The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-02-06
EDITORIAL PERSONALS.

Mr.. ingalls, appears to have picked
reck of picked PETERS, Philadelphia
RtcOrd.
81 have lived" says Rudyard Kipling
in his last letter. One might have for
given the compositor, If he had dropped
the wv in setting up the verbs, and then
to Mr.. kipling would be due the credit Of
telling at least one truth while writing of
the United States.-- Cineinadti Commercial
Gazette
When DR.. Harrison was begging SEN
ators to pass the Force bill. 1t was a
wonder that Grandfathers Hat did not
get up and blow itself out of the window.
-Courier-Jomndl.
As Mr.. Harrison is evidently suffering
for plume in his hat he may secure one
from the chickens Mr.. Blaine is counting
before they are hatched.-iSt. Louis Re-
public.
Uncle Hoar is now in retirement. drink
ing q little boneset tea for his stomach's
sake, but he will show up presently with
his ralpozoic accretions undiminished.-
81. Louis ReDublic
II is again reported that Senator Quay
will soon answer the, grave charges that
have been made against him, but he has
such a provoking habit of changing his
mind in this matter that the country is
slow to expect anything from him upon
the subject.-S. Louis Globe Democrat.
Since Dictator Matt Quay has inserted
his fine fishing hand into the Illinois Sena-
torial lock-box the chances are yeering
around to Palmer. Before many more
days Of wrangling and trading and uncer-
tainty he will probably get the plum
Savannah Ners.
Meissonier's pictures are small, and vet
great. Their square inches are few, but in
merit they are gems, and in value they
worth about S10,000,000 few days ago.
Now that the great painters hand is for
ever stilled by death their value is in
creased by the Impossibility of further
additions to their number.-The Continent.
General Miles words concerning the
future of the Indian, uttered at the re-
cent banquet in the Generals honor, were
significant as well as terse and pointed
"We have solved the military problem"
said General Miles. ''The future of the
Indians is problem for the statesmen of
hands. Chicago Me,cs.
Rudyard Kipling, who has been
doing" the Yellowstone country in a
spring-wagon, writes: ''The Mclean cav
alryman can ride, though he keeps his
accoutrements pig-fashion and his horse
cow-fashion." 1t would be an interesting
experiment to send detachment of the
Royal Horse Guards out with a scouting
party of our ''buffalO soldiers" One
could imagine 1t would be discomforting
to those martinets of fuss and feathers.-
Chicago Mfe,-O Ocean.
Sara Bernhardt, who. is now in New
York City, is worth more to her managers
alive than dead, for they have just placed
5000, COO insurance on the life of Donna
Sol. In addition her managers have also
protected themselves against loss by allow
ing lot Of accident insurance agents to
bet that Sara will not be disabled In voice
or limb in her iourneyifgs.thron the
United States. The reporters who have
interviewed the great actress all agree that
| she is in superb health, and quite STOUT
enough to get an engagement from the
| Kiralfys to lead an Amazon march,
crucial test of the female form. Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
Three-fourths of the newspaper men
stationed in Washington think that CrisI
will be Speaker of the next House of Rep
resentatives. The Globe Democrat twelve
months ago said he would be the bes
man for that post If the Democrats shonlt
gain control Of the Fifty-second Congress
and Just after the election we put him IL
the field for the nomination,-St. Loui
| UtOOt-beHccTW.
One thing that makes Senators Sherman
and Allison both out of the question a.
candidates for the Secretaryship of tn,
Treasury is the fact that should ethe
leave the Senate now he would be sue
cceded by u Democrat.-Boston Traveller
The newspaper men in Washington
have elected Crisp Of Georgia Speaker o
the next House. "The gentleman from
Jawjah" should return the compliment b,
inducing these quill-drivers TO allow hi
name To figure as a more prominent char
acteristic of their literary lucubration
than in the past.-S. Pdm Pioneer.
No Army appointment made by tn
President is more deserving than that o
Colonel ID. W. Flagler TO be chief of tn
Ordnance Department. Colonel Flagle
was graduated from West Point in 1851
and received the brevets of Major an
Lieutenant. Colonel for distinguished con
duct during the war. In 1872 he wa
placed in command at Rock Island, whe
everything was in chaos, and ut the end O
twelve years he left it one of the bes
equipped arsenals in the world. Chicd9
Inter Ocean.
Editor Watterson is untrue to the Stal
Eyed Goddess. He says American cite
have no architecture and nothing of any
thing else that's worth talking about, ii
has forgotten the National Capitol and
few other buildings we could mention
But man who goes "from hi
breakfast" in one night cannot be @,
pected to make critical inspection c
architecture Atlanta Constitution.