The daily critic., 1890-09-13

| Versailles you go 10 a pastry cooks.
/ Your companion cats three little cakes.
| You take bread You return to Paris
ON the railroad BY the left bank. '
I TIn,EE statement wa carrob0rlted hy
/ TTzcrWENJE as being correct in every
. detail Tie c11i time N1HNANBy
saw ArrN- DDtrn be- sii in this
h.v1 1hrve placed some'hiu-. can Won
. t.I. lie what &c iss' DmER replied.
ltisa bracelet with q portrait, The
likeness is Of Queen VICTORIA. And
bis Lr5slir, as might be supposed.
was s-'ouuJgl That DuIEE should have
hitthc unh eNcly.
These arc only very few of the
IDo's np.isltl by DtarH The
simplest these swrss anything per-
.oIl I'd BY hg mind readers Of the
ru SENT
TIE ALEXANDRIA lva) Ga.sf Of
vested ..s ID is understood that
s.nr.t tte u m caiic Conrrcssmen
f1m NH4iTi1 have accepted invitation,
in sTc.k .r other States during the
coming political campaign in those
Sa',s This IS not as it should be. As
30 seems that neither the Democratic
Congressional campaign, nor the Na.
tiCual Democratic Committee. can or
will DO anything to help the election of
Democratic CougIossmen IN the States
This fall, the Democrats of each State
must take care Of their pariy's interests
in their own respective States. There
is plenty Of work IN Virginia this ftll
FOR each and all Of her Congressman
who understand and can intelligibly
explain the sCctiuraism and ini1uities
of the Force and lhc Tariff bills. for the
prevalent popular ignorance concern.
Ing the provisions Of those bills Is lust
as patent in this State as Il Is in any
other Formerly, Nirrinians were well
Informed on on political questions. but
times have changed In this respect as ia
almost every other There are several
close districts in Virginia, and work In
item viii produce as good effects as
anywhere else"
THE AnMrNrsTRATIaN intends to be in
lire on the line Of duty question with
the religious sentiment OF the country as
well as with the circus sentiment: that
is TO say. II Saint BUssEY can keep II in
Iinc- and heis trying hard. Lately he
decided that a soldier who had hurt his
leg while going TO church was entitled
10 q pension, going to church being In
the line Of duty. Some time ago he d..
cidCd that soldier who had been hurt
hy the falling Of a bench in a circus
which he was attending on pass wa
In the liuc Of duty and, therefore. oid.
tied 10 pension With the churches
Ld tie Circuscs why should o the q.
O T. succeed forever
w INTERESTING article on The hon
industry 10 New York, IN The Ta iegea.
doHt says that this Is a crop 10y which
large fortunes have been made. and
,qHully large ones lost: that one
y c0iIuity Of It Is when it can De pur.
,Lased for nine OF ten cents q pound
PEOPLE DO not seem inclined 20 specu.
late, but when 70 is twenty five buy
IeCklessly and too often lose heavily,
Last fall good hops could be bought
for nine cents few bought, and the
same quality Is now selling for from
twenty 10 twenty two cents a pound.
Last year the States Yield was 10000
bales. this year # Is believed It will not
reach 5000
EUoEEE FIELD gives the following |
ls a specimen OF the work OF the |
humorous German poet, REIsICK: |
''0ne, says FIELD, too little known |
10 the readers Of our land. He adds. !
The appended verses are hardly fair
specimen Of his work; his humor Is
never Of the best quality-in fact, Il Is
lard to find German poet whose humor
IS particularly pleasing As ! have
AIKEN some liberties in dressing up this
humorous bit, you may ascribe what Is
good 10 il 10 REINICK and what is bad
10 me-"
MYSTERIOUS DOISGs.
As once ] Tsmbled 10 the woods
! chauceu To spy, amid the brake,
4 huuisman ride bis way beside
A fair aud passing tranquil lake.
hough velvet bucks sped here and there,
He LEI them seampeF through the green
Not one smOts be, but Justify
lie blew his h0rn-What could 10 mean
Sc on / stIolled beside that lake
A pretty maid / chanced 10 see
.ishiug away for nnny prey,
but not single one caught she;
Nj round her boat the fishes leapt
And gamboled 10 their hearts content,
.et never . thing did the maid but sing
wonder what on earth Il meant
e later Jet I T0amed my way
A lonely steed neigbed loud and long,
ud an empty boat sped an afOat
here eIsl maiden sung her sOug;
ma underneath the prudent shade
Which yondeT klLdly willows threH
ogetler strayed a youth and maid
/ cent explain IL an, can you
MAJOR ] o KERBEYs new book,
ON The WaIpalb a Journey over the