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The Critic and record., 1891-04-28

forecast VIII .'"orry the astute and
thoroughly X self-reliant Governor-Senator.
~" T -
WE ARE GRATIFIED TO note that THE
tRITIC-RECoRD has been of service TO that
most estmable order, the Rechabtes. In
the Savannah Local of the 25th instant
we find the following extract from the
minutes of Rechabite meeting in that
city:
Under the head of new business d. II.
q. X. OTTO made few remarks in reference
tothe service being rendered the order by
THE WASHINGTON (D.C) DAILY CRITIC-REC-
ORD, and then submitted the following
resolution which, on motion, was adopted.
Rfsolged, That Georgia Tent, No. l5l,
recognizing the benefit that must accrue
tO our order from reading notices that
from time to time appear in the col
umns of THE WASHINGTON CRITIC-REC-
UID, hereby return thanks to the publish
sTs. through the columns of the LOcd},
and request that Brother otto mail Il
marked copy of the Local to said paper,
containing this resolution.
Commenting upon which the Local says
tditorially;
We are pleased to see that THE WASH
INSTuN CRlTIC-RECoRD is devoting so much
If ITS valuable space to Rechabite inteli-
pence. IL deserves vote of thanks from
every tent under the jurisdiction of the
High Tent.
Il seems in order to say, after making
our grateful acknowledgements to the
Rechabites both here and elsewhere, that
THE Carrie RECORD is always glad to en-
courage and advocate any cause as excel
lent and as beneflcent as that which the
litchabites have taken up. THE Critic
RTCoRu is here for lust such purpOsps
Every movement that has for its object
the improvement, the welfare and the
happiness of the good people of this Dis
irict may count upon our ardent and un-
qualified support. THE CRrc-REcoRD is
the friend of Washington and of all who
are striving TO advance and benefit Wash
ingtOn. There are no more earnest, un-
selfish and devoted workers to this end
than the Rechabites THE CRuc-REcoRB
is proud to he classed as their friend
The Critic and record., 1891-04-28
IN THE CRIMINAL COURT.
HeInlein Released.


Isaac Heinlein, indicted for writing
policy, was down on the Criminal Court
calendar on Saturday for trial. He failed
to put in an appearance, and Judge Brad
ley ordered a bench warrant issued for
him. Yesterday he was apprehended
and locked up at the City Hall. He was
ordered committed to Jail in default of
bail. His bond had previously been de-
clared forfeited.
To-day the forfeiture of his bond was
set aside upon the payment of costs, and
he was released from Jail on the same
recogni2ance.
Bogus Claim.
John Hammond, a colored man, was
on trial to- day in the Criminal Court
charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses. Hammond represented
to Robert Bowie, whom he
met on Fifteenth street in January last,
that he had "supersized claim against
the Government for $4,000 aud wanted
S6.4O IN order TO have his papers charged.
Bowie testified that he had known the
prisoner for eight years, and that during
that period he had obtained $1,000 in
amounts varying from 20 cents to $50 in
order 10 push the claim.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-28

For pure old berkley so TO Tharp's,
Sl6 u street northwest.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-28

PAINFUL UNCERTAINTY surrounded the
question Of the whereabouts Of the Ma
rine Band on Monday. A press dispatch
in The esteemed Post of Monday morning
located them at Springfield, Ill.,, on sun
day. The band was described as having
attended some ceremonies at ABRAHAM
LYcoLN's tomb, the report mentioning
with deep feeling the fact that Mr., Sousps
musicians played Nearer, My God to
Thee" and 'othey AGtiondl airs" On Mon
day afternoon the press dispatches, treat
ing Of the ceremony Of breaking ground
for the GRANT monument at Riverside
Park, New York City, insisted that the
Marine Band was present and performed
on that occasion. Again, on Tuesday
morning, the esteemed Post spoke of the
Marine Band as having given concert at
Indianapolis the night before. Thus the
Marine Band was at Springfield, Ohio on
Sunday afternoon, at New York City on
Monday afternoon and at indianapolis ON
The Critic and record., 1891-04-28

A CADEMY OF THE HOLY GROSS,
IN 1912 Massachusetts, Avenue,
Anords every facility for acquiring thorough
education IN Literature, Music and Art. The
instruments taught are Piano, Harp, Violin,
Guitar, Mandolin and Banjo. Languages, gene
eTal vocal, drawing and fancy work free.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-28

sigh in foreign lands afar, remembering
how in angry tones he once was called the
Gar, yet let him heaye one sigh the less
when he remembers how the bold pen
painter of the press once Shakespelreiled
his brow
The Critic and record., 1891-04-28

Lightning rods practically and sCientifi-
cally put mp j. II. Kuehling.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-28

HENRY WATTERsoN thinks the Demo-
cratic Presidential nominee in 1899 will be
either GROVER CLEVELAND or dark horse
HILL, according to HENRY, .is-s~hot in it. ,
1t is doubtful, howeye;5r, whether this
forecast will sorry the astute anC
thoroughly self-reliant Governor-Senator
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
Egg and Coffee Cranlks.

Il think there are more egg and
coffee cranks than any other" said the
head of large house-furnishing store
to N. Y. Tribune reporter. Nearly
every day inquiry is made for some
new coffee-pot, or some new method of
boiling eggs, or more probably, timing
eggs while they are boiling. This lit
tie hour-glass was invented a few years
ago. 1t is to hang on the wall to noti-
fy the cook when the egg is soft, medium
or bard. You put It right in the water
with the eggs | suppose said lady
the other day before explained its
USE" There are probably more patents
yearly issued in connection with this
simple process in cooking and for
coffee pots than for almost anything
else in the realm of the kitchen. All
this goes to show that there are great
many cooks in America who have not
yet learned how to make coffee or boil
eggs. or such inventions would not
find ready sale.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
Marriage and Royalty.

Lucy Hooper gives some interesting
information regarding early marriages
among the crowned heads. Queen
Victoria was married when she was
not quite twenty-one and the prince
OF Wales espoused the charming Prin-
cess Alexandra before he was twenty
two. The emperor of Austria took 10
wife the radiant Elizabeth of Bavaria
when he was not yet twenty-four. Tho
present car OF Russia was twenty-one
when he gave his hand to Dagmar of
Denmark, who was two years his jun
Tor. King Humbert of Italy was twen-
ty-four at the time of his marriage to
the fair Marguerite of Savoy, then a
girl of seventeen. The present king
and queen OF the Belgians were the
one eighteen and the latter seventeen
at the time of their wedding. And the
late king OF Spain, Alphonso XII,
was very little older when he formed
his brief, bright union with his charm
ing cousin. Mercedes. He was only
twenty-five when he married his second
wife, the present queen regent.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
Lovers Correspondence.

Making love by mail is dangerous
business. When the calenture of pas
sion is overland like all fevers it does
burn itself Quit is very unpleasant
to the convalescent to have the evil
dences of mis- delirium cast, as it were,
in his teeth. Recovered madmen do
not like to be confronted with the
rawlings they uttered while in a state
OF hallucination. Still less do they
relish having their rhapsodies submit
ted to the inspection OF third parties.
Society makes no allowance for the
state of mind in which such letters
were written. 1t holds the writer ac-
countable for them just as strictly as
If he had not given vent to them when
in state OF moral insanity" So
also does that palladium OF liberty. a
jury. Jurors laugh at the wild words
upon which actions of breach of prom
Use are sometimes founded, but none the
less do they mulct the repentant lunatic
in exemplary damages. Poor follow,
he suffers both in pride and pocket.
1t therefore behooves impulsive men,
with a constitutional tendency to make
proposals or what may be construed
into proposals, to the other sex, to
school their ardent temperaments Sc
verely and to practice total abstinence
from pen. ink and paper as sentimental
media. New York Ledger,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
Not Built thai WAY.

The editor Of an exchange thus am
swers a correspondent who asked him
II he ever saw bald headed woman:
mo, we never did. Why should weP
And we never saw woman waltzing
around town in her shirt sleeves with
a cigar between her teeth, slipping in
to every saloon she saw. We never
saw one go fishing with bottle in
each pocket sit on the damp ground
ali day and go homo drunk at night
Nor have we seen woman yank off
her coat, spit on her hands and say
she could whip any man in town. No,
God bless her, she isn't built that
way"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
THE BLUE JAY.
Some Interesting Gossip About n Bfra
With Character.


With a Character.
Beyond question the blue jay is the
prettiest of the American cone-bilfs.
As his name indicates blue is the pre-
dominant color of his plumago, and ID
runs through all its most beautiful
shades along his back and tail until it
merges into silver white on his breast
He has a heavy. pointed crest OF dark,
yet brilliant, feathers raised above his
head; his eyes are large, fierce and
radiant, and his bill is short and strong.
He Is somewhat larger than the black
faced red-bird OF the south, which he
resembles very closely in shape and In
the way he flies.
The common cry OF the blue jay Is
harsh and disagreeable, and it sounds
not unlike ''de-jay, delay" but his
love-notes are tender and sweet too
loo-loo, too-loo-loo," as il his mates
name were Lulu. He cannot be tanned,
and is quite unlike himself when Gagged.
Like some persons that you and (
have known, the beauty OF the blue
jay is his only attraction. His habits
are singular, and he does not walk in
the ways of righteousness nor in the
paths of peace. He is regular dude,
a smart disagreeable tattler an over
bearing bully, a murderer, a robber
and petty sneak thief all combined.
Yet he seems TO be supremely happy
all the time; perhaps it is because he
mas no conscience.
1t may have been these vicious traits
OF the blue jay that gave rise to a Curl
Gus legend among the colored people
OF the South, that this bird owes to the
devil one days work in each week, and
that at precisely one minute past
o'clock every Friday morning all the
jay birds start for the lower regions to
render the service due to their master
OF course this is only fancy which
sprung from the dreamy brain OF the
idle negro, yet many close observers OF
nature will tell you that blue jays are
rather scarce on Friday. Do you ask
whyv That is q conundrum that L
cannot answer.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10

'What do you want to take me for?
haven't done anything that isn't
straight"
''That'll have to be seen later.
You're my prisoner Git your boss
and come along quietly, or"-tapping
his pistol butt.
had kept out OF sight but thought
that a good opportunity for me to mix
in the matter had arrived. ''Mister
Sheriff, please show me your papers. !"
II shan't do anything OF the kind.
What you got to do with this AFFAIR.""
Nothing particular. but just
thought I'd take a hand in the game.
You see I'm government officer, so
show up your papers"
Sorry l can't oblige you. Major.
This amt in your line. Come. boys,
let's take our man."
"Halt!" Before l entered into the
ton to slip revolver up each sleeve,
so as / stood before the sheriff with
arms akimbo anS coat buttoned up, /
had no weapon available for quick
pulling in sight, so he was not watch
ing me for n quick move. AS l gave
the command to halt l simply raised
my hands and the sheriff was looking
into the muzzles of a couple of fair
sized guns.
STEADY! Not move. You are
covered. Just keep quiet and you're
all right. Steve, you relieve the sheriff
of his guns and lead his horse to one
side; some of you tend to him, and
some of you step up by mo and cover
the others. Hands up"
No sooner said than done. but
gracious what swearing.
You'll pay for this, young Teller, :"
remarked the sheriff with a double
handful of choice cuss words.
"Im taking the chances" replied;
land now some one OF you examine
the sheriff. I'd like a look at that
warrant"
The only paper they could find about
him was an old proof of claim.
Expect to take a man on that, did
you9" l asked, Boys relieve that
party of their guns" As they protest
ed continued: You can get them
again if you will come to headquarters
at Las Vegas tomorrow. l would
rather not have you burdened with
them tonight. The wedding guests
gathered from the invaders twenty
revolvers, eight rifles and as many
bowies.
Now you fellows scat!"
They seated.
Picbets were kept posted all night,
but there was no renewal of hostilities,
and everything in the cabin was as
merry as it should be at a wedding.
The bride and groom were congratulate
ed, perhaps not as formally, but a
great deal heartier than they would
have been had they been the cream of
eastern society. The supper was a
good one though it was not called sup
per, but simply grub" After the
ceremony dancing was kept up until
broad daylight. Then with many
good-byes we mounted our horses, and
after firing a royal salute separated,
each his own way.
Not one of that sheriffs posse ever
called at headquarters for his guns.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
DlGsrent WAYS of putting II.

A monument in honor of the late
jefferson Davis has been completed in
Mississippi and is to be dedicated June
3. lit is great pity" says the
lobe-Democrat, that the work of
building monuments to commemorate
that individual can not be intrusted
entirely to New York-for reasons
which will readily occur to the average
citizen"
An Englishwoman suffering from a
severe bite in the arm was admitted
the other day to London hospital.
"a dog l suppose" said the doctor,
looking at the bite. mo, SIR" was
the indignant reply, another lydy
Oady)."
A Hindoo journalist treating of
some political disturbance thus CON-
mented on it: I'VE can not from a
distance realize the intensity of the
crisis, but it is n certain thing that
many crowned heads must be trembling
in their shoes"
Willy sign in Philadelphia oyster
places Take Her Home Pail OF
Stow"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
GOOD MEN WANTED.
Careful Examination of Recruits for tho
Regular Army.

Regular Army.
The papers often refer to the soldiers
OF the regular army in terms indicative
OF anything but respectful admiration,
and do not seem to think that enlisted
men are, in every sense of the word,
the best material that can be had for
the service Recruiting officers do
not, perhaps. accept one in ten OF those
who apply for enlistment and of the
number thus accepted considerable
proportion is rejected ut the medical
examination. The recruiting officers
are exceedingly careful whom they en-
list as, in case of subsequent rejection,
any expense that may have been in
Cured on account of the recruit basti-
ly accepted falls on the officer who en-
listed him. The would-be recruit is
always catechised as to his habits, pro
vious history, whether married or
single where he last lived and how
long, for young men of rowing habites
are not desirable, being too apt to de-
sert. He is asked for references and
told that the parties to whom he refers
will be written to in regard to him. He
is then requested to return in few
days. If he has stated the truth with
regard to himself and is otherwise O.
desirable man. he is passed on to the
doctors for examination, but il the par
ties to whom he refers do not answeys
or give a bad account of him, he is RS
jected, for loafer or criminal wouM
make very poor soldier. He meek
not bring certificate from his SundaA
school teacher, for, in the Sundat
school sense of the word. a boy may
be bad and yet perfectly fitted for the
service, but the army is no place for
the idle md vicious classes, and they
are vigorously excluded. Globe Depe
ocPat
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
Hanging n Prince.

A Russian prince named Dsihora
Kairolf has just been hanged at Vladi-
vOstock. He was captain in fischer
kask regiment. and murdered six per-
sons in their sleep. in revenge for in-
Justice which he imagined had been
done him. The prince, who had asked
to be shot. did not confess his guilt
under the gallows. He was only 30
years of age.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
Evidently his Authorizations were still In

Evidently his Authorizations were still In
full force.
At first intended that the whole of this
tale should be told by myself; but upon get
ting so far II struck me that the evidence of
s a. 9L ACTOR VINO pIayeu al important part
10 the reader at first instead of at second
hand, so i wrote to my friend Dick Fenton.
Of Frenchay, Worcestershire, and begged
him, If he found himself capable of so doing,
TO put In simple narrative form his impress
sions of certain events which happened i'm
January, 1866; events in which we two were
concerned. He has been good enough to
comply with my request His conrmunica-
ton follows.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
Tc BE CONTINUED
m-Gotten Gains Burn the Pockets.

A man who is usually fortunate
enough to carry away from the races
more money than he brought with him
SAYS he finds winning more disastrous
than losing. When he loses money it
is lost. and that is the end of it. He
simply has to shut himself off in cigars
and other things that he is better OF
without, for week or more. But the
winning is quite another affair. 1t
costs him so much to spend it. Per
haps j come of two or three hundred
better" he says; ''it's never much
more than that for / only bet small
sums. The first thing do is to blow
in large share of it on some piece of
foolishness or other. Then I'll spend
the rest of it on something else l don't
want. But don't stop there. The
very next day l do the same thing
over-spend that same money, l mean.
Perhaps this time it will be for some-
thing really need, but / will buy a
little too much of it or little finer
quality than l would have done if I
hadn't had that windfall the day be-
fore, and when prudence urges me to
be careful, ] find myself saying: o.
well. I'll put this down on the VIM
nings from the races And the next
day spent some more money foolishly,
and put that down too. And for a
clear week I'm spending the paltry
hundred or two that i won-as long, in
fact. as I've got any money left to
spend. And its all race winnings
salary, and savings, and all. And so
I've got to quit going to the races Not
because l can't afford to lose, but be.
cause | can't afford to win."-M y
Sun.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
THE DIFFERENCE.

Ten years ago, my lovely Kate,
Eighteen was / with you;
But now when am twenty-eight,
You're only twenty-twol
How is it in times equal race
My years have yours surpassedl
"Because," laughed Kate, with rougish
face,
because you lived so fastr'
New York Herald.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
Automatic rIeasurer.

A new appliance weighing only q
few pounds enables cloth dealers and
others to measure fabrics while rolling
or blocking them. The cloth passes
over and under set of four rollers,
the last OF which actuates counter.
which tells the number of yards paid
ont
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
he Won.

Seldom is the most commendable.
nicely of manner coupled with in
domitable perseverance. so clearly
shown as in the case of the Minnesota
man who, after striving vainly for
twenty years to convert his wife to his
religion. beat her to death, but did it
with the family Bible. Milwaukee,
Sentinel.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10
We,ta Week.

Don't tell people all you know the
first time you meet them: Half oil
friendship is curiosity. -Hatchet
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-07-10

Andrew Carnegie's mascot is brass
telegraph key. He keeps it in glass
case.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
A NARROW ESCAPE.

Early yesterday morning as the electric
car was coming in from Paramount, a
small child apparently about 2 years old
was almost miraculously saved from
being tramped upon by the prompt action
of the motoneer and some or the passen-
gers.
Two men were blowing in Logan's ad-
dition near the car line; one was driving
and the other was holding the pillow and
just as the car came alongside the
motioneer and some of the passengers saw
a little child just in front of the team. 1t
was not noticed by either of the men and
was knocked down by the front feet of
one of the horses which was about to put
its hind foot on the body of the child
when the driver suddenly jerked the horse
backward.
The child was taken up and hastily ex
amined but up to the time of the cars
starting no serious bruises were found.
Neither of the men with the team had
seen The child and in an instant more it
would have been crushed to death.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-13
Story of n Match.

What is the cause of the fires in cotton,
spontaneous combustiou?" was asked of an
expert.
mo. We used TO think that the cotton,
when compressed, especially If wet, de-
veloped enough heat eventually 20 fire
itself. But we know better now. The fire
is always communicated directly as from
a longshoreman's pipe. Let me show you
something"
He took the head of match from a tin
boa in which was also a bunch of very
greasy cotton, and said:
That match has story IL was origi
nally made in Sweden, was sent TO New
York and thence 10 Gainesville, Tex. There
it was sold to big darkey, who worked at
the cotton compress that stands near the
tracks Of the Santa Fe road. The darkey
was a smoker. and because the box in
which the match had been sold to him
broke, he took this match. with others, and
stuck it into the matted wool on top of his
head. According TO the rule at the com
press, the hands are not allowed to smoke
on the premises, but they do gather into
the engine room to enjoy their pipes in case
there is any break in the work.
Now this darkeys work place was right
in front OF the big iron plate that comes
down on top Of the bale, and il was his
duty TO cut old iron bands when the bale
was in place and substitute the new ores.
The men who do this have to hump them
selves to keep up with the machine. and
this fellow bumped himself so much that
he shook the match from his head and it
fell right where one of the iron bands could
catch it.
Then the bale on being pressed was sent
TO Galveston. Thence IL came 10 this city
in a coaster, was loaded on a lighter, and
eventually was loaded into the hold Of a
Liverpool packet where ] was standing
As it reached the deck was on my eye fell
on the head Of the match. 1t was sur
rounded by loose cotton, for there was a
hole in the bagging, aud right alongside
was great grease spot. Here then was
double chance Of fire.
"The match had remained uninjured. so
that the rubbing of another bale against it
might have easily FREQ IL, while if il escaped
that the greasy cotton was likely 10 develop
enough heat 20 fire itself ] said that cot
ton did not burn spontaneously. but
meant cotton that was not CREASED with
animal or mineral oil. This was not
singular instance, however. save Ia the
combination Of match with greasy cot
ton. Matches are often found 10 cotton
whole boxes Of them They are carelessIy
put there by the planter when lighting his
pipe on the way 70 market. New York
Sun