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The Springdale news., 1888-12-28
Miscellaneous Items.

J. 4. Reeves, living near Little Rock, killed himself 2 few daxs ago, because eampeled te work far living.
 Macklyn Arbackle, a young lawyer of much prominence and popularity at Tex arkana, has joined the Pete Baker dra- matte combination and expected to make his first appearance with that troupe in New Orleans.
 N. \. Hayes, clerk of the United States Court, TeXarkana division, Eastern Dis trlct Of Arkansas, has received notice from his superior, Raiph Goodrich, et Little Rock, that on and after the next January term of the Federal Court to be held al TeXarkaua. his services would no longer be required. The charge against Mir Hayes is offensive partizanship.
 The organization Of the temperance workers of Arkansas, under the auspices Of the order of Good Templars. i, pro- eressing very rapidly. A great many lodges have been organized in this State within the past two or three months, and arrangements have been completed for the organization of Grand Lodge
 Adyices from Berryyille say that a gang Of horSe-thieves are operating in that vicinity. Two valuable horses belonging to Jas. Denny were stolen few nights ago, and Sheriff Morris and d posse went in pursuit of the thieves. II is claimed that the thieves are well organized. and have confederates at various points be- tween Arkansas and Indian Territory.
 For whole week the Circuit Court ot Pulaski County was engaged in trying a damage suit of Chas. F. Martin ct al vs. the St. Louis. Iron Mountain X Southern Railway Company for Ss0,00o for cotton burned in Little Rock one year ago. The ease excited great deal Of attention as the plaintiffs wanted to make the com pany responsible for the origin of the fire. The case finally went to the jury. and aft CT being out twenty minutes they rendered a verdict for defendant.
 The name of the post-office at Calf Creek, Searcy County, has been changed to Blaneo.
 The name of the post-office at Prayer. Arkansas County, has been changed 10 Ulm, and the site removed two and one half miles northeast into Prairie County.
 George Van Winkle, who lives near Newport, killed, while out gunning a few days ago. bald eagle whose wings from tip to tip measured eleven feet ten inches.
 W. w Smith, one of the Justices of the State Supreme Court died in Little Rock
 
 years.
 Deer, turkey and quail are said to be more abundant ill the city markets this year than usual. It is the result Of the game law.
 Governor Hughes declined to take any action on the petitions of certain citizens of Ashley County for the pardon of the murderers of Echols.
 The eighth anEnal meeting of the State Bar Association will be held at the United States Court rooms, in Little Rock. on Wednesday, January 3. 1889. The annual address will be delivered by $. N. Win- jams.
 It is announced that Colonel John NJ. Clayton, late Republican candidate for Congress ill the Second district. has served notice of his intention to contest the election upon his opponent, Hon. (. E. Breckinridge, i'll Washington. He al leges that he was deprived Of his election by fraud.
 We new claim 100000 population
The Springdale news., 1888-12-28
MISCELLANEOUS. $.

TIE cable annoInces that the French Minister Of Marine contradicts the report that his government is about to send sev- eral iron -clads 10 Panama to watch United States vessels of war there. He says two unarmored cruisers will 20 to Panama simply as a police measure, to look after the interests Of the French workmen eIa- ployed on the canal.
 QN the 10th the British Government or dered discoatinaance Of the reinforce ment Of the Mediterranean stations.
The Springdale news., 1888-12-28
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

IN the Senate, on the 18th. House bill 10 in corporate the American Historical Association was passed. resolution calling on the Secre- tary of the Navy for information concerning the expenditure Of ss25, GOO appropriated in the last Naval Appropriation bill for the construc- ton and repair of vessels, was adopted. Dis cussion of the Tarir bill was resumed and oc- cupied the hours, with the exception oi a short executive session. until adjournment ...... In the House the conference report on the bill to retire General A. J. Smith, with the rank Of Colonel Of cavalry was agreed to. Gonsidera- ;ion Of bill reported from the committee on accounts. authorizing the appointment Of clerks to Senators and Representatives not chairmen of committees, WIS refused. and the remainder Of the fssion Was taken up in the consideration Of appropr ation bills.
 Is the Senate, on the 29th, resolution for the adjournment of Congress from Deeemb Der 21 10 January2 was agreed to. By unanimous consent 1t was agreed that voting on me Iarif bill and amendments shall begin al p. III January 2l. The Tariff bill briefly consd- ered......In the House, the adjournment reso- iuton was passed, and consideration Of the River and Harbor bill was resumed. The read ing Of the bill by paragraphs having been en- tered upon the committee rose, and the House, at five o'clock. adjourned
 IN the Senate, the 21st, the Public Print ing Deficiency oil, appropriating s65o0o for printing anu eo.VOO loI oOetINdttodS oi fEe eclipse Of the sun the lst of January, was passed. A resolution was agreed to calling on the Secretary Of the Treasury for statement of bond purchases since March 1, lsS1 Consid- eratlon Of the Tar.r blII was then resumed on the cotton-mauufacturlng schedule. Several bills ot minor importance were taken from the calendar and passed, and the Senate, after q brief executive session. at five o'clock ad- teurneo until January 2.-+-. In the House, a res oluten was adopted asking the President for information touel-ing affairs in Madagascar. The House then. in committee of the whole. took up the NiearaEuan Canal bill, eonsidera- ton Of which was completed. and the bill re ported to the House, after which adjournment for the holidays was taken
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20
THE CHALLENGE.

! heard to-day upon the street,
Where bePgdrs sang u careless song,
A note, tone, so wondrOus sweet
That stood Silent in tho throng.
But, an, saw not thOss who sang;
heard not their wild madllg lgal;
A thousand voices round me rang,
And sweeter still, one maiden's call,
For which Id change tho fame of men.
My load unlOoscd Ike pil yrim's thrall;
/ fed my hungry heart again;
] saw my boyh0of home and all
And heard the backbirds, nesting sing
Their tender songs of evening.
Clear martial call OF buried lostsl
How sure thy challenge passed the years.
| saw like sentries at their posts
A myriad forms; the pines ike spears
shot through the after sunsets red;
The darkening fields; the CLEAN OF panes;
The murky dust, star panoplied;
The lazy kline along the lanes;
The school house dun; the village spire;
The home bent, dusty harvest iolks;
The corn fields famed with sunset fire;
And In our tryst beneath the oaks
We heard the blaokblrds, nestling, sing
Their tender songs Of evening.
Thus, angel Of our later DAYS,
with ever rhoycring unseen hand
Are hashed upon our blinded ways
The hidden shrlnes, we understand.
we climb the rugged sleeps of truth,
ana falter' Lo! thy helpings bring
The lesser 10 the larger youth.
A note, a tone, the hunblest thing,
Sweeps lrresistless all between
AND there the now prays with the then
Where once our heaven was lived unseen,
Ana where, ike pilgrims come again,
We hear tho blaokbrds, nesting sing
Their tender songs of evening.
IN. Y. Mail and Express.
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Mr.. CoNKLING's favorite poems were
"Lalla Rookh' and "The Lady of the
Lake"
For AS IN ADAM all die, so also in
Christ shall all be made alive.--[N. Y.
Mail and Express.
The PAscHAL CANDLE in st. Patrick's
Cathedral, New York, is ten feet, six
inches high, weighs seventy pounds, and
cost $3.50.
L. W. CoTTRELL of Detroit, who is now
on his way home from Europe, bought
twenty-five superior Percheron horses for
Senator Palmer while in France.
THE NEW silk factory at Peters
burg, Va, owned by John N. Stearns of
New York, will go into operation next
month. 1t will give employment TO 300
operatives.
The LONDON papers are inclined to
make fun of Mr.. Ignatius Donnelly's lee
lures on Shakespeare and the Baconian
cipher although they compliment him
on his smartness and abilities as speaker.
THE CONTENTS OF Mr.. Tilden's wine
cellar are soon to be sold by the execu-
tors of the estate. The stock is thought
to be worth between $4,000 and $50, 900,
and it includes some very rare wines.
DIR. GEORGE NJ. STERNBERe of the army
is to lecture before the College of Physi-
clans of Philadelphia Saturday evening
upon the value of incubation for yellow
fever and the results of his researches in
Brazil.
NINE YOUNG swoRDswoMEN from vi
emma have arrived in New York and will
give series of fencing exhibitions under
direction of their instructor, Professor
Harh, who accompanies them from
Europe.
FRANK NICHOLSON, who has Just been
appointed Government Assayer at ST.
Louis, is nephew of Commissioner Col
man and graduate of Washington Uni
versity. He at one time drove milk
wagon for the money to pay his board
bill.
MR.. TAYLOR, the late Minister TO Lii
IBERIA, says there is one regiment of All
men in that country, of which 1888 are
officers and only twenty-nine pnvates
while there isn't cannon or rifle in the
whole Liberian army that is in service
able condition.
THE CHINESE ALMANAC is issued by the
Government exclusively and is the most
universally circulated book in the Celes-
tial Empire. 1t is not so much de-
voted to astronomical data as it is to
| predictions and directions concerning the
ordinary events of life, based upon GER
tain fortune-telling combinations. Con-
sequently it is consulted by all classes as
a guide to good luck.
COLONEL j. Q. MARSHALL, who has
been appointed Secretary of State of
South Carolina by Governor Richardson
| TO fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Major Leitner, is 80 years ofage, and since
1874 has held the office of Trial Justice,
1t was in such capacity that he admins.
tered the oath of office to Governor-elect
Hampton in 1876, for which he was re-
moved by Governor Chamberlain, but
was afterward reappointed.
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20
FOR RENr--RoOMs.

DOR REST-NO. s21 9TH st. N. VINCE
IL large corner room; suitable for gentle
man and wife or two gentlemen, with or VOL
out board at $40 per month each, ~
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20

whereby the work Of emancipation
may be done at once, and once for all.
The bill for the gradual extinction Of
slavery passed in 1885 is still in force,
and has already caused the liberation
of over 10000 slaves more than sixty
years of age; but the process is too
slow to suit the spirit Of the times, and
it is now pretty well assured that a
general emancipation act will be
passed the present year, and with it
disappear rhe last vestige of slavery on
the continent excepting as it exists in
Cuba,
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20
PROPOSALS.
PHoEI,oosAL,s,, ,,, FOR MIscEILasEogs , = sur sgr

DROpOsALs FOR MISCELLANEOUS SUP
\ plies. War Department, April Q. 1888.
Scaled proposals. In duplicate, will be re-
ceived at this Office until 1 o'clock p. m,
brushes, soaps, towels, etc., etc, for the War
Department and its bureaus In Washington
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880.
Blank forms OF proposals, showing the
items and estimated quantities required.
together with Instructions 70 bidders, Will be
furnished on application 20 this Office.
formal acceptance Of any bid under this adj
vertisement Will be made until Congress
makes an appropriation from which the sup.
plies called for can be purchased.
Bids Will be considered on each Item sop
arntely
Proposals must be addressed TO the under.
signed, indorsed on the outside of tho en-.
plies" G. n. UOYr,
AcaiQtnnt Ouartp tppnaatpr
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20

TIE INDIAN BRANCH of the Govern
ment needs careful looking after, but
we cannot help thinking that good
deal more time than really necessary
was expended by the House yester-
day in the passage of the Indian APP
preparation bill.
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20

Mr.. SHERMAN is, no doubt. well
pleased with the action of the Ohio
Republican convention at Dayton.
He has right to be. The party
stands faithfully to its pledges so far
and will do so at Chicago. 1t is posi-
BILE he may be nominated-'if Blaine
1nn,t MN y
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20
DEPARTNENT or THE INTERIOR,

u WASHINGTON, y. O., April 3, 1883,
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received Mt
this Department until IL o'clock IN, THURS
DAY, NAV 3. 1888, for furnishing Mlscel.
lapeous Supplies to the Department Of the In
terror during the fiscal year ending June 80,
1880, consisting of brooms, brushes, clocks,
file holders, portfolio drawers, soaps, hard
ware. chairs, carpets, desks, dry goods, lum-
Der, forage, etc.
Proposals must be made on the Department
forms which, with the necessary Instructions.
will be furnished on application. They must
be addressed TO the Secretary of the Interior,
and indorsed upon the envelope proposals
for Miscellaneous Supplies"
WM. +. Villas, Secretary.
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20

TIE BILL FOR THE admission Of
South Dakota to the Union passed the
Senate yesterday by vote of 2G Re-
publicans TO % Democrats. Mr.. Rid
dlebergcr was absent. II will not
pass the House at this session, ex.
cepting with some Democratic Offset.
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20

T 0OK! WE EHAyE VERY FINE OIL PAINT.
IL ings, 22x36 inches, with magnificent
frames, for $12. House Furnishing Goods,
Musical Instruments Rogers's 1917 Best
Quality Silverware, Paror and Kitchen
Clocks, Baby Carriages-all Of which we sell
ON small weekly or monthly payments.
GATELY e ALDRICH,
b27 9TH st n w.
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20
M IsCELLANEOUs SUPPLIES.
PosToFFICE DEPAnrNENr.


WASHINGTON, ID. O., April b, 1883.
SEALED PROPOSALS will bo received at
this Department until Saturday the 10Th day
of May, 1888, at ~ o'clock noon, at which
time and place they will be opened In the
presence of bidders or their authorized agents
onnttorneys, for doing the necessary painting
In the Department; for winding and keeping
the clocks In repair, and for furnishing such
coal, wood, ice, carpets, chairs, cotton cloth
for mapmounting), Poap, closet paper
matches, busters, whisk and corn-brooms,
desk and waste.paper baskets and forage, as
may he ordered during the fiscal year begin
ming July 1, 1883, and ending June 80, 1899
Bids are also invited for the purchase Of the
waste-paper from the Postof1ice Department,
Money order Building, Topographers 0dico
and Maripi's Hall.
Blanks for proposals, with specifications
giving detailed statement Of the requirements
TO be met In respect TO each article, and also
the estimated quantities probably to be re-
quired of each, and giving full Instructions as
to the manner of bidding and conditions to
be observed by bidders, will be furnished on
application TO the superintendent and Dis
bursting Clerk, Postoflco Department, Wash.
ington, ID. q.
The Postmaster General reserves the right
to reject any or all bids, TO waive technical
defects and TO accept any part Of any bid
and reject the other part.
DON NJ DICKINSON,
Postmaster. General.
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20

THE Harrison boom in Indiana
materialized considerably yesterday.
So far as heard from the delegations
to Chicago are solid for the General
and against the Judge, excepting in
possibly one district.
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20

INDIANA REPUBLICANS have named q
solid Harrison delegation to Chicago,
One man in the State is going around
inquiring "Who is Walter O.
Gresham ?"
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20

HALF or THE National Legislature
being willing to have half of Dakota
come in, how long will it take for the
whole Of the National Legislature to
be willing to let in the whole Of Da-
kota? This problem is respectfully
referred TO civilscrvice examination
cnndilnins
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20
Tor SALE

Mass ave, near 18th st, 10room brick, 8
stories. $4,000.
X ST, bet 18th and 18th, 3-story and cellar,
rooms, $4,000.
b 81, near 18th W, 3.story and cellar; II
rooms, fine house, $4,000.
B st, near 18th w, 2story, O room brick,
90 70 front, $4,000.
9th 81, near B @, good story and base
ment, rooms, all IN I, S3.70O.
Seven beautiful building lots on % st, bet
Pa ave and st 3 o, 1Sx03, each $500, cor
ner $4,000.
Send for new bulletin Of farm and country
properties. - -
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The Washington critic., 1888-04-20
is CONGRESS roo sMALLq

Mr.. Tillman of the South Carolina
delegation in Congress, expresses the
opinion that our National Legislature,
considering the size of the country
and its vast and varied population, is
altogether too small.
The House of Representatives, in
his opinion, should have ut least six
hundred members and the Senate no
less than three hundred.
In support of this proposition Mr.
Tillman cites the fact that the British
House of Lords has $50 members and
the House Of Commons go; but
we fail to see any particular advan-
tage in the British system over the
American, or why it were not as well
for England to reduce her representa-
ton in Parliament as it would be for
the United States to more than double
hers in Congress.
By many people in this country it
is believed that the public business
would be greatly facilitated, the mis-
chief of sectional combinations done
away with, and the danger of waste
ful dead-locks materially diminished
by cutting down the number of Rep
resentatives at least one-half.
Mr.. Tillman ably and honestly adj
vocates the other extreme.
He does not think the interests of
sixty millions of people can be prop
erly cared for by four hundred legis-
lators.
There is much to be said on both
sides of the question, but we have
long felt that the tendency of the
times was to a redundancy, rather
than deficiency of legislation, and
that constant accessions to the House
resulted more in cumbering than ex-
pediting the wheels of the Govern
ment.
Congress as it is succeeds nspreading
upon the calendar from eight to ten
thousand bills and resolutions every
session, with the almost certain result
that nine-tenths of them eventually
90 to the waste basket. Give us as
many more Representatives as we
now have and four times as many
Senators, all ambitious to win the
honors of craftsmanship and the good
graces of their constituents, the
chances are that the volume of useless
and unavailing legislation would be
correspondingly enlarged, and just so
much more valuable time helplessly
and hopelessly wasted.
With the proposed increase would
also supervene duplication of politi-
cal aspirants and of political agitationi
and we cannot readily subscribe to the
view that the United States needs
any more politics to promote her
welfare. Every other man is politi
clan as it is. Would it be well to
make everybody politician
But if there is force in Mr.. Till
mans argument as to comparative
numbers between the American Con
gress and the British Parliament
why not go further and borrow the
British system of gratuitous service
It's English, you know" to pay
their representatives nothing. Will
this amendment, perhaps, we nigh
accept the proposition. But woulC
it be easy to find nine hundred mel
in this country so covetous of Con
gressional honors as to be willing tC
serve on these terms? And if they
were to be found, would they consti
tute such Congress as the American
people would like to have?
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20

GOVERNOR FORAKER will be one of
the Ohio delegates to the Chicago
convention. Foraker is Sherman
man with Foraker for second choice
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20

MINISTER PHELPS has not yet visited
the Supreme Courtroom to see if the
middle cushion on the bench is com
Portable enough for him.
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20
FOR SALE AND RENT.

non RENT OR ron SALE, on VERY REA-
H sonablo terms, house 81 II 81 n 0; 3
story brick, mod imps, stable In rear. Apply
TO X. WHITE, 024 L st W; can deal direct
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20
HOUSES FOR RENT

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT.
Safe as U. s. bonds; per cent. payable
quarterly; In sums S100 to $1,000; small
premium charged.
LOANS
In sums TO suit at O per cent.
The above Is only small portion OF prop
erty on my books For full list call at Office
for hnlletIns issued on 1st and 18th.
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20
Academy of the Holy Cross,
1872 MASS. AVE. N. W.,

1917 MASS. AVE, N. w,
WIN resume first Monday IN September. It
affords every facility for acquiring thorough
and accomplished education. The musical
department, embracing Harp, Piano, Organ,
thoroughly ly-acoompllshe teachers. Painting
In Lustre, Oil and Water Colors. Special at
tention paid TO Bookkeeping and the Higher
Mathematics. Attached 70 the Academy Is
Department for Little Boys.
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20

The SATURDAY CRITIC will appear
tomorrow in its usual eight-page
form and brim-full of good matter
specially prepared for this edition.
The advance demand is heavy. The
paper is becoming indispensable.
Everybody wants it. There is only
one paper in the District that claims
TO lead it in circulation, and THE
CmTIc is still climbing up.
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20
PROPERTY FOR SAIL
GEORGETOWN.

COUNTRY PROPERTY FOR SALE.
152 acres IN Loudoun County, Va, s1s per
acre.
b4o acres, u mile from station, in Virginia,
1926 per acre.
115 acres on the Oxen Hill road, @ miles
from city
6lS acres u mile from Leonardtown, st
Mary's County, Md.
Go acres u mile from Beltsyllle, sale or
trade So ZOO
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20

THE LOUISIANA ballot-box is over
whelmingly Democratic.
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20
CRITICULAH.
In the Domestic Circle,

In the Domestic Circle:
Wifc-lugubriously: I'm awfully blue
this monipg.
Husband: Indeed, my dear, didn't
notice It.
Wife-petulantly: ia like to know why
you didn't should think anybody
could see Il.
Husband. Anybody else might, my
dear, but you know I'm color blind.
THE LATEST FAD.
IL is custom long in use,
At least 50 rumor tells,
That Fashion in apparelng
Puts garters on the bellies.
But now there comes newer fad,
And Fashions lovely martyrs,
Resolved to be in style or die,
Put bells upon the garters.
THE OLD, OLD STORY.
She gave him her nit
And sent him away,
Aud he's been hermit
To thisvery day.
III bread-hcavy biscuit.
In Congress:
ONeill of Missouri say, Lawler, did
you hear Foran get off that foreign lingo
in his speech Wednesday,
Lawler: No. What was it?
O'Neill: Something about hisser passer.
What does that mean
Lawler: Lazy passer? Oh that's plair
enough, it means walking delegate o
course.
THE d. T. +.
Dedicated 10 The Hon. Tim. Tarney O
WchigdR.
WHO'S il suffers day by day
The tyrant yoke of English sway,
And never has q word to say?
The Down.trodden Irish.
Who is IL never tells their grief?
Who is il never asks relief
And if they get it want it brief?
The Down.trodden Irish.
Who is it comes to this free shore,
Year after year, by score and score,
And getting all they can, want more2
The Down. trodden Irish.
Who is il from bright green throne
Call politicians all their own,
Get all the meat, give them the bone
The Down-trodden Irish.
Who is II takes their whisky straight,
And growing on it grow so great
They want to run the Ship of State
The Down-trodden Irish.
Who is it in the Land of Rest,
Where all must heed the Lords behest
Will kick because they are oppressed
The Down-trodden Irish.
The Washington critic., 1888-04-20

THE BILL FoR THE appointment and
retirement Of John G. Fremont as n
major-general in the army, favorably
reported in the Senate yesterday, con
templates nothing in the nature of a
mere reward or superhuous dfstinc-
ton, but simple act of justice in
recognition of distinguished services
TO his country. General Fremont's
record is one of peculiar usefulness
and honor, and there is no man more
deserving of grateful remembrance by
the Government. The report in the
case is not unanimous, however, and
the bill will probably he criticised as
establishing another bad precedent.
But where is similar case to which
this can be made precedent