The Washington critic., 1886-08-13
WASHINGTON CRITIC
WASHINGTON, AUGUST IL, 1855,
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

LOUISVILLE IWCS. - lncTc uTc tOU up
plicants for the Paris Consulate, and
Colonel Ben. lie Fevre, of Ohio (may
his tribe increase when he quits being
q bachclor) is among those who want
to be inundated where the beautiful
Grisettes grow and hold gaudy carni.
val. Colonel lie Fevre has a deal of
Influence focused on his magnificent
proportions, and his troops Of friends
are stacking deep colored chips around
his Norman name. He Is endorsed by
all the Buckeye delegation and many
outside friends. 1t would be gor-
geous feather in his cap should he win.
The place pays to the Consul General
$4,000 spot cash per anDum, and the
fees of the other offices and attaches
of the bureau aggregate $4,000,
making grand total of 100000 that
comes in annually to the office. The
receipts in fees from the Office run up
from S65,000 to SIC, 900 year, which
pays for all of our consular service In
France"
~
In speaking of Mr.. Tilden the other
to-day to a reporter of the New York
CommorcioLAdcertiSer, Mr.. Russell
Sage said: ~ knew him very well
when we were young men together and
] used to see a great deal of him. He
was very slow; slow in speech and
$40" III "c'ioh' hc was constantly
postponing action. lie would put
things of from day to day, from week
to week. think 1t was the great fault
IN his character. WAS he fond OF
speculation "Weil, he schemed
goou deai' ana iiKed to take 'hyer' as
wen rs most OF us. But was never
OF the OPINION that nc hau any genius
aII aI, Up9' T.. T., . no ,s Tas ;S, unioup;eulS
himself win vnrinus railroads md
when they got into serious trouble he
remained as II sort of residuary legatee."
DO you think he operated for the eX-
1i,euien,, vi was nC lohh ~ ~ nccu'iu'
his nile increaso and wos nno,sv bn-
cause IL did not grow more rnpidlv
than it did. When we were young he
used to come to me at the end OF
the year and tell me how much he had
made and ask me whether my proilts
mad been as hge. l used to tell him
could count niue better returns
than he ana he didn't like 1t. ''5
wealth was always exaggerated, i 49,
neve. Wheh ne was worth per- >
Tloo,o90 ne was quoted as mil =,
are lie hau uone nothing In II
street 1or long time before nc Gle ''
Nv
How Senator German was cured Z
reuro,cio 70 ,bro ro,otod an b;s
n,s,,'e.., W.
""'"o'i'y roi many years ho mas
Deen sufferer from regular attacks OF
neuralgia On some occasions he has
been confined to his home dav or
two. 90 intense was the main An old
,aa,' Ct, ao, -, 80. H.. 81
,"'y -i'u oI.So o's'''u "po" ".' "',o
nc was suffering from one OF HIS at
tacks. She displayed so much sympa-
thy that she almost forgot to name the
request she had to make-but she did
not, Upon learning that the Senator
was troubled with neuralgia, she yolun.
teered to give him an infallible remedy
provided he would not laugh at her,
or accuse her of being believer in
conJuratlon, spells, etc Ihe Senator
~ soou, la..reu way ,raotliieu lci VhaI
nSvs;cian rm somnti,nos nTnrIad w. J,,i'iJr in,
temporary relief. The old lady finally
prevailed upon the Senator to give her
remedy fair trial, whereupon she sug-
eesteu 'hat ne shou'u gGt an Ordinary
dr;II hoIo out u as, a" - G,o'. ,i ~ oGoN,ns, =,
piece of string or ribbon, aud wear il
around his neck continually. The
Senator, while suffering one day, de-
tcrmined to give the nutmeg remedy a
trial. lie followed the old lady's direc'
tiors, and in few hours felt greatly
relieved. He has worn the nutmeg
ever since, and is seldom troubled with
neuralgia. He has consulted several
physicians on the subject, and they
state that the nutmeg possesses certlin
virtues Which may have effect on the
neuralgia pains.
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Tho quickest tiInc an rec,rI for ,ho
,o,,,o.o'cr = III, ,,,o,, !, ,,,t., Co.,
=" - y. ''' ""' w" ~ ""on u0N
erai uraht was placcu on 'he rellrel
list of the army. The Atlanta ConSt-
tuition relates the incident as follows:
The clock in the House of Represeoto.
tivos n,or,,od twenty minutes 70 tn,o,r,
Nv. aI A.u '"e"S n'"'' Wv, ~ v"ol,'
on INC morning Oh lhe 4'h Oh March,
1855. In twenty minutes the Forty
eighth Congress would be no more.
Eyerythinr was In confusion at the
Conitol In or,ic;rotio, Of ,bo ;ro,,r,,,a
NJ. r'..'i,,,, M nl' w." w., ',
tion vi MI olc'ei"hu' Inc iiousc n'''
been in storm for an hour over CON
tested election case. Mr.. Randall rose,
and in his clear voice moved that the
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