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The Critic and record., 1891-04-30
TIE FOREPAUGH SHOW.
ALWAYS THE BEST, 1T is NOW BETTER
THAN EVER.

All Circussts Are Good, but Some Are
Better Than Others, and the Fore.
paugh, Under Cooper, Is Several Laps
IN the Van.
The circus that floating city of en-
chantment, was visited by thousands of
curious people yesterday afternoon and
evening. The glare that the gasoline
lights cast on the blackness of night
easily guided any one who hap
pencd to be in the vicinity to the
realm Of mystemries, where the fat
lady, the suake charmer, the lion tanner,
the light equestricnnes, the agile and
grotesque clowns and all the rest seemed
to set at naught all the established princi-
pies of science. The law of gravitation
wasn't in it. The numerous rings were
filled with flying figures, which, whether
on horseback, the trapezc, the bamboo
pole or the high wire, seemed secure
against physical harm.
All circuses are good, but some cir
cusses are better than others and the
Forepaugh under Mr.. Cooper's manage
ment is best of all The three-ringed cir
Gus is thing of the past. The Fore
paughs is full of the traditions of
arenic grandeur but under the
direction of that veteran circus owner it
completely eclipses its former self and all
other shows. II gives us four rings, every
one Offering bewildenng exhibition of
skill. Too numerous to mention" is a
trite phrase, but it is the only thing that
can properly be applied to the good things
presented in the programme of the
Forepaugh circus. The lion trainers put
their heads in the lions mouths. The
fancy riding was of the best, the aero
batic feats were clever and daring, and
the trapeze performances brilliant in con-
Ception and daring in execution. The
glimpses of life in the West when it was
Wild as seen in the Indian and cowboy
exhibitions were interesting and enter
tanning. The chariot racing was as excit-
ing as if stacks of sestertia had really been
at stake.
The Hanlon volters are the most grace
full and brilliant of aerial artists. The
riding is of much better character than
is usually seen nowadays. The race be-
tween the camels, the "swaying ships of
the Sahara" was novel. But why
enumerate? When asked what is TO be
seen at the Forepaugh show, let the an
swer be in one word:
Everything.
The performance at the Forepaugh show
is dazzling, amazing, bewildering, excit-
ing. No show so good has ever been seen
within walls of canvas. Tonight will be
the last chance to see this superb show.
Those who did not go yesterday will go
will go again tonight. Everybody was
happy last night and glad to be there.
Great was Forepaugh, but greater is
CoOnpr
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PERSONAL.


Mr. Charles J Adams, of Quincy, Mass, is at
Wormley's.
Mr. j. $. Blount a son OF Representative
Blount OF Georgia, is at the Metropolitan.
DR., j. B. Davis of Missouri, and Mr. Henry
Martin, OF Lancaster Pa, are at the National.
Mr.. Thomas Purvs OF Berwick, Engladd and
Mr.. l.. Levy OF London are at the Hotel
johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. George Dunkfeld, OF Liverpool,
and Carl Douner ANA wife, OF Frankfort, Ger
many, arc at the Arlington.
poI,55 M s B Oh Rsg9H q@Hsn @iSS .nd LAWYER y Of
Hamilton, Ont, are AT Wizards.
Mr.. G. j. Sawyer, who il practcing law be-
fore the supreme Court; Mr.. A. ID. Irving, q
well known banker and wife, and Mr. George
W Bryan and wife, ali of New York City, are
at Welckcr's.
Mr.. Thomas n. Dwyer, a well-known New
York wine merchant; Mr.. John IL. Kennedy of
the United States marshal's office, New York
and Mr. Louis Schmidt are al the Riggs. The
B0ston symphony Orchestra is quartered at
the Riggs.
There are number of English visitors at
the Ebbitt. Among them are DIR. Lloyd
Mr.. 9. /. Robin and Mr., W. A Bradford OF
London, MIR. John Butcher and Mr.. Thomas
Hind OF Leicester, and MIR. A. A. Scott of Glas-
gov, Scotland.
WiHaydS- Charles 2. Fox, New York; L. B.
Monroe, Indianapolis; Mrs. James $. Connolly
-
Mass; IL. Davenport Boston; NJ IT, Simpson,
Birmingham, Ala; f. b. owen, Philadelphia,
Httropoiiton--W Wallace Dade and j. Lee Whit
more, LeesburG, Va; DIR. +. Y. Fuller, Ra-
leigh, n. C.; G. q. Holland, Danyille, Va; ID.
Cash and wife, Burlington, n. G.; Alrs
James Thompson, Miss l.. Minis w. j. Smith
Atlanta, Ga; $. h. Whitten, Huntsville, Ala
NaiioHol-Miss Pearl Lamb, Portsmouth,
Va; ~ DickersOn and wife, Norfolk, Va; j. s..
schillipg Spencer W. va; Mrs g. W. lIar-
and wife, Joseph Moreland, MOrganiown, W.
Va; j. W. Pike Wabash, Ind: ;. G. Wiley,
Earlcsyllle, I'D.
81 james Arthur Boti, Albany, N. Y;
Francis 4. syte, Kane, Pa; j. II Burgwlne,
Mchmond, Va; II. G, Queen, Coyington, Ky;
5. B. Hall and wife. Lowell, Mass; II ID. w ir-
ner, New Britain, Conn; Y. q. Mayer, Brad
ford, Pa; j. w. Carmichael and wife, Char
lottc, y. G.
Riggs- NJ. Goary on CITY, Pa;A.E.C. Koss,
Baltimore; Miss Helen II. Kirk, Boston: Col.
onel and Mrs. G.. Percy llarves Richmond, Va;
j. II. Michener lr.; Philadelphia; T. +. Kaoser,
Oakland. Cal.
Welcker's-Dr John G., Fuller and wife, PhIla-
delphiai j -. Carroll and wife, W. +. Me2an-
non, New York,
Pa; >. f. DAYS, 81. Louis; Mr.. and Mrs. Gao
ton
Arlin0ton-Alr. and Mrs. II. r. MeGran. De
troit, Mich; j. Il. Roosevelt, Macon Ga: II.
S. Soultt, Dallas, Tex; Eugene Foster, Au-
gusta Ca; Edw. 49, Hoyt, Stamford, Conn;
Chas. 7, Foster san Francisco.
Eb6iu.--G George S. Hastings and ", S. Has.
tlngs, MOrris,Own, ". D.; X. NJ. Douglass,
Greensboro, N. g.; A. j. smith and wife To.
edO, O.; Mrs. j. Irwin, Chelsea, Macs; A. W.
Dingman, Toronto. Canada; oliver Drake,
Newark, y. j. j. S. Ayers and wife, BroOk.
lyn.
Hotel JohaSoa -, s. Eaton, New York;
Fred Hammond, Philadelphia; George @. Hop.
per- Cincinnati; George v. Leicestor Boston;
John 4, COmraN ir, Fredericksburg, Va.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

New YonK, April 80. = Money 3@)l
per cent.
Exchange steady; posted rates, 4sGl@
1891; actual rates, 4S5l@l for sixty days.
and 4SS4Q94S9 for demand.
Governments quiet; currency 6s, 1l3
bid As, coupon, 1909 bid AIS. do, 10l bid.
The market was only moderately active
this morning, but the tone was strong.
There was steady buying of all the lead
ing stock by some of the larger operators.
London was also buyer to some extent.
Prices advanced gradually to noon, but in
no case was any decided gain recorded,
The principal trading was in st. Paul,
Iackawanna, Union Pacific, Missouri
Pacific and the Sugar Trusts. At noon
values were / to per cent. higher. At
this writing Tie market is barely steady.
The sales for the morning amounted to
153,900 shares.
Washington Stock Exchange.
Reported for THE CRITIC by Gurley &
Stevens, real estate and local securities,
1885 + street northwest.
Sales-Regular call, - o'clock M
Eck'tn and Sol. Home r. r., 20 5I3;
90 q 54a; 20 543. Lincoln Fire ms, 100
81. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 100 S7l
cts.
Miscellaneous Bonds-W. &C. r. r.
10-40 6's, R'93'23, 104; w. & G. II. r.
Convertible6's '99-'29, 125; Masonic Hall
Assn SIS, @ 1908, 104; Wash. Market Co.
1st 6s 1S92-19l1, ITO; Wash. Market Co..
Imp. 6's 1927, 11S; Amer. Security and
Trust, SIS, 1905, 100; Wash. Light In
faptry, ,1st6's, 1904 103; Washington Light
Infantry, I'd rs, 1904, 100; Wash. Gas Co.
Ser. A, t's, 1002-'27, 1913; Wash. Gas. Co.
Ser. B, 6's, 10000, 100; Wash. Gas Co.
Convertible Gs. 1901. 1876.
National Bank Stocks-Bank of WASH
ington, AL; Bank of Republic 275; Met
ropolitan. $50; Central, 800; Second, 1888;
Farmers and Mechanics, los; Citizens
10; Columbia, 1554 Capital, 1885, West
Railroad Stocks. = Washington and
Georgetown, 243; Metropolitan, l15 Co
lumbia, 65; Capitol and North o Street,
80; lexington and Soldiers Home, 5il;
! Georgetown and Tenallytown, G3.
Insurance Stocks :. Firemen's. Al;
Franklin, 81; Metropolitan, so; National
Union, 10; Arlington, 176; Corcoran, 6S;
Columbia, 'Sl6l; German American, 100;
coin, 8; Commercial, Al.
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate
| Title, 130; Columbia Title, GO.
Gas and Electric Light Stocks.-Wash-
| ington Gas, %44; Georgetown Gas. As; U.
! S. Electric Light, 1853.
| Telephone Stocks.--Pennsylvani 25;
| Chesapeake Il Potomac, 81; American
Graphophone, 81.
| Miscellaneous Stocks-W Washington Mar
ket III Bull Run Panorama II; Pneu.
matte Gun Carriage, 4; Great Falls Ice, l6j
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies
Washington Safe Deposit, *ll0; Washing
ton Loan and Trust, 96; Amer. Security
and Trust, 79s.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30
a sournEnN sENAroRs vIEws.
lie Thinks Gt Likely Mr.. Edmunds
win Succeed Justice Bradley.


lie Thinks It Likely Mr.. Edmunds
win Succeed Justice Bradley.
A prominent Southern Senator one of
the ablest lawyers in that body said yes
terday:
"When Senator Ednunds gave notice
some weeks ago that he would re7ign from
the United States Senate genuine sur
prise was given to the country, and it is
said that the most intimate friends of the
distinguished statesman were wholly in
the dark as TO his intentions. Satisfactory
reasons have been given, which seem TO
have been received by the public in the
proper spirit. But it has been quietly in
timated, and IL is n very reasonable inti-
nation, too, considering Mr.. Edmunds'
views upon certain lines of transfer from
one branch of the public service to an
other that still further honors await him
in, the near future.
Justice bradley is old, and in feeble
health, and may retire from the Supreme
Bench next winter. Senator Edmunds
entertains the conviction that an appoint
ment from the Senate to the Supreme
Bench would be III bad taste as that body
is a conlirmatory one. When Senator
Edmund's successor has been selected, the
acknowledged judicial attainments of the
gleat Vermonter will certainly place him
in the front rank of the list Of available
men to succeed Justice Bradley"
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30
ROCK CREEK PARK
Property Owners Refuse to Accept the
Commissions Terms


A meeting of the owners of the land
selected by the Rock Creek Park Commits
sion was held at the office of Tallmadge
A.Lambert yesterday and the offers made
by the commission discussed. The prop
erty holders were unit in determining
to decline the propositions made by the
commission. In many cases it was shown
that the prices offered for the various
tracts was less than the money originally
paid by the owners for the land. The
land owners will endeavor by every legal
means to prevent the condemnation of
their property and the payment Of the
condemnation money into the Treasury,
as they think that it would be difficult to
obtain relief from Congress after such a
proceeding had taken place.
The Commisson met at the District
Building this afternoon. Some of the
property owners were present.
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suing Ex-secretarv whitney for $50, 900

IRON ne Aelo l0rH sun, 23d. .
w. Tazewell Fox, as attorney for
George +. Ormsby, an officer in the
United States Navy, has begun suit against
William G. Whitney, ex.Secretary Of the
Navy, to recover $4,000 damages for
false arrest and Imprisonment. 0rmsby
says that he was imprisoned at Mare Is
land from January 20 to March Z, 1899,
by order Of the Secretary without cause or
authority. He asserts that the Secretary
did not at any time furnish true copy
of the charges upon which he was ar
rested, as he was bound to do by law
Judge 0'Brien Of the Supreme Court upon
the application of United States District
Attorney Mitchell for Mr.. Whitney yes
terday removed the case to the United
States Court.
Ormsby was an ensign and in the spring
of 1888 was ordered to Mare Island on the
Monongahela. He said he was sick and
wanted to go to the hospital 1t is said
he was then court-martialed and i'm
prisoned.
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THE GRAY NUN.


There comes, each dying day 10 bless,
A little whllo before the night,
A gentle nun In convent dress
or cinging robes all gray and whlte.
She lays her cool hand on my face,
And smOOths the lines OF care away;
Her tender touch, with magic grace,
Dispels the worries OF the day.
She folds the mystic curtain by
That hides from view the shadOwy thrOng,
And gives Inc those for whom Sigh.
The vanished friends for whom long.
Sometimes she brlngs q porfumed spray
or iOwers that blOomed long years ago,
The breath OF summer laid away
Meath many winters drlfted snow.
No other guest gives snch delight.
Nor can OF peace bestow the came
A. she who comes 'twixt day aud night,
And Twilight 10 the gray nuns name.
-NslO York H0Ild.
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The United SeIpice Go8ette pays this COM
pliment to the makers of the American
Navy: Although it is an undoubted fact
that they have first found ont all that we
knew here, and for years have had intel
ligent observers at work in Europe col
lecting and tabulating information which
points the Americans have not hesitated
TO leave the beaten track and have recog-
nized the force of the argument that to
thoroughly build up an efficient navy
each nation must study what suits its own
particular case, and not slayishly copy
foreign designs"
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A LINCOLN LETTER.
Advice TO n Ne'cr-do.well Stepbrother
Who Wanted $50.

Who Wanted $50.
From he Glo5e- Democrdt
"WAsHlNGroN, Dec. q, 1siS.-DEln
JOHNSTON: Your request for $50 do not
think it best tocomply with now. At the
various times when have helped you
little you have said to me, We can get
along very well now but in very short
time | find you in the same difficulty
again. Now, this can only happen by
some defect in your conduct What that
defect is ! think | know, You are not
lazy, and still you are an idler. ] doubt
whether since ! saw you you have done
good whole days work in, say one day.
You do not very much dislike to work,
and still you do not work much, merely
because it docs not seem to you that you
could get much for it, This habit of use
lessly wasting time is the whole difficulty,
and is vastly important to you, and still
more so to your children, that you should
break this habit 1t is more important to
them, because they have longer to live,
and can keep ont Of an idle habit before
they are in it easier than they can get out
after they are in.
"You are now in need of some ready
money, and what ] propose is that you
shall go to work, tooth and nail, for
somebody who win give you money for
it. Let father and your boys take charge
of things at home, prepare for q crop, and
make the crop, and you go to work for
the best money wages, or in discharge of
any debt you owe, that you can get. And
to secure fair reward for your labor
now promise you that for every dollar you
will, between this and the first of next
May, get for your own labor, either in
money or in your own Indebtedness, |
will then give you one other dollar. BY
this, If you hire yourself at $40 month,
from me you will get $40 more, making
$50 month. In this do not mean you
shall go off to St. Louis, or the lead mines,
or the gold fields in California, but mean
for you to 90 at it for the best wages you
can get close to home--in Coles County.
Now, If you will do this you will soon
be ont of debt, and what is better, you
will have habit that will keep you from
getting in debt again. But if ] should now
clear you out, next year you will be just
as deep in as ever. You say you would
almost give your place in heaven for so
or $50. Then you value your place in
heaven very cheaply, for | am sure you
can, with the offer | make you, get the
$50 or $50 in four or five months work.
You say if | furnish YOU the money you
will deed me the land, and if you don't
pay the money back you will deliver pos
session. Nonsensel If you can't live with
the land how will you then live without
| il? You have always been kind to me,
and 10 not now mean to he unkind to
| you. On the contrary, if you will but
| follow my advice you will find it worth
| more than eight times sS0to you. Affect
| ionately your brother, A. LINCOLN"
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30
Total tas on Major MeKlnIey.
In Chicago.

From the Ne3g orleans TiDiss- Democrat.
Mrs. Lakeside de prospect (the hostess)
Mrs. Won Cattleranch, your appetite
Mrs. yon Cattleranch (late of Arizona
No, ] am little of my feed for fact;
but if you will order that Zulu cowboy
that is shooing the hen-salad around the
other end of the table to close the deal
and corral few Of them maverick olives
and drive them up alongside my place,
think ! might work up an appetite that
would cause some OF these dudes b bolt
their claims
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30


NEW York HAS NOW broken ground for
The Grant monument, The great Captain
died six years ago and New York has ever
since been importuning the country to
furnish the money wherewith to adorn
Riverside Park with the structure which
she 40 first promised to erect. Finding
the country unwilling to respond to this
impudent proposition, New York now de-
clares her intention of fulfilling the
pledges so noisily made in 1885, and has
actually gone TO the extent of selecting a
plan for the monument and breaking
ground with Sl7 spade prepared for the
occasion. OF course this will be regarded
asaD overture of the utmost vigor aud sig
niGcance, and will serve as justification in
full for another six years of lnaction and
for fresh appeals TO the great and gullible
American public.
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send Her TO KIttery.

TfOW nc Ntl0 IOIN IWlfs,
Here is a suggestion orSecretary Tracy;
The Washington CRTTIc asks In an advisory
way why, If the Despatch Is too little to
30 to sea, and may not be used in interior
grounds without running aground every
other day ii would not be a good idea ''to
Tie a tin pan TO her tail and let her go21
A proposition to send her down to Kittery
to be enlarged fore and aft and all around
by the truly ioilN Republican voters Of
Maine and New Hampshire would come
nearer to getting respectful attention at
the headquarters Of the Navy.
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Size said ''No' About Eighty Years Ago

nF0Ht He tNtCUQO -Nt{US,
She has lived 100 years and has never
been married and never wants to be.
These are three very bald facts which COM
hined TO make Miss Permelio Wright of
Benton Harbor, Mich, famous. Here
seems to be race of old maids and
bachelors, her companions being a niece,
yet minated. She was born near Fair
fax Court House, Va, in 1701, but re-
members but little Of the days when this
century was young. Why never mar
ried2 She says it is because she never
liked the men. She was courted seventy
or eighty years ago, but never but once,
and the fellow who did it made poor,
bungling mess, and since she says she has
never talked with man longer than to
say howdydo. She has remarkably good
eyesight clear mind and splendid ap-
petite. She attributes her long life to the
fact that she was never seriously or ia
tally sick
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30

Ohio is the latest state-the twenty
fourth--to adopt a ballot-reform law.
The measure, so far as we can Judge from
the outlines of it published in the Ohio
papers, is similar in its provisions to the
Indiana and Maine laws. II provides for
the Australian system of nominations
and compartment voting, with exclusively
official ballots, the names of all candidates
to be grouped by parties in parallel col
umns upon blanket ballot,--Nso York
hgetbig i0S.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30

The Countess Of Antrim, Queen Vic
toria's new lady in waiting, Is the
daughter Of General Charles Gray and
her mother was extra bedchamber woman
to Her majesty. She is very tall and
handsome and il Is difficult tobelieyethat
she has q daughter of Is and son, Lord
Dunluce, who Is 10. The Countess has
great musical talent-singing and playing
exquisiiely- is bright and amusing.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30

Little Damo was very fond of kittens,
and often drew her metaphor from these
objects of her love. Coming to her
mamma from the kitchen one day, Sue
gravelY announced that the teakettle was
puTIinP. P.-BOstoH Transcript.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30

There have been differences of opinion
and actual quarrels among men in the
management of great public enterprises,
but that fracas among the female man
ayers Of the Columbian Exposition is the
silliest and most senseless disturbance
ever kicked up in civilized America. IL
women want a hand it politics, IL will not
be best to make such break again when
they get little influence and authority.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30

A NEW GAS PRODUCING agent for throw
ing larger masses of high explosives in
aerial torpedo form has been offered TO
this Government by Mr.. J. w. GRAYDoN,
formerly in the United States naval SER
vice, but now in London. His plan is to
convert all Of Uncle Sam's smooth. bore
cannon into dynamite projectors by
means Of his new gas. What that is, he
says, is his secret, and he viii not diyQlge
il; but he says it is not expensive. Gas
seldom is.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30

No, NO; MLGsTAH HENLY BLAIR. Too
Muehee ehin-chin. Not lovee Chinaman;
Mclean stoppee at hlome. Mclean man
loyee Chinaman, clan come stay heapee
long time eat fat lats and puppee pie.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30

GovEnNuR SYLVESTER PENNoyEn Of
Oregon should be treated for enlargement
of the ego.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30

CHAUNcEY DGPEw thinks that President
HARnIsoN's speeches in the South have
proved his mental and moral title TO re-
election. o, yes; we are all in it; we able
men Of after-dinner dissertations and
peregrnating picnic perorations.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30

throw some timely light upon some such
practical subject as "Acutc Insanity Super
induced bv la Grippe
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ADJUSTMENTS.

NLoBE THEATRE-wEEK OF APRIL 20.
BuRKE'S AGGREGATION OF NOVELTIES
AND FEMALE JOCKEYS.
Spariing and Wrestling Bouts Strictly on
their Merits between Noted Pugllists from
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington
Every Performance for Purses.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30

A NUMBER OF AMBITIOUS New York
patriots anxiously await the melting of
Governor senator HTLLs hyphen.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30

IT DOES SEEN ODD that insane asylums
and experts in insanity are not insane.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-30


THERE HAS NEVER BEES any reason to
suppose that Mr.. BLAINE was scheming for
the nomination in 1892. Only one man
could have brought him out in the capac-
ity of an aspirant and that man is the
President, himself. As the head of the
Presidents official family, as n conspicu-
GUS and potent factor in Mr.. HARRIsoN's
administration, Mr.. BLAINE could not de-
vote his opportunities to personal ends
without the gravest impropriety, if not
actual treachery. The idea that he would
so devote them could find room only in
the minds of unthinking or ignorant peo-
pie. Mr.. HARRISON is entitled to all the
credit that may attach to his Administra-
ton. If there be anything in it to excite
the admiration or to appeal to the respect
and confidence of the country, it goes to
the Presidents account and to no one
else's. Nothing could he more stupid than
to regard the President and Mr.. BLAINEas
n pair OF sordid and shifty wire-pullers
trying to gain some petty personal advan-
tage over one another by unscrupulous
employment Of an opportunity. One
must be next door to fool to imagine
that Mr.. HARRISON is weak enough or Mr..
BLAINE unprincipled enough to make
such situation possible. The simple
truth of the matter is that Mr., HARRIsoN
is the head and front of his Administra-
ton, and that Mr.. BLAINE, perfectly con-
scious of the fact, is Loyalty aud unself-
ishly supporting him. Nobody who
knows anything of the two men and who
is at all removed from hopeless idiocy
could seriously think otherwise for
,aoment.