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The Washington critic., 1888-01-23
MEMS SCARLET UNDERWEAR.

MEMS SCARLET UNDERWEAR.
We dong wish to have a
piece left at stock-taking
time - January 3Ist- and
won't if a price will sell
them. To fully appreciate
these reductions it is neces-
sary to consider that they
were originally marked at
less than their usual selling
price.
LOT 1-Men's Al.wool Scarlet Underwear,
extra heavy Shirts, have webbed skirt
shirts. sizes a. 80. 40 and AZ, Drawers,
sizes 80, 81, SO and 40.
Regular price. ...............S1 37I6
Stocktaking price. 1 90
LOT 2-;Nen's All-wool Scarlet Underwear,
full regular made. Shirts, sizes 40 and AZ;
Drawers, size SO; worth 81 81.
Regular price,. 25
Stock.taking price........... 1 90
Underwear, pure cochineal dye, soft quality,
Shirts, sizes SO, 3S and 10; Drawers, sizes
80, 80, SO and 40.
Regular price........,....,,S20 90
Stock-taking price......,.... 90
LOT 4-Men's Extra Heavy Atwood Scarlet
toned, shirts webbed at skirt. Sizes 81, 80,
3S, 40, 40 and al; Drawers, sizes 80, 80, 81,
SO, 39 and 40.
Regular price. .......,......S2 25
Stock'taking price........... 90
CMain floor; entrance 1913 + st. n. wy
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NJ. w. Bevorldge,
1000 PENNsyLvANtA AVENUE,
IIousT FurNIsuru.
FowIcr's Improved Spring mattress.

Made to fit all bcdsteads. Sold for cash or
on installments, at 1l05 Seventh street. n. w.
over z, 900 sold In five years In Washington.
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To tho LRdI

Tho Queen of Beers.
The only beer for ladies.
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To tho Ladies'.

Send your lace curtains to tho Swiss Steam
Laundry, 1892 Il street.
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MEDICAL.
DRUNKENNESS
OR THE LIQUOR HABIT oAN BE CURED
BY ADMINISTERING DIR. HAINES'
GOLDEN SPECIFIC.

Can be given In a onpof coffee or tea without
the knowledge Of the person taking II. IL Is abb
and speedy cure, whether the patient Is a
moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck. IL
has been given in thousands OF cases and In
NEVER FAILS. The system once impreg-
mated with the Specific, II becomes an utter
impossibility for the liquor appetite 70 ex-
Ebbtt House; Il. X. HELPHENSTINE, Four
teenth street and Vermont avenue, Wash
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STOCK TAKING SALE ALL THIS WEEK.

We take stock Tuesday
evening, January 81. In
conjunction with the reduc-
tions previously advertised,
we quote the following:
sTocKTAKING REDUCTIONS
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QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS.
F. s. WILLIEWS K CO. DRUGGISTS,
Under Masonic Temple Corner 9th nd Streets N.


which better and by the
The Washington critic., 1888-01-23
WASHINGTON CRITIC
CITY SPECIALS.
nAt Cost for Cash."


"At Cost for Cash"
DnY GooDs DiY GOoDsll
WN. u. CLARK & CO., S1t MARKEr SPACE.
Previous to our annual inventory we will
offer our entire stock of irst.Class dry goods
nt cost for cash. These sales have always
been popular with our customers and the
public, as we do exactly as wo advertise,
A special feature Of this sale will be the
closing out of remnants, odds and ends, ct0,i
that have accumulated In the various lines OF
goods we carry. and they will bo sold at
prices which will move them at once.
Any goods TO be charged VIII be az our
regular prices.
NJ w. Bevcridge,
1000 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
House. FUnNisnEH.
Pottery Porcelain, rich CutGlass English
and American cutlery, Fine Plated
ware and Kitchen Utensils.
The Washington critic., 1888-01-23
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN LINENS.

1t seems an unjust dis
elimination tosingle out any
particular items for special
mention, so good is the en-
tire stock; yet the following
appear to be the most con-
spicuous bargains.
The Washington critic., 1888-01-23

XXTEAK, UNDEyELOPED PARTS OF THR
w body enlarged and strengthened. Full
particulars sent (sealedj free. ERIE MEDl-
CAL CO., Buffalo, N. v
The Washington critic., 1888-01-23


headache and all
dispensed at lowest the
F. S. WILLIAMS g. CO., Proprietors.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
Barber Shops and Chairs.
lBaItimor4 American.


The men who patronize barber shops in
the nited States are not aware, perhaps,
that they enjoy a boon denied to their
brethren in other countries. The truth
of this statement was learned from bar
Der who declared that of all the places on
earth the nited States was the best place
to get clean, comfortable shave This
compliment to the barber shops of the
land of the free was paid on the strength
of the vast improvements made in bar
bers chairs. A comfortable chair bears the
same relation to barber shop that we'll
drawing stove does to the kitchen The
pride of barber shop is the chairs. The
barber may be skillful and swift. the soap
pure and fragrant, the brush easy and
gentle, the towels clean and white, but
these altogether could not atone for the
absence of the easy chair. To the United
States belongs the credit of getting up
barber chairs that are as easy as a feather
bed.
Many men just step into barber shop
to get little rest and the head bathed
Then the easy chair acts like a charm
The easy chair has done much for the
barber. In America there is more shaw
ing done at the barber shops than in all
the balance of the world. In France the
barber is engaged by the month, and calls
at the house of the customer to ply his
craft In England most Of the men shave
themselves. Nowhere in Europe can you
find an easy and comfortable barber shop.
Americans find good deal of trouble in
getting good shave abroad.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
The study of human Nature.

A teachers work is not to correct effects,
but to study and mould causes. The trouble
with poor government is that it is always
dealing with effects Good government di-
reefs the working ofcauses. We have known
a poor school become a good one through the
skillful management of causes; there was no
storming, but disorder disappeared, bad
words were dropped, rough manners were
smoothed, impoliteness became politeness; in
a word, the old school was transformed into
new one, but there was no noise about it,
Nothing was done that even a critical visitor
would notice, but everything was done The
teacher knew how to touch the springs of
causes Here was the secret of her success
"Where can learn this divine art?" thou
sand teachers ask. Not in books, but in YOUR
selves. Study causes and effects First in
your own experience and then in others. Why
do dislike this and like that? Why is that
boy mischievouS and that girl needless?
Why9 Why? Why? Soon you will know
just what to do to make that boy forget his
michief, and that girl her inattention There
. no more profitable study than the study of
human nature-humanity as it is called. 1t
is more than mind study; it is human study
The School Journal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10

absolute. They have power not only to
fix the price of refined sugar, but can
dictate what they will pay for the raw
sugars. They regulate the amount
which shall be manufactured, the man
ner in which it shall be turned out, and
in what quantities. They can shut
down refneries altogether whenever and
wherever they please, or they may per-
NIT them to be run on quarter, half or
three-quarter time. Thus the entire
consumption of raw sugars in the United
States and the manufacture of refined
sugar is at the unquestioned command
of eleven men. 1t is as if the country
were dependent upon one monopoly
sugar refinery. 1t is as strong a COM
bination in its way as the great Standard
Oil Trust.
The trust represents IN the value OF
the plants of the refneries about $751;
100000. About $6,OOO,O 900 in cash has
been contributed by the refners, and
the whole consolidated into the trust,
capitalized, as is supposed, at $60.0OO,-
600, or say three shares for one.
The trust has already bought up two
small refneries in this city--the North
River Sugar Refining Company and the
Oxnard Sugar Refining Company. Both
will be closed up permanently, SO as to
restrict production. The trust paid
1929 900 for the North River and about
1925 900 for the Oxnard. Both of them
have been shut down and will be dis
mantled. The two small New Orleans
refneries which the trust has secured
will probably be kept running to supply
the South and Southwest with sugar.
That the new trust has the market at
its mercy and is bound to be exceedingly
profitable is evidenced by the fact that
since it's formation the trust has forced
a decline of raw sugars, while at the
same time it has raised the rates for
manufactured sugar about one cent
pound. Thus, while the trust buys it's
raw material cheaper, it charges
higher price for it's product-making
double profit.
OF course the raw sugar importers sui
fer by the consolidation. Some of them
will be thrown out of business. There
is naturally great deal of kicking, and
efforts will be made in the Courts to
break the new monopoly. This has al
ready been done in New Orleans, and is
threatened in this city. But the laws
somehow are on the side of the strong,
as experience shows, and the probability
is that the sugar octopus will live to
spread it's tentacles from Maine to Cali
fornia, from Canada to Texas, and fatten
upon the unfortunate consumers"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
A Peculiar Business Partnership.
chicago News.i

"Three up-draw one, squeaked the
shrlmpish little waiter. The first cake
was Just showing its shape on the griddle
when 55-cent check dropped beside the
plate of tne newc conner. He thought this
was rapid checking. but noticing that the
same man who distributed the cardboard
took the cash, he said:
1T must be great temptation to a
'U<G who handles both the checks and the
1ey2"
NO; I'm one of the proprietors
And you don't cheat your partner?"
mo
How does he know that?" asked the
persistent guest.
He's on in daylight this week and Pm
on at night Next week he's on at night
and I'm on in daylight
Yes, see, said the inquisitive gentle
man; "go on.
He turns in just as much money to
the firm his week in daylight as do when
I'm on, and l turn in just as much at
night as he does To see that he pays it
is my business To make it is his bust
ness. You see, neither of US can write
We keep no books, and save the salary of
man who could cheat us both. Some
times we make three times as much as we
pay In, but that is our dividend He
makes as much over the sum as he can,
and so do /. 1t makes US each have an
interest in the business. and there is no in
centive to dishonesty.
Have you an article of agreement"
No; we don't need any. Our business
has grown to be prosperous l don't
know how much my partner has made
nor does he know more about my affairs
We are both satisfied.
An almanac 5000 years old. found in
Egypt. is in the British museum 1t is
supposed to be the oldest in the world. 1t
was found on the body of an Egyptian
The days are written in red ink, and I'm.
der each is figure followed by three char
acters. Signifying the probable state of
the weather for that day. Like the other
Egyptian manuscripts. it is written on
papyruS 1t is written in columns. but is
not in lis integrity, having been evidently
torn before its owner died
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
The veritabIe Garden of Eden.
TFannie B wards Mexico Letter


It. is a tradition devoutly believed in
Mexico that this great state CT Vera Cruz
covers the site of the veritable Garden of
Eden, and that the portion of it now oc-
cupied by Jalapa was the scene of the ap-
pie tragedy To make good the tradition
tree grows hereabouts the chirimaya).
whose rich. custard-like product is called
forbidden fruit, from the danger OF
eating too much of it. such are the So
porific qualities of the mammoth. trumpet
shaped blossoms which hang from every
limb that to sleep under them is said to be
sure death. The odor of the white lily
like flowers is delightfuL Persons
troubled with insomnia are advised to
place few in their apartment-taking
care to remove them before the hour of
retiring. or their deadly fragrance may
produce an endless slumber.
The maguey (aloel. also indigenous to
this locality, is believed to be the real
Indian fig tree" to which our first
parents resorted when dressmaking be
came necessary; for in it kind nature
provided all the material-its strong fibers
producing both cloth and thread and the
sharp pointed thorns that terminated its
gigantic leaves serving to this day for
pins and needles. Certainly this portion
of MeXicos paradise carries out the idea
of an Eden after the curse, for nowhere
are there any traces of Adams descendants
nor even any animals except those that
destroy. Poets have exhausted their
powers in painting these beautiful scenes
yet one may travel for days in this de-
serted region without hearing the song OF
a bird or seeing butterfly.
The serpent is still master Of the situa
ton, and has begotten a numerous pro
geny Gigantic rattlesnakes, asps, and
hundred other dangerous species glide
away at our approach; reptiles prey upon
each other in the tropic lagoons; enor-
nous lizards bask in the hot sunshine;
tarantulas, scorpions, centipedes, and
innumerable other pests abound in the
burning sands; and parasitic growth
like vegetable vampires, suck the life
from every tree.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
Liverpool's Ambulance Service.

The methods of the American ambu.
lance service, suspension harness and all,
are warmly praised in Liverpool, where
they have been in use for over a year
The record of the Northern hospital gives
the average time from the call to the de-
parture of an ambulance at two minutes
and fourteen seconds by day and four
minutes by night The time of each
journey from call to return was eighteen
minutes and thirty seconds The com
ment is that the keeping'of such a record
makes men in the service ambitious
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
Robert Bonner's Stables.
New York Letter. !


Such is the general interest in Robert
Bonner's stable since he purchased Maud
S. that he is obliged to issue cards of ad-
mission to his stables. The first horse of
note whose stall is reached is Dexter.
His temper is not so good as it used to be-
Strangers are not received by him with
favor His purchase price was $35, 900.
Next comes Ficket $4,000 bay geld
ing. He has record of 2:184, and has
made mile in 2:16 on private track.
Rarus is a brown gelding. He was
bought from Mr.. Conkling. He has a
companion in his stall who is none other
than Jimmy little brighteyed Scotch
terrier. Rarus is disposed to be cross
10 strangers So is Jimmy. Rarus
take5 exercise every day, rain or
shine. Jimmy enjoys the exercise
friends. Rarus sold for $50. 500 The
bay geIding Forest has made mile in
2:18, with an unofficial showing of 2:114.
He is rather a Leavey feeder and geper-
ally wears muZZle while in his stall to
prevent gluttony.
Mr. Bonner calls Maud s. a "cosset "
0IOsset" means a house lamb, which is
petted by the family of her owner. She
is of a very sociable disposition, and
knows she cost $40. 900, bnt is, neverthe
less, friendly with every one. Six quarts
a day of oats. with little bran at night
have put the mare in good flesh She is
in what is termed road condition, not
trained down nearly so fine as she was
last spring and summer. Mr.. Bonner
drives her out every day, save when it
rains. On rainy days she takes walk of
an hour in the morning and afternoon in
the stable. She is not hitched with a
halter, her stall being about fifteen feet
square, but is allowed to move about
freely.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
Chinese Nj edicines.
u lea 70 :. Ou mi. !

The San Francisco custom officers ha e
seized chest of medicines belonging to a
Chinese Quack. Among the medicines
highly recommended in an accompanying
inventory was wasp's nest for pain in
the back; for vertigo scraping of deer s
horns was recommended; for rheumatism
a quart of boiled water made palatable by
q toads skin ant the teeth of snake
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
wild Animals and Snakes.
CExchange.l

There IS a curious uniformity in the
number of persons killed annually in
India by wild animals and snakes. The
Indian Medical Gazette gives the number
of those killed in Bengal alone by animals,
for five years. at from 1,264 to ,3O2 in
each year. The snakes destroyed from
9, 153 to 10, 064 annually.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
The Phenomenal Man.
IYonkers Gazetta.l

The phenomenal man is but one step in
advance of the natural fool Give me the
average man every time to tie if you
please. You know where to find this sort
of man when you want him Often
when you want the phenomenal man he
isn't there. He is among the clouds, in
the depths of the ocean, or deep down in
the bowels of the earth. I have known
some men to be such phenomena that they
were not good for anything else.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-10
The InconveniencA

A man never so forcibly feels the in
convenience of being under sized as when
his wife informs him that if he had been
two inches taller his old trousers would
have made two pairs for his son.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-03-08
Indefinite Testimony.


The case was being tried in court
and the particular question at lssu'
was the number Of persons presen
when certain event occurred. Al
honest but supplemented German wal
on the stand. He had never taken M
oath before, and was not a little dis
concerted. The lawyer who conducted
the cross-examination saw his oppor
tunlty and badgered him with ques
tions after tha manner Of his kind.
"How many did you say were pres
ent ?" he shouted, bringing bis fst
down upon the table, as though the
fate Of empires trembled in the bal
ance.
"Vell." mcckly answered the wit.
ness, "oif course ] gould not chusi
say, but dnks dere vas between siS
und scfen.
"Tell the jury what you mean by
thatl' roarod the lawyer. "How
could there be between six and seven
Were there six, or were there seven y
"yell, y answered the witness, ''may
be | vas wrong. There was more as
six, but dere vas not so much as sefen.
One vas a fiery leetle boy Youths
Companion.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-03-08
FRAGRANT RosE:JARs.


How the olrla Now Dispose oi tho Flowers
Sent by Their Admirers
No one would over guess what Tho
girls arc doing with tholt roses, moi
those il their checks nnd lips, DO II
understood. but iayors of admiration
from admirers They hate 10 throw
them away and yet they can't
press whole bouquets, so they
have turned the electric glare uf tllelr
intelligence Upon tho problem and
solved II III the prcitlost and most in
genlous fashion. They first provide
themselves with a potpourh Jar, such
as can be obtained at any Japanese
shop, and tho greater the belle the
bigger The Jar Is the rule. Then they
ill two boxes with salt and pounded
spices respectively, and sit down to
wait developments roses When
they get tho latter they begin by lay
Ing a layer Of salt and spice in the jar.
When their Jacks or American Beau
ties begin to droop they don't await
tho final ruin, but shake all the petals
into their rose Jar and add another
layer Of salt and spiecs on top. As
each admirer lays roses upon the altar
Of beauty they add to the stack in the
jar, and always with each relay add
salt and spices. So when one sees one
Of these jars a girls success may be
gagged By pe5plng Iii and seeing how
near 1t Is TO being full. Sentimental
girls 60 and take the eoyer of once in
while and let the fragrant incense
arise. and 1t Is said they can dii'cren-
tate tho intoxicating perfume Of each
new conquest which has been thus
dcliciously picked and made per-
manenL-M y World.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-03-08
TAE RMER oF pREAMs

There's a river iha, aows 10 a lullaby sons
That never was sct 90 an earthly tune,
There 10 days nrc bright and the Scago on
long
Forever summer, and olwaye June,
And the light o. the morning alhwart :
ulrcamN
ANA we call u the beautiful River " nreana
All never mortal foot hath prct.
na shining bordVrs, 40 green And lowi
hut over ~ deep AntrVahled breast
The fair iosl aeess OF the long ago.
fOaths nreoAies, BY the sweet winds blown
sah sottly On 10 The port Unknown
Fog the vanished Joys Of our llvoa arc lhefo,-.
The glad bright thinee that wciN ours OF old
Ere the blight Of sofrov, the canRcr care,
Had dullod md tarnisAed THOR virgin GOLD
Had burned to ashes vac hope and trust
Of the loves and Ailhs that are dead aud dust
Ia mist and shadow is hidden aye
The pnth that leads 10 the river side;
And only IN visions, and Ear away
We see It's mystical waters glldoi
hut flowing, goinN with measured song
We hoar rs mesip our whole lives long
And groalng YEARLY, spent and blind,
WIN hearts that ialter and feet that fai,,
Wo know, O, Brothers. we yet shan find
The path that lieth within tho vail,
Aud, the cloud and the shadow rolled away,
We shall come to the RIVER brink, some day
We shall driit away with the golden tide,
Through dancing rlpples and sunny foam,
TO the land OF tho leal and the glorned
Safe TO tho haven OF rest and home
For the River OF Dreams, with Us surglng song
That callcth 70 us our whole lives long,
Is but tho path, through shadow and night
That leadeth us into the Heavenly light
--EBnd Alice Brorne, IN " L. Ledger.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-03-08

over and over before would ho convinced,
Vroduloua people do got 10 much tar IN their
mouths
Gurey laughed, and said hd ho,cd ana
would have no further tsliaiNaitts II TAR
They went lhtA ihe hlttingrpom, and she
lighted ine lamp uurloy took al apple from
the rlalNer Win a housiwfoly N'r This
young gpl selected his knlN and plate and
brought him 4 hw't laplan.
~ 40 Mlo iohnndlo things about a house,
no said, partially 10 herself
housekeeping Is your forte rcrhnhsW
SAID Gurley.
NJ isn't 10y 5nt@ Mon Iicach the school
IN THE dstilol, You know she explained.
"oR, y remarked Gurley, TO show that his
Impressions were corrected.
ayes. but when rhornoy and begin Oue
housekeeping, shall help TO farmN
"lwondcr who Thoncy is'N thought Cur.
10y
"Thnrnoy Il my BROTHER she continued.
VIE iA Two years older than | am. He Is
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-03-08

Science says that IL does, but We can not
help wondering sometimes II there isn't
some mistake about II. when we sec how
stuDDornly certain old fogics cling 10 then
musty and antiquated IDEAS IL was be
strated that it is not, thousands Of old-timc
physicians close their eyes and put their
hands TO their ears and refuse 10 abandon
the theory. But for oil that tho world
moves on, and DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery continues TO rescue sufferers
from consugptiyos graves. 1t is u sure
cure for this dreaded disease, II taken In
time All scrofulous diseases and con
sumption is included in tho llst-yield 10 IT,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-03-08
"Purgatory Bullets. /"

An excited Irishman lately rushed into {
Boston drug store, having broken-up'
appearance generally. I" BE jabbersP he
yelled, I'm all wrong entolroly. wan
some shtuff TO straighten mo out Some o
thin 'Purgatory Bullets will fix me, I'm
thinkin'. What dye tax for thimr
aWhat do you meant asked the clerk
"Purgatory Bullets, sor, or somethin' loikt
that, they call thim,n replied tho man
"Shure, I'm in purgatory already, witt
headache, and liver complaint and baC
shtomach, and the dlyil knows what ALL ,
The clerk passed out vial Of DR.. Pierce,
Pleasant PurgatiVe Pellets, and Pat went on
contented. These littlo Pellets cure NIL do
rangements Of liver, stomach and bowels
Sugar-coated, little larger than mustard
seeds, and pleasant TO take. Druggists.