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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-15
ALMOST UNANIMOUS.
Thomas &. Platt Nominated for Sena-
tor bN a Vote of LIZ TO z.


ALBANY, n. ", Jan. H.-Without the
usual formula OF a nominating speech to-
night, with no word of eulogy. but with a
strength OF votes that was Overwhelming,
Thomas G. Platt was named as the Repub-
lican candidate for United States senator
by vote OF 147 TO for Joseph IL. Choate.
Two were absent. Seldom, If ever has the
Assembly chamber, the meeting place OF
the joint Republican caucus on the United
States senatorship. presented such a lively
scene it did tonight Long before the
hour for assemblage arrived the galleries
were filled with visitors. Before the ballot
was taken q resolution was adopted TO
make the choice of the caucus binding on
all Republican members. The ballot re-
suited as already stated. and the nominal
ton made unanimous amid applause.
The caucus then selected Chester s. Lord.
of New York TO be regent of the State
University.
Few men have been mere I'm the public
eye during the last fifteen years than
Thomas Collier Platt. His entrance into
national prominence i'm 1851 was under con-
ditions so unusual that his earlier public
career and his prominence as a banker and
merchant have been generally forgotten
Unable on account of bad health 10 pursue
his college course beyond the sophomore
year at Yale. Mr. Platt took up a business
career, which led tie way TO the presi-
dency OF a national bank at Tioga, ~. Y.
and to successful enture in the lumber
trade in Michigan. In 1872. when thirty
nine years of age he was elected repre-
resentative TO Congress and again in 1874
He was elected to the United States Sem
ate in succession TO Francis Herman. his
term beginning March A. 1881 In May OF
the same year. IN consequence of quarrel
with President Garfield over the distribu-
ton of patronage I'm New York State. Sem
ators Conkling and Platt resigned from the
Senate. expecting TO be reelected, instead
of which the places they had vacated were
given TO Messrs. Lapham and Miller Mr..
Platt held the office of commissioner OF
quarantine of New York city from 1870 TO
1855 when he was removed by proceedings
instituted on account of his alleged nom
residence. He has been "A delegate TO all
of the Republican national conventions. be-
ginning with that of 1876 and including that
of last year. He has been the recognized
director OF the Republican party organiza-
tion i'm New York for the last twelve or
fourteen years. and although his title 10
supremacy has frequently been attacked.
he has "a often demonstrated his ability TO
hold IL against all comers. Mr.. Platt is the
president of the United States Express
Company. He is in his sixty-fourth year.
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The WMo H. BLOCK 60

my mouth they smashed my upper jaw ana
knocked out my teeth with a hatcnet. Inen
a squaW grasped my tongue with q rouSn
pair of wooden pincers and dragged me over
the ground in that way, to the great mSTrl-
ment of those who were looking on, Ihey
tied my hands to a stake and then, stretch-
ing my body with all their strength, tied my
feet to another Then the squaws beat the
soles of my feet until every bone was prok-
en- and the flesh was a jelly
"a big buck thrust a dull lance through
nv thigh. pinning me to the earth. But these
are only a small portion of the tortureS
thew inflicted upon me while / lay stretched
there helpless The bucks, squaWS ana boys
all Joined in shooting arrows into me, ana AZ
last when they must have thought could
not endure much more, they tied me On an
ant mound to be eaten by the large req
ants Horrible as the other tortureS had
been, this was the worst OF them all MY
breast is still one big running sore where
the ants gnawed my flesh. 1t has never
healed.
MY fortunes lasted three days, and every
hour of that time seemed an eternity. III
had not been an unusually strong ana
healthy young man, / could not have lived
through it. Before that time I scarcely knew
what sickness was but ever since have
suffered from their work. l still carry IN my
head the bullet I received in the battle.
Buffalo Bill and his cowboys rescued me
from the Indians at the end of three days,
and took me where my wounds could be
dressed"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26
HOW TO ESCAPE COLDS.
Not by COddling, but by Being Able
to Endure Necessary Exposure.
youths Companion.

Youths Companion.
In a recent issue of the Companion few
words were said concerning the usual
modes of catching cold and mention was
made of the various especially sensitive
areas of the body, or cold spots. out
protecting these spots and preserving the
body in general from colds.
1t is not always sufficient, however, to
point out a danger: it is often of even
greater Importance to show how the dan
ger may be averted. Most people prop
think they are greatly to be commended for
the prudence they exercise in protecting
themselves, but if they did but know it,
they are really doing all they can to make
themselves susceptible to colds by weak
ening their resisting powers
A German professor once wrote a long
treatise. with a learned title, on how to
avoid catching cold. After tracing the his
tory of colds from the earliest ages, study
ioguing the remedies which have been used
by the most eminent physicians of all
times. he concluded with a short chapter
on prevention.
His plan was to inure the back of the
neck to draughts by having some one Iii
rect current of air upon it from bel
lows three times a day.
The writer had the correct idea, although
its practical application was clumsy, and
he was a long time in reaching It. the
best and only way to escape colds is to
meet the causes that produce them, and
not to run from them.
Let the body be hardened by cold
sponge BATH or even a cold plunge, fol-
lowed by brisk rubbing with .scratchy
towel, every morning. Let the clothing be
adapted to the season, though always as
light as possible, but keep the neck I'M
coVered--no turned-up coat collar, no muir
fer, no boa Never let the temperature in
the house rise above 20 degrees in the Win
ter. Air every room Systematically every
day. no matter what the outdoor temper
attire may be. Always have fresh air in
the bedroom; there is nothing poisonous
in might air. popular belief to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
In a word, don't be always afraid of
catching cold; don't coddle but meet cold
and wet and changes of temperature like
&C manor, rather like a horse-and you
will then run a better chance of being as
strong as g horse.
OF course, you must strengthen your
armor where it is weak, but if you recog-
nize in yourself a weak place cold
spot" don't cover it up with more clothes,
but tougher it. and tougher your entire
body until it is one homogeneous resistant
whole
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26
GRATIFYING RESULTS
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT WITH
THE NEW STOMACH REMEDY.
Not "A Patent Medicine, but a Safe Cure
for All Forms of Indigestion.

The results of recent Investigations have
established, beyond question, the great
value of the new preparation for indigestion
and stomach troubles; it is composed of the
digestive acids. pepsin, bismuth, Golden
Seal and similar stomachics, prepared in
the form of twenty grain lozenges, pleasant
to the taste, convenient to carry when trav-
cling, harmless to the most delicate stom-
ach, and probably the safest. most effectual
cure yet discovered for indigestion, sour
stomach, loss of appetite and flesh, nausea,
sick headaches, palpitation of heart, and the
many symptoms arising from imperfect di-
gestion of food. They cure because they
cause the food to be promptly and thor
oughly digested before it has time TO sour,
ferment and poison the blood and nervous
system
Over six thousand people in the State of
Michigan alone in 1894 were cured of stom-
ach troubles by Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
Full size packages may be found at all
druggists at soc, or sent by mail on receipt
of price from Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich.
Send for free book on stomach diseases.
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Humanitarian.


Most people think that the Dutch are a
stationary, if not a retrograde people, but
in one respect at least they are ahead of
most European nations. In the little mon
archy. which has a queen for it's head,
women during the last ten years haye made
greater progress than perhaps any other
nation in Europe. Next year, in token of
this progress, Dutch women will hold a
worlds fair at The Hague, which is to be
devoted solely to the exhibition of women's
activities and industries. Side by side with
This progress of womenS work there has
been an advance IN the political field This
wear the government has passed a law con-
ferring almost an equal suffrage upon wom-
On. and making them eligible to nearly all
municipal offices. In Holland women have
learned the advantage of cooperation and
organization, and instead of being divided
against themselves as in England, they have
worked together. with a result that they
are winning all along the line. They have
formed a large number of societies of a
phianthropic character, thus showing the
useful and practical side of the movement.
There is, for example, society for assist
ing working women to obtain homes of
their own: a society for aiding the children
of poor working people; society for MAX
ing flower and vegetable gardens among the
poor; a society for the aid of sick working
women; a society for the Insurance of sick
working women and girls, and society for
the education of servants. Practical work
of this kind among women is the best
earnest of the suffrage, which viii surely
come.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26
Depew as a Literary Man.
Chicago Post.

Perhaps we do not read between the lines,
but we confess we are so obtuse that we
do not understand why Chauncey NJ De-
pew has been selected to write the pre-
face for Elbridge S. Brookss Book of the
written a book and had requested Mr.:
Brooks to contribute the preface we should
not have been so muddled; we believe our
inteIlectuals would have grasped why and
a wherefore. Not that we wish to under
rate in the least Mr. Depew's value as a
eral million of our countrymen in the ranks
of authorship we should not think of fishing
for Mr. Depews name in the grab bag of
preface writer's, but if we were preparing
an essay on the subject Of an annual pass
on the New York Central Railroad we
should regard few PREDATORY words from
Mr. Depew as of the highest literary i'm
portance Until a little light is shed on Mr..
Depew's Endorsement of Mr.. Brooks's inter-
eSting STORY we snaid reserve TO ourselves
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Golfers weekly.
It is ideally consistent with the woman
suffrage movement that the editor of the
Womans Journal, of Boston, is endeavor-
ing TO find places for men who are compe-
tent to 90 kitchen work. As the said editor
is a woman ii may be safe TO remark that
not only are men quite as able cooks as
womsn. but that the best hotels and reStau-
rants restrict themselves TO male cooks. The
lady who is endeavOring TO put tyrant man
in his proper place. which is under the
thumb of woman, and at the humblest of
household duties, complains that her princi-
pal hindrance is what she terms 1.-The con-
servatism of women" / venture to offer
the suggestion that she select some assist
ants from among women who have kept
house" on the Pacific coast and employed
Chinese help, for it is common report that
families whose cooking and household work
havo been done by John ChiHaman do not
willingly return TO the servant-girl system
of the effete East Aside from all that no
woman can be really and fully advanced
until she has had experiences in ruling
man ether than her own husband, and there
is no place equal to the Kitchen for expert
ments in the line Of spirit-crushing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26

Queer History of ReelfOOt, the Larg-
est Lake i'm Tennessee.


Reelfoot lake, which lies mostly in Obion
county. and partly in Lake is the largest
sheet of water in Tennessee, it being forty
miles in length and from three to five in
width. 1t is fifteen miles from Union City
the nearest railroad point. The first view
n visitor obtains of the lake is one of sur
passing beauty. The road circles around a
high blum: and suddenly, several hundred
feet below, the lake. in all its loveliness,
breaks full on the vision, its dancing, spark
ling waters stretching away far as the
eve can reach. Just under the lofty. pictur-
csuue cliff nestles the little village of
wheeling This lake, which evokes rap
turous comments from even the most in
different observer was formed in a few
minutes by an earthquake, which, according
to the best authorities, occurred between 2
and 3 o'clock on Saturday morning. Nov 16,
ISL There were two terrific shocks about
thirty minutes apart, and many lighter ones
between and after. The earth rocked vio-
lently a deafening noise like thunder struck
terror to the ear the atmosphere was
heavily laden with something like smoke
and vivid and almost constant flashes OF
lightning Illuminated the surrounding oRlll-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26
A Talk With the People on An
Absorbing Subject

Science has made rapid strides, and In
ventions have multiplied within this gen.
GRAFTON, and one of the Improvements OF
general interest and utility is that in bread
making at Bryces Bakery. The -four is
sifted and the dough is mixed, and when
raised enough is weighed off into loaves
and then nodded properly. and ready to
be placed in pans-all done by improved
Neutrality-suspicious. attaining uniformity and
perfect cleanliness in the making OF the
staff of life.
Ladies invited to see the process.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26
BETWEEN HOLIDAY OFFERINGS
CLEARING UP EVERYTHING
FURS, SUITS. CAPES, JACKETS

ASTRAKHAN MUFFs, fine curl, large
size. heavy satin lined, our So CT O2
Qudlty ...................- ..........>F
STONE MARTEN COLLARS, extremely
fashionable, of strictly prime skins,
trimmed with large tails and Gl0 IN
heads. the $3.50 and SIS grades..... ~aV'VV
TWO .CAPES, one of brown marten, "a
inches long, and one magnificent electric
seal, 80 inches long full sweep, heavy
brocade silk lining, regular $40 M
prices $50 and $40, choice. .~1V'Vo
Suits made of variety of cloths, REFER or
blouse styles, good Innings, strictly tailor
made, selling prices SIS, holiday 60 "a
Specldl -.....'---..-...'.... ...s...' "
JACKETS, a collection of odd ones from
our holiday rush, made of Kerseys and
rough materials, shield or blouse front,
and top coat styles; some are all silk
lined: they have sold readily all season
from $3.50 to $40; Monday and "a .QR
Tuesday choice ................,...AF
KERSEY CLOTH CAPES, handsomely
braided Empire styles, Sc andGQ ~
$3.50 kinds, tomorrow ............A -
WRAPPERS-A special purchase; a new lot
arrived too late for Xmas trade; made
very full; ruffie yoke and front neat
designs, feeced back, the $1.25 O2c
KIND Observation-Disclosures. .......s.s''.".
BLACK SATEEN PETTICOATS,
flannelette lined, wide corded Sc
rifle
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BETWEEN HOLIDAY OFFERINGS
HANDKERCHIEFS

We have hundreds of Handkerchiefs left
over from the Christmas rush that ara
somewhat soied and mussed- We will
close them out at SO 1-3 per cent. of reg
ular selling prices. The soc Handker-
chiefs so for 34c: the 35c ones for 23c;
the 25c ones for lie; the 15c ones 1R-
fnv
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lAN1SlDAC 1tOAA
of dust in one of his eyes. 1t blinded
him. He c1aspI - his hands over his eyes
and staggered on, only to be run down
and killed by a cable car. That mans
death was due to an insignificant trihe,
an atom of dust that was barely visible
under the microscope. It is thus with
health. Men find that they are suffering
from a trifing disorder of the digestion.
It doesn't amount to ANYTHING, they think,
and time is precious. They don't stop to
correct it, but stagger blindly on and are
run down i'll the heyday OF ambitious
youth by death.
Neglected indigestion is the first cause
of all manner of wasting diseases and
ali forms of nervous disorders. DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures ali disorders of the digestion.
1t invigorates the liver, imparts keen,
hearty appetite and causes the life-giving
elements of the food to be perfectly as
simulated. It purifies the blood and
builds healthy tissue. 1t IS the great
b1ood-1naker, fesll-builder, and nerve
tonic. It cures consumption, wasting
diseases and all disorders of the nerves.
.Iwas a sufferer five or six years from indiges-
ton - writes B. +. Holmes, o. Catfney, Spartan.
burg Co., S. c., also from sore stomach ana
constant headache then used DR.: Plsrces
Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Penets:
which in a few days gave me permanent relief"
"The Peoples Common Sense Adviser"
explains symptoms of ailments common 70
every family, and suggests remedies It
has several chapters on woman's diseases
and weaknesses. An edition in heavy
paper covers will be distributed absolutely
free. Send the Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association, Buffalo, N. r., 81 one-cent
stamps, to pay the cost of mailing only.
Cloth binding may be had for 81 stampss
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26
RIBBONS

Moire or Satin and Gros-Grain Ribbon,
all silk. Good line of colors.
inches wide, worth 19c, for, H.
ydIu..s - =
inches wide, worth 35c, for, 90
ydIu.. = =
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26
SILKS

SILK VELVETS, a very high class; we
were under the market price at $l.40, all
the leading shades, for Mon O. IN
day and Tuesday only. He ~
SILK PLUSH, "a inches wide, very high
grade we sold for $780, re- d D.
duced TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
CHAMELEON NOVELTY SILKS, artistic
designs, sold at 81, reduced O2r
" OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. s.....s.sssss"s -
BROCADED SILKS, evening shades, a
very fair assortment of colors, we sold
at GOO, $1.15 and $L35, choice ROr
BROCADED SATIN DUCHESSE, Black,
extra weight. handsome designs, 02r>
VELVETEENS. q full line of colors, extra
vide and superior finish, our 75c AOc
quality, for Observation-Disclosures. -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26
LADIES' NECKWEAR

LACE YOI<ES, Fronts. etc, what's left Of
them, goes for HALF PRICE
BLACK THIBET BOAS, 11kG0 o.
yards long, were Sc, go for. AP@asS1O
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26
COLORED DRESS GOODS

HIGH ART NOVELTIES, 46 inches wide,
silk and WOOL late shipment
just received, regular $1.25 value, Soc
IOr Observation-Disclosures ''....'...s'''''
ZIBELINE NOVELTIES, 40 inches wide, in
the very latest colorings, look and wear
as well as those sold early in the AOc
season for ST. for. ................'..'.'.
PLAID NOVELTIES for Skirts and
Waists. An entire new line just received.
THE NEW POPLIN weaves, silk No.
and WOOL for 75c and. .................
BASKET WEAVES silk and RQc
wool, entirely new, for.................O~
BROADCLOTH, IMPORTED, "a inches
wide, dark green, navy and plum only.
Our $1.25 quality for. 500
Our 81 quality for. z $9S
COVERT CLOTHS, two special values in
this popular weave; 4S inches wide for
eign make, strictly all wool, our SIC
40 inches wide, the SOC quality, for. "a n {
SCOTCH TWEED CLOAKINGS, extra
heavy for winter wear, 81 inches SIC
wide, our $1.35 quality, for. Wv
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26
MILLINERY

Great Inducements for Late Buyers.
Cost Disregarded, Value Not COnsfd-
cred. Cleaning Up the Only Object in
View.
takes tax Or the bon hghe5 is o
ment, including some that we sold up to $25.
for the hat % NEXT e oh 10 S. including
$500 for the hat next wte ehC to "a including
CT on for the next choice, including
~AsSS some that were up to $3.50.
OSTRICH PLUMES, fourteen 0O~
inches long, the s1.25 quality for. -. OSC
OWL EFFECT WINGS with black and
white Paradise Aigrettes, $3.50 IOc
and 81 quality = ~
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BLACK DRESS GOODS

BROCADED JACQUARDS, 40 90
inches wide, 45c quality, for..........
IMPERIAL SERGE, As inches 40
wide, all wool, SOC quality, for.....
HENRIETTA As inches wide, all 40
wool, CSC quality, for..................
RAIN-PROOF SERGE, so inches 20
wide, all wool, 75c quality, for........
GRANITE Ran ], IS sT 1T Sol "A inches 90
ENGLISH FRIESE, AZ inches wide, pun
wool and mohair, 81 quality 20
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-26
TOYS, HOUSEFURNISHINGS,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

SOAP POWDER Electric" e 1I/r
for 25c) EACH. ........................A ~
SANTA CLAUS SOAP 90 for OI/c
IRONING BOARDS. best poplar. 0Er
feet long, 4Sc quality, for..........~
TEA KETTLES, No. granite, E2~
fiat bottom, sec quality for. ~
ROASTERS, double, with tray. made OF
refined steel, 1Sx12 size, soc quail &c
lily, 1of............ ...............'...'...
WASH BOWLS AND PITCHERS, Amer
lean porcelain choice of shapes, S0~
csc qualities for .......................O
JADINIERES, glazed on porcelain, good
size, we sell at 33c; while they 1Qc
CUPS AND SAUCERS, coffee DC
size. white, for set of 6..............
LAMPS - You can always find q choice
selection of latest styles-to- CT so
morrow our big 49, As banquet fol. PAs@~
SYRUP JUGS AND BUTTER DISHES
Made of white metal. silver
plated and lacquered, $3.50 Q8c
quality for. ....................''.
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DOMESTICS and WOOLENS

PRINTS for Comforts, handsome
large chintz designs; sc quail 2Kc
ity for. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~
RAFTING clean, white and puffy;
unrolls in sheets; 10c quail Rc
1Jy ..............
OUTING FLANNELS. an exceptional
good quality light and dark ~
colors, for. .........................
SAXONY VELOURS, a splendid substitute
for French printed f1annels 15c 10r-
SKIRT PATTERNS of heavy 1Oc
outing flannel, 35c quality for....... ~
COMFORTS, very large size, filled
with cotton; our SIPS quality so.
IOr ..-...s......s..s....
BLANKETS, strictly pure wool in
white, gray and red $3.50 quail 60 IN
ity, for a pair. ....................,P AsO
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-02
Spring Poetry.

The following item is, we believe,
rather early for the season:
Father, dear father come hcme
with me now, for ma has some carpet
to beat, she's got all the furniture
out in the yard from the front porch
clear down to the street. The stove
must come down and be put in the
shed, and the yard must be cleared OF
dead grass, for it is time to clean
house and the DEVILS to pay, and the
front window needs some new glass.
Father, dear father come home with
me now, and bring some bologna and
cheese, it's most twelve o'clock and
there's nothing to eat-I'm sohungry
Fm weak in the knees. All the din
ner we'll have will be old scraps and
such, and we'll have to eat standing
up, too; for the table and chairs are
all out in the yard; Oh. I wish that
house cleaning was through. Father,
dear father, come home with me now,
for ma is as mad as Turk; she says
you're lazy old thing and she pro-
poses to put you to work. There's
pointing to do and paper to hang,
and windows and castings to scrub,
for it's house cleaning time and you've
got to come home and revel In suds
and cold grub."-Ex.