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The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
MRS TR4HT,S HII1RITY


The sad death Of Mrs. Secretary Tracy
and the unselfishness of her last hour, calls
to mind an incident which came to my
knowledge two years ago through woman
whom she aided. Mrs. Tracy was known
to be most conscientiously charitable, but
few understood how thoroughly she con-
cealed from her left hand that which her
right hand did, and it panied her to hear
some one commenting on the lack OF real
charity displayed by the rich--their deeds
of charity costing them nothing inasmuch
as no personal sacrifice was involved. The
words clung to Mrs. Tracy's mind, and she
decided that her next act of charity would
cost her some trouble. The woman to
whom ] have above referred was one Of
Mrs. Tracy's humblest pensioners, and at
this time she was greatly in need of care
full nursing, for her disease was can
Ger and of most painful char
acter. Day after day Mrs. Tracy went on
foot to the poor creatures home, cared for
her in every way, swept and cleaned her
room, and saw that she was comfortable,
returning to her home with some trifling
excuse to account for her absence. Her
protege would never have known the cause
of so much unselfsh kindness had she not
one day demonstrated with her for what
seemed needless waste of time and labor.
To relieve her mind, Mrs. Tracy told her
that it was her only way of really paying
her debt to God. Mrs. Tracy's last act of
self-sacrifcing kindness to her husband,
when in the midst of smoke and flames, at
tests the sincerity of those words. - The
EpOch
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
nnMEN ANn RnnRS-

Do women readY Why, yes, of course;
do they not absorb the culture OF the day?
How is IT then, asks a Brooklyn Times
writer, that they do not care for books, or
for such only as come from circulating
libraries9 Go into house where a woman
is the householder and you seldom find
good library Go to sale Of books, aud 1t
is seldom women who are the purchasers.
The interest Of the sexes at the exhibition
Of the Barlow collection has been char
acteristically divided. The fine chinas
have drawn women, the books men. Where
a bouquet of bonnets bloomed about fine
Sevres plate there was hardly the 1utter of
a skirt among the volumes. To be sure the
greater number of the books would appeal
to specialists in history, but doubt IL the
acquisitive instinct in women have fastened
themselves very closely as yet about literary
treasures. Women take In their culture In
clubs and societies, but when they have
heard four papers about four authors
fancy they spend their ready money on a
harlequin set of after-dinner coffee cups
rather than on the works of the quartette
or any other writers. Perhaps they're right.
It's well to do ones own thinking. But IL
a club or society does it for one the result
must be superficial.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
TO DEFEAT TOORHEEs.

Indiana has more politics to the
square inch than any other State in the
Union. In what other State could a
candidate for reelection rs United
States Senator be defeated only to be-
come President? A defeated, if not
discredited, candidate becoming Presi-
dent of the United States so soon after
disaster which seemed to remove him
out of public life is one of the anomo.
lies of American politics.
Now the Hoosier Republicans are
seeking to encompass the defeat of
Senator Voorhees,. This is to be ex-
pected, but the way in which they are
proceeding is unique in Senatorial
tactics.
Certain Republican State Senators
were elected in 1888, as it was then
thought, for uneXpired terms. 1t is
now held that they, being chosen by
the people, were selected for full terms.
The State Legislature will be very
close. 1t always is. These four Sem
ators may control that body and name
Senator Voorhees, successor, though
1t was not understood that they were to
do any such thing when they were
elected two years ago. But Indiana
politics always are past finding out.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
REPUBLICAN TOLERA NCE.

The most remarkable feature of the
case of the colored girl, whose appoint.
ment to work in the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing was recently secured
by Senator Hiscock, and whose presence
in that department is so strenuously op
posed by the employees, is that this is
supposed to he Republican admins
tration.
Is it possible that in this Republican
year whole department can rise as one
individual and refuse to admit the limo
walton of bright, well behaved mu-
latto girl?
What if something like this had hap
pened in Mississippi? Senator ingalls,
would have marched South immedi-
ately at the head of drum corps and
Speaker Reed would have dropped Mis-
sissippi from the roll of States.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
INCREASE THEIR Pay.

The clerks employed in the City Post
Office are moving to have their pay in
creased. They are hard working and
deserving set of men, and earn all they
receive. The movements in the direc-
ton of an increase. eight hours as a
days labor and fifteen days annual
leave of absence. A meeting was held
last night in the room of Assistant Post
master Sherwood. Official recognition
is extended for the first time, the Post
master General and First Assistant
Postmaster General both favoring it.
No class of Government employees are
harder worked OF more faithfully per-
form their duty. To increase their pay
in proper proportion to their duties will
be popular thing to do.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
Mr.. FAM FOUND ATLAsT.

The true philosopher finds nothing in
this world so hard to get at as fact,
The tendency to exaggeration on the
part of people who assume the relation
OF a fact is one of the common marvels
II seems hard for them to tell the truth,
even if they have no direct interest in
the effect 20 be produced-if they have
that direct interest the task is almost
superbuman.
Some weeks ago Senator ingalls,
made an ornate, formal, scholarly effort
in the Senate, which attracted large
audience and national attention. 1t
was devoted to the question Of what the
party supporters of the distinguished
gentleman would call the protracled
rebellion of the South against the negro
amendments. In the course of that
speech the Senator alluded to the case
Of one FAM at Aberdeen, Miss, q
German timer, who, he said, acci
denlally let fall from house roof a
cable bearing the elngy Of the Secretary
'sOf War, with the inscription: ''Red
Proctor, traitor For this accident
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

we can add TO his income. Permit him
TO buy what he needs under the same
system which is forced upon him when
he sclls--let the price Of his clothing,
his farm implements and his household
goods be regulated by the same law of
supply and demand which fixes the
price of his grain give him The benefit
of an abrogation Of the condition which
impoverishes him to add to-a national
surpus-and the permanent and ale
ouate reform will come to pass.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
THE GR0UND-HOG DEFENDED.

A man at Brazil, Ind, tells the Chicago
Herdld that he stands ready to defend the
reputation of the grounding us weather
prophet against all doubters. He owns
a grounding himself. 1t was caught
by him one day in his hay field, and it has
since become a family pet. 1t has burrowel
Il hole near the barn, into which it retircs
when winter comes on. 1t disappeared last
December, and until quite lately was not
seen again. AS February approached the
farmer began to be curious to see If it
would confirm the rural theory by reap
peating on ''ground-hog day." Sure
enough, on February 9 it crawled out of its
hole. 1t was somewhat thin from
its long abstinence from food, but
still lively and in apparent good
health. 1t sat up on its launches, took an
observation of the weather, and, observing
its shadow, went resignedly back into its
hole. According to the theory, this action
of the grounding is sign of bad weather
for the succeeding six weeks. The ground
hogs Idea of the weather has been con
flrmed so far, and the farmer said that peo
pie who regard grounding day as myth
don't know what they are talking about.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

CAPTAIN TMvIER, the French eX-
piorer, says that the natives Of Central
Africa cannot be civilized for centuries.
This gives the civilized peoples of the
earth long time in which to prey upon
the poor Africans in their simple truth
fulness
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

A THnEE-cARD monte man has been
arrested in New York for gambling.
The man ought to be acquitted. There
is no more gambling in three.card
monte than there is in putting your
money into the fire.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

SOME TINE AGO the Adams County
Farmers Institute of Illinois adopted
resolutions iustructing Congressman
Wike to vote for Chicago in the
Worlds Fair contest 1t now transpires
that the resolution was worked up by
Colonel w. T. Dowdall who wants
to come to Congress in Mr..
Wilkes place, and who thinks
that if he can induce Mr.
Wike to vote for Chicago, the St. Louis
interests will oppose his re election. In
view of the fact that Mr.. Wilkes dis
trict is near enough to st. Louis to make
II almest Missouri district, this must
be said to be pretty sharp statesman
ship ON the part of Colonel Dowdall.
Truly the farmer is the political trick
sters most enthusiastic victim.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
Lnwyer Moss Gets Hit.

You say you are married ?" asked
Lawyer Moss
Yes" replied the buXom dame on
the witness stand
NV here's your husband 2"
Hes dead"
"And so you are still married, though
your husbands dead 2" sneered the
lawyer.
I'D rather be married to dead
man." said The widow, looking at the
lawyer pointedly, "than to some live
ones / know"
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

HONEST PEOPLE will watch with in
terest to see what he courts will do
with the case of that Kentucky man
who, after having paid couple of New
York sharpers $3.50 for $4,000 worth
of counterfeit money, found he had
bought nothing but blank paper. The
question is, who is the guiltier, the man
who sells blank paper or the man who
tries to buy counterfeit money?
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
ro-N1cnr,s AMrsrMfNrs.

AIBAuGn's OPERA HousE-J. X. Emmet in
Fritz In Madhouse."
NATIONAL THEATHE-Nat Goodwin In "A
Gold Mine"
HARMS BiJoU THEATRE My Partner"
KEHNAN's THRArRE-"T The Night owls
GIoBE-Variety
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
Pians of the Canal railroad.

The plans of the Cumberland and Wash
ington Company for railroad along the
banks of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
include an extension of the road from
point on the canal below Point of Rocks
through Montgomery, Howard and Balti-
more counties to Baltimore city, if a salts
factory traffic arrangement cannot be made
with the Western Maryland Company at
Wllliamsport, which is regarded doubtful,
in view OF contracts with the Baltimore and
Ohio. President Henry G. Davis of ths
West Virginia Central Railway Company
gives his views on the proposed use OF tha
canal toWpath as q railroad bed.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

reen of nsound mind. The OLD maid
stands very little chance in this world.
More and more we are becoming convinced
that the best thing she can do is to he mar
ried young.
WHEN MuHAT HALsTE6p cautioned GOV
ernor Foraker against acting rashly IN that
ballot-boX matter the pots aud kettles IN the
kitchen pantry must have felt that at last
they were indicated.
"BuY HOME and stop paying rent!n
shouts Western paper. There goes the
cart before the horse again. How can
man buy home until after lie has stopped
paying rent.
Antrim, n. H., with population of
about 1900, boasts of four nonogenarans
and twenty-five octogenarians. Twenty
one of these tweuty-nine old people are
women.
JAMES GILBERT of Scranton, Pa, who is
eight feet tall, is about to take better half
in the person of Miss Williams, who Is four
feet tall.
The CRYING NEED of the times Is some
sort of insurance against the depredations
Of bank officers.
A VERY FINE SAMPLE of hotel clerk was
spoiled when Foraker entered politics.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

WHEN \ PARTISAN tries to be an in
dependent, his party always gets the
worst of ii.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

THE INVESTIGATION of the Ohio bal
lot.bo forgery in Washington has killed
Foraker again.
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&c. God help the surplus.

THOSE PEOPLE WHO think that Carter
Hariison's approval of Speaker Reeds
course means that the smooth Chicago
9emagogue is out of politics are likely
soon to see where they are mistaken.
1T has long been suspected that Carter
was preparing to flop into the Repub-
iican party and his speeches now all
indicate that this suspicion was well
founded.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

THE Louisiana Lottery must go and
go quickly.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

WE FIND THE following advertisement IN
our esteemed neghbor, the Star of last
Saturday;
FOR RENT-A HANDSOME SUITE OF
rooms, suitable for Senator's Represent
atives or members of Legation. Also rooms
for gentlemen,
WIN somebody please inform us whether
This is satire?
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
LOCAL WElTHER FORECAsT.

For the District Of Columbia and Mary
land, worHcj toir weother; raridble winds.
For Virginia, wormeri .fair ,ceothcT rarioble
7riHds.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
..ZIrzags of TrayeI -

DR.. w, A. Crotrut, the well-known
journalist, will deliver a lecture at Ia
koma Park for the benefit of the Con-
gregational Church In that ediIlce to-
morrow evening. The title of his lee
ture will be "Zigzags of Travel" 4"
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

WASHINGTON, FEBRuARY 10, 1890.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

Direct Tax bill............. $4,000, 900
Blair Educational BILL. 100000
Navy and Forti6cations bill $4,000, 900
Service Pension bill........ 2OO,O00,OO0
Thirteen other pension
bills. Observation-Disclosures. l00,000,0O0
River and Harbor bill....., Bigger than ever
steamship subsidy bills, Al the rest
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

"50o 40 or fight" See "Warn Robert
son's advertisement in TIE SUNDAY CRTIcs
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10


The FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH, taken from
Dakota, but it ought to make every decent
person in Washington dodge;
What is the matter with the entire porkerg
If the people of North Dakota want lotteries
they also want faro, roulette, crap, policy,
stud-poker, chuck-a-luck, three-card monte,
fim-fiam, gold bricks green goods, etc, al
MfHitum. Make a complete job of II, neigh
bors. Gather them all under the protecting
wing of the State, license them, and your
treasury will groan under its burden. But
your population will in the Course of time, be
composed of two classes only-sure thing
men and suckers.
NEW YORK correspondent telegraphs
that IN the Worlds Fair business DR..
Depew has not lost hope. There was a
man named Tapley, who had great fund
OF hope. Hope is better than sense-more
comforting.
"a DISTINGUISHED English lecturer
tells the New York sun that Staten Island
more than any other place reminds him Of
home. This compliment to their powers
OF imitation ought TO tickle the Staten Isl
and folks.
JUpGING FROM THE wild affection which
the Republican papers are exhibiting
toward him, 1t wouldn't be very hard for
Reed to pass from the desk of the Speaker
to the throne of King.
THE CENTRALLY D1LAPIDATED condition
Of the "Gondoliers" leads 20 the opinion
that they ought to be attached to the Amerl-
can Navy.
THE Will or an Indiana nian who left
$50, 900 20 found home for old maids has
been declared invalid, the testator having
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

THE SCIENTIFIC world announces that
the grip is caused by bacilii. We are a
little weary of this bacillus business. In
the first place the word is hard to spell,
and in the second place it doesn't seem to
matter so much what is the cause of the
disease with which man dies so long as
he dies. Some savant or other has, within
the past few years, found bacillus expla-
nation of every serious disease, but the
disease has gone right along just the same.
The doctor knows that it springs from
bacilii, or says that he does, but he is pow
erless to vanquish the bacilii. Indeed, he
seems awed by the word, like the rest of
us, and is trde less powerful than he was
before he knew so much.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

THE Critic thanks the cheap John
legislators of North Dakota for per-
mitting the Louisiana Lottery Company
20 buy out their State. This act will
very materially aid THE CRITIC in
driving this infamous gambling con-
cern out of business in Washington.
The CRITIC would have done it single
handed in time. but this idiotic action
of the Dakota Legislators hastens the
good work and does good in that way.
UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS and cir
cumstances, we feel it incumbent upon
us to reproduce the remark of the Hon.
Roger Q. Mills, made few days before
Speaker Reed took the bits in his teeth.
and to present to Mr.. Mills assurances
of our most distinguished consideration
lie said:
We propose to exercise control of the
House just as much as though We were
still in the majority, because we know ou
minority is strong enough to make us tn
virtual rulers. We do not propose that tn
Republican majority shall pass a singl :
measure without our consent.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

a YOUNG LADY teacher in Knox College,
at Galesburg, H., found man under her
bed the other night. Like sensible young
woman she pretended not to see him, but
strolled carelessly about the room, whist
ling (there are occasions when it is per-
fectly proper for a young lady teacher to
wbistle) until she reached the door, Then
she rushed out, locked the door and
screamed for help. Up to this point she
had behaved with excellent judgment, but
here she broke down and the man, taking
advantage of the opportunity, grabbed up
her watch and iewelry and escaped by the
window. The trouble was, you see, the
young woman quit whistling too soon.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

THE VIII. or an Indiana man who left
S35 900 20 found home for old maids has
been declared invalid, the testator having
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

THE GENERALLY D1LAPIDATED condition
Of the "Gondolers" leads TO the opinion
that they ought to be attached to the Ameri-
can Navy.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10

THE CRYING NEED of the times is some
sort of insurance against the depredations
of bank officers.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-10
PERSONAL. PECuLIARITIES

AVERY FINE SAMPLE of hotel clerk wa
spoiled when Foraker entered politics.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-10-31
MASON, RICHARDS, MAJORS, ALLEN.
The Grandest Political Demonstration
Of the Campaign.
AN IMMENSE OUTPOURING
Of Enthusiastic Republicans of Red
Willow County.

There was not room in the opera house,
Saturday evening, to accommodate the
hundreds that poured into that edifice to
hear the speakers announced for that
date and place, and many disappointed
ones were turned away. The audience
was one of the most representative and
intelligent ones the hall has we held.
Mr.. j. 9. Allen of our city made the
opening remarks. They were pointed,
appropriate, terse and business-like. 1t
was necessarily brief, but nevertheless
one of the neatcst talks of the evening.
Hon. l.. D. Richards, nominee for
governor, followed in order. His speech
was clean, clearand concise, plain, prac-
tical and pointed. Delivered in a mod
est, manly manner, without unnecessary
verbiage or too gaudy flowers of oratory.
1t created a marked and favorable i'm
preston.
Hon. L. j. Majors speech was full
of characteristic and impassioned patri-
otto utterance, and carried his hearers
by storm. Blue-shirted Tom is in
most sensitive touch with the people,
the old vets especially, and his appear
ance is the signal for a warm reception,
everywhere.
Judge 0. P. Mason, however, made
the speech of the evening. The judge
is in the mellow ripeness of advanced
years, and yet he has the mental vigor
of the "grand old man." A keen OBJ
server, a full reader, of large and wide
experience, analytical, of exact judg-
ment, logical, comprehensive, sarcastic,
humorous, he covered the issues of this
campaign with matchless ability, and
rounded off an unrivaled meeting with
a master hand.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-10-31

The independent rally at this place,
Saturday, was quite a success so far as
attendance and demonstration are con-
cerned the public were led
to expect something more vociferous by
the prospectuses issued by our misguid-
ed friends. The parade was all that
could be expected under the circum-
stances. McKeighan's speech was
characteristic and seemed to suit his
following, but was a disappointment to
others. His subsequent conduct in the
Republican meeting in the evening, and
in the Office of the Commercial Hotel,
was, to put it mildly, disgraceful and
lost him many votes in this part of the
district. In fine the net result of the
affair is a failure, and The TRIBUNE
prophecies a costly one to that cratic
and infrm champion of the independent
movement. McKeighan Is his own Bur-
chard.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-10-31
Postal improvements.

Postmaster-Genera Wanamaker has
an ambition to link his name with sew
eral important postal improvements,
among them the reduction of letter post
age to one cent and the establishment
of postal savings banks and a postal
telegraph. That all these projects are
entirely feasible, and that their adoption
would eventually rebound to the advan-
tage of the country, will be seriously
questioned. Every reduction in the
postage heretofore made has been JUS
titled by the results which followed, and
why should not a change from two cents
to one cent prove as beneficial as did
the change from three to two cents in
1888?
Experience with postal savings banks
in England has strengthened the belief
that they could be made equally advan-
tageoush here. They need not necessarily
take the place of ordinary savings banks
in cities and towns, but in many villages
and out-of-the-way places there are
thousands of persons of limited means
who would only be too glad to lay away
a little money from time to time if they
had an accessible and safe place of de-
post. AS to the postal telegraph, there
is "a popular demand for it which will
have to be met sooner or later, and the
improvement cannot be introduced too
sOon-Ex.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-10-31
SENATORIAL ELOQUENCE.
Hon. IF. Manderson Delivers a Mag
niicent Address to a large
Audience.

Perhaps the people of this section of
Nebraska have never heard the political
problems of the day handled with greater
eloquence, vigor, comprehensive clear
ness than characterized the effort of
our Senior Senator at the opera house,
last evening. 1t was a brilliant speech
setting forth the national attitude of
the party, its promises and splendid per-
Torrance under almost insuperable op-
position. He touched that great buga-
boo, the tariff, with a magic wand, dis
sipating democratic f~alacies concerning
it, and setting out in unmistakable
characters the benefcence of that and
other bills Of national Importance.
Congressman Laws also made a few
remarks; taking occasion to acknowl-
edge the warm friendship and fidelity
of his home constituency and express
ing his profound appreciation thereof,
besides touching the issues of the cam
palgn.