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-,3fi5? ..uj43wShrk3biw wflm 1,1 I, mni'iiiyiiHii'i'ntfrnf k. 'JAm- m.4, THE WASHINGTON CTtlTIC, FETDAY EVENING, FEBljtJJAlTX 14,1890. umlU..u,,xrmc., nauifwrnasiii "I R u . ie H M' " ft A ASUl.VrTON CIUTIC Hawkins, Churn it IU'ihktt. Qi3 D STREET NORTHWEST, WASlllNHTOK, I). J. TUB EVENINCI CHITIO. ElngloCopy..... a Cent By Carrier, per montli Si Cents Hy tr.all, postage paid, duo year. $M Ily mall, postage ;nid, six mouths 3.0J By mail, postage pill J, per mpnth....V) Cents TIIK SUNDAY CtltTIO. SIii(.toeopy ."it'enti One year $,M Mall subscriptions Invariably in advance. Addross THBCKITIC, Woshlmtton, 1). C. TO-NlllllT'H AMlSKMCNttl. lUniti' nuuu Ti!EATitn-"My Partnor." National TiiRtTitn Xnt Goodwill In "A C'tililjllno." Aliiai'iiii's Oi'I.iia Hour. -J, K. Kmmot In Kilt. In it Madhouso " KeiinanN TiiFATiir. "Tho Night Owls. " OlOHi) Vnilcty. local wv.ATJtr.n ronr.cAST. I nr Ihr IHttrict nf ditumbiii, Hcbliinrr ami Maryland, hnivji mlm, follmrnl hi fair ticuthtr Saturday; mmthrrli lo imtrrty windt; looter Saturda;. W.HHIN(nN, I'lllllllWItV II, 180(1. OJfJ Tilled AT A VI mi:. II has been reported to this olllco Hint, agents ami tools of the Louisiana Lot tery Company are going up ami down the sticets of Washington mid through the corrhlois of thu Onjiitol asserting that Tin: Citrnr's war on that gigantic New Orleans gambling scheme is actu ated by motives of blackmail. The Ciiitio will not nirect to care nothing for this charge. It ilocs care. It deeply ilcploies the fnct that these conscienceless cieatures have added tho villainy of slander to their already long list of moral cilnics; and it still moiu deeply deploics the fact that this lottery company's general reputation in Wash ington Is such as to warrant public be lief that the company is good game for persons bent on blackmailing. lint Tin: dime will bo patient in tho consciousness that lime will form lis best dcidal of all such charges. In tho meantime it will not pay much at tention to defending itself against the charges of these conspiratois. It will go tight on, as it has begun, stiiviug to lid the people of this expensive and corrupting incubus. When this has been done it may not be necessary for Tin: CiiiTic to ptovc the sincerity of Its puipose. JOMiPJUI. J'OIIA KliWK LKTTElti. 1'ashion has its slaves in other icaluis than that of diess. There is a largo t lass of newspaper editois who follow the fashion in opinion as obediently as the sociely man follows the fashion in hats and gloves. For a long time a wearily long time it has been tho fashion for these editors to s.iy mean things about Joseph 15. Forakcr of Ohio. Indeed, from following lids fashion Ihey have developed a habit of paying mean things about him, The'Ckitic is not devoted to Mr. Forakcr. It believes ho has done some vciy unwise things, and It coitainly cannot approve many of bin headlong enthusiasms. Hut it does believe he has been a very badly abused man. Moicover, It believes tho time will come v. hen, in justice to himself, ho will glvo to the public ceitaln letteis which, with ' a patience amounting almost to hero ' ism, lie has thus far withheld, while f-torms of misrepresentation nntl eal- iimny have descended upon him from j tho men and the journals of his own party as well as those of the opposition. Should that time ever come should the public ever see those letters there i will be, Tin: Chitic believes, a new fashion, and somebody else besides Mr. Forakcr will serve bis tin n as public ' doormat for a time. The Critic cheerfully offers to Mr. Forakcr, as it otters to all men who are tho victims of popular injustice, u forum wherein ho may present his case and spread his evidence. It believes ho has withheld thoso letters long enough. It wishes he. would li.in.l ilmm lwrn f,,r ,.,.,. autucs ad VKitTiniya. At last the grand old Commonwealth of 'Kentucky has aroused herself to a icallzing bouse of tho demand for true statesmanship. She has brushed aside those pretty and unprofitable considera tions which were wont Jo gum and clog the wheels of higher legislation, and has turned the full tide of her asseiu blid intellect upon a question which long has vexed and puzzled the pro foundest students of our economic needs. A bill has been Introduced In the Kentucky House of Jieprcsentatlvos to provide for tho severe punishment of circus mnnagt'is who advertise upon ilieir bills f'eals which ' Z'A psi: formed in their tents. Hy the pro--visions of this bill any person who shall have paid to witness a circus perform ance may enter complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction, and If he prove that tho advertising bills promise more than Is performed tho manager of the said circu3 shall be deemed a public malefactor and bo punished after the manner of ordinary criminals. Pleasing as it is to know that this gicat question has at last come up for hcttlcmcnt, It would be matter for na tional, If not universal, regie t were the Kentucky legislator not fully awake to tho impoitnnrc of the measure and the need for Its careful und unbiased contitleintion, for it is by no means a one-sided question First, it should be considered whether the ciicus bill Is, in its legal aspect, an advertisement or n portion of tho show. On this point the testimony of experts between the ages of (I and 15 should be taken. If It Is determined Hint the bills are a,pnrt of thuhhow, then the question arises whether llio public Interest is not best conserved by a distinctive difference between tho bills anil tho performance, au arrangement by which tho public obtains two shows for one price. On tho other hand, if the bills are held to he advertisements, ought not tho same principles bo npplicd to all advertise jnentsr For exnmplo, sujipose C'hnuncoy 31. Dcpew, whoso lithographic portraits are being sent out over tho entire coun try, should by reason of thLs skillful ad vertlslng bo elected President of tho Vnlted States, should there not bo somo jiroTlslou for Mr Depew'a conviction in ( Hnplniiil of nn taxpiycr whomij dlscnvrr that Mr. Depcw is not ns good looking as his llthogiapus? Truly, what would apply to Mr. Haruum In this iopei-t ought to. embrace Mr, Dc pew in Us application. Of i'oute this entlio gioat ipinstlon cannot bo discussed In a single article. It would rctptliti pages at least to touch even the suifaru of Its many ramifying phn-e. Hut Tin: Oitmc having sug gested tho Importance of tho matter leaves It to Die Kentucky Legislature to pursue, as it undoubtedly Is very well ipialilled to do. Uom'Iinoii rniSAKr.il denies to havo found Mjreiity-iilno distinct lies in Mr. Wood's ballot-box testimony. It la too bad that a man who had so linn n Btart should stop at seventy-nino nhen by talking a littlo fatter he could have raited it to an ivcn bundled ami got the benefit of ttic wholesale discounts. 1'lTTsni mi, it wish accepted .Mr, Carm- Klo's gift ot $1,000,001) for a public library, li now btntlng around that, sluco Mr. (,'iirneglii hns so much left, lio mliilit also eontrlbute i site. It 1'lttsburg had a little inoru bitterness In her nature she might pass for an oggrcgotion of gall, A niin.sii tiumji.imi In South America has sent a very rare sort of monkey to Pro fessor Thomas A. Kdlsnn. In view of tho fact that Professor l'dlson is an Italian count, he seems to need nothing now but a hand-organ and a generous absence of toap. Wiibn (Ji i:i.- Vu toiii v speaks of her relations us being friendly with other powers she gives our own esteemed Presi dent a capital chance to say something patriotic about how friendly his relations arc with this glorious country of ours. Turin mik -rmti.c ti.mks In tho year when pcoplo would rather not have such weather as that of to-day. One time Is before St. Valentine's Day, another is after St. Valentino's D.iy and the third Is ou St. Valentine's Day. A vu.i'r.ii New Yoiik Journal Informs us Hint "tho Marquis ot I.orno loves oys ters." And ho married to acharmlng mem ber of the royal family! Wheio will these lbigllsh scandals endr 1 1 isHni.i. a I'liirm ovon race bctweon railroad brakenicn und public singers, but the street-car conductor continues to bo aay ahead In the matter of bad enuncia tion. CuiilKioi'iiKU Coi.umius lives nt Lgg llaibor City, N J. The only thing he ever discovered, lion ever, Is that Ills name is u source of great annoyance to him. Snxvron (Ioiim in has had tho grip for a long time, nut! now he knows how It Is him self. The gilp has him. ,i.'. iu.aji:'s Txcox,si.m:xcu As the protectionist papcis aro still dis cuss ng Mr. lilalnu's reply to Gladstone, perhaps some of them will explain the fol lowing facts: Mr. Dlalne implies that the tariff or llii was n freo-trado tariff, but In reality it was a protective tariff, as he hlni- H'H stalls in his "Twenty Years In Con ercM.." Analn, the tariff of lS'JA did not bring icllcrtothe country, as Mr. Maine Implies in his article that It did. He also admits this fact In his "Twenty Years In Congress." Again, the tariff or 1'JS, which was succeeded by prosperity, was not a protectivo tariff, as Mr. lllalno asserts In his aitlele, but a nondescript tariff passed for partisan purposes. In that year the Jackson men were divided, pint being protectionists und pait ficu tindeis. The anti-Jackson men weie all piotcctionUts. Tho Jackson men accordingly reported a bill to raise tho tariff In such a way that It would injure nianufaetuiers: for Instance. the duty on raw materials was raised moro than the duty on manufactured articles. Tliev thoueht that tho antf-Jackson nun would reject this measure and thus make enemies In the North. But tho anti-Jackson men saw through tho trick and the tariff was enacted 'Ibis tariff was de nounced by all tho Protectionists of the period, and in 1842, eight years after Its le peal, Henry Clay, who was an ardeut Pro tectionist, leferred to It as "tho tariff of 1SUH, which all condemned." Mr. lllalne states that the low tarlff'was tho principal caiuo of tho panics or 1n17 and 1830. If so, how is It that tu 1810 Henry Clay, In a speech On tho state of tho country, at tributes these panics to the despotic policy of the Executive, and states, further, that in his opinion a 120 iter cent, tariff would be sufficient protection. The tariff was then about 'J5 per cent. Again, the tariff of 1SI2, which Mr. Iilalno praises so mueti, was T per cent, lower than tho tariff nro- po-td by the .Mills bill. Again, .Mr. lllalne states Unit we did not recover from tho ! Pa"le of 1S57 until 1801, when the Hist Mor- I rill tariff was passed. This la another mls- statement, llio rabid protectionist, Henry (!. Carey, wrote a terles of articles on tho panic, arid it was evidently entirely over when this series was finished .March,lbC0. .Mr. Blaine further asserts that during tho four vears from 1857 to 18(51, which just preceded tho first .Morrill tariff, Kngllsh manufacturers held our market. If so, how was It that our manufactures wore neaily twice as great In 1M,0 as In 1650, as may be seen in the censuses of those years? How was it that during this period our annual exports of manufactures of cotton were, on the average, larger than they aro at tho present time, awl many of the cotton manufac turers weretlemautllnp; freo trade to aid them In driving tho Kngllsh from the markets of tho world? How was It that tho Iron nianuracturcrs of New England, then the chief scat of tho Iron mamifacturo lu this country, wero also demanding free trade, as Is stated by flcnry C. Carey? And. lastly, how was It that not a single manufac turer asked Congress for tho llrst Morrill tariff? Jlrnol.ilii Citi-.en. LIDS FOR THE LADIES, Largo hats for eaniacro and country wear aro again shown, and small English turbans for city sticets aud traveling. lllnck hats of lino fancy matcilal, probably trimmed with Hue close clusters of flowcrs,wlll bo tho most elegant bonnets. All millinery trimming thus far Im poited shows that prunc-purplo and the dahlia colors are tho prevailing hadcs for next season. Only a few colored straws are Im ported. Tho bonnet will continue, to con trast with tho costume, as it now does, rather than matching It. All shapes of millinery thus far im ported are considerably higher than last season, aud tho continuation of llowors and fancy materials In favor Is confidently predicted. Importers arc showing In tho wholesulo trade many fancy straws , es pecially in Neapolitan combined with Slllan. COMIC VALENTINE'S DAY. Aiialii the day H ncarluK Thai wo all aro ureal ly foiulns The day which If 'twere blotted out wo never should rcplua. When people of all elmux, Men and women, lads and laise. Get ot en with each other through the comlu valentine. There aio our horrid neighbor, We'll lomlnd them of their capers. m dared to fend thorn fcuch a screed lliuy never will dlvluo. The lllrt,coiuettoaud teacher. Merchant, lawyer. dot-tor, preacher. Typewriter Blrl and all wllljsot a oomlc Val entino. Ho the sloruit will all bo plundered, t'olkH will buytliem hytlia hundred. And postmen for a day or two would happily retlsii. Mav the i;ods lu lore defend us, And may no onntlare to send us A horrid, ulgar, awful, fearful comlo valen tine. - l-hi'joirraltl SHE RFAGHED THE FORT, i lliil.ni'ia VtthtoM pnt4i JYnttti, Indian stories are what you want, eh, my t-hllilicn' Well, I will tell you one. Ills a story of military life on tho frontier. A group of joung officers wero seated around a table In the quartets of one of them, nta fiontler post In West. It was a winter's night; wind, snow and cold wero without, but In tho loc hut a brleht fire blazed upon tho open hearth, and tho b.iro room was made lu a seto homelike by lugs stretched over tho plank Hour and photographs ot lino picture pinned upon tho walls. The regiment was a particularly dull one. Not a young girl In thu post, and tho wives of tho Minor officers weio women who looked upon life from n serious and practi cal point of view. Malls came Irregulaily, the Indians wero quiet, dullness retgued. Hut now arlpplostlrrcdthcplacld waters. The Colonel's widowed sister hid arrUcd. She was bniely 25; she was childless aud rich In this world's goods. "What, do you think of the Colonel's sister?" suit! one Of the officers. "What do I think or her? I think that s ho has the saddest pair of ejeslevcrsaw," said another. "Just my thoiightl" "And nifnoi" "I made this samo remark to tho Colouel's wife," said the llrst speaker, "and she told me she thought It best to tell ma Mrs, War den's story, so that wo might all bo tho more careful In keeping away from subjects In her presence which might bilnc hack to ncr mo sail experiences oi ner past." Hettle Hansom met, while visiting her brother, an officer uamed Warden. He was a man of independent means, and on his marriage resigned his commission. But bf fore a year had passed a longing for tho freedom of frontier llfo was so strong upon him that ho easily persuaded his wife to try ranch life. They found a beautiful tract ot landt rich iu soil nnd with excellent water sup plies. To be sure, their eastern friends cried out that they wero "taking their lives In their hands." Did they not rcalizo that they were goinc Into a section of the coun try where Indians wero within a day's march of them? "Yes," Warden said, "I realize this, but the Indians aro us harmless us a. Hock of sheep, and besides the ranch is only twenty miles from Fort " Tho Wardens built themselves a com fortable houso and were fortunate in secur ing a burly Dutchman and Ids plothorlo frail for servants. Mis. Warden was au excellent horse woman and a good shot, so they cnoyed long rides about tho country aud seldom came homo without a well-tilled cAmo has, Aalhaie said, their nearest nclghbois were at tho fort tweuty miles beyond that Is, neighbors of their sort, for hero and there between were lands worked by Swedish aud Danish homesteaders. At tho close of the llrst year a child a littlo girl was horn. When this child was about 3 months old Warden found It necessary to attend to some legal matters, and to do this theio must be a rldoof 120 miles. Warden felt no fear In leaving his wife, jet when he stood on the door-step ready to start he said to her: "Hettle, if any trouble should come, have tho team put to tho big wagon antl make for the fort. Take tho north fork trail, and bo sure to have your pistols loaded and plenty of rcservo shots at hand, and if the red devils should, make escape Impossible, put the hnuzle first to baby's breast aud then to your otvn." Ills wife laughed and told him she had no fears. "Neither," said he, "have I, but Tor all that, remember, sweetbcait," aud then he rode away. A week passed, and late ono afternoon tho Herman, Johaun, camo tuto tho room where Mis. Warden was sittlujr with her baby in her arms. His ruddy face was so blanched that It took no words to toll that somcthlnc had happened. And this w.is what ho had to tell: A few minutes bctoro "Bob," a ruiserablo half-breed, to whom both Mr. and Mrs. Warden had shown many kindnesses, had nppcared suddenly In tho barn, given Johaun a messago for Mrs. Waiden, and then as suddenly departed as he had come, Ho told Johaun: "A train of emigrant wagons Is on tho valley load. An attack is planned. It Is known that Mr. Warden Is away from home. If iholudlans find lltpior there Is no telling what they would do noxt, and Airs. Waiden had better try for the fort as soon as night closes in." With all speed Mrs. Warden made her preparations, obeying her husband's In structions except as regarded tho horses. "Saddlo Kitty and Dan," bho said to Johaun, and when ho grumbled that "Kttty could never pull with Dan," tho quiet look on his mistress' face made him go out rather sullenly to do her bidding. When tho last bars of tho early spring twilight has quito faded out of the sky the Ecrilous Journey to the fort begau. For an our or more tho wagon dragged Its way along tho narrow, steep road, tho wheels Binking deep into the mud that the mauy warm rains had made. Suddenly Johann held up the horses, and, with u moan of "Mlendott, we aio lost!" began to cross himself and mumblo rapid prayers, while his wife wrung her bauds and sobbed aloud. Down in tho valley far below them tho gloom was broken by a sudden bright light. They were too far away to distinguish sounds, but they knew tho work of murdor and pillage had begun; knew that mother's teats and littlo children's cries would only add zest and pleasure to the savago revelry. Holding her babv closo to her breast, Jits. Warden tried to shut out for a moment every passing fear as sho asked for higher guidance, and In that moment tho German and his wife flying to evils that they know not of abandoned tho wagon and took to the timber. Left utterly alone, there was but one thing to do. Laylug her baby among tho straw, Mrs. Warden climbed out of tho wagon and unharnessed her little maro Kitty. The graceful creature seemed as conscious of all "that was transpiring as though sho posecssod a human soul."" She did not whinny at tho sight and touch of her mis tress' hand. She only rubbed her cool uoso against Jfrs. Warden's choek and then stood very still. Whom tho unharnessing was accom plished Mrs. Wardn put her arms about Kitty's neck. "Kitty," salt! she, "you aro my ouly hope; Kitty, you must carry baby and mo to tho fort; we shall have to creep along edge of the timber (wo might I'P scon on the trail). Walk with imifilca hoofs, ntlyj save baby and mo." All through the long stai less night the mother, holding her child wrapped elosoly under her cloak, with no rein but tho sllkon niano of Kitty to guide with, rodo for lire. Sho will never forget how quietly tho baby slept, how caret ally tho littlo mare nicked her way through the uudorbrush, looking back now and then as much as to say, "Take heart, day and help are both coming." In the caily morning a company of men fiom thu fort, to the rescue bound, came upon Mrs. Warden. Sho was numb with weariness, faint with the effort sho had made, the strain sho had undcrgono; but her mother-lovo knew no scuso of tired ness "Baby Is nfo and warm under my eloak," she said; "she has been so good, and has nestled and slept all the way," They took tho child from her arms and found that it was dead. FREAKS OF NATURE. A sliong gust of wind blew a Con. ncetleut man off a load of bay into the liver, and ho barely escaped being drownol T.liero is a spring near Stonington, Conn., tho water of which has a peculiar result ou thoso who tlrluk It. Thu water flows from a crack lu a high rock, and the veins of a man drinking from it begin to swell, and he looks ami teals ns though he wero about to burst for ten minutes. Then tho effects gradually disappear. I X specimen of tho species of acacia commonly called the angry tieo was j brought from Australia and set out at Vir ginia, sev. vuen mo sun sets mo leaves fold up and tho twigs coll tightly, like a littlo pig's tall. If tho shoots are handled the leaves rustle and movo uneasily for a time. If this queer plant Is moved from one pot to another It seems nugry, and the leave stand out in all directions IIko quills on a porcupine. A most pungent ant! tlckly oder, said to resemble that given off by rattlesnakes when annoyed, tills tho air, and it la only after an' hour or 60 that the Jcaus fold in tho natural way AT SENATORIAL HOMES. AN AFTERNOON FILLED WITH RE CEPTIONS AND TEAS. l.tnrjlioilv Took Atlvnntnce or the riennunt U'cntlior, iiml the Wmt i:nil Htrretn mitt Avuunes Worn Tlironcetl Willi Cnlliir. Mr, and Mrs, McKcc, accompanied bv Mrs. Husscll Harrison, Mr. John AV. '1 hoinpson and daughter, left yesterdav on the yacht Meteor as llio guests of Mr. Batcmnn for a trip to Fortress Monroe. The ladies of tho Senatorial circle held crowded receptions yesterday, tho delightful weather and tho fact tint there wero tho last of tho enjoyable so lies of the present season drew out no. unusually largo number of callers, and a perccptlblo rebound was noticeable from tho social depression of tiie pre vious week. Among thoso who kept open houso during tho day wero Mrs. Jones of Nevada, who has but recently taken possession of her new home on Massachusetts avo mic, tho handsomo rcsldcuco of Mir. Stilson Ilutohlus. Mrs. Jones received her callers In a tasteful toilet of black embroidered not, combined with satin stripes of palo green. Sho was assisted by a number of attractive young ladies, including Miss Kohl of San Mateo, Cat., Miss O'Connor of San Francisco and tho Misses Williamson. In the beauti ful music room opening out of tho pat lor, hung with many raro and valuable paintings, n dainty tea table was set In the deep bay window, presided over by Miss "Williamson. Mrs. Mandfirson was assisted in wel coming her numerous friends by her mother and Bister, Mrs. Mathteson. Tho hostess wore a handsome toilet of cafe nu lalt silk. From ft diilntlly sprcad tabic in the dining-room light re freshments, with tea nnd coffee, wero served. Mrs. Cockrcll's homo was thronged with visitors throughout tho afternoon. Tho hostess extended her usual gracious welcome to all In an elegant gowu of black velvet, assisted by her sister, Mrs. Towles, who presided In the tea room with Miss Turner. Mrs. Ingalls parlors were llio centre of n largo gathering throughout tho afternoon hours, 'llio charming wife of tho Kansas Senator wore a becoming toilet of black laco. Miss Ethel nided her mother In iccelving, assisted by Mis. Gicanleaf aud Mrs. Coston. Mis Morrill was assisted lu receiving her many calleis by her sister, Miss Swan, nnd Miss Taylor. Mrs. Monill wore a gown of garnet velvet, with petticoat of cafo ou lait silk and gold pendants. Miss Swan was In a hand some gown of electric blue silk, and Miss Taylor, gaiuct silk and velvet. Mrs. Payno held a pleasant in formal lcccptlon at her handsome home on Vermont avenue, whore ono is al ways suro of finding a cordial welcome. Miss "Woods, daughter of the late Jus tice Woods, nssisted the hostess. Sena tor Payno has recently left the city to try tho benefits of tho" piuo broe.-'ss ,it Virginia Beach. Mrs. tfrnst, wife of Colonel O. II. Jinist, was at homo to callers at her resi dence on Dupont Circle, where a con tinuous throng of prominent visit jis made gay tho afternoon hours. .Mrs. Krnst has but recently ariived in the city, having been detained at the North by a violent attack of tho prevailing epidemic. Her residence In this city will prove a charming addition tosoci.il circles, ns sho is a woman of tact and cordial manners. Tho Misses Krnst assisted their mother in dispensing thu hmiiitalitles of the table. Mrs. Clarksou was nlso at homo to visitois. She wore a gown of corn color cropo nnd was .assisted by Miss Moshcrin wliito point d'cspritnnd lace. Tho homo of Fish Commissioner Mc Donald was thronged with callers yes terday many paying their respects after thu tea of Monday last. Mrs. McDonnld possesses that truo Southern cordiality which rendcis ono thoroughly at case and happy when beneath her roof. Their pretty daughter, Miss Hose, who niado her debut on Monday, assisted her mother in tho tea-room, where she presided over a bountifully-spread tabic. Miss Ilessio Tilford aud Miss Hose McCornilck, two pleasant-man nercd littlo maidens, dispensed oraugo ade in tho rear drawing-room. Among the other assistants were Mrs. Tucker, Miss Denver, Miss Mamie Green of Culpeper. Vn., niece of tho hostess; Miss Harron and Mis. Johnson, sister of Mrs. Harry Tucker. A number of young gentle men most eillcicntly assisted in polito attentions to tho guests, among whom wero Messrs. Lewis and McCormick, nephew-s of the Commissioner, and Mr. Paige, Mr. Taliaferro, Mr. Heed. Mr. Koberl Lewis, a great-grandson of Nel Ho Custls and ono of tho most popular young beaux in Washington. Miss Cramer, who has been the guest of Miss Hatchcller for the past ten days, will leave for her homo at tho North to day, Mis. A. A. Cole and her talented daughter, Miss Lawton, will spend the early spiiug with friends in Now York. Tho Spanish Minister has been quite ill for several days past with an attack of the grip. Iteprefeentative and Mix. J, W. Cou ncil of Nebraska will bo thoioughly in stalled in their homo, 1400 Mnssaehu- sells avenue, within a week or ten days, j airs, vuiiiiuu win up a nomo to callers early in the afternoon of Tuesday nevt, il? Sho will later in tho day attend a nuiiiTier of entertainments.. M. Da Costa, who has been ill for thu past fortnight with n cold, Is sulll eiently recovered to walk opt each pleasant day. Mis. and Miss lCutherfoul held their last reception of the season on Wednes day. Mrs. Iluthcrford received in black silk and pink biocade, with jetted panels, nnd delighted her callers witli several selection's billliantly rendered on tho harp, while Miss Huthcrford in black tulle, embroidered in gold nnd silver, looked very pretty. Salad, punch, etc., wero servcti. and tho cosy parlors were thronged nil afternoon. Among tho guests wero Mm. General Splnoln and her guost, Miss Wliitford; .Mrs. General Breckinridge, Dr. While of tho Army, Mrs. nnd Miss Heagan, Mrs. Plight Lieutenant King, LT, S, A., Miss Lyman, Dr. Brewer, Lieutenant and Mrs. Bennett, Mr, and Miss Johns, and Mrs. John Taylor Arms. Miss Jcnnlo Shcrrill gave a luncheon yesterday In honor of' .Miss Florence llayaid. Tho table decorations wero of jonuuils. Tho guests wero Miss Ilancroft, Miss Nelfio Blddlo, Miss Wanamukor, Miss .Mitchell, Miss James, Miss Peunlmnn.Miss Dahlgruii, Miss McMillan, Miss Kdlo nnd Miss Cork-hill. Mr. snd Mrs, Claudo Zappono gavo a progressive euchre party at their liomo, JOOO P street, Wcduostlay evening. The guests present wero Dr. nnd Mrs. Fin ley, Mr. and Mrs. Goorgo Salter, the Misses Oliver, Miss Annio Thcrese and Mr. Woo Zappono. Mrs, Langdim Wheeler Is making a week's visit to friends in New York. Miss Ilcndrlc's Khakespoaro class met at lfiu3 I stiect Wednesday morulnc. Tho lcctuio on "Homeo aud Juliet" was particularly fino. Among thoso present were: Mm. Barrett. Mrs. Heed, Mrs. MI1U, Mrs. Mnjo, Mr- Tyssowskl, Mrs. Halslon, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Kinno, Mr. Fletnnnn nnd Mrs. Gadsby. mUq llnndilo's lectured on tho "Mer chant of Venice" attracted such attcn- Hon at tho Unity Club that sho has sliico rectlvcd sevetal otters for It. The next lesson on Wednesday Feb. II). will have as the subject tho "Merry Wives of Windsor." Tho Georgetown Assembly gavo tho laslofaseiles of four hops last night at Llnthlt-um Hall. Tho guests wero received by Mrs. William Laird and Mis. William Dunlop, who, lu a grace ful manner, made cveiyouo feel at home. Among those piescnt were; .Mis. Arthur Kurgerson, Mrs. Wultcr Wheatley, Mrs. John lleali, .Mrs. Uallcy, Mrs. Douglass, .Mrs. Thomas Chalmers, Mrs. Atthur Payne, tho Misses Jennie Ileal!, (leorglo Hlacklock, Hesslc Compton, Vlrglo Faust, Annio Ilrvan, Laura Iltllcy, Kilt vliaj den, Emily Hvdc, Sallle -Mack-nil, Helen Pallcy, KoMiile Uarber, Magglo Uarber. Macule Darncllle. Dva Bowcoc Ittdto'Darnclltc, Ilessio Shoemaker. Nln.i liradlcy. Nclllo Wheatley, Kaunlo tt'hoat )ey, Sclllo Williams, Jennie l'ajue, Mr. William l.alrd, jr., Messrs. Walter Whcatloy, William Wheatley, Forrest Dodge, Thomas Hyde, Dr. Snyder, Dr. Sutcr, Dr. Norton, Messrs, MeCalmont, John Johns, J. II. Johns, Lyons Whtttng, V. T. llerry, Chailcs Williams, W. S. Taylor, l'later (Ireen, Douglass Mackall, Louis Mackall, Chichester of Lecsburc, Va., Judge Montgomery, Lieutenant Co perton, Colonel Alexandria, Lieutenant llcatty, SIcssrs. Louis Finney, Tom Du rant, Douglass Slmms, 1. Casllcar, William l'lllcy, Arthur Tingcsson, Samuel Trimble, It. II. Tenney, ifarry DulKloy, Thomas Chalmers, Warden 'Voorhccs, Jack Shcppcrd, Frank Lcetch, Frank lleali. USES FOR AMMONIA. Spirits of ammonia inhaled will often relieve a severe headache. A littlo ammonia in tepid water will soften and cleanse tho skin. Door-p'atcs should be cleansed by rubbing with a cloth wot In ammonia nmP water. If the color has been taken out of silks by fruit stains ammonia will usually restore tho color. One or twotablespoonfuls of ammo nia added to a pall or water will clean win dows better than soap. To brighten carpets wipo them with warm wator In which have been poured a few drops of ammonia. When acid of any kind gets on cloth ing spirits of ammonia will kill it. Apply chloroform to restoio the color. Grease snots may bo taken out with weak ammonia in water; lay soft white pa per o er and Iron with a hot iron. Keep nickel, silver ornaments and mounts bright by rubbing with woolen cloth saturated in spirits of ntmuoula. A few drops of ammonia in n cupful of warm water, applied carefully, will ro inovo spots from paintings and chrotnos. Old brass may be cleaned to lookllko new by pouring strong ammonia on it aud scrubbing with a scrub-brush; rinse In clear water. Ammonia applied twoorthrco times on a rresh cold soro will kill It. it will drive It awny IT used when the cold soro Is first relt. A tablespoonful of ammonia In a gil Ion of warm water will often restoio colors In carpets; it will also remove whitewash from them. Yellow stains left bv scwing-iuaclilno oil on white may bo icuiovcd by lubbiug tho spot with a wet cloth with ammonia uciorc wasmng witli soap. Equal parts of ammonia and turpe.-i-tine will take paint out of clothlug, ev-u If It be hard und dry. Saturate the snot as often as necessary and wash out In soap suds. If thoso who pcispiro freely would use a little ammonia in tho water they batho In every day, It would keep their flesh sweet and clean, dolugaway with any disagreeable odor. Put a leaspoonful of ammonia in n quart ot water, wash your brushes and combs In this, and all grcaso and dht will disappear, Itlnse, shake, aud dry lu the su, or Jiy the (Ire. Flannels nnd blankets may bo soaked lu a pall of water containing one tablespoon ful of ammonia aud a littlo suds, ltub as little as possible, and they will bo white and dean and will not shrink. FISH STORIES. An enterprising fisherman of Glouces ter, Mass., Intends making a trip to Norway in search of cod, which are said to abound there. Tho Inst run of shad will soon ccaso io be a llguro of speech in Massachusetts; the llsh commissioners find a decroase of 00 per cent, in tho catch since 1870. One of tho most wonderful of llshus is tho one bearing the name of tho chlas. modon nlger, or tho great swallower. The manner of feeding Is to grasp a fish by tha tall and proceed to climb ovor It with its jaws. This fish will swallow another one six or twelve times Us own size. A piko was speared tu tho Iowa Hivcr at Harden City. Ou opening It thcro was found a pocketbook containing $05 lu gold, $10.50 In silver, $75 In greenbacks and a certificate of deposit upon the Dank ot Johnstown, la., for $25. A paper in the pocketbook stated that It was tho property of John J. Jones.of Johnstown, l'u. If tho fish swallowed tho pocketbook at Johns town it must have Journeyed through tho Conemaugh River to tho Allegheny, tlionco thrpugh tho latter Into the Ohio, then Into the Mississippi and up tho Mississippi into tho Iowa Itlver. The fast fishes, according to Professor tJL B. floodc, are of pointed build, with clcee lying (Ins, and aro frequently preda cious. Food italics, on the other hand, are often slow and easily caught, aud aro cor respondingly prolific. Tho actual speed of fitlitjeji; not. as yj;t wii jjrmwm init as dol; plilns bavo boon observed to swhu rdiluu and round a steamer going at full speed, their pace Is estimated at twenty miles an hour or more. Tho Spanish mackcrol is one ot the fastest of food fishes. Its body Is conical aud smooth us metal, while In Its motion it cuts tho water Uko a yacht. TRAITS OF GREAT ONES. Dr. Oliver AVcndell Holmes Is not fond of being Interviewed? Jlo Is cordial and polite to a reporter, but ho uvades the point at Issue with great skill. Mrs. Humphrey Ward Is a notably bright conversationalist, and at her fatho.-'s receptions lu Dublin frequently givoi rolu to the philosophical turn of her mind, John Hall of Ilopkinsvillo, Tcnn., while out hunting, picked up what ho thought was a stick and staited to uso It as a cane when he found it was u black snake. A play at ono of tho Kngllsh theatres has just had to be modified becauso the actors had a superstition against tho an pearuueo of a peacock or lis feathers on the stage. Hev. M. D. Hntioook, pastor of tho Faith Cure Church In Jersey City, claims that he was once dead fo,- three, days, and says ot his experiences: "I talked person ally with tho powers of d.irkuoss and with the angels," William K. Gladstone Is a voracious reader of current pcilodlcul llteraturo and always reads tho adveitlsements. lie sub scribes for tho American edition of certain Amcrican-Kiigllsh magazines, lu order that ho may obtain from their advertising pagos any new Ideas to bo gleaned therefrom as to American Industries and enterprises, A VALENTINE. Dear heart, true heart, sweet heait, mine. Bo my fond heart's valentine! Then, the' stormy winds bo blowlnn Then, tho' bitter toavs ho Uowliig 0er dead and hurled bllm't (Tombs of tows and Kravos ot klsiu) Of them thou wilt bo unkuowlai: Oidy sweetness will bo thine! CUJsClWMttEM. GOSSIP OF THE CAPITOL. CAPTAIN CODMAN AND HIS ROLLOF MANUSCRIPT. Views on Snmtiir ltlMr's lMiicntlouni llllIMr, Wnnainitknr nnd tho Clrorcla l'enplu Chut Wltlt Mom burn Tnllt or Mitt Cnrr'lilor, One of the men to bo seen around tho Capitol building is small of stature, llthuof step, with nn erect carriage and a formidable roll of manuscript undor his nrm. Ho wears a tall silk hat nlso. nnd a look of shrewdness and cunning overspreads his aged face, and his snowy-whlto mustache bristles with de termination. This la Caplnln Codman. The Committee on Merchant Murinu and Fisheries, who has charge of tho mnll subsidy and bounty line, which Is causing considerable talk among ship builders nnd steamship owners, are well acquainted with Captain Codman, but just who and whnt no Is seems to bo puzzling the minds of moro people than tho Tncmbers of tho committee. That ho is n lobbyist of tho shrewdest character has boon established, but ho Is also coming lu contact with mon who know n little themselves. Not a few prominent men who occupy scats In the House aro reaching for their eyes, ready to pull down the lower lids nnd ask Captain Codmnu if ho can per celvo any lingo of greenness about them. Captain Codman comes ostensibly from the ship owners of England rela tive to the stand that committee is on the veigc of taking relative to building Ainciicnn ships and thereby Increasing its revenue ou the matter of subsidy, but that tho wily captain Is hero In tho interest of the English Government to sell off a lot of Its old rusty ships which hnvo lain idle and good for nothing on tho other side. Postmaster-General Wnnamaker is having considerable trouble with the Georgia people. The Ciiitio tho other day published n somewhat acrimonious lutcLvicw between him and Representa tive Carlton over the proposed npoolnt ment of a colored man as postmaster at Athens, In that State. Since tho sev eral colored postmasters have been ap pointed in Georgia, tho -people down thcro nro complaining loudly over these things, and now comes various letters to Mr. Wnnamaker from Georgia mer chants declaring that if he ncrsists in pursuing his present policy they will boycott ids business nnd refuse to buy goods from his Philadelphia house. That house has a large bu-incss in Georgia. Congressman James D. Hichardson of Tennessee, who is a member of tho Committee on Printing, said toa Ciutio rcpoitcrthis afternoon that tho firo at the Government Printing Olllcc Wednesday dcmonstiatcd tho fact that moro tlro-escapcs and additional safe guai ds were imperatively needed. He lavorcd tho erection of tlro-escapcs on every lloor not now provided and ou every side of the building. Congress, ho said, ought to remedy the cyil at once. Thcic is considerable opposition manifested against tho bill leuoitcd by tho Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds to purchase tho stpiaro at tho corner of Ninth street and Penn sylvania avenue for tho erection of the much-needed Postofllco building, lion. J. D. Richardson of Tennessee, the author of the Richardson City Postofllco bill, In speaking of tho subject, 3aid to Tin: Ciiitic reporter to-day that he was sorry tho committee had rcpoited the bill for tho reason that in his opinion it would soon bo passed. It would en gender tho opposition of every citizen opposcu io ino sue selected. ''Time nnd again," said Colonel Rich nidson, "the Houso has passed a bill selecting a site for tho City Postofllco, but It has never reached the President for the lenson that opposition has been strong enough to always defeat auy bill that proposed to locate its site. Tho only way Washington will over secure a new City Postofliec is by thu appoint ment of a commission with full power to act in the matter of location and to hnvo their selection approved by the President. If Washington is to havo tho World's Fir, then, certainly, tho Capital of the nation should have a City PostolUco that will meet the re quirements of the people." In sneaking of the Blair'blll to a Ciiitio reporter Representative Owen of Indiana said this morning thatho did not think the chances of the bill In tho Senate at present as favorable as thoy wero four years ago. "I would, Indeed, feel sorry to secthoBlairblll defeated," said he, "because I regard It as In a direct line toward tho solution of tho race problem. Education Is a great force and Its widespread influence can not be overestimated. You educate tho colored man and you glvo him nn in vincible weapon with which lo defend himself. You enable him to cast an intelligent vote. An election law would causo inoro or less friction lu the South and would not tend to solve tho diffi culty. Some of tho opponents of tho bill say It's extravagant for the Govern ment to spend several millions of dol lars for educational purposes. I say it is not extravagant; it's economy. I am an advocate of tho Blolr bill and I want to sec it become a law." Congressman Thompson of Ohio re ceived n dispatch to-day, Informing him that tho Democrats la tho Legisla ture at Columbus had held a caucus and agreed ou n scheme to rcdlstrict the Stato, which places Thompson and Grosvenor in llio same Congressional district. This is an interesting piece of news for Messrs. Thompson and Grosvenor, and if tho schemo is carried out it will result In n lively contest for tho nomi nation next fall. It may be worth mentioning thai Judgo Thompson is not giving himself any unnecessary concern about the mntter. Ho Is very popular in tho District. Seriatiiry Trnoy Doing Well. It was rumored this morning that Secretary Tracy had had a relapse, but inquiry nt tho Arno, to which ho was lemovcd thrco or four days ago from tho Wliito Houso, showed that thero was no basis for tho report beyond tho fact that ho had had a slight attack of Indigestion. Tho Secretary's son Frank is with him, and ho is getting nlong very nicely. I.tioklni; After rropertj, Mr. M. X. Bradly, a ictlrcd merchant of Staunton, Va., Is visiting relatives at 2015 Hlllyer Place. Ho Is interested in somo valuable Avenuo propeity botweou Ninth and Tenth sticets, purchased whllo heio not live years ago, which has advanced In value since then $5,000. Tho real estato agents nro talking very nicely to Mr. Bradly and aro showing him all soit of gnoil "specs." I'lcltt Over I'nslnlllt'o. A delegation of slv from Pottstowu, Pa., where a furious fight Is being waged over tho postofllco between 11. It, llossort, t'on urcstiuau Vardloy's candidate, und Howaid Wh-kcrshain, a railway mall clerk, who Is said to bo backed by Hussoll Hairknn and l'ostmastcr-tieuerai Wauamakcr, callod ou tho President to-day in reference to the fill ing of tho office, 'I ho term of tho prcent Democratic postmaster expired to-day, tannj'U's tirn.r. sciikmi:. lltnv It Shut the l'f.loltle Dill or tho l'entlttn Hulltllng, ' Last summer when tho special com- mltteo appointed to consider tho (pics- lion of securing better quarters for tho , City Fostoffico cast longing oyes on tho court ot mo l'cnsion unicc, uorporni Tanner determined thnt thcro should bo no postofllco established thcro If ho could help It. hi order to head tho committee oil liu caused almost tho cutlro lloor space of tho court to bo filled with llio cablnols from tho various ofllccs in tho building. When tho commlttco camo around tho Commissioner pointed lo tho long, closo rows of cabinets' and asked them where they wero going to find room for a postotlicc. Ills argument pioved conclusive nnd tho commlttco decided to leave the Tension Olllco alone. It was Intended that nftor the cab inets had answered tho purpose for which they wero placed In tho court Ihey would bo taken back lo tho nfllco3. When, however, tho employes found how much moro spneo Ihey had in their rooms with llio enblucts outside, they suddenly discovered that ir they wore brought "back tho rooms would be too crowded to work In. Tho conso quence is that tho cabinets nto to re main in tho court, utterly destroying tho appearance of the noblest apart ment lu tho city nnd limiting an eyesore of a place to which formerly Washing lonlans always pointed with pridu. "ews of tho tiny Abroad, Vienna, Feb. 11. 1'rlnco Alexander of TlnHnntiArfr tlin iir-rlllp nf lllllirnrl.1. 1 Is known as tho Count of Hartcnau, has I wuo been appomieu commatiuani oi luocavcmu t Regiment of Dragoons, stationed In Vienna. It Is understood that he will bo made n ' general within a year. ' PAnis,.Feb. 14. A banquet was tendered i to the officers of tho American squadron ot -evolution by VIco Admiral Hcrgasso-Du- Pctit-Thouars, commander of tho Fifth I Maritime ArrondlbCmcnt, last night ou board his flagship at Villcfrauchc. Tho civil and military authorities or Villcfrancho and Nieo wero present. London, Feb. 14. Mr. T. P. O'Connor's paper, the Star, asserts that tho roport of the Farnell Commission Is a triumphant ncqulttal of all tho accused l'ariiclllto members of the Houso of Commons. Ipi,inntin Vnli 1.1 Qlt. lTniivt, Tnlrrttfl motion In favor ot colonial federation ha3 ' ueen unanimously auopicu uyiuo tjoioniai vouiercucc. London, Feb. 14, A dispatch from Nice says that Benzon, othcrwlso known as Jubl leo Juggins, who was anested for forglngn check for 1,000 and wIidso friends, It Is said, lrj.ulo the loss good, has bocn sen tenced to threo months Imprisonment nnd to pay the costs of tho prosecution. London, Fob. 14. A dispatch from Zan zibar to the Standard says tho medical examination proved that tho Sultan died from sunstroke. lloprotlucinc Power of tlia I.Hor. A scientific fact of great value, and ono which should bring comfort to legions of that large class o persons who aro weary of tho caprices of au erratic or tardy liver, has lately been established. Experiment has proved that largo portions ot tho liver can lie removed without serious disturbance to tho animal functions ot the human body. Tho explanation of this cuilousfact sccun to no mat tuo nvcr nas a wonucnui power of reproduction. Ponilck fouud that, within a few days of tho removal of por- j tions of the liver, the work of Its lcprodue t'on began, and that It pioeeeded with great rapidity to completion. In certain i cases ho found that within a period of a Tew l weeks ns much was reproduced as had been ' removed, and this nuiountcd occasionally to twice as much as had been left behind. ' These investigations have an Interest alto-I gether outside of that which i6 absolutely scientific, becauso they cannot fall to In- j fluenco tho development of abdominal surgery, if It Is understood that largo por- i tions of the liver may bo removed without I serious uanger to inc. rttuvurg jusiaiai. TIPS ABOUT HEALTH. Duiing the Inst five months 830 pa tients have been treated at tho Pasteur In stitute In Paris, and not a single death has occurred. In a recent work on "Tho Physiol ogy ot Bodily Exercise" Dr. F. Lagrange says that fenclug, apparatus gymnastics and riding-school lessons may bo safely Ercscrlbed for tho idlo person, "whoso rain languishes for want of work." Put for "a child overworked at school, for a person whose nerve centres aro congested, owing to a persistent mental effort In pre paring for an examination, for such wo must prescribe long walks, tho easily leanicd exercise of rowing, and, feeling better, the old game of leap frog and pris oner's base, running games, anything, lu fact, rather than diilicult exercises and acrobatic gymnastics." A trained nurso In Philadelphia, who believes that patients should bo entertained constantly, substitutes a phonograph for herself whilo she takes a nan. The Instru ment is loaded with Hill Nye, Adcllua l'attl and instrumental solos. When you feel cold throw the shoulders well hack and hold tho head well up. Inflate tho lungs slowly, tho nir enter lug entirely through the nose. When the lungs aro completely filled hold the breath for ten seconds or longer, and then expire it quickly through tlTo mouth, After re peating the exercise whllo ono Is chilly a feeling of warmth will bo felt ovor tho en tire body, nnd uvea in tho feet and hands. It is Important to practice tho exercise many limes each day, and especially when In tho open air. This piactleo Is recom mended as a picventive of consumption. THE LOTTERY OF CUPID. One after ono tho years hae fled As though they could no lonser tarry. So ono by. ono tho ro-.es fall And ono by ono my girl friend- inatry. 1'lit courtship comes, nnd then, alack! As innocent ns lambs In clover, Thoy seelc tho altar, say the word, The organ groans um all Is over. "What fools we mortals be," Indeed, How can they bo so densely -tupid: A thousand blanks for every nrlo So runs tho lottery of Cupid. Dan Cupid, once my confidant In many n rhymed and lovelorn onnet, A rlnu, a clove, llio moon, a kiss A rosebud or my swoethoait's bonnet. How many a youth with favor eausht 'Neath mistletoe and shlulns holly Has in Ids dreams his huly won, Knight errant In tho list or folly How many a maid all woo-bcirone, With omu dear friend as secret patron, Has sighed her wish to tllo for love, And lived to bo it happy matron, A 11b for thee despairing loe, Hero's enkes and aio, ami no repining, No cloud of youthful taney yot Dut had at last a silver lining. Ah! Cupid, you and I aro tiults; We've hatf our share of iine lomanees, of highs nnd ows and deep despair. Of moonlight strolls und stolen glances, A erron nersiininon was mv hoatt lire Cupid touched It lively follow llli vnilous fiosl ultes left It xouud, Fully as sweet and much moro mellow, Jiy former loves aro buxom wives -No pangs my fato has ovor cost them And 1 have managed to exist, Although It's tiue I loved mil lo-t them. No more together tOiall we sttity lu llow'iy dells or byways slnuy- Our paths h.ivu clmngi-d and thoy are mi Tho good broad road or matrimony. And yet for avo wo still nro bound HylilentHhlp's changeless, golden tether, And glimpses of those Jjygono days mill Hhino lu fair or Mormy weather. And thero have como adnwu tho past, Uko blossoms down onchautctl rivers, Somo tokens of remembrnnou yet Fair gifts that spoke of faithful givers, Somo friends there bo who come and go As briet as blooms tha morning glory, And some thero nro, and I am ono. Who Btnud tho test of Time's old story. I.lvo all your llfo, ami whllo thoy pass Tho wou-eu and tho men who meet you How fortunate if rrom them all 0 he shadow of a friend shall groot you. Yet torao ehall keep tho vestal llamo -Now what can make Unit Infant bawl so lllne i Yes, the Mine trots double now, And, twtttbvarti, 1 am man led also, J-.'i n(it Me(ia,g"ij, CARRYING ELECTIONS. PART IN POLITICS PUYED BY THE LOTTERY COMPANY. ltcpnbllcnn Campaign Managers Sulil to llavo l'riilttcit by tlio Oll'nr ol llio r.oulftlcuin InMKutlnn--I'roml-uont Men Wltu Aro In It. V'fcln' ' " """'' Ington to the llattlmvrt sun Very likely somo of tho sensational stories concerning tho relations of tho Louisiana Lottery Company to tho Na tional Republican Committee nro moro or less imaginary. But of ono fact there can bo no reaeonablo doubt thu Louisiana Lottery Company was ono of tho largest contiibulom to tho Republican campaign fund in tho last Presidential campaign, and it unquestionably had tho promiso or ..- H....rk.-1..MI ntt,st ltn4n Iiml i at ! Ell I'lpiIVUICUU 111VJ JIUVU 11UU CllUUgll of tho lottery In Louisiana, more es pecially slnco tho principal bencllcliuios bavo practically abandoned their resi dence in New Orleans and spend theli millions of gains In Nuw York nnd vicinity. Thcro Is no prospect of tho renewal of the lottery grant In Louisiana. If tho lottery company can secure a grant from tho North Dakota Legislature, it can well afford lo pay tho vast suras which It ie reported to havo promised ou all sides. It looks, however, as If the public fcntiinr.nl which has been aroused will be too strong to bo resisted. Tho Post mnstcr-Gencral puts himself on record as opposed to it, and, perhaps, tho President may follow suit, anil respond lo the nppeal which has como to him from Dakota by issuing his disap proval. The lottery company will have the tight to regard this as ungrateful, however, for Its liberal contributions to tho corruption fund aided materially In tho President's election. Tho members of the National Republican Committee, through whom tho lot tery company's contribution was ob tained, havo tiled to carry out their pait of tho bargain, for all their In llucnco has been exerted to help tho Dakota scheme. Ono of tho member of tho commlttco is said to be In tho pay of tho lottery company. i(Cj if tho names of Much astonishment would bo exblb- all the prominent JnCj, hero who an iro in tho regular nay of tho lottery were niado public. Tho salailcd list of its retainers, retainers for the real or supposed social and po litical Influence which thoy possess, amounts up into many thousands an nually. Tho enormous profits of the concern can be imagined when it is statcd that its owners divide millions annually after paying expenses, for which thcio seems no limit, including also a "blackmailing" dependency of police and other ofllcials which is never satisfied. It will he a blessed thing if this lot lery, which for so many years has fat tened upon the pcoplo of tho United Stales, can flud no place to 'renew Its operations after It Is driven out of Louis iana. But it can bo calculated upon to make u desperate strugglo lo got it new foothold somewhere else it the Da kota scheme falls through, and though the Picsidentnnd tho Postmaster-General may express their dissent many other Republicans, high In place unit power, will give their active aympathy and aid to the cause. This both for fa vors past aud for favors to como. The Louisiana Lottery will claim that lis money elected Harrison, and It would havo been glad in 1881 lo have made a bargain with the Blaino man agers. On tho day after tho election of 1881 a member of tho Republican committee said in New York City in the presenco of the writer, and to one of tho principal owners of the lottery, that if the commlttco had had "JoO, 000 tho day beforo the election thoy could have pulled Blaine through. Tho lottery man replied imme diately: "Why did you not como to mo ? I could havo given it lo you in a minute." This overture was borne in mind, and four years later tho Republi can committee took good caro to open negotiations with so liberal a giver. A Judge Deposed. The Supremo Court of Alabama, at Montgomery, has rendered a decision sustaining tho charges of habitual drunkenness brought against T1.R. Sav age, judgo of probate court of Cherokee County, and removing him, from office. In delivering tho opinion of tho court the Chief Justice said that the accused had been guilty of drunkenness b!x or eight times a- year, and that drunkenness had become a habit with. him. T.uto Hotel Arrivals. RinuB House W.J. Block, Biidg port, Conn.j O. A. Losby, Brooklyn, N. Y.; J. S. Phcrson, Chicogo; Mr. and Mis. C. II. Evcrhard; EniiiTT Ilousn W. H. AVhitlug, Brooklyn, J. M. "Wilson, New Ilolantl, Ohio; J. D. Carr, Salinas, Cal. ; 1 W. Reed, Biooklyn. Wiiaajid'h K. G. Kerr, Ehensburg, Pa.:0. D. Becbe, Hastings, Mich.-, It. 0. Ford, New York; 11. S. Fleet and wife, Newark, Ohio. Thu Am.iXGTOx Captalii ,1. AV. Sackford, Philadelphia; 0. A. Hrowu and wife, Poitlaud, Me.; 0. Hopkins, Manchester. Hotki, Anso Mrs. A. Leu Yeriitt, London; M. 0. Jones, Woods IIoll, Mass. IIott.i, NonMANDiK ilrs. L. Jliddle, New York; W. Munroe, New York. Ciiajiiieui.in's Gcorgo L. Thomp son, Philadelphia; S. F, Hunt, Abing don, a. Wei.ckeu's-11. W. Brown.'.Cinclu. nntl. IlAitms House 0. N. Looinis, Kni mn Abbott Opera Company; J. II, Wil son, New York, METiiorouT.vx Hon. John S. Hen derson, Salisbury, N. C: A. A. Arthur, Knoxvillc, Tcnn.; Frank Smith, Now York; J. C. Haskell, South Carolina. National Leo Ward, New York; 0, A. Warrington, Chicago; G. Mooio, Philadelphia; G. S. Appelgate, Chicago, S. T, Morlchol, Montreal. St. James C. A. Battoy, Providence; .1. II. Bcnibtein, Alabama; K. S, Dooy ler, Chicago; Captain S. W. Taylor, West Chester, Pa. HnwAitu House J, Detzel and wife, New York; Jos. Baker, Bowling Green, Vn.; 11. G. Ball, Barnum's circus. Mr. Stotltlnril' llorlln Lecture. Mr. Stoddard will have "Berlin In 1SS0" for thu subject of his lecture at tho Con gregational Church to-morrow night. This lectuiois iuterded toglvo a realization ot actual picsenco In tho Herman metropolis, which for several years has been a centre of tuteust on account of the rapid progress of historical events there. Dur ing an interval measured only by weeks thrco men havo reigned ns Ihnpo rurs, of whom two in that time have been crowned und two buried. Tho palaio or Kaiser Wllholni, of the late lamented Km peror l-'rcdcrh-k, tho old historic Schloss, now occupied by tho present Lnipe lor, tho splendid buildings devoted to war, to 6cloneo and, to art; tho famous L'uter den Lludcn, leading to thu Herman's beautiful park, tho Thler gartcn, nndJi hundred other objects mako llcrlin ono of the most Interesting cities or the world. llcntlt of Knrl Sydney. London', I'ob. 14. Karl Sydnev (Sir John ltobcrt Townshend, V. C. U. C. 11)., Is dead. He was lu the 65th year of his age. 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