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The Washington critic., 1886-02-05
Ladies' ana Chlidren's CIoalss.

81. stock-takmg price. Ladies Newmarkcts,
Bison and Berlin Twill cloth, double'breastcd,
tourste back; former price, SSi5.
So, stOck-taking price. Ladies' Newmarkets,
Cheylotte, fur collar and cuffs; former price,
81.
S7dS, stock-taking price. Ladies' Visites,
brown bouce cloth and elegant feather trim
ming; former price, SO.
$ll, stock.t taking price. Ladies' Nisites,
brown brocade velvet and feather trimmings
former price, Sl6.
SIZES, stock. taking price. Black Brocade
Velvet Newmarket, doubleblcastcd, plated
back; former price, S21,
so, stock taking price. Ladies' Walking
Jackets, boucle cloth; former price, 80.
SIS, stock'taking price; Ladies' Newman,
around bottom; former price, S25.
S3iS, stock taking price. Chlldren's All,
Wool Coats, to 10 years; former price, 81 and
Sc.
ST. stock.taking price, Coats, odd sizes,
elegantly trimmed; former price 81 80 aud
$40,
The Washington critic., 1886-02-05
CITY SPECftLS.
What il n JnhrIDarkt
ALGNrISEs

60 to the W. L. l. Hall from February ist
10 18th and sec.
x-..,,..,.. ,,i fo,.o,s al I I Cnuil'e
The Washington critic., 1886-02-05
Ladies' 'Ruchings, Collars and Cuus
Department.


Having bought q manufacturers lot of
Remnants of fine Ruohings, will offer same at
much less than onehalt of regular piicc.
These goods were measured and priced ac-
curding to length and quality.
Remnants at 3, 5'G, :, 10 and i5c former
prices o. II, 10, 90 81 and 2ac.
&c, or for csc, stock.taking price. Fine
Linen Collars "a manufacturers sample line);
really worth 10 and 20c each.
Ice, stock-taking price. Striped Collars;
former price 14c.
iOc u pair, stocktaking price. Striped Cufs;
former price iic pair.
lOc, stock.taking price. White Linen Cuffs
former price 15c.
. for '25c, stock-taking price Children's
Embroidered Collars; former price 12lac each.
for Gc, stock-taking price. Chidren's
Colored Embroidered Collars former price
csc each
roc, stock.takng price. Childrcn's Lace
Collars; former price Sic.
5Cc a set, stock-taking price Children's
crochet Collars and Cuils; former price CSC u
set,
The Washington critic., 1886-02-05
New Xork stock Market.
NAME. o. 2 40 NAME. o. z A

Chicago Markets.
The following summary is by b. X. Plain
& Co., st. Cloud building, Ninth and +
streets:
The Washington critic., 1886-02-05

See Post, Republican and Star for
mcnts.
The Washington critic., 1886-02-05

&c, stock.taking price Felt Tidies; former
price Sc.
10c, stock taking price. Applique Felt Tidies;
former price 25c.
40c, stock.taking price. Embroidered
Tidies; former price ,5c.
b9c, stock.taking price. Embroid ed Tides;
former price gSc.
si.5s. stock.toking price. Embroidered
Piano Scarfs: former price S2.ej.
S19S stock.taking price. Embroidered
Piano Scarfs: former price S?.GS.
Sis, stock,taking price: Mantel Lambre.
quins, embroidered; former price $40
S2.2i, stock-taking price. AIantel .Iainbre-
quins, embroidcrcd; former price S?.14.
A few Hand painted Tidies still on hand,
all OF which have been marked down.
The Washington critic., 1886-02-05
Umbrella Department.

S1.f5, stocktaking price. Gloria Cloth,
paragon frame; former price 81.
s2.3S, stock taking price. Twilled SILK
sterling silver handle; former price 81.
A discount of 10 per cent. on all Umbrellas
not specially reduced.
The Washington critic., 1886-02-05
At u. a. d. station.

From Round I'M, Leesburg and Alexandria
S;85a m and i:i0 p IN, The evening train
does not run ON sundays
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-11
M. D. J..

Vers de societe is a modern produc-
ton. In the prime age of English liter
ature it did not exist. AS we come
down from period to period we find here
and there poet who produced an occa-
Sional rhyme that might be assigned this
literary form, but it's not until we reach
the time of Praed that the exotic appears
in full boom. He is clearly the English
master of the art. Others have come in
close rivalry but heremains the happy
possessor of the throne. Heis never too
gay, never toosolemn He is always
breathing the air of good society, with
out ever the slightest fear Of vul gar
slip to haunt the reader He is as little
likely to make an unmelodious line or an
awkward sentence, as he is to perpetrate
a dull Joke or an ill-bred phrase. He is
easy without being slangy, mock-serlous
without burlesque, gay without grimaces.
He has lightness uninjured by thought
lessness, scholarship without pedantry.
good breeding without pomposity or
pride.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-11

A pleasant incident of the return voy-
age of DR.. Holmes, who arrived last Sat
urday by the Aurania, was the i'm
promptu celebration of his seventy
seventh birthday. A wedding cake was
presented to him last Saturday morning
in the presence of his few voyagers, who
drank to his health in champagne, Mrs.
Sargent portloning out to them pieces of
the cake as mementos. There was also
a presentation of flowers, which had
been secretly conveyed from Liverpool
for the occasion nresponse to message
from Boston lady. Another testimo-
NAL was sheaf of grain filled with flow
erS and fruit. In the course Of the voy-
age concert was given for the benefit
of the fund for seamen in this country
and in England. DR.. Holmes made a
neat little speech, and followed it by
recitation of one of his earlier poemst
"lhe Steamboat" By his side sa-
Thomas Hughes, the author of tom
Browns School Days He followed
DR.. Holmes in an appropriate speech,
and also recited "Hodge and the Ra-
zors, from "Peter Pindar," to the de,
light of the audience. Mrs Holling-
worth sang THE Broken Pitcher, after
which Miss Clara Louise Kellogg also
sang a number Of selections A poem Of
the sea was recited by Mrs Dietz Clymer.
Other passengers took part, and the per-
Torrance closed with the singing of
."The Star-Spangled Banner" and
"God Save the Queen"
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-11
Over river, hill and hollow,

Over river, hill and hollow,
Toward the land of the Ojibways.
To that pleasant land and peaceful;
From the sky the sun benignant,
Looked upon them through the branches
Saying to them, %, my children,
Love is sunshine, hate is shadow
Life is checkered shade and sunshine,
Rule by love, 0 Hiawatha.
From the sky the moon looked at them
Filled the lodge with mystic spendors,
Whispered to them, 0 my children,
Day is restless, night is quiet,
Man imperiouS, woman feeble.
Half is mine, although | follow,
Rule by patience Laughing Water
M. d. T.
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-11
Young Peoples Page.
a MODERN HIAWATHA.

majestic ; his form proudly erect, his ex-
oression noble. His every movement
bpokened him one to the ''manor born.
But alas he did not adorn a glittering
court circle; he wore no jeweled diadem,
nothrong of loyal and worshipful serts
bent the knee ofsubiection before him.
He was only the "headwaiter on
Mississippi steamer. His color led one
to feel sense of disappointment that
being Of such august mein should feel the
faint and de6lement OF the blood of the
uniHal and fearfully anathmatized
son Of the great ante-deluvlan
preacher. But, despite this dark stain,
on first sight, it was remarked of him:
"What an air He must have 6lne
blood in his veins, not much negro in
him. On inquiry it was found that,
tueenough, no African blood circulates
inhiS arteries. He was a Dakotah In
dian We did not ascertain his rank
IN his tribe, but my fancy gladly and
trlumphantly painted him direct lineal
descendant of the "kingly Hiawatha, y
who Woed and won
"Minnehaha, Laughing Water,
Handsomest Of all the women;
In the land of the Dakotah's,
In the land of handsome women"
And | thoughtregretfully almost, ofthe
westward march of civilization which
mad Invested my Indian Chief of the glo-
Fy' the dominion, and the romance of
MS fathers, and substituted the walters
white apron for the dress of "doe-skin"
anc the "Ay brush" for the "lordly bow
and arrows"
But, surely it is truth that "blood
Will tell, for this man, even in the per-
VI Llo LuGHldl duties, pore MINI
OCH with dignity most impressive. In
S e would not have expected more
me "Patres Conscripti' when fully
l |g@'ed' or of our party President Cleve-
.'uu Clothed in his two hundred and
twenty-five pounds of flesh and his dress
NJ .'' Not martial Alexander, imperious
ba apO'e e. or naughty Wellington could
1 lave dispensed their commands to the
ir SlonS OF soldiery with more impress
da, usSS and effect than did this supposed
\ 9|endant ofthe "herce and war-Hke
No'anS" command the attentive SER
s,S and obedience ofhis three or four
H. lulnates, | wish l had requested
,ro, "onor Of an interview with this un-
tor,, "ued king. 1t may be that his his
r0, y : as full of romance as that of the
r9Nt' tnOuOh I,,,rooc 49,. Il cc;oy,e Of
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-09-11

/
lie may not have any longings for the
tree and unfettered life of his ancestors.
tie may be glad that he is civilized. ed
ucated and enlightened, and he may be
glad that where once expanded wide the
rich hunting grounds of his tribe, are
now the waving, symmetrical fields, and
busy busting cities of the masterful
Caucasian invader and usurper. 1t
may be that de5poiled of his Inheritance
by fraud, he left his native country and
laying aside his princely pride, took the
position OF mental, only to win back
from the white man enough of his gold,
the "open sesame" of the nineteenth
century, to buy again some of the soil
which was his fathers. This accom-
plished he may live as happily in the
midst of civilization as his supposititious
ancestor. Hiawatha lived in the depth
OF his measurless forest. Perchance he
may not only H0e but may also loUe as
happily as the genuine Hiawatha of our
"household poet" Perchance this
modern Hiawatha's Minnehaha may be
even now receiving the education of a
fashionable young lady in some of our
western colleges, instead of being en-
ployed in her Gathers WigWam, as
Longfellow describes his heoine.
CAT his side in all her beauty,
Sat the lovely Minnehaha,
Sat his daughter, Laughing Water;
Plating mats ofAags ana rushes.
Of the past, the old mans thoughts we're,
And the maidens of the future"
And when this modern Minnehahas
Hidwatha comes to persuade her to "be
his starlight, sunlight, moonlight" he
will probably come behind fast trotters,
or the shrieking locomotive, instead of
on foot, through the "pathless woods
He will substitute the glittering ring, for
love-token, in the place of the cred
deer" laid at the feet of Laughing Wa
ter, the daughter of the Arrow-Maker.
But when she has spoken the words
81 will follow you my husband'-the
modern Minnehaha may leave the home
hearts as deSolate as that of the poor,
ancient Arrow-Maker, when he muir
INJURED:
"Thus it is our daughters leave us,
Those we love and those who love us;
lust when they have learned to help us
When we are old and lean upon them,
Comes youth with Haunting feathers
With his flute of reeds, stranger
Wanders piping through the village,
Beckons to the fairest maiden
And she follows where he leads her,
-t,-a
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-07
Tenement Houses In New York

The New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia record writes: ''Forty years
ago there were not q score of Foreigners
living in the Tenth Ward, where now
not more than a score of Americans of
the old stock can be found. 1t was then
the abode mainly of mechanics connected
with the shipbuilding trade, but now it
is largely inhabited by Hungarian, Polish
and bohemian Jews. It is, in fact, the
great Hebrew centre of population. Its
l,O77 tcnements contain 10, TAO families.
and its 10 acres show47, 554 inhabitants.
or 432 people to the acre. North of it
lies the Eleventh Ward, with 1876 acres
and 7s, IT'S inhabitants. being an average
of $50 to the acre. To the south extends
the famous Sixth Ward, inf :mous for its
slums, with cighty-six acres only and
20, l. 6 inhabitants. But this is scarcely
a fair showing, for half the area of the
once bloody sixth is now devoted to
warehouses and business structures, and
Its apparent average of 1874 people to the
acre should really be made dos. In point
OF fact, its tcnements are more thickly
populated, viler and more dangerous to
public morals and health than any other
III the city. There is no heathenism 20
degraded as that which reigns in this
district; no violation of a sanitary
science so terrible; no more monstrous
distortions of humanity, male and fe-
male, than can be found here at any door
on any day. 1t is a grand field for mis-.
work, but wholly neglected"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-07
The ChOctaw Nation.

The Choctaw is a fine sounding tongue
declared by Waiter Lowry, once q United
States Senator and fully capable of judg-
ing, as being the finest language in the
world for oratory. 1t is easy to learn
enough of it for trading purposes. but
to learn it thoroughly is very difficult.
1t has more words han most Indian
tongues, the lexicon containing about
10000. The Choctaws for over fifty
years have had publications in their Ian
guage they use the Roman alphabet, with
some notifications. There are twcaty-
W letters. They have a regular repre-
sentative form Of government and have
had for many years. Their principal
chief is Edmund McCurtain. This OIL
cial is elected every two years. Thomas
Mckinney has recently been elected his
successor. The Choctaw capital is Tus,l-
kahomma. They have a general council,
consisting of q senate and house of rep
resentativcs. and have county, district
and supreme courts. The Choctaw ma
ton had tn, prohibitory law thirty years
b fore Maine, and it was in their consti-
tuition thirty years before kansas had it.
1t is enforced fairly we'll, part cularIy as
the United States intercourse laws pro-
hibit the Introduction of Intoxicating
liquors into tho territory. AS to the
general laws of the nation, they are not
as we'll enforced as they might be.
Whipping is a favorite punishment
Indianapolis Journal.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-07
From Bobolink to Rico Eird

'Bang!" it is the first gun Of the sea
son. There is a rattle of shot among the
reeds. "Bang! Bang! Bang!" The
deadly drops of leaden rain goes Kissing
through the perfumed air, and there is a
putt of d~rab-colored feathers and bobo-
link. All! he is bobo!ink no more, moth
ing now but a greedy little rice bird.
lie and his enlightened family fly for
life, and among the elder bushes they sit
painting until they think all danger is
past, and then Mr.. Bob says ''chack /,
Mrs. Bob W ''chack!" Shall thcy
try it again? All the little ones in a
chorus cry ''chack:" and the party return
to the feast. "Bang" Poor BIB! Hc
~rcels-trics to fy-a singing pain-his
wing is broken, ana down among the
golden grain he tlutters. Scattered around
are his little family, their plumagc all
torn, and the little black eyes are grow
ing tilmy. a rough grasp and Eob's
head IS torn from his qnivering little
body and boboling is no more.
'Heah's yo' nice, tat rice birds" It
is Charleston market. Six plump little
bodies on a strand of bear grass. ''IIeah's
yo' nice fat rice birds" 1t is the bobo-
link family, victims to their own COR
mandiAlng and epicurism. "Hang out
that sign, 'nice birds on toast" saws
tho re~stauranteur. The indolcnt waiter
shutlics around and brings out a piece
of p%astcboard with the legend put on
with a marking pot. a drummer c mes,
tugging two valises up the street, and a
little negro trots along with two more.
"Hey, old man. rice birdsl" First of
the season." answers tho caterer, and the
little wanderers are straightway embodied
in the big wanderer, and the big wan
derer pays 81 for the privilege, calls for
beer, and the romance of the boboliuk is
ended.--Attanta Constitution.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-07
The Polite Children of NORWAY.

The village of Egersund beneath lis
nestles close to the base of the hill rs
though frightened by the threatening
powders all about, writes q correspond
cnt of the Boston NeralI. The day is
cloudy; the wind is strong, but not un-
comfortably cold, and we sit in a shell
tered nook and write a letter to the home
folks, or gather some of the wild flow
ers, blooming luxur antly everywhere.
But a few drops of rain fall by and by,
and VIC do not wish to risk a wcttine, so
we descend leisurcly to the town, and on
the way meet numbers of school chill
drcn. The boys politely do t their caps,
while the girls shyly drop a dcmurc C ,ur-
t;sy to the "Inglisman," for all strangers
are ''Inglismen" until known to be of
another nation. The CHI .ldrcn have been
we'll tlught in the school of good man
ners, rs all Norwegian children are, and
recalled to our minds an incident that
happened in a suburb of Hamburg, where
the streets arc only narrow lanes, twist
ing in and out between the tiny red-tilcd
house on the steep hillside. Down one
of these byways we were walking slowly,
when a little golden-haired Gretchen met
US. md in tho most winsome way held
out her hand and greeted each one, not
saying a word, but very grave, and as il
giving us u cordial welcome to the vii.
la1o-
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-07
A Glass

Professor Joseph p. Iddings, of the
United States Geolo yical Survey, has
written IN account of an obsidian cliff
in Yellowstone Park. This cliff is an
elevation half n milo long by from 15C
to 200 feet high, the material of which.
Professor Iddings says, lis as good q
glass as my artIticially manufactured
Its colors and structure not only make
it highly interesting to the visitor, but
furnish to the scientific Investigator
phenomena of importan G. The cliff
presents part of Il section of u surface
flow Of obsidian, which poured down an
ancient slope from the plateau lying east.
1t is impo .sible to determine what the
original thickness Of this flo was. The
dense glass which nov forms it's lower
portion IS from - to 100 feet tn ok, while
tho porous and pun 'ceous upper portion
has SUI icr>d from ages of ~erosian and
glacial action
a remarkable feature Of tho cliff is the
dcvclopcmcnt Of prismatic columns,
which form its southern cXtrcm' ty. These
arc of shining black obsidian. rising
from the talus slope, and are from fl ty
to sixty feet in height, with diamctcrs
varying from two to four feet.
The color Of the material of this cliff
i 'ie 81 t''It ~" ula'k, ~ muCn
OF 1t IL notified ana strcaked with bright
brownish red and various sha 'cs of
brown, IRON dark to light ycllowish,
purplish, and olive green. The brilliant
lustre of the rock and the Strong con-
trasts of colors with the black are very
striking. In places the glass in process
Of cooling has been broken into small
angular pieces, which have be n again
cemcnteo by the later flow, producing
many colorcd and beautiful breccia. In
some places the material shows a fine
satin l~ustre, while in others a deep gold
Gu sheen is noticeable, which, under the
lens, resolves itself into thin beams of
red and yellow light. Throu,h the
back and red glass arc scattered dull
blush gray pitches and bands, and
round gray and pink masses, the effect
of which is to still further vary the ap-
pearance and beauty of the rock, and
make it the most conspicuous and char
variety of volcanic lava known.
-Neao York Sun.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-07
The Hawaiian'S Poi

But what is 1T! some of our readers
may inquire. Briefly, it is the Hawaiian's
staff of life. Without DO a Hawaiian
would not find life worth living. Give
him poi. and, with an occasional allow
ance Of raw fish rs n desert, n, m utter
what may happen he is happy. lie will
take it three times a day, and oftcncr if
he can get it, and every day in the wear,
and always with equal if not increased
relish.
Poi is made from the root of the kalo
or arum esculentum. The root, which
is o tho size and shape of q large
beet, is bak d in an underground oven
and then pounded in n hollow stone or
board and mixed with water until it has
the con ,istcncy of printers paste. 1t is
next laid aside for n few days and al
lowed to ferment. When ready for use
1t has a slight sour taste and a pink or
lilac color. The taste i not unlike that
OF sour bGokbinders' paste, and is any
thing but palatab c when one first ESSAYS
to make n meal Of it. Put Il liking Tor
1t, as for anything else, is ca lily acquired.
Eating poi according to the native
fashion i quite an art, and requires con-
siderable manual. or rather, digital dex-
tcr!ty. The index finger, or this and the
second finger together, are dipped into
the pasty mess when it is quickly and
deity twirlcd around them and then
elevated above the mouth and allowed
to tr exile down the throat in n way that
simply astoniShcs any one but Il born
anaka Sacramento NeUS.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-07
by an explosion Us efectually as if they
had never been formed, and the mystery
of their utter humiliation cannot be ex.
plained.n
Long Lived Statesmen.

The longevity of famous statesmen is
remarkable. Imagine Lord Palmers:on
acting vigorously as Prime Minister of
England when over eighty, governing
the great British Empire with steady
hand IL making speecncs three hours
long i'll the House of Commons, and ris-
ing next day flesh as & man Of forty.
Think of the venerable Guizot, the
French statesman, who at the are of
e'ghty-sevcn was still writing histories.
presiding over religious conventions, and
carrying on lively discussions in thu
French Academy.
The late Lord Lyndhur.t made able
speeches in the House of Lords when he
had passed his ninticth year; and his
long time rival, Lord Brougham, wrote
his autobiography, in three gool.y vol
umcs, when he had nearly reached ninety
years.
The Marquis Of Lansdownc, who, rs
Lord Henry Petty, YVES a leading mem
Der of the ''All the Talents" Cabinet, of
which Charles james Fox was the chief.
IN 1906, was still an active member OF the
House of Lords nearly sixty years later,
In 1868, and died in that year at the .e
of eighty-thr,c.
The Duke Of Wellington took part in
puollc affairs until his death in 1852 in
his ci"hty-third year.
In former generations energetic States
men of advanced years were found
thickly scattered through the pages of
history. There wa the old MARQUIS OF
Winchester, who could remember Ed
ward w., the first York sovereign, in
14S3, and who, when he died in 15i2 at
the age Of nlnety-scvcn, Was holding Of
tlcc under Queen Elizabeth.
referring to the Statesmen of our own
country. it is a familiar fact that John
and Thomas Jefferson. the second
and third Presidents, both died the 4th
Of July, 1926, just half Il century from
inc day on which both signed the De-
Ella alton of Indcpendcncc-Adams being
ol and Jefferson 93. President Andrew
Jackson lived to be g., John Quincy
to be 81, and Madison So
Companion.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-12-07
A D0g.Cntching Canine.

The intelligence and saglcity ofthat tru-
est friend of man-the dog-have often
been extol;ca, but Deputy Poundmaster
Wilmer has a dog who, while exhibiting
great sagacity, Mt the same time gives
evidence Of such hcartless d%edravity that
he seems a living walking evidence of
the trnthfulness of the old provcrb, Evil
communications corrupt good manners"
This dog, which looks like q red Irish
setter, but is claimed to be q shepherd
dog, accompanies Wilmer on his dog
catching excursions, and so thoroughly
understands the wishes and intentions
of his master that whenever Wilmer
points Mt a dog this wicked beast flies at
it, and if able throws it down and holds
it till Winners assistant throws his net
over it. If the dog ''wan'cd" is too
large to be thrown down this renegade
engages him in conversation. and If neces-
sary picks quarrel with him, distract.
ing his attention till tho fatal net is
thrown. yPortland Orcoonian.