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The daily critic., 1890-07-23
A REAL PREDlCAMENT.
what Happened to two Athletes Fond
of Bathing.
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fr0B, the Nftg York san.
There is one point in favor Of athletics
which cannot be disputed, an athlete
can never be an Anarchist. He is too
fond Of cold water. Herr Most would
have had a tit could he have seen the
trouble two prominent athletes pract.
cling at the grounds of the National
Athletic Club, at Ridgewood Park, took
last Sunday morning to obtain the
luxury Of bath. One of these athletes
was a prominent member of the Ma.
tionals, known as the silver tongucd
announcer; the other Is chiefly noted
poses on the A. A. L. Board OF Man
ayers 10 find charges against him.
The story as told by an eye. witness
was this: AS the club had no shower
baths In operation at the time the ath.
letCs performed their abutions as best
they could under a pump In front Of the
adjacent hotel but the two aforesaid
athletes were not satisfied with any.
thing less than total submersion, so
they filed the horse trough with water
carried II behind the hotel and omptied
70 into an Empty hogshead which was
standing there. After the latter had
been filed he Of the metallic tongue
uudressed and jumped In A moment
after two young ladies appeared, just
In time 10 see some handsome features
and a neatly Combed bang disappear
behind the edge Of the cask. The head
teappeared shortly. however, aud from
The cask came the announcement:
This event will be found on page %
of the programme. An attempt to beat
the record for staying under water Of 4
minutes 20l seconds by James Fin
ney, whereat the head disappeared
again and so did the ladies'. The at
tempt came within minutes 21f sec
Onds Of the record
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FIUHI ~ IlII0II ? ~ fT0a7-
A boy Of or 8 came out Of an alley
of Champlain street yesterday with
tears in his eyes aud a limp IN each leg,
and man Who Was passing stopped %
say
Been firin' OF a toy cannon and got
hurt, eh -
IN no, Sir"
Haven you fred off anything
IN no.
Well. what's the matter -
i was after pigeons and a fellow
dICd me of
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Grand Army OF the Republic Eneamp-
ment at Boston.
REDUCED RATES VIA rENNsYLvASIA RAIL
ROAD.

AEIAi III hAAAH \ II AiNNe , Nv AHA AAAAAf-
ROAD.
The National Eucampment Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic will be held az Boston
on August 10 10 10th, 1880, aud for the
benefit Of comrades and the public the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company viii sell
excursion tickets from all principal stations
on It's lines 20 Boston August s TO 18th,
inclusive, valid for return until August 90,
1890 By an arrangement entered into by
en- the lines, however, the return limit may
he extended 10 September 80, If the return
coupons are deposited with the joint agent
Of the terminal lines at Boston between
August ~ aud 10. Through tickets may
be purchased for use on any OF the rail or
boat lines east of New York, and the rates
from Washington have been fixed as fol
lows:
All rail, 81 50; Sound lines, SO so,
steamer, Maryland route, through without
change Of ears, Sll.50,
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Evn Tssult Of FIeleh literature.

Comfy Il. Jones, a neatly dressed 10
diyidual, stood up in The dock At Police
Headquarters yesterday afternoon and
pleaded not guilty 10 stealing French
literature from Ereutano's book store.
II vas not only proven that he had
taken books from them bat also from
several other stores Ia town Books
worth and s. be would dispose Of al
second hand stores for so cents aud 81
Judge Miller gave him sixty days in
ialL.
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Low Rates to Deer Park aud Oakland.

During the present season the Il. & O. Il.
r. Co. viii sell excursion tickets from
Washington 10 Deer Park, Mountain Lake
Park and Oakland for the Friday night aud
an Saturday trains each week at rate Of
S. Tor the round trip. The tickets will be
valid for return passage until Monday fol-
lowing day of sale.
Tickets 70 Berkeley Springs and return
will be sold under similar conditions at
$3.50 for the round trip,
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Ia. perfant 10 Indiana Voters Reduced
, ate- VIA the PsnazYIEania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company an
, ounces that hey viii sell excursion tickets
rem Wasbirgrou 20 all points 10 Indiana
D july - aud "a for the beuedt Of those
3 esiFing 90 90 20 Indiana % register, and
80 IN October = aud . for those desiring
tLrd trip tickets IN each case % be valid
"a Fifteen days
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M AGA IFE HasE.
Bins Niuks-W What kind Of a girl
have sou uoW
hrs Miuks-A very nice uue-eveE
81 much nicer Jbau he Others. She
doesn't seem 10 object 70 having Us I've
iu the house win her a. alI
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Columbia Council, National Union,
with l70 members, was Instituted last
night by II. T. Brian. senator, and
Alvan T. Tracy. president of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Cabinet The ma.
iority Of the members Of the new coun.
Gil are employees Of the Government
Printing Office, and this council Is the
second one formed In that bureau The
officers Of the new council are as
follows President, James w. White:
vice president. w. w. Maloney;
speaker, J NJ Craig; ex president, ID
W Landvoict secretary, Charles w.
OILS; financial secretary, II. G. Espey
treasurer George Fordham; usher, II.
a Gilbert; chaplain, William Chcdall,
sergeant at arms. John TafTc; door.
keeper. w. b Reilly: trustees, p. J..
lyme, II X Collins and G. u. Parsop
delegates 20 cabinet, w. J. Simmons.
A. l. Wood and II. o. Simons
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Wat no Names Of strssls chaasai.

Barbour s Co. have addressed a letter
70 the Commissioners requesting that
he nsmes Of the streets 81 lie Dr1lt
Park be changed So as % conform with
the names of lLe streets ~ the city,
TIE plan IS considered a good one aud
meets The approval gf The C0mmi
silDCTs-
The daily critic., 1890-07-23

Ffm - Al af.agHs Fi1l3 Hs
Tie drummer boy Of shiloh has been
found again this lime by Chicago
census taker He las been absent from
die reunions this season and e 8 a.
feared hat - lad been lost.
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- -. narpsr.. -

TIE finest pleasure grounds iu tal c0Gu-
lry Music, dancing boating fishing.
swings, living horses, cr1quet etc. etc.,
aH free. Every Thursday from B & o.
station AZ 1000 a. M. Tickets including
reserve seats both directions, 81
The daily critic., 1890-07-23

WLiie painting the house Of Mr.
Tbornlou a Mount Pleasant yesterday
William Cunningham sustained serious
injuries IS falling from a 5laiIqld Dr.
.-.----.- ~. LII.
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Special excursion STA ZIG = & u- Thurs
G4F IaIy tr4la leaves b 6 %. station
Z. U returning at II - 2 m- Tickets
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Storage for Silverware. Jewelry Laces
Fine Goods and valuables OF all kinds
Charges moderate safe ieposit boxes for
rent az the very lowest rates
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particle Is APPLIED into each uosEFii aud q
agreeable. Price. % cents, a. ufusaista. u
mall. registered. % cents. kL4 bauI AIS.
q y AREA So AaW YORK.
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Rudden's Refricerators, Baby Car
riaees, Etc Etc
This responsible installment establi shmcnt
is centrally located at $50 and a33 seventh
street northwest and Is now making cut
prices on kefrigerators, Baby Carriages. and
all other lines of goods needed for the sum
mer, Goods sold on cash basis; ON easily
paid instailments.
Houehton 3 Co.'S Unprecedented In
ducements
Tho cheapest yet. Just read their bargains
in furniture: oak bureau. belstead, / wash
stand, pair Of feather pillows. ] extra. large
oak table, 3 fine reed chairs, wire mattress
all these serviccahle and desirable articles,
useful every day for the small sum of s35O0.
Again they offer chairs ana a six foot ev-
tension table for the surprising and uuprHcs-
dented price of 5000. Aud again m you
spare the small sum Of st0Y NJ SO, see our 2.
Qicce oak dining room suite, 20 is a daisy, and
the price is almost nominal
W n. uOUGur0N & Co.
12tS n I1ll Il ST. n w
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FOR BAY RIDGE.

WEEK DAYS, DIS "A m, i.8o, $50 q m. Sun
days, g35 m, 1. 80. 3.ts pm.
LEAVE hay MDGE, week days, 30, $50 p m.
sundays, SEQ, 900 y m.
Except sunday. sDaily SUNDAY only.
BagRs re called for and CHECK ed from ho-
tells ana r. sidcnees by Union Transfer Go. on
orders left at ticket Offices 90 aud 1851 Pa.
ave. and az depot
). r. ODELL, CHAS. o. sCULL,
Gen Manager, Gen. Pass. Agt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-22
IRRIGATION in California.

Wherever the water comes from, it is
usually conveyed into tank or reser-
voir, and then piped or ditched about
over the farm wherever needed. a hand
pump is a rarity in Southern California.
A windmill pumps the water into high
tank, which gives it the pressure needed
for sprinkling. Hydrants are placed at
the house, at the barn, in the garden, in
the orchard, and at other points. With
plenty of hose the fire protection is ad-
mirable. The farmers wife is as we'll oil
as her city cousin in the matter of water
conveniences.
Running through iron pipes near the
surface of blistering hot soil, the water
gets warm, not to say hot, and 50 it does
standing in the tank over the we'll. When
wanted for drinking it is put into a
porous earthen jar called an ALA, and the
evaporation of the large part which
soaks through the jar cools the contents.
Always in the morning, and nearly al
ways throughout the day, you can get a
dr.ng as cool as the stomach ought to
have. Sometimes barrel, covered with
a cloth kept wet, is used for the same
purpose.
The water thus piped to various points
on the farm is sometimes carried from
the hydrants through bitches which run
along the highest parts of the ground.
These bitches are the simplest possible IN
construction. They 90 winding about
like natural streams. Sometimes a fur
row of the large farm plow answers
every purpose. For the capillaries of the
circulation the furrows made between the
rows of vegetables in cultivating them
arc quite sufficient. When you have il,
rigated few rows, a. hoeful or two OF
earth applied to each furrow stops the
water from them, and then the dam is
removed farther down the main stream,
and more rows are irrigated in the same
way.-Popular Science Monthly.
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"Charms" Formerly Used to Prevent
Sickness.

To allay hemorrhage,a toad, we'll dried
in the sun and put into bag, was hung
round the neck by string sufficiently
low to touch the region of the heart; and
preparation of garlic and honey
smeared on the person was said to act as
a charm against the bites of dogs and
reptiles, or the sting of numerous IN
sccts, likewise effecting their cure.
Toothache could be charmed away by a
few leaves of the "shepherd's purse,
placed in the sole of the shoe on the re-
verse side of the body to that in which
the tooth was aching. An excellent re-
cipc for weak or sore eyes was the ex-
pressed juice of the calyx of the red
honeysuckle; provided always that the
flowers were gathered knceling, repeat
ing nine paternostors in honor OF the
Trinity, nine more "to greet Our Ladye''
and creed. Rest and sleep were re-
quired after application.
Another prescription for the eyes much
in favor with the Anglo-Saxons was
paste made of the strawberry plant and
pepper, diluted with sweet wine. Chill
dren were passed thr ugh the split stem
of a tree for the cure of the rickets, but
the fracture must be afterward bound up
sufficiently tight to insure cohesion. For
ague very salted herring, split open,
was applied, ss hot as possible, to the
feet. 1t might also be mitigated by the
bahitnaI voarinr round the neck of an
emerald-a gem equally potent in cpl
lepsy. Precious stones were accredited
with marvellous powers over the moral
qualities and affections, as well as physl-
cal disease-hcnce the origin of their
being set in rings and worn. The teeth
of old age were fixed firmly in the gums
by an infusion of powdered jet; while
water in which the beryl had been stepped
afforded valuable wash for strengthen
ing the eyes, beside insuring the mutual
love of welded couple.-H0spital.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-22
Prefer Their Own Ideas.

Very few artists care to paint pictures
to order and conform their canvases to
the tastes an ideas of a prospective pur-
chaser. They prefer to follow their own
inspirations entirely and sell the picture
after it is finished. The experience OF
artists with patrons who want pictures,
and who are willing to pay for them in
advance, is that the patron in many cases
wants to dictate the picture and use the
artist simply as an amanuensls. The
well-known landscape painter, Thomas
Moran, once undertook to paint picture
and listen to the ideas of the man who
was to own the picture after 1T was
painted. He agreed that the customer
should furnish the idea, and he was to
do the mechanical part cf the work at so
much an hour, and he made what seemed
to him a very profitable bargain. The
painting was in progress for whole
year, and at the end of that time the bill
for services was magnificent affair, run
ming I'D to over $1,000. The picture
was not nearly so magnificent as the bill.
The customer was fain to confess that MIR.
Moran had carried out all his suggcs-
tions, and when he dwelt on this fact he
was rather inclined to accept the result
and grow enthusiastic over it. But he
was thoroughly dissatisfied when he
asked the artist to put his name to the
picture and the artist refused. After
that experience he decided to let the art
ist whom he dealt with furnish not only
the brush and the skillful handling of 1t,
but the ideas which prompted ihc brush's
movements. ts.-Ne,o York Mail and ErpreSs.
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REAPING AND CLEANING.

1t must have seemed wonderful position.
that of the twelve Apostles of the Lord.
Twelve men, and the fields white for har-
vest; and the world the field of their labor.
What first-sickle sweep was that which
gathered into one swathe "about three
thousand souls''! But for us. in our day,
toll as we may, We seem to gather only a
grain here and another at long interval.
Had but the first love and zeal lasted, how
different the world might be! But now the
harvesi, long neg ected, seems too vast for
any reapers who can bring and those that
should be Of the reapers are, alas! more
often of those who mar and trample the
grain. How much has perished ungathered,
perished under the onward rush Of COM
merce under the iron heel of war!
And so we go OH, doing not what we
would, but what we can yet do. Seeing the
goody stacks that others have garnered,
and ourselves going about the field, cleaners
after the harvesters Picking up of means
whereby to live, a few scanty ears, for the.
dreamed of harvest of wealth, Of fame, of
world-delight; pulling down the great barns
of fancy to build smaller; yea, mostly living
from hand to mouth, with no need for any
place of store. Great haryests for others;
Ends of scatter, grain for ourselves. And
doubtless better so.-Samddy at Home.
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Brothers and Sisters for Pupils.

A remarkable colorcd farmer lives
near Middletown, Del. lie has family
of fourteen children living, while two
have died. He cducates his children in
a peculiar way. He sent his eldest son
to college in New Jersey, where he ac'
ouired a fairly good education. The
farmer then went to work and erected
suitable building for school house on
the farm, and his eldest son is installed
as teacher of his brothers and sisters.
The school is opened in the fall, when
the farm work is all done, and in the
spring, when the planting season com
mences, the school is closed and the
children 90 to work on the farm.
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WE WANDER BACK TO HOME.

The worlds wide path, a shining way
May open as we go,
With picture, scene, and colo"S gay,
From tickle fancy's flow;
But as from way, once grand and cheer,
There fades each brilliant chrome,
The eye afar through filmy tear,
Will wander back to home.
When friendships wean-once leal and true
And coldly glimmer where
The skies have lost their deepest biue
To bring chill shadows there;
One glinting gleam of sunshine, then,
Athwart the sullen gloam,
Will flash bright rays from childhood wfsn
Hearts wander back to home.
Tho all the world should kindly greet
Each footstep as We stray,
And strew, with garlands meath our feet'
The path long lifes highway:
Yet will the moments brighter seem,
Where'er We, rambling, roam,
When lost in mem'ry's happy dream
We wander back to home.
-Iater-Ocean.
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in India sometimes have

Travellers in India sometimes have
strange bedfellows. A frst-class pas
senger, by a slow passenger train run
ming between Howrah and Assensole,
was disagreeably surprised to find, on
waking from sound sleep, that some
thing cold had come in contact with his
hand. On looking at his hand, what
was his horror to find that underneath
It was o cobra. AS the snake was
asleep and had not coiled itself around
the hand, the gentleman sprang up and
managed to evade its bite. How it got
into the carriage is one of those mys-
teries no one can unravel. 1t may have
effected an entrance..while the carriage
was in the siding at Howrah, and quiet
ly ensconced itself behind the cushions
Of the carriage seat.
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closure, and the bodies of two more were

closure, and the bodies of two more were
pushed outside.
This ended the fighting. The rabble
went off, and for the next ten days not
native came near us. At the end of that
time we got word that the British had
the upper hand again at Sultanpoor, and
VIC left our fort and returned there. Not
one or us was the worse off, and yet we
had done considerable toward reducing
the number of mutineers. One OF the
natives wounded in the last fight told me
that the "Gencral' who ordered the
charge against the fort told his men that
it was no use to longer bother us, as all
Americans were in league with Satan,
and that his Majesty would prevent their
bullets or swords from harming U.s.
New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-01-22
1NTEMPERANcE AND INSANITY.

DR.. Kraft-Ebing, Of Gratz, the eminenf
alienist who was recently added to the list Of
professors Of the University Of Vienna M
his opening lecture on mental diseases, stated
that in twenty per cent. Of all cases intemper3
ance is the sole or chief cause Of insanity, and
In thirty per cent. more, one Of the causes
He attributed sixty per cent. of all cases o.
the influence Of heredity.
HE DIED IN BEER vAr.-S
Joseph Patterson, cooper employed I'M
John Kress Brewing Company's vaults ol
East Fifty-fourth street, was at work lasf
Tuesday repairing large empty vat. a
workman near by asked him q question, and
getting no reply looked in his direction. he
saw Pattersons feet sticking motionless oul
of the manhole Of the vat. The workmq
pulled Patterson out, and it was found tA
he was dead. The case was reported tor,
Coroners' Office as heart disease, but a
widow, who has large family and lives d
No. 80 West Twenty-frst street. said thai
she had been informed that her husband had
been asphy1iated by tho fumes of carbonid
acid gas used in cleaning the vat. This SIDE
MED at the brewery. Deputy Coroner Jenf
ins made an autopsy, but refused to say wha
he had discovered.--Neu York Witness.
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TEMPERANCE.
THE BLUE RIBBON BANNER.

THE BLUE RIBBON BANNER.
The Blue Ribbon Banner waves on high,
The young men to it's shelter fly,
To escape our tyrant foe;
And every arm is nerved with steel,
To make his hosts of spirits feel
The vigor of our blow.
And round the standard of our might
We gather for the holy fight,
Which is to make us free;
And snap the chain that has around
Our better reason long been bound,
And gain our liberty.
On every breeze that fans the check,
The voices of our fathers speak;
Bid US not be dismayed;
But stem the strong opposing tide,
And plant -ur banner far and wide,
And trust in God for aid.
Then let the pledge our breast-plate be,
The very birthright Of the free,
And temperance our shield;
With reason and with truth in hand,
A solid phalanx we will stand,
And nought shall make US yield.
But by cur efforts we shall see,
Like chaR before the wind to flee,
This monster from our land;
And like rainbow in the skies,
We'll see the great blue ribbon rise
To cheer our faithful band.
g. ". Cook, in Battle ACE for Temperance
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MONEY SPENT FOR DRINKS.

The actual amount of malt liquors con-
sumed in 1888 was 767, 5S7, ,056 gallons. This
includes not quite three million gallons of in.
ported beer and ole. The manufacturer'
price to the retailer is above rather than be
low twenty cents per gallon. At twenty
cents the cost to the dealers would be $153l
ST., All. The retailers get an average Of si1t
cents per gallon which makes the cost to
consumers $3.50, 522, 233, which the Ameril
people spend annually for malt liquor, pl
cipally beer. The most careful estimate
the cost of wine to the consumer at ST., 81
1876, and Of distilled spirits 1878, ,228, 800.
gives us grand total Of s912, 449, 129 mead
one billion dollars spent annually for iqud
by the people of the United States. How fey
people real re the enormous expense the us
Of liquor entails on the people: Aside from
the tax imposed by the General Government
the local tax on the trade is not five per cent.
Of the cost. The cost to Ohio is about sec, !
O0O, 600 per annum;. the local tax is 3,25O, 600,
which is but trife over four per cent:
SanduSku fO.) Re1ister.
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RAILROADS AND TEMPERANCE.

There are now five buildings and fourteen
rooms along the line Of the New York
Central Railway devoted to the use of en-
ployes of that road as places Of rest re-
creation, education and religious instruction
No into1icants find place in them, and they
are substitutes for the saloon. They have
boon erected or leased by the men them
selves, aided by the railroad, and especially
by Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who takes
deep interest in the improvement Of the con.
Sunday the fifth Of these buildings was for
mally opened at West Albany, with an ad-
dress by tho New York Centrals President,
Chauncey NJ DepeW. Referring to these
buildings, Mr.. Depew expressed the opinion
that they were instruments in Gods hands
Of making better and ADLER men. -sSflS-.,
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RELIGIOUS READING.
THE DEAD YEAR.

THE DEAD YEAR.
Yet another chief is carried
From ife's battle on his spears,
To the great Valhala cloisters
Of the everything years.
Yet another year-the mummy
Ola warlike giant vast
Is niched within the pyramid
Ofthe ever-growing past.
Years roll through the palm of ages,
AS the dropping rosary speed'
Through the cold and passive fingers
OF hermit at his beads.
One year falls and ends its penance,
One arises with its needs,
And tits ever thus prays Nature,
Only telling years for beads.
Years, like acorns from the branches
Of the giant oak of Time,
Fill The earth with healthy seedlings
For future more sublime.
-John Sdpage.