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The critic., 1891-02-21
WHITE CAPS IN CONNECTICUT.
They Remove the Red Wbiskers from
Village Postmaster.

fI0W Ue NtlU YORK sun.
NoRwALK, Feb. 10.-Wilton, small
town on the Housatonic Railroad, seven
miles north of this city, has been visited
by White Caps. Thus far Richard III.
Fitch, the village postmaster is the only
victim. Mr.. Fitch is about % years of
age, and is of slight build and medium
height. He has classic features, so his
friends say, and can boast of some genuine
good looks, but a stranger is prevented
from learning these facts from personal
observation, as Mr. Fitch keeps his face
obscured from the public gaze by long
and flowing scarlet red whiskers fseveral
years growth.
About week ago Mr.. Fitch received
by mail big envelope which was found
to contain formidable-loolSing docu-
ment. The letter, which was postmarked
Bridgeport, was embellished with skulls,
cross-bones and collins in blood, and in
the centre was the PRINT of bloody hand
with the word Death printed across the
palm in deep blue letters. The missive
purported to have been issued by the
fright Honorable Executive Board of
Council No. Six of the National Order of
White Caps and was in the form of q
warning. II said that unless the wearer
of the capillary appendages could give
satisfactory reasons why he should be
allowed to continue their growth he must
| shave.them
After regaining control of his nerves
Mr.. Fitch was inclined to accept the letter
as joke, but this morning visitors at the
Office were forced to believe that IL was no
laughing matter after all. His flowing
whiskers were reduced to stubby beard,
resembling a two weeks growth, and they
| were haggled in such a manner as to need
the attention OF barber. Mr.. Fitch re-
fuses any explanation, but advlces re.
ceived from Wilton this evening say that
he was attacked by masked men while
passing through patch of woods to his
home late last night and his cherished
whiskers shorn off with dexterously
| welded pair of shears.
The critic., 1891-02-21
Insurance.

The annual statement of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company Of New York
shows the remarkable progress made by
this institution during twelve months.
The record made by the Mutual eolipses
its own best efforts, and naturally exceeds
that Of any other financial institution in
the world. The new business written
amounted to SlG0,0S5, 1856, showing con-
tinuous and phenomenal advance. The
assets of the Mutual Life now aggregate
SI47 1T, ,06l 20, indicating a gain for the
year Of Sl0 1884, ,033,lS. The Company has
now an outstanding insurance account
amounting to S63S, 226, ,S05. It's total in
come from all sources is reported at $751;
07s,77S.G0. IL paid to lis members during
the year for death claims and endowments
and other obligations Sl0,973, 20005 Up
to date the Mutual had 20G.055 policies in
force, showing gain in membership for
the year of 23,745 thus forming the
biggest army OF policy.holders in any
regular Life Insurance Company in the
world. The surplus fund is now $9,98l,-
293Ss over and above every liability.
The critic., 1891-02-21
pHoToGRAPHING IN c0LoRs.
A Remarkable Discovery.

p,r,. Eo,, ,o pho soyon,;e, ,ror,d
lAhis' reo. II, soion.'no VIZ
mas peen startled py 'he announcement
made by M. Lippmann professor OF
Physics at the Sorbonne), at the last sit
ting of the Academy of Sciences. of new
process of pbotography discovered by
him. bv which colors throughout the
whole range of the spectrum can be re-
nroduced on n sensitive plate. lust as ac-
curatelv (since colors arc but numbers of
light wayes) as outline or shadow are
fixed bv the present pbotographic mega
tiyes and prints. M. Lippmanii's first at
tempts TO take colored photographs have
not gone beyond the experimental stage,
and a long time must elapse before this
branch of photography Is brought to the
perfection which It's sister branch has at
tanned. After few weeks attempts NJ.
Lippmann has succeeded in photograph
ing a stained window i'm colors as brilliant
as the original.
N. Lippmann, whom I met Yesterday
al his laboratory at the Serbonne, very
obligingly showed me his colored plates
and gave me an account of his discovery,
drawing on a sheet of paper rs he pro-
ceeded q numper of interesting diagrams,
which unfortunately cannot be sent by
telegraph. The plates were all photo
The critic., 1891-02-21

brick work on the public building at East
port, Me-, to the Blue Hill Granite Com
pany at its bid of S35, ,046.
The District Commissioners have
awarded the Gamewcll Company the con-
tract for placing their police signal system
in two precincts.
The Snead & Co., iron works, Louisville,
KY, has been awarded q contract at sl05,-
072, for bower barffed iron work for book
stacks of new building for Library OF
Congress.
Contracts for furnishing materials for
new building for Library of Congress
have been awarded as follows: Bricks,
Washington Brick Machine Company,
s7.73 sand, James 4. Summers, ninety
eight cents lumber, Barber ~ Ross; hard
ware. j. u. Lambie; paints, etc, George
Ryneal, jr.; iron castings, Charles White
4 Co.; manila rope, William Wall Sons,
New York; cast-iron drain pipe, Thomas
Somerville Il Sons. Contracts for cement
and coal have not yet been awarded.
The critic., 1891-02-21
Our CostIy pIsehargea ARMY.

Senator Carlisle IN Ms Forum.
No standing army in the world costs the
people so much as our army of discharged
soldiers. Although we are at peace among
ourselves and with all the world, and have
no foreign or domestic policy to make such
an expenditure necessary we are paying
more than Sl35,000,000 annually TO the
soldiers Of war that closed twenty-five
years ago. The payment of reasonable
pensions, on account of wounds actually
received and diseases actually contracted
in the military or naval forces in time of
war, is Just and right in ITSELF and IS,
moreover, the wisest policy that can be
adopted by a government which relies
for It's defense almost exclusively upon
the voluntary services Of its citizens BY, but
money among certain classes of the people
is neither just nor consistent with the
character of our institutions.
The critic., 1891-02-21
AS SURE AS DAY.

Nou may Jew and screw your nelghhor ont OF
everything he owns;
iOu may fry the fat Of life away and leave him
hut the bones;
You may Kick the underpinnlng out from those
who try 10 climb
Up to things that promise better; you may
spend your leisure time
Drawing interest from Others til your purse is
fat and strong,
TIL your credit IN established and your bank
gccount n longl
That's all true;
but mark yOu
fome time or other az sure as the day,
Justice will come, and you'l hayoto pay.
The critic., 1891-02-21

IloAr Of the Fast and PLuNn Of the West.
Mr. Ptrim even went 40 far rs 10 toy with
the language Of Sir g. w. SNALLy, X. o.
describing the woes OF our diplomats,
and was cruel enough 10 compare the
effort Of the T,ibm,'s own man in plain
clothes ITO the society column In the
Washippton STAR
The critic., 1891-02-21

From he No,tvich (Conn.) bulletin, Fe6. 49,
There has been discovered about halt a
mile west of the "Bargytown Ledges" a
twirling stone of about five tons weight.
1t has always been regarded as boulder,
and from the way 1t IS poised on the rock
not rock. Hundreds have tried to rock It
in vain, and the surprise of the man who
first felt it move under pressure may be
imagined. 1t moves hard, of course, but
ii moves, the finder informs us, round as
if it were placed upon pivot. Ithas been
carefully examined. and, while it looks
like boulder, several allege that 1t must
be ceremonial stone set there by some
prehistoric race. This rock is creating
great interest among the boulder hunters
of Eastern Connecticut.
Nunhars Va. Alfnnsa.
The critic., 1891-02-21

TET nrMIIlAuoS, contumacy and pull
NsIiEaiion endured by our representatives
abroad, all because they are not branded
ambasSadoru, has been brought 20 the at
tsntion OF the Owl Club in thenorth wing
Of the Capitol and resulted in terrific
loss of tail feathers among the old birds
The critic., 1891-02-21

ThF rrorfsHoNI POLITICIANS who prOsti-
iule their official positions for private
gain, The sanctimonious, pious frauds who
run Sunday schools and go on 10 Canada
with hank cash, the cowardly wretches
who stab private character and 80 smiling
through life; these should all get together
somewhere and build church TO be
called the Church Of the Penitent Thief
and Try TO mend their ways. Lent is a
sod time 10 lay the cornerstone.
The critic., 1891-02-21

S'NNs
~, ouniU H. VIA. ,,,es 20; 1.,,no,,,aiiu
lack / ,,ish conid get n wife ma easily ne
yo,, con Toni1S RIgJe "'-S w. ' "
''' '""' ''
This is ,bo cynical yvav I'm which the Boston
1dnS' IInty Ic1sat pnn that lady Looks, She socms
nerrcotIv hannvi 'N'
uYes. she nnst either have found pure re-.
licion In her own henri or the seeds OF sin in
ihn heart Of ono nj hcr ncighbors s.
~ ~
yo,, trootcd vorr father Iost ni@ht IL yyas oni
yye"eons 'o"- -''N'
rthnr ,doon,v ipipred,-N Now ycol,v Mia.
Etbcl / co,vn't fayn mon tho euv'nor don't
Won know lie is in twade. V41sey's Jyeekiy.
~" ANo"' 'i0 '7 ~ ."@N'' @ "'''' "''''''
",roy "a vorr fr,ond do,nc ont IN Uo,,n,
Montana, ''"' N'7 ''
Wob has CARRYING ovnrvthino before himu -
HS9a "Hos Wn1ter Whns SGsincIS IN y nH %
"'0'o'
,o., ,,.. o,,,,,. a., ,,.,.,,o,,,, 80, i,,s
On What gr3unus uiu hensih" m hi @ gut n Az PEI.
S,,n,, s,U ,c heror ar ns"iu '""' ho '' any "s''s
uuinnS NY wal ,,.,. III, o,,,
he DIDN'T oni ne claims MS sympathies
Weie oihs'ou' - "e"'
An exchange says that "Chicago mas put her
foot into the Worlds Fair This must be an
error, up to the hour NJ OF going 10 press S S mere
SnlVHSO iool'-NO'ItetVW" HTWW'
Snow we will suppose that one cab or,ycr goes
eight miles nm hour. and that another one who
cai, 10 only six miles an hour has three hours
Inc start az himY Where will they mcetY''
HAt the ale. house. " F2ie1ende B(qtter.
"There's one thing about Won, d'Aubcr, that
I don't understand. " said Scimble.
",That with your uneuualled taste in art YOU
sbouid have such A large collection of your own
nict,ircs. " Pnck.
Mrs. De Visito-Good afternoon Miss Blank!
Il your mother Mt homeY
Miss BIonkHNo She has gone 10 Mrs. De
Mure's progressive Conversation party. By
the Way. what SORT of a party is that, Mrs, De
Mrs' Dc yisite-Iti ia one at which the con.
| ycrsatjOn begins with art, science and ltera-
| ture, and progresses very rapidly to fashion,
gossip and scryants.-Stfeet and SMITHS Good
~'NNN'
The critic., 1891-02-21

II was touching to see Confederate veter-
ans in the line doing honor TO the great
Union General, but II was sight General
sherman would have rejoiced over.-Ne~
loVk Continent.
The critic., 1891-02-21

THr DEATH or the brave fireman. TmouAs
II. NEWMAN, who was killed at his post
Of duty, calls attention TO the fact that no
suitable provision has been made for such
cases. by reference TO the rcportorial nc.
count Of the matter in another column,
It will be seen that the family of the de-
ceased will receive only small
amount of money, hardly more than
enough to pay funeral. and other ex-
penses incident to the sad event. Thus
brave and devoted public servant, killed
in discharge of his hard and pcrilous
duty, leaves helpless family without
means of support. There could be no
more suitable object of aid from the
wealthy and charitable of this rich and
charitable city. Something should be
done for the family of Fireman NEWMAN
something very substantial. II Is q
shame that the employees of the District
engaged in life.saving occupations and
subjected at all times to such terrible
jeopardy, should be so ill-provided for in
case of injury, and this arrangement
should be replaced by better and more
civilized one at the earliest possible mo-
ment. Meanwhile, however we have this
sad and most deserving case before us,
and we should go TO its relief with willing
and abundant hands.
The critic., 1891-02-21
nmnry of nuiIdIng PermIts ror weeIs.


Grand total, "A S231Gl5
Eids Made.
j. j. Harrington fthiscity is the low
est bidder for iron work on public build
ing at Eastport, Me.
James l. Parsons has the contract at
S73, ,0l4 10 build extension 10 the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury
las awarded the contract for stone and
The critic., 1891-02-21

When local dime museum advertiser az an
attraction "thc only policeman born in Amer
ica,n we feel 1t orr duty 10 warn the public
to beware Of frauds and imitations.-C ChlcdgO
Mail
The critic., 1891-02-21
OVER THE NUTS AND WINE.

' Question-When n man says that he knows
that he knows nothing, Is II not an absurdltys
Answer-That depends on the an.--Hargdrd
LQDlpOOn.
The critic., 1891-02-21

II d PAINFULLY clear that Republican
form of government is not enjoyed by tho
citizens Of Page County, Va, and that
the failure Of the Force bill Is already be.
ginning to bear bitter fruit A party Of
young descendants Of Revolutionary sircs
thought they would sercnade Mr.. PEcr
ON his wedding night The happy groom
returned the compliment with load Of
No. ! shot In n spirit OF badinage. with
out money and without price" The
young gentleman who got the shot felt
deeply wounded and threatens TO die.
Mr.. PRfcr kindly gave himself up. and
fcelingly remarked that he only intended
TO frighten the facctlous screnader.
The critic., 1891-02-21

Stages In Beanopolitan Culture.
From ne Chicago Nelos.
The literary element in Boston has
taken to attending Chinese dramas per-
formed in the native tongue. The "lite-
rary clements experience with Browning
has given II practice enough to understand
Chinese at q first hearing.
The critic., 1891-02-21

a CAREFUL rERusAL of the long list of
woman's clubs just published fails to re-
veal the presence and voices of the
Daughters of Our Nothers-in-law,"
"The Sisters of Silence, Obedience and
Amiability," "The Maiden Amts of An
tiquity," "The Builders of the Kitchen
Fire "The Wearers of Last Years Bon
nets" ''The Last Word Society for the
Promotion of Peace" 1.-THE Reasonable
Womans Club" "The Religious Mono
maniac and lmbecile Society for the Dis
tribution Of Slippers to Fashionable
Preachers" And there are others, also,
conspicuous by their absence.
The critic., 1891-02-21

Numbers VS.. Adipose.
From TIE Florida Times Union
Cleveland is not bigger than his party.
The critic., 1891-02-21
FOR A MONUMENT TO MARY, THE
MOTHER OF WASHINGTON.

Tomorrow Sunday evening, at
O'Clock the military order of Washington
will hold their magnificent memorial rites
at Albaugh's Grand Opera House. The
net proceeds will be devoted to the pur-
poses of the Mary Washington Memorial
Association, which has been organized
with view to building monument to
MARY WASHINGTON, the mother OF the
first President of the United States and
"the Father of his Country" The people
uf this country owe 1t to the memory of
The mother of WAsnINGToN that her long
neglected grave should be marked by an
appropriate monument, with suitable
Inscription thereon.
in 1888 StLAs Il. Burrows of New York
began the building of q monument.
President ANDREW Jackson laid the corner
stoue in May of that year. The monu-
mcnt was erected, but the obelisk was
never completed, owing to Mr.. Burrows
meeting with financial reverses. The
block Of marble is still lying near the
grave where il has been for iilty-live
years.
MARY BALL, the second wife of AuGus-
TINE WASHINGTON and the mother of
GEoReE WASHINGTON, was the daughter of
Colonel IosEPH BALL of Wcstmoreland,
Va. She was born in LOG; married March
q, 1880, and died August %, 1880. She
was buried on her own plantation, Ken
more, near Fredericksburg. The BALLS
were of English descent, and there are
weighty reasons for believing that the
mother of WASHINGTON was the lineal
descendant of JOHN BALL, the mad
preacher of Kent" the medieval cham
pion of the rights of man, whose head was
cut off 500 years ago by order of King
RICHARD II. for championing the cause of
the people in the fight against feudalism.
Ofeall the appeals made to the
American people, this effort to honor the
memory of MARY, the mother of WASH
INoToE, is the strongest. Ii should stir the
Heart Of every man, woman and child in
the land to its inmost depths. The
response should be an immediate and mu-
iiiicent patronage of the entertainment in
question and Il large and popular private
sub cription in addition. The programme
will c beautiful and impressive one and
the Maine Band will furnish the music
Let every one so who possibly can.
The critic., 1891-02-21

GENERAL SHERMAN and General LEE are
both dead now. ltcannot hurt their feel
ings to be complimented by General Sir
GARNET WoLsELEY.
The critic., 1891-02-21

Tom-Comc what may, shall never marry
woman who is my superior intellectually.
Jack-I wish ] coud get wife rs easily as
you can.-- YANKEE Blade
The critic., 1891-02-21

A Satisfactory Explanation. - "What did
Miss Leftover do when she awoke and found
the burglar In her room-screamy'
mot much. She transhxed him with her
cold, gray eye, pointed TO the door and hissed:
Leave meph
What did the burglar do;"
ale explained that he had no notion OF TAX
ing her.r--PUck.
The critic., 1891-02-21

This is tho cynical way in which the Boston
TrdnBsoript puts II:
"lIow pleasant that lady looks! She seems
perfectly happy"
ayes; she must either have found pure re-
lgion In her own heart or the seeds OF sin In
the heart OF one of her ncighbors.n
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rnou,h op.p. sskuR no questions. II he thought.
vas permitted 10 thluk. he night have am supple
iou-thst there was no necessity foi qnoing nnInen-
toned aud known grades OF WOOL from the African
and Pulynesian newspapers. hut that the American
Quotations on the Boston or PhilAdephiA market OF
domestic and foreign woods imported IN competition
with our own would be good enough for an honest
man. aud that the foreign Of wool not imported
and not coming inio competition with his own was
something which did not Interest him. Gao ne not
be induced 10 open his eyes and shut biz mouth
long enough TO see the garbage the Leader 10 VI, ing
10 shovel down his throEtt
One woru OF common sense, II the BspublcAn
farmer will use t. Last year We imported 2sOVl,OOO
pounds Of foreign wool Tor manufacture and b0-
COO 900 pounds of foreign unwashed wool manufaet-
ured into cloth. The total amount Of our own clip
and Of all we imported combined was less than one
half what came into the country In the form OF cloth.
Does aLy wool grower believe that II the foreign
wool had been low enough in price to import-had
even been a. low as prices here-our manufacturers
protected by compensatory duty, whose looms In
lbS0 called for 10000 0UO pounds OF grease wool
yearly, would have been satisfed TO nee only the
29c 0OO, coo pounds Of wool and what shoddy they
could get! They are doubly protected. They get
back the putty the pay on foreign wool and then get
IS per cent additional IL foreign wool is AZ cheap
as American. what prevents them from importing II
they wish tot The duty on the cloth was 45 cents
| per pound az pounds OF grease vooD aud 4O per
cent. additional There IL nothing to prevent them
from import ing all the foreign wool they require
Every cent of duty they pay Is returned to them.
Why, then, with their idle looms, did they permit
6OOOOOtOl pounds OF foreign wool 70 De imported III
/ the cloth7
| The combined and confederated woollen manu-
facturers are perfectly satisfied with the present
arrangem nts perfectly satisfied 10 let the foreign
cloth come In aud make the MAJ ket price for domestic
cloth perfectly satisfied to 20 without foreign WOO
| and manufacture the little American wool aud much
shoddy hey get. Why1 1.-THE wool-grower cannot
answer the question can
The Cleavelsnd Leader is not satisfied witt swim
ding its readers the tariff question, but buncoe
them on the silver question as well. 1t says:
Gold was digged out of the earth in California, bu
the country "enjOyed" only lite of that not~ith
standing the double metallic standard. or th'
$540 10000 Of gold produced from lS49 to 1860 II
our new Ell Dorado nearly all went to Europe TO pa.
for goods brought to Under Democratic free trade
and our own people did business in due bills, shin
plasters and reddog bank notes.
Not one dollars worth, not one grain, went Il
Europe or out of the country during these years
Here is the Official report of the exports and import
Of gold coinand bars, from page % Of the las
Statis stical Abstract 1880 Issued by the Treasury
| Imnorts of foreiun ExnOrts of forpIp1
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and that the entire ticket and legislA-
ture will also be carried by the DEM
Gratis. Mr.. Mills expects TO make WASH
ingtOn his headquarters until October,
when he Is under engagement to make
a number ufspeeches in the Ohio cam
paign. He Is a warm admirer OF Gov
ernOr Campbell and expects 20 see him
defeat the high priest Of protection; he
Is also confident that the next ONO
legislature will certainly be anti-repub-
lican, II IL Is not controlled by Demo
Gratis exclusively.
1t begins to look very much like Mr..
Harrison would have a first-class negro
revolt on his hands ifhe dares to send a
white man To- Hayti, as minister In
place of Fred. Douglass whose forced
resignation has been accepted. Proml-
nent negroes here say that they will do
every thing In their power To keep the
negro voters of Ohio ut home oil election
day il Mr.. Harrison does not appoint
negro to the vacancy or promise to du
SO before the Ohio election takes place,
On the other hand those who profess to
be familiar with Mr.. Blaine's intention
say that he is determined that white
carrying out his policy with regard t'
that country.
President Polk of the National Farm
ers' Alliance is out in II long interview
claiming the earth 80 rs to speak, ant
taking especial OCCASION to make at
tacks upon Senators Vance, Ransom
Gordon, Morgan, Pugh, GOrmal
and Sherman, as Well as Representa-
tive Oates of Alabama, and stat
ing positively that the Alliane
would have National ticket in tn
field next year. Mr.. Polk is said to b
very much offended because the Mary
land Alliance convention was friendl
towards Senator German in spite G
his efforts to make it otherwise.
Washington has already secure
pledges of six votes in the Nations
Democratic Committee which will mex
February, decide where the next Ns
tional convention is to be held, an
efforts are being made to secure other
Six hundred clerks were dismisse
from the Census Office Saturday.
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Rome's Artistic Degeneracy.

The Rome of 1870 was dirty but dig
nifed; inconvenient for people with
modern tastes, but most comfortable for
those who had adapted themselves to its
medieval ways. The Rome of 1890 is
comfortable for nobody; the acres Of
new palaces that were to be are mainly
huge, ugly tenement houses, succeed
aimsies, abhorrent without and inhos-
pitable within-a tasteless waste, where
the highest virtue is fragility and the
Eoblest destiny demolition. The trans
formation of Rome during the past twen-
ty years is unique in the history Of civili-
cation for barbarism, extravaganza and
corruption; never since the world began
was SO much money spent to do SO much
evil.-Atlantic.