The daily critic., 1890-12-06

dial hand would wing back io 90 ID
was The same with arising temperature.
Nhen J though the temperature ought
90 be so and So ihe thermometer would
not show il without my tapping upon
IT. ] could by my tapping either
change The temperature higher or
lower The di9l hand would some.
times move in one and then AGAIN I'm
another direction ] fiud The red spirit
Thermometers the best for reliability,
and ! have them now Ia the storage
roCfus instead Of the circular ones.
a South Car0linian-T have iust re-
turned from q trip 10 Charleston. and
can tell you, things are redhot down
there over the approaching election Of
United States Senator The friends
OF Senator Hampton believe that he Is
almost certain Of re election, but there
IS talk OF almost any number Of dark
horses who are to make an effort TO-
capture the prize. Irby, the only man
who has shown his hand as vet. Is bv
far The most dangerous rival HAMPTON
has, but he is regarded as too dangerous
man 10 place in the United States
Senate at the present time, and it is
scarcely likely that Hampton will have
to step down and out
A Department Clerk-You will see
hanging conspicuously near all the en-
frances TO the building a placard setting
forth in positive terms the notice that
no canvassers or collectors are allowed
To- piy their business in the building
Wen, 1t is all a bluff, for book AGENTS
annoy us whenever they are SO dis.
posed. while collectors make life a
burden on the LIST and 10Th Of each
month.
Andrew Gleason, the well known
contractor, is one Of the MOST ardent
Republicans Ia the land. He has al
ways been a warm friend and admirer
Of James c. Blaine. lie was delegate
TO the National Convention in 1884. and
again In 1888 and cast many ballots on
each occasion for the plumed knight
For ten years past favorite remark Of
Mr. Gleason's has been, "Mr. Blaine
will some day be President of the
United States" and he believes to.dav
as firmly as he ever did that the Man
from Maine will yet reach the goal Of
his ambition.
Mr.. Gleason thinks that Blainc's star
is now in the ascendant, and that he
will surely succeed President Harrison
in 1892
Speaking to a CRrTtC reporter to day
Mr. Gleason said although I am up
to my cars in work and have hut little
time TO give 20 politics, still | know OF
certain things that are being done In
this town In order to secure Harrison
delegates TO the next convention. The
order has gone forth that every office.
holder must do his best TO send from
the District two men who will stand by
Harrison through thick and thin. Now
this scheme Is a nice one on paper. but
] make the prediction that the two dele.
gates who arc sent from here viii vote
every time for James G.. Blaine, the
Gladstone Of America. This Is a Blaine
city, and you cant rubi; out
Mr. Stanley had only 20 say that he
was very glad TO meet toe people who
were around him A number OF Ques.
tlots were asked him one enthusl.
ast.c young writer told him that be had
read with great deal Of pleasure that
the American Gag was a permanent
fixture In hts expeditions. Mr.. Stanley
said "Nou see, each national contin
gent In an expedition carries its own
flag In my last expedition the leading
contingent carried the American flag
Then came the English lag and so on.
This reply further established a fra
ternal feeling and an all.round cOur
tesy. Mr.. Stanley Is looking very well,
indeed. The Impression that lac left
upon the gentlemen whom he had
complimented by visiting was that
everybody ought 10 so TO hear him lee.
ture, buy reserved seats and give three
cheers for his beautiful wife.
Congressman Wheeler of Alabama
knows things military by reason OF a
wars experience In the same way
Congressman BuutClle Of Maine knows
things naval Mr. Wheeler read the
other day a magazine article telling how
we, 10 1912. whipped the stockings of
Of Great Britain, "the mistress Of the
seas. In the article reference was
made 10 the "whiskers of the frlgate
Constitution To day Mr.. Wheeler
asked Mr.. Boutelle If there was really
such a thing about a ship as whiskers
Boutelle told him that there were. or
was. whichever way you want 10 put II.
We'll. said Mr. Wheeler. II would
like 70 know what a ship wants with
whiskeTs.
To let the wind blow through. said
Mr BOutelle as he wended his way 20
the Naval Committee room with the air
of a man who had solved the greatest
naval problem OF the age.