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The Washington critic., 1890-03-13
PERSONAL.

DR.. Schuman Leclercq, prominent
resident physician at Carlsbad, Austria,
is visiting Washington for the first time,
the guest of Mr.. Stilson Hutchins DR.
Leclercq is a reserve officer in the Ger
man army and has letters to a large
number of the most noted leaders Of
society aud politics both in New York
and the National Capital. He returns
to Carlsbad next month.
Miss Nellie Bidde has returned from
a months stay at West Point and New
York, and is the guest of Mrs. Hearst
until Mrs. Biddle's return to Washing
ton.
Mrs. John S. Billings aud Miss Clare
Billings have returned from ten days
visit to friends in Philadelphia.
Senator Mitchell will entertain a
party of gentlemen at dinner this even
ing.
Mrs. Mckee will discontinue the Fri
day afternoon receptions at the White
House during her mothers absence.
On the 9TH of next month Senator
Edmunds of Vermont will have served
twenty four years in the United States
Senate without break.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

Mrs. o. G. Staples, Marie Decca,
Elizabeth Il. Johnston. Miss f, B.
Johnston, w. w. Blake, T. W. Bas-
keydtof Iowa, Mrs. Mary T.. Lockwood,
Mrs L. 4, Charles, Colonel and Mrs Z.
j. Smith, II NJ. Lincoln. Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert j. Hartman, Mrs. and Miss
Beach. Mrs. j.. U. S. Marble. Miss l.
T. Hopkins, Mrs, DR.. Myers. Mr., Homer
Byington, Nor,oaM Gazette, Mrs. Hogan,
Belva A. Lockwood. Messrs. Bates
and Brady MIS-. Crandall, Mrs. Hart,
Mrs. Cowing of New York, a guest Of
Mrs. Staples Miss Conkling, Miss Whit
more, Miss Bates, representatives of the
local press, and the artist of the london
Illustrated Ne,cS who made several
sketches Of the guests who were present.
Miss BY answered hundreds of questions
and was very entertaining.
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READS LIKE a NOVEL.
The Strange Career of a Beauty Who
Drives In Central Park.

Drives IN teutrh farh.
Every afternoon there drives in a
superb turnout in Central Park woman
whose life story is as strange as that
given in any French novel, says the
New York Sun. She Is in and of the
-Four Hundred, and yet no woman who
finds the gates of society closed against
her ever had such varied career Be
ing born on English soil, she may be
called an English woman, though her
mother was French ballet dancer and
her father an Austrian soldier of good
family.
A little income was settled upon her,
and with this good education was
given her. At 16, beautiful as the most
material Venus, she posed on the stage,
and then, advancing little, she sung a
sentimental ballad, which drew to her
the ewes of the men who had not vet
discovered her wonderful form. Her
stage costume may be said to have cost
her literally nothing. She was the toast
of the club and the delight of the gay
men about town. Her witty sayings
were quoted, her last costume initiated
and all went merry as possible until
one day man died rather mysteriously
in her house. To escape the talk she
came to this country.
Whether 1t was that the gentleman in
red takes care of his own OF not it's i'm
possible to say, but on the trip over she
met an old man, an invalid, who became
perfectly infatuated with her. She
nursed him tenderly and carefully, and
when New York was reached he took
| her to the house of his dearest friends,
claiming that she was his ward These
| people were good to her, and she never
lei the cloven foot once peep out from
nnder her silken skirts. In the mean
time her aged adorer was rapidly grow
ing worse and worse.
The doctors positively forbade his
having anything to drink. Should
mademoislle keep from her friend that
which he longed for? Certainly not.
So every day when she was alone with
him that his nurses might have rest
she gave him just as much brandy as
ever he wanted, and then, when the end
came, it was found that he had willed
his large fortune to her. Those near
him by ties of blood or long friendship
were ignored, and so cleverly was this
will written that il was impossible to
break it.
The months went by and still made
moiselle was in the same house. Hei
hostess had wearied of her, but her
host, q severe, silent man, had insisted
that, out Of respect to his friend, she
should stay there until she was ready
to return to England. One day the
wife came to the library and found her
husband making love TO the visitor.
| Tho nv,H ,,;oo
and to-day madame drives behind hel
immaculate bays and wonders at the
pretenses of some people.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13
The Arlington.
THE ARLINGTON"
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
March 6, 1890.

My DEAR DR.. LIGHTHILL:
1t gives me great pleasure to state
that you effected remarkable cure of
deafness and discharge from the ears in
the case of my cousin, Marcus G.
Roessle, and that the cure has proved as
permanent as it was radical. feel sure
that without your skillful aid my cousin
would have been a deaf man all his
life. Knowing of other cases in which
you have been equally successful, l
cheerfully give you leave to refer to me
at any time, and hope that your prac-
tice in Washington will prove distin-
guished success.
Yours, truly, T E. RoEssLE.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

base for Confederate operations in South
east Missouri, when with Ilardcc aud Jeff.
Thompson, he would be able to threaten
st. Louis from that direction, while Price
attacked IL from the northwest; to occupy
and fortify Paducah KY, blockade the
Ohio, thus securing the Tennessee aud the
Cumberland invade Southern Illinois, at
tack Cairo, and so carry the war into the
Union States. Knowing this plan, | saw
that ii our troops seized paducah before
the Confederates got there we could thereby
secure the Tennessee and the Cumberland,
flank Columbus, attack the enemy in the
rear and force them to abandon their post
tion, and thus prevent an invasion Of llli-
nols. At the risk of my life, badly wounded,
| reached Cairo, Informed Grant of the
facts, suggested the move instantly on Pa
ducah, which he did, and telegraphed what
! had done TO General Fremont. The re-
suit is historical
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13
Perfentlv ExnnanhIe.

From The Phiiadelphta Inquirer.
Tug-It seems to me you are always
making a slip.
Ferry yboat-Yes, but take into con
sideration how many times am crossed
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

1T is MUCH to be regretted that the state
of Miss Edwards health is such that she
will be unable to attend the reception pro
posed in her honor by Mr.. Gardiner Il.
Hubbard, the president of the National
Geographical Society.
1t is expected that the lecture on Friday
night will be attended by the President and
family and the British Minister.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13
A Great Freak

From ne New York sun.
This aint dwarf He's over five
feet tall"
"That's the great thing about him.
He is the tallest dwarf in the world"
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Giving IL to Him straight.

From me Net0 York SIN.
what are you going to give up for
Lent, Miss Rosebud?" asked Charley de
Bohre.
"Youp replied the young woman.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13
what DELAYED It2

From ne NeD York sun.
General Greedy. / thought you
promised us a cold wave"
$50 did; but / had to postpone it
on account Of the weather"
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13
Editor Medin's Assignment.

From he Inter ocean.
If the Worlds Fair Committee had
paid Mr.. Medill's board in Florida and
kept him there for another month, it
would have been wise.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

Those fellows who dote on their
girls sometimes find matrimony a pow
erful antidotc. -BiRghamt0n Leader.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

The woman who is least popular with
men in general is most apt to make one
man happy in particuar.-4tchis0R
Globe.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

Detroit has a church fight in court. A
court fight in church is not unusual. -
Ieras SifinGs.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

SINCE THE Franco. Prussian war
more improvement has been made in
the means and methods of military de-
struction than in any other field of
modern invention. There are rifles ca
pable of firing shot second; noise
less and smokeless powder; magazine
guns that will pour continuous shower
of bullets upon an advancing column,
and field guns that will send seventy
pound charge of melinite two miles.
The fact is. war is becoming so danger
ous that peace must be accepted as n
necessity.
DEMOCRATS ARE complaining with a
good showing Of justice that in the
House they suffer far less from the hon
est opposition of the Republican mem
Der who thinks, acts and votes within
strict party lines than from the needless
absence of the Indifferent Democratic
member The delinquent member
should take an early opportunity of
catching on to the solemn fact that his
absence is noted and will be remem-
bered.
NoLAND THE DEFAuLTGNG State treas
urer Of Missouri, was chief clerk or
deputy In the State treasurers office
for twelve years before he was elected
treasurer, In the subordinate place he
had been honest, faithful and efficient.
As chief he was quite the reverse. Yet
his promotion was in line with
the theories OF the civil service re-
formers. There seems to be food for
thought in this case.
In WOULD SEEM that the Delagoa Bay
Railroad with its lands has been virtu
ally confscated by the Portuguese
Government The original grant was
to McMurdo, an American citizen, and
his estate claims So, 500 900, which the
b American Government must enforce.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

The English claims amount TO nearly
f0,000,000 and the Government OF Eng
land is never slow in attending to such
claims. Mozambique Is admitted to he
Portuguese Territory, but in this in
stance If Portugal wants that Delagoa
Bay Railway, Portugal will probably
have to pay for 1t.
LORD RANDOLPH CHuRoHu.Ls :
speech, on Tuesday last, in condemna-
tion of the London Times for its ground
less accusations against Mr.. Parnell and
his party, was characteristic of the man
and indicative of his sense of justice
and honorable Independence. Lord
Randolph may be eccentric, as his op-
ponents assert, but It is not q bad kind
of eccentricity that leads man to pre-
fer fair play to an advantage over q
political antagonist gained by discredit.
able means
IT is A CURIOUS fact that Western
town, started on what seems a bouud.
less prairie seldom or never exercises
the forethought to secure a public park.
Usually, when the matter comes up for
consideration, it is found that all the
advantageous locations have been dis
posed Of This week a Denver paper
urges Pueblo to get ground for its pTli
and TO lay 1t out conveniently before the
city becomes too populous. II says
Denver missed its opportunity in this
respect.
DURING THE LAST thirty five years
the greatest wars in history have been
waged, and II is calculated that, apar
from those who died from disease, the
number of persons killed in battle az.
gregate 2,5j3,000 The improvements
recently made in implements and
methods of warfare will, however, make
this showing seem insignificant when
compared with the fatalities of the bat
tle-field of the future.
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SOME EASTERN PAPERS that have beer
hiring men expressly to furnish origi
nal and feasible ideas are discovering
that a new idea is a rarity anywhere
and under all circumstances.
KATE FIELD SAYS her paper, KIT
Field'S Washington, is paying ex
| penses.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

The widow who wears the longest
mourning veil is generally the one who
cuts across lots to find another hus.
band ..-ElneiTa Star.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

SALVATION on, the pain eradicator and
family medicine is only 25 cents bottle.
VERY sENsIBLE-To use DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup for coughs, colds, hoarseness, etc.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13
Why NOt2

From Me Indianapolis SUn.
Why not have the American flag
floating from every school house in the
city and draped in every school room?
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

BRooKLYN's TWO HUNDRED are pretty
well represented at the Capital at present,
OWING to an excurslan party from the City
of Churches, and whose headquarters are
at the Ebbitt. All day long the tourists in
little groups wandered through the up
town Departments, while the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing and the Washing
ton Monument were not neglected. After
exhaustng these points of interest the
Capitol was stormed, and the New York
delegation In Congress had their hands full
of BUSINESS and constituents his
Morning.
That is an interesting paragraph. But
what ubiquitous people those Brook
lynites must be, to be sure. They
didn't arrive in this city until j O'clock
last night. Perhaps they are Theosophic
disciples of DR.. Coues, and projected
their astral bodies ahead of their cor
poreal entities.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

LATE E.

Now is the time to stop such troubles;
not tomorrow.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

When o Chicago church was turned
into hotel they let the steeple remain.
Something in-spire-ing about it, you
ee.--IetaS SJtings.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

SOME EASTERN PAPERS that have been
hiring men expressly to furnish origi.
nal and feasible ideas are discovering
that a new idea is a rarity anywhere
and under all circumstances.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

It's the enterprising theatrical man
ager who has a good show in this world.
Boston Courier.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13
WIT IN A SMALL WAY.


Time flies. A Fourth of March has
already passed,-New Or1eans Pica-
yUno.
It's the enterprising theatrical man
ager who has good show in this world.
Boston Courier.
Detroit has church fight in court. A
court fight in church is not unusual
Terds SJtin9s.
Those fellows who dote on their
girls sometimes find matrimony pow
erful antidotc. -BiRgtamtOR Le0Cler.
The woman who is least popular with
men in general is most apt to make one
man happy in particular. .-Atchtson
Globe.
The widow who wears the longest
mourning veil is generally the one who
cuts across lots to find another hus.
band .-Blnira Star.
When Chicago church was turned
into hotel they let the steeple remain.
Something in-spire-ing about it, you
ee.-Ieeas SJtings.
King Humbert and the Pope are on
the outs again, the former having re-
quested his Holiness to send papal
bull to the cattle show at Ischia. Life.
Modern Improvements in religious
services are continually going on. A
number of church organs are now run
by electric motors. s.-Ne,o Orleans PicG-
yuRe.
, When young man is in love he is
tormented by the belief that every man
he knows is his ardent rival for his
lady loves affection. When he realizes
that this is not the case he is no longer
in love. -S0meroilIe journal.
Dear Old Aunty Buxton-Your
father tells me you've bought seat in
the Stock Exchange, Burtis. can't
see as we'll as / useter, an the stitches
may be trifie uneven, but / hope you
will like this tidy I've made you to put
on it.-Puck.
Coachman.-Y0u. cooks must have a
nice time of it, you always have plenty
TO eat. Cook-You are very much mis-
taken. If we cook good it is all eater
upstairs, and there Is nothing left ovel
for the cooks. If we don't cook good
we are bounced. -Ierds SfiRgs,
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

The WOOL INDUSTRY of the country
does not seem to be in u good way.
The wool manufactures are overloaded
and wool men say prices could scarcely
be worse, if there were absolutely no
tariff on wool The Eastern manu-
facturers say they cannot compete with
the article manufactured elsewhere, be-
cause the cost of raw material is so
high, and it is probably true that, if
low grade woods were admitted duty
free, they could be so mixed with the
home product that domestic woolens
might prove profitable. AS il is our
home product has held only 52I per
cent. of the home market, while for
eigners have supplied 473 per cent. of
the goods sold in the United States.
We ought to do better than this. Per.
haps free wool is the remedy after ALL
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

King Humbert and the Pope are on
the outs again, the former having re-
quested his Holiness to send papal
bull to the cattle show at Ischia. Life.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

Time flies. A Fourth of March has
already passed. d.-Mew Orlsans Pica-
yNno.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13
ruE NEXT srReEANr-Ar-ARus.

TuE NEXT SERG EA NT- -Nr-ABus.
a special dispatch to The Phiade phia
7imcs from its correspondent in this
city, dated March 10, says that
When General Baily was lighting for the
position Of Collector Of Internal Revenue
for the Western district Of PENNSYLVANIA
against Warmcastle, Quay told his friends
that, If they would draw him of, he would
see to it that he received a good place.
When Warmcastle was appointed Baily's
friends called Quay's attention TO his
promise, aud then he told them that the
next Sergeant-at Arms would be General
Silas NJ. Baily.
Quay has been trading with a number of
Western Senators IN the matter of confirm
ing their appointments when they came be-
fore the Senate, and he has secured their
promises to vote for his man when the time
comes. The junior Senator will not return
from Florida until April, and then Colonel
Canaday will resign and General Baily will
assume the reins Of Office In the Sergeant
at-Arms' department. It's likely that Sen
ator Sherman will look out for place for
Canaday, but there are only a few who re-
gard Colonel Canaday with sufficient cor
dialty to care much about what becomes of
him.
a quiet investigation by The Critic
reveals the fact that there is more than
Il modicum of truth in the Times story.
There will be change in the office of
Sergeant Arms of the Senate very
soon. Senator Quay claims the privi-
lege of naming Colonel Canaday's sue
cessor by virtue of his position as chair.
man of the Republican National Com.
mittte. With this end in view he has
addressed letters to all the Republican
Senators on the subject, and when he
returns from his tarpon fishing eXpedi-
ton in Floridean waters next month he
will move on Colonel Canaday's works.
His candidate is General Baily and not
eX-Sherif Leeds, rs has been supposed
heretofore.
There are at least two other caudi-
dates, Colonel Swords of Iowa, Ser
geant. Arms of the Republican Ma
tional Committee during the last cam
| paign, and Minnesota man. Colonel
George w. Hooker of Vermont, Ser
geanta Arms of the House during the
Forty Seventh Congress. and one of
Senator Edmunds' most efficient lieu
tenants, would be General Baily 5 most
dangerous competitor were he to enter
the race. However, the chances favor
the candidate OF the astute Pennsylva-
MIA Warwick.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

Modern improvements in religious
services are continually going on. A
number of church organs are now run
by electric motors -Ne,o Orleans PicG-
Yune.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

How many times in our experience
have we
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

When a young man is in love he is
tormented by the belief that every man
he knows is his ardent rival for his
lady loves affection. When he realizes
that this is not the case he is no longer
In love. e.-iS0Deru1Le Journal.
The Washington critic., 1890-03-13

KATE FIELD SAYS her paper, RNte
FIelds Washington, is paying ex-
r,nncaS
The Irish standard., 1890-04-12
INNING 10 fiIGil ].


When the first beam Of morning PSI streaasilat
the skics ss 5i 5Ssss s
Wide awake Tommy is ready to rise.
Oh, howhe frets TIL the time comes to dress, Y;
How he scorns to be stopped for q kiss o.
S caress; S s5
Nobody's .sbaby'' or darling il he;
He's the bold laddie, the man that's to De.
The world is so large, and all round about FAC
Filled with curious puzzles tor him to find out
That he can not be patient to loiter. and wait
To stay within DOORS and lie In bed late; s.
He wants to be up at the peep of the day,
To lose not a moment for work, or for play
He's sailor, and launches his ships in tub;
He's q soldier, and drums with q loud s.ruba
dub;'
With corn. cobsfor timber he builds him house
And sets traps of paper to capture mouse.
He digs and he delves he plows and he plants,
AS busy and brisk as the bees and the ants.
And when the dim twilight its soft shadow
throws
He climbs on the wall to see where the sun goes;
And wants to be out when the moon comes, tt
II she shows her round face or is bent like q bow
And gladly would stay In the darkness anC
damp
TIC watch for the gleam of the hre-fy's lamp
At last, when he scarcely can hold up his head,
He yields himself slowly to home, friends and
bed; +,
Acd longing In body and spirit for rest,
He ,ueekly submits to be soothed and caressed;
And Coos in his innocence, dove-like and white
81 love you, mamma; I'm your sweetheart to
night"
M. E. N. Hathaway, in Chicago Advance.
The Irish standard., 1890-04-12
I ] THE /; BABY |! | ]

liE BABs 5sa'
We dressed the baby ID her snowy robe, HE
+ And laid her Ia her crib Il sweet reposo,s
And III the lifeless waxen hand we laid 5Ia
"a dewy half-blown rose. Il. 81
Down on the baby forehead white and cold
We combed the silken tangle Of her hair, IL 3#
And close against the perfect rounded cheek
4 We laid a lily fair. M Sl5i 81
among the snowy ribbons that she wore n.
y We placed the glistening leaves OF smilax
And then he Il almost seemed that through the
lips
A baby smile was seen.
When sunset hour fell softly, sweetly down
We laid her form to rest beneath the ground
And as we turned away golden CLEAN
Shone on the little mound.
But still, the baby seems not dead to us,
And when the twilight falls close my eyes,
And once again clasp her IN my arms
In glad and sweet surprise.
Oh, precious sense Of things we know not Of
And realize but dimly and apart
Come still, thou comfOrtl when the shadows
fall
And soothe the sorrowing heart.
Helen N. Packard, in Springfield (Mass.} Re-
publican. gs5
The Irish standard., 1890-04-12
Marvels in Match Making.

Several ingenious machines for the
various operations in the match manu-
facture have already been invented in
Scandinavia, and more are shortly ex-
pected. Both in Sweden and Norway
machines for packing the matches have
recently been tried, and, it is under
stood, with good results. The Nor
wegian machine is the invention OF two
young engineers at Gjoyik, and it is
said to be able to pack one thousand
boxes per minute, which is equal to the
work of forty packers. The other ma
chine is invented by a Swedish engineer
OF Stock but can probably not
compete with the former.
The Irish standard., 1890-04-12
Burning q Dead slap"

AS a policeman was patroling in the
neighborhood of a public cemetery
Aotomura, Toxic, he observed green
fame in the burial ground, and discov-
cred that man was engaged in the act
Of burning a dead body. He arrested
the man. Investigations then ensued,
and it was learned that the body was
that of a man who had recently died IN
the village of Aotomura, a place in
habited by a class formerly known as
s'yeta," who used to burn their dead,
and that the arrested man had been
carrying out the old custom. In the
absence of suspicious circumstances the
man was released. The chief of the
village and the leading villagers have
been informed that the old-time custom
must not again be INDUCED in.
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q. b ING.

INN L; Il : 4 I ING. n
little face ia look g, II
81 little face to kiss, Il: 23s5
\ % there any thing, i 'wonder, 5
sss That's half SO sweet as thisf
v "a little cheek to dimple, IS,
When smiles begin to grow,
y "a little mouth betraying ..i. .5 s.g
.s Which way the kisses go.
A slender little ringlet, 58
Is A rosy little ear,
a little chin to qutver
When falls the little tear.
A little hand SO fragile,
ALI through the night to hold,
Two little feet 50 tender,
To tuck in from the cold.
Two eyes to watch the sunbeam
That with the shadow plays
A darling little baby
To kiss and love always.
Leeds Mercury.
The Irish standard., 1890-04-12

North Carolina Swamp Land.
North Carolina has 100000 acres Of
swamp land to sell for the benefit of her
educational fund. s5 5s