The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-08-19
NOTES AND NEWS.

OxEiat6 Of cerium, q recognized pa lliative for
nausea. is said to be helpful In case OF seasick-
ness, when taken in doses Of ten TO twenty
grains every TWO or three hours.
The keeper of a Now York intelligence Office
tell q reporter that there is q growing demand
for ''nsat. intelligent young men for general
h~ousework;' that the majority of those answer
ing the description are foreigners. and that the
number now actually so employed in New York
would surprise the uninitiated. Young mon en-
ployed 10 general Homework come high. s2S q
month and board being a common salary: but
families whose endurance has been worn out by
servant alism will have them.
A Boston paper points out the fact that Pro-
fessor Lowell, in reviewing his political essays,
a. he has in his latest published volume. sub
jects himself TO scrutiny as q prophet IL seems
that he declared in writing, In the year 1860. on
on the eve of the rebellion, that there was no
occasion to apprehend serious efforts toward
dissension on the part of the South. The Pro
fessor, however. owns up like a little man and
does no. suppress his verbal misscue. So to
speak.
The carp craze in New Jersey 10 having its
reaction. The fish have multiplied SO rapidly
that the sluggish streams and ponds or Jersey
are literally alive with them; and it is feared
that they will exhaust the supply of nourish-
'nent in the water and through the famine and
death that will follow. poison the water and the
atmosphere. As . food fish the carp has been
rejected by the people of New Jersey as IN.
palatsble. and therefore there Is no obstacle
against its unlimited multiplication.
General Sheridan is reported az saying about
q year ago: eff l only had the simple faith of
my wife. but l have not. To me the future
seems oblivion. If we have a future beyond the
grave, then we must have had an existence be-
fore this life. These are mysteries which have
often thought over. but l cannot fathom them.
How much comfort the great mass of mankind
get out Of that little and yet potential instinct
summed up in the word faith. l was born into
the Catholic Church and cannot get out of it
But have my own views on such subjects.
We must do our duty in life. We are here and
must make the best of it"
The Chautauqua Herald says: 'Mr. Francis
Murphy has q happy fashion Of rejoicing and
clapping his hands on the public highway. in q
temperance meeting or Ct q game of baseball.
His son Jack played first base for the Mays
be saw that Jack played well. Murphy loves
his boy. so every time Jack caught a fly he
would clap his hands and say: Thank God for
temperance! Thank God for salvationp Muir
phys idea is that an incorporate man could not
stand in a stiff game like Jack played in. And
he is right. IL requires a healthy physique, good
nerve and genuine skill to play ball"
DIR. VIM. r. Hutchinson writes as follows in
the American Magazine, concerning the Woman
of the Future" "For several years ! have
marked q gradual, steady Improvement in the
physique of our women, due to better under
standing of physiology and observance Of
sanitary law. Comparatively few remain who
compress vital organs into wasp-waists by lacine;
sanitary underclothing is more generally worn.
and heavy boots with low heels have taken tho
place of the ridiculous French abomipations that
once deformed women's feet and ruined their
natural gait. False modesty has given place to
true, with very great gain to female health and
corresponding increase of promise for coming
generations"
al asked her. ~testlfes q writer in the Shenan-
dosh News, why she sat on her foot, and she
told me the reason with ~alacrity. A woman
acquires the habit when she is a young girl.
Growing girls do not take go much exercise as
boys, nor are they naturally as well able to bear
the strain of rapid growth; consequently their
backs ache. When you sit on q straight backed
chair. If you put a small bolster at the edge Of
the chair it would tilt you up SO that the small
Of your back easily touched the chair back, re-
lieving the spine. 1t is not convenient to Garry
a bolster or a block for tho purpose, and so a
girl tucks her foot under her LEG. near the knee.
aud throws herself back in comfort"