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The Washington critic., 1889-05-23
LET HIM BEWARE.

The CRITIC has received eommunica-
tion from Mrs. s. A. u. Kelley, s'the coming
national poet OF the United States" a por-
tion Of which is here given. 1t appears
that Mrs. Kelley has claim Of 100000 or
so against the Government, which the Pen
sion Commissioner will not allow without
what Mrs. Kelley considers the preposterous
preliminary of ''swearlng'' a lot OF people.
Lack Of space prevents the printing of the
poetical part Of Mrs. Kelley's communica-
ton in full:
WAsHrNeToN, d. C.-EditOr Critic: Com
pliments of Mrs. s. A. u. Kelley, the
coming national poet from Honesdale, Pa.
Kind Editor; l am too i'll to call upon you,
but greet you with a poem. Am very
grateful, indeed, for past favors, and hope
II will be your pleasure to kindly publish
the enclosed descriptive poem, which com
prises very great grievance with the new
Pension Commissioner and others:
PoBT-LAuREATE's PLANT.
In this world, robbed of home,
Many kinsmen bemoan;
They died that "the Union" might live.
No pension yet greets this bard,
For prosecutions very hard
The examining clerk this bard did give.
He's insulted even me,
AS Christian lady meier should be,
And for spite, cause he could not obtain
His desires Of this rising bard,
He's sworn several characters hard
At Scranton to defeat my just claim.
I'll not wear winter bonnet In spring,
Two years Old-fashioned, mean thing
Indeed for Pension Office to let me do,
The Washington Post did kindly say,
at becomes her sweet face anyway;
Sweet as ] am this thing Pll not longer
do
Pension Commissioners going to be fired
Unless I'm soon much better attired,
Whose hero-husband was a Mason, too,
At the city OF Scranton, Pa,
| And the Masons Of Honesdale, Pa
And the President won't allow Corporal
Tanner thus TO do.
MRs. S. A. u. KELLEY,
| the coming national poet Of the United
| States, so nominated by an overwhelming
majority Of editors In all the larger cities,
| including James Gordon Bennett, the city
editor and owner Of the New York Herald
and New York Eueniag Telegram, whose
income from the two papers is over a mil
lion dollars year, aud whose biographer,
Mr.. Felix G. De Fontain, Justly said OF the
very distinguished hero, Mr.. Bennett, IN
the Scranton Truth February 20, 1889, as
follows; Aslhe man who may praise, con
demn or defy, with none to say him nay.n
| Corn and flour merchants of baltimore
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23
No Trouble in the Cabinet.

When Private Secretary Halford was
shown the story alleging that there was
trouble in the Cabinet he laughed very
heartily and remarked: "The President
has always taken the ground that he
cannot undertake to deny newspaper
publications and l am quite sure that
he will not deviate from that rule. !"
While Mr., Halford was being inter.
viewed efforts were being made to OBJ.
tain statements from the Secretaries
mentioned In the article, namely:
Messrs. Proctor, Blaine and Window.
At the Arlington Hotel it was learned
that Secretary Proctor left there ON Sat
urday last to go 10 his home in Yer,
mont. lie has not been in the city since
that day and was not at the Cabinet
meeting yesterday. Secretary Blaine
was not at home last evening when q
reporter called. Secretary Window
pronounced the story ridiculous.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23
CLEVELAND IN 1902

N... -. .-,.....l -. y ,..... -.
"" os'oehie" "'" PanohiP"c"h Con
temporary, the New YORK Sun, has
ulmnarily disposcd of the case ia re
cr,,,o,. f,,ava,,,a ,s ,ho Dor,oar,,;,
."N
convention OF 1917. The sun does this
with its characteristic promptness and
f,onL,eso In roero,se to n d;rect oras
- -. r. 60, -
uoh rom ihh oh'rio' anu us up 10
the friends and Toes. OF Mr.. Cleveland,
we reprint from the Sun of to o-day the
oo,ol,,e;on al ,yh;ch n a,,.;vos NTH nor
w p
iect Satisfaction 10 rseii' ohncr tue
heading: ut Is Impossible" the Sun
saws:
Onr acute contennororv. Tap w ,sutSaroN
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23

ArTER THAT amateur circus in New York
some one started story that Washington
society was going into the circus business
also, and the newspapers all around have
lnnocently been parading the fact before
their readers without IL once occurring to
to them that the report was only a sarcastic
and jocular allusion to the possible extra
session of Congress In October. We hope
our esteemed contemporaries will hasten to
explain the Washington Amateur Circus
Organization.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23
The Nations Pensioners.

The National Tribune has made a
careful study of the report Of the Com.
missioner Of Pensions, the results Of
which are known in the following anal.
ysis of the 800, ,s3J disabled men on the
pension roll
2S3 get 81 a month, or 8 cents day.
get $l.S7 month, or cents day.
~, ,12o get 50 month, or ~ cents q day.
get $2.l2A a month, or cents q day
4get $2.25 a month, or u cents day.
get $3.50 month, or n cents day.
get S2.GO a month, or SA cents day
SO get $266a cents month.
1885 get SO month, or 10 cents day.
day.
34S get S3. rs q month, or 12I cents day.
69,21O get "a month, or i3h cents day.
426 get $4.25 a month, or II cents q day.
l,462 get s. a month, or 16H cents day.
2get 1925 q month, or III cents day.
10 get S5. .33 a month, or ia cents day,
35 get $533h month.
66 get $5.66s month, or lsl cents a
day.
10 get $5. 10 a month, or 10 cents n day.
47,66l get 80 a month, or 90 cents day.
rs get 1925 month, or 81 cents n day.
2 get $137 a month, or 81 cents q day.
3get S6.31l month
2get S6,66a month, or % Id cents q
day.
get So. IS a month, or 221 cents day
2l5 get 81 month, or 90 cents day.
IA get $7.25 a month, or "a cents q day
025 get $3.50 month, or 25 cents day
gets S7.663 month or 25l cents day
81 get S7.75 a month.
3,142 get $s month, or 26i cents day.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23
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 10 O'Clock.
Reception OF all persons not connected
with the Departments, at IL 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, enless 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-
seRtatiyes or heads of Executive Depart
meDts.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23

EDITOR HALsrEAD goes to Europe aud
leaves the editorial end Of the ComiBcrc,ot-
Gdsettc In the hands Of Colonel +. ID. Mus
sey. Now is the golden, glorious oppor-
tunity for the President to appoint an
editor to something that will ill long-felt
want and guarantee satisfaction.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23
NeM Congressmen Eleeted.

General Harrison Kelly, Republican,
has been elected Congressman from the
Fourth Congressional District of Kan
sas. 10 succeed Hon, Thomas Ryan, the
new Minister 10 Mexico. Election re.
turns indicate the choice Of j. II. Will
llams. Democrat, as the successor of
Congressman Townshend, of the Nine
tcenth Illinois District.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23
rHE,eRINDrNG OF ORGANS.

Patience encompasses the average
Washingtonian like mantle else he
would certainly keep either bull dog,
n shot gun, or both, for the reception.of
organ- grinders. The organ grinder is
becoming only less of II nuisance than
themorc direct beggar, and he is not
person TO be encouraged, yet he is en-
dured and presumably wins, during ,.his
day of ear-offending, certain pennies.
else he would not be here. II is deeply
10 be regretted that there are people who
will thus assist in keeping life in his
body. They are injuring such of their
fcllow.c citizens as have an ear for music
or taste for quiet
Some learned physician has an
nolnced that there is distinctly what is
known as the Washington ear" an
ear which has become so filled with
asphalt dust that II does not perform its
original functions. II cannot distin-
guish slight differences in sound 1t
may be that in this circumstance lies
cause for the immunity of the organ
grinder here. He is fortunate in his
town. He is as much at home here as
he was among his fellow-lazzaroni
under other skies. His monk capers
about as friskily as in his native forests
What between the asphaltum dust in
ears and the tenderness of the police,
the organ. grinding continues, and the
very birds in the trees want to fly
AWAY.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. IL
sooihes the child, softens the gums, allays
all pain, cures Wind collie, and II Is the best
rnnlalY for llarIhna. 25e. a bottle.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23

THIS rs ONE way of announcing bridal
tour--from the Post of this morning
CHICAGO, May 22.--Mrs Henry +. Per
rlne, mother Of Mrs. Cleveland, left for the
West tonight over the ''Q'' road with Mr..
Pnrrinn
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23
a just and proper verdict.

GERMANY is not backing down exactly
in the settlement of the Samoan difficulties,
but the United States is "hunchingn up in
an unusual and frisky manner.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23

The handsomest Runct Parlor Cars ever
built hy the Pullman Company are la
service on the II. a %. tfaihs bstween Wash
ingtnn, Pbiladelphia and New York. The
coach equipment IL excellent and The aver
age uas fsstsF than Via Ang lolheE une.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23

VIZ, TIE JURY, find the defendant, Leslie
Carter, not guilty. We, the jury, find the
crossdefendant, Caroline Louise Carter,
guilty of adultery, as charged in the cross
bill.
A just and proper verdict.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23
ORITIOULAR


M"lor o'oian' VINO loVcs W 'aih n''ic
hiinseii, ran across ir'ehu 'he oeher even
'ngi VIM was Jus' iuh enousn w w u's"-
sreeaDly volume. Ihe Major STOOD IL as
long as he could.
'Here, Colonel, " he said, at last, 'let up
on that talking. You are making holy
show of yourself"
The Colonel looked at the Major re-
proachfully for fun minute.
II kno-know IL, he stammered, ,thickly.
I'll know 1t, Major Don't you see, it's
40. -. ,,,,t ,.o,, N.i,,, ,,,,, aro a,no,,
ferI--l,re -
Ida Stevens ia n 4-year.old kid and as cute
as she can be. The other day she went
with her mother to the Atlantic building
10 see Or. Lawrence. II was her first ex-
perience with an elevator, ana after her
visit some one asked her II she had gone up
STAIRS 10 see .ne DOCTOR.
"oh' no, she replied I'VE Just went
ih'oa n'.ie room ana tooN IL up Win us
ana caiied on NM
49, ,u.,.
Al 'he oena'oi "ho "'o.e 'ne ioi.o"i"s
be elected again as long as he lives He
calls tt
ONLY PIE.
Only pie, lying there by bunch
OF wood posies, a succulent part of the
lunch
OF the picnickers Earrings of brown and
of yellow;
A custard, deep, soft and enticng and
mellow,
Only pie:
oniy PIE iaio away from 'he anus
lfiease observe the young man III the oaz-
zling white pantsiJ
Only PIE py the Woou posles Tying,
What tS tine new waltz step the young man
Is uyingr
ohiy PIE
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23

The y. a o., has put In service an ad-
ditlonal train 10 New York aud shortened
up the time 90 all the old ones from Ave to
twenty-five minutes. Tho average time
from Washington 10 New York via B.
z q. = faster than via any other line, Pull
mas Buffet Parlor Cars ON all day trains
and slcopcrs on night trains.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23

Those New York doctors who dissected
Mind Reader Bishop were trance-gressors.
The bald-headed man should wear mo-
hair cap.
There must be some err-ging before n
policeman will move.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23

deal. lie WIS one II ne noisy
patriots who have assisted In mskinr
this country the theatre ~ plniiings
against friendly Govcnmcni lui bic
death is none the less matter which
should be- made The subject of stdcicsi
inquiry We have cuoagh oi The lu.,h
question in this country without the ad
dition Of any phuniN Park businrs.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23

Corn and flour merchants of Baltimore
have asked the Northern Central Railroad
to erect an oats elevator and hay storage
accommodations.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23

THE coNsnucrioN put upon The Coz
cigh contract labor law iy Solicitor Hep
burn Of the Treasury d very nearly IA cf
feet compulsory naturalization. In that
II is eminontly satisfactory, fof every man
who lives In this country should he eiti.
zen, will he, nil ho, but Il hardly seems
the fair thing when we have 30 cnmrul-
sorry naturalization laws. for an officer b.
say that resident of this country, possibly
for dozens Of years, should not whcn be
goes out flt, return again to his labors aud
his home. There is n ilaw Ia the lcgisla.
latlon which should bc removed aud q new
nincn nnt In.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23

wa,hinEson safe Deposit Co., sie Pa,
ave Storage DepsTtInsnt all above ground.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23
MARSHALL HALL,

steamer W. W. Corcoran leaves 7th-st.
wharf daily for Marshall Hall, leaving at 10
10 q. m, reaching Washington about SOP. m.
SUNDAYS two trips, leaving at 1890 a. IN.
and $3.50 p. m, reaching Washington az and
7;3o p. m. Fare round-trip, 25c.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23

A LEXANDRIA FERRY AND RIVER EN-
IN CURSION.
Two Saloon Steamers. Every hour from
a. IN. to 7.1b p. m.
IL MILES ON TIE POTOMAL FOR 15c.
Free Excursion for Babies. See Schedule.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23
pATTLE or
BATTLE OF
BULL RUN.
ADMlsSlON.." .......t..........2o GENTS
EXC URsIOys.

MOUNT vERHoYi
STEAMER W. W. CoRcoRAN
Capt. L. L. Blake leaves 7th-st. wharf daily
I Except Sunday tor
MOUNT VERNON
Leaving at 10 O'Clock a. m.; returning, reaches
Washing about 3:3O u. IN. Fare round
trip, 81, including admission to grounds and
mansion.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-23
OCCoouAN FALLS.

The new steamer Bartholdi leaves Sheriff's
Wharf at a. m. on MONDAYS, WEDNEi-
DAYS and FRIDAYS for
OCCOQUAN FALLS,
giving three hours to enjoy the most beaut
full and romantic scenery on the Potomac.
Music.
Fare, soc. Arrive on return at 7p.m.
W. w. GILES,
(,anfain
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-09

1t is not 80 difficult matter to get
rich In this world of ours if one bends
all his energies in that direction, lays
plans and schemes to catch the unwary
and take unfeeling advantage of others
necessities; but 1t Is by no means GER
tain that one will hold it to good old
age, for marked success Is apt to breed
over confidence, which will cast him
upon unseen rocks, or guide him into
whirlpoOls, where his craft will 60 un-
der. Desirable as wealth is, it costs
more than it Is worth If fone has dwarfed
or has not developed the best elements
of his nature, or silenced the ehumanities
to attain it. True happiness lies along
the line of a capacity to enjoy the true,
the beautiful and good. No sordid soul,
insensible to the gems in literature, the
pathos Ofmusic, the thrills of eloquence,
the soul-satisfying experience of benevo-
lence and the making Ofa fellow man
happy, ever felt pleasure, however much
he thinks he has. The rivulets of hap
piness that floats through ones life are
numberless, but IL allowed to dry up
the life becomes q desert. The Nile
flows through Sahara when it has no
tributaries.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-09
Epoch.

The transition from long, lingering
and painful sickness to robust health
marks an epoch in the life of the indi.
vidual. Such remarkable event is
treasured in the memory and the
agency whereby the good health has
been attained is gratefully blessed
Hence'it Is that SO much is heard in
praise Of Electric Bitters. So many
feel they owe their restoration to health
to the use of the Great Alternative and
Tonic. fyou are troubled with any
disease of the kidneys, liver or stomach,
OF long or short standing, you will
surely find relief by use of Electric Bit
ters. Sold at SOC. and 81 per bottle at
/! Leist's.drug store.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-09
HAHN



Buyers are taking very little wool out
of the seaboard markets, and prices are
at the lowest quotations for months.
There is no general change in compari-
son with last week or week before, but
the decline since the beginning of the
year, is noteworthy. At Boston there
is even less activity than in New York
or Philadelphia. Manufacturers are
taking supplies only as they need them
to work up, and the outlook for spring
trade is not satisfactory. While the
prevailing dullness is almost universal,
it is specially noticeable IN the case of
fine fleeces. The arrivals of new wool
from southern Texas and California so
far have been of poor quality, but this
years clip as a whole promises to be
unusually good, and throughout the
west holders are exceedingly confident.
Shearing is under full headway in Tex
as and southern California, and has be-
gun in Kentucky but the current asking
prices are higher than eastern dealers
are likely to pay. .-
Trade has reached very small proper
tions at Boston this week, and there
are no new features. Ohio and Penn
sylvania fleeces are particularly dull,
and delaines and combings show no
better. Considerable lots of Australian
wool have arrived of late, much of it
going direct to the manufacturers.
There is some improvement in the de-
mand for carpet stock. Current quota
tions are as followes, in comparison
with last year and the year before.
IN
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-09
THE NORTHWEST
NO TAXATION.
China a Country Where a Man Can
Call His Soul His Own.


WASHINGTON, D. c., April %. Mr..
Charles DENLY, the United States Min
lister to China, in a report to the Depart.
ment of State, says the system of taxa
tion in China presents some decided
contrasts to systems in other countries
Taxes outside of Pekin are paid on ara
BILE land only, the tax varying with the
crop producing quality of the soil. In
side the city of. Pekin there is no tax on
land, houses or personal property.
Goods brought through the city gates
pay lekin tax, but are exempt from
taxation afterward. The only tax on
land and houses in Pekin is on the sale
of real estate, 10 per cent. being charged
on the price obtained for the property
sold.
There is also tax resembling license
fee. Outside of Pekin Chinese are La
BILE to be called on to perform certain
duties whenever the Emperor passes
through their districts, but his duty
may be avoided by the payment of a
small tax. All moneys spent on public
account in Pekin come from the lmperi-
al Treasury, and the expenditure is not
limited to funds raised by taxation
within the city. The bulk of the peo-
pie in Pekin pay no taxes whatever.
The man who owns his house and lot,
his implements of labor, enjoys his
earnings without toll.
The Minister closes his report with
the following comment on Chinese
taxation, as cOntrasted with the system
oftaxatiOn in the United States: "How
different this condition is from that in
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-09

An expert on such matters declares
that a mans work or condition has a
great deal to do with making his facial
expression. Intellectual persuits like
the studies of the scholary profession,
when coupled with temperate and
moral habits of life, brighten the face
and give q person superior look.
dy and art, will make bright, glad
face, but, contrary to this, a man may
have a face that does not please any
body because of a love of self to the Sc
clusion of all others, notwithstanding
his learning, and worldly shrewdness.
Soldiers get hard, severe look, over
worked laborers constantly look tired,
reporters look inquisitive, mathema-
ticions look studious. judges become
grave, even when off the bench, the
man who has had domestic trouble
looks all broken up.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-09
Curt and Cursory.

A $50 pound sturgeon was caught at
Port Penn, Del.
The Oklahoma craze has almost de-
populated Usage, Mo.
Iowa is about to spend 500, 600 for a
soldiers monument at Des Moines.
The late Aaron White, of Conrecti-
cut, got together five tons of pennies
during his lifetime.
An enterprising citizen of JohnstOwn,
N. j., is applying for pension, di-
vorce and a postOffice.
An undertaken in East Coventry, Pa,
has buried no less than 5000 persons
during the past 40 years.
An old man from North Carolina
went to Plymouth church, Brooklyn,
last Sunday to hear Henry Ward
Beecher. He hadn't heard of his death.
The idea that fish food was brain food
had run often years before any one
asked why Esquimaux, who eat the
most fish, had no mental smartness.
The London Lancet recently con-
tained the following advertisement:
"Home wanted for homicidal lady in
house of medical man. Address, stat
ing TERMS" etc.
The big five-masted steamer Govern
or Ames will sail shortly for the River
Plate with a cargo of lumber amount
ing to ], $50, ,000, 900 feet. It would load
a train Of cars more than mile long.
A natural curiosity is to be seen on a
street in Columbus, Ga A small oak
tree Is growing from the limb Of
chinaberry tree and. the strange freak
attracts the attention ofall passers-by.
A new fire-kindler that looks like
brick and is cheaper and more compact
than wood and that will set coal on fire
inside of two minutes, has just been
patented by man of Portsmouth, N.
II.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-09
A CURE FOR INSOMNIA.
Dip a Napkin Into Cold Water and
Lay 1t Across Your Eyes.

New York telegram
There Is q young woman in Brooklyn
who is robust, perfectly healthy and
full of spirit, but for several months
she has been troubled with insomnia.
Try with all her power, and with her
mind fixed on it, she has been unable
to sleep, at least to any extent. She
has consulted with all the old woman
in the neighborhood, taken the advice
of each one, and followed it carefully
and with great patience, but could not
find relief. She has taken all the So
porifics of the native pharmacOpoeir
without stint; eaten crackers in bed;
counted thousands upon thousands;
fixed her mind upon some subject in
tently, and kept it there, but with no
avail. She would not resort TO drugs,
but tried walking to tire herself until
she got reputation as a pedestrian,
and her cheeks were as red, her form as
perfect and her muscle as well develop
ed as that of an active member of the
New York Athletic Club. ,.
Recently there came to work in the
family Swedish woman, who, hear
ing of the young woman's trouble, told
her a practice of the people in her
country who are similarly afflicted.
1t was to take napkin, dip it in ice
cold water, wiring it slightly and lay it
across her eyes. The plan was followed,
and it worked like charm. The first
night the girl slept four hours without
awaking, something she had not done
before for several months. At the end
of that time the napkin had become
dry. BY wetting it again she at once
went to sleep, and it required consider
able force to rouse her in the morning.