The Washington critic., 1889-05-02
MATTER WORTH READING

Starting with the WOru washington,
write down 100 words just as they oc
cur to you. Let your second word be
the one which Washington naturally
suggests to you. Possibly it will be
be capitol, II may be president. Take
the word which first comes into your
mind. In the same manner let the
third word be guggcstcd by the second.
the fourth by the third and so on. BE
careful that the third word is not sug-
gcsted by both the first and second.
Drop the first entirely, and let your
mind 20 from the second alone to the
third. Having written this list of
words, you will have furnished your
self with "a cheap but very useful mirror
of your mind. If you are able TO use
this mirror you may discover some very
serious defects In your mental pro.
cesses. You may discover that you think
along certain lines too frequently. You
may discover that you are using su-
pcrflcial principles quite too much to
the neglect of more important laws
of mind. You will thus be led to avoid
certain linkings and to encourage
others of more philosophical nature.
1.-THE Chautauquan.
The Baby of the Cabinet.
A Washington letter to the Philadcl.
phia Telegraph says; Attorney General
Miller looks like man who reads much
He Is mild d.mannercd man, very en-.
tertaining talkcr, and he only speaks
after delibcration. He said to me to-
day In rccounting the members of the
Cabinet: "You know'I'm the baby of
the Cabinet" lie is sparscly built
man, with high, broad forehead and
sunken eyes. lie wears q closely
cropped, full, brown beard, which is
| tinged with gray He dresses very
plainly. He dimes every evening at the
Riggs House, and after dinner sits in
two entirely alone and watches the
ofiice-seckers who come and so.
The Last of Clusters band.
| Sergeant Charles G.. Wagner is the
only survivor of General Clusters i'm
mediate command. The sergeant owed
his escape toa happy circumstances. He
was sent by General Custer with dis
patches TO Major Reno, ordering the
latter to bring forward bis forces
While ON this mission the deadly ut.
tack was made, and when he returned
with Major Reno every soldier in the
canyon was dead and all shorn of their
scalp locks but Custer. His hair the
savages had respected. Sergeant Wag-
ner's life has been succession of thrill
ing adventures. lie lost leg In fight
with Indians, having been hit by q
poisoned arrow, which necessitated the
amputation of the limb, and his ap-
pearance sitting erect on his horse,
with his strongly outlined face, his
dcep-set, resolute eyes and the long
black hair falling upon his shoulders,
is that of n thoroughly typical represen
tative of the far West. Phila. Times
An American Pope.
Cardinal Parocchi the Pope's vicar,
at a recent banquet at Rome, said thai
If the Pope had TO leave Europe ht
would find sure refuge among Ameri-
can bishops His Eminencc might will
truth have gone much further and addet
that the Supreme Pontiff would no
only find sure refuge among Ameri
can bishops, but warm place and wei
come In the hearts of millions of Ameri
can Catholics.
The remark of the Cardinal Is deemed
significant by well known writer in
church review, who is led to exclain
that the shortest way to get an Amcri
can Pope would be, upon the demise o
Leo MIL, to elect to the Papacy ar
American Cardinal. The critic doubt
less regards his suggestion as spic,
bit of humor; but there is within II
nevertheless, food for thought upon tn
ever recurring question of the precis,
attitude of the Vatican Govcrnmen
toward the living affairs of the Romal
Catholic Church in America.
KyrIe Bellows Kiss.
81 never kiss woman on the stag,
unless 1t is absolutely necessary" sale
Mr.. Bellew. Either the lines mus
call for it, as they do in Antony ant
Cleopatra which read: OF man,
thousand kisses the poor last lay upol
thy lips, where the words make tn
action absolutely necessary, or else tn
situation of the play must demand II
Imean by this that ] never of my owi
yolition Introduce a kiss into the bust
ness of piece.
This Is not from any false idea o
dclicacy or sentiment upon the subject
: as have none. A stage kiss from IN
standpoint is simply a piece Of stag
busincss--like removing the hat, gel
ting up or sitting down-nothing more
and think that is the view most play
ers take Of it. My objection to tn
stage kiss Is purely a practical one. y
New York Press.
The Presidents steward.
) The Presidential steward is by la
+ placed under *20, 900 bonds for his goo
| behavior The reason for imposin
, this tremendous security lies III
doubtedly in the great value attachin
! to the plate and other tableware in Ii
, mansion. Compared TO his bonds Ii
salary is pitiably small; 1t amounts
. only 81 800 annually, and II would seel
as II steward of Zieman's cons
qucnce, experience and undoubtc
ability would hesitate long time b
fore accepting the position at this fgur
lie probably forsees, however, that Il
prestige Of having catered for Il
President Of the. United States wi
serve him q goow turn when anoth
: Administration shall have brought h
services there to an end.-lOmal
!, Herald .I-
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