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AT THE PAVILION.

The exposition building never looked
sayer than it did last night, when two
thousand people were seated at the seven
teen long rows of tables. The immense
amphitheater was brilliantly illuminated
by large number of electric lights, and
fully 5000 people looked down upon the
busy scene from the galleries. The tables
were not of the picnic style, neither were
the seats, but were elegant tables covered
with snow-white Linen, with glass and
table ware of the finest quality, equal to
that of first-class hotel. The viands were
of the best and in abundance; wine in great
variety, including the best champagnes,
cigars. ice creams, and fruit of every de-
scription were served. After the two thou
sand were feasted the tables were again oc-
cupied by those from the gallery, and no
one of the vast concourse OF people but had
all they desired to eat and drink, and there
was an abundance left.
DISPLAY OF FRUITS.
In the western end of the building was
IN immense fruit display. A tall cone, or
pyramid, was built upon platform in the
center of the room. which was flanked on
all sides with long rows of tables, upon
which were displayed tons OF the choicest
fruits grown in this section, including the
peach, plum, grape, apple, pear, apricot,
prune, pomegranate, fig. olive. orange,
lemon. lines, dates, etc. Flowers of every
bue, form and variety were displayed in
abundance, and all who desired took
ali they wished. The fruits and
flowers were not hemmed in
with wire screens, the customary card
q Hands off, was not to be seen, but in
It's stead men and women urging the visi-
fors to help themselves. The dining,
tables were waited upon BY $50 of Sacra-
Trento's matrons and maids, and on every
land was hospitality extended in the
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broadest manner possible. Never before
was there observed in this city such an
effort on behalf of our people to outdo in
their attempts to entertain.
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[coNr1SuED on EIGHTH PAeE.l
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20
MISSING.


In the cool, sweet hush of wooded nook,
Where the May buds sprinkle the green old
sward
And tile winds and the birds and the llmpid
brook
Murmur their dreams with a drowsy sound,
Who Hes so still in the plushy moss,
with his pale cheek pressed on a breezy
pillow,
Crouched where the light and shadows cross.
Through the Pickering fringe of the willow
SO still, so chill in the whispering grassg
A soldier, clad in Zouave dress
A bright Haired man, with his lips apart;
One hand thrown DER his frank, dead face,
And the other clutching his pulseless heart;
Lios here IN the shadows cool and dim,
His musket swept by a trailing hough
With a careless grace In Ills quiet limbs,
and a wound on his manly brow
A wound. alasl
Whence the warm blood drlps on the quiet
grass.
The yoets peer from their dusky beds,
With fearful dew In their great, pure
eyes;
The lilies guiyer their shining heads,
Their pale lips full OF sad surprise;
Ana the squirrel rustles the branches
Strange birds ly out with cry, to bathe
Their wings In the sunset glory
While the shadows pass
Ger the quiet face and the dewy grass.
God pity the bride who awaits at home,
With her lily cheeks and her violet ewes.
Dreaming the sweet old dream OF love
While her lover Is walking IN Paradise.
God strengthen her heart as the days go by
And the long, drear nights OF her vigil follow.
Nor bird nor moon, nor whispering wind,
May breathe the tale of the hollow;
Alas alas
The secrets safe with the woodland grass.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20
SCHEMES BEFORE CONGRESS.

The Harrisburg Patriot understands
that "the Tchuantepec operators have
pooled their issues with the Hennepin
Canal crowd and the Mississippi River
improvement manipulators, and that
among them such q combination has
been formed as ordinary Congressional
honesty will find It difficult to bear up
against"
1t strikes us that the Patriot is some
what pessimistic in its views, especially
as Democratic newspaper supposed
To have good opinion of the new Dem
ocratic Administration and reasonable
amount Of faith in Democratic House
Of Representatives. But what it says
is very important if it is true.
If 1t is really so that "the Tehuante.
pee operators and the "Ilennepin
Canal crowd" and the Mississippi i'm
proyement manipulation" are banded
together for the purpose of buying
such legislation as they may desire,
and that the member of Congress who
is only ordinarily honest will find it
difficult to stand up against the press
ure, the Government is in fair way
TO be lleeced.
We trust that the outlook is not
quite so bad as 1t seems to our esteemed
Pennsylvania contemporary, though it
must be confessed that there Is nothing
quite so tempting to human cupidity
or trying to the human conscience as
the prospect of big appropriation,
which only needs to be voted to be
had.
But there is evidently a fear of jobs
abroad in the land. Here comes Cap
tain Forbes of Boston somewhat of an
authority on maritime topics, who,
without directly asserting that any of
the proposed schemes are reprehensi
BILE, takes very strong ground against
teroceanic or ship railway projects,
for the reason that he believes no ne.
eessity exists for their construction and
that they can never be made to pay.
This is also important If it can be
shown to be true. Congress could Ger.
tainly do nothing more unwise, not tc
say objectionable, than TO vote money
for improvements of which the need
the practicability and the success art
not capable of clear demonstration
The Treasury is never so full that We
can afford to draw on it for means to
try costly and uncertain experiments
All these subjects should be closely
scrutinized and their merits satisfactor
lily ascertaincd before receiving an in
dorsement by Congress. We are il
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20
WASHINGTON. JAN. 20, 1886.
pr. PAXTON on THE PRESS.

Ii is astonishing what a prejudice so
many clergymen-good, worthy men,
otherwise sensible and always, il is to
be assumed, pious-scem to entertain
against the newspapers of the day
They admit that the press is power
but insist that 1t is too often u power for
evil that as an educator, II cducalcs
in the wrong direction that its inilu
cncc is perniCious, its information ofno
value and It's very existence dcmoral-
izing. And what is more astonishing,
our reverend friends can't be argued out
of these prep osterous ideas.
Take minister thus dogmalic in his
notions and the combined efforts of mis-
whole parish will scarcely move him
peg to the contrary. The great and
glorious facts spread out before him
that the world is all the time growing
better, knowledge and virtue increasing
among the people, civilization advanc
ing, good works abounding as never
before in the worlds history and the
newspapers multiplying at the same
rate, count for nothing.
He never stops to think that the
Press, the School House and the
Church are the trinity in the name of
which Progress keeps steadily moving
across the frontiers of Barbarism.
Even man of so much intelligence
as Dr. Paxton, well known in Wash
ington as former pastor of the New
York Avenue Church, so far forgot
himself as to 90 to the Franklin ban
quet or annual meeting of the Typo
,hetae in New York the other night
and indulge in loose, illogical trade
ON the press, from which we subjoin
the extracts which follow. Said Mr.
Paxton:
The curse of man Is his craving for novelty
and the secret OF the power of the press is its
ability TO cater to this craving. No man Is
really wiser for reading newspapers or more
ignorant ii he don't see one in two months.
Idleness is the root of all
newspapers. If 1t was not that men had so
much leisure nowadays and had to kill time,
they wouldn't read newspapers The news.
papers dwarf the individual. They give q
man his opinions all ready made. The world
was better when every man drew his water
from his own we'll Gentlemen, we have got
to go back to the individual again. The
tongue is more powerful than the press. De
mosthenes Of Athens, and Christ of Bethle-
lem We're the two most powerful men that
ever,F lived and neither of them ever wrote
word. The press never started revolu.
ton Stlll It Is great power 10 rules the
world to-day. It is the educator. We have
gone downward. Still, | say gentlemen, you
may 90 on multiplying your presses and your
newspapers and your periodicals, and my
Lord Christ, walking through the narrow
streets OF Jerusalem or by the Sea of Galilce,
speaking in tones as soft as woman's voice
beats you forever, and lie will continue to
do H.
Were il not for the fact that Dr..
Paxton is not drinking man, we
should infer that this strange, rambling
piece of eloquence was spoken some.
where between the sherry and the cham
pagne. 1t is certainly not the cogent,
coherent utterance of a man with his
reasoning faculties about him. These
he must have left in the retiring room
with his coat and hat.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

the incandescent electric light has proved
great success in lighting private carriages
IN Paris.
THr widow Of the late Frank S. Chanfrau
Is negotiating for the lease Of London
theatre.
FRANCES ANNE KEMnLE, who Is about
returning to the United States, is now In
her seyenty.Gfth year.
\ COLOSSAL statue Of William H. Seward
is in process of completion by Walter q.
Robinson Of Auburn, n. Y.
ArA SALE of paintings in Now York, ac-
cording to a contemporary, a Bach brought
$3.50. 1t is not stated how much the front
brought. .- Burlington Free Press.
SAYS the ST. Paul Pioneer Press "Thcrc
Is money for the young man whowill 90 out
there and hustle Those who don't want to
do that can get along just as well In the
East"
WILLIAM LARRAnEE, the new Governor OF
Iowa, is native of Connecticut iifty-threc
years Of age, and a farmer and miller by oc-
cupation. lie has served several terms In
the State Senate.
DIX. BuRRiTT Of Bridgeport, Conn, who
was recently removed from the position of
examining pension surgeon, says that the
Office last year paid him only S9.0D. 1t
must be a sort of 90-ccnt concern.
GEORGE SHRAs, JR., prominent lawyer
of Pittsburg, is mentioned as candidate
for the United States Senate, in succession
TO Senator Mitchell. lie was defeated by
Senator Mitchell in the last contest for the
Senate.
A TRUTHFUL inside history Of the last
Democratic National Convention would be
interesting. Perhaps no man could write
such history, but cooperative effort by
half Il dozen would probably bring out the
facts.-- New York Star
The galleries of Mr. Walters at Baltimore
will he open to the public every Wednesday
from the first Of February until the first of
May, and also ON Easter Monday and all
the Saturdays Of April, for the benefit of the
fund of the Poor Association Of that city.
Mrs. LILLE DEvEREuX BLAKE has be-
gun her annual siege of the Legislature at
Albany. She is rather uncertain of the
Governor and expresses much dsappoint-
mont because he had nothing TO say about
the ladies in bis message. n. Y. Graphic.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

AT THE dinner Of the typos in New
York Monday night Mark Twain said
that he was something of an antiquity
TO himself. Thus is Mark gradually
approaching geological age contcm-
poraneous with his "jokcs."
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20
LIVERY STABLES.

IF YOU Want to Buy, Sell, Exchange,
i or hire horses, carriages, harness, etc. 90
to VIM, H. D0wney's stables, 1920 TO 1924 l. So;
repository, 1927 and 1929 ST n w; none but
reliable stock handled; everything guaranteed
as represented. Vim Il. DoWney.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

Now that Judge Moody has been ad-
mitted to the Senate, we move that
further consideration of the Dakota
question be dispensed with.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

EX-SENATOR WALLACE has with
drawn from the contest for the chair
manship of the Pennsylvania State
Democratic Committee and Mr.. w. o.
Hensel, Mr.. Randall's man, will be re,
elected to that position today. Thus
ends another Wallace. Randall fight,
and in the usual way.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

Property apd estates properly managed.
Houses for rent, furnished and unfurnished,
and rents promptly collected.
Money TO loan on real estate security.
Large loans a speciality,
In preparation for distribution, o book con-
tanning a complete list of improved and unim
proved property, valuable statistics, sugges-
tions in House Building and Decoration, in
cuding series Of Views of city and subur-
ban houses.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20
AuCTlnN SALES.
WV CLARENCE DUvALL,
w. Auctioncer, 991 + stnw

TRUSTEES SALE or VALUABLE M
PROVED PROPERTY ON 1OrH 81,
BET WEEN II AND S SITS. y. W.
By virtue OF certain deed Of trust, duly
recorded in liber No. l,i0j, folio ", ot soqs
one OF the Land Records Tor the District OF
Columbia, will sell, as trustee, In front Of
the premises, on TUESDAY, THE 12rH DAY
OF JANUARY, 1886. At $3.50 O'CLOCK =. NJ,
the following described real estate lying aud
being in the city of Washington, District OF
Columbia, and known and described on the
plan or plat thereof as the west half of lot
numbered thrty.ninc (30), In square mum
bered one hundred and ten (1i0), together
with improvements. cite.
Terms of Sale-One.half cash aud the bal
ance In one ~ year, with interest at the rate
of six (G) per centum per annum, secured by Il
decd of trust on the property sold, or all cash.
at the option of tho purchaser. A deposit of
$50 will he required at time of sale. All CON
veyancing at purchasers cost Sale to be
closed within seven () days.
GEO. IL. RICHARDSON,
Trustee
Above sale Is POSTPONED to SATURDAY,
JANUARY -, 1856. ......
GEO. II. RICHARDSON,
Trustce.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

Mn. r. WATSON GLIDER editor and poet,
is a native Of Bordentown, n, j. He wasin
early days a railroad clerk and law stu
dent.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

TIE papers err in stating that Repre-
sentative Curtin of Pennsylvania be.
longs TO no committee and has no
standing in the House. He stands
quite as well as he ever did, and, as a
member of the Committee of the Whole
on the State of the Union, will always
be found in his place.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20
FOR SAlE-HOuSES.

E'OR SALE - Several New Brick
II dwellings; q rooms, bathroom and all
mod inps; prices, $3.50, $3.50 and S!,35O on
easy terms. Tyler g. Rutherford, 1926 Il
ST n W.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

THERE is further evidence that the
example of Rev. DR., Burchard has had
its effect in England. The Vicar of
Masham concluded recent political
sermon with these words, sufficiently
alliterative to be emphatic; "Aud now,
friends, which is it to bc-Salisbury,
Churchill and Heaven, or Gladstone,
Chamberlain and ILellg"
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

SPEAKING of the telephone patents
and the action of the Secretary of the
Interior in calling for n judicial lnvcsti-
cation, the Utica Heran says: If a
fraud has been perpctrated through the
aid of the Patent Office, the Govern
ment should take steps to correct it.
Since such charge has been brought
to the level of probability, it can not
be suffered to drop. Mr.. Lamar only
does his duty in urging that an adiudi-
cation should be secured, and the Gov
ernment owes it to its own integrity to
press the matter to decision"
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

Mr.. MERRcK is said by those who
have business in his court TO be a good
judge and prompt in the dispatch of
business. 1t is too late in the day to
raise the question of his disloyalty. As
to his advanced age, which is urged in
some quarters as an objection, there
are no indications that its infrmities
are such as to interfere with the proper
discharge of his duties. He ought to
be confirmed without delay, The Sen
ate, for its own sake, cannot afford TO
dilly-dally with an appointment 50
little obnoxious TO criticism.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20
FOR EXCHANGE.

w ANTED-To EXCHANGE NEW STOVES
w for old ones ut Buffers Stove Exchange,
corner 9th and X SITS. Smoky chimneys cured
or no pay; STOVES exchanged for groceries.
Old stoves bought.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

The committee appointed by the
Ohio House of Representatives TO in
vestigate the charge that certain of its
members were bribcd to vote for Scna.
tor Payne, met last night 1t was de
cided that the committee should not
confne its inquiry to the guilt or inno-
cence of those against whom charges
have been made, but cndcavor to dis
cover if there was any bribery at all
in connection with the election. The
Senator continues to ignore the whole
business, and keeps the position he
took when the charges were first
broached. II will be hardly possible
for him to maintain such position
long In fact it would be almost sui
cidal in view of the quantity and quail.
ity Of evidence that can, in most cases,
be brought out or cooked up by such
investigations.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

DRIvATE Dancing Lcssions Gwen by
l n lazy thoroughly competent To teich
the waltz military schottischc, etc, by
$ hort and easy method. Address Miss No,
Critic nffian
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20
UNINlpROvED PROPERTY FOR SALE.
HOUSES FOR RENT.
STORES AND OFFICES FOR RENT.

ling. m /, ii rs. n W w......,.......'... sG5 90
1919 l. st n W, room. store. ......... 40 10
421 l. st $ O. store, room...,.,.....,. 10 90
Gunton bldg room %, office. 13 30
1919 st, room !, office. II 10
1919 i ST. room q office. 12 80
1919 II ST, Sd floor, . ~, office ........... ~ 90
1919 Il Sc, Sd floor, B rs, office..,...,,.,. 10 90
GlS + st II W, room o. office. .............. 10 90
Lenox Building, room n3....,...,,,,..,, 3 10 90
LOANS.
In sums to suit at 6 per cent.
The above Is only small portion of prop
erty on my books. For full list call at office
for bulletins issued on 1st and 18th.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20
PERSONAL.

(tREAT Bargains in watches and
w iewelry previous 20 removal. Thomas
A 4 o1. ssl.U ~
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

A GENTLEMAN of Culture and Re
N Hnement in all his taste, would like to
meet II young lady or widow with like quallii-
cations, for companlonshlp. Address Com
,,uutnu Critic offirp
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20
EOR LADIES ONLY.

ZINE CABINET PHOTOS. 81 Doz;
II best quality; on glt edge cards; proofs
shown. Lnrdnor n2i Pa ave lOYcr NOgts'N
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20
FOR SALE AND RENT.
BULLETIN

Id EAL ESTATE BULLETIN
IL of .
THCS, Z. WAGGAMAN, 0f7 F street.
Changes made Wednesdays and saturdays.
THREE-SToRY BRICK AND FRAME
HOUSES FOR SALE.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

favor Of liberal appropriations to mori-
torious objects nor do we assume that
every interest or association or combi-
nation which asks an appropriation oi
the Government is animated by merely
speculative or mcrcenary motives.
Neither do we believe that Congress is
easily bought to pass legislation which
is known to he dishonest Attic same
time, the business of the Government
as the President has expressed it,
should be conducted on business meth
DDS, and this implies sagocity and eau
ton, as well rs integrity,
The Democratic Senators yesterday
afternoon caucuscd about the course
they should pursue In regard to the
Presidents appointments, with special
reference to what the Republican Sen.
ators may demand in the way of infOr-
nation concerning the reasons for
official changes made by the President.
The general sentiment was that the
President should be sustained in what
ever course he may take. 1t was but
right that certain information, of the
character heretofore furnished the up
per branch of Congress by occupants
of the White House, should be extend
cd by the President; but that any
wholesale demand for minute eXplana.
tions was discourteous and cocrcive
and should be resisted The attitude
of the Democratic Senators, which we
think to be well taken, was thus pretty
clearly outlined, though 1t was decided
that no final or definite plan be adopted
until ii had been fully ascertained what
the Republican Senators really pro.
pose to do.
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

T AIDES HAIR DRESSING, CUT
IL ting and shampooing, mt Nine Demon
goot's Human Hair and Pcrfumery store, D0d
Il ~ n W onpusitp Masonic Tcmpc
The Washington critic., 1886-01-20

Subscribed and sworn TO before me this 10th
day Of January, A, j. 1896.
DORSEY CLAGETT,
Notary PubliC.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-04-03
Sam Jones Creates a Sem
sation.

The Rev. Sam Jones, preaching at
Chicago before great ,rowd, ended his
discourse with statement which crea-
ted decided sensation among his au-
ditors.
The declaration was to the effect that
he had quit the use of tobacco. Said
he:
consecrated myself to Christ thirteen
years ago and have since tried to live
rightly. but find have a habit which
is called stumbling block to Others by
good Christians in the North. and an
nounce to you tonight that you can say
that Sam Jones has got no habits that
will be a stumbling block to anybody.
Tremendous applause.]
Whenever find have about me any
thing that may prove stumbling block
to keep others from Christ, it shall go
down forever. | ask your prayers for
me have had fight that no one knows
anything about.
give God the glory and you the benefit
and if do no good in Chicago, you may
thank God that Chicago has done some
good to the poor little. pale Southern
preacher. [Applause.
The ministers who have been labOring
with Mr.. Jones to induce him to quit the
use of tobacco gathered about and shook
his hand and congratulated him.
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Newspaper Laws and Regula-
tons.

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notice to the contrary, are considered as
wishing to continue their subscription.
=. If subscribers order the discontinue
ton of their periodicals, the publisher
may continue to send them until all ar
learages are paid.
3. Ii subscribers neglect or refuse to
take their perio iica's from the office
to viii h they are directed, they are
held responsible until they have set
tied their bills, and ordered them discOn-
tinued.
4. If subscribers move to other places
without informing the publisher, and
the paper are sent to the TO mer direc-
ton they are held responsible.
5. The Courts h we decided that re
fusing to take periodicals from the Of
fee, or removing and leaving them I'M
called for" is prima facia evidence of
intended fraud. 8
8. Any person who receives newspa-
per and makes use Of it, whether he has
ordered it or not is held in law to be u
subscriber
Z. II subscribers pay in advance they
are bound to give notice to the publish
er, at the end of their time if they do
not wish to continue taking it, other
wise the publisher is authorized to send
it on, and the subscriber will be respOn-
sitle until an express notice, with pay
ment of all arrears, is sent to the pub
Usher.