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The Grenada gazette., 1888-01-07
FRICTION MATCHES.

without friction matches- what did people dol
We call them necessities H0to; It is true
They ors . great blessing, yet folks had way
The cooking-stove too, At that time was moi
known,
And many more comforts that people now own
Had never been thought Of; It's easy to see
How rugged without them our own way would
be.
The huge open fireplace was deep and twas
wide,
And grandfather has often told US with pride
OF oxen he trained to drag over the floor
The great heavy back.logs they burned there Of
yore.
The fire on the hearth twas an understood
thing,
Must never die out from September till spring ;
In live Goals and ashes they buried from sight
The log to hold fire throughout the long night
And this, In the morning. they opened with
care
TO find brightest embers were glimmerng
there:
10 make then blaze, it was easy to do,
With wood, and q puff OF the bellows, or two,
AJuS bOAACtlu1oc IA 0uMIu0I buo uTc WOulu BU
out
A flint and a steel must be then brought about,
A spark from them caught in the timber near
by
Beforehand prepared, and kept perfectly dry.
Once grandmother told me how tinder was
made;
They took burning linen, or cotton, and laid
1t down in the tinder- r-box-smothered It there
~ bod IN ,r,t$1 1,
care.
And when they could find it they took from old
trees
Both touch wood and punk, and made tinder Of
these,
BY soaking in inter; but all these three
Flint finder and steel--we shall very soon see,
Would not make u blaze: so they called to their
aid
Some matches, not "Lucifers," but the home
made.
These matches were slivers Of wood that we're
tipped
With sulphur; when melted, they in it we're
dipped;
The spark in the tinder would cause one to
burn,
And that lit the candle-a very good turn
For when 1t was lighted all trouble was DER
And soon on the hearth flames were dancing
once more.
II damp was the tinder, or mislaid the flint,
They rubbed sticks together Ia very hard stint)
Until they ignited; the more common way
Was borrowing fire, I've heard grandmother
say.
Indeed IL was nothing uncommon to do
To 20 for firebrand half mile or two.
And so they worked on to the year 20,
The flint and the tinder they then could resign
And make fire quickly II one should 60 out
For Lucifer matches that year come about.
They treasured those matches haven't
doubt
And never used one when they could do with
out
To save them, they made and kept up on tn
shelf
A vase OF lamplighters-Quit pretty itself.
The flint and the tinder the large open fires,
Have gone with the days Of our grand-damel
and sires;
Those days full Of hardships and trials shall
bear,
In thoughts OF their children, an honorable
share,
For their brave men and women so steadfast
and strong,
SO often remembered in story and song
Sarah T. H0,pqrd In Good HOusekeepin1
The Grenada gazette., 1888-01-07
CANADIAN MONEY,
Difaculties Enoountered In Now York 81
Detroit Gentleman.

Difficulties Enoountsrsd in Now York eJ
Detroit Gentleman.
"Confound the luck!' exclaimed
DR.. Briggs. middle-aged gentleman
who boasts Of Detroit as bis legal
residence. The exclamation escaped
him as he stood on Broadway at the
Rector street entrance to the elevated
railroad station.
whats the matter. doctor?' asked
friend who chanced to overhear the
remark.
'Matter'" growled the doctor.
Matter? Why, here am down town
with only two dollar Canadian bill
in my pocket, and l can't pass it any,
where; and I've had all manner of
trouble with it the last hour"
But what are you doing with
Canada money here in the States9"
''Why, you see, up in Detroit and
Buffalo, and those places along the
border, Canada money passes as freely
as National bank bills or silver certiti-
Gates, and person never thinks OF re-
fusing it. This morning started
down town with money enough to pay
some bills, and, as l supposed, enough
to carry me through the day. But an
hour ago found myself with Just this
two-dollar Canada bill. l started up
town. and handed it in at the elevated
station for my ticket. That's no
good yelled the ticket-seller, and it
dawned upon me that would have to
get it changed before l could get up to
the hotel. I went into an Italians S
cigar store and bought fifty cents
worth of cigars and handed out the
bill. 4 no ta ka that moony,' said the
cigar man as he pushed the bill back
and reached for the cigars that still
lay on the counter. l tried to explain
to him that it was good money; but
all he would say was, \ donna care,
no TAXA bought five papers from q
newsboy and told him to run and get
the bill changed. and I'd give him a
quarter. The gamin took one glance
at it and held it out as if he was
poisoned. Yer can't shove none ov
yer queer on me- he said; do yer tink
l want to be pulled? tried to pass it at
drug store where purchased dol
lars worth of stuff that did not want,
but they would not have it. tried a
restaurant, a saloon, and gentle
mems furnishing store; but in each
place I was regarded as a suspicious
character wien ! handed out the bill.
And here l am, stranded and all but
branded.
His friend laughed at the doctors
trouble and suggested that they step
into Wall street bankers office and
see what could be done. A moment
later they stood before the bankers
counter.
"What is Canada money worth9'
timdly inquired the doctor.
"Do you want to buy or scll'' was
the guarded response.
ITO SELL" replied the doctor.
I'VE are paying 994," said the
banker.
"Ninety-nine and q half on the dol
lW! Well, give me 81. 80 quick" and
the doctor threw down the bill as he
gave a sigh of relief. II hope never
to sec a Canada bill again. he ex-
claimed, as he pocketed the proceeds
of his exchange, and hustled his friend
out to make purchase for two around
the corner IN y Commercial Adver-
ttser.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-01-07
FOR RENT.

My dwelling-house, (now occupied
by DR.. 6. b. Smith) situated on Main
Street, is for rent for the year 1888.
Possession given Oct. 1st. For terms
apply to J. Lane Leigh.
Miss RoBIE BURLINGTON.
Grenada, Sept. eth, 1887.
The Grenada gazette., 1888-01-07

A much better feed for cows than
seed, Arc cotton seed hulls. For sale
at the oil mill at 20 cts per 100 lbs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28
THE READING STRIKE.

The House Commerce Committee Refers the
Matter to the Interstate Commission.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2I-Mr. Andersons reso-
luton directing a congressional inquiry into the
Reading strike up unfinished business
this morning before the House committee on
commerce. and led to lively discussion before
it was disposed Of The first motion. made by
Mr.. Rsyner, ordering vote at 11:30 o'clock.
was resisted but finally carried. After a heated
discussion, that hour was reached, and Mr..
Clardy, who had temporarily relinquished the
chair to Mr.. Crisp. moved to report the resolu-
ton to the House, with tho Recommendation
that it lis on the table with the following re-
port:
That the resolution seeks to instruct your commit
perform certain duties devolving upon a
mission created by act of Congress approved Feb. 4
without any aIegati on that the party or parties
grieved by the alleged failure of the Reading Railroad
piled to such commission for relief, in any
invoked the aid of the act of Congress above
feTred to- Your are OF the opinion that as
no facts stated that show or tend to show that
the remedies provided by said act Inadequate the
duties sought to be devolved upon your committee
ought not to be imposed The committee therefore
recommend that the resolution lie upon the table.
The yeas and nays were taken this ques-
ton. resulting-yeas, 5; nays, 9.
MIR Tarsney then moved to report the Ander-
resolution favorably, and for this motion
Mr.. Davis offered substitute resolution
questing the eInterstate-commerce Commission to
Investigate all the circumstances connected
with the existing strike on the Reading railroad.
and to report the facts and their conclusions to
Congress, and TO exercise their powers. if deemed
necessary. in the interest of commerce between
the States The substitute was lost tie
vote and Mr. Durham offered another, as fol-
lows:
That the resolution be reported to the House. with
the recommendation that the whole subject be re-
feIr red to the Interstate-commerce Commission.
This adopted-yeas. 9: nays, Sand the
subject disposed of by the committee. A
minority report will be made to the House rec
ommending the passage of the original Ander-
son resolutiou
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LIVING IN LUXURY.
The Families of the Dead Anarchists Ink
uriating on Charity.

CHICAGO. Jan. 27.--There N trouble in the
AID and Support committee having charge Of
the fund for the families of the executed An
archIsts. and tho members threaten to resign
1t was decided to fix ths weekly payments to
the families OF the executed Anarc hists at So to
each of the widows and 81 for each child where
there two children. and 81 for the third
child, in the of Mrs. Fischer. 1t appears
however, that the families are better off now
financially tnan they ever were while husbands
aud fathers alive, aud their circum-
stances bettered themselves so did their wants
Increase.
it is said that Mrs Parsons recently bought q
gold watch. for which she paid $50. Some time
later she complained that she had money
with which to pay rent. She got the money
and went to Marshall Field 81 Co. g and ordered
o plush cloak. Mrs. Spies and her grown chill
dren live in house for which she BAYS $25 rent
monthly. She has received about $400 from
the committee in addition to her monthly in
stallments. which claimed for the purpose
Of getting out biography Of August Spies.
Mrs. Parsons got $500 TO get out her husbands
book on Anarchy" Mrs. Engel got s400 to pay
of some debts on her store. The members of
the committee complain that the families of the
dead men have been writing to New York, abus-
ing them and urging that no more money be sent
20 the committee
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The Charges A Against MIR. Sykes.

CHICAGO. Jan 2z-The most damaging evil
dence brought against warehouseman James
W. Sykes, on trial before Judge Horton. charged
with having defrauded the Merchants Loan and
Trust Company out of $l5, 500, was given by at
torney Frank J. Smith this morning He testi
fed to having attended meeting of Sykess
creditors. in October, 1856. at which Mr. Sykes
admitted that he never had seed in his ware
house at the date of issuance of the receipts.
and that these receipts were consequently fc-
titious. Orson Smith. of the Merchants Loan
Trust Company, gave similar testimony Mr..
Smith said he expressed surprise when Sykes
informed him of this. and said: ''Why. how
could you do such thing. Mr.. Sykes2' The
latter replied that he had got into hot water.
He was like captain at sea- he said; he tried
bring his ship into port through the storm
and breakers and failed Edward V. Strong.
Board of Trade operator. was at the meet
ing and testified the two other witnesses,
and also to having paid storage charges TO Sykes
for grain in store In the warehouse. A ruling
by the court. to which the defense excepted.
was thought to afford the prosecution some ma
terial aid in making out the It to the
effect that the Indictment having been found
under the statute for issuing fraudulent ware
house receipts, if the State proved the facts
covered by tho Statute the question of intent
was immaterial.
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General Notes.
Special to the Indianaooiis Journal.

Special to the Indianaooiis Journal.
WASHINGTON, an. 27.-Miss Voss, of Indian
apolis, who is spending the winter in Washing
ton. will in few days go to New York for a
short visit to Col. ard Mrs. Fred Grant, who
ara now guests Of John r. Mclean, in this
city.
c. R. Bement. of indiana. joined his wife and
daughter at the Arlington last night. They are
here for the winter
Judge n. NJ. Givan, of ST. Louis, who is q
candidate for the position of Land Com1nis-
sioner. is a native of Indiana, and was educated
to the law. He has served several terms on the
Missouri circuit bench.
The Secretary of the Navy has had the case
of Pay INSPECTOR Stevenson under considerable n
for several days and will announce his action
thereon tomorrow or early next week. 1t is
known that the conclusions of the court are un-
fayorab BILE to Mr.. Stevenson, and also to several
other officers who were implicated in the trans
actions at the Brooklyn navy yard, which were
recently investigated. The Secretary is said to
be very much displeased at the situation of af-
fairs In certain departments OF the yard, as de-
veloped By the investigation, and will take
prompt measures to bring the offenders to pun
ishment
The Secretary of the Treasury has awarded
silver life-saviug medal to Capt. c. W. johnson,
of Winneconne Wis, for service rendered in
saving lives during the past two wears.
The Secretary of State has received an appl-
cation from the government of Mexico for the
extradition OF Mayor, alias Bourion, tire alleged
ticket swindler. who made arrangements for the
appearance Of Patti in the City of Mexico and
then absconded with the money. Bourton is
now in New York, awaiting hearing before a
United States Commissioner
By order of the Postmaster-eeneral. the free
mail-delvery service has been extended to Salem,
O., and Norwalk o.
By direction of the Postmaster General, the
name of the postofice at Cheyenne, w IT., Aas
been changed from Cheyenne City to Cheyenne,
and that at Ogden, Utah. from Ogden City to
Ogden. to correspond with the names of the
towns in which thew located
The Comptroller of the Currency to-day au-
tlorized the Miami Valley National Bank, of
hamilton. o., to begin business with capital
of 100000.
The Improvement on Sneaker Carlisle's health
still continues. This morning he and Mrs. Car
Isle and the Speakers niece, Miss Queen, left
the city for Baltimore, where they took reve-
nue. cutter for Fortress Monroe They will
probably be gone ten DAYS or two weeks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28
Indiana Pensions.
Pensions have been granted the following
named Indianans:

Washington Special
Pensions have been granted the following
named Indianians:
Mexican War-John White. Columbus.
New Pensions-Minors OF r. E. Kelley. Har-
rodsburg and Bloomington; minor OF S. Brum-
NIT. Richmond; Lucy A Doty, Hebron; Teresa
Holly. West Point: Ida A. Mann, Indianapolis;
d. E. Brooks. Milan; Y. Cravens, Little York;
]. n. Jones. Dale; D. Stewart Honey Creek; T.
J. Conger, Shelbyvile: V. S. Brandon. Moore
field; John Johnson. Pievna.
Unconstitutional Hackley, North Salem;
Samuel Lamb, Blue Grass; J. 81. Kanavala. But
Ter; John Dill, Oakland, j. w. Evans Oakvile;
J. V. Hoaeland. Terre Haute; Eiba Musick.
Summitville; Isaac johnson, Schooner Point;
Joseph Grove, Anderson: NJ b. Squires, Lima;
F. NJ Crockett. vallonia S. N. Carter, Cynthi-
ana w. r. Scott. Grantsburg; John Billyden.
Valparaiso; j. F. Groves. Milligan; L. Carmi-
ehael, Story; H. Moffats, West Lebanon; G s.
Wood. Loogootee; j. w. Grove. Epsom; j. w.
Harris. Omega; George Shuts, Russiavle: J.
T. Mckee. Freedom; c. Skinner. New Corner;
G. w. Yarmouth, Scottsburg; 2. Lawrence.
Greensburg; William jeff, Hope; J. M. Arm
strong, Bloomington.
Restored = John L. Miller. Peru; Elwood
James, Jamestown.
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Verdict Against knights of PythIas.

CHICAGO. Jan. 27-In Judge Altcer's court
to day verdict for So. 900 returned by
Jury against the knights of Pythis in favor OF
Elizabeth Zawistowski. This is the second case
IN which the widow has come out victorious. the
former being against the Knights and Ladies of
Honor for insurance money. The case is a very
peculiar one. Zawistowski was a member of all
these lodges. In 1882 he got into trouble with
brother member o: the Knights of Honor. Hs
was arrested, but gave bail His enemy sue
ceeded in getting the bondsmeu to give Zawis-
towski I'D. and fearing that he would be sent TO
jail, the prosecuted fled This was on
Juno Is, 1882 The next day he wrote let
ter TO his wife. He told her he intended
to commit suicide. A few weeks later O BODY
was recovered, but the son and Mr. Giebe did
not recognize it as Zawitstowskis, although the
resemblance was striking. One thing made this
decision strong and that was that Zawltstowski
had only long chin -whiskers, while the corpse
had a full beard. apparently. Not long after
ward further developments showed that the body
at the morgue had not had full beard hut that
the long chin whiskers had been washed around
oy the water until they covered the entire face
After three years cults commenced, and
two Juries have already been convinced of the
Identity Of the body at the morgue,
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MINOR MATTERS.
Conditions Under Which Cattle May BE I'm
ported from Great Britain.

Conditions Under Which Cattle May Be Inn
ported from Great Britain.
WASHINGTON. Jan 27-The Secretary of the
Treasury has informed customs officers that he
has officially determined that the Importation
of neat cattle from Great Britain and Ireland,
under certain prescribed conditions, win not
tend TO the introduction or spread OF infectious
United States The operation of the first clause
of Section 1892, Revised Statutes, prohibiting
the importation of neat cattle into the United
States, ia therefore suspended as to those eoun-
tries. upon condition. first, thatit shall be shown
that pleuro- pneumonia has not existed in the
districts whence the cattle are obtained for one
year prior TO their expectation. and that the
cattle fully protected from contagioL in
transportation frcm tho farm; second. that such
cattle will not be permitted TO land unless ac-
companied by certificates and afidavits certify
ing to their health and the permit from the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28
Jeffersonian Simplicity.

WashlnEton Special.
Mrs Cleveland's $4,000 diamond necklace
pa.es its Intellectual fires before some OF the
gems here this winter. Mrs. Whitney has a
necklace Of three strands of solitaire diamonds
that are worth probably three times as much
Mrs. Clevelands Besides Mrs Whitney has
a superb pair of solitares for the ears, great
diamond comb containing hundreds of fine
stones and innumeraole stars, bracelets and
brooches. Mrs. Stanford's collection of diamonds
is said to exceed Mrs Whitney's even. When
she appears, blazing with gems it Is known that
she has many more locked up at home The
two sisters, Mrs. ErastUs Corning and Mrs.
Pruyp, of Albany, are among the possessors of
superb diamonds, well as Mrs Letter, wife OF
the bilionaire Chicagoan. But the finest stones
in Washington said to be the solitaire ear
husband made a great fortune in tobacco. These
stones are valued at S.. coo each, and she has a
necklace to match for which she recently paid
$50, 900. and IT is a small necklace at that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28
Effect of High License.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.-The total number
of applications filed in this city for licenses un-
der the hign-license law docs not exceed 160 up
to the present date. but the applications are in
creasing as the limit of time-Feb. 1l-ap-
proaches 1t was supposed at one time that the
citys revenue would be increased over 81, ,500,-
0G0 So 600, 600 by the new license fee of $500,
but the surprisingly limited number of applica-
tions made and likely to be granted under the
Brooks bill will cause the revenue to fall far
below these figures. The clerks of the quarter
sessions say that about one-fourth of the appli-
cations will either be withdrawn Gisregarded
and that the total number of licensed places in
1900. as against the 1000 premises now licensed
under the old law.
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The News at Fort Wayne.

q
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journas.
Fort WAYNE. Ind, JAM 27.-The news OK the
House COMMITTEES declaring the seat of Con-
gressmAn White, of the Fort Wayne district
vacant, has bestirred party leaders. both Demo
cratic and Republican. all over the district, and
the availability OF candidates is eagerly dis
cussed- Republican sentiment is too much nm
defined at present to permit OF a fayorits being
named. but of the men most talked of the names
of Judge r. S. Taylor, of this city; w. L. Pen
field. of Auburn. and Editor Baker, of Columbia
City, meet with most favor Democratic senti-
ment appears to be crystalzing in favor of law
yer James NJ. Barrett, of this city, Senator in
the last Legislature. and the Stats Zeitung.
Hon. John d. Sarnizhausen's paper. has already
strongly proclaimed for him. He is most likely
to be chosen the most available person to
make the Judge Lowry. Democrat. was
defeated By White, Republican. by $500 votes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-28
The Sugar Market and the Trust.

New YORK. Jan. 27.-John D. Rockefellar
. yesterday denied the report connecting the
Standard Oil Company with the Sugar Trust
and the formation OF g. great syndicate to con-
troll the raw sugar market of the world. The
weekly sugar statement shows increase OF
20.6 $50 tons in receipts of raw sugar at New
York since Jan. 1 over the same period last
year. The estimated total production OF sugar
for the year ending Oct. ], 1888. is placed at
4,430. 600 tons stock on hand, sos, 165; making q
total of 4,998. lSS tons. Against ibis the esti-
mated consumption is 5.172 600 tons. showing
an apparent deficiency of 73.Sl2 tons. This is
one of the statements used to account for the
advancing price of sugar.
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wanted HIS 500. but pidn.t Get IL.

NEW YORK, Jan 27-Asbury Perkins, the
North Carolina county commissioner who
S4o0, and was arrested with the green goods
man of whom he made the purchase, asked the
court to-day TO give him back his $400, which was
taken from the confidence man at the time of
his arrest Judge Welke told Perkins he had
no standing IN court at ALL he had tried TO pro-
cure counterfeit money with which cheat his
neighbors- The Justice would not help him get
his money. Perkins's counsel says he will try
TO get the money by replevn proceedings
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unseat member when the fairness OF the eiee-
ton IS not called in question de also saId fEat
the counsel for contestant. General Hunton, OF
Virginia, and Hon. j. E. Mcdonald OF this city.
urged upon the committee lis consideration OF
the evidence bearing upon the fact that Lowry
posted notices over the entire district warning
electors to vote White. on the ground
that he was unnaturalzed. The evidence taken
in the makes a volume Of 43S pages OF
ciosely-printed matter
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Commissioner of Agriculture require by De-
partment Circular of Aug. %. 1884; third, all
cattle imported under these circumstances will
be subject to quarantine OF ninety days.
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CATARRH originates in scrofulous taint. Hoods
Sarsaparila purifes the blood, and thus perma-
nently cures catarrn-
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Browns Bronchial TrochesT act directly on
the organs Of the voice. They have an extra
ordinary effect in al disorders Of the throat
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ACTION ON THE WHITE CASE
The House Committee on Elections Di-
vides on the Strictest Party Lines,
And Decides to Report That Neither White
Nor Lowry Is Entitled to the Seat, But
the House May Not Sustain this Action.
The Investigation of Mr.. Turpie's Title
to Be Begun Three Weeks Hence.

House Commerce Committee Refuses to Con-
slider the Reading Strike and Refers the
Matter to the Interstate Commission.