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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12
How Ress Managed Him.

Lutheran Observer.
Toms sister Nell was pretty, and being year
older than Tom, wanted to show her authority
over him. Tom was rough and awkward, and
just at that age when boy resents all meddlng
with his rights" He would put his hands in
his pockets, his chair on Nel!'s dress, and his
feet on the windowsll. OF course they often
quarreled
of your POCKETS" Nell would say in the most
veXing manner.
What are pockets for, I'd like to know, if not
to put ones hands INF" And Tom would whistle
and march off.
"Tom, I don't believe you've combed your hair
for week'
"Well, what's the useY 1t would be all rough
ed up again in less than an hour"
Il do wish, Tom, you would take your great
boots off the window SILL"
"Oh, don't bother me- I'm reading" Tom
would say, and the boots refused to stir an inch,
Which, Of course, was very naughty. And go 1t
would go from morning till night.
But little Bess had a different way with some,
what stubborn Tom. Bess seemed to understand
that coaxing was better than driving, and some
times when he sat with both hands plunged in
his pockets Bess, with book or picture, would
nestle down beside him, and almost before he
knew it one hand would be patting his curls,
while the other turned the leaves or held the
picture. Ii she CHANGED to see his feet on the
window sill she would say:
Just try my ottoman, Tom, dear. and see
now comfortable 1t is to the teet; ana tnough
Tom occasionally gowled in a good -naturedway
about it being too low, the boots always came
down. Whenever his hair looked very rough
she would steal behind him and smooth it out in
a way Tom liked so we'll that it was tempta-
ton to let it go rough, Just for the pleasure of
having her comb it. Yet for the next three
days, at least, he would take special pains to
keep every hair in its place, simply to please
little Bess.
AS they grew older. Bess, in the same quiet,
loving way, helped him to grow wise and manly.
If she had an interesting book, she always want
ed Tom to enjoy it with her, if she were going
to call on any of her young friends, Tom was
always invited to 90 with her
II can't understand" said Lady Nell, why
you should want that boy forever at your heels.
He's rough and awkward as bear"
Some bears are as gentle as Kittens" said
Bess, slipping her arm through his with a loving
hug, while the bear" felt great, warm glow at
his heart as he walked away with Bess, and de-
termined to try harder to be gentle as kitten"
for her sake.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12

New York Commercial Advertiser.
IL A. Ii Cnnn., rn;l IL I.

NOW TOTE NUIHIIltINIdl 1UNtIIIstT.
Mr. Andrew H Green said this morning:
Governor Tilden is spending his summer at
Greystone. He is at present very much inter
ested in the construction of some fine green
houses. When completed these will be among
the finest and most extensive in the country.
They willHonsist Of grape house, peach-house,
a building for aquatic plants and another for
palms. They are progressing well under Mr..
Tilden's supervision The Governor is also
much interested this summer in improving his
grounds and gardens at Greystone. He is one of
the largest buyers Of books in the country, and
continues to be great reader His health is
much improved. He has had his steam yacht,
the Viking, completely overhauled and put in
order, and he takes trips on her as suits his IN
clination and convenience"
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asks for itl If he never asks that is his lookout
If he does, why can get it again" He never
gave back the money.
The ending:
Ten years went by; he was clerk in a bank
package of bills lay in the drawer and had
not been put in the safe. He saw them,
wrapped them up in his coat, and carried them
home. He is now in prison cell; but he set
his feet that way when a boy years before,
when he sold his honesty for seventy five cents.
That night he sat disgraced and an open Grim
inal. Uncle John was long ago dead. The old
home was desoiate, the mother broken hearted
The prisoner knew what brought him there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12
Smell of Bruised Grass.

Wait till the morning! All! we wait indeed
For daylight, who toss about through stress
Of vacant'armed desires and emptiness
Of all the warm. warm touches that we need,
And the warm kisses upon which we feed
Our fanished lips in fancy. May God bless
The starved lips of us with but caress,
Warm as the yearning blood poor hearts bleed
wild prayer-bite thy pillow praying So
Whirl this side, and whrl that, and moan for dawn
Let the clocks seconds dribbe out their woe,
And Time be drained of sorrow! Long ago
We heard the Growing cocks, with answers drawn,
AS hoarsey sad at throat as sobs. Pray on!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12
When Are Women Old?
Pail Mall Gazette.

"When does woman begin to grow old" was
lately asked i'll an assembly of French women,
who are said to be even more afraid of vieillir
than the women of other countries, although
from the nervous concealment of their age one
should imagine even in this country that not TO
remain eternally young was thing to be ashamed
Of with the first gray hair, suggested one of
the ladies, and when she ceases to inspire
love- thought another The decision was finally
put to charming white haired matron of some
seventy years. who at once replied, What do |
know about it, You must ask an old woman to
answer you such a question" Which shows that
at least one among the ladies had the right
recipe for remaining young.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12
Fair Necks and Cleaning Arms.

New York Tribune
1t is no longer questionable or considered bad
taste to allow the fairness of necks and
arms TO CLEAN through the transparency of
muls and muslins the black meshes of rich
lace. Simplicity is studied, but it is the simplic
ity Of the finest and most expensive fabrics:
cloud-ike with excess of lace and Elusive dra-
perles. There are charming new features of
American manufacture China creme of delicate
texture, perfectly initiating the Chinese fabrics
of old, IS seen in delicate ecru, pale beige, fawn
pale straw color. Another Of the domestic
silk Industry is the manufacture of grace
full and delicate crepe de chene. very
elegant costume of potato color Monte cloth has
an apron in front, trimmed with wide gold gimn
two inches wide, edged with fine fluffy FRINGE
the bottom of the skirt, basque, sleeves and the
side OF one breadth on the side corresponds A
superb black toilet Is q combination of satin
Rhadames, Spanish and guipure lace, others are
OF foulard silk. One Of these costumes has a
very wide French lace founce on the bottom:
over this or reaching the top are plain breadths
front and side like panels the back of the BASQUE
has fans inserted of silk. and velvet half-belts
fastened from the side seams are clasped in front
with hammered silver buckles; the back dra-
perry hangs straight in full plats TO the
bottom; the front of the basque is V-shaped, aid
uniting little vest of velvet. The fronts of
some of these elegant toilets are made of beaded
grenadine or lace and the patterns of the brocaded
grenadlne fronts and basques are outlined with
It, Other costumes of stately beauty ara com.
posed of black Sicilenne, Banaiine and surah;
these are combined with watered silk, wide lace
velvet and China crepe Pretty black alg@, sea
grass color, sea green, dark blue, cafe noir and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12
READING FOR YOUNG FOLKS.
A RuiI6er,S Lesson.

n BunUerS LESSON
"How shall habit break"
AS you did that habit make.
AS you gathered, you must lose;
AS you yielded. now refuse.
Thread by thread the strands we twist
Till they bind US, neck and wrist:
Thread by thread the patient hand
Must untwine. ere free we stand.
AS we builded, stone by stone,
We must toll uhelped, alone,
Till the wall is overthrow.
But remember, as we try,
Lighter every test goes by:
Wading in, the stream grows deep
Toward the center downward sweep;
Backward turn, each step ashore
Shallower is than that before.
All, the precious years we waste
Leveling what we raised in haste:
Doing what must be undone
Ere content or love be wonl
First, across the gulf we cast
kiteborne threads, till lines are passed,
And habit builds the bridge at last!
John Boyle O. Reilly, in Wide Awake.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12
Beginning and End.


school JournaI.
The beginning:
a school boy, ten years old, one lovely June
day, with the roses in full bloom over the porch,
and the laborers in the wheat fields-had been
sent by his Uncle John to pay a bill at the coun-
try store, and there were seventy five cents left.
and Uncle John did not ask him for it, At noon
this boy had stood under the beautiful blue sky
and great temptation came. He said to him
self, shall give it back, or shall l wait till he
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12
TWO POEMS BY JAMES wHITCoMB RILEY.
Out of Nazareth.

HE shall sleep unscathed of thieves
Who loves Allah and believes"
Thus heard he who shared the tents
In the far off Orient,
Of the Bedouin Ben AhrzZ-
Nobler never loved the stars
Through the palm leaves nigh the dim
Dawn his courser neighed to him!
He said: Let the sands be swarmed
With such thieves as /, and thou
Shalt at morning rise, unframed,
Light as eyelash to the brow
Of thy camel, amber-eyed,
Ever munching either side,
Shiding still, with nestled knees,
Through the midnights GASES.
'WhO can rob thee an thou hast
More than this that thou hast cast
At my feet-this dust Of geld!
Simply this and that, all told!
Hast thou not treasure of
Such 2, thing as men call love?-
Nor a dream beneath the brow
Of the crowns thou dolest nows
Can the dusky band lead
Rob thee of thy daily need
Of winter soul! or steal
What thy lOrdly prayers reve-4!
And who could possess of thee
Such hoard of poverty
AS thy niggard soul pretends
To give me-thy worst of friendss
Therefore shalt thou pause TO bless
One indeed who blesses thee?
Robbing thee, disposses
But myself. Pray thou for me!
Sleep: for he is safe from thieves
Who loves Allah and believes!"
So he slept, and, even so,
Sleeping in the robbers tent,
Morning came at last, and 10,
He had not single cent,
Nor thought but-pure content.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12
The sun Cholera Mixture.

Take equal parts of tincture of cayenne tinc>
ture of opium, tincture of rhubarb, essence of
peppermint, and spirits of camphor. Mix WELL
Dose fifteen TO thirty drops in winegass of
water, according to age and violence of tho
attack Repeat every fifteen or twenty minutes
until relief is obtained.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12

other favorite shades of surah silks have floral
figures small blocks in white ali over themt
and are simply made with short draped polon+
aise, with plated skirts or with short apron
overskrt, basque and skirt made with side pamela
and box plaits in the back, self trimmed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12
The Western Statesman's Hat.

" HHIINRtUu LtIItI,
The Western political leader rather affects
those hats of fashion two three years back.
Just why, no man can tell, but Senator Voor-
hees, or Beck or Sherman, or Harrison, or Lo-
gan was never known to wear a hat of the prev
alent fashion. II is not becoming in a statesman
TO take up promptly with innovations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12

Like spectre ships, which ghost-like softly creep
Across the margin of some dark seaman,
They haunt the silent chambers of the brain,
Swift gliding pastthe somber Waterman, sleep!
Will Meredith Nicholson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12

right. And one would suppose from the invaria-
BILE applause that greets him from his fellow
benedicts that he usually gets it.
GApTrI On EToN
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE LESSON.
THIRD QUARTER. LESSON III. July 10.
Omri and Ahab-1 Kings xvi, 1884.

GOLDEN TExT.-The way of the wicked is an abomi-
nation unto the Lord, Prov. XIV. 8.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-12
Up to the Masthead.

You hypocrites OF the Desert,
You priests of the gospel of lust,
How dare you trail our country flag,
Fen halfway down to the dust?
And on this day of nation s birth?
The foremost nation of all the earth.
Think you to have your safety,
From danger of harm or loss,
In that we carried flag of bars
And the blue, st. Andrews cross?
Is it still so hard to understand
There's but one flag for this broad land?
Must we still shout from the house,tops
Till the world shall heed our CALL
And know that we fought this question out,
And settled it once for ala
That the tri-barred banner faded rag;
And we toss up caps at the starry fag9
You hypocrites Of the Desert,
You priests of the gospel of lust,
Repent of this insult on your knees;
Aye crawl in the very dust.
Then speed you as never before you sped;
Run up our flag to the mast's high head.
To the top! Not an inch below it.
There let it forever fly;
Save in the sorrowful hour
When the great of the Nation die.
Till lessons like this in your hearts are burned,
From onceconfederate soldiers, learned.
H. w. Taylor.
The episode which [ have endeavored suitably to
commemorate in verse, furnishes an additional and
powerful argument for the feasibility and proprety
extending the ritual of the g. a. K. so to include
all exconfederate soldiers in the organization There
has not been day III thelast decade that exconfeder
ate soldiers would not promptly have ordered Nor
mons. WhOmSOever, to the flag up to the top,
and to stand not upon the order Of doing it,
II. w. T,
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Mrs. Susan Spencer thought that if women
would go about 20 conventions and get some of
the sunshine Of lfe there would be fewer Of the
insane among them" To which male dele
gate"--his name is wisely withheld-gallantly
arose and responded that he had wife who
'staid at home md attended to her duties, and
she did not show as many symptoms of insanity
as some of the women who gadded about to con
Yentions." ] would not discourse upon the
amount of the Sunshine of life" obtaiuabe at
conventions, or the possible immunity from in
sanity to be found in staying at home and at
tending to ones duties; | merely desire to call
attention TO the man with the wife who made the
joke, or, more property, the man who made the
Joke with the wife. Washington is a good place
10 focus on him. but wherever two or three are
gathered together to discuss the affairs Of the
church or of the Nation while the tea-cups are
being washed in the VeStry, or the toastS pom
dered by anticipating speech makers this man
is to be heard with his marital witticism. 1t is
the unanswerable argument with which he con
fronts all questions relating to femininty. He
would nave all womankind cut the
pattern he has honored with his selection
He rises-this married ficnd!-smirks, aud we
know that the wife is coming-there is no
lodging her. II have wife" and she does this
or that, or a6stains from doing this or that vet
/ find her perfectly satisfactory spouse: ergo.
tho sex can do no better than comport itself
accordingly. ] have never been able to fathom
this confding persons desire to unburden himself
to the public concerning the state of his domestic
relations. | think, however, that when he stands
up there IN his deacons tailcoat or his broadcloth
claw hammer with comfortable sense of good
things within, and says that he has a wife, he
feels smugly conscious that he has done well by
society in general, and Womankind in particular.
in taking one, and wants the respect deserved for
the exercise Of such an expensive proprietary
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-01-23
Fancy VS.. laCts.

"There is nothing within the knowl-
edge and appreciation of humanity so
beautiful and lovablc rs woman. To
her the poet rhymes; for her the artist
paints, the sculptor hcws, and at her
feet the world of man lays down its
homage. We may scot, revile, and
bubble with her differences to the
male sex, but her smile lights the
world. Her tender eyes, her loving
voice, her soft, caressing hand give to
life sensation that may find its like in
Paradise but not on earth. Her-her
her; l wrote that word / wanted on
a slip the other day, where is it? Mar
tha?'' "Well, James ~ left slip
of paper with some words on it here on
the table the other day collected
them to use in this article on Women
for the Monthly 7atypullcr-did you
see them?"
"Why, you leave such a litter,
James, cleaned up the table yester-
day and threw the scraps in the fire. "
''There it is! There it goes! What
COMPOUNDED idiots YOU women are!
Why don't you let things aloneP
You're always missing and fussing
and annoying; the world would be q
heap better without you. - PittSburg
Chronicle Telegraph.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-01-23
THE TINES WILL DO iHE
SAME.

The attention of our subscribers is
called 10 the following item from the
Lowell Journal, and we hereby give
public notice that we will do Just
what Bro. Hine says he will do, and
that there shall be no exception. Any
persons refusing paper at the post
office wall have his name, and the
amount he owes from s cents up,
published in The next issue, ana don't
You forget it. If anyone desires TO
stop paper there is just one hOneSt
way TO DO IL, PAY UP AND ORDER IT
DISCONTINUED. But here is what the
Journal says: "rhree Journal sub
sCrlbers, owing US on subscriptions,
Rave ordered the paper discontinued
10 their address without paying the
balance due. We wish TO say to
them tina, the law protects publishers
against that kind of dirty work an!
we shall use the law to bring such
dead-beats to public notice and
prompt payment of the amounts they
owe us. There is no nonsense about
this. After this we shall publicly
post as dead beats all who swindle or
attempt to swindle this office in any
manner. And we advise every
swindled business man to do the
same. 1t is time to find out who are
and who are not to be trusted. The
Journal is going to open up on the
dead-beats as fast as they show up,
and it makes no difference whether
they wear good or poor clothes or
where they live. Every community
is cursed with class of dead beats.
Every honest man ought to know
who these dead.beats are and ii is
every honest mans duty to find out
and inform others. For one the
Journal does not propose to be i'm
posed upon oy this class of suckers
without showing them up to the
public"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-01-23
THE r., A. A. & N. M. EXTEN
SION


A Durand correspondent Of the
Detroit Post writes under date of
Jan. S, as follows:
The people of Owosso, it is claimed,
have paid their full pledges in aid of
the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern
Michigan and given up their claims
for the southeastern extension upon
promise from the Grand Trunk
people that the shops shall be located
at Owosso.
The people of Durand are conf
dent that the southern branch of this
road (known as the Toledo, Ann
Arbor & G.. T.,) will leave the De.
troit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee at
Durand, which will make this an inn
portant point in the Grand Trunk
system, which company have already
advanced SIS 900 for the purchase OF
right Of way on this survey. 1t is
here stated the wsrk will be conf
menced on this missing link between
here and South Lyon as soon as the
ground settles the coming spring,
and pushed to speedy completion,
giving a through connection with
Toledo. Their northwestern ter.
| minus will eventually be Frankfort,
on Lake Michigan.
This may be a satisfactory ending
of this road, but it seems to one not
allowed to peep inside the ring that
it would be much more satisfactory
to have the road run from South
| Lyon to Owosso, and there connect
with the northern extension, thus
opening up the lumber and salt re-
gions to Ann Arbor, Toledo, etc.
The benefits to be derived from a
connection at Durand are hard TO
find. Ann Arbor Courier.
We agree with the Courier and
disagree with the Post correspondent.
Owosso wants the road on the prac-
teal route-direct to South Lyon
and has not "given up their claims
for the southeastern extension
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-01-23
Points About Nantucket.

The longevity of the male Nantuck-
eters is remarkable. Octogcnarians
are comparatively common. Some
live too long. They do not know what
to do with themselves, and may keep
expectant relatives too long waiting
for their death and their property. A
man at "a ought to have some
consideration for his possible heirs.
but the pure salt air here has remark
able preservative properties. 1t will
so harden n mans body that it will re-
fuse to crack and let out his soul,
though that soul be ever so willing to
go.
The older Nantucketers lament the
decay of the whaling business. Finan-
ancially it was profitable to few; to
the many it gave subsistence. 1t in
volved hard, coarse life for those en-
gagged in it, sad one for those left be-
hind, and an unnatural one for all.
The men were packed in those small
ships for two, three, sometimes four
years. They touched at certain ports
once in five or six months for provis-
ions and water. Their only change
and recreation at sea lay in numbering
when the lance pierced the animals
vitals and it spouted thick blood. Their
chief hope lay in the few hundred dol
lars possibly to be paid them at the
end of the voyage. and that not to
come for years. Their glimpse of the
shore life was bounded by spree. If
the whaleman married, he left the
bride of month for a three years
cruise, returned and shipped again
after a twelve-wceks stay on shore, for
another voyage of similar duration. He
could not remain at home. There was
no business for him. He knew not
what to do with himself there. The
phrase uneasy as fish out of water"
had for him q. strong application. he
must go to sea again. Earth had no
place, no occupation for him. His
education, his life, his breeding was all
of the sea. He might long for the COM
forts of life on shore, but in vain.
There were but few places for the men
to fill in these whaling ports and these
were all full. So to sea he went, and
there was another parting 'twixt hus-
band and wife, another two or three
years sunderance and weary waiting.
So the married whale hunter passes
his life until ne arrived at middle age.
asked Capt. John Morris " this was
not the correct picture of the whale
mans life. "No," said he 1--WE enjoy
our lives at sea. There was nothing
to trouble man. He doesn't need
money afloat, He was sure of break
fast, dinner and supper. His appetite
was GOOD. What was there to prumble
about p"-- Louisville Courier-Journat.