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The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04

EVERYTHING ENDS At last. Even the
fifty-iirst Congress and with ii Mr.. REEDS
term as Speaker, has run its course and is
no more. What epitaph public opinion
will write upon its headstone remains to
I've seen, but some Of the things that can
be truly said of IL have been said already.
Mr.. RrEp has declared that under his
management the House has ceased to be
dcliberative body and is n purely business
institution. lie boasts that he has oblit-
Grated the precedents of hundred years.
His assertion is truthful; his boast is just,
Hut il must yet he proved that the
country has profited by the change
wrought under Mr.. REED, and
that liberty, patriotism and the
public welfare have prospered in
this overthrow of the methods under
which the Republic has attained its
present splendor. If the result of pop
ular election constitutes verdict, the
country has already pronounced against
Mr. RrEp. No such overwhelming po-
litical revolution has marked our history
az that which occurred last November.
Rrrp himself survived the storm, but
that may have been because his constit-
uency is more ignorant more reckless, or
less sensitive than the rest of the country.
His following, however, was swept away,
uprooted and destroyed. He will have be-
hind him in the Fifty-second Congress as
beggarly an array of hehchmen as ever
trotted at the heels of deposed pre-
tender. 1t is too soon to analyze
with accuracy the work of the Congress
which has just expired. One runs no
risk, however, in asserting that it will
turn out to have been the most proiligate
as IL has been the most arrogant of the
century. We know already that the ex-
pcnditure of public money exceeds by
more. than a hundred millions that Of
any preceding Congress, and that its srecord
of reformatory and beneficent legislation
is beggarly beyond precedent. Mr.. REEDS
Cuisines methods have resulted in two
consecutive sessions of Congress devoted
almost exclusively to partisan tyranny and
shameless waste. II is safe to say that in
teligent and patriotic Republicans have
been appalled, by the showing and that
many of those who gave their votes to-day
TO a resolution of thanks to the departing
Speaker salved uneasy consciences by
telling themselves that they were really
thankful-that REEDS sun had set and
that a clearer and better morrow haj
become possible.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04

rule and wear the moldy, secondhand
look of failures in life. They are harm
less, but unwholesomo 20 gaze ut and de-
pressing TO encounter.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04

Two DEMOCRATIC srRoNGHoLDs in New
York State went Republican yesterday.
Perhaps the opinion that the Republican
party IS dead had better be revised.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04

TuE TilIRE +. NJ. u. A. men in the llli-
nois Legislature insist that the 100 Repub-
licans snail come to them in the election
of Senator. The single juryman who
complained of his eleven obstinate fell
lows was a reasonable man in comparison.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04

1HF PATIENCE or hotel keepers the
world over is sorely tried by the chronic
and habitual loafer. In Washington
there seems TO be an organized body OF
them, with possibly grip and pass
wcrd. Their faces are as familiar in the
corridors, year after year, to visitors and
guests. as IL they were part of the regular
force of the hotel, detailed 10 stand or
sit around and. represent crowd eager TO
res,ster. Ills an inscrutable mystery how
thssecyeatures live. They are seedy as
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04
A SERVICE OF SONG.

Some keep the sabbath going TO church;
keep II staying at home,
With q bobolink for a chorIster
And an orchard for dome.
Some keep the sabbath in surpliee;
Just wear my wings,
And instead Of tolllpg the bell for church,
Cur little sexton Tngs.
God pTeaehes--a Voted clergyman
And the sermoB In never loag;
No instead OF getting 10 heaven at last,
I'm going alf along.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04

YESTERDAY WAS A GALA DAY or some
thing. Congress was in session all night
ard JERRY SIMPSON yawped his Wild
Western Alliance yawp.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04
To Sleep.

4 SONG By Lord 7ehnyson.
To sleepi to sleepl the long bright day Is
done,
10 sleep 10 sleepl
Whate'er thy Joys, they vanish with the day;
Wbate'er thy grIefs, in sleep they fade away.
10 sleep TO sleep
Sleep, mourniul heart, and let the past be
past
10 sleep I to sleep
--Nsw York 7yuh.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04
TWO SONGS.
BEAUTY AND TRUTH.

BEAUTY AND TRUTH.
] died for beauty, but was scarce
Adjusted In the tomb,
When one who died for truth was laid
In an adjoining room.
lie questioned softly why failed!
For beauty" replied
And for truth; the two arc one;
We brethren are" he sighed.
And 20, as kinsmen meet at night,
We talked between the rooms,
Until the moss had reached our lips,
And covered up our tOmbs.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04

IL THE PRESIDENT has really set about
finding place suited to Mr.. JOSEPH
CANNoN's peculiar equipment of manners
and ability, he deserves the compassion
of every feeling heart. To be sure, Mr..
CANNON can be used in certain lines, but
the question is whether the country can
afford 10 pursue the lines in which he
would be useful. For instance, If We
want to disturb cordial relations with any
If the nations of the earth, we can
achieve that consummation with absolute
certainty and with bewildering dispatch
by the simple expedient Of sending Mr..
CANNON to that nation as our representa-
tive. But, If Mr.. HARRISON seeks place
in which Mr.. CANNON can be provided for
without injury to the public service or
outrage upon accepted standards of dig
nifty and good breeding, then he is to be
coMMiserated, indeed.
But why should Mr.. CANNON be an OBJ
jcet of, his party's solicitude and care
What has he done for the party that the
party should strain its credit and sacrifice
its reputation by keeping him in a position
of prominence and profit? He has served
n long time, sixteen years in fact, as a
member Of the House of Representatives,
but he has been extravagantly paid tor his
services by the salary assigned to a Con.
gressman, and he will retire from Office
largely the gamer in the transaction be-
tween him and his constituents. The
theory that a public official adds to hi'
claims upon the public by every year Of
bis enjoyment of place and emolument, Il
the falsest and most pernicious one imagi
nable. The true theory is that the people
retain a servant as long as his services
seem valuable, and that when they dis
pense with him it is for good and sufficient
reason.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04

THE oDp SPECTACLE of the tail wagging
the dogis seen out IN Springfield, Ill.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-14
Nem aopertisfnlrllts.

AS you pass our Drug Store you
will notice the display of SpoNGEs.
These are the finest lot of Sponges
ever imported. Well tell you how
we came to have them.
A drummer for an Eastern Sponge
House had the misfortune to get
into that deplorable condition called
strapped" and it was our good for
tune to buy his entire outfit of
samples. You know drummer's
samples are never inferior goods
in fact, they are often superior to
the stock which he will sell you.
It's the same with these Sponges.
We've Baby Sponges, big Bath
Sponges, and tough Carriage
Sponges.
Ii you own stylish turn out, you
ought to have a carriage sponge.
Then, to properly dry it, after wash
ing, you will need Chamois Skin.
We have them. You can get one
suitable for a pen-wiper or big
enough for lap robe.
We've sold quantities of our
Sachet Powders. People must like
them, or they wouldn't buy as thew
have. It's just like everything else );
if you've got good thing you can't
keep it-somebody else will want it.
All our Stock is New and Fresh,
and can be relied upon.
If you want something that will
go a long way, you can get some
Postage Stamps. We keep them for
the accommodation Of the public.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-14
BASE BALL.
1he Crescenfs We're Defeated at
Saturdays Game.

Saturdays Game.
The Aliiolani and Crescent Clubs
OF the Amateur League played on
Saturday afternoon at the League
grounds.
The Crescents have been playing
excellent ball of late, winning nearly
every game that they were matched
for. They, perhaps, imagined that
they would not be beaten, but found
their error Saturday, when the Alto
lam boys took the game by a score
OF IL to s. They have been taught
that over confidence alone cannot win
games. They distinguished them
selves throughout the entire game
by the manner in which they sue
ceeded in allowing the ball to pass
them unmolested. The Aliiolani
boys were q little off also in their
fielding but, when it came to bat
ing, they sent the Crescents off on
many leather covered expedition.
Lemon pitched strong, steady
game. Thompson, at second base,
made an excellent double play in the
eighth by playing on to red hot
liner, and stopping on his bag. For
the Crescents, Hart, Haley and Lish-
man made a quick double-play in
the first inning, as did Haley, Hart
and Soper in the second. In the
sixth Haley made a lightning play
by successfully fielding a grounder
muffed by Soper at first G. Hart, at
ieft-held, played his usual game,
covering an incredible amount Of
ground.
The Crescents almost had cillch
on the championship, but by losing
Saturdays game, they give a chance
for the st. Louis and Aliiolanjs TO
overtake them. Charles Wilder um-
PRED the game, and did so in q salts
factory manner. The following IS
the official score
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-14
81 tu advertisements.
The Pacific Hardware Go.
FORT STREET, HONOLULU,

Beg that they hare their ART rooms
Building
Of the followimg Wares limoges Boston, Rose Dbarry Newport
Tory BisQue Royal WINDSOR Royal Worcester Royal
Royal Hungarian, Tulip, Orchid Bohemian Etc. Etc.
They hare Just Recered fine line of the
PICTURE MOULDING Mirrors, Egravngs Ecngs, Photogra-
Pde, Autotpes Etc. Etc. the publications;
o8el8 IN wOod bamboo; Tables Chandeliers Hanging
and Banquet Lamps atuees and articles
mention
OIL PAINTINGS by local ArttstMrs Wells
field, Hitchcock, Mrs. Pauts, and others.
ShetUtng the
Line Of HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS Agate Jopaned
and Tin Ware They trust their friends wU appreciate
pontn7eW they
Store fitted completely earlier
entrance is unatrare afford
second floor.
4 VISIT to their Dirt Rooms ooIi, be repaid.
Soliciting continuance patronage
enjoyed IN the they spare pains
and rrOmptnes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-14

The "Vistas of Hawaii IS tie
daintiest souvenir ever placed on
sale in Honolulu. Leave your
orders with the Pacific Hardware
Co.. and copies Will be mailed
postage free.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-14

Earned Runs-Aliis, 4; Crescent, l.
Two Base Hits - Thompson, Morris
Armstrong.
Double Plays Thompson; Hart, Soper
Lishman; Hart, Haley, Soper.
Base on Balls-By Lemon, 2.
Base on Hit by Pitched Ball-Lishman
Struck Out--By Lemon, l; by Angus, 2
Passed Balls-Long, 6; Willis, 2.
Wild Ptches-By Lemon Il; by Angus, 1
Left on Bases-Aliis, 4 Crescent, 4.
Time of Camel hr. SO min.
Umpire-Chas Wilder.
Scorer-G. +. Thrum.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-14
NOTICE.

T. ToENNIEs, THE WELL ELL
- 1 L. old Wailuku Boot and Shoe
k MsEer has has returned from the Coast o., St
snn the p if g1HSs op that tel
s shS ct opposite Dr., McGreM Crews or uTs
Repairing neatly done.
kM-Give me call! ropNNIEs.
Hotel St., opp. DR.. McGreWao,ss s. :
Honolulu, Dec. 8, 1891. 2S4l-0' ifO'--'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-14
NOTl<'N; :,

oEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE
> ceiVed by the Hilo Road Beard. at
HiIo Hawaii, up until noon, MONDAY
and nd nntting up a new bridge over the
Waiakea stream at Hilo. Tho
The Board will furnish all materlai: Il Inc ne
iron from the old bridge is TO De Gdeu i is
pI Pscific Bridge Co.'s Combination Truss
136 feet span, 16 feet roadway: o,--os 70
i' The Board do not bind themselves 10
acoop' WV j. a. SCOTT,
Chairman Hilo Road Board.
l4O5-2t 2942-6t 0,5,9,3,6,3O
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-04-17

voters were asked by enormous pla-
cards posted everywhere if they would
be consenting parties to such gross in
Justice. Apparently British voters were
quite willing to consent to it, and the
document just issued is the justifca-
ton of their hostility to that compen.
sation scheme. For it is now proved
beyond doubt (what the opponents of
MIR. Goschen's bill had all along asserted)
that the compensation would not go
to the poor publican, but to the
wealthy brewer. The government re-
turn, in short, proves that the liquor
business is gigantic monopoly in the
control of handful of persons who
Weld enormous power, and that q
good proportion of these are peers of
the realm.
In London alone 10000 liquor shops
are owned by monopolists, companies,
syndicates and wealthy individuals, the
nominal tenant being mere bar
tender, who has no interest whatever
IN the business. In Manchester there
are 2,054 houses in the hands of absen-
tee landlords; in Liverpool, zoos; in
Sheffield, 1,102; in Bristol, 893; in Ports
mouth, SOC; in Norwich, COS; in Stafford,
567; in Nottingham, Sal; in Hull, 400; in
Leicester, 4O2. One single firm, that of
Greenall, Whitley & Co., the head of
which was made baronet for services
to the tory party, owns 534 drink shops
in three counties; another firm owns
257 in Bristol alone; one man owns 1853
in Birmingham, and another firm 143 in
Liverpool. Two brewers own 500 such
places in the county of Norfolk. In
short, the brewing and distilling trades
are now in the hands of great wealthy
bodies, which spread their tentacles in
the form of licensed houses all over the
land.
1t is peculiarly interesting to note
the close connection between the drink
interest and the house of lords. In
deed. it is quite usual now to speak OF
the peerage humorously as the beer
age" You may be surprised to learn
that the prime minister is a drink
seller. Lord Salisbury owns -four
drink shops on the Strand, and it is
needless to say that if the county coun.
Gil had eXtinguished these under Mr..
Goschcn's scheme, Lord Salisbury
would have received big sum as com
pensation-a striking comment on the
absolute lack of moral feeling which is,
perhaps, Lord Salisbury's chief char.
acteristic. Lord Derby owns seventy.
two drink shops, the d ullc of Bedford
fifty. In one small Derbyshire town
the duke of Rutland owns twenty and
the duke of Devonsbire twelve. Lord
Harrington, the o-philanthropie
duke of Westminster, Lord Seton, the
duke of Portland, that young rip and
gambler Lord Dudley, Lord Portman
Lord Fitzwilliam, and many other peers
are all drink-sellers. Railway com.
panies and ecclesiastical trusts also
figure largely as owners of this class Of
property.-N. Y. Commercial Adver.
| tiSer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-04-17
INTERESTING BREViTiES.

THE man who can drink whisky a
whole lifetime without being hurt by
it is very apt to not be mucn account
for anything elsc.-Ram's Horn.
THE Boston Law and Order league
has petitioned the Massachusetts, legis-
lature to prohibit the manufacture and
sale of candies containing alcohol or
any form of Intoxicating liquor.
THERE was spent for liquors O.. vari-
Gus kinds in Great Britain last year a
sum representing one-twelfth of the in
come of the inhabitants of the king
dom, or about fourteen times as much
as was contributed for the purpose OF
sending Bibles to the heather.
THE saloon is a very profitable bust
ncss-to the undertaken. 1t is true he
does not get much for burying the vic
tins of the liquor traffic, but he does a
wholesale business and charges what
the traffic will bear. Western Rural.
THE earl of Derby has the question
able distinction of owning more drink
ing places than any other English peer.
He has seventy-two of the places to his
credit or discredit, while the next
largest owner is the earl of Bedford,
with forty-eight grog-shops The duke
| of Devonshire is but one behind Bed
ford, and so it goes through list of
one hundred and fifty-two peers, who
own 1899 places where liquor is sold
and drank all in darkest England"
AN inventive western citizen has
elaborated new plan for stopping
drunkenness. His idea is to esta blish a
state inebriate asylum and compel those
who make and sell liquor to pay for its
maintenance. He would tax the dis
tiller $1,000, the wholesaler $500 and
the retailer 500 year in it's behalf.
| Then he would treat drunkenness as
insanity, and confine all drunkards in
the asylum until they are permanently
red.-Toledo Blade.
THE circulation is through two set
of blood vessels-arteries and veins
both obtaining their motive power from
the heart acting as force pump. Alec
hol increases the pulsations, and, as the
blood is sent from the heart to the ex-
tremities faster than the veins can take
it up again to return it, congestion re-
suits, and the nose, being a remote por-
ton of the circulation, reddens and
finally becomes diseased. This, how
ever, is not different from other organs
of the body; all are congested and SINH.
larly diseased by the use of alcohol. -
st. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-04-17
A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.

He Mistook tho Father of His Girl for the
Collector for the Transfer Company.
A young gentleman had an engage
ment with the daughter of q prosperous
citizen to attend the theater. The young
lady suggested that they use the family
carriage, and the gallant was too polite
to decline. On the morning of the en-
gagement the young lady asked her
father to please stop in Mr.. IS Office
and inquire where he wanted the car
rage to call for him. The kindly old
gentlemen did so. He stepped in the
office and, calling 10 the young man,
said:
81 want to see about that carriage
"Wait moment" said the youth,
evidently agitated. He lail down his
pen and, coming from behind the desk,
led his visitor into II far corner, and
continued: 81 can't settle that right
now, as am decidedly hard up. I'll fix
it by the middle of next month dead
sure"
what do you mean?" said the old
gentleman.
"Why, amt you the collector for the
Gouge' en- Transfer company"
mo, I'm not. I'm Miss Bondholder's
father, and want to know where my
carriage is to be sent for You to-night?'
He went to the theater in the evening,
but he did not enjoy 1t much.-Louis-
| vile Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-04-17
GRAPE CULTURE,
Some Interesting and Curious Facts From
the Census Reports.

the Census Reports.
A recent bulletin from the census de-
partment gives some interesting facts in
regard to the history of grape-growing
| in the United States. For more than 100
years, says IL. Gardner, special agent in
charge of this branch of the agricultural
division, efforts have been made to grow
the European varieties of grapes in the
open air, always, however, resulting in
failures, except in California, where
viticulture was introduced by the Fran
ciscan farmers many years ago, and
where the foreign grapes grow to per-
lection. Eastern growers finally turned
their attention to the Improvement of
native varieties, with great success.
In New York state. in what is known
as the Lake Keuka district, a grower of
grapes shipped his first crop, amounting
to fifty pounds to the New York mar
ket, about 1915, by way of the New
York & Erie canal. The grapes were
delivered in good condition, and the
commission houses handling them wrote
encouragingly to the shipper, advising
further shipments. The next year the
grower was able to ship some 200 or 800
pounds. He overdid the matter, how
cvet, and the New York market on
grapes broke under the pressure. 1t is
estimated that during last season (1S90)
there have been shipped from this same
district and carried by the different
railroad and express companies to
New York, Boston and Philadel-
phia, and other distributing markets
about 10000 tons or 100000 pounds
of grapes, and probably one-quarter of
this amount was in addition sold to
wine manufacturers. The Hudson river
district in the same state is estimated
to have shipped to the New York and
other markets during the same time be-
tween $1,000 and 5000 tons or 2S, 900, 900
pounds of grapes, while the Chautauqua
district of New York, where the indus
try has been growing and prospecting
only through the last decade, furnished
as its 1890 crop for the different mar
kets of the country probably about
200 car loads or 30,000,000 pounds of
table grapes, making q grand total of
9S, 600, 900 pounds as the product of what
Is KNOW us Une New OFk SJdIc ClSUrlcC.
This does not include the large amount
of grapes used in tie district for wine.
TSlama county, California, has the
largest vineyard in the world-3,soO
acres. There were in the distillery on
this vineyard in April, 1890, 10000
gallons of brandy and 100000 gallons
of wine. California has also the small
est vineyard in the world. 1t is a vine
yard consisting of single vine, in
Santa Barbara county. 1t was planted
by Mexican woman about siXty-eight
years ago, and has diameter one foot
from the ground of twelve inches, its
branches covering an area of IL, 000 feet,
and produces annually from 10000 to
1000 pounds of grapes of the Mission
variety (many punches weighing six
and seven pounds, the crop being gem
orally made into wine. The old lady
who planted the one-vine vineyard died
in 1865 at the age of 1917.
One of the largest wine casks in the
world is at winery in Ohio. 1t has a
capacity of $4,000 gallons. - Chicago
1
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-04-17
Maine Rum Sellers.

Portland liquor deputies have seen
some interesting examples of ways that
are dark and tricks that, happily, were
vain. They have found fiat bottles Of
liquor concealed in the side castings of
windows, holes in cellar floors filed
with beer barrels and skillfully con-
ccaled, biding places constructed in old
fashioned chimneys, cellar walls that
when the right spring was touched,
would swing back like doors, nests of
bottles in snowdrifts, other bottles hid
den under setting hens nests, and even
bottles under the heads of babies in
their cradles. One woman eluded the
sheriffs long time by simply placing
the liquor on a shelf over the door
while they hunted the premises in vain.
Nearly all saloons have chute with
sliding cover in close proximity to the
bartender. When the sheriffs come
the bottles are slid down the chute to a
pile of rocks at the bottom and thus
broken, thereby saving the owner from
arrest.-Lewiston Journal