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The Washington critic., 1890-04-09
GIVE CREDIT WHERE 1T IS DUE

Congressman Frank Lawler's Work in
the Worlds Fair Fight.
From me Kansas C1ty Times.
IrN&ythy of note that while horns
were bls(1 aa.Gll quarters after the final
vote was taken which decided the battle,
this man and that man claiming to have
performed prodigies of valor, and this
person and that person insisting that if
it had not been for him and them Chi
cago would have been walloped out of
her boots by New York and the learned
DIR. Depew, the modest persons, which
kidney, it is true, is greatly in the
minority, made no sign and held their
peace.
1t is due to Congressman Frank
Lawler to say that, although he makes
no claim to have done more than
yoeman duty, nevertheless through
intelligent and well. directed efforts he
accomplished greater results than all
the outside promoters and their allies
toward insuring the victory for Chicago.
His proselyting work on the floor of
the House was simply magnificent in its
many successes. Quite an array of
the members who were counted as
either opposed, doubtful or Indifferent.
were wheeled into line through Mr..
Lawler's persuasion and pressure.
He labored night and day in the mis-
sionary vineyard, and on the day the
vote was taken in the House seemed to
cover the whole floor, apparently ubi-
quitous. Even New York members
congratulated him and complimented
the mastery manner in which Mr.. Law
Ter had captured some of new York
supposed adherents.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

services should receive the reward
which n loyal people is more than
willing to bestow.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09
WIT IN A SMALL WAY.

She let me flirt, it seemed no harm,
Although my love she'd always squelch.
She used to let me take her arm,
But she gave her hand to some one else.
-.LlLLne
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09
DIED.

WARDEN,-on Tuesday, April 8, 1890, viii
liam Wallace Warden, in the Goth year OF his
age.
Remains Of the deceased will be taken TO
Cincinnati, Ohio, for interment in his family
lot at Spring Grove Cemetery. Funeral serv-
ices at the grave
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

THE CHIEF OBJECTION to the admis-
sion Of Wyoming as State is that 1t
has not enough people as yet to become
State. In 1885 the population was
estimated by the Territorial Secretary
at 1900. and It Is believed that 100, 900
is not now an unfair statement. Tosay
that this population is not large enough
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

THE ONLY REPUBLICANS in Ken
lucky are in the mountain region. For
years they have been kept in line by
the promise of free whisky. As yet
Congress has done nothing for them,
and they are getting restiye. 1t would
be strange retribution if Kentucky
were TO go utterly back on the g. o, p.
and forget the specious promises of ex-
Congressman White and others.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

Mr.. DEpEw SAYS he knows no differ
ence between the people of the North
and South. What a pity II is that
enough northern men can't visit the
southern country and arrive at Chaun-
cey's views.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

Mrs. Fangle-I don't believe in pre-
senting American ladies to Queen Vic
toria. Mr.. Fangle--Oh, it doesn't mat
ter as long as they are not given to the
Sultan of Turlley--Judge.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

Ethel said "My new beau It's
Sent this perfume that | wear
ATk1NsoN's sweet Stephda0tis,
OF all scents most pure and rare.n
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

THE I-PRoHIBITGoN Republicans
of Kansas are sending in huge petitions
to the Governor asking him to call an
extra session of the Legislature to sub
nit the question of prohibition to vote
this fall. These petitions are signed by
nearly hundred thousand Republican
voters. What has aroused them is the
fact that Kansas received last year but
1900 immigrants, while Nebraska re-
ceived 102, 900 and Texas $4,000 Be-
sides Kansas lost $4,000 population in
the same period.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09
WATCHES.
M. W. GALT BRO. & CO.
IIO7 Pennsylvania Ave-,

Call attention to their steak
Of Watehes, combr7sing all
tile NEST desirable m00enaeRtS
and styles Of casing, from tie
lOq0eSt Price fer a0hich q re-
liable hme-keeper can be
6oMgW TO tie most e-tbenSire.
These 70atcheS bear 0nr
finn name and are Inl2y
guaranteed.
Amey7rm w a Ith a M
WetcheS tall eraaeS.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

AMERICAN TASTE or liberality in the
purchase of books has often been called
in question. Professor McMaster has
written the history Of the People of
the United States" Yet GREEN'S His
tory of the English People" has sold
twenty times the number of copies that
McMaster's has sold. Verify prophet
is without honor in his own country.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

y GREAT AND UNIQUE EXHIBITION of
the mineral wealth of Colorado is
shortly TO be held at Pueblo, which will
not only be the greatest event in the his
tory of that enterprising city but which
will prove of importance to the whole
State. The citizens, with the wide awake
vitality of Western men, seem to sur
mise that the occasion is one of some
moment. Accordingly they have in
vited eX-President Cleveland, Tariff
Chairman Mckinley and present and
future railway president, Chauncy NJ.
Depew, to be orators at the opening.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

Guest Go hotel keeper who is filing
bottles from barrel-What kind of
wine is that, Mr.. Rheinberger? Hotel
keeper-Vell, dot depends upon vot
labels | will put on dose bottles, aind
it?-Puck.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

A MILLIONAIRE now a.days Is not the
splendid creature he used to be- David
Dows, recently deceased. left an estate
Of $2O,0OO,O00 but the original John
Jacob Astor, left that amount fortytwo
years ago. 1t shows how vastly for
tunes have grown that Mr.. Dows was
not considered particularly rich man.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

TO entitle the Territory to Statehood Is
to display Ignorance in regard to the
precedents in the case. Missouri was
admitted on a population of $4,000;
Indiana, 63,000; Ohio, $4,000, and
Mississippi $4,000. If there is nothing
against the admission of Wyoming eX.
ccpt the lack of population these prece-
dents are sufficient to govern the case.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

a QUARTER OF century ago to-day
Lee surrendered to Grant, and the
army of Northern Virginia disbauded.
We desire TO call the attention of Seua-
tor ingalls, to this fact. He and several
orators Of the Republican party seem
unaware of the circumstance that a
new generation has arisen in this coun.
try since the war was over.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

Is DIR. PETERS, the African eX-
plorer living or dead This is the
question which at the present time
agonizes the soul of the telegraph
editor.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09
UNDERTAKER.

4 WILLIAM LEE
Successor TO Henry Lees sons).
u N ID N r II a. x al R
s9s PENN AVENUE N. W.,
South Side.
branch office, q9s Maryland ave. $. W.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

SIS this fire insurance Officer"
Eyes, sir; can we write you some in
surance?"
Perhaps you can. You see, my
employer threatens to fire me next Sat
urday, and I'd like some protection. -
WunSeg's lFeeklp.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

TnE AUTHOR OF "Peck's Bad Boy"
has struck the hardest job of his life.
AS Mayor of Milwaukee he undertakes
to make taxpayers laugh.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09
MN. rLowrRs p1pLoMAoY. .

Nearly every old printer in New
York knows Frank Trayner. Away
back in the liftes he was employed on
the 7riJUae, and was a prime favorite
of the.late Horace Greeley. When the
war broke out Trayner enlisted In a
New York regiment He made a most
excellent soldier, and at Chaneellors.
vile he was shot through the body, III
fortune followed him after leaving the
army, for he has since lost both an arm
and an eye. In consequence he is not
able to do much in the way of work
However ray Of good fortune has
fallen upon the battered veteran at
last. Trayner has been receiving for a
long time pension of the modest, not to
say meagre, dimensions of $40 a month.
Among his friends he is fortunate in be
ing able to count the Hon. Roswell 2.
Flower of the Twelfth New York
district. Mr.. Flower was de-
sirous of increasing Trayner's pension
to SIS a month, and on last Friday
week, IT being private bill day, he saw
his opportunity to call up and pass the
bill
There was au obstacle in the way,
however, which might have puzzled q
less diplomatic statesman than he. That
obstacle was certain member on his
side of the House whom Mr. Flower
knew would oppose the bill on general
principles. So Mr.. Flower enlisted
Amos Cummings, himself veteran of
the war, in the good cause. The jour
nalist-statesman executed a slIillful
flank movement and adroitly drew the
obiecting member into the cloak.room,
and there held him by his glittering eye
and funny story.
The coat tails of the would-be OBJ
jector had hardly disappeared within
the recesses of the cloak-room before
Mr.. Flower was on his feet calling the
bill up, and before Mr.. Cummings had
reached the place where the laugh came
in the bill had passed and the usual
parliamentary motion to reconsider and
lay that motion on the table was
adopted, and Veteran Trayner is ia a
fair way to get his $1S a month. 1t is
hoped that Amos story was good one
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09
ABOUT eERRYMANpER1NG.

There are few, if any citizens in the
country who will Justify the processes
to which both of the great political
parties Of the country have had re-
course, according to their opportunity,
TO so redistrict their States that their
opponents may find it difficult to get
elected. The latest instances in this
line are Maryland and Ohio. OF the
first little need be said, because it would
take great deal of gerrymandering to
make much change in Maryland.
But the Ohio case is different, and it
has been managed with such evident
intention to handicap Republicans that
even if the movement were otherwise
justifiable it would be regrettable on
account of its palpable injustice TO Mr..
Mckinley and the other Ohio leaders.
Nevertheless the Ohio redistricting is
as much an accomplished fact as though
it had been done ten years ago.
1t is this circumstance which leads to
the Characterization of the McComas
/ oi1l no dIDlNldll dlll iSNSOaI~l
matter of history and of constl
law this bill should fail 1t is pa -
in its aim and partisan in its method.
In regard to the elections to the Fifty.
second Congress, it attempts without
due authorization TO regulate the action
of particular States.
The McComas bill is an attempt at @
palpable usurpation, on the part Of
Congress, of the power of the State
On its face it looks like a deliberate
plan to prevent majority rule and tC
pack the electoral college at the mex
Presidential election. The principle
of an anti gerrymandeIing law is cor
rect enough. But the only way in
which such law can be adopted with.
out suspicion of partisan ends is to
make it general and prospective, and to
render it applicable to cases which are
years ahead. A general law of that
kind, looking TO the future and not tc
the past, and drawn up with great care
and knowledge, might be productive Of
much good and do away with some
manifest injustice.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

My joys were few, she made them less,
] blame her piety;
Last Lent she gave up worldliness,
And also gave up me.
= NNln NOrk Eleninn SIM
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

Weeping Spouse-I shall erect mon
ument to you, dearest, when you are
gone. / shall have Loving Husband"
engraved at the bottom of the column.
Dying Advertiser--Good heavens,
Pauline, that will never dol Top of
column, eighth page, next reading mat
ter-or-I refuse to diel--Dry Goods
Chronicle.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

Rulte a Doom was given that Very
worthy institution, the Boys and Girls
National Home and Employment AS.
sociation, by the musical entertainment
for its benefit, given at Lincoln Hall
last evening. The programme bristled
with bright gems of music. The comic
duet from Don Pasquale," by Miss
Decca and Mr.. Mama, was well rem
dered and heartily applauded. Miss
Marie Decca, as soprano; Nine. Pauline
Montegriifo-Maina, contralto; Mr.. Au-
gustina Montegriifo, tenor, and Mr..
Mariana Mama, basso, were all well re
ceiyed.
The Washington critic., 1890-04-09

Young Mani understand you want
young man to edit your paper?
Editor-Yes, sir; have you had any
experience?
Young Mani have taken one term
in journalism at Cornell University,
and
Editor-That will do. You may
take my desk and go to work and III
go and run the elevator. Please be as
kind to the rest of the staff as you can
Judqe.
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wealth was only $ss, ,0O0, 900, while now It is
no less than $3.50. .00O, 900. But the growth
of the public school system has been far
more remarkable. In 1878 there were only
$1,000 children enrolled In the public schools,
while in 1889 there were moro than 200, 900.
The most gratifying feature Is the startling
fact that while the property Of the State has
only increased about 100 per cent. In the
period from 1874 to 1888. the amount re-
ceived and expended for school purposes
during the Same period has increased about
Z, 400 psr cent, the reason being that the
people have voluntarily assumed additional
loads of local taxation in order to insure a
great efficiency in school work.
Speaking of the President, the Hon. John
N. Thurston of Omaha said the other day
In one phase of his character Mr.. Harrison
II much misrepressnted by his enemies and
almost ~ much misunderstood by many oi
his friends. He is painted a. close, unap
proachable, almost surly man, with no sym
pathetic character whatever. The fact is
that In his public relations he is grave an6
dignihed, measuring all matters with sol
icitous care that the judgment may be flaw,
less, and disposed to restrain himself from
utterances which folly or malice may miscon
strue. Yet in his privata relations, in hour
of leisure, and among friends whom he trust
implicitly, he is affable to such degree tina
y observer of that moment would depar
lth the thought that the President of tn
United States is jolly and companionabl
gentleman. That would be an opinion clos
to the truth. have found Mr.. Har1iso,
most agreeable.
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A WOMAN ON HORSEBACK.
How She May Keep Warm In Al


How She May Keep Warm In ALI
WeAshers.
have said before that there is no need of
losing a ride because of rain, and there are
pleasures given by a ride in the rain which
the "fair- weather rider" never can know
pleasures of sight and Of smell. new aspects
of otherwise perfectly familiar scenes, which
are almost like new creation, says Anna @.
Brackett in the January Harper. Nor need
our coldest winter weather deter any one. A
woman has decidedly the advantage over a
man in winter, for her skirt acts the part of a
muff, and she need never fear cold feet. In
fact, she need fear no suffering from Geld
except in her hands. There are no gloves
which will keep Them warm while they hold
the bride, but vigorous beating on the
horses elastic quarters well behind the sad
die will soon send the warm blood tingling
| through the fingers to their very tips, and
after that they will give no trouble for q
| time. AS to ears, they will never resist q
| rub and quick trot. and once warm they
always stay 30, as indeed would the hands,
were it not for the enforced cramped position
| of the fingers It is of great advantage here
| to be mistress of two bride hands
| instead Of one. A warm double breasted
| overcoat should be worn, and then ]
know of no more exhilarating thing than q
fast trot or a rapid gallop over the crouching
| white carpet, while the loose dry snow,
flung up by the hoofs, or dashed from the
trees by the wind, flies in the face like the
white foam of the sea, and every muscle Of
the horse respond to the tingle of the nerves
in the sharp, stinging air. The whole at
mosphere is cleft through and through BY
the shafts of light; the bare trunks and
bouph of the trees are like beautiful sculpt.
ures againt the blue; the pines bear at thu
,p Blossom. .s na while the hemlooks sway heaYii,
under their snowy burden, and we ride
through all the glory. There is anothe
variety of pleasure in riding through fast
falling snow storm, when the whole al
is mufaed and the horses feet cannot b
| heard.
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The BILE aching of evaporator dried fruits
has become quite general. This is surpris-
ing, as no good reason can be given for the
practice. Italways injuries the natural flavor
of the fruit. By bleaching, all varities look
alike, says a writer in the American Agri-
culturist. If of natural color, the quality
can be better judged. The chief, if not the
only, argument in favor of bleaching fruit is
its superior whiteness, some dealers, cooks
and consumers appearing to think moro of
color than quality. By some means tn 9
New York board of health was led to give an
opinion that bleaching was not injurious,
bat that does not alter the fact that it does
impair the natural flavor of fruits. When
bleaching became craze, one evsporator
company evidently did it because others had
and the early boom in price for such white
fruit led nearly all to do it. Now that rea
son and common sense have begun to return
on the subject. 1t is hoped that public
opinion will cause the practice to cease as
suddenly as 1t began.
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Friday, February =, 1890.
Law Ann ORDER,


The Supreme court of Indiana has had
occasion to paas upon the Same question that
confronted Speaker Reed, and the court de-
cided that the rule is that If there is a
quorum present and q majority of the
quorum vote in favor of measure 1t will
prevail, although an equal number should
refrain from voting. It is not majority Of
the whole number of members present that
is required. All that il requisite is q MAJOR
ity of the number of members required to
constitute quorum. The mere presence Of
inactive members does not impair the right
of the majority of the quorum to proceed
with the business of the body. II members
present desire to defeat a measure, they must
vote against it, for inaotion will not accom-
plish their purpose. Their silence Is .ac-
qaiescence rather than opposition. 5.t9 ta,
Congressman Byrum Of Indians has made
himself conspicuous in trying to be absent
when present, but when he was speaker of
the Indiana house of representatives he
acted in exact accordance with the rulings of
Speaker Reed. Consistency is jewel, but it
is too much to ssk Of Democratic congress-
man who has what he thinks is his party g
interest to maintain.
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A CARD OLEARING HOUSE.

- oAAAO Wanna ASANSN hOOSns
There il good deal of what is called
''socisty" at Washington, and its members
find some of its requirements very burden
some. Especially troublesome is the making
Of formal calls, which mean nothing and give
nothing in the way of friendliness or pleas
ure, but are merely a fatiguing duty, dis.
charged for the most part by leaving card
at each of the places where visit of civility
is due. It is more or less seriously suggested
that this be changed by the establishment of
clearing house where cards can be ex-
changed 81 checks are in clearing house for
banks. To this clearing house women could
send list of the names Of those to whom
they owed calls and cards enough to 60
around. At the clearing house there would
be boxes, each marked with the name OF
some person Sin society,"" The cards could
be put In the proper boxes, and the women
having received them could check the names
on their visiting books. It is said that such
scheme In actually In use in Germany. 1t
II thus described: On q certain day and
hour in each week each lady in town whose
name has been placed on the official list
sends her representative to the clearing
house with list of the names Of her friende
and sufficient cards. As the official list Il
called, the representative of each name
stands ont holding bag, and all those
who wish to leave cards drop them into the
bag. The institution IL beneficial in every
way. 1t does not prevent friends from call
ing on each other whenever they wish; or
the contrary, it relieves from the drudgery oi
leaving formal cards, and leaves all that
time available for friendship.
It does not bshoove the women of thil
great, glorious, comparatively free and very
ingenious republic to be behind Germany ir
labor saving contrivances. A chard clearing
house Ia q needed thing
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season ia late the Matching Is also late. Hence
we can prolong the duration of the chrysalis
state indefinitely by properly adjusting the
temperature, delaying to that extent the
metamorphosis of the imprisoned mummy
into the free and winged insect. Reaumur,
by putting chrysalides in an ice box, was
able to keep them alive and retard their de-
velopment several years.
Going up higher in the animal ssries-
eggs, which are analogous to the seeds OF
plants, present remarkable example Of re-
tarded life. One of the most interesting
features about them Is the Independence Of
their vitality, which persists even when the
individual that has produced them, and
Within whose organism they are still con-
been recognized in pisciculture, where arti-
fetal foundation has been successful with
eggs taken from dead fsh. The persistence
of life in frogs is very long. Spallanzani
preserved some frogs in a mass of SNOW for
two years. They became dry, stiff and al
most friable, but gradual heat brought
them back to life. Toads have been
ing been deprived of all air except what may
penetrate through the material, and of all
sources Of food. resuscitated several years
afterwards. This question presents one Of
| the most curious problems that biological
| science has been called on to explain. The
longevity and vital resistance OF toads are
| surprising. Besides the experiments We
have cited, nature sometimes presents some
already made, and vastly more astonishing.
Toads are said to have been found In rocks.
Such cases are rare, but it would be as un-
| reasonable to doubt them as to believe In
some of the miraculous explanations that
have been made Of the matter.
The phenomenon Is marvellous, it Is true,
but it is supported by evidence that We are
not able to contest; and soeptieism, which is
incompatible with science, will have to dis
appear if rigorous observation shall confirm
| it. The toad was observed, in one case, in
the stone itself, and before recovering from
its long lethargy. it had made any motion.
| One of these toads was presented to an
academy, with the stone which had served it
as coffin or habitation, and 1t was ascer-
tanned that the cavity seemed to correspond
exactly with the dimensions and form Of the
animal. It is remarkable that these toad.
stones are very hard and not at all porous,
| and show no signs of fissure. The mind,
completely bafied in the presence of the
fact, is equally embarrassed to explain how
the toad could live in it's singular prison, and
4 how 1t became shut up there. II. Charles
Richet had occasion to study this question
some months ago, and came to the oonclu-
sion that the fact was real, observing that
even if, in tina actual condition of science,
certain, phenomeua were still inexplicable,
/ We were not warranted in denying their ex-
istence, for new discoveries might at any
time furnish an explanation of them. "The
true may sometimes not be probable" But
science takes accounting of the truth, not OF
the probability.