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The Washington critic., 1890-01-28
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kdif0r critic: Do yOu not think there should
be some uniformity In the Departments In
regard to the granting of annual leave, and
would not ger eral revision of the several
systems lead to many Improvements
Let me cite an instance under the rule as
II now exists; An employe obtains a leave
of absence for six day 5, leaves the city on
the 1:20 train Saturday afternoon and re
turns after an absence of eight days, on
Monday In time 10 report at his desk az Q a.
m. Neither of the sundays included In that
time Is counted, but should he fail TO report
ON Monday, on should he be few hours late,
be could not put In one of .he usual daily
time slips. signed by the head of division.
covering that time, but would be obliged TO
ask the Secretary for leave OF absence for
the preceding sunday and tine additional
hours or day that lac was late.
In other words, II one remains IN town or
returns 10 town and reports for duty at the
beginning of each week he can obtain thirty
'norkiag days: but II lie wishes TO go TO a dis
tant home, or to the seasbore 10 recuperate
health lost by oyerwork or the wretched
sanitary condition of tho building in which
ho is employed, he must lose the Sundays in
cluded in the longer period of leave made
necessary by circumstances. Il. G. W.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

farmers alliance praying for the print
ing Of enough copies of the Congress.
&oDal Record TO supply one copy to
every township in the United States.
our esteemed contemporary seems on
the verge Of boom.
Mr. Chandler in the senate presented
a petition from citizen of Massachu
sotts praying for the erection Of statue
to-General Grant?-no, to Matthew
Fontaine Maury Of Virginia. Is 1t pos
sible that Matthew Fontaine Maury has
never had a statue?
Mr.. Dawes introduced bill defining
lard. Lard is an oleaginous substance,
which, combined with yellow ochre,
produces Washington butter.
Mr. Chandler made one of his elo-
quent speeches yesterday In the Senate.
In Reply to Mr.. George, Mr.. Chandler
rose and said, with great impressive
ness: "I do not hear the Senator"
In the House Mr. Vandever intro
duced bill allowing pensioners artid-
cial eyes. False teeth, trusses and ear
trumpcts. what's the matter with themt
Mr.. Robertson in the House intro
duced bill TO reorganize the band OF
the United States Military Academy
1t appears that Herr Vohlspiegel's bass
yiol has been ont of tune for several
years.
Mr.. Covert introduced bill in the
House to improve the efficiency Of the
militia. BY discharge?
Mr.. Burrows in the House appeared
with bill to provide monument for
Isabella ]. of Spain. Mr.. Burrows
thus places himself at the head of {
great popular American movement.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28
HER HEIGHT.
How tall is Cara MiaY
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How tall is Cara MiaY
Wen, now if you should see her,
] sometimes doubt your measure
Would always tit my treasure.
] do not take her height
In feet and inches-quite
Enough for ME, to wear
Her satin sheen Of hair
just next my heart.
Aud yet,
Al other times my pet
VIII seem a triile taller
lncOnstant do not call her;
still, assure you,
Have seen the lass stand by
Me-iive feet ten, suppose,
The while the pretty rose
OF her sweet mouth would DE
Just 10y my lips.
How queer
'Tis truth to tell thee
About nay Cara Mia.
--Ricdre Lane R Timer Dcm9crdt,
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28
FIVE DOLLARS wonrn or rmANks.

FIVE DOLLARS wOHru or THASKs.
EdifOr critic: Permit me to compliment You
upon the vast Improvement of last evenings
CRITIC over any publication ever issued from
that office, and especially let me thank you
for refusing TO be bribed in the interest of
that vicious gambling scheme, the Louisiana
Lottery. The inclOsed S5 for sub ,crlption will
show YOU thatI am as earnest In my thanks
as You are In your excellent principle when
you refuse the money of the lottery gamblers.
FRASKLfS l.. MARSH.
Washington, y. @. January 91
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28
To-NfGHTs ADJUSTMENTS.

AibGugh's, Fifteenth and + streets s.
Fanny Davenport In ala Tosca,n
National, Pennsylvania avenue, near
Fourteenth street. Francis Wilson in "rhe
Oolah.r
BjoU, Ninth street and Louisiana ave
nue-"The Fakir"
kGWun's, Eleventh and c streets--Rentz
Ssntley Burlesque'C
Globe, Pennsylvania avenue,near Eleventh
stYeet--Vnrlety.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28
BRIGHT AND ENTERTAINING.

The new management of our esteemed
contemporary, erstwhile the EreniIg Cdpi-
tai, did wisely in returning to the old
familiar name of that journal. It's appear
ance yesterday evening under the name of
THE EVENING CWTIC will insure it a
grateful welcome in thousands of house
holds that would have hesitated about ven
turing upon the Ereaing Nous, The first
issue is bright and entertaining one. 1t
is evidently the purpose of the proprietors
to give the people of Washington paper
not only worth reading, but one that 1t will
soon be found they cannot do without.
Washington Post.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

All SORTS OF RACE TROEBLkS.
A negro was shot 10 Florida on Thursday,
and on the same day jockey was sus-
pended In New Orleans for crooked riding
WIN those race troubles in the South never
endg-P Philadclphia Tinles.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28
1NnrHEp n,nvnrp

The eighth wonder of the world has been
found. Living about twenty miles from
Columbia, S. G., is an aged lady who for
the last forty years. according to Phia-
delphia Times correspondent, has had a
snake in her left upper arm. When first
noticed, forty years ago, it was very small,
but it has now grown to be about one foot
in length.
II lies in Ushape, with the tail and head
pointing to the elbow. 1t is just beneath
the skin and can be plainly seen. The head
and eyes can be clearly distinguished and
the pulsations of its heart felt. The scales
of the snake can also be felt, and when
much disturbed a slight movement can be
seen about the head and tail.
The possessor of the strange pet has al
ways been unwilling to have the serpent
cut ont, but has consented to allow IL to be
done after death. How the snake ever
found its home in such place is not
known, but 1t is known that the lady was
bitten by snake about forty years ago.
1t should be added that the eighth wonder
referred to is not the old woman, nor is 1t
the snake; 1t is the correspondent.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

THE ESTEEMED New York Tribune as
sures us that roasted coffee is much better
disinfectant than most of the bad-smelling
drugs used for such purposes. Our valued
contemporary must have been out between
the acts picking up information.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28
oF counsE rnEY Mill.

Editor critic: If the people of Washington
do not support you in your manly war upon
the peTnicious Louisiana Lottery, am mis-
taken in the moral sentinent of this beauti-
full and intelligent city.
JAMES o. MASON,
Washington, d. c., January 27,
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

1 BANQTET ron REFLECTION.
Twice as many divorces are granted for
drunkenness in Kansos as in Texas. There
is food for thought here good, wholesome,
digestible food for the most voracious
thought st JOseDh Neirs
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28
THE Ur0RLD'S F.iIR.
The fair has reached the final point;
Twill neither gee nor haw go;
But turn one tail upon New YorS,
The other on Chicago.

INGILLS SHIFTING METAPHOR.
"The South is standing upon volcano.
The South is sitting on the safety-yalve,
They are breeding mnumersble John
Browns ~
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

IT is SAID that Count Jessuf Skezynecki
Tschatschakapf was the first victim of "a
grippe in Russia Well, we should think
tbst tussle between sneeze and man
OF that name would result fatally on one
side or the other.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

at the Riggs, and he sometimes lets his
pondeIOus form rest on the leather Sofas
His bald head and Struggling locks are
loo picturesque to he easily forgotten.
He Is here now as claim attorney, and
finds It more profitable than to remain
in Indiana, where he has no more pOliH-
cal influence. IL is not likely that he
can ever get back to the Senate.
Rev. George w Pepper Of Cleveland.
who was yesterday appointed Consul TO
Milan, is the father of @. M. Pepper.
Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune In the Blaine cam
pajep of 1884 Mr.. Blaine was warmly
Endorsed by Rev. Mr. Pepper, who did
not hesitate to attack Cleveland's al
legged immortality. A son of George w.
Pepper, IT,, arrived here this morning
and is at the Ebbitt.
James Andrews, business man ard
capitalist of Allegheny; II. II. Wilder
of st. Paul, and George w. McLanahan
OF New York are at Willard's.
Mr.. Charles j. Cohn of New York is
here on legal business. With him is
lis daughter. Miss Henrietta Cohn. Al
though Hebrew, Mr. Cohn spells his
name without an &C. although the
name was originally Cohen. One
branch of the family decided to be odd.
Colonel A. L. Conger, Ohios mem.
Der of the Republican National Com
mitteo and chairman Of his State Com
miitee, is here on business outside of
politics, and yet he is kept busy listen
| L., a.. n1,to too 10 for MI rhpx
insist on his personal Endorsement, and
he is too good natured TO refuse. Yes
tcrday. in discussing the uses aud bene-
fits Of making poll of voters in a cam
paign, Colonel Conger said;
1--WE made a complete and accurate
poll of the State, and we mad figured
out Foraker's election by $4,000 plu-
rality; also the Legislature by 10, 900 or
10 900 majority on joint ballot. How
ever, the Democrats threw in thousands
of dollars the day before election and
beat us.
Louis Miller, philanthropic and
wealthy manufacturer of Akron, is
here on business and spent the day with
1 Colonel Copger and B. L. Wardcr, who
arc also manufacturers of agricultural
machinery Mr.. Miller is devout
Methodist and has given very literally
to the church, having heavily endowed
several colleges,
William r. Morrison of the Intersta Q
Commerce Commission is always to be
seen.in the lobby of Willard's every
evening. He is plain looking, white
whiskered man who. if not SO well
known us Congressman, would be
taken by strangers for country mer-
chant.
Mrs. Elliott of Chicago, the widow
of Union soldier, is at the Strathmore
AIMS. She is constituent of Con
gressman W. L. Mason, and during the
campaign of 1883 made speeches for
Harrison. She wants to be the pension
agent at Chicago to succeed Mrs Multi
gan. who, by the grace of Grover Cleve-
land, succeeded Ada G, Sweet.
Henry C. Payne of Milwaukee. the
Wisconsin member of the Republican
National Committee. is here on busi.
ness, but has not forgotten to talk poll
tics aud confer with his colleague,
Colonel Conger
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

The North Dakota Legislature having
resolved TO begin its sessions at o'clock
in the morning, n local paper says; ITO do
this the members must rise before day
light" Is our esteemed contemporary
quite sure the members are in bed by that
hour. This O'Clock session may be a
matter of convenience.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

THE JAPANESE are making wonderful
advances toward civilization. Their
monthly reports show that nearly forty per
ceItum of the persons who marry are after
ward divorced by the courts. If Chicago
doesn't quit chasing off after foreign lands
toanncx ard worlds fairs to hold and get
back to her regular business, some pagan
nation may vet snatch from us our proud
title of land of the free.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

OTIS BROTHERS, the New York eevat or
manufacturers, have had to sue Gustav
Eifrel in Paris for the price of the elevators
which they placed in his tower. We don't
know much about the merits of the case
but at this great distance it is safe, perhaps
to say that Moosyuh Eiilel refused to pay
for the elevators because they came so high
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

THE COON LADIES of indianapolis are
about to erect magnificent Propyleum in
that city. Hardly anybody knows what a
rropyl1um is, but we presume everybody
will be tickled to know that it is going to
be magnificent
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28
DIrINE REINLAyION.

One sentence of the little speech Mr..
Gladstone made TO DR.. Talmage at
Hawarden is intended to give some
thinkers pause. my only hope for
the world said he, is in bringing
the human mind into contact with Di-
vine revelation" Whether the distin-
guished statesman and philosopher
bases his expectation Of human prog.
rcss on revelation by belief, as con
trasted with revelation through knowl-
edge, does not appear. Doubtless he
does Many profound men who are
trying to guide human destiny in the
present age do. The Lichtenstein
group in Austria, Jules Simon and the
clericals in France, Bismarck in Ger
many and Mr.. Gladstone in England,
all see the preservation and promotion
of the State in the stability of the
Church. So, too, does the Gar of
Russia.
Such is the tremendous span of re-
search and mental hardship between the
point where the soul is swayed by the
ceremony of Divine revelation and the
point where the intellect bows down in
secret confession to it, that no c0nsid-
erabc mass of any people has ever ac-
compished the perilous journey
The dawn of science in every nation
has marked the rising of its revolu-
tionary sun. Every disclosure of sub
lime knowledge has shaken the founda-
ton Of society and the state, which are
invariably supported with religious
form. 1t was the wisdom OF Greece
and Rome, wantonly voicing itself, that
upset standard faiths. Descarte opened
the way for the Reign of Terror Kant
l.eibnitz and lIegel are the parents OF
socialistic Germany. Darwin, Huxley
and Spencer are the inspiration of tho
English Demos, and the microbe hunt
eIs of Paris are The apostles of ma
terialism.
Far. seeing and sentimental men OF
state realize how violent is the egotisn
of scientific truth, and, if they could
fOhlN hidhC llS hioNbNNlClS pt oilCuJ vi
teach ii in the closet For this reason
il was that Machiavelli ever inclined
backward toward primitive conditions
| Rather than teach the operation of the
Supreme Intelligence in the vital cir
culation Of plant, like Whe we'll
they would impress Divine Trutl
with the ideaIistic exaggeration'
of Raphael and Angelo for all tC
worship without question. I'm
happily for this acute conservatism il
statescraft, Divine revelation is no NOR
susceptible TO the control of man thar
d ivinc conditions are. Man cannot a
| will bring it into contact with the mint
of man. And it casts into contempt al
who aim to mediate between it ant
human variety by conferng its bless
ing arbitr arily He whose soul seek
God in the technical harmony of tn
planets or the anatomy of molecu
has totally different sense Of Divin
revelation from the mortal who finds
in the murmuring of II prayer or tn
alteration of symbol; yet these tw
have each disdain for the inspiration
of The other.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28
DEPARTMENT GRIEVANCES.

~ reasonable coHiDtdiRtS dHd criticisms t,oH,
G0caHD'eHt eD'pioyes ,cW be pn5iiShed in
his column. Name and address Of ,p,iteP
are required. not for publication, 6ut as an
edIHeSt If good MIN
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

Machinery Hall, which, If anything,
should be cclipsed, might just as well
be put up on one OF the floating sand
bars of the Missouri. As for tower
which shall humble the daring Of
EilHel-wcll, the Chicago people would
doubtless build it on barges and float 1t
np and down the lake shore.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

Soprano singers should be fond of high
toned society.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

IT BEGINS to look as If Herr Most were
at last going to do something really bene-
fetal to society at large. lie is, it appears,
goiDgto the penitentiary.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

WHEN you WISH to compliment man
you say he is a plain, honest man. But
you'd better not tell woman she's plain
That word "plain'' isn't avery plain word.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28
SUNDAY PRIJILEGE.c.

A public meeting is 10 be held at the
Rink on New York avenue tonight to
consider the Sunday-law question. Let
those who participate discuss the expe-
diency of throwing open to the public
the Congressional Library, the Smith
sOnian Institution, the National and
Medical Museums, tie Botanical Gar
dens and the Corcoran Art Gallery If
this last be amenabe 20 statutory con
troll in this matter.
Why would it be wrong to go to the
Congressional Library to read or study
on Sunday, when itwould not be wrong
TO do this in ones own library?
Why would it be wrong to go into the
Smithsonian Institution on Sunday and
examine the taxidermic products on ex-
bibition there when it is not wrong to
look upon the living specimens outside
those scientific walls?
Why is it wrong to enter the National
Museum on Sunday to inspect the won
derful collection gathered there when
il is not wrong to stand around the
cages, scant hundred yards away, and
gaze upon the slender array of birds
and beasts which form the nucleus of
The National Geological Garden that is
TO he?
Why would il be wrong to visit on
Sunday the Botanic Garden with its
wealth Of rare and curious eXotics when
il is not wrong TO go over to the Agri-
cultural Department grounds and there
rest your weary eyes upon the iudig
enOns potato plant and corn stalk?
CLICAGO'S ADTANT1GES.
Mr.. Davis and his worthy co.talkers
should not suffer geographical and ter
minal considerations to overshadow the
other advantages the Garden City pos
sesses for the Worlds Fair site. In the
matter of substratum, Chicago has Il
foundation of quicksand and mud CON
dueive to the development of the high
est forms of architecture ever attained
on stills. Many of the buildings arc
the most magnificent structures that
ever rested on piles which rest on moth
ing; many of them the most daring eX-
periments man has yet attempted in the
way of making a building settle down
soberly and squarely all its life.
The process of sinking is perpetual
there. The city is built on bog, Big
structures of any considerable age, like
the County and Federal buildings and
the Chamber of Commerce, are rent as
II by earthquake. Walls of porcelain
sheeted bricks and mammoth blocks of
marble in the latter are deeply fissured
by the unequal sinking. Where it is
designed to erect the great works q
Worlds Fair would require efforts to
drive deep wells have been stopped by
qiicksand, Toward the north, in front
Of the Leland Hotel, water was tapped,
but there is every reason to believe II is
the water of sub Chicago ocean, for
every now and then the pipe vomits up
kinds of creation known neither to this
nor any other age.
The entire lake front, as matter of
fact, Is unpacked debris Of the fire,
resting upon marsh land. Such a
building, for example, as the Paris
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

Our IN ONO they talk about ''accidental
bribery Now, if somebody should hap
pen to be sent to the penitentiary for it
there would be something else to talk
about.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

The WINDSOR MOI Reriem stops its
press to remark: "IIenry White laid two
eggs on our desk this week that he ehal-
lenges the county or the country to beat y
Good for Hen
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28
FINE DEFINITIONS NEEDED

A word about the bill which is to put
stop TO all Sunday labor, Except
works of necessity and mercy" What
are works of necessity and mercy?"
Who is to be the iudge2 How is it to
be ascertained whether particular
piece of work is exempted from the
penalty of the law? No tribunal is
provided for to determine beforehand
whether the work one feels called upon
to perform comes under the law or
forms an exception The words used
seem TO make an omnibus phrase. which
shall include everything or nothing,
just rs the courts may decide.
Would the railroads have to cease
running trains and the tramways cease
running cars on Sunday Would the
hotels have TO quit sending busses TO
meet the trains? Frequently there is
no necessity for it. Could the owner
of private turnout use it on Sunday?
If so, could pecunious person who
didn't own a private turnout go to q
livery stable and hire q turnout Could
person walk abroad on Sunday with
out physicians certificate that it was
matter of necessity or mercy?
The bill should go into details, and
tell precisely what we can and what we
cannot do.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

CRED JIM MoDERMoTT has coEiiden-
TALLY given it out in London that the
physical force" party is in the ascendant.
Well, hardly, If the decision in the Cronin
case is sustained
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

NELLIE BLY, says she never heard of Nc
Ginty until she reached Chicago on her way
home. Yet there are those who believe
that it was because of Nellie's departure
from New York that Mac jumped into the
sea
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

WHERE WAS MOSES when the light went
out Recent experiences in this country
would seem to suggest that if it was the
deadly electric light or the explosive nat
ural nasiipht he WAS luck
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

Louis Miller, philanthropic and
wealthy manufacturer of Akron, is
here on business and spent the day with
Colonel Conger and B. L. Warder, who
arc also manufacturers of agricultural
machinery. Mr.. Miller is a devout
Methodist and has given very literally
to the church, having heavily endowed
several cOllegcS
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

General II. V. Boynton of the Gin
cinnati ConnerciGl Gazette is out after
two.weeks' battle with the grip. which
he describes as q worse fight than that
of Chickamauga. Major Stofer OF
Culpeper, Va. correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch, has also returned
after ten-days' interview with La
Grippe in the Old Dominion
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

THE RENTz-STANLEY BURLEsQUB.-Th
return engagement of this troupe drew a
good audience into Kernan's last night,
and standing-room was at premium long
before 8 o'clock. The company is an ex-
cellent one and the burlesque Of 'Antony
and Cleopatra" beautifully staged. The
music is mainly good, and the dancing,
particularly the Indian nautch dance, much
better than the troupe presented here be-
fore. Beatie and Minnie Howe were
warmly received and repeatedly encored.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

A prominent Chicago guest ut Will
lards is George N. Sargent, who is
well known throughout the great and
breezy Northwest as railway supply
agent abounding in wealth and ideas.
His errand here is for Chicago's World
Fair and also to advance his business
interests. He is president of the Chi
cago auxiliary railway committee on
the Worlds Fair project.
The Washington critic., 1890-01-28

William Il. Morrison of the Intersta
Commerce Commission is always to be
seen in the lobby of Willards every
evening. He is plain looking, white
whiskered man who. If not SO well
known us Congressman, would be
taken by strangers for o country mer
chant.
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LACES AND EMBROID-
ERIES.

We have such an enormous stock of
them and so many different patterns
that it will be an impossbility to give
prices.
We will simply tell you how much we
have marked them down and let you call
and Judge yourselves.
One lot Colored Embroidery, to -
inches wide, at 3, 5 and Ioc. One lot
Oriental Laces, 3 to ID inches wide,
at and Toc. Spanish, EsCurial,
Chantilly, Guipure, French, Fedora
Crepe Lislc, Antique, Beaded, Gilt Laces,
etc, less so per cent.
Torchon, MediCis, Smyrna ValenCiell-
mes, NanDyke to be sold less 25 per cent.
Hamburg, Swiss. NainSook and JaCOnet
EmbrOiderieS at same discount
FLOUNCINGS
i'll ValenCiennes Lisse, Bretonne, etc, at
SOC on the dollar. Swiss the same. All
overs 25C on the dollar.
New Van Dyke, HemstitChed and
Tucked FlOunCings, Pique and others re-
duced all the way from 2Oc to one dollar
per yard.
RsB1We have necessarily omitted many
departments owing to the lack of space,
but every piece has been marked lower
nevertheless.
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DRESS NETS Il LACES.

Spanish Guipure, EsCurial, and other
Black Silk flouncings i'll AZ and IS inch
reduced 60 per cent.