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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-28
The Strawberry Man.

Detroit Free Press. MS
He does not have the nose of horse trader
nor the squint of the man who goeth about with
a learned pig but he is sharper than either. He
cannot use the sophistry of a college graduate
nor the profundity of a statesman but his argu-
ments go straigh to the heart. His voice crying
on the sun. baked air, STRAW bu-ries-great big
straw, bu-ries!" does not compare with the roar
of lion or the sweet voice of the maiden, but it
brings him cash customers
See how carefully he plans that the biggest
berries shall roll to the top. See how deity he
manipulateS the mashed and undersized ones
that no customer sees them until the measure
has been filed and empied. The man who sue
ceeds must put his best foot forlnost. The berry
which sells must show its best side to the
woman craning her neck over the hind wheel OF
the strawberry wagon.
The measure may have been inspected It
may hold quart, 1t is for the jury to give
the prisoner the benefit of the doubt
Notice him as he fills the measure.
1t is held with rigid clutch, the berries
are scooped in swiftly and poured out at dash;,
1t is only after he has turned the corner that you
remember that he held his thumb on the inside
of the measure. The statesman may wink, but
the strawberry mans thumb fills a cash cavity
in quart measure. The orator may bring down
the house with peroration, but the strawberry
man sitteth down at evening time and 6gureth:
One thumb makes one gill.
Eight glls eight thumbs quart.
In sxtyfour quarts of berries there eight quarts
of thumbs.
He does not cheat the innocent child in meas
ure, but the smooth sided nickels and punched
pennies among her change came from his
pocket. He does not iatter the woman, but he
replies;
why, yes have strawberries, but they ara
large ones"
81 want that kind"
"Oh-ah-but the lady across the street takes
two quarts every day, and. was. saving these ex-
ira large"
II don't care for the lady across the street!
want those berries, and by the way if she takes
two quarts per day l want three"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-28
Mr.. Blaine as a Hand-shaker.

Washington Correspondence Cleveland Leader.
Blaine is one of the best hand shakers in pub
lie life. He seizes your hand, gives it hearty
shake, and holds it firmly and rather conf
dentially while he is talking. Here at Belaire
he was shaking hands from the beginning to the
end of his visit, and crowds gathered around the
depot. anxious to give him parting look or
shake before the train left He was sitting in the
car by the window and shaking the hands of those
on the platform outside, when, among others, a
very pretty Virginia girl came up. Blaine
seized her hand with his hearty grip Almost
instinctively and at almost the same moment, an
old friend of his engaged him in conversation
He began to talk, holding to the girls hand, and
not noticing, l suppose. that it was not the hand
of the man to whom he was speaking After
about minute the affair began to attract atten-
ton. The girl attempted to pull her hand away
gently, but Blaine. who was engaged in an ami
mated conversation, only frightened his grip and
talked faster. At this the young girls lover,
who, with hot face, had been standing hack in
the crowd, came up, and twitching Blaine
sleeve, pointed out to him what he was doing
He let go the girls hand at once, with a word Of
apology, and the blushing maiden was led away
into the crowd.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-28
A MORMON PICTURE.
How the Polygamist May Arrange His Harem
by Choosing Wives.

Letter in Denver Tribune.
To the denizen of Salt Lake City there are
some good specimens of polygamy to be studied.
Some polygamsts have married two. three, or
four women who are mere drudges, one of whom
will do all the sewing, another all the washing
and ironing, and another the cooking and the
last look after the pigs cows etc. The utility
of such an arrangement is at once apparent, es.
pecially in a country where help is an item Of
considerable importance. But if your polyga-
mist is a city merchant and anything of a
noisseur of womankind, he can make his col
lection just as valuable in another way. For
first wife he can take woman who is skilled as
housekeeper and has sufficient talent in this
way to make up for the short eomings of the
others in this particular Then he can select q
damsel who can paint, embroider, and
use in decorating the house and
soothing her hege lord with the soft strains of
music after the turmoil of business. Then, as
the calls of doctor are becoming rather fire.
queut, and the expense in this matter growing
to an item of some magnitude, he can take as a
third dashing young disciple of Esculapius,
who will take q religious delight in keeping
health in the family to the best Of her ability.
If he should decide to take a fourth and fifth he
can select according to his new requirements,
either for beauty, for some special talent, be-
cause she is short and fat or because she is tall
and slender. young man named Clawson,
here, recently married one for her property,
and when he got everything nicely fixed,
brought in the girl he was in love with as a
second. The Rrst ono was about to become
mother, when he brought into her house
the second one OF course the latter came in
handy as a nurse but what an outrage to
common decency, to common respect. at
period when any good woman wants the kindest
and gentlest care and attention of her husband!
The poor girl was broken-h hearted, but she had
her religion flung into her teeth, and was re-
minded that she owed her own existence to
polygamy. She was still wretched, and told her
father she would leave the husband who could
so cruelty wrong her. But the Mormon parent
merely reminded her that her own birthright
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-28
Mount Sinai.

Correspondence New Orleans Times Democrat.
The fact that there is great deal of doubt
lingering in the minds of the most experienced
nayigators to-day as to exactly which mountain
is that historical peak where THE Lord de-
scended in fire, and the smoke thereof assembled
as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount
quaked greatly" where Moses twice communed
with God for forty days and forty nights, where
the ten commandments were Numbered forth,
and all the details of the old Jewish code; near
which the slow, half-hearted multitude of Israel
ties persuaded Aaron to make for them golden
calf, whereat Moses was SO Discouraged that
he threw down the tablets Of stone and thus
broke all the commandments at once;" where
Inc institution Of the Sabbath was confirmed;
where the Almighty permitted Moses to see a
measure of His glory; and in the wilderness
about which the children of Israel wandered so
many years.
BY studying the ships charts 1 find that it is
not simple matter to get glimpse of Sinai
owing to the intervention Of other and taller
peaks
Sinai itself is $50 feet high, while Mount ST.
Catharine two miles TO the eastward, is over S.
GOO feet, and another mountain toward the north
is about 1850 feet high Thus the weather must
be most aupicious, and the position of the vessel
at exactly q certain point in order to make the
view possible. Indeed, the Suez chart says:
None of the sea of Suez except very small
portion about Hummum bluff, can be seen from
Mount Sinai" The converse inference is obvi-
Gus. In view of the number of well-mean-
ing travellers who have made this voyage
in the past and calmly told their
friends afterwards chow Sinai looks" L
am very sorry to make such disheartening
revelations. But there is this comfort, the
others who have gone before have had the
satisfaction, along with myself of seeing where
Sinai is, and viewing the surrounding peaks
The trip to Sinai may be made over desolate
mountains by camels. There is Greek mon
astry about 8, 900 feet from the summit where
travellers are entertained with great hospitality
From the dreary nature of the country as seen
from the ship, would not advise any one to
make the trip. Even the few date palms cult
waited by the monks are watered with bitter,
braekish wafer
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plan in a fight shooting him in the head just in
time to save his own life. The family of the
man he killed was a very rich and powerful one
al that time, and while Garrison did what he did
clearly in self-defense, yet he certainly would
have been killed by some of the dead mans
brothers if he continued to run on the river,
lie therefore concluded to leave the South, and
the California gold excitement breaking out at
that time, he went out there, his clerk, Ralston,
folioWlSsg him. AS might be expected, Garrison
soon became very rich, and established the firm
of Garrison, Fretz & Ralston. After making an
immense fortune he came east to New York,
leaving Ralston enc OF the leading fiRGncters of
that section. His life, adventures and sad death
are too we'll remembered to need further men
ton
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-28
EATING BEFORE SLEEPING
Recommended as Positive Cure for Sleou1
lessness by Physician.

lessness by Physician.
New York Mail and Express.
Go home and eat good supper, that's all the
medicine you want and the medical gentleman
to whom Mail and Express reporter had gone.
for nervine a sedative or sleeping potion,
opened the door to show him out
But. doctor it's IL o'clock at niehtm
well, what of ita Oh, | see. The popular
prejudice against eating at night. Let me ssll
YOU my young friend that unless your stomach
is out of order it is more benefit to YOU to eat
before going to bed than it is harmful Food OF
simple kind induces sleep At what hour did
you dinel"
six o'clock"
"Humph just what I thought Six o'clock
Fourteen hours between dinner and your break
fast. Enough to keep any man awake. By
that time the fuel necessary to send the blood
coursing through your system is burned out
Animals sleep instinctively after meals. HUI
man beings become drowsy after eating. Whyf
Simply because the juices needed in digestion
are supplied by the blood being solicited toward
the stomach. Thus the brain receives less
blood than during the hours of fasting, and be-
coming paler the powers grow dormant inval-
ids and those in delicate health should always
eat before going to bed. The sinking sensa-
ton IN sleeplessness is a call for food.
Wakefuness is oftentimes merely a symp-
tom of hunger Crafty the desire and sleep
ensues. The feeble will be stronger If
they eat on going to bed. Some persons are ex-
hausted merely by the process of making their
toilet In the moriug. cup of warm milk and
toast on retiring of beef tea on awakening
will correct it."
But is it not essential that the stomach
should rest!"
Undoubtedly. Yet, when hungry we should
eat Does the infants stomach rest as long as
the adults. Man eats less often only because
his food requires more time for digestion. nva-
lids and children at night may take slowly warm
milk, beef tea or oatmeal. The vigorous adult
can eat bread, milk cold beef, chicken, raw oFs-
tiers or some other such food. OF course, it must
be done in moderation. You start home now
and take cup of tea and beef sandwich ON the
way, and I'll risk your sleeping Good night"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-28
Gen. Logan In Maine.

Lewiston Me- Journal.
Gen Logan has created very favorable
impression during his visit to Maine this week.
He is, in the first place. better looking man
than his pictures make him. In department he
is a perfect gentleman, and, while sufficiently
dignifed and reserved gives a man that cordial
greeting and warm grasp of the hand that prove
he has good blood in his veins. His public ut
terances have been marked by a deliberation
and prudence which his opponents wonld have
one believe he lacks, but which he combined in
happy degree with the fire of his western elo-
quence in his speeches at Augusta, Ellsworth
and Bangor. Zen. Logan is not so felicitous
Mt repartee nor so charming in conversation as is
Mr. Blaine, but it would be hard to find ora
tor gifted with more eloquent or persuasive
speech than the gallant hero of Illinois"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-28
HAY FEVER.
Theories as to Its Cause and Prevention
DIR. Mackenzie's Remedy.

Theories as to Its Cause and Prevention
DIR. Maclxenzie's Remedy.
London Truth.
Sneezing as pastime, as who should take
STUFF, and sneezing as a necessity, as who should
catch hay fever are widely different things Dr.
Morell Mackenzie, of throat celebrity has there
fore come to the rescue of all martyrs to hay
fever, He has published pamphlet the sub
ject, not merely with view of inducing people
to take advice, which l believe is the object Of
mos! medical pamphlets. but with
the view of giving information, and
purpose. The information is curious and ex-
haustive. Hay fever, it seems, ike influenza
and cholera, did not occur i'll Europe in the
good old times-it was one of the many bless
ings in the shape of brand new diseases reserved
to gladden. the hearts of the nineteenth century
doctors and to lead patients to them, literally
through their noses i will not dwell upon the
description of this irritating complaint, which
the Doctor gives at some length and with CON
siderable gusto. Those vino have gothay fever
can do without it, and those who have hitherto
escaped need not be narrowed up before their
time. Bostoek, in 1919, first described it; Elliot
son did so in 1881, and after him Phebus, of
Giessen. Hemholtz gave his views in 1860, and
he was followed by many others, and now DR..
Morell Mackenzie takes up the parable in 1884
There seems to be little difference of opinion
about the cause. 1t is the pollen of certain
grasses and flowers, and the sovereign remedy
il 10 keep away from these Dr. Mackenzie diff
fers from the great Helmholtz in the importance
which he assigns to qunine which had always
supposed to be specific; but / must add that he
is very prodigal in stating his own remedies
He recommends with the utmost confidence
and in great detail valerianate of
zinc in combination with asafedita, in pills of
one grain of valerianate of zinc and two grains
of compound asafetida pills, doubling the dose
at the end of ten DAYS or a fortnight He also
alludes to tincture of opium in cases of hay
asthma and recommends an inhalation of hem
zoin, together with an installation for the nose
of tpowdered) one-sixteenth of grain of NOR
phia and one grain of bismuth. 1t is seldom
one meets with advice half so practical Gene
rally such pamphlets only hint darkly at vague
preparations, give quantities, warn people of
the danger of attempting to dose themselves,
and advise the sufferer to call in physician
without delay.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-28
FASHION NOTES.

Bishop sleeves are coming into fashion.
Cabbage green is new shade in fine lawns.
Black Spanish lace over pink is especially
| pretty.
| The black null shilred pokes trimmed with
white lace are stylish.
| White parasols deliberately trimmed with lace
are worn with black costumes.
Bridesmaids wear white silk mitts tied on the
forearm by white satin ribbon bows
Grey and wine-color, and grey and green are
popular combinations in summer dresses.
Travelling clocks and seaside wraps recall the
illustrations of Mother Goose" and other nurs-
cry tales.
Pique dresses are not as popular as predicted.
Ladies say they are too warm. More will be
| seen of them in early fall.
| Summer skirts to wear under white null and
other sheer dresses are made of whitewash silk
trimmed with fine torchon edge and insertion.
| pretty way TO make dress for little giil
| is to tuck the yoke lengthwise IN very fine tucks
the body in larger tucks and the hounce in still
| larger tucks, but around the skirt
| Lace scarfs are again worn mantlewise oyer
| the shoulders and loosely knotted in front
| Lace shouldercapes in black and in white are
also popular, and are almost universally becom-
| ing.
| The Marie Antoinette styles appear in cotton
dresses, and with her kePehief and elbow sleeves
pretty girl only needs powder to look like a
HdFqulSe Oh bne pretty frivolous court CIRCLE THAT
laughed and danced through the last summers Of
the French monarchy.
The grandmother dress. with plain skirt tucked
to the knee with apron drapery, OF to the waist
with broad sash and ends of the material is more
| than popular for misses, for young ladies, and
for slender women. 1t is as much worn as was
the Dolly Warden or the Breton jacket, or any
other popular craze which has swept like a wave
| over the tide of fashion.
An odd costume recently worn by a New York
| girl represented the four seasons 1t had four
! panels of satin on the skirt; green for spring
| blue for summer, ruby for autumn and silver
gray for winter, the first three painted with
| flowers and the last glittering with crys-
| tails: and in her hair appeared happy family of
robins, butterflies, humming birds and snow
wrenS.
| The convenient fashion of white sacques with
dark silk skirts has revived. White jackets of
pure white and cream surah, cashmere, serge
| and yeilings worn with suitable skirts for
| evening full dress. Indian lawns with EN-
broidered ruffies, spotted and plain lawns, null
and any cool white material are proper and fash
| ionable for these jackets. Basques of pique
| fanclfully braided are worn for street or house
wear. One writer recommends cool COS
tune black nuns yelling skirt rufled TO the
waist and lawn jacket without sny trimming
except the rufie at the neck
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-28
The Neat bachelor.

Spectator" in New York Mail and Express.
Quite prominent designer who has done con-
siderable designing for the large house furnish
ers, told me the other day that would be sur
prised if l knew who some of the men were who
had given him orders for designs of cabinets in
which there were to be compartments for al
most every article of mans attire. One design
he showed me was very ingenious; it was to fit
into a recess ia the bachelors room, and the
drawers to contain his shirts were to be of GER
tain measurement, and was not to encrouch
upon any of the other compartments and as
every compartment was to be of a peculiar size,
the designer had to exert his powers of invep-
tiveness so that the cabinet would exactly fit
into the recess, leaving 10 morgin between it
and the wall. The Compartments for shirts
were to contain ten dozen, one dozen in each
and in each one of these compartments there
was to be sufficient room allowed to avoid any
possibility of the shirts being erumpled I
have never heard of q woman who was as par
ticular as this in the arrangement of her bureau
as rule a feminine bureau is perfect chaos. I'M
less there is maid at hand to keep everything
in it's proper place. Men as a rule are more tidy
than women.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-28

At first the watch was about the size of des-
sert plate 1t had weights and was used as
'pocket clock" The earliest known use of the
modern name occurs in the record of 1852, which
mentions that Edward VI had zone larum or
watch of iron, the case being likewise of iron
gilt, with two plummets of Lead The first
watch may readily be supposed to be of rude ex-
ecution. The first great improvement was in
1860. The earliest springs were not coiled but
only straight pieces of steel Early watches had
only one hand, and. being wound up twice day,
they could not be expected to keep the time of
day exactly. The dals were of silver and brass;
the cases had no crystals, but opened at the back
and 'front.' and were four or FIVE inches ia dame
ter. A plain watch cost more than 81, 500, and
after one was ordered it took year to make it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-28
MIR. BEECHER IN INDIANAPOLIS.
A Claim that He First Taught the People
Their Love for Flowers.

A Claim that He First Taught the People
Their Love for Flowers.
Gertrude Garrison, in st. Louis Call.
Mr.. Beecher might be called the father of for
iculture in Indianapolis. He was the first man
in the place who cultivated flowers beyond the
haphazard planting of rose bush, OF the acct
dental sprouting of ladys slipper Every
available spot of ground he controlled was kept
blooming like the garden of the gods from spring
till fall He dug and hoed and planted untir-
ingly and he didn't keep the results of his
labors within his own door-yard, either No
body else seemed to for flowers,
at least not enough to spend any time
in cultivating them. One of the pioneer
excuse for this lack of esthetic TASTE They
were all too busy making living TO spend time
on poetry or flowers. These were luxuries which
could be done without until the days of greater
prosperity. Do not blame them"
Mr. Beecher tried his best to interest his
friends and neighbors in Horticulture His meth
cd of doing this was most delicate. He didn't
preach his flower gospel He lived it. Every
day or so he would take one of the most beauti-
full plants from his own garden and carry it to a
neighbours, asking permission to replant
it there as little memento of himself,
The receivers smiled at the within usu-
ally, but said 'Oh, yes, certainly" to
his request. The seed so hopefully planted
brought forth good fruit The plant SO gra-
ciously given was usually well cared for and it
attracted others. In a little while scarcely any
one was too busy to rear few flowers Still
later there sprung up beautiful gardens and
rich Conservatives, and 50 the city was beauti-
fed by the love of beauty in one mans heart.
He had the skill to infuse others with his re-
fined states, without offending their pride or
self love. One of the pioneer, to whom Mr..
Beecher carried plant in full bloom laughed
at the preachers within with great heartiness.
oh yes, you can stick it in here if you like,
he said, "but for my part think there's no posy
like that" pointing to a budding cabbage.