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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-20

and embroidery and house decoration.
While you seek degrees in mathe-
mates, do not forget that these fem
mime accomplishments are of value"
Of value! She need not mention
that to any one who sees her trous-
seau. l looked at the marvellous blue
and rainbow robe that she wore, and
wondered what trigonometry and
physics had to offer that could make
up for the possession of that robe.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Two prhners, One Meal.

II have a lawyer friend whose name
u not Henry Peck, but 1t might be-"
Eld a city official.
Last week my wife and / were in
vited to his house for dinner and you
never saw finer silver and china on a
table, but food was at extreme low
tide. My wife gave me a significant
glance, and l saw the color rise to the
cheeks of our host, but he played the
agreeable without a word or look Of
disapproval.
Both my wife and l were awfully
hungry when we started for home, and
she at once accepted my Invitation to
enter the first restaurant we saw for a
good square meal. We were no sooner
seated than we saw our dinner host
come sneaking In and take a seat in
an obscure corner.
Make believe that we don't see
him. said my wife, with a woman's
tact. We did make believe, and, the
funny part is, SO did our late host. By
the friendly aid of a mirror l saw
when he first observed us the color
come to his cheeks, as 1t had at his
own table. He turned as far from us
as possible and ate as though he were
not enjoying his meal very much."-
New York Herald.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Ham Baked In Cider.

A ham baked in cider is delicious.
Choose good lean ham of about eight
pounds. Wash thoroughly and over the
feshy side sprinkle a little chopped
onion, a little Glove and allspice, a
teaspoonful of cinnamon and half
teaspOonful of ground ginger. Make
-four and water into a paste as thick
as dough and cover the ham. Put
skin side down in roasting pan, fill
up with cider, cook slowly for three
hours, basting every ten minutes.
When done, take off the paste and the
Eind. An hour before it is wanted for
the table return to the baking pan,
flesh side down, brush the fat portion
with beaten egg, sprinkle generously
with chopped parsley and breadcrumbs
and let it heat through in the oven. A
gravy can be made by boiling down
the cider in which the ham was first
roasted.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Substitute For Quinfne.

You think you are bilious. Well, 1
should think you would be! What did
you expect your stomach and liver
could stand? You ought to be thank
full that you got off with simply being
bilious. The wonder is that you have
any stomach or liver left at all. says
Medical Talk
What would 1 advise? Well, in or
der to stir up your liver little and
give you a slight gymnastic exercise
would advise you to go and find the
doctor who gave you 100 grains of
quiniDe and give him a good licking.
Hit him with your hands. Don't hit
with club or shoot him. Just use
your open hand. After you have done
this right l would quit using tobacco'
If not entirely at least nearly SO, say
a little after supper each day. Use no
alcoholic nulants of any sort. Let
your diet bc simple and plain. Avoid
excesses. Avoid everything fried dur
ing the hot season. Eat much fruit;
drink much water. Take long nights
sleep. Behave yourself. Keep away
from the doctors.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
They Wanted Blood.

While fair was being held recent Y
In small town in Belgium the owner
of menagerie announced that one of
the villagers, who was known to DOS.
sess great courage, would enter that
evening a cage containing two lions
and would remain there fifteen min
utes.
When tLis was noised abroad, every
one determined to witness the novel
sight, and as a result there were sew
eral hundred persons in front of the
lions cage when the performance be-
gan.
AT signal from the owner the cour-
ageous villager entered the cage and
stood watching the lions. They, how
ever, took not the slightest notice of
him, and after the fifteen minutes had
expired he left the cage. As he did so
a storm of Misses greeted him, and the
next moment such an uproar arose
that the owner summoned the police
and the entertainment came to an end.
The fact was the people expected
that the lions would attack the vii
lager and they were disappointed be-
cause no blood had been shed.
''Yet it is exceedingly probable" says
a French writer, that if one of the
lions had escaped from the cage this
bloodthirsty crowd would have been
terrified almost to death.'
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Pays the Current Price.

My young friend Jimmy Banks was
married q little over a year ago. He
had previously spent twelve months in
the most furious courtship. The girl
had not at first cottoned to Jimmy very
much, but he moved heaven and earth
so vigorously that she at last consent
ed, says the Cosmopolitan. Now, the
other day who appears before me but
Jimmy, with long face, and makes
complaint that the baby keeps him
awake nights. Good gracious, Jim
my| 1 said. Didn't you know that
babies always do that? A baby has to
have some relaxation. Go home and be
thankful that 1t isn't twins" There is
the reverse side to every joy. You
can't have the advantages of bachelor
hood and married life at the same time.
You buy everything with a price-lei-
sure, family, office, learning, wealth,
fame, position. Nothing is free. Be
sure you want the article, pay the cur
rent price and enjoy your possession.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
LaxnrT 30 & Hrndicap.

Tne history of our country is a record
or tne successes of poor boys who
seemed to be hopelessly shut off from
books culture and education, except
that Of the most meager kind-from al
most every opportunity for mental de
velopment. The youthful Franklins,
Lincdns, Hamiltons, Garfields, Grants
and Claytons-those who become presi-
dents, lawyers, statesmen. soldiers, ora
tors, merchants, educators, journalists,
Inventors, giants in epsEy department
OF life-how they stand out from the
pages OF history, those poor boys, an in
spiration for all time to those who are
born to fight their way up to their own
Loaf
The youth who is reared In a luxuri-
ous home, who from the moment of his
birth is waited on by an army of serv-
ants, pampered and INDUCED by over
fond parents and deprived Of every in
centive to develop himself mentally or
physically, although commonly regard
ed as one to be envied, is more to be
pitied than the poorest, most humbly
born boy or girl In the land. Unless he
is gifted with an unusual mind he is in
danger Of becoming degenerate, par
asite, a creature who lives on the la
Dor of others, whose powers ultimately
atrophy from disuse.-Success.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
The Word "Cafe."

1t is really difficult to understand
how the word cafe" a French term,
has come into such general use In this
country and how it happens that 1t Is
so grossly misapplied. The term
means coffee, or a place where coffee
is sold, and what relation there is be-
tween a coffee shop and place where
liquors are sold we are at loss to
know. 1t is not improbable that the
idea comes from combinations of bar
rooms and restaurants, in the latter of
which of course coffee is sold, but to
our mind nothing seems more absurd
or more emphatically marks the mod
ern disposition to follow blind custom
than sticking up on the window where
only beer, liquor and wines are sold
the word COFFEE" and that in a for
eign language. Were it not that an
age of misnomer gives recognition to
this anomaly we would just as soon
the word ''meat" or dread" signalized
places where liquors are sold. Either
would have as much sense and logical
application as "cafe."-Exchange
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
The Racing Camel.

The ordinary camel, which will never
hurry under any circumstances, has
been transformed in southern Algeria
into an animal SO different in size, tenn
per and appearance that 1t may almost
be looked upon as different race. This
Is the racing camel, priced for it's
speed. The result Of many generations
OF careful breeding, which has been en-.
couraged by valuable prizes, it can be
depended upon for nine OF ten miles an
hour, which it can keep up for sixteen
or seventeen hours, almost without a
stop. Its value is five or ten times that
of the beast of burden. The camel
races are popular sport and are made
exciting by the evident interest of the
creatures themselves in winning.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
In Spelling.

The young woman was writing to q
masculine friend to thank him for
tiny Maltese kitten he had sent her the
day before 'T am glad to say it likes
me already" she wrote, 'for at this
moment it is sitting on my knee, big
pink bow around its neck and its paws
folded prettily under it"
But the bow isn't pink" objected
the friend who was looking over her
shoulder.
'T know it isn't" responded the writ
er as she scribbled her name, "but
couldn't spell lavender to save my life,
and what's in color to manT
Another young woman was endeavor-
ing recently to tell her mother some
thing by telephone. I'm going to study
b-r-r-r-r,'" was all that could be under
stood of the communication.
"Spell itT finally commanded the
elder woman when the important word
was still indistinct after much repeat
ing.
'T don't know how" came back the
answer family. Send some one else
to the phone" And the some one else
discovered that the unspellable thing
the young woman was going to study
was nography.-Baltimore News.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
A Delicate Position.

Wedding presents are frequently dis
tinguished for their uselessness. and
giftmaking at any time is attended
with some danger. A faithful Irish
employee announced his desire to take
a months holiday to visit his brother.
He had worked so well and steadily
that his employer not only granted the
request, but made him present of a
new travelling bag.
The night before Tim was to leave he
received the gift, accompanied by a
few appreciative words.
Tim stared at the bag for moment
and then asked, what am to do with
thatT'
"Why, put your clothes in it when
you go away, of course" answered the
employer.
"Put me clothes in it, is itT' said
Tim. "An' phwat will OF wear if OF
put me clothes in that?"
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
The chine.e LanguaRe.

Chinese is an Geographic language.
It conveys the idea and not the word
for thing, as the figure represents
the idea and not the word. The Chi
nese have invented moro than 10000
marks for their writing, but it requires
only about 5000 marks for mercantile
correspondence, and 1t Is said to be
easier to learn them than the words Of
an ordinary foreign language. Russian
is more difficult for Americans than
Chinese. It takes much longer to learn
the spoken language because Of the va
riety of dialects, but any one can learn
enough of the writings to answer or
dinary purposes in few months and
have his knowledge perfected by q
linguist within about a year. Exact
instruction in one Of the Chinese Ian,
guages can only be given by a China.
man.-Detroit Free Press
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Circumstnnces Alter CAGES.

Anxious Daughter-Mother, did papa
have his salary increased when he was
married?
Mother-No, my child.
Anxious Daughter don't suppose
he had any money saved up, had he?
Mother-Not penny. He spent all
he earned.
Anxious Daughter-Did you get along
comfortably?
Mother-We were very happy.
Anxious Daughter-Well, you know,
George hasn't been able to save pen
ny, but
Mother-Now, Maria, if that poverty
stricken fellow dares to show his face
here again I'll get your father to turn
him outl
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Rain In Manila.

when it rains in Manila" says a
man who has been there, you think
the first time you see the spectacle
that the end of the world has come.
Why, one day in September that was
there it rained thirteen inches. Think
of that, will you-more than a foot of
water! You would think that would
weary the elements for some time, but
it didn't. The next day it rained half
a foot, the day after that seven inches.
That month we had fifty-seven inches
of rain"
Where does all the water go TOT"
Right back wher it came FROM"
was the prompt reply. After a down.
pour the sun will come out hotter than
ever, and you can fairly see everything
steam. And yet there are a great
many people that wouldn't live any
where else except in Manila"
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
A Tale of a TYPEWRITER.

A quaint tale of a typewriter is told
by an Anglo-Indian. An English judge
in India, an expert on the typewriter,
used it for the taking of judicial notes.
The machine was taken into court,
when a certain novelty was impaired
to the proceedings by the click of the
keys and tinkle of the bell. The pris-
oner was found guilty and sentenced.
Promptly he appealed on the ground
that instead of listening to the evil
dence the judge had whiled away his
time by playing on musical instru-
ment.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Some Epigrams.

Some epigrams have been culled
from the utterances of great men in
British public life. Andrew Carnegie
said, "Queen Victoria transformed
Great Britain into a crowned republic,
O nation in which the will of the peo-
pie is the supreme law" Prime min
lister Balfour declared that the ''educa-
donal system of England is chaotic
and behind the age" The bishop of
Manchester said that "this is reading
age, but how many people read the
Bible?" "Plenty of porridge and milk
will do more for the physique of ma
ton than the most up to date physical
drill' is attributed to Professor Laurie
of Edinburgh university.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
A Lack of Firmne...

A very matter of fact old gentleman
the other day called to see neighbor,
an old Irishwoman, who had been all.
ing for some time, when the following
conversation took place at the door:
"And how do you find yourself today,
Bridget?"
"Sure, your honor, I'm mighty bad.
This shocking weather IL be the end
of me. I'll be dead woman before
long"
"Hoots, toots, woman! Ye've been
saying that for the last twenty years!
I'll tell ye what it is-ye want flrmness
o mind. Fin day for yer deeing and
stick tae itT-London Telegraph.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
rhi. sound. Rixht.

Sometimes it happens that severe
shock restores health to persons who
are suffering from nervous prostration,
and this Is how the phenomenon is ex-
planned In foreign medical journal:
EVERY external stimulus impresses
the afferent cent1petal fibers, or, rath-
er, excites the molecular waves Of
change. The latter In turn decompose
the unstable molecules Of a fie1us,
and, through the Intervention Of other
fibers, this decomposition, being the
source Of new molecular movements,
gives an impulse to q certain mass Of
connected fe1us.
'HThe new vibratory modification thus
obtained forms a new nervous fluid. A
portion Of the current flows over the
afferent 6bers to the contractile mus
cles of the periphery. while the other
portion Is propagated by the reverber-
alton Of indistinct waves to the most
ramified centers OF the organic econo-
my, and thus a complete and natural
nervous diffusion takes place"
Physicians, Of course. understand
what this means, but how many lay.
men can interpret TT
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Felt Injured.

Two good natured little Irish boys
once occupied the same bed In the
morning one of them said to the other:
Dennis, did you hear it thunder last
night?"
NO" said Dennis. did it really
thunderY
"Yis; it thundered as if hiven and
airth would come together"
''Well, phoy in the worruld didn't ye
wake me? Ye know 1 can't slape whin
it thundersw said Dennis. - Pittsburg
Chronicle.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
People who Enjoy BeR6S Miserable.
How can anybody enjoy being mis-

erablef
Men do. and 30 do women. They
surround themselves with an atmos-
phere Of gloom. They hug trouble to
their breasts. They make mountains
out Of molehills, and there are tears
and groans when there should be
smiles.
Perhaps you have q cynic In your
employ. You can pick him out with
four eyes shut. He has the blues
from Monday morning till Saturday
night. He will tell you that he al
ways gets the worst Of 1t from every
body; that his talent ISN'T recognized;
that his genius il wasted; that he isn't
getting enough money; that there Ii no
future for him, and q lot Of tommyrot
like that.
After that comes the breeding stage.
Any man who broods over real or fan
cied wrongs is dangerous. He Is not
sane, and he Ia also q mighty poor
workman, whether he Is making hoe
handles or counting money in bank.
He deliberately destroys his own efh-
cheney and chance for success, and all
for the perilous and questionable hap
piness Of being acknowledgements
Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
The Milk Was Too Blu.,

A certain wise youngster Of my ac-
quaintance was presented on his sew
enth birthday with a beautiful blue
glass goblet, whereupon said goblet
straightway became the Indispensable
meal companion of said youngster. One
evening when George had received his
usual allowance of milk in the blue
goblet his mother became aware that
he was gazing in deeply contemplative
fashion at the contents Of the glass.
What he saw can best be imagined, for
he raised his eyes suddenly and said
wonderingly:
"Why, mother, this cow couldn't have
been ripeT-Current Literature.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
IT have no more
nervous headaches
and rest very well at
night"

When a woman suffers from female
weakness and irregularity or other forms
of womanly disease, the effect is Ger
tain to be marked In her nervous sys-
tenn, the general effect being, as In Mrs.
Woodin's case, "nsrvous headaches, rest
lessness at night and a rundown condi-
ton. 1t is simply common sense then
which says if you cure the female weak
ness, irregularity, ETC., you will cure the
nervousness, sleeplessness and other con-
sequences of wonanly disease.
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the wonlanly diseases which undermine
the general health. 1t establishes regu-
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fianirnation and liberation, and cures
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nervousness, sleeplessness, ETC., by cur
these ailments.
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Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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lessness at night and, in fact was all rundown,
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thanks to your kind advice and wonderful medi-
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They will not regret 1t"
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plete cure of womanly diseases. Do not
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stitute in its place
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be
used with rFavorite Prescription when
ever laxative Is required.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Hard to Believe,

"Well, neverP exclaimed Mrs. Bhg
gins.
whats the matter?" asked her hus
band in a startled tone as he turned
around from his shaving glass.
'"The idea of a grown man like you
standing there for five minutes at 8
time admiring yourselfv'
"Pm not admiring myself. My feel
tngs are those Of astonishment, moi
admiration. l can't realize that I'm
the same person who years ago was
called precious pet and held on peo
ple's knees and kissed by the neigh,
bors. It's an awful thought" Wash
ington Star.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Not n Compliment.

"Old war horse has long been a
complimentary and affectionate sobri-
quet bestowed on veteran political
workers by their party confreres and
admirers. A Washington correspond
ent once endeavored to compliment
Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and other women suffragists
by referring to them as "old war
Mares" He protested that he had
heard them say there could be no op-
probrium in sex, but the old ladies
kicked like young fillies, and the cor
respondent lost his job.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Good Teeth.

Don't fail to ponder occasionally on
these facts: That without good teeth
there cannot be thorough mastication.
Without thorough mastication there
cannot be perfect digestion.
Without perfect digestion there can
not be proper assimilation.
Without proper assimilation there
cannot be nutrition.
Without nutrition there cannot be
health.
Without health what is life worth?
Hence the paramount Importance Of
good teeth.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
1t GROWS Feeble.

The attraction of q mans character
is apt to be outlived, like the attraction
Of his body, and the power of love
grows feeble in its turn, as well as the
power to inspire love in others. 1t is
only with a few rare natures that
friendship is added to friendship, love
to love and the man keeps growing
richer in affection-richer, I mean, as
bank may be said to grow rich, both
giving and receiving more-after his
head is white and his back weary, and
he prepares to go down into the dus'
pf death.-Robert Louis Stevenson.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Mean AdyautaEe,

On attempting to question a loqua-
cious patient one day the late DR..
Sands was irritated beyond all en-
durance. After vainly endeavoring to
stem the torrent of gable, he said
sternly:
Madam, let me see your tongue.
That's good. Now keep it there while
you hear what have to say to you"
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Gorki,s Early strurxIe..

Maxim Cork, the Russian novelist,
had an early career that in many ways
recalls the early struggles of Jacob A.
Riis. He ran away from home when
lad and for years found life mighty
hard grubbing. He worked as a day
laborer, a sawyer, cook and lighter
man. Then he heard that free instruc-
ton could be obtained at Kazan, and,
having no money to pay for his jour-
ney, he walked there, a distance of
over 600 miles. Then he found he had
a head.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
No AnnihfIatfOn.

Though man can gather and scatter,
move, mix and unmix, yet he can de-
stroy nothing. The putrefaction of one
thing is preparation for the being and
bloom Of another. Thus tree gathers
nourishment from its own fallen leaves
when they are decayed, and something
gathers up the fragments that nothing
Is lost
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Only In the Pail.

An Irish soldier was crossing a bar
rack square with a pail in which he
was going to get some water.
A sergeant, passing at the time, no
ticed that Pat had a very disreputa-
BILE looking pair of trousers on and,
wishing to make report, stopped the
man and asked:
Where are you going"
ITO get some water"
"What! In those trousers"
mo, sergeant; in the pailp'
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Street Car Speed.

Ever notice." asked the street car
philosopher. how the speed Of street
cars is regulated by our frame Of
mindT
"In what wayT
"Notice how slow a street car Is
when you are in hurry to catch a
train and how fast it goes when you
run to catch it."-Baltimore Herald.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
A Temperance Champion.

Mrs. Teacup-Oh, Mr.. Tubbs, l was
so delighted when l heard that you
were such a stanch champion of the
temperance cause!
ubbs-Why-er-Pm not exactly
"Now, don't try to hide your light
under a bushel, Mr.. Tubbs. 1 know,
because l heard George say that you
have been booze fighter all your life.
He said you punished more Of it than
any ten men in the state."-Life.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
Possibly True.

Mamma Ito a friend who is lunching
with her)-I don't know why it is, but
always eat more when we have COM
pany than when we're alone.
Tommy (helping himself to the third
piece of cake)-I know why it is;
cause we have better things to eat
Brooklyn Life.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
DisappOintinE.

81 gave you a shilling the other day
on the plea that your child was serious
ly ill-at deaths door, in fact. And
yesterday I saw him as lively as a
cricket"
"Yes, kind lady. He's the most dis
appointin' boy you ever seeT-Moon-
shine.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-16
A Color Clas,.

Madam" said the maid, "the dyer
has brought your silk dress back and
says it is impossible to dye it to match
your hair, as you requested"
We'll" said the lady, TASK him what
he would charge to dye my hair to
match the silk. The colors clash as
they are now."