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The Washington critic., 1888-01-06

ITOR sALE-zGRAPuOPHOSE LINOTYPE,
II Topographic, Mercapthaler, dynamo
graph and Sheilabarger stocks; also Browns
Magnetic Telephone and other stocks; offers
wanted. CHAS. A. SHIELDS, 1905 L st n W.
DOR sALE--C --CARRIAGEsO OF ALI DEsCRIP.
IL tions; close carriages, quite a variety;
also sleighs, 2 and passengers, suitable for
Christmas presents, at astonishing low prices
466 Pa ave n W, w. II. GEYER
TOR sALE-CHEAP.A HORSE, I YEARS
Il old, 151a hands high; perfect saddle
horse. Apply at 1873 VI ave.
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-l3 l3zl y street northwest
E'OR RENr-NO. p30 Il ST.N. w, 10 ROOM
IT brick house. all modern improvements;
fourth house from corner OF 10th and J. sts n
W. Inquire at corner grocery
E'OR RBNI--THB VERY DESIRABLE HOUSE
~ 1d15 q II n W, containing o rooms and
bath room; all mod imps; house in perfect
condition. Apply tod. N. UUYCK s. CO.,
1905 Pa ave.
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o10O-FOR RENT VERY LOW, OR WOULD
OlUU sell at above sacrifice, n handsome
octave PIANO, made upon honor; good tone;
rosewood case; oyerstrung bass and full iron
fyame bO1 1Jth ST
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ro wuoM IrNAY coScrRs,

No. OF the Washington and Georgetown
Railroad Company for. the. election OF di
reotors, win be held at the Office Of the COM
pany. Georgetown, on WEDNESDAY, tho
11th day of January, 1888.
The polls VIII be opened at 10 q. m. and
closed az 12m, Transfer books will be closed
ON the 4th Of January, 1883, and opened on
January ~, 1888, II. HURT, President.
G. NJ. JNOONES, Secretary
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J7OR SAIE-G HOUSES on MARION STREET
IL NV, z RS and bath; all mod imps; con
creted cellar; price, si,25O; terms easy
AUSTIN p. BROWN,
1420F st n w
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vAesS,, FINE ART AND ILLUSTRATED
HSsSa books bound fun Morocco gilt edge.
We have stamps and dies. Magazines, 05 and
75 cents. -
LYCETT BINDERY,
1910 Penn avfl
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T1OR SALE-AT A BARGAIN If SOLD AT
IL once--one elegant antique bedroom set
of 10 pieces and bedding; range No. @ and
cooking utensils; everything new. Call after
ID m 1121 N ave w.
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TOR SALES. \. STEWART BANJO AND
IL case, $40; conservatory violin, box and
Elbows, SO. Call lbetween and s p m, 1926
10Th II w.
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Ylrlzis,, ,LIFE INSURANCE ArAcrUAL COsr


Persons dosirous Of obtaining life insurance
at actual cost should write for circulars TO the
Security Mutual BENEFIT Society, No. 233
Broadway, New York.
This Society claims that since its organiza-
tion the cost TO a mombor of middle age has
been less than twelve dollars Il year for each
Thousand dollars of insurance.
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V1 WILII BUI NEN IUHES, DUWESTIVN
QlC and Singers; $40 will buy improved
machines, slighly used, at FUNK'S, 1851 9TH
81, near O-st Market, the cheapest and best
sowing machlne agoncy In the World
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A Chinese Restaurant.

The pagan restaurant where we
chcered but did not inebriate ourselves
was daintily clean and handsomely deco
rated with gold work and flowers. Be-
sides our tea we had nuts, citron, birds
nest pudding, and some other prepara-
tions mysterious and awful. There was
one dish of each kind, out of which Nil
partook harmoniously with little two
proneed brass forks. We, of course,
boug ght the dishes from which We ate,
and caused a great deal of gayety among
the heather by refusing to take new ones
in place of hem. We also have each
the autograph of mine host Yum-Hum
-Rum--I don't believe I can quite re-
call it, but anything will do, for don't
believe he can remember such an out
landish name himself. They could not
understand much of what he said, but
can't look down on the pagans on that
account, for it was just that much more
that We made out from thcm.- Ooerland.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

A new process has been discovered BY
which the most delicate patterns, even o.
lace work, can be reproduced in iron BY
casting the metal on the fabric after tht
! fabric has been carbonized. Molten lror
can be run on the most delicate fiber II
the carbonized state without injuring Of
affecting it.
An important announcement to chem
lists is the recent synthesis of glucose, OF
grape-sugar, by Drs- Fischer and Tafel,
at the University of Wurzburg. A re-
markable attribute of the artificial pro-
duct is that, unlike other sugars OF the
same composition, it will not rotate q
beam of polarized light.
Contrary to general opinion, leprosy is
spseading rapidly, according to DR.. Bes-
nier, of the Paris Academy of Medicine.
French colonists are fast falling victims.
Physicians everywhere are urged to seek
q means of abating its ravages. The
| disease is transmitted by a bacillus re-
sembling that of consumption.
The Royal Society, of London, fur
nishes some interesting examples of the
longevity of men distinguished for sci
entitic work. The average age OF the
fourteen Fellows who died during the
past year was scventy-fve years, the
youngest-Dr. Wilson Fox-being fifty
six. and the oldest Admiral Denham
and DR.. Richard Quain-being eighty
| seven.
During the past two seasons, Mr. +.
| B Poulton has made observations which
prove that the silk of at least three spe-
cies of English moths is greatly affected
in color by environment at the time OF
spinning. The cocoons were dark brown
when the larve had been placed in a
black bag or among green leaves, and
white when they had been freely ex-
posed to light in the immediate neigh
borhood of white surfaces.
Indications now point to the existence
of submarine volcanic crater between
the Canary Islands and the coast OF Por-
tugal From cIble laying steamer the
water was found to measure 1900 faith
oms under the bow and 800 under the
stern, showing the ship to be over the
edge of q deep deprc sion in the ocean
bottom. The well known great lne-
qualities in the bed of the Sea of Lisbon
are thought to be due to a submarine
| chain of mountains.
Instantaneous photography is no longer
question to be determined by study and
experiment, but has assumed the place
of an accomplished an familiar fact.
One of the most interesting achievements
in this direction, as described in Lon
don paper, originated in the question as
; to whether the upper parts of the wheel
! of vehicle when in motion travels faster
than the lower part. In determining this
matter by instantaneous photography,
the artist took the photograph of an om-
uibus wheel On route, and in this photo
graph, while the lower end of the spokes
, Immediately adjacent to the ground arc
not perceptibly unsharpened by the
motion, the tops of the upper spokes
show an angular motion corresponding
to about ten degrees. The photograph
in this place must successfully expresses
! the fact that the wheel it represents is in
rapid motion.
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As to Sundry Theories.

The theory that law Is failure unless 1t
has no violations is an absurd one. No ons
claims that the laws Furnishing the various.
forms Of theft are failures because there are
frequent violations thereof; no one declares
that the statutes Furnishing adultery are un-
successful because they are constantly NO,
lated, and no one lifts his voice IN loud ee-i
mand that these laws shall be repealed BE-
cause they are failures" 1t can be asserted,
without the slightest fear Of successful con-
tradiction, that the prohibitory enactmenS
of the various States are quite as well OBJ
served as any laws upon the statute BOOKS
The plea fails that they don't prohibit:" FOR
it is clear to every one that they are well exc
cuted as are other penal enactmentsL Some
other reason for calling Tor repeal OF pro
hihition must be assigned, If the public IS 70
be influenced and the struggle for reversal
Of this legislation is to 60 on. But what res-
SON can be assigned which has not been ad-
vanced and been successfully controvertedt
We know Of none The plea that prohibition
"would injure business" is disproved by the
report from Des Moines. by the workings OF
prohibition in Atlanta and elsewhere. Iho
plea that it 'would increase taxes" has also
fallen to the ground. The rapid increase Of
prohibition communities in population and
wealth adds to the tax valuation and de-
creases taxation to. the individual The plea
that "prohibition don't prohibit" Is shown to
be false. What else can the rum power ad.
duce as pretsxt On which to ask for repeal
Of prohibftory legislationl None, except tho
real one-monsE. The men who demand q
recognition, Of the rum traffic are those who
make money out of 1.-THE makers and SELL
ers.. The rum traffic is the parent Of Ignorance
and poverty, Of vice and crime; it adds TO
the taxes, saps the morals of the community,
NEEDLES in politics, and is at war with all
that is good in humanity and in civilization;
vet because it is q mine Of gold to men
whose consciences arc sufficiently scared 70
allow them, to follow it. they have the TO-
merity to- ask that the legal barriers b
broken down that they..may renew their devil
ish. work.-Teledo Blade.
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The Wisdom of the shepherds.


There are four things in the conduct Of the
the birth Of Christ, which are to be earnestly
commended:
I. As soon as they received the message,
they said one to another, "Let us now go and
see this thing which the Lord hath made
known to us.n Whenever truth Is urged
upon the mind it should be candidly e1-
amined at once. When we feel q good i'm
pulse within us we may know it Is from the
same source as tho message which came to
the shepherds, and if followed, it will lead
us to the same Christ.
II. "And they came with haste" They
not only resolved to 20, but they went and
with haste. One decisive act is worth a
hundred resolutions. 1t is better to do the
good thing now, than resolve to do it next
year. The present moment is vastly better
than the more convenient season.
III. sAnd when they had seen it, they
made known abroad what they had found"
Many protesting Christians keep all tthey
get Of Christ to themselves; all easy matter
in such cases for they do not get much. How
much better like the shepherds to tell it to
others in such an earnest way that ''all they
that heard it wondered
". land they returned glorifying and
praising God" 1t meant something to them
to have found Christ Their lives were filled
with joy and praise, and it might and should
be always 80. And yet how few Christians
lives really abound in joy. How many are
really dark and gloomy. Such lives have
room for O great deal more OF Christ in
them.-[Golden Rule.
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rug, saying: CHOW would like to
| change places with him; l be the dog
and he be Colonel Gardiner" or those two
Moravian missionaries who wanted to 60
| into the lazaretto for the sake Of attend
| ing the sick and they were told: "Lf you go
| in there, you will never come out We never
allow any one to come out, for he would
bring the contagion." Then they made their
wills and went in first to help the sick and
then to die. Which was the happier, Colonel
Gardiner or the Moravian missionaries dying
for others Was it all sacrifice when the
missionaries wanted to bring the Gospel to
the negroes at the Barbados, and, being
denied the privileges, sold themselves into
slavery, standing side by side and lying
side by side down in the very ditch Of
suffering in order that they might bring
hose men up to life and God and heavena
Oh. there is a thrill in the joy Of doing good
1t is the most magnificent recreation to
or his heart.
But. before closing, want to impress upon
you that mere secular entertainments are not
q fit foundation for your soul to build on.
Twas reading OF a woman who had gone
all the rounds of sinful amusement, and she
at 6 o'clock" "Oh," they said 81 guess
not, you don't seem to be sick" 81 shall die
at 6 O'clock, and my soul will be lost l
know it will be lost. / have sinned away
nv day Of grace" The noon came. They
desired to seek religious counsel
"Oh," shesaid, ut is of no USE My day is
gone. Ihave been all the rounds OF worldly
pleasure, and it is too late. shall die to
night at O'Clock The day wore away, and
it came to o'clock, and to 5 o'clock, and she
cried out at 5 o'clock: Destroyed spirits, ye
shall not have me yet; it is not &, it is-not
g." The moments went by, and the shadows
began to gather, and the clock struck 6: and
while it was striking her soul went What
hour God will call for us do not know
whether o'clock tonight, or 8 o'clock this
afternoon, or at 1 o'clock, or at this mo-
ment Sitting where you are, falling for
ward, or standing where you are, dropping
down, where would you 60 to?
But our hour for adjourning has already
come and the last hour Of our life will soon
be here, and from that hour we will review
this days proceedings. It will be solemn
hour. If from our death pillow we have to
look back and see life spent in sinful amuse-
meut, there will be dart that will strike
through our soul sharper than the dagger
with which Virginius slew his child. The
memory Of the past will make us quake like
Macbeth. The iniquities and rioting through
which we have passed will come upon US,
weird and skeleton as Meg Merrilles. Death,
the old Shylock, will demand and take the re-
manning pound Of flesh and the remaining
drop of blood. and upon our last opportunity
for repentance, and Jour last chance for
heaven. the curtain will forever drop.
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Eiqssor Drinking in China

Count Mickiewiez, who has lately returned
from an important business trip to China, III
an Interview with representative OF the New
York Tribune is reported as saying that
among the better classes Of the Chinese peo-
pie the use Of various kinds Of intoxicating
liquors is almost unknown; that man who
drinks brandy there lis ostracised"; is placed
wholly beyond the pale of decent association;
that ''he might as well be dead" This" ne
says, us owing partly to a general distrust
Of the reliability of persons under the ntiuene mn
Of liquor. They are looked upon as we G re-
gard those subject to spells OF insanity" Then
the cost Of liquor is SO great in comparison
with the Chnamans earnings nt that ot one tns %a9
while the use Of it gives to the user reputa-
ton for insanity; and therefore the ma.
tional sentiment is thoroughly against it."
He also adds that "the sentiment is the same
as to opium with the better classes as in re.
gard to liquor. No self-respecting Chinaman
would smoke opium or use it in any form"
A few missionaries from among the Chinese
Of the better class would find q useful field or
labor in this country.-National Advocate.
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A Monster Moose.

A Jumbo moose was recently shot on
Spence river in the Dead river region of
Maine bv one of the famous hunters of
those wilds. 1t WAS tracked on the
stream, chased across the line into Cam
ada and then back into Maine, five days
being consumed bcfoEe the fatal shot was
fired. The monster was nine years old,
measured nine feet from base OF horns to
end of tail, stood % hands high, had g
rirth of 9 feet inches and stretched Out
measured 1S feet from end of nose t. end
of toes. its horns spread four feet and
the With of palm was II inch. .--Spring'
field Republican,,
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lakes his sons are sure to ship as ssilors,
and their sons after them. The school e1
the lakes is the best school for produc-
ing effective sailors that I know Of.
Salt water sailors turn up their SUM-
burned noses at fresh water lubbers, as
they call them. know both classes,
and I unhesitatingly say that the lake
sailors are vastly superior to those who
sail in ships which ply between Liver
pool and New York-and they ore the
best of the salt water sail
ors. The lake sailors arc self reliant,
resourceful and courageous. They are
intelligent, skillful and ambitious. Their
duty is to care for and sail the vessels,
and they resolutely refuse to handle the
cargo or trim the ships. They are we'll
fed and we'll paid.
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Johnny's Composition on the Goose.

Gooscs are the biggest birds knone to-
the human eye, and the he one is gan
der. The gander is the monark of the
air, but the rooster can lik him, cos the
rooster he is brave like Gen. Solomon.
but the gander isent tightly, more like
preachers. The COOS is sailer, but not
a wicked one like Jack Brily, which
chews tobacko and swears, and every
thing, and it has got lethers between its
toes for to wolk the wotter lick thing
of life. Ducks thay are sailers too, but
the swon has got long neck like a
graft, and wen it has got sore throte
it is mighty sick. The little gooses IS
goslums and is green. My sister she see
a goslum and she asst Uncle Ned @ wo,
made it green, and he said, uncle Ned
did, that it was cos it wascnt ripe. Then
Billy, he spoke up and said wen it was
ripe it would bc picked. So" fr"Ne's'0
Examiner
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A Jack Rabbit Hunt on Large Scale.

In the matter of dealing with the de.
vouring jack rabbits, last week witnessed
O new departure. On the plains OF Tu-
lare county, Cal., near the town of Pix
lev, Y-shaped fence had been built,
with corral ut the apex. Monday
morning several hundred people, mostly
farmers and their families, assembled to
engage in the rabbit drive. No firearms
nor dogs were permitted in this hunt;
but men, women, and children in
vehicles and on horseback, marshaled by
J. r. Priest, with Mr.. Doran and NJ. F.
Pixley as his aids, formed semi.circular
procession three miles long, and began
closing in toward the opening of the V.
AS the line of drivers neared the outer
ends of the fence, it became apparent
that they were herding the hares, not by
hundreds, but by thousands; and those
who saw the bounding drove of lepores
as it swept over the stubble and short
alfalfa. where there was no dust, say 1t
was indeed memorable sight. Great
excitement prevailed, and as rabbit
would now and then turn about, bolt
through the ranks of yelling enemies,
and oallop off across the plain, the wis
dom of having barred out guns and
pistols began to be evident. AS the ter
rified animals ran down the inside OF the
fence on the south side they encountered
a little enclosure made for garden. This
obstacle occasioned q stampede, Away
went hundreds of them, back through
the Gordon Of drivers, and though many
were killed, it is estimated that five or
six hundred escaped. The main body,
however, ran around the projecting
fence and kept on down the side OF the
V to the corral at the apex.
When the doomed creatures had been
forced into the corral and the gates
closed. the hunters entered with clubs,
and about two thousand of the pests
were knocked in the head. Enough rab-
bits were taken alive for shipment, how
ever, to pay all expenses incurred.
The drive was so successful that the
managers are already planning another,
and such organized campaigns may be,
come quite popular in the most afflicted
sections. While they would not wholly
exterminate the mischievous gnawers,
they might be made the means of thin
ming them prodigiously. and, as, one OF
the visalia papers remarks, 1.-TWO miles OF
portable fence for wings and few rods
for corrals would be all that it required,
the cost would be slight when divided
among those who would be directly bene-
flied, and it could be sold, when no.
longer needed, for at least half what Ii
cost. ."-Pacifc Rurat Pes.
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Strike for tho Spiritual.

Cesar's word to his conquering legions
was, Faciem ferire,-"Strike at the facel"
Doubtless, a great deal of preaching is labor
lost, because of the neglect to observe the
spirit of this ancient MOTTO They who sue
ceed in a cause are usually the ones who
know how to 60 straight to the heart OF the
matter, and who do not waste the moment Of
opportunity In dalllance with the outmoSt
fringes of mere crcumstantials.
The spiritual in man is that which Is deep
est and highest in him. and is infinitely the
most potential part Of his being. To rescue
that from its thralldom to evil, and re-en-
throne it in personal Righteousness and
loyalty to God, is the first as it is the final
aim OF true preaching. The gospel ministry
is ministry of reconciliation. 1t Is because
of the consciously moral, the rational, the
spiritual elements of our being, that we are
capable of coming into this personal relation
ship to our Maker and Restorer. The
preaching, whltever other qua lties it may
have, which falls short of reaching the spirit
in man, and bringing it into actual recon-
ciliation with the divine Spirit, is but an
arrow that drops to the ground this side its
mark.
It is an observation often made, that the
prevalent preaching Of the time is lacking in
drectness and spirituality. 1t falls short, or
it wanders ono side. In the case Of many
preachers there is nothing so significant as
that which they do not say-the things which
they slur over and pass by. Doubtless, in
numerous instances, this Is done because the
people like to have it so. Whose is the greater
fault, preacher or hearer, we need not say.
But sometimes, we are persuaded if not often,
the people wish it were otherwise. They
hunger and thirst for that which the preacher
does not bring to them. They yhunger-hunger
perhaps more than they themselves distinctly
know-and are not fed. 1t is not that the
minister is too thoughtful" No minister is
too thoughtful, or too high, or too deep and
searching in his thought. There is nothing
higher, nothing deeper, than the things which
pertain to the spiritual within us. More often
the trouble is that the preaching is not
thoughtful enough. It is, in fact, needless,
evasive, desultory, trivial, without adequate
aim and object.