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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
SOMETHING ABOUT coRDAGE.

Irvine . Large Item of Expense In the Har.
vesting OF the Wheat Crop.
New York Herald.
Few people are aware Of the magni-
tude of the business done yearly by
the corporation known. as the Cord
located ,n this csS The history Ss Of t his
trust has been that of the survival of the
fittest." They have from time to time
bought mp and otherwise absorbed moro
than four-tifths of all the cordage-mills
this side of the Rockies, until they have
blossoned into what Is practically q mo-
nUpoly IN their line of trade.
The National Cordage Company of the
Atlantic slope does not. however, attempt
to Go business on the Pacific side of the
Rockies. A cordage firm in San Francisco
attends TO all the rope" business in that
section. There is a sort of mutual agree
ment between the two concerns to keep off
each others territory. In this way there
which the National Cordage Company takes
the largest share.
The business of this latter concern 10 to
make rope from 0ne-half inch to six inches
in diameter and binder twine. What is
known as mercantile twine-cord for tying
mp bundles. etc.-is not manufactured by
the trust. They consider that sort Of
stuff" as they express it. q tinkering item
in the cerdaRe business.
In rope alone the aggregate yearly sales
600. Their main attention, however. IL de-
voted to the manufacture of binder-twine.
This 10 a single strand of rope that is used
by the farmers throughout the country for
tying mp their wheat stacks. The farmers
use for this purpose about SIS. COO. 600 worth
of twlne yearly.
The mills of the Cordage Trust are scat
tered throughout the country from Maine
to Texas. They own several mills In Brook
lyn, n. Y. aud q dozen or more In Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois. Their branch Offices
are to be found in almost every city of any
size in the Union. Most Of the raw ma
terial used by the trust In the manufacture
of binder-twine comes from Yucatan.
1t is made from the fiber of q plant
of the cactus species that grows there in
great luxariance. 1t 10 gathered and dried
In Yucatan and shipped here in bales. It
costs about four cents pound. Manufact-
ured binder twiDe il worth about
eight cents. Most of the hemp used In tho
manufacture of rope come from the Philip
pine islands. The aggregate weight of the
rope and 'twine' used yearly in this coun-
try 10 something ever one hundred thou
sand toms
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10

necessary simply to do nothing in order to
rest, but vary what you do. Change the
subject of your thoughts; there 10 the Sc
cret.
never sleep IN the oayume. one ~
yourself to vary your thoughts. and by will
and habit learn to sleep at once when the
time comes. Napoleon could sleep at will
always. 1t is simply will and habit. and
You see then the secret of endurance IL
carefulness and regularity. aud the CON-
plete mastery of self; study that to know
how much You can do. and through study
you will be astonished to find how mach
sou are able to do. But remember. vary
your occupation. change completely your
thoughts often. And look ont for colds.
Colds are reacherous-one can
never count upon the end in b cold.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
NOT A BARREN WASTE.

Explorer Glave says There 10 Plenty of Fruit
and Game in Alaska-The Climate Nice.
New YORK Prcsa
The latest and most interesting informa-
ton from the interior Of Alaska comes
through K. j. Glave, who has just returned
from his second expedition Of 400 miles into
the interior of that country, penetrating TO
q section that was never before OK plored by
white men. Accompanied by Jack Dalton,
Glave last March entered Alaska at the
way, by the middle Of June, 70 the region
north Of the Mount st. Elias range, where
he found q beautiful. fertile country,
Astounding in red-top. timothy and other
The climate was delightful, the Their
mometer ranging in the nineties during
tho summer months. Fruits and berries
such as rssp, goose and huckleberries were
abundant. and game was found in profus-
ion. Moose. csrrIbo bears foxes, wolves,
lynx, beavers, otter and squirrels are all
killed by the 'stick" Indians for their fur.
which il conveyed to the coast and sold
to the Hudson Bay Company and other
traders.
csbillty Of using pack-horses for transpor-
tation. as the Indians and dogs usually
employed are unreliable. 1t had been said
that IL was impossible to use horses in
Alaska, but Glave took four with him. had
no difficulty whatever in making the jour-
Dey. and found adequate nou1shment for
them all the time. The Indians, who had
never seen horses before. called them
"Harklane Retel." or big dogs. and followed
them with wonder.
There are about one thousand miles of
undecided boundary along this section, to
settle which the government has decided
to send q surveying ex petition. and Glave's
trip has opened MP the path they will prob
ably follow. The country thus in dispute
is rich In gold. silver. copper and cinnabar,
and has q sufficiency of timber, particu-
larly spruce and tamarack. TO build
mills and bridges. With regard TO
transportation of skins, ore and other
products by pack horses, there ore abso-
lutely no lnsurmountsble difficulties. ac-
cording to Glave. Aside from the Mount
st. Elias range there are no long mountain
renges ALI the lakes and rivers can be
crossed by horses The widest rivers meas
ure about half mile. The channels change
constantly, and late in the season the
streams dry mp ard leave the river bed
dotted with little pools that are fairly
black with salmon.
Should o government expedition be or
ganized during the coming year to continue
the researches in the interest of science
and the furtherance Of the fur trade. Glave
or Dalton will accompany it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
BERNHARDTs WAY OF LIVING.
Plenty OF Open-Air Exercise ana Frequer
Changes of Occupation.

Plenty Of Opsn-Air Exercise ana Frequent
Changes of Occupation.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
''Some one said that do not take much
exercise in open air. Please correct that
statement. take exercise continually.
live au grande air." From early morning
in travelling madame is up, some day g
spending the entire day in hunting or dry
ing. to get glimpses of new country, and
walking.
Plenty of fresh air! That gives vigor.
Exercised Walking out of doors in the sum
shine invariably. There is no such thing
as genuine health without it. But IN
travel. everywhere. even at home" look
out for draughts.
with me goes everywhere q robe-dur-
ing rehearsals. In driving, In sitting still,
where the limbs are inactive they have to
be covered. Women are not careful enough
about their ankles. GauZe stockings, slip
pers. low shoes and tho dress falling this
way and that. they are sure to get cold.
They cannot be too careful about draughts
and covering warmly the ankles.
And your countrymen say it is Ten
tonic to do with as little soap and water
as possible. Bah! The very first thing 1
do after returning at night from the
theater Is to take my bath.
Before visits. before eating. before any,
thing. at that hour battle. The maid has
IL in preparation. all. First goes as COW
ering over the tub large white sheet; into
that blood-warm water is poured. Small
sachets containing finely grated soap in
small quantities of bran or fine meal, per-
fumed with little orris-root are used In
place of sponge. They are covered with
fine cheese cloth. and when their contents
filters into the water it gives it a
milk-like Wilderness. delicious odor,
aud softens the skin like q baby's. Only
few moments in the bath. bat
morning and night. The first thing in the
morning and late at night. When ready
to step out. the maid has "peIgnoir''
ready, which is really q bath-robe made of
crash toweliDg. This 10 heated and the
body enveloped in it. Then gently rubbed
to get up friction of the skin.
Sometimes at rehearsals have moist
rub down with the following prescription,
which 10 very refreshing: Tepid water, a
small quantity Of ammonia. borax, q dash
of bay rum. and the whole sweetened with
good cologne, sometimes violet sometimes
other things so many essences are sent to
me to try. IL 10 q simple bath. but restful.
Change 10 what constitutes rest, you
SEQ. my rest am never absolutely idle.
II signs of ennuii. fatigue appear. &C one
occupation turn 20 some other. IL 70 moi
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10

Hon. Edwin H. Terrell, United States
minister to Belgium, is stopping ct tho
Riggs House. He was appointed from Tex
where his standing as business man was
trst-clnss. My official life has been quite
busy one," be said. '.as there has been
number of important international con-
ferences mt Brussels. the one in relation to
the African slave trade lasting nearly eight
month"; Belgium is very liberal in its
dealings with the United States. there be-
ing no Inhibition on any of our meat pro-
ducts. They used to have very rigid
quarantine against American cattle. how
ever, keeping them confined for forty-five
days at the expense of the shipper, which
meant the total destruction of profits. At
ter considerable negotiations got the time
reduced 60 three days. and the business be-
ing freed from the former embarrassment Is,
Is on q prosperous footing"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
Remembering June.

What gain in remembering June
When winter snow fakes futter still
And nOiseless 'gainst my windowpane,
To crowd and crouch against the SILL
When evening closes in O'ers0On,
And night, like to some swarthy Turk,
Swings high q scimitar new-moon,
Keen-edged and bright amidst the mirki
What gain remembering JOY
When grief and are comrades twain,
And sorrow sits beside my hearth
Grim nodding to her sister, paint
When from the joyous world afiower
seem estranged, as though it knew
That l had lived my happy hour
And said, 81 lauRhsbut not for you"
What gain in rememberingf This
That in spite of snow and stOrm-wfnd keen
/ walk the summered woods again,
Made pink with perfumed eglantine.
thrill again to sudden Bliss
The rapture OF tho yet-to-be,-
And naught in life Is much amiss
While this remembrance stays with me.
julia NJ. Lippman. IN Travellers Record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
Pious Philosophy.
Ram's Horn.

The Lords side is never the whisky side.
More people fail from discouragement
than from misfortune.
Finding fault with Mary was Martha's
way of calling attention to her own in
dustry.
There are 30 many folks who never get
religion below the ears.
A fanatic is man who takes q burning
interest in something we don't like.
If gravestones told the truth, the devil
would soon be walking on crutches
Some people pray too much for them
selves, and not enough for their neighbors
Every time you find fault with neigh
Dor You are telling somebody that the man
who wears yonr shoes n not as good as he
ought to be.
There was weeping at the grave of Laz-
arus, but we don't know that there was o
tear shed W hen Metbusaleh was buried.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
OFFERINGS OF THE POETS.
O Sing Again.

o Sing Again.
o sing again! hear and dream,
For thro' your magic voice there stream
The happy days that once were mine,
With tender hearts and love divine,
As full and rich and sweet In theme.
And in your soulful eyes agleam
With gentle wouanhood supreme,
My fancies with your tones entwine-
o sing again!
Your song is ended. and seem
To stand upon the worlds extreme.
Grasping the tendrils of vine,
Waiting for dawn to bring a sign,
And thro' my tears such visions TEEN,
o sing again.
Richard Lew Dawson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
Not All Are Glad.

Not every carol sounds a note of joy;
Some homes there are where every Christmas
chime
Brings back an echo of sweet laughter stilled-
Not every heart is glad at Christmas-time.
When the gay jingle of the festive bells
Fills the chill air with music and with rhyme.
Some look and long with hollow, hungry eyes,
For suffering poor there are at Christmas time.
Bright are the thoughts that hope and having
bring,
Merry the laughter Of lips In their prime;
But some have lost, and more may never have.
And many are alone and old at Christmas
time.
Ada Nichols Man in Harpersa WEAKLY
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
A sympathetic Jury.

New York Weekly.
First Female Juror (some years henoe)
prisoner. Mr.. HaDdlecash, stole o hundred
Thousand from the company that employed
him. Was he lndulgent TO his wifep
Second Female Juror-Yes. indeed. He
gave her every thing she wanted.
Third Female Juror-Sbe had Just love-
ly time,-trips to Europe, worths dresses.
opera box. everything.
Verdict-We. the jury in the case Of Mr..
HandIecash. find that the prisoner was IN
reprimanded by the court, the company 60
pay the costs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
A Matter OF Pride.
Good News.

Small Boy-I wanter take gas
Dentist-lt is not usual to administer gag
for milk-tooth, my boy. 1t won't hurt buf
an instant.
You've gotter gimme gas. or won't have
1t pulled"
hurt Now SIT right up here. like little
man."
81 Amt 'fraid of bein' hurt. faint that.
I'm afraid ] can't help givin' q screech
when il comes out.D
That won't matter
Eyes il will, too. All tn boys wot I've
ever licked is waitin' under tn winder q
hear me holler."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
Little SNATCH or SONG.

A Little Snatch OF Song.
Just little snatch of song,
Murmured in a hurrying throng:
But with its echo, mystic, clear,
Comes vista OF q vanished year.
Was 1t a JOY those soft tones brought
Or pang Of haunting. tender thought
What matteri Memory, hold 1t long
Just little snatch OF song.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10

New York Press
Clarissa-He kissed you, did hei
Ethel-Yea
C.-Then you were mistaken In your esti-
mate of him, after all
Elbow sol
C.-Wby, you said the other night that
he was Q men Of excellent taste.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
rhe sHome Beautiful"


New York Weekly
Fair Contest wish to get some rugs
something real artistic and aesthetic. you
know, but / can't afford to pay q very high
price.
Honest Dealer-Right this way. Here.
madam are some antique Turkish rugs just
in from the factory. Take them home.
smear em with grease and tobacco-juice,
then wash them q little, dry them In On
oven, lay them for three days in the sur
and they'll look as faded and antique 90 tho
genuine imported article costing ten times
as much,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10

New York Morning Advertiser.
1t 10 no wonder that 90 many American
women are married to TITLED foreigners
when one reflects thay the primitive Amer
loan savage was always Q tuft-hunter.
Thus history repeats ttself,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10

Hotel Mail.
Smuggins-I believe, Mrs. Grubber. that
Pve lost my latch-key.
Landlady-Did you come In late last
night, sirf -,
Smuggins-well. yes. % ! dined with
some old friends
Landlady (callingl-Brldget bring me-
that latch key in the street door.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
A Natural Inference.


Kate Fields Washington.
LightniDg-rod Agent-Hulloa. Bub! Do
you think Your father woald like TO have
his house roddedf
Bub with repressed sobsl-I shouldn't
wonder. He's Just rodded me.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
Little Dots Wisdom.

Good News.
Little Dot-I know something my teacher
doesn't know.
Mamma-Indeed! What il thstf
81 know when the world 10 comm TO IN
end. and she doesn't j asked her. and she
said she didn't know
..Ohl Well, who told yous"
Uncle John. He said tn world would
come to an end when childrens stcpped
askin' questions what nobody could an
syerD
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
Ada Nichols Man. in Harpers Weekly.
Two Trutha

Darling" he said, al never meant
To hurt you," and his eyes were wet
81 would not hurt you for the world;
Am to blame il fOrgeti'
"Forgive my selfish tears" she cried,
"Forgive knew that 1t was not
Because you meant to hurt ME, sweet
/ knew 1t was that you forgot"
But all the same deep in her heart
Ranklee this thought and ranklee yet
"Nhen love is at it's best, one loves
So much that one cannot forget"
Helen Hunt Jackson
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
Another Point Of View.

MISS Athena Hubbs before the Venus Of
Milo)-What symmetry What beautyl
What an ideal of loveliness,
Miss Bacon lChicagol-And how sad to
think that she should have to be Dago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10

God is as deep. and long. and high as our
little world of circumstances. b. Simp-
son.
God always has an angel Of help for those
who are willing to do their duty.-Dr.
Cuyler.
You will find 1t less easy to uproot faults
than to choke them by gaining virtues.
-Ruskin.
The beat thing we can do for others is not
always to take their load or do their duty
for them.-J. r. Miller.
Perfect charity is no mask for willful
misconduct. Perfect charity will condone
and extenuate wrong-doing, but never
sanction it.-Divine Life.
Faith in God is deeper thing than the
belief of q miracle. for it apprehends the
nature of God and the presence of God-it
seeth Him who is invisible.-Erskine.
A Brahmin said to q missionary. in India
Eve are beginning to find you Christians
out You are not as good as your book; if
you were, the world would soon be con-
verted."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
Wanted q Graduate.

Farmer Meddergrass-Be you Q lawyer.
sirf
blackstone with dignityl-I am practic-
ing law. sir.
Meddergrsss knowing away)-I thought
mebbe you'd got the trade learned. IN 60
to somebody else.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10

Pnck.

"And now" said the Gotham host - be
into the drawing-room and join the ladiesf'
with pleasure" responded the guest
from New Orleans, Il always attend the
drawings with great regularity"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
OF Course.

Wonder why they call 'em custom tail
orsrn
Il reckon it's because custom doth breed
n habit in n man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
Take Cleveland or Nothing.

Minneapolis Tribune
On the presidential question the Demo-
cratic party 10 In the position OF the coli
ored girl who. when invited by her escort
take little wine. You'll take beer or
nothin',D remarked her sdorer, and-she
took beer. The Democratic party will take
Cleveland.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
Our Hapiess Language.

New York Weekly.
Mrs. Average Observation-Disclosures Garner
is going to Africa to study the language OK
monkeys. -
Mr.. Average-I am sorry to hear that lt
won't be long before the scientists wall be
saying that all language Is derived from
monkeys, and then they'll be revising ouf
dictionaries to give ali our words the true
original monkey PRONUNCIATION.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
Scholarly.


wagg-Smith. the baker. 10 Q very sohol-
arly person.
Quigley-Wby sol
WagsaH ., has !sagn over his pie ss sSun-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10

particular person did not swerve my be-
lief that the guilty one had been employed
in the thester on the night of the crime.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
HUMoR OF THE DAY.
Not to BE snee..d At.

Not tn he sneexed A.
"Wh, gre are you going. my pretty maidf'
"I am going 10 sneeze. kind sir" she said.
"Whom are you sneezing at, my pretty mafdf'
"Pm going TO sneeze-a-chew!-"s she said.
-Puck
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10
READING FOR SUNDAY.
The Passing Year,

The Passing Years.
Are you rich In the years OF bright gold
Yetuntoldi
Do they leisurely 60,
Like dream that 10 fair,
Or prayerl
o be wise; use them WE'LL You shall know
How the years growing shorter with good can
increase
And O life at the end be TRANSPORTED with peace.
Does the thought that so few years remain
Give you paint
o be glad that your quest
Brings you into the light,
From the night.
And the worker at last has his rest,
In the homeland above no sorrcws, no fears,
And the life they hive there Is not measured by
years.
Jewish MesseneeR.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-10

January.
Which Of the merry months shall praisei
Meadow birds, say!
Shall the April nights or the autumn days
Have place in my Last
"Oh. the sun Of the summer is golden and strong
Aud the flowers Of the summer shine fairly and
long
Sing thou to the summer the first of thy song,
As we sing on the spring."
No. no!
Meadow birds, no!
Mine Is the month that is born in the snow.
May hath the bud, and the bee, and the dove.
And the sky of the summer is bluest above;
But the years first month, she bringeth my
love-
And her bridal day!
Say Is il wrong
To keep crown and song
For the month that leadeth my lady alongf
Sir Edwin Arnold.
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The Gudewife.

My gudewife-she that Is tae be-
D she sail SCENE eang-sweete tae me
As her ain Groom tuned WI the chiefs
Or spinnin'wheeps.
An faire she'll be, an saft, an light,
An muslin bright
AS her splck apron, jimpy laced
The-round her WASTE
Yet aye as rosy sail she bloOme
Until the roome
CThe where alike bath bake an dine)
AS q full-fine
Ripe rose, lang rinset WI the raine,
Sun-kist againe;
Sail seate me at her table-spread,
White as her bread 1H8r
Where /, sac kissen her for grace,
Sail see her face
smudged, yet aye sweeter, for the bit
o. f1oure on IL,
Whites, witless, she sail sip VII mo
Luve's tapmaist-bubblin' ecstasy.
James whitcomb Riley, in January Lippincott.