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rrin1s of q Tat Man.
CTS

"Yes," said the fat man, T am learn Ing something of bargain hunting. My wife has long been telling me about the fine bargains she has been getting goods marked down from S1.50 to 98 cents, &c. So I concluded I would try 1t myself the other day, and went to clothing store that was selling out at 95 per cent below cost. I immediately began buying. I needed some shirts and bought several just because they appeared to be way below cost. When I bought them I knew that they were a half size too small. but I concluded that I could get into them. Now I find that I can't wear them, and have de- cided to diet myself to fall off so as to fit those very shirts. To do this will have to deprive myself of all good things simply because I got the idea that anything below the marked price was a bargain. Of course I bought collars to fit those bargain shirts anu spent everything had"
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Post omce Women.

Women have an important place in the British Postal Department. Of the total of persons of all ranks of the ser vice. permanent and occasional, em- ployed by the Department throughout the United Kingdom nearly 21 1000 are of the gentler sex.
 It has been discovered that the na- tive African chiefs in the diamond reg ions have great quantities of valuable diamonds which accumulated years ago. They tgessus them as charms eAd ale unwilling Y sell them.
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women as pull Fiehter..

The women who recently appeared in the bull ring in Spain are not the first of their kind. The records of tauromachy in Spain and Portugal yield the names of many women fight CTS who became comparatively emi- nent. The great woman fighter Teresa Bolsi, in her prime was a torera of high repute, Lisbon. too. had a famous torera forty years ago. Most of the gentler sex fight only with bulls that have their horns covered; a few, Te- resa Bolsi among them, used to face animals fully armed.
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Anti-worry Pads.

Among sure preventiyes for gray hairs and crows feet a certain busy woman sets down what she calls an anti-worry pad. She keeps an ordinary note-size writing pad on her dressing table, and on this she jots down a list of engagements, letters to be answered, business to be attended to, articles needed for house or for personal use, conveniences, charities and all the other interest that enter into a busy life, as they come to her mind. By this means she relieves herself of the worrying sense of something forgotten, which is apt to haunt the woman or man whose days are filled with a null tiplicity of demands, and who has no secretary to keep him or her remem- bering details. For such, the anti worry pad is recommended as a nerve and temper tonic.
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rank James rew months later gave himself up, was tried and was acquit- ted on successive charges of robbery md murder in the teeth of the plainest evidence, but amid the plaudits of Western assemblage. He then settled down in his father-in-law's home, in In dependence, Mo. In the fall Of 1896 accepted position as special messe. ger on an express train, his duty bein no other than that of meeting traiI robbers at their own game.
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I have been afflicted with rheuma- tism for fourt cen years and nothing seemed to give any relief. 1 was able to be around all the time, but constantly suffering. l had tried everything I could hear of aLd at last was told to try Chamberlain's s Pain Balm, which I did, and was Im- mpdiately relieved and in a short time cured. am happy to say that it has not since returned Josh Ed gar, Germantown. Cal. For sale by ". L. DewO0dy & Co,
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Women always ppt away so carefully that ] buy new seed every raal
Chamborlain,s Copgb

This remedy is intends for coughs, colds, crouD cough and influenza. If famous for it's cures of tb over a large part If world. The most fat monials have been rptp accounts of it's good VI aggravating and pprSis it has cured; of severe la ve yielded promptly f ing effects. anu of the d. tacks of cruup it has
 sa wing the life of the chi fensive use of it fnr who has shown that it robs
 of all dangerous eunseqI by ". L. Dewoody & Co
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The older the :.trousey they are prepared for the

Let me say l have used. Balm for catarrh and cal ly recommend it for wha Very truly, { Rev } H. WI Elizabeth, N. J.
 l tried Ely's Cream Ba all appearances am curel The terrible headaches f
 ung suffered are gaue.-l lock, late Major U. x. Y ! cen. Rnffaio, N. '. GA 10c. trial size or tn Ely's Cream Balm viii Kept ny druggists. El 6 " arre n St.. V. Y.
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- to urnt1 Fran.

A point to be remembered in the broiling of fish is that fish must not be turned while broiling Put the inside of the fish next to the coals, and let it cook through When done, hold the skin side to the fire just a moment to brown. and serve at once.
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Mrs. Tadema's Necklace.

It has been said that Mrs. Alma Ia dema has the handsomest necklace in England, consisting of series of ex- quisitely carved gems, not themselves so valuable, perhaps, but made so by the workmanship, which has raised lhem to the level of work of art.
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To Protect Cheese From Mold.

As moldiness spells the appearance and flavor Of the cheese, it is advisable to rub the cut part over with butter and cover it completely with white pa per before putting on to a dry cheese dish
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stroneer Than Wnter.

The famous Beau Brummel once in- solently replied to an invitation to take tea by remarking that he never "tock anything stronger than water" Yes you do, drowned his hostess, you take liberties. y
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Rev. E. ards, pa, English Baptist Churcl vile, Pa, when suffering matism, was advised to. berDain's Pain Balm. H few applications of tn proved of great service suhdued the infiammati lieved the pain. Should profit by giving Pain 3s will please me . For sal Dewoody & Go.
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when Dusting.

To prevent damage to furniture when dustinb, the wooden or metal portion of the brush is provided with a cap or band of rubber, which slips over the handle and covers the back.
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To Remove Oil Stains.

The trying yellow spots frequently left by sewing machine oil on white goods may be removed by rubbing the stain with a cloth wet with ammonia before washing with soap
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Occupation is natpre's physician, and he pays wages instead of send ing in a bill.
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It Is 2 brave man who comes home we tril 2 a new Fall hat before his wife gets one
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2e t..ts GoAasss%ation Forever. Take IststaretK Clancy Cathartic. i0c or se II ' (. to cure. suGglsts refund money.
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Deauty Is Flood Deen.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty without 1t. Cascarets, Candy Cathar, tie clean your blood and keep it clean, by 55lfrlng up the lazy liver and driving all i'm 3aqish pimples, boils, blotehes, blaekheads. 2nd that siekly bilious complexion by taSingp gasearets,- beauty for ten cents. All drngs gstss satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c. 50o.
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A girl seldom troubles herself to light the gas when an old flame calls.
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pnfent aIenicinea

Nearly s5,OO0,O0 worth of patent medicines are exported from England each year.
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If you want a thing done quickly tell a small boy not to do it.
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Female poets are rare for the sim pie reason that poets are horn, not maid.
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Family rrees are md shady.
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More people have thegl than the gift of silence.
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Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets. Candy Cathartis. cure constipation forever
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How,s TbIsI


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 WALDING. KINNAN < MAR'l Druggists, Toledo. Ohio. Halls Catarrh Cure is taa acting directly upon the 0lo0 surfaces of the system. Prlee Sold by all druggists. Testlnsl E Halls family pills are the
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The credulous being may be silly, but he never gets bitter.
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No-1s~aeao foa aifty Uen.r.
 sp2fanteed tobacco Lso.t cure. makes waaR Nen StfonB, o4ooe pAEs> s0e, $l. Al uraeeists
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It sometimes curbs a fast bachelor TO bridal him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15

The painting Mana" by Suchorowsky a
Russian artist Of fame was put on exhibit
ton yesterday at is North Meridian street,
where it will remain for several weeks. The
picture has been shown in number of the
principal cities of the country, and in Boston
1t remained a year, receiving favorable COM
ment in that city of exacting art critics The
picture is one of a nude figure on a couch
and the surroundings and the subject itself
have been treated in the bold and lavish
style of the Russian school. The artist has
caught good deal of the magic which made
Sir Joshua Reynolds canvas eyes seem
remarkably human and pursuing, and Mana 5
eyes are real and beautiful The flesh is
strlklngly realistic and the lines of the form
are exceedingly graceful, although the artist
refrained from idealizng. The details are
worked out almost minutey. On the
Womans wrist is a bracelet, containing a
small emerald which 1t is difficult not to be-
heve a real jewel set in the canvas, and
to the bracelet is a pendant pearl the sheen
OF Whlch Is as equally deceptive. Dresden
CHINA cup and -a-brac on a nearby table
has been faithfully reproduced, and the folds
oil plush curtains with The texture of the
materials, are deliberately painted by the
Russian Behind the spectators is a mirror
and when the picture is viewed through this
meqium, the illusion of art is particularly
striking. The canvas was painted many
years ago, although the artist Is still living
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
REPORTS ON RilIs.

The House committee on Indiana Re
formatory yesterday decided to favorably
report Mr. Kings bill to establish hospi-
tai for the criminal insane at Jeffersonville
The committee on military affairs will ia
vorably report Mr.. Stevens's resolution to
return the flag of the Texas Rangers, which
was captured by Indiana troops during the
war. The committee will recommend that
the resolution be so amended as to provide
that the flag shall be taken down by the
Governor, the state commander of the G. A.
r. and such other persons as the Governor
this purpose is $500.
The bill to appropriate $4, 600 to publish 10. :
GOO copies of the record of Indiana soldiers
in the war with Spain will also be favoraby
reported. Mr.. Barlow's bill to bury indi-
gent soldiers and their widows will be rec
commended for passage.
The committee on education will favora-
bly, report Senator Goodwine's bill for trus-
tees to build township high schools. Mr..
K5ooerts's bin to require nonresident stu
dents at the state institutions to pay a TUT
ton fee will also be favorably reported
The bill provided for fee of $25, but the
committee cut this to So
Inc committee on benevolent and scien-
tine institutions heard Mr.. Louttit on his
bull to require that all feeble-minded women
between the ages of sixteen and forty-fiVe
shall be confined in the hospital when the
buildings will accommodate them. The COM
mittee is favorably disposed towards the
pill and will so report. The committee also
heard Senator Lambert on his bill to erect
a hospital for incurable insane al Column
bus. Mr.. p. H. Mccormack, of Columbus
who built the Evansville and Logansport
hospitals also spoke in favor of the bill
The committee finally secured an admission
from Mr.. Mccormack that the cost of erect
ing hospital to accommodate 800 would
cost $SS5,000, or about $500 a bed No deci-
sion was reached, but the committee will
meet again this noon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
COUNTY REFORM BILL.



was ordered to engrossment Mr. RoOts's
biil to apply the provisions of the indetermi-
nate sentence law to the Womans Reform
atory was ordered to engrossment. Mr..
Furness's bill to amend the insurance laws
50 as to prevent the insuring Of the life
OF any person unless such person shall first
consent in writing was further amended by
striking out the provision of the old law
that any assignment of policy or certificate
to person having no insurable interest in
the insured life, except as security for actual
debt, with remainder over to the beneficiary
or to the estate Of the insured. shall render
such a policy or certificate void" The OBJ
Ject of the bill is 10 prevent graveyard in
surance. Mr.. Lars bill to require labels
on packages of flour of less than one barrel
was so amended as to include corn meal
buckwheat or any ground grain. This label
must give the number of pounds in the pack
age. Mr.. Glossbrenner's bill to permit the
organization of trust companies with a capt.
tai stock low as $4,000 in cities of less
than $500 inhabitants was ordered to en-
grossment without amendment The Torrens
land bill set special order for FRI
day afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The House concurred in the Senate amend
ments to the bill providing for the sale Of
water works plants in cities of less than 3d.,
coo population. These amendments specify
that the entire law shall apply to such cities
only, and none of the law is general in It's
nature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
Hammond sunerior Court.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
House bill No. 236, by Mr.. Rifenburg,
which is now in the Senate, will, if made
a law, compel the commissioners of Lake
county 10 build a courthouse in Hammond
for the Superior Court Section No. 10 does
not allow the County Commissioners to say
what kind of a place or how much money
it shall cost but it must be suitable and
convenient as required by the officers of
the Superior Court They may insist that a
place Of meeting for the Superior Court, +"
suitable and convenient" would be a court
house, and if they so determine the County
Commissioners can have nothing to say, hut
must build to suit them. If the member
from Hammond only wants a place" to
hold court, they have already got it, pro-
vlded for the Superior Court by the city Of
Hammond. The Superior Court meets in
the City Hall, a very suitable place for the
few cases filed in that court. Senator Cost
lin, when the Superior Court bill was in
the Senate, said: Hammond will provide q
place for holding the Superior Court, and it
shall not cost Lake county a penny The
press at Hammond says they must have a
courthouse. The Hammond Tribunte boast
ed that they would have courthouse cost
ing $4,000 by 1860. The taxpayers are OPP
posed to building another courthouse, They
have built fine one at Grown Point, in
liiG OSlltGA VI the COulllys dGCSSSlDiG ~ air
especially to Hammond and North town
ship. The trip from Hammond occupies
about thirty or forty minutes on the Chi
CagO e Erie Railroad. Judge Gillett, the
judge of the Circuit Court at Crown Point
lives in Hammond and during the sessions
makes the trip to and from Hammond ev-
cry day. Should this bill become law, we
would have two circuit courts in Lake
county. Carry this out all over the State,
and the court expenses would be doubled in
every county, and in the case Of Lake county
would doubled. Section
of this bill gives to the Superior Court at
Hammond concurrent jurisdiction. equal in
everything, all probate matters, settlements
Of estates and cases involving titles to real
estate, makes the judge of the Superior
Court a probate judge and the court a
probate court, and in questions of probate
and estates the court would be in Hammond
and the records at the county seat, making
a clashing of jurisdiction, endless confu-
sion litigation and increased taxation. The
people are opposed to it and earnestly ask
that the bill be defeated.
A TAXPAYER.
Lake County Indiana Feb. 10.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
HANCOCK COUNTY EXPENSES.
One of the Instances That shows Ne
ceAsifY for Refnrnn


Morgan Caraway, farmer representative of
Hancock county, is one of the most enthu-
siastic advocates of the bills for the reform
of township and county government. He is
especially impressed with the need of re-
form because of the conditions which ex-
list in Hancock county, and which are SINH
lar to conditions which exist on a some
what diminished scale in Shelby and Rush
counties. MIR. Caraway says:
THE reports of the county auditor Of
Hancock county show that the expeditures
of county funds for the two years of 1887
and 1897 amounted to $4,000. Out of that
sum the courthouse was built at a cost of
$2640Oo, although the original contract was
for only $l2s,000, and but one small change,
the alteration of an arch at contract price
of $4,000, was made. This extra work, ac-
cording to the best estimates. ought not to
have cost more than $1,000 This left a ball
ance of $4,000 of the amount expended over
the total contract price, extras included
In my county there is never any COM
petitive bidding in bridge letting, and the
only company that ever gets a contract to
construct bridge is the New Castle Bridge
Company. Suit was finally brought by an
interested taxpayer to find out what has
ton disclosed by an expert, who has been
examining the county books, the recorder,
auditor and clerk have been compelled to
return considerable amounts in fees ille-
gally retained.
The County Commissioners have run af-
fairs with such a high hand that Han
cock county to-day has the highest per
capita tax Of all the counties of the State.
The cost of the county government to every
man, woman and child in the county in
1897 was $15.l6 and the cost to every man,
woman and child in 1898 was $1617. That is
over s. higher than any other county in
the State. ON ere occasion the county au-
ditor, who lived originally in the part of
the county where the commissioners desired
TO construct a bridge and who knew that
the bridge was not needed refused to call
Il meeting Of the commissioners for the pur-
pose. They met anyhow, and the records Of
the proceedings OF the meeting were entered
in the county auditors books by the county
attorney. instead Of by the auditor, who.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
LEGAL ADVERTIsEMENTs.
PRISON LABOR no LET.

Notice is hereby given that on the 7th day OF
March. 1899. at 10 o'clock a. m, the board OF
contr 4 the Indiana state Prison at Michigan
City, 1a viii let to the highest and best bidder
the labor Of fifty prisoners or less for a term OF
years expiring Oct. /. 1904. At the same time and
place said ard of control will let the labor of
one hundred prisoners for term OF years expiring
Oct l. 1904 Tie number of prisoners to be EN-
ployed in any single trade or industry shall not
exceed one hun6 red.
The bids must be so much for each prisoner per
day, and must state the number OF de-
sired.
Successful bidders must file good and sufficient
bonds, according to law, for the faithful per-
Torrance of such contract.
All bids must be sealed and addressed to
Charley Harley Warden Indiana State Prison.
and be filed on or before 10 o'clock a. m, March
Z, 1889.
The board expressly reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
For further particulars call on or address
CHARLEY HARLEY, Warden Indiana State
Prison, Michigan City, Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15

The members of the House yesterday
made life miserable for Representative
Roberts, who was the author of the bin
10 reduce mileage and has been active in
all reforms along that line. The story told
on him is that last Saturday when the
party of members was returning from Fort
Wayne, small rage of the House, who is
yet wearing knicSerbockers, got on the
train and the members began TO plan as
to how they could bring him here without
expense TO himself Much TO their amaze
ment. when the conductor came along, Mr..
Page pulled out Il piece of paper which eX-
tended the cOurtesies Of the road to Hon.
E. 5. Roberts," and as Mr. Roberts the page
rode TO indianapolis
Mr.. Robertss explanation, which is given
with much blusnng, Is that he had possibly
expected TO go and the pass was secured
for HIM in case he should. but that as long
a. he did not 90. this pass was given to the
page hy Senator CuIbert.
The members have also been inquiring OF
Mr. Baker, Of Martin about his new shoes.
While at Michigan City Mr.. Baker went TO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
COUNTY oFFIcERs GLoAT.
Letters Sent Out Concerning Defeal
of Reform Bill.

Letters Sent Out Concerning Defeat
of "a Reform Bill.
Those opposing the reform bills are evil
IDENTIFY in high glee if the letters they are
sending out is any indication. A number of
letters were sent out by the leaders of the
County Officers Association to the county
officers. One of these letters went to coun-
ty officer who is in favor of the proposed
laws and. he Immediately sent the letter to
his representative here. The letter is as
follows
Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. g. 1899.
Dear Sir-Senate bill No. 121, prescribing
the system of accounts to be kept by all the
county and township officers, providing for
the appointment of deputy auditor of state
TO check up the accounts, etc, was defeated
to-day. It's DEAD.
Prospects are good for a fee and salary
bill There has been forty-three amend
ments submitted to the township reform
bill and forty-one to the county reform bill
They will have a rough passage, if they pass.
Senate bill No go. regulating commissioners
salary, demands your attention. Let me
know how your county likes it,
This was signed by WIN Yakey, president
and j. B. Workman, secretary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-15
NOTICE or FIRST MEETING OF
CREDITORS.

n the District Court Of the United States FOR
ahe District OF Indiana.
n Bankruptcy.
II the matter Of Ava c. May. bankrupt
No 1856. In Bankruptcy.
To the creditors Of Alva G. May, OF indianapolis,
In the county of Marion, and district aforesaid,
q bankrupt:
Notice Is hereby given that the 9th day OF
February A. ~ 1893 the said Alva c. May was
duly aaludcated bankrupt. and that the FIRST
meeting of hts creditors viii be held at Room g.
lombard building. No. 24h East Washington
street ia the city Of indianapolis. Marion county,
Indiana on the 24th day OF February. A. .. 1899
Al 3 . clock I'm the forenoon, at which time the
said creditors may attend, prove their claims, ap-
point a trustee. examine the bankrupt and trans
Art such other business may properly coms
before said meeting ALBERT RABB.
Referee Ia Bankruptcy.
indianapolis fnd Feb. 9, 1893.