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The critic., 1891-01-27
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Amelie Rivcs-Chanler is reported
to have written another book, in which
the freedom of treatment displayed in
"The Quick or the Dead is far exceeded.
Rose Terry Cooke, who ought to know,
advises young girls, even those gifted with
literary talent to place no dependence
on literature rs a brcadwinner. "rhe
life" she says, sis full of modification,
anxiety and disappointment"
Louise Thorndykc Boucicault has made
known her intention of returning to the
stage. Two managers have offered to star
her in some of her late husbands come
dies, but the lady says she does not aspire
to stellar roles, and is as yet undecided.
A young lady of Richmond has had
accepted by Harper e Bros. a short story
for publication in their Young People"
"The Colors of Dalzell' is its title. The
authors verses constitute a regular feature
Of the Philadelphia Weakly Times.
Prince Victor Hohenlohe is a sculptor
to whom the filling of the shoes of Sir
Joseph Edgar Boehm, lately sculptor in
ordinary to the Queen of England, is con;
tdently ascribed. Such n choice would
create great dissatisfaction among the
sculptors of English birth. Thornycroft
Gilbert, Onslow Foro, Brock and Birch
are mentioned FOR the position.
Mr.. Charles Crocker of San Francisco
has brought from Europe Rubens,
"Arion Escaping on Dolphin;" a Paul
Potter representing horses, Rembrandt
Head of Boy;n a Gainsborough a
David Teniers, Millet "LHomme la
Houc;" Rousseau lies Chenes;" a
Delacroix IL 'Enlevement''--th abduc-
ton of a girl by corsairs, and two land
scapes by Corot.
Stanley has now given up an opinion
which he entertained when he set out in
search of Livingstone. He was then led
to believe by the natives that white or
light-celored people would be found
somewhere in Central Africa. Several of
the tribes had traditions of the existence
of such people there, and DR.. Living
stone himself heard of these traditions
curing his African wanderings. Stanley
lecame convinced during his recent ex-
lorations that there is no white native
lace to be found in the central regions OF
the Dark Continent.
The Chicago Inter- Ocean says: Captain
Phil Reade, so favorably known i'm Chi.
cGgo when member of General Crooks
| staff, being inspector of rifle practice OF
| the Division of the Missouri, has beer
| iOuphing it very rough In the Indian
country as commander of Company G
Third Infantry. In a letter to a Mil
waukee friend he says he is furnishing fol
something to eat, drink and smoke. HI
| wants to build fire in hole, crawl in
and draw the hole in after him. The gal
| liant captain of the waxed mustachio
| says that his company met Big Foot
band before the fight of exterminatioi
six days later, and drolly alleges that Bi
Foot called him Big Nose Red Head
| and Shoot Heap.'n
The critic., 1891-01-27
EDITORIAL PERSONALS.

Now that Blair is out of the Senate
where will the editor of the esteemed Con-
gressiondl Record get his padding ?-Atlaata
Constitution.
Mr.. Cleveland is reported as saying
some pleasant things about Governor Hill
in connection with the latters election to
the Senate. But the top of Mr.. Cleve-
lands head will be as far above the tim
Der line as is Mr.. Hills before he con-
vinces the Governor that his good words
are sincere. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Up to the hour of going to press we have
not received either an exclusive or mani
fold copy of that fearless, convincing and
altogether admirable letter against free
coinage of silver which Mr.. Cleveland's s
conscience must have instructed him to
write weeks ago.-New York Tribune.
w. l.. Chandler is dethroned and, one
may hope, n defunct boss in New Hamp-
shire. It was bad enough to give him DR..
Gallingcr for colleague in the Senate
lie Printer over his own was like turning
the knife in the wound. 1t looks very
much as If Chandler himself would go out
of public life next. Chandler has not
been success, in the Senate or out of
it, since he became Senator Boston
Herald.
The war is not over yet. J. T. Trow-
bridge, the Yankee writer of juvenile
stories, has just written another, in
which all the 'Southerners are ignorant,
base, and INSCRIPTIONS scoundrels, who
whip women, tar and feather Yankee
schoolmarms. murder, rob and burn and
do all sorts of deviltry.-Richmond Times.
Lecturer George Kennan advises all am
bilious young men to 60 to the north
pole. A marked copy of his advice on
this subject should be at once mailed to
Henry Cabot Lodge Chicago Post.
1t has been discovered that Granny
Hoar is too flabby for wet nurse
atlanta Constitution.
If Mr.. Blaine is so able master of the
lions tail, why dosen't he do better with
such comparatively harmless animal as
the seal?-IhiIGdelphia Times.
Vice.President Morton is in difficult
place as presiding officer of the Senate.
He is not an accomplished presiding ofli-
Ger, and he has many of the most intri-
cate points OF parliamentary law to settle.
He has an INSCRIPTIONS set of party
associates, who are constantly urging him
to become the instrument of objectiona-
BILE schemes on their part. As far as we
have yet observed he has conducted
himself with dignity and has intended 10
act with fairness under these conditions
and he is entitled TO have it mentioned to
his credit.-Boston Herdld
The Nashville american informs its
readers that "Langston, the saddle-coloret
patriot from Virginia, Tapped his orator.
cal wings in the House and scared toward
the cerulean III grand style the other day,
Summarizing his speech the america,
says: "Langston isnot content with cover
ing the whole face of the country witt
rufiian soldiery and providing singl,
bayonet for each single ballot, but h
would pile up penalties and stack soldier
and Federal marshals ON top of eacl
and he stars .'' TRs bere oi S'
be some eternal fitness in these osculatorl
proceedings contemplated by the profound
coon from Virginia, but we have no
found the key to the problem as we go l.
The critic., 1891-01-27
FOUND ACTUALLY STARVED.
A Young Girl Discovered Unconscious
and Dying in Big City.

A Young Girl Discovered Unconscious
and Dying In n Big City.
JERSEY Cry, Jan. 26.-Miss Bessie Nc
Elroy worked in the Lorillard Tobacco
Factory two months ago. After her dis
charge she tried unsuccessfully to get
work elsewhere, but her age and mex
perience outside of the tobacco shops were
against her. For years she had supported
an aged mother, and this burden and the
final breaking down of her health made it
impossible for her to save much. After
she had paid the January rent for her
room on the second floor of rear house
at 1873 Morgan street she had very little
left and was forced to ask for food.
Policeman Bullard was informed yester-
day that Miss McElroy had not been seen
since Thursday last. He found the door
of her room locked, and forced it open.
Miss McElroy lay face downward on her
bed. She breathed, but was unconscious,
and the policeman could not rouse her.
The girls face was thin and wan and her
bloodless lips were frothed. Dr. Baumann
was called in, and said Miss McElroy was
at the point of death from starvation and
would not recover. She was sent to the
City Hospital. The neighbors said Miss
McElroy was spirited and would not ask
for helm,
The critic., 1891-01-27
OVER THE NUTS AND WINE.

Wi!l-She's simply beautiful.
Bill-WhO IL?
Will-My sweetheart.
Bill--And You might add, beautifully simple.
--YdRkte Blade.
The kind-hearted policeman who returns the
lost child IL the hest heir restorer ever known.
NeW York Herald.
"why do you call these cigars Flora Debu-
tantef
because they cost like the mischief and are
all the time going out" said pater familias
ruefully.-Ne,o YoTk Sun.
Hell don't think you exactly take me, Miss
e32yon't think do, either. You see, I'm
already engaged.-Ne,o York Herald.
Matsl-Havent told you hundred times
Jacqnes-Yes, / suppose you have.
Mabel-Well, II You knew how hard 1t was
for me TO say II you wouldn't make me do it,
Boston Courier.
Mr. Guzzlcton-You seem to be much moved
Mrs. Guzzleton--Not so much as you were.
You moved out at the end OF every act
JVd9e
Hc-Will you go with me to the Lyceum to-
night?
-she-rm awfully sorry, but went there last
evening with n theatre party.
He-oh. want you TO go with me to listen
to the play.-Nunsey.
Van Duder--I suppose ! must go. Your
husband will be home seon and he might be
sbe ST suu Ua,a onlv teolous N, man
U,,ns,,,s IY,.Liv ''
we're Just married that I've made Willie prom
lee TO treat me In public Just as II he had no
thought for any one but himself.
Matron-l adopted that plan when was
married and my husband never got over IT,
NsW York Weekly.
Tom--I havc n contribution here tim, nm
conGdent the HC,vcIn MagazIne,, win mi rernss
10 accent Wv 'S'' "'' "0' '0'''O
Jock PRECAUTIONARY v,--whot IA Itg
TomNA ilye dollar bin for wears subscrlp.
A. ~. ",
NJh IL " Wv rom at,ond ,Sa ',sotnr'as
eml near yoH vt,ehu M .ne u,
The critic., 1891-01-27
UNDER TIE roRcE nlLL.


"Why docs that crowd In the public place
so backward, shrinking standy"
" u III election day and the ballots east
For our rulers In the land
"And why are the voters tlmid grown,
And why are their faces whittier
"'Tls because they feel what a source OF pride
Ills TO WELD the freeman's right"
"But why are the soldiers by the polluY
And why are those swords 10 barefn
" NTiH the right OF might and the party needs
Demand they shall be there"
"And the cannon, too, with yawnlng mouths,
With the balls piled 10 the kneefn
"All signs, my son, that we're living IN
The great land OF the free"
"But why are not men elected still
In the good old manly wayf'
"Ah, that's no longer for me or you,
But " left 10 the guns 70 say"
philadelphia Times.
The critic., 1891-01-27
WASHINGTON, ID. G., JANUARY %, 1891.

IT is NOT LIKELY that the dissenting
opinions of few local newspapers, here
and there, will have any visible effect
upon those Southern Legislatures which
have refused appropriations for the
Worlds Fair The action in question has
been taken deliberately and, so all the
circumstances indicate, as part of a sys-
tematic and comprehensive plan. II is
evidently expected that, not only the
Southern States, but all States in which
there are Democratic Legislatures, will
follow the example of Alabama, Tennes-
see and Arkansas. This would include
New York, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Wis
consin, New Jersey Michigan and Della
ware, and the effect would be to utterly
destroy the national character of the Fair.
1t is clearly a great political stratagem,
and II is one of tremendous force. II will
constitute the most conspicuous and the
most eloquent protest that could possibly
be made against the Elections bill.
Under such circumstances 1t is not
likely that the movement will be arrested
by squcaks from the Possum Fork Bugle
or the Boon County Patriot. The propo-
FiNiph w ANpi was
horelessly idiotic. II had no excuse and
contemplated no result 1t fell of its own
weight and has not been raised up again.
But this demonstration has distinct and
tangible purpose, and il is directed to an
important end. The expedient is justif-
able on account Of the magnitude OF the
issues involved, and 1t has the further ad-
vantage of being unattended by any great
loss or even risk TO those who take part in
it. Big and little wiseacres, writing for
the partisan Republican press, declare
that II is bluff, that IL will not injure
the Fair, that ii will injure only those
States which refuse to exhibit, etc., etc.,
an infnity of absurd and contradictory
assertions. But the fact remains that it
scil1hurt the Fair; that, indeed, it will
render it failure and q farce. And,
what is more, everybody knows it will.
II remains TO be seen now whether pub
lie sentiment will side with the Fair or
the Force bill. OF course public senti-
ment will have no effect upon fanatics,
but the Republican majority in Congress
is not made up of fanatics by any means,
and any emphatic exhibition of popular
feeling will have its effect. Meanwhile,
the Southern States will not be greatly in
iured by refusing to participate in the
Chicago Fair. The tremendous material
development of the South during the past
ten years has not been achieved by ex-
hibiting samples, nor is II likely to be ar
rested by neglecting such exhibitions
now. Altogether the Democrats have for
once in way hit upon an extremely in
genious and potent expedient. They
would be fools not to make the most of
II
The critic., 1891-01-27
Astonishing Phenomenal
Scores Of Seemingly Helpless
Cripples Cured by
Magnetism.
.DrS. French, the Wonders Of the Age.
G. A. R. HALL, THE MECCA OF
SUFFERING MoRTALS.

People may read OF miracles being performed
in one way or another and not pay much ntten-
tion to II, but when these miracles happen In
our own home, or In our own city, II at least
sets us to thinking that the days OF miracles
have not passed away.
II any one can VISIT q. A. II. Hall any morn
Ing from 10 to II this week and witness the
wonderful cures made there by Drs. French and
come away not q believer In magnetic power,
they must be very hard to convince. Almost
without any public notice being given, @. A.
X. Hall has become the centre OF attraction for
the best citizens OF Washington Yesterday
the afflicted tostlcd each other In their efforts
to gain admission to the stage for treatment by
the "laying on OF hands" These wonderful
doctors cure all sorts OF maladies, such ms
heart, stomach, kidney and lung troubles, rhcn-
mGtism sciatica, hip-joint disease, catarrh and
catarrhal deafness, cancers, tumors, neuralgia
diseases peculiar to the sexes, bladder troubles
weakness, losses, skin diseases, and In fact
every disease OF a chronic nature:
A man came upon the stage with stin knac.
Had been under treatment In New York, Balti-
tors bills without benefit. In iyc minutes Dr.
French took out all the pain and gave the man
full use OF the limb. lie ran about the stage to
the great surprise OF himself and the pleasure
Of all present. Many cases OF deafness, neural.
gia and rheumatism were treated with equal
success, while the people sat and wondered.
All day their offices, 1925 + street northwest,
are full Of anxious inquiries and those there
for treatment. Their time is fully taken, but
every one IL given free and full consultation,
and no one goes away without feeling that
their knowledge OF disease IL remarkable. At
fret people disguise their names lest some one
should find 1t out, but now the better class call
on them for treatment. Go to q. A. II. Hall
and be convinced; then do rs you like, but do
| not cry down their work till you know some
thing OF 1t. Prejudice IL bad enough, but ig-
nOrancc is worse than all. Consultation at
| their office, 1925 + street, free. Admission to
| q. A. X. Hall IL also free. 2t
The critic., 1891-01-27
CUT HIS AUNT'S THROAT.
Thomas Clark in Drunken Spree
Murders a Relative.

Murders Relative.
Nrw YoRK, Jan. 27.-Thomas Clark of
456 West Twenty-ninth street is under
arrest for killing his aunt, Hannah Rior-
dan, yesterday morning. She lived in the
same apartments with Clark, who has
been on a protracted spree for some time.
Mrs. Rose Tenney, who lives on the fourth
floor, heard Clark and his aunt quarreling
at O'clock She heard Mrs. Riordan
scream. Five minutes later she heard
Clark 60 down stairs, exclaiming: Have
lno friends or neighbors? My God! do l
live among strangers?" Mrs. Tenney
went to sleep and did not see or hear
Clark again. About o'clock the house
keeper was notified that there must be
something wrong with Mrs. Riordan. who
was usually stirring early.
The door was pushed open, and lying
right on the threshold was the body of
Mrs. Riordan bathed in blood. The
woman's feet prevented the door being
opened wide. She was fully dressed, with
the exception of her shoes and one stock
ing There was frightful cash across
the throat, and the face was covered with
blood. Mrs. Riordan and Clark occupied
three rooms, and from the disorder in
which they were this morning it was evil
dent that the couple had been drinking
last night. The one bed was unoccupied
last night, but upon sofa was pillow
and blanket.
Appearances would indicate that the
woman was lying upon the sofa when hei
throat was cut and that she sprang to hel
feet and then fell. Clark must have
stepped over the body in passing out by
the door. Upon the table was small
broken-handled penknife. The pearl hat
left the brass frame and the open blad,
was sharp as razor. The blade had evi
IDENTIFY been sharpened quite recently ant
an unusually fine edge put upon it.
| Officer Morrissey was called, and wa
informed by Mrs. Tenney of the fact tina
after Mrs. Riordan screamed at o'clocl
| Clark had slammed the door and left tn
house. He was arrested on the corner o
Twenty-ninth street and Tenth avenu
while calmly smoking cigar.
~ did not cut my aunt's throat. VIII,
should I?' asked Clark, as he was locke
up. To reporter he declared he was no
at home during the night.
The critic., 1891-01-27
Must give Bond or Go to Jail.

Robert Wilson, alias Robert Symms, n
six.foot colored man, was arrested by
officer Redgraye yesterday afternoon
charged with being a suspicious charac-
ter. When searched at the station a
quantity Of policy papers. We're found
fore the grand jury for policy writing.
Wilson was defended by Mr., A. b. VIII
liams, who made an earnest plea in his
behalf. Judge Miller required the de-
fendant to give bond or go to Jail.
The critic., 1891-01-27

Mr.. Edison HAS made many useful con-
tributions to civilization. Some of them
may be called priceless. But he will
have lived in vain unless he contrives
some arrangement by which boys can be
prevented from whistling on the public
thoroughfares. There is no greater af-
fiction in life than this. A quiet and
peaceful citizen is walking along i'm
mersed in thought. 1t may be business
thought or it may sentimental thought.
Maybe he has made deal in Tunlaw
Heights, or maybe on last evening, he seq
regated the girl of his choice and in some
leafy fastness of the conservatory nhe
fattened her against his manly form.
But this makes no difference to
the whistling boy. Whilst the afore-
said citizen is walking along, as we
have said, immersed in thought, this fiend
in human shape gets close behind him
and fires off whistle as shrill as n war
whoop and as piercing as dagger
Furthermore, not content with having
startled the citizen to the verge of con-
vulsion, the inhuman wretch continues
for block or two to walk Immediately
behind him, whistling tempestuously,
until he feels agony in each ear and has q
general sensation of being bored through
and through the midriff.
OF course, there is no public sentiment
in favor of the citizens turning and slay-
ing the boy. 1t is the first impulse of the
victim, and is, we think, perfectly
natural and praiseworthy one; but there
are difficulties. We feel sure, however,
that if Mr.. EDISON were to invent a
device by which the sufferer could
cause his tormentor to be seized and flung
across the street, or thrown down and
spanked violently for, say, two hours
we feel sure, we say, that society would
I1se Mp and call him blessed. There is
little or no consolation in the thought that
the whistling boy may himself develop
into quiet and peaceable citizen to be
tortured in turn by youthful iiends of
generations yet unborn. In the holy
watches of the night, when the world is
at peace and whistling boys writhe in the
gripe of nightmare, there is some comfort
in such forecasts; but at the moment, in
the first fierce flush of rage and misery,
one wants that boys gore, wants to see
him torn limb from limb and flung life
less and mangled on the ground.
We renew the assertion that here is a
new and remuneratlve field for Mr..
Edison. He should occupy it at once. 1t
is not often that man can make millions
by an act of purest benevolencc; but this
is just the opportunity that, with mods
and becks and wreathed smiles, awaits
the ingenious EDISON.
The critic., 1891-01-27

A GREAT DEAL or noise has been made
over Senator CAMERoN's admission to the
effect that he bought silver some months
ago, on speculation. 1t now transpires
that the purchase was made last june and
the transaction concluded shortly after
ward. The incident, therefore, has no
sort of bearing on the question of the al
legged "silver pool" A transaction made
last June does not prove that there
has been "silver pool" this win
ter and, that being the case, the
CAMERON episode can hardly be re-
garded as important, II certainly in
wolves no reproach to Mr.. CAMERON. lie
bought the silver on speculation and sold
IL again before the Senate vote was taken.
Al the time he voted he had no interest
in the success or failure of the measure.
II may be wrong to speculate II so this
Is indeed a world of sinners and Senator
The critic., 1891-01-27
The Unlucky Thirteen,

There were thirteen colored people, both
men and women, before Judge Miller in
the Police Court to-day, charged with dis
orderly conduct at the Garfield Mission
Baptist Church ON Sunday night. Deacon
Fielding Smith was the principal witness.
He told that the defendants belonged to
the church society, and that they came
there and interfered with the services
by holding their meeting at the same
time.
Beyond this they were not disorderly,
and ordinarily well conducted people.
we'll for the society and the congregation
to hold their meetings on separate even
ings and dismissed the defendants.
The critic., 1891-01-27
Lecture by n Boston Divine.

Rev. J. NJ. Savage, the celebrated Boston
preacher, lectured last night at All Souls
Church to an audience that filled every
seat in the ediice. The subject was:
Make the Most of Yourselves" and in
an eloquent address DIR. Savage illustrated
the two extremes in which people make
the most of themselves-the monopolists
and the good Samaritans.
The critic., 1891-01-27
WATER MAINS.
Water street, between NJ and n streets.



Miss Elaine Goodale, who has Just be-
come engaged to DR.. Eastman, the Indian
physician, was born in little out-of-the-
way town in Massachusetts,, South Eyre
mont. With her sister, Miss Dora, she
passed the first twenty years Of her life in
the vicinity of her birthplace Together
the sisters wandered about in the woods
and became most familiar with Nature
and her ways. They have published
three volumes Of poetry-"Apple Bios
sons" "All Round the Year." and "m
Berkshire with Wild Flowers" The
sss and pfay "sy of of Fl Flame paSsSn SSos chan IN
particular, breathe the freshness and
noble simplicity of the woods, and are
redolent everywhere with the sweet odors
of the forest. The pretty little two-stanza
poem, "Ashes of Roses" is one of the
best known of her efforts. 1t is given
below:
Ashes of Roses.
Soft on the sunset sky,
Bright daylight closes,
Leaving when light doth die,
Pale hues that ningling lie
Ashes OF roses.
When loves warm sun II set,
Loves brightness closes;
Eyes with hot tears and wet,
In hearts there lingers yet
Ashes OF roses.
The following two stanzas from Miss
Goodale's "Indian Pipe possess strange,
sombrc beauty which is almost baleful at
times:
Indian Pipe.
Death In the wood
Death and q scent of decay;
Death and horror that creeps with the blood,
And stifrens the limbs into clay;
For the rains are heavy and slow,
And the leaves arc shrunken and wan,
And the winds go sobbing weary and low,
And the life OF the year Il gone
Death In the wood
Death and a scent OF decay;
Death, and horror but half understood
When blank on the dead lay;
What curse hung over the earth,
What woe to the tribes OF men,
7 hat we felt NJ q death what was meant for .
birth
And a birth sinking earthward again
The stiffness which sometimes comes be-
tween the passionate breathings of storm
in summer is portrayed in the stanzagiven
below, taken from Miss Goodale's "Storm
at Night"
And through the moments throbbing hush be-
tween
The fash of lightning and Its wild refrain,
You hear, amid the naples shifting green
The drip and patter OF the summer rain.
The critic., 1891-01-27
Round Trip Tickets to baltimore

win be sold by Pennsylvania Railroad on
Wednesday the 2Sth at Sl20. Tickets
good on 7;20, $40, 0,00and ll;00a. m, trains,
valid 10 return by any regular train until
midnight. Tickets can be secured At ticket
offices of company.