davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10
The Printers, Strll,e.

There were no new developments to-day
concerning the printers strike.
Everything was quiet at Typographical
Union headquarters; the handful of men
who are still out were sitting around chat
ting and appeared to be perfectly al
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10
General srinoIa Easier.

General Spinola passed restless night,
but was resting easier this morning.
There is no material change in his condi-
ton,
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

AcconpING TO THIS mornings dispatches
IL may be IA week yet before the official
count can make its escape from Chicago.
IN the meantime the offensive partisans
If that city may be depended upon to
keep the political atmosphere dark and
noisy with claims and counter-claims and
charges of fraud and recriminations.
There is nppling flow as well as flow
ing rip in the politics of the Windy City
whose raneorous rhythm cannot but call to
,nind the perferyid charm of that touching
pastoral, THE Mending of Jerry Simp-
kOn's Socks.n
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10
ILLEGAL,
ELoln "a 81. LollnA Nllna.

TIVWF VIf % WVNFITt -NTT0s
Can we not meet alone on Sunday ~
he whispered eagerly rs he arose to go.
"No," said the bankers daughter sadly,
mot very well. Sunday is not legal
day for meeting loan, If ] can help you
any other day
But the darkness had swallowed him
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

TnrRE IS MUCH sardonic levity in the
solemn smirk with which the Govern
ments of Europe profess that they are
keeping themselves ON war footing in
order to stand between whte-winged
peace and the possibility of an interna-
tional scrimmage. Protestations of pa
ciiic intentions hardly fit condition of
warlike activity like the paper on the
wall, and II is no wonder that the people,
in the face of such barelaced and shame
less deception, have become restless and
bard to manage. The cold, mcompro-
missing fact is that the Powers are ready
To join issue at the drop of the hat. The
Governments of the Old World can no
more enjoy continued dalliance with
white-winged peace on war footing than
- FogGy Bottom "lushern with dry
gullet can keep sober on 'jiggers" of
gin.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

THEABLEsr aud most distinguished po-
Iitical nmor recently set afoat is un-
doubtedly that which pictures PArrlsoy
as figuring for The Democratic Presidential
nomination, Not less able and distln-
ruisbed is the admirable confidence with
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

THR lmsIl SITUATION is lamentable, and
yet it has its ludicrous phases For in
stance, Paddy, dear, doesn't drag his coat
tails on the ground for j. Bull 10 tread on
just now, for the very good, bad, and in
different reason that he is too busy tread
ing thereon himself
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Natioaal-T, l.. Rogers, W, H. Conner, a. l..
Ch0nteau, Usage Agency; G. w Smith, Prince
ton, W, Va; w. K. Thompson, Hinton, w,
Va; W. j, Swan, j. II, Parry, William Luso,
New York; A, j. Ncllis, Plttsburg
ST. JdmeS--J, II. Graham and wife, Philada-
phia; &, f.. Marquis, Beaver Falls, Pa; G. b.
Bragg, New York; II, r.. GaebGl, Cincinnati;
IT, $, Forbes and wife, Boston; w. 5, Chatham
Roanoke, VA 4. A, Jordan, DanWlle, Va.
lVWdrd'S- Mr. and Mrs E. ID. Marshal, Phil.
ndelphla; W, q Thomas Beaufort $. g.; r.. l..
Watson, Providence; V. B. llallar, Pttsburg:
II b. Potter, llillbun, n. - Frank Fitch aud
wife, Alabama,
Rig0s W. E. Matthews, Johustown Pat \.
A souldrup and wife, Brooklyn Jam?s +,
Hays, Camden, N, j.; Mr. ana Mrs. john A.
COyle, Lancaster las II. Il, roach ana wjte
St. Loui-; Lcontrd Is StoTs Brookline,
Mass.
Uticke,'S Mrs. A. Vail New Britain Conn
Ms Mary H. Humphrey, New York: ID. n.
BabcOck and wife Orange, Nd; william II,
TaNers, West Virginia.
uoimiegs- Nathan Appleton, Boston; e. lo
Buckingham and Albert Looming New York
+. + Bartlett p Boston, B. r. Jennings Rochester
ltGa0loD- Robert II. Gardner Chestnut
llill Mass; o. II, Leonard, j. o, Schnu ter, J
J.. St John, New York; Nh. aud Mrs, w >
Robertson, Montreal; John Y. Hal, q. II. TIL
lOt-on New York. Mr., and Mrs LaWrcncc
Bocg- Newport, Il. /,
hlbiH E D. Bcale, phiIadclphia A. r.
Eddy, san Francisco, Cali W. II. Buhut, NJ.
D.. aud wife, Chicago: j. T.. Emerson, Beaver
Falls, Pa; Q. c. Grimm aud wife, llayerhill
Mass $. r. Small and Wife, Portland, Me,
Hofd JOhAsOh-M NJ, Morton, Richmond,
Naa II, r. White, Baltimore; @. G.. Morrow,
MOrrstOwn, ~ Ja Mrs o. W. ingalls,, SOmer.
vile, Mass. Mrs. f. ". Whiting, Philadelphia.
II is announced semi-oficially that his
Grace Mgr Fabre Archbishop of Mon
treal will be named Cardinal on the
occasion of the 250th anniversary of the
founding of Montreal, and the nineteenth
anniversary Of his election as Bishop, on
May Is.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

For the purest California wines 90 to
the Io-kalon Wine 90" 6ll 18th street
northwest.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

CHAUNcEY DErEw and his brother direc-
tors of the New Haven Railroad wanted
to plead not guilty 10 the charge of crimi-
nal carelessness in connection with the
tunnel disaster. And now their wicked
enemies can insist that 10 was quite in
keeping with railroad methods that they
should seek to telescope their pleas.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

WI HAD LITTLE war cloud once which
threatened quite a row, but white-winge l
Ioace is with ms yet. Where is that war
cloud now?
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

TnE MipNIGm Masonic RITUAL over the
body Of the greatest Of American Masons,
Gen. ALBEIT PIKE, was strikngly solemn
and impressive. It was a profoundly
memorable scene 10 those Who witnessed
~ well as to those who participated in it,
There was nothing in the lofty and inn
posing dignity of the occasion that did
mot comport with appropriate honor to
the virtues of the deceased.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

No better wines on the market than the
Tokaion California, Go 20 CID llth street
northwest for ID,
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

SoNE WAsuIyGToN PEOPLE seem "a be
fond of good dogs even at the expense
II having them bite valuable children.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

IrN1Y WAS RECENTLY spelling for a fight
and It didn't take her long to develop
into pretty bad egg.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

THE CONCORD Monitor, Senator CHAND-
Inns personal organ, intimates that Sena-
tor EDWINDs's retirement is due to the
fact that he could not conscientiously vote
for clOture when il comes up again and
did not care to antagonize his party. tits
10 be hoped that the able editor didn't
sprain his thinkerin lifting this big chunk
If rot into the light of day.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

IL BE TRUE AS it is assertnd that ANNA
DICKINSON has been uniustly imprisoned
in an insane asylum, no language can be
too strong in condemnation of her tor
mentors and their punishment should be
severe. However they may have differed
from her in opinion, the great mass of
the people find a source of patriotic pride
in the fact that this Sappho of the ros-
trum is am American.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

PASSING People pause In groups TO view
the Lafayette Monument at the southeast
corner of Lafayette Park. It is especially
an object of interest and admiration to
The numerous visitors and cxcursionsts
who have come to Washington during
The week. Not all the rubbish of boxes
and pieces of stone that have lain about
the base has yet been removed, but the
monument has been washed and cleaned
from top TO bottom, even to the two ro.
bust cherubims posed atplay on the north
pedestal.
An out-ol-towu newspaper, by the way,
prints rather u strained criticism of q cor
respondent on these two BARNS in
bronze. Tie sculptors are blamed for
putting heads on the figures too big for
the inianule bodies. But little thought
about the conception OF Mcssicurs MERcIE
and FAIGuiERE, les siot0dircs, and the pro-
prcties of the work strips the criticism of
its warrant. The figures are like cupids
and did any one ever see cupid that
didn have a good big head on him 50
with all heroic statucsque figures of chill
dren. Surely infants grouped with such
enduring counterfeit presentments as
those of LAFAYETTE and his illustrious
compatrots as well as with Madame
AMERICA, should be represented with
headpieces having plenty of room for
gray matter. It is only natural they
should possess precocious development.
II is in keeping with the intellectual size of
Young America. We want no cymling-
headed statues OF him.
Perhaps one of the causes of the lack OF
restraint ON the part OF the wild icono'
elastic imagination Of the correspondent
was due TO the absence of the promised
granite curbing around the monument.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

Four MONTHS Tor Policy Writer.
John Hilton was sentenced in Judge
Miller's court to four months in Jail this
afternoon for writing policy.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

iFwr cAN'r get rid of the grip, let us kill
the dogs that have IT,.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

THE SPECTACLE to which we have been
treated since the Italian episode of ex-
Senator INGALLS, bowling solid chunks o
silence down the corridors of time might
well force upon man against his will a
belief in the poets paradox that things
are not what thew seem.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

Why suffer longer from scrofulo, salt
rheum, pimples, boils, ETC., when, by
taking Hoods sarsaparilla, YOU may be
cured 1t is Il really wonderful blood
purifier.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

SENATOR EpNuNps probably mdorses
the consensus of evidence as to the cause
Of his retirement from the Senate-;hat
lie Nas tired.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

PoucY wmrNois becoming aprecarious
calling in this locality. The authorities
seem determined to make it plain "as
way to parish church that honesty is the
hest poliCv.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

THE PRESIDENTS TOUR, as mnutely
scheduled, embraces the most extensive
swing around the circle ever attempted by
national Chief Executive. Barring ac-
ridents, it will beat the record, With q
chosen party he will leave here Tuesday
next, April II, to 90 to the Pacific through
Southern cities and on across the Cont
nent by the Southern Pacific Railroad.
After a few days in San Francisco and the
vicinity the tourists will proceed north
ward along the Pacific coast to Oregon
and Washington, returning thence again
southward to Utah and back east by the
Union Pacific Railway. At 8 o'clock p. M,
May % the President, after completing a
journey of over 1900 miles, is expected to
be- back at the White House, ready to re
sumo the cares Of State. The trip will
take month, and it is to be presumed
the Government is moving along easily,
Imembarrassed by foreign or domestic
emergencies requiring the presence of the
Chief Executive in Washington.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10
would Make a Good Idol.
hedfHeg Hab.

The pyrotechnic departure of Paul Van
deryoort from the Republican party does
not hold out as a seven days wonder, and
it causes neither sorrow nor anger upon
the part of the Republicans. TO the In
dependents he is merely a tattooed ele-
phant. Twenty years service as a Re-
publican camp follower and holder of fat
offices with nothing to do, equips him
admirably for a shining light among the
Alliancers.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

THE EUROPEAN SITUATION is out in new
spring suit of war paint.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

THE BILL Prohibiting the wearing of
tights on the stage passed the Minnesota
legislature yesterday. Now let the good,
good solons who voted for the measure
indulge in tights in celebration Of their
victory.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

which the Pennsylvania Democracy look
forward to the time when they can hold
the Keystone State i'm the Jacksonian
path without the aid Of "hukes' or other
temporary pcr,urbations i'm the political
system.
MAYOR GRANT HAS stopped the per-
formance of the play "rhou Shalt Not, 80
deemng parts of IL too tough even for the
pretty.well seasoned moral stomach Of
Gotham. The management now thinks
there is great deal i'm a name.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

The Bureau of the American Republics
is in receipt of the ofliciafstatistical return
of Uruguay for the last year, which shows
the national revenue from import duties
to have been Sl4 1854 800, and the eXpendi-
lures of the Government, S14, ,Gs0,5l3. The
public debt is $751; ,279, 752. The value of
S247, ,4G034G, of which Sll2,000,4 ,41S is held
by 22,S23 native proprietors, and Sl35,-
3G0,92S by "a 227 foreign proprietors.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

ssiled decree continuing for another
term of years the steamship company
maintaned:by Messrs. De Leon and Alger
between Puerto CorteZ, Belize and New
Orleans
The Critic and record., 1891-04-10

The Government of Guatemala has re-
Gently granted concession to Messrs.
tion of canal lifty-two miles in length
from Point Leng de Buey, near Port
Livingston on the Caribbean Sea, to
Gualan, city of the interior about one
hundred and fifty miles from Guatemala
City, the capital of the republic. The
railway is now in process of construction
between the latter towns. The canal is to
be of sufficient length and depth to ac-
commodate steamers of one hundred
tons.
, 1891-02-11

Peter the Great G.,opsed rather a novel
means 10 convince lis subjects that they
should change their clothes to conform
with the modern costumes of western
Europe. Believing. rs rs we'll known his.
to.ieully, that the future greatness Of Rus
-ia der sn led upon the facility with which
It WIS made 20 nssimilate all that was best
In ether countries, lie had succeeded in IN
Producing some important innovation into
the hplf civilized region over which he held
s'ygy AZ leugth he had patterns nf cloth
agn. up at the gates Of the towns. and
q. -p who lal not conform "a TIA, lions
thus set were locked psJliCly tib,iJt this
Nu, don't in 3s pleasa.t u IuaLncr rs pos.
sibir, fCr Peter believed in being good nat
ured Nth his people. They, on the other
hand . oily dsmurred ard used the urgu.
"'e-'' ...i's.t ulas anual snnnuh for their
turr..tGtrS was good enough for t.Icll.
VERY WE'LL" s.Il the sl.,tCiuus Peter.
Ia los lac gave "A dinner at Mos sov to ccle
br.tc Ilr marriage OF one OF his testers.
and i,~usi-,vl thut it should be conducted in
strict conformity with ancient usage.
There hal Formerly been "a supcrstitious
custom or no. Ii citing "a Gre on n welding.
50 rvugT III them do without II fire, al
Though IL WIS very cold. lie wouldn't give
them Igy wine, because their fnrefathers
never drank IL, When they demonstrated
he urm.udei them that it WIS a poor rule
which did not work all around. and thus.
by hi- good uatured greatness, whcedlcd
bis people into new coats-nbnut the hard
est thiug thnt can be done with humanity
-Clothier and Furnisher.
, 1891-02-11

1t is amusing to watch how brokers
and bankers who put their bonds and
stocks in their boxes in the vaults Of the
New York Stock Exchange overnight
close them. Some pull away at the han
die of the lock as though they would
pull it off in their anxiety to make sure
that the box is locked, which action is
largely the result of nervousness; others
take it very easy, give the handle one or
two turns and go of satisfied. One gen.
tleman said to another down in the
vaults the other day: "a queer thing
happened some five years ago. Noticed
that the door of a certain box was on the
crack and its key sticking in it. / i'm
mediately notified Mr.. Cole, who is in
charge there, and who at once closed it.
II then went to the gentleman who
had forgotten to lock up. oh, it's all
right he said; 4 intended to go back
But 1 noticed that he was all in q trem-
BILE, and that he went over to the vaults
in a jify. He staid there an hour
counting over his securities. There
must have been a million dollars worth
in that box, for 1 noticed loans of one
and two hundred thousand dollars apiece.
He didn't ever take the trouble to thank
me when l went over and notified him
of his carelessness. Epoch.
, 1891-02-11

WIS taken into oGe OF The L.app's huts.
In the center "a woud Gre was burning
brightly On some stones, and at first the
stiok s- rery unpleasant, but soon one
bCcaalc q rustomcd t. IL. mad IL served the
u-afaI purpose Of driving away the winged
plaque which bad followed US all day
Tn man proceeded to boil some coffee.
Hhtrh Iu % few minutes wis set before me.
tugvIu her with n wooden bowlful Of rein
-Icrr's milk The cofs &c was not very pal
lJlblr, but nader the circumstances worse
fHge would have proved acceptable. The
milk I found to be too tfck and rich to
lrink much Of
sugnr loaf WIS produced from beneath
suwc cloths In n corner. an II few pieces
were Clipped of aud handed to me. &C
copied rbem with my palitest smile. &c.
cnmnluicd by a bow, but " hen I proceed
al lu stgtr my coffee in the orthodox style,
ubc rrItun caused much Amusement to the
juvenile l.spps, who roarrl with laughter
and appeared to enjoy the fun immensely
found that I ought to nave eaten the
sugar separately, Rs they did. and they evi.
IDENTIFY considered my way Of sweetening
coffee inuNpro~sibly funny.
Cakes were then served to each one.
These were about the size of u penny bun,
but Of the consistency q putty or dough,
which they somewhat -uacmble Ia appear.
unce sour cream was eaten with them.
So nasty were they thnt a mouthful gave
me quite II turn and | was glad TO
smuggle the remainder Underneath the rug
on which ! WIS sitting | did not like to
throw IL AWAY for fenp of offending my
hosts, tut trusted to tn, sharpnoses Of the
dogs 10 ret me of Tire dihiculty.-Lap
lind Letter.
, 1891-02-11
Through the Weary Hours

OF many n night, made doubly long by
its protracted agony, the rheumatic suf-
ferer losses to and fro on his ~sleepless
couch, vainly pray ing for that rest which
only comes by fits and starts. His mall
ady is one which ordinary medicines too
often fail to relieve, but there is ample
evidence to prove that the efficient blood
depurent, Hostetters Stomach Bitters, af-
tords the rheumatic a reliable means Of re-
lief. Check the malady in its i~Dcipient
stages, when the irst premOoitory
twinges come on, with this agreeable
medicine, and avoid years of torture.
Whatever be the rationale Of the active
influence of the Bitters upon this malady,
certain it is that no evidence relating to
Its effect is more direct and positive than
that which relates to itS action in cases
Of rheumatism. Like all sterling rene
dies, however, 1t deserves a protracted,
systematic trial, aud should not be aban-
doned because not at ouce remedial. II
is equally eficacious in dyspepsia, indi-
gestion and kindred diseases.
, 1891-02-11

In the distant days when 1 was a
boy, books-at any rate among us
s~choolboys in secluded Mona-were
not easily pr%ocurable. We possessed
but few ourselves, had never heard of
circulating libraries and saw only one
weekly newspaper, If we saw any at
all. Perhaps the modern schoolboy,
who reads half a dozen
who is often familiar to boot with all
the sporting newspapers and all the
society" newspapers, and all the lit
erary and religious journals, and who,
besides swimming every day in these
turbid waters of popular journalism,
may sr.rfeit and satiate himself with
scraps and tid-bits and shilling shock
ers, and novels with green and yellow
backs, and sensational literature of ev-
cry possible description, may be inclined
to regard us with pity as very benight-
ed beings. 1 think, on the contrary,
that we were distinct gamers by not
being barred under mountain loads of
nonentity and rubbish. We could get
hold OF Sir Walter SCOTS novels, and
FeninOse Cooper's and Capt. Marry
ats, anil had read them all and dis
cussed their characters among our
selves. 60 Canon F. w. Farrar in Fo-
rum
, 1891-02-11
THEN THEY HAD PAPERS TOO.
An Amusing Episode of Street Car Travel
in the Capital City.

An Amusing Episode of Street Car Travel
in the Capital City.
A Washington gentleman relates the
following street car episode witnessed
recently:
Il boarded a north bound cable car
down in the heart of the city about
dusk, and as usual there were no
seats left. l took a position near the
door. At the next corner two young
women got in. They were bright look
ing, and n was particularly prepos-
sessing in appearance, but she seemed
TO be very tired-from having operated
a typewriter all day long, perhaps.
Every mar seated in that car save two
was snugly ensconced behind his even
ing newspaper. The two without news
papers were each huddled up like a
ball almost, and had their hats pulled
down over their eyes and pretended to
be asleep.
"a small newsboy squeezed himself
through the crowd on the platform and
cried out his evening papers, with poor
success. On his way out he was stop
ped by n of the young women-the
prepossessing one. Her face Iightened
up as by some bright idea. She whis-
Pered something hurriedly to her
friend.
I" IN dare you to do it, replied the
other.
All right; I'm not afraid. Here,
boy, give me two papers. Give me the
largest, and never mind the change
she said eagerly.
''Then, in a perfectly self possessed
and matter of fact manner, she walked
to the center Of the car, where sat the
two individuals with the SLOUGH hats.
She took the papers with her, and her
movements were followed by the eyes
Of most every one in the car.
Here, gentlemen, please have a
paper said she, thrusting one of the
sheets toward each of these men.
For it is too bad that of all this car
load you should be the only ones with
out anything to engage your attention
And the two men, at first not com
pretending the situation, took the prof
tered papers, but the laugh of the
others who had witnessed the per.
formance brought them to their senses.
They turned red, and soon found it
convenient to ride the rest of the way
on the front platform. A number of
men who had enjoyed the other fellows
discontinue, and admired the woman's
nerve, rendered her and her friend
seats. Both, however, declined with
thanks, saying that under the circum-
stances they were well satisfied to
stand. Washington Post.
, 1891-02-11


WHAT, now, will the Republican press
Of Wyoming say when they learn that
Congressman Clark. our " &C. D."
voted 10 tue house in favor of BANDS
motion to Incorporate a free coinage
amendment in the sundry civil ]appropria-
ton bill? He was one of eleven Repub-
licans who bus voted. Clark NAV Ger.
tainly be congratulated on the length of
his head, but be can scarcely expect that
his vote will be commended by the Re
publican press; for that would mean a
slap in the face to the twin idols, Carey
and Warren. It may be some consolation
to him to know, however, that the people
of Wyoming are with him in this act OF
his congressionsl career.
, 1891-02-11

The palm, the oak and the ash are the
three trees which, since time immemorial,
were held TO be sacred trees. The first
among them, which figures on the oldest
monuments and pictures OF the Egyptians
aud NS~yrutu~. Is the date palm hometau
Tradition 81 a Later period says that when
AL 20 left Paradise he was allowed to take
"..h !in t.i"rr 'hiass-a myrtle, because
1t was tls' mo>I lovely and most scented
hywrr ON tHc earth; a " heat ear, because
1t hal The nU~t nunri-hmcut. and Il date,
Ogsstt-U II WAS the most glorious fruit Of
the earth The date som Paradise was In
some marvellous w..y brought 70 the Dejaz.
From u have come all the date palms in
the wnrll, and Allah destined 1t to he the
food Of M trre belieycrs, who shall con.
qlrr ever, country where the date palm
ggo.v--- .ftuLSeL IilulsChau.