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The Washington critic., 1889-01-12

We are dong the business
better and better every Janu
ary--every day.
AN UNRIYALED VARIETY OF So BLANKETS.
About a month ago or
longer we indulged in con-
siderable talk about Five
dollar Blankets.
Told of its being the potular price,
and of the excellent variety we were
showing at that time. 4 short time after
ward, owing 10 the spirited demand, we
were virtually cleaned out of them our
buyer has been into the wholesale mar
ket and we are again stocked mp. llo
found the manufacturers anxious to sell,
and closed out numb>r of small lots
considerably under price; so to-day we
offer You not only a larger assortment
from which to select, but we offer you
better values than ever before, We have
filed one ol our 1lth ST. windows full.
Sizes and prices mean very
little on paper, so we merely
give the variety, and ask that
you inspect the stock at an
early day. Eleven kinds.
1-5 ia white Atwood Blankets, S5.
2-6h ID ia White All-wool Blankets. S.
3-5H III III White Cotton. and ool 50.
4-6 lb Ia Gray Atwood BlanKets, S..
5-6 lb Ia scar Jet Atwood Blankuts, S5.
60 lh Iii scarlet Atwood Blankets No.
10 ID ll-1 Allwuol Plaid BlaLkcTs, So.
S-bh lb 1O.t All-woOl Scarlet Blankets So
0.-5' ID 1O-I ATWOOD White Blankets, 50.
lO-5 lib lO-l All.wo"l White, extra, 30.
*l1-T16 10 12'I White Cotton'dn l-WOUl S.
*This latter is the largest and heaviest Blan,
ket ever sold al 80 II PAIR,
OF course we have cheaper
Blankets, and we also have
them as high as SIS per pair.
Don't buy a Blanket until you
have looked through this
stock.
Fourth lioori roar,)
WOODWARD & LOTHROP.
Corner 1lth and Streets y. W.
The Washington critic., 1889-01-12
tits tho Best.
For Washington Dressed Beef

Ask for IT, Schltz's Milwaukee Lager Bee
For sale by all leading houses.
The Washington critic., 1889-01-12

Use PROFESSOR Cooks Balm of Life for
sick or nervous headache 'f.
Trousers reduced to $3.50. Eseman's 9TH & E.
The Washington critic., 1889-01-12

oEAlbN ILitltl
Perry bulldlng, feunsylYHua avenue corner of
Ninth street. Established 1910.
The Washington critic., 1889-01-12
SPECIAL
STORE NEWS"
WOODWARD & LOTHROP.

The universal popularity of
our Grand Annual January
Sales becomes more and more
apparent each succeeding
day. The departments in
volved are:
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
A CANINE DOOR-kEEPER.
He Lets Every Body IN. But Won't Let
Any Body Ont.

Any Body Ont.
There is well-knOwn dog in BARGE
Iona. He loves music and goes regu-
larly to the opera of his own accord,
sits upstairs, applauds with the rest
of the auditors at the end, if the sing
ing is good, by joyous barks, but is
very angry at interruption in the mid
die of a piece. II there is no opera
any evening he goes Off soborly to tn c
opera cOmique, but is never content
with second best when he can have
the best This is good story, though
true. but here is another us true, yet
still better: An Austrian banker late
Is went to Vienna on business. He ar
rived in the evening, travelling with a
large dog. The two put up at q hotel.
and next morning the gentleman went
out, bidding care to be taken that his
dog did not stray from the house. The
thambermaid went 10 make up the
bankers room. Bruno was very pleased
TO see her, wagged his huge tail, licked
l,er hand, and made friends thorough
ly, until, her business being done, she
was about to leave. Not so. Bruno
calmly stretched himself full length
before the door. He explained, as
perfectly as possible. that "he knew
lbs duty" No one should leave his
masters room in his absence. When
the girl tried to pull the door open
sufficiently for her to slip ont ne
arowled, showed his teeth. and finally
tried them on her legs. The woman's
screams brought another maid, and
vet another, and then in succession
all the walters. Bruno was glad to let
them all in, but he allowed no one out.
The room became pretty well crowded
and every bell in the house meantime
rang, while the walls echoed cries of
Waiter! waiter!" Finally, the lady
who kept the hotel appeared and
pushed her way irately into the room,
asking angrily as she walked in what
sort OF picnic they were all holding
here. Bruno let her in, too, but not
out again-oh, no! When the lady's
husband appeared she called to him
loudly for Heavens sake to keep out
side, to send messengers securing the
city for the banker, and meantime to
endeavor to pacify the angry custo-
mers downstairs.
The Austrian banker was welcome
man when he arrived. Pail Mall
Gazette,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
Authors Who We're Well Paid.

The pounds, shillings and pence OF
literature is the subject of an article
in recent number of the Ladies'
Treasury. In France Zcla is the best
paid novelist-a fact which speaks vol
umes. Mrs Humphrey Ward has just
been offered fl, 900 for a short story
of $4,000 words, while John Strange
Winters (Mrs. Stannard), refused to
take 450O for her next shilling story"
Lord Beaconsfcld's novels brought
him $50, 700, while Victor Hugo died
worth fl50,000 Thackeray is reported
to have said that it was amazing how
little he earned when in his early days
he wrote carefully, in contrast for
what he received for poor work"
after he became famous. Sir Walter
Scott was paid for an Indifferent Life
of Napoleon" ELS, 900, and Mr.. Hayley
received no less than Ell, 900 for his
biography of Cowper. Walter Scott
had to abandon poetry as soon as Lord
Byron appeared; and while Lord Byron
was calculating one morning that he
had made E24,000 by poetry, Shelley
was complaining of the printers bill
he had to defray out OF his own pocket.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
FULL or FUN.

When Mennonite young lady Is
married. her relative do not worry
their heads about the social position
of the guests.
-Smith-"Look here, Brown, we'll
soon decide the matter; let's ask the
waiter Waiter, are tomatoes a fruit
or a vegetable?" Waiter-Neither,
ctr. Tomatoes is a hextra. Funny
Folks.
Mrs Prim-"It's dreadful the way
men drink these days, isn't it? My
hus bands head is so weak he can't
drink. A glass of yichy makes him
roaring Mrs. Blim-"Yes, and my
husband can't read the label on beer
bottle without getting headache. -
Cincinnati Commercial
'r:f- t----r:-:v,'eIN - NFh7' HlS
nose mover deceives me. You've been
drinking again" Husband (rather
thickly)-'It's on my clothes, Emily.
The car was crowded, and had to oc-
cupy seat with an acknowledgements
collector Chicago Tribune.
What on earth is the matter with
that razor?" shouted the victim, as he
writhed in the BARRIERS chair. Deed.
sab, dere isn't muffin de mattah wut
the razah, but yOh whiskahs sutny
acks ez ef deyed bin. ncckel-plated. u
Washington Capital.
Indiana Girl-''No; I don't be.
lieve in these isms. | once knew d
man who was sent to prison for de.
voting his time to one of them" Bos.
ton Girl-"What terrible laws you
must have out in Indiana! What was
the ism?' Indiana Girl-"I "Incendiar.
ism, believe
whats the matter with McSlim?
He has put on more airs Of late than a
few" "Quite natural. He has just
returned from a summer resort. He
was the only man there Ho'l get
over it after time, but just at present
he is so pulled up with self-importance
that you can not touch him with a ten
foot pole. boston Transcript.
-Papa-"So you are going to mar
ry, are you, my son? | suppose the
young lady you are going to wed
knows all about housework and look
ing after the wants of q family?'
Iouth-"N ell, you just bet she does.
| wish you could see a cotton-batting
dog she made last week, and some
butterflies she painted on velvet. -
Oma ha World-Herald.
Mrs. Startup-'I Isn't that acQuaint-
ance OF yourn Spaniard gentleman?
He's so dark complicated, he must he.
Mr.. Startup-"No, my dear, he's a
Portuguese. Mrs. etartup-'I wish,
my love, that you would be more par
ticular about punctua,ing yonr gram
mar How can one man be a Portu-
goesc9 You mean Portuguese for the
singular gender"
So" he said in a broken voice,
"you refuse to marry me-" 81 do"
she said, calmly and firmly. "And |
may not even hope?' Yes" she re-
sponded, thoughtfully, You may hope"
And why,n he asked with renewed
fervor, do you say l may hope?'
because she rejoined softly, this is
free country. Merchant Traveller
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
PRINCESSE COSTUMES.



Long 'I"~'.,'-..''''' coA'7' VIVA pFln'
crs~' 'r9a', H. '.'-'', 10 'le loo' O, inc
SKIRT soS''aU oi mapping Tall oFeAdth''
form part "l autumn ana "IhIef cos
'u'n'>' Ia''! arc madH OF ''o'n' mate
."1Se or 'e-T"t' ana are worn over
SKIRT o. contrasting MATERNAL such as
SILK, m"iH' or Vr.Ee'. Inc styles OF
the Directory are given t" these great
coais ny vests craIA'- an" 3aoo'ed
tFl..> q" IN" "a!s', wat l"' large TeVers
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
on AN ELEPHANT.
Tow 1t Feels to Ride the Monster fer the
| .rSt Time.

Having had III" good fortune to he
invited HE III" maharH!ah, H:r >Aam-
sir, trIm" Minister amt -u"nuan TO
the young Ming " N"Pai, "" 'Hvt
t".rH'ta r@E.F III I"T. m""r t" l".n III
shooting party, After " r"HW" " COM
fortress nights III t'1n tram We peach Il
>Iu"il terminus. from which hVc-m.lr
ride on IN elephant lands uS in what is
NnoWu is The Nepa.-teraI Inc "!"-
phant on when We ride Is a aSmas. ono,
and Is supposed to shake IN" rIarr IL
little as possible, but TO us nov.res tho
shaking is far from being GENT" ono,
At word from his "mahoUt Il Wild
looking creature who sits between the
elephants ears and prl'Ns hlm with an
iron stai'-hc goes down on his knees
and on" climbs on his back as best he
can, holding on by his tai. Win ho.h
hands and trying to get footing on his
slippery quarters. Al last one manages
to scramble up and one finds ones SELF
on Il square cushion almost as slip
perry as an elephants back. The first
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
Metallic Facing tor Walls.

A metallic facing for walls of build
ings, by which the surface is made to
resemble cut stonework is proposed.
According to this method, the grooves
representing joints between stone
work are stamped or otherwise formed
upon the outer faces of the sheets, thus
producing extended projections on the
inner side of the sheets. These proper
tions fulfill the purpose of bearings
against, and hold the plain portions o.
the sheet away from the work, SUI.
ficiently to form air spaces between
the walls and metallic facings of the
structure. the effect of this being to
insure the very great advantages of
protection of the building from damp
ness, as we'll as from cold In winter
and heat in summer, the danger from
external fires being likewise dimin-
ished. OF course, the appearance of
buildings treated in this manner may
be improved by painting in colors, aa-
cording to choice. N. Y. Sun.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
DANGERS OF TRAVEL.



We can not tell from the time tables
how fast we travel. IA' schedule
times do not indicate the delays that
must be madc up BY spurtS oct|ocn
stations lhc traveller VINO Is curious
to know just how fast he is going, and
likes the stimulus OF thinking that ne
is in little danger, may ind amUsH-
ment in taking the time between mile
posts; and when these are not to be
seen, ne can often get the speed very
accurately by counting the rails passed
in given time. lhls may be done ny
listening at open Wlndo" or door The
regular clicks OF the Wheels over IN"
rail joints can usually soon be singled
ont from the other NOISES amt count
ed. Inc numOerol rail- lengths passed
in twenty seconds is almost exactly the
number OF miles run III an hour' II
one wants to get a llVe!y sense OF what
it means to rush through space at nifty
or sixty miles an hour he must get on
q locomotive. Then only does he
begin to realize what trlhes stand
between him and destruction a icw
weeks ago lady sat an hour IN
the cab OF locomotive hauling fast
express train over mountain road.
She saw the narrow bright line OF the
rails and the slender points OF the
switches. She heard the thunder OF
the bridges and saw the track shut
in by rocky bluffs and new perlls sud-
denly revealed as the engine swep
around sharp curves. The experience
was to her magnificent but the sense
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18

HOW COLUMBUS FOUND AMER.
lCA.

Columbus stood upon the deck;
Go homer the sailors cried:
mot II perish on the wreck"
Great Christopher replied.
Next day the crew got ont their knives
And went for Captain G.
'Go home, they yelled, land save Our liye,- '
wait one more day." said he.
"I'hen II can not tell how far
we re from the nearest land
III take you home" agreed we arer'
Answered the sea sick band.
That night when all were fast asleep
Columbus heaved the lead,
Ana measuring the water deep,
Took s.otes and went to bed.
tomorrow dawned. Naught could be seen
But water wet and cold.
Columbus, smiling and SERENE
Looked confident and bold
Now, Capt. How far from land are wer'
The mutineers out cried.
*Jast ninety Jathons," Captain G.
Most truthfully replied
And if you doubt it, heave the lead
And measure same as L.
you're right" the sailors laughed" Great
head,
Well stick to you or die"
And thus In fourteen ninety-two
America was found,
Because the great Columbus knew
How far on was the ground.
H. c. Dodge, in N. Y. World.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18

And the words were Nike t~s-.dged
daggers in Joseph Vans's heart for he
knew that this white lamb had been
ohered up on the altar of sacrifice to
that cruel Moloch which has devoured
SO many American wives-}york,
Not the healthful, bracing work
which is healing angel in its proper
degree, but the drudging, toilsome,
never-lifted work which grinds down
soul and body alike to the level of a
mere machsns. and transforms valiant
young girl to a mere worn-out wreck.
And Joseph Vane never married
again. but mourned to his dying day
the fatal mistake he had made in al
lowing sweet Lally to drift unrescued
out OF the haven of his loyal heart.
But 1t was as DR.. Day had said-all
this agony Of remorss came too late. -
amy hanQOlpn, in II. l.. Lcu;eI.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
VITALITY AND AIR.
Criminal Ignorance Displayed in the Mat
ter of Ventilation.

DR.. Felix Oswald, in recent article
in medical journal, shows that 50 out
OF 100 white children die before tkey
complete seven years of life, but he as.
serts that hardly five of that number
are born with germs of an early death
and that two-thirds of the remainder
perish for want of life-air. 1t is too
commonly assumed that q child's
lungs are too weak to stand ordinary
fresh air, to judge by the precautions
that are taken to shut up every pos
sible avenue through which pure air
can enter room in which it is kept
There is perhaps no subject pertain
ing to hygiene upon which par
ents and nurses act so igno-
rantly or so pertinaciously refuse to
be Instructed as in this vital
necessity OF fresh air to every
human being, young or old, sick or
we'll. 1t is all the more needful to the
delicate child or the aiIing adult than
to Others if that is conceivable, when
it Is SO certainly essential to the health
OF all The abuse, however, is more
noticeable in the case of young chill
dren, and infants especially, who are
entirely under the control of others in
the matter, and suffer from their lack
OF Judgment or fatally misdirected
prudence. DR.. Oswald remarks: Boys
in knee-breeches often manage to rem
edy the evil by dint OF strategy, while
their petticoated Juniors have to stand
the brunt of paternal infatuation.
Every form of disease is aggravated
by the influence of impure air." Hu-
man beings can live q long
time without food, but without
air they can not live six
minutes. Their vitality is proper
tionally diminished by the lack of pure
air and the substitution of air that is
vitiated and inadequate to supply the
sustenance required from it. One
cause Of mischief in this direction is
the confusion in many minds of the re-
lations of heat and cold to pure or i'm
pure air. Rooms are shut up tightly
to keep in the heat, but some econom-
ical but obtuse people can not possibly
see the use Of having a warm fire with
the window or door open. 1t looks to
them like piece of extravaganza, and
If you want the door open what do
you want a fire for?' seems to them
question incapable of reasonable an
swer. Hence air famine is not alone
inflicted on the babies, but is frequent
ly made to curse tho individual and the
family through life. Good Housekeep-
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
THE PREHISTORIC HORSE.
Something About Its EyoI 1tlon to ths
Noble Animal of To-Day.

The modern horse is descended from
| a horse-like animal whose remains have
| in recent years been brought to light
| by several Of our advanced scientists,
These remains are found in the lake
and swamp formations spread over
considerable portions Of New Mexico,
| Wyoming and Utah. They show that
| the earliest horse, or hOrse-like ami
NAL, had five toes or fingers; that is, it
| had four well-deyelopcd toes of the
| fore feet, and the rudiment of fifth
toe or finger. This period is called
the Eocene, and the animal the Eohip'
puS and Orohippu5. 1t was not larger
than fox Or an ordinary terrier dog.
| L" -~1rr-fsta hn'invr they h"~o IA euea i.
through another stage 10 an animal
whose characteristics more and more
resemble those Of the horse, and whose
size was that Of sheep; that is the form
to which the names Of Ancliterim and
Miohippus have been given; tnese
names mean creature approaching the
horse; they apparently had three toes,
and they belonged to the MioceHc
period In the PIiocenc times came
the Hipparion and Pliohippus, animals
as large as the modern donkey, and al.
most horse; these still had three toes
Or fingers. but the central toes alone
rested on the ground, the others being
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18

Stanzer--rd like to know how to get
this poem published. I've sent it to a
dozen editors, but it's of no use.
Carper-You might put 1t in an en-.
velope, leave it on your table, and then
commit suicide. All the papers would
have 1t next day. Puck.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18

The lay of the poet and the lay OF
the hen differ in several important
features, and in none more signally
than in the readiness with which the
lay of the hen Is convertible into hard
cash.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-10
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

IF Bartlett pears are too crowded
on the tree. they may be- thinned OFT
when half-grown, and the picked fruit,
placed in q dark closet, will ripen 60 /
as to be fair eating. while the remain
der left on the tree will become much
! larger and better. Ekslsi,
+ Cream Gravy.-Have ready in q
saucepan one cup of cream Ca little
water may be added If desired). add
two tablespoonfuls of melted butter
and a little chopped parsley. Pour on
the gravy from the dripping-pan and
thicker with one tablespoonful of -four
well blended with three tablespoonfuls
of milk or water. If salt is required,
a little may be added to taste.-House-
hold.
Jelly Fritters. batter of
two eggs. one pint of milk and one
piat or more of -four, beat it light,
put one tablespoonful of lard in q
spider, add a little salt, make it boil
ing hot, put in the batter by the large
spoonful When one side is brown.
turn the 9th sr When done, take
them on to q dish with a dolly over it.
put spoonful of firm jelly on each
and serve. The Home - hFi-4
Always when frost comes it catches
the tomato plants with large quantities
of unripe fruit. If the vines are pulled
up while untouched by frost and
thrown into the cellar, most of the
fruit will ripen. In this way it is pos
sible with very little trouble to keep
fresh tomatoes from the summers
growth until near Christmas Late in
the season the tomato does not rot 50
quickly as is does earlier. =
Rye for poultry is, the cheapest
food that can be grown. as it really re-
quires no extra ground. Where the
potatoes have been dug. or wheat har-
vested sow rye, and it will remain
there until spring. when the land may
be put in corn In fact it only occu-
pies the ground in winter if desired for
providing green food only. twill en-
able the hens to have green food late.
and long after other food becomes dry.
and it will be the. first to appear in
spring.
Aim to provide the market with
something that is not usually provided
in sufficiency. 1t is not economical to
grow the crops that demand the least
labor. 1t is the labor that gives the
value to all crops. and the best profits
are made on those crops that require
constant attention and frequent Guilt.
walton. An acre of asparagus or cell
cry will pay larger profit than ten
acres of corn. but less labor may be
required on the corn. 1t matters not
what the expense of making crop
may be if the crop sells at a price cor
respondingly. 1t happens sometimes
that an easily-cultivatedc crop does not
give any profit at all. - ~
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-10
Hunting Gators in Carolina.

A novel industry has recently been
started on the Combahee river, in the
lower part of South Carolina, on rice
plantation. A local hunter starts out
in his boat about dusk with his gun.
When it is quite dark he lights a
bulrs-eye lantern and ties it to his
forehead. This enables him to see
alligators a distance of one hundred
yards lying on the bank, SO that he il
enabled to come within very close
range before shooting them. He is a
good shot and kills on an, average
about ten alligators every night.
After the hunt the skins are taken of
and packed with salt in barrels. The
tail is sold to negroes. who prize it
highly. The skins are shipped to q
firm in Jacksonville, Fla, where they
realize about seventy or eighty cents
each. The hunter buries the head of
every alligator he kills. and in few
months the teeth fall out or will como
out with little trouble. and command
q good price. Free Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-10

. "Our little scheme worked ont SPLEEN
didly. didn't it?''
els that him?"
'sThat's your grandpa, and he's 60
ing to help your ma and pa out. and;
.Mr. Babcock can't hurt them, can
he? You're SO good and kind.
Don't you think Mr.. Babcock would
have done as much as have done?"
'.No, sir, I'm sure he wouldn't. You
seem to like him, but I'm afraid you
don't know him as well as we do. He
hasn't taken your home from you?"
ssNo, he hasn't, and he hasn't taken
yours of his own choice. 1 know him
quite well, little girl, and though he
is not as good as he ought to be. he is
far from the sort of man you think he
is. and he's Just as glad as you are at
what has happened to you and your
parents. Don't you believe that?
There was twinkle in the mans
eyes and a smile lurking about his
lips that excited the child's suspicion,
and after she had looked at him very
hard for a minute she threw her arms
about his neck, saying:
You're Mr.. Babcock yourself
know you now, and that's who you
are"
Eyes, I'm Mr.. Babcock, and do re
joice in your good fortune and hope
you will always be happy in the ole
Ohio home. Thomas p. Montfort, il
Detroit Free Press. ----------------