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ELSIE'S IDEA.
How She Found a Little Girl who Could lie
spared.

now she II OuHu Little Otrl VINO NOulu lie
spared.
Elsie is a delightful little girl only
eight years old. For some months
Elsie's mamma has not been well, and
she has felt the need of performing the
social duties of the home circle. In
carrying out this idea she recently
made call on a neighbor who, before
she left, said: elsie, do You know
any dear little girl like yourself who
could come and live with me? | should
be delighted to have such little girl
Do you think your mamma could spare
you?"
'Oh. ] am quite sure she couldn't, ="
was Elsie's quick response, ''and do
not know any little girl who could be
spared. My cousin Dorothy's mamma
couldn't spare her, and know my cou-
sin Mildred couldn't be spared, and
really don't know any little girl who
could come and live with you.
"Well, " said the lady, think about
it, and if you do happen to think of any
little girl, be sure and let me know"
The next morning Elsie was very
quiet at the breakfast table, put she
finally announced that She wished TO
call that morning at the house of the
lady where she had called the after
noon before. Elsie lives in very wise
family, and no questions were asked as
to why she wished to repeat her call so
soon. She was merely advised to wait
for an hour or two after breakfast be-
fore she made her call; and this is what
Elsie said when her hostess appeared:
'Mrs. Brown, have come to tell you
of little girl who | am sure could
come and live with you. She lives now
at the Home for Consumptives, and she
came from the Home of the Destitute;
but she is all well now. Her mother is
in prison. and her father is drunkard,
and | think you would be doing very
kind act if you would take that little
girl into your home. know She could
come"
Elsie. you see, lived in a family where
the little waits and the big waits in this
world the homeless children and the
homeless men and women, were often
the subjects of conversation, and Elsie
had listened, and listened to purpose,
for just as soon as she heard of home
that needed a child, She remembered
there was child waiting for a home
Christian Union
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GIRLS IN JAPAN.
Two Things That Are Always laugh
Them.

Two Things That Are Always Taught
In Japan there are two things which
are taught to all the little girls; one is
how to place a flower or a branch of
leaves in vase, and the other is how to
play on the guitar.
II you go into Japanese house you
hear tinlSle from almost every room.
You get used to this soft, light beat of
music as You do to the gurgle of a
brook or the drip of a fountain.
There seems to be no Japanese house
without its flower vase, its picture on
the wall and its guitar.
The japanese have tour kinds of
guitar or harp. The samasin is the
common kind; it has long neck, its
square body is covered with tight cat
skin, and it has three strings or wires;
the player strikes these wires with a
curious little piece of ivory or she picks
them with her fingers Then there is
the big koto with its thirteen strings,
and there is tiny lutte with -four strings,
and there is very fine sort of harp
brought from China and called ''gilS-
ken"
This gikken has three sets of wires,
and if Miss Chrysanthemum is an ac-
complished musician she makes very
gay music on her Chinese harp. With
the rosy finger-tips of her small brown
hands she can bring forth from the
wires all the sounds of the great Japa-
inese hunt which takes place each year
on the third of November.
On one set of the wires she can call
like a hunter to his hounds, and from
another set at the same time, you hear
the hounds bark and bay. She will give
you from that little harp the most en-
chanting notes.-the cries of the Japa-
nese wild animals and the notes of the
swamp and water birds.
The Japanese are so fond of music
that they scarcely take meal without
the harp or guitar This table music
is furnished either by daughter of the
family or by singing girl hired from
outside, of whom there is large class
in Japan.
This singing girl will come in on
her little wooden clogs, bringing her
guitar; and with the jeweled hairpins
stuck in her glossy black hair, and her
gay sash tied in big bows at the back
she looks exactly as you see her on
Japanese fans. While the family eat
rice and beans and raw fish she will
sing them song of a Towering cherry
tree or a red peony, or chant them a
ballad of the Golden Dragon, sounding
the guitar all the while. ! am sorry to
say she sings through her nose and in
very high key.
Sometimes a small drum is used, and
now and then the singer accents her
song with a dull, soft boom, boom,
boom
The japanese girls have very beauti-
ful names
Our names. like Harriet, Frances,
Jenny, s. Susan" do not mean any |
thing" they are simply names by which
we distinguish one girl from another
girl.
But Japanese girls have names which
mean Little Purple" Little Butter
fly" Silver" Bird 'White Bright
ness" brightness of the Flowers"
Pearl Harp and many other lovely
things.-Sophie Scissors, in Our Little
Men and Women.
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CURES FOR SORROW.
The Folly Of seeking Consolation In
Drink.

The Folly of Seeking Consolation In
Drink.
Attempts to drown the sense of mis-
fortune in strong drink are the climax
of human folly. Intoxication eventual
ly aggravates and intensifies every
evil which it is invoked to alleviate.
1t has been thus from the dav when
man first put an enemy in his mouth
to steal away his brains," and thus it
will be to the end of time. No sane
and sober man denies the fact Even
the habitual drunkard. in his brief in
tervals of reason. shudderingly admits
it. Yet thousands of intellectual be-
ings-many of them richly endowed
with mental gifts-seek consolation
from the bottle in the hour of
affiiction. though revelation, his
tory. observation and instinct alike
teach them that. of all the broken
reeds upon which weakness ever
leaned, the false excitement caused by
liquor is the most treacherous 1t is
passing strangel-one of those anom-
allies to which philosophy furnishes no
clew, and for which we can only ac
count by supposing that a power indie
pendent of themselves, against who.
influence mere reason is no re pro
lection. betrays men into ruin.
There are only two genuine salves
for sorrow-prayer and work. Trust
In God and keep doing are the best
recipe for every human care There
are no wounds of me spirit which it
will not heal Strength, fortitude.
patience. resignation are as sure to be
vouchsafed to the unfortunates who
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a BROKEN PLEDGE.
The sad story Of a Drunken Fathers
Inhumanity.


Inhumanity.
Its broken, Miss Lewis Take it
back.
4 small brown hand held up a pledge
card wrapped in a bit of paper. and
such tone of misery, shame and de-
SPAR rang in the words that hastened
to say, consolingly: ''Never mind,
Flash: ! viii get you another card if
you will promise to be more careful"
But it is broken, the pledge is
broken. I've been drinking"
drinking, Flash?" / cried, holly;
for this boy, rough. dirty, ignorant as
he was, had place very near my
heart, and hoped much for him.
Flash was one of the boys that had
been brought into our little West side
mission, and, though small and thin
from want of proper food, was bright.
cheerful and so quick as to have
earned for himself the name of
"Flashr among his street comrades.
AS he stood leaning against the
door in hopeless way looked down
at him and saw two great red welts
all along his neck and running down
under his ragged collar. There were
marks, too, on his hands. and a tangle
of brown hair partly hid dark line
across his forehead.
Tell me about it, Flash" l said.
gently enough now
Its nothing" said he. hesitatingly;
"only ] did mean TO keep my word.
You know that Billy and ] live with
father down the alley there, and how
father drinks and beats us when he
feels like it.
Sometimes he brings the stuff home
and tries to make us drink, but we
never have since we promised till last
night We heard him cursing as he
came up the stairs. and I'd just time to
hide Billy before he came in. He had
a big bottle full of something. and
made me bring a cup, and said that /
should drink But wouldn't If he had
killed me, and he knew it, / guess, for
he began asking for Billy, and said he
wouldn't be such an obstinate fool I
was hoping he wouldn't find him, but
he did. was afraid then. Billy's only
six, but he's as brave as a lion.
Father dragged him along by the
collar, and told him that he'd got some-
Thing good for him in the bottle
Billy told him that he knew what it
was, and he'd never drink it,
1T would have made your flesh creep
TO have heard him go on then. Billy's
face grew white. and his eyes got just
like stars. but he wouldn't drink.
Father eholxed him then till he was all
limp, and beat him and beat him till
/ couldn't stand it. and gave mp if he'd
let Billy off. He made me drink ever
so many times. He and | drank all
there was in the bottle, and pretty soon
he went TO sleep on the floor; but my
head didn't swim even.
Il picked Billy up and carried him
away and hid him. | can take care of
Billy and he needn't drink; bnt prom
Used mother I'd stick by father, and so
] must stay there. won't drink If l
can help it, but my pledge is broken"
As Flash stood twirling his old cap
IN his bruised hands, looking hopeless
ly out at his future. an intense desire
sprang up in my heart to blot ont of
existence both alcohol and the saloon,
the cause of so much sin and suffering.
N Y Witness
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AnFxceiIent sign.

A little Massachusetts boy. who
deserves election t. The Law and Order
league, recently printed sign and
fastened it on one of SITS OF the
front piazza. The sigT : mo
smoke-ness, nor drunk-ne,e. Ior swear
words, nor wickedness round this
house" "Of course we don't do such
things" said. little Master Virtue, but
thought it would be good to have the
sign up there for the tin peddlers and
Abe visitors to read.
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FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
THE LIFE I'd CHOOSE.

uIto choose the life that
Would like 20 lead were free,
III tell you what. my girls and boys,
Ny choice would surely be;
Not that of lady rich and proud,
Who but for pleasure cares,
Who dwells in stately mansion and
The rarest jewels wears,
With many servants at her call
And all that gold can buy
That's not the life I'd choose, my girls,
Oh. no, my boys, not
Nor that of one by genius set
Above the work day crowd,
OF whose great gift, whate'er ii be,
The whole Wide world is proud;
Around whose brow a wreath Is twned,
The laurel wreath OF fame,
And who, wherever she may 60,
Is met with loud acclaim.
While with each other eager throngs
To do her honor vie
That's not the life I'd choose, my girls,
OH no, my boys, notI
For, to my mind, dreary thing
Is idle, costly mirth,
And splendid dress and jewels seem
To me Of little worth.
And laurel crown, ] fear me much,
May be most bravely worn,
anu YET Aiats h4iQ us sAiuiuE ltdNtos
To wound the brow, thorn
And then both wealth and fame must bee,
The public ever nigh.
So neither would have, my girls,
on no, my boys, notI.
country life for me, my girls,
On some old farm, my boys,
Where many trees make pleasant shade
Far from the city's noise;
Where might watch the sewers SOW,
While birds sang loud and sweet
In early spring the fresh plowed fields
With oats and corn ana wheat,
And soon thereafter leaflets green
Above the mold descry-
Oh that's the life I'd choose, my girls,
Indeed. my boys, would l.
Where might hear the low of kline,
The hum of busy bees,
The whirr of insect wings, the sweet
Faint whispers Of the breeze,
And see the fruit on tree and vine
Grow ripper day by day,
And smell the honeyed clover tufts
And fragrant new mown hay.
Beneath my feet the grass green earth,
O'erhead the vast blue sky
on that's the life I'd choose, my girls.
Indeed. my boys, would i.
Margaret Eytnge, in Detroit Free Press.
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AN ODD MISTAKE.
How Mamie Went a-Nutting, and tn
Good Luck She Had.

How Mamie Went a-Nutting, and the
Good Luck She Had.
Little Mamie rode thirty miles into
The country, in the cars, and no friend
with her. The conductor took charge
Of her, and when the train stopped at
the station she was led % ne plat
form.
Instead of lr grandp. stranger
spoke to her: guess you are the Wis
itor that Grandpa and Grandma Reed
expect, he said. Il am their neighbor
Nutting and will take yen to their
house.
tt rode in an oren bug It was
q lovely October afternoon. Mamie
had been here only once, at Christmas.
Then the days were .cold and snow lay
: the ground.
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earnestly pray for them, and at the
same time are diligent in the perform
ance of their temporal tasks, as the
harvest is TO follow the planting of the
seed. Duty is balsamic. Peace is the
child of worship.-N. Y. Ledger.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-03
COMMUNICATIONS.
The Capture of Richmond.
\ the Edito, of the ToupNAr AMI rnIrp rup

The Capture of Richmond.
To the Edito. of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
The comr unication by -"Victor" Nenti-
tied tThe South Revisited" in your. issue
of Saturday morning, was interesting
reading, but there are several errors in the
writer's statements which need correcting,
as a matter of truthful war history.
The assertion that Sour army came by
the way of Petersburg when Richmond
was taken" is so far from the truth that I
have considered it advisable to correct it.
Having been so favored as to be permitted
to enter the Confederate capital with the
troops under General Weitzel on that
mementous morning of April 3, 1866,
am fully cognizant of all the facts con-
cerning the capture and occupation of that
city by our forces. I would say, then, that
instead of entering the city "by the way
of Petersburg" we entered it by the way Of
the Darbytown and New Market roads,
from the point which we had occupied all
the preceding winter, at Deep Bottom.
Mayor Mayo, accompanied by deputation
of prominent citizens, under flag of-truce,
proceeded to the intermediate line of fort
ifcation, the party starting before day
light and meeting the Union military au-
thorities near point called Tree Hill, at
the junction of the Osborne turnpike and
New Market road, where the city was
duly surrendered according to the forms of
war. We entered the city at Rockets
Landing, passing Libby prison, over
within whose walls large number of
"Johnnies" were there securely "jugged,"
the "tables" having been happily "turn
ed" at last The terrible confagration
which destroyed the greater portion of the
business part of the city was raging as we
made an entrance, and it seemed as if
the entire city was destined to be wiped
out of existence.
Again, at what period of the war does
"Victor" refer to when he says that 'the
steamer Ironsides attempted to pass Fort
Darling) but was met with fplunging'
fire, and forced to retire." Certainly,
during all our operations around Rich
mond in the last and finally successful at
tempt to capture that city, none of our
vessels ever got any farther up the James
Gap" the banks of the river above that
point being lined with rebel batteries, one
of the most formidable of which being
the celebrated "Hawlett- -Hause battery"
located on the high Bermuda Hundred
bluff, commanding the nine mile bend and
also able to throw shells into Buffers
canal while being dug, which its gunners
did not hesitate to do. Several casualties
resulted from this fire, Lieutenant
Colonel Strong of the Sixteenth New York
Heavy artillery losing foot by aefragment
of shell. It is evident that Victor" got
some of his information from a very un-
authentic source H T. P.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-03

From the San Francisco Chronicle.I
The corner of Jackson and Dupont
streets witnessed as heathenish a scene
yesterday morning as any four corners in
Chinatown ever presented
1t was about half past ten o'clock and
the narrow thoroughfares were crowded,
but the crowd made no difference to the
Mongols who gathered there to perform
their heathenish rites. First bonfire
was built in the middle of the street, then
q big wooden idol fully three feet tall was
carried out and placed in the center of the
flames. Twentyfour bowls of rice were
laid out in circle about the fire; six
bowls of fat came next and then four
roasted chickens.
A crowd of Chinese gathered with un-
covered heads. First one salaamed to the
idol, then another, then all together. A
tom-tom was sounded until those in the
distance thought a boiler factory had
started up near by.
The big idol grinned and grinned and
grinned, and did nothing but grin, albeit
the flames were fast consuming his godly
person. And as the idol grinned the
heathen worshipers grinned, until 1t be-
came grinning match all around
seHim bad luckee," said Tin Chum, who
was asked to explain the queer perfor-
mances. 1t seems that the family of Bod
Ding Lee were consuming an old patron
idol of the family because he brought Ill
fortune on the house. Last week Bod
Chee was locked up as vagrant, and on
Wednesday Bod Lung fell i'll and died.
So on Friday the patron idol was burned
alive.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-03
MRS. BL0oMER ASKS QUESTIONS.

MRS. BLOOMER ASKS QUESTIONS.
There are some women who intend to
have all the rights that belong to them.
One of them is Mrs. Nevada M. Bloomer
of the State of Washington. She is going
to find out from the United States
Supreme court if the suffrage can be
granted by territory and then taken
the territory to a State. Mrs. Bloomer
had always voted since she became eligible
at Spokane until the spring election of
1888, when the judges of election refused
her ballot and denied her right to the
franchise. Mrs. Bloomer Immediately
brought suit in the State courts for $500
damages to atone for this refusal and to
establish her right to vote; but the State
courts all decided against her on the
ground that under the State law women
could not vote. The courts refused to ad
nit the right of the territory to bind the
State in advance in such manner, and af
irmed that rights and privileges under
territorial law expired with that law. Mrs.
Dioonei aouiIs 'Aa' 'nis iuio Hlt'y apPly
quite generally, but denies that it applies
to suffrage, which is an inalienable right
of which the individual is net to be de-
prived except by some neglect or offense
of her own. To this the defense replies
that Mrs. Bloomer never had any right to
vote in the State of Washington, and
therefore the refusal of the judges de-
prives her of no right, and Mrs. Bloomer
replies that she did have the right of suf-
frage in the State and exercised it without
hindrance until April, 1888.
This is very interesting question and
it's decision involves other very interesting
questions concerning the election and acts
of the State authorities.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-03
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
IS PUBLISHED
EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
Dne Dollar per Year, Tin Advanced /
Single Copies cents.
SILVER.

We find an encouraging statement in
the indianapolis Journal, the presidents
home organ. 'In regard to silver" says
the Journal, eve might fear that the In
diana Republican papers might incline to
the fallacy of free coinage, which was so
largely prevalent in the West few years
ago. Such, however, is not the case. The
expression of the Republican press upon
this question is clear and emphatic, show
ing that Republican editors have studied
the subject, and have come to the con-
clusion that the free coinage of silver
would benefit no one except the silver
mine-owner and the silver speculator."
1t is to be hoped that the Republican
papers, and the Republican party, all over
the country will not incline to the fallacy
of free coinage any more than
the Republican papers of Indiana do.
1t is becoming clear that the party cannot
support the schemes of the silver men. 1t
will not be good policy, and the party that
does support them will deserve and will
have the disapproval of all interested in
the maintenance of sound and honest
currency. The spectators in silver have
made and lost money enough since the agi-
tation of the silver market by the congress
begun. The effects of this agitation have
been harmful to general business. Now
the fear that there may be more of it is re-
stricting trade in this country and in
fuencing the acts of foreign financiers.
The sooner the question is settled, and
settled as it ought to be, the better it will
be for this country.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-03
READ.

"I suppose" ;" he said, stthat you have
read Shakespeareg" 'tNo," Miss Daisy
,tuft replied, "but my mother has,
Washington Star.
seWe measure heat by degrees, don't we,
papap "We use to, my son, but in these
days of humidity it would be more proper
to measure it by the quart. Judge.
Tom DeWitt-That white gown makes
you look like vestal virgin, Miss Winslow.
Kitty Winslow-Dear mel don't tell me
that it's 1900 years behind the style!-
Puck.
sMr. Webber, this is your sons photo
graph which he ordered. Does it not look
like himgn eyes" "But he has not paid
me for it yet" "That looks still more
like him. Judge.
Papa-Dear me, Mary, whatever are you
going to do with these trunks-two, four,
Elk, twelve of them? You can't fill more
than one. Mammal know it, my dear;
but we must make a decent appearance on
arriving at wport.-Harper's Bazaar.
Miss De Smell (angrily)-YoL told me
this horseshoe lace pin would bring me
good luck, and now Count De Moneyhunt
has proposed to another girl, and my
poodle is dead. Jeweler-Madame, what
more could heart desirea- Weekly.
"And SO you're married ,Bridgetg" eyes,
mum" "What does your husband dor
can shure mum, he is railroad doirec-
tor" ga railroad director That's very
important place. Are you quite sure it is
that?' can faith an doesn't he shtand
all day at the railrowd directing people to
the carsa"-Boston Courier.
Laura-What clever girl Jennie is.
She had sixty-seven offers of marriage
off 11a 1aff
Clara-Indeed! And she is not very good
looking Laura-No; but the subject of
the essay that she read at her graduation
was Chow to Keep House on Twelve Dol
lars Week."-Munsey's Weekly.
A dentist, whose stories are always
founded on fact, tells of negro who came
to him with his wife to have one of her
teeth extracted. Gas being something
whose mysteries added terror to its
charms, the soiicitous darkey questioned:
"Couldn't you gibe her sufin little mild
er'n gas, doctahs Couldn't you gibe her
gasoline?"- Era.
A popular teacher in one of the public
schools has tough time in teaching the
young idea how to shoot correctly. She
was laboring with young German boy
when this conversation took place:
.Teacher-"What is your fathers nation
alitys"
Boy-"Oh, he's carpenter"
Teacher-fsWhere was he borne"
Boy-"Oh, he was borned at my
broder's grandfather's house.-Buffalo In
quirer.
Cousin Mary-But do you think you can
place any dependence in Harry when he
tells you he loves yous
Katie-Oh, yes, indeed. He has told me
SO many things that know are true that
I can't doubt his word, you know.
Mary-As for examplea
Kate-Well, he told me among other
things that 1 was awfully good-looking
and that was ever 30 much better than
the rest of the girls-Boston Transcript.