The Critic and record., 1891-03-30
EDITORIAL PERSONALS.

Hon. j. VI. Langston says a kind word
for General Malone.
a hypnotist is said to have had complete
success in reforming the son of United
States Senator addicted to the flowing
bowl. II might not be bad plan TO have
him try his hand on full.grOWn Senator.
--DehOd Fitc Press.
When Speaker Reed pauses before the
statue of Nero, who was once the Thomas
y. Reed of Rome, it may be expected that
that bronze worthy will step from his
pedestal, place his fiddle in Mr.. Reeds
capaciuuS grasp and resign his place as Il
permanent Baedeker curiosity TO the
American statesman. thic0gO Nt,cS.
The gay drinker about 10 absorb his
luncheon cocktail Will be seen setting the
glass down and struggling with nausea
because he has Just been hypnotized By
quiet, elderly gentleman looking i'm at the
doorway. And when the foam is spark
ling on the champagne at the Hoffman
House what a spectacle twill be to see
party Of gilded youth unable to drink be-
cause the mystical hypnotic passes have
been made over them the day before -
NsC York Journal
The famous Hatfield-McCoy feud that
has cost POO lives down in West Virginia
has been healed. and nephew of the
head of the Hatfield gang is to marry
fair daughter of the house of Mccoy at
big barbecue arranged for the occasion.
II is "A great triumph for civilization.-
Boston Herald
Senator. Governor David Bennett Hill
has begun appointing Grover Cleycland's
friends TO Office. David knows how To
turn enemies into friends. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
So long as Mr.. Blaine thinks he made n
| diplomatic mistake in his hasty dispatch
| to Governor Nichols of Louisiana his
friends will hardly feel disposed to differ
with him on that point IL is usually left
for the political opponents of the Secre-
tary to point out his errors Boston Herdld
Farmer Ingalls, of Kanas is said to be
| about to turn his attention TO the cultiva-
| ton of the farmers. His efforts here
tolore have been largely devoted to raising
CAIN Cincinnati Commercial Gdgette.
And now IL is rumored that Roger Q.
Mills does not take kindly to cuffs. Cuff
| less Mills, sockless Simpson c0llarful
Spinola. Next.-NcV Yofb Tribune.
Rev. Sam Jones is so sick that he can
not preach, This is one of the Almighty S
methods of helping the cause of true re.
| ligion.-H LOHiS GiObe-DeDocr0t.
A Texan has Just patented new kind
| of chicken-cOOp. A chicken-coop that
will hold chickens over night has long
| been needed in the South, and, perhaps
| this Texan has got il at last.-COurier
| JouWdl.
The Grant monument people in New
York are after New YOrks share of the
back tax money. Stingy as New York
millionaires are with their own money
they are extremely generous when they
see chance TO get AT the public pocket
ST. Louis Republic.
General Sherman is said to have taken
IL good deal to heart when his old frienC
and enemy, General Joe Johnston, wa
refused the place of Railroad Commits
sioner by President Harrison, an office Il
which he had originally been appointed
by Cleveland. Chicago Htsi- ocean.
The letter of Governor Nichols in repl,
TO that of Secretary Blaine concerning th,
assassination of certain Italians by citizens
of New Orleans is very adroit and digni
fed composition. 10 must he remem
bered that Mr.. Nichols is Governor of tn,
state uf Louisiana, and i'm that capacity 4
protector of us honor and interest agains
the claims or disparagemenis of o,he
states or " foreign powers. u is his dub
10 make the best showing that can b
made Tor the commonwealth under hi
| administration. 3lr. Nichols has ac
| quilted himself well Of this dgty in very
| trying crisis lhiergO Ht,t- O-eo,
| The GEst shock a. the notion Of GeOrgi
| Caygau Herbert Kelley and the Othe
eycelleut players OF the Lyceum COmpan,
dancing about the stage in fafce-comedy
which was perfectly natural for the regu
lar IyccIm audiences, has long sine
passed away, and Nerves has settle
down % most prosperous career. Mis-
Cayyau has shown that she can pla,
broad comedy as easily as emotional roles
and the crowds which applaud her per
f0rmanCe VI llme Elaine. the pretty an
eccentric millincr are the best evidence o
tie success II her efforts TO please
Nerves has proved one Of the popula
hits Df the season Moo York IimSs.