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The Washington critic., 1889-05-01
FACTS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN

Lemons were used by the Romans to
keep moths from their garments, and in
the time of Pliny they were considered
an excellent poison. They are natives
Of Asia. Spinach is Persian plant
Horse-radish is a native of England
Melons were found originally in Asia
Filberts originally came from Greece.
Ounces originally came from Corinth
The turnip originally came from Rome.
The peach originally came from Persia.
Sage is native of the south of Europe
Sweet marjoram is q native of Portugal
The bean Is said to be a native of Egypt
Damsons originally came from Damas-
Gus. The nasturtium came originally
from Peru. The pea is native of the
sonth Of Europe Ginger is native of
the East and West Indies. Coriander
seed came originally from the East.
The cucumber was originally q
is indigenous to Great Britain. Apri-
cots are indigenous to the plains of
America, Pears were originally brought
from the East by the Romans. Capers
originally grew wild in Greece and
Northern Africa. The walnut is native
of Persia, the Caucasus and China.
The Glove Is u native of the Malacca
Islands, and is also the nutmeg. Vim
egar Is derived from two French words,
rim digre, sour wine. Cherries were
known In Asia as far back as the sew
enteenth century. Garlic came to us
first from Sicily and the shores of the
Mediterranean. Asparagus was orig
ipally wild sea coast plant, and is a
native of Great Britain. Nectarne re-
| ceived its name from nectar, the princl
| pal drink of the gods. The tomato Is
a native of South America, and takes
| its name from Portuguese word
| Greengage Is called after the Gage
| family, who first took il to England
from monastery in Paris. Parsley is
said to have come from Egypt, and myth
| ology tells us II was used to adorn the
head Of Hercules. Apples were origi-
nally brought from the East by the
Romans. The crab-apple is indigo
neous to Great Britain. 1t Is curious
fact that while the names Of our ami
mails are Of Saxon origin, Norman
names are given to the flesh they yield.
the onion was almost an object Of worship
with the Egyptians two thousand years
before the Christian era. II first came
| from India. The cantaloupe is a ma
tive Of America, and so called from the
name of place near Rome, where ii
was first cultivated in Europe. Before
the middle of the seventeenth century
tea was not used in England, and was
entirely unknown TO the Greeks. The
word biscuit is French for twice
baked" because. originally, that was
the mode OF entirely deprying II Of
moisture Current Literature,
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in The face of his pursuers. The alb
sconder may no longer seek the North.
The defautcr or other robbcr of his
type who wants TO get out of the coun-
try now is likely to turn his eyes to the
land Of cactus and red pepper Mexico
is not to the average American as pleas.
ant resort as Canada; lie feels among
strangers, somehow, in Mexico-but It
is preferable to the irksomc confinement
of the ordinary penitcntiary. Things
might bc worse.
Things will be worse, eventually, for
the American plundercr Mexico will
become in time as unsafe hiding place
as Canada is now, and TO find protect
ing border will be task of magnitude
for the guilty fugitiycs. The time may
not be far distant when Greenland OF
Central America will be the nearest re-
sorts of the voluntarily ostracised
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CURIOUS THINGS OF LIFE.

A st. Joseph, Mo, lad rides pony
that weighs only 1870 pounds.
"a superior house parlor maid, who
can teach elementary music and IA
plain cook, under 25, who knows short
hand" were advertised for In n recent
issue of an English paper.
Out in a backwoods town in Indiana
the sheriff left the courtroom for din
ner, forgetting all about his prisoner,
who afterward leisurely walked off and
has not since been captured.
A paper contains the following in an
advertisement: "Coffins and Caskets. |
will sell 20 per cent. Cheaper than any
other Party. Ladies and Gentlemen
Laid Out at any hour of the. Night or
Day"
An old saddle, which had been
kicked around in Nashville harness
shop for several years, was ripped up
the other day and found to contain
81 800 in Confederate money. If the
owner of the shop could only have
found the prize in March, 1865, he
could have bought breakfast and
three cigars.
In new book upon "Americanisms'
some of the less familiar are: Bibibles
for drinkabIes, bohn for crib or transla
tion, balditude for state of badness
to deacon, or to place fine fruit at tho
top; parquet, or the pit of Il theatre from
its mosaic floor pizzaro for piazzi; skull
duggery, wire pulling; trampoos, tC
wander aimlessly, and daisy, for any
thing first.rate,
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srsnop porrEn,s SERMON.

Bishop Potter, who preached the cen
tennial sermon in st. Paul's Church,
New York. on Tuesday, with President
Harrison and many more distinguished
citizens, patriots and statesmen in the
pews, took advantage of the time and
place TO project some truths into his
congregation, which, to say the least,
were startling. The Bishop did not
"boom" our great and glorious Repub
lie worth cent; neither did he rub on
the American Eagle and the Fourth of
July to any appreciable extent. On the
contrary, the Bishop took all the bun.
combe out of his talk and sent it into
his hearers in q raw state. For instance,
he said:
And again another enormous difference
between this day and that of which II is the
anniversary Is seen In the enormous differ
ence in the nature and infuenue of the forces
that determine our national and political
destiny. Then ideas ruled the hour. To-day
there are indeed ideas that rule our hour but
they must be merchantable IDEAS The
growth Of wealth, the prevalence of luxury,
the massing of large material forces, which
by their very existence are standing menace
to the freedom and integrity of the individ-
nal, the infinite swagger of our American
speech and manners mistaking biggness for
greatness and sadly confounding gain and
godliness-all this is contrast 10 the austere
simplicity, the unpurchasable integrity of the
first days and first men Of our Republic,
which makes II impossible TO reproduce to-
day either the temper or the conduct of our
fathers.
The infinite swagger of our Ameri-
can speechand manners is something
almost reasonable on such an occasion,
bui the Bishop let II go.
Then right after II he said
the manners, which we have. hanished long
ago. We have exchanged the washingtonian
dignity for the Jeffersonian simplicity, which
was, in truth, only another name for the
Jaoksonian yulgarity, and what have we got
in exchange for 1t?
JeiTersonian simplicity, and Jack
sonian vulgarity," think of that will
you and wonder If the Bishop would
have said it had President Clveland been
an auditor instead of President Har-
Tison.
Bishop Potter was only one man in
all that myriad of men, but the style OF
his talk was that of very big man.
lie might have waited, however, un,
Ill some other day.
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AMONG THE WRITER'S.

Georges Ohnet says he always has
two to three books trotting in his head,
but they never take form until he has
worked them out in every detail.
A lineal descendant of Thomas
Paine, the famous atheist and author Of
The Age of Reason Is q divinity
student at Tufts College, Boston.
NJ Zola has faith in General Bou-
langer's ultimate success in French
politics.
Mrs. Cashel Hoey, the Irish novelist,
now living in the Kensington quarter of
London, Is about 65 years of age, short,
stout, and in her style thoroughly Eng
lish.
Marshall p. Wilder. the humorist,
has written book of amusing expert
cnces as q traveller and lecturer
Horatio Alger, jr., the successful
writer of juvenile books, is busy writ
ing play.
The late John Bright was a great ad.
mirer of John G. Whittier's poetry,
and he could repeat Snowbound and
many others of his poems.
The London Atheneum thinks that
until Arlo Bates learns to efface himself
he cannot hope to succeed in the diff
cult kind of novel which he affects in
The Philistines.
Mr.. B. p. Shillaber, better known as
Mrs. Partington, is writing and com
piling book of personal "reminiscences
during fifty years.
Sir Edwin Arnold, author of "The
Light of ASIA" never sat for his pho
tograph till month ago.
Archibald Percival Graves, the Irish
poet, has in press volume of lyrics
The wittiest woman writer in France
to-day is said to be the lady who mas
querades under the nom de plume, Gyp
Victorien Sardou contemplates visi
to this country.
Rider Haggard is at work on move
which he says will be his creates
| effort.
| Mrs. Edwin p. Whipple, widow o
| the well l-known critic, still lives OF
Beacon Hill, Boston, where most of he
married life was passed, in hous,
filed with rare books and mementos o
famous men and women.
The health of Paul Du Chaillu ha
broken down under the strain of pre-
| pairing his great work on "The Vikinl
| Age" which he has had in hand TO
| eight years. Current Literature.
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n =.
which Jones nad got ou, w esV, anu ic
had had iituc diamond set I'D ~
Pretty Mrs Jones race grew shaus
paler and she TOOK step Dackwaru anu
hurrieuly sna'cheu 'ne sheet ol pape,
out OF the enVclope' one opcncu ~ unu
read her own answer TO the adyer,lse.
ment. Then she took another look at
her hnsbands double ana ran 10 'ne
othcr enu OF the room US sGureu US
thougn poor Jones had pech o"ck 'ic
hlppcr' -,
20 away shc crieu l'"n''o"i'y'
go away
i suppose sbe though' OF the alec
uonatc RECEPTION sne liaa g,vcn i Nun anu
was writn'ng menial,y; one utoppcu
INTO chair, Durieu her race III MY. mer
hanus and commenced 70 cry inns
touched Jones ana ne came over anu
SAT u9wn near her. i, a. ,
~ sorry 1or III tmne mas n"p'
pened, nc saiu, anu VIII go III
minute. FIRST want 70 know some,
tmng about yourseli ana nusoahu'
gather ,hat ms name anu nii"c ",c
idenucoi, Just as we appear 70 DC III
person. ,
Inc nt,ie woman 'oiu hlin pc,wcen
her SOUS, that sne haa peen married only
three months tnat her huspanu worked
IN u cer,ain Nholesale mouse uown
'oWh, ana ,hat ,hey Wunteu W rcu. a
room or TWO 70 help OUT on tne rent
ihat was why she answered. HIS "Vcr-
tsement'
When Jones departed she went 70
the door with nm, ana smiie9 through
ner tears as she tolu MN she couiu
never certaln asain lilat sue iuu 'he
right man unless sne pu. n,'rk ON
MN OF some SORT ohe wouloii tshahe
hands, ana Jones came away
he saiu ne peneVeu sne was Vniy
nan convinced tnat ne WASH ler nus,
bana then, ana that II nc hau ueciaieu
u al JOKE she wouid nave 'hrown iIer.
sell INTO ms arms Du' nc Wash
mean enough 10 90 ti,at nc sy'npa
'hizea with her IN hcr uiie,,ihu, ,,, .,,,
| wen, ne came ana toiu Ine an aoout
y, ana we nXed up a schemc 10 go 10
the pace where inc husoan1 workeu
ana iook AZ MN. ! was 10 ash loi mn,
ana talk 10 MN, wniie Jones stoou
ASIDE, somewhere ana slzcq MN up
we did IL. l'asked Ior FRED JONES, uhu'
when ne appeared, ! was so .nuhuer,
Struck that l Almost lorgo. NY part ous ~
mahageq 10 say na9 cai'cu 10 scc u
ne was freu JONES ! lluu known In
new 1ork, cue. ihc swo hlen WIZ
The Washington critic., 1889-05-01
THE PEOPLES COLUMN.

Communications on any matter of cur
rent interest will be cheerfully printed in
THE CRITIC under this head. Letters
should In all cases be as brief as possible
WASHINGTON, May Editor critic!
The promotion of clerks in the classi-
fled civil service from the positions they
have occupied to the next higher grade
only, while correct In principle and
generally proper in practice, never
theless works great injustice In some in
stances. In 1884 A and Is received, re-
spectively, 81 1000 and $1,000 per
annum. Democrats would not promote
them, and their salaries are unchanged.
Their work has been about equal In
quantity and quality; perhaps AS has
been the more valuable.
But during these five years B has re-
ceived $1,000 more salary than A.
Would II be fair now TO promote B TO
The 81, 400 grade and make A accept
only the 81 200 position thus vacated
by B9
In all justice and reason should not
A be promoted at once to the 81, 400
grade and B be permitted TO remain in
The 81 200 position I? AS work having
been equally valuable, now, though
Iult, NHOulu iut lOt w niduc us ucuIly uS
possible, financially, equal TO B with
his 81 200 per annum and his 81 900
more already received than A has ?
Certainly so, because, though pro.
motion ceased in 1884, the years did not
tarry. AS family is more expensive
now, but he has 81 900 less money than
b and fewer years than he had in 1884
in which TO make such provision for his
family as B has been already enabled to
make for his family.
| Why should B have all the advan.
tages and A be hopelessly deprived OF
his rightsY
| Again, should not clerk who has
received but $1,000 for doing 1,40C
work during the last four years receive
81 800 during the next four years, even
though continued ON the 81 400 work
Or does the great United States need
these $500 worse than the clerk who has
done its work.
AT all events, should not those faith
full public servants who have beer
underpaid and mistreated during al
these years be afforded more thar
ordinary advantages now, for the es
pecial reason that this considerable por
ton of their lives is spent. To thos,
who are single and young in years thi
may not seem SO important, but to ;
middle-aged man with heavy family
perhaps struggling with the burden o
a half-paid house, all this is of thu
utmost Importance. g. NJ. p.
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A RUINED REFUGE.

The individual who proposes to take
short cut to fortune by abusing n
trust, be he bank cashier or president
or trusted man Of any sort of concern,
must henceforh consult something else
ihan the guide book 10 Canada. The
Weldon bill, as ii is called, which has
passed the Dominion parliament, closes
the country to boodlers 1t is not a
retroactive measure, and smugglers and
thieves now over the border are safe
as long as they stay there, but for those
whose crimes are as yet only contem-
plated, not committed, Canada is no
longer fair No; no more may the
thrifty thief, as he gets over the line,
turn jauHiily, and, applying his thumb
10 hispose, g5sase hiA angeEs playfully
The Washington critic., 1889-05-01
WASHINGTON, MAY I, 1889.
PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTIONS.

The Cabinet meets on Tuesdays and
Fridays at l2;30p m.
Senators and Representatives in Congress
will he received by the President every day,
except Mondays, from 10 until IL.
Persons not members Of Congress having
business with the President will be received
frCm IL until on Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
e. 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. IN. on Mondays, Wednesdays and
SATURDAYS
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Boston BenevoIence.

Thirty-five or forty Of the Hub most
fashionable young ladies propose to es-
tablish an institution in the Bowery, in
New York city, like Toynebee Hall, in
the heart Of London, which is to be the
model after which the Bowery institu-
tion will be patterned. The poor women
In the neighborhood will be invited to
visit the institution and there learn from
the fair tutors something about the art
and science of making home attractive,
even where there is little money to
begin.
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ACCOUNTED FOR.

Dear Jess II seems quite strange 10 me
Does II seem strange TO youO
When we together used TO be,
We both were twenty-five,
But now we meet (ean IL be truei-
think II DER and oerD
I've passed my forty-trst aud you
Are only thirty'four'
do not know, do not care
How fortune favors you;
You look as young as when you were
My dear at twenty-five.
But this I'd like 10 know, dear jess
(For 80 II now appears),
Why you IN age than me are less
BY more than seven years.
The matron dropped her deep-lashed eyes,
And, as she held him fast,
She answered, 'twixt her long drawn sighs;
You know men live SO fast"
IN, x. EYepipg sun.
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There is a grim humor about some Of
Judge Lynch's executions. A bank
president in southwest Texas made
away with all the funds under his
charge aud then posted on the door of
his Institution Bank Suspended, "
That night he was interviewed by a
number Of depositors who left him
hanging to tree with this notice pinned
TO his breast: Bank President Sus-
pended. Bank suspensions will not
occur very frequently IN that locality
No MAN OR wohiAs can afford to DO with
out VOLTS Acme Blacktng.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-01
1t Costs Less

ON the question OF real economy Hoods
Sarsaparilla Is so far ahead Of other prepara-
tions as to place them entirely ont of the race
as competitors. Here are facts In regard TO
this popular medicine, easily susceptible of
conclusive proof
: L. Hoods sarsapariIIa Costs the
Manufacturer More than any other com
peting preparations, because II Is more highly
concentrated and contains more real medi-
cinul value,
2. It Costs the Jobber More, as u con-
sequence of the fact Just stated,
3. 1t Costs the Retail Druggist More
for the same reason-as can easily be learned
by Inquiry, Hence the desire of some retail
ers 10 sell their own preparations, which cost
them less, and for which they get the same
price, thus making more money. But
4. 1t Costs the Consumer LESS than
any other medicine, because of its greater
concentrated strength, and the quantity in
each bottle, and because II Is the only
preparation Of which can truly be said,
100 Doses One Dollar"
That the people appreciate this is shown
by the fact that Hoods sarsaparilla has
The Largest Sale of any sarsaparilla or
blood purifier. II possesses peculiar merit
and effects wonderful cures.
4 POINT FOR FOU.
when you buy your spring medicine, You
want the best. Ask for Hoods Sarsaparllla,
and insist upon having II, Do not let any
argument or persuasion influence you to buy
what you do not want. Be sure to get the
ideal spring medicine.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. Sli six for %, Pre-
pared only by G. !. HOOD q CO., Apcthe-
caFles, Lowell, Mass.
100 DOSES ONE DOLLAR. .
The Washington critic., 1889-05-01
SUGAR FROM COAL TAR.
A Scheme to Break the Trust That is
Not Likely to Succeed.

1t is reported that newly discovered
hemical-benzoic lphinidc--will be
used by individual refners to manu-
facture sugar and break up the Sugar
Trust. The substance, commonly known
as saccharine, is made from coal tar and
possesses many times the sweetness of
cane sugar. A well-known chemist is
authority for the statement that the re-
finers who attempt to make sugar out of
benzoic sulphinide and sell it at prices
that will compete with the cane sugar
manufacturers will find II an expensive
diversion. "Thc material costs $1.30
an ounce, and the exclusive right to
manufacture II is vested in a young
chemist who discovered the process.
Said he: Comparatively speaking the
saccharine does not contain the sweet
ness of sugar, and the process of turn
ing coal tar into sugar is so incomplete
that cane will have the call for some
time to come.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-01
pRoposALs FOR STATIONERY.

WAN DEPARTMENT, April 2, 1880.
Sealed proposals In duplicate, will be re-
ceiyed at this Office until / O'Clock. p. m,
WEDNESDAY, May u, 1880, for furnishing Sta
tionery for the War Department and It's bu-
reaus In Washington during the fiscal year
ending June 90, 1890
Blank forms of proposals, showing the Items
with circular relating thereto will be fur
nished on application TO this office.
Bids will be considered ON each Item sepa-
rately,
Proposals must be addressed 20 the under
signed, indorsed ON tho outside Of the envel-
ope, proposals for stationery
NJ. II. THORP, chief supply DIVISION,
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shyewd Dutchmen.

There Is a dearth of hyacinths in
London this year on account Of com
mercial reasons. Previous large sales
of the flower have reduced the price Of
the root, so that the Dutch growers will
not permit the blooms 10 be collected,
They are allowed to die upon the
ground and then are carted of In heaps.
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Natural Orators.

G.. A. Sala tells that the Maoris are
great in oratory. On one occasion he
was being welcomed to a Maori town.
May your boots, said the orator of
the day, "be lovely on the hills" in
which G.. A, s. dimly recognized re-
vised version of ''How beautiful upon
the mountains are the feet of him that
bringeth good tidings,"
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The ATTENTION of people who have
children to name is hereby called to the
fact that Washington's latest two murder
ers bear the name Nelson. Nelson Colbert,
who killed on old man about so years Of
age, and Nelson Thomas, who Killed the
girl at Bennings.
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A MISERABLE SPRING.

What n spring 1t has been What u
sloppy, cloudy, gloomy and altogether
disappointing spring 1t was of u
nature to mar the naugu-
ration. 1t has interfercd with
the centennial celebration. 1t has
made the Washington races far less of
an event than they should have been.
II has interfered with all outdoor
recreation, put back the strawberry
crop, made quinne a regular article of
diet and accomplished lot of other
miserable things. 1t has been bad
spring.
What arc we going to do about itY
No one seems to know. and we can
only make weak jokes on the Signal
Service and pray for better weather
The Washington critic., 1889-05-01

A MAN just arrived in town yesterday
morning in quest of an office was heard on
the Avenue, when he trst came in sight OF
the Monument, to ask what it was. If that
man gets an oflice.something is defective in
our Official machinery.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-01

OUR ESTEEMED morning contemporary
to-day wasn't the Washington Post, it was
the Washington Centennial.
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PROJOS<ILS.
pRoposALs FoR MIsoRLLANEoUs

DRoPosALs FOR MISC SUP.
il PLIES.-WAR DEPARTMENT, April ., 1880.
oaiess Sesed aas On % be re-
Wednesday, May e2, 1889, for furnishing Mis-
cellaneous Supplies consisting of Brooms,
Brushes, Soaps, Towels, ETC., etc., for the
ton, during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1890. Blank forms Of proposals, showing the
items and estimated quantities required, to-
gether with instructions 10 bidders, will bo
will be considered on each Item separately.
Proposals must be addressed 10 the under
signed, indorsed on the outside OF the envel-
ope, proposals for Miscellaneous Supplies" Z"
NJ. X. TII0RP, Chief Supply Division.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-01

WHAT feature our Washington Monu-
ment would have made in the New York
Centennial parade
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NASHVILLE American)
No ice cut within mile Of any dlstillery
will be allowed to so into the postoilice
coolers during Mr. Wanamaker's term.
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Aud girls are all Queen of the May.
THE OYSTER.
There X no flies on the oyster now,
He is not built that way,
He will not get in the soup, you bet;
There is no X III May.
The seal skin sack season is the season of
woman's fur-vid love.
One man bets at horse race and another
one bats at baseball match.
Mr.. Dana of New York has not yet re-
ferred to Farmer Hayes as an Ohio Hayeseed.
On Deck:
Office- seeker: want to be Superintend-
-ent of the Mint.
Chief: What mint
o. s.: Darned II care, so long as 1t is
one that julep goes with Pm from Vir-
ginia.
"Och, be jabers, sighed Mrs. O'Flaherty,
'af OF wor only a man Ord be the happiest
woman aloive."
The cat is very purr-tickle-her ami.
NAL.
The counter in green grocer's store is a
vegetable.
A Mr.. Law and Miss Lee were recently
married In great style in England.
Although Miss Lee is now Law
By marriage rites quite regal,
1t has not changed her much, because
Before that she was Lee gal.
About next Sunday you will see various
young women going about with red flannel
around their necks and red color around
their noses. These young women wer,
queen of May three days previously.
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DIED.

BARTLETT. .-On Wednesday May I, at
$3.50 "a. M, at the residence of her son, John
ID. Bartlett, No. as3 Rhode Island avenue,
Caroline ID. Bartlett, relict OF Thomas Bart
lett in her Sith year.
Funeral from 6a3 Rhode Island avenue, on
Thursday, May 2, att p. m.