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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10

Vick's Monthly.
Until within a few years the palm was re-
garded as wholly florists plant-something
to be rented for special occasions, guarded
with the utmost care, and returned with a
sense of relief If it met no harm. But pro-
gressive Tourists have dispelled this illusion,
by culling from this great family such
varieties as are best adapted to amateur
culture. and to endure the vicssitudes that
characterize the average living room. Am
bilious amateurs have not been slow to
avail themselves by the tempting possbili-
ties in store for them, and have in their
turn practically verified the statements of
florists that the palm will stand great deal
of neglect and wrong treatment before
showing any bad results; ] trust this re-
cital of the fact will not encourage anyone
in careless usage of so noble plant, but
rather emboden the fearful to try their
"'prentice hand upon at least one or two
fine specimens. The firm, heavy texture of
their foliage enables them to endure better
than almost any other decorative plant the
to which they are often subjected. and it is
very gratifying to know that the species
that thrive best under these disadvantages
are the most beautiful of the whole palm
family.
Palms are especially adapted to places
With INIT sunshine proy ;I Go boon to
strong light without sunshine. They are
often greatly injured by being kept con-
stanty in darkened halls and in apartments
that preclude the, treatment. essential to
their health. A daily sponging of their
foliage with tepid water may be given by
careful hands without damage to surround
ings, and If they are carried to another
apartment for an hour of morning sunshine,
and thoroughly showered once or twice a
week. they will remain in a healthy condi-
ton, with judiciouS watering as demanded.
Remember always that while limited and
early morning sunshine brightens and in
StroyS the rich green color.
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Making Home Happy.

New York Ledger.
Marietta" is one of four daughters in a
family where there are half a dozen men
father, three brothers and two cousins.
They come home and throw their hats
coats, packages and other belongings, and
expect the girls to pick them all up and
put them in their place. If there is any
protest or fault-finding these men folks"
make themselves disagreeable. Not long
since one of the brothers left package Of
neckties on the parlor table, and during the
night oil from the lamp dripped on them
Because the girls did not find them and put
them away this brother has been doing ev-
erything in his power to annoy them. He
says that is what women were made for
to put things away and make home pleas
ant for the men of the family when they
come from their business. The girls think
that men have some responsibilities and
duties in the home as well as women but
because she said this one day her brother
refused to take her to the theater although
he had previously invited her to go, and she
announced that he didn't propose to take
any girl who uttered such sentiments to
any place of amusement, and walked out
of the house and went to the theater with
q young man friend instead What does
the Ledger think of such conduct? Answer
There is but one thing to think, and that is
that the young men who deport themselves
in such a fashion not only are sadly lack
ing in good sense, but in good breeding as
well. No gentleman ever makes unpeces-
sary work for others or causes distress,
pain or unhappiness if he can avoid it. Con-
trast such actions are ascribed to these
young men with the department of one of
our most eminent statesmen, a man who
never permits himself to be waited on by
his wife and daughters only in such mat
tiers as naturally fall within the province
of their more tactful and careful handling.
Young men sometimes get very foolish no.
lions into their heads, but they may posi-
bly, live to learn that the man is quite as
responsible for the home atmosphere as the
woman.
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Anent Pnssing Fashionr.

New York Tribune.
With the passing of the shawl the prim
and gracious heroines of the genteel fiction
of the lady writer's of our youth disap-
pear from contemporaneous literature and
become creatures of a bygone standard of
fashion. The SLIM graceful creatures they
were, with sloping shoulders, long necks and
draped invariably, according to our recol-
lection, in those obsolete articles which they
carried with a grace peculiarly their own;
for in those days the way woman wore a
shawl was considered a criterion of her
elegance" In those days. too, real
camers hair was a sine qua non of every
fashionable brides trousseau Now, fallen
from its high estate the shawl is despised
and forgotten and is only worn by what a
smarty goWned woman would term a
trump" Perhaps it is only the prevailing
fashions that seem desirable in prejudiced
eyes, on the principle that whatever is is
right, but a shawl certainly nowadays
seems to take away all grace of outline and
reduces any figure, however youthful and
lovely to a ShapeleSS mass that might con-
ceal any deformity
II have customer in New York whom /
have never seen" said well-known French
dressmaker to one of his clientele who visits
Paris every season. She must be extreme
ly rich, as she gives me no limit and leaves
all her gowns to my taste. / fancy her to
myself, tall and beautiful and credit to
my atelier. So l have taken the greatest
pains to send her over all that there is OF
the most chic and my newest conceptions.
Do you know her. this Nine. A. B?
l pray you to describe her to me. I die to
know what manner of great lady she is.
Can you tell me how she looks and if she
has the reputation of being well dressed
/ long to hear from her. 1t is most inter-
esting to me, who have made her so many
ravishing toilets, to hear of their sue
cess"
you surely cannot mean Mrs. b." ex-
claimed his customer. And yet there is no
other, and 1 was told she gets her gowns
from Paris, but, to tell you the truth, l
never noticed them. / know her slightly,
but often see her on the veranda of the
golf club or at the Casino, but she is al
ways wrapped up in a shawl"
"a shawl?" almost shrieked the sartorial
artist. Great heavens, shawl!'' raising
eyes and shoulders with a despairing ges-
ture "Ah alors c'est fine! There is moth
ing to hope for. But there is nothing real
ly new under the sun, they say, and the
wheel of fashion win probably in its next
revolution bring the cashmere draperies
again to the fore. while the redingotes and
capes which we now consider so smart will
look as dowdy as the shawls appear to us
at present.
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tile has left the muzzle of the gun. This
cuts or the escape of air and retains In the
reservoir all that was not needed in prepell-
ing the proJectile. Thus we may use ten or
twenty or any number of cubic feet OF air
at each discharge. The time that the valve
remains open is under perfect control OF the
gunner, and he adjusts il by turning small
graduating wheel within reach from the
platform where he stands. BY regulating
the time that the valve remains open ne reg
ulates the amount OF air that enters the
barrel In other words, TO be little tech-
meal, he regulates the amount of energy
impaired TO the projectile.
REGULATING AIR PRESSURE.
"Since the muzzle velocity ard range de-
pend upon this energy it will be readily I'M
derstood how the gunner is able to change
bis range without changing the elevation Of
his gun by simply turning the graduating
wheel. We call this the cutoff of the valve
because it is very like the cutoff of steam
engine. At each discharge of the gun the
air pressure in the reservoir falls ACCORDING
TO the adjustment of the valve. If before
discharglnG the cir pressure the reservoir
was 1000 pounds per square inch, then after
single discharge 1t may be 500 pounds or
$50 pounds, but after each discharge the
normal pressure is restored to l,e00 pounds
by drawing air from a storage reservoir
that contains air at much higher pressure,
say 1900 pounds per square inch, or by
pumping air directly into the gun reser-
Voir.
SO much for the power that 1mpels the
projectile The gunner stands on platform
beside the barrel Of the gun. Aboard ship,
of course. that gun does not revolve, but on
land it does. In one respect each of the
Vesuvius' guns is like a big revolver, for
down by the breech here are eight cham
bers, each of these chambers containing a
shell. When the gunner pushes back the
lever and the projectile leaves the gun the
chamber turns automatically, presenting a
fresh projectile, so that in reality the gun
has to be loaded but once out of eight
shots.
1.-THE loading is accomplished by means
of barrel about the same length and much
resembling the upper part of the regulation
gun barrel. The loading process is exactly
as would be the case IL you attempted to
load a revolver by slipping each cartridge
down through the barrel and thence into
the chamber. giving the chamber an eighth
turn, and thus presenting fresh hiding
fired from one Of these guns in four min
uteS'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-10
June Time.
Loud and Gle,

Loud and clear is Bob Whites whistle in the
bearded. rustling wheat:
All day long the challenge floats up through a
golden haze of heat
And his mate in shifting shadows softly stirs her
dusky wings;
To her patient, brooding bosom solace sweet that
whistle brings.
Bobolinls pour out their music. rapturous joyous
boundless, free.
Redbreasts hidden deep in orchards swell the tide
of melody.
Far away in, dim-lit forests floats the ringdove's
cooling CALL
Plaintive, sweet, caressing cadence how its
echoes rise and fall.
Clint and CLEAN and glow and glitter, simmer
Ing shafts of dazzling light;
Sheen on leaf and blade and blossom hurtle back
the arrows bright.
This is June in field and forest; June dear time
of mirth and glee;
June time. June time. happy noontime. Noon Of
love and melody.
Emma Carleton, in Chicago Record
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glttering ornaments are used with this
couture, including crescents, wings and
dragon flies of spangled gauze. Another
fancy is a rose cluster and an aigrette rising
from a Golf of waved and loosely coiied hair
Pink in every tint and tone will be in
great use this autumn and winter for even
ing gowns for youthful wearers. for dressy
opera toques and bonnets, for trimmings
and Innings for round hats and for lining
velvet and cream cloth capes for ball and
theater wear.
grasping decorator is the ribbed pasteboard
similar to that in which bottles are wrapped.
This dull. tinted. corrugated surface has at
tracted their artistic eyes, and they nave
boldly seized upon it to accomplish some
very good effects. The pasteboard is used
in its natural color of a sort of coffee
brown, or it is sometimes painted over in a
dull red, green, or yellow
If your journey is to be a long one, take
two or three sheets of tissue paper along
with you, as well as traveins cap or sort (,
the tissue paper and hang 1t up. However
dusty the day. 1t will be as fresh at the
journeys end as at the beginning. or
course, you may travel bareheaded in a
Pullman car. Many women do, but the cap
is better for your health and your hair
American. women, as a rule. are, not
blessed with a Superabundance of head or
nament. 1t cannot be for lack of care and
must be due to climatic influences. If moth
ers would understand that all hope of fine
head of hair lies the years between child
hood and the thirteenth birthday they
would use every effort TO assist nature. 1t
can be done if you are very patient and per-
severing The hair glands can be stimulated
into greater activity by use of a simple mix
ture Of brandy and quinine or alcohol and
quinine. 1t must be gently rubbed into the
scalp two or three times a week, and will
not fail to show satisfactory results AS
long as the hair remains on the head it can
be improved by this treatment, although
after you reach the age of thirty the hair
does not grow with as much vigor. The head
should be washed at least once in three
weeks, and the ends of the hair clipped
each month, which is usually done at the
new moon by superstitious women.
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An Innocent Lawyer.


Detroit free HleSS.
when / was new to the business and
had a beautiful faith In the efficacy of our
jury system" tells a veteran of the Detroit
bar II was employed to defend murderer.
The fellow was guilty enough and that to
my youthful mind. was sufficient to insure
his conviction. He had wealthy friends who
retained me and worked with the greatest
zeal until satisfied that the man had done
the crime of which he was accused. Then l
went to him and said that his wisest course
would be to plead guilty. l would make a
strong talk for him and then appeal TO the
mercy of the court.
{" Young man. he said. looking me over
scornfully from head to foot you've been
hired TO defend me. and been we'll paid You
take good money 10 help me and then ask
me to save you all the work and trouble by
pleading guilty. Now you get right out of
here as he ratified the grating to call the
tailor. and if you don't put up the hottest
kind of fight I'll announce right out in
open court that you weakened and wanted
to get your money without earning it,
did you let him bluff you that way?"
20. yes, l humored him and tried the
case"
Got a life sentence. presumed"
mo: jury acquitted him.
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The Confederate Song.

washington Post.
TT is a strange thing to me-" said a
well-known druggist of f street and an
ex-Confederate soldier that so few peo-
pie know what the real national air of the
South Is. Most everybody in the North
looks upon that lively little tune best
known as Dixie as the Southern ma,
tional air. But il is a fact that it was
written by a Northern man. both words
and music, as Way Down South in Dixie
might easily Indicate The national air
of the South is The Mocking Bird-and
it was so adopted by a Confederate Con-
gress. / don't know just when Very few
people seem tcl know this, even a great
many Southerners not being aware of the
fact, but 1t is true, nevertheless"
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0AAAS INT
New York Evening Sun.

New York Evening Sun.
Not even an echo answers where has the
ostrich feather boa gone. IT has simply
melted out of sight and there is nothing in
its place. Slowly disappearing is the long
gold chain. with its inset jewels. beads or
pearls. Into the place of the chain has
sprung new toy-a stick Of ivory ebony
or tortoise shell, scarcely larger in girth
than slate pencil and about eighteen
inches in length; it tapers at one end to a
lead pencil that screws in and out At the
other end it is finished by a set of three
little glasses that fold in together One
Is a powerful magnifying lens, the other
Two are Tor observing objects at long dis
lance or at close quarters in case one is
near or Tar-sighted. This fiat gold top,
Where the gold-rimmed glasses are set on.
Is easily unscrewed, and down the whole
center OF the stick runs vein filled with
aromatic gum, refl eshing in a, close room
nerves. son etiu es IN place of The Sc ew PEN
Gil fine steel blade shoots out from the
last is used no woman has yet found out,
save to cut magazine leaves and open let
terS, but 1t is a daintly pretty weapon.
More feminine and appropriate, not to say
useful, is the end finished with a gold hook
for fastening gloves. Direct from Paris
these batons have come along with the
fancy for cutting up long gold neck chains
into armlets. There has gone up a justif-
able wall from number of women over the
slow suppression Of the pouched waist front.
Never was there a fashion so benevolent
to the slender American woman, and to
make up to the slim ones for their all-mer-
ciful fronts the powers that sway fashion S
destiny have promulgated edict in favor
of the kerchief for their frocks. third at
least of the light afternoon gowns and a
fair proportion OF the evening costumes are
decorated with this highly becoming Shout
der drapery. This has been one of the
means by which old laces have come for
ward prominently and one of the attractive
InnI IfnT
gowns is the broad liberty satin ribbon tied
over the bust. a ribbon nearly a foot wide
is simply drawn round the body directly
under the arms and tied in a big bow over
the bust If ribbon is not used then a
liberty silk scarf or one of lace is similarly
arranged and the ends fall just to the waist
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odds md ends.

In making cushions for the popular wicker
furniture, II will be found that nothing is
more durable than veveteen, and the diff
ferent varieties of that fabric sold under
various similar names.
The summer modes of dressing the hair
for evening vary somewhat as they should
always do, with each individual. but the
latest fancy in Paris is the Spanish coiffnre
with high jeweled comb, and glowing
crimson or yellow rose at one side just
above the ear. Another style shows a high
compact knot on the very top OF the head
at the back, with the hair very loose wavy
and fluffy all around. al sorts of pretty
jeweled side combs, tortoise shell pins and
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Chicago Tribune.
"Eliotson. FAREWELL"

"Eliotson, FAREWELL"
With trembling lips the Boston maiden
spake these words.
ION the morrow" she continued you
will leave these hallowed scenes to enter
the service of your country-perhaps to en-
counter the enemy on the field of strife 1t
may be years before we meet again Who
can fathom the mysteries of the future i?
Emerson could, perhaps''-a teardrop, ex-
quistely cold and beautiful. glistened
through her spectacles-'but he is no longer
here. Elliotson, in the hour of peril, of lone
liness, of despair, when your spirit droops
and existence itself seems q dreary, hope
less blank. let this be your consolationi"
She handed him her cherished volume of
Ibsen, and the face of the young Boston re-
cruit shone with joy ineffable.
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The Fight.

o the glory and the story of the fight,
The dashing Of the war steeds in the strife
The charge, and the retreat,
And the flag the winding sheet
OF faces staring starward from the strife
Lost to life.
And the wailing of the mother and the wifel
o the glory and the story of the fight
The leaving for the battle ground Of Fate
With glory for the goal,
Where the cannon thunders roll,
And kisses for the woman at the gate,
Who shall wait
For the unreturnng footsteps long and late
Frank L. Stanton.
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room. Sit down somewhere and smoke. Has
Celine sent that hat? No? OF course not!
| should have been surprised If she had.
VIII surely arrive, you say? Much you
know about it. In all the years she has
been working for me she has never kept her
promise once. My bag all packed? Oh,
Maria, you are good girl. I'm nervous,
you know, so you must pardon my scold-
ing. John. John, dear, will you open
that box; my new hat is in it, Oh, how
warm 1t is! Cab at the door? Yes, I'm
ready. Goodbye, Maria; I'll be back soon.
Come John, what time is that train?"
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She Meant "Mess."
Washington Post.

washington Post,
She wore an army belt buckle and an
engineer corps badge and two navy buttons
in her hat and she was explaining to the
sweet young thing in white muslin all about
army life in camp.
Il don't know what the common soldiers
have to eat, she said, but / had dinner
with some Of the officers in Cousin Toms
regiment the other day. They all clr5 to-
gether, you know, aad have what they call
messy dinners"
There's many a true word spolxen entirely
by accident.
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All Music Boxes cheapest at wuIschners.
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RAILROAD TIME TAnLE.

IN and after Sunday, July 10. 1898,
" trains will run as follows: Central
Standard Time.) All trains enter
UNION RAILMAY STATION.
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M. tIIue III nINcA i ace FIsures.-
Trains marked thus: Dy-Daily, S-Sleeper,
CLEVE., GIN, CHI. a. ST. LOUIS ny.
Cleveland DivisiOn-BiG Four.
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DEFAKI
New York ex. dy S. AIS
Muncie & b ii ex.. 6:35
Cleveland mail. .l0:50
And on * y IL x..11:15
U c q W &C. dy.. 4.5O
Knick b'r, dy, d s. 6s25
- Unaa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-30
EXCURSIONS.

The news that the huge battle ship Il
hnois will be lauI ched at Newport News
Va, on Tuesday next has attracted great
deal of attention, and already guests are
arriving at Fortress Monroe and it's neigh
boring resorts to witness this interesting
event. A large number from this city
have signit1ed their intention of going to
Newport News to see the launching by
engaging state rooms on the steamer of
the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
Company which will leave It'll street wharf
Monday evening at GEO. The launching
will not take place until ii 30 am, so that
all who take this steamer will arrive at
Newport News several hours before the
battle ship makes her initial dip into the
brlny deep. State rooms may be secured
for the round trip at the clmpany's offices
at 18th street wharf, at the Baltimore and
Ohio ticket office, 10Th street and New York
avenue, and at the city ticket offices of the
company, 513, 6l9,S17 and 1921 Pennsylvania
avenue, where any information relative to
the trip may be obtained. The steamers of
the Norfolk and Washington line form the
only direct route to Fortress Monroe, Nor
folk, Portsmouth and Newport News, leav-
ing Ith street wharf daily at $50 D. m.
They are the largest and finest steamers
on the river. Their saloons and state
rooms are spacious and handsomely fur
nished. They are heated by steam, lighted
by electricity and fitted with all the mod
ern cOnVenlenceS Tor comfort. Dining room
service is a la carte, everything in season
being served at very reasonable prices.
Strangers in the city who have not paid
a visit to Arlington will have an oppor-
tunity to go very economically on Sunday.
The same reduced rate which has been in
effect on Sundays during the summer will
again be in force the coming Sunday on the
electric trains operated by the Washing
ton, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Rail
way Company. The cool weather has add
ed a new beauty to Arlington for while the
green lawns and beautiful flowers remain
unchanged the leaves of the huge old shade
trees are changing color and are handsomer
than ever with their brilliant hues.
Strangers will be especially interested in
viewing the graves of General Sheridan
and many other of the nations most illus
triOus dead. Electric trains leave the sta
ton a 1872 street and Pennsylvania avenue
every forty-five minutes for Arlington on
Sundays. Electric trains leave for Mount
Vernon, the home and tomb of Washington,
every hour from 10 a. m. to 3 pm.