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The Washington critic., 1890-02-04
SOCIETY.

There will be no reception at the Ebbitt
to-day in consequence of the Tracy calamity.
Miss Grace Miller of 17l5 Seventeenth
street is one of the handsome debutantes
of the season,
Mr.. Albert Pulitzer, proprietor OF the
New York Morning Journal, is spending the
week in the city.
Senator and Mrs. Stanford have recalled
their invitations for the dinner which they
were to have given tonight
Miss Salle Loring is the guest of Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Hit. Miss Loring has
been visiting friends in Boston for nearly
year past.
Mrs. O'Reilly, wife of DIR. O'Reilly, L. ).
A., has returned from New York State,
of her mother.
Mrs. Edward p. Mertz will be at home
Wednesday, assisted by her mother and sis
ter, Mrs. /. g. Hine and Miss Hine, Mrs.
w. T. Nabers, Mrs ID. +. Sharretts, Mrs.
S. Il. Thomas and Mrs. T. NJ. Finley.
Notwithstanding the inclement weather
last Saturday afternoon, Mrs, and Miss
Foote had numerous callers from B to q
o'clock. The hostess received her guests
In handsome costume Of black lace and
silk, and Miss Foote looked charming in a
toilet of black silk with iet-beaded bodice.
In the diningroom an elegant collation.
was served where Miss Twiggs of Georgia
presided Miss Almy, Miss Cayanaugh
and others assisted. During the afternoon
Miss Foote rendered many classical piano
forte selections, and Miss Twiggs aud Mr..
f, b. Hay gave several spirited reeitatlons.
Mrs. William b. Moses gave a handsome
reception from s TO II last evening at her
apartments at the Normandie, where
she welcomed from four to five hundred
guests. The rooms were elaborately dec
Grated with flowers and growing plants
among which giowed a myriad fairy lamps
aud wax tapers IN gilt aud bronze can
delabra. Mrs. William B, Moses wore
gown of pansy satin with draperies Of lace
the same shade. The bodice was of satin
brocaded IN silver and gold, Mrs. Adolf
Goslin of New York, daughter Of the
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hundicd million dollars ON naval i'm.
provemenis This is absurd, parilcu.
mly In view Of the fact that n twenty
million expenditure on the Worlds Fair
is deemed sufficient to maintain our bid
for the admiration and respect of the
commercial and industrial worlds II
The design ,o invest more than quarter
Of million of the plumber we have
taken from the pockets Of our protected
citizens, in building new ships to orna
mont the high seas and to amplify our
naval dress parade in foreign ports, is a
sensible one, justified either by pride or
danger, Congress should consider twice
that sum wisely expended on national
exposition, which is intended TO ex-
press the triumph of our peaceful spirit
and occupations.
We are not interested just now in
showing our teeth. What we want to
do more than anything else is to prove
to Europe that we have brains. 1t Is
intellectual and not muscular greatness
we should aim TO demonstrate. \
Worlds Fair that falls short in splendor
or magnitude 10 the recent exposition
of democratic France will shame and
SANDER us. No estimate yet made Of
the financial needs for the American
show could suffice. Wherever Con-
gress decides to hold the exposition ii
should provide for its success with n
generous appropriation, and practice
economy on the naval and similar sub
sides
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NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE.
Its Executive Committee Here to In
struct COngress.

Its Executive Committee Here to In
struct Congress.
The Executive Council of the National
Board of Trade convened in this city at
10 O'Clock to-day at Willard's Hotel.
The council consists of the President
Mr.. Frederick Fralev of Philadelphia;
the secretary, Nh. Hill, and twenty-five
vice presidents, one from each con
stituent body of the Board Of Trade.
President Fraley, in speaking of the OBJ
iects of the meeting of the council to u
CRITIC representative, said:
I'VE meet to take such action as may
be deemed necessary upon the resolu
tions adopted by the National Board of
Trade at Louisville last October, and to
present to the committees of Congress
that have charge of financial matters
such resolutions as may be passed, and
to determine at what time and place the
next meeting of the National Board
shall be held Also, to have confer
ence with such delegates as may be APP
pointed by Boards of Trade and Cham.
bers Of Commerce that are not now
members of the National Board, for the
purpose of explaining to them the OBJ.
1ects OF the organization OF the council
and in endeavoring to get them to be-
come members.
Outside boards have been invited to
appoint delegates to attend this session
for such a conference, and if, from any
cause, they should find it inconvenient
| TO attend, to ask the member of Con
gress from their district to attend in
their stead. Mr.. Hamilton A. Hill Of
Boston is the secretary. The confer
ence will probably last as long as to-
day and tomorrow, and probably
longer. Mr.. John \. Price of Scran-
ton, Pa, is the chairman of the com
mittee charged with the cndeavor to
increase the membership of the board.
He arrived this morning and put up at
Wizards.
He reports that many personal prom.
ises and letters have been received of a
nature warranting him to predict a very
satisfactory attendance and q successful
council. In addition to those gentle
men already on the ground, he expect;
increased arrivals to night and to NOR
row. The convention is not committed
to adjourn at any specified time, bu
will remain in session as long as sucl
action may be deemed to be for the bes
interests of the object in view.
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AFTER-DINNER BEER.
A Coroner Finds IA Case Where 1t
Would Have Saved Life.

a Coroner Finds IA Case Where IL
Would Have Saved Life.
DR.. Churton of Chester, England,
held an inquest at Nantwich work
house recently on George Bennington,
an aged inmate. The evidence showed
that Bennington ate hearty Christmas
dinner, and next morning was found
dead in bed, In reply TO the coroner
the master of the workhouse stated
that the guardians had passed a special
resolution refusing beer or other alco-
holic stimulants to the inmates on
Christmas Day.
The coroner said it was quite un-
necessary to pursue the inquiry further.
Fol- reasons best known to themselves
the guardians had departed from the
usual arrangement allowing beer to the
Christmas dinner.
His own impression was that instead
Of doing harm, little alcoholic stimu-
liant was beneficial in assisting to get
rid Of heavy meal. In his experience
he had known many mistakes made by
persons who held extreme views on the
use of siimulants. What were the good
things OF earth sent for unless to be en-
joycd in moderationy
Did they mean to tell him that glass
Of wine or beer would hurt any living
man? Certainly not. In fact, stimu-
lants, he knew from Il very long expert
ence, had been the means Of saving
thousands of lives, They were espe-
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civil Service Conmlssiou.

Everything is very quiet about the
headquarters of the Civil Service Com
mission just at present, although con-
siderable interest seems to be centered
in the examination of applicants to-day
for clerkships and mail carriers in the
City Postotlice. Commissioners Lyman
and Roosevelt and Chief Examiner
Webster are absent from the city, and
Secretary John T. Doyle went to New
Haven last night on official business
expecting to return Thursday.
1t will he of interest TO clerks in the
War Department to know that an ex-
animation of clerks for promotion in
the entire Department has been decided
upon and will be held very soon. This
examination was asked for by the heads
of the Department and is considered
the only practical way under the civil
service rules whereby clerks of all
grades can come in the line of promo
tiOn
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KILLED FROM SHOCK.
Sad Death of Mr.. j. Ballinger OF This

Sad Death OF Mr.. d Balltnger OF This
City.
John J Ballinger, an employee of
Adams Express Company, died at his
residence, 61i Eleventh street, yester-
day afternoon, from the effect of in
juries received while in the discharge
of his duties. During the coupling of
cars in the freight yard at Jersey City
it is supposed that the shock caused a
safe to fall upon him. He was taken to
Philadelphia soon after, and doctors
there pronounced his condition not to
any degree serious.
Nevertheless he was brought to Wash
ington in an unconscious condition,
from which, during his whole illness,
lasting about seven weeks, he rallied
but occasionally and then for period
of only about fifteen minutes, and was
thus unable TO make any disposition of
his personal effects, property, etc. He
passed away in a perfectly peaceful
condition after long suffering. In this
city he was attended by DR.. II. l.. Cole,
who prononnces it case of fracture of
the skull. DIR. Hamilton was consulting
physician.
Mr.. Ballinger had been in the employ
of the company for over twenty years,
and when he died was money messen-
ger, position requiring great conf
dence and reliability. The deceased
was In his tiftieth year and leaves a
wife and three children, the eldest OF
whom is II years The funeral takes
place from the residence next Wednes.
day at p. IN.
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THE LONG FIGUT EyDED.

Well, the long fight in The House
is ended, and Smith, the Republican
contestant, secures the seat in that body
allotted to the Fourth District of West
Virginia.
Smith is Republican. That was
his case. When the roll was called
last night, 166 Republicans voted that
his case was good. There were just 1876
Rel lublicans in the House at that time.
Nobody voted against him, but as
silence on the part of the Democrats
was equivalent to opposition. IL may be
said that every Democrat supported the
man whose right to the seat Smith was
coutesiing, namely, Jackson. The
case of Jackson rested in the fact that
he is a Democrat
That excellent family poetess, Mother
Goose, after referring to the remark
able conduct of the four-and twenty
blackbirds which, having been baked
into pie, began singing as soon as the
cover of the pie was lifted, inquired
with gentle domestic sarcasm
Wasn't that pretty dish
To set before the King,
Isn't this pretty dish to set be-
fore the American people? The
right TO seat in Congress set
tied, after fierce struggle, by the
mere politics Of the contestants! "IGow
will you vote if you get iny inquired
the members of the House of Messrs.
Jackson and Smith-and according to
the replies the matter was decided The
debate upon the history and the intrin-
sic merits of the contest was mere
ceremony mockery. Every member
knew exactly how he was going to vote
before the debate, and that the facts in
the case would not influence him in the
least. Even Anderson Of Kansas, who
has sort of fad for contrariety, stood
by his party without a murmur.
MORE MONEY ron TUE FAIR.
The Republican party in its haste to
relieve the groaning treasury, should
Try, at least, to adopt moIe popular
course than the one it seems bent upon
pursuing. The country is neither
threatened with, nor feels the desire for,
war. lis platitudes on happiness and
prosperity depend upon the substantive
peace. To any close observer Of the
progress made in modern devices for
the destruction of life and property, and
of the enormous waste Of public funds
represented by the English navy, for ex-
ample, the folly to which the legislation
for our national defenses is being car
led must he apparent.
il is proposed now to lay opt three
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ouInine AS Daily Food.

Doubtless most people have at some time
in their lives been obliged to take quinine.
Disguise II as one will, in capsules or gela
tine covers, II is bitter dose, Think, then,
of a country where it is an article In daily
use, placed upon the table as regularly as
the bread. Such is the case In portions Of
Africa. The natives do not need It, of
course, because they are born TO the eli
mate, but qulnine is the white mans shield
from malaria. A missionary lady who lived
for many years on the west coast of Africa
told me that when perfectly well she took
six grains of quinne every day In order to
keep well, and that in her family of three
persons they used on an average an ounce
In six weeks. One can run over the table
of weights and easily see what large
number of grains an ounce contains. - lIide
llrnLn
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hostess. wore white silk with draperies o.
silver gau7e Mrs. William u Moses, lace
over yellow satin with black velvet trim
mings. A delightful collation. was served
throughout the evening. Among the guests
present were Mrs. Colonel Frank Jones,
Mrs. Frank Barbarln, Mrs. and Miss OSie
the Misses Darlington, Mr.. aud Mrs. Ronif
MIR. and Mrs A, B. Mullett aud daughter
Mrs. Finley, Mr.. and Mrs. Burt Smith, Mr..
and Mrs. Beveridge, Mrs McKeldon, Miss
Coweu, aud MIR. and Mrs. Kickhaufer. An
enjoyable feature of the evenings enter
taiumcnt was the musical programme, which
included several solos by Mrs. Kaspar,
piano recitation by Mr.. Szemylui, aud a
violin, banjo ana piano trio by the Misses
Kickhaufer
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Petit Jurors for February.

A list of twenty petit jurors ap-
peared in the Criminal Court this morn
ing to serve for the month of February.
Out of the original number who re-
sponded to the call made by the clerk
eight were excused. and an unlucky
number of thirteen remained, including
Charles II. Parker, Lexc0ns A. Wood.
Thomas Il. Waggaman, William Il.
Allis, James o. Marceron, w. f.
Prewett. NJ, b. Flynn, John f, Green,
Ellery J, Burt, James II. Winslow, +.
d. Jones, Fred. w. Kahtert, Charles
Altman, A. j. Bell, S. ID. Newcomb.
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cially beneficial in cases of weak action
Of The heart. He hpi known tcctotal-
ers who were inordlnate eaters.
He remembered case In Nantwich
where man, teetotaler, went home
at night and ate an enormous supper
Next morning he was found dead In
bed. The enormous quantity of food
had filed the stomach, pressed upon
the heart and prevented an upward How
of blood. Because in that case he (the
coroner) expressed the opinion that II
glass Of beer would have saved the
mans life he was severely criticised.
Extreme men carried this kind of thing
sadly too far. Verdict; Death from
natural causes
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Pair with Your own PARTY.

never see the genial John f. Lamb of
Indiana that don't recall some interesting
story of his career in Congress. lie was
one of the most popular Democrats who
ever sat in the House of Representatives,
and his sterling Democracy was acknowl-
edged by every one. Yet, every now and
then he would get into difficulty with his
constituents a, home because he would occa-
sionally associate with Republican, and 1t
was exceedingly difficult for him to explain
to his rural constituents his conduct. Que
day he got letter from a pretty prominent
Democrat in his district, upbraiding him
for his social inclinatiOns with his political
enemies. The letter ran;
DEAR JoRS: am panied to see by the news
papers that you are frequently paired with
some Republican. This should not be- You
must leave the Republicans alone If you
must pair, why hang it, pair with Demo
crat; never with a Republican.
81.
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THE OLLLO .SILIUE.

En-. Governor Foraker is reported in
yesterday evenings CRITiC as having
said in answer to the query as to what
he thought Of Speaker Reeds ruling,
ooh, we admire him in Ohio. We
think he is doing just right. The idea
of allowing those rebel brigadiers to
obstruct public business and to call the
Speaker hard names is condemned not
only in Ohio, but in all the North.
If Ex-Governor Foraker were on earth
atthe present time, his utterances would,
perhaps, be more significant, but non
sense is nonsense, even If ghost utters
it. What possible connection can there
be between the present strife in the
House and the rebel brigadiers?' The
question Is not one growing out of the
war, but plainly one of legislation. 1t
is a question of The right of the major.
iy TO rule. 1t is question of the
power of minority to obstruct. The
CR1TIC believes that the majority should
rule; first, because this is republic,
and secondly, because majority in
legislative body should be held directly
responsible TO the people for all legisln-
ton and for all failure to provide legis.
lation. II the Republican party, which
is now in power, at least numerically,
has bcnefcent policy, it should be
/ permitted to enforce it; if it has a
vicious policy it should be permitted To
expose it, The majority should rule
and take the consequences.
| Nor is the question one Of precedent
! Every prominent member of the House
has been on each side of the so.called
| principle Of this controversy. Certain
scientists contend that it is possible to
| produce noise so loud that it cannot
/ lie heard. The inconsistencies of the
leading Representatives in the present
/ struggle are so many ami so over
whelming that they have no right to
attract attention.
The late Mr.. Foraker S attempt to lug
into the controversy the issues of the
rebellion is simply ghasily. We had
hoped that the cool and bracing atmos-
phere of the hereafter would improve
him, but the hope was vain. 1t would
pay the Republican party to exercise
the Ohio Shade. if possible. Nothing
! could be more disastrous to that party S
reasonable attitude, as maintained so
courageously by Speaker Reed, than an
attempt 10 inject into the controversy
the preiudices of scctionalism.
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A wan, haggard and ragged gentleman
appeared at the kitchen door of New
York residence.
"Wnl you please give me something to
eat,' inquired the poor man of the cook.
"With pleasure" replied the obliging
cook. "But first tell me what unfortuitous
combination of circumstances brought you
to this lamentable condition.
"Alas" replied the suffering applicant,
81 am simply plain, commonplace bank
burglar, and the superior skin of the pres
idents and cashiers in this thriving mart has
thrown me out of employment"
"Poor man. calculated the cook. 81
will give you large piece of lemon pie.n
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NEu r0RKERs' OrEER MAYyERS

VIEW YORKERS' QLEER MANNERS
Outside of society" the manners of
many of the guests at church weddings
would be considered extremely rude, Alta
very swell affair of this kind, which took
place recently In fashionable church,
the curiosity of the guests so far overcame
their sense of decorum that they stood up
on the seats to see the bridal party at the
altar At those points in the service where
the deyout were expected to kneel a curl
Gus spectacle was Witnessed. In a number
Of the pews some women were kneeling
while Others were standing ON the cushioned
seats There were only about score of
men present. .-NeW lork sun.
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..Topsy in the Tolls. ="

She gave her name as Georgiana
Hart at the station, but the police of
the city know her as "Topsy.' When
she came into the dock this morning
her chin barely reached the iron rail,
and she looked up at the Judge un-
fllnchingly. A little bit of pink rib
bon was tied in her hair. The girl did
not weigh over fifty pounds, and she
has no home, but sleeps in empty boxes
about the market.
"Step back" said Judge Miller
"and I'll see if ] can't find you a
home"
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LIE uln RErLnEn.

An angry guest at an Austin, Texas, hotel
came down stairs at 2 O'Clock in the morn
ing and said to the night clerk "Who is
that man across the hall from me kicking
up such a racket | can't sleep wink"
Clerk-"Ob, he is a retired Army officer
ON little toot.n
Retired, has her Well, If he makes all
that clamor after he has RETIRED what
boiler yard he must be for noise before re
tiring.n- Ic90s SiJtiags.
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LET THEN EIGHT IT OH

LET THEN FIGUT 1T OUT
In the press gallery of the House the
other day Senator ingalls, assertion
that
Had the victim of the outrage at Aber-
deem been citizen of Kansas, as he was of
Indiana, and did it apr ear that the State
Government of Mississippi, or the Govern
meDt of the United States had refused to
aveuge the wrong perpetrated upon him,
/ guarantee that the people of Kansas
would have taken 1t into their own hands 70
see that he had reparation,"
was under discussion by the Represen
tatives of the fourth estate. 1t was the
unanimous opinion that the Kansas
Jsyhawkers aud the Mississippi Swamp
Angels ought to meet and fight it out,
two best out of three. The first round
could take place on the banks of the
Yazoo, the second on the Kaw and the
third and last round and wind-up could
come off in the Neutral Strip or in No
Mans Land, Senators ingalls, and
George to lead the opposing forces.
Such contest would be truly cyclonic
affair
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Sure of IA Holiday.

Jlmmy--Where are you going to-day,
Jacky Let's so skatin'.
Jack Pm going to school; aiu't you?
Jimmy-Yes but the teacher win dismiss
us all the same. Mickey Hooley has got two
mice IN his pocket, aud he's gon' 10 let 'em
out on the noor.- Kearaey Enterprise.
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verdict on The Monkey- wrench Case

Arguments were concluded in the
Maher monkey wrench case this morn
ing, which had occupied the attention
of the Criminal Court for nearly two
days. Maher was charged with three
distinct counts of larceny. The jury
returned verdict of guilty as charged
in the third count of the indictment,
bnt not so as to the two first counts.
The count on winch the defendant is
adiudged guilty is that Of the theft Of
monkey. wrench from the United
States Navy Yard. Maher pleaded
guilty when arraigned as to the charge
In this count, Sentence was deferred.
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VINO Is GoINe to insure against col
lapse or mysterious disappearance the
buildings Chicago would build for the
Worlds Fair on the lake 'front.'
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DOUBTLESS SENATOR PLATr has
beaten New York in the Worlds Fair
contest, but it looks now as though al
most anybody in New York could beat
Senator Platt
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dlcbcrger chosen Senator. than any
other person or agency Yet Malone
failed to stand by him at time when
by so doing Gorham instead of McCook
would have been made Secretary Of the
Senate.
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WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 4, 1890.

LET III BE HOPED that Adam Fore
paugh has better show in the next
world than he had in this.
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The PARTISAN VOTE on the Smith
jackson case exhibited as fine variety
of automatic hypocrisy as was ever wit
messed in a free and enlightened coun-
tt...
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SouTm DAKOTA has declared for New
York for the Worlds Fair in IL set Of
resolutions which constitute II very
flattering obituary notice
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We WERE PLEASANTLY disappointed at
finding, under the heading "Big game four
hours away" IN the esteemed New York
San, story of some New Workers who
killed two bears over in the Pocono Noun
tains. From the heading it was reasonable
TO suppose the article contained news of
distressing character from Albany.
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IN THE PRESENCE of death, party ties, am
billions and Affiliations are dumb. We are
men first and partisans afterward Neis
FORK Hsfdid.
Why not be men all the timeg
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Arthur " ARD, the Australian swimmer
is coming to this country to swim Niagara
in an ordinary bathing costume. We sim
cerely hope Mr. Ward may 80 through It
safely. An ordinary bathing costume
would be a shocking thing for man to
present himself at the gates of the next
world in.
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THE REV. HEBER NEWTON says that
the world is growing better. If man can
live in New York and hold that opin-
ion we should hate to print, without ex-
purgation, his notions of the condition
of the ancients.