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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02

Quiverfng horses. and the droschky disap-
peared In the forest And that was the
second time that Grandfather Dekarz saw
Napoleon
three wars. In 1890 a party of students al
the Military Academy OF warsaw drank
to Kosciusko, the idol of Poland. Constan-
tine. the brother Of Gar Nicholas. was
Viceroy In the palace at Warsaw then de
ordered the rebel students logged
Give US arms, arms shouted the stu
dents when the edict reached them
You will find arms with the Russian
guards shouted their leader. Forward
to the Viceroy's palace.
The uprising Of 1S30-31 had begun. the
last great struggle of Poland. Dekarz was
a carpenter. When he heard Of the upris-
ing he took his gun and set out 10 join the
patriot army.
He fought with Skrznecki. at Grochow.
and was three times wounded He recov-
cred and fought again at Ostrolenka, ana
kept on fighting until Warsaw fell. AFTER
that he was drafted into the Prussian
army, for in the dismemberment OF Poland
Posen fell to the share of Prussia. he
served three years In the Prussian army.
and then made his way back 10 his native
village. There he lived for a quarter OF a
century, working at his trade. poor and
frugal and Industrious. battling always TO
keep the wolf from the door. His boys
grew up and migrated to America, and the
girls married and came TO the new coun-
try. From 1860 to 1864 the second and last
Polish instruction ragged The Polanders.
who were called the Stiletcziki waged
guerrilla warfare. Grandfather Dekarz be-
longed 10 the Stiletcziki-the shrewd, mer-
CHESS, secret organization named from the
deadly stilettos with which they murdered
their Russian enemies. Governors, magis-
trates and generals were killed in their pal
aces and their military strongholds by
daggers hidden in the short fur coats, the
big Kosciusko capes of the stealthy Po-
landers. But all the bloodshed came TO
nothing. The Stiletcziki were suppressed.
and Dekarz went back to his bench in his
native Posen.
When Dekarz was eighty-six years old he
made the trip alone from his village In
Posen to Chicago, and came to live with
his daughter, Mrs. Przyblski, at 50 Lubbock
street. He was hearty and strong until
year ago. when his health failed and he
was taken to Bishop Kozlowski's Hospital.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02

changed as / am; and when we came face
to face in the fog that night, and you called
my name ran away from you. thought
you were married again. you see. and I
could not bear that you should see my pale
face and grey hair. And then. my darling,
came your accident and the immense JOY
to me of nursing you, my husband, joy
beyond my widest hopes. I would never
have told you, though If you had not found
out for yourself 1T was /. I would have
gone back TO my work and
And now your work in life is to make
me happy. my dear one, as mine is to
cherish you. AS soon as can crawl about,
we will be married all over again, in Eng
land, in France in every country in Europe,
If you like, / don't mean TO lose you a
second time. Send for my father. He will
be nearly as happy as /. But kiss me first.
my Leonie, my wife,
And so Everard's friend, Travers. won
his bet; for Major General Sinclair's son
and heir was not only engaged but married
before the end of the year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02

maneuvers Of the French fleet He IS said
TO have slipped through the Straits OF Glib
raitar at night without being noticed by
British observers on the rock
A novelty in the way of strikes has oc-
CURED at Buda-Pesth. All the monks of
the Franciscan Order, with the exception
of the superior. have left the monastery
of Buda-Pesth, and decline to return until
certain new regulations are removed.
Fishermen in Holland kill all fish as soon
as they are landed. while French fisher
men, on the contrary. allow them to die or
suffocation. The Dutch custom is the right
one, because fish that are properly killed
are In better condition for the table.
When it was so hot. week or so ago.
hundreds of sparrows that dwelt in the ivy
on the walls of certain block of houses in
Philadelphia would fly down TO the pave
ment and take baths in the streams of the
lawn sprinklers without the least indication
of fear.
About 81, 900 worth of American sewing
machines are sold annually in Mexico. A
prominent American company contemplates
erecting factory at Durango, so as to
avail itself of the limitless supplies of Iron
mountain, situated within the corporate
limits of the city.
The Indians are not an important political
factor In this country, but there is a county
in Observation-Disclosures county-where they
hold the balance of power between the
parties. and are cultivated accordingly by
the politicians. They number about 1,5o0
and comprise Omahas and Winnebagoes.
When two Cinnamon meet each shakes
and sQueezes his own hand and covers his
head. Instead of inQuiring after one an
others health, it is etiquette to say: Have
you eaten your rice? Where are you go
ing? What is your business here? What
old you pay for your shoes? How old are
your"
One of the curious and suggestive details
OF the latest report of the Swiss factory in
spectors relates to the attitude of the OPP
eratives in a certain factory in regard to
an improved ventilating apparatus. They
objected to 1t because Ii would breed rhsu-
matism. Two years later the same laborers
refused to go to another building because
1t lacked that ventilating apparatus.
Some of the gifts OF China have not been
popular-the black death, for instance.
Five hundred and fifty years ago the bu-
bonfc plague broke out in China and killed
S,Ooo,0O0 people. Spreading through Asia, 1t
carried off 24,00O000 more victims. In fif-
teen years it struck Italy and swept away
just half the population.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
SUNBURN AND FRECKLES.
Simple Remedies for Two Affections
Caused by the Sun.
Youths Companion.


Youths Companion
Sunburn and freckles are caused by the
action OF the suns rays. but why one per-
son tans while another freckles is not easy
or explanation. Both affections are said to
be caused chiefly by the chemical or ultra
violet rays. but in the case of sunburn 1t
is probable that the heat also has some
effect
The tan may come gradually without any
burn, after succession of slight and brief
exposures to the sun or to high winds-for
however. the city dweller gets we'll burned
during the first few days of his vacation
In the country or on the water.
In severe cases the skin is red, slightly
swollen, and the seat of a sharp burning
sensation: If the exposure has been pro-
ionged or the glare of the sun very intense.
IT may even be blistered. After few days
the soreness and heat subside and the red
color gradually turns to brown.
III the burn Is pretty severe cooling
lotions, such alcohol and water diluted
cologne water, solution of bicarbonate of
soda or lead water may be applied, or the
skin may be smeared with cold cream
OF lime water and oil. Some such appli-
cation as this. the sufferer being careful to
keep out of the sun for a day or two, will
usually suffice.
F'reckles occur usually on persons of
sandy complexion, especially those with red
hair. They are not common in very young
children, under six or eight years of age. or
In persons of middle or advanced life They
usually come for the first time in summer
and are less marked or even disappear in
winter. Persons who freckle do not tan,
as rule.
by the wearing of a VEIL preferably red or
brown.
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OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The shipyards of Great Britain, all work.
ing together, could turn out big steamship
every day in the year.
1t may make life happier to know that a
cat just about half-grown can devour twen-
ty mice day, or 1900 year.
The biggest find of ancient treasure ever
made in England was loo gold pieces Of
King Cymbeline, B. G.. 55, in Whaddon
Chase, Buckinghamshire.
The rarest fish is the ribbon fish. Only
sixteen specimens have been recorded in
the last century. 1t is an fnhabitant of the
great depths of the ocean.
In arithmetic the Chinese were first to
invent the decimal systematic way of
counting by tens, which has been adopted
by all nations except the English.
The horse trade is good all the world
over. One hundred and fifty thousand
horses and mules have been landed in
South Africa since the beginning of the
war.
The Mexican census recently completed
shows a total population of IL. 1858, over
two-thirds of whom are iliiterate. Over so
per cent. CT the population is of mixed or
Indian blood.
Japan has established commercial schools
for the training of women, and one of the
largest Japanese railroads announces that
after a certain date it will employ only
women as clerks.
The steel production of the United States
during 1899 was nearly 10. 10000 tons. That
is about 4500.0 900 tons In excess of Ger
many's total and about 5000, 900 tons in ex-
cess OF Great Britain.
Some people frequently drink tea as a
remedy for headache. This habit should be
practiced with caution, as an eminent
physician states that the fannie acid in the
tea causes rheumatisr7.
There are very few Chinese in England
only 767 all told. according to tie latest
enumeration. Yet only three couIities are
wholly without Chinamen-Hereford Rut-
land and Westmoreland
Ten carloads OF tableware. 10000 pieces
in all, were recently shipped to Sydney.
New South Wales. 1t is the first shipment
of American tableware 10 the Antipodes.
bat 1t is to be followed by others.
The machinery of the United States is do
ing the work OF one billion men. To-day
one man and two boys can spin as much
cotton as LOO spinners could have done 100
years ago. One weaver does the work Of
fifty-four.
Even the negro Republic of Liberia has
an exhibition at Paris Near the Swiss ex-
hibit In the Galerie des Machines the little
nation has display OF the various prod
ucts Of its soil-coffee, cocoanuts. rice and
other foodstuffs
Is 1t Is estimated that the number Of Amer
leans in Paris is not less than 1900 OF
which IS 600 are living IN apartments and
10000 are transients. They spend at least
100000 francs ($s00ooo) per day in the
French capital.
French papers are chuckling over IN al
legged feat oS Admiral oerveas during rooent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
ECZEMIS
ITcH IS TORTURE.

Eczema is caused by an acid humor in
the blood coming in contact with the
skin and producing great redness and in
Harnmation; little pustular eruptions form
and discharge thin, sticky fluid, which
dries and scales off sometimes the skin Is
hard, dry and assured. Eczema In any
form is torInenting, stubborn disease,
and the itching and burning at times are
almost unbearable; the acid burning
humor seems TO ooze out and set the skin
on FIRE. Salves, washes nor other exter-
nal applications do any real good, for as
long as the poison remains IN the blood
il will keen the skin irritated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
CHAPTER III.

"It', all thanks to you. Nurse Clare. that
I have got well so soon.'
Thanks to a splendid constitution and
a capital doctor. rather And then 1 must
say you have been very good patient"
Are not all your patients good? Why.
there isn't anything you tell me to do that
/ wouldn't do.
A flush passed over the nurses pale face.
Nov / shall tell you not to talk.' she
said. "You want rest and sleep, TO build
YOU up. You mustn't excite yourself by
talking"
..All right. Nurse. Give your orders. and
III obey Tell me TO go to sleep. and sit
over there with your work or book. and
I ask nothing better than to look at YOU"
..oh, No more talking. pleased?
She took the seat he had pointed out and
bent her head over her work. trying to
appear unconscious of her patients silent
scrutiny Al length deep-drawn sigh
from Everard made her put her work down
and look eeress - him inouiringiy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02

Love me little. love me long.
Is the burden of my song.
Love that Is too hot and strong
Burneth soon TO waste.
Still I would not have thee cold
Not too backward, nor too bold.
Love that lasteth till It's old
Fadeth not in haste
Love me little. love me long.
Is the burden Of my song.
If thou lowest me too much.
Twill not prove as true touch;
Love me little more than such
For I fear the end.
I'm with little well content,
And little from thee sent
Is enough, with true intent
To be steadfast. friend
Say thou lowest me. while thou live
TO thee my love viii give
Never dreaming to deceive
While that life endures.
Nay. and after death. IN sooth,
TO thee will keep my truth.
AS now when In my May of youth:
This my love assures
Constant love Is moderate ever
And T. VIII through life presever:
Give me that with true enIeayor-
I VIII * restore
A suit of durance let IL be.
For all weathers-that for me-
For the land or for the sea:
Lasting evermore-
Winters cold or summers heat.
Autunr's tempests on II beat:
II can never know defeat.
Such the love that would gain.
such the love. 1 tell thee plain.
Thou must give, or WOO In vain;
60 70 thoe-faroweu!
(oYig1nn11v Ix1nfn1 n -
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Just for few brief seconds the beauti-
ful pale face evolved itself from the
murky atmosphere and then was gone.
Bat In Evs<arsf Sinclair's mind no doubt
vas possible. He did not stop TO reflect,
10 reason with himself. and recall his own
preoccuration with Leonie's image. the
length of tire which had elapsed since
h. ha6 last seen her. or the uncertainty OF
the light
A lash OF blue fire in London fog, and
10, out OF the dead past he had conjured
U the image Of the woman for whom his
soul had hungered so long. 1t was Leonie
or her ghost. he told himself wildly, as
crying aloud her name. he CROPPED with out
stretched hands IN the direction OF the
vision. But his eager arms embraced moth
ms but sitting fog: and the gibing voices
OF the street boys. - they prepared other
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1.-The first American to enter Picking was
a soldier-musician who scaled the wal"
"Wel say, a musician ought to be an ex-
pert on the scale, hadn't he?"
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Ffttsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
HAS Turkey a poet laureate?" asked the
Observant Boarder.
II don't know; why do you ask?" replied
the Cross-eyed Boarder.
at suppose that if Turkey has laureate,
he writes no other form Of poetry than the
owed"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
Her Gratitude.
Boston Journal.

Boston Journal.
Young Woman-Give me one yard Of
why. haven't 1 seen you before?
Dry-goods Clerk-Oh, Maud, can you have
forgotten me? / saved your life at the sea-
side last summer.
Young Woman (warmly)-Why, of course.
you did! You may give me two yards of
this ribbon, please!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02

Harper's Bazaar.

HarperS Bazaar.
How do you feel now?" asked his res
cuers. -, 49,.
Like a Jersey trust" gasped the half
drowned man, family.
Then they rolled him on the barrel some
more, for they, too, were financiers.
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Puck.

Shell like him because he's so extrava-
CANT.
Her Aunt-That isn't the best possible
quality In a husband.
She-Of course not! I'm not going to
marry him!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02

Judge.

Mrs Wiggins-Do you know why this is
called golf hat?
Wiggins-Yes, my dear. It's because peo-
pie who play golf don't wear them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
One Great Exception.

Catholic Standard.
Wantoneaux-Your wife is awfully ex-
travagant, isn't she?
Henpeck-Think so?
Wantoneaux-Well, I notice she always
goes in for the most expensive things.
Henpeck-Oh, l don't know. Talk Is
cheap"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
HUMOR OF THE DAY.


Baltimore American.
Exhorter-Brother. don yo' want ter rise
an shine?
Mourner-No, sub. Is er bootblacks
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
Almost Incomprehensible.

Husband--Oh, don't be SO particular! I
assure you the people who go to the ball
game won't care what you wear.
Wife-Indeed? What very peculiar people
they must be.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
Her Fatal Lack.
Baltimore Americ

Baltimore American.
You have a very sweet, well-trained
voice, but you will never do as ballad
singer" said the theatrical manager.
But why?" asked the fair applicant.
You don't say 'ah' after every word"
For we'll he knew what was art, ,and what
was mere plainness of articulation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02

Judge.

judge
Mrs. Handout-You are not native of
| this country, are you?
Weary Willie-Shure / is, mum, But you
amt de fust person dat has mistook me
| fer politician.
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In the Darkest south.

First Citizen-The Chinese amt so far
behind the times as we supposed.
Second Citizen-No, indeed, / reckon they
could pull off quite a respectable lynchin
bee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
DRINK RUINS THOUSANDS.
The Keeley Institute at Plainfield Places
Inebriates and Morphine Victims on the
Road to Happiness and Wealth.
Some Recent Testimonials.

Since the establishment of the Keely Institute
a. Plainfeld. Ind, In 1881. thousands OF men
gone 10 the dogs have been rescued, cured.
and, as IL were. made new men OF. Fully y
per cent OF all patients cured have never touched
liquor morphine again. This Is at once a re-
rlarkable and unequaled record.
Jerome Boyle. OF Brazil, Ind. writes: Tires
I left your institute sound man. ana
/ have enjoyed the past three years better than
any other years Of my life and have made more
money than in any six previous years" w c.
Choate, OF Wilmington, o.. writes. Il have dis
solved partnership with j. Barleycorn for good
/ am in the best OF health and have a fair pros
pect before me-
The Kelly Institute at Plainheld IS the oldest
and best equipped authorized Keely Institute in
Indiana. Its accommodations and stan OF ply
sicans not surpassed anywhere
Write for information 20 Plainfeld Ind. 90
los Commercial Club building. Indianapolis
Phone. 2427.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
A Definitions
Judge.

Little Elmer-Papa, what's stock COM
pany?
Professor Broadhead--A stock company,
my son, is usually small body of men en-
tirely surrounded by water.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02

For three years /
had letter on my
hands, which caused
them to swell to twice
their natural size. Part
of the time the disease
was in the form Of rum
.Iing sores, very pain
full, and causing me
much discomfort. -Four
doctors said the letter
had progressed too far
TO be cured. and they
could do nothing for
me. I took only three
bottles of s. S. S. and
was completely cured
This was fifteen years
ago. and / have never
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02


derfully. of her. AS you bend your head
now by this light it might be Leonie-"
"A much older and sadder woman than
your Leonie. Mr.. Sinclair.'
"Of course" he returned. dreamiIy, with
his eyes still fixed upon her face "And yet
why are you trembling? And why are
your eyes filled with tears? Answer me
and don't run away, Nurse
II have to see about your beef tea
and
''Stop." he cried. springing suddenly up
from his pillows, regardless of his band
aged arm. For mercys sake. don't go.
Leonie Sinclair, Nurse Clare, And you
thought I had forgotten and had married
againl What blind fool have been. Leo
ME. my wife. come to met
For moment she stood by the door, hesi-
tating, with her hands tightly clasped over
her heart. a slender. pathetic-looking fig
ure in her nurses dress. with her sad dark
eyes and prematurely gray hair. Then she
knelt by the bedside of her patient. and,
drawing his uninjured hand between both
hers, held 1t against her cheek, which was
wet with tears.
Dearest she whispered. 1T am not
worth loving now, But, thank God. have
lived to meet you again, and to know you
We're true to me all these long. weary years,
1 was kent in convent until my fathers
death. Then escaped to England. hoping
to find you. only to read. as 1 thought. of
your marriage. i will not tell you how
bitterly I suffered! I resolved to devote
my life to others; but In nursing q small
pox case I fell III, and when recovered
my color was gone. my hair was grey, !
was an old woman In appearance at five
and twentyl For all that. I used to LONG
for sight Of your face. but / never
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-03

mftted, 1859. 2I2; surgical, ia4; pay ~
no pay, q: medical. lSai pay, ~ no pay
~; number died. N; nurses In lrdln-'
Ing, 10. s.,....
the following report for the year has
been received:
There has been but one entefta. nrfe
during the year under the auspices OF
the Womnn's Hospital Association.
that being the charity bail. given a. ine
McLure House, on December 20 Nnlch
was a success, both socially ana nilan-
cial1y.,.
A iaIse number OF improvements have
been made during the year. and qri @
. number are stir In progress. Many
Of the rooms deserve special mention
for the manner In which they arc Kept
up. Many modern beds have reEl1c d
those Of not 50 recent date, thus max,
ing the work OF The nurses easier 3.ld
adding greatly to the comfort Of the
patients. A bath room has been fiitea
up for the surReCnF. providing many
comforts for the staff. a new portieo
has taken the place Of the old entrance
thus greatly Improving the appearance ,
Of the exterior Of the building. All
these improvements add greatly 90 the
appearance and usefulness OF the
HOUSE. 0bAll many VI BeHN AiSSNs'r- :.
confront us. The painting OF the build
Ing, the entire renovatlng of the plumb
ing, q new laundry. etc. In these pro-
jeots we hope to secure the help Of many
friends who have not as yet extended
a helping hand.
The clerBymen OF the city have been,
very kind In ninlstering 10 the spiritual
welfare OF the patients. The surgical
and medical STAINS have been uEtirlng
in their efforts and kindness: through
them many charity cases have received
attention. Mr. r. II. List has given
almost daily attention 10 the dlspen-
sary. From the press Of the city we
have received many favOrs. To all
these. and to all donors on Donation
Day; we extend our hearty thanks.
Respectfully submitted.
MARTHA j. HARE,
gaaFpfnFV
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-03

Ia every city and large town "a The
United States the Sister Of Charity has
become q familiar object. The Catholic
sisters-sweet messengers Of charity,
ceassless and indsfatigable In their
l6bors-movs quietly and swiftly IN and
out among the people, receiving, dis
pensing, assisting and comforting.
Neither heat nor cold, fatigue or danger,
deter them from tholr errands Of mercy.
They are to b found in palace and
hovsl; In the boulevard and brothol.
Nothing daunts them. Nothing dis
courages them. Vast institutions Of
refuge for the homeless and hopeless
have arisen in every city by their tire
less labors.
BY no means the least service they
render helpless humanity ID their dis
pensation Of medicine. Their experience
among the sick, and their anxiety 10 b.
Of assistance to them, soon lead them 70
know the most efficient and safe reme'
dioI. II would b impossible that 80
popular and valuable . remedy as Pc
ru-ns could have escaped their attsn-
ton. Many letters have been received
from institutions Of this kind prhiEinB
the benefit that Pe.ru-na has Been to
them.
Mr.. Albert Bofnsrasber, Of 1ayvillt,
WIS.,, says: az want to tell you that !