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The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15
THE TOWNS PHOTOGRAPH.


Colonel p. Donan OF the world at large,
straight ne an arrow, genial and graceful,
fluent Of speech and beauty-lovlng, is In
the city and is figure a. receptions. More
fair women are known to the Colonel than
to any beau Of the legations, and they all
trust and believe In him, "a they should.
The secret Of his popularity with the sex
which enslaves the rest OF the world the
Colonel has never given away, though
many have tried to win II from him, as he
has also guarded the secret OF his own
avoidance of oil dangerous enthrallment.
Perhaps In one fact Ia found an explana-
tion OF the other, in the circumstance that
he loves all women being the explanation
hat he loves no one TO excess, and some
faint trace of pique with individual fair
ones lending zeal to the acquaintance
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

man, Independent, and his vote will elcst
the United States Senator. II he votes for
Mr. Kcnna, Democrat, Mr.. Kenna will
come To the Senate under Republican
Administration all around, aud Mr.. Carr
will remain where he H. If, ON the other
hand, he votes for General Goir, the Cen
eral will become Governor, then another
vote and he will bc Senator aud Mr.. Carr
will succeed him and become Governor OF
West Virginia, while Senator Gofr, under
n Republican Administration, can have o
wide and fertile field at his disposal, into
which Mr. Carr can wander at his pleasure
and profit. Yet Mr.. Carr hesitates and ten
thousand able politicians Of long and
sorrowful experience are sitting up Of
nights wondering what kind of a man Carr
is, anyhow.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

The fire In the Calumet and Ilec1la mines
has changed for the worse.
NJ. N. Myers, doing business as the Bos-
ten Pants Company, has made an assign
ment.
A number of stockholders in the Chicago
Consolidated Bottllng Company have ap-
plled to the Circuit Court for receiver for
that corr Grafton.
An attachment has been Issued against
the Manhattan Clock Company for "A DIG
in favor of NJ. $, Frost, the president, who
advanced the capital to carry ON the busi-
ness,
=, The sons OF Bowdoin College enjoyed
their twenty-ilrst annual reunion and din-
ner at the Boston tavern Wednesday even
ing, Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller of
the U. \. Supreme Court and President
Hyde OF the college were expected as
special guests OF the alumni, but neither
was able 70 be present. 7'
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15
A Neglected Duty.


Count Kalnoky has gone to Pesth.
The report that Bismarck has resigned is
totally discredited in official circles.
II is again asserted that Emperor VIII
liam will visit England during the coming
summer.
Archduchess Stophanle, widow of the
late Crown Prince Rudolf, leaves ON Mon
day next for Mirainar.
More heavy snow falls are reported
throughout. Central Germany, The rail-
roads converging at Frankfort are badly
blocked By snow.
A rumof that Prince Bismarck had re-
signed the Chancellorship caused prices to
weaken slightly toward the close Of yester-
days session Of the Bourse.
The Wesphalian and llanoverian army
corps will be the opposing forces in the
coming military maneuyers. Emperor
William will witness the movements.
The seyonty-seyenth number of the late
Crown Prince Rudolf's work ON Austria
Hungary, with mourning supplement re-
viscd by Emperor Francis Josephh, was
published yesterday,
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15
Not a sudden Move.

Regarding Mn Cleveland's intention TO
join the law firm of Bangs, stetson, Tracy
& MacVeagh of New York, New York
dispatch says: "The present action of Pres,
ident Cleveland is not a sudden move. In
1884 he was invited TO join the firm In the
event OF his defeat as the Democratic can
didate, and he was then offered salary or
guarantee Of $4,000 year When his term
was drawing TO a close this offer was re-
newed under the same conditions, and this
time Mr. Cleveland has found II practicable
TO accept. In these negotiations Mr.. Whit
uey who is largely interested In the syndi-
cate, has been The active agent.n
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15
THINGS WORTH READING.
An unIuclty once.

~, ..., 49,.
Inc aye oi 'supcIs'i''on mas ios yo''
passed, and that Tact imparts some littic
interest to the remarks of the Washing
,o, correenondent of the Roston Globe.
c,ooI,i,r az ,ho V;ce. .prnaidopcv and
NJ, and Nrs Merton be saws. o'rbere
~ 40 ' imci, In tho of,ice II IL trage lv
~, hv nv, ,yhy r. sbnujd be hui II
l. "n on N s,orrod nlnce'i-and he pro.
a,da oa roilan,a.
Iii UIIondr;cks faded into death in the
ers, rnar Of his Vice' Precedence and
1I Ar,hrr Ua ~oo called from The nlace bv an
aaana.;,, 90 s,end ,hree years in ,hc
yI'i,a ironse and tben to breal. under
H. AN d;sannoin,ments Wheeler dronped
n,o sro,u' u''dP ,ha V;ce presidency into mn nm.
sa,ia,,aI,lo ohscn,;tv and died on.
ve,nned in nm uncanny mystery VIII
con feIl deod when his term was half
ovar U while the Vice-president before
MIN Colfax left the capital IN DISGRACE
Uann;bal IIamlin ruvggllv withstood
tha ay;I Influences. and lives still 10
bnnnr G The chair in which he sat John
oon h;a successor wac rrecipitated into
,bn presidpncv Inv murder nj time
wben bc m,st surely fail. and only
nro vote stood bctween him and i'm
nnochment Breckinridqe abandoned
tha nlace and went In The rebellion.
ybi,c King. who was elected with
piarcc did not live 10 take his scat and
ha would not have been able to take
tho ooth if Congress had not specially
allowed II to he administered to him in
= foreign land Fillmore had the luck
to bc Tesc,,ed from the office by the
natural death of President not
aneciallv strong with the country. but
the other Vice. President to be called to
the Presidency. John TYLER left the
White House In more scorn than. had
ever attended the. retirement of pre-.
decessor George M. Dallas of Polk,s
term lost his Standing by reason O,
heino Vice. President. and afterward
become Minister 10 England. as Hamlin
went as Minister to Spain after his
Vice. Presidency. Dick johnson. how.
ever. although the boasted killer of Te
cumseh. failed of an electoral majority
when he ran with Van Buren in 1885
and became the only Vice President we
ever had tlrat was not chosen by
tbe electors. The Senate elected
him. He did not amount to ANYTHING
POLITICALLY after his service in the chaiI
of the Senate and the ambition of hi,
later wears was pyatifed with n seat il
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

Mrss STANLEY still retains her lead In
the match between female bicycllsts In New
York. That surname, Stanley, has con-
veyctl nidea Of getting there" since q
swarthy young man found Livingstone, but
Miss Stanley is said to be hard pressed by n
Miss Won Blume SO Emin Bey, a aGerman,
has got the other Stanley into trouble.
just ns ghost goes with some old English
families seems to go with all the Stanleys
O sort OF Tcutonic hoodoo.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15
New York Worldly

Mrs, Mary Edna Hill Gray Dow, the pres
ident Of the Doyer, N. H., Street Railway
Company is able to report an II per cent.
dividend as the result of her first years
management. The employees wages have
been advanced meanwhile, the service i'm
proved and a surplus accumulated to the
treasury Mrs. Dow should besent for to com
pete with the gallant Colonel Dan Lamont
as railway president in this city; The
employees might then hope for just treat
ment and the public for clean cars and a
more accommodating service.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

"There Is just one thing want for a
birthday present." purred Mrs, Jones as
her husband sat reading his newspaper
"lI'ml Want must be your master. ~
snarled Jones. ''What isitg Out with itp,
III Is frame picture OF the blind Nydia
dearfn o. -
such a Nydia't.n
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15


bent figure was making its way through
Franklin Park yesterday evening aud from
. it's vicinity there floated rhythmical mur-
mur which at once attracted the attention
Of a wanderer who was passing that way.
The place was almost deserted aud the old
man evidently felt that he had things com
pletely to himself. The observer followed
with as little noise AZ possible and finally
caught the burden Of the old man s peculiar
droning. He was an itincrant street mer-
chant and was repeating at intervals
in low tone, "Fillydelfy cough
drops, good fer coughs, co-olds
ard infioo-enzy" with crescent circumhex
accent on the ''enzy" that would make
Mrs. Brown Frame Trotter tired IL she
could only have heard II. Whenever the
accent did not precisely suit him he would
stop and repeat it'll IL came right. Like
all successful people he was devoted to his
art. He lost not a moment, but seized the
opportunity presented by the silent solicit
tude of the park to perfect himself In his
profession, to bring his elocution to o point
that would defy criticism and charm the
nickels from the pockets of every catarrhal
pedestrian.
There is pretty little romance clustering
like rose vine about the courtship and
marriage of Professor Enmons and Miss
Sophie Markoe, which occurred last night.
1t will be remembered that several months
ago, in the early gray of the morning, the
Metropolitan Club House was partially
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

IP THE Post is inclined to do exactly the
proper thing, its next inquiry should be;
"what kind OF wife do you wantS' aud
then some months later, for all parties In
terested, either (which sort of cradle or
what sort of divorce will suit youyr
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

COLONEL JONI G. NEW has returned to
indianapolis from New York without stop
ping in Washington to see Mr.. Blaine. The
quality Of harmony is not strained, but
falieth like the gentle rain from heaven, as
tl., 6ouy an NJ
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

what are you doing here ?" said a police
man to a spicious-looking small boy in
City Hall Park this morning
"Oh, nothin'; only waitin' to hear
mother tell pa what she thinks of him fer
not comm home last night" replied the
boy, calmly.
"Where 20 you liye?'
SHOWN there by the B. and o. Depot"
'Wby, you are half mile away"
"That's all right" said the boy, with a
grin; 'the farther you git away from
mother when pap comes in like that the
better II sounds. bet the old man wishes
to goodness gracious he was up here with
his loyin' son, and don't you fergit it.n
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

Alden j. Bletheu, who was formerly of
the Kansas City Press aud business man
ager for that astute politician, Van Horn,
and who later was manager Of the Min
neapolis Tribune, is In town, being generally
mistaken for ex-Sccretary Window, and
explaining that he isn't the man. Bethcn
il understood to have retired from his
Minneapolis venture with pot of money,
and has been investing largely of late in
Illinois coal lands. The suggestion is made
that he may be seeking to pool his interests
with those in the same field of William L.
Scott.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15
-,yUsrvEyrs pO-NIGHT.

Crane.
BfIou--"uncle Toms Cabin"
KrpSAss- Reilly and Woods.
NsrIosAL--Rose Coghlan in "Jocolyn."
CyclopAMA-B Battle OF shiloh.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

THE LINES or TUE Supervising Archi-
toct's Office appear to be slightly ont of
plumb. The ventilation has been defective,
OF something's the matter.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15
An Undeserved Fling.
CBosion Herald)

They say that General Boulanger pro-
poses to marry a st. Louis lady just as soon
as he gets divorce from his present wife.
II beats all what these foreigners are willing
to sacrifice in order to get an American wife
10 boost them along.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

TnE Civil Service Reform Association OF
Baltimore calls for national convention.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

As rsprcATuvH Of the coming event, New
York is already sending it's confidence
gsmesters TO Washington.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

This TINE Boulanger has given the prod
to Floquet, and II has hurt him much worse
than could a swords point.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

The FORGED Parnell letters have been
produced In court. 1t is apparently the
English who have, this time made the Irish
bull
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15
CRITICULAR.

Growers GLOOM.
The sound OF the hammer Is heard In
the building OF inaugural procession grand
stands.
Daniel, Daniel shut the windows
From the housetop to the ground;
Batten down the hatchways, Daniel,
Deaden all that doleful sound
All day long the hammers hammer,
Like far-oif ringing bell;
Now they have a ring OF gladness,
Then they have funeral knell.
Hammer, hammer, hammer, hammer,
In the shadow and the sun;
Daniel, can't stand the racket
TIL they get the scaffold done.
Shut the windows, Daniel, Daniel
Shut out every hateful thing;
On my coffin lid soon, Daniel,
Ben will cut pigeon wing.
II is said that on one occasion when Dea-
con 3. V. White, NJ. G. from Brooklyn,
was at church he dozed, and just about
shall ] do to be savedy' Whereupon the
Deacon, reused from his slumber, replied:
"Better sell short?" and became so badly
frightened that he remained alert until
after the service.
A ''hold overt says: department peo-
pie are those who will have to depart on or
after March ~
There WAS 'press gang'' at the White
House last night.
Weather poets ought to know meter
ology.
The Post this morning publishes an article
on Jefferson and Clay" We had thought
jefferson wos clay by this time.
THE WEATHER.
II is meteorological,
Greely-groundhogica
Or anything else you may call;
But
This
Ground-hoggery, Greelyry,
Disagreeable feelery
Weather is going to ruin us all.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

.(Chicago lnterOcean.)
Vice-preeldent Morton's two dogs recently
took prizes in the bench show in New York
II he don't need them when he gets to
Washington he can loan them to Jho fresi-
dent If they are good on MugwYps they
will be very useful.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

Mrs. De Pink-Oh Oh Oh | shall 20
distracted.
Mr.. De Pink. (springing TO her slde)--
herciful heavens What has happened9
''rhe washerwoman has made a mistake
and sent me one OF Mrs. Westend's lace
handkerchiefs.n
"Well, what Of tn
"What OF il What OF itS Oh, YOU
you--Why, Mrs. Westend must have re-
eeiyed my miserable cheap, imitation lace
handkerchief, and II has my name on it.n
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15
Eels That Climb Rocks.

One of the most novel sights in the
spring of the year, at the rocks of the
Willamette Falls, says the Oregon City
Courier, is the swarms of gyrating eels.
They are friskiness itself, and show a
low order of intelligence If you put
your hand in the water over the eels, or
spit on it, instantly they are gone. But
poke stick down among the snalxy
things and they do not notice it, The
sense of smell seems TO be their main
guard against danger Like salmon,
they do their level best to dart up the
rocks, in order to ascend the river, and
with good success. Says II fisherman;
Il have seen as many as 100 bushels of
eels hanging on the rocks at one time by
the suckers of their mouths They would
wiggle and tiutter their tails, ami by the
momentum thus obtained, letting no
with their suckers, jump up about six
inches higher. caught about forty
barrels last season that | salted AMI sold
TO the Columbia fishermen for bait.
picked them off the rocks with fish
hook tied TO pole. | started at the
bottom row of hanging eels, and would
silently pick off barrel after barrel.
The upper rows hadn't sense enough to
perceive the enemy. | have caught
eels in the head-waters of the Santiam,
in the Casado Mountains. Suppose
they had swum up from the viii
lamette
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

lPvnBRn ever was strain ON man II Is
now on Mr.. Robert Carr, president OF the
West visginis sepste. Heis o Labos party
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15
The Country Editor Aj1rt'

birmingham, Iowa, Free raso'l
It Is reported that young usn from the
mountains has his eye ON or ~ ,a-,,s
hams fair daughters. We 'a'' 'V' 'N' '"''
developments.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15
A Horde Of 'Possums.

One hundred and sixty 'possums,
says the Atlanta Constitution, huddled
together in one room or climbing about
on poles placed therein for their accom-
mediation. That's what a Journal man
saw tho wholesale, grocery and seed
store of j. G. Mcmillan & Co., on Mari.
eta street. The 'possum room was dark
as Erebus. On anumber of poles running
across the room were little 'possums, big
'possums, fat 'possums, gray 'possums,
black 'possums, every one with swapping.
little black eyes and grinning teeth.
One great big fellow that weighed fif-
teen pounds was hanging by his tail
from the gas jet, he having reached the
jet by jumping from a pole close by.
Cuddled up in the corner of little box
on the floor was little gray 'possum
that growlcd and snarled like a
cat whenever any other 'pessum
came near his home. This pos
sum was the smallest in the lot,
but whenever he approached bunch
of his fellows they always parted to
make room for him, as he was mdoubt-.
edly "the cock of the walk" Some of
the 'possums stay In this room for two
weeks, but most Of them remain there
only a few days before they are taken
out to have their necks cracked. They
are fed on siops just as pig is fed.
Two of the 'possums escaped one night,
and the next morning the mangled re-
mains Of fourteen chickens were found
scattered about the store room The
Mcmillan 'possum house is perhaps the
only one in the world, as the animals
are generally kept in coops until they
are wanted for the table If the trade
IN possums continues to increase,
within the next few years we may cx-
pect to see sign something like this:
Mcmillan Bros, wholesale dealers in
and importers of 'possums, the largest
possum dealers in the South" We
may also expect to see large houses
erected, built expressly for the accom-
modations of the 'possums which are
brought to this market
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15
A ROMANCE or THE WAR.
The Marriage of Swecthe carts Who Met
During the Rebellion.

The Marriage of Swecthcarts Who Met
During the Rebellion.
I Captain Charles Reese Of Charleston,
s. c., and Miss Frances Grady, each
somewhat past the meridian of life, met
years aso. On Wednesday afternoon
they met for the second time at the
Union depot by arrangement, and two
hours later they were married, says the
Kansas City Journal Captain Reese
was guard at Libby Prison during the
civil war. Miss Grady's brother, aleu-
tenant in the Confederate service, was
Reese's messmate, and died away from
his home and under his care.
Ever since then Captain Reese and
Miss Grady have constantly corre-
sponded, meeting but once during the
twenty five years intervening. BY cor
respondence they agreed to meet at the
Union depot in this city and be mar
ried
On Wednesday afternoon Captain
Reese strolled to and fro on the Union
Depot platform, seeking Miss Grady in
the crowd. Suddenly rather plump
but very pleasant looking woman hur-
ried up to him and said: '9 ~ t..
Isn't this Captain Reese?"
Yes" he replied, but who are
why, it's Miss Grady, isn't it2' ,i
He had his marriage license with him.
and together they proceeded TO the
nearest justice, where they were mar
ried. The couple will probably reside
in the future in Clay County, where the
now Mrs. Reese is the owner of an ex-
tensive farm.
A Neglected Duty.
Excited Citizen-IIold on, Mr.. Great
mani When you stumped this district for
yourself you promised you'd protect
Americas infant industries.
statesman-Yes, sir
tWell, I've watched you carefully, and
you haven't once advocated big tariff on
olive oil. We need il, sir, need IL at once;
the tariff should be almost prohibitory.n
"Eh Are you an olive grower 2"
mo, Pm bother OF cuttonseed oil.n
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

(Albiga, Ora Noui'el' ,n.
Real estate mon arr getting np'.'.u'e, .nnne,
ous In Alblaa than iielinrplayera , pneoi'
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

Farmer Homespun ton New York Cen
tral train to fellow passenger)- Ever been
West?
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-02-15

Mrs. Cleveland has TWO white maids,
both of whom she secured in New York.
One attends her when she dresses and
the other does the chamher-work Mrs.
Harrison will, 1t is thought, bring her
own maids with her, and Mrs. Cleve-
lands attendants will probably go with
her to New York. There is nearly al
ways change in cooks when new
President enters the White House. Mr..
Cleveland pays his cook out of his own
salary and this has usually been the
custom. Each President has always
brought his own steward also, but
the steward is paid by the Gov
ernment, Several extra servants
are also paid by the President, and not
out of the general fund. General IIar-
rison is said to eat palmer food than
Mr. Cleveland, and is fond OF corn
bread and boiled dishes, the taste hay
ing been handed down to him from his
Virginia ancestors. Most of the trained
servants Of the Executive Mansion
stand fair chance of being retained
by General and Mrs Harrison, as more
than half of them have been here dur
ing two or three Administrations.
The housekeeper Is from Albany, N.
y, and was brought by Mr.. Cleveland,
Mrs, Harrison may or may not have "A
housekeeper, as she has always attended
to her own housekeeping The ser.
wants out at Red Top-the President S
country place-have, of course, been
paid out of Mr., Cleveland's private
purse. Beckley, one of the negro mes
sengers at the White House, has been
there long time. He IL not, strictly
speaking, servant, as he Is sent
around with great many official pa
pers He is from Virginia, and Is a
good rider, and there is horse nearly
always at his command.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-16
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.

1t is said that the American tin-plate con-
sumers' syndicate has offered to purchase all
the tin-plate works in South Wales at f3 900 per
mill. in order to control the produce, of which
America now purchases three-fourths. The
object is to abolish the large profits of the
middlemen.
BY an explosion of fire-damp in a colliery
near Mines, France. yesterday, fifteen persons
were killed and six injured
The Rome Riorma announces an Italian pro-
tectorate over the sultanate Of Oppia, on the
Somali coast.
1t is officially denied in Vienna that Austria
is preparing for war with Servia
Herr Antoine, who has resigned his seat as
deputy for Metz in the reichstag intends to be
come a French citizen and to offer himself as a
candidate for the chamber of deputies in oppo-
sition to Gen. Boulanger at the next election.
A soldier named Vertjoie has been sentenced
to death in Oran, Algeria. for throwing auid
of tobacco into the face of Col. Thierry lille
Vertjo4e was being tried by court-martial for
attempting to desert.
The Paris police yesterday searched the
houses of many members of the Patriotic
League. Persons against whom damaging evi.
dence is found will not be arrested, but will be
summoned to appear before magistrate for
examination