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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25
Staggered by the Price.

A very genial-looking gentleman in a
linen suit and straw helmet entered a local
commercial establishment recently and
asked to see some life-preservers. When
the articles in question-which are seldom
called for in this inland citY-were finally
discovered and brought to the counter, he
examined them with extreme care making
exhaustive inquiries as to the manner of
adjusting them to the person, and then ask
ing the price. "Seventy-five cents" the
clerk answered. JIMMY exclaimed the
genial man, seventy-ive cents for
that little traption of cork and
cloth-'taint worth it. I didn't want
it for myself, anyway; I wanted
it for my wife. She won't let me go
fishing without her, and she's so awfully
nervous about the water that 1 can't enjoy
myself when she does go. She squeals ev-
cry time the boat rocks a little, you know
and l thought maybe she would keep still
if [ got her one of these things. But
gracious! I don't expect to upset, anyway
and can't throw away rs cents on foolish
ness; no. SIR" So the genial gentleman
who wanted to preserve his own peace of
mind and his wife's life-at the rate of both
for quarter, probably-backed out and
went away.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25
A DamseI's Idea.

"Of course, every real woman has
theories about bringing up children" re-
marked an original young woman the other
day land, after much careful thought,
based on serious observation, I have de-
cided how my sons shall be reared If I
have boys to bring up they will have to
go to work for living when they are three
years old. Yes, when they are three years
old I'm going to put them to work; and if
they care for education and are made of
the real stuff, they will pick it up as they
go along. This world is full now of boys
almost ruined by having too much educa-
ton. Parents deny themselves to send
their sons to college and they come home
with false notions of life, idle habits and
all sorts of other drawbacks to manliness.
The bulwarks and the bone and sinew of
this Nation are the self-made men. My
sons must be self-made, and 1 want them
to get an early start. Three years of age
may seem trife early to send a. man out
to battle with life, but it is deal more
sensible and humane than letting sons grow
up worthless. You needn't laugh; my sons
must begin to earn wages when they are
three years Old
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25
How Dick Got Axvay.

Men are dreadfully mean to each other"
remarked a girl at the Porch Club the other
night. 'In our office are about twelve
clerks, and heard one of them-Mr. Dick
say to another clerk this afternoon: I'm
going to slip out and go to the ball game
directly, and don't you say word about it,
will you?' The other one answered guilty..
all right but in few minutes I noticed
him writing on slips of paper and passing
them along the line to all the other clerks
In five or ten minutes Mr.. Dick left his
desk quietly and started out of the office.
When he was nearly to the door, one after
another, every clerk in the room called out:
Where are you going. Dick? Say, Dick,
where are you going?' OF course the head
clerks eye was fixed on poor Mr. Dick at
once. He was terribly embarrassed and.
when the hubbub had subsidized he returned
to his desk and went to work How all
those men did laugh. I hated every one of
them. Women wouldn't treat each other
so heartlessly."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25

Detroit Free Press.
Yes" sighed the old man sadly. Pm
rich and plenty of people envy me- but /
would give at least half of my worldly pos
/ ran away from home and shipped as a
cabin boy when l was ten. I was on nv
way home from the grocery with can Of
molasses when this glorious vista of a life
on the ocean wave was opened to my en-
raptured imagination. 1 hid the moiasses
voyage.
Years passed by as they have a way of
doing, and l was given up for dead But
during most of those years I was in India
where the chances favored shrewd man
in acquiring wealth, and amassed an i'm
mense fortune. Then came the inevitable
longing to revisit the scenes of my child
hood. / wanted TO be in the old village and
the old home; to make every one happv
who had been associated with my early
life.
ION landing I found the molasses Just
where 1 had hidden it, went to the house
Just as I should have done forty years he
fore, and simply said 10 the aged couprs
who looked at me as a stranger: Here IL
is While they started l hoped in vain fo.
recognition and wondered if were changed
as greatly as they. When 1 told them who
/ was their greeting was a warm one and
they called me son in way to delight the
wanderers heart. / suppose they had a le-
gal right to do so, but in time came the
surprise
What was that?"
We'll, shortly after I left mother died
and father married again. Later he paid
the final debt of nature and my new moth.
er married again. Never before had seen
either of the aged couple yet they were
what was left of the old family in the old
home and l was SON. ! did all that money
could do for them, but 1t was very disap-
rninIing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25
Accidentally Overheard.

Eleanor is trifie passionate, but she is
finally going to be married. Congratula-
tons have been exchanged all around and
the interesting affair has been widely dis
cussed in Eleanors circle of friends. AT
recent morning social affair many of
her prospective relatives were present and
many affectionate demonstrations were be-
slowed upon them by the mother and sis
tiers Of the bride-that-is-to be. 1t could not
have been thoroughly pleasant, however,
could 1T now, for the sister of Eleanor s
lover, resting in a cozy quiet corner to
overhear Eleanor's sister make this con-
fidential remark to a friend ooh, yes,
Eleanor is to be married, and we all like
Mr.. Widgely very very much indeed. OF
course, as you know, he is not the man
Eleanor would have looked at three years
ago, but then, on the whole it Is all highly
satisfactory"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25
Her summer Penance.

This has been one of the happiest sum-
mers ever spent" said a young
society woman. and you will laugh
when you know the reason 1t
is because 1 have been enter
tanning people whom 1 do not like. OF
course, I know it is not cultured to have
dislikes n all, but am horribly sensitive
to extevnals, and have secretly avoided
many good and clever people for no other
reasons than the moles on their noses. big
ears, drab-colored hair or pale green eyes.
Early this summer had the happy thought
that l would punish myself by giving
charming dinners, luncheons and teas to all
these people for whom / have entertained
such absurd diversions; and. indeed have al
most impoverished myself in making nv
house attractive and my little functions ex-
quisite in reparation. As result have
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25
Classified.

Four-year-old Roberts vocabulary is, as
yet, of course, meager, but he generally
manages to make himself understood when
he has a gastronomic desire. While max
ing visits with his mother the other day, he
walked about in a garden under green apple
trees, and seemed to be having a very de-
lightful time. Suddenly he stopped, point
ed up among the boughs where the green
apples were hanging in generous profuson
and said earnestly: Mamma, please can't
have one of those stomach-ache things?"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25
THE VOICE OF THE PULPIT
A BROAD VIEW OF THE QUESTION or
GIVING AND RECEIVING.
BY Rev. LOring w. Batten, Phi. u, Pros
fessOr in the Episcopal Divinity
school, Philadelphia, Pa.

It IS more blessed TO give than to re-
ceive.-Acts Xxx, 80.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25
MIDSUMMER PLEASANTLY.
HapIess Alice.

When Alice broke the jardiniere
She was not in rage-oh, no;
Her feet came lightly down the stair;
All, soft her silken garments flow.
A garden fete was in her mind,
A loaded basket in her arm;
She would not-for her heart is kind
Have brought china fly to harm.
But through the hall she swiftly sped;
That basket wabbled-oh, despair!
A table tipt--my fond heart bled--
When Alice broke the jardiniere.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25

Children generally have original and In
teresting ideas concerning warm weather.
Mamma called up the stairs to the nurse:
Lucy, it is so very hot tonight let Baby
Tom sleep in his little undershirt." Present
~ Baby Toms silvery small voice came
hoating over the banisters. through the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25

been happy all summer and have even gone
so far as almost to fall in love with cross
eyed man. 1 believe my guests have en-
joyed themselves, and I know my character
has been greatly benefited"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-25

nan and out on the piazza: Mamma. it's
Soln to be so awful hot tomorrow, can't
| sleep with my shoes an stoekin's on
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24

desert, but for a few bananas anG
cocoanut palms. They built them
selves hut, cut roads, planted little,
prepared copra, and did the best they
could. During six months the turtles
came ashore to deposit their eggs, and
were caught eaten or dropped for
stock into tiny lagoon in the middle
OF the island. They caught some small
seabirds, of which Mr.. OLSEN does not
know the name ate cocoanuts, and for
treat had one of the few fowls or
pigs which belonged to the natives.
This was not luxurious fare. Luckily
they found among some tools a pair
Of scissors, and never, therefore, grew
into Robinson Crusoes. Having no
matches they get fire by rubbing two
sticks together And on Christmas
day they even managed to get up a
little concert beneath the lovely tropic
moon; having, in fact, found a broken
accordion and patched it up in honor
Of the day.
On the 18th of July, 1897, looking
out over the ocean one morning, sail
was sighted, which grew bigger and
bigger. Greatly excited, OLSEN jump
ed into a little boat belonging to the
natives and put off to her She was a
little government cruiser Her cap
tain and OLSEN were soon at close
quarters, and, after some debate, the
visitor having but scant provision on
board, agreed to take the crew to SUI
raj on the condition that they brought
some Of tA.' turtle aboard, which
they did, and arrived safely in Fiji,
sailing in another Norwegian bark for
Sydney, where they went aboard the
OriZaba and sailed for England
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24

Special Agent A. j. Wedderburn, of
the department of agriculture, has Just
issued the following circular: "By
direction of congress the department
OF agriculture is investigating the
character and extent of the adultera-
tion Of foods and drugs. It is gener-
ally believed that adulteration. So
phistication, imitation and misbrand-
ing Of foods, drugs and liquors exist
to q very great extent Many of the
states have enacted laws to prevent
such practices, and it is very desir-
able to know how these laws have
been enforced and with what results.
As the general public is largely in
terested in this matter, as it affects
health, morals and legitimate trade. 1t
is thought proper to ask the co-opera-
ton OF the press in securing accurate
Information on the subject. The pub
LEGATION Of a simple request for infor-
nation on this subject. to be furnished
the newspaper asking it, or sent d.
rect to the chemical division of the
department Of agriculture, will in all
probability secure large amount Of
valuable data which will materially
assist in properly carrying out the
work.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24

What a great mistake it is to con.
tend that time taken from toll for
sleep and recreation is time lost! There
is no greater fallacy, for sleep and re-
creation form, as it were, the cement
put in to fill up the joints in order
to keep out the weather and preserve
the edifice. A man does not necessar-
lily require riches, honors or Official
though the majority of us naturally
have an ambition to attain one of these
desiderata-but he does need food,
work and sleep. 1t follows, therefore,
that he should use every means to
promote life, and among these there
are three things to be kept in mind.
When a man denies himself sleep, food,
and the exercise work gives both to
brain and body, he is robbing his life
of it's full term Let him be cheerful
also, for the body is like an engine-it
will run we'll and long if it is we'll oiled,
Contentment and cheerfulness are the
oil which keeps the nerves from wear.
ing out.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24
SIO0 To Any Man.
WILL PAY 500 FOR ANY CAS-
OF Weakness in Men They Treat and
Fail to Cure.

Fail to Cure.
An Omaha Company places for the first
time before the public MAGICAL TREAT
MENT for the cure of Lost Vitality Nervous
and Sexual Weakness, and Restoration of
Life, Force in old and young men, No
worn-out French remedy; contains no
Phosphorus or other harmful drugs 1t is
a WONDERFUL TREATMENT-magical in its
effects-positive in its cure All readers,
who are suffering from weakness that
blights their life, causing that mental and
physical suffering peculiar to Lost Man
hood should write to the STATE MEDICAL
COMPANY, No 5000 Range Block, Omaha,
Neb. and they will send you absolutely
FREE, a valuable paper on these diseases,
and positive proofs Of their truly MAGICAL
TREATMENT. Thousands of men, who have
lost oil hope of cure, are being restored
by them to perfect condition.
This MAGICAL TREATMENT may be taken
at home under their directions, or they will
pay railroad fare and hotel bills to ali who
prefer to go to there for treatment, if they
fail to cure. They are perfectly reliable;
have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure,
Free Sample, or c. o. D. fake. They have
S25O,0oO capital, and guarantee to cure
every case they treat OF refund every dol.
lar; or their charges may be deposited in
bank to be paid to them when cure is
effected. Write them today.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24
Sam Jones Compllm ented.

Aunt Milly Smith, negro woman
of Georgia, not long since went to hear
Sam James preach Soon afterward
she met the evangelist and said:
"Marse Jones, | shorely love to hear
you preach l certainly do, for you'se
everybody's preacher. An I'll tell yer.
honey. you preach more like Niger
den any white man ever SEEN"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24
ROYAL MATCHMAKING,
The Remarkable Success in That Line of
Queen Louise of Denmark.

Queen Louise of Denmark.
Denmark is small country which
does not have large part in the
worlds affairs, but it's court is an i'm
portant one by reason of it's marriage
alliances and the personal influence Of
the king and queen, says the Youths
companion. Whenever there is a court
ball at Copenhagen one of the liveliest
dancers is King Christian TX, who is
still young at heart although close to
his eightieth year.
His wife, Queen Louise, is his senior
Dv several months, and has ceased to
dance in the royal quadrilles. She
mas been one of the most successful
matchmakers in Europe, and still
takes keen interest in this royal
sport.
For her eldest son, the crown prince,
the queen found a suitable partner
nearly 80 years ago in Princess Louisa,
daughter of the king of Sweden and
Norway. Her eldest daughter be-
came the princes of Wales, and
her second daughter the wife of Alex
ander III, and mother of the present
car OF Russia. Her second son, after
his election as king Of Greece, mar
rled Russian grand duchess With
one grandson on the Russian throne
and another the duke of York, destined
TO reign in England, and two other
grandsons heirs to the crowns of Den-
mark and Greece, Queen Louise may
be described as the grandmother Of
tour emperors and kings Two other
marriages this adroit matchmaker has
arranged. Her third son, Prince Wal
demar, married Princess Marie dor
leans, daughter of the Due de Char
tres, and her third daughter became
the wife of the duke of Cumberland,
great grandson Of George III of
England, who might have been king
OF England if Queen Victoria had died
in her girlhood. These were marriages
which brought great fortunes to the
Danish family, for the Orleans princess
was an heiress, and the duke of Cum
berland was also rich. Queen Louise,
Ao' Ali5 MAI leu Oll all llST CullUIGll
with marked success, has begun to ar
range a new series of alliances for her
grandchildren. Her theory has been
that the reigning house of feeble
country like Denmark can be convert
ed into a center of influence in Eu-
rope by discreet but ambitious mar
riages. She acted upon this principle
when she advised her grandson, the
crown prince of Greece, to marry a
sister Of the German emperor. The
queen is not only matchmaker, but
also a woman of great force of charac-
ter, and good mind. Her influence
has been felt in the family councils
throughout Europe. The late car
and the present emperor of Russia have
attached great weight to her advice.
Copenhagen has been the capital where
for two generations the Russian i'm
perial family have been frequent visi-
tors and have thrown off the cares Of
state. In September Queen Louise's
80th birthday was celebrated by re-
union of her descendants and relations
in Copenhagen. 1t was large fam
lily party from many courts of Eu-
rope, and she received the congratu-
lations of nearly all the sovereigns on
the continent
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24

writer in the Living Church saw
tnls sign on the door of a Chinese
laundry in Chicago: please help us
10 remember the Sabbath day to keep
1t holy by bringing your clothes to
the laundry before ten o'clock on Sum
uays. Only one of the Cinnamon
was acquainted with the English Ian
g!age, and all were apparently heath
en-. The irony was obvious, and the
lesson for people calling themselves
christians quite as plain
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24

Trials for ''lese majestic" which. in
practice, means criticism of the en-
pcror-are SO common in Germany that
william Ii. appears to be a law unto
himself well-known diplomatist af-
iirms, however, that it is not So
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24

The Society for checking the Abuse
OF Public Advertising, founded four
years ago in England, has been highly
successful in awakening the sentiment
OF reform. The Thames River is by
act of parliament protected from any
advertising whatever on it's banks; a
series of guide-books calls attention
to recent advertising disfgurements of
beautiful scenery; the council of Lon
don has condemned some monster
boardings erected for advertising pur-
poses, and the superior courts have
enforced the prohibition of sky signs.
America stands no less in need of such
an association and such sentiment.
THE way in which l shall help ex-
claimed a young matron recently, lis
by never buying such articles as 1 see
advertised amid natural scenery or in
Objectionable methods. They shall be
impressed upon my mind as something
to be stunned
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24

The forty women who want to mar
ry Luetgert unavoidably suggest a ire
mendous temptation to the father Of
WickeGness.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24

Miss Willard wants workingmen 10
nave palatial clubs where they can
lounge and rest as in a saloon. Isn't
that Kindness at the expense OF their
women and children?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24
Reading should teach us how to seek fol
truth; meditation how to find it.
beauty Is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means q clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Ca
thartic clean your blood and keep it clean,
by stirring up the lazy liver and driving
all Impurities from the body. Begin to-day
to Eanish pimples, boils, biotches, black
heads, and that sickly bilious complexion
by taking Cascarets beauty for ten cents.
All druggists, satisfaction guaranteed, Ice,
250, 500.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24
Vasnly SOUSll t.

Tradition says a very rich mine was
discovered somewhere near Salt Lake
twenty-five years ago by q mormon
and for some reason Brigham Young
forbade the prospector to work tho
mine or make its whereabouts known.
just before dying the man Indicated
tho direction in which the mine Law.
but hundreds of miners have vainly
sought he treasure
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24
CAST UPON AN ISLAND.
ONE OF THE SURVIVORS OF a
SHlPWRECKED CREW..
suHerinEs in the Boat-NO Taste of
Food for Six Days-Life Among the
Fijians-A Concert Gotten Up on
~ Christmas Dag. -

LIRE is the story
of the wreck of the
Norwegian b ar k,
Seladon, told by
the second mate,
Mr.. OLSEN to a
representa- i We OF
the London News.
He also gives an
account of the adj
ventures Of t h e
survive rs. These,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24
Catarrh Cannot BE Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as .hey
cannot reach the seat Of the disease. Ca
earrh a Is blood Or constitutional dis
take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, and acts direct
~ on the blood and mucous surfaces.
Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack med
icine. 1t was prescribed by one Of the
best physicians in this country for years.
posed OF the best tonics known, combin-
ed with the hest blood purifiers. acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination OF the two ingred1-
ents is what produces such wonderful re-
SUITS IN curing Catarrh. Send for testi-
l; j: CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo, o.
sold by druggists, price Csc.
dalrs Family Pills are the best.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24

The new hoy has convinced Grover
that marriage Is a grand, sweet yell.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever
lOc 225c. IfC G. c. fail, druggists refund money.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24

If you wish to know mans character.
learn his thoughts.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24

There is a time -honored notion that
nap after meals promotes digestion,
and, filled with this belief, large
NUMBER OF persons habitually take a
nap after dinner, and think they are
DONG precisely the best thing tor
their health. There are other good au-
thorltles too who claim that sleep
during digestion clouds the mind and
predlsposes those who indulge in it
10 apoplexy and stupidity. A French
scientist has made this subject a
study, and by exhaustive experiments
mas discovered that sleep does not aid
digestion, but rest and horizontal po-
sltlon are of great advantage in pro-
noting the proper conditions for per
'ect digestion and assimilation of food
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-24

Don't value man for the quality he is
OF, but for the qualities he possesses.