i L WUHAN'S limiALR WOMEN IN THE TREASURY. Their IWrlont Work n 'lrrk, Arccmnt. nut, ruifl ('oiititrrfi'lt lli'tretnr. A little ovor thirty yenrs ii?o not one Wom.iii wnw employed In the United Mutes treasury. To-dny there are nix thousand women on Uo roll. Then Jen. Spinner wns trensurer. lie hnd lieen u luinker. imi n Mich had discov ered that his daughter could trim 1 nk notes hetter than the clerks could, lie accordingly Kujreited to (low ('Unite, then neeretury of the treasury, Hint n Woman le allowed to try her hand at the jrovcfiimt'iit's shenrs. lie selected Miss .lennio Donplass, who wns both hrawny nnd bright, nnd pnve her a pair of shears that would cut the lt'iifftli of u sheet with ft blow. One day's work settled it, and the mnlo clerks employed in clipping bank notes pave place to women. With this suc cess to encourage him (ten. Spinner, in October, I.niW. secured the nomination of seven women as money counters. Two of these are still employed in the trensury. The women detectors of burnt nnd counterfeit money nre claimed to be the most expert In the .world. This is Ihe most unquestioned reputation of Mrs. V. A. Leonard and Mrs. K. (!. lirown. According to phrenologists, form, col or, and distance are strongly developed In Mrs. Leonard. The record shows that this unrivaled counterfeit detector has handled in three years ?2,0()0,iHM,. OOC. In one day no less than 612,000.000 passed through her hands. From f 200. 000 to 1 400.000 is the daily average. Al though Mrs. Leonard has been married n seeond time during her treasury serv ice, she was not allowed to resign, be cause she was considered "invaluable." In 175 Mrs. lirown began counting fractional currency, but when the iden tification of burnt money lecame a sep arate department she was made its chief. After money has been identified by a detector and paid by the govern ment the detector must bear any loss which has been sustained through her mistake. Mrs. ltrown's Infallibility may In- judged from the fact that, dur ing her At hole thirty years of service, he hnn had to refund only 25 cents. Her work is the most interesting in the redemption division. All mutilated bank notes are sent to the treasury ac companied by u voucher, drawn up by a notary, certifying how the money was injured. Notes burned to a crisp, notes that have been partly digested by ani mals, money that has beengnawed into bit by mice, rotted by damp, or turned into pulp by water, nil pass through Sirs, lfrown's hands. If there is any thing left to identify she is sure to suc ceed. lly means of a piece of glass the size of a bank note, marked into twenty four squares, the face of the bill is de termined. If sixteen of these squares can be covered by the mutilated bill, the whole value is paid; if less than Sixteen and more than twelve, half the value; if less than twelve, it is rejected entirely. Twenty-two dollars found in the nest of a mouse were recently sent to the treasury in a condition that defied recognition by the naked eye. Mis. lirown went to work with a niiero tcope. nnd patiently sorted out the whole amount. One hundred nnd eighty dollars, which went through the Vanderbilt lire at Newport, came to Mrs. lirown as a charred mass of paper, wh'eh she, however, identified. When express car id burned, the Kifcisbcnt unopened to the treasury department. There it is opened by women experts, who empty the con tents, oft.m only a mass of ashes, and sift then; through a sieve. The charred bits of money are then picked out and M'.bmiited to a microscopic examina tion. .Vt long ago twenty-two tiny diamonds wtro recovered by sifting the Hshes a third 1 u.-.e before burning them. The v;.u!N :;ro often filled with the stench of money recovered from dead bodies in pestilent districts, as during the pvvalenee of yellow fever in the south. Such money is fumigated, and no diseases Iihvo ever been communi cated to employes. Hold and silver are also' counted by women, und women manipulate the machine which has taken the place of shears for trimming notes. The ma chine which stamps tho bank notes is also in charge of. women. In tho treasurer's otliee is the last of the original seven women employes Miss Elisabeth Stoner. She keeps the payrolls of the navy. Her work neces sitates the reducing of every variety of foreign money to our values. For thirty years Mis Stoner has occupied almost tile same desk room, and many a time luis bhe heard "heelers" ousted with small ceremony when they camo to urge the treasurer to discharge her to make room for a voter. X. Y. Sun. THE SUPERIORITY OF WOMEN. An Old Custom Tlmt Will Pome liny Give Way to it Iti ttiT One, How long can it reasonably bo ex pected that the old custom will last in deference to which wives are content to be known by tho mrnumes of thoir husbands? All the recent tests tend to show the superiority of the female mind to that of the male. Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer in a recent address supported the cause of coeducation with the argument that "nothing in the world will take the foolishness and romantic, notions out of a girl so quick as to work with young men and find out how little they know." Of course inurriage has the same effect; but after a girl is married it is too late for her to save her maiden name. If she arrives beforj marriage to tho sophisticated stage that Mr. Palmer describes, she may very reasonably demur to giving up a namo which she feels competent to distinguish for one which will bo handicapped by her husband's relative inferiority. All along tho lino this summer women havo triumphed, in the recent assignment of gen jral fellowships by thu Chicago university young womon got so dispro portionate) a sharo of tho spoils as to scandalize the authorities. When the London (ieographical society declined in the spring to admit women to its mum boxsliip, the society's uollun was re ceived not at nil as evidence of the in feriority of women, but purely ns n new proof of the limitations of men. Ten women passed the Cambridgs Mathematical Tripos this year, and two of them came out wranglers. Three women Iook honors at Oxford, at which university also honor examinations were this year opened to women in three new courses. At London uni versity, Miss Ogilvle, a prodigy of eru dition, from Aberdeen, passed with the highest credit the examination for the degree of Doctor of Seienee. At this rate, how long will women be content with the substance, and abstain from grasping the shadow hIso? How long will Miss Jones consent to Wconio Mrs. Smith? How soon will she demand a competitive examination between Smith mid herself to determine before marriage which Is the comclling en tity, and whether it is more meet that she shall become n Smith, or that Smith and the children shall become Joneses? Harper's Weekly. ONE TOUCH OF NATURE Mnrin Susn II. Anthony Kin With All Her Amllpiir. It was at one of the great congresses which have formed the nucleus in Chi cago for the not bles from every coun try and clime interested in the advance ment of culture nnd the dissemination of progressive ideas. The crowd had quite overflowed one room and filled nnother In the Art Palace, under prom ise that the celebrated speakers would repent their programme to the overflow meeting. The night was insufferably hot, the people disappointed and Im patient To mako the wait less tedious Susan It. Anthony was called upon to address them, and she did so in the whimsical and sarcastic vein with which she veils an earnestness of thought and purpose, to which she has devoted a lifetime of effort and sacri fice. Still, this crowd was not a suf frage gathering. They were not in sym pathy with the strong-faced woman In the plain gown who addressed them. She knew intuitively thnt she wns not holding them. Suddenly she stepped forward to tho edge of the platform and Raid confidentially with a little smile: "1 didn't know I was going to lie called upon to address you this even ing. If I had I should have put on my other gown." In an instant she hud won them, every one. The one touch of nature, of vanity in this strong little woman with the iron-gray hair combed down each side her face, mnde every woman cr sister, every man her friend. If a vote could have been taken on the spot everyone in the audience would havo cast a ballot for Susan P. Anthony and her platform. lrrc-stlng Statistic!. The reports of tho last census, as nearly as can be ascertained, show that outside of domestic service America had in 18H0 2,700,000 bread-winning women and girls working outside of their own homes. There were 110 lawyers, 165 ministers. 320 authors, BS8 journalists, 2,001 artists, 2.1S6 architects, chemists, pharmacists, 8,10(5 stock raisers and ranchers, 5,lii5 government clerks, 2,488 physicians and surgeons, 13,182 professional musicians, 50,800 farmers and planters, 21,071 clerks and book keepers, 14,405 heads of commercial houses, 155.000 public school teachers (based on tho census of 18S0). Here is an army of women depending upon themselves for support and probably taking care of others. Any talk of rel egating these women to a life of de pendence is mere foolishness. Tho question to consider is how best to ndupt this new factor to existing condi tions, or how to shape the conditions to the best interests of these wuge earners and the commonwealth. N. Y. World. SHORT NOTES. Tin-: School lioard of St. Paul, Minn., has fixed the scale of wages for the teachers of that city regardless of sex. Till! degree of LL. D. has been con ferred on Miss Helen Shafer, president of Wcllesley college, by Oberlin col lego, of which she is a graduate. A Tkxas woman, Mrs. Richard King, owns ono of tho largest ranches in the world. Thero is nothing she can not tell you about cattle. TUe ranch is near Corpus Christi, end contaVis 700, 000 acres. Miss Lim.iax Mohkitt, an English phenomenon, has the power of retain ing in her memory hundreds of com plex figures, and of multiplying, de ducting, ami adding at the same time any of tho cross figures. Mrs. Maoxtssk:;, of Iceland, one of the delegates to tho Biiii'ruge congress, said in her paper before the members of that body that tho women of Iceland did not claim tho suffrage, but that it was being thrust upon them by thu men. Miss Lauk.v M. Ui.pes, of Virginia City, has been admitted to practice be fore the courts of Nevada by the su preme court. She passed a very credit able examination and was highly com plimented by tha judgu, who hus never admitted a woman before to tho Nevada bar. Mks. Grafton Ross, an English wom an, has invented a tool for killing ob noxious weeds in gardens. It Is in tht form of a hollow piercer, through which poison is conveyed to tho very heart of tho root of a stubborn weed, causing it to shrivel up in a very short time. Womkn have led in the progress of the ceramic art since our last great ex position. Tho Kookwood ware of Cin cinnati und the gold China of Miss llealy, of Washington, are the great novelties in their line at Chicago. Miss Healy's process is the eauso of much argument and envy by European por celain makers. Harper's Hu.ar. Tiiiikk women who have achieved distinction as hunters are Lady Hope town, wife of thu governor of Victoria, who has been killing deer In Auckland; Mrs. Alan (lardner, who has been mak ing a record in India for hunting chee tas, shooting and spearing panthers, and sticking pigs; and Mrs. K. H. Tyacko, who, with her husband, hus shot the larget.t number of beurs ever killed In one season ' iu Kulu, in tho central Himalayas. Are You Ambitious ? Especially, are you an ambitious woman anxious to make a career for youself? Then you will be more than interested in the " The Road to ; Fame or Fortune," published in Dem- ; orest s family Magazine for Decern ber, which is a faithful chronicle of i how ambitious cirls desirous of be coming successful business women j live and labor in New York, giving suggestions and valuable information that cannot fail to be of inestimable benefit to all talented and ambitious girls. And this is an ideal Christmas number, also. The lovely water color "Did Jtanta Clause Jiring You ? ' will appeal to everyone, young or old. I'Christman Eve at Bethlehem," with its numerous illustrations, takes one back to the first Christmas Eve, and tells how the traditions are preserved and what ceremonies are observed at the present day. There are two splen did Christmas stories splendidly lllus trated ; "An Excursion to the Land of Dolls," also illustrated, will interest all little maidens who love their dolls ; there is a charming Christmas play, "The Prodigal," which will afford most timely entertainment ; a beauti ful Christmas carol with original words and music, arranged so that it is ap propriate for church, school, or the home circle ; there are number less suggestions for Christmas gifts ; the many departments are full to over flowing with good things ; and every one who loves babies will be charmed with the portraits of nearly a hundred who are competitors for the "Baby Vrhe" offered by this Magazine. In deed, the December number is a gen erous twenty cents' worth ; but it is only a fair sample of what is furnish twelve times a year for $2.00, Pub lished by W. Jennings Demorest, 15 East 14th St., New York. I have been a sufferer from catarrh for 20 years. I found immediate re lief in the use of Ely's Cream Balm. Since using it I have not suffered a moment from headache, sore throat or loss of sleep, from which I previously suffered, caused by catarrh. I con sider your Balm a valuable remedy. R. (1. Vassar, 56 Warren St., New York. Ely's Cream Balm is worth its weight in gold as a cure for catarrh. One bottle cured me. S. A. Lovell, Frank lin, Pa. State Superintendent Schaeffer's Keport. The annual renort of Sunerintendent of Public Instruction Schaeffer is now in the hands of the S. ate Printer. In it he will recommend that a school census be taken to ascertain how many cnuaren mere are in the State out of school that should be receiving an education. During the present year he will make a careful study of the school census in the different Statts and territories of the Union, with a view of devising a feasible plan for taking the census in Pennsylvania which he will submit to the next Legis lature in his annual report of 1894. Dr. Schaeffer will state in his report that the effect of the increase in the annual appropriation to the schools to $?. OOO.000 is seen in the increase of teachers' salaries, the lengthening of school terms and the erection of better school houses. He will give the free texi-DooK law, enacted by the last Legislature, his unqualified endorse ment and state that the one great ef fect of free text books in this State is shown in the increased attendance in the schools, especially in the upper grades. Dr. hchaeffer states that the act of repeal of May 31, 1893 repeals the act of Tune 2?. l88. Urovidine- for the close of schools on legal holidays. He recommends, however, that the direc tors order the closing of the schools on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and othe national holidays. A Hlothers Duty. " Watch your daughter's physical development. JNature has provided a time for purification, and if the channels are obstructed, the entire system is poisoned, and misery comes. Irregularities from any ause, at any age, are sure indications of organic trouble. "With irreg ularities come disturbances of the stomach and kidneys, vi olent head aches, shooting pains, extreme lassitude, and irritability. " Remove the trouble at once, or a whole life will be sacrificed. " Lydia E. Pitt Mam's Vege table Compound will accom plish the work speedily. " It is the most effective rem edy for irregular or suspended action known to the world." Mrs. Clias. I lines, Box 212,' Duncannonl Pa. All druKlfliiti cell it. Addres In cnnfMence, J-YDIA K. I'INKHAM Mun. Co., J.VNN, MASS. Mrs. Piukhuta's Livor Fiilr, 25 vents. (SOT IMY. TMG 1W. Wc have jus received a ear load of VIVV 11 W. For convenience anl economy this hay is cut and put up in hales ol'nhoiit lOO pound each. The Hay is Choice jo, 1 Tim othy, and is cut hcdlcr than you could cut it yourself. Trv one hale of CUT HAY and you will immediately sell or give away your .ld cultiug box. E. W. KITCJBHEBT, Flour, Feed, JRaled May and Straw. KLOOMSBUKG, - - Pa. Kuling on a Kansas Fostofilce Wbich Has an Important Bearing. Postmaster General Bissell has made an important ruling in a post office case in Kansas. A lew days after the Harrison Administration came into power a change of post master was made at Udall, in Cowley county, of that State. A seco d ap pointmtnt for that office was made March 2nd. Recently tne Demo crats of that community asked that an other appointment be made, and the demand for it was so strong that it was made a test case. The question presented was whether the second man. appointed on March 2nd last, would be allowed to hold for four years or hold until the end of the four years from the time the first Repub'i can was appointed. It was held by the department that the postmaster appointed on March 2nd would be al lowed to hold the office for four years from the date o his individual ap pointment. This ruling applies to all classes of officers. It affects thous ands of offices, and the Democrats are naturally not in love with the ruling. The perms of scrofula are destroy- o ' ed by Ayer's Sarsaparilla Sold by all drusisists. True, Every Word. Girls, a word with you. Don't go home with a young man who won't go to church with you. If your com pany is worth having at all, it is equal ly good on the going and returning trip. Disabuse these young fellows of the notion that you will accept their company anywhere it is their pleasure to tender it. This will add to your self respect, and in addition it will scatter a big crowd of gay Lo tharios who hug church steps at the close of evening services as flies do a sugar hogshead. Something ought to be done to stop this pernicious habit of loafing about sanctuary doors, which has become an eye sore. If the tact of the girl don't remedy this evil the church authorities should invite of fenders inside and if that fails turn the policemen loose among them. They might at least seek an alley to exhaust their poor tobacco in, and for a storehouse for stories that have no possible connection with the ser mon. Here's missionary work for you, young ladies. Don't think you can reform a man after you are yoked to him. He'll come to terms with less effort on this side the altar. Toilettes for Ladies. For sty'ish evening costumes the silks of the present season have never been surpassed in fanciful variety. The inter-weaving of two or more colors predominates in these tissues and pro duces novel and original effects in blending shades, which are still en hanced by the glistening moire surface that is given to many of them. Among other novelties the broche moires are particularly attractive having delicate broche figures of one color standing out against the watered ground of a contrasting color. A rich brocade for reception gowns is called "damas camaieu." This material has repped ground in some solid color with a de sign in satin of the same color shot with white. The painted bengalines are evening silks with light grounds, having printed Pompadour bouquets which look as if painted in water col ors. They are often combined with a new velours pe'uche. These items, as we 1 as many others equally attrac tive, are to be found in the McDowell Fashion Magazines just received. The latest numbers of these artistic publi cations maintain still their high stand ard of excellence, which makes them of inestimable value to all devotees of fashion, and easily accounts for the wide spread admiration they secured at the World's Fair. A bpecial new inducement has been introduced in them in the shape of pattern coupons, by which one can secure many novel ties at moderate prices. "La Mode de Taris" and "Album of Fashion" only cost $3 50 a year each, or 35 cents a copy. "The French Dress maker" is $3.00 per annum, or 30 cents a copy, while "La Mode' the home fashion magazine above all, comes at the very moderate price of $150 a year, or 15 cents a copy. If you are unable to procure any of these publications at your newsdealer do not take any substitute from him, but apply by mail to Messrs. A. jc Dowell& Co., 4 West 14th Street, New York. State of Ohio, City ok Toledo) t - r 1,UCA I.UUNI V, ) Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. I. Cheney & Co, doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK. J.CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of De cember, A. D., 1 386. A. W. GLEASON, Notary J'ublic. SEAL 1 FJflSS k HEAB N0ISf OURIB by r I. vi K " VL' 1 -w tusuuicaa ......d. ouuroKHHilWUrriWHI lEi'lltri l-HPA!!.. lilt. KHk At P'-Vjtt, ft... AOUrww IT. IIIK1 Ot, ess kraulmr, ! 11-1:. ! (X Ha I's Catarrh Cure is taken internal ly and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. ' F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O. ay"Sold by Druggists. 75c. Easy to take Dr. Pierce's Pleas ant Pellets. Smallest, easiest, cheap est, best. They're tiny, sugar-coated,' anti-bilious granules, a compound of refined and concentrated vegetable ex tracts. Without disturbance or trouble, Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious At tacks, Sick and Uilious UeaJaches, and all derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels.are prevented, re lieved and cured. Permentntly cured, too. By their mild and natural action these little Pellets lead the system in to natural ways again. Their influence lasts. Everything catharrhal in its nature, catarrh itself, and all the troubles that come from catarrh, are perfectly and permanently cured by Dr. Sage's Ca tarrh Remedy. No matter how bad your case or of hqw long standing, you can be cured. More men make money than money makes men. J. R. Smith & Co. LIMITED. MILTON, Pa., PIAW0S, Br the following well-known makers : Chlckering, Knabc, Weber, Hallet & Davis. Can also furnish any of the cheaper makes at manufact urers' prices. Do not buy a piano before getting our prices. .o. Catalogue and Price Lists On application. rhe Best Burning Oil That Can te Mada From Petroloux. It gives a brilliant light, It will not moke the chimneys. It will not char the wick. It hat a high fire test. It will not explode, .t is ore-eminently a family safety oil. Challenge Comparison with an ether illuminating oil made. We stake our Reputation, as Refiners upon the statement that it is Tlie Best Oil IN THE WORLD. ASK YOUR DEALER FOR. Crown - Acme :o:- Rheumatism Cured in a Day. "Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and Neuralgia, radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the system is remarkable and mysterious. It re moves at once the cause and the di sease immediately disappears. The first dose greatly benefits, 75 cts Sold by C. A. Kleini, Druggist, Blooms burg. ji-ioSm. .... Children Ory for Pitcher's Castoria. Tie Atlantic Refiniag Go. BLOOMSBURG STATION, I.OOMSUUKG ,rA. FRAZEFIcSIe BEST IW THE WOM.D. Itwriiiqulltlr. on.urpMMd, aotualij cmtlaatiiifr two borm of "V"l,.eI,S.r;'i'n if Sttotwt liy beat. trUE i' TUKUk.fi FOBBALBV lFAT,ER8 GENERALLY, lyr a-24-iyr. It will pay nnv outi In wunt uf WALL KirEM - good PA PER " d' i. 10 aiit. mil. , Nmi Klo. for poHtntfK.ili'Jiuii, It, whim ow'rini.' Aililriisa 1'. 11. L'Auv.tfft lllsll Ht , i rnviili'"" H. 1. IIMD-K (I-
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