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The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19
ED,

MARTIN Entered into rest January H.
1891, Cordelia, beloved wife OF Cyrus Martin
in the ia year OF her age.
Funeral from her late residence, 1892 Massa'
chusetts avenue, ~ IL O'Clock y. m, Tuesday,
Friends respectfully Invited TO attend
MoQUAY-on sunday, January H. NJ 43j
O'Clock p, M, after short illness, Anne Eliza.
beth McQuay, beloved wife OF Ben. G. McQuay
and daughter OF John II, and Allies II, Rollins,
aged 20 Years and II days.
New, January IT,, 1891, Frank spencer son Of
Mary Amelia and the late Hon, Thomas Snnlee-
land
STRINGER.-On sunday morning. at as,
January Is ls'li Of consumption Elith MnrieL
aged ls YEAR,, younger daughter OF Alicia Min
nctto and the late William Strlngcr
Funeral from ibl2 Ninth sttsct northwest on
Tuesday, January 10, 1891, at Up, m.
AWKWARD. sunday, ut $50 u, M art'r n
brief Illness, Ruth W, beloved wife vi Jos iph
II. Awkward, aged - years.
Funeral RON her late residence, Nl3 Georgia
avenue, Tuesday at . p, m,
JOHNSTON ON saturday, January Il, 1871,
eftcI hrlof illness, E-thcr Da'hlel, wife OF Dr.
W, W, Johnston,
Funeral private. No how'rs.
RANCRoFr, On January II, Gco,se Bln-
Funeral service ~ 81. John. Chlrca Tues.
day, jGnupry 20 NJ n u. m. Friends Invited
without luther notice.
QVINTER.- January H. 1871, at SAD a,
M, Freddie, infant son o. W, T., and Lydia VI,
Qulntor Nged year gul3 weeSs.
LENlCK.- suddenly, at her residence, 2JiI
Massachusetts avenue, Martha 4, LeNlck OF
Philadelphia,
mtermout No Philadelphia.
BROPnEY 49, On Friday, January, 10, 1891, Ut
D p, M, William Brophoy
PRICE.--At Mcmphia, Tenn, January IS,
1891, Katie lrOwn wife OF A, = Price aud
daughter OF the late William ii. Brown OF this
city.
TURKEY. On January 10, 1891, Henry Tur'
vey, rged ~ yoara,
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19
HEARTLEss MRS. BROOKS.
Another Example of Female Tyrann
in the Household.


II appears, says the New York Tribune,
that Mr., and Mrs. Brooks had a misunder-
standing on the question as to which pair
Of mittens their little boy, aged s, should
wear when he went out 10 play. Mr..
Brooks said that he should wear his red
ones. Mrs. Brooks with aggravating fem
mime obstinacy, insisted that he should
wear his blue ones. Why n woman should
invariably disagree with her husband we
do not know. Many women, more than
ordinarily intelligent in other ways, can
never seem TO recognize the superior wis
dom of their husbands. But We will not
pause here for idle speculation. Mr.
Brooks insisted on the red mittens; Mrs
Brooks stubbornly stuck TO her insane
idea about the blue mittcns.
The argument grew warm, the woman
pcrsistently refusing to admit her error
ing him, telling him that she only mar
ried him out Of pity, and putting the blue
mittens on the child and sending him out
to play. Mr.. Brooks manly spirit could
not endure this. With a forcible express
sion which, as 1t has no connection with
the thread of the story, we need not re-
peat, Mr.. Brooks announced that he
stairs to his bedroom. Here he took II
large bottle Of red ink, part of which he
poured on the pillow and the rest on his
throat and clothes. He then threw him
self heavily on the bed and fcgned death.
Here the poor man waited for half an
hour. while Mrs. Brooks hung out of the
window talking with a neighbor and
giving her good advice in regard to some
ounce Jelly which refused TO "jell." But
at last she closed the window and came
upstairs humming my Grandfather
| Clock"
"Ah," thought the poor inllstainei
Brooks, as he lay on his bed suffering,
that frivolous song will soon be chased
| from thy lips. Wrctched woman, when
you see your poor husband here cold aud
| dead then you will wish that you had
been more consderate about the nit
tensl'' He closed his eyes and held his
| breath Mrs. Brooks entered the room
and saw through the whole thing at
once. my grGciousr she exclaimed,
"hc big fool did kill himself after all.
| Bridget" she called out down stairs, run
| up and tell the coroner to come down and
| tend to George" Brooks got up from the
bed and wiped off the ink on corner OF
| the sheet.
Now, we hold this act of the IGallowell
| woman to be the height of cruelty. She
Inundated her husband without cause.
After he had gone TO all that trouble and
wasted bottle of ink because he loved
her, she might have pretended to think
him dead for Mt least few minutes. She
might have cried little and said, Poor
| fellow what shall ever do without himl
| He was right about those mittens," and
the like. But no, she would do nothing
Of the kind; but with refined cruelty went
on making heartless remarks till she
drove him into getting up and hopping
| off the improvised blood. Aud then the
barbarian laughed at him, and subse
| qucntly told the ncighbors all about it,
And these are the creatures who call them
| selves the softer sexl
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19
A Hundred and Forty Religions,

from me iT0Otdehce Journal
The census announcement that there
are hundred and forty religious bodies
in the United States, exclusive of many
independent congregations, will be re-
ceived with some surprise by most people,
whose knowledge of different sects does
not embrace more than dozen or twenty
at the most.
In the list as disclosed by the Census
Bureau are the General-SiX-Pr Principle Bap-
fists, the Schwerkfeldians, the Theosophi-
cal Society, the Life and advent Union,
and others which to majority of people
will be entirely new. With hundred
and forty crccds formally adopted, and
many independent organizations" with
their own notions besides, the task of
those who favor church union is difficult
indeed.
If only the more numerous denominl-
tons existed the labor of effectng unity
of churches with regard to policy and the
more essential doctrines might be easier,
but what shall be said when a hundred
little denominations sturdy in their be-
liefs and customs; are in the field loath to
give them mn?
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19
For Scnntor uoar,s Eve.

From he 50. Louis Gi0be-DtMOcFdt.
We would remind Senator Hoar that
when the god of battles smote the Union
cause on the field of Bull Run, neither
Colonel Jack Dempsey nor Colonel Bob
Fitzslmmons, who pummeled each other
SO scientifically at New Orleans Wednes-
day night, had opened his little eyes upon
earth and its mingled joys and SORROWS;
Union banner at Appomattox, Colonel
Dempsey and Colonel Fitzsimmons were
yet but prattling babes. And If the gem
tie reader asks what these chronological
and historical facts have to do with Sena-
tor Hoar. our answer is, that we wish
with them topoint the moral that period
of time long enough to convert two null
inginfants intOtwo veteran pugilists ought
to be long enough to operate rs statute
of limitation against the enactment of. n
measure like the Force bill.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19
"The Great APOSTLE"

.
The great apostle Of the cause of civil
liberty, Abraham Lincoln, was of an
origin so obscure that even his most par
tial biographers hurry over the chapter.
There is not an incident or an opportunity
in his boyhood-or, for that matter, in
his early or mature manhood-which
could or would promise his future. A
lazy, overgrown clerk, given to hopeless
lovemaking, full of crude skepticism and
superstition, wont to lie in the sun for
long hours idling, or to sit on the counter
Of q country store and swap doubtful
stories with country louis. Afterwards
an obscure country lawyer with small
and unlucrative practice, whose earnings
he supplemented by lecturing to light au-
diences at the neighboring crossroads,
winning his cases sometimes by one sort
of device and sometimes by another, full
of strange melancholy, the victim of q
shrewish wife. And yet somehow in
Gods providence, when the trumpet note
for freedom sounded, this gaunt, I'M
couth man. with no past was transformed
and in the twinkling of an eye became the
alert, the skillful, the tireless, the all
powerful leader of the hosts of freedom
The whole world knows of his greatness
and the wonder of his achievement. The
blue and the gray alike honor his mem
Dry.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19

The highest railroad in the United States
Is the Denver and South Park, n branch
of the Union Pacific at Alpine Tunnel, at
which point II reaches height of II 500
feet above the sea level
II is not generally known that the Gus
tom of keeping birthdays is many thou
sands of years old. II Is recorded in the
fortieth chapter of Genesis, twentieth
verse: "And It came TO pass the third day,
which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he
made feast unto all his servants
When Sir John Hcrschell was defend
ing the science of astronomy in view of a
mistake of nearly 100000 of miles in
estimating the distance Of the sun, the
correction was shown TO apply TO an error
of observation so small rs to be equivalent
to the apparent breadth of human hair
at q distance of 1875 feet.
The greatost diving feat ever achicvee
was in moving the cargo Of the ship Capd
Horn, wrecked off the coast of South
America, when diver, named Hooper,
made seven desCents toa depth Of POI feet,
remaining at one time forty-two minutes
under the water. Sebc states that the
greatest depth TO which man has been
known to descend will not exceed 2i0 feet
which would be equivalent to pressure
OF eoa pounds per square inch.
According 90 an eminent French physi-
ologist the wing of an ordinary house fly
makes $50 strokes in one second; the wing
Of the humble bee, 2i0; the honey bee, 1907
the wasp, 10; the dragon-tly, 2S; the spar
row, 10; the wild duck, 8; the pigeon, g.,
and the osprey, @.
A slight conception Of the extent Of the
British Empire may be gained from this:
The fastest ocean steamer ailoat would
occupy more time in traversing the space
covered by either the length or breadth Of
her Indian possessions than II does to
cross the Atlantic. Extraordinary rs the
above comparison may seem, British pos
sessions in Australasia and North America
are sufficiently large to cover India four
and half times and over, and still leave
enough Of territory to cover the area of
Great Britain and ireland five times more.
50 for trousers that were $50. Else
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

NEW York, Jan. 10.--Money loaned at
BOD per cent.
Exchangesteady; posted rates, 1850 1873;
actual rates, 4Sil@iSil for sixty days and
4S7@4s7l for demand.
Governments steady; currency 6s, ITO
bid; As. coupon, 40 bid; AS, do, 1O3
bid.
The stock market was not so active this
morning. New York and New England
was the feature, and its price opened at 81,
q decline of "A per cent. from Saturdays
closing figures.
The depression in the stock was due to
the denial of the consolidation rumors
and the disclosure of the forged contracts
by which Jay Gould and Russell Sage
were made to appear as having turned
President Clarke and four directors of the
New York and New Haven. The stock
further declined ] per cent. in the early
trading to 80 and then reacted to 3sa, ut
which point the stock became stagnant.
The rest of the list was affected by the
weakness of New York and New England
at the opening, and some stocks declined
fractionally, but the general market soon
cut loose, and under the lead of Northern
Pacific, preferred, Chicago Gas and st.
Paul advanced 4 To II per cent. in the last
half of the opening hour. In the hour to
noon the market was extremely dull, AMI
at this writing prices are but little changed
from those current at IL o'clock.
Washington Stock Exchange.
Reported for THE Critic by Gurlcy &
Stevens, real estate and local securities
1885 Il street northwest.
Sales-Regular call, IL o'clock M
w. d q. II. II. Conv. 6's, $1,000 n 1ls;
$1,000 1l09. Wash. l.. J., I'd, 50, 500 n So
Peoples Fire ms, ~ q St. Am. GRAPHIC.
phone, so l0l; so a 10l: % a 10} so %.
Miscellaneous Bonds-W. & G. r. II
vertible Gs, l0l; w. q G.. r. r: con
SIS, @ 1893, LOG; American Security and
Trust, SIS, 100; Wash. 1t. Infantry, LIST
6s, 1901, 96; Wash. 1t. Infantry, ID, IS
| 1904, 051; Wash. Gaslight Co., Ser. A, 6s
| 1lG; Wash. Gaslight Co., Ser. b, 6s, 1l6l;
| Wash. Market Co., 1903.
National Bank Stocks-Banh of Wash
ington, 440; Bank of Republic, 260; Metro
| politan, 30; Central 300; Second, 1872
Farmers and Mechanics, 100; Columbia
1871 & Gnpi5pI l lS West End os Traders
Railroad Stocks-Wash. and Geo, $50
Metropolitan, 10; Columbia, G7l Cap
| itol and North o Street, so; Eck'tor
q Sol. Home, %; Georgetown Sc Ten
| nallytown, 40.
Insurance Stocks = Firemens, As
Franklin, 90; Metropolitan, so; Nationa
| Union, II; Arlington. 10; Corcoran. 6S
| Columbia, 10; German American, 10
Potomac, 49, Riggs, "a; Peoples, 81; Lin
coin, 81; Commercial, Al.
| Title Insurance Stocks-Real Estat,
Title, 1875; Columbia Title, 6h.
| Gas and Electric Light Stocks-Wash
ington Gas, $500; Georgetown Gas, 4S
U. s. Electric Light; 40.
Telephone Stocks-Pennsylvania %;
| Chesapeake & Potomac, %63; American
| Graphophone, %.
| Miscellaneous Stock-Washingto Mar
ket, In Bull Run Panorama, Is; Pneu
matte Gun Carriage, I.
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies
National Safe Deposit, 2i5; Wash. SAT-
Deposit, 100; Wash. Loan & Trust Co.
9s; American Security g. Trust Co., 81.
| %Ex-diyidend,
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19

From he birmingham Mercury.
A lady went into a registry Office, and,
seeing pleasant-faced girl there, said to
her: Have you any objection to the
country"
Girl politely)-None at all, madam.
Lady-l have quite large family.
Girl-The more the merrier.
Lady-Sevcn children; two of them
quite small
Girl love little children.
L0dy-lt will be necessary for You to
clean the boots, wash and get the meals.
i attend to the pastry and certain other
work myself
Girl will also make the pastry and do
the rest, if You will allow me.
Lady, cannot give you any more than
three afternoons out of each month.
Girl-One will be sufficient, perhaps
more than shall want, as my plan is to
give strict attention to my household
duties, and thus get the work done
promptly every day, so as to have plenty
of opportunity to rest between times.
LADY, am delighted.
Stranger Suddenly entering)-Sorry to
interrupt you, madam, but you are con-
yersing with one of my patients, who has
just escaped from the Hopelessly Incur
able Lunatic Asylum.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19
THE RAUM INVESTIGATION.

More Evidence I'm the Refrigerator
Matter Given To-Day.
The House committee investigating the
charges against Commissioner Raum con-
tinued its session to-day.
Miss Carrie Roush testified that in addi-
ton to letter she had previously men
toned as writing she had copied several
legal l.apers for the company at
the request Of Mr.. Tanner Commissioner
Raum's private secretary. The work was
done after Office hours. The witness said
she could not give much information rela-
tive to these matters as she did so much
official copying that il was impossible for
her to remember.
She denied the statement heretofore
months A on V work for ' the Rcfrigera tor
Company. She said she had not occupied
more than one hour of Office time to this
work since she had been in the Pension
Office.
Assistant Secretary Bussey testified that
he had no stock in the Refrigerator Com
pany. Mr.. Raum, he said, had told him
that he intended to organize company
and asked permission to use Mr.. Dussey' s
name as one of the incorporators. The
witness said he granted the request as n
favor to Mr.. Raum.
Mr.. Cooper asked the witness If he did
HOt hIiON illslt tuclc NtTc Vi uDl-
dars Of worthless stock floating around
the country with Commissioner Raum' $
name on them.
Mr.. Bussey replied that he did not.
Bradley Tanner, private secretary to
Commissioner Raum, testified that the
Refrigerator Company had built sample
refrigerator and had it on exhibition in
the office of the. company in this city,
The witness said he did not know
Nyhnrn ar how H. wns huilt or who
built it, He did not remem.
Der having given any refrigerator
company work to any employee of the
Pension Office with the exception of Mrs.
Roush. The incorporators of the com.
pany, he said, were Secretary Bussey,
Hallett Kilbourn, Joseph Tyssowski,
Commissioner Raum and himself.
Several female employees of the Pension
Office testified that they had never done
work for the Refrigerator Company, and
that they had never seen Miss Roush do
ing this work.
Green b. Raum, jr., testified that n mes
songcr named O'Donncll, employed in the
room of the witness in the Pension Office
took care of his horses.
Mr.. Cooper asked If he paid O'Donncl
for this work.
MIR. Raum said he did.
Mr.. Cooper asked how much he paid
linn, and Mr.. Raum replied that it was
none of Mr.. toopeT'S business, The wit
ness refused to answer further questions
us to UDonnells compensation.
II. L, Gaines, an employee of the Pension
Office, testified that he had written {
short letter for the Refrigerator Company
at the request of Bradley Tanner.
The work was done after office hours.
The committee adjourned until Monday
neXt,when II is expected the in yestgatior
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19
From he MeO York Herald

From The NtlD York HeFdld.
The Reaper has been busy in France of
late.
Within few short weeks he has cut
down such men as Alphonse Karr, Octave
Feuillet, and Baron Haussmann. And
now the cable brings us the sad news that
Delibes is dead.
Leo Delibes was not the greatest, but he
was one of the most charming French
composers of his day. "Lakmc," lie
Roi Ia dit" and jean de Nivelle,n his
best-known operas, may not outlive our
time, But our children and perhaps our
dainty and piquGnt ballets
The airy, fairy grace and beauty of his
sylvia" LA, Source" and Coppelia'
stand unrivaled.
His work is done now. lie will write
no more dances. And Music mourns.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19

From The Richmond Times, 1sM
Tomorrow will be the anniversary of
the birth of General Robert Il. Lee, the
peerless Virginian, whom the late war be-
tween the States led the forces of the
South in their unequal fight against the
world for the maintenance of State SOW
ereignty and the rights of the South as
guaranteed by the Constitution of the
United States. Though aftera struggle Of
years, to which history presents no paral-
lei for heroism and valor, the South was
forced to yield to overwhelming numbers,
the immortal hero, Lee emerged from
the conflict with untarnished cscutchcon
and with enduring laurels which will be
kept green and undying so long as the
world shall last, and men shall revere
everything that is pure and noble in
human character.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19

UIoR RENT-sEVERAL COMFORTABLY
II furnished rooms, with board. heat, gas and
bath; also use Of parlor and piano; home com
forts gO5 q II. n. W.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19
DICHMOND AND DANvILLE RAILROAD
N GO. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT DE-
IEMlGp

1 tNhfh -, lN3N
$50 a. M East Tennessee mail, daily FOR
Wurrcntor, Gordonsyillc, Charlottesville, Lynch
burg, and stations between Alexandria and
lNGchturg, Roanoke, B'is,ol, Knoxville,
Chattanooga and Memphis,
ll'Si q, m.-Fast mail daily for tulpep"r,
Charlottesville, stations Chesapeake aud OAin
route, LyuChhurg, Rocky Mount, Danvillc ali
stations between Lynchhurg and Danylll',
Greensboro, linlCirh, Charlotte, Columbia,
Augusta, Atlanta, birmingham, Montgomery,
New Orleans, iCXas and California. Pullman
SltcuCg New York TO Atlanta Pullman
sleeper Atlanta to New Orleans, ana Pullman
sleeper nanyillt To Columbia and Augusta;
Pullman Sleeper Washington 20 Cincinnati,
Via Chesapeake and OHIO. solid trains Wash
iucton to Atlanta,
s.HO =, Daily. except Sunday, for Man1s
rs, Sirus burg. and intermediate stations.
l:G. pm Runs daily 10 Lyuchhurg. Pail
man sleeper, W ,rhirgtun 20 Memphis, via
liaOp. N Western cxnress daily Tor Manns.
rH-, Charlottesville, Louisville, and Cincinnati.
solid Pullman \Cstihuc trains, Washington 10
tEc.rne'i with Pullman slccpers Washing
ton TO Louisville,
ll;2uplu.- Southern express daily for Lynch
burg, DGnyjNc, Raleigh, A-hcvillc Charlotte,
Columbia, Augusta, ATLANTA Montgomery, Now
orleans, Texas, and California Pullman Ncsti-
nUIg Slccpcr Washington TO New Orleans, vim
Atlanta and Montgomery, rullmln sleeper
Washington lu Birmingham, Ala, via Atantt
mud Georgia Pacific Hallway, Pullman sleeper
Washington To Arhcyillc and Hot Sp.ur-, n.
G., via Salisbury, also Washington 20 AugtHtV,
via nmNil'c gIl Charlotte,
1ruius ON Washington and ohio division
leave Ntl %. m, daily, G2 p. mn, tllH, ana y; ID
D. ma. daily, returning arrive al Washington
$40 % ur, a.l1 D. m, and i:tl "a. m,
through tgiue from the South via Char
lotto, nDn,illc wud lFuChhurg arrive In WASH
irgtuu ". q %. NJ, p:ll ~. m. and l,l0p. M; via
Ia-i Tennessee, Bristol and Lynchhurg ut t.n
p, ms via Chesapeake and Ohio route aud
Charlottesville a. NiS D, m, and l'l0 p, m, gut
G54 a. m, stgashurg local M 1914 u, m.
Tickets, sleeping car reservation and iufnr-
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19
Florida Lands.

An unusual opportunity is offered in
Florida by the opening of the lands that
have been held in reserve for years by the
state government and everybody we y, a i,, who 10
the finest farming section of Florida
should read the, advertisement of the
Florida Coast Line Canal and Transport
tation Company, and write them, at st,
Augustine Fla,
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19

hN'phhs'" VIE
From ne NelU York SRll

fTCM ne AtW lOFN ShA.
No statues are put up of women great,
And this the reason is (pray do not
smilo):
In two short years the brass would aggra-
waite
Her relatives and friends compassionate,
Because the costume would be out of
stVln
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19

"Dd you go to hear Stanley" an ALLIE
ghenian asked of an cast-endcr yesterday,
"No, We We're going but our hired girl
put stop to it,"
How was that Y'
"she went out yesterday, and when she
came back in the evening she told my
wife that her doctor had ordered her to
eat four or five fresh eggs day, abstain
from hard work and sleep IN a warm
eggs, the vacation and a stove in her bell
room right off, SO We decided TO lot her go
ut oncc, and consequently We did not get
20 hear Stanley. "-HnsbDy Dispaich
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19
WHO Is TO BLAME?
Each Party Accuses the Other of Being
Responsible.

Responsible.
On the night of December 10 collision
occurred at The corner of Seventh and ID
streets between Truck A and cable car
No. %, The Commissioners sent bill to
the Washington and Georgetown Rail-
road Company for s98.3S, the cost of re-
pairs on the truck neccssitated by the ac-
Cident.
The railroad company returned the
compliment with bill against the Dis
smashup. The matter was referred to At
torney Hazleton asking if a suit was adj
visable.
He refused to give any decision in the
case until ailidavits were made by the fire
men who witnessed the affair
Chief Paris this morning submitted to
the Commissioners the sworn statements
of his men, all of whom charge the grip
man of the cable car with gross careless
ness. The statements will be sent to At
torney HaZleton for his action,
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-19

At recent general convention of the
National Board of Trade, representing
boards of trade and kindred commercial
organizations from the different States,
the following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted
Rcsolrcd, That the National Board of
Trade recommends TO Congress the re-
vision Of the present and statistical legis-
lation and the immediate provision for
future enumerations, with n view to better
service and greater efficiency.
Resolvod, That committee be appointed
to draft bill and present the same to
Congress, contemplating pcrmanence of
statistical and enumerating officials and a
proper separation of the times in which
the Constitution and the collection OF
general statistical information is made.