The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-16
THINGS A CENT WILL BUY.
Any Article in This Long List May he Had
for One Penny.


New York Evening World
There are few people who can think OF any
great number of useful and ornamental articles
that be bought for the small sum Of cent
A reporter who spent a couple of hours yester-
day afternoon in the lower part OF the city
found that there hundreds of things sold for
that amount of money. The first thing which
caught the eye was a small steel key-ring with a
bone tag attached for the owners usme. 1t was
to be bad for a single penny. The thought next
ran through his mind that there was no excuse
for people being unclean for there on q stand
was a large basket of toilet soap marked Il cent
q cake" Alongside was another basket contain
ing an assortment of combs. fine and coarse,
marked at q like figure.
Vesey street offers great opportunities 10
newly married couples TO save money on house
hold articles. Porcelain-tipped picture nails and
brass curtain rings are to be bad IN abundance
for cent apiece. If tho bridegroom contenl-
plates putting down the CARPET himself, he would
do we'll to buy the tacks on this avenue. Among
other things he can buy here are brass curtain
rings aud drapery hooks, sold at two for Q cent
Tin Spoons are quoted at l cent each. He might
also lay In supply of individual butter and cup
plates, q wooden mustard spoon and a cork
screw. A small box Of tooth-picks will come in
handy after meals, for 1t is assumed that, hav-
ing bought ell the other things. be will eat.
The young man IN the receipt of q small sal
AIRY naturally wants to economize. So it would
be TO his interest TO invest a cent In pair OF
"sole plates for the bottom of his shoes. Fol-
lowing out this plan OF economy ne must Duy
box of shoe blacking, and IL he likes to see the
house kept looking neat he will get 1-cent box
Of polish for the dining room stove In case he
should have occasion TO do little painting .
few penny brushes would not DO ont Of the way.
He could also manufacture his own mosquito
frames, for wire-cloth il down TO I cent foot
A knife and fork. kitchen hooks, steel staples,
clothes hooks, porcelain shutter knobs, double
ceiling hooks, and screw eyes are also to be had
for the same insignificant coin, aud q cent will
tharh ny hot of oil IA
ent clothes pins.
The young man who goes fishing can do so at
trhe expenditure. for a cent will buy twenty
five feet Of fishing line, sinker a cork float. or
some fish smell hooks. The pole could be cut
from Tree. In the natural course Of events
the time will come when the young man would
have use for an A b card He can get
Que for a cent. toy-dsslsr on Park
row, near Chambers street, showed the re-
porter number of penny goods yesterday.
IL Is unnecessary to say that IL the boy
gets all, q portion OF these things, he will
be happy indeed Among them were q six-inch
wooden sword, tin framed mirror treal glass;,
a monkey on a stick, a wooden gun. horse and
wagon. a hy-house, ot which there are two
different sty!es. various kinds of wooden and
rubber balls, baseball bad ges, water squirt"
which Is small wooden syringe, a cricket a
horseshoe magnet, bow and arrow, shovel,
various garden tools, a kite, story books. rubber
balloon, q carpenters plane, a saw, marbles.
trick wine glass, bail Of kite cord and various
others.
The gambler who is in hard luck can buy q
pack OF cards or dice he 90 over near the
river on the west side and play ring toss A
dwarfsd individual stands near the foot OF Canal
street on clear days Offering tree rings fer q
cent: Y yer get ring over de hook yer win Ave
cents" No one has ever been known to win at
the game. After the gambler reforms he might
content himself with a penny set Of dominoes
q checker board and checkers. musically-
inclined person buy piano. harmonica.
jewsharp. the finite, "melerune, or a wooden
whistle for one cent each.
A writing desk be fitted MP very cheaply IL
you know how 70 do IL. One cent will buy a
penholder and pen. a lead pencil, q box Of pepe
and envelopes, an ink eraser, bottle OF ink.
box of waters, bottle Of mucilage, paper
weight pencil sharpener, or various blank
memorandum books
Shoestrings. bracket saws, leather dog col
lar. two-foot tape measure. boxes of matches,
match safes, sponges, ard small flags are also
sold for l cent each.
10 an east-side thoroughfare is great instisu-
ton for preventing starvation. A crowd OF men
and boys cluster around Pmall green stand
eating plates Of pork and beaus or a half loaf OF
bread with big bowl OF coffee IL is ono OF tn
stands owned by the St Andrew Society, which
serves either of the above articles of food az
cent per man. A might eat two meals
day and il he believed, as did Ben Franklin,
that "a penny saved is a penny earned he could
sup on the remembrance of his breakfast and
dinner.
The young man with hunger for fash jew-
elry satisfy his craving for a small amount
OF money. For one cent he can buy either
Rod-plated collar-button, pair OF brass sleeve
buttons, watch chain a watch. Or ne
select ring from a large number made TO rep
resent various costly stones. The cigarette
sucking dude can buy 'cofin-nsil" for a cent,
but if he prefers his poison in milder form he
will 60 cent further and buy holder Having
gone thus far he will probably buy penny
flower for his button-h hole and a penny bottle Of
cologne.
The horny handed of toll who pokes his
nose in the air at the smell of the dudes cigar
cite can buy bag Of tobacco for one cent and
pi pc for another. In his two hours journey the
re porter enough stuff that sold for
cent to fill two goodsized trucks.