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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
LANGUAGE OF THE OCEAN.
How the Different Steamship Lines Are Rec
ognized at Sea.


ognized at Sea.
San Francisco News Letter
In view of the many firstclass lines now cross
ing the Atlantic, the question that first suggests
itself upon seeing steamersin the distance is,
ITO what line does she belongg Is she an In
man, Guion, White Star or Allan boat, or is she
= Cunarder2a To the uninitiated all steamers
look alike at sea, and it is frequently puzzle to
the passengers to understand how the officers
can tell so readily on being asked--even if the
strange steamer be passed at nlght--to what lire
she belongs. But it is very easy to tell.
Each line has distinctive funnel mark by
which its steamers can be told by day, and a
distinctive style of fire-work signal by which they
can be known at night When you see q steam
er whose funnel is two-thirds red, with white
band and black top, you may know that she is
an Allen liner. If at night she sends up blue
white and red rockets in succession, she belongs
to the same line.
An American line steamer will have fun
mel the lower part of which is red. with a white
keystone painted on it, above these will be a
narrow white band with black top. The
night signal is, first red light, followed by a
Roman candle throwing six red balls and then
another red light
If a steamers funnel is buff with black
top she is a white Star boat, and her night
signal will be green light and a rocket throw
ing two green stars.
When you see black funnel, with a white
band about a third from the top, it will show an
..lnlnanf steamer anu a nlSnb SlSnal OF blue
lights forward and aft, with a red light on the
bridge and yariegated rocket. will tell you she
belongs to the same line.
The Cunard line is known in the daytime
by a red funnel with a black top and at night
by two rockets and blue lights simultaneously.
If the funnel is black, with red band two
thirds of the way up, it is that of ''Guionn
steamer to which line the famous Alaska and
Arizona belong. The night signal Of the line is
blue lights burned forward, aft and on the
bridge simultaneously
A steamer with a white funnel with a black
top to it will be a National line boat, and her
signal at night will be blue hight, followed by
a rocket and then a red light.
The Anchor line boats have black tunnels
without any mark, and the night signal is red
and white lights burned alternately.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
why He Didn't work.

PIttsburg UhronIcIe.
why don't you go to work9p gentleman
asked very ragged tramp.
II am anxious and willing to work replied
the hummer; shut what's the use of it until they
settle the tariff question
What has the tariff to do with it7o
"a great deal Suppose went to work. and
accumulated a small capital by industry and
economy
'sWellln
We'll, it's natural I'd want to go into business
for myself manufacturing, probably; but I'd be
afraid to put my money into anything until the
tariff is settled It certainly is a great him
drance and drawback, but my safest policy is to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
rho Letters and ..sooietx y


OHIClttlU VFt5sIp.
heard little yarn the other day about our
retired tradesnlan, Mr. L. q. Letter He has
reaped an abundant harvest, and now, with his
lady wife wishes to enter society But they
found. SO am told, an unsurmountable barrier
obstructing their entrance in that he had been
lin trade Blue blood, you know is down on
shop keepers. Letters business sagacity, how
ever, was equal to the emergency Hc got pos
session Of Blane's palatial mansion in Washing
ton and there gave an elaborate reception to
local and foreign celebrities. This did the bust
ness for him. His entree was assured The
hearts and houses Of the best people are now
open to him
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
CONVERSATION AT sUmMER RESORTS
Doesn't Sound Wen in Print but Is q Way
They Fall Into.

Doesn't Sound Well in Print but Is Way
They Fall Into.
Correspondence Philadelphia Press.
To have better build and to be stronger than
your neighbours to be correspondingly admired.
This fact is so generally accepted that to thin
people it becomes a bugbear For instance, to
show the drift of modern ideas about athletes
athletics and domestic relations, the following
conversation, which took place the other day
among party of three gentlemen and six ladies'
lying on the sand during bathing hours, is worth
relating; carried on in tones of voice half sug
gestiye of exclamation points and half remind
full of an overwhelming spirit Of drowsiness:
There goes Mr.. Hercules! He is said to be
the best gymnast in town.
"And his wife is with himN
eyes; for wonder
II think it tremendously awful the way he
treats her.
drives Jack Axletree out behind her bays every
day Oh, look at Mrs Venus di Mcdici in a
dark blue bathing suit trimmed with red. Isn't
she sweetlH
sHer figure is more admired and commented
upon by the members of the Philadelphia Club
than any woman's in the city said the oldest
man in the group. Il would like to see you in a
bathing dress, Mrs. Threegraces,n he continued,
addressing the lady at whose feet he was lying,
at the same time striking match on the sole OF
her boot with which to light cigar. What
kind of AN arm have you gotp
ssYes, drawled twenty year old lady. you're
awfnlly well formed, anyway, Mrs. Threegraces
think you've got the prettiest foot ever saw
This conversation does not look very we'll in
print, but it is the sort of talk you are apt to
hear around you OF those who took part in it
the lad is one of brains in his way, eonceited
perhaps, but strong manly fellow, who will
probably succeed in the world when he begins
his career The club man has carved an envia-
BILE position for himself in legal circles, and Mrs
Threegraces is a lady Of culture and wealth. No
body intended any harm. It is only an example
of the mode of speech certain class Of people
drift into, partly from sheer laziness and indif-
ference and partly because it is fancied to be
the correct thing
Afterward Mrs. Threegraces said. with a little
pout: "Just as if woman wants to be criticised
as jockey would the points Of a horse! Don't
men think we have any pridels
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
Dress at Long Branch.

Chicago Inter Ocean
Last evening / saw the latest startling novelty
in dress, worn by young lady who was waltz
ing with son of Sir Hugh Allan, a youth re-
markable for his combination of lilac vest and
tweed trousers and coat The young lady is a
Philadelphian, a beauty and an heiress. She
was encased in flesh colored silk, tailored to
her figure SO closely that every curve and band
of it was exposed. The sleeves fitted so tightly
she could hardly raise her arm to her partners
shoulder, and every respiration was visible.
Over the skin-ftting silk was a plain drapery
of exquisite black lace, the effect of which was
absolutely startling the wearer appearing like
hesh-tnted marble figure under black veil
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
OF Interest to Fat People.

london Truth.
In reply to many fat correspondents, got my
from six-peifny book entitled Filming Down.
published by Field s. Tuer, Of the LeadenhalI
Press. From it / gather that Lebig is now adj
nitted to have been wrong in supposing that the
process Of nutrition was one Of assimilation.
Fat learn, is produced by the partial disinte-
grafton of albumen; it becomes fat when farina-
ceous or saccharine matter is taken. If these
matters be not taken, food, and even fat itself.
are entirely decomposed,- without being stored
may therefore, eat fat meat and butter with i'm
punity, provided that they deny themselves
sugar and starch.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
Hard Times in Trade.
rittsbury chroni,

Pittsburg Chronicle
Aragged and hungry man asked a gentleman
for money enough to buy meal.
Cannot you secure employment asked the
gentleman.
No, sir; the cheap railroad fares have killed
my business. replied the man. despondently.
t'Ah, how is thatlr
.'All the'bank cashiers go to Canada when
they are short in their accounts now"
What has that to do with your business?n
II used to be masked robber,'r replied the
beggar, and when cashier was short In his
accounts he d send for me, and I'd tie him and
all his family up and demand the keys to the
bank at the point of a pistol, and so help him
out in his accounts But he filings the accounts
in the stove now and goes to Canada Times
are hard on all kinds Of trade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
Charged Nothing Extra.

A long-haired, long legged gentleman, wearing
buster. tall hat, and gold bowed spectacles,
recently approached the ticket window of q
Causeway street depot, when the following dia-
logue took place:
Is this the ticket Officer
eyes, sir.
What is the price of ticket to Poolrillef
One dollar and seventy-five cents
HIM. Pause Do you have tickets for
clergymenp
Eyes. sir.
HIN. What is the price of thosep
"One dollar and seventy five cents
The long haired stranger glanced sternly at
the irreyerent railroad man over his spectacIes,
purchased ticket and departed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
He Leads Us On.

He Leads us on
BY paths we did not know
Upward He leads us, though our steps be slow
Though oft we faint and falter on the way
Though storms and darkness oft obscure the day.
Yet when the clouds are gone
We know He leads on.
He leads us on
Through all the unquiet years;
Past all our dreamland hopes and doubts and fears
He guides our steps, Through all the tangled maze
Of sin, Of sorrow, and erclouded days
We know his will is done;
And still he leads US on.
And He, at last,
After the weary strife,
After the restless fever we call life
After the dreariness, the aching pain,
The hayward struggles which have proved in vain,
After our tolls are past
VIII give us rest at last.
Golden Hours
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
A ThunderboIt.
a
PHILADELPHIA Gall.

'sAh, he murmured, sadly IF 'twere only
different, only different
'.To what do you refer9a she gently whispered
'Oh nothing, nothing.7 he quickly answered
with affected confusion. II was only thinking
how cruel the world is to assume that poor man
is always after the money Of an heiress when he
falls in love with her.
Il understand. she sweetly replied. tBut it
is a great comfort for me to know that no one
who loves me need hesitate on that account, for,
although was an an heiress when the season
opened, all my money was invested with Grant
& Ward, and my guardian writes that not a
penny is left.
He hastily remembered that he had an en-
gagement somewhere else
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
HOW 70 Hold q Parasol.

W Altering Place Letter. "
1t is the fashion now for young women to
wear hats and wells at lunch. The wells come
to the tip OF the nose, and are green, blue and
red in color, as we'll as white. The parasol too,
has come to be indispensable to fashionable
toilet at all hours. The correct way to hold it
is to grasp it firmly by the handle very near the
ribs, extend the index finger along the stick
directly in front, and hold the whole thing bolt
upright II the sun does not appear or has set
the parasol is to be held open all the same 1t
should be mentioned that the parasol ought to be
covered with fine white OF black lace, and that
the hnger which rests on the stick should be
adorned with ring containing gem.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
From Dawn 10 parlk.

The light gray fog is lifted up,
The dawn has risen from the sea-
hear the rnountaineer cry out,
''Hoi ye, now my lads, o, hol yei"
Ashanti the reddish feathery tints,
Grow pale when by the hilltops kissed;
The tall grass waves invitingly,
l step out lightly in the mist.
push my boat from off the shorei
hear the rush of sea-gulls wings,
! see far out another bark,
Whose mast and sail the high wind swings
Across the water comes sound,
The faint 20, ho ye" that awoke me-
swiftly leave it all behindi
Iply the oars to lights before me.
The day has lain meath clouds Of gray.
And thus its scorching heat allayed;
Iglide on idly, musing yet,
l have no thought to be afraid
A bird swung low, looked above,
The sky seemed nearer than at noon,
A low 20, hor' We roaring close,
Gave warning in itself, ali! soon.
/ knew nook that winds forsooki
put my boat within its fold,
When sun came out and birds flew high,
home-way sped, when 10 behold,
The bark that sailed out first at morn,
With broken wing, like wounded bird,
Lay tossed upon the yellow sands;
thought of the %, hor | heard.
The bay is beautifully drest,
The eve has sunk within the sea-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
etiquette Of Lying.

'sOClcty 0IuHudt.
/. Never tell an unnecessary lie.
2. Never tell a lie at all unless required BY
honor or the exigencies of society.
8. When you tell one, remember it and stick
TO it.
4 Tell it with perfect politeness and an air Of
conviction.
5. If your statement is questio ned, say, as to
those parts Of it which are true, that you may
be mistaken (you can prove thein) pledge your
word to the rest if it is question of honor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
The Fashionable ealt.
Philadelphia Times.

There is style in every gait Everyone remem-
bers the Grecian bend Of three years ago. Last
year many girl. after long practice, gave up in
carriage Of the body and very peculiar way of
Singing the heels This summer the tendency
is to give the body and shoulders motion from
side to side, and BY tight dressing and rigidity Of
knee to show no apparent bending of the mus
cles. This is supposed to be very graceful, but
makes a girl look terribly selfeonscious and
anything but at ease.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
Never Grow old.

looked in the telltale mirror.
And saw the marks of care.
The crows feet and the wrinkles,
And the gray in the dark-brown hair.
My wife looked over my shoulder,
Most beautiful was she;
t8Thou wilt never grow old, my love, she said;
Never grow old to me.
For age is the chilling Of heart,
And thine as mine can tell,
Is as young and warm as when first we heard
The sound of our bridal bellp
turned and kissed her ripe red lips;
Let time do its worst on me-
If in my soul, my love, my faith,
never seem old to theel''
Charles Mackay.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
A More Appropriate Name.

New 1ork sun.
"Will you have some of the dessert, Mr.. Dunn
ley27 inquired the landady.
Dumley politely allowed that he would.
DO you know, he remarked, as he gazed at
the very narrow little piece of whortleberry pie
which was sent him, that | would hardly call
this dessert"
mo what would you call it9H she demanded.
IAN oasis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
Cheerful in Adversely.

Atlanta Constitution.
"You don't seem to be as gloomy as should
young man to a pawnbroker, as he passed over
a dollar shirt stud and received loan Of ten
cents on it.
"Why should be gloomy9' asked the pawn
broker smelling of the stud
Because answered the youth, ssyou are in
such loan some business
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02

G. II, TwoMBLEY, areputable citizen Of Exc
ter, N. H.. adds his voice to thousands of others
that come up from every part of the country
He writes: My wife, who has been troubled
with chronic rheumatism for five years, thinks
Athlophoros the best remedy she has ever used
and have heard Of it's good effects upon others
in this vicinity. The druggists say that the sale
IS large and increasing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
Not Ouite a Call.

Arkansaw Traveller
sAh, Mr. Hebbleton, I hear that you have
been called to the ministry
well, can hardly term it call. They only
offer me five hundred year. Sort of whisper,
you understand
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
Next Door to 8 ProposaI.
Pittsburg Chronicle.

Pittsburg Chronicle.
HAS George proposed yet, Emily?H
No, ma, but he did the next thing to it last
evening
stWhat did he don
He asked me if thought paregoric injurious
to teething children
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
Dividing the baggage.

Now IUTk sun
They were going off on journey
Which shall j carry2r he asked; the baby or
the dog!r
'sYou had better carry the baby she replied.
and | will take charge of Beauty, dear little
fellow Wouldn't have anything happen to
him for the world
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02
WIT AND HUM0R.


Who started the cholerai
l, said the Melon,
I am the felon,
From warmth of a torricler
Country than Florida,
/ carried the cholera.
We sailed to Marseilles
With fayoring gales,
And from there we went on
To visit Toulon.
Where next do we gol
Just wait; time will show.
But It viii not be long
Ere the Germans will find,
That cholera loves
A trip on the rind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02

A VEGETABLE product used only in Ayers
Ague Cure has proved itself neverfailing
remedy for all malarial disease Warranted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02

IT HAVE no Appetite complains many a suf-
ferer. Hoods Sarsaparilla gives an appetite,
and enables the stomach TO perform its duty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-02

with the sharp the BOAT the dock at
Islet two words flashed to tell me all, to give
me allthe maddest man could ask to thwart a
foe. 1t was so plain. laughed gleefully as
followed my beautiful Mabel Grant up the quay
Pen was in love with the pretty girl; through
fear through jealousy to disslade me from
seeking her he had invented his little tale It
was no wonder, in my mood, | laughed, under
the sunden delighted fancy that l could make
the pretty girl in love with me- Icould do lit,
would; would go back and spare no time. no
palms. till had revenged myself on Dick Pen
raven and made Mabel Grant my wife
1t was little matter to be a fool upon, but
was till now an unstirred soul The bells Of
Islet were striking ten as invountarily turned
upon the wharf would 60 Immediately back
to town, to Hale, the first thing on the morrow,
but unfortunately, the route from Islet left me
out in its provisions--there was not boat till
morning, there was naught but to walk back to
the little inn on the crest above.
Light brought no calmer mood. EARLY I was
astir, and rushed down the cliff in most dis
ordered state of toilet at the warning whistle of
a boat, which left even earlier than thought
But it CHANGED there was curve and it CHANGED
that darling round it, came upon white
robed creature with such force as to dash the
flowers she had been plucking out Of her hands
l knew her at glance: it was-my beautiful
Mabel Grant. But that fantasy had quite for
gotten: even for courtesy did not care. ] was
making mad plunge past her when the sudden
view Of the steamer gliding serenely out Of the
dock br0ughtme 10 a frowning standstill.
She raised her soft pretty eyes to mine.
~ am SO sorry; you have lost your boat
at once.
20, not at all, not at all--isnt Of the slightest
consequence, stammered, starting eagerly for
the scattered flowers. You live about lset
MISS
It was Internationally impudent; it was abb
surd; but-the white-robed creature only smiled.
f'We took cottage here only Yesterday am
out early, perhaps you think; but am on my
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-09-30

THE STORY OF A SHARK.-Galignani's
Messenger relates the following story: Two
fishermen, it says, caught a shark in the sc q
of Nice. They towed it to the shore and
dragged it up the beach to their hut. 1t
had been harpooned, but was still alive.
Believing the monster to be too much hurt
to be dangerous, they left it to die and
went to bed. From this point the nara
tive runs as follows: "About two in the
morning a horrible noise arose from the but,
the unearthly bowling of dog and the
screeches of children predominating. The
two fishermen hurriedly lit their lamps and
FASTENED to the spot, when terrible sight
met their gaze. The monster, whose
wounds were mortal, bad so far recovered
that he was seen Tapping about, swapping
at anything within reach. The dog, which
had been left sleeping by the bed OF the two
children, who, with their mother, occupied
the hut, had been nearly bitten in two.
The mother herself, in trying to shield her
infants, had her leg cut Off below the knee.
One of the men seized harpoon and man
aged to strike the brute in the eye, but IN
the terrific bound it gave the lamps were
knocked over and extinguished, and
struggle of unprecedented horror took place
in the dark.
Ia the end the human occupants of the
hut escaped with their lives. and the shark,
after beiDg gently entreated with harpoon
in each eye, was rendered harmless. Con-
sidering that at the time of his outbreak he
had been out of wafer some eight hours, it
must be admitted that the creature made q
lively fight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-09-30
S P &c I A L !

As we have all Of these Blankets in quantities,
we will make q special price To Hotels and Board
ing Houses in lots Of 10 to 20 pairs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-09-30
AGRICULTURAL.
MARINERS GOODS.

Z
SHEEP DIP, highly concentrated huid for
washing Sheep and Lambs. One gallon Is sum
cient for about one hundred Sheep; also used for
washing Cattle, Horses and other domestic animals.
SULPHITE OF CALCIUM for preserving cider
by arrestng fermentation.
MACHINE OIL of various grades from Sperm
and Lard to the dark Lubricsting Petroleum.
READY MIXED PAINTS of all shades and OF
various qualities; also new Paint Oil to DO used
alone with earth paints for roofs, barns, fences &C
Improved and Perfected Butter Cool, Window
Glass, Putty, SC.
anglo E.S. LEADBEATER s BRO.
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FERTILIZERS.

BRUNNER's FINE GROUND RAW BONE,
guaranteed pure.
BELLE HAVEN PHOSPHATE frst-cass
Ammoniated Phosphate.
DISSOLVED SOUTH CAROLINA PHOS-
PLATE, guaranteed equal to any in the market.
We confidently offer the above goods to tho
Farmer. being assured that no better Fertilizers
are offered. For sale low by
JAMESON & COCHRAN,
aug22-dtf 69 Cameron street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-09-30
Herbert Bryant,
NO. 25 KING STREET.

NO. IS KING STREET.
Offers the CHAMPION BINDERS, SINGLE
REAPERs, COMBINED DRoPPERs and SIN
GLE MOWERS.
THOMAS HAY RAkES.
MUDGETT HAY TEDDERS.
full stock of REPAIRS, BINDER TW1NE,
&c, &c.
GRAIN CRADLES, GRASS sCYTHEs, &C., &c.
MALTA DOUBLE and SINGLE SHOVEL
PLOWS, MALTA WALKING CULTIVATORS,
IRON AGE CULTIVATORS the GILFIN
SULKY PLOW.
WEBSTER FARM WAGONS, for one, two,
three and fonr horses. my9