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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-31

The civil service law and the Civil Ser
vice Commission have no terrOrs for Mr..
Cooper. Chairman Of the Pennsylvania
state Central Committee. Dir. Cooper has
issued the usual little circular to the
holders of Federal offices from Pennsylya-
MIA. He tells them that the coming cam
paign in that State is very important, and
that it is necessary to poll the entire Re
publican vote. Chairman Cooper declares
that while the law prohibits assessments,
if does not and cannot prohibit voluntary
contributions. If the clerks do not fur
nish the usual amount they know very
well that they viii be notified that their
services are no longer needed. The law
cannot keep them in their places if the
heads of the departments do not want
them tn remain
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-31

w ANIED, woman, white or a.,--
90 general house work: goc,5 ooiofed. 4
right one Apply on Bolton 9e stP pay tot 5s
doors east of A6ercorn. ''On Street tb,-s
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-11-28

with alcohol that its functions are
impertectly performed; and there is
. perceptive loss Of mental power
and moral tone. The drinker is not
conscious Of this loss; but those who
know him best are painfully aware
that his perez ptions N less keen,
his judgment less sound, his temper
less serene, his spiritual vision less
clear, because he tarries every day q
little too long at tho wine. Even
those who refuse TO entertain ascetic
theories respecting those beverages
msy be able to see that there are
nses ofthem that stop short of drunk
enness, and that are still extremely
hurtful to the mind and the heart
~ we'll ~ the body. That conyen-
tional idea Of moderation, TO which
Sir Henry Thorn pson refers, is quite
elastic; the term is stretched to cover
habits that are steadily deepoiling
the life Of its rarest fruits. The
drinking habit 10 often defended
BY reputable gentlemen to whom the
very thought If q debauch would be
shocking, but to whom, If it were
only lawful, in the tender and Just
solicitude Of friendship, such words
~ these might be spoken:"It is true
that you are not drunkards and may
never be; bvAi If you could know,
what is too evident to those who love
you best. how your character is slow
" losing the firmness Of its texture
and the fneneM offs outline; how
your at deterioratss in the delicacy
Of it, touch; how the atmosphere Of
your life seems to grow murky and
the sky lowers glo only above You,
You would not think your daily
indulgence harmless in hs measure.
ItSis III just such lives n vorlrs that
drink exhibits sone OF. its most
n,o,,rnful tragedies"
SO go IN ~ ~ I&s
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-11-28
The Sun.
NEW YORK, 1884.

About sixty nj. lion copi es Of THE Sun have
gone out Of our cstabIis hment during the past
tw elve months.
II yon were 10 pa ste end to end all the col
umns Of all The suxs printed and sold last ysar
you would get Z continuous airip Of interesting
information. common senee wisdom, sound doc
time. and sane wit long enough 10 reach from
Printing bon 80 square 10 the top Of Mount Co
pernicus In the moon. then back to P-intiMg
House square, and then ,hrec-qnarters OF the
way back TO the moon again.
But i'HR SUN IN written for tho inhabitants Of
the earth fhis same strip would girdle tho globe
swenty.sevcn or twe nry.eigh times.
II every buyer Of = copy Of TaE Sun during
the pa. I lear has spent only one hour over II,
and Il bis wife or bis grandfather has epent an
osher hour. this newspaper IN 1898 he's afforded
the human race thirteen thousand years Of
steady reading, night and day.
II IL on,y by itttie { calculations like these that
You dan form auy idea OF The circulation Of The
most popular 81 American newspapers. OF OF Its
inhnepre on the opinions and nc Ions VI Ameri.
can men aud women
1nE Sun 10. and will continue 10 be, . news
paper which tells The truth without fear III con-
seque nees. which gets ~ the facts no matter
how much the prOcess cOsie. which presents The
newt Of all the world without waite II words
and In The most readsbls shape, which IL work.
lux ~ 6t Ut CoB vi VHC " Va fsOuCtt
government. ard which therefore believes that
the Republican party muet 60 In this coming
year Of our Lord. 1854
II you know THE Sew. you like II already. and
you viii read II with acenetpmed dill gencc and
prof, duriB9 what Ii rufe Ia bs the mes inter-
tsling year IN its history. II yom do not YET
kAaw THB SUH. II 10 high time 10 get into the
sunshine.
Terns 70 MAil subscSieev.
Ths ssversl editions Of rHE sun IRE ssst By
mail, pOrtbsid, ~ follows:
DALY-kO ceAts . month, - . year: with
sunday edition, ~.
SUNDAY Sigh, psgc.. This edition furnishes
the cuFrent news NJ The world. special avti.
cles af exceptional ipterrst t. everybody.
aud literary reviews Of new hooks Of the
high cot newt. o. . year.
WEEKLY-tla ycsr. Eighf pages Of the hest
matter Of he dsily issues - sgrtcnbs ss!at
department. Of nncqnAllcd valne. epectAl
market reports. snd literary, scicnti0c. and
domestic lsselNWnos make Tas WEkklY
o the nswvMp<v Ev fhA AFsners hSus0
hold III cinhs ri ien With fua m sAtya
i. N hS.IANp prhii.h.r.
Tar AK. n. y CITY
w. EAFl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
The Sweet Country Cousins.

The Sweet Country Cousins.
How dear to the hearts are the sweet country
cousins
When doguays of summer begin to draw near,
When bricks have grown hot and when sun
strokes by doZaus
FIJI body with anguish and bosom with feari
The green waving field and the sweet-smelling
breeZrs,
The escaping from turmoil to quiet and calm,
The rich. creamy milk, which the ready mana
seizes,
And cen the brown cousins who live on the
farm
The plain country cousins, the uIcutSured
cousins,
The sweet country cousins that live on the farm.
The sweet country cousins! On, aren't they a
Treasures;
How handy to have them at vacation time!
AID paying eneS board is too costly pleas
ure,
When ali can be had without spending dime.
Row pleasant to live on rich cream and ripe
berres
Fresh soldenhued butter and cakes light and
warm,
Free use of the horses, the carts and the wineries,
OF the sweet country cousins who live on the
farm!
How dear are the sweet country cousins in sum
Iner!
How fragrant the meadow, romantic the down.
But stPaightway your faces begin to grow glum-
mer
At thoughts of their visit next winter to town.
The theater, the concert, the lecture, the money
Exnended III tiekets the thought gives qualmi
The SEQUEL of summer is moi quite so funny
Why don't the sweet cousins remain on their
farmf
The brown-visaged cousins, the great awkward
cousins,
Boston Transcript.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
A Cat observation-disclosures.

Philadelphia Record.
Another department of the refuge, and one
that helps TO support it. is the boarding OF
pet cats during the summer months while
their owners are away. There were yester-
day seventy of these pampered pussies en-
joying the delights of the establishment
The quarters provided for them include a
large pen in the yard, with number of wide
shelves running around the four sides, and
little grass plat in the center. Leading up
from this lower pen covered box runs to
the second story porch of the house, which is
also fitted up with shelves and has plenty of
ventilation through large windows covered
with wire netting, while still higher is a
third cage which can be used when the num-
Der of boarders becomes unusually large. To
a lover of cats visit to this department will
be a source of much pleasure, for the display
of felines is really very good and includes
some remarkably fine specimens. Most of
the boarders are sleek and fat, and are
strong contrasts to their unfortunate kindred
in the adjoining pen, whose general appear
ance speaks of a meager bill of fare and hard
times The boarderS live very amicably to-
gether and indulge in but few fights spend
ing most of their time asleep on the shelves
They are fed three times day, their menu
being made up of raw meat, liver, milk and
fish, and one handsome tabby lives on an
exclusive diet of raw oysters and unskimmed
milk her luxurious fare being paid for at an
advance over the regular rates OF 80 cents a
week,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
THE ERRATIC BOY.



for 1t in Later Years.
Robert J. Burdettc.
Poor boy! Down to his grave he is self
willed, disobedient, foolish, slow to learn,
hard to manage, born to evil and full of cor
rections as proof sheet. He reaches in the
fence corner for blackberry and picks up
'piSen' vine, and so he learns too late the
mine he bought was Sailed" He is spanked
in the cradle, fogged at school, and scourged
all the rest of his life and still it seems to
do him no good. He lives under an I'M
chanegable law of pains and penalties. Inces-
sanity his ears are boxed to every ''thou
shalt not is appended threatening ''and
shalt is seconded by the terrifying
"or you'll wish you had" Inexorable
is the master of his school, He can ap-
peal to no board of pardons. No tender
hearted Governor, figuring for reelection,
overlooks his misdeeds. The administration
has no need of him or his influence. Do not
keep such late hours, and do not eat hot sup
pers at midnight. But all the same he does
keep late hours and have good times on the
sly, poor boy, thinking if he gets in at roll
call it will never be known But as he
answers to his name the order is entered:
Dock that mans life ten years" Take
care of your teeth is a regulation of the
school. But, while nobody is looking the
foolish boy lets his teeth take care of them
teeth and fined $3.50, to be paid over to the
nearest dentist having jurisdiction. 'Do not
bite on that broken TOOTH" comes the com
mand from the head of the table. But the boy
tries it just to see what the master will do
about it, and instantly he gets such a box of
the jaw that makes him think ne has hit on
thunderbolt 1t is not bailable offense,
and execution of sentence cannot be post
poned until next term of court. do not
run through the wet grass in your slippers"
is shouted to him from the upstairs window
The instant the window is closed he skips
across the lawn, knowing no one can see him,
and for this he is collared and led into the
house, doubled up with rheumatism for ten
years, or perhaps tortured all the rest of his
life. He plays lawn tennis until he streams
from every pore. Then he hastens to refresh
himself with glass of clear, cold ice-water.
"If you drink that ice-water" says his
watchful master, 81 will kill you" He be-
lieves no one could be so cruel as that and
drinks the ice-water Often the conditions
are ripe for the judgment and the sentence
is carried into execution. Sometimes the
execution of this sentence is preceded by
hours or days of fearful agony, to teach him
that these laws are not to be triAed with.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
A Montana Town.
Letter in Philadelphia Press.


Billings is what these people call paper
town." and as usual, the description is accu-
rate. The plat inclosed 1000 acres; sixty
blocks were laid off as the business portion.
Coulson, a town one year older, and q couple
of miles down the river, was included as a
suburb. Street-cars marked Montana ave-
nue. to 124th street. were exhibited for sew
eral days at places along the road aud having
served their purpose, have lain for several
months on vacant lot. Finally. a manifesto
was sent East that another METROPOLIS was in
the market, and the company cleared about
$3.50, 900.
The whole thing is rather diverting than
otherwise, but it was no joke for the New
Yorker who came out TO see his purchase and
found his "choice residence lots" located on
a rock-bo bluff 300 feet high and two
miles from town. Another purchaser will
have to swim to and from business for his
property is in the midst of slough. People
who do not live in Billings love to tell this
story One of G. p. K. Jamess solitary
horseman, travelling alone" was on his way
to the town, probably to see his newly
bought home. Stopping the only man he
met he asked where Billings was. Billings
Why, you're in it now And where is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04

They brought them up from their huts in uh g
fens,
The waeful sufferers gaunt and grim;
Tisey noeked from the eitys noisome dens
80 the monarchs throne, to be touched by
him.
"For his touch" they whisper, sis sovereign
balm,
The annointed king has power to heal"
o, the piteous prayers as the royal palm
Is laid on their necks while they humoly
kneei!
Blind hopei But the cruel and cold deceit
A rich reward to the palace brings
A snare for the untaught peoples feet,
And a couriter's lie for the good of kings
But the years sands, and they slip away
Till the baselese wall like a trick lies bare;
The royal touch has no balm to-day.
Aud the right divine is the peoples share.
The word remains but the evil now
Is caused not cured by imperial hands
The lightless soul and the narrow brow,
The servile millions in armed bands,
The sweat-wrung gold from the peasants toll
Flung merrily QUO by the gambling lord,
Who is reckless owner of serf and soil,
And master of church aud law and sword.
Crops slow round the world, till the feet Of the
throne
Are Tipped by the waves that shall seethe and
ride
Where the titles are swallowed and shields
overbl1wn.
Our kings are the same the kings of old.
But a man stands up where there erouched a
clown;
The evil shall die when his hand grows bold,
And the touch of the people is laid on the
crown!
John Boyle o'Relly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
A Sudden Decline.

Wall Street News
Waiter" he began, ''you may bring me
spring chicken, piece of lamb, a choice cut
Of"
He was interrupted by the appearance of
friend, who chatted with him for three or
four minutes and then left.
Waiter, how far had 1 got?' asked the
gentleman.
You were going to order a choice cut"
"Ah Yes | was then under the impress
sion that the West was enjoying fine wealth
er and the wheat was being harvested in nice
every day for fortnight, the harvest is de-
layed and wheat is being badly damaged.
Waiter!
YES sir"
"Tl make new order, based upon
falling off of 10 per cent. in the crop. Bring
me dish of pork and beans and glass of
milk"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
NV Dream of Dreams,

/ dream of my little wee baby
MY little one turned OF two,
With chubby hands soled and russell,
And little feet out at shoe.
With hair kissed awry and rumped
And peeping down into her eyes,
Which TO me are my hope and heaven,
And the gates of my paradise.
feel in my dreams the fingers
OF my baby thread through my hair,
That oft III my restless waking
Have stilled, as hymn or prayer
The pain that was throbbiug through me
Aud hurting me like a wound,
Aud making my life discord,
AS an instrument all untuned.
And dream how her arms slip downward,
Till my head lies upon her breast,
And the shelter is sweet and restful
And warm as robins nest,
And cry on her little bare bosom,
And pray again aud again
That the Father who knows my sorrow,
VIII shelter my bird from pain.
awake, and my arms are empty
And know it WAS hut dream,
But my soul Is as white with rapture,
As lilies IN meadow stream.
And feel in my hair her fingers,
And her kisses upon my oneek,
And pray in q sacred silence,
For my soul is too glad to speak.
Dearest one, sun of my daytime
Sweetest one, star of my night
Precious enc, best OF nv Treasures
Brightest enc, light OF my Light
BE with ME, though am dreaming
All the long night time through.
Until shall wake some morning
And ma you are with me. true.
5. b. McManus, in Cleveland Leader
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04

A p0or man! Yes; must confess
No wealth of gold do possess;
No pastures fine. with grazing kline.
Nor fields of waving grain are mine:
Ne foot of fat or Tallow land
Where rigDtfully my feet may stand,
The while claim il as my OWN
BY deed and title mine alone.
All, poor indeed! perhaps you say
But spare me your compassion, prayt
When can't ride. with you, | walk
In Natures company, and talk
With one who will not slight or slur
The child forever dear to her
And one who answers back, be sure,
With smile for smile, though am poor.
And while cemmuning thus, count
An inner wealth of large amount
The wealth of honest purpose blene
With Penury's environment
The wealth of owing naught to-day
But debts that would gladly pay,
Aud wealth of thanks still unexpressed
With cumulative interest.
wealth of patience and content
For all my ways improvident;
A faith still fondly exercised
For all my plans unrealized;
A wealth of promises that still,
However fail, l nope to fill;
A wealth of charity for those
Who pity me my ragged clothes.
A poor man! Yes, must confess
No wealth of gold do possess;
No pastures fine, with grazing kline,
Nor fields of waving grain are mine
But ah, my friendi I've wealth, NO end!
And mnhonaires might cOndescend
To bend the knee and envy me
This cpulenoe OF poverty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
Life's Mirage.

Bad would the salt waves be,
And cold the singing sea,
And dark the CULTS that echo to the seven
stringed Tyre,
II things were what they seem,
If life had no fair dream,
No mirage made to tip the dull sea-iine with fire.
But on the shores of time,
Hearing the breakers chime,
Failing by night AID day along our human sand,
The poet sits and sees,
Borne on the morning breeze,
The phantom islands float q furlong from the
land.
Content to know them there,
Hung IN the shining air,
He trims foolish sail to win the hopeless
coast
His Vision is enough
To feed his soul with love,
And he who grasps TOO much may even himself
be lost.
Edmund Gosse.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
OLD AND NEW KAINrUCK.


Order of Things
Louisville Letter in Chicago Tribune.
This morning your correspondent was out
for stroll Ehen he saw figure fastening
toward the levee with an old-fashioned pair
of saddlebags on his arm. The CORRESPONDENT
followed him, overlook him, and made bold
to ask him, calling him Colonel in adj
vance, why he was going to leave the city
just at this time.
Pm goin' down the riyah, sab. on the
fust boat. I'm tired of this - nonsense and
these flags. It's gettin so, sab, that a Kahn
tpckian can make biiggah fool OF hisself
than Thompsons colt. | see in Mr.. Walah-
sons papah this mawnin'- - the sheet
have to read it-that that New York humbug
of preachah what's his name Timmage, on
somethin like"
"Talmage."
Yes Talmage-that twin of Beechah, I
call him-is heah Actu'llv heah in Kahn
lucky, holdin' emp aeetin's ovah tina on
High Bridge camp-ground. And that Gov
nah Blackburn is goin' to make him his
guest. By -, sah il makes my blood boil
to see these things. WHAT makes me mad is
that these - Kaintuckians act the hypo
crits SO about this business. When one of
these Yankees comes down heah they actu-
lily get ca thar bellies and crawl to EN-.
Then as soon as the Yankee is gone these
same Kaintuckans will come around to me
and men like me, who made the States fame,
and they shut one eye and say, We've got to
do it, you know, until we get on tor and
then they want me TO take a drink. Fob one,
sab, I'm done with such business, and if this
is a sample OF what Kaintuckans are comm
to, Pm goin' 10 move across the rivah. | did
hope | might be permitted to die in the old
Commonwealth, and be buried in the Frank
fort buryin ground, but don't know as it
would be a good place. Good day, sab;
heah the boat lettin' oft steam, and must
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04
Real Life in Yankeedom.

Springfield Kepublican.
MARY, you little brat" came harshly from
the window of a clean-lookng house yester-
day, come here and stop that racket, or I'll
pound you black and blue all over'-then
the same voice in shriil soprano, Il will sing
of my redeemer." Are these the echoes Of
an ordinary family circie2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04

Atlanta Constitution.
1t is told on Editor Maddox of the Conyers
Solid South, that when he proposed and was
accepted he said to his sweetheart: 81 would
be glad if you would give me a kiss Then,
observing her blush, he added Not neces-
sarily for publication, but as a guarantee OF
good faith" OF course Maddox got his kiss
and is now prepared to step off
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04

MALARIA from tho undrained POntne marshes,
near Rome is terror to travellers. Ayers
Ague Cure is an effcctual protection from the
dissase. and cure for those who have become Its
victims. II works lust cfectually IN all
maarial districts on this side Of tho sea- Try 1t.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04

And Return Them to Their Native Land.
Philadepha Press.
Suppose we clothe the paupers from Ireland
in the rags from Egypt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04

MEssRs. MAHAN IL Co., druggists. of Rockville,
Parke county, Ind, say Browne Iron Bltters
gives entire satisfaction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-04

Starr & Bullocks store?" Gust you keep
eighteen miles down the left-hand side OF this
avenue; it's on the first corner
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-29
DUKES GIVEN NOTICE.
He Returns 10 UniOntOWn and
is Given TwenIy-FOur Hours
TO Leave.
Special to the Commercial Gnretto.

special 10 the Commercial Gazette.
PITTsBURG, Pa, March ga
special from UDiontown says:
Incredible as it may seem, N. L.
Dukes is now quartered in his old
room at the Jennings House. He
came in, it is thought, during the
night, and the first news of his pres,
ence passed around this morning, in
the statement that Dukes was in
town, coseted with VIM. Parshall. the
same who refused to join his fellow
members Of the Fayette county Bar,
in asking that the name of Dukes be
stricken from the roll of attorneys.
Parsball has been known to sympa
thize with this seducer and murderer,
but for what reason it is not known.
On learning of Dukes presence, a
number of determined men met and
resolved to adopt heroic measures,
and notice was drawn up, in which
Dukes is given twenty-four hours to
fix up his business and leave town,
and that if he remains after
that time it will be at his
own peril. Two gentlemen took the
notice, handed it to the proprietor Of
the hotel, Henry Jennings, and waited
until the latter gave it to Dukes.
He now has his papers, and if he
does not comply with the terms there
will be some ugly work in Uniontown
ere many hours. The feeling is ready
for it. 1t is now stated that Dukes
is on his way to Harrisburg, and that
he is afraid of being shot. This latter
came from one Of his intimate friends.