pills" (sugar-coated) -cure
sick aud bilious headache, sour stomach and
lilious attacks. BY druggists
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29

Mile. Aimee thinks the stage Is far nicer
-han real life, Things always come out
right on the boards.
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29

--Swellings, sprains and bruises are no
longer feared, as st, Jacobs OH cures them
promptly.
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29

The Printing and Engraving Bureau
The great money mill OF the Government is
located at the corner of Fourteenth and b
street southwest, southeast from the Monu
ment and southwest from the Agriculture
Bureau. IL is reached by the Belt Line
Cars, and is opened to visitors every day.
The Washington critic., 1886-06-29

We, the undersigned Banks and Bankers,
will pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana
state Lotteries which may DO presented at
NIi A.,
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21
Things That Must Go.

The New York Observer, one of the
soundest and most influential evangeli-
cal newspapers published in this cOun-
try, in an editorial on the above sub
ject in its last issue, after enumerating
anarchy socialism, boycotts and strikes,
the MormOns, political coTuptiOnists,
ballOt-box suffers, bribe-talingj judges,
&C., sums up as follows:
"And lastly the saloon must go. 1t
would be better, perhaps, if the saloon
went first, for where the saloon goes,
there the anti-Chinese mob leaders, the
anarchists, the socialists, the boycOtters,
the political corruptionists, and most
other people whom we do not want,
would be sure to follow. Where the
saloon is, there these mob leaders and
their kind gather together. If it were
not for these places we would have lit
tie reason for asking any one to go.
The saloon is the chief breeder of all
those things on which anarchism and
all social and political heresies take
root, and feed and grow. Idleness,
ignorance, poverty and uncleanness are
the soil which the saloons prepare for
the nourishment of crime and every
public evil. The saloon has no right
full place in our industrial system, no
good cause for being anywhere. Its
prosperity means ruin to all things
else its increase means decrease for
all things right and good. 1t thrives
on decay; it fattens on ruined homes
and ruined lives. The saloon must 60.
The people of Maine and Kansas, of
Iowa and Rhode Island, of Vermont
and Georgia, have said it; a thousand
times ten thousand men and women in
Christian lands are saying it to-day.
The saloon must 60 The prayers of
generations of wives and mothers
whose lives have been darkoned with
the woe of strong drink shall be an
swered at last-fully and completely
answered" j."
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21
Bad Times For Lesseps.

AS the facts about the withdrawal of
the Panama Canal loan bill from the
French Legislature are more fully
known, the critical condition of the
enterprise becomes palmer. 1t is now
stated that the company was really
forced to withdraw the bill by the dis
cOvery that the committee to which it
had been referred was resolved to in
vestigate the whole matter thoroughly.
M. de Lesseps had been requested to
furnish copies of the principal contracts,
together with balance sheet showing
the exact financial condition of the cor
pOratiOn. Neither of these requests
was complied with, but instead the bill
was withdrawn under II pretext moth
ing less than puerile. 1t would be i'm
possible to have produced situation
more damaging to the standing of the
enterprise than thus results. The only
rational inference from the facts, of
course, is that the company dared not
to make truthful exhibit either of its
finances or its contracts to committee
of whose subserviency it had no guar
antee.
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21
Stamped Letter Sheet.

The new stamped letter-sheet, soon
to be issued by the POstOflice Depart
ment, promises to be a great cOnven-
inence to the public. 1t is letter.
sheet and envelope combined, perfor-
ated line running around the sheet,
with the narrow spaces outside over
spread with mucilage, so that the sheet
may be folded and securely fastened.
The letter when ready for mailing re-
sembles the style in use before envelopes
were invented. This the Government
stamps in loose sheets and collectively
in pads, and it will be put on sale at
some of the leading postofIices through
out the country. AS it can be pro-
duced at a very low figure, and affords
the same security that an envelope
does, it is expected to take the place,
to a considerable extent, of the postal
card.
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21
How a Nuisance Was Abated.

" was on a train out in Iowa, the
other day." said a travelling man,
" which stopped half an hour at din
ner station. A vain and dudish young
fellow with small handbag persisted
in walking up and down the platform
directly in front of the coaches and gaz-
ing impudently into the faces of the
lady passengers near the open windows.
He was so impertinent that 1 soon
found myself about mad enough to go
out and give him talking to. But
before reached that point a roguish-
faced young woman sitting near me
settled him good deal easser than 1
could have done it. She stuck her
head out of the window just as he was
going by and called'outtO him:
"'Say, sonny, are you selling apples
or peanuts? p
There was litter the whole length
of the car, and no more annoyance
from the dudish young man ON the
platform"
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21
WHOLE NO. l,6l7.
The Crucy Suicides.

The scanty and hardly decorous fune-
raj services for the brother and sister
Crucy Thusrday brought to an end one
of the most singular suicidal tragedies
that has ever occurred in New York
city. In some its aspects this affair is
almost if not quite without a parallel.
There was no reason why these two
elderly people, well situated and in
comfortable circumstances, should not
have continued to live on, contented if
not happy, in the house where they
and their family had passed SO many
years and where death had brought
release to all but them. The brother
was man of good sense and business
capacity. Nothing indicated that his
mind was not vigorous and healthy,
and he was not given to brooding or
to despair of the future because only
himself and his sister remained of the
family.
The sister, however, led a solitary
and interpretive life. Apparently she
had no human sympathies whatever,
apart from the affection which she be-
slowed upon her brother. Her birds
and dogs were the only objects that oc-
cupied her attention outside of the
thoughts which continually dwelt upon
the friends she had lost. There is good
reason to believe that this lOng-con-
tinued morbid state led to disordered
mind. Certainly the keeping of her
dogs body on ice in the callar for
months after her failure to get it buried
in cemetery does not indicate a nor
NAL mental condition. Probably it is
not saying too much to assert that this
woman was really made insane by
allowing her thoughts to dwell habit
ually npOn the desirability of death as
the only escape from her troubles here
and the only hope of joining the father,
mother, brothers and sisters who had
gone before. The circumstances show
that it was she who planned the sui
cides. She bought the pistol which she
used, and her hands wrote the brief
note declaring their intention. The
brother, several years younger, had
always been in the habit of deferring
to her wish and will, and no doubt re-
luctantly yielded in this case.
What is the lesson of his tragedy?
One lesson is plain. 1t is that the way
to live in abiding contentment is not to
live for ones self, but to live for others.
If this wretched woman had engaged
in helpful work for her fellow human
beings, the morbid tendencies which
developed finally into a species of in
sanity would have had no existence.
If she had engaged in any one of
thousand forms of charitable and phil
anthrOpic effort, the idea of suicide
would never have taken hold upon her
mind. Not only is man the proper
study of mankind; he is the true OBJ
ject of their care and thought. He
most truly lives who does most to make
the world sweeter, richer, happier for
those who share life with them.-Ne,O
York Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21
Great Floods in North Carolina.

Rains in nearly all parts of North
Carolina continue, as they have for
over a month past. The damage is
in many cases irreparable. West of the
Blue Ridge rain has fallen for six weeks
or more. The news from Pender coun-
ty is that for a fortnight past constant
rains have so swollen the streams as to
flood great tracts of country. 1t is the
greatest food since 1867. Farmers on
the Cape Fear river have lost all their
crops, and many have been forced to
leave their homes on account of the
food. Many turpentine distilleries
are under water, and stores and dwell
lings are deserted. All the lowland
crops in the State are injured, and only
in a few sections on stiff uplands is
there much prospect of any sort of
crops. The damage in many sections
is well nigh total, and in others from
one-quarter to one-half.
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21

ness interest in a State procures a very
noticeable result on the entire common
wealth.
One cannot travel through Pennsyl-
vania without reaching the conclusion
that her coal lays all the States east of
the AIleghanies tributary to her
wealth; unite that to iron, of which
she furnishes sixty per cent of the
entire output and you have the greater
source of her wealth. So in Michigan:
her lumber, copper, iron and salt are
grand sources Ofwealth and very rapidly
telling Oh her cities, towns and agricul-
tural districts which feel the impulse of
those accumulating millions of money.
Butthe cry is raised that the country is
becoming deforested, that timberis play
ing out, that her resources are not
equal to the energy Of herpeople. That
is true, but Canada lies just across the
lake, and we saw large steam trans
port running up Saginaw River, said to
have logs enough on board to cut half
a million feet of lumber. That enter
prise is in its infancy and will soon
multiply if there is any margin in it.
The "Canuckers like to get rid of
toll, but the Michiganers consider a few
days loss time an irreparable loss.
Lumbermen are now looking for new
stumpage in the Southern States, and
as I iatimated in former communica-
tion from Wisconsin, they will soon be
sending down lumber from Alaska.
This summer has been dry and the
hay, potato and corn crop will be small,
even if the drought should be broken
at an early date. Yours truly,
RAMBLER.
East Saginav, Mich, July 9, 1886.
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21

Here is a puzzling arithmetical ques-
tiOn for our school boys and girls for
odd moments during vacation Two
boys together sell GO apples, each sell
ing 80. One boy sells his apples two
for cent and receives 10 cents. The
other boy sells his apples three for
cent, and receives 10 cents. Together
they receive % cents. Now, the next
day, one boy says he alone will sell 60
apples, five for cents, and does so /;
but he receives only "a cents. How is
thatP What becomes of the other
cent?
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21

John NJ. Clayton, was pleading q
case over in Worcester county, Md,
and among other things put in evidence
by the opposing counsel was a copy of
the Worcester County Shield. Clayton
in his argument held the paper up be-
fore the jury and said $50 this is the
Worcester County Shield. God help
Worcester county if she has nothing
better to shield her than this. ."-Har-
ringtOn Enterprise. The Enterprise has
got the wrong man. 1t was Henry A.
Wise not Mr.. Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21

The Medical NelOs says: about twen-
ty-five thousand deaths from typhoid
fever occur in this country annually
and this represents fully one hundred
and fifty thousand cases of the disease.
The hundred and twenty-five thousand
persons who recover lose six weeks out
of their lives and carry perhaps some
vestiges of the fever's influence for
years.
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21

When Miss Folsom became Mrs.
Cleveland she put off the baby name
frankie and was married as Frances.
1t is to be hoped that other girls may
go and do likewise. If they are not
ready to commit matrimony, they
ought to be ready to change those "ie F"
names. AS diminutives of the nursery
they may have been we'll enough. As
terminals for the names of American
women they are utterly out of taste.
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21
An End tn Bone Soraninp.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg H., says
Having received so much benefit from Elec.
trio Bitters, feel Il my duty to let suffering hui
m0nity know il. Have had running sore on
my leg for eight years; my doctors told me
would have TO have the bone scTaped or leg am
putated. l used, instead three bottles OF Elec-
tric Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, and my leg is now sound and WELL" Elec-
trio Btters are sold at fifty cents a bottle and
Rucklcn's Arnica Salve at 25 cents per box, by
James p. HOflecker, Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21

A most potent remedy for malaria is
Vinegar Bitters, new style. 1t cleanses
the system and purifies the blood, free
ing it from all malarial poison. Vine
gar Bitters, new style, has pleasant
taste, is slightly antacid preparation,
is a mildly-acting, but effectual cathar-
tic, and its tonic properties are unsur-
passed.
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21

A huge derrick-pole fell and severely
injured the foot of mechanical engineer
E. r. HOyt at the New Orleans Expo
sitiOn, and after only three applications
of st. Jacobs Oil, all the swelling and
pain disappeared.
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21

The Boston Pilot sizes Congress up
about right when it says that its record
to date is that it has done nothing and
the President has vetoed it,
Smyrna times., 1886-07-21

The most astonishingly beneficial re-
suits have followed the use of Red Star
Cough Cure by those affected with
throat and lung troubles. Price, twenty
five cents.