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

II IL is true that our own Admiral Brown
has been kissing all the pretty Kanaka
buds of Honolulu, then he is a sad sea-
dog, that's all !-Chicogo Times.
The Northern newspapers have not de-.
nOunced Colonel Fellows for his notorious
speech. But there is condemnation in
their silence.--AUonta Constitution.
The election of General Manderson as
President pro tempore of the Senate put
another ohio man in high position.
While he was born in Pennsylvania he
came to Ohio at the age of 90 and COM
manded Ohio troops with conspicuous
ability and gallantry throughout the war.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
President Harrison's solution of the
Boston postofiice difficulty has had much
| the same effect upon public opinion in
| Massachusetts as his solution of the Bos-
ton cqstom;house difficulty had. In both
| the usual result Of offending a great
| many more members of his party than
| he pleased New York ESening Posi-.
| When Blairs nomination to the Chi
| nese mission reached the Senate all Of the
Senators rushed np0n the New Hamp-
shire crank" and wrnng his hands with
Joy. II was their first opportunity to let
loose their Joy in his presence over the
removal Of the bore from their midst
| tHttu9o LWNS'
Secretary Proctor has determined that
attendance at post schools shall be made
part of the duty of soldiers on garrison
service. At present only small part OF
the enlisted men avail themselves of the
advantages Of the optional system. .--Ma
York Recorder.
General Palmer has not gained a single
vote since the beginning of the Spring
field contest; and the fact that he retains
all the votes with which he started signi
lies nothing, rs they can never elect him
81. Louis Globe Democrat.
| When he was on the staff of the Topeka
Cepital he spelt his name Pfeiffer, as did
his forefathers. When he assumed con
troll of the Kansas Farmer he dropped thu
'i' and made II Pfeffer, and now he ha'
been elected to the United States Senat,
he signs it PETER and requests all CORE
spondents TO do likewise. III his politica
career continues to be q success, and thi'
dropping of letters continues, the mar
who has been chosen to replace Ingall
will SOC IL come be known as Peif. Great
ress and eccentricity always did go hant
in hand.-S. Louis Stori%Ui,gs.
The promoters Of the movement /,
erect statue of General Sherman hav,
done wisely not TO fix upon Il large san
MS the limit which must he reached IL
order to carry out the project. The his
tory of similar enterprises in New Yorl
has not been altogether such as to encour
ago the present undertaking, But tn
movement is in good hands, and ncarl,
$4,000 has already been subscribed
York IribUUe
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04

VIRGINIA KNOX DIVORCED.
Her Marriage Relations with "Count
al Montercole" Dissolved.

Her Marriage Relations with Count
di Montercole" Dissolved.
Special 10 tie Nto York Recorder.
PHILADELPHIA, March 2.-Among the
divorces decreed to-day in Common Pleas
Court, No. 4, was that of Virginia Knox
Carusi from Giuseppe Carusi, notoriously
known as the Count di Montcrcole."
The formal decree of the court Is the con-
cluding chapter Of an interesting romance
which has been entertaining the news
paper readers of this country and Europe
for eighteen months.
About two years ago the Count di Mon
tercole married Miss Virginia Knox, the
wealthy Pittsburg hcress, but the ap-
parent brillancy Of the match was con-
siderably dimmed short time after by
reports of an episode which occurred ut Il
Paris hotel where the couple were said to
he stopping. Shortly afterward the wife
returned to her friends in this country,
and for year has been residing with her
family, II Is said TO enable her to obtain
divorce in this country after complying
with the legal requirements of residence
in Pennsylvania.
The so-called Count di Montercole fol-
lowed his wife to this country, and after a
vain search for her he finally came to this
city, where, after varying fortunes, he be-
came member of the Italian colony. He
was next heard of early last spring, when
he was arrested for issuing libelous circu-
lars concerning his wife. He was released
shortly afterward, but was again arrested
on the same charge and sentenced to II
term Of imprisonment in Moyamensins
prison.
Divorce proceedings were instituted last
fall, and to-day's decree is the result of the
finding of the Master in the case. A few
weeks ago Count di Montercole, who had
been in the mean time released from
prison, was again arrested for distributing
libelous circulars concerning his wife in
the hotels Of this city and was sentenced
to six months imprisonment in the House
of CorrectiOn
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04
Cardinal Newman a skoptic.

Mr.. Leslie Stephen maintains in the
columns of the Nineteenth Century"
the rather startling proposition that the
late Cardinal Newman was simply skep-
tic That and nothing more! Mr.. Ste
phen thus attempts to give the Cardinals
philosophc position;
I'VE can only succeed in believing, ac-
cording to his own account, first, by an
arbitrary assent given avowedly in excess
Of reason, and then rejecting perempto-
rily all reasoned opposition; and, finally,
by putting ourselves at the feet Of vast
organization with great powers of per
suasion, which 1t uses to silence reason,
to enforce belief in dogma as duty and
to denouncc rs wickedness the inquiry
for reasons A conclusion peremptorily
asserted in this fashion is simply skepti-
csm afraid Of itself. II orders US to be-
leve because, if we don't believe. we shall
doubt. That is virtually TO admit that
doubt is the legitimate and normal result
Of reasoning, which is, take ii, the cs-
scntial characteristic OF skepticism."
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04
A National Reunion.
Erom "a Atlanta ConsiitatlOn.

FROM ne atlanta tOhsfifhfiOn.
Chicago is deyising many schemes to
make the Worlds fair a success, and the
brains Of the men who are to manage IL
are kept busy evolving original and
striking features for the great programme
The latest novelty in that line is the
proposed national reunion of Federal and
Confederate soldiers. This reunion is IN
the nature of a suggestion only, but il
seems 10 be meeting with favor in num-
ber Of Northern and Southern States.
There must be no sectionalism about
the great fair, and this general hanlshak-
ing between Northern and Southern sol
diers is doubtless designed to anticipate
any ideas in that line which may be en-
teriained by the people of the Southern
States. Such u reunion, therefore, must
have good results.
This Worlds Fair business has had q
happy effect in Chicago, and may also
have 10 happy effect upon the country. II
il shall succeed In cffacing sectional lines,
il will accomplish far greater object than
the one for which IL was primarily de-
signed.
The full returns from the Southern
States are not yet in, but 1t is presumed
that the people will regard this national
reunion in a favorable light.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

81 JGmts--J. II. Knox, Pittsburg; George r..
Colyer, Richmond, Va; N, q. kapelyc ana
wife, Brooklyn, N, Y; John y Haskell, Balti'
nlOre u. u. Pierce and wife, Plainyille, Conn;
Miss Roach, ilarlfordi A. ". Pearson, New
Jersey.
M,fopoiltan-s. NJ. Singer, Butte city,
Mont; Mrs. r. Il. Patrick, Richmond, Va; W.
W. Watt, North Carolina.
Natlonai- q. N, Webster, ID. j, Flanagan,
PHILADELPHIA; j. Wiese Morton, Wheeling, Hon.
Il A. Mcdonald, Hudson county, ~ y; II. B
Mason, Boston,
UfUayds.-Willlam Damn, New York; A. NJ.
May and wife, Peoria, ~; :; 5. kitlle
Chlcagoi j. j., White, Fort WAYNE, lni.
W. Robertson and wife, Poekskill, n. Y.
A. y. Rice, Roanoke, Val William $
Kirker, lrouion, Ohio; II, q. McConnanghy
Boston; II. Z, Cady and wife, Southbridse
Mass.
Graham, Montreal W. ID. Chipley, Pensacola
w. u. Arnold and wife, and y. o, Crane, New
York; }; A, Miller Red Lion, Pa; j. j, Nc
Carthy, Boston.
Utleke,'s-T. NJ. d. Klein. Berlin, Germany
j. A. l.. Wnddel, Kansas city, Mo; q. ID
Radcrick, Amstcrdami j. ID, Strykcr AMI Wife
Duluth, Minn.
W0imhyS-R. IIarcourt and O. King, Now
York; James T. steen and John +. Wilcox
Piushurg,
AIin0ton--R, l.. Howard and wife, Mrs. 9
T.. Howard and daughter, Buifalo W l.. COBB
and wife, Chicago; W. u, Hunt, Groenyille
Herrick, Cleveland; Mr.. and Mrs, 4, NJ. Dol
son, bethlehem, Pal Pearce Barnes and K,
| hOrrs.
Eb6in-G. W. Canheld, Ohio; Ira s. Doid
Rundale, N. y; Major II. Z. Hnsbrouck, u, y
A.; Theodore W. Reach, Philadelphia; w. II
Mellins, New York; II. y. Bgelow, Rochcstef
n. Y; George A. Maxwell, w. A. Come2ys
| Delaware.
Hotel JohasOR-J. Il. KHAN, New Haven
| Colonel MckibbeB, Maryland; A. u. st0ney
| New Jeyecy; .N.. j.. LAhehton, Boston; Jay W
lloyd, All. Bsnyard, Philadeiph'a.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04
THE KnEDIvEs JEWELS.
Negotiations for Their Sale Since Gen
eraI sherman's Death.

eraI sherman's Death.
Ncw York Times Dispatch.
PiTTsBuRc, March Mrs. Fitch, wife
of Lieutenant T. w. Fitch nee Sherman,
gave some interesting details to-day con-
cerning the proposed sale of the famous
Keedive Jewels presented to her by the
Egyptian ruler upon her marriage fifteen
years ago.
Mrs. Fitch denied that her reasons for
disposing of the diamonds were In any
way influenced by her. husbands misfor-
tunes in connection with the BraddOck
Wire Company, as has been reported. She
was controlled entirely by circumstances
of no interest to the public. Besides,
Mrs. Fitch said, the Lieutenants with
drawa from the Braddock Wire Company
did not leave him financially embar-
rassed.
His action was compelled by the forma-
tion of another company in which he is
largely interested to build second wire
works at Braddocks. This enterprise is
now well under way. Concerning the
tiatioDs for their disposal were already
under way. The death of her father had
nullifed n promise made directly on the
receipt of the jewels, an agreement that
the diamonds were neverto be transferred
from the keeping of the family while
General Sherman lived. The diamonds,
although given absolutely to Mrs. Fitch,
were divided soon after their receipt into
four equal shares, being given to Mrs.
Fitch, Mrs. Lieutenant Thackara, Father
Thomas Ewing Sherman, the Jesuit
priest, and =. T. Sherman, member of
The law firm of Evarts, Choate & Co. of
New York, the four children of General
Sherman. Each part footed up in value
to nearly $4,000, the whole collection
equaling sum little less than $l35,0OO.
Although appreciating highly the honor
in the gift bestowed upon the family
through her father military greatness and
the prestige given the owner Of the famous
Jewels, Mrs. Fitch said the whole collec-
tion would probably soon pass out Of the
keeping of the Sherman family. She her
self a few weeks ago authorized a relative
in New York City to place upon the mar
ket, through a jeweler, her share of the
diamonds: Mrs. Thakara has made
known similar desire, but no intimaton
of the intention of the two male members
Of the family has been given.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04
AID FOR THE WIDOW.
Mrs. Window to Receive 100000 to
live On-Senator McMilian's Latest
Move.


live On--Senator McMiiian's Latest
Move.
Washington Special Detroit Press.
Senator Mcmillan has set the ball roll
ing for 100000 gift to the widow of the
late Secretary Window. The Senator WAS
in New York the other day and in com
pany with Senator Washburn visited the
Union League Club to which they have re-
Gently been admitted to membership. The
talk turned to the dead Secretary's widow
and IL was learned that the income left
her was very moderate. The whole estate
will yield about 81 900 year, and of this
Mrs. Window receives 200. The rent
OF her house is more than this sum.
1t was evident she would have to give
up her home and begin to live very fru-
gally in order to keep within. the income.
The Senators took the initiative in raising
fund for the widow. Mcmillan put
down 81 600 and Washburn added an-
other 81 900. ID. o. Mills, the millionaire
New Yorker, and father-in-law of White
law Reid, gave s., 800, and another Gotham
millionaire put down similar amount.
When the paper reached here Senator
Stanford added 81 900. Thus it has been
going, and the projectors of the move are
now confident that the full 100000 will
be raised. 1t was at first suggested tO
make the amount $4,000, but the efforts
of the two Senators got it placed at $780,
600. The intention Is to buy Mrs. Window
house here and invest the balance to her
credit,
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04
CAUGHT A DARING THIEF.
Miss Fannie u. Taiier's Adventure on
Fifth Avenue.


Fifth Avenue.
From the Ntlp York World, Sd inst.
Miss Fannie d. Taller, a young lady very
well known in New York society, and
daughter of Edward Taller of Washington
Square, was boldly robbed about noon
yesterday by an audacious highwayman,
but her ready presence of mind and quick
pursuit of the thief led to his capture and
the recovery of her purse.
Miss Taller was passing Ninth street, on
Fifth avenue, not two blocks away from
her home, about 12;45. Carriages were
rolling along the avenue and pedestrians
were numerous. She was muflled up in u
long, black beaver boa and carried mutf,
into which were thrust both hands. In
side of this muff she carried her porte
monnaie, entirely out of sight. So
quickly did the thief appear that she does
not know from which direction he came.
He snatched the muT and sayagely
wrenched il from her grasp. Miss Taller
iustinctively stepped back, anticipating q
blow. As quick as flash the highway
man thrust his hand into the muff,
grabbed the pocketbook, threw the muif
away and then fled toward the park.
1t was all so quickly done that none of
the passers-by noticed IL. Miss Taller,
however, was equal to the emergency.
stop thief ~ she screamed, and started
after the fleet. footed robber.
In twinkling there was q crowd in
pursuit. A moment later Policeman Sea-
man was struck by the apparition of a
strikingly pretty young woman in hot pur-
suit of flying young man. Grasping the
situation at u glance, he sped after the
pursued.
The runners fairly flew toward Sixtl,
avenue. 1t was liberty and money against
duty and the glory of the street-cleaning
squad. Gasping for wind, the youth
neared the steps of the Sixth Avenue Ele-
waited railroad, when the strong arm OF
the law came down OH his shoulder and
yapked him backward.
The thief was led back to Fifth avenue
where Miss Taller promptly identified
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04
L...-..-lI LLu41l. pal.i1l. LIrll1..a Ila1Ll.L


general Horace Porter IN Hdype,'s weekly.
General Sherman was II many.sided
man. He had run the entire gamut of
human experience. He had been merch-
ant. banker, lawyer, professor, street rail
road president traveller, author orator
and soldier. Wherever he was placed,
his own individually was conspicuous aud
pronounced. lie never failed to be in
tensely entertaining. His methods were
always original, and even when unslc-
cessful they were interesting. He could
not have been commonplace ii he had
tried.
His writings were as graphic as C,esars
Commentaries. There was in his c)m-
positions an elegance of diction seldom
found except in the works of professional
authors. He has contributed some of the
finest specimens of rhetoric to be found
in modern books. In his description of
the departure of the troops from Atlanta,
given in his memoirs, his style rises to the
sublime.
His letters are all models in their way
Nothing could exceed in grace and touch
ing patbos the reply he wrote TO the officers
of his old regiment upon the death of his
son:
"The child that bore my name. and in
whose future reposed with more conf
dence than in my own plans of life, now
| floats mere corpse, seeking grave in a
distant land, with weeping mother,
| brother and sisters clustered about him.
y " But my poor Willy was, or thought
he was, a sergeant of the Thirteenth. |
have seen his eye brighten and his heart
beat as he beheld the battalion under
soldiers. Child as he was, he had the en-
thusiasm, the pure love of truth, honor,
| and love of country, which should ami
mate all soldiers. God only knows why
he should die so young"
| AS a speaker the same qualities OF style
may be observed in his more serious ef-
| forts. For instance, his reference to the
flag in an address made at a banquet to
the veterans:
"The prayer that every soldier ought
to breathe is that yonder flag should be
above him in life, around him in death.
What Is that flag? A bit Of bunting, y
banble, toy, You can buy 1t for q few
shillings in the nearest store. But once
raise y as your standard, and millions
and whole nation Of patriots will rise up
in its defense, and yon will find behind
\ all the power that can be welded by the
| After having listened 10 nearly all Of
General Sherman's speeches during the
last six years, ! have no hesitation IN
ranking him second to no one - an after:
dinner speaker. While the prestige Of
his illustrious name intensified tile in
terest felt in what he said, yet believe
that II lie had appeared at any banquet
unheralded and unknown, and delivered
one Of his characteristic addresses, i
would have been conceded that his speech
was the hit Of the evening. He had the
art Of beginning with some epigrammatlC
sentence or humorous allusion to some
current topic spoken in a way which ai
once secured the attention OF the audience
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04


Now THAT THE anxiety of the District
Commissioners is at an end or, at least,
has been rendered fruitess by the adj
journment of Congress, THE Critic hopes
they will give some consideration TO our
suggestion, offered few days ago, rela-
tive 10 Centre Market. The more one in
spects the small and shabby reservation
lying just in front of the market,
the more he is convinced that by
no contrivance or expedient can II
be made thing OF beauty. II is hope
lsssly and irremediably forlorn and ugly,
Why not, then, compromise the trouble
by making II useful? of course the con
version of the space into parking place
for private carriages will operate sensi-
bic and immediate benefit To the market
men by making ii possible for more peo-
rlc to approach the building; but surely
this Is no objection. Why should
not the market-men be benefited,
when at the same time the general
public will be favored, too? No one will
deny that the reservation is an eyesore
and blot. No one will deny that, as
things stand, II is 10 sort of use TO any
body. But everybody, we think, will
admit that the change proposed by THE
GnlIIc will be good one, and that the
community at large will gain without loss
TO the Government. The custom pursued
Ny our Washington ladies of doing their
avn marketing is a very pretty as well as
wholesome one. II ought TO receive all
possible encouragement. At least IL
should not be obstructed by needless
difficulties.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04
"The North American Review" for
March.

The current number of "The North
American Review" more than slistains its
high reputation for able discussions of
timely topics and questions which now
occupy the public mind. A strong local
interest to Washington people is impaired
by an interesting article on "Self Control
in Curing Insanity" from the pen of DR..
William A. Hammond. The series of
in % that great m battle Il e9Sptinued S % do and ihe
Sugar King Claus Spreckles, writes of
the future Of the Sandwich Islands.
Erastus Wiman contributes an article
upon the Struggle in Canada" which
will be read at this time with eager inter
est, and Of course the"Slver Question" is
not neglected. The article upon this topic
is by the director Of the mint.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04
OVER THE NUTS AND WINE.


The Copyright law means no right to copy
Pitts6urg Press.
A handicap IL bound to be a waiting race
Neao Orleans Picayune.
Words With Ring-I pronounce You man
and wife.-Pittstu,0 Chronicle.
The debt Of nature 10 one that a man always
pays as he goes Bhghamfo" Leader.
When two souls have but a single thought,
Pucl.
Ths present y NO, ne nearly q COED
xs.-St. Joseph Netps.
The ss, L sD SD, trust ~ 70 rssSsS ssSs sGes G:' .
sold dirt cheap Philadelphia Tunes.
Temperance Lecturers she,ia avoid bowling
alleys. IL doesn't sound well TO hear thom
shouting "Set EN- up again lsrds StJf-
iags.
II virtue has Its own reward, as the moralists
| are fond OF teaching, some people think pay
| day 10 long time coming -BoHhnors An,srl-
| can.
The ground hog IL the most knowing weather
|. prophet OF the entire crowd. lie has sense
| enough to crawl into his hole when he predicts
| m installment OF bad weather. The others
| -" sNA ~'W 'NN'''' ~N'''' s f.
Yon may doubt a msn's Christianity who is
always gs gesomplainin1g 1 Of his dinner on wash
Teacher--why did Washington cross the
Bright Boy Because he wanted toget on the
other side -LUe
Before we were married. said she, "his
displays OF affection were positively over
| d0nc.n
"And nowir
They are very rare, Indianapolis JoURai
Bagman (sadly)The doctors have given me
Bllmrcrs--Thcn, there's only one hope fol
you, old man,
| ''What IL thatf'
give up the doctors"
II is not good time to read the Bible Will,
your wife IL out in the rain cutting soyc'wooi
The Rams Horn.
Boys have hccn ruined because they hal "a
stay at home and turn the grindstOne whef
they should have been allowed to 80 a'iishing.--
RAMS Horn,
First Broker What has become OF that mes
senger-boy OF yoursy lie was slower thar
death.
Second Broker Yes, that's Just the trouble
II overlook him,-fdle Record
she-Oh, dearl George, my hands are nearl!
frozen.
Iie-why didn't you bring your mum
shc-I did. Princeton Iiger.
Mr.. saymuoh ito Opera Queen are lik
a lily of the field. You toll not, neither do yo
spin.
Opera Queen l-lightly offended dl--rhon yo
haven't seen my dance IN the last net. Chris
h0n Register.
II seemed Strange To IIcr-Wlfe-Yon don
tell me that Professor A has been struck dumb
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04

Tmr SouTH CAROLINA Alliance built a
warehouse at Grecnville at cost of sl0,-
600. II was destroyed by fire last Monday
night. But the shrewd Alliance folks
had insured II in n soulless and, more or
less, bloated insurance company and will
loose little or nothing. Corporations have
their uses after all.
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04

Never were kisses so sweet a. hers,
Never were words 50 tender,
Never were eyes 80 full OF light,
Never waist SO slender.
Never again win her lips meet mine,
Forever we two are parted;
Oh, how miss hcr--iny love l--to.nlght,
Al cit here, broken-hearted
Only trlne wrought my woe,
Only fate malicious,
only q tboughtlees word or tive,
Only An answer vlci0ns,
Only fulphurous little scene
When We both turned green and yellow -
And nov, by lingo, ehe'e been and gone
And Married another fellow
S0DstFpiAe Joaraal
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04

Ur IS CoYNEcTIcuT an earnest effort is
being made to compose the Gubernatorial
difficulties under which the Nutmeg State
is laboring. They are tired of having two
Governors or no Govcrnor-they are not
very certain which and want to find out
through the courts. They also want to
know his name,
The critic. (Washington, D.C.) 1890-1891, 1891-03-04

Musical at homes are passing away in
London. The newest at-home card an
nouncement in the corner has aneat little
mo musicn Whether the reaction
against custom which has gradually
become almost intolerable will be general
remains TO be seen; but il is understood
that several influential ladies intend dur
ing the coming London season to do their
utmost to render 1t so. That the great
majority of visitors will be content with
chatter as a substitute for music scarcely
admits of doubt.