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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-17
Endurance of an Eskimn.

4 medicine man Of the tribe, in order
to prepare for himself a drum or drum
head to accompany his peculiar religious
rites. has been known TO take a reindeer
skin. soak it in the water until the hair
was loose. and when il was frozen as stiff
as a bNard place the pleasant thing
against the bare skin of his body until it
was thawed cut and then hold it there
an hour or two until it was dry as bone.
There is little wonder that such people
need no seal or walrus oil TO warm their
habitations Of snow. The only singular
thing is that they do not sleep out of
doors all winser to prevent being over
come by the heat in the snow houses
Frederick Schwatka. -
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-17
UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION I!
UoyER HALF A MILLION DISTRIBUTED.
Louisiana State LOTTERY Company.

incorporated in 1868 for q years by the Legisls-
tuTe for educational and Charitable purposes
with a capital Of $1,000. OO0-to which q reserve
fund Of over $3.50, 600 has since been added.
By an erwhelmingp popular vote its franchise
was made = part Of he present staye Constitution
adopted December I'd, 4. d 1871.
The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed by
the people Of ans state.
II never scales or postpones.
Its Grand Single Suinber Drawings take
place monthly, and the Grand Quarterly
Drawings regularly every three months
March, June. september and Decemberl
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-17

1--WE do hereby certify that we supervise the ar
rangements for all the Monthly and Quarterly
Drawings Of the Louisiana state Lottery COMPANY,
and In person manage and control the drawIngs
themselves, and that the same are conducted with
honesty, fairness, and in good faith toward al par
ties, aud We authorize the Company 10 use this
epriihcate, with iac-similies Of our signatures at
tached in Its advertisements"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-17

We the undersigned Banss aud Bankers will pay
all Prizes drawn In The Louisiana state Lotteries
which may Oe presented At our counters.
R.M, wALMsLES, Pres. Louisiana Nat. Bank.
PIERRE LANAUN, Pres, State Nat. Bank.
A.. BALDWIN. Pres. New Orleans Nat. hank.
CARL kOHN, Pres. Union National Bank.
, 1888-12-30

Marriage has been defined as a CON
tract between two parties and the state.
Because of the children the state is
said to have a special concern in the
matter. This is no doubt true, but it
a rather less than is generally
supposed. The state has a concern in
everything that affects a human being,
down to the minutest detail of his
daily life. 1t matters to the state
every time a man smokes more cigars
than are good for him, every time a
woman pinches in her waist. 1t mat
tiers to the state very much when men
grow absorbed in the business of
money making and have no time or
ability to assist in the development of
a higher type of manhood. 1tmatters
to the state perhaps even moro when
women give themselves up wholly to
the care of their households and the
rearing of their children, rendering
themselves unfit for their task and
sending forth into the already over
burdened world swarms of i'll trained,
stupid, p~rejudiced human beings,
whose influence upon their fellows is
evil and retrograde.
All these things concern the state
nearly, but the state cannot send in
spectors into our homes to count the
cigars Of the men and inquire into the
system OF education adopted by the
Cor. Westminster Review.
, 1888-12-30

Some recent items in the newspapers
suggest q comparison of prices paid
for various sorts of literary work a
decade back and at the present time.
If the photographers are to be trusted
and in this instance we think they are
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett sold
the right of serial publication of her
new novel TO The Ledger story paper
of New York for the enormous sum of
SIT, 0o0, with the privilege of selling
1T in book form in any fashion she
chooses. Certainly this passion for
fiction by the most successful writers,
which the publishers are showing just
now, is q glorious thing for those who
have been fortunate enough to secure
this desirable reputation; and the bid
ding for these books among enterpris-
ing proprietors of periodicals has made
the market value absurdly high; it
takes a long purse to compete for these
stories in these days. But this active
rivalry has been a great gain to lesser
lights as well, we fancy-at all events
among magazine writers.
Ten years ago $40 fora printed page
of 1000 words was considered high
pay by the majority of workers in this
field, and now unknown authors,
whose MSS. are accepted, receive sell
dom less than $15, and frequently $50,
per ], 900 words from any of the great
magazines. Some of the best short
stories ever printed were bought for
$50 less than ten years back. Now it
Is safe to- ~ 5000 is the average
among those whose names are known
to magazine readers, while $3.50 is a
low estimate for the average story of
nrrnn o., r,ol-,0,r,, o,,tH@. -.1 .t.1t Al.
supply is scant.
OF ours for tales by famous
writers, whose names 'rhelp sell, " $500
is not too small a sum-. Short poems,
not many years ago, were paid for by
s. and $40. checks, where now the
writers expect $50 and $50, and get
them, too. The reason is not far to
seek-the demand is greater, and the
magazines, because of their enormous
sale, are able to pay literally. But
has the pay increased for other kinds
of literary work7 Ten per cent. on
the retail price of books has been the
average copyright for many years, and
it is scarcely, If at all, higher than
that today; the rate of compensation
for newspaper work and for the
weekly press Except when a great
name is paid forl has certainly not in
creased in many of the offices we
know of it has been diminished, and
surely the Eterarysh hack is now no bet
ter off than he eve was. To be sue
cessful, therefore, al least from a
worldly point of view, an author must
produce something striking TO get the
worlds attention, then he is the pub
fishers master-and a hard, grasping
master he usually is, to pay back old
scores, perhaps.-Literary World.
, 1888-12-30

job Printing neatly executed at the
Leader Job Printing Rooms.
, 1888-12-30

The strangest of all the Indo-Chi-
nese races, the ancient Gioa-Chi or
Big Toed race, is called in u geogra-
phies THE Anamese." This extraor-
binary people are about the ugliest
and worst built of all our semi-civil-
lied Asiatic cousins. They are much
shorter than the Malays, darker
skinned, with lower foreheads, less de-
veloped skull, a flatter nose, larger
mouth, thicker lips, blackened teeth,
gums often destroyed by the use of
betel nut, prominent cheek and jaw
bones, so that the face is lozenge
shaped, short neck, shoulders sloping
abruptly, and a seesawing sort of gait
when walking. But the most curious
development of all is the big toe. 1t
is large, broad and fiat; moreover, the
distance between that member of the
foot and the other toes is SO great that
the Chinese so long ago as 1857 B. @.
gave them the name of Gioa-Chi, or
the Big Toed race.
This curious physical formation is
such that It quite marks them from all
other Asiatic peoples who walk bare
footed; and, strange to say, that
though more than forty centuries have
passed since this popularity was first
noticed by Chinese travellers, and in
spite of frequent intermarriages with
other races, the Anamese have trans
mitted, without the least ~perceptible
modification, this formation OF the
foot to their descendants today; which
facts, according to some ethnologists,
serve to prove that the Anamese are
not descended from the mingling of
Indigenous races, but rather that they
have existed for an immense period Of
time as a distinct and peculiar race
Wide-Awake.
, 1888-12-30
quitting on LApIss, SHOES.
A Dealer Discu sses the Question of Male
and Female Clerk.

anu NHhAlo ClGIkh -
The introduction Of women as clerks
in shoe stores was begun as an expert
menta few years ago, and considerable
has been manifested by the shoe trade.
The experiment may now be regarded
as a success within certain limits, but
it appears to be equally sure that the
female clerks will never entirely drive
out the men, even from the depart
ments for women's and children's
shoes.
An experienced clerk in a we'll
known uptown establishment said re-
Gently to a Tribune reporter that the
tendency among largo dealers now is
to employ both men and women, and
then let the customer choose for her
self between the two. ut is purely a
matter of taste" said the clerk, ''and /
should say even that it depended on
the customers mere within. Some
women profess to be shocked at the
immodesty of having q man put on
their shoes for them; but ON the other
hand many of the most refined ladies
In the city always insist on having a
man serve them, and there viii al
ways be this same demand"
And what is the cause Of this pref
the reporter.
'fSimplythat a man can fit a shoe to
the foot better than a woman can.
The majority of women wear tight
shoes, even those who have no claim
to a place in the world of fashion, and
it takes a strong hand and arm to get a
tight shoe on a customers foot easily.
Most women are too weak in the wrist
for this sor of work, and they will
foil aud afrt,nola ~ ox-ar tho toetr +la@
many customers become completely
Disguised, and learn to avoid a store
where there are no male clerks TO wait
on them. Aman by superior strength
and dexterity will force a shoe two
sizes too small on a woman's foot with
comparative ease, and she will leave
the store conscious of having secured
a small shoe that is a perfect fit"
And how about the question of
modesty7n
well, a shoe store is a good place
TO study the vagaries of prudes. I'm
duly sensitive women do find it an
ordeal to have men wait on them, and
for such cases the female clerk is a
business necessity. Most women, how
ever, are not so sensitive, and as for
the male clerks themselves, they would
always rather wait on a man than on
a woman, any time. A very young
clerk sometimes feels that he has got
pretty neal heaven when he is directed
to assist a handsome young woman in
getting satisfactory foot gear, but the
novelty Dol wears off. Women are
50 much more particular than men,
especially in the matter Of shoes, that
it is by no means a coveted privilege
TO wait on them. One annoyance to
which ladies are not now subjected in
the larger establishments is the inn
pudent staring of dudes and other cal
low youth who used always to spend
half an hour trying on shoes them
selves, whenever they went to a shoe
store, just to get a glimpse of a pretty
ankle now and then. Now separate
rooms are provided for the ladies, but
the male clerks will never be entirely
banished from these sacred precincts"
New York Tribune.
, 1888-12-30

The motto Of California means. | have
found it. Only in that land Of sunshine,
whe e the orange. lemon, olive, fig and
grape bloom and ripen, and attain their
highest perfection in midwinter, are the
herbs and gum found, that are used in
that pleasant remedy for all throat and
lung troubles Santa Able the ruler Of
coughs, asthma aud consumption. DR..
w y. Huns has been appointed agent
for this valuable California remedy, and
sells il unders guarantee at 81 a bottle.
Three for 81 so Try California Cat-R
Cure. the only guaranteed cure for
catarrh. 81. By mail 81 10.
, 1888-12-30

Job Printing at the Leader Office.
, 1888-12-30
How can parents allow their children to

How can parents allow their children to
cough and strain and cough and calmly
say: "Ohl it is only a little cold.' and
keep giving them cheap and dangerous
medicines, until they are down with lung
fever or consumption, when they can be
so easily relieved by Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup 1t has no superior, and
few equals. For sale by W. N. Hunt,
druggist.
, 1888-12-30
An Absolute Cure.

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two ounce
tin boxes, and ID an absolute sure for old
sores, burns, wounds. chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. viii positively cure all
kinds OF piles Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETINE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
W. N.Hunt, at % cents per box by mail
80 cents.
, 1888-12-30

Dr.. Wagaer&Ca.
sPHOrAnrsrs.

We offer no apology for devoting SO much time
and attention to this much neglected class OF
Diseases believing that no condition OF human
ity is too wretched To merit the sympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
them from worse than death, is no less q
philanthrophist and q benefactort to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close ap-
fession. And, fortunately for humanity, h day
is dawning when the false philanthrophy that
the lepers under the Jewish law, to die uncared
for, has passed away.
YOUNG MEN
Who may be sufering from the efiectsof youth
ful follies or indiscretions, will do well to avail
at sff the aItes OF OF snffs ahe frsnseTi SGo DR. s' wAG.
NER will guarantee to forfeit 1--WE hundred dol
waite disease OF any kind or character which he
undertakes and falls TO cure
There are many men OF the age OF 30 to 60 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations of
the bladder often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weaken
ing of the system in a manner the patient can
not account for. On examining the urinary de
posits a ropy sediment will often be found, and
sometimes small PARTICLES of albumen Will ap-
pear, or the color will be of akin or millish
hue, again changing to a dark and turbid ap
pearance. There are many men who die OF
the second stage of seminal weakness. DIR.
Wagner will guarantee a cure in all such
cases and a healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
Ali communication should be addressed
DR.. WAGNER & co.
ll4 Larimere street. Address, Box 2Tsa Den.
yer, Colorado.
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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
Grounds and Buildings,
Schools and Claims,
and Salaries.
VARIOUS IMPORTANT MATTERS DIS
POSED OF.
No Quorum in the school Committee.

The Grounds and Buildings Committee
met in the City Engineers office at 6:3C
o'clock. Present Messrs Phillips (chair-
mani. Crenshaw, snead and Hunt.
Colonel J. V BidgoOd appeared and
asked that Company b of the First Regi-
ment be allowed to hold festival in the
Armory during the Exposition for the
purpose of raising funds with which to
purchase new uniforms.
The permission was granted unani-
mously.
The usual bills were ordered to be
paid.
REPAIRING THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
The question Of repairing the Council
Chamber building was brought up. A
communication vas read from Superin-
tendent Thompson of the Fire Alarm
and Police Telegraph stating that IL
would cost about 2640 90 TO rearrange the
electric battery with new improved jars
such IA are used in the City Hall at
Philadelphia.
Colonel Cutshaw said his estimate for
repairs to the walls was from $500 TO
50 100
Mr. Snead suggested referring the mat
ter 10 the City Attorney and the City
Engineer. Adopted.
CITY HALL BRIcRs.
There was considerable informal talk
over the bricks used ON the New City
Hall, and The matter was postponed until
the next meeting. /. was decided to have
MI. Werth present, and to meet at . pm
instead Of $50.
Mr.. REEsE's BURIAL EXPENSES.
A bin from Mr.. l.. T. Christian
amounting to $50 80 was presented for
payment. This was the burial expenses
OF David Reese, tue man who fell from
The scasfold at the New City Hall last
week. II was unanimously ordered to
be paid I. was stated that al lis house
about Sl2 was found, which was given
the landlady for lodging He also hac s
policy in ten-cent insurance company
for $50 which is being kept for any heir
COMMITTEE on SCHOOLS.
The Committee on Schools were to
have met in the Council chamber yester'
day evening at 6 O'clock. At that hour
there were present Messrs. W. l.. White
and Pleasants. 1t required two mere
members to make a quorum. After wait
ing until O'Clock and none of the five
absent members coming in the two
prompt ones adjourned.
CLAIMS And SALARIES
The Committee on Claims and Salaries
were TO have met in the Council Cham.
Der at 2 O'clock At that hour there were
present Messrs W l.. White and Glover
and after twenty minutes Isaac Carter
came in, and found his watch slow
Three little bills were ordered to be
paid, after which the committee adj
journed.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
The Busted Circus.

The bust circus is still ia town. The
claim, of pnitits living in the city, II Is
uud rs.ood, are all settled, excepting u al
of.Mr. III r. Ezekiel. the hi poster. To
secure his claim he has an attachment on
the mt. and tho cages. IN the cages
are monkeys. a Bengal tiger and other
animals, 10 which Sir. Ez kiei Is practi-
caily ATTACHED.
Il l. Understood that there Ia debt for
railroad transportation amounting tn
1870 Mr.. shelby. it VAS learned ye,ter-
iay. had sold out u Others, who would
take charge and re eve the show from
is .null' A number OF employees sued
on wrils Of attachment yesterday.
Late yesterday evening, Mr. Shelby
h4d recorded in the Chancery Court two
bills OF sale from himself 10 his wife, and
another party of the tents and horses
The bill of sale was made In Cumber-
land, Md.
The circus people intended to play yes
terday evening. but sixteen attachments
being presented, they threw up their
hands.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
T0-NIGHT'S PARADE.
A Grand Demonstration
of the Democrat
ic Clubs.
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UNION
CLUB.
The Programme and Line of March.

The grand Democratic demonstration
tonight on Church Hill, under the au-
spices of the Union Club, will be held on
the lot belonging TO Alderman Carter at
the corner Of y ard Twenty-third streets.
\ street is two squares north OF Leigh.
The orator of the evening will be Con-
gresham Stockdale, who has the reputa-
tion of being one of the best stump
speakers In Congress. He Is man with
clear head, of ready wit, is we'll in
formed and can explain all the intrica-
cies OF the tariff and other public matters
Of the day, so that they can be most read
ily understood. There will be present,
also, other eloquent and interesting
speakers.
The marshals will be Messrs Crump,
Hechler, McCabe, Bailey and Hammack.
THE PROGRAMME.
Union Club will be in uniform. They
will meet at their hall, Twenty sixth and
VI streets, at o'clock sharp. Forming
In line, they will march TO Twenty-fifth
street, thence to Nenable, and down Ven
able TO Eighteenth. Thence they will
proceed to Main. AT Eighteenth and
Maip the Old Dominion Club will join in,
as will also the clubs FROM the upper por-
ton Of the city.
1t Is especially requested that the vis-
iting clubs will reach the line In time.
THE LINE OF MARCH
will then be down Main to Twenty-fifth,
where Fulton Club will join, and thence
up Twenty fifth to n, and thence TO the
place of speaking. Clay Ward Actives
and Elba Club at their meetings will
march together. II was decided last
night at the meeting of Elba Club to join
the Actiyes as they passed the head
quarters OF the Elbas. 1t is probable
that these clubs will carry torches.
Many members OF clubs whose occupa-
tions will not allow them TO get In the
procession will proceed singly to the
speaking.
THE GROUNDS
have all been prepared. A handsome
stand has been erected. There will be
flags, bunting and lanterns in abundance.
The flag pole eighty feet high has been
erected. and the Cleveland and Thurman, /,
George ID. Wise and reform banner will
be thrown proudly to the breeze.
II has been suggested that the vast
crowd come early so as to get close To
the stand.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
TELEGRAPBIC BRIEFS.

NEW YORK September 2l.-The Socia-
lists propose 20 nominate a State and
municipal ticket.
CHICAGO. September "a A conspiracy
has been discovered here, having for rs
object the marriage of innocent girls to
Cinnamon Of this city.
New ORLEANS, September 2t-Fige
barrels Of new cane syrup, the first this
season were received TO-DAY from New
IBERIA. 1t classed as good fair and was
sold at 81 % per gallon.
RALEIGH, n. C., September 94.-The
tenth annual fair of The North Carolina
state Industrial Association ,colored)
viii BEGIN here tomorrow. 1t Will be
opened by Governor Scales.
WAsnrNGToS, September Ex-senator
Stewart introduced in the Senate to-day
a bill for the exclusion of Chinese labor
ers. Il is very elaborate and comprises
many Of the provisions of former bills.
VERSAILLES, Ky tSepiember 24.-Mrs.
Eva Gateley wealthy widow and her
two children were killed by a train eros
sing near here this morning. They were
out riding and the team became unman-
ageable as they approached the railroad
track.
WASHINGTON. d. c., September "a
Buffalo Bills Wild West Show began a
weeks engagement here to-day at the
Gentleman's Driving Park. The exciting
entertainment was Witnessed by a very
large number OF people.
CHICAGO. September PA special 20
the Ne,-s from Findlay, Ohio, says The
Hon. George l.. Converse, heretofore a
Democrat and exCongressman from the
capital district of this State, and the
confidential friend Of the late Samuel J.
Tilden, has agreed to address the Repub-
licans Of this city in the interest Of Ha'-
rsOn and Morton.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
ELBA DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
An Enthusiastic Meeting.

The Elba Democratic Club had good
meeting last nipbt at their hall on West
Broad street. There WAS fine turnout
Of the members. There we're present
also repr' seLts'ive members from nearly
all the clu Is H. the city.
Mr. r. T. Davis, vice president, pre-
sided Nth Mr.. 3 Is. Brady az secretary.
Rrriine business was transacted, and
two memlers elected.
Speeches v ere made by Mayor Ellyson,
Gsorge u. P.aIm n. n. EZ kiel. Charles
e P,tteti. n Samu,l. Mr. Read. Mr..
Garnctl and Csptain Frank Cunning ham.
The syeeches showed that the enemy
were assiiuOusly AT work and were hold
ing secret meetings Every member OF
the uh. hiee numbers sovsr i HUNDRED,
we're urged 10 work with a vi "a and VIC
tory was certain.
Alderman Carter, president OF the
Union Club, under whose auspices The
rr nj fomonstration Will le given 10
night on hprch ilIll, Was pr'seDt, made
y hort speech and personally invited the
club to b. present..
After adjournment Elba Cub invited
their guest ID partskr of their hospi-
lsIity, liqu 4 and solid. which had beca
prepared Ia spotter room. Music AMI
ngs were enjoyed until the meeting adj
iuutneu
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25
THE VIRGINIA MECHANICS INST
TUE.
Additional Prizes oGered for Competition.

Additional Prizes offered for Competition.
The following prizes have been offered
TO be competed for at the Virginia Me
chanics' Institute. which opens for the
session 1sSs-S9 On Monday evening next
School of Mechanical Design-One
handsome case Of drawing instruments,
presented by a prominent manufacturer
Of this city.
Arithmetic (Class A)-Fiye dollars, by
a lady Of this city.
Architectural Construction-A prize
by a prominent manufacturer Of Rich
mOnd.
These generous donors have set a good
example to the generous public-spirited
citizens of Richmond II IS hop d that
many others will follow suit, and that
all who propose Offering prizes will do
20 early in the session so that the stu
dents may know from the first what they
will have to strive for. Although the
pupils OF the Institute are almost wholly
actuated by desire for self Improvement
still il is human nature for item 20 study
more assiduously when they see som,
practical honor in view for which IL
contend The more prizes offered. there
fore. the better Tor the Institute and the
students.