The daily critic., 1890-12-11
.LOGAL TALKS
What rrroasi Prominent and other
wise. riad to Interest rhcm.

ANNN lN III|.aallIa Nh AN~H II NIlE DIO
/ posed Methodist University, aud in out
belief that the property boiders would
. be benefited by the improvement No
/ the entire amount Of 500 600 has not
been raised for The payment of the
/ ground for The site Of the new univer
sily About S55,00O has been contrib
uitd, but we ore not at all troubled
I about the entire payment for the
ground by the people Of Washington.
w len the ground is paid for then we
viIl look after the cudowments for the
university, Tor which we expect to raise
t2.5H1lO0 7 read Yesterday OF the
Dl,h oi Mr. Daniel g. Fsvtewctther.
Do N,w York. who left $4,000 10
educational and Cbaritable insUm
iuL-. Uid ] believe there are many
r.H n,u whose deaths will show TINT
thpv have left similar liberal legaCies
Very wealthy men, at least some of
them have, % seems, concluded not to
leave their Eilh and kin large fortunes
hut TO distribute their money where Il
will do the most good to humanity. II
was but recently that a gentleman well
known to me died in Brooklyn. n. Y,
leaving bequests Of $3.50 600 mostly for
educational purposes. He was q quiet
man, never had taken any exiraorii.
nary intetc . 10 the cause Of education
bu' his will showed that he had given
IL earnest and careful thought As TO
the endowment of the university I will
saw that we have some pledges. but YOU
know that such matters 90 slow nj first
and we are willing 10 wait. For In.
stance, there was the Johns Hopkins
University which took seven years to
get into shape II is so with other
universities throughout the country and
we are hopeful that our university will
in years TO come be one more seat of
learning TO mark the educational
progress, not only Of the National Capt.
tai, bui where young men from all
parts OF The country will be enrolled
as its 81 tdents
DR. Tindall--I am known as always
having been partial to brick pavements.
IL Q brick pavement is laid properly It
will last longer than any other. In
wet, sloppy and slushy weather Il dries
faster than any other, and In winter Il Is
not as liable 70 be as icy aud slippery as
some other sidewalks. Yes. / do think
that Il is more thoughtlessness than
anything else that people do not throw
ashes or sand upon the sidewalks when
they are sleety and slippery. A re.
miudCr sometimes has a good effect
a cspondent-Thorc are mum.
htr Of our ''ilk' who have incomes NJ
$4,000 per aunum. derived from Jour.
n,llst,c work and as clerks 20 commit.
tees. ONE Clegrthai much from news.
pel tr correspondence alone There are
auC the army OF correspondents at
It National Capital some who have
lt'ru rich through marriage. through
.3rsulaliou aud through inheritance.
Tie Three wealthitst journalists That
can think OF at present are Colonel
Perry s. Heath, $50 600. Frank A.
lu,Gaidson, 100000 and John $.
Nhivrr, s5O.0uO And they aru grow.
irg richer and richer
Captain Skidmore OF the Salvation
Amy Yes, we are making some head
way 10 Washington. We have had
more men giving 10 their experiences
within the past two weeks than ever
before. ] heard q man whisper the
other night that "the Salvation Army
was going down / tell YOU that God
Is saving souls through the salvation
Army, aud ID is going up. THANK God
that the salvation Army ever passed
through my town II saved my soul.
/ vas not a very big sinner when !
took my seat among the penitenis, bat
l do EUi think that morality alone will
cave any one
a Builder-Au amusing Illustration
OF the popular curiosity excited by any.
thing that 50 much as suggests con.
clalmtut, even III cnnCealment Is not
intended. Is presented ia the way psop-
pie hang srou8d the high board fences
which contractors build about lots
upon which big buildings are So be
erected while the cellars are being dug
and the foundations laid. OF course,
there Is nothing 60 hide in operations |
attendant upon digging cellars aud lay
ing foundations The fences have b /
be built 20 keep pedestrians from 1
tumbliug into the pits and hurting OF |
killing themselves The fences are /
made high so lhai small boys cannot |
climb 20 He iop Cf them and tumble /
over
But The very fact that the work Is /
thus Concealed from sight attracts "A /
constant crowd aud The gale through /
which the carls pass up aud down from |
cellar 10 street are generally So thr0aged /
that IL is difficult 10 get by I've often 1
stood on The opposite side Of the street
10 these places aud uOliced men and 1
women, many Of them well dressed.
walk Oh ar0u1d these high fences 1
searching diligently for some crack /
or knot hole 10 lock through
just Is soon Is tue found4 /
tons are built. however, aa5 the
uildinE begins la develop Ia plain /
sight Of ever body. curiosity ceases.
People cross the s.r5et theu 70 gen ouI
a The way Qt tbe muss. and silently 4
wear at Che contractor FOR eucr1acHiaz 4
pICn Their sije~alS privileges.