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The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19
MAKING A SPEECH
Looks Easy Enough. hut is Really
Harder Than saving Wood.

Looks Easy Enough. hut IL Really
Harder Than saving Wood.
II may look like a very easy thing for
member, having his speech written,
to deliver It during the course Of an
hour in the House, but It is not such an
easy thing as II looks, writes a Wash.
ington correspondent. The average
speaker gets a deal Of athletic exercise
In the course Of an hours speech.
There are some members in the House
VINO can stand and read a speech with.
out lifting a hand except 20 turn the
pages, and almost without changing
position; and there are others who can
talk all day without getting tired, but
the average speaker perspircs rs II he
were saving wood.
An on hand speech of ten minutes
does not count, but the mau who throws
his arms In the air as If whirling lniian
clubs, hammers his desk like black.
smith, and dances all around the n'acc
Tor an hour or more, Is takin very
violent exercise Experience has
taught some of them that it Is not .afc
10 make such a speech without taking
extra precautions against cooling of too
quickly afterward.
know several members who take
extraordinary precautions. They do
not speak often. They know for
weeks beforehand that they are to
speak, and. after all preparations are
made for the speech itself and the day
comes for the effort, they have a
servant bring a complete change Of
linen and underwear and a heavy over
coat 10 the capitol, and wait with these
things At hand until the speech Is
ended. Then the speaker. with the
perspiration pouring of him, rushes 10
the cloak room, where the servant
stands with the coat ready, and throws
II over his shoulders as soon as he
comes within reach.
Next, the member with the collar Of
his oyercoat turned up high, tucks his
dry undercl0thing under his arm and
makes for the bathrooms. There ne
enters the waiting-room. where the TEN
peratuTe Is nigh and there can he no
draught, being under ground, and waits
TO cool of little preparatory 10 a bath.
There is no more work for him in the
house that day. When he has got his
bath he makes for bis lodgings as fast
as he can, and stays there until thor
Oughly rested
The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19
GARRULOUs WISDOM

] know Wgndrous nanny ueiEhb0r h-
He's ripe m years, aud great m under
standing
He's Fersed iu art. ana iu philosophy
Tie Shove q mind that's verify command
ing
Hen stand before . painting, aud without
single iastaut's Thought, lT lesll la-.ll-
He'll tell Tie painter uame. nor auy doubt
l5 there le gives the proper Information.
Tie meks, the Inns ana galIsgs bold from
him
80 secret that Is uast man revealing.
He auqHa Elg some are stout and Others
Sims
Hs eauHleaeld- a kinds 81 aaaaa
feeling
Ile records q Ie Stars be kloss, ana
Romance Hla round about Tie heavens
HuGeEs.
AZ dinner rue be afs delights 8 pze4eh
'jH 9l.el AZ made lat al5t, aE faFaH al
aHEels.
lulsel al Auz5 le suoas- 81 a.za d
Tie hinge Hal IS 81 wing - - a.
Except one thing ~ ueFer seems t4 ll9a.
and tLatH Hltl % should 5-lE l.- aad-
ess talking
-Calss ssaa IS BHe,r. Baaa
The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19
PERSONAL.

One OF the leading stump orators Of
Washington Is Thomas H. Tongue. lie
Is said 10 be eloquent humorous, and
in the last election wagged his tongue
all over the State.
Professor Perkins OF the Iowa State
University has published a poem, en-
titled "Eleusis. Those who are com.
petent TO Judge say that II will make a
place for itself In literature.
Sheik Abdulla Mustapha Is the name
OF Queen Nictoria's s MOhammedan cook.
5. A. NJ. has recently been In bad
health and the Queen sent him TO
Bombay % rest and visit a favorite doc.
tor
Rev Virgil Maxey, a Baptist minis.
ter and nephew of X-United States
Senator MaXey Of Texas, Is going to
try the experiment Of elevating the
stage by acting SIX evenings In the
week and preaching on Sunday
The Duke Of Westminster each year
takes In about s., 900 in siXpences and
shillings, paid by sight seers for admis-
sion to his country seat al Eaton Hall.
The Duke has land rental amounting
to fs1j 900 a year, and between the two
Edmund Yates writes that BOB elks
were shot during last year in the forests
Of Norway, the majority of them being
taken in the district of Namdals, where
the forests are lei 10 English tenants.
The annual rental returned 10 the gov
ernment for these forests is equal to
$500, 900
Mrs. Winnie Mitchell, living near
Rochelle, Ga. has a hide, covered hair
less trunk, which dates back $50 years.
That II Is bald headed Is no wonder.
for IL has been handed roughly down
through seven generations Ii was
brought from Europe long before the
Revolution, full Of British gold, and
was used by Mrs Mitchell's grand
father while in service under General
Washington
Sir Humphrey de TrahoFl Of Man
chester, England, is the first person
10 apply the telephone 10 the dog bust
ness Sir Humphrey has one Of the
hnest kennels in England, and when his
kennelman wishes To quiet the occu-
pant Of a certain apartment he goes 10
the telephone in his own room and
reads the riot act % that particular dog,
for IN every kennel Is a telephone de
vice which enables him 10 make his
voice heard by the troublesome canine
AIailre Proal a distinguished member
Of the bar Of AK, and a well known
scholar, has entered the lists against
LambTosa and the Authrop0logical
CTiminalists, who maintain that women
are Of a lower moral order, and more
nearly resemble the prehistoric types Of
humanity than men.
II is a fact Of interest that Strauss, the
great composer Of waltzes, does not
waltz himself
The Egyptian Government has paid
% Captain CaEsad, IN behalf Of Emjn
Pasha more than s. 900 as Emin
salary for seven years services as gov
eTnor Of the equatorial province 10
Africa
The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19
SOCIAL ETIQUETTE.
The street saIutations Of some Of New
VorNfs citizens


Raising the hat as a mode Of saluta-
ton, except to highly distinguished men,
isnot much IN vogue ia New York Half
dozen prominent citizens, says the
New York Sun, are accustomed to the
respect Of a raised hat, and they raise
their own in return. There is a marked
difference In the manner in which a pub.
lie man acknowledges greeting from
different persons. Mr.. Depew has an
amiable smile and an inclination Of the
head for almost everybody. IF a man
raises his hat to him, the orator returns
the salute in a similar manner.
IL is evidently mechanical, but the
system is perfect If Mr.. Depew' s
acquaintance raises his hat four inches,
the president Of the New York Central
Railroad lifts his own well polished tile
q similar distance from the head Il q
man touches his hat brim with q finger
so does Mr. Depew a man Of wide
acquaintance In New York is ex- -Secre-
tary Whitney. a few days ago the
writer was looking from an upper win.
dow of Delmonico's when Mr. Whitney
passed, and be bowed TO four persons
while crossing Twenty sixth street The
first, who was a Democratic politician
Of some prominence, Mr. Whitney
nodded TO IN an of hand manner, and
added a slight wave of the hand. The
politicians greeting was precisely simi.
ar TO this.
a moment later Mr. Whitney bowed
with considerable dignity, but without
touching his hat at all, TO an elderly
gentleman who holds the post of libra
rian in a well known law association.
A moment later a dapper little society
man, with pinched waist, tight boots
and elaborate attire, pranced by, burst
into a series Of brilliant smiles and sa-
luted the secretary by lifting his hat
clear of his head. Mr. Whitney barely
acknowledged the salutation by an al
most impercepible inclination of his
head and passed on to lift his hat po-
litely to a member Of the German Lega-
tion, who was staring very hard through
q single glass at the ex. Secretary Of the
Navy. Mayor Grant has a stereotyped
bow and easy. going smile, which are
bestowed on millionaire and pauper
alike.
The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19
MHAT - 49,.

Already the CKTIC hasTepHnted from
tie New York Tines one or two stories
descriptive of the political methods cur
rent in Mr, Thomas b Reeds Congress
siCnal district We venture the asser-
ticn that the practices reported as being
5n common use there are as forbidding
and abhoueut In everything that relates
20 the prostitution Of tie ballot and the
degradation Of the suffragan as those
which Mr Reed charges against rhe
southern States.
UndeT ne bazeu pIeteXt b a yearu
ineto purify the southern customs, Ar
Reed has procured and railroaleI
through the House a national Election
bu. which wil enable The Repu5.i-
cars. H they can enforce II as IS ex
reeted te control the Southern cleo
tons 81 long as they remain iu control
~ he Federal Government. The hy-
uderisy 81 the pretenss 3 Hagrant eom
ing from a man who IS Tie beneaclaTy
ana official creature u methods no
t6ri0usly and ab0miaably corrupt But
ne fact remains LLat de Dill has been
puzzled through lie House. and thai ail
lle influence Reed ana bis followers
90 possibly exact Hin 6e brought 70
eaF b secure its adoption b ne Senate
4 ~ course lheEa - question as q
The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19
THE ELECTRIC AGE


4 TeaIccraphic Feat rhat was called
Great Things Years Ago.
Ftm Re nra# tDH r0ssvs D.e. g, 1850.
The greatest feat in teleraphing Of
which we have any know edge was ae-
complishei on Tuesday iu The trans
mission of The President message to
This city. Two wires were used. one q
through and the other a way wire OF
The eight columns and ahalf which The
message made in the Washington loa.
vinFoa, five and a-half columns were
passed over the through wire without a
break in six hours This was sent by
J II Bunncll Dage IL years. of the
Pittsburg Office and received by T. G.
Weir of the Cincinnati office
The first column was transmitted In
fifty five minutes and the second
column In forty eight minutes One
column contains as follows
Lines ........... ............................ IT5
words. .oNi
Lettcrs............. ..,.,......l2 .l2bf3
It requires an average Of three strokes
Of the key 10 a letter. There were,
therefore. 81 9SG strokes in forty eight
minutes, or 1906 strokes to the
minute Mr. Weir, the receiving
operator, took the message by sound,
and using a manifold writer, made five
copies from the instrument. From the
manuscript thus furnished the mes
sage, as it appeared yesterday, was put
In type. In seven hours from the time
1t was made public ia Washington, the
whole doCumc Mt was I'm type i'm our
Office. The expeditions manner in
which this business was performed,
and the accuracy with which the mes
sage was transmitted, the feat being
without a parallel in the history of tele-
graphing, place the Union Company in
the front rank Of the telegraph com
panics Of the world.
To show the perfection TO which this
wonderful system has been brought,
and the improvements that have been
made within the last few years. we will
mention the fact that In 1915, forty.
eight hours were consumed telegraph
ing the message of President Polk 10 the
press Of this city, and then the errors
we're so numerous that some OF the
papers republished the document when
II came to hand by mail
lNOte.-The figures above given are
partially incorrect The calculations
made at the time at the Cincinnati office
showed that the time made was nearly
thirty nine words minute for two
hours continuous work. Evidently the
1854 words is a misprint for ,SSl. in
asmuch as 12.Gi2 letters would make
over 1000 AT six letters per word. +"
Considering the fact that this work
was done over 800 mile circuit; that the
five manifold copies were almost cop.
perplate" in their clearness; that not a
single break was made and that the
transmission was with one of the keys Of
thirty years ago. the lever of which
would weigh as much as three of the
modern Bunnel key levers, Il becomes
apparent that some OF our first old
timers used 10 shake mp things az q
| pretty lively rate even way back in the
| sixties
The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19
nlvnRrEn SpARRnW.
Bird Rim Van wiukie Driven from
Home


Ffom ne yae Ioik san.
In the yard Of a Scranton bird stu
dent a pair Of English spirrows began
few weeks ago to get ready to 20 to
housekeeping They took up their
abode in a little box that was fastened
10 The top of pole Other sparrows
undertook TO occupy the box, but the
pucnacious first corners soon drove
them away, and from that time on the
plucky pair fixed up their household
and got everything In readiness to raise
a family without being disturbed by
their apparently envious noighbors.
When the industrious birds were
nearly ready to settle down to a quiet
married life, an accident happened that
caused q row between the pair One
day before the female had begun to sit
her husband fitted away, and was gone
a good deal longer than usual During
his absence the female busted herself
10y flying from the nest to the yard and
back, adding finishing touches to her
household and spruCing things up in
side the box. BY and by Mr. Sparrow
returned, but he didn't look as neat aud
natty as he did when he sailed away
In some way he had lost all Of his tail
feathers while he was gone, and his
wife wouldn't have anything to do with
him or let him enter the house. lie
seemed 10 try to explain matters TO her,
but she wouldn't listen to him at all
chirpcd at him spiteiully. and fought
him whenever he attempted to ap-
proach her
The student knew that the bobtailed
bird was the rightful husband by pc.
Culiar mark on his head and he
watched the result Of the family trouble
with keen interest For two days the
unhappy husband coaxed and begged
his wife to treat him as she had form.
erly done, but his pleadings made her
all the more determined to get rid of
him for good. All at once the bobtail
| sparrow disappeared, and has never
been seen around there since. The fe-
male continued to occupy the box, and
inside Of three days she got another
husband, set up housekeeping anew,
and in due time hatched out a nest fun
| Of little ones.
The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19
MARIA MURMURED.
In Vain She sOft-soapsd the Justice to
Let Her Down Easy.

In Vain She sOft-soapsd the Justice to
Let Her Down Easy.
Maria Hubbard, aged 4s years, was
arrested by Special MoTgenstern, Of
Barnes, Hengerer & Co store, on the
charge of petit larceny IN stealing a
gold headed umbrella, valued at 81.
saws the Buffalo Courier. When She
was brought before the police justice he
said
Well, Mrs. Hubbard. are you guilty
or not guilty 2"
Well, ] tell you how It was. Judge,
dear, ] was"
Guilty or not guilty 2 interrupted
his honor Here take an oath %
But judge, dear, ! never took an
oath in me life. She took one this
time
Now what about this umbrella -
Well ] left me umbrella showing
a cheap, faded sunshade 10 the Court
j lett ME umbrella near the counter,
and when / left ] suppose | took the
wrong 0nG-they look alike
BIZ, Sch0ll, an emplOye of the lirm,
Was put 90 The stand and swOTe that he
was told by one uf the women clerks
that an umbrella had been stolen He
went ouL on the street, and there found
Maria with her umbrella and the one
she had stolen She had just torn of
the ticket and was tearing il to pieces.
Well luke al that now" burst I'm
Maria What are we coming 70 when
the young men will swear 10 that
Does he say had both umbrellas Oh
WiTTa, wiTra, that's too bad p
Did you tear on tie ticket said
His Honor
Well Judge dear I suppose did
Are you prepared TO pay a tine
a fine Is Il ii0w big fine
] guess about 500 will be right
Twenty dollars IS itg H0wly Mosesr
She shrieked -I'll pay about s. or
S3f
Well / guess about twenty days IN
the Workhouse then, unless ] put you
IN jail until you let your folks know
and get the money
Not a tin cints would / ask them
for but Judge dear won about s.
dor
The Judge beckoned 10 Clerk Ryan
10 take Maria down stairs.
The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19
TRoUBLEIN ONO

a contest Of surprising interest and
intensity Is now raging in the Twelfth
Congressional district of Ohio The
rev apportionment In that State has
compressed into one district those two
mighty statesmen, Thompson and Gros-
Venor, and, although once there pre-
vailed as between them the sweetest aud
most beautiful attachment, there Is now
hostility, with an its grewsome train
of silence, suspicion and averted looks
An amusing incident OF the contest IS
a circular which has just been scat
tered broadcast over the Twelfth. aud
which We confidently commend 10 pub
BE peTusal Itruns as follows;
GAILWoLIs, OHt1.
nEAR SIR, The Central Committee on Tues
DAY, June 3, changed the date uf the County
Convention 10 June r. This greatly shurteus
the time left 20 canvass one very important
matter which tie convention VIII be called
20 act upon, namely, the -election OF dele
gates 70 tue Congressional Convention. The
uBly persons in the race are General c. H.
Grs syenor, Judge A, &. Thompson, Hon. AT.
bin pavies and General ", Il. Enoohs. Zach
county in the district except Gallia County,
viii thus present candidate. Gallia County
alone viii come into the convention
aIdeF obligations 20 no one and free
20 east her vote foF the best man. And
thls being her position il is important that
80 mistake be made Those who desire 70
zee Gallia County represented ably, should
he az and active Ia looking over the list Of
Esmes it i only necessary 10 remember the
splendid service Of General GrosFenOr on the
t0oT Of tie House aud recall his splendid ca
rseF. ~ know his almost unequaled ability
IS an orator ana statesman and as a leader
- the House, 10 say who should represent Us.
Nuw fhat the Democratic gerEymaudeF makes
Nckmley's retirement certain, for be Is iu a
a.sfriei that is more than 600 Democratic,
Ne Garnet AFFORD 10 leave the service Of Gen
eIal GTosvsEor0 on tire HoOr Of the House Tt
~ lid he Ike tearing oh both arms 81 the
Republican party WIKI Mckinley los eros
FeHsT Is necessary on rhe floor 9f the House.
No man can take his place as ora tor or
lesGer It : urged - the friend. of Mr
Thompson that Gen. GFosvsH8F {. only tenn
ToEariiE 10 the district. liable 70 be taken ogt
~ EeuYnander. This Is merely q political
EHy and Is unjust 10 General GrosTenQr and
Elsleading 20 our citizens. Under the census
- lsso, nov beng taken g IS certain that
the number of longlessmen apportioned 20
OHIO wiIl be changed. ana Ills will ueeessi
tate change of district lines an over the
state ana me formation - new districts 10
fhat chance Fl IS more or a. least equally
probable llat Athens county wil ba placed
in eur Congressional district than thai >-ioto
The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19
sNUBBED BY THE SENATE

No American Administration was ever
more completely and thoroughly lis.
credited than was the present one by
tie passage Of a Free Coinage bin by
The Senate ON Tuesday.
Through Its Secretary of the Treasury
The Administration chose 20 present TO
Congress It's views upon silver through
The unusual medium Of o bin carefully
drawn and with IT'S details elaborated.
Secretary Window and Director Of the
Mint Leach worked on the bill early
and late. It was written ont, consjd.
cred, and rewritten. orweeks, which
grew into months. they Iabored with
The measure II was written ont In
fun detail no less than q hundred
times
When It finally assumed the shape
they wanted, it was submitted to the
President at a Cabinet meeting. There
8, was formally adopted as an Admins
iration measure. its introduction into
Congress authorized and the President
agreed to follow It up with a special
message. The bill was introduced, but
the message which had been promised
never followed Certain Senators from
the far West called at the White House
and Informed IFS inmate that they
would make open war upon him If he
sent in the contemplated message This
gave the President pause, and he has
been pausing ever since
The measure met with a cold recen.
ton in the Senate and with a cool one
IN the House. 10 pleased neither the
,ilveri,cs nor the goldites The House
at last passed a bill which bears some
faint family resemblance 70 the Win.
dom bill. The Senate followed the
matter up 10y passing q Free Coinage
act and went further and m lde gold
aud silver certificates a full legal ten CT
for an public and private debts
In any other country with plrliN-
utIiary institutions the Admlnistra.
ten would resign after such blow
Harrison has received az the hands OF
he Senate. As Is, Secretary of the
Treasury so clearly out " accord with
he feeling OF Congress on a question
- such importance as that of silver,
ought 70 resign should this bII be.
ecme a law
The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19
CURRENT HLIJIOR.

Poor Fishing.-First Boy-Did you
catch anything
Second Boy-Not until ] gol home
san Francisco Wasp,
Explained What makes Jackson
look so awful sober this morning.
Because he was so awful drunk last
night. '-Ep0eh.
To go with safety through this world
one must be bold and wise;
Btt he has 70 rise up early who
Would get ahead Of the flies.
Philadelphia Tines.
The saloon keeper is fortunate in that
his customers never feel above carrying
home their own loads = BiagldWt0a
Lsgdef.
10 IS pretty rough on some Of these
coionels 10 be compelled 10 tell the cen
sus man about their military service
Nilfsaakse ssatiAel
The same, Yet Different -Ted-IIis
IS a singular absence.
Aed-PluTal, you mean. lie ran of
with another fellow Wife-Life.
Ambiguous guess there is no hope
for AT. Jones. Why u0ts'' Why.
be bad four doctors visit him yesterday
-BgsfgH Courier.
.-fou are perfect among women
She bowed her shapely head.
'-If ] am NOT mistaken, then,
j don't need sou, she said.
Acg York sra.
An Inguiry.-sI will take those
striped stockings Aes. Thank you,
The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19

IHE eISCIANATII taHfHIcigl GH-sHs
says With our Mary, ours no more, the
question arises as 70 what VIII become Of
that unique and agathos old authr0pos,
Colonel Dr. Hamilton Gdfbn, Who in q
lucky moment married the widow Anderson,
IN spite Of an iHcumnrauce she bad ~ the
shape of Q daughter. It VIII be lonesome
days Tor him aud the theatrical reporters
throughout tie length and breadth q the
land wiIl gl Tor hiu IN vain Thiuk Fou
50 brother Verify it seems 10 rs that
Wleu DR.. Ham Gadu goes back 20 that Ola
junk store 1u Market street, ID Louisville,
tie newspaper meu WilI be big winners,
The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19

CHARLES MACALESHER,
will leave her wharf, foot OF SEVENTH ST.,
for MOUNT VERNON and MARSHALL
For MOUNT VERNoN-Every day except
Sunday az 10 a. m. and 230 p. m, returning
az ? and 500 y. m. Passengers can remain at
MOUNT VERNON until second boat leaves it
desired. Fare, round trip, 81. including ad
mission 10 the Mansion and Grounds. Ele-
CANT cafe on the boat. Meals and lunches
served ptomptiy.
For MARsifALL HALL-same as MOUNT
VERNON schedule for week days
ON SUNDAYS nc N a. m, 2.90 and . M,
returning az 9. $50 and Q y. m.
on FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS, Special
Moonlight Excursions down the river TO
INDIAN HEAD, touching no MARSHALL
HALL going and returning leaving Washing
ton az Oa0 =. M, reaching city on return at
10 y m.
Meals and lunches at all times az MAR
SHALL HALL Restaurant,
Fare to MARSHALL HALL aud return, 9b
cents on any trip; children, between Q and i2
years, rs cents.
The popular and reliable steamer ". W.
CORCORAN will make her river landings as
far down as GLYMONT, landing az MAR
SHALL HALL going and returning, leaving
her wharf daily except sunday az 10 a, N
returning az ,. m. Round trip, % cents.
sunday trips Of the W W. CORCORAN 20
MARSHALL HALL will be announced
weekly. See advertisements.
For charters Of steamers MACALEspER
and CORCORAN for either MOUNT VERNON
or MARSHALL HALL apply 70 L. L. BLAKE,
Captain, on steamer. iust
The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-06-19

frae ~ HF tfg ils3fGaf-
The political gHesseT IS kept 90 the
Jump these days lie does not know
ou which side Of Tie fence 10 flop
and the chances aTe Ilat when ha does
fop Le win geE aH The wrong side p
LIS great IismaV