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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-06-27
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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17
with the amount you desire to send.
These sums are small individually,

with the amount you desire to send.
These sums are small individually,
but taken in the aggregate they
amount to very great deal in the
course Of year in the United States.
Then it is the work of thousands of
clerks to take care Of and write the
orders for the whole of Uncle Sans
realm. OF late years the use of bank
checks and drafts has come into great
favor, the method being more con-
venient, less expensive, and for the
most part safe.
This doubtless led Mr.. Post to the
solution of the money order question,
as his idea bears a striking resem-
blance to the bank check system.
According to the new plan, the
business will still be done through
the postoff1ce, but, instead of money
orders, there will be post checks. {"
These checks are to be issued by the
Government, and may be sold at any
postofiice. They will have a face
value, varying from 5 cents to as
many dollars, just like one, two and
five dollar bills. The size suggested
for the check is about that of the
old-time tlfty-cent shin-plaster. II
one wishes to remit 81 he will pur-
chase oDe-dollar check, for which
he pays 81 and no more. He will fill
out the blanks "pay to-" "city,"
state" and sent by" put it in an
envelope along with his letter and
send 1t. The receiver will present
the check to the postoffice Of the city
named, be identified and sign the
received payment" blank and get
his money with no extra charge.
Business firms that now use the
money order could keep a supply of
these checks on hand, which they
could use at any time without a trip.
to the postoffice.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17
aWprN 7 was in America !. saws


WHEN l was in America" says a
writer in the Nineteenth Century, Il
was touched by the sacrificial life Of
a mother. Girls do not always marry
early there. They like a good time,
and their mothers cannot bear to
part from them, say from Is to %.
But when they marry, they put on
heavier chains than any English
neither does, whose love expresses it,
self differently. American devotion
to the children is religion. The
husband never dreams Of demurring
to wife and family quitting him for
months at time, and sending him
to live at his club, If the babies
health or entertainment seems to call
for it. The mother nurses them In
sickness, gives up her likes and dis.
likes, her accomplishments, her
amusements, her husband, keeps up
or drops a circle at the bidding of
the irresponsible small things; she is
never divided from her young ones,
sometimes not night or day, till they
are well on in their teens; she is
nurse maid, governess, sister, all in
one, and 1t wears her out-sometimes
Injuries them-this long subsection.
In England, we used to have a SINH
lar subsection; but 1t. was OF the child
to the mother. English mothers do
not think they ought to rank second
in their own house, except to their
husbands, and husbands are not al
ways aware how much of self-abne-
CATION that involves; the wife her.
self hardly knows She writes for
him, intrigues for him, gives up her
music, gives up her painting, her
reading; she cannot do all, and hus-
band and house must come first.
When she has brought up all the chill
dren, she thinks her toll may be
lightened. The girls can take some
Of the housekeeping, the boys can lift
the strain on the. family purse.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17
Hair Powder.

Hair-powder was first introduced
into England by ballad-singers at the
fair of st. Germaine In the year 1914,
and It was long before It became
adopted as q fashion able ornament.
In the beginning OF the reign Of
George the First, only two ladies OF
rank wore powder in their hair, and
they were laughed at for their singu-
larity; and at the coronation OF
George the Second, there were only
two hair-dressers In London. The
rapidity with which dressing the hair
and wearing powder increased is
evident from the calculation made
by Pitt, in 1875. when he proposed
the hair-powder tax. 1t was then
csllinated that there were In Great
Britain SO, 900 hair-dressers; that the
-four they consumed annually In hair
powder was of the value of e1O, OO0,-
600, and the number Of persons wear
ing It amounted to 200, 900; 20 that.
supposing tar Of one guinea a head
were laid on, 1t would yield over al
600, 600 per annum. The amount,
however, fell far short of this sum,
and constantly decreased. In the
first year OF the tar, 1895, 10 only
produced $3.50, 900, and In 1903 IL had
sunk to $3.50, 900.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17
BEATS MONEYORDERS
Treasury Department st Washington Com
sidsrins the Plan of Issuing "Post
Checks" for Small Amounts-To he
New Currency.

1t is quite possible that the days of
the postoffice money-order business
are numbered, as the Treasury De-
partment at Washington is consider
ing novel plan, which does away
with the red tape Of the present sys-
tenn, Is more convenient, less expsn-
siye, and, 80 far as can be judged
without actual experience, is perfect
ly safe. The hew idea has its origin
In the mind of G. q. Post, OF Battle
Creek, Mich, who submitted his
scheme to the Washington authori-
ties a short time ago. q
The different methods at present
resorted to for sending small sums
through the mails are well known
Very frequently person, not wish
ing to take the time to procure a
money order or register letter, will
cut hole In q pasteb0ard OF the
proper size and roundness, and place
therein q coin, which may be discov-
cred by a cunning mail clerk who 10
on the lookout for such things. Or
stamps may be sent in case the
amount is not large, and, II they hap
pen to be stuck" when they reach
their destination, the man who re-
ceives them will have the pleasure OF
getting them apart. IL you register
q letter, it costs you 10 cents extra;
or, II you procure money order, the
cost is 5 cents or more In accordance
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17
The Clever Parson.

My children, come tell me now II you have
ever
Been told Of the parson who was so clever;
so cleyer. 80 clever. so clever was he
That never cleverer parson could be-
The parson loved children; he also loved
walking.
And of TO the woods he was constantly
stalking,
To smell the sweet air. and to see the green
And to do just exactly whate'er he might
please.
Some children they went with him once to
t1hey loved the good parson because he
4, ~. WAS good.
They followed him gayly for many a mile.
To list to his voice and TO look on his smile.
At length the children cried. 4oh--dear-
We're tired --as tired as tired can be!
IT'S supper time, too while afar we thus
oh. pray you. dear Parson, do carry US
home E $3.50. go & q. ss sssn =
The children we're six, and the parson was
Now. goodness gracious! what was to be
done?1a
lie sat himself down in the shade OF tree.
And pondered the matter most thought
fully.
At length he exclaimed, any dear little
.l. chicks,
might carry one, but can't carry six.
Yet courage. your parsons good care will
provide
That each of you home on fine horse
shall ride"
He drew out his jackkuife so broad and SO
bright,
And fell to work slashins with main and
with might,
Till ready there--one, two, three, four
five, aud six
Lay, stout and smooth polished, some ex-
ccllent sticks
aNow mount your good horses, my chill
drenl" he cried;
GNow mount your good horses and merrily
ride!
A car ter, trot aud gallop away,
And we shall get home ere the close of the
day"
The children forgot they were dreadfully
tired;
They seized on the hobbies. with ardor in
spired.
aGee, Dobbin! whoa, Dobbin! come up,
Oh, Pnrson! dear Parsonl won't you gall
lop. too?"
Away went the children in frolicsome Rlee.
Away went the parson, as pleased as
could be;
And when they got back to the village
they cried:
@oh. dear! and oh. dear! what very
short rides
III Nicholus
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17

A SUGGESTION that seems to merit
consideration has been made by
New York man. He says very truly
that the 2-cent postage stamp Is not
precisely a thing Of beauty and that
almost any design that might be sub
stituted for it would have to be re-
garded as an improvement. His idea
is to eDgrave upon the stamp that is
most commonly used Of all the issues
a miniature representation OF the
United States flag, the stars and
stripes. These are some Of his argu-
ments: ."The bright colors Of the
flag on every letter that went about
the country would besa pleasure TO
the eye and rcvivifier OF patriotism,
while the stamp would be an edu-
Gator, for there are thousands Of
right respectable intelligent people
in this country to-day who couldn't
put flag together If furnished with
the material. 1 know whereof 1
speak, for ! have seen it tried.
s&&SxSsSli 4s>Sr &UI xSxxxH
above politics, and there should 64
an immediate and Intelligent move
ment toward the powers that be for
postage stamp that will not only
carry the letter intrusted to its trans
porting influence, but carry as well
the message Of freedom and union
which is written all over the flag. ="
OF course the change would lessen
the prominence, so to speak, OF the
late George Washington, but he
could be substituted for one Of the
gentlemen whose visages J adorn
stamps of other denominations. His
present brickdust physiognomy is
certainly not delightful TO aesthetics.
The flag would be very much better
from their standpoint, and, indeed,
from almost every standpoint. Since
the Columbian stamps were intro
duced the country has been edu!
Gated away from Mr.. Washington as
a letter-carrier.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17

THOSE striking Chicago brIckmsk-
ere who have made the discovery that
they were used by certain manu-
facturers who wanted to raise the
price Of brick must feel proud OF
themselves. They have lost several
weeks wages, and while they were
marching up and down the country
roads, urging their brethren to quit
work, the crafty and deceitful brick
yard owners were smiling happily and
adding another dollar to the price OF
brick every twenty-four hours. A
few more experiences of this kind
will make striking unpopular. At
least the horny-handed workman will
not be led into strike until he has
asceEtained that he Is not, being
worked" by some plutocratic combi-
nation that Yap9 tQ shut OF the
supply of material and thereby raise
prices. 1t is safe to say, at all events,
that the next man who undertakes
to get the brickmakers on a strike
will have to show mighty good cause
for 1t. The brickmakers are not SO
aggressive as they were. They are
indulging In the salutary but not es-
pecially agreeable performance known
as kicking themselves.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17

THE many teapots proudly exhib-
tied in New England as having been
brought over in the MayfOwer have
been proved to be frauds. Tea was
scarcely known in England up TO
1860, when Samuel Pepys tasted it
for the first time. 1t certainly had
not been introduced into Europe in
1920. The forks, too, that came over
In that most elastic OF vessels had
also better be PCT away with the tea
pots, for the very earliest to be found
in England are not older than the
middle of the reign OF Charles the
Second. A few exist of the reign Of
George the First, and they are three
pronged. 1t was not until the time
OF George the Third that the four
pronged fork was used.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17
are likened. And he who loves not
children is abhorred of the archangel
to this day.-Kate Fields Wash
ingtOn.


my father" said Col. Grant, "tried
to smoke while at West Point, but
only because 1T was against the regu-
lations, and then he didn't succeed
very well at it. He really got the
habit from smoking light cigars and
cigarettes during the Mexican war,
but 1t wasn't fixed habit When
he left the army and lived in the
country he smoked pipe-not in
cessantly. l don't think that he was
very fond OF tobacco then, and really
there was always popular miscon-
ception OF the amount of his smok-
ing. But he went on as light
smoker, a casual smoker, until the
day of the fall of Fort Donelson.
Then the gun-boats had been worsted
somewhat, and Admiral FOote having
been wounded, he sent ashore
for my father to come and see
him. Father went aboard, and
the Admiral, as is customary,
had his cigars passed. My father
took one, and was smoking it when
he went ashore. There he was met
by staff officer, who told him that
there was sortie and the right wing
had been struck and smashed in.
Then my father started for the scene
Of operations. lie let his cigar so
Out, naturally, but held 1t between
his fingers. He rode hither and yon,
giving orders and directiQps, still
with the cigar stump In his hand.
The result of his exertions was that
Fort Donelson fell after he sent his
message of Unconditional surrender
and i propose to move Immediately
upon your works With the message
was sent all over the country the
news that Grant was smoking
throughout the battle, when he only
had carried this stump from Foote'S
flagship. But the cigars began to
come in from all over the Union. He
had IL, 900 cigars on hand in very
short time. He gave away all he
could, but he was so surrounded with
cigars that he got to smoking them
regularly. But he never smoked as
much as he seemed to smoke. He
would light a cigar after breakfast,
and let 1t go out, and then light 1t
again, and then again let it 60 out
and light it; so that. one cigar would
last until lunch time. "-McClure's
Magazine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17
Heat and Thirst in India.

The handling of a gun after the
sun had played upon it for an hour or
two was sufficiently warm work when
done In gingerly fashion, and with the
least possible contact with the metal
OF barrel or trigger guard; the sud-
den clutching Of a barrel suggested
collision with the wrong end of red
hot poker.
And the thirst. when once the man,
who Is out in that heat yields to the
temptation of his water, or cold tea,
or lime juice and water bottle, he is.
thereafter for the rest of that day a
lost creature, the slave Of any fluid
with which he can wet his parching
lips and allay his Unsuitable thirst.
Then would he drink kerosene, or
ink, or sherry at eighteenpence
quart, or any other abomination that
possessed, in his view, the indispens-
able qualification OF being liquid. So,
too, will the natives-the mahouts
and others-descend from the ele-
plants and drink greedily from any
fetid pool, though death be in the
cup. -Blackwood's Magazine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17

To GET a good foorwalker who will
keep saleswomen In order is the hard
est task of the men who keep the big
shopping stores, said merchant to
a representative Of the New York
Sun. Men who are strict with other
men are easy enough to fnd, but the
strictest of them fall prey to tender
ness and gallantry where the women
under them are concerned. The
saleswomen loaf, and gather in groups
to gossip, they neglect customers,
and are even rude to them, and do a
hundred things for which a floor
walker would report persons Of his
own sex. But when 1t comes to dis
clplining the girls and women, the
same foorwalker grows gentle and
weak, even to the point of damaging
the reputation and business Of a
great house. .s~~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17


An urchin 8 years old, with a very
dirty face and pair of bright eyes,
accosted q woman as she was hurry
ing across the common the other
day.
"Please to give me some money to
get me something to eat, he whined
@No; ] won't give you any money
to get you something to eat, was the
reply. The lady mimicked the little
fellows whine
Finally she hired him to carry her
umbrella to her Office, and on their
way thither she gave him disserta-
tion on labor and its fruits in phrases
she thought he would understand.
She advised him to go into the news
paper business, and loaned him 20
cents to invest In papers, after he
she drew up, PROMISING to pay her
Immediately he had cleared that
amount
In an hour and half he came
back to the Office proudly and de-
posted the money loaned on her
desk. She took 10 cents of 1t and he
kept the other to make further in
vestments The next day he cleared
$3.50. He was radiant
"This is better than begging, ISM.
it?" she asked.
"You bet" he said.
"Now, II / give you this 10 cents,
will you promise to buy with 1t what
/ shall ask you?" ~
sYes'm." ~
"Then buy a cake Of soap and use
it."
He said he would and went out.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17

SUCCESSFUL experiments in tea
growing have been made in South
Carolina, and the plant there raised
will command from % to 80 cents a
pound. OF course, it is not up TO the
highest standard, but it can be i'm
proved by careful cultivation, and
those who have engaged in the in
dustry propose to continue until they
determine whether or not high
grade tea can be raised at a profit.
Should this prove to be the case,
other Southern States, will, no doubt,
follow the example Of South Caro-
lima, and make tea-growing one Of
important agricultural industries Of
that section of the country.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17
TEE cable map OF the world, ,

TIE cable map of the world, pre-
pared by the United States Navy
Department, shows that the Mediter-
ranean is thickly netted with cables
west ofsMalta. So Is the North At
lantic between the thirty-eighth aud
fifty-flfth parallels The North Sea,
the Red Sea, and the Arabian Sea
have many cables. The only great
unbridged spaces are the Pacific, the
South Atlantic, and the great stretch
of the Indian Ocean between NADIA
gascar and Australia. There Is no
considerable cable north Of Stock
holm or south of Nelson, New Tea
land. The Black Sea Is completely
glrdled by land lines and crossed by
one cable. The Gulf OF Mexico IL
crossed, though not at its widest, by
several cables, and the waters Of the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17
SHE LIKES CATCHING THIEVES.
A Woman Detective Who Watches FOL
ShopIifters In Broadway Store.

A Woman Detective Who Watches for
ShopIifters In Broadway Store.
While the recent success of Miss
Alexander capturing shoplifters has
been widely advertised, it is not re-
markable, and doubtless would not
have become known to the public II
the methods employed in the larger
retail stores had obtained in the store
where she does her clever work, says
the New York Sun. A dozen detec-
tions a day is the average record In
one of the big retail establishments
on Sixth avenue. Few arrests are
made, because the offenders in the
majority Of instances are not pro.
fessional shoplifters, but amateurs,
who steal articles of small value to
keep them for personal use.
The fact that Miss Alexander fol-
lows an occupation new to women,
and is employed In store where the
majority of shoplifters ate sent to
court, combine to make her work in
teresting and known to the public,
She is French woman, about 25
years old. Of slight build, and has
piercing black eyes that are constant
ly moving. Four years ago she
gained her first experience as an
amateur thief catcher In French
school in this city. When the other
girls missed such articles as books,
handkerchiefs and bon-bons Miss
Alexander tracked the thieves. She
did this for fun, and was invariably
successful.
After leaving school a friend sug-
gested that Miss Alexander could
turn her talent to good account She
adopted the suggestion, obtaining
employment In well-known private
detective agency In this city, where
she worked for three years. She did
all sorts Of work where woman's
tact could be utilized. she secured
evidence against blackmailers and
Swallowed correspondents in divorce
cases. Miss Alexander declines to
discuss her adventures, because she
says that she was sworn to secrecy.
The chief OF the bureau, an old and
successful detective, taught her many
trade secrets. AS the study of phys
iognomy is of first importance, she
learned to detect thieves by physical
characteristics.
A year ago Miss Alexander became
a shop detective, and, she says, takes
keen delight in catching thieves,
though she does not like to appear
again them in court. She has aver
aged one arrest month and claims
to have made no mistakes. She
stands near the store door, dressed in
a smart shopping costume, and watch
es the people coming In. When she
sees u man or woman who acts sus.
piciously-and she says that the ma
jority are men-she follows that per-
son about the store. She talks to the
salesgirl5 as an intending purchaser
would, while she keeps one eye on
the suspected person. She waits pa
tiently until she sees an article
snatched from the counter and drop
ped into pocket
When the thief reaches thendoor
she follows and brings him or her
back, with the remark that the pro-
prietor requests an interview. The
thief Is taken to a quiet corner In
the store, where few questions are
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17

upon 1t two circular shadows, ant
make the wheel turn on its pin axis,
you will see the shadows turn also in
the direction indicated by the little
arrows In the cut
All this Is very easy. But now to
make the two-shadow wheels turn in
opposite directions-how would you
go at work to accomplish that? Place
your wheel perpendicularly with the
wall. Then back off until you bring
the shadows into circular form. At
that moment turn your pasteboard
wheel, and you will see the shadows
turning in opposite directions.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17

asked. There is usually a denial of
guilt Then Miss Alexander tells In
which pocket the stolen goods are
and search Is made. II she and the
proprietor are satisfied that 1t is the
first offense and the offender is en-
titled to clemency release follows.
Otherwise the case goes to court.
Miss Alexander says she has heard
OF kleptomaniacs, but does not be-
lieve in them, neither does she be-
lieve In hypnotism, though she has
been charged with unconsciously hyp-
nothing people into stealing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17

AUTOMATIC slot machines for the
supply of hot. water were put up In
the streets all fover Paris a few
months agd, but theyi have not
proved a success. Their purpose
was the supplying Of hot water to
people too poor to afford fire in
their homes at all times. For one
cent the machine was supposed to
deliver fourteen pints of water at a
temperature of one hundred and
forty degrees Fahrenheit. But the
machines have mostly delivered cold
water, and often nothing whatever.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-05-17
Something in Them.

The wife of Western Congress-
man, who was living East for the
first time, had to take her turn eat
ing shad, just as every person does
who gets into the East to live. One
morning at breakfast she pushed her
plate back with considerable asper-
ity.
"Bah!" she exclaimed, II don't
see anything In shad so remarkable. /"
Il do said the small daughter
across the table,, whom the mother
suspected OF affecting Eastern GUS
toms too readily.
What, prayp" and the mothers
tone was tinged with her suspicious.
"Bones, responded the small dauQh-
ter, and the mother took hope again.
Detroit Free Pness.