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The Washington critic., 1890-04-24
PERSONAL.

Buffalo Bill has purchased a house in
Naples. He has become an enthusiast
regarding life on the Continent, and he
was offered an old house in Naples at
ridiculously small price. 1t is place
of historical interest, as King Bomba
once owned 1t.
Captain Pine the veteran doorkeeper
at the Commercial Exchange, will cele-
brate the fifty.fifth anniversary of his
marriage April 26.
Ferdinand de Lesseps, although 50
years of age, still retains his Youthful
spirits. His handwriting is firm and he
is very proud of his vigor.
The next royal visitor at Berlin is to
be the Queen of Italy, who is expected
for a weeks stay there toward the end
of this month.
Captain Watkins of the swift City of
Paris has habit of copying from the
logs of the other fast ships of today
Then, when the City of Paris is cutting
through the Atlantic, the Captain sits
in his cabin and calculates how much
better he is doing. He can figure very
closely what his 'time" will be, bar
ring accidents, when only day out.
General Won Caprivi, the new Ger
man Chancellor, never has pipe out
of his mouth when he is awake, except
during his meals, and he drinks beer
by the gallon. He is man of con-
siderable ability and most deliberate in
all his proceedings.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes is not
fond of being interviewed. He is cor
dial and polite to reporter, but he
evades the point at issue with great
skill.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24

Of $4,000, 600 month, that is SJ4, ,000,.
GOO q year. What is known as the
House bill provides for unlimited
bullion deposits and the emission of
certificates redeemable in bullion or
lawful money" at the holders option.
II will be seen that these three bills
propose an addition to the currency of
over S5O,000OO0 a year But as the
whole silver product Of the country is
only little over $50 100000 a year the
difference In the various measures do
not seem TO he worth wrangling about
The present law authorizes the coinage
Of $4,000 600 worth of silver month
as n minimum and 81 900 600 worth as
a maximum. 1t would not be wonder
full If the various factions should come
to agree upon Senator Plumb's propo-
sition TO amend the present law, so as to
render it obligatory upon the Treasury
to coin silver at the maximum limit,
that is at the rate Of four million dol
lars worth a month, which would make
about $50 coo 600 a year
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24
A SUCCESSION OF RAons.

According to the New York EooHjRg
Pest any one observing the changes of
residence which take place year by
year in the older streets of New York
can see that one race can actually drive
out another. 1t must he remembered
that these streets were once inhabited
by the best citizens who deemed them
selves fortunate in occupying such
pleasant places. Such business turmoil
as the city knew maintained itself in
streets far down below Canal street.
But as immigration came and the
lower city got to be crowded the Ameri-
can had to betake himself to the higher
grounds of the island and there estab
lish himself in home. The Irish con.
tingent did not delay its speedy occu
patton, and for score of years and
more IL did much to advance and accel-
crate the prosperity of the city. A
standing joke for many years had refer
ence to the fact that the Irish governed
New York
When the Irish vacated their tene-
ment houses for better homes-whon n
they began to occupy aldermanic and
legislative seats--the Italians crept into
their deserted dwellings down town
and drove out whatever remnant of
Irish occupation still remained. These
latter have not yet reached the alder
manic chamber, but it is very probable
that they will do so when some new
field may open to the Irish, affording
them larger opportunities for politics
and government.
What has been true in some of the
old streets of New York in regard t)
the succession of the Irish by the Ital-
fans, has also been true in others of
those streets in the experience Of the
German Jews There was time when
several of the downtown streets were
largely occupied by German Jews.
Latterly these have been forced up town
or driven out of the city altogether by
the pressure of new immigrants. Their
places have been quickly occupied by
Polish, Hungarian and Russian Jews.
The question is what race or nation
ality is next TO land at the Battery,
creep up the down town streets and
keep going upward and acquiring in
iluence until ii, too shall aspire to the
government of the city? And in all
this what place has the American? Iu
fact, ne is too much occupied with
business to care whether or not Irish
Aldermen are governing him or to note
the seething caldron of communistic
elements that are getting ready to boil
in what is to him part of the city
almost unknown,
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24
SCHUYLER oobrAx,s INNOCENCE.
The Solemn DecI aration of the States
man to Hinsman.
From ne New yoN Press.


The Solemn DecI aration OF the States
man TO n Hinsman.
From Me Ncw York Press.
Rev. DR.. George ColfaS Baldwin,
pastor of the First Baptist Church of
Troy, is famed for his eloquence aud
known and loved all over the country.
He has recently published an ex,
tremely-interesting volume of personal
memoirs, entitled ''Notes Of a Forty one
Years Pastornte," in which he gives
to the world the following impressive
reminiscence of his cousin, Schuyler
Colfax of Indiana, Vice-President Of
the United States during Grants ad
ministration:
''The career of Schuyler ColfaN has
had few equals. Early left an orphan,
becoming q clerk at II years Of age, he
worked in q store and on farm until
he was 81, and then devoted himself to
newspapers and politics. He was
I elected to seven successive Congresses
and thrice to the position of Speaker,
in which he rivaled the fame of Henry
Clay, and, after General Grant was the
most prominent candidate for the Presi-
dency. But, alas that Triumphant ca.
reer was prematurely brought to an end
| by an unexpected disaster. On the sim
| gle charge Of having received 5000 as q
| dividend on small portion of Credit
! Mobilier' stock he was politically
ruined. In simple justice to his mem
ory / state two facts. After his death,
while absent from home, there was
found on his person letter addressed
to his wife, which closes thus:
Z" When our little boy is old enough to
understand all this, if he knows anything
of the base and bitter calumny to which
his father was subjected by enemies and
ingrstes, he will realize what an honest a
faithful servant received for twenty years
of the prime of his life given to the service
during that wild storm of calumny was the
knowledge that God, at the last day,
would make my honesty and truthfulness
known to all men, and that my wife knew
it and coD6ded to the utmost in her loving
and devoted husband.
SCHUYLER CoLFAX.'
~ "The last time he visited me we sat
and talked on family and general topics
until very late hour Of the night.
Suddenly he exclaimed:
George, why don't you ask me
about the "Cretit Mobilier?"
II replied that l did not care to dc
so unless he introduced it. Then, with
solemnity, he asked,
9" Do you believe that am Chris
tian?'
Most assuredly do responded
"'WeIl, then.' he said, you know
the meaning attach to the words / now
utter. stake my hope of heaven on
my perfect innocence of ever receiving
one cent of the money they charged me
with having received from Oakes Ames.
II believed him, despite the unfavor
able circumstances which were con
nected with his case, because these cir
cumstances were not incompatible will
innocence. And | could not believe
that man of his lifelong integrity and
piety could or would have volunteered
at midnight, in the solitude of my study
such a statement had it not been abso
lutely true"
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24
THE SILVER QUESTION.

il is very evident that the Republican
majority in Congress has put forth an
honest endeavor to arrive at a conclu.
sion on the silver question which should
command the general approval of their
party, but it is equally certain that such
aconclusion has not yet been arrived at.
There is in the minds of the mod
crate silver men feeling that the ex-
tremists, who are themselves largely in
terested in the silver product, desire,
ly means of such legislation as is now
contemplated, to make the United
States Treasury ready-made and
unresisting market for the whole out.
put of the mines, and that they desire
free coinage for purely selfish pur-
poses. OF course, the free coinage men
do not admit the selishness, but, direct
ing attention to the insufficiency of
current money in circulation, they in
sist that they have the metal out of
which money can be made to relieve
tie present alleged'stringency.
1t so happens that all sections of the
silver party agree that there's a contrac-
tion of the currency which is detri-
mental to business interests and de-
suuctiye of property values The main
argument for the free coinage of silver
is derived from this fact. The moderate
silver men admit the fact but stand in
as much dread Of initiation as of con.
traction These latter, therefore, desire
10 surround the operations of the Gov
eminent in silver with such safeguards
as would prevent the initiation Of the
currency beyond the needs of the nat
ural expansion of business
Secretary Window processes himself
moderate silver man. The purpose
of his bill is to meet the demand for an
increase Of circulation by the use of
certificates issued on deposits of silver
bullion In such way as not to imperil
the national credit. He, too, believes
that the currency is contracted and he
states that the effect Of his bill, If in
operation, would be to add from fifty to
sixty million dollars annually. His
bin further provides for the free coin
age Of silver when its market price is
one dollar for 81 95 grains Of pure sill
yer, and he claims that while II thus
remonetizes silver, il affords safeguards
against the embaTassments which
might arise from speculative dealings
in the precious metal.
The Senate bill proposes the coinage
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24
LIE KAILwAY rnonLNM.

The reference once more to the Dis.
trict Commissioners of the project for
removing the tracks Of the b. & p.
Railroad from Sixth street, and of ac-
commodating the traffic of the road into
and through the city in such way as to
cause least detriment to property in
South Washington, brings the whole
matter under consideration again. The
proposed plan is that after January /
1894, the road shall enter the city along
the northern shore of the Eastern
Branch, at point between l. and NJ
streets south; thence with double
track on and under Il street south,
Canal street and Virginia avenue to a
passenger station south of the inter
section Of Virginia and Maryland ave-
nues, and thence along Maryland avenue
to the Long Bridge
After passing Delaware avenue the
tracks shall be depressed below the ad-
jacent surface grade, suitable bridges
shall be constructed over the tracks of
the road at the intersection of all streets
from Four-and a-half TO Twelfth, and
the entire route of the road shall be in
closed by an iron fence or railing upon
stone parapet
Last week Vice. President Green of
the 3. Il p. Road, appear ed before the
committee and represented that the pro-
posed changes would subject his com
pany TO great expense and that the plan
involved great engineering difficulties.
He claimed that his road had come into
Washington at the earnest solicitation
Of its citizens, and that its tracks and
d,pot had been located by Congressional
action. 1t was therefore unjust, he
SAID, to take any measures which, in
these circumstances, would be embar-
rassing or oppressive to his company.
On the other hand, the representatives
Of the city board of trade held that the
Baltimore and Potomac road was very
anxious to come to Washington, not
only TO secure its share of the local
traffic, but to find here a connecting
link with the Southern railway system.
They represented that the matter was
not one of gratitude to the railroad, but
one of municipal regulation, with
view to the best interests of the city.
In regard to the expense involved, they
held that ii did not compare with the
loss through impaired valuation of
property and general annoyance which
citizens of South Washington had for
SO many years been obliged TO endure.
II will thus be seen that the B. & P.
Railroad problem is one to be con-
sidered with great moderation and with
due regard to all the interests involved.
II is very desirable that the evils com.
planned of in South Washington should
be alleviated as far as possible, but on
the other hand the value of the road to
the convenience and other interests of
this city has been so long known and
felt that any change for the worse would
be universally deplored
On one point all citizens will agree.
1t is that any change that will leave the
Smithsonian Mall free and open from
end to end will restore its beauty and
confer public benefit.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24
LAS YOU LIKE IT,"
The Play Thoroughly English and Ar
den Really Sherwood Forest.

IRON tie Philadelphia Times.
In his preface Mr.. Furness points out
what every student Of "As Won T;l,n
To- NC, ,,n5oua,oaS haso.A W.. w. - ~
niuoV O'nueis'"no oeloie nc Z tn pe-
gin 10 appreciate It's beautles-namely', Il,
that 1t is thoroughly English. There is
not-there never was-a Forest of
Arden in either France or Germany
Its oaks, its air, its soil are all English
The only possible prototype for the
Forest of Arden is Sherwood Forest, for
in Sherwood alone was such a heroine
as Rosdliad possible. and without Rosn.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24
CONGRESSIONAL ADJouRxMEN r
The House Ready In June--Senators
Want More Time.

The House Ready In June-Senators
Want More Time.
The date of Congress- adjournment
is a question much discussed, but one
about which little reliable information
can be had, says Moses p Handy in to-
days Philadelphia North american.
Speaker Reed expressed the opinion
that Congress will adjourn early, say
about the 1st of June. This would be
good policy, he thinks, as the country
is not as rule favorably impressed
with long sessions. Burrows Of Michi-
gan, one of the Republican leaders,
says, on the other hand, that an ad-
journment will not be reached until
July.
The House, he says, favors an early
adjournment, and is able to expedite
business, but in the Senate question
may be debated as long as anybody
wants to talk, as there is no way of
ordering the previous question in that
body except by general consent. In
support of this view Burrows calls at
tention to the time spent by the Senate
in discussing the Montana Senatorial
contest.
The Senators do not seem to be in
favor of a short session. One of the
leaders told me that he thought Con-
gress would not adjourn before Septem-
Der. These two statements represent
the different opinions of the two bodies,
and the idea prevalent here is that
about the middle of July will be agreed
upon as compromise.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24
NEW YORK AND HARRISON.
A Political Man Finds Republican
DisaffectiOn Widespread

n fOnt1Cai MAN t1nuS kepubltcan
DisaifectiOn Widespread.
While in New York several days ago
Mr.. Julius Emner, jr., president of the
Jefferson Democratic Association of this
city, felt the political pulse to some ex-
tent regarding the present Administra-
tion and the outlook for 1899.
II talked with numerous merchants"
he said 10 a CRITIC reporter, "a majority
of them being members of the Down
Town Business Mems Harrison and Nor
ton Club, the same that cut such broad
swathe in the Empire State during the
last election in the interest of the present
occupant of the White House. l talked
to them about Harrison and a second
term and you would be surprised at the
unanimous manner in which they
turned this Administration down.
" i will vote the Democratic ticket
in 90, was the remark made by not a
few, while others declared that they
would not swallow Harrison or any Of
his friends again for love nor money,
This disaffection among the business
men, in my opinion, means much and
will weigh heavily when New York is
next placed in the Presidential balance
scales"
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24
Mildred Fuller, Miss Greenleaf, Miss
Daniels, Misses Madge and Pauline
Williamson
AmUsEMENTs.
National Theatre.


Many of Mr.. Wilson Barretts most
notable successes as actor and author
have been achieved in melodrama, and
very near the top of the list is The
Silver King" which was presented last
night at the National in such fashion as
never before in Washington. Every
element Of power and pathos in this eX.
ceptionally effective drama was brought
out in masterful style by the distin-
guished actor author and his admirable
company, and those who had only seen
the play ip less competent hands could
scarcely recognize 1t as the same. VIZ.
fyid and Nely DGnr6r, as given by
Wilson Barrett and Miss Eastlake, are
artistic creations far above the plane Of
the conventional hero and heroine of
melodrama, and the work of several
members Of the support was scarcely
less commendable. Tonight, in re-
sponse TO very general desire, Mr..
Barrett will present his much. discussed
Interpretation Of Hamlet, which like
everything this most intelligent aud
sympathetic artist essays, is essentially
original, characteristic and effective.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24
COLD, HARD CASH.

Oh, cash. Thou potent thing; to thee
We bow our heads and bend the knee;
We know without thy kingly aid we cannot
cut dash.
But when with thee we are allied
we know the world is on our side
And men win all respect us for our
Cold,
Cash.
Wit, beauty, learning-all are good
And we esteem them as we should,
But when we Size them up with thee they're
Just the merest trash;
The world bestows its warmest smile
On him whose dollars highest pile,
The public eye is dazzled by our
Cash.
And even Cupid, SO they say
win gold against affection weigh
And loves to dwell where riches may its
wealth IN jewels flash.
The sly young elf admires grace;
A perfect form, pretty face;
But yet It's said he's fondest Of the
Cash.
mus from The cradle To the grave
Can gold our paths with pleasure pave,
But when we near the river Styx and hear
its water splash
The boatman who would row MS DER
Unto a sad or sunlit shore
Cannot be bribed to change his course for
Cold,
Hard
Cash.
Chicago Herald,
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24
A CA. R ID
FROM
MR.. T. E. ROESSLE,
PROPRIETOR OF
The Arlington.
THE ARLINGTON,
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
March 6, 1890.

My DEAR DIR. LIGHTHILL:
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 1t was radical. I feel sure
that without your skillful aid my cousin
would have been deaf man. all his
life. Knowing of other cases In which
you have been equally successful, l
cheerfully give you-leave to refer to me
at any time, and hope that your prac-
tice in Washington will prove distin-
guished success.
Yours, truly, T. E. RoEssIE.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24

The PROPOSITION to bridge the
Hudson River from New York to
Jersey City, for the sake of increasing
facilities of commerce, is tremendous
undertaking. But it is likely to prove
successful.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24
EDUCATIONAL,
NHE NORWOOD INsTITuTE.

Eatrdct from d pripdte letter:
I'm reply TO your request for my advice as
10 good school for your daughter, | can
with confidence recommend Mr.. aRd Mrs.
Cabell's Norwood Institute, In Washington,
ID, g. The standard OF scholarship there Is
high the Instruction thorough and the infu-
ences good. l.. @. q. LAMAR,
Justice u. s. Supreme Court.n
The school opens Sept, 30. aues-d&stf
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24

IT is BELIEVED that the House Com
mittee on Judiciary will report without
amendment the Senate bill that will
not prohibit trusts.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24

DAMAGED FEMALE affections don't
come as high as they used to. A Pbila-
delphia court has recently assessed a
craw-tishing lover in the sum of five
cents,
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24

TIE NEW STATE Of Washington is
second in the extent OF its steamboat
routes. Maryland is first, having / $50
miles of such routes, while Washington
has 907 miles
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24

Mrs. GRANT OWNS up that she is
preparing book about her husband,
but she says it is a little thing of her
own,
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24

SECRETARY WINDOW does not seem
to be getting on very well with his own
party. His "worsted" |" ruling has been
all unraveled and his silver bullion
scheme is likely to go to the melting
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24

Mr.. RICHARD SMITH who succeeds
Mr.. Halstead as editor-in chief of the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette was the
editor of the Gazette when it was
separate property. He is the same
Deacon Richard Smith whom his
wicked partners used TO lead so fire..
quently astray.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24

THE DESTRUCTION of the town of
Bayou Sara in Louisiana is the most Sc
rious catastrophe yet reported from the
Mississippi Valley. There is doubtless
great distress all along the broken
levees, but, so far, its most affecting
exhibition is in the devastation of this
nrosnarons town.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24

IT is SAID THAT Mr.. Mckinley does
not quite know his own position on
his own tariff bill.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-24
THE PRIZE TRAT CAUGHT THEM

A teacher in Sunday school announced
that he'd present
A silyer-clasped, morocco-bound, illumined
Testament
To every boy who on the coming Sunday
could repeat
From memory chapter from the Scrip
lures all complete.
When Sunday came he found that only one
had gained the prize,
And SO he set TO work some other method
to devise;
Instead of testaments he offered each a ball
and bat;
Ere Sunday came each urchin memorized
his chapter pat.
Chicago Herald.