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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
Produce, Fruits aud Vegetable.

Hams Sugar-cured Is to 20 lbs average $40
&c; Is lbs average, SA@914c; II lbs average, So
d912c
Bacon-Clear sides 40 to so lbs average, ca
65sc: 80 to 40 lbs average 63s66$4c: 20 to so lbs
average, 6Ad6Hc; bellies % lbs average, GAO
csc; is to % lbs average 6l2Q65sc; IA to 16 lbs
average, 7d71sc. Clear backs, Is to % lbs aver
age, 6k@65sc; IA to Is lbs average CSC; to 10 lbs
average, 6A@67sc. In dry salt, 12c less
Shoulders--1S to 90 lbs average, &C. Is lbs aver
age, &c; 10 to u lbs average &c.
Lard-Kettle-rendered. 6&Q7c; pure lard 6150
6%c.
Pork-Bean. clear. sl3; rump. s1oG1o25.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-08
STOCKS TENDING HIGHER
BANK STATEMENTS SHOW THAT
EASY MONEY WILL CONTINUE.
Active Trading ON New York 'Change
Saturday, with Some speciaIties
LOwer-LOcaI Trade Quiet.

AT New York. Saturday, money on call
was steady at 212q3 per cent; last loan, 8
per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 313A per cent.
Sterling exchange was steady with actual
business in bankers bills at "a S414 "a S4ls for
demand and at s4aA04s2 for sixty days;
posted rates, $4.S214 and S4S5lz; commercial
bills, S4.SO24 a4.s11.
Silver certificates. 5914q6O11c bar silver.
59lsc; Mexican dollars. 1880 AT London bar
silver closed at q 5-16d an ounce.
The imports of specie for the week were
$163SS IN gold and So, 7e6 in silver; dry goods
and merchandise 81 So 259. Exports of gold
and silver from this port to all countries
for the week ending Friday aggregate $780,.
200 silver bars and coin and $4,000 gold.
TIE New York weekly bank statement
-.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-14
THE CREOLE DEBUTsNTE.
She Is Introduced to Society at the Opera
on Saturday Night.

From TIE March Ladies' Home Journal
society goes 10 the French opera on
saturday night because its great-grand-
Ialners handed the custom down 10 il.
30 established is this custom that no So
ciai function is ever prepared for Satur-
day evening during the season. The fam
lly that gives out an invitation for that
night Is Immediately Classed as not yersed
IN the usdges Of society and not worthy
10 be known. This is 50 deep-rooted I'm
Creole life that such an invitation would
De Jeered At as If coming from a bar
b9rian.
The best singers save their voices for
this browning night, and the house is like
private ballroom, where the guests visit
ana laugh and chat from the balconies
of the boxes as they do from the little
iron balconies that connect their houses.
II one does not go 10 the opera on Satur-
day night through lack OF invitation or
money, one - very careful not 10 be seen
elsewhere, giving out the suggestion that
Sickness OF trouble impelled ones alb
sence- The proud creOles Of the French
set, some Of them in grinding poverty,
ignore all the Mardi Gras festivities ig-
more all that costs picayune, in order
10 save the amount TO appear at the
opera on Saturday night.
No debutante OF New Orleans enters
society in the correct and approved man
nef unless she make her debut in box
on this particular evening. If the social
aspirant has sufficient money ana tact TO
secure the good viii of a leading family
10 invite her debutante daughter into its
box, this daughter has received the most
precious hallmark of society. II a Elan
who owes d social call pays the call TO his
friends in their box at the opera, il is
just the same as If he called at their
house. The center boxes are reserved for
the debutantes. There they receive the
homage due them; there they are Wooed
and sometimes won, but certainly there
they make or mar their chances for belle
hood. Some of the deDutantes may wear
the simplest of muslin gowns, but the
simplicity of their costumes never counts
against the fact that they are there
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-14

is blessed in the sight of the Lord. but
abhor money that is got at the expense of
others. Then there is that noble institu-
ton of ours, the Stock Exchange. Lately
We have seen in the papers accounts of
raids on different gambling clubs. Strange
to say, they have been mostly in the East
End. among the poor Apparently the po-
lice keep their eyes shut to the baccarat
hells of the West End.
What is that | hear some one say: THAT
there is one law for the rich and another
for the pOor%' Nonsense! Well, perhaps
there is something in what you say, be-
cause We seldom hear of a West End club
being raided. How about the Stock Ex-
changer What is that but a gigantic
gambling mart? AS many fortunes are
lost and won every day as on any race
course. Yes, and as many people ruined
too. Up to-day and down to-morrow-that
is the maxim Of a gambler Diamonds to-
day and starvation to-morrow-that is the
prOyerb of a gamblers wife Poverty
and d dishonored name for all future
that is the horrible fate of the gamblers
children. No, no, this article may be
thought to be strong but it has not one
word too strong. The gambler is a mere
tricious growth that Is sapping the hon
esty, the straightforwardness, and the
truth Of our young men away. Oh. when
/ see the advertisements from touts offer
ing in exchange for small amounts OF
money a speedy fortune, 1 feel as II ]
would like law to be passed, not only
that these wretches who live on others
should be punished, but that also the very
papers that insert them, that their pro-
prietOrs, often good church and chapel
going men, should be fined; for they have
no business to encourage them, In con-
clusiOn. l say and l say from my heart.
that there is no worse vice, and there is
no evil that is growing more quickly. and
that is more disastrous in its effects, than
the frightful curse of gambling.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-14
NOW WILL WE Be GOOD?
Gertrude Anterior says Washington So
ciety Is Crude.

Cleiy II tfuuc.
From the san Francisco Cali.
Socially Washington is the most crude
place l ever saw. The custom of con-
tinual calls is a perfect bore. People have
been as nice 10 me here as can be, out il
is the ways l object to- In other social
centers you are not bored 10 death in So
ciety, but entertained. Unless you have
done something to make you notable no
one ever thinks of giving an entertain
ment for you or anything of that sort.
| The result is that the people bore you to
death, and you feel an irresistible desire
! 10 run away from them.
4 young EngliShman of high birth and
standing, whom ! knew in London. came
TO see me not long ago and said he was
going back home-he was Disguised with
Washington.
When | went TO New York and Ros-
ton" he said, L had letters of mtrOduc-
ticn to people, and, do you know, why
they had something or other on Tor me
every day. ! began to think ! was d good
deal of fellow. Then ] came here with
letters of introduction to the best people
and no one has even given d dinner for
me. l am bored 10 death and going
home"
/ told him the exact truth The town
reeks with notabihtteS. There ara the
Senators and the Ambassadors and good
ness knows what not The social market
is glutted with distinction. The result is
that no one has i really good time in So
ciety because they are tired 10 death
with the procession of calls and keeping
up with the notables
Now, in New York ana London no ore
ever thinks of paying formal calls in the
social season When you go anywhere YOU
90 with the idea OF stopping an hour or
So and being entertained You don't 20
out 10 De bored, nor co you care 10 SUI
fer maTtyrdOm at your home. That is
why | say Washington itself is socially
crude. II is too pOndeTOuS and sacrificing
1t needs new system in its society
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-14

silver buttons. At the waist the white
uhderb0dice r. Visible for some two or
thF"e inches. This coat Is bnrdeFed with
d narrow design Of braiding IN darker
Violet silk cord. with here and there q
touch Of silver. while the same kind OF
ornamentation appears al the wrists and
IA the form Of an apauletter trimming
upon the otherwise plain sleeve The
skirt has the usual shape. with a band
Of the violet ard silver braidIng, much
deeper at the front than in the back.
BY that means giving a kind OF tablIer
eject TO the skirt. which Is very b.
coming 10 the figure
Another exceedingly smart cloth gown
is made Of pale gray cloth. with per-
iecily plain skirt. bordered at the extreme
edge OF the hem with several rows Of
stitching. Above this skirt there are two
olher skirts or tUnics. also 81 gray cloth,
me Cloth being naturally one that IS very
hight in weight, and lined only with SOFT
gray surah. These Two oyersklrts are al
most like long redingOtes in appearance.
the upper one being. OF course. by far
the shorter OF the TWO They are also
edged with stitching. and fit quite closely
to the figure for some distance below the
waist
Al the waist there is folded band OF
eIneraii-g0een velvet. drawn down 10
sharp point In the center Of the front,
and fastened there ~ a long. narrow dia-
mono buckle The triple-skiTy I,,ea finds
It's echo on the bodice. where a deep cape
collar formed OF three frllls Of cloth.
eaged with stitching, Is dGaped around the
shoulders, almost in the fashion of a
menu or pelerlne Above this there is a
quaint little square-cut yoke of cream
atin' covered with ivory lace applique. the
u'slgn OF which isoutlined with green satin
baoy ribbons, while the collar band con-
sists OF d Few folds OF emerald-green vel
VET Drawn through narrow diamond
snues. charming toque Of dark vioIets,
with bows Of erneraId-green velvet nIace5
erect on one side will be worn with This
pretty gray gown
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-14
DO WOMEN EVER PROPOSE2
1t Is Asserted that Certain Stays Settings
Produces Desired Effect.

From the Chicago Journal
To remark even casually TO the average
woman that if she is married she un-
doubtedly did the proposing is 10 receive
a swapping denial The truth of the as
sertion will survive. nevertheless. and
that she" does the proposing all men
viii gravely assert. This chat was heard
at well-known club not long since:
We'll, JACK, Mary b. knows l am IT,
love with her, and if she gave me half a
chance l would ask her TO marry me. But
she won't. She keeps herself incased IT.
engagements; says on, am so sorry, but
l promised - meet SO-and-So' every time
/ bid Tor an hour with her. But'-Detween
puffs-"I guess she isn't ready 10 propose
yet; waiting for a new gown or some
other stdnd-Off.'
Experienced deyOtees Of the fair sex
say the widows are more expert at pro-
posing marriage than the debu-aute or
reasonably up-tO-ddte society girl But
the widow Is d hard proposition 10 cope
with. She feels ii eminently her privilege
to COO over a man. say sweet things en-
PEASANT to him. tel him he il the sweet
est thing IN town. make him 30 absolutely
comfortable that lie breads renewed ac-
QUalntance with MS bachelor apartments
All the tine the idea OF love or marriage
would cause her 10 laugh as an aEsurdity
too far away even 10 glance at
The widow b. dangerous. She knows how,
70 manage d man with skiiiful tact II
she decides 10 marry him. she vail, and
he is helpless
/ nave IN mind now d lovely home on
the south side where hospitality - king.
mamma and papa fond admirers OF their
lovely daughter. But no man however
clever, viii easily gain one hours CONVEX
satiOn with Miss Betty alone and the
years drag on She j. drifting toward the
oVefripe-peacn eTa-and 10 Chance 10 WOO
the little god
Mere desirable bachelors have been
Made benedicJs through the influence OF
an after-dinnsr cigar. shaded lamps, and
4 CRATE IRE than books ever tell Of A
case % cause and effect.
Only when man b a thorough Ounce
socially Will he mistaks the privileged
fayOTs OF a hostess for something really
serious in her interest. The dividing line
traced that IL - uumistakA BILE
In chatting upon this subject with four
OF ChicagO's clegereEt women much Was
said pFl and con 20 the argument Final
n Mrs. C. closed the talk for he day uy
the remark. We'll, looking seriously az
loved M long enough 10 D rewarded, but
VAS too busy with MS lsw 10 form The
PROPER speech. / dressed up IN his pet
gown aud ms big iIat and deliberately sal
our In the moonlight with a sad, PARKWAY
glance in my eyes when J knew hs Wa
coming He took my hand and simply
said. The weather Il % lovely / wish We
might have a fen DAYS o. the sea before
The summer closes and. IN the most eOy
manner. / said, Let us &c and we were
rrarrfed in three weeks" Who'll dare 10
say that madame did not systematically
take Monsieur ~ . pleasantly conceived
plAn7
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-14

There are all sorts of ways Of rambling
Horse racing seems more fascinating than
any other form If il were-as it is sup
posed-tO encourage the breed of our
horses, il is all right and proper and cor
rect. If the best horse should win, all
right again: but does the best horse win?
The race is not always 10 the sWifIest or
TO the strongest and best. / love horses,
but how can any woman love to go to a
race meeting, 10 see the frenZied thrOng
the excitement and then. after il is over
the white, stricken faces of those that
have lost. OF COURSE, / am not writing
this as a woman OF the world for one mo-
ment ] am only writing il as a woman
VINO feels deeply on certain things. who
sees q horrible evil and cannot close her
eyes 10 it. who would Ike 10 warn others
against its perniciOus effects Then there
is card playing. A game Of cards Is quite
charming and passes many winter even
ing away If you play for nuts OF farth-
ings, but 10 see 4 lot or handsome lads
sitting down playing nap-a stupid puerile
game-and losing money they cannot af-
ford At il, makes NE say ] abhOr it, il is
lOathsOme 10 me and degrading 10 them.
As l have said before, frankly and hon
esuy gambling 10 me means losing what
bA4F CdA an aAp4 ~. ] SGN mat II Il man
has $1,000 d year. and he likes TO back a
horse for =, play whist for shll-
ling points. or play solo at 3D..
Cd, Sd. or Is. IS. and 3s--solo. that most
beautiful game, invented by the Jews.
born gamblers. and this without disre-
sPeet 10 them, for I admire their clever.
CUnning business ahliities-but stiu they
are gamblers; without them where would
the Stock Exchange be IF the man loses
he oaH AFFORD 10 DO it, he has the money
20 pay. and not only has he the money TO
pay his deb, but he can also pay his
traGespeCple and maintain his wife and
children, and parents If required. / do
not say that that man Is a gambler. be-
cause h. is spending what he can afford
But when il comes 10 a man with $40 or
70 q year, he is a gambler because he
knows that every shilling Is Of vital i'm
portance TO him. and n he loses he will
have 10 90 into debt, and any one that be-
lie.es and trusts 10 him VIII have to SUI
Ter. because they viii feel that money
has gone from pockets that can lily AFFORD
Il / believe IN every man and woman
having a fair days wage for a fair days
work. and ] believe that money obtained
By honest industry and b. perseverance
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-14
INVITED HIM ABOUT HIS MUSTACHe.
Chicago Fun with "A Man Who Wanted to
Keep His Seat.
,ror The chIcaro DAILY Tribune.

From the Chicago Daily Tribune.
IF you don't mind my mentioning it,"
remarked the cheerful passenger who
was holding on to strap. as he leaned
down 10 speak to a young man seated
near the car stove. you have a very t.
markable mustache."
Hey? What's thatg' growIed the young
man. looking up At him sidewiss
Il say you have a remarkable mus
tache."
Just let 1t alone. will yOu?"
Yes. I'll let 1t alone. I'm not a barber.
you know. Still there can't be any harm
in telling q man. when he's got a mus
tache like yours, that It's something
worth looking at. You'll pardon me for
calling your attention TO the fact that IL
grows straight out from your lip for
about an inch, at a right angle. and then
most OF the hairs turn directly 10. while
The others turn directly down THAT
SHOWS It's natural II couldn't b. waxe,f
so as To stand cut that way. It's ike ths
long arm Of the letter +. A man couldn.
train II In that shape in a million years.
/ don't suppose, now, you ever took two
looking glasses and stood so as 10 get a
side view Of that mustache. did your
None OF your business" responded the
young man. III thank you 10 attend 10
your own affairs, If you have any, and
let mine alone
Just So" placidly replied the other.
some people Ike TO have their peculiar
titles pointed out 10 them and some don't
It's all ln the way you look at d. You
are not asking my adyce-Of course but
II / were IN your place / should trim that
thicket, that chaparFal. that cheyai-5e-
irlse, a. We would say In French. close 10
the lip, and then IL wouldn't attract gen
cFal attention. Most men. ] dare say.
look better with a mUatache, but that's
probably because II hides their mouths
In your case. now. 10 doesn't hide the
mouth al all. II runs rlght away from a.
It's oft Of the question to-
Say II you don't want 20 get your head
punched, you shut up, You've got more
blamed gall than any man ever saw
Mind your own business
Certainly. certainly. Thats al the
thanks a man ever gets for trying 20 b.
an altruist in his own way. ] remember
I once called a fellows attention 70 a zig
he vas wearing. ! told kim 10 was ~
right. considered a. a viz. out he needn't
think IL fooled anybody. II was 50 palya-
bis a wig that it gave Itself aX4v -. sS0p
thought ~ Was perfect imitation II The
natural halF. but 81 wasn't. and somebody
ought 20 tell him lt wasn't That Was th.
position ] took. He got angry. Just a.
you're doing bGt 7 didn't mind that Pu
always getting people down on ne SHEA
that va. and ] suppose J always Wifl b.
I don't let Dr. bother me a. much as used
%. Stiil young man. ] would advise you
not 20 70 punching heads
why not. ElTy demanded the cWnsf OF
the bristiing mustacbc Delilgerenfly.
What would you DOR
Nothing But some o. these women
Eho are standing W mizht Sip into you
Then the man Who was trying 70 benefit
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-14

has involved to the innocent. when | think
OF the homes that have been broken up,
the lives that have been spOlt the bright
careers that have been blasted, my
heart grows sick within me. 1t is
not the amount lost that l look at A
millionaire can afford TO lose $4,000, but
a poor clerk earning 80 shillings a week,
who loses SOverign-what is to become
OF him? The answer to this can be seen
every day in the columns of our news
papers, when we read of these lads and
men being sentenced TO Imprisonment and
the disgrace that is thereby entailed
Preachers speak about the social evil
They dwell upon the frightful effects of
intemperance, and they preach chastity
OF course, what they say on these sub
JectS l have no objection to. but let them
believe that there is "a worse and more
growing evil sapping the vitality out of
Us as nation-that is a great curse to
US. Strong words these perhaps, but writ
ten from the heart. and written
by one who has seen and known the
misery that is caused by indulging in this
vice. 1t is so easy to laugh when your
sweetheart tells you that he has backed
a gee-gee, so easy TO be delighted when
he brings you a present purchased from
lllC -SOlltll iliOl tg u MS btl. vi, II Is
SO easy: but look at the reverse side of
the picture Think of the poor wretch
that he mas won it from, who may be
overwhelmed with disgrace and disaster
because of that ill-timed bet. Talk of
blood money Good heavens: blood money
is innocent compared TO the money gained
by gambling. Think, again. that the time
Will come when your sweetheart will lose,
and there Will be 10 present. You may be
married then. The present may be pawn
ed, probably. and then no money comes,
and your hone is pOverty-stricken, and
debt and disgrace stare you in the face.
. my dear girls, never. never marry
gambler You young mothers who read
This. pray on your knees by your child's
cot that the Almighty may spare him hav-
ing this faint Better by far TO lament
the child, innocent, and pure, and sinless,
that has been prematurely reaped down
by the stythe of Death than to see him
grow UP a gambler If it were not for this
and for drunkenness we should want no
Judges, no magistrates, no prisons, and lao
policemen; We should have a happy COM
munity. As it is We may be advancing in
science, but we are certainly not in moral
ity.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-14

FT1n. H. cEirsgs Hrssfl
YES" sai1 the lady Who was making
her fret cali, your little bog looks very
u.cch Ike his mamma"
oh. % SOL shlnk sog'' the neu neigh
Dor retained. I'm 70 glsd. Ay husband
alW zys insists that the dear little fellow
looks Just Ike his papa"
ron. Weu. men are 20 concfited. you
kEOW"
bot this Isn't concelt. It's jus; na-
tuFai desire 20 b. disaEreeable"
why. ! don'f understand
You see. little JACKS papa vas one %
shs FIST men from whom ! egsr VAS III
sCfce. "
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-14
SILK WAISTS POPULAR
Cigen New Lease of Life and
More Worn Than Ever.
epEIzE C0IFFURE THE LATEST

81 Waist Not Veto BE Banished-It APP
psar, Again More Artistic Than Ever
r,.tsfuI Yet safe style an Wearing
vafches-Broad, DTsped WAistbsnds
Oas 81 the Newest Ideas-The "Greuze"
,o.Curs WIZ suit Long Faces
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-14
A Wise sou.

Froa tas caiezf1 Fosl
This really pains me. willie" said the
old gentleman - he picked the boz up
and laid him acfoss hls knee.
We'll" replied the 10Y rszEnedly. "st
least I've never been fool enough 10 de-
NcsFzIeiy hurt myself"
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-14
Io.Ic' Win Eton Coat.

.t'r already alluded 20 the fact that
'..'H coat Is 70 feature OF the tailor
fashions t.r spring. Sometimes
a.t.r coats arr cut u points. and
.t.a IJ fart.u over on on. side. with
..'-' "'-.-.-. coz enamel buttons. the
'--r 70, ID coat being bordered
a.-t-lHs boz some contrasting color.
..'arl. probably Hllh threads OF gold
trF An arrangement IS witch
i your tab H.li cross ana recross
..Hg i- go Go De- seen on some Of
t'....-t coats. ana This mode may be-
a.'uIel 10 those who are slight. As
.., Hli.H gives width au4 size TO q
t.....r a-lTs
-'"a pt this description looks very
iH Farma-Itolst cloth. with a
"' white s.to- six and "a white
.' Band drawn through duh gold
.. over this white bodice The litile
violet cloth is worn. fastening
md across with tabs which a-e
:. .'rl pr-tt.y ara each Of which h,
'--',"'4 With tAIes yegy small antique
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-03-14
A ROYAL ROAD To LOVE
Course of True Love SmOothed
by ''Oracular Wheel"
THE INTENTION DID NOT SUCCEED

Most Unique Invention Unesrthed In the
Files OF the Patent Oniee-Intended to
RevolutiOnixe Love-making Bashfal
swains and Coy Maids Thrown Into One
tuother's Arms-But the Old Way 4,
Sill Pursued. aud Wheel" Forgotten.