Locomotive, Volume 31, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1855 — Page 4

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THE WIFE'S STKATAGEM. A TALE Or THE TIDIES, I found my friend Netty Carson in tenrs. A work-basket, piled up half as high as the Alps, loomed threateningly before the disconsolate Jit tie woman. "Why, Netty, dear! what ails you, on this bright Monday morning? asked I. "Oh, who would be married!" replied she, with a look and tone of despair. "Before I was . married I had no trouble; life flowed smoothly upon oiled wheels, and my pathway lay through a bed of flowers. Now, every cog in the complicated machinery grates harshly, and creaks and groans as though it were all invested and fashioned to produce foulest disorder, instead of sweet, God-loving harmony." " Why, Netty, you are poetical! But really, dear, tell your old school-mate and crony what has gone amiss during all these months in which ' we have so seldom met.. Make a close breast of it, and perhaps I may be able to assist you. It has often struck me that you seemeed sad of late, but I did not dream rl thought you and Richard were such romantic lovers that your like was not to be met with in this sublunary world. But seriously, dear Netty, has he grown unkind to you?" "Oh, Dick is kind enough in his way, I suppose, and he does not really dream that he is otherwise. Everything goes well enough most of the time, if I will only breathe by rule; but it is hard always to shape the length and breadth of one's inhalations and exhalations to the ipse dixit of another's will. The great trouble just now, however, is retrenchment." "Retrenchment!" " Yes; and the text is the 'hard times.' Richard imagines he is a great economist that the intricate science of domestic economy, especially, is fully understood by him. At his often requested suggestion, I dismissed my faithful Annie, and have attempted to get throug the task of all the family sewing. Annie has been unable to obtain employment anywhere in these dull times, and the consequence is that she and her . mother are almost in a starving condition, which, painful as it is to me; I cannot to any extent relieve; for, as Richard says, 'charity begins at home' in these hard times, I am necessitated to account for every cent that goes out of the house. Then Richard says, also, that too much confine-. ment is not good for me, so I am compelled, with the sewing half done, and with an aching head and weary brain, to go with him to amusements, which, all things taken into account are utterly loathful to me, and thus more money is expended every week than would relieve the necessities of Annie, and relieve me of the burthen of so much work, which is destroying me. However, I never objected to go any where of an evening with Dick, fearing that he would go alone if I did not accompany him,' and then if he once got in the habit of spending his evenings away from home, and independent of me, there is no knowing where the end might be. Then, again, the children all want warm winter clothing. Dick says, 'mend up the old ones,' but the old ones are thin, and they have outgrown them. I showed Dick this morning how I had tried to make the children comfortable by converting over Harry's clothes for Ned, and Ned's for Dick junior, but thus leaving poor Harry half naked. Richard pointed to several of his own . cast-off suits, and said I must make them answer' that money was so 'tight' he could not afford to throw it away. There they are," and Netty pointed to a heap of rusty coats and unmentionables. "Pantaloons and jackets' I can manage well enough, but how I can get an overcoat fit to . be seen out of that mass I cannot devise." "Perhaps I can foryou, dear Netty; and then we must contrive how to cure Richard of this . unpleasant monomania. Husbands that won't be reasonable and what husband ever was without proper drilling? must be taught to be reasonable." Just then a ring came at the door; a porter bearing several baskets of fine German wines, and another with a box of prime Havanas, entered the hall. "This does not look much like retrenchment, Netty, dear," observed I. "0, Richard never could get along without his wine, and the most expensive kinds, at dinner, for himself and friends." "Aud these segars cost not less than twenty or thirty dollars." "Yes, he always gets the best." "And smokes of an evening?" ' "A half a dozen or so." . "Besides as many more, I suppose, during the . day. Three or four dollars a week for segars." Just then poultry and game, with other delicacies of the season, were brought to the door, with a note from Richard, ordering dinner at six, that a half a dozen friends would dine with him. "Nor does this look like retrenchment," exclaimed I, somewhat indignantly. "Here is an elegant new dressing gown and new smoking cap that came home this morning," continued Netty, ' warming with her subject. "And these are bought although the children are suffering, and although Richard has a perfectly good dressing gown and several caps al- . ready in the house." "Preposterous! why the man is little better than a Blue Beard.' And you, with your gentle, docile disposition, are making him worse instead of better. A woman is not intended for a slave, but for a helpmeet. But listen! I have hit upon a plan, dear Netty, which if you follow firmly and gently, as gentle as you choose, the gentler and pleasanter the better, but withal with firmness, win .mate a ciirrerent man oi mm. iou can do it, Netty. It ism you." "And what might it be, pray?" asked she with interest. "Attack him thrpugh his stomach, , Netty. That is man's most vulnerable part." And thereupon I imparted a system of retrenchment, that should be retrenchment in good earnest, and that' should make a clean sweep through the entire list of the household arrangements; but that must be carried out in the pleasantesi manner imaginable. , Meantime, several weeks passed by and a few days ago I called again on Netty Carson. This time I found her moved a little higher up the street, in a somewhat smaller house, busy up to her eyes, over a pile of warm woolen plaids and canton flannels for the children. Sitting

pleasantly beside her, with swiftly flying needle, was the banished Annie. . Netty herselfwas perfectly radiant with smiles. Taking me into another apartment, she told me that my plan had worked to a charm. "I commenced at once on the starvation principle, thoroughly cenvinced as I had become, you see, (and here Netty's eyes twinkled,) by Richard's oft repeated ' arguments, of the great need of entire retrenchment. If he sent home a basket of poultry, fec, for one day, I made it last three or four days fed the children on porridge, and at the end of the week made a reckoning of the expenses all in my great anxiety to save you know, in which his wine and cigars always formed the heaviest items. This I continued to do so much in earnest and so kindly laughing in my own heart, all the while that Dick was completely foiled with his own weapons. He surrendered at discretion, confessed he did

not know how selfish he had become said there was really a need of retrenchment, but that it had not occurred to him that by any possibility he could forego any of his personal luxuries. I proposed a plan to which he acceded. He mov ed here, he has given up his wines, smokes but little, and altogether we live for about half what we lived for before, and with infinitely more of real comfort. So much for retrenchment. Healthy Women and Early Marriages. The following remarks by Dr. C. M. Fitch, at his lecture the other evning, are too good to be lost. Speaking of the hereditary causes of consumption, the Doctor remarked: I beleive it to be utterly im possible to find a perfectly healthy child born of delicate sickly parents. 1 he unsound constitution of the parent is usually transmitted with increas ed intensity to the offspring. When we consider the influencs that the mother's health mustexert on thehealth of her children, it is strange that so little attention should be paid to the physical education of girls. Why from the hour of her birth, is a female child to be subjected to one eternal imrisonment? Why is she to be cooped up within doors, confined to patch work and nurs ing her doll, and taught to consider it quite un-lady-hke to move faster than the dignihed gaitot some animated dowager Turn your girls out of doors, let them play at ball, trundle the hoop and shout as much as they please'; they will be finer ladies for it at thirty, even if not quite so graceful at fifteen. By the laws of Lycurgus the wise and immortal law-giver of the Spartan Republic, the most special attention was paid to the physical education of women, and no delicate, sickley women, on any account, were allowed to marry. Supposing a provision like this would be carried into effect here1. What an armey of unmarried ladies we should very soon see. ' If a young man wants to choose a wife, let him invite the lady he has in view, to take a walk, a long one, and when he comes back, if he finds his companion obliged to go .to bed with headache, let him look somewhere else for a wife, unless he is fond of paying doctor's bills. Speaking of early marriages, the Doctor remarked. In this country very few ladies are fit either physiealy or mentally to become mothers before they reach the age of twenty-one, twenty-two or twenty three, but so precocious are our young ladies, that if they happen to pass twenty without having made definate arrangements, they begin to consider themselves old maids, and before a school girl is fairly out of dresses and pantaletts, she is beginning to look up a beau.' Among the ancient Germans, tkan whom a finer race of men perhaps, never existed, it was death for any women to marry before she was twenty, and were this law to be enacted and rigorously enforced among us, the amount of suffering, the actual amount of human life that would be saved thereby, is past all computation. Pittsburgh ' Gazette. ' . . ' . Sam Slick upon Happiness. I ask again, what is happiness? It ain't bein' idle, that's a fact no idle man or woman was ever happy since the world began. Eve was idle, and that's the way she got tempted, poor crittur; employment gives both appetite and digestion. Duty makes pleasure doubly sweet by contrast. When the harness is off, if the work ain't too hard, a critter likes to kick up his heels. When pleasure is the business of life, it ceases to be pleasure; and when it's all work and no play, work, like an unstuffed saddle, cuts intc the. very bone. Neither labor nor idleness has a road that leads to happiness; one has no room for the heart, the other corrupts it. Hard work is the best of the two, for that it has, at all events, sound sleep; the other has restless pillows and unfreshin' sleep; one is a misfortune, the other is . a curse; and money ain't happiness, that's as clear as mud., J . Extraordinary Balloon Ascension. Some days ago the telegraph briefly announced the ascension of Miss Bradley in a balloon at Easton, Pa., the bursting of the balloon, and her extraordinary escape from death. Acorrespondent of the New York Herald gives the following interesting particulars: Miss B. filled her balloon entirely with gas from one of the street mains, and at 1 1 o'clock stepped fearlessly into the car.' She is a small, delicate looking woman, and was dressed in a Bloomer costume of scarlet blue. The balloon, held by a rope, was then permitted to rise about twenty feet from the ground, when 6he made 'a short address to the crowd of people. It then rose gently, still held by the rope, until she was one hundred feet from the ground, when she cut the cord, and the balloon rose perpendicularly with great velocity, until she had reached a mile or a mile and a quarter, as it was estimated by those present who were best able to judge. It would appear, from her own account, that she knew very little about the business she ' had undertaken, or of the effects likely to be produced upon the balloon when it reached the rarified atmosphere. The balloon was an old one, and the silk had become so rotten that it is wonderful that it would bear inflation at all. When she reached this height she states that the balloon, which was not entirely filled when she, left the earth, expanded, until the gas began to escape at the seams, and became very offensive to her. She had become so absorbed by the enchanting prospect spread out beneath her, which she says was magnificent beyond the power of language to describe, that she had not noticed the balloon. The escfipe of gas alarmed her, and she pulled the valve rope, but permitted but little gas to escape, as she was afraid she would fall into the Delaware, which was directly beneath her. In a few moments after this the balloon collapsed, and to our horror and alarm, we saw her fall with frightful rapidity for the distance of six hundred or seven hundred feet, her progress then being checked, from what cause we below could not see, although we then observed that she was descending quite slowly. It seems that when the balloon burst it was torn into ribands, except the lower part or neck of the balloon. So completely was the upper part torn to pieces, that large pieces of silk blew away, and the remainder hung down even below the car. When she had fallen this distance, the neck of tte balloon suddenly blew

up, turning inside out, and catching against the net work, formed a parachute, which bore her safely to the ground. She came down,in an open field, and so lightly did the car strike the earth, that she says there was not the slightest jar. Her presence of mind was extraordinary. After this fearful fall, and when the balloon was still descending with terrific velocity, she threw out her sand bags and anchor, and then with the utmost calmness commenced singing a hymn. She alighted about four miles from this place. The trip must be considered a quick one, as at a quarter past 12 she rode into town safe and in fine spirits. .'. , . ; . . i. , . SOUP AS FOOD. , , In an article on the "Management of Children, and their food," which appeared in the Country Gentleman, and which has been somewhat extensively copied, we find the seal of condemnation set upon soup as food for children, in the following language: . ,, , "Soup, with the exception of the vegetable matters and shreds of meat that float in it, is asserted by a late authority (and doubtless eorrectly) to be entirely indigestible that children would starve to death if fed on it alone. The stomach digests only solid food, even milk being coagulated into a curd to undergo this process, and yet there are many farmers who have long since given up the idea of raising fine calves on hay tea, who give their children soup for dinner, under the idea that it is very nourishing." We venture to say that there never was a more foolish statement put forth than that embraced in this paragraph. What in the name of common sense is soup but vegetables and meat boiled in water, therefore all that is indigestible must be the water. If it had said "with the exception of the vegetable matters in pudding;, all the rest is

indigestible that children would starve to death if fed on it," what would any onelhink of the author but that he was talking nonsense, and yet his language is as applicable to pudding as soup. It is also stated in the above paragraph, that "the stomach digests only solid food, even milk being coagulated into a curd to undergo this process." Milk, like soup then, on the same principle of reasoning, is unfit for the food of either children or calves, and only solid food should be given them. This would be a fine argument for the use of charcoal, nitre, and the phosphate of lime as food, as these solid substances contain the elements of which our bodies are formed. Good soup is excellent food for both young and old as a part of their diet. This is abundantly verified in all those who use it. All food re-, quires water to make it digestible; solid food, that is food containing no moisture, is unknown. Soup is just the extract of. flesh and vegetables, and finely adapted for the action of the minute battery cells of the stomach. "The juice of flesh or the soup," savs Liebig, "is particularly rich in incombustible matters, which constitute upwards of one-fourth of the weight of the dry extract of flesh," (page 419, letters on chemistry.) On page 421 he again says "The juice of flesh , contains the food of the muscles; the blood, the food of the juice of the flesh. From this view it' is easy to explain the effect of soup; soup is the medicine of the convalescent. No one estimates its value more' highly than the hospital physi-, cian, for whose patients, soup, as a means of re-, storing their exhausted strength, cannot be replaced by any other article in the pharmacopoeia. Its vivifying and restoring action on the appetite, . on the digestive organs, the color, and the general appearance of the sick, is most striking." i If soup were inrligruble would it be given to hospital patients to restore their strength and exhausted energies? We trow not. That they do give it, is a proof of its superiority as an article of diet; it being the very opposite of indigestible the most digestible of foods. However, as common sense teaches all observing men, the, health and strength of man are best maintained by a variety of food. It would not be wise to ; feed on soup alone, nor upon bread, nor beef, but, in opposition to the above extract, we believe that soup made of barley, and good beef or mutton, ; is a most healthy and nourishing article of food for children, and it would be well if it were more generally wed. Scientific American. . ; , Cost of , the War. ... On the interesting question of the cost of the war to England, the City article of the London Times makes the following statements: "With regard to the future, the' absorbing ; question is as to the means by which the war is to be carried on. At present there is no want of money, and the estimates for the coming year are expected, as far as revenue is concerned, to be favorable. But would, perhaps, be too much to hope that it will be sufficient, and the points of moment are, what is the additional amount that may possibly be required, and what should be the method of raising it, whether by increased taxation or by loans. The experience of the war, hitherto, shows that there is no danger of a repetition of the irresponsible prodigality of former struggles. The amount of fresh taxation imposed in the spring by the Income Tax, the Spirit Duties, and the Excise on Malt, was 10,000,000, and this was the estimate of what our armaments would cost up to April, 1855. The balances in the Exchequer manifest that, notwithstanding the more serious proportions the conflict has since assumed, the provision made was in a great degree adequate. It is true that these balances have been fortified by the proceeds of 6,000,000 of Exchequer bonds, but it does not yet appear that thisxtra sum must be consider ed to nave been absorbed, it was raised, originally'J'not as a loan,' in the ordinary sense, but merely to supply funds in anticipation of taxes which, although authorized, could not be collected under several months. If it should prove, at : the end of the financial year, that any of these taxes are still in arrear, and that the Treasury is, nevertneiess, out ot debt, then the amount so remaining to be collected will figure as a setoff against the bonds; or, supposing there are no arrears due, but that a surplus is held of revenue over expenditure, then such surplus will represent the portion of their proceeds still remaining unexpended. ' Assuming, however, that the whole will have been used, 16,000,000 is the total at which the war expenses for the twelve months will stand. - Next year, a great extension of . operations may be. achieved lor the same money, since much wisdom has already been bought. Taking, however, 20000,000 as the probable amount, there will then be 10,000,000 to be raised annually as long as the war may last, either by an appeal to the money-market, or by doubling the fresh burdens recently placed upon the tax-payers." The extraordinary expenditure of the FrenchGovernment can hardly be so large as this, since its military establishment, being constantly kept on a war footing, has hot been so much increas ed for the present emergency. Still, the outlays of the two nations, occasioned by the present war, cannot be less than a hundred millions of dollars yearly.

' . Administrator's Kotice. j , . V0TICE Is hereby given that the undersigned has beei. up. X pointed Administrator of the estate of David Eckert, decensed. .Said estate is solvent , . feb3-v WILLIAM SULLIVAN, Administrator.'

rA JiOUAS-A new book, nt Ljanil7-3w STEWART & BOWEN'S Book Mart. TO WOOB CHOPPERS. 17 1 FT Y Wood Choppers are wanted at the Poor Farm, to ' chop cord wood. A liberal price will be paid, and steady work secured to good bands. 'Apply to Jana7-3w , TITUS BAKER. BANK. OF THE CAPITOL,.-. Interest paid on money deposited for a specified time. Bills of Exchange, Coin and Uncurrent Money dealt In eenerallv. JanSO-tf ,. . , i ., JOHN WOOLLEY, Cashier. ' PHIVlIXi PAPEK, dec. , . ,,; THE undersigned, proprietor of the Paper Mill at Indianapolis, gives notice to printers and others that hisMills, after undergoing thorough repairs, are again in full :operatiou. He is. therefore, prepared to fill all orders without delay. State Stock Paper received in payment at the rale of discount fixed by the Convontion.of Bankers, and Paper sold at Cincinnati prices, . , . TTPTho highest inarket price paid, in Cash, for rags. "' Jail20-in , , ,;WM. SHEETS. mo .SPOKTSIWEIV A!VD OTHEKS. The: sub scriber has just received a splendid assortment of Shot Guns, of all grndes, consisting of single and double barrels; also. Game Baggs, Shot Belts, Powder Flasks. and Horns, Gun Wadiliiig, Caps, Shot, &c. All of which I will sell cheap at wholesnle and retail, at tho sign of the Big Padlock, No. 26 West Washington street, Indianapolis, Ind. . . Jan 13 HENRY S. KELLOGG. WALTI Il L UAIWSAY, Plumber. -.Shop on the south-west Diagonal, between Illinois and Tennessee streets, has on hand and will furnish Lead Pipe, Sheet Lead, Water Closets, hot, cold and shower Baths of all descriptions, Pumps for wells, cisterns, hot, cold, liquid all kinds or work done in Lead Pipe and SUect Lead, In a workmanlike manner and on favorable terms. .... JanG-3m - i ' . ' . . . '''' ' . . f-IHKISTMAS PKESENTS ! !-. We call attention to tliis cutalogue of Books &c: Pouts All the Poets bound in the finest antique style of binding. , , : , ! t ; ! Gift Books of every varioty. ' Fancy articles to suit all. 1 ' Juvenile Toy Books. r Games and Children's Maps. . Beautiful Nouvelettes. - . i , ', : ) . Fancy Stationery of the latest stvles. STEWART & BOVVKN, West's old stand, dec23 , ,i 18 West Washington street.' ' ' ' JETNA INSlItANCE CO., ' OF - HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. . i ; CHARTERED 1819. . ., ,, ,; CasU Capital, - - - - . - , 300,000. ESPECIAL ATTENTION given to Insurance of Farm Property. Dwellings and Outbuildings. Insures such buidings or contenls in a verv favorable manner, for 3 or .1 years. LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID IN CASH, and equitably adJusted. ... Also, insures Stores, Warehouses, Buildings or Contents, and Personal Property generally, in town or country, at rates as low as consistent with the hazards takon, and Inlund Insurance against the Perils of Navigation. Applications can be made to C. B. Davis, Surveyor and Ottice Clei'k, who is authorized to take and approve risks, and do all other matters connected witli tile same, in my absence. WM. HENDERSON, Agent. Indianapolis, Ind. . . ' ,, , ','.,. dec9-ly O t'AI&IVIEltS AND OTI1EKK." Tho subscribers have this dav opened a Wholesale and Retail Warehouse, in Indianapolis, for the sale of tiieir Agricultural and Horticultural implements, and will keep constantly fu hand and .for saie those unrivalled Empire Steel Plows, ol all sizes; Cultivators, Iarrows of different patterns, .Straw Cutters of various patterns and prices. Horse and Haml Power Corn Shellers, Horse Rakes. Wheat Drills, Corn Planters, Corn and Cob Crushers of different patterns and prices, ele. We. manufacture our own FarmingTools, and warrant thorn to give satisfaction. We are ready to supply the farmers witli everything in the shape of Farming Tools. ' - Wo aro Agonls for the sale of J. Mann & Sons' Combined Self-Raking Reaper and Mower, that received the first premium of the lndiauuStato Fair, in 1854, and can supply Machines on short notice. Our Warehouse is located in one of those spneions rooms under the Masonic Hall, nearly opposite the State House, where we shall be pleased to see our old and new customers. Orders to every umount filled at this place, ut sh.rt notice. A liberal discount made to wholesale dealers. . BEARD, SINEX $ DUNN'. Indianapolis, Nov. 22, '54. ' dec2-3m rinllE NEW YOKK WHOLESAI.E AJV D KEJL TAIL DRY GOODS STORE No. 3, Bates Houso, In dianapolis. W. H. GLENN, decli3-3m Proprietor. GREAT WESTEIW nAKBLE i'AHI). THE UDERS1GNK1) h$ d IHV Ai,l""t returned from tho -J yril8,f wnero ne in r IUjU,. Ttt ent quarries and mills V , i r mont, and having tukJ does not hesit iite in "- f f :,: sjtyinp that ho has now "Tf I -i on hand the largest x-nliiift and best assortment of J Marble ever brought 1 West of the S plies. ol ermont, and is daily receiving new su)He most respectfully invites the public to call and examine his stock nnd work, as he Is prepared to furnish anything: In the Monument, Tomb, and Head Stone line, that may be desired, on the most reasonable tonne. He feels assured" that, ht can (rive perfect satisfaction in the finishing of his work as he has in his employ among the bent of workmen from the most fashionable establishments in the eastern cities. Those who wish to perpetuato the memory of those who were near and dear to them, will And it to their interests to call at No. 67 Wnshinsrton street, opposite A. Wallace's store, before purchasing: elsewhere. He would say to the trade,' that they can mnTte it to their interest to call and examine his stock, as he is prepared to wholesale at prices that will be satisfactory. All orders sent by mail, or otherwise, from different portions of the State, for finished work, will receive prompt attention, and the work forwarded on at the earliest opportunity. i Remember No. 67 Washington street, Indianapolis. Ind. k nov4-6m i . . JOHN DUSTMAN. ; To Cabinet makers JJtTST received and for sale nt Cincinnati prices, for cash, n larprc lot of Mahogany and Walnut Vaneers; also. Drawer -ocks. Bed and Table Castors, Table Butts and Screws at the sign of the big padlock, No. 26 West Washington street. nov4 HENRY'S. KELLOGG. ' J. Ll DLt iTI tV Co., SIJ,VEH A1VD Bit ASS PLATERS, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Shop, No. 71 East Washington street, over Owen and Brothers Grocery. . , JJ Plating done to order, with neatness and dispatch. . J. K. LUDLUM. ' oct28-6m. C.T.EMMONS. A Cl'RIOrS' BOOK Scenes bevond the Grave,' at KTKWAKTA ROWRNiK oct21-tf 1 Book and Paper Warehouse. T HE MASAIC LAW OF SKKVITt DE, at STEWART & BOWEN'S Book and Paper Warehouse. oct' GOIXG 1 (;OIG ! GOITG ! WHERE J V7-HY TO MESSENGER'S Steam Refined Confectionary, where we can get the worth of our money. Fresh Cocoanut Cakes and Cream Bonbons, Cream Fruits and Crystallized Fruits. Also all other kinds of Confectionary. Do not forget the place, , Vanblaricum's Block, Meridian Street, oct21-tf i . Indianapolis, Ind. I. HODGSO., ! ' Architect and Superintendent, . OFFICE, east side Pennsylvania street, half a square north of Washington street, Indianapolis, Ind. All orders for public and private buildings promptly attended to, and designed in strict conformity to style and order, and on the most reasonable terms. jy8-tf CM Altl.FS MAYEKf No. 20, West watlftinsrton Street, Recommends to the public, his since 140 established Business. His stock consists in a full and large assortment of Groceries, Produce and Provisions of all Icinds; porcelain, stouo, and earthenware; flour of tho very best brand: confeits, raisens, figs, citrons, prunes, nuts of all sorts, pieklos 1reservcs, fresh peaches and tomatoes in tin cans, sardines, obMcrs, lake fish, salmon, halibut, codfish, mackeral and herrings; white and red French and Native wines, English ale and porter direct from tho Customhouse, New York; a very large and choice selection of Spanish and American cigars at modern ate prices, which is a great item to the lover of a good Havanna; chewing tobacco of the very best Virginia brands, there can be no superior stock of cigars and tobacco offered in any market; muffs and smoking tobacco, also shtin-boxes and smoke-pipes; 200 doz. portemounaies and pocket books unrivalled in style, quality and price, direct from the manufacturer; toilet, wash, and shaving soap and perfumery, a very large assortment from the most celebrated perfumers. Hnir,cloth, shaving, tooth, blacking, hand, tabic, horse, atwve, dust, whitewash and bathing brushes; combs of every description; a very large stock of pocket ciUlery, penknives, razors, knives and forks, dirks, and scissors, of the celebrated best English manufactories of Wortenholm. Wade oi Butcher. Hodgers, ect., ect; German, French and American pistols and guns. Colts' atid Allen's five and six barrel revolvers, game bags, shot pouches, powder horns and flasks. A very large and selected stock of German, French, English and American toys. A fine selection of violins, guitars, flutes, fife, sacconleons, French harps, tambourines banjoes, ect., ect. A few hundred bird cages of every description, for canaries, red birds, mocking birds, ect., ect; also, breeding cuge; German and American slates; ladies, childrens, bird, market, cigur. wash, fruit, work and farm baskets; willow cabs, willow cradles' and willow wagons, at unusual low prices; tine cabs, hobby horses, ect., ect; a very large stock of pine ahd cedarware, among which, are churns, wash tubs, foot tubs, well, horse, and water buckets, measures, flour, sugar, butter and lard tubs, clotho-horses, towel rollers, ect., ect; butter moulds and brooms. I keep constantly on hand a i'ery large and well selected stock of goods of every description, and have fixed prices for all my goods. A certain per ccntage, over and above the cost of goods, is necessary io insure success in business; this only is invariably added to the cost, and is therefore no deviatiou from it. Purchasing at headquarters, also quick and large sales, enable me to sell, especially manufactured goods, at unusual low figures. My salesmen will always be found prompt and accommodating. . Thankful for the liberal patronage with which the public have so long favored me, I respectfully solicit u continuance of their favor. Respectfully, . .. . CHARLES MAYER, No. 29 Washington street. Five doors east of the Palmer Houie. Indianapolis J tine 24, 1834 y

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Indianapolis steam Boiler and Sheet Iron Factory. ' THE UNDERSIGNED are now prepared with their New .Sheet Iron Shop and improved Steam Machinery, excelled by no other establishment west of New YorA. with a coustunl practice of twenty years at their business, and guarantee xhe public a supply of Boilers, and Sheet Iron Chimneys, of any size or description, furnished at Cincinnati prices, thai are not surpassed in quality and durability in the Union. All fcind of repairs in their line performed at the shortest notice, at the Iron Shop on Pennsylvania street, close to the Gas Worts. KELSHAW Ac SINKER. Indianapolis, Sept. 9, 1854 ly , J. . . . 11EAJL ESTATE AND STOCK OFI ICE. Mc KERNAN & MAY, 2H Washington street, Indianapolis, successors of Chapman & McKernan, have now entered on their Boots over 2,5uu.0UO dollars worth of Real Estate, for aale on commission. Also, a large amount Railroad Slocfts aud Bonds. f . ' Great Bargains being offered. Persons wishing to purchase would do well to call. : Indianapolis, Sept, 9, 1854 tf . VltTIFICIAE EYES. A new importation comprising every variety of color and size uniting beauty of expression with delicacy of motion, in unison with tho Natural Eye inserted without i'ain, at my Inllrmary for Disuasos of tile Eyo, Fourth street, opposite Post Oliiee, Cincinnati. Jel7-tf ,, ; , ,: FRED. AUG. WALDO, M.D.'

C A It PETS! CAKPETS!! JUST received, direct from the Lowell Mills, a complete assortment of Carpets; also, Oil Cloths, Drugget, Curtain uamasKB, oic, occ. MOORE, CARTER & OURSLER, nov4 No. W ashington and Meridian streets. BY EXPRESS, NOW receiving at No. 1 Washington and Meridian streets, a large assortment of FALL AN D WINTER DRY GOODS, viz: Sup. French Merinos, all colors, from 50 cts. to $1,25 per yd. Cobomys and Alpaccas, w " 25' . " "5 " , M. DeLaines, pretty styles. " J'7i 50 Solid Wool DeLaincs, all shades and prices. Plaid and Changeable Chamelian Silks, very cheap. Satin Stripe and Barred Rich Black Silks. Superior Bishops Black Silk. Poplins and Parrissian Plaids, very pretty. . i i, Ginghams and Chintzes, etc., etc. Also, French Worked Collars, Sleeves, Che m esc Us, Jaconet, Swiss aud Lace Bands and Flouncings. Swiss and Jaconet Edgings and Insortings, Thread, Laces and Edgings, Hosiury, Gloves of every description. SHAWLS! SHAWLS!! .J Broche, Long and Square Shawls, Bay State and all kinds of "Wool Shawls. nov4 ; ' MOORE, CARTER OURSLKH. Bit. P; G. C. HUNT, DENTIST, kFFICE onllllnois street, directly north iroin toe raimer House, three doors from Tousey'sCorner. jy SS-y BAlti ROAD IIOVSEV , " , Corner of East and Washington street, Pays the higheNt market price for Wheat Oats, Corn, and all kinds of Produce. I have put up a pair of Fairbank's Patent Hay or Cattlu Scales, which are as true as any scales in the County, where I can weigh Hay or Corn. Also, 1 keep on hund all kinds of family Groceries, which I will sell as low as any New York or Boston store iii the Citv, or any Yankee house. a'ul9-tf , : ., , ; JOHN WALLACE.. K. M. LAWRENCE. ; WM. WILKIflOK. Eivery nnd Sale Stables ., -T AWKENC'E WIEKISON, having formed a coJLj partnership in the Livery business, will continue to wait on their old friends and the public in general, with everything generally found in a livery stable, and will always be found on hand and ready for business, between Illinois aud Meridian streets, south of Washington. ' . Trr Horses kept by the day, week, or month. .-. . , LAWRENCE 4 WILKISON.. N. B Persons knowing themselves indebted to either of us will please call and settle.' . sep23-ly 7y B F, BITAKINCi KAVER & WILLIAMS, having the exclusive right in this City for the sale oi eisK's latent Metallic Burial Cases, would inform the public that we keep all sizes and patterns of the above cases, which, wo can recommend for all burial purposes, vaults, or transportation. We also keep a large assortment and all sizes of ready made wooden Collins. We keep silver plates, handles and laces, for trimming cloth covered Collins. We still continue to use the corse preserver and ice box, by which a corse can be kept a number of days until the arrival of distant friends. The free use of our vault is given to ail whose funerals we attend. We have two fine hearses, and can attend to all calls in or out of the city. , P. S. Telegraphic dispatches punctually attended to. Warerooms, Washington street, six doors west of thfl Bates' House. WEAVER & WILLIAMS. Indianapolis, April 22, 1854 1y i 8. A- UDELL. ALEX. Be'!. HASKELL. BXJEEE fc HASKELL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW & NOTARIES PUBLIC, Olhce No. 3 Second Story Talbott Building, East Wrashingtou street, Indianapolis, Ind. Refer to Gov. Joseph A. W' right, Indianapolis, Ind.; Hon. J. Wilson. Commissioner Genl. Land OtHce, Washington, D. C; Hon. Chas. Gilpin, late Mayor of Philadelphia; Hon. Win. P. Taylor, Fredricksburgh, Va.; Hon. T. W. Gibson, Louisville, Ky.; S tough ton A. Fletcher, Esq., Banker, Indianapolis, Ind.; Alvin Adams, Esq., Adams Express Co., Boston, Mass.; John M. Lord, Esq., Indiana State Agent, New Vork City; Messrs. Bull Roy, Bowley's Wharf, Baltimore, Md-.; Messrs. Cooiubs, Ryland Blackwells, Cincinnati, Ohio. sep23-tf BOOTS AND SHOES AT WHO EES A EE. . HE SUBSCRIBERS have opened a Wholesale Boot and JL Shoe Store, on Washington street, 2 doors East t9U oi , Masonic Hall, and are now receiving a large id Aii'jJ choice stock of goods, which will be disposed of at the r lowest rates. Brushes of all descriptions, sizes and qualities, Feather Dusters, Paintors Dusters, Shoe Blacking, c., constantly on hand, for sale, on the most reasonable terms. Prime lot of fancy Shoo Brushes, new stylo. The Trade,' both in the city and country, are respectfully invited to call and see forthemselves. STODDARD & MAYHEW 1 jeltf ; ') , Washington St., 2 doors east of Masonic Hall, New Dyeing and Scouring Establishment. On Main street, opposite the Carlisle House, Indianapolis. THE SUBSCRIBER most respectfully informs the citizens of Indianapolis and vicinity, that he has permanently located himself in Indianapolis-and having every convenience for the above business fcecan say with safety that his goods will be dyed and finished equal to any other establishment in the Union. Gentlemen's apparel cleaned or dyed without taking in pieces, and will not rub oft', or soil the linen. By an entire new process our goods aie dyed without copperas or vitriol, and will not injure the goods.. All goods warranted. Ladies and gentlemen are invited to rail and examine his specimens. W. ROBERTSON. Indianapolis, May 6, 154 ly . ' AlfEAB AGAI,-tafw Arrival by Express.. MOORE, CARTER & OUSLKRhuve jut received by Ex1russ a fine lot of Fall De Lains, De Bruges, Ginghams, Prints, jnens,unda beautiful assortment of Embroideries, Ribbons and Kid Gloves, very cheap. sep2 AS. WRIGHT, ITI. B., Homeopathic, offers his professional services to the citizens of Indianapolis and vicinity. Olhce, in Blake.s Commercial .Row; Room No. 3, second floor v ashington street, opposite the Bates House. References J. H. Pulte, M. U., Cincinnati? D. S.Smith, M. D., Chicago. , . A supply of Medicine Cases for family use, together with the last edition of Dr. Pulte's "Domestic Physician," will be kept constantly on hand forsale. - dec 17-ly Savin? Bank, South Meridian Street, opposite the Post Office. Open i)aily from 7 A. M. to IS M; from 1 to 6 P. M., and on Monday and Satnrday evenings to 8 o'clock. . . , Interest allowed on all sums of $1 and over, from 4 to 6 per cent. Any amount received on deposite of one dimo and over. All are invited to the Benefits of a Suvlngs Institution. WM. ROBSON.' Indianapolis, June23, 1854. . , june24-tf ENIOVAE. The undersigned would inform the country merchants, and nublic in eeneral. that thev have re- . moved their entire stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, Ac, hnlfa square further east, on Washington street, in David Williams's building, next door to Blythe 6z Holland. febl'5-tf C. C. ELLIOTT A BRO. IVEAV UEEEIVSWAKE STOItE. WE aro now receiving and opening a large and bcautifu assortment of Quot-nsware one of the finest stocks ever brought to this market which we are prepared to sell at very low rates. Just give us a call, and we will pleatio you, if possible. Call nnd see us! ' KETCHAM & MERRILL, . mar!9y . , ', , One door East of Capital House. BEIEBING II Alt B WARE. SPLENDID Porcelain door furniture, window knobs, bell pulls and levers, mouth pieces for speaking tubes, locks and latches, hat and wardrobe hooks, which will be sold at reduced prices. , , . .( The subscribers are now receiving and opening a large and well-selected assortment of China, Glass, aud Q.ueensware, at lower rates than ever offered in this market. , . f KETCHAM ox MERRILL, . " '' ' (Successors to S. Morris,) marlDy One door east of the Capital House.' Stoves, Plows, Vc., Ac. JUST received a large and general assortment of Cooking and Parlor Stoves, v. hieh are unsurpassed by any in the market. Among our Cook Stoves may bo found Pacific, Trinmph, Buckeye State, Bay State, Empire State, Hoosier State, Queen City, Prize Prlmium, Ohio Premium, Oregon, California. Pheonix, and Cleveland Air Tight; also, a groat variety of Parlor Stoves and Coal Grates; also, a general- assortment of Steel Plows, kept constantly for sale, waranted of the best quality. Tin-Ware constantly kept on hand, wholesale and retail. All kinds of Tin, Copper, and Shee ron work done to order. Those wanting any'hing in our line, will do well to give us a call before purchasing elsewhere, at the sign of the Gilt Ball, south side of Washington Street,near the Masonic Hall. octl-y ' R. L. & A. W. McOUAT. TOTICE . DR. WM. R. JEFFERIS most respectfully 1 informs the people of Indianapolis and vicinity w'-v-u that he has just returned from the East, in full pos- nTt session of ail the latest improvements in Dkntiptry,-GII!3j and is now ready to resume his practice in all its branches insuring perfect satisfaction in all operations or no charcre. Being aided by one of the best practical Dentists of the Philadelphia School, I feel no hesitation in saying we can get ftp work in every point equal, and in maiiy respects superior, to any other establishment in the State. We particularly request the attention of those having artificial teeth, and receiving no benefit from thein, as we warrant all alterations to give entire satisfaction, or make no charge. Dentists supplied with tueih and plate at the usual prices. ' Ortice on Meridian street, two doors below the Post Office, Idiannnclis. aplj-tf IITlPOBtTAT B1SCOVEBY, Chas. G. French has just received for the coming Holidays, a new and magnificent assortment of Watches aud Jewelry, which lie will sell or Cash, cheaper than any other house in the city. In order o do this I must sell for Cxm and Cash onlt. Come one and all and examine my beautiful assortment of Jewelry, n Pope's Drug Store. N. B. All persons who know themselves indebted to C B. French, will confer a favor by calling in aud settling their accounts before Incomes to town. ddtf