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The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
Inexpensiyc Engiish Girls.

How much simpler and less expensive
are the toilets Of young English girl
than are those Of our girlsl L heard
lately of agentleman in England, whose
income is $4,000 yearly, and he gives an
allowance for dress to each daughter of
just $500 a year. OF course, when she is
presented at court, he; would pay, for her
! train dress, as that would cost $l25 at
least. At an afternoon reception given
byan Admiral last month TO his only un-
married daughter, q few days before her
wedding, the bride-elect wore o short
dress Of gray cotton, trimmed with Bre-
ton lace such as an American girl might
wear to breakfast. She looked. very sweet
and simple in it.. In. the room adjoining
the luxurious drawing room the; wedding
presents were displayed, and. after the
! ceremony at, church the. following week,
only the family and intimate friends re
turned to the house with the happy pair.
-[Correspondence Cambridge Tribune.
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GRANT AND oaLEsBY.
How the Great General was Mistaken
for His Orderly.

When Grant was appointed Brigadier
General and ordered to Cairo TO take COM
mand, Colonel Oglesby was acting in that
capacity. The latter had received notice
of appointment from the War Depart
ment, and was advised that the new gem
cral was on his way South.
. A day or so afterthe Colonelwas seated
. at his desk, busily writing. In the room
were several officers chatting together In
subdued tones. The chief Of the staff en-
tered and announced the arrival of Grant.
The Colonel nodded and went on writing;
evidently he had not understood the
officer.
Prcsentlya man dressed I'm a plain sol
( dier's blouse, slouch hat and nondescript
trousers sauntered in, remarkable for
nothing unless for generous quantity
of dust on his clothes, a stubby, reddish
beard, keen gray eye, and half con-
sumed cigar clenched between his teeth.
Taking survey of the apartment and
its occupants, he approached the Colonel
and said in quiet voice.
"Will you let me have sheet ofpaperp'
Help yourself, my man, responded
the colonel in surprised and somewhat
indignant tone, as his pen scratched on
uninterruptedly; you'll find one over
there on the far side Of the table"
The stranger seated himself uninvited,
and, drawing the paper toward him,
wrote few words, knocked the ash from
his cigar and coolly passed the scrawl over
to the Colonel.
The surprise and indignation on
Oglesby's face deopened, but finally gave
way to astonishment when he had mas
tered the words. They proved to be an
order relieving him from his present duty
and ordering him to join his regiment
over the river. 1t was dated, Headquar.
ters, Cairo and signed, ~. s. Grant,
Brigadicr-GeneTal, commanding etc.
Colonel Oglesby rose and walked around
the insignificant figure across the table
never removing his eyes from 1t, and
finally hurst forth with:
"Well, are you GrantY Why, thought
| you were some ones orderly and was neal
| ordering you outa momentngo" Then
| turning: Gentlemen, our chief, Briga
dier.General Grant. nt.n--[Chicago Inter
Ocean,
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
Thc state CouId Affmrd n:

"ohco npon time my father was q
clerk ofa district court in Ohio" said Baz
Armstrong. "one day lawyer by the
name Of Dnbbs persisted in smoking in
court. The judge finally fined him $40
for contempt Of court and ordered him TO
be committed until the fine was paid.
Just before the session of court adjourned
Dubbs approached the bench, and the fol-
lowing dialogue took place;
"'Judge, lend me SO, requested Dubbs.
What forf inquired the Judge,
"fWhy, you have fined me $40 for con-
tempt ofcourt. Now, / haven't got the
necessary "tennerp and don't want to
60 TO jail said the lawyer
H'The clerk will please enter up re,
mittance ofthat fine. The State of Ohio
can afford to lose that $40 blanked sight
better than ! can, quoth the judge, sol
eImly.n-[St. Paul News.
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
IA BInsnhemcr,s ncnth

The Lenox qowa) Time Table relates
the death of man in Taylor County
under the following circumstances A. W..
Futile, living in the northwest part of the
county, met an untimely death on
Wednesday of this week He was q man
well known in this community and quite
wealthy. A week ago, when the first
blizzard came, he made use of the ex-
preston that 'if there was such being
as God Almighty he was without love or
feeling for humanity or he would not
send such storms upon them,r at the
same time declaring that If another such
storm came he would go to q climate that
had never been cursed with such storms,
and escape the vigilance of the Almighty.
The storm came on Tuesday morning and
he began preparations for departure. Sc.
curing o large trunk he packed ~, and
"Wednesday morning went 10 load It into
"a ,s.sori iFuAaul ~ Nliiisca, where he ex-
pected to take the afternoon train. He
had one end of the trunk in wagon-box,
and was raising the other end from the
ground when his feet slipped from under
, him, the sharp edge striking him upon
the neck as he lay upon the ground. His
neck was broken and he died almost in
, stantly.
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
Hair oil ont of Fashion.

when you get west of Detroit" said
the Barber, every man wants his hair to
look shiny, and prefers to have it fixed
with OK marrow, but east of there COM
paratively few will endureit. Some folks,
though, think lisa good thing to make
the hair grow. That idea is about as
sound as baldheaded mans / used to
have down in Bradford, Pa. He got the
notion that crude petroleum used as an
ointment would recover his pate with
hair. Aftera short time his health began
to fail and he died. A post-mortem
showed that almost pint Of refined l1ero-
sene had filtered through the skull and
facultiesto such an extent that he forgot
tokeep on living, / think good many
men who are supposed to be q little
cracked were brought to that state by the
excessive use of hair-oil, which soaked
through into their intellect. ALBANY
IOurnnl
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A Rival OF Dynamite.

II may not be generally known that
sauerkraut is dangerous explosive. A
Philadelphia kraut maker, who is cutting
up 5000 cabbages day and probably
knows what he is talking about, says
'1f cask of kraut is sealed when too
fresh there is sureto be trouble A. casl1
of gunpowder is hardly more dangerous
than tightly corked barrel offresh sauer-
kraut. AS the stuff ferments it swells,
and if vent is not furnished there isan ex-
plosion that shakes the foundation Of the
store and frightens the life out of the
storekeeper, while the neighbors raise a
kIaut is dangerous article to handle"
San Francisco Alta,
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Anxious 70 ohIidgc.

When Colonel sumpter was in New
York, strolling about and seeing what was
to be seen, he noticed by the side of the
door of large mansion on Fourth ave-
nue., right under the bell, the words:
"Please ring the bell for ianitor."
After rejecting few minutes, Colonel
Sumpter walked up and gave the bell
such pull that one might have sup
posed he was trying TO extrieate it blythe
roots. In few minutes an angry-faced
man tore the door open.
"Are you the janitor?n asked Colonel
Sumpter.
eyes; what do you want 2''
II saw that notice, Please ring the bell
for ianitor SO rang the bell for you and
now / want to know why can't you ring
the bell yourselfYp-tTexas Sifhngs.
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
The stoddard Lectures.

twill be particularly. gratifying to the
largo circle who annually attend the
Stoddard lectures to know that the new
series for tho ninth annual season will be
given.soon at the Congregational Church.
Mr.. Stoddard spent last summer in Eu-
rope in observation and study, and the
series now offered has received the enfhu-
siastfc Endorsement OF immense audiences
in boston, Philadelphia and Chicago.
Notes of travel in Spain, among the
Pyrenees and in Constantinople furnish
three evenings OF travel of the Kind always
found so popular. A monograph on
Julius Cesar gives an evening Of illus
trated history which has proved Of thrill
ing interest. A lecture on Byron, the
man and the poet has also been found
particularly enjoyable. No pains have
been spared in amassing the illustrations,
many Of which were taken by Mr.. Stod.
dard's special photographer during his
travels.
" The new plan consists in giving the
same course Of lectures twice before ai.
diences purchasing tickets marked Course
A and Course B, respectively.
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
rwo ACTS IN A pnAGEDv.
Meeting of Two Sisters In Isestau-
rant and the Result.

rant ana the Result.
"Let me tell you little story" ex-
claimed the cashier of popular restau-
rant not far from the corner Of Madison
and Clark streets. TITS story Of two
girls, and there is nothing funny about IL.
Doyou want q story that has no fun in IL
Ycs2 Well, one of these girls was a scrub
woman in our restaurant. Sheis yet, for
K that matter. Sheisa beautiful girl, too,
with the purost skin ever saw. When
she comes in the morning, neatly dressed,
or when she goes away at night, she is
very attractive, but always we'll behaved
In fact, sheis rather severe in her sclfds-
cipline, and will not joke and laugh with
the walters as the other girls do She is
awfully careful of herself, as any girl must
be who has face pretty enough to attract
attention in scrubwoman's dirty dress
I've seen men admiring this girl when she
was down on the floor ON her hands and
knees scrubbing, wet and dirty.
"Well, one night last winter we had n
little scene in here. II only lasted sec
ond or two, and but four or five people
knew what II meant. Our girl was down
on the floor at her work when q gay
party, composed of two girls and two
young men, came in. The young women
periencod eye needed but glance to de-
toct their station in life. The party
ordered supper and wine and was having
Jolly time, when one of the young men
Exclaimed. Look there All looked
where he pointed, and there was our
scrubwoman, resting on her knees, her
| two hands fiat on the floor, like cat
ready to Jump. As tile supper party
| turned toward her she leaped TO her feet,
ran up TO one ofthe young ladies, and in
| a tone of voice which for mingled reproach
and affection i have never heard cqualed
on the stage called out the one word,
/ Sister = The young woman thus addressed
| turned as pale as that electric light globe
| there, but did not say a word. She mo-
toned the scrubwoman away, and, pick
| ing up her wineglass, tried to be gay. 1t
took many drink to enliven her spirits
! to the pitch desired by her companions,
and even then noticed that her eye once
| in while glanced futively round. rs II
she would find the scrubgirl and look at
| her again All this time the scrubgirl
| was back in the kitchen crying as If her
heart would break. That Is the first act
in tho tragedy.
| "Now for the last. A week ago our
| pretty scrubgirl came TO us for advice
| about the most economical way of sectlr-
| ing n respectable burial for her sister, and
| | then learned that the iashionably-
| dressed, wine-drinking young woman had
| been sick for several months, and that her
sister, the scrubgirl, had taken care ofho1
| through it all, bringing her medicine and
providing attendance, and doing all she
I could with her slender purse to smooth
| tile Journey to the grave OF the uufortu'
| nate onc,n-f Chicago Herald.
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IGeography as she is Taught.

The following are bona iide replies to
questions of a written examination in
geography in the secondary grade of q
public school in Pennsylvania:
Question-Tell how many oceans there
are inthe world and name them?
Answer--There are six oceans-the At
lantic, Pacific, Arctic, Antarctic, Indian
| and adjacent Ocean. ~
Question--Give IN Your own words the
difference between a. cave anda noun
tain? aa ID
Answer.-one' IS q, bump in and the
other is bump out.
/ Question-Tell in your own words how
o river isrepresented on the map and then
givethe definition of one2
Answer When you sec black thing
on the map like q lot of angle worms all
together, that's a river; but real river, OF
course Is water instead ofangle worms
IIIarper's BaZar.
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
Leader of Train robbers.

James Burrows, who was captured at
Montgomery, Ala, last Sunday, has been
taken to Texarkana under aheaVy guard.
1t is said that he has been the organizer,
as well as the leader, in all the train rob
berries of the last few years, and took part
in the robbery of the Southern Express,
near Genoa, Ark, in December. His
brother, Reuben Burrows, who was in
Montgomery with James when the latter
was captured, made his escape by killing
citizen who attempted TO aid in his ar
rest, and, though hotly pursued ever since,
is still at large. A man named Block,
who was arrested in Texas, made con-
fession which put the detectives ON the
track of the Burrows brothers.
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
Europe's Armament.

'sThe blonted armaments of the great
military powersof Europe" display their
proportions ina very striking manner in
Colonel Vogt's work on 6The European
Armies of the Present." The modified
strength of France is get down at 2,05l ASS
troops, exclusive of the territorial army,
which is equally.large; that of Russia at
1922 2405; Germany, 1,493,690, and Aus.
tria-H Hungary, 1895, ,955. The military
strength of Italy has now attained proper
tions thatwould have been deemed incredi-
Bile tenyears ago. Including militia it is
pared with these figures the numerical
I proportions of the British army ought al
most to satisfy the members of the Peace
Society. Including our militia and vol
unteers, as well as the Indian army, we
can just muster 7sl,677 troops.-[Court
Journal. " r-r-s-t .es.
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
RIGHTS OF RAILROADS.
Concluded from First Page)
Tho citizens Side.

At the conclusion Of President Roberts
remarks Mr.. NJ. l. Weller presented
copies of the reports and resolutions
of the Citizens Committc, which appealed
for relief to the extent of ailordmg protec-
ton of life and relieving certain sections
of the city in which the value of property
was virtually destroyed.
Professor Gallaudet protested against
the proposition Of the y. and o. to cut
through the grounds of the National Deaf
and Dumb Asylum. The B. and q. Off
cias said that this objection would be re-
spocted.
Father Donnelly of 81. Dominic's made
a protest against the laying of tracks on u
street SOUTH
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
Journallsm as an Art.

Professor Of Journalism Hopkins Uni
yersity)--First class in journalism, atten-
ton. How doyou make paste?
Class-Mix xxx family -four with boil.
ing water until the proper consistency is
obtained.
Correct. How do you manipulate
sheals2p
HPlaee the thumb In ono ring, the fore
finger in tho other and work them up and
down"
Correct. Now clip the editorials from
the daily newspapers and paste them In
your scrap book, afterwhich we will take
up the subject Of patent folding desks
easx chairs and editorial spiItoons. -
[QMahA World,
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
is COAL scaRcEq
Tho Alarm About Famine Without
Any Cause.

Any Cause.
The coal men of New York deny that
there is a scarcity of coal in the New York
market in consequence of the Reading
strike. Those persons who are best in
formed as to the actual condition of af.
fairs say that there has never been any
danger of scarcity of coal, and that the
alarm has been fostered by interested or
ignorant persons. Just now the demand
+ for coal is as slack as il usually is in sum-
mer. When the strike first began there
was great cry about the supply of coal
giving out, and many consumers through
out the country ordered sufficient guam
tity to last them all winter. That sudden
and large demand was somewhat hard to
{ meet, but now q majority of families are
( supplied with coal, and, as a result, the
/ dealers say business is very dull.
|! The production of coal last week was
I the largest on record for the period, the
output being Cos, 1858 tons, against 551 ,076
for the corresponding week last year, an
increase of 10i,2S2 tons. OF course the
Schuylkill region, where the Reading
mines are situated, shows a marked fall
ing off, the production there being only
10000 tons, against l61 3l3 for the same
week in 1887, and in the Lchigh region,
where the miners have beer on q strike
for nearly five months, the production
was only 1850 tons, against 9S, ,54i tons
+ last year. III the Wyoming fields, how
ever, where all the mines are being
worked, the output was 563, $40 tons,
against 291 ,222 tons last year, an increase
of272, ,027 tons.
The Delaware, Laolsawanna and West
/ ern contributed most largely TO this in.
crease, its production being l57, i66 tons,
against 70,5S0 tons last year, and all the
region almost doubled their output. The
|, figures aregiven blythe Coal Trade youu'nai
which says a conference was held Wednes
day of the sales agents, Mt which it was de.
cided to make no change in the schedule
Df.icps
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
Thc IRVING socinl,Clnb.

A large audience was present last even
ing at the entertainment of the Irving
Social Club at Carroll Institute. Mr..
James P. Collins, the wcll-known tenor,
sang Speak, Oh Speak to Me Again."
byMillard and was accompanied by Miss
Mamie KeTon, the gifted pianist. Among
Clarence Moore; a vocal duet, by Mrs.
Annie Scott and Miss Bessie Wilson, and
Rotations, by Misses Annie X. Bond and
Kathinka Ffech DR.. N. Frank White
and Edward Zeph.
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A GracefnI Retraction.

1--WE wish, f" says Colorado editor, "to
fetract our statement made last week that
our esteemed fcllow-eitizen, Hon. Mr..
Plumiy, never was known 10 keep his
promise. After reading the article in
member that during the heat Of the recent
political contest he promised to kick US
out 10 the fnir grounds, and he immedi-
ately came up TO the office and executed
his promise. In fact, he not only kicked
as al the way out there, but kept IL up
most of tho way back, and II be had not
run ont of breath we think he would
have been kicking us yet. Mr., Plumly Is
gentleman. OF bis word cultured and
polished, and can kick Ike an ,Asiato ele-
plant
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
Thc EIectI1c Gate.

Among the many uses to which the
subtle agent, electricity, mayb be adapted,
not the lcastisan ingenious and novel
piece of mechanism known as the
''Knight Electric Gate,n for railroad
crossings, now on exhibition at the office
OfThonlas A. Mitchell, 03i + street. A
company has been organized under the
laws OF Virginia for the manufacture and
supply of every variety of gate, which
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
The Largest Farm in the World.

In the extreme southwest corner of
Louisiana. lies: the largest producing farm
in the world. 1t runs 100 miles north and
south and 25 miles east and west, andis
owned and operated by syndicate of
Northern capitalists. Their general man
ager, j. b., Watkins, gives an interesting
account of this gigantic plantation, which
throws the. great Dalrymple farm in Dar
kota into the shade completely. "The
million and a. half acres of our, tract"
Mr.. Watkins said, ."were purchased in
1893 from the State of Louisiana and from
the United; States Government. At. that
time it was o vast grazing land for the cat
tie of the few. dealers of the neigh
borhood, When took possession, L
fonnd over $1,000 head of half wild
horses and cattle. My work, was to
divide the immense tract into convenient.
pastures, establishing stations or ranches,
every six miles, The. fencing alone cost
inlthe neighhorhood. of $50, 600. The land
i found to. be- best adapted to rice, sugar,
corn and cotton. All our cultivating,
ditohing, &c, jsdone by steam power In
fact there is not single draught horse on
; the entire place. We have, of course,
horses for the herders of cattle, of which
we now have 1000 head. The Southern
Pacific Railroad runs for thirty-six miles
/. through our farm. We have three steam
boats operating on the waters OF our es-
, tate, upon which there are 800 miles of
nayigable waters: We have an ice-honser
q bank, q shipyard and rice-mill.-
: [St. Louis Republican.
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
Rats Teeth.

Theratis finely equipped for the peculiar
life he is ordained TO lead. He has strong
weapons in the shape Of four long and
very sharp teeth--two in the upper jaw
and two in the lower. These teeth are
wedge-shape, and, by wonderful pro-
vision of nature, have always fine, sharp
cutting edge. On examining them care
fully the inner part is found to he ofa soft,
! ivory-like composition, which can easily
beworn away, and the outside is composed
of a glass-like enamel, which is exceed
ingly hard. The upper teeth work into
the under, so that the centres OF the OPP
posed teeth meet perfectly in the act of
gnawing, hence the soft part is being
continually worn away, while the hard
part keeps a sharp, chisel-like edge all the
time and at the same time the teeth are
constantly growing up from the bottom,
so that as they wear away fresh supply
is'ready. .-[Swiss Cross.
[ Silence may be golden, but there is O
great deal ofring about good gold.r-[ Bos'
ton Post.
pookat-boolA with banlgsnete trimming:
anh coupon Innings are very fashionable,
--ETeXas Siitings,
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What he Liked.

Parson-And how did you like my SER
monF
New Cornerstone parts Of it liked
very much.
"For instanceP"
"Well, where you started Off with
blessed are the, pure in heart, and lot of
other blesseds,"
ooh, that was my text"
"Hml think, on the whole, like the
part you call your text better than what
|, you call your sermon. Why don't you
make your texts longerf" Boston Tran
| script,
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
An Interestinc Life.

ectady, N. Y, Friday last in his eighty
eighth year. had passed an interesting
life He was conductor of the first pas
sepeer railroad train that ran between
ago. When lad he was o cabin boy on
the English man.of-war which carried
Napoleon to St. Helana. In 1s49 Mar
shall went to California, and was ones of
the first to engage in gold digging in that
GInAo
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
A sweet I,ittle parn.

A bright golden haired ten-year-old girl
was the other day elected page of the
Iowa House of Representatives. Why
not2 She attends strictly to business AMI
asks no favors because she is girl. Who
knows but in the early dawn of the TWEEN
tieth century she may casta ballot in the
State wherein womanhood is so highly
favored II Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
East washington.

An enjoyable birthday party was
( given last evening at the residence of Mrs.
| Copeland, 40S Fourth street southeast. to
her niece, Miss Celia Cumberland. Among
( those who participated in the evenings
and Miss Prater, Mr.. and Miss Marceron,
Miss FallS, Miss Carr, the Misses Clements
and MANY Others
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
Thomas' Wonderful Experience

Thomas Minor an 1s-year-old oolored
boy, either had very strange experience
yesterday OF else he will throw Baron
Munchausen entirely in the shade If he
gets half q show. Thomas delivers clothes
came into the laundry, on Ninth street,
and said that he had gone around deliver
ing clothes and collected $24. Then some
one mesmerized him, put him to sleep in
clothes basket, cut open his pocket and
stolen his $24. He was taken TO the
Twelfth-Street Station.
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"AIderney Dairy Wagons., !,

Fresh Alderney butter, churned every
451ing pa & and Ss, dsyersd SS Cottage %sS cheese
buttsrmilk and sweet milk, &C.. per at.
Cream, l6c. per pt,
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28

1NLOCUTION AND, ADTING--MR. EDWIN
la LAWRENCE, the celebrated New York
Elocutionist, and son OF the late Prof. Philip
Lawrence, who numbered among his pupils
such artists as Adelaide Nelson, Margaret
Mather, Edith Kingdom, etc., etc, Is now In
at his room, 9o7 18th ST. u. W. Terms mode
raf Ia
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28

I Itmay savesyourlife, for it cures your
sold and cough. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
? Price % cents. .aat
/ Mr. Robert Sutcliffe, late of Birming.
claims: 7'For neuralgia Salvation Oil is
worth It's weight in gold"
The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
Look, Look. and Read. /.

Burn Washington Gas Coke instead OF
coal. No advance on account ofstFihe in
coal region.