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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
en- Who Make shop windows Beau.
tChicago Tribune. I


Window dressing is a distinct trade,
but there is no school in which il may
be learned. The window-dresser is not
made, but born. He is essentially an
artist, with an artists delicate sense of
color and appropriateness. Moreover. he
must possess a practical knowledge of
those effects which appeal most strongly
to the multitude. The earnings of the
window-dressers depend upon their abil.
ity. The man who can arrange a window
which is banner of beauty and in
itself plea to the person who views it to
step In and buy, can, of course, command
higher salary than the decorator whose
work is a slender beauty. There are ar
fists in the profession. as in all other
trades. 1t is characteristic of the best
men that they require the fewest materi-
ais TO produce their effects. A few
plumes and ribbons, a pot of flowers,
some velvet and a hat or two and the
window-dressing chief will turn the mil
liners window into dream.
Good men command salary of from
500 to $125 month. In isolated in
stances tue rate paid is much higher.
But the former sum and steady employ
ment are generally open to any young
Dan who has taste and invention and
can display both in window dressing.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
THE WAGES OF SIN.
How California MilliOnaires Have
Been Bled by Wicked Women.
lSan Francisco Letter.


Some few years ago an eccentric
Frenchman died here possessed of cool
million or so. He had no heirs, but
there were score of nephews and nieces
in France When bis will was opened
it was found that the old man had pro-
vided literally for all, and to Sallie
Hinchley, former we'll known actress
who has lived here for many years, he
had left an annuity of 5000 month, to
be paid her so long as she lived. But
Sallie pooh-poohed this provision. She
began suit at once, claimed to be the
wife and to have dower-rights, and all
that, and she made such a hubbub as to
scare the French heirs out of their wits,
and they gladly compromised, Sallie
took $50, 600 in cash in lieu of her an
nuity, and 100000 besides. She now
lives in fine style here, and though
no longer young woman by any means,
is attractive and leads a quiet and re-
spectacle life.
The dead Ralston was prey to adj
venturesses a. long as he lived. He was
man of open immoralities, and num-
bered his mistresses by the dozen. His
bachelor apartments of Commercial
street, which occupied whole floor and
were fitted up in regal style, were the
scene of many a champagne supper to "A
choice but soiled coterie Of friends.
After his death his estate was not only
attacked, for the excellent reason. per-
haps, that there was nothing to be gained
by il, for Raiston died pauper. Sharon,
who took charge of his affairs and wound
up the estate, did, however, pay some
small sums TO two or three of the women
who had been dependent upon Ralston,
and by that means secured "quit-claim
deeds" so to speak. Out of the wreck
of the Ralston estate was saved for bis
window the country residence known as
Little Belmont" and $3.50 to support
the family. This has all been dissipated.
Mrs. Ralston got into evil habits and
contracted evil associations. Her proper
ty is now all gone, and she has, il is be-
lieved wholly lost the respect of her old
friends and her family.
w. s. O'Brien, the dead bonanza mon.
arch, thought he would save scandal and
money. too, by fixing up matters with
all his cher amies before his death
"Uncle Billy" had been one Of the boys
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15

JAIN III tiuclnndtl EnQulrerl
Several popular authors have been
successful amateur players, at the head
of whom stands the name of Charles
Dickens. This distinguished novelist
indeed, would probably have become the
most successful comedian of his day bad
he made theidrama his profession.
Byron was also a very clever amateur
performer, Notwithstanding his lameness.
He says in his journal: "When / was a
youth was reckoned good actor.
played 'Penruddock' in The Wheel of
Fortune, and also Tristan Tickle in
The Weathercock, in some private the
atricals in 1906, with great applause
The whole went off with great effect OH
our g0od-natured audience" Byron was
an admirable mimic, and delivered the
above mentioned prologue, which con-
tanned a hit at each of the other perform
ers, and with the addition of tone man
ner was highly comic.
Washington Irving was also a very
clever amateur performer, and while at
Dresden united with the Fosters and
other English society in producing
"Three Weeks After Marriage his role
being "Sir Charles Racket" Irving
afterward took the part of Don FELIX
in 1.-THE Wonder" and had his histrionic
talent been cultivated he might have
reached distinction on the stage though
his rank as an author rendered this un-
necessary.
The earliest idea of private theatricals
however, is found in the Tempest"
which is one OF Shakspeare's most beau
tiful dramas. "Prospero" honors the
marriage OF Ferdinand" and Miranda"
with simple but exquisite dramatic
performance, the players being, as be
says:
Spirits which by mine art
i have from their confines call'd to enact
Ny present fancies"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
Lucky Fridays.

Friday, long regarded as Gay of i'll
omen, has been an eventful one in Amer
lean history.
Friday, Columbus sailed on his voyage
of discovery.
Friday, ten weeks after, be discovered
America.
Friday, Henry H., of England gave
John Cabot his commission, which led to
the discovery of North America.
Friday, St. Augustine, the oldest
town in the United States, was founded
Friday, the Mayfower, with the Pill
grims, arrived at Plymouth, and on Fri
day they signed that august compact,
the forerunner of the present Constitu-
ton.
Friday, George Washington was born.
Friday. Bunker Hill was seized and
fortified
Friday, the surrender of Saratoga was
made
Friday, CORVALLIS surrendered at
Yorktown, and on Friday the motion
was made in Congress that the united
colonies were, and of right ought to be,
free and Independent.
Americans surely ought not TO be
afraid of Friday.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
The Reason why.
bridgeport Post.l

My son, there's nothing on earth so
mysteriously funny as newspaper adj
vertisement. The prime, first, last and
all the time, object of an advertisement
is to draw custom.
1t is not, was not, and never will be
designed for any other human purpose.
So the merchant waits till the busy sea-
son comes and his store is so full of GUS
tom he can't get his hat off and then he
rushes to the newspapers and puts in bis
advertisement.
When the dull season gets along and
there is no trade and he wants TO sell
goods so bad he can't pay his rent, he
takes out his advertisement. That is,
some of them do, but occasionally level
headed merchant puts In a bigger one
and scoops all the business, while his
neigbbors are making mortgages to pay
the gas bill. There are times when you
couldn't stop people from buying every
thing in the store if you planted a can
non behind the door, and that's the time
the advertisement is sent out on its holy
mission. 1t makes light work for the ad-
vertisement, for chalk sign on the side
walk could do all that was needed and
have half holiday six days in the week,
but who wants to favor an advertisement.
They are built to do hard work, and
should be sent out in the dull days when
a customer has to be knocked down with
hard facts, and kicked insensible with
bankrupt reductions and dragged In
with irresistible slaughter of prices be-
fore he will spend cent.
That's the aim and end of an adver-
tisement, my son, and if you ever open a
store don't try to get them to come when
they are all ready sticking out of the
windows, but give them your advertise
ment right between the eyes in the dull
season, and you wax rich and own fast
horse, and perhaps be able to smoke a
good cigar once or twice year. Write
this down where you'll fall over it every
day. The time 10 draw business is when
you want business, aud not when you
have more business that you can attend
to already.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15

! lent my love book one day:
She brought il back; | lad IL by.
Twas little either had TO say
She was so strange and 80 shy.

I lent my love a book one day:
She brought IL back; lad IL by.
Twas little either had to say
She was so strange and 50 shy.
Bot vet We loved indifferent things.
The spro1tin2 buds, the birds IN tune
And Time stood still and wreathed his wrongs
With rosy iiaks from June to June
For her what task to do or dare,
What paril tempt, What hardship besrs
But With her-ahi she never knew
Ny heart ADD what WAS hidden therei
And she with me so cold and coy.
Seemed like maid bereft Of sense,
Hut in the crowd all life and JOY
And .uII Of blushful impudence-
She married, Well, woman needs
mate her life and love to share,
And little cares sprang mp like weeds.
And played around her elbowed chair.
And years rolled by, and /. content.
Trimmed my own lamp. ana kept il bright,
Till ages tough my hair besprent
With rays and CLEANS Of silver light.
Ind then, it CHANGED. I took the book
Which she perused in days gone by;
And as read such passion shook
My SOUL needs must curse and cry.
For here and there her love was writ
In old. half faded pencil signs,
As II she yielded-bIt by bit
Her heart in dots and underlines.
Ali siIvered fool-too late you looki
know IT; let me here record
This maxim: Send no girl a book
Evening Call.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15


At recent meeting IF the UniveTsalist
parish in Augusta, Me-, a big gun of the
church made SO singular request that
the newspapers shrink from printing his
name. He stated that he had become
poor and he asked the society to refund
to him the same of $4,000, which be sub
scribed toward the erection and maiDte
nance of the church building some twen-
ty years ago.
He has not yet got the money, and 1t
will be strange if he does. Though the
petitioners name is not given, he is so
particularly described that anybody
who has file of blue-books can hunt him
down.
He is said to have held lucrative Fed.
eral offices almost continuously for
twenty years or more For years he was
Minister to one of the European courts
at a salary of 81 900 year. Then he was
Minister to South American republic
at a salary of SIC, 1000 a year. If this is
not a warning against office-holding,
what is it? Not warning against
charitable giving, surely. for if the
81, 900 had not been given it would un-
doubtedly have been squandered as the
donors other income WAS.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15

The "NilIi0n Postage stamps Fraud
and fss Amusing Phases.


and tss Amusing Phases
IN. Y. Mail and Express.l
Il Is believed by many that there is a
standing offer by the Government, or by
. benevolent gentleman" of a large
sum Of money to be paid to any one who
will devote himself to the collection of
million cancelled postage stamps. The
vitality Of this absurd story would be
astonishing were it not for the well
known readiness of large proportion OF
the public to accept any statement, how
ever incredible. which offers pecuniary
advantage to themselves.
Hardly . week passes that personal or
epistolary inquiries are not received at
the post-ofice on this subject, and it is
often dificnlt to convince the inquirer
that wealth is not to be acquired by the
laborious exploration of waste. baskets
and the soaking of old envelopes
AS bore the cancelled passage
stamps" man or boy has come To be con-
adhered second TO none. The fiattering
tale of money to be gained varies some
what in details Now it is the Post
master General who, As they have heard,
has issued . proclamation offering GER
tain cum (ranging from 10000 to $lOO)
to the first who shall bring to the Depart
ment the fruits of this queer harvest;
again il il a benevolent but eccentric
old party, male or female, who has held
out a. an inducement in this stsmp-hunt-
ing the promise to furnish collegiate
education for the individual who shall
6nt prove his or her industry or per-
severance BY the collection of the myth
icai million; then il is another philsn-
shropist who nas offered to Dispatch q
fully equipped missionary to Zululand
and Patagonia, or TO give an organ TO q
.6anday school on the same terms. Many
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
(san Francisco CALL


IL had noticed that men who made a
business of buying and selling wines in
large quantities sampled them aud ascer-
tanned their quality and bouquet by
taking Two Or three mouthfuls in sue
cession, rolling it around their tongues,
"a one might say, bathing their palates
in tin short, subjectingit to the sever
est tests by the organs of taste-snd then
ejecting it from the mouth without swal-
lowing any.
The remembrance of this came upon
me Une day when l was perfectly sober
but terribly respondent. 1 resolved to
try it. Ibid, and have met with the
most gratifying success. You may laugh
but it is the solemn truth. took large
drink Of liquor, but instead Of letting it
pass into my stomach checked it in my
throat and gargled it for minute and
then spit il out.
To my joy found my thirst for it al
most as much appeased as though l had
this plan ever since, and have not been
drunk since, although l have gargled
the liquor, never swallowing a drop, as
many rs a dozen or more times day
the same number of drinks used to take.
The plan is very simple one, and is,
believe, the only one for slave to the
cup"
HAS your appetite incressed?
ION the contrary, it has decreased.
By the means l adopted my brain has
become clear and strong again, and my
will power il as good as it was before
became hard drinker. In gargling the
liquor / got all the benefit of the flavor
and all the satisfaction to my appetite
without losing my senses"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
celestial Emp,re.l


Just outside the west gate of Shanghai
city is a small hamlet where lived an old
man and his son. The latter made il a
practice of calling upon his father for
money whenever he was in want of il,
until the thing got rather monotonous
tor the father, who demonstrated with
his son, and, being saucily replied to, the
father attempted to apply parental cor
rection" on the son.
The son, In rage, then caught hold of
the door-bar and brought it down with
such force on the fathers skull that he
cracked it and killed the old man. The
neighbors, hearing the row, assembled at
the door of the house where the murder
was committed and captured the son ss
he was endesvoring to escape.
The members of the fathers clan were
then called together, and at solemn
c0nclaye il was decided to administer on
the spot, the law set aside for PARTICLES,
instead of appealing to the magistrates,
which invariably causes delay, and per
hsps the murderer might effect his escape
in the meantime. So the parricide was
bound hand and foot and Just without
the hamlet hole was dug, and the
wretched murderer consigned to its
depths.
The mud was thrown into the hole,
and the members of the clan stamped by
turns on the grave until it was on a level
with ground, and so, without leaving a
mound or any marks 10 point out the
parricide's grave, the assembled crowd
dispersed silently to their daily voca-
iions.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
LOGGER's STORY.
Thrilling Incident I'm the Pfnerses n.
Northern Michigan.
(Chicsgo Tribune

For a young man have done pretty
hard scrapping in the Rockies and min.
ing regions of New Mexico and Arizona
hut few days ago had the worst scare
in my life in the lumber districts of
Northern Michigan"
The speaker was young man of some
q years, dressed in rough-and-ready
style and wearing frizzly tow beard.
He shifted the position of his broad
shoulders as be lounged back in an easy
chair in the Sherman house Office, pulled
his cigar vigorously, and then con-
tinued:
ut was one bitter cold day, and had
got up at o'clock to rouse the men and
get the sprinkler out. The air seemed
full of blue steel and cut to my marrow
like a razor.
One of the teamsters got scared out
and played off sick, so / had to take his
place. When we had got good load /
took the reins and sat down on the butt
of the logs, leaving the two loggers on
the load hung off the last bob.
The road was a sheet of ice, for the
sprinkler ran over ii every morning, and
the horses were sharp-shod, so we slid
along smoothly till we got to the slide
pretty steep incline ending in turn
which was mighty sharp for road sixty
feet wide. As soon as we started down
my hair began to stand on end,
for the horses galloped like fury to keep
ahead Of the hobs which were Slowing all
over the road. got so paralyzed and
nervous that when we approached the
turn | refined in too suddenly.
81 felt the front hobs Jump one way
and the back hobs the other. The hind
ends Of the logs whistled through the
air like willow switches, and | heard the
loggers yell: For Gods sake, -@.'
The next thing was loud snap snapl
snapl-like three tremendous paper
crackers AS the big log-chains broke
like so many cotton threads. Did you
ever use switch sling? Whirl il round
and round your head, you know, till a
sudden twist sends the apple off the end
and spinning into the air? Well, that
is the way / felt, and that is just what
thought of as was shot off into the air,
over, and over, and over, till | struck in
a snow drift some 100 or more feet from
the road.
"When l struggled back through the
snow found the horses trying to kick
loose from the few bits of harness that
dangled about them, the bobs tangled
around the trunk of a small pine tree,
and the logs scattered to the four winds.
One logger crawled back to the road with
a fractured leg, and the other soon fol-
lowed with a dislOcated shoulder.
Zone had struck tree and the second
had landed against stump. They after
wards told me in camp that these things
were not at all unusual, and, as l had
some pretty heavy bruises myself, ! con-
Guided that was not made to boss
lumber camp.
$50 i was driven to town the next
day to telegraph the management that
the head teamster was filling my place,
and that / was on my way to Chicago;
and you bet your life ! am glad did
it"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
Position of n woman,s Mouth.

Philadelphia CALI
There now, John, just read that and
maybe you will throw away that horrid
cigarr'
Read what?v
why, this in the paper. A member OF
the recent Woman's Congress says il is a
nice thing for man to keep his mouth
fit to be kissed"
Hump That may all be; but it
Is also nice thing for a woman to keep
her mouth in the right position to be
kissed"
The RICH; position?'
Eyes. shut"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
The Letter Carrier.
Bishop simpson,

at is a many-sided convenience to
have letters brought to your door, 1t
saves time, travelling and expense; and
to be relieved of all anxiety, we must
have faith in the intelligence, the honesty,
the industry of the carrier.
Men possessing such qualities are in
demand, and should be paid according
to their worth. Exposed to all weather,
sultry heat, freezing cold, pelting storms,
foot sore, leg weary, burdened with bis
precious load, the faithful letter-carrier
is at the door with the missive of absent
love, of some new honor conferred, of
some fortune bequeathed.
Next TO the coming of friend and
lover, of father and brother the coming
of the letter-carrier is watched by beau
tiful womanhOod. Blessed are the
feet of him who bringeth glad tidings."
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
A Treat I'm store Tor Charlie.


Two young ladies entered cigar store
and one of them said timidly:
Have you any choice cigars, sir? ]
want them for present"
"Oh yes, Miss" replied the tobacconist,
eve have any choice you want, from
cent apiece up"
Il think ! will take some of the one
cent ones, then, if they are choice.
bad no idea that choice cigars were SO
cheap. Won't Charlie be delighted ?"
she said to her companion rs they left
the store. Poor boy! He is so fond of
a choice cigar, and they will taste all the
better" she added, with little blush,
"for having come from me-"
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
A Knotty Question.

Mr.. Dickens told me with good deal
of JUNCTION, that her Majesty had during
the interview graciously asked his opin-
ion on the servant question"
Could he account for the fact "that we
have no good servants in England as in
the olden times?"
Mr. Dickens regretted that he could
not account for this fact. The price OF
provisions, the cost of butchers meat
and bread were next nightly touched up
on, aud 30 the conversation rippled on
agreeably TO an agreeable end.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15
WHAT ~ LOVE.

.what - loves" asks damsel fair.
Love y a twinkiing Of the eve.
letter sweet, and a lock Of hair.
fhrobbing heart, kiss, and a sigh.
Sometimes love has untimely fate
An old man say, with bulky boot
Sometimes loves course - all but straight,
And ends with a 'bTeach Of promise suit.
IN Y Journal
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-15

The Arctic regions are not without
their pleasures The Esquimaux girls
are very pretty, dance. sing. and DO not
care for ice cream. Hot drinks and wal
rus blubber are their peculiar vsnities,
and seslskin sacques are sold at two iron
hoops aud ten-penny nail.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-20
A Strange Story Of the Sea.

The tile fish was discovered by Off
GERS Of the United States Fish Com
mission five years ago. It's home was
on the outer edge of the 1OO-mile
plateau that runs along the coast
line. Recently most remarkable
event took place in connection with
this discovery. Vessels began to ar
rive from the region where it was
made, bringing reports that the sur
face of the ocean for g. space of hun
dreds of thousands of square miles in
area was covered with dead fish of g.
variety strange and unknown to the
witnesses, but which proved to be the
tile fish of the Commission. Vessel af.
ter vessel arrived in different ports.
all telling the same story of floating
fish carcasses and the immense des-
olation which, from some cause and
in some way, had visited the ocean
depths. But, stranger than all, no
trace or sign OF the tile fish has since
been found by the original discoveries,
nor have the more careful and long
continued researches resulted nbring-
ing a specimen to the surface since the
time when, it would seem, universal
sentence was executed upon them and
they were blotted out of existance.
Professor Baird thinks that cold cur
rents may have penetrated the waters
forming the home of the tile fish, and,
as all fish are very susceptible to cold
changes in the temperature under only
a few degrees of variation, it may
have been that this fish was peculiarly
affected and was utterly destroyed.