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Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
A BURGLARS ADVENTURE.

The Only Time a Notorious Criminal Actu-
ally Folt Scared.
II think burglars are moro often ut.
terly routed by women than by men, "
said policeman the other day. TITS
wonderful what woman will do some
times when she hears a strange noise in
her house at night I know that my
own wife is nervous, excitable invalid,
who often lies awake In the night when
/ am on my beat trembling In her bed
with apprehension lest q burglar might
enter the house. So far, she is an abso'
Lutte coward. But let her really hear q
noise in any part of the house which
might be made by burglar, and the
opportunity for action Is positive re-
lief to her. Up she gets in q minute
and without a seconds hesitation makes
her way in the dark all over the house,
looking for the intruder--not a sign OF
fear then-but as the fact that nobody
has actually entered the house becomes
apparent, her fear lost some one might
do so returns, and she goes back to bed
. coward again. Strange, isn't it?
II remember desperate burglar, who
was hanged for killing man whose
house he had been discovered robbing,
telling me that the only time he actual.
" felt scared at finding himself face te
face with one of the inmates of the
house he was 'cracking' was when q
slight, delicate woman, clad only in he,
night-dress, came running down the
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TRAVELLING FoR PLEASURE.
Let Nothing Disturb the Mental Quiet
Necessary 10 Endowment. %s4g

Let Nothing Disturb tho Mental Qulsl
NeCeasary to EnjOyment.
There are people 80 organized that II
is Q mistake for them to travel by any
means except those Of books. Their
explorations into the world should b
confined to their own hresides and piaz
xas, using the medium Of other mems
eyes ana pens to know the world thai
lies beyond their gsteways, so little are
they adapted to bear the contact with
other people or tho change Of habit that
change Of place involves.
There are people who, to be endurable
as travellers, would need to lave theil
homo put on wheels, with all Its be-
longings, so dependent are they on
"things" to be comfortable. Their
bones actually seem to form them
selves to certain chairs, theil
appetites to certain seasonings; and nc
chair offers rest, or food feeds them, bu,
that to which they are welded, and
from which they can not bo divorced.
Such people should never leave home,
both for their own good and that Of
other people.
The first requisite Of every traveller
is the power to adapt himself to emer-
gencios; sleep on feathers If no other
bed is available, got on It determined to
rise refreshed for the next day and 1t Is
experiences; learn to eat food cold, II
that is the only way available; eat
bread and drink milk, II the food offered
can not be eaten; learn to make food q
minor matter. but value nutrition be-
cause 1t is necessary II the journey is to
give increased mental power; avoid
making ''fuss" about things
that CON not be altered, both
tor your own sake and that OF
those about you. There are people
who imagine that the impression they
make OF their social Importance at
home is in exact ratio to the amount OF
complaining and fussing they infiict on
porters, walters and maids. There is
no surer indication of the novice in
travelling than this very feature. The
experienced traveller expects certain
percentage OF discomfort and has
adapted himself to it. so that 1t passes
without comment.
1t is wise spirit Of philosopy that
accepts the inevitable and adjusts itself
to meet it. Kicking against the pricks
may be discipline. but more often it re-
suits in nervousness and bad temper.
Remove the pricks IL possible, but
avoid them il they can not be removed.
Whether the traveller is q sojourner
at one place for an hour or month, it
Is we'll to treat the EGO" as he treats
his wardrobe. using the kinds Of moods
that will endure the friction of travel
with the least evidence OF wear. He
must expect the world to be human
even If he has started out for . period
Of rest and refreshing. Meet expo
rience as the normal individual meets
people, seeking to find the bost side,
the amusing side, but making it prin.
ciple that nothing shall disturb the
mental quiet necessary to the wise man
who is determined to benefit by q jour-
ney into the world outside of familiar
scenes and people. Union.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
PARIS CHILD SLAVES
The Juyonils BeEEar bureaus Likely 70
IA "A hal 4. -

The Juyontle Beg1ar BuPeeus Likely to
BE AbOllahSd.
Last year . society WAS organized In
Paris to prevent the trade In children
among professional beggars. In the
hrst report, jnst published. the secre-
tary Of the society has catalogued va
ried lot of Partisan institutions which
sre occupied exclusively with the em-
ployment Of little boys and girls in
street beggary. Several saloon-keep-
ers and proprietors Of small cafes, the
report says, have long had . bureau In
the Rue Msrcadet for the employment
Of young girls rs flower peddlers.
The ages Of the girls range between
eight and eleven years. They are let
TO the bureau for the day by their par
ents. They are sent out on the boule-
wards In small squads, and are expect.
cd to return at night with ct least three
francs each clear profits on their sales.
Children whose receipts fall below the
average are sent back to their parents
without wages for their days work.
The bureau EN- ploys now about l20 girls.
Another bureau, situated near the
Pantheon, hires girls between ten and
fourteen years to play musical instru.
ments In the low resorts Of the city.
The girls are usually taugnt to strum
on violin or harp in the bureau quar-
tors during the afternoon. and from nine
to two o'clock at night are kept on the
run from dive to dive.
At two o'clock the children return to
the bureau and are taken home by their
guardians or parents Each child earns
about seven francs in an evening, and
receives three francs wages This mt
sical bureau has sixty children st It's
disposal most of the time.
A third bureau deals in boys be-
tween eight and twelve years The
little fellows do ordinary begging and
collect cigar butts. At dark the boys
hand in the money and the refuse to-
bacco they have got together during
the day.
-Four hours every evening the young
vagrants are kept busy cutting, tearing
and sorting the cigar ends. They earn
about one franc each daily, and are ex-
pected to net to their employees about
twice that amount At present $50 boys.
work for the bureau.
The most reprehensible bureau of
which the society received information
makes business of hiring babies in
arms and sending them out into the
streets with women beggars. What
ever the weather or temperature, the
little creatures are exposed by the
women in charge Of them on the street
corners, doorsteps and bridges.
The bureau pays each woman with
her baby two francs q day. Each pair
brings in six or seven francs every
evening. A child usually endures nine
or ten weeks of this outdoor service and
then dies of exposure.
The society has attached the names
Of each bureau proprietor to the ac-
count OF his establishment and has
called on the French Government to
take measures at once to break up all
the Partisan institutions which buy.
sell and hire children for debilitating
and demoralizing employments.-Psris
Letter.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
FIFTH AVENUE BELLIES.

The stroot IL . Poor School for Girls
Who Expect to Become Wives.
Among the various. ''walks of life''
from which men choose their wives,
fashionable promenades are by nc
means the most eligible.
II really think my daughter wonld
spend her whole time in Fifth avenue il
l would lot her." said . mother in our
hearing the other day.
MADAM" said we, ''don't let her."
Fifth avenue is . poor school for girls
who expect to become wives. What
sensible man would desire to marry q
nero gadder and shopper? And surely
no young lady is ambitious of marrying
fool.
That belle and . beauty should de-
sire to be seen and admired is natural
enough. but the prettiest thing in the
world IT continually on exhibition be-
comes an object too familiar to be much
valued. A fair creature, who divides
her time between studying the fashions
at the millinery and dry-goods stores
and sailing up and down the sidewalk
to display the same, is not likely to
shine In domestic life as the head of the
homo department.
Young men, who are blessed with
good mothers and place a proper esti-
mate ON home virtues and home COM
forts, are not, as general thing, eager
to transfer the butterflies of fashion,
however beautiful, to the matrimonial
bower. Prudent bachelors, who look
before they leap and deliberate before
they pop the question-and really,
young ladies, men of this stamp make
the best husbands-are seldom serious
ly attracted to the dashing creatures
who are always on parade, weather per-
mitting. 81 "'a>@. ..'.'%- 81 .ss.g,s /,
/ Even your men about town have AN
idea that q wife should be home body
and not street body, and when they pro-
pose to settle down, after sowing their
wild oats, they prefer quiet dove-like
woman for mate to being
s5@ ~: 'z!,-A gay of wing
A Edsn's garden bird. s.. -.
To be an object Of public admiration
is . delightful thing, no doubt; but 1t
Is much better to be an object Of pri-
vate affection. One devoted heart is
worth million Of fascinated eyes, and
to miss chance of . good husband and
. happy home for the sake Of much eye
worship and lip-service is . most un-
fortunate blunder.-N. Y. Ledger
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
80. S-vsf--+
ABOUT SEASiCkNESS.
All That Submit Cheerfully Can lie nedt
from lta Effects.

All That Submit Cheerfully Can lie nellt
from lta Effects.
Seasickness must be expected by
those who cross the ocean, and while
one or two may escape its attack, all
that submit cheerfully can derive bene-
fit from its effects Children. as a rule,
succumb soonest and rally quickest
due, NO doubt, to their simple diet, and
TO the consequent fact that their stom-
achs are less impairing by stimulating
foods and drinks than those of their
elders. 1t is worth remarking that such
of my acquaintance as enjoy at home
what they pretend is good living" but
which you will agree is eating much Of
rich things, and then using coffee,
liquor, tobacco and such stimulants to
quicken digestion-these people man
age to obviate, or at least post
pone, the wholesome effect of
seasickness by drinking champagne
or using drugs pretending to cure the
malady; but they succeed only in sub
stituting one complaint for another,
writes Poultney Bigelow to the Illus
trated American. They remain half
sick all the time they are on shipboard,
and take with them ON shore demor-
allied system that requires many days
for complete recuperation. Children.
ON the other hand, and grown-up folks
who have lived ON simple diet vomit
freely at the first provocation, and suffer
discomfort for the first day or two, but
enjoy the remainder of the trip in way
to arouse the envy Of all that can not
share it. Pale cheeks become rosy, dull
eyes sparkle, the usually listless forget
the sensation of fatigue; those who on
shore slept but seven hours are now
scarce satisfied with ten, and those who
once needed delicacies to coax an appe-
tite select such food a. corned beet and
cabbage on pork and beans
The wise reader needs no advice be-
yond what he may read between the
preceding few lines He has but to
make up his mind to face with fortitude
the degree OF Neptune, and his reward
will be to find that . supposed penalty
has become . blessing.
1t is. perhaps, superluoas to add that
walking or jumping aggravates the
sy ymptoms Of sickness, and that the mo-
tion Of ship increases as one moves
from its center-cousequently that the
sufferer is most comfortable when he is
lying down as near as possible TO the
middle Of the ship, and living on plain
oatmeal porridge Such advice as this
must seem far too simple to the would
be traveller by sea, who, finds at every
drugstore remedies warranted to ease
his ofeelings on the waves; but my I'd.
vice Is founded upon much inquiry, not
to speak Of extensive personal experi-
ence in this field OF pain and pleasure.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
In the shadow Of Lsarninx.

.rd at Yale-Nearly every body In
New Haven shows the result OF good
education.
II suppose you will tell me that the
baker across the way, who furnishes
the college buns, comes under that
hsadp"
'certaisly. he Is college brsad
man.
Mower County transcript., 1890-08-06
EARLY STAGE-COACHING,
How the Daily Line Was Started
and Manag I'd.
Governmont ASssstanno In the Enterprise
-history Of tho Schemc-The Great
old Concord Coaches That Were
In the Service. q.

HERE IN u man
in t h is town,
now h q % and
hearty ut the ago
Of seventy-hve,
who was q mem
Dor of the firm
that started tho
first daily stage
that ever ra n
from t h Q Mis-
souri, ri er to
Salt Lake City.
II a IA Co1Onel
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-26
THE AMUSEMENT ROSTER.
Close of the Juch EnGagement-Shenan'
doah and the Nuggets.

Close Of the Juch EnGaGement-Shenan
doah and the Nuggets.
The highly-successfu engagement OF
the Emma Juch English Opera Com
pany closed last night with the presenta-
ton Of Wagner's Flying Dutchman.
The opera was put on the stage with tine
scenic accessories and still finer musical
and dramatic effect. The opera in the
matter of vocslization is a tremendous
strain on :he leading characters, and
in orchestral features is spirited,
difficult, and scientific throughout.
Miss Juch, in the role of Senta, dis
played all the best qualities OF her e1-
duisitely modulated voice. The Dutch
man Of Mr.. Ratchiens was an intense dra-
matte creation. and the terrible demands
upon his musical powers were nice in
every situation. Mr.. Vetta as Doland
accentuated the splendid impression he
made as MarcelIe the night previous and
developed sympathetic phase in his
higher notes not noticeable in his inter
pretation of the latter character The
opening solo OF the second tenor,
MIR. Stephens, who impersonated the
Helmsman. was touchingly smooth, and
the Erick of MIR. Clark was true musi-
cal Interpretation. The roio of Mary the
nurse was taken by Miss de Vernet. who
gave most acceptable rendition OF i.
The orchestra was splendidly balanced.
SHENANDOAH " TONIGHT.
Only words Of praise have been spoken
A. IIl.-.~1i. yNlotr A.ha-
nandosh, which Is to be seen at the
Mozart Academy tonight. The story Is
one Of the brighter threads running
through the sombre woof of the civil
war. There is dash and spirit to it
that holds the interest from beginning
TO end. The audience laughs and then
again in the more susceptible to pathetic
scenes is moved to tears. 1t is this won
derful interlacing OF the pathetic, the
patriotic. and the humorous that makes
the production literary gem worthy Of
honor. No one is STARRED in the
cast, but every member of the company
has been selected with an especial view
to his or her fitness for their respective
rOies.
Shenandoah's engagement will
continue through the remainder of the
week. 4 special Thanksgiving day mat
inee will be given also the usual Satur-
day matinee.
THE THEATRE.
Little Nugget, bright and sparkling
comedy, full OF catch songs and beau
tiful dances, will commence an engage
ment at tpe Theatre tomorrow night
1t will be presented three nights, and at
Saturdays matinee Herbert and Joe
Cawthorn, two well-known comedians,
have made n great success in the princi-
pal characters. The sale OF seats will
commence this morning.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-26
Personals and Briefs,

Mr.. William f. Burns, of Lebanon,
w., is in the city.
Mrs. W. +. Evans and family are
stopping at ia east Marshall street.
Mr.. George W. Hill will leave to-day
for the Hot Springs, Ark, to spend the
winter.
Hon. John L. Massey arrived in the
city yesterday and will remain here until
tonight.
Miss Louisa Taylor, of Chesterfield,
is the guest OF Mrs. Mckinney, at the
Executive Mansion.
Samuel G. Flournoy, Jr., of the firm
of y. G.. Flournoy Il Son, leaves for
Washington, ID. c., this evening to be
married in that city to-day.
Mr.. A. c. Becker, superintendent Of
the Union News Company, who has
been quite I'll with pneumonia, is i'm
proving and hopes to be able to resume
his duties shortly.
Messrs. Stout & Co. find that their
loss by fire on Friday morning last was
much more than tho insurance, which
was but $500 on their stock in store and
$3.50 on the three horses. wood, hay,
lumber, &c.
At the meeting Of Richmond Lodge
OF Odd-Fellows Monday night the
resignation Of Mr.. Louis Aubel as
financial secretary was reluctantly ac-
cepted and resolutions of regret were
adopted Refreshments were served.
1t is expected that some time in De-
cember Rev. Mr.. Carmichael, rector of
St. Paul's church. will deliver o lecture
on "a Sensational Preacher Of the Sew
enteenth Century" for the benefit OF
one of the charities connected with the
church.
Mr.. Richard II. Fox, of the firm OF
Fox & Rider, has Just returned from n
pleasant visit OF several weeks to Florida.
and speaks in glowing terms of the
beauties of the land Of flowers. He in
tended 10 90 to Cuba, but found that
the quarantine would not be raised until
December lst.
At q meeting OF the representative
men of the Episcopal Church of Rich
mond held at ST. James church Monday
night it was resolved to open Episcopal
rooms for the advancement Of every in
| terest of that Church. The rooms will
be under the management OF board OF
governors representing the churches oi
that denomination in this city and Man
J chester.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-26
BAZAAR AT THE TABERNACLE.
IL Opens with Great Crowd Present-The
Rlues' Reception.

tN''tPif'h'
Grace-Street tabernacle was all ablaze
last night with electric lights and crowd
ed with an immense throng of people
who came to witness the opening Of the
long talked Of bazaar.
The great Tabernacle has been sudden
ly transformed by womanly art into
scene Of beauty. The tables have been
decorated with the greatest taste that
could be commanded, and the stock OF
fancy and useful articles is almost beyond
computation.
The restaurant, capable OF feeding
over one hundred at time, spread an
elegant supper and had a crowded
patronage.
Those who wish TO purchase elegant
Christmas gifts will find an abundant
stock here, and that, too, at very mode
rate rates.
The chief point of interest last night
was the charming reception rendered to
the Richmond Light Infantry Blues.
This company, in charge of Captain
Cutchins and headed 10y their own band,
reached the tabernacle at 3 o'clock.
The band entered first and took its place
upon the platform, and then the COM
pany. III their splendid new uniforms,
followed and were happily vel
coined by Professor II. II. Harris,
of Richmond College, whose ad-
dress abounded IN testimonials to
the gallantry and courage Of the company
in the war days. The girls table had
received q monster floral harp as pre-
sent from Mr.. w. l.. Amory, of Barton
Heights, and this they presented,
through Professor Harris, to the COM
pany. Captain Cutchins received the
gift in brief and fitting terms, after
which the boys stacked their arms and
gave themselves to delightful chat and
promenades with the young ladies,
while the band filed the hall with the
strains OF its music.
The Committee on Entertainments,
under the leadership of Mrs. b. b. Van
Buren, will furnish pleasant programme
each evening. This evening there will
be a concert, when choice music will be
rendered.
Major Capers's kitchen was in full
blast, furnishing biscuit and other breads
in large quantities and excellent quail
ties.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-26
THANKSGIVING DAY.
IT WILL BE GENERALLY OBSERVED IN
ALL The CHURCHES TOMORROW.
The Capitol. City Hall. Custom House, and
Banks to De CIosed-Sunday Hours
at the Post-Office.

Withth passage Of each year Thanks
giving-day is more generally observed.
Before the war'and for some time after
it was regarded as purely New Eng
land institution, smacking of Puritan
ism. OF late years this prejudice has
gradually worn away, until now its OBJ
servance ranks next to that day of days
Christmas.
~ THE EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
To-morrow's celebration will be the
most general ever known in this city.
Religious services will be held by all de-
nominations, and among the Eplsco-
palians in each church.
At 81. Paul's, Monumental, and st.
Andrews divine worship will be at
noon ; at Sc. Johns and All Saints at ii
A. NJ. while at Christ church the rector,
Rev. Preston Nash, will conduct SER
vices al s L. NJ.
The hour Of worship at Moore-Memo-
rial church could not be learned yester-
day.
UNION SERVICES.
The Methodists of Richmond will
hold union services at Centenary church
at II O'Clock. Rev. w. j.. Judkins. will
ofiioiste and will call upon the pastors OF
the various congregations for short ad-
dresses.
The Second Baptist church has been
selected in which to hold the union ser
vices OF that denomination. DIR. Ian
drum and others will make appropriate
remarks.
The Presbyterians will assemble at DIR.
Hoge's church at IL A. NJ. for union
services.
No positive arrangements have as yet
been made by the Disciples. 1t was their
original intention to have used the
Seyenth-Street Christian church for this
purpose, but as Mr.. Murphy is now
holding his temperance meetings there,
this cannot be done. This has been a
considerable disappointment rs prepara-
tions for the exercises were begun some
time ago.
WILL DE CLOSED.
The Capitol, City Hall, custom-house,
banks and public schools will he closed.
Sunday hours will be observed at the
post-oaice, and mail will be delivered
between 4 and =. NJ. at the Office.
The usual early morning collections will
be made from the boxes.
Tho railroad freight depots will be
closed except for the delivery of perisha-
BILE freight during the early morning
hours.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-26

matter the whole Commonwealth will fol-
low. In Pittsburgh he remained to see
A., 900 sign the pledge, and in Philadel,
phia $4,000. Then be related story OF
a man who did not like his mother-in-
law, which, be laughinghly sald, was
something very surprising. When ne
reformed his mother-in-law ran up and
put her arms around his neck end kissed
him. This Gospel temperance, like the
Gulf Stream, was moving on, warming
and cheering everything that comes
within its influence.
Mr.. Murphy's peroration was grand /;
bis tribute 10 Richmond, Virginia, and
the southern people eloquent.
SIGNED THE PLEDGE.
This, the third meeting Of the SERIES
was like its predecessors grand sue
cess. Great numbers signed the pledge.
The house was packed, and great atten-
ton paid throughout.
FUTURE MEETINGS.
There will be a meeting Of the ladies
at II o'clock this morning, and the regu-
lar services at 1880 tonight at the Chris
tian church.
Tomorrow afternoon at 4 O'Clock there
will be special services for children.