Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 90, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1901 — Page 10

THE 1KDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, HAUCH 31,

fcib'.'.ily of accidents from the Incorrect ivutrhes ami clicks to a minimum, it Serves a gjoj purpose of nn enormous FtrcUh of territory a much more farlvschlns ml valuable purpose than was the Intention of the government when it founded the Naval Ob?orvotory. This obf rvatury has l.-en occuiyln;? for several years a very line buiMhir; in the suburbs vf. Washington. It ia considered the ilne.-'t. "rational nl-.-rrv.itory In the world. The t.uil.linp:? erst $100. ii a:vl they Include every tltk for the perfection f observation cf th rrovoivjcnt of the i!.injts which cuiM be dcslrc-l. The bis telescope occupies a huiaii:; by Km If. It i.s rc.nuved from the I:ii!uoncej of the city and it rests on a concrete foundation. The building is of ir.arbi- as is also the cloekhouse, which Btrtnds next in lir.o. IVyond this is the jtrime vertical Luiluiu.-r and on each side o( the clock room are the east and west transit buildings, which are built of galvanized Iron and zinc, having double walls. The l.uln buildiii? is of marble and contains a library of 30.'-') vedumes. c:;onci-: gkantham ha in.

; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. On what lay of the week did Dec. fail in lvJU? J. O. II. Tue? da 3. Did the government tver cdt-r-t a national flower;!. It ii-ncr did. Please tell nif where the Thirty-first Iltirnent, L". S. V., is stationed. J. J. It is now on the way from 2an Francisco to Manila, and due to arrive any day. What were the total receipts of our government for January and February, 1j1? J. X. E. January, 517,5-0,27. February, $iö,S63,S3J. Where is the Thirty-fourth United States .Volunteer Infantry? J. T. O. The regiment left Manila March 1 on thu .Transport Ingan for Kan Francisco. Tho Thirty-third regiment also was aboard. Did the proposed abolishment of the wr.r tax on bank checks and promissory notes nass at the last session of Congress? 2. If i-o, when dees the change go into effect? M. Yes. 2. July 1 next. When and where did Patrick Henry deliver his celebrated speech that has been In our school readers ever since? Q. In the Virginia House of Burgesses in JTiS, the occasion being the introduction of Jii3 resolutions against the stamp act. " Is It lawful to li.-h with book and line during the months of April, May, June and July in the streams around Indianapolis (lor example. Fall creek. White liver, Fagle creek, etc.)? C. It. The new law in complete form was printed in the Journal of March S. Please tell me how many different railToad lines enter the following places: London. Paris. Berlin, New York, Chicago and San Francisco. Schoolboy. London, seven trunk lines; Paris, seven; Jrlin, nine; New York, ten; Chicago, twenty-two; San Francisco, four. Are both of Abraham Lincoln's sons living? If so. are they in the United States army? Jay. His sons were four. Edward Baker died In infancy. William Wallace died at the age of twelve, Thomas died when eighteen years old and Robert Todd is now in civil life. In the poem "Curfew Must Not Bing Totiight," who is Cromwell? L. IX Oliver Cromwell, lord protector of England. An historical basis is claimed for Mrs. Thorpe's oft-recited verses, the man condemned to die at curfew having been, according to this claim, one Basil Underwood. (Who carried Nebraska in the last presidential election and what was the winner's plurality? E. F. O. The State went for McKinley by a plurality of 8,222 and the Republican State ticket was elected by pluralities of from fcöl for Governor Dietrich to 4,771 for Auditor Griess. Can you put me in communication with the manager of the agricultural department ct the Pan-American Exposition? A Reader. Address your communication to Mark Dcnnitt. superintendent of Exposition Publicity Bureau, Buffalo, N. Y., and it will be referred to the proper bureau. " F. J. W. Troop A, Eighth Cavalry, is stationed at Ft. Reno, O. T. Mrs. Laura T. The Thirty-eighth regiment has not left the Philippines, but is to sail before long. E. M. C The entire Ninth regiment of infantry is in China. Address China, via San I'rancisco. Hermann The battle ship Oregon Is at Hong-Kong, China. What became of Queen Victoria's halfst othtr and half-sister? Did the Prince Feodorowna marry, and when did she die? Dent. The half-brother, Charles Frederick William Ernest, died in liv'o. The half-sister, '.Anne Ftodorowna Augusta Charlotte Wilfcelmina, married in l52ü, Ernest Christian Charles, prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, nd died in 1S72. AY here and in what manner does black pepper grow? Alva. It is the fruit of a climbing shrub whosj Hem grows from twelve to twenty feet long and has opposite each leaf a spike cf llowers with fruit the size of a pea. 3t is a native of the East Indies, but now Is cultivated in most tropical countries. What is monazite, and where can it bo Obtained? J. K. H. A rare mineral described cnemlcally as C phosphate of the cerium metals, and usually containing some thorium silicate. It Is found in North Carolina, at Norwich, Conn., In the Ural mountains and elsewhere-. It i washed from gravels resulting from the disintegration of granitic rocks, of which it is a constituent. Which was the larger vessel, th Kaiser Yilhe!m Der U rosse or the Great Eastern.' Wager. The Great Eastern. It was CSO feet lon, fC'3 feet beam and iS feet depth of hold; the corresponding dimensions for Kaiser Willi im are C2t. f and HO. The Great Eastern was larger than the Oceanic, the biggest vessel now aiioat, though the latter is 7'4 feet long. Can sound waves be concentrated In a rejector? Two. In some degree, yes; but not so markedly is the ease with light, the effect I'flng dissipated gradually as the distance from the rejector increases. Exreriments with fog signals have shown that the reaction Is far more effective with moderate sounds than with very loud ones. How far Is Neptune from th Sun? 2 liow lontf doe it take the light of the f-un to reach i-s? 3. How much greater I tho mass of tho sun than of al! tho Idan'tM that revolve about it? R. M. S. Its mean distance is "about 2,77n.OöO.0tY) miles. 2. Eight minutes and eighteen seconds when at mean distance from us. 3., Between seven hundred and eight hundred times as gTeat. -T- -7- -fWhat Is the difference between sheathed end unsheathed battleships? W. J. I. A covering of sheet cor per for the'outtdt. of so much of the hull as is under vat?r. As used on wooden vessels the copjwr was a protection against torpedoes end other borers, and to large extent Crew.-n.ed foulins with eea weeds, bar

nacles nrtd the like. On steel vessels It tends to decrease the fouling', and whethtror not it is a preventive of corrosion of the steel Is still a disputed point; our own experts do not approve the practice. What is the correct pronunciation of the name Carnegie? I. It is said that he himself pronounces" it as if spe lled "Car-nay-gy" accent on second syllable, and "s" hard. This is also the pronunciation most frequently heard. Why the e ' of the second syllable is given the "a" sound is not clear, but the pronunciation of proper names Is an arbitrary matter. By what means do astronomers tell the e'istance from the sun to the earth? 2. How do they toll how lor.g it will take light to come to earth? XV. II. T. By mathematical calculations whose character cannot be given in brief space. 2. The velocity of light, or rate at which it travels, is known, and the distance being determined between any two points, the length of time taken for it to pass over this space is a simple matter of calculation. Is there any law in Indiana governing the amount of toll that a miller shall take? it so, what is the rate? V. C. X. The statute specifies that at all water gristmills there shall not be charged for toll a higher rate than one-eighth part for grinding and bolting wheat and rye, and grinding Indian corn, oats and barley, and lor grinding malt and chopping rye. It is also specified that the miller shall keep the toll rates posted in a conspicuous place in his mill. Will you give the names of all the chief justices of the United States Supremo Court with their tenure of nlllce since the .organization of that tribunal? II. D. John Jay, 17S0-17D5; John Rutledgo, appointed in July, 170.1, and presided at the August term, but soon afterward lost his reason and failed of confirmation by the Senate; Oliver Ellsworth, 17D6-1M0; John Marshall, 1S01-1S33; Roger B. Taney, 1SCG1SGI; Salmon I. Chase, 15sGi-lS73; Morrison R. Walte, 1S71-1SSS; Melville W. Fuller, present chief justice, was appointed April u0, lbSS. How did so many different surnames originate? F. K. The cause of the great number was the need of and desire for distinguishing the individual from his fellows. Many of them were significant of occupation, as Smith and Fowler; of locality, as Attewell (at the well); of personal peculiarity, as Longfellow, or of descent. The last are very plentiful; for instances are names beginning with "Mac" (son), or ending with "ins" (born of). The topic is a large one for treatment in this department; in an encyclopedia under "name" or "surname" you will find much about it and there are many books on it. Did any celebrated artist paint the ascension? Who? 2. In what book is La Cigale A character? Who wrote it? Reader. Probably the most noted picture on this theme i3 Raphael's "Transfiguration." The nscension has been treated by many of the old masters. A modern painting of great merit on this subject Is John La Farge's fresco in the Church of the Ascension In New York city. 2. La Fontaine's fable, "La Cigale et La Fourmi" the grasshopper and the ant Is a French classic, and allusion to La Cigale, in eonseejuence, appears frequently in French literature. There is a popular French opera, "La Cigale." t Will you tell me something of the first propounder of phrenology, if he is known? F. R. D. This was Franz Joseph Gall, who was born in Baden, Germany, March 9, 175S. From childhood he had taken much Interest in the differences in the shapes of men's heads, and by 17S5, when he had received his medical degree at Vienna, he had become convinced that they afforded an Index to mental and moral characteristics. In 1?JG he began lecturing in Vienna on his theory, but was met with ridicule and censure, and in 1S03 the Austrian government interdicted his lectures as threatening religion. This prohibition helped his cause, and in Berlin immediately afterward his lectures had many interested listeners. In livl he went to Paris, where he practiced medicine and became a French citizen. Near there he died, Aug. 22, lh2S. How can I prepare a lawn tennis court so it will stay smooth and not grow soft and dusty? I wish to make two, one on a lawn covered with grass, the other on a place without grass. The soil is black loam. M. J. C. A lawn may easily be put into good condition by sprinkling rfnd rolling, repeating this as often as necessary. Good, thick turf is, of course, highly desirable to start with. The other sort will be a big job. The soil of the entile court will have to be replaced tc a depth of not much less than a foot with gravel, coarse sand or ashes whichever is most easily obtainable and there should be a top course of clay. A deal of rolling will be necessary, and more of ;t will have to be elone to keep it in good order than will be the case with the grass court. As a last resort ashes may be used to i top dressing, but in that case a fail by a player results in distressing cuts and Scratches on the hands. -i- -4Please give Information about Loyal Legion, origin and date of same, headquarters, qualifications for membership, etc. Vincenney. It Is a military order founded In Philadelphia April '13, lsJ5. None but commissioned officers of the regular 'and volunteer army and navy who served honorably on the Union side during the civil war, or the oldest sons of such, are eligible to membership, which can be transmitted by inheritance according to primogeniture. There are twenty commanderies, each representing a State, and one commandery tepresenting the District of Columbia. The total membership July 31, ICH, was 9,043. The commander-in-chief is Lieut. Gen. John M. Schofield, headquarters, Philadelphia. The Indiana Commandery, headquarters, Indianapolis; commander, Rear Admiral George Brown; recorder, Col. Z. A. Smith. Will you please reproduce a beautiful poem you published some three or four years ago? The one to which I refer is "The Little Girl Who Died Without a Name," by Alonzo L. Rice. W. P. S. How brlf the ftay, as beautiful as fleeting. The time that baby came 1th us to dwell; Juit long t-nouKh to give a happy greeting. Just long enough to bid us all farewell. Death travels down the thickly-settled highway. At shining marks they say he Iovc to aim; II. w di'i he find far down our lonely by-way, Our little girl who died without a name? We do not know the fond endearment spoken . To which she listened when sh fell asleep. And so Le?i!e a column tJat .was broken. We laid her to her fdunilr, cairn and deep; We traced upon the rton? with loving finsers TlKse simple word, affection' tears to claim: "In Ireams be-yond all earthly sorrow lingers Our little girl who died without a name." Fhe sleeps serene where fragrant mossy wlfiowa In sweet and wordless tur.es forever wave; Where fummer seas. In lonr and fadeless billows, I?reak into bloom around her lonely grave. In memory's hall how many heroes slumber, We trac their deeds upon the scroll of fame; I treasure far above the mighty number Our little girl who died without a name. C i:ilznle-th. Elizabeth, alack Elizabeth! Your lovely lilies blow. Slim, love, still, love, beside the echoing stair The bees have found them out. Row after row Tour plnlrst. those little blossoms with a breath Blown from the Hast, anl out the rplce trees there. N'od up the paths: and rose white as death And rosea red as love, grow everywhere. For June Is at the irnr. Alack, alack. Kllxabeth! Sweetvr than June, why do you come no mere? Llaette Woodworth Reese.

C0NCEKI7LNG SLEEP.

I'nrly to IJod and Early to IllV Doom .Not Fit All Cfl8fn. Sleep Is dWlned by Liebig In the following words: "Since, in different individuals, according to the amount of force consumed In producing voluntary effects. unequal quantities of living tissues, are wasted, therev must occur in every Individual, unless the phenomena of motion t:rc to cease entirely, a condition in which nil voluntary motions are completely checked. In which, therefore, these occasion no waste." Carpenter says: "The occasional suspension of sensorial activity is requisite for the reparation of the destructive effects of that activity; so that, however unfavorable may be the external circumstances, sleep will supervene as a necessary result of exhaustion, when this has been carried very far." Practically, therefore, sleep is a periodical natural condition, in which the voluntary or exhausting powers, both of body and mind, being at rest, the involuntary or life-sustaining and reparative powers have, or ought to have, time for restoring the material of the living body, which has been used up during the hours of wakeful activity. Such being the case, it is manifestly necessary that the supply of sleep should be proportionately adequate to the reparative requirements of the body and mind, and this cannot be absolutely regulated by any unchangeable and limited laws. Larly to bed and early to rise is a very good general rule, but it has its limitations making its universal application harmful. It i. in fact, a matter of necessity, due to circumstance and environment. The farmer, exhausted by a hard day's labor in tho fields, goes to bed with the cows because he has to be up with them in the morning. Moreover, he can work in the fields to better advantage and with more comfort before the sun is high m the heavens, and this allows him a longer resting spell at midday. Hence the f aimer is the extreme type of the early to bed and to rise man. The working man can Fpend a few hours more in bed than his brother who tills the soil, but he, too, must be up K-times to be on hand at the shop when the whistle blows, and late nisht hours interfere with his early rising, fo he perforce retire-s early in the evening. The man of business goes to his olh-'e f.t a later hour, and he can, therefore, afford, with the student who is also a late riser, to burn midnight oil, but all theso men must have their proper proportion of sleep. The amount of sleep is a varying factor as the individual varies in health and temperament, and some even say that women require more sleep than men and that tall and stout persons require more sleep than short and thin people. The infant spends at least twenty out of the twenty-four hours in sleep. The adult, as a rule, requires from seven to eight, but as the individual ages he becomes more wakeful and requires less sleep. The average, therefore, is eight hours of sleep, and at first sight It would seem that the time of sleeping would make no difference in the restful and reparative effects if the average amount of sleep was obtained. Practically it does make a great difference. There is some truth in the proverb that an hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after, but this does not mean that a man can get along1 by sleeping four hours before midnight instead of eight after. This before midnight, so-called beauty sleep, is due to factors not easily explainable, but tuey are in part due to changes in atmospheric conditions and possibly to solar influences. We know that fever is always higher at night; that It abates toward morning; that some diseases have nocturnal exacerbations, as in rheumatic fever, the pain being mort agonizing during the night; that consumptive patients suffer from night sweats; that the nervous power and the power of resistance to disease is less at night, so that such diseases as malaria are moro readily contracted during sleep, and that tnose sericuisly sick often pass away in the early morning when the night wanes and Just before the sun rises. Reasoning from these conditions we assume that the body and mind are also subject to those conditions of lowered activity and ability during tho night hours, and that sleep is most needful and beneficial during those hours, and that, on the other hand, If night is turned into day the body and mind are more exhausted proportionately tnan by work done at the proper, or rapier natural, time during the period of daylight. It therefore appears that there is sound common sense in the maxim early to bed. Early risers are always held up as shining examples of the benefits of the practice, but their rugged constitution is often the reason why they rise to early rather than the result of the habit. They rise refreshed and do their stint of work before breakfast with a will just as an appetizer lor breakfast. On the other hend, there ore many people of nervous temperament who rise tiled, sometimes, as they say, more tired than when they went to bed, and .s the days lengthen they begin to wake up, tc feel better, and when early bedtime ccmes they are at their best. Kven if they retire earv they often toss about In restlessness and at last are fain, albeit wayworn, to rise and light the lamp aeain. To such a person early rising is not beneficial unless the person is one of those who can be satisfied with a smaller amount of sleep than the average. The fact is, early rising la not .Tood for all persons, but is positively injurious to all who are not in rugged health As a reasonable example of early rising, the Individual j-hculd go to bed at 10 o'clock and rise at 6, or as early as possible without a feeling ct sleepiness or languor. The feeling of perfect refreshment and restoration is the proof of the efficacy of sleep, but a lingering, tired feeling upon waking piove3 that sleep has not been normal in character. Such a person, if he attempts the habits of an early riser, may think he L- benefite.l by it for a while, but soon the novelty wears off and the languor increases; the breakfast, which the early riser devour with gusto, is untasted or distasteful to the weaker brother who does not have the constitution to uphold him. Increasing the number of hours cf sleep does i.et, on the other hand, benotit tho nervous person or invalid. Certria evils follow excessive continuance in bed. chief omong them being perspiration due to excessive cloihing and too soft a bed and an exhausted r.ervous system. If the person continues long in bed after the fir3t awakening, he at last rises with a feeling cf languor which continues through the day, a leeling that makes him feel lazy, although he is in reality tired. Such a person is in ;he condition oC one spending daily a little more than Ms Income, by which, sooner or h;ter, he. is reduced to wane; the vital powers are spent during the waking hours faster than the reparative power can make up lor the waste, and more or Jesi- permanent inability results, which can only be offset and made good by long economy in the expenditure of ferce. As a general rule a lazy person Is one who is tired out, but. this applies only to those who are ambitious, and, as a rule, vigorous; It Is not an excuse for, or an encouragement of laziness, as, unfortunately, there are people who are slothful by character, who mistake their sloth for inability.

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1.000 yards, all new styles, in close pile Wilton Velvet Carpets, mostly with match borders; thre days' price Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday all regular 1.'J5 to $1.40 grade. Special, made, laia and lined, at 93c 20 newest spring patterns in Bigelow Axminsters. with and wide holders to match, regular price 2.00. This sale $1.63 8 high Plush Wilton Velvets (double width), mike beautiful Rugs, rcgularprice 2.50. This sale $2.10 10 patterns (ask to see the Columbia Krüssels), one yard wide and reversible; we are exclusive agents for these Carpets. Piice 85c 4,000 yards best all-Wool extra Super Ingrain Carpets made, all new, bright spring 1001 patterns, sell regular price 70c. This special, made, laid and lined free, only .59c SO Axminsler Rugs, regular hearth size, worth 2.o0. This special only. . . . . $1.83 In addition to our own large line of piece goods in stock ready for immediate delivery we have secured from two of the most elegant stocks of fine Carpets in New York city about one hundred patterns of such well-known makes as Bigelow and Lancaster, Royal Wiltons and Axminsters, Lord and Taylor's private line of Body Brussels and Wilton Plush Carpets, W. & J. Sloane's private Hue of 6-1 plain Piush Carpets and Axminsters for Rug purposes. Will pay you to see these

novelties. These lines are made s-trictly H oticsav Have you seen this busy, hustling bona fide bargains. Dreps Stays, the well-known "Wal- Ctn dorf" brand, full set ou IJoys' Suits, navy blue all-wool Cheviot, consisting of coat, pants, vest and pcarf, 3 to 8 years, com- j)JQ3 Boys' School Suits, strictly all wool, extra well made, 7 to löifcO 7Ci years New Shirting Trints, standard qual- Ar lty, yard Men's fine cambric Handkerchiefs, C large size, hemstitched, each real Easter H. P. WASSON & and by indulgence in late hours increase the natural laziness by acquired exhaustion. It requires much determination to jump out of a warm bed with the sun, but the advantages amply repay the effort. Most people, however, require some warm refreshment soon after rising, such as a cup of hot coffee or chocolate and a piece of bread, and with this light refreshment early rising may be deprived of its discomfort. On the other hand, early rising, with an hour or two of work before breakfast, will, sooner or later, exhaust the constitution to a dangerous degree, unless the person is constitutionally vigorous and hearty. "If I sleep enough, what odds is it whether I sleep by day or night?" That is a question often asked in a sort of it ad-mits-of-no-dlspute tone, but it does make a difference. There is a sort of health-giving tonic effect in daylight, so that those hourä cannot be well spent in sleep without injury. It is better, too, to go to bed comparatively; late and rise comparatively late, than tp go to bed comparatively early and rise comparatively early, and thus the rule formulated in the proverb is erroneous. A portion of the sixteen waking hours must, perforce, be spent by artificial light. During the later parts of the day the nervous system is more active, so that the stimulus of daylight is felt less; it is, therefore, better to burn the lights in the evening hours than in the early morning, for at that time the bodily and mental powers are at their lowest ebb, while in the late evening they may be said to be at their flood-tide. But, no matter what time a person goes to bed, let him not be overfed or under-exercised or wearied to the point of exhaustion, for under these conditions refreshing sleep is out of the question; sleep in such a case is simply a lethargy from which the person arouses with difficulty and discomfort, begging for a little more slumber, and finally arises to spend a sleepy day in doing sleepy work, longing for the night to come with its lethargy again. To such a person life is but one long nightmare, but to the person who sleeps with common sense, living in a rational manner, sleep comes as oblivion of all care and the' silent restorer of vigor and enjoyment. L. N., M. D. The Singer' Health. Harper's Bazar. Sleep Is the natural restorer of tired nature. Brain-workers and nervous individuals require more sleep than the phlegmatic being who use3 muscle rather than nerve force. Most brain-workers do not sleep enough. They are only partially rested, then make further inroads upon their vitality until disease Is the result. Food is the fuel which keeps the engine going. I have no sympathy with the compressed-food-tablet scheme, or the one-straw-a-day plan. A sufficient quantity of nutritious food is necessary, but and this is a "L'Aiglon" "but" discretion both as to quantity and as to quality is imperative. It 13 said that we do not drink haif enough wather. This is nature's natural purifier, and should be respected. The lower animals evidently recognize this fact. I believe in plenty of sleep, plenty to eat of plain, wholesome food, plenty of exercise, plenty of air and sunshine, and plenty of clear, cold water, for both drinking and bathing purposes. Evening? Ponjr. Look off. dear Love, across the yellow aands. And mark yon meltlnf of the ?un and sea. How lonsr they ki In gizht of all the landa. Ah! longer, longer, we. Now In the eas red vintage melts the ?un. As Egypt's rearl dissolved in rosy wine. And Cleopatra night drinks all. 'Tis done. Love, lay thy hand In mine. Come forth, sweet star 9, and comfort heaven's heart. Glimmer, ye waves, round else unllghted sands; O night! divorce our sun and sky apart. Never our lips, our hands. Sidney Lanier. rile and Fistnln Care. Sample" treatment Red Cross Pile and Fistula Cure and book on piles sent free to any address. Rea Bros. & Co., Dept. 25. Minneapolis. Minn.

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CO. I See Our Easter IN THE GOSSIP'S C0KNEE. There is no optimism about a critic. After mature deliberation, based on careful observation, I have come to the conclusion that to be critical is to be unhappy; that to be a critic is to cultivate pessimism and to inculcate misanthropy. I am thankful that my mind is not analytical of small things. A poem whose thought is elevating, whose expression is good, whose rhyme and rhythm lend themselves, by their harmoniousness, to mental equanimity, is pleasing to me, gives me satisfaction, even though, by the strictest analysis of prosody, some of its feet are irregular, some of its rhymes not exactly perfect. Your critic, however, finds a melancholy satisfaction in tearing it to pieces. To him it is not a poem, but a collection of lines, more or less faultily joined together. The tropes are false, the metaphors strained. His mind is didactic and he must needs attune its iambic or other measure to the plain octaves of his own mental chords. There are no harmonious fifths or minor sevenths in his makeup. As no verse Is impeccable, so no bird's song is perfect; the trills and quavers, the delicate grace notes, carry a false tone In his ear. The rainbow, to him, is evidential of the morning's storm rather than heraldic of the even's calm. And his judgment of men Is as apt to be biased as his views of these things are unfair. XXX I hold that all men should be weighed in these balances; on the one side a judicious optimism, on the other a reasonable selfconfidence. I have faith in my butcher to believe that he will give me as good meat as I pay for; I have confidence in my own ability to detect him if he doesn't and he knows it. He may even think I know more about it than I do, but it is not my business to disabuse him of that impression. The result is, I have a patisfied butcher, and he has a satisfied customer. Nine men out of ten will say of any particular man they have in view: "He always treated me right, so I'll be square with him." Showing them th'at he has "done" some other person will not alter their determination. Though they may not know the Golden Rule, they come back, without hesitation to its principlesreversed: "As he has done me no harm, I'll do none to him." The tenth man may do the contrary, but he is the exception which, we have been taught, but proves the rule. So I am content not to be hypercritical. It is too much trouble. XXX Those public journals which are "lambasting" F. Ilopkinson Smith for saying that "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was responsible for the civil war should remember that Mr. Smith is not the only eminent writer pledged to that opinion. Our own Indiana historian, the late John Clark Ridpath, in Ms "History of the United States." enumerates, among the causes of the great conflict, "the writing of sectional books." In cne of his lectures, Mr. Ridpath elaborated this statement by specifically mentioning "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and "Dred" as potent Influences, among others, leading to the resort to arms. It may be, as Henry V.'atterson says, that Mrs. Stov.e's picture of slavery in the South was true, but It Is scarcely true that it was the social condition, and not the report of it, that caused the war; for nothing is truer than that lew in the North went to war to free the slaves, or that few in the South went to war to retain them. The country was barely ready for that view when the emancipation proclamation was promulgated, after nearly two years of war. xxx The time of year is approaching when housewives should scan their stocks of potatoes carefully before cooking: them for the table. Ail tubers showing sprouts In quantity of any sixe should be rejected as pQlzzzo'z. Fcttct3 crr.t-.La tto iz'.zzzzvi

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flounce, including roll cover or shams, made in our ltiimuame w ay. Special for Monday... $.4(i Extra value for $5.00 "0 pairs Tambour, Brussels Net or Swiss Point Curtain-., new styles, full length, extra wide, irood values for $7.50.

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Sidar striped Organdie, rose, goM, nile or blue, guaranteed fr.st colors. W S inches wide, 20c value. Special for Monday 14Ruffled Organdie Curtains, 6-inch hemstitched ruffles, dainty 2,'i inch co'.onr-l n

borders, will not lade, extra wide, o 3.25 value, special

Ü 40-inch Dimity stripe Swiss, good washable material, l c value. Special Oj ß Saxony Lace Curtains, very wide, ?x2 yards long, exact copies of fine Bruo'.s an i 9

Duchesse, eight regular j .00 values,

iuonuay . Imported Madras, the most popular ovcrdrapery of the season, black and crimson, black and creen. terra cotta. rose, cream, pink and green combiuation.

$1.00 value. Special $1.75 Swiss Curtains, lace stripes, figures ruffles. Special for Monday

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Bleached Table Damask, wide OSZ width, elegant quality, yard ÄC,L Turkey Red Damask, fast color, 4 yard 300 yards fine Sea Island Unbleached Muslin, full 26 inches wide, A.lr yard 2 Half-price Carpet Ends. Art Squares, l2 yards long, all wool, ztr each Nottingham Lace Curtains, full 3 CQ. yards long, elegant patterns, palr..OAd. on Page II. I H. P. alkaloid solanin (Kraut's C43 H33 NO), and the more sprouts a potato has, the more poison it holds. New potatoes contain but little, unless they grow above the surface of the ground and have a greenish tint. Potatoes beginning to sprout contain twenty-four times as much of the poison as new potatoes. Symptoms of solanin poisoning are headache in the front of the head, colic, diarrhoea, vomiting, weakness and slight stupor, and sometimes dilation of the pupils. Fatalities are on record as having occurred In the German army from this cause. To the medical fraternity, solanin is known as a nerve sedative. X X The dust of Graft hath settled like a pall, And spiders' trails are scattered over all; Yet may the Righteous, with a broom of wrath, Remove the cobwebs from the City Hall. Philatelists are looking forward eagerly to the placing on sale of the Pan-American stamps, which are promised to us as things of beauty, If not joys forever. They will be of six varieties, in two colors, and will be printed in sheets of two hundred, instead of four hundred, as is the case with the regular issue. The British postal authorities are considering the designs for a new issue of stamps. A representation of tho head of King Edward VII will replace that of the Queen, which is on those now and so long in use. Two, at least, of the British colonies have used the head of the King on their postal issues Newfoundland and New Brunswick of course, while he was yet Prince of Wales. These are in considerable demand, both here and in Europe. I recall the old Newfoundland 1 and 10 cents, with a very youthful prince, and a later 2 cents, bearing the likeness of his later years; and the New Brunswick 17 cents, with the prince depicted as a beardless youth. Dominicans are rejoicing in a new stamp. It celebrates the discovery of America by Columbus, of which they are exceedingly jealous, claiming, that he first put foot on Dominican soil when he landed in the new world. Another new postage stamp is that of Korea, which is issued In seven colors and at seven prices. Thn values on the new Issue are expressed in "re" and "chinn." The highest denomination is 100 "chinn," which is equal to about 30 cents. xxx On Tuesday the Democrats of the old and new schools will celebrate the, natal day of Thomas Jefferson, but up to the present writing the Gossip has been unable to learn that any of them has discovered that when President Jefferson was seeking to annex Louisiana he wrote to a friend that "the Constitution should be kept in the background as much as possible until these matters are settled." Mr. Jefferson will be remembered chiefly as the gentleman who wrote "all men are created equal;" but that was before the "grandfather clause" was invented. To-morrow is the birthday of Otto Von Bismarck, that man of blood and iron to whom the Emperor of Germany owes the present importance of his job. It also is the birthday of Joseph Haydn, the Austrian wheelwright's son. whose "Creation" will live when Bismarck's creation, the German empire, has gone the way of Babylonia, Greece and Rome. TII2 GOSSIP. Time? for Reform. Baltimore American. A wise physician in Philadelphia says it is not a good idea to go out for a walk immediately after removing heavy unaerwear. If this practice has been common in Philadelphia we do not wonder at the recent reform movement. Something New. Ice-cream eandsdehes. They ttIII pleaaa you. Hade by the Indiana no IIa Crfact-r J vJ C. 2. 1 1 2m

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derful Growth. -I i and designs not seen else- il p 8 SftoinxlOft, regular price $10.SO ft $is.s; g or coloring you may select, with fu.i m $3.00 j

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5 bpecial lor U CO: f and polka dots, 4-inch tape, headed $1.10 Bed Spreads, warranted 21i yards lor.g, no seconds, but first quality, . each Ladles' Black Hose, slightly imptrfrrt. if perfect would cost 30c this lot, SI , pair. , Boys' Waists, new combination, striped. with plain collar, cuffs and pock- Ol,, ets, each... Boys' Caps, plain blue Cheviot, an- 4t sorted sizes, each " Gas Mantles. "Wasson's Special." ff, regular 35c mantle, Monday, each.. vc WASSON & CO. Tg7g.1i: rtAILTlOAI) 11 MIS CA II II. 1. M. time Is In BLACK figure. Truin nirkf4 inus: - uaiiy, oieeper, i" l'arior nr. l ChairCar.rj DiniuK'Car.T Except bandajr. BIG FOUI KOUTJ. Cltyllcket Office, No. 1 L. Vahiu Depart. CLEVELAND LINE. Anderson accommodation Union City accommodation 4.ÄO Cleveland, New orkt Boston, ex 25 Cleveland, New York & Boston mail.. S New Yort and Boston limited, d ..' .5.1 N Yfc Bos "Kntcke tfoc ker."d BLNTOI liAKBOK LINK Benton Harbor express 41 Benton Harbor express, p ll n Warsaw accommodation 4.U tT. LOUIS LINK Ft. Louis accommodation 7 39 8t. Louts southwestern, lim, d t- 11.43 St. Louis limited, da Terre Haute A llattoon acccm ou 8U Louis express, s 1 1.20 CHICAGO LINK Lafayette accommodation 7. LafayettA accommodation .1 1.1 Chicago fat mail, d p 11 Chicago, White City special, dp 3.0 Chicago night express, s li.W CINCINNATI LINK. Cincinnati express, 3.4 Cincinnati eiprent, 1 Cincinnati accommodation 7.1 Cincirnatl accommodation 10 W Cincinnati express, p " Greensburg accommodation .130 Cincinnati. Washington f 1 ex. d...tt .0 N. Vernon and Louisville ex. S N. Vernon and Louisville ex -.30 FLOHIA LINK. Peoria, Bloomington m and ex 7.2 Peoria and Bloomington f ex. d p ....21.'3 Champaign accommodation. p 4.....4.10 Peoria and Bloomincton ex. s M 1.50 ;toa St, Arnva. 2 50 10.4U ;.:: 3 111 ILM 2 50 H.H. I 21 5.33 .!( n:."o Al 4.05 5.41 10 (f 2 4i ti.Ii 1.33 11.45 11. O.I 7.45 11.1 3.2.1 b : 11.41 11.45 1143 2.40 O OH 10 41 ID INK. HPRINQFIKLD AND CULUMUU L Columbus and Bpnngfleld ex 5 43 Ohio special, d p 3.u) . Lynn accommodation C13 10.35 ,!.5U CJN HAM. & DAYTON HIT. City Ticket Office, 25 W. Wash. St Cincinnati express sc...4.n Cincinnatt fait mail, ...( Zl Cm. and Da ton ex. l..t:0 45 12.43 V) 10 31 111.35 11 4 t3.23 '.. t7.3 Votedo and Detroit express, p ...11') 43 Cincinnati and Dayton ex. p tti.45 Cincinnati and Dayton limited, p d..I 4.1 Cincinnati and Dyton express ?.U'-2 Toledo and Detron expre .OK cm., imj. & Loris.itY. Ticket Odes. i5 West Wash. it ' i t - CJu'go Dlght ex,..i: W Chicago last mail. a. p d 7.M Chicago express, p d "A.bn Chicago vestibule, p d t3.35 VIonou accom t4. UO a sa 3.40 4 37 110.0U LAKE LKlrJ & WLVl lIHN II. 2L Toledo. Chicago and Michigan ex t7.x Ifta Toledo. Detroit and Chicane. Jim..l . 2 t3.2. Muncle, Lafay'teand Lnprre pec..t7.20 llO.'.'J INDIANA. DECAILlt s WLSTEUX IVY. Decatur and St. Loais mail aud ex....4s 13 14 40 Chicago express, p d tii.&o 12.4i Tuscola accommodation t3.45 fju j Decatur A bt. Louis fast ex. s Q....11.1Q i.tji Ticket oC.ces m station and a4 corner llhno and Washing tea b ire eis. rA!atrQs Cwm nea, ennsyivania kir.es. TtmlB 67 Oacta-tu Tuxs Philadelphia and New York 'I K "tluinore and Washington 'SIS Cclumbus, Ind. and Lo-usnlle 4 10 Itichmoiid and Columbus, O.... Picea and Columbus. O t7.11 Columbus and J.ichrnond t7.li Columbus. lnd.fc Madison ( rm. onlj) 7 a Columbus, lud. and LouiaviLle. ."S Vernon and Madison fs.ft Slartinsville and Vincsnnes r Harten and Xcnia s 7i Pittsburg and Kast .ts Locansport and Chicago 11. Martinsville accommodsti n Tl 2. .to Knightstown and Hichmfcn i tl.2.1 Philadelphia and New York. 3 )5 Baltimore and Washington 3.05 Dayton and bpnngfleld 3 o5 bpringf.eld 3.05 Colnmbua. Inu. and Madison t3 3 Columbus, Ind. and Louisville 3 i5 MartinsviUe and Vincennes 3.55 Pittsburg and Last 5 UO Philadelphia and New York. 7.10 Dayton and Xenta 7.10 Martinsville accommodation 5 4 Columbus, lnd. and LouiarUle tt.10 Loganaport and Chicago irr) 1AM ALI A LINK. Terre naute, Ht. Louis aud Weal . Terre Haute and tt- Louts accom 7. 'err Haute, fct, Louis and Weeu..12.15 Western Kxpres 3 3i Terre Haute and Kftingham acc ....14 VO lerre Haute and feu Louis fast mail.7.ou ' otiManu Ii Point W.t I 1.21 f 10.30 ti. .:! l s.oo 3 -'. tl 50 ti il MIO .V4i 15 40 .i5 4 ?) 3 3.1 3 55 12. lO 12.10 12. lO Ü 50 1K.. lira 41 o li 1J a r I1IVSICIAS. DR. J. B. KIRKPATR1CK Dlacaaea of Women and the ItectuCT. riles eure! &y riia safe and easy method. No dilentLa Irca hualneaa. Oflice. 11 Kat Ohio. DR. C I. PLETCHCR JESIDEXCK-ICC! North Pennsylvania street. OHICK-;u South Meridian street. Oflice Houra 9 to 10 a. m.; 2 to 4 p. tn.: 7 to I pnuTeleshonei-OrT.ee, Srj7; realdei.ee.

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