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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29

orders for FIVE hundred and one thousand ton lots,
which was presumably made of softer metal.
In 1864 Messrs. Justice & Co. sold imported steel
rails at $1B2 so per ton gold, or about $3.50 per
ton currency, but later in the year they were
able to supply them at $l35 gold. The Besse-
mer process Of steel production was then in its
infancy in Great Britain, and had not been
successfully established in this country.
On May "a, 1865, the first Bessemer steel
rail ever made in the United States was
rolled by the North Chicago Rolling-mill Com
pany. In August. 1867, the Cambria Iron Com
pany began to roll Bessemer steel rails in the
way Of regular business Other companies soon
followed in their wake, and from 1870 the Bes
semer steel rail manufacture assumed in the
United States the position Of an established
branch of the iron and steel trades. At that
time, however, the future of the steel-rail trade
was not thoroughly assured as iron rails could
be obtained at very much lower prices than steel
rails, and the number of steelrail mills was
very small as compared with the iron rail mills.
The report of the Iron and Steel Association
gives the average prices per gross ton from 1867
to 1894 follows.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
THE wAsn1NGroS moNUmENr.
A workman Gliding UP and Down the Shaft
and Looking for Defects.


and Looking for Defects.
Washington Special.
One OF the workmen engaged on the Wash
ington monument made an ascent UP and came
down the sides of the monument in s'slinga for
the purpose of inspecting the condition of the
work on the outside and see that all the stones
had been set securely and evenly. He was low
cred from the top to the bottom on the four
sides He scaled the huge pile of masonry as if
ne were fly, apparently perfectly unconscious
Of the dangers of the trip The man was hauled
up and down the five hundred feet OF shaft until
he had thoroughly examined the exterior which
he pronounced as being in secure condition
NOW that the frame timbers placed on top of
the structure reach q point somewhat higher
than ITS final point is to be, those workmen
whose duty it is to haul them to or near the top
reach higher elevation, than has ever been on
any structure reared by human hands, so far as
can now be judged. From the foundation line
to the highest point is about $40 feet Some of
the observations made by the men engaged on
the upper portion Of the shaft are both curious
and interesting. On last Thursday afternoon,
during the fierce storm which prevailed for lit
tie wf1ile, quite hail storm prevailed top of
the monument, but only a single one Of the
frozen pellets reached the earth below. The
stones were large as severely sting the faces
OF the men against which they were driven by
the sharp gale, and the fact that they were
all melted before they touched the ground would
seem to indicate much lower temperature at
the summit than at the base of the shaft, though
the size Of the PARTICLES would naturally be
diminished somewhat during their whole course
through the atmosphere from their starting
point, At sunset, when the atmosphere is clear
and the sun unobscured, beautiful aspect is
observable from the top. Long after the sun
has passed from view at the base it still is shin
ing bright and strong against the summit, high in
the air The results strong shadow of the upper
part OF the monument, as thus projected across
the sward of the Smithsonian grounds to the
eastward This is due to the fact noted above,
that the still falls with full force against the
summit while the horizon line has cut off its
rays from the base OF course it Is not possible
for persons on level with the earth to observe
the novel exhibition, but the sharp shadow of
the extreme summit with the line of shade
growing fainter and fainter nearer the monu-
ment, until the shadow lines Of the lower part
are entirely lost, can be seen quite plainly from
the great elevation afforded by the aerial out
look, and the effect is very singular Perhaps
no other elevation in the world would furnish In
itself such novel and conclusive evidence Of Its
great height
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
The worl. Of . Railway Postal CLERK.

Charestoh News and Courier.
The work a railway postal clerk has to
do is absolutely frightful People are CON
stantly app wing for the position Of postal clerk
who were never inside a postal car, and they
A man who had never been on an engine would
come much nearer being competent engineer
than green hand would come being compe-
tent postal clerk Some people think postal
clerks have sinecures and that they are official
pets who do their work or let it alone as they
like. The truth is, postal clerks work their way
up by hard ticks. They have to be first class
business men to start with. They are taken
from book keepers desks and counting houses,
and are required to serve six months proba-
ton before appointment The statistics show
that only one out of every forty-six is competent
TO stand the terrible ordeal through which Chief
Clerk Mansfield carries his men, Forty-five fall
by the wayside, and are choked by the work
they are expected to do.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
The Real Temperance workers.

The Pennsylvania people seem quite deter
mined to have only temperate men employed on
their system 3. B, Taylor, superintendent of
the Pittsbnrg, CINCINNATI & st. Louis railroad,
has issued an order to all employees, requiring
them not to board at houses where liquors are
sold, and any employee reported for entering a
saloon will be punished by suspension or dis
charge, The order further says any caller call
ing man in saloon will be discharged In
commenting on this item prominent railroad
man remarked, yesterday, that the railroad
managers were doing more at the present time
to advance the temperance cause than all
the women temperance societies and prohibition
parties in the land combined. Why said he.
these people only get among tho already tenn
perance people, while the railway manager, with
his rules and regulations strikes right where the
temptations are the greatest and the need of
sober men most urgent Why, said this official
stem years ago 80 per cent of our train men
thought that good drink of whisky was indis-
pensable before they started out on a run; now,
80 per cent never drink intoxicating liquors
either when-on or off duty. In fact, if we find
that any employee on our road is an habitual
guzzler of Intoxicating liquors, we discharge
him at once"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29

often wondered whether Blaine did not receive
more injury than benefit from these acts of
kindness, In mean people there is a disposition
to resent an obligation. Some of the most un-
scrupulous assailants of Blaine at the present
time in his own party are men whom have
seen at his table.
We must expect many varieties Of life and
tragedy in our public AFFAIRS and it might not be
the least impressive event in our campaigns to
see candidate die amid the excitements and
acerbities of one Of these barbaric campaigns.
Then what ordinations, what tears, what sin
cere selfaceusings will for little while vary
this hard uncertain life of ours We can be as
mean to our public men as the dogs were to
JezebeL Then, when we lose them we can be
maudln as a savage over the grave Of his ances-
tors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
more IN the Man 1han IN the land.

Sidney Lanier, in Southern cultiyator.
knowed man, which he lived in Jones'
Which Jones is county Of red hills and stones
And his mules were nothin but skin and BONES
And his hogs was fat as his corn bread PONIES,
And he had bout Thousand acres o land
This man--which his name it was also Jones
He that he leave them old red hills and stones
Fur he eoudnt make nuthm but yellerish cotton,
And little O that and his fences was rotten,
And what little corn he had hit was boughten,
And DANCED if Twin was in the land
And the longer he swore the madden he got,
And he riz and he walked to the stable lott
And he hollered TO Tom to come thar and hitch,
For to emigrate somewhat whar land was rich,
And to quit raisin cockburs, thistles and SIGH
And wastin their time on the eussed land.
So him and Tom they hitched up the mules,
Pertestin that folks was mighty big fools
That nd stay in Georgy their lifetime out
just scratehn liyin' when all of EN- mought
Git places in Texas whar cotton would sprout
By the time you could plant in the land.
And he drv by house whar man named Brown
Was Twin not far from the edge of town,
And he bantered Brown for to buy his place
And said that bein money was skace,
And ben that sheriffs was hard O face,
Two dollars an acre would git the land.
They closed at a dollar and fifty cents
And Jones he bought him wagin and tents,
And loaded his corn and his wimmin and truck,
And moved to Texas, which it tuck
His entire pile, with the best O. luck,
To git thar and git him little land.
But Brown moved out the old Jones farm,
And he rolled up his breaches and barred his arm,
And he picked all the rocks from off n the groun,
And he rooted it up and plowed it down.
Then he piowed his corn and his wheat in the land
Five years Gid by, and Brown one day
(Which he'd got SO fat that he wouldn't weigh,
Was settin' down, sorter lazily,
10 the bulliest dinner you see,
When one o the children jumped on his knee,
ian XYliic Won
land
And thar was Jones, standin out at the fence
And he hadn't no wagin. mules, nor tents
For he had left Texas afoot and cum
To 9eorgy to see f he couldn't get sum
Employment; and he was lookin' as humble as ef
He had never owned any land.
But Brown he axed him in, and he sct
Him down to the vittles smokin hot
And when he had filed himself and the floor
Brown looked at him sharp and riz and swore
That, whether mems land was rich poor,
Thar was more in the man than thar was in the
land.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
The steel RAN Industry.

It is only about twenty one years since the first
steel rail was laid in the tracks Of an American
railroad. Steel rails were then in use in Great
BRITANNICA very limited extent, however-but
so enthusiastic in their praises were the railroad
managers who had tried them, that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company were induced to
order small lot with which to make expert
ments. They purchased one hundred tons Of
English steel rails, through Philip S. Justice &
Co.. Of Philadelphia paying $3.50 per ton
in gold for thcm. which was equivalent at that
time to over $500 in United States currency.
They were made of crucible steel, and proved to
contain such large percentage of carbon that
many of them broke during the fol-
lowing winter, which was unusually Sc
we're The company were not discouraged by
Mis- unfortunate experience, but gave further
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29

The attractive way to cover an ugly and un-
used fire place is to make curtains which are at
tached to the mantle, and fall from it in grace
full folds to the floor They should be trimmed
in the same manner that you would trim them
if they were to be looped back. They may be of
felt and have for trimming band Of velveteen.
In this case the mantle should have 1ambre-
quin of velveteen hanging over at each end like
a scarf for half yard and the curtains should
be drawn up and iooped at the conner with bows
1f fshhnn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
The Msssenrsr,s Rsvenee.
New York Mail and Express.

NeW IOfk MINI anu EXpreBs. -.
The cashier had made the messengers life a
burden to him, but the messenger was not re-
vengeful man. Only one afternoon, when the
cashier had gone home and the president had re-
manned behind to look over some correspondence
he distracted the presidents gold-rimmed spec.
tacles and placed them on the cashiers desk
of several Canadian railroads. Then he told the
president that he thought the glasses were on
the cashiers desk
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
A Commerclal Traveler.

Some Of the Democratic papers in this con-
gressional district sneer at MIR. Keator the Re
publican candidate for Congress because he is
two hundred and fifty commercial travellers re-
siding in this district who win strongly resent
this sheer at their business by which they earn
their living. They are all live, energetic repre-
sentative business men, and will make their
Influenza felt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
Real Estate Transfers.

Instruments fled for record in the Recorders Office
of Marion county Indiana for the twenty four hours
nding at o'clock P, M, Aug 20, 1884 as fur
nished by Elliott Butler abstracters of titles room
No. 3 Etna Building
Philippine Lather and husband to James III.
Fades, lot 5 and part Of lot in Frank
Bfitchells subdivision and addition to
+ Indianapolis. 100000
H. Beldt part Of lot 18 In square 3 In
i iis sss . -,'..''sA { - ~ : = 10000
Samantha L. Devoro to Ann Eliza Bray,
The town Of is sostspe S0s@ D. so5oo
Frances N. Webb to Henry Sable and
wife, lot 1 IN Turner's subdivision Of
outiot I27, in indianapolis .......-.. $4,000
Conyeyances. A. consideration ....... 10000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
Buffers Latest AIlv.

San Francisco Chronicle.
Mrs Todd, who has joined the ranks Of Butler,
and she was admitted to the bar here Both
bars. She longed to array herself in masculine
attire and HE her to the polls. She ran for city
and county attorney, on some kind Of ticket,
one week after she was admitted. But she had
not yet become accustomed to the other fellows
attire, and she did not run fast enough
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
aGone to Canada

New York Mail and Express.
What a shaking up there would be in this
Canadian thieves paradise if Congress should
take up the matter and insist upon such mod
iffcations or changes in the laws as would give
up tho guilty ones and restore their stealines 10
the rightful ownersl Tom Field. of Tweed-ring
fame, is living like a sybarite near Quebec, and
Emo and scores Of Others laugh at the American
authorities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
1t Means something.

Mr. Seaman, who spoke here last Friday night,
addressed a large meeting in Michigan City the
following evening. The meeting was presided
over by Mr.. Thomas Donnelly, one of the best
Americans of that city. who had heretofore been
a stanch Democrat When such men as Mr..
Donnelly-who is an esteemed acquaintance of
the writer-change their politics, it means some
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
Mr.. Jullan's Christless Whelps.

George w. Julian is sneaking around the
Democratic headquarters in hopes of employ
ment during the campaign. Many of our citi-
zens remember Julian and his sarcastic speeches
during the war, when he called Democrats
'Christless whelps, perhaps little dreaming then
that he would finally become one of them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
The Proudest Boast.
Lawrepcebure press.

baWTenCeDurR Press.
THE proudest boast OF the Democracy is that
she always compromised her wars. Hon. F. II.
Dorman, at Chesterville.
The proudest boast Of Republication is that
she has not compromised The proudest memo
ry of every Democratic soldier in Dearborn
county is his honorable service in a war which
Democracy wanted to compromise and Repub-
licanism would not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
nperrertell freshmen. J,

LoganBp0rt PharO5 (Dem.1
The temporary srdor of few perverted Irish
men in behalf Of Mr.. Blaine, because he will
bring slap dash, rattle-te bang, insane vigor
into our foreign policy, is not borne out by good
sense and international comfy, or by just love
of either the .'old sod or the new soil
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
Al Note Of warning.

ShelbyVille Republican.
We warn those estimable old ladies who dote
on tea that the war in China threatens to greatly
raise the price Of their favorite beverage. Per
haps 1t would be well to lay in an extra supply
of Oolong and Young Hyson before the blockade
shuts off communication with the points that
export most Of the tea.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
THE STATE PRESS.
Irish Republicans Denounced as Perverted"
Sneers at a Drummer" Candidate.
Grover cleveland Know-Nothing.

Terre Haute Express
In New York State in 1860 the Democrats and
Know nothings joined strength and divided
their electoral vote, the Know -nothings having
seven electors, to the end that Mr.. Lincoln
might be defeated Cleveland has several times
boosted of his Bourbonism and Of the fact that
he had always voted for the Democratic ticket.
In 1860, therefore, he voted for seven Know
nothing electors, whereas Mr.. Blaine in 1856
voted for Fremont and in 1860 for Lincoln, who
was particularly objectionable to the Know
nothing party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
st. johns Duty.


FItt5DuTE DlsDhtcn.
If St. John don't do something to stop the
Franco Chinese war and keep down the price of
tea until after November, the chances are that
all his party will have to resort to other bever-
ages, and SO change their party allegiance Tea
drinkers don't go from ten to water incase of q
tea drought.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
Thought It Was the other way.
Denver Tribune.

1900
George William Curtis has learned that it is
often the company man keeps that gives him
prestige and honor. The Republican party made
Curtis. He fell into the error of thinking that
it was the other way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
WIN Patigue NobodY.

Bloomington tIlI1 Pantag graph.
Congressman Finerty says that the chief vir
tue about Cevelands letter is that it will fatigue
nobody to read it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
win Wait in vain.

South Bend Tribune.
The talk about Cleveland withdrawing and
leaving the Democracy to place Tilden or Thur
man at the head of the ticket is nothing but
talk, and those Democrats who cannot indorse
Cleveland and are waiting for him to withdraw
will wait in vain
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
On the Retreat.
Muncie Times.

=
The enemy have wasted their ammunition in
the preliminary skirmish, and now they are fall
ing back.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
The Unlindest Cut of All.

Terre Haute Express.
3 The unkindest cut Of all is Hendricks letter
skillfuTly admitting the truth of the Cleveland
scandal, but protesting against its use In the
campaign.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
Has Come Out for Blaine.


VIM. Fl. Martin well-known Irish attorney
Of Bedford, Democrat all his life heretofore,
has come out for Blaine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
Denounced.
steuben Republican.

Steuben REPUBLICAN,.
Never was paper so denounced as the Indian
apolis Sentinel for its libel on Blaine
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
Valuable IN fND1eEgrIos

Dr. Daniel T. Nelson, Chicago, says II Hnd
it pleasant and valuable remedy in indigestion
particularly in overwofked men,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29

GUARD the kidneys and beware Of back ache
St Jacobs on the wonderful pain-banisher.
restores circulation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29

The feeble grow
strong when Hostel
ter's Stomach BitterS
are used to pronotS
assimilation Of the
food and enrich the
blood. Indigestion,
the chief obstacle to
an acquisition Of
strength by the weak.
is an ailment which
iafallibly suecumbs to
the action Of this peer
less corrective. Loss
Of flesh and appetite,
failure to sleep, and
growing evidence Of
premature decay, are
speedily counteraeted
by the great invigor-
ant, which braces up
the physical energies
and fortffies the con-
sale by all druggists
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29

Sharp Practice by the pennsylvania People
The west bound fastfreight line service is all
torn up that the Union line, which is Penn
sylvania road interest, has quietly gone int
Boston and secured large per cent Of the ship
ments Of boots and shoes from Boston to most
important Western points. Consignments have
been forwarded to nearly every boot and shoe
house in indianapolis, and st Louis is receiving
its goods by the Union line, which works its
business over the New York q New England
road. As the Union line in years past has made
bound business, this sharp novels much of a sur
prise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
TheY Had q GRAND Time.

The travelling passenger agents who were del
egates to the annual convention held in Denver
are beginning to return home, and report hav-
ing had grand time. A. D. Perry, of the Chi
cage & Alton, states that at Denver and at all
points visited by them on their excursion over
the Denver & Rio Grande road nothing was left
undone to make the trip pleasant one. At
Leadville the hall where their grand reception
was given by the superintendent of the D. & R.
G.. road was lavishly trimmed, and railroad
track was laid from the street to the reception
room, uniformed conductor, with lantern and a
perfect train service On the stage was aful sized
locomotive, and when each toast was given
the locomotive whistle was blown and the bell
rung The boys while away visited Leadville
Gunnison, Salt Lake and many other points Of
interest
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-24
WILMINGTON.

Delegates to the second district con-
vention, on the 23rd inst, at Mont
pelier, were l.. II. Andrews, u. A..
Goodnow, and Geo. L. Haynes.
The Cornet Band will occupy the new
stand once week (Friday nighD for
the present, the weather permitting.
A severe hailstorm passed over por-
ton of the town last Saturday after
noon, doing much damage to crops.
c. II. Copeland, Russell Clifford, IL. c.
4. Alyord, Geo. Hubbard, l.. Lyons,
VIM. Ballou, Albert Fox, are among
those that suffered most, their crops
being almost entirely ruined. Hail
stones fell as large as walnuts and the
ground was white. Two hours later
another shower followed with great
deal of lightning and heavy thunder
Lightning entered the house of A. l..
Childs and also that of IL. +. Barber
Whose wife was prostratedb BY the shock
Mrs. Child's shoes ware torn from hel
feet. The eyes of both were severely
injured. Tie lightning entered tho
house b. = telephone wirc. a til,
time Of writing Mr.. C!ilda and Airs
Barber are comfortable n.id i,nrft.,i.g
In a few days ,se hope u Be ah!r
na!e ihcir FIJI! recovery.