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Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-18
Money Lost I'm she MaIIs.


 There is in the treasury vault brown wooden box eighteen inches long, foot wide and eight inches deep. which contains paper money of the nominal value of several hun- dred thousand dollars. It is not worth a dollar. The queer thing about it is the man. ner in which it was collected. Every bit of it came from the dead letter office of the postofice department. Some portion of it is counterfeit, but the most of it was gsnu- inc money many years ago. The banks which issued it and the officers who signed it are gone and forgotten. It was all sent over to the Treasury department several years ago, and Assistant Treasurer Whelpley un- dertook to trace up the various banks and get ss much as possible of it redeemed. Oc- casionally he found descendants of some of these old bank officials, themselves bankers, who were willing to redeem some of the notes for the sake of the signatures of their fathers, and in this way he succeeded in get- ting several hundred dollars worth of it re- deemed. But of that remaining not 6 bill can be redeemed. A little of 1t is confede- rate money, but most of it is of banks, state and private, that went out of existence many years ago. The oldest notes are dated back as far as 1872. One package contained fifty four thousand dollars and another nine thou sand dollars. The mystery is how so much mouey could have been lost in the mail. Neither the men who sent it nor the ones to whom it was sent could be found by the post office department, nor could MT. Whelpley find any trace of them or their descendants. The nine thousand dollar package was sent from Brandon, Miss, to Jackson, Miss, in 1S40, and the letter accompanying it shows that it was sent in consequence of repeated demands. The most diligent search fails to discover the slightest trace of any such banking company as that at Brandon. Miss, which issued the notes, most of which are of the one thousand dollar denomination. The notes are handsomely executed, as are a large majority ot those in the box.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-18
T1e for Tat.


 A we'll known Chicago attorney, who has musical and literary tastes, accompanied his wife the other night, under protest, to a ''so- ciable'' at her church, in one of the fashion able southern suburbs. The young enthusi- ast who had in charge the music and literary programme was dead nnto him as soon as he entered and she asked him to favor the cons pany with piano solo. There was no way out of 1t 90 he had to chase himself over the keys for brief period. At the wind up of the regular programme the young enthusiast arose and in the manner of the young church enthusiasts, said: 'tWe have been all delight ed this evening by the piano solo of our dear brother and venture to say that he will fa- vor us at our next sociable with brief pa per upon an interesting and appropriate sub ject and I think may promise that he will do so." Well the lawyer found himself caught between the bases and he had to lie down. But he got beautifully even. He did read paper at the next socisble and it's subject was "Cold Storage"
 He arguet that vast refrigerating store- house could be connected by system of un- derground pipes with the various church so- ciables in the city and suburb and that the extreme coldness generated at these gather ings could be piped to the storehouse for the preservation of eggs, fruit, meat and veget- ables. It was masterly effort though it was not fully appreciated.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-18
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;raight in front of him makes it no difficult

straight in front of him makes it no difficult matter.
 Then the chase is renewed, and the royal consort is, in her turn, humiliated by having her proud head enveloped in the sack, and SO the game goes on till all the birds which are ready for plucking have been dealt with.
 It is very hard work on hot day, as not only have great agility and considerable cour age and perseverance to be displayed in catching the birds, but even holding them in the corner while the plucking is going on in- wolves an almost continuous struggle, more or less severe. The operation takes perhaps about twenty minutes for each bird after it has been caught, and in this time some two hundred to two hundred and fifty feathers of various sizes are pulled. Each bird is plucked twice 8 year, the plumes requiring growth of about seven months to reach per lection. The feathers. if not retailed on the premises or in Los Angeles stores, are sold by weight. A short time ago they went as low as fifty dollars a pound, but they are now going up, the wearing of ostrich feath- CTS in hats having again become fashionable. A full grown bird will give rather more than a pound of feathers between his two plucks, but as they are varacious feeders there is not much profit to be made out of keeping them when feathers are fetching low prices. They are fed mainly on alfalfa, supplemented by corn and almost any vegetable food that comes handy.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-18
Thursday, April IS, 1889.
TEmPERANCE SALOONS.

real temperance movement has been go- ing on in England for many years. particu- larly in Liverpool and Birmingham. This movement finds expression in temperance saloons, where the light, warmth, compan- ionship and amusement which the liquor saloon affords are to be found, without the liquor The first association for providing these saloons was formed in Liverpool four teen years ago with a share capital of $20O.- 900. It now has sixty-three houses in diff ferent quarters of the city, and it's dividends have never fallen below 10 per cent. The saloon was the only resort, both for food and shelter, of great floating sailor population and vast number of unskilled laborers working in the docks. The first house was opened for this class and succeeded, be- cause the food was cheap and good, was promptly served, and the whole enterprise was we'll managed. As the houses have null tiplied they have been made handsomer and more attractive. There is one which cost $50,000. There is similar tavern in Bir- mingham which would be regarded as @ handsome structure on any business thor oughfare in the world. It is barely twelve years since the company was formed, and it now has in Birmingham twentythree houses and pays dividends of from 10 to 15 per cent.
 If such enterprises can be made to compete successfully with the saloons abroad why cannot they do so herea The New York Tribune makes the following suggestions: If the coffee tavern which is conducted as business enterprise succeeds SO admirably, the coffee tavern which provides besides the coffee bar and reading rooms a lecture room for religious services and popular entertain ments does not need to pay so we'll to be considered success. Persons who should undertake to found establishments of the latter class would look more to their eleva- ting influences than to the return upon the money invested. Yet, undoubtedly, these also could be made self-supporting, and even remunerative. What better work could be done by some of our philanthropists than to establish dozen or twenty coffee taverns in the worst quarters of the city, It is not enough to attempt to restrict the number of saloons, as all right-minded citizens are anxious to do. We must supplement this, as Mir. Graham tersely says, b5 Complying the places of the liquor saloons by saloons with out liouor"
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-18
Now for ParasoIs.

We have made our selections from the best manufacturers and can show all styles, shapes and colors from soc to $11.50 each.
 yS1 want styish low pgiosaaa aao PsTasGl ar sG $1.6O, SITS, $1.s9, $1.9s, $2.25 and s2.50 each.
 We make g speciality of Carriage Shades and Misses Parasols.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-18
Jewelry Department.

We have just received large invoices of all the new things in Pins, Bracelets, Hair Or- naments, Ear Drops, Fobs, Sleeve Buttons, Glove Buttoners, etc. Choice styles at 25c. Special bargains in Children's Solid Gold Finger Rings at 22c. Also Solid Gold Ladies' Finger Rings at 48c.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-18

Our line of Handkerchiefs is very attract i've. Special and Exclusive styles at 121Sc, 17c and 25c each. Look at our new 5c Handkerchiefs.
 Our own importation of Kid Gloves in all the New Shades, such as Orient, Copper, Ohandron and Reseda, from S9c to $2 10 per pair.
 New Colors and Embroidery in our but ton Gloves at 79c, which are so Deservedly Popular. We would suggest that for 8 daughter or sister about to graduate nothing is more acceptable than pair of Kid Gloves or 8 fine Embroidered Handkerchief.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-18
Paine'S Celery Compound

combines true nerve tonic and strengthening qualities revtying the energies and spirits.
 I have been troubled for some years with complication of dffhcultieS. After trying va rtouS remedies, and not finding relief, I tried Patne'S Celery Compound. Before taking one full bottle the long troublesome symptoms be- gan to SuDEfde, and can truly say now, that and have gained ten pounds in weight since have commenced taking the Compound"
 HoNEsFUs STEARNS, Felchville, Vt.
 S1.00. Six for $500. At Druggists.
 WELLS RInHA ARnsoN &z C0 Burlington. Vt
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-18
Cloak Department.

Our sales in this department surprise us. Just received large invoice of Jackets at $S.75, $3.9S. $4.9s, $5, $5.50, $6, $7.5O, $1O and $12.50.
 Also Wraps at $5, $7.5O, $1O, $1s.5O and upwards.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-18
RIB BON S.

In this department we are always busy. This week you want to examine our new Sash Ribbons. in all the Latest Co1orings. We offer a novelty in 15 inch Sashes at $1. .25 per yard. Special bargains in Fancy Rib bons at 29c; regular price is soc.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-18
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Cleanse the System

With that most reliable medicine Paine'S Celery Compound. Itpurif1es the blood, cures Constipation, and regulates the liver and kidneys, ,e1rectually cleans ing the system of all waste and dead matter.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-18

The contest over prohibition in Massachu- setts makes some queer divisions. Senator Hoar Is making speeches in advocacy of the pending constitutional amendment and Judge Rockwell Hoar as earnestly advises the people to vote it down. Edward Everett Hale sides with the senator; Phillips Brooks sides with ha iudoa
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-18

Governor Richardson of South Carolina is receiving good deal of praise, and he de- serves it. Two colored men were recently cons victed of lynching white man who had com mitted shocking crime. They were the first
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-01-26
TWO PAPERS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE.

Nor quite two cents copy is the price asked
for an eight-page weekly, known throughout this
and many other States as the only paper published
in Arkansas devoted to the interests of women.
Fifty-two copies for 81 seems an incredibly low
figure and yet The WoMAN's CHRONICLE offers in
this issue something more-a premum-notf for the
argest number of new subscribers, but to EACH
NEW subscriber for one year.
By special arrangements made with the proprie-
tors, the well known and popular paper "TExAs
FARM AND RANCH" will be given to every new
subscriber for one year. Don't fail to read the
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-01-26

tell you that women, as rule, are more faith
full than men-ten times more faithful l never
saw man pursue his wife into the very ditch and
dust of degradation and take her in his arms. |
never saw man stand at the shore where she was
wrecked waiting for the waves to bring back her
corpse to his arms, but | have seen woman with
her width arms lift man from the mire of degrade
ton and hold him to her bosom as if he were an
angel Ingersol
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-01-26
Free Woman and You Emancipate Man and
the Race.

''But some women" said Waldo speaking as
though the words forced themselves from him at that
moment ''some women have power"
She lifted her beautiful eyes to his face.
"Power Did you ever hear of men being asked
whether other souls should have power or not? 1t
is born in them. You may dam up the fountain of
water, and make it stagnant marsh, or you may
let it run free and do its work. but you cannot
say whether it shall be there; it is there. And it
will act if not openly for good then covertly for
evil; but it will act. If Goethe had been stolen
away a child, and reared in robber horde in the
depths of German forest, do you think the world
would have had Faust and Iphigene? But he
would have been Goethe still-stronger, wiser than
his fellows. At night, round their watch-ire, he
would have chanted wild songs of rapine and muir
der, till the dark faces about him were moved and
trembled. His songs would have echoed on from
father to son, and nerved the heart and alm-for
evil. Do you think if Napoleon had been born
woman that he would have been content to give
small tea parties and talk small scandal? He would
have risen; but the world would not have heard of
him as it hears of him nova man great and
kingly, with all his sins he would have left one of
those names that stain the leaf of every history
the names OF women, who, having power, but be-
ing denied the right to exercise it openly rule in
the dark, covertly and by STEALTH through the men
whose passions they feed on and by whom they
climb
''Powerl" she said suddenly, shifting her little
hand upon the rail- Eyes, we have power, and
since we are not to expend it in tunnelng noun
tains, nor healing diseases, nor making laws, nor
money, nor on any extraneous object, we expend
it on you, You are our goods, our merchandise,
our material for operating on :; we buy you, we sell
you, we make fools of you, we act the willy old Jew
with you we keep six of you crawling to our little
feet, and praying only for touch of our little
hand; and they say truly, there was never an ache
or pain or broken heart but woman was at the
bottom of it. We are not to study law nor science,
nor art, so we study you. There is never nerve
or fibre in your mans nature but we know it, We
keep six of you dancing in the palm of one little
hand, 'she said, balancing her outstretched arm
gracefully, as though tiny beings disported them
selves in its palm. ''There-we throw you away
and you sink to the devil she sad folding her
arms composedly. ',There was never man who
said one word for woman but he said two for man,
and three for the whole human race Olive
Schreiner, in 'Ihe Story of an African Farm
The greatest cause of womans aches and i'll
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-01-26

JUDGING from reports CLEANED from the great
dailies, there seems to be considerable excitement
over the news from the Island of Samoa, where the
Germans are reported to have fired upon the Stars
and Stripes, and also to have i-used the persons
and property of American citizens Unless these
reports are greatly exaggerated they portenda dan
gerous condition of affairs If true, they would
seem to indicate that Bismarck is loosing his influ-
ence, and that the young emperor is developing in
governmental affairs the same oyerbearing DISPOSE
ton which marks him a son who merits the re-
proach of Shakespeare: elbow sharper than SER
pent's tooth it is to have thankless child" lie may
have very sharp TOOTH but he had best not try it
upon the American flag, but continue to wing his
arrows in the direction of his mothers heart,
where they may lodge without being returned to
him tenfold and with keener point.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-01-26

We are not quite ready to 60 back to the Greek
idea of dress, where divinity was mighty and grew
not old, but we are tending toward it and it does
not take very mighty prescience to foretell that
our education, which makes us seek freedom and
grace, will eventually make us its classic folds.-
Am. Housekeeper.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-01-26

advertisement and send at once to the office Of
WoMAN's CHRONICLE and secure the two papers for
the sum of 81. Sample copies will be sent on re-
ceipt of 2-cent postage stamp.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-01-26

In connection with the many temperance move
which especial attention is called 1t is the Juye-
nile Temple, |. Y. of G. T., under the superin-
tendence of Mrs. A. G. Moore This lady is to
organize temple for children, and we take great
pleasure in saying to these little ones, that all who
want to enlist in this warfare against drink, can
have their names enrolled by Mrs. Moore, at 612
Main street. There is wise maxim or saying,
that whatever you want in the nation you must put
into its schools, and already are the temperance
workers busy circulating petitions getting signers,
asking the Solons now assembled at the capital to
legslate on this al-important subject, and give us
scientific instruction in our schools. If we want
nation freed from the curses brought by rum we
must begin with the Children and instill into their
young minds the knowledge of the baneful effects
of alcohol; teach them to avoid it as they would
pestence. So every step in this direction should
be heartily supported. We trust all will join in
assisting Mrs. Moore in her laudabl enterprise
HAMILTON WILCOX in pamphlet recently pub
lished showing the great spread of female suffrage,
says:
"Both foes and friends of womans freedom are
unaware how far her suffrage has been gained.
They never dream that her liberty covers an area
greater than any of the famous empires of history,
and than any of today. Both fancy that it exists
mainly in one or two obscure hooks.
"'But why then does woman suffrage not work
the benefits its advocates promse? 1t does.
From every quarter comes the same report, that
womens partaking in elections brings purer poll
tics, better government, and falrer play for women
But this is under great disadvantages In large
regions womens political freedom is still limited
to school or village elections; in many it is con-
fined to mere municipal ones; only in Wyoming is
it equal in extent to masculine suffrage. In many
of these numerous communities the mass of men
are still DISTINGUISHED, and so are the mass of
women -
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-01-26

The greatest cause of woman's aches and i'll
health is a self-imposed fashionable dress. She
has been perfect slave to the fashion plates,
originating in the minds of costumers who cut by
their scientific mathematical charts, not by the
natural lines of the body American House
keeper.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-07
viii Steal Tobacco but Not Gold.

In the largest jewelry shops in New
York, where SIS, 900 worth of gold is
used in day, the gold is not weighed
out to the workmen, and nothing but
the honesty of the employees prevents
loss. But while the gold is allowed to
be thus exposed, tobacco has to be
locked up because it has been found
that the man who would not steal
grain of bis employers gold would
not hesitate to appropriate his neigh
boris tobacco. Detroit Free Press.
-Ihe Intelligence OF shepherd dogs
is one of the well-known facts of canine
history, and many stories are told of
the manner in which they distinguish
sheep by the different marks. A shep-
herd dog without sheep feels that his
occupation is gone, especially if he has
been trained to herd flock. Not long
ago the people of small village were
in great distress. Not child could be
found. After long search there was
great cutlery. All the small children
OF the village were found in q deserted
yard watched over by shepherd dog.
Not having any sheep he had followed
his instinct by collecting all the chill
oren OF the place into one fold.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-07
Beautiful Venus.

The most brilliant planet that wanders
through the shining space visible to our
earth is Venus. 1t is such a glorious
object in the sky that it seems as if its
people, if there are any, ought to live in
a paradise. Yet prying astronomers who
have looked into it's secrets assure us that
this is not the case. Its year is not quite
225 Of our days. After disputing over
the question for more than $50 years.
astronomers finally decided in 1874 that
Venus had no moon, absolutely none at
all. So that on the star of love itself.
lovers can never go counting by MOON
light.
There are no pleasant gradations of
seasons in Venus either The gentle
change from spring to summer. from
summer back through the mild autumn
to winter. its inhabitants know nothing
Of. 1t is always either arctic cold or
torrid heat with them.
Looked at through the telescope Venus
shows changing phases like our moon
from crescent to quarter, from quarter
and half to full moon, and then back
again to nothing. April 30 Venus will
disappear altogether as an evening STAR
But it will reappear at once as the morn
inr star
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-07
Runaway Husbands.

Perhaps one of the saddest effects of
the late war which yet remain is the
great number of people who are still
missing from their former homes and
their old friends and relatives. For
instance, | had an uncle who came
home shortly after Appomattox. He
arrived about O'clock one afternoon
at his home in Kentucky, dismounted
and kissed his wife fondly, walked
about the place for All hour with her,
scarcely speaking and very moody.
Then mounting, remarked: MARY,
I'm going off for little while; be good
70 yourself and the baby until come
back" and he has never been seen by a
relative since. We have indirectly
heard of him number of times, but on
going to the point where he had been
seen he had, invariably, just left. We
traced him to point in Dakota,
finally, where he had established quite
a large sheep ranch, but week be-
fore his nephew got there uncle had
sold at great sacrifice and left
Southerners can relate hundreds of
such cases from personal knowl-
edge. There are secluded regions in
the Ozark country which are inhabited
only by these broken hearted men, now
hermits, self isolated from soci-
ETY. and their relatives. Their fast
nesses seclude many husband of a
supposed widow, or father of children
who have mourned him as dead for
more than a quarter century.-St.
Louis be-Demoerat.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-06-07
Cutting a Lions Claws.

At the Clifton geological gardens a
lion in the collection had for some
time been tortured by claw growing
into the flesh of it's left fore paw, but
owing to the uncertain temper of the
king of beasts it was not considered
prudent for any one to try and relieve
him. The only way open to the keep
ers of the manned lion was to place it
in such a position that it could not
turn round and then to seize happy
moment for the extraction of the claw.
This was done by inducing it to leave
first one cage and then another until
it was confined in one so small that it
could not spring either to the right or
to the left. Then, while it's injured
paw was protruded through the bars,
theclaXAXas.. promptly whipped 81
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