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The Washington critic., 1888-02-15
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1909 prsSsrtSasrH AVENUE,

Lottery Porcelain, rich Cut-Glass, English
and American Cutlery, Fine Plated
Ware and Kitchen Utensils.
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IL Is the Best. ~
AsE{or Il sehllt16ss MllYssssss'-~ MllYsss Lager nj
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MEDICAL.
DRUNKENNESS
OR THE LIQUOR HABIT CAN BE CURED
BY ADMINISTERING DIR. HAINES
GOLDEN SPECIFIC.

the knowledge of the person taking II. II Is abb
solutely harmless and will effecta permanent
and speedy cure, whether the. patient Is q
has been given In thousands of cases. and In
every instance perfect cure has followed, 1T
NEVER FAILS. The system once impreg-
impossibllity for the liquor appetite 70 OK
ist For sale by s. r. WARE, under the
Ebbitt House; II. X. IlE.rlINSTINE, Four
teenth street and Vermont avenue, Wash
ington.
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Fuel at summer Prices.

SEE THE advertisement off. b. Barnum
d Co. Of special sale beginning on Friday.
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VXTEAK, UEDEVELOPED PARTS OF The
w body enlarged and strengthened Full
particulars sent (sealed) free. ERIE MEDI-
CAL CO.. Buffalo, N. "
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HonsE AED BUaGY-Gnnd Army Fair
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
Old Ships.

The Resolute secured the Arctic seas
in search of Sir John Franklin, says
Chambers Journal. She was frozen
fast in the middle of a wide waste of ice
and abandoned by her crew. The ice
setting outward from the frigid o
bore her southwark, and after u remarll-
able drift she was picked up by IN
American whaler. The United States
government retitted and returned the
derelict to Great Britain. She lay un-
cared for at her mornings in the Med
way for several years, and was ulti-
mately taken in dock and pulled to
pieces. A suite of furniture was fash
toned from her oaken timbers and pre-
sented to the president Of the republic.
Small pieces of her were Struggled Ou
| of the dockyard, and many a wooden
article is held dear at Chatham as a
| relic of the brave old discovery ship.
The duel between the Shannon and
the Chesapeake June ], 1879 forms an
interesting page in the history of the
struggle between the United States and
Great Britain from 1912 to 1915. The
Americans had crowded the Chesapeake
with inexperienced landsmen, an d had
made ready, it is said, a feast on shore
for the crew on their return flushed
with victory. The unexpected happened
as usual; the American frigatc became
the prize OF the ship of the mother coun-
try. The Shannon also was broken up
at Chatham, and parts OF her hull were
sold at a premium.
Sir Francis brakes tiny ship, the
Golden Hind, at a still more remote
period came to a similar end at Dept
ford. A chair made out of her timbers
is treasured by the university authori
ties at Oxford.
The Betsy Caius brought over Will
lam of Orange to this country in 1858,
and was cast away in 1S27-l39 years
later. This historical ship, that helped
to change n dynasty, was over one hun
| dred and fifty years old when she ceased
her combat with the winds and waves.
The Brothers, q wooden brig, built at
| Mayport in 1856, is even now ploughing
| the waters of the North sea. We noticed
a good model of her in South Kensing-
ton museum. She is one Of those box
like craft that sailors say are built by
The Robert, a wooden barkentine built
at Barnstaple just ten years after H. Nj.
S. Victory is in active service. The
Truelove of London, an American-built
bark of 1864, would appear to be the
oldest trader in this country, or indeed
in the whole world. The Goodwill,
built at Sunderland in 1885, the Eliza,
built at Whitehaven in 1892, and the
Cognac Packet, built at Bursledon in
the same year, complete the list of Brit
iSh ships remaining to us from last CEN
fury. The Norwegians possess three
vessels that have been employed actively
for 100 years.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10

tear vial, in mottled oxidized silver, is a Pc
culiar pendant for a queen chain.
An Egyptian head of moonstone set in
gold. the sides Of the head dress being richly
jeweled makes an attractive brooch.
A pair of branching ~antlers, in oxidized
and bright silver, having a q small rose dia-
mond set at the tip of each spur, is a unique
pattern for a brooch.
A silver crescent in oxidlzed silver finish,
and having a spray of for-get-me nots in
enamel sunk into the surface, is a tasteful
design in brooches.
The assortment of enameled fish scarf pins
has been extended until now the piscatoriaI
tastes of all can be suited. A gamey bass in
natural c%olors, and carrying a ..broken ssnelI
streaming from its mouth, is a pleasing pat
tern.
A pretty and seasonable novelty in paraso
handles recently seen has a hinged cover al
the head which opens with a spring, reveal
afau ready for use. 1t is made in both plain
and frosted patterns of handsome response
designs.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
How a Baptist Minister Has Capti-
waited Society at Madrid.

Madrid society was curious to meet
Mr.. and Mrs. Curry. says a letter to the
Philadelphia Times, as they heen pre-
coded by the singular report that the
new representative of the United States
was a Protestant Clergyman, a rara avis
to send TO the most Catholic cour in
Europe.
AS Mr.. Curry is wealthy, and his wife
also, they have won the hearts OF the
Spaniards by a series of splendid din
ner parties, concerts, and afternoon b
o'clock teas and dances that have been
attended by the elite of the aristocracy
and political world. Though neither
Mrs. Curry nor her spouse yet speak
Castilinn Gucntly and French imper-
fectly they get along exceedingly well
with the Spaniards, and when the con
~versation fays they ~skillfully take their
Younger guests to the drawing room,
where dancing is always going on, n
they lead the elder visitors to the splen-
did dining room, where you see the
bellies of the capital and grave states
men wage war on sandwiches DaGas'
pates, iced punch, and other dainties.
The salons Of the United States lega-
ton are now fitted up with taste ana
luxury. The curio9ities and art objects
brought back by Mr.. and Mrs. Curry
from the excursions to .Tangier, Anda-
lusia and Italy are hung upon the walls
or coquettishly cast about the corners
and on tables with rare good taste by
the hostess, who is also very much adj
mired by Spanlards for the elegance
aud richness Of her toilets.
These social duties do not prevent
Minister Curry from carrying on some
very successful diplomatic negotiations
with the Spanish government, and ne
has made quite "A friend of the minister
of foreign affairs, Senior Moret' Even
Spanish literati and sayants declare
that, with the exception OF James Rus
! sell Lowell, they have never met in an
| American minister SO well-informed, SC
| gentlemauly, and so scholarly a mar a;
in him, whom they expected TO hno
only a.dry, staid BaUtlst clergyman
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
Kissed.

A certain tight-rope dancer, says an
exchange, has been performing in New
York, and in the course of her equili-
bristic feats she appeared in costumes
of divers nations. When she waved the
tricolor of France there was much APP
plause; on her advent as 'Germania,"
tho audience was immensely enthusi-
astic: when she materialized as a daugh-
ter of Erin, and Haunted the green
banner, the plaudits were d%eafening,
and enthusiastic shrieks rent the air.
On her advent IS Britannia" she was
Kissed; but when the band struck up
the inspiring strains of the Star Span
gled banner" and the fairy of the tight
rope appeared as Columbia" there
was not a hand to welcome her, as the
patriotism of the audience had been ex-
pended in cheers for "Germania" and
and Erin" and reyilings for "Britan-
MIA" Not even "A hiss, which would at
least have been n recognition, was left
for the symbol OF u country. This is
one of the many straws that indicate
the winds course.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
WHY She Didn't Go to Glory.

W ny I'LL Diuu wv " uipTs'
She had suffered with the phthisic and had
taken tons Of physic,
And whole barrelfuls of bitters and whole
loads of nauseous pills;
She's been troubled with miasma, and all
choked up with the asthma,
And been shaken for a month or Two with
ague and the chills;
She had the yellow-fever, of which nothing
could relieve her,
And the rheumatism famed her so she could
not go about;
And she groaned with tonsilitis and the most
acute bronchitis,
And she suffered endless fortunes from the
twinges of the govt.
She had tried old-school physicians, Christ
ian scientists, magicians,
Indian doctors, electricians, and magnetic
healers all,
And drank tons of %nauseous liquor, but grew
ever sick and sicker-
And they got the undertaken to prepare her
shroud and pail. ,
Then great auction sales Of laces advertised
in various places e,
Caught her feverish eye one morning-and
She leaped up sound and WE'LL
She shook off deaths stiffening rigor, and
with most emphatic vigor ,
She grabbed her husbands pocketbook ana
rushed downtown pell-mell.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
Beecher's Drummer.

1t is astonishing what a lot of chest
nuts are knocked off the trees latter
great men die) and labeled Beecher,
Greeley, Lincoln, Josh Billings, ETC.,
saws the New York Times. Beecher
anecdotes are flying in all directions.
A Wall street man, who claims TO have
heard everything that Beecher said in
public relates the following story he
heard Beecher tell about "a New York
drummer. The said drummer was de-
tanned in a small town in western New
York, and, not being able to get out of
the place until Monday thought he
would attend Il revival meeting and see
if he couldn't unload a few dollars
worth of goods on the deacons early
Monday morning before the train pulled
out.
Every man, III and child in the
congregation arose except the sleeping
drummer.
AS the people sat down again the
drummer awoke with a start, and be-
fore he had time to convince himself
that he was not n caliope engaged to
Barnum for the season the preacher
shouted: "All of you who want to go to
hell stand up"
Catching only the last two words,
''stand up" the drummer leaped to his
feet and stood alone, to the ama2ement
of the people. S~teadying himself
against a high-backed pew, he looked
at the evangelist a and said:
"Mr. Parson. | don't jist catch onter
what you're drivin' at, but you and !
seem to be in the minority on this vote,
Guess wore beaten. Coume outside aud
I'll treat
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
NOVELTIES IN

A pine cone in varigated gold is a pie asing
pattern for single and double prong halrpins s.
Euameled flower brooches are still in good
demand, and many of the older designs are
selling we'll.
Small moon stone owl heads, with tiny ruby
eyes, still meet With favor among lovers OF
odd scarf pins.
Designs in enameled flower brooches have
received an addition in the shape of a japan
ese flower not unlike the wild rose, The
eolors arg white and pink, blue and white aud
notified.
A handsome bracelet consists of squares OF
Roman gold linked together, each square
having in the center a pearl on a ~raiseIset-
.tiag, while the four cOraers are set with
matched turquoises.
.Au accurate copy OF IN aacieht Ro nln
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10


was hustle everywhere. While all this
search was going on the young lady was
calmly surveying her reflections in a
mirror in the dressing room OF q theatre
and preparing, in Aesh-colored tights,
to go before an audience and exhibit her
graceful figure. ~
If this young woman had not reached
an age when such treatment would be
improper, we would suggest that she be
well SHAKEN and sent to bed early, but
as she has passed the age of bib and
tucker she must be handled differently.
A stage-struck girl is rarely cured.
The mania is not like other manias. 1t
does not seem to wear out, unless the
seeker after h~istriouic FAME is kept con-
t%inuously at the bottom of the ladder,
despite her ambition to rise, and this
doesn't often happen.
The friends of Miss Hay, the young
woman who caused her relatives so
much anxiety when she could
have easily set their miudsat rest, hope
that her passion for the stage will in
time wear itself out, and they will pro-
vide her with q chaperon to watch her.
We trust this ma be successful, but
stage-struck statistics indicate that the
chaperon will be worn out before the
girl.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
New HIT ka.

"It's a funny thing" said a hat store
clerk to a Telegram reporter. that
q man with a big head always thinks he
looks we'll in u small hat, while a man
with a little head imagines a large hat
the thing. We show 'em front and back
and side views of themselves in any
quantity of pier glasses, but the man
with the big Uranium will leave the
store having purchased a head cover
ing which looks for all the world like a
peanut on u waterbutt, and the little
man will toddle out with his hat held up
by his ears so to speak.
Every man to his taste, say I, but
some of 'em have such queer notions it's
all | a do to keep from laughing in
their faces while trying on hats for 'em.
Take darkies for instance. Any man
OF sense knows they look best in a neat
black derby; But no-it's a pearl white
derby with them, Or nothin.' Some of
the more heightened darkies will stand
before the pier glass for minutes at a
time admiring themselves in high
white silk hats. Mind you, not felt, but
silk; and they'd buy 'em, too, if they
wern't afraid of being laughed off Sixth
Gnu
"Irishmen's tastes generally run to
plug hats, no matter how u~nbecoming
they are. We can seldom persuade
them to take white hats in any shape.
Germans often show poort taste in select
ing hats. They invariably prefer the
little fiat derby-a hideous looking
thing-andth the more fashionable it is the
better. The more sensible of them buy
soft, low-crowded, cloth hats, which
suits their book beer compilations to a
Il. Americans are the most sensible
and tasteful of all our customers. They
know a becoming hat when they see it.
and it's not easy to fool 'em on Il hat
that don't fit or look well.
1.-The biggest mistake man a make
when selecting "a hat is to bring a
friend to help him choose. In ninety
| nine cases out of one hundred friends
don't know half as much about whats
becoming as does the man himself,
Consequently, when n man gets n hat
that really looks well, the smart friend
says, Take it right off. The boys'll
| guy you out of town."
$50 the poor fool buys a hat tina
makes him look like a horse with the
blind staggers, and goes out contentei
until he gets his eyes opened"
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
A Danseuse In n Rage.

London Daily Telegraph: A terrible
case of mutiny has occurred in the Paris
opera house, of all places in the world.
A youthful coryphee, who was going
through a rehearsal under the careful
superintendent of the dancing master
attached to the establishment, suddenly
grew mutinops because the ~choregraphic
professor had found fault with some OF
her movements. She accordingly as
snmed the appearance of a fury, and
seizing a pair OF scissors made several
diabolical lunges at the too-critical pro-
fessor. He, being naturally an adept
in the speedy and skillful m~anuevring
of his limbs, lodged aside from the dan
gerons damsel and her instrument with
the greatest alacrity. The points of the
scissors, however, pierced the profess
or's coat, and inflicted some wounds of
a slight character on his flesh. The en-
ragged danseuse was promptly carried
away from the foyer de la danse of the
opera, and no doubt she has lost ir-
r~evocably her chance of appearing
either as a ''glittering star" or a
"twinkling satellite" of the French
ballet.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
THE
AND
PAINTERS

Have gone. First rate fellows, at the
same time they are a nuisance to have
around. Our stock is all ready for Gus.
toners; marked and in its proper place.
We mention this because for d day or
two after our opening some of our Gus.
toners were unavoidably delayed. Our
clerks, rush peculiar to a new enterprise
and this,-new that-new everything.
Well we have come to stay. We have
been asked how long we would be
them think that we belong to the
nomadic class Of merchants. We don't,
we are going to do our business on the
fair, square and equitable plan. If we
can't do it this way, we will let it
alone. We expect to advertise more or
less, sometimes IN the Bee. 1--WE don't
know much about the newspaper here,
but they all seem to say that the Bee is
a good advertising medium.) Sometimes
we will advertise by circular, half q
dozen ways, in fact. One thing you may
rest assured Of, and that is, goods will
be just as represented. If we have 500
of a given article. we won't say 5000;
what do you care whether we have 500
paper men TO publish any lies On our
account.
We are going to give a uniform cour-
tesy to all. We havn't got an obsequi-
Gus bow for the millionaire's wife and q
different kind for the laborer's wife.
Why should we? Their money looks
just the same in the cash drawer. Our
store is painted red. We had this done
SO that you might readily find us, just
A doors above 18th street.
Next week we will perhaps give you
a detailed bit of prices, but then you
will save us lots of trouble if you will
just step in and give US 8 or 10 minutes.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
Stage Struok Girls.

New York Graphic: The young
woman who ran away from her home
in Philadelphia aud was found in this
city as a ''cadet'in a chorus of 200 girls
gave her family a great deal of unnee
essary trouble.
One of her relatives, almost dis
tracted, believed that the girl had been
KIDNAPPED, aud went all the way to
Omaha to follow out a clew. Her fam
lily was distressed beyond measure. De-
tectives were hurried to and fro, the
chiefs Of the police IN every city OF the
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
In Corporation Pockets.

St. Louis POST Dispatch: At Chicago
the vote of California will be cast as
President stanford, of the Central and
Southern Pacific roads, may direct, and
the voice of the great state of New
York will go there in the pocket of
President Depew, OF the New York
Central. The Missouri delegation will
come TO st. Louis with Vice Pre- 'ident
O'Day, of the Frisco road, at its head,
and will doubtless travel on free passes
furnished by him. 1t will be interest
ing to. compare the number of pocket
delegations attending the two con ven
tions, respectively, in charge OF railroad
OFFICIALS. ". =. =,
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
Actresses a Century Ago.

Nineteenth Century: Strange con-
trasts and anomalous situations were
the result of the familiar intercourse of
all classes and contribute not a little to
make the society of the last century so
amusing to Us. Perhaps the greatest
anomaly of all was the position of ac-
tors and actresses. An ~antiquated law
deprived them of all civil rights; they
could not appear as witnesses in a court
nor fill any public post. They were
Sent to prison for the slightest peccad-
lilo on the mere within of the court au-
thorities, and if they died while follow
ing their profession were refused relig-
ious rites at the burial. Adrienne
Lecouveur was taken out at night in a
cab by two porters and buried in a hole
hastily aug at the corner of the street.
Yet Adrienne LecOuveur was so sought
after in her life time that she com
planned that she could not comply with
all the invitations she received from the
great, and that their attentions pre-
vented herfrom enjoying a peaceful and
quiet life.
The actress Clarion was an intimate
friend of the Duchess de Villeroi and
the Duchess de Duras. Not only act
resses, but actors infatuated the leaders
of society. The actor Mole received
from Marshal Richelieu a costume
worth 5000 francs, and Fleury from a
noble friend n dress which had only
been worn once, and for which Is, 1000
francs had been paid. Two ladies-one
French, n Polish-fought a duel for
an actor. The French woman was
wounded and locked up in a convent.
Quaint incidents of all kinds illustrate
the relations between the stage and its
patrons. Actresses were sometimes
| present at state concerts, and on one
| occasion Sophie Arnold was seated next
to n duchess, who exclaimed disdain'
fully: "Honest women should wear
badges to distinguish them" ''Theu
| you would wish" replied the actress
Ito give the public a chance of counting
! tbom
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
kilaaOn'a Fad.

Nine. Christine Nilsson has a hobby
of collecting tapestries and fans. Her
collection of the former is said to be
unique. Most of her fans have been
given her by eminent people. The
finest one she has was presented to
her by the Thakore Sahib of Morvi,
and is made of gold gems and feathers.
Another, which was given her by a
Russian prince, as an exact copy OF the
Queen of Dudes famous fan. 1t is
made OF white silk with sticks of ivory
and gold, the whole being covered with
diamonds, rubies, pearls and emoralds.
The Empress Eugenie once gave her
one which formerly belonged to Nine.
Dubarry, and was painted by Boucher.
while another, presented by the city of
Venice, is of silver hlagree and point
lace, AGfi
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10

Sunday School teacher illustrating the
s,still, small voice. nl-What is il, dear child
rem that makes you feel so uncomfortable
and unhappy after you have done something
which You ought not TO dos Dear chiId-A
,Iichiu'.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
GOSSIP OF THE CREENROOM,
Stories of Plays, P~layactors and
Playmakers.
THE TRIALS OF THE HEAVY MAN.
Brittania Hissed-How They Put on
Ttghts-Stage Struck Girls
Actresses a Century Ago
Dramatic Notes.


Dramatic Times: The lot OF the
heavy man is not the most enviable
thing in the dramatic profession. Met
aphorically he gets all the kicks and
cuffs that are administrator in the play,
and he is the worst paid of all the, i'm
portant members of his company.
Heavy parts are often the most i'm
portant characters, and they are always
the most thankless. In England the
latter condition is even more marked
than it is in this country. Over there
q heavy man gets nothing but boots
and Kisses from his audiences. There
have been cases where English heavy
men have played Williams so well that
they we're hooted by mobs of people on
the street. 1t is n mark of esteem when
an actor plays a heavy part so well as to
deserve Kissing. But at the same time
when the esteem extends to universal
and violent personal execration, the
heavy mans existence is not rendered
particularly joyous.
Few heavy me rise to prominence in
this country because there is little re-
enumeration and little encouragement in
this branch of the business. There are
few men who play Williams who receive
anything like the salaries of comedians
or juvenile actors. Yet, if a villains
part is badly played the whole piece is
turned into ridicule. The heavy mans
department of the drama is not a pleas
ant or q desirable field.