The Washington critic., 1890-02-22
PONDEROUS THOUGHTS.

A staring headline in a New York paper
conveys the sad intelligence that "Mrs.
Cleveland Subscribes to the Fair Fiend ~
What does she do that for?
%=~
This modern jackson is known TO his
colored friends as "Ole Lickory.n
~
1t is expected by the multitude of ad-
mirers of Susan B. Anthony that she will
now stand straight up, away from her cor
Der, and let Marietta Bones try to knock
her out In four rounds. Time! Bones!
w.
If Senator Blair thinks our esteemed
contemporary, the Congressional Record,
ought to have a wider circulation, why does
he conduct himself in this mannerg Why
does he speak for five days?
4#a
Now winter, to show that it still is alive,
VIII begin to get ready to commence to
arrive.
a@a
The Hon. Flower of New York should
not yield to the Hon. Quinn of New York
(1,ee lreland) very often. He yielded on
Thursday on the Worlds Fair question.
True to the green island of his birth, Hon.
Mr.. Quinn remarked of New York, "sur-
rounded as it is with thousands of large
and costly buildings, filed with tens upon
tens of thousands Of the very best classes
of our citizens-the bone and sinew of our
land-truly might it be said that the eye of
man never gazed upon scenery more fair
than this!" Bones, sinews and build
ipgs are fine scenery, sure. He said
that "the capacity of her hotels are unlim-
ited,r and that visitors to our shores 'will
stand appalled, at the glory of our Repub-
lic.n Quinn added from the bosom of his
own brain this precious bit:
"Columbia's sons, let them be near or far
Confess New York the first in peace or
war
And by the mighty Hudson, only there,
Most fitting place to hold worlds fair.
+" Chicago, giant of the glorious West
ST. Louis, Washington, calm now your
troubled breast,
Proclaim your country's glory everywhere,
New York the only place to hold worlds
far''
claims that he felt the divine 1atulence
which produces this flower of fancy. But
II bears the footprints of Quinn's ear
marks.
80
This evening George Washington's be-
loved ghost will appear and spend the hour
| from nine to ten at not less than four hun
dred spiritual seances In this country and
Europe This is very lively getting around
| for ghost that is 1888 years old.
re
Lam proud to add that whenever Con
gress declines 20 hear Representative Neid
ringhaus, he will contribute 1t to thit
column.
~
The bill for paying "oyer timen
To all who've worked the last ten years
Within the District is sublime
For its impudence, and there never was 1
better chance for demagogues to gel
in their habitual work than in tht
present Congress, as far SIS II appears
Humble Inquirer Alaska was origl
nally named by the Indians "L. $. Ka,'
SKA being the Russian termination ant
!. S., of course, the place of the seal.
w"a
"The Pope has had another chilP' is th'
bad news which the cable brought las
week. And now all the patent-outsid
papers of Iowa are announcing that "th
Pope has had another child" The lIol,
Father is more or less justified in his auath
emas against type
oa
II makes the poor man poorer still,
II makes the rich man richer,
It rohs, TO fill the city's till,
The deliver and the ditcher,
1t makes the plain mechanic feel
The heel of the oppressor-
The tricky method we reveal
OF Washington's Assessor,
a"s
The gentlemen who are moving To Sc
cllre bronze statue of Frederick Douglas
are premature 1t is well known to be th
intention Of our emancipated Fritz to dc
| IL. "A 4. A. r,a. t.t