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The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
ruy Your Merchandise at Home.

There is no good or iustiilable reason why
New York to make their purchases. If you
need anything in the furniture line, uphol-
stcry, cCrations, sc. 70 direct to Hough.
ton & Co IS representative establishment, at
1918 and 1890 u street northwest, aud there
you will find exactly the same class of 90 DDS
II mt will be shown you IN New York, and at
tho same prices, and thereby save time,
money and veXatlon of spirit, and at tho
same time assisting to build up one of the
tandsomest cities in the world.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
Chesapeake and Ohio Route.

Schedule in effect January 70, 1890.
Tralrs leave Union Depot, Sixth and b
streets. 1887 a m for Newport News, Old
Point Comfort and Norfolk daily. Arrive
in Old Point at Gle d m, and Norfolk at $40
p m.
i1:2l a m--Cincinnati Express, daily for
stations in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky
and Cincinnati Nestihule sleeper. through
a IN.
$40 p m-F. +. V. Vestibule Special. daily,
solid trains with dining cars run through
without change to Cincinnati. Nestibule
Sleeper for Lexington aud Louisville.
Office, 513 Pennsylvania avenue.
II. w. FULLER, Gen. Pass. Agent.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
Prompt Time to New York.

lar schedule time with great regularity.
With their handsome coach, parlor and
sleeping car equipment these trains afford
the finest service to all points in Eastern
Pennsylvania, New York and New Eng
land
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
IN A FEW MINUTES
Poter Jackson, the Coiored Pugilist
Floors GypsN Guy.

Gypsy Guy, big 22Opound man,
fried last night TO stand before Peter
jackson for four rounds. His attempt
was II signal failure, but il furnished
more amusement for the two thousand
or more spectators present than any
event ever witnessed in Herman Thea
ire The gypsy, who, il is said, is
called Peter by his associates Is not only
a big man. but also fat man. With all
his flesh, however, he might have won,
but for his evident intention OF knock
ing the negro out in one round.
He went at Jackson with all the fury
possible, and for the first round he hii
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
OFFICE OF
WOODWARD g. LOTuROP,
Cor. 18th and f sts. northwest.

1t is one of the greatest
bargains we have ever Of
fered. We refer to the $I.25
and $I.5o Broadcloths we
are selling for 81 per yard.
Light enough in weight for
a spring dress. and very de-
sirable for cool summer days
in the mountains and at the
seashore. Twenty or more
excellent shades, 81.
The 46.inch All-wool Hen
rietta Cloth at 75c is another
great bargain. A strictly
spring fabric of great popu-
larity.
For the new Spring Goats
for Children Of 3 years OF
age and under go to the In-
tants' Department on the
second floor, second annex,
not the third floor.
The new styles in Children's Short Coats
are simply bewitching. Gretchen waists pre-
dominate, and they are tucked, braided,
sleeves are puffed and have high shoulders.
The White Coats are made from Cashmere,
Kiber Cloth, Basket I annel, &c. The fan
cies embrace Henrietta and Broadcloths In
the delicate new Spring Shades and a hand
some variety of Checked and Striped I'm
ported Fabrics. You will be surprised what
pretty and becoming coat a very little
Second aoor, second annex.
Spring Caps for the Baby. Caps of Crepe
SILK, Surah. Faille and Laeestriped silk.
Hand knit Silk and Caps of Net run with fine
silk Ribbon. The outest effects conceivable
Two styles of Tam o'Shanter' Caps fol-
Round hats, shrred rims. with soft silk
crown.
Embroidered silk Caps.
White Null Caps in becoming shapes.
The Spring Styles In Caps are extremely be-
coming and unusuallg reasonable in price.
Second floor.
There are about two hundred and fifty diff
! ferent patterns and colorings In the PC Wide
| scotch Ginghams. They are genuine Scotch
| Ginghams and customers mistake them foI
II
braces Checks, Stripes and Plaids in every
conceivable shade and tint. We have plain
shades to match at 2ic per yard.
The present Is the largest stock Of Ginghams
ever shown by us and II is going to be a great
| Gingham season.
| Second floor.
| We have left but 23 of those Elegant Tinted
| Luncheon Cloths, with 5-S Dollies to match
| The oolors are Old Rose and Canary and have
| two rows of open work and knotted fringe all
! around. Two sizes, 2 by a yards, s. per set
| 9 by yards, So per set
| Especially for lunch and s O'Clock tet
| cloths.
| Second floor.
| About the Mems Unlaundered Shirts. Re
| member we receive our insialment of Shirts
each six months, and the next lot will moi
| be ready until August /. OF course we have
large quantity on hand, yet II Is impossible
| not TO run out OF certain Sizes hence oul
anxiety TO have you lay in your supply a
this time. AT present we have the full linz
| OF sizes IN all the lines except size II in th'
famous 800. quality. All sizes In 90 G2k, 70
| S1i and 81 each
Only SIZE. for dozen 5-s Extra Heav!
| Cream Damask Linen Table NAPKINS. VI
have 80 dozen, which ought not last weel
AT this price
Second floor.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
CITY SPEOIALs.
A nrendrnl Contlagrntion

should not excite as much attention as these
wonderful bargains, viz; DR.. Warmers Cor.
sets, pic, Monarch Shirt, go; Lonsdnle Cam
brio. g1c; i0-4 Shocting, i0c. Dress Goods,
Blankets, Comforts and Underwear at cost
at BgODHEAD & Co.'S,
0Oi Street Northwest
Masonic Tcmnip
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
LEMON ELIXIR.

Its Wonderfm Effect on the Liver,
stomach, Bowels, Kidnos and Blood.
Dr. Mozlcy's Lemon Elixir is a pleasant
lemon drink That positiyely cnrcs all
Biliousncss, Constipation, Indigestion,
Headache, Malaria, Kidney Disease, Di2.
illness, Colds, Loss of Appetite, Fovers,
Chills, Blotches, Pimplcs Pain in Back,
Palpitation Of Heart, and all other diseases
caused by disordcrcd liver, stomach and
kidneys, the first great cause Of all fatal
diseases. FIFTY cents and one dollar per
bottle. Sold by druggists. Prepared only
by II. Mo2ley, NJ. D., Atlanta, Ga.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
The Tlack Divorce Case.

NEwnuRG, n. Y, Feb. 22.-SheriT
Flack of New York visited his wife yester-
day at Little Britain and had quitea long
talk with her. This has led to surmses
that a settlement of the famous divorce
proceedings may be in contemplation.
Dir. PrERCE's PELLETS, or Anti bilious
Granulcs. have no equals. 25 cents q vial;
one a dose. Cures headache, constipation,
biliousness and indigestion
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
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FOR SALE AND RENT.

DEAL ESTATE BULLETIN
h -BY-
THOMAS. E. WAGGAMAN, OH F street.
Changes made Wednesdays and Saturdays.
2-STORY BRICK AND FRAME HOUSES FOR
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WiNTED--ROOMS.

---0-TrC-0T-r---0C0-N--- N-r--0N--T-0-E0---00
w re room m in the northeast part t. Of city
where there will be no objection to light
housekeeping Address d. 7. H., this office.
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OOMMIssIoNERs OF DEEDS.

F|-"rTw-DN||-17-7DN|-
n S. BUNDY, COM'R OF DEEDS FOR ALL
~. States and Territories. 45s La. ave-, opp.
CITY Hall
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FnR RENT-nnItSE Eh.
EoR RENT.

r-~--0-0-Ns~0SN~~-N~,eNse-Ns'
Advertisements Under ms head, four Hnes or
less 25 cents for one Insertion; so cents for three.
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IIoIs RENT.

'oN REM
will be for rent, March 1, house No. 1901
It n w, IL rooms and cellar.
A. A. WILSON,
Real Est ate Broker,
fe13?w Firemen'S ms. Co.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
NOR RENT
", 3 rs and stable, IL 81
CHAS. 4. BANES,
With John I. Waggaman,
n. W. cor. 14th and q SITS. n. W.

EoR RENT-Two BRAND NEW SIX
l. room frame houses, high and dry loca-
ton; near churches and public school in
Uniontown. Inquire of A. BEllREND, 43S II
at
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
Rudden's Representative Instaiimont
HOnae.

This reliable instullmcnt establishments at
$50 and 992 seventh street, has a complete
stock Of all kinds Of merchandise that Is re-
quired 20 furnish well.regulatcd household
AZ cash prices on the installment plan, and
dictate your own terms.
For Washington Dressed Beef
go to John r. Kelly, stalls 62s, G?l and $50 Cen.
tire Market and 20G and POS Northern Liberty.
Curned beef speciality.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
T1NTED--HOUSE.s


NKTANTED-TO PURCHASE A GOOD
w house, with z or Srs, with all mod imps,
on monthly payments. Address, with full
particulars, j. j. f., Board OF Review, Bureau
Of Pensions.
VITANTED-TO RENT-A GOOD BRICK
w dwelling of 0 or 10 rooms, mod imps,
between X and Il and t2th and 18th SITS n w.
Address H., this Office. stating terms.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22

ONE EXPERIENCED SOLICITOR ON
" high class subscription books, one who
has an acquaintance among Washington
canvassers, to take exclusive control of the
sale of "A Library of American Literature"
in Washington This Is one of the most
salable works now on the market. Nine of
its eleven large octave volumes are now out.
This is grand opportunity for ,frst-class
one very liberal offer. CHAS L. WEB
STER & CO., East 14th st.. N Y city.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
W1NTED-MISC ELLANEOUs.

Advertisements Vnder nts head, .fo,ir tines on
LcSs, rs cents for one Insertion so ctatS for three.
yNTANTED-OLD GOLD AND SILVER.
w WIN. FREDERICK, Manufacturing
Jeweler, COS ith st IL w,opposite U. S. Patent
Office. fine clock and watch repairing a
srecialy.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22

VHTANTED--A WHITE GIRL FOR GEN
w eral homework in small family,
man, wife and boy years old German pre-
ferred; to the right party n pleasant home
and good wages assured. Apply at No 1908
q ST N W.
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FOR SALE-LOTS,

TOR SALE-LOT ON N ST, BET. 18TH and
II 18TH price, $3.50 per foot; terms easy.
JOS, REDFERN & SON,
fe17,lw,d&S G29 18th st
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22

Congressman Blount Of Georgia said
he is tho third Oldest member in Con
gIess. and has spent thirty five years of
his life within the walls of the House.
He said he is getting tired of it and
wants TO remain at home hereafter
among the old red hills of his State.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22

It's not generally known and was
discovered only by accident. and is a
fact, that there is one Congressman who
wears celluloid shirt front. Whether
il is because his expenses are so heavy
and he wears ii as matter of economy
or ii is more convenient than linen
shirts. is a matter that rests entirely
with himself
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
For Washington Dressed Beer
HANTED--.HE ELP.

Advertisements under ms hedd, four lines or
eSs, 25 cenis for one Insertion; so cents for three.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22

yHT ANTED--BY A GOOD CoLoRED LAUN.
w dress, washing and ironing TO do at
home references given. Apply 1919 N II ay.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22

M ONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE OR
wi hrst-olass securities at lowest rates OF
interest. No delay where security is good.
o. @. GREEN
303 nth st. n. W.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-22

Captain Mickey, who holds sway over
the document room, has always got his
eyes open for improvement. During
the past week he has had the local re.
poricrs and correspondents in his mind.
lie has had constructed number of
pigeon holes just on the outside of his
Office where he throws everything
which he thinks of importance TO the
press, so that each representative of q
newspaper eau 90 to the pigeon hole
awarded his paper and get whatever
news the Captain has TO give out with
ont losing time.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16

Free dinners, which the Vienna school.
children have been so fortunate to have
provided for them during the winter,
were stopped at the end of last month.
much to the regret of the little ones.
Our correspondent says that thew will
begin again N November. Four hun
bred thousand portions were served in
thlrty-three days to 5000 children.
Many of the school-childreI. brought
their little brothers and sisters to share
the dinner with them, and the portions
OF such children were always extra large.
A great number of children from the
streets also applied for food and were
never refused. The school masters and
mistresses testify that the children's
health in the winter has been very much
better since the Introduction of the free
dinners. A good moral effect has also
been produced upon the children, who
feel themselves cared for and the objects
of attention. The Swiss Government
has asked for details of the manage
ment, as it is intended to establish
school-kitchens in Switzerland on the
model OF those in Vienna. London
Daily News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
MISSIONARY VESSELS.
Diminutive American Steamers on tn
Congo River.

Congo River.
Two weeks ago little steamboat left
Boston on the steamer Michigan. Its
destination is the Congo river, and it
will ply between the mouth of the river
and the cataracts, hundred miles from
the mouth. 1t is owned by the Ameri-
can Baptist Missionary Union and will
be in charge of Mr.. Lewis, who was re-
Gently in this country. This steamer is
sent out to carry supplies for the Amer
lean missionaries whose stations are on
or near the river below the cataracts,
and also to convey the goods which por-
tiers will carry past the cataracts to sup
ply the upper river stations.
1t would seem that steamer that had
nothing to do but supply few mission
stations with necessaries would be idle
most OF the time. But there is an ex-
cellent reason why the little steamer
will have good deal to do. At mission
stations in most parts of the-world the
missionaries can supply theirneeds with
money. But the only money that passes
current on the Congo is cloth, beads,
brass wire and other articles, which are
heavy to carry, but which are positively
necessary in order that the missionaries
may obtain the food and native labor
they require. The transportation of
these goods has cost this society several
thousand dollars year, and it proposes
to reduce this expense by having its
own steamer on the lower Congo.
The Evangel is only thirty-four feet
long and nine feet wide. 1t has. suficient
speed to make the hundred miles be-
tween Banana and Matadi in about
twelve hours against the swift current.
1t will cost 81, 900 delivered at the mouth
of the Congo.
The Americans have another steamer,
the Henry Reed, on the upper Congo,
and very large part of Bishop Taylor's
steamer, big and expensive boat, lies
on the shore at Vixi, and nobody knows
when IL will be taken up the river. A
very curious and unexpected difficulty
In the way of transporting this vessel
presented itself. One part of the ma
chinery was so heavy that no boat on
the lower Congo having it aboard could
approach the landing at VIvi. AS this
heavy bit of machinery could not be
landed it was taken back to Banana, and
no good has yet been derived
from the money invested two years ago
in the steamer which Bishop Taylor
fondly hoped would carry his mission
aries far into the interior.
1t is positively necessary for the mis-
sionaries to have their own steamboats,
as the twenty vessels owned by the Congo
State and the various trading companies
have their special work to do. and they
can not be depended upon to land mis-
sionaries at the desired stations or to
supply them with necessaries.-N. Y.
Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
MATCHING BUTTERFLIES.
How New Haven Collector Easily Re-
plenishes His Collection.


John Maier is of Teutonic extraction,
and he is tailor. Whenever he can he
devotes his time to catching butterflies.
This is his hobby. What does he do
with them? He simply chloroforms
them and frames them by thousands.
About the walls of his store are six
such collections, averaging about two
and half feet square.
Mr.. Mailer has certainly done some
wonderful work in qualification of his
whim. Take any one of his collections.
1t contains at least Eve hundred butter
flies of all shapes, sizes, colors and
shades, and these dro arranged in circles
and crosses and all sorts of figures. The
largest and rarest are placed in the CEN
ter, and the lesser lights around them.
AL are placed with wings outspread,
perfect specimens.
During the spring and summer months
Mr.. Maier uses a net in collecting speci-
mems, and in the fall and winter months
he puts in his spare time climbing trees
and obtaining butterflies in chrysalis
form. To-day in his store there is a reg
ular butterfly hatchery. He has fully
two thousand cocoons. These are di-
vided according to their size, and are
now resting peacefully in shallow boxes
about foot square. The boxes are sup
piled with covers, and in consequence
act just as do incubators, and scores Of
the chrysalides are daily expanding into
beautiful butterflies. Alive they float
about the store and sun themselves until
Mr.. Maier is ready to put them to sleep.
10 do this he has a novel arrange
ment This consists Of two narrow
smoothed pieces of wood sloping toward
each other in a gentle angle. yet not
connecting, sort of trough separating
them. The whole is about eighteen
inches long and the trough about half
an inch wide. The body of the captured
butterfly is placed in the trough, his
wings are spread out on the sloping
wood on either side, and then the rest
less insect is sent on his long journey
to the happy hunting ground of butter
lydom by the administration IF just
little chloroform. The wings are then
pinned to the wood to insure their hold
ing their perfect form, and when the ar
rangement is full of dead butterflies it
is relieved of its cargo and the pretty,
gauzy little fellows are tackled upon the
background of the coming addition to
the collection. Mr.. Maier has been do
ing this sort of thing for six years. -
New Haven Palladium.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
Immigrants and Cashiers.

People who do business with newly ar
rived immigrants notice how quickly
they begin to become Americanized
This tendency, in fact, causes no little
inconvenience to the cashiers of savings
banks, which have many immigrants
among their depositors. Some Of the
larger institutions Of this kind have
many hundreds of depositors, and it is
necessary to exercise the greatest care
in seeing that the signatures on orders
or checks for money are exactly the
same as the one which is kept ON refer
ence.
A Hungarian, for instance, when he
opens his account, will sign his name
Josef" In a short while he finds trou-
BILE in withdrawing any money because
he has changed his name to Joseph"
Heinrich, i'll the same way, becomes
Henry; Pierre, Peter; Dorathea, Dora,
and so on. The paying teller gets no
rest until he has the signature which is
kept on record Americanized. - New
York Tribune
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
in the afternoon

Shakespeare was a perfect gentleman, hav-
ing been made SO by the Herald's college,
which invested his father with coat armor.
This coat armor made a gentleman of the
| elder Shakespeare, and as Williams mother
was already a gentleman under the code,
William became one also both on his fathers
and on his mothers side. Of course all this
is mere detail and is dull and uninteresting,
but | refer to it to show that those who have
read things in Shakespeare's works that they
did not like, and who therefore say that he
was no gentleman, do the great bard an in
| justice.
do not say that Shakespeare was the au-
thor of his own works, and it would not look
well in me to set up my opinion in opposition
to that of scholars, experts and savants who
have had more advantages than l have, for
/ would never take advantage of any one;
but | say that somewhere the impression has
crept into the papers that he was a pretty
I good little play writer, and / am glad that
Mr. Childs has had testimonial made and
sent over to England that will show an ap-
probation, at least, of his ability to keep be-
fore the people.
1t will be noticed by an alert and keen
scented litterateur that l have carefully
avoided treading on the tail of Mr.. Dom
nelly's cipher. Being rather a poor nlathe-
matician anyway, l will not introduce the
cipher at this time, but I will say that al
though the whole thing happened about three
hundred years ago, and has now nearly
passed out of my mind, to the best of my
recollection Shakespeare, though he was the
son of buckwheater, and though he mar
ried his wife with a poetic license, and
though he left his family at Stratford rather
than take them to live in a London fat, wrote
the most of his plays with the assistance of
an expurgator who was out of the city most
all of the time. Ifs.
/ cannot show Shakespeare's ready wit
better at this time than by telling of his first
appearance on the stage as 1 remember it.
He came quietly before the footlights with a
roll of carpet under one arm and tack
hammer under the other. In those DAYS it
was customary to nail down stage carpets,
and while doing SO ''Shake," as we all called
him then, knocked the nail off his left thumb.
whereupon he received an ovation from the
audience. Some men would have been ratified
and would have "called up" as we say, but
Shakespeare was always ready to please his
friends or respond to an encore. so putting
his right thumb up against large painted
rock In mountain scene, he obliged by
knocking off the other thumb nail
Shakespeare was one of the few English.
men who never visited this country for two
weeks for the purpose of writing an eight
pound book on his impressions of America
Bill Nye in New York World.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16

A leading commission merchant said:
"The egg business is the most annoying
one in the world. During the cold weather
in the winter the hens quit laying, but
everybody wants to eat eggs. Conse-
quently they go so high that the grocers
can't keep pace with their customers. In
the spring, just as soon as eggs get plen-
tiful, people quit eating them, and we
have to sell them to packers, who pickle
them for consumption later on. These
eggs that are packed are not liked by
consumers, and so you see the egg dealer
never has the satisfaction of handling a
commodity that is in good demand and
good supply at the same time. Louis
vile Commercial
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-08-16
MONKEYS and Snakes.

It is a curious fact that monkeys,
who have an intense instructive dread
of snakes, would seem from expert
ments in geological gardens to be
strangely attracted to them An Amer
lean observer, A. E. Brown, coiled a
dead snake in newspaper, 50 as to be
easily capable of coming loose, and
set it on the floor of cage containing
a great variety of monkeys. 1t was
instantly carried off by leading
spirit. but in a few seconds the paper
became unfolded and the snake was ex-
posed. The monkey instantly dropped
1t and went away, but with a constant
look behind. The other monkeys, per-
ceiving the snake, approached step by
step and formed circle around it six
or eight feet in diameter. None ap-
preached it except one Macaque, who
cautiously made some snatches at the
paper At this moment string which
had been attached to the snakes tail
was gently pulled; the monkeys fed
precipitately, with great chattering
and screaming. Some time after they
gradually peturned to their former
position, and they continued this pro-
cedure for some hours, showing both
intolerable fear and strange attrac-
ton. --Murray's Magazine.