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Republican County Convention.

Republican County Convention.
The convention held in Deer Lodge on
the 18th inst. to send delegates to the
territorial convention. which will be held
in Livingston, placed James Fl. Mills in
the chair and named NJ. H. Bryan secre-
tary, and Immediately proceeded to bust
ness. The following delegates and alter
mates were elected:
DELEGATES. ALTERNATEs.
j. Fl. Mills, Geo. Bell,
81. r. Whitehill, J. G. d. Joslyn,
Judge Galbraith, Joe Lodge,
w. l.. HOge, VIM. Sutter,
NJ. J. Fitzpatrick, II. S. Neal,
J. F. KIRBY, Gust Gamer,
J. W. Barker, Jr., John Is. Proulx,
John Mcleod, John Rains,
DEW Fl. Pittwood, John Kaiser,
DR.. Mussigbrod. w. NJ. Thompson.
The convention favored the sending of
one of the two delegates from the west
side and the delegates were instructed to
act to that end.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-18
PEARLY FINGER TIPS.
FaStidiOuS People WHO Take Care
Of Their Hands,
WASHINGTON MANIGUREs
A Custom That Has Grown into
Great Favor.

The members of the French Lega-
ton have the best kept hands Of any
men AZ Washington.
Phis is on the authority Of q local
manicure, as she addressed herself
ortistically to the reportorial finger
nails There's hardly man in the
Embassy whose fnger-tips are not a.
brilliant as mother-of-pearl. They
20 to manicures as regularly as to bar
bers. why shouldn't thcy2 Man
touring is French rt,and patriotism
alone would lead them to favor IT,
In this city men are better patrons
Of manicures than are women.
The 0rtisto des mains drew aside a
porcupine-quill poitiere and showed
handsomely furnished apartment in
which several well-known men were
awaiting their turn at the manicural
cushion.
This is our smoking-room," she
said. "Our art has found such favor
among the masculine element that 1t
was necessary to provide thus for oar
men patrons"
How do you account for the pre-
dominance OF men among your cuts
TONERS q"
81 think it's because women learn
the art themselves and practice it ut
home. Miss Cleveland took n clevcr
way OF avniling herself of the art. She
sent her maid here 20 bc treated The
maid was observing aud Initiative.
and afterward dressed her lady's hauh
IN the most approved lashidh Bat
| Miss Cleveland didn't profit much by
Go 1. tI 4 L. 4 A
wages OF skilled labor, and when this
was refused her. gave IN her situation
and opened manicural parlors,
cts surprising how pretty fingers
| please even the great of the land
| Not long ago q Representative from
one of the Gulf States happened into
my parlors. Washington civilization
had pinched his toes, and, in conse-
| quence, he had q corn TO Inc treated
After ] had placed him properly OH
his feet, he paid me liberally, and
said he guessed he would hurry over
and see the President on business.
| glanced at his hands, each finger OF
which carried a much-chewed nail.
l suggested that he submit to mani
curing, but as he didn't appear 10 I'M
derstand what meant, finished oG
finger for him. 1t took his fancy
exactly, and now lie exhibits ten
| glittering gems at his finger-ends
whenever he removes his gloves"
The hnger-decorative fad has prob
ably reached a higher development
in Washington than in any other
American city. At fashionable
school in this city nail culture Is al
most part of the curriculum, and the
boarders are visited regularly by u
manicure and instructed in the mys-
teries of ungual adornment. Mrs.
| James Brown Potter was noted while
in Washington society for the beauty
of her 6nger-tips, and did much to
increase the popularity Of this peculiar
art.
Mrs Cleveland wields her own
! io.ts; 'i,..'sss.' des oRgies, but q public re-
pIan vepI1ion WIZ its hand-grasping always
During Arthurs aiIiIIit.' ~, ~ u n n
manicure made Regular weekly visits
to the White House, and from that
time nail-garniture at the Capital
dates its greatest popularity.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-18
THE GENIUS OF THE BOTTLE.

There's a queer little bottle stands here on
my desk,
1t is shaped like q. boat and is quite
picturesque,
With figure-head just the least trihe
grotesque.
1t holds in its depths, though you never
And may not wholly be able to show it,
The treasures of romancer, bandit and
poet.
There are staid, sober facts for the solemn
and wise,
And fables for those who like truth in
disguise;
There are sweet dreams and fancies that
point to the skies.
There are songs that are sweet as the
voice ofthe lark,
There are ,iests that belong to the days of
There are arrows of wit that fly straight
TO the mark.
And tales of devotion and honor and
truth
And stories of danger and beauty and
ruth,
That quicken the pulse in the bosom of
iouth.
There are truths that flash out like a,
sword in the fight
That shine like u star in the darkness of
night,
To guide straying feet from the wrong to
the right.
There are sweet psalms Of iaith, full many
ween,
And solace for sorrow and praises serene,
And glad songs ofstrength whereon weak
ness may lean.
All this in the bottle, although I can't
prove ii,
And the Genius stands there in his glory
above it,
This strange little hottie All, me! how
love il.
And whatever he gives of its marvellous
store,
With pride that is humble bring to your
door,
And grateful and happy pay evermore.
o Genius that stands on this strange bot
ties brink
O aid me forever and ever to link
My heart to the world in this bottle of
ink.
CARLOTTA Penny
The Washington critic., 1888-02-18

they are out of doors, and in holding
draperies or bows of ribbon, or many
of the other oaprices for which
women are famous. These little
swords and daggers are about
eight to ten inches long, and
are of gilt, Steel or, in some
few instances, of beautifully worked
Damascus steel, inlaid with gold and
enamel One lady has one in gold.
Mrs. j. X. Hayward, who is daughter
of Admiral Place, and she wears 1t so
constantly that it has come to be a
distinguishing mark, and she would
not look fully dressed if her delicate
beauty were not enhanced by this
pretty gold dagger employed in some
way, either pinning on bunch of
flowers, holding some priceless lace in
graceful festoons, or among her brown
curls, or adding distinctiveness to one
of her bonnets. Mrs. Frank Leslie
also wears one of exquisite workman
ship, q real Toledo blade, and she is
never seen without it, as there is al
ways some point or part OF. her toilet
where it is just what is needed The
head in the middle of this illustration
is to show the newest style for dress
ing the hair for grand occasions and
for home, and the combs as hand
some accessories. These vary, some
being in tortoise shell, some ivory,
some silver, and even gold, while
others are embellished with imitation
diamonds. The metal combs are apt
to cut the hair if worn often. But
combs are decidedly pretty when
properly adjusted. Sometimes as
mapy as three are worn at once
"fans are various" the sent
clerk of q leading 'nouse told me in
answer n my query, and so they are,
but | chose out three as representa-
tives of the best styles in vogue this
season. The largest one is made of
gray hens feathers, and is painted
with spray of lilies of the valley,
and on one side is sewn bunch
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OF the Northwest Territory for some
time, and Senator Palmer still has the
old Dutch clock which he brought
with him from Vermont to the wilds
of Michigan.
Palmer is bigger man than Man
derson. lie tips the beam vt 200
pounds, and he Is tall and well made.
He is rather aowery speaker, though
he dips deeply into facts now and
then, and his speeches bristle with
points. Manderson likes to get off a
joke on Palmer, and his latest refers
to Ia1
PALMER's SPEECH ON MS tMyIGRATIoN
BILL,
which was hardly up to the stand
ard of some of the fowery speeches
he made last summer TO the college
boys at Ann Arbo-, Mich. Mander-
son says that the trouble about this
immigration speech was that Palmer
keeps two secretaries, one of which is
known as the rhetorical secretary"
and the other as ''the statistical score
tary," and that the two are ex-
pected to work together with all the
harmony of Julian Hawthorne
and Inspector BYrnes. But just
as the time for this immigration
speech came on, "the rhetorical sec
retary" grew suddenly i'll, and the re-
suit was that Palmer's speech was all
figures. / called upon Senator
Palmer and asked him as to this fact.
found him prancing around the
billiard table at the back of his office,
in his shirt sleeves, and striking at
the balls with cue which looked as
though IL had been used by Noah in
the ark, and was worn down into n
cane. lie was leading the rhetorical
secretary" lively dance to beat him,
and through the door in the next
room ] saw the Statistical secre-
tary" grinding away with and try
ing to masticate some of the
millions of figures in the New
York Worlds Almanac. The
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poorest of America, and, in fact, he
brought home whole arithmetic of
figures under that thatch of iron gray
hair. He is, of course, for protective
tariff, and, as a radical Republican, he
could not be otherwise.
Speaking of the tariff, however,
the veteran tariff man in the Senate
10 Justin S. Morrill,, whose head has
grown gray fIl the sJinport Of lsetaa-
ton, and whose noted bill, known as
the Morrill, tariff bill, of 1861, is
known to every student of political
economy. Morrill, is the patriarch of
Congress, and he was born when the
world was just IS years younger than
il now is. He came to the House of
Representatives with John Sherman,
and he has been thirty-four years in
the United States Senate. Sherman
entered the Senate some years before
him, and he has had longer Sena-
torial service, / think, than he, but
Morrill,, who ranks as the father of
the Senate. is now a hale old man.
He is a student and also writer. He
is noted for his rounded sentences,
and he is good conversationalist.
His wife comes of one of the old
families of New England, and Sena-
tor Morrill, lives very nicely at Wash
ington in his house facing Thomas
Circle. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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of those exquisite flowers. The flowers
should always be natural ones. The
round fan is of Grape tightly drawn,
pale green in color and with a gold
handle. ON it is painted Spanish
scene. The white ostrich plume
fan is a favorite, and it looks
for all the world like soft duster
as it hangs loosely by the strings
which fasten it to the dress. The one
here represented was worn by Mrs.
Alice Shaw, the whistling lady, who
manages TO whistle in some peculiar
manner without puckering her face
all up into ugly wrinkles, though it is
safe to say she would never have tried
to whistle in public if it had made her
look ugly. That would be requiring
too much of human nature.
The desire for having something
distinctive in dress leads the women
to do many things which are mex
cusable in any other way. A young
married lady, who can afford seal
skin wrapper, with Wat teau train,
if she wants one, gave her furrier an
order to make her tight fitting jacket
out of tiger skin. The effect is
startling. saw her yesterday. The
furrier has been careful to make all
the markings match completely, and
the beholders eye is Immediately at
tracted, and then beg IS neces-
sity to trace eacl particular
stripe, to make sure that the SYM
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Senator asked me to sit down and see
how the pioneer statesman worked.
did so, and was RECALLED for an hour
with bits of Cicero, Shakespeare, Mar
Gus Arelius and other choice quota
tions with which Palmer varied his
philosophic conversation between his
skillful taps of the ivory balls. In
fact, however, Palmer's speeches bear
the plain marks of Palmer himself,
and he has certain individuality
which shows out for itself. He is
well read and cultured, and he has as
much good common sense as his
Bercheron horses, who, he says, far
surpass humans.
Here is slice of Massachusetts,,
and these two venerable men are the
Senators from the great State of cod
and colleges. Senator Hoar is q
smooth faced man in specs, with a
patriarchal, innocent, grandfatherly
air, and the gray bearded, bright-eyed
man at his side is Senator Dawes.
SENATOR HoAR
is a man Of extraordinary culture.
He has neyerwasted his leisure, and
1 am told at tire Congressional Lii
brary that he knows more tlan the
dictionary. He is thoroughly up Sn
matters of American history, and he
has the Constitution, the Federalist,
and the 200 and more volumes of the
Congressional Record by heart. He is
well up on other things outside Of
America, and he knows books like a
bibliophile. He can tell you the edi-
tions, and had he devoted as much
time to money making as he has to
his reading he would be worth for
tune. One of Hoar's peculiarities is
that he will not submit to interview,
and he prefers, he says, to write his
own views, over his own name, for
his own paper.
This is unfortunate for the other
papers !
Hoar boards here at Washington,
and he is student rather than a
society beau.
SENATOR DAWES
is one of the oldest men in Congress,
and he had long term in the House
before he came to the Senate. He is
an older man than Hoaf, though he
does not look it, and Keim's Hand
DOOk says IudJ ue Is TCIudrkdDly Well
preserved, being in perfect vigor Of
intellect and body" No one who has
ever seen Senator Dawes speak would
doubt the truth Of this statement, for
he has as many gestures as he has
muscles, and he enforces his orations
with all the gyrations of an India
rubber man at the circus. He is q
man of brains, too, and he has been
noted as sympathizer with the poor
Indian. He does not agree with Phil.
Sheridan that ''the best Indian is a
dead Indian" and he has as broad
views of most problems as had Charles
Sumner, whom he succeeded. Senator
Dawes wife is one of the cultured
women of Washington, and his
daughter is writer of books. Miss
Annie Dawes, however, does not
choose wishy-washy subjects to eluci-
date with her pen, and the fact that
her books, Chow We Are Governed"
and "The Modern jew" are widely
read, shows that she is chip of the
old block in her tastes, running toward
craftsmanship rather than fiction.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-18
Subjects for Medical Colleges.

EDITOR CRITIC: This outcry against rob
bing graves is heard every now and then,
and will be repeated as long as anatomy is
recognized amongst the sciences. Books
and engIavings cannot teach the student
of medicine. TO make dissection of dead
bodies illegal would, in fifty yea, make
anatomy an extinct science. and to
what better use can corpse be put than
dissection? The Subjects" available for
the dissecting table are generally unit for
demonstration, outcasts from the poor
house or the hospital, their muscular and
nervous systems depraved or distorted by
disease The best disposition of q dead
body is cremation or dissection. Many
scientific physicians have suggested this
in their lectures, and some have be-
queathcd their bodies to the disseoting
table. / know of a college where the
skeleton of one of its professors swings
over the table of the demonstrator Of
anatomy. GALEN.
Washington, Feb. Il.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-18
FREAKS OF FASHION.
Swords, DaggerS and RapIerS as
Ornaments of Female Beauty.
FRESH NOVELTIES IN FANS.
Millions of Money Spent in the
Purchase OF Dangerous Cos
metics.

New YoRE, Feb. 17.-It must not
be supposed from a cursory glance at
these unconsidered triaes that il is the
fashion for all ladies to make prac-
tice Of carrying swords, rapiers and
other warlike articles about with
them; though, in view of the fashion
of cunning and hunting, 1t might be
so, only 1t isn't. These are the new
est ornaments of female beauty, and
are of various uses Some ladies use
them rs hairpins, others rs collar pins,
and others on hats and bonnets, while
The Washington critic., 1888-02-18
Oats That Could Talk.

Cats are said to be less sagacious than
dogs. / remember one we had when
children who would follow us out into
the street, walk behind us to the house
where we spent tine evening, sit on the
doorstep till we came out, and then fol-
low us home. We have had several who
could open different fastenings with case,
like dog, run after ball or green apple
at any distance, bring II back I'M its
mouth, and do this as often as required.
1t has been said that dogs have been
taught to say different words. We have
had cats who would say'no,n "don't' and
"nown as distinctly as persons. | have
not the least doubt that almost any ami
NAL could be taught some words il con.
tinually in the society Of one person and
petted Il Boston Transcript.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-18

matter OF color. FLUSH AND GRAPE
The other costume is ono which can
be worn in the house or abroad, aud
can be made of WOODEN or the new
combinations for spring and summer
wear. Lent is here, and during this
period of fasting and modification
Of the flesh the summer gowns will be
made up. BY next week | shall be
able to tell all about the pretty things
in store for us. a'fF
Women in this country spend
more money in cosmetics than
would pay the National debt and
leave a surplus bigger than
there is now for the politicians to
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lovely women there u fortune for
those who enjoy such things. As for
me ! haven't lost any tigers or
leopards.
Once in q while, however, you find
a lady who shows some taste and
common sense, and that lady will
wear neat and graceful wrap, which
Is warm and suitable for all weather
and almost all occasions, though it
must be admitted that that same lady
shows signs of some lapse of principle
in regard TO her bonnet, or perhaps
that is q compromise between com
mon sense and The fashion. At any
rate, we should be thankful that it is
10 worse.
Two very pretty, neat house dresses
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HINTS TO RIDERS.
What AN Accomplished Horseman Says
to Aspiring Equestrian

"As Il rule you will - ia
America" said Lieutenants Tpd-
holm of the Royal Danish cavalry.
who is now head Instructor of the
Riding Academy, ''more accom-
plished horsewomen than horsemen.
the ladies showing to better ad-
vantage and having a steadier and
more regular seat. Why? Because
the gentlemen think that they under
stand the art of riding long before
they have mounted horse. A lady
should sit in the middle of the sad
die, the figure erect, shoulders of an
equal height and the elbows near the
side. The right leg, by which the
weight should be mainly supported.
must be level from the knee mp and
lie close to the saddle with the foot
turned in. The stirrup should be OF
such length as to raise the left Lex
lightly against the leaping horn The
hand should follow the motion of the
horses head through the wrist, SO
that if the horse pulls the reins the
hand will remain firm. BY keeping
the elbow close to the side and the
wrist supple You can get the proper
! init of rein.
"a firm, easy hand is difficult to aG-
quire, but it must be had if YOU wish
to be good rider. Usually ladies are
taught to rise in the saddle. This
trick, which was invented on dis
covered by the English, is very
serviceable, where you have II hard
trotting horse and don't want to take
all the pounding. 1t can be accom-
plished by stretching out the left leg,
and keeping time with the horses
movement in your lift from the
saddle.
at is a mistake to think that gen
tleman has y better advantage sitting
on a horse than q lady. His seat is
not near so firm or secure. Every
horseman must expect, sooner or
later, TO be thrown, and the main
thing at such q time is to keep cool
and get yourself clear of the horse.
A man keeps his balance with his
knees and with the inside of the
thigh inthe saddle. The ankle must
be supple to keep the feet in the
stirrups. The heel should be an
inch lower than the ball of the
foot and the knee slightly bent, so
lIul u Ifl llNAAlNAiol INV llNhl NAAS
knee down win Just strike behind the
toes. Every rider ought TO take his
first lesson without stirrups, so as not
to learn TO depend on them, and a
good rider ought to keep his seat with
out them as well as with them. In
fact, if his legs were cut of at the
knees, hc should he able to ride with
the butts"
The first time a lady mounts, or
rather tries TO mount, is the funniest
thing about the learning She will
put her right hand on the pommel of
the saddle, her left on the shoulder of
the groom, and her left foot in his
hand. lie win tell her to give a light
spring when he counts three. Then
here he goes cone, two, throem The
lady is not in the saddle, and he
wishes he hadn't had his tongue be-
tween his teeth when her left knee
struck his chin. l.. \. I.
g. The $4,000 house is at l4lS Firteeath
street. %
PoroNAc Boat Club Fair, FEBRUARY ~
to March 10.
PoToMAc Boat Club Fair February -
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This is a very good pose of Senator
Allison, as he stands with his hands
behind him there at the back of the
Senate, talking with man who looks
like Senator, but who is in reality a
messenger, Allison is straight, tall
and rather inclined to stoutness. He
wears good clothes, and he buttons
his double-breasted frock coat tightly
around him. He is noted for his
diplomacy, and ingalls, once said that
he could walk on tho bare floor from
one end of the Senate Chamber to the
other with Dutch clogs and make no
more noise than fly on the ceiling.
He mixes his diplomacy, however,
with brains, and he is q thinker as
well az q politician, He
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A BhACK GHOST.

pray who are you, l should like to
know,
Old raven on yonder post2'
And the bird cawed back 81 am no
crow
I'm am upassuming ghost
"a ghost /" | said '' It's delicious quite,
As / gave my boot a whaok
With my cane; ''as ghosts are always
white,
Pray how IS it tyou are black
And ere he fluttered away from the post,
lie wore an expression teryent;
And said; 81 am black because I'm the
ghost
OF Washingtons body servant
-(R, X, NJ in Puck,
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THE DIAMOND sNIUGGLER.
A Clever Scheme TO Evade the Gus
toms Officers.

A Clever Scheme to Evade the Gus
toms Officers.
Jepeller'S Weekly! Smugglers must
lie awake nights trying to evolve new
schemes to evade the payment of
duties; at least ] imagine they must
from the number of new schemes l
am constantly obliged to be on the
lookout for. No sooner do we begin
to watch for passengers with the
thick-soled shoes made by European
shoemakers to accommodate the dia-
mond smugglers, than we have to
detect the woman with a bonnetful of
jewelry. We seize enough, heaven
knows, but not fiftieth part of the
contraband goods brought into this
country are ever detected. The articles
which seem to be most favored by the
smugglers are diamonds, jewelry and
watches, although silks and costly
dress goods are by no means despised.
Diamonds, however, hold first rank,
because of their portability and the
small space which they occupy.
Search in the most unlikely places
has often revealed mine of wealth.
Only a few days ago, in the travelling
bag of tourist Just arrived was u
very innocent-looking piece of toilet
soap, which would never have been
given second glance by the inspector
il it had not been for the evident
anxiety displayed by the owner of
the bag to get it back. Almost
ashamed Of himself, the officer pulled
out his pocket knife and attempted to
pierce that cake of soap. The travel
er's jaw fell and the officers knife
blade met an obstruction at about the
same time. There were Just So, ,000
worth of rubies and diamonds inside
of that partly-used cake.
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in Ohio when Andrew jackson was
serving his first term as President,
and The went to school near Cleveland.
He practiced law at Ashland, Ohio,
and you may hear many q good story
there of how this Iowa Senator out
witted his young fellow lawyers at
the bar, lie moved West at 80, and
he was in Congress eight years before
he was elected to the Senate. He is
a man of some means and unbouuded
ambition, and his political friends are
many. He is looked upon as heir
perspectiyeof Blaine's possibilities,
and the Presidential bee IS hlmming
about his head, though whether It
will sting him remains to be seen.
Senator Allison is a widower. He
keeps house; however, and has fine
residence not far from that of Senator
Morrill,. aa
One of the best speeches of the
present session was Senator Frye's on