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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
A Cat in the Flour.

Tt does not require an old man or a long
memory to recall days in rural districts
when corn was taken to the mill on a
horses back in a sack, with a half bushel
of grain in either end. The State laws regu-
lated the amount of toll that the miller
might take and in som of the country
mills it sometimes happened that the miller
would run the mill, especially when it was
of the old stone burr kind, for a short time
to throw out the musty leavings of the
previous grist. 1t would sometimes happen
that a rat, or two rats, would be caught in
the casing and would be ground to death.
The blood and skin would come out mixed
with the meal and would be thrown away
when the customer was not looking Talk
ing of such occurrences a member of the
State Senate related an incident in point.
Il had OCCASION said he, some years ago
to build a new mill. 1t was modern in all
its appliances and We expected to do a
out to do so. Among our employees was a
boy to do the sweeping out, but he devel-
oped a taste for killing mice. and when we
in the cellar hunting the pests. He was bet
ter than a cat for that and would neglect
to the mill and the boy adopted it. The mill
Ter did not want a cat around SO he car
ried it away in a day or 50, saying nothing
fsigned surprise. Why, was that your cat9
LII I'LL " 6boQl tbh t2A Oi JOuI
life you must not let it get out of the mill
or it will hurt our trade. The cat fell into
the wheat bin and went clean through the
mill and filled the -four with hair. Now If
you tell that outside IL will cost you your
job. Don't bring any more cats about here
The lad continued the Senator" swore
by all the gods that he would never tell.
The joke was too good to keep and a far
mer came in and began to complain to the
boy about finding some hairs In his flour
would never buy another pound Of flour at
the mill. Well, we can't help it. said the
boy with an injured air, IF people bring
hairs in their wheat here OF course their
-four will have hairs in it, After this the
boy was again cautioned and he renewed
his protestations of silence. Little by little
the story spread over the neighborhood that
we had ground up a cat, and don't you
know that cost US about a third of our
finally, and we had to go into the papers
to explain the whole thing. 1t lost us thou
sands of dollars"
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DEMONSTRATION
49, AND ALI MS BAD RESuII5
0V(ENIS. Az nRuHeDA'

Seventh. The aisle was filed with persons
those within. The CONDUCTOR placed his
hand on the shoulder of the bad-tempered
"Pass on in, please, and don't stand in
The disagreeable man turned his head a
bit and snapped in return:
Don't get gay. Stop your pushing or
The Unfortunate man. while making this
speech to the conductor, did not observe
that a woman was attempting 70 pass out out
stopped for him alone. But his Grabbed
remarks were cut short by an energetic
thought his cutting remarks were aimed at
her, and in a high-pitched voice she re-
piled:
tlemanly. I must get out. and If you are
not enough of a gentleman to allow me to
pass I shall do some reporting" The bad
tempered man tried to explain and apollo
gize, but the woman brushed past him. All
the pass ths incI heard a and r fha disa ane M,ls
man looked truly ashamed.
The motor car was packed to the plat
form, and only three passengers were on
the trailer. 1t was on the Illinois-street
line, and it seemed as If there was a great
crowd of people anxious to get down town.
People amt got a bit of sense" said
the conductor of the trailer. "They will
crowd themselves in the motor car and be
stepped on and crushed rather thar come
back to the trailer and have a seat. The
only way I can account for it Is that the
trailers are rather common looking and re-
mind people of the old mule cars. The
motors are new and people crowd into them.
Now, those poor guys in that car are as
uncomfortable as they can be, yet they
won't come back here"
The car stopped at a crossing.
standing the motor was crowded. a man
with his wife and two children climbed into
it. Three men on the platform had to
at the same time there were seats for sew
eral r,prsons on the trailer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

in. The other passes on. That tells the
story. You may rest assured that the man
who passes on can taste the chicory ana
the Rio that were boiled In his youth.
Childhood Is the season or impression.
Then it is we are made or marred; then IL
is we receive the impress for good or evil
for sweetness and light or for coarseness
and ignorance. Give the child good books
hedge him round about with then-he will
at least learn the titles on their backs. Give
him strong meat early. he will soon grow
up to 1t. Teach him to love a good book
as his best friend-a friend ever ready TO
comfort and cheer him-and in the midst OF
these silent companions let the old, honest,
solid center table stand, typical of all that's
good. and brave, and true, the very heart
of the household. And beneath the rays OF
the lamp that stands upon it gather the
family together, with one common purpose.
in one common interest-the strength and
the courage, the peace and the happiness
of all.
1t takes a great many words sometimes
err, after all? The Disconnected will struggle
on or fall by the wayside much the same
as ever; the new woman will come and go,
taking the new home with her, and the
three-legged stand will be sent to the attic
and all will be forgotten In the next new
thing that comes along. The rivers Will
run to the sea-, the grain grow In the val
leys, and the young man look into the eyes
of the maiden, seeing only happiness, and
the world will wag on, not much the better
or the worse. So let us be idle now and
piness and do a little good, for you know
that over our last resting place the inscrip-
ton is written I'VE have come here to
Stav."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE. OF LETTING OF TEMPORARY
LOAN OF THE STATE OF IN.
DIANA.

DIANA. M
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. March Is. 1896.
pursuant Ms i 1 to a fSe pyov fiEsn Il sea an u acs Of a the
General Assembly of the State OF Indiana,
entitled An act authorizing the Governor,
sell the bonds of the State for the purpose
q the bonded ID debt Sas q pa aSSe State O. h srs eors
ton Herewith and declaring an emer-
gency," approved March s., 1896,
Auditor of State, in the city of Indianapolis,
March. 1885, from those desiring to make
the provisions of said act, for the bonds
OF the State to the amount of five hundred
bearing interest at a rate not to exceed 81
ally, and redeemable at the pleasure OF the
payable in twenty years from April 1, 1896.
principal and interest to be payable at the
New York. They will be issued in regis
tered form in denominations to suit the
purchaser. transferable at said fiscal agency
without expense to the holders. No bid for
less than the par value of said bonds Will
be received. {.
All proposals must be accompanied by
certified check, to the order of the Treasu-
rer OF the State Of Indiana, equal in amount
to 5 per cent. of par value of the bonds bid
returned Immediately after the award 10
made. Checks of successful bidders will be
appIeQ on account OF tnelr purchases, anQv
in case of failure to pay the balance due,
will be liable to forfeiture.
The bonds will be delivered to purchasers
at the office of Winslow, Lanier & Co., In
the city of New York, on or before the first
day of April, 1895.
The right is reserved to reject any and
all proposals..
Bidders are requested to append a copy
of this advertisement to their bid and state
denominations of bonds desired.
CLAUDE MATTHEW'S. Governor.
A. c. DAILY, Auditor of State.
F. j. SCHOLZ, Treasurer of State.
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women.s Clubs in Boston.


chicago IU5t.
Clubs for women are very popular In Bos-
longs to a dozen clubs has hard work to
keep up with them now in the midst Of
their busiest season." said q Boston wom-
an. as If 1t were a matter of course that
any woman should be a member of many
clubs. "Oid rimes classic hen. who.
every day she laid an egg and Sunday she
laid two was a biped OF elegant leisure
compared to the modern club woman, who
has often three or even more meetings
a day. and uses Sunday to get caught up. =
Among the social organizations of women
that hold regular meetings at stated inter
Home Club. the Boston Political Glass, the
Woman's Book Review Club, the Monday
Club. the Norumbega Club, the Moral Edu-
cational Association. the Bostonia Club,
the Cantabrigia Club. the Abbott Academy
Club and the Alden Club. besides many
others formed tor special purposes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
PENNSYLVANIA LINE
Chicago and
The Northwest

The shortest and most direct route. Leave
Indianapolis II a. m. daily. Arrive Chicago
5 p. m. with Pullman vestibule Buffet Par
lor Car.
Leave indianapolis 11:20 p. m. daily. Ar
rive Chicago 1880 a. M, Pullman Vestibulc
Sleeping Car, starting from indianapolis. and
open to receive passengers every night, $50
p. m. For full Information call on ticket
agents, No. 43 West Washington street, No.
46 Jackson place, Union Station and Massa-
chusetts avenue.
GEORGE L. ROCKWELL. d. p. A.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
Alleged Trick in the Art Trade.

I HlIduCIpIIId IItS5.
1T is a curious thing remarked an
artist. screwing up his eyelids until they
looked like Sits, as he scrutinized a small
painting. that people in this country pre-
fer foreign subjects to those taken from
their midst. This gives rise to a peculiar
industry, very harmful to native talent.
Agents of American dealers collect in
Europe students sketches from all parts.
costume sketches. I mean, showing a
toreador smoking in the sunlight or a
fisherman mending his nets. They buy
these sketches for a mere song, and then
turn them over to some one else to paint
in a fake background. If you are a
connoisseur you can tell them at a glance,
but there is a market for them, neverthe-
less"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
A MISGUIDED MAN.

half way 'twixt heaven and earth. Just
think of the enormity of it! And he did
bring them up. They all lived. and the
boys all went to the penitentiary except the
one who was hanged, and the girl died of
spotted fever, and all the children in the
neighborhood wanted to see her because
they heard she had turned black. 1t is but
to lead a forlorn hope If you try to rally
the family around this wabbly tripod. 1t
has a disintegrating influence, and presently
you will find the father shutting himself
up in his den to smoke and read the news
paper. The mother goes upstairs TO seek
Dialogues" The daughter is in the draw
ing room talking to the blonde young man
thnsiastic owe over the chariot race and the
boys may be anywhere from the corner
drug store to the dime museum. And all
this time there stands that three-legged
JONAH, like Stockton's shadrach, the head
and front of all offending. On its polished
surface rests a stately Dresden china lamp,
half hidden by a monster shade, frilled and
fiuted like a ballet dancers skirts. On one
corner is n parchment covered copy OF
across the way are ''The Documents in Ev-
idence' and Mr.. Howells's latest farce, with
Illustrations by Gibson, and here is a bon
bon box and there a violet bowl. 1t is all
very pretty and all very proper. but boys
won't grow to be men nor girls women
around such a center table, which does not
any longer even stand in the center of the
room. There may be a copy of the Cos
~mopolitan or the Ladies' Home Journal
somewhere about the house. or possibly a
stray number of Life find it's way into
the darkness, but even such sweetening in
nuences cannot save such a house. 1t is
founded on the sands of s~elfisllaess, and
the winds and the waves of indifference will
beat against it and it will surely fall.
AS we grow older the remembrance of the
things of our childhood grows stronger.
How distinctly we recall the very sights
and sounds and smells now long since
passed away. We hear again the wheezy
ticking of some o~id-fashioned clock, we
catch the fresh Whit of the green paint
on the figures in our Noah's ark; we see
an old lady q use the term advisedly) gent
~ rocking in a gaily painted arm chair,
and we see ourselves standing before her
wit outstretched hands to hold the skein
that she may roll the ball of yarn. 1t all
comes back to us now and again as vivid
as the lightning's flash. Two men pause in
front of a restaurant and read the sign over
your mother used to make" One man goes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

Not a luxury, a necessity. Mothers thrive
on it. Old folks are helped by IL. Doctors
recommend it-they know it's quality II is
what 1t is reported to be. Address p. Lie
Der Brewing Company. TEL. go.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
Explained.
Chicago Record.

Chicago Record.
Maud-That Swattles girl is wildly infat-
uated with her new chum, that Molly
Jamesby. What does it mean, / wonder?
Madge-It means that Molly has a
brother
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
DOROTHY'S PARTY FROCK.

The material used for it lis fine dot
ted muslin. The skirt, which reaches
below her knees and is a bit longer
than Geraldine's, is laid in a double
boX-plait at each side Of the front
midway of each box-plait is a full
cluster of loops of ribbon of a pale
blue shade. In the back the boX-plaits
flare as there are no ribbons to hold
them down, but this flare is not so
great that it suggests the skirts of an
older girl, or the use Of either hair
cloth or wire. The bodice is laid in
soft plaits from the neck to the waist,
and the broad faring collar and re
vers are made of butter lace and edged
with a wide frill of it. These revers
meet at the Waist-line, and a pictur-
esque Waisrcoat effect is gained by the
white plaitS of the bodice showing be-
tween the yellow revers. The sleeves
are of the muslin, full above the ell
bows and then shaping i'm to the
wrists. A very narrow frill of lace is
the edge finish, and a knot of blue
ribbon is on each a short distance
above the wrist. The stockings and
shoes are black and the sash ribbon
is of pale blue like the knots on the
frock. When Charles the Second was
a little boy he wore his hair just as
this little girl does today, hanging
loose, framing his face and with the
ends just turned.-September Ladies
Home Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
HOMEMADE CANDY.
How to Make Delicious Sweets, Free
From All Impurities.

Newport Candy-One pint mOlaSses.
one pound Of brown sugar, one-quar-
ter Of a pound of butter. Boil until
it hardens in cold water. Pour in
well-greased pans, very thin.
White Cream Candy--FOur pounds
of graduated sugar, one pint Of water,
four tablespoonfUls of thick cream,
four tablespoonfuls vinegar, butter the
size of an egg. Boil ali slowly to-
gether three-quarterS of an hour. Pour
on buttered tins to cool.
Sugared Chocolate Caramels-
cups of grated chocolate, four cupfuls
graduated sugar. one and one-half
cupfuls Of milk, piece Of butter the
size of a hickory nut, one teaspoon
full vanilla. Let boil hard seven min
utes, pour in well-buttered pans, then
stir with a silver knife until 1t
sugars. Cut in squares.
Peanut Candy-Two cupfuls Of gran
ulated sugar, one-half a cupful water.
When it comes to a boil add one-half
teaspoonful cream tartar, dissolved in
a tablespoonful of water Cook until
when dropped in cold water it is brit
tie. Then add a piece of butter the
size of an English walnut; cook a
minute longer. Pour over a quart Of
shelled peanuts already spread in a
buttered tin and set away to cool.
Hickory Nut Candy-One pint Of mo-
lasses, one-half cupful granulated
sugar. Let boil fifteen minutes, then
add piece of butter the size Of a hick-
DRY nut. AS soon as it crisps when
dropped into cold water add one-half
teaspoonful soda made very fine. Stir
quickly; then add one pint hickory
nut meats. Pour OH buttered tins 20
harden.
NOugat-White of one egg, two table
spoonfuls of cold water, one teaspoon
full vanilla. Put in as much confec-
toner's sugar as will make a stiff
paste. Have ready the meats of two
pounds Of mixed nuts almonds, pc
cans, English walnuts, flbertS, and
Brazil nuts chopped fine; mix in. Put
some cOnfectiOner'S sugar on the
moulding board, lay the paste and
mix well. Roll cut with a rolling-pin
Cut in strips about half an inch wide
and an inch and half long and put
ON plates to dry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
MISS LOWERY'S ROMANCE
Has Lasted Twenty Years. but Ends
Most Happily.

There is pretty little romance be
hind the announcement Of the wedding
Of Miss Virginia LoWery of Wash
ington city and Duke dAcros, Spanish
minister to Mexico They have been
lovers for twenty years.
Just that many years ago there was
a young attache of the Spanish en-
baSSy whom his friends called Jack
Brunetti. He was one of the under
secretaries of the legation and had
neither prospects, money nor any par
ticular ambition. Twenty years ago
Miss Virginia Lowery was the belle
of Washington, and Brunetti. meeting
her, fell honestly in love with her.
Miss LoWery lis related to the Blairs
and Lees and her relations diScOur-
aged young Brunetti in every way
possible. Whatever may have been the
feelings of Miss LoWery, she had to
try to forget Brunetti, for twenty
years ago young wOmen's love affairs
were managed for them. Jack" how
ever, was not to be shaken off. He
loved Miss Lowery and Miss Lowery
loved him and he proposed to elope
with the young woman.
Then it was that a paternal govern
ment called him home, whether at the
instigation of Miss Lowery's relatives
or not nobody knows. Anyhow ne
went, ard as a sort Of reward was
made minister to Uruguay. He did
not forget Miss LOWery and she did
not forget him and at long intervals
they managed to see one another
Later on he represented Spain in Chill
and six months ago he was appointed
minister to Mexico. He had succeeded
to his fathers titles five years before
and on his way to his new post he
called on Miss Lowery. 1t had been
many years since the lovers had met
and possibly Miss Lowerys ideas had
changed in those years. Anyway the
two took things into their own hands
and declared they would get married
just ais soon as they could. Finally,
with the full consent of the brides
parents, the wedding day was fixed.
The death Of Mrs. Lowery changed
some of the plans, but the wedding
will take place in New London, Conn.,,
early in October.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19

necess AIRY properties for producing
the desired effect upon the pulp sheet
As the Gauor weakens it is drawn off
into lower tank. and is used over
again after Strengthening. The mech
anlsm revolyes winding arrangement
which constantly draws the sheet
through the machine and over cylin-
derS heated by steam. Brush cylinders
remove loose matter
The sheet is ready for the next ope-
ration, which consists in unWindine
1t from the roll spreading it out upon
wide, long table. in an alright COM
partment, in which the light of the
sun is not permitted to enter, and then
applying coating of the alcoholic so
luton of tortoise shell with a brush
and coating the whole with white var
nlSh. When the sheet Is removed. ar
the end of twenty-four hours, it is
white and translucent. 1t will admit
the rays of light, but is not transpar-
ent, thus making it valuable in places
where painted windows are used. If
struck with a stone or hammer, it sim
ply bends a little, but never cracks.
1t is very flexible.
The stock is shaped of the right
dimensions for a frame by saving it
out. No diamond-cutting tool is need
ed. The pane can be nailed in place
or set in with putty or in dry places
given as yet are that the material is
cheaper than glass.-Phila delphia Rec
ord.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
LOUIS XVI. COSTUMES.
The Fashionable Revival an Excuse
for the Use Of Odd Remnants.

Louis XVI. gowns are made of two
or three different Materials and
striped wooden goods, very light and
thin, are combined with shot taffeta
silk, which is used for the front of
the skirt, vest and fichu. The last is
edged with ruffies and crossed in front
under the belt. The prettiest taffeta
petticoat displayed in the gowns which
are made in the revived style, is of
chameleon colOring and trimmed with
pinked out ruches Of the same stuff.
Some of the skirts Of the ultra-fash-
lonable gowns which are seen at the
fashionable summer resorts are made
with two broad box plaits coming for
ward from the hips to form a tablier
front, while at the back the fullness
is in the prevailing styles of godet
plaits. The most stylish bodice for
this sort of skirt has a short, full
basque standing out from the waist
in the back and at the sides, and a
blouse front of lace with four small
rhinestone buttons down the center
Another very elegant costume has a
skirt Of silk in white and Powered
stripes and a Louis XVI. coat of
heavy white silk, with wide embroid-
cred revers, and vest of open-work
embroidered silk muslin over rose
cOlored silk.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-19
DAINTY TABLE DECORATIONS.
Some of the Latest Ideas in the Ar
rangement of Flowers.

A lovely dinner decoration brought
out in England consists of Shirley
peoples rising out of an underground
Of silver thiStles and the most delicate
of silver-green grasses. Only the dain-
test shades Of rose We're used. The
flowers were mounted in silver cOrnu-
copias. out of which the masses of
pink and green seemed to be launch
ing themselves into space.
\ charming tea table was arranged
with corn-flowerS, brown leaves and
grass, in tall, slender crystal tubes,
tied with shot-blue ribbon; the, cloth
was blue ribbon, trimmed with hand
made lace.
A handsome butterfly bouquet has
wings of faint peach-tinted orchids,
with small sprays of different tinted
asparagus fern and a center COM
posed of new iris of deep purple
velvety color.
A beautiful flower basket has a
bamboo handle and was filed with tall
white lilies. white gladioli and mixed