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An Advantage of Protection.

washington Post.
Protection is not so very bad thing after all.
II Mr.. DePauw had not been stupendously pro
tected in his plate glass industry he might not
have been able to step PROMPTLY to the front
with relief for O lame bank in Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-16

THE acting solicitor of the Treasury has given
an opinion that the use of miniature and full
sized imprints of a postal card as a label for a
brand of cigars sold by a Philadelphia firm is a
violation of sections Sab and 5,416, Revised
Statutes, and the persons engaged in their manu-
facture and use ere liable to prosecution.
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In writing of the Paris dog-pound, Mrs. Lucy
Hooper describes the laws in regard to these
animals as very strict, every stray cur found
without the proper check being promptly I'M
pounded and after twenty-four hours as merci-
lessly killed In extenuation of the rigor OF
these laws the authorities point to statistics,
which show that in 1873 twenty -four deaths
from hydrophobia occurred in Paris in 1879 the
number was twelve, and in 1880 fell to four.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-16

At Buokner, Mo-, nj a circus, Samuel Strick
land. colored, 1ourished revolver. constable
attempted to arrest him, and wounded the ne.
gro mortnlly,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-16
An Undoubted Success.

Philadelphia Times
Whatever Mr.. English may DO in politics 1t IL
clear that he Is success in banking.
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THERE is no nonsense about Lawyer Barney,
of New Bedford, Conn. He was retained by
total abstinence society, and promised to close
every illegal GROCERY in the place. To show
himself in earnest ne has begun by causing the
arrest of deacon in his own church for renting
building to liquor dealer. Such zeal is re-
garded by some of the brethren as Incorporate
and misplaced.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-16

MAYOR WHITE, of Baltimore indicted with
other good Democrats for malfeasance in Of
fee, spells his name with "y." Turn the
rascals out.n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-16

IT is said that sullvan's next Knockout will
take place at Vinita, I. I. The dusky sons of
the plains will thus be afforded opportunity
to absorb some of Boston's culture as typifed in
the most noted son.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-16

MoNsIGNoR CAPEL-pronounced Cay-ple-is
NOT pleased with the American pronunciation OF
the word cant" but much prefers the English
"cahn't" The Monsignor has evidently been
sociating with spurious Americans or those who
have not profited by their early training. One
of the chief duties of the schOolma am in this
great and glorious country is to teach the infant
native, by precept and discipline, that he must
never, no, never, say can't, either with or with
out the fiat ga"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-16

around the burned lawns with her mother, she
discovered the small carriage standing near a
number of scorched eane-bottomed chairs and
protected from the flames by an upturned din
ing-table. Darling away from her mother, she
seized the carriage and pulled out the wax-doll
that lay within, exclaiming iOyfully; "Mamma,
believe she slept all through i'll"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-16

A LONG ISLAND woman makes English sparrow
pies, thirty birds to the pie. Thirty sparrows
must be equal to about fOur-and-twenty black
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-16

WASHINGTON. D. C.-Brentanos LOIS Pennsylva-
mia avenue.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
LoNDON-American Exchangein Europe, 449 Strand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-16

OWNERS OF museums and proprietors of side
shows are on strike. They have formed a COM
bnation against skeletons, fat women, giants.
two-headed women and other living curiOsities
and refuse longer to submit to their extortionate
demands in regard TO salaries. The shOwmen
think the curiosties have been making too
much money. 1t is too early for the result to
be learned, but the chances are that if the
double-headed woman's heads are level she will
hold her own, whatever the rest may 90.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-16

PARIs-American Exchange in Paris, IS Boulevard
des Capucines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-16

YOUNG man in Wiliamsport, Pa, tried TO
coax his pretty sister to stay away from the
soldiers who were in camp there, but words
having no effect, he slapped her ears. Nearly a
hundred soldiers of different regiments, who
happened to see this little performance chased
the youth through the streets with cries of
Lynch hint" "Hang mimi" and only dessted
because he ran faster and escaped. This incl
dent is mentioned a warning to any young
men of this city who may see similar symptoms
develop in their own sisters this week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-16

L0UISVILLE-C I. bearing, northwest corner
Third and jefferson streets.
ST. L0UIs-Union News Company, Union Depot.
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CHICAGo-Palmer House.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-24

pleasantly: 81 see you are ike myself,
Just starting in business. Now let me
make you proposition; there Is plenty
of room in our store; each OF You take
one of these Digeon-h0leS under the
shelves, put your trunks there In place
of carving them around while You are
picking up your goods and just order all
YOU buy to be sent here. We will take
charge of your purchases, pack and snip
them, and YOU can come here ana ex-
anime your bills, write letters and DO as
you like, whether you buy dollar OF US
or not. | want at least to make snow
Of doing business, and it will really De
an advantage to US as well AS conVen-
fence 10 you" They were pleased WIN
the offer, accepted it at once and lelt In
search OF such things as they wanted.
NV Young partner waited Till they got
out, and then with considerable excite
ment and wounded pride, said: We'll
are those what you call customers!
said: eyes, You know that tall oaks
from little acorns grow. We shall see
by and by what they will make" Suf-
fee it to say that for the six years l re-
NAMED in the dry-goods business they
were among my most attached custo-
mers. They were all respectable young
men, not afraid of work, nor ashamed OF
small beginnings. They are all living:
One has been president of an England
bank Tor more IMAM twenty years: bis
brother, years after, moved to one of the
largest town of Ohio, went into business,
and has grown to be the man of the
place, associated with the railroads and
public improvements Of the state; the
other, who was from a manufacturing
town in Connecticut, has long been con-
nected with the large mills of the place
a man unusually respected.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-24
An Incident i'm the Life of the
Late w. L. Dodge.

In May, 1927, l commenced at 2l3
Pearl street the wholesale dry-goods
business. A retired Connecticut mer-
chant, with whom l had done business
most of the time while clerk, had a son
just graduated from Yale, whom he was
anxious to place in New York, and hav-
ing heard that was intending to COM
mence for myself, proposed acopartner-
ship with his son. He offered to furnish
an amount of capital which, with the
small sum had tnostly savings from my
salary, would make, for those daysa re-
spectacle beginning, and furthermore
promised to indorse for us to any reason
able amount. There are few events in a
mans life more important than that
which introduces him into active bust
ness on his own account, and as my part
ner had noexperience, felt the respon-
sibility the more. A few weeks after we
started, and when our stock OF goods was
small, three young men stepped into
the store, each having two large tin
trunks which he carried in his hands,
aided by large strap over his shoulders.
I saw at once they were Connecticut
peddlers, for had often dealt with such
when clerk. They were attracted by
some article in the window. After Civ
ing them its price and while they set
down their loads to rest and talk. said
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-24

such as no man had ever before wit
messed or win witness unless our prom
ised March tornado should prove true.
When the water had risen so high as to
menace their safety. the party tore down
their house, constructing from it a raft,
and placing women and children in the
boat, the men took to the raft, on which
was loaded their valuables, and were
rapidly driven to the Corpus Christi
bluff. The boat upset before reaching
the land, and all on board were drowned.
The raft struck the hill near the present
residence of Mr.. Gussett, and so fierce
were the waves that in few moments
it was dashed tc pieces. Two men
reached the banks in safety. The bal
ance, with the accumulated spoils of
twenty years. went to the bottom. No
sign of treasure or the unfortunate men
were ever found. 1t was supposed that
portion of the hill had caved in and
buried them, theory that the late ex-
cavation may partially prove.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-24
March Merriment.

Kind words are like bold heads; they
can never dye.
Husband q a. m, after q curtain lee
ture)-"Well, all I've got to say is if you
are person of such refinement and
good breeding you ought to be above
talking to drunken fellow at this time
of the night"
eyes" said the Vermont clergyman,
81 consider it all right for minister of
the gospel to trade horses, but as matter
of policy he should trade with some one
outside his own CONGRATULATIONS
Post.
A woman recently applied for
State aid and the blank was produced
and the usual questions asked. She an
swered them freely until it came to
"Your age?" "Have l got to tell that?"
she asked. ''The blank requires 1t,
ma'am," was the reply. "Well, then" she
said, 81 don't want any State aid" and
she tiounced out of the Office in high
dudgeon boston Transcript.
Old Mr.. Jones was always paying his
attentions to the widow Tompkins. and
she detested him from Dan to Beershe-
ba. He was forever tafying her and
asking her silly questions. The other
evening, after bold compliment, he
asked: "My dear madam how do you
tell fool when you see one" "Well,
Mr.. Jones, / usually tell one to leave.
Will you be kind enough to go" He
hasn't stopped going yet.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-24
as.only third or fourth cousin after

was, only third or fourth cousin after
Theo shook her head.
'HoW do ] know but tina he is an
impostor" she asked.
Tom laughed.
II had no intention of deceiving you;
thought / recognized you on the street
but it was so dark followed you into
the fruit store in order to be certain ber
fore venturing to speak"
"But you said you hadn't tasted bread
for two days." pouted Theo, relenting a
little. ...-.r
'"Well, l hadn't. You see, our train
was showed up for nearly week, and
the bread all gave out; we had plenty of
meat and pie, and cake, though, so we
didn't miss the bread much"
"But what aseedy old coat and hatw
said Madge, cycling the cast-otf garments
suspiciously.
"They are rather seedy, to be sure"
said Tom. "The fact is, that when we
changed cars / CHANGED to .be taking a
nap, and when the conductor succeeded
in rousing me that coat and hat where
the only ones left in the car; 80 it was
Hobson's choice, as you see."
While Marian and Madge were fitting
about the room roasting the turkey,
chopping mincemeat, seasoning the
plum-pudding; and laying the table for
FOUR. Theo and Cousin Tom stood bv the
window, whispering together over the
yellow chrysanthemums.
"And you'll never, never get jealous
any morew asked Theo with averted
face and tell-tale cheeks.
"Neverp declared Tom. And he
slipped plain gold ring on her finger,
and perhaps stole sly kiss. while the
two sisters discreetly basted the turkey
who knows?
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-24

press themselves as willing to take any
chances; but when they lose they'totally
lack nerve and go to pieces. Only last
month / put up $1,000 in margins for
lady on an Ohio road. Well. II went
down, she couldn't hold it, and her thou
sand was harvested by somebody else.
When she came to see about it she was
paralyzed with grief and establishment.
1t was all the money she had. She
squealed, as they say in the street. She
begged anu cried like child, and I act
.ally divided the loss with her. like
fool. She took the $500 off and lost it
somewhere else, suppose. knew one
woman here u couple of years ago that
made money. No man on the street
could get ahead of her. She had nerve
and the men became afraid to deal with
her. Her nameswas Mrs. Brough, / think.
She is in states prison now for forgery"
James r. keene, whose horses have
astonished Great Britain, and whose cor
ners have embarrassed Jay Gould,
laughed and said: Brokers don't like
ladies for their customers. If a lady
leaves her money with a broker and
loses it, she is very likely to take ad-
vantage of the immunity of her sex and
inform him that he has got it himself,
anu tIlitI ITO 10 u anu u JlIItI. SOmS
brokers are So unreasonable as not to
like this treatment"
"Have women special disqua lifications
for speculating?" l asked.
Yes, undoubtedly. For instance,
the very quality of trustiulness that
makes her faithful friend, an af-
fectionate sister and good wife. She
can be easily imposed on by any good
looking man who is plausible talker,
and made to invest in any wild
cat scheme. She is handicapped,
too, by not being able to run around the
street and talk to every body, SO her
sources of information are meagre. II
is very difficult to get woman to sell
on rising market or bny on falling
market. If she holds some stock that
goes up to los she doesn't see why it
shouldn't go up to 1900. She is troubled
with intuition" too. She comes and
brags of her intuitions, that are so much
better than mems w""k judgment and
experience, and tells how her fntultions
never mislead her, and then she brings
her intuition to bear on the Denver and
Rio Grande, on the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, and gets left. Most of the
women who bring their money into the
street leave it here"
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San Francisco in Early Days
From the Overland Monthly.

From the Overland Monthly.
Upon the corner of X carney ana Wash
ington, adjoining the Parker House, was
the ''big Ell Dorado tent" the great gam
bling establishment of Chambers. Nc
Cabe, johnson and Gray, upon whose
tables we're "banks" which showed a to-
tai of quarter of million dollars every
dav, piled in Stacks of Spanish ounces
or doubloons, and California, English
and French gold coin, of Mexican dol
lars and five-franc pieces-which passed
current as dollars-With SACKS of gold
dust and piles of such ''chicken-feed" as
Quarters and dimes ian all most tempt
ing to the gaze of the dense crowd, night
and day, as the games went on. The
busy scenes at the long bar clear along
the whole depth of the capacious tent
where still more enlivened by the strains
of the stirring and excellent music dis
coursed from five instruments by accom-
plished French players.
Among those was a petite and beautl-
full French woman, who played with
rayishing skill upon genuine Strapdiva-
RUS that she and her husband had
brought from Paris as a treasure too
precious to leave behind and, treasure,
indeed, it proved, for her pay was two
ounces a day in the "big Ell Dorado
tent band. Every day, between and
8 O'Clock, that beautiful woman crossed
the Plaza to her abode on Washington
street, near where Lafavette-place is.
and her going and returning, even when
the rainy season made the way an eX-
panse of muck ankle deep, was the I'M
ceasing occasion for large crowds who
watched and admired her because she
was a woman in a land almost without
women-to gather on either side and
gaze upon her as she bravely stepped or
daintily tripped the whole way through
that startling passage, the cynosure of
all. the idol OF everyone. And never
was her dignity of womanhood offended;
it would have cost the wretch his life at
the hands of that chivalrous crowd,
coarsely dressed and wild in appear
ance as thew were. One day,
in the height of the rainy
season when the mud was deepest,
mlsstep caused her to lose one OF ner
exquisite little boots in the treacherous
and covetous mire and the stockinged
foot was shown for an instant. In an
other instant brawny miner had
CROPPED for the boot and recovered it kiss
ed it and returned it to her; and at the
moment she was borne by other stalwart
arms to seat in near doorway, where
she resumed her boot and her walk to
the "big tent" 1t was one of the
episodes Of the period, not less amusing
then was another in which homesick
Bostonion stoppeod before dwelling to
hear the cries of an infant, and declared
it was the sweetest melody he had
heard in the land of gold.
"Delmonico's" was the heightened
restaurant, and high-priced it certainly
was for it cost an ounce to dine there in
style. Other restaurants were plenty, and
though less costly, S. was the average
cost of good dinner.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-24
Ladies i'm Wall Street.

A correspondent of the Chicago Tri-
bune VIZ iting from New York city says:
questioned the secretary of the stock
exchange about ladies in and around
Wall street. eyes he said, "there are a
good many-more by far than there used
to be. But they do not stay long. One
loses all her money and retires in tears,
to be succeeded by two more flushed
with enthusiasm, and ready to risk all.
We have had ladies apply here for
membership, and offer to plank down
$35, 900 for ticket. But what would a
lady do in cage of wild animals? We
couldn't have it. So they are obliged
to content themselves with coming to the
door and doing their business through
brokers. But they generally lose every
thing before they leave. / have known
exceptions, of course; oh, yes. One
woman have in mind who made $780,
600, and more, too, in speculation here
in one season, and then had the good
sense and pluck to retire on ito quit
and risk no more. She was rare bird,
though, a very rare bird"
Rufus Hatch said: No woman ought
to come down here unless she makes up
her mind in advance to lose, and she
ought to put in as much as she is willing
to love. Then if she makes any thing she
can pass it to the account of herIsagacity.
But most of them scome down, aud in
stead Of going light on some conserva-
tive line, they rush in recklessly and get
scooped. / believe in fair play for wo-
,,,on hut vvhnn a woman comaa into
Wall street she had better stay at home
and send her brother. And just before
he leaves home she had better say:
Charley, take your own money instead
of mine."
Another equally sswen known broker
said: Don't you mention my name,
for / have customers of all sexes-men,
women masculine women and womenish
men--but think ladies in Wall street
q nuisance. When they come to invest
their money they are courageous and ex-
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-24
A Practical Illustration of How
to Make Home HAPPY. ID

The other night Jones went home in
one of those heavenly moods which seem
to fit man for better world, and after
supper was over and the children had
gone to bed, he sat down to spend an
evening of unalloyed bliss with Mrs. j..
The fact was pretty book agent had
sold him new work that day, "How to
Make Home Happy. and though he
thought it best at present to leave it at
the Office and gradually introduce it into
the family circle, he was inspired by
slight perusal of it to do better.
So he drew the most comfortable chair
in front of the blazing coal fire in the
parlor CRATE and seated himself for the
evening, while Mrs. J. filled rocker on
his right.
81 say, Maria, this is comfort" he
said, holding the newspaper between
him and the two ardent glow of the fire.
"Tm glad you think So" answered
Maria shortly. perhaps if you had
your back to a cold room without any
fire or prospect of one, you might feel
differently. You know the ,sitting-room
stove"
Jones felt that he had started ON an
unlucky subject, and he fastened to
guide the steed of conversation into
smoother paths.
"That reminds me, Maria, of the old
happy past. Do you remember when l
used to visit you at your fathers and We
would sit for hours gazing into the glow
ing depths of a wood frer meandered
Jones.
81 should think I did," responded
7 70 Iar
ever 90. Mother was waiting to set the
buckWheat cakes the last thing, and we
always had them heavy for breakfasts.
How you used to hang ON and how
spooney you We're"
Failure number two; but Jones had
braced up to stay in and make home
happy for one evening, and the moral
rectitude of his purpose sustained him.
They've started a reading club over to
Sawyes's, hear" he remarked present
ly. .,-
ITO keep him home nights, s'pose,".
suggested Mrs. Jones. "Well, it will
take club. and good strong one. to DO
it, though, for my part. sh Ould De glad
to have him out of the way # he was my
husband. I wonder if he will ever gel
his wife that seal-skin cloak he's beef.
pre- missing her!"
EYES," said Jones, family, che brought
it home tonight"
"No! you don't mean it! Well, I will
say this for Tom Sawyer, he is generous
to fault. And he's really bought her a
seal skin, and their pew is right in front
of ours! What luck some women do lave
| suppose it's luck" and Mrs. Jones
sighed in a depressed manner.
Mr.. Jones took his hat and said that a
customer of his-that was in town stop
ping at the hotel, and he had nearly for
gotten he had an appointment with him
on business, and Mrs. ]. skipped out and
ran over to Sawyer's and tried the new
sealskin on, and the next day Jones gave
that copy of "How to Make Home Hap.
by" to his Office boy and told him to sell
1t at secondhand book store and keep
the money!