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The Washington critic., 1888-09-18
WASHINGTON CRITIC.
CITY SPECIALS.
beware of An Thosc Astonishi-

Beware of Ar These Astonishing
Advertisement sof great reductions In prices,
wonderful discounts. People nowadays do not
do business for glory. ! you want good gOols,
and prices that can't no beat, my stock Is fuli
IN all It's branches, now aud of this seasons
goods. Latest designs, best quality and finish,
OF the very finest makes, aud lt prices Chat deiy
competition. All that Is asked rom those who
are buying or contemplate purchasing Is visit
TO I,rcthurth's furniture establishment which
will convince you that It. is Que Of the best
equipped furniture houses IN the city. His stock
Is selected with great caro- and his prices rs
low as can he found In the United states. This
IL biz word, but We mean IL. aud " you Will
pay us n visit we will have no trouble
In convincing you. Not overstockcd. for
we know how TO buy. Our trade Is
lively, and good goods and close figures
are the cause of e.: so come and see us, ii only
TO look. You will see goods that cannot be
found in any othor store in the city. We lead,
others follow Como and see us.
BRrfTnARrIi's,
4 Hall !. .pf ~ 80
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Harris, BIion-"Beaeon Llghts."

"BeacOn Lights" a border drama Of the
most thrilling type,was presented to acrowded
house at the Biiou last night 1t is full Of
startling effects, and none Of the points were
lost on the auditors who were enthusiastic
and generous In their applause All the lead
ing members of the company made favorable
impressions, the cast being an exceptionally
good one throughout. "Beacon Lights will,
no doubt, continue to do the large business
that has attended every attraction at the Biiou
this season.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-18
Toilorinr Department.
nuriaI Permits Issued.

Our full stock of fall sutings and trousers
now ready Eiseman Bros, 7th and L, man
ufacturing clothers and tailors.
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visiting Cards neatly engraved from your
plates at rs cents per hundred. KERvAND, 1912
PENNSYLVANIA avenue.
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Best I'm Washington

Our own make school snlts at s., Elseman
Bros, nh and Z, manufacturing clothlers and
tAilors
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OF Every Description.
Fall overcoats. Eiseman Bros, 7th and E,
clothiers and tailors.
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Lithograph Check Books mado to order
Handsome designs. KEGvAgD, 1912 Pennsyl-
Vnuin avenue.
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"AIderney DnIry wagons" !"

Nonograms and address dies stamped In
coors at low figures. KERvAND's, 1912 Penn.
sylvania avenue.
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II is the BEST.

90 70 John r. Kelly, stalls 61S go and $50
Centre Market and 2O0 and Dos Northern Ilb.
erty. Corned beef specially.
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Ladies' Royal Kid Button, Common Sense
and Opera Toe.with Patent-Lcathcr Tips, S3. 80.
gARTREt1's, 900 Seventh street.
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We have reduced another lot OF fine sulting
to $40 to order. Eisoman Bros, corner 7th
and E, manufacturing talors and clothiers.
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For Washington Spring Lamb

willis Ice Co.'s penobscot ice--red wagons.
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Is Your Property Insured Z?
Ifnot, consult GURLEY BRos,, 1910 + ST. n. w.
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Ask for it. Schlitz's Milwaukee Lager Beer.
For sale by all leading houses.
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"AIderDey DnIry WngOns."
Fresh Alderney butter. churned every morn
ing and delivered In y n Ward" prints, 40c.
per lb. Also cottage cheese, buttermilk and
sweet milk, sc. per qt Cream, 15c.per at.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-18

The ups and downs of life are better than
being down all the time.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-18

BOUYE, CRAWFORD & co.,
Makers Of The Crawford shoe and proprietors
of the Sixteen Crawford Shoe Stores, factory at
Brookton, Mass, supply sto.e Gil Washington
sereet, Boston.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-05
A Human Rocker.

There is confined in the county jail
here small negro boy not more than
10 years of age, named Dave Lunden,
who came from Davis Bend, and has
been adjudged insane. Little Dave
while perfectly harmless sits in the
corner of the Jail hall all day with his
hands locked around his kneese, and
rocks him self to and fro from the
momen the is allowed to leave the cell
until he is replaced there by his keep
ers. He never seems to tire, and
gazing straight before him with an
idiotic look in his eye, he keeps his
singular motion. This peculiar freak
has been watched by Jailor Terrell,
and never for moment does he lose
his steady stroke. 1t is accounted for
as one of the freaks of crazy people
which, in this instance, makes Davie
guilty of perpetual motion. Could
not some genius make a discovery
from this which would tend to solve the
perpetual motion problem?-Vicks
burg Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-05
EIOpenent.

Friday afternoon when the train
on the Santa Fe branch arrived very
young looking couple got off and took
bus for up town. A man on the
same train told the marshal that he
had better watch them as the girl had
been attending school at Bazine. Ness
county. The young couple were
driven to the Union hotel, where the
young man registered as F. r. Niles,
of Hollywood, Kansas. At the supper
table they said they were married.
Hearing that the marshal was after
them they became alarmed, hired a rig
and left for Hoisington. This morning
the girls sister arrived and said the
eloped girls name is Eta Childers.
Young Niles is the editor of the Holly
rood Enterprise.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-05
NEWS NOTES.

Congress is again in session, and
the surplus is listening at the key'hole
of its vault in state of anxiety and
fear.
Days Theater is showing, "The
Railroad of Love-" Passengers change
cars at Chicago ON that road.-New
Orleans Picayar,e.
No, of course we don't want our
wheat receipts to fall off. Don't
amount to much, but kind o. goes
against the grain.-Duluth Paragraph
er. "
Russia has placed tax of one
kopeck on every egg sold in the king
dom, and, the hens kopecking around
with every mark of dissatisfaction.
A Cincinnati deacon is under arrest
fol: stealing s.. 40 from the contribution
box. 1t is unnecessary to state,
perhaps. that his peculations dated
over series of years.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-05
Cherokee Trouble Settled.

After long struggle by Chief Bushy-
head and his friends to steal the Office
of Principal Chief and assistant Chief,
by counting out Mayes and Smith,
it was ended on the 23rd inst. by a
quorum of the council appearing and
counting the votes. Mayes' majority
was 1873 and Smiths was 665. This
settlement was brought about through
efforts of Inspector Armstrong and
Agent Owen.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-05
The Lucky Ones.

Last week the drawing occurred at
the drug store of Shaw & Wilson. G.
P. Mcdonald drew the $50 dressing
case w. J. Hacker the S25 dressing
case; A. j. auckland the S12 mani
cure set; d. n. Heller a handsome
lamp; A. G. Schermerhorn, album;
Frank Patterson and r. E. Heller, a
work box each, and various other
prizes were drawn by the lucky ones.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-05

Mrs. Jet Albright, of Milan, No.,
is paid up subscriber to the DEMO
Graf.
Friday some one sent to r. T.
Ewalts Office package, which on
inspection was found to resemble an
Internal machine. A cautious ex-
animation, however, disclosed the fact
that it contained nothing more dis
tructive than superanuated clay pipe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-05
Card Of Thanks.

We wish to extend to the many
friends whose kindness of heart
prompted them to assist us in many
ways during the illness and death of
our little Johnnie. our sincere and
heartfelt thanks for their interest and
sympathy.
CHAs. E. DODGE.
Cora r. DODGE.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-05

The d-1ys are gone, the months have flown.
Ard you and are older grown;
Sh' axe hands; good bye, and have no fear,
To welcome well, another year.
The New Years come, again :.
Ay, well-a-day;
How soon they come,
How soon they pass away.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-05

A law has been passed in Waldock,
Germany, forbidding the granting of
a marriage license to person addicted
to the liquor habit:-ET.
We are no prohibitionist. as we
have claimed already number of
times, but this is good law, as it will
check intemperance at It's very founda-
Elti,,acOod Express.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-03
An Eccentric Western Character

Henry Clay Dean, who died at his
home in Putnam county, Missouri,
was probably one Of the most eccen-
trio characters in the West. A few
years ago, when he erected new
dwelling, most of the house was built
in Missouri and the rest of it in Iowa !;
but as Missouri had the largest part,
he claimed that state at his home.
For q number Of years he had been a
delegate to the Democratic national
conventions either for Missouri or
Iowa. He never failed to attract at
tention in these bodies by his eccen-
trio ways. A writer in the New York
Star says:
He claimed to be afarmer, although
he also practiced law, but, above all
things, he was astudent. Hewas con-
sidered an eminent scholar in his part
OF the country, and had a very fine
library Of rare works. He probably
had the bitterest tongue of any man
in the West, and he never was so hap
ply as when abusing some one or some
thing. Probably his most marked
feature was his dirty habits. It is an
actual fact that he would go at least
six months without changing his shirt,
and he was as frequently referred to
as s'dirty SHIRT" Dean as by his proper
name. He had a very strong face, full
OF character and determination, and
with a certain charm of manner, so
that his habits did not bury his at
Effectiveness. He was in some respects
a miser. He would stay in one of
these little towns at the leading hotel,
and always manage not to pay any
board. He would insist to the land
lord that he was an attraction to the
house, and therefore, should not be
expected to pay anything. I remem-
Der meeting him once in Ottumwa,
Iowa. Everybody there knew him
and considered him one of the strong
est men in debate they had ever
heard. It was very difficult then to
get him into a discussion, and if he
did not feel called upon to speak no
amount OF persuasion could induce
him.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-03

beautiful garden they had ever seen,
All day long they played, and IN
the evening they came to the Giant
to bid him goodbye
ssBut where is your little compan
ion?" he said; 1.-THE boy I put into
the tree" The Giant loved him the
best because he had kissed him.
..We don't know answered the
children; he has gone away"
GU must tell him to be sure and
come here tomorrow, = said the Giant
But the children said they did not
know where he lived, and never seen
him before; and the Giant felt very
sad.
Years went over, and the Giant
grew very old and feeble. He could
not play about any more, SO he sat
in a huge armchair and watched the
children play at their games, and adj
mired his garden. Il have many
beautiful flowers" he said, "but the
children are the most beautiful flow
ers of ALL
One winter morning he looked out
OF his window as he was dressing. He.
did not hate the winter now, for he
knew that it was merely the Spring
asleep, and that the flowers were.
resting
Suddenly he rubbed his eyes in
wonder, and looked and looked. III
certainly was marvellous sight I'M
the tartherest corner of the garden
| was a tree quite covered with lovely
white blossoms. It's branches were.
| all golden, and silver fruit hung
down from them, and underneath it.
stood the little boy he had loved.
Downstairs ran the Giant in great
| joy. and out into the garden. He
FASTENED across the grass, and came
near to the child. And when he came
quite close his face grew red with
anger, and he said: NWho hath
dared to wound thee?" For on the
palms of the child's hands were the
prints of two nails, and the prints of
two nails were on the little feet.
who hath dared to wound thee?''
cried the Giant; 'te'l me, that may
take my big sword and slay him. p
"NayP' answered the child; but;
| these are the wounds of love-
'tWho art thou?" said the Giant,
and a strange awe fell on him, and he
knelt before the little child.
And the child smiled on the Giant,
and said to him; "You let me play
once in your garden, to-day YOU
shall come with me to my garden,
| which is Paradise
| And when the children ran in that
afternoon they found the Giant lying
dead under the tree, all covered with
white blossoms.-Oscar Wilde.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-03
Yellow Fever Experiences.

From the New York Commercial Traveller.
Chow is the fever usually treated?'
1t isn't generally treated in any par
ticular way. Every time it breaks
out the doctors have to experiment,
under guidance offormer experiences,
of course, until they find out what
treatment is best, for what answers
well in one outbreak frequently won't
answer at all well in another. Some
times, as in Savannah the last time
the fever was there, dry quinine on the
tongue seems to answer best. Some
times other means are more effective.
The champagne treatment is perhaps
more generally effective than any
other, but there is scarcely enough OF
that costly medicine at command to
supply the need in an epidemic. The
late DR.. Gabriel Disosway Ayres. 81
Brooklyn, once told me that on one
occasion he was in a British West In
dia town when the fever was present
there. He was travelling with a
friend and the two remained a week
on the island. One evening they
dined with a physician there, and
next morning learned that he had
died during the night with the fever.
i thought it time for men who had
no business there to get away said
DR.. Ayres, "and we took ship the
next day far Havana. In the night
my friend was seized with the fever,
and [ treated him with champagne
without saying any thing about it to
alarm the passengers. When he was
out of danger I told the captain who
at once and very impressively said:
'f you let anybody in Havana know
that you poured champagne into a
man with yellow fever they'll hang
your The doctor inferred that the
champagne treatment, though a fa-
yorite one with British physicians,
was at that time unknown among
the Spanish. Curiously enough, ]
believe any other form OF alcoholic
stimulation in yellow fever kills With
something of the precision of a Rem
ington rife, and, of course, men who
are harddrinkers are doomed if they
once get yellow fever. For that mat
ter such men are doomed whenever
they get any virulent disease, and
upon reflection may say they are
doomed anyhow.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-03
In a Bad Fix.

One hot day recently, says the New
York Sun, a young man wearing
side light whiskers, and a long,
crooked nose, betook himself to the
classic sands of Isle de COME with the
sole intention of taking a plunge in
to the outstrtched arms of old Faith
er Ocean. Having deposited a 25--
cent piece with the man who is not
satisfied with the earth, but wants
to own the ocean, he received a bath
ing. suit made of Kentucky jeans.
The suit had seen it's best days, and
was rapidly becoming bottomless~
and very holey.
The long-nosed young man man
aged to hold the suit together until
he had buried himself in the surf.
Then he took a little dive, swan IN
der water for little distance, and
when his head reached the surface
once more he found himself sur
rounded by a bevy of mermaids. He
felt something entangling his feet,
and reaching down he discovered that
oh, horrors!- that the lower part.
Of his suit had dissolved partnership
with the upper part. He was in a
pretty fix. Summoning friend he
commissioned him to go after anoth-
er suit of Kentucky jeans. While
waiting for the return of the friend
the young man modestly swan out
beyond the ropes and came near be-
ing drowned.
The friend returned with the new
suit and then began struggle with.
the waves that has never before been,
equaled. The young man raised a.
leg IN order to incase it in the new
suit. A heavy wave came along and
knocked him over. The spectators
Uttered. The girls blushed and the
action was repeated. At last, after
an hour of hard work, with the as
sistance of no less than twelve per-
sons, the young swimmer managed
to get into the new suit. The young
man was very bashful and concluded
he had enough of salt water bathing.
Once more he stood upon the classic
sands OF the island inwardly betting
himself SO cents that he'd never be
caught again in a suit of Coney Is
land Kentucky jeans.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-03
Here is a story said to be q true ont

Here is a story said to be atrue one.
At any rate it is good enough to be
true: 1t was at Liverpool docks. A
party OF American tourists were about
to take the steamer for home. Ae
they sailed along the gangway to the
tenders deck one OF the three paused
in the centre, and stretching out his
encountered hands, dramatically adj
dressed the surrounding scenery. ..Ii
there is, he hoarsely exclaimed, zone
blarsted Britisher on this COMPOUNDED
island that I haven't given shilling
to, let him come forward and get it.
It's his last chancep Then he stalked
on board with an air OF great relief.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-03
Able to Read in the Dark.

From the Indianapolis News
You have heard of men with cats:
eyes?' asked Federal Marshal Haw--
Ens.
'sWell, this man Johnson, alias Ed
wards, alias Brown, who was released
under the poor convict law
has pair of that variety They say
up at the Penitentiary that he can
read in the dark and that his eyes are
fairly luminous. One of the guards
said that Johnson, alias Edwards,
alias Brown, could see a guard
through brick wall"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-03

SUCCEEDED III saving a small amO1nG
ofmoney-ab bout half the price asked
| and offered to buy it if his note
would be accepted for the balance.
The bargain was made, and Myron
still continued to work by the day
for any one who would hire him, till
ing his own farm when he could find
no other work. Then he invested in
a very small way in stock, buying
when he could get decided bargains
only. Year by year he added to his
possessions, and his neighbors called
him thrifty man.
ALI his Investments were good ones,
since none were made save with the
view ofconverting every thing into
cash at a moments notice II neces-
sary, and Robert Myron became a
wealthy man. AS is usual, with
wealth came the respect of his neigh
bors, who, to show their appreciation
of money, elected him to the office of
county judge.
During the year 1870 the inhabit-
ants of Tower Hill witnessed the de
struction of another steamer by fire
at almost the exact place where the
Tidal Wave went down. Among
those men who labored to save life
| none was more active than Robert
Myron, and his house. was converted
into a hospital for the reception OF
those who were injured, but saved
from death.
Mrs. Myron was as earnest in her
efforts to comfort the distressed peo-
pie as was her husband, and her Ia
Dor was signally rewarded by finding
among the unfortunate ones whom
she was nursing her father, whom she
she had not heard from since the day
she left his home to found another
with the man she loved above all 9th
ers. The daughters heart was made
still more glad when the old gentle
man told her and her husband that
he had been searching for them
several months in the hope Of Undue
| ing them to return to his lonely
home, or allow him to remain with
| them.
Then he told a strange story, and
one which lifted load that had
grown heavier with each succeeding
year from his son-in-laws heart.
In 1861, Mrs. Myron's aunt had
died, bequeating to her niece the sum
OF five thousand dollars. Judge
Berry, half relenting that he had not
| looked with fayOrupon his DAUGHTER
marriage, had sent his clerk to carry
to her this legacy. The messenger
had written to his employer from
ST. Cloud in 1862, stating that he
had traced Mr.. and Mrs. Myron to
that place, but from there they had
gone, as he had reason to believe, to
Cape Girardeau, which place he was
about to start for in the steamer
Tidale Wave. From that time Mr..
Berry had never heard from his clerk,
and he believed he had lost his life
when the steamer was burned.
AS the old gentleman finished his
story, the husband and wife gazed
at each other with an almost despair
ing hope in their eyes, and it was only
with the greatest difficulty Judge
Myron could ask the question, "What
was the mans name?'
Henry Parker
The load was lifted for evermore !;
the money which they believed was
another's belonged rightfully to them;
the investments made with a view to
being able to restore the principal at
any time insured their own prosper
ity, and by purloining their, own from
the dead they had honestly relieved
themselves from the thraldom Of
poverty.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-03

A curious fact revealed by the,
photographer is that people gener-
ally do not know their own voices
The husband will recognize the wife's
voice in a photograph, and the wife
will recognize the husbands, but
neither will recognize their own
speech. This must be mighty disap-
pointing to the man who thinks him
self q silvery-tongued ORATOR. Troy
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-12-29
The Eccentric Marquis de Crol-


The Marquis ds Croisie Is Frouch.
man who came into possession Of a
large fortune on the occasion Of bis
marriage with Miss Hall. tho daughter
OF the Philadelphia periumoE He
utilized good deal Of his money In
building an apartment house on tho
corner Of Fifth avenue and Twenty.
sixth street The marquis l. man Of
pleasant address and agreeable pres.
ence, with a singular aptitude for %.
centricitics OF all kinds lie first
made himself conspicuous By taking
seven meals day at Deimouico's IA
company with the marquIse and by
persistently rubbing and zorubbinr
with his napkin the plates and glasses
on table as u to impeach their eleauli.
ness. IL 10 said that tho head waiter.
who regarded this proceeding a. n per.
sonal afIront. demonstrated With tho
marquis assuring him that the table
service required no additional cleans.
ing process; but this well.conysysd
hint made no difference to tho marnnis
who 10 this day eats his seven daily
repnsts and wipes his plates with tho
utmost sang froid. Hc has still auoth.
er hobby. Flo adores cats and for
some time after the completion Of bls
apartment house lie was wont 10 fecd
sundry felines on the roof or The side.
walk, until finally the clever animals
seeming n free lunch In the atmos.
phero. not only came themselves bnt
gathered together thor sisters and
their cousins and their aunts. nntil
hardly enough food could be procured
to satisfy thoir collective appelites
But the marquis. when lie sets out 10
do thing. oceompljshes il in true
arlslocraile style. Mindful 81 the old
adage Of nobIcsse obigo he sends 70
DeImonico's for Refreshments suited n
tho cats iinical palaics. and regularly
a. midnight ho can be seen slandiuo
on The corner OF the avenue surround.
ca ny mewing crowd, to which ho
dispanscs dish aflor dish Of delieao,o.
that the walters bring 10 him from lilo
restaurants. ~ sV York cor Of TBHo.
dei2hia Tlmea