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The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
woMEN,s POLITICAL ORANGES.
Nothing to Prevent Their Election Il
Congress, Says Miss Anthony.


Nothing to Prevent Their Election to
Congress, Says Miss Anthony.
Some one circulated the rutnor on
Saturday that Miss Susan d. Anthony
proposed removing TO Wyoming and
making the race for the United States
Senatorship when the Territory shall
be admitted as State. Miss Anthony
laughed good naturedly when spoken
TO about the report, and said that mas
much as she had no such intention it
must have been started as joke.
But there is,' continued Miss An
thony more seriously, nothing to pre-
vent women from being elected to seat
in either branch of Congress if they re-
ceive the required number of votes.
Some years ago Mrs. Stanton announced
herself as candidate for Congress in
one of the New York City districts. 1t
was represented, If j mistake not, by
one of the Brookeses at the time, and
she received twenty odd votes. So
distinguished an authority as Horace
Greely, in his comments subsequently
upon the matter, said that there was no
law to prevent Mrs. Stanton from taking
the seat if enough votes had been cast
for her. The Constitution prescribes
who shall vote. Itsays nothing concern
ing the person who shall be the bene-
ficiary of those votes."
lis there any probability that the
women of Wyoming will aspire to Con-
gressional honors when that Territory
becomes Slater"
Il should think not" Miss Anthony
replied. There are not to exceed 3, ,00O
women in the Territory. In the new
States you will always find women in
the minority. In the older common.
wealths-like Massachusetts,, for eX'
ample--they largely outnumber the
| men,"
"Will any other States change thell
constitutions, thus putting women on ar
| equality with men politically"
! "South Dakota will hold coustitu
tional convention next autumn which
will result, we believe, in striking ou
the word male from their constitu
ton. thus giving us our political rights
If South Dakota does this North Da
kota will speedily follow. Then Wash
ington will fall into line, and so, ulti
mately, will Kansas and several othe
Western States"
"Whnt do you hope to accomplish il
Massachusetts,, where the women nu
merIcally ournuulber the men?
Miss Anthony shook her head dc
spondingly. 81 have but little hope O
Massachusetts, she said. The for
eign element is very strong there. and
is opposed, as u rule, to female SUI
frage."
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
AN EXPERIMENTAL FARM

The use Of that part of the Arlington
estate which is unoccupied by the Gov
errment and which is practically waste
land as an experimental farm would
constitute it valuable adjunct to the
Agricultural Department 1t would
greatly increase IT. facilities for making
those trials and tests in the cultivation
of the various cereals, plants and fruits,
for which ii has now such limited
room.
Outside Of the beautiful cemetery and
the ground required for garrison pur-
poses at Fort Myer, there are 500 acres
which might be employed for the pur-
pose suggested, with not only vast i'm
provement TO the neighborhood of this
city but also with benefit to the whole
country. The part referred to contains
considerable variety of soil which
might be utilized, not only for expert.
ments under the most favorable condi-
tons but for the display of the best
methods in practical farming. The
farm itself might become kind Of OBJ
iect lesson for the agricultural visitor,
while the reports Of the success or fail
ure of modes of cultivation by experts
with the best appliances and under IA
voring circumstances would be read
with interest by thousands of intelli-
gent and progressive farmers through
out the land.
There can bc no doubt that the carry
ING out of the proposed plan would add
greatly to the beautiful surroundings Of
the Capital, and accordingly our citi-
zens generally must have been pleased
to learn that bill is soon TO be pre-
sented in Congress providing for its
execution, If the improvement is eff
fected, and if the amphitheatre which
/ is suggested for The crest Of the ridge be
built, these features will show addi
tional necessity for the construction OF
the great Memorial Bridge to span the
Potomac Mt the foot of New York ave
nue., which TIE CRITIC has heretofore
earnestly advocated.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
PERSONAL.

Ex-senator 7. w. Ferry, accompanied
by Hon. George w. Mcbride of Grand
Haven, Mich, is in Washington look
ing around after Lake Michigan harbor
affairs. They also want an appropria-
tion for q Government building at
Grand Haven. The Senator's face is
familiar one TO the Capitol, but Mr.. Nc
Blide has not been here since SCI,
when he marched up the Avenue with
the Sixth Army Corps.
Miss Braddon, the novelist, is Il col
lector of bric.a- brac, and has Il very
large and valuable collection.
Mrs. Marshall o. Roberts will pay
$40 800 for the use Of Lord Spencer's
Lordon house during the season.
Ex Secretary Whitney has recently
been in Boston to determine whether TO
send his son to Harvard or to Yale
next year.
General Neal Dow, the temperance
aGitator, has just celebrated his Seth
birthday, and is still hale, happy and
hearty.
The Empress Frederick and her two
daughters will leave Berlin about April
for six weeks visit to the Grown
Prince of Greece.
William Endicott Of Boston has Just
entered his 9ith year. lie is the sole
survivor of the seventh generation Of
John Endicott's descendants.
The Oldest living college graduate in
the United States, il is stated, is Amos
F. Parker, who was graduated from
the University of Vermont in 1918, and
is now 9s years of age.
A patriotic Frenchman has entered
into negotiations for the purchase of
Nlillets "Angelus," with view of its
| possession by the French nation. This
is rather late, to say the least,
Earnest Renan, the French Philoso-
pher, INDUCES in hobby of not riding
in vehicles of any kind, perferring to
walk, although his health is feeble and
stout cane is necessary to support
him.
Miss Gwendoline Caldwell, who re
fused to permit Prince Murat to reduce
her surplus, has been suffering from
typhoid fever in Rome. She was con
sidered fatally i'll at one time. but is
now on the road to recovery.
Austin Dobson's appearance would
surprise those who have so long ad
mired the easy grace and airy fancy OF
his poems. There is nothing etherea
about him. He is heavily set man
with florid countenance.
Judge Cooley. chairman of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, was much
improved in health by his two months
visit to the South, but it is not believed
that he will be able to resume his dutie'
for some time to come.
DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes is tn,
owner of an interesting relic in tn,
shape of a silver teapot that ha
descended to him by a collateral lin
from Tutor Flynt of Harvard College
whose term of service extended from
1854 to 1899
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
soprNoK umMINrscrNcGs.

Iincrin Asked him III He Could
uGht--rhs Buii Run 1,otreat..
The New York VOrl9's Washington
correspondent says: There was never
any doubt about Gen Scheuek's bravery
When the attack was made on Sumter,
he wrote ut once TO Abraham Lincoln,
Offering 10 serve in any capacity, in
helning to sustain the Government. the
union and our flag" and he also offered
his services to Governor Denison OF
Ohio IN the same way. When he called
upon Lincoln at the White House, the
latter said, us he entered:
1--WE are having o devil of a time Just
now, Schenck; can you fightY"
81 don't know, but | can try, re-
plicd Mr.. Schenck.
"All right. and | am sure that you
will succeed" " said President Lincoln.
"Ycu have it in your blood, and you
shall be Il bripadier general" "
The President then made ont com
mission for him. and General Schenck
showed himself an able officer. He re
ceiyed ma jor- generals commission
| for gallant conduct at the battle of
Cross Keys, but he was wounded ut the
second battle of Bull Run, and he felt
the effects Of his wound to- his death
He was in the first battle of Bull Run
and at the close of 1t was on the retreat
when through the darkness he heard {
voice of man riding rapidly by him
'1s that you, Schcnck?"
"Yes. Sherman, is that your" re
piled Schenck; and the man stoppe(
and the two for moment hurriedly
discussed the situation.
"What has become of your troops
Sherman p said Scheuck.
Heaven only knows" said Genera
Sherman. They've gone with TIL,
crowd"
General Schcnck held two of hi
regiments in hand and brought then
into Washington. Most of the othe
generals during this engagement lost al
control Of their troops.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
srANLEN AND M0LsELEY.

A writer in the Newcastle Chronicle com
pares Stanley's trip TO Wadelei TO rescue
Emin Pasha with Wolseley's armed eXcur-
sion to Khartoum to relieve Gordon Pasha,
Stanley had 10000 subscribed by private
individuals. Wolseley had $500, 200 IL is
so printed, but perhaps it should be 49,,
0o0O00) paid out by the British Govern
ment. Stanley got there. Wolseley did
not get there. Stanley's protege Is alive
and well. Wolseley's protege is dead, run
through and beheaded 10y the mahdis men.
There could he other comparisons made.
The world rings with Stanley'S exploits and
fame. The sage portion Of tho world Is
disposed to at least reserve judgment upon
Wolseley, who took care of his army,
which was large enough to have persisted
in a country without supplies and not large
enough TO force its way against the Arabs
without regard TO their positions and mum
Der. But enough has been seen OF the COM
parsons to show that private enterprise
stands very well against the claim OF su-
periority in government enterprise, and
may put in some claims Of It's own.-- Gdi-
restoR NcIVs
The Acrs misses the point in the
comparison Of Wolseley's and Stanley S
expeditions. Wolseley did not fail be-
cause his was a Government enterprise,
nor did Stanley succeed because his was
a private enterprise, Had Stanley com
manded the Government expedition to
rescue Gordon he would have sue
ceeded. Had Wolseley commanded the
private expedition to rescue Emin he
would have failed. The cause of Stan
ley's success and of Wolseley's failure
is 70 be found IN the men themselves,
not In the character Of the expeditions
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
POOR COUNCILMAN COLLINS.
\ wild Western COntemporary's
Startling ChRrgea A ARainat Him

A wild Western Contemporary's
Startling Charges Against Him.
From, the oakland (Col) Morning Times.
Thersites is probably the most despi-
cable character in the Shakespearean
gallery.
Councilman Collins is the Thersites
of the Sinful Six.
Cassius, ''the lean and hungry" is
another type of the execrable eX-
emplars of human nature depicted by
the master.
Collins is the Cassius of the Rotten
Six.
Iago is a villain of the most depraved
instincts.
There are many people who affect to
believe that 1ago is an impossible vii
lain.
These people don't know Collins.
Combine the vulgarity and impu-
dence of Thersites with the sneaking
treachery of Cassius and tire malicious
cunning of Iago, and you have Col
lins.
All of these-Thersites Cassius, Iago
bad rcdeeming qualities.
Collins has none.
Poirs, Pistol, Bardolph were thieves,
Gu, purses, swashbuckiers, but they
never, in all their depravity, reached
the depths of infamy in which Collins
is submerged.
When he introduced the orlin'n
drawn by the water monopoly for the
ggrandizement of the water monopoly
II was thought that Collins had crowned
himself King Of the Boodlers.
The impression was wrong.
Collins crowned himself on Monday
night.
Collins, King of the Boodlers.
He wears the laurel proudly.
Laurel
Jimson weed
A crown of jimson bound to his pallid
brow!
His throne pilory, his sceptre a
muck-rake-his. neck collared with the
| badge of his servitude TO the mo.
nopoly
BY his silence Collins has acknowl,
edged his criminality.
The applause of the people is vented
in Kisses, and Collins was hissed into
his infamous eminence.
There is but one punishment that
will affect Collins-tar and feathers.
| Even his conviction of malfeasance in
office and subsequent deprivation of the
trust which he has so infamously be-
trayed will scarcely move him.
He Is beyond all shame.
The exeGration Of the people is almost
music to his ears.
But he fears the tar that sticks and
the feathers that tlutter In the night
winds.
What a bird Collins would make.
How he would flap his wings ant
crow.
What libel on the birds ne woult
be.
Collins is sunk so low in his owl
esteem that he is ashamed TO resent tn,
insults that have been heaped upol
him.
Even Evans can claim superiorit,
over Collins. Evans knows more thar
Collins, and Evans did not vote for him
self.
Evans is angered by the Kisses of tn
people, bnt Collins submits like
terrier cringing beneath the blow of hi
master.
Evans will kick when he is subjects
to the ignomy of summary remoya
from office; Collins will sneak from tn
presence Of the people and be heard o
no more.
Collins has voted for himself for IN
last time.
The people have voted for Collins fC
the last time.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
nrFruE OF

AS hinted the past few
evenings, our Grand An
nual Spring Opening" will
occur next week, beginning
Monday, March 81. 1t will
be an EXHIBIT" well worth
seeing. The elimination, as
it were, of months Of thought
and busy preparation. a
display of the new seasons
choicest productions. search
ed for and secured under
the most favorable condi-
tons. We have raised the
standard. of quality and
shall show you a class OF
merchandise superior to that
of any formerspring seasons,
and yet the familiar low
prices will prevail. 1t is a
victory--a trade victory, OF
which we are Justly proud.
We invite you to participate
in our good fortune. Both
goods and prices are in your
favor. The former on &C.
count Of their exceeding
beauty andadaptiveness and
the latter on account oi
their exceptional reason
ableness.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
A CA r ID
FROM
MR.. T. E. ROESSLE.
PROPRIETOR OF.
The Arlington.
The Arlington.
THE ARLINGToN,'
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
March 6, 1890.

Ny DEAR DR.. LIGHTHLL:
1t gives me great pleasure to state
that you effected remarkable cure of
deafness and discharge from the ears in
the case Of my cousin, Marcus @.
Roessle, and that the cure has proved as
permanent as It was radical. I feel sure
that without your skillful aid my cousin
would have been o deaf man all his
life. Knowing of other cases in which
you have been equally successful, 1
cheerfully give you leave to refer to me
at any time, and hope that your prac-
tice in Washington will prove q distin-
guished success.
Yours, truly, 7. e. RoEssLE.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
WIT IN A SMALL WAY.

The Sprinter's Paradise--Lap- land
FuR.
The natives of Alaska are cold and
distant ple,--Phtadelphia inquirer.
A sufferer has his own ideas about
the parts of speech Glen Falls Rep0J-
Ecda
A lawyer depends on words; the real
estate man on deeds. -WerchdM Trag-
eler.
A hangman's moose should be pur-
chased by lineear measure. -Arcola
Record.
Ii is the bohemian artist who always
brushes reason aside.-JUdGe.
The weather is as uncertain as the age
of girl over 30. --RichmOBd Recorder.
The gentle spring is drawing near
We note it in the light cravat,
But still we cannot say tits here
Until We see the first straw hat.
-ChcagO HerHid
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
Unin4uisitive Miss Piper.

From tie .lHaRia CoostitmioD,
There is lady in Glynn County,
Miss Piper, who lives fourteen miles
from Brunswick, who has spoken to
nobody but two women and a little girl
in sixteen years. Miss Piper lives
within two miles Of a railroad and can
hear the whistle of the engine every
time it passes her house, yet she has
never seen an engine or ridden on a
train in her life. She has been living
on the same place for sixteen years.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31

THE FACT Is being noted that since
1864 New York has not given its cleo.
toral vote to either party in two sue
ccssiye canvasses In 1863 1t was car
lied hy the Democrats, in 1872 by the
Republicans, in 1876 by the Democrats
again, ia 1880 by the Republicans, in
1884 by the Democrats, aud by the Re
publicaus at the last Presidential cleo.
ton in 1888 If this alienation should
continue il Is manifest that the State
will 90 Democratic in 1899. The fear
of this is aleeed by Republicans t> be
the secret of Democratic opposition II
ballot reform.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
GettIng ont of the wet.

From me Ae,g lOrk Spa
We'll, Bismarck is sensible"
"Think sog"
Certainly. But he ought TO have
come in out OF the reign when it be-
gan"
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
That Tired Feeling
Debility and prostration which follows
HI Grippe or The Influenza

Debility and prostration which follows
I.a Grippe or The Influenza
Is the most dangerous stage Of the disease,
because in the weakened condition of the
body and the decline Of health tone, the sys-
tenn is very susceptible to relapse, pneu-
monia or typhoid fever. TO overcome that
tired feeling take
Hoods SarsapariIIa
The best tonic and blood purifier. II gives
strength and vigOr to the whole body, re-
stores and sharpens the appetite.
~ can't begin 10 tell all the good Hoods
Sarsaparilla did me. My pains and aches are
relieved, my appetite improved. Had re-
allied how muce good single bottle of
Hoods sasaparilla would do me / would
gladly have paid ten dollars for it. l say to
Others who need a good medicine, try Hoods
Sarsaparllla and see George II. JACKSON,
RoNbury station Conn
Renewed My Grip
"IloOd's Sarsaparlla has renewed my grip
/ am G5 years of age and was all run down
and discouraged. have taken Hoods Sar-
saparillQ and on looking myself over find that
/ am much betteii IN fact, quite a chap. OF
course the medicine will not discount my
years, but 1t comes nearer 10 il than any thing
else.'-Clns' d. LoSG, Shrewsbury, Mass.
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for S.. Pre-
pared by @. ]. HOOD & CO, Lowell. Mass.
400 Doses One Dollar
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
a Financial Transaction.

FROM Pfck.
Upson Downes-Well, this is n good
start for the evening; I've just saved So,
Rowne dc Bout--How' that?
Epson Downes-Isaacs offered me so
on my watch, but only took 80. Where
shall we skip to first.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31

\ RICH LANDED proprietor in Aus.
tria has been sentenced to seven months
penal servitude, with occasional days
of short rations and sleeping on plank.
lie was convicted of inhumanly tor
turing a farm hand. They manage
some things very well in the island
cont nent.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31

TEARS AND FLOWERS, music and
cheering, singing and enthusiasm
greeted Bismarck as, on last Saturday,
he bade farewell to Berlin. Truly this
seems a strange farewell for the pOpu-
lace to extend to the man of "blood
and iron"
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31

NEzY KNoX is the name of a new
Irish Nationalist member of the British
Parliament. He is unfortunate in one
respect. No matter how big man he
may become in that body, it will al
ways be said that his predecessor was a
BiTgaT.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31

ATToRNEY.GENER UOGG Of Texas
is a candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Governor. His opponents
say that's just like a--well, like him,
to want everything.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31

DIR. LIGHTHILL can be consulted
on Deafness, Catarrh, Asthma and
Diseases Of the Throat and Lungs at
his office,
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
Hoods SarsaparilIa

Sold by all druggists. 81; six for s5. Pre-
pared by @. ]. HOOD q CO., Lowell. Mass.
lOO Doses One Dollar
The Washington critic., 1890-03-31
MIDNIGHT
BELL.

Presented with the original New York Cast
and Realistic scenery.
Monday Anril ROSE COGHLAN
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-04-25
STINGING Words !!
Ex PRESIDENT CLEvELAND'S
REMARKS ABOUT DANA.
The Rejoinder Made BY The Sun.
A Mutual Scoring That Becom es
Brutal.

New YORK, April l9-When ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland replied in an interview TO
things said OF him by the Sun he out in
these singing sentences saying that he
never saw tho attacks upon him in the Sun,
but every time one appeared dozen
cranks would write him about it. "When.
ever receive these crank letters" said he,
~ know that the senile old liar and thief,
Dana, has been at 1t again. 1t seems
that the senile old Dana does not confine
his warfare TO men. Women are not free
from his dastardly assaults, Mrs. Cleveland
has not escaped. 1t is bad enough for Dana
to print his lying statements regarding
myself, but it 10 more cowardly, infinitely,
and dastariily for him TO include, as he has
done, my wife in his attacks. Nothing
could be more contemptible or so far re-
moved from all instincts of manhood. IL
Dana was not in his dotage, with one foot
in the grave, his senile rawlings would at
tract more attention. The public is dis
posed TO look with some leniency upon
man who has mental paresis. That Was
all that saved Dana from his being held to
q strict account for his atrocious conduct
This evidently made Dana very mad and
he comes back at MIR. Cleveland: ''ro no
reader Of the Sun Is IL n ecessary to say
that this is cowardly lie. II is not the
less "A lie because IL is uttered by "A man
who has been D resident of the United
States. 1t is not less cowardly because it
proceeds from a husband whose inferiority
in social, moral and intellectual qualities Is
recognized by all who know the
admirable woman linked to him
by the name they bear in common
Passing over the b.ackguard epithets in
which the half-drunken deputy. sheriff re-
appears aud finds his only possible retort,
we come to this more serious matter. 10
provoke sympathy for himself, MIR. Cleve-
land deliberately drags the name of his
wife into an interview intended for publ
cation, charging the Sun with an offense,
which, If the charge is true ought TO rem
der this newspaper odious 70 every gentle
man on Manhattan lsland-to every honor
able man who respects womanhood. The
charge is false aud Mr.. Cleveland knew il
was false when he uttered IL. There is but
one answer that we care to make. We iu-
vite MIR. Cleveland to point to line or
a word that ever appeared III the Sun con-
corning the good woman whose name he
thus degrades, which iustiies, directly or
indirectly, the statement contained in the
paragraph quoted above If he cannot do
that-and he cannot-we invite the atten-
ton of the community TO the portrait OF
selfish poltroon, an unworthy husband,
about whose conduct in this affair nothing
can be said by any person of sensitive per
ceptions that will not leave on the coarse
and swollen face. peeping from behind the
edge OF his wife's garments, red mark
like the sting Ola whip lash"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-04-25
"A Singular Fatality.

GRAND RAPIDS, April ia singular
death occurred last evening. II is pulling
the coroner and physicians not little.
Mrs. Mary Adell Crane had been taking
treatment for consumption with DR.. j. G..
Kennedy, specialist, who uses electricity
by what is called his electro ozone system.
a simple one by which electricity and med
icated air is forced into the lungs. and after
one or two treatments the patient usually
operates the machine himself Mrs. Crane
was said to be quite far gone with con-
sumption, but when she entered the
Doctors operating room last night she was
apparently as well as usual. She placed
the tube between her lips and turned the
button admitting the air to the lungs, while
DIR. kennedy stepped into the next room.
When he returned he asked her how much
air she had taken and she replied: "Five
pounds" Thinking she was mistaken he
stepped toward the indicator to see. but
before he could reach it she fell heavily
forward stone dead. Kennedy says that
five pounds of air could not have killed her,
as it was not an overdose. The physicians
are equally puzzled as TO what did kin the
woman.