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The Washington critic., 1889-04-20
LATE DEPARTMENT NEWS.
A Brave Seaman.


In dispatch from the late Commander
Schoonmaker, dated ut Apia, Samoan
Islands, March 8, he calls attention to re-
peated acts of bravery performed by Will
liam Fooye, seaman on the Vandalia.
Twice he leaped overheard and rescued
men from drowning in the sea, and during
heavy swell he descended into the water
and loosed rope that had got foul of the
screw. Commander Schoonmaker recon-
mended a suitable reward.
Death of n Paymaster's Clerk.
Captain Farquhar, in dispatch dated on
the Trenton at sea, January 16, reports the
death Of Pay Clerk IL. ID. Alexander of that
vessel, Of yellow fever, the night Of January
10. The disease was contracted in the line
OF duty from necessary exposure on shore
at Panama, while receiving stores at the
railway, that had come from New York.
Captain Farqahar says of him: "He was an
honorable gentleman, much beloved by all
on board, who deeply deplore his loss"
lie was buried at sea.
War Department Changes.
The following changes have been made
in the War Department: Miss Mary A.
Howard OF Connecticut, appointed copyist
at $3.50, Signal Office; Edward w. Day of
New York, appointed copy-holder at 5000,
Rebellion Records Office: Mrs. Elizabeth
w. Owen, transferred from Quartermaster-
Generals Office to Adjutant-Generaps office;
Charles NJ. Kalloch, clerk class 2, Surgeon,
Generals Office, resigned; Walter f.
DAILY, clerk class 81 600 Commissary-Gen-
erals office, resigned; Clinton II. Emerson,
class ], Secretary Of Wars Office, resigned.
Captain McRae's Successor.
win be sunerseded shortly Inv M I a.
Hewes, who keeps the hack-stand at the
RipOa HOuea II will hp rome m harp1 that
Mr. Hewes was the person who caught
Major Armes after his assault on Governor
Beaver at the Riggs House. Governor
Beaver remembered this, and indorsed
Hewes for the position Hewes is soldier
OF the late war, and will make good
oihciai;
Ia -, ~
70 sa'u ", ~ .ne Navy Depat.mcnt Iiiat US
INC. .nu WIN .,,, VI u''ivs ouo ahu luinishing Iue
new gunooae iorkeoWh progresses IL Is
Iouliu .i,n. .ne aecouiiiiouaeion ioI one waru
plo3aDy p1a & ~ nseess"'y ,S y W saGliuee 70 .nelr
sci apart for the use of the esntain This
work can be done at navy-yard aud with
out putting the vessel out OF commission.
D.nosit,ons R.sor. Co,r.s-nrar,,a,
~, .e w.,
Al, ny oeeie.aiy VI WaI nus ihaue ruilng
hasora aato cue & p,UsiS,on SI.I Ieposit,ons aue
.. ueiore cou,.-lnaruai snai, oGuuly autnen-
before some person Competent To admins
ter oaths for such purpose. The only Off
Ger Of the army who can administer the
oath Is the officer who has qualified as the
judge-advocate of the court-martial before
which 1t is used.
N.,vs r,o,, ,,o .,..,
Commonder G,eo, oo,nmo,d;no tho
Alert, reports from Honolulu under date of
the 1st instant that affairs are very quiet,
nothing of interest having occurred since
last advices. The health of the ships
company is excellent. II will be remem-
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20
YB EASTER BONNET.

Yc Wife vt doth new bonnet weare
Uponne ye Easter Morne,
Ye while shrewish locke she boare
And wa lketh forthe In scorne;
No Easter daye hath she.
Ye wife Vt doth old bonnet don
Uponne ye blessed daye
And hath no gloome her face uponne,
But blithcsome is aud gay;
Sweete viii her Easter be.
Ye daye ben US whenne sorrow nedde
Away from allie vt wept;
And in ye heart not on ye hedde,
Is Eastertide welle kept.
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Official IIumor:

Oflclal lumor;
The President: BY the way, Mr.. Wana-
maker, have you made any arrangements
by which you are to give places in your De-
paitment to a few coored men to whom we
owe some recognition?
p. NJ. g.: No sir; not yet | expect to
get around to that later, Mr.. President.
The President (anuoyed): But why not
nowP We can't afford to wait too long.
p. NJ. G. (soothingly): My dear Mr.. Har-
rison, you don't quite understand. You
see Pm running my Department on strictly
business principles. In the spring and
summer, you see, or ought to, we run white
goods for all they are worth, and along in
the fall we begin to handle dark material
This is the middle of spring, Mr. Harrison.
The President (pleasantlyl: That's SO,
John. | didn't quite tumble. You see Pm
so upset by the rush of ofiice-seekers, that
really / can't tell whether this is early
spring or late fall
Mayor Grant of New York has downed
the telegraph wires without any "bayonets
at the poles.n
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20
BEATS THE RECORD.
Hen That Laid Double Egg as a
Sort of Celebration.

Mrs. McCuddy's hen is an Intelligent
animal. 1t knew IL was Eastertide yester-
day, and IL laid itself out to see what IL
could do in the way Of an Easter novelty,
and 1t succeeded In showing that 1t was
very superior sort Of hen. 1t laid an egg
about twice as large as ordinary hens do,
with the yolk and the white part In separate
eggs, connected by short tube. 1t didn't
put any shell on this unique Easter egg, but
left only thin, flexible, transparent skin
around it. The two ends are about of equal
size, and one endi is full OF the yellow and
the other Of the white portions Of the egg.
The hen appreciated the uniqueness OF It's
Easter feat and laid the curiosity right on
the doorstep Of Mrs. McCuddy's house, at
100 X street northeast, where II would not
go unnoticed. Little Pat. Noone, whose
father Is one Of the fremen on No. z fire
engine, and lives at 113 X street northeast,
found it, and Mrs. McCuddy said his father
could take the egg to the engine. house and
present 1t to the firemen The firemen this
afternoon sent 1t to the National Museum.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20
REAL ESTATE.

Alice X. Middlekauff to Van Burcn Hill
yard, lot 13, square $40, $1,000.
Z Susan b. Latimer ct al. to Charles g..
Sloan, part lot 4, square 4S1, 81.
John Frischholz to John Richter, sublots
!, 2 and 3, K0sciusko Place, $500.
Martha A. Donaldson TO Christian G..
LeGerer, part 'Dry Meadows,n sos.
James ii. Payne TO Mary A. r. Cost, part
lot 81, b. and II. addition to Georgetown,
5000
Mary. A. r. Cost to Laura A. Carpenter,
part lot 81, B. and II. addition to George
town, So 800.
Louisa A. Crosby to Emma Cilley lot 10,
block %, Mt. Pleasant, $2, 2,S24.2l.
Joseph 7. Stevens to George w. White,
lot "a, block 6, Meridian Hill, 5000.
Building Permits Issued.
Permits were issued to-day by the Build
ing Inspector as follows; Levi Woodbury.,
one brick dwelling, II Iowa Circle, at cost
OF $4,000; William Spaulding, one brick
dwelling, 7l6 Second street northwest, at q
cost Of $4,000; August Baumbach, one
brick dwelling, 923 Delaware avenue north
cast, at cost OF 81 500.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20
Building Permits Issued.


The prosecution against Daniel Mckee
yer Of obstructing Virginia avenue by build
ing fence across II was up In the Police
Court to-day AS the Railroad Company
has been taking down the fence, Prosecu-
tor Shillington was willing TO let the case
rest for the present. II was continued for
a week
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20
ORDER IN OKLAHOMA.
The Federal Troops win Act In Con
innciion with the III. 4 MarahnIs.

Assistant Adjutant-General Keltou, by
direction of the Major-General, under
orders from the President, mas telegraphed
to the commanding general OF the Division
of the Missouri, at Chicago, TO direct Geu-
eral Merritt to act in conjunction with the
marshals OF the United States In maintain
ing peace In Oklahoma, and to use the
troops, upon the requisiton of the mar
sbals, to quell riots and prevent trouble.
Secretary Noble yesterday rendered q
decision that the Interior Department has
no snthority TO grant the Oklahoma Capital
City Town Site and Improvement Company
permission to enter seventeen town sites In
the Indian Territory.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20
Mays Lost Thought.

Mamma said May, ''I--n
ayes, dear" answered mamma, as May
hesitatGd.
"Oh, never mind,n said May, after min
ute's reflection. ~ wanted 10 afa you
something, but IL fell out OF my lead.h-
Lllarper's Young People,
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Surgeon General Hamilton of the Marine
Hospital Service this morning received a
telegram from DIR. Daniel, president OF the
State Board OF Health, Of Florida, which
In jacksonville absolutely false. General
health Of the city decidedly good,n
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To-day the Hottest Day.

The thermometer to-day in cool place
in the shade showed 7So aud IN warm shady
places on the Avenue the mercury got
above so several degrees. In the sun at
Tenth and d streets reliable tube regis
tered 1889 and didn't seem to half try. GEN
eral Greedy is queer sort of ground hog,
he isl
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20

The British naval programme for the fu-
ture is colossal. In addition TO the thirty
eight waI~ships OF one kind or another now
In construction, seventy more are TO be laid
down at a cost OF &22, ,000, 900, making sol
waieships by lS04.-[ Army and Navy Jour
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No Trace of the late wearer

A bundle of clothing, containing pair
of short trousers, dark-colored Jacket and
calico waist, was found floating off the
steamer Leary's wharf by Officer King
yesterday. No trace of the former occupant
of the clothes has been discovered.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20

Marriage licenses have been granted as
follows; VIM. II. Gaskins and Ida Allen;
Alfred II. Rawlings and Fre2ine Morris;
Cuvier Green and Margaret L. Adams; u.
Wilbur Alderman and Addie s. Nelson.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20
The OId, Familiar Faces,

Visitor from indianapolis ito White
House Baby; swell Benny, suppose you
find Washington very different from your
old home Yn
Benny (cheerfully): "Oh, not much, SIR
j miss the old streets and buildings, OF
course, but the people all seem to be here y
-[Puck.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20

The Shah Of Persia Is about to pay visit
to the Czar Of Russia. The Gear hopes to
return the visit some time, no doubt, but
with larger retinue. Russia has been
wanting Persia,
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20

THE ANNUAL summer boom has begun in
Florida. The Pensacola health officer has
declared quarantine against all vessels from
yellow fever or other infected ports
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20

A WOMAN In the District OF Columbia
was ihis morning sentenced TO be hung.
This is the first sentence OF the sort In the
District since the conviction Of Mrs. Sur
raft
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20

THE INDIANS Of the Territory view the
advance of the white mob into Oklahoma
with distrust. Well they may. Never did
they have more vivid Illustration of the
white mans greed, and, naturally, they
think of their own future.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20
Spring Medicine

is necessity with nearly everybody. The
run down, tired condition at this season Is
due TO impurities In the blood which have ao-
cumulated during the winter, and which
must be expelled II you wish 10 feel well.
Hoods Sarsaparilla thoroughly purifes and
vitalizes the blood creates a good appetite,
cures blliousness and headache, gives healthy
action to the kidneys and liver, and imparts
to the whole body a feeling of health and
strength Thls spring try
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20
LAST OF THE CoBBLEs.

Street Railways Prohibited From Lay
ing Any More Such Pavements.
The Commissioners have ordered that
hereafter all street railways are prohibited
from laying cobble-stone pavements between
their rails or tracks on any street in the
District now paved or ordered to be paved.
In such cases Belgium-block pavement,
ment pavement may be granted, at the
discretion of the Board, upon, application
Of any railroad company.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20

not to he expected that a host OF people,
all eager for land, all orowding in together
and all armed, will remain peaceful when
there is not land enough for all. The rush
10 Oklahoma Is folly OF the widest kind
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THERE mas already been q conflict be-
tween officers and would-be settlers in
Oklahoma, and-there viii be Others. II is
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20
TRUTH AND POETRY.
The poetess wrote an Easter sonnet,
And traded II for an Easter bonnet.

The sun will set tomorrow eve in the
EASTERN sky, the only day in the year
when 1t does.
Christianity and Clothes will boom to-
morrow.
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CRITICULAR.

Colonel Bob Ingcrsolrs lectures are neat,
but not goddy.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20

CHICAGO is reasonably happy. There
has been political revolution there and
the offices are being re-distributed. There
is a great wrangle over the admission of
outlying suburbs, Two or three big strikes
are threatened. Finally, and greatest of
all. there is on trial one of the most revolt
ing divorce suits Of the year.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20

A man In Orange City, Fla, gathered
1000 quarts OF berries from two two-year-
old mulberry trees
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Five Races Each Day.
FIRST RACE AT 3 O'CLOCK.

Special race trains via Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad at 1910, 1850 and $50 p. M.
Returning trains will be in waiting when
the races are over.
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Hoods SarsapariIla

~ take Hoods sarsaparilla every year as
spring tonic, with most satisfactory results" ="
@. PARMELEE, $40 Bridge st., Brooklyn, N. Y
Hoods sarsaparilla purified my blood,
gave me strength and overcame the headache
and dizziness, 80 that ! am able to work
again. recommend Hoods Sarsaparlla 10
Others whose blood is thin or impure, and
who feel worn out or run down" LUTHER
Mason IOWall Masg
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UI OUT utHeI, IHIrtteHIH anu L StTeets To-
morrow evening.
FoR DIsoRDERED LIVER try BEECH
ANS PILLS
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20
THE CHICAGO POLICE MUDDLE.


Captain Michael Schaack, the police Of
ficer removed by, the late Mayor of Chicago,
under the excuse of charges made by an ir-
responsible newspaper, has been reinstated.
The cases OF Captain Schaack and Superin-
tendent of Police Bonield of the Chicago
police force are remarkable as illustrating
bow justice and decency are sacrificed for
political ends in some Of our large cities. A
sensation-seeking newspaper accused the
two officials of dishonesty. Charges by that
newspaper would not seriously affect man,
but the two police officers had been con
spicuous in putting down the Anarchists in
Chicago and II was thought that their sus-
pension by the mayor might aid in gaining
for the Republicans the sociallstic vote
The nimsy excuse offered was taken and
tie two officers were suspended. The peo-
pie at the polls buried the time-serving po-
Iitical machine out of sight and the officers
have been vindicated, one resuming his .po-
sition, the other refusing to do so. The
politicians can sometimes be too tricky for
their own good.
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A THIEF's EXPERIENCE.

Somewhat astonished must have
been thief who picked up aud carried
ofl small box from the elevated rail-
road in New York last Tuesday.
There had been death in the family
of laboring man. A baby boy hal
died few minutes after birth aud tie
usual burial certificate had been oh.
tanned. Too poor TO afford the expense
of a funeral, the father of the dead in
fant placed the little body tenderly in a
box and took an elevated train for the
purpose of conveying his slight burden
TO the morgue, where it would be cared
FOR by the authorities. He was wearied
with attendance upon sick wife, and
as he sat in the car Nature asserted her
self. He fell asleep.
When the tired man Syoke he started
up and looked for the little box. Some
one remembered seeing a rough. look
ing individual who had left the cars
some blocks back and who had doubt
less robbed the sleeping passenger. The
authorities were at once informed OF
the happening, but they have not yet
found the missing little box.
1t is curious to speculate upon the
feeling of that thief when he made the
discovery which followed his crime.
One can imagine his hurrying TO some
safe place, and there eagerly and
greedily opening the package supposed
by him to contain something valuable.
To imagine the expression which come
upon the mans face as the cover was
removed, and the tiny dead body re-
vealed, is not so easy. More difficult
still is ii TO imagine his thoughts.
There is, nevertheless, certain sort of
attractiveness in the subject. What did
the man think or say or do2
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20
Carriages should go via NJ street.

Perfect order will be preserved. objec-
lionable persons WILL as ON previous occs /.
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GGGsACTLY.
The poets lay for Easter
Is the sweetest poets make;
The old hens lay for Easter
Is a lay that takes the cake.
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Creates an Appetite

with the first bottle of Hoods sarsapa.
rilla my headache entirely disappeared, and
where before before could not muster up an
appetite for my meals, ! can not now got
enough meals to satisfy my appetite. am at
present taking my second bottle and feel
like n different person. WILLIAM LANSING,
Post 20, g. A. H., Neenah, Wis.
N. u. II yon decide 10 take Hoods sarsa-
paiilla do not be induced to buy any other
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for 50. Pre-.
pared only by O. !. HOOD g. CO., Apothe-
carries, Lowell, Mass
100 DOSES ONE D0LLlR.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-20

It has been noticed that trees on streets
running east and west seem to grow more
rapidly and their leaves come out earlier
than those OF trees growing on north and
south streets, but this is not the case. In
individual cases one tree may grow better
than another and may leave out week or
two earlier than its immediate neighbor, but
the direction of the street on which tree
grows has nothing TO do with this. Some
kinds OF trees, too, put on their coats of
green much earlier than Others aud the age
of trees has much TO do with their responses
to the spring sunshine. AS the trees on
each street are Of the same variety and are
about of the same age the impression that
trees on east and west streets leave out
earliest may have been given because In
some part Of the city the east and west
streets are planted with the earlier varieties
of trees.
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National Editorial Association.

DETROIT, Aug 29.-The third days SEES
sion of the National Editorial association
opened with an incident which rather mar
red the harmony of the proceedings. A
local paper yesterday printed an interview
with Colonel Shepard, of the New York
Nail and Express, in which the question of
sectional feeling was referred to, and
Colonel Shepard was credited with some
remarks questioning the loyalty of ex-
COnfederates in the south TO the union. 1t
should be stated here that Colonel
Shepard in an interview in a morning
paper said his remarks in the first inter
flew had been garbled and their purport
LSszeonstrued When the convention was
called to order this morning DR.. Cranfell,
Of Waco, Tex, moved that a committee be
appointed 10 investigate the mental condi-
ton of Colonel Shepard, and j. Stark, of
Orange, Tex, seconded the motion, which
was promptly ruled out of order. The re
mainder of the morning session was de-
voted to reading papers. In the afternoon
L. b. Eldredge again brought up the Shep-
ard matter, saying the southern delegates
had decided that should Colonel Shepard
further address the convention, they would
not attend the meeting.
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New YORK, Aug. 29-Among Mayor
Grants mail to-day relative to the projected
Worlds fair, was letter from w. c. Ca
rand, secretary of the Illinois So ciety of
Agriculture. 1t was written in reply to a
note asking the recommendation of Joseph
Realla,s a committeeman. Mr.. Carand
Ays: ~ must say you seem to be laboring
Under a false impression as TO the location
of the Worlds fair of 1892. Out here in
the west we have already located the great
international exposition at the city of Chi
cago, and are only waiting for Congress to
assemble to ratify our good work. MIR.
Hugh J. Grant will, like myself, be a hum
bic visitor and spectator at the coming eX
position, and promise you now that when
ne returns to Manhattan isalnd, he will not
regret having visited Chicago and the
greatest exposition the world ever held
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The Great Sham Naval Battle.

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 29.-This has been
great day at the encampment as regard:
crowds. The trains brought in about eighty
thousand visitors, mostly from Wisconsin
and Illinois, the great attraction being the
night naval battle. Fully quarter of 4
million people occupied the beach and the
vast ampitheatre on the hillside above the
lake shore. The park was packed with
Grand Army men and their wives, the seats
being reserved for them. The battle was a
splendid spectacle, being participated in by
about sixty vessels, besides stationary
motor feet and about three thousand in
fantry and artillery men. There were fired
1000 rounds OF musketry, 5000 shells, 4 500
rockets and 10000 pounds of fireworks
were exploded
The plan,of battle was an attack by hostile
fleet and the landing of a marine force and
its repulse bya score of batteries supported
by infantry in line of battle. The feet was
led by the United States man-of-war Michi-
gan and the revenue cutters Andy Johnson
and F'essenden.
The signal was given at o'clock, and as
if by magic the whole bay was illuminated
and the spectators could see the animated
movements of the infantrymen, artillery
men and seamen as they got ready for the
conflict. Then darkness succeeded. The
line of the feet gracefully naneuvred,
engaging the shore batteries as they passed
and the latter returning the fire. 1t is a
splendid spectacle which spectators
now see as the vessels pour in their
port fire and land batteries respond.
Guns, mortars and rocket guns discharge
their missiles and as the fleet makes cir
cult, the vessels continue pouring in their
raking broadsides and the land batteries
aim their guns at the passing feet till the
burning wreckage is seen floating about
here and there. Burning kerosine barrels
were utilized to bring about this delusion.
After a brisk action, lasting about half an
hour, brilliant spectacle of kissing shot
aud shell, flaming rockets shooting in every
direction, water witches skipping hither
and thither in myriad confusion and only
occasionally the boom of a gun was heard
Mistakenly supposing they had siienced the
shore batteries, the attacking force now
prepare to come jim small boats and
then complete victory, but the
beleagured city IS not ready to capitu-
late. The in ltry force that has until
now remained IN reserve, presses forward
on the beach in front of the batteries ready
to meet the landing force; and they pour
steady fire of round after round into the
midst of the approaching boats The roar
of the musketry had superseded the boom
of the canonading. The invading party is
repulsed and retreat sin confusion. Two
vessels were so badly disabled that they
were blown up with powder. A mag
nifcent pyrotechnic display followed the
battle.
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The Professor at the Breakfast rnhle.

BosToN, Aug. 29.-Oliver Wendell Holmes
is quietly passing his eightieth birthday at
Beverly farm. Letters and kilograms of
congratulation have poured in from all over
the country this afternoon. He received
many ladies and gentlemen
Many beautiful floral gifts were sent to
the doctor, and the house was filled with
flowers. He also received very hand
some remembrance in the shape of a solid
silver gold-lined loving cup of beautiful de-
sign from personal friends and classmates.
He received a short personal note from
Whittier in which the latter expressed his
regards and deep regret that his i'll health
would prevent his being present in person
Barring a slight difficulty in hearing the
doctors powers are unimpaired.