The Washington critic., 1889-03-08
MATTER WORTH READING.


man who wanted to learn what pro
fession he would have his son enter put
him in a room with q Bible, an apple and
dollar bill. If he found him when he re-
turned reading the Bible he would make u
clergyman of him; II eating the apple,
farmer, aud II Interested In the dollar bill,
q banker. When he returned he found the
boy sitting on the Bible with the dollar bill
in his pocket and the apple almost de-
vourcd. lie made politician Of him.
| Greensboro (Ala) Watchmau.
A Striking Costume
One of the most striking costumes worn
at New York ball was by q well-known
lady who represented "cat.n The over
skirt was made entirely Of white cats
tails, sewcd on u dark background. Tn,
bodice was formed OF white cats heads,
and the headdrcss was a stilfened white
cats skin, the head over the forehead of
| the wearer and the tail pending behind. A
blue ribbon with ''Puss' inscribed upon
it, from which hung bell, worn around
the neck, completed the dress
Remarkable Translation.
A French manufacturer of cycles has
printed pamphlet translatine the advan-
tagcs of his machine into the following
English: 'The Family Tricycle. is an en-
tirely new machine of form and organs. 1t
is quickly convertible to be ridden by one,
two, three or four persons 1t supplies
with advantage as roadster machine the
ordinary Cripper and particularly the tan
dem, which looks disgracious and without
comfort II is the only real machine for
family, aud can easily be moved with the
greatest security, even at considerable
pace"
Culture and Grit in Petticoats.
Miss Maria NJ. Dean is homeopathic
physician who took little office and hung
out her sign three years ago In Helena,
Mon, which has a population of about
$1,000 souls. Miss Dean never practiced
anywhere else. Her income last year was
between Si1 900 and $4,000.
DIR. Dean is about 30 years old and is one
of the most popular residents of Helena.
She IL an excellent shot, and can hit eleven
or twelve birds out of thirteen on the wing.
On one occasion, when she and her sister
were the only ones In the house, a burglar
was heard at the window. The sisters went
gun, prepared to shoot across the piano
through the window, when the burglar es-
capped, leaving HE tools behind. ''IIad she
shot him, y said one of her family, '"she'd
have gone, outside and dressed the
wound.n DR.. Dean does not want to
marry and probably never will.--[Epoch.
a Famous Moonsliiner.
Ed McMeriot, the famous Arkansas moon
sinner, has been captured by the antiorities.
He is man of prodigious strength and as
brave as a lion. When brought to bay he
refused to surrender until he had emptie |
every barrel In his pistol and the weapon
itself was shot from his hand. He had
sworn never to be taken alive. After the
fight he was o sorry object to look ut. His
clothing had been torn by bullets, his hat
shot from his head, one leg was riddled
with bullets and his face, breast and arms
were sprinklcd with shot.
An Engagement Ring.
1t came out in n breach of promise case
the other day, tried before the Lord Chief
Justice at Oxford, England, that the en-.
gagement ring had been changed because II
contained an opal, and opals are. considered
unlucky. 1t does not appear what more
propitious stone was substituted, but the
talisman did not work, for the wooing was
happy neither in its course nor in its end
unless the goo which the jury gave the
plaintiff is considered by her an ample so
latium for all her griefs.
His Growth of Hair.
George Story of San Francisco Is 50 years
old, and attracts attention on account OF
the remarkable growth of his hair. In 184s
lie left Nantucket for California, expecting
to return in a year or So Before leaving
he told his friends he would not cut his
hair or shave until he returned, He KEEP,
his word, and as he has not been home
since his hair now represents a growth o
forty years. Notwithstandinghis great ag'
his hair and beard are coal black.
An Athens Newspaper.
Athens has paper called In Greek tn,
IPome'fs journal. 1t is edited by Nine
Callirhoe Parren, a Greek woman, who say
that SIN Greece the rights of women are al
} most nal, for secondary instruction has ne
been yet decrecd, and we eau only ask ant
! work for the moral and intellectual enfran
J chisement of Greek women"
A Difference In Families.
! II is said that defendants of dauccrs a
the inaugural ball one hundred years ag
do not respond to the advertisement TO
. their presence at this years festivities i
such numbers as are desired. The 'first'
old families do not seem to have bee
!, prominent in society century ago. The
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