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The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
QUE COUNTY RoiDs.
Their Improvement GENERALLY Needed
Throughout the District.

Jhclr I'm prove me uI GcnerulIy Needed
Throughout the District.
EDITOR CRlriC: WIilr the scheme for
two asphalt roads mentioned in former
article is booming, it may be well to give
some thought to more ancient forms and
methods by which travel Is carried on. We
cannot fairly he accused Of abusing our oil
cials II we respectfully make the inquiry:
Why do We not have better roads in le
District Why are our farmers Obliged,
with their teams, on their way to and from
the city, to climb over sharp ridges, strug-
gle through dangerous gullies, make their
way ever stretches of road alternating be-
tween boulders Of rock aud dreary patches
Of mireY When we ask these questions of
the authorities the reply is apt to be that
there is not sufficient funds A little
thought and investigation leads to the con
clusion that such an answer will not bear
criticism. Congress appropriated at the
last session $4,000 for the maintenance OF
the county roads. This sum, then, is avail
able. Now what will that amount of
money, properly applied, do for our roads
Let me state what it will do. 1t will give
a surface dressing Of excellent gravel to
| fifty miles of carriageway, ten feet wide
and six inches deep. This improvement
will last three years with very little atten-
ton. Pursuing this method three years,
$50 miles Of road will be improved, aud
| there will not be many miles left in the
| county to go over. The result of this plan
would show the highways in better CON
| dition than they ever were before. The
| thought of such an Improvement is delight
| fully bewildering. AS things are now,
| over many OF the roads leading to the Cap
ital, the journey is contemplated with a
| good deal OF nervous apprehension as 1t re-
| lates to persons and property.
To illustrate by my own experience,
| will say that ii is easier to get box of
tomatoes from Norfolk to the Centre
Market than from point two miles north
OF Boundary street at the crossing of the
Brentwood and Queens Chapel roads II
is more convenient and less expensive TO
bring a watermelon from Savannah, Ga.
than from any point east of Bennings
Bridge. Then as to personal comfort in car.
riage, one would make the Journey To
Philadelphia In the steam cars with more
ease than in a buggy to Bladeusburg, and
carriage ride TO Chain Bridge on the
river road is attended with more discomfort
than is seat IN smoking car to New
York. September aud October are the two
best months IN the year for carriage riding.
one does not wish to be limited to the city
| parks or the Soldiers Home grounds when
such beautiful landscape views abound In
| other parts of the District, if the roads
permitted our reaching them easily.
JAcoB.
| WAguINcToS SAINT IN
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
MY NFIGUBORS.

My neighbors are honest and quiet and
meek
They are in the frame houses just over the
way;
Not one Of my neglbors quarrel will seek
Normvite; and they're made of the common
est clay.
They lie not, they sigh mott they care not for
any
Man, woman or child who inhabits this
sphere;
Queer, Is 1t mott Among all of the many
Who live here below, there Is none TO them
dear.
My neighboTs will never gloat over the fall
OF a weak brother fighting the battle of life
Not one Of my masculine nolghbors will call
The plainest or farest Of sweet women,
They often 60 Ia, and they never come out
But my neighbors are only inanimate clay;
And the little frame houses I'm writing about
Are In Trinity churcbyard, Just over the
way.
-lJohn Earnest McCann
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.
"The Mcmoirs of Dolly Maaison.v

"The Memoirs OF Dolly Madison"
"The Memoirs and Letters of Dolly Mad
ison, wife OF James Madison, President OF
the United States" edited by her grand
niece, and just published by Houghton,
Miiilin II Co., Boston, is one of the most
entertaining books of the season. II not
only presents in graphic aud pleasing form
the qualities that distinguished one OF the
most amiable and gifted women the coun.
try has ever produced, but is to no small
extent a reflex Of the times in which she
liyed-especially Of its social and political
phases at Washington. There are those
still living who remember Mrs. Madison and
to whom this volume will be full of voices
from the past; but to later generations as
well its pages will possess peculiar interest
for the insight they afford to her life and
character. The book is for sale at Robert
Beall's, 495 Pennsylvania avenue.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
.IIni's Ibny OT.

Things are awfully nice In Missouri, ac-
cording to all reports. The other day,
when it was raining so that Colonel shaw's
hired man could not work he asked the
Colonel what he should do.
"Well, Jlm," was the reply, "you might
90 ont on the bacl, end Of the farm and dis
klver lead mlne.n
"But we've got four now, sir"
"Ihen dlskiver coal minen
"We have three Of those"
"Oh, WELL 20 out and diskiver natural
gas well and a plumbago hole and slen 60
fishing gn-[Wall Street News
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

TO know why, II considered as an or.
nnmcnt only, Il s. nol kept In respect.
able condition. In its present state,
says the writer, lit is a disgrace to the
city and an insult to the giyer' The
point Is well taken. If the District
cannot afford to furnish water for the
fountain, It can at least keep 70 clean,
1t had far better be removed than icr,
uEcarcd for as it Is.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
AUCTION SALES.
VALUABLE PROPERTY IN THE
Y COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, y. c., AT
PUBLIC SALE.

Default having been made I'm the payment
of the two iromissory notes, secured by deed
OF trust, duly recorded in 1iber no il35, folio
9S5, ct seq, one Of the Land Records Of the
District Of Columbia, by direction Of the party
secured thereby, l shall sell at public auction,
on the premises. on WEDNESDAY, TUE
18TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A. d. 1880, AT
4 O'CLOCK 7. NJ, TO the highest bidder the
following described real estate situate on
public road leading from Tennallytown TO
Conduit Road, in the County of Washington,
III the District of Columbia known as "Frlend-
ship," saint Phillip and jacob and resur:
yey Of Jacob, containing twenty five acres OF
land, and being moro particularly described
in deed from A. 7. Pardon to Emily Poole,
dated March H. 1875, and recorded IN Llber
IN, folio 437, of the Land Records OF the Dis
trict of Columbia, TO which deed reference Is
hereby made.
Terms Of sale. cash, 800 of which shall be
paid 10 the nuctioneer when the property is
knocked down. II the terms of sale are not
complied with In ten days after sale the
trustee reserves the right TO resell the same at
the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser.
JAMES A. MAIN, Trustee.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
EDUCATIONAL,

V'HE MEDICAL, DENTAL ~ PuAR-
i maceutical Department of Howard Uni
versity will open their winters sessions Octo
Der 4. For further information and circular,
address G. u. PURVlS. NJ. d., Secretary, llis
12Il ~
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

THE Democratic State Committee Of
New York will meet at Saratoga Sep.
tember 81 and determine whether or
not to call q State convention.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
SC ocrAL SCIENCE IN THE SCHOOLS.


The remarks of Carroll u. Wright,
United States Labor Commissioner, on
occasion of the meeting Of the Amori-
can Social Science Association, at Sara
toga, in favor Of populariling the
various departments Of social and
economic reform, were received with
much favor, ul deserve far more
general attention tMn the subject has
yet received.
The Sucipl sc suua As.o;ia ion Is
composed of mcu ut puc,icrl views,
rather than Of uhslrl,s theories; yet It's
work has necessarily plrtaScn more of
the nature Of discussion AMI disgust.
tion than Of application and action, for
the. reason that Vuhnc sentiment had
first to be aroused to the importance of
its objects. The ti.nr h1snow arrived,
in Mr.. Wrights estimation, for giving
Social Science definite place in the
educational system of The country and
enlarging the field Of It's usefulness
This can only be done by enisiing the
colleges aud schools IN the dissemna-
tion of knowledge, which the associa-
tion las done so much to formulate,
and thus enabling the people at nrge
to become direct benehcialic les of the
various reforms to which for twenty
years past it has devoted intelligent
and laborious inquiry.
social Science is not in any sense an
ism or q hobby 1t is neither transcen.
dental nor utopian. 1t does not belong
to the Summer School of Philosophy
series of reforms. AS best expressed
by its name, 1t is the science of society
in its broadest and most comprehensive
form-of all that pertains to the edu-
cational, industrial and sanitary wei.
fare of society-to jurisprudence,
finance and politics, on proper under
standing of which the stability of our
social institutions depends. 1t is a
vast and comprehensive subject, not
easily adapted to the pages of text
book for the schools, yet the governing
principles of its various branches are
each sufficiently well ascertained 10 be
made part of the course of collegiate
instruction and even simplifed, II
deemed expedient, to the comprehen,
sion of primary students.
1t is true, the field to be covered /,
wide and deep. So much greater the
need and richer the profits Of its intel
ligent cultivation. True, also, The
curriculum Of the schools is over
crowded, or in the parlance of the day
crammed; but room may yet be found
for that science which underlies al
other sciences and performs the CHIEF
part in the evolution of good
citizenship.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
GENERAL AND CRITICULAR.
AnarchIsm is knot on the saw log Of
labor.


Sentimentalists are holding up as text
that old chestnut about the Indian who saw
Bishop Whipple passing and said, "There
goes one white man who never lied to an
Indian" We will continue our remarks on
this subject when some white man (who
isn't liar will point out an Indian and
say, "fhere goes one Indian who never lied
to q white man,
If the Morosini family is any better than
the Schilling family, there are not many
sgns out to indicate 1t.
The Presidents luck has changed. The
only bites he gets now are mosquito bites.
Geronimo will become the Orange Grover
OF Florida.
The immortal bard was right about tt
one touch of earthquake makes the whole
world kim Philadelphia Press.
Or bttter: One touch OF earthquake makes
III. whole world skin-out.
sour fve-cent cigars can't be beat" say
the cards in a tobIceonist's window. We
suppose so, but they can be cabbage, as we
happen to know. II. T.. w.
A New York paper gives an account OF
a company which is i,tug out a vessel Ia
that port which will engage ia catching
porpolses for their oil. The plan is to use
nets, made of strong cord, thousand feet
or more In length. We should think taat
would be fishing to some porpus.
-[Tjii.
| "HO, stand aside ~ the wheelmlu cried,
AS down the road he went
At break-neck speed, "for | am bound
To reach the tournament"
lie struck o stone, the header came,
And DER the wheel he weuJ
In graceful summetsets-Alasi
Twas not tue turn he meant.
Victoria Morosini will pass as a Schilling
no longer. She has gone to Par.
One day while Congress was In session a
newspaper man went into a saloon on the
Avenue to get drink of water.
"How's business?n he said, to the pro-
prletor.
"Flrst-rate," was the gratfed reply.
"Pm doing rattling wholesale trade at
retail prices"
"No! you don't say? How does it hap
pen2"
"Most of my customers are Congress.
men,"
The fog spoiled the yacht race. There )
many u uip 'twixt the cup and the ship.
Dead TO the world alive to me,
Our cat Is now no more,
Oh, may we live some day to sec
II on the farther shore.
How lonesome is our Office now,
The tears unbldden spring;
No more we hear its sad meow,
As 1t was wont TO sing.
All, bitter, bitter is the cup
That We are forced to drink;
No cat TO eat our copy up,
No cat to help us think.
Although the Sun may shine for all,
lts luster will be dim,
Because there is no caterwaul
To give our matter rim.
All, well, our years are growing few,
And soon upon the shore,
Oar dear old Office cat wen view,
And meet to part no more.
-LFrom "IdyIls of Il Dead Cat" by Charles
\. Daua.
II the author OF "The Beautiful Snow
will call at this Office Immediately, he
will be given remuneratiye position.
Miss Olga Dahmschelck OF Detroit
recently swan the Detroit River to Belle
Isle Park. II was Dahmscheicky perform
ance,
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

THAT Baltimore young lady who
dedicated her poem, "Dethruncd," to
the Emperor Of Austria ought to send
something of the same sort to Prince
Alexander, He needs 1t just now much
more than Franz Joseph does.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
E'MERsON INSTITUTE,

IMMERSION INSTITUTE,
IL 914 14tb ST., between and X.
SELECT CLASSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL
SCHOOL FOR BOYS,
Begins its 35th year MONDAY, SEPT. 30.
Prepare for Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Johns
Hopkins, the Scientific Schools. United states
Military and Naval Academies. and for busl-
ness.
lars, address
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
CONZAGA COLLEGE,
II S<NEEFHW

BUSINESS COLLEGE, COR. NINTH AND D
streets northwest. A practical business eiu-
cation that qualities young men and women
to support themselves and successfully per-
form tie active duties Of life. Thorough in
struction given in Rapid Writing, the English
Language, Correspondence, Rapid Caleula-
tions, Bookkeeping, Business Practice, Com
mel cial Law, Political Economy, Senography
and Type Writing. Regular day and evening
sessions resumed WEDNESDAY, SEPTEM-
Der /, at 0 "A. m. and p. m. Office open for ar.
rangements by the year or quarter, on and
after MONDAY, AUGUST 23. A full corps of
teachers. Tuition fees, day sessions-Regular
business course one year, $40, payable SO on
entering and balance in monthly installments
of $40 each year scholarship, in full on
entering, $50; tuition per quarter of ten
weeks, $40, paid on entering. Night ses
sions-Year scholarship, $50 on entering; 3
months, SIS, payable 50 on entering and bal
ance in monthly installments of So each, or
SIG In full on entering. illustrated Circular
sent free on application.
HENRY G. SPENCER. Principal.
MRS. SARA A. SpENCER. Vice. princinal.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
THE COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY,

WASHINGIUN VII, y. Q.
The Preparatory School begins September 20.
The Columbian College begins September 20
The Medical School begins October4.
The Corcoran Scientific School begins Oct. 8.
The Law School begins october O.
For catalogues or other information, ad-
dress JAMES G. WELLING,
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
I'DUCATIONAL.

KINrERGARTEN NORMAL INSTITUTE.
The National kindergarten and Primary
SehCul Ieopen5 September 20, in spacious,
elegant parlors, II g corner of Mass. ave and
10th ST. Mis- Louise Pollock will be happy
TO receive parents and friends Of pupils on
or after Monday, Sept. 10. Ladies' who desire
TO enter the teachers class, commencing octo-
ber /, should enter their names at once.
CEORT HAND-Morning and Even
- ing classes; Ben. Pltman's system; SO per
month; use of typewriter free; speed to ad
vanced scholars; Instructions In punctuation
Address Box 545, Postoffice.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

COLLECTOR SALToNsTALL Of the
Boston custom house looks upon
the Presidents order concerning
Federal Office holders in politics as of
more binding fcrcc than the Gospel
itself. Copies are made for the heads
of the various divisions aud every en-.
ploye is not only compelled to read the
document but write his name on The
back Of it, to show that he understands
and indorscs its meaning. We are not
officially advised on this point, but pre-.
sumo that the signatures are written in
the blucst of blue ink.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

IIOR RENT Nicely Finished Com
II municatlng rooms In 1870 and 112l N Y
ave; all mod imps; water, gas and bath
rooms; elevators run from 7.SO N to II p IN.
Apply ut ROOM T. 1871.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
wv G. DUvALL, Auotioneer,
w. 925 + st n W.
TRUSTEES SALE OF A DESIRABLE REAR
LOT IN SQUARE ii0, BETWEEN l. AND
nj AND GTu AND TTII SITS. N w

TRUSTEES SALE OF A DESIRABLE REAR
LOT IN SQUARE iiO. BETWEEN L. AND
NJ AND 9Th AND It'll SITS. N. w.
by virtue Of n deed of trust, dated July r.,
A. d. 1872, and duly recorded In liber No. 73i,
folio 16G. one of the Land Records for the Dis
trict of Columbia, and at the written request
of the beneficiary therein, will offer for sale,
nj public auction In front of the promises, 90
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 49, A. u. 1885, AT 8
O'CLOCK =. NJ, the following described real
estate situate In said District of Columbia, TO
wit: Part OF lot sixteen d6), IN square four
hundred and forty-nlnc liiW, beginning for
the same ut tlirty.three feet from the south
east corner of said lot and running west with
the south line of said lot thirteen feet, thence
north seventy.hve feet, thence east thirteen
feet thence south seventyfve feet to the
place of beginning, together with the I'M
proyements thereon.
Terms of Sale--The amount of Indebtedness
secured by said trust, together with all un-
paid interest. anG costs of this sale, In cash,
and the balance, If any, In one year, repre-
sented by the purchasers note, bearing In
terest at Fix per cent. per annuln, secured by
deed of trust on the property sold, or AL cash,
at option of purchaser. Deposit of 500 re.
quired at time of sale. All UonVuyanclng and
recording at purchasers cost: and IL terms
are not complied with IN ten days after sale.
the property will he resuld at the risk and
cost of defaulting purchaser.
II w. HOWARD. Trnste'.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
EOR RENT
THE NEW POST BUILDING.

Studios, Offices and Lodge or Society Rooms.
There are yet vacant in the new Post Build.
ing some well-lighted rooms suitable for
lodges and societies; also several welllighted
rooms, eligible for artists studios; also two
rooms fitted for light manufacturing, with or
without steam power; Otis elevator runs day
and night. Apply at POST COUNTING ROOM
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

A CORRESPONDENT, who wonders
that the Cogswell fountain should
never have been supplied with water,
in accordance with the evident inten.
iion Of Its donor, Is at a still further loss
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
FOR RENT.-.HOUSES,

DOR RENT-On Connecticut Ave-,
a No. 1i04 house new; three-story and
basement, II rooms: one of the best con-
structed and located houses In the city; rent,
$500 per annum. Apply to j. +. OLMS rEAD,
1l1G New York ave
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

7 OsT-One Dark -Colored Cane Rock
Ina chair, supposed TO have been stolen
and sold on pretense OF taking for repairs.
Address CAUTION, Critic office. =.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
uOME SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

uOME SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
Ill Waverley Seminary.
The thirtieth annual term will commence
on Wednesday, September %, 1886. This In
stitute Is designed to be a select school In
Mnder m Sndisions S and eareful Observation-Disclosures %
The school Is twelve miles from Washington,
on the d. and O.. Railroad. Terms moderate.
For full particulars address Mrs. l.. X. Ftz-
CHORTHAND RevOlutiOnized and
all persons possessed of the rudiments of edu-
catitn. Sloan-Duployan possesses LEGlBIl..
IrY Hitherto unknown. A special NEATNES )
of outline and SIMPLICITY so wonderful
In IL hours tuition or IL postal lessons, at a
cost much below. other systems. Glasses and
private tuition daily. Books, etc, on hand.
Call or send stamp for prospectus, THE
SCHOOL, 82l + st W.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

The absurd canard from Atlanta re.
sptcting the disappearance of the Islam |
Of Cuba and the inability of several
shipmasters to liud the "pace" is the
worst of the season. 1t could only
have come from Georgia. AdvIces
from Havana as late rs yesterday re-
port the arrival and departure of sew
eral vessels, which apparently had NJ
trouble in getting in and out as usual.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

OsT OR STOLEN - Pair Gold
IL rImmed eyeglasses. Reward and no
questions asked II returned to r. IL. s., Critic
Office.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

The Presidents luck has changed. Th
only bites he gets now are mosquito bites.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

Miss Olga Dahmschelck OF Detroit
recently swan the Detroit River to Belle
Isle Park. 1t was a Dahmscheicky perform
auCe.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

THE British Minister of Foreign AZ.
fairs stated in the House of Lords yes.
terday that all new arrangements in re-
gard to the future of Bulgaria must be
made ip accordance with the treaty of
Berlin. He should have added post
script TO the effect that such arrange
ments as Russia might make, of course,
constituted an exception to this rule.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

THERE was fresh breeze for four
hours yesterday during the unfinished
race between the Mayfower and the
Galatea. 1t was not such spanking
breeze as Lieutenant Hem SAYS he
wants, but there was a good Geal of
wind stirring and both the yachts
heeled over as they lay up to it, with
the Mayflower ahead and gaining. This
was sufficient TO show that the May
flower is the better yacht of the two
both in light and heavy weather. She
responds readily to all conditions with
which she meets and Is without doubt
the best vessel of her class in the world.
If that fresh breeze had held out yes
terday she would have beaten her rival,
not easily, but by fair margin. AS it
was, the wind died out and she was
unable to go over the course In the
prescribed seven hours. This will
make at least one more race between
her and the Englishman necessary. 1t
will be sailed next Saturday. 1t Is t.
be hoped that there will be enough
wind that day to satisfy even Lieuten.
ant Hem. In that event his defeat
would be more binding, as it were.
WE feel little sorry for Mr.. Bolton,
the defaulting official of the Chicago
postotiicei not that there are any mt.
eating circumstances connected with
his crime, but for the reason that he
had so little sense. If he had stopped
to think or inquire, he would have
found out that there are less chances Of
committing offenses with impunity or
safety against detection in the Post.
office Department, than in any other
branch of the Government. Such Is
the rigorous system Of supervision
there that the man who pliers letter,
or embezzles stamps, or forges vouch.
ers, or abstracts puckHgG from the
mails, is absolutely certain TO be
caught at 1t sooner or later The eX.
Gel tions to the rule are nest u
intinilesimal.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

THE National Republican says this
morning. "Since the episode of the
tower of Babel there has been no con.
fusion equal to that which is achieved
by land lubbcrly reporters and editors
in trying to write up the international
yacht race in stunning, nautical STYLE"
If our esteemed contemporary had any
one about its premises who knew any.
thing Of NAUTICAL matters, 1t would not
say as it does this morning, that the
May flower in Yesterdays rcc after
rounding the outfr matk "squeakcl' -
away before the light breczs for home.
CoNGmssMNN Tow RoBERTsoN of
the Fourth Kentucky district. who has
been defeated for denomination, takes
his punishment like man. Instead
Of sulking in his tent he says; 81 am
for Aleck Montgomery for Congress,
and hope his majority will bc as mine
was two years ago
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

If the Morosini family is any better thar
the schilling family, there are not many
S gns out to indie ate 1t.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10
SPECIAL NOTICES.

n-Ss.sPECIAL NoTICE.
The pubic 10 know that the Washington
Coutingnials have not gone anl will not 90
into camp AZ Lurlug, Va. This Cpmrily viii
larodu ON the con ing MONDAY EVENING,
the l2th / 81 IN this cl'y.
CAPTAIN W. ", MILLS,
Cbmmlu1iuy
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WANTED---R00MS.
WANTED---HOUSES.

WANTED-Eor Young Married
w couple. "A house on Capitol nill; rent
$50, on not to exceed S25. Address CAPITOL,
Critic Office,
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

Il house, with mod imps: on car line;
price s35 per month. JAS. q. SPMGG, H?i
N Y ave
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

Geronimo will become the Orange Grover
OF Florida
The Washington critic., 1886-09-10

II the author Of "The Beautiful snow'
will call at this Office Immediately, he
will be given a remuneratiye position.