The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-24
LOST AT THE CENTENNIAL.

lhc ulubutipud A fcoc,
the Bureau of Lost Articles at the Cen
tennial, says: The assortment ct peck
etbooks is large and varied, comprising
all known styles, from the plethoric wal
let of the cattle dealer to the miniature,
pearl-covered portmonnae OF Vsssar
school girl. There are pscketboohs
filed with homogeneous bundles OF papers
"of no value except to the owner, AMI
of no cash value to any one; wallets
etuffed with memoranda, without datee,
names, or location; others filled with
recipes of various kinds, intorspersed
with fractional currency, railroad tick
cts, and occasionally few small bills,
and still others with nothing but few
pennies or postage stamps, and an equal
ly large collection absolutely empty.
Over s., 900 in cash has been picked up
in the Centennial grounds by the guards,
and all but the small amounts remaining
in several hundred unclaimed wallets,
aggregating not over 500 at the most,
and about $40 found in small rolls of
bills, have been returned 10 the own
ers. A curious commentary on one
difference in the characteristics of the
two sexes is found in the fact that
fully nine tenths of the pocket books,
and not less than four fiths of the
other articles, were evidently the prop.
erty of ladies. Three special cases were
thoughtfully reserved for the wearing
apparel SO literally scattered about the
grounds blythe better and fairer portion
of humanity, and the novice in the dry
goods business would find himself in
state of bewilderment for week should
he attempt a classification or minute de-
scription Of their coptents. Among the
simpler and more familiar articles may
be mentioned lace and linen collars,
linen and paper cuffs, with gold or brass
sleeve-buttons, shawls of all kinds, man
tillas Of various patterns, sun bonnets,
summer-hats, handkerchiefs, eye glasses,
overshoes, waterproois, travelling robes,
wells, sackes Of all varieties, scarts,
necSties, ribbons, switches, and furs.
Among numerous assortment, which
may not be mentioned, are all sorts OF
articles of underwear, including balmo-
rails, garters, crinolines, bustles, and
but limited space and knowledge pre-
vents completion of the list. Owners
can recover the goods by calling at the
Office and proving property. The col
lection OF fans is exceedingly fine, and
will bear comparison with any display of
an evening concert. If the Japanese
exhibitors have sold more fans than have
been left on the grounds, they must
have proved strong competition TO the
sale of thermometers. Very few of the
most expensive blood-coolers are in
good condition, probably not having
been thought of sufficient value to be
fastened with chain. 1t is noticeable,
IN fha 10, CIV ofon nf 10 IN,
hand, that, with one exception, every
portion of visible and invisible feminine
attire has been lost at the Centennial
grounds, and the list includes every
o ornament not claeped by lock which
would puzzle the manufacturer to I'M
fasten. The misfortunes of male visit.
ors seem to have been confined to the
loss Of empty. wallets and umbrellas.
Over 2, 900 umbrellas have been carried
by the guards to headquarters, but with
them were about ], ZOO parasols. Many
of both have been returned, but enough
still remain to make quite an attractive
display in a South street store. Some
Of the sunshades are quite valuable, but
the umbrellas are without exception so
dilapidated by wear or SO cheap in ma
terial or construction that no man or
woman not born for the gallows would
dream of appropriating them. Ii among
the millions of visitors at the Exhibition
one or two thousand lost umbrellas of
no use to any one if found, how many
of actual value must have been forgot
ten by careless owners2 If the guards
returned packages of money and valu-
able jewelry to headquarters, would they
not have been likely to return silk and
pearl. handled umbrellas Ii the guards
did not pick up the good umbrellas pre-
sumed to have been mislaid, who did
These are serious questions, demanding
personal and public investigation and
unequivocal answers. Judging from the
number of useless umbrellas deli yered
at the adjUtant's office, and the liability
of all umbrellas being lost, il
must be assumed that fully $780,
600 rain-ghedders are now in the
hands of persons who never psid fol
them. The thought is appalling in its
immensely, and saddening III its fearful
significance. Only one conclusion il
possible-umbrellas are popularity oetra
cized from the protection of the Eighth
Commandment. Here is wide anc
most important field of labor for the re
form party--when they got into power
When their leaders are able TO grasp anc
master this subject, they will have ha6
sufficient experience to begin to ge
ready to commence the work of Govern
mental reform. Several Thousand
gloves of all imaginable kinds, from the
six-button kid to the merino mitten, are
in separate compartment, but no two
are alike. The vast collection of ode
gloves, therefore, proves conclusively
the falsity of the taste which makes i
necessary for the man or woman 0.
fashion to wear at least one glove
though he or she may much prefer TO dc
without both. A resolution to assist IL
reform in this matter might not be in
appropriate in this Centennial year
The Reformers might attack this sub
ject after disposing of the umbrella cor
ruptionists. Among other lost articles
are several dozen spectacles of different
styles, three or fur opera-g glasses, any
number of scrap books, memorandum
books, diaries, novels, works of refer
ence, Centennial catalogues, guides tt
the park and CITY, cigar cases partially