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The Washington critic., 1889-04-13
DIED.


REDwAY ON Friday, April 70, 1889, at
O'Clock a. M, Irene L., daughter Of Loretta
@, and the late Lieutenant IL. X. Roadway,
aged - years.
mothers residence. l845 Thirty second street.
Friends respectfully invited 10 attend.
sLIDELL.-On April I2, 1880, at the residence
Of her brother-in-law, Admiral G. n. P.
RoassMTs M strest after pssd dfortndsht Ill
Of the late John Slidell of New York
Interment at ST. Marks Church, New York
IIERBERT.-o Friday, April 1e, 1880, at
a:lo O'Clock p. M, Amelia, widow Of the late
Funeral on Sunday, April ID 1889, at $3.50
O'Clock p. m., from her late residence, 1919
sixth street northwest Friends and relatives
invited to attend.
CRATTY.--On Friday. April 10, 1880, at 0:3O
q. M, Helena M Crafty, widow of the late
William =. Crafty.
Funeral from her late residence, 71O
Eleventh street northwest, Sunday. April II,
at 23O p. m.
II. sheridan, born May 50. lis, infant Si son Of
Mildred and II. II. Echelberger.
Funeral from the residence of his parents,
Good Hope road, ID, c., Sunday at 3 p. IN.
He cometh up like flower"
FARWELL AT Grant City, NO. April II,
1880 Leonard j. Farwell, x-GoverIor OF Wis.
consin, in the 7lst year OF his age.
FLAGG. = Suddenly, al 1919 Thirteenth
siitet n"ItnNesti oH hplll ~ looJi Mrs. iiuf-
ilette g, tlagg.
MoGRANN.--on Friday, April IL. $780, at
1918 n. m, nc his late residence, No. 10i @
street southwest, Henry McGrann, In the G0th
year Of his age.
RloRDAN. Friday morning, April 1e, 1880,
at Ia, m, Patrick Joseph Rlordan, the only
son OF Bartholomew sand Ellen Rlordan, in
the 9TH year of his age, and grandson of Mrs.
Sheehan
Fnneral Sunday, the 18th, from his parents
residence, No. 122 G street northeast, at 3
o'clock, Relatives and friends are respect
fully invited 10 attend.
BLONDEL.-On Thursday. April II, 1880
after brief Illness Eugene Blondel, beloved
husband of Mary A. Blondel, in the 0ist year
of his age
Funeral from his late residence, 492 X street
northwest Sunday, April II, at 9 p. m. Rel
atiVes and friends respectfully invited to at
tend. Interment at Rock reek.
cALDWELL.-Fell asleepin Jesus on April
II, 1889, az his residence, 1913 Valley street,
West Washington, after q long and painful
illness, which he bore with Christian forti.
tude,, VIM \, Caldwell, aged 20 years, 1
month and % days
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13
Ar oLp POINT.
The Famous Resort Thronged with
visitors From All Ounrtcrs

NtsttOfs FROM All uuhrtcrh.
OLD PoINT CoMroRT, VA, April 13.-
The advantages Of Fortress Monroe
as fashionable winter resort
were never better illustrated than
at the present time. While this is by no
means the height of the season, the only
hotel here is crowded to its utmost and its
manager is actually kept busy answering
letters and kilograms from people who
want accommodations that he cannot take
care of any more guests.
BY the way, II 10 q mistake to class this
place as purely winter resort. IL is really
as much OF a summer resort as any OF the
famous places on the Atlantic coast, and
during last summer this same hotel was al
ways crowded with guests, and | am in
formed that no summer resort hotel on the
coast equaled II In the amount OF money IL
made for It's proprietors.
The great wonder among visitors from
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago
and other cities where capital Is located, Ia
that the liberal franchise given by an act OF
Congress and by act OF tho Virginia Legis-
lature. to the well-known John f..
Chamberlin to build frst-class hotel
here having all the conveniences and luxu-
rious surroundings that attach 10 the sea-
shore hotels Of the modern kind has not
been utilized. The location granted by the
Government TO Mr.. Chamberlin is unsur-
passed as site for n flrst-class seaside
hostelry.
Right at the waters edge, with the new
iron pier built by the Government at a cost
OF 100000 at its very door, how could
there be more desirable site
That such a hotel as Mr.. Chamberlin has
been promising TO build would turn out a
paying investment no one who Is familiar
with the popularity this place has as a
health and pleasure resort has the slightest
doubt.
The other people, instead Of being OPP
posed to the Chamberlin project, are
really in favor of its being carried
out, for the reason that their ex-
perience has shown them that even a
second hotel here will hardly furnish
all the accommodations that will be
sought, and, as the Government owns the
ground, third hotel Is an impossibility.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13
RISE OF THE SHAppoCK.

Tie shaddock, or "grape-lruit,n as II Is
sometimes called, Is a tropical fruit that
people in this country are just coming to
know and learning TO like. Everybody has
seen the big, light yellow globes on the
fruit-stands In the streets, and about every
body has tasted them. The verdict is
usually disapproval. Most people, when
they bite into their initial shaddock, have
their mouths made up for the taste of an
orange. The acidulous, piquant flavor of
the shaddock is in the nature of disagree
able surprise, and the fruit is at once set
down as not enticing. Shaddocks must be
eaten rightly, and really to like them is In
most instances an acquired taste. Very
few Of the people who eat shaddocks
habtually, and Misunderstanding is a habit
with lots Of people, but had to learn to
like them. Another cause for the slow
growth in popular favor OF the shaddock Is
that II is impossible to tell by the appear
ance Of shaddock whether IL is ripe or
not. An unripe shaddock is as disagree
able to the taste as ripe one is pleasant,
and 1t often happens that an experimenter's
first shaddock is green one, and because
It is SO sour as to make his jaws seem
loosened he condemns all shaddocks be-
cause Of this one. The color of the shad-
dock is pale yellow, almost green in It's
paleness, and this color deepens but little
after the shaddock has attained its full
size, which is anywhere from the size of
baseball to that of small football, though
1t takes week or two OF sunshine to
thoroughly ripen shaddock after ii has
attained its full size. Shaddocks grow on
tree that looks much like an orange tree,
like 1t, being an evergreen. They grow
very thickly all over the tree, much more
thickly than oranges.
~ have seen a little twig no bigger than
my little finger" said fruit dealer yester-
day, with five or six big shaddocks on II.
The twig didn't look strong enough TO hold
their weight. A comparatively small tree
will often bear as many as 1000 shaddocks
at time. They grow rapidly and easily
wherever oranges grow and they are rapidly
coming into favor with the public. Down
South they are much liked aud nearly
everybody eat them. But In the North
they are less known. | presume there are
three or four hundred barrels Of them sold
mere IN washington each week. though the
saies Inns season nave not peen as large as
iast' lheir season Is the same as that OF
the orange and they are packed and shipped
just as oranges are. The taste for them is
an acquired one, though, Just as the taste
ior tomatoes is' a FLORIDA irult paper
snor. ,i'ne ago printed an article To tue
erect .,a' ,here was fortune awaiting the
man VINO hau nerve enough 10 plant
shauuoch grove. ihey are certainly on the
lise IN popular iaVor ana wonld not be
surprised II 'hey snouiu come 10 Deas much
ea,e'' ave., us oranges are ,+o,
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

TnE tact aud good sense OF Secretary
Blaine were never more fully shown than
In the correspondence calling for the retire
ment Of Perry Belmont, Minister TO Spain.
Whateverhis enemies may say Of Mr.. Blaine,
he is a fair fighter, does not cherish
enimositics, and is most generous when he
is "on top" What better comment from
the man OF the worlds point of view could
he made ON the course of the great Secre
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13
VISITORS TO THE DEPARTMENTS.

Secretaries Blaine, Proctor and Tracy
have issued the following order for the re-
ception Of visitors:
Reception of Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress, from 10 to IL o'clock.
Reception of all persons not connected
with the Departments at 10 o'clock, except
Tuesdays and Fridays, which are Cabinet
days; and Thursdays in the Department Of
State, when the members of the Diplomatic
Corps are exclusively received.
Persons will not be admitted to the build
ing after O'Clock each day, unless by card,
which will be sent by the captain Of the
watch to the chief clerk or to the head Of
the bureau for which the visit is intended.
This rule will not apply to Senators, Repre-
seBtatives or heads OF Executive Depart
mtnts.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13
WASHINGTON, APRIL 10, 1880.
PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTIONS.

The Cabinet meets on Tuesdays and
Fridays at 1890 p. m.
s.nators and Representatives in Congress
will he received by the President every day,
except Mondays, from 10 until 12.
Persons not members of Congress having
business with the President will be received
from l9 until on Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
Those who have no business, but call
merely to pay their respects, will be re-
ceived by the President in the East Room
at p. m. on Mondays, Wednesdays aud
Saturdays.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13
The Very Literary East.

Omaha Herald)
The lastnumber Of the"Book Buyer''gives
an interesting little sketch OF Octave
Thanet, otherwise Miss Alice French OF
Davenport, Iowa, very artistic and in-
diyidual contributor 10 the "Century" and
other magazines. 1t Is remarked in this
article that Judge French, the father OF
the talented young lady, was a man OF
literary tastes, and that he made a visit
every summer for short time to one Of the
Eastern resorts. In this way, remarks this
New York publication, he was enabled to
keep In sympathy with the modern Athenian
feeling OF the East, In short, because Miss
Frenchs father occasionally went through
Boston on the train, Miss French has grown
up with a very delicate discrimination, q
picturesque vocabulary, dramatic concep-
tion and peculiarly sympathetic style In
literary matters.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

Trance Medium DR., LESTER just arrived
from London, England. The world-renowned
and hly-celebrated and only real, natural
born Trance Medium In this. country. Born
with a double veil and wonderful prophetic
gift Of second sight; has the power Of any
two mediums you ever met. This he Is pre-
pared to prove. Tells your entire life, past,
present and future, in a dead trance. Every
hidden mystery revealed. Tells the full
name of your future husband or wife, with
age and date of marriage, and tells whether
the one you love Is true or false. Tells all
business affairs with utmost truth. Gives ad-
vice on divorce, contested wills, speculations,
etc. Tells your life from the cradle to the
grave: Positively no imposition. Reveals
everything. The Doctor wishes II distinctly
understood that he is the only genuine sew
enth son of the present age, and advertises
nothing but what he can do, and would not
be classed with the many cheap pretenders
found In every city. All who are In sickness
or In trouble, all whose fond hopes have been
blasted and who have been deceived and
disappointed through the false predictions OF
others, before giving up In despair are invited
70 call and be convinced of the true state
ments OF the above without delay Fee, 81
and upward. Parlors 1904 4 St, near 10th.
N B.-Thls Is the Doctors first visit. Let
ters answered
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13
A SAMOAN COMMISSIONER.

II appears than Mr. Bates Of the Sa-
moan Commission is not looked upon
favorably in Germany, because, pre-
vious to his appointment TO the com.
mission, he had expressed his views on
Samoan matters in print. No doubt, in
Europe, the fact that man may have
said what he thonght may unfit him for
diplomatic consideration of that partic-
ular theme. Here, in the untutored
New World, we hold that the best man
an a commission is the one who has
become most familiar with the matters
which that commission must discuss,
and we hold also that the fact that he
may at any time have said what he
thought has no bearing on his fitness.
His duty is simply to assist in putting
his country's side of disputed case,
and il is TO be supposed that he will put
facts as he believes them to exist, and
insist upon rights as he conceivcs them
10 pertain. His usefulness is neither
promoted nor impaired by off-hand,
unofficial expressions previous to his
commissioncrship
In most European countries the ap.
pointment upon commission OF a man
who had openly expressed himself on
the merits of that commissions subject
would be deemed governmental in.
dorsement of such person $ attitude. In
this country it means nothing OF the
sort. The antecedent expression simply
counts neither one way nor another
The straightforward, honest and
blunt style of craftsmanship and diplo-
macy has rather gained in England of
late years, and has been found best.
Any other manner of dealing is un.
worthy Of Anglo Saxons. Devious dip
lomacy may be pretty in novel, but it
is not sensible.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

A family which claims the honor of being
the heaviest In Kennebec County, Maine,
is that OF William Merrill Of Gardiner. Mr..
Merrill himself weighs 303, Mrs Merrill
264, the eldest daughter 300, younger
daughter $50 and the only son 2l5, total
fortune OF l,Si2 pounds-to say nothing of
shillings aud pence
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

The Statesman's Year Book for 1880,
an acknowledged authority on statisti-
cal and semi-political and historical mat
tiers, published by Macmillan & Co., Lon.
don and New York, says Grover Cleve
land was inaugurated March 4, 1885, Sin
succession to" Chester Alan Arthur; of
Mr.. Harrison II says: "In 1860 elected
reporter of the Supreme Court of Nor
ana Governor Of Indiana in 1880. OF
Hon. w. F. Villas it says he became q
member of the New York bar 1860, and
aftcrward practiced "af' Wisconsin.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13
CRITICULAR.

,,,p rn,roy,,t ,uY,srrp
The pos,c-p po, si,s ON the table
For tho cocl-rooch Lnovs 90 h. co,oos aud
aoos
The scissors lie dull and rusted
On the table where once they clipt
lhe best 10 be found III the papers round,
AS they shpt and snipt aud snipt.
Tn. Fa,tor,s chair IA emn,v
Its arms arc held ont IN vain
wh,,o a waits oil ,ov for rho ono owov
Who NAV meier come hack again.
The sanctum sanetorum's deserted
The Editor, where is hey
OF sending him over the sea.
When man asks you for hoss- -pitality do
not say neigh to him.
A lawyer likes prominent lectures In the
10 Is not the face OF check which we adj
mire SO much as its figure.
Every large city, weather or no, has an
area OF low bar-room-eter
We are in receipt of Hubbard Taylor
Smiths New Spring Pants by Mr.. Bill Kelly,
or "Bin Kelly's New Spring Pants" by Mr..
Hubbard Taylor Smith, or some sort of a
spring garment, (which Mr.. Hubbard Tay-
lor Smith and Bill Kelly are all mixed up.
Anyhow it's a song, and Judging from the
picture of the vociferous pants on the front
page, 1t must be Wagnerian. Mr. Smith
has put music into good many things, but
this is the first time he ever put It into a
pair Of Bill Kelly's New Spring Pants.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

The Molles Brothers, who loaded their
saw-mill on floats at st. lgnace, Mich, and
left for Canada to escape debt some days
since, have succeeded in getting In Cana
dian waters before their pursuers could
reach them, by saving their way through
ipa
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

MIR. Wanamaker's Stock OF Posto nices.
baltimore Heraldl
While the demand for spring postonlces
is unexpectedly large, Mr.. Wanamaker's
supply is short aud poor Of quality. No
job lots are being offered Of any figure.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

THE REMOVAL OF the iron fences from
around La Fayette and Franklin Squares
have added fully fifty per cent. TO their at
Effectiveness in general appearance, besides
diminishing largely the improprieties in
dulged In while protected from public
view by the iron screens. II is now hoped
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

Mr.. WANAMAKER will have to go on
"toot' with the boys some night in
order TO offset the embarrassment in
which he has placed the Administration
by his Sunday-school prohibitionist
speech.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

Why DOESN'T Mr.. Whitelaw Reid
show his sympathy for Mr.. Murat Hal
stead by letting him edit the New York
Tribune while he (Reid) is learning
French In Paris
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

Mr.. HARRISON declared in his in.
augural address that all applicants for
position would be treated with con-
sideration." The only kind of CON
sideration the applicants care for is
that which has an Office 30 with it.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

Mr.. NooNAN, the new Mayor of St.
Louis, denies that he is Protectionist.
il isn't necessary, Mr.. Noonan. Your
name is a denial.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

THE CHARLESTON Neps and Courier
is beginning to show the effect Of the
loss of its editor It suggests the APP
pointment of Mr.. Cleveland to the
vacancy on the Supreme Bench
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13
An Easy Chance.
Wonkers' Statesman

Gentlemen who are anxious to give up
something duIing Lent, might try and give
up their seats TO the ladies In the horse
cars.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13
Death of Mrs. James NOLAN.

Mrs. James Nolan died at her residence on
Prospect street, Georgetown, this afternoon
after a lingering illness. Mrs, Nolan was the
wife OF the welhknown James Nolan, the
plumber on Fourteenth street. lie has the
sympathy Of his many friends.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

THE DEMOCRATS in Office want the
Iascals turned out but in their opinion
the Tascals are not Democrats.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

II is not the face OF check which we ad.
mire SO much as its figure.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

Every large city, weather or no, has an
area OF low bar-room-eter.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

A lawyer likes prominent lectures In the
countenances of his clients.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

Fon A DIsoRDERED LIVER try BEEcH-
ANS PILLS.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

When man asks you for hospitality do
not say neigh to him.
The Washington critic., 1889-04-13

"What is this roster of the 400 ! read
about in every New York paper ?' inquired
new Meridian Club man OF an old one.
''Roster Roster2' was the reply, ~
guess you must mean Rooster, and that's
Ward MacAllster.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-19

combined tonnage of 2O,412. The exporta
tions consisted of $4,000 superficial feet Of
cedar, 25,57S,OOO superficial feet of sawn tim
ber, 2, 2,434, ,OeO superficial feet of hewn timber
and 12, ,725, 900 superficial feet of lumber
Pensacola Daily News.
If you can succeed as well as Capt Henry
G. Jones and there is no reason why you
can't) in growing Irish potatoes, you would
not devote all your time to the cultivation
of the orange family. On his place mile
east of town he has gathered and sold this
spring, from one-sixth of an acre $50 worth
of these potatoes. At this rate an acre
would have brought Mr.. Jones the nice little
sum of 1886. They were sold to local
market and had he shipped them to North
ern market the net proceeds would have
been still larger.-Orange City Times.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-19
The Dust Bath.

The dust bath is the toilet of the hen.
With it she cleans her body and feathers,
rids herself of vermin and delights in the
enjoyment it affords.
The dirt should be fine and well sifted,
in order that it may be more completely
adapted to the purposes intended. Wood
ashes are unsuitable, owing to the caus-
tic properties of the potash, which creates
sores on the skin should the weather be
damp. Finely sifted coal ashes, entirely
free from adlnixture with wood ashes, are
excellent, but full supply is not always
tainable.-Poultry Yard.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-19
Announcement.

To make room for young stock will
offer great Inducements to purchasers for
thirty days.
A trio of Golden Wyandottes, imported
from the North last fall at a cost of 500.
The finest birds in the State. Also my
breeding pens OF White and Silver Wyan-
dottes and White Leghorns. Eggs from
the last mentioned at 81 per 13, until
July 1st.
The $3 bone and shell mill is just what
you want, to be successful with poultry in
Florida. Send for circulars.
E. w. AMsDEN, OrmOnd, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-19

This brooder is three feet square. is
a box twelveinches high the front is open
to show the position of the stove. b is
chimney which extends to B below. This
chimney carries off the fumes OF the lamp.
A, door and receptical to hold the lamp,
is all one piece; the door is the height oil
the sides and ten inches wide, and is one
inch larger than the opening in the box
and slides in and out. Several small holes
are bored at the bottom to give air to the
lamp. 6 is the mother and is several
inches smaller than the top OF the box. 1t
sets on three pieces for legs, which are ad-
Unstable, so as to make it higher, to &C
commodate the chicks as they grow older.
There is a piece of cloth tackled on the
outer edge of this cover and slit up every
two or three inches to allow the chicks to
90 in and come out when and where
they want to. The lamp heats piece OF
sheet iron, which is two inches above the
floor or top. A tin tube one inch in diam
eter carries the cold air in the space be-
tween the floor and sheet iron and anOth-
er pipe carries the heated pure airup into
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-19
FLORIDIANA.

Punta Gorda is legally incorporated.
All of the carpenters in Monticello are
busy.
st. Augustine will soon have fine base
ball park.
Dolf Edwards is now sole owner of the
Sanford Mascotte.
Sanford ships ten barrels of fish per day,
mostly Dream and bass.
Winter Park has newspaper edited and
published by coIored men.
Watermelons are now quite plentiful in
some sections of South Florida.
Prospects for Pensacolas glass factory
being built soon are encouraging.
st. Augustine Pablo and Fernandina are
all after the militia encampment.
Dade county has but two churches, and
still we send missionaries to China.
According to the Legislature standard
time" is now the legal time in Florida. Our
farmers should set their clocks back thirty
two minutes.
There have been, up to June 1, shipped
this year via the Tavares, Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad, 13.189 crates of tomatoes from
Clermont. This does not include shipment
via the Orange Belt Railroad Sanford Mas
cote.
The pineapples on the large plantation of
j. w. Bushnell, just below Fort Myers, are
beginning to ripen and will soon be ready
for gathering Mr.. Cameron, who is em
how
be about IA 900 pines this year.-Ex.
Mr.. H. M Flagler says that if the State
capital is moved to st. Augustine he will
build the capital, and it will be a building
that the State need not be ashamed of. No
doubt he would. So would most anybody
else jacksonville for instance -Maccleny
Sentinel.
An ingenious man of this city has devised
an apparatus which he claims will irrigate
ten acres of land with the help of one man
at cost not exceeding 5000. He has filled
caveat on this invention and expects to see
it operated in this region next summer
Orlando Reporter.
A New York telegram says; Edgar S.
John W.. and Hugh d. Auch
ensloss have incorporated the ''Florida
Manufacturing Company" which will do
general manufacturing business in cotton
products at Madison and Lake City Fla,
with capital of $3.50, 900.
w. HI. Odiorne, of the Conway settlement,
is one of those who know just how to take
advantage of soil and climate. Last year.
from few guava trees, he made LOO boxes
ofjelly, the pound boxes selling in Boston
for $5 per dozen.- Orlando Sentinel.
Information comes from the South Apop-
ka region to the effect that returns from veg
etables are holding up remarkably well,
and the indications are that shipments of
tomatoes will continue to be profitable until
July 1st, something heretofore un known in
Florida.
There entered the port Of Pensacola dur
ing the month of May fifty vessels with an
aggregate tonnage of 32,974. Cleared during
The same period were thirty-seven with a
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-19
Corn Not the Cheapest Food.

Corn at IS cents per bushel is notcheap
as egg-producing food, as it does not fur
nish the proper proportion of the ele-
ments contained in an egg, and if fed
alone is insufficient and therefore costly,