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The Washington critic., 1888-08-08
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

Miss Ada Carmen of Q street has gone TO
the Catskills for a month.
Mrs. A. w. Denham, Mrs. Charles Denham
and daughter, Miss Ada and Mr.. Louis Den
ham and family left this morning for the
West Virginia mountains, to remain until
October.
DR.. and Mrs. Mackall and daughter, Miss
Tirzah, of Georgetown have gone to Capon
Springs for several weeks. Miss Sallie
Mackall is at Bedford Springs with her aunt
Mr.. James Ryan of the Treasury Depart
ment, who has been at Aurora w. Va, for a
month, has SO far improved in health that he
will soon be able to resume his official duties
DR.. A. II. Hoehling, Medical Director U. s.
NJ, and family have gone to Cape May for o
month.
The proprietors of the Prospect House al
Chapel Point, Md, have sent out $50 invita-
tions for delightful hop on Thursday night
There will be seventy-fve guests of the house
present. The proprietors will make it one ol
the most enjoyable parties of the season
Trains leaving Washington at 440 p. m., by
the Pope's Creek line will arrive in time fol
the hop.
| Miss Fannie Campbell and the Misses O'Don
nell and Robertson left on Monday for Whit
Sulphur Springs, where they will spend somt
time. They will be Joined in few days b.
Miss Kate Campbell.
Among late arrivals at the Oakland Hotel
| Oakland, Md, are the following Washington
ians Mrs. NJ. l.. Hirsh and family, DR.. Chas
| y. Hagner, DR.. A. +. A. King, General and Mrs
| l.. p. Graham, Mr. Meetke, Japanese minister
wife and daughter, and Mrs. Butler; N. b
Clarke and servant, G. G. Cole, w. e. Thomp
son, Jos. Strasburger, Mrs NJ. L. Strasburger
and L, w. Eberly.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Mrs. STOWE continues TO receive $500 q
year royalties on "Uncle TOMS Cabin"
Mrs. HARRIET BEEcHER STOWE and her
daughter have taken o cottage at Sag Harbor,
l.. l., for the summer.
MANY OF THE ORANGE TREES near Clear
Water Harbor, Fla, are putting forth their
third set of blooms for this year.
LORD COLIN CAMPBELL, the hero of the
sensational divorce case, is going out to India
in the autumn to practise as a barrister in the
Bombay High Court.
DIR. CHARLES NJ. BRADBURY of Petersburg,
Va, and DR.. Frank Muller OF Warrenton,
have left for Japan to enter the Government
service in that country as teachers.
THERE is SCHEME or pool among the
friends Of General Banks in Massachusetts, to
help him out of his financial difficulties II
was started by the Boston Record and ought
to succeed.
ONE OF THE ILLUSTRATED papers prints q
portrait of lady at Saratoga who has 300
dresses. A careful study Of the portrait sug-
gests the inquiry as to why she didn't put one
on when she sat for her PICTURE Boston
Herald.
The BLOCK SYSTEM of the Pcnns ylvania
Railroad costs 100000 year to maintain.
George Westinghouse is now testing a new
system which will render the same service for
100000 and afford absolute protection al
all dangerous points where signals are re.
quired.
AN INTERESTING FIGURE in the American
colony in London is Mrs. Ernestine L. Rose
She was one OF the first American women tC
publicly voice the cause Of woman's rights
She lived in Michigan, and as early as 1885 ad
dressed the State Legislature In person on the
| subject of woman's franchisement.-[Nev
York Graphic.
WILLIAM DAvIDGB, the actor who died a
Cheyenne, Wyoming, on his way to California
with the Madison Square Theatre Company
was an Englishman by birth and "a years o
age. He came to this country in 1850, anC
had supported Edwin Forrest, Julia Dean
Lola Montez and Fanny Davenport. He wa
the original Deadeye in "Pinafore.n
! THE MAN BEHIND the Parliamentary scene
says in a London weekly "The courtsh
of Mr.. Chamberlain with Miss Endicott goe
on apace, and the marriage will take plac
probably at the beginning OF next year. 1t 1
likely the bridegroom-elect will go to Americ
about the end of September TO pay anothe
| visit to New York I'm. Y. Sun,
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08
ELEGY.

Through all the silent rooms, from far away,
The light comes softly, seeking for my love;
Through all the silent rooms, day after day,
And goes up sorrowlng to its home above.
With sad dumb look, with speechless ques-
tionng,
IL steps so softly through the open doors,
Where all DAY long the maple shadows swing,
Alike as speechless, DER the vacant floors.
/ wonder much that through the whole round
year,
Patient and sad, but hopeful as before,
IL still comes seeking that which IL not here,
The dear bright face which we shall see no
more.
wonder much the sunlight doth not know
On may not guess--the mute and wondering
light
That she hath gone now where tho lilies blow
by living waters, far beyond the Night
Oh sunlight, go up higher In the blue,
With harp and crowns and white ro0es-close
by lin
Thy master-thou wilt surely find a new
And glad young angel with the oherubm
Her sweet faco still the same we loved, but
bright
With elorlos which we saw not and her brow
Crowned with tho light which Jesus glyes-a
Ugh:
IN. x. Tribune.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

THE DEATH OF William Davidge loses
to the dramatic stage one of its most
finished and conscientious actors, who
for nearly forty years was a great favor
ite with American theatre goers. He
was not only an accomplished actor,
but writer as well, and his "Defense
of the Stage" written in reply to an at
tack by Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, is the
best argument upon the question ever
produced. His own honorable life and
sincere devotion to his profession, how
ever, were in themselves mastery de-
fense of its merits.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08
CRITICuLAIi.
Take her up tcudurlY
Touch her with care;
Fashioned so slendcriy--
The hustle aint there.

The scissors grinder may not belong TO the
Cooperative Union, although he works ON
the shcers.
A woman is inconsistent, because, # she
were not, she wouldn't be woman.
We hope it isn't sacrilogious to say that the
angels are very fly.
Wife--carelessly: WHAT'S that fire alarm
ringing forg
llusband-freshly; For q fire, Of course.
Wife-calmly: Wei, what do you suppose
1t wants with a fire such day as this
We have a weather bureau
Painted red and white and blue;
Wen trade II for an ice chest,
And trade It p. d. O.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08
ONE OF THE NECESSITIES.

Afi@Rhf'N1A
"Thc Republican party wants the price Of
tho necessities of life kept up and wants to
cheaper whisky" said Democratic moraist
TO crowd in country store.
"Well, they cain't do it," growled nn old
fellow in the corner "How the doggonation
air they goln' TO keep up the price and make
II cheap at the same time, I'd like TO know ?
You smart fellers kin twist some p'ints
around mighty skeow-wowed, but when
wo'uns knows a things a thing we knows it
fer keeps, and that is one of them things that
a man calnt argefy.
"Hansom is that hanson does" said the cab
driver when he got passenger away from the
streot-car conductor.
When Jay Gould sigus big check he writes
a capital hand.
"Have you the courage to do your duty in
all cases ?" said railroad superintendent to
an applicant for conductors place, as he
looked sharply at him.
"You bet have" was the valiant reply; "I
never saw fare yet so big that | couldn't
knock 1t down if got half chance.n
A man with rheumatism ought to have
hinges put on his gait.
Mother: Johnny, you mustn't play with
Willie Hill any more.
| Johnny: Why not, mammal
Mother: Because he is bad little boy.
Johnny: Well, mamma, amt SO doggone
| good myself that. you ought to be kickin'.
| A lie we'll stuck to is better than the truth
sometimes. "Falsehood" in the Brighton
Beach races paid $64,50 for 81.
With the undertaken the bury season con-
tinues the whole year.
It's enough if you have passing acquaint-
ance with a railroad man.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08
Illinois Miners Strike.

LIScoLN, ILL.,, Aug. S.--The miners of the
Citizens Coal Shaft are out on strike. The
trouble arose from the fact that the men OBJ
jected to pushing loaded coal cars from their
rooms to the tramway and having 1900
pounds counted to the ton. The men are
firm but orderly.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08
Crops sufferIng for Rain,

WILSON, N. c., Aug. 8.-The crops are suf-
fering for rain; low land corn VIII harvest
satisfactory, but the cotton will fall short,
especially If it should commence to rain and
continue for any length of time, as this will
cause the weed to shed its fruit.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

ONLY ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND Demo.
cratic majority at the recent Alabama
State election. We move that it be
made unanimous.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

A MAN WAS KILLED in West Virginia
the other day for hurrahing for Cleve-
land. A few more examples like this
and the Democrats of the North will
learn that the Republicans of the South
will be vindicated. P. S.-Cincinnati
Commercial. Gazette please copy.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

Mrs. BELvA LocKwooD's recent speech
in the Grand Opera House, New York,
netted 1884. Mrs. Lockwood's cam.
paign appears to be one of intellect.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

with travel on the cars, but, on the con
truy, materially facilitate It's night
business.
viii the honorable Commissioners
please to consider the suggestion?
Mn. LEVI p. MoRroS Of New York
having resigned his position as di-
rector Of the Canadian Pacific Railroad,
it will now be in order for Mr.. William
l.. Scott of Pennsylvania to follow suit.
Mn. FRED. DOUGLASS has written
letter to Mr. ID. A. Straker, a colorcd
lawyer at Detroit, Mich, in which he
condemns in the most severe and out.
spoken terms the transfer Of a single
coored vote to the support Of the Demo-
cratic ticket He is especially donun-
ciatory of the movement recently in
augdrated by j. Milton Turner and
others at indianapolis. The letter con
veys q very forciblo suggestion, that in
allowing Mr.. Douglass to hold over
for year in possession Of fat and
lucrative office, the President gained
| neither MS respect nor graJlluue'
We may 20 further and say that
in the subsequent appointment of
Mr.. Matthews, and again of Mr.. Trotter,
the President has done nothing to COM
mend himself to the good graces Of the
negro party. 1t was just that much
patronage worse than thrown away, al
though we do not doubt that Mr., Cleve-
land, throughout this whole unfortunate
business, was inspired by the best of
rMtives and really thought that he was
doing an act of Justice toward the col
ored race which would serve to con
ciliate their hostility to the Democratic
party and demonstrate that it would be
to their interest to engage in DEM
ocratic affiliations hereafter. Mr..
Douglass letter shows how grievously
mistaken he was.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

=" GENERAL LEW. WALLACE says his biog-
raphy of General Harrison was a labor
of love. Did the Committee on Biogra-
phies pay him in that commodity?
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

Mr.. PARNELL and Mr.. Joe Chamber
lain are still lambasting each other
around with their jaws like a pair Of
congressman. 1t takes couple of
Frenchmen to shut up or put up,
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08
SPECIAL NOTICES,

Hrs1@THE ECONOMY GAS COOKING
EtsSsa Stoves have the best reputation. Our
sales nearly double each year on their merits.
HAYWARD g. HUTCHINSON. Butchen's Bos-
ton Polish for Floors and Furniture. 12d 9th
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

Msa.,.Now is THE TIME TO BUY YOUR
hh4SA coal for the fall and winter. VIM. Il.
HODGE, wholesale and retail dealer in Wood
and Coal Bottom prices Full weight and
measure. All under shelter Give me trial
Office and yard: Twelfth, between II and sts
H. W. Telephone connection.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08


The ARRANGEMENT made by the Dis
trict Commissioners with the Electric
Light Company by which that Company
Is allowed to transfer the arc lights from
the south side of the Avenue, between
the Capitol and the Treasury Depart.
ment, to the north side of the Avenue,
will not serve to illuminate that broad
thoroughfare any more than at present.
Placing the arc lights on either side, or
even on both sides of the Avenue, will
not furnish the proper amount of light
for this grand national highway be-
tween the points named, for the reason
that the foliage Of the trees along the
sidewalks obscure the rays from the arcs
and cast heavy shadows.
The proper plan is the one suggested
by Captain Symons, and that is to erect q
line of arc lights in the middle OF the
Avenue between the two lines of railroad
tracks. BY this plan the rays of light
would extend over the whole width of
Ihe Avenue, and one row of lights be
far more effective than to put them on
both sides of the street.
There is a space of some eight feet in
the centre of the Avenue, between the
lines of tho car tracks, within which
space row of electric lights could be
erected, affording all the illumination
ueeded Gnd not interfere in the least
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

YfFsT>,F FOR SALE-OVER 100 CARRIAGES
bASsiA buggles, Vanished and painted wag.
ons, carpenters milk, furniture and feed wag.
Ons, on monthly payments or cash
j. j. COOK
320b NJ st., Georgetown, ID. o
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

With the undertaken the bury season con
tinues the whole year.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

It's enough if you have passing acquaint-
ance with a railroad man.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

veeGaSs OFFICE OF
No. II. ii. EVANS, 1921 + stnw,
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS FOR ALL
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Telephone 1888. Hours from to i:3O,
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

Hanson is that hanson does" said the cab
driver when he got passenger away from the
strect-car conductor.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

A lie we'll stuck to is better than the truth
sometimes "Falsehoodn in the Brighton
Beach races paid $6450 for 81.
The Washington critic., 1888-08-08

0N.-ELECTRICITY IN UNsKILLED
~ hands is positively dangerous. For Is
years have made it special practice, and am
curing various diseases, nervous and mental,
ovarian and uterine, spinal disease, tumors, par
alysis, sciatica sleeplessness, numbness, etc.
Structures cured, hairs or wens removed from
face. References: Washington cures. DIR. l..
s. NICHOLSON. 6O1 18th st n W. CORNER u.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-11
Silent For Twelve Years.

Chicago, July 24.-James Hutchins
died Saturday night, having Occupi-
ed for - years different apartments
in the same house without speaking
to his wife. After the physicians
told him he must soon die, the wife
with love that had survived years
of cruel treatment, threw her arms
around her husbands neck, kissed
him fondly and begged him to break
the silence Of dozen years. There
was a struggle apparent in his coun-
tenance, but he grew stern again,
asked the doctor for drink of water,
and sSon died. The two were mar
ried in England 80 years ago, and an
imaginary breach of fidelity by her
drove him to brutal silence. Some
times he wrote his requests on a
piece of paper. Sometimes she called
in a neighbours child and talked to
him through the child. The couple
had a married son.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-11
Retreat of Niagara Falls.

Professor Shaler, in Scribner's Magazine.
Although the retreat of the fall is
slow, it will in very brief time, in
the geological sense of that word,
lead to certain momentous consequent
ces. When the hard layer of Niagara
limestone passes below the bed of
the river, the stream will then cut
upon rocks of another constitution,
making for a time certain small falls
at higher geological level; but in
the course of ages, much less long
than those which have elapsed since
the birth of this waterfall, the gorge
of the river will extend up into the
basin of Lake Erie, draining away a
considerable portion of that fresh-wa-
ter sea. We shall then, if the CONT
nent retains its present height above
the level Of the sea, have another sys-
tenn of cataracts, in the passage be-
tween Lake Erie and Lake Huron,
which will also in time be worn
away. Other cataracts will then
form at the exit of Lake Michigan ;
and thus the lower lakes of our great
American system would be diminish
ed in area, or perhaps even disappear,
Att yet later stage, we may look for
diminution in the size of Lake Supe-
rior, though that basin, owing to the
strong wall which separates it from
the lower lakes, is destined to endure
long after the last-naned basins have
been diminished or entirely drained
away, .r.-.F.I .....t. ..
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-11
CURE FOR RHEUMATISM

G. G. Treat, of West Granville,
Mass, writes of ALLCoCK's Porous
PLAsTERS:
For rheumatism, neuralgia, pain
in the side or back, coughs, colds,
bruises, and any local weakness,
they truly possess wonderful curative
qualities. l have recommended
them to my neighbOrs with the
happiest results, many of whom but
for ALLCOCK's PLAsTERs would be
in a crippled condition at home. In
every instance where they have been
faithfully and properly applied the
result has been wonderfully salts
factory.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-11
Brace Up.

You are feeling depressed, your APP
petite is poor, you are bothered with
Headache, you are tldgetty, nervous,
and generally out of sorts, and want
to brace up. Brace up, but not with
stimulants, spring medicines, or bit
tiers, which have for their basis very
cheap, bad whisky, and which slim
ulate you for an hour, and then leave
you in worse condition than before.
What you want is an Alternative that
will purify your blood, start healthy
action of Liver and Kidneys, restore
your vitality, and give renewed
health and strength. Such a med
icine you will find in Electric Bitters,
and only so cents bottle at Ritchey
& Stroud's. 3
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-11
Girls First.
Author of John Halifax

Author of John Halifax.
The best husbands | ever met came
out of a family where the mother, a
most heroic and self-denying woman,
laid down the absolute law, "Girls
First" Not III any authority, but
first to be thought of as to protection
and tenderness. Consequently, the
chivalrous care which these lads were
taught to show their own sisters
naturally extended itself to all wo-
men. They grow up true gentlemen
gentlemen, generous, uneXacting,
courteous of speech and kind of heart.
In them was the protecting strength
of manhood, which scorns to use its
strength except for protection; the
proud honesty of manhood, which
Infinitely prefers being lovingly and
openly resisted to being twisted
round ones finger as mean men
are twisted, and mean women will
always be found ready to do it, but
which, | think, all honest men and
brave women would not merely
dislike, but utterly despise. a
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-11
The Issue Made.
Nashville Democrat.

Nashville Democrat.
The Mills tariff bill has passed the
house by a majority of thirteen-al-
most a strict party vote, four demo-
Gratis, including Mr.. Randall, who
was paired, voting against and two
republicans, Fitch of New York and
Nelson of Minnesota, voting for its
passage. 1t was but a comparatively
short time since that a bill,
substantially the same as this, was
defeated in the house Of representa-.
tives with thirty-fve democratic
votes registered against it. Tariff
reform has grown upon the country,
and it has strengthened its hold upon
the democratic party. When the
vote was taken Mr.. SoWden of
Pennsylvania read a letter from Mr.,
Randall, asking to be paired against
the bill, and taking occasion to give
an oltount hnr MN oooccor1y ov,Nroe.,;o,
If his onnosition 70 lie noSsone pu+
mo crou,d u,hioh pandaI, ,'o ot
70 Iood oooirst +ho do,,co,o 4, -,
has melted away. He has been left
without . fol,on,i no IA NIL, III ~,
mort and No ,noro Will, tbo don1oorot
10 nort,, have 70 hoor tho roa,,o,s;
hiJitv for Mr. pondolps ,oriistont
and o4actiyo onnosition ~ ~
reclamation Of ~ niodoos no i M,
merely . solitary okickor y Without
ovon q faction Of wbich no oo,, oIoin,
~ ba tba loader 'n .'r
The democratic nartv con nov,
claim NOT only nv whine IF nlatfor,,,
n ron,isoc INIT Nv yir+,o of lon;s,o+i,,o
action to he the nartv oftori fF roforno
IF can No moro ha tonn+od u,ith no
fact that If connot fnlf, its nromisos
ia the neonIe hecauso Of dissansions
within its own ranks II CON o,4or
tho COMING con,noirn with = mro,,,iso
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-08-11
Women as Inventors.

New York Sun. gsFg...
One of the whims of fair women is
to make inventions and get them
patented, but if one mayjudge by the
records of the patent Office she is not
influenced by the whim very often.
During twenty-five weeks, this year
Sl26 patents were issued by the
United States patent Office, but
of this number only tifty-three
were issued to women. The
task Of improving the machinery,
the household utensils, the wearing
apparel of the people-even the cor
sets and carriers of the ladies-is gen
orally left to masculine inventors,
while working women, who might
as well become inventors as not,
continue to depend on hard toll and
pinching thrift for a living. Women
are as quick as men to detect defects
in the tools they use, and the manu-
featured articles with which they are
acquainted, but the woman worries
along with what she finds at hand,
while the man first considers how
the article may be improved, and
having discovered the way, patents
the discovery.
That women can invent and can
patent their inventions is shown by
review of epatents issued to them.
That three women should have
patented three kinds of corsets and
four more should have devised four
new kinds of bustles and that one
should have hit upon a combined
corset and hustle is not very astonish-
ing. The wonder is, rather, that
men should have, during the same
period, devised five or six times as
many new kinds of each article. 1t
Is not even unexpected Wnen one
finds that one woman has patented a
new and useful plumbers trap to
prevent sewer gas from escaping into
a house from a washbowl. tBut
when it is found, as the fact is,
that one woman has patented a
successful hay press, and another a
machine for making barrels, the right
for which has been purchased by a
great matchmaking corporation, it
becomes apparent that woman's
intellect can grasp intricate mechani-
cal movements and combine them for
the benefit of the race.