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Telegram-herald., 1890-06-26

have died.
The Indians were never troublesome
and never stole any thing. For them
the latchstring always hung out, and
they went in and out IF the house at all
times OF the night and day. Sometimes
in the early morning in the cold winter
days We would find when We got up
that an Indian had been there and left
quarter Of venisOn on the floor, or per-
haps pair OF wild turkeys that be had
shot. They were very undemonstrative
people and seemed 10 me always angry
and sullcn about something, but in real
ity they wore not. They were merely
Indians.-Detroit Free Press.
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-26

Stone and Mr..
Lawrence Tur-
nure, which is
sure 20 be wit
messed by q very
largo proportion
OF the American
colony here. 1t
was az first be-
lieved that the
nuptials " o uld
take place in New
York after Lent,
but the plans
we're changed 70
suit tho wishes
~ AEn l-t-Int. -nl.
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-26

tiOuably be the
event OF the sea
son IL is only
on rare occasions
that the metrOp-
Oiisis gay In mid
summer, bat this
will Be 4 notable
exception twill
take place in
" estminster Alb
bey, and all the
arran z g n g nts
are in the hands
Of friends who
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-26

wealthy banker,
" ith MILO.
Jeanne do No
raciu, daughter
Of the Baron Ar
thur dc Mora
ciu, were cele-
bratcd I'm Paris
tho last week in
May. This we'd
din- is making
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-26

Yes, Hoods Slrsaparilla is really
peculiar" Prepared 10y comb.na-
ton, proportion and process unknown
to other medicines, Hood +, Sar>aparllia
accompllShes cures hitherto unknown.
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-26

B U u 7 seye q
miles north u
car village .
number of my
relatives lived
When Il heeeBe
eyi1antthat TIC
resources Of civ
ilaZzrOn " re
becoming q lit
tie TOO u lcb Tor
me | vas sent
out there % FuS-
tic2te and 60 al
tend the rural
school which
VAS a log cabin
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-26

Norris Rutho r
ford This LADY
fsarso quite well
known i'm New
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-26

staEEes4ne aaa
rePoset4l Amer
ian divinity Is
Mary Andsrsoa.
- yo1ng Antony
SaF2EEQ To
ny - hss intl
mates cslI him
Is. nexs - Sta4
leFs IA every
bodys Mouth IS
the luckiest q
Uen IL securing
sU eh = bride
Ire eng 2gemens
vas long doubt
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-26
TRAIN TINE Tables.

gEsND RAPIDS AlApIAAA RAILROAD
- lA s1es. tt4. lsl
AZ. from j. eoias
Fes Rlg Ra1ias spa siS
for Trasers- cas- 4aa
NErtllsN o,AAW m
fer Traverse tlfs tnd
Aeca nsa .-... N.lG an NJ Sc D Ia
fnF lfattLhE ttfF Hu1
>2s asn 1l5 pm ale D m
tar II arEtntR tlis. 81 4 M lf u
traiA ieatsnE ID lp.sl ; la luns aAiIy 0Dpdax
iloIeaUs. other trans aals eAeepl SsAa4s-
a. irsm ~ se.us
Aarth cHaIl.
ei stntit llalll .. hHst m Ie
teF fels Wayue a olaa@esie.ls s b. lo.e -
far siarAis Ana Chicsg,. Is :. n ll s. Il
ffua his Rapids ala saei
N.H ID - u
Iraia st & .ue s. m Tor CIar.na.l raus calls.
Suaaayr lnciuaea. other traias daay except
s4usass-
sifEfise ASP Faso8 sac sfaflcF
NfHii. > in sua iH A. m Trains have
MaHtrf SierpinF Aau fartsl taTs i8 ftIa,kts
Aha n AtA4aan iitA. t.sM = W iIaln IaliuE
Ahs'f tafs - MatklHae fiTR
neAih a. ffaIn Aas farief Dh&ir a.
tiur-4HatL ilA u .ala Na2Alf ~leeQiu.
,af Tor Chicago VS. . -.aalae
AasAeeou, sraaa lsapids 4 Indiana
fof N4sh 81. 4 m l.taW pm
] lI.m Az tsf.am ttia em
lhi0ueh tickets f IaI i..tsruatIaa os.a IS
hAe ~ caliinK apaH aluIgn'si tckrt .lelt
y AFbvi, ST n ~ h e.t.. afaa NtheI aeelL
&. MoniotHsf. Isla ..llds Nirl.
g. L. H.. sHuan acn Pass Agaat
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prtroit express .ra4Iu4. t.H Is u La. Wagner
iarlui ANA luftf car attached. and evening
express icaills ia m hbs parIer caf at
Z faritrd. : hfsr iIaaus naIc atrtCi Uauuea alIal
lu I'D ttr.lf fuf a.l fo' Do. Elsl-
EArff-, leaving af lHas m la aEHrr
sieep'ne car 10 Detroit. arriving - Dctr9lt
cd .2 u
steamboat express makes alrrcf connection
af Grand Haven Nifn steamer fUf hiI~auker
ILftu1h rai .rnI4 TICKETS and ocean steam
ship tickets auo steep ile ear rtils secured HL
b q. III. 4 A- olatt, - Aouroc si. aul 60 i4s
depot.
jas. CAMphELl. city Pass. AeeuL
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Or course there Is a great deal q talk
sbe.t ne aggEeaealaR -nloa af l-aE
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-26
REAL INDIANS.
Chzrscteriseles o. the Red Man of
Years AgO.

Lake sharp rsat. How His Tnree B@chslSr
Erss-as s2StsLasa An1lsaels Hst~etsss
@ith the ssszisus AbortEtass
Eh4sDs. Gal = Fr.xsE La4&4z-
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-26

30 10m uwam w lm rm tn
rtH tH W D rfm t M fH
q W
--nnaHr onv tn others faIT
Tickets ou safe af % Monroe ri. and Irirn
depot
fruff bft lHnf and lansing Route have sl.
u Ia- a3 UHfef ono manage ff-rl
W ltfrffrfF Efr ftrrrr
Traffic Mana aErf Acting tra Pass fgf
rrtt . lifsfn. gen Manager
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-26

4 u NVI = y. u ND WIIH D I III
Culhl Nfrr
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19
The BEST MAN EVER Wuz.

Jap Miller down at Martinsville the blame
dest feller yit
When ne starts in a talkiu' other folks is
apt to quit.
Pears like that mouth O him wuzp't
made fer nothin' else
But jes' to argify 'cm down and gather in
their pelts.
He'll talk you down on tariff, or he'll talk
you down on tax,
And prove the pore man pays 'em all--and
them's about the facts
Reliser, law cr politics, prize-iltin' or
baseball
Jes tick Jap up little aud he'll post you
bout 'em all.
Aud the comicalest feller ever tilted back
a cheer,
And tuck chaw terbacker kind o. Ike
he didn't keer,
There's where the feller's strength lays
he's so commonlike and plain,
They amt no dude about old jap, you bet
you, nary grain
They 'lected him to council aud it never
turned his head,
And didn't make no difference what any
body said
lie didn't dress no finer, ner rag out in
fancy clothes
But his voice in council mcetin' is a turrer
TO his foes.
He's fer the pore man ever time, aud in
the last campaign
He stumped old Morgan County, through
the sunshine and rain,
And belt the banner upward from trailin'
in the dust,
Aud cut loose on monQpolies and cuss'd
and cussed and cuss'd
He'd tell some funny story ever now aud
then, you know,
Tel, blame it wuz better'n jack o'-lantern
show!
And I'd go furder yit, to-day, to hear old
Jap norate
Than any high-toned orator at ever
stumped the State!
Wy, that air blamed Jap Miller, with his
keen, sarcastic fun,
Has got more friends than any candidate
at ever run,
Don't matter what his views is, when be
states the same TO you,
They allus coincide with youru the same as
two and two.
You can't take issue with him--er at least
they amt no sense
In stprtin IN to down him, so you better
not commence
The beet ways jest to listen, like yer hum
BILE servant does,
And les' cOnOede Jap Miller is the best man
ever wu1l
--JQmes IIhtcOmb RikH
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19
pOST1L TELEGRAPHY.

The proposition Of Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker to introduce into the
postal service of the country the advan.
tages of telegraphic communication be-
tween points where it might he found
entirely practicable, is not a scheme
to be secuted on its very first
mention. 1t is too much the habit Of
Americans to distrust their Government
whenever It offers to adopt any measure
which may serve the public, and to
forget that it is the function of govern
ment to goyern-that is, to do what it
can for the advantage Of the people,
In France, England, Germany and
Switlerland-countries differing widely
in political methods and circumstances
the absorption of the telegraphic sys-
tens into the postal service had been az
tended with complete and uninter-
ruptcd success wholly at variance with
the failure confusion and periodical
crises Of the subsidized indiyidualism
of the French railway system, The
American Government administers af-
fairs through Departments and Blu.
reauX. 1t is the only practical way
and the only thing requisite is that the
BureauX perform their work as faith
fully, extensively and efficiently as pos
! sible.
On the surface there appears no in
hersnt reason why Mr.. Wanamaker
partial inclusion of telegraphie facili
ties within the postal service should
not be thoroughly successful anC
advantageous to the people at large, bu
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19
RAILROAD TAN FRAUDS.

ri IIsH Va ~ Il y FIII L 10.
The statement published in The
Critic some days ago, in regard to the
street railway corporations Of the Dis
tIict, has attracted much attention, and,
among others, that Of Congressman J.
+. Washington of Tennessee. Mr..
Washington, at an early date, proposes
to ask Congress to take such action as
will lead to such an amendment of the
franchises of these corporations as will,
at least oblige them to pay their fair
share of the city taxation.
1t ought to be kept in mind that the
franchises of some of these street rail
way ompanies-notably those Of the
Washington and Georgetown and the
Metropolitan Railroad Companies-ar
as valuable as any similar privileges in
the country. Yet, these franchises were
Granted freely TO the corporations now
possessing them, and, though in other
cities such privileges usually bring
large prices here they were given to
! the monopolistic companies, in that way
created, without compensation of any
kind.
The point about these street railway
companies to which THE CRrrIc at this
| time desires to direct attention, is that
/ the corporation which obtained monopo-
lies without money and without price,
were not loath 10 follow the example
of the array of wealthy citizens who,
according TO THE CRITIC statement of
the facts in the case, fraudulently con
trived to avoid their share of taxation
by the oyertaXing of the people-that is
the great body of tax payers.
What the millionaire has been able
to do through an iniquitous assessment,
the monopolistic corporations accom-
plished by the same means. The
Washington and Georgetown Railroad
has twenty-one miles of track
and the Metropolitan twenty. Al
the property of the former is as
sessed mt 81 800, 900 and that of TIL,
latter nj a trifle over S1,100, ,000,-
both cases a valuation of about, say, q
per cent. Of the true value. One fac
will be sufficient to show how thoroughly
the railroads learned the policy of un
dervaluation and how speedily, with thu
aid of facile assessors. they put it II
practice. In 1888 the Washington ant
6 georgetown road paid taxes on it
tracks at valuation of rs, 900 mile
In 1889 the assessment had been reduced
to $4,000 mile. Thus corporations
whose stock is so valuable that ii is no
purchasable, and that it is PRACTICAL,
out of the market, unite with the small
coterie of wealthy property holders t.
increase the burdens of the people AM
TO shirk the payment of their taxes.
Mr.. Washington is perfectly justilie
in calling the attention of the Distric
Committee and of Congress to this eX
traordinary state of things, and it is t
be hoped that the investigation t
which his action will lead may be dee
and searching THE CRITIC will do nj
it can TO make it so, for it is intolerabl
that corporations expressly created an
generously endowed for the benefit q
the people should end by ruthlessly dc
frauding them.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

10 be ground down by % tax gathering
king. However wealthy we may grow
as a consequence Of virtuous effort we
should not lose sight of these lessons In
history
In the two classes of tax, direct and in
direct, political economy is afforded two
problems, the one simple, the other
complex. Indirect tax, like the pres
eut protection tariff, diGusive IN the
harm It does, and imperceptible in It's
cNactions almost. is only a trick played
upon public innocence aud an injustice
put upon the ignorant and submissive,
who. in relation to the wise, are the
majority in all peaceful times aud
places. Direct taN though, beginning
with common need and ouding in a
common levy, is what shou1l support
every form Of government from com
mcrcal to Federal.
Politicians entertain q popular mis-
Judgment as to the feeling Of the com
munity against direct tax. II is not di-
rect tax people resent; It is the dishon-
esty and unraincss manifestly Civ II
play under the detective dirGct.tlX sys-
tens everywhere. Direct tax, then,
lucid in its operation, has become a
daylight outrage, in which the money
lust Of the rich gratifes itself at the ex-
pense of the public virtue. If, instead Of
conspiring with, or terrorizing or solic-
iting assessors, the wealthy were to
frankly aid them, how much better and
more beneficial it would be for the pub
lie good, which, after all, is the good
of every one, including the wealthy.
THE Critic feels quite confident that
if Mr.. Warner, and others whose
personal interests may seem to be in-
iued, came forward rs generals to mar
shall the fight, we should secure per-
feet tax system, establish a new sense
of public duty and another ideal OF
public honor, which must rebound to the
prosperity as we'll as the fair fame OF
what should be the virgin city of the
nation.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

will receive her friends informally
during Lent, when she is IN, but will
not stay at home especially for this
purpose on Tuesdays.
Representative aud Mrs. Hit gave a
dinner party last evening to Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Morton, at which the
decorations we're Of white orchids.
Among the Washingtonians who at
tended the last subscription ball of the
Patriarchs given Monday evening at
Delmonicos were Mr. Arthur Herbert
of the British Legation, Miss Letter and
Mr. Arthur Brice.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19
DIR. McBLA1R's CASE.
what Has become of the Bill MIR.
Cleveland vetoed?

CteNeihnu NctOcuF
The Senate yesterday passed bill
upon which Grover Cleveland placed
his first Presidential veto. The bill
was for the relief of DR.. John Hollins
McBlair, who resides at 1929
/ street. Mr.. Cleveland. as n
reason for vetoiug the bill, said
that he did so because it proposed
to suspend the general and wholesome
laws for the purpose of granting what
appeared to be an undeserved gratuity.
McBlalr, who had entered the army
in 1861, was retired in 1868 by means
of a retiring board finding that he was
incapacitated for service. This find
ing was approved by President Lin
coin, but six months later he revoked
his order and directed that McBlair be
placed ON the retired list only for the
time during which the order had been
In force.
McBlair returned TO the army, and in
1884, by a decision of the Court Of
Claims, was dropped from the ranks.
He had submitted to this court claim
for additional pay as longevity allow
snce. This court decided the order of
the President placing McBlair back
into the army was nugatory, and that
since October, 1868, the officer had
not been connected with the army,
and was not entitled to the pay
he had received. Yesterdays Senate
bill restores McBlair to the Army, with
the rank as first lieutenant, wipes out
the Governments claim against him fol
the salary drawn by him during the
twenty one years from 1868 to 1884, and
entities him to back pay since 1884, and
also to the longevity pay, which was moi
allowed to him by the Court of Claims
Altogether he will have something il
the neighborhood of 100000 to cOllec
from the Government.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19
Tried to Rob a street Car.

John Stevenson, l7-year old negro,
boarded an M-street car last evening
with an unknown companion, and made
all the fuss he could, his idea, presum-
ably, being to induce the driver to
come back and put him Off while his
companion went forward TO rob the
cash box The scheme didn't work,
though, for the driver stuck to his post
until policeman came in sight, when
he gave Johnson in charge. The young
man was sent down for four months on
a charge Of disorderlY conduct.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

MIR. MoRToN kept up an establish
ment in Paris which made the power of
American money famous. 1t cost him
something like a hundred thousand dol
lars year, according to private report
With his present assessment in Wash
ington he will have soon made the poor
landowner here pay for all the splen-
dors of his European stay.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19
no ICE FAMINE FEARED.
The Crop in the Kennebec Is Said to be
Unusually Large.

unusually LhrBe.
Ice dealers claim there will not be an
ice famine next summer. In an inter
view to-day Mr.. 7. A. Lambert, prcsi-
dent of the Great Falls Ice Company,
said:
"The ice harvest at the Kennebec
is drawing to close. 1t has been eX-
cecdingly favorable. The ice averages
in thickness fifteen inches and is of
crystal clearness. There has been a
remarkable absence of snow and the
quantity has been equal to the storage
facilities along the river. 1t is believed
that the field at the Pcnobscot will equal
that of former years and the various
ponds along the coast will not be behind
their usual supplies"
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19
K1DNAPpING A president
Larking sophomores Break Up the
Freshmen's Feast.


ITHACA, N. Y, Feb. 19.-The presi-
dent of Cornells freshman class was
kidnapped by q party of sophomores
last evening and his present where
abouts have not been discovered by his
classmates The sophomores some
time ago arranged to hold their annual
class banquet at Auburn next Friday
night 1t leaked out yesterday that
the freshmen would hold their banquet
at Ithaca ON the same evening.
In order to embarrass the freshmen
the soph's determined to capture their
presiding officer and hide him away
until after the banqueting night. Last
evening the freshman president, L. p.
Chaplin Of Antrim, n. H., was called to
his boarding-house door by five or six
sophs. who hustled him into a carriage
and drove away with him. 1t is thought
that he has been taken to some lonely
farmhouse for safekeeping.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

WIrn SENATOR EpMUNps it is still
an undecided question whether his eX.
haustive disapproval of the gentleman
at the head of the State Department is
of a sufficiently virulent character to
warrant his resignation from the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19
HUNG FOR HIS CRIME.
Mccoy Hatfield Feuds Lead to the
Murder of "a Girl

PKEsvILLE, KY, Feb. 19.--Ellison
Mounts was hanged here yesterday for
participating in the murder of Miss
Alafair Mccoy and her brother. He
remained cool to the last, and declared
that the Hatfield outlaw gang forced
him to engage in the murder.
Threats had been made by Mounts
friends to rescue him, but great precau-
tions had been taken and no disturb.
ance occurred. The execution was wit.
messed by large crowd.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

THE Action or the Cooper Institute
mass meeting on Monday night makes
IL clear enough that the string which
postponed the discussion of the World
Fair report till Thursday was pulled in
New York.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

a BALTIMORE DISPATCH TO to-day's
New y York Times reads "In n case of
lottery policy in the Criminal Court to-
day Lawyer r. G. Ruddell adopted
peculiar line of defense, I have
heard, said he, that Speaker
Reed of the House of Representatives
drew $50, 900 in the Louisiana Lottery.
He played lucky number and
was consequently and proportions
ately happy. And now will you deny
TO some poor old man or woman his or
her three cents worth of happiness
the hope that they may per
haps get 1S0 for one? If
Speaker Reed can win $4,000
and other rich persons can deal in
lottery tickets. why should the poor
and humble be cut OIL from similar
enjoyment, though on a cheaper
scale?'"
We believe it was Speaker Reed who
replied, when CRITIC reporter asked
his opinion of the Louisiana Lottery,
"Please don't say you asked me.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

IL ACCUSING THE Washington bureau of
the New York World of having appropri-
ated, without credit, the CRITICS interview
with Adjutant-General Kelton, respecting
Mr.. Forakers merry war scare, a manifest
injustice was done. THE CRITIC takes
great pleasure in wriggliug out of the
scrape 1t thus got itself into. To Mr..
Lewsley, the handsome assistant, and Mr..
Crounse, the handsomer chief, of the World
bureau, IL offers its apology.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

Mr.. LETTER DESERVES n good word.
That his assessment Is the highest in
his district clearly demonstrates his
contempt for the methods employed by
so many to unfairly reduce their taxes.
When the wealthy are just and virtuous
they should not only be publicly ap-
proved but admired The Critic
holds Mr.. Letter up to the emulation of
the tax shavers.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

NINE PERSONS WE'RE beheaded and five
hanged at Pekin, China, recently. just
what extenuating circumstances led to the
discrimination in favor of the nine the out
side world is not informed. But it is well
know that the Chinese mind is capable of
max ing fine distinctions.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

SEATTLE, WASH, Feb. ia jury in the
Probate Court has decided that Homer q.
Brown is sane and he has been granted his
liberty. Brown is 80 years old, and for the
last twenty years has been confined in diff
The belief is strong that he has been per-
secuted all his life for property reasons, He
Is about broken down from his conllne-
ments.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

At New York, GallIa, from Liverpool.
Passed the Lizard, scandia, from New
York.
At Boston, Herman, from Antwerp,
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

Louis Schuabel was convicted in the
Police Court this afternoon on q charge Of
selling liquor TO a minor, but under the
circumstances judgment was suspended.
The boy had represented that his m jther
sent him for the whisky.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

THIS Il AN EXTREMELY unkind thing
for the Boston Herald to say: 1--WE
suppose that if old Mr.. Dawes
should be elected Senator for still another
term, an important test of qualification
would he as to his capacity to travel to and
from the White House in pursuing the
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

The WORLDS FAIR have been making
trouble ever since that little affair in the
Garden of Eden. The Worlds. Fair is
keeping it up, II is now threatened that If
the New York compromise bill becomes a
law the matter will be carried into court
and that the litigation would last till 1892
The Washington critic., 1890-02-19

WHl drink Potomac muddy water when
you can Get Portner's Vienna Beer.