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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
How the New skirts Are Made.



Among present styles which reappear in full
force, is that of pleated skirts of all kinds
killed. boxpleated, side-pleated, etc. Many
dresses are made with the lower portion of the
skirt pleated on to yoke which is concealed by
the short apron or scarf drapery above it. The
pleated back straight and full laid in full pleats
at the belt, is very fashionable both for trains
and short dresses this, however, is best suited
to heavy materials, velvets, rich silks, brocades
and the like The great novelty in pleating is,
on the other hand, most adapted to soft, light
fabrics, such as surahs and fine woolens This
is the accordion pleating, in which the pleats
are laid edgewise. like those in the musical in
strument of that name-opening out like a fan.
They require great deal of material, and must
be securely held by tapes sewed underneath, in
rarely more than from half an inch to an inch
deep, since the deeper the pleats the heavier the
skirt. Slashed skirts with deep, full fan pleat-
ings let in, appear on many of the new models,
the fans in some instances extending nearly to
the knee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
THE FASCINATING DRUMMER.
A Sweetheart in Every Town to Console Him
in His Wanderings.
New York all and Express

New York NJ all and Express
This drummer was good-lookng fellow. we'll
dressed, good talker and inclined, 1 should say,
TO make the world play ground He told mo
he had just met the prettest girl he ever saw in =
a city we passed through. He said he had an
hour to spare before the train came, and he saw
this young woman and made her acquaintance.
AS he continued to talk it suddenly began to ap
pear that he made the chase of the fair sex {,
regular diversion-perhaps 1 ought to say avocs-
ton. He said he had the entree of at least one
dwelling the home Of pretty girl in every
6 f e M9sssp 5S RT@'P a RS'es ams sast
ment, when 1 seemed to doubt this, he pro
duced little mOroccocOvered memorandum
book and showed me his collection of feminine
addresses. Leaf after leaf was filed with the
names of women. streets and cities. | could not
read them all, nor count them, but | suspect he
did not exaggerate much in the boast that he
made What moral this conveys! What state
of affairs it indicates! These were the addresses
of respectable dwellings in every instance, the
drummer assured me- and of young women pass
ing as modest and self respecting There were
not five, he said who did not live with their pa
rents. TO only very few of them had this man
enjoyed an introduction He had literally flirted
his way into so many scores Tor hundreds
for aught l know of homes. He told me all
about it, not being able to perceive anything
extraordinary about it, except that man should
be so fascinating and successful as himself.
He said he had met these young women at the
railroad depots in the churches, stores horse
cars stages, trains and oftener than anywhere
else in the streets. In each case he made eyes
at the object of his admiration, and she made
eyes at him. He smiled and raised his hat she
smiled and bowed. He went up to her and said
something about the weather. and she walked
with him, il vited him to her home and enter
tanned him. I remember that when he showed
me the book / asked him what kind of girls they
were, and that he replied: "Oh. all kinds"
God save the mark! / sincerely believe there
are several kinds" in those towns whose names
he could not add to his list with any such free
dom and lack of ceremony
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

upon them in perfect Niagara They are to be
congratulated. But at the same time they should
not forget that this is leap-year, and that if
pretty blonde or fascinating brunette with half
a million should take it into her lovely little
head to ask the great and important question
which shall make two hearts beat as one, it is
their duty to accept. Society is very tickle
goddess The favorite of to-day is dethrOned to-
morrow. Our young men should not lose sight
of the fact that time is feeting and that it is
dangerous to postpone matters until they ar
rive at the milestone of life when they can part
their hair with crash towel just as well as with
q tortoiseshell comb.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

lowell Courier.

The only way for an honest farmer nowadays
to compete with rascally adulteration and fraud
is to get reputation for his products and let
consumers know where they come from. If his
butter, and cheese, and hams go to market and
they are such as he can be proud of, let them
chasers get hold of them they may know where
to always find good thing. The latest sugges-
ton we have seen in this line is that the man
who sends eggs to market should stencil his
name and residence, and the name of the breed
of fowls producing them, each egg. This
would cause some extra labor but not much. and
it might pay in the long run. Why not add the
date when the egg was ad2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

It's too bad, sir, or madam, but don't get
frightened. Your hair is falling off-that's Ger
tain. A glance in the mirror or an investigating
committee of fingers tell the dismal story
We won't discuss the possible cause. 1t is
enough that Parkers Hair Balsam used now will
prevent further destruction. Is your hair some
what gray, too, and crispl Alas, yes. The Bal
sam will give back the original color, softn ess
and gloss, Not dye, not oily, elegantly per
fumed, perfect dressing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
Love Me. Love MY Dog.

New York sun.
When Miss Ellen Terry began her present en-
gagement with Henry Irving in Brooklyn she
secured a suite of rooms in the Pierrepont
House. She remained there with her maid only
one night, when she returned to her old quarters
in the Victoria Hotel in this city. The refusal
of Mr.. Peed. the proprietor, to allow a favorite
dog belonging to the actress to share her rooms
was the Cause of her hnstv ienartI1re
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

when born, weighed about one and quarter
pounds. and the other about five and a half
pounds, plump child The smaller of the two
could have been placed in glass tumbler with
ease. Its legs are not as large mans index
finger, and its length would not exceed that of
the entire hand The doctor reports the little
fellow thriving
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
Burnettls Coooaine

HAS RECEIVED UNIVERSAL ENDORSEMENT.
No other preparation possesses such remarka-
BILE properties for embellishing and strengthening
the hair and rendering it dark and glossy. 1t
cures badness and eradcates dandruff.
BURNETT's FLAvoRING EXTRACTS aye the best
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

'"rhe following passage, describing a sunset
seen from Sybil Head, in the county Of Kerry,
may be given as an instance of DR.. Stokess close
study of effects in nature
Over the surface of the great Atlantic and
at least thousand feet beneath where we stood,
lay boundless extent of mist or vapor, which,
before it became tinged by the suns rays had
assumed the appearance of an open champaign
country, divided, as it were into large fields,
spacious highways, broad pastoral plains and
extensive meadows. Gradually, however this
scene changed, and as the sun began to sink in
the far distance, his sloping beams caught the
upper portion of this beautiful vapor, and col
ored them with an exquisite variety of the
richest hues, each portion assuming different
tnge, in consequence of Its position with regard
to the sun. The effect of these higher parts
thus lit up into glowing and varied spendor as
contrasted with the calm, broad reaches of won
derful country which lay under Thorn, was in
conceivably fine. Thus elevated they looked
like towers of gold and precious stones. shining
under the evening sun, in some enchanted land.
more wonderful effect was still to come.
LAS the sun went down into the sea the whole
expanse by degrees kindled into one great food of
prismatic light, glowing in the richest and most
gorgeous coioIs, all of which blazed with
the deep effugence of what seemed his last
glow
Then a third change came on the scene All
at once the suns disc dipped into the ocean,
where il had nearly disappeared, leaving on this
cloud scenery a golden haze, rich, warm and
transparent. But this was Illusion for the sun,
which had only set in a deceptive horizon, reap
peared in few moments, thus literally seeming
to rise again. He now shone for a brief period
in mild and cloudless effulgence.
THE cliff from which we contemplated this
scene was covered with lichens and MOSES of
various colors. 1t stood out mighty and stupen-
d6us, facing the crimson sun, whose deep empur-
pied light touched the whole magnificent mass
with color. Then the sun finally sank, and
two eagles shot out far below us from the side
of the cliff and rose circling and wheeling round
till they disappeared in the darkness. The rich
color faded away, the deep-toned fires grew
fainter and fainter, the ideal world vanished
darkness succeeded, the winds, az it were
lesped into motion, the mighty waters began to
heave, and there remained before us nothing
but TIE desert bosom of the dark Atlantic
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
A SUNSET.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
The description of a sunset by Mr. S. s. Cox,
a few years since attracted considerable atten-
ton, and as a companion piece suggest the fol
lowing: The author was William Stokes, M. D.,
celebrated Dublin physician, of world re-
nowned celebrity, who died in the year 1878. 1t
was originally published in the Dublin Univer-
sity Magazine, April lS47, and is reproduced by
DR. Aeland, in memoir of DR.. Stokes, in
''Stokes on Diseases of the Chest New Syden-
ham Society, 1882. G. VIII K.
MUNcIE Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
A. Very Diminutive Baby.

Fort Worth Tex Gazette.
Near the lftle village called Enon, ten miles
southeast OF r rt WORTH lives Mr. 2. J. Man
ming, whose WA gave birth to twins about two
weeks ago Rr. Gamblers says that the oldest,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29
Society Darlings in Demand.

New York Journal.
The young men of the metropolis the darlings
of society and the idols of their taiors, are, it
seems in very great demand Invitations to
dinners, balls, parties and receptions pour in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-29

To promote digestion, and for use after the
mid day meal, Ayers Cathartic Pills have no
equal
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-27

COLONEL, BUFoRD, who Killed Judge Ell.
lot, and.w was sent to the Kentucky'C Central
Lunatic Asylum and escapeda year ago,
was returned to the institution on thebsh,
in u poverty-stricken and dying condition
THE House Committee on Elections at
Washington recommended on the 9th thai
the various contestants and+the members
whose seats were contested, no matter
what the result, be allowed sums varying
from $500 to $1,000 each.
ALoNzo HITCHCOCK, inventor Of the
"Ryan revolving fort' and many other
devices used in the late war, died in New
York a few days ago. He was a close
friend of Abraham Lincoln.
GOVERNOR CLEVELAND has signed the
bill passed by the New York Legislature
to prohibit the sale of illustrated police
papers and similar publications to minors,
and it is now q law.
A COMMITTEE of the Louisiana Legisla-
ture reported on the 9th in favor of giving
each disabled Confederate soldier 1870 acres
of land.
JOHN c. EMO, the defaulting bank presi.
dent of New York, was on the 9th indicted
for forgery in the second aud third degrees.
There was said to be no question as to his
eXtradition from Canada. g-6
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-27
FOREIGN.

SIXTY persons were injured during q re.
cent election riot in Clausenburg. Austria
JOHN CREED, a farmer, was killed aud
two other persons were wounded by
"moonlighters" near Millstreet, County
Cork, Ireland, a few nights ago
THE newspapers of France ard Germany
mite explosions, and many ef them urge
harboring assassins.
ONthe Island, of Kishm, rear the mouth
of the Persian Gulf. an earthquake a few
days ago destroyed twelve villages, killed
two hundred persons and wounded many
others.
BECAUSE of the revenue stamp tax five
Mexican States On the I'd proclaimed war
against President Gonzales.
IT was announced on the Sd that ten. men
had committed suicide in Vienna in the
previous two days. The last one saturated
himself with petroleum and set frc'to his
clothing.
AS A number of men were driving logs
On the Sd to the New Bay saw-mills at
,Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland tho dam
burst, sweeping everything before it. Two
bodies had been recovered.
OSCAR WILDE, the Fnglo-Irish estheee
and patron of the s%unflswer, was married
on the Sd in London to Miss Lloyd, the
daughter Of a Dublin lawyer.
A PASSENGER train was precipitated
down al embanknent on the Sd near
Downton, England, killing five persons
and injuring thirty others.
A WOMAN was arrested recently at Va
randa, Hungary, who confessed that she
had poisoned four husbands and about a
hundred women in the last two years. a
number of ~accomplices had been arrested
A 1 in Liverpool recently destroyed
three thousand bales of cotton in Zerega's
warehouse. The aquarium in Bishops
Gate, London, with several lions and;bears,
was also burned.
AT tho Government House at Ottawa,
Can, on the 4th the police found a dyna.
mite cartridge near the main entrance,
connected with a line of wire to u maple
grove.
The dynamiters residing in Paris as
serted on the 18th that the authors of the
recent explosions in London had escaped
from England and were now safe.
EMPEROR WILLIAM recently announced
that he would devote the remaining years
Of his life to the perfection of q social poli-
cy for Germany. To his son he would be-
queath the task of establishing a Colonial.
policy.
AT the British Grand Lodge of Masons
on the 9TH resolutions were adopted,4on the
motion of Lord Carnarvon. expressing>re-
greet at the recent anti Masonic encyclical
letter of the Pope. 4.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-27
LATER NENH

ElHE members of the committee appoint,
ed by the National Republican Convention
to notify Messrs. Blaine and Logan of
their nomination have been requested to
meet in Boston on June 90, whence they
will proceed to Augusta.
A FISHING schooner was wrecked recent.
ly in Trinity Bay, N. F., and the crew OF
thirteen persisted.
NEAR Akron, O., on the evening of the
It'll he boarding-car of a gravel train
jumped the track, the other cars piling on
top. In the boarding-car were several
Italians, several of:whom were shockingly
mangled, and others were slightly
wounded.
HENRY G. VENNoR, the weather prophet.
died at Montreal, Can, on the Sth, aged
thirty-four years.
LIGHTNING destroyed Alexander Car
roll's house, near Ottawa, Ont, the other
night, and his four children persisted in the
flames.
DURING a political fight a few evenings
ago In a tavern near Liverpool, Pa, Morris
Bayer, James Weiss and James Hogan
were fatally injured. Twenty men were
arrested.
The shoe factory of Winslow & Rogers,
at Salem, Mass, valued at 100000, was
destroyed by fire on the 9Th, throwing two
hundred per sons out of employment.
CAIRO advices of the Sth state that Gen.
eral Gordo was still at Khartoum. The
Nile was being patrolled daily by an
armed steamer to keep the banks clear of
the enemy.
DURING an ARRAY on the Sth at Balti-
more, Nd, two young men named Angus
tus and Thomas Harper had their eyes
shot out.
The schooner Fanny Fern was run down
OH Gloucester, Mass, the other morning
by an outward bound coal-carrying steam
er, and four Of the crew were drowned.
CAL1sTA REL, aged nineteen; Joseph
Costcrmer, fifteen, and Octave Hupe,
eighteen, were drowned Oh the It'll while
bathing at Sherbrooke, near Quebec.
THE death was announced on the 7th of
General James Watson Webb, who made
a national reputation as editor of the
Courier and Enquirer, of New York.
MISS GABRIELLE GREELEY, d aughter of
the late Horace Greeley, while out driving
ut Chappaqua, N. Y, OH the eth was
thrown from her vehicle and had her right
shoulder broked, besides being bruised in
ternally.
The United States Senate was not in ses-
sion on the 7th. In the House a bill was
passed forfeiting the unearned land grant
of the Atlantic & Pacific Road. Adverse
reports were made on the bill to repeal the
Civil-Service act. While considering the
measure for the amendment of the Home
stead laws, the fact developed that there
was no quorum.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-27
NEWS SUMMARY.
Important Intelligence from All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL

N the Sena on the I'd the greatest days
work Of the session was accomplished, forty
bills being passed, the most important being
one to enlarge to four ounces the newspaper
aimit of weight for penny postage to the gen.
eral public....ln the House the Legislative
Appropriation bill was passed, with an amend
rmment giving certain exemptions to distiHeries.
VA bill was introduced to appropriate $4,000 in
aid of the Southern Exposition at Louisville
nnd to admit exhibits free of duty.
T. BILLS were passed in the Senate on the Sd:
Granting to letter-carriers an annual leave of
absence for fifteen days; giving a pension of
fifty dollars per month to the widow of Gem
cral Judson Fitzpatrick; providing for the sale
tf the Fort Hayes and tho Kickapoo reserva-
tions in Kansas, and fixing the membership of
the Dakota Legislature at ~twenty.four Coun-
tcilmen and forty-eight Representatives. Adj
journed to the 9th :. In the House a bill was
passed to prevent the unlawful occupation OF
public lands.
The Senate was not in session on the 4th....
In the House the bill to forfeit the land grant
tof the Oregon Central Road was passed by 134
ito 26. A vote on q similar measure affecting
the California " Oregon Road showed that no
quorum was present.
THERE was no session of the Senate on the
9Th. -. In the House bills were passed forfeit
hing the land grants of the California s. Oregon
Road and the Iron Mountain Road from Pilot
to Helena.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-06-27
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

The Executive Committee of the Ma
tional Board of Trade on the I'd memorial
lied the Banking Committee of Congress
to amend or makemore effective the clause
of the National Banking act governing the
loaning Of large sums to one corporation
or individual.
THE Democrats of the Sixteenth. Ohio
District have nominated Beriah Wilkins,
of Newark, for Congressman.
THE.International Typographical Union,
elected Martin R. H. Whittier, of the 9St.
Louis GloOe-D Democrat, President.
GENERAL o. Z. BABCoCK, Colonel Levi
P. Lucky and Benjamin T. Suter, of Wash
ington, were drowned a few days aeo
while making a trip along tho Atlantic
coast in connection with the Lighthouse
Board. Only the body of General Babcock
was recovered. He was private secretary
to President Grant.
THE Democrats of Alabama met in .State
Convention at Montgomery on the 4tL and
renominated by reclamation Governor
sO'Neal, Secretary -of-State Phelan and
Treasurer Smith.
The Montana Democratic Territorial
Convention met on the Ash at Deer Lodge
and elected Tilden and Hendricks delegates
to the National Convention.
The Democrats of the Fifth Pennsylva-
mia District lave nominated Paris Halle.
man fer Congressman.
A MEETING of the subcommittee of the
National Democratic Committee was held
in Chicago on the 4th to make arrange
ments for the National Convention.
IT was announced on the 4th thai at the
recent election in Oregon the Republicans
elected a majority of the Legislators, seeur-
ing the choice of a Republican United
States Senator, and also elected the Con-
gresham.
CONGRESSMAN WILKINS has been renom-
mated by the Democrats of the Fifteenth
Ohio District.
The Vermont Democrats held their
State Convention at Montpelier on the
9th and nominated l.. w. Redington for
Governor. Delegates-at-large were also
elected to the convention at Chicago.
H Connecticut Democrats met in State
Convention at New Haven On tho 9th and
adopted resolutions declaring in favor of
a tariff for revenue only, and elected dele
gates-at-large to the National. Convention.
The Maryland Democratic State Con-
,%vention met at Baltimore on the. 9Th and
elected delegates. at-large to the National
Convention. Resolutions were adopted
favoriag1a revision of the tariff and such
reduction of &taxes as will .~relteve .t;.e
Treasury Of it's ,surp1us.
Mr.. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, the Annex
C Minister to England, minated on.tl,e
esh~that he would resiSn at an early ate