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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-05
Mr.. Peeue Contributes to the Soldiers monu-

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
l see by the Journal that the question of erect
ing a suitable monument too long dclayed) TO
the memory of those who fell in the war for the
preservation of the Union. has assumed definite
shape in the way of subscriptions, and believing
subscriptions to be the most essential at this
time, | desire, as one of the members of George
H. Thomas Post, G. A. r., to enter my name for
$50 1t would be a credit to the State and an
additional tribute to the soldiers memory. if a
sufficient sum should be subscribed voluntarily
and without solicitation. am sure the soldiers
of Indiana will not be found wanting in such a
movement STANTON j. PEELIE.
House of Representatives, Washington. d. c.
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perance lecturers of the country are not making
so many unrelenting Prohibitionsts as these
sayings and doings Of the traffic. T.
How Postal Clerks Are Permitted TO Testify.
To the Editor III the indianapolis Journal:
Dear Sir Enclosed find copy of orders which
will in great measure, explain themselves:
Mr.. II. B. jerks. Chief Clerk h. NJ. S.. Louisville,
Ky:
Dear Sr;-A committee of five, to consist of Post
master Wildman of Indianapolis Ind; Reed of Peru,
Ind; Jones, Of Columbus. o.; Negro of Cleveland O.,
and Assistant Postmaster Tuey, of Louisville, Ky.
have been appointed by the Postmastergenera to in
vesgate and report upon charges and complaints re-
latve to the administration of Mr. c. j. French, rail
way mail superintendent of the fifth division.
The object of the investigation Is to ascertain
whether there is any foundation for the charge of
favoritsm injustice in his dealings with the men
under him, and that he is inefficient and uut1ust-
worthy, To this end this commission will impartia
hear complaints and evidence from any reputable
source, afording equal opportunity to both accuser
and accused.
Any person in the postal service who may be sum
moned before this commission, who may volunteer
to testify before it will be granted leave of absence for
the purpose
The commission will meet at the indianapolis post
Office Feb >, proximo. and will continue in session
until all evidence is submitted. Respectfully
f. S. TCLEY.
Assistant postmaster, Louisville Ky, Feb. l. 1854.
On order book page ~.
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GENERAL ORDER.


Referring to the communication from f. S. Tuley,
assistant postmaster, Louisville, pape IL, all en-
ployes the lines under the charge Of this office are
hereby notified that any employee having grievance
to relate testimony TO offer in support Of the
charges preferred will upon brief statement OF his
TO the undersigned be granted leave of absence
transportation will so far as possible be afforded by
this office. H. B. jerks. Chief Clerk
To those who do not understand the conditions
of leave Of absence, ! will say that the person
must furnish an acceptable substitute, at his
own expense. Hence 1t will cost a man not less
than So per day and expenses to testify for or
against Mr. French, for every day he is on a
leave of absence | would like to call attention
to another passage in the general order. Has
General Gresham given the commission the
power to appoint a subcommittee. or employ
the chief clerks to act individually an alXili-
AIRY compitteel If he has not. on what authority
do the chief clerks of Mr.. French require "a
statement of the evidence the witness is going
to give before they will grant leave Of absence!
do they mean to insnuate that a clerk would
tell falsehood to get two or three days leave of
absence! While they are all hard worked and
some are worked, yet | do not believe that
there is "a man in this division who would pre-
meditatedy lie for leave of absence.
1t is Just such differences and insinuatiOnS in
several orders and the actions of the officers in
this division that is so irritating and calling to
men who are as much gentlemen, the term
goes, as Mr. French any of his officers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-05

Thirty-three years ago, nr. Pitcher manufac-
turing Castoriain a small kettle over stove i'll his
kitchen Soon the ketIle gave way to a cauldrcn aud
finally the cauldron gave way to the immense steam
watts and busy lofts of the present great laboratory
building on Fulton and New Church streets. New
York. in one department, kept under lock and key,
may be found samples of the mint and other
ingredients 10 be used in manufacturing Castora,
with scales retorts and chemical apparatus, by which
every article weighed tested measured and graded
Any article not mp the standard of quality is
rejected for ito nothing" remarked the superintend-
ent is tho success of Castora. greatly due to
its uniform quality Unripe, decaved, otherwise
improperly cured ingredients removed from the
building.
Throughout the premises, in asserting material
lerng the extracts, filing corking labelling wrap
ping and boxing the bottles, cutting corks printing
directions and the familiar receipt book keeping tho
books and shipping the goods, several hundred
men, boys and girls employed We were in
formed that Aere is hardly train steamboat express
or ocean steamer leaving New York without being
partially freghted with this Castoria Thus from
small beginnings Peter Cooper with his glue pot and
Samuel Pitcher with his kettle have alone digni-
fed labor, and shown to younger men the advantage
OF undertaking integrity in what they undertake. but
from the small voices in many scattered homes like
distant brooklets forming the great valley stream.
they have received their praise and by honest dealings
have alnassed fortunes by which they could found
institutions and in larger become the acknowl
edged bcnefactors of mankind.
Honor rests not in NAME but in the heart
He's most u who acts best his part.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-05
SNEEZE. SNEEZE, SNEEZE,

Until your head ready to fly Off until your nose
and eyes discharge excessive quantities of thin rl'
tIting watery fluid until your head aches mouth aud
throat parched, and blood at fever heat This is an
Acute Gatairh and is instantly relieved by a single
ford's Radical Cure.
The only absolute specific We know Of for sneezing
shutting. and choking catarrh, head colds is San
fords Radical Cure. - Medical Times.
After long struggle with Catstlh your Radical
Cure conquered. u Rev. 5. W. Monroe, Lewisburg,
Pa.
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COMPLETE TREATMENT. $1.O0.

Complete, Local and Constitutional Treatment for
every form of Catarrh from a Simple Cold lrfu-
en2a to loss Of Smell. Taste and Hearing, Cough.
Bronchitis and Catarrhal Consumption in every pack
age
''We sell moro of the Radical Cure than all other
catarrhal remedies put together, and have yet to
hear of that it has not given the complete
satisaction.-tS W. Clifford, Oskaloosa, La.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-05

enough TO cook a calf, from Yokohama, faionce
ware and clock of ormou trophies and trinkets
from around the welcoming world. Then comes
the servant again. General Grant did not sleep
minute last night The only sleep he gets
now is little cat-naps in the day time. 1t is
mostly pain that keeps him awake. His diet
has become mgidly simple; indeed, he has little
appetite for anything. l am seriously afraid
that our most distinguished citizen has been
seen in public for the last time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-05
BRUSH ELECTRIC LIGHTS

Are fast taking the place of all others in factories
foundries machine shops and mills. Parties having
their own power procure Electric Generator
and obtain much more light at much less cost than by
any other mode. The ncandescent and storage sys-
tenn has been perfected making small lights for houses
and stores hung wherever NODDED and lighted at will
day night Parties desiring Generators or to form
e Bsmsh Eectr;n CO. fgevea"s O nr 70 The nnJer
signed at indianapolis. j. OAYEN.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-05
.SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE
FOR CATARRH
From a Simple C0d to CatajyhM Consumption.

Catarrhal Cough. Bronchitis, Droppings in the
Throat liberation of the Nasal Passages Debility,
Loss of Strength, Flesh and Sleep cured in the ma
jority Of cases.
''rhe cure effected in my by Sanford's Radical
Cure was remarkable that it seemed to those who
had suffered without relief from any of the usual REM
edes that it could not he therefore made afh-
dayit to it before Seth j. Thomas Esq. Justice of tho
Peace, Boston'-lGeo. f. Dnsmore, Druggist, Wor-
ceser Mass.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-05
Cleopatra.

Her power was retained by the force Of per-
sonal charms She led the old boys captive
whenever she talked ''pretty"to them and showed
her teeth. History should tell us that she used
Sozodont, but it don't. The preparation she
used might have had another name then.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-05

That pure. sweet safe and effective American dis
tillaton of Witch Hazel, American Pine Canada Fir
Margold and Clover Blossom called Sanford's Radi-
cal Cure for Catarrh, with box Catarrhal Solvent
and one Saufords Improved Inhaler all in one pack
age may now be had Of all druggists for $lO0. Ask
for Sanfords Radical Cure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-05

WHY do you suffer with backache pain in the
chest rheumatism, or lamcness anywhere when
Hop Plaster will surely give you relief Drug
gists sell them % cents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-05

perance lecturers of the country are not making
so many mrelenting Prohibitionists as these
sayings and doings Of the traffic. t.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-02-08
On Marking Books.


The man, for instance, who really
respects his books, treating them as
friends if not as superiors, would re-
gard as nothing less than sicrilege the
means by which certain tough-skinned
readers help themselves to the ends they
desire. 1t would be as impo ,sible for
him to dog's-ear the leaves, pencil the
margins, break the backs or make a
scrap-book of the blank pages, as to
peep and bOtanize upon his mothers
grave" He could no more dehour with
foul marks the fair, white pages of the
volume whose guest he became, a il
were, by being allowed to peruse it.
than he could bring dishonor upon
the house of his human entertainer,
whose wine he had drunk. The reader
who scores the passages which attract
his attention is to him Goth, q Vandal,
or whatever outer barbarian may be
even worse than these redoubtable de
stroyers.
The student is very little better of
for having pencil-marks against pass
ages which have pleased him at first
reading; he has simply in!nlged a
childish desire to express his gratifca-
ton, and might as well clap his hands
or stamp his foot as to dab black
scratch down the clean margin of the
page before him. OF the hundred
people who mark books, it is safe to say
that 81 per cent. have no pur-
pose in the custom beyond such an out
break of pleasure or dislike.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-02-08
Aiepping-Car Expenses.


The s!eeping-car system which b'gan
III 50 limi ell manner has reached Il
magnitude of which few have any idea
From the Atlantic to the Pacific these
combinations of speed and comfort are
in operat on. and the adoption Of con-
venience to limited space shows no
small degree Of ingenuity. One Of the
principal expenses of the sleeping-car
is the lam Try bill At Boston the
monthly wash list includes 5000 pieces
of linen, and the bill is of correspond
ing amount. Each ear contains twenty
four berths. and its outtit includes 100
sheets, 100 pillow slips, thirty hand
towels, and ten roller towels. The
entire equipment of the Pullman com
panv includes 10000 shoets, 10000
pillow slips. 5000 hand towels and
5000 roller towels. The company also
uses about 13,0JO blankets. \ sleeping
car is empticd and cleaned as soon rs
it reaches its destination, and the soiled
linen Immediately sent to the laundry.
The Pullman company washes and re-
pairs its blankets in the cities where
the principal Offices are situated.
The Wagner company, however.
sends theirs to he cleaned at the mills
in Pittstield, Mass. where they were
made. The total equipment of the
Wagner company is 1 900 WOODEN blank
cts, 1851 linen sheets, 12,202 pillow
slips, $40 hand towels, and 2.341 roller
towels. The aggregate expense of keep
ing the beds of this company clean
amounts to about $1,000 to $4,000 a
month, or $4,000 a year, while the
Pullman company IS $4,000 to $4,000
q month, Notwithstanding the reduction
of cost to the lowest possible point.
Sheets are washed for a cent and a half
apiece, and pillow-slips and towels for l
cent each.
An addition to other expenses is that
of providing the sleeping-cars with
combs, brushes, whisk brooms, feather
busters, soap, and other toilet articles.
and this item is largely increased by the
incessant thefts committed by passen-
gers. 1t is not an uncommon thing for
an apparent gentleman after using a
hand towel to slip it into his pocket,
and if detected, why, che mistoOk it for
| his kerclief"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-02-08
The Gas Was still Going.

A certain actress, whose home is in
this city, has her suites of ROOM, and
when not on the road lives in charming
domesticity and warns her cup of tea
over gas stove. She had turned on
the blaze the other morning and was
preparing for her breakfast, when o
messenger delivered dispatch COM
handing her to join her company out of
town at once. She saw by glance Mt
her watch that she hal fifteen minutes
to make train. She hastily set about
preparing, and. locking her door, passed
out into the street. The bridge was in
her favor, and she made the train. She
was gone three weeks. When she returned
few days ago and entered her room
the gas was going at full head. She
remembered then that she had in her
hurry gone away without turning it
off and without getting her breakfast.
It is pity for her three weeks salary
that the gas company will send in a bill
to offset it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-02-08
Waste Places I'm Mirhi~an.

The burned regions of Michigan have been
visited by correspondent of The Detroit
Free Press. He says: Every half mile
brings to view, as you sail on the Au Sable,
an open space in the forests many acres in
extent. There are thick blackened tree
trunks on the ground, protruding in all di-
rections from their shroul of green under
brush. A more impressive spectacle are the
dead pine trees still standing in these open
areas, black around the roots, and reaching
as straight as dart a hundred feet in the
the air. These arc the gaunS skeletons of
what once were splendid living pines, now
killed by the forest fires that perio Ideally
sweep through the Michigan WOO Hands dur
ing drought Not far below tho mouth Of
the Au Sable, and on the other side Sasi-
nav bay, is the region where the deadly fires
two years ago. devastated the wood 'an,ls
destroying hundreds of lives and millions Of
property.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-02-08

Attention is csii.i h. the fact that wealthy
Foreigners. including many English noble
w~a. ars purchasing large estates In this
eoan,ry. They are monopolising sections in
the Tar west, which arr daily i..comlng more
valuable. due b. the incrase ~ population
ssj wealth ~ IN. country. A Tribune cor
fs~irsnsten, tells ~ an English Lord whose
fr,"nsi- criticisssl his large OUTLAWS for Amcri-
Tan land. "why." he replied, II am looking
oat tor nav children. Under the Gladstone
laws estates In Ir'lani have become worth.
leo b. the landlord The same result, l fear,
Will follow IN Englanl American law rec
ogniss~ The absolute right IT the owner 10 the
snil~
Should not the American pcoplc, however,
do something Ia cheek speculation In Wild
land IN this country The English noblcman
cr other sl-cuIatnr purrha-,-- land In large
quantities snd holds u NJ mn investment The
neishiofhooi lrcomc- populoun and gives
value to the snl thus held without any help
from the foreign owner. lie thus gets the
right Ia tan the native American u the next
generation nv selling on. nj high figures
Tbs California constitution. Ia break M the
large estate which had created artificial
deserts. snsctei that Wild Ian Is should La
tss~i at the sam" rate "a. improved property
and u c~rtainl, dose not sem just a. lcvy all
the taxr- On 'h"-' whn improve their prop
erty and thus mako valuable III. al jniniug
Wild lsnis oenel hy the sI-cula,nr
Hardly any great oNrcuincs have
been Legislators Wash u sinn never
opened hi- mouth IN tine const tutional
convention over which he presided.
Con. jackson was wholly her, of
physical life ~ hen be went Ia the rrcsi.
dency. and IN the s.naic he never sail
anything Lincoln hal boon good
deal ~ the Legislature. bat only two
years IN Washington Cromwell sat
long IN parliament. bat his distinctions
we're all gained in the open world.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-02-08
Exchanged

Master Fred Fenton fell from the
topmost limb of an apple tree. He was
picked up and carried to the house in
an insensible condition.
After watching at his bedside
through many weary hours, his mother
perceived signs of returning conscious
ness.
Leaning over him she asked him il
there was anything she could do for
him, now that he was beginning to feel
better.
Should she battle his forehead :
Should she fan him or change his pill
low? Was there anything he wanted
Languidly opening his eyes and look
ing at her, the little sufferer said:
Eyes, mamma. want pair of pants
with pocket behind"
He got them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-02-08

The following letter from Mr.. Nye, which
We take the liberty to publish, corrects an
error In a manner 80 characteristic that it
will be Of interest to every reader: CLAIR
AMiECiTy, Wyoming.-My dear Read: Your
paper Is OF such excellence and reliability
that ! refer TO an item contained therein,
hoping to correct an error which The Chi
cago Eye has given currency to, viz
that would soon unite myself
with the aforesaid optic. It is true that
have sold my stock in The Boomerang, re-
signed the postofiice, and shall go to Hudson,
Wis, next month to live on account of my
health, which now, however, is rapidly I'M
proving. Only about one man out of 1000
lives through acute spinal meningitis, but
even as Eli Perkins hased the ridge pole Of
his back and took nine strokes of lightning out
of the angry sky, 10 have l absorbed what
spinal meningitis there was in Wyoming and
made II healthy country. | feel as though
the future was still before me, and therefore
cannot sufficiently admire the Alwiss fore
sight Of placing it in that position. Istil re-
tain my mental faculties and the respect Of
total strangers ! shall issue a new book next
month. called 'Bilcd Hay which will
la illustrated by f. Opper, of Puck, and
myself. The illustrations that have drawn
are of course crulc and eccentric, but
they are full of soul. may say as to my
union with any pap,r, that have closed no
contract and shall not do SO for another
month All reports To the contrary should
be- regarded with great suspicion. With
earnest good wishes for the prosperity Of
yourself and The Traveller always, | am
truly yours BILL NYE.n
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-02-08

MARITIME & Coin answer to your note
requesting an unbiased and true opinion
of the Life Essence, | can say, that be-
fore prescribing it | was so favOrably i'm
pressed with the formula that concluded
to give il a fair trial on myself. had been
suffering from ulcers of the PROSTATE. of
course with loss of the use of the organ.
My strength was greatly reduced, both
from pain and the constant drain. My
nervous system was in deplorable state.
| took l-i2 of grain of strychnine three
times a day, but without favorable result.
| then commenced the Life Essence sent
me. and have grown strong and firm in my
nerve force. But now | find that when
from night work and the labor of the day
combined, my nervous system gets into an
irritable state. resulting in sleeplessness
and irritability; if take a teaspOonfu on
retiring, ii procures me peaceful, dream
less sleep, and | wake refreshed in the
morning. | am so well satisfied that |
shall prescribe it To my exhausted patients.
| would not use patent medicines under
any circumstances, but since you gave me
the formula, | class il among my other
standard preparations.
Very respectfully. !. ID. NJ, NJ. ID.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-02-08
Partisan ArtichOkes.

How "the shop" will obtrude itself occa
sionally in an unconscious way! was din
ing the other day in company with P and
E., two well known artists, when from q
discussion of caulihowers and "mountain oys
tiers" step was taken in an opposite dires
ton.
"Did you ever eat artichokes in Parish
asked P of E.
A heavy wagon was going by on the street
just then, and E could not have heard
distinctly, as his reply was:
ooh, yes! when l was in Paris used t.
read all the art jokes, but l am out of the
way now"
And then there was shout.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-02-08
Our Measures or Time.

l''t. aul loneef f'reSS.
Our measures of time have really sur
vived dozen civilizations. The hour
OF sixty minutes and the day of twice
twelve hours are relics of the Babylon
lsh duodecimal system, in which twelve
counted the moons periods. The 800
degrees invisibly marked on the earth's
great circle come, too, from the Orient.
There are good reasons, if we are going
to be empirical in the matter of time, to
be so III another. and reduce the DAYS
time to decimal hours, minutes and sec
ends.
Inter Ocean: Paper gas pipes are
the pipes of the future. They are
cheaper, more durable, and being poor
conductors of heat and cold, the gas is
far less likely to freeze.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-02-08

First premium Mechanics Institute, 1883.
ID. S. Brown & Co., general agents for Pa
cffic Coast, IS California street, San Fran.
cisco. The following letter explains itself:
J. N. Andrews, dealer in General Mer-
chandise; Postmaster and Agent Wells,
Fargo & Co.'S Express.
ELK GROVE, Sacramento Co., Cal,
December !, 1883.
Messrs. ID. s. Brown & Co.:
GENTLEMEN send me another
six-gallon Hardness Fire Extinguisher as
soon as you can. had occasion to use the
one bought of you a short time ago.
Last night the hotel adjoinining my
store caught fire in the hallway to the sec
ond story from the explosion of lamp and
the building being cloth and paper was i'm
mediately OIL fire in several rooms, but in
less than two minutes after getting the
extinguisher to work the fire was out.
AS soon as this one arrives will send
the otherone down and have it replenished.
Also please inform me If | cannot draw Off
the fluid remaining in the tank and save
it for future use, or shall send il as it il.
Ious, etc. (SignedD j. n. ANDREWS.