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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04

goes to second. perhaps to a third one.
ne naturally has 10 sign paper for each
OF them. and never sees those papers again.
and now he Is at the mercy of those people
Tor the rest of his life II he gives the affair
INTO the hands of an attorney general the
whole business becomes public, and he has
10 resign from the army. If he pays those
extorters he never can get rid of them, be-
cause In after years they will come with
Lew demands
There are only two possibilities left to
him-either to confess everything to his
future father-in-law, which would result
most probably in a breaking off of the en-
gagement, or to give the affair into the
hands Of an attorney general, which would
mean being dishonorably discharged from
the army know captain of the cavalry
VINO when quite young lieutenant signed
two such papers. About twenty years passed
and he never even thought about the docu-
ried
This was a love match. One day he re-
ceived letters from both agents reminding
him of the papers he had signed years be-
fore. Had he not been an officer he would
have denounced those two extorters. Being
an officer, he bad to pay high amounts to
get the papers, and was glad in the end that
nothing worse had happened
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04
PAPER COLLARS ARE STILL WORN.
Many Of Them in the South and West
Europe Buys CellulOids.

New Orleans Times Democrat.
oh YES paper collars are still made, :"
said a haberdasher smilingly in reply to an
inquisitve customer. Thirty years ago
they were worn by men who considered
themselves very good dressers. Now their
use Is confined to few old fellows Who
wouldn't change, and, of course, they have
to he manufactured TO order. There are
several customers for them here, and a
wealthy planter who lives some distance
north of the city orders them by thousand
lots | was i'm New England last summer,
and while visiting a little town famous for
its collar making, saw an old plant used for
turning out the paper article.
1T had been rusting away in silence for
wears and | was aStOnished at its size. The
buildings easily covered an acre, and the
machinery was enormous. | was told that
uct all over the world and sold paper collars
even in the Fiji islands. l suppose they
must have been used as trimmings for mis-
sionary ragout. The ceEuilod-eoIiar industry
is still very much alive. and you may be
surprised to know that it's trade LAST year
was the largest on record. VINO buys them?
Lots of different people Thousands are
sold to seafarlng men, particularly those
France Germany and Italy import an inn
mense number.
Another big lot is supplied under con-
tract TO the Russian army fact not gen.
era,ly known-and l understand there is a
large sale OF them in Turkey The principal
market in this country Is III the West. The
lumbermen up in Minnesota and Wisconsin
regions regard them very recherche, and
they buy them by the bale. In the cities
they are worn generally by policemen. who
lind II impossible TO keep linen collar
looking neat In bad weather. The great OBJ
lection TO ceIluloid collars used to be their
infiamInability. Their composition Is very
Ike gs1ncotton. and ii was formerly COM
mon joke TO touch a match TO a fellow $
that now A new process has rendered
them nreprCOfs
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brooks has never angleu' 80 tue NAoO
county experts tell one. ......u -+o-,,
sIr Jefferson tells most interesting stoTy
If how he came to work out the play oL
Pin and its one great character
1t was a dull dismal Gay IN the xl9 Ir
tains Jefferson took the Letters Oh Nv
ington' up into the hayloft TO nave q l9h =
n,,iet aftaruoon He was amazed TO nnq IN
~ hoolr n reference to himself. air: lrv-
inc commented on the young actor re-
eenblance TO his father. -
mis- reminded Mr.. JEFFERSON thds nls
father had once tried producuon Oi VnS
Of Mr. Jrving's stories-"Rip Van WinkIe
md that ii was IA failure. He jumped
dow, from the hay went over TO the mouse
and pot the Sketch Book from the set, and'
taxing il back to the barn, read the story;
He saw the dramatic poSslDhltles OF tne
tale He believed he could dramatlze ~ lilto
a snccessful play, and began by starring
81 the erd for. so enthusiastic was he that
ha imnaediately came down TO the city, and,
r1mma eing through old stage wardTooes
and Interviewing wigmakers, gave orders
for every part of the costumes.
In short while these were sent up 10
him IT the farmhouse, and he began re-
hearsines as he dramatiZed The Darn was
the theater In that he created MS stage,
hung his mirror and worked up MS part
and shaped the play. - e..a
Nh Mace could have been better utteu
for such performance ,
Have Won ever been down IN ParaeiiSe val
1ev2 DO YOU know the frowniDg mountains,
The n1vsfaries Of Devil'k Hollow the rafp-
hoxvs AZ tire Gap: and Eeve and there down
ii the valley the whcteYome Dutch farms
with their acres laid on n geometr1cal pre-
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A Drug store story.

Washington Post.
Nv faith in the efficacy Of medicines mas
had q fearful shock-a stunning bioW-Irom
which il will be long in recovering. In one
of the apartment houses here IN town there
is a drug store. l might say that IN every
apartment house in town there's dIus
store for an apartment house without
pharmacy is as rare as a comic opera WITH
out q village inn in the first act, but my
story concerns only one drug store, ana
don't intend TO tell which one II Is It's pro-
prietor is a young man recently graduated
from whatever it is druggists are graduated
from. and he keeps the shop with the as
sistance of very young man, Drasn
young man. One evening not long ago an
irascible man came in with a prescription.
He wanted it put up 81 once, and ne was
one of those men who want whatever they
do want very much indeed. The assistant
was alone in the shop, and when ne began
to explain that delay would be unavoidable
the ouick-tempered man made ready 10
leave in rage. The assistant couldn't let
the chance slip. He took the prescription,
stepped behind the SCREEN dashed out the
back door and ran to the next drug
store Hideous mockery of fate. That
drug store on the next corner was
clesed because of somebody's death. Back
ran the assistant. He simply couldn't lose
the customer now He looked at the pre-
scripuon. Only one word on It was intelii-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04
JEFFERsoN's RIP VAN wINKLE.
The Chance That Led the Actor to
Take Up the Now Famous Character.
Philadelphia Press.


Trifies often produce great things.
If il hadn't been raining on a certain sum-
mer's day in 1859 and ii barn filled with
hay mad not offered Itself as a resting place,
if Mr.. joe Jefferson had not taken a set
Of Washington IrVings works to read dur
ing vacation, if the Pocono mountains of
Pennsylvania hadn't looked so much like
the Dutch Catskills, the world might have
never seen the Incompatible comedian as
rip Van Wrinkle.
1t must be forever q delightful knowledge
to Philadelphians that the greatest Amer
lean comedian should be a Philadelphia,
and that the greatest American play should
have been suggested by and dramatized in
a Pennsylvania farmhouse.
All the visitors who go up to Monroe coun-
ty either for rest or shooting, don't know
the dramatic history of the little white
farmhouse. snugly tucked under the prctec-
ton of mist-swathed mountains, nesting
out of harms way down IN Paradise valley.
But il only needs a question to bring out a
host of stories from the natives of Mr.. JEFF
ferson. angler, sportsman and all-round
good friend.
Year after year he has been quietly slip
ping away to the valley with the lovely
name, and, undisturbed by fashion or hon
hunters, has caught great trout and Joked
with the farmers
Fer these forty years he has never lost
his love for the wild, beautiful place where
the great inspiration Ct his lire came 70
hir1s-and where he catches the finest trout
Tor he who has not angled IN Paradise
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04
Our Initiation Sale

SHOES FOR LADIES-Made of finest vici
kid, all hand work, new coin toes, vesting
or kid tops, silk worked eyelets Ga ~
actual s. qualities. .......-.........A
SHOES FOR LADIES-Best vici stock,
hand welted extension soles, button or lace,
broad English lasts, $3.50 quality, 60 20
in the initiation sale. APA"O~
SHOES FOR LADIES-Cut from Blumen-
that's dongola stock, flexible medium
weight soles, button or lace, pug &1 80
toes, imitation tips, $3.50 quality. APA'OD
SHOES FOR LADIES-All solid stock,
patent leather trimmed, button and lace,
every pair warranted, a new pair in place
of any that are not satisfactory, O&c
regular S1.75 quality. ....................
SHOES FOR MISsES-Best .vici stock,
patent leather tips and lace stays,
neat coin lasts, 81 quail CT AZ
1ty OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
SHOES FOR GIRLS-Box calf vamps,
heavy soles, round toes. our SPECIAL
SCHOOL SHOE, sizes 121s to 2 81 ia
1.65 quality, for....--.-....-...-.-..-T
SHOES FOR CHILDREN-Soft vici kid,
hand turned soles, coin toes, as good as
can be made $1.75 quality on the CT IN
second floor. tomorrow ........-..AP
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Our Shoe Department
Removed To Second Floor
Opposite Elevators.

This comparatively department has grown SO rapidly eqnr
ing space o accommodate the stock and customers
We find impossible to give it the main floor when other de-
therefore
spare And for that
think appropriate account OF pvaa
be beaen-two
me- elevators and a Commodous stairway.
inducements nave Deen
make douby Interesting
of especial advantage make to the second floor
likely thorough and biggest Shoe Sale ever
held in indianapolis begins
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gible to him. Aqua pura'' he made It out
Quickly he held bottle under cold-Water
faucet filed it. added few drops OF two or
three harmless drugs, pasted LABEL on, anu .ha
a moment later presented the bottle 10 the
waiting customer. Ninety cents was what
he charged for it. no himself ne argued
that the doctor, seeing no Improvement III
the patient would change the medicine IN
a day or two. In the meantime aqua pura
could not do any harm. He hadn't run the
risk of poisoning anybody, and possibly the
second prescription would be presented later
the thought of another 80 cents cheered
him up considerably. Three days later the
irascible man came In again. CO,
Say" ne said to the proprietor, tnat
medicine YOU put up for my wife the other
day was great stuff-acted like charm
She wants another bottle of ii TO keep on
hand.''
Then the assistant said a few words IN
private to the proprietor and showed him
the prescription. He had not judged IT wise
to refer to the matter before The custoine
carried home q bottle-a bottle of the $l.zo
size The proprietor himself filled II, and
well. ] shan't tell what was In Il. Come 20
think of IL believe the proprietor lett out
that part of the story.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04

SHOES FOR LITTLE BOYS-Real calf
yaInps. solid soles, broad toes, spring heels.
sizes to 1872, s1.25 quality, in the O2c
mutation sale
SHOES FOR INFANTS Made of softest
kid stock, both black and chocolate, neat
round toes, sizes to 6, 81 quail NOc
SHOES FOR INFANTS-Soft kid up
pers, hand turned soles, soc quail 22c
1ty OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
SHOES FOR CHILDREN-Box calf vamps,
round toes button and lace, made to re-
sist hard wear sizes to H. regular o..
$1.25 quality -. =
SHOES FOR BOYS-Full stock, calf vamps,
kangaroo tops, new English and coin toes,
sizes 21s to So, 81 quality in the al ftGb
morrow ION second fioor). ....... ~
SHOES FOR BOYS-Satin calf Vamps,
solid soles the ''never-wear-out kind,
sizes 211 to S11s, 81 quality, IN the Sf.25
initiation sale ......--....-....... e. -
SHOES FOR LITTLE BOYS-Cat sdtln
yanps. kangaroo tops, medium round toes.
dressy and serviceable, sizes u to 81 IA
2 81 lty................ - -.
Shoes FOR CHILDREN-Full line or out
ton and lace, kid and vesting tops, patent
leather tips, coin toes, sizes TO
g. Sl25 quality, for our initiation Soc
sale ...............s.....s...'' ...''''"''
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and lived with is the thing which we imi-
tate best. and the public feels the reality
of that more than purely imaginative pic
TIRES
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04
COrSetS and Muslin Underwear
Removed to Third Floor, Opposite Elevators.

growth business the necessity moving becomes
With elevator facilities Eve believe the ar
the of the ontage mat
very floor the departments located
we'll off the third at the second
departments associated with the second floor
overlooked the public
these lines constantly before the public and to
location ALL necesstaes special induce
offerings which have made
interesting Corset and Muslin Underwear
third floor The hrS
starts to-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04
The Vim. Il. Block Co.
....ImpOrtant News This Week ill.,.


dl nbd e hoor already acknowledge bh prices Prior 9TH % ~ -four fgb
d Nh hf proved y " graft
than yer true" m jus dt answering lose d i
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04

form price of Toe. Extremely P0pu-
lar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04
Two Holiday
Specials
We do Engraving
Free

UMBRELLAS-Fin taffeta silk
covering case to match, 26-inch steel rod,
sterlng-silver mounted new-idea Dresden,
in the stunning Princess-style handles,
with different colored tassels bound in a
novel manner on handle by gilt and
silver buckle, an excellent pres-@H2- "A
ent ................. .............s...~P~
MEMS UMBRELLAS - Best taffeta silk
covering on 26-inch stout steel rod, close
roll, case and tassel to match cover; han
dies are sterling SilVer mounted, highly
polished wood and other nobby@1 ~
styles, sure seller at............. AP%s%O
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04
Draperies, Rugs,
MattingS
Third Floor
RuffIed Curtains

Another shipment arrived of those
es, Fish Nets, BObbinetts and Pt. de
Esprits. This order was placed long
before we began changing depart
ments. With our present space we
are crowded, hence we are more than
willing to part with surplus by offer
ing these strOng-price Inducements:
To begin with
CREPON-Gold-lined drapery, yard wide,
J2l2c and 1Oc kinds 100 bolts in this a.
sale, at, yard ..................-...... ~
FUR RUGS-Also late arrivals and crowd
ing items, moth-proof goatskins. white
and gray. 27x64 inches, splen- 81 Q2
did lot, So qualities. ................AP
FUR RUGS, extra quality China sheep
bleached 2Sx64 in, $3.50 quality. .P%s1O
FUR RUGS-This lot to close; China sheep,
blues, greens, reds. yellows; O2r
smaller sizes, 50 to $3.50 kinds. S0C
RUFFLED CURTAINS - Fish Nets and
Swisses, Dots, Stripes and Figures, MAX
yards, 40 inches wide; sell in the regular
way at from SIZE TO $1.5O; in this Z0c
sale, choice, pair.
RUFFLED CURTAINS-Swiss, Nets and
colored Organizes, Stripes, wide ruffies,
best lengths and widths, an elegant Selec-
ton of fine qualities, sell in the regular
way at from $2.25 to $3.50; to UNI e. A2
load, choice, pair. ..-.....!. -
RUFFLED CURTAINS-This lot discloses
some of the prettiest fine Swisses, with
lace or net ruffies, point 81 Esprits with
lace inserting and ruffies, fine Bobbinetts
with imitation silk tape stripes and lace
inserting, $3.50 to 81 qualities, Cd AZ
choice, pair ...........-............. ~
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Two More Republican Congre&smen.
FRANKFORT. KY, Dec. S.-The state
Election Commission this afternoon DECIDED
Ninth congressional district IN favor OF Con-
gresham Pugh. Republican, over Williams,
Democrat. Congressman-elect boT1nS, Ee-
Eleventh. his claim being disputed b. John
d. White, independent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04
Just a Few Figures

ofauS
aS
falls
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04

We prepay express charges ON ali
purchases Of So and over TO points
within 100 miles Of indianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04
Drawers. Corset COYerSanaChOmiSe

DRAWERS different styles of cambria
or muslin, insertion ana edges OF Iace 5 IN
embroidery All dollar goods. Third hSAc
floor: price tomorrow ..........'...
DRAwERS-of muslin ruffle with embroid-
ery. insertion and three tucks, 59c .22c
quality .....-..-''-'-''''''..'.
DRAWERS-of muslin with neat embIold-
floor. tomorrow ..........'.'..'.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-04
Our Initiation Sale

GOWNS-of cambria, Empire style, two diff
ferent styles, one tucked front, embrold-
erv trimmed collar and sleeves the same;
Vatican back; the other has elaborate
lace and insertion trimming on. collar
front and sleeves. $2.25 quality in &1 ~
our initiation sale ................
GOWNS-of excellent materials, some en-
broidery others lace trimmed; about tour
styles of $l4S goods in the in 81 10
itiation sale .......'.......'..'..''F
GOWNS-of good muslin, IL rows OF lnser-
ton and tucks in yoke, with embroidery
ruffie, Hubbard style; our regular NQC
STYLE. ..... ....'.'.'''.'''''' '''''''''
GOWNS different styles lace and en-
broidery trimmings; our 4oc ..1tSC
SKIRTS-of splendid cambria. knee fiounce
edged with nine-inch cambria embrold-
cry; $229 quality; for the in S1.7O
itiatiOn sale 80. .'...-'..'''.''''~
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DRAWERS-o muslin, plain hem and
three tucks; in the initiation Sc1
sale -. -
CORSET COVERS-Square or neck,
torchon lace trimmed; 3Oc quality; 1Or
for the initiation sale ..................A| ~
SKIRT CHEMISE-of Nainsook or cambria,
either round square neck; prettily
trimmed in embroidery or lace both yoke
and bottom; regular $l19 to $3.50
qualities; on the third floor, to- O2r
morrow ........ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~
APRONS-made of lawn, tucks, lace edge;
25c quality; in the initiation 1Cc
sale $3.50. ...................'..'.
APRONS-of lawn, three tucks, wide Swiss
embroidery trimmed; SOC quail QOc
CORSETS-P D., long, medium and short;
all colors; regular prices 81 TO 81 RO
$3.50; for the initiation sale. ~
CORSETS-H & H. of good peau satin
stripe. top and bottom of each steel tipped
with leather; regular 81 % quality; TO-
for, on the third floor tomorrow. y
CORSETS-of good peau. lace trimmed at
both edges low bust, short hip, back,
white. pink and blue; regular 09c 4.3c
quality, for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
CORSETS-of peau, two side steels; Zoe
in the initiation sale ....-...........-...
BITSTI. DISCRIMINATION Bustle and hip
pad made of hair-cloth; soc .2.2c
kind :. ..........................s. ..''.''
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Medical Tale with a Moral.

Boston transcript
A young physician living in another city
was once called to see a patient at a time
when he was himself in q state of moral
crisis. He had been present two days be-
fore at q consultation on the case of an
eminent citizen, and the doctors had dis
agreed. BY all of his own study and expert
ence he was Absolutely convinced that a
certain operation desired by two of his coli
leagues in consultation would result in the
death Of the patient. The fourth physician
was to assent to the opinions of the two
elder men, in the hope that their wisdom
was assured and that the mans life might
be saved. The old doctors had their way;
the patient died next day under the hand
of the skilled younger man, whose con-
science promptly entered into the revolt of
his whole nature against his own individual
relation to the conditions of his profession.
bedside of a second well-known citizen, a
man suffering from "Americanitis, crush
ing overwork, whose system was a little
shaken up by fall from a. bicycle, and
who had q slight feverish cold attended by
an inability TO hold up his head, The young
doctor, being, as we have said, in a state of
moral crisis, said to the patient: In bed?
That's good. Stay there for a week. Don't
eat anything If you can possibly help it
Drink plenty OF cold water. Forget bust
all right. It's time he had rest Be sure
there is plenty Of fresh air in the room
night and day. Don't let any one talk BUSH
mess to him for a week" He went away
without giving tablet or leaving pre-
the profession, so that when he heard later
how Mortified people were to learn that Mr.
A had died under his hand and that he had
told Mr. B that nothing allied him ne only
smiled grimly arid said nothing. He IS now
buying and selling a very commonplace
commodity,
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don is subject that every candidate must
know. She must be we'll up in the railway
and omnibus systems, cab and carriage
fares, the different emporia for shopping,
the places of amusement and public build
ings. She must be able to plan an excur-
sion according to the state of the weather,
while even such details as the height of the
monument or the number of rooms in the
British Museum must not be beyond her.
Some guides make a speciality of Dick
ens's. London, and they need to be ac-
quainted with every single place of which
mention is made in the great novelists
works American visitors to the metropolis
are particularly keen on this subject, and
as they know their Dickens very much bet
ter than most English people, it would new
er DO for a guide to be caught tripping on
be very up-to-date person, for the feat
ures of Dickenss London are continually
altering.