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The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Some Of the Remarkable Changes o
the Last Half Century

Some Of the Remarkable Changes OF
the Last Half Century.
Fifty years ago the population Of the
United States was only 17,797, 400, says
the iSiatiSttcidit. The census cost the
Government 1888, i21. There were
slaves in all the States except Maine,
Massachusetts,, Vermont and Michigan.
Iowa had 10 slaves, Wisconsin, II;
Ohio, s; Indiana, 8; Illinois, 331. The
total In all the States and Territories
was 2,lsG,220. Fifty years ago the first
railroad spike machine was put into
use, making 90 q minute, forming both
point and head. Henry Burden of Troy,
N. Y, was the inventor. 1t ranked
among the best-paying inventions of
modern times.
Fifty years ago the Whig party held
It's first convention ut Harrisburg, nom
mating General William Harrison of
Ohio as President of the United States.
Fifty years ago Joseph A. Adams for
the first time made use of the idea now
employed in the art Of olectrotyping by
reproducing from wood cuts. Fifty
years ago the first power loom for
weaving carpets was set in motion by +.
b. Bigelow Of Boston. Ten yards n day
was its original capacity. Fifty years
ago (1S30) the first wheat was shipped
from Chicago, amounting TO seventy
eight bushels. 1t was sent eastward by
the lakes to Buffalo. Fifty-one years
ago the first steam fire engine ever
made was tested in New York. 1t was
invented by Captain John Ericsson.
Fifty years ago the Sirius and Great
Western, the first ocean steamships,
entered New York Harbor on their re-
turn trips. Fifty years ago 1000 re-
formed drunkards marched in process
sion at the first anniversary of the
Washington society. Fifty years ago
o law was enacted against duelling In
the District of Columbia 1t grew out
of the Cilley- Graves duel. Fifty years
ago the Cherokee Indians were re.
moved from Georgia and placed west
of the Mississippi River. Fifty years
ago was established the first CONNER.
cial college in America, Comer's Col
lege of Boston. Fifty years ago the
first patent was granted to Goodyear
for vulcanized India.rubber goods.
Fifty years ago q survey was made
by John Baily for u canal across Cen.
tral America. Fifty years ago John
Ericsson was allowed letters patent on
steam propeller boat. Fifty years ago
beet sugar was first made by David l..
Child Of Northampton, Mass. Fifty
years ago the banks of the United States
resumed specie payment. Fifty years
ago the Massachusetts Abolition party
was organized. Fifty years ago wooden
clocks had only been in use one year.
Fifty years ago the daguerrotype was
invented in France.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
\ PRIEST SAVED HIS LIFE.
Thrilling Experience of Sergeant Tim
During the Orange Riots,

Thrilling Experience of Sergeant Tins
During the Orange Riots,
From tho New Yo,b star.
Sergeant Tins of the Nineteenth
Precinct relates thrilling experience
of his during the troublous times of the
Orange riots in 1871 He was rounds
man then in the Sixteenth Pre- ,inct,
and on the day of the memorable parade,
when the militia were called ont to pro
tect the Orangemen, he was detailed on
duty on Eighth avenue near Twenty
third street.
The procession" he said, "was
guarded by the Eighty-fourth, Twenty
second and Twenty third Regiments.
and had wheeled from Twenty third
street into Eighth avenue, when the
mob closed in on them, and with clubs
and pistols attempted to break through
the Gordon of military. The command
eTs OF the regiments ordered them to
disperse three or four times, and upon
their refusal ordered the soldiers to fire.
The first volley did no damage, and the
rioters, thinking the guns were loaded
with blank cartridges, made furious
onslaught, just as word was echoed
down the line to fire again.
"This time their aim was true, and
fifteen or twenty men fell dead and a
number more were wounded; the rest
scattered Hike sheep. The procession
then passed on and the police stepped
in and assisted in removing the
wounded. became separated from
my men by the surging crowd, who,
maddened at the sight of blood, werei In
no mood to tolerate the sight of blue
coat. Lying on an oyster stand on the
street corner. with newspaper over his
face, was the body of man shot
through the heart As l raised the
paper recognized an old schoolmate.
The mob were fast returning to the
scene and were being harangued by o
man named Cunningham, who noted
my presence and warned the crowd"
They were almost wild, and the cry
went up that | was responsible for the
mans death. Matters looked threaten
Ing. To raise my night stick and at.
tempt to force my way out would have
been the signal for a general attack. to
draw revolver would have been still
worse, and / would have been stoned to
death in moment l turned to the
mob and said; Men, this man was one
OF my dearest friends; we went to the
same school and grew up together
This staggered the crowd for a
minute, and just then a priest pushed
his way through the excited crowd, and,
reaching out his hand, said, oliver,
how are your The effect was almost
magical. Father Evans, the priest,
linked his arm through mine and we
walked through the crowd without
trouble. Father Evans was also a school
mate of mine, and we had always been
great friends as boys, but never vel
coined him quite as cordially as then,
and 1t was his presence that saved my
life"
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
JEFFERsoN,s BIRTHDAY.

The heroes of the nation who live in
its history, but who died without dis
tinguished recognition and who are
now known without special or public
remembrance, are worthy of timely
commemoration. The observance of
The birthday of these men adds year by
year to the country's wealth of national
sentiment, and tends to build up a feel
ing of patriotism and loyalty otherwise
unattainable.
The issuance, therefore, of "a call to
the democracy of the country to cele-
brate, next month, the birthday of
Thomas Jefferson, is both pertinent and
wise. The value of the services which
this great statesman rendered to the ma
ton is incontestible. 1t was jefferson
more than any other man that stated
and enforced the doctrines embodied in
the Declaration of Independence and
the Bill Of Rights, and which found their
place in the first ten amendments to the
Constitution.
The idea which has been impressed
on American politics, that it is the
function Of Government to maintain
The conditions OF liberty, and to leave
individuals undisturbed in those actions
and functions which interfere with no
other interests, either public or private,
belongs, so far as its promulgation is
concerned, to the immortal Jefferson.
1t is, in effect, the purpose of the
Democratic party to oppose centraliza-
ton and all interference by the Gov
ernment with the personal affairs of
men.
OF this party Jefferson is the accred-
tied founder, and the celebration of his
birthday will have a natural tendency to
direct anew the attention of the people to
the high traditions which are our inherit
ance from his era. As a truth there
never was time in history when the
country more needed the force and in
tiuence of the principles which alone
in popular government can be relied
upon for checking monopolistic tend
encies and Governmental paternalism.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
THE on1e1xA1 sLor MACHINE.
crude Prototype of the Financial Au-
tomaton I'm AN English Inn.

Crude Prototype of the Financial Au-
tomaton I'm an English Inn.
A gentlemen writing from Sheffield,
England, in the T,reat0rs' Age, says;
I'm a grimy little inn of this place l
found the landlord quietly smoking his
pipe. wanted to smoke, but had
neither pipe nor tobacco; but that mat
tered not The good landlord brought
from his collection pipe of the
church warden variety, SO long that
the stem once in my mouth / had to
slip forward yard or 50 to reach the
bowl
For tobacco he placed tin box on
the table. 1t was about n foot long,
eight inches wide and perhaps six deep
There was q slit in the cover Into this
the landlord dropped a big English
penny, whereupon the lock was released
with click, and, having raised the
cover we filled our pipes with the to.
bacco lying loose inside. 1t was q
crude but effective example of the
nickel-in the.slot machine.
This box" said the landlord, "is
always in the smoking room for the
convenience Of the guests who are out
of tobacco, and the pennies dropped in
to secure pipeful just about pay for
keeping the supply undiminished.
II should think" | suggested, "that
the box once opened all the tobacco
might be extracted by some concience.
less vagabond Your box isn't modern.
1t ought to be so contrived that
only limited supply could be obtained
for each penny"
II don't think" he responded chat
the box has suffered much from dishon-
est users, and as for being modern, of
course it isn't. That box has been in
use in this hotel for more than $50
years, and is probably the forerunner Of
all the penny-in slot machines now so
common all over England, and America
too, as / understand"
The box was certainly battered and
dusty enough to have been in use that
length of time, and there seems to be
no reason to doubt the landlords state.
ment with regard to it.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
SEVENTY YEARS AGO.

The speaking tube is contrivance
mentioned by ancient writers, says the
Scientific -AmertcGn, and comes dowa
to us or survives just as ca::..,,i1s and oil
lamps have not been altogether super
seded by gas and electricity. In 1867
Robert Hooke of London described
how he transmitted sound by means of
a wire to considerable distances.
Wheatstone described his "tele-
phone" in 1921, and 10 1854 Ch. Bour-
seul said; Suppose man speaks near
movable disk sufficiently pliable TO
lose none of the vibrations of the voice.
that this disk alternately makes and
breaks the currents from an electric
battery, you may have at any distance
another disk whicn will simultaneously
execute the same vibrations. 1t is GER
tain that in more or less distant future
speech will be transmitted by cleo
tIicity.'
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
NOW BETTER THAN THEN,

The Rev, DR.. j. ]. Bullock, once
Chaplain of the United States Senate,
in a sermon yesterday said that "there
has been a terrible collapse of con
science and general Generalization of
the people, as is evident from the preva-
lent dishonesty so common among those
in official stations"
Waving the sneer that might be in
dulged in at eX-Chaplain Bullock's ex.
pense, we only care to remark that this
pessimistic view of the present has been
prevalent in all ages To a certain or
der of minds the past appears in rosy
hue and is ever so much better than the
now. That it is better we do not be.
lieve, nor does history bear it out.
If Mr.. Bullock's dismal assertion be
true, it can only be because civilization is
failure and Christianity delusion To
neither Of these propositions does TIE
CnITIC subscribe.
The truth Is that the world of the
present is vastly better world to live
in than the world Of any period of the
past. 1t is a better world than the
Macedonian conquered Or the Roman
ruled. II is better world than the one
which saw the wild rush of the CRU
saders to die at the foot of the sepul-
chre. il is better world than the one
which marveled at the strange discov-
cries Of Columbus. The world Of the
Nineteenth Century is a great improve.
ment upon the world of any other cen
ttiy, and the last quarter of the Nine.
teeDth Century is almost infinitely inn
proved upon it's 6rst quarter.
Mr. Bullock Is mistaken. There has
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
WASHINGTON, MARCH11, 1890.
A NEEDED mARnnR.

The resolution which Senator Cam
eron has offered looking to the con.
struction of harbor of refuge at the
mouth of Delaware Bay suggests "A
public work which should be under
taken without unnecessary delay. The
disastrous experiences of the past win
ter at That part of the Eastern coast lend
urgency to the demand for this needed
improvement.
, The artificial harbor, which is known
as the Delaware Breakwater, was
shown at that time to be not only in
sufficient, but positively perilous.
Ships that might have lived on the
open sea, even during the storms that
found them near the coast, were in in
stances wrecked on the very sea-wall
where they sought shelter and safety.
That work having proved itself worse
than inadequate should either be re-
modelled and reconstructed so as to an.
swer the purpose for which ii was dc.
signed or another harbor should be
provided
The loss which has already been en-
tailed on the commerce of the country
through the destruction of ships and
cargoes, not to mention the accompany
ing loss of life, occurring at this point
during any decade, would pay the cost
of the desired harbor. But the qucs-
ton of cost should present no difficulty
in case of this kind The Govern
ment requires such a harbor The
commerce of the country needs it,
There is no good neuson why it should
not be constructed as soon as pracli-
cable.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
"IN MISS MINN1E,s RooM.p
The Honor Which Was Conferred @
Journalist Rpblae


Journalist Rublee.
From YtHOtriae'S NeWs (lEi,paUkee).
AT the lunch given on Monday by
John l.. Mitchell for Max O'Rell, some
one told a good joke on Horace Rublee,
who was one of the guests Mr.. Rublee
attended the recent editorial convention
in Janesville, and put up at the Myers
House. 1t seems that the head clerk is
in the habit of assigning one of the
private apartments TO bridal couples
and distinguished guests. The daughter
OF the proprietor was turned out Of her
cozy bedroom on that particular night
to make room for the distinguished
journalist.
The next morning, when Mr.. Rublee
came down, he found the office in an
uproar and the visiting newspaper men
were fairly bursting their sides with
laughter Imagine Mr.. Rublee's horror
when he glanced at the register and
saw, written after his name in the bold
hand of the guileless clerk: "Horace
Rublee; in Miss Minnie's room" Then
he knew the cause of the hilarity.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17

been no collapse of conscience and
there is no general decentralization Of
the people, either in or out Of the
Church. If he would tnlto more excr.
else IN the open air he would enjoy bet.
ter health Of body aud mind, and the
dismal pcssimism which now possesses
him would be as a bad dream. Fry IT,,
reverend sir.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
Private John Allen,

'Nff iftt tt"oNNfg Htfutts
One OF our exchanges suggests that
Private John Allen will not be candi-
date for re election because he has ex-
hausted his stock of anecdotes. This
does the gentleman great injustice; he
is equal to manufacturing a new supply
Of stories. John says he doesn't want
to be pauper any longer, so he is go.
ing back to his favorite profession,
where he will need more stories than in
CONGRESS
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
Purify
Your Blood

At the coming of spring the blood should
be purified as impurities which have been
accommodating for months, or even years, are
liable to manifest themselves and seriously
affect the health Hoods sarsaparilla is un-
doubtedly the best blood purifier. 1t expels
every taint of impurity, drives out scrofulous
humors and germs of disease and gives to the
blood the quality and tone essential to good
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
An Ice Dealer Sorry.

Ft@n he Mar York Tribune.
An ice dealer in Maine last September
made a contract to deliver 20, 900 tons of
ice next summer at from 80 to rs cents
a ton. This pays him a good profit, as
profits ordinarily go, since the ice can
be gathered and housed for 90 cents a
ton. But other dealers are refusing "a
ton, and the man sees something like
500, 900 slipping through his fingers.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
He Got 1t.


from he Dstfoit Free Press.
Can you tell me" he queried as
he entered the city hall, "can you in
form me-
What is it?"
Upon my soul, but have forgotten
what ] wanted TO inquire for! Well,
never mind.
He toiled slowly up two pairs of
stairs and was resting after his ascent,
when he suddenly slapped his leg and
exclaimedsg
1--WE got It'll / wanted to ask him
where the elevator was"
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
OFFICE OF
WOODWARD & LOTHROP,
Corner 18th and Fists. n. W.

We are offering this week
the following extraordinary
values in popular-priced
dress goods, on the second
floor of our establishment:
Danish Cloth, or Corded
Cashmere, single width,
half wool, excellent colors,
only I2Hc per yard.
Exquisite line of Figured
Half-Wool Challies, cream
and delicate ground colors,
in attractive figured effects,
plain colors to match, only
ISc per yard.
34-inch Plain and Striped
Cashmeres, in spring shades,
only 25c per yard.
27.inch Mohairs, in a va
riety of desirable staple
shades, CSC.
27-inch Wool Suitings,
gray and brown mixtures,
only 23c per yard. Same,
36-inch, 2oc per yard.
2a-inch Figured and
Striped Mohairs, choice,
dressy effects, only SAC per
yard.
SO inch All-Wool Sultings,
in about twenty desirable
plain shades. only size per
yard.
Double-width Mohairs, in
all the staple shades, only
4oc per yard.
Thirty-five different pat
terms in attractive striped,
checked and plaid a!l-wool
Dress Goods, at soc per
| yard. We do not believe our
line Of soc Dress Goods is
equalled in the city. sS
inches wide, all wool and
soc per yard.
In our Wash Goods De-
partment we offer the fol
lowing extra good values;
More than 100 patterns
in New Ginghams at
12ic per yard.
| Plain shades, plaids, stripes, checks, bor-
! dered, &c. Largest and most attractive line
I OF l2ic Ginghams we have ever offered
10000 yards of "outlng' Cloths, Flannel
| ettes, Tennis Flannels, &C., in an almost unlm-
| tied variety of handsome stripes, plalds and
checks, for outing suits, tennis, boating and
aiGhery suits, &c, Unfading and unshrlnk-
able. Have the appearance OF all-wool fan
nels. 10, lsl, 10, II and e5c per yard.
Second floor.
WOODWARD & LOTHROP,
Copmar IIth aud n Cfo NJ w
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
Too.Too ConsnnrnInenn.

NJ. Rouvier, the Minister of Finances,
who about two years ago lost his
wife, widely known in the art and
literary world as "Claude Vignon, is
engaged to be married to his niece Mile.
Cadiot, daughter of the former Treas.
urer at Dieppe. The marriage is an
nOunced to take place ON the 18th inst.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
Wrapping up Food.

The Council of Hygiene in Paris, il
is said, is about to take steps to sup,
press the use of old magazines and
newspapers for wrapping up food. The
Austrian Government has prohibited
the use Of such papers, and also OF col.
ored papers, to inclose articles intended
10 he eaten
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
Celebrating the Day.

Mrs. Brown noticed your husband
was celebrating the day.
Mrs. O'Toole-Yis, begorra. He
wint out wild shamrock in his hat an
came home wild brick in 1.-THE
Ep0ek.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
The Arlington.
THE ARLINGTON,
WASHINGTON, D, c.,
March 6, 1890.

Ny DEAR DR.. LIe1ITu1LL:
IT gives me great pleasure to state
that you effected a remarkable cure Of
deafness and discharge from the ears in
the case of my cousin, Marcus G.
Roessle, and that the cure has proved as
permanent as it was radical. / 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 a distin-
guished success.
Yours, truly, T. E, RoEssLE.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17

THE REV. IL. NJ. TuRNER, Bishop of
the a. M, f. Church. assures us that
Heaven indorses the Butler bill to as
sist negroes to emigrate to Africa. But.
after all, the matter is to be decided in
Congress.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17

ST. LOUIS HAS man who makes an
ointment out Of human adipose which
he sells at dollar quarter ounce. If
it is made from the ordinary defunct
st. Louisian of commerce the price is
Outrageous.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
Purifes the Blood

last spring was completely tagged out.
My strength left me and felt sick and miser-
able all the time, so that could hardly at
tend to my business. took one bottle of
Hoods sarsaparilla and it cured me. There
is nothing like IT," R. C. BEGoLE. Editor En-
terprise, Belleville, Mich.
Hoods sarsaparilla gave me new life and
restored me to my wonted health and
strength" WILLIAM H. CLouGH Tilton, NH.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for s.. Pre-
pared only by @, l. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17

ACCORDING TO Professor Elihu Thorn
son, all steam railroads will be run by
electricity. He believes, besides, that
the house of the future will have album
dant light and power furnished through
electrical channels
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
want to be an angel,
For that hope and pray;
want to be an angel
But, Of course, not right away.
-SOnn eriiNe .IdllrnnI

Have you seen The Angelus' yet 2"
asked one Chicago citizen of another.
mo, " was the reply. "Who wrote it.
Gilbert or Hoyt ?"--PittsJurg Chronicle
Telegraph.
Churchman (sarcastically to agnos-
tic)-I suppose you call yourself a
searcher after truth?
Agnostic-Yes, that is what l call
myself; but don't find much--Louell
Citizen
When minister gets too fresh he
should be given a lesson from the
psalter. -Binghamton Republican.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
ST. PATRICK S DAY-1aeo.

A glitter of green In the sunlight dancing,
The air of an old song soft and sweet,
And the measured march of men advancing
In brave array through the crowded street;
Oh Emerald Isle in the waste of waters.
What tender thoughts do these things
portray
To the eager eyes of thy sons and daughters
With each return of Saint Patrick's Day
They see the spots where, in youths first
fushes,
They learned that love which they bear
thee still,
They hear the songs that the larks and
thrushes
Were wont at morn to the skies to trill.
Through the fields so often they rambled
over
In happy childhood again they stray,
And gather their punches of three -ieafed
clover,
To wear in honor of Patrclt's Day.
Say that such dreams are but flights of
fancy,
What does IL matter to them whose gaze
The magic mirror Of necromancy
Delights with visions of vanished DAYS
Who linger here in the city's shadows
While the proud procession moves away.
But whose hearts are off in the Irish
meadows
III sehrCH Ol snumrOCks lnlS Iatrlck's ;
Day.
-UWiam D. Kelly IL Boston Pilot
1t is Patrick's blest morning on Galway's
green shore,
And the Celt-worshipped shamrock blooms
bright as of yore;
In bawn, heath and meadow the triple
leaves shine
As when Patrick FIRST chose them, an en-
blem divine.
But where are the groups that in spring
times gone by,
Made haste to those hills, beneath Con
naughts blue sky,
To pluck the green plant IN the mornings
gray light,
blest night:
Alas! for the answer alas! for the wall,
That, comes like keen from the homes of
the Gael;
The groups that came here to pick sham
rock of yore
Are those pale seaweed-seekers along the
bleak shore.
The landlords are grinding them into the
dust;
They received but stone when they asked
FOR a crust;
The highlands they titled now afford but a
grave,
And their harvest and hope are those weeds
from the wave
OH long trodden Ireland, deep, dark and
profound
Are the grief and the gloom that encircle
you round;
But the hope that has buoyed you thro'
slayery's night
Must hourgeon at last into Llberty's light;
And the shamrock that now with your tear
drop Is wet
Shall shine bright and green in your diadem
yet!
90 William Geogieg0H.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Every spring for years / have made it a
practice to take from three to five bottles of
Hoods Sarsaparllla, because know it puri-
fes the blood and thoroughly cleanses the
system Of all impurities" W. H. LAWRENCE,
Editor Agricultural Eptomist, indianapolis,
The Washington critic., 1890-03-17

Mr.. ROBERT ELLIS THOMPSON doesn't
propose to get left in the race between
the surplus destroyers. He proposes, in
the Irish World, to "leaye the duties on
whisky and tobacco and foreign goods
untouched and give the States the money
that they may make highways for the
people" Why not leave the money
with the people in the first instance.