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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20
A Queer Yankee Character.

Hartford Courant.
John Newton, of Ledyard Center, is dead,
leaving $40 900 in cash and half the swamp
land and brush pasture in Ledyard. Helived
to four score and his bent and beaten six
foot-six, and his patched-up garments, were
familiar objects to his debtors for miles
around Mr. Newton was an eccentric char
acter. He never had a debt. He early de-
veloped the notion of becoming an itinerant
bank and pawnbroker's office. He Harmed
it, with all his might in his youth, and his
first earnings he lent on mortgage. This he
has kept up, until at his death most all of
his property consisted of mortgages on the
barren farms throughout the town. In this
way much of his landed property
came into his hands. He had hundreds of
acres that cost him little if anything, and so
much land that the tax collector never
knew whether he was paying his full tax or
not One time John married Charity Nor
man, because among her other good traits,
she could turn out such prime article of
butter. Another time John started to build
him a new house 1t cost him thousands OF
dollars and was very nice But just before
completing 1t he got mad at something and
he at once nailed up the windows, and now
it is rotting down unoccupied. He spent
his DAYS IN howell, the like of which some
of the poorer people in town would not take
as a gift. Snow and rain alike would sift in
upon misery John, but he cared not so long
as the pocket-book continued to fatten.
John has given his property to Pennsylva-
mia relatives, first setting out $4,000 to
Charity, his butter maker, to keep her from
fighting his will.
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Habits of the Burmese Women.

Chicago Times.
The Burmese women, before they become
mothers, are noted for their well-propor-
toned, though small figures. To one accus-
toned to seeing the regular features so prev
alent amongst the many pretty Indian girls,
the Mongol-like features of their Burmese
sisters look ugly and repellant, but after a
while this impression wears of. The women
of the country have many pretty little ways
and they are very clearly. Their hands and
feet are small and well-shaped, arms SYM
metrical, the head well put on the neck;
their carriage is erect; they disfigure their
ears, which are naturally small and pretty,
by boring huge holes in the lobes, and wear
in them either gold or amber cylindrical
shaped earrings; they cover themselves over
with neeklets bracelets, rings, etc., and the
Burmese gold and silver-smiths are nearly
as good as those in Cuttack Trichinopoly or
Delhi. a. ~.
A Burmese girl who wishes4to kiss presses
her nose up against a face and shifts! She is
born eoquette, and will spend hours in
adorning her person. Her dress consists of a
tight under-jacket to support the bust and
a loose and flowing jacket over for show; a
gaudy scarf hangs down over the shoulders;
from the waist she wears many-colored silk
thamine, which exposes the inside of one leg
halfway up the thigh, or "loongie," which
is more decent being sort of petticoat fas-
tened round the waist and exposing no part
of the person. All the women smoke and
chew betel-nut; but have nice, white, even
teeth. They can swim, as rule, and delight
in dabbling in water, and invariably battle
once, perhaps oftener, during the day.
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Philadelphia Press.

Phlladelpnla fress.
There is a sad and foolish notion that.
while society in general is deeply interested
in promoting marriage, nobody is interested
in seeing that the marriage is to be happy
but those who are to bear its yoke. The
world is full of saws and sayings which treat
the entire sacred relation of marriage as a
great grabbing of happiness, in which there
is good luck for everyone who takes chance,
while the sober and certain fact is that a
true marriage between men and women,
welded to high purpose, is one of the most
difficult of earthly achievements, and one
whose success dgnifes life. If all this has
been forgotten by the average morality of
the day and passed over in silence by the
church, it is not surprising thH divorces in
crease. Nor will they disappear until pro-
found change comics. Agitation against d.
vorce laws may prune the branches, but un-
less the root is plucked up it will continue
to nourish an evil fruit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20
IN THE WAY OF HOSE.
Some of the Beautiful Things Prepared for a
Rainy Day.


Present importations of fine silk stockings
for ladies are simpler in design than were
former fashions. Striped hose are gone. So,
also, are those fancy things which were
adorned with flowers and birds and snakes.
To Sun reporter bright, clever saleswo-
man in retail store said: 1.-THE styles this
year are-I was going to say they are just too
lovely for anything, but you newspaper men
make so much fun of that expression guess
l won't use it. But, indeed the new styles
are lovely. They are in such exquisite
shades Will l show you some? Certainly.
This is the latest shade. 1t is called the
electric blue. Everything's electric blue
ans winter. Too pale? Yes, l think
- too Now, here's some of the
newest heavy ribbed goods. Did you
ever see anything so neat, and so
.,retty, and so rich? They come in all shades,
INT are Of solid color. Here's silver Law
49nder, and here's turquois, and here's a
Russian blue, and here's a jet black, and
here's an orange. and-oh! just look-here' s
the ashes of rose! Isn't it perfectly beauti-
Iul? In my opinion the ashes of rose-but |
be- pardon, what did you say? Can we tell
by the size of the foot whether the stocking
will fit the ankle? Oh, yes; you see-but
won't you please excuse me? Here comes
one Of my customers. I'll send our buyer
no YOU. He knows great deal more about
hosiery than do. Indeed he does"
There's no trouble about the fit" said
the buyer. Cline silk is very elastic. 1t
will give either in breadth or length. If it
is too broad it will come to the right size
2y pulling it up higher, See how this stock
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20

Brooklyn Union.
A beautiful promenade costume is made
up in the cloth known as corduroy, and vel
vet, in color the skirt of plain velvet Dor
dered at the bottom with a six-inch fold of
corduroy placed with the stripes running
perpendicularly, and the overskirt of cordu-
roy, slightly draped at the back, straight and
open at the left side over fan plat of surah
of the same shade as the corduroy. A broad
band of satin ribbon, with velvet edge, sur
rounds the overdress at the bottom and
sides, and short loops.of velvet are attached
at the side, toward the back; instead of but
ton-holes, and the velvet buttons are placed
at the side toward the front, so as to
produce the effect of the overdress
having originally been closed and then
opened to make room for the escaping plaits
of surah. Three narrow bands of satin
velvet ribbon are placed across the front of
the overdress from the opening at the left
side and extend toward the right just far
enough to simulate a Roman apron, where
the ends of the satin velvet ribbon are
simply turned under as if abruptly cut off.
The close round basque of corduroy has a
faint indication of point in front and is
open from the throat to the waist over a vest
of satin. The hat to be worn with this cos
tune is of felt in the same shade as the
corduroy, with high crown and fiat brim, and
is simply trimmed with broad band of
Ottoman ribbon and large cluster of straw
berry leaves, blossoms and fruit at the right
Sid
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A Seals Affection for Her Young.

An interesting incident illustrating the
maternal affection of this animal for its
young, was brought to notice during the
the visit of an excursion party to Anacapa
island, off the coast of California. A young
seal pup only few months old was brought
away from the island by little Ernest White
head, who desired to take it home for pet.
The little animal was secured by a rope
around one of its fins, and tied within a
small yawl belonging to the sloop. Shortly
before sailing large seal was noticed swim
ming around the sloop, anchored off the
cove where the capture was made, uttering
loud banks and at times bowling piteously.
No particular attention was paid to the ami
NAL at the time or to the little captive, which
at times barked in response to the old dams
plants. The boat sailed away, making for
Ventura shore. When off San Buena-
ventura a calm in the wind de-
creased the speed of the boat.
reaching the wharf at Santa Barbara, at 2
o'clock next morning, seal was again dis
covered swimming about the boat 1t was
not supposed that this was the mother of the
captive, or out of pity for its misery the pup
would have been thrown overheard. To
better secure the pup until daylight the
rope was taken from his fin, and it was tied
up in jute-sack and let loose on the deck.
Soon after coming to anchor, the seal re-
sponded to its mothers invitation by casting
itself overheard all tied up as it was within
the sack 1t is asserted by the man on deck
that the mother seized the sack, and with
her sharp teeth tore off the prison of her
offspring. This, however, is a mere con-
lecture If it did the little pup was saved;
otherwise it would drown tied up in a sack.
The incident was the more interesting from
the fact that the old seal had to follow the
sloop at least eighty miles over the ocean in
hopeful endeavor to rescue its young.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20

The Greek sponge fisheries have been very
much developed within the last two years,
and at the present time there are 1913 boats,
1873 of which are provided with diving bells,
employed in this business. These boats,
which carry from five to seven men, nearly
all belong to the ports of Hydra, Egina,
Cranidi, Hermione and Trikeri. The fishing
season commences in April and ends in Au-
gust, the boats which are provided with div
ing-bells going as far to sea as Tunis and
Tripoli, while the others do not go beyond
the coast of Greece and Crete. The value of
the sponges taken during the past season is
put at EGG, 000 nearly half of which is cred
tied to the Hydra boats, while those from
Egina took about 927 900 worth of the re-
mainder,
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operative system, giving everyone a share
in the profits, and allowing all to invest
their savings in the business. But the Pail
Mall Gazette understands that even their gi-
gantic operations are likely 10 be thrown
into the shade by an American capitalist who
is about to lay a pipe SCI miles long, by
which the oil will be conveyed across the
Caucasus, from Baku to Batum, on the
Black sea
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20

REVELATION suggests the idea that from Wo-
man comes the power to 'bruise the serpent's
head" The words take a new meaning to-day.
since this is precisely what Mrs. Lydia E, Pink
hams Remedies do for the physically diseased
patient. Her Vegetable Compound reaches the
ultimate sources of the evil. Its action is gentle
and nOiseless, but it is more powerful than the
club Of uercues.-Bazar,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20

A girl, writing from Mormon settlement
in Nevada, says: Brother Wadsworth is
preparing Tor cold weather. He brought up
from lower Utah another one of his wives,
and now has both women within the village.
woman to hug up before and another to
hug up behind is very comfortable thing
in winter. wish l was man."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20

The Swedish firm of Nobel Brothers, who
have developed the Baku petroleum district
of Russia, employ 1000 workmen, own a
large feet of steamers and 1,400 oil trucks.
They are building town in which to lodge
their servants, and have adopted semi-co-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-20

Chicago, St LOUIS & Plttsburq.
Depart-New York. PHILADELPHIA Wash
lngton, Baltimore and Pitts
burg Express, daily s... 4:35 am
Dayton and Columbus Ex-
press, except Sunday. 1885 am
richmond Accommodation -. 4: 10 PIN -
New York, PhiladelD hla, Wash -
1ngton, Baltimore and Pitts
burg Express, daily s. h.. oO5 nm
Dayton Express, exc'p Sunday sos mn
AfrlVe-RichmOnd Accommodation, ex-
cept Sunday 9:55 am
New York, Philadelphia, Wash
ington, Baltimore and Pitts
burg Express, daily ...-..-- 1130 am
columbus and Dayton Express
except sunday ....:.......... 5lopm
New York, Philadelphia, Wash
lngton, Baltimore and Pitts
burg Express, daily los pun
Dayton Express. daily except
Sunday. ...-....-....1O5p pm
CHICAGO DIVISION VIA KOKOMO, p. c. IL ST. IR r..
Depart-Lousville and Chicago Ex-
press, q. e-..-..-...--.l1o am
Louisville and Chicago East
Express, daily, s------....... 11:0pm
arrive - Chicago aL1 Louisville Fast an, =;
Express, daily, s.---....--... Apt
Chicago and Louisville Ex- an
press, p. c-----...------.---. 3'5A
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RAILWAY TIME TABLE

RAILWAY TIME TABLE
Trains marked thus I. O.. reclining chair car; thus
=, sleeper thus, p, parlor car; thus, h. hotel car.
tBee Line c., c., c. & Indianapolis.
Depart-New York and Boston Express,
daily, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $40 am
Dayton, Columbus and New
York Express, C c. 1925 am
Anderson and Mlchigae Ae-
comm odation ....--.-....... Ills anu
Wabash and Muncie Accom-
mediation. --......-......... 5:55 pm
New York and Boston, daily,
cc-................... 7:15 pm
BRENTWOOD DIVISION.
Daily $40 am -. $40 pm
Daily ..-....--...10:25 am. -. 5:55 pm
DAILY. am. -. 7:15 pm
Daily 2:25 PIN
AFriVe-LouIsville, New Orleans and
st, Louis Express, daily. 6:55 am
Elkhart and Goshen Express so am
South Bend Eek press - 2:I5 pm
Boston, indianapolis and
Southern Express 1900. 6:o5 pm
New York ana st. Louis Ex-
press, daily 11:10pm
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w abash, ST LOUIS q FacIIIc
Depart-Detrot and Chicago Mail 1850 am
Toledo, Fort Wayne Grand
Rapids and Michigan Ex-
press ..-. ...... 2:20 pm
Detroit and Toledo Express.
daily, g. c. and s--......---- l1:45 pm
Arrive -Miehigan and Toledo Express,
daily except Monday 2:20 am
Toledo and Fort Wayne Ex-
nress 1850 am
Detroit and Chica go Mall. S45 pm
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Jeffersonvil1e, Madison q Indianapolh. [
Dopart-southern Express, daily, S.. 4:25 am
Louisville and Madison Ex-
press. = 80 ...-........ 7:4o am
Louisville and Madison mail.
p. c....--.... ...-. - 4:o5 pm
Louisville Accommodation,
daily, r. c.....-........... GAO pm
Arrive Indianapolis and Madison
Mail 1000 am
Indianapolis St. Louis and
Chicago Elk press, daily, p--.11:15 am
New York and Northern Fast
Express, r c.......-.......... 5:5opm
st. Louis Chicago and Detroit
Fast Line, daily, s......---.10:45 nm
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14

Compared with the previous fiscal
year. the receipts of 1888 have decreased
S15, 172, ,04S S. and there was an in
crease of So. 934, 38005, making a net
decrease of $5, ,237, ,66S 80.
The expenses of the first quarter of
the year were $95, 866, 917O3. The Sec
retary estimates that for the next three
quarters they will be $247, ,O33, ,OS2. 81,
and shows these figures for the year:
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14
wAsH1NaroN NOTES.

number Of Congressman and other promi-
nent citizens called upon President Arthur to
urge his interposition in behalf Of O'Donnell,
sentenced at London to be hanged for the
murder Of Carey the Irish informer.
The Mexican Veterans called at the White
House as body and paid their respects to the
President. They were received in the East
room and presented individually to the Presi-
dent.
Three bills have been introduced in the
House providing government for Alaska, and
another will be-
The Senate has already before it more than
four hundred bills, and warning has been given
that nearly two thousand measures will be in-
troduced in the House this week.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury has
authorized the payment on and after this date
without rebate of interest Of bonds embraced in
the one hundred and twenty-third call, which
will mature on December 15th payment to be
made in the order Of presentation of the bonds.
Mr.. Herbert, of Alabama, willintroduce bill
limiting the number of members of the House
to 351.
The Shipping bill which failed to become
law last session will be again introduced in
the House by Mr.. Dingley, of Maine.
Secretary Chandler in his annual report say,
the three new steel war vessels now building viii
be completed about January /, 1885. The Sec
retary advises that seven war ships be built
every year until we have a navy. The cost of
completing the monitors Puritan, Amphitrite,
Terror. and MOnadnoch is estimated at IS, $685.
3S2. The Secretary recommends their compile
ton, as they will provide floating harbor de-
fences sufficient for present purposes, and may
justify us in further postponing the construc-
ton Of expensive broadside armored ships.
The Secretary of the Treasury transmitted
to Congress the estimates Of appropriations re-
auired for the fiscal year ending June 3d. 1885.
The amount estimated for ali expenses Of the
government is 1888, 1875, ,3O5, being $22, ,S2S, ,282
the present fiscal year. and s57, l54 S57 less
than the sum called for in the estimates sub
mitted last year.
The Deputy Commissioner Of Internal Reve-
nue. saws that the internal taxes already col
Iected for the present fiscal year are at the rate
of 1928, ,000, 900 per annum. He estimates that
the collections for the entire year will amount
to about S13O. 100000. This estimate includes
between $4,000, 900 and $7,OOO,OO0. to be col
lected in special taxes in April and May, but
does not include an increase which is antici-
pated from spirits forced out of bond.
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14

eyes, remarked Fitznoodle, "I used
to take my dog out when I started on a
promenade; but L don't do it now. It
wasn't pleasant, you know, to have peo-
pie inquire which was Fitznoodle and
which was the dog" 1t is the opinion
of Fitznoodle's friends that it must have
been fully as distasteful to the dog as it
was to Fitznoodle.
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14
HOW TO INCREASE OUR SHIPPING.

There appear but two methods by
which our foreign shipping can be di-
rectly ncreased-namely, by subsidies
and by allowing the free purchase of
foreign ships. Whether either or both
of these means shall be adopted will de-
pend on the judgment of Congress
whether it is better to resort to them
than to suffer the yearly loss of eighty
four per cent. of the freightage on ex-
ported and imported merchandise.
It would facilitate the solution of ques-
tions of the character above presented if
there were established in the Treasury
Department a bureau of navigation,
whose function it should be to supervise
that interest, make study of its needs,
observe its decline or increase and rec
ommend from time to time such meas
ures as would keep it in state of pro-
gress parallel with the general advance
of the country. IF such bureau were
to do nothing more than to look to the
interests of seamen, and keep a record
of the commercial marine and guard
against the physical Instructions to
navigation within our own waters, its
existence would be justified. Some of
the duties which would naturally attach
to such a bureau are now anonymously
distributed among divisions of the Treas
ury Department, whose prime purpose
and main work are of other nature. The
establishment of that bureau might be
effected with the addition of but two
salaried officers to the present number
in the civil service.
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14

Mrs. PONsoNBY DE ToAIKYNs (pointing
to her books): "They are not many,
Lord Adolphus, but they are all friends
dear old friends" Noble Poet (taking
down a volume of his own poems and
finding the leaves uncut): "Ah hum
I'm glad to find that you don't cut al !
your old friends, Mrs. de Tomkyns p
(lIrs. P. de T. is at a loss for once.
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14
DELAWARE FARMS

FOR SALE.
Farms from $1Oto $3Oper acre. Mills and
Town Properties at low figures. Located in the
best fruit country in the United States l am
prepared to take people desiring to purchase or
view farms in carriages over this State OF Mary
land free Of charge. Send for free Catalogue to
I'D. HENDRICKS, Houston. Del.
Milford chronicle., 1883-12-14

and shows these figures for the year:
GRAND TOTALS.
Total receipts. .s94S, ,OOO, 900 90
Total expenditures. ............ 25s,OOO,OOO 90
Ss5, 900, 600 90
Amount due the sinking fund. 1856, ,741 OF
Leaving balance OF. -. SS9, 1s3, ,25S SO
Excluding the sinking fund. the esti-
mated expenditures for the year 1885
will be $236, 855, ,54S, showing an ex.
pected surplus Of S106, IA, 452.
STANDARD SILVER DOLLARS.
On Nov. 1, 1888, under the act of
Feb. %, 1878, there had been a coinage
of standard silver dollars amounting to
$156, 720, $40; there were in the Treasury
at that date S116,386,017. There we're
then in circulation, and in the mints on
account of profits on the coinage not yet
deposited in the Treasury, $40, ,334, 932.
There were in circulation on Nov. l,
1882, $35, ,383, 7S6. The coinage between
the 1st of November, 1882, and the same
date in 1883 had increased $2S, ,391, ,069;
the amount in circulation for the same
time had increased $4, 1856, ,321; thus
keeping up the great disproportion be-
tween the amount ready to be supplied
and the demand for them, heretofore
noted in the reports of this department..
THE TRADE DOLLAR.
It is possible, says the Secretary, to
make an estimate of the amount that
would come to the Treasury for redemp-
ton if authority were given therefor.
The whole issue of the coin has been
$35, $50, 446. Some of that has disap-
peared in manufactured articles; it is
estimated from one to two millions. IL
is calculated that fve-sixths thereof
went abroad in the beginning, and it is
believed that but small part of that has
come back, and that there is now held
by our people but from FIVE to eight
millions.
A thorough and effective redemption
of it can be brought aboutin this way
Let authority be given by Congress to
the Treasury Department to barter for
trade dollars, at their nominal value,
standard dollars at their nominal value,
and melting the trade dollars to recoin
them into standard silver dollars, count
ing the trade dollars got in this way as
part of tho silver bullion which the
act of 1878 empowers and directs to be
bought and coined monthly. Should
the trade dollars have beeR SO abraded